In Australia our dining table was set similar to the second class manner most evenings, in the third class manner for simple food or when children were sent to the verandah to eat. Very special occasions were closer to first class. It was important to know which cutlery to use, even as a child. The only food we ever touched was fruit. Yes I eat pizza with a knife and fork.
My grand parents were Victorian and my parents Edwardian. It was interesting to see my upper class Victorian grandmothers table setting in first class . That was at time when being a waiter or waitress was considered a profession. My mothers father was in charge of making then installing the lighting in the Titanic. He would never talk about the ship. My grandmother said when the news came that the ship had gone down my grandfather cried and it was the only time she ever saw him do that. My mother was 3-1/2 months old. I did ask him what the Titanic was like when I was 16 and the look on his face told me never to ask again. He just couldn't talk about it. Thank you for taking the time to show us this.
Vintage Traveller well, that’s not surprising, but you can’t blame him either. Most people who work on ships consider them their children in a way, and loosing them is very painful, and loss of life just makes it worse. I build scale model RC ships, but it is the same concept. If I lost one of my ships to the lake I would cry like a baby. When you work on a ship in anyway, to put it simply, they are now a part of you.
@@historicstudios2708 I'm sure that is what it was. He had been through the ship stem to stern. Knowing my grandfather it was the thoughts of the loss of life as well. I don't know if he knew any of the crew but he may have.
@Eric Becker As I said mom was a baby then but she understood that he had started his apprenticeship at the Warnsworth Electric Company in Birmingham, England in 1899. That's the only place that she heard of him working and where he was when the moved to Canada in 1929. We contacted the company but they lost all their old records in the bombing in WW2. My grandfather was the shop foreman and had about a 130 journeymen and apprentices working there. I have tried to find out who supplied the lighting but so far all I have found is that a company was appointed to supply what the ships needed and they in turn found suppliers who supplied their needs with their companies logo on it. I can't find the name of the company again. If you have any information I'd enjoy hearing from you or if I can supply more information I will.
I just found this again. He may have been involved with one of the companies that supplied parts to Perry's. He was a tool and die maker and may have been involved that way. I do wonder if there is still a record of who did what on the Titanic. I hope the link comes up But I Googled, Who made the lighting for the Titanic and a review of a book came up with the information came up. books.google.ca/books?id=3e9ZDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT69&lpg=PT69&dq=what+company+supplied+the+lighting+for+the+titanic&source=bl&ots=BiwVOY6u4L&sig=ACfU3U1xXNFfnjwCstlnkehLWN8l2FiJwg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYhPSxqc_jAhVLjVQKHY__AjQQ6AEwDXoECAkQAQ
I think the White Star dishes and so on can be purchased even now. They are completely original, as they are the very same, and still manufactured now. I believe you buy them from the very same shop in Southampton that White Star did in 1911/1912. I could be wrong, but I think that is the case?
I graduated from the Culinary Institute of America, and was taught how to serve. We had restaurants that served each of these ways. I love love love serving in the style of first class. Everyone is always blown away and we have a really good time.
It's amazing to think of how the first class dinner was done back then. I never would have imagined so many servings and yet in small amounts so to not get overly full. Very cool
@@jlust6660 On the last cruise I went on, in addition to the various buffet foods, there was also a formal dinner on every night in the grand dining room near the stern of the ship. You have options.
My GF and I went to Olive Garden over the weekend. I know it’s the Olive Garden...so a chain restaurant and not fancy...but it looks kind of fancy inside, servers are dressed sharply, nice wine menu, nice music and dim lighting...but the people who dined there. Holy shit. I could go to the backwoods of deliverance and find more appropriately dressed folks. Girls in crop tops and daisy duke shorts. Men in stained T-shirts and wrinkled shorts with dirty feet and flip flops. Made us feel foolish being dressed in decent outfits for dinner (I had khaki slacks and a polo shirt with loafer type shoes, GF had a casual but very pretty dress and heels). People were definitely staring at us as if we were weirdos. I miss the idea of fine dining. I guess I need ante up, and start to pick restaurants where it is $50-100+/plate. 💵💵🍽💵💵 Find people with some table manners and refinement.
kindness and civility never go out of style...my grandmother had silver plate soup spoons which she taught us how to use. We learned to eat our morning cereal using them..out of soup bowls. This brought back some memories for me..
I had a multiple course dinner at a wedding that lasted I think I remember, 3 hours. It was marvelous. Each portion was large enough to gratify yet small enough to appetise you for the next course in a half hour or so. Everyone ordered from the fish menu but I'm not a fan, and ordered from the meat menu instead. Best steak I've ever had. I should go eat dinner at that hotel again some time.
I just sailon the Costa Pacifica to Europe and we had six course and utensils removed after each course . I cruise Americanships a lot andnever had so many utensil changes
Excellent video! As a child, I learnt to eat Continental style. I was fortunate that my mother taught me so, because as I grew older and started to go out to more formal dinning settings, I never felt intimidated or out of place, due to the table setting. It was just second nature to me and I just took it all for granted. Today, David thanks to your excellent video, I now understand the reasoning for this way of organizing the table place. I agree that, even in fine dinning establishments somethings have gone by the wayside. That said, when things are done well, it does help to bring a certain flow to the dinning experience. In fact, I would argue that this video should be a must see for everyone that works the front of house. As for myself, at home, alone and for informal meals with guests, I set my table second class style. For more formal occasions, I set the table first class style, which I find definitely heightens the sense of the occasion. Once more well done, thank you. 🙂
This guy is so enthusiastic about this stuff. Its always great to see enthusiasm when people are teaching, because that enthusiasm translates to the listener and the whole experience becomes more interesting and the information is retained better.Great video as always.
Thank you for giving us a crash course in classic eating. Thats so true we touch our food and forget to wash our hands first. Thanks again. Karen B. Texas
@@Moakmeister I know that but it's not an answer for this questions, a correct answer would be a number like 2 or 3, or the answer is correct if he doesn't care.
“Silver service” is also called service ala Russe (service in the Russian tradition) while “family style” (large self-serve platters of food placed on the table) is called “service ala Francais (service in the French tradition).
Yeah Ive only ever heard it caled a la Russe...never heard silver service in my entire life because 'silver service' is what you call the silver pieces themselves...
Very nice and entertaining video! Fascinating that the first class dinner took three hours and was the main "event" in those days. It reminds me a bit of an Italian vacation a few years ago, when I had some Italian friends there and the main activity in the evening was not partying or such crap, but dining in good restaurants (mostly outdoor). This is a lifestyle I like very much, and also much healthier than all the stress-making stuff today.
