What Food Was Actually Like in the Elizabethan Period

[@aprilwaves2695]

Would love to see a video of pre-colonization Hawaii and other pacific islands!

[@lostinlife8033]

Samoa perhaps?

[@pottainthoes5334]

This is the one👏🏻

[@lancelotdufrane]

Regardless of the literal food items, I have such respect for the sense of community and honest desire to help each other.

[@cleverusername9369]

If people of the past are known for anything, it's philanthropy

[@treasureobasuyi894]

And dying of disease

[@BeckBeckGo]

@@cleverusername9369 with the Victorian era being a notable exception.

[@pillowtalk1925]

there are plenty of areas like this. You just assume it should exist amongst the rich. Just like them, the rich had no reason to have actual community. So regardless, you’re still incorrect as people who weren’t rich are community oriented in any era. If you do not have community, you most likely make enough money to not be in a situation in which community is vital to your survival, at all.

[@pillowtalk1925]

@@cleverusername9369 it’s wild. You probably just live in a place or class that just barely surpasses the need of actual community. If y’all head into areas where people financially struggle- there’s community. If you had enough to suffice- the need for community is literally not vital and not created. it’s not rocket science, unless you just live and work in a bubble

[@squeezybob84]

I'm English and "cheese and crackers" is still an after dinner affair, not often, but we still do it on occasion. Usually with grapes or other light finger foods to complement the cheese and crackers

[@awfan221]

Do you play the cheese between two crackers?

[@squeezybob84]

@@awfan221 depends on who the crackers are 🤣

[@chromicapop4595]

Like with a digestive biscuit??

[@KC-gy5xw]

@@chromicapop4595 Digestive biscuits with a bit of chedddar - tantalising!

[@jenniekelly571]

When you said, "How do you milk an almond? Probably have to have a little bucket." I lost it, to me that was so funny!!

[@titangirl161]

The sugar thing is how the wedding cake came to be. While it was customary for a large wedding dinner to be held, if you were rich, you could flaunt just how rich you were by getting a huge cake, filled with sugar, to serve your guests. Nowadays everyone has a wedding cake, but I have no idea why we inexplicably save the top part to eat a year later

[@ruthless_rose]

The eating of the top part of the wedding cake a year later is for good luck 🍀

[@doofnoof5483]

I heard the saved cake thing is supposed to be your baby's first birthday cake, as like, a measurement of time for when your first child should be born after you're married, but I'm unsure when or how that came about.

[@bevnicholson9916]

It was saved for the christening of your first child

[@chromicapop4595]

Ikr! Plus elisebethan era foods could vary by region

[@isabellabihy8631]

Nope, spices weren't used to cover up a taste of spoiled meats. Spices were extremely costly. Lavishing on spices was a way to show off wealth. It was still important to have dishes of a certain color (white, green), but this custom was slowly dying out. Yet sugar was becoming a new trend, Queen Elizabeth I and her court ruined their teeth with sugar. Even extravagant table decorations were made of sugar.

[@Nerathul1]

Spices were so expensive, if you could afford them then obviously afford fresh meat. Most meat people ate was generally preserved with salt or smoking anyway, but whenever they got fresh meat from the market the butcher would usually gather a bunch of people and sell every part of the animal before it was butchered. It's a dumb myth, rotten meat will kill you no matter what time period you live in.

[@davidcorruthers78]

Actually it’s half right spices and seasoning were sometimes used by terrible cooks and butchers to cover up bad meat or in some cases they would mix bad meat with good meat and sell it back to people

[@aurorajude4674]

Apparently Liz ate a chess set made of marzipan in 2 days, LOL.

[@pillowtalk1925]

some people really wanna correct others with so much confidence, and it’s embarrassing

[@akaLaBrujaRoja]

@@aurorajude4674 I could do that.

