A Working Class Supper in 1820s America - Winter

An indian meal pudding (an early version of cornbread), sausages with red cabbage and broiled potatoes. Economical yet hearty food to get one through labor through the worst of Missouri's winters. It's early February in the Missouri Territory.
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[@EarlyAmerican]

Baked Indian Meal Pudding 2 cups of whole milk Just under 1.5 cups of cornmeal 3 eggs 1/4 cup of molasses A heaping tablespoon of softened butter Bring your milk to a boil, stirring frequently so that the bottom does not burn. As soon as it is boiling remove from your heat and slowly add in your cornmeal a bit at a time stirring all along. Do not add it all in at once. Separately whisk together your eggs then add your eggs like you did your cornmeal, a bit at a time while stirring quickly. Add your molasses and butter to this batter. Pour into a baking pan. If your pan tends to stick rub butter on it. Bake in a 300 degree oven for 2 hours. Stewed Red Cabbage & Sausages 1 small red cabbage or half of a large one Salt Pepper A teaspoon of butter Smoked sausages Vinegar, preferably apple cyder vinegar In a hot pan place your butter. Once it has melted add your sausages, either cut up or whole depending on your preference. Stir frequently until the sausages have curled up some and have parted with their drippings. Remove the done sausages from your pan and set aside. Wash and cut up your cabbage thin. Place into the same skillet with the sausage drippings. Cook until the cabbage has become soft and has lost a great quantity of its size. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add 1/4 -1/2 cup of vinegar depending on your quantity of cabbage. Stir well and cook for 3 minutes further. Serve your sausages and cabbage together. To Broil Potatoes Boil your potatoes, skin on, for 10 minutes for a small potato the size of a fist and 13 minutes for one that is any larger. Remove from your water and place on a grill set to medium heat. Turn your potatoes at least once every 5 minutes. Cook until the skin on your potatoes have shriveled and they feel soft to the touch, which can take anywhere from 10-30 minutes depending on their size and the strength of your heat. Serve with salt and butter if desired.

[@1digitalwatcher697]

Wonderful dear you are an angel !!

[@crossbowsniper]

I WILL be using these recipes as a cowboy action shooter!! Thank you so very very much. I do appreciate you guys bringing this portion to life for me so I can go and use that knowledge. Y’all rock…from this here Tennessee chap!

[@evelyngomez3303]

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[@raraavis7782]

That red cabbage recipe sounds really good. Red cabbage is a popular traditional dish in Germany and I'm always eager, to try new recipes.

[@raraavis7782]

@@308dad8 Did you use the recommended 1/4-1/2 cup of vinegar? That's much more, them I usually add.

[@Thrive910]

Props to the cameraman who went back in time to bring us this footage.

[@awnaur0no919]

REJECT MODERNITY. RETURN 2 INDIAN MEAL PUDDING.

[@jeffboyer2747]

🤣

[@yorkshire3939]

😂

[@kept2839]

I mean did you see how fast cameramen run? I wouldn't be surprised if he ran so far and so quickly backwards that he went back in time, and that's how he achieved getting this footage.

[@josephbutler7189]

That's funny.

[@avrevs]

In an age of constant noise, this gives one reflection on how quiet life would have been in those times, or even now, living in the wilderness. We are overly inundated with noise at all times now.

[@fiandrhi]

Yes. This made me wonder what this woman would be thinking as she occupied herself with this complex task. Maybe the latest novel she was reading?

[@mr.joshuah1412]

@@fiandrhi More so taking pride in her cooking and how much her family might like it.

[@angelmunoz465]

I just moved to a major city one year ago from a small town and I can already not stand the constant noise. Sirens, cars honking, airplanes flying by. It messes with my mental health for sure lol

[@lionheart4529]

@@angelmunoz465 that's what you get. Lol.

[@danielm3670]

There's too much noise pollution and it needs to stop.

[@remaguire]

I love videos like these. Both my parents were born and raised in rural Ireland. My father born in 1907; mother in 1914. They grew up in an Ireland that barely exists anymore. They had hearths like yours, etc. In fact, your home reminds me a lot of the examples of cottages I've visited in Ireland over the years. Well, in the late 70s, my aunt Julia, my father's sister, came to visit us. This was her first and only time in America. I grew up in a village named Sleepy Hollow (yes, THAT Sleepy Hollow) just north of NYC and a very historic area it is. Settled by the Dutch in the 17th century, there are a couple of homes which have been restored to their original state. As part of her stay, we decided to bring her to one just north of my town. The tour of the house was to start in the kitchen where a docent in 17th/18th century period dress was waiting for us. Immediately after walking into the kitchen, my very extroverted aunt (she was renowned in her town as a "woman who didn't run away from a conversation!") flitted around the room naming off ALL the items in the kitchen. We were all gobsmacked, but none more than the docent who exclaimed "How do you know what all these things are?!" "Ah, sure! I was using most of them just last week!" I have a feeling she would have been the same in your kitchen! I look forward to seeing more of your very enjoyable videos and thinking of my wonderful aunt as I do.

[@MsComeBackKid1980]

I got so invested in this story. Hoping ur auntie is still in good health and spirits 💕

[@emd5095]

Me too & I know Sleepy Hollow well!

[@remaguire]

@@MsComeBackKid1980 Thank you for the kind wishes, Elesha. Julia passed away in the mid 90s. She's with the angels now. She really was an incredible woman. I still miss her.

[@ericfelds6291]

That is so cool they lived in Sleepy Hollow during that period of time!!!!!

