Allspice - One Spice -The Spice of Life - 1983 BBC series

[@Mujangga]

Can't get enough Edward Woodward.

[@Weehawk]

I keep coming back to watch this. Very charming. I was just a little boy when it was filmed.

[@hutanbandar]

I watched this when I was 7 years old. It was aired on Singapore tv. Loved it.

[@FungusHat]

Agree! Closest vid I have seen to this set is Ring of Fire, with the Blair brothers in Indonesia.

[@schmetterling837]

Loved this show.I don't know why it never got on dvd.It's really great to find it here!

[@cosmokramer1987]

Seven year I’ll answer, because BBC either wiped huge swaths of their archives or never released programs aired.

[@nilodaboss9944]

COONS I. THE FOOD WHY

[@davidadausuel4537]

I must say, that I throughly enjoyed this entire video. It was very informative and presented. Thank you for sharing this wonderful video indeed.

[@marvadennis2395]

Jamaica land of wood and water God bless Jamaica

[@JohnDoe-bg1cj]

*Land of high violent crime

[@Grogu-485]

Our little country is so great.

[@WR3ND]

Hot mint, camomile herbal tea, rum, brown sugar, allspice, lime or lemon zest. Perfect soothing ailment for a cold, to get some nice rest, or just to enjoy.

[@SamIves85]

I just read that in the voice of Edward Woodward.

[@musicfan6575]

Thanks for posting all of these Programs!!

[@jerkmansgrillproductions8923]

The Pimento tree should be the National Tree of Jamaica.

[@Grogu-485]

Its better to be our national spice.

[@adamchurvis1]

And, right at 16:05, Ralph Nader screamed, *"NO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O!!!!!"* immediately before health inspectors pummeled the woman senseless for creating what is now known as, "The Single Greatest Choking Hazard In Human History."

Ok boomer 👌

[@adamchurvis1]

@ What the actual FUCK does being a Boomer have to do with what I wrote? How?

[@Mute2024]

lol I’m Jamaican and I have no idea wtf that was lol… we don’t call it Christmas pudding. It’s rum cake and we do not put almonds in it. Most of the ingredients she used is “Europeanized”…

[@adamchurvis1]

@@Mute2024 Hey Simone-- Much respect from America for the way you folks have preserved your premium Allspice crops. Jamaica's Allspice is the finest in the world by a LARGE margin, having WAY more of the volatile flavor compounds and essential oils than any other nation's Allspice. Once someone tries the difference they will never go back. Jamaican Allspice is prized all over Europe, and Swedish meatballs wouldn't be Swedish meatballs without it. One of the most complex flavor profiles of any spice in the world. I'm going to be experimenting with the combination of Jamican Allspice, Tahitian vanilla, and Tonka Bean in a delicate Panna Cotta as an infusion. Of all the exoticism of these ingredients, I look forward most to the promises held by the Jamaican Allspice. Peace!

[@Deb-s6q]

When you know there are" Silver coins"in the pudding...one eats and savory it very slowly not just devour it like most do when they eat. Didn't you hear the sound of the coins?

[@FungusHat]

Wonderful! Thank you!

[@Deb-s6q]

I would love her recipe book

[@fiercelyhumble8315]

Brilliant documentary... Just brilliant?

[@bingeltube]

Very recommendable!

[@Gesundheit888]

Nice video.

[@brenca8694]

thanks for posting!! @Retrodag1

[@marriagecapital101]

How do you discover something people have been using for centuries...

[@rootbeer4888]

You discover it for your civilization. Its not too hard of a concept.They did not have the internet to disseminate information. However you are probably just perpetuating your anti western programming like a good npc.

[@ColonelBummleigh]

Usually with a boat.

