To people who think medieval food is CRAP

[@shadiversity]

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[@TeacherinTraining39]

Where do you get the cutlery? I gotta find some!

[@pyeitme508]

Ha 😂

[@SirStouk]

Happy to see some new sponsors are starting to appreciate your channels

[@reeceemms1643]

Hey I haven’t asked this is a while but could you do a video on medieval weddings and how they are shown in fantasy. I do feel like I know the basics such as the fact that who marries who is determined by class, and they are most of the time arranged by the parents. And I think like modern day weddings there is a feast and probably a dance between the bride and groom. But I also want to know the other things like, wedding dresses of the time (where they white like modern day). Did they have engagement parties. Because in my fantasy the main character’s father throws a feast to celebrate the engagement of the main character to the prince of a nation where father wants to bring into his kingdom. Though we don’t see that wedding because the main villain sieges and takes the capital and the main character ends up going on and marrying the second main character and love interest

[@Lazy9779]

Where did you find the cutlery?

[@jeffk7881]

Kramer looking for everyone because he’s literally on a different continent made me laugh out loud 😂

[@embee7434]

It made me hope that someday there's a video where they all finally 'reunite'.

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

That's because Australia doesn't exist.

[@styrax7280]

Thanks, wouldn't have gotten the joke otherwise ^^'

[@cybernoid001]

I hope they do more camera trick crossover stuff with him in episodes where it appears that is is adventuring with them, but not.

[@VyseRogue13]

Hopefully he gets to join them in the wilds of Australia someday.

[@bartsanders1553]

My favorite medieval meal is roasted chicken quarter with frozen vegetables and a goblet of pepsi served by a wench named Lue Anne.

[@scottmantooth8785]

*while the minstrels sang a somber ballad of unrequited love and the scars left on body and soul after returning from the Crusades*

[@michaelconnaireoates5344]

Wasn't poultry a wealthy men's dinner?

[@nigredoooalgown6245]

@@michaelconnaireoates5344 Because chickens are immortal....? When chickens stopped laying eggs people would eat them, with that said, eating an egg laying chicken was only something someone wealthy or stupid would do.

[@bartsanders1553]

Victory to the Red and Gold Knight!

[@tajc5]

@@bartsanders1553 based

[@gordonmcneill1659]

Oddly enough, here in Scotland there is a traditional dessert called Cranachan, which is nearly a thousand years old, and still served in 5-star restaurants. Medieval food doesn't have to be bad.

[@GonzoTehGreat]

This traditional Scottish dessert of oats, cream, whisky and raspberries is a delicious alternative to trifle. Yummy!

[@Stop_Gooning]

I mean.... Y'all also invented haggis...

[@Polon1um_210]

​@@GonzoTehGreat sounds insanely goodm. Simple food is often very good

[@vane909090]

Medieval food being bad and bland is a misconception, cooking just got a lot more complex in modern times, but you can make the flavors pop by properly cooking stuff and adding the right ingredients. Also fire cooked food tastes different.

[@AdaptiveApeHybrid]

​@@Stop_Gooning sounds good to my Italian ass tbh

[@ryanhenderson225]

Rule 1: Never use the weapons you kill stuff with as a utensil. It may have unforseen consequences depending on the monster you killed last

[@alexmin4752]

Even if you clean your sword well - it's not designed for cutting food anyway. The blade is too thick. I fing thin flexible blades to be best for cooking

[@petermuller3995]

​@@alexmin4752 flexible blades for cooking? Are you confusing something?

[@jaded_gerManic]

@@petermuller3995 wouldn't it be difficult to fillet a fish with a stiff blade?

[@starsixtyseven195]

​@@jaded_gerManic yes

[@petermuller3995]

@@jaded_gerManic Why? Stiff means more precise.

[@TYRANTH_]

This was a video That I had been itching to do for a while , we all worked hard on this one, so hopefully you guys enjoy so we can make more 👍🏼

[@embee7434]

I got so excited when I realized it was the cooking video! It was so thrilling to discover you'd gotten to do it!

[@ccelik97]

Nice one!

[@TeacherinTraining39]

Where did you guys get the eating utensils? I've been trying to find them for months now, lol.

