What Did Passengers Eat On The Titanic?
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- čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
- What did people eat on Titanic? You know, before all that stuff went down?
It all very literally depended on where you sat. First-class passengers had options that allowed for an array of flavor combinations. Second- and third-class passengers had fewer choices, but no one went hungry.... Not even the iceberg.
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If only they packed more life boats and less grape scissors.
I know that's right.
More lifeboats are needed so true
Priorities I guess
People think more lifeboats would have made a substantial difference. Not really. They launched the last boat about 10-15 minutes before the ship sank and with more lifeboats you could have given more people a chance, but actually launching them? There wasn't enough time.
Or, if they had the key to the box that held the only binoculars on the ship. The exhibit is in my town.
I actually met a Titanic survivor in 1964 when I was 6 years old. My grandmother took me to see my cousins in Chicago by way of passenger train from Louisiana. She met a lady her age (64- my age now) on the train. Wish I could remember her name. The lady was 12 when rescued from the Titanic.
Do you recall something of the conversation with the lady about the Titanic that you could be so kind to share, sir?❤
You do realize that that encounter, aside from being a n exceptional life moment, puts you into an ever shrinking group. Just as we are losing the last of the survivors of the Depression and WWII. Hold fast and always pass that memory. God Bless
@@cwavt8849 so true. Though I don’t believe there are any survivors from her left. It’s like the WWI Vets
@@cwavt8849 Hell the pop up with a new holocaust survivor weekly
@@thedot7947 sorry .I do not . I do remember she was more interested in the assassination of Kennedy the year before.
If you're doing Titanic, can you do an episode on the day in the life of the crew? Like what their work hours and quarters were like, what they did in their spare time etc?
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Agreed!
Agree that be so cool to learn
I think they’ve actually done a video on this
@@_will795 I think they may have done one on the officers, but I mean like the firemen and stoker's, the maids, the caterering crew etc :)
It should be noted that on other ships of that period, third class (steerage) passengers were not served any food and were expected to pack their own provisions. The fact that third class passengers on the Titanic were fed was a huge luxury.
But also was the population that perished on the ship the most. 😢
I'm amazed by the menus diverse list of meals, also the meals served in the third class, it was 1912, truly most of the third class People probably never had such variety before. The Titanic was truly the most luxurious ship of its time. 🚢
Even third class cabins were way above what was standard as 3rd class at that time..
Having any food served in 3rd class wasn’t even common on other ships. You had to bring your own.
For them it must’ve been pure luxury..
@@mats7492 for sure it was, props to the White Star Line for providing such great accommodations even to the most humble passengers, sad that it all came to an abrupt and tragic end, the main lesson the titanic ultimately gave is to put safety before speed.
I used to be kind of a Titanic buff, and supposedly 3rd class on Titanic was better than most 3rd classes, and even 2nd on a lot of ships.
White Star took great pride in how it treated its 3rd Class passengers. On other lines they were often seen as little more than self-loading cargo who had to supply their own food or were given very basic stuff, on White Star they really carded for them and regarded them as passengers were entitled to respect as such.
The films depicted them as being treated with contempt, but stuff could get in hot water for such conduct in real life.
Most 3rd class passangers probably never at a restaurant other than a bar/pub. Eating out in an actual restaurant back then was an extreme luxury, most of the very wealthy people had cooks employed in their homes and wouldn't have much of a reason to dine out very often.
It's so weird to think about what people ate on that apocalyptic ship given that for most of them those were their last meals😐
I don't know what their last meal is, but i know for sure what the last thing they drink
Super morbid
@@stellviahohenheim lmao super fucked
@@stellviahohenheim that's ruthless ☠️☠️
Agreed
I was actually surprised by the quality of food the steerage passengers were given. Maybe it's because I've been rather low income my whole life but I thought it was rather nice. The second class would have felt extravagant to me.
White Star treated them well. It was good business. They would write home to friends and family who would sail over later, hopefully on a White Star ship. Most would enjoy electric lights for the first time. The Titanic was definitely top quality.
White star line offered better facilities to steerage as it made up bulk of their passengers who crosses atlantic for a better life in America.
Can't think of anything more fate-defying than eating an ice cream on the Titanic...
Hotel Ritz Perish, _à la mode._ "If you don't survive, then your room is comped."
Why? Did it crash into a tub of Ben & Jerry’s?
If only they knew better and ordered hot cream for desert, still tragic however.
