What Food was Served at Wild West Saloons?
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Free or discounted breakfasts with the purchase of a drink are still quite common at bars in Canada.
Home made beans are delicious!!! Salt pork is still a staple in the South
East. My Gramma would boil the salt pork first, then pan fry til crispy...yum....and then add it to the beans... I am going to try this recipe.
In Balkans we often eat raw (obviously smoked) bacon. I've never had salted pork. What's a difference between those two?
TANSTAAFL! (see Robert Heinlein)
Let me think about.
pea soup with bacon on rye bread
I think Cookie from Disney's Atlantis the Lost Empire said it best.
"I got yer four food groups right here! Bacon, Beans, Whiskey, and Lard!"
Cilantro!? What in the cockadoodle is Cilantro?
That was the first thing I thought when I saw the thumbnail 😂
"Lettuce? LETTUCE!?"
Ahhhhh! What more could there possibly be!
Cookie, the men need your four basic food groups…
The answer is lead. Or pork.
Or lead in pork
Also, Jesus Christ? What are you doing here?
Or lead pigs
Exactly 😂 Love the pfp - Ave Christus Rex! 🙏
Cue that "Mr. Shorty" song by Marty Robbins (which tells a story of a small man enterring a saloon and being bullied before shooting his bully in a duel)
"I saw a performance leaving me in awe, and dismay. It was a man...eating his dinner".
Those words couldn't have been delivered any better by anyone else
Man was eating food, EW
I’m sure he made “aghast posh man” noises the whole time lol
Imagine if he saw a Cajun putting the hurt on a crawfish boil
@@rlt9492 Several "harrumphs" as well, I'm sure.
Dramatic Europeans haven't changed in centuries evidently
This video made me think of my father. He was born in 1912 and I was born late in his life and listened to his stories of what life was like back then. His father owned a lumber company in mid southern Canada and his boys he sent there after moving to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to work various jobs, my father included. My father as a boy was always assigned to work in the cook house with a crew of men making meals for all the lumberjacks using he said, " Huge pots, bigger then I could put my arms around." Great pots of goulash, soups and baked beans were on the menu often and he said it would take two men to carry these massive pots of food. He made baked beans for me once when I was a child and remember the taste of molasse and brown sugar, he put thick slices of bacon on the top all baked golden brown, delicious. I don't have the recipe unfortunately but have some memories of his stories and treasure those. Perhaps you could make a episode about the lumber camps around that time period and the food they ate and how it was made.
Yum!! Great story! And those bacon and beans sound truly heart warming!
I'd love to hear more of your Dad's stories! I bet you have some good ones, too.
Thanks for sharing
Curious... My dad was born in 1918. I was his youngest born in 1978. What year were you born?
The Northern New England "Beanhole" beans are really amazing. Basically molasses, beans and pork, cooked underground. We enjoyed the summer beanhole festivals.
"There's gold in them there hills!"
I sleep
"There's free lunches of pork and beans"
I wake
If you’re guaranteed a good meal there’s no need for gold lol
**REAL SHIT**
@@rlt9492 only if you can afford the alcohol to get that free meal there
u can’t eat cash ;).
Exactly my thought
I wonder what they did about freeloaders? @@rlt9492
Max, what I can only describe as the "Spaghetti Western lighting" is really doing it for you.
No lies detected
I thought something looked different
Agreed!
Man's this close to having the Southwest Yellow Filter, now ya mention it.
I kinda hope he does a spaghetti recipe while still in the saloon, PURELY for the pun.
When I was a college student in Cambridge, MA in the early 1970s we discovered a neighborhood bar that had free roast beef sandwiches on Thursday, and the patrons all knew where the potato chips and peanuts were kept the rest of the time. Then a story about the bar was published in an alternative weekly, and all the free food went away.
Greasy hippies ruining yet another great thing. No shock, from the 1970s.
