George Washington Carver: Bigger than peanuts

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"George Washington Carver: In His Own Words," Gary Kremer: books.google.com/books/about/...
"George Washington Carver: Scientist and Symbol," Linda O. McMurry: www.google.com/books/edition/...
"George Washington Carver: The Making of a Myth," Barry Mackintosh, www.jstor.org/stable/2208004?...
"George Washington Carver: Scientist and Educator," Dennis Abrams, Gene Adair: www.google.com/books/edition/...
1937 footage of Carver from the National Archives: • Moving Image Film Rela...

[@anwarabdullah6723]

As a black kid growing up, Mr. Carver was the spark that motivated me to pursue a degree in a STEM field (Chemical engineering). Seeing someone that looks like you in a field that can be a difficult to get into really does influence young minds.

[@TheBLTBrothers]

This is why we need more youth programming about Percy Lavon Julian!

[@heehokuzunoha7757]

Adam is just Italian though. In the past they weren't considered white but now they are lol

[@Tarzan118]

@@heehokuzunoha7757 regardless of labels, people like seeing people who look like them succeeding. It’s human nature

[@heehokuzunoha7757]

@@Tarzan118 Fair enough lol

[@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo]

@@Tarzan118 for weak minded individuals or cultures...... Since I was I child all the people who inspired me were from completely different backgrounds or cultures..... Jimi Hendrix, Jacky Ickx, Metallica, JFK, etc all inspired me..... Didn't matter what they looked like or if they looked like me...... I know they were great, just wanted to be like them...... Didn't give a shit if they were Mexican or not.......

[@drewcalobrisi459]

This is the same man that spent 7 minutes yelling about soup

[@doomguy5112]

W H I T E V I N E

[@l3ete1geuse]

NO!

[@vampiro1018]

George washington carver yelled about soup for 7 minutes?

[@a.chapel39]

the duality of man

[@jamiedurham4260]

@@vampiro1018 no he's talking about Adam lol

[@ThePurpleclone]

I remember reading Jimmy Carter's book about his own childhood and him talking about why his family switched to peanuts. I'm not sure how correct the anecdote is, but he claimed that George Washington Carver traveled throughout the South giving community oriented lessons about peanuts and other crops. He would do this for free, as a service to the people in those communities he visited. If that is true, I would rank that dedicated act of education up there in his greatest achievements, especially considering that many recently freed black people were illiterate, and could not read his published literature on the topics he taught about.

[@fwc9500]

And I know your remaining illiterate in a sense of what the definition means but at the same you have to consider when talking about being illiterate,sometimes people we're not educated but they knew certain things I just want to point that out since you said illiterate. In fact many illiterate slaves came up with certain things that they never got credit for.

[@ThePurpleclone]

@@fwc9500 Oh, of course, but I only pointed that out because in the video, one of the great achievements listed was the numerous academic studies that were published by Carver. I am sure that plenty of the former slaves who began tending their own crops had many ideas about farming, considering most of them spent their whole lives doing it. However, it's an important distinction that most were illiterate, because had Carver not traveled around and transmitted his knowledge orally, they never would have benefited from it. Not that they were not intelligent enough to understand it, but that the medium simply was not available to them.

[@crystalwolcott4744]

@@fwc9500 Dude they were simply saying some formerly enslaved people couldn't read yet and so the in-person lectures were more helpful to them.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

@@fwc9500 To be clear, anyone born before emancipation or living south of the Mason-Dixon line after are legally illiterate due to state laws preventing their education...

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

He did it in a cart. The story appears in The Man Who Overcame: George Washington Carver, by Lawrence Elliot.

[@whatsbehindthesky]

Scientists vs. science communicators--not the same job, but both are important.

[@dsholt]

And actually there is also a group of folks who think of history in the same way, historians vs history communicators. Adam is the epitome of a good history communicator, able to digest and share historical research in a way that is clear and understandable.

[@Scranny]

Like Neil deGrasse Tyson

[@oleksiishekhovtsov1564]

@@Scranny Neil is more of a mixed case considering he has done some serious original research in astronomy before he became a science communicator and twitterer extraordinaire

[@sohamhegde2386]

@@oleksiishekhovtsov1564 Bill Nye. A great science communicator.

