How The Victorians Made Their Exquisite Ice Cream | Royal Upstairs Downstairs | Absolute History

[@GunterThePenguinHatesHugs]

Huh, I was half expecting for the secret ingredients to be powdered Uranium and Prussian Blue for an impressive glow and colouring or some crazy Victorian shit.

[@Raqi_Noir]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheDimsml]

Prussian blue is an antidote for some heavy metals poisoning. "According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, an adult male can eat at least 10 g of Prussian blue per day without serious harm." Eat away! (On a serious note, please don`t eat paint, it`s not worth it).

[@timothyianflores7192]

@@TheDimsml it was just a joke luv

[@mumumumey]

basically posion :)

[@haileyy1793]

😂

[@caseyslove]

Fascinating! The ice cream doesn’t look like the modern ice cream. It looks more like sherbert. Would love some of those molds. What beautiful edible art they make!

[@lydiapurple]

I know I’m so curious to see what it tastes like

[@Just.a.person59]

That exactly what it is Sherbet!

[@michealpersicko9531]

@@Just.a.person59 I'd imagine that this was the transitional stage between water ice and ice cream since sherbert is basically italian ice mixed with a little cream, milk or both

[@tonibauer2405]

@@Just.a.person59 sherbet is fruit based and not creamy, though it has milk. It has no egg in it. Home made ice cream usually started with a custard made from cream, egg yolk, sugar, cooked on a stove, then cooled. Flavors were added of any kind, from fruit to vanilla and chocolate. It was much creamier and smoother than sherbet. There was no ice in the ice cream. Ice and salt were put around the metal container holding the custard mix inside a wooden bucket. You then turned a crank constantly to churn and freeze the ice cream. It was a lot of work but so worth it on a summer evening.

[@raraavis7782]

The English Heritage Channel has a 'Mrs. Crocombe' episode, where she makes icecream 'the 'Victorian way'. I'm sure, you can easily find it with the search function. Those reenactment cooking videos are a hoot to watch, anyway, highly recommend.

[@noblemily]

Can’t explain why I have such anxiety when they keep talking in front of melting ice cream. Please just eat it.

[@TallCanDan02]

They even zoom in on it melting lmao

[@purplequeen1727]

Lol yes! 😂

[@OstblockLatina]

Same with me: "Stop touching it an breathing on it! It's melting!"

[@Elleoaqua]

It's probably not real ice cream- a prop for the cameras

[@--enyo--]

They said the room was chilled.

[@LunaLoveheart]

‘Don’t eat these whatever you do’ *proceeds to put it in the ice cream*

[@OstblockLatina]

You don't put and eat entire beetles, you need to extract their colouring and then remove the actual bodies. That's how you get almost everything else you eat nowadays red too, as a matter of fact. This food coloring being 100% natural is actually better because it doesn't contain any toxic chemicals.

[@jwenting]

@@OstblockLatina well... Anthrax spores are 100% natural. Just to name one rather nasty natural surprise :)

[@LunaLoveheart]

@@OstblockLatina I know what cochineal Beatles are, I just thought it was funny how she said that then didn’t show you how they get the dye 😂

[@OstblockLatina]

@@jwenting So the black plague bacteria are. Or poisonous mushrooms, and hundreds of other things made by nature that could kill you in a nick of time. Or in a very slow and painful manner. Or in a very prolonged and silent one. Cochenille beetles are not one of them. The most unpleasant trait they possess is the chitin shells that are really unsavory and hard to chew, rendering them unfit for consumption. Like pretty much all beetles and other insects covered in chitin (still not a turn off enough for some nations, but yeah). One doesn't have to be a scientist to find out, they just need to know how to use google. Also, there is a good reason why the aforementioned things aren't allowed to be flavouring and/or coloring food while cochenilles are. Unless you don't believe in governments actually not wanting to kill off their voters and taxpayers on the spot, but then no scientific evidence might convince you otherwise.

