Food That Preserved A Nation

2024 ж. 24 Ақп.
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We eat preserved food everyday. Modern day conveniences offer canned goods, even deep freezers for meat and vegetables. What about 250 years ago. How did folks make it by in times of drought or through a harsh winter? Find out in “Food That Preserved A Nation.”
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    @townsends@townsends2 ай бұрын
    • Much Love, J. Thanks for keeping our history.

      @jesuslovesmebetter@jesuslovesmebetterАй бұрын
    • Know where I can buy hat "blanks" to make tricorn hats? Love this video!

      @twodogs716@twodogs71623 күн бұрын
  • Beef jerky went from essential preserved staple to luxury good. Jerky prices are outrageous.

    @SunsetWatcher77@SunsetWatcher772 ай бұрын
    • Low supply + ever increasing demand =

      @nonegone7170@nonegone71702 ай бұрын
    • Making your own is a little cheaper maybe, and kind of fun! Takes some time, though.

      @Just_Sara@Just_Sara2 ай бұрын
    • make ur own

      @goblinslayer6375@goblinslayer63752 ай бұрын
    • Of course it's expensive. It's a time and labor intensive process that starts with the most expensive kind of food (beef) and then removes the cheapest part of its weight (water).

      @AlRoderick@AlRoderick2 ай бұрын
    • ​@@AlRoderickDifferent parts of North America are suffering from a severe drought. This is affecting farmers and ranchers, and this is why beef prices are going up.

      @dwaynewladyka577@dwaynewladyka5772 ай бұрын
  • Many of those techniques are still used in rural Poland. Every fall, when it gets cool enough we pack sauerkraut into a barrel with salt and shredded carrots for color and health benefits. We dry forest mushrooms to add them to soups and sauces during winter. We pickle cucumbers in jars. And many houses still have small smoke houses in the backyard, to smoke homemade sausages and cured hams or slabs of bacon.

    @FrikInCasualMode@FrikInCasualMode2 ай бұрын
    • I'm in Canada, and I have a mixed Slavic ancestry, which includes Polish and Ukrainan. My grandmothers made pickled items. Even my dad made homemade sauerkraut with cabbages he grew on his farm, pickling salt, put in a ceramic crock, with a board put on top with a weight. It was really good. Cheers!

      @dwaynewladyka577@dwaynewladyka5772 ай бұрын
    • I now want to live in rural Poland.

      @CryoToast@CryoToast2 ай бұрын
    • And let's not forget about all type of jams, "kompots".

      @kamilpotato3764@kamilpotato37642 ай бұрын
    • @@CryoToastYou definetely should visit

      @apost0167@apost01672 ай бұрын
    • @@dwaynewladyka577 Sounds like my dad making homemade kraut, some years get together with the neighbours and process what seemed to be hundreds of pounds of cabbage with the old cabbage mandoline slicer, ceramic crock as well, weighted down with a large dinner plate and a nice 5 # round stone on top. Also pickled herring from time to time. I never really cared for gutting the fish myself as a kid , but if you were going to eat it, you had to help out. I just pickled some cukes a couple of days ago along with some jalapeno peppers. Now I wait.

      @Richard-or2km@Richard-or2km2 ай бұрын
  • My mother's family lived on a farm at the start of the Depression. They salted their pork every fall after slaughtering. According to my mom and aunts, the saying: "Scraping the bottom of the barrel" exists for a reason. By the time you got to that last bit of meat, you had to be hungry to eat it. It might not be bad, per se, but it sure wasn't good.

    @essaboselin5252@essaboselin52522 ай бұрын
    • My parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents were around in the 1920s, 1930s, and the 1940s. They had to do different things to preserve food on the farm.

      @dwaynewladyka577@dwaynewladyka5772 ай бұрын
    • Thanks for sharing.

      @cpeace3172@cpeace31722 ай бұрын
    • I know people used to fall Spring "The Starving Times' due to the fact that all the winter stores were pretty much gone.

      @ted1045@ted10452 ай бұрын
    • One of my grandmother's was a child on a dairy farm during the Depression in Australia. She said the only foods she knew were corned beef (beef preserved in brine) bread and potatoes grown in the yard. Two of her siblings died of food poisoning.

      @grannyannie2948@grannyannie29482 ай бұрын
    • ​@@ted1045I have come across spring being described as the hunger gap in England in the 1500s. It was as you say the gap between winter supplies and anything having grown sufficiently to eat yet.

      @grannyannie2948@grannyannie29482 ай бұрын
  • Many people don't realize that they had to endure the spring as well. The harvests of summer and fall are a long way off. Gardens do not produce food immediately. Spring can be bleak. But hope is there.

    @scriptonite2182@scriptonite21822 ай бұрын
    • Indeed. We tend to think of winter as the time of scarcity. But really, it's spring were you would be most likely not get sufficient calories anymore, although some edible plants would be available again. But you can't exactly live on greens.

