A Regular Folks Supper 200 years Ago - March 1820

Turnips, Beef, Carrots & bread rolls. Maybe not so exotic compared to what you'd eat today. Only, it's prepared completely different.
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[@EarlyAmerican]

Well, unfortunately have to make this comment. A lot of new viewers coming by to watch this one. Hello everyone!!! Since you're new please note that I always post a photo copy of the actual, original recipe at the end of my videos so that you can see I followed the recipe exactly, for better or for worse. This is a historical cooking channel. I recreate dishes as they were written down 200+ years ago. Sometimes historical dishes suck! Sometimes they are amazing. But for better or for worse you came here to watch me prepare these accurate dishes. I am making this post because a lot (like 3/4) of new comments since this video went viral are from people telling me that I needed to add this seasoning and this and that and this but the problem is that then it would no longer be loyal to the actual original recipe which is why you all are here to begin with. I am not claiming that this food is good. Sometimes it isn't. A lot of the foods and seasonings that we take for granted today were very hard to get back then or were only seasonally available. Some are saying such things as, "they didn't have milk back then." "butter wasn't invented yet." "they had no garlic and onions yet." etc. despite it literally saying to use these things in the actual 200 year old book that I reference at the end. I cannot possibly reply to all of these comments. I only added what the original recipe said to add. Please take a look at that and thank you to all for watching and you take care!!

[@mochabearry]

I appreciate the authenticity.

[@brandirae99]

who the hell thinks butter and MILK weren’t ‘invented’ or found in 1820? milk has been used since AT LEAST 6,000yrs ago, but probably even longer. butter has been around for at least 9,000 years… Americans started using butter in 1607 by Jamestown colonists. google is free…

[@EarlyAmerican]

@@brandirae99 If I had a dollar for every person commenting that they, "didn't have metal back then" I'd be able to buy land today. I can't be too upset at these people. I guess that I'm more mad at their teachers who failed them terribly. Iron has been around since at least 3,500 B.C. and tin just as long. Yes, they had metal pots and pans and knives back then and had for a very, very, veryyyyy long time. If you were to go back in time and tell these folks then that they didn't have metal they'd think you were deranged as much as someone today would if you told them the same. It was such a normal part of their daily lives that it wasn't even questioned in fact iron pots were mandatory for survival even the very poor would have saved up to have at least one iron pot.

[@martasoltys9091]

Thank you for this amazing historical cooking channel. It's so interesting not just what they ate but how they cooked before. I like how you used a cloth for the rising of the dough. It drives me nuts in the modern videos when they use paper towels. What an unnecessary waste! We can learn from history.

[@Earth517MajinPhoenix]

U writing this is just giving energy to trolls. Thos that know respect what your doing and thos that don't clearly have a lot of growing to do and plenty of life yet experienced. Anything else in between is irrelevant and doesn't need validation for their claims.

[@MrBluegrouse]

Struck me watching this how quiet life must have been then. No music, television or video games playing in the background. No cars, airplanes, sirens, etc. No furnaces, refrigerators, water heaters, air conditions kicking on and off. Just the crackle of the fire, wind in the trees, birds and whatever kitchen noises you directly made.

[@orangeziggy348]

Same. Great hearing the birds while cooking.

[@chanfonseka8051]

What about farts and burps? I bet they haven't changed much.

[@elmerramalho7841]

Never thought of that. Interesting

[@stormdancer0]

I wouldn't mind this in the winter. but in the summer? With all those layers on? I would be miserable. I wear tank tops in the snow.

[@stevekirkby6570]

I moved to the Azores ... and the only sound here where am is birdsong and cows. Apart from when I start making a racket :) But yes, it sure changes so much and effects your mood and outlook tremendously. I think humanity has a bit of a problem.

[@dancompton1686]

I don't know what confuses me more. The fact that KZbin thinks I would like to watch a video of a nice lady cooking 200 year old meals with no sound other than the dishes clinking around, or the fact that they are absolutely correct.

[@jebidesse]

Same....I am straight up captivated and transported to that little house.

[@mikesabin8568]

How do we know she is nice?

[@jebidesse]

@@mikesabin8568 well, isn't it obvious? All that care and attention to making her meals doesn't come out of a heart that's anything shy of nice, lol, good point tho...got me thinking. 😊

[@mikesabin8568]

@@jebidesse its not obvious… Mean and bad people cook too… everyone needs to eat… She may be nice… but have you met her? If you haven’t, the answer is not “obvious”. Assuming someone is nice just because they cook slow is a logical fallacy

[@pulaski1]

Ironically I am unlikely to watch many of her videos precisely _because_ there is no audio commentary as I watch many videos while I am doing other things in the kitchen, garage, or office, so _having_ to watch the video for the subtitles is inconvenient for me. 😞

[@johnlennon8653]

Reminds me of going out to my grandparents farm in the 1960-70s. Everything was cooked on grandma's wood stove. Lots of time spent in the preparation, getting the oven to temp for the roast,potatoes peeled,but most of all was the love she put into it to feed us. Im 60 now, and those memories are as fresh now as if it were yesterday.

[@teresaholland4790]

Ditto 🥰

[@dan797]

Ditto

[@patbrennan6572]

You were very fortunate, all my grandparents passed when I was still an infant but my parents told me all about them.

[@OBXDewey]

Amen!

[@yankees29]

I grew up in the NYC area. I’m of Italian/irish descent. In the summer we would travel upstate to a house my grandpa had bought in the 1970’s. When we were there it was like going back in time. The house was a hunting lodge/inn in the 1800’s. We had a wood burning stove which we also used for heat. It was quite an adventure for me as a kid. I was obsessed with keeping the fire burning and warm.

[@charlesmiller6281]

May sound odd, but I am approaching retirement and finding this sort of simple living very appealing. I might do it from a RV instead of a cabin, but the idea of spending time gathering wood, building a fire and cooking like this, it just looks so totally satisfying. Rewarding, even. People talk about feeling connected. Well, here it is! Thanks a million!

[@Goodboy0953]

If Biden stays in office this what home cooking will look like!!!😂😂😂😂

[@truthseeker3967]

@@Goodboy0953 they are outlawing wood stoves too, from what I understand-- we will own nothing

[@Shannon_Robbie]

Nothing odd about it! You only have to look at the myriad videos on here where people are building their own cabins or opting to live in the country or even off-grid.

[@conformistbastard9842]

You'd do it three times and buy a microwave

[@gablan1468]

It doesn't sound odd at all. In fact, it is a step towards the right direction - more natural approach of living life. If I were you, I would go to a cheaper country and buy a house in the countryside.

[@tacticoolnurse8268]

If you've ever done this type of cooking, you understand why someone had to be at home. Maintaining a house was truly a full time job.

[@jonathanstein1783]

I'd be willing to bet lots of folks went without the beef.

[@JoseVargas-tr9kd]

Still is a full time job

[@greenghoul157]

It's much easier cooking now than it was back then most meals don't take that long because of ovens and stoves

[@melevan15]

Notice how when electricity came out the very 1st things that were electrified were all of the women's chores

[@barryallen6927]

Full time job being a housewife.

[@glowshine8102]

This makes us appreciate modern machines and gadgets Yet this way of cooking is more relaxing

[@Meneervdberg]

Yes and no

[@rubyhoward2085]

And satisfying.😊

[@andrewevans7992]

Fuck modern gadgets, this is real life.

[@Meneervdberg]

@@andrewevans7992 Well, I like the internet part, music and movies streaming, taking pictures and calling. But the rest? social media, mobile games and all those other nonsense, hell no. This platform was better, before the shorts and all that.

