What It Was Like To Dine At A Glorious Medieval Feast

[@kris9259]

It’s crazy to me that they had spices and gold leaf but not plates! The food episodes are my favorite!!!

[@NachoDaMan]

Bruh they had plates

[@MomentsInTrading]

The more I study history , the more I realize that before the year 1900, just getting enough to eat was a challenge for many people. Even if you did get plenty to eat, often you had little or no choice of what it was. What people called feasts and banquets back then usually just meant that you had a few choices and could eat your fill.

[@resentfuldragon]

yeah but it was somewhat regional and by class. Highclass anywhere could basically eat very well, and certain areas like india had it easier feeding foods to the poor. It kind of depended on where you are like today. In america the average joe could eat better than medieval royalty, but in many places people struggle to get a single meal consistently.

[@ChicoTheMan69]

I've also learned that in disasters whatever you can conveniently buy now can all go away in a few days. With all the grocery stores closed a lot of people would starve to death.

[@akiraasmr3002]

Yea for the peasants you had to fill up on bread and ale

[@NathansCrazyVideos]

Uhh... idk if you guys know this but starvation is still a huge problem today...

[@EggersEggers-pd6te]

Exactly. It just meant you had more of whatever was typically in season or available in the region at the time to choose from. Not more variety. Just more of the same. Which was, in those days a very fortunate thing, even for the rich. It's sad that these days the variety is so insane. But the rich aren't affected in the least by the small fluctuations that often easily render poor & working class citizens homeless. It's strange how some aspects of history can differ so greatly, while other aspects of the same topic can be grossly similar. Especially in this age.

[@Benni777]

Hey Weird History, can u do a video on who created the 4 Humors and why they “died out?” ☺️

[@TheBLGL]

Hippocrates, science.

[@empressoftheknownuniverse]

@@TheBLGL Ha! Correct, but that would make for a short video. 😄

[@KingRumar]

This is where you go into detail about the Black Plague and how that sparked the notion of germs and early quarantine practices

[@matthewrobertson9689]

They were replaced by the funny bone.

[@jlshel42]

I always liked the phrase “arousing the humours”

[@angelasieg5099]

The English Heratige channel has some interesting vids on medieval life including cooking when we gave a Medieval party we did a pig roast served salad leafy greens brandied Peaches in aspic marzipan mini cakes royal icing mint roses and a spiced fruit cake with dates sultanas fig candied citrus and as a moisturizer applesauce it was a trial and error process getting the recipe right we had wine and ale and fresh fruit and cheese it was a lot of work but so fun too I still have my costume dress my husband and I made from a replica pattern I must confess we did use a sewing machine

[@clementines9]

i want to be invited to parties like these lol

[@Kenxclout]

What do you call a Medieval spy? Sir Veillance

[@dache.henrylee]

What do you call a compromised Medieval spy? Sir Render

[@denisenilsson1366]

Boo! Hiss!

[@alicerivierre]

Hey, that's a good one! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@gohawks3571]

Oh, I hope there's more😁👍👍👍👍

[@stealthskater5674]

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[@jamesbarisitz4794]

How about a video on the traditional Hawaiian Luau? It could dovetail into a similar meal, the clambake.

[@gohawks3571]

Let's skip past the video & attend one!

[@mrsevenchang]

No thanks

[@emmaaaron6490]

I love these videos!! My mama and I watch the videos the same day they are published. Incredibly informative and entertaining!!

[@_SimpleJack_]

A frothy glass of mead?

[@jovanweismiller7114]

The main course of one of the most delicious meals I ever had was a goat, stuffed with a lamb, which was stuffed with a chicken, which was stuffed with hard-boiled eggs, all roasted on a spit. Those mediaevals knew what was good!

[@taffykins2745]

Yummers! Sounds so delicious!

[@katana_3558]

Where did u have..which country

[@Raherin]

This is one of the best channels on KZbin

[@jackhackett80]

Where is a good online source for the types medieval paintings shown here?

[@KPx-ke8bg]

You got me with "disembowelicious"

[@catladylion5186]

I’m loving these food history series you guys have been doing.

[@randomoverpopulatedworldid3286]

some of us still believe food should be served by season.

[@motownmark1215]

They serve peacock at the NBC cafeteria as well

[@deboralee1623]

Bah-dum-dum-tsss!

[@LadyCoyKoi]

I'm surprised that you didn't mention the turnip patties and fava bean patties. Would be so nice to see what monks of medieval times ate. I was shocked by one book from the Victorian era that talk about vegan receipts that monks from Medieval era ate.

[@hildahilpert5018]

They still eat that way in monasteries of monks and cloistered nuns.They eat veggies,.and fish.Meat is only served to the sick.Of course in that time in the Middle Ages, there were plenty of monasteries who didn't observe such diets.That,s why there were various reforms of various orders because of diet, not following religious observances, etc.