[@aaronhurst4379]

Many restaurants still serve a cheese board as dessert today, at least around Europe

[@chromicapop4595]

Its a custom? I heard in Greece you can get cheese in a taverna😮also ouzo and other stuff

[@TH-hy9kr]

There is a wonderful historical inn called The George Inn located in Laicock Village, England, UK, which features one of the wheels that used a turn spit dog. Pretty cool bit of history and lots of lovely architecture in the area.

[@jchow5966]

I have been to that Inn - it was amazin - ghe visit was part of a wonderful day trip tourist package by ViaTour. We also visited Bath & stonehenge. It was worth every cent we paid for it

[@golwenlothlindel]

Spices weren't usually used to cover the taste of food that was rotting, rather they were used for *preventing* food from rotting. Of course, unscrupulous tavern owners and merchants existed in the Elizabethan era too, but eating spoiled food was absolutely not the norm.

[@ankhpom9296]

What was done for folks with kidney stones and diabetes back then?

[@golwenlothlindel]

@@ankhpom9296 I don't know the details of the treatments used for these diseases back then. However, they did know how to surgically remove kidney stones since Ancient Greece. There were also various herbal treatments, though how effective they were I really couldn't say, As for diabetes: Type 1 diabetes had no treatment, but had been recorded since Roman times. The only thing they could do was treat the symptoms (nerve tonics to ease the pain, physical therapy, etc). Type 2 diabetes, they understood had something to do with eating grains and exhaustion since they had noted that it mostly afflicted soldiers and women who had just given birth. Physicians could proscribe a protein rich diet, and were able to make sugar pills: although the latter were expensive. Unfortunately though, most people still died of it (unless they died of something else first which to be fair was the usual case). Synthesizing insulin didn't happen until the 1950s, although it is one of things which you could plausibly include in an alternate history/fantasy setting since there isn't any particular reason it wasn't discovered earlier apart from people weren't looking in that direction. It came out of Herschfeld's research on hormone therapy: as they were looking into chemicals which determined anatomical sex, and which induced menstruation, they also discovered insulin by accident. There were a few cases of people recovering from Type 2 diabetes, which might be related to the use of animal organs as folk remedies for a wide variety of ailments but the documented evidence is not clear enough to say for sure if this what caused their recovery or if it was pure dumb luck.

[@trerhodes8884]

The fact the rotting teeth were seen as attractive is crazy lmao

[@justinwilliams7290]

pretty sure this is just one of those BS things people say...like eating rotten meat in medieval times just adding spices...etc

[@missyouwish88]

I don't think it was exactly cause they thought it looked good, I think it was more of an attractive status symbol-you had the $ to buy stuff that destroyed your teeth

[@resentfuldragon]

@@missyouwish88 Its the same situation with being fat. Everyone knew it was bad for health and it was bad looking, but it was a good trait to marry because it meant the person had money.

[@MimiMangetsu]

@Robin Vyas People didn't bathe often but they absolutely cleaned with wet rags. It's a common misconception.

[@chromicapop4595]

Also putting arsenic in your makeup and other mega toxic metals

[@bearnaff9387]

I am edified that you mentioned turnspit dogs. This makes me so happy.

[@leesashriber5097]

Your channel always fascinates me. Very interesting to see how much we take for granted in the advances of food. Thank you!! 😊

[@kenyattaclay7666]

I'm so glad you included that part about almond milk because I've been trying to tell people that it has been a thing for a LONG time & not something that people just created. I didn't know quite how far back but I've read about it being part of diets in the late 18th century. It's nice to know it's almost 1000 years.

[@mat967]

First, yes it was created by people. Second, i'm happy you will be able to further promote veganism.

[@carolynwatson4301]

But almond milk then was just ground almonds and water. Not the kind we have now.

[@kenyattaclay7666]

@@carolynwatson4301 but then so we’re most things, so what’s your point. That’s like trying to say roads didn’t exist because they made with cement or it wasn’t a house because it had a foot made with straw.

[@kenyattaclay7666]

@@mat967 first, you do realize that milking is a process so to not call it milk is well, stupid. Also, pretty much all food that isn’t plant base in engendered in some way shape or form & even then plant based food is mostly engineered. Second, I’m not a vegan. I’m not even a vegetarian. However what I don’t do is get my underwear in a twist over people’s diet.

