absolutely lost it when John basically did historical fiction about an officer just to justify putting nutmeg in there. Never change, buddy.
@MissingRaptor4 жыл бұрын
Yup! 😂😂😂
@jjsupah4 жыл бұрын
time? ah got it 6:08
@virginiaseybold4 жыл бұрын
Robert Thompson SPICE MELANGE
@marlon85973 жыл бұрын
LOL
@broncotrolly3 жыл бұрын
Big Pitzmans vibes
@Sammo2123 жыл бұрын
"What is the next ingredient?" "Nutmeg." "What? No its not." "Yes, it is." "What' your name, soldier." "Townsends, sir." "Oh, right, carry on. Nutmeg it is."
@TheSamster10723 жыл бұрын
you are funny love
@johnbockelie38993 жыл бұрын
Unknown to me, I had Burgoo this morning.
@zyanidwarfare56342 жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure nutmeg to John is like crack to a crackhead
@tanyagarcia37212 жыл бұрын
lol you got a point there with that
@mateuszpadula60894 жыл бұрын
I can proudly say, yes i have watched a man boil water with oatmeal and then add molasses and eat it for 8 minutes when i could've been asleep at 2 am on a week day.
@chanku182 жыл бұрын
Same tbh
@dingdong21032 жыл бұрын
1am for me :)
@falloutfart99172 жыл бұрын
I’m here at 11pm
@xGODSNINJAx2 жыл бұрын
3:29am on a Tuesday
@zenab92 Жыл бұрын
Haha how relatable
@RobMacKendrick3 жыл бұрын
"Doctor Johnson proposed to define the word ‘oats’ thus: ‘A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.’ And I replied: ‘Aye, and that’s why England has such fine horses, and Scotland such fine people.’" -James Boswell.
@scottydu812 жыл бұрын
“Well that just puffens my mustache!”
@charlessalmond70762 жыл бұрын
I approve of this message.
@RobMacKendrick2 жыл бұрын
@@charlessalmond7076 Wonders, lad.
@gabrielpaludo69132 жыл бұрын
I've seen this line in a early 20th century manual for housewives
@bubbleheadft5 жыл бұрын
My mans singlehandedly keeping the nutmeg industry viable. edit: A year later and some people haven't figured out it was a joke
@rickc21025 жыл бұрын
Illuminutmeg confirmed!
@user-tr2dh4xx6u5 жыл бұрын
Wtf... tons of restaurants and bakers use nutmeg
@bubbleheadft5 жыл бұрын
@@user-tr2dh4xx6u oh u
@brians71815 жыл бұрын
nutmeg is essential in Jamaican Jerk marinade.
@user-tr2dh4xx6u5 жыл бұрын
@@brians7181 nahh they don't personally use nutmeg so no one does
@ErikAdalbertvanNagel5 жыл бұрын
Day 1: oh yummy! Day 31: oh no, not again.
@vin30845 жыл бұрын
They didn't have it every day they got meat and veggies throughout the week too
@jarteaga17935 жыл бұрын
Vin how do you know fam? Where you there in person???
@vin30845 жыл бұрын
@@jarteaga1793 In the memoir it stated that they had different meals for different days. But your right I wasn't there fam.
@jarteaga17935 жыл бұрын
Vin lmao I know I was just joking I was in the marines and sometimes we eat the same bond things everyday and it gave me flashback to the “again” kind of thing haha
@vin30845 жыл бұрын
@Matt Laclair thanks.
@stevegiven65394 жыл бұрын
In the Australian Navy, not sure of others, the term burgoo is still used when the cooks serve up porridge.
@scottyg46054 жыл бұрын
You are spot on sir 👏👏👏👏 I said that if you say Burgoo really slowly it sounds like Porridge 👍👍👍👍 I myself, abserlutly Love Burgoo/Porridge and have eaten it all my life, I'm thinking that maybe, just maybe the Bur is short for Butter and goo is the gooey Porridge that's mixed with a pinch of salt and molasses or as we do it, mix in some Honey ???
@Someloke88954 жыл бұрын
How do they keep it from falling out of the bowl, being upside down and all that?
@stevegiven65394 жыл бұрын
@@Someloke8895 The cooks would nail it to our wooden bowls. Just like our mothers used to do. : )
@theyearwas14733 жыл бұрын
This comment section made me smile
@jlshel423 жыл бұрын
@@Someloke8895 maybe a dingo ate your burgoo
@croatoan85324 жыл бұрын
John: "Burgoo is basically oat--" John's subconscious: "ADD NUTMEG"
@saveimageas...93523 жыл бұрын
If he stops grinding the nutmeg the voices get loud.
@MPerezUnderscore5 жыл бұрын
Alright, let's get this out onto a tray... NICE!
@chickendrawsdogs33435 жыл бұрын
Sure could use some Coffee Instant Type 2, eh?
@borris9785 жыл бұрын
Nice hiss!
@ChineseSweatShoppe5 жыл бұрын
Steve references are the best 👌
@howardflies5 жыл бұрын
They NEED to collab. Steve tries 18th century rations. Probably still better than the vomlet
@emanuelwatson13305 жыл бұрын
Yesssssssssss
@PianoRootsMusic4 жыл бұрын
He just talked about oatmeal for 7 minutes and somehow we're all entertained by that
@rc59244 жыл бұрын
No we're not
@nathancovington17924 жыл бұрын
@@rc5924 Then get off the videos...
