Pantry Prep | Chicken, Broth, Peppers and Apples | October 30, 2023

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

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[@greggminkoff6733]

I'm 75. I'm probably one of your older subscribers. I thoroughly enjoy your channel. Watching you reminds me of my 20s and 30s. Lots of energy and I used to help my wife at that time can, everything. Now I just cook for me and my 120 lb Chow Chow. He gets two meals a day. Beef in the late afternoon, shredded chicken at 1 in the morning after our nightly walk. Just for him, I go to 15 lb of ground beef 25 lb of chicken quarters a month. I processed the chicken in an old pressure cooker, from the 1970s. Like you, I debone the chicken and continue to make chicken bone broth. Before I freeze it, I put it into the refrigerator to separate the rendered chicken fat. I reheat the rendered fat and pour it into a silicone mold. That's what I use in place of butter. I also add it to his dinner every night along with the bone broth. I also reheat the jellied bone broth into one cup molds and into the freezer. I probably wouldn't go to all this trouble for me. But for my dog, it's a labor of love.

[@francesrehnquist8846]

What u do warms my ❤️. I'm 79 and just canned 100 jars of Yellowfin that my son caught! I told him that's mammas last go around doing that! But always enjoyed canning!

[@reginastratton5031]

Just recently found your videos. Love you are keeping the old ways. I greatly enjoy watching.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Welcome and thank you!

[@thereal270]

Watched this last night was going to cook chicken stew today light bulb moment. Make chicken broth and clear out 3 carcass out of freezer! ❤😊

[@lavondadye8091]

We freeze our butcher chickens whole and when canning season is over I'll cook a few to make broth and can the meat. My mom loves chicken chili so I do several jars in order to make it for her several times during the winter months.

[@paccur1252]

Day or two of full cooking days can save you hours of preparing and cooking for weeks to come..

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Absolutely!

[@Prepping_mimi]

I agree. Once you’ve had homemade chicken broth, that store stuff taste like water and salt.

[@colleengiles9251]

I freeze mine

[@michaellawson4473]

Great work Megan

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you!!

[@wilmabaker4500]

Loved the video.

[@lori4072]

Good morning Meagan. I agree with you. I bought 3 butterball turkeys at Aldi after the holidays last year for $.49 lb so I roasted them canned all of them. I made broth too which I used for them. I make enchiladas, casseroles and last night made chicken pot pie with biscuits on top. So good and FAST. Thanks for sharing you recipes and skills. Your encouragement blesses many!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

I bet that was amazing!! I freeze my left over turkey from thanksgiving and it makes some wonderful turkey and dumplings, I’m sure that broth is delicious!

[@wandafaircloth6934]

I used ball lids last year . I made pickles, don’t we all, lol. I pulled a jar of pickles a couple of months later and it was not sealed. I started checking my lid. The vinegar in my pickles had eat through my lid!!! I pulled all my pickles and had to throw out 6 jars. All 6 jars had pin holes in the lids. I immediately ordered some 4 jar lids. I have used them all year this year. Water bath and pressure canned using 4 jar lids and never a failure. Y’all these lids are great! I won’t use anything else now. I love canning my meat. It makes preparing meals faster and easier.. We hunt and eat alot of venison. I can all my venison except for what we grind into burger. I love to pressure can. Basically you are cooking and preserving your meat all at one time. I think it’s a great time saver. Great video Megan. Just goes to show “canning season “ is really an all year thing.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Yes they are!! I’m so glad that I found them! And I LOVE canned deer meat 😋😋😋

[@gardeningwithhoss]

We love you preservation videos.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you so much! We love y’all’s seeds, we actually have some strawberry plants headed our way 😊

[@peggystephens4703]

Many of the homestead videos use the four jar lids

[@BushcraftFamily]

man I bet the house was smelling great

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Absolutely 😊

[@teresabry]

It all looks awesome.

[@jedimom7934]

Love the ForJars lids. Haven’t had a failure yet.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Agreed!

[@heatherwaring8418]

Great video!

[@teresahix5658]

Love the canning and preserving process. Certainly takes me back to younger years. ❤❤

[@tinainglima]

I can’t believe I never saw your channel till now. I love it. Ty.

[@peggystephens4703]

I love it. I cook the bones for broth fora minimum of 30 hours. The Turkey bones go for72 to 80 hours. Best broth ever. I add nothing to it and the flavor is intense

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Yes!!