[@carolynwatson4301]

@@kenyattaclay7666 and the Romans had both concrete and roads that are still usable. My point is that their almond milk isn't really almond milk because of all the garbage that we add to it.

[@Blitzkrieg1976]

I've heard of the black teeth trend in Japan also. (Ohaguro) It was pretty much a fashion statement and attractive waaaaay back when.

[@chromicapop4595]

It was a way to show off your beauty in their culture my dK guide Japan says

[@Tamara-db3ep]

I'd like to hear about what the Egyptians ate normally.

[@user-ds8gf3ki2g]

Probably a lot of dates and milk

[@AstarionWifey]

@@user-ds8gf3ki2g honey too 🍯

[@kxlucifer]

dont forget the old beers theyre were first to produce it

[@lestatangel]

Food

[@ryanchungus8972]

@@lestatangel and water in some form

[@everydaywithsandra]

As a professional chef I was excited to see this pop up in my feed and very glad to have watched! Fun and informative thx

[@chromicapop4595]

Me too minus the chef😂

[@jovanweismiller7114]

The abstinence from meat on Wednesdays, Fridays, & Saturdays was an old Catholic custom that was abandoned under her half-brother, King Edward VI. The abandonment destroyed the English fishing industry. Elizbeth restored it to save the fisheries which were the source of sailors for the Royal Navy.

[@Dedaf96]

I watch these every day while I work to stretch my brain please do one on libraries 😮

[@elizabethhughes5371]

YAY its Sunday morning in beautiful middle Tennessee!! Weird History has new content I'm 🥳 my secret Sunday obsession lol thanks yall !!! To the narrator: Awesome narrating skills you're wonderful your voice is very distinctive i appreciate it!!!!

[@NewMessage]

" ...you probably need a really small bucket." Not to mention tiny, tiny hands.

[@ProfessorDreamer]

Weird History can you do a video on Extravagant Foods The Russian Nobility Ate.

[@AstarionWifey]

Probably just fish 🐟

[@resentfuldragon]

@@AstarionWifey They ate lots of stuff actually, they had it pretty good since they had so many people working so hard for them.

[@ngato8821]

@@resentfuldragon looking like what? 😮😮😮

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up you're doing amazing job

[@btetschner]

A+ Video! Another classic there, just fantastic! I won't be capturing a peacock or blackening my teeth anytime this week though lol.

[@jackiemanuel]

I I . .

[@LoFiLime]

Man with my teeth I'd be looking real wealthy back in that day; Love this channel so much, they rock every vid

[@LeeLeeCRN]

Really interesting fact about the use of plant milks! Im not vegan by any means but i def prefer plant milks. Way easier on the stomach!

[@chromicapop4595]

I eat both almond at night to sleep

[@jemmawhitehouse1043]

Spices were used as a cover for rotting meat. Even rich people had rotten meat. That's how minced pies came about, minced meat was used with dries fruit and spices. After time the meat was left out and just the fruit and meat fat and spices were left

[@snowysnowyriver]

@00:14. That's Christopher Columbus on the Santa Maria. The last time I looked....he was Italian, not English!

[@LokisChickadeeofficial]

I think he was referring to things that were happening around england. Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain were the ones who sent Columbus to the new world

[@minuteman4199]

It wasn't the British navy that beat the Spanish Armada, it was the English Navy. The British Navy didn't come into existence until England and Scotland were united as a single kingdom a hundred odd years later.

[@cynthiablair8706]

It was the ship worms that were infesting the armada

[@lexidemonte435]

The thing that stuck with me the most? Spit roast dogs are extrinsic. They sound so cute though! Lol

[@thegreencat9947]

A forerunner of the " spitz"...I suppose.😊

[@genesisabel]

humor is right on point every time

[@ivareskesner2019]

Let me guess - mostly pickled, dried or salted meat, grains, some vegetables and pretty much no fruit.

