What People Ate to Survive In the Victorian Era

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  • čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
  • What did it mean to eat like a Victorian? There was no single culinary experience in the 19th century. Just like the era itself, Victorian Britons had diverse tastes and habits, and the food they consumed often reflected their ingenuity. The Victorian era was a long period of time filled with shifting trends, attitudes, and innovations. Food was no exception.
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  • @Ynno2
    @Ynno2 Před 3 lety +632

    Holy shit. I'm from Denby Dale and I never thought I'd see it featured in a video. Feels very strange. Even in the UK, few people have heard of our little village.

  • @crystalsparks769
    @crystalsparks769 Před 3 lety +2982

    As a child I often wished I could have lived in the Victorian era. Now I realize I’d of hated it so thank you 😂

    • @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368
      @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Před 3 lety +276

      Living in any time outside of now would be horrible because it wouldn't be what you're used to.

    • @tazhienunurbusinezz1703
      @tazhienunurbusinezz1703 Před 3 lety +337

      @@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 any point of history outside of the one where I get air conditioning is a hard pass from me.

    • @brennaeidenier6537
      @brennaeidenier6537 Před 3 lety +35

      @@tazhienunurbusinezz1703 yesss you're not wrong 😅

    • @Dani..663
      @Dani..663 Před 3 lety +78

      @@tazhienunurbusinezz1703 also deodorant

    • @LV-pq8vg
      @LV-pq8vg Před 3 lety +27

      @@Dani..663 have fun in the 70s

  • @janstan8407
    @janstan8407 Před 3 lety +370

    For thousands of years, ale and beer was safer than well water. Even moving fresh stream water was still risky.

    • @interiormotivebwks
      @interiormotivebwks Před 3 lety +17

      And they also did not have sugar added to them for thousands of years. Sugar and eventually diabetes "arrived in Europe around 1100, it was not widely used until the 16th century. Until then it was reserved for rich people, who used it both to sweeten food and as a medicine."

    • @janstan8407
      @janstan8407 Před 3 lety +19

      @@interiormotivebwks I saw a doc by Suzannah Lipscomb on that. It DESTROYED the people's teeth and absesses and tooth decay caused thousands of deaths.

    • @interiormotivebwks
      @interiormotivebwks Před 3 lety +11

      @@janstan8407 Sad but true and sugar was suddenly added to speed up yeast in the 2 critical foods beer and bread, for the "masses" especially in Britain. "Sugar Blues" is a classic overview book, by William Duffy.

    • @janstan8407
      @janstan8407 Před 3 lety +7

      @@interiormotivebwks Thanks for the recommendation!

    • @marig.8656
      @marig.8656 Před 2 lety +5

      Wine as well, since the alcohol kills bacteria

  • @ptrinch
    @ptrinch Před 3 lety +485

    So the fact that Jello is a popular staple in hospital food is basically a left over from 19th century medicine?

    • @gohawks3571
      @gohawks3571 Před 3 lety +82

      Well, if you want an honest answer, jello is considered a fluid. There are patients that can't swallow well due to muscle weakness, and thickened fluid sucks. At least those people could have something somewhat normal. And for those who can't stomach much as well👍

    • @Myrddin8453
      @Myrddin8453 Před 3 lety +2

      So why not just give them a fluid?

    • @ptrinch
      @ptrinch Před 3 lety +37

      @@Myrddin8453 I'd imagine that it's because the sense of eating helps people feel better.

    • @gohawks3571
      @gohawks3571 Před 3 lety +30

      @@Myrddin8453 Some conditions cause difficulty swallowing (not that jello is always the best). Also, there are times jello is all people can tolerate, like after surgery, cancer patients, etc

    • @kaylajames9334
      @kaylajames9334 Před 2 lety +4

      I love jell-O. I haven’t had it in a while though.

  • @Jaime0007
    @Jaime0007 Před 3 lety +2620

    British people be like: "let's conquer the whole world looking for spices and then not use them."

  • @nishantkhade2794
    @nishantkhade2794 Před 3 lety +586

    "See here, wait, I've found a button in my salad."
    "That's all right, sir, it's part of the dressing."

  • @jacquelinehays4882
    @jacquelinehays4882 Před 3 lety +219

    Narrator, you have the best voice, for this type of thing! These videos are fantastic!

  • @mzgigglez1992
    @mzgigglez1992 Před 3 lety +175

    The Victorian era is by far my favorite topic

  • @hermeticbear
    @hermeticbear Před 3 lety +460

    they sell calf's foot jelly as a food supplement. They just call it collagen peptides now.

    • @cce8632
      @cce8632 Před 3 lety +30

      Lol how true but don't let the millennials know

    • @joshshin6819
      @joshshin6819 Před 3 lety +24

      Dont let the kiddos know. My god. They will riot

    • @JewelRiders
      @JewelRiders Před 3 lety +4

      :(

    • @JewelRiders
      @JewelRiders Před 3 lety +7

      @@joshshin6819 let the riot begin!

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby Před 3 lety +6

      And you inject it into your lips.

  • @evirareid1500
    @evirareid1500 Před 3 lety +1931

    Can you do what slaves in America ate? I'm curious to know just how much of that kinda food we black folks still eat. There are certain foods which are referred to as "slave food" like grits, chitterlings, fried cornbread, etc....I would like to know how accurate the term is, really! Thanks, love the channel.

