Making Grape Juice In Appalachia v44

[@amylynnjoneshomesteaditch]

I’m learning so much from you. Thank you.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Glad you enjoy, that’s great

[@belindagray3005]

Thanks Justin enjoyed watching. :)

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you Belinda !

[@pamelastuper1734]

I put clean gropes in fresh spring water, cook on low on a cold day, then drink it hot. No need for sugar it is d-lish!!! Great Dad you are! The girls probably love it! 💜💚😊

[@metcalfmills5679]

Yes they sure do! Thank you for sharing

[@darlenetomblin3528]

I do enjoy these grapes. I can eat my weigh in them. I’ve never made the juice but now will. I love jelly made with theses grapes.

[@metcalfmills5679]

I know what you mean ! They are so good ! I hope it helps !

[@angelacross2216]

That is so beautiful.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks Angela !

[@pamswafford9994]

Thank you!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Hope it helps!!

[@jasonpeters3228]

I will have to try your method of making grape juice. The steamer method is to strong and concentrated for me. I have to water it down to drink more. I just finished making about 5 gallons of apple cider today for the first time ever. Pressure canned the cider to last as I don't have any freezer space. Keep up the good work and videos. What is common to you is lost traditions and new information to most people watching. Thank you for sharing your experiences. God Bless.

[@metcalfmills5679]

That’s great Jason ! Thank you for sharing ! I will do it, I appreciate you watching ! It is encouraging to hear that. Thank you my friend and God bless you as well !

[@donnawv]

This brought back so many wonderful memories. Although my parents migrated from WV to Ohio for work in the 60’s. They kept growing a garden and keeping a few pigs in rural Ohio. We had many grape arbors that Momma and us kids picked. Every year momma would make many quarts of grape juice and grape jelly. So good!

[@horticultureandhomes]

Hey Justin, ya'll can use a deep stock pot with a rack from either type of canner to get your one or two inches of water over the jar. If ya got a deep pressure canner, that will work too as a water bath canner. Put the lid on and don't lock it or use the weight. Then ya got a canner that's a two fer.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks for sharing HaH!!!

[@Skashoon]

I left several wine grape vines back in Kentucky when I moved here. Going back to get them in February. I’ll also get a few table/juice vines going too. (Keeping them separated, of course.) It’ll take them a year or two to be ready for harvesting, but worth the wait. Wish I had a tractor and auger for the trellis posts. I want their roots down deep. Thanks for this video my friend. I got this homestead bug years ago from growing grapes. Now my prayers are being answered! Thank you, Jesus! All glory to The Lord for good friends and healthy homesteads.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks RR ! I appreciate you sharing ! Amen, so thankful here as well !

[@laurachastain7116]

Another great video, never have seen grape juice canned. Thanks Justin!!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Glad you enjoyed

[@FarmerGarden]

Amazing video🌳🌱🌲👍

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks F&G !

[@janetgrooms4008]

Will try this for next year grapes - loved this video

[@metcalfmills5679]

Hope it works good for you ! Thank you !

[@Dave-ty2qp]

Thank you so much for sharing that Justin. It was very informative.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you

[@LeaC816]

“Like it if you liked this video and you can like it if you didn’t like it too!” You crack me up!! 🤣 There’s a lot to like in this video. I liked the method you used to make your juice, it came out such a pretty color and I know it has to be good stuff! I also really liked your star punched colander, the old Atlas jar, and that rocking chair on your porch. They don’t make any of that stuff the same way anymore and it’s nice to see those things still being used and appreciated. All those cushaw, that basket of corn and all those canned tomatoes on the counter shows how busy you have been and I liked seeing you have had such a good harvest. Thanks for finding time to make and share this video with us, I really did like watching it and look forward to the next one!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks Lea ! You have an eye for details, I understand as I do too. Thank you so much ! Always a joy and a pleasure to share with all you wonderful people ! Have a great weekend Lea !

[@homesteadingpastor]

Man you sure make that grape juice look delicious 😋 Wish I was there with ya to sit a spell and sip on that homemade grape juice, looks very refreshing. Thanks for sharing my friend. 👍🏻😋🙌🏻😇

[@metcalfmills5679]

Hope you enjoyed it ! That would be so nice my friend. Thank you !

[@homesteadingpastor]

@@metcalfmills5679 👍🏻🙌🏻😇🙏🏻😊

[@paulblankenship7865]

I remember this was a special special treat we could only have on very special occasions or when we were sick. Was the best tasting juice I ever had.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Yes it sure is and same here !

[@RenewedHomestead]

That looks so good!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks friends !

[@haroldandlisa]

Thank you for the video. I am definitely going to give this a try. I think it would work for apple juice as well.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Howdy Lisa, please let us know how it does! Thank you

[@haroldandlisa]

@metcalfmills5679 HI Justin, I will let you know as soon as I can. I've been swamped with canning green beans. Hope you're doing well.