I think these Services should return to restaurants. If I were Edwardian I would be having Silver Service and if we were talking about today I would like second class. My appetite isn't what it used to be! Thank you Monsieur Kaplan for something very different and interesting to watch. :-)
@@historicstudios2708 believe me I know about the prices! Growing up we went to these sorts of restaurants but the only one left now is my mother and is a good inheritance coming someday although it can't replace family but she was horribly abusive and still is. Gordon Ramsay is a friend of mine so whenever I get near any of his restaurants my meals comped. Yay for me but I still would have to get to New York City I think that's the closest and I'm live in Maine and I'm in a wheelchair now. The portions at some of these restaurants are so small for the entire meal and they say will you get a few of them so you'll be full, BS! I can't tell you how many times we went to five star restaurant in left there and had to go and get pizza or something else because we were still hungry.
Take a trip top Europe. I'm currently planning an edwardian style dinner, I have to invest in some new cutlery, I already have, and use, fish knnives and forks and steak knives and cake forks. The last dinner I made was 5 course. And yes each course had a different alcohol to go with it.
@@sashh2263 Wallace grand baroque flatware comes in stainless steel now instead of only in sterling. That being said go on 1stdibs dot com and look up 'antique flatware' and there are several solid silver services for 8,10,12 or more for decent prices considering. You can get a service for 12 with all the serving pieces for 1500-2000 dollars which would cost a fortune if you bought them piece by piece with a silver fork costing over 100 bucks, the forks alone would reach the total price tag...
@@sashh2263 Also, I'm somewhat 'aristocratic' but I actually loathe extreme formality unless its for a special ocassion. I could NOT eat like this daily. It would drive me insane. All one really needs is dinner fork and knife, soup spoon, salad fork (a salad knife is nothing but pretentious for the most part) and a dessert spoon and fork, tea/coffee spoon. Also, if one is on a budget and needs fish knives, I'd just get an extra dinner knife and fork. The only part I like about a full service is the alcohol. Madiera wine and sherry are not drank enough today!
Omg! This demonstration was exquisite! It’s interesting how the setting of the silver ware was and actually how it was set for all of us at the Grand Hotel! The first class dinning is a lot for what were used to. That’s a huge departure from what it is now. I can’t decide which dinning is better. But if we’re gonna have a laid back meal, third is the way to go! It was great seeing him for his presentation. Excellent! The knowledge I didn’t know I needed. More presentations please!💙💙💙
Thank you for a wonderful video. The first class place setting and dining style helped make dinner an event, and aided in its leisurely appreciation. Having experienced it firsthand, we would do well to bring it back.
The White Swan in Alnwick has rooms decked out with interior decorations from the RMS Olympic, identical to those aboard her sister ship, the RMS Titanic. The Lounge is magnificent, complete with a pianist playing tunes of the time. The Olympic Suite next to it has dining tables decked out with full regalia and is very popular for wedding breakfasts. The magnificent staircase takes you to State Rooms, though I've never been upstairs.
I’m afraid they are mostly bygone days now, pride and care in your job are becoming a distance memory now as skilled men in any trade are becoming….a couldn’t care less about the job now, very sad, except Germany, where they take great pride in their work no matter what their trade.
This is so beautifully thorough. I ALWAYS wondered about what each utensil was used for what course and when. Even with Margret Brown telling Jack to start from the outside and working your way in. It definitely helped. I had no idea Second Class and especially Third Class had similar set-ups and menus. I guess it was the cultural standard, this set up, be it extravagant or simple. Really appreciate this video.
Though I enjoy the use of technology today, my inner Victorian would loved to have experienced this kind of dining. Thank you so very much for treating us to a comprehensive lesson from a bygone era. Your knowledge is truly wonderful!
*Do not touch your food says great grandma! Use your utensils as much as your manners!* Note taken! Also, its quite a shock to compare 3rd class dining to how we eat today. We eat like paupers and savages in 2019! 3rd class be like: *"Got multiple courses, Bro?* 2019 people: *"Hot Pockets, Avacado, Ramen, McD's, Obesity, Heart Disease."*
That was fascinating. I'd love to eat as well as Third Class on the Titanic every night, sounds delicious. Great point about them not having anything else to do - basically, you sat there all night and kibbitzed with people and that was your night's entertainment, then you went back to your cabin and read a book or went to the smoking lounge.
Wonderful presentation, very interesting to see how differently people ate their meals back then. My favorite out of this would be First Class because of the variety in their dinner.
I was such a Titanic fanatic as a kid. I started watching it when I was 8 and the vhs box set ( two tapes) which was available at shoprite, was the first thing I ever purchased with my own money that I had to save up for. It was $13. I even brought the tapes with me on vacation. I had books and watched documentaries on it. Eventually my teachers banned me from doing any more school projects on the topic.
Loved reading this. Thank you for sharing. I really wish they never struck the iceberg. They were so precious. We would have learned so much more from them.
Wow that's awesome Elizabeth... brings back memories for me too. I remember when I saw the movie age 11, it was truly captivating. I also done a school project which no one was really interested in, and actually, I'm amazed how many young Titanic enthusiasts there are! (thanks Titanic H&G channel :D) What got you fascinated by Titanic?
Aboard the Titanic, and perhaps other White Star liners, the crew pulled several 4-hour watches, and also two 2-hour watches; all watches were manned by separate crews. This enabled most crewmembers to have the evening meal, because the two 2-hour watches either ended at 6 PM for one team, or begin at 6 PM for the another team. There is a specific name for the watch which is split into two 2-hour watches, and it was considered a rather posh luxury by career sailors. This type of watch-keeping was called something specific, “boneyard watch,” or something like that. I’m sure many Titanic buffs know the name of this watch-keeping system and can explain it better than I.
DiegoKevin, I’m sorry I misunderstood your query regarding “crew meals, with their different shifts and all.“ Please clarify what you mean by “how the meals worked with the different watches” for me and perhaps we can find an answer for your question. BTW, since you “already knew about” the watch system I detailed for you, do you by chance know the name of the watch system I described? Try as I might I just haven’t been able to remember what that particular watch system is called.
@@mh-on7fp Ships usually have 3 watches so that you're not alternating on and off duty. So when I was at sea, 2 of the watches would eat first, while the 3rd was still on duty. At Watch change, the watch that had just come off duty would eat in the second sitting. Daily schedule is set up so there's a watch change at 08H00, noon and 20H00 to cover Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Food was not 1st class fine dining, but it was good, well cooked and plenty of it.
Great job Mr. Kaplan! Thank you for your knowledge...no farmed fish, antibiotics and whatever. The ocean was in a whole lot better shape back then too. Seafood must have been terrific.