  • @nestormendoza1062
    @nestormendoza1062 Před 3 lety +296

    I never thought I would enjoy learning ... I wish I would’ve found these videos in high school :((

    • @martletkay
      @martletkay Před 3 lety +38

      It's a shame no one works harder to help kids enjoy learning. We seem to want to turn it into a punishment.

    • @icantthinkofaname15
      @icantthinkofaname15 Před 3 lety +7

      @@martletkay I know. If they made it fun they would remember and want to learn.

    • @stevenodyan1183
      @stevenodyan1183 Před 3 lety +5

      Yup alot more exciting when its not forced on you is it

    • @ReasonAboveEverything
      @ReasonAboveEverything Před 3 lety

      I don't think this is essential for high school studies.

    • @theorderofthebees7308
      @theorderofthebees7308 Před rokem

      🙏

  • @questfortruth665
    @questfortruth665 Před 3 lety +193

    Waiter, what's this fly doing in my soup?
    The backstroke, sir.

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby Před 3 lety +5

      "Waiter! There's only one clam in my clam chowder." Waiter: (to kitchen guy) "Hey Charlie, the string broke!"

    • @diy_cat9817
      @diy_cat9817 Před 3 lety +1

      HAHAHAHA

    • @brielleyoung6936
      @brielleyoung6936 Před 3 lety +3

      Why did I laugh so hard 😭

    • @deewesthill1358
      @deewesthill1358 Před 3 lety +3

      @@ferociousgumby I'm not sure what that means but it sounds funny.

    • @deewesthill1358
      @deewesthill1358 Před 3 lety +2

      Questfortruth -- That's one of those beloved old awful jokes, so bad they're good.

  • @nolliemongo
    @nolliemongo Před 3 lety +142

    These videos make this covid era bearable

  • @ms.debourghofrosings6829
    @ms.debourghofrosings6829 Před 3 lety +36

    Loving the Bach background music. :-) Prelude to Cello suite #1, Cantata 140, and a Brandenburg concerto.

  • @richarddavis1646
    @richarddavis1646 Před 3 lety +400

    "Please, sir. May I have some more."

    • @jaybhailikar6231
      @jaybhailikar6231 Před 3 lety +17

      you wouldn't say that if it were calf's head soup, or turtle soup with the turtle meat in.
      Also;
      "WHAT!?"
      * SCARY EYES *
      "MOREEE!!!!??"

    • @jbmp1390
      @jbmp1390 Před 3 lety +21

      MORE?!!!

    • @barbararoca6847
      @barbararoca6847 Před 3 lety +20

      Would you stop asking that, Oliver!

    • @jaybhailikar6231
      @jaybhailikar6231 Před 3 lety +7

      @@barbararoca6847
      Catch him!
      snatch him!
      Hold him! Scold him! pounce him! trounce him!
      Pick him up and bounce him!

    • @Adi_editz077
      @Adi_editz077 Před 3 lety +2

      hola gyzz...
      We want more

  • @chrissscottt
    @chrissscottt Před 3 lety +79

    Pretty sure cats, rats and dogs weren't off the menu for some in the poorer parts of London.

    • @tapsars7911
      @tapsars7911 Před 2 lety +6

      It was not off the menu even for the super rich .........guess where ??
      Good old China !! Don't forget bats and snakes .

    • @angelface925
      @angelface925 Před 2 lety +5

      It's still served at a few restraunts in Korea (I don't know if it was North or south). It's considered a delicacy and is moderately expensive. Video I saw, the person said it was pretty good... 🤢 Not what I would want, but yeah... They also sell horse in Italy I think? Saw it on tv. Hard pass on both for me lol

    • @smartstudyingdoggo9031
      @smartstudyingdoggo9031 Před 2 lety +3

      @@angelface925 it’s all up to the persons choice, but I understand that you might not like it, but usually exotic foods are really nice, my Chinese friend told me I was eating some dyed tofu, it was delicious! It wasn’t tofu, it was blood. Still good though.

    • @angelface925
      @angelface925 Před 2 lety +3

      @@smartstudyingdoggo9031 absolutely agree. Just has to do with societal norms we're exposed to.

    • @smartstudyingdoggo9031
      @smartstudyingdoggo9031 Před 2 lety +1

      @@angelface925 indeed

  • @SoftDrinksOfChoice
    @SoftDrinksOfChoice Před 3 lety +168

    Damn that Full English breakfast looks bangin..

    • @Lady_Chalk
      @Lady_Chalk Před 3 lety +4

      I see what you did there.

    • @JewelRiders
      @JewelRiders Před 3 lety +5

      well... even with the blood sausage?

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby Před 3 lety +4

      @@JewelRiders And BEANS for breakfast, mushy, mealy, syrupy swimming in brown sauce canned baked beans.

