I've watched these 8 episodes many dozens of times over the past 3 years. I love Ruth and Harry. Watching them is like visiting grandparents that you adore. Also, I love Ruth's cottage...so endearing and homey. Finally, the history behind the episodes is just wonderful. One of my favorite things to watch on CZcams.
Ah, "homey" - if you were from the side of the Atlantic actually under threat, you would write "homely" which has no negative connotations in the UK. Not criticising you at all, just pointing out we are two nations separated by a common language (a phrase you can blame on Wilde, GBS or Churchill)..
@@drmoss_ca Interesting Christopher, thanks for pointing that out...the one that I find intriguing is "adhesive". In the US it is pronounced "add-hesive" in the UK it's more like "Ah-desive"...fascinating :)
I'm afraid most of these skills are going to be needed SOON! What a wonderful way to teach some very important knowledge to today's generation. THANK YOU!
This generation can't even figure out what gender they are let alone possess the critical thinking skills needed to be even remotely self-sufficient/reliant.
@@beeorganic ,: NEVER A True'er Word Was Said, !!!!!!!! I Don't Know If You Saw The Series BBC'S "(Back In Time For Dinner") The 1940's Was The Funnest One She Had No Idea How To Open That Tin Of Bully Beef, !!!!! With That Tin-opner, She Looked Like She Was Going To Burst Tears, I Wish You All Well Healthy And Safe Keep Calm And Carry On,🏴🏴🇬🇧🏴🏴🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴👍😀,.
My mother was born in 1933 and my dad was born in 1929 and they both remembered rations here in America. My grandmother used to make the female children dresses out of flour sacks because they printed patterns on the flour sacks during the war so that regular bolt material didn't have to be used.
My parents live through the war my dad was a navy man.i must say watching these show I love history and thank you for helping us understand more of what went on
Just found this today. Wow. I have always had tremendous respect for the Brits during WW2. They faced starvation and so much danger with the bombings. There is a lesson for all of us. We should all be prepared as we never know when hard times may hit.
@@joannecoyne3892 My Grandad was evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk. He was so shellshocked he was invalided from the army and was tasked with pulling the bodies out of the ruins of London. Why did he make these sacrifices? To give his daughter a better life and to give me mine. But it was all for fuck all as our traitorous politicians have given this country away to anyone who wants to take it.
my parents also had to blackout and if there was any light showing the warden was knocking on the door. My dad's side of the family were wealthy so rationing didn't bother them. My mother's side of the family was not well off and my grandmother made everything from scratch and from what I'm told and the recipes I have from her nobody suffered because she could make a roast out of a pig's ear so to speak. :-)
I loved this series and can watch it over and over. It was a pleasure to see Ruth and Harry replaying their roles in the kitchen and garden. Thanks for uploading this.
Very interesting. The music keeps lulling me to sleep, and I have to rewind. 😊 What I find most interesting is that just DAYS after the war started, rationing went into effect. The govt was prepared with their plan and ration books ready to distribute.
Not true. War was declared in September 1939 and the first rationing (of bacon, butter and sugar) didn't happen until January 1940. Not "just days after."
Hello John--I beleive the BBC, in one of it's many mad decisions, decided NOT to issue this particular TV series---on DVD . Prefering to publish a illustrated large format book instead. Nice though this, and other books of the genre are; denighing the huge TV audiences, the opportunity to buy the usual DVD of the programme, was /is, stupifyingly annoying, to say the least. I'm obviously not privy to the costs and profits of such sales, but given the records of previous sales, it still doesn't make any sense. I'm guessing that the few episodes shown on You Tube, are taken from personal private recordings ? I'd be glad of your response.
Thanks for posting! I LOVE seeing these old methods that I adore learning. Does the jar/candle - apple thing really work? If it does, how awesome? Has anyone done it?
Might be better in all fairness to say, MOST Americans wouldn't/don't know, there are many people out in the country areas that still garden, can, cook/bake from scratch.
I have seen people on YT do it, and it works! Not the safety measures we hold as standard today, but just like leather breeches survival is the key here. Same thing for the water glassed eggs.
You can use lemon or lime in water to submerge the apples and keep them from going brown, before putting them in a dehydrator. Don’t use sulfur candles.
