I'm almost halfway through Ghost of Tsushima. Jin says something like wanting to stuff himself with his favorite foods after the invasion is over: Shinano pears, fresh tuna, and sweet seaweed. Imagining Jin eating what you made in this video just added to the great experience. Keep it up!
Sandy, so good to see you again! Thank you so much for the comment! I'm really glad you enjoyed it! It's very different from what I did before, but it was so fun to work on and better yet, you all really enjoy it! I'll definitely keep more of them coming!
This was fascinating. I would like to point out that common foot soldiers typically ate barley or millet instead of hulled rice which was for the samurai. High ranking samurai might also have had game meat like wild boar, though this wouldn't have been on a daily basis. The samurai often had travel food such as miso that was boiled and reduced to make a thick paste that could be rolled into balls. They also dehydrated cooked brown rice. Although this rice could be eaten as travel food, it was typically rehydrated to make a thick porridge.
You also have ration pills which were the recipes was conceived by mountain villages in places like Iga made with mountain crops like barley, soy flour and other tubers that can grow in the mountains with a bit of forage and dried fish mixed into the balls that you can eat by itself or mash a bunch of them to become a starch for dinner to serve with what your army got
The white rice you’re eating today, more precisely, is called the polished rice. Before the Meiji restoration, polished rice is a very luxurious stuff to average civilians, they can even be used as currency on the market. Ancient Japanese food were sucks in general, no chicken and pork cutlets, no salmon grill with mayonnaise rich sushis, sake doesn’t even taste like alcohol…etc. if you’re doing fine, yes not broke, the best thing you can enjoy day to day is perhaps a bowl of red bean mixed unpolished rice with a slight bite of miso
Even the most rich of the samurai classes often made a point of eating simple and not very fancy foods. This can be said to be an reaction to the nobility of the Heian period who DID eat very fancy and rich foods. However when the Samurai took over they decided that eating fancy foods was not right. And so the meals were broken down into just rice, miso soup, fish and pickles.
What were the Mongol invaders drinking? ruclips.net/video/Qst8-MACGNY/видео.html Thanks so much for watching everyone! If you want to see more of these types of videos, please let me know! Your thoughts help to shape this channel!
This was pretty interesting . Would love to learn about what other people in the society from a poor fisherwoman to a royal court would eat in ancient Japan.
@@utuber178 Rahul thank you so much for commenting and thank you for such a great suggestion! I think it would be fascinating to go through what different people of different classes were eating in ancient Japan! Royal court meals would be especially interesting because they changed so much depending on the period! For instance, before the period I mentioned in the video, it was the Heian period, where the royals really explored culinary development and were enjoying all kinds of unique foods. Then when the Kamakura period hit (the period that I'm mainly talking about in the video), the royal court meals became very similar to what I showed in the video, with the exception of maybe more types of protein or maybe a dessert. Then the next period after this, the royals began to really push the limits of cooking. The more I look into it, the more it seems that Japanese culinary development does huge swings between pushing the envelope and going back to tradittional, simple meals. Thanks again for the comment and suggestion and I'll definitely start looking into these different kinds of meals!
@@StraightUpEats Thank you for taking the time and energy to make this video and write this fascinating comment.Also I am glad my input piqued your interest. Your observation about the swinging between extremes of simplcity and complexity of Japanese culinary development shows that this truly Japanese attribute of co-existence of extremes has existed for a long time and still does today in not only food but media , culture, tradition, etc Personally I would love to see what truly pushing the limits of everything food in Kamakura or any other ancient periods would look like!
My pleasure, Rahul! I'm always happy to make these and the fact that you and others enjoy it means so much to me! Yes, it really is interesting how Japan swings back and forth between these two extremes and while I never thought of it outside of the historical sense, you make a great point that they do it a ton in media, traditions, etc. too! Foods that really pushed the limits of their time, like in the Kamakura period, would be a great topic to explore! I also think the period of Westernization, especially, is a great topic to discuss, as Japan tried to make sense of a whole world's food culture flooding into their country!
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, Top Lobster! Japan is really interesting, in that a lot of the traditional foods that they eat now have not changed so much from the first iterations of them. When you eat at a place that serves traditional dishes, it's VERY similar to what people were eating hundreds of years ago. That aspect always fascinated me about Japanese food, so it was fun to actually go back in time and see how these foods came to be! I'll definitely keep more videos in this series coming, so please stay tuned!
Great job on the video! I love the historical connections of foods and their roots. Not gonna lie, if you did something like a Japanese/Asian version of @tastinghistory that would be amazing. Like picking a particular dish and explaining the roots of it and maybe its historical significance. I could totally dig that.
Thanks so much for watching the video and sharing your thoughts, Holynub! I actually had a TON of fun researching the topic of this video, and indeed, both my wife and I are HUGE fans of Tasting History, so this is kind of like my homage to him and his show! But I like your suggestion of taking the same format and focusing it on Japanese/Asian cuisine! There just isn't enough content like that geared towards foods on this side of the world so maybe it's time to start making more videos like that! I'm actually doing research for a followup video to this one, so stay tuned for more coming soon! Thanks again for watching and I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Found your video after a Google search for “shinano pears” (yes I just listened to Jin talk about his favorite food). Really enjoyed this video. Thanks for the history lesson!
I enjoy food history. Shows like "Supersizers Go" and the very dated "A Cook Back in Time" are entertaining and educational. A lot of food history starts with utilizing what is available in the cook's immediate area. There are recipes that start out as regional and then become global favorites.
Same here, actually! It's so fun to watch, and reading about what actually took place is even better! Hopefully the game gets ported to a device that we own so we can try it out ourselves!
Thank you Patricia! It was extremely fun to make this video, so I'll definitely have more coming out like this soon! I'm glad you enjoyed it and stay tuned for more in this series!
Thank you backyard! I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed making it! I'll definitely have more in this style coming out soon, so stay tuned for it!
That's awesome, Nairobi! I'm glad you and your family could watch it together! I know cooking videos aren't the most exciting things to watch, but this definitely gives a story to the evolution of the food! Is there a particular period in Japan that you or your kids are interested to see what the food was like?
There's finally a really authentic and amazing Japanese restaurant near me, and the breakfast and lunch sets are the most amazing. Grilled mackerel, rice, umeboshi and some other pickles, with miso soup has literally been breakfast for like 4 months 😭 its the simplest food I've ever seen in my life and tastes better than 90% of the shit I buy. Like if I had to eat this the rest of my life idk what I'd complain about besides there not being MORE Edit: PLEASE TEACH US HOW TO MAKE UMEBOSHI IT WOULD SAVE ME ALOT OF TRIPS ON THE TRAIN and make my belly happy😅☺
Japanese cuisine is making something as simple as a carrot taste wonderful because of the high quality ingredients and cooking style. It is definitely good and i wish i had an authentic restaurant near my home too.
I am a Japanophile and I can tell that you did your research. Everything you said is true and on point. I love your way of explaining in a nice pace. Content wise it was very educative and loved the way you conntected history with food. Keep doing what you doing, it was really good!
Hey Shinamus, thanks so much for the comments! I'm glad that I was able to represent historical accuracy with this video! It's hard to juggle all the facts and make sure that they all fit together coherently, so your comment really means a lot to me! I'll keep it up and please stay tuned for way more videos coming out soon! Is there a particular part of Japanese history that you'd like to see the food of in a future video?
@@StraightUpEats I love Takoyaki and I know it originated from Osaka, but it looks a lot like the Dutch ''Poffertjes'' or the Indonesian Kue Cubit. Perhaps there is some historical connection there. Nonetheless, I love Takoyaki, would love to see something like that if you like it too.
Arxyl, buddy! Good to see you again! Thanks so much for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it and I'm happy to make more in this style! Are there any particular points in history that you'd be interested in seeing?
@@StraightUpEats I would be really interested in how food changed during the mid to late 1800s! Especially since there was more foreign influence during that time, it'd be interesting to see the effects of that outside of the economic/political changes!
Oh yeah, that period is going to be really fun to talk about! It's basically like if an advanced alien civilization landed here on Earth and wanted to share all their never-before-conceived technology and food with us. That's probably how a lot of the Japanese felt when they opened up to the rest of the world. Did you know that the Japanese didn't even have their own concept of frying? They thought that oily and fatty foods were super gross and beneath them, so seeing fried foods for the first time must have blown them away, haha! I think that era, in particular will be really fun to explore, so thanks for the suggestion! I'll definitely have videos on that coming soon!
@@StraightUpEats Woah, that's crazy, it must have been super wild trying fried foods for the first time after never having really seen it before! Another cool one that might be cool to explore would be food from the game Yakuza 0! I cant wait for the next video!!!
Holy moly, I just took at a food list from that game and it's HUGE! So many interesting things to explore! Thanks for the inspiration because the food list has some of the most iconic Japanese foods on there with tons of history!
I’m pretty sure Bushido was not a concept until many centuries after the Kamakura Era. In fact many historians say it was mostly applied retroactively; attributing a moral code to samurai who didn’t really follow it at the time.
Love hearing the historical background to this recipe video! Would love to see more!! Ty straight up eats!! 🤗💛💛💛 awwwww I need to get on a low carb diet tooo!! But I love me some rice!! 🥺
Ukoooo! Long time no see! I hope you've been doing well! I haven't been on Instagram lately, so sorry I haven't been able to stop by and say 'hi'! I'll definitely keep more videos like this coming! Japan's food history is so interesting and surprisingly hasn't changed too much! Also, I feel your pain on the rice, haha! Can't resist some fresh mochi!
@@StraightUpEats hiiiii hiiiii~~~~ 👋👋👋straightupeats!!! I knoo its been a while! Hahaha nooo prob!! Ita been especially crazy this year so no worries! Im still kickin hahaha im glad to you are doing well too! Yaaa i can't wait to see more of ur vids!! Stay safe and take care!! Ooooooo ya i can't say no to mochi either hahaha
Great video! I'm trying to do a bit of research on what different soldiers have eaten across history/cultures and this was really useful. Also, such a great game :D
Hey Rick, thanks so much for the comment and for checking out the video! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Yes, my subscriber count is low for now, but that's how the game goes! But to be honest, I'd rather have a tight-knit community of really cool food and history lovers than have a huge subscriber count! Thanks again for stopping by and commenting! I'll have more videos in this style coming out soon, so stay tuned for that!
Straight Up Eats - Amazing Asian Recipes I definitely will. The fact that you took your time to type all of that out makes you even better of a channel. Really shows you care about your community. Can’t wait to see what else you post I really love asian cultures
Hey, it's my pleasure! The least I can do to show my appreciation for your time is to make sure I reply to it! I'm glad to hear that this kind of stuff interests you! I'm already researching the next topic, which relates to this video, and it's super fascinating stuff! Can't wait to share it all with you!
This was interesting! Loved the humor thrown in. Everyone wants to laugh in these crazy times. What kind of radish do the Japanese use? Daikon? I love Korean radish, too.
Haley, thanks so much for watching and commenting! I'm glad I could make you laugh! Yes, it's definitely crazy times now, so I hope I can at least make some people feel a bit better and learn something new to boot! For the radish, yes, I use Japanese daikon radish! I'm unfamiliar with just raw Korean radish, as I've always had it pickled, but does it taste differently to daikon?
The Japanese General Akiyama Yoshifuru apparently only ate rice and pickles for most of his meals,and it seems that most Samurai really lived a very austere monk-like lifestyle. (save for all the killing they did)
You know what😭 I'm gonna like and subscribe because you didn't put the "like and subscribe" part of the video in the beginning. Instead, you placed it at the end😭we need to learn from this legend🔥
Zen (Japanese;[note 1] from Chinese "Chán"; in Korean: Sŏn, and Vietnamese: Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as the Chan School (禪宗, chánzōng, "meditation school") or the Buddha-mind school (佛心宗, fóxīnzōng),[1] and later developed into various sub-schools and branches. From China, Chán spread south to Vietnam and became Vietnamese Thiền, northeast to Korea to become Seon Buddhism, and east to Japan, becoming Japanese Zen.[2]
Neat! I really love history, ESPECIALLY domestic history, so it's interesting to see what people ate in various times and places. Plus, that meal looks absolutely delicious!
Also, an explanation of the historical philosophy surrounding food was very helpful. I really enjoyed hearing about how the sensibilities surrounding food changed as the culture changed!
Thanks so much Venus! I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment! Yes, it's always interesting to learn about the deeper reasons WHY people ate what they ate! In fact, after learning about the excessive and luxurious foods the previous generations ate, curiosity demands understanding as to why their meals would change so radically to something so simple! The more research I'm doing, the more fascinating the culinary landscape of Japan becomes, so I'll definitely have more videos coming out exploring the food of the times! Thanks again Venus!
You know any Ninja Shinobi dietary? I happen to be into them if you are familiar with Ninjutsu and Hollywood actor martial artist Sho Kosuji in that famous Revenge of the Ninja film. I always wanted to know what the Ninjas ate.
8:29 Taiwanese here, our culture has a lot in common with Japanese culture, but we fry these fishes instead of grilling them. Back to the topic, what I'm trying to say is - you're not supposed to eat the head. All the other parts of the fish are fine, except the head.
@@walker_19880 oh, I see. So you don't eat fish heads because of their bitterness, not for habits or taboo. Thank you for taking time to let me know. Some Japanese people don't like the bitter taste, neither, but with some fresh water fish like Ayu, some of us think the slight bitterness adds the more complex richness to their flavor. I myself don't mind it if they are small, but it might be my preference and me being brought up eating them all my life.
Thank you so much, Elvina! I'm glad you enjoyed a look into a little bit of Japanese history! It's so wide and confusing, especially if you're a beginner at it, like me, but my hope is that I can break it down and make it as easy to understand as possible!
@@StraightUpEats Your welcome, Ken. I've always found Japanese and Chinese and other cultures fascinating including my own. This world is so big and so much we can learn from each other's nationalities. I'm so excited and ready for your next culture food history 😉Great idea. Thank You again for sharing. Be safe, be well and always keep cooking it's awesome.
Yes, I found it interesting too, but never really took the time to really explore and learn about it. With this video, I found that it was a ton of fun and definitely something I'd like to do again, so thank you so much for your encouragement! I'm curious, what is your culture, Elvina? Yes, we can definitely learn from each other's past and present and become better world citizens! I'll keep the food coming, so just take care of yourself and we'll see you again very soon! ;)
@@StraightUpEats my culture is Black American but my father was mixed Chinese and my mother was Black American meaning his father was Chinese and his mother Black American so my culture is pretty amazing . It's so much to my beautiful interracial family I love it.
That's so cool, Elvina! I'm so curious if you saw an influence of Chinese and Black American culture on your dinner table! We definitely had our Chinese stir fry, along with a turkey and mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving day, haha! Yes, I totally understand your love for your diverse family! My brother's wife is from South Africa, so it's so interesting to learn about their culture, and of course, Mrs. Eats is Japanese, so she teaches me a lot about her culture! We're both blessed to be from diverse homes!
Monasticism (from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós) 'solitary, monastic'; from μόνος (mónos) 'alone'), also called monachism or monkhood, is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work. Monastic life plays an important role in many Christian churches, especially in the Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican traditions as well as in other faiths such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.[1] In other religions, monasticism is generally criticized and not practiced, as in Islam and Zoroastrianism, or plays a marginal role, as in modern Judaism.
8:07 😂 oh that's totally me haha, I had to laugh because it's the very accurate description of my love for Umeboshi, and my addiction to it😁 Thank you so much for such a educational and interesting video. Learned a lot and was entertained too, perfect. I would love to learn more about history/food and how meals have it's origin from. Oh and btw I love the game, it's a masterpiece, so this video felt like it was made for me😄 Hope you and your wife have a wonderful weekend, sending you best wishes ^^/
Plejade, my friend! So good to see you again! I hope you're doing well! They're so salty and sour, but so delicious, aren't they?? Also, did you know if you crack the seed open, the core is soft and edible and has EVEN more salty-sourness than the rest of the pickle? It's honestly my favorite part!! I'm so glad you enjoyed this! I really enjoyed making it and learned a lot too! It was also a nice break from the regular cooking videos because I could talk more about the history and less about the step-by-step process of cooking. Thanks so much for your feedback! It seems that quite a lot of people enjoyed this type of historical look at food, so that's a good sign! I'm already working on a follow-up video to this one! Yes, the game looks incredible! Unfortunately, I don't have a PS4, but I've been watching a lot of streams of the game and it looks great! Even though I live here in Japan, I have to say, the game looks like a great recreation of ancient Japan! Thank you so much again Plejade and I'm looking forward to making more videos like this for you and everyone else to enjoy! Take care my friend!