[@karen3602]

How interesting Robert! You must have tons of stories to tell that we’re handed down by your family. Thanks for sharing

[@jessicawayman5496]

After watching a bunch of these videos I think one of the most pleasing aspects (aside from the quiet, and only natural sounds) is the absolute lack of even one bit of plastic. Everything is simply more beautiful when made of natural materials. Fight me on this. I get so sick of looking at plastic all over the place (and I’m currently in the Philippines where it’s used more than anywhere else I’ve lived). One of my future goals is to replace all of our plastic housewares with bamboo, wood, stoneware, and metal items that will last and look beautiful for decades to come. I wish we’d saved more of my grandparent’s things that we used to use all the time in the eighties. Antique bowls, egg beater, meat grinder, wooden spoons, colander … so many lovely items with stories to tell in their paint and patina. 🥰

[@jenameagher5712]

1,000%! Nailed it.

[@mariansmith7694]

Looks wonderful. I have new respect for my grandmother who raised 10 children. Most of their lives, they cooked on a fire. Back breaking work. I have 3 pieces of her cast iron. They were hardy people, strong and hard working. I was one of the younger of 32 +/- grandchildren. Her grandfather was a grown man during Civil War. Really, only a short time ago. You are historians and understand this fact. We are a very young nation. Thank you for your work as teachers. Living history is a wonderful way to teach.

[@pennyelliot5658]

I loved this video...many times I've saw my granny cook on an open hearth for her family! This brings back precious memories of that

[@craftingontheporchwithbill]

@@pennyelliot5658 Just the thought of all that work bent over and kneeling has me wincing. As people turned my age, the adjustments in their lives that would be required.

[@pennyelliot5658]

@@craftingontheporchwithbill i agree...granny did this for many years out of necessity mostly, she never complained but I know cooking like that and other hard chores took a toll on her health, even though she live to be 98 she was a tired little lady.

[@FK-we1dp]

What a better time it was. Now our people are taught to hate their ancestors because our country is run by vile anti-white gremlins.

[@Ronnie86753]

@@FK-we1dp anti-white?? Wth is wrong with you?? It’s 2022 and the world is versatile and not 1-shaded you racist ah. (And ps, I’m white)

[@bjsmith1393]

There's a part of me that finds this wholesome, and then there's the part of me that remembers these times were not easy. What we see here is likely more fun and relaxing than reality was at the time. We dream of a simpler time, but we also need to be careful what we wish for.

[@fishtailfuture]

Little House on the Prairie is a good representation of what it was like around then.

[@jennypotts2008]

💯

[@tpfang56]

It reminds me of playing Red Dead Redemption 2. Yeah there’s a lot of death in that game, but I spent a lot of it wandering around and appreciating nature. The peacefulness and simplicity felt great from a distance, but those times were brutal and no way I would want to actually live in them.

[@carlahabeck4051]

It does appear that she was jjust comming back from the market. Foods didnt come from stores as you might expect. Not even the potatoes. Likely didn't have any chickens laying much then either. Good example of cooking on an open fire though.

[@EarlyAmerican]

@@carlahabeck4051 Carla there were food markets and there had been food markets for at least 3,000 years by this point.

[@demethiaodom6837]

I honestly love watching these. Makes me appreciate my ancestors more.

[@ShelbyFarrow]

Me too.

[@ramencurry6672]

I’ve cooked a rabbit out in a small fire pit with no metal grill to feel how people did it 10,000 years ago.

[@typicalasian2730]

Native americans are dead

[@RoBert-on1kb]

@@ramencurry6672 there were no people 10.000 years ago because the earth is only 6000 years old

[@sharcam2010]

HAHAHA wish i could say the same for me...WAIT, let me go and watch Roots.

[@glorialautzenhiser5140]

The pepper grinder was invented by Peugeot of France in 1842. Earlier versions of pepper mills were based on a mortar and pestle design. The pepper grinder allowed for a less labor intensive way to crack the peppercorns.

[@briannawagner842]

out of curiosity, are you saying they wouldn't have had it as portrayed in this video?

[@TheGeekMonster]

This is so relaxing and wholesome to watch! I like that you don't include music or voice over. It's just the sounds that one would hear if they were sitting nearby while this woman prepared her meal.

[@whiteyfisk9769]

This video is raycist because it didnt include rap or a POC

[@EasyOnYT]

Agreed... leaving out audio makes this bettter.

[@terinamike]

Totally agree. Slower life. Different priorities.

[@albertafarmer8638]

I couldn't agree more with you!

[@obscurelyvague]

Did people use those kinds of forks to eat pie with back then?

[@billharrison4531]

The things we take for granted...walking miles to the store..now a car..cooking in a fireplace ..now a stove..Things were simpler back then but never easy..Thanks fot another great video

[@cster9261]

No matter how much technology advances are standards will just increase……

[@LouisianaBlackwaterFlyFishing]

this is why the world is today, people cant feed themselves without walmart, food stamps, and 90% can't grow a tomato to save their lives :(

[@robinlillian9471]

I don't think she would have been going to the store every day in those times. Cornmeal, potatoes, cabbage, and sausages should have been available in bulk amounts in people's larders, smokehouses, and/or root cellars.

[@patriciakrakowiak1442]

I live in Chicago and have never owned a car. If the weather is good I also walk the 30 minutes to my grocery store and back. Not everyone needs a car.

[@richyoung4051]

@@LouisianaBlackwaterFlyFishing i want to have a garden so damn bad but i csnt afford a house. im in a damn apartment with no land at all. its too much money to own a home now or any property its so depressing. this apartment is expensive enough. a home? its damn near impossible

[@Deenan24]

For months I've been wanting a quieter, simpler lifestyle... dreaming of it. Then today, I stumbled on this video and felt calm and at ease, and subscribed immediately. Thank you!

[@timothyeades5707]

Just wanted to say how glad I found your channel! I’m from Australia and have always been fascinated by 19th century America and you both portray it so well! I’ve always had trouble sleeping, but your videos really help me relax and switch off, imagining myself in a little log cabin like that in 1820s. Thanks so much, keep it up!! 😊😊

[@Anna_Stetik]

This is so relaxing. No unnecessary chatter, just making dinner. The sounds of the ceramic, iron, and wood meeting each other made me sleepy. It also feels like way more care went into meals than today when everything is take out or microwaved.

