My Life in Appalachia 1

[@Rejoicingalwayshomestead]

This is the way my grandmother would cook before my grandfather went to milk the cows at 4 am, I loved waking up early to get breakfast with him before he left. This is also the way I cook for my boys. Making food from scratch is so much more rewarding. Using your hands for growing food, canning, knitting, sewing, or praying are all useful task. As a young mom (28 this year) that Homeschools, these are skills I want to pass on to my sons. Getting back to the basics, I loved it!

[@markclark703]

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[@pd-ox1pd]

5am breakfast 930 am lunch noon dinner 4pm lunch when ever done at nite supper then snack b4 bed we from MN

[@jugghead-1975]

Wow ! 28 ! Good for you mama ... granny used to say younguns are kinda like your garden , you get out of em what you put into em ! They will remember all the extra love it sounds like you put into every little thing! God bless

[@jugghead-1975]

@@franktrautman2817 I know right ...

[@BobbyRayShockleyJr]

Money can’t buy a peaceful mountain life. Thank you for sharing.

[@desartster71]

What a life! Beats the heck out of living in a city anyday.

[@cheezheadz3928]

Well, you better live next yo the city and healthcare when eating this way.

[@27273100]

@@cheezheadz3928 -- I can't disagree with you.

[@fuqutube]

@@cheezheadz3928 They will still have food when the country goes bankrupt, will you?

[@aaroncrews7898]

Everyone dies dont matter how eat whatever you want

[@rockbay79]

I'm 59 years old and I can remember my Grandmother, lived like this. She cooked a big breakfast, canned food from her garden and she owned chickens. Both my Parents worked full-time, so I stayed with my Grandmother until I started the first grade. I have so many nice memories of her. She taught me many things. I like this laid-back life-style.

[@johnnieharper2221]

It was not a laid back life style. They got up every morning and started working and finished only a sun down. The difference you never heard one say it was hard life.

[@randyjones4044]

@@johnnieharper2221 it was so bad when at night after that hard day, one could lay down and almost experience a high.

[@ianvoight7954]

my granpaw ate a breakfast like that every day lived to be 89 and loved every day of it .

[@gwb8445]

@Joyce Woodruff A little bit of poison won't kill you.

[@nunya9540]

My grandpa did too

[@billycampbell854]

Thank you inviting us into your home for a nice visit with you. We live in Northeast Tennessee. I have planted a new orchard with 36 verities of herlom apples. We raise heritage breeds of cattle and pigs.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Billy-thank you for watching!! That orchard sounds wonderful. I wish we had room for pigs and cattle.

[@josecornejo9678]

Mm butter and honey.

[@marypetty5865]

If you haven't tried butter and honey you don't know what you're missing!

[@steventiller5403]

We used to do butter and sorghum too.

[@robinchanteusedylan8326]

Molasses & butter

[@ckvoncan]

the way the house smells after cooking good like that is one of those treasures money cannot buy.

[@shirleydenton4747]

Loved this video. It shows exactly how many Appalachians live. From the homemade cream gravy to the huge woodpile it is so familiar. It is a good clean life, and thanks for all your efforts to portray it as it really is.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you!!

[@teekotrain6845]

Reminds me of home.

[@janellleepdx3214]

What s the state of economics and healthcare there? Have hospitals closed? Healthcare bankruptcies?

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

@@janellleepdx3214 There are 2 hospitals close to where I live, but there has been some hospital closures in the larger region. Thank you for watching!

[@realaussiemale567]

Simple living, paired with long held living routines. Would love to live a simple life, no huge debts which are usually created by excess, a roof over your head with workable fixtures.

[@johnbarone8948]

Like Hank Williams Jr. said, "a country boy/girl can survive".

[@7.62by39LesscoBrandon]

I got a pistol, a rifle and a four wheel drive. I can catch catfish from dusk til dawn!

[@pamelaandrade6930]

I’m an Australian and living in California, I am unwell now and don’t think I’ll ever reach my dream to visit Appalachia . I love the way of life there, so pure and simple and clean. Thank you so much for sharing. Blessings to you and your family, stay safe.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for watching-sorry to hear about your poor health-wishing you all the best!

