Epic Canning Day | French Onion Soup, Spaghetti Sauce & Fried Green Tomatoes!

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Join me in the kitchen for a full day of canning as I prepare a savory French onion soup, a rich spaghetti sauce perfect for winter meals, and try my hand at frying green tomatoes for the very first time! I’ll show you step-by-step how I preserve these favorites for the pantry and share some of my best tips along the way.

Happy canning!
Chelsea

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[LynnNichols-tx]

My dad was passing away and he told us he didn’t want his last meal before death to be Ensure. 😀. And yes….. he asked for fried green tomatoes to be his last meal. He only took one bite but was happy. He died that night. Love love this memory. ❤️

[NicoleBoebel-kv]

I live in upstate South Carolina, I was without power for 5 days and also no internet or phone service. My family and I were lucky to find a condo near the beach to stay in. The first thing I did was watch this video. You calm me down and I always feel peaceful after watching you. Thank you for sending positive thoughts our way. There are whole small towns that are just gone. Know that your smile and positivity make a huge impact on people.

[melissaveldt]

My grandmother made fried green tomatoes and she would salt and pepper them before she breaded them and she would use a little bacon grease with the regular oil and then as soon as she pulled them out of the grease she would lightly salt them. But I also grew up in the south.

[melodychristian]

Hi Chelsea, I was born in Kentucky but raised in Texas, I am 57 and have been raised on fried green tomatoes. My mama taught me when I was really young to “season” my tomatoes well, as well as my cornmeal/flour mixture! We like a little kick to ours so I use some Tony Chacheres creole seasoning on my tomatoes and in my cornmeal/flour mixture and then we dip them in ranch dressing for eating! So, so good 😊

[ReneeFrederick]

Fried green tomato BLTs with a remoulade sauce are the bomb! The sauce is good on crab cakes, too.

[KatMa]

For hurricane Irma, we lost power for seven days. And we live in the city and had absolutely no help from FEMA or any one anywhere. For this last hurricane, we lost power for 2 1/2 days. But this time we had a generator. And I had myself stocked up with food that could last on the shelf canned. As well as being able to plug my generator into my freezer and refrigerator. And it gave us one light in the house. It was a lifesaver. Since that first hurricane, I learned how to can food, how to dehydrate food, how to make bread from my own sourdough Starter . Basically I changed my whole lifestyle. Even though I live in a condo I spent a lot of time learning how to cook with fire and how to smoke food. I also have propane if needed. There is no substitute for preparation. I pray for all those people who were caught in this horrible storm right here in town who lost their homes in 4 1/2 feet of water. And for the people that I know in North Carolina and in that whole Area. People drowning, people suffering, it’s horrible and I hope it’s over soon for the survivors, and they are able to get back on their feet and get back to their lives. But one of the reasons I love watching your channel is because you are so self-sufficient it just makes me happy.

[nancyschmied]

Regarding Green Tomatoes:
I look so forward to the first green tomatoes to have fried green tomatoes kicking off the spring garden season.
So, add salt and pepper and any herbs or cayenne before dipping them and frying them. Then we top with goat cheese and a basalmic reduction. So yummy!

[suebaer]

Fried green tomato, bacon, and avocado sandwiches with a little mayo on toasted sourdough are good

[dpcsharr]

Ok from the south here. Fried green tomatoes are excellent cooked right. You need to slice them thinner and salt them and sweat them. Pat them dry and salt and pepper them and batter with dry corn meal and fry them on medium until a fork sticks through them and they are soft. Also, you probably need a little more oil in your pan. LOVE me some fried green tomatoes 😊

[ellaboffrell]

Fellow onion sensitive here - recently I took a cooking class & that room full of onions being diced simultaneously was my worst nightmare. I was trying my hardest to pay attention (and keep my fingers out of the way) with tears streaming down my face, while the other students were just chopping away, utterly unaffected. Those of you who are like that – you don’t know how good you have it!

[PallasAthenaXIII]

I’ve made fried green tomatoes in a non-traditional way - just flour, egg, breadcrumbs like eggplant parm, pan fried in oil. They were fine but not my thing. I did not grow up eating fried green tomatoes though. I DID, however, grow up eating fried RED tomatoes. My family makes red tomatoes coated in salted flour pan fried in Crisco and they get a caramelized sweetness to them that’s delicious. As my mom told me, the secret is not to be impatient. You have to let them get their golden brown crust on the first side before flipping them. ☺️

[onelittlemiracle]

Thank you for your prayers. Hurricane damage so far inland has been devastating and unprecedented. ❤

[Margo]

You can use food products PAST the expiration date. It’s actually a “freshest by” date.

[anneharris]

Hi from Australia I am recovering from a hip replacement after several falls and I eagerly look forward to your videos so that I will be ready to make your recipes when I recover so thank you

[graceyoung]

I was that someone, who reminded you of picking your purple beans 😃- I am glad, it worked 🥰🤩

[loriolsen]

Fellow Canadian here, when I moved to the southern US years ago I fell in love with fried green tomatoes. There are different ways to cook them, cornmeal, or batter, or flour etc. So that could affect how you feel about them. You could also slice the tomatoes a little thinner for a different proportion of tomato to batter. I’m no southerner so don’t claim any real knowledge, just speaking from my experience. I think it’s like everything else, we all like different things, don’t we? I had never heard of a fried green tomato until the beloved movie, but I’m now a fan of both 😉

[nicolejones]

"Fried Green Tomatoes" is also my favourite movie and have watched it soooo many times. I'm on the other side of Canada (New Brunswick) visited your beautiful province in 2022 and it was our favourite trip ever. Love your channel!

[patriciaflaherty]

I, too, love the tea towel you are displaying in your kitchen right now. The website shows curtains from that fabric which might look great on your new door.

[bettypogue]

Fried green tomatoes were my forever 29 daughters absolute favorite side dish. Actually she loved any and all vegetables and fruits but she could not wait for the first fried green tomatoes every year

[suecampbell]

I like fried green tomatoes when they they have a good blush on them. The green ones are to sour. The other have more ones have more of a tomato flavor. I bread them in equal amounts of corn meal and flour, butter milk, S&p, garlic powder. Mix dry ingred. together. Dip tomatoes in dry mixture, then in milk, then in dry mixture again. Then fry. Good luck. I love you and your channel.