How BAD was Edwardian Food? (Filthy 1900s Food Factories)

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  • Опубликовано: 15 янв 2025

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  • @FactFeast
    @FactFeast  Месяц назад +19

    Thanks for watching! Please like, comment and share if you enjoyed.
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  • @KevinUrban-u1z
    @KevinUrban-u1z 29 дней назад +17

    As someone who makes cheese, dried sausage, and cans I always laugh at people who say " is that safe" i say i dont know. But atleast i know whats in it.

  • @tymora11
    @tymora11 Месяц назад +38

    Upton Sinclair played a similar role in American food history. He was also an immigrant contracted as a journalist, interested in the conditions of the workers, not the food.

    • @Faeriethorn
      @Faeriethorn Месяц назад +5

      Yes, Upton Sinclair really started getting people aware of the horrors!

    • @Caithness19
      @Caithness19 Месяц назад +8

      "I aimed for the nation's heart, and hit its stomach."

    • @mintybadger6905
      @mintybadger6905 Месяц назад +5

      I read The Jungle. Worst book I ever read, mostly cause I knew everything he wrote was true.

    • @sunnyadams5842
      @sunnyadams5842 Месяц назад +5

      The Jungle took me to the edge of that brink... It should be required reading for Gen Y, Z, and on up.... Perspective is priceless.

    • @NyanPoptartCat
      @NyanPoptartCat 28 дней назад +5

      The edition of my book even claims that it horrified people so much that meat consumption in America was reduced for decades.

  • @MarisaChambers-p1e
    @MarisaChambers-p1e 29 дней назад +16

    How miserable. Makes me feel awful thinking about how they worked so hard all day and didn't even have a place to take a warm shower after such a long day or a comfortable bed to rest in.

  • @daveanderson3805
    @daveanderson3805 Месяц назад +47

    I am sure that, regardless of health and safety regulations, there are still lots of dodgy things going on in the food industry. It's simply a matter of maximising profit.

    • @Pugetwitch
      @Pugetwitch Месяц назад +3

      Absolutely, everything from underage employees and labor exploitation, to unsanitary practices and worse just to save a few bucks.

    • @MyMazyCat
      @MyMazyCat Месяц назад +3

      @@daveanderson3805 if we only knew! We wouldn’t be eating any packaged or canned food from a store!

    • @emilytisdale753
      @emilytisdale753 27 дней назад

      Yes!!! Chemicals, preservatives, GMO, The FDA is useless!

    • @justluke9166
      @justluke9166 23 дня назад

      Just look at the chemicals they are putting in your food.

    • @vinnyward6547
      @vinnyward6547 6 дней назад

      Look at the food ingredients there are many now that contain cellulose in food. Cellulose in food
      What it is: A carbohydrate that makes up the cell walls and woody parts of plants
      Where it's found: In fruits, vegetables, cereals, legumes, and whole grains
      How it's added to food: Usually comes from wood pulp or cotton lint
      What it's used for: To thicken and bind ingredients, and mimic a meaty texture
      What it's called on ingredient lists: Powdered cellulose, cellulose gum (carboxymethyl cellulose), or cellulose gel (microcrystalline cellulose or MCC)
      Is it safe to eat?: Generally considered safe to consume, but eating too much may cause side effects like bloating, stomach upset, gas, constipation, or diarrhea. Yes wood pulp is added to your food to thicken it.

  • @davidsigalow7349
    @davidsigalow7349 Месяц назад +30

    Another gem from "The Good Old Days Were Terrible!" channel!

    • @zaftra
      @zaftra Месяц назад

      depends were you look

    • @MyMazyCat
      @MyMazyCat Месяц назад +1

      @@davidsigalow7349 that was a GREAT book! I love that book!📕 is that was these videos are based on?

  • @MadamoftheCatHouse
    @MadamoftheCatHouse Месяц назад +27

    We have factory farming today. The conditions for the animals are horrible. Even if you don't care about animal welfare, at least you should be concerned about the workers and the consumers, the risk of injury/infectious disease to humans is enormous.

