Wood Cookstove Cooking | 1917 Inspired Beef Stew, Biscuit and Lemon Bars

[@tracymyers9771]

I really appreciate the fact that if you overcook something or make a little mistake, you embrace it and share it with us! You are so relatable to all of us. Also, your home is so beautiful.

[@kimdegener3854]

I really loved this video. I knit, spin, and weave, and these are the things that bring me joy and connect me to my ancestors. Just for fun, look up history bounding.

[@susannadeau311]

Your videos are my burst of joy. 😅

[@wendymccollough156]

I don’t remember when my grandma had her wood stove but she heated her house with a wood/coal stove. I remember it being loaded up with coal and wood then they sat a tea kettle on top to heat water pr set pans of veggies or whatever to cook. Unfortunately I do remember the house before the indoor plumbing was installed in the new bathroom. Grandma was one tough cookie though. She still used the outhouse until about 5 years before she passed. Lol

[@annpachini2155]

Brings back memories. My grandmother had a cook stove that she cooked on for years and a stove that set in their living room that used coal. I can still hear my grandfather adding coal and getting it heated up in the mornings. I think they also used coal in the cook stove. There were no special meals made for picky eaters. I can here my granny saying “put it on the back of the stove, they get hungry enough they will come back to it” 😂😂😂

[@catherineberglund8647]

When I was a young girl, I used to work for an elderly lady in our community. She had me do all the cooking for her on her wood stove. I loved it. He stove was small, but it put out nice heat and good food.

[@hdrvman]

We have a "HEARTLAND OVAL" wood cook stove with the 6 gallon water reservoir on the right side of the oven. It truly is the heart of our home in the colder months! Your "connection" to Martha is wholly understood !!!!

[@melodywright2276]

I'm so excited for this. I have been looking for wood stove videos. Teach me please and thank you. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@rachelmick4051]

No judgement on your jam biscuit and stew combo! A friend of mine from Nebraska recently taught me that it is a popular thing there to serve chili over cinnamon rolls. I thought that was nuts until I tried it and it was so good! Sweet, savory, a little spicy. YUM!

[@wizelbee]

My mom always salt & peppered the meat then dredged it in flour before browning to help with thickening. Since mom did it, of course I do as well. I also add celery (1" pieces) & fresh mushrooms (at the end) & instead of water I use vegetable Better Than Bouillon. Sometimes I toss in some parsnips if I have them. Then of course I make a pan of cornbread & have even been known to make Navajo fry bread to go with it.

[@kathryncurry8728]

Love Martha, she’s a beauty! You never cease to amaze me with your skills. 😮

[@cathys9468]

Visit Gettysburg, PA. They do the dress up ALL the time. I was there a few weeks ago and a whole group came into this restaurant dressed beautifully in top hats/tails and hoop skirts with Abe Lincoln. What a sight.

[@cinm9565]

Hi Chelsea. I think you would like the channel Early American. She cooks 18th century recipes over a fireplace in a cabin using period utensils and is dressed in clothes of the era. Very interesting. Best wishes for a great winter!

[@lindastrous5243]

Early American also have a second channel where they taste the food she makes. Love both channels.

[@carlasenecal3434]

I used to use a wood cook stove in the early 1980's. I just haven't found a place to put it in my other homes. We still have it in storage.

[@debbiem2146]

Yay, a real vintage meal on a real vintage wood cookstove! Thank you :)

[@karendooks6244]

Another way of thickening a stew or soup is to mix flour with some butter till you get a manageable paste. Then using a whisk you form the paste into marble sized balls, adding them individually into the stew/soup and whisking til it melts. This not only thickens the stew but also adds flavour and a shine to the liquid. The French have a fancy name for it.

[@debbiebarnes4688]

It’s a beurre manié!