Someone's always got to take advantage and screw it up for the rest of us!! Most college towns had really really cheap breakfast places, run by hippies. fill you up for class.
@@patrickbateman312yep. It's good when you do it, but everyone else is a greasy hippy.
I love how even in the middle of the Old West, Max has a partner Pokemon along with him.
How did I just watch the whole video and still missed that
Not only did the wild west have French restaurants, they also stocked 5th generation Pokémon! - until next time, on Tasting History.
suddenly Sokka getting instantly wasted off "cactus juice" makes a lot more sense in light of the term's etymology explained here 😂😂😂
oh, thats a reference to psycadelic effects some species of cactus can give. but it is a funny idea that its merely fermented!
@@gwennorthcutt421 probably peyote cactus containing mescaline, found in Mexico and the US
*NOTHIN'S QUENCHIER*
@@hakanbrakankrakan thats the one! the name was escaping me at the moment
@@DJWeapon8it's the quenchiest!
I have not, in general, been enjoying RUclips pretty much forcing people to watch ads, but the timing of the particular ad on my computer just after the point when Max asks "What can you expect to get when walking into an Old West saloon?" ... "Purina Cat Chow!" definitely was good for a laugh.
you need an ad blocker. they still send nasty messages warning you you'll get blocked from watching youtube, just turn the ad blocker off for a day or two and you can see a bunch of videos without the nasty messages again. but the ad blockers are always working to update their own software and they at least slow down the level of ads you get.
@@mikepette4422 Hell, they don't even stop you from using the site anymore. I just refresh the page until it lets me watch the video. I only have to refresh once or twice.
Unfortunately my adblocker cost me the chance at the same experience
AdBlock +. No ads.
@@nattyfatty6.0uBlockOrigin.
Also, I'm sad I can't have adblock on mobile.
God imagine rocking up to the local pub and they just have a small Chinese buffet in the corner. Sounds like heaven.
I didn’t expect a Ghost Town Living crossover but I am here for it.
ey i have good snakeoil and a bridge to sell.
I thought I recognised the town name!
@@maeckiemesser6958 What do you mean? The guy who bought Cerro Gordo used his inheritance to preserve a piece of history, and I'm all for him succeeding. So far it looks like he has great long-term prospects. Why the salt?
@@masondegaulle5731 he didnt use his inheritance. he used the money he made as an upper echelon of a pr firm. futhermore he is still envolved with this firm and a whole bunch of regular investment firms from the very start, while still toting the whole just a single independent man and with just a little help of you, you could stay there next year bs.
and here lies the problem he lies about everything he can to let him or his project be seen in a better light.
there is atleast one video out there which lists the numerous inconstitencies about this whole project.
He also finds a fair amount of silver in the mine too. It is a great channel to subscribe to.
Honestly my biggest takeaway, even more than saloon food being free, is that mixologist isn't some modern bs term but has been around for a while.
If you knew how to make 19th century turpentine and tobacco-spiked swill taste good, you were a bonafide food scientist. Makes sense they'd come up with a flattering name for those people early on.
@@user-fu9hc3oi3l LETS MAKE SOME WAKEUP JUICE 😁
@@user-fu9hc3oi3l very cool tho
I love my regional culture. A damn shame the transplants can't learn to love it as well.
@@flyboymike111357 no it isn’t. They’re not supposed to like it. They were placed with intention to undermine it. It’s not a shame. It’s a plan. And it’s working.
Sadly
"troubled water" - it grows more horrifying the more I think about it
Yeah, now I can't even hear that Simon & Garfunkel song anymore.
@@godofzombi Is that what the song means? Since they are singing about a bridge, I was thinking it meant something like "stormy waters", but faceplanting in a dirty puddle so some girl can walk over him? No bueno.
@@geirmyrvagnes8718 I also tought it was like "stormy waters" but now I can't unsee a river full of grease and bits of beans floating in it. Urgh.
