Cooking cow (or pig) feet is how you get gelatine, which is also what Jell-O is made of, egg whites were used to filter out impurities. So really the dessert is just regular lemon jello, nothing strange about it. In fact it's more strange that nowadays many people have no idea which animal/plant the food they buy at the store even comes from.
@jlshel423 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget the untold number of ground up bugs in our coffee, bread, and so on.
@zydian_3 жыл бұрын
And candy
@lizolson69583 жыл бұрын
thank you i was looking for this comment!!
@makettaja3 жыл бұрын
Yes exactly. Pig skin is the source of most of the gelatin these days so they did invent it long before he actually said in the video. It was just refined in later stages.
@JedediahCyrus3 жыл бұрын
Glad someone also noticed this
@bryangibson62113 жыл бұрын
When I was In Wyoming, I ordered “Rocky Mountain Oysters” and got through 2 orders before I found out they were balls.
@Pumkin9323 жыл бұрын
The heart wants what it wants.
@billythedog-3093 жыл бұрын
And?
@jaybeemhardscrote74663 жыл бұрын
Damn dude
@edr7773 жыл бұрын
It takes balls to eat them. Respect.
@shermdog69693 жыл бұрын
Best fried food on the planet. Now pig uterus is on another level.
@jayconwy63012 жыл бұрын
I'm in the UK and we were quite poor when I was little. My mum used to cook using really vile cuts of meat that were all gristly and fatty because they were cheap. I marvel at her ingenuity even though I refused to eat the meat and just ate the veg and gravy. Watching this video has made me marvel again at the ingenuity of those early pioneers even though I'm awfully glad I wasn't on of them.
@MOTOMINING2 жыл бұрын
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?😆
@Not-Ap Жыл бұрын
People back then were cut from a different cloth and had to be tough by necessity. I was told a family story when I was young about ancestor who came out west following the civil war. He was from a german/french immigrant family in Pennsylvania from that came here just before the war and after serving in the Union Army he decided to go west. He and his wife traveled in a wagon to the Midwest to settle in Minnesota. On the way nearly all of there 13 children died due to harsh winters and disease. A generation later some of their surviving children decided to leave for Colorado and this time made it with no loss of life (that I know of). This kind of journey permanently changes people due to the trip itself along with all the people and cultures they encountered on the way. If people didn't change and adapt they died. It was really as simple as that. Some of these recipes I actually grew up on and though they seemed nasty like yours at the time for older generations it was difference between life and death. Rocky Mountain Oysters are awesome by the way despite where they come from.
@jayconwy6301 Жыл бұрын
@@MOTOMINING 🤣 Some of the puddings were gristly and fatty.
@olsencarl Жыл бұрын
I was the opposite I left the veg and loved the Frey Bentos gristle bits
@chasecharland11603 жыл бұрын
Beef tea actually sounds really good, a nice cup of beef broth and some hard bread would be a real treat out on the cold prairie at night
@claytonhawk85123 жыл бұрын
I guess it wouldn't be much different from drinking the broth of Ramen noodles now that you say it lol maybe less salty
@coreyscornersaxophone2 жыл бұрын
We have beef broth in the UK its very common
@daveweed27652 жыл бұрын
So "beef tea" would be the same as beef broth?
@sidtwomey90462 жыл бұрын
You’re alright boah.
@carterjones81262 жыл бұрын
Bovril
@unclefuddelmer92243 жыл бұрын
We grew up real poor in the N. PA mountains. Always had a big garden, hunted rabbits, squirrels, possum, woodchucks, deer ( No matter what season it happened to be) Trick is with wild game is to soak it at least overnight in a salty seasoned brine. Then boil or broast or deep fry it in lard or beef fat. Gramma and mom canned everything to put up for winter. All the men, uncles, cousins & Grampa were loggers, fellers, horsemen and worked the log trains. Real tough people back then
@voilvelev67753 жыл бұрын
Hunting no matter the season? So... poaching?
@andylyon38673 жыл бұрын
Actually on a farm one can harvest game at anytime as long as it is not wasted. That is the law. Keep in mind that with out farms there would be little game and property and crops need to be protected so this is the reasoning behind such laws.
@peggyhall8433 жыл бұрын
@@andylyon3867 I can't imagine how difficult it would be to work a team of oxen. I hope you were able to pass that knowledge and experience on. What part of this country are you in?
@andylyon38673 жыл бұрын
@@peggyhall843 can not imagine how difficult it is to work oxen? The oxen do the work not me!
@peggyhall8433 жыл бұрын
@@andylyon3867 ah..c'mon. You know what. I mean. I had chickens, ducks, rabbits and a shit- headed pony. I'm just hoping someone out there that can pass on what you know.
@brandonanderson16463 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the Ozarks in Arkansas, some of these foods were pretty common even until the 1990's. My grandfather said that during the great depression there wasn't a squirrel or rabbit to be found for miles.
@ericschneider85242 жыл бұрын
Old timers tell stories about squirrels just about being wiped out by depression dining in Southern Illinois.
@propertymend-dm3qz Жыл бұрын
@@ericschneider8524 Where are you from?
@carrie0508 Жыл бұрын
My grandma was still making squirrel soup in the 70-80’s…….it was the eyes staring out of the pot, that got me!
@michaelcunningham37084 ай бұрын
DAD'S family from South Missouri north Arkansas. He told me about grandma's roast persimmons and possum.
@thecrippledpancake94553 жыл бұрын
I like how these pioneers never waste anything. Some we should all strive for today.
@khester73973 жыл бұрын
Tough men bring about good times. Good times make soft men. Soft men bring hard times. Hard times make tough men.
@elultimo1023 жыл бұрын
Something like 40% of food is dumped----sad.
@jameswood2313 жыл бұрын
@@elultimo102 That is so true. We as a nation have been so blessed, but with that blessing we have brought cursing upon ourselves. LORD, please forgive us. Starvation is a very serious situation even in America where we dump 40% of our food supply in the garbage. There is no excuse for wasting food. Food shortages will continue to grow if we do not support our local farmers.
@irw43503 жыл бұрын
they survived on pie 'n' ears
@NPCNPCB3 жыл бұрын
To not waste is to not have abundance, to not have abundance is to have scarcity, to have scarcity is to not waste.
@BrooksDunn3 жыл бұрын
A lot of people think it will be fun to live in those days... but they tend to forget that you have to fend for yourself and walmart isn't near by to get food.
@allyhellkiller55353 жыл бұрын
No hygene products either.
@pollybird78273 жыл бұрын
For sure and they probably wouldn't survive 😐
@danabaker5963 жыл бұрын
There are city kids that only know that food comes from the store. I literally heard them say we don't need farmers, we can just go to the store.
@ujayet3 жыл бұрын
Yeah but some people dont mine not having food max around,, they look to buy a property and build a homestead live off the land, they all over KZbin..many are heading this way of life.
@dbutters39273 жыл бұрын
@@ujayet This is too funny. "Living off the land" with chainsaws, trucks, tractors, guns, dimensional lumber, bought seeds. Not to mention you don't have to worry about roving bands of bandits or a king that decides you are going to fight his battle.
@fredkorth97153 жыл бұрын
I grew up on a farm in Wisconsin, the farm was self supporting, beside a large garden, we had pear trees, apple trees, plum trees, hickory tree, asparagus bed, butchered a pig in fall along with chickens, ducks and geese, the only thing bought in town from the feed mill was sugar and flour in 100 pound bags. I didn't know what a grocery store was until I was in grade school, I remember well because they laughed when I asked what it was! I forgot to mention that Ma made ketchup and we else had horseradish plants! --- I prefer the grocery store--- Fred
@vj93903 жыл бұрын
Weird history again and again telling history better than History channel, awesome video as always.