[@metcalfmills5679]

@@haroldandlisa thank you. We are well and in green beans too

[@haroldandlisa]

Justin, thank you for the grape juice video. I followed your directions, and I loved the juice. This was the first time I made it. I will make it from now on. I made apple juice with the same method, and it's a keeper also. I told my husband he better be wearing his helmet when he tries it 😅.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Hey thank you much for sharing this with us! I am glad y’all liked it! 🙂😆

[@paulschweitzer6310]

Those 4 and 2 leg varmint can really make you chuckle

[@metcalfmills5679]

Yes😆

[@NormaDelRizzo]

That juice looks delicious. Grape is my favourite but I've never had it homemade. Just the welch brand. I'm wondering if I can still find the concord at the market. Seems to me they are out in the fall so I might be in luck. I watched you do tomato seeds and the salsa on another video. I do not have either of the tools you have for processing those tomatoes. So i blanched them to remove the skins, sliced in half like you did, and poked my finger in every one of them to remove the seeds. Oh and I had 40 lbs of them! I will be investing in the Roma separator thingy for next year! Cooking it down now and your tomato soup is going in to jars! Thank you for your entertaining and helpful videos! Blessings to you and the girls!

[@rogerbeck5704]

I'm fixin to start growing my own grapes to make juice too!

[@metcalfmills5679]

That’s great Roger, thank you for sharing !

[@deloresmiller6468]

Those grapes are picture perfect. Yummy.

[@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead]

Well hopefully my grapes will produce next year and I’ll give this a shot.

[@metcalfmills5679]

I hope so Seng !

[@tpaw6908]

For the first time we found muskadine growing wild in back property. The grapes are hard to do it gets so hot down here in the SC mountains.

[@metcalfmills5679]

We have some on our tame vines this year.

[@calmahoney5959]

anything you do i like You remind me of my Father and My Uncle Clay they as always trying to perserve the olden ways, sometimes to the chargrin of my mom and Aunt Jessie ! they tried to separate them especially when they would consume a drink or two LOL

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ha ha! Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@puppygirl1947]

This looks so easy. I have all of the canning things just dont know how to use them.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Its not bad !

[@sonyagregory5711]

I have muscadines. I harvest mine and make a thick juice to freeze. But your concord grape juice sure looks fine.🍇🍇🍇🍇😁

[@metcalfmills5679]

Sounds great Sonya!

[@kindheartmcgee1271]

Grape juice is really good with popcorn.

[@metcalfmills5679]

We will have to try that!

[@kristinebeedle657]

👋

[@metcalfmills5679]

Hey Kristine !

[@BADEB58]

Thank you Justin for this recipe. I do the steam version and it requires a lot more grapes. I would like to try your version and I was wondering how long can we keep this juice because with sugar it can ferment. Did you try with other fruits, I guess we can do it with almost all fruits

[@jasonpeters3228]

Just pour the hot steamed juice directly into hot jars (dishwasher cycle works or boil), put a hot boiled lid on it and set it on the counter. The jars will seal when they cool. No need to even water bath unless it didn't seal the first time.

[@BADEB58]

@@jasonpeters3228 Thank you Jason. In fact it's exactly what i do but I want to try Justin's version and i wonder how long we can keep the juice without fermenting. I put my juice in bottles and i do not add suggar so if i do Justin's version with suggar i'm affraid the bottles could explosed because fermentation.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks BDB75 and Jason ! I think the cooking will prevent and fermentation, we have never had that to happen. Thank you both for sharing !

[@deloresmiller6468]

I use the big pot for frying a turkey to do the half gallon water bath. Just a thought.

[@robbielynnhowle]

New sub! Looks delicious 😇

[@metcalfmills5679]

Glad you are here ! Hope you enjoyed !

[@bigcatmarty8172]

Hey Justin, enjoyed the video! No grapes nearby where I live here in NH but we have lots of blueberries, I wonder if the recipe will work with them? Be blessed BCM

[@metcalfmills5679]

Hey BCM ! I don’t know but would like to. Let me know if you try it. Thanks for watching!

[@opalvalentine3330]

You are the man I love you

[@metcalfmills5679]

Aww thank you Opal

[@judithlehman3027]

My Grandmother taught me to make grape juice😁

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you ❤️

[@stephencudaback4548]

Thank for your info on grapes juice how you do it I was show in how to smash the grapes and use cheese cloth then sugar syrup then poor over the juice in the jars then water. Bath it for 20 min but how you did it it faster make nice love j. from steve c from state Oregon

[@dianapollex3266]

Hey Justin👋

[@metcalfmills5679]

Hey Diana !

[@blairbryan3768]

Can you do this with muscadines?

[@metcalfmills5679]

I never have but I’m sure you could

[@blairbryan3768]

@@metcalfmills5679 I'm gonna give it a shot!

[@carrollleopard1961]

What is the brand of your filtered water canister?

[@metcalfmills5679]

Berkey

[@Julie_Krantz]

Will this work for muscadine?

[@metcalfmills5679]

I don’t see why not..