Location pins, and one quick note: First- I want to clarify a couple of points in the video: 1) how the potato blight reached Europe is controversial; there are plenty of articles and books that claim it arrived first from North America. I trust the Smithsonian research and several Irish studies, which is why we stated the Peruvian origin, but I should have pointed out that it's not a definitive fact. And 2) Daria has been listening to a podcast on the French Revolution during her marathon training runs (I know, she's probably a sociopath) and informed me last night that my speculation about Louis XVI's potato decoration when he was sent to the guillotine couldn't be true, because he was in hiding as a commoner. Ah well. Locations: 1- Chinese: maps.app.goo.gl/w5JvQLtwyGAcY1hx8 2- French: maps.app.goo.gl/xMqAGtVrMAy75wDK9 3- Irish: maps.app.goo.gl/BuLfQYAcbS6uxZLB8 4- Ms. Maria and Mr. Singh: maps.app.goo.gl/AZ9NqfwFSvP8sJ4Z9 And as always...our video was filmed at Boonlang (maps.app.goo.gl/UTiHPQszTb4pD6tf6) and our delivery burgers came from Easy Burger (maps.app.goo.gl/v9omBMhNL9dGDv2K6) Cheers all
As a trueborn Bangkokian I don't even know we have authentic Irish pub here Actually I feel we must have one, I don't know we really have one Can Thai people say we have restaurant from all countries around the world here as of yet?
I am going to predict that your next video is gonna be about oil, e.g olive oil, avocado oil, animal fats, etc... Unless, of course, you choose to make a video on corn/maize. That's a good topic, too.
I am from Andhra, India and we speak a language called Telugu here. In Telugu, potato is called ‘Bangala dumpa’ (బంగాళదుంప) which translates to ‘ Root vegetable from Bengal ‘ and I never thought about it. I obviously presumed that it might be from Bengal ( i was a kid ). Now, when you said that British introduced it in their colonies first, it stuck me that Bengal is the first area under british occupation and i was able to connect the dots. Thank you so much for your work
From Sweden. Here potatos are borderline holy. And for me personally the single best product in the world. Something you never get tired of eating. And its almost unlimited usage makes it one of the best food products ever. From a chefs standpoint it also have a taste that doesnt take over so can be used in almost every dish out there.
Their easy to grow to, even with low quality soil. You might not get as big or as many, but you will still be able to grow 1 potatoes into more with just water.
I live in Peru and my wife has worked for the International Potato Center for many years. Your video was excellent...I loved how it explained the context of the influence of the potato in world geopolitics!!
Rice, Wheat, Corn, Potatoes - the cornerstone staples that have made caloric intake so much less of a struggle for humans. You've hit Rice and Potatoes, we'd love a look at the other two.
Wheat and barley would also have big tangents into brewing and farming, they were arguably the reason humans started living in cities and can be stated as the reason for civilisation to begin as we know it.
Corn is a nightmare, as "what and where" exactly the ancient ancestor of modern corn is from is still a point of hot debate. No one knows. A few plants from central and South America are possible candidates, but the DNA don't match
My parents were from German and Polish ethnic backgrounds. Plus both had strong farm backgrounds. I grew up having potatoes at all most every meal. And I still love potatoes. My favorite is mashed with lots of cream and butter.
As an Indonesian, it’s easy to overlook the “Western” potato, but then I remember how vital it is for our beloved dishes. Without it, we wouldn’t have perkedel, the potato patty inspired by Dutch frikandel (minced meat sausage), or side dishes like sambal kentang krecek (potato and cattle skin in chili), and even desserts like kue lumpur. So, here’s a shoutout to the potato and the Incas! Cheers! 🍻
@ Dutch-influenced potato dishes in Sri Lanka? Sounds like we need another video on potatoes! 😁 We do have a few Dutch-inspired dishes in Indonesia, although we probably have more Portuguese influence, but strangely with Spanish-influenced names. Like “Pastel Tutup”, which is minced meat and vegetables topped with cheese and mashed potatoes, the Indonesian version of Shepherd’s Pie.