@elismoothie88963 жыл бұрын
Hi
@FanceeName3 жыл бұрын
No agenda, Weird eh? 😉
@TheChuckwagonLite3 жыл бұрын
There are no aliens
@Tricks273 жыл бұрын
History Channel is now shyt
@pheunithpsychic-watertype98813 жыл бұрын
Who?
@TheSchmed3 жыл бұрын
As Les “Survivorman” Stroud says “You want to eat good food ? Don’t eat for 24 hours”.
@cyndicombs14193 жыл бұрын
I used to say something similar to my kids when they were young lol 🤣
@Lestatvancloud13 жыл бұрын
Hunger is the best sauce.
@GreedyOrange3 жыл бұрын
fucking true, it was actually part of why i couldnt loose weight at first, did it by "starving" myself,and then eating healthy,and actually liking the taste for the first time, was most def a wtf moment for me, and it was by accident,after just randomly trying to eat less and then eating something healthy xD lost 100 pounds this way for whos interested enough to read this far into my rant, gained it right back thru drinking btw, cheers to that! edit.:just the grammar i knew how to fix, to not embarres(?) myself, like Just now, not infront of my new like :( everything for the fans!
@OldNew453 жыл бұрын
In boot camp there was the "magic salt" phenomenon. You were so hungry all the time, and you had to eat so fast. Later down the line, you actually get a few minutes to eat, you can choose drinks, season your food, etc. Seasoning being salt, and or pepper. You never thought a dash of salt would turn cardboard into ambrosia? Hello Marine Corps boot camp!
@bigfootbushcraft22613 жыл бұрын
@@OldNew45 last thing before leaving the chow hall, I would stuff my cheeks with corn so I could actually enjoy it one kernel at a Time marching back to the barracks
@pamelacox9672 жыл бұрын
I was raised in the 60's & my mother had to prepare most of these wild game when my father came home from hunting. Being poor put us at a disadvantage as most people we knew. She prepared most of these cowboy foods; Minus the Skunk & Rocky Mountain Orsters; Thank God. Of course as children; we hadn't a clue as to what we were eating or i would have chosen to Starve. I know one day; seeing where my dad had caged a Possum. I went to school & upon my return; saw that the Possum was no longer there, but Mom was having dinner cooking earlier than usual🙃 I remember helping my Mom making Head Cheese from the boiled head of a Pig & her adding lots of Sage to the recipe.🤕 I can say though that we never went hungry.
@stephenmedley58443 жыл бұрын
acorns have to be watered three times and a whole day long in order to get rid of most of its tannin acids. in fact all parts of the oak tree are so rich on tannin acid, they used the leafs and acorn shells to turn skins into leather. so, in case you like to try it yourself, peel the acrons accurately and then water them for a day long, change the water three times. then chopp them and roast the bits gently, then dry them and then grind them to flour (which needs to be over turned and dried as they still contain some moist)
@christineb.w.14803 жыл бұрын
My grandma told me that here in Germany the people still ate acorn bread during/after World War II due to the lack of food. She told me that you may only use a mixture of 40% acorn flour and 60% regular flour, otherways it would be unhealthy -I guess because of the tannin acids. I don´t know if they watered the acorns before roasting them.
@timcollum50153 жыл бұрын
I always thought acorns were poisonous to humans. Someone must have told me that when I was young. Prob still taste better than nasty black walnuts (english walnuts are good)!
@GrandRunemaster2 жыл бұрын
Hi I'm just wonderinh how you would use the oak leafs and acorn shells for making leather?
@stephenmedley58442 жыл бұрын
@@GrandRunemaster Maybe I expressed it in a confusing way. The leafs and bark of the oak tree have been brewed to receive tannic acid. This was the usual way to produce leather till 1940. Nowadays there are numerous chemical ways to make all kind of leathers from animal skins within 2-3 weeks instead of 12-15 months en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanning_(leather)
@curiousme1132 жыл бұрын
@@timcollum5015 strangely acorns & bitter black walnuts have a similar bitterness. I hate black walnuts. Oddly enough I used to eat acorns when I was a kid. My older brother rescued to baby squirrels and they lived in our back yard so I watched them gathering acorns. I guess I thought if the squirrels could eat them so could I. Again, oddly, I'd share my cat's food also. Giving her a piece then me a piece. Id do it do often that my mom finally had to hide it from me. It was fun to me. Me & my huge Fluffy yet Siamese looking cat sharing it's food. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was barely 3-4 yrs old so it's not like I had developed any good decision making skills yet. I thought that was a good decision and I was mad at mom for hiding the Meow Mix. 🙁
@betenoireindustries3 жыл бұрын
a quick note: crushed eggshells are used to *clarify* clear broths, aspics, and gelatins, and are then strained out. they definitely were not left in the calves'-foot jellies!
@OffRampTourist3 жыл бұрын
And coffee, in the 60s my uncle used eggshells clarify perked coffee.
@decorousdonut2 жыл бұрын
Can you elaborate more? Like scientifically speaking, how do the eggshells clarifies broths and such?
@bleedingheartnartist2 жыл бұрын
@@decorousdonut I just googled it because I was curious. Clarifying brings the random bits in the stock up to the top, and you skim it off with a spoon to leave the stock more clear. So… the idea is that egg shells will help trap and bring up more bits to the top
@decorousdonut2 жыл бұрын
@@bleedingheartnartist Interesting... I still need to know the scientific explanation but you helped me to understand the idea. Thanks!
@bleedingheartnartist2 жыл бұрын
@@decorousdonut I’m no expert, but I wonder if it’s just literally as easy as the broken egg shell’s ability to rise to the top and physically carry little veggie particles with the shell pieces…
@jaehaspels96073 жыл бұрын
This was very good. I got the gist of pioneer food from Laura Ingalls since she was born in 1867. Her parents were part of those settlers who traveled west but they only got so far as Kansas. She tells of hardtack, griddlecakes, beans and game. I think they really depended on that cow they took along w/ them. You also get the sense that the menu didn't vary much but they were grateful for any food and considered good.
@charleswidmore54582 жыл бұрын
what a different world aye?
@LindaMerchant-bq2hp Жыл бұрын
Pancakes the Ingalls ate cornmeal tea
@sandralevin24896 ай бұрын
There is a Little House" cookbook that contains many of the original recipes. I've made some of them and so far they are good! Fried apples 'n onions is my favorite (excellent with pork chops)
@Fuzzy_Spork3 жыл бұрын
Me: "Ah, something to watch while I eat lunch!" A few minutes later: "I've made a terrible mistake..."
@MegaCatGirl133 жыл бұрын
Same...
@buxomboba82103 жыл бұрын
I was really enjoying the footage of frizzled beef until the skunk cut in...
@DrSloth783 жыл бұрын
You and me both, pal. What do I think? I think I should've given this one a miss with lunch, that's what. Yeech.
@robert.m46763 жыл бұрын
The h you’re so clever 🤪
@Novella13 жыл бұрын
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@raedraconis3 жыл бұрын
A lot of these sound like what my dad grew up eating in rural Georgia back in the 50s. You'll eat just about anything that has calories when you're flat broke. The funny thing is...I grew up eating S.O.S. because my dad fell in LOVE with the dish when he joined the military. (and yeah...it's pretty bad when you go into the service and the food is better than what you ate at home)
@lornae86833 жыл бұрын
Thank your dad for his service for me.❤️
@raedraconis3 жыл бұрын
@@lornae8683 I wish that I could, but he is in Heaven now. :) Thank you so much for your kind sentiment though.