[@myriamickx7969]

Why no fruit? There were plenty of apples, pears, plums, and seasonal fruit like peaches, apricots, cherries, strawberries, etc. The Elizabethans knew how to preserve them, in sugar, vinegar or wine. They probably even imported oranges and lemons from the Mediterranean area.

[@user-unfound33]

I had Bacon, hash browns, french toast with grapes and sliced oranges for breakfast this morning. It's my weekly treat but I don't think i could eat that way everyday. There is a reason their life span was shorter. Lol

[@brett4264]

You forgot eggs. Or are they too expensive right now?

[@AstarionWifey]

That’s such a heavy breakfast 😂 I just rather have the toast

[@scorch33]

The one thing to keep in mind is that, especially if you were a peasant, you'd burn off all that food by working all day long.

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Damn. Just give me fruit and some turkey bacon please

[@AstarionWifey]

@@scorch33 that’s true

[@yurisich]

Can you do a video about the history of the Mimosa, and how it became popular to have at brunch in America?

[@chromicapop4595]

Weird history food might🎉

[@KatiTheButcher]

That raspberry jelly roll cake at the end looked delicious.

[@btetschner]

1:13 I am a big mustard fan! The National Mustard Museum is in Middleton, Wisconsin.

[@vitojuliano3215]

Is it the “British” Navy when Britain isn’t even a country in 1558-1603? (Not yet united with scotland, nor the rest of UK) 0:20

[@amandaquezada2854]

A loaf of bread, cheese, and a pastry? Ah, so the basic Skyrim diet of the Dragonborn

[@atomicchanteuse5095]

The Glen of Imaal Terrier, one of perhaps a few breeds of dog bred and rained to turn spits, is absolutely NOT extinct and absolutely ADORABLE!!

[@RhythmGrizz]

This went from kooky to unappetizing to disgusting and upsetting

[@hyperhare0624]

They didn't use spices to cover rotten meat. There were loads of ways to cure, smoke, brine, and dry food for long term storage and spices helped PRESERVE the meat.

[@Allylonng1416]

Love these food topics

[@ForTheAlgorithm]

I was wondering if you could do one on extinct dog breeds

[@gunteer]

I love you narrator

[@questfortruth665]

At the very least, the people of that era knew what was in the food they were eating, unlike today where most of the processed foods available have ingredients that you can't even pronounce!

[@margaretgarana911]

Rotting, with pests, and poop

[@DanCooper404]

Learn how to pronounce them.

[@ivoryowl]

Do you honestly believe things were better back then? Our ancestors did not have the same sanitation and hygiene practices and regulations we do today. The lack of refrigeration also meant many products going bad faster. A shady chef or baker could've easily mixed good and bad ingredients in order to save costs, and sell those same products to people. Some meat starting to go bad? Just mince it all and put it into a pie so it goes unnoticed. Flour too expensive? Just mix some chalk or plaster to the batch and sell it as flour. (Some bakers in the Victoria era would do this). History has long record of unsafe practices and adulteration in products. Does this mean we're better off now? No exactly. Fast food chains and restaurants can still try and sell bad batches to people, hygiene and sanitation is still dodgy in some places and many products are still adulterated in order to save costs. Big companies can buy or sponsor tests and inspections to pass off their products as "good" or "healthy"; lie to people in order to sell. And there's a chance things might get worse now that we've invented ways to make artificial food and ingredients. My point is; people will be people, regardless of technology and regulations. The spirit of malpractices in the name of profit or necessity has remained (and grown) with us... That being said, I trust our modern products more than those of the old days. Here in Europe at least, we tend to take regulations about food, health and quality inspections seriously.