[@brendawoods554]

Love home canned broth.

[@katiedc8239]

Love your canning and preserving videos! Thank you and God bless.

[@deborahstewart2322]

I canned chicken for the first time loved it! Make broth too! Lot better than store bought

[@stellabrandenburg3350]

❤❤ great educational video for new or old canners. You remind me of me in my younger years having multiple things canning at the same time.

[@normamccomas9272]

Excellent video!❤xo

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you!!

[@mikem3244]

You guys are so motivating to watch. I feel like I learn something all the time and get new ideas every time I watch your videos. I've wondered how well Forjars worked and glad you included that. Thanks so much for what you and Andy do and God bless your family!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Yes, I truly do love them, they’ve really done well for me!

[@deltorres2100]

Thank you..I do freeze my chicken broth..but will definitely try this ..I can my pinto beans .. Looks great Megan 🥘🌱

[@Susan-n3o3e]

Your chicken and your broth looks so pretty yes you’ll be so thankful this winter to have it just pop it open and cook it😊

[@sandynuber1509]

Great video. Every kitchen video, I see, what I think is a sunflower 🌻 on the wall behind the iron skillet. Would you mind showing it and telling us the story behind it? Much love from Texas ♥️🤠

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Yes, it actually has an L on it for Lawson, my granny (who recently passed now 😢) got it for me some years back and now it reminds me of her ❤️

[@sandynuber1509]

@@TrueGritAppalachianWays that's such a sweet memory you'll always have. ♥️ My best friend passed away (way too young) from Ovarian Cancer and sunflowers 🌻 were her favorite flower, so I've incorporated them into my home decor in her honor. ♥️🌻😇

[@lorenemoody]

The way you Can doesn't seem like it's so difficult, therefore I might start trying to learn how to do it. You make it look so easy. Thank you so much .God bless you and your family of course!😀

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

You can do this!!

[@DancingWatersAnCoFOB]

When I can my chicken, I use the electric countertop roaster and set up 5-8 chickens on the roasting rack (depending on the size of your chicken and the size of your roaster). I leave the skin and bones in, then season the chickens as normal. When the chicken meat is roasted and falling off the bone, I pull the meat off the bones in big chunks and go straight into the jars. Then I fill the jar to 1" with last year's homemade chicken stock from my pantry . Then into the canner. While the chicken processes, I continue to cook the drippings and bones, cartilage, veggie scraps from freezer, and 10-16 cleaned feet with 1 quart of filtered water for every chicken I roasted. I simmer on 250° overnight, and then the next morning, I strain the stock and fridge it overnight. The Day 3, I pull the fat off the top of the stock, then jar the stock and can it too. The feet add great Collagen, and the roasting improves the texture for my finicky kids. Plus roasting gives a boost to the depth of chicken flavor.

[@lauraklein1941]

I sure enjoy your videos!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you!

[@rublefranklin8762]

Awesome as always thanks

[@carolyncooper2535]

Try using the big roaster pan you don’t have to watch it so close. You can put 3-4 chickens in it.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Great idea!

[@lightheartedwanderer3818]

Thank you for your consistent homekeeping.

[@oops8985]

You just gotta make me HUNGRY!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

😂

[@jerrystout3032]

Great Job Meagan!😇

[@rayclay2]

OMG now im hungry~!!

[@imaprepper1866]

Meghan, like you I can my chicken like you do except I only fill my jars half full. I like more broth. Today I’m canning beef stew. Yummy. Love your channel.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

I’ve always wanted to try canning beef stew, just haven’t ever taken it on, we love some good beef stew around here!

[@njo2649]

A lot of love and satisfying hard work goes into your canning. Thank you for sharing your life. You and your family are a blessing.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thank you so much!

[@ruthieshipp8787]

Love all your canning videos ❤gardens are so awesome If only.i had help to keep.mine going

[@rough-hewnhomestead5737]

Love your canning videos (and the others, too). That chicken will taste good and be convenient this winter!

[@laurielyon1892]

I love chicken canned this way better than raw packed. I think the texture is better for one thing. I can eat that cold lol, so it makes good chicken salad as well as great for any casserole.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Yes it sure does!