[@Deoxys911]

@@sohamhegde2386 And Carver even sounds like Nye (as he sounded during his show's opening sequence, that is)! "Peanuts rule!"

[@zach3861]

I think its good Adam chose to "cut" to the sponsor rather than to seamlessly transition. Considering this video is about a more serious topic, a smooth transition might've killed the tone.

[@liamtahaney713]

"If you want rise out of the chains of slavery, you're gonna need some skills."

[@piercehacquard4747]

" ... RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS!..."

[@updatemysettings5095]

Its not a funeral. Stop treating race with such reverance and start treating people like individuals.

[@thingswhynot]

@@updatemysettings5095 Race isn’t the problem, hierarchies based on race are the problem.

[@MonaLisaHasNoEyebrows]

@@thingswhynot show me the hierarchy in question

[@INJURYCOMP]

Thank you for this video!! My Grandmother was born in 1895 and told me she attended Tuskegee Institute. She told us that George Washington Carver was one of the Professors there and they called him "POPS". She probably went there sometime between 1915 - 1920. My Grandfather didn't go there but he has a Cousin that did. That Cousin learned shoe repair and taught my Grandfather and then they moved North and that is how my Grandfather made a living, raising my Mother, and the rest is family history!

[@oWoUwUoWoUwU]

wow thats amazing!

[@themattwitt9069]

It makes me sad that these history type videos of Adams don’t perform as well as all the others. They’re very well researched and written. Good job Adam

[@starfthegreat]

This is one of his best videos imo

[@MonaLisaHasNoEyebrows]

Being completely honest there’s probably a lot of people subbed to him just for cooking videos and that’s what they like to watch. When they seen some history video in their recommended they just watch some other cooking video instead.

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

They aren’t as eye catching or overly bombastic

[@Jonathan-A.C.]

@@MonaLisaHasNoEyebrows Yep. People have their own personal interests

[@allthelittleworms]

I wouldn't be surprised if more politically adjacent videos were recommended less by the youtube algorithm

[@paulasimson4939]

This was incredibly informative. This is what you do that no other "cooking" channel can do. As a journalist you are able to give us a more accurate historical perspective. I'd love to see more of this type of content. Thank you Adam.

[@stluanne]

What she said ^^^^^^^^^.

[@conorrick6309]

exactly

[@CrashdummyX]

I was going to write a comment but this covers it perfectly. Well said and amazing video.

[@SerpentDrago]

/signed , keep it up Adam , these are my favorite videos by you ! always look forward to Mondays !

[@ianzen]

Even after leaving university, he is still professor Ragusea.

[@rainepanda]

We love a well-researched history lesson

[@alissa2791]

Oh yea

[@namingisdifficult408]

Absolutely

[@azalearichard6343]

We love to see it 😘🥜

[@nouveau_nouveau]

I have to say when Adam does a history based video I run to the moon.

[@twoweeks1597]

We really do!

[@Uvemvanefly]

The way that you consistently uplift black history and demystify southern mistakes is really refreshing.

[@videogamebomer]

@Shampoo Doesnt taste as good as it smells Are turly ignorant or just lying just look at what happens everytime someone wants to take down the Confederate flag or those thousands of status in the south. Or the thousands of places named after Confederates.

[@Uvemvanefly]

@Shampoo Doesnt taste as good as it smells the fact that you got mad heated about this innocuous compliment and immediately assumed I was talking about people supporting slavery says everything I need to know lmao

[@Corzappy]

Stephen Lastname you’re clearly getting way too over the top over his comment, which had no aggressive tone to it. It kind of seems like you’re going off for the sake of going off

[@Uvemvanefly]

@@Corzappy thats crazy didn't ask

[@Nosirt]

Yassss queennnnn pls validate me!

[@kianap4640]

I appreciate how you said born enslaved vs born a slave. A very subtle change that I have come to recognize as giving the people who were enslaved back then their humanity vs making their enslavement their entire identity. I really appreciate the care you put into your videos!

[@jerubaal101]

Everywhere we are free and everywhere we are in chains.

[@antonybraus325]

Random and off topic. But the semantics of that made me wonder. Why is “person of color” okay to say but “colored person” isn’t. I’ve met a lot of... “old school” southern white people hahaha and the ones who say “colored people” are usually the kindest and most accepting. The others... well they use other words unfortunately.