      @raraavis7782@raraavis77822 ай бұрын
    • i wonder if that's why the catholics put 'lent' in spring. I know that 'fish on fridays' thing was in response to a meat shortage, and was only meant to be temporary.

      @KairuHakubi@KairuHakubi2 ай бұрын
    • 🌄🏞 Traditionally springtime was a time of food scarcity, as most provisions put away for winter were low and sometimes all gone, and dandilion greens were the first fresh vegetable at hand early in the warm season.

      @heidimisfeldt5685@heidimisfeldt56852 ай бұрын
    • "Hope SPRINGS eternal."

      @TheSaneHatter@TheSaneHatter2 ай бұрын
    • However spring also means far more hunting opportunities with birds returning from migration and animals leaving hibernation. Fruits and veggies are still sparse, but wild game is booming!

      @GabeSweetman@GabeSweetman2 ай бұрын
  • My great grandparents had a farm in southern Michigan SW of Battle Creek, the area is now subdivisions sadly. Anyway they had a dedicated smoke house for smoking meat that was built in the mid 1800's, it took 4 cows worth of meat to fill that thing but every fall gramps would do 2-3 batches and give/sell/trade much of it. The dried meat was smoked with apple wood that was trimmings from their apple orchard that made up the majority of their farm land. I have not tasted any dried beef that has tasted so good or had that smooth texture since.

    @Nanan00@Nanan002 ай бұрын
    • That made my mouth water lol

      @cpeace3172@cpeace31722 ай бұрын
    • i believe you!

      @hetedeleambacht6608@hetedeleambacht66082 ай бұрын
    • I know people who do the same up near mackinaw city

      @rushroberts6313@rushroberts63132 ай бұрын
    • Old methods were always not only better but healthier for us humans

      @larrybulthouse455@larrybulthouse4552 ай бұрын
    • stats say otherwise.@@larrybulthouse455

      @kevinprzy4539@kevinprzy45392 ай бұрын
  • It's kind of crazy that preserving food is the backbone of history and yet it's rarely given the credit it is due. Excellent video and wonderful information.

    @leviswranglers2813@leviswranglers28132 ай бұрын
    • I view it this way. Why would people give food preservation a secons thought as it was a way of life for a long vast period of time? No we can reflect on that period.

      @MaoRatto@MaoRattoАй бұрын
  • In a world of chaos, your videos are always a calming presence. Love to watch them. Thank you

    @fish-dx8zx@fish-dx8zx2 ай бұрын
  • I live in Saltville Virginia.The first recorded battle ever fought here, over the salt, goes back to the Spanish Conquistadors in the 1500’s. All of them were about food preservation.

    @u.s.militia7682@u.s.militia76822 ай бұрын
    • The salt must flow!

      @RileyGoss@RileyGoss2 ай бұрын
    • Salt is life.

      @faithsrvtrip8768@faithsrvtrip87682 ай бұрын
    • @@faithsrvtrip8768"The ceiling's salt, the floor's salt, the walls are salt, the air is salt, you breathe that in and you can constantly taste the salt."

      @948320z@948320z2 ай бұрын
    • Since when were the Spanish in Virginia?

      @jonathanwilliams1065@jonathanwilliams10652 ай бұрын
    • Google Dr. Jim Glanville Saltville Virginia

      @u.s.militia7682@u.s.militia76822 ай бұрын
  • I'm from Norway and "klippfisk" is still very popular here, it is salted fish that has to be soaked in water for many hours before you can cook with it.

    @kaffekoppteiskrem@kaffekoppteiskrem2 ай бұрын
    • No wonder Norwegians are hardy folks ,klipp fisk and lute fisk makes you strong 👍

      @j.robertsergertson4513@j.robertsergertson45132 ай бұрын
    • That's all well and good but did you have to go and salt the liquorice too? :)

      @Woad25@Woad252 ай бұрын
    • @@Woad25 They definitely did. Salt liquorice is delicious.

      @plebisMaximus@plebisMaximus2 ай бұрын
    • @@Woad25 Salt liquorice is for boy scouts. Salmiak liquorice is what will grow some hair on your chest.

      @andersjjensen@andersjjensen2 ай бұрын
    • @@andersjjensen Isn't that the same thing? That's sort of what I was referencing when I made the comment.

      @Woad25@Woad252 ай бұрын
  • Up here in Newfoundland, we still have salt beef and pork all the time! We soak it overnight and boil it with our veggies for jigs dinner ❤

    @elsieoneill6181@elsieoneill61812 ай бұрын
    • It's a great way to preserve the meat. Cheers, from Alberta! ✌️🇨🇦

      @dwaynewladyka577@dwaynewladyka5772 ай бұрын
    • my best friends mum is a newfie. He was born on the island but left real young. He invited me over for a jiggs supper a few times

      @lilybruggeman9634@lilybruggeman96342 ай бұрын
    • Love jigs dinner

      @woodstream6137@woodstream61372 ай бұрын
    • Not just the Granite Planet, but the whole of Atlantic Canada. Corned beef and cabbage. HELLO! I really miss salt cod. You're probably not old enough to remember, but DRIED salt cod was so, so delicious. The new, wet salt process truly sucks.

