Frivolous Foods The French Upper-class Ate While The Peasants Starved

Perhaps nothing was more decadent about aristocrats before the French Revolution than their over-the-top meals; the things French aristocrats ate even make modern Americans looks like humble cuisine ascetics. Foods before the French Revolution were a dizzying array of savories and sweets. Aristocrats of the ancien regime - or "old order," the elite French world before the revolution - tended to have elaborate meals, thanks to the fact that they could afford it; they could buy expensive ingredients and hire master chefs to create mouth-watering dishes.
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[@Thoralmir]

The French Revolution helped start France's fine restaurant industry, since quite a lot of professional chefs found themselves in need of work once all their previous employers were decapitated.

[@angieangiel2666]

Where can I read about that.

[@myranda_tyrell]

Lol karma

[@eliascommentonly4652]

🇪🇺👋👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👋👋👋🇪🇺🇬🇷 I m peasant worh smartphone I dont have problem to starve for my queen Like internet fetish But this need to fall in love with her And be relatively beautiful Otherwise it cannot work I couldn't rebel against marie Antoinette I want something else from aristocratic women I want smooth skin To hug and kiss I forgive marie Antoinette bitch I want her body Even today's aristocratic class I cant rebel I want womans body I can endure poverty for her 🇬🇷🇪🇺👋

[@aprilcalhoun8984]

One of the reasons the aristocrats had so much to spend on decadent food is that the nobility paid no taxes. The taxes were all paid by the middle class and the poor.

[@KiseiruYoshioka]

They enjoyed those taxes, a certain % goes to them before they hand those $$ to the finance minister or monarch. Corruption were rampant too so some of them pocketed an amount and give inaccurate report to the govern body in charge of finances, all these pocketed money became their slush money to fund their exquisite lifestyle and lavish dining with wines and all the best of money could buy. Do the peasants know ? Yes. Can they do anything ? No. They were angered to the point of wanting to butcher these lords and making food out of their human meat (literally).

[@KiseiruYoshioka]

There isn't any anti corruption organization to check on these lords during medievel unlike nowdays, pretty much these lords were toast if finance governer or monarch somehow discovered their embezzlement but they were either too smart or in cahoots with these finance officials so barely any evidence could be retained. Commoners and peasants could not meet the Monarch directly so reporting these crooks almost an impossible task, pretty much those whom could met the Monarch directly or appear in royal court were barons, viscount, earls and all these so called nobles or the religious organization like Church or Cathedral bishop or Pope. Such disparity is what gave birth to these famine vs copious food situation. Evidence suggest that peasants did retaliated to such but nothing much they could do when group of them being silenced by these crooked nobles by dispatching soldiers to arrest/kill them or accuses them as demon worshipper which subsequently having inquisitor to burn down their village.

[@KiseiruYoshioka]

Aristocrats and rich merchant benefit from their relationship with these nobles due to their strong financial background and nature of their businesses enabling them to provide bribery thus sowing good relationship hence they could attend all these big feast events and so on.

[@TenaciousSLG]

Sounds familiar…

[@t_albino]

Not necessarily.

[@jameswhalen4507]

I’d love to hear about how ALL classes of England ate while the Irish starved during the Hunger (Famine). Most agricultural products in Ireland were stripped from the country and shipped to the overlords in England while millions starved.

[@TK-ij2xi]

Although I don't know the Protestant/English diet, read Galway Bay ...it's a semi-biographical account of an Irish family. I admit it's boringly written but still an in depth account.

[@kekogueyes4533]

They ate a lot of sweets too. Queen Elizabeth I, lost most of her teeth and the ones she had left, we’re all rotten

[@vevvenennevvev5945]

Yeah everybody stop being interested in what you're interested in and start exclusively talking about this guy's pet thing, let's get on this people

[@Forflipsake]

Tbh the lower classes in England faired no better, it was a cruel political time and the people were pawns in a sick game. Many people forget in the 2nd world war also when the country was on rations and literally starving to death the elites, and that not so holy Churchill were noted to have hosted numerous lavish parties whilst mocking the public. One notable story was of an AA man, it may have been RAC I forget, witnessing one of these jaunts whilst on a black out check. Pigs in troughs at the top always behave with no shame.