[@resentfuldragon]

@@ivoryowl He didn't say things were better, he said rightfully that we eat things today that we can't understand unlike back then. Unless your situation was extreme, eating things you didn't understand was not the norm in any era of human history before the early modern era. Even back in the days of citystates, people knew what they were eating and it wasn't processed garbage. Eating rotten food was not common at all. As for the negatives of the past, that is mainly about quality of life in general. We eat processed garbage but we have excellent hospitals, even a poor 3rd worlder can generally get better medical treatments than a noble back in the day. We also have great pros like the ability to travel and communicate across vast distances quickly, and we have less wars in general too. Edit: Also I wanted to add that trusting modern food regulation at all is not the smartest choice. Many things we eat have horrible consequences, even just the dyes in foods can be carcinogens. We eat tastier cleaner food, but definitely less healthy food and thats a fact. While we have little danger of contracting a food borne illness, we are astronomically more likely to gain nearly any diet based ailment and we are far more likely to consume garbage like microplastics due to our pollution. The average person of today, at least in richer nations, eats terribly compared to nearly any other time period and it shows in our tendency to gain too much weight and our high rates of disease like diabetes.

[@ducatisti]

Except they didn't. Sure, if you grew all your own grains and vegetables, raised chickens and cows, and had an actual kitchen to cook in, you knew the core ingredients. But you did not know anything about foodborne illness, germs, or the importance of a balanced diet. Also, just because something is hard to pronounce does not make it bad. Modern labeling requires the use of proper names of substances rather than common names.

[@feresmourali5783]

Please make a video about Emma Goldman! Also, one thing we can learn from the olden days is the nose to tail philosophy. Too much food is wasted these days.

[@twinblades-thewilltokeeplo6084]

Pls do a video about food from 3 Kingdoms era and Sengoku Jidai era

[@justinspicyrhino3075]

They did not put hops in their beer for another 100 years. Instead they used herbs that were in season.

[@aBerlin1945]

When someone reviles in horror at my black teeth, I tell them that it's a status symbol.

[@jchow5966]

Thank you!!

[@mariaconway4241]

Peasants lived longer because of their diet gout was prevelant among the upper class due to their meat heavy diet

[@nicp2636]

Felt sad after hearing about the spit roast dogs

[@mayflowerpdx5706]

I worked with someone from Eritrea, he used to get into trouble for calling people fat and he couldn’t figure out why because being fat was considered a compliment. It meant you were making good money!😂😂😂

[@TH-hy9kr]

Unfortunately in the U.S., it usually means we are eating a lot of highly processed sugary foods that are terribly unhealthy... mostly because they are less expensive and have a long shelf life, but they are also addictive.

[@resentfuldragon]

@@TH-hy9kr Look man, those little debbies snack cakes were calling my name

[@resentfuldragon]

It was a compliment in western nations as well before sugar got cheap, being fat in medieval europe meant you were doing well financially.

[@missyouwish88]

@@resentfuldragon Sort of fell by the wayside after the turn of the 20th century when print/media became more visual & the invention of movies

[@Chrochella]

Aww....he was just trying to be nice 😔.....

[@IloveMovies92]

can you make a video about what it was like owning or selling business in the 1800s or another older time period?

[@timcarder2170]

Using spice to cover up old meat, is a grocery stores standard of practice (their, *Motis Operandi,* you could say.) Every time you see a piece of (any) meat totally covered in some blend of spices or other in the meat coolers, it's because it's gone unsold past it's, *Best Before* date. So they coat and/or marinate (to camouflage any discoloration and/or flavour change), then repackage the item with a new *Best Before* date. All quite legitimately, because governments have set guidelines about how long stores can keep ALL products out on the shelves. So the stores just play with the dates to fool the consumers. And...some will actually charge, *more,* for those coated pieces, to further the illusion(s).

[@MrSimonmcc]

That stuffed turnspit dog is in Abergavenny Castle in Wales. I used to live near there.

[@callmemabie7281]

I wanna hear about what people in Australia ate at first please

[@Skyebright1]

Indigenous Australians?

[@JonBrown-po7he]

I'd appreciate a video of how various cultures used 'cannabis', but not hemp. Thanks for the great video.

[@btetschner]

If there was a Lord Mayor to make sure people weren't overcharging today, he/she would have a neverending job. $0.85 for a single package of Ramen Noodles? Come on people!