@lornae86833 жыл бұрын
@@raedraconis may he Rest In Peace .🙏
@todddavis94373 жыл бұрын
Yeah i am from WV and military was only time I had 3 meals a day except maybe short stay in hospital or jail. Lol but yea military has some good stuff
@bigfootbushcraft22613 жыл бұрын
Lots of folks we're in heaven at the chow hall in boot camp! Guys from the Midwest and the South couldn't believe we had it so good
@SierraThunder2 жыл бұрын
Y'all forgot "Cold Flour", this was a simple mix of finely milled corn meal, with sugar & cinnamon added, it was usually sold in 1-3lb. tins at general stores & mercantiles of the day, and was ridiculously simple, filling, and nutritious. You could just eat it out of the tin, or you could add hot water to it, which of course, caused the corn flour to expand, making a very simple & tasty meal. And of course, if you had any kind of dried fruit, (a real staple of travelers in the early west), you could add the dried fruit to make it even better, (sort of a corn flour porridge). My great grandmother used to give it to us kids as a snack whenever we visited her or vice-versa. She taught me how to make it properly very early on, and I still keep mason jars of cold flour in my refrigerator, and still feed it to my relative's kids whenever they visit, they love it as much as I still do. I still have a good many of her cooking utensils, including her mayonnaise mixing jar, a tall 2 quart mason jar that has the ingredients & their amounts embossed on the jar, plus a lid with a stainless-steel crank & paddle for mixing the ingredients built into the lid. The mayonnaise never seems to go bad, even if left out to get a bit warm, (perhaps it's because there aren't all of the added chemicals that are used nowadays). But I still make my own mustard, catsup, and other homemade condiments that she gave me the recipes to, she always thought that it was a little amusing & kind of special that I was so interested in having her teach me to cook, even more than my female relatives. But I'm still making meals whose recipes are 150+ years old, and a number of my friends love it when I invite them to dinner.
@Mistressrichards2 жыл бұрын
You should make a you tube video on how to make all those old time foods
@SierraThunder2 жыл бұрын
@@Mistressrichards Perhaps sometime in the near future, at the moment I'm trying to help my brother deal with our 91 y.o. mother. We're finally having to put her in hospital due to two bad, very early morning falls that she took this last week.
@Donathon-qx8kq5 ай бұрын
Cold Flour,???... that sounds great...I may try it sometime... Peace
@JonGee4203 жыл бұрын
"The taste of soylent green varies from person to person" The Donner Party
@blueberrypirate36013 жыл бұрын
Kwiki Gro is people!
@davidwilson82003 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a Bill Gates restaurant
@judithslone64723 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@dubthedirector3 жыл бұрын
Too soon
@peggyhall8433 жыл бұрын
Solent green varies from person to person? I love ya!
@scrantsj3 жыл бұрын
In the Army, my dad loved SOS. His buddies ended up giving him extra just because they hated it. He'll still make it now, 50 years later
@ellendolber27653 жыл бұрын
Me too, can't find a place that makes it well....I do it on a toasted English muffin.
@deadredeyes3 жыл бұрын
SOS is the best!
@SimMermaid3 жыл бұрын
Shit on a Shingle is absolutely tasty! 10/10 would recommend.
@Fmasterss733 жыл бұрын
My dad used to cook it when I was a kid. His dad was a vietnam vet.
@tomsmith52163 жыл бұрын
Army SOS was the worst crap imaginable. C rations were like Chateaubriand by comparison.
@billgrandone35522 жыл бұрын
Well, i am 72 and while not from the Old West I have eaten a lot of the food you mentioned here and a few that even the pioneers might not eat. I have eaten head cheese , buffalo steaks, deer, reindeer, rabbit, squirrel, mountain oysters, as well as alligator, rattlesnake, dove, quail, duck, grasshoppers, snails, mussels, crawfish, sassafras tea, postum (coffee made from grain), dandelion, hickory nuts, morel mushrooms, and hen of the wood mushrooms.
@nsxt290 Жыл бұрын
Wow, you ate everything. You really defined " apex predator "
@billgrandone3552 Жыл бұрын
@@nsxt290Yes and I find it amazing that I was able to keep my school girl figure though all of it. LOL
@nsxt290 Жыл бұрын
@@billgrandone3552 wow again... you put modern skin care& nutrition to the back seat.
@GeckoHiker3 жыл бұрын
Salmon soup is on our menu this week. One gifted can of Alaska salmon from a friend's commodities box, mirepoix, chickpeas, chopped Broccoli stems, lots of wild greens, and a bit of cooked rice makes a very nutritious and inexpensive meal that lasts for days. I like to challenge myself to cook like my grandparents did, wasting nothing.
@timcollum50153 жыл бұрын
That sounds great. I want to go back to rustic (but healthy) cooking.
@GeckoHiker3 жыл бұрын
@@timcollum5015 I like to do rustic with a modern twist. Coconut oil to sauté vegetables and a slow-cooked chicken carcass for nutritious bone broth. Everything else is locally homegrown and organic. This is a heck no to the monsanto additives.
@VarangianGuard132 жыл бұрын
That sounds amazing! I should make myself a pot of that this week.
@GeckoHiker2 жыл бұрын
@@VarangianGuard13 And be sure to use all the broth from the can. For soup I remove the larger bones, too.
@krystingrant62922 жыл бұрын
That's sounds good
@NewMessage3 жыл бұрын
* the Donner Party slowly backs out of the room *
@kyliepechler3 жыл бұрын
They would add a literal twist to the "Head Cheese" dish mentioned in the video.
@bunnylebowski44653 жыл бұрын
You beat me to the joke 🤣
@eckankar77563 жыл бұрын
Sweet and sour grandma
@ED-ef6nb3 жыл бұрын
You’re funny🙂
@FODteam3 жыл бұрын
Kung pao cousin Johnny.
@stephmont6253 жыл бұрын
I grew up with a lot of these! The rabbit, squirrel, the frizzle beef, head cheese( though not bear), plus some other oddities like liver, blood pudding, pig feet, sassafrass tea, toungue, jowls, etc. We ate turtle,deer, wild berries, and grapes. Coffee soup. Welsh rarebits.My parents were depression era raised so this is from an older generation.
@portabella44113 жыл бұрын
My late father grew up in the depression and they actually ate possum. I asked him what it tasted like. He said "Nasty and greasy but, if you're hungry enough, you'll eat it. " I sure hope I'm never that hungry! 🤢🤮
@miketaylor52123 жыл бұрын
i have had it i like it better than raccoon it is greasy.
@portabella44113 жыл бұрын
@@miketaylor5212 whilst you can, eat in the city more. 🤣😂😅
@tammydetrick62793 жыл бұрын
It is nasty.
@timcollum50153 жыл бұрын
I also heard that raccoon was not good.
@ericjones32212 жыл бұрын
@@timcollum5015 it is delicious smoked, then shred it to make BBQ sandwiches.
@regsun79473 жыл бұрын
My mom would make head cheese when we butchered a pig. It was one of my dad's favorite things. Also, calf's foot jelly gave me another chuckle because out here in the west Jell-o is still a big thing, just generally people use the boxed kind instead of rendering their own gelatin.
@marieelisa13 жыл бұрын
In Italy they call that Sorpresatta
@ossianatepfenhart70223 жыл бұрын
@@marieelisa1 Wait really?
@margaretmcrae56423 жыл бұрын
My Dad loved brawn. Mum would cook up a pig's head, get the meat off the bone, put the meat with strained jelly in a dish... and let it set. I remember the pigs eyes looking at me and I freaked out, I couldn't eat it. My sister once took the cooked ear and placed it between bread with mustard for my Dad's golf lunch sandwich as a joke. Dad had a good chomp at it and couldn't get his teeth through... opened the sandwich, pulled out the pig's ear and shocked everybody 😂
@RivetGardener2 жыл бұрын
Always loved that my mom was from Poland and made Head Cheese every year. I loved it and still make it.