[@baronvonjo1929]

@@kekogueyes4533 I watched this interesting documentary about hidden dangers through different time periods. Anyway they had a skull from maybe the 1400s or 1500s in Europe and then another skull 100 years later. Both died aorudn the same age. The younger skull had rotten and damaged teeth. It was after the introduction of sugar into the European diet. The older skull barely or not even had sugar and deposited properly never cleaning them, they were in pretty good condition. After that I always feel the need to brush my teeth years after watching it anytime I eat anything really sweet.

[@FatalKitsune]

The rich and elite basking in luxury and delicacies while the poor starve? Wild. Crazy that happened. Could never see it happening again.

[@Hiphop618]

Bill Gates eating his Waygu beef while telling the rest of us to subsist on bugs for the sake of the environment.

[@LegionariiSSturm]

i bought balenciaga runners during the scamdemic . dont have a litter of animal children u cant feed

[@manicpepsicola3431]

@@Hiphop618 Also Donald Trump helping the rich like himself get off on their taxes and implementing policies that help other billionaires like Bill gates and Elon musk and hurt his own voters is honestly really sad. If the rich paid their fair share we would have a healthy middle class but they don't even pay anywhere close to their fair share. People would be fine with rich people existing as long as their needs we're also met and that goal isn't being met obviously. The republican vs Democrat narrative is nonsense and both sides are a different side to the same coin. It's rich A holes that run everything, so obviously the system would be set up in their favor since, ya know they created it.

[@angieangiel2666]

Your being sarcastic.

[@tarajoyce3598]

Lol

[@zach7193]

Man, that's something. The upper class in France ate like royalty while the rest of the country was struggling. Food was bountiful for the upper class and they never ran out. Reason why the French Revolution had started.

[@tempestsonata1102]

It was very different from the winter of 2022. I hope. But I'm not sure.

[@alicerivierre]

I love the French Revolution 🇨🇵💙🤍❤️🇨🇵💙🤍❤️🇨🇵💙🤍❤️

[@cnb89]

Reminds me of the recent srilankan revolution

[@gordonspond8223]

Like what is going on now in the Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Canada, and soon the US. Makes you wonder...

[@legojayman]

It certainly didn't help but this took place during the Mini ice age, the winter of 1789 was one of the coldest on record. I'm sure we won't get any sort of climate-related political upheaval 21st century, not like there's a global climate catastrophe during a time of extreme inequality or anything...

[@Hallows4]

1st course: Pumpkin soup 2nd course: Croquettes Entree: Bouchée a la reine Dessert: Mille-feuille, accompanied by chocolate with orange blossom Doesn't seem so bad.

[@ankhpom9296]

Only a 4-course meal? That is a light meal. Leftovers were sold the next day.

[@altros]

Futurama said it best: Dr. Zoidberg: "Goose liver!?!?, Fish eggs!?!...Where's the goose?? Where's the fish??" Elzar : "Hey, that's what rich people eat, the garbage parts of the food." Dr. Zoidberg : "I ate garbage yesterday, and it didn't cost me 300 dollars. I'm not paying!"

[@navret1707]

I would like to meet the guy who first opened an oyster and said “This snot-looking stuff should be good to eat.” 🤮

[@gordonspond8223]

Pretty sure oysters were eaten by people living on the coast for thousands of years.

[@jessicaferguson4518]

I think about this far more often than I’d like

[@gordonspond8223]

They are delicious.... also, you don't have to eat them raw.

[@richardsawyer5428]

You've got it in one there. Having a bad cold and swallowing recreates eating an oyster without the agro. They were a poor oerson's food at one point too.