Third class passengers were still guests that paid handsomely for their passage. A third class berthing was nearly $1,000.00 adjusted to current value. That's still a lot of money for average people! The Titanic would have hardly served them hospital fare at that price, as it would have placed their competitors at a better value. The money that came in from 3rd class passengers was just as vital to operations as that of their wealthier class. They would not have jeopardized it with work-house food and the bad PR that would surely follow. If only they had applied that line of thought to their rescue equipment...
Marvelously presented as always!
What a great video! Another CZcamsr Max Miller with tasting history did a 3 part series on what passengers ate by class. He also prepares some of the dishes. Even 3rd class ate quite well.
Those videos are great! Definitely worth watching.
I was just about to post this lol!
I love that channel! That whole series was amazing
Thank you 😊
yeah but i bet it tasted like shit, regardless of class.
This is basically someone narrating a grocery list. And I enjoyed watching it.
Not sure if you guys are just the best… or if I have a sad and lonely life.
Wow. I think the passengers had pretty good food offerings. Of course the first class had the best options but since just to be able travel in a boat like Titanic I would be just happy with all food offerings. The adventure itself would be just amazing...and I'm sure it was until the freaking iceberg !!!
2nd class sounded honestly pretty good, and while 3rd class wasn't great it is far better than I would have thought.
@@resentfuldragon what's "not" great about soup, roast beef with gravy, bread, cheese, fish, pudding, fruit, cold meat, pickles, cereal, and crackers? It sounds like a feast! XD
How did they store all that stuff with no refrigeration?
Edit: I went and looked it up and apparently they actually had refrigerated storage corridors. I had no idea they had that kind of stuff back then, but I guess it makes sense that commercial refrigeration would exist before miniaturized refrigerator units for individual homes
Boss it hit an iceburg. Any idea?
the refrigerators had ammonia in the systems not freon.
They had refrigeration
@@cistybrown1994duh like you knew that duh
Steam refrigeration systems.
Is it just me, or does the 2nd and 3rd class meals sound a lot better than 1st class?
I thought the same
I agree!!!! I can't stomach the food the hoity toity pretentious rich snobs eat,
gimme a chuck steak, baked tater w/butter & sour cream, and canned biscuits! LOL :)
You haven't tried it, dimwit
it's you
The massive amount of refrigeration required was massive. It's stunning that this could be accomplished in 1912.
The galley employees must have had very little rest.
The massive amount of refrigeration required was massive 🤓
@@dazediss6629 Is that Kamala Harris commenting?
They kept the fourth funnel smoking most of the time.
They would have worked in shifts.
Even the third class meal was pretty good.
@cisty brown Nope! 3rd class IS Steerage, they ate pretty good, and paid the cheapest ticket prices! ;)
@cisty brown note true, they ate very well, almost as good as the conditions the lived in (which was also good)
What did passengers eat on the Titanic?
Easy, it's Iceberg Lettuce
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Ba dum tss. 😂
OH PLEASE EXCUSE ME, but my Dad always told me I'd only be able to afford a "Timber Float" at restaurants if I didn't get good grades in school, so I'll use that here, they only had "Timber Floats"! (Glass of water and a toothpick) X)
There's a Family around today because of the sacrifice the cereal guy made he deserves recognition
Coming from a lower-middle class background, the 2nd and 3rd class food sounded amazing!!! The first class food seemed a little too complicated.
Yup. What were they thinking by serving first class passengers 13 course meals? Most people would be too full to eat after the fifth course!
It’s a good thing that they didn’t have any Mr. Creosote incidents on board!
Me too. I avoid fancy expensive restaurants. Why pay more for weird food?
I remember my neighbor who noted his brother worked at Harland And Wolf In Belfast and was involved in The Titanic's construction. I mentioned this to an elderly gent many years ago whose own father also worked at Harland And Wolf in its construction and what's more amazing, his daughter in law's grandfather was a cook on The Titanic and he used to say that the only reason he survived the cold in the lifeboat was that he took with him a bottle of Whiskey from the sinking ship!
As a Swedish person, I'd say that the "Swedish bread" most likely was knäckebröd or "crisp bread". A simple, hard bread, delicious with some cheese and vegetables😊🇸🇪
@cisty brown Sweet bread? No, we've got cinnamon buns, cardamon buns, saffron buns and stuff like that but they are desserts and not eaten as normal bread for breakfast and such. We eat alot of dark rye breads and stuff up here so..don't know who told you that but they lied🤷♀️ surströmming aka fermented herring is absolutley discusting! Nobody in their right mind eat that stuff (think rotting fish that's been swimming around in it's own rotten juices in a can🤮). We do dance around a midsommarstång on midsummer, yes👍 don't know about your last question tho, I guess it's a matter of personal opinion🙂
Thank you
Wasa crisp bread. Also Rye Crisp.