Also in the cuisine of Macau there are potato dishes inspired by the Portugese and potatoes dishes in Japan were likely from Portugese and Dutch traders as seen in Shogun.
“Boil them, smash’em, stick’em in a stew, lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of a right fish…. Even you couldn’t say no to that!!” Samewise Gamgee
Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew! On a more serious note, I love growing more specialty varieties of potatoes in my garden, especially the ones that are blue and purple on the inside.
The American continent provided very important things to the world; potato, corn, tomato, vanilla, chcolate, squash, turkey, beans, peppers, avocados, blueberries, pecans....
I've been looking for information, for a couple of days ago. about the origin of potatoes, suddenly your channel came to me! I'm so happy for that, and hey I'm also shocked, surprised, amazed, for the amount of data I've been ignoring all my life about the potatoes! it's a favorite 💯
Great episode. As you say, potatoes (and maize, too) were a game changer in Early Modern Europe, including Central Eastern Europe, not only because the tubers being hidden in the ground, they were spared the devastation by armies etc. that grain and vegetables were not (25:30), but also because the peasants were allowed to keep all of these for their own consumption while a great portion of the grains had to be given over to feudal and ecclesiastic authorities. This is the reason that paradoxically, three plants coming from the Columbian Exchange (potatoes, maize and pepper or paprika) are the main ingredients of what is considered traditional Hungarian cuisine. That being said, it is less clear when and from whom exactly these were borrowed by Hungarian peasants. While there are archaic expressions for maize and pepper/paprika in Hungarian meaning "Turkish corn" and "Turkish pepper" and indicating Turkish involvement, there's no such expression for potatoes.
Burgonya would suggest France. Bourgogne.(Burgundy) Krumpli, kolompér, variation: kolompír possibly closer to Serbian and Croatian krompir. But all part of the AustroHungarian empire. And then there's the cute word: pityóka similar to Romany pićoka. So many words for a very important food. But not introduced by the Ottoman because they only got potatoes in the eaarly 19th century and potatoes were being grown in Hungary by the late 1700s. The potato is the food of revolution.
So, I’m watching this at 8am on Christmas morning. Last night I made Au Gratin potatoes for Christmas dinner. Well, guess what I’m eating for breakfast? 😂 I’m going to have to make another batch of au gratin potatoes for dinner.
Oh and as you mentioned the first "European" plantations of potatoes in the Canary Islands: you have to try papas arrugadas, it's little potatoes boiled in very salty water until it evaporates and a salty crust remains on the outside of the potatoes. Legend says they used seawater for this, which isn't a bad idea if you're gonna boil it for half an hour anyway and you don't have to use your rare fresh water.
Here in Chiloé Island, Chile we have more than 400 types of native potatoes, their DNA is different than the potatoes in Perú.....wild man! It doesn´t really matter where they started, we need to preserve varieties in order keep improving its properties. Que viva la Papa !! Cheers!
8 days of hard manual labor later: "if u closed ur eyes u couldnt tell the difference, it tastes like a potato, im super pumped about this" i need some of this guys joy in life :')
🤯👍I knew factoids about the not-so-humble 'tater', but never realised how much I DIDN'T know! Thanks for amazing insights into world history via the potato, over so many eras. I always appreciated potatoes, but never really understood how much of our history, that it affected & continues to affect to this day!🥔🍠
I was laughing at the great chuńo experiment because I knew the result was it would taste exactly like…… a potato. You can buy it at many Latino markets in the US, and I have taken it on backpacking trips.
I was so inspired that I got a home grown potato out of my dark storage (it weighed 18 oz!) sliced half of it thin and fried it in duck fat with sliced onions. That and a glass of milk was dinner. BTW, you left out the Danish experimenter who lived for an entire year on potatoes and margarine (Yuck!) in perfect health and even lost weight. Amazing. I will probably mash the other half with roasted garlic.