[@ccsmooth55]

You know its a true meal from the 1820s when the amount for one of the ingredients is "However much you can afford". I really felt that!

[@alaefarmestatesllc]

200 years later, we’re in the same boat.

[@darlingdeb7010]

@@alaefarmestatesllc I was going to say the exact same thing 🤣. I was watching this...looking wistfully at the beef...

[@theresaschuldt3915]

My mother was born in 1930 on a farm in central OK. She said that family did not have beef as a meal very often. Pork and chicken were their typical meat dishes. The family consisted of about eight children at one time, and two more children were added after the eldest two or three were gone. Children and grandchildren were bathed in a tub inside the kitchen and outside during the summer. I watched my grandmother make biscuits on a wood burning oven and stove. In the 1950s, my great grandparents continued to live in their 1910 farmhouse without electricity or running water. Clothes were washed on a gasoline powered washer outside the house. Though my grandparents and great grandparents had limited material comforts, my cousins, aunts and uncles remember a very happy life being on the farm and in the country with our very large family.

[@gailcroslin1647]

@@alaefarmestatesllc that's no joke!!

[@michellexoox9938]

😂😂 cheaper to rent a car now then buy beef 😂😂

[@GerynSloane]

one of the things I never really thought about is how skilled a person had to become at managing the hearth fire and using the coals in a variety of ways for cooking. Different utensils and cooking devices are fascinating too!

[@PamelaClare]

I can only imagine that burns were a real problem. I was trying to imagine a few little kids running around inside the cabin and seeing the potential for catastrophe there. I'd probably catch my skirts on fire.

[@vysharra]

@@PamelaClare same but luckily wool is naturally fire retardant!

[@VeroLandzaat]

I think they would think the same about all of our appliances with the buttons.. not to mention touch screen.. all the options.. confusing.

[@cleekmaker00]

She is deliberate and conscious in every step. Not a motion wasted, calm and methodical.

[@jedslather]

Most people today would die of hunger even if the raw materials was available.

[@to1620]

Not sure if this has been done yet on this channel, but I’d also love to see how a homesteader would have cleaned up after making such a meal. Heck, I’d love to see a “day in the life” sort of video, documenting everything. These videos are incredibly interesting, and visually stunning. Thank you for this amazing content!

[@love-light369]

It's a lot of work 😂

[@rebeccameltonatmarykay7407]

I was thinking the same thing!!

[@TheFrog767]

Yes very interesting

[@cynthianaylor9514]

You clean as you go, it took me a while to realize this when one day my sink full of dirty dishes was giving me disdainful looks.

[@wishicouldshowmyname5815]

Incredibly hard work. Even my mom's work with six kids in the sixties until the eighties, was unthinkable. Thank all mothers every day and even to today. They are amazing heroines.

[@egay86292]

everybody worked endless hours except the rich. and what would you rather do---work in your own kitchen cooking your own food your own way, or do whatever it took to induce whomever owned the means of production to supply that housekeeper with the hundreds of commodities needed to actually put a meal on the table---the groceries, the floor, the fire, the very table itself?

[@jadekinard3453]

Takes stay at home mom to a whole other level thats for sure! Can you imagine if your kid was like" i dont like this!"? An asswhippin for sure i would imagine! Or your little butt went to bed hungry!🤐✌💙💜

[@Veyronp87]

It’s funny how a fireplace is mostly decorative at this point but it was absolutely essential to survival back then. Warmth, light and cooking

[@fandoria09]

There were wood burning stoves during the 1800s. Very expensive, but they did exist.

[@bonnieupton4114]

I am amazed at house and how this fire place works for cooking.... I was a bit concerned that she might catch her dress on 🔥. Can you imagine having a toddler in there.

[@fandoria09]

@Bonnie Upton the sad fact is that has happened in our past history. If children weren't dying of an illness or from something gong wrong during birth or outside accidents, it was known to happen around the fireplace more often than you'd think.

[@johnnyadjourner8754]

Back then, kids obeyed parents.

[@sandraking9650]

And Johnny Adjourner

[@reverie6034]

My mom grew up on a wheat farm in Oklahoma in the 1930s. They lived very much like this. No electricity. Cooked over fire. Outhouses. My grandma used to crawl on top of the kitchen table to scrub the soot off the ceiling. I ate this exact meal millions of times growing up only everything including the carrots went in the roasting pan. I can hear my grandmother saying “just cover all that with water and put it in the oven”. I haven’t had turnips in ages…..Wow. Lovely video.

[@mooravity8140]

Wow, did she have to go through the dust bowl? I’m curious to hear more!

[@knogne5073]

Are turnips with butter good? Looked quite delicious

[@IndependantMind168]

@@knogne5073 I'm curious too.

[@BR-tm3tk]

So u were amish? Lmao

[@KJW742]

I grew up with my great grandma this reminds me of her

[@teresastuart1516]

I am 89 yrs now. We did well I think as my great grandmother and Great grandpa we had our Vegetable garden and we received some kind of stickers. I was born in Los Angeles California and my brother and I went to Schools. I do remember my grandma making cakes, pies and cookies. At night we had very dark covers for our windows and turned out the lights pretty early had a large radio and I remember sitting on the rug to listen to President Roosevelt. We could get lovely music and funny stories. God Bless our country always.❤😊

[@HarryCHAMBZ]

Underrated comment.

[@faby_baby]

Amazing! Also if you do not know, Jesus will fulfill you more than anything in this world, I speak from experience (from when i did Romans 10:9-13), he loves you and wants to be in a meaningful (not romantic) relationship with you. :) “that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭10‬:‭9‬-‭13‬ ‭KJV‬‬ “and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭1‬:‭15‬ ‭KJV‬‬ If you want proof that Jesus and the Bible are true look a documentary called “Ron Wyatt discoveries 2022” on KZbin and a KZbin channel called Expedition Bible. They both examine archeological sites and discoveries that prove the Bible, and even reference secular sources. (Just don’t convert to 7th day Adventism after watching the documentary) And lastly if you don’t know the gospel and want to be saved search up “abc’s of Salvation Teenmissions” on Google and it should be the first or second result. When you click on it read the whole thing, and do what it says and have faith in Jesus while you are doing it, do not doubt, and if it is hard for you to do what it says, ask Jesus to help you, have faith that he will, and *he will.* God Bless :)

[@nlm6183]

Wow, thats amazing. My parents moved us to the LA suburbs in the 70's and so much of it was still orange groves... i cant imagine what it must have been like decades before then. Good health and long life to you. :)

[@hawk1481]

Miss the old days

[@greggsteward2760]

Oh Teresa! I'm 68 and sure wish I had your memories! When young, I just never paid attention to exactly what my grandmother was doing to make our meals. Would love to experience that. Such love through cooking our meals. I envy you!

[@jackstarnes1753]

My wife and I love to sit and watch your videos together on Sunday afternoons, they are so relaxing and I know the amount of work it would take just to supply the food for these meals back in the day. My mother was born 1926 from a family of 12 kids and my grandfather was a farmer he built their house which still in Patrick South Carolina. I love the old ways what a great time to have lived

[@DJI1956]

Вы единственная на свете! Нет такого больше канала ! Не вздумайте сердится на неграмотных и необразованных людей! Они все равно есть в любом времени. Вас ценят за историческую достоверность и ваш труд. А еще вы очень симпатичная. Теперь когда я читаю старые романы я представляю вас! Спасибо вам большое за ваш труд!