@dizzybabyy2114 жыл бұрын
Ryan Castleberry you gotta be you clicked on the video😂😂🤦🏽♀️
@TheAce7364 жыл бұрын
@@dizzybabyy211 ah yes, clicking on a video to answer a question that could be answered in two seconds, yet isn't for multiple minutes is totally the very definition of being entertained.
@dizzybabyy2114 жыл бұрын
HEHEHE I AM A SUPAHSTAR SKETCH [ace736] if it could be answered in 2 sec why even click the video ? Oh yeah thats right cause ur interested in the video ... dumbass
@angelus_solus4 жыл бұрын
You have to keep in mind that the beer was what's known as "small beer", which had just enough alcohol to keep it from turning bad as water does, but not enough to get you intoxicated. It's along the same lines as grog.
@MarlboroughBlenheim13 жыл бұрын
Depends how much you drank
@DTheCritical2 жыл бұрын
@@MarlboroughBlenheim1 Yeah but you had to drink a colossal ton of it like even non alcoholic beer if you drink 30 of them you will get drunk
@deejayimm2 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure Drachinifel talked about the beer served in Navy rations as being somewhere around 1% alcohol. I don't know what their beer is like over there, but most of the mainstream beers here in the states are around 5%. So a gallon seems like a lot but in reality it's like drinking 2 modern beers. I'm just curious what it tasted like, I'd love to be able to go back and try it.
@angelus_solus2 жыл бұрын
@@deejayimm I believe it indeed had an ABV between 1 and 2. My guess is it had the same taste as a wheat ale, without the bite.
@stevekaczynski3793 Жыл бұрын
The miser Ebenezer Balfour in "Kidnapped", set in the mid-18th century, seems to live on porridge, with small beer as his main beverage.
@PyroProspectParagon4 жыл бұрын
"Hey...you making oatmeal?" "Nah, mate. I'm gonna whip me up some of this burGOO real quick..." "Did...did you......wtf did you just say?" "You 'eard me. Come get some of this burGOO. Fix ye right up." "Why are you putting so much emphasis on the 'goo'? And why are you talking like a character from Oliver Twist??" "I said what I said."
@robbieduval43444 жыл бұрын
LMFAO!!!
@nononono123454 жыл бұрын
PyroProspectParagon this is underrated as hell lmaoooo brilliant
@BungieStudios3 жыл бұрын
I'm dead. 😂💀
@dante666jt3 жыл бұрын
Split personality takes over
@daviddionne82963 жыл бұрын
May I have more... please?
@ketogenicknowledge2455 жыл бұрын
This channel is a hidden gem.
@TheXXLGamer5 жыл бұрын
Dont think a channel with 800k subs is "hidden", but it is a gem for sure!
@imsuited16585 жыл бұрын
Do you know how many channels they’re that do the same thing, that are somewhat related to this. It’s a hidden gem.
@artaway66475 жыл бұрын
I just found it today even tho I wacth cooking video everyday!
@07075655 жыл бұрын
Gem??
@nolan39154 жыл бұрын
Uhhh they had almost 1m when you commented that you’re dumb
@NSluiter5 жыл бұрын
As soon as Primitive Technology gets to the medieval age, you guys should do a collab.
@user-xl9bb7gc4l5 жыл бұрын
He still has 4000 years to go
@namanor5 жыл бұрын
I don't think this channel has ever done medieval recipes.
@NSluiter5 жыл бұрын
@@namanor No, but PT will probably only get to resonance era tech at around 2100
@kwando4725 жыл бұрын
Medieval era 5th to the 15th century this is the 18th century. Remember this guy is inspired by a time that America was being discovered the medieval era is centered around Europe and the middle east. If you want to know what food was back then it's real simple everything is cooked to death in water they used bread plates and after they ate the bread. This was in castles most peasants probably were happy if they had food at all.
@nonegone71705 жыл бұрын
Kwa ndo There’s a few medieval cookbooks man, don’t knock medieval cooking until you’ve tried it, they knew what they were doing. Sour flavours were the most popular back then.
@kirkendauhl69902 жыл бұрын
This channel truly feels like it’s meant to be on actual cable TV or Hulu. The music, the script, the topic, all of it feels like the educational videos I actually enjoyed as a child.
@h8rh8r3 жыл бұрын
I can just imagine the sailors trying to sleep on the creaky wooden boats during rough seas in those times. The saying is "That's when the ships were made of wood and the men were made of iron". Really enjoying these wonderful videos.
@TheRuuchanchannel5 жыл бұрын
I never knew Burgoo was an actual dish, I thought it was just what my grandma called oatmeal.
@zakofrx5 жыл бұрын
Porridge.
@twigglykevin5 жыл бұрын
@@zakofrx thats what ive always heard it called
@acts95315 жыл бұрын
It IS just oatmeal ... Once you have cooked the oats, you can put anything on them you like. What you put on them doesn't make it "burgoo", it's still oatmeal and dude here is just guessing what they might put on their oatmeal.
@DinnerForkTongue5 жыл бұрын
Oatmeal porridge is awesome.
@pendragon96845 жыл бұрын
@@acts9531 You weren't listening closely enough. Remember the book at the beginning? The memoir of a British sailor, that's where he finally turned up the recipe for 'burgoo' So he wasn't guessing, he made it according to how it was done in the Royal Navy during the 18th century.
@raptoranderson5 жыл бұрын
Me: How to play guitar like Peter Frampton KZbin: Allow me to show you what food sailors ate in the 18th Century
@itgetter95 жыл бұрын
LOL, ikr?