I absolutely love love love your videos. Questions I wonder if we have answers to. Thank you for these incred8ble in-depth videos. So much research so much love. Tnank you 😊
No mention of potato will never complete without the Irish Famine. In my country, few years ago, secondary students read The Potato People in their English class.
Thanks! Yeah researching the potato famine was quite frustrating because a lot of the biggest media resources are basically "there was a famine, then a lot of people moved to America". But there are some really interesting books written on the topic and it was fascinating to dive in and realize how little I actually knew about it beyond the headlines.
All the dishes that you had onscreen looked incredibly mouth watering, but I just want to mention a Slovakian (and Hungarian) peasants' dish that is probably less known to English native speakers, and that is bryndzové halusky (sp?), also misleadingly called sztrapacska by the Hungarians. It is a thick pancake mix (so to speak) made with grated raw potatoes, flour, some oil and optional egg, dropped in tiny pieces and cooked in boiling water, then turned in hot bacon fat and a local variety of fresh ewe's cheese called bryndza, and eaten as noodles, traditionally with a sprinkling of fried bacon cubes. Obviously, it's the result of peasants living in the mountains and tending to sheep trying to stretch expensive flour from the lowlands with locally growing ingredients, but it's delicious.
You should’ve shown how potatoes are use to make desserts and soft drinks and how Peruvians eat potatos, I know you are in a remote location an you do the best with what you have around you so.. good job!!
when i visited the island java in Indonesia, I noticed the locals grow a lot of potatoes on their land..flat ground.. uphill..on the cliff..it grow flourish..they also have dishes call begedil..which something like mash potatoes stuffed with meat...very delicious
When I went to Harbin in North Eastern China I noted how almost every meal we had some variation of the shredded potatoes you ate "Tu Dou Shi". In Ireland learned some of the history about the Potato Famine and how it affected Irish culture along with some of the songs about how many Irish fled on Coffin Ships to the Americas and Australia because of it. Finally got to try the original multi colored potatoes in Peru and see them still cultivated including at a site called Moray where the Incans experimented with microclimates to grow different kinds. Thank you for this great video and tomorrow at Thanksgiving here in the US I will give thanks to the humble potato side dish. Also that chef who is working on Indian and Mexican fusion should start a restaurant in Houston which has both great Indian and Mexican cuisine.
"To you it’s a potato, to me it’s a potato. But to Sir Walter Bloody Raleigh it’s country estates, fine carriages, and as many girls as his tongue can cope with. He’s making a fortune out of the things; people are smoking them, building houses out of them… They’ll be eating them next."~Blackadder
give a big up to this wholesome video. in my South Korea mainly have it for side dish which seasoned but also I love potato cuisine in any shape of form include potato chips
when i was a kid i cooked for my family almost daily. Once i remember when my parents were between jobs for a week i was able to turn 1 giant bag of potatoes into a simple soup that fed us for most of that week. I still love potatoes and cooking,
According to Max Miller, potato chips as we know them today may come from at least 1817 from the English cookbook 'Cook's Oracle', but as you rightfully have stated with other dishes, probably cooked before then.
Yeah I mentioned that in an earlier draft of the script but took it out because there’s actually a fair bit of controversy about the texture of that dish and whether it’s anything resembling the Saratoga version. There’s a clear path from Saratoga to what we know today, but the British version disappears after that one mention so I am of the opinion that it was unrelated.
2024: While living and working in China for 8 years....the most common food I came across was eggplant. One of their biggest delicacies was fried eggplant with sugar at the end of a meal (a hot dessert). Their shredded potatoes dishes are amazing, often mixed with veggies and chunks of pork. The fat was never cut off as it was considered very nutritious as the carnivore system agrees with.