[@americandevo]

I remember my Yiaya cooking this way in Greece when I was a little girl. The house had no gas, electric or running water. Man could she turn out some amazing meals!

[@el7dian]

Really? My mother often talks to me about how my grandmother used to cook or iron etc without having these modern day. necessities. I. Greek too btw

[@americandevo]

@@el7dian When Yiaya came to the states she was amazed that American women balked about their "toil" as wives and mothers.

[@whoareyoutoaccuseme]

@@americandevo you're neglecting the fact that American women also have to live up to ridiculous beauty standards, and work outside the home, in addition to rearing any offspring and maintaining the home. They also might have active social lives. That's not usually true of what it was like for women in rural Greece.

[@turnovertheleaf5505]

I miss my Yaya and Pappo!! 😭

[@turnovertheleaf5505]

@violet_blume Not back then . Women wanted more "freedom " - and independence spawns more work. Today , it takes two incomes to live tho

[@graylongman9901]

I have extreme anxiety and have felt really bad all week. But these videos calm me down. They quiet my mind and make me feel at peace. I don’t know why they do. But I just wanted to say thank you for this odd paradise you have created.

[@rufsil7340]

The calming effect comes from the way we are designed to function. It's from the primal essence of our interactions with Nature that engages all our senses. That era was within a sweet spot in our evolution where the creature comforts of the time required a lot more interaction and physical input than we need to put in today. That exertion made us experience life more graphically not just then but even now as our primal selves relive those experiences by simply watching the video. Notice how little 'disposable' anything was used back then, groceries wrapped in paper and no plastic bags or the wasteful clutter of today. That calming effect from this video reminds us of what it was like to live in harmony with Nature

[@ryanrawlings3863]

@@rufsil7340 man i have to say you have to be correct. asmr has really came out the last couple years ... .. your comment is spot on

[@michaelsabados3829]

I used to have extreme anxiety & stress until I found Jesus. Knowing that Jesus died for you & He forgives all of our sin if we repent & feel remorseful (He looks at what we’ve done no longer) & if we accept Him, there is no worry of death - there IS an afterlife, is the most calming thing I can think of.

[@leahnewyork]

I hope by now that you have already found your way to the wonderful KZbin world of ASMR. Good for what ails you (and me!). Agreed that this lovely, implausibly calm scene (unless there really are only two adults in the household) does the trick. Cheers!

[@annekeyoungs5752]

I so agree with you. Watching it has a very calming influence…….

[@janetnewsome6891]

I love watching you cook. You are so calm and look like you really enjoy what you're doing. It is amazing how food was prepared with a fireplace as stove and oven. Such ingenuity our ancestors had.

[@patton303]

When my grandmother passed in 2019, my mother gave me the old family receipts and many recipes. Some dating back to when my family came to New Amsterdam (Now NYC) in the 1670’s. Many are carbon copies made in the 1900’s but most are original. They settled in northern New Jersey and were farmers and tradesmen. There’s recipes for Ginitoes, Sack Posset, Carp Pye and all kinds of sausage and fish meals. The Dutch lived closely with the English so you can see how many recipes are cross blended in style. There’s even one called “baked cherry pudding in the Italian fashion”. My ancestors certainly loved to cook. Fascinating stuff.

[@imahick5723]

You have a treasure that would be snapped up by collectors and I think the New York historical society!

[@user-yz5fh1nd2z]

Hopefully you would create a website to make those treasures public so we can try to copy.

[@carolmelancon]

Oh, my! My cousin and I would dearly love to see the recipes, etc. My ancestors came to New Amsterdam in 1654 and lived in Flatbush, NY and later Bergen, NJ.

[@marinarassin4231]

When is ur yt channel up , Im already in 😍🤩😋😋Just say when

[@constitutionalrepublic1966]

Trademark anything you publish, because those recipes will be stolen and published under someone else’s copyright, and you will have no recourse. Create a trademarked book and make money. I definitely would buy one.

[@alexsdb9712]

Your videos are pure art, but also a historic lesson. A reminder, a tribute, a lesson. They are also soothing and a joy to watch. Thank you for your wonderful videos, your goals, your sacrifices and all of your effort. ❤

[@samkennedy5554]

Do they live like this? Or is this just for the vlog and to show history?

[@iwant2pantsyou]

@@samkennedy5554 I wonder this as well.

[@cactiideluxe186]

In the midst of all the negativity fed to us by the media daily, your vids are a comfort and a breath of fresh air :) I always feel so at peace watching you guys. ❤

[@AmyAndThePup]

As a blind person, I want to thank you for listing the recipes! This was peaceful, but hard to watch because there was so little talking. From looking at your other video titles, I gather this is what most of them are like. It makes me happy for the sighted world, but sad, because I'll be a little lost. Reading comments helps. I enjoy hearing other people's experiences and thoughts while watching. :) I might just start collecting recipes and trying them out...

[@DerlChur]

I am in awe for your determination ,do not let adversity stop you no matter what! best of luck to you and happy holidays

[@snazzy19]

Ashamed to say that I'd never thought of this problem before. There are often subtitles for hearing impaired, but visual descriptions that you could enable woulbe brilliant. Is that a thing already?

[@helpisonthewaytutoring4259]

@@snazzy19 Yes this is why people suggest writing a visual description when posting a picture to social media. Then those with limited or no vision can use accessibility settings to have them read.

[@donnaharris4420]

I had just commented on the quiet and the sounds (spoons scarping the bowl) I never considered how a commentary would be beneficial for someone who is blind.

[@melaniesmith1313]

I am helping my daughter gather nineteenth century style cooking utensils for her to use. She has been very much inspired by this channel and Townsend's. These videos are wonderful.