@lillyanneserrelio21874 жыл бұрын
I came here from watching a review on the new Disney Star Wars Mandalorian show. Such random suggested videos on my sidebar.
@dacypher224 жыл бұрын
Google doesn't care what you WANT to watch. It shows you what you NEED to watch.
@ItsNotMeItsYou0074 жыл бұрын
@@dacypher22 Then they are evil. Anyone who thinks that is good, is indoctrinated.
@dacypher224 жыл бұрын
@@ItsNotMeItsYou007 It was just a joke lol
@MouYijian4 жыл бұрын
As soon as I heard “burgoo” I thought about burghul, an Arabic term for a food made from parboiled groats. Wikipedia suggests a Welsh etymology for burgoo so I put the Arabic hypothesis aside, but today I casually searched the Oxford Dictionary, and guess what? Burgoo actually comes from burghul! Makes 100% sense after all.
@TherealDanielleNelson4 жыл бұрын
I think you mixed something up. Burghul is a grain, much like quinoa, maybe your thinking of bhuna?
@StrangerHappened4 жыл бұрын
Wiktionary says: "Of unclear origin. Apparently from the dialectal term burgood (“yeast”). Perhaps ultimately from Welsh burym (“yeast”) + cawl (“cabbage, gruel”),[1] or perhaps from Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul).[2]"
@averagejoey20003 жыл бұрын
What's for breakfast, boatswain, is that oatmeal? No, is burghul, it's arabic Ooh, something foreign, how fancy
@henryviape12013 жыл бұрын
It migth sound fancy and exotic when one doesnt know the language, but good ol' "boiled grain" is a nigh on universal classic. In norway this would probably go by the name "grøt".
@kentvesser94843 жыл бұрын
@@henryviape1201 Every culture in the world has some boiled grain once agriculture develops whether it is rice porridge in China, wheat in Mesopotamia, millet in Africa, corn in the Americas, Oats in Northern Europe, etc. Grøt is obviously similar to the English groat and Old English grytt and in the US a corn porridge is called grits.
@justRuwanthi3 жыл бұрын
I love his enthusiasm and passion and how he imagines everything from the past. Beautiful. Love this guy
@glutenfreegam3r1774 жыл бұрын
For those wondering...the 1-gallon beer daily ration was in place of what we now drink everyday and take for granted...CLEAN filtered water. Back in the 18th century, fresh clean water was even difficult to find while on land and any fresh water on a ship is reserved for cooking (and possibly bathing). Beer could be stored for long periods of time at relatively warm temperatures and would provide the sailors with enough water to keep them hydrated plus the alcohol helped with moral etc. Cheers!
@Lisa6083 жыл бұрын
I've also read that beer back then contained about 2-3% alcohol, not the 5-6% like today. So a gallon of beer back then would be very hydrating.
@SeverusFelix2 жыл бұрын
So why did they drink water from scuttlebutts?
@Xalerdane2 жыл бұрын
That’s how it was in the North Atlantic; beer doesn’t keep very well in the tropics without refrigeration. Fortunately, there _was_ an alcohol that would keep for a long time in hot weather before spoiling that could be produced in great quantities for a reasonable price in the very place this was a problem. *_Rum._*
@AntonReut Жыл бұрын
On land, you can scoop water from the nearest river or even stream and boil it freely to drink, but at sea it is more difficult because it was very problematic to remove the salt from the water back then.
@WinglessWallaby5 жыл бұрын
No one: John Townsend: You're gonna add a little nutmeg to it.
@DerVasto5 жыл бұрын
But it's my birthday-present 300$ computer! *Nutmeg, NOW.*
@alphaman75354 жыл бұрын
Lmao 😂 😂 😂
@dickJohnsonpeter4 жыл бұрын
@@DerVasto that made no sense.
@nileppezdel10004 жыл бұрын
@@dickJohnsonpeter its an AI :D
@captainsternn76844 жыл бұрын
Naval Officers can have a little nutmeg with their burgoo as treat
@dingram10664 жыл бұрын
Growing up in Kentucky we always had something called burgoo that was pretty much a throw whatever you have in the pantry to make a stew. Similar to a gumbo.
@georgerobartes2008 Жыл бұрын
I'm English and it's link to the Royal Navy is a stew with leftovers of any meat and any vegetables cooked with porridge of any grain , oats , wheat , barley left over from breakfast like an Irish stew .
@geebee3804 жыл бұрын
How do you make officer pizza? John: Just add nutmeg
@cameronstewart60164 жыл бұрын
“They say he carved the wooden spoon himself... out of a bigger spoon!”
@whysosyria14 жыл бұрын
love that simpson reference.
@dustincarpenter16052 жыл бұрын
That was the chili cook off wasn’t it?
@donnythompson4082 жыл бұрын
😂😂 great Simpson’s reference!
@stephenhill17165 жыл бұрын
This channel is so pure. Got hooked on it about a year ago now. I always watch and rewatch these videos.
@rosemcguinn53015 жыл бұрын
The joys of a Townsends binge watch fest..... aaahhhh
@harpodjangorose96964 жыл бұрын
Ghost on a pirate ship: Burgooooo! I’ll show myself out.