[@OstblockLatina]

@@LunaLoveheart Just as funny as laughing about sb telling you to not eat walnuts with their shells. But then maybe I don't appreciate your sense of humor.

[@redlady935]

Imagine making that meal that would have taken weeks to plan and prepare and Vic just didn't rock up for it

[@OstblockLatina]

Just one of the countless things about English nobility, aristocracy and political system that makes me wonder why there was no people's revolution in England. I'd have those guillotines and things going red hot from the amount of revolutionizing of the social system.

[@Black.Spades]

@@OstblockLatina Because someone needs to financially backup an uprising for it to become a revolution.

[@robokill387]

@@OstblockLatina There was a revolution in England, and an English republic. Monarchy was restored very quickly because it didn't work and the leader was more of a dictator than the king was.

[@P3891]

@@OstblockLatina you sound a lot like Robespierre

[@prettyinpinky5937]

@@P3891 hahahahaha Maximilien de Robespierre is one of my favorite Revolutionaries, him Camille Desmoulins and Georges Jacques Danton.

[@georgehenry76]

I became more interested in how people got the ice itself in the past.

[@MrPh30]

South Norway and around Oslo they exported much ice to the UK, made narrow ponds and cut the blocks and dragged them onto the ships stored in sawdust.

[@DansuB4nsu03]

@@MrPh30 That is actually a genius way to store ice.

[@strawberry-xr4et]

@@MrPh30 yep, wouldn’t they put them in barns in the summer too?

[@tonibauer2405]

I grew up in South Georgia back in the 40’s and 50’s. I actually remember there were still a few big ice houses around. They were big, dark, mysterious looking warehouses. I recall seeing some big pieces of burlap; I think they wrapped the ice in that to keep it clean and maybe to slide very heavy pieces. I suppose because ice machines were still uncommon and while people at home could use these awful metal ice trays with hand cranks for beverages, businesses had to purchase all their ice still, as did anyone wanting to make ice cream or holding a big party. No idea where the huge chunks originated but I am thinking they would have been transported in special train boxcars. The warehouses were always near rail lines.

[@Elleoaqua]

Key West's Waterfront Theater is a converted ice house. Even the sub tropics had ice 🧊

[@christinecameron1612]

When I was a little girl my dad or a friend of his managed to score an old fashioned hand crank ice cream bucket. Everybody there took turns churning it and everyone had a sore arm the next day, even us kids.

[@sislertx]

We did every week in summer.at my grandparents...now they have electric that takes about 20 minutes. .im.the grandma and well my grand kids dont come over un less they want something..which is ok...but it is aint ice cream..its everyplace...like store bought cakes were the thing when bbn i grew up...now its home made...weird.

[@laurac8659]

Oh the memories ❤️

[@purplequeen1727]

Me too!

[@tonibauer2405]

Oh, yeah, that’s all we had in our little towns in the 1950’s. Usually in the late afternoon in someone’s driveway or under a backyard shade tree with men taking turns at the crank. Waiting for that ice cream was excruciating, but oh boy, it was worth it. The electric self cranking ones were pretty great when they came along. Peach was the big one down in Georgia where I was from, but my favorite was lemon custard. Still have the recipe.

[@winterkeptuswarm]

@@tonibauer2405 This is lovely, thank you for sharing!

[@bunny-yi9cj]

The little strawberry basket mold was absolutely adorable! lol it would have been a shame to eat it lol

[@julieneff9408]

The willow fountain/squirting tree is *epic* and now I want one. The location in a little grotto is perfect. No wonder the princess liked it so much.

[@OstblockLatina]

Honestly that tree was so kitchy and ridiculously work and money consuming. I really think Victorians had the most horrible taste. Also, by my standards is sth it more time and work consuming than eating of it is, it's not worth making AT ALL.

[@girlnextdoorgrooming]

@@OstblockLatina the purpose of serving foods it took great time, expense and skill to make was to make one stand out in the eyes of others. And the memories of the future queen.