I can't thank you enough for these. I've watched it a few times but it keeps disappearing from CZcams. This should be mandatory viewing for today's entitled youth.
unfortunately wartime recipes are not mindful of energy crisis we are going through, when not only food will be scarce but also the preserving it can become too expensive and maybe we need to look at other methods that are not energy and resource greedy
13:20 I wonder though why the Ladies have to board up the windows for Blackouts. Or Is it for fear of bombings? Because what I understood of blackouts is total power outages (totally black) or longer brown-outs.
food dehydrated properly has an indefinite shelf life expiration date or no. Canned goods properly cans at home and in factories will last about a hundred years after you are dead. There was a study done that concerned the Mississippi river boat and you can Google it to find out how they tested the canned foods and what the results were. We all should know that expiration dates are a gimmick as well as a legal protection for the company. In the United States the only thing requiring a Best Buy date is infant formula. My thing is if it isn't moldy Andorra doesn't smell horrid which is only for milk which would spoil quickly but my refrigerator is cold enough that it lasts 3 weeks Beyond it's expiration date. I am not an old lady and when we were growing up there were no expiration dates on anything! If it still seemed good we used it including eggs and the float test will only tell you how much air is in the egg it will not tell you if the egg is no good. This is why people always cracking egg into a small dish first for shell and to see if the eggs are good. you can tell a bad egg from three rooms away because it will smell like rotten gas. Just a little information. :-)
You should write a book on culinary methods used in the United States during WW2. Elizabeth, you are a wealth of information! My dear mother was born in 1923 and died in 2019. My brother has her ration books and I her textbooks from Nursing College in New York. I truly enjoy your shares about the Wartime American Kitchen.
Sulphur helps keep fruit from turning brown after being cut, for that, you can grind up vit C tables, or get canned stuff call "Fruit Fresh" to prevent browning, but the fruit and dry as usual, store in vacuum sealed bags in the freezer to prevent bugs. Do a quick search online, they are listed from several retailers, Amazon being one.
Nobody else has mentioned that the gas cooker wants condemning. Yellow flames under the pan and steamer and yellow flames in the oven. OK not condemning but detritus cleaned out of the airways so that the flames burnt blue.
Thanks for not butchering this with commercials ❤️
In light of today's events, this is an excellent series to revisit. Thanks so much for providing this to everyone!
I've watched these 8 episodes many dozens of times over the past 3 years. I love Ruth and Harry. Watching them is like visiting grandparents that you adore.
Also, I love Ruth's cottage...so endearing and homey. Finally, the history behind the episodes is just wonderful. One of my favorite things to watch on CZcams.
Ah, "homey" - if you were from the side of the Atlantic actually under threat, you would write "homely" which has no negative connotations in the UK. Not criticising you at all, just pointing out we are two nations separated by a common language (a phrase you can blame on Wilde, GBS or Churchill)..
@@drmoss_ca Interesting Christopher, thanks for pointing that out...the one that I find intriguing is "adhesive". In the US it is pronounced "add-hesive" in the UK it's more like "Ah-desive"...fascinating :)
It was Shaw who originated that quote about two nations separated by a common language, Wilde said something similar.
I'm afraid most of these skills are going to be needed SOON! What a wonderful way to teach some very important knowledge to today's generation. THANK YOU!
Karen Thomure how right you were. I came back to watch because we do need these skills again.
Karen Thomure,
Your Not Joking,,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,.
This generation can't even figure out what gender they are let alone possess the critical thinking skills needed to be even remotely self-sufficient/reliant.
@@beeorganic ,:
NEVER A True'er Word Was Said, !!!!!!!! I Don't Know If You Saw The Series BBC'S "(Back In Time For Dinner") The 1940's Was The Funnest One She Had No Idea How To Open That Tin Of Bully Beef, !!!!! With That Tin-opner, She Looked Like She Was Going To Burst Tears, I Wish You All Well Healthy And Safe Keep Calm And Carry On,🏴🏴🇬🇧🏴🏴🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴👍😀,.
Your right! War is coming to the U.K they say its the unfinished opporation sealion is to unfold!
This is one of my favorite historical series. No fake drama! Just wonderfully entertaining and lovely.
My mother was born in 1933 and my dad was born in 1929 and they both remembered rations here in America. My grandmother used to make the female children dresses out of flour sacks because they printed patterns on the flour sacks during the war so that regular bolt material didn't have to be used.
Many thanks for posting. This is a nice mixture of history, practical skills & it’s both interesting & relaxing to watch.
