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  • čas přidán 12. 01. 2024
  • Hello friends and welcome back ♥️ Tonight we cook a special meal of homegrown meat and foraged mushrooms. There is much to be grateful for in this little life. I’m so grateful you’re here.
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Komentáře • 410

  • @jodyb1460
    @jodyb1460 Před 7 měsíci +181

    Rabbit, with a side of polenta at the AlMar in New York is $38 a plate. You are eating luxury. And the mushroom medley is $12 a plate. Bon Appetit!

    • @TheProductiveHomemaker
      @TheProductiveHomemaker  Před 7 měsíci +44

      Yes! In restaurants this would be a very expensive meal, but at home, the price was very very low. Thank you for being here ♥️

    • @jasxteo
      @jasxteo Před 7 měsíci +5

      Omg what kind of ridiculous price is that???

    • @melanytodd2929
      @melanytodd2929 Před 7 měsíci +7

      I love this comment SO much ❣🙏

    • @carrieg9232
      @carrieg9232 Před 7 měsíci +8

      Hasenpfeffer

    • @Nanee907
      @Nanee907 Před 7 měsíci +13

      Your wisdom, especially at your age, is amazing ❤ I am 60 and am learning things from you 🌻

  • @alyssawynn11
    @alyssawynn11 Před 7 měsíci +50

    I am a single mom living with my grandma. She has taught me so much about living frugally. I love watching your channel and getting inspired to continue!

    • @ambergibson1930
      @ambergibson1930 Před 7 měsíci +9

      You have been gifted a very special valuable place to learn grow that will serve you and this child through your life❤

  • @budgetwithrenay2419
    @budgetwithrenay2419 Před 7 měsíci +54

    As a little girl; I grew up eating rabbit that my Uncle raised out of a separate garage. My favorite was fried,( sometimes even the occasional squirrel!) My Dad and Uncles also did a lot of hunting, so plenty of duck, dove and pheasant as well. Wonderful childhood memories!

    • @TheProductiveHomemaker
      @TheProductiveHomemaker  Před 7 měsíci +6

      Fried is delicious too!

    • @dln7994
      @dln7994 Před 7 měsíci +1

      I have a friend who actually eats large crows. He says they taste just like chicken. I know some are as large as chickens.

  • @user-rs2bi2mf3r
    @user-rs2bi2mf3r Před 6 měsíci +4

    I'm a vegetarian and I view stewardship of the earth from a non-biblical perspective. However, I appreciate anyone who minimizes their reliance on factory farming which is so harmful to animals and the environment. Thank you for honoring the rabbit in the way you did. It's different than how I would, but it was still from the heart. Also, thanks for calm videos without a bunch of music or anything. Very relaxing to watch when I'm buzzing around the kitchen myself.

  • @John-316URLOVED
    @John-316URLOVED Před 7 měsíci +19

    God bless you, your family and all your precious animals. My grandma told this story once: 'Back when we (my grandparents) were young, married, and poor, we were driving late one night and had been praying earlier to be able to have meat soon. Well, we ended up hitting a rabbit that came out of nowhere.... so we picked it up, brought it home and happily had meat that night.' This video reminded me of them (both have passed on)...some things you just never forget. Another great video!

  • @LizasPaperPassion
    @LizasPaperPassion Před 7 měsíci +36

    I love your calming voice and the way you narrate

  • @reneejohnson5787
    @reneejohnson5787 Před 7 měsíci +56

    While I dont know if I could do what you're doing, I certainly respect what you're doing.
    I'm sure you're going to get some backlash for this video, but it's your choice. You're doing homestead life to the best of your ability, and that's a wonderful thing!
    People need to understand where their food comes from.
    We've gotten conditioned to food comes from a brick and mortar.I'm glad to hear that your family is feeling better

    • @carmarasmussen8118
      @carmarasmussen8118 Před 7 měsíci +3

      Yes! There were no Whole Foods stores in the 1800's 😉😅

    • @ms.g1709
      @ms.g1709 Před 7 měsíci +2

      Well said, Renee. 😊

    • @dln7994
      @dln7994 Před 7 měsíci +4

      Hopefully no backlash. Some people can do it and others like me can't. If some are offended they should see what happens in a slaughter house. Just horrible. Homesteaders can do the kill quickly. Slaughter houses don't care and the animals are lined up where each animal can see what is going to happen to them. Just cruel!

  • @cynthiacombest5
    @cynthiacombest5 Před 7 měsíci +19

    I am so glad that your family has recovered. Your speech is eloquent, sincere and steadfast. Thank you for being such a delight.