[@thelordandsaviorgigachadrr888]

@@antonybraus325 I think it is because it is more elegant, and describes every non-white person. "Colored person" is bad taste, as that is what the government called black people during the Jim Crow era. They used "Colored" for the segregated buses, bathrooms, and others. It isn't a racial slur, but it is outdated and offensive. People of color describes the people, and then acknowledges their heritage and the fact that they are a minority. Colored Person basically alienates minorities, especially black people, and makes it seem like their race is more important than the fact that they are also people. Also "colored" is treated like an important adjective that basically merges with the noun "people", also alienating them. "Color" in people of color acknowledges their differences, but reminds you that they are ultimately people.

[@debrawestbrook8960]

@@thelordandsaviorgigachadrr888 Very well said.

[@thelordandsaviorgigachadrr888]

@@debrawestbrook8960 thank you

[@yoda112358]

As somebody who works in the college of agriculture at a land-grant university, what I'd call Carver is an incredibly talented Extension specialist. Extension is a vital part of our mission, and Carver's impact was equally incredible.

[@fwc9500]

Let's just leave our personal titles out and say he was a man who done Great things

[@deer4927]

It might be good to note that Carver's leader, Booker T. Washington, was also part of the more accomodationist group when it came to civil rights, as well as being more for "self-help". This is opposed to W.E.B Dubois, with Washington advocating for gaining freedom through gaining the respect of whites, while Dubois advocated more active political efforts including helping the founding of the NAACP. This in part explains why Carver was so hesitant to "rock the boat" and other things about his reaction, considering the goals and motives of Washington's philosophy on black liberation.

[@ChupiesWorld]

Hey Adam, could you do a video on re-freezing? I think a lot of people could benefit from knowing what is and isn't safe to thaw and refreeze.

[@thisaccountisntreal107]

I work in a butcher shop and this is a question I answer at least 4 times a day

[@sikinsokin]

this account isn't real / Can you tell us what you answer? lol

[@thisaccountisntreal107]

@@sikinsokin as long as it was thawed below 40⁰ f then it can be refrozen although you can lose moisture when you thaw meats and that can hurt the texture This is at least what I tell people but I would love to find out I'm wrong and gain some better info

[@donmiller2908]

The USDA has hundreds of free PDF files on anything relating to food, preparation, storage, cooking, canning, freezing etc. Just go to www.usda.gov No thanks are needed, it's what I do

[@leehungchun9368]

I've seen where you've more than held your own with wit and words when trolled. You've entertained with cleverness and more than a dash of talent. But your real depth is revealed in how you express your respect for individuals without compromising the facts you wish to share. I know you know you didn't "have to" create this piece, but I'm very appreciative you did. Ty.

[@Tmanstext]

Switching from "top comments" to "newest first" is always such a jarring and elucidating experience on videos like this. Great video!

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

Yep, just never do it on any leftist video or videos talking about inequality

[@notverysur3rightnow145]

@@OatmealTheCrazy just stay away politics on social media as much as possible anyway

[@slowcarguy4808]

@@viciouscykl I hope you’re just exaggerating. If you are genuinely traumatized by KZbin comments that’s something wrong with you not them.

[@darknight2890]

"Why I season my food videos with hard hitting journalism not fluff"

[@Bardockfan150]

It's interesting to note, at least to me, that you call Booker T. Washington the most prominent figure of his kind in this era. My instinct was to question, "wait, wasn't W.E.B. Dubois contemporary, or at least only shortly later?" And he was slightly later, sort of. Washington lived from 1856 to 1915. Dubois was born in 1868 and lived until 1963. It's interesting, too, that Carver actively made efforts to be less threatening than Washington. I always think of Washington as more accomaditionist foil to the more fervent Du Bois.

[@AnontheGOAT]

Du Bois was a commie. He hated Booker T.

[@davidgoeller5843]

I had the same thoughts, spooky.

[@aragusea]

Hi, yeah, I think I'd stand by that statement. Washington was probably more prominent precisely because of his accommodationist stances. FWIW, Dubois' biographer David Levering Lewis describes Dubois as the second-most prominent Black leader of his time - second to Washington.