This was so informative. ‘Course I’ve always known about using utensils from outside in, but I always thought the dessert utensils were used from their topmost position. Nope! Pull them down into place as the handles indicate. How clever! Thank you David.
That's because most cruise ships are not marketed toward the ultra-wealthy. if you're are so wealthy today that you could have afforded 1st class in 1912, then you're not going on cruise ships; you probably own your own yacht.
Not on Carnival Cruise Line! The food there is of the finest quality and in the most elegant dining room i ever see and everyone in fine attire even the ones in sandals who bring in their towels have the most impeccable dining manners... And the kids... Don't get me started about how well behaved and silent all those Princes and Daughters of Adam are on the ship!!!
Wonderful presentation David. One small note, as far as I'm aware only in the US is the main course referred to as the entree these days. Certainly in the UK and Australia (the two places I'm most familiar with!) the entree is the first course. I went to a few places that did silver service as a kid - it was quite common in the 70s and 80s even in fairly modest restaurants, but it seems to have died out as a practice (and I certainly have not been anywhere posh enough to still do it!). I imagine with the greater variety of dishes served - many without the traditional veg accompaniment - it's easier just to plate everything (and less labour intensive).
In the 1990s I worked in a hotel / restaurant outside of Kidderminster that still did silver service. That was a mid-range place that mostly catered to pensioners and it was quite dated even then. You're right though, it's now pretty much non-existent in the UK. That establishment later suffered a fire, had a major refit and re-opened as a much trendier place aimed more at a well-off younger set, who tend not to eat a lot of roast dinners!
Second Class is probably my favorite just because of the more colorful plate. It's not so drab, and screams perfection like the First Class plate does.
I enjoyed that! "Continental Eating" amused me - we would call that "English place settings" in UK. Whilst the galley ovens were indeed electric, they also had a steamer (and certain other kit) which the engineers kept supplied with coal. The flue for that ran under the galley and exhausted via the 4th "dummy" funnel.
I’m so excited for this game! Every time I think about it I squeal. It’s gonna be so good. Thank you game developers for taking so much time to perfect every detail. Keep up the great work!!!!
Very interesting. In the 1980s, I lived in a Russian Orthodox convent in France, which was the first time I ever saw an electric potato peeler. The convent was housed in a chateau, so the kitchen was roughly late Edwardian in style. I had kitchen duty one day a week and I loved that peeler (we prepared 90 meals each day--dinner was rewarmed lunch--so we really appreciated the kitchen conveniences we had). I love when I've been able to attend multi-course Titanic dinners. If one is careful, one leaves the table satisfied, but not overfull. It really is quite an experience.
Excellent video, I'm always in awe of your knowledge David! When you're back over in the UK in Sept I'll have to make sure the dinner settings are up to standard...!
Michelle T I know lol. So many ppl eat with their hands and dudes acting like no one today wash they damn hands hahaha !! 👏🏽👏🏽then he compares third class food To being better then what folks would have in their homes. Boy please lol. It’s not a question of what is compared to food in the home .., when ur footing a bill traveling across the ocean , just why not give them food and let this dude say and here’s what they had and leave it st that. Like he’s trying to justify any ill treatment toward third class ! Back to the food - Dude doesn’t get that DUHHH , our immune systems are strengthened to a point with us being hands on lol. If we never expose ourselves to anything we can’t withstand anything ., clearly obv. , better to wash hands and avoid contact with potentially sick ppl and always good To not touch anything “ bathroom related “ and then be hands on haha. That’s how ppl get what they wrongly refer to as stomach flu so often .. ppl touch contaminated fecal matter And then put their hands in their mouth or on surfaces their mouth touches. He can’t seriously compete Edwardian society to being somehow further intellectually advanced or knowledgeable than ppl today like that haha. They often did things just for the sake of appearances and status and not being conscientious of airborn illness or contact conditions lol. Heck so many ppl in that era had very unclean conditions as opposed To today’s time lol. Only 2 baths aboard the 3rd class quarters with oh at least 700 ppl or more , perhaps over 1000 having to share facilities to bathe or use the can lol 😂 this dude is trying to be a tad bit too uppity without a cause , I’d say lollol. Cracks me up when ppl act in such a way ! Helps them feel important or secure lol.
@@breAnnasmama Good lord, that was annoying to read! At least People could understand and admire the Man's knowledge in the vid and not all that jumbled up gibberish that I just got done reading! You're Probably one of those People that talks over People and thinks They're a big "Know it all". lol!
Thank you David👍That was an interesting video. I used to work a lot in kitchens and also for 3 Star Restaurant and the detail about the automatic potato Peeler on the Titanic was something that i didn't know.Awesome. These kitchen on the ship was more modern than some kitchen today😀👍To answer your question.I'm working class and i liked the 3 class dishes the most.Solid china👌
This was incredible. I loved the second class setting, it was more beautiful than the first. I can imagine how exciting it must have been to show up for dinner. I do wish I had experienced a time where food was the spectacle!
I think the second class setting pattern is more beautiful too but it appears that the second class setting is made from stoneware or something durable and the first was made from fine china/porcelain.
What a wonderful video. I have been to the Grand Hotel on Mackinaw Island. It’s magnificent to see. Did you work at the TItanic museum and exhibit in Branson, Mo? They had a guy there that was so knowledgeable of everything titanic. He looks like you. I was impressed with his facts about the ship. They have a lot of artifacts from the actual ship there and it was very cool to see everything. The employees dress up in period clothes and talk like the people traveling on the Titanic. Thank you for this video. Great job.
Thanks for reminding viewers that these multiple course meals were usually more like the fine dining sampler experiences of today where you get many small sampler plates of the chef's creations.
Go to a three Michelin Star restaurant and they got 11 course tasting menus just to start with... And a plethora of exotic silver and plate ware accompanying them... It's as close as you can get to traveling back to a more civilized day... But it is expensive- too rich for my blood i'll stick with my Mac n Cheese dinners!!!
Ahh honestly I just use one fork and one knife. I can't stand the formality of it all. But amazing to see it in game and the authenticity being provided.
You would probably have been in danger of getting lynched by the Countess of Rothes for your barbarity. My god I feel pure disgust even commenting on your post. I think I'm going to be sick! One fork and one...uhhhh. Good day....
This really shows how we, as a society, became lazier and immature in certain areas, especially after seeing some people in here being proud of not even washing their hands or using the knife... loved the attention to details you guys have! Keep up the excellent work!
I'm a Concierge and I'm going to request to show this at our next Concierge Association meeting as our members dine at a variety of restaurants on a regular basis... ranging from casual to very high-end... This explains perfectly which utensils to use in which setting... Thank you... Wonderful job!!!
