I was blessed to have had Home Ec in middle school in the 80s. We learned sewing, cross-stitching, cooking, cleaning, and budgeting. My granny taught me how to survive and thrive with NOTHING and my great grandmother (who had lived a money-rich life) taught me to be a bad@ss that never gives up because money does not equal happiness. My mom taught me how to tolerate people (this is HUGE) and not to forget those even less fortunate. My dad taught me how to start and run a business. I wish for everyone to have that much guidance in their life, and Mrs. V is helping in that way more than she knows 💕

My Dear Mrs. Volfie. I absolutely love to watch your canning videos. across the years they have never changed. In every canning video i've see you do, you always explain everything, step by step, and explain why these steps are important. You never seem to skip over explaining everything that a first time person, or a person that is relearning, needs to know. Thank you for that. Your canning videos are thoroughly enjoyable. I look forward to them every year. God Bless

I keep telling my senior friends that they should be canning and dehydrating. Most of us are surviving on Social Security, and have very small food budgets, but I see them tossing so much food in the garbage - green peppers and celery that's not used in a week can be dehydrated and stored for when those items are not plentiful and expensive. One friend only knows how to make huge pots of spaghetti sauce or chili, and she freezes it. Then, it goes bad before she can eat it, but she thinks investing in a pressure canner and jars is too much money....SMH. She tosses out more fruits and vegetables each week than I buy, and complains about how little she has. We eat well by gardening, taking advantage of sales, and canning and dehydrating. Sure, it takes a little investment and some effort, but the results are a pantry full of clean, wholesome food. Like you, I do my best to waste nothing. Anything I buy fresh that isn't used in a week gets preserved in some way. After a short while, canners, dehydrators, vacu-sealers and jars pay for themselves.

I love going through these videos. My mother used to do all the canning, dehydrating, and such, and as a teenage male I was never into it, never wanted to work with her on any of it. Now I'm 29 and I find I really love food prep and cooking / baking, and going through all these, especially when we're all sort of home due to the situation, I find it all very cathartic. You also personally feel like listening to my mother, and it brings back great memories. I don't have my mother to do all this with any more. So thank you for doing this channel. :)

I just adore you for so many reasons, not the least of which is that you're real. I'm learning so much from you. Thank you, Mrs. Volfie!

I am subscribed to ALL THE CANNING CHANNELS, and honestly after about a year I have realized that the most thorough AND most concise home food preservation videos come from Mrs. Volfie. The other channel I love is Helen Rennie, but she is not about home preservation, just good cooking. Thank you so much!

We here in Bedford In. are fortunate enough to have a very large Amish community and farmers markets on Saturday but one particular family has a small market on their property and since I couldn’t take care of the garden properly this year most everything came from this family but any way they have 50 pounds of potatoes for $20 and this year they are red potatoes and they even still have dirt on them from the fields talk about fresh lol .Thank you so much for your videos I have learned so much from you .

Bev, you are such a blessing teaching home economics. We have a generation of folks who are helpless in the kitchen. Schools don't teach this stuff anymore! A lot of people have no idea how to make a frugal meal and stick to a budget.

Love all your videos! I'm 56 years young and learning more 'home economics' from people like you than all my years of school. My mom didn't can...so thank you for all the great tips, tricks and frank advice! Well done!😍

Great advice. I am very lucky in that we have a cold room. Our home grown bagged potatoes keep well in the cold room all winter as well as carrots and beets stored in peat moss. We store about 200 lbs of our potatoes, 100 lbs of carrots and 50 lbs of beets. I process 100 lbs of squash, a couple of bushels of homegrown tomatoes and a couple of bushels of green and wax beans. I buy local organic cauliflower when it is in season and freeze enough for the winter. All my own veggies are organic. Saves us a lot of money and the food is delicious.

This is another great video. I like the Home Economics idea for videos. They'll be great for all ages and genders. Thank you Mrs. Volfie.

Love you Bev.. you are awesome! I've learned so much about what I can can up!!! I had no idea on some things..! Loving your personality!! Thanks for being here!!! Hugs!

You are so cute!!! I have watched each and every video you have made, and some of them multiple times. As I can I still find myself sounding like you "always always always debubble, and always always always wipe the rim of your jars'. And I cannot forget the 'steady stream of steam" I love you! Please keep up the good work! It has been a little over a year since my firs of 7 strokes and I am still canning and gardening. Not as much as before and with help but I am still doing it! God Bless!!

