TownsendsIn today's video, we explore six egg preservation methods that were used in households from the 18th century to well into the 20th century. Early tests reveal that some of these methods were incredibly effective. You won't believe how successful the top-rated method worked!
Caveat: this video is intended to only present the methods and tests results outlined in historical texts. We have not tested these methods ourselves, and we can not guarantee similar results.
The Top 6 Historical Egg Preservation Techniques!Townsends2015-06-22 | In today's video, we explore six egg preservation methods that were used in households from the 18th century to well into the 20th century. Early tests reveal that some of these methods were incredibly effective. You won't believe how successful the top-rated method worked!
Caveat: this video is intended to only present the methods and tests results outlined in historical texts. We have not tested these methods ourselves, and we can not guarantee similar results.
Click here for Townsends merch! ➧ http://www.townsends.us/merch-store.html ➧➧The French Canadian Voyageurs #history #americanhistory #18thcenturyTownsends2024-10-10 | Instagram ➧ townsends_officialValley Forge Was Treacherous #history #americanhistory #18thcenturycookingTownsends2024-10-07 | Instagram ➧ townsends_officialHarvest! A Time Of Plenty: Pear TartTownsends2024-10-06 | Harvest is a time of celebration! Folks would reap the harvest of three seasons of hard work and have parties, thank the heavens, and prepare for winter. This pear tart is the perfect sort of dish they would make this time of year.
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Click here for Townsends merch! ➧ http://www.townsends.us/merch-store.html ➧➧The Working Man’s CrawfishTownsends2024-09-22 | “Found Food” isn’t something we think about in a lot of the world today. We wanted to celebrate one of the best found foods in the world with this Crawfish Soup! This is”The Working Man’s Crawfish”
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Instagram ➧ townsends_officialFrontier Reenacting and Youtube - Live In The Nutmeg TavernTownsends2024-08-30 | Today we will be watching a pre-recorded interview with Anthony Winegar and he will be in the chat for questions.
Click here for Townsends merch! ➧ http://www.townsends.us/merch-store.html ➧➧What Is Fasting Pudding?Townsends2024-08-25 | There was a day when puddings rules the kitchen. Virtually everything could go into a pudding. Vegetables, meat, grains, dairy, alcohol all made their appearances, some all at the same time. This bread pudding recipe from 1730 is one that you have to try at home!
Instagram ➧ townsends_officialFood That Time Forgot: SalamagundyTownsends2024-08-18 | Salamagundy. Is it pirate food? A simple salad? Is it a staple? A showstopper? Find out in this segment of Food That Time Forgot!
0:00 - 0:08 Waiting to Start 0:09 - 11:08 Pork Cheshire Pie 11:09 - 20:39 Boiled Dumplings 20:40 - 29:45 Benjamin Franklin's breakfast 29:46 - 38:11 Famine Food Barley and Turnips 38:12 - 51:16 Chicken Curry 51:17 - 57:37 Colcannon 57:380 - 1:07:50 Pork Loin 01:07:51 - 01:16:34 Fried Eggs with Spinach 01:16:35 - 01:25:06 Toad in a Hole 01:25:07 - 01:36:06 Waffles 01:36:40 - 01:51:45 Raspberry Wine 01:51:46 - 01:51:45 Coffee 02:03:08 - 02:14:16 Mulberry Pudding 02:14:17 - 02:27:15 Chicken Pot Pie 02:27:16 - 02:38:03 Nourishing Hashy 02:38:04 - 02:55:54 Apple Dumplings 02:55:55 - 02:55:54 Ice Cream 03:05:24 - 03:17:01 Barley Shortcakes 03:17:02 - 03:28:16 Pan Puddings 03:28:17 - 3:38:51 Almond CheesecakesFood That Changed The World: The SandwichTownsends2024-08-11 | Food That Changed The World is about food that was brand new in the time period we study and went on to become a staple in modern times. The sandwich changed the world. No longer do we dish food onto sippets, no way, we put it between two pieces of bread!
Instagram ➧ townsends_officialThe Working Man’s OysterTownsends2024-08-04 | Oysters were a staple food in early America. The Working Man’s Oyster tells how folks from all walks of life used them and prepared them. Oysters continued to rise in popularity through the 19th century.
Instagram ➧ townsends_officialSalt Pork Stew - Campfire Survival FoodTownsends2024-07-28 | The Voyageurs were travel hardened men. They were the Long-Haul Truckers of their time period, transporting goods over of an area of 1,000 miles by boat and canoe. This fries pea and salt pork stew is a food that fueled their travels for nearly 150 years.