@NationalismDjazair4 жыл бұрын
Yep, you better go
@Jen-ph3zr3 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😁😁😁😁
@stephenaker59113 жыл бұрын
LOL
@pattyconley40963 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@triggytiggy7403 жыл бұрын
@@NationalismDjazair he's "burgone" now
@MrManueleh4 жыл бұрын
I have been eating oatmeal sweetened with molasses and fruit for a couple weeks once a day. I mill the oatmeal before cooking. Had no idea I was eating burgoo. If you mill the oats before cooking it makes the oatmeal smoother but you have to stir vigorously otherwise it clumps.
@ronschramm91635 жыл бұрын
Jon, You will need to come down to Kentucky in September. All over Kentucky are "Burgoo Festivals." You will not be bored with the versions. Traditionally here, burgoo was made after the fall hunting and animal slaughtering was done, and the last of the harvest was taken in. The holler folk would get together and have a big potlatch contributing whatever vegetables, greens, and assorted wild and domestic meats to the cookpots.
@ronschramm91635 жыл бұрын
My kin goin' back to the 1840s was from Harlan County.
@peternicholson25045 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather made porridge in the 1970s and called it burgoo. I thought he was joking.
@peternicholson25045 жыл бұрын
Oatmeal. Always called it porridge.
@peternicholson25045 жыл бұрын
@@lonewolftrucker3955 I am from Australia.
@sergeantbigmac5 жыл бұрын
@@lonewolftrucker3955 In the USA Oatmeal is made from Oats, Grits is made from corn. Its always been like this as far as im aware. Whoever made your oatmeal mightve just messed it up, although I dont know how thats possible because oatmeal is dirt simple to make.
@mikeskidmore62754 жыл бұрын
@@lonewolftrucker3955 I have a friend from Canada who refers to oatmeal as porridge.
@noahabarca38834 жыл бұрын
@@lonewolftrucker3955 grits is made from corn. Porridge is to describe a soupy dish made from grains. So oatmeal is a type of porridge, grits is also a porridge and congee is a porridge.
@robertsanford67863 жыл бұрын
Burgoo was one of my favorite memories of the Horatio Hornblower novels. In it, as captain he was provided burgoo for breakfast and a biscuit that he had to tap to drive the weevils out of it. In addition, he had "Coffee" , which was actually an extract of fresh water with the dregs of burnt biscuit that it was strained though. In the novel, they reach the South American coast and revicualate with South American Delights. But...dang...burgoo...read the novels...it's great....
@LtGenAile2 жыл бұрын
I loved the part when Hornblower was fighting to keep his steely composure when hearing the South American rebels could supply his ship with coffee, cigars and rum! By God!
@michaelspeakman97343 жыл бұрын
Loblolly is the also the original term for us Corpsman who brought food and cared for the sick and injured. We were eventualy called pharmacists mates then after along while Corpsman.
@OptimisticMisanthrope5 жыл бұрын
It's never Townsends without a smatter of Nutmeg Keep doing what you do John, you're awesome
@Ultracity60605 жыл бұрын
Absolute unabashed nutmeg fiend.
@theparijat10005 жыл бұрын
Yeah and for food wishes chef john its cayenne
@bdl28715 жыл бұрын
yeah i smile how he said it was fancy and only for high officer. but here , in my country it costed only 1/6 $ each.
@aliciaoakstream6195 жыл бұрын
Because they had nutmeg in everything back then
@matthewshinn58395 жыл бұрын
@@bdl2871 your country is poor ?
@TheGreatDayne19835 жыл бұрын
The entire time I was waiting for nutmeg. I was not disappointed.
@jamesaltonfilms5 жыл бұрын
you live life my friend. you live it well.
@dickJohnsonpeter4 жыл бұрын
Why? No one puts nutmeg in oatmeal. What a random thing to be waiting for.
@waderogers3 жыл бұрын
John, I've so thoroughly enjoyed your videos and the old world craftsmanship of the things you build and foods you prepare. As an experienced sailor (I've sailed sailboats on the open ocean, in Alaska's Inside Passage, etc), I can tell you that this burgoo would be like the perfect breakfast meal. These ships didn't have much in the way of heat and in England during the late fall and winter, this meal would have been a warm, hearty, stick-to-your-ribs dish that would have been appreciated. One thing I've learned from a few thousand miles of sailing is that you work hard, so a hearty meal shared with friends goes a long way to making a passage that much more comfortable. It becomes something to look forward to! And adding the molasses and nutmeg? Over the top!
@StrangerHappened4 жыл бұрын
*WHO ELSE loves this chap?* Such an adorable person.
@cityboy93013 жыл бұрын
He looks like George w bush or Ricky pontin if you prefer
@Valcgo5 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best channels on youtube.
@Wavemaninawe5 жыл бұрын
The videos arguably need an 'add nutmeg' button rather than a 'like' button. Joke aside. Its addictively charming. ☺
@andrewtaylor69855 жыл бұрын
First time I read the word was in the novel Sharpe's Trafalgar. They eat Burgoo more often than they wanted. Thank you for showing me what it might have looked like.
@KageMinowara5 жыл бұрын
I learned it by reading Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels.
@digitalranger42594 жыл бұрын
Townsend's version: Engaging thoughtful storytelling for 7 minutes. Me: They ate oatmeal twice a week. :)
@dahliadarge54554 жыл бұрын
It is interesting to see the same word use for two different dishes. I grew up eating burgoo in Kentucky as a stew made with lots of vegetables and different types of meat.
@seppel1980215 жыл бұрын
I am happy nutmeg found its way into the meal!
@warrenokuma72645 жыл бұрын
Nutmeg!