Lake Marie - John Prine ...for some reason 😀
Makes sense that "troubled water" would trouble you, I guess. You know they must've had some real wild variants of meningitis and all floating around there.
Max has a voice for old time radio host. It's perfect for this content and I love it.
I'm immature. I see "cowboy" and "beans" in the same sentence and I instantly think of that one scene from Blazing Saddles.
my mind went to "they call me Trinity"
Forget all that shit, here comes mongo
@@P-Mousethe beans weren't much good anyway..
Trinity
Never forget my Dad introduced me to the greatness of Trinity and Bambino on our Betamax machine after a trip to the video store in the grand old 80s.....he made being a kid cool. Happy Father's Day Dad 😢
@@P-Mouse hahaha yes exactly
OK. That Englishman's horrified description of the man eating was hilarious! I love the voice Max puts on for these readings. LOL!
The fact the American ate all that food in five minutes, even if hyperbole, is ridiculous! But I guess when you’re working like hell you’d probably eat up a storm
Ha ha. I wonder if they milked it for all it's worth.
@chalmersmathew4831 I was thinking he just sounds really hungry. As an Englishman (who dose a physical job) myself I have eaten like this. Not quite the assortment this man had but with as much relish and enjoyment.
@@danielbeaney4407 Alternatively it could have been that he was used to not having much time to sit and eat, but there is plenty of time and space to stand and drink. So like it was mentioned in one of the quotes you came, drank and ate quick, then left the spot for the next.
It traumatised him so much he spent the next few years wondering around asking everyone he met if they'd seen someone called "Gavin"
Fun fact. The Free Meal is still a thing in some Italian Bars. The one I went to did it on Wednesdays. You Buy a Glass of Wine, and you can Get a Bowl of Pasta from a huge Pasta vessel that sits on the counter. It was used heavily by University Students back then haha.
Now gone. No more bella vita!😂😂😂
@@grbadalamenti So sad.
Also in Spain and Mexico. Little snacks, sandwiches, etc.
It's also sort of a thing in Japan as well.
I actually wondered if this concept still existed, given how profitable food can be. That's awesome.
Ghost Town Living AND Tasting History together in one video? My day has been made!
ey i have good snakeoil and a bridge to sell.
“I’ve got your four food groups right here! Beans,Bacon,Whiskey, and Lard!” Cookie from Atlantis
_Blazing Saddles_ campfire trauma flashbacks 💨.
@jlastre __C'mon sing us a song__ **I get no kick from champagne** __Slim Pickens Pikachu face__
More beans Taggart??
@@maryschade1906I say you had enough!
Glad I’m not alone 😂
@@uppityglivestockian Horses?!?!!
That definition of troubled water gives a new meaning to "Bridge over Troubled Water". 🤣
Did I get that right? Everyone comes in and shares the same forks, sitting in a glass of water to get some beans. Then, they put the forks back in the water for the next guy.
Trouble Water. Rotting water. Rotte. Build a dam in it. Then call it Rotterdam.
Shouts to Simon & Garfunkel
I came to the Comments Section looking for this (:
I was going to say this exactly! Btw you must be old, like myself 😅
I think I speak for all of us here when I say that I'm grateful for Max cooking wholesome food at an old, abandoned mining town instead of searching for ghosts.
@fuferito Why would a channel devoted to history via food even search for ghosts? Your comment makes zero sense.
@@lisahinton9682He's just saying it's more respectful to the location and its history. Most other people just go to ghost towns to provoke something supernatural, for views
The "free lunch" reminds me of aperitivo in Italy - even today, if you go to a bar between 5-6pm to about 7-8pm, they have food/snacks out for patrons drinking wine/beer/cocktails. It's glorious!
Bean eating scene from "They Call Me Trinity" is absolutely legendary.
Haha I saw this video and immediately thought of Trinity and Nobody
Terence Hill was legendary.
Those beans and bread look so good
Blazing Saddles!
Trinity: "How much do I owe you?"