[@denisemcdougal6445]

Watch Jim Giffigan and snot on a rock

[@sunflowerlover5640]

Yaaaayyyye another weird history video to start off my crappy Sunday

[@Jsvr_]

Lol right On

[@rarayena9639]

Result!!

[@hybridxsrt4]

facts! lol

[@jasonsmith530]

Sunday are great- it’s Gods day of the week

[@MrSumone]

@@jasonsmith530 who?

[@Hallows4]

Catherine d’Medici is also credited with introducing a number of culinary staples to France. While some stories may be apocryphal, getting a look at her influence on the cuisine would be interesting.

[@TheBiskitsnGravy]

she def. is the person who introduced nicer food to the frenchies

[@danemon8423]

yeas, i france she 's known at the person who gave the french passion for cooking

[@Lauren-tk1gq]

Honestly having pumpkins soup served in a hollowed out pumpkin sounds really festive. I kind of want to try that for this thanksgiving (excluding the merengue)

[@stitchedtogether88]

I believe Julia Child has a recipe of it

[@leapintothewild]

It's easy to do, and you can make it with any squash including pumpkin; I especially like butternut squash soup! I think the flavor is better when roasting the squash (with chopped sweet onion) rather than boiling it. Then puree in a blender, add cream or chicken stock (or both), spices like cinnamon, cumin and chili powder, simmer slowly on the stove, then add fresh herbs like thyme and parsley, top with freshly grated parmesean and serve with a crusty roll. mmmm You can make a sweet potato soup this way as well, though that would probably need a bowl. 🙂 All are absolutely delicious!

[@sweetc832002]

The most privileged extensions I've heard of are the house keeper having a house keeper, the pet babysitter having an assistant and the personal assistant or secretary having a assistant

[@oleblueyes2020]

One of the best narrators on KZbin! I love all of your videos and your dry humor! Keep up the great work!

[@alicerivierre]

Ditto! 🇨🇵💙🤍❤️

[@carolyngrierson6642]

He's my absolute favorite! He is the best

[@ClickClack_Bam]

That's how I feel. I hate this new wave of KZbin narrator who over-enunciates every single word, taking way too long to talk because of it. Then because the lower IQ amongst us LOVES this sort of thing, they comment all over the place & it brings more garbage slow talking videos. This guy can talk fast, bring humor, & do so without changing or bringing notice to him doing anything. That's the mark of a good narrator. Half these KZbin narrators have God-AWFUL lisps or their inflection goes UP at the end of EVERY sentence like they're singing or asking questions! Then they now slow down because that's the current trend!

[@moriscoley5328]

He's a professional, Late Night with Stephen Colbert!! He's also the one who sent his minions to Washington DC for a stupid fake contest, that got the DC police involved. MAGA 🇺🇲

[@cynthiablandford6213]

Goddamn straight!😃

[@censusgary]

Hot chocolate with orange blossoms sounds wonderful. Next time my orange tree blooms, I’m going to try making it.

[@trevorslinkard31]

Nowadays chocolate is taken for granted. It’s crazy

[@oooh19]

European chocolate 🍫 is way more delicious

[@trevorslinkard31]

@@oooh19 no argument there. But us Americans aren’t picky

[@ankhpom9296]

True cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, pepper, nutmeg were once reserved only for the wealthy. Now even the poor have it.

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

I'm about to enjoy tortilla chips for dinner because I'm broke so I'm gonna watch this video and imagine I'm eating this stuff.

[@cynthiablandford6213]

😆😆

[@bcaye]

If you only had an 89 cent can of beans and some leftover Taco Bell hot sauce.

[@eb7713]

Yum! One of my fave dinners is chips and salsa. (And some guacamole, if I have some.) A Texas favorite!

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

@@eb7713 chips and guac is a decent meal. Now I want to make some.