[@nachusartofcooking]

nice

[@ryad1281]

Columbus finds it in the hands of other people... nice discovery

[@pikudopikao8425]

As everything, you idiot. Indians and Africans also invade thousands of land and I'm not seeing you complain. I'm Brazilian and the "native" where the most barbaric monster ever know. Cannibalising their victims, making war every year as a religious tradition for their gods, just like we party carnival today, and burying"defective"(things like"it doesn't breath strongly enough") children alive and they still do it. They should all be killed.

[@dianewinchester2930]

Agree, Ryad. Just like Native America. Discovered with people already living there. Colonization is evil

[@hattiewhitson7736]

Ryad Eddauod it was enough to be the one who discovered something new to ones own society in those times. We like to think things have changed, but even now scientists who describe creatures long known to fishermen or construction workers still get credited as their discoverers. Depressing how little we change.

[@pinetree1616]

@@dianewinchester2930 We disovered them. Why didn't they discover us? Low IQs and primitive societies, that's why.

[@robotpanda77]

Spice of Life Drinking game: Take a drink every time; We see native people sitting cross legged on the ground. It has to be dried out in the sun. Early trade resulted in slavery/genocide. We end up in Asia for some reason. You spend half the episode watching people do something completely unrelated to the spice. They claim the spice was once thought to have medicinal properties. Add your own! Not putting the show down I think it is great btw.

[@oz9680]

nice looking lady helping the cook.

[@RonaldMcPaul]

18:30 Carl Weathers 'bout to have a stew goin'

[@blastermaster5039]

I don't think even a Predator can survive that much steam.

[@pikudopikao8425]

The English vision of the world. The bellybutton of the world. "What the whole world calls allspice". For sure the whole world is England and US. Here is Jamaican pepper.

[@gm6719]

in Greece and Turkey, we call it bahar and we use it a lot especially with meat and tomato sauce dishes

[@victoriak236]

In Ukraine we call it fragrant pepper or fragrant pea )) And we use it a lot in national cuisine. It was a big surprise for me to know that it come from Jamaica , my favorite country after mother land.

[@Xchromosomerules]

@@victoriak236 there's no mother land. Just mother earth. No land is superior to another.

[@victoriak236]

tiz 187 No land is superior, but land is the most dear and beloved . My English isn’t perfect, I write as I can ))

[@wolfgangkranek376]

@@Xchromosomerules But some countries are dearer and more important to someone then others. So don't bother others with moronic statements.

[@Wotdermatter]

Why does everybody insist that Columbus "discovered" America when he never set foot on it. He only got as far as the islands? The woman got a little mixed up. In the UK there are three types of dried grapes. The smallest are dark brown/reddish nearly black and are known as currents. The slightly larger, usually medium brownish are raisins, and the large white/yellowish ones are sultanas. There are other mistakes as well but will not belabour the point anymore.

[@neuralvibes]

Columbus set foot in what is today's Panama and Venezuela during his subsequent voyages, i.e. Central and South America. So, he did set foot on the mainland, just not in North America (he missed the southern tip of Florida by a whisker on his first voyage).

[@julesl6910]

What are you crazy?

[@RonaldMcPaul]

21:50 TFW when the narrator has contempt for the tourist.

[@RonaldMcPaul]

Lord have mercy.

[@jerkmansgrillproductions8923]

See Pimento/Allspice Review

[@CaveManGrows]

Let me get some of that allspice mammy!

[@nilodaboss9944]

COINS IN THE FOOD WHYYY

[@oz9680]

I wouldn't want to be a pimento tree.

[@pikudopikao8425]

The correct is pimenta

[@pinetree1616]

Women were so hot in the early 80s.

[@fanofactionflicks]

coins! wtf ain't that poisonous!

[@WestwoodChoctaw]

Chris Columbus didn’t discover ANYTHING!!!

[@nickinportland]

Did she just put coins in that dessert?? Now we know why the English have bad teeth

[@joelleblanc8670]

Good info, but colonial cringe...

[@FungusHat]

I don't see you preserving any Jamaican heritage. Where's your documentary, you creep?