@charleswidmore54582 жыл бұрын
When I was very young I remember Souse Head or Souse Cheese. Seems like one name may have been Souse Head Cheese but it was a long time ago.
@claytonhawk85123 жыл бұрын
I'd try each of these at least once. Maybe I'm adventurous or bored, but so long as it ain't poisonous, everything should be tried once
@dlb42993 жыл бұрын
We were driving through Oklahoma several years ago. Signs for a steakhouse kept saying to try the lamb fries. It said not to ask what they were just try them. We stopped there and my wife decided to try the lamb fries. I stuck with the steak. The lamb fries were deep fried and sort of looked liked popcorn chicken. She said they were good but a little fatty. When she had eaten about half of them the waiter came by and ask how everything was. She said they the lamb fries were good but wanted to know what they really were. He looked as her like he was talking to a child and said "They are lamb testicles ma'am" and turned and walked away. My wife turned white and decided she was done eating for the evening. The rest of the evening she complained the her stomach hurt.
@allandulles71083 жыл бұрын
Lmao just knowing what they were made her stomach hurt
@anonymoususername10913 жыл бұрын
Hahaha great story
@lornae86833 жыл бұрын
LAMAO!!!! She should have just finished them, if they’re good before you know, they’re good after you find out nothing changed.
@crashburn32923 жыл бұрын
I liked that story the first time I saw in the Chevy Chase movie Funny Farm, which is actually in THIS VIDEO.
@crashburn32923 жыл бұрын
@@anonymoususername1091 Too bad it's not HIS story.
@charlesclark73503 жыл бұрын
i was born at Ft. Campbell, KY 1953. my father was a trapper on base while a paratrooper. He used to take racoon carcases to a black man who would barbque a racoon for every one given to the cook. When he brought them home for supper, all us kids would say what is that and he would say "its turkey! eat it!". We ate it regularly and it was good. One Thanksgiving the whole family went to the messhall for turkey dinner and us kids asked what is that? referring to the turkey and the cook said its turkey! my brothers and sisters said no its not! True story! Anybody who knew Sgt.Major Robert D. "Booger" Clark would know its true.
@JP-eb3oz3 жыл бұрын
Ha, that's a good story
@melaniegonzalezart85063 жыл бұрын
Ha! Its turkey!
@cindyb87753 жыл бұрын
Love this story. Thanks for sharing
@pollybird78273 жыл бұрын
Amazing so fascinating 🌟🐿️
@anonymoususername10913 жыл бұрын
Good story
@lalaland962 Жыл бұрын
We still eat fried bread/pan bread/bannock, with lots of butter melted on it. It's so good! I've not had squirrel in ages, but I remember begging Mom to fry up some when Dad went hunting.
@emanuelmihai554 Жыл бұрын
in our country (Romania), the bannock we calling it ”turta”.
@lalaland962 Жыл бұрын
@@emanuelmihai554 Just from one video I learned that what I call fried bread or pan bread is also called "bannock" or "turta". I'm getting educated!
@Kibaoftheleaves3 жыл бұрын
Frying pan bread is definitely one of the few ones that didn't make me sick just looking at.
@bcvids93 жыл бұрын
Fry bread or flat bread...the best!
@SweetTea-Stephens3 жыл бұрын
Fried bread is the bomb!!
@SealofApprovalTWU3 жыл бұрын
In Canada Bannock is really popular. Served warm with some butter is great. You could also add some chocolate chips into it to make it a dessert.
@LeoMidori3 жыл бұрын
@@SealofApprovalTWU And versatile too! Goes great with spreads of all kinds, dipping into soups and stews, or topping with chili or baked beans. Hell, I've had hot dogs and hamburgers with it.
@whodatmafia28233 жыл бұрын
Reminds me a lot of cornbread
@Al-ck1fe3 жыл бұрын
A mexican coworker once gave me some homemade tacos, they were unbelievable. Then he told me it was beef tongue. at first i was a little shocked but I got over it, that was some of the best damned beef I ever had. Of course I think it helps that Hispanic folks know how to cook. The only downside was that I was at work and a cold beer would have gone well with it.
@mheald111 Жыл бұрын
I live in an area with a large Hispanic community. We have small taco shops and taco trucks everywhere. Lengua tacos/burritos are some of the best I’ve ever had.
@duutt_tape4618 Жыл бұрын
You should try tacos de tripa next 😋
@knightowl35772 жыл бұрын
Some of this food was the kind of stuff I was brought up on. I lived with my Grand parents, who had lived through the depression and had to eat whatever they could get. I could skin and clean a rabbit by the time I was eight years old.
@ammie86593 жыл бұрын
I come from a family of American pioneers who moved west with each generation and the opening up of new territory beginning in the mid 1700s. They didn't eat this stuff as far as I know. They had preserved food that could survive long wagon hauls, such as dried meat, beans, dried fruit, coffee, sugar, flour and lard. They supplemented it with fresh game and whatever nuts or berries they could get along the way. And whenever and wherever they settled, they immediately planted vegetable gardens and fruit trees.
@smoothlyamusing15023 жыл бұрын
Beans... lots and lots of beans
@ammie86593 жыл бұрын
@@smoothlyamusing1502 Yep, Blazing Saddles nailed it.
@rebelbecky2763 жыл бұрын
I think good planning is the key. If they knew well in advance, maybe a year, they could dry and preserve plenty of food. If there was drought, failed crop, lack of finances or left hurriedly then prep was limited. It might also count on cooperation from everyone to contribute and share which may not be the case. So many variables. If your ancestors traveled with little hardship they were fortunate.
@ammie86593 жыл бұрын
@@rebelbecky276 Trips like they took required plenty of planning. If you weren't prepared you had to wait to go. Everyone had to be able to support themselves and their families. Otherwise everyone else in the group suffered. In the early years there were trailblazers who were essentially explorers (think Daniel Boone) who were familiar with the routes, natives, water sources, etc. Later as trails became more and more traveled very large and organized wagon trains were the rule. The wagonmaster who was in charge and responsible for getting everyone thru had to be paid, plus the scouts. It was never spur of the moment.
@Dallas-Rife-UDX-347-Tennessee3 жыл бұрын
@@smoothlyamusing1502 Vanishing Point quote ??
@montanamountainmen61043 жыл бұрын
My great grandfather was a Texas Ranger back when they rode horses and carried six guns. At 102 he told me when I was 15 they carried other than bullets, bacon, coffee and beans.....Anything else was a luxury on the trail.
3 жыл бұрын
Neat comment. I've been reading Louis Lamour books and love that era. I wonder if the bacon was drier than what is in the stores today? Surely. And I have a feeling it wasn't all just from the belly of the pig, but any smoked and salted pork available. That salt and fat would definitely help the beans.
@montanamountainmen61043 жыл бұрын
@ From what I gather it was salted pork cut thin.
@montanamountainmen61043 жыл бұрын
@ Better than today for sure.
3 жыл бұрын
@@montanamountainmen6104 I just finished "Shalako" by Louis Lamore. I highly recommend it and all of his work!
@montanamountainmen61043 жыл бұрын
@ I've read that , it was a great read indeed.
@kimberlypatton96343 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this channel! ( Here's a secret- I haven't watched any tv in years),just surviving happily on my wonderful KZbin ! What excellent content and researched info! And the narration is phenomenal complete with incredible sarcasm that I love so much!!!
@jlshel423 жыл бұрын
I’d like to see a video on how cans and can openers weren’t invented together.