[@Abandoned_Brane]

Tale of two cities is a brutal book. So many wasted deaths. Revolutions eventually turn on themselves. What started somewhat noble, turned into a bloodlust. Though I would like to find one of those mini guillotines they used to wear around their necks to show support for it.

[@patriciakrakowiak1442]

I've had a lifelong interest/ obsession with Marie Antionette and her court so this video was fascinating to me. I'm Polish American so I know about Babka cakes and cream cakes/ pastries 🍰

[@Nerathul1]

Many of the cookbooks of the time were generally aimed toward cooks and chefs rather than the common people and so they were generally full of obscure lingo and assumed you knew what to do already and were more guides than step-by-step recipes

[@pamelamays4186]

Pumpkin soup served in a pumpkin sounds delish!🎃🥣

[@ArcherSuh4721]

I could be getting the time period wrong, but how about the rôti sans pareil? Seventeen birds all stuffed inside of each other (bustard, turkey, goose, pheasant, chicken, duck, guinea fowl, teal, woodcock 😁, partridge, plover, lapwing, quail, thrush, lark, ortolan bunting and a garden warbler). I can see why it's called "the roast without equal." I don't know about the flavor, but that's an accurate name if you're talking about excess.

[@minzy5857]

dang. That even puts the tur-duck-en to shame!!!

[@jrasquared1]

Hm, what's the flavor on a bustard? Like, does it taste like wild turkey? There's many game birds where I live, but that's not one of them.

[@ArcherSuh4721]

@@jrasquared1 I've never even heard of a lot of these birds, let alone know what they taste like! Lol Though I know ortolan is supposedly delicious, but it's been outlawed most places because of a drop in its population and the excessively cruel preparation. The birds are put in a dark room, overfed to fatten them up to the point they can no longer fly, drowned alive in aperitif then deep fried. It used to be customary for the people dining on them to cover their heads with their napkins in order to hide their faces from God out of shame.

[@adamcheklat7387]

@@minzy5857Took the words right out of my mouth!

[@ankhpom9296]

Symbol of decay.

[@Forflipsake]

As a Brit it’s time for a French Revolution.

[@richardsawyer5428]

The French are always revolting.🤣

[@chino3796]

Y'all are so European. I love it!

[@Forflipsake]

@@richardsawyer5428 😂

[@richardsawyer5428]

@@chino3796 The Brits are genetically programmed to take the p#ss out of the French. I guess that they do likewise.

[@TK-ij2xi]

Kind of off topic - but I truly believe Marie Antoinette & the King had zero knowledge of economics and what was happening. They were just living as they'd always lived. Let them eat cake is like her way of sharing, not understanding how naive it was.

[@TK-ij2xi]

@@afrinkhan5295 They weren't bright, that's for sure. So often young royalty like this were just pawns for higher players.

[@eponymoususer8923]

There’s a trend towards beef marrow and bone broths right now. A decade ago, these things were mostly for dogs. We’ve gentrified fish like orange roughy and grains like quinoa. It’s how rich people appropriate poor food and make it inaccessible to the poor. Guess this has been the case forever.

[@ankhpom9296]

Lobster at one time was so plentiful only the poor would eat it. Now it is very expensive and only for those willing and able to eat it. Note: if you know what lobster eat you may want to reconsider eating it.

[@johnjohnson8575]

It's funny that back then that the consumption of offal was considered royal but now it's almost exclusively lower class here in the US. From my experience most offal isn't awful.

[@00Julian00]

Yeah in China its still appreciated.. There was an attempt to revive it amongst some chefs in the west, but i dont here about it too much anymore

[@netto6681]

Calves liver is still considered somewhat of a delicacy and it is delicious with some herb butter.

[@quakethedoombringer]

I mean stuffed goose livers and patê (at least the premium type) are still fairly relevant among the upper classes. Offal was considered royal because farm animals weren't as available as it is now so I guess it's better to consume the whole animal

[@joesantos2455]

I'm pretty sure that the narrator is paid by the historical quip. Plus a bonus for puns, no doubt.

