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WHAT is the accent??

A demonstration would be good.

You guys need to make more videos, experimental archeology is fascinating

This lady is a treasure.

So the urine, quicklime, water and salt they used from ancient times to the middle ages would act like the fats here? That's crazy that you can either beat and chemically rip the soft out of it, or you can press it's own juices back into it with some egg yolks.

This was so interesting! I would love to see a video of iron age cooking in the summer, its really fascinating

Thank you👍💪 New sub 👍

You’d also slaughter your animals in fall so you didn’t have expense of feeding them through winter. And they’d be nice and fat from summer plenty.

Fun fact: we like to think global trade routes gave us a large amount of foods to choose from, yet, in reality, we are currently eating only around 25% of the varieties of food our ancestors did. This includes many wild edibles or simply local varieties of the same fruit or vegetable which tasted differently or had different properties. My favourite example for this is the plain apple, which Europe alone had something thousands of varities - nowadays only five American hybrids are grown commercially.

Genuinely, absolutely fascinating. Loved it.

Iron Age Mom: You can't have mozzarella in the winter, we would have to feed a calf and keep it warm! Iron Age Me: . . .Can we have veal and mozzarella in the winter? 😏

❤ love the video❤ love the explanation❤ even love the accent… from Continental Europe❤ there is an issue with language @2:06 Please say it correctly, it is “Fewer eggs” NOT “less eggs”.❤ One man/woman & fewer men/women. - NOT “less men/women” Many people & fewer people - NOT “less people” and NOT “alot of people”

This was WONDERFUL!!!!! What a LUXURY to have such a wide array of global foods available at any time of year in most places around the world.

You do have a bit of an accent. You must come from the Little Britannia of course! Jokes aside, so much can be learned from an Iron Age cooking video, it's amazing!

Brilliant!❤

this is awesome you rule!!! thanks

Thank you, excellent.

I wish you cooked something

That was so interesting. Thank you very much..

I was worried about your sleeves and that flame . I am sure they had some horrific events because of this. Very informative and good advice for survival.

This woman is a gem 💯

Thank you! That was very interesting.

As a Potter, we have always been interested in different ways of firing our pottery. And have tried all the different methods known in the earliest days we think that people might have wrapped food in clay, and then found out sometimes they could save the outer shell of clay and use it as a pot.

NARRATIVE. Do your own research. This is a skit.

fascinating video. I'm glad you mentioned the importance of seasonality. With possibility of IT outages, learning how to go lower tech is really important

take into account there were two sleeping periods during the night, first and second...in the very busy interval you could revive the fire, make some cooking, look after the animals beside or below etc.

The fun part is that you can date this representation of iron age as 1900+, 1960+, 1990+, 2000+,2000+

Awesome video! I enjoyed it very much.

What a fantastic video. Thank you ❤

What no Mc Donald’s😢

Wouldn’t a fire be needed to keep babies warm?

Thank you for this insight into the diet of Iron Age people

Nice overview and explanation.

Solcherart gelebte Geschichte oder Institute oder Vereine, die sich mit so etwas beschäftigen, muss es doch in Deutschland auch irgendwo geben. Weiß da jemand etwas?

excellent video

Excellent teacher!

I am so glad to have found this video. I studied this period of time from the art history viewpoint, but I am also interested in how the people lived. I love to garden and am curious as to whether there are any indications of a kitchen garden, near the house. Were there temporary outdoor kitchens in the summertime for processing the vegetables, for drying, or for immediate feasting. You would need a shady awning over the processing area, a place to hang herbs for drying and use later as seasoning and remedies, I am also curious about fruit trees, and whether there were some in the village, or maybe they would travel a day or two to a wild orchard,. Hope I am not bombarding you with questions, What impresses me is the carefully considered use of resources. Thank you for your work, very inspiring.

This was amazing. My mother’s ancestry is Cree and Cherokee. When we would go to re-enactments (or camping with my gran), she would cook around the fire exactly as you did - around the edge, not over the top. She said hanging the pot directly over the fire, the bottom was too hot and would scorch, or someone had to stir the pot frequently (and you could tumble everyone’s dinner into the fire). Pulling the coals to the side and using a pot or using a Dutch oven, you had more control over the heat. She never burned anything, and she actually baked cobblers and made fry bread. What I’d give to have some of that now….Iron Age technology still works, even if you use a cast iron pot. Good memories. Thank you.

Thanks for the awesome video! I find it fascinating that a genetic condition called hemochromatosis where excess iron builds up in the body is the most common in traditionally celtic and other places which relied heavily on dairy. Calcium, largely found in dairy, inhibits the absorption of iron through digestion so they developed in response to the diet to be very efficient at absorbing iron. A great excess of it can cause a lot of problems but the treatment for it is still basically to take blood out of you, so I'm guessing it wouldn't have been much of a problem for say a warrior who gets banged around a lot (or a woman with very heavy periods like myself lol) 😂 This condition also leads to a bronzy or reddish tint to the skin, which I believe some roman authors described some celts having. Sorry for the random fact dump, I just find it incredibly fascinating how traces of our ancient diets are still reflected in our genes. I believe places like Ireland and Finland (which is where I live and was also very cattle reliant place once upon a time) also have some of the lowest rates of lactose intolerance and milk allergies!

Thanks for posting! So interesting!

Wonderful video. An open fire in the middle of the room seems very dangerous, both to the home and the cook. I imagine it was even more dangerous than Elizabethan hearths.

Absolutely brilliant, please do more on Iron Age cooking please!❤❤❤

1:48 I can already tell I’m going to enjoy this.

Excellent advice for Brexiteers.

How those bellows take air?

I am just surprised that this is 2 years old already and only 500 or so likes; surely there should be more for something this great and informative? What a remarkable woman. If the lights went out and we had to go back to basics, I for sure would go find this woman; basic survival.

One of the best videos on early medieval cooking! Thank you!

I have a hard time believing a copper caldron would have been too expensive for the average household 4.5 grams of silver or 1 denarii a day was low end of pay in Roman times they worked 7 days in a 8 day week that’s over an ounce of silver a week yes a caldron would be expensive but not out of reach

the iron age people dint eat much pork or chicken tbh, pork only started to be eaten all over after the roman conquest because the roman are known to love pork and poultry.

Trying to place the accent, is it Belgian? Dutch?