Odd Foods in the Old West , part 2

[@keithwoznek4087]

Always fun to see Mrs Santee

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yep! I get to see her everyday. Lucky!

[@bgbeck55]

@@ArizonaGhostriders I will pray for her healing. God Bless you both.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

@@bgbeck55 Thank you, but she shaved her head for a friend going through chemotherapy.

[@grandmabrowne6102]

@@ArizonaGhostriders you've got a pretty special lady there. Her friend will be in my prayers.

[@ritashuff7136]

Thank you!:)

[@jfsinc]

I’ll pass on the bugs. Loved the reaction of your bride. Best to you all. Merry Christmas. 🙏

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks, you too

[@johnraines4825]

The idea of eating that really bugs me!

[@josephgonzales4802]

This video was very funny! Mrs.Santie made it the most enjoyable ones. 😁🤣😂🤣😂👍

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@scenicdriveways6708]

LOL, great episode Mr. & Mrs. Santee. I won't be switching from Burgers & Fries to Grasshoppers anytime soon. 😀 JT

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Me neither

[@BradSprinkle]

It's kinda funny how the wild culinary is perceived as a modern-day. We have forgotten a lot. Great episode. Keep them coming 🤠👍 Merry Christmas all from us in Western North Carolina.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks! Will do!

[@masonbricke4568]

That was easily the best and most hilarious video you've done this year. Your wife's reaction speaks for most of America. Seeing you wash your bug down with liquor straight from the bottle tells me how much you savored the experience too. :) I just hope you don't end up acquiring a taste for them. You'll put Orkin out of business. ;)

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HAHA!. The taste wasn't bad, but the idea that there maybe legs or eyeballs wandering around in my mouth made swishing second nature.

[@TrollworksForge]

This is why scotch was so popular: it is the only thing strong enough to get the taste of haggis out of your mouth!

[@TimKoehn44]

Excellent episode Santee. I have tried meal worms and crickets for a survival demo. Not bad. I hope Mrs. Santee recovers! Cheers!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeah, not bad. Like rattlesnake. I'm not waiting in line for it!

[@michaelpage4199]

Wow that really was some food for thought. You two really hopped on that one.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeah, it bugged my wife, though.

[@alwynjones422]

Hey, Santee! Can't believe your good lady did more spitting in 20 seconds of grasshopper tasting than Clint Eastwood in the whole of "The Outlaw Josey Wales!" Very unpleasant for the both of you, but very funny for us! Brilliant!🤠🤠🤠

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@ritashuff7136]

Very funny!

[@robertbuckey6517]

Another fun episode Santee! I feel like that would be my reaction to grasshopper as well.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL!

[@Lagassejames]

The ending is the greatest, I loved it. Thank you for taking a hit for all of us, your lovely bride said it all.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

youre welcome.

[@TrainTracker911]

I have to admit that your video editor is great. Must do a lot of research to come up with some of the clips. Just love them.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks. I appreciate it. -Santee

[@PinkertonJM]

I think i'm gonna react like Mrs Santee! 😝 You have nerve Santee 😂 I think i'm having a nice steak instead! 😋😄 Thanks for the cool video and topic, friend! 😀

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Hope you enjoy the steak.

[@PinkertonJM]

@@ArizonaGhostriders i always do 😉

[@jkrause365]

I've heard of eating grasshoppers, even cockroaches and crickets. I think I'll stay away from all three thank you very much.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Good choice.

[@jeff9104]

Great stuff Santee and Boss, but didn't make me hungry.......🐾🐾

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Lol!

[@frankrizzo367]

Ever since I saw Lonesome Dove I've wanted to try a grasshopper 😂😂😂. Thanks for another great video!!!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You're welcome.

[@classicgunstoday1972]

Our boys aint too partial to eatin’ bugs.

[@stanley917]

"Grasshoppers are a very special treat for those willing to make the jump."

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Ehhh, I'm ok not eating them again. I won't be hopping to buy them.

[@joemortimer1763]

Great episode. I applaud Mrs. Santee for trying a taste of it. I believe it would be safe to say she did not like it.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

yup

[@ritashuff7136]

Nope, didn't like the texture.