[@llewvirtue861]

Like up in the Victorian high country

[@pattikelly8921]

We don't know each other, but if there is any way at all you can go visit there, I pray you get to do that. I don't know what medical issues you suffer with, but I had some of my own and doctors weren't making me too happy with how they handled my issues. There are old natural remedies that have been in use in that part of the country that brought me a lot of relief. And no bad side-effects like with big pharma/AMA.

[@emilybradford4181]

I hope you get better! In the meantime maybe you can do small trips to NorCal? Davis and sonoma people live more of the simple farm life

[@cillamoke]

I hope you're feeling much better now xx

[@helenahandbasket3016]

I'm glad to see someone celebrating Appalachia. My grandparents lived in Appalachia and it was wonderful. Great people, lovely life.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you!

[@davidwiley3440]

My grampa used to mash his butter into sorghum syrup is that what that was or was it honey?....

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

@@davidwiley3440 it was honey but I love syrup too 😀

[@patcarnes1048]

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[@mariewheeler6522]

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[@Liz-sq9pf]

Marigolds good in vegetable gardens help keep pest away.

[@jk7197]

Full of vitamin c too

[@lama6911]

Also good for chickens.

[@joycecarroll3783]

Greetings from Tennessee and another woman and musician of the Mountains. I live on the beautiful Cumberland Plateau and enjoy all things old and honest. I first saw your cornbread video while seeking escape from the current sad state of affairs here in America. If we could all sit down to a a big plate of homemade biscuits and gravy, we'd find we all have more in common than not. Mother Maybelle Carter said it best , "Keep on the Sunny Side!

[@kathywilliamson3946]

Getting back to basics here to; live at the beach but my love for making gravy comes from Kentucky and WV (my dad and my nana-in-law taught me)

[@milliebanks7209]

Beautiful music. This family is truly talented!

[@staceysmith4352]

I love that youre showing the positive aspects of appalachia!! So many people believe the worst when its really fiercely loyal people living a normal life.

[@them0ther]

I especially enjoyed the family playing music together.

[@blondegirl132]

I grew up in NYC and knew nothing about Appalachia until I ran across your videos. I envy your wonderful life. Thank you for sharing it in your videos.

[@livingformessiah586]

My favorite part of the day when I was a kid was waking up and smelling the breakfast that my mom would be cooking. She made biscuits and gravy the same way. She was from the hills of Kentucky in the south eastern parts. She used to tell us about how they lived then and it sounded hard and very satisfying. God bless you and your family

[@KENTUCKY-MAMA]

My Mama was from same area of Kentucky. Pike County or Some call it Pikeville. Cherokee Indian and Hatfield & McCoy territory as ya'll know.

[@watchinglclowns9890]

Lord I miss my mom and grandmother's

[@watchinglclowns9890]

I'm from letcher co would still be if there were work but government state and fed don't care nothing exits east of Winchester in my opinion

[@carolynetter8046]

@@watchinglclowns9890 A lot of people are not aware of the poverty of white people in places like Kentucky the Appalachians Eastern Tennessee and Mississippi. If there were news coverage at this particular point in time they could probably get a lot of help hopefully since there are people who want to help our own rather than those coming in at the border that are not really impoverished like many white people in America are and no one knows about it.

[@jbuckanan1964]

I went to school at Johnson Central High in Paintsville, Ky. 1982

[@judithburke1539]

Marigolds will keep some of the pesky bugs away from your crops and they're edible too.

[@stevemullinax5941]

Now that is living good in my opinion this is exactly what the world is missing Simple Life with family really enjoyed thanks for sharing

[@howardwatts4238]

Thank you for inviting us into your home. I wish I had been raised like this and my children

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

What a kind thing to say-thank you so much for watching. I hope you drop back by often!