[@mooocowcowcowmooo]

Gave me Townsends vibes. Loved it, great job guys.

[@TGPDrunknHick]

out of curiosity Tyranth have you ever worked on a project with Jazza? as Shadiversity's resident tangible creative seems like something that might have come up somewhere?

[@boop5725]

Tasting history is an awesome channel.

[@treyowen9213]

Yeah these guys need to team up

[@dd11111]

​@@treyowen9213 That is unironically a good idea. Kramer might have an easier time though since the live on the same continent.

[@Practitioner_of_Diogenes]

Him and Townsends are good channels for more videos on recipes of yesteryears. For more frontier type of cooking, Kent Rollins won't stir you wrong.

[@dougmartin2007]

Just a little bit of honey really helps the bread. Honey would be a staple of the adventurers' food packs as it never goes bad, and it would also be in the healing kits as it was (and still is) used as an antiseptic.

[@vezokpiraka]

Does anyone feel like Tyranth is like a really cool person? His whole vibe is just really chill

[@mikithekynd]

and he's single! 😆

[@astahfirula]

@@mikithekynd Which might be why he is so chill. 🤣

[@apex1171_]

His and Nate's chemistry is really good too

[@Makujah_]

@@apex1171_ yes! They have better chemistry with each othen than any one of them with Shad :D I do miss seeing the Oz-Shad chemistry on this channel tho, what happened with that

[@BigPanda096]

​@@Makujah_ oz is on Knights Watch. I miss Oz too. They were all great tbh but Tyranth and Nate are just a whole dynamic of their own.

[@Raven_Leblanc]

I was planning to make a character who's a Bard, but instead of music, they use cooking: - Inspiration becomes cookies - Healing becomes a nice meal -They learn ray of frost to make Ice cream - Locate plants/animals - Chef's feat from Tasha's Love the cooking, the ambiance and the comedic intermediates. Great job!!!

[@doopdoopdopdop7424]

Like Chef Kawasaki from Kirby?

[@DrIownyou]

That would be awesome and would go great with my old Dwarf Cleric that made mead/ale that he used to heal the party

[@embee7434]

This is genius.

[@wolfleclair1399]

I have a scorerer who's only real goal in life is cooking, so I approve of your idea. lol

[@astahfirula]

I made a bard/warlock character that was a wanderer swordsman. rather than being a musician, he was a storyteller and the inspiration and inspiring leader feat was him telling some quick tale of heroes from the past or reminding the party of one of their many exploits and adventures. he was the group cook as well, convinced the DM to reward me with a magic item that was a magical cookbook capable of recreating any recipe, this simulated me having the feat "chef" and the DM also allowed me to combine both inspiring leader and chef to boost up the party temp HP on long rests. was quite the roleplay to have me actually cooking for the group and telling them stories of heroes from the past while sitting together around the fire waiting for the food to get ready.

[@8-ball350]

I now have need for a medieval themed cooking show

[@antcommander1367]

Tasting history with max miller. Not medival themed, but tasting in ancient historical foods kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4nQaaSIiZl8mas

[@killerkraut9179]

Tasting History have some medieval stuff!

[@astahfirula]

@@killerkraut9179 Yes he does and he does a great job, but that outdoor camping and preparing vibe is something on it's own. i really liked this format they did now.

[@astahfirula]

They certainly could make this into it's own sub series.

[@michaeljackson692]

townsends is pretty close there is a surprisingly small difference in medieval and American frontier foods and cooking methods. In our D&D groups we tend to look more to Frontier life than medieval when it comes to camping cause save for the guns the frontier life has a closer to feel of the wild unknown than a mostly lived in Medieval Europe setting.

[@cocodojo]

They had WAAaayy too much fun doing this episode and it shows! Too bad Kramer missed out on most of the fun. Seriously, he should visit you guys in the Shadlands someday and do a proper collab.

[@samamies88]

Their long term plan was (still is?) to get Cramer be part of the team. Living in australia. Doing these videos with rest of the gang. So not just a collab - an actual member and regular face in videos.