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

Sugar was expensive and used to be used as a spice. The end-result was that the upper-class had horrible teeth and breath while the peasants had less trouble. Also, most probably, according to Nancy Mitford, Marie-Antoinette can't have cried "let them eat cake" when she was informed there was no bread for the poor in Paris. Most probably she has cried "let them eat brioches" which was meant well, on her part, for it was better food than just bread.

[@eliascommentonly4652]

🇪🇺👋👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👋👋👋🇪🇺🇬🇷 I m peasant worh smartphone I dont have problem to starve for my queen Like internet fetish But this need to fall in love with her And be relatively beautiful Otherwise it cannot work I couldn't rebel against marie Antoinette I want something else from aristocratic women I want smooth skin To hug and kiss I forgive marie Antoinette bitch I want her body Even today's aristocratic class I cant rebel I want womans body I can endure poverty for her 🇬🇷🇪🇺👋

[@MichielBLKorte]

She didn't say either. The same quote has been attributed to various disliked Queens throughout history, some of them long before Marie Antoinette's birth.

[@benisaten]

So funny guys. Well done. Best narrator around. Cheers from Niagara 🇨🇦

[@Ryanmanification]

Boucher a la reine is still very popular here in Europe. Eat it with fries and mayonaise

[@gordonspond8223]

We always had it at Christmas with homemade potato croquettes and a nice glass of red wine. Heaven!!!!

[@trishna_6815]

this was a very popular party food in Australia in the 70s and 80s, but we called it vol au vents

[@Ryanmanification]

@@trishna_6815 we call that too.

[@celinevanruyskensvelde7448]

Could it be, a fellow Belgian? #VolAuVent

[@celinevanruyskensvelde7448]

@@trishna_6815 It's funny enough a national dish in Belgium (still). 'Koninginenhapje' (Boucher a la reine in Dutch) or indeed, what we usually call it nowadays: Vol-Au-Vent. Love it.

[@tashaderosier7424]

Food history episodes are my favorite 😊 I love your videos thank you!!

[@athena5954]

They got what they deserved in the revolution

[@chickenfriedrice2932]

She never said "let them eat cake" That is a myth.

[@SynnJynn]

I think most people know that.

[@mg725]

and he doesn't claim that she did either, so not sure you had to jump in and declare that as though to correct him. most people now do indeed know that Marie Antoinette never said that and that it was in fact written long before she was around. in fact I get the impression you only know that because Alexis mentions it in "Schitt's Creek", bragging that Kirsten Dunst herself told her that.

[@mg725]

@Real Aiglon not really, especially since he doesn't make that claim in the video and I, personally, haven't heard anyone in a remotely educational or historical context try to claim that it in a very long time.

[@leapintothewild]

Yep, right up there with Betsy Ross sewing the flag.

[@aprilmcpherson-vanraalte5590]

YEE-HAW !! What a way to start the day!! Thanks y'all for another great video

[@jacobknecht444]

I think it'd be interesting to see a weird history video on the history of terms that we use or have heard such as the whole nine yards or Saved by the Bell or raining cats and dogs or piss poor or the Upper Crust Etc.

[@sureshmukhi2316]

There is a video on that but it's not weird history. The title was something like "origin of idioms". You can search it here on KZbin.

[@calixdani]

Where did the wealthy/royalty people store their wealth? A bank? A room in their home? How was it protected?

[@jaeger9654]

They use gold coin

[@coolchilion722]

​@@jaeger9654 and where were these coins stored and protected?