[@jac1207]

@@OstblockLatina it's basically flexing. You are able to afford things that take a lot of time and resources, but at a very diminished return for the actual utility. It's still very much done today. But also, you have to remember, that kitchy tree fountain was commissioned by a duke and the whole banquet was for a young princess and soon to be queen. You have to go the extra mile if you're trying to impress.

[@combatduckie]

@@OstblockLatina your negative look on literally EVERYTHING from the past must be hard work - do you also go downstairs to the basement when laughing?

[@Solar_Corpus]

I just want sit under it on a hot summer day

[@Delaney-and-the-Starlight]

I love the pink glassware they have! I need to look for something like that! And the ice cream IS JUST SO DANG CUTE!!! I need all these things in my life!

[@audgepodge381]

I love the lady! she's beyond ecstatic and joyful! I felt it hahahaha

[@poppyseed5270]

And when she was going through the house accounts with that dude, there was so much tension... Get it miss girl 😂

[@gigigemini7433]

I would gladly go on a tour of any place she was showing, so engaging! She was so fun to watch and listen to!

[@Mylkies]

She’s on a show on Netflix!! Left over food show

[@laneland3874]

I’ve never realized how much shoulder pads were like push up bras for men.

[@yourinnerlawyer4035]

😂

[@SpookiCooki]

Oh wow that man has the most posh voice I've ever heard in a modern man.

[@ala4737]

The woman is the opposite...

[@leghost5247]

@@ala4737 idk what ur talking about her accent sounds incredibly old

[@MaMa-rx5jz]

A real treat

[@NgocLe-1711]

I find it funny how they went through all the effort to make a light and airy ice cream just to pack it tightly back into a mold for detail😂

[@world4saker]

ive worked in a kitchen that was very fast pace I know for sure they didn't really use spoon they only told they used them they used their hands to make sure it was done fast

[@shockingheaven]

If you don't do that, it crystalizes in a weird way and may be harder

[@LilyLovecraft]

Every time I get baked and watch these I try to re-subscribe all over again. Thank you so much for these uploads, the mixture of entertainment and education is so lovely yet we have so few resources.

[@SenoritaJes]

I love this woman's energy!

[@smexyphysics]

This is fascinating, my gran had a wooden ice churner, that had a hand crank on it and it looked just like that wooden bucket. You put ice and rock salt around the metal container and cranked it by hand and it made the BEST ice cream you would ever eat. She would put fresh peaches in it from our tree or cherries, and it was heavenly. I miss those California summers growing up as a kid. I remember we used to all argue about who HAD to churn the ice cream, but looking back it was such a wonderful experience and time.

[@justyeeeeeetit]

Dang wanted to see them feast on that ice cream! One bite? I'd lay into that strawberry tower 😋

[@lifeofdallas4318]

Imagine traveling 1 week plus, getting to your friends house and trying to sleep and your friend wants to give you a family history lesson. Lol I would die.

[@kristinegracec.deleon4962]

Imagine living in a place like that!! Also I appreciate much of this, I love history!!!

[@purplequeen1727]

It's amazing!

[@OstblockLatina]

I'd be imagining it burning to the ground every minute of my working there.

[@curiousbunny2573]

I love this. The two hosts are extremely British. Thanks!

[@Loki-and-Thor]

Please make more episodes available in the UK. It's disheartening when you get excited about the notification and then open the video to find it’s not available in the UK, where most of the videos are from.

[@sislertx]

They are usually blocked in usa too .

[@elizabethw.454]

You could use a vpn

[@SweetTea-Stephens]

Use a vpn and you can watch any video from whatever country you want. Just change the country on the vpn.

[@pandapearx3]

Try the opera browser. It got a free vpn, yiu just need to active it. Hope it works.

[@VancityViolinTeacher]

that's funny I'm in the uk I'm not using a vpn and I can watch it!

[@justlemons4077]

I just love how excited she is getting over all the ice cream. So wholesome :)

[@Hotaru9]

Wish I could try that ice cream. The molds are very fun.