      @jennifermarlow.@jennifermarlow.Ай бұрын
    • @@jennifermarlow. I love corned beef and cabbage

      @elsieoneill6181@elsieoneill6181Ай бұрын
  • Technically the fermenting process with cabbage is done by Lactobacillus. While the yeast make alcohol, the lactobacillus creates lactic acid, which pickles it. It's why I still consider it a form of pickling. It's also much healthier as the lactic acid improves your immune health and the bacteria improves gut health.

    @coffeelover7687@coffeelover76872 ай бұрын
    • Does the bacteria actually survive our stomach acids, which are one of the harshest in nature?

      @defeqel6537@defeqel65372 ай бұрын
    • @l6537 Yes they do. Plus since they create lactic acid by consuming sugar, they can even lower our blood sugar. It's why I love to pickle carrot with this method, plus the flavor is so good.

      @coffeelover7687@coffeelover76872 ай бұрын
    • @@coffeelover7687I once fermented bell peppers just right, and they tasted like they had ranch already on them, I've never been able to replicate it!

      @Just_Sara@Just_Sara2 ай бұрын
    • In the fall I get a few big heads of fresh cabbage and make sauerkraut in a crock with an airlock. Awesome! I share it with my in laws and it usually lasts the whole winter. Super simple to make.

      @torchris1@torchris12 ай бұрын
    • @@Just_Sara Thats my trouble with lacto-acidic fermentation - I found the outcomes extremely varied and unpredictable. I tried a whole bunch of stuff, from Saurkraut and Kimchi to pickeling ginger shavings or garlic. But the exact same recipe has given me stuff I loooved and stuff I hardly managed to eat, too sour, too structurally detiriorated and mushy - I just cant seem to replicate good results.

      @user-un8tv1pp8m@user-un8tv1pp8m2 ай бұрын
  • Used to smoke a lot of salmon back in my Alaska years, I lived on an island near a beaver pond and would gather the alder chips they left behind when downing trees, some of the best smoked sockeye ever.

    @stevekunz6573@stevekunz65732 ай бұрын
    • I tried smoking a fish a while back, but couldn’t get it to light. 😢

      @thomasbeach905@thomasbeach9052 ай бұрын
    • @@thomasbeach905 just need a bigger lighter my friend.

      @stevekunz6573@stevekunz65732 ай бұрын
    • I'm from Nova Scotia, and my grandmother was a friend of Willie Krauch, who made the "Nova" that is famous for being the best smoked salmon outside of Scotland. Just ask any Jewish person from NYC. We no longer have the good stuff, as the wild Atlantic salmon is no longer a commercial product --- only farmed, as we overfished, and almost made the species extinct. I love sockeye salmon, but it is completely different from the Atlantic salmon. No offense. :)

      @jennifermarlow.@jennifermarlow.Ай бұрын
  • And don't forget the "shrubs." Preserving fruits in cider vinegar with some sugar is very tasty.

    @elizabeththequeen943@elizabeththequeen9432 ай бұрын
  • Years ago I read they would preserve slow cooked meats covered in hot grease in a tall narrow pot so the grease when cooled would seal and keep safe the meat. It was called confit (sounds like con-feet). Apparently, the meat could be kept for up to a year if done right.

    @jerryodell1168@jerryodell11682 ай бұрын
    • There is a video on this channel called "Potted Beef in the 18th Century" that I think is the thing you're describing.

      @utility63@utility632 ай бұрын
    • Cone-fee, actually. It's French. Like the other guy said, potting is a similar technique, but the modern confit method is to slow-cook meat in its own fat with intention to eat it immediately after. Duck and pork are popular choices, e.g. carnitas.

      @zhiracs@zhiracs2 ай бұрын
    • ​@@zhiracsIf we're going to get that nitpicky about pronunciation, it's kōn-fee. The o in "cone" is too long and not correct.

      @phantomkate6@phantomkate62 ай бұрын
    • Confit of duck is still sold mostly from France, but world wide now

      @carolynellis387@carolynellis3872 ай бұрын
    • They still do it in France and you can buy confit duck in jars there (and in Belgium and the Netherlands too) and doubtless other meats.

      @simonh6371@simonh63712 ай бұрын
  • I remember a business near where I lived that smoked salmon to sell to tourists. They used old refrigerators with the lower part with the motors removed. The salmon strips were hung from the old racks, the fire was built just at the front of the open bottom and the smoking coals pushed underneath. They also dug out the area under the smokers a little. They drilled holes in the metal bottom of the fridge for the smoke to rise and the doors provided easy access to the products. My dad and brothers had built a large smoke house for our fish and game and while dad said he admired the creative thinking with the friges, they wouldn't be big enough for our family.