  • @scott5966
    @scott5966 Месяц назад +15

    You mean government regulations are actually a good thing? Companies have such a great track record of self-policing, LOL.

  • @janetpugliesi3203
    @janetpugliesi3203 Месяц назад +13

    It is a miracle anyone lived through those times between disease and the way they messed with all the food! It was a very rough time to be alive for sure..

    • @juliegale3863
      @juliegale3863 Месяц назад +5

      They didn’t , life expectancy was short.

    • @n3alsnail299
      @n3alsnail299 27 дней назад +1

      it's a miracle you think things have changed (objectively)

    • @carla5830
      @carla5830 25 дней назад +1

      Look at the garage and chemicals that are in our food today!

  • @davidsigalow7349
    @davidsigalow7349 Месяц назад +12

    One of the Games New Yorkers Play is to scan the newspapers or online websites to see how many of their favorite pizza joints, bakeries, and delis have been cited for health violations by the over-worked sanitation inspectors.

    • @susanpage8315
      @susanpage8315 26 дней назад

      I do that with my local places!

  • @TheAMBULOCETUS
    @TheAMBULOCETUS Месяц назад +12

    We’re reliving the same now in 2024! Major food recalls every day! It’s only getting worse, all those food companies are all about quantity not quality.

  • @saracreaney
    @saracreaney 27 дней назад +6

    Impressive, it was a woman who undertook this investigation during this time period.

  • @victoriafinnin1215
    @victoriafinnin1215 28 дней назад +5

    What an eye opener! Thank you for all the joy you brought us this year. Heartfelt compliments of the season to you and yours.❤

  • @carla5830
    @carla5830 25 дней назад +6

    The fruit that they put in jams now is probably almost rotten bruised too, lol don’t be shocked!

  • @Angelalivingaquietlife
    @Angelalivingaquietlife Месяц назад +4

    That was so informative! A new perspective on history I’ve never been introduced to! Stunning narration as always! You know how to really bring the text to life!

  • @r3db0x
    @r3db0x Месяц назад +8

    Love the longer vid! Still hate when it ends. I could listen to these stories all night. Thanks, Fact Feast!

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Месяц назад

      Great! Thank you so much.

  • @garyfrancis6193
    @garyfrancis6193 29 дней назад +6

    Pretty much the same today but with chemical preservatives.

  • @johnhenderson131
    @johnhenderson131 Месяц назад +9

    30:32 I don’t know if it was luck or a fortunate strong disposition but I’m surprised any of my ancestors even survived these unsanitary conditions and tainted food which today allow me to learn about such horrific conditions. How many people suffered and did not survive the poverty, disease, malnutrition and inhumane treatment of the era! After learning this, I’m surprised I’m even here to understand the unscrupulous methods the wealthy factory owners took to increase profits.

    • @93bencomo
      @93bencomo Месяц назад +2

      My maternal grandfather died in his early 30s in the 60s from eating cheese that had been sold in poor condition. Until not long ago, the simple act of eating was a matter of risk.

    • @Noah_F1776
      @Noah_F1776 29 дней назад

      It’s only possible through the grace of God. It’s not over until Jesus returns and finishes his promised work. Trust in the Lord as your ancestors did too

  • @loriace9841
    @loriace9841 25 дней назад +4

    This video is factual and a very well documented credible source of first hand investigative reporting!! Thank you!
    I can understand how adding a lot of cheap sugar to a boiled fruit mixture can hide any spoiled flavor and boiling it down would kill any mold or bacteria.
    What I’m having a hard time understanding is rancid meat. Who would buy and cook rotten meat?
    There is almost no way to serve rancid meat Unless people were used to eating spoiled meat? E-Coli must have been running rampant everywhere!
    The only thing I respectfully disagree with is the diet at the time wasn’t based upon meat. It was wholesome wheat bread and butter, oats (porridge) and root vegetables. I do not believe most lower earning citizens had meat based protein more than once or twice a week. Due to cost.
    Thank you again for the education!

