I hope this series continues.... you are teaching so many so much!

I love your hair, it really makes you look younger and even more beautiful!

@lindabowser7451

4 жыл бұрын

It is nice

@christinalopez4026

4 жыл бұрын

I just got my dehydrator, I love it thank you for the home economics Im learning a lot from you,your a great teacher.

I am loving your economic videos

“Why? ONION JUICE!!!!” Totally made me laugh out loud!

Good Morning!! That was a great video. Your doing wonderful. When I bring stuff like this up to people they look at me like I have a second head. They complain about it being to much work and takes up so much time. I counter that by telling them that in the course of the conversation if we were working together the job would be nearly done. I tell them that instead of sitting on our butts we could be doing stuff like this to fill time instead of being lazy. They just don't get it. So sad that we've parted from self sufficient living in such a short time. Then when some natural disaster hits they're all freaking out. I don't get it.

@kathykrause8336

3 жыл бұрын

You know people the way I know people. I do so much canning, dehydrating, and freezing. Some people ask me,.........why would you make your own homemade noodles when you can buy them in a bag? They just don't get it do they?

I dehydrate everything I can. if a day goes by without something in it, I feel like I'm wasting my garden....lol. I don't know if anyone else has noticed, but I can't even find dehydrated 'soup' packets, in grocery stores anymore. It's soooooo nice to have all the stuff ready to go . Amazing buy on the onions! I am drying my egyptian walking onions into tasty onion powder, like crazy, ever since I saw a vid you made on it. Thank God there is a use for the tougher stalks!

@denyserhodes6150

4 жыл бұрын

Going to try doing onions today in the dehydrator, I have 2 of them, feeling I need a 3rd one to get all my items done.

Good grief! In what world am I missing out on that you can get 10 lbs. of onions for less than $2.00? Yikes! P.S. Went to Amazon yesterday and bought 2 of those neck fans. I thought they were funny but where I live it's hotter than you know where and will be humid for another month or so. I'm going to keep one charging and use the other one ALL DAY AND USE THE OTHER ALL NIGHT! Funniest, cleverest gadget ever! Thanks for the tip!

@susanedwards9473

4 жыл бұрын

Bet they would work great when us women HOT FLASH!!!!

@BrendaC-cf7td

4 жыл бұрын

Onions where on sale here in Ontario Canada a few weeks back. No Frills had 10lbs for 1.97

@tarabooartarmy3654

4 жыл бұрын

We only get 3 pounds for $1.99 around here. Not many sales on them, either.

Girly, I like when you and How banter. It makes me smile. Thanks for sharing another great Home Ec video. Love you!!

Thank you for reminding people how to figure out cost per unit. I have to remind my kids all the time.

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

Briar goes shopping with me often..mostly to help me with the groceries..but he also likes to shop WITH me because the choices can be overwhelming..so he just buys what's to hand that he knows he likes and can afford..but when we are together..he is able to ask my advice on price , nutrition and convenience! My Older son and his intended are VERY conscious consumers! I take pride in that!

I think I would of done another 2bags at that price.

@Jomama02

4 жыл бұрын

I know I would have gotten 5 bags!

@BrendaC-cf7td

4 жыл бұрын

I got more ! Bacon was $2 a pound, yes a full pound not those 375 gram packages and butter was 2.97 a pound got 10.

I tried your trick and put a small fan on the cupboard blowing the onion smell away from me. First time ever that I didn't cry onion juice tears. Thank you for showing us this.

Now THAT was an education! Thank you.

I buy cheese blocks when they are on sale. Grate and put in a zip lock ,keep in the freezer!

For that price on onions I would go back and get another 20lbs It's not like they will go bad and if your like me you use them all the time. Has Howie winterized the RV yet? Don't forget to put some mice traps out or something to kill them. One bad thing about winter is everything is trying to find a warm place. Looks like you are feeling a little better.

Thank you for the teaching lesson. I got a dehydrator to save large amounts of vegetables that came to my family. We also received bags and bags of onions but I nearly got kicked out of home for trying to dehydrate a batch of them one time! I ended up blanching and freezing1/2 cup portions of sliced onions to save them.

I love this!!!!! I grew 200 onions now I know what I will be doing with them!!!!

The neck fan is awesome. The onions I'm getting lately seem extra juicy and potent. I can see how useful that would be. That beats having to stop chopping to blow my nose and wipe my eyes every minute!!!

👏👏👏 Love you! Your videos rememind me of my mom and all of her good sense💗

I just love my NESCO dehydrator. I’m doing onions now also !

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

I am glad they are done..my sinuses! OY!

I've always just used a tall floor fan on a stand behind me over a shoulder to blow away the onion fumes. Helps to have a window at the far end open so others in the house don't tear up from the smell. I also have the same strainer you have, mine is a lime green. Really handy.

