What People Ate to Survive In the Victorian Era

What did it mean to eat like a Victorian? There was no single culinary experience in the 19th century. Just like the era itself, Victorian Britons had diverse tastes and habits, and the food they consumed often reflected their ingenuity. The Victorian era was a long period of time filled with shifting trends, attitudes, and innovations. Food was no exception.
#VictorianEra #FoodHistory #WeirdHistory

[@crystalsparks769]

As a child I often wished I could have lived in the Victorian era. Now I realize I’d of hated it so thank you 😂

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

Living in any time outside of now would be horrible because it wouldn't be what you're used to.

[@tazhienunurbusinezz1703]

@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 any point of history outside of the one where I get air conditioning is a hard pass from me.

[@brennaeidenier6537]

@@tazhienunurbusinezz1703 yesss you're not wrong 😅

[@Dani..663]

@@tazhienunurbusinezz1703 also deodorant

[@LV-pq8vg]

@@Dani..663 have fun in the 70s

[@Ynno2]

Holy shit. I'm from Denby Dale and I never thought I'd see it featured in a video. Feels very strange. Even in the UK, few people have heard of our little village.

[@magicalsunshine1420]

IKR I was shooook

[@quelleion]

My bro lives over there, I thought the place was sort of well known!

[@JewelRiders]

this was def the first time hearing of y'all. but a very neat, and proud, place to be from :)

[@rosiehepworth3008]

Up the town

[@littleonion7171]

Very cool ❤️

[@janstan8407]

For thousands of years, ale and beer was safer than well water. Even moving fresh stream water was still risky.

[@interiormotivebwks]

And they also did not have sugar added to them for thousands of years. Sugar and eventually diabetes "arrived in Europe around 1100, it 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."

[@janstan8407]

@@interiormotivebwks I saw a doc by Suzannah Lipscomb on that. It DESTROYED the people's teeth and absesses and tooth decay caused thousands of deaths.

[@interiormotivebwks]

@@janstan8407 Sad but true and sugar was suddenly added to speed up yeast in the 2 critical foods beer and bread, for the "masses" especially in Britain. "Sugar Blues" is a classic overview book, by William Duffy.

[@janstan8407]

@@interiormotivebwks Thanks for the recommendation!

[@marig.8656]

Wine as well, since the alcohol kills bacteria

[@ptrinch]

So the fact that Jello is a popular staple in hospital food is basically a left over from 19th century medicine?

[@gohawks3571]

Well, if you want an honest answer, jello is considered a fluid. There are patients that can't swallow well due to muscle weakness, and thickened fluid sucks. At least those people could have something somewhat normal. And for those who can't stomach much as well👍

[@Myrddin8453]

So why not just give them a fluid?

[@ptrinch]

@@Myrddin8453 I'd imagine that it's because the sense of eating helps people feel better.

[@gohawks3571]

@@Myrddin8453 Some conditions cause difficulty swallowing (not that jello is always the best). Also, there are times jello is all people can tolerate, like after surgery, cancer patients, etc

[@kaylajames9334]

I love jell-O. I haven’t had it in a while though.

[@nishantkhade2794]

"See here, wait, I've found a button in my salad." "That's all right, sir, it's part of the dressing."

[@carlosfurtado1164]

Ha!

[@davidpinette9656]

You win

[@theresaoneill6525]

Oh jeez 🤦..lol dad jokes

[@rickn8or]

"Shhh. Quiet. Everybody will want one."

[@icantthinkofaname15]

Lol

[@Jaime0007]

British people be like: "let's conquer the whole world looking for spices and then not use them."

[@manindescript9861]

Get new material.

[@Jaime0007]

@@manindescript9861 learn to cook

[@Terri_MacKay]

😂😂😂

[@truth4004]

Well they do like curry.

[@peewhocantbeaimed6954]

Never taste the product.

[@jacquelinehays4882]

Narrator, you have the best voice, for this type of thing! These videos are fantastic!

[@merikatools568]

Who is he?

[@jacquelinehays4882]

@@merikatools568 idk but I wish I did

[@jimellabador8494]

We don't know, but his voice is amazing.

[@jacquelinehays4882]

@@jimellabador8494 right!?

[@moriscoley5328]

David Colbert, CBS late show host.