Barkeep: "Nada, nothing. On the house."
Trinity: "Thanks, the beans were much good anyway."
The free lunch concept really reminds me of medieval europe. taverns always had a house stew on the fire. all patrons can help themself as long as they kept drinking
Yep. Its a very old practice.
Old world hospitality carried far away from home!
@@IronianKnightUniveral hospitality.
Visit Rome get free bread, visit native american tribes get fed (at least before hostilities began), there are other examples I know of but its almost universal to feed people, for free or nearly so if your capable.
The modern additude towards food as something earned and hard won is an unsual, and antisocial break from what appesrs to be a base human drive, and something that would be very very safe to bet would end.
But that said... If it goes against the grain of humanity itself.... welllll maybe find a way to make a profit feeding people for free, you'll be rich
@@AnonymousAnarchist2 Yep, it's almost as if those peoples that were not touched by certain aggressive cultural ideals were quite friendly and peaceful so long as their right to exist was respected. Like humans are, by nature, happy to bond and share resources with others if there isn't a terrible scarcity. Makes you wonder what the world might look like if certain people hadn't imposed an artificial scarcity in a world of greater-than-ever plenty for profit and control purposes. I like your idea about turning such principles in on themselves! Good day to you.
@@AnonymousAnarchist2 This is alien to reality, in general, regarding commercial enterprises as opposed to actual social or family hospitality.
My family made pork and beans sometimes. Bussin'. I'm from Texas. And the fact that lunch at those Salons was FREE sounds like a dream.
As a Californian and a bartender, this is right up my alley. Although I don't think my establishment would take kindly to the idea of a free lunch.
In a lot of places they are outright illegal. I used to think it was to deter overdrinking but after watching this I bet it's more to protect the industry from what happened to the SF saloon keepers
My baked beans recipe is super simple. I go to the grocery store and buy a big can of baked beans, then pour them into a pan and heat them up. Just like mom used to make.
That is a very boring recipe... your mom didn't 'dress 'em up'?
Are you my long-lost sibling!? (My mom can't cook worth crap.)
My mom did the same thing. She would get those huge cans from Sam's Club...
Bushes Baked Beans..
Heat it up with hot dogs..
That was dinner..
🤣🤣🤣🤣
On buttered toast I hope
How tf do you dress up canned beans? The whole point so you dont have to, cause theyre already dressed up. Unless you want to put a bit more seasoning for taste.@@lynnodonnell4764
I know the road show is due to the kitchen remodel, but the new format is exciting! You might consider the occasional field trip even after the new kitchen is up and running.
You have my vote!
My favorite version involves frying the pork in the pan, frying onion in the pork fat, then adding the washed beans and parboiled beans to that same
pan with the molasses and spices. Then it's assembled and baked, served over corn bread and topped with chilis. That's how I had it in New Mexico.
Was not expecting this collab but I am living for it!!
Just a glance at the cover and “They call me Trinity” suddenly haunted me. Never had a man eating beans and bread in a saloon impressed me that much in my life
"Did ya see it?" *SLAP*
I love that scene. Those beans looked delicious.
@@kuroshthegreat8073 Pretty sure the beans were damn good. On the house, too.
I had the exact same thought. That scene is legendary.
That was a lot of beans and what looked like half a loaf or bread. Despite Trinitys comments, they looked pretty good.
My grandmother used to make her baked beans with a generous amount of molasses, brown sugar, mustard and ketchup. Never used the bacon, but when she took it to church potlucks, she never brought home a bean,
My mom always cooked hers with bacon. But I never thought it really got cooked enough. I use a liberal amount of bacon grease in mine. Flavor and fat without the odd texture.
I've never personally had pork and beans made by someone else where the beans were sufficiently salted, and so the bacon or ham just ends up tasting like watery nothing. If you don't salt the beans prior to addition, then unwashed (and cooked) salt pork would actually be a perfect addition, depending on the pork-to-beans ratio
My aunt had the same. Sadly, took the secret (proportions, brands, techniques or X factor) with her when she passed long ago. People still talk about those beans. No one’s replicated them. Lesson here: teach others.