[@pysq8]

@@coolchilion722 now we know what the big, heavy dresses were all about 😆

[@eliascommentonly4652]

🇪🇺👋👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👋👋👋🇪🇺🇬🇷 I m peasant worh smartphone I dont have problem to starve for my queen Like internet fetish But this need to fall in love with her And be relatively beautiful Otherwise it cannot work I couldn't rebel against marie Antoinette I want something else from aristocratic women I want smooth skin To hug and kiss I forgive marie Antoinette bitch I want her body Even today's aristocratic class I cant rebel I want womans body I can endure poverty for her 🇬🇷🇪🇺👋

[@MichielBLKorte]

A lot was done on credit. For instance, a wealthy noblewoman at Versailles would summon dressmakers, jewelers and perfume-makers and afterwards, they would send her husband/father the bill. He would not pay them in cash, but gave them some sort of written permission with a signature to withdraw from his bank account in Paris.

[@shinakuma1890]

How about weird history of cleaning and sanitizing plates and utensils? Water is unsafe to drink, so how do they wash their dishes?

[@victorialeahy9809]

Water is unsafe in countries like China and Thailand but they still wash their dishes with it 😂

[@AnthonyGarcia-sy3yk]

🙄🙄 I guess you miss the biology class ,, you know the part how long a germs ect survives on dry surface ..

[@Zippythewondersquirrel]

Boil the water

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thank you for this! ⚜

[@chrigdichein]

you guys are awesome 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 still no adds and prime informative funny content

[@tearosy]

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[@_luckicharms]

Juuuust what I needed tonight, thank you

[@kam_lam13]

I think I'd go for the pumpkin soup in the pumpkin. The rest sounds gross or just a necessary evil of the time (Marie's special water... don't blame her there).

[@Saeiyu]

I have had it. I had pumping potage served in the pumpkin that it came from and it is delicious. It is much better than the soup inside bread monstrousity of nowadays. Best part? You can share and get another serving. Bouche a la reine also sounds delicious.

[@kam_lam13]

@@Saeiyu Nice! Thanks for that. Yeah, the soup in bread monstrosity really didn't work for me either.

[@Saeiyu]

@@kam_lam13 yup. Best part of eating it out of the pumpkin? The inner layers of it add a light sweetness. Now I am in the Caribbean I am curious if I can do that with other fruits or veggies. Like seafood with coconut milk inside a coconut or, some local variety thay a million times easier to make a bowl out of.

[@kam_lam13]

@@Saeiyu I don't know, but that sounds like a great experiment! Go for it and let everyone know how that goes for sure!

[@ph9619]

@@kam_lam13 what soup in bread?

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Fascinating history of what they ate!

[@gordonspond8223]

10:31 Growing up in Europe, we always had these at Christmas dinner... with home made potato croquettes...

[@m.f.richardson1602]

Always interesting and informative. Thank you Peace 💕🇺🇲

[@The7Reaper]

"The poor are starving" Rich people while taking off their pants and stroking: "oh yeah, say it slower"

[@llsmcslllsmcsl4427]

This video didn't cause me to think badly of the wealthy or stir up feeling for all the starving people just enjoyed what I saw. Thank you!

[@Cateyez380]

Chicken n Bagpipes the real dinner of champions. 👀

[@mg725]

Early on you mention chocolate with orange blossoms as prepared for Marie Antoinette, saying it gave the chocolate "a rich, citrusy flavor". Orange blossoms only have a very mild orange aroma and taste, which is lighter and more complex and, unsurprisingly, more floral. So it wouldn't actually give the chocolate a "rich, citrusy", taste, so much as a very mildly fruity, definitely floral, and more perfume-like taste and smell. It wouldn't really taste like actual oranges at all.

[@Goodiesfanful]

I still want to try that chocolate with orange blossoms!

[@marsco2442]

Most likely added orange juice, and then a pretty petal on top of you ask me

[@eliascommentonly4652]

🇪🇺👋👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👋👋👋🇪🇺🇬🇷 I m peasant worh smartphone I dont have problem to starve for my queen Like internet fetish But this need to fall in love with her And be relatively beautiful Otherwise it cannot work I couldn't rebel against marie Antoinette I want something else from aristocratic women I want smooth skin To hug and kiss I forgive marie Antoinette bitch I want her body Even today's aristocratic class I cant rebel I want womans body I can endure poverty for her 🇬🇷🇪🇺👋

[@ankhpom9296]

Steep the blossom in the chocolate.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

It's funny how posh and sophisticated the food and clothing was back then, when you contrast that with the hygiene.