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

Great video.....I just might have to try this idea. Loved the fanning too.... You kept me quite entertained.

Yes! I picked up on that price on your shopping video! What a steal!! Great job!

Bev, your hairstyle after the shower makes you look great! You should wear it more often!

@lauraslilhomestead9208

4 жыл бұрын

Yes you look so much younger with it like that ! It's adorable :)

Funny story.... I also just purchased a bag of onions on sale. My little family of 6 helped me peel, chop and bag them. I like to keep mine in gallon freezer bags as well as dehydrating. Anyhow, my 12 year old son (oldest) was crying from the onions and was cracking jokes anout how they must use onions to make tear gas 😂😂 it was HILARIOUS! My family appreciates everything I do after days like this! My 4 year old was peeling onions and barely affected. She thought it was really fun lol. Onions would be one of my 4 staples to grow as well. God bless!

I need one of those fans when driving the school bus!

Thank you for your informative videos. Keep up your great work. I have learned so much.

@dp-6730

4 жыл бұрын

Also your hair looks great...

BEV, when i dehydrate veggies turn them into powders that way i can add to what ever im cooking, theyer my secret spices,,thak ya fer the video,,,,,p.s. im sure HOWIE loves ya no matter what yer hair looks like, we in youtube land sure do,,be safe an GOD bless yas

@MaureenKo1

4 жыл бұрын

Oh you would love Bev's videos on powdered pumpkin and tomato. She makes pumpkin pies using the pumpkin powder and adds tomato powder to soups that thicken up pronto when she adds the powder in. Can you just imagine the intensified taste? Her pumpkin pies made with just a tad pumpkin powder is absolutely BRILLIANT! JUST BRILLIANT!

Amazing! I just love watching your videos, I learn so much

Bev, I love it!! All those beautiful dehydrated onions just waiting on your shelf to be used. :D Thanks for the video. Much love!

I found your channel abt 1.5 weeks ago, I have to tell you, I just adore you. You and Howie are such down to earth folks, and as much as I thought I knew, it was nothing in comparison to what I’ve learned from you. Thank you Mrs V. ❤️

thanks for sharing!! i'm dehydrating onions today myself,and preserving apples (dear hubby brought home 60 pounds yesterday !) we are in full winter prep mode here in ohio

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

AMEN Darlin! I am on leaks tonight and apples Thursday! Full Throttle! But won't be long now till quilting and knitting days!

Another great one Bev! Those dried onions are beautiful and will be delicious in all you cook!!!!🧡🧡🧡

Glad I found you! I'm going to give this a try! Thank you for the tips to use!

I’m so glad I found your channel. I’m going to be canning and dehydrating a lot this year due to this crazy world we live in. TY!!

I love your videos! They are very informative and I am learning so much.

I love your video and how you teach food common scene most of us were never taught or exposed to. Thank you for teaching me!

I love the home ec videos, granted I took home ec in school which just taught me how to make sweeties, I learned "how to" when I moved out on my own at 18

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

I am enjoying doing it..after so many years of raising our own meat..I have HAD to go back into being a conscious shopper! Plus we are just NOW starting to save for retirement!

It make perfect I prepare a little backwards given I live in south Florida I prepare through our winter months so I don’t have to in the summer months if we get a hurricane.

Thanks, Bev. I love to dehydrate to store foods long-term. I'll bet those toasty onions lend a good flavor to soups and stews. :-D

@AdrianHepburn-vz9yr

4 жыл бұрын

Yummmmm...

Thank you for sharing this again. I don't have an enclosed porch and wondered since my overhead fan has burned out, if I could dehydrate on the carport. Sometimes, it takes a week or so to get repairs done where I live. Luckily, I don't have to pay for these repairs in the Senior Village.

You're the best I thoroughly enjoyed your video. I love onions anyway you can think of a specially onion stuffed with meatloaf mixture. Have a fabulous week

I love this!!! I never knew about this. Thank you so much!! You are so blessed with all this info.. God bless you kiddo

JUST discovered you! So excited!!! THANK YOU so much for this onion video! Just subscribed today!!😘

I'm doing this this fall, 2022, a big bag of onions go on sale for a great price. Thank you

Brilliant. Thank you!

your onions in the bulk bag looked wonderful. I gave up a long time ago buying onions, potatoes, etc., in pre-set bulk bags because every time there would be 1-3 pieces that have gone bad and the ones around it are pretty iffy as well. I have to buy them loose and individual. I just had to smile on your beautiful onions out of the bag, and give a sigh of envy. God Bless

This is my fav series of yours by far. I’m learning so much.

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

Well I am glad to be doing it! And there is more to come!