[@myrtlebeachtv]

This meal is even more difficult to make than it already looks. Somebody had to chop the wood for the fire, make those special utensils for the fireplace, grow and pick the veggies, raise the animal and slaughter, milk the cow, churn the butter, etc. So much time and energy devoted just to survival. But likely a more meaningful and appreciated life than we experience now.

[@CIorox_BIeach]

When you don't have to leave the yard to go to work, it's amazing how much shit you can get done.

[@anthonycekic4509]

Chopping wood a months worth of wood can be spent in a day or two if you have enough wood nearby. The house could be built in a couple months depending on how big you want it and how many people you have. The cast iron would be the most expensive part, but could literally last several generations. You could have your grandma's Dutch oven or cast iron skillet. That being said, this would still be a hard life. Especially with nothing to really occupy your time with except work on the farm.

[@gregoriodecker2692]

Don't forget about water

[@myrtlebeachtv]

@@gregoriodecker2692 I actually thought about that right after posting. Yep, gotta have a fresh water source and go fetch it. Daily.

[@garvensman]

Not to mention collect and boil the water, unless you managed to have a well, which was a massive undertaking back then. The amount of time it would take to get to town to buy and sell things etc.

[@nancycurtis488]

PS: Almost all family/home cooks kept a sourdough pot going on their mantle or very top of the cast iron stove before the days of commercial yeast. It was one of their most prized and well cared for possessions. With your sourdough starter, you always had something to feed your family…if you had wheat flour, rye flour or cornmeal…even if it were only sourdough pancakes, or you used your starter to raise your cornbread. A mother usually gave each daughter a gift of some of her own sourdough starter when that girl married and set up housekeeping in her own home….an important gift.

[@fishnhomeylod462]

My aunt did this, well into the nineties. I miss her cooking…

[@jeannineklimt4549]

I have a sour dough pot. I have to confess I got the starter from King Arthur flour. Best waffles ever.

[@StaceyLovesBettyBoop]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing. I attempted to have sourdough once, but I don't think I did it right, but someday I think I will attempt again. I looooove sourdough bread. Yum!!!!

[@Mocoso7]

awwww

[@MuahahazZ]

Im glad times like these are over. Portraying a woman in a kitchen like this is demeaning and sexist. Im glad Trump is out of office or this dumb notion of women belong in a kitchen mentality would still be here today.

[@UrbanAlchemystic]

Me and my daughter are watching the video for a homework assignment of what early colonists ate in Early America and we're enjoying the video. It's giving me a little ASMR action and it's interesting to see how people cooked back in the day. She really utilized to the fireplace and everything around here. This wasn't the video she assigned we couldn't find it but I feel like this one is the best way to complete her assignment❤

[@kevinphilbrook2292]

That was cool to watch. The way she baked her bread was amazing. She literally made her own oven.

[@hazetiva]

Watching her prepare and cook the meal from scratch makes you appreciate what we have today. Plus, I commend all the women during that time. They were the backbone of the household! Sure the men worked the fields or whatever they did to support the family but the women worked just as hard and kept the family alive!

[@milosavakrstic154]

The saying goes "a man builds a house, and a woman makes it a home." pretty accurate

[@show_me_your_kitties]

God... all of you in comment section are spoiled! Stop feigning for our traditions cowards! Live it or be quiet! Spoiled! This is how we live day to day. We aren't zoo creatures!

[@milosavakrstic154]

@@show_me_your_kitties lmao calm the f down

[@mikez650]

Why don't you commend the men? Seriously this man woman thing is ridiculous. Men worked the fields or whatever... Really? We would all starve if women worked the fields. Go experience farm life because nobody on a farm is wasting time on man woman bs we all know our place and are too busy helping eachother instead of wasting time picking whom is more important.

[@kristinadk]

@@mikez650 lol I completely agree ..I hate when people mention that ...we work together, the end.

[@Fidi987]

I like the "beef, however much you can afford" part. That hits home again today for more and more people.

[@featheredcoyote5477]

I saw a man here in Indiana pick up a deer off the side of the road that had been there for at least 7 day's. I passed it every day going to work, so I know how long it had laid. The guy picking it up looked happy as can be. Some can't even afford the grocery store price, so they're resorting to road kill. Crazy world these day's....

[@sherlhoeppner2392]

I want her to bake an apple pie in that Dutch oven!

[@featheredcoyote5477]

@coogan8825 I'm just stating what I'd seen. Our small town of 2000 people isn't hiring at McDonald's which pays $11 hr. I know because my teenager works there.

[@featheredcoyote5477]

@coogan8825 you can say Trump screwed everything up, but I'm a believer that this has been going on waaaay before the orange man. Government is corrupt on both sides my friend.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@featheredcoyote5477 Ewww, unless you LIKE getting God knows what diseases. Deer meat is nasty af. Too.

[@JD..........]

Excellent addition showing dumping the compost outside! The creeky cabin door... Perfect ambience.

[@steigauffamily8542]

You're an excellent teacher. Its super easy to follow along. The camera angles and lighting are excellent. I love that you added no extraneous sounds. Thank you! And your cabin is beautiful!

[@EarlyAmerican]

Probably the hardest part about historical cooking (in my opinion at least) is working with yeast. The modern active dry yeast that you can buy in any store today works tremendously better, and is much more reliable than the typical homegrown yeast that households out on the frontier had. You'd have had to grow your own yeast at home if you wanted bread. You'd have grown yeast using dried peas, potatoes or from ale/beer. I find that homegrown yeast doesn't poof up breads and cakes as well as active dry yeast does. It will make the dough rise some but don't expect it to be compared to the miracles of modern innovation. Food was so different 200 years ago. Baking soda wasn't even invented either until the 1840s and baking powder in the 1850s. Before then eggs, pearlash, and homegrown yeasts were used to give more fluff to doughs.

[@james0000]

Yup, looked like some well rested barm... although, given the modern era might have simply been modern yeast allowed to sit for awhile. Modern yeast is great... until you want to grow more of it... and you wind up with a sourdough anyway, lol. More people need to make beers at home, if only for the yeast ;)

[@TheNoonie50]

I'm not sure how you make homegrown yeast, but I was wondering if the scalding temperature of the milk and butter killed the yeast? I thought yeast wasn't supposed to go into liquid above 110 degrees. Is it different with homegrown yeast? Just curious, I am a baker.

[@james0000]

@@TheNoonie50 1) I don't mean to answer in place of Early American, only in addition to, since this is simply KZbin. Yeast is all around. You don't exactly plant it like a seed, but pretty close. You can find yeast already growing on many things in an obvious fashion, but it really is all over already. All you have to do is give it a helping hand if you want it to thrive greater than the other fungi out there. It's just a single cell organism that wants to thrive and multiply by converting sugars and starches into CO2 and alcohols through it's natural digestive processes. The ratio depends on how much oxygen is available... the success depends on how well it can out-compete it's competitors. As a baker, I'm sure you have at least heard of 'starter' before... that's basically little more than a colony of 'good' yeasts... and it requires sustenance and pruning, or it will die within it's own waste products. Yeast is a fungi, like mushrooms (one name we give to the fruiting bodies). Yeast is different from other fungi because it is single-cell... it doesn't have differentiation... so no fruiting bodies to be purposefully collected in order to aid in it's propagation. Either way, you can 'grow' more yeast... the same way you prepare store bought yeast prior to making bread... feed it and give it a good and warm environment. If you were to 'condition' some of your yeast as normal.. then take some out prior to adding the flour... and put it in a continaer... add flour... and keep feeding it while pouring off any hooch that forms and perhaps splitting it as needed... you would be 'growing' more of that yeast. This doesn't work well with modern lab created yeast though as it's very specific and kind of fragile instead of being hardy. You would likely end up with wild yeasts taking over the container... a little at a time... entering each time you opened it. Sorry for the low-tech explanation, others could do better with more time, experience, vocabulary and education.