[@EdwardM104]

They were both important figures with merit but I think Du Bois was much more forward thinking and essentially correct in his analysis than Booker T Washington. The Souls of Black Folk is essential reading. I do think Washington gets somewhat of an unfair reputation as he was still a visionary and radical thinker for the time.

[@AliMasud2010]

​@@aragusea hi I was thinking the same thing Also can you make brownies

[@NB-nh2sf]

My grandfather was a sharecropper born in 1900. My mother is 10/12 and I'm just always enamored by how they made it. And they made it. Great video.

[@Chrisj79]

I live near and just graduated from Iowa State University. Everybody knows that George Washington Carver studied here, but even though the university takes great pride in that fact (there is a statue and several things named after him), most people here still believe the peanut butter myth.

[@dfcrone]

Adam, I am a racial Equity Ambassador for Milwaukee County. This was so good, I passed to our Leadership to pass out to call our ambassadors. Very thought provoking and touching on all sides. Thanks so much for this!

[@Butter_Warrior99]

I'm always amazed when I see footage of a person, event, of thing in history. It just amazes me.

[@m98alissa]

I remember you talking in one of your videos that you now are known as the guy that seasons his [cooking utensil] and not his [food]. You said that sometimes you get famous for not the reasons you wanted and you may have to live with it. I see that you are gradually changing your content to more than just cooking videos. I really enjoy this new type of content.

[@CarterJ9]

I really loved that video. And if something as silly as the Food Internet blowing up over seasoning methods can serve as a gateway to something as enlightening as this, or the numerous interesting food chemistry cultural/historical tidbits he adds to all his videos, it is so well worth being the "Board Seasoning" guy or the "Vinegar Leg" guy.

[@thedraconianviking1185]

I feel like I'm being sat down by my favorite teacher after class and being told the harsh truth that he's not supposed to tell me, but chooses to because he cares.

[@romanmarquez6320]

"Reportedly, his voice shocks everyone who hears it..." "Get two large two topping pizzas for $5.99 each at papa john's" Me: I hath been shooketh

[@undeuxtrois123]

To be honest his story makes me cry, because it's still so prevalent to this very today. There are still people all around the world who suffer from oppression, poverty, hunger and no access to basic services like education and healthcare. It's so sad to think that these people are destined to live a life of pain, misery and no dignity left.

[@FingeringThings]

I'd be worried if a human was smaller than a peanut

[@BlankRev]

As would i

[@markzucc4480]

Why do i keep seeing u everwhere???

[@Spacemuffin147]

It's called an embryo.

[@4chan425]

Nice username

[@koraxacollins9645]

I find it laughably sad that sustainability was ahead of its time.

[@JoanMendoza]

At that time, most commercial thinking was about industrialization and expansion. It's as sad as the fact that discussion on racial equality would probably have also been considered ahead of its time. I assume that a century from now, when we have good cultured meat, people will say it's laughably sad that avoiding a slaughterhouse industry was not something most people wanted.

[@JustSomeGuyLV]

In USA, yes. However in other parts of the world sustainability ideas were already existing in other (ancient civilizations) cultures. Sadly that type of cultural approach to farming land disappeared for time being.

[@robinthrush9672]

You can find sustainable farming in the Old Testament. There's a directive to leave a field fallow for a year and cycle it around every year. The gist is to allow it to recoupurate it's nutrients at a time legumes weren't really available to replace nitrogen.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

Most people back then considered the earth free for the taking and perpetual. Some like John Muir and TR thought differently...

[@cocojinx9193]

I guess for the modern world. I'm sure in other older and ancient civilisations the idea of sustainability was already built into their societies. Traditional indigenous land owners of countries seemed to understand the importance of environmental sustainability

[@Commieboi16]

Really loved this video along with the peach myth video. Crazy how far you've come, seemed like only yesterday when I was learning how to make a brioche grilled cheese from you!

[@kosmicken]

That was the best grilled cheese I’ve ever made.

[@d-fan]

GWC: Breaking the cycle of financial oppression through sustainable agriculture Everyone else: Peanut butter yummy

[@randytimson9873]

Imagine being called Moses only to own slaves later...

[@billklatsch5058]

@@randytimson9873 Read the damn book, the bible contains rules how to hold slaves including instruction fors the slaves not to try to change anything or else... Plus that after a certain time a slave can go free, with the catch that he has to leave behind his wife and children at the master... This stuff was used to justify slavery in the US.