[@dianewilkins6269]

Not me

[@Random_ness]

There's so much to say about this! I found your channel today and I'm in love ❤️ This reminds me of our lives. The little biscuit makes me think of the homemade biscuits my Dad makes. When I was a kid, he always made me a baby one just like that little one you had. It makes me sad for those people who don't know what our lives are like or haven't experienced it.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Kayla-glad you found me!! Seems like I always have a baby biscuit 😀 and I usually eat it myself as soon as I get it out of the oven!

[@Sirmullins]

Mama Little would always fix me a baby "bread" for my eggs and gravy sausage gravy that is ! Yummy 🤤...

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

Ya especially when they judge us, call us stupid, make fun of our accents, act like we are so dumb and that's why we don't know what shoes are for.

[@Random_ness]

@@WillBlindYouWithLight agreed... I remember being in a statewide competition during high school and the big city kids were all making fun of us. Later when I walked off the stage with first prize, I remember feeling especially proud of my heritage and home. Hope that I taught them a lesson they haven't forgotten! 😂

[@paggiaevans7332]

My mommy used to fix me little biscuits and put them in a pan with the bigger ones too. She also played the guitar and piano too. Thanks for sharing. We lived in north eastern Kentucky.

[@Star-dj1kw]

I always loved to eat the runt biscuit from the leftover dough! It bakes up extra toasty! 😋

[@AuntyZelda]

I just came across your videos. I too was born, raised and still live in the mountains of Western North Carolina, on property that has belonged to my family for almost 100 years. My grandparents, who lived across the road from us, had a wood cook stove. One of my earliest memories is waking up to the smell of homemade sausage and biscuits with a fried egg and oatmeal. I still heat with wood and raise a garden. This took me way back, to some really great times. We didn’t play music but spent many hours sitting around twisting tobacco or hand rolling sausage to cook up and can. Thanks for the wonderful memories.

[@paularhodarmer3267]

This is my favorite video so far. Tipper, you have done so well illustrating the common, ordinary beauty that is Appalachia. How blessed and thankful I am for being born here and living my life here. God bless you and your family for sharing your lives with others.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Paula-wow thank you so much for your kind words. I appreciate you!!

[@countrysidelivingwithtracee]

my kind of people and country

[@jeffreysmith5175]

Just like my mom did. She was from Kentucky. Great video your actions speaks for itself.

[@funtimevideos2160]

I love this video ! Living the good life in Appalachia !

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for watching!!

[@markcarson1844]

@@CelebratingAppalachia your welcome peace to you.

[@Mntdewmania1]

God this takes me back to everybody sitting on the porch on summer nights sighhhhhhhhhh

[@jonduggan7433]

You might think about saving ALL the pumpkin seeds. Roasted and salted they make a great snack.....

[@nikkib473]

What if a pumpkin grows inside your stomach?

[@garybruce4804]

Appalachian patience ..... Tried n true Much respect Mountain city, Tennessee

[@polli-esterUK]

I'm English & I'm fascinated by Appalachia, & how folk live. It all looks so peaceful. I'd love to visit one day.

[@ibdaffy]

I find your videos to be so soothing, peaceful and relaxing. I can definitely see myself adapting to such a multi-faceted and genuinely humble lifestyle. Thank you for taking the time and effort to share Appalachia with us.

[@mariealv4888]

Soothing peaceful and relaxing very true. I recently moved from Florida, after seeing the world I finally I am home.

[@dannyestes3838]

I live in Franklin and I've noticed there's a diffrent since of pride and independence with the old timers and it's nice to see it passed down through the generations

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for watching 😀 and yes we do our best to pass on our traditions to our girls the way they were passed on to us 😀

[@AdonaiForMe]

That’s the kind of breakfast I grew up on. In the foothills of NE GA! Got to stir that gravy to make it good.

[@courtneykirk478]

@Tn wild man You can help yourself, Sir, by preparing that same breakfast. The first step is to walk into the kitchen. Wink.

[@courtneykirk478]

@Tn wild man Hahahahaha! Your grandmothers want you to be the cook now. Funny thing, I love biscuits, but I do not understand putting gravy with them. Jams and preserves go with biscuits, even honey, compote, and syrup, not gravy. Let's see you bake some biscuits from scratch. No Gravy!! Yuck! Huug.

