A rambling video about friars, guilds, medieval cookery, herbalism, and what counted as 'fish'

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Shot at Blackfriars in Newcastle, which was once a friary, then the headquarters of nine guilds, and is now a restaurant, where they take medieval cookery seriously.
Many thanks to Andy Hook, Giles Gasper, and Anthony O'Shaughnessy for their participation in this video. www.blackfriarsrestaurant.co.uk
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[@lindybeige]

The sound in this video is mysterious. According to my editing software's level monitors, it is all fine. When I play it in my editor, it sounds fine. This uploaded version sounds very odd, though. As some people have commented, it sounds as though it is using only the sound from one of the two lapel mics. My best guess is that for some arcane reason, the editor failed to render the sound from both mics, but I have absolutely no idea why. Another annoying thing was that all the reds were wildly over-saturated and I spent hours tweaking them all down. Again, I have no idea why.

[@trogdor8764]

@Susanna Yeah esp. during the interview with Mr. Hook.

[@jeremyayers5353]

It seemed like you were swapping the mic to whomever you thought had the interesting thing to say but then it went to you saying “mm hm, yep, I see” and that was hilarious 😂, but I agree with the 1st reply here, I would re-upload it. All good though 👍🏻

[@stansfieldmcelroy]

the editor is an agent under that blacksmiths pay

[@Saka_Mulia]

Sounds like your left channel is the working one. Whoever is on the left is heard clearly. Did you set up the stereo channels to match the placement of you both? If so, you may have just muted the right channel before rendering.

[@glendanison3064]

Oh well it happens. I just put in my earbuds. Still had some difficulty hearing but I've experienced far worse things in life. And there's always the transcript, which we all forget about.

[@Vlasov45]

I love how the autogenerated subtitles hear "bay leaves" as "babies". "This recipe calls for two babies, nobody knows why." made me laugh out loud.

[@JonathanRossRogers]

It is very specific. There's just not enough meat on one baby.

[@robertdeen8741]

Maybe it has something to do with the Baby Eating Bishop of Barthonwells?

[@paradox7358]

I like that he has embraced his rambling nature.

[@clarkecorvo2692]

that´s what we are here for, no? 😄

[@seasonedgore7231]

Honestly he is a manic for knowledge. Really unique and fun to watch when done as well as this.

[@MrGalpino]

I like that the chef responded with good humour to Lloyd's obnoxious pedantry.

[@inspectorclips9618]

You should look up the definition of rambling, dear fellow. I assume you have just discovered this channel

[@exiletsj2570]

He’s based a career on it.

[@pinemartenemily9482]

Perscribing hemlock as a cure for frenchness is how I lost my pharmacist's licence...

[@simonh6371]

But why, the prescription was effective as it permanently cured frenchness...

[@kenbrown2808]

@@simonh6371 I had to pause and back up to be sure I saw that correctly.

[@Likexner]

Lindybeige rambling is still more coherent and informative than many people trying to make a point.

[@virgilxavier1]

Yes I'd like to see him make a video on a point about making a point

[@Wolf-Wolfman]

Then there were the not so well know order of the Beigefriars who rather than taking a vow of silence had to talk constantly.

[@rogersmith7396]

They swore to the Lord there would be no hidden agendas.

[@kanrup5199]

they did sermons to people where they would specifically rant about StufF to anyone who is willing to listen. they called it 'biege rants'.

[@rogerpartner1622]

Nice one

[@chrisazure1624]

I drove a woman to become a nun. Literally. She was my upstairs neighbor and sold me her car with the agreement that I drive her to the monastery. I took her to the Discalced Carmelite Monastery in Arlington, Tx. When we got there, a delivery driver was bringing her a bouquet of flowers. The nun receiving the bouquet tried using the lazy susan/dumbwaiter that allowed them to receive items without visual contact. However, the bouquet was too large to fit and the nun had to come out to receive it. I bid my neighbor farewell and never saw her again.

