Most Dangerous Food In The World

From Townsends. There were rules about food throughout history that we don’t think of today. There tons of foods and food preparations that were happening everyday 200 years ago that we would turn our noses up to today. On the other hand, we eat food items all the time now that folks would have been…

Spice: King Of The Poor Man’s Kitchen

From Townsends. One of the questions we seek to answer on our channel is that of the plight of poor folks in American history. What did they eat? How did they dress? Did they have enjoyment in life? They didn’t have the best cuts of meat or the most sought after ingredients. What they did…

Victualing Trades of 18th Century – Live in the Nutmeg Tavern

From Townsends. A great time in the tavern. For information on pictures https://www.townsends.us/pages/livestream-information The Nutmeg Archive ➧ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4e4wpjna1vz5MfQ_CQMZfSuvhNlNDUmz ➧➧ Click here to get your Townsends catalog! ➧ https://www.townsends.us/pages/catalog-request ➧➧ Help support the channel with Patreon ➧ https://www.patreon.com/townsend ➧➧ Click here for Townsends merch! ➧ http://www.townsends.us/merch-store.html ➧➧

I Learned To Survive The 18th Century – Joe Pera At Townsends Homestead

From Townsends. Joe Pera joins us again on our Youtube channel to learn the skills required to stay alive In the 1700’s. Joe Pera’s Youtube Channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCfBAKxelvdN2XDFBcofx7Dg See Joe Pera Live: http://joepera.com/shows/ Our Brand New Viewing Experience ➧ https://townsendsplus.com/ ➧➧ Retail Website ➧ http://www.townsends.us/ ➧➧ Help support the channel with Patreon ➧ https://www.patreon.com/townsend ➧➧ Instagram…

Sourdough Bread: Strange Food Preservation

From Townsends. Old Dough bread, or Leaven, was the Sourdough bread of the 18th century. This bread was born out of necessity and was not altogether popular with most folks. Why were they eating it? What was the process? How is this Sourdough? Take a look to find out! Our Brand New Viewing Experience ➧…

Cooking Marathon! – 18th Century Cooking Season 15

From Townsends. 0:00 – 5:15 Cheese Soup 5:15 – 14:08 1755 Scrambled Eggs 14:08 – 22:17 Grog 22:17 – 30:37 Steaks With Oyster Sauce 30:37 – 37:02 "Flip" From The 1820’s 37:02 – 43:58 Fried Lobster From 1755 43:58 – 55:16 Journey of the Journey Cake 55:16 – 1:05:14 Making Bread With No Yeast In…

From A Friars Cookbook To Fish Pemmican – Q&A In The Nutmeg Tavern

From Townsends. A great time in the tavern. New Art of Cookery https://amzn.to/3OkuRq6 Salmon and Onions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjrGceca5zc Pine Nuts and Spinach https://youtu.be/p1mpT9Nd6fY Inn Picture https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-T-1969-194 The Beekman mercantile papers, 1746-1799 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31210009492685&seq=457&q1=BAPTISTE Hat Blank https://www.townsends.us/products/standard-wool-felt-hat-blank-unlined-hb-902 KNICKERBOCKER’S HISTORY OF NEW YORK https://www.gutenberg.org/files/13042/13042-h/13042-h.htm Historical Homesteading Livestream with Jamie Tyree https://youtube.com/live/0EiTXGdS_yo?feature=share The Nutmeg Archive ➧ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4e4wpjna1vz5MfQ_CQMZfSuvhNlNDUmz ➧➧ Click here…

Fire! Candles and Lighting – in the Nutmeg Tavern

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Lighting Then VS Now: Fire Before Electricity

From Townsends. Can you imagine life without light? Not being able to navigate in the dark. Simply not being able to find something you dropped in the dark. Today, we simply flip a switch and everything is illuminated. In the 18th century, having light meant burning fuel, and burning fuel meant entire industries of workers…

Winter Has Arrived – in the Nutmeg Tavern

From Townsends. Fun time in the tavern. For more information on the pictures https://www.townsends.us/pages/livestream-information Link to Travels in the Interior https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100285078 Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific https://archive.org/details/Journalsecondvo00Parr/page/n597/mode/1up?view=theater The Nutmeg Archive ➧ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4e4wpjna1vz5MfQ_CQMZfSuvhNlNDUmz ➧➧ Click here to get your Townsends catalog! ➧ https://www.townsends.us/pages/catalog-request…

Secrets of Handwriting, Ink, and Quill: Letter Writing in Early America

From Townsends. There are several secrets in this video for writing with quill and pen. Making ink is very interesting, secret ink even more so! Thanks to Brian Allison for his wonderful knowledge and hard work in helping to create these videos. Letterlocking https://www.youtube.com/@Letterlocking/videos Writing Accessories from Townsends https://www.townsends.us/collections/writing-accessories This video is a compilation of…

Cooking Marathon! – 18th Century Cooking Season 14

From Townsends. 0:00 – 7:20 Burgoo 7:20 – 15:35 Coffee Eggs 15:35 – 30:22 Spruce Beer 30:22 – 38:37 Stockfish 38:37 – 46:41 Pepper Pot 46:41 – 54:15 Welsh Rabbit 54:15 – 59:47 Beef Stew 59:47 – 1:07:44 Rye and Indian Bread 1:07:44 – 1:15:52 Whitepot 1:15:52 – 1:19:45 Potato Chips 1:19:45 – 1:29:54 Artichoke…

Winter Survival Food: Potato Soup

From Townsends. Potatoes were an extremely important nutritional resource for folks in the 18th century. Whether for livestock or the household, they could fill the belly for very cheap. They were often used to stretch more expensive ingredients along. Not only were potatoes a vital survival food for households and homesteads, they were among the…

The Poor Man’s Christmas Feast

From Townsends. This episode looks into the food that was available to poor folks for Christmas. There were so many different customs for this time of year, with folks celebrating and others choosing to abstain. We cover the five types of celebration and the folks who were taking part. Merry Christmas. Our Brand New Viewing…

The Poor Explorer’s Feast: Lewis and Clark Expedition

From Townsends. For the Poor Explorer’s Feast, we focus on the Lewis and Clark expedition to learn what they were eating along their journey. It’s incredible reading these journals and understanding how much they needed to prepare for this expedition! They faced hardship after hardship on their trip out west, then had to turn around…

Soldier Food Then VS Now

From Townsends. It is a very interesting study looking at how soldiers have eaten over time. In this video, we started all the way back with soldiers during the Revolutionary War and compared how they ate to the soldiers of today. We wanted to look into not only what food they ate, but also what…