    @susanohnhaus611@susanohnhaus6112 ай бұрын
    • I prefer dried salmon, a little smoke isn't bad.

      @jonanderson5137@jonanderson51372 ай бұрын
    • @@jonanderson5137 Dry smoked salmon is best, and bears no comparison to wet smoked. That is how they make the "Nova". Source? The makers of "Nova" lox were family friends. RIP Willie Krauch, LEGEND

      @jennifermarlow.@jennifermarlow.Ай бұрын
  • I find it magnificent that this video is all about preservation and its importance, but all footages used come from this very channel, showing how much information has already been produced and published by you.

    @NothingXemnas@NothingXemnas2 ай бұрын
    • the entire channel is such a gem, I am so glad I found it

      @MrFranklitalien@MrFranklitalienАй бұрын
  • With the fear of sodium that we have today, salt preserved foods are pretty much gone, BUT in our world today, having these vintage food preservation techniques, and knowing how to return that preserved food to a palatable as well as edible dish, is a valuable skill set and knowledge base. I'd like to see a renaissance of old foods. Huzzah also for Townsends for mentioning the use of beer over water "in some places" which was quite correct! Too many people think it a myth.

    @davidwoolsey2135@davidwoolsey21352 ай бұрын
    • They brought back salt preservation by calling it lacto fermentation. Change terminology and folks were ok with doing it.

      @nancywest1926@nancywest19262 ай бұрын
    • And the funny thing is salt doesn't increase blood pressure. That was a food industry lie to get us eating more sugar, alongside the "fat makes you fat" myth. Calories in combination with sedentary lifestyles make you fat and cause hypertension, not specific chemicals which are literally required for life.

      @Frommerman@FrommermanАй бұрын
    • @@Frommerman Salt makes the body retain water which in turn can increase blood pressure that can lead to other issues if left unchecked. You don't have to be fat to have those problems. It doesn't matter if it a natural chemical that our body uses. Too much is never good.

      @Icabod-os6rg@Icabod-os6rgАй бұрын
    • @@Icabod-os6rg Nope. Salt does cause water retention in the extremely short term as the body keeps electrolyte balance in the blood, but salt is also one of the easiest things other than water for the body to excrete. Any amount of salt which doesn't cause death or kidney damage will have zero impact on a chronic condition like hypertension. If you ate a large block of salt and took blood pressure the moment it began entering the bloodstream, it would probably be higher than average. But that effect would vanish the next time you urinated. Chronic hypertension happens when things which can't be trivially excreted, like sugars or dissolved fats, build up in the bloodstream, and as arterial walls sclerose due to aging, plaque buildups, or behavioral damage like smoking. Salt has nothing whatsoever to do with it.

      @Frommerman@FrommermanАй бұрын
    • ​@@FrommermanYep. Have high BP and Dr says I'm low on sodium.

      @fritz1990@fritz1990Ай бұрын
  • The wood ash preservation for eggs still blows me away

    @Ironstarfish@Ironstarfish2 ай бұрын
    • for me it's potting meats and the whole purpose of "pot pie"

      @Scriptorsilentum@Scriptorsilentum2 ай бұрын
    • It's not the best to keep eggs. The best and finally simplest way is in lime water, more than six months easily. You have in the channel an excellemnt video about egg preservation.

      @pabloricardodetarragon2649@pabloricardodetarragon26492 ай бұрын
    • indeed, right?

      @hetedeleambacht6608@hetedeleambacht66082 ай бұрын
    • Ash is generally basic, so it's not pickling (which is a vinegar based process), but it must taste amazing.

      @aj2080xy6@aj2080xy6Ай бұрын
  • When my mom was young they would preserve meat in a barrel between layers of salt sealed by a layers of lard. No air would get to the lower layers that way.

    @Bob.W.@Bob.W.2 ай бұрын
  • It's so crazy to think about how much time each household had to spend just on food production and preservation before the advent of refrigeration and modern preservation techniques! I love how the necessary preservation techniques have translated to today's favorite flavors 😍 #teampickle

    @briannawalker4793@briannawalker47932 ай бұрын
  • I would like to thank you and your friends for creating this content. I've been watching you guys practically since the beginning, and I'm learning a lot from you - not to mention just honing my English. I can honestly say that this is one of the most interesting and best-run YouTub channel. Let's hope for the best. Warm greetings from Poland, cheers 🍻

    @slomkaadas9603@slomkaadas96032 ай бұрын
  • It’s videos like this is why I’ve stayed subscribed over the years. Such a great history lesson.

    @tomdrake9121@tomdrake91212 ай бұрын
    • Sure beats American Pickers.

      @Scriptorsilentum@Scriptorsilentum2 ай бұрын
    • Agreed. I know a lot of people prefer the more hands-on stuff, which is of course very fun to watch, but my favorite videos on this channel are the ones like this where I can dive deeper into something to really appreciate it.