[@james0000]

@@TheNoonie50 Sorry, I missed half your question and still welcome every bit of input from others such as Early American. Quickly though... the temp that a yeast survives at, depends on the yeast, to some degree on the hardiness. I normally use a 115F mark for the high end instead of 110F... but the temp of any liquid added to a vessel can quickly change based on the ambient temp of the vessel and it's conductivity to heat... great insulators like glass will not chill added liquids as quickly as a metal container, for example. This is actually why I check the temp of the liquid IN my vessel instead of checking the temp prior to pouring the liquid in... plus after a moment, it will always be a bit cooler... more so if the vessel is highly conductive... even more so the larger it is. This obviously depends on the ambient or starting temp of the vessel/container.

[@terminallumbago6465]

I’m guessing many people made use of breads that could be made without yeast. Also wouldn’t you need to be careful with how much salt you use because it can kill the yeast?

[@Becomingjust_mama]

I’ve been so sick during my pregnancy and after countless trips to the hospital, medicines that fails to work in riding me of this horrible nausea and vomiting I HAVE TO TELL YOU WHILE WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS IM NO LONGER FEELING SICK I FEEL RELAXED AND YOU ACTUALY GIVE ME AN APPETITE. Please never stop making videos

[@Timmy1557]

@misternimbus2573 you bow kneel in front of trump

[@irishamericanpinupdoll]

Awe, prayers for you sister. Having delivered 6 (and miscarried a few) I completely understand. Sending you no-nausea vibes and prayers for a healthy baby and a healthy you!!❤❤❤❤

[@susancervantez3336]

But just imagine the women who were sick like you, doing this all day for months?? And then having a newborn or more children??? Insane!!! No wonder the lifespan was so short then. 😵‍💫

[@kayb2446]

Hope you feel better soon…

[@Timmy1557]

@@kayb2446 biden 2024 FDJT

[@Sues007]

People have it so easy today compared to then! This is a real learning experience. Thank you!

[@patriley9449]

Simply a wonderful video of how women cooked for their families two hundred years ago. As one who is learning to cook from scratch at the age of 72, I really appreciate how much effort went into cooking meals without the modern conveniences. You are doing a great job of showing both the amount of effort and the talent required to accomplish this task. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@greywebs1944]

Imagine Gordon Ramsay back in them days 🤣

[@JL42069]

the whole time you were cutting the turnips and carrots i was like “these would be perfect scraps for the chickens” and now i am so pleased that you showed us feeding time

[@k9six185]

Hog slops also

[@debibeaver8217]

I have chickens as well. I give them everything

[@knifemaker2472]

EXACTLY! Same here!

[@artistalisonwinfield-burns4455]

Yeah, me too. Chickens and the pigs.

[@MichelleVisageOnlyFans]

The chickens in the video weren't exactly crazy about it, though 😂🙈

[@Linda7647]

Beautiful meal. And I appreciate the only sounds we hear are the ones coming from the activity in the kitchen. The sound of the fire crackling calms me. These videos are great for my anxiety.

[@AudioGardenSlave123]

Truly so.

[@GoogleUser-kr6se]

"Don't breathe"

[@Linda7647]

@@coffeehigh420 Women are good at that, LOL

[@ashley595727]

Glad I’m not the only one….ASMR

[@angr3819]

The thing is it would have also been needed to be lit during hot summers.

[@sudhindrakopalle7071]

I love the attention to detail that went into this. The utensils, knives, fireplace, her dress - everything carefully chosen to represent the time that this was meant to be happening in. I have to compliment the lady on her most beautiful, almost sculpted pair of hands! :-)

[@triplanelover]

Every so often, when I am taking a break from everyday stresses, sit down and watch your videos...as a cook myself, I am smiling watching you prepare and cook; back in time, it is a great therapy for me !! thank you!!

[@Queen-Of-Hearts144]

Am I the only one that loves the all the sounds? From squishing the flour to cutting the turnips.☺️

[@kck9742]

Nope!

[@ladyhawthorne1]

No, I love it too!

[@GerynSloane]

a lot of ASMR goodness

[@leanneneville2431]

No, it’s very relaxing and calming, no tv blaring in the background😄

[@moonloversheila8238]

I especially love the fire crackling!

[@CmdrButtercake]

My grandma (now 90) lived in a little house like this in Australia when she was a girl - no electricity, cooking with a fire. Some of those things like the salt jar and scoop are so nostalgic since my grandparents still had some that had been passed down to them.

[@helencaverna]

You don’t need to go back that far, people still live like that these days

[@magesalmanac6424]

The little salt scoop was so cute ☺️

[@RedGottie]

I was raised by my great-grandparents until I was about 9. We didn’t have electricity or water for a long time. I remember pumping water from the well and fishing, shrimping and crabbing for our meat and cooking it over a wood burning stove. I’m pretty sure we ate possum and raccoon a few times.

[@MS-tc2fs]

Honestly this looks like places in modern day Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Mideast. Really no difference and they all have basically the same clothing.

[@colowyowatchman4420]

I was just hoping she'd show us those ankles..😍😍😍

[@MrFifadon1]

Everytime i peel root veg such as parsnips carrots etc i always bundle up the peelings in my hands and give it a good sniff and jist remind myself how grateful i am for these god given gifts plus they smell so good

[@deepheat1333]

Very nice video. You showed us how lived people 200 years ago. You are awesome.

[@Clean000]

Props to the camera man for going back in time to capture the moment

[@BRAVE4U]

@@Bigrobkerr it’s a joke Bob.

[@miriambertram2448]

@@Bigrobkerr actually it is a COMMON JOKE on this channel😃

[@Clean000]

@@Bigrobkerr Santa doesn’t exist bob donald

[@carlbaumeister3439]

If only I could afford a flux capacitor . . .

[@tashawnnabutler6244]

@@Bigrobkerr Are you serious? 😄

[@StewsChannel]

"Beef, however much you can afford" is just as relevant today as it was 200 years ago 😉 Great video by the way, very relaxing!

[@samuelhakansson6680]

What bothers me with videos/recipes like these is actually the liberal use of meat. That was not something regular folks ate for an everyday supper in those times. Maybe for christmas or other special occasions, but not for regular supper. Most of the food in those times, at least from what I gathered from history in college, were cheap carbohydrates in the form of root fruits, grain and (in coastal areas) occasionally some fish.

[@jamesbael6255]

Beef is the only food product that's cheaper now than pre pandemic

[@alavista4218]

@@samuelhakansson6680 you're wrong, that's why it bothers you.

[@samuelhakansson6680]

@@alavista4218 I'm not, you are.

[@AchillesWrath1]

Beef, it's what's for dinner.

[@aland.3728]

My trip to Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown settlement brought me here!!! 🫡 &❤️ from Maryland! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@captainkirk4011]

Thank you for sharing! Love this , so peaceful to watch

[@osborn.illustration]

Like visual ASMR! I loved it. I appreciate how there's NO talking in this video at all. Talking would break the illusion of really looking back in time. If the lady in the video broke the 4th wall or even made eye contact with the camera, this video would've lost some of it's charm. As it is, it feels very ... realistic. Very well done! It's like looking back in time on a working class evening at home in the 1820's. Subscribed!