  • @sandradavis1590
    @sandradavis1590 Před 7 měsíci +30

    When my children were growing up (they are in their 40s now) we raised rabbits, had chickens, and my husband bagged 4-5 deer a year. We had a huge garden and I canned and froze everything, from tomatoes to pickled okra and everything in between. I also entered many of my canned goods and homemade candy and cookies in our country fair. I have many ribbons from them! Good days! Oh, how I miss them!

    • @yanabgamin307
      @yanabgamin307 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Many of us wish we had a Gem like you in our family we could learn these things from. You are a blessing

    • @sandradavis1590
      @sandradavis1590 Před 6 měsíci

      @@yanabgamin307 oh, thank you so much! God bless!

  • @sillylilysallykaye4917
    @sillylilysallykaye4917 Před 7 měsíci +24

    Every time I watch your videos, I learn more. I'm 61 and you are simply amazing to me. How I wish my parents had been like you. Your abundant gratitude, grace & peacefulness are so beautiful. Your husband & children are truly blessed to have you. Your video was a wonderful lesson. Thank you so much🕊

    • @marti_in_tx
      @marti_in_tx Před měsícem

      Yes, the comment about being grateful for noisy children again was very touching. That is truly what life is about.

  • @kelseyf2619
    @kelseyf2619 Před 7 měsíci +6

    I love how you romanticize life! It fills me with vigor for frugality and taking pride in what i have.

  • @robinrichards3884
    @robinrichards3884 Před 6 měsíci +6

    What a delicious meal ❤ I think it’s so important to honor and thank the food sources that sustain us- whether that’s chicken you bought at a store or a rabbit you raised ❤

  • @notyourstereotype9911
    @notyourstereotype9911 Před 7 měsíci +8

    I can't articulate how much what you said in this video meant to me, the things you said about your rabbit and past hardships that shaped and molded you to the person you are today! Thank you so much for sharing this video! Your sister in Christ.

  • @Rachel-ul8et
    @Rachel-ul8et Před 7 měsíci +4

    My grandma is English. She says that all the cook books used to have recipes for rabbit. Almost no one ate chicken. Those recipes were just substituted for chicken now, but originally were for rabbit. They had to eat rabbit so the rabbits didn’t eat the garden

  • @lynsmith2698
    @lynsmith2698 Před 7 měsíci +15

    Great video. We are retired now and live on 7 acres in a remote area of BC in Canada. We don’t have any animals but do hunt for moose and deer and grouse. We respect every life we take as well and try not to waste any part of it. We are about to move onto 70 acres this year where I plan on getting chickens again. We will continue to forage and hunt until we can’t anymore, I also keep bees to put honey 0n our shelves, we are very content with our lifestyle and plan on continuing to live like this for as long as we are able. Thank you giving me hope for the future of other young people. 🌷🇨🇦

  • @Avelithe
    @Avelithe Před 7 měsíci +10

    You’re such a sweet and genuine lady, thank you for these videos. It brought tears to my eyes when you talked about respecting the rabbit you’re eating. ❤️

  • @grandmakim5195
    @grandmakim5195 Před 7 měsíci +20

    I grew up with my family doing the same thing. We raised rabbits, chickens, and turkeys for slaughter and also had goats and various other animals from time to time. My sisters and I were so sad when it was time for them to be sent away as my parents didn't do the processing. But eventually we got used to it and as you said we were very happy to have the food on our table to eat. The supper you made brought back fond memories. We learned many lessons being responsible for feeding all of the animals and knowing where our food came from.❤

  • @countycalling
    @countycalling Před 7 měsíci +14

    You are such a beautiful woman in heart and soul! I love that you do these videos, please ignore the lack of control of others that feel they must tell you what to do, as they could never survive without a grocery store near them. While they will complain about things when it’s hard, you will have the skill to continue to feed your family and friends if necessary. Now, I’ve never eaten rabbit, but I have eaten squirrel, quail, and things my foster father would hunt for us. Blessings to you and your home

  • @user-to8vv3gj5u
    @user-to8vv3gj5u Před 7 měsíci +8

    This video and your beautiful, heartfelt narration, are a wonderful lesson on the “circle of life” and the stewardship of our resources. Most of us Americans are very far removed from the reality of the food we eat…you are doing a service to everyone who watches your video by reminding us all about where our food comes from and how to honor the life of every creature. So grateful for your sharing this meal with us!

  • @lethaharris1608
    @lethaharris1608 Před 7 měsíci +25

    Thank you for your videos ❤❤. This shows what farm life is really like.. we raise our own meat knowing all along they are for meat . It is easier to purchase meat from the store and not give it any mind of how it was raised. I can see you gave your animal the best life it could have . ❤❤❤ Keep up the wonderful videos they are very appreciated.