[@notyourbusiness1352]

Weird History, I wanna hear about the ancient Mittani empire and its relation with Egypt. I don't think it's heard enough. Thank u!

[@rooster5146]

His voice sounds like the president from the movie monsters vs aliens

[@ShesMongolianASMR]

Can you do a video on life as a teenager during the Middle Ages?

[@addictedtothewrittenword3451]

Can we get some videos on African food please.

[@sandykalmeyer9523]

Another fun video with some learning too!

[@btetschner]

What an interesting event!

[@jimorr820]

The trenchers were given to the poor after the feast as food for them

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

Exactly- it was a form of charity - & normal people also ate off of wooden or pottery or metal dishes

[@Shannon_Vlogs]

Omg if someone ever puts a live animal in my food. 😱

[@alisaadallah7714]

Thanks!

[@Esrom_music]

Doesnt a pound of saffron still cost as much as a horse?

[@Myriako]

Thank you for this video ! 😊🌺

[@firstname__lastname]

Saffron is still super expensive!

[@Zombichh]

This is exactly the kind of video I’d watch as I’m chomping on my egg roll, after smoking the devils lettuce

[@thecanadianmystic]

I'm from Canada so beaver.

[@annamariehewitt3173]

This is not weird history...I find it fascinating and would love to recreate a dinner like this with a large group of people...

[@lerneanlion]

If there are pies that served with live birds in there in today's age, I wonder what will be the consequences of such action.

[@denisenilsson1366]

"Hello, Health Department?" "Hello? 911?"

[@deboralee1623]

🎶 "...Four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie..." 🎶 above comment posted before i got to 9:40-9:46 in the video.

[@robinjohnson8247]

Interesting

[@Aalu420]

Watching this episode of Weird History while eating my cold pizza and a can of pepsi

[@benisaten]

Hit up some Gallup-Thru on your horse for some late night take out

[@aubreyjordan8308]

Ok I would love to see a video on all of Henry viii’s 6 wives!! Especially Katherine Parr.

[@wellsengrey4768]

What if the prank offended some high rank nobles or the live animals injured them? Won't the chef get executed? 🤪

[@aurorajones8481]

9:30 🤣 WOW 😂

[@EggersEggers-pd6te]

In all honesty, the food that gets shunned is the most appetizing to me. I'll take that trout over just about any to every single thing those rich morons are having. But you're gonna definitely share that salt dude. It's not like you're gonna have anything on camera anyway. So there's that. But man, some of that mess that's supposed to be high end dining just looks horrific & stew in a bread bowl is bomb dude. They still do that in restaurants now. Panera got that Mac n cheese & broccoli & cheese bread bowls that'll make you lose 13 pounds just drooling at it.😆🤙

[@jamesmoss3424]

Medieval feast is different from today's feast. 😀👍

[@karaamundson3964]

When people tried peacocks, they discovered that the birds were stringy and tough. So they skinned the peacocks, killed a couple geese, and put the peacock feathers over the geese carcasses, which were much more tender and delicious. There's a lesson in there somewhere about hypocrisy...borrowed robes?

[@peanutjones6600]

Where is our Timeline videos for the 70s?.... Still waiting.🥺😔

[@pattycake8272]

i would like to try the saffron dishes, i read somewhere it was good for the eyes

[@Friendship1nmillion]

Carrot 🥕 is also good for the eyes 👀 { apparently } . 🥘 🧾♑️✍️🇦🇺🇳🇴

[@pattycake8272]

@@Friendship1nmillion I heard that they were good for when your eyes transition from light into the dark. But now saffron is actually good for vision.

[@tyrannicalbigtech5842]

@@pattycake8272 cod liver oil is best for eyes

[@Absynth616]

A pound of safran might still be as expensive as a horse.

[@rudydeleon2257]

im watching this at 2am. makes me want to take a quick ride to jack in the crack🤭

[@NoNameNoFace-rr7li]

a lb of saffron would be a huge amount.. like a bushel

[@Prometheus7272]

Can someone tell me the name of the classical music at the beginning

[@ImperialEarthEmpire]

Video suggestion; effect on european cuisines after the discovery of the new world...

[@lilmike2710]

And now im hungry

[@morgandillard4033]

Can you please do Comanches next ily

[@westleygress2460]

Would like to try some old breads or cakes

[@marieelisa1]

Medievel people had no notion of animal cruelty

[@Arigriphantua]

That "crane" is actually an egret.

[@melissaduncan3310]

Can you please do history on what it is like to live like a Indian

[@cdeschrevel5341]

05:25 lol

[@Lady_Chalk]

omg i'm so hungry

[@ScottMcmillianII1996]

Would be greatly appreciated if you could show German foods

[@technoman9000]

Give me an extra scoop of blood!