[@danielleminerva4525]

Agree!

[@audwan4]

Im So glad you pointed that out!

[@funtongue]

Unintentional ASMR

[@osborn.illustration]

@@audwan4 Visual ASMR for history nerds! I love this channel :)

[@farticles04]

10:32

[@mscarolwas]

I can’t believe I watched this entire thing lol. It was actually very relaxing!

[@zamaz99]

That's what I thought! So calming. No talking, no music overlay, just kitchen noises. Ahhh.

[@leohino9211]

And also very enlightening.

[@jordans2177]

Same. I have ADHD and am honestly shocked I sat through it... but I did 😊

[@MelissaMisinco]

Same 😂😂😂

[@sarahcampassi]

Same! I accidentally clicked this and then 13 minutes later I’m still here 😂

[@mayhembeading3737]

This video popped up randomly in my feed and I'm in love with your channel. Thank you for keeping to the historical info as much as possible. We just bought a patch of grass on a windy hill in Wyoming and I intend to have a kitchen much like this, if possible. Thanks again.

[@HungryH1951]

Wonderful. Really enjoyed it. This is my 2nd viewing, viewed about a year ago as well. Everything looked good and one can imagine how it was cooking like this every day to feed the family. It was not an easy job for the woman of the house back in those days, but much appreciated by the family for sure. I really like your fireplace and the cooking implements, especially the Dutch oven.

[@carlitosway1330]

Watching this with my mom. She can recall living like this in the 50's in rural Mexico. Killing chickens, fetching water from the river, milking cows, etc... ...we love these videos!!

[@terefloresca8909]

😂 all we eat lol wtf 👀😭

[@The13thGoddessAries]

5th gen Floridian. Our parents used washboards, lived in the woods, and caught, killed, cleaned, and cooked everything they ate 💯💯. They built their own homes as well. My mom talks about the chicken running around with its head cut off or the neck snapped 👀😩💀. I was born in 1984 and grew up cleaning and gutting animals right here in Florida USA

[@dawg1157]

River water?...Yum!!

[@sodera4ever]

@@athenaa1999 What? It is obvious that they have to kill them, if not what would they have to eat?

[@athenaa1999]

@@sodera4ever it's the use of the word killing instead of using slaughtering... I just found it funny nothing personal

[@jojomakes]

I love how she "preheated" the pot over the coals to make the biscuits the way we would preheat our ovens when baking.

[@diggydude5229]

That pot is called a Dutch oven. Now we know why it's called an oven.

[@evvieelmore]

i mean, try baking biscuits with constantly rising temperature. it's not going to cook very evenly!

[@dwayne3870]

@@evvieelmore i

[@derrick9245]

@@diggydude5229 i learned what a Dutch oven was the hard way.

[@Johnpaulthesecond]

Cast iron takes a while to heat up, but once it is it retains heat very well. It actually does require a preheat.

[@greywebs1944]

The crackling of the fire that's home, I would love that sound whilst preparing food 😊

[@theatlantafisherman6913]

Amazing to see how things have changed. Food like this for regular people is now expensive and regularly sold in restaurants for much much more. Look at horses and cars as well. Back in the day only the rich had cars and the poor had horses, now only the rich have horses and the poor have cars. Amazing to think about really.

[@shaynahunt642]

I was an interpreter at a living history museum similar to this (homesteads from 1840-1900) and it was very peaceful- animal sounds, children, farm sounds, fire sounds, house sounds, dishes, weather. But so much hard work!!!

[@sunilkumar3025]

Wow, that would have been so amazing experience. I must say you are lucky to experience

[@ibelieveinjesuschrist8911]

i'm sure her family was happy for all that hard work. may have given her joy and peace to do it... people have lost their way in this day and age....

[@brianticas7671]

Lol children got treated different back then. They were treated as adults.

[@dkuhlman2282]

Obesity probably not an “epidemic “ back then either.

[@tiaraandtaylor1994]

cute

[@Dreadnought16]

I will say it was very calming watching her prepare that food….so quiet.

[@mry5892]

A very soothing watch. Thank you.

[@aprilkoning4501]

6:56 I was just talking with my sister and some friends about how important the apron was even to my grandmother only 50 years ago… it was a pot holder, duster, egg collector, vegetable harvesting device and many more useful purposes as well as gathering the scrap to take to the chickens… as well as keeping the dress clean… 😉

[@ritayprice3510]

The History of 'APRONS' I don't think our kids know what an apron is. The principle use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had a few. It was also because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and aprons used less material. But along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven. It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and ...on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears. From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven. When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.. And when the weather was cold, Grandma wrapped it around her arms. Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove. Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron. From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls. In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees. When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men folk knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner. It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes. Send this to those who would know (and love) the story about Grandma's aprons. REMEMBER: Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw. They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron. I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron - but love...❤

[@MrsEyes512]

Also came in handy for drying tears off children's faces. 😊❤

[@suzanna5764]

My grandma yes yes

[@mangot589]

50 years ago?🤣 come on. You’re remembering something that wasn’t. I’m 60. Yeah. We didn’t have NEARLY as many things as now, but come on. We had mainly everything we have now. Just not as many (that we really don’t need). But. I always use an apron. Why get your clothes dirty🤷‍♀️. Btw, my mother never used one. She was at work with computers.😉

[@AmyJHM2001]

I love how you gave the scraps to the chickens! The first 8 years of my life I grew up on a farm and we had chickens and I remember giving all of our our scraps to them. I still think to myself every time I peel and cut veggies and especially when I cut up watermelon, ooh I gotta go give them to the chickens, haha. I remember the chickens especially loving watermelon rinds. Good memories. Thanks for another great video!!

[@BigHead2615]

That was my favorite part. It's funny (to me), but 200 years or so later, there's obviously been many, many changes, but if you are someone that has any kind of "livestock" animals, be it chickens, ducks, goats, pigs or what have you, you can still give them scraps. I've had goats for the past 11 years, and they absolutely LOVE vegetable and fruit scraps!

[@Churdington]

In a time like the early 1800's, you wouldn't want to waste anything. Feeding the scraps to your livestock means that the scraps will eventually become food for you again, through harvesting whatever from the livestock, be it eggs or meat or etc.

[@markrobie4693]

I agree. I have to say though, that chickens must have been different 200 yrs ago. Mine won't touch peelings of root vegetables. The pigs however...

[@kachi2782]

Do you also remember the chicken being slaughtered . I mean you make is sound all bucolic and champetre but for the animals it never was, was it ?

[@kachi2782]

@@Churdington Harvesting, call it slaughter.

[@JohnSchneidersWildLife]

This is such a graceful video to watch. Simple, quiet, and peaceful. This was such a different life.

[@michaelsoto8269]

So fascinating. The progression of food prep!

[@ericdavis3046]

I like how she handles every single thing with such care, even reverence. Gives the sense that the things they used were vital to their survival, unlike today’s cheap throwaway items bought at Walmart.

[@prospectorsoils1240]

Execpt for a knife. That was some of the scariest knife handling skills I've ever seen.

[@tomsonfire3740]

FYI it wasn't filmed 200 years a go.

[@shanaesmith112]

​@@prospectorsoils1240😂

[@prospectorsoils1240]

@@tomsonfire3740exactly 200 years ago it was much more exceptable to cut or mame yourself. Try to follow along with basic knife safety “always cut away from yourself”. My retard friend always says “remember to cut towards your friends and not your self”. I guess he is really scary in hunting camp.