[@glendabenard3772]

I love to use homemade chicken broth in my beans and peas

[@vicky52557985]

awesome

[@chrstdvd]

You know, I was watching your sorghum videos and wanted to ask you if you could make corn syrup the same way. Wonder what you would cook down were you to run corn stalks through that machine. I could Google it, but I think it is more fun to ask a real farm family.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Well I had never heard of this and red about it, apparently it’s a thing! You can make corn syrup from corn stalks that don’t produce an ear, who knew!

[@tpaw6908]

Thank you looks Great. Have a blessed week 🙏❤️

[@kathiebumpers1767]

Thanks so much for the how to information.

[@roseannmay8294]

Love forjars lids

[@francesrehnquist8846]

Love this.

[@brendacunningham9849]

I could kick myself bc I ordered a bunch of lids and forgot to use the code!

[@reavisstockard2994]

Enjoyed your video, I’m going to give those lids a try . We don’t have a ton of problems with the others but we’ve had more failures than year’s past.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

They honestly are the best I’ve used, I hope your luck is the same!

[@paccur1252]

Hi there beautiful family

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Good morning!

[@ayakashioni1336]

Yummy

[@raymetcalf3928]

Maybe someday we'll do canning! Afraid of not doing it right! Everything looked so good!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

You can do this!! First thing I started with was canning jams and moved up from there

[@sandraenglandful]

Do you still work out of the home as a nurse? I love your videos and you have a lovely family!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Yes I do, luckily just part time these days tho

[@deborahstewart2322]

Do you make applesauce cake??

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Yes, we LOVE applesauce cake!!

[@catherineparsons20]

Did you vent the apples for 10 minutes?

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Yes I did

[@robertaallen4785]

Why did you fill apples only 1/2 full? Seems like a waste of lids

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Because if they are full because of the air in the apples the pressure will cause them to press out of the top (believe me I learned from experience 😂), it’s actually the perfect amount of apples for what I will use them for ☺️

[@lorrismith7366]

Did I hear you right for the apples? Bring to 5 pounds and turn it off? Is it just apples and water? Thank you

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Yes and yes I only just cover the apples with water, not all the way to the top

[@Mel-vu9ss]

Hi there. I’m wondering on the apples do you think the pressure amount would need to be adjusted for elevation? I’m at a high enough elevation to have to can at 15 pounds. One thing I did this year with my peppers was either roast or grill them, then pack jelly jars and top with water and can. They turned out great. I just hated having my entire harvest in the freezer.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

I wish I knew how to answer this question, I’m honestly not sure.

[@Mel-vu9ss]

@@TrueGritAppalachianWays that’s ok. Thanks!

[@barbaramccune9383]

Can you fix one or two in herbs

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Sure!

[@barbaramccune9383]

Can you let me know when so I want be late in getting them

[@buzzybeeT]

Thank you for showing this. I have been thinking about canning some chicken but debated raw or cooked. Now i know cooked is the way to go. Getting the broth is an extra bonus! Did you season the broth with anything else other than salt?

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Sometimes I do put in extra herbs, but this time was just salt and some onion powder.

[@GeorgiasGarden]

Would you say that was two bushels??

[@tinainglima]

You said juices and water half up inside the jar for apples but how high is the water in the pot?

[@aprilkitchens2173]

How is the texture of the chicken after being cooked. Then canned? I'm scared it'll be mushy

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

It’s texture is the same as store bought canned chicken, it’s not mushy at all. I love doing it that way because you also get so much extra chicken broth as well ☺️

[@aprilkitchens2173]

@@TrueGritAppalachianWays nice. I harvest my first batch next week ! Planning on skinning not plucking. But maybe some. Then I'm going to can half and freeze the other half. So excited!

[@donaldwells2102]

❤🙏🙋‍♂️😋

[@Rachel1983tn]

Can you send me the link, if you have one, for the apple butter? Thanks!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Here you go! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGjCcqqnhahsf9E

[@chickenmama4670]

Not sure if anyone will see this question but.. I don’t particularly care for store bought canned chicken. Is there a difference in the taste?

[@Sparkplug4712]

Absolutely, there is a difference. Store bought, you don't know what meat or not meat your getting mixed or hidden into it. With home canning you know what you put into the jar and that meat will be packed with flavor.

[@chickenmama4670]

@@Sparkplug4712 thank you