That’s really similar to my baked beans! I’ll smash half the beans up with a masher, mix them in molasses, brown sugar, mustard, ketchup, diced onion, pour into a casserole but I cover it with strips of bacon and then bake 350F until bubbly.
Yours are not only cooking lessons, but also ones about history. I truly appreciate that!
My dad owned bars up until the late 80's. He always offered free food, from small sandwiches, baked beans, to stuffed bell peppers. His bar was always packed. A smart bar practice...
Greg Titian from How To Drink makes the point on his Red Dead Redemption video that there had to be a ton of drinking in the Wild West that was more varied than just beer and whisky, because a not-insignificant portion of cowboys were Mexican, so there had to be tequila or similar available. And the first bartending superstar, Jerry Thomas, whose guide to cocktails still sets the standards for many of the base cocktails of today, plied his trade in the "Wild West". He also mentions that ice-cream was wildly popular in western towns, with even infamous characters like Billy the Kid and Wild Bill Hickok known to have loved it.
Pretty sure Billy The Kid loved everything since he was always on the run and the only thing he could eat was whatever he caught (game, rabbits; anything he caught was mostly meat) and he always had to watch his back, ice cream probably took him back to his carefree childhood...
In those times, I'd imagine ice cream chocolate bars various sweets and tobacco products were welcomed treats from mouths of nothing but jerky beans various stews and other trail food
Those old saloons sound basically like Mexican cantinas where food comes with your drinks. In a cantina, the more drinks you order, the better and larger the food you are given.
Nice, I never knew that. American saloons typically had food just set out, no sliding scale for big drinkers. I heard about them from my Dad, who was sent to the Local, to fill his Dad's beer pail when he was a kid.
Makes sense, most of the area where saloons were would have been Mexican territory not too long ago. So naturally alot of that culture survived even when americans moved westwards.
Saloons also tended to be men only, one of the ironies of prohibition was the normalizing of men and women drinking at the same establishment which did not occur much before.
That would have been the way to do it instead of the buffet.
Given that like half of modern US was Mexico at some point, this makes total sense
The movie "7 brides for 7 brothers" had a scene like that in the beginning. The eldest son comes to town to trade and get in touch with the news. He sits in a place and receive a bowl for a stew. It was made by the young lady (AKA co-star) and then, BAM! Love is right around the corner and couples will be made.
"Cactus Juice." Suddenly, The Flintstones takes on a new meaning. But then again, The Flintstones used to sell cigarettes, so there's that.
I found your channel recently, and as a history nerd who loves to cook I enjoy the content immensely. I am also very hearing impaired and you have the best captions of anyone I've seen here on RUclips. I love that there is no guessing at what was said, the inclusion of the non-English words, not just [foreign language] and also the 'nom noms' the emoticon faces. It makes the shows such a joy to watch.
Yay, glad you're finding them useful. Jose cleans up the subtitles every week and then Google translates them into other languages for international audiences.
Welcome aboard.
@@TastingHistory I often watch at work, and the excellent subtitles allow me to follow along really well. Thank you!
I often turn Max's subtitles on, just for more of his jokes 😆
@@TastingHistory Chat GPT is probably easier to translate to many languages and keep or include the correct formatting
@@sternteacher2092 ChatGPT is also incredibly bad for the environment - google it for proof!
Cowboy: " how about some more beans, Mr Taggart?"
Taggart: "I'd say you've had enough!"
I came here for the Blazing Saddles jokes
Damn I wanted to post that comment but actually glad to see someone else beat me to it. Doesn't he say ''shit, I'd say you boys have had enough''
Loved learning about the diverse and surprising menu options at Wild West saloons! 🍲✨ It's amazing how much history is on our plates!