[@andreacloyd3672]

Makin meals - really cookin. I grew up eatin biscuits & gravy. Mmmm

[@njaneardude]

We can all learn a little something from watching this.

[@johnward6699]

Grandma would make the best green fried tomatoes

[@misscindy3414]

That's beautiful! I love the pictures speaking for themselves, a silent story. Remember...one picture is worth a thousand words.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for watching!!

[@jmanranger7271]

Amen real Americans

[@ggkaut4072]

I am enjoying your channel. My Grandpa grew up in Anniston, Alabama. I never realized how many of his traits and sayings came from Appalachia. He moved with his family to Dallas, Texas in the early 1900's. We never realized how many of the wonderful sayings, games and music came from Appalachia! This has been really wonderful for me and my cousins to be able to learn about. Thank you for sharing your life.

[@Msbuddy08sej]

Me2. Grew up in Anniston. Go figure. Wow.

[@sancraft1]

I'm in Georgia. This is my life. The best life in the world.

[@nicolassmith456]

Hi pretty lady. How are you doing today???

[@1171]

Beautiful I grew up in Louisiana just the same , I would never change a day of it . Thank you for showing people how to live. It’s a beautiful way of life! We can survive anywhere! Bless you

[@billreed3265]

I love southern peoples acent and the way they cook

[@leolady6588]

Those chickens are gorgeous! We call 'em 'chooks' in Australia. My grandparents farmed and lived like this.

[@phylliselam7065]

As a young child I remember visiting with grandpa back in a holler in Kentucky. My mother's family raised what they ate. There wasn't a grocery store to go to. Her family raised meat livestock and raised a large garden. As a cild I never understood why grandpa never had electricity or indoor plumbing. My mother would tell her children how she was raised. Life was hard, but very rewarding. The girls of the family would always help out in the house & garden. The boys would tend to the livestock or father firewood or coal to heat with. They would hunt everyday and it wasn't unusual for grandpa to have fried squirrel with biscuits & gravy for breakfast. They provided everything that they needed just by the things that they raised. I have been blessed by learning the way my mother cooked. I miss not being able to be a child again and enjoy grandpas way of life as an adult.

[@akkadianpride2579]

GOD bless you and your family Mrs, you Braught joy to my soul . this is how a real motherhood is meant to be , my grand father always said in our native tongue ARAMIAC the language Christ spoke , a mother is the foundation of the home with out the mother the home collapses when she is not present.

[@jodibray6892]

Thank you for this! My ancestors come from Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee in the Cumberland area. Made me happy to see the cast iron skillet making milk gravy and the biscuits looked so good. Some of my best childhood memories are of spending time with my grandmother snapping beans snd helping her cook. So much love.

[@LP-ck6qx]

I must have snapped a million beans when I was a kid. And most of them while sitting on the front porch, visiting with who ever came by to visit a spell.

[@amandasalyers2114]

Thanks for sharing this video, I was born & raised in the Appalachian mountains. Wouldn't call anywhere else home.

[@loreneharrell2716]

OMG!!! The breakfast you cooked, I haven’t had one like it since my granny died (25 years now) but I do make my gravy the same way you do, it was the way I was taught! Thanks for sharing! By the way, I live in Alabama!

[@robertvalderaz7329]

I remember cooking with my mama. As time went on I lost touch , because their were no recipe s. But watching you making biscuits and gravy. Brought back a lot. Thank You, so much.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Robert-thank you!! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@27273100]

Am I alone in getting ready to tear up?? Please tell me it's not just me.

[@maxwaters6366]

I'm just sobbing I'm eighty one in california I'm sad none of these children will know these things they are good enough for television

[@justmejustme1245]

milk gravey! I have made this almost every Saturday mornin for my husband for almost 50 years. He taught me. The molasses and butter was a treat when we went to mamaws when I was just a little kid.

[@deborahshelley4218]

Kentucky southeast 20 miles from Tennessee..Love this I am very proud of my culture and heritage...glad to see you are too!!

