The Most Popular Foods Eaten In The 13 Original Colonies

[@GrungeHQ]

Are there any foods on this list you would like to try?

[@bridgetanne8242]

Jumble cookies. Maybe potted meat

[@michelleray4516]

Potted meat and crackers helped keep me alive when I was young and unemployed. Forty years later, I still eat it. Lol

[@michelerosequreshey8345]

Yes. We do what we gotta do! I love potted meat!

[@edp3202]

Apparently Billy Graham's favorite meal was unheated Vienna sausages with crackers.

[@labaccident2010]

My extreme budget food is sardines and crackers. It was something my late grandpa ate when he was younger, coming from a poor family. He taught it to my mom, my mom taught it to me.

[@anderander5662]

@@edp3202 and he only lived to be around 100

[@tinklvsme]

Devils meat I to still love it. Did u know that it was a staple during the Civil War It was put in jars big or small jars that made it easy to carry.

[@guidedmeditation2396]

It is funny that Lobsters are so sought after today but people complained about having to eat too many of them. It reminds me of how Chicken Wings have become these days. It used to be a pack of wings were dirt cheap but now with the massive popularity of buffalo wings and with so many chicken wing restaurants opening all over the place, they are more expensive than boneless skinless chick breasts. Bizarre.

[@nozrep]

indeed!

[@guidedmeditation2396]

@@nozrep Whats next? Those little Chicken Dookies on their butt will be $10 per lb. and they have to sell the chicken breasts as scrap to be used in pet foods.

[@talisikid1618]

That’s because there much more rare these days.

[@artguti1551]

Same with Beef Flank Steak...(Mexican's call it Asada), it used to be one of the cheapest meats at the market. Now it's expensive!!!

[@lorihoop3831]

It's crazy. If I'm paying more than the boneless/skinless breaststroke there better be meat on them too. Total rip off

[@missc.murphy3494]

Thanks so much. Enjoyed this bit of history. I was born and brought up in Boston, and was raised on Codfish. Loved it. Nowadays it's expensive and a bit of a delicacy.

[@cisium1184]

Agreed. I grew up in seacoast New Hampshire eating cod, clams, lobster, and butter-and-sugar corn. Even chicken lobster prices were reasonable where I grew up. Went back home in June and was shocked at prices at my hometown fish market.

[@BobSacamano666]

Best seafood hands down in from new England

[@nozrep]

Townsends’ living history channel does a lot of these recipes and colonial era cooking, and uses only the tools that they had back then. A very cool colonial history/U.S. history channel!

[@jameswells554]

They also sell cookbooks of recipes from that era, and the utensils.

[@deegee2920]

Great KZbin channel indeed!

[@Ivehadenuff]

My 90 year old mother remembers eating a lot of lobster when times were tough.

[@Herowebcomics]

That is so different from today!

[@cocoaorange1]

I recall being surprised v to learn how cheap crab and lobsters were back in the day.

[@toltec13]

Back then, corn wasn't what it is now. Corn was around an inch long, but corn plant breeding throughout the centuries gave us the present corn.

[@robinlillian9471]

Corn was an inch long thousands of years ago before it was domesticated by the Native Americans. All sorts of corn varieties existed during colonial times, including popcorn and large ears of field corn in many different colors.

[@1ACL]

Corn has been cultivated in the Americas for 10,000 years.

[@edmundooliver7584]

@@1ACL so, was tomatoes, chocolate, vanilla, pumpkins,beans and turkeys in mexico.

[@1ACL]

@@edmundooliver7584 yes.

[@sawtootheyes523]

Haha, gingerbread hardtack 😂

[@batgurrl]

I had squab, aka pidgin at a high end restaurant in Manhattan years ago and it was quite tasty

[@valfletcher9285]

pigeon. Pidgin is a blend of languages

[@clubmogambo3214]

Fun little factoid: Squab is actually a baby pigeon, never more than 4 weeks old before being processed. All squabs are farm raised, never taken from the wild, which in this case are the nasty city streets. And for those who have never had it, medium rare or even rare is the only way to go when eating one.