[@btetschner]

Lots of amazing dishes!

[@RandallLeighton]

You're hilarious. "I wonder what vintage her toilet wine was."

[@Goodiesfanful]

I want to try the chocolate and orange blossom the most, followed by the poached truffles.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Nothing better than Weird History Sunday

[@Saeiyu]

To be fair to Louis XV he only began cheating on his wife when she began rejecting because he kept knocking her up! Can't blame a woman for wanting some much needed rest.😬 She told him to sod off and find a mistress, she needed a break! Haha!

[@lookarabbit2888]

Liver patte is better than u would think, especially when paired with the right wine.

[@jowen001]

It's delicious. People are missing out

[@netto6681]

Liver pate thickly spread on some sourdough toast, with a few cornichons - lovely.

[@lsuhutch9570]

This channel makes me so happy! I always get excited when I see a new video pop up. Keep up the great work!

[@Niobesnuppa]

Now I'm hungry. :( Napoleon cake is amazing, honestly.

[@ladyhonor822]

I can remember my 100 year old grandmother telling me how prisoners were feed Lobster. Philadelphia USA ❤️

[@ladyhonor822]

There was no plumbing in Versailles.

[@itschika3493]

Your vids are so underrated!

[@RowBearToe]

It's not Christmas unless I get a Terry's Chocolate Orange.

[@IfUSeekAndy]

Weird History is always the homie

[@leoleague6053]

I’m late but always here!! Here we go again.

[@jlshel42]

I’d like a video of how other cultures adopted foods from Europeans, like some of the dishes that Hong Kong adopted from English and other traders

[@oooh19]

We’re all influenced by others and it makes life interesting

[@jackierugrat8680]

Would be more interesting to see where all the foods that Europeans copied and try to take credit for actually came from.

[@jlshel42]

@@oooh19 good sentiment

[@hawktalon7890]

I feel as though an easy one word answer to that would be "colonization".

[@whiskeykilmer1866]

Hahahahahaha, this is one of your absolute best!

[@juliejames3338]

thankyou so much, i am enjoying your videos and living in france, its a great way to learn its history: mille feuille are my favourite pastries. you can see why the peasants had the revolution, what a greed lot they were in versaille; thanks again

[@notyourmother445]

In my culture, they were eating the heads of the chiefs defeated in battle. If not this then it was shellfish from the sea left to cure in freshwater rivers. Giant birds were our game and wild brush our treats. I am so thankful to be able to travel back to my motherland and live like my ancestors did all these centuries ago, the game may have changed but our roots remain the same. Chur.

[@mssydneil]

That’s great! Are you Māori, Tongan, Samoan, Fijian, or Tahitian?

[@cherylkosmerl3668]

Toilet wine you never cease to amaze me or laughing out of my chair thank you 😊

[@msjsq1966]

Wow do I love this channel. So fun and informative! Most of it was gross to me anyway, but to each their own!!! Thank you!

[@karadugas7013]

Would love for you to do an episode on the history of diet pills! One of the most popular being Obetrol, which contained methamphetamine.

[@NewMessage]

Can't believe they got a full turn of the Jerry Tree worth of content for this video!

[@MomentsInTrading]

While the food they ate was extravagant compared to what poor people ate, compared to what regular people eat today, their food sucked. No refrigeration meant that ingredients were half rotted. They didn’t understand bacteria. The water wasn’t that clean. The cooking equipment sucked. One can get better food at a Dennys today 😂😂😂

[@quakethedoombringer]

While I agree that their food don't sound too appetizing; remember that meat preserving method like smoking, brining, etc. exist. Also it's not uncommon for royals to "donate" their leftover foods to the peasants and minor middle classes to gain PR favor

[@caracho7191]

One story also says that Marie Antoinette brought the Croissants to France.