[@japhyjim]

Absolutely amazing! A good lesson for our Country ...

[@mrsp2115]

Love your music.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you!!

[@chuckspring]

Finally! Somebody on KZbin not trying to be something they ain't. I absolutely love everything about these videos. The honesty, the sincerity, the home-spun knowledge, just hearing somebody that talks the way that I do is almost more than I could ever ask for. As an old man with granddaughters of my own, I especially love seeing them pretty young-uns telling stories and just being kids. The world needs more of this. Please keep them coming. Love you, mean it.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I appreciate that! Thank you so much 😀

[@chuckspring]

@@CelebratingAppalachia I'd love to hear some good ole horror stories. Grandma used to talk about the wandering light, a feller walking behind them with no head, all manner of scary things. If you have any of these tales in your recollection, I think they would make a great video.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

@@chuckspring These are more on the humorous side but check them out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n53cqoBvhcZpgZY

[@amykrumbholz6446]

This music sings to my soul

[@herdfan697278]

Visions of home from fifty years ago!

[@mywoolmitten]

What a lovely video to see at the end of this day! You know, it's been a privilege to be a follower of your blog all these years, to feel we've been invited in to share these stories and the life there. Now, through your videos it feels like we're right there with you, cleaning up after breakfast and then listening to the music. Thank you for that! And oh my, that's sure a pile of wood for the winter ;)

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Aww-you're so nice!! I feel like my blog readers are family too!! So glad you enjoyed the video.

[@hphillips7425]

This reminds me of the women on my father’s side of the family. Also reminds me of how lucky I am to have a good wife since 1971. Good luck to you and your family from west Tennessee

[@chrisphillips4859]

This looks like our old home so many years ago. I'm so glad y'all can carry it on. Always be greatfull the Lord raised them mountains there.

[@LostWoodsman76]

So glad you are sharing this. We only ever hear negative things about the region. There is so much knowledge to be lost if we are not careful. I make wild plant videos for the same reason.

[@crs1911]

I am about to cry...Memories of my childhood overload. Music on the porch...Would love to have some of Moms shuck beans (leather britches)as we called them in East Tn. My friend did some in the dehydrator that were pretty good! ❤❤❤

[@wayneleamon3186]

When that honey and butter but the plate. My mouth began to water for homemade biscuits with honey and butter.

[@BeslerBarbara]

Wonderful You Tube video. Music, cooking, family and all. Perfect for our troubled times. Thank you.

[@jeffm2257]

Can't believe how much I enjoyed the video. Beautiful family!

[@chrisconley8105]

Resourceful, self sufficiency and hard work! In general, we've moved so far from the basics of caring for ourselves and our families and I think its at the root of many social issues today. Really glad I found your channel. Thank you, Chris

[@cecilemorgan6579]

What an awesome life, and such a talented family!

[@aprilporcellini3097]

I love hearing about the old days.

[@tailleferrestan]

How lovely! It's quickly becoming a dream of mine to move to Appalachia.

[@benitastevens612]

Thank you for letting us visit you this way. We love you all.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Our pleasure!

[@scottymoondogjakubin4766]

The Appalachian way is a good way ! I've spent months exploring the wilderness and meeting the most hospitable and easy going people on the planet !

[@benitastevens612]

O’boy my favorite family group playing and singing!

[@absolutely5376]

Thank you so much for this video. I'm an ol' mountain boy who's living in hills now that are a lot smaller and where the creeks and rivers are a lot muddier, downstream from my precious mountains. I watched this video before bed last night and slept like I haven't in a while. The music and "mountain speak" took me home. Thank you!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

You're very welcome! 😀 Hope you drop back by often!

[@absolutely5376]

@@CelebratingAppalachia I most certainly will. I've subscribed to your channel and your lovely twins channel too. My wife and I are enjoying them immensely. Thanks for the invite!

[@paulabiscuit7767]

Living right. Great to see.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Paula-thank you for that encouragement and for watching-hope you drop back by often 😀

[@paulabiscuit7767]

Thank you. I'm about to head to that lifestyle soon. I'm dropping out of this way of life.