[@morningstar9233]

I'm not a religious person, but I bet you're in her prayers to this day. Then again neither do I gamble.

[@chrisazure1624]

@@morningstar9233 I doubt it. I don't remember her name. I doubt she remembers mine. She was not a kind hearted person. She was a rules person. Very legalistic.

[@bristoled93]

@@chrisazure1624 One religious person does not mean all religious people are like that, same with non religious people.

[@morningstar9233]

@@bristoled93 To be fair, Chris Azure didn't make that extrapolation.

[@justinkashtock333]

When you arrived to let her out of the car, I do hope you said "away to the nunnery with you".

[@donaldhart2310]

I laughed out loud when I read that hemlock was used to cure Frenchnes🤣 oh Lindy you cheeky rascal ....

[@ToddTevlin]

There's a Monty Python sketch where a reporter interviews someone, and when they talk, the mic is pointed at the other person. When that person talks, the mic is pointing back to the interviewer. I had flashbacks of that sketch watching this, lol.

[@jesseblackburn2710]

Now this is the sort of Lintbeige video I like to see!

[@dragonfell5078]

Lintbeige. Ah yes, the great lintuber

[@jesseblackburn2710]

@@dragonfell5078 What is in a name? Lint by any other hue would pontificate as sweetly

[@scottjohnstone6204]

@@jesseblackburn2710 Ahh, repeating your carefully crafted words feels like spitting velvet! 😂

[@peterknutsen3070]

In 360p?

[@thomasmills3934]

@@peterknutsen3070 literally no one cares what "p" the video is in...

[@clxwncrxwn]

Always trust friars who drink! Their vice is seen by all and is fine as along as they don’t get too fighty! 😂 better a friar who covets ale over coins.

[@chrisazure1624]

With only one meal a day, drinking probably abated the hunger with liquid calories.

[@thenorup]

I feel a disturbance in the Force, like a billion audio technicians crying out in pain.

[@rogersmith7396]

There was a fire in China at the plant. He should have used an Aldis Lamp. Maybe some Trim Jeans.

[@colinmackay92]

I'm just realizing now that I've never actually seen Lloyd eat anything before. Fascinating. It's nice to know that he's a mortal like the rest of us.

[@huggleton]

Well, he has to pretend to be mortal otherwise people will get suspicious…

[@colinmackay92]

@@huggleton hahaha quite right.

[@niels.brouwer]

Quite frankly, for a Lindybeige video, I'd say the more rambling the better, really.

[@ryhoorn9]

Oh boy that little "the smiths" gag had me slapping my knee, gorgeous one

[@gangstalker2552]

what is Lindy referencing there?

[@alisaurus4224]

@@gangstalker2552 i think he means the band, The Smiths?

[@gwtpictgwtpict4214]

@@alisaurus4224 Yup, specifically this track, kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipuzma2drcpmgpI

[@richardsinger01]

@@alisaurus4224 yes. Specifically the song “Heaven knows I’m miserable now”

[@P-Mouse]

if a Black-friar wore a tutu would it be black?

[@Traderjoe]

That restaurant owner is incredibly knowledgeable about the history of cooking! He would be a great interview for Max Miller, Tasting History

[@mirsh2541]

As a German, I'm always a bit jealous when I see how the Britons treat their medieval history and how it gets presented to the public at large. For example we have fully medieval-themed restaurants here too, but the ones I've seen so far don't even make any sort of attempt at actually being historical and instead serve pumpkin soup with potatoes in cheap earthenware, mead by the liters and obnoxious live entertainment. All the while selling it as "medieval flair". It just seems that in Britain the wider public who isn't directly involved with medieval history is still generally better informed about it and just gets less nonsense thrown at it. Maybe living history has a greater public presence too, but I can't properly judge that.

[@MatthewQuigley]

take a look at yt channel Geschichtsfenster

[@AverageAlien]

Germany is the absolute last place in Europe you want to visit for food

[@MatthewQuigley]

@@AverageAlien You have no idea what you’re talking about.