Thank you for this lesson, as a hobby, I've spent over 20 years collecting pre-prohibition cocktail books and recipes and was amazed that the selection was incredibly varied back in the late 17 and early 1800s. The trick is finding ways to recreate those old drinks using current methods - or flat out blow your mind at how good some of those old drinks (including temperance drinks) were before modern sodas and commercial brands
I remember not too long ago when you announced you were quitting your job to focus on this channel full time. We're all grateful you did! Proud of ya
I absolutely love pork and beans. As a squaddie in the British Army, I once lived on an RAF camp in Cyprus, and the chefs used to make the most marvellous pork and beans every Saturday lunchtime. They used what we Brits call belly or draft pork slices and cooked them until the crackling (rind) was crispy, then placed them on a bed of baked beans with a sprinkling of coriander.
military or not who doesn't love pork n beans ? where are these uncouth savages ? they need to be educated...
I'm not British and never been in the military, but I've kinda always lived life in "survival mode" so for me a tin of baked beans may as well be haute cuisine. That being said, your description sounds a lot better if available, although I think I'd still take American bacon over alternatives
@@nattyfatty6.0have you ever had real British bacon? If you haven't, you're really missing out. Bacon sarnies are overwhelmingly popular here, and commonly the thing that vegetarians say they miss the most.
Coriander?! Definitely a Brit. Baked beans need a splash of hot sauce or a sprinkling of cayenne pepper. Maybe cumin. Save the coriander for falafel.
@@hlynnkeith9334 Someone's not tried a Vindaloo, don't underestimate the average working class british man's heat tolerance, I've put quite a few americans to shame in such a department..
Max, I end up making almost every recipe I have a historical interest in which has become a hobby I never thought I would have! Your channel is fantastic!
every time someone mentions baked beans, all I can think about is the scene from Call Me Trinity, where Terence Hill absolutely destroys an entire pan of beans. It's a spectacle that amazes and makes you proper hungry. A man needs his beans.
"Well boys, just won my third game of faro!"
"What'd you win this time?"
"Two tickets for the Titanic! :D"
The slight Foghorn Leghorn accent Max adopts when reading the quotes is very entertaining.
*That's* what it reminds me of! Thank you!
Now listen here boy!
I actually liked those fun little transition lines like "while the beans are baking, let me tell you about how wild west salons were like"
As someone who loves history, food, and westerns, I found this fascinating! I love the photo you showed twice, early on showing a close up of the right hand portion, which shows about 5 men by the wall which had a small shelf along it which they were leaning on. The second time you showed it, nearer the end of the video, it was in its entirety. I love the snappy dresser about second from far right, best scarf, waistcoat and even great chapps! He really had a sense of style! Most of the food sounded really tasty. More than I would have expected. Thank you once again for an excellent video.
“How ‘bout more bean, Mr. Taggart?”
“I say you had enough!”
Yeah, I giggled when Max worried about the fat from pork.
Blazing Saddles!
Best. Western. Ever.
"Miller only pawn in ad revenue of Squarespace"
It's become a weekly tradition to check RUclips every Tuesday morning to see what Max is cooking up next!
O wow I never thought I would ever get to see my two favorite channels blended together. Tasting history and ghost town living . I mean what are the chances. Max great vid as allways and a big thanks for doing it at Cerro Gordo
Yay, Ghost town living, I’m happy you’re focusing on Cero Gordo!
ey i have good snakeoil and a bridge to sell.
Try "Deadwood". They ate on there, especially in the hotel. I was there for the entire 3rd season (out of which I'm seen for about 45 seconds). Props advised us NOT to actually eat anything, this stuff was kept at ambient temps for too long for that!
Re: saloons - Deadwood had at least 3, two wood ones and one wood framed tent.
Fun fact - all the sets for at least one John Wayne movie (and possibly all of them) were built at 7/8 scale to make him look more heroically large.
In "support your local sheriff" they ate too. I think I recall a few scences in "Hell on wheels as well".