      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721@vigilantcosmicpenguin87212 ай бұрын
  • Yay! The smokehouse is active!🎉

    @robzinawarriorprincess1318@robzinawarriorprincess13182 ай бұрын
    • Gotta love barbecue

      @Ulfrich_Stormcock@Ulfrich_Stormcock2 ай бұрын
  • thinking 5 years ago about how to do things in the kitchen more naturally led me to your channel. the cheesemaking episodes you had then inspired me to learn about cheesemaking. now, thanks to a few other cheesemaking youtubers i know how to make cheese of different types. thanks again for years of BETTER THAN TV entertainment combined with knowledge. love ya John and Co.! keep making knowledge videos.

    @HBrooks@HBrooks2 ай бұрын
  • Thank you to you and your entire team for all of these lovely, educational videos. :D Cheers from the middle of Canada!

    @Branwhin@Branwhin2 ай бұрын
    • I second this message, from somewhere not in the middle of Canada.

      @Corvuspacificus@Corvuspacificus2 ай бұрын
    • I am guessing that is Winnipeg MB! 😊

      @NansGlobalKitchen@NansGlobalKitchen2 ай бұрын
    • @@NansGlobalKitchen Winterpeg indeed ... Though I have to say we have NOT been living up to our fearsome reputation this year.

      @Branwhin@Branwhin2 ай бұрын
    • My great grandfather was from a tiny village called Webb, Saskatchewan. (It’s mostly just a cemetery now) Apparently, the harsh conditions and isolation, combined with alcohol made him go a little loony. He was sent to an asylum nearby (which has since been closed) and he spent five years there. When he was released no one ever heard from him again. The asylum was later known for using LSD to treat alcoholism.

      @cpeace3172@cpeace31722 ай бұрын
    • @@cpeace3172 social isolation is the worst, its that what makes people go looney mostly

      @hetedeleambacht6608@hetedeleambacht66082 ай бұрын
  • This. Video. Is. SPECTACULAR. I've learned a lot about fermentation and curing the past few years, and I can validated that everything you've said lines up with what I've heard, and I LOVE THIS VIDEO!! Imagine how excited our ancestors would have been over pressure canning! The ability to completely eliminate spoilage and the risk of botulism and other foodborne germs makes me very, very happy.

    @Just_Sara@Just_Sara2 ай бұрын
  • As a child, I remember that my great-aunt and uncle’s Indiana farm had a fully stocked fall root cellar up until the 1930 when rural electrification finally reached their farm. Potatoes, beets, squash, gourds, mason jars full of green beans, sacks of wheat and the hand mill were all down there. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Respectfully, W.S.

    @wmschooley1234@wmschooley12342 ай бұрын
  • This channel is a real treasure.

    @41tl@41tl2 ай бұрын
  • I love this channel. I wish everyone was as enthusiastic as Jon in sharing their knowledge and interests. Love and respect from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    @matthewthompson5655@matthewthompson56552 ай бұрын
  • Excellent video on food preparation. By the way, just received parcel with my black linen vest and britches, the ladies that made them did a wonderful job. Thank you.

    @ryanstottlemyer5698@ryanstottlemyer56982 ай бұрын
  • I love the subject of preservation and fermentation and its wonderful you highlight this isn't just about survival - these are delicious wholesome products that have stood the test of time and still enjoyed today. I'm wishing I could have salt beef and sauerkraut for supper ; with a beer of course

    @simong4252@simong42522 ай бұрын
  • My grandparents came from Southern Italy and baccala (salted cod) was something we had often when I was a kid. My mom would hang the dried cod in the garage. When used she would soak it in water for a few days.

    @amcalabrese1@amcalabrese12 ай бұрын
    • Same with me. Also, in Italy they are masters at salting and then dry curing meat, mostly pork.

      @morrismonet3554@morrismonet35542 ай бұрын
    • @@morrismonet3554 very true. It was too warm to rely on cool cellars so drying was needed.

      @amcalabrese1@amcalabrese12 ай бұрын
    • baccalau in spanish and portugese....in dutch we have Kabeljauw which is the fresh fish

      @hetedeleambacht6608@hetedeleambacht66082 ай бұрын
    • @@hetedeleambacht6608 In Dutch we also have Bakkeljauw, from the Antilles and Suriname. This is actually salted cod and despite sounding a lot like Kabeljauw, the name originates from the Portuguese Bacalhau, which in turn is related to the Italian Baccala. It's a small world.

      @joost1120@joost11202 ай бұрын
  • There are a lot of grain farmers who still dry their corn in the field. Guy who ran an elevator once told me a rule of thumb, corn at 14.5% moisture will keep in a bin for 400 days, any percent more will halve that time: 200 days at 15.5, 100 at 16.5 and so on, up to 20.5% that can barely keep safely for a week. The other side of field drying, is the longer it's out there the more yield you'll lose as cobs and kernels get dropped. Owning a dryer lets you trade time and potential losses for fuel costs, and store your crop until after the harvest ends and prices go back up- IME with my little single-fan dryer, it's most economical to harvest corn at 18-21%.

