Ruthann, I am so glad to hear that you and your mother still talk. In some cultures or religions, once a child leaves the parents or religion, they are shunned. I was so relieved and warmed in my spirit. It's the kind of relief that I could cry. God bless you and your family.

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

@user-if3rc1qp6k

6 ай бұрын

I grew up not to far from Lancaster County and there were alot of Mennonite families and churches in our town. I loved the food and the sweet breakfast bread/cakes . I've eaten alot of Pennsylvania/Dutch food. My Dad loved Scrapple, I never cared for it. I've lived in Arkansas for 50 years now and it's a whole different way of eating. I have always chosen to cook real food from scratch when I'm able. It is depressing that now due to deteriorating eyesight and poor health I'm unable to cook like I'm used to.Still very blessed though.

@MichelleVisser

6 ай бұрын

i'm sure that is very frustrating, but i imagine you can still do some, since you're so comfortable in the kitchen... imagine if you weren't and you couldn't accomplish any real-food cooking now... and yes, no matter what the season of life I have found they are all overflowing with blessings, even amidst the difficulties.

I’m the opposite of RuthAnn… I grew up worldly and became a Mennonite… in PA. Now I have started a KZread channel to teach people to to homestead prep cook! I’m Pennsylvania Dutch… my ancestors came from Germany during that time period.

@ameliainpdx1775

Жыл бұрын

Hi LeAnne, I didn't know that about you.

@MennoniteFarmhouse

Жыл бұрын

@@ameliainpdx1775 Yes, I haven’t really come and mention it on my channel but I would like to do a video on it soon. I drop hints here and there like how I use to work at Wendy’s and Mc Donald’s.

@ameliainpdx1775

Жыл бұрын

@@MennoniteFarmhouse With us, we didn't know we had Mennonite background on both sides. My dad slways mentioned our Jewish backgrund on his dad's side, & mentioned that they "went Luthern" here in the states (around 1900 when they escaped from Russia), but nothing else. My mom's mom didn't mention that there was Mennonite on her mom's side & we just recently found out that our bio grandfather was Mennonite as well. (DNA sites can be great). Nothing was said when my sisters & I joined our local Mennonite church in 1968, by my dad or his siblings or by my mom's mom. Found out dad's side at great aunt's funeral & then my uncle confirmed it on being questioned. Our church wasn't started until the 1920s as a mission church. My sisters have gone on to others churches in the last 30 years & I'm still on the books for PMC now, but in listening to their podcasts the last couple of years, I doubt I'll ever return there.... I need sermons that are from the Bible & not following politically correct guidelines to keep their tax exempt status. I have noticed that the further from the East Coast the "church" is the more liberal it is & the more politically correct it is. So sad there. And Oregon is known/was known as the most unchurched state in the nation.... Really sad thing to have happened here.

@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123

11 ай бұрын

But RuthAnn is not worldly, she was saved !!! She found Jesus, the one and true God, the Lord of lords, the King of kings….. praise the Lord !!! Blessings

@EyreEver

11 ай бұрын

​@@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123💯

Ruth Ann, is such a smart and talanted young lady. I love her channel, she teaches me something new every time I see her (And I am old enough to be her mother) She is such a good mother you can tell her children love and respect her. Thanks for interviewing her..

@lizmcclure7984

10 ай бұрын

Her genuineness is evident.

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

@@lizmcclure7984 for sure! RuthAnn is the best. New episode with her available 12/4/23!

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

I love RuthAnn’s channel too. I learn something new on every video. I’m 74 years old and she motivates me to be a better homemaker. Although I’ve been cooking for 50+ years, I’m now learning more about canning. RuthAnn is a wonderful mother and wife. I have not figured out where she gets all her energy from though.

@MichelleVisser

11 ай бұрын

isn't she great!!?? I totally agree that I'm always learning something or being inspired by RuthAnn. And yes, she's the energizer bunny :)

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

@26skogen

2 ай бұрын

I am 75 and just recently found Ruthann’s site. I love her too. I am learning so much from her.

I discovered Homesteading with the Zimmermans You Tube channel this week and I am in love! 🥰. I have binge watched every day and saving almost every episode. You will love what she teaches and the children are what every mother wishes children to be.