    • @Terri_MacKay
      @Terri_MacKay Před 3 lety +6

      @@JewelRiders You HAVE to have the black pudding!!! 😋😋

    • @chrishill3785
      @chrishill3785 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Terri_MacKay the best bit

  • @scottnotpilgrim
    @scottnotpilgrim Před 3 lety +52

    Love the food videos on Weird History

  • @okaka5398
    @okaka5398 Před 2 lety +200

    Not just in the Victorian era, bone marrow is still popular to this day, in eastern European, African and Asian cultures. Trotter soup (Azerbaijan), Bone Marrow Curry (India, Pak, Bangladesh) and Tonkatsu (Japan and parts of Korea) are some really popular dishes

    • @mathonamoore123
      @mathonamoore123 Před 2 lety +3

      Hi, to get enough marrow to use on a dish, it'd need to be from a huge dinasaur bone! Because, and I never saw any other people, even in my family do it, but some chops my father cooked had a half a teaspoon amount of bone marrow on it and my father used to give it to me every time, I had a chop. I like it but I couldn't eat more than a half teaspoon as it is very oily but yummy. I'd love to know where I could larger amounts of of it, as it would make a stew or a casserole delicious. I must Google it. God bless from Ireland, 12th of April 2022.

    • @MegaCatGirl13
      @MegaCatGirl13 Před 2 lety +13

      Tonkatsu isn’t made with marrow though?

    • @eno6712
      @eno6712 Před rokem

      @@MegaCatGirl13 pork marrow

    • @Neversa
      @Neversa Před rokem +6

      It's a delicacy in Kazakhstan. Mothers give it to their children for them to grow faster, so nutritious it is

    • @SireneKalypso
      @SireneKalypso Před rokem +2

      @@MegaCatGirl13 it is.

  • @faebled-doom
    @faebled-doom Před 3 lety +81

    I've never been this early, but I love your videos on the Victorian era! I'd love to see more videos about west african history as well

  • @adamjenks9613
    @adamjenks9613 Před 3 lety +234

    I’ll take Cap’n Crunch over gruel any day.

    • @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368
      @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Před 3 lety +5

      That picture of Cap'N Crunch had berries in it.
      What sick freak puts berries in their Cap'N Crunch?

    • @FailingArtist
      @FailingArtist Před 3 lety +9

      @@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 crunch berries are the best!!!

    • @plinkitee
      @plinkitee Před 3 lety +12

      I'd like Cap'n Crunch better if it didn't tear my mouth up.

    • @BryanKeferl
      @BryanKeferl Před 3 lety

      Duh lol

    • @timothytan4257
      @timothytan4257 Před 3 lety

      Try some Victorian Bread. It is perfectly bleached to perfection

  • @Jo1066milton
    @Jo1066milton Před 3 lety +35

    My great grandfather was a fisherman in the 19th century. He had eight kids, only a part share in a fishing boat, and very little money. Eventually he became a fishmonger. I'm told that the family ate fish every single day. They couldn't afford meat. Lobsters could occasionally be caught too, and I remember my nan telling me each child had their turn at a lobster dinner when one was obtained.

  • @valenciacarlin2357
    @valenciacarlin2357 Před 3 lety +293

    Believe it or not my depression era grandparents used to make mock turtle soup, bone marrow toast, oxtail soup and tongue sandwiches and homemade jello wich was weird looking. Today my entire family still eats like this even though they have good jobs and make good money.

    • @theresaoneill6525
      @theresaoneill6525 Před 3 lety +20

      I've never even seen these food's.. wouldn't know what to do with it.

    • @ShyTentacle
      @ShyTentacle Před 3 lety +19

      Bone marrow is delicious though on a slice of bread.

    • @hansmiller664
      @hansmiller664 Před 3 lety +19

      Marrow on toasted Rye bread, cold cut tongue with French dressing a.s.o. are the most precious delicacies in French and European kitchen!

    • @ana_d_73
      @ana_d_73 Před 3 lety +21

      Oxtail, pig's trotters, tongue, liver, gizzards, narrow and sweetbreads are still pretty common in Caribbean cuisine. They're found in soups, stews, braised, pickled, curried, fried, made into croquettes, etc. They taste good prepared properly.

    • @anakinstartpanikan9485
      @anakinstartpanikan9485 Před 3 lety +1

      what da duck with bone marow

  • @christinerobinson890
    @christinerobinson890 Před 3 lety +225

    Actually bones and cartilage have entered popularity again. I buy organic chicken, roast it for a nice meal (complete with gravy), then boil the heck out the bones, marrow, skin, knuckles, other cartilage, and fat, to make the best soup. (Strain) Add garlic, onion, carrot, celery, or other savory vegetables, and your bone broth is incredibly nourishing. I’m not ready to try the heads of animals yet, though 😳

    • @jasondurden7384
      @jasondurden7384 Před 3 lety +10

      I read this entire comment 🐷

    • @MrPh30
      @MrPh30 Před 3 lety +7

      Its even more flavor and cartilage in the head meat, or head cheese as one also call it . Especially of pork. But you can use pork belly ,boil it so it get tender. Mix aspic powder, salt,pepper, some allspice ,layer the meat ,with its rind separate in layers ,add aspic ,spices in each layer. Then roll the foil over, plastic wrap in the mold first, so it wont stick. Put the mold,bread tin goes good in the fridge on a tray or so with some press on top until it set and cools down.

    • @boywithcrackers3871
      @boywithcrackers3871 Před 3 lety +20

      Isnt that the basic of stock? Any stock actually.

    • @johnyurick8785
      @johnyurick8785 Před 3 lety

      🤮

    • @I3itchMade
      @I3itchMade Před 3 lety

      U nasty

  • @wyattwanders
    @wyattwanders Před 3 lety +597

    Do a history of sushi and Japanese food in general! It would be awesome!