Click here for Townsends merch! ➧ http://www.townsends.us/merch-store.html ➧➧Investigating History’s Food SecretsTownsends2024-07-21 | We are Food Detectives on a quest to uncover the secrets of Hash! Where the heck did it come from? Is it a potato dish? We are looking at recipes spanning over 150 years to find the common threads. Come along as we investigate!
Instagram ➧ townsends_officialWhat Is Real Cornbread?Townsends2024-07-14 | Cornbread is a food we still eat everyday. There are lines drawn in the sand over how this food should be made. Geographically, there are a lot of differing opinions over how cornbread should taste. What is “real” cornbread?
Amelia Simmons American Cookery townsends.us/products/american-cookery-cookbook-bk626-p-1419Building an 18th Century Barn: Full Build!Townsends2024-07-07 | We filmed the entire process of building a dog run barn at the David Crockett Birthplace State Park in Limestone, TN. Filming this process made us want to build something ourselves, and it eventually led to breaking ground on our log cabin. Special thanks to everyone involved. We had a blast!
Instagram ➧ townsends_officialCooking Marathon! - 18th Century Cooking Season 18Townsends2024-07-05 | Contains Season 18 of 18th Century Cooking 0:00 - 8:47 Too Much Butter - Butter Boiled Chicken 8:47 - 31:53 Sailor, Soldier, & Explorer Rations: Food for the Commoner - Salt Pork 31:53 - 43:23 No Seafood? Why Call It "Sea Pie"? 43:23 - 1:05:26 Making “Thatched Roof Pie” with Joe Pera 1:05:26 - 1:16:45 Preserved Cod Pie From 1769 - "Saltfish Pie" 1:16:45 - 1:32:32 The First Jelly Roll? 1:32:32 - 1:41:07 Perfect Breaded Pork Cutlets from 1767 1:41:07 - 1:52:38 Pumpkin Pie Recipe from 1797 1:52:38 - 2:05:20 Crispiest Homemade Crackers 2:05:20 - 2:16:36 Bubble and Squeak 2:16:36 - 2:30:14 The Most Complex Broth I've Ever Made - Cullis 2:30:14 - 2:40:07 Delicious and Hearty Winter Food Storage - Peas Pudding 2:40:07 - 2:47:54 1797's Most Unusual Potato Cakes! 2:47:54 - 2:57:21 Spiced Chicken and Rice from 200 Years Ago! 2:57:21 - 3:13:11 Recipe Failed, But it Tasted Great! - Herb Pudding 3:13:11 - 3:42:12 What's In Early American Kitchens? 3:42:12 - 3:57:13 I Make Impossible Hertfordshire Cakes 3:57:13 - 4:08:22 Spiced Pancakes 4:08:22 - 4:25:15 Gingerbread: Medicine or Christmas Cookies??How We Cook: Then VS NowTownsends2024-06-30 | The whole experience of cooking has changed so much in the last two hundred years. So you still cook over a fire? I’m sure it’s nice that not everything tastes like smoke, even though we want that sometimes.
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0:00 - 12:59 Beef Stew 12:59 - 40:37 Food That Held Up A Nation 40:37 - 52:21 Potted Salmon 52:21 - 1:07:36 Plum Pudding 1:07:36 - 1:22:21 Doing Much With Very Little 1:22:21 - 1:32:32 Stewed Crab 1:32:32 - 1:45:12 Morel Mushrooms 1:45:12 - 1:54:19 Winter Food Storage 1:54:19 - 2:02:22 Meatball Slider 2:02:22 - 2:10:46 Cold Cut beef with Vinegar and Lemon from 1755 2:10:46 - 2:21:48 Panada 2:21:48 - 2:36:33 Biscuits 2:36:33 - 2:42:42 Chicken Pie 2:42:42 - 2:51:36 Potato Apple Pie 2:51:36 - 3:00:34 Fried Pickles and Eggs 3:00:34 - 3:16:02 Meatballs Two Ways 3:16:02 - 3:27:13 Oysters and Chicken 3:27:13 - 3:33:59 Surf and Turf From 200 Years Ago 3:33:59 - 3:40:17 Celery Sauce 3:40:17 - 3:47:55 Custard TartsThe Working Mans SeafoodTownsends2024-05-19 | The Working Man’s Seafood sometimes feels like a moving target. As soon as you have it locked down, you find the same ingredients on very high and very low tables as well. Seafood was fueling the colonists and the economy in the 18th century. This video is some of what we’ve discovered so far.