I’m Peruvian and there is always boiled potato and cooked corn (mote or cancha) at home, it’s a Peruvian thing, at least from the people of the highlands.
Location pins, and one quick note:
First- I want to clarify a couple of points in the video: 1) how the potato blight reached Europe is controversial; there are plenty of articles and books that claim it arrived first from North America. I trust the Smithsonian research and several Irish studies, which is why we stated the Peruvian origin, but I should have pointed out that it's not a definitive fact. And 2) Daria has been listening to a podcast on the French Revolution during her marathon training runs (I know, she's probably a sociopath) and informed me last night that my speculation about Louis XVI's potato decoration when he was sent to the guillotine couldn't be true, because he was in hiding as a commoner. Ah well.
Locations:
1- Chinese: maps.app.goo.gl/w5JvQLtwyGAcY1hx8
2- French: maps.app.goo.gl/xMqAGtVrMAy75wDK9
3- Irish: maps.app.goo.gl/BuLfQYAcbS6uxZLB8
4- Ms. Maria and Mr. Singh: maps.app.goo.gl/AZ9NqfwFSvP8sJ4Z9
And as always...our video was filmed at Boonlang (maps.app.goo.gl/UTiHPQszTb4pD6tf6) and our delivery burgers came from Easy Burger (maps.app.goo.gl/v9omBMhNL9dGDv2K6)
Cheers all
The link to Boonlang and Easy Burger is not working
As a trueborn Bangkokian I don't even know we have authentic Irish pub here
Actually I feel we must have one, I don't know we really have one
Can Thai people say we have restaurant from all countries around the world here as of yet?
Superb content!👌👏💪
The one you made is more like chuño, the white one is called moraya, chuño is somewhat fermented too, and put under pressure
I am going to predict that your next video is gonna be about oil, e.g olive oil, avocado oil, animal fats, etc...
Unless, of course, you choose to make a video on corn/maize. That's a good topic, too.
I am from Andhra, India and we speak a language called Telugu here. In Telugu, potato is called ‘Bangala dumpa’ (బంగాళదుంప) which translates to ‘ Root vegetable from Bengal ‘ and I never thought about it. I obviously presumed that it might be from Bengal ( i was a kid ). Now, when you said that British introduced it in their colonies first, it stuck me that Bengal is the first area under british occupation and i was able to connect the dots. Thank you so much for your work
learn about the 5 cradles of civilization to know where all the things you love come from. Asia, South and Central America, India, Africa.
+1
It comes from Portugal not british ok
Sorry but just no. It is small areas in those continents. Saying all of asia or all of Africa is just false.@@krono5el
That is so interesting that they'd be named after a region. It is like the French fry.
From Sweden. Here potatos are borderline holy. And for me personally the single best product in the world. Something you never get tired of eating. And its almost unlimited usage makes it one of the best food products ever. From a chefs standpoint it also have a taste that doesnt take over so can be used in almost every dish out there.
Their easy to grow to, even with low quality soil. You might not get as big or as many, but you will still be able to grow 1 potatoes into more with just water.
I live in Peru and my wife has worked for the International Potato Center for many years. Your video was excellent...I loved how it explained the context of the influence of the potato in world geopolitics!!
It's amazing, but why he not coming to Peru?
Causita rellena, le faltó.
Rice, Wheat, Corn, Potatoes - the cornerstone staples that have made caloric intake so much less of a struggle for humans. You've hit Rice and Potatoes, we'd love a look at the other two.
Wheat and barley would also have big tangents into brewing and farming, they were arguably the reason humans started living in cities and can be stated as the reason for civilisation to begin as we know it.
Surprised Adam hasn't done corn yet as it's a very convenient excuse to have a taste of home!
also oats and millet
Cassava
Corn is a nightmare, as "what and where" exactly the ancient ancestor of modern corn is from is still a point of hot debate. No one knows. A few plants from central and South America are possible candidates, but the DNA don't match
My parents were from German and Polish ethnic backgrounds. Plus both had strong farm backgrounds. I grew up having potatoes at all most every meal. And I still love potatoes. My favorite is mashed with lots of cream and butter.
