I got to say. its mental this guy has so little traffic on the channel. I love the history lessons with cooking. please keep uploading. I always watch your videos whilst eating, its becoming a bit of habbit
Thanks so much for the kind words! I’m working on the traffic - still working on my understanding of what ideas are too niche. Please let me know if there’s something historical you’d like me to explore through food in future!
All it takes is the algorithm picking up one of these high quality videos and I'm sure you'll see a lot more traffic on the channel. Such good content :)
Thank your lucky stars your can had a ring pull, the original had a slotted attached to the can which you pulled off put a tang of the can into a small slot and turned like a key and it looked you had clock spring on the end, it was lethal, both sides of the can where sharp like a razor blade, it was almost impossible to not cut yourself 😂
I think this might be your best one yet! You've achieved a great balance of cooking and history, combined them well, and made it all interesting :-) Oddly enough, I was at school around the time of Turkey Twizzlers, but the only time I ever had school dinners was when they did the Christmas dinner each year (I'd rather have had Turkey Twizzlers than some of the stuff which my mum put in my packed lunches). I do vividly remember having to do PE (usually dance) in the dining hall sometimes, which was deeply unpleasant in the afternoons as we'd be barefoot and the floor wouldn't yet have been cleaned. I also remember clearly that every school dining hall I ever encountered stank of generations' worth of boiled carrots. I don't recall having seen a butterscotch pie recipe without egg before! Very interesting to know. If you're up for a challenge: a friend of a friend participated in some sort of team-building project a few years ago which involved each making a recipe from a really old cookbook (these were library staff, so they had ready access to a lot of really old cookbooks). One of the recipes was a sweet artichoke pie; I can't find out which book it's from, but you probably could... I have a transcript of the recipe if you'd like to see it. (No pressure!) Sorry for rambling; I should probably be asleep by now.
Thanks so much for the kind feedback! Glad you enjoyed this one. We all have so many harrowing memories of school food. Mine was meatloaf and green beans - can’t eat either since those days. Sweet artichoke pie sounds mental. Would love to see the recipe if you can share/point me in the right direction?
I've just run into this guy! This was a nice tour through a piece of history I've always been curious about but could never experience on the west coast U.S.
Here in Texas a couple years ago a huge winter storm (climate change means Change) dropped ice, snow, and -18C temperatures on us. The power grid failed for 3 days. People died, pipes froze, many people were unprepared. We felt we were as ready as we could be but it was still tough finding enough fuel for our small generator. We did have a bottle gas stove though and SPAM was a delicacy we were glad to have in the back of the pantry. It's too salty, but much better than its reputation. Well worth keeping on hand for unexpected occasions.
First of all - thank you for telling me the temperature in celcius. Very culturally conscientious! I've never known the UK to get that cold (where I live at least), but can appreciate it must be dangerous. But a tin of spam would definitely give me more cheer than I'd have thought it would a few years ago.
Spam fritters were gorgeous, but when served with soggy cabbage - yuck! I don't think I'd want them now though... Our school fritters had a nice crispy batter, like you'd on a piece of chip shop fish.
I can only imagine, but the crispy spam fritters were a genuine revelation to me. Though I think I’m more likely to have in a breakfast sandwich with eggs and hot sauce!
I know that because of Americans spam became very common in a lot of asian countries. But I didn't know that it also was used in Europe. I guess during the war soldiers would share food? Or I suppose America sent supplies since we joined the war pretty late.
Massively so! You can even find accounts of the American soldiers stationed in Britain finding favour with the locals by giving out stockings and other basic provisions that Europe had been increasingly running low on since the outbreak of WW2. Maybe a tin of spam was the precursor to a box of chocolates?
It’s funny you say this - I spoke a bit when filming about spam’s popularity in Asian and pacific countries as a WW2 legacy, as it could last on shelves for months in tropical heat. But sadly it got cut for time. But maybe you may be right that there’s an international legacy of spam piece in it - thanks for suggesting!
I got to say. its mental this guy has so little traffic on the channel. I love the history lessons with cooking. please keep uploading. I always watch your videos whilst eating, its becoming a bit of habbit
Thanks so much for the kind words! I’m working on the traffic - still working on my understanding of what ideas are too niche. Please let me know if there’s something historical you’d like me to explore through food in future!