  • @IamwhoIam333
    @IamwhoIam333 29 дней назад +5

    Even the artists show how clean was to look like. No fruit stains anywhere 😂🤣😂🤣😂

  • @SyIe12
    @SyIe12 29 дней назад +4

    👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐EXCELLENT WORK!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO NEW VIDEOS! THANK YOU

  • @carla5830
    @carla5830 25 дней назад +6

    The food in factories are just as filthy today people!

    • @CDM1971
      @CDM1971 22 дня назад +1

      Have you ever worked in a food processing plant before I have for 2 years a person that comes around a couple of times a year or so to inspect the plant inspect the machines and everything the guys that work in maintenance they would come by and whenever we have to do a different product or anything they would come down and sanitize the conveyor belts and everything that the food goes on so whenever they have to change over to a different food product the conveyor belts in the machines were always wash and sanitize by the maintenance man so unless you work in a food processing plant you have no idea what goes on in there

    • @CDM1971
      @CDM1971 22 дня назад +1

      Food processing plants now have to be inspected by the FDA and everything in the USDA

  • @jacobschweitzer1068
    @jacobschweitzer1068 Месяц назад +30

    Makes me glad we have health inspections today

    • @serendipidus8482
      @serendipidus8482 Месяц назад +15

      Yeah did you forget the horse meat issue? Or the toxic stuff in the baby milk?

    • @MyMazyCat
      @MyMazyCat Месяц назад +14

      Nothing has changed!

    • @ReneeLibby-cv8vf
      @ReneeLibby-cv8vf Месяц назад +2

      hope it stays that way!

    • @skraaaaz
      @skraaaaz Месяц назад +4

      it's actually a shame we need health inspections

    • @MadamoftheCatHouse
      @MadamoftheCatHouse Месяц назад +10

      Uh, have you seen factory farms? Besides horrible conditions for the animals, there is ENORMOUS risk of injury/infectious disease to the workers and the consumers.

  • @heidimisfeldt5685
    @heidimisfeldt5685 Месяц назад +6

    Avoid all factory foods as best as you can ...
    Nothing is as good as homemade. 🏡🏠

  • @RebelLeigh
    @RebelLeigh Месяц назад +12

    Clicked on this video as soon as i saw it, love ❤ this channel.

    • @nogoods3511
      @nogoods3511 Месяц назад +1

      🍉🍌🌷

    • @louiseoz4720
      @louiseoz4720 Месяц назад +1

      Same..its in my top 10 channels to watch..this and the Resurrectionist.

  • @clarencedavisiii1412
    @clarencedavisiii1412 Месяц назад +11

    Thanks FF happy Sunday ❤❤😂🎉😊😅

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Месяц назад +4

      You too! Thank you.

  • @bobcosmic
    @bobcosmic Месяц назад +24

    Hah here we are folks transported back into time to hear about the grisly times of the early 1900’s in Victorian Edwardian London. FactFeast does it again. Hit the like button & share.

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  Месяц назад +2

      Thank you! I appreciate your support Bob.

  • @brucewebb1114
    @brucewebb1114 Месяц назад +6

    Ahhhh...the good ol days.

  • @tashaimpressions
    @tashaimpressions 19 дней назад +2

    Shocking facts but interesting thank you!

  • @harveybrant3352
    @harveybrant3352 11 дней назад +1

    When you hear politicians advocating "a bonfire of regulations" this is an example of what they want to bring back.