[@evirareid1500]

Can you do what slaves in America ate? I'm curious to know just how much of that kinda food we black folks still eat. There are certain foods which are referred to as "slave food" like grits, chitterlings, fried cornbread, etc....I would like to know how accurate the term is, really! Thanks, love the channel.

[@nicolawatson3051]

What are grits ? And chitterlings ?

[@bridgettmay5548]

Yes Great Idea

[@robertfitzsimmons9428]

@@nicolawatson3051 ground corn and pig intestines.

[@starkhenrik7179]

Nesquik river

[@yodaddy9362]

@@robertfitzsimmons9428 that same thing lol

[@mzgigglez1992]

The Victorian era is by far my favorite topic

[@sanajam7535]

Same!

[@beanburrito8321]

It’s so interesting.

[@starbez]

I prefer medieval

[@mzgigglez1992]

@@starbez medieval times are quite interesting as well

[@kyleshiflet9952]

Same

[@hermeticbear]

they sell calf's foot jelly as a food supplement. They just call it collagen peptides now.

[@cce8632]

Lol how true but don't let the millennials know

[@joshshin6819]

Dont let the kiddos know. My god. They will riot

[@JewelRiders]

:(

[@JewelRiders]

@@joshshin6819 let the riot begin!

[@ferociousgumby]

And you inject it into your lips.

[@nestormendoza1062]

I never thought I would enjoy learning ... I wish I would’ve found these videos in high school :((

[@martletkay]

It's a shame no one works harder to help kids enjoy learning. We seem to want to turn it into a punishment.

[@icantthinkofaname15]

@@martletkay I know. If they made it fun they would remember and want to learn.

[@stevenodyan1183]

Yup alot more exciting when its not forced on you is it

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

I don't think this is essential for high school studies.

[@theorderofthebees7308]

🙏

[@questfortruth665]

Waiter, what's this fly doing in my soup? The backstroke, sir.

[@ferociousgumby]

"Waiter! There's only one clam in my clam chowder." Waiter: (to kitchen guy) "Hey Charlie, the string broke!"

[@diy_cat9817]

HAHAHAHA

[@brielleyoung6936]

Why did I laugh so hard 😭

[@deewesthill1358]

@@ferociousgumby I'm not sure what that means but it sounds funny.

[@deewesthill1358]

Questfortruth -- That's one of those beloved old awful jokes, so bad they're good.

[@nolliemongo]

These videos make this covid era bearable

[@richarddavis1646]

"Please, sir. May I have some more."

[@jaybhailikar6231]

you wouldn't say that if it were calf's head soup, or turtle soup with the turtle meat in. Also; "WHAT!?" * SCARY EYES * "MOREEE!!!!??"

[@jbmp1390]

MORE?!!!

[@barbararoca6847]

Would you stop asking that, Oliver!

[@jaybhailikar6231]

@@barbararoca6847 Catch him! snatch him! Hold him! Scold him! pounce him! trounce him! Pick him up and bounce him!

[@Adi_editz077]

hola gyzz... We want more

[@SoftDrinksOfChoice]

Damn that Full English breakfast looks bangin..

[@Lady_Chalk]

I see what you did there.

[@JewelRiders]

well... even with the blood sausage?

[@ferociousgumby]

@@JewelRiders And BEANS for breakfast, mushy, mealy, syrupy swimming in brown sauce canned baked beans.

[@Terri_MacKay]

@@JewelRiders You HAVE to have the black pudding!!! 😋😋

[@chrishill3785]

@@Terri_MacKay the best bit

[@faebled-doom]

I've never been this early, but I love your videos on the Victorian era! I'd love to see more videos about west african history as well

[@chrissscottt]

Pretty sure cats, rats and dogs weren't off the menu for some in the poorer parts of London.

[@tapsars7911]

It was not off the menu even for the super rich .........guess where ?? Good old China !! Don't forget bats and snakes .

[@angelface925]

It's still served at a few restraunts in Korea (I don't know if it was North or south). It's considered a delicacy and is moderately expensive. Video I saw, the person said it was pretty good... 🤢 Not what I would want, but yeah... They also sell horse in Italy I think? Saw it on tv. Hard pass on both for me lol

[@smartstudyingdoggo9031]

@@angelface925 it’s all up to the persons choice, but I understand that you might not like it, but usually exotic foods are really nice, my Chinese friend told me I was eating some dyed tofu, it was delicious! It wasn’t tofu, it was blood. Still good though.