As an Indonesian, it’s easy to overlook the “Western” potato, but then I remember how vital it is for our beloved dishes. Without it, we wouldn’t have perkedel, the potato patty inspired by Dutch frikandel (minced meat sausage), or side dishes like sambal kentang krecek (potato and cattle skin in chili), and even desserts like kue lumpur. So, here’s a shoutout to the potato and the Incas! Cheers! 🍻
Interesting point and also reminds me of the Dutch-influenced potato dishes we found in Sri Lanka as well
@ Dutch-influenced potato dishes in Sri Lanka? Sounds like we need another video on potatoes! 😁 We do have a few Dutch-inspired dishes in Indonesia, although we probably have more Portuguese influence, but strangely with Spanish-influenced names. Like “Pastel Tutup”, which is minced meat and vegetables topped with cheese and mashed potatoes, the Indonesian version of Shepherd’s Pie.
Also in the cuisine of Macau there are potato dishes inspired by the Portugese and potatoes dishes in Japan were likely from Portugese and Dutch traders as seen in Shogun.
Don't forget kentang mustofa (sticky spicy potato sticks) convenient for anak kos (those who live alone) 😅
Excellent again! I particularly love your deep dives on the staples. Potato, rice, noodles, coconut. Coconut kinda blew my mind. Great work.
Coconut is the food staple from a tree, a palm so fast growing I guess. Strange that coconuts and dates are related
“Boil them, smash’em, stick’em in a stew, lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of a right fish….
Even you couldn’t say no to that!!”
Samewise Gamgee
I've seen a lot of videos about potato and this is the most thorough and detailed. learned a lot, thanks
A lot?
Potatoes also kept Matt Damon alive while he was stranded on Mars
That is very true. It as an important historical fact 😅
I love that movie 😃
@@sagarinaustraliavlogs2916 it's one of my favourite documentaries about space travel
The humble potato should be a mantra for “don’t judge a book by its cover.” 😂
Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew!
On a more serious note, I love growing more specialty varieties of potatoes in my garden, especially the ones that are blue and purple on the inside.
I’m making carapulcra in Umbria, IT. I can get the lovely dried potatoes in Perugia, at a Chinese supermarket. Worldwide potatoes, indeed.
Your wife poised, chop sticks in hand, waiting for you to say go!, eat! Is priceless! I laughed out loud 😂
"the history of" is my favorite type of video on this channel.
The BEST episode Yet! Y'all teach food history in a fun and relatable way!
Dude .and dudette......this was freaking killer.....best show to date, you just keep getting better and better.
You beauty. Another OTR video.
I'm off to bed now, so I'll watch it in the morning.
great episode! didn't expect it to be so good but definitely delivered!
I really can`t live without potatos ! Fantastic topic OTR ❤🥔🥔👍brilliant history behind - Thank you for your awesome research !
If you love potatos that much, please also be good at growing them. Just because you can. 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔
Love these history of condiments, food history videos...KEEP IT UP OTR NATIOOOOON
Adam, I discovered your channel not that long ago and absolutely love it. Your content and presentation is spot on. Thank you.
How have I never heard of this channel? Excellent job on this production! Subscribed.
Thank the team. You made my day with this drop.
Gaggan Anand will definitely get a visit in January.
The American continent provided very important things to the world; potato, corn, tomato, vanilla, chcolate, squash, turkey, beans, peppers, avocados, blueberries, pecans....
I've been looking for information, for a couple of days ago. about the origin of potatoes, suddenly your channel came to me! I'm so happy for that, and hey I'm also shocked, surprised, amazed, for the amount of data I've been ignoring all my life about the potatoes! it's a favorite 💯
Potato is a world conqueror.
So did rice & wheat.❤
@@chinajoe6510 Agree with you. But Potato is a different level. It is everywhere even when Rice and Wheat dont grow.
Great episode. As you say, potatoes (and maize, too) were a game changer in Early Modern Europe, including Central Eastern Europe, not only because the tubers being hidden in the ground, they were spared the devastation by armies etc. that grain and vegetables were not (25:30), but also because the peasants were allowed to keep all of these for their own consumption while a great portion of the grains had to be given over to feudal and ecclesiastic authorities. This is the reason that paradoxically, three plants coming from the Columbian Exchange (potatoes, maize and pepper or paprika) are the main ingredients of what is considered traditional Hungarian cuisine. That being said, it is less clear when and from whom exactly these were borrowed by Hungarian peasants. While there are archaic expressions for maize and pepper/paprika in Hungarian meaning "Turkish corn" and "Turkish pepper" and indicating Turkish involvement, there's no such expression for potatoes.
Burgonya would suggest France. Bourgogne.(Burgundy)
Krumpli, kolompér, variation: kolompír possibly closer to Serbian and Croatian krompir. But all part of the AustroHungarian empire. And then there's the cute word: pityóka similar to Romany pićoka.
So many words for a very important food.
But not introduced by the Ottoman because they only got potatoes in the eaarly 19th century and potatoes were being grown in Hungary by the late 1700s.
The potato is the food of revolution.
Who on earth would have thought of potato video.....love the video....❤ watching it ...
So, I’m watching this at 8am on Christmas morning. Last night I made Au Gratin potatoes for Christmas dinner. Well, guess what I’m eating for breakfast? 😂 I’m going to have to make another batch of au gratin potatoes for dinner.
Thank you!!! Would love to see a "History of Corn" video also 😀
Boring.
Dude, you are killing it. That was a shit tonne of work. As I said last vid, you just keep getting better, and now more concise.
Honey, get up! There's a new OTR video!
I literally just sent it to my dad, who... will not be awake yet (7min after time-stamped upload) lol 😂
Came here to post this
Ethan Chlebowski and OTR both having a Potato related video in the same week is definitely a treat.
@CaravelClerihew most original and intelligent comment goes to... not you. Sigh.
@@gohamorgohome relax, that's just a meme
As a German, I really appreciate this video more than all the other brilliant ones! :-)
Oh and as you mentioned the first "European" plantations of potatoes in the Canary Islands: you have to try papas arrugadas, it's little potatoes boiled in very salty water until it evaporates and a salty crust remains on the outside of the potatoes. Legend says they used seawater for this, which isn't a bad idea if you're gonna boil it for half an hour anyway and you don't have to use your rare fresh water.
Potatoes are my favourite vegetable. Boiled, roasted, baked, fried, mashed..... yummy!
Here in Chiloé Island, Chile we have more than 400 types of native potatoes, their DNA is different than the potatoes in Perú.....wild man! It doesn´t really matter where they started, we need to preserve varieties in order keep improving its properties. Que viva la Papa !! Cheers!
Yep keep watching, towards the end there’s a segment on chile
I love Chiloé!
Your videos completely changed the way I see food
Wow!!! Thank you! Excellent lived history & archaeology, Astonishing good education!
8 days of hard manual labor later: "if u closed ur eyes u couldnt tell the difference, it tastes like a potato, im super pumped about this"
i need some of this guys joy in life :')
I cannot understate how much I love this channel and the people that run it
Cruel
@@Dalektardis123 Chicanerous and deplorable.
Love the videos that are history of ingredients, thank you !
🤯👍I knew factoids about the not-so-humble 'tater', but never realised how much I DIDN'T know! Thanks for amazing insights into world history via the potato, over so many eras. I always appreciated potatoes, but never really understood how much of our history, that it affected & continues to affect to this day!🥔🍠
keep up the good work guys!
i've been addicted to watching your videos when I'm working or doing other stuff
love the vibe and the content
Fantastic video - well-researched, well-scripted and well-told. 👏🏻👍🏻😄 Love your channel. 💙😊
So many thanks for your videos man… I cannot love them more ❤️
Great video! Greetings from the Andes!