[@renesmeeorlin9997]

Oh so this explained why their foods taste bland and lack of salt.... Seasonings were expensive... "Imported" from Asia 😅

[@alicerivierre]

Bring me some goose and mead! BTW, Can you do a history of Mexican cuisine?

[@Friendship1nmillion]

Alice , I think he's Already done a #video 📼 on Mexican cuisine 🌯☕️ ?

[@alicerivierre]

@@Friendship1nmillion oh, ok. I'll check it out. Thanks ❤

[@jlshel42]

“It’s a tortilla with your choice of meat, cheese, and vegetable.” -Jim Gaffigan

[@nickmoser7785]

Yeah I'm American so basically my understanding of Mexican cuisine is just the Americanized version of it. Same with many Chinese, French, and Italian food.

[@alicerivierre]

@@nickmoser7785 yeah, I'm an American too. It's interesting to know how Mexicans prepare their food, though, not just Americans or Mexicans Americans.

[@Pizzapleaze]

Thanks!

[@sethortiger]

Learning about ancient or medieval foods of India or kingdoms or empires of Asia would be cool too

[@thelittleerik4806]

I would LOVE to hear about those

[@notyourbusiness1352]

I agree! As a southeast Asian and a Chinese descendant, I am indeed very interested.

[@seananonymous9289]

@@notyourbusiness1352 Thats not our business... Hahahahaha

[@Melitoria]

Ooh, yes please!

[@internalizedhappyness9774]

Variety is the spice of life!

[@kirkmorrison6131]

The average Medieval Beer, that was served during the day was about 2% Alcohol by Volume. It was the beer made by a second run of spent grains. Often they were then dried and added to bread. If not they were fed to livestock.

[@jonhiebert8321]

G up here uh. Uucyvuu

[@jonhiebert8321]

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[@gohawks3571]

Man, can you imagine people time traveling to today? They'd be shocked at everyone drinking water, and would try and drink beer just to end up massively drunk. Well, unless it was Budweiser or something on that level😂

[@stacyswiss307]

@@gohawks3571 lol Budweiser almost killed me😅light weight class all the way

[@gohawks3571]

@@stacyswiss307 lol, sorry😁 To be fair, I don't drink much either. I just want to enjoy what I'm drinking when I do, even if I only have half a bottle😂🍻🍕

[@whaleymom76]

I had a Shakespeare class in college where, at the end of the term, we re-created a mideaval feast where we made the food only with mideaval recipes, ingredients, and cooking processes. It was wonderful and educational!

[@rigze1192]

Did y'all eat from a stale bread as well😭😭🤣

[@whaleymom76]

@@rigze1192 Actually, yes.

[@valerietaylor9615]

Stale bread or not, it sounds like fun.

[@whaleymom76]

@@valerietaylor9615 It was great fun! 🙂

[@PrettyUnique90]

Weird History can you pretty please make a video about where gypsy come from and what are their traditions and lifestyle? I was just curious since I can’t find very much about the culture. Thank you!!!! Btw I can’t stop binge watching. You make history fun

[@glitterinmyeyes333]

They really enjoyed abusing animals. So below the salt in my opinion.

[@SuperSPatrick]

I love the narrator and his dry wit and sarcasm. He can literally make me lol. He's my favorite narrator of all youtube channels.

[@alicerivierre]

I love him too!

[@regentvoo]

I love him as he got me thru 1st gen covid but he's not the best. Ze Frank is, look him up. For puns MoBo is undefeated

[@megcorbyn9541]

The salt thing is nonsense. If it was so expensive, why was salted pork and fish staple food for the peasant. Sugar was locked up, sure, but not salt.

[@ankhpom9296]

There were salt deposits in Europe?

[@chyenneteichman4307]

I always listen to these videos to wind down after the day. It’s my ritual. You never fail to make me laugh. Please give your narrator a raise 😂❤

[@zoso1up]

Alaskian/inuit cuisine would be very interesting

[@zach7193]

Man, that's something. It's like Medieval Times, Golden Corral, Old Country Buffet, or Hibachi. Good show.

[@KingRumar]

There are recreations of the real deal out there. Just like how renaissance festivals like to recreate. Shadiversity has filmed one of these as he attended. I strongly recommend checking his channel out

[@kevorkhamparian6116]

My humors are all out of order

[@goblin3810]

The fundamental slimes and humors. Yw

[@amandamcdonough1256]

I teach ancient history and I’ve shown some of your videos to my students. I would love to have more videos on ancient China, India, and Japan. Food, sports, and recreation would be awesome topics. Thank you for any help! My students and I love your videos!