    @QuestForTheS@QuestForTheS2 ай бұрын
    • Leave it in the field in most places and the deer, turkeys, racoons, squirrels, crows, etc. will get most of it. That's why the corn crib was invented.

      @morrismonet3554@morrismonet35542 ай бұрын
    • The dryer also becomes necessary when conditions are consistently too wet to leave the corn in the fields. Sometimes there's no way around it if you actually want to sell your crops before they rot.

      @phantomkate6@phantomkate62 ай бұрын
  • i'm literally overwhelmed; there is just so much in this video. another excellent trip back over the centuries to see what my ancestors had to do for survival. As for smoking I had no idea it could be done so darned simply. I keep thinking of pemmican and how it was usually sun-dried. the trick with potted meats, even covering the meat with a layer of clarified butter, and the pot pies are absolutely news to me. I really was surprised to learn this. John Townsend & Comp., thank you for another excellent video! 😁😁👍👍

    @Scriptorsilentum@Scriptorsilentum2 ай бұрын
  • I moved to the high desert for other reasons, but quickly noticed how easy it is to dry food here. I shifted to mostly dehydrating my garden produce. I love pickling hard vegetables and making vegetable relishes.

    @RebeccaTreeseed@RebeccaTreeseed2 ай бұрын
  • What you and all the Townsend's crew performs to spread information, techniques and history is important to all culture fans on the world. Thank you very much!

    @leonelarquitetura@leonelarquitetura2 ай бұрын
  • @ Townsends Your videos would have been amazing back in middle and high school history classes. While streaming is the way these days, you should consider making and perhaps selling some hard copies of your videos, perhaps by theme. We are facing an ever-increasing electronic black hole in terms of modern history and preserved hard-copies are the only hedge against it.

    @chrismaverick9828@chrismaverick98282 ай бұрын
    • Go to their website. They sell dvds of each season. Each season is now streaming but they do sell hard copies.

      @janehall2720@janehall27202 ай бұрын
  • I could sit and listen to John for hours! When he has Joe visit it's like sitting down with two old friends!

    @imxploring@imxploring2 ай бұрын
  • I remember way back when I was a kid, my parents owned a bar and one of my favorite treats was called a Bahama Mama. It was a spicy, pickled sausage 😋 and man were they good! So were the pickled eggs.

    @dorseyblack9833@dorseyblack98332 ай бұрын
  • These videos make me feel conflicted. It's such an enjoyable, educational and calming video that gives me a sense of dread due to how little I actually know if the grocery stores turn empty and the grid goes down

    @NorThenX047@NorThenX0472 ай бұрын
    • Same

      @misst1586@misst1586Ай бұрын
  • We must learn to preserve meat,vegetables and fruit now so we can have them in difficult times. Thanks for the info Jon!

    @elsalopez6868@elsalopez68682 ай бұрын
  • What an amazing video, the enthusiasm, production quality, educational value - going to show it to my Grade 8 history class some time!

    @razorboy251@razorboy2512 ай бұрын
  • Best youtube channel bar none

    @mrrex1616@mrrex16162 ай бұрын
  • I love learning about topics like these. It really is humbling, the techniques we take for granted that built the societies we know today.

    @RagnarokCo@RagnarokCo2 ай бұрын
  • The preservation techniques are great knowledge from the past that we still use today, in all aspects of food. In first year of culinary we studied food safety by learning FAT TOM, meaning Food Acidity, Time, Temperature, Oxygen and Moisture. By understanding this and stopping any one or more from preventing harmful bacteria growth it's easy to understand preparing food safely for immediate use or preserving it for long periods.

    @johnsadventures8100@johnsadventures81002 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for the continually wholesome content on this channel. Always gets me through stressfull times. Food preservation and fermentation is an area ive been getting into. I havent made sauerkraut but made some wonderful kimchii last week.

    @Rickt2445@Rickt24452 ай бұрын
  • Another great video. Thank you, Jon, for keeping us interested.

    @jamesvatter5729@jamesvatter57292 ай бұрын
  • I have a small deep freezer. Other than that I got a mini fridge and a smoke, & I can foods. Everything else is hanging in my pantry. I have enough food to last me 2+ months. And I live in the French Quarter in a 180 year old apartment. Pretty easy if you know what you’re doing. And they definitely taste a lot better than most store bought foods. And I buy most of my meats and vegetables from local farmers and ranchers, some of em grow their crops in the city.

    @VoodooViking@VoodooViking2 ай бұрын
    • It's the "if you know what you're doing" part that's tricky though! I well remember my first attempt at simple refrigerator pickles. Thank goodness my mother in law was there to keep me from poisoning myself!! Very few public schools teach even the basic principles behind preservation, much less something this practical.

      @Beryllahawk@Beryllahawk2 ай бұрын
    • ​@@Beryllahawk It really should be parents and grandparents teaching these skills to the children, and passing on family traditions and special recipes. This would provide for a good time together as well, and a time for meaningful conversations.