All it takes is the algorithm picking up one of these high quality videos and I'm sure you'll see a lot more traffic on the channel. Such good content :)
Thanks so much, really appreciate the kind feedback!
Thank your lucky stars your can had a ring pull, the original had a slotted attached to the can which you pulled off put a tang of the can into a small slot and turned like a key and it looked you had clock spring on the end, it was lethal, both sides of the can where sharp like a razor blade, it was almost impossible to not cut yourself 😂
Knowing my luck, I suspect you’re right that I’m very lucky!
I think this might be your best one yet! You've achieved a great balance of cooking and history, combined them well, and made it all interesting :-)
Oddly enough, I was at school around the time of Turkey Twizzlers, but the only time I ever had school dinners was when they did the Christmas dinner each year (I'd rather have had Turkey Twizzlers than some of the stuff which my mum put in my packed lunches).
I do vividly remember having to do PE (usually dance) in the dining hall sometimes, which was deeply unpleasant in the afternoons as we'd be barefoot and the floor wouldn't yet have been cleaned. I also remember clearly that every school dining hall I ever encountered stank of generations' worth of boiled carrots.
I don't recall having seen a butterscotch pie recipe without egg before! Very interesting to know.
If you're up for a challenge: a friend of a friend participated in some sort of team-building project a few years ago which involved each making a recipe from a really old cookbook (these were library staff, so they had ready access to a lot of really old cookbooks). One of the recipes was a sweet artichoke pie; I can't find out which book it's from, but you probably could... I have a transcript of the recipe if you'd like to see it. (No pressure!)
Sorry for rambling; I should probably be asleep by now.
Thanks so much for the kind feedback! Glad you enjoyed this one.
We all have so many harrowing memories of school food. Mine was meatloaf and green beans - can’t eat either since those days.
Sweet artichoke pie sounds mental. Would love to see the recipe if you can share/point me in the right direction?
This channel is great and funny in an interesting sort of way. Keep on growing your channel. You are becoming one of my favorites.
Ah thanks so much, that’s really kind of you. Constantly working on it so do let me know if you have any feedback or ideas for other episodes!
I've just run into this guy! This was a nice tour through a piece of history I've always been curious about but could never experience on the west coast U.S.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Here in Texas a couple years ago a huge winter storm (climate change means Change) dropped ice, snow, and -18C temperatures on us. The power grid failed for 3 days. People died, pipes froze, many people were unprepared. We felt we were as ready as we could be but it was still tough finding enough fuel for our small generator. We did have a bottle gas stove though and SPAM was a delicacy we were glad to have in the back of the pantry. It's too salty, but much better than its reputation. Well worth keeping on hand for unexpected occasions.
First of all - thank you for telling me the temperature in celcius. Very culturally conscientious! I've never known the UK to get that cold (where I live at least), but can appreciate it must be dangerous. But a tin of spam would definitely give me more cheer than I'd have thought it would a few years ago.
Spam fritters were gorgeous, but when served with soggy cabbage - yuck! I don't think I'd want them now though... Our school fritters had a nice crispy batter, like you'd on a piece of chip shop fish.
I can only imagine, but the crispy spam fritters were a genuine revelation to me. Though I think I’m more likely to have in a breakfast sandwich with eggs and hot sauce!
I know that because of Americans spam became very common in a lot of asian countries. But I didn't know that it also was used in Europe. I guess during the war soldiers would share food? Or I suppose America sent supplies since we joined the war pretty late.
Massively so! You can even find accounts of the American soldiers stationed in Britain finding favour with the locals by giving out stockings and other basic provisions that Europe had been increasingly running low on since the outbreak of WW2. Maybe a tin of spam was the precursor to a box of chocolates?
Maybe not historical enough but spam is also a delicacy in South Korea as a legacy of American aid during the Korean War. Could make a fun video :).
It’s funny you say this - I spoke a bit when filming about spam’s popularity in Asian and pacific countries as a WW2 legacy, as it could last on shelves for months in tropical heat. But sadly it got cut for time. But maybe you may be right that there’s an international legacy of spam piece in it - thanks for suggesting!