[@angelsolitaire6456]

We need to appreciate our ancestors coz they do a lot of hard things just to travel like walking miles, cooking with just using fireplace with no gadgets to cook faster like what we have. Imagine to wait for hours just to cook a meal or bake . Another great video to learn and love the recipe.

[@trina7274]

So so true!! My grandma was born in 1916…. She had no electricity until 1945 and then after that, no refrigerators or “modern” appliances until the mid 1950’s…. Her life was very much like this on her farm. When I was born in 1969, my grandma was still using her wood stove as that’s all she knew, she used it clear up until her death in 2005 and that’s what I learned to cook on. Wonderful, wonderful memories 💕❤️🙏🏼 But she used to tell me that she would get up at 3:45AM to milk the cows and also to cook my grandpa and the farm hands breakfast…. By the time she was done with cleaning up breakfast it was time to start lunch…. Immediately after cleaning up after lunch it was time to start dinner and go out for the evening milking of the cows again. Just non stop work. God bless them, they worked so hard, just to eat… let alone the non stop chores on the farm and we also haven’t even touched on the rearing of the children. I would love the simple life back then, we all would. But it had its own stresses and problems…the lack of modern medicine and the like would be so terrible…the non stop stress on their bodies was hard too…. I think that’s why people looked so old back then, when they were really quite young (my age, 52 for example)…. Because they had already worked themselves to death by that age (if they were lucky enough to reach that age)…. Much respect to all of our ancestors whom worked so very hard to get us here. We appreciate you 💕❤️🙏🏼💕❤️🙏🏼 it hasn’t gone unnoticed 💕❤️🙏🏼💕❤️🙏🏼

[@rustydog1236]

And they could spell!

[@carolesmith4864]

@@rustydog1236 Not necessarily. They sometimes spelled it as it sounded.

[@FK-we1dp]

so proud of our white european ancestors and I spit in the face of the people who try to demonize our people. We have much to be proud of, and nothing to be ashamed of in the context of world history.

[@hellogoodbye3957]

I love that you indented your paragraphs!! ❤😁

[@Sunflowerbaby]

This Channel is amazing I stumbled upon it and it’s like my dreams and questions have been answered. I always wondered what it was like cooking in those times but like an actual scenery and you guys bring that to us!. It’s amazing. Thank You.

[@s.greasey7654]

Food is so much better cooked like this.

[@applepiebetty]

I went to the "Point Defiance" settlers festival they hold in Tacoma once a year and it was so much fun. Your like ghost walking from sight to sight as they discussed the times then, cooked in cabins and outside campsites, interacted with the kids, friends, and family.... The night we went it was foggy and the smoke settling in the pine trees from the campfires took you right back to that time. Politics were discussed with some fervor, and music from the instruments of the time was played with dances while fur trading going on at the general store. It was the only REAL out of body experience I have ever had, and I'm 71. I didn't think it was going to be that good, but it most certainly was as did all the rest of the family of mid- adult to young adults, and their kids from tots to older teens. I will remember that night and smile for the rest of my life.

[@ileanamalave8282]

How sweet, this comment is wholesome 💖

[@AmyAndThePup]

I would love to experience something like that. I'm blind, which means only having the sounds to go off is hard, because there's so much more going on than I can take in with my ears alone. But something like what you described, now that would be a full sensory experience. Smells, feel, sound, taste even, perhaps. Thank you for sharing this memory!

[@u.s.militia7682]

This meal reminds me of my Memaw’s cooking. Even the platter. Her parents came from Germany in the late 1800’s. She eventually married another German immigrant. His name was Fred Bonn and her name was Elsie Bloemer. I grew up on great food. The ripchen mit kraut was the best. I miss her cooking.

[@LindaCasey]

You've really mastered the art of 18th century fireplace cooking .. bravo (love the dress)

[@christopherfreeman1340]

Fire place cooking is kindergarten simple as outdoor cooking is least for some of us not on the lower end of the I.Q. totem pole.

[@thehalalreviewer]

@@christopherfreeman1340 😂 That was unnecessarily rude.

[@doloresreynolds8145]

IQ has little to do with what one has experience at vs what one has NO experience at. IQ has to do with whether you can learn, and how easily. Some of us on the higher end of the IQ scale know that being diplomatic is the best way to educate others. We also know that, in the world of totem poles, being near the bottom is a greater honor than being at the top. Didja learn something there? 😉

[@bwghall1]

we were still cooking like that in the 1940s uk

[@nette49]

@@christopherfreeman1340 dang....... not everyone cooks outdoors. Not everyone cooks on gas stoves.... not everyone has a fireplace. Your grammar is atrocious and your comments are crude.

[@jennifershipp2599]

I love the sound of the fresh food being cut on the cutting board. The veggies sound so crisp.

[@EMbosliceN777]

Jennifer of you like this you might also enjoy a channel called village life. It's a few Indian women that cook fresh veggies and things for their village. I love it because of the sound of the vegetables being cut, especially the onions! I use to fall sleep sometimes. Anyways, just a suggestion!

[@ericfelds6291]

I love this channel so much, you two are potentially the cutest couple I’ve ever seen. I love your guys dedication to historical authenticity, really does feel like going back in time, these vids are so relaxing.

[@jbruno595]

This popped up as a recommendation and I absolutely love it. The crunch of the snow on your boots, the elegant outfit, the crackling fire, the culinary expertise. This is just wonderful. I immediately subscribed.

[@innerbeauty9441]

Took the words right out my mouth

[@larapalma3744]

But how would you cope if you were a slob? And there must have been some or how do you explain me? Lol

[@melinda6024]

I real life the lady would have been wearing a cloak with a hood on it and an added drape about the shoulders;it would have been made of wool. back then, everything would have been linen, wool, or linsey-woolsy, a combo of the two.