The salt of the earth, these people. I love this series.
My parents live through the war my dad was a navy man.i must say watching these show I love history and thank you for helping us understand more of what went on
So glad to see these up on CZcams again. Love this series...
I'm elated to find this. What a treat!
Just found this today. Wow. I have always had tremendous respect for the Brits during WW2. They faced starvation and so much danger with the bombings. There is a lesson for all of us. We should all be prepared as we never know when hard times may hit.
Well, that's proven to be true!
Not only the Brits but also the Yanks, they made do with what they had, that's why all that generation is called the Greatest Generation.
Yanks had it easy..they weren't bombed 24 7
@@joannecoyne3892 My Grandad was evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk. He was so shellshocked he was invalided from the army and was tasked with pulling the bodies out of the ruins of London.
Why did he make these sacrifices? To give his daughter a better life and to give me mine.
But it was all for fuck all as our traitorous politicians have given this country away to anyone who wants to take it.
Yup
Discovered these as we are on the cusp of 2023…these skills are needed by everyone, in all parts of the globe, young and old.
One of my favorites, I watch the series at least once a year. Thanks for posting.
Me also
@Benaiah Ahmadinejad 😂😂😂
Haha here I am starting my fourth time enjoying this. God bless whoever uploaded this!
my parents also had to blackout and if there was any light showing the warden was knocking on the door. My dad's side of the family were wealthy so rationing didn't bother them. My mother's side of the family was not well off and my grandmother made everything from scratch and from what I'm told and the recipes I have from her nobody suffered because she could make a roast out of a pig's ear so to speak. :-)
I loved this series and can watch it over and over. It was a pleasure to see Ruth and Harry replaying their roles in the kitchen and garden. Thanks for uploading this.
Another series that needs to be re-visited. I think if this was done again it would go down a storm.
Thank you for creating a playlist that runs sequentially with proper information as well. 🌟
Very interesting. The music keeps lulling me to sleep, and I have to rewind. 😊 What I find most interesting is that just DAYS after the war started, rationing went into effect. The govt was prepared with their plan and ration books ready to distribute.
Not true. War was declared in September 1939 and the first rationing (of bacon, butter and sugar) didn't happen until January 1940. Not "just days after."
I just bought her cookbook ❤️
I've always loved this series thank you
I remember watching these when I was younger on a Sunday, still remember the episode where she made ice cream. Classic.
Thanks so much for posting these...Love them.
i love these so much
Someone suggested this on Wartime Farm on CZcams
Edit I’m not even 5 minutes into it and I can’t tell it’s going to be a good one!
What a great masterpiece. Watching from India. Thank you so much for uploading this.
Hello John--I beleive the BBC, in one of it's many mad decisions, decided NOT to issue this particular TV series---on DVD . Prefering to publish a illustrated large format book instead. Nice though this, and other books of the genre are; denighing the huge TV audiences, the opportunity to buy the usual DVD of the programme, was /is, stupifyingly annoying, to say the least.
I'm obviously not privy to the costs and profits of such sales, but given the records of previous sales, it still doesn't make any sense.
I'm guessing that the few episodes shown on You Tube, are taken from personal private recordings ? I'd be glad of your response.
Thank you very much for this John. Been wanting to see this series again. Lovely.
Thanks for posting! I LOVE seeing these old methods that I adore learning. Does the jar/candle - apple thing really work? If it does, how awesome? Has anyone done it?
Might be better in all fairness to say, MOST Americans wouldn't/don't know, there are many people out in the country areas that still garden, can, cook/bake from scratch.
I have seen people on YT do it, and it works! Not the safety measures we hold as standard today, but just like leather breeches survival is the key here. Same thing for the water glassed eggs.
I have used salt water, but I have heard it mentioned when I was young.
So fascinating. Anyone else have other docu-series that are in a similar vein of this?
Wartime Farm is an excellent series and is available on CZcams. I highly recommend it.
You can use lemon or lime in water to submerge the apples and keep them from going brown, before putting them in a dehydrator. Don’t use sulfur candles.
go to playlist..showall
thank you so much for posting this series!! do you have the victorian kitchen by any chance?
You can find that one too. It's just Harry in his garden with the flowers and such
I may try the candle and apple.
ugh to see all those flowers being burned just makes me sick in the soul.
GarouLady it hurt extra because he was just talking about how painful of an experience it was 😩
Yes 😔🤧to give way to planting edibles because...