@joeredtree5 жыл бұрын
john retconned history to add the nutmeg. the absolute madlad!
@mikewoodson69305 жыл бұрын
Sebastian Bloy but only for the Senior Officers. 😂
@unavailable88135 жыл бұрын
an admiral's dish
@doctordetroit845 жыл бұрын
@@unavailable8813 a Starfleet admiral's dish
@rocket_goblin77555 жыл бұрын
as a modern day sailor, i used to complain about the ship's food. i am now thankful for it after seeing this lol
@The.Artistic.Squirrel4 жыл бұрын
ghostofonyx Both my husband I served and did our time Cranking and he backs me up on the boxes of meat marked “unfit for prison consumption” When all the Filipino MSs (CSs now) made pancit, lumpia, and other Philippine delicacies we all were thrilled! But white rice? Always on the menu.
@danmc78154 жыл бұрын
Thankfully, I either avoided or was unaware of the unfit for prison consumption, but recall the "all purpose patties" served as whatever meat the galley chose that day. I also remember it being one of the better meals, when served as chicken parmigiana that we called scabs. They looked like huge scabs from skinned knees. A good cook made life aboard so much better.
@Perktube14 жыл бұрын
Two worst things I had in the valley as a sailor: Braised beef cubes, which had so much hard fat, I could bounce it on the table. And the worst, an underdone omelet, halfway-done whites looking like a something from a porn film, totally disgusting. I switched to scrambled eggs only, after that.
@meligoth4 жыл бұрын
U.S. Sailors: Ugh! Our ship food.. Army and Marine ground troops: Hold my MRE.
@Mr_Winster Жыл бұрын
In Asia, we have something just like this, but it's made with rice, which has been boiled in extra quantities of water for a long time. And for flavor, we use dried fish flakes, powdered shrimp, sesame oil, and soy sauce.
@veraciouspatriot42973 жыл бұрын
Saturday morning-Burgoo for breakfast. I believe I even have old-fashioned stone-ground oats on hand... Thank you Sir, as always!
@jarpasmannen5 жыл бұрын
My Strange Addiction: In tonights episode we get to hear the story of John Townsend, an American man with a life-long addiction to nutmeg. "I can't go a day without it, sometimes I even wake up three, four times a night just to get some".
@354sd5 жыл бұрын
This chap is so enthusiastic he could give me gruel and molasses and I'd enjoy it.Great vids
@spydude385 жыл бұрын
Once you've had black strap molasses with corn pone, you're' enthusiasm will be curtailed.
@ericdee68023 жыл бұрын
My Mother used to make Tapioca pudding from scratch (took forever) and I would mildly dust it with fresh whole Nutmeg, no other desert like it. I Love you Mom R.I.P.🙏🤟
@exidy-yt3 жыл бұрын
a little further info on 'loblolly', the word remained in use for the very thin gruel that was served to invalids and wounded in the sick-bay of Royal Navy ships, and the common name for the sick-bay attendant who served them their food (among many other duties) was the 'loblolly boy'. *edit* Just heard your comment about 'officer's burgoo' and actually there WAS a special version of burgoo called 'skillygalee' which is burgoo kicked up in flavor with butter and sugar, possibly goat's milk if it is available.
@2MeterLP5 жыл бұрын
5:55 Ha, I knew it! You nutmeg addict :D
@DarienDragonFox5 жыл бұрын
Its not an easy addiction to cure sadly, thousands each year fall victum to nutmeg dealers across the colonies. My condolences to him.
@carnage33435 жыл бұрын
Hey don't judge!
@ElderRaven5 жыл бұрын
I laughed so much in pleasure as he said maybe you could add nutmeg!!! :'D
@AndrewAce.5 жыл бұрын
*_Snorts line of nutmeg*_*
@harrychung4335 жыл бұрын
Nutmeg Anonymous is just a phone call away to help this young man beat his addiction.
@Psyrecx5 жыл бұрын
Bird goo... It's the result of too many seagulls.
@ingiewingie5 жыл бұрын
Haha! Probably
@stevenpham19615 жыл бұрын
Townsend didn't remember that sailors couldn't spell worth a flip.lol
@jonathantan24694 жыл бұрын
Maybe that's where the name 'burgoo' came from. Especially if you had to eat it every single day...
@nonyodambiz4 жыл бұрын
Thems contains the souls of dead sailors, what met their maker
@thecheese42554 жыл бұрын
Gross You get a thumbs up
@MrCrchandler3 жыл бұрын
In another usage, in Kentucky "burgoo" is a stew akin to what is elsewhere called Brunswick Stew. I think that, technically, Kentuckian burgoo must contain rabbit as one of the meats used.
@paullord1962 жыл бұрын
Kentucky Burgoo can also contain squirrel meat also.
@BungieStudios3 жыл бұрын
In Star Trek Enterprise any time the characters go to jail or prison, they're fed oatmeal.
@dennissneed22143 жыл бұрын
And poor T'Pol had to eat it with her hands...
@tstodgell5 жыл бұрын
Wow! That's not at all what I expected. Appalachian style burgoo is more like a stew/porridge/chilli hybrid. You stew up whatever game meat you have, then add grains and vegetables at simmer it low and slow until everything comes together. P.S. I see that E. Rivertree also knows the style I recall. Nice!
@barnyfraggles4 жыл бұрын
I think ‘burgoo’ is sailor for ‘when tf do we arrive into a port so I can eat proper food and stop this diarrhea?’