[@Cattletime543]

me too!!!

[@CaroBbH]

Elegant? Lol

[@thepooldork6719]

My great grandmother used to make meals like this for us, just with modern comforts. She was born in 1912 and kept the same dining room table for 70 years. Thanks for keeping tradition alive!

[@lenol0315]

That’s why people are so unhealthy and have no patience nowadays they wanna go to the store and get their disgusting processed food and eat it as quick as possible

[@peace4528]

@@lenol0315 our grandmother's never had been in a hurry

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

@@lenol0315 that's because we have to work so much just to make ends meet!

[@brianburns7211]

I love watching you cook. My mother is the casserole queen, but the old style cooking like yours reminds me of things that my grandmother made.

[@MovieMakingMan]

Love the video. And the meal looked delicious. It reminded me of my Dad’s family. His parents had a 160 acre farm and they never needed to leave their land to live. My grandmother had 12 children and made meals for all of them in a kitchen 6 feet wide and 10 feet long. There was only enough room to walk through to the back door. She used a wood burning stove and they had no running water. To get water they used mules to pull a wooded sleigh to a large pond and back. No indoor plumbing either. They had a three hole outhouse. The house only had 2 bedrooms so I have no idea how everyone slept. My dad said they used ‘pee cans’ by their beds because going outside was often too cold to relieve themselves. A lot of people romanticize the past but very few people today would, or could, give up the countless modern conveniences. If they were forced to live like people did just two generations earlier most wouldn’t make it. Great job producing this wonderful program!

[@MovieMakingMan]

Did you have a lot of siblings? Our family almost moved to Grants Pass. I love the Pacific Northwest.

[@rudolfschenker]

A very German immigrant meal. Imagine a time when preparing dinner was so much work. After you've just tended the garden, the animals, the kids, the rest of the house, washed everyone's clothes by hand, kept the fire stoked all day even in the summer, etc. Mom had some strong arms in those days.

[@basbleupeaunoire]

The children, especially daughters, would have helped all the way through. Still exhausting, I'm sure.

[@martamariotto1181]

I thought the opposite. Imagine if supper had taken so much work. Then how did they find the time? But there was no NEED to make it so complicated. Once you've cooked some corn in the water.... or boiled a couple of potatoes... you could just eat them as they are..... no need to elaborate, that's optional and makes it much more unhealthy also. I don't know about America. But a working class family in Italy at the time would not afford to have so many ingredients on the table at once. A whole family survived on simple meals. A pear, or some plums... a bowl of milk and bread.... a slice of polenta... or a slice of bread.... whatever they could afford and could find.... we were very poor

[@rudolfschenker]

@@martamariotto1181 Exactly, that's why so many Italian dishes are wonderful with just a few ingredients, that is the magic of Italian food. Here in the US, the Great Depression (right before WW2) was probably the last era we ever experienced widespread societal poverty and hunger, although it was worse in some regions than others. But it is incredible that Italian history knows so many more centuries of poverty, hunger, famine, and government instability, and like you say, it still reflects in the way Italian people cook and eat today. What Americans think of as "eating simply" is probably something totally different...

[@martamariotto1181]

@@rudolfschenker Yes. That's why the SAD came to be overthere. When we ate too little in Italy, there would be epidemics of malnutrition related diseases. Nowadays in all the Western world eberybody suffers with diseases related to an EXCESS of food and especially of the WRONG infustrial food. Some people stick with the tradition still but corporations have managed to enter almost every house... just like big pharma.

[@That.Lady.withtheYarn]

I've been trying to reach myself how to make bread. My arm was tired. Yikes.

[@patriciakrakowiak1442]

I'm Polish American and we also cook saukraut with sausage and mushrooms, it's so good. It's called Bigos or Hunters Stew and is one of our most famous/ popular dishes. We eat it with rye bread or potatoes. We use purple cabbage as a cold salad side dish or eaten warm.

[@chrysiarose]

I have an old book from the early 70s that was my mom's - A Good Housekeeping book for the first home microwaves. My father was an electrician and he loved all things new. The book is full of recipes but my mom was not much of a cook. The one recipe she did make, and I love, is a purple cabbage and apple dish made for the microwave. I would love to try your dish, it sounds delicious!

[@suzanneframpton4782]

What a cozy nook

[@mariekatherine5238]

You’re making my mouth water! 😋

[@anniewright3612]

Sauerkraut is dehydrated raw white cabbage in salted water or vinegar in a mason jar. You can also cook the sauerkraut. The process can be the same for purple cabbage but its called rotkraut.

[@huskyfaninmass1042]

Shouldn't you call saurkraut "kapusta?"

[@Simplebadger27]

This is so fascinating. I never really considered what the cooking process would actually have been like before stoves and ovens. Seeing how many things needed to be done for this meal, now I wonder how big lavish meals for the wealthy might have been cooked.

[@margomazzeo1680]

Cooked by many servants.

[@sharronpettis384]

With lots of help 😂

[@nyrockchicxx]

Sometimes you can see that on Downtown Abbey when they do the storyline of the servants.

[@Daniel-mw7pu]

They had a full kitchen staff but it was also absurdly stupid. You’ll notice that rich fare never survives because it’s purely a novelty, whereas poor food practically becomes a cultural icon.

[@classicambo9781]

Have a watch of Audley end house with Mrs Crocombe. Bit later date wise but gives you an idea of the importance of cooks in a large, esteemed house.

[@sistasunshine1697]

I could watch this for hours...i feel comfort and joy. Yes, times were difficult then ( just like now, yes?) However I believe creating a beautiful meal was honored and enjoyed immensely.

[@shaunhall6834]

Watching this reminded me of my wonderful history teacher in highschool back in 1981. Professor Hillman, you were the best! He set up a reenactment in class and we learned so much and had fun at the same time!