  • @allyrooh3628
    @allyrooh3628 Před 6 měsíci +5

    I’m in my 50’s & been disabled for 20 years. I have longed to garden & grow my own food. I’ve been fortunate enough to purchase raised beds so I can try this year. I hope to get chickens soon. You are never too old to start. Thanks for sharing

  • @Zembatka
    @Zembatka Před 7 měsíci +15

    I live in Poland and rabbit was one of the first meats I gave to my kids (infants at the time, it was not store-bought rabbit). And chanterelles are sooo good AND super beneficial to your health, both anti-infammatory and antibacterial:-)

  • @Pinball_Babe
    @Pinball_Babe Před 4 měsíci

    I'm new to the channel and it is great to see that you are teaching your children where food actually comes from. How cool that you show your children the edible plants in the area . They may not appreciate it now but they will later on .When you ask most children where food comes from they say the grocery store. That's not their fault. But many children are totally clueless about food production.

  • @goldierocks.
    @goldierocks. Před 7 měsíci +3

    We raise meat rabbits, too. Our breeders are like pets to us. It is comforting to know we have a source of protein that helps our family be less dependent on the grocery store.

  • @droppiedoe
    @droppiedoe Před 7 měsíci +13

    When I was young, rabbit was regularly eaten ( belgium, western europe ) but now is much harder to come by. Nowadays it is quite expensive, and when we eat it, it is for a sunday meal or some sort of festivity. We often pair it with fruit ( dried prunes, abricots, made into a compote) and also applesauce .Some bacon is also added to the stew. Mashed potatoes on he side , or potato croquettes for a more festive meal. Your rabbit stew looks delicious. Love your approach to cooking and life in general, wishing you and your family all the best

    • @Corinna_Schuett_GER
      @Corinna_Schuett_GER Před 7 měsíci +3

      YES,and red cabbage with chopped bacon and apples as side dish (Germany). 😄👍

  • @becalmlivelifetothefullest6752
    @becalmlivelifetothefullest6752 Před 6 měsíci +2

    My Maternal Grandparents lived 2 houses away they had a big veggie garden.
    Grandpa raised Chickens,Pigs and Turkeys I was eating pure organic food in my early years I'm trying to do some gardening and raise some chickens when I move back east hopefully I'll do ok.
    Love Your Channel💕👍🙏

  • @jessicabulloch5302
    @jessicabulloch5302 Před 7 měsíci +9

    Thank you for sharing your life Laramie. I think you may achieve that dream one day of more land and sunfilled home , you are wise with money and your channel is doing so well, keep praying.

  • @Redlined997_C2S
    @Redlined997_C2S Před 7 měsíci +6

    The closer we grow back to self sustainment and independence the beter. Good for you. :)

  • @andrianip2424
    @andrianip2424 Před 7 měsíci +7

    In Greece we cook rabbits with small onions and red sauce with garlic, laurel, oregano, cinnamon, tomato paste, salt and pepper to taste

  • @Nonidee
    @Nonidee Před 7 měsíci +4

    You are a beautiful soul how you take care of your family. This video brought back so many wonderful memories for me . When I was a little girl my daddy and I would go out looking for mushrooms every weekend and my mom and nana would be in the kitchen making rabbit and Polenta stew. Great memories thank you and God Bless you and your beautiful family .

  • @jitaamesuluma9730
    @jitaamesuluma9730 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Btw I am 61, my oldest grand child is 20, been you, struggled, but we are and are healthier than most purely because we eat healthy I cooked bread just yesterday, you are what you eat, simply put

  • @janethartmannjones4781
    @janethartmannjones4781 Před 7 měsíci +20

    Lovely to hear about your journey, thanks for showing the beautiful meal and the story of your 1st rabbit.

  • @greenbyrdd8308
    @greenbyrdd8308 Před 7 měsíci +9

    Yay, you're back! Wonderful to hear that you and your family are all feeling great again. 😊

  • @PersistentPam
    @PersistentPam Před 7 měsíci +5

    This brought back so many memories. My dad was an outdoorsman and we ate all sorts of wild game and fish. Rabbits we often ate fried. There is definitely a balance involved with harvesting and raising one's own food. Especially taking the life of an animal. You learn incredible respect and thankfulness.

  • @tonistrickland4983
    @tonistrickland4983 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Looks delicious. When I was younger (73 now) we had meager means but always had simple delicious meals, my Italian grandmother who lived with us always found creative was to incorporate different meats & veggies into her spaghetti gravy. Each thing gave the gravy a different flavor. Her brother gave us a rabbit once& she seasoned & browned before putting into the gravy. She let it cook 3-4 hours& it was the best gravy ever!