[@muddyacrefarms]

Beurre manie‘

[@jmsuther01]

Beurre manié

[@jessicaproulx7228]

Talking about joy - you and your videos bring me so much joy ❤

[@khome707]

Watching you and your videos gives me that feeling as well. Your canning, gardening, tending to your animals, working with the wool from your sheep, your log cabin, all your land and hills reminds me of how they would have lived back in the day. Love how you live and love your wonderful videos. I appreciate you and your videos! I also do love my leather and wool slippers like you are wearing in this video, they are warm and comfy! Thank you for sharing where you got them at Padraig Cottage.

[@rondalandeenlandeen2485]

Your family is so blessed to have you and all that you do❤

[@lotteisern9712]

Hi, I am a dedicated watcher of your blog. This one brought back memories of my childhood in Germany. Not only did my mother use that kind of a stove for cooking, it was our source of heat. We didn't have central heat. our stove had no thermostat and it was very tricky to bake cakes or cookies. My mom would sit in front of the stove on a little stool to keep an eye on the cookies as they were baking. A time consuming task. Thanks for the memories.

[@kimberlyearly8918]

So relaxing hearing the crackling of the fire. We used to heat with just wood and I miss that sound. Your entire meal looked amazing! Your family is so blessed to have you and I’m sure your children learn so much from your skills!❤

[@raemcmahon8665]

I always flour my meat, before browning it. It helps thicken the stew.

[@Cherylsminifarm]

That’s what I do too. My mother taught me that.

[@crystalpresseault6493]

Those canning jars are also perfect for pickle spears, pickled beans, pickled asparagus..my favorite jar! 😊

[@naomihartman6623]

Love seeing you so happy and smiley

[@granmarene]

Thank you for sharing this awesome video. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us.

[@belieftransformation]

Wonderful visit with you as you discussed what gives you joy; I’m grateful for your heartwarming talks, stories & fantastic cooking & baking. Blessings to all 🤗🇨🇦🌻

[@christinaf3503]

As I am up there in age,this stew recipe brings back as wonderful memories. My mom use to make her stew and chilli with ketchup. It was the best stew with carrots, celery, onions and potatos. Mom was not so lucky with her biscuits, most time came out like hockey pucks and we always ate them since they were made with love. I don't make a lot of chilli or stew since moving to warmer climate. Your videos are always awesome. Thank you. I can't wait to get your cookbook.

[@WaterisJoy]

Thank you for sharing your mental health and little things you do to keep it healthier. Very helpful! And, if you want to wear a vintage gown, I am here for it. Love the passion!

[@79PoisonBreaker]

Always love seeing Martha in action. Thanks for sharing

[@amandacoyne1663]

I miss using a wood burning stove to cook with the ones that we had in the family home over the last 50 years had water tanks on the side for continuous boiling water they burn out after continuous use 365 days a year for 10 people most of the time and up to 30 for Easter and Christmas. The house only had electricity connected 20 years ago and town water about 15 years ago used rain water tanks so learned to save water not waste it especially in droughts. Loved doing stews and soups on the stove top.

[@TheBonnieberry]

You my sweet friend always make me smile.My only stove growing up was an Enterprise wood cookstoveMy sweet Mom could make her sing...oh,the meals,pickles,jams...she was an amazing cook! xx

[@nancytoker9293]

You are so lucky ! I wish my old wood cook stove would be installed.

[@JoyceTownsend-xh1sc]

I so enjoy your smile and joy with the simple things! Thanks for being you!

[@Queenie12]

I just love Martha! Thanks for keeping it real. ❤

[@JeanneKinland]

I LOVE MARTHA and wish I had one just like that. Awesome stuff !

[@muddyacrefarms]

We have a wood burning stove. Never cooked in it cause truthfully we learned real quick to make modest fires in it. Our very first one after moving here we made this huge roaring fire. Within an hour my house was 98 degrees and we had to open windows. When we got snow about 16 years ago (we got 8 inches which is unheard of in south Louisiana) we lost power for 3 days. That stove saved our butts.