Instagram ➧ townsends_officialThe Working Mans DessertTownsends2024-05-12 | It can be kind of funny for us to think about what dessert was like for the working class in 18th century America. There was no ice cream, or was there? Fruit, cake, fritter? Find out right here in The Working Man’s Dessert!
Instagram ➧ townsends_officialThe Rich Mans FeastTownsends2024-05-05 | There is so much to research and understand about history! The plight of the poor man has been a focus on the channel for a while, but what about the rich? What is a feast to a rich man in the 18th century?
Instagram ➧ townsends_officialThe Poor Beggars FeastTownsends2024-04-28 | Who helped the poor in the 18th century? Was there infrastructure for that? They were begging if to build poor houses, but what about the sick? How did the down and out live? What was the poor beggar’s feast?
Instagram ➧ townsends_official4 HOURS of Homesteading - Townsends Homestead MarathonTownsends2024-04-26 | Contains all the episodes of the Townsends Homestead Series
Click here for Townsends merch! ➧ http://www.townsends.us/merch-store.html ➧➧Rich Food VS Poor FoodTownsends2024-04-21 | What’s the difference between Rich Food and Poor Food when the same ingredients are being used? What exactly is the dividing line between the two classes when it comes to the supper table? We try to find some answers in this episode.
Instagram ➧ townsends_officialKeeping Animals Aboard ShipTownsends2024-04-14 | We've discussed food preservation at length on this channel. The ability to store food for further down the line is a necessity for human life then and now, it hasn't changed one bit. How do you keep food from spoiling aboard ship? How about feeding yourself on the frontier? Find out right here!
Instagram ➧ townsends_officialForest Survival FoodTownsends2024-03-31 | We have had a lot of folks ask us to talk about foraging. Spring was a hard time for many people living in rural areas in the 18th century. When food ran out, and before new food had grown in the garden, foraging in the woods was often turned to as a means of survival.
0:00 - 12:47 The Great Wheat Shortage of 1797 12:47 - 21:38 Kitchen Pepper 21:38 - 26:56 Pan-Fried Pork Chops in Gravy 26:56 - 38:45 How To Build a HUMONGOUS Earthen Oven 38:45 - 51:03 The First Meal 51:03 - 59:06 How Many Bread Loaves? 59:06 - 1:08:14 Pork Belly 1:08:14 - 1:15:51 Cherry Bounce 1:15:51 - 1:23:58 Green Corn and Venison 1:23:58 - 1:29:10 Wild Berries and Cream 1:29:10 - 1:32:58 1792 Breakfast Omelette 1:32:58 - 1:43:31 The Simplest Apple Pie Ever 1:43:31 - 1:57:38 The Great Turkey Cook-Off Of 1796 1:57:38 - 2:03:13 Turkey Hash 2:03:13 - 2:13:19 The Last Meal of Ichabod Crane 2:13:19 - 2:26:23 Chocolate Coffin Pies 2:26:23 - 2:32:22 Meat Pie From 1792 2:32:22 - 2:40:05 Everything Is Going to Be FineThomas Jeffersons Famous PastaTownsends2024-03-24 | We made a pasta press based off a design from Thomas Jefferson and used it to make fresh pasta. What an adventure!
Instagram ➧ townsends_officialThe Working Mans BeerTownsends2024-03-17 | What was beer like for the working man 250 years ago? Was it necessity, pleasure, just getting through the day? Did children drink beer? We discuss these questions and more in The Working Man’s Beer.
Instagram ➧ townsends_officialFood They Thought Was PoisonTownsends2024-03-10 | 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 afraid to eat in the time period. Learn about the ever-dangerous TOMATO in this episode. The most dangerous food in the world!
Instagram ➧ townsends_officialThe Spice Nobody WantedTownsends2024-03-03 | 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 have was plenty of flavor! Spice is the king of the poor man’s kitchen.
0:00 - 3:49 Spices for the Poor 3:49 - 5:56 Cookbook & Historical Context 5:56 - 9:36 Making Lamb Stew 9:36 - 10:24 TastingFood That Preserved A NationTownsends2024-02-25 | 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.”
Instagram ➧ townsends_officialJoe Pera Survives In The Wilderness - Townsends HomesteadTownsends2024-02-18 | Joe Pera joins us again on our Youtube channel to learn the skills required to stay alive In the 1700’s.
Instagram ➧ townsends_officialThe Food Nobody Wanted: Sourdough BreadTownsends2024-02-11 | 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!