  • @abbieglozier9468
    @abbieglozier9468 Před 7 měsíci +3

    I am so obsessed with your videos! As first time mom and being married a year, I am living for these videos!

  • @aliyamoon80
    @aliyamoon80 Před 2 měsíci

    A former colleague told me that her grandparents raised rabbits for meat. I'm seriously considering raising them. I love your videos. It's so nice to visit you while you prepare meals for your family. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and time with others trying to live frugally!

  • @franim4368
    @franim4368 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Beautiful meal for the family. Learning so much from watching you cook, the ingredients you use, and most of all, enjoying the love you put into each meal you cook. Wishing you and yours many blessings.

  • @caitlinhoey841
    @caitlinhoey841 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Looks like a beautiful meal! I hope your family and you enjoyed it!

  • @nicolemyers8551
    @nicolemyers8551 Před 7 měsíci +2

    We love rabbit & raise them to eat as well. They’re delicious, & are now becoming an old timey dish that you only hear the elders used to eat as you cannot buy rabbit meat in the stores anymore. I have canned our rabbit meat to have for soups throughout the winter. My husband actually prefers to butcher rabbits over chicken or duck when it comes to the smaller animals.

  • @wanderervii
    @wanderervii Před 7 měsíci +4

    The first rabbit i butchered was a cottontail that had been eating the garden, right after my daughter was born. Now at thirteen, she keeps rabbits and butchers them herself for the family. The first few she wanted to eat breaded and panfried, but i convinced her to let me stew some and everyone liked it. Maybe we will try your recipe next time we eat some (with 6 kids we have to cook two at a time!)
    Lovely video!

  • @theresamascorro2724
    @theresamascorro2724 Před 7 měsíci +11

    I started eating rabbit as a young girl with my grandparents. Loved it❤️

  • @sonjamouton2060
    @sonjamouton2060 Před 7 měsíci +16

    Delicious! In Belgium we also eat rabbit (my grandparents had some to eat, nowadays it is not common anymore), the sauce is dark and sweet and made with dark beer, mustard and dried plums. I like it very much, it is lean meat. But i don't think it tastes as chicken ;-)

  • @user-rm7zf4bw2b
    @user-rm7zf4bw2b Před 7 měsíci +2

    You have elevated homemaking to an art form. Your videos are delightful! You are nourishing your family with real, whole, delicious foods.

  • @racheltessmer925
    @racheltessmer925 Před 7 měsíci +12

    Hello Laramie! So glad to see you! Totally understand! We are retired dairy farmers. Our children learned empathy and work ethic caring for animals! The give and take of what animals do for us! I am glad to see you are feeling better! So many "bugs" going around! Love from cold Minnesota!❤🙋‍♀️❄️

    • @kristenyaworsky6973
      @kristenyaworsky6973 Před 5 měsíci

      To feel empathetic means to take on the feelings of another , or to put yourself in their position I think you might’ve meant sympathy. You also talk about give-and-take of what animals do for us. I’m not sure there’s a lot a cow asks of you while you take everything from them. They only ask to be fed and cared for. It’s us humans who do the giving (food etc.) in trade for taking their lives and those of their calves they cry for.

  • @helenmorgan4003
    @helenmorgan4003 Před 6 měsíci +3

    When we first bought our farm, we were determined not to go in debt, we didn't have any house or shed so we lived in a caravan with our 12mth old boy. When we were looking we were at a point of questioning our choice as we had sold our brandnew 3bed house but was able to become debt free. In the end I said to an agent that I didn't care how scrubby and rabbit infested, didn't he have something, his eyes lit up and directed to what was to become our farm and selfsaficiant life style. There were wild rabbits everywhere as the previous owner had chained the scrub but never cleared it, we lived on those rabbits and veg from our garden for several years and eventually having sheep to kill for meat along with geese and chickens. Rabbits curried are yum.

  • @Intentionalliving66
    @Intentionalliving66 Před 7 měsíci +7

    Thank you for your beautiful videos!!such and incredible inspiration

  • @folklohrfamily7310
    @folklohrfamily7310 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I remember growing up on my father's farm, butchering our own meats, learning to smoke/preserve foods... the memories are recalled with fondness... even when we had to dispatch a favorite animal, it was with appreciation and respect... blessings and love!!!

  • @laurieklingele8343
    @laurieklingele8343 Před 7 měsíci +5

    I love your voice. Your snippets of wiseness give me so much insight. Thank you ❤❤

  • @seekingtheminimumlevel1830
    @seekingtheminimumlevel1830 Před 7 měsíci +5

    Your meal looks delicious! If more people had your attitude toward life and being content, the world would be a much better place!. Blessings to you and your family.