  • @Khatoon170
    @Khatoon170 29 дней назад +4

    Last part of my restaurant dinner was popular in Paris . Since time or French Revolution, had reached British shores by 1880s . Gentlemen dinning away from homes at clubs , men from middle class and working class at oyster shops , or food stands along streets. Custom of dinning out by 1890s . Both ladies and gentlemen have chance to leave homes setting in restaurants with high class people. Rosa Lewis became first freelance cook for anyone could afford her services . Rosa Lewis saved money with hours of works without wink of sleep . She bought cavendish hotel . She earned fortune for satisfaction of highest class persons privacy and excellent food . She made private dinning rooms , where swells could bring lady friends, permanent suites , exotic dishes. There are extravagant dishes . She also invented delicious quail pudding for king Edward. Food at Edwardian era there are breakfast and dinner, ladies added afternoon tea , another tea within hot muffin’s, toast , beef or fruit cream . Typical English breakfast at that time consisting of kidney, tongue , chicken, woodblock. Luncheon included lamb , pigeon, pudding, cheese , biscuits, jellies, fruit , supper great sample of dishes . Guests sitting down for ten to fifteen course meals was quiet normal . Honestly till nowadays some people have extravagant food restaurants meals . Definitely home food is more healthy. Happy new year merry Christmas.good luck to you your dearest ones .

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  28 дней назад

      Thank you for sharing Khatoon. Best wishes.

  • @JPErwin-l1z
    @JPErwin-l1z 28 дней назад +6

    Hmmm, another case of why the FDA, USDA, OSHA, and HHS has an important role in making sure manufacturers and corporations have to comply with laws and regulations.

  • @angr3819
    @angr3819 28 дней назад +3

    Thank you. Appreciated.

  • @giannidcenzo
    @giannidcenzo Месяц назад +5

    Great episode.

  • @doddseman3
    @doddseman3 17 дней назад +2

    I love listening to this while working. Makes my job feel like a cake walk lol

  • @BiscuitsBrown666
    @BiscuitsBrown666 Месяц назад +64

    Sounds like the food in China today

    • @incominghitdadirt9587
      @incominghitdadirt9587 Месяц назад +5

      What part of China were you at?

    • @MadamoftheCatHouse
      @MadamoftheCatHouse Месяц назад +3

      The West has animal factory farming. Imagine the risk of injury and infectious illness to both workers and consumers.

    • @mintybadger6905
      @mintybadger6905 Месяц назад +5

      I’ve seen those videos. Hoping it’s all lies but I’m too old.

    • @sunnyadams5842
      @sunnyadams5842 Месяц назад

      Sounds like the food in the States these days. It's just dressed up all pretty...lard and hfcs !!

    • @pattycake8272
      @pattycake8272 29 дней назад +1

      ​i googled it, France, Vietnam and Brazil and a couple more and places with no regulations have to be really really bad. Icky 🤢​@@incominghitdadirt9587

  • @EverettvonNordeck-gf2cw
    @EverettvonNordeck-gf2cw Месяц назад +2

    Well Stone a Crow! Yet another top notch Queens proper production value of a moving picture🧐

  • @blueneeson9888
    @blueneeson9888 Месяц назад +4

    Thanks For This Brilliant Video From Blue

  • @KevinUrban-u1z
    @KevinUrban-u1z 29 дней назад +9

    I cant help but laugh. How bad was edwardian food. Not nearly as bad as it is today. They have had 100 years to perfect their craft of adulteration.

  • @Beginnerreadsthebible
    @Beginnerreadsthebible 27 дней назад +3

    This reminds me of the book "the jungle" written about working conditions in the USA around the same time period

  • @GungaGaLunga777
    @GungaGaLunga777 19 дней назад +3

    These conditions and worse still exist today in developing nations like India, Philipeans, Indonesia, Liberia and many African nations.

    • @AKayfabe
      @AKayfabe 7 дней назад

      Olivia seemed to think India had nicer factories and work conditions than Britain back in those times she had investigated this.

  • @MyMazyCat
    @MyMazyCat Месяц назад +11

    Watch the movie “Food Inc.” nothing has changed that’s why the food industry is kept hidden!

  • @Khatoon170
    @Khatoon170 29 дней назад +4

    Thank you for your wonderful cultural documentary channel sir . I just read differences between victorian and Edwardian era . Victorian era it’s really miserable period for both poor and wealthy people in every aspect, while Edwardian era called ( golden age ) where the social change, health improve, time of peace , prosperity it’s started of First World War in 1914 Edward v11 during early reign of king George v. I learned about Rosa Lewis ( 1867- 1925) she was English cook , owner of cavendish hotel in London located at jermyn street. She is known as queen of cooks , prized by king Edward v11 and , known too as duchess of jermyn street . As I read Rosa Lewis

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  28 дней назад

      Interesting. Thank you for your comment Khatoon.