[@saturnianrings3920]

Aside from the Beetles it seems pretty good.

[@moniquem783]

I’d be more concerned about eating something acidic from pewter than some beetles. Pewter would have contained lead back then.

[@sislertx]

I have two someplace ...used them once for chocolate...didnt go well..

[@emmitstewart1921]

@@moniquem783 yes, modern molds are made out of silicon rubber. It's just that molding Ice cream is so much time consuming work that few people do it anymore.

[@mattreid9427]

An episode about clothing would be interesting, men and women.

[@Loki-and-Thor]

I would love to see that too.

[@jasonm7973]

They had that

[@Loki-and-Thor]

@@jasonm7973, thanks I will have a look for it.

[@Loki-and-Thor]

If you are interested in historical clothing Prior Attire has a youtube channel that shows clothes from a wide period. Most are women's clothes although there are a few videos of men's clothing too. It's a “get dressed with me” idea where they start with the undergarments to the fancy outer dress.

[@sislertx]

Sure would...tho military influence is always over looked...like cuffs...

[@wendyanderson561]

I love the pewter moulds, such attention to detail.

[@dracofunneh2498]

I love the ice cream mould...they r beautiful!!

[@seanyeo7156]

Loved Rosemary in Sue and Giles' Supersizers series, her mirthful cackle every time she imagined they'd hate the food always cracked me up.

[@yourinnerlawyer4035]

THAT'S where I know her from! It was driving me nuts. 🤦😂

[@Merylstreep1949]

Cor, yet another SMASHER of an Absolute History series! The UK must have a hidden stash of exquisite Ginger Lady historians!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@nebraskamomma]

i was today years old when i realized ice cream could be moulded

[@yourinnerlawyer4035]

🤦

[@MaMa-rx5jz]

Same haha I mean i make popsicles but this videos opened an infinity of possibilities

[@magnificent6668]

In the US, they used to be called "ice cream bombs" and were quite elaborate as well. There's a wink to that history in a classic popsicle/ice lolly, called "bomb pops" --they're a multi-colored, multi-flavored, rocket shaped treat.

[@christianneforman40]

I've binged watch this series so many times, I absolutely love it! Plus it gives me inspiration to cook! And I learn history! I love Tim, Rosemary and Ivan! Great team!

[@jennylawson1980]

Love this so very much ♥️ ty for sharing

[@mariofilippeschi4855]

Whenever i watch British videos like this, the quality of camera makes me feel like i'm currently in 90's to early 2000's

[@lft3636]

The background music when they were making ice cream sounds like a bit of Sex and the City.

[@Raqi_Noir]

Yes! I couldn’t pay attention to the show because of the Sex and the City music. Lol

[@nikolasincorporated]

It is I think! Just a different cut of a longer piece 😂

[@Narutojaden]

I don’t know if this is like stuff that is on like PBS on a cable show or if this is all being recorded specifically to be on KZbin but it definitely doesn’t feel like it’s specifically being recorded to be on KZbin

[@MrPh30]

Its a earlier series made for tv,but many good ones one dont know that comes to Yt that one havent seen before or did not know about.

[@kierstenlittlepage4999]

I actually found it on a free Channel on my tv once， I was really surprised

[@stabadaisy2]

These are all old shows from the tv that the channel just reuploads. A lot are probably blocked in the uk due to the original tv channel blocking them.

[@megiab]

absolutely wonderful concept and execution! so many interesting details! thank you for this

[@thisisyang820]

Informative and fun! Thank you for sharing!

[@froogsleegs]

I like Rosemary Shrager. I grew up watching Masterchef, River Cottage, Anthony Bourdain, The Hairy Bikers, Saturday Kitchen etc with my nan, Rosemary Shrager was one of her favourite personalities. She was an awesome lady and absolutely loved food.

[@maggiemojica1057]

How beautiful the molds and the coolest is that they used natural colors to dye it all

[@nicolethijs5428]

I have 2 of those old flower ice cream moulds.