@lolokitty357

4 жыл бұрын

OurHalfAcreHomestead Thanks Bev. My husband rarely watches the same videos that I like. But he watches yours with me. You are so relatable.

I try to teach my kids economics show them how to shop for their families

I bought 50 pounds of large yellow onions for 13 dollars. Diced some and put in freezer. Dehydrated about third of bag. Used some in my canning recipes. And kept few for fresh use.

Fantastic video!!!! What gorgeous onions - yes, gorgeous 😀 😋 The-fan was a great idea! ❤️🌺

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stella!

Gosh, Bev! You look SO good with your hair down like that. I hope you never cut it short again, you were made for that hair style, girl! I was hoping you'd save a few onions for some scrumptious homemade onion rings. YUM! What a fabulous deal you got!

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Darlin..I like big white onions for rings.

Your awesome. I just found you. This video is very timely as I just harvested a bunch. Love that apron missy

My Nesco was the best thing I’ve ever bought ❣️💯 Love it❤️ Thank u Mrs. V🙏🏼✌🏼🥰

I admire you so much for doing all those onions..... a lot of work but well worth it. Home economics is a worthwhile subject to study and hard work reaps rewards. Well done to Mrs Volfie👏. I wonder if you know about a channel I used to love. 'Fouch Family', I used to watch them all the time and then they just vanished.... I'm just hoping nothing dreadful happened to them. They lived up in the mountains and were a lovely family.

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

I Remember Fouch Family...not sure where they went. A LOT of channels have not got the time or the energy to jump through the hoops that KZread Wants these days..I am just really lucky that I have been doing it long enough to have a solid routine. So some channels are forced to quit long before it becomes viable for them. I had 3 years of solid front end loaded work before I earned my first $100 On KZread and they have made me fight for every dime since. Like I said..not everyone can afford that regimen

Your hair looks beautiful!! Thank you for your videos!!

Love this series

Your so awesome i have learned so much this video was great thank you

You are amazing. Thank you for this info.!:)

Loved your video, I agree that dehydrating is best outside or on a porch. My mother used to dehydrate mushrooms in the laundry room as it smelled like dirty soxes

Im so going to have to try the fan!! Love the home economics series :)

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

It really works! Thank you!

Love the home economic videos!!!!!💚❤💜🧡💙

This is great! I've done onions before, but obviously not the best way. I really like your longer hair style. 🙂

Your hair looks fantastic! I love the home economy videos. I think it makes us all more aware of the money we’re spending and where we can improve on our budget. Thanks Bev, your the best!

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I thought I had been teaching it all along..however ..some of the newer KZread Family members are enjoying the price breakdowns!

@faukerconsulting835

2 жыл бұрын

@@OurHalfAcreHomestead BEV...what would be the price breakdowns of the energy used to run the large and small appliances in a task such as this or even when canning and supplies...cents?? Free if solar🤔

Just a tip, if you save the onion skins, you can put those into a stock pot for lots of added flavor! Beef, chicken, vegetable, any stock will benefit from the added flavors!

Good morning Bev. I love seeing your videos. Gorgeous deliciousness home economics! I also put up a relish with a lot of onions. It's from an old cookbook; but it seems to work well. I use it whenever I don't have fresh onions. Good for roast, hot dogs, baked beans... and anything else where you wished you had a fresh onion handy. GOLD RELISH 12 large ripe cucumbers (yellow ones okay to use) 12 large white onions 12 large ribs of celery (very clean ones, no dirt ingrained) 1 or 2 bell pepper (one red one adds color interest to relish) ½ c. Kosher salt -------- 3 c. sugar 1 qt. vinegar 2 T. mustard seed 1 c. prepared mustard 3 bayleaf ¼ t. ginger, or juice of 1 finger of ginger -------- a few grape leaves (young green ones), optional - Peel cucumbers; scrape out seeds. - Wash grape leaves, if using. - Cut cucumbers, onions, bell pepper, and celery into cubes (1/4 to 1/2"?) (this is a chunkier relish). - As you chop up veg, place in large bowl for brining period. Periodically , sprinkle with salt and layer in a few grape leaves (if using). Let the vegetables set for about 2 hours. - Rinse the vegetables well with cold water. Drain. Remove grape leaves. - Make the pickling solution. Quickly bring to low simmer, stir to prevent scorching: sugar, vinegar, mustard seed, prepared mustard, bay leaf, and ginger. -- Add the vegetables when the solution is barely simmering, and turn up heat to bring to boil. Continue stirring to prevent scorching. Boil 2 to 5 minutes. (another place you should research modern recipes for time to cook) Remove the bayleaf. - Ladle hot relish into hot, sterilized jars. Seal at once with hot lids and rings. Process in a water bath canner (see below). I use boiling water bath for 15 minutes / 20 minutes for my 1000 plus altitude. Process time should be researched by anyone using this recipe, since it's a very old one and times have changed. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. My reference is an India Relish recipe from Ball that has celery in it. I don't see celery in many recipes, and it seems that celery is considered a rather dirty crop these days, so be sure to clean it well AND process longer than most pickles. If you don't want to process so long, modify recipe to use celery seed. Myself, I like the celery chunks in this recipe.