[@cassieoz1702]

Usually only that cheap because someone wasn't paid a living wage

[@btetschner]

@@cassieoz1702 You didn't stick up for them and now you are feeling guilty about it.

[@cassieoz1702]

@@btetschner I have no idea what you mean. Not something we generally buy

[@btetschner]

@@cassieoz1702 You didn't do anything to stop those people from being exploited. You also lied when you said you have no idea what I meant.

[@btetschner]

@@cassieoz1702 Do you know how much it used to cost?

[@TheBlindPhotographer]

Yay! New upload 😍 Deus benedicat tibi🙏🏻

[@scottnotpilgrim]

This era is this channels bread and butter it seems

[@seekertosecrets]

11:28 Why?!

[@caseylove5527]

do a video on tarrare :P

[@eliotreader8220]

I didn't know that they drank Plant based milk during the time that Elizabeth the first ruled England. I remember my Grandmother telling me about how she cleaned her teeth with ashes when she was younger.

[@ngato8821]

So basically charcoal? 👌

[@ngato8821]

Idk why but their food sounds more appetizing 😍😍😍

[@jamesmoss3424]

Markets in England was different back then. 😀👍

[@PaiviProject]

Wow. I like that the poor people ate better-for-you bread than the wealthy ones. The food didn't look too bad at all, and I would gladly taste it all...except that teeth rottening, and blackening part.

[@bweaver760]

LOL 😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂 about the sweet teeth decay story !

[@mirthenary]

Marigolds as a flower yes, as a flavoring, the hell?🤨

[@billyt.7306]

Trader Joe's "Ajika Georgian Seasoning" has marigold, chili pepper, and garlic and it's damn near delectable lord have mercay

[@MomentsInTrading]

History shows often try and show that the Royals from that time ate great, but I’m not so sure. Just getting more than enough to eat was a luxury at that time. Getting to choose what you ate was reserved for the very well off. Food in those days was not stored properly, handled properly, or washed properly. It was half spoiled, over loaded with salt as a preservative, and full of bacteria.

[@Skyebright1]

I mean Royalty meant they had feasts regularly

[@susansackett2135]

Fresh food was delivered regularly at Henry and Elizabeth's castles. The kitchens employed men that went out to the landowners and fishermen and contracted for meat, vegetables and fish. Everything was inspected and anything substandard was rejected. Livestock was brought in and slaughtered nearby. There was very little space for storage of raw goods when feeding several hundred people two meals a day. Less desirable parts were given to servants as part of their wages and leftovers were donated to the poor. Proteins were salted, brined or smoked to preserve them in the fall after excess animals were culled before winter, a practice in virtually all cultures. Spices were too expensive to be used for anything other than flavor. There are records of vegetable and fruit dishes but it is likely that simple preparations were not included because it was expected a cook in a noble household wouldn't need instructions.

[@netto6681]

It’s not a bad idea to not have a blanket ban on alcohol for anyone under 18 (or 21 in the US). If you only prohibited minors from buying stuff that could get you drunk, say any over 3% abv, then there would probably be much less binge drinking.

[@Cysticspyke]

Unfortunately not. I live in Denmark, a country where it is commonly accepted that minors drink. They are actually the heaviest drinking youths in the EU. Binge drinking is still very much a thing for people, also as adults.

[@resentfuldragon]

@@Cysticspyke Yup, its just like how caffeine and sugar got so widespread, easy access and easy addition. We should make sure to keep the blanket ban on alcohol for minors here in america because it can mess up their brain development. It isn't done developing until they are 25!

[@fredrickmarsiello4395]

Didn't work too well before, also if he/she is old enough to enlist and serve his country...