      @heidimisfeldt5685@heidimisfeldt56852 ай бұрын
    • @@heidimisfeldt5685 That would be ideal, yes...sadly I think a lot of parents don't KNOW these things, or they don't have time for lessons (or won't make time, as the case may be). Certainly my mother in law's background as a sharecropper's daughter gave her a ton of know-how that my own mother (and grandmother) didn't have. My German grandmother was very much a "city girl," even before the war; and her husband hunted, but never preserved anything, simply hunted for the table as it were. It feels like we're losing incredibly important parts of our history by losing these skills.

      @Beryllahawk@Beryllahawk2 ай бұрын
  • Love how you covered every possible method of food preservation. Exceptional video.

    @anitapaulsen3282@anitapaulsen32822 ай бұрын
  • these videos are always such high quality, props to you and the townsends team for this great show!

    @scooterking136@scooterking1362 ай бұрын
  • Good morning everyone, time to get educated and inspired

    @jlshel42@jlshel422 ай бұрын
  • Sauerkraut (fermented cabbage) is a lacto-fermentation (results in lactic acid). For a great looking product add some red cabbage to the white, and a few cloves of garlic. 2% of salt by weight, squeeze the cabbage by hand to get the juices flowing, then put under press, to make sure the juice eventually covers the contents. Keep at room temp, agitate periodically to make sure the bubbles escape. Ready in about 4 days (keep refrigerated after that). Delicious, healthy and so simple. Will keep for months. Add to a pork or beef soup, brine and all, also amazing. The "sauerkraut" sold in cans or even jars is drek compared to homemade 🤣

    @alexk3088@alexk30882 ай бұрын
  • On one hand, I'm somewhat relieved my late father, much as I miss him, won't be seeing a world where this knowledge becomes necessary again. On the other, he probably knew and did a lot of these things, having grown up in 1940s and '50s Appalachia, so... yeah, that knowledge would have been really helpful.

    @odinfromcentr2@odinfromcentr22 ай бұрын
  • dried corn on the cob will keep with some air flow available to it. Shell corn picked out of the fields is often not dry enough to store without more forced drying . Farmers have corn driers to handle this. The old corn cribs for dried corn on the cob intentionally had air gaps in them to allow air flow so the drying could continue.

    @tomisnt@tomisnt2 ай бұрын
  • The excellent game Farthest Frontier simulates building a village but introduces food spoilage and preservation as a key mechanic. It makes a huge difference in how you have to manage your food supply, and a good grain supply can keep everyone from starving when a season goes poorly. Love your videos!

    @Zippsterman@Zippsterman2 ай бұрын
  • These are the kind of " Old School" survival skills every prepper should learn.

    @joshsetzer8786@joshsetzer87862 ай бұрын
    • the potted meats and pot pies were so simple yet effective...!

      @Scriptorsilentum@Scriptorsilentum2 ай бұрын
  • Sorry, I found a mistake: Sauerkraut is not fermented with yeast, but with Lactobacillus (as in sour milk).

    @TheZinmo@TheZinmo2 ай бұрын
    • Yeast action is necessary first for the lactobacillus to have food to consume. The bacteria consumes the alcohol, and produces the acid that preserves the cabbage.

      @buttonvalley@buttonvalley2 ай бұрын
    • Definitely yeast on the cabbage before fermented

      @user-wq6sv3vj1s@user-wq6sv3vj1s2 ай бұрын
    • Lactofermentation

      @Imadov@Imadov11 күн бұрын
  • A fascinating and well put together video yet again. Love this channel. Thanks Townsends.

    @niros9667@niros96672 ай бұрын
  • Your videos are so beautifully produced. I'm in awe that this content is free for me to watch-- Thank you.

    @Isaac_El_Khoury@Isaac_El_Khoury2 ай бұрын
  • Pay attention 2 this vid it could save ur life over the next few years

    @deepnurmom1737@deepnurmom17372 ай бұрын
  • Who else is here before the next super cyberattack the wipes out our power grip & we get sent back to the 1800’s

    @ruoazquara6070@ruoazquara60702 ай бұрын
  • You are an amazing KZheadr, thank you for your service!❤

    @kainaaguiarferreira4351@kainaaguiarferreira4351Ай бұрын
  • This is one of your best videos. Very informative and entertaining. Congrats

    @Will-Parr@Will-Parr2 ай бұрын
  • Who’s here before the apocalypse? ⬇️

    @chefc8371@chefc83712 ай бұрын
    • The apocalypse is over

      @bobthorton607@bobthorton607Ай бұрын
    • There is only one apocalypse that is a current concern in america currently and that apocalypse is "Stupidity".

      @TheOnlyJonno@TheOnlyJonnoАй бұрын
    • Lol not me im here after

      @samuelmire9389@samuelmire938921 күн бұрын
  • Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge with us.. you're so appreciated!!!!