[@audreysturdahl1153]

Man if you wanted to make a billion videos about southern history I wouldn't complain

[@sjunemyself]

I'm so glad I clicked onto this video. I love your take on teaching about respecting cultures with legit historical resources. I love the messages you send through the videos. Just like your video about pronouncing foreign words, this is a good one. Keep'em coming!!

[@Seth-jn2yq]

The shades of Adam: - white wine - why I do it to the THING, not the food - here in the American south... - "do that if you feel like doing it. I don't" - long live the empire - NNNYOOO!

[@heyreeen]

Brits call it

[@desislavivanov6003]

Here in macon Georgia

[@Karifi]

My Italian ancestry...

[@alicethemadrabbit1842]

Thanks adam for noting that using black as a noun rather than an adjective is dehumanizing. I sometimes have to explain to other black people why that's a problem.

[@GunsNStuff100]

I love your videos man. I wish everyone on KZbin put the effort and care into their videos that you put into yours. While I can’t say I agree with all of your cooking advice, I can say that I enjoy watching you and learning from you. I hope your channel stays around for a very long time. Thank you for all the effort you put into your craft.

[@rouxsauced200]

This has nothing to do with the video's message, but I would like to say that I got an ad for nutter butters at the end of the video

[@thomasbroadbent9518]

This is a great video, it’s really inspiring seeing a nuanced take on a person that is generally simplified into a caricature.

[@sfumato8884]

Gotta be one of my favorite videos of yours. Thanks for the quality work Adam.

[@sanmitgaikwad]

White wine report: There has been no mention of white wine in this video This has been your white wine report

[@sanmitgaikwad]

mjrichardss ok I’m sorry I won’t do it again but can I keep the comment

[@sanmitgaikwad]

Also it’s nice to see Adam discussing these things so I just want to make the mood lighter

[@ramonanaya6236]

Lmao

[@razz5614]

thank you i enjoy these reports

[@my_cellium]

Black Wine matters

[@michaelsallee7534]

I remember a friend once said, "I may not be a good craftsman, but I am a very good shop teacher. My students have become excellent craftsmen. I opened the door"

[@xroukle8137]

Didn’t expect George Washington Carver to sound like that at all.

[@Young.money.university]

I think this mans story gives us many lessons but one that springs to mind for me is that you should never give up. He lived in a world that was systematically racist and bias but he continued to work hard and better other people's lives too. Loved the video

[@anujchandkapoor]

Adam, you are getting better every day at the videos that you make. I thank you from the bottom of my heart and wish you the very best of the future. Thank you.

[@pastta4891]

Thanks for making this video! I had no idea that this was the case. I'm still very young and grew up hearing about his accomplishments but this video has taught me a lot more about him, and it seems even more impressive that he tried to help black americans who were stuck on the farm. I love these history videos you're doing, please keep posting them!

[@ChozoSR388]

Great video; very informative. I had no idea that everything I 'knew' about George Washington Carver was essentially a lie. Also I love how you talk about how _normally,_ this would be where you'd go into your sponsorship spiel, but that doesn't feel right...and then immediately proceed to go into your sponsorship spiel. 10/10.

[@themedicinepeddler9092]

Thank you for making such a sober and thoughtful video.

[@Aeneascid]

I've loved learning from your channel. I really thought I would be just become a bit more knowledgeable about cooking but I've been surprised by how much you've taught me just about history aswell. It's really appreciated. thanks!

[@Rdasboss]

Damn so smooth into the ad more youtubers could learn from that. The video was also incredible. You continue to wow with these Monday vids

[@boabuin1151]

6:52 The weird pitch of his voice, combined with the death-stare of the B&W picture, the little vinyl cracks and the speech about freedom and knowledge makes this feel like one of those tape recorders you find in Bioshock

[@sonorasgirl]

This makes me want to cry. He sounds like a lovely man all around, and being caught in the position he was in sounds awful. I don’t want to undermine the massive accomplishments he made, but having to deal with what he did undermines his abilities and eating by himself just to accommodate those around him is heartbreaking

[@chrisharrell1407]

Bravo Adam for a much needed video in these times. I really value you're unbiased opinion in all your videos. Much respect my friend.