I'm loving the home economics videos. It should be so simple, in theory, but life has gotten so complacent for convenience's sake. Even though I do know these things, you're inspiring me to get back to it and take pride in it. Thank you, Bev! ❤

Your heart amazes me❤ 3 o'clock and you call Howie to ask about his day? So kind and loving. When people say stay at home wifes and moms don't work hard... may I direct their attention to you?! You work so hard for your family every day. Even not feeling well, you still made productivity a must in your day. Gotta say, I'm not that ambitious! I'm about to get up now at 2:20pm... been a lazy napping with my cats day. But, I did work 10-10 yesterday just so I could be off the following 3 days. 😊 You're giving me inspiration to get my ass up and move! 😆 🤣 😘

Glad my mom canned and is teaching me. I'm 35 married with 4 kids. Living in the country. We canned tomatoes last year. Still have half of the jars left. My mom has all the canning equipment to can and a new canner. So exciting. I'm old school and love the old ways and teaching my kids the same way.

You are such an inspiration, Bev. I've been canning for a lot of years, but it never occurred to me to add some water to the jar first when canning potatoes. I will do so next time. Also, you inspired me to make my own dehydrated potato slices, and so many other things. Thank you!

Darn it woman! I would "shut my lid & can it" but you and your videos are so addictive :-) Thank you for your wisdom and how-to :-)

You’re REMARKABLE, you have so much common sense and outstanding ideas! I joined just a few weeks ago in June I believe, June 2022, and I’ve learned a wealth of information from you! Do you ever sleep 😴?

Aldi's had 10 lbs of potatoes on for 90 cents last year around Thanksgiving. I bought 200 lbs and canned most of them. They are the best potatoes I've ever eaten. They have a slightly different taste than fresh, but my whole family just loves them. I canned what potatoes I grew this year, but hoping to get some on sale again.

This video inspired my dinner tonight (well, part of it)--scalloped potatoes from slices I dehydrated in 2016. And I learned how to dehydrate potatoes from you in the first place as well as how to use them. Thank you again for making videos like this, they're really helpful to people (like me) who don't have someone nearby that can teach them.

Thank you fornyour home economics series! Great for us old people who tend to forget, and Great for younger people and people who never have!

Bev you make the best videos!!! You do so well explaining in great detail.... Thank you for sharing

My mom use to can all the time when i was younger and i regret not teaching my kids. After watching your videos. Im going to get ob it. Thank you for reminding me how important this is to pass down.

I'm in Jacksonville Florida. I do a lot of canning,freezing and dehydrating and I dearly love your videos.

Best price I seen so far is $ 1.88 for 10 lbs potatoes this week at food basics. Just picked up 5 bags and I do have a dehydrator, so I better get at doing up at least 3 of those bags. One thing my mother used to have in some of the farm houses they lived in over the years was a proper root cellar. That's how she stored many root veggies, apples and her water bath canning.

I have been watching your videos all morning.

it's October 8, and I hope it finds your response bell. I love your stuff! It's such a pleasure to listen to someone who is so totally real and absolutely on task. I learn something from you every time I watch one of your posts, and this will help me now and in the future. Thank you for your positive attitude and your wonderful instructions.

My mother learned from her mother, who learned from her mother, to make potato soup with water, I still use the same recipe, water, potatoes, onions, celery, salt and pepper. My mother was one of 13 kids, and in the 30s they only had one milk cow, so not enough milk for everything that might normally have milk in it, so just water. One thing my mother did like in her potato soup was rivels, for those that don't know, basically egg and flour made into a dough and small balls of this dropped into the boiling soup, made it a little more filling. People learned to make do with what they had back in the day, and I still enjoy those foods my mother grew up with.

My dad used to make large pots of soup, people were very frugal, had to be. You paid off your mortgage, paid cash for everything else. I’m going to look into the Nesco dehydrator, I love soup, dehydrate when fruits and veggies are plentiful, rehydrate when they’re not. Thanks Bev.

I dehydrated 100 lbs of potatoes last year, I don't trust myself with a mandolin so I improvised with my Johnny apple peeler- peeled and sliced at the same time!

When I was growing up mom made soup using potatoes onions and macaroni with tomato juice for the liquid. Add good cornbread Believe me there never any left for leftovers Great memories..

Complicated. Am just buying cans of whole potatoes. Also illness prevents me from doing much. Still have a scar in thumb from trying to just peel ONLY the skin of potatoes as granny showed me. She knew it all raising 8 kids on a farm during the depression but I got small visits only from living so far away. My Mom worked and had no time to teach me. Interesting show. God bless all that are trying to learn this.