[@Raikiir]

These are my favorite kind of Videos. The topics that are vital to medieval / fantasy life, but get mostly ignored by TTRPGs and other mediums!

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Yup. I actually love how this channel debunks misconceptions regularly.

[@OpsFox245]

I love the castles and daily life stuff its why I subscribed to Shad.

[@LotBD]

I like to use camp time as a way to encourage the players to interact with each other and the environment! Last game we have a casual camp session where the minotaur of the group thought it fun to dive into the nearby water to catch a large pike fish. To the rest of the party's angst he had chosen to chuck off all his clothes before going in! XD Then there was the pinecone [snowball] fight between the elf and kobold. Lots of fun stuff.

[@TheOGWiggle]

The biscuit gag was amazing. xD Perfect execution from both of you. Nate you seemed genuinely excited for that biscuit. and Tyranth, regal as ever.

[@Rychlas]

You can't forget about the mushrooms and wild plants that we no longer even consider as food, they had such a variety you wouldn't even imagine, available to forage for in every season. Especially mushrooms, I've been picking wild mushrooms for 25 years (I'm 30) and one of the best foods I've ever eaten are actually mushrooms. And you can gather them all year round, just various ones as there are varieties that grow in every season. So many plants and things we've forgotten how to prepare properly that folks used to eat and enjoy are out there to rediscover.

[@bandit7672]

Forests and meadows are full of potential food if someone knows about it. I remember how my grandma used to make a fantastic nettle or dandelion soup.

[@Necroscat]

Yeah, they act like as if these foods were the standard & readily available for everyone to eat back then. This kind of stuff was expensive! Only Nobles could afford to eat like this everyday. Forging saves a lot of money for people & just throwing in a couple of pieces of meat or veggies into a stew could make it taste wonderful. Great for a budget back then...

[@suburbanbanshee]

OH! You can make a Tart for Ember Days!! So delish! It's mushrooms, cheese, and medieval spices. Really good.

[@gayema664]

What's the best mushroom?

[@ravager2-636]

This entire medieval weapons and armor channel was all a trap to start up a cooking channel.. I KNEW IT! 😂 Damn this was better then some network shows I’ve watched, great work guys 👍

[@marcz2903]

Shad is playing that long game.

[@NecroAsphyxia]

Avocado toast when? XD

[@james0000]

How did you not barf before the 3 minute mark?! I normally LOVE this channel, have not watched in a while, came back to this video and it's total trash IMHO. I have literally stopped watching at 2:25. I will not watch further. I'll stay subbed for now, but if this is an example of future shows, then it's not for me and I'll just unsub. Note: I love historical cooking stuff and historical weapons, pretty much all historical stuff.

[@izzfitri6888]

Let me guess, they trying to be another Townsend.

[@J.sh_CDN]

There is a channel called, Man with a pot, where a block basically uses one nessmuk knife, goes into the woods and makes fantastic dishes with wooden bowls, simple pots, and sticks to stir. I always laugh at it for being a "Manly man cooking show" but it actually is very similar to this medieval cooking

[@zekeolopwi6642]

Thank you guys so much for all of your hardwork on this content! Ik that Shad struggles with his health and the rest of you all have your own channels, but the work you're doing here is amazing, and i cant wait it see it grow and develop even more! Thanks to Shad, Tyranth, Nate, Nathan, and the legend himself Cramer!!!!

[@julianabakker6213]

What happend with shad? Thanks for the respons.

[@chemist3678]

@@julianabakker6213 he mentioned a while back in an update video that he's currently suffering from Chronic Muscle Fatigue and it's making it harder for him to make content. It can also cause you to gain weight cause you're too tired to exercise properly. very bad feedback loop.

[@zekeolopwi6642]

@@julianabakker6213 He's had chronic fatigue and sleep apnea for some years now. He doesn't bring it up often but that's why he brought on more folks to help.

[@A.ManAlone]

I knew Kramer had a channel, but the others do too?

[@zekeolopwi6642]

@@A.ManAlone Yup. I don't know about Nate's channel but both Nathan and Tyranth have their own gigs for sure. Tyranth does prop making stuff and similar things and Nathan has been making a videogame and putting out videos about that.