[@ldg2655]

I like that you feel that cooking on Martha grounds you and connects you to women of the past. I don’t have a wood stove, but I feel the same when I am milking my cow (by hand). I LOVE the companionship with my cow and feel like a true milkmaid… LOL

[@kallie1100]

I use my heartland woodstove everyday for 27 years , i love it, fall and winter would never be the same without it . Beef stew and baking powder biscuits are one of my favorite meals to make on my stove.

[@dawngraf6121]

I would love to come sit at your table..you're absolutely amazing, thank you for the smile on my face when you cook..

[@TheFamilyFarmstead]

Those jarsare fantastic for pickled asparagus. Love standing them up perfect in the jar. Dinner looked great.

[@jeanniedorsey6772]

Love your wood cookstove. Beautiful Martha. All the food looks wonderful!

[@leafgreen9099]

It is so nice to see someone cooking on a wood stove, thank you. As a child we cooked on the English equivalent that was coal fired, and I learnt to bake and cook on it. As I got older we graduated to an electric stove, which was a real learning curve.

[@brendamarker7351]

I claim that I am solar powered and that I work best when the sun shines during any season. I am happiest outside. I grew up on a farm and I love being outside.

[@marilynjohnson1432]

I had forgotten we used to put ketchup in our beef stew too! I love old cookbooks too. Loved your sharing today....always do. ❤ Thank you.

[@MamaCZond]

We had a wood cookstove that was in a similar place in our kitchen/dining room in the farmhouse I grew up in. My mom baked bread (learning from our next-door neighbour who had baked/cooked everything on her stove for years, and mom made many calls on the party line to Bernice when she had questions). Many a pot of soup/stew, and any other meal that could be cooked on the woodstove was, and the electric stove was only used as a backup or when baking something that needed to be more temperature specific than could be guaranteed with the woodstove, or of course during the non-heating seasons. We also boiled down maple syrup for our small batches (4-H club projects!) on that stove, after trapsing all over the property to our few select sugar maples to gather the sap. I spent many times with the oven door open and my feet propped up on a blanket on the oven door. Nothing like wood heat for the warmth and comfort. I remember we had a different woodstove, and my parents hunted all over (this was in the 80's) for a cookstove that was fully intact to replace the stove that was in place, and it was worth the hunt when they found one. When they sold the farm, the wood cookstove was one of the major selling features for the people from the city who bought it! I'm not sure what brand that old stove was, but Elmira Stove Works is not far from where we are, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was an older model of one of theirs. It's something I still miss. There is something just so warm and comfortable about wood heating & cooking. The closest we've gotten in the last several years was a pellet stove, but it wasn't something we could cook on. I comfort myself these days by having a gas stove, which is my other favourite cooking stove option, or cooking over a campfire when I have the option.

[@belindaalderson9341]

Our hot water was heated behind the cook stove . It was very precious indeed

[@etet4536]

I also have a collection of very old cookbooks that I absolutely love, some passed down from my Italian mother and others passed on to me by my German mother-in-law. My favorite part was finding handwritten notes, dried flowers, religious bookmarks and postcards amongst the pages. I felt transported back in time. As I watched your video my daughter came over and asked what I was watching, I told her you (you're lovingly referred to in our home as "the lady in BC with 40 acres") were cooking on your wood stove, she thought that was very cool.

[@erikahovius9997]

Martha is a beautiful cook stove! ❤ I picked up some 750 ml mason jars at Dollarama of all places. I wouldn't trust them for canning, but have used them for storage of dry goods.

[@HiddenBlessingsHomestead]

Funny enough, our wood cookstove is on the same wall between our living room and our dining room. It is our main heat source for our cabin. We have been cooking on our wood cookstove for at least 14 years and I love it. If there was any appliance ranked as favourites it is my stove and my vitamix don't know what I'd do without either. Our first wood cookstove was a flame view and it was our sole heat source for our home as well I cooked all winter on it and it also heated our hot water over the winters, it was my favourite way to heat our water, especially being off-grid. I absolutely love those jars, I've been using them for years for our homemade chicken seasoning and my home made mayo, I love the size and the look of them.