[@Wolfgoddess56]

Pumpkin soup in a pumpkin sounds great.

[@maenad1231]

She may of been “privileged” to get that water but it would of been inumane to give her any other water if she truly was sensitive enough to get sick from any other water that was available.

[@sunflowerlover5640]

Let them eat cake..said Marie Antoinette NEVER lol

[@rowancallaghan4972]

Actually she did not

[@lightningboltt5437]

Yh, she never said that

[@MrSumone]

@@rowancallaghan4972 OP just said never. You're not pointing out anything. Just being a tool

[@___LC___]

My comment was along the same lines. It could possibly be attributed to a noblewoman of the court, but not Marie Antoinette!

[@pollypurree1834]

Now, the modern day version is "let them drive electric cars"

[@flygirlfly]

Check out KZbin channel: TASTING HISTORY. He does a fun mix of actual recipes along with a history lesson.

[@tastefullynerdy1161]

Max' channel is amazing.

[@jcrc1]

One of the best channels on YT

[@aw4610]

The narrator is a simple peasant with simple tastes.

[@melisg.5868]

you guys are hilarious

[@Benni777]

“If history taught us anything, is that rich people get bored easily.” Jeff Bezos be like: 🫣😰😳

[@AstarionWifey]

I’m surprised they are tbh All the money to do anything and everything

[@alicerivierre]

Mais oui! I love the French Revolution! Vive la France 🇫🇷💙🤍❤️🇨🇵💙🤍❤️🇨🇵💙🤍❤️

[@cynthiablandford6213]

Vive a la France! My mothers background!🇲🇫🥰🇨🇦

[@Allylonng1416]

These are very interesting I love em all

[@claytonhawk8512]

Ooh do one about genuine Chinese food!

[@RavenBlaze]

Very cool

[@bmjv77]

Fois Gras is absolutely delicious. Don't knock it 'til you try it!

[@glynislailann9056]

Actually chicken stomachs (commonly known as chicken gizzards) are quite delicious. They have to be stewed or cooked in a soup for a while until tender.

[@vintag56h77]

Thank you. Very nice life.

[@MaxPower151]

Thank God I don't have a hangover and watching all this weird food

[@MsDboyy]

Napoleon with jam 😍 looks fire lol

[@KC73]

Oh to have been one of those!

[@justcurious..3580]

this is getting me hungry..✌️

[@LeahWalentosky]

Queen Maria actually started arranging for her husband to have mistresses after giving birth to her 15th child.

[@davidgerow]

The deserts looked very good. Lol

[@jacquelinevibes8333]

I have literally been searching youtube for the last month 😢 I kept trying how to express it on the search engine. French Revolution. Aristocrats French. Revolution. I was soo annoyed bc I wanted a celebrity type in the lives of the wealthy & unknown. This finaly made its way into my algorithm!😅😂 Thank you so much this was brilliantly worded, classy- sassy!

[@carolynncostanzo7360]

Would you please create something about the history of ice cream? Thank you

[@jacquelinedailey1444]

Marie Antoinette never really said let them eat cake

[@susanrobinson910]

King Louie probably ate dinner alone because he didn’t want anyone to know how bad his farts stank after eating all of that extravagant food! 😂

[@franciscatimm6099]

Could you make a video on the history of knitting guilds?

[@DreaLinh]

I don’t think I’ve been anywhere this early tbh

[@Sabbathissaturday]

Some things never change!

[@AI-hx3fx]

I really would have loved eating then. First few items mentioned are already my favourites.

[@SynnJynn]

Are you nobility then it wasn't going to happen

[@MiniKodjo]

6:32 i pass by this spring everyday... never new the story....