Thank you so much for sharing! I really enjoyed the way the different classes used their table ware. I love the stories of the Titanic. Please do more!
What a great presentation, and weekend. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Eating on the Titanic certainly was eventful, throughout all classes aboard. Thanks again Mr. Kaplan!
Very good presentation David. Travel by sea in the classic ocean liner era is fascinating. How very different today. Being crammed into seat 57B in the back of an airliner is a horrible experience by comparison.
I think my favorite place setting was second class... elegant, but simpler than first. I also think the second class plates were actually prettier than the first class ones.
Well, this is completely accurate. But there is something missing. The A la Carte Restaurant! There was entirely different plates, and probably something similar to the first class setup, but you could eat there at any time, unlike the first, second, and third class dining saloons. Only first class passengers had access to it, if they paid something extra that is, because it was not managed by the White Star Line.
Benjamin MacHale Since all the three classes are of White Star Line, that means that the Parisien cafe, and the veranda cafe were too. But the Al a Carte Restaurant was not managed by White Star Line, so that leads me to the conclusion that it has the only separate from the three classes table settings on the Titanic.
@@hooman1439 On the THG website, the last update on the ship is dated December 2018. I'm wondering, do they still have Kyle as the only 3D developer on their team?
Thankyou for giving us a crash course in classic eating the presentation is very wonderful. The first class place setting and dining style helped make dinner an event, and aided in its leisurely appreciation. Thankyou so much it helps me a lot as a fbs student!!
So here we have the first class life boat. Solid Wooden Hull, oars, and sails. Life jackets too. Enter from the outside in. Second Class lifeboat: inflatable with high walls and life jacks. Enter from the outside in. Third Class Life boat: deck chairs lashed together. Move Over Rose.
Really enjoyable video My father was a chef. We always used the 2nd place setting for family dinners on the big holidays. I still do that for Xmas Eve dinner. Sunday dinner was the 3rd place setting.
Serving salad last only complicates digestion and causes constipation and that is the entire reason why its served first today. Raw fruits and vegetables break down or are digested faster so they make you let out a turd faster. However, that turd is just made up of the salad portion as the other foods havent had time to turn to poop yet thus... you become constipated. A bottle of wine with the cork damaged. Eating it first, allows the fruits or veg to turn to poop first without actually squarshin out too fast and by the time the other foods turn to poop that salad poop will squarsh it all out in one big healthy turd.
Extremely interesting video. I am so glad that I came across it. So informative. Was very surprised and amazed how good the menu for 3rd class was and that the kitchen had an electric potato peeler. Thank you so much. I loved this.
Great historical information. I think more restaurants should at least offer a nights dinner service like the Edwardian time, at least once and awhile. What were their breakfasts snd lunches like? Thanks!
I would also love to see some restaurants do a meal like this. I've been thinking of doing a 'Titanic theme' dinner party, the only problem is I would be the one cooking/serving rather than eating! ...you can find Titanic breakfast & lunch menu's @ titanicfacts.net/titanic-menu/#1stclass
watch, "the supersizes do Edwardian" breakfast was fairly substantial, mostly meat - well if you had money, if you were poor a slice of bread would be more likely
Thank you for your expertise, Mr Kaplan! I would love to experience a dinner like this one day. We are so trained to eat big portions and eat fast and we love to complain about our service! I love the idea of "savoring" not just the meal but the true dining experience in itself. . It is quite an art when done correctly and thoughtfully. I can see why dinner lasted so long as that was their nightly entertainment and social hour. We eat with our hands so much now because of our "on-the-go" society. No one has time to sit down and eat a well prepared meal anymore. What a beautiful way to exist and receive nourishment. I mean, any table setting with two glasses for your wine is 5 star for me!!
Great job David. Really didn't think I would make it through 15 minutes of cutlery ... but this video was fascinating.
jjkusaf .... I had to stop part way can't watch no more! Omg 😲 get me out of here! .... Lol 😆💰🍴🍷🍹🚤🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣
Me and my sister are going on board Titanic 2 in 3 class
In Australia our dining table was set similar to the second class manner most evenings, in the third class manner for simple food or when children were sent to the verandah to eat. Very special occasions were closer to first class. It was important to know which cutlery to use, even as a child. The only food we ever touched was fruit. Yes I eat pizza with a knife and fork.
David Kaplan is a class act on his own. Engaging, informative, and with a little humour, excellent!
Now I want to know the history of "a la mode." Very engaging presentation.
Agreed
My grand parents were Victorian and my parents Edwardian. It was interesting to see my upper class Victorian grandmothers table setting in first class . That was at time when being a waiter or waitress was considered a profession.
My mothers father was in charge of making then installing the lighting in the Titanic. He would never talk about the ship. My grandmother said when the news came that the ship had gone down my grandfather cried and it was the only time she ever saw him do that. My mother was 3-1/2 months old. I did ask him what the Titanic was like when I was 16 and the look on his face told me never to ask again. He just couldn't talk about it. Thank you for taking the time to show us this.
Vintage Traveller well, that’s not surprising, but you can’t blame him either. Most people who work on ships consider them their children in a way, and loosing them is very painful, and loss of life just makes it worse. I build scale model RC ships, but it is the same concept. If I lost one of my ships to the lake I would cry like a baby. When you work on a ship in anyway, to put it simply, they are now a part of you.
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I'm sure that is what it was. He had been through the ship stem to stern. Knowing my grandfather it was the thoughts of the loss of life as well. I don't know if he knew any of the crew but he may have.
@Eric Becker
As I said mom was a baby then but she understood that he had started his apprenticeship at the Warnsworth Electric Company in Birmingham, England in 1899. That's the only place that she heard of him working and where he was when the moved to Canada in 1929.
We contacted the company but they lost all their old records in the bombing in WW2. My grandfather was the shop foreman and had about a 130 journeymen and apprentices working there.
I have tried to find out who supplied the lighting but so far all I have found is that a company was appointed to supply what the ships needed and they in turn found suppliers who supplied their needs with their companies logo on it. I can't find the name of the company again. If you have any information I'd enjoy hearing from you or if I can supply more information I will.
I just found this again. He may have been involved with one of the companies that supplied parts to Perry's. He was a tool and die maker and may have been involved that way. I do wonder if there is still a record of who did what on the Titanic. I hope the link comes up But I Googled, Who made the lighting for the Titanic and a review of a book came up with the information came up.
books.google.ca/books?id=3e9ZDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT69&lpg=PT69&dq=what+company+supplied+the+lighting+for+the+titanic&source=bl&ots=BiwVOY6u4L&sig=ACfU3U1xXNFfnjwCstlnkehLWN8l2FiJwg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYhPSxqc_jAhVLjVQKHY__AjQQ6AEwDXoECAkQAQ
Oh, when you asked him about the Titanic he literally didn't say a thing?