  • @papabird4425
    @papabird4425 Месяц назад +7

    It's crazy that not only has British food not improved, but it's gotten worse.

  • @fattoria_di_bastoni
    @fattoria_di_bastoni 24 дня назад +4

    I’m in the mood for pie 🥧
    I think I’ll swing by Sweeney Todd’s🚶🏽

  • @mijiyoon5575
    @mijiyoon5575 29 дней назад +5

    Read a modern writers take such as Kitchen Confidential by the late *Anthony Bourdain*

  • @box1007
    @box1007 Месяц назад +7

    There must of been toilets in the factories surely?

    • @jeffreyromain7336
      @jeffreyromain7336 Месяц назад +1

      Apparently it seems not in the ones reported on.

    • @shaftomite007
      @shaftomite007 Месяц назад +1

      Yeah sounds like the used the food vats for that purpose too lol

    • @mintybadger6905
      @mintybadger6905 Месяц назад +6

      I’m swear I’m.not trollling when I say, you sweet summer child. People yell about regulations today forgetting why we need them.

  • @MrsJHarrington
    @MrsJHarrington 29 дней назад +7

    Very interesting and informative, I believe a lot of these things still happen today unfortunately, all about money and profit at the expense of the people. I felt like I was actually back in Edwardian England! Looking forward to your next video!

  • @117Pinkyflower
    @117Pinkyflower Месяц назад +6

    My husband worked at a cattle slaughter company. They actually shock the meat with electricity to make
    beef a better grade. This is in the USA!

    • @isoalma
      @isoalma Месяц назад

      electric shock stuns the animal for bleeding, they also use special bolt gun for this purpose

  • @tiffanyhammond3103
    @tiffanyhammond3103 29 дней назад +5

    As practiced today😂😂😂

  • @mungomidge1090
    @mungomidge1090 27 дней назад +3

    Horsemeat lasagne anyone?

  • @Knaeben
    @Knaeben 28 дней назад +8

    Imagine what's going to happen to food in the USA when the FDA is auctioned off to the highest bidder in the food industry next year...

  • @93bencomo
    @93bencomo Месяц назад +5

    The part in which it's narrated the state in which the eggs arrived for the pastry shops gave me chills. Deaths from salmonella should have been the order of the day.

    • @bcaye
      @bcaye 10 дней назад

      Salmonella doesn't have a high mortality rate.

  • @christinisbichonlife8878
    @christinisbichonlife8878 3 часа назад

    I love your voice!! Ty!!!!!

  • @heidimisfeldt5685
    @heidimisfeldt5685 Месяц назад +4

    😳 😠 😡 🤢 🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮 🗑 UTTERLY DISGUSTING.

  • @debbiemohiosen147
    @debbiemohiosen147 17 дней назад

    And I imagine loads of rats pooping in the food ,I get a stomache ache just thinking how yucky it used to be🤮🤮

  • @RosemaryEdwards-g7k
    @RosemaryEdwards-g7k 3 дня назад

    In the buroughs of New York there was bath houses. A lot of working class and low income people went there. We need such spots today! If you can't bathe or shower at home for whatever reason you can shower at a truck stop for $20. which gets expensive, maybe go to the home of a friend or relative, or if you have additional extra money, get a motel/ hotel room.

  • @carla5830
    @carla5830 25 дней назад +6

    Nothing has changed people, our food is still prepared In filthy factories, with substandard food, ask anyone that works in a factory especially a meat packing plant, hot dogs, bologna, sausage, need I say more!

  • @pallasathena1369
    @pallasathena1369 28 дней назад +3

    Like sweeny todd and mrs lovetts pies...