[@FoodandOtherPassions]

Oh Chelsea, you looked just like a happy little girl getting one of her favorite treats when you tasted your lemon bar. Made me smile. Thanks for that and this heartwarming homey, cozy video. Thank Martha too! :=) I agree also beef stew is definitely one of the staple foods for winter. YUM!!!!

[@khome707]

I understand the slowing down and connecting! Since I've moved to the country on some acreage the outdoors is beautiful and amazing. I got rid of my microwave a few years ago and had to "connect" to cooking. Not like you by canning and preserving yet but getting there. I cracked black walnuts for the first time today and never liked them but had to taste them and study the anatomy of the nut to try to get bigger chunks of the nutmeat out and it grounded me, was relaxing and I learned an appreciation for them. I always like to think of Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Little House on the Prairie books and what I'm doing is some things they used to do back then. Pretty neat feeling :)

[@peggyelliottedens8132]

My mother used to cook on a wood stove. My dad had a chopping block and he would cut the wood and kindling for the stove and our fireplace in the living room. I grew up in the hills of southwest Virginia.

[@paulanelson1884]

Everything looks so delicious! Yummy supper and that dessert looks heavenly! I love anything lemon! ❤

[@deborahhansen3898]

A cook stove I think ,,slows us down,n allows food to simmer n meld together, its like a food meditation,it’s unlike any other way to cook, n from the oven, omg. Mmmmm

[@belindaalderson9341]

I bought a box of them too. I use for storing extra pasta and things

[@bcworth444]

Eating beef stew with a jammy biscuit is intriguing. I've heard you mention that before. I'm doing a beef stew tomorrow; I'm going to have to try that; maybe my homemade apricot jam will work....

[@DianneKGreer]

The pint and a half is my very favorite of all canning jars. Ball has discontinued them, but Azure has gotten into jar manufacturing and has these beautiful jars and I love them. During our huge jar challenge a few years back, I also ordered Bernardin from Canada (talk about pricey!) since I live in mid central US. Love your YT channel and all that you do. 😊 Thank you, Dianne

[@bettytrotman2124]

Best tasting food ever ❤

[@faithopeloveful]

I remember having thick slices of homemade bread toasted on the wood stove burner and hot cocoa many times as a child! Yum! Also my in laws had a big woodstove in their cabin in Ontario for many years. By the way I just cut my biscuits in squares with my pizza cutter. Yours looked scrumptious!

[@vallis1469]

Martha is beautiful! It's wonderful to see you are feeling better, too. Thanks for the great recipe. Love from Arkansas to you and yours!

[@charlacarson473]

I have always wanted a wood cook stove!

[@pmbramucci1056]

The wood stove we had when I was growing up had a built-in water reservoir. Can't remember now if we kept it full so it could add humidity or not, though. EDIT: Maybe just try wearing a gingham dress if you want the LARPing (Live Action Role Playing) feel? There was a forest history center where I grew up that had people dressed in period costumes, discussing their daily lives as lumberjacks, including what they ate for meals. There's also a trading company (?) village in Thunder Bay, Ontario that sort of has that vibe to it if that's something you want to visit. It's been several years since our family went there, so I can't really remember a lot about it, other than it was a cool place to visit.

[@marvona3531]

Thanks for sharing👍🦋👍🦋👍🦋

[@midgetwes]

Oh wow. My mouth is watering..biscuits looks yummy indeed.😊😊

[@debbierisse5867]

Those jars Chelsea also are perfect for canning asparagus.

[@KatWrangler]

I would love to have that size jars! That would be awesome!