I just discovered your channel by having seen this video about potatoes. Thanks for doing something so cool!
I was laughing at the great chuńo experiment because I knew the result was it would taste exactly like…… a potato. You can buy it at many Latino markets in the US, and I have taken it on backpacking trips.
love this channel but wasn't gonna watch it because i know a crazy amount on this subject but u guys delivered again ty
Great episode…. Good info and laugh out loud funny moments 😂😂
I was so inspired that I got a home grown potato out of my dark storage (it weighed 18 oz!) sliced half of it thin and fried it in duck fat with sliced onions. That and a glass of milk was dinner. BTW, you left out the Danish experimenter who lived for an entire year on potatoes and margarine (Yuck!) in perfect health and even lost weight. Amazing. I will probably mash the other half with roasted garlic.
Next level writing, as always. Thanks for the vid otr.
This is an awesome video! I appreciate the work that went into it. Informative, historical, at times, funny, too.
"We're going to hibernate for like about a week after this shoot."
Daria's food review that will keep restaurants in business
literally talkin w mom about making a potato garden and the what nots then stumbling on this video after hangin up.. a sign? ill take it anyway.
I absolutely love love love your videos. Questions I wonder if we have answers to. Thank you for these incred8ble in-depth videos. So much research so much love. Tnank you 😊
I love eating potatoes with any dish. Thanks for sharing the wonderful things about it.
No mention of potato will never complete without the Irish Famine. In my country, few years ago, secondary students read The Potato People in their English class.
Part of the British Genocide of the Irish.
That was a great and enjoyable report, well done guys
Many thanks for an extremely good videos. These videos and one of the most interesting and best made food videos in RUclips.
Congratulations on an excellent work.
Your synopsis of the Famine in Ireland and its profound effects is as good as can be found anywhere.
Thanks! Yeah researching the potato famine was quite frustrating because a lot of the biggest media resources are basically "there was a famine, then a lot of people moved to America". But there are some really interesting books written on the topic and it was fascinating to dive in and realize how little I actually knew about it beyond the headlines.
There is a lovely frisson that still comes through the obviously diligent research. A joy to watch and can’t imagine life without spuds
There is a lovely frisson that still comes through the obviously diligent research. A joy to watch and can’t imagine life without spuds
High Quality Video - wonderfully educational and entertaining to boot! well done - your best I think, albeit the Rice one was close.
You'll never find out what you awakened in us mortals; what burning desire to be the best cook ever!
This was really well done, thank you 👍
All the dishes that you had onscreen looked incredibly mouth watering, but I just want to mention a Slovakian (and Hungarian) peasants' dish that is probably less known to English native speakers, and that is bryndzové halusky (sp?), also misleadingly called sztrapacska by the Hungarians. It is a thick pancake mix (so to speak) made with grated raw potatoes, flour, some oil and optional egg, dropped in tiny pieces and cooked in boiling water, then turned in hot bacon fat and a local variety of fresh ewe's cheese called bryndza, and eaten as noodles, traditionally with a sprinkling of fried bacon cubes. Obviously, it's the result of peasants living in the mountains and tending to sheep trying to stretch expensive flour from the lowlands with locally growing ingredients, but it's delicious.
You should’ve shown how potatoes are use to make desserts and soft drinks and how Peruvians eat potatos, I know you are in a remote location an you do the best with what you have around you so.. good job!!
OTR….you’re really one of the greatest food historians ever live 😂👍👍👍
Great episode! You know what’s crazy? I once bought Singha soda thinking it was beer. Imagine my surprise.
Best food/ingredient ever.
Nothing comes close.
Egg
@@artasky6093 hmm, meat is a great contender, but only after we domesticated meat animals.