@EroticOnion233 жыл бұрын
Oatmeal is actually good for digestive health
@jj89984 жыл бұрын
When I’m high and I don’t know what to watch. This is always my go 2.
@markwilliams26205 жыл бұрын
And lines to the head forming early the next morning... "Who's throwing the ballast rocks o'er board?" "Tis not rocks, Captain. Tis last nights burgoo."
@peggychu30025 жыл бұрын
Mark Williams 😂😂😂
@rubenskiii5 жыл бұрын
If u would have said this was from a book i would have believed u!
@LetsBeClear875 жыл бұрын
Well.. in western Kentucky burgoo is a slow cooked mutton stew with tomato base and lima beans. Anyone else heard of this ?
@SusanEizenga5 жыл бұрын
This was the first time I had ever heard of a burgoo with oats. Yes, here it is normally a meaty stew with veggies.
@CaliforniaFly3 жыл бұрын
I'm from northern Kentucky. Yes, it just depended on what you had on hand for meat but the tomatoes and lima beans and sometimes corn were the main ingredients. I have no idea where this idiot got the idea that oatmeal was burgoo. I think he's just stupid.
@andrewoost90483 жыл бұрын
I'm from Kentucky and to say this confused the heck out of me would be an understatement
@SharnRiver3 жыл бұрын
We're going to look at this wonderful, mysterious, old-timey food! >>proceeds to make porridge
@georgevandiemen98355 жыл бұрын
In Southern Bavaria, we have a traditional dish called "Brennsupp'n" which best translates as "burned soup". It was, starting from celtic times, the food of the pour masses and served daily in both houses and taverns. You take any available flour - here int the Allgäu mostly rye or spelt - whith any available oil or fat - mostly linseed oil or pork - and heat the mixture up until the flour begins to bubble and smell slightly crisp. Then, water is added and the mash ist thinned with water to the desired thickness. According to the time of the year, any available herbs, dried fruits and salt were added. So I wonder if the ship's cook did fry up his flour prior to the additve water. It does add a lot of taste to the dish. I grew up with this meal and I still love it now in my older days!
@ghostmedic865 жыл бұрын
I was in the Army and I can tell you, when you're hungry, you'll eat anything.
@dennissneed22143 жыл бұрын
So was I and they served burgoo in the mess too...😄😄😄😄
@danielmedina8344 жыл бұрын
I’m so happy that some one is out there keeping history alive today. Thank you so much Townsends!!!
@derekclements56822 жыл бұрын
My father talked about getting burgoo (porridge) in the Australian Navy he joined 1945 left 1983. Issued the the last rum issue as officer of the day in HMS Hermes on exchange with the Royal Navy early 70s. And Plum Duff (plum pudding) was a desert in the RAN in 1980s when I served. Sailors loved the old Nick names for things food and people.
@chantalperez78155 жыл бұрын
"I want nutmeg, must have nutmeg... let's make up some pseudohistorical reason for me to have my 'meg." X-D
@nikburton92645 жыл бұрын
I had burgoo as a kid. It was soup made with mutton and it used oats to make it thick.
@Tinkering4Time4 жыл бұрын
Nik Burton mixed with the other comments on this video your experience might explain the linguistic drift. Former naval personnel bring the name along, and eventually it is applied to mutton soup with oats/oatmeal as thickener, and then later it becomes more like a hearty meat/veg stew as preferences or resource access changes. My Mormon heritage has a frybread tradition that for whatever reason is called “scones”, often known as Utah scones outside of the culture. We might have (and this is just an educated guess here) picked it up from Native American groups in New Mexico, like the Navajo, when the Mormon Battalion was raised and volunteered to serve in the war with Mexico. This is also where we picked up dryland farming technology that was brought back for use in the Utah valley after a segue in California just before the Gold Rush. But yeah. “Scones”. Talk about linguistic drift.
@jaycenferreira71862 жыл бұрын
Mr. Townsend. Keep the content coming, I am partial to your sailor cooking and the like, being I am a cook in the Navy. It's Incredible to see the way my fellow cooks took care or their crew. Thanks for the video good Sir.
@robynharris71793 жыл бұрын
James tastes the crew’s daily ration, and obtains an immediate brevet commission just to get the nutmeg.
@Quincy_Morris4 жыл бұрын
As someone writing in a setting similar to this era this channel is a great resource!
@sitnslide5 жыл бұрын
College Burgoo (Wyoming, 1970). 1 can Campbells vegetable soup. I can water. I can minute rice. Bring to boil, cover, remove from heat. Eat.
@fenriz2185 жыл бұрын
We preferred the finer Asian cuisine: two packs of dried rice noodles, left to sit for 4 min in hot water from a tea-cooker, remove the hot water, add the powdered ingredients (hoping that it doesn't give you Parkinson's in later years), et voila... repeat once the daily rations of hemp have been consumed from an empty tin of coke with two holes...
@owlsayswhoo67553 жыл бұрын
I sat down to watch KZbin while having some oatmeal and this video was recommended 😂 What a great episode! I LOVE watching your channel. I even recommended it to my Mother and grandfather. We are all watching now! Thank you for such wonderful content 💕
@josiahfleming75494 жыл бұрын
I'd like to cook a meal with this guy and just let him talk the whole time
@demongo20074 жыл бұрын
Is it possible the etymology of burgoo is something like: “beurre gout”? Which would seem like bastardized French for “butter taste” or maybe “buttery”?