[@angelface925]

@@smartstudyingdoggo9031 absolutely agree. Just has to do with societal norms we're exposed to.

[@smartstudyingdoggo9031]

@@angelface925 indeed

[@okaka5398]

Not just in the Victorian era, bone marrow is still popular to this day, in eastern European, African and Asian cultures. Trotter soup (Azerbaijan), Bone Marrow Curry (India, Pak, Bangladesh) and Tonkatsu (Japan and parts of Korea) are some really popular dishes

[@mathonamoore123]

Hi, to get enough marrow to use on a dish, it'd need to be from a huge dinasaur bone! Because, and I never saw any other people, even in my family do it, but some chops my father cooked had a half a teaspoon amount of bone marrow on it and my father used to give it to me every time, I had a chop. I like it but I couldn't eat more than a half teaspoon as it is very oily but yummy. I'd love to know where I could larger amounts of of it, as it would make a stew or a casserole delicious. I must Google it. God bless from Ireland, 12th of April 2022.

[@MegaCatGirl13]

Tonkatsu isn’t made with marrow though?

[@eno6712]

@@MegaCatGirl13 pork marrow

[@Neversa]

It's a delicacy in Kazakhstan. Mothers give it to their children for them to grow faster, so nutritious it is

[@SireneKalypso]

@@MegaCatGirl13 it is.

[@valenciacarlin2357]

Believe it or not my depression era grandparents used to make mock turtle soup, bone marrow toast, oxtail soup and tongue sandwiches and homemade jello wich was weird looking. Today my entire family still eats like this even though they have good jobs and make good money.

[@theresaoneill6525]

I've never even seen these food's.. wouldn't know what to do with it.

[@ShyTentacle]

Bone marrow is delicious though on a slice of bread.

[@hansmiller664]

Marrow on toasted Rye bread, cold cut tongue with French dressing a.s.o. are the most precious delicacies in French and European kitchen!

[@ana_d_73]

Oxtail, pig's trotters, tongue, liver, gizzards, narrow and sweetbreads are still pretty common in Caribbean cuisine. They're found in soups, stews, braised, pickled, curried, fried, made into croquettes, etc. They taste good prepared properly.

[@anakinstartpanikan9485]

what da duck with bone marow

[@scottnotpilgrim]

Love the food videos on Weird History

[@adamjenks9613]

I’ll take Cap’n Crunch over gruel any day.

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

That picture of Cap'N Crunch had berries in it. What sick freak puts berries in their Cap'N Crunch?

[@FailingArtist]

@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 crunch berries are the best!!!

[@plinkitee]

I'd like Cap'n Crunch better if it didn't tear my mouth up.

[@BryanKeferl]

Duh lol

[@timothytan4257]

Try some Victorian Bread. It is perfectly bleached to perfection

[@ms.debourghofrosings6829]

Loving the Bach background music. :-) Prelude to Cello suite #1, Cantata 140, and a Brandenburg concerto.

[@totallyrealnotfakelifeadvi7547]

Impressive that you know all that!

[@amyrussell860]

Cool 😎

[@4.0gpa44]

I like Handel's Zadok the Priest.

[@wyattwanders]

Do a history of sushi and Japanese food in general! It would be awesome!

[@brennaeidenier6537]

I second this, that sounds super interesting ☺️

[@Chibason]

Yep I'd like to watch that as well

[@SK22000]

I would love too watch that as well

[@IrishMike22]

Sushi is not what you think it is. A video on it would be eye-opening and embarassing for us yanks

[@Lady_Chalk]

So much fun names to pronounce, (WH narrator does a pretty good job).