[@JimBailey]

Thank you Santee, your wife is so cool near the end of the video. Take me a little while to eat some of those dished. Thanks again.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HA! Thanks.

[@kicklock1012]

Thank you for another great video have a merry Christmas and a happy new year

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You as well.

[@marcosaraiva9205]

You guys hare are brave having tryout grasshoppers 😄 thanks for the lesson part 2 Odd food the old west

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Our pleasure!

[@marcosaraiva9205]

@@ArizonaGhostriders And mine has well 👌

[@jeffryrichardson9105]

Old timer told me once .. only a hungry coyote will hunt! Food for thought!👍🏽😀❤️🇺🇸

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You got that right!

[@craigevan9649]

Your wife is great Santee! Don’t lose her! Merry Christmas to you both! Faithful subscriber. - Craig -

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Much appreciated.

[@ritashuff7136]

Thank you so much! He's a keeper himself! ;)

[@dennishein2812]

Now you know why whiskey was so popular in the west. Neede it to was the food down.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I would try a steak from that period...just to see how it differs from ours nowadays.

[@fredschultz6468]

Grasshoppers, think of them as dry land shrimp maybe?

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Sure!

[@CarryonJeffnJohn]

Merry Christmas to you and your family hope you are doing good another amazing video yet again offal is very good for you and getting very expensive interesting video thanks for sharing 👍

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You're welcome, John!

[@fishbonez5670]

Great episode as always. had to watch Part one over again because, well its been a long time and I thought I had missed something. What I enjoyed the most was watching your cat give you the look of "what its a staple food in my diet"

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HAHA!

[@jimkessler2001]

Charming and informative as ever... Keep up the good work !! Try a Haggis ! ( A sausage made of Lungs, Liver and tripe, mixed with oatmeal, stuffed in a sheep's stomach, and boiled ) This is what Scottish Cowboys eat. REAL men !

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Will do!

[@jimkessler2001]

@@ArizonaGhostriders Plus lots of Black Pepper !

[@indigowolf556]

Merry Christmas to the best cowboy and cowgirl in The West 🤠🤠🎅🎅🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Happy holidays! Thank you so much!

[@chelseadanico877]

Very interesting and informative video, I really liked and enjoyed it. I learned a lot about odd food in the old west.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

So nice of you

[@chelseadanico877]

@@ArizonaGhostriders thanks👍🏼🌟😎

[@walterwaller9784]

I laughed so hard when she said quit being a baby and then she about then she about puked!

[@ritashuff7136]

Yup! Serves me right! :)

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL!

[@handlebarslim78]

Hope you and the others in the your possie have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR. I appreciate you pard.🇺🇲🤠

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Very nice of you to say! I extend the same to you, Robert! Thanks for keeping the spirit alive.

[@handlebarslim78]

@@ArizonaGhostriders I've turned a bunch of my cowboy fast draw buddy's on to you. I may come over to you one day. I'm known as handlebarslim in the fast draw world.

[@motorcyclemikel711]

I have been laughing since I saw Mrs Santee (the pewpew girl) eat a bug! You can bet I'll share this episode of A.G.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@AlphaTraveler1]

Got to say, this series had me stomped! I thought it was only burgers and steaks! Hahahah! Awesome one! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it, Alpha!

[@AlphaTraveler1]

@@ArizonaGhostriders BTW Santee, I wish you and your family a fantastic and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2023 sir. Stay safe as well.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

@@AlphaTraveler1 You as well, amigo!

[@51WCDodge]

What a wonderfully graphic response to a 'Local Delicacy' 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HAHA!

[@jamesa.7604]

I'll agree with Mrs. Santee. Now pass that bottle, Sir!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HAHA!

[@joenieto5491]

Wow,!! I think that you and your wife are very brave Santee as I would never dare put a grasshopper in my mouth.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Well..it won't happen again!

[@joenieto5491]

@@ArizonaGhostriders I totally understand why

[@SmallCaliberArmsReview]

Most of it is psychological, except for tripe, I'll never eat that again! Nope, nope nope. Cool video Santee!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HAHA!

[@terrysnyder3599]

No Fair Santee! You drank over 3/4s of that bottle before eating that kricket. (I would have too).

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Oh yeah. Gotta prepare, ya know.