    • @brennaeidenier6537
      @brennaeidenier6537 Před 3 lety +22

      I second this, that sounds super interesting ☺️

    • @Chibason
      @Chibason Před 3 lety +8

      Yep I'd like to watch that as well

    • @SK22000
      @SK22000 Před 3 lety +5

      I would love too watch that as well

    • @IrishMike22
      @IrishMike22 Před 3 lety +12

      Sushi is not what you think it is. A video on it would be eye-opening and embarassing for us yanks

    • @Lady_Chalk
      @Lady_Chalk Před 3 lety +4

      So much fun names to pronounce, (WH narrator does a pretty good job).

  • @silence2213
    @silence2213 Před 3 lety +29

    Bone marrow is part of one of the famous food here in the Philippines which is bulalo. It's good to serve when the weather is cold.

  • @mr_spookypants
    @mr_spookypants Před 3 lety +55

    And the bullseye sweet is still around today it’s a shame that these old time sweets probably won’t be around much longer

    • @IRex-wm9pd
      @IRex-wm9pd Před 3 lety +11

      they will live forever in our grandparents lint filled pockets.

    • @JewelRiders
      @JewelRiders Před 3 lety +1

      i never knew that's what it was called. that was something fun i learned.

    • @ryproar11
      @ryproar11 Před 3 lety +3

      Tell that to Dollar Tree... They have them ALL THE TIME. 😆

    • @fashiondiva6972
      @fashiondiva6972 Před 3 lety +9

      They’re peppermints🙄 Where do you think they’re going? 🙄

    • @Tully_23_32
      @Tully_23_32 Před 3 lety +14

      They'll ask them to change its name from bulls eye to something less racist. I'm not shitting u. In Straya we have a ice cream called Golden Gaytime. It come out in the 1950's & the gay in golden gaytime was a word to mean happy etc. It lately had an upset gay man trying to change the name as he's gay & the word gay is for gay ppl & it upset him, even tho he knows gay means happy. We had a lolly called a redskin & well apparently it's racist against American Indians yet American Indians aren't in my country so I'm failing to see why it's racist & we've had a dairy company that been around for century that changed the name of the company. It was called Coon cheese & it was named after a bloke with the surname of Coon but they changed it as it racist against aboriginals, even if it was the blokes name or not, this cancel culture is just bloody ridiculous

  • @mathgasm8484
    @mathgasm8484 Před 3 lety +19

    Victorian Era the birth of grandmas candies.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage Před 3 lety +242

    "Jinkies! Mrs. Coddingsworth was the one making the fruit rot in the garden!"
    "I would have gotten away with it too, were it not for you medlaring kids!"
    -Scooby Doo and the Mysterious Confabulation Contraption, 1886.

    • @kanyebreast6072
      @kanyebreast6072 Před 3 lety +6

      Do you mean meddling kids? Lol

    • @TheGelasiaBlythe
      @TheGelasiaBlythe Před 3 lety +16

      @@kanyebreast6072 looks like someone missed the medlars reference...

    • @kanyebreast6072
      @kanyebreast6072 Před 3 lety

      @@TheGelasiaBlythe What is the Medlars then?

    • @TheGelasiaBlythe
      @TheGelasiaBlythe Před 3 lety +5

      @@kanyebreast6072 the fruit they mentioned in the video. Rewatch the video.

    • @kanyebreast6072
      @kanyebreast6072 Před 3 lety +1

      @@TheGelasiaBlythe Ok,I must have missed that bit. Being a busy mom of 3,how awful to have missed a part of the video

  • @jacekatalakis8316
    @jacekatalakis8316 Před 3 lety +13

    Also worth pointing out the scarcity of sugar led to several poisoning incidents as sweetmakers would substitute things such as chalk, or other powders as well.

  • @iyeetsecurity922
    @iyeetsecurity922 Před 3 lety +32

    _A history of _*_Hobos_* would be a pretty enjoyable video!

    • @KEVMAN7987
      @KEVMAN7987 Před 3 lety

      Those crazy hobos with their bindles.

  • @rj9617
    @rj9617 Před 3 lety +26

    The marrow seasoned with parsley and lemon on toast sounds especially tasty 😋.

  • @MsKeroseneLamp
    @MsKeroseneLamp Před 3 lety +108

    "I also made these graham crackers to curb your more _carnal_ appetite."
    The guy who's about to invent smore: I'mma end this man's whole career.

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena Před 3 lety +24

    Q: What people ate to survive in the Victorian Era?
    A: Anything edible that the poor people can get their hands on

  • @Kobyoshi93
    @Kobyoshi93 Před 3 lety +34

    Different topic but I think a video about the library of Alexandria would be really cool. Love these videos!

  • @kae5717
    @kae5717 Před 3 lety +69

    Oh this is a fun one! Didn't know the strawberries we love were that recent.
    Can you do a history of sweeteners? Not everyone has sugar and honey historically, I want to know what else they've tried

    • @HVS-gk7oo
      @HVS-gk7oo Před 3 lety +11

      Honey was available everywhere bees could be found. Other than that people used dates or other sweet fruits.

    • @getin3949
      @getin3949 Před rokem +4

      I think strawberries are awful now, no sweetness, usually fairly hard. When I was a kid 60 years ago they were sweet and not big and hollow like they are now. Now you would have to put a sweetener on them for them to be sweet. Wild strawberries are very small but super sweet.