[@christinerobinson890]

Actually bones and cartilage have entered popularity again. I buy organic chicken, roast it for a nice meal (complete with gravy), then boil the heck out the bones, marrow, skin, knuckles, other cartilage, and fat, to make the best soup. (Strain) Add garlic, onion, carrot, celery, or other savory vegetables, and your bone broth is incredibly nourishing. I’m not ready to try the heads of animals yet, though 😳

[@jasondurden7384]

I read this entire comment 🐷

[@MrPh30]

Its even more flavor and cartilage in the head meat, or head cheese as one also call it . Especially of pork. But you can use pork belly ,boil it so it get tender. Mix aspic powder, salt,pepper, some allspice ,layer the meat ,with its rind separate in layers ,add aspic ,spices in each layer. Then roll the foil over, plastic wrap in the mold first, so it wont stick. Put the mold,bread tin goes good in the fridge on a tray or so with some press on top until it set and cools down.

[@boywithcrackers3871]

Isnt that the basic of stock? Any stock actually.

[@johnyurick8785]

🤮

[@I3itchMade]

U nasty

[@mr_spookypants]

And the bullseye sweet is still around today it’s a shame that these old time sweets probably won’t be around much longer

[@IRex-wm9pd]

they will live forever in our grandparents lint filled pockets.

[@JewelRiders]

i never knew that's what it was called. that was something fun i learned.

[@ryproar11]

Tell that to Dollar Tree... They have them ALL THE TIME. 😆

[@fashiondiva6972]

They’re peppermints🙄 Where do you think they’re going? 🙄

[@Tully_23_32]

They'll ask them to change its name from bulls eye to something less racist. I'm not shitting u. In Straya we have a ice cream called Golden Gaytime. It come out in the 1950's & the gay in golden gaytime was a word to mean happy etc. It lately had an upset gay man trying to change the name as he's gay & the word gay is for gay ppl & it upset him, even tho he knows gay means happy. We had a lolly called a redskin & well apparently it's racist against American Indians yet American Indians aren't in my country so I'm failing to see why it's racist & we've had a dairy company that been around for century that changed the name of the company. It was called Coon cheese & it was named after a bloke with the surname of Coon but they changed it as it racist against aboriginals, even if it was the blokes name or not, this cancel culture is just bloody ridiculous

[@silence2213]

Bone marrow is part of one of the famous food here in the Philippines which is bulalo. It's good to serve when the weather is cold.

[@Jo1066milton]

My great grandfather was a fisherman in the 19th century. He had eight kids, only a part share in a fishing boat, and very little money. Eventually he became a fishmonger. I'm told that the family ate fish every single day. They couldn't afford meat. Lobsters could occasionally be caught too, and I remember my nan telling me each child had their turn at a lobster dinner when one was obtained.

[@tiffanylove6713]

Bet they had nice hair. All that omega 3 :)

[@NewMessage]

"Jinkies! Mrs. Coddingsworth was the one making the fruit rot in the garden!" "I would have gotten away with it too, were it not for you medlaring kids!" -Scooby Doo and the Mysterious Confabulation Contraption, 1886.

[@kanyebreast6072]

Do you mean meddling kids? Lol

[@TheGelasiaBlythe]

@@kanyebreast6072 looks like someone missed the medlars reference...

[@kanyebreast6072]

@@TheGelasiaBlythe What is the Medlars then?

[@TheGelasiaBlythe]

@@kanyebreast6072 the fruit they mentioned in the video. Rewatch the video.

[@kanyebreast6072]

@@TheGelasiaBlythe Ok,I must have missed that bit. Being a busy mom of 3,how awful to have missed a part of the video

[@MsKeroseneLamp]

"I also made these graham crackers to curb your more _carnal_ appetite." The guy who's about to invent smore: I'mma end this man's whole career.

[@bellamamma767]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 yup!!!

[@Kobyoshi93]

Different topic but I think a video about the library of Alexandria would be really cool. Love these videos!

[@kae5717]

Oh this is a fun one! Didn't know the strawberries we love were that recent. Can you do a history of sweeteners? Not everyone has sugar and honey historically, I want to know what else they've tried

[@HVS-gk7oo]

Honey was available everywhere bees could be found. Other than that people used dates or other sweet fruits.

[@getin3949]

I think strawberries are awful now, no sweetness, usually fairly hard. When I was a kid 60 years ago they were sweet and not big and hollow like they are now. Now you would have to put a sweetener on them for them to be sweet. Wild strawberries are very small but super sweet.

[@jacekatalakis8316]

Also worth pointing out the scarcity of sugar led to several poisoning incidents as sweetmakers would substitute things such as chalk, or other powders as well.