[@thejaggededge1624]

No, grasshoppers will not be replacing Funyuns anytime soon. lol Loved it Santee.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@rhondaz356]

OMG, as always, I loved your video, Santee. The subject matter may have been rather unappetizing, YIKES, but it was so interesting. I never really thought about the *unusual foods they ate back then. Mrs. Santee was so daring and gung-ho, but at least she tried...👏 Love your videos, Santee...👏🤠👏

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks so much!

[@tscream80]

I believe Mark Twain once said, "Any moving picture can be made better by the inclusion of an otter." At least, I think he said that. 🤔 And Mrs. Santee was so brave trying out that cricket... At least until it hit her mouth. 🙃

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Probably said that!

[@roblowe9283]

Great Show !!!!!!!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

🤠

[@joep4235]

Ha ha ha... I tried some chocolate covered crickets once, and had the same reaction as Mrs Cheese!!! Yucky- Poo 😁

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL!! Yeah....

[@mr.brasskutt5385]

Nuevamente mis condolencias Mr. Santee. Gracias totales por el sacrificio en pos del periodismo gastronómico. 👍😀❤🍔🍗🍑

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you very much.

[@IRONDAWG63]

Mrs Santee is looking lovely as ever Mr Santee

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@anthonycalbillo9376]

Definitely grew up with Menudo soup. Did Bill ever try it with pigs feet?

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Only once....and the cook was never heard from again.

[@unclejohnbulleit2671]

Loved it!! Now I have to find Riley's insect cookbook!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You should!

[@CoryTheRaven]

I refuse to eat bugs unless they are a certain size and live in the water.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I hear ya

[@wadejustanamerican1201]

Love the honest outtake. Probably will stick to the usual, but you did try.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yup

[@davidcarlisle6244]

MERRY CHRISTMAS Ghostriders. If you were a "little" bad this year try a shot of whiskey and a little jerky for Santa. Couldn't hurt.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HAHA! OK.

[@Wildwest89]

“To the lesser of two weevils!”

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I have been waiting for someone to acknowledge that joke! Thank you very much!!

[@davidmorris6539]

Giday santee. Well I liked this video it started me thinking what the setters here in Australia had to chow down on . Witchetty grubs. kangaroo . And holl lots of Bush tuker that I Do not want to go into just in case it might upset your tummy 🤣

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I'm fairly good at blocking out the fear and just trying things (like you saw in the video). I even tried durian fruit, which smells like dead rotting bodies. Didn't taste good.

[@jasonattenborough4026]

Another excellent video, Santee! My ancestor talked much about the diet during civil war and post civil war, one of the most interesting aspects the officers, soliders, cadets, wives, and civilians last were feed in that order.. Tripe and off cuts was feed to the kids, while strong meals feed to men. He explains how he hated tripe, and liked what the local indigenous tribe offered, and his mother gave him a boiled egg, and bread cooked with weavils, and lard bread sometimes, but nothing was wasted. Fish was the other dietary supplement, as well as berries, fruit jam made from berries. The dogs often got bones and fish heads, as well as occasional dead animal like rats and mice. Chickens and cattle, no pigs or sheep due foot and mouth, and a few Judas goats offered more milk to the youngen's. Post civil war was hard, as he explained that a bloke was found eating pig food and stealing chicken eggs. Anyways, when you come to Australia one day, you can always try a witchetty grubs, which is said to taste like almonds.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Fascinating history, there. Witchetty grubs....hmmm. I might pass. Certainly there would be something more palatable on your continent!

[@R8DRBeagle]

That made my morning. Now you have to reward Mrs. Santee for that experiment. I ate fried insects back when I was a boy scout.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Whoah!

[@sdsith]

I actually really enjoy crickets and larvae (cooked and seasoned of course), they're just too expensive ironically haha rest in peace, Miss Donna.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@ewmhop]

GOOD VIDEO AS ALWAYS SIR, SORRY ABOUT YOUR FRIEND PASSING MAY SHE REST IN THE LORD HOUSE. GOD BLESS

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@hazcat640]

Santee, if you bring out a mug the size of the one you're holding at the end I'll buy another of your mugs. 👍👍

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

That is a big-un

[@Knightshospitaller]

One of my coworkers is from Texas and he told me that some of the snacks he would eat included snake meat and scorpion lollipop. I should try these foods when I have the chance.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Snake is ok. Scorpion....I dunno.