  • @tabzist
    @tabzist Před 3 lety +13

    Gelatin is good for skin, hair, joints and nails because it's loaded with collagen ❤️

    • @Isayah_613
      @Isayah_613 Před 9 měsíci

      Nothing from the pig is good.

  • @poisonxE
    @poisonxE Před 3 lety +16

    This channel has been my favorite since it has only thousand followers. ♥

  • @raquelbee7586
    @raquelbee7586 Před 3 lety +93

    There's a Hungarian dish similar to calf foot jello, but we use pork feet, tails, ears etc. and vegetables as well. You basically boil everything for a few hours and pour the hot soup out into bowls to set. If you get past the consistency it's actually quite enjoyable and healthy. My mom cooks some once or twice a year usually in winter so you can keep your bowls outside to set.

    • @TheHandleOnYoutube
      @TheHandleOnYoutube Před 3 lety

      Interesting. Do you often eat older style recipes?

    • @MrPh30
      @MrPh30 Před 3 lety +3

      And slices of it with good bread, mustard,pickles is excellent on the side.

    • @hansmiller664
      @hansmiller664 Před 3 lety

      Welcome! So did mine! It simmered nearly 24 hours on the stove. A HUGE Pot!
      As a child I loved Pork feet, stewed on top of SAUERKRAUT!

    • @raquelbee7586
      @raquelbee7586 Před 3 lety

      @K yes, I love traditional and rustic recipes.

    • @akopvanetsyan9110
      @akopvanetsyan9110 Před 2 lety +2

      Kholodec?

  • @bellaluvluv
    @bellaluvluv Před 3 lety +20

    I don’t think I would have been able to make it 🤣

  • @jamesbarisitz4794
    @jamesbarisitz4794 Před 3 lety +9

    The strawberry sounds the most appealing to me.

  • @evirareid1500
    @evirareid1500 Před 3 lety +64

    Full English breakfasts are very similar to the breakfasts I grew up eating in the American South. Growing up, pork and beans were a breakfast food. I especially loved fried eggs, sweet pork and beans and toast as a breakfast. My grandma would eat tomato slices with almost every meal but she'd roast them for breakfast and just have them raw with salt and pepper for lunch or dinner. Crazy how that influence from the slave trade I'm guessing is a part of Southern Black culture. Full English breakfasts are exactly what my mom makes whenever she wants a big meal!

    • @jennyrose9454
      @jennyrose9454 Před 2 lety +4

      As a person who hardly eats much before 4 pm I think those kind of breakfasts would kill me. I can't eat anything savory early in the day. A banana or muffin for me lol

    • @paulhunter1525
      @paulhunter1525 Před 2 lety +4

      Have anyone tasted fried green tomatoes, fried okra, hot water cornbread or hogshead cheese?

    • @jennyrose9454
      @jennyrose9454 Před 2 lety +1

      @@paulhunter1525 yes and I'm American. Have you tried scrapple or tongue souse?

    • @danvincent2600
      @danvincent2600 Před 2 lety +4

      Full English as far as I know is bacon eggs sausage fried bread black pudding and tomatoes

    • @kimberleysmith818
      @kimberleysmith818 Před 2 lety +2

      It originates from 14th century England before going hunting. Not sure how much of it, maybe there are influences from Southern Black culture in the modern breakfast or maybe it was the English influence on southern black culture. Very interesting to know that your mum makes it! I’ve had it over here for dinner! Fry up for dinner 😀

  • @okaeri7219
    @okaeri7219 Před 3 lety +67

    *posts a video about general history*
    Me: okay i can watch that later
    *posts about victorian era*
    Me: 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️💨💨

  • @janoskurko8383
    @janoskurko8383 Před 3 lety +5

    Pretty much half of these foods are my absolute favorite dishes, marrow on toast is an absolute classic, beef cheeks based dishes are in most of the Michelin star restaurant, long boiled bones for rich soup is a beast of a food, ramen anybody.? Jellied meats and headcheese made out of organs, thoungm. etc are absolute classics especially in Eastern an central Europe.....

  • @benisaten
    @benisaten Před 3 lety +7

    So good. Can't wait for the next Timeline video guys. 👍

  • @wordyweirdo8581
    @wordyweirdo8581 Před 3 lety +12

    I’m partially deaf so I use subtitles. When he said “Victorian style video” I thought he said “Victorian style Chlamydia” because I was on the other side of the room and not looking at my phone. FML

  • @ShepardCZ
    @ShepardCZ Před rokem +2

    Ahhh, VIctorian era. 16 hour work shifts, 6-7 day work week, child labor from like 3 years of age. Glorious. That is the time when civilization peaked.

  • @NickDG3
    @NickDG3 Před 3 lety +2

    I'm so happy this channel exists. Thank you!

  • @Cholosaurus360
    @Cholosaurus360 Před 3 lety +5

    Marrow toast. I am a person who grew up eating oxtail soup, it’s rich with marrow and it’s super yum 😋

  • @jeanetterygaardkaufmann3012

    I would find it interesting to hear about gardening in the Victorian times, like tools used and what purposes the gardens where used for.

  • @zach7193
    @zach7193 Před 3 lety +9

    I thought it would be some weird stuff about them, but it's not. This is something else. This is like the Romans, Colonial era in America, Wild West, and the Great Depression when it comes to food.