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

RuthAnn is a friend and non-stop encourager

@frilled2b

Жыл бұрын

I am addicted to RuthAnn, I am from central PA and my GrandPops drove the Amish to the store and where ever they needed to go. I played with the children and ate at the church gatherings. My Grandmother was Ex-communicated but we still held the heritage, I am now 60 and all that headage is lost. My mother was the youngest of 10 siblings. I have no family left, so I guess I adopted RuthAnn's to get me through my very lonely golden years.

@KimsKluckers

Жыл бұрын

I feel like they are my family as well.

@ldg2655

Жыл бұрын

I agree.. I just found her a couple of weeks ago. She teaches SO MUCH MORE than just about meals. It feels like I’m being immersed in a modified Mennonite culture, and I’ve picked up so many life tips and a more mindful perspective in how she tackles day-to-day life.

@ajalicea1091

Жыл бұрын

@ldg2655 I understand exactly what you are saying. Only thing that I have issues with is their spiritual doctrine. I don't agree with certain things that they do. Lifestyle would not bother me. Due to genealogy, somewhere along the way, my maternal side is of plain roots. I enjoy plain and simple. Don't have to worry about me "Jones'en." I don't want to be like those around me. I have a modest home, inside and out. At one time, I had family who wanted us to be like others. All that did was cause problems that were hard to get away from.

My father left us when I was young there were 4 children, my mom had to work to support the family. But she came home every night and made dinner and every holiday she would make Pie and I remember always being in the kitchen with her. I distinctly can see her in my memory, trimming the extra dough off the edges. I thought she was amazing. My mom was the best person ever. I miss her every single day.

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

Your mom sounds like an amazing lady and I love that you have such fond memories with her in the kitchen. (I too can see my mom trilling the pie plate and cutting the excess crust with her bread knife like it was a work of art.)

Ruthann is just awesome...She is so knowledgeable about growing food and farming holistically...I just found her vlog and Im obsessed with her you tube vlogs...She has a beautiful family and she is a truly beautiful, honest person...She is smart beyond words...i feel blessed she shares her knowledge and I thank you for having her on your channel😊

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

I agree!! It is a joy to call Ruthann "friend." So glad you enjoyed this episode!

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

RuthAnn is a treasure, for sure!

@lindabrand627

9 ай бұрын

To me there's nothing more beautiful than a confident, authentic person and Ruthanne is just so beautiful. I love everything about her❤

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

Lol I made a comment to my husband that this woman needs to write a book on raising children. Right after I made that comment she said she has an e-book on the subject. If I were a young mother, I would buy that book. I do not have any grandchildren. But if we were to something to change, I would implement many of her ideas.

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

Ruth Ann is an awesome mom.

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

I have just found Ruthanns channel and can’t get enough of her. As a woman I was sold a bill of goods that I needed education and a career. I spent yrs raising children while working and getting educated to ultimately open my own businesses. Thank goodness for my husband who took over the domestic duties of running a household while also working. I retired at 54 , and am discovering now that I’ve become a homesteader just how much I missed out on not learning , cooking, baking, canning , growing food, ect ect. Turning back the clock when woman were proud to be wives and mothers , I can help but wonder what if Betty Crocker hadnt put those words on that box, “ Just add an egg.” Great interview, thanks for having this precious woman on. 🌟❤️🇨🇦

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

She is s treasure for sure and I TOTALLY hear you... I bought into the SAME lies, because my mom did and I followed suit. But I'm thankful to have discovered some different ways to do things now, aren't you? Better late than never :)

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

In texas, we call the shredded potatoes hash browns. Very good 👍

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

Same here, in New England (and I'm from the Mid-Atlantic area) but i've never wondered WHY we call them that...