@@maxlutz3674 Back to the future III also had saloon customers eating - it's actually a weirdly well researched movie. Probably so they could make historical easter egg jokes.
Cool!!!!
I heard they had to build at 5/8ths scale when Alex Baldwin does a western
Marion really did, and still does, represent every thing contemptible about the USA.
Max, brother, you holding down our Tuesday man. It's good to have a reliable friend.
Great program! It helps that I and my family visited this ghost town many years ago while we were camping out and hiking in Death Valley and associated areas.
It's so cool, that you are changing locations. and doing the cooking within a Western Saloon. Indeed, I think, the show is even getting better with changing into different locations....Go, go go , boy you're doing soo so so good! ! !
I love how he was gonna eat without manners and the next shot was him eating as delicately as usual, gotta love you Max 😂❤
I'd've eaten that fatty salt pork with just my hands, not gonna lie!
eating without manners is only available in his only fans
The free food idea sounds very much like bars that offer free bar snacks like salted nuts or chips. I've even been to bars that had a free buffet on certain nights. It definitely encouraged people to stay longer and presumably drink more and it encouraged people to become regulars. Good for business.
Or Vegas buffets.
The free lunch reminds of a few restaurants I've been to in Mexico where as long as you're buying drinks they will continually bring all sorts of small dishes to munch on. Little enchiladas, ceviche, small tacos, etc., etc.
Thank god for Thursday Max you give me a reason to continue my youtube subscription. Kudos to you for persevering through a home kitchen renovation!
Love that when you're traveling that there is still a Pokémon to drop in.
Also, did not expect that a saloon could have an actual chef on their staff. Was just thinking it was people throwing stuff together and hoping for the best, which I imagine is also true. Professionally trained chefs never crossed my mind though!
17:51- "How did they eat it? What did they look like..." That is a GREAT question and line of investigation. Thats why this guy is awesome. He covers everything we'd want to know!
I love that you went to Cerrro Gordo to film this, Brent has put in so much effort and love into unearthing all the history there.
Thank you Matt for these videos, I like enjoying them with my lunch.
Every time I think, "There's nothing to watch on RUclips today!" Max comes through with a banger like this, and my day is a happier one
Appreciate the mention of the West’s diversity. My great grandmother, the ‘lady’ of a ranch in CA, was largely taught to cook by Chinese women, the wives of the male ranch hands.
Sounds like a good potluck right there
Somehow this channel fell out of my RUclips recommendations for a while and I forgot how much I love these videos
You did a superb job as usual. It was so fun to hear the varied stories.
Friend made some dried meat, and used a little too much salt in the mix, with the result coming out very salty. As he had rather a lot, he sold it to the one local bar, who loved it, giving it out as bar snacks. Sales of beer basically doubled while it lasted, and they then went to a local butcher, to place an order to make it for them always.
The dried fish locally is a Bokkom, a dried sardine like fish that is almost half salt by mass, and which will keep for years with no refrigeration, just a cool dry space.
Props to Jose for still bringing the plushie of the episode!
Who's that Pokemon?!
Love how there is just a Tepig hanging out behind him on the shelf
I skipped this video yesterday because I’m generally not interested in the old west, but this included some surprising historical info I was definitely not expecting. Nice job as always, Max!
He says "...just enough to be level with the beans" at 4:38, and my mind goes to addressing them, "look you guys, this what's going to happen"😂
Oh, I laughed way too hard at that!
Felt like Max was describing Red Dead Redemption 2 the whole time. This video basically descries every saloon in the game. Even the English guy looking for Gavin.
I would recommend the scene in "They Call Me Trinity" (1970), where Trinity greedily eats a whole pan of baked beans at an Old West saloon. It makes me hungry just watching it!
Was looking to see if anyone else suggested it! The first thing I thought of when he said old west saloons in movies never showed them eating, I thought immediately of "They Call Me Trinity"
@@ebrules Great minds think alike, lol! It is the number one scene.