[@raquelbee7586]

There's a Hungarian dish similar to calf foot jello, but we use pork feet, tails, ears etc. and vegetables as well. You basically boil everything for a few hours and pour the hot soup out into bowls to set. If you get past the consistency it's actually quite enjoyable and healthy. My mom cooks some once or twice a year usually in winter so you can keep your bowls outside to set.

[@TheHandleOnYoutube]

Interesting. Do you often eat older style recipes?

[@MrPh30]

And slices of it with good bread, mustard,pickles is excellent on the side.

[@hansmiller664]

Welcome! So did mine! It simmered nearly 24 hours on the stove. A HUGE Pot! As a child I loved Pork feet, stewed on top of SAUERKRAUT!

[@raquelbee7586]

@K yes, I love traditional and rustic recipes.

[@akopvanetsyan9110]

Kholodec?

[@iyeetsecurity922]

_A history of _*_Hobos_* would be a pretty enjoyable video!

[@KEVMAN7987]

Those crazy hobos with their bindles.

[@rj9617]

The marrow seasoned with parsley and lemon on toast sounds especially tasty 😋.

[@austindreher2791]

YES,VERY YUMMY 😋😋😋🤤🤤

[@francisfischer7620]

Give it a try! I've had more than I ever want to remember!

[@mathgasm8484]

Victorian Era the birth of grandmas candies.

[@poisonxE]

This channel has been my favorite since it has only thousand followers. ♥

[@diegojr8113]

Does he ever gave you heart or pinned your comment?

[@jakecassidy1015]

Good for you...

[@benisaten]

So good. Can't wait for the next Timeline video guys. 👍

[@NickDG3]

I'm so happy this channel exists. Thank you!

[@supremehoe6491]

I absolutely love your entire channel. I look forward to your videos, it's one of my favourite channels ever

[@Cyrus21100]

Always love your videos!

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Q: What people ate to survive in the Victorian Era? A: Anything edible that the poor people can get their hands on

[@marvinseanterry9200]

Always the best! Keep uploading. 😊

[@evirareid1500]

Full English breakfasts are very similar to the breakfasts I grew up eating in the American South. Growing up, pork and beans were a breakfast food. I especially loved fried eggs, sweet pork and beans and toast as a breakfast. My grandma would eat tomato slices with almost every meal but she'd roast them for breakfast and just have them raw with salt and pepper for lunch or dinner. Crazy how that influence from the slave trade I'm guessing is a part of Southern Black culture. Full English breakfasts are exactly what my mom makes whenever she wants a big meal!

[@jennyrose9454]

As a person who hardly eats much before 4 pm I think those kind of breakfasts would kill me. I can't eat anything savory early in the day. A banana or muffin for me lol

[@paulhunter1525]

Have anyone tasted fried green tomatoes, fried okra, hot water cornbread or hogshead cheese?

[@jennyrose9454]

@@paulhunter1525 yes and I'm American. Have you tried scrapple or tongue souse?

[@danvincent2600]

Full English as far as I know is bacon eggs sausage fried bread black pudding and tomatoes

[@kimberleysmith818]

It originates from 14th century England before going hunting. Not sure how much of it, maybe there are influences from Southern Black culture in the modern breakfast or maybe it was the English influence on southern black culture. Very interesting to know that your mum makes it! I’ve had it over here for dinner! Fry up for dinner 😀

[@tabzist]

Gelatin is good for skin, hair, joints and nails because it's loaded with collagen ❤️

[@Isayah_613]

Nothing from the pig is good.

[@alanbirkner1958]

When I was young--I am 71-- my grandmother made chicken soup and the feet stuck out of the pot. Fish and chicken will make gelatin, too. My grandmother saved eggshells for plant food. She wasted nothing. Tina

[@AbsyntheAndTears]

I love how you crossed out "I am 71" 😄 my mom is 75 and she tells of how her dad would eat some of these things...he was born in 1899! So interesting these things are

[@marciawhite692]

Back at that time they sure used everything,nothing gone to waist.

[@user-pc8dl4cy3i]

I think your voice is bursting with personality and intelligence! Your intonations and wit really draw the listener in to the material. Thank you so much; I really appreciate this channel!

[@mareneaufrance5096]

The bullseye candy reminded of the Christmas rainbow and primrose cut hard candy my grandma would have on her kitchen table. Loved seeing the design in the candy. Surprised you didn't mention cow's tongue.

[@anotherfatnerd8040]

That English breakfast looks like something I need in my life

[@jowalden-evans2951]

Look up kiwi trucker's meal and you'll be in heaven then.

[@jeanetterygaardkaufmann3012]

I would find it interesting to hear about gardening in the Victorian times, like tools used and what purposes the gardens where used for.

[@bellaluvluv]

I don’t think I would have been able to make it 🤣

[@Cholosaurus360]

Marrow toast. I am a person who grew up eating oxtail soup, it’s rich with marrow and it’s super yum 😋

[@tterbay]

Agreed!

[@tarabasran3097]

I know you have one on the Oregon Trail, but I’d love to see more! Romance on the Oregon Trail? Cariboo Gold Rush? And specifically videos about the Chinese who worked in awful conditions during the mining.

[@zitaks6703]

Would love to see a video about ancient Egypt cuisine!!!!

[@joanreeseNYCartist]

Weird History is my favorite channel! Thank you

[@Myriako]

Thank you for this video! 😊🌺

[@zerovalon6243]

I would like to see and episode about preserving foods from different cultures, please.😁

[@okaeri7219]

*posts a video about general history* Me: okay i can watch that later *posts about victorian era* Me: 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️💨💨

[@kayg7438]

Same lol

[@denisemetzger305]

I love this channel (and bulls eyes) way too much!

[@chrishill3785]

Beet sugar was widely manufactured in Europe well before the Victorian era

[@davegoldspink5354]

Great video thanks for sharing. Being Aussie and living most of my life in country and outback areas of this country may I suggest a good old days diet list or bush tuck list. I think you might find it both interesting and some what surprising.

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

The strawberry sounds the most appealing to me.

[@WaysideWade]

Learned about Kellogg on Drunk History and this video talks about beer... coincidence? I think not!! 🌱🍻🎭

[@ShepardCZ]

Ahhh, VIctorian era. 16 hour work shifts, 6-7 day work week, child labor from like 3 years of age. Glorious. That is the time when civilization peaked.

[@barbararoca6847]

This was a really interesting topic. Fresh veggies and fruits are always welcome. I had no idea how jello was made. What do you know? My Czech grandmother made a dish called epernitza (I don't have a clue how to spell this). It's made from intestines and has a pungent odor (to say the least). Well, when Dad smelled the smell, he ran to buy a hamburger. Grandma made it for her sisters and brothers. However we always showed up for freshly baked kolaches. Yum! So, what were some common immigrant foods of the 19th century? Who opened up the first pizza parlor or the first Chinese restaurant or European bakery?

[@israelasiku3975]

Nice. Can you make a video on: What people ate in African Kingdoms? What people ate in Ancient China? What people ate in Ottoman Empire? What people ate to survive in the Arctic or Antarctic?

[@davidjoelsson4929]

What do you mean? no one lives in arctic or antarctic unless you mean the people who went there to explore. and specify african kingdoms north africans or kingdoms and tribal lands in sub-sahara africa?

[@israelasiku3975]

@@davidjoelsson4929 Yeah I meant people who went to the Arctic or Antarctic for exploration. For African Kingdoms, it can be anyone. But most preferably West Africa

[@tiffanylove6713]

@@israelasiku3975 Go and find a video on it....

[@janoskurko8383]

Pretty much half of these foods are my absolute favorite dishes, marrow on toast is an absolute classic, beef cheeks based dishes are in most of the Michelin star restaurant, long boiled bones for rich soup is a beast of a food, ramen anybody.? Jellied meats and headcheese made out of organs, thoungm. etc are absolute classics especially in Eastern an central Europe.....

[@jannooosthuizen6588]

History idea: Where did the Funeral March and Here Comes The bride come from. Maybe some weird history on historic singers and bands from a few hundred or thousand years back

[@deewesthill1358]

The "Funeral March" was by Frederic Chopin. "Here Comes the Bride" comes from a wedding night serenade song in the opera "Lohengrin" by Richard Wagner, and I'm fairly sure the reason it got popular was from being played at the weddings of the daughters of Queen Victoria in the 1850s. They also started the tradition of brides wearing white dresses because the opera's heroine wore one.