[@laurel__]

neat!

[@joyceleeper9421]

Back then where did they get ice? It's hard enough to get ice over there now every time I've ever gone to England.

[@robokill387]

They shipped it in from Norway and kept it in an icehouse. Really rich people had a refrigerator.

[@annasahlstrom6109]

I love the molded ice cream! I want that at every party from now on.

[@cy6211]

Love Rosemary after being introduced to her on Best Leftovers Ever!

[@irenabevans3411]

Loved the mould's pity they don't make them like that today

[@katsu890]

I wish ice cream was still made like this

[@yourinnerlawyer4035]

It can, learn and make it yourself that way.

[@Maryland21]

This is my new favorite channel omg all this pretty ice cream

[@reyse1973]

beetles to make yellow food colouring.. hmm not sure how i feel about that haha but very interesting !

[@deb8105]

The beetles make red food colouring, it’s still used today.

[@tmw94777]

I understand this is about Queen Victoria, but I was hoping for a glimpse of Bess of Hardwick's portrait. She's the Elizabethan forebear of the Dukes of Cavendish, and built Chatsworth. She's a favorite of mine.

[@ameliabrittain158]

This is the most British thing I have ever seen

[@charlietroy4751]

Arent those pewter molds dangerous because of lead?

[@CourierSixMojaveExpress]

You two are awesome. I came here for the history but stayed for the personality

[@kathychildress18]

The ice cream molds are stunning

[@hanji_1991]

I have shapes like that too. Maybe I'm gonna make ice cream tomorrow! Thanks for inspiring me.

[@nyanSynxPHOENIX]

Six plates of ice cream and they go for the mini asparagus. Lol

[@phoenixfire8978]

I guess eat your vegetables before dessert holds true even during the dessert course.

[@danield679]

7:05 Piennappuuuuhls. 🤣🤣

[@robokill387]

Yeah, he pronounced pineapples correctly. What's the issue?

[@jwenting]

would have been nice to post the recipes...

[@PrettyGuardian]

So nice...

[@silviazumba1]

Imagine AAAAALLLLL the things we take for granted now.🙃🙃🙃

[@gavinm8482]

Nothing screams Victorian history more than rock music

[@missmaryhdream6560]

Just the very thing, for a bank holiday weekend x how lovely

[@melissaq8854]

23:33 made me laugh so hard hahaha

[@caraunderhill8914]

Charles coote is an ancestor of mine. Really interesting to know, thank you 😊

[@hashtag415]

My relatives used to tease me at weddings by telling me I'm next. They quit though when I started doing it to them at funerals.

[@SkoomaCat]

Lol

[@JMac-27]

Wow the way you used this like you made the joke up 😂

[@monedameow]

Omg! Everything Is so amazing!

[@PsycheAi]

Why is the sex and the city theme playing for the ice cream?

[@tonibauer2405]

Sounds right to me.

[@filipinoarchmage5793]

Good lord they used spinach extract for that green ice cream. 🙆

[@-BEASTOR-]

I love this channel, but why is the video quality always so bad?

[@dylanwhitmer5325]

It was made for TV originally.

[@jek__]

lemon is the best ice cream flavor because its the only one that actually contributes to the texture of the dish by helping to curdle the milk slightly even when it isn't cold enough to freeze completely like we like it in the modern world. I'm convinced it's the original flavor

[@wendydomino]

"first the green" pulls out a spoonful of pale yellow

[@roseypeach8363]

Yummy frosty elegance!

[@sararavenraine]

I take it the asparagus mold was the only one which didn't contain lead then?

[@OstblockLatina]

They were also possibly secretly spat on by everyone from the scullery maid to the butler. I mean, they would be if I was them. Several times if I had consumption.

[@brendaluv2017]

These ice cream makes me say: FUCK THEY’RE BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

[@dollybelfiore7628]

Can anyone tell me if the ice from an 'asparagus mold' would have actually tasted like asparagus? It all sounds rather '17th century bizarre'.

