Using A LEHMANS MEHU-MAIJA 11 Qt Steam Juicer To Juice Grapes
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- čas přidán 24. 10. 2021
- Finally found a juicer to replace that old Breville juicer we have. I hate that thing and went in a different direction. This is a steam type juicer and works better. I will put a link to the one I bought but you may want to look for a set made with better stainless as you will see in the video how the bottom pot pitted first use. I see a review on amazon about their pot pitting after one use also so it definitely is not just mine. This seems to be a cheap Chinese knockoff but is easy to use, easy to clean, and high quality clear juice in about a hour.
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Greetings and a tip from Finland! I use a chair in front of the stove, puy a tray on it to avoid spilling on the floor and drain the juice straight to pre heated bottles. I also pour the first juice back on top of the berries or fruit to concentrate it a bit. This is how my grandmother thought me and I still use her old Mehu-Maija :)
I have lights and the camera in the way so the counter is safest for me. Thanks for the tips. My grandparents were from the Aland Islands in Finland. Thanks for watching.
I love the idea of pouring the first juice back over the fruit
@@andreanash7646 yes ! I'll be doing that
Great tip on the first juice pour, thanks! I also put straight into sterilized containers, all done in one go. 👍
I love my pot, I get 18 to 20 liters from a bushel of white or blue grapes grown in Niagara region in Canada. So yummy!
Works good. Just cheap Chinese stainless that stains and is hard to clean. Thanks for watching.
I've had my Mehu Liisa Steamer (made in Finland) for about 5 years and find it does a good job. Mine drains straight out of the 2nd tier into the hose that I hang into a tall pot sitting on a high stool, and with a fine strainer on the pot in case any seeds slip through. The pot handle is safe and I use a funnel to pour it into jars. Juice can keep flowing into the pot. I never fill mine as you did, I fill it about half full, and partway through cooking I use a potato masher to gently break all the grapes to extract all the juice. Never let the bottom run out of water. Because we like to sweeten our juice a bit, I pour all of it into a big stock pot I keep warm, sweeten a bit, then pour into jars. Then we waterbath it. To use, we prefer to add about 1-1/2 jars of water to 1 jar of juice.
I guess this one is just a cheap Chinese copy. I thought it was made in Finland. Didn't sweeten it in case I decide to use some for wine. It definitely does a good job. I hope this lasts as long as yours. Thanks for watching.
@@unemployedredneckhillbilly2023 The trick is in the name, and the Chinese are copying everything. I got mine from Lee Valley.
That looks like it works great. It opens lots of doors for other fruit. My former neighbor showed me how she made grape juice and it worked very nicely. Fill half the jar with grapes, pack in and add sugar. Add boiling water to the top and can. Then wait. It is great. The only thing is you need a lot of jars because you get about half juice.
It seems to work good. Have to watch the time because to long and the juice becomes diluted from the steam vapor. Thanks for watching.
A friend told me to put all the pulp back in the top at the end of the day, heat everything up again, then turn the burner off, and let the pulp drip overnight. If the top is full of pulp, I can get 2 quarts by morning!
I always pour the first pint or so of juice back into the top which allows the tubing to be sterilized by the hot juice.
I put a chair or stool in front of the stove to hold the jars while I directly fill them from the tube. If you don't have anything the right height, line a small pan with a towel, and nestle a jar in it, so you are holding the pan, and not the jar while filling it.
I juice my grapes while still on the stems, then add more on top as space becomes available. Make sure to only add grapes one time, so you don't end up with a dry water pan!
Some great tips. Thanks for watching.
Love the homemade Concord grape juice. I steamed mine stems and all and all you taste is grapes. Thanks for tip of letting it sit in the bowl after steaming to get every bit of juice.
I was amazed by how good this process worked. No fuss and no mess makes it easy to use. Thanks for watching.
put a couple glubs of vinegar in the water pan to keep it cleaner stir the fruit to get all the juice out before draining. I put a stool next to the stove and set a stainless pan on a cutting board on top to drain the juice into. when done, I put that pan on a burner to keep hot enough to can.
Thanks for the tips. Thanks for watching.