@KimsKluckers

Жыл бұрын

I love hash browns fried up with onions. 🥰

@TheBlomman50

4 ай бұрын

What you call "'home fries", in Sweden we say "raw fried" potatoes and potatoes that are cooked and cold we cut in small cubes and fries in butter with chopped onions, serve it with fried eggs and pickled red beats and that its called " Pytt i panna"! 🙂

@lindapotter5750

4 ай бұрын

Yeah! I lived in Bandera, Texas for almost 10 years. I worked in a cafe. Breakfast Tacos was the number one item for whenever you're hungry. Chicken Fried Steak was my favorite meal with fries and cream gravy. I must have gained 30 pounds. Man....talk about good food...lol.😁🙃

I found you because I am addicted to RuthAnn, I am from central PA and my GrandPops drove the Amish to the store and where ever they needed to go. I played with the children and ate at the church gatherings. My Grandmother was Ex-communicated but we still held the heritage, I am now 60 and all that heritage is lost. My mother was the youngest of 10 siblings. I have no family left, so I guess I adopted RuthAnn's to get me through my very lonely golden years. Thanks for sharing and I can make you a shoofly pie, real PA pot pie, or even boiled dinner.

@debjolicoeur7232

Жыл бұрын

I am happy that Ruthann lifestyle is helping make you happier.

@paulawaldrep5286

Жыл бұрын

I was born in Wisconsin and transplanted in Brownsville Texas. My grandmother was an awesome cook and even worked at a bus station kitchen. She passed when I was 2, but can still remember her cherry pies and cookies. She had a special tin she kept her cookies in and kept it in her pantry under the stairs. I believe the love of cooking is also in our DNA along with watching our parents cook. My mother is now 98 and I care for her FULL TIME. I Loved going to a friend's dairy farm up north and seeing them milk the cows. I guess it stuck, because I am 62 and have my cows and milk several. Ruth Ann's videos have helped me expand my learning of prep from scratch. Can chat if you'd like. Paula Waldrep

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

awww, for some reason I'm just now seeing your comment! I'm 54 and miss my parents dearly and have lost almost all my parents' siblings... they too were both from families of 10 children and were both on the young end of those 10. So sorry you feel lonely! Do you have a community of friends I hope?

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

I enjoy the Zimmermans on KZread and I am grateful to drive and listen. I drive a long way to and from work on a daily basis and this helps. I am in my mid 60’s and my life hasn’t had an identifiable culture. I’m late to the idea that food and culture are a meaningful combination. Recently I made the decision to garden and cook at home as much as possible. I am trying to create a culture of my own and I realized that for me this wasn’t a spiritual based decision but a kitchen based one. 💗

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

I love "Homesteading with the Zimmermans." It is my favorite KZread Video!

@loiswilliamson2635

3 ай бұрын

My favorite channel too❤

I love watching Ruth Ann!!! She is my favorite channel on KZread. She’s down to earth, talented, smart I can’t stress enough what a great teacher she is. Ruth Ann if you see this know that you are greatly loved and appreciated for all you do and share. Thank you 💗

@MichelleVisser

6 ай бұрын

She's a great friend

I grew up outside of PHILY,my mom was PA Dutch,so we learned how to cook like the Mennonite folds!Also born again Christians!IMyfavorite is Chicken pot pie ,or chicken soup,plus Cole slaw ,cucumber salad,picked beets with eggs!Beef stew,roast beef and gravy ,mashed. Potatos,Turkey dinner, with bread stuffing ,lots of gravey. gravey!Pies,and bread,jams,and jellys!It's the best!

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

I have found that if I make food the way that I like it, others will enjoy it as well. My daughter likes an exact recipe, which is difficult for me, and I have to explain that a recipe is just a guideline that you follow and then change in your own way to make it taste the way you like.

@MichelleVisser

2 ай бұрын

amen!

Love the Zimmermins!

Yes! Making the bread! My grandma always had zwiebach ready to go, along with so many other things. I can picture her hands also. Now that I make bread, I know it is not really about the bread. It is the connection and love for family. ❤

@MichelleVisser

6 ай бұрын

yes!!! 100% so many defining moments are centered around good food

I just love RuthAnn, she is so wholesome, kind, caring, loving, smart and a true inspiration!!!! Blessings

@MichelleVisser

11 ай бұрын

I agree, all the way around. :)

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

I love homemade noodles! I would always make batches at the holiday time for my mother in law to sell at her church bazaars and I would put a clean sheet on top of my king sized bed and jus cover the whole bed with noodles to dry..I love doing these things

My Grandmother who was raised Amish until her parents moved to Canada cooked very German foods. I ate German foods which I still love to this day at her table. Homemade butter, pies, noodles and delicious meat dishes, all my comfort foods.

I've been following RuthAnn on KZread for a while now and just love her and her family. What an inspiration she is! Thanks for having her on your show...