@PlusTheSkim4 жыл бұрын
you're one smart dude
@___Hermitage4 жыл бұрын
Smart!
@davidhenriksson2854 жыл бұрын
Or just burp goo
@jollyrogerud4 жыл бұрын
Or maybe from arabic “bulgur” (برغل bourghoul, "groats"). Cracked parboiled groats of different cereals cooked in water.
@toxict22774 жыл бұрын
@@jollyrogerud thats fiar but how tf would an englishman know about that at the tim
@vaylonkenadell5 жыл бұрын
Dr. Samuel Johnson, disparagingly, defined oats thus: "A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people." Lord Elibank responded: "Yes, and where else will you see such horses and such men?"
@vaylonkenadell5 жыл бұрын
@Lassi Kinnunen I believe that it's healthy for us to eat whole grains porridge. Let us remember the common fare of the millions who came before us.
@corvus_king32824 жыл бұрын
In Kentucky we have a meat and vegetable stew called Burgoo. It used to be a mix game meats, like deer, and farm raised meats like mutton.
@yugioht424 жыл бұрын
Modern day burgoo is a Rocky Mountain favorite stew. It’s three types of meats, some type of vegetable, and spices. Each recipe is different as everyone has their own idea of what it should be but it is covered in water and left to stew for along time.
@ericwilliams72055 жыл бұрын
4lb of meat per week, 1/4lb cheese per day That’s actually really good for the era
@aliciabell66885 жыл бұрын
But how often were rations lost or damaged. I wonder how close to reality those numbers were...
@chevychase31035 жыл бұрын
@Amy Sternheim if everyone had a cabbage per day why would they still need s a i l s? LOL
@stanlygirl59515 жыл бұрын
Um, quantity sounds good enough, but I'm betting against quality of the meat.
@ericwilliams72055 жыл бұрын
Alicia Bell good question. Given the orderliness of the era I bet it wasn’t too far off... maybe %80 of the time
@nathanrogers87135 жыл бұрын
@@stanlygirl5951 The quality could be quite good in the case of ships of the line. They frequently had colliers loaded with live cattle that would be used to supply the ships. They also had salt preserved meats for long voyages where they didn't have immediate access to the colliers. Salt pork was a smoking step away from being bacon.
@tankolad5 жыл бұрын
The thumbnail photo looks like plain rice porridge with soy sauce. It's an extremely cheap and very common meal for poor Chinese folks. I grew up on that stuff.
@artofninelimbs59305 жыл бұрын
Probably every culture has some food like porridge
@draco_izanagi5 жыл бұрын
Well yeah cause poor people need food too.
@aliciabell66885 жыл бұрын
I could eat Jook all day.
@elkhunter86645 жыл бұрын
Common for poor American folks as well. At least it was 60 years ago. Oatmeal or rice was the daily breakfast. We did have sugar and milk to add in. Supper staples were potato soup or pinto beans. Occasionally we did have meat, and we had a small garden.
@tankolad5 жыл бұрын
@@artofninelimbs5930 Yeah, I know that a lot of Eastern-Central European countries have buckwheat porridge as a similar staple food.
@aaronstevens84993 жыл бұрын
It's interesting, in Appalachia, burgoo and Loblolly are both still well used terms, though they mean different things than suggested in this video. When I saw the videos name, about "burgoo" I thought this would be about a type of thick stew. And loblolly is a road or path with lots of ups and downs, not paved, and generally references a really difficult, messy way to go.
@stevekaczynski3793 Жыл бұрын
The Wikipedia article on burgoo treats it as a kind of stew, referring to the 18th century Royal Navy dish called burgoo as "porridge".
@jjs96724 жыл бұрын
This dish was actually very common in The Netherlands up to the 50's of last century. The only difference is that it was boiled Buckwheat with bacon fat. People ate it because it was cheap as anything and it gave you energy for a day
@johnpajestka50224 жыл бұрын
Why do I watch these videos all the time? I have no intention of ever doing any 1700s cooking, yet I can't stop watching.
@stockvillain5 жыл бұрын
So, burgoo is basically what I have for breakfast nearly ever day. I switch it up between sorghum and blackstrap molasses every once in a while. Keeping history alive, I suppose, hehe. Never skimp on the nutmeg, either!
@Kehy_ThisNameWasAlreadyTaken5 жыл бұрын
tried it with jam? Rapsberry might go quite well
@SubdolphinX2 жыл бұрын
Can't think of any other food I have so consistently loved my entire life, more than oatmeal.
@Gramchase4 жыл бұрын
5:38 He says "It's good" like Aragorn tells Eowyn her stew is good in The Two Towers
@Gwildor20203 жыл бұрын
I still want to know what the mystery chunk is in her stew that Aragorn moves with his spoon.
@stoutyyyy5 жыл бұрын
That salt beef “slush” didn’t go to waste once they stopped giving it to the men, it was used as fuel for lamps and used to grease cables and lines to protect them from rotting and weathering
@corditekid15 жыл бұрын
Stephen M. Stouter, the slush, when not used, was saved by the cooks and was sold back to the ship’s company for various uses, the money he got for it was one of the cooks perks and gave rise the term ‘Slush fund’
@MariahPattie4 жыл бұрын
The tiny town my mom grew up in has an annual Burgoo Festival. Their version of burgoo is a thick stew. I don't know what it's made of, but based off the texture I can see it being this oatmeal as a base with plenty of meat, vegetables, and grease added. They cook it in an outdoor pavilion with huge vats heated by wood fires beneath, then at the festival they sell it by the gallon. People freeze it and eat it over the winter.