[@lindakay9552]

Okay I'm hardcore impressed. My 9th great-grandfather (following the male line on my father's side) was a founder of Norwich Connecticut. He fought in the battle at Mystic Fort. I'm also 9th great granddaughter of William Bradford. I'm extremely impressed that you mentioned salt smoke and snow. Salt was one of the most vital necessities to the Mayflower pilgrims. Because, they were sent from England, an alleged salt minor who turned out to be absolutely useless.

[@feywerfolevado6286]

Another relative of Bradford here :^)

[@kitkatpitterpat4498]

Another one here! I imagine there’s alot of us lol.

[@msn1590]

God bless down to many generations 🙏

[@lindakay9552]

I think it's fascinating to meet other people who have common ancestors!

[@Tit-Dirt]

Settlers: what's that yellow lump with knobs you guys are eating? Natives: it's CORN, it has the juice! When you try it with butter everything changes!

[@AmyaT]

Omg! Such a throwback!

[@artfuldodger7838]

I was Lutheran growing up. I've had your pepper cakes. The people in my congregation (German congregation) called it pfeffernusse.

[@adriennefloreen]

A church in our town in California has it's own food bank and free clothing store for poor and homeless people and they give everyone pepper cakes. I will write down that German word in my notebook where I write down new words I haven't heard, and ask them if they have heard it, the next time we get a food box or new clothes. This is why KZbin is awesome.

[@deedoyle4069]

YUMMY !!!

[@persistentpedestrianalien8641]

Pfeffermusse. Penis

[@Cat-ik1wo]

I have had it. Its good. I like it. During the Christmas holidays you can get a bag at ALDIS. I can eat the whole bag. So good!

[@burrocakes8048]

Yep grew up in a German-American family in Cincinnati and we also called them pfeffernusse. A delicious holiday season cookie for my family 😊

[@marios.sanchez]

This was an interesting video and I got some good info from it🤔

[@robertcarter3768]

Very interesting, I'd try a lot of the foods mentioned! Especially the 'pepper cakes"!!!

[@yabuttsunday838]

I love pickles. Cookie 😃 thankyou

[@GratitudeGriot]

First thought: WOW their bowel movements must've been terrible eating all that corn and meat. 2nd Thought: Thank goodness they ate up all the pigeons and replaced them with chicken!!! I'm from NY. A pigeon will always be a flying rat to me🤢

[@zakattack7799]

squab is an excellent meat

[@valfletcher9285]

That was a different breed of bird than the pigeons on the city sidewalks today.

[@anderander5662]

Why would their bowel movements be bad for eating corn and meat?

[@kathrynpupos9103]

So I guess you've never eaten squirrel. A family meal of 2 squirrel and 2-3 rabbits in an oven bag with onions, celery, carrots and potatoes, baked at 325 for a couple hours. Mmmmm mmm. One of the things I learned from my ex. Grew up a town girl never eating anything that didn't come from the grocery store. Nature's food store has a lot going for it.

[@delmaplain5358]

I used to read a magazine called the new england, or maybe Yankee that mentioned Indian Pudding, eaten with milk and syrup. Or scoop ice cream?

[@carleenturner1348]

I loved Yankee Magazine, read it as a kid...My great aunt lived in Cannan CT. We visited her every summer house on Twin Lakes.

[@rubynelson1164]

Those huge full ears of corn are not exactly indicative of corn of that time.

[@robinlillian9471]

Oh, yes they are. You and your friends are confusing thousands of years ago with hundreds of years ago. It's amazing how many ignorant people are willing to correct others with wrong information.

[@persistentpedestrianalien8641]

Yeah people back then were so ignorant and mental midgets. If George Washington was alive today, you would find him in a trashcan in Baltimore

[@suegeorge998]

Corn, however, was not the corn we know today. It wasn't sweet corn.