Thank you for your encouragement and reassurances. I do not know how to can. I have a canner. I've watched video after video. It scares the crap out of me. I also don't have much storage space for the bulk of jars. So I dehydrate everything. One day, I'll pull up my big girl panties and try to can meat...

I wish potatoes were 99 cents here but the cheapest is $2.99 for 10 lbs. That was a sale price. I still canned them and dehydrated slices though.

Bev, we use our dehydrated diced potatoes to make mashed potatoes. We just rehydrate them completely in a pot on the stove then mash, and can't tell the difference between the deydrated and fresh. Sending love and hugs from Texas!

I learn something new from you all the time! Thanks.

I just love your videos. They get my books out and plan. Thank you

Excellent, excellent video!!! I love to watch your home economics videos. You explain everything so well. Thanks for all you do and share with us!

Well done Bev !!!

Always my go to lady for preserving. Thank you.

Love your use of jar to cover dehydrator hole. You are so creative. Thanks for my education.

I can about 100-150 lbs of potatoes a year as fries or cubes. Secret to turning canned cubed potatoes into good mashed potatoes is: rinse cubes then put in pot and "cook off" the starch before adding anything else or mashing them.

I’m loving these home economics videos you’ve been doing- thanks for sharing

Bev, your videos are as fresh as the first ones I've seen. You're like the energizer bunny. Hahaha. God continue to give you strength & tfs these wonderful videos.

Love this BEV! 💖 Going to watch the 'Home Economics' playlist right now.👍😊

Thank you, you are seriously saving my sanity in these crazy times xxx

Wow! I just saw you place an inverted jar in the center hole to fill your trays easily! Thank you...........the simplest ideas escape me sometimes! LOL. Blessings all

Thanks for this video on processing potatoes! I'll watch for sales. Love that you can dehydrate or pressure can. We love stews in the winter!

Bevy another wonderful video. I like this home economics series. Plus your tips. The jar in the Nesco is a gem because I have trouble keeping product from falling through. And I will be using a tray for my potatoes as well. Be blessed

The Home Economics videos are fantastic! Thank you Mrs. V!

I am so glad I come across your site. Thanks for sharing, stay safe and have a blessed day

We can’t seem to grow enough to can. I’m so glad you are getting to put by your gardens bounty. Thanks for inspiring me to at least get the sale veggies to can.

Bought a canner 10 years ago to preserve some venison. Figured that would be the first and last use. Boy I was wrong! Its rare to not see that canner on the stove at least once a month. Excellent video.

The week of Thanksgiving is a great time to buy potatoes for cheap.

Love this series. I used to can a lot more than I do now. I got away from is when my daughter was young and then didn't get back into it because we were always on the run with competitive dance...but now that she's done dancing and in university, it's time to start doing some of these things again. I never did dehydrate much even though I got a dehydrator once as a gift, so it would be nice to see a video or two on using the dehydrated foods for those of us not used to cooking with them.

Loving your Home Economics series. Potato video is perfect timing as we haven't dug our white potatoes out of the garden yet.

Thanks so much for all the help you have given to others. Love your channel and the family Ms Bev

Oh my goodness!!! This is awesome!!! Another great video!!! Thank you so much for all this info. God bless you

Love this! I’m going to look for more of your home economics because one thing is for sure you can’t find 10lbs of potatoes anywhere in downtown Toronto for .99 cents anymore!!! Im lucky if I can find them for $2.99! But I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled and when I see sales I’m going to be canning and dehydrating you can be sure. Because I’m on a fixed income and have been for 14yrs and I told hubby we are one step away from being homeless if this craziness continues!😢

Bev, your Home Economics series is pure brilliance and hopefully will reach many, many people! I'm hoping to see one of those good 99 cents sales you mentioned sometime this Autumn. But if not, I do have a big bag of Yukon Golds that I'm working through that could get dehydrated too. I still have plenty of canned taters in the pantry right now but am down to just a couple of half-gallon jars of scalloped potatoes. The first time I tried diced potatoes I didn't blanch them long enough and gave up but from watching this I'll give it another try. Thank you!

Bev, Take your dehydrated diced potatoes and chop them up in your coffee grinder for mashed potatoes. Add butter and milk after you rehydrate them.

I love my Nesco I had another dehydrator in the past, but 2 years ago replaced it with your advice with a Nesco and have been super happy with it. I also did 2 bags of deer carrots this year 1 canned 1 dehydrated where I live the carrots are $3.99 American a bag and were almost like store bought very few imperfections . Thanks Bev love your canning videos, the new knitting one and love your Reading channel

2;49 for a 10lbag here on the Oregon coast. Its awful. However I understand your home economics , you are a wonderful teacher Bev. I will be pickling eggs tonight, and canning pickled beets , and also crushed tomatoes tomorrow. Love your videos. Pat

Excellent video! Thank you so much for this!