[@triGRIMM]

This is how every adventurer imagine their meals being while in reality - moldy cheese, hardtack bread, the salt spilled out thanks to Geoooorge, and to top it all off, the smoke from the fire always blows in your direction no matter where you go.

[@sststr]

That's why you need a left-handed smoke shifter!!

[@suburbanbanshee]

Just tell the smoke very firmly, "I hate rabbits." This is secret Girl Scout lore. :)

[@morgansmith1930]

​@@suburbanbanshee Lol, I have to try that 😂

[@shiznitts]

You guys are a fantastic group of adventurers! You even make the adverts entertaining!

[@Hot_Dice]

Shadiversity just keeps getting better and better.

[@embee7434]

Oh heavens, SO entertaining. Finished the video and it deserves another comment. Between the leaving Cramer (sp?) behind, the dates joke, Nate's pride at mincing the garlic, and Tyranth stretched out with his charcuterie board, I was so entertained. And the music behind the cooking... you don't show it as clearly as often, but you all are artists. ❤

[@Loki-]

Absolutely beautifully done video. I got a picture of that scene with the cheese fruit plate and Nate reaching up. Looks exactly like a rennaisance painting!

[@grimsladeleviathan3958]

I love the imagery of a party of 4 adventurers returning from a quest and the leader's like "You guys go set up camp at that trail first, I'll finish all the quest report stuff." They go off, cutting wood, starting a fire, having a laugh, preparing food. Then the leader heads down the planned trail and joins them and they all cook and eat together, chatting around the campfire, telling stories, planning for what to do the next day, and then hit the hay. It just feels like a very tight-knit friend group kind of thing y'know? And it feels so comfy and makes my heart feel warm and happy just imagining it

[@Chris-ok4zo]

This feels like one of those outdoor cooking channel's but with a medieval theme. Food and medieval RP, what's more to love?

[@leewolf6434]

This video was edited SO well. This is honestly some of you guys best work and I love it!!

[@xavierhugo9269]

The part about dates had me laughing😂

[@LuckyStar2516]

That was a fun video! Fun fact: you can use salt for hunting as well. My dad and his friends got a big moose last fall and salted the meat to preserve it since they couldn’t get back home for about a few days. It made the meat even more tastier after cooking.

[@embee7434]

Just starting... And that intro is delightful! And it's the COOKING VIDEO! YEEEEESSSSSSS!

[@Delseius]

That was a fun watch. Every time I watch a video on medieval adventuring from you guys I always take note for my own writings and ttrpg games.

[@HamzaBoujelouah]

Tyranth and Nate are such wonderful additions to the team. Love the content guys!

[@sneezy3233]

Me and my friends go camping out often and we always cook some grand meal. Though we do not limit ourselves to medieval ingredients. It is a great fun and very relaxing. Highly recommended

[@Necroscat]

Pretty sure you couldn't bring enough to last a month though, like these guys think they could...

[@lightningeyes100]

Have to say the comedic timing is on point

[@demetrinight5924]

I definitely think I will be adding flour to my next character's adventure gear. The simple Flatbread really adds to a "foraged" meal.

[@Ilyas-ty6cy]

I really enjoy this kind of medieval classic camp dishes episode like this. Maybe its not the most flavourful taste food you can get. But this kind of food is something that will make you feel alive and grateful to be born.

[@zerabp1130]

The editing with Kramer cracked me up.

[@SirStouk]

Thanks for showing us how you made the fire pit, I love axes!

[@VIRTUEL]

11:14 ah yes, THE CREATION OF NATE, an iconic piece of modern art

[@stax6092]

This is actually great. As an ex-professional Cook I approve, I am super glad you guys actually touched on that the vegetables and fruit likely looked and tasted a bit different then as to know as produce now has been bred so selectively and for such mass-production. Also, I would like to point out that many Classic or Familial inherited recipes come from the late medieval era.

[@lofidrone6374]

The Kramer cameos were great.

[@jimbob6490]

I love the way you have been expanding your channel and hope you can get some more things like your book and sword so that we can further support you

[@LivingAnachronism]

Such an aesthetically pleasing video guys. Really great to watch. Sorry I missed the meal 😉

[@Echo_419]

I love how often you've been included on the Shadiversity channel! I'll admit that it was Shad's video all that while ago that got me over to your channel.