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

she's a great friend and such an inspiration

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

I am over 60 and my mother‘s parents were both German and raised on a farm and lived on a dairy farm when I was young. I still remember my grandmother talking about blood sausage and pig brains. I also remember watching her process chickens in her basement kitchen, the milkhouse and pig barn, and so much more. I miss that way of life.

@MichelleVisser

4 ай бұрын

what cherished memories!

Being raised Pa Dutch in Pa but not mennonite or amish. Food is such a part of the dutchie culture. We’re not a touchy feely bunch( thank you german ancestry lol )but making those comforting foods is how we always showed our love. Gathering for Sunday dinners at Grandma’s , having pot pie , the real pot pie I might add and 7 sweets and 7 sours, that was love.

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

very good point about how the reserved German culture shows love with food :)

I made butter for the first time today. Although I had to buy the cream from the grocery it’s not cost effective to do so. I put the butter in ice water till clear and froze it. I saved the buttermilk and stored it in the fridge the way Ruthann said to do. I felt pretty good about trying it today.

@MichelleVisser

Ай бұрын

that's exciting!!! Good for you! I remember being SHOCKED that it "worked" the first time I made butter :) And yes, definitely save and use that buttermilk!

Shoo Fly Pie is so old that we learned it in school that they were made along with fancy pies to lure flies away from the ones that were served. Then someone came up with screened in pie safes etc... Slaves usually got the Shoo Fly Pies...sorry to burst your bubble...lol.😮❤

You need to buy an Italian pasta maker or if you own a Kitchenaid, then you can buy the attachments :)

@MichelleVisser

7 ай бұрын

I have a pasta maker, but I would love a better one

Oh, thank you for mentioning the pecan pie with maple syrup. Even with black strap molasses. I prefer these two ways over karo syrup(overly sweet and too gooy). It has a bit of a drier texture, but I just love eating it when it's made this way.🥰😛 I am also a fan of shoo fly pie. I have had scrapple with ketchup, but with the mention of Maple syrup, I will have to try that the next time I get some. I enjoy CANNING pickled eggs with beets, red onion, and Pickling Spices. I have mastered my grandmother's cake recipe. If you were to look at it written down on a card, you'd be saying, "Oh my? How much of this, how much of that, and do you do this, or do you do that." So I understand what you're talking about these unwritten recipes, or even if they are written, they are not recipes as what you would find in a. Betty Crocker cook book.

I grew up in the same PA area and just loved visiting the Mennonite markets. I had to learn how to make my own scrapple because I had to change my diet to gluten free, deer meat was the best one I ever made.

I lived in Lancaster county! My neighbors were all Amish and Mennonite and I lived living there!! They taught me so much ..the favorite place I lived! I did my grocery shopping, farm to farm every Friday One farm would tell you where to get things you were looking for and how to get the farm! Lancaster Pa. IS ONE OF the most beautiful places!!

@MichelleVisser

7 ай бұрын

That's so cool... the farm to farm shopping. I really love that!

I grew up in Western PA, Mom and Nana made pickled beets. They were always on the table. My brother and I loved them. We had eggs pickled in the pickled beet juice regularly.

@MichelleVisser

4 ай бұрын

interesting... my mom and dad both LOVED pickled beets and eggs that had pickled in the juice... not a taste I ever cared for.

Thank you Michelle for this interview.

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

I have the same hand pasta machine as Ruthanne, and I got it from the Thrift store also. And yes the handle does come out easy. You just wipe it of and air dry.

@MichelleVisser

2 ай бұрын

good to know

You handled that Interview perfectly! I absolutely love your Videos.

Such a lovely interview. I adore Ruthann and her videos. I found her last fall and I have been watching her videos. When she was talking about Scrapple it reminded me of my roots. My Family has a big Germany background and my parents grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio which has a huge German Population. They serve something there that I have never seen or about before called Goetta. Here is the definition: WHAT IS GOETTA? Pronounced “GET-uh,” Goetta is a German breakfast sausage that blends the textures and flavors of pork, beef, whole grain steel-cut oats, fresh onions, and spices. It’s absolutely delicious when fried crispy and served with maple syrup! I just thought I would share this with you because Scrapple reminded me of it. 💕🙏

@MichelleVisser

4 ай бұрын

oooohhhh that sounds so different and I would love to try some! (You had me at "served with maple syrup" :) ) So glad you're here!