That must've been a very hard subject for him 😔
"Are these all for me?"
"Start from the outside and work your way in."
Laura and how do you take your caviar sirrrr?
dammit that reference HAHAHA
dying ahahah
To making it count.
@@TheCAFProduction 🍸To making it count😚
This just shows how much detail you’re going into with this project. Keep it up!
Ha!
One of my teachers, Mrs. Vitalie, worked with 20th Century Fox and she has some Titanic dishes that were made for the 1997 movie.
Fantastic... were they first/second/third class?
Matthew Chaban I think there was only first class plates in the movie so that’s what I’m guessing.
Charles Gentert yeah that sounds right because the second a pond third class dining rooms are never shown, not even in the deleted scenes.
Wow, I'd love to have those!
When visiting the travelling Titanic exhibit, I actually touched The Big Piece.
I think the White Star dishes and so on can be purchased even now. They are completely original, as they are the very same, and still manufactured now. I believe you buy them from the very same shop in Southampton that White Star did in 1911/1912. I could be wrong, but I think that is the case?
I graduated from the Culinary Institute of America, and was taught how to serve. We had restaurants that served each of these ways. I love love love serving in the style of first class. Everyone is always blown away and we have a really good time.
Jack could've used this video when he was invited to sit at the table. 😂
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He didn’t have the wifi password
@@remb1500 Easy! JackXRoseForever! That's the Wifi!
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David, I don't know how you did it, but you managed to keep me interested for 15 minutes on table settings.. Well done! :D
It's amazing to think of how the first class dinner was done back then. I never would have imagined so many servings and yet in small amounts so to not get overly full. Very cool
I read a book about serving meals written in the 1890s which specified a ladle spoon of soup for each person.
Titanic passengers would be shocked at the crappy buffet spreads on today's cruise ships...
(just imagine a posh accent) "Oh dear, am I really to walk and collect my food myself? This is unacceptable isn't it?"
But just look at all of those beautiful life boats.
@@jlust6660 On the last cruise I went on, in addition to the various buffet foods, there was also a formal dinner on every night in the grand dining room near the stern of the ship. You have options.
Haha. Well what would they think of the main lounge playing heavy base beats and the accompanied "dancing" to those beats that takes place after 10pm?
"I say, James, since when do chickens have fingers?"
Even third class were classy eaters. How did we become such slobs?
Baby boomers
When we begin to go to restaurants in shorts and flip-flops?
David you should have mentioned the long picnic styled tables for 3rd class. That was a major difference.
My GF and I went to Olive Garden over the weekend. I know it’s the Olive Garden...so a chain restaurant and not fancy...but it looks kind of fancy inside, servers are dressed sharply, nice wine menu, nice music and dim lighting...but the people who dined there. Holy shit. I could go to the backwoods of deliverance and find more appropriately dressed folks. Girls in crop tops and daisy duke shorts. Men in stained T-shirts and wrinkled shorts with dirty feet and flip flops. Made us feel foolish being dressed in decent outfits for dinner (I had khaki slacks and a polo shirt with loafer type shoes, GF had a casual but very pretty dress and heels). People were definitely staring at us as if we were weirdos. I miss the idea of fine dining. I guess I need ante up, and start to pick restaurants where it is $50-100+/plate.
💵💵🍽💵💵 Find people with some table manners and refinement.
@@mary-sb1zk ironically there were no SJWs then. Today's world is all window dressing without substance
What a fitting location for your presentation. Class never goes out of style.
kindness and civility never go out of style...my grandmother had silver plate soup spoons which she taught us how to use. We learned to eat our morning cereal using them..out of soup bowls. This brought back some memories for me..
Excellent presentation Mr. Kaplan. Thank You! Even the Third Class set up had a simple, but nice elegance to it.
A meal on the Titanic seems like an exhausting experience...awesome video...I love learning this stuff 👍🏻
Apparently in many rich and wealthy circles and nice restaurants still eat this way with many courses
I had a multiple course dinner at a wedding that lasted I think I remember, 3 hours.
It was marvelous. Each portion was large enough to gratify yet small enough to appetise you for the next course in a half hour or so. Everyone ordered from the fish menu but I'm not a fan, and ordered from the meat menu instead. Best steak I've ever had. I should go eat dinner at that hotel again some time.
I just sailon the Costa Pacifica to Europe and we had six course and utensils removed after each course . I cruise Americanships a lot andnever had so many utensil changes
@@conniecrawford5231 I wonder why the next utensils aren't simply brought in with the next course? Must be an antique custom
Too exhausting. Now I wonder if they had room service.
He seems like such a friendly guy. Like you could just sit and chat with him for hours on end.
Wonderful presentation. My thanks to David Kaplan. I daresay that I would be quite pleased with second class fare. 😊
Hell 3rd class eats better than me
@@bloro2812 And me too.
Excellent video! As a child, I learnt to eat Continental style. I was fortunate that my mother taught me so, because as I grew older and started to go out to more formal dinning settings, I never felt intimidated or out of place, due to the table setting. It was just second nature to me and I just took it all for granted. Today, David thanks to your excellent video, I now understand the reasoning for this way of organizing the table place.
I agree that, even in fine dinning establishments somethings have gone by the wayside. That said, when things are done well, it does help to bring a certain flow to the dinning experience. In fact, I would argue that this video should be a must see for everyone that works the front of house.
As for myself, at home, alone and for informal meals with guests, I set my table second class style. For more formal occasions, I set the table first class style, which I find definitely heightens the sense of the occasion.
Once more well done, thank you. 🙂
This guy is so enthusiastic about this stuff. Its always great to see enthusiasm when people are teaching, because that enthusiasm translates to the listener and the whole experience becomes more interesting and the information is retained better.Great video as always.
I just ran across this, Dave... nice to see you again! Informative and interesting presentation... Mom would've loved to have seen this!
Thank you for giving us a crash course in classic eating. Thats so true we touch our food and forget to wash our hands first.
Thanks again. Karen B. Texas
Thomas Andrews: “How many utensils should be set at the tables?”
J. Bruce Ismay: “Yes.”
I don't get it.
@@FV4030 It's because the answer of J. Bruce Ismay doesn't make any sense!
Guillaume Lacasse J. Bruce Ismay was the White Star Line chairman
@@Moakmeister I know that but it's not an answer for this questions, a correct answer would be a number like 2 or 3, or the answer is correct if he doesn't care.
Guillaume Lacasse the “yes” thing is a joke. It means there’s a huge number of utensils.