  • @nancyworley6805
    @nancyworley6805 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Rabbit does taste like chicken. Squirrel tastes like chicken as well. We had a large garden and raised chickens, rabbits and pigs as well.

  • @melanytodd2929
    @melanytodd2929 Před 7 měsíci +4

    This is SUCH a beautiful tribute to a very blessed rabbit ❣🙏 Thank you ❣

  • @rachaelgosdin9240
    @rachaelgosdin9240 Před 7 měsíci +8

    I've made this exact dish when I lived in France. I'm so impressed with your channel.

  • @marymanning5150
    @marymanning5150 Před 7 měsíci +3

    My mum cooked rabbit in parsley sauce and my mother in law cooked it with salt pork. Both delicious.

  • @bradlafferty
    @bradlafferty Před 7 měsíci +15

    That looked delicious! I will be trying that recipe on my family now! I appreciate the bond that you had with your rabbit, it sounds as if she enjoyed a good life with you all. Thanks for another great video. You write wonderful narrative!

    • @TheProductiveHomemaker
      @TheProductiveHomemaker  Před 7 měsíci +1

      She had a great life and we were very lucky to have had her. I hope you enjoy it!

    • @ambergibson1930
      @ambergibson1930 Před 7 měsíci +1

      ​@@TheProductiveHomemakeryes and she has spent whole entire life cycle being so loved cared for in her provision for this one family!! Her cycle is complete ❤

  • @karenvancehammond1583
    @karenvancehammond1583 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Love these videos! Keep them coming. You are amazing!

  • @butterflyj1967
    @butterflyj1967 Před 7 měsíci +7

    I know here in Europe rabbit is eaten more, not so much here in the UK but definitely in France etc..Many people were encouraged to breed rabbits for meat in their back gardens during WW2. I know my Uncle had a shed full of rabbits for such a purpose right up until the 1980s.. Nowadays not so much . That looked a delicious meal.

  • @carriemyers4241
    @carriemyers4241 Před 7 měsíci +2

    We love foraging for asparagus and dry land fish in the spring and berries in the summer! It’s like finding treasures! So fun for the kids and me! Love your videos!

  • @fii4920
    @fii4920 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Blessings Laramie! I believe in a video you shared that you spend about five to $600 a month on food to feed six. As I look at my own life that would be $100 per month for a single person. Needless to say, the conviction kicked in immediately! I applaud your fortitude and I’ve asked God to bless your family and my perspective thanks to your videos ♥️

  • @greenbrown7776
    @greenbrown7776 Před 7 měsíci +2

    You remind me of my kind-hearted and capable and resilient and practical grandmother.

  • @firefliesandtadpoles
    @firefliesandtadpoles Před 6 měsíci +2

    I love your videos. You have quickly become one of my very favorite CZcamsrs. I keep looking back to see if you have put a new video up yet. I’m a single mom out living frugally.

  • @jessicajohnson2089
    @jessicajohnson2089 Před 7 měsíci +12

    I don't know if you've ever tried the fruit that comes off the paw paw tree, but it is delicious. Also, since you live in Appalachia, you might be interested in seeking out where there might be wild persimmons growing. My grandparents used to pick paw paws and wild persimmons and give them to me as a kid. And you can make wonderful jam with both. If you know the right places to look at the right time of year, they can be pretty abundant too. I've been born and raised on this stuff. Maybe you already know all this. I just thought I'd throw out this suggestion just in case bc it's like finding buried treasure and I'm sure your children would get a kick out of it.

    • @cumberlandquiltchic1
      @cumberlandquiltchic1 Před 7 měsíci +4

      Ramps in spring! I watch Celebrating Appalachia and she shows a lot
      Of detail about just about anything here.

    • @cumberlandquiltchic1
      @cumberlandquiltchic1 Před 7 měsíci +2

      We have many chestnut trees and black walnut trees in western NC /smokies of Appalachia. I have always loved ramps in spring, but they are being depleted. High end restaurants want them and groups of workers go sweep through hillsides not leaving enough.

    • @andreamortimer2610
      @andreamortimer2610 Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@cumberlandquiltchic1
      I'm growing ramps in my backyard. Took me some time to get them established, but I finally succeeded. They make a wonderful pesto!

    • @andreamortimer2610
      @andreamortimer2610 Před 7 měsíci +3

      I love persimmons but never had a pawpaw though I've been really, really yearning to taste one. The flavor has been described as a mix of vanilla pudding meets pineapple/tropics. Thinking about getting a couple of saplings to try growing them myself.