Wonderful episode as always ! Thank you Max ! 🫘🐖🤠
I live in an old logging town here and the part about Chinese saloons is accurate. The two biggest bars in town here are still Chinese restaurants.
I really need to go visit those little historical towns
I was gonna make a joke about the guys who "built the railroads" but it might sound crass out of context, so I'll just directly reference The Big Lebowski. There, I explained the joke without even making it. An anti-humor singularity
Aberdeen?
@@outdoorloser4340 no but same state!
@@beeswillinherittheearth5084 Haha! I'm from another old logging town called Maple Falls up here in Whatcom County 👋
[ALL BURPING AND FARTING]
Taggart: "Goddamn!"
Lyle: "How about some more beans, Mr. Taggart?"
Taggart: "I’d say you’ve had enough."
Beat me to it!
Watched this on TV once, during the bean scene the censor muted the sound.
@@shorttimer874you must have watched it on AMC.
Is that a blazing saddles reference? I've seen a sketch of 2 based on it but never the original series.
@@SheyD78 Blazing Saddles is a great Mel Brooks movie, and well worth a watch. Highly recommend.
Excellent!! I'm going to try this !!! I can't wait!! :) Thanks so much!
I thoroughly enjoyed this! Very informative and entertaining. Subscribed, and looking forward to watching the others!
I do wonder if the saying "no such a thing as a free lunch" comes from the need to buy drinks
Betcha!
My first thought. Must've been, unless the concept migrated from Europe with similar traditions?
Max has that golden hour lighting going on and WHEW that man is HANDSOME
you keep 50c in your boots after curtains up and we had a fun line of digging yum yum for only 50c, much laughter and gratitude
So cool you are at Cerro Gordo. I have been watching Ghost Town Living for a few years now.
somewhere in a saloon in Texas, 1875
"Dangit Dale, I told you not to server Oysters here! Now look at them, they're firing off from both ends all over my clean floors!"
"How was I suppose to know Oysters couldn't be served in July?"
"I tell you what man, dang ole, oysters gone, dang ole, disgusting smell I tell you what man, little ole, I'm getting out of here, man."
"Hank, I don't feel so good *Barfs up oysters and beer*"
King of the Hill reference!
The free lunch carried down to Las Vegas in the 70s. I remember a dollar beer and meatball sandwich or shrimp cocktail at the Fremont.
You used to be able to eat free at most major poker rooms at all the major casino's for decades until weak politicians ordered the lockdowns brought on by media-driven fear.
Always fun to see two channels I watch collaborate unexpectedly! 😀
Taking the show on the road was such a neat touch to this episode and the backdrop was really well put together
Definitely gonna re-watch Blazing Saddles while eating baked beans 😋
"I'd say you boys have had enough." ~ Mr. Taggart. 💣💥💨💨💨💨 😲
Well, that is the traditional meal. Baked beans, beer or whiskey, and scenery for roughage.
I never thought I’d see a Ghost Town Living & a Tasting History collab!! This is amazing!
Came here to say this!! My two favorite channels!
Me too!
You guys are awesome! My neighbor Jason has been on GTL several times, and also smelted some of Brent's Ore for him. 😊
ey i have good snakeoil and a bridge to sell.
Great Episode. Love to see you tasting and visiting history at Cerro Gordo!
Max in Cerro Gordo was the collab I never knew I needed! I think he’s living my dream lol
The history of the card game Faro is fascinating and very important in the Old West. Cheating especially was a big part of it - and as casinos became regulated, Faro gradually went out of favor because when played fairly: the odds are very good for the player (Just under 50%). But it was so common and popular worldwide that entire classic works of literature were based around it, yet it's almost entirely gone from today.
This was a nice surprise. I follow the ghost town living channel as well, so this sort of overlap was cool to see
I’ve now watched this episode three times and it just doesn’t get old and shared this with some British friends.