[@adriennefloreen]

True, but they had so many good varieties of corn almost nobody grows these days, including one with a hard shell that had to be removed from every kernel

[@robinlillian9471]

Sweet corn existed. It just wasn't quite as super sweet as today. Any corn variety can be picked young, boiled, and eaten with butter.

[@sorrowsharvest7891]

Was mainly used for ground cornmeal

[@suegeorge998]

@@sorrowsharvest7891 exactly!

[@suegeorge998]

@@adriennefloreen was it dent corn?

[@abrunson9022]

damn good job

[@FeldwebelWolfenstool]

..there used to be seals in Lake Ontario..but they all got ate.

[@Mediocre_JT]

If that V neck dips any further, I may have to call you Simon. I'm playin😂

[@sims717]

Grew up (60/70's) eating home made Johnny bread.

[@ravenpineshomestead]

Go to the Townsends channel to see these techniques in use!

[@heidicrimmings9615]

My grandchildren love it when I make bubble and squeak. They like watching, and hearing it cook. But mostly, they LOVE saying, " bubble and squeak "....

[@tropkitty13]

This is a great video🎉. I really enjoy the work you put into these. Keep it up! By the way, I was reading recently about the passenger pigeon. In the 18 th century they were so numerous they used to darken the sky as they flocked in the billions. They were extinct though by the end of that century, not by over hunting, but by the rapid deforestation that took place during the westward expansion. Makes you wonder how many other species of plants and animals went extinct during that time that we don’t even know about. Shame on us. 😢

[@ifor20got]

What???? No pre colonial Urber Eats so they could at least eat cake????

[@freesk8]

"Let them eat cake" was a French revolution thing... :)

[@ifor20got]

@@freesk8 Truth... However I figgured early Uber eats may have been via ship... lol At least we had Rum.... Life was not all that bad....

[@johannaschonberger6182]

Squab or now commonly known as pigeon is very tasty also definitely get your self some frog legs and yes on my grave taste like chicken

[@kathrynpupos9103]

They need to be cooked correctly. I've had them so dry they were inedible. Luckily , I tried them again and LOVED them.

[@reuben011]

Funny how the hungry people are to blame for the p. Pigeon excited and not the blithe from Chinese chestnut killing all the food for the pigeon and the American chestnut.

[@bobanderson6656]

Habitat destruction......

[@talisikid1618]

And market hunting. Hungry people? No. Greedy people. Too numerous people. Those are the ingredients for disaster every time. Stop trying to shirk your duties & obligations.

[@edmundooliver7584]

@@talisikid1618 yes, the English kill many birds just for beautiful feathers for the rich women in Europe for hats along with the beaver in the fur trade.

[@ttidwell4412]

That background music is annoying, distracting, and serves no purpose. Why is it playing?

[@Ridley369]

America's Puritanical roots? How do you figure that one?

[@stylefoodwithlaila4914]

When did Colonial Sanders come into place with his KFC

[@debbylou5729]

After the civil war, duh

[@anastasia10017]

syllabub is still eaten in UK and normal to have. it is not some "mysterious" dessert that americans seem to think it is.

[@grovermartin6874]

Too bad we nearly ate the cod into extinction, too.

[@Limba777]

They saved them and oh how they repaid them 😢

[@mr-vet]

Puritan roots is a lie (established Massachusetts Bat Colony, 1630)....Plymouth (1620)--10 years before the Puritans...; Jamestown was founded in 1607...but the 1st Colony of present day USA was by the Spanish in St Augustine, FL in 1565.

[@michaelcoder9119]

With the puritans, the clarification being the first colony of a people that actually did something in a larger sense here that continues today.

[@patriciat1514]

@@michaelcoder9119 the people on the Mayflower were pilgrims and others they called "strangers". Puritans came later.