    • @jessicajohnson2089
      @jessicajohnson2089 Před 6 měsíci

      @@andreamortimer2610 They remind me of bananas. I always loved the taste of them. If you like bananas, you'd like paw paw.

  • @charlesbaxter3820
    @charlesbaxter3820 Před 7 měsíci +6

    I also live in wv. I have chickens and lambs, i usually plant a garden. I can a lot from the garden and grocery stores.

  • @megsmith3888
    @megsmith3888 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I am new too you're channel. I love your lifestyle I am old 62 and alone my husband passed away. Now I am alone and I struggle myself. I am so happy for you getting monetized. God bless you sweetie.

  • @heretic1965
    @heretic1965 Před 7 měsíci +6

    I truly love your videos. I am from a small town and grew up eating rabbit, squirrel and raccoons . Watching you prepare this brought back fond memories. Thank you ❤

  • @citrinehills7131
    @citrinehills7131 Před 7 měsíci +13

    Inspiration!!! I would love to start living more mindfully, slowing down and dream of a home on farmland with likeminded neighbors who farm too. I live in Houston TX and I was considering moving to an "Agrihood". i love your storytelling so much. Great job!

    • @TheProductiveHomemaker
      @TheProductiveHomemaker  Před 7 měsíci +2

      It’s very rewarding raising your own meat ♥️ thank you for being here!

  • @davidglad
    @davidglad Před 7 měsíci +3

    YT recommended one of your videos (chicken pie) last night that I watched. Like other folks commenting, it is too easy to become hooked on the videos and your commentary. Along with the change of pace of seeing a different lifestyle.

  • @lanadixon1822
    @lanadixon1822 Před 7 měsíci +2

    My Dad grew up eating rabbit raised in the back yard. My grandparents were very resourceful having gotten married in 1929 just a few months before the depression began. You video was lovely.

  • @jeaniedelaney4711
    @jeaniedelaney4711 Před 7 měsíci +2

    You are amazing! I love your style, your words, and your thoughtfulness. ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @elalinejackson5892
    @elalinejackson5892 Před 7 měsíci +3

    I love your videos, your voice is so sweet and calming. When ever I watch you, I can feel myself slow down and relax. Thank you for that. The rabbit dinner looked so delicious.

  • @gianaseppanen
    @gianaseppanen Před 6 měsíci +1

    My friend gave me a rabbit. I made a nice light sugo with tiny cut carrots, onion, and celery.. It was really good!

  • @cathierainwater
    @cathierainwater Před 6 měsíci +2

    In 15+ years or so my husband and I will be retiring (depending) and I'm planning on having rabbits for many things. The meat, the fur, and even their droppings are useful. (You can add their droppings directly into a garden without having to compost it like you have to do with other manures)

  • @kenyonbissett3512
    @kenyonbissett3512 Před 7 měsíci +2

    People discuss that there are too many animals and they are polluting with their waste and passing gas. If each family raised rabbits for meat, a few chickens for eggs/meat, and raise catfish with the occasional pork, beef, lamb or deer/moose thrown in, it would be very efficient and not take more than 1/5 of an acre per family, even with a garden and fruit bushes/trees. Pigs, might be a problem with less than 1 acres. A buck and 2-3 does would produce enough meat for a family for a year. Inside, sprouts and micro greens could supply the winter greens for good health for the family.
    The simplicity and richness of your life are admirable. Reading through the comments was interesting. More people than I would have thought, have eaten rabbit, which is delicious.

  • @stephaniemeads
    @stephaniemeads Před 7 měsíci +3

    I have missed your sweet videos. Glad you are feeling better. Have a blessed day.❤

  • @deborahpaulin1188
    @deborahpaulin1188 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I've only had rabbit once. Our neighbor made a Rabbit Fricassee, much like yours but stovetop, served over rice, and it was delicious. One of my most memorable meals. Best wishes to you and yours for a happy and healthy new year. ❤❤

  • @juliewolvey6209
    @juliewolvey6209 Před 7 měsíci +12

    We sent two lamb for slaughter two years ago and I cried my eyes out. I'd hand-fed them from a few weeks old and was totally in love, but...they had an amazing life in our orchard and tasted so good. It taught me a lesson about life and how we should never to take food for granted. I still smile when I remember bottle feeding those boys.

    • @HFTLH
      @HFTLH Před 7 měsíci +1

      @juliewolvey6209 I've always dreamed of homesteading, but the older I get, the more I wonder if I would be tough enough to butcher an animal I had raised and cared for. I don't mind so much if I haven't formed an attachment.

    • @juliewolvey6209
      @juliewolvey6209 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@HFTLH I tried so hard not to become attached, but I'm a sucker for a pair of big brown eyes....