  • @supremehoe6491
    @supremehoe6491 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I absolutely love your entire channel. I look forward to your videos, it's one of my favourite channels ever

  • @WaysideWade
    @WaysideWade Před 3 lety +10

    Learned about Kellogg on Drunk History and this video talks about beer... coincidence? I think not!! 🌱🍻🎭

  • @Raherin
    @Raherin Před 3 lety +12

    "So basically everything you use and eat uses body parts of cows. Anyways."

  • @alanbirkner1958
    @alanbirkner1958 Před 3 lety +8

    When I was young--I am 71-- my grandmother made chicken soup and the feet stuck out of the pot. Fish and chicken will make gelatin, too. My grandmother saved
    eggshells for plant food. She wasted nothing. Tina

    • @AbsyntheAndTears
      @AbsyntheAndTears Před 3 lety

      I love how you crossed out "I am 71" 😄 my mom is 75 and she tells of how her dad would eat some of these things...he was born in 1899! So interesting these things are

    • @marciawhite692
      @marciawhite692 Před 3 lety

      Back at that time they sure used everything,nothing gone to waist.

  • @zitaks6703
    @zitaks6703 Před 3 lety +7

    Would love to see a video about ancient Egypt cuisine!!!!

  • @mareneaufrance5096
    @mareneaufrance5096 Před 3 lety +8

    The bullseye candy reminded of the Christmas rainbow and primrose cut hard candy my grandma would have on her kitchen table. Loved seeing the design in the candy. Surprised you didn't mention cow's tongue.

  • @Cyrus21100
    @Cyrus21100 Před 3 lety +9

    Always love your videos!

  • @user-pc8dl4cy3i
    @user-pc8dl4cy3i Před rokem +1

    I think your voice is bursting with personality and intelligence! Your intonations and wit really draw the listener in to the material. Thank you so much; I really appreciate this channel!

  • @chrishill3785
    @chrishill3785 Před 2 lety +2

    Beet sugar was widely manufactured in Europe well before the Victorian era

  • @shesemerald2011
    @shesemerald2011 Před 3 lety +24

    Wow, being early gets you a fresh comment section. Its kinda like a new car smell. So much room for activities in here.

  • @tarabasran3097
    @tarabasran3097 Před 2 lety +4

    I know you have one on the Oregon Trail, but I’d love to see more! Romance on the Oregon Trail? Cariboo Gold Rush? And specifically videos about the Chinese who worked in awful conditions during the mining.

  • @misstinahamilton5714
    @misstinahamilton5714 Před 2 lety +2

    My dad grew up very poor in Puerto Rico . They had to eat whatever they could come by with a family of 14 +. Growing up he'd shoot a ground hog and cook it - if he obtained a turtle it was turtle soup , rabbit , fish head stew, snake . He'd eat it even though he didnt have to lol. On those occasions my mom just made an alternative dinner for the rest of us 😅 Though I couldnt bring myself to try his cooking endeavors it definitely made me appreciate the concept that "food is food ."

  • @IrishMike22
    @IrishMike22 Před 3 lety +33

    I could definitely eat a bag of them strawberries and a bucket of that full English brekky--but you can keep the rest of it.

    • @ShyTentacle
      @ShyTentacle Před 3 lety +3

      You're the living proof of the fact that spirit of adventure is dead.

    • @IrishMike22
      @IrishMike22 Před 3 lety +2

      @@ShyTentacle I just don't wanna be dead too 😉

    • @savior5225
      @savior5225 Před 3 lety

      @@ShyTentacle Id rather live than be dead on sake of an aimless adventure that isn't in the least satisfying....

  • @israelasiku3975
    @israelasiku3975 Před 3 lety +7

    Nice. Can you make a video on:
    What people ate in African Kingdoms?
    What people ate in Ancient China?
    What people ate in Ottoman Empire?
    What people ate to survive in the Arctic or Antarctic?

    • @davidjoelsson4929
      @davidjoelsson4929 Před 3 lety

      What do you mean? no one lives in arctic or antarctic unless you mean the people who went there to explore. and specify african kingdoms north africans or kingdoms and tribal lands in sub-sahara africa?

    • @israelasiku3975
      @israelasiku3975 Před 3 lety

      @@davidjoelsson4929 Yeah I meant people who went to the Arctic or Antarctic for exploration. For African Kingdoms, it can be anyone. But most preferably West Africa

    • @tiffanylove6713
      @tiffanylove6713 Před rokem

      @@israelasiku3975 Go and find a video on it....

  • @barbararoca6847
    @barbararoca6847 Před 3 lety +33

    This was a really interesting topic. Fresh veggies and fruits are always welcome. I had no idea how jello was made. What do you know? My Czech grandmother made a dish called epernitza (I don't have a clue how to spell this). It's made from intestines and has a pungent odor (to say the least). Well, when Dad smelled the smell, he ran to buy a hamburger. Grandma made it for her sisters and brothers. However we always showed up for freshly baked kolaches. Yum!
    So, what were some common immigrant foods of the 19th century? Who opened up the first pizza parlor or the first Chinese restaurant or European bakery?