[@mirsh2541]

@@MatthewQuigley I've already been a viewer of that channel for quite a while and dabble in living history myself, Andrej does indeed make some good content over there. :)

[@steemlenn8797]

@@AverageAlien Said by an English?

[@fenham]

When I left Newcastle in the early 80s for Australia, Blackfriars had only just started it’s initial renovation. Essentially it was a very small cafe with most of the site still derelict as it had been for most of the time I spent in Newcastle prior to emigrating, I’ve not been back but it’s great to see it looking as good as it does

[@carolineleiden]

If only my history teacher had rambled like this 40 years ago I would have become one myself. I ramble like that when I try to explain things to my nieces and nephews, and they always ask for more stories.

[@rashkavar]

So...the Dominican Friars were practicing safe, on-land fish farming in the 1200s using artificially constructed ponds? And yet modern fish farming, at least here in British Columbia, home to many endangered species of wild Pacific salmon, uses offshore nets that are packed to the gills with Atlantic salmon and the parasites that live on them, one net break away from introducing an invasive species. Progress!

[@laurencefraser]

I'd imagine the type of fish is relevant (fresh water vs salt water). plus, of course, the matter of expense of construction at scale... which isn't at all to say that the modern version is Better, but there is logic to it.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

Well, salmon farming is partially on shore, because salmon have a mixed fresh and salt water life cycle, but they gain most of their mass (and therefore value) in slat water. There is some movement towards onshore recirculating systems in salmon farming, but it's a high buy in and maintenance, which is why many of the large companies aren't interested.

[@knzjvmatc-366]

@rashkvar In Tasmania we experience periodic net losses of pellet-fed Atlantic Salmon. Those that are not eaten by seals, other fish, or caught by recreational anglers usually starve to death within a couple of months because they do not know how to forage.

[@apalsnerg]

@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t Get the government to do it.

[@TheWampam]

The problem is, that salmon and other sea fish are seen as higher quality than the carp that usually came out of those ponds. Probably not that unreasonable as the water quality in those was not the best.

[@Eralen00]

England has such a deep history, its always a shame to see people who want to demolish everything old in favor of "economic growth"

[@jacobq.2204]

Well with how woke most of Europe is going, everything historical will be deemed racist, bigoted or backwards so that in time, it will all need to be torn down and forgotten in true leftist fashion.

[@SheepWaveMeByeBye]

I think it is nice to demolish old buildings, otherwise my comment won't be shown here.

[@numbers4851]

@@SheepWaveMeByeBye it depends on what the old building is. Indiscriminate destruction isn’t very nice. Some things aren’t warranted to be razed in the name of the march of progress.

[@ExplosiveBean1]

@@numbers4851 Yeah, such as the thousands of old English ships that ended up being scrapped or abandoned on distant shores, it isnt really important but It sure is interesting.

[@AnimalStomper]

it will all be forgotten one day

[@rogerborg]

I'm so early that Lloyd is rambling in 360p. This seems peculiarly apropos.

[@Milleneum]

Lindy will soon be founding his own order of Beige Friars.

[@MasterOfManyMuffins]

Rambling is a core part of your strategy!

[@rogersmith7396]

He is pandering to his base.

[@krustytoast]

Me and my wife got engaged here at their annual costumed medieval banquet. She was randomly chosen (secret planned!) to be the 'lady of the dance' by the minstrels and was asked up where I proposed. Amazing food, mead and memories. An unforgettable night!

[@thebritishempire8754]

Hello! I'm from Durham and it's nice to see people so passionate, such as yourself, up here. As always, great content. Cheers, Theo.

[@lc9072]

I was already full of dopamine just from the title

[@Usuoga]

Lindy, you may want to consider adding closed captions. Your voice comes through fine, but when you were interviewing Andy Hook he was frequently inaudible.

[@rogersmith7396]

Or learn sign language. Produce transcripts in Braille.