[@jacktribble5253]

Growing up on a ranch in the Appalachian region of Tennessee in the 1970s, a lot of these foods were fairly common. I don't know that I count that as a blessing. I have eaten a lot of things, as you said, just to say that I did. Best of Days to All the Ghostriders.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Very cool

[@colemcbride803]

Hey Santee, I went to the flea market today and picked up 2 leather postcards from 1906 and a mustache mug, I think a video on postcards in the old west would be interesting, although they didn't really become popular until the end of the western days but I find em really neat.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Cool! Leather?? Wow!

[@colemcbride803]

@@ArizonaGhostriders I had only heard of leather postcards once or twice in passing yet never saw any until yesterday, funny thing is that I found them by accident when I asked to take a look at a pile old notebooks and they were underneath. There were a couple more that I didn't buy which I might go back and get one day. After doing some research it turns out that people would save the postcards they got and sew them into pillow cases and wall banners. And I'm sure people also used them for clothing repair as well as they still had alot of life in them beyond being a postcard.

[@mcwatersd]

Awesome video. Love the clips . Amazing editing . My Dad used to ask us if we'd like some CPR (canadian pacific railway) strawberries for desert . Turned out to be stewed prunes. Keep Safe❤Keep Well ❤ Merry Christmas to you and yours 🎄🎄🎄

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Prunes!!

[@jadeblues357]

The strangest thing I ever ate as a teenager living in Arizona was buffalo nuts and yes I mean testes. I had them on a dare!😂They weren’t really that bad a bit salty/chewy, rather eat that then cow brains. I’d rather eat rattlesnake than Buffalo nuts.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeah, I wasn't nuts...er...CRAZY about the testicles either.

[@adrockey]

Great video! I think I'd be doing the same as the Mrs . LoL

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL!

[@chelseadanico877]

Great job and well done. I got a lot of inspiration for old West/arctic wilderness inspired creepy pasta series Mysteriarch Mythos I’m writing. I’m definitely going to be adding odd foods to my old West inspired story I’m writing.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Go for it!

[@chelseadanico877]

@@ArizonaGhostriders thanks 🌟😎👍🏼

[@nagjrcjasonbower]

Nice! 4.7k views and 1K likes in 16 hours?! Moving right on up! So sorry so many of your friends have been passing away. Thanks for sharing them with us!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I appreciate ya!

[@markkumyllykoski5444]

Yeah, no bugs for me. Rest of the food in this made me hungry though. And I just ate.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HAHA!

[@johnraines4825]

Menudo is really good!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

OK!

[@AZSP1966]

I couldn't help but think of Capt. Woodrow F Call when the grasshoppers came out. That tastes like candy what is that? Grasshoppers! spit spit spits. 🤣

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL!

[@mdj.6179]

Have you done a video about the worm in the tequila?

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Not yet, he's always too drunk to give me an interview.

[@ericruss4189]

In the South, we eat most anything. I love souse and potted meat. Chiterlings are good. We are acused of eating everything from the rooter to the tooter and I guess that's true, but I want eat bugs. Merry Christmas my friend!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HAHAHA! You as well.

[@scotteakins7203]

My grandfather turned me on to Head cheese when I was young. And I still enjoy it today. Along with its friend Souse. Love em both. And a few other strange passed up exotic cuts.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes

[@utej.k.bemsel4777]

I'm very interested in "odd" food and tried a lot of it. Next sunday i will try "Schwäbische Alb Oysters", meaning a rams nuts from our native sheep in southern Germany.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Enjoy....uh yes!

[@jjsadventures]

Love seeing your wife!!! Foods were definitely different back then

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@janerkenbrack3373]

As a boy in northern Minnesota, I ate fried grasshoppers several times. Catch them in the yard, and fry them live in a pan (with cover for obvious reasons.)

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

So they were a staple?

[@janerkenbrack3373]

@@ArizonaGhostriders They were a treat.

[@delunamarco]

Nice show Do you have any info about salt , how was obtainned and how important was ?