“Silver service” is also called service ala Russe (service in the Russian tradition) while “family style” (large self-serve platters of food placed on the table) is called “service ala Francais (service in the French tradition).
Yeah Ive only ever heard it caled a la Russe...never heard silver service in my entire life because 'silver service' is what you call the silver pieces themselves...
Very nice and entertaining video! Fascinating that the first class dinner took three hours and was the main "event" in those days. It reminds me a bit of an Italian vacation a few years ago, when I had some Italian friends there and the main activity in the evening was not partying or such crap, but dining in good restaurants (mostly outdoor). This is a lifestyle I like very much, and also much healthier than all the stress-making stuff today.
I think these Services should return to restaurants. If I were Edwardian I would be having Silver Service and if we were talking about today I would like second class. My appetite isn't what it used to be! Thank you Monsieur Kaplan for something very different and interesting to watch. :-)
Elizabeth Shaw they should, if you want to pay an arm and a leg that is. Eating at restaurants this fancy is not cheap.
@@historicstudios2708 believe me I know about the prices! Growing up we went to these sorts of restaurants but the only one left now is my mother and is a good inheritance coming someday although it can't replace family but she was horribly abusive and still is. Gordon Ramsay is a friend of mine so whenever I get near any of his restaurants my meals comped. Yay for me but I still would have to get to New York City I think that's the closest and I'm live in Maine and I'm in a wheelchair now. The portions at some of these restaurants are so small for the entire meal and they say will you get a few of them so you'll be full, BS! I can't tell you how many times we went to five star restaurant in left there and had to go and get pizza or something else because we were still hungry.
Take a trip top Europe. I'm currently planning an edwardian style dinner, I have to invest in some new cutlery, I already have, and use, fish knnives and forks and steak knives and cake forks. The last dinner I made was 5 course. And yes each course had a different alcohol to go with it.
@@sashh2263 Wallace grand baroque flatware comes in stainless steel now instead of only in sterling. That being said go on 1stdibs dot com and look up 'antique flatware' and there are several solid silver services for 8,10,12 or more for decent prices considering. You can get a service for 12 with all the serving pieces for 1500-2000 dollars which would cost a fortune if you bought them piece by piece with a silver fork costing over 100 bucks, the forks alone would reach the total price tag...
@@sashh2263 Also, I'm somewhat 'aristocratic' but I actually loathe extreme formality unless its for a special ocassion. I could NOT eat like this daily. It would drive me insane. All one really needs is dinner fork and knife, soup spoon, salad fork (a salad knife is nothing but pretentious for the most part) and a dessert spoon and fork, tea/coffee spoon. Also, if one is on a budget and needs fish knives, I'd just get an extra dinner knife and fork. The only part I like about a full service is the alcohol. Madiera wine and sherry are not drank enough today!
Omg! This demonstration was exquisite! It’s interesting how the setting of the silver ware was and actually how it was set for all of us at the Grand Hotel! The first class dinning is a lot for what were used to. That’s a huge departure from what it is now. I can’t decide which dinning is better. But if we’re gonna have a laid back meal, third is the way to go! It was great seeing him for his presentation. Excellent! The knowledge I didn’t know I needed. More presentations please!💙💙💙
Thank you for a wonderful video. The first class place setting and dining style helped make dinner an event, and aided in its leisurely appreciation. Having experienced it firsthand, we would do well to bring it back.
Dinner was the social event of the day. It still should be. Great presentation. Thank you.
The White Swan in Alnwick has rooms decked out with interior decorations from the RMS Olympic, identical to those aboard her sister ship, the RMS Titanic. The Lounge is magnificent, complete with a pianist playing tunes of the time. The Olympic Suite next to it has dining tables decked out with full regalia and is very popular for wedding breakfasts. The magnificent staircase takes you to State Rooms, though I've never been upstairs.
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Man this was so interesting. I’m a waiter myself, love the job. This video explains so much more than just the table setting aboard Titanic. Thanks!
I’m afraid they are mostly bygone days now, pride and care in your job are becoming a distance memory now as skilled men in any trade are becoming….a couldn’t care less about the job now, very sad, except Germany, where they take great pride in their work no matter what their trade.
I'm from Europe and main courses being labelled 'entrees' always got me when in the US.
Same but I never went to the U.S. xD
This is so beautifully thorough. I ALWAYS wondered about what each utensil was used for what course and when. Even with Margret Brown telling Jack to start from the outside and working your way in. It definitely helped. I had no idea Second Class and especially Third Class had similar set-ups and menus. I guess it was the cultural standard, this set up, be it extravagant or simple. Really appreciate this video.
Thank you, Mr. Kaplan! You did a wonderful job! I found this very, very interesting.
Though I enjoy the use of technology today, my inner Victorian would loved to have experienced this kind of dining. Thank you so very much for treating us to a comprehensive lesson from a bygone era. Your knowledge is truly wonderful!
*Do not touch your food says great grandma! Use your utensils as much as your manners!* Note taken!
Also, its quite a shock to compare 3rd class dining to how we eat today. We eat like paupers and savages in 2019!
3rd class be like: *"Got multiple courses, Bro?*
2019 people: *"Hot Pockets, Avacado, Ramen, McD's, Obesity, Heart Disease."*
That's very true! They seemed to eat a lot more heartily (any maybe healthier) in those days compared to all the fast food surrounding us today.
Although in fairness, for most third-class/steerage passengers, this would be a once-in-a-lifetime journey, so why not splurge (relatively)?
L N .... I to poor! Lol just kidding! But I am poor! But sorry madam for speaking to the rich💰 in that manner!.... Lol 😆
Matt C ....ya rich 💰 people can afford to eat right! 🍴🍹🍷.... 😲
@@bettyschneider5268 vegetables are inexpensive, bonehead. You don't have to be "rich" to eat healthy. Are you stupid ?
I don't know how I stumbled upon your channel but I Love IT.
Agreed
That was fascinating. I'd love to eat as well as Third Class on the Titanic every night, sounds delicious. Great point about them not having anything else to do - basically, you sat there all night and kibbitzed with people and that was your night's entertainment, then you went back to your cabin and read a book or went to the smoking lounge.
Thank you David. I've been working on "The Last Dinner Served on the Titanic" since it was published and this presentation was extremely helpful.
Wonderful presentation, very interesting to see how differently people ate their meals back then. My favorite out of this would be First Class because of the variety in their dinner.
I agree, would love to see a modern restaurant do an accurate 'first class Titanic menu'
Fantastic video David. I have studied Titanic for more than 30 years and this video just tells me I still have stuff to learn
Thank you for the presentation sir...a real pleasure to watch! I'm a simple person so a third class serving would more than suffice!