[@funnatopia704]

You say that, even though I bet you wouldn't survive in that era for long.

[@stephanieyee9784]

I'm glad this modern woman has access to clean water for her recipes. Living in the countryside and possibly having access to a clean source of water would have been wonderful. Unlike living in towns and cities where water would have been polluted and unpotable. I love that the meal is made from scratch using utensils of the day and it was really interesting to see how the fireplace was utilised. Raking the coals out onto the hearthstones for baking the bread. It makes sense but seeing just how important the fireplace was to the people of the past is great.

[@parkerblacl8876]

Im sure she just used tap water or store bought lol

[@itsyourboyyy]

@@parkerblacl8876 no stores no plumbing

[@bjtterf3ck110]

I think they dug wells. I'm a country gal raised in the hills of NC. We have well water to this Day here.

[@evvieelmore]

and nowadays, realtors and sellers are closing those fireplaces off to sell as a modern home!!! it's a shame. i was afraid of the oven as a kid, i didn't understand the concept of it getting hot without fire. so i would cook stuff like biscuits and carrots in the fireplace to learn. hell, the first grilled cheese i ever made was perfectly grilled in my fireplace!

[@upd0g1]

Yee yee

[@judywhaley5092]

I am surprised to see yeast being added to hot milk. I would have thought the heat would have killed the yeast. Yes, I have used warm water (milk) but definitely not hot. Interesting!

[@keonawelch9782]

This was so lovely and relaxing to watch. Thank you. ❤

[@ncr4007]

Several hours to cool to be eaten in 5 minutes. Cooking would have been such a thankless tasks back then. No electricity when it was dark. I’m very happy to have been in this century.

[@MarieAntoinetteandherlittlesis]

Same. Saw a guy in here like- how nice it would be to have a wife like that. While it’s cool to watch, this was literally half the day, and the other half was nursing/ taking care of kids and animals. It was hard and thankless, and I am glad to have my modern kitchen. Imagine having time every day to make a 3 hour meal!

[@bucketofmilk3679]

@@MarieAntoinetteandherlittlesis I don't see how that's hard my family meals take like 4 hours to make

[@davidmonk649]

It wasn't thankless. The male equivalent to this is working all day in a field or hunting. Both men and women back than were incredibly greatfull to have and please each other. They were partners who needed each other and that wouldn't have worked without love and gratitude that went both ways.

[@daqtheduck6296]

I mean, they could literally just boil potatoes with meat over a big roaring fire. That shouldn't take too much effort although it's a pretty heartless and tasteless meal lol

[@Khaled-wb5qf]

For a 21st century girl who relies on junk food, snacks and packed, genetically- modified food, this is a typical answer ...you can screenshot this to decorate your tik tok shit posts

[@thepurpleenigma]

This was wonderful to watch. The moment I saw you gather up the carrot peelings into your dress I thought “she’s going to feed that to the chickens!” 😊- this was something we used to do when we had chickens and turkeys… nothing wasted! And their Eggs always tasted so good.

[@irenesalgado7147]

Wow loved the video. I remember my grandmother cooking turnips when I was a little girl. I have not eaten any since then. I am 85 years old. I love cooking with cast iron. I inherited my mother and grandmother's cast-iron, hand juice squeeze, rolling pin & Comal to cook my flour tortillas. I am Hispanic. Love your show. Brings back memories

[@ginnieboyd637]

I totally enjoyed watching this video.

[@estebanmiguel6019]

In the current madness that we are experiencing, who else out there has a deep yearning for a simpler and more primitive life? This is coming from a guy who lives in the backwoods of Arkansas, built my own house and hunts/catches/grows a good portion of what we eat.

[@Mthompsonwv]

More props to ya man, but no, not at all lol. Looks extremely boring.

[@MichaelSmith-fm5ln]

Yes sir. And I think it is God nudging me.

[@estebanmiguel6019]

@@MichaelSmith-fm5ln We had to escape the madness of Southern California years ago after I got out of the military. Moved to central Louisiana, then to here in Arkansas. I think you can see God much more clearly when you live a simple life out in the country.

[@shar3066]

Living that life, mostly. The silence is beautiful and I can choose myself ...do i wants the bird song today or the radio??? That's part of the beauty. I can make that choice

[@lifeinlimbo2186]

This is a beautiful thing.

[@foreverlv311]

The quiet and crackle of that fire sure sounds good to me. I appreciate being quiet now I'm older and love my own company much more than when I was younger. These vids bring me peace, love it. ❤

[@GenLeeConcepts]

Honestly, the lady looks amazing. Her expressions of both sweetness as well as firm determination for the task at hand is kind of spooky-as if we rally are peering back 200+ years. As I've researched history since I was 16, naturally there are a few things newbies need to understand. First off, that beautifully white/powdered flour is not what they would've had available to them. And you don't even wanna know how modern day flour is "bleached. In any case, there were few grist/grain mills that far back, but they were most important to everybody within a given region. The grains could be ground down, but mostly, they were rather rough in nautre. The good news was that many such grains were high in gluttons and some could rise without much addition of yeasts. Further, for 1820, this was a family of means as conveniently having a cow available for milk-let alone for slaughter-was rare. And within 50 years of our species arriving in any given region, the brunt of wildlife was either wiped out/eaten or driven off to distant lands. In Winter, few greens would grow back east, although a root cellar could help for stockpiling numerous crops with a decent lifespan. Pumpkins were such a crop. Of course, salt was also an extremely limited commodity-at least in many regions-and could be the difference between eating something tasteless and something almost tolerable. I was wondering what she would do with the scraps after trimming veggies. The way she rolled up her apron was most clever. So they had a few chickens, but no pigs. Back then, wild hogs were still rather plentiful, but they were also a nasty bunch if you tried to catch one. Their meat was of a different color, but nevertheless could fill an empty stomach. the part with root crops was well played. Turnips and carrots really could hang through a harsh winter, filled with snow and the like. And rabbits could be trapped as they would attack/try to eat such crops. Nature was rarely a friend to the early day settlers. More over, you either caught/killed/and ate it or it would eat any of your scraps leaving you with nothing. The one good thing was hibernation of bears in winter. That meant it was likely some deer could be found-usually a special occasion-up on the catch. Alas, the early day settlers were a hearty bunch and they literally earned every bite of food they had...Great show!!! rl

[@eleanorwittering3126]

1:59 So excited! From watching this I realized why I quit making yeast bread and biscuits! It's such a hassle to clean up (as I age/live in more congested spaces): 'the wooden dough bowl (always made yeast bread & biscuits on the counter). The answer is to "confine it to a "wooden dough bowl!" And any good cook knows how to keep that 'clean without having to "scrub it clean" every time!

[@coreywigal5435]

The most impressive piece to this video for me is appreciation of fire management. That’s tough! But I love the serenity associated with how quiet things are there

[@featheredcoyote5477]

We heat 100% with wood in northern Indiana. I will agree, the management of wood and coals as well as how and where to place them, definitely made me smile. Not to much, not to little. Perfect!

[@sherlhoeppner2392]

How did the women ever be able to cook like this w/ babes in the house?! Not able to put one on your hip as you are cooking!

[@MetaSiren]

Apparently, it's a rare ability nowadays because I'm the only one among my family and friends that can and I'm always asked to start and keep the fire. At least I'm always warm.