RuthAnn as well as John Kanell are two of my most favorite people to watch on KZread! Yes, I prefer the videos too.

You can make, then cook, fresh pasta. Rinse in cold water to stop cooking, then dehydrate the pasta. It's like store bought as far as cooking and storing. Just you know what is in your food. I have the same pasta machine as Ruthann❤

I love what Ruthann said about caretakers and repetitive tasks and how this provides stability and dependability - something that is so crucial to early child development, and it's what we remember and and have nostalgia for later in life - it's like an anchor for us. And the foods and sounds and smells that are associated with it are part of that anchoring process. It's something that in our culture isn't really a big consideration at this time as we are so busy running here and there and daily life loses it's consistency and has become a bit chaotic. We see this chaos reflected in kids. Such a very simple thing - but sometimes it's the simple things that are the most important.

@MichelleVisser

10 ай бұрын

well said and so true

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

I love how Ruthann describes her cooking... I cook the same. Have just about all my life... a recipe in my eyes are just a guideline till you figure out what to change. :) Great video. Thanks.

@MichelleVisser

2 ай бұрын

i love it "just a guideline until you figure out what to change" :)

I use a paint brush to clean my pasta maker, and I never use water. Just brush it all out with the paintbrush. Just let your dough rest for 30 minutes before rolling out and it will roll out easier.

@MichelleVisser

4 ай бұрын

I've never once thought of using a paint brush!! Thanks for the tip!!

@JackieCabe

4 ай бұрын

@@MichelleVisser Hope you find it helps

@MichelleVisser

4 ай бұрын

@@JackieCabe I'm sure it will!

My Dad was German and Dutch. We copied a lot of things from the Pennsylvania Dutch. Dad got a lot of farming sense from them. An elderly neighbor of them taught Dad to make spaghetti. He brought it home to my mother and taught her to cook it. Great for our large family. Our favorite food to this day. We had several nationalities around us to learn from. So we are multi cultural. Old world people seemed to be who appealed to us the most.😉😏

@MichelleVisser

4 ай бұрын

oh I LOVE this!!

I do like to be able to see your faces, as you talk. A lovely interview. I have subscribed. God bless! 😊👍❤

I love the Mennonite and Amish traditions and food I live 1 hour north of Lancaster PA

You are so right on! I have always cooked from scratch and you are right in it is just muscle memory! I was blessed and learned from my Mom and grand mom. Its so hard to cook when I have to use brain space!! You inside me to pass this on to grandkids! You keep up the good job!

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

I know RuthAnn....loved this conversation. Thanks for a great interview!

@MichelleVisser

2 жыл бұрын

we really enjoyed talking together about this topic :)

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

I enjoyed this chat so much. I have to find the recipe for the pecan pie with maple syrup. "Freestyle in the kitchen", I love it!!!! Thank you for sharing

I love RuthAnn’s videos on KZread!!!

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

RuthAnn is one of my favorite KZreadrs

Love watching Ruth Ann. She inspires me to cook more from scratch

@MichelleVisser

5 ай бұрын

for sure!! I think hundreds of thousands of folks would agree with you :)

Ruthann is the BOMB!

@MichelleVisser

10 ай бұрын

YES

Love watching two of my favorite ladies talk! I love how the homesteading/homemaking community continues to expand and deepen. When I think that it has been less than a year that I've known about you two...and how much I've learned and continue to use you both when I have a cooking/canning/health question. Just so excited for what I still have to learn! Blessings, Marie

@MichelleVisser

11 ай бұрын

Awww, well I love Ruth Ann, and I'm tickled you think of her and I when you have questions on these topics. (And, btw, I'm still learning too, it makes life fun... hope I do till I go to meet Jesus, heck, I hope I'm still learning for eternity... ) So glad you're here!!

Shady Maple Restaurant in Morgantown Pa!Amazining experience!

I have been following her for a while I love her she is such an 39:35 inspiration woman I can not stop going back and watching her you tube channel on a daily bases. I am glue to my phone for hours watching and learning her ideals and trying some of her stuff recipes and stuff like that she is amazing!