Im swedish so i can say this: knäckebröd is not very delicious
@@MajorOctofuss that's your opinion, I guess🤷♀️
The steerage passengers may sound like they're getting screwed even on the state of their menu, but do consider that they were in the lap of luxury for the time when you remember that they were not expected to bring their own food.
Yeah. That's right. Steerage passengers on most ships at that time had to fend for themselves at meal time. RMS Titanic was revolutionary in that meals were included in the ticket price.
I remember being surprised as well when I first heard about this fact.
I'm surprised how little has changed since Titanic regarding food.
A lot of it goes in the sea , via the onboard liquidiser !
Me too. I’m amazed chicken curry and rice was a thing back then.
Many of those recipes predate the titanic by a long time. Human cooking doesn't change much unless new technology is added or a culture is destroyed.
Generally the same things we like now will be what we like later with not much change.
In the medieval era indians and other areas enjoyed samosas and rice dishes just like today.
The only real change in the modern era is that more people can make a dish from another culture, we aren't locked by regional availability anymore.
@@resentfuldragon I disagree. Human food culture especially European food culture has changed a lot since we discovered new worlds. Did you know the common things we eat every day today weren't available during the medieval time? Squash, Potato, corn, tomato, banana, avocado, bean, green bean, Cocoa, papaya, pepper, chestnut, cashew, pecan, vanilla, peanut, sweet potato and coffee.
If we didn't have these things back then, how could we have developed recipes of what we eat today in medieval times?
Man do I love this channel. So much fun and hilarity. Thank you so much!!
Watching this video makes me realize it’s a good thing I’m poor lol because I don’t think I could stomach something called salmon mayonnaise, or most of what the first class ate
Titanic was before the invention of shelf stable mayonnaise,so this would have been less like the jarred mayo we know and more like a flavoured aioli from a fancy cafe
If I won the lottery I still would not eat salmon mayo. That sounds absolutely disgusting.
The second class meals sounded so much better 😭✋
It sounds quite good!
@@amywilliams6242 Yup. Second class got American ice cream whereas First class got yucky eggy French ice cream
Funny, food trends are about the same as tastes is music and humor. You listen to songs or jokes from back in 1912 and you might find a common thread with the present but it still feels foreign. Still, that leek soup looked tasty.
Even though the 3rd class didn’t have the best of rooms, atleast they had some good ass food.
Equal opportunity to get fat on the Titanic!
Tasting History with Max Miller did several episodes on the different meals, desserts, and drinks of Titanic back in April.
The first class had the best meat and potato options but second class was best for everything else except tapioca
I wonder if oyster ice cream was served....
Yes, I said oyster.
Ice cream, once upon a when, was not always a sweet treat- they had savory versions as well.
This may have faded by the time of RMS TITANIC, though.
I know in George Washington's day, (it was a favorite of his) it was a thing.
I learned this as a child when touring Mt. Vernon. Oyster ice cream stuck with me all these years later- no need to wonder why, huh ?
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@cisty brown Dollars to donuts you didn't read the whole post, didja ? Are you an instant gratification seeking, self-absorbed Generation Z type that doesn't read & never follows through on ANYTHING, EVER ?....
Read it again & all way through this time; as you usually need prompting to do anything right- and the 2nd time around, at that-
Putz. Or a chick putz. Cisty ? Who can tell ? lol.
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@cisty brown of course there is. Be quiet child.
To be honest, the vanilla pudding with fruit & nuts sounds pretty good; why did I have to watch this at the end of the month?! I'm flat broke, but now I really want some of that! 😭 The chartreuse sounded pretty good, too.
Let us not forget that Sanka coffee was served on the Titanic as well!
sank you.....sank you very much
Potatoes in their “jackets” just meant the skins weren’t peeled off.
well damn
Yeah. Jacket potato. Lol still very common
Flabbergasted at the amounts and variety of food for that era. When I go on a 16 to 20 hour flight these days, I get a mini convenience plate of food, and last flight had no mini bag of peanuts. Not that I am really complaining, though. Just making a comparison. I really don’t want to gorge and become fat. “Eat to live; don’t live to eat.”
But, young growing bodies require more.
I worked on a museum show about the Titanic where we integrated actors who played actual passengers and crew. The guy who played one of the waiters (who sadly died in the sinking) probably got the most questions. He *really* knew his food so he was an excellent addition to the exhibit.