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

It was a primary seasoning and pretty available. Salt mines in America, plus Solar Salt production in 8 states covered much of it.

[@lisamoore6804]

Oh my goodness, your wife had me rollin' after calling you a big baby. 🤣

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeah, she does that.

[@jebusnightchimpv2484]

Love head cheese with lemon and Tapatio, great snack

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Hmmmm....now that's a good way to eat it.

[@homersreluctantodyssey2508]

hogmaw was a family tradition here in dutch country PA

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I bet.

[@Milty2001]

For some reason I had no idea that eating cow tongue with Greek salad was considered odd but it was good thank you santee 😭

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You're welcome. Ugh

[@mdj.6179]

My mother ate tongue, tripe and head cheese all the time. I think that was so us kids would leave something for her to eat...only the dog would chomp that stuff down...

[@jaydendowell1468]

Howdy and merry Christmas santee

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Merry Christmas!

[@jeff7.629]

I understand chicory coffee is still popular in some southern states.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

It is big in N'awlins

[@SlickSixguns]

What tasted better, the whiskey or the grasshopper?

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Whiskey

[@RedProg]

Well heck golly... Got to round up some chicken livers...good eats. Have a great week Folks

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Hope you enjoy

[@highplainsdrifter6321]

I am an outdoors kind of person I love the old west, and I will say that I have tried Rocky Mountain oysters, three times cow brains, Menudo crickets mealworms of course they processed and numerous other things and I am willing to try anything

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Good!

[@thebanjooutlaw]

I saw a video from a friend of mine talking about menudo the other day!👍

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Cool!

[@Tammy-un3ql]

love them.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Eels, aspic, or grasshoppers?

[@distlledbrewedreviewed]

Very interesting video my friend. I would do cricket flour over wheat flour.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I need to try it.

[@DirtyFrigginHarry]

I'll try pretty much anything once, but I can't get past the texture of bugs. dry, super gritty and get stuck in your teeth. It's fascinating but if things get that bad I'll stick to field mice.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HAHAH!

[@joelhurley2678]

Great Video, but keep the bugs. 🐛 Merry Christmas.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks, will do!

[@Hero1117a]

Great video

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks!

[@johnraines4825]

Menudo is pretty good!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Good to know!

[@led8541]

Great video Santee. Your wife deserves a nice Dinner out for doing that for the video

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You mean, other than a Grasshopper dinner?

[@mistergrandpasbakery9941]

In Texas, menudo is the best cure for a hangover. We eat it for breakfast after a long night of partying. And it's made with chitterlings in Texas.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

So I've read.

[@julienielsen3746]

Did the cat try them?

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

He declined

[@julienielsen3746]

@@ArizonaGhostriders Smart Cat.

[@rickkinki4624]

I'll tell you, Santee, this episode really bugged me! Seriously, while I'm something of an adventurous eater, I do have my limits, and eating insects is far beyond those limits! -Desert Rat Rick

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeah, I thought that too. Then I started a KZbin video.

[@jbmbryant]

You sure do fantastic work, Santee! Certain types of locusts (the bug, not the tree) are kosher. 🤮

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks for that!

[@TracyLoop]

I have had to roast red winter wheat to make coffee. (The wholegrain not the flour. LOL )

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Oooooo, is it good?

[@TracyLoop]

@@ArizonaGhostriders It was more of a tea. I got the Idea from the Movie Red River.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

@@TracyLoop I've had oat milk...and it tastes like oatmeal water. So, is it like wheat cereal water?

[@maxlutz3674]

@@ArizonaGhostriders The roasting adds some flavours to the grain coffee. Done right it comes fairly close to coffee. In Germany it was sometimes given to children so the could have "coffee" without the caffeine. It´s still sold as "country coffee". The oat milk needs some enzyme treatment to loose that oat starch flavour and the addition of some neutral oil. A few drops of amylase will go a long way.

[@jamesgretsch4894]

Your cat is thinking - "Good they hate eating those bugs so now I can eat them all and they won't care".

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HAHA!

[@bostonrailfan2427]

should have tried chocolate covered grasshopper, i heard it tastes great 🤣😎 and a tip of the hat to Mrs. Santee for doing what 99.9999% wouldn’t do with the grasshoppers

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL!