What Medieval Junk Food Was Actually Like

Who doesn't love a good snack break? But did you know in the Medieval Times they also loved their junk food? Check out today's insane video to find out what kind of crazy snacks they were eating back when public executions were considered social gatherings!
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[@madhattersteam1]

If anyone's interested, there's a channel called Tasting History where he makes and tries all these types of ancient foods. He gave up a job offer at Disney for us, so i felt like I owed him a shoutout for his sacrifice.

[@birdperson2540]

I was looking for this before I made one

[@missasissa]

I’ve heard Disney is horrific to work for anyway. They pay way too low of wages, employees work long hours, and if they aren’t perfect at all times they can be fired on the spot. He dodged a bullet, I’d say.

[@jewelmathews1408]

I love that channel!

[@AmbitionIsaMust115]

Lol the townsends are great too they even dress medieval and eat their recipes from back then

[@alexisjuillard4816]

Yeah good for both of you. Idk he gave up a serious job flr the yt channel, and i'll be honest, it's not my type of content. I have HIP (>3 standard devs) but the real serious issue is SEVERE adh,get bored VERY fast cause of

[@zingnator]

The more things change the more they stay the same. It brings me great joy that one of my ancestors also probably got food poisoning from the medieval version of McDonalds

[@kellychuang8373]

You can be right on that and also can't imagine how a medieval Bob's Burgers would be as well. Anyway just throwing some stuff out there could be good or bad.

[@StainderFin]

Macdoanld is bad go burger king they let you custom burger and free drink policy

[@AzureSkyCiel]

More like White Castle.

[@kellychuang8373]

@@AzureSkyCiel That's also a possibility only in the times this video was taken a more in the past beginnings or like an ancient ancestor of that.

[@AzureSkyCiel]

@@kellychuang8373 I'm aware, I was just making a joke since, you know, medieval times, castles. Also most castles were usually white because of a lime plaster coating over the stones.

[@luxuryhub1323]

The idea of honey being a sweetener for the poor to an expensive item with sugar, now, a cheap item is fascinating. Just like lobster going from junk for the poor to a royal treat.

[@richardsawyer5428]

I think that oysters were also a poor person's food before becoming a delicacy. I no idea why because they're horrible.

[@joshuav7239]

I have read somewhere that caviar is also once a poor man's meal as well.

[@meric12131415]

indeed 😁

[@meric12131415]

​@@richardsawyer5428 eh not really I've tried them a few times

[@Crimea_River]

Now people shell out $$$ for locally sourced honey

[@sharlharmakhis280]

Junk food being more affordable than healthy stuff, and frowned on by the wealthy as a result. Some things really don't change.

[@undefined7141]

They can change, someone just to call for us to organize and take the power back.

[@demarcusfaulkner7411]

Agreed the rich will always be the rich and the poor will be the poor

[@hunterq4202]

@@demarcusfaulkner7411 Systems and things that seemed forever can change. Feudalism, monarchy, and eventually, capitalism. At minimum, the current form of capitalism. Just like after WW2 and rise of communism there was massive shifts to a more social democratic order, which eventually shifted into a neoliberal order and the current ills of today (albeit there’s always been flaws) Social democracy can satiate most workers (think of how FDR in the US led to many socialists feeling that was an alternative) but the capitalists of today are too aggressive and unwilling in most nations, and so they’ll push workers until they go the extra mile. And even FDR was almost coup d'etat by a group of wealthy fascists, who made the mistake of reaching out to a general that was an anti-capitalist anti-imperialist, despite being the most decorated of his time, he knew first hand the evils of and being a gangster for capitalism (Smedley Butler is his name) “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.” -Ursula K. Le Guin

[@demarcusfaulkner7411]

@@hunterq4202 good point yet any system that is put in place by humans is going to be corrupt because human beings are corrupt. Truth is on some level human beings go for the bad guy. Not that we want him to win because ultimately if you look at it we push for the good guy to win. Yet at the same time this wouldn't be happening if human being didn't on some level want evil to happen. The greed of humans will always cause there to be rich people exceedingly rich and poor people.

[@AshlarPhoenix]

@@hunterq4202 Several rather good points. But some fell short. Keep working at your writing, son. Coup d’état is a noun, not a verb. And “albeit” really doesn’t fit there. Otherwise, good job. 👍🏼

[@LuetoomiVA]

As an Australian I proudly will claim that I love a good meat pie!

[@datasecure5790]

Didn't you mean to say meat flute?

[@davidparrish7138]

@@datasecure5790 Hahahaha!!! Funny...😂🤣

[@lueyR]

Ive lived in many countries, Australia have the shittest pies put if everyone

[@corymorimacori1059]

“Good for the soul, bad for the health.”

[@Bronythepony]

>”putting sugar on meat sounds gross…because it was” >he said in a world where orange chicken and barbecue sauce exists

[@TheLanceadrian69]

thats what i thought too! like honey glazed ham? honey walnut shrimp? sweet and savory has gone hand in hand

[@GreedyOrange]

@@TheLanceadrian69 no

[@MyHandleIs]

YOU CROSSED THE LINE PAL, ORANGE CHICKEN..OKAY FINE. BUT BBQ SAUCE? BBQ SAAAAUUUUCE? EFF YOU BUDDY EFF YOU EFF YOUR WHOLE FAMILY

[@Fourthhorseman6]

Ever used a dry rub fun fact for ya it has sugar in it 😂

[@freddym99]

"Some vendors might use spoiled meat in their recipes" So nothing really changed

[@bredsheeran2897]

Making my own medieval bread is the yeast of my concerns😂

[@antmck99]

Boooooo

[@bredsheeran2897]

@@antmck99no one likes crumby replies

[@ReeLesTReaLisT]

I see what u did there 👻

[@MyHandleIs]

Did your infection go away?

[@zinkheroofyoutube8004]

This joke is barley passable

[@bildoshwaggens]

I make meat pies at home when I have gone grocery shopping yet I always get Pillsbury croissant dough and beef with green bell pepper

[@wesleythomas7125]

That sounds amazing.

[@corymorimacori1059]

“You gotta eat to keep your strength up.” Big Smoke

[@travisdean9916]

Makes sense that pretzels were considered blessed by the monks who made them..after all, they are hole-y.

[@Rickyrab]

Groan

[@shelbyspeaks3287]

this is definitely one of the comments

[@Nylak-Otter]

Anyone who thinks sweets on meat sounds gross has never had fresh salmon baked or grilled with a maple crust. Absolutely was one of my faves.

[@slickchick5811]

mint jelly on lamb, cranberry with chicken or turkey...

[@schadenfreude6274]

When you realized that Medieval Junk Food is actually healthier than Regular Meals that you eat now. :)

[@debby9310]

Exaggeration

[@Mario-sn5qr]

@👑 GLODELANIA 👑 You sure about that?

[@MrHardfoot]

I'm pretty sure that even MickyD's is healthier than eating a feral cat that was buried in the ground overnight.

[@ttvtheundeadfarmer2549]

Did you watch the video?

[@Otaku2803]

In terms of macronutrients, yeah. In terms of microbial load, probably not. You survive longer if you're obese than if you have a chronic food poisoning and no antibiotics available.

[@kazj1728]

Modern History TV did a series on medieval food by the various classes: peasants, knights, nobility, royalty, etc. Peasants actually ate very hardy food because they did a lot of manual labor; a lot of salmon and brown bread cooked in communal bakeries.

[@balazsadorjani1263]

15:41 'back then, many thought that cats were intrinsically evil' Cat owners today: 'Back then...?'

[@zachcrawford5]

Tim Hortons (Canadian coffee shop chain) used to sell soups,chilli or stews in a bread bowl. When I was in early high school (so like 13 yo) I would sometimes spend my whole week's of allowance on one of those during my lunch break. They were filling, cheap delicious and kept me warm and full for the rest of the day. Now I'm hungry just thinking about it:)

[@Sam-nd7us]

we love Timmys in the US as well!!

[@Joe-mu2cn]

Are you ready for the Tim's pizza? Its coming. Also, their coffee is terrible now, since they didn't renew the patent and mcdonalds bought it.

[@zachcrawford5]

@@Joe-mu2cn Yeah, it really has gone down hill since Burger King bought it. I live too far away now to visit Tim Hortons much anymore and the coffee I have at home is just so much cheaper and better:) I don't see the pizza thing lasting more than a few months because either it will be garbage pizza or it will take too much time and effort to make for their business model.

[@meric12131415]

hang on they used to sell bread bowls?

[@dosidicusgigas1376]

​@@meric12131415 yup they did

[@TheCrybabyOtaku]

Love the content keep up the great work ☺️

[@jarrodreaves243]

I always loved how informative u guys are thank u god bless yall

[@Gold-Dango]

Some people: Meat pies are better Others: Pasties are better The random time traveler: Oreo McFlurry go brrr

[@edwincortes8423]

I thought there was a fast food chain called Friar's Fat Boy in medieval times. They gave free battle- axes and paper crowns to people with their meals. I saw it on TV once.

[@rockyroads8802]

I was there back then, I personally loved there Mideval meal.

[@NekoNebula1313]

Grocery stores make your ground beef with old meat and put coloring in it.

[@collincomer7243]

As someone who used to work in a meat department that's just not true

[@Iknowyoumadnow]

@@collincomer7243 🤫🤫🤫

[@Akogu]

@@collincomer7243 I also work the meat department. We do not put old meat out on the shelves.

[@trenaceandblackmetal5621]

okay boomer

[@vituperativedetritus3628]

I guess we're just supposed to ignore that sugar arrived in Europe around 1100 and was not widely used until the 16th century. Until then it was reserved for rich people, who used it both to sweeten food and as a medicine.

[@Jac0b22]

Did you watch the video?

[@blackqweenmars]

Y’all remember when Arby’s used to sell bacon covered in maple sugar that you can have with your shake it sounds weird but it was actually pretty good

[@nathanjm000]

Love these videos about things I never thought of but are actually really interesting

[@cubertmiso]

you we non-informed, now you are miss-informed. hooray, like every media outlet churning material just for views.

[@CoffeeRun87]

another fun video, thanks for sharing!

[@mm-yt8sf]

it seems strange that it took the crusaders to introduce europe to cream..wouldn't that be a natural product known to any dairy farmer? they must have noticed it floating at the top of their milk? and it seems like cream itself wouldn't be able to make a journey back home from the crusades on ships i wonder if future humans would gag thinking of what we happily eat today... i'm glad i'm used used to our current foods.

[@oneoflokis]

And now he's going on about pasties! Seems to me as these are all English/Cornish dishes... 🙂

[@JGD185]

Yea that's hard to believe honestly since Europe has historically been so into dairy and cheese making

[@bildoshwaggens]

This guy is great I'm glad I got to get to the beginning of the comments so he might read it just let you know dude your videos are awesome

[@DanielGolding1337]

Sugar on meat is still gross! BBQ sauce is like 90% sugar, I can't stomach it at all.

[@TaterChip91]

100% with you

[@briancoon641]

I know in modern day saffron costs several thousand dollars. Saffron grows in two places and is rare unlike different herbs and spices that local grocery stores sell.

[@L_mattox]

14:37. I guess horse was a bit too much for one person to choke down? LOL

[@eriklevot2896]

Thing is when speaking about the people hunting for their own food, most monarchies of the middle ages outlawed hunting for anyone who wasn't part of the nobility and maybe of the clergy (but they had their own land for that if they wanted). People still did it but if they got caught they could very well be executed for it, which is pretty dissuasive

[@cookinkid]

10:48 that servent is not happy

[@dijasom]

What Medieval Junk Food Was Like - Weird History Another good video about medieval junk food.

[@darkjesuit1]

The background music gives me the urge to put on pastels and buy a washer and dryer from Sears. Lol

[@krystalhaugland]

🤣👍

[@Herowebcomics]

Actually sweet meats can be good! Chinese food has orange and lemon honey chicken and even more different kinds of sweet meat! Like bourbon chicken!

[@thedevilsworkshop7720]

Coca cola roast beef and roast pork works a treat too. Soo good. 👍

[@dragon12234]

Also Barbecue is typically sweet and tangy. And Medieval people loved their berry sauces

[@shiNIN42]

I hate sugar in meat dishes except one (it's rabbit with a sweet and sour sauce, very little sweetener, very much sour cream and mustard, lovely) - but meat and sugar is in zillion recipes, sugar is in marinades, there is glazed ham etc. So yes, many people love this combo. Fruit and meat happens even in my country, I only find it acceptable with apples or quinces but I know many who loves beef with canned sour cherries... And most sour cherries are quite sweet and typically more sugar is added when canned.

[@wesleythomas7125]

"Saussages! Inna bun! Meat pies! Reasonably fresh! Only a dollar, and that's cuttin' me own throat!"

[@AlbertoMontesSoto]

explain to me how high salt content of the pretzels ends up increasing cholesterol with science...

[@fwmyeejkha22]

Awesome 👌 video 📹.... thank you 😊... be safe everyone 🙏...

[@jenna2720]

In the middle ages, there used to be communal ovens that people could use. IDK if there was a tax to use it or not, but it's pretty cool to think of it as an early form of socialism.