[@alichi101]

Had the same problem but discovered that the auto english captions worked remarkably well

[@thenameless3271]

Compressing and limiting the video audio would be great too! The scene transitions seem to suffer the most since the mic has been moved.

[@m.j.mahoney8905]

I think the lav mics were being a bit temperamental

[@hugo5918]

was just about to say that.. very bad sound quality in some parts

[@Player-lu5lw]

6:58 “Please sir Edward III we did a little trolling that’s all”

[@JuLiusAviL11]

Lloyd you're a Legend!! Cheers from South Texas 🍻

[@h.m.tolympic4669]

Rant videos are sick. Keep it up!

[@El_Chompo]

That building layout and hearing about "friars" really reminds me of the Redwall series.

[@cmdrtianyilin8107]

Yay! Lindy is back. It's great to see new video.

[@Ranger_Kevin]

Gotta be honest, when I first heard him talk about Dominicans arriving and opening a Friary, I understood it as "Fryery" and had the immage of a big Building with loads of boiling pot of oil where you could fry stuff :-D Very interesting history lesson, as always. I would have loved to have someone like Lloyd as a history teacher back in the day, then I would have probably loved that subject.

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

Before I watch(already liked) I just wanted to say...Lindybeige posts new vid. Now I can believe things are getting back to normal...the plague has left some wise men alive!

[@AndreasGassner]

The Germans called, we want our cooking back. Then the pope called, he wants his worldly riches back. Lastly, I called and I want to hear what is being said.

[@somethingelse4424]

*replies inaudibly*

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

"Hemlock: Frenchness." Coffee came out of my nose. Thank you!

[@TheFrozenMonkeyKing]

If you were to go through the trouble of re-rendering and re-uploading the video with no audio issues I'd absolutely watch the whole thing again!

[@brianknezevich9894]

I almost feel guilty for taking a day to watch this. Excellent video, as always. I actually particularly like the long format and rambling with multiple asides, it's how I think and talk, so it's natural for me to understand.

[@eelsemaj99]

What a great video to come out only days after my Graduation from Durham. Glad to see Giles sharing his knowledge with the world

[@naughtiusmaximus1811]

People like this man make me never regret visiting the pub.

[@the3nder1]

Loved this video. I love this kind of practical history where the people explaining it emphasize that these were real people.

[@crowseagull]

Yes! Like Ruth Goodman!

[@jonwashburn7999]

Thank you Lindybeige. I really do wish you had made that television program.

[@lukeaustin3081]

One of the best videos Lindy has done, thoroughly enjoyed.

[@aspidoscelis]

I'm enjoying the fact that you clearly had one mic, and traded which one of you got it one scene to the next. :-)

[@aspidoscelis]

The aggressively 1980s image quality is a mystery. It can't be accidental but it's not clear why it would be intentional.

[@rogersmith7396]

Spent too much on swords and armor.

[@lindybeige]

@@aspidoscelis 1980s was 4:3 aspect ratio, and 576 lines. This is 16:9 and 1920x1080.

[@aspidoscelis]

@@lindybeige But if they had had 16:9 & 1920 × 1080 in the 1980s, it would have looked like this. :-)

[@smakkacowtherealone]

A new video that's arrived just as I started binging the channel, nice

[@oliveanddingoportlandclown4632]

Mr. Beige you are a riot! Thanks for all the talks. :)

[@FaceEatingOwl]

Amazing video, warts and all. I'd love to see more medieval cookery and medicinal videos. Thanks Lloyd.

[@AverageAlien]

This guy makes some of the most rewatchable content on this site

[@danhunter5680]

Thanks for making this video. Love learning from you!! cant believe those people missed an awesome in person history lesson right next to you!

[@jardinestirling1916]

Awesome of that Black Friars Restaurant to give you so much enthusiastic cooperation. Great wee Video again Mr Beige.

[@FretboardToAsh]

Good video, interesting stuff. Would have loved the audio to be a bit more balanced, but it might not be easy to fix in post. The folks you interviewed were great on camera too, particularly the cook, he seems like he could probably carry a video on his own.