@LtGenAile2 жыл бұрын
My grandfather served in the British Army during. in North Africa. Their version of burgoo was a packet of biscuits crushed finely and poured into a billy-can of condensed milk, which was heated over a Primus. Added some sugar and jam and stir it into a thick, pink, syrupy sauce. If a Sergeant Major or above was visiting, they'd throw in a side of tinned fruit to be posh.
@LoserBroProductions3 жыл бұрын
I first heard “ground opium” and got scared that he was about to reveal his secret night time job
@kentvesser94843 жыл бұрын
That's what I thought I heard at first too.
@davidbunner67085 жыл бұрын
Oddly the tern burgoo is used in modern Kentucky to denote a mixed meat stew, traditionally with possom as one of the meats.
@gatocles995 жыл бұрын
Kentucky Burgoo had any critter that you could scrounge up... Possum just happened to be one of the easiest of all the varmints to catch. But beef and pork, and chicken were fine too... if you were rich... But in general Kentucky Burgoo was poor folk food... And so, varmints...
@cearfarseer97255 жыл бұрын
Yep had some yesterday.
@BobGymlan5 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this. Roadkill deer in Wisconsin.
@maaingan5 жыл бұрын
Northern variants often include weasel, fisher, mink, and pine martin as the stew base. Then you add normal meats such as chicken, duck, venison, pig, cow, whatever cheap cuts could be bought. Then in go root vegetables. Most of the French that came through the Great Lakes areas utilized weasel-based meats since they trapped them for their fur and would stew the meat remains instead of wasting it. Supposed to taste kind of oily
@lubesiron-cslfarmsllc27515 жыл бұрын
That sounds like a Brunswick stew.
@jshicke5 жыл бұрын
Thank You, John. I have read stories of sailing ships, and they had mentioned both Lob Lolly, and Burgoo. I assumed they were separate meals. Not the same with different names. I would agree with the molasses choice. Black strap is extremely heavy in sulfur compounds. Not something most would enjoy with oatmeal, but in the 1700's it was a cheap product, being left over from the manufacture of rum and sugar.
@mdclxvibeast47982 жыл бұрын
"Burgoo" means "bird stew" where I'm from. It's not really strew though. It's when you shred the coldcut meat of birds and add that and some grits to a stock soup with shreded root veggies and quick simmer it to a kinda loverly, but bland, comfort food. Also helps with hangovers.
@strangerinwhite4 жыл бұрын
In Kentucky, what we call burgoo is basically a stew with whatever meat you can get. Hench it is also called roadkill soup. I have heard that the British army it is hardtack and canned beef.
@JBrander4 жыл бұрын
Officer's version is adding nutmeg. Truly elevated that oatmeal!
@mwnciboo5 жыл бұрын
I asked for more Naval stuff like this and you've delivered...Great stuff and Thank you for your dedication, your care and attention to detail your careful caveating of sources etc and your balanced approach. Gem of a channel.
@Leebelle522 жыл бұрын
John has basically answered a question I have long had when reading old cookbooks: why the use of nutmeg in every dish?! Well, apparently when you are making food with a set number of herbs and spices available nutmeg goes with just about everything! It takes plain burgoo and turns it into something special!
@dextercochran49166 ай бұрын
I'm glad these videos are on here so I can see what I have to look forward to in the near future while I'm building back better.
@eoinmaclean64785 жыл бұрын
Safe and sound at home again, Let the waters roars, Jack! Safe and sound at home again, Let the waters roar Jack! Long we’ve tossed on the rolling main, Now we’re safe ashore Jack, Don’t forget your old shipmates Faldee-raldee-raldee-raldee-rye-eye-doe!
@dawn-blade5 жыл бұрын
That takes me back to Assassin's Creed Black Flag. It has the most incredible sea shanties. 😍
@jackglossop48595 жыл бұрын
We have worked the self same gun Quarter deck division! Loader me and stoker you Through the whole commission!
@bighuge10605 жыл бұрын
I absolutely LOVE your channel. Those who feel that history is boring have never gotten into the day to day living during a specific time. So informative.
@Xalerdane2 жыл бұрын
Sugar cane syrup has three names, determined by the color, impurities, and harshness of the flavor. ‘Molasses’ is the lowest grade, the crudest kind, of sugar cane syrup. The middle kind is ‘treacle’. Well known in Britain, not so common in America. Don’t ask me why, all I know is that we’ve got a lot of recipes that call for molasses, but I haven’t seen any calling for treacle. The highest quality is simply named ‘golden syrup’. It’s the equivalent of ‘A-grade’ maple syrup.
@Lubedupsquid4 жыл бұрын
Why does this channel make me happier than like anything else?
@JoeXTheXJuggalo15 жыл бұрын
So basically Burgoo is the 18th century version of the modern quick oats?
@FF-ds9xw5 жыл бұрын
I'm about thinking the same 😂😂
@tusk32605 жыл бұрын
Yes except its not very quick to cook
@pubcollize5 жыл бұрын
@@tusk3260 they're ground, so they outta be quicker to cook than normal not-quick oats.
@101919275 жыл бұрын
If they could’ve had dinosaur eggs in their oatmeal back then I guarantee it would be in every oatmeal ration to this day.
@JoeXTheXJuggalo15 жыл бұрын
@@10191927 yeah it would have been a great morale boost