I guess you could say this was the passengers "last meal"
Man imagine being stuffed into a beaded dress/tailored tux, having put away all that First-Class fancy shit, you're probably kinda drunk and already feeling like you wanna pass out and THEN you hear that the damn ship is sinking. Not a great end to the night, gotta say.
I would have ripped my corsets off!!!
Good
Good
Hell, even the 3rd class choices look pretty good to me!
I'm assuming that SPAM wasn't invented yet? Could you make a video covering what the troops ate before the D-Day invasion? I remember seeing something about it several years ago. Supposedly, eating breakfast was a death sentence for several GIs because the food along with the fumes made them seasick as they approached the beaches in the Higgins landing craft, causing them to cramp up to the point that they couldn't swim, and getting gut shot with a belly full was fatal in some soldiers. Intriguing video BTW.
*_"I'm assuming that SPAM wasn't invented yet?"_* You got me curious, so I googled it. 1937 was SPAM'S debut! :)
yeah, spam was invented 25 years later, the titanic predates ww1.
@@resentfuldragon yeah, I'm sure that the Titanic would have been transformed into a troop shit. It's fate would have been altered slightly. A German U-boat could have slammed a torpedo into its side instead. The death toll might have been higher as the troops would have been packed in like sardines. It's possible that the government would have required more life boats though.
@@SoapinTrucker Thanks for the update Mike. Kinda interesting
I love how the third class meals are described 😂 “they got fruit…. Possibly thrown at them”
Hahahahahaha...!😂😂😂😂😂
Crazy stuff😂😂😂 being poor is something else
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Aside from the tripe, everything in 3rd class looked entirely adequate.
It was WAY above the usual standard for 3rd class in that day.
Having any food served at all in third class was already unusual
I mean it was a cruise ship they had to feed them 😂
@@mats7492 3rd class wouldn't usually eat for an entire Trans-Atlantic trip?🙂
@@courtneytompkins3607 Not a cruise ship. It was an express ocean liner.
@@courtneytompkins3607titanic was an ocean liner not a cruise ship. there's a difference
Thank you Weird History, for yet another fantastic video!
It made me very hungry. So, what did they eat onboard a Viking-ship? 🙃
Enemy body parts.
People after learning about the sinking of the Titanic: "THIS IS THE WORST TRAGEDY THAT THIS GLORIOUS ERA COULD HAVE SUFFERED!!!"
Gavrilo Princip: "Hold my Serbian beer..."
Thanks to Weird History for the brief, informative videos with a touch of humor.
love his humor
My grandmother sailed on White Star's "Celtic" just a few months after "Titanic" went down, so whatever was on the menu for third class on the latter, this would be what she was served.
Overall, second class dining choices seem pretty good: varied without being too basic or unnecessarily fancy.
I thought so too!
the menus were probably seasonal
I truly enjoy this show love the narrator’s calm voice✨🫶👏👏✨
Love history and I really love weird history! You're AWESOME!!
"...isn't 'rice soup' just wet rice? Where's your imagination, Chef Titanic?" my shake-laughing almost woke my wife 🤣🤣🤣
Lol, it was more of a rice/vegetable soup in a clear meat or vegetable-based stock, possibly enhanced with a bit of wine. Think sort of like a fancier Campbell’s chicken and rice soup.
"You're Never Too Far From A Potato"
- Idaho Department Of Tourism
I love any titantic info! About third class most never saw that food before so they loved it. Third class was treated with respect like the other classes. I could never eat first class stuff yuck second and third was much better to me. Most first class people were just stuck up snobs just like Rose knew from James's movie as Rose was much happier with third class dancing than being with snobs!
Thank you for all your videos I love your Channel I love learning and this channel delivers on all accounts thank you so much. I'm also a huge Titanic fan so anytime I can learn something new about the Titanic I love it
The perfect amount of sarcasm in his voice always makes these things great. Lol.
Almost all meals, first, second or third class, seemed good, even delicious!
What did servicemen during World War I have to eat and what was the difference between different countries
Good info with great humor ! Perfect !!
Thank you for this video! 😀🌹
The April 10 menu featured fresh lobsters on the lunch buffet menu! Think I’ll stick with first class that day. 😋
Fred Flintstone floating around in the North Atlantic in that giant rib cage yelling “Wilma!”😆
Second class meals all the way.
The ice cream choices sound very appealing.
“They showed the ocean who’s boss”- famous last words.
tasting history did a few videos on titanic food and cooked a meal from each class if you guys are interested in it.