I use my Juice Streamer for alot of different fruits.
But, I especially like doing Apples because I can make many different things out of the Apples simultaneously....
I start by peeling and coring the Apples then the FUN begins:
1) Put the peel & core scraps into a 1/2 gallon jar topped off with with bottled Spring or Berkey filtered water (Do not use chemically treated water, it won't ferment), put a Fermenting pipe on the jar, after it stops bubbling in 4-7 days, I strain out scraps, the feed scraps to the chickens and pour the fermented juice (Apple Cider Vinegar) into bottles for Cleaning, Marinates &/or Dressings.
2) The Apple chunks are put in the top pot for extracting Apple Juice. I use a blend of Sweet, Tart & middle of the Road Sweet Apples. Otherwise, the Juice is too Sweet &/or Tart. The juice can be used for Drinking, making Apple Jack Liquor or Apple Jelly.
3) The leftover Apple Mush has enough flavor and texture to make into Apple Sauce by adding to a heavy bottomed kettle, heating, add sugar then Waterbath Canning per a Recipe OR
4) The Apple Mush can be cooked down into Apple Butter and Waterbath Canned per a Recipe.
5) If, you still have Apple Mush leftover, you can puree following a Recipe for Fruit Leathers.
The Ball Preserving Book and USDA Home Food Preservation Book are the Home Canning Bibles with all of the above Recipes and Processes to create your own Healthy Apple a Day of Apple Cider Vinegar, Apple Juice, Apple Jelly, Apple Sauce, Apple Butter and Apple Leather.
Bon Appetit
Thanks for the ideas. We are going to try apples next. We always can apple butter and applesauce plus make leathers with apple and honey so your ideas would be perfect. Thanks for watching.
Beautiful juice.
It does do a good job and is easy to use. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for posting this. I'd always wanted to see one in action. If I ever get back to making jelly again I'll get one for sure. If it's the same Lehman's (Kidron, OH) their quality of items has slipped. Used to be able to get the absolute best stuff there and the prices weren't bad. Then it got touristy and the prices went up and some of the quality dropped off. It's still the best (sometimes only) place to get certain items but it's a case of 'she aint what she used to be'. Showing my age, I guess.
I wish we had a true Amish store near me. Our Amish Country is just packed with commercialized shops and you can't even park because of all the tourists-all SUVs and no buggies. I'll stop ranting now...
Oh, after years of seeing it in the stores I finally got some of your Crazy Salt and yeah, that stuff is fantastic. URHC is right again-no surprise there.
I always thought they only sold top of the line items buy this is really just a Chinese knockoff at a premium price. We used to go camping down in the Lancaster area years ago and it was a fun experience. Krazy salt is great on veggies and grilled anything. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for your content love it!
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks for watching.
You could drain it directly into the half gallon mason jar. That’s what I do and it’s so much easier.
It's not tall enough to put the jar on the counter. You would have to hold the jar. Measuring cup is just the right height for this pot. Thanks for watching.
Great vid I'm hooked!! Thanks and god bless
Thanks. It does a good job. Thanks for watching.
Re the hot tubing - if you took one of those silicone handles they have for cast iron pans and cut a slit in one end, you could thread the tubing through that and maybe hold the tubing easier and not burn yourself? Just a thought.
That would work. Thanks for watching.
Messy pouring but you got better bravo
Not bad now that I have used it more. Thanks for watching.
You have a Great Pantry Girl cleaning up after you 💖
I think she really is just keeping an eye on the messes I make. Thanks for watching.
With the dregs, you could get one of those juice presses (or make one out of some tight fitting pots, ain't complicated) to smash whatever's left. Then you just drain it with a paper coffee filter.
I built a press and thought about that but it's not really worth it. Seems like the steam displaces the juice in the dregs and what squeezes out is diluted. Thanks for watching.
Interesting thank you. God bless. Kansas
Thanks for watching.
Great video. Thanks for introducing me to this juicer. Do you if there is a better quality model available?
A viewer posted that Lee Valley has the original model. This one works good but I wouldn't plan on using the lower pot for anything else the way it pitted so I am keeping it. Thanks for watching.