[@lillie9117]

You made me smile when you were blushing about strange flavors but I love sour cream on pancakes so you enjoy your biscuits jam and stew!!😊

[@melindawargowsky8176]

I think they call Larping “Civil War Reenactment “ in the US😅. Being so cool this month in Ohio, I made a veggie soup. So proud it was home canned hamburger, potatoes, carrots, kidney beans, tomatoes, and frozen corn we put up. Did do a can of peas from the store. It was delicious! I think the canned hamburger adds a lot of beef flavor from the broth it creates when canning. Much appreciation for your videos ❤️

[@aloras405]

Reinactment is different than Larping. It stands some live action roll play.

[@greenrockgarden2851]

I’m happy to see someone appreciate the old cookbooks. Fo me, they’re too wordy and old-fashioned “proper”. Reminds me of when women were expected to stay at home, rear children, be a hostess and much, much more. Although I have nostalgia moments remembering my Granny and Aunts still Living in that era (I have no living relatives now), I am personally too independent and new age. Just give me the ingredients! Lol

[@shannonbrice8012]

The canning jars used to come in only a 9 count and they were 15 dollars (around 2020). I cannot eat stew without some ketchup as well. I wonder if it is a Canadian thing because people from other parts of the world think it is bonkers to add ketchup.

[@inspiredclips8245]

Thank you!

[@amandar7719]

When we were little we used to see a lady acting as if she was cooking at the end of the breakfast room where there were remnants of a bread oven. There was a fire place and chimney on the second floor above (which had a scary feeling to it) and the roof covered an old thatched roof we eventually had to remove to comply with fire insurance. Anyway, grown ups couldn’t see the ghostly figure of the lady. Just us young siblings. We didn’t take much mind to her. Part of the furniture really. We also each played with little children in old fashioned clothes in a bedroom we each rotated through in a newer part of the house. This used to freak mummy out! When I first stayed there with my own daughter, she too played with the children and saw the lady in the kitchen. What I didn’t know was that she also saw an old lady in the walled garden who frightened her and she became terrified of playing there without me. It was when she was about 10 that she told me about her. She said the lady was nasty and told her not to play there when she (the old lady) was walking there. None of us siblings had ever seen this old lady. Neither did any of us ever see the handsome gentleman in a white tuxedo type suit who used to appear at parties and sit on the stairs chatting to guests. Women guests often asked who he was. We never saw him. He just appeared when there was a party. We just said he must’ve been a gatecrasher! Apparently, he wore a moustache and had slickbacked black hair, a monocle and peppermint aftershave. 👻 Lots of other haunted type stories if you’re ever interested. Secret tunnels and headless lady on a white horse. Etc. The village was where the wives of the gunpowder plot waited for news of their husbands. 😀 👻 And Sir Walter Raleigh hid next door with his new young wife he hadn’t had permission from Queen Elizabeth to marry. 💃💃💃

[@sandischoenberg9501]

Oh how do we to know more! I’m so intrigued!!

[@helenhutchison7948]

In Australia we pay $29 for 6 pack of canning jars. Love your videos, thanks for the education you share.

[@amywilkins]

Wow stunning 😮❤

[@maryannd9256]

Such a nice stove. Love it. You’re so cute- love your videos! 🌸

[@jdman-ohio]

Good morning Chelsea. It was fun seeing your stoneware all the way up there. They are made about an hour from my home. I am a new subscriber and i am loving your videos. You have a beautiful home and Martha just sets it off. I know what you mean about the winter blues I really struggle myself in the winter month.

[@kikomartin-pr]

Awesome video.

[@stephencameron1709]

Loved this video! You make me smile! Val C ❤️🙏🏻

[@Susan-n3o3e]

Another great video you’re always cooking something that looks delicious❤

[@SamSung-ww3rp]

Sounds amazing. Planning on trying it that way!

[@aloras405]

Larping is short for Live Action Roll Play. I have done it a time or two. It’s a lot of fun.