I love your channel! 💜
One thing they all shared in common… last super
not everyone died dummy
Heres a historical culinary topic: please do a video about Tararre, the frenchman who couldn't stop eating
I'm so glad to hear that not even the iceberg went hungry, so thoughtful of the crew
This joke sucks
Lol… “Before all that stuff went down” - clever wording or happy accident? haha 😄
I enjoyed that. It was hilarious as well as informative
Big Fan! We love your show
I knew many of the dishes that were served, but your narration was quite unique. Thank you!
Honestly, I would happily eat third class meals, simple and easy.
It would be nice if Weird History talking about refrigerators next or any other kind of appliances...
I'm surprised that they had room for the passengers.
Kitchens the size of a Walgreen's with coal, steam, and electric appliances kept everybody well fed.
Fuck. I love this channel so much. Immensely informative, yet hilarious. As a lover of history it's great to have a channel that educates me, but also makes me laugh at the same time. Keep up the good work, appreciate you!
Great entertaining video, love the humour, and now I'm hungry
I do recommend that people if they want to try the same meal that first class passengers on the Titanic had to head down to the Rayanne House in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Shouldn’t this be on Weird Food History?
Otherwise, most of this seems pretty awesome. I am hard-pressed these days to find restaurants that serve Bearnaise anymore; I have to make it at home. It is to Steak what Hollandaise is to eggs.
The best meal I've ever made was a tomahawk ribeye that I salted and rested on a wire rack in the fridge, reverse seared to medium, and made a fresh bernaise sauce
One fact that I've long known, is that First Class passengers ate French vanilla ice cream, while Second Class passengers ate regular vanilla ice cream for dessert.
Thanks for making this! It’s so interesting and I’m definitely not a “foodie!” 😊
This was great! But id definitely expect these to go directly to the new WHF channel 👀👀
Let the tragedy of the titanic be a lesson to all who would fail to respect nature.
May the people who died in this disaster rest in peace.
The best Titanic video and I am a titanic addict 😂
Tasting History with Max Miller is free on CZcams and he's got some really great in-depth videos about the different menus on the Titanic and recreates them while he talks about the history.
Good one! Fish please xx This is a keeper & thank you for doing your homework.
I love your videos
Tasting History has multiple videos about the classes and what each one ate.
Im a first class guest and i demand the second class menue!
Thank you for this video. But didn't you already do this already?
Even those in steerage had never eaten so well . Poor souls .
Swedish bread was probably cardamom bread. Delicious!
Con pan dulce Y mucho sudca...que No?
The 3rd class/steerage folks had a basket of fruits and veggies that were separated from the 1st and second class produce - you know the stuff that was soggy, deflated, ucky, leaky, had worms etc and they went and dumped the basket down the main stairwells on either side of the ship after an announcement was shouted down the stairwell by the crew 10 mins before 'the dumping' as they called it 🙃
Uh, no they didn’t. LOL
40 tons of potatoes??? That’s the weight of a FULLY loaded semi truck. Now I’m questioning whether it was the iceberg or the potatoes that brought down Titanic!!! 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔
Honestly, I prefer second and third class food over first class ! Once I tried caviar many yrs ago, I vomited violently X 48 hrs !
I'm so hungry now
While people say sinking of Titanic was a disaster, it was a blessing for the lobsters in the kitchen's tank
Now I'm drooling on all these food choices
Interesting video I enjoyed it 👍😀. Can't wait to see more soon. Have a great day your history videos are always enjoyable and relaxing. Could you do the history of soap 🧼 next time
"What Did Passengers Eat On The Titanic?"
My best guess would be, their last meal?
Impossible to forget the magnificent movie about the Titanic...
The rapping dog's scene really changed my life
The rapping dog, the mice, the dolphins and evil sharks, that movie is cursed 😂😂😂😂
@@jassorjasmine7092 Call me crazy if you want, but...The "It's Party Time" song is pretty good, actually
Yeah, the animated Titanic movies stink! Nostalgia Critic did a good job panning those movies. He's so funny.
@@OptimusMaximusNero I'm glad you enjoyed it 😁 also I'm surprised this movie is still remembered, props to you for being able to watch the full rap song I Just couldn't 😂 but in the end everyone has their unique tastes and préférences, I'm glad you liked it 😊
Whatever actually happened to " Jack" from the Movie entitled the titanic starring? I do not remember..Did they get rescued to safety...where did Jack live..a
Wonder how first class passengers would’ve reacted to Southwest Airline culinary specialties, u know 10-12 stale peanuts in a tiny bag !
I think a video on the history of space-food would be interesting from the first missions to today on the ISS.