[@michaelcoder9119]

@@patriciat1514 That I am aware of, however it has nothing to do directly with my statement. The Puritans establishing themselves in a longer lasting way on account of both Jamestown and Plymouth being virtual ghost towns within 100 years of their settlement.

[@patriciat1514]

@@michaelcoder9119 two of the people on the Mayflower were my grandparents, × ? generations. They were strangers as the pilgrims called them. He was the father of the baby born on the way over who was called Oceanus, I believe.

[@michaelcoder9119]

@@patriciat1514 Well good. My paternal side is related to Miles Standish.

[@qsita]

Did somebody say Menulog?

[@joanhuffman2166]

Pigeon meat is called squab.

[@evil1by1]

It wasn't solely hunting that doomed the passenger pigeon. Deforestation, chestnut blight and despite huge numbers a shockingly shallow gene pool. Any given one would have spelled doom and I sincerely doubt they would still be around even if Europeans never hunted a single bird. Not saying it helped but it wasn't the sole cause.

[@talisikid1618]

It was the main cause along with habitat destruction. European caused. Just the facts.

[@s.nsupernova]

I bet he wont pin this comment hi cat

[@tommy5367]

It's not a realistic thumb name. It's a artist drawing. The women would have not look hygienically clean because it took a lot of effort to take a bath. You had to carry water in a bucket one at a time then heat several pots on the stove to warm the water. In real life people probably walked around looking filthy.

[@michaelcoder9119]

That's an extremely ignorant comment. No one enjoys living in filth. They scrubbed down every day with a wash basin and rag, bathing every now and then.

[@tommy5367]

@@michaelcoder9119 like you were there.

[@michaelcoder9119]

@@tommy5367 Well no. You have me on that, but I have you on something called an education. By your statements you haven't much of one.

[@tommy5367]

@@michaelcoder9119 people like you belittle others to feel better about their on pathetic lives. My British friends and I only have one thing to say to you. GET BENT.

[@robinlillian9471]

The word is 'colonist" and NOT 'colonialist'. Do some more research before making these videos. You have several errors.

[@JJUnohu]

Thanks professor robin

[@RyanCoomer]

I am a Zookeeper in Atlanta and I regularly feed the Hippos day old Sausages so they have a taste of their home. I put strings on the sausages and swing them around the Hippos they get so Mad at me and Scream but it's an obsession sometimes the hippos try and Break out of their Cages but I keep swinging those hotdogs in Wide Circles over their heads. Luckily my Boss doesn't know I do this or my Coworke

[@valfletcher9285]

sounds insane.

[@CaponeCabin]

You said your a beekeeper in Minnesota and a chef at cracker barrel

[@lizziewahl]

What’s up with your hair, bro? You hungover?

[@saundrajohnson1571]

Lobsters 🦞, food for the poor. Can you imagine?

[@edp3202]

The poor ate salmon, greens.......

[@saundrajohnson1571]

@@edp3202 But lobster? Hard to believe these days.

[@edp3202]

@@saundrajohnson1571 I guess. If they had a lobster net and lived on the coast, sure. Why not.

[@saundrajohnson1571]

@@edp3202 Okay, maybe. But I can't see the poor buying lobster at the grocery store.

[@edp3202]

@@saundrajohnson1571 no. But back in the day there were no grocery stores. People hunted, fished, trapped, etc...for food. The original thirteen colonies was four hundred years ago. If you could grow it, catch it, kill it, you could eat it.

[@lindaeasley5606]

Potted meat : early day Spam

[@patriciat1514]

Linda that's what I was thinking.

[@michaeljones4478]

George Washington Carver & skippy helped me survive my teen years 😂🤣😂

[@stevehall383]

Potted meat is NOT a delicacy.

[@galloe8933]

Strange to hear that something was "According to the History Channel" and not have it followed up with Ancient Aliens being involved somehow. This sounds like some historic, History channel stuff from the early 2000s.