[@jannooosthuizen6588]

@@deewesthill1358 thank you, will rember this as part of my random facts collection in my head

[@deewesthill1358]

@@jannooosthuizen6588 It's been a part of my own random fact collection for several decades! 🎼🎵🎶

[@mirandahoney]

I had never heard of medlars until this day and year. And now I want to try them. I had to Google what grits and chitterlings were due to another comment too. Much learning was had. My mind has expanded!

[@IsmailAbdulMusic]

Very interesting to take a backward glimpse into the way way past

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Fascinating history of Victorian food!

[@jepjep7373]

Yey! another Weird History video. My everyday dose.

[@shesemerald2011]

Wow, being early gets you a fresh comment section. Its kinda like a new car smell. So much room for activities in here.

[@IrishMike22]

I could definitely eat a bag of them strawberries and a bucket of that full English brekky--but you can keep the rest of it.

[@ShyTentacle]

You're the living proof of the fact that spirit of adventure is dead.

[@IrishMike22]

@@ShyTentacle I just don't wanna be dead too 😉

[@savior5225]

@@ShyTentacle Id rather live than be dead on sake of an aimless adventure that isn't in the least satisfying....

[@JM51501]

Yay I’m finally early for your videos! I’m obsessed with the Victorian Era.

[@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039]

If you're interested there's a series from 2007 called 'Supersizes Go.... with Sue Perkins and Giles Coren. They dress, eat, sleep and show how people socialised in different era's, it's both entertaining and factually correct which, can be pretty rare in a lot of today's programs.

[@chesca7295]

@@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039 thank you! I loved that series but couldn't remember the name.

[@charlieryan1736]

Thanks for another interesting and entertaining video

[@wordyweirdo8581]

I’m partially deaf so I use subtitles. When he said “Victorian style video” I thought he said “Victorian style Chlamydia” because I was on the other side of the room and not looking at my phone. FML

[@jovanweismiller7114]

You left the fried bread and black pudding out of the Full English! And I've eaten many of the foods mentioned, but of course, my grandmother, who lived with us when I was growing up, was an Englishwoman who was born in the 1880s, at the height of the Victorian Era.

[@WonderLady]

Now I’m hungry

[@PennyWenny224]

Blood sausage and fried bread really completes a proper fry up

[@francisfischer7620]

Yup, black pudding. Another of mom' favorites. Ug.

[@lindatisue733]

In Korea, when they buy a house or a car , people buy a pig's head as a offering and have shamans bless the house/car so the owner will have good luck with it and to prevent accidents.

[@offgridDAVID]

Love this channel

[@pattycake8272]

Strange but maybe not, I used to try to get at the marrow out of the meat bones when I was young,( mostly chicken and pork because those were what my mom cooked.)

[@solcorvinusoftiktok9907]

Same here..... still do it...I also chew on drumstick bones as well

[@adepja]

I love marrow

[@ShyTentacle]

Bone marrow is lit!

[@miyuu1317]

I'm mexican and my dad and uncles grew up fighting over who gets to eat the marrow, lol it's weirder for me to know there's people that don't eat it at all

[@rocketbackhander6280]

An opportunity to say, "Denny's gave us 'Moons Over My Hammy'" completely wasted. I mean.

[@Phil_A_O_Fish]

How so, @Rocket Backhander, especially when this is a video about Victorian British cuisine and we Brits have absolutely no idea who or what Denny's is? You colonials are just so quaint when it comes to how we Brits actually are, aren't you?

[@rocketbackhander6280]

@@Phil_A_O_Fish It's a reference to the opening bit, when he name-drops IHOP's "Rooty-Tooty-Fresh-N-Fruity" but decides to skip the Denny's "Moons Over My Hammy." In truth it has zero to do with "you Brits" so kindly sit the fuck down. Love your hair hope you win.