@grammoore33483 жыл бұрын
Youd just use a knife to open the can
@Legitpenguins993 жыл бұрын
The preservation of food was far more important than saving a few minutes accessing the food
@ongie97363 жыл бұрын
i wunna see a video about the chicken and the chicken egg & which one exactly came first??
@nowthatsjustducky3 жыл бұрын
@@ongie9736 Considering the chicken as we know it evolved from a long line of egg laying creatures, I would answer the egg.
@arnenelson44953 жыл бұрын
I believe canned food was called "airtights".
@Tony-um2el3 жыл бұрын
When I was a wee boy of 10-11 I went to stay with aunt and uncle on their hog farm. One night a supper I said this meat is really good what is it? She simply replied that they were mountain oysters and I said is that hog balls, her reply was yep. She said I turned every shade of blue there was and then asked for more please.
@jackmioff0003 жыл бұрын
For us Mexicans we still eat head cheese, some mornings we find the earliest opening grocery store and look for big bag of head cheese, bread loads, pickled jalapeños, Mexican fresh cheese, beans and Mayo and that’s what we’ll turn into a sandwich for lunch. My dad told me head cheese was the only meat they could afford growing up unless a fly fell into the beans
@ColleenLytle-sq8tx3 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing - what is a 'fry' you're referring to?
@jackmioff0003 ай бұрын
@@ColleenLytle-sq8tx sorry I meant to say fly
@canoefor-one11023 жыл бұрын
My great grandmother crossed the prairie in a covered wagon and had 7 sons who hunted. She could make any meat they brought home taste good. Our family still uses some of her "receipts."
@melaniegonzalezart85063 жыл бұрын
Recipes*? :) lovely story
@canoefor-one11023 жыл бұрын
@@melaniegonzalezart8506Historically, the word "receipts" was sometimes used instead of recipes. :)
@dennis3503 жыл бұрын
Mine did the same God bless them for their will
@pollybird78273 жыл бұрын
That's amazing so fascinating 🌟🐿️
@seanhuds2293 жыл бұрын
In Britain when we buy at a market we recieve a piece of paper listing everything we bought and how much we bought, we still call them "Receipts"
@MagravatorMag3 жыл бұрын
My ex's family were original settlers in Eastern Nevada. Their family makes a dish, passed down from the mid 1800's, of bite sized potato chunks, boiled with wide egg noodles. After that's cooked and drained, they put a half stick of butter on it and tossed it with mozzarella cheese. At first I hated it but within a year, I started craving the carbs. We're divorced now but it's still one of my favorite quick dinners to make.👍
@patriciaguth68823 жыл бұрын
I enjoy writing short stories about the Old West, and these type of videos save me a lot of research!
@danexpand42953 жыл бұрын
I’m sorry but you can’t just slap “Mcstink” with that visual and not expect me to laugh aloud at 2 am
@Phanhsackdy3 жыл бұрын
Lol that made me laugh too. I just wrote that comment before scrolling down and seeing yours lol
@jtd13493 жыл бұрын
Teaching me history better than any professor or teacher I’ve ever had. Thank you. 🖤
@MichaelJohnson-mo4em2 жыл бұрын
Thought it would have been easier to cover, "what didn't they eat." My grandpa had a taste for some traditional old world food. Some of which wasn't to bad. Other times, he would say. When you get hungry, you'll eat.
@tommymccown87273 жыл бұрын
Hell’s yes “” I’ve been eating sos for years now!!! Just had some last month!!!! God bless you all today Shalom
@lisadavenport4763 жыл бұрын
Shalom
@Nick0utd00rs3 жыл бұрын
honestly looks good
@sleepyhandz56033 жыл бұрын
😂 shalom
@seiyuokamihimura50823 жыл бұрын
Mazeltov???
@HowardCanaway3 жыл бұрын
The use of hunt for small varmints for food stuff wasn't uncommon when I was growing up in the '50's . Coming from poor farming family of 10 (2) post depression parents and (8) post war kids. We needed to be resourceful. I learned how to skin woodchuck and squirrel by age 9, My Aunt Katherine, A Cherokee tribesmen, taught me how to cook woodchuck in canned tomato stew. I thank her for the lessons she taught me on surviving on nothing.
@jdv9433 жыл бұрын
"survive on nothing" nothing doesnt taste like meat and tomatoes nothing is the taste of world war two while both sides use ford tanks to murder the locals
@deanford17953 жыл бұрын
Yes the good ole days will be back again
@allyhellkiller55353 жыл бұрын
We did not have electricity or water in the house until the mid 70's.We hunted,fished,foraged and grew gardens.
@jdv9433 жыл бұрын
@@allyhellkiller5535 mid 1700's?
@HowardCanaway3 жыл бұрын
@@allyhellkiller5535: I can relate. We had a cistern under the house to catch rainwater every once in a while a tank truck would come to fill it. Couldn't drink it but you could wash with it. Got our drinking water from a local ground spring. We used an out house up until I was gone and in the military in the late '60's before we got indoor plumbing. Yeah, we had a house garden, was my summer job to keep it weeded. besides other farm chores. Mom and my aunts would get together for canning weekends in the late summer and fall. Yes, I can relate.
@ThePeopleOfWA9 ай бұрын
Thank goodness I was born later. Bless them all for their fortitude, resilience, resourcefulness. I want to throw up. Had I been there, I would’ve starved.
@elizabethgaspodnetich43223 жыл бұрын
OMG! I grew up eating half of everything here!! That should tell you how old I am!! When I was first married, back in the 70's, my husband and I use to go out hunting jack rabbits by the car lights! We would get a few to last us through the month and they are damn good eating! I grew up eating domestic rabbits and they are pretty damn good too! The hoof jelly, frying pan bread, s-o-s and many others were on the dinner table often!! Aww, good times!
@petarded85293 жыл бұрын
Pemmican and hardtack... straight up. A solid reason many of us are alive today.
@BurchMike13 жыл бұрын
I make pemmican :)
@FeedMeSalt3 жыл бұрын
@@BurchMike1 Did it taste like drywall? Mine did, i never let maggots get into it though, maybe thats what im missing.
@BurchMike13 жыл бұрын
@@FeedMeSalt tastes like greasy beef jerky. I add dried blueberries to give it some sweetness.
@rudeinterplanetjanet3 жыл бұрын
I never had it but I've seen it made on youtube by several different people. It doesn't look too terrible but it was a whole lot of work to make I thought. At least what I saw. I can see doing it when there was no way to preserve food, but nowadays it seems like a lot of work. It might not be a bad idea to learn to do it in the event of society collapsing. You know how to survive on the land and keep food if for some reason all electricity and water services were no longer functioning. I often thought of learning edible plants and herbal medicine just in case. I doubt all of society would collapse, but you never know.
@BurchMike13 жыл бұрын
@@rudeinterplanetjanet I definitely need to learn more about edible plants
@kohinarec65802 жыл бұрын
I have an old Finnish school textbook for home cookery and domestic skills printed in 1904. It has a jelly recipe that starts with the instruction to take a calf's head and boil it. The Foxfire Book, a nice collection of Appalachian traditions and folklore, has raccoon recipes.
@miamimatt20103 жыл бұрын
Military veteran here. All I have to say about S.O.S. is this. Ah my old friend. You have made an appearance.
@beeragainsthumanity14203 жыл бұрын
If you had good cooks, that stuff was great!
@johneosmaniii39153 жыл бұрын
@@beeragainsthumanity1420 Amen to that brother!
@peggyhall8433 жыл бұрын
I hope you have someone to make it for you.. I love to make things like this- but I have no one to cook for! Biscuits and gravy is so good, but for one? I'm working on it. Every one has a neighbor that needs a little attention. Is this a way to start?