Hunted meat is definitely inferior.
Excellent job! Soon you'll have 200.000 Subscribers - you earn 2 millons ;-)
I love potatoes. Thank you for the interesting history.
FINALLY an OTR cooking show
when i visited the island java in Indonesia, I noticed the locals grow a lot of potatoes on their land..flat ground.. uphill..on the cliff..it grow flourish..they also have dishes call begedil..which something like mash potatoes stuffed with meat...very delicious
Excellent. Your research on coconut got me hooked.
Bro, I am now going to try Spudnuts in Farmington, NM. Many Thanks! Looking forward to your video on corn.
Love your work, guys MWA
I love watching your video! Thank you for all great history content.
Indeed, I practically eat potatoes in different ways 2-3 days of the week! I love them! Thank-you Incas!
Amazing video as always, thank you
❤❤Who does not just love all kinds of potatos??❤❤
🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔
rahhhh lithuania mentioned 🔥🔥🔥
Absolutely fantastic presentation of historical event...my complements....GG
Yes😮 a new ORT video, thank you
Love your videos mate!!! ❤
When I went to Harbin in North Eastern China I noted how almost every meal we had some variation of the shredded potatoes you ate "Tu Dou Shi". In Ireland learned some of the history about the Potato Famine and how it affected Irish culture along with some of the songs about how many Irish fled on Coffin Ships to the Americas and Australia because of it. Finally got to try the original multi colored potatoes in Peru and see them still cultivated including at a site called Moray where the Incans experimented with microclimates to grow different kinds. Thank you for this great video and tomorrow at Thanksgiving here in the US I will give thanks to the humble potato side dish.
Also that chef who is working on Indian and Mexican fusion should start a restaurant in Houston which has both great Indian and Mexican cuisine.
"To you it’s a potato, to me it’s a potato. But to Sir Walter Bloody Raleigh it’s country estates, fine carriages, and as many girls as his tongue can cope with. He’s making
a fortune out of the things; people are smoking them, building houses out of them… They’ll be eating them next."~Blackadder
Adam's eating French dishes with spoon and fork is peak Thai-ness. 😆
damn! - an excellent channel and only so many hours in the day! very well done.
Finally ate a dish with สะตอ last night which had me wondering when your next video was due.
give a big up to this wholesome video. in my South Korea mainly have it for side dish which seasoned but also I love potato cuisine in any shape of form include potato chips
when i was a kid i cooked for my family almost daily. Once i remember when my parents were between jobs for a week i was able to turn 1 giant bag of potatoes into a simple soup that fed us for most of that week. I still love potatoes and cooking,
Super well done!!!😊
According to Max Miller, potato chips as we know them today may come from at least 1817 from the English cookbook 'Cook's Oracle', but as you rightfully have stated with other dishes, probably cooked before then.
Yeah I mentioned that in an earlier draft of the script but took it out because there’s actually a fair bit of controversy about the texture of that dish and whether it’s anything resembling the Saratoga version. There’s a clear path from Saratoga to what we know today, but the British version disappears after that one mention so I am of the opinion that it was unrelated.
32:09 "potatoes were Catholic" that's freaking hilarious
That tartar looked terrific - you need to do an episode about vietnamese (and imported) raw meat dishes :-D . I'm sure there is a nice selection.
Every cuisine of the world have a bit of the Peruvian Cuisine (the best cuisine of the world) through the potato as part of their own menu!
Very interesting! Thank you very much!
2024: While living and working in China for 8 years....the most common food I came across was eggplant. One of their biggest delicacies was fried eggplant with sugar at the end of a meal (a hot dessert). Their shredded potatoes dishes are amazing, often mixed with veggies and chunks of pork. The fat was never cut off as it was considered very nutritious as the carnivore system agrees with.
I’m Peruvian and there is always boiled potato and cooked corn (mote or cancha) at home, it’s a Peruvian thing, at least from the people of the highlands.