@MichelleVisser

6 ай бұрын

she really is a great lady

I came over from RuthAnn's channel.

I love how you talk about the no brain space way to prepare meals. I need recipes and wish I didn't because I have a very faulty memory. I have to refere to the written just to get it done.

@MichelleVisser

6 ай бұрын

trust me, I absolutely rely on written recipes, but it is very nice to make the meals that don't require that... it's just not too often

@user-yo6vs5ol5b

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for that.

My Italian great aunt would talk about drying the pasta, and I think raviolis on the bed.

Thank you for interviewing Ruth Ann on your program. I love watching KZread, and Ruth Ann she is a true treasure. She is very knowledgeable on food and other things. I watched her with her children what a wonderful mom she is. I have learned so much from her, and she has a sweetness that just surrounds her . Her voice is so nurturing and gentle. I would love to learn and watch more of her, and ma'am, you are a wonderful interviewer. You let her talk and not interpret her. You listen to her, and it shows you care for your her and what she has to say. Thank you again. 😊❤❤

@MichelleVisser

10 ай бұрын

Ruth Ann is great, and I loved chatting with her for this recording (thank you for your compliment :) ) and I'm so glad it encouraged you. Subscribe to my channel for lots more great podcast interviews as well as my other content from my homestead. :)

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

Great conversation. I didn't grow up with Scrapple, but I did grow up with Fried Cornmeal Mush. I had to pause the video, go start a pot of mush so I can have it for breakfast in the morning.

@MichelleVisser

9 ай бұрын

oh funny!

My daddy grew up in southern Illinois and I believe they were Methodist, but I was only 12 when they died in 1960. I grew up in Irving, Texas…right outside Dallas…my great-grandparents, all four of them on my mom’s side, immigrated to America around 1870 from France. My Illinois great-grandparents were of English, Irish and Welsh descent. When I was growing up, my daddy always talked about something my Grandma Davis made when he was growing up called “rivels”. So, one time my Aunt Stella came down to visit and I asked her to show me how to make rivels. It turns out that they are basically a form of tiny pasta. Flour, eggs, salt worked together with your finger tips…then kind of patted out on a cutting board, fairly thin, then cutting very small pieces, pushing the pieces off into boiling salted water. When they float to the top, you dip them out with a slotted spoon…then start over making another batch. My Aunt Stella’s husband for almost 60 years, was named Lewis Hogendobler. His family was from Germany and the rivels are very similar to a German dish that I can’t think of the name right now. RuthAnn, have you ever made rivels?

@gartenrookie7718

Жыл бұрын

The German dish you mention sounds like Spätzle. It is a regional specialty, but known (and loved) everywhere.

@Inga464

Жыл бұрын

I believe the German type is spaetzle

@user-wj3ix6nz9j

6 ай бұрын

​@@Inga464 Yes, that's the name. My mom made these to go in her chicken soup, most often.

My mom grew up Mennonite and my dad Amish. Some of my favorite traditional dishes that my mom fixed were tomato gravy over torn up buttered bread, scrambled eggs, and skillet fried shredded potatoes; chicken rivel soup; ground cherry pie; and damf knepp (sp?). Sooo good!

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

so interesting! Were they practicing Amish or Mennonite when you were growing up? And was the tomato gravy served with breakfast?

@lamgardn3800

Жыл бұрын

@Michelle Visser My dad left the Amish church and joined my mom's liberal Mennonite church. I had a lot of Amish family members growing up though.

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

@@lamgardn3800 So fascinating! So the Amish are open to folks choosing to leave the Amish church and they continue to have a relationship with them? (Shunning is no longer a thing?)

@lamgardn3800

Жыл бұрын

Oh, and the tomato gravy meal was eaten for breakfast or supper, never lunch...in our family. I don't know the ins and out of shunning in the various Amish churches. There's Old Order, New Order, Beachy Amish, Swartzentruber Amish... My family didn’t shun my dad, possibly because he joined a Mennonite church.

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

@@lamgardn3800 fascinating! I actually didn't know there were so many strands of Amish. Thanks for the lesson! :)

I think how we grew up makes a huge difference in having "real food." The only canned food that was in my mother's kitchen was tuna. To me having real food starts with cooking meats. Buy a whole chicken, or at least bone in chicken, then use it for soup, or a casserole. Soon you'll be doing more cooking from the heart than using a recipe, and you will gradually add to your repertoire, or buy a pot roast and add your own potatoes. Start simple, with one thing. It will grow! Then YOUR family with have a heritage of cooking real food.