[@kirkmorrison6131]

Peafowl are a type of pheasant, Therefore, I would say in the right hands it would taste quite good. As long as it wasn't cooked until to dry

[@taffykins2745]

Really? I didn't know that. Thx for the info!

[@God-Emperor_Elizabeth_the_2nd]

Imagine eating hot dry food at midday only to later find out you could have had wet cold food, instead.

[@ShallowApple22]

I love, love , love this channel the narrator is so on point. Such an easy enjoyable watch that really does expand historical knowledge thank you 🙏

[@kimberlypatton9634]

And the twisted humor is great!

[@gohawks3571]

Agreed!

[@Black-Sun_Kaiser]

I too love this channel

[@JeighNeither]

I'd be highly suspicious if I were served a chicken that still had all its feathers?!? Lmfao

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

They didn't quite do that. The tail and the neck and head portions would be part of the display but the meat was roasted, skin-on. They wouldn't have wanted to lose all the fat and juices.

[@glennso47]

And standing up and saying “Cluck cluck!”:

[@AsteriskDatBoi]

Do a history of Filipino culture and cuisine! And I loved that Sonic reference.

[@jgallardo7344]

Do a video on the history of salt! Plenty of material for that. The word, “Salary,” and the City of Salzburg are rooted in the word “salt”

[@tylerm9644]

Anyone else here binge watching weird history?

[@gamer_595y]

Yes ❤ it

[@cadillacdeville5828]

This narrator makes my day 😁

[@DPSFSU]

Now I'm just wondering why the Weird History Food channel was even made!?

[@davidchunkyonion]

Brilliant, witty writing and hilarious narrator.

[@Tully_23_32]

I thought this would be under Weird History Food. I know we've had all diff era's of cuisine on this channel but I'm waiting a bit impatiently for the next food vid on WHF ☺️

[@lauriepenner350]

Can someone explain why salt was so valuable? Most European countries are on or close to the sea. Why didn't everyone move to the coast, boil a few buckets of seawater and become obscenely wealthy?

[@kevinpacheco9869]

Because the idea that salt had high value is a common misconception, it wasn't

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

It was a common preservative, there’s no way it was exclusively for the rich...

[@davidclark9619]

Salt was mined before evaporation was used. Mining is energy consuming.

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

@@davidclark9619 Salt pans have existed for centuries- Ruth Goodman learnt about them in one of the docos she did

[@clairewyndham1971]

I have been preparing "feasts" for the SCA for a while. While I DO only use the foods of the geographic area as well as the foods of the particular era, I employ the cleanliness of THIS time-frame. .

[@rowenamorgan9484]

I'm also an SCA cook which I love. I was watching this for any new info it happened to have.

[@katarzynakowalska5768]

In Poland there is a very nice way to serve our most popular soup (żurek) - this is the most traditional way of serving: in a bread trench of course 😁 It's considered as very "Polish" 😊

[@mckayloving1933]

As an African American, culturally we practice seasoning all of our food thoroughly. I think I just learned why European descendants don’t view seasoning the way we do. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@lauriepenner350]

I feel sorry for the artist who painted the still life at 5:15. Just sitting in front of a pile of guts and animal parts for days, trying to capture every tiny detail before the stench drove him mad.

[@zubsies]

Love how one of the pictures of the banquet table has a cat reaching its claw up -- Typical cat, no matter what era 😂

[@waitandhope]

Lol

[@politecat4236]

I learned a lot about bee keeping from this. Excellent video

[@FAB13]

I'm a big fan of the youtube channel Tasting History! They have a whole playlist about Medieval dishes: kzbin.info/aero/PLIkaZtzr9JDmY5Jfc26AzrVtlzuign5Lc

[@Nerdznewznow]

If your mead is frothing you should not be drinking it

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Please do Weird History on Italian Cuisine

[@tommy1982mighty]

numero uno

[@lynnleigha580]

That's ok, up until, a few months ago, at the age of 39, I just thought worms just appear from the ground, I was pretty shocked, to learn that they mate and lay eggs, lolol!

[@Walter_Nicolas]

Hi Lynn how're you doing

[@pamelamays4186]

Suggestion: Food eaten at a traditional Hawaiian luau. Specifically, not what's served at luaus attended by tourists.

[@PGA1992]

I've lived in Hawaii most of my life and every luau I've attended serves traditional Hawaiian cuisine, even to the tourists! (Dishes like kalua pig, lau lau, lomi lomi salmon, haupia, etc).

[@kimberlypatton9634]

Overly rich food contributed much to gout and other ailments in the Tudor years...but they never put 2 & 2 together...I just wonder how common food poisoning occurred ..

[@GemCandy]

Watching this while waiting for my sushi order to arrive~