[@whippyjarge8788]

I wanted to voice this opinion on the audio myself but couldn't find the words to use that wouldnt make it sound too critical. Thank you for finding the correct words for me to upvote

[@Simon_Nonymous]

Yes as Whippy Jarge says, it wasn't spot on but we could hear all that was said. The cook was fab as you say.

[@dogwalker666]

This is why you use multiple microphones

[@omenarosvo]

Excellent video! I'm glad I watched this. Thank you

[@rogerlacaille3148]

Loved this,Lloyd!! Totally fascinating!!

[@JustAPenguinPlayingBlitz]

Dear Lloyd- just thank you - I always enjoy you videos, your knowledge, enthusiasm and humour so once again thank you 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🐧

[@carlcramer9269]

I have had a monastic meal in Normandy, with us secular types at one table and the monks on several tables around us. I was not informed that we were supposed to be silent, but learned that very quickly from some hrumphs. A monk was reading, I think in Latin. The food was very, very good. Not fancy, but everything felt like it was hand-made and of very high quality, and once I was hrumphed into silence, the experience was very nice.

[@Fray-Bentos]

Really enjoyed this Lindy.... I mean, I honestly enjoy nearly all of your stuff, but particularly the longer, more in depth videos. I know youtube pushes you for shorter videos, but I like to get comfy and absorb it all! Keep up the great work "shoulders back and get at them old boy"

[@janetmackinnon3411]

A delight as always! Thank you.

[@petervitale4431]

Hemlock was a curative for Frenchness. Very informative graphiques.

[@p0xus]

Didnt see this video when it came out, only found it when i checked Lloyd's channel. Glad i did. Great video.

[@skippysmom]

that smiths reference! and the unadulterated rambling! this is why we love you lloyd!

[@Ellooooeeh]

This is jsut what I needed this Friday thank you

[@LuxisAlukard]

Second Beige video in less then 10 days!? We are blessed!

[@miinyoo]

Despite the audio snafoo, this is brilliant! Always love to learn the mundane things about how people lived and what crazy rules there were in the varying cultures over the ages.

[@huntercj424]

Right when I felt like going on a lindy binge this come up. Epic

[@TheOldBlackShuckyDog]

Used to live next to the grey friars in Dunwich Suffolk, or the ruins there of. Always remember thinking it was pretty bloody big but that one in Newcastle takes the biscuit

[@branislavkocic3518]

I wanna watch more of cooking with Lindibeige!

[@mayoblaze9715]

I literally went fishing with my dad recently and only caught these stupid turtles who kept getting caught on the hooks. I turned to my father and claimed that I caught more fish then him by using the history of catholicism to clam that turtles are fish.

[@thenameless3271]

My third-cousin's great-aunt's brother's second-cousin once saw a pond, I think he's a fish as well.

[@johannesdekoning3765]

that "I'll turn the spit" at the end made me burst out laughing. Well done, another fun video. I did have to turn up the audio to levels that would, with any other content, cause some serious damage to my ears..

[@basteagui]

i love the part about the smiths being miserable. always great watching lindybeige!

[@joncripps]

Hurray another rambling! More please!

[@Adumb_]

Another Lindybeige banger.. and i'm only half way through.

[@vitorgomes6622]

As a Catholic i can afirm that the we just need to abstain fromeat in Fridays along the the year and during lent. If you want, you can add some day, like Wednesday. For the monks some, of then ate meat just on the resurrection day: every Sunday.

[@Zugh3]

Great subject, thank you!

[@rurrjh]

Thank you for the definitions of, and an explanation difference between baking and roasting

[@AssassinAgent]

Been a while since I've watched a video that hasn't been processed yet. The glorious 360p is back baby!

[@thothtahuti5509]

more, class content from the man, the myth, the legend.... Lloyd!

[@charlesentrekin140]

Someone has got to start reminding him to bring two Mike's.