Great video.

Just awesome thank you

That’s a fabulous gadget!!!! The Onion Juice Fan !!!! Love it 🥰

Well done Miss Volpe...excellent

You’re such a cool person! You teach me so much

great idea as I can a lot and learning to dehydrate! I will definitely try the onions! You should try making your own cheese it not hard.

I love it when a channel does a cost breakdown on a project! Although I know a lot of the things you do (canning, cooking, gardening, etc) I still watch these kind of videos all the time, because I still learn from them so often. Like the trick with the fan! Incredible! My favorite new channel is "Me Being Cheap". Please check her out sometime if you get a moment.

Love it when Food Basics has onions and root vegetables on sale in the full I get so excited:)

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

After this I have leaks and apples to do! Then it's stock up shopping..I want to be HIBERNATING this winter..any perishables Howie can pick up on his way home from work on pay days!

My son wants that fan SO BADLY. I think it's going to be under the tree this year.

You are delightful! Thank you!

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much I hope you enjoy all my videos as much

Now that's a deal 💕👍

I'm definitely going to try blanching the onions first because it took forever to dehydrate my onions the last time! Great idea about the little fans too, suppose I can just put a little one on the counter blowing away from me. Thanks

This is AWESOME! I don’t like the texture of onions but I like the taste of onions and dried onions just like this. I wish I had a pantry. Maybe one day 😁 Thanks for another great video. Much love from NJ. 💜

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

May Bees Don't Fly on Tuesdays! MAKE a pantry...start with a closet?

Love your hair Bev!!! Darling!!!! Onions look wonderful!!!

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Honey! The Onions are a MAJOR score for the pantry!

I love a huge onion sale. It hurts my eyes but after an afternoon of cooking I have French onion soups and sweet onion chutneys.

I just got that chopper for $3.99 at the thrift store. LOL love the neck fan

Well, having enjoyed your video I now have to go crank up my canner and get my bone broth canned. Then when that is done it will be the apple sauce and if I have time it will be the 30 pounds of potatoes I still have to do, I may even try the carrot and rutabaga combination you did as that is one of my favourites. Thanks for the motivation, Take care and stay safe, Sandie from Ontario Canada.

Live next door to me lol I could learn so much from you!

Thanks you so much and love your hair - Jerilyn

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love the video, but I also love your hair! It looks wonderful!

I wish you were my neighbor! I'm learning so much from you!!

You are just lovely! I'd love to have a small homestead to garden on and have some animals. It's always been a dream of mine, but due to health issues that dream will never become a reality; therefore, I live vicariously through these types of videos. I watch Weed'em & Reap, Lumnah Acres, etc...and now you! Thanks for sharing your wisdom with everyone. I hope that you have a blessed day.

Hi Bev! I store my onions in the fridge and chop them cold. They will not make you cry when you do this. Thanks for a good video!

Great video ! xo

I look forward to all your videos...keep up the great work

@OurHalfAcreHomestead

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Your hair is fine! I am loving your bangs. You should see me when I’m canning or dehydrating! I look awful especially my hair which sticks to my head, due to sweating. You actually have nice hair and enough of it. Mine is leaving me. I love the look of those onions, even toasted! Thanks for the tip about blanching.

Oh my gosh that’s cheap onions 😭 I’m so jealous!! I dehydrated my garden onions this year and wore goggles to cut them 😂😂

I live in Florida now, but I miss shopping at no frills! I’m from Sarnia originally

I Totally Love Watching Your Video a🤗💕

Nice video here is a handy tip... I use a fruit leather tray in the bottom tray under the fine mesh liner to catch water drips and after the product is dry I dump the trays into a huge bowl I think it holds 18 qts. Makes the process of removing stuck on pieces easy to remove with no mess and can fill my jars over the bowl with out losing any "jumpers" to the floor. 😃

@readingwithbeverleyvolfie9506

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks

Lots of work but what a reward! BTW, love your longer hair...very pretty 😁

Good one !!!!? TY

What a score! I learned the hard way about dehydrating garlic in the house. It stunk for days!

You look wonderful, cracks me up when you say "don't look at my hair"! I'm notorious for not looking in the mirror, so half the time I don't know what my hair looks like . . . Love your home economics. ps, I have 4 dehydrators. Any clue why I am a Mrs. Volfie fan?