  • @marvinseanterry9200
    @marvinseanterry9200 Před 3 lety +2

    Always the best! Keep uploading. 😊

  • @untouchable0106
    @untouchable0106 Před 3 lety +7

    Once you had captain crunch, you'll never go back 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @jannooosthuizen6588
    @jannooosthuizen6588 Před 3 lety +8

    History idea: Where did the Funeral March and Here Comes The bride come from. Maybe some weird history on historic singers and bands from a few hundred or thousand years back

    • @deewesthill1358
      @deewesthill1358 Před 3 lety +3

      The "Funeral March" was by Frederic Chopin. "Here Comes the Bride" comes from a wedding night serenade song in the opera "Lohengrin" by Richard Wagner, and I'm fairly sure the reason it got popular was from being played at the weddings of the daughters of Queen Victoria in the 1850s. They also started the tradition of brides wearing white dresses because the opera's heroine wore one.

    • @jannooosthuizen6588
      @jannooosthuizen6588 Před 3 lety +1

      @@deewesthill1358 thank you, will rember this as part of my random facts collection in my head

    • @deewesthill1358
      @deewesthill1358 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jannooosthuizen6588 It's been a part of my own random fact collection for several decades! 🎼🎵🎶

  • @davegoldspink5354
    @davegoldspink5354 Před 2 lety +3

    Great video thanks for sharing. Being Aussie and living most of my life in country and outback areas of this country may I suggest a good old days diet list or bush tuck list. I think you might find it both interesting and some what surprising.

  • @rocketbackhander6280
    @rocketbackhander6280 Před 3 lety +34

    An opportunity to say, "Denny's gave us 'Moons Over My Hammy'" completely wasted. I mean.

    • @Phil_A_O_Fish
      @Phil_A_O_Fish Před 3 lety

      How so, @Rocket Backhander, especially when this is a video about Victorian British cuisine and we Brits have absolutely no idea who or what Denny's is? You colonials are just so quaint when it comes to how we Brits actually are, aren't you?

    • @rocketbackhander6280
      @rocketbackhander6280 Před 3 lety

      @@Phil_A_O_Fish It's a reference to the opening bit, when he name-drops IHOP's "Rooty-Tooty-Fresh-N-Fruity" but decides to skip the Denny's "Moons Over My Hammy." In truth it has zero to do with "you Brits" so kindly sit the fuck down. Love your hair hope you win.

    • @Phil_A_O_Fish
      @Phil_A_O_Fish Před 3 lety

      @@rocketbackhander6280, I'm curious but did you and I watch the same video? At barely 30 seconds into it the title is ' What People Ate To Survive In Victorian England ' and NOT " Which Local Denny's Did Victorian Britons Swim The Atlantic To Eat At? ", isn't it?
      This obviously means that despite your obvious illiteracy and offensive language this entire video is about what we Brits had to eat throughout the entirety of Queen Victoria's reign in the U.K. between 1837 and 1901 and if you don't like the fact that it excludes any of you Yanks then maybe you should take that up with Weird History, shouldn't you?
      Contrary to what you Colonials think the U.S.A. is not at the centre of the known universe and is often mocked by a lot of us non-Americans for its collective paranoia, ignorance and its inability to keep its nose out of international affairs.
      Incidentally my hair's just fine - not that it's any of your business, is it?

  • @IsmailAbdulMusic
    @IsmailAbdulMusic Před 3 lety +5

    Very interesting to take a backward glimpse into the way way past

  • @jovanweismiller7114
    @jovanweismiller7114 Před 3 lety +30

    You left the fried bread and black pudding out of the Full English! And I've eaten many of the foods mentioned, but of course, my grandmother, who lived with us when I was growing up, was an Englishwoman who was born in the 1880s, at the height of the Victorian Era.

    • @WonderLady
      @WonderLady Před 3 lety +2

      Now I’m hungry

    • @PennyWenny224
      @PennyWenny224 Před 2 lety

      Blood sausage and fried bread really completes a proper fry up

    • @francisfischer7620
      @francisfischer7620 Před 8 měsíci

      Yup, black pudding. Another of mom' favorites. Ug.

  • @jepjep7373
    @jepjep7373 Před 3 lety +4

    Yey! another Weird History video. My everyday dose.

  • @TaviBadr
    @TaviBadr Před 3 lety +3

    “Once you’ve had Cap’N Crunch, you’ll never go back.” Never have truer words been spoken.

  • @anotherfatnerd8040
    @anotherfatnerd8040 Před 3 lety +21

    That English breakfast looks like something I need in my life

  • @pattycake8272
    @pattycake8272 Před 3 lety +11

    Strange but maybe not, I used to try to get at the marrow out of the meat bones when I was young,( mostly chicken and pork because those were what my mom cooked.)

    • @solcorvinusoftiktok9907
      @solcorvinusoftiktok9907 Před 3 lety +2

      Same here..... still do it...I also chew on drumstick bones as well

    • @adepja
      @adepja Před 3 lety +4

      I love marrow

    • @ShyTentacle
      @ShyTentacle Před 3 lety +1

      Bone marrow is lit!

    • @miyuu1317
      @miyuu1317 Před 3 lety +2

      I'm mexican and my dad and uncles grew up fighting over who gets to eat the marrow, lol it's weirder for me to know there's people that don't eat it at all

  • @lindatisue733
    @lindatisue733 Před 3 lety +15

    In Korea, when they buy a house or a car , people buy a pig's head as a offering and have shamans bless the house/car so the owner will have good luck with it and to prevent accidents.

  • @TheRabidPosum
    @TheRabidPosum Před 3 lety +8

    Now I know how The Stones came up with Goats Head Soup.