    • @HFTLH
      @HFTLH Před 7 měsíci

      @@juliewolvey6209 I hear you!

  • @rosalynrendon4785
    @rosalynrendon4785 Před 7 měsíci +3

    I’m so glad you’re back, we have been waiting for a new video ❤ your meal looks fantastic!!! What a treat. Very glad your family is well now.
    Thank you for sharing your life with us 😊

  • @barbforbis1260
    @barbforbis1260 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I first tasted rabbit as a young girl hunting with my uncle. He made a rabbit stew and to this day it is a favorite. You are so fortunate to be able to harvest your own meat. I’ve never made with mushrooms and onions, will have to try that. Thank you for sharing your wonderful videos with us.

  • @ambergibson1930
    @ambergibson1930 Před 7 měsíci +3

    I am so glad you are bringing your Appalachian experience to others in the world. It has been my back drop of growing up!!!! AND many many of those ways means and meals are still staples of my life today ❤️❤!!

  • @juststeph6940
    @juststeph6940 Před 7 měsíci +3

    We also raise our own rabbits for meat. It’s such a blessing and to not have to buy meat from industrial farmers (big companies) is such a blessing.

  • @SimplelifeAZ
    @SimplelifeAZ Před 7 měsíci +4

    Thank you for sharing! Your dedication to your family is inspiring.

  • @juliesimko2247
    @juliesimko2247 Před 7 měsíci +5

    Thank YOU for your beautiful vids...It is a wisdom, I believe, we all carry within us....we just need you to remind us

  • @MrsLeBlanc14
    @MrsLeBlanc14 Před 7 měsíci +2

    CZcams suggested your videos to me and your voice is so comforting. I’ve never seen a rabbit before processing, it’s quite rare here but my husband has been dying for rabbit stew.

  • @julijakeit
    @julijakeit Před 7 měsíci +4

    I still remember the rabbit stew my grandma once made from the animals she got from her relatives in the village. You're eating luxury! It's organic pasture raised meat!

  • @Cthomas5678
    @Cthomas5678 Před 7 měsíci +7

    When I was a little girl we were visiting a family friend and he was frying up rabbit and I was watching him and he offered me a piece omg it was so good but I’ve never had it since but I always remember how good it tasted! Thank you for bringing us this important video I love the way you cook!

  • @milenataylor2
    @milenataylor2 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Your videos bring me so much joy and serve as a reminder to appreciate all that I have. So thank you for that. I will continue to faithfully follow your content, Laramie!

  • @Free2Praise
    @Free2Praise Před 7 měsíci +2

    Happy new year! Nice to have your videos again

  • @mrskay2630
    @mrskay2630 Před 7 měsíci +2

    So happy to see you again! And glad to hear you all are feeling better.

  • @mruggier0
    @mruggier0 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I dislike wild game or much of any meat sources. Fish is ok . However Laramie did a great job preparing the rabbit and explaining the circle of life. I’d be sticking to the potatoes that eve . And a salad. lol I just love this new found channel . Her voice and her grace is so beautiful. She never complains and is so upbeat. Her circumstances chosen.

  • @rommy_of_rohan
    @rommy_of_rohan Před 7 měsíci +16

    As someone who had rabbits as much-loved pets, and let them live out their full lives happy and free and running in the backyard until their natural end, you'll understand if I give this recipe a miss. But I should mention that if you want to eat cheaply, incorporating a good amount of vegetarian options will really keep your food bills down. Dried lentils and beans are dirt cheap compared to meat and if you cook them in a pressure cooker you'll save even more. One cup of dried beans will give you 2-3 cups of cooked ones and when you mix them with a grain such as rice, corn or wheat, you get a complete protein. Also a herb garden to provide fresh herbs is cheaper than paying good money for dried ones. Healthier, too.

    • @gillianmellin8315
      @gillianmellin8315 Před 7 měsíci +5

      Gosh was going to write the same. Rabbit is a no no for me also , but everyone to their own.

    • @nikkibrown6460
      @nikkibrown6460 Před 7 měsíci +14

      Rabbit is a often consumed protein. My husband is from Germany, he was raised eating rabbit regularly. How is it different than raising poultry,pork,beef?

    • @julijakeit
      @julijakeit Před 7 měsíci +7

      My grandma used to make incredible rabbit stew from the village of her relatives, so we know where our meat comes from and that it was well fed and well taken care of. It'd rather buy from local farmers than industrially raised animal. I am not able to forfeit meat altogether but I do buy organic meat, sometimes from monks (this is the best tasting meat so far!), local farmers, higher quality meat (from sources that state what food was fed to the animals. Pasture raised is best). It is more expensive but we can taste it. Not going to lie, I had to throw some chicken I bought from cheap store because it stank of ammonium!