[@apex1171_]

The editing on this video is actually immaculate

[@brendanmorgan109]

These are a lot of fun. Glad everyone is clicking and doing more videos mixing in personalities and interactions cause everyone knows each other well now. Lots of fun

[@CreepyMF]

Really enjoyed this one, then again ive always enjoyed watching people cook. Hope we get more like this.

[@frondreadz789]

You guys look like you have so much fun doing this it can't help but shine through into the videos. It makes me smile and I wish we could all go on an adventure and cook wholesome meals out in the beautiful wilderness. Cheers mates

[@TeacherinTraining39]

Not even 30 seconds in, and I really want to see a Mockumentary series on Adventurers, lol.

[@dd11111]

Yes! I second this notion wholeheartedly!

[@Necroscat]

That's exactly what this is... No research or anything done on this at all...

[@TeacherinTraining39]

@@Necroscat Pull the stick out, man. It's funny. They were probably testing the waters to see if this sort of vid is viable.

[@Necroscat]

@@TeacherinTraining39 I just hate it when I hear from people that they know everything history, because of stuff they see on KZbin. While it's nice to know there's people like you that think clearly or even do some homework, it's bad knowing that people think stuff like "The Earth is Flat" because of KZbin vids. Actually a real problem now, too many people thinking The Earth is Flat....

[@TeacherinTraining39]

@@Necroscat I've personally met two flattards. Worked with one. I feel it. At the end of the day, Shad and company are mostly just research scholars without the fancy titles. They read sources and try to interpret, as best I can tell. I do the same. All college ever truly taught me was how to look things up, lol.

[@dd11111]

Yo I'm not gonna lie, the whole. "Present the show as if it were an ongoing narrative" is very cool! I don't know why, but I find it very enjoyable. Pluse, always great to see Kramer. Great job!

[@eduardoferreiradesa5716]

The timing of this video, poping out on my notifications, right on the time I'm having lunch! Epic combination! XD

[@accountname1047]

such great synergy those two

[@theeightbithero]

Shad, I believe you are putting together a fantastic team.

[@shadowofhawk55]

This makes me want to see what you guys could do with a short film budget. A non magic adventuring party hunting a monster of some kind?

[@Echo_419]

I actually just watched their "Pocket Sand" video the other day, and they made a VLDL reference! Teaming up with them would be an awesome collaboration, since Australia and New Zealand are relatively close by. On second thought, as the Metatron just revealed in his newest video, Australia isn't real and doesn't exist...

[@lazirys7466]

A really great and fun episode! Keep up the great work guys!

[@phenjaws569]

Kramer's appearances were so hilarious

[@adrigl3371]

It would be fun if he made a video on his channel on how to make a meal by yourself when you loose your party, to connect with this video and to show what his character did when he got lost

[@pegasusdust9129]

​@@adrigl3371Yes! I enjoyed this video, but I missed his input on cooking. I need to watch more of his videos, but it seems to be a specialty of his.

[@colorfulhumor4724]

I'm SO glad to see someone finally covering this!

[@thehermitthetower1126]

I added "The Shadlands" to my RPG setting. It's south of Lemuria, my world includes Atlantis and Tartartia. The shadlands are a culture of fortifiers, it's a pre history city state sort of setting tho, so no real empires outside of a couple small exceptions

[@jeffk7881]

Nate and Tyranth are hilarious 😂 You guys did an awesome job on this one, and I had to give it a rewatch!

[@simounobrien9096]

I love this channel. The Variety of topics is just timeless

[@FaceEatingOwl]

It's incredible how you guys have somehow made this channel even better 👌😊 Some of the best stuff out there. Keep it up.

[@caleblawther1854]

I love shadiversity's medieval food prep vid, they have a real good vibe

[@johnedgar7956]

This was great!! You guys are making me hungry. 🙂 This really makes me wish my own fellow roleplaying game friends would role-play the "making camp" parts of an adventure more. Thank you for this! I enjoyed this one.