[@happinesshappens6631]

This is my daily life living in the mountains of western NC just the way my great-grandmother did. I love my life here.

[@chickapeas5646]

I'm in Western NC mountains too! Would not change it for the world. The Lord is with us in these mountains!

[@baycreekhistorydetectives4830]

This is how life SHOULD be...

[@thistlemoon1]

My grandmother used a Vienna sausage can to cut biscuits with. She died at 89 years old in 1995. I still have that can I guess I always will.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

What a treasure! I'm glad you've got it 😀

[@DM-wi8kq]

Thank you so much for inviting us into your wonderful way of life.

[@wandasimons3305]

Absolutely love your kitchen; especially the sinks.

[@electricslider1091]

Born and raised in Appalachia momma made red eye gravy called coffee gravy sliced tomatoes up with the breakfast homemade biscuits with a slice of tomatoe in between, corn pone water bread plus ate out of the garden made pickles green beans and corn pickled chow chow pickles kraut Miss those days that's for sure my dad worked the coal mines

[@Milly91201]

This was so enjoyable. Thank you, for sharing.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much for watching! Hope you drop back by often 😀

[@Milly91201]

@@CelebratingAppalachia Thank you. I most definitely will! I’m subscribed.

[@erinikeuchi6447]

Now that is what I call quality family time. Thank you for sharing

[@bvdragonlady]

Really enjoyed this video, like someone else said, pictures speak for themselves...thank you!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Glad you liked it-thank you for watching!!

[@maryhollingsworth2856]

Priceless.my grandma did all this. Love the lifestyle.

[@patricialynn6280]

I love it...I love to see this way of living still exist and i wanna live there

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you! I hope you drop back by often 😀

[@judy_h]

Your videos evoke so many emotions... it's the simple things, like making biscuits and gravy... makes me miss my mom, and my Grandma... ohhhh to have those days back again....

[@markberryhill2715]

Love the music.

[@paisleyhendrix43]

Such great music ! Thank you ! Gosh I miss my Appalachian Daddy and Grandparents . Good hearted real people 🙏🏼💗

[@tammyroyal7547]

Love this video!! Watching you fry that bacon & make that gravy reminded me of my sweet Momma ❤️ She always made gravy that way & we'd eat it with her spoon bread 😋 great memories here in East TN. All of you picking in the kitchen- awesome!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@pennyelliot5658]

Just like my mom n dad did, they lived here in East Tennessee and farmed/ lived off the land, watching your videos brings back precious memories!! Thank you for sharing!!

[@westtexasdave2140]

Reminds me of breakfast at my grandmothers

[@carlottadix]

I had no idea that other little girls made mud pies or played in the dirt. Or played music around the kitchen table. Brings back good family memories from 50 and 60 years ago. Thank you this is Jan 23, 2021. Love this video especially breakfast and the musicians playing the music. It is 3:00 am. And the.music will serve as a lullaby as I drift off to sleep. You made my day better and it is easier to fall asleep.

[@ViggyIggy]

I love this video and that it’s showing how beautiful life is there instead of these Wrong Turn/Hills Have Eyes type of videos 😑

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I appreciate that you noticed that! I love where I live and want folks to see the real Appalachia 😀 Thank you for watching!!

[@sharonallen6921]

Y'all sure gave a pretty definition to: the family that plays together stays together. We sure spend a lot of time workin' on food. Then again, we know how it's grown and where it came from. Many blessings to you and yours from the Midlands of South Carolina. ~Sherrie

[@sarahAnn812]

This was so lovely!! Thank you!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Sarah-thank you for watching!

[@sherryfaircloth9737]

My grandfather use to mix syrup and butter like that. I do it now. I love it.

[@sherryfaircloth9737]

That looks like honey. Love it too.

[@BE_SUEQ]

Loved watching the video especially the fiddle tune ... 🍁🍁☺️

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Susie-thank you!!

[@garybrunet6346]

I’ve started watching this channel a few months ago. I never get bored. I keep coming across new content. New to me, anyhow! 😊