My dad made red beet eggs all the time he was famous for then . My mom made a delicious shoe fly pie

@user-wj3ix6nz9j

6 ай бұрын

My mom made theses all the time. So good;; love them

@guntaweiland3428

4 ай бұрын

Wonderful. Ruthann is a delight.

Scrapple sounds delicious. I will have to go to the Mennonite store and see if they have some.

I prefer video's , thank you so much

@MichelleVisser

3 ай бұрын

good to know

I loved your tip about freezing your bread on the day it is made.

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

I do it all the time and love it. Let me know if you try it!

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh (and have you tried my tip about freezing bread by the slice?)

Love Ruthann. I’m a cobbler cook too. I turn leftover things into other things. Lol

@MichelleVisser

10 ай бұрын

I love it!

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

I love watching her channel.

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

I love RuthAnns channel. She is so warm and kind! I learn from her and enjoy her treasure of knowledge!

@MichelleVisser

9 ай бұрын

i agree. and i'm super excited that I got to record with her again just recently! it'll be out in a few weeks. :)

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

Wonderful interview ❤❤❤

This was a lot of good information about a lot of things. Thanks for the tip on kids

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

this was a fun conversation!

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

My close friend's Italian Grandmother laid out her noodles on beds on clean sheets❣️

@MichelleVisser

5 ай бұрын

i love it that you have this sweet memory of your friend's grandmom

Potato dumplings. Equal parts cooked potatoes and grated RAW potatoes mixed, then shaped Into balls and cooked in salted boiling water. Delicious with roast pork and veggies. I use some pork fat spooned over the dumplings. I am a real German! 100%.

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

🤣 Never heard of ironing pasta!

I’m 65 and we never used corn syrup in our shoe fly pie……we only used a good quality molasses…… (we actually NEVER used corn syrup)

That Lancaster County restaurant - I’m guessing either Good ‘n Plenty or Plain and Fancy. As a teenager I worked at Good ‘n Plenty. ☺️

@MichelleVisser

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! It was Good n plenty!! Is it still there?

@leannaweaver5555

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichelleVisser yes, it is still there. I no longer live in that area but several years ago an elderly aunt who worked there when I did treated us to Thanksgiving dinner at Good ‘n Plenty. Brought back lots of memories. ☺️

This is response to your question at the beginning. I prefer to watch & listen. I think it's boring just to listen to someone w/o seeing them. Just my opinion though.

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

good to know... thanks for commenting :)

I love her pecan pie using maple syrup

@MichelleVisser

9 ай бұрын

yes, i link to the recipe in the video description. sooooo good.

I SO remember dining @ that family restaurant!

@MichelleVisser

9 ай бұрын

It's so fun, isn't it!??

Chicken corn soup is awesome...

I love scrapple 💕💕 Lovely memories of my dad frying it with eggs and potato patties!

@MichelleVisser

10 ай бұрын

My mom always spoke poorly of scrapple, so that never came in our home, but oh how I love potato cakes!!! (interesting you call them "patties"... that is actually a better name for them)

@Eph1-4

10 ай бұрын

@@MichelleVisser my dad fried actual potato patties, the premade kind. My stepmom made awesome potato pancakes and German potato salad.

I really am tempted in trying her bread recipes though and try sour dough starter. I was watching your channel also I would love ideals of making new recipes! I am a cake decorator I love to bake !!

@MichelleVisser

6 ай бұрын

i LOVE sourdough. You definitely should give it a try. I also have some resources for making sourdough bread with fresh flour as well.

Love Lancaster many many trips there , and love RuthAnn’s channel. 🌸

I really like the KZread option!! Thank you!

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

Most of my podcast episodes are here on youtube now. Thanks for letting me know. :)

My husbands mother made pickled eggs with beet juice and beets! We love them. It's been a while since I've made it, but it's usually something that was done in summertime. His family is from Pennsylvania! :)

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

@peggyduncanbaggenstoss5380

4 ай бұрын

I put hard boiled peeled eggs in pickle juice after the beets are gone. I do the same with pickle juice.