I can't thank you enough for these. I've watched it a few times but it keeps disappearing from CZcams. This should be mandatory viewing for today's entitled youth.
Ok Boomer.
@@zdnfngncnjc lol, I can see by your username you've got a millennial education.
@@markvines7308 And judging by your kid Saxon you had improper relationships with your sister, so what's your point?
@@zdnfngncnjc I expected nothing less from a maggot like you.
@@markvines7308 lol triggered
I have always tied my onions on that way, started 1st time over 50years ago, it's
amazingly easy to do, and the store well in a cool shed.
unfortunately wartime recipes are not mindful of energy crisis we are going through, when not only food will be scarce but also the preserving it can become too expensive and maybe we need to look at other methods that are not energy and resource greedy
13:20 I wonder though why the Ladies have to board up the windows for Blackouts. Or Is it for fear of bombings? Because what I understood of blackouts is total power outages (totally black) or longer brown-outs.
It was to keep their light from being seen by enemy bombers. If you watch Wartime Farm, they go into more detail on it in one of the episodes.
1993 series en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Mott
food dehydrated properly has an indefinite shelf life expiration date or no. Canned goods properly cans at home and in factories will last about a hundred years after you are dead. There was a study done that concerned the Mississippi river boat and you can Google it to find out how they tested the canned foods and what the results were. We all should know that expiration dates are a gimmick as well as a legal protection for the company. In the United States the only thing requiring a Best Buy date is infant formula. My thing is if it isn't moldy Andorra doesn't smell horrid which is only for milk which would spoil quickly but my refrigerator is cold enough that it lasts 3 weeks Beyond it's expiration date. I am not an old lady and when we were growing up there were no expiration dates on anything! If it still seemed good we used it including eggs and the float test will only tell you how much air is in the egg it will not tell you if the egg is no good. This is why people always cracking egg into a small dish first for shell and to see if the eggs are good. you can tell a bad egg from three rooms away because it will smell like rotten gas. Just a little information. :-)
Thank you so much! I honestly thought the float test was a legitimate way of testing eggs freshness.
Unless the food is contaminated with the microbes that have no taste, visible effect, or smell.. Botulism isn't something to sneeze at
You should write a book on culinary methods used in the United States during WW2. Elizabeth, you are a wealth of information! My dear mother was born in 1923 and died in
2019. My brother has her ration books and I her textbooks from Nursing College in New York.
I truly enjoy your shares about the Wartime American Kitchen.
Does anyone know where I can find the previous Victorian Kitchen series to watch? From 1989
Anyone know where I can get this DVD or download this series?
I doubt the people today have the fortitude to do these things, at least here in the U.S.
PCShogun unfortunately you’re right-we believe in the us that everything should come easy with as little work as possible (if any at all) it’s sad.
@Benaiah Ahmadinejad I'm an American and I resent your remark. I was raised in the countryside and I know how to survive, thank you so very much.
@@terrigaines1812survive - so your not planning on LIVING then 😁
@@petebennett3733 🙄
What was in water solution to preserve eggs?
What is that song and the beginning?
Nice ! Thank you so much for Sharing . FFP
What's the solution where the eggs were submerged for preservation? Anyone here knows?
I watched a video recently from Homesteading Family here on CZcams where they used hydrated lime and water to preserve their eggs for several months.
Porquê queimar as flores,,,,,,valia mais oferecer
What is a sulfur candle
...a candle used for fumigating against bugs...:)
Will any candle do, or is it a special type candle?
Sulphur helps keep fruit from turning brown after being cut, for that, you can grind up vit C tables, or get canned stuff call "Fruit Fresh" to prevent browning, but the fruit and dry as usual, store in vacuum sealed bags in the freezer to prevent bugs. Do a quick search online, they are listed from several retailers, Amazon being one.
A candle with sulfur mixed into the wax. There are more pleasant, and efficient ways to dry today.
Government encouragement to prepare, store and preserve?! Now that gets you on a list!
Is it me or does Mr Dodson sound a tad bunged up in the nose 👃 ?
Nobody else has mentioned that the gas cooker wants condemning. Yellow flames under the pan and steamer and yellow flames in the oven. OK not condemning but detritus cleaned out of the airways so that the flames burnt blue.
disgusting..we were hungry
Nowadays we would not dare to create so much smoke by burning spent plants...