    • @marz736
      @marz736 Před 7 měsíci +7

      Rabbit is part of our ancestors' diets. If you can not eat certain foods, then so be it. We certainly do not need to hear your hurtful opinions about the foods people eat. Rabbit happens to be a part of my childhood diet.

    • @Tia.H
      @Tia.H Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@nikkibrown6460 In a lot of respects, it's not, but there are people who have their preferences and/or boundaries when it comes to food, myself included. There are many reasons for doing so, too.

  • @Isadaya-
    @Isadaya- Před 7 měsíci +3

    We raised all our animals also, and the only downside for us it's all women living together and all of us are scared of doing the actual killing ourselves we do the cleaning but have to get someone to do the killing. I want to get over this fear just in case one day we can't get a butcher to kill our animals.

  • @countrymousesfarmhouse497
    @countrymousesfarmhouse497 Před 7 měsíci +33

    That looks absolutely delicious. It's illegal to keep rabbits in Queensland Australia but we used to keep them in New South Wales. They are fantastic meat source and beautiful animals. I have the opposite trouble , I do get attached to our animals but i still harvest them anyway, feeling comfort in knowing that they were raised with my love and gave them the best life I can. Thank you for sharing another fantastic meal with us ❤❤

    • @grace7701
      @grace7701 Před 7 měsíci

      May I ask why they are not allowed?

    • @andreamortimer2610
      @andreamortimer2610 Před 7 měsíci +10

      @@grace7701
      Released or escaped domestic rabbits became a major destructive problem to agriculture as well as the native environment incurring costs up to $1 billion/year by causing severe land degradation and soil erosion. Through their natural behavior they threaten the habitat and consequentially the survival of many native species. The introduction of non-native species become very problematic when there are no or not enough natural predators for population control which was the case with rabbits in Queensland.

  • @Corinna_Schuett_GER
    @Corinna_Schuett_GER Před 7 měsíci +3

    In Germany, we like eating rabbit (and duck or other game meat) with potatoe dumplings filled with croutons, red wine sauce and red cabbage with chopped bacon and apples. 😛😛👍

    • @marti_in_tx
      @marti_in_tx Před měsícem +1

      Lived in Germany and our landlord raised rabbits for the table. He also had a garden and raised a lot of the food he fed them

  • @tiffanybatista
    @tiffanybatista Před 7 měsíci +2

    First time I had rabbit was in Portugal and it was so incredibly delicious! What a great way to honor your beloved rabbit ❤

  • @thekitchenscrap
    @thekitchenscrap Před 6 měsíci +1

    Hello from Melbourne :) I just discovered your channel, I've been working my way through your library and I just wanted to say how much I've been enjoying your content. Equally informative as they are relaxing but most of all, I really resonate with the philosophy behind it all. I too am on a low income and try to live a frugal lifestyle - sometimes out of necessity but mostly out of choice as it really does naturally become part of you. Thank you for your words of wisdom and videos, I look forward to watching what the future brings :)

  • @pamelacooley6457
    @pamelacooley6457 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Love your channel. Such a good meal.

  • @ms.g1709
    @ms.g1709 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I cannot say I would have the guts to butcher my own animals of any kind, but I admire and respect you for participating in the entire process. ❤ It is important to eat as ethically as fits within our budgets as we can. You have certainly done that this day. I also appreciate your reminder to recognize progress and practice purposeful gratitude!

  • @echoswaifu
    @echoswaifu Před 6 měsíci +1

    I love rabbit and goat as well! I respect every animal, whether I raised it or not.

  • @AshleySantos-uo4ej
    @AshleySantos-uo4ej Před 7 měsíci +12

    Thanks for sharing! ❤ I have a friend who raises rabbits for meat and one time she gifted one to me. I destroyed that poor thing in my Instant Pot 😅 It still went to good use chopped up as rabbit fried rice. You've given me a much better recipe to try for next time!
    And thank you for the reminder to be content in any season. 💜

    • @TheProductiveHomemaker
      @TheProductiveHomemaker  Před 7 měsíci +4

      Oh no! 😂 we all make our mistakes in the kitchen. I’m glad you were able to pivot and still use the meat!

    • @HFTLH
      @HFTLH Před 7 měsíci +1

      I messed up my first attempt at rabbit too! I think we still ate it, but I was so disappointed!

  • @mizg1595
    @mizg1595 Před 7 měsíci +2

    So very good to see you, Laramie! Thank you for a another soothing and inspirational video on gratitude and self-sufficiency!