@@StraightUpEats your replies always make me smile, thank you so much😄 I do love your cooking videos equally, but a different topic like that is nice to have it too, and a little bit more essential. Not that I say, bringing food to maximum crisp isn't essential😁 hehe (no seriously I just like all of your videos the same way), but I bet you know what I mean. I hope a lot of people find such a treasure of cooking and educational video about Japanese food and history. And it's great to read how much fun it was to make for you, win win. Whuo! I didn't know about the Umeboshi seed, nooo and I threw them away... next time I have some (it's very rare to find them here to buy) I will try it, thank you😃 Have a wonderful time and like always (even I don't write everytime) thank you for your effort and videos ^^//
Thank you Plejade! I'm glad you enjoy them both equally! They're two different beasts, but it will be fun to continue to dive deeper into a lot of the foods that I've already made too! Yeeesss, you definitely have to crack open the seed! I used to bite into them, but it's probably better to use something to smash it open or use a nut cracker! My wife thinks I'm crazy that I enjoy the inner core, but she doesn't know what she's missing! And no problem on not being able to write every time! Sometimes we feel compelled to comment and sometimes not. But knowing that you are enjoying the videos means a lot to me!
I never knew what Samurai ate for food and should have asked my Grandparents who knew their fathers and grandfathers what they ate. I have photos of my great grandparents who were born 200 years ago and never asked anything about food. My mother's grandfather was born in end of Edo Period and served Kaga han. I should have asked my grandfather what he ate when lived in Japan.
Hi I would like to correct you on your samurai tidbit your video was amazing but the BUSHIDO part is wrong. It was most likely conceptualized in the EDO period in Japan where samurai are not in use and have been put in the backburner many thing have been romanticized around that time. BUSHIDO have bits and pieces that real life samurai may appeal too them but no samurai followed BUSHIDO as a whole or most likely never followed anything at all. EDIT: (many samurai in the MEIJI era have adopted BUSHIDO but rewrote it to fit their personal biased narrative)
I'm almost halfway through Ghost of Tsushima. Jin says something like wanting to stuff himself with his favorite foods after the invasion is over: Shinano pears, fresh tuna, and sweet seaweed. Imagining Jin eating what you made in this video just added to the great experience.
Keep it up!
You know that he said sweet seaweed from azamo right?
Great video! Glad this popped up on my feed.
Didn't know that monkey King Goku named his son rice 😳.. hmmmm..
Hi dad
Jin probably actually eats Sushi because he uses a Katana instead of a Tachi. He was just ahead of his time.
I know, right? Lol! So I guess it's confirmed that Jin is the first time-travelling samurai? Thanks for the laugh and the comment, Idle Jean!
Yeah he wore cuirass rather than o-yoroi as his main armour.
Go on, mate.
In Japanese version of the game it's called a Tachi but it must have been a proto Katana because man was that good
@@StraightUpEatsuntill we get a game about a Sengoku period in the heian period
History, humor AND quality cooking videos? You're outdoing yourself sir!
Loved this video alot! :) twas twice the amount of enriching.
Sandy, so good to see you again! Thank you so much for the comment! I'm really glad you enjoyed it! It's very different from what I did before, but it was so fun to work on and better yet, you all really enjoy it! I'll definitely keep more of them coming!
This was fascinating. I would like to point out that common foot soldiers typically ate barley or millet instead of hulled rice which was for the samurai. High ranking samurai might also have had game meat like wild boar, though this wouldn't have been on a daily basis.
The samurai often had travel food such as miso that was boiled and reduced to make a thick paste that could be rolled into balls. They also dehydrated cooked brown rice. Although this rice could be eaten as travel food, it was typically rehydrated to make a thick porridge.
Thanks so much! Yes, this is something I will definitely expand upon in the next videos coming up in this series!
You also have ration pills which were the recipes was conceived by mountain villages in places like Iga made with mountain crops like barley, soy flour and other tubers that can grow in the mountains with a bit of forage and dried fish mixed into the balls that you can eat by itself or mash a bunch of them to become a starch for dinner to serve with what your army got
@HKJ Hyorogan from Naruto actually.
The white rice you’re eating today, more precisely, is called the polished rice. Before the Meiji restoration, polished rice is a very luxurious stuff to average civilians, they can even be used as currency on the market. Ancient Japanese food were sucks in general, no chicken and pork cutlets, no salmon grill with mayonnaise rich sushis, sake doesn’t even taste like alcohol…etc. if you’re doing fine, yes not broke, the best thing you can enjoy day to day is perhaps a bowl of red bean mixed unpolished rice with a slight bite of miso
Even the most rich of the samurai classes often made a point of eating simple and not very fancy foods. This can be said to be an reaction to the nobility of the Heian period who DID eat very fancy and rich foods. However when the Samurai took over they decided that eating fancy foods was not right. And so the meals were broken down into just rice, miso soup, fish and pickles.
What were the Mongol invaders drinking? ruclips.net/video/Qst8-MACGNY/видео.html
Thanks so much for watching everyone! If you want to see more of these types of videos, please let me know! Your thoughts help to shape this channel!
This was pretty interesting . Would love to learn about what other people in the society from a poor fisherwoman to a royal court would eat in ancient Japan.
@@utuber178 Rahul thank you so much for commenting and thank you for such a great suggestion! I think it would be fascinating to go through what different people of different classes were eating in ancient Japan! Royal court meals would be especially interesting because they changed so much depending on the period!