I was such a Titanic fanatic as a kid. I started watching it when I was 8 and the vhs box set ( two tapes) which was available at shoprite, was the first thing I ever purchased with my own money that I had to save up for. It was $13. I even brought the tapes with me on vacation. I had books and watched documentaries on it. Eventually my teachers banned me from doing any more school projects on the topic.
Loved reading this. Thank you for sharing. I really wish they never struck the iceberg. They were so precious. We would have learned so much more from them.
Wow that's awesome Elizabeth... brings back memories for me too. I remember when I saw the movie age 11, it was truly captivating. I also done a school project which no one was really interested in, and actually, I'm amazed how many young Titanic enthusiasts there are! (thanks Titanic H&G channel :D) What got you fascinated by Titanic?
Now im left wondering about the crew meals, with their different shifts and all
Aboard the Titanic, and perhaps other White Star liners, the crew pulled several 4-hour watches, and also two 2-hour watches; all watches were manned by separate crews. This enabled most crewmembers to have the evening meal, because the two 2-hour watches either ended at 6 PM for one team, or begin at 6 PM for the another team. There is a specific name for the watch which is split into two 2-hour watches, and it was considered a rather posh luxury by career sailors. This type of watch-keeping was called something specific, “boneyard watch,” or something like that. I’m sure many Titanic buffs know the name of this watch-keeping system and can explain it better than I.
@@mh-on7fp Actually I was curious on how the meals worked with the different watches not the watch system itself, i already knew that.
DiegoKevin, I’m sorry I misunderstood your query regarding “crew meals, with their different shifts and all.“ Please clarify what you mean by “how the meals worked with the different watches” for me and perhaps we can find an answer for your question. BTW, since you “already knew about” the watch system I detailed for you, do you by chance know the name of the watch system I described? Try as I might I just haven’t been able to remember what that particular watch system is called.
I am glad you did explain it because I didn't know about that.
@@mh-on7fp Ships usually have 3 watches so that you're not alternating on and off duty. So when I was at sea, 2 of the watches would eat first, while the 3rd was still on duty. At Watch change, the watch that had just come off duty would eat in the second sitting. Daily schedule is set up so there's a watch change at 08H00, noon and 20H00 to cover Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Food was not 1st class fine dining, but it was good, well cooked and plenty of it.
Great job Mr. Kaplan! Thank you for your knowledge...no farmed fish, antibiotics and whatever. The ocean was in a whole lot better shape back then too. Seafood must have been terrific.
I like his presentation! VERY personable! 😊🌺
This was so informative. ‘Course I’ve always known about using utensils from outside in, but I always thought the dessert utensils were used from their topmost position. Nope! Pull them down into place as the handles indicate. How clever! Thank you David.
I’ve always wanted to know this
America Reigns im serious
A very classy era, no matter what class you were in. A very interesting and educating video. Thank-you.
And now it doesn’t matter how much you paid for your ticket everyone eats Third Class in modern ships. Lmfao
LaDivinaLover good point...I hadn’t thought about it like that. 🤔
3rd Class meals were even better.
@@LuisAlvarado-rj8tc well no but they sure were more classy than today
That's because most cruise ships are not marketed toward the ultra-wealthy. if you're are so wealthy today that you could have afforded 1st class in 1912, then you're not going on cruise ships; you probably own your own yacht.
Not on Carnival Cruise Line! The food there is of the finest quality and in the most elegant dining room i ever see and everyone in fine attire even the ones in sandals who bring in their towels have the most impeccable dining manners... And the kids... Don't get me started about how well behaved and silent all those Princes and Daughters of Adam are on the ship!!!
Superb presentation with interesting details. Very enjoyable. Love to see more.
What an awesome man, such skill and knowledge. Keep up the good work, team :)
I hope all this refined knowledge won't be lost for present and future generations
Wonderful presentation David. One small note, as far as I'm aware only in the US is the main course referred to as the entree these days. Certainly in the UK and Australia (the two places I'm most familiar with!) the entree is the first course.
I went to a few places that did silver service as a kid - it was quite common in the 70s and 80s even in fairly modest restaurants, but it seems to have died out as a practice (and I certainly have not been anywhere posh enough to still do it!). I imagine with the greater variety of dishes served - many without the traditional veg accompaniment - it's easier just to plate everything (and less labour intensive).
In the 1990s I worked in a hotel / restaurant outside of Kidderminster that still did silver service. That was a mid-range place that mostly catered to pensioners and it was quite dated even then. You're right though, it's now pretty much non-existent in the UK. That establishment later suffered a fire, had a major refit and re-opened as a much trendier place aimed more at a well-off younger set, who tend not to eat a lot of roast dinners!
Second Class is probably my favorite just because of the more colorful plate. It's not so drab, and screams perfection like the First Class plate does.
I enjoyed that! "Continental Eating" amused me - we would call that "English place settings" in UK. Whilst the galley ovens were indeed electric, they also had a steamer (and certain other kit) which the engineers kept supplied with coal. The flue for that ran under the galley and exhausted via the 4th "dummy" funnel.
I’m so excited for this game! Every time I think about it I squeal. It’s gonna be so good. Thank you game developers for taking so much time to perfect every detail. Keep up the great work!!!!
I really like this guy, he is very informative, and fun to watch. any of these would be great,
It always amazes me how third class dined so well on board the ship.
The White Star Line tried their best to make 3rd Class passengers have an enjoyable trip, as it would be a once in the lifetime voyage for them.
@@johnking5174 Now THAT'S customer service!! It couldn't hurt their reputation to do so, either. :-)
@@dropkickmurphy4114 White Star Line made 60% of their profit from 3rd class passengers.
The food is vital for any cruise... Especially the third class... Keep them all happy or you will incite a rebellion and even an overhaul...
@@johnking5174 AND they would recommend White Star to friends and famy back home which ensured future business for White Star.
Very interesting. In the 1980s, I lived in a Russian Orthodox convent in France, which was the first time I ever saw an electric potato peeler. The convent was housed in a chateau, so the kitchen was roughly late Edwardian in style. I had kitchen duty one day a week and I loved that peeler (we prepared 90 meals each day--dinner was rewarmed lunch--so we really appreciated the kitchen conveniences we had).
I love when I've been able to attend multi-course Titanic dinners. If one is careful, one leaves the table satisfied, but not overfull. It really is quite an experience.
Excellent video, I'm always in awe of your knowledge David! When you're back over in the UK in Sept I'll have to make sure the dinner settings are up to standard...!
Very informative, David and Team! Thank you for sharing this glimpse into the dining experience on the White Star Liners.
Damn man, I'm eating a burger while watching this. My hands are all over my food. Guess I'll just get sick and die.