Never seen this in before, or maybe there is no berries grown in my country that people didn't use it, but after watching how you use it , I like it so much. What else can be use beside berries?
Theysay it works with any softer fruit, berries, or vegetables. Thanks for watching.
@@unemployedredneckhillbilly2023 Thank you for your reply.
Hi, if you used the hose from the juicer directly into the jars you would not spill any of the juice
The jars are to tall to do that with them on the counter. Can't siphon up hill. Thanks for watching.
avec le marc et 2/3 de sucre et 30mn de cuisson vous obtenez une superbe pâte de fruit....
Thanks for watching.
Thanks for that! 👍 I have the older model but without the water pan. I use a pasteurizer boiler with a hole in the lid. Nothing like your own produce, is there? 👍
They do a good job. Thanks for watching.
I wonder how elderberries will work with it. Looks like a great juicer.
I am hoping to find out next year. It seems to work nice. Thanks for watching.
@Unemployed Redneck Hillbilly Creations I finally got around to juicing my elderberries I picked this year. I got one of these steam juicers after your review. It worked great. I juiced 5 one gallon bags of frozen berries and got 3 gallons of beautiful juice. I really appreciate you reviewing this product; it made juicing elderberries easy.
i would like to see how the rhubarb turns out. Rhubarb is my very fav homemade wine.
I am going to try it soon for rhubarb aide and jelly. Its the end of season rhubarb so not sure if its the best to start with. I have to try making wine with it someday. Thanks for watching.
Hi Ed, is it possible to make wine out of that juice once it has been heated up to that temperature? I’ve never made wine, but wanted to give it a go. Thanks, Mike D
Yes it is. With the processing temperature you don't need sulfates to kill the old yeast. Thanks for watching.
@@unemployedredneckhillbilly2023 Would love to see a video on your process of using it to make wine. I have a freezer full of blueberries just waiting to be made into wine.
How would this method be for making wine off of the Concord grapes?
I think you just need to adjust the brix and acid then ferment. Thanks for watching.
Is that pit at the bottom of the pot or just calcium? How hard is your water?
Pitting that can't be removed. None of our other pots have ever seen it so it's definitely not the water. I see there's an Amazon reviews that it happened to someone else's pot also. Luckily nothing gets cooked in the pot so it shouldn't bother anything. I didn't realize it was a Chinese knockoff I purchased. Thanks for watching.
What is the brand of your regular stainless pots? I bought junk from China, that looks like the steamer pot.
They are Kirkland from Costco. Never seen a stainless pot get pitted like that. Usually happens to aluminium. Thanks for watching.
Oh yeah right…it’s always the wife’s fault lol lol lol…..looks like a great little gadget…a lot better than that fancy smacy electric juice… I bet it would be great for Cherries or Blueberries
I like it because the juice is perfectly clear. That electric thing takes an hour to clean. The juice from it was light color and cloudy. I am hoping to try elderberries next year. She doesn't let me get away with much. Thanks for watching.
Can you make wine from the juice or because you heated it you can't make wine?
It's basically pasteurized from the heat and can be used for wine. The natural yeast has been killed so no sulfates are required. Just add sugar, yeast, and an air lock. Thanks for watching the.
@@unemployedredneckhillbilly2023 very cool thanks for all your videos
You might enjoy a YT video "How to use a Steam Juice Extractor to Make Jelly" by Living Traditions Homestead" channel.
Making some grape jelly tomorrow. This sure beats the powered extractor. Thanks for watching.
@@unemployedredneckhillbilly2023 I left a longer 2nd comment and I guess it disappeared! ☹️
Not in the spam. CZcams seems to use AI to censor comments by keywords. Don't use words like Brandon 😮. It happens to me also.
Next time drain it right into the canning jar!
Too tall. You can't siphon up hill and the cup waa the perfect height. Thanks for watching.
@@unemployedredneckhillbilly2023 If you put a stool next to the stove and then put the jar on the stool it will siphon downhill😎
That doesn't sound like a safe way to show in a video. You don't want anything in the way when working around the lighting stands and camera tripod.
NORPRO VERSION.
I am sure there are many made of better stainless steel. Thanks for watching.