[@jeremiahcastro9700]

We have life way too easy...thank God for videos like these...makes you appreciate your ancestors a whole lot more

[@itzakpoelzig330]

Honestly, this looks easier than many people's lives now. She didn't have to sit in rush hour traffic breathing in car exhaust, she didn't have to put on makeup or flat-iron her hair for some "workplace standards", if she had any bills at all it was probably just rent, she doesn't have to take her car to the gas station or garage, she doesn't have to check her email four times a day, she doesn't have to listen to her neighbors fighting and decide if she needs to call the cops, she doesn't have to deal with a boss or coworkers or customers, she doesn't have to clock in or out, she doesn't have to answer a phone or respond to dozens of texts, she probably only goes grocery shopping once or twice a month since she's producing most of her own food, she doesn't have to call maintenance people when stuff breaks down because it's all fixable by hand, she doesn't have to sit and listen to some quarterly performance review by someone who doesn't know a damn thing about her or her job.... I may be projecting a bit. But honestly, this quiet homey lifestyle looks so good to me.

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

@@itzakpoelzig330 I agree with you. More people need to watch Little House on the Prairie to get a feel for how simple things could be back then, but you had a different set of problems as well. You either earned your keep, or you died. People nowadays don't understand how anything works.

[@georgemartin5980]

@@itzakpoelzig330 There's a part of me that wishes most of us could be employed with a simple life of subsistence and community, but still have the tech that actually improves life like medicine and defends our country. But the system is set up for all of us to be spenders, and the first question most people would ask about my idea is "who gonna pay for it?" not "would the benefits be worth it?"

[@SB-lp7yj]

@@itzakpoelzig330 why don’t you just be a housewife then?

[@itzakpoelzig330]

@@SB-lp7yj Great idea, thanks!

[@jaimegilmore1180]

I get mesmerized watching this!! It’s amazing!!

[@dsmith56]

Hi, thank you for sharing and doing the work. It was nice to watch. I am most impressed by the know-how you displayed when cooking the different parts of the meal. For instance, boiling the turnips and beef at the right temperature. When I saw that pot, I immediately said if it were me, the water would have dried out time and time again with the pot being so understandably small. I can say the same for the others in that the temperature had to be just right.

[@Pachadaddy]

I love how the chickens are all like “Lady! We don’t want your scraps!”

[@TeekayGee1]

They must’ve been thinking “here she goes making another video again” 🤣

[@pranavjosep2119]

Chickens nowadays are so spoiled! I bet 1820s chickens would have been much more grateful for those scraps!

[@romanr.301]

@@pranavjosep2119 Considering how chickens have been commercialized and now billions spend their days in industrial farms almost never seeing sunlight, I’m inclined to disagree that chickens today are more spoiled.

[@depsodak]

I’m a photographer and saw a dozen great shots that could be paintings in your video. Great use of the light. Well done. Wish I could photograph something like that. It was almost like watching a Johannes Vermeer come to life :)

[@Basketbottoms]

My family descended from Bohemia. and though they had a gas stove, my grandmother made everything from stump. They owned a truck crop farm and worked the water haul seining and oystering in the winter months. I can still taste the food, which was a lot of things like pork, sauerkraut potato dumplings, cabbage, turnips and sausages. We also had the luck of striped bass, trout perch and crabs and oysters. They raised 4 children in a house with about 750 sq ft. When my grandmom took sick my grandfather had running water put in the house, but never did have a bathroom. He would get mad because people teased him about having the money enough to build a new home but so tight, he wouldn't even have a bathroom. It's the life I always led, and it was fine, why should I change now he`d say. Bathrooms are for lazy people, and who wants to crap right in the house, lol? The thing I remember though was the harmony we all had to pull together to pick crops when needed to, the women would cook and socialize, laugh and enjoy each other's company, the men would all talk about work or politics or some yarn to spin, us kids were made to play if raining to stay on the porch, it was stuffed, it was cramped, but it was love, and Id give anything to go back there if just one hour, to feel they type of harmony we all lived....

[@maandren]

Your childhood sounds so wonderful. Thank you for sharing that!

[@gurubhaikhalsa9337]

😭OMG sounds sooo wonderful

[@clairegelson9094]

I've just recently found these videos, they are so relaxing to watch! ❤

[@k.m.2629]

This was just so pleasant to watch. I love that there's no music or speaking, just the gentle kitchen sounds. I felt entranced.

[@annyoung1579]

Not a word spoken but this video speaks volumes !! A feast for the eyes and ears !!

[@Lattes4Ever]

Thank you for posting this! It is fascinating!

[@stardust949]

What an art---knowing by experience how much fire or coals to use for a variety of cooking! Whether roasting, baking, or boiling. Wow!

[@malachi_is_here4935]

I'm watching this thinking about how much smarter and resourceful they were with how they worked with what they had and could afford. It's so cool to me watching this kind of stuff.

[@wolfpack9958]

Agree

[@magesalmanac6424]

Yes, but even today people are savvy about food, cooking meals in bulk or using coupons, Grow whatever you can at home, etc… people today still know these things

[@tterb1979]

Many still do this, my family is from other nations and still use natural resources and cook with home grown vegetables

[@KevinJohnson-jc9ju]

💯 it's history folks give and forgive why try to remove it

[@carlitosway1330]

Umm, yeah, but I don't think they had much choice. There were no Piggly Wigglys around.

[@danielbohorquez2419]

When I thought I had seen everything on KZbin then I ran into this channel! I’m trying to find the words to describe what I felt within the first video. It’s just beautiful, peaceful, relaxing, moving, lovely; It’s overwhelming to see how wonderful is to be living in this era and being able to take a look back in time in such a beautiful way! I love you guys! I love your channel!

[@tiaraandtaylor1994]

cute

[@billbombshiggy9254]

Check out James Townsend and son. Stuff just like this.

[@s.w.7328]

What a kind compliment 😊 I also suggest LiXiQi ❤️

[@danielbohorquez2419]

@@s.w.7328 Thank you very much!

[@ms.annthrope415]

You're looking backwards with rose tinged glasses. Housework wqs back breaking and time consuming. Doing thr laundry took hours of boiling water, adding lye, mashing th3 clothes and agitating it. Then rinsing and hanging out to dry. Go chop some wood and tell me how wonderful it is, especially in subfreezing New England winters. Try to take a bath in freezing cold water. Go boil it up. Haul buckets of water in from the pump. Heat up the water. Scrub yourself with harsh chemical home made soap. The father would get the first bath, the reuse the water by thr mother, then reuse thr water by thr kids in descending order. You can imagine how scummy the water got by the time it got to the 3rd kid. Not like walking I to the shower at home and just turn ing in and getting hot water and nice scented soap and shampoo.

[@rainer1980]

I was fascinated by the beef, and turnip soup. It seems there are versions of it that even go back to Medieval times unsurprisingly. I never would have thought of giving the leftover peeled vegetable skins to chickens, but you can also use some of them to make fabric dyes. Especially carrots, onion peel, and beets ect.

[@americandevo]

When I was 4 my family visited my father's parents in their home in Sparta Greece for 4 weeks in the spring for the Easter Holiday. The home had no plumbing, no electricity and no stove. My grandmother cooked in front of a very large open harth fireplace and she made amazing food!

[@realdeal7074]

Love this, it made me laugh when she gave the scraps to the animals and they walked off like "no thank you" 😄🤦🏽‍♀️ I love the fireplace and what they used for cooking, very clever

[@abidingonthestraightandnar5330]

😅yes I laughed too I was like...the nerve of them being so picky 😅

[@realdeal7074]

@Naomie-O what's your problem?