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

I don't think that was socialism, it was communal in name only, it was owned usually by a baker and he would charge a small rent to use it.

[@k-oticheart1573]

Infographics: "Sweet meat is gross." Honeyed ham: .......? 😅😅😅

[@epicgamerboi109]

You are amazing!

[@crebspark]

i see you saved the best crazy foods for last 🤣

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

Fun fact: pasteies were so popular because they were easy to prepare for three meals. There was a variation with 'three pockets' that more or less were folded and sectioned off into breakfast, lunch, and dinner portions which could easily be broken off for each meals on the go. They were also handy because they were easy to carry in just cloth as the bread protected the contents inside and they were also good for using 'leftovers' as not to waste food. They were essentially ye olde Hot Pockets.

[@stevecrall3180]

How is it possible to create this much good content everyday dang

[@justsomeguywithouthair5712]

Plus the animation

[@herbaldragon7646]

Souls...souls of orphaned children mixed with catnip.

[@ChineseKiwi]

it is a big team in reality. A lot of large KZbin channels are big production teams.

[@senpai_kulhan_sweetheart777]

👍🏼nice vid bud

[@angeleyes2161]

Meat pies are awesome! In fact this made me want one so I’m on my way to go get a couple lol.

[@maximstepinac6716]

In Croatia there are sweet cottage cheese strudels and pies. I've also had fritters there and obviously pretzels are super common over there...also whoever is going to Cornwall in the UK. Try a cornish pasty (if you like beef)

[@chriswest8989]

Medieval Junkfood was the name of my first band

[@jonathonlyles3349]

Do a video on workout supplements like creatine and protein and aminos test booster and then some female specific workout supplements

[@CroftSurvives4Ever]

Narrator : "sheep's pen is" Me: dies of laughter "I'm 12.. At age 37" Narrator : continues to describe it Me: starts gagging.. Nope I'm now my age again and I'm done. ☠️😆🤢

[@tommyhunter5558]

Yeah it's 2:41am and I just pigged out on 10 double stuffed oreos dinked in milk 🤤

[@annnichols3091]

You're making me think of Terry Pratchett's "Cut My Own Throat" Dibbler and his sausages in a bun in his Discworld books.

[@Otaku2803]

Being considered evil sounds like yet another ingenious feline survival tactic.

[@brokenbridge6316]

All I have to say is this---WOW.

[@StephEatsnTravels]

The background music is so nice

[@RandomVids5YT]

This was a very interesting video

[@verminkillah6622]

It's interesting to know that Diabetes was a problem even in the Middle Ages. 😅🤦‍♂😉

[@ttvtheundeadfarmer2549]

Most people died at 35 so diabetes and heart disease and cancer wasn't a big issue. Most died frominfection and diseases which we forget were deadly but now thanks to vaccines and modern science are not a big deal

[@Rickyrab]

Bread bowls are still in use with clam chowder in some San Francisco restaurants.

[@shelbyspeaks3287]

Hipster bowls

[@hazrdd]

Just woke up with this in my recommendations

[@sagetheassassin3192]

I didn't know waffles and Christianity were so close.

[@fractode]

High salt content does not lead to high cholesterol levels. Consuming animal products does. Also, cream was used by the Romans, long before the First Crusade.

[@Hugo-yi6fu]

Could you imagine trying everything to provide the freshest of meats to your customers only to get decapitated by some dude on a horse with a pike because their kid caught salmonella and died from your "fresh and good meat"

[@goodluckgoofy3354]

Decipated? Are you trying to say decapitated? You can't decapitate someone with a pike. A pike is a thrusting, stabbing, tearing weapon. You could possibly disembowel someone, but decapitation? Not unless you have a lot of time and they agree not to move. 😂

[@systemuser8701]

This channel has the most grotesquely bizarre illustrations of human faces ever seen !!!

[@bryantrussell120]

Yeah they had allot of carbs but the peasants also worked 12 hour days 6 days a week lol

[@allanfulton7569]

Trenchers from everything I've read or seen were plates not bowls. They were the bottom crust usually very dark or burnt on the bottom and given to the poor in England

[@HI-ej8rl]

The infographic Show makes great video all the time !

[@MTTT1234]

Not medieval times, but I read in an article a while ago, that like a century later in Prussia under Frederick I , who was famous and well known for his extravagant parties and festivities, there was a dish that was truly peculiar. It consisted of various kinds of poultry that were stuffed with various spices and then roasted directly over a fire, but the interesting part is that their intestines were intentionally not cleansed out. Instead the heat of the fire would cause the ... remains inside the intestines to liquify and dribble out, which would then be caught in a frying pan, and either fried itself or used as a sauce, because it tastes so 'spicy'.