    @lydiashelton3089@lydiashelton30892 ай бұрын
  • Very well done! I love how your video gets to the heart of How and Why food preservation was-and still is-done! Thank you so much!

    @abcstardust@abcstardust2 ай бұрын
  • Thanks for the awesome content and all the amazing videos!!!

    @gtbkts@gtbkts2 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for sharing all this information without a million ads. I found your channel when I was 17, and I learned more from you than I did in 12 years of public schooling.

    @Military__fanatic@Military__fanatic2 ай бұрын
  • My favorite thing about the history of smoking meats is that the term buccaneer derives from the Caribbean Arawak word buccan, which refers to a wooden frame on which Tainos and Caribs slowly roasted or smoked meat, commonly manatee. The word was adopted into French as boucan, hence the name boucanier for French hunters who used such frames to smoke meat from feral cattle and pigs on Hispaniola. Later on, English colonists anglicised boucanier to buccaneer.

    @heavyq@heavyq2 ай бұрын
  • This was SO interesting and generated a good discussion in our household. Thanks for always posting such great content!

    @eringrant8221@eringrant82212 ай бұрын
  • Fantastic way to start the day, thank you townsends!!

    @mrstardian@mrstardian2 ай бұрын
  • Bravo John. This might have been one of my favorite videos from you. God Bless

    @HeatherMerrell@HeatherMerrell2 ай бұрын
  • You are so good at doing these videos. Thank you.

    @troelsandersen9654@troelsandersen96542 ай бұрын
  • Great program! Fascinating. Thank you. 💖

    @johndayan7126@johndayan71262 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for about a decade of informative, colorful and interesting videos.

    @cassandralibertywest4310@cassandralibertywest43102 ай бұрын
  • This video was so much fun ! I really loved the way you put this together. 😁👍

    @vintageme298@vintageme2982 ай бұрын
  • Finding your channel was on of the best thing in the last few years for me. Your calming voice and excellent way of presentation makes your stories wonderful each time. Thank you!

    @michaelg.8062@michaelg.80622 ай бұрын
  • Very outstanding and comprehensive video. Keep up the good work Townsends!!

    @foresthiker6707@foresthiker67072 ай бұрын
  • Love your video's !! So glad you do them !!! Thank you !!

    @deca12351@deca123512 ай бұрын
  • You have made many, many great videos, but this was one of the best. Thanks!

    @madelineryan7999@madelineryan79992 ай бұрын
  • quality video, kept it brief yet informative and excellent flow.

    @deamontube30@deamontube30Ай бұрын
  • Thanks for sharing with us Jon. It will be going on till the end of time. Stay safe and keep uo the great videos. Fred.

    @olddawgdreaming5715@olddawgdreaming57152 ай бұрын
  • Always a great presentation sir. I can't wait for the next, please.

    @user-ln4zr4pz4f@user-ln4zr4pz4fАй бұрын
  • Great video, thank you all for doing this channel.

    @stonetooth2506@stonetooth25062 ай бұрын
  • Jon, you and your team are doing us a proper treat and a true service. thanks for all u do

    @nicholaskoa1371@nicholaskoa13712 ай бұрын
  • I really enjoyed this one, thanks so much. You guys make my day with every new video.

    @kinjiru731@kinjiru7312 ай бұрын
  • Love to learn about this kind of stuff. Thanks for making these!

    @marcusbeach1762@marcusbeach17622 ай бұрын
  • I find your videos fascinating. I love learning how people lived day to day back then. You are a wonderful teacher!!! You make the subject interesting.

    @jillsipocz3582@jillsipocz35822 ай бұрын
  • Keep going Old Boy!!! Thank you for sharing your paasion and knowledge!

    @markkaidy8741@markkaidy87412 ай бұрын
  • I had a long day, this is relaxing, thank you

    @user-tj6ls7gf6u@user-tj6ls7gf6u2 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for the well delivered overview of the topic.

    @0MrENigma0@0MrENigma02 ай бұрын
  • Love and appreciate everything you do

    @benclarke3626@benclarke362623 күн бұрын
  • incredible video! Thank you for the so much time and research dedicated.

    @SPJCerv@SPJCerv2 ай бұрын
  • This is the only channel that just fills me with warmth and happiness unlike anything else. It's just so cozy, interesting and nice.

    @Creepernom@Creepernom2 ай бұрын
  • this is an eye opening video that shows how hard it was back in the day !!!

    @yardsausage@yardsausage2 ай бұрын
  • Even before we switched from hunter gatherers food preservation was always something they did, because not all food products are not available throughout the year, so they needed a means to preserve it.

    @johnclarke6647@johnclarke66472 ай бұрын
  • This was a fantastic video! Thanks so much!!

    @jnicolay3587@jnicolay35872 ай бұрын
  • This video is so wonderful and engaging. I cannot wait to share it with friends and family - it was a whole journey!

    @channah64@channah642 ай бұрын
  • Informative as always! keep up the good work!

    @Marshaze1@Marshaze12 ай бұрын
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