For instance, before the period I mentioned in the video, it was the Heian period, where the royals really explored culinary development and were enjoying all kinds of unique foods.
Then when the Kamakura period hit (the period that I'm mainly talking about in the video), the royal court meals became very similar to what I showed in the video, with the exception of maybe more types of protein or maybe a dessert. Then the next period after this, the royals began to really push the limits of cooking.
The more I look into it, the more it seems that Japanese culinary development does huge swings between pushing the envelope and going back to tradittional, simple meals.
Thanks again for the comment and suggestion and I'll definitely start looking into these different kinds of meals!
@@StraightUpEats Thank you for taking the time and energy to make this video and write this fascinating comment.Also I am glad my input piqued your interest.
Your observation about the swinging between extremes of simplcity and complexity of Japanese culinary development shows that this truly Japanese attribute of co-existence of extremes has existed for a long time and still does today in not only food but media , culture, tradition, etc
Personally I would love to see what truly pushing the limits of everything food in Kamakura or any other ancient periods would look like!
My pleasure, Rahul! I'm always happy to make these and the fact that you and others enjoy it means so much to me! Yes, it really is interesting how Japan swings back and forth between these two extremes and while I never thought of it outside of the historical sense, you make a great point that they do it a ton in media, traditions, etc. too!
Foods that really pushed the limits of their time, like in the Kamakura period, would be a great topic to explore! I also think the period of Westernization, especially, is a great topic to discuss, as Japan tried to make sense of a whole world's food culture flooding into their country!
I love Japanese history and have always been very curious about what they ate and how it was made, so please make more.
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, Top Lobster! Japan is really interesting, in that a lot of the traditional foods that they eat now have not changed so much from the first iterations of them. When you eat at a place that serves traditional dishes, it's VERY similar to what people were eating hundreds of years ago. That aspect always fascinated me about Japanese food, so it was fun to actually go back in time and see how these foods came to be! I'll definitely keep more videos in this series coming, so please stay tuned!
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Great job on the video! I love the historical connections of foods and their roots. Not gonna lie, if you did something like a Japanese/Asian version of @tastinghistory that would be amazing. Like picking a particular dish and explaining the roots of it and maybe its historical significance. I could totally dig that.
Thanks so much for watching the video and sharing your thoughts, Holynub! I actually had a TON of fun researching the topic of this video, and indeed, both my wife and I are HUGE fans of Tasting History, so this is kind of like my homage to him and his show!
But I like your suggestion of taking the same format and focusing it on Japanese/Asian cuisine! There just isn't enough content like that geared towards foods on this side of the world so maybe it's time to start making more videos like that! I'm actually doing research for a followup video to this one, so stay tuned for more coming soon!
Thanks again for watching and I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Found your video after a Google search for “shinano pears” (yes I just listened to Jin talk about his favorite food). Really enjoyed this video. Thanks for the history lesson!
I enjoy food history. Shows like "Supersizers Go" and the very dated "A Cook Back in Time" are entertaining and educational. A lot of food history starts with utilizing what is available in the cook's immediate area. There are recipes that start out as regional and then become global favorites.
Yes, Uncle Roger going to be proud
Hahah, thanks for watching Lisya! I didn't even have strain and rinse my rice, either!
Get a skin fade haircut and leave the top as it is.
As a huge foodie and history nerd I just want to say: OMG I love your channel! So informative!!!
Would love more like this, was really interesting!
Thanks so much, Godbur! I'm already doing more research into this! Are you a fan of the game?
@@StraightUpEats Fantastic! Sadly I don't own a PS4 so I've yet to play, but I've enjoyed watching other people play it!
Same here, actually! It's so fun to watch, and reading about what actually took place is even better! Hopefully the game gets ported to a device that we own so we can try it out ourselves!
Awesome work muh duder! Keep on truckin.
Thank you Patricia! It was extremely fun to make this video, so I'll definitely have more coming out like this soon! I'm glad you enjoyed it and stay tuned for more in this series!
Great video. Thank you for the history lesson. Very nice. And the Spongebob scene was hilarious.
I like the historical cooking video!
Glad to hear that Andrew, and thanks for watching! Is there a particular period or cuisine that you'd like to see next?
I definitely enjoyed this type of video, with its history filled tid bits along side the cooking. Great Job.
Thank you backyard! I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed making it! I'll definitely have more in this style coming out soon, so stay tuned for it!
Loved the video! My kids and I enjoyed very much!
That's awesome, Nairobi! I'm glad you and your family could watch it together! I know cooking videos aren't the most exciting things to watch, but this definitely gives a story to the evolution of the food! Is there a particular period in Japan that you or your kids are interested to see what the food was like?
Pretty cool video, sir. It's good to bring the past to the present, and show folks how certain people lived, and how they ate. Bravo.
Dude this question popped into my head while I was playing Ghost of Tsushima earlier and here we are! Very interesting and informative thank you 🙏🏼
Is no one gonna talk about how jin described his favorite meal while he was in a hot spring?
What was it?
@@Jacobismaelthethird I know it’s late, but I know it involves squid.
@@miguelcobarrubias2322wasnt it octopus
There's finally a really authentic and amazing Japanese restaurant near me, and the breakfast and lunch sets are the most amazing. Grilled mackerel, rice, umeboshi and some other pickles, with miso soup has literally been breakfast for like 4 months 😭 its the simplest food I've ever seen in my life and tastes better than 90% of the shit I buy. Like if I had to eat this the rest of my life idk what I'd complain about besides there not being MORE
Edit: PLEASE TEACH US HOW TO MAKE UMEBOSHI IT WOULD SAVE ME ALOT OF TRIPS ON THE TRAIN and make my belly happy😅☺
Japanese cuisine is making something as simple as a carrot taste wonderful because of the high quality ingredients and cooking style. It is definitely good and i wish i had an authentic restaurant near my home too.
Excelent video. I really like your voice and how you communicate your ideas!
Thank you very much, Jose! I appreciate your time and your comment! Are you interested in more historical food videos?
Especially enjoyed learning about ichiju-sansai and how to prepare more balanced meals. Thanks for the ideas! Keep them coming!
A nicely done and very informative video. Thanks for posting.
Found this and your video about what peasants ate while researching for my comic. Great info!
I am a Japanophile and I can tell that you did your research. Everything you said is true and on point. I love your way of explaining in a nice pace. Content wise it was very educative and loved the way you conntected history with food. Keep doing what you doing, it was really good!
Hey Shinamus, thanks so much for the comments! I'm glad that I was able to represent historical accuracy with this video! It's hard to juggle all the facts and make sure that they all fit together coherently, so your comment really means a lot to me! I'll keep it up and please stay tuned for way more videos coming out soon! Is there a particular part of Japanese history that you'd like to see the food of in a future video?
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I love Takoyaki and I know it originated from Osaka, but it looks a lot like the Dutch ''Poffertjes'' or the Indonesian Kue Cubit. Perhaps there is some historical connection there. Nonetheless, I love Takoyaki, would love to see something like that if you like it too.
What an amazing video!!! Would definitely love to see more like it! Great job!
Arxyl, buddy! Good to see you again! Thanks so much for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it and I'm happy to make more in this style! Are there any particular points in history that you'd be interested in seeing?
@@StraightUpEats I would be really interested in how food changed during the mid to late 1800s! Especially since there was more foreign influence during that time, it'd be interesting to see the effects of that outside of the economic/political changes!
Oh yeah, that period is going to be really fun to talk about! It's basically like if an advanced alien civilization landed here on Earth and wanted to share all their never-before-conceived technology and food with us. That's probably how a lot of the Japanese felt when they opened up to the rest of the world. Did you know that the Japanese didn't even have their own concept of frying? They thought that oily and fatty foods were super gross and beneath them, so seeing fried foods for the first time must have blown them away, haha! I think that era, in particular will be really fun to explore, so thanks for the suggestion! I'll definitely have videos on that coming soon!
@@StraightUpEats Woah, that's crazy, it must have been super wild trying fried foods for the first time after never having really seen it before! Another cool one that might be cool to explore would be food from the game Yakuza 0! I cant wait for the next video!!!
Holy moly, I just took at a food list from that game and it's HUGE! So many interesting things to explore! Thanks for the inspiration because the food list has some of the most iconic Japanese foods on there with tons of history!
HAHAHa the Uncle Roger and Mitch Hedberg callouts... love it. Thanks for the video.
I’m pretty sure Bushido was not a concept until many centuries after the Kamakura Era. In fact many historians say it was mostly applied retroactively; attributing a moral code to samurai who didn’t really follow it at the time.
Love hearing the historical background to this recipe video! Would love to see more!! Ty straight up eats!! 🤗💛💛💛 awwwww I need to get on a low carb diet tooo!! But I love me some rice!! 🥺
Ukoooo! Long time no see! I hope you've been doing well! I haven't been on Instagram lately, so sorry I haven't been able to stop by and say 'hi'! I'll definitely keep more videos like this coming! Japan's food history is so interesting and surprisingly hasn't changed too much! Also, I feel your pain on the rice, haha! Can't resist some fresh mochi!
@@StraightUpEats hiiiii hiiiii~~~~ 👋👋👋straightupeats!!! I knoo its been a while! Hahaha nooo prob!! Ita been especially crazy this year so no worries! Im still kickin hahaha im glad to you are doing well too! Yaaa i can't wait to see more of ur vids!! Stay safe and take care!!
Ooooooo ya i can't say no to mochi either hahaha
Subscribed! Loved the history.
Great video! I'm trying to do a bit of research on what different soldiers have eaten across history/cultures and this was really useful. Also, such a great game :D
I found this video so late, still enjoyed it though. Thank you!
"let's see how this type of meal came to be"
right on cue, a grab food ad starts rocking out
love the video! Tasting History but with Eastern history is very cool
We have alot of plumtrees in Sweden but i have never heard of eating them pickled well i have heard of it in japan just not in sweden
This was tremendously enjoyable 😂👍🏻🙏🏻
I really enjoyed this video! The history and context of the food was interesting
Love this video!!!
Found your post on reddit. Excellent content man I’m surprised you don’t have more subscribers!
Hey Rick, thanks so much for the comment and for checking out the video! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Yes, my subscriber count is low for now, but that's how the game goes! But to be honest, I'd rather have a tight-knit community of really cool food and history lovers than have a huge subscriber count! Thanks again for stopping by and commenting! I'll have more videos in this style coming out soon, so stay tuned for that!
Straight Up Eats - Amazing Asian Recipes I definitely will. The fact that you took your time to type all of that out makes you even better of a channel. Really shows you care about your community. Can’t wait to see what else you post I really love asian cultures
Hey, it's my pleasure! The least I can do to show my appreciation for your time is to make sure I reply to it! I'm glad to hear that this kind of stuff interests you! I'm already researching the next topic, which relates to this video, and it's super fascinating stuff! Can't wait to share it all with you!
That actually looks yummy and i love your apron!
Rice in Japan was like medieval Europe butter allotments in some ways!
I loved the video! You need to make more. 💪🙌👍
This was interesting! Loved the humor thrown in. Everyone wants to laugh in these crazy times. What kind of radish do the Japanese use? Daikon? I love Korean radish, too.