[@judyjudd7215]

I think I'm the only one who doesn't put tomatoes in my beef stew. I do on the other hand make a gravy in my beef stew, as my mom always did. Onions, potatoes and carrots are what goes into my beef stew. Just like my mom. The lord says to only worry about today for yesterday is gone and tomorrow is not yet here.

[@SaltCreekFarmstead]

That’s how I make mine too.

[@todayIlive3]

Don't like cooked tomatoes. Not in my stew either.

[@lilafayre]

I prefer without tomatoes too!

[@dianecostantini2041]

I make mine the same exact way as you and it’s delicious

[@sandijammes7761]

Great video Chelsea! I live Martha. She just makes your home even homier!! I wish you could get Azure Standard in Canada. When they started selling jars, I started stocking up. When they added the pint & a half jars I was thrilled! I buy them without lids & rings and its so much cheaper! I am completely hooked on my ForJars lids & have enough rings to last 2 lifetimes, so its a real money saver. Apparently, Ball stopped making that size a while back. Enjoy them!

[@theresaegbuniwe5808]

Martha is the perfect name for her.

[@sarahgoodwin3337]

Southern ontario here. And my brothers family LARP 😂. It's totally a thing here

[@margaretduncan3418]

Beef stew sounds amazing! Kitty in the background is adorable you always seem to have a photo bomber.

[@suzannebeckerton6758]

I got a case of those jars a couple weeks ago! I love them too!

[@suewhalen3919]

I dress up and demonstrate candle making at a reenactment of the war of 1812!! Some of the members do this almost every weekend. A friend of mine loves Medieval times and goes to the fairs, like the one coming up in North Battlefield, alberta

[@tamararobinson2069]

Chelsey - I Love All of Your Videos & look forward to them. This one was extra special Thank You🥰 I name my vehicles😁 but if I had a wood cookstove I’d so name it also❤

[@LMGM5]

Chelsea, Happy and blessed Thanksgiving Day!! To you and your family. Blessings, Laura from Rockaway Park New York ❤

[@cynthiafisher9907]

I think the Canadian Thanksgiving Day is in October.

[@iartistdotme]

I'm so glad I ordered this early since I've been Christmas shopping and don't have much left to buy something for myself BUT YEA, I already bought it. I adore beef stew and haven't made it in so many years - yours looks so good. I will try it with buttered biscuits and jelly. Maybe one bite before I commit to the whole biscuit. Dang now I'm hungry and it's bed time.

[@rhondatrumier5530]

Well I might have to go look for some of those jars. Loved todays video.

[@RobChapman-w3w]

Love watching.

[@nancycowan6109]

I used to get that size jar for my pickled asparagus. They are hard to come by now. ❤️

[@XOjmmXO]

Your love of sweetness on the biscuit with your stew reminds me of us eating frosted cinnamon rolls with our chili! Please try it some time! It is so good!

[@danipeters5279]

Maybe start your LARP experience by wearing a vintage apron. Like the kind that would cover a gown. Kind of put you into the mindset of that time.😊

[@bridscloset]

Larping is huge here in the tri-state, NY area. Many Larps are "vintage" but others can be animated, cartoon, fantasy themed.

[@inspiredclips8245]

Interesting! I hope someone gets her an outfit to uplift her January thru February!

[@darylwilson6793]

Keep a sharp eye on CanadianTire flyers, once in a while they put those 750ml wide mouths on sale. I picked up a few packs of 1.9l jars at my local Homehardwear at almost half off. Thanks again for all your videos! And HI to this community

[@NancyHowlett]

I love beef stew.. we live in Annapolis Maryland and it’s getting to be soup weather here.. next thing I make will be a big pot of beef stew.. I usually cook mine in the oven and put biscuits on top, that’s how my mom did hers so that’s how I make mine.. thanks Chelsea for today’s video.. take care and enjoy your delicious meal..

[@Iluvchknz]

24 oz or 1 1/2 pint jars. They are great. I have a ton but we also use them as drink cups.