[@itazuranakisu]

Unfortunately with the drinking culture in America it may make things worse. The age was lowered to 18 for the Vietnam war because the logic "if you're old enough to serve and vote then you're old enough to drink responsibly". It was a disaster and that's when the age limit went back up. There are some outlined exceptions state to state on minors drinking and usually religion event with parental supervision is a common exception I've come across. Personally, I never had the urge to drink when I was a minor and I can count on one hand how many alcoholic drinks I've had in the past 5 years. I grew up with a large family and in our culture you bring gifts when you visit so often times someone would also bring alcohol as part of a visiting gift to the household. We had tons in the cabinet and if I had wanted I could've easily drank a couple bottles over the years and no one would've noticed. My parents aren't big drinkers either even socially. So I'm assuming culture, environment, how someone was raised and their personality impacts if they'll partake in underage drinking or just drinking irresponsibly.

[@resentfuldragon]

@@itazuranakisu Drinking alcohol is a bad idea regardless of age to be honest so staying away is a good idea. Its the drug that caused the most harm, its cause problems for humanity for thousands of years.

[@3frenchhens818]

They used to use small boys to turn the roasting meat, too. And the leftovers were sold so the servants did make some extra money. As for the white bread vs. darker flour, Adele Davis said it best: the peasants were better off.

[@SweetLilWren]

There's a food channel for weird history why can't we get not food on this channel

[@shawnmaria9064]

Don’t like it….Then keep on scrolling, it’s that easy 🤷‍♀️

[@SweetLilWren]

@@shawnmaria9064 I do like the channel that's my issue

[@jchow5966]

Cullinzry history of all eras is interesting.

[@NewMessage]

Guess that for once, I'm gonna stick to my diet for the whole day... nice.

[@kristiskinner8542]

Smh dont know why ppl fool with "diets", portion control & physical activity give far better results than any "diet" ever will. You only have one life to live eat what you want/like just dont overeat & burn what you do eat off. All these restrictive diets/religious based diets, vegan bs that goes against our very biology etc are insane

[@NewMessage]

@@kristiskinner8542 It was actually just a joke about how disgusting the food sounded... but hey, you do you. 👍

[@conniesetter1430]

Fantastic video! The picture of the Big Mac must be from ancient archives because that's not the Big Mac you get today. 😡 When going shopping at the open air market, particularly the meat section, remember to arrive as early in the day as possible before the flies discover the lovely morsels to sample and lay their eggs on. (Yummy. 🤢) Thanks for the video! 🏆 🙂

[@mrbransformer4184]

He sounds so much like the History’s Mystery guy that used to come in History Channel.

[@oceanelf2512]

And Nutty History. I'm sure he hosts that one too.

[@brett4264]

I wouldn't have liked "fish days", but I'm not picky. Most of the food looked good.

[@lalywindland5764]

Depends on how you cook fish, it can be delicious. Also, back then, the river Thames gave so much seafood that it was cheap and for the lower classes. Later on, that became scarce and expensive, due to pollution. I never ate swan and peacock though, I heard they are heavy meats, I'm curious about it.

[@brendakrieger7000]

Got any grapes? 🦆🍇🎵 waddle, waddle🎵

[@TheLordofsummerisle]

Weren't spices expensive back then? And if so, then why would people use their expensive spices to make rotten meat slightly more palatable? I enjoyed the video, but I'm not sure that part is true.

[@Chrochella]

It’s not true. And you’re right, they wouldn’t have wasted expensive spices on rotten meat they couldn’t even eat. Unfortunately, this is myth that refuses to die🫤

[@grayday5177]

It isn’t true

[@LordDangerify]

Thats because it's not true at all. People back then were no more able to eat rotten meat than we are.

[@aussiejubes]

He said meat/food that had started to turn. Not rotten meat lol. That's certainly not worth the spice cost im sure.

[@TheLordofsummerisle]

@@aussiejubes Same argument, replace the word "rotten" with "starting to turn". Spices were luxury items, someone who can afford spices can afford fresh meat. lol

[@henrybowden9907]

The idea of spices being used to cover the taste of rotting food is incorrect. The Elizabethan period was no different to any other in that people knew that rotten food was harmful and they avoid it. Besides which, the spices were extremely expensive and the wealthy (no-one else could afford them) wouldn't need to eat anything rank. The spices were prized for their novelty but not for any ability to mask bad tasting food - which they do not anyway.