Haley, thanks so much for watching and commenting! I'm glad I could make you laugh! Yes, it's definitely crazy times now, so I hope I can at least make some people feel a bit better and learn something new to boot! For the radish, yes, I use Japanese daikon radish! I'm unfamiliar with just raw Korean radish, as I've always had it pickled, but does it taste differently to daikon?
I'm watching this while eating a bowl of white rice, a side of freshly baked salmon, and a bowl of miso soup with wakame and tofu.
The Japanese General Akiyama Yoshifuru apparently only ate rice and pickles for most of his meals,and it seems that most Samurai really lived a very austere monk-like lifestyle. (save for all the killing they did)
You know what😭 I'm gonna like and subscribe because you didn't put the "like and subscribe" part of the video in the beginning. Instead, you placed it at the end😭we need to learn from this legend🔥
Really cool information 🎉 Cool video too!
Zen (Japanese;[note 1] from Chinese "Chán"; in Korean: Sŏn, and Vietnamese: Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as the Chan School (禪宗, chánzōng, "meditation school") or the Buddha-mind school (佛心宗, fóxīnzōng),[1] and later developed into various sub-schools and branches. From China, Chán spread south to Vietnam and became Vietnamese Thiền, northeast to Korea to become Seon Buddhism, and east to Japan, becoming Japanese Zen.[2]
You should make the food he was meditating on in the hot spring
Awesome Video Thanks.
Awesome video and channel.
How did you get the Brown rice to be sticky?
My name is Kai as the same as the main character in this video game
I would definitely love more of the cultural-historical food videos
no words to describe your eloquence.:)
Son Goku really named his first son something, which he really really likes!
I like this man explaining something,i think i will learn from this uncle hehe
how does this not have a million views
Neat! I really love history, ESPECIALLY domestic history, so it's interesting to see what people ate in various times and places. Plus, that meal looks absolutely delicious!
Also, an explanation of the historical philosophy surrounding food was very helpful. I really enjoyed hearing about how the sensibilities surrounding food changed as the culture changed!
Thanks so much Venus! I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment! Yes, it's always interesting to learn about the deeper reasons WHY people ate what they ate! In fact, after learning about the excessive and luxurious foods the previous generations ate, curiosity demands understanding as to why their meals would change so radically to something so simple! The more research I'm doing, the more fascinating the culinary landscape of Japan becomes, so I'll definitely have more videos coming out exploring the food of the times! Thanks again Venus!
Dude now i need to play that game again
You know any Ninja Shinobi dietary? I happen to be into them if you are familiar with Ninjutsu and Hollywood actor martial artist Sho Kosuji in that famous Revenge of the Ninja film. I always wanted to know what the Ninjas ate.
rice turns to glucose and converted to energy if you have intense work. warriors needed that a lot
One question, the rice is whole grain or white? I could assume that, by that time, it was whole
Japanese food prep Edo is some interesting stuff.
He mentions during reflection in a spring he mentions his uncle's favorite food is vegetables sweetened with mirin
I love this video omg
I'm a bit late, but great video, sir.
Great content
Looks like a fried rice, how did they fry them with what oil?
8:29 Taiwanese here, our culture has a lot in common with Japanese culture, but we fry these fishes instead of grilling them. Back to the topic, what I'm trying to say is - you're not supposed to eat the head. All the other parts of the fish are fine, except the head.
These kind of small fish, Mezashi and Shishamo, (if being grilled well) can be eaten whole in Japan. Why not in Taiwan? I am curious.
@@atsukorichards1675 because it's really, really bitter.
@@walker_19880 oh, I see. So you don't eat fish heads because of their bitterness, not for habits or taboo. Thank you for taking time to let me know. Some Japanese people don't like the bitter taste, neither, but with some fresh water fish like Ayu, some of us think the slight bitterness adds the more complex richness to their flavor. I myself don't mind it if they are small, but it might be my preference and me being brought up eating them all my life.
@@atsukorichards1675 you're welcome!
Do samurai field rations.
More videos like this one.
Ken that was so interesting the history is amazing , hope you do this again I loved it can't wait for the next one . Thank You for sharing.
Thank you so much, Elvina! I'm glad you enjoyed a look into a little bit of Japanese history! It's so wide and confusing, especially if you're a beginner at it, like me, but my hope is that I can break it down and make it as easy to understand as possible!
@@StraightUpEats Your welcome, Ken. I've always found Japanese and Chinese and other cultures fascinating including my own. This world is so big and so much we can learn from each other's nationalities. I'm so excited and ready for your next culture food history 😉Great idea. Thank You again for sharing. Be safe, be well and always keep cooking it's awesome.
Yes, I found it interesting too, but never really took the time to really explore and learn about it. With this video, I found that it was a ton of fun and definitely something I'd like to do again, so thank you so much for your encouragement! I'm curious, what is your culture, Elvina? Yes, we can definitely learn from each other's past and present and become better world citizens! I'll keep the food coming, so just take care of yourself and we'll see you again very soon! ;)
@@StraightUpEats my culture is Black American but my father was mixed Chinese and my mother was Black American meaning his father was Chinese and his mother Black American so my culture is pretty amazing . It's so much to my beautiful interracial family I love it.
That's so cool, Elvina! I'm so curious if you saw an influence of Chinese and Black American culture on your dinner table! We definitely had our Chinese stir fry, along with a turkey and mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving day, haha!
Yes, I totally understand your love for your diverse family! My brother's wife is from South Africa, so it's so interesting to learn about their culture, and of course, Mrs. Eats is Japanese, so she teaches me a lot about her culture! We're both blessed to be from diverse homes!