[@joinplates6269]

Thank you for bringing awareness to this, we need more of this kind of honest and accurate accounting of our history!

[@madmakoe101]

I love your educational videos. I am always excited to learn everything I can about the history of the food we eat

[@incognitoboi9281]

I just really love your spread of random research and knowledge about food science that is so crisp and enlightening. keep it up mr Rag

[@sstanfo1]

Omg man I was already here for your amazing "Alton brown" like well researched cooking videos, but if your gonna do history as well you will quickly become my favorite channel Very well done by the way. The research was good, the video production and editing was good. Please make more of these!

[@canes3156]

Appreciate u for this💯

[@reginaromsey]

Fascinating! Thank you so much for this completely unexpected program!

[@thomask1424]

Thanks for covering Carver's life. I did a school report on him way back in the 60s when I was but a lad.

[@rgwebb2008]

Fantastic stuff. Appreciate all the different content you do, Adam!

[@macsnafu]

I've never seen a more informative, less-biased video on George Washington Carver. Thank you.

[@WightKnight]

I adore these occasional videos of yours, they're really amazing and well researched and just so much more gripping than even a lot of history channels out there. I suppose in the goatee universe Adam Ragusea would be a well known name in history-tube. with the occasional cooking video.

[@WoodDRebel]

this is so much more than a food channel. you have really created something special here, adam. thank you

[@trisfairy]

LOVE these little history lessons you put together. Please keep teaching us what our schools fail to, it's so dang helpful

[@LetsTakeWalk]

He was not an inventor. He was an innovator.

[@Ark--fn8my]

"Gift of the gab" is my favourite way to say someone has a great public speaking skill, never heard it anywhere else

[@cssidari]

You should check out the hip hop artist!

[@AnontheGOAT]

My boss always tells me that I have the gift of gab.

[@CallanElliott]

Here in Ireland it means someone who won't shut up.

[@fxm5715]

It's a pretty common expression where I grew up in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US, a bit farther north than Adam.

[@Surv1ve_Thrive]

@@CallanElliott yes here in England we say 'gift of the gab' to describe someone talkative, perhaps at inappropriate times, possibly confident but can imply a bit crazy too. So it's both positive and negative I think. I always consider it an Irish phrase. I got called it by an Irish teacher in my English school :) i didnt mind

[@believensee8621]

God bless you Adam. Thank you for creating such an interesting and well rounded channel. ❤

[@beefy74]

your videos are so informative and the format is amazing for my stinky brain to take in.

[@Alcapownag]

Thanks Adam, this is a really interesting video with a lot of jumping off points for discussion. I swear I've learned about GWC incorrectly on many occasions, I think there are a lot of lessons to be learned about his history and public perception.

[@pkattk]

Both him and MLK Jr were incredibly distorted in my early Southern American education.

[@cuanchulainn]

holy shit, carver was essentially the model minority myth of his time, and it felt really skeevy listening to all of this but hey, thanks for the education!

[@apttewly]

he was a true chad

[@JustSomeGuyLV]

Why does listening to something educational make you feel skeevy, including the controversial parts about history? Grow a pair.

[@deviantartguy0]

He's talking about a certain form of racism.

[@dsholt]

You handled a very delicate and complicated topic with honesty and sensitivity. Well done.

[@sclmb]

Thank you for this Adam, this sobering story needed to be told to a wider audience. Also, love Skillshare's classes showcasing the diverse perspectives of black artists. The more we share our stories, the closer we come to understanding each other, and with understanding comes appreciation.

[@mastergamingb3439]

can we be a little thankful that these white people (back then) did not treat geroge like a pig but like a human by raising him and his brother? I know it's bad that they were slave owners but they at least did something most wouldn't do.

[@kyo3714]

This is my favorite kind of video you make. Not only do you cover these very interesting topics, the way you present them, the respect you have and the amount of research you do is extremely appreciated.

[@CMe48282]

Thank you for this thoughtful and well researched video.

[@underanalyzed8889]

Thanks Adam! Keep up the amazing work.

[@flameking5593]

I love you adam you inspied me to be less of a super perscise profesonal cook but more of a more of a impercsice but happy home cook.