[@ramonworden4844]

I need syllabub

[@annathorne7714]

🌽It’s Corn 🌽! A big lump with knobs 🧃It has the juice🧃 (it has the juice) 🧃 I can't imagine a more beautiful thing 🥹🥹 🌽It's corn🌽 I can tell you all about it 👂🏽 I mean, look at this thing 🌽👀

[@Davidsavage8008]

Was the land of plenty . Game birds and deer everywhere.

[@maincoon6602]

Great video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jgrafx]

You left out Indian Pudding. This yummy dessert contained corn meal, molasses, sugar, and sometimes cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and other exotic herbs if possible to import. This was topped by whipped cream, sometimes flavored, in colonial times. Later on in the 19th century, whipped cream was replaced with ice cream in rich households.

[@darrellmortensen9805]

Just think back then nobody worried about being thin

[@jpbaley2016]

The weather at Valley Forge, while Washington’s troops were camped there, was greatly exaggerated. Evidence found temperatures were close to the 40’s. The worst weather occurred, when Washington was camped in Morristown, NJ, where temperatures were well below freezing with deep snow.

[@persistentpedestrianalien8641]

They said it was cold? They can s my d

[@patc1309]

Didn't it supposedly snow in June?

[@hollywoodharriet13]

Really enjoyed the info and presentation - except for that music. 🤨

[@jamesrichardson1326]

Ned Beatty played the hardest part.

[@patrickharper9297]

Turn off the music please

[@Mediocre_JT]

Tree bark, grass, leaves and dirt. Mix them together and have a different dish every day of the week.

[@persistentpedestrianalien8641]

Yeah, and if you vomit. It's leftovers ☺

[@joes3036]

Potted meat is common place in England

[@historybarf]

I grew up eating potted meat sandwiches. I still eat potted meat on saltines.

[@devi3ant]

Squanto was an exaggerated version of an historical figure, like Pocahontas. Another common myth is Thanksgiving, and also how Natives welcomed Columbus and the first Mayflower residents. LIES/BS. As natives, we still deal with people who say they are descended of a Cherokee princess to claim Native heritage. Tribes do not have princesses. Natives are not exotic, primitive or uneducated, we thrive and are awesome. We are human and are here.

[@michaelcoder9119]

When not involved with addiction and poverty, you thrive because of those who settled and civilized this land.

[@edmundooliver7584]

@@michaelcoder9119 no, settler drought alcohol, disease and polluted this land killing is not civilizing. maybe drought christianity

[@michaelcoder9119]

@@edmundooliver7584 What percentage of them are addicts, and what percentage of us.

[@edmundooliver7584]

@@michaelcoder9119 your talking about today I'am talking about settler's, but they's a fentanyl epidemic, drugs and alcohol problem in America along with murder and poverty that civilization creative.

[@michaelcoder9119]

@@edmundooliver7584 So in either case, don't blame the supplier, blame the damand.

[@cliffrothband5080]

in the late 1940's my grandfather Saul took me on a Brooklyn tenement roof to eat raw pigeon eggs out of the shell, and get pigeons for dinner. We dug up clams, ate eels and crabs. Restaurants served pidgeon blood as a flavor enhancer, and rabbit or cat stew as i heard. A copper pot hung for weeks with porrage . Pea porrage hot, Pea porrage cold ,Pea porrage in the pot 9 days old. You guess were the saying kicking the bucket came from.

[@crocussaffie2680]

The information is fascinating but that 80s infomercial rock in the background is annoying.

[@h.s.thompsonduke8105]

A whole chicken in a Ball canning jar along with spices and salt, in a canning bath is soooo good! Same with lean cuts of beef. Potted pork belly chunks work well too.

[@carlthornton3076]

Very Good!... #64 ✝ {9-20-2022}

[@ez2u1]

Now are corn is trashed… all altered GMO

[@edmundooliver7584]

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[@ez2u1]

@@edmundooliver7584 thank you