@noralee67873 жыл бұрын
I love a good dish S.O.S.. The best I have ever had was on a Military base.. No one has ever made any that good so far..
@ronaldleebrogren12443 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhh yes my old favorite
@John_on_the_mountain2 жыл бұрын
I dont think any time in history has ever seen such will, grit, and determination from common people as did the settling of the American West
@MidnightSt3 жыл бұрын
anyone else is surprised how disgusting cooking actually is, and has a new-found admiration for the women that figured all this stuff out and were having to bear actually doing it?
@MrShnazer3 жыл бұрын
men and women worked equally hard to survive. no one is the more noble
@aeringothyk54453 жыл бұрын
@@MrShnazer no one is claiming one is more noble, but women tended to do the dirty work of preparing food back then. In a lot of native coming-of-age ceremonies in fact, for girls, their celebration of entering adulthood involves them skinning and preparing the body of a slaughtered animal. So they can learn how to make use of its body and how to prepare the edible parts of its body for consumption. Because that’s just traditionally what women did for thousands of years in those cultures. The men would bring home the animal, the women would make it into food And supplies.
@aeringothyk54453 жыл бұрын
The same is true in ancient European societies. Men would bring home the Corpses of animals, and women would get to work making use of it. Pretty much an even division of responsibilities.
@peggyhall8433 жыл бұрын
When you have a hungry family you - men and women - will find a way to feed them. These shows, like naked and afraid are a joke. Why would anyone lay around the camp all day and wait for someone else to bring something? And why is it that meat is the only thing on the menu? And am I crazy but what about hygiene? Perhaps I'm too critical, but every one needs to work- together. Every one is needed. Laying about camp is not allowed.
@aeringothyk54453 жыл бұрын
@034bloodas It depends on the culture. In ancient tribal cultures the dressing of animals was mostly done by women. That’s because the work of the men usually took them away from home for very long periods of time, all day to several days, and they would only stay for a few days during their working seasons and that was mostly reserved for rest/recovery because they were going to need to hit the field again soon. Women were literally home makers back then lol today it’s more of a decorative sense when we say that, but back then they literally *made* the home. Everything in it. The clothes, the dishes, the tools, the blankets, the food, even most of the structures, They built it. Lol yes the men did the heavy lifting as needed, and generally managed hunting, defense and exploration since it was dangerous and physically demanding and the women used what the men brought home to craft. It was a pretty efficient system. Both groups had a pretty well defined list of responsibilities. Once you get further into time though in the workplace for men got closer and closer to home, things started to get more even in the average household. And men started go more into crafts work since farming made it less necessary for everybody to work to gather food so the leftover men who weren’t needed to farm or hunt got to specialize in trades and boom, you have professional craftworkers. At home it was Shared duties and whatnot, since men weren’t gone all the time doing crazy strenuous activity like their tribal ancestors anymore (farming is hard work but it’s not chasing caribou on foot for 50 miles hard) lol.
@justdoingitjim70953 жыл бұрын
My boss in the shop where I worked would occasionally invite a worker or two to lunch at his house nearby. He was a big time hunter, so you never knew what you were gonna get. I've eaten possum, squirrel, rabbit, buffalo, elk, Pronghorn antelope, deer and bear at his house. His wife was a great cook and believed that every kind of meat required a good gravy to make it more edible! It helped a lot with the bear and possum!
@k3upikachu Жыл бұрын
I use wood sorrel as an acidic ingredient when I don't have lemon on hand! It grows in my backyard. Its good to know wild substitutes for things when we don't have the real thing
@GiantPetRat Жыл бұрын
Another great wild option for adding acidity to your food is sumac. Towards the end of summer, touch the red berries and taste your hand to see if it's sour; if so, snap off as many clusters as you can carry, then take them home to prepare. My favorite method is soaking them in cold water*, but then saving the water with every batch so that is becomes concentrated, much like lemon juice but arguably more neutral in flavor. Freezes great, too. Word of warning: the sour sap of the berries likes to cling to your hands after swishing the berries around (I haven't tried using gloves, as the sumac is prickly and I assume it would just pierce through them), so I use a combination of soap, water and canola oil to help remove it. *I've been told that it's best not to prepare sumac like you would tea by boiling it, as you would end up ingesting too many tannins that way.
@geoben18103 жыл бұрын
When you're starving you'll eat just about anything. 🤤
@michaelmckenna64643 жыл бұрын
During the Civil War, some prisoners of war were forced to eat rats to survive. And they claimed that rats didn’t taste that bad, tasted almost like chicken.
@elultimo1023 жыл бұрын
@@michaelmckenna6464 So what's the difference between rat and squirrel, besides the tail? Both are rodents, and in the wild, wouldn't their diets be similar? Just curious, but I'm not that hungry now, for some reason. LOL
@michaelmckenna64643 жыл бұрын
@@elultimo102 rats and squirrels are both rodents. But while squirrels live on a diet of nuts, rats eat almost anything and everything. So squirrel meat has a nuttier taste. It’s like penguins. Because they live on a diet of fish, roasted penguin, which explorers of the Arctic subsisted on, looked like roasted chicken but tasted more like fish.
@elultimo1023 жыл бұрын
@@michaelmckenna6464 Can't say I ever ate a penguin, either. LOL
@michaelmckenna64643 жыл бұрын
@@elultimo102 The TallShip Glenlee (1896) at the Maritime Museum of Glasgow, Scotland is one of the historic ships that sailed up near the Arctic where Sailors subsisted on penguins and fish. It was the tour guide who explained that penguin tasted like fish. But I doubt if she ever ate penguin either. LOL
@loneshewolf742 жыл бұрын
A guy I once knew told me that some guys that he once knew went out hunting, and promised each other that they would eat whatever animal they caught no matter what kind it was. They ended up shooting a skunk. He told me that they cooked and ate the skunk and that the meat was very greasy, and it gave them really awful gas, which they experienced when they went to church the next day. He might have been making the story up, but maybe they should have added carrots.
@NoirpoolSea3 жыл бұрын
"Calves foot jelly - We don't talk about it much now.." --- Just what do you think Jello IS!?!
@elultimo1023 жыл бұрын
Try simmering chicken bones for a couple hours. Strain it, let it cool, then skim off the fat. It makes a great base for cooking rice casserole or stew. A lot of flavor & meat is in the bones.
@ataaah3 жыл бұрын
I had Italian-style "head cheese" (pork) once in a deli sandwich, and since I didn't have to look too closely at the, uh, different textural bits, I found it delicious. Beef tongue "lengua" tacos or burritos are also just wonderful. I'd be willing to try most of these dishes. If I absolutely had to. A couple of warnings though: If you decide you want to try sorrel, go easy on it. Lots of oxalic acid. Apparently that can contribute to kidney stones. I'm not sure if all acorns are a problem, but at least in California, the acorns have to be soaked and leached of tannins before roasting and grinding, or they'll make you sick as a dog. The Native Americans figured out a method, and we'd be well advised not to ignore people who did it for centuries.
@edbecka2339 ай бұрын
If you ever try to process acorns into flour, try to find acorns from a WHITE OAK as they mature quickly and the tannins have less time to develop, hence white oak acorns contain lower amounts of tannins,.
@misabel36752 жыл бұрын
Beef tea has popped up in so many novels that I've read, and I never quite knew what it was!! I always imagined it to be beef served at tea time, but this makes more sense! 😄
@ayleentrujillo2736 Жыл бұрын
It’s actually extremely good, it is packed with iron and vitamin b-12 which is why they serve it as a tea.