[@colesmith7509]

This is the worst thing I’ve seen in my entire life 😭

[@Bigjshifty08]

Welp, I've reached the limit of disgust for the time being. lol This comment section should be a challenge to see how far you can scroll through it before you're done. This is where I plant my flag and leave.

[@southernsweetums]

🤢🤢🤢

[@legitshann]

Long time patty deh bout mon 😂

[@Jojorabbit-od6nh]

i bet it was tasty

[@DignityForAllyt]

Yep

[@senpai_kulhan_sweetheart777]

Ye

[@lion6379]

Most of it was prob great

[@shelbyspeaks3287]

IDK sanitation would be a problem i bet...

[@spidermight8054]

Europe had no cream until returning crusaders brought it there? Really? C’mon!

[@opalescencedoll7840]

Dam this all sounds good

[@shawnndixon5254]

meat pie sounds like a good junk food, shepherds pie whenever i want.

[@hk47tbd]

Yes I would eat old junk food. It’s better than today’s junk food with artificial filth put into it. People were more active back then

[@ttvtheundeadfarmer2549]

Average life expectancy 30 sounds great

[@cielopachirisu929]

People still put sugar on meat. It’s good for caramelizing!

[@shahreerdurjoy8357]

Hey can you make a video on the topic of hypersonic fighters. How it will be, what will we face to make it possible, what Technology’s is required and will it truely beneficial etc.

[@fantasticnugz6690]

Can you picture Jamie Oliver back in them days 🤣

[@gwagonpaddywack]

the infographic show post so frequintly

[@REAL-NANO]

Candied Smoked Salmon is delicious!

[@MoneyShotMusic]

Salt doesn’t raise cholesterol. Because it doesn’t have cholesterol.

[@clipsedrag13]

wow so we live in medieval times now. us poor people have to eat takeout to survive and since of us literally don't have ovens 😂

[@zd1640]

3:29 now im going to call it the evil ages

[@lieutenantpliskin]

Much love.

[@Angie2343]

I'd LOVE some pottage and a few meat pies!

[@testypresidentgaming]

I like to think the rich people got their food spat in constantly

[@jackiestowe6987]

The “Cockatris” is a demon from the ancient days. It was a creature with a rooster head, a snake body and wings. It spit fire. It was the ancient dragon.

[@FrqYgr]

I like whoever put a pasties stall in the food court.

[@FrqYgr]

Haw. I commented too soon.

[@PancakeRAPTURE]

YOOOOOOOO, THEMED WAFFLES?!

[@mluna6702]

Chef Paulie Walnuts

[@PrincessKLS]

Aside from undercooked and spoiled meat, meat pies don't sound that bad for you. Sure these people had tons of carbs and salts in their bodies but with all their physical labor, they probably worked off most of the carbs and calories.

[@oneoflokis]

Yes. Cookshops. These were prevalent up to the 19th century.

[@colorfulshow33]

Whoever is reading this, I pray that whatever you’re going through gets better and whatever you’re battling with makes your situation better as you’re continuing to be a better person each day. I have faith that you’ll turn out great as your circumstances will change. Have a fantastic day! You got this! 🤗💪🏼❤😍

[@MoxiesonTV]

The meat pie sounds like Michigan's Pasties

[@cielopachirisu929]

I was taught that Trenchers were commonly not eaten so that they could be given as alms to the poor, and that eating them was thus uncouth?

[@biggrub8365]

Cornish pasty’s are the best

[@kieronparr3403]

I could go for a meat pie right now. Only a few hours until lunch

[@XxTheAwokenOnexX]

If we lived in those times most people would have no choice but to eat junk food.

[@marniekilbourne608]

Pottage did not always contain meat! The poor only put a small piece in for flavor if they could get a hold of one, otherwise it was just grains, herbs and vegetables as available seasonally. Accompanied by cheap bread with more chaff in it.

[@nekonomicon2983]

Makes you wonder if these people saw junk food in today's age. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be able to handle it xD

[@zachcrawford5]

Let give the Danes Red Bull, it'll be fun:D

[@theultimatederp3288]

@@zachcrawford5 Monks in the nearest monastery:.....oh god why?

[@LanguishedBeing]

I'm eating chocolate ice cream with chocolate syrup, and then this video I saw