[@austinjoonyoung3358]

the quality of your videos just astounds me. it’s not technical bability per say, it’s just the level of class and showmanship you bring to my youtube feed that i appreciate very much. thank you.

[@HistoricHeroine]

I grew up in southeast Kansas and visited the GWC NHS as many times as I could. I stood in the footprint of the tiny cabin he was born in and wandered in that tiny family cemetery. I bought the myths that were told about him, so thank you for debunking them. He was a phenomenal man who used the power given to him to help others rather than himself. What a fabulous tribute.

[@lulucool45]

monday videos are always the best. i wish there were more journalists as excellent as you!!!

[@sageosaka]

Thank you for this great little history lesson, I quite enjoyed it :)

[@Vonbek32]

Thank you Adam I feel humbled because I bought into that shit, now I know who he was, and honor him for the right reasons.

[@Landaren98]

This was awesome. Great video as always!

[@georgeorwell6899]

I know George Washington Carver has an amazing story but unfortunately after failing two semesters of calculus in Carver Hall here at Iowa State University all I think when I hear that name is derivatives and integrals.

[@jeanvignes]

I grew up in New Orleans & Baton Rouge (with regular visits to family in Biloxi) in 1956-1974, before moving to the Pacific Northwest. I remember very well being indoctrinated in the myths about George Washington Carver and didn't question what I was told for the next half century. It has been fascinating to recently learn how the white supremacists of his day used him for their ow purposes, and how his real gifts were even more precious than the myths.

[@VyvienneEaux]

This was really informative and helped me make sense of the mythos surrounding George Washington Carver. I also think it's somewhat ignorant to suggest that a single, identifiable modern person "invented" peanut butter as humans have been grinding seeds (both fatty and starchy) into paste for thousands of years. The Inca almost certainly had their own version of peanut butter.

[@trusarmor4957]

thanks for this one Adam.

[@legolassanimelover]

Love love love this type of content, Adam- more history lessons please!!

[@memeguy6637]

White Wine Report : There was no white wine in this video. This has been your white wine report. thank you for watching :-)

[@nikoladragovic2880]

Why is this the most education I have every goten in the last 10 year's

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

You have to seek it out

[@JoelSangster]

Videos like this are one of the reasons I think you are one of the best food-related channels on KZbin

[@JakeEpooh]

Wow, that was an incredibly thoughtful and humane lesson on the legacy of an important man. Thank you so much!

[@crimeman110]

6:53 holy shit, clone high got it right...

[@christianletzerich6523]

Food markiplier teaches peanut man history

[@PackinForSuperbowl]

Such a powerful video. Thank you!

[@cooper5324]

When you were about to play Carver’s speaking voice an ad played and I got confused

[@scbrinkley21]

To say thay Carver wasn't a food and agricultural scientist or researcher is a misrepresentation. He ran experimental research farms and did ag extension and outreach. Both are activities of modern day ag researchers

[@MiddleChickens]

I really enjoyed this one Adam, really happy to see your popularity growing - it's well deserved. :)

[@limberlad]

Fascinating video. I learned a lot here and I appreciate it

[@ClutchNixon10522]

Just wow, thank you Adam.

[@SevenBates]

I've been following you from random food searches for a couple of years now. I've only recently begun to recognize that you're a goddamn awesome human being. Sorry about that. But seriously. I have to admit, I've found some of your culinary approaches WAY different than mine, and I casually discounted your content. Way too many times however, you suggested something that was a small step somewhere and I totally tried it. Then you started to show more of yourself in the food content. You showed the discipline for Empiricism, within fucking reason. This video? You articulated this hyper complicated topic of Carver, in a way that I've literally never heard so concisely and meaningfully laid out. Seriously, I "knew" a surprisingly large number of things you presented, but I was gratefully humbled at how obvious it was that I didn't understand them at all. Seriously, I experienced a moment when I realized that the dude in Georgia with the really bitchin Empiricist breakdown of steak and an impressive journalism and education sheepskin, just schooled me on something I should have figured out by now. And I was so immediately grateful for you taking the time to just lay it out so damn genuinely. Not condescendingly. DUDE, we all get guilty of being condescending when we school someone. You consistently demonstrate the methodology of learning. That's discipline, and man that's appreciated. This was the video that sold me. I'm a subscriber now. Thank you for sharing your voice.