[@Imthefake]

or even to mix the audio louder, even his is very low

[@rogersmith7396]

Hes applied to the government for a grant. The wheels move slowly.

[@hamishwoodland7424]

Lovely moment when Lloyd “washes” his hands and then looks around before wiping his hands on his trousers. Great little moment of mummery, love that.

[@ninether26]

None more important than Hemlock... for that damned dreaded scourge... THE FRENCHNESS.. I believe the Dominicans had prayers

[@mayasej]

Hey Lindy, chef's here. Thing is, chef are mysterious and we get power from our recipe so we don't write everything down, just the measurements, these days. /if you ever watch epicurious, for instance, where a home chef switch recipe with chef, it's a common problem for the home chef, these kinds of recipe where you need to know what's up in order to make sense of the measurements. You're amazing. Watch you since 2017. I watched everything. Good job at making me watch these long videos after work!

[@collinvickers2345]

I would love to learn more about ponds, leats, and how the friars raised fish on an industrial scale.

[@craigrobbins2463]

your guests/ tour guides(?) was amazing!

[@kathykuecker]

Wondrium. Indeed. Lindybeige is still the only content whose sponsor ads I actually watch.

[@justinwilliams7148]

Lindybeige cooking show is always welcome.

[@lukerundle1979]

Great video! I hope you enjoyed the Heaton festival - spotted you wandering past the main stage.

[@MINERAL-115]

Regarding the removal of the stone for new constructions, I've always understood that part of The Reclamation involved literal reclamation of materials used to construct superfluous catholic buildings; not demolished, but sections of the buildings literally being sold to stone merchants who would remove and use them elsewhere, rather than them being stolen as such. I live in Richmond, about an hour's drive from Newcastle and we've a friary ruin here as well, with a pretty much entirely intact tower; apparently the local powers that be were quite fond of the gothic styling of the tower and the longer single pieces of stone used to make up it's base were difficult to remove - it would have had to be deconstructed from the top down, which nobody wanted to spend time or money doing. As such, it was left to ruin and (this bit is conjecture) the local hospital next door to it adopted it's grounds to use as a public garden. "Friary Tower and Gardens" on TripAdvisor if you'd like to take a gander.

[@renngretsch]

11:56 I really respect Lindybiege going to the lengths of getting a monk's haircut for this video.

[@paulx7620]

Thanks LB ♥

[@Lamthesavender]

spectacularly educational ranting! bravo sir!

[@bentleycomputer2324]

Just commenting for the algorithm. Thanks Lloyd.

[@Magrior]

For any one interested in the history of cooking, I can heartily recomment "Tasting History with Max Miller". A lot of wonderful videos with topics from ancient Babylon to the menu of the Titanic. Also some recipes from the Forme of Cury. You can find the channel here: kzbin.info

[@filipberntsson6634]

Glad I'm not the only one who thought they should overlap in viewer-demo!

[@rexmundi3108]

Oh finally, A rambling video.

[@PropellerSteve]

Good stuff, thanks for sharing.

[@davekennedy6315]

Only you sir, can make such a very interesting video about a Friary and its history. Normally this would hold absolutely zero interest for my tiny, fairly fixed in its ways brain but with your narration it's an entirely different matter.

[@memkiii]

Another triumph of audio visual culinarial delights.

[@hic_tus]

yep, traditional roasting in sardinia is done like that, usually your uncle goes to the place quite early in the morning, builds the fire, put the pig on, and it's going to cook on average for 3 to 6 hours. that's proper roasting ;) and oh boy, that's good. i should add your aunt comes at noon with amazing ravioli, and that's super good too. :D

[@vincedibona4687]

@5:44 - younger ones won’t get that bit of gorgeous humour there, Nicklaus. Well done, huzzah!

[@nothankyouYouTube420]

Some people assume there's audio issues but really that guy just speaks really softly

[@vammamandmore4772]

I have learned so much in this film ,roast chicken is really baked,and what capers are the list keeps going thanks lloyd