@zeusathena263 жыл бұрын
My father was a hunter, trapper, & fisherman. We had at least everything once. If you don't have to clean it, then it's no big deal.
@davidbreen47272 жыл бұрын
ya know watching this, i guess, if the women cooked it, i would eat it, just don't tell me what it is lol
@kirbymarchbarcena3 жыл бұрын
I am amazed that they were able to cook these foods at all with so little clean, potable water and utensils
@douchopotamus37553 жыл бұрын
They knew about boiling water to sanitize it back then...
@tomsmith52163 жыл бұрын
There weren't as many pollutants spoiling fresh water streams. too.
@nirfz3 жыл бұрын
@@tomsmith5216 if you got a little creek, you only need one dead animal lying int he water upstream...
@tomsmith52163 жыл бұрын
@@nirfz True, but still, for the most part, streams and lakes were much cleaner than now.
@nirfz3 жыл бұрын
@@tomsmith5216 As this is about people in "untouched" land or "wilderness" yes that's true.
@tomservo53472 жыл бұрын
I actually made vinegar pie from a recipe out of the Time-Life 'The Old West' series of books. (They're great!) It's basically custard pie, but the vinegar gives it a nice tangy zip that borders on fruity tasting. Vinegar was a staple of pioneers for a million and one ailments and it's cleaning properties.
@woodsmn80473 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid.. pickled pig feet was a delicacy we kids begged mom to get in a jar at the grocery...an hell I've eaten many a jackrabbit ..I used to make a sausage from them and serve it in patties along with eggs an spuds all fried in a skillet
@FatimahD4443 жыл бұрын
Sounds yummy
@tammydetrick62793 жыл бұрын
My folks cooked rabbit and it was awesome.
@KIBBLES713 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is that at very nice local restaurant they serve rabbit at over $60 plate!
@timcollum50153 жыл бұрын
I cant do pickled ham. yuck! Love pickled herring, pickled veggies, but nope! lol
I've had half of this menu at least once growing up... Hell, my grandparents raised rabbits as a meat source and that meat was sometimes ground and cooked with gravy for SOS.
@mond24402 жыл бұрын
Wow I love the way of writings in old books. There’s something classy, curious, clean to it.
@harkless82313 жыл бұрын
I recommend this channel for anyone on a diet. Having said that, it's actually a great channel with a lot of information and very interesting content. Shirley
@sandraelaine99142 жыл бұрын
This is the best comment I’ve ever seen pertaining to a video lol -Sandra
@cobalfrostwyrm3 жыл бұрын
"Beef tea" We actually still do this in the Netherlands. When you got a cold or a flu and you can't be arsed to make some chickensoup you make "een kopje boullion" A cup of stock essentially. You use dried weak stock. similar to portable soup and the stuff in powdered soups like cup a soup. There's even brands that sell the powdered form with a small amount of paracetamol specifically for when yer under the weather. It's a standard component of dutch army rations; satchets of beef tea powder. Delicious, quickening, and also valuable as "currency" to trade with soldiers from other nations on UN missions.
@barryallenflash13 жыл бұрын
Very cool AND informative video..THANKS! After spending 14 years in the Army, I've had the S.O.S. a couple of times and find that it's still pretty tasty to this day!!
@thefallenone79883 жыл бұрын
Something tells me we're gonna be drooling over baked skunk again 😣 that's if we're lucky.
@JennyG.COW52 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video! 😊👍 Loved learning more about how Pioneers made due with what they had. I also appreciated learning the basic recipes for each dish! As weird as some of these sound, they are known to be a lot healthier, with dense nutrition than we have these days. 😋👍 I have ancestors who traveled the Mormon Trail in the Martin Handcart Company. 🤠
@Arkavian11913 жыл бұрын
Squirrel and rabbit are delicious. I could definitely survive on them if I had too. Down here in the south we still have designated hunting seasons for both. Rabbit is very lean due to their diet and active lifestyle. Squirrels are also lean for the same reason but there is a slight sweetness to the meat. My grandmother still makes squirrel gumbo and squirrel gravy during hunting season. I love that stuff. The acorn bread intrigued me. I have so many oaks around my place, I might give it a shot just to see how it tastes.
@hairyheartsmith85133 жыл бұрын
Be careful when processing the acorns. It's my understanding if they aren't boiled correctly they'll make you sick.
@ernestsmith35813 жыл бұрын
Barbeque squirrel is absolutely outstanding!
@mikefranklin12533 жыл бұрын
Squirrel tastes like the dark meat of a turkey. And nope, that is not how you hunt a squirrel.
@rudeinterplanetjanet3 жыл бұрын
When I ate squirrel the taste was ok, but it was like eating a skinned rat with all the bones. I really didn't care for it at all. It just seemed like a lot of work for such a small amount of meat. But I am sure it was different back when protein was in short supply and you needed those nutrients, it was worth it. It tasted like chicken. To me, I'd rather have chicken. It has a lot more meat on it.
@carlstanland53333 жыл бұрын
“What early pioneers ate to survive the old west.” Yes.
@stephenpmurphy5913 жыл бұрын
Yeah, did you read that article written for the National Lampoon informing us what men eat to survive during frontier day's.
@taniamanik20123 жыл бұрын
To be fair, that's what most our ancestors did to survive. Us "modern" people are the weird ones eating lots of synthetic and artificial food.
@LovelyhippiebXrbie2 жыл бұрын
I learn more in here than I ever did in school
@WaysideWade3 жыл бұрын
I learned all of this from playing Oregon Trail on the Apple II. 🧐🤔🐿️
@WaysideWade3 жыл бұрын
@thatguy 00 I commented when the video started to play. I'm subscribed and don't need to be reminded. Sure enough, he brought up squirrel 🐿️...🧟🚜
@WaysideWade3 жыл бұрын
@thatguy 00 How many stars did Martha get on her vinegar pie...? 🧐🤔🎭
@avijitkabiraj21873 жыл бұрын
Read comedy of coffin on kindle written by Avijit Kabiraj. Introduction: It's a tale of two jobless boys, who were offered a job by the mafia boss that they can't refuse, their job is to bury a dead chef.
@WaysideWade3 жыл бұрын
@thatguy 00 KZbin isn't known for its accuracy and performance. 🤑
@donHooligan3 жыл бұрын
Commodore 64, baby
@ecojosh13 жыл бұрын
That sweet potato coffee sounds like a lot of work just to make something that doesn't even have caffeine.
@V.Hansen.3 жыл бұрын
You don’t need caffeine when you when you work hard all day and sleep at night.
@ecojosh13 жыл бұрын
@@V.Hansen. If you don't need it, why go through a ridiculously complicated process in order to make it?
@V.Hansen.3 жыл бұрын
@@ecojosh1 fair point but then why is there decaf and all the coffee flavored crap? I think it tastes disgusting, but some people like the flavor.
@patriciakrakowiak14422 жыл бұрын
I'm Polish and we also have a traditional holiday dish made with meat, veggies and jello. It can be pork or chicken with peas and carrots cooked in a jello base. We would pour white vinegar on it. If you go to any European store they still sell it. My dad also buys and eats Polish head cheese.
@tracishea50533 жыл бұрын
Fry pan bread is amazing with butter and honey. The rest of these made me gag.
@PhantomDragonEternal3 жыл бұрын
A lot of these recipes go way back in my family. I remember hearing my parents talk about this stuff and even making a couple of these. This is exactly what my ancestors ate, I assume.