[@kinghenry7888]

Chickens absolutely hate 🥕 and turnips. At least mine do. Mine love spaghetti and pork.

[@congresssux9766]

@@kinghenry7888 My chickens eat carrots.

[@forkrunner2313]

Same thing happened to me when I offered potato chips to a street dog in Tijuana. “No. Thank you’”

[@marsolie8349]

My sister and her husband do rendezvouses that involve reenactments of life in the 1800s. At their campsite no one is allowed to have anything that isn’t a replica or isn’t an authentic piece from of 1800’s. She can cook just about anything over an open fire. The experience is quite an adventure.

[@jessicamartin787]

Not allowed, seems controlling.

[@DavidWvu]

@@jessicamartin787 It's for a reenactment. Of course there are rules and guidelines for those who want to participate. Rules for people like you.

[@somepeoplecanthandlethetruth]

@@jessicamartin787you are not invited.

[@whyllowfilms]

@@jessicamartin787 Just let people be happy buddy

[@jessicamartin787]

@@somepeoplecanthandlethetruth trust me, I'm good on that.

[@norman9076]

Your recipes are very interesting. I remember my old mother telling me that they only had salt, a little pepper and the onions that grew in their garden for seasoning. They were very poor living way up in the mountains. And this is 100 years ago so sure people living 200 yrs ago didmt have all that we have today. Love your videos. Please keep up the good work. Thank you.

[@glenchatelain3067]

Excellent job. The precise manner in which you prepared the meal is impressive. Baking, boiling and brasing all for one meal. I respect the tradition and can see how that helped shape today's techniques.

[@johnsantos1827]

I like to see stuff like this...always wondered how our ancestors got through their daily lives 😊

[@ArmyJames]

Probably better than we do, now.

[@tomtheyankee3646]

Ancestors lol😂

[@rickwyant]

They died before they reached 40 or 50

[@aiwithbri]

Boil. All. Food.

[@mffuniverse3806]

@@rickwyant then you wouldn’t likely be here likely due to high mortality rates, so false

[@littlehummingbird1015]

At her yearly Thanksgiving meals, my Aunt Betty made us children eat at least ONE bite of the mashed turnips that were on the 'menu' (none of us liked them)"because it's tradition!"....seeing the mashed turnips brought back some good ole' memories. I am 78..so it was a long time ago.

[@soxpeewee]

Man I love mashed turnips

[@boots8998]

I have tried turnips and I couldn't eat them. I mean if I absolutely had nothing else to eat I would but. I feel they are something you would have to be use to eating.

[@geofjones9]

I like to make a combination of white turnips and carrots boiled together in bite size pieces. drain, a little butter and some mint for garnish. It's a nice change from the rich dishes on a holiday table, colorful and very tasty! My aunt used to make mashed rutabagas for Thanksgiving. I didn't like them but had to eat them. Very strong flavor. Years later I figured out that she was not peeling them deeply enough, gave a very sour, bitter taste.

[@show_me_your_kitties]

None of you liked them? What spoiled brats you must have been. As a child I gobbled them down.

[@Niliav]

@@show_me_your_kitties they were probably poorly seasoned and boiled to hell.

[@brknnphx]

I love watching the different ways women cooked:) thank you

[@tnwhiskey68]

Very cool experience! Thanks for sharing the skills you've honed!

[@sandywebster5667]

My mom was a child in the depression. They did not waste food. There was little too be had. To peel a carrot or potato was wasting food. To scrape one, was exactly that. you use the blade to scrape it only skin deep. She taught me well about scraping root veggies. It kind of looks like sawdust when you are done. :-)

[@cynajoy433]

I was thinking the same. Just scrape them lightly with the blade edge of a knife. Almost no waste.

[@heatherjunker967]

Vegetable broth can be made with the peelings.

[@beckygriggs7827]

My mother use the whole carrot, except the stems, cleaned them well with a scrub brush, we liked them with skin on, she was a great depression child as well. My grandmother taught her well to be waste not want not so to speak

[@ibrsc300]

@@beckygriggs7827 I just asked a similar question before reading yours. I agree that carrots are better just scrubbing them instead of peeling them. The chickens might disagree.

[@james0000]

@@beckygriggs7827 shoot... I STILL don't peel my roots. I see no reason to waste it in any way... the only time I peel anything is if I do it intentionally to create 'waste' to go into stock. That's it. I acknowledge that I'm a little odd, but washing most (not all) of the dirt (which is nutritious) off is good enough for me. If it's not gritty, I'm happy. Every bit of veggie waste throughout the week has two options here... into my mouth as it is, or into the stock bag in the freezer... same for egg shells/etc. After it simmers for a couple of days... then and only then is it fit for composting. Bones might get one last processing into powder, any chunks left from that can compost.

[@gillhall2777]

I remember my nan's Cottage and she preparing a meal in the same way on an open fire this was so relaxing to watch brought back a lot of good memories

[@rajinderkaur3149]

God bless you interesting your videos lots of love from lndia Punjab1

[@marykopydlowski4654]

I am sick sinus infection today. So thank goodness for your channels to watch. Today is January 24th I think. I just watched your talking about our wedding day. I think its an honor to watch your life and fun. Thank you,, i do get ideas and learn.

[@stevenm6592]

Great looking home cooked meal. I remember my great grandmother cooking close to this. She said she didn't like the smell of the propane stove. She had a fireplace similar to this in her kitchen. Her and my great granddad lived simple up until the passed in their 90's. This was in the 1960's. They had a 40-acer farm they lived on till they passed.

[@TheJerrydon575]

I have my great, great, great grandma's hand-written recipes that my family still use today during holidays. The food is amazing in its simplicity and flavor. I will send you a screen shot of one!

[@ClaireJ4]

Damn, what a great treasure

[@patrickpotter488]

I wish you would publish them.

[@lucendamatjeke8705]

I intend to be one of those grandmothers that leave hand-written recipes. 😍

[@logandoles6859]

I love that you said, “however much beef you can afford”. While I’m sure you said it because that’s how it was for our ancestors back then it rings so true in our current times.

[@poppykok5]

Hi Logan...It certainly does ring very true in our current times...My vegetable beef soup is now plain vegetable soup without meat & a marrow bone...I'm glad that at least I have a small appetite...

[@anamerican8399]

I love everything about this video: the food, plates, pots, handling of the fireplace and its life-giving coals and how she’s able to expand outward from it because the stones in its construction extend outwards… using the coals on top of the cast iron dutch ovens, feeding the chickens the scraps, the simple and believable dress of this savvy Lady. . . I feel I was taken on a trip back in time. Thank you.

[@CrazedPerformanceRepair]

I feel a lot of us are going to be headed back to these simpler times with whats happening on the world stage. May just be a good thing though. Back then family values where everything and I'd argue society was much happier.

[@iidifferentworlds]

Yes the kitchenware is so pretty! I'd happily have a kitchen full of things like the jug and plate she used. Even that little salt pot and utensil was adorable.

[@rickilynnwolfe8357]

Wow you are an amazing woman ! Women today think we have it hard watching you making theses dishes of 200 years ago showing us all the prep work that goes into a dish not to mention having to wait for the coals to heat to make these dishes and many didn’t have seasonings back them . Also a-lot of us woman would have went hungry and our family’s to having to do all that work . Great that you gave the scraps to the chickens nothing went to waist Thank you for sharing I found this video soothing and enjoyed it the food looks wonderful . I’m a new subscriber to your channel God bless and your home is beautiful 🙏

[@PaulScowen]

Coming home to this would make being out at work all hours much more bearable