[@dd11111]

I really enjoy the country farmhouse cooking show vibe that you're going for. Just needed a couple random shots of chickens foraging. Also, that "creation of Adam" style style bit. I found that unusually entertaining. Great job guys!

[@brycetheviewer9986]

got through a half of this and it is sooo good you guys you somehow manage to give information in such an illustrative and entertaining way much much appreciation to your work guys thats what's called teamwork, i can feel it in every moment of that video thats just lit🔥 and i feel happy for you reaching so much and being able to make SUCH a content👍 it's 10/10🔥🔥🔥

[@selkiara1272]

I haven't seen the Kramer tent cloak one, yet. But upon hearing it I also point out that that was one of the major reasons Scotsmen wear kilts. A kilt, when fully unraveled, should be able to act as a bedroll or overhead covering (Depending on which one you need more / lack) and makes for easy camping.

[@macdietz]

This is a very good format. More this, friends

[@grimmwolf9690]

You can boil real salt pork to draw the salt out, then you boil your chopped veggies or beans in the brine to season them. You can even use some of the water to make dough or boil dough balls into dumplings. The best dumpling dough is mixed with extra butter 🤤. You can take the berries and mash them into a gravy like addative for over your meat.

[@sststr]

Typically you'll soak the saltpork in water for a few hours and toss the water as far too salty to be usable for any other purpose. Then you can boil the meat and do the other things. Even after being soaked for hours, even overnight, as much salt as you draw out, there will still be a shockingly large amount of salt still left, more than enough to season the meat, and you may find it still too salty to taste. Which if you are on the march or doing other highly strenuous things, the water retention from high salt intake is probably for the best, just don't keep eating so much salt over too long a period!

[@MrJimmy1717]

Ever thought about doing a teamup with Max Miller or Townsends?

[@Mad_Possum]

cooking over a fire in the woods is such a great experience, makes me wanna get out and go camping again this year. many memories of me and my dad cooking bacon and eggs in the morning on those trips...RIP dad i love you so much. I will never forget you!

[@baileywalker2478]

The thumbnail looks like it was made by The Food Theorist 🙂 Edit: HE CHANGED THE THUMBNAIL!! THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I TALK ABOUT THE THUMBNAIL THEN IT CHANGES!!

[@Mark-pt9jy]

Sooooo amusing to watch !!! Love it! You picked your team well Shad, an awesome addition to your already awesome channel.

[@thegrenade4483]

Do more of these. I love this

[@dd11111]

Worth noting also that many herbs and spices used in ancient/medival medicen would often be added TO your meal. What you eat around the campfire may also be the closest thing you have to medicen.

[@riusen_oficial]

Best Surfshark ad every 🤣🤣

[@cocodojo]

I love seeing the Shadlands, that place looks gorgeous everytime you show it.

[@GeekNewz]

Nate: "It's funny, a lot of people consider medieval food to be pretty bland, but *I can tell you from experience* it's not." Nate, how old are you? Also, besides that, both salt and pepper? You got spices in medieval times and multiple types of cheese... Are ya rich?!

[@21Shells]

Not to mention the dates. Those would be super fancy in medieval western Europe.

[@petermuller3995]

There are different ways of spice and salt and pepper...

[@antcommander1367]

​@@petermuller3995 4 excample using salmon nailed with wooden sticks in plank then roasting it slowly over open fire

[@sststr]

Salt wouldn't be an issue, but pepper sure would be! Spices were far less common than herbs for flavoring foods. Ditch the pepper, add some parsley or sage!

[@t.f4393]

I love how this video has a calm Townsends feel to it.

[@suryaprasad3314]

Let's go!!

[@Flint404]

I love the new addition to the team. These guys are great. This video was awesome! 11:04 This skit is gold.

[@TheOGWiggle]

How is this not sponsored by hello fresh? XD I liked this video guys, felt really informal and relaxed, but still an awesome discussion with good info!

[@sststr]

It really did look to me like a Hello Fresh food pack that the guys separated out so as to pretend to forage for each item separately. I was half-expecting that sponsorship to appear at any moment the whole video long!

[@bombardicblood-raid3420]

Great video, I must say I am curious if this is gonna be its own branch series or if it is like a mini verse inside of all the other content.