[@mjs8625]

i have watched a fair amount of these videos. it strikes me that there must have been great care around the fire! The skirt, the boiling water, hot coals. it was such a skill.

[@cynthiasnyder1561]

Absolutely!

[@Patrick3183]

Hella ppl died of fires that lit their clothes up

[@lalramnarain9168]

This take me back to my grandparents days love it wanted to make me cry now I like it the city life my hearts belong to the country

[@Adrianafaith123]

I grew up in New England so the food looks familiar. Thank you for including the recipes. Now that I'm older the 'ol digestion isn't what it used to be so having simpler foods with less ingredients/preservatives is the way to go for me!

[@susieusmaximus5330]

This is why my grandmother (born in 1891) was in love with almost any kind of instant mix, etc. She'd started out cooking on a wood-burning stove, she knew perfectly well how to cook everything from scratch and she was a wonderful cook, but if there was a way to make things easier she was all over it. Her Hamburger Helper, for example, was freaking awesome.

[@kelseymathias3881]

Sometimes you can add other ingredients to instant stuff to dress it up a bit without doing major cooking, like adding some canned vegies to Hamburger Helper; makes it last longer, serve more people, too.

[@californiacupcake8580]

Awww 🥺

[@comfortableslug6570]

My grandmother always thought instant mash potatoes were the coolest thing in the world. Every time she them she would just rave about how cool and easy it was :)

[@susieusmaximus5330]

@@comfortableslug6570 Yes! Potato Buds! Granny adored them, and they're surprisingly good, for what they are.

[@musicmaniac32]

"Born in 1891" - You made me think of this song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZjKh3tuhJ6spLc MIDLAKE - ROSCOE

[@elizabeththreadgill3383]

I love watching your show I have anxiety and depression but watching your show Wheatley relaxes me it's just sounds like when I was a kid growing up and hear my mom cooking in the kitchen thank you so much for these❤❤

[@monicacall7532]

I am so impressed with your cooking skills. Having a fear of fire I am in awe how bravely you dealt with the fire. Learning to cook on an old fashioned black iron range was a scary skill to learn at a living history park where I was a volunteer some years ago. Cooking over or very close to open flames would absolutely terrify me! You are very brave. I just found a recipe for Indian corn pudding and am going to make some. This is a fantastic channel!

[@August-argleben]

When I was younger I used to dream of living this way. I would pretend to be a settler with my friends in their treehouse. Still to this day, I am absolutely enamored by the old ways of living and wish to incorporate living the way my ancestors did into my daily life.

[@judyl.761]

Same :)

[@amchomemaker]

Have you thought about doing history reenactments

[@whimpypatrol5503]

If you imagine there was anything easy or relaxing about it, you're another victim of Hollywood and Greenpeace.

[@August-argleben]

@@whimpypatrol5503 first of all, I was like 5-9 years old. I had no clue about “Hollywood” romanticism lmao. I just really enjoyed learning about history and the stories my dad used to tell me about my ancestors thus creating my interest in living a simpler life. I never said it was an easy or “forgiving” lifestyle.

[@davidlang80]

You will do good in the future😃

[@matcam6235]

My grandmother had it hard, she had 14 kids , 10 boys and 4 girls. She lost a few tragically when they were young. My grandfather worked in forestry, gone out of town many months at a time. She was left to raise the kids alone. My father was one of the oldest who left school after grade 6 to work with my grandpa to help support the family. Times were hard and they were dirt poor. Every generation has its hard times just in different ways. My grandma had really bad arthritis her fingers deformed. I later found out she used to hang her cloth diapers on the line in cold winter months. I think that might have caused her arthritis. Watching this is eye opening.

[@JohnSmith-zk8xp]

Your grandmother brought that upon her self.

[@gemmag.2988]

I love these vids - like a meditation whilst picking up cookery tips! My grandparents lived like this in old Dublin at the turn of last century. Fascinating to watch from South East England, UK.

[@mcswain30]

Simple times were a hard scrabble life. Thank you for creating these videos!!

[@jonsidds6963]

Man, this takes me back home big time. Grew up without power till we was older but only wood stoves to heat the house till I was 16, and Momma made this dish regularly during the cold months. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@deemcquirk6417]

absolutely intriguing...The things we take for granted...walking miles to the store....cooking in a fireplace .Things were simpler back then ...Oh Lord given today's ill's and woe's...Wish we could turn the clock back to that era....at least they knew what their goals were and how they must work together to survive....Just discovered this series....Thanks to whomever is responsible for bringing these Video's to us....I Love Early American History...What a God send!!!!

[@patrickmckinley6679]

Hi 👋 Dee, how are you doing?

[@ReeceyBoy_4]

Life seemed alot more simple back then. Love your videos i watch them on a night they chill me out so cheers from England 👍🍻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@FemmiGirlz]

This makes me want to give up my apartment living and go live in the woods somewhere and live off the land. What a beautiful video very relaxing

[@danhorne3582]

" A man may work from Sun to Sun , but a women's work is never done " The time and love she put into preparing this meal . Fantastic video . Thank you .

[@boar7153]

Maybe because men work hard and get the job done.

[@WatchmyPlaylist.]

Uhh... no lol. Just no.

[@kelseymathias3881]

@@boar7153 it's a partnership between men and women 🧡🧡

[@boar7153]

@@kelseymathias3881 not sure why you’re telling me that.I’m not the one saying men have it easy.

[@kelseymathias3881]

@@boar7153 no harm intended; just saying partnership between men and women is a beautiful thing.

[@happymv5350]

Your channel is so soothing, comforting and interesting to watch. Thank you! More please!!

[@dianemacfie-loucks6392]

I am so surprised at the ingredients they had available to them. A lemon - I would of never thought! Looks like they ate very well.

