Comfort Food & Mennonite Culture with RuthAnn Zimmerman

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RuthAnn Zimmerman and her husband were both raised in the Old Order Mennonite culture, with deep Pennsylvania Dutch roots. After deciding to leave the Mennonite community, they realized how much they treasured many parts of their cultural background: the heritage of simple living, a hard work ethic, discipline, and delicious, real food.
The foods they grew up eating are still the foods they serve in their kitchen today. So I think you’ll enjoy the tips and insights RuthAnn shares with us in this episode.
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@lynnclark4208 Жыл бұрын

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 7 ай бұрын

@user-if3rc1qp6k 5 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 5 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.

@MennoniteFarmhouse 2 жыл бұрын

I’m the opposite of RuthAnn… I grew up worldly and became a Mennonite… in PA. Now I have started a KZfaq 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 10 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 10 ай бұрын

@@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123💯

@reeree121 Жыл бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

Her genuineness is evident.

@MichelleVisser 7 ай бұрын

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

@MichelleVisser 7 ай бұрын

@superbizee1 10 ай бұрын

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 10 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 7 ай бұрын

@26skogen Ай бұрын

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

@chefevilee9377 Жыл бұрын

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 7 ай бұрын

@KimsKluckers Жыл бұрын

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.

@1gr8lpta Жыл бұрын

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.)

@PrayerOpensDoor Жыл бұрын

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 7 ай бұрын

@janicenichols7271 Жыл бұрын

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 8 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 7 ай бұрын

@NicoleElizabeth4419 Жыл бұрын

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 3 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 3 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.😁🙃

@Gypsy7305 5 ай бұрын

I love watching Ruth Ann!!! She is my favorite channel on KZfaq. 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 5 ай бұрын

She's a great friend

@frilled2b Жыл бұрын

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 7 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 7 ай бұрын

@muddyshoesgardener Жыл бұрын

I enjoy the Zimmermans on KZfaq 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 7 ай бұрын

@user-sc3qe3qy8f 2 ай бұрын

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

@helenmartin6895 Жыл бұрын

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 7 ай бұрын

@latebloomingmid-liferiot566 5 ай бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

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

@marlenehod Жыл бұрын

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

@loiswilliamson2635 2 ай бұрын

My favorite channel too❤

@helenmartin6895 Жыл бұрын

Love the Zimmermins!

@kathyjames9250 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

amen!

@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123 10 ай бұрын

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

@MichelleVisser 10 ай бұрын

I agree, all the way around. :)

@MichelleVisser 7 ай бұрын

@DebiGoldben 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

what cherished memories!

@1951kvk 2 ай бұрын

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.

@cynthiamackenzie2273 13 күн бұрын

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 13 күн 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!

@bluebird7546 11 ай бұрын

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 11 ай бұрын

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

@katrinagarland5219 11 ай бұрын

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

@MichelleVisser 11 ай бұрын

she's a great friend and such an inspiration

@MichelleVisser 7 ай бұрын

@ajalicea1091 Жыл бұрын

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.

@lindapotter5750 2 ай бұрын

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.😮❤

@LVT2314 Жыл бұрын

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

@loiswilliamson2635 2 ай бұрын

Wonderful interview ❤❤❤

@dannyfox4156 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

good to know

@lindapotter5750 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

oh I LOVE this!!

@pattinailsit4535 6 ай бұрын

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

@MichelleVisser 6 ай бұрын

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

@vintagebeliever5023 10 ай бұрын

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

@wendyzimmerman6002 Жыл бұрын

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

@helenmartin6895 Жыл бұрын

Shady Maple Restaurant in Morgantown Pa!Amazining experience!

@dixsigns1717 3 ай бұрын

I came over from RuthAnn's channel.

@tinaschantz5000 Жыл бұрын

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.

@bevfitzsimmonds3382 Жыл бұрын

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

@silver_threads 10 ай бұрын

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 10 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!!

@lynnclark4208 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Michelle for this interview.

@MichelleVisser 7 ай бұрын

@jocarson5310 Жыл бұрын

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

@aprilcarmen2492 3 ай бұрын

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 3 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.

@oklamoni5697 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@charlenegoddard7390 11 ай бұрын

I love RuthAnn’s videos on KZfaq!!!

@MichelleVisser 7 ай бұрын

@pearlrawson8636 4 ай бұрын

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

@mml5794 10 ай бұрын

I really like the KZfaq option!! Thank you!

@MichelleVisser 7 ай бұрын

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

@debjolicoeur7232 Жыл бұрын

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 7 ай бұрын

@josetteeral2288 9 ай бұрын

Ruthann is the BOMB!

@MichelleVisser 9 ай бұрын

YES

@sharrilswindle752 6 ай бұрын

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 6 ай бұрын

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

@sharonbunker2340 2 ай бұрын

RuthAnn is one of my favorite KZfaqrs

@mamalioness1156 Жыл бұрын

I love watching her channel.

@MichelleVisser 7 ай бұрын

@nelliep1530 4 ай бұрын

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

@MichelleVisser 4 ай бұрын

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

@jmc-xp6ml 4 ай бұрын

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

@sandrasykes3026 8 ай бұрын

I SO remember dining @ that family restaurant!