  • @savneetsinghrairai6823
    @savneetsinghrairai6823 13 дней назад +1

    Ministry of health and family welfare..... honorable member

  • @thisperson5294
    @thisperson5294 18 дней назад +1

    You do know that "London" is not a synoynm for "Britain."?

  • @philoffhistree
    @philoffhistree 9 дней назад

    all that mold probably saved lives as they didn't have antibiotics back then, especially if they handled pineapples

  • @nadapenny8592
    @nadapenny8592 5 дней назад

    This scratches a really weird itch

  • @ahue8368
    @ahue8368 8 дней назад

    The British version of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"

  • @ilovemichigan-1111
    @ilovemichigan-1111 23 дня назад +1

    These people must have had very strong faith in God 🙏🙌✝️

  • @kwacou4279
    @kwacou4279 8 дней назад

    Olive Christian Malvery was an Anglo-Indian journalist, best known for her investigations into the working conditions of women and children in London.[1]
    Early life
    Malvery was born in Lahore, in the Punjab, in 1871[2][3] from parents of European and Indian ancestry. Following her parents' separation, she and her brother were raised as Anglican in India by her maternal grandparents. Pakistan didn't exist at this time.

  • @perlefisker
    @perlefisker Месяц назад +6

    0:38 Yeah, she totally looks like her 😂

  • @scousemouse9715
    @scousemouse9715 19 дней назад +1

    An undercover reporter from Lahore in Indian slating English food and its preparation. WTF. She should have highlighted her own country's poor diet and food prep instead. Would have done it a huge favour and no doubt saved thousands of lives.

  • @cortrichards8179
    @cortrichards8179 6 дней назад

    How about a little Ptomaine? If the factory conditions were as bad and disgusting as stated, and I am sure they were, you would think many people would have come down with ptomaine and other horrible illnesses caused by bacteria and mold and who knows what else. They probably had no idea where or how they got sick, either. One would have had to be so careful in those days. No wonder the writer became a vegetarian, after what she saw and experienced.

  • @Kat-amber-t2z
    @Kat-amber-t2z 8 дней назад

    Yeah, this was a video I regretted eating during. Oh well.

  • @firecracker187
    @firecracker187 Месяц назад +4

    Eek

  • @mijiyoon5575
    @mijiyoon5575 29 дней назад +2

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    • @FactFeast
      @FactFeast  28 дней назад

      Thank you Miji 😊

  • @died4us590
    @died4us590 Месяц назад +8

    Sounds like the same thing they do now., and yes it's happening, along with all the garbage added to the food. I just pray before eating, Christ said you could be bit by an asp and not be poisoned if you believe and have faith no harm will come to you.
    G-d bless.

    • @tomhirons7475
      @tomhirons7475 Месяц назад +6

      i never pray, never have and dont think god is real, its about buying fresh and quality food thats all.

    • @Noah_F1776
      @Noah_F1776 28 дней назад

      @@tomhirons7475that’s your loss, I hope you’ll realize the Good News that Christ proclaims in The Gospel. @died4us590, God Bless you my brother in Christ, I sometimes let my flesh get the best of me and make me fearful of the chemical world we live in, but when I think of the words our Lord spoke it helps me realize he lifted up generations through worse than we’ve went though, ALL glory be to our Right and Good Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

    • @r00pea
      @r00pea 28 дней назад

      Wow cool it's great how nothing bad ever happens to Christians

  • @JaylaStarr
    @JaylaStarr Месяц назад +2

    OK, I missed the part that the person talking was narrating a woman lol now I have to start all over lol

    • @unnamedchannel1237
      @unnamedchannel1237 Месяц назад +1

      You didn’t know ? I thought it was easy to tell it’s is Thursday girls night out voice.

  • @GreenHeet
    @GreenHeet 10 дней назад

    I can't help but wonder how the human race made it so far.

  • @carla5830
    @carla5830 25 дней назад +3

    Nothing has changed people, our food is still prepared In filthy factories, with substandard food, ask anyone that works in a factory especially a meat packing plant, hot dogs, bologna, sausage, need I say more!