  • @mirandahoney
    @mirandahoney Před 3 lety +3

    I had never heard of medlars until this day and year. And now I want to try them. I had to Google what grits and chitterlings were due to another comment too. Much learning was had. My mind has expanded!

  • @JM51501
    @JM51501 Před 3 lety +4

    Yay I’m finally early for your videos! I’m obsessed with the Victorian Era.

    • @iamcarbonandotherbits.8039
      @iamcarbonandotherbits.8039 Před 3 lety +4

      If you're interested there's a series from 2007 called 'Supersizes Go.... with Sue Perkins and Giles Coren. They dress, eat, sleep and show how people socialised in different era's, it's both entertaining and factually correct which, can be pretty rare in a lot of today's programs.

    • @chesca7295
      @chesca7295 Před 3 lety

      @@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039 thank you! I loved that series but couldn't remember the name.

  • @jpbaley2016
    @jpbaley2016 Před 3 lety +7

    Once you know the history of calve's foot jelly, you now know why hospitals always serve green jello to patients .

  • @denisemetzger305
    @denisemetzger305 Před 3 lety +1

    I love this channel (and bulls eyes) way too much!

  • @joanreeseNYCartist
    @joanreeseNYCartist Před 2 lety

    Weird History is my favorite channel! Thank you

  • @andycooper9640
    @andycooper9640 Před 3 lety +5

    So, in this video it is stated that the British climate makes growing sugar here pretty much impossible. This is just not true, and we have a thriving sugar farming industry. My grandmother was an agricultural worker then factory worker in our sugar industry. So we have two main sugar brands selling in the UK, Tate & Lyle who do grow their sugar (cane) abroad, and Silver Spoon who grow it in the UK. We grow sugar beet here of course, not sugar cane. I think, in the video, they were thinking commercial sugar comes only from cane, which is a mistake.

    • @stevenschnepp576
      @stevenschnepp576 Před rokem +2

      Michigan even grows sugar beets, a testament to how well the plants handle a short summer.

  • @zerovalon6243
    @zerovalon6243 Před 3 lety +14

    I would like to see and episode about preserving foods from different cultures, please.😁

  • @candaceschermerhorn4078
    @candaceschermerhorn4078 Před rokem +1

    When I lived in Manchester NH, I went to the SDA Church with the Kelloggs Brothers. My dad was a SDA School teacher. He just passed away a couple weeks ago.

  • @gperrin9050
    @gperrin9050 Před 3 lety +2

    I'm not fussy and It's really admirable the way people of the victorian era didn't waste food but I would eat a bowl full of someone else's toenail clippings before bone marrow toast

    • @hansmiller664
      @hansmiller664 Před 3 lety +1

      Oh PLEASE try it! Would you mind to pass over the correct recipe for toenail Salad?

    • @gperrin9050
      @gperrin9050 Před 3 lety

      @@hansmiller664 It's really simple actually
      Mix approx 3 cups of a strangers toenails in a large bowl with the crud from under the nails separated into a separate bowl
      mix the nail crud with your choice of dressing and allow to stand in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours
      remove the bowl of crud from the fridge and stir well then combine with the nails
      then you're all done!
      for an extra bit of flavour sprinkle shavings from the bottom of your heel on top of your salad

  • @otysb209
    @otysb209 Před 3 lety +6

    It’s true, you really won’t go back after some good ol’ Cap an’ Crunch.

  • @darleehart9782
    @darleehart9782 Před rokem +4

    I actually wouldn’t mind trying mock turtle soup. I remember being curious about it because of Lewis Carol’s satire of it in one of his Alice in Wonderland books.

  • @amosher
    @amosher Před 3 lety +1

    0:54 that’s Boldt Castle! It’s actually in New York and construction was stopped in 1904. It’s a sad and cool story that honestly deserves its own video!

  • @dixiefallas7799
    @dixiefallas7799 Před 3 lety +2

    I live near Debby Dale. They made the giant pies yearly,doubt it now though.🇬🇧

  • @helenalderson6608
    @helenalderson6608 Před 3 lety +6

    In the nicer restaurants in San Francisco (pre-pandemic), marrow is almost always on the menu

  • @carmycam
    @carmycam Před 3 lety +5

    Please do a video on Geishas or like feudal Japan/Asian dishes!!!

  • @angelinafriesen8035
    @angelinafriesen8035 Před 3 lety +1

    I love this channel! Could you please make a video on life in a fort during colonial times?

  • @karaamundson3964
    @karaamundson3964 Před rokem +2

    Alice's journeys through Wonderland & the Looking Glass cite several of these foods--oysters, mock turtle soup (John Tenniel drew a very comical Calf whose head was doomed for the dish), and so on.

  • @WaysideWade
    @WaysideWade Před 3 lety +6

    One turd free beer for me please! 🍻🎭

  • @Fush1234
    @Fush1234 Před 3 lety +6

    Have a look at the sugar content of well known brands of breakfast cereals. You’ll be shocked. It’s often hidden as “energy”

  • @zeusathena26
    @zeusathena26 Před 3 lety +2

    The last part about gelatin being good for your health, is why the hospital gives it out constantly to every patient.

  • @MellyMooncat
    @MellyMooncat Před 25 dny

    We ate medlars in Eastern Europe (Bulgaria) during my childhood ('90 & 2000s)!! I loved them lol this unlocked a memory for me!