[@Phil_A_O_Fish]

@@rocketbackhander6280, I'm curious but did you and I watch the same video? At barely 30 seconds into it the title is ' What People Ate To Survive In Victorian England ' and NOT " Which Local Denny's Did Victorian Britons Swim The Atlantic To Eat At? ", isn't it? This obviously means that despite your obvious illiteracy and offensive language this entire video is about what we Brits had to eat throughout the entirety of Queen Victoria's reign in the U.K. between 1837 and 1901 and if you don't like the fact that it excludes any of you Yanks then maybe you should take that up with Weird History, shouldn't you? Contrary to what you Colonials think the U.S.A. is not at the centre of the known universe and is often mocked by a lot of us non-Americans for its collective paranoia, ignorance and its inability to keep its nose out of international affairs. Incidentally my hair's just fine - not that it's any of your business, is it?

[@angelinafriesen8035]

I love this channel! Could you please make a video on life in a fort during colonial times?

[@misstinahamilton5714]

My dad grew up very poor in Puerto Rico . They had to eat whatever they could come by with a family of 14 +. Growing up he'd shoot a ground hog and cook it - if he obtained a turtle it was turtle soup , rabbit , fish head stew, snake . He'd eat it even though he didnt have to lol. On those occasions my mom just made an alternative dinner for the rest of us 😅 Though I couldnt bring myself to try his cooking endeavors it definitely made me appreciate the concept that "food is food ."

[@TaviBadr]

“Once you’ve had Cap’N Crunch, you’ll never go back.” Never have truer words been spoken.

[@zach7193]

I thought it would be some weird stuff about them, but it's not. This is something else. This is like the Romans, Colonial era in America, Wild West, and the Great Depression when it comes to food.

[@amosher]

0:54 that’s Boldt Castle! It’s actually in New York and construction was stopped in 1904. It’s a sad and cool story that honestly deserves its own video!

[@dixiefallas7799]

I live near Debby Dale. They made the giant pies yearly,doubt it now though.🇬🇧

[@darleehart9782]

I actually wouldn’t mind trying mock turtle soup. I remember being curious about it because of Lewis Carol’s satire of it in one of his Alice in Wonderland books.

[@untouchable0106]

Once you had captain crunch, you'll never go back 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@candaceschermerhorn4078]

When I lived in Manchester NH, I went to the SDA Church with the Kelloggs Brothers. My dad was a SDA School teacher. He just passed away a couple weeks ago.

[@maincoon6602]

Another great video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Raherin]

"So basically everything you use and eat uses body parts of cows. Anyways."

[@Wardner213]

That "full English breakfast" looks like a smaller rip off of the full Scottish breakfast I was given when visiting Scotland a couple years back :p

[@SuperRichie200]

Scottish breakfasts usually include Lorne sausage (square), eggs, bacon beans, haggis, and potato cake. Toast. They are about the same size as an English breakfast I have been to Scotland many times.

[@Iamtheliquor]

@@SuperRichie200 i’m there a couple times a week! Love the lorne sausage

[@jayleigh4642]

Trust me that wasn't a full English breakfast in the picture. We have more including fried bread and toast and sometimes bubble & squeak 👍🏻☺️

[@quietbatperson3115]

That was not a proper English Breakfast...if I ordered one at the greasy spoons (cafe) down the road and got that, it would go straight back to the kitchen...

[@valariewillis6000]

The music used in these videos ... Wonderful 😘

[@GRJLS.]

This is one of the best KZbin channels.

[@lolacampbell4166]

You should do a video on the 1870s french grape plague..and how an American developed a grape that saved the french wine industry and the grapes we eat now today..and this is interesting makes me think how my grandma told me what they ate during the big one but great grandma lived in the Victorian era and they ate gophers and possum and blackberry's..the things we'd eat if hungry enough

[@janetpendlebury6808]

The American's were the cause of the grape plague, It started in the mid-1800s when vines native to the United States were brought over to Europe, with a piggybacking louse known as phylloxera. While the American vines were resistant to the pest, their European counterparts were not. Phylloxera reduced French wine production by about 35 percent between 1870 and 1885. Which in turn lead to the expansion of the small California wine industry.

[@maureenhillyardmullis1775]

Fascinating! I was wondering what the ancient Egyptians or the cave men ate. Have you done those yet?

[@karaamundson3964]

Alice's journeys through Wonderland & the Looking Glass cite several of these foods--oysters, mock turtle soup (John Tenniel drew a very comical Calf whose head was doomed for the dish), and so on.

[@zeusathena26]

The last part about gelatin being good for your health, is why the hospital gives it out constantly to every patient.