@GlennDavey3 жыл бұрын
Me playing RDR2 waiting for the video to mention Salted Offal .... "What is it dammit"
@lindagoulder89343 жыл бұрын
Calves foot jelly, or Aspic has been around since 1375, around the middle ages and has been served in both in Europe and America for a very long time. If you were out on the trail, it could become hard to find towns with mercantile's who could sell you the supplies that you would need to continue on the trail with. Due to vast open spaces, that stretch for hundreds of miles with no settlements around, which made it difficult to procure supplies. Citrus was very expensive to purchase in the 18th and early 19th century, due to the scarcity and difficult shipping, including growing methods.
@kookingkook26 Жыл бұрын
Your side jokes commentaries are hilarious! Keep it up! =D
@ToniInSussex3 жыл бұрын
I'm 60. A few of these came down to my parents and in turn me. My dad said bear was very greasy and would never dream of hunting like his father did. Times changed when Kroger came to town, I guess
@pollybird78273 жыл бұрын
Do you think bear was greasy because of all the omega's from the salmon they ate ?
@ToniInSussex3 жыл бұрын
@@pollybird7827 There is no salmon in Chicago. It's a very cold place in the winter. They have to stay warm. Not many bears in Illinois anymore, I wouldn't think.
@pollybird78273 жыл бұрын
@@ToniInSussex oh ok thank you 🐿️
@connieholthaus9573 жыл бұрын
Bear is quite tasty if you soak the meat overnight in milk....takes all the "wild" taste out of it...👍
@bovellois3 жыл бұрын
"Honey, on the way back from buffalo hunting, would you stop and get me a lemon for the calf foot jelly pudding? If the avocados aren't from Peru, don't bother. Would you also look for gluten-free pearl barley... And steelcut oats, that's the only type Mikey will eat".
@lisadavenport4763 жыл бұрын
And their finest cabernet sauvignon to have with our buffalo
@GeckoHiker3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I can't picture lemons or white wine and herbs lasting more than a few days of hard travel back then. Maybe the lemons were preserved like they do in Italy but as the cook I'd have finished that wine bottle on the first night.
@asmith78763 жыл бұрын
"Well if it's not ORGANIC I'm NOT eating IT!" LOL
@GeckoHiker3 жыл бұрын
@Dana Miller Hey, that's what cooking wine is for--the cook!
@mattlucius40243 жыл бұрын
Very impressed with this video. Subbed
@SnoopyDoofie3 жыл бұрын
The ingredients for pan bread is essentially the same for pancakes.
@IRosamelia3 жыл бұрын
and arepas
@elpibelol50053 жыл бұрын
@@IRosamelia shut up
@Dbtclctr3 жыл бұрын
@@IRosamelia shut up
@TexterEX3 жыл бұрын
@@IRosamelia Shut up ! ! !
@IRosamelia3 жыл бұрын
@@TexterEX Texter, SHUT UP!!!
@pamelamays41863 жыл бұрын
Thank you for showing something from my town. The Lemon Grove Lemon. That frying pan bread sounds pretty good.
@elultimo1023 жыл бұрын
I remember it well----I lived in Lakeside for 25 years. (Is there still the big fine for grabbing the nearby lemons from the trees?)
@jessicaluper9123 жыл бұрын
I lived near lemon grove
@james50112 жыл бұрын
FYI, before roasting acorns you have to boil them several times to remove the bitterness. Preparing acorns is extremely time and labor intensive, that’s why you never see people that have plenty of acorns on there trees eating them.
@larrywilliams1533 жыл бұрын
Lol I grew up eating venison, rabbit, squirrel, quail, dove , I’ve tried bear , and gator I was a little less than impressed with them . Rabbit , and quail are far better than chicken , dove gets by, but for me , nothing to write home about ....
@johnthonig88323 жыл бұрын
I am eating squirrel as I type. Freezer full of venison as well
@johnthonig88323 жыл бұрын
@@leeguo9443 ??
@alanbud51813 жыл бұрын
Ya gotta wrap dove in bacon before grilling
@kitkat75173 жыл бұрын
My mom, born in 1935 was eating dinner with the family one night when my grandmother, (her mother), told the kids to "eat up the good rabbit meat". She looked at my Grandmother and said in tears, "Is this the one with the big brown eyes?" Needless to say their were children crying about killing the soft little bunnies and my Grandmother never served it again!!
@wandamontgomery60302 жыл бұрын
My grandfather hunted squirrels. When I was little my grandmother and daddy tried convincing me it was chicken but knew better and wouldn't eat it.
@davidbreen47272 жыл бұрын
i love these stories/comments. it makes me sad when these FFA kids raise their pigs, cows, lambs, to the best healthy weight and auction them for prizes, and awards. but to realize that the animal you have raised is going to slaughter, is depressing. yeah i know, when i buy roast beef, somebody worked hard raising that animal so people can eat. just sayin.
@ironbrutesrage2 жыл бұрын
Here in Colorado during the winter we can hunt 10 jack rabbits as well as 10 cottontail and 10 snowshoe each day but i also ice fish a lot for trout and we have some salmon too but it's good for the fats if you'd have to survive on fish and rabbits...potatoes grow great here too
@djdadu3 жыл бұрын
To be honest, we have similar versions of these recipes in Romania. First jelly recipe is made here with pork, chicken or beef and with a lot of garlic and it is called piftie. The one with all the pig parts and some jelly to keep it together is called tobă. We even have the stew with all those organs, made with pig or sheep and it is called tochitură.
@TreyNitrotoluene3 жыл бұрын
Meniudo in Mexico is a soup made like the SOB stew. It's absolutely delicious, I'd love to try your dishes too.
@raa65043 жыл бұрын
Romanian mountain oysters- fudulii :))
@TooLooze3 жыл бұрын
My Romanian grandmother passed away when I was six, but I still remember her food. She used to make many of those Romanian recipes, and I missed them. It wasn't until I begged my mother to make some of those that she told me what they were. I never knew my grandmother made up silly names for them so we wouldn't know what they were made of! 70 years later, I can still taste them in my mind.
@djdadu3 жыл бұрын
@@TooLooze visit Romania. You will find those recipes in almost every restaurant/market
@TooLooze3 жыл бұрын
@@djdadu Thank you, Andrei. I would love to.
@annaelisavettavonnedozza96073 жыл бұрын
Is this a an original KZbin series, or did WH start on the History, Discovery, or Travel channel? It’s done so well in terms of presentation, education, humor & entertainment, I feel as if I’ve seen it on a major tv network? Edit: Who narrates this? Well done, whoever you are.
@l.r.s.45802 жыл бұрын
*McStink* *Laughs uncontrollably* 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😆😆😆
@UnchainedAmerica3 жыл бұрын
"Hey whats for dinner?" "SOB stew!" Oh yum! "thrusts out plate"
@lisadavenport4763 жыл бұрын
Shut up and eat your stew you sob
@stephaneclerc6673 жыл бұрын
"beef tea"? So just a bouillon... How is it odd in anyway? You can buy cubes of bouillon all over the entire world..
@trackpackgt8773 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah my mom used to make me beef bouillon or chicken bouillon when I was sick
@jaehaspels96073 жыл бұрын
I like that they called it tea instead of broth. That's hilarious because bone broth is so hoity toity now.
@wes326 Жыл бұрын
Friends and I were at a "testicle festival" for my first, and only, time. During our meal my friend's wife found a hair on her testicles. Normally, that would be grounds for sending food back but given the circumstances she went back to eating. "Excuse me, I found a hair on my testicles". "And.....
@greencertifiedweb3 жыл бұрын
I've had acorn bread. I took a Sierra Club course on natural foods run by a Native American woman. Acorns are poisonous though, the Native Americans soak them in water. She also showed us that the leaves of a willow tree are a form of aspirin and can help relive a headache.
@Hteam14223 жыл бұрын
I'm in the Navy and all of this sounds way more appetizing than what we get when we're deployed