[@treypdx]

Genuinely curious, what's your source for this bc I've heard this before and would like to know more.

[@manmaje3596]

No amount of wealth kept food edible forever. Hampton courts fridge was a narrow outside alleyway between wings that got very little sunlight. They very much did use spices for their taste and aroma just like today but they relied on them more to mask food rather than enhance it. They would use them more once the food starter to turn even more. Waste wasn’t an option for anyone in any social class really.

[@manmaje3596]

Your wrong.

[@dianariverjackson5123]

What is the first classical piece he used at the intro?

[@cadillacdeville5828]

A time machine would be awesome.

[@kyliepechler]

Only if you could take a lot of Antibiotics and Anesthesia with you. Having to get an arm or a leg sawn off because it went Gangrene from a simple open wound, with no Anesthesia existing back then, would not be pleasant.

[@krono5el]

Shout out to Rally's fries, and thats cool even back then they knew milk from the cow is not great for humans.

[@cassieoz1702]

Cow's milk was drunk by folks who owned a cow. Beyond that it was preserved (butter or cheese) because of the lack of refrigeration, no other reason

[@netto6681]

Also, is a final “Cheese Course” not a common thing in America?

[@keithrouch4373]

No. I think here that would usually be an appetizer or hor d’oerve. (Please excuse the spelling.)

[@lalywindland5764]

It was a French fashion that is still respected today in France and its former colonies. Nobles consumed expensive cheeses all over Europe and French was the courts language for centuries in all Europe, including Imperial Russia. It was a snob thing to differentiate from the lower classes and was considered a sign of higher education to be able to speak fluent French. Now we have the same thing with the English language. I can speak both but I use English more.

[@netto6681]

It’s common enough here (UK) that there is a popular podcast where a celebrity chooses their dream meal - starter, main course, accompaniment, drink and final course. It’s a running joke that one of the presenters has a tantrum if the final course is cheese instead of a pudding (dessert) 😀.

[@laurenyuckert5670]

I'd be down for desserts throughout dinner and cheese at the end.

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

0:16. Amazing. Who knew that Christopher Columbus worked for the Most Catholic Queen of England and Ireland - and that the Elizabethan Era started around 1492?

[@inleatherman]

How about doing a video on the lost city of California city in the Mojave desert.

[@arcademania7544]

No one cares about California

[@danm3570]

that's amazing about the turnspit dog, wow

[@dylanvolden912]

The sugar thing is actually quite sad.

[@mikealban5194]

Please turn down the background music’s volume.

[@TheCubicplanet]

I can't wait for a Queen Elizabeth biopic movie where she's featured with a set of decaying teeth, while her subjects blacken theirs with charcoal.

[@ashleydolin4292]

People didn't eat rotting food. It would make them sick even easier then it would us today.

[@natnatpogi]

what do people eat during the the 2008 recession just curious

[@btetschner]

Having a Weird History drink! Drinking a cup of Twinings Darjeeling Tea with sugar*†...while watching this Weird History video! * Inspired from the Weird History videos of the Royal Family. † In the south they drink iced tea with sugar.

[@baronvonjo1929]

4:27 So men wearing pearl earrings today is just honoring history from the past. Wow. Sir Walter must have been drippin with fashion.

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

Uh- if you had the dough for spices, then you **definitely** had the money for quality food; there was a calculation that if 3 ships set out for the Spice Islands, but only _one_ made it back to sell- you would *_still_* make enough profit to cover the cost, *&* the losses of the venture...

[@jonperry4580]

Worked at an Applebee's. One of the servers said there was a group of younger guys who were cutting their steaks with their pocket knives. Who knew they were just keeping the tradition alive?

[@zach7193]

Fascinating topic. This goes with Weird History Food.

[@misaki4119]

is your channel on spotify?

[@amterasutenma2547]

Do a one about food for a Chinese Emperor and his family in the Jin dynasty.