[@OstblockLatina]

Khem khem, Victorians were most definitely 19th century.

[@mvcharisma]

I want that ice cream!

[@purplequeen1727]

I cringe when historians touch old books, pages, etc without gloves. Lovely ice cream! Fun fact: my wedding band was made in 1860! 😍

[@acolddarkgentlebruh8205]

I learned recently that gloves are going out of fashion, since you're actually in danger of doing more damage with a pair of gloves on, as opposed to using only your hands and being fully dextrous with no danger of material scraping the pages or damaging the paper.

[@laurac8659]

Delightful 💜

[@carmelagarin8645]

I wonder if the molds used don't have lead with them.

[@edmundprice5276]

4:37 HEATING pipes, lol

[@eileenbass952]

Yipee, you are both back. Over the Moon.

[@saturnianrings3920]

What’s it like?

[@VaBeachBeach2971]

The 6th Duke of Devonshire was the son or William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire and Lady Georgiana Spencer who the movie the Duchess was about played by Keira Knightly. Love that movie.

[@vrindabolinjkar3861]

Is this the same house used in Pride & Prejudice ?

[@abunnyyay4904]

Yes!! Tim Wonnacott, such a legend.

[@lisamoolman719]

Those were the days when everything was individually made to exceptional standards... Not like today when 90% is mass produced. Absolutely stunning.

[@emilywong4601]

I have the same rice cooker!!!

[@nejc1]

Would really like to know the title of the music piece that start at 18:13 if anybody knows or have any idea? Please and thank you. :)

[@e.jenima7263]

must admit always wished to try making high grand Victorian food but it is so time consuming not to mention its a lot of work for something that will be eaten in 2-20 min.

[@jamesbishop5119]

Odd music choices I must say, really loud too come on editing man!

[@lindaf9901]

How did they have ice in the first place?

[@noblemily]

It was imported from cold country such as Norway, and stored it in the ice well.

[@felixlachner4712]

pewter has very high lead content, you have to be carefull!

[@redlady935]

Yes it's amazing they didnt all have lead poisoning back them what with the lead pipes and lead paint and even makeup with lead

[@OstblockLatina]

Yes, just add some arsenic to be sure you get the social parasites off your face.

[@raerohan4241]

The lead in pewter isn't a problem unless you're using it for acidic substances. I assume they avoided those when making these, not only due to the lead, but to prevent the cream from curdling

[@redlady935]

@@raerohan4241 citrus in fruit is acidic though

[@josephcowan6779]

@@raerohan4241 Lol, they put pineapple purée in it! so no, they didn't.

[@Marshmallow_Trees]

Who else skipped ahead to the ice cream parts?

[@musicguy20]

I think a great program to add would be ‘10,00BC Two Tribes’ off of Channel 5. Great historic show.

[@dawnpalmby5100]

21:00 was that an Art Attack reference?!

[@GloriaJWimberley]

✨Interesting!✨

[@venus_envy]

The music in this show is all over the place, it's a bit annoying.

[@m_lies]

The most repeated words by the woman: look, fantastic, amazing, beautiful, I love it

[@kafkaesqui5874]

Sovereign life really is something

[@OstblockLatina]

If you're lucky, your young wifey's gonna get lucky with a potent young stable boy to produce an heir to your fortune, while you can't get it up because of all the led-contaminated ice-cream from the pewter forms you shovel down your throat.

[@butterball33]

So, he took a set of pewter molds he found in a Victorian era home and used them for ice cream? Lead was used to make pewter back then.

[@TallCanDan02]

Little bit of lead never hurt anyone :)

[@patmccrutch3927]

is that Sex and The City sound track during the ice cream making?

[@TheChiful]

The ice cream is absolutely so extra 😂😂😂 WOW They really went all out!!!

[@Narutojaden]

I thought Americans were obsessed with their history… But it’s nothing like the These guys

[@TheoryCrafter]

if youre not a boomer who loves white-noise dribble, the video starts at 6:50