[@CrazyblondeBiotch01]

My new favorite channel. I really feel like I'm traveling back in time when I watch it. I love how completely dedicated you are to this way of life. I have a whole new respect for my ancestors,, especially the women. I just found this channel and I can't wait to try some of your delicious recipes. Tfs ❤

[@lodunost]

This channel and Townsends are just amazing, I love both these channels. With all the things they show and share it shows just how far people have come. We must remember how things were. I love the content keep it up. The meal looks wonderful.

[@joeyricefried9621]

Same!! Awesome

[@That.Lady.withtheYarn]

English heritage (audley end house) is good to.

[@renkomon.8312]

complete. Now I will subscribe. My trinity is complete!

[@jimbarrofficial]

ASMR at its best when people cook with no music or embellishments. I love going into the past with American history on KZbin.

[@branevans3705]

This looks amazing! I love the clarity of the sounds like the crunching when you cut the cabbage and the crackling of the fire.

[@mrs.chelsi4697]

I always love cooking videos and I love seeing how they cooked over a fire like that! My four little boys are always wanting to help me cook and get in to what I’m doing. Maybe they would be busy outside, but keeping a baby out of the coals would be a job! It amazes me how they did it all- working the land, keeping the house, long travel times to get anywhere, teaching the children, all without electricity.

[@ceelee4687]

Looks yummy! Some good comfort food and a crackling fire on a cold winter night ❄

[@gumzy3000]

The quality in your videos keeps increasing. It always looked good but its stunning now. The sound is crisp. The angles you choose are carefully thought out it seems. You really focus on the details and I think this channel will only get bigger. Excellent work!

[@mistyviolet3825]

My opinion is SAME!!!! ☺️☺️☺️

[@glenndamckinnis9445]

Yes I agree the quality continues to grow. Ron and Justine you are wonderful. Thank you for what you do.

[@TammyV2122]

It's so peaceful to watch you cook amongst the chaos of my life. I would love to have cornmeal mush and fried mush like my Grandma made.

[@ching6ay]

Absolutely addicted to this channel. The contents are well thought of and executed. Thank you very much!

[@francesbeck2269]

Absolutely the most entertaining, informative and enjoyable cooking show, survival show and family oriented show on KZbin.

[@boromirofmiddleearth557]

very true!

[@happymv5350]

I 100% agree with you. It's so soothing to watch.

[@christopherfreeman1340]

That is not survival. That's role playing at the best. Could that couple live and survive homeless on the streets. I have and my wife has too. Yay! city dwellers. Does not impress me nary a bit.

[@DefaultName-hs6gd]

Good thing is, if you ever get hungry nowadays, you can always eat that chip on your shoulder.

[@happymv5350]

@@christopherfreeman1340 Then move on to a channel that speaks your truth.

[@jantrewitt4058]

Nice video, Justine. Your cooking on an open fire is to be admired! Thanks for showing how it's done!

[@gerriebell2128]

I agree- I know it’s not easy, but you make it look easy, Justine:)

[@makeuphappy1]

I find this very relaxing and therapeutic ❤ so simple and peaceful! Not to mention the food looks incredible 😊

[@mickcollins1921]

There was something incredibly peaceful about the sounds and simplicity of that meal preparation. It was almost meditaitive.

[@rovingnomad8397]

We love your videos! We find them super relaxing, even though it looks hard. The light looks natural and I like that there isn't any music, just kitchen noises. Thanks for doing these!

[@jillwiegand4257]

Absolutely fantastic! Cooking with real intention. Justine, you are very talented in bringing the viewers in and it's just so relaxing! Much needed in these crazy times we are living in. Can't thank you enough! 💕

[@hank1519]

Wonderful! Thank you so much!

[@doseofcleaning115]

The crunching sound of walking in the snow is always the best!!! ❤

[@femalism1715]

What a delightful winter meal! Real comfort food. Simple ingredients that are easy to prepare and delicious to devour LOL! The Indian pudding I grew up eating was very much like pumpkin pie because, in addition to molasses, it was spiced with ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg. Thanks Justine, great cooking tutorial!

[@chrysiarose]

I love watching the care yet ease around open fire cooking. My mother grew up during the 50s and had to cook from scratch for her family because grandma was the breadwinner. When she married my father she reveled in being middle class and never cooked from scratch for her own family, preferring the new processed foods. I grew up eating that way, never had my own family so I never bothered to learn cooking until recently. It's hard to cook for one from scratch but watching your video is inspiring me to expand and cook more.

[@deno2649]

Maybe look into crock pot recipes. I used to put it together in early morning before work, put it on low and come back 8 hours later to a savory feast the rest got put into Tupperware for the fridge.

[@dzetagamma4287]

how come? you never used potatoes, sausage or eggs when you cook?? Even fresh cabbage or vegetables?

[@annak1371]

Thank you. I always learn so much from your channels.

[@jeffkyler5660]

More often than not the old ways are the best ways. Lovely video.

[@Leelee...]

What a beautiful meal,,,such dedication, and patience it took to prepare..and so nicely presented.

[@gr8fruitsprouts440]

I'd love to get to a cabin and live like that for an entire week. A cabin in the woods, with a crackling fire- eating natural foods, and no TV or cell phones close at hand. It seems so serene.

[@whoareyoutoaccuseme]

If you're able bodied, that would be extremely easy. Why not go for it?

[@maidenminnesota1]

Most of us today call that CAMPING. You don't need a cabin. Problem is, campgrounds are usually filled with jerks today that blast stereos, have screaming kids and barking dogs. Hard to find a nice campground that really lets you feel at one with nature. It's not much different than living in the city, except the walls are thinner.