The farmer harvested potatoes and when he was done, I picked up about 100 pounds of potatoes for free. I pressure canned lots, diced and froze some, and filled the bottom 2 drawers of the fridge. I also shared some with family.

I dehydrated some potato slices and some cubes a couple of days ago, and I used some of the cubes in a soup for dinner this evening (left over roast beef with juices, the dried potatoes, dried celery, parsley, onion, diced fresh carrot and barley with extra stock from the fridge.) I swear, the potatoes had better texture and flavour than fresh diced spuds would have had. I am sold, and the next time I find a decent price I will do up more. Especially as the current feeling is that we will have food shortages for the next year or so due to the handling of this stupid virus situation.

Water from potatoes, noodles is good for the garden. Lol 😂 I have been wanting to can potatoes for a month now. Idaho here 🙋🐈🐾

Sis another way to preserve potatoes is you can boil them whole with skins on- remove from water cool and freeze in freezer bags whole-- then when ready to use just get out how many you need thaw and prepare however you would if fresh- but alot less cooking time etc-- hope this helps-- huggs...Glo

Love and appreciate you and your videos! I learn so much and enjoy it while I am learning. Can't say that about when I was young and going to school. lol🤗

Great video. I love your home economic series!

I I loved your video on canning potatoes in was fixing to can red and white both. You showed the dehydrator also and I just got one for Christmas all the info was awesome. Thank you can't wait to start.

This is such a great series Mrs. Volfie. Thank you so much!

Bev ,love watching your down to earth videos!!!! 💙🧡💜❤💚 will be filling my dehydrator soon

Thank you Mrs Volfie. You inspire me👍🏼☺️

Hello. Im watching Your Videos Agian. 🤗💜

Oh heck yes Sister, first time I watched you and tonight I was already peeling potatoes when I took a break and saw this fantastic... I loved it.

I really like this series!

I love the way you instruct!!! I will be watching everything you do.♡♡♡

Try dry canning your potatoes, game changer! They taste like fresh cooked and mash like them too. Pack like usual and pressure can for the same length of time.

I like the idea of using the jar

Another amazing great video

Some time ago now, i knew a couple raising their two great grandchildren; after a couple of years of estrangement, it began with a middle of the night knock at the door while the kids looked out the police car window. When potatoes went on the fall sale, each bought thier limit and she canned for they got expensive. She also canned chicken when it went on sale and a few other things. When the at date or just past date meat went on sale, they bought and froze; or cooked then froze.

Great video!

Keep up the good work

I take advantage of Brookshires penny sales. Buy one get one for a penny. Just bought potatoes on the penny sale and green onions. Saved $90 this time.

I love this series you are doing! I hope it continues! ❤️A lot of good info!!

Thank you so much for showing us this. I wonder how do you make the scalloped potatoes with your dehydrated slices?

Wow, you are fantastic! First I had no idea I could dehydrate potatoes, the tip of the wire rack is genius and that measuring cup hanging on the side by the handle...duh why didn't I think of that! I wish I was more comfortable with my pressure canner, I did yellow beans this year, but they all lost a lot of water, still sealed but I think I did something wrong. Need to try my canner again.

One year later: rewatching video to preserve the "food shelf" bags of potatoes people have been giving me. I'm using the last quart slices from last year.

Awesome video and tips. Thank you so much. Blessings!

FABULOUS!!!!!

We never have deals like that in our area on potato’s. Maybe two bags of 5lb for $5 otherwise $2.99 minimum. I agree with you. I dehydrate and can stuff too. I love the therapy I get doing that!

Hi, Mrs. V we got 10 pounds for 1.98. Not long ago . Have a few pounds canned already. Doing more. Thanks for your videos! Take care! Did the same thing getting chicken broth. It was on sale and I grabbed th wrong one

Those are very nice additions to your pantry. I hope you get it filled to your comfort level before winter sets in.

I would freeze all that potato water in two cup measurements for my bread baking!

Thank you for sharing, looks good

I buy 50 lbs at a time for 13.00 at smart and final I love this idea you have

I NEED to see how you fry the potatoes you can, please. You said you slice them up and fry them with onion. You must have a secret I don’t know, please share. I live in New Mexico very short growing season up on a Mountain. That’s what I have been doing using The Grocery stores as my garden, canning, dehydrating. Works good!

I want to can but Im scared of the canner!Thank you you are a great teacher.