@MichelleVisser 8 ай бұрын

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

@OpaulineShelton-rw7iz 5 ай бұрын

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 5 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.

@kathleenworkman2575 Жыл бұрын

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 7 ай бұрын

@user-cm7xq6jp8o Жыл бұрын

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 7 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 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oJyIYLGk1cive2w.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh (and have you tried my tip about freezing bread by the slice?)

@OpaulineShelton-rw7iz 5 ай бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

she really is a great lady

@sandrasykes3026 8 ай бұрын

I’d ❤️ Ruthanne’s Pecan Pie recipe!

@MichelleVisser 7 ай бұрын

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

@sanot8443 2 жыл бұрын

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

@MichelleVisser 2 жыл бұрын

we really enjoyed talking together about this topic :)

@MichelleVisser 7 ай бұрын

@carolgladney9890 3 ай бұрын

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❤

@shuvanidev 9 ай бұрын

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 9 ай бұрын

well said and so true

@MichelleVisser 7 ай бұрын

@louonUT 2 ай бұрын

I prefer video's , thank you so much

@MichelleVisser 2 ай бұрын

good to know

@Eph1-4 9 ай бұрын

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

@MichelleVisser 9 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 9 ай бұрын

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

@jillmom3 8 ай бұрын

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

@MichelleVisser 8 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 7 ай бұрын

@sassywithattitude1765 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for interviewing Ruth Ann on your program. I love watching KZfaq, 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 9 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 7 ай бұрын

@lindap9079 8 ай бұрын

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 8 ай бұрын

oh funny!

@barbaramiller349 3 ай бұрын

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 3 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!

@JackieCabe 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

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

@JackieCabe 3 ай бұрын

@@MichelleVisser Hope you find it helps

@MichelleVisser 3 ай бұрын

@@JackieCabe I'm sure it will!

@user-yo6vs5ol5b 5 ай бұрын

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 5 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 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for that.

@wandamcgann7728 8 ай бұрын

i LOVE RUTHANNE!!!!!

@bhive6026 4 ай бұрын

Chicken corn soup is awesome...

@marilynweber7957 Жыл бұрын

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 . . .

@maggiedoor6093 10 ай бұрын

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

@MichelleVisser 7 ай бұрын

@user-wj3ix6nz9j 5 ай бұрын

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

@evanorvell8368 4 ай бұрын

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.

@jmc-xp6ml 4 ай бұрын

❤RuthAnn

@leannaweaver5555 2 жыл бұрын

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. ☺️

@wendypoisson9601 9 ай бұрын

Love RuthAnn

@MichelleVisser 9 ай бұрын

isn't she great?

@wuznotbornyesterda Жыл бұрын

🤣 Never heard of ironing pasta!

@shelliecummins5972 2 жыл бұрын

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...

@katrinajernell2575 9 ай бұрын

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

@MichelleVisser 9 ай бұрын

I love it!

@MichelleVisser 7 ай бұрын

@nancycurtis488 Жыл бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

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

@jmc-xp6ml 4 ай бұрын

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.

@smallspaceswithGloria 8 ай бұрын

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 8 ай бұрын

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

@wendyzimmerman6002 Жыл бұрын

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

@user-wj3ix6nz9j 5 ай бұрын

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

@guntaweiland3428 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful. Ruthann is a delight.

@PolarB36 10 ай бұрын

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

@MichelleVisser 10 ай бұрын

so interesting! do you still make it?

@PolarB36 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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.

@deborahtofflemire7727 6 ай бұрын

Love Tuth Ann

@MichelleVisser 6 ай бұрын

Ruth Ann is awesome

@jenbear8652 Жыл бұрын

So scrapple is like cornmeal mush but with meat & broth mixed in.

@mml5794 10 ай бұрын

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 7 ай бұрын

@peggyduncanbaggenstoss5380 3 ай бұрын

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

@littleme3597 Жыл бұрын

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 7 ай бұрын

@Noname-cn4ly 5 ай бұрын

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)

@cheryllienemann9783 6 ай бұрын

Do you have a recipe for Chicken Corn Chowder? I dad grew up in York, Pennsylvania.

@MichelleVisser 6 ай бұрын

I love chicken corn chowder but have never published a recipe... I just searched around RuthAnn's resources and don't see one there either.. sorry!

@lamgardn3800 Жыл бұрын

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! :)

@nancieholmes4953 8 ай бұрын

I love her pecan pie using maple syrup

@MichelleVisser 8 ай бұрын

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

@tammygermonto2113 11 ай бұрын

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

@MichelleVisser 11 ай 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 7 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 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oJyIYLGk1cive2w.htmlsi=LggyeJpLBlyDanvh (also, don't know if you've noticed bit my podcast episodes are now published on youtube, every Monday :) )

@patriciabliesner9794 4 ай бұрын

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

@MichelleVisser 4 ай бұрын

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

@robyartist1 Жыл бұрын

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 :)

@Noname-cn4ly 5 ай бұрын

I LOVE scrapple with maple syrup on it….🤪

@littleme3597 Жыл бұрын

You don't need pasta machine....lol. How often do you make pasta or noodles?

@Noname-cn4ly 5 ай бұрын

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” 🤪😂