[@AlyxAesthetics]

@@maidenminnesota1 or just wild camp

[@rosalindalay4499]

I already do.. peace ful

[@stevescuba1978]

@@AlyxAesthetics yup! While backpacking, I carried in thyme and garlic, caught some brook trout and stuffed them and grilled them on a rock in a small campfire. Made biscuits and bread, chicken n dumplings, you name it! We've even carried in elk steaks and grilled them and roasted garlic and potatoes on the fire....mmmm

[@chriscooper654]

Fascinating. Have been looking for posts about pre-industrial farm life and was glad to find this channel. Subscribed.

[@beckywauer2291]

I just love this. The era and the cozy rustic dwelling is so beautiful. The food looks yummy too!

[@bobbypeterson3740]

This is a wonderful channel. You are cooking the recipes I was taught growing up in Oklahoma and living with some great southern ladies in Georgia. It takes grit to live as our ancestors did in a simpler way but a lot of work from morning till night. Blessings to your family and community.

[@davehotch8395]

As an aspiring history teacher, I am totally inspired by your channel. Thank you. I look forward to more content.

[@EarlyAmerican]

Thank you Dave!! I'm certified to teach secondary history too. Don't stress the edTPA you'll do great.

[@paulventer6137]

Justine and Ron makes everyting look so easy. I lkve watching these stories!!!

[@suzannebenz8928]

Looks so good and hearty! Thank you!

[@guardgal91]

I made this for dinner tonight! You inspired me. We had the sausage, cabbage and potatoes (although I did have mashed instead if roasted) and it is so good. Thanks!

[@guardgal91]

Although if I had that cool grill I would have broiled them.

[@luishetzler9429]

Im making this dish. I enjoyed the video

[@oOneenOo]

Perfect to watch while making my very lower class dinner on the go! 👍

[@koko1974ify]

I find your videos both insightful and meditative. No music, no interference, just practical. Thank you.

[@jeannedion-desroches3034]

I am from Quebec and I make the same recipe with the red cabbage! Except I also cook apples with the cabbage for a savory-sweet type of stew :)

[@SherriGlebus]

I live what is considered today to be a primitive life, similar to this one, cooking food like this every day, but with a propane stove and woodstove. DAMN! Now I am really inspired by open-fires cooking! Wish I had some of the specific equipment she used.

[@patrickmckinley6679]

Hi.. how are you?

[@jeaniekee2950]

Check out a book called Roughing It Easy.

[@dirtyky9309]

Legend has it, they make so much of it, it is sold in stores

[@catrinlewis939]

That broiler's nice, isn't it?

[@sumamme]

Do not use open fire for cooking, the smoke and sud will give you COPD

[@giraffesinc.2193]

THAT is a feast!!! Thank you for your marvelous, soothing videos that are also such an inspiration!

[@robinromine8158]

My Mom made the best scratch biscuits, even better than my grandma. Her neighbors would pop up at breakfast sometimes and ask if she made her biscuits. I always wanted to know how to make them on an open fire for when my husband and I went camping. Mom couldn't remember exactly because she hadn't done it in so long. Now I know. Thank you!!

[@robinromine8158]

@Karl with a K I don't eat them very often. My grandpa did everyday though, and lived a long healthy life. I don't know what is going on bad anymore.

[@robinromine8158]

@Karl with a K yes, he was a farmer. In between working he would only sit for a few minutes, than he would work on his yard. He loved landscaping. Thank you for the info.

[@robinromine8158]

@Karl with a K I heard rice turns into sugar, is that true?

[@ruthk8624]

I love your videos! Thanks for making them.

[@vivienne9943]

Yet another wonderful episode in the continuing story, showing how hard our female ancestors had to work, unless they were born into wealthy families. No hopping in the car and driving to the nearest mall, or to visit a friend or relative. I am old enough that I used to get down on my knees and scrub the kitchen and bathroom floors; today my daughter uses a steam mop! My paternal grandmother was born in 1869, a pioneer in Aotearoa New Zealand, and her life was similar to that portrayed in your series. She first cooked on an open fire and was thrilled when she got a big wood-burning range (she died before I was born, but my dad and my aunts told me about their lives).When they got electricity in the 1920s my grandfather bought her an electric stove, but she was too scared to use it and my aunts had to do all the cooking. She had twelve children, the first in 1892 and the last in 1920. It was a hard life but as they didn't know any other way of life they were happy and fulfilled, and as the children were well spaced out, grandmother always had willing hands to help with the work, and as each new baby was born the older ones were growing up and leaving home. Grandfather had a thriving orchard and a bounteous vegetable garden so there was always plenty to eat. Every generation is different from the one before as "progress " marches relentlessly on.

[@starlenearnold5303]

I still scrub my floors that way I feel they don't get clean enough with a mop I love the old ways don't much care for the ways today

[@vivienne9943]

@@starlenearnold5303 I agree with you, and it kept/keeps us fit at the same time :)

[@rhadden8976]

This meal looks delicious, my mom used to make cabbage like that. That pudding is like nothing I've ever had, I will give all of this a try. Thanks for sharing and a glimpse of what it was like before, should make us all appreciate what we have now.

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[@lizzisonyoutube7189]

I love this type of food. It looks so Dutch though, smoked sausage (rookworst) is very popular here, and we Dutchies love to have this type of potatoes/veggies/meat kind of thing for dinner. Has me craving for red cabbage with nutmeg and potatoes mashed together... yummm

[@elizabethhutson9767]

I love your videos! Keep up the awesome job you two are doing. The simple, but hard life our ancestors lived through is so interesting! I look forward to all of your cooking episodes!

[@censusgary]

200 years later, I eat these things all the time, except for the corn pudding. I’ve made the pudding, too, but I don’t have it very often. This kind of pudding was also called “Indian pudding,” presumably because it was made with “Indian meal” (ground maize, what we now call yellow corn meal).

[@caseywortham1825]

I love these videos, great to see the work involved in a dinner in those days.

[@markharris1223]

Most enjoyable. Thank you.