[@allmachtsdaggl5109]

That was a very nice video and it made me hungry. But one thing i have to say: A fork was not used for eating, but for preparing the meat. It was an off table instrument

[@passionlipalterego8338]

This was a fun episode.

[@RedneckGodKing]

the increased production is amazing

[@williamr.s.5693]

This was such a good watch guys, well done!

[@85Samux]

Salt garlic pepper I don't need anything more to cook 😋

[@deadso]

Not a fan of raw salted and peppered garlic. How about a pan, some meat and/or vegetables? And oil or butter? ;)

[@o-sosa7910]

I lov❤this story format

[@Wolfharth]

Wow, I'm early. Excited to watch this.

[@Wolfharth]

Just finished it, that was a great video. Made me want to go out into the woods myself and start cooking! I definitely need to expand my palate, both with regards to food and with things I know how to do. Gotta work on learning to cook better.

[@honorgod7110]

Great job and nice cameo!

[@reeceemms1643]

this is to all the fantasy writers out there, have you ever, in your fantasy story, when your brave adventures rest for the night and cook up a stew worth for the adventure ahead, I have ever sat down and said, 'I actually want to try that' and then wish to try and make it. because that has happened to me with my fantasy.

[@reactiondavant-garde3391]

It is a good mindset anyway, because with this you can be sure what you write is even possible. And yes, soemtimes, but because mostly I am who cut and dig out the trees in my family garden so I have some personal experience as well.

[@reeceemms1643]

@@reactiondavant-garde3391 I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who thinks of doing that, because I have wanted to make the stews that I have appear in my fantasy sometimes

[@WillStopka]

I 100% thought in medieval times, they would just order from hellofresh.... weird

[@TheClaymore2004]

Thanks, now I'm hungry.

[@ArtemisDalmasca]

I love this! I play DND a lot and a few characters ago I started trying to do different things with the basic rations, and ever since then I've been obsessed with trying to come up with simple, delicious meals and recipes that would be reasonable for adventures to have on the road.

[@kensmith5694]

You won't find a nice looking radish out in the wild. That is a carefully bred type that reverts to something less round in a generation. I think the carrots are also wrong color but also this is the time where the wild ones would go to seed based on you finding black berries. I think it is likely you walked right past other things that are good to eat. At some times of the year there would be wild grains and nuts. Some "weeds" that are members of the mustard family make greens with a garlic like flavor. And also someone adventuring and wanting to remain alive will have a pot of some sort. Boiling water and food makes it safer and also makes it easier for humans to digest.

[@sststr]

Yeah, the foods shown in the video are not a very realistic portrayal of medieval fare, especially for adventurers who had been traveling all day and would have had only a short time to forage and hunt. I feel like there wasn't actually any research put into this video. I have no idea where they came up with the ideas of what foods to show, but a few minutes with a search engine would have suggested an extremely different menu...

[@kensmith5694]

@@sststr Traveling on foot would basically mean that as you go along you would gather. You wouldn't really have a specific time where you forage.

[@sststr]

@@kensmith5694 many of the things you collect via gathering tend to spoil quickly. Sure, nuts and tubers might last a good while, but most vegetables and fruits and meat would spoil within a day at best. If you are just traveling in the wilderness, sure, you can collect as you go to have some stuff for your evening meal, but only for that meal as it won't last beyond that. But if you've been dungeon-crawling all day you won't have a lot of time to forage, if any, before you are wanting to eat. So it really depends on what you've been doing all day. And even marching through the wilderness won't always be useful, not all environments provide an abundance of safe to eat foods. Walking through a bog or a blizzard isn't going to provide much, if anything. For people who are really eager to know about this topic, you might consider sources like the journals of Nicholas Cresswell or the of the Lewis & Clark expedition. I know those aren't medieval, but they do give an excellent idea of people wandering about the wilderness and what there actually was to find to eat. North America is, broadly speaking, the same latitudes as Europe, and it'd be fairly similar in many ways as to what was available for forage. Not perfectly, at one point Lewis & Clark have exhausted their provisions entirely when they happen to find themselves in the right place at the right time to harvest a large number of pawpaws, which is a fruit that doesn't exist in Europe, but a similar situation with a different type of fruit could easily occur. There are many good sources for this type of content, but this video isn't one of them. It has some entertainment value, but it's not much for historical accuracy.