Of rice but I get the feeling that that that would make my stomach feel like it was going to explode.
So you can get milk from Fish bones and other stuff other than Milk Cartons at stores? *No wonder so many Asian dads never leave their kids.*
I want to try those pickled plums
Monasticism (from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós) 'solitary, monastic'; from μόνος (mónos) 'alone'), also called monachism or monkhood, is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work. Monastic life plays an important role in many Christian churches, especially in the Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican traditions as well as in other faiths such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.[1] In other religions, monasticism is generally criticized and not practiced, as in Islam and Zoroastrianism, or plays a marginal role, as in modern Judaism.
With that amount of calories needed,im convince samurai people are 2x stronger than modern day people.
jins favourite food is shinano pears fresh tuna and sweet seaweed 😌
8:07 😂 oh that's totally me haha, I had to laugh because it's the very accurate description of my love for Umeboshi, and my addiction to it😁
Thank you so much for such a educational and interesting video. Learned a lot and was entertained too, perfect. I would love to learn more about history/food and how meals have it's origin from. Oh and btw I love the game, it's a masterpiece, so this video felt like it was made for me😄
Hope you and your wife have a wonderful weekend, sending you best wishes ^^/
Plejade, my friend! So good to see you again! I hope you're doing well! They're so salty and sour, but so delicious, aren't they?? Also, did you know if you crack the seed open, the core is soft and edible and has EVEN more salty-sourness than the rest of the pickle? It's honestly my favorite part!!
I'm so glad you enjoyed this! I really enjoyed making it and learned a lot too! It was also a nice break from the regular cooking videos because I could talk more about the history and less about the step-by-step process of cooking.
Thanks so much for your feedback! It seems that quite a lot of people enjoyed this type of historical look at food, so that's a good sign! I'm already working on a follow-up video to this one!
Yes, the game looks incredible! Unfortunately, I don't have a PS4, but I've been watching a lot of streams of the game and it looks great! Even though I live here in Japan, I have to say, the game looks like a great recreation of ancient Japan!
Thank you so much again Plejade and I'm looking forward to making more videos like this for you and everyone else to enjoy! Take care my friend!
@@StraightUpEats your replies always make me smile, thank you so much😄 I do love your cooking videos equally, but a different topic like that is nice to have it too, and a little bit more essential. Not that I say, bringing food to maximum crisp isn't essential😁 hehe (no seriously I just like all of your videos the same way), but I bet you know what I mean. I hope a lot of people find such a treasure of cooking and educational video about Japanese food and history. And it's great to read how much fun it was to make for you, win win.
Whuo! I didn't know about the Umeboshi seed, nooo and I threw them away... next time I have some (it's very rare to find them here to buy) I will try it, thank you😃
Have a wonderful time and like always (even I don't write everytime) thank you for your effort and videos ^^//
Thank you Plejade! I'm glad you enjoy them both equally! They're two different beasts, but it will be fun to continue to dive deeper into a lot of the foods that I've already made too!
Yeeesss, you definitely have to crack open the seed! I used to bite into them, but it's probably better to use something to smash it open or use a nut cracker! My wife thinks I'm crazy that I enjoy the inner core, but she doesn't know what she's missing!
And no problem on not being able to write every time! Sometimes we feel compelled to comment and sometimes not. But knowing that you are enjoying the videos means a lot to me!
I WOULD LOVE TO EAT THAT HOWEVER I would have shrimp or salmon instead because I am a bit put off by the appearance of the spelt.
That SpongeBob meme hit right
So coool.
I think you forgot Sake; they drank a lot of that.
Gonna became super Sayian 2. Remember that.
Like you said, I smashed the like button so hard that it broke my gaming mouse. I'm reporting you and holding you liable to have it compensated.
I think they would be hungry enough to eat all that, even a US soldier eats about 3600 kcals and Samurai were most likely even more active.
In 1 hour im hungry again...
As a Japanese who practice both the art of 武道 and 料理…this triggers me in so many levels......
Deep down is not different of military food, as long is nutritive savour is secondary.
Stills looks tastier, thou.
I never knew what Samurai ate for food and should have asked my Grandparents who knew their fathers and grandfathers what they ate. I have photos of my great grandparents who were born 200 years ago and never asked anything about food. My mother's grandfather was born in end of Edo Period and served Kaga han. I should have asked my grandfather what he ate when lived in Japan.
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食べ物の置く位置が違うのが残念。。
梅干しは1個しか普通は出さないです笑。昔のは大きかったでしたしね。
自分から見てご飯は左、味噌汁は右、メインは真ん中、梅干し等の漬物は副菜なので右上、メインの右上に置きます。
味噌汁とご飯の位置は地域によって左右逆もあります。
ただ、味噌汁が聞き手である右に置くことで、咄嗟に敵に襲われた時に味噌汁を敵にかけて隙を造る事が出来ます。
Zen Buddhism and Monasticism is Great! Genius!
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Truth is, Samurai used to hot swap lords mid battle all the time lol.
Looks alot healthier than that low carb stuff
Hi I would like to correct you on your samurai tidbit your video was amazing but the BUSHIDO part is wrong. It was most likely conceptualized in the EDO period in Japan where samurai are not in use and have been put in the backburner many thing have been romanticized around that time. BUSHIDO have bits and pieces that real life samurai may appeal too them but no samurai followed BUSHIDO as a whole or most likely never followed anything at all. EDIT: (many samurai in the MEIJI era have adopted BUSHIDO but rewrote it to fit their personal biased narrative)
Everyone should go watch The Shogunate's video on bushido...just sayin