Giselle Waldner is another channel I follow, a Hutterite community in Manitoba Canada. Love Ruthann.

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh

@user-wj3ix6nz9j

6 ай бұрын

Never heard of the "hutterite" community. I need to check it out.

I’d ❤️ Ruthanne’s Pecan Pie recipe!

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

of course! it's right here: soulyrested.com/2021/10/23/shoofly-pie-a-mennonite-comfort-food/

I’m from Washington state wedge potatoes I call Jo joes, shredded I call hash browns and I love brown gravy on fries and crispy hash browns, yum 😋

@MichelleVisser

9 ай бұрын

oh man, why have i never ever thought of making a gravy for over hashbrowns?? Yum. You have me hungry now.

SCRUNCHINS…….My dad was born in 1932 in St. Johns, Newfinland. When pan cooking fish, the skin would be crisp and accompanied by scrunchkins. He would cube meat fat and fry, small and crispy.

I wonder where my family learned to make scrapple from - I'm next to the youngest of 6 kids and by the time I was in school they didn't make it anymore but my mom talked about my Grandma making it . . .

I freestyle cooked from scratch for over 40 years…..my husband would say “don’t tell mom you liked what she made because chances are she won’t remember exactly what she put in it” 🤪😂

I run parchment paper through my pasta maker to clean it.

@MichelleVisser

7 ай бұрын

really!!?? i have to try this!

@user-wj3ix6nz9j

6 ай бұрын

How interesting.

I have live❤d on a farm all my life. I have always cooked real food. I have no written recipes

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

wow. that's truly awesome

@user-wj3ix6nz9j

6 ай бұрын

Awesome!!!! Love that lifestyle.

Chicken corn soup was always one of my favorites and one I made for years after we visited Lancaster PA area.

@MichelleVisser

11 ай бұрын

so interesting! do you still make it?

@PolarB36

11 ай бұрын

@@MichelleVisser I actually had kind of forgotten about it and have not made it in several years… Definitely going back into the Fall rotation of cozy warm soups.

@MichelleVisser

11 ай бұрын

i love it!! I hate it that Bill is not much of a soup fan, so I honestly don't make any soup often. :( @@PolarB36

@PolarB36

11 ай бұрын

@@MichelleVisser I love making soups and you can freeze them in portion sizes for you to still enjoy a serving of soup if your hubby doesn’t like them. Soup and fresh baked bread is soooo satisfying. Even for lunch.

@MichelleVisser

11 ай бұрын

@@PolarB36 you're totally right... and you've convinced me; I need to make myself some yummy soups this fall and freeze them in single servings for myself.

i LOVE RUTHANNE!!!!!

Very sad that the Amish here in Indiana are nothing like RuthAnn - they fill their carts of junk food just like everyone else . . . eye opening for this transplanted AZ girl. We grew up with Mennonites but they were not horse and buggy - they drove cars, just dressed differently. Most of the men that we see do roofing now - not farming or woodwork. But I think they had to change with the times to make money. My daughter is a truck driver and delivers rolls of steel to Amish farms and they take it off with block and tackle!!! Amazing.

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

wow! I'm shocked about the junk food. Crazy how all of us can definitely be impacted by society and the poor choices being made around us

❤RuthAnn

I enjoyed this so much. And please put your podcasts on KZread. I love watching!!

@MichelleVisser

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you enjoyed this one. It was a fun talk with RuthAnn. And good to know you enjoy watching! Thanks Tammy!

@MichelleVisser

8 ай бұрын

you might be interested in my newest podcast video... RuthAnn Zimmerman was a guest again this week & we're talking about good fat, comparing tallow to lard, and more fun stuff kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGqMj7CsoMWxe5s.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh (also, don't know if you've noticed bit my podcast episodes are now published on youtube, every Monday :) )

I LOVE scrapple with maple syrup on it….🤪

Scrabble is Jamaican turn corn meal with a.twist. we used onions and garlic. I just don't like organ meats

I love you 2.. I have a kitchen aid.. pasta attachment.. we love it..

@MichelleVisser

2 жыл бұрын

awwww, shucks! Thanks for join us while we chatted. (Ruth is such an awesome friend.) And good to know...