[@astahfirula]

loved the updated costumes. as always, it's the little details that bring it all together

[@osets2117]

I don't know why people assume medieval civilizations didn't have an understanding of the culinary arts

[@neoneanderthal2658]

They did. The biggest problem people today have with imagining it is just how divided certain groups of ingredients were. Nowadays you can walk in a supermarket and have access to damn near every ingredient known to man, so people assume that cuisine suffered far more than it actually did, when you didn't have that variety. People got amazingly creative though, with what they had. The diet of today is, in many people's cases in fact MORE limited in comparison. The main meats we eat are pork, chicken, beef, fish(and only certain kinds of fish) and turkey(everything aside from this was available in medieval Europe). Rabbit and mutton, which were staples of medieval European cooking have fallen by the wayside for most, duck, seafood and shellfish are almost considered a luxury and meats like goat and horse are almost absent. Not to mention game meats like pheasant, boar or venison among others. Hell, did you know you can make REALLY good honey from pine nuts? Or bread if you dry them and crush them into flour? So yeah, a lot of pre-modern day cooking was radically different from things we know today, to the point that we kinda disregard it. And that's true not just for Europe, but damn near everywhere. Every group of people had their own versions of the Mediterranean diet based on what was available. Basically the automatic assumption for what commoners ate is effectively just the list of available ingredients. Cheese, bread, onion, pickles, meat. Except people usually cooked the stuff. Made recipes. Helps it go longer too.

[@killerkraut9179]

Atleast Germany arround 1350 hade cherry Pudding, source BLOG VON GUTER SPEISE !

[@samamies88]

​@@neoneanderthal2658 in my language we call it syrup, not honey, but some people still are doing it and maybe some traditional small store might sell some, but mostly its just thing people do at home in their free time

[@neoneanderthal2658]

@@samamies88 Well it's pine honey(direct translation) in mine. Might prefer it to regular honey too, depending on what I'm making.

[@dragonborn7958]

"WHY ARE YOU HALFWAY UP THE - ooo a biscuit" killed me dude. funniest stuff i've heard in a long time. so relatable too

[@Harthorn]

This is so Ozzie lol, a barbie in the yard hahaha 😂

[@GaryYork-tk2ow]

So American.

[@FoxCDN]

Really impressed with the cinematography in this episode! I was surprised with the quality. Outstanding work!!!

[@orionstarrthegreat2514]

I loved this

[@vinx7749]

I like this format.

[@ZoeLycan]

I live in Spain, as with many Europe countries (like Germany and Italy) we have many historical ways of preserving food, spicing food, smoking and more. Something I like to offer my Adventurers on some more "relaxed adventures" is the option to trade some of their gold or even goods to villagers or simple peasants all over towns or wandering merchants for some of this food, preserved food and rations. It's fun as sometimes these people would not want gems, magical items or even gold, as they have no way to spend it or trade it. For them food, spices, ingredients, etc might be far more valuable. Another Option I like to ask my DMs when we are on long trip adventures. I'll ask if the plan is to travel through "safe" roads. I'll pay for services such as horses, carts, wagons, "slaves", servants or squires. So they can carry most of our adventurer loot, equipments such as tents, etc...AND have them prepare camp and food. We, as the main adventurers, we'll keep them safe.

[@Glimmlampe1982]

Especially the last one. I'm currently listening to a commented reading by an historian, from a book from the late 18th century. And currently the main character travels with a group of gypsies through Spain and each day they sent some of their group ahead. So every evening they arrive at the camp spot a nicely prepared meal awaits them. Slowly cooked over several hours :D

[@ZoeLycan]

@@Glimmlampe1982 Spain have a look of heavy meals, mostly rich in meat, animal fat and lots of cholesterol. But it makes sense, since people spend most of their day up and down hills/mountain terrain taking care of their cattle, their lads or in D&D terms, adventuring. So you need all that extra calories.