Michelle T I know lol. So many ppl eat with their hands and dudes acting like no one today wash they damn hands hahaha !! 👏🏽👏🏽then he compares third class food
To being better then what folks would have in their homes. Boy please lol. It’s not a question of what is compared to food in the home .., when ur footing a bill traveling across the ocean , just why not give them food and let this dude say and here’s what they had and leave it st that. Like he’s trying to justify any ill treatment toward third class ! Back to the food - Dude doesn’t get that DUHHH , our immune systems are strengthened to a point with us being hands on lol. If we never expose ourselves to anything we can’t withstand anything ., clearly obv. , better to wash hands and avoid contact with potentially sick ppl and always good
To not touch anything “ bathroom related “ and then be hands on haha. That’s how ppl get what they wrongly refer to as stomach flu so often .. ppl touch contaminated fecal matter
And then put their hands in their mouth or on surfaces their mouth touches. He can’t seriously compete Edwardian society to being somehow further intellectually advanced or knowledgeable than ppl today like that haha. They often did things just for the sake of appearances and status and not being conscientious of airborn illness or contact conditions lol. Heck so many ppl in that era had very unclean conditions as opposed
To today’s time lol. Only 2 baths aboard the 3rd class quarters with oh at least 700 ppl or more , perhaps over 1000 having to share facilities to bathe or use the can lol 😂 this dude is trying to be a tad bit too uppity without a cause , I’d say lollol. Cracks me up when ppl act in such a way ! Helps them feel important or secure lol.
@@breAnnasmama Good lord, that was annoying to read! At least People could understand and admire the Man's knowledge in the vid and not all that jumbled up gibberish that I just got done reading! You're Probably one of those People that talks over People and thinks They're a big "Know it all". lol!
People with etiquette use fork and knife
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Lol ……funny 😊 Michelle T
I must say, a very engaging presentation by Mr. Kaplan, and very informative!
Most fascinating!
This was incredibly informative and very interesting. I certainly learnt alot. This guy is amazing. Nice job :D
Thank you David👍That was an interesting video.
I used to work a lot in kitchens and also for 3 Star Restaurant
and the detail about the automatic potato Peeler on the Titanic was something that i didn't know.Awesome.
These kitchen on the ship was more modern than some kitchen today😀👍To answer your question.I'm working class and i liked the 3 class dishes the most.Solid china👌
This was pretty cool! I have never eaten fine dining, let alone Titanic style but it looks like an experience!
This was incredible. I loved the second class setting, it was more beautiful than the first. I can imagine how exciting it must have been to show up for dinner. I do wish I had experienced a time where food was the spectacle!
I think the second class setting pattern is more beautiful too but it appears that the second class setting is made from stoneware or something durable and the first was made from fine china/porcelain.
And I guess 1st.class people's, dresses, especially ladies' were also a motivation for dinners to take such a long time
What a wonderful video. I have been to the Grand Hotel on Mackinaw Island. It’s magnificent to see. Did you work at the TItanic museum and exhibit in Branson, Mo? They had a guy there that was so knowledgeable of everything titanic. He looks like you. I was impressed with his facts about the ship. They have a lot of artifacts from the actual ship there and it was very cool to see everything. The employees dress up in period clothes and talk like the people traveling on the Titanic. Thank you for this video. Great job.
Thanks for reminding viewers that these multiple course meals were usually more like the fine dining sampler experiences of today where you get many small sampler plates of the chef's creations.
A time so far removed from ours now! I couldn't imagine 11 courses in 5 hours
Could be fun....
Go to a three Michelin Star restaurant and they got 11 course tasting menus just to start with... And a plethora of exotic silver and plate ware accompanying them... It's as close as you can get to traveling back to a more civilized day... But it is expensive- too rich for my blood i'll stick with my Mac n Cheese dinners!!!
I must say he did a great job of telling us about this. Very informative and easy to follow.
Ahh honestly I just use one fork and one knife. I can't stand the formality of it all. But amazing to see it in game and the authenticity being provided.
You would probably have been in danger of getting lynched by the Countess of Rothes for your barbarity. My god I feel pure disgust even commenting on your post. I think I'm going to be sick! One fork and one...uhhhh. Good day....
you use a separate fork and spoon?
just use a spork
@@ThunderClawShocktrix Heathen.
Are you the type to lick off the tomato sauce from your folk before you dig into your chocolate cake for desert...
Oh my God, this channel is everything I've ever needed in my life. Subscribed!
So interesting, thank you for this video!
I’d love to know more about the crew meals or the food served at the café parisien perhaps.
This really shows how we, as a society, became lazier and immature in certain areas, especially after seeing some people in here being proud of not even washing their hands or using the knife... loved the attention to details you guys have! Keep up the excellent work!
I like these videos and I enjoyed all the information provided. Keep it up :)
I'm a Concierge and I'm going to request to show this at our next Concierge Association meeting as our members dine at a variety of restaurants on a regular basis... ranging from casual to very high-end... This explains perfectly which utensils to use in which setting... Thank you... Wonderful job!!!
Awesome! Go for it!
I am a 14 year old titanic expert
God that ship was amazing i love the titanic
Thank you so much for sharing! I really enjoyed the way the different classes used their table ware. I love the stories of the Titanic. Please do more!
Very informative! Thank you for sharing your knowledge..
What a great presentation, and weekend. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Eating on the Titanic certainly was eventful, throughout all classes aboard. Thanks again Mr. Kaplan!
I liked the second class plate setting.
Very good presentation David. Travel by sea in the classic ocean liner era is fascinating. How very different today. Being crammed into seat 57B in the back of an airliner is a horrible experience by comparison.
Interesting video. How about an update on the "game"?
@@StoriedHistory1985 That's the rumour anyway... then again there's also a rumour Elvis is still alive ;)
@@ericmorang3903 Sadly there is little to disprove your theory :(
the demo's been out for a while now. but the game's littered with messages asking for money for further funding.
Could listen to this guy all day long... great job!
I think my favorite place setting was second class... elegant, but simpler than first. I also think the second class plates were actually prettier than the first class ones.
I love the second class plates! Those were usually used for the crew too.
That's interesting Karen... I've always thought that too, that the first class design looks rather plain and not so 'first class'.
agreed first class is way too over complicated
I agree!
Thanks guys for such a wonderful video! Always look forward to watching each one when they are released.
Meanwhile I’m over here with my single spork and knife and a plate that’s been around longer than I have.
This was really interesting, everything was so much fancier and detailed back then
Well, this is completely accurate. But there is something missing. The A la Carte Restaurant! There was entirely different plates, and probably something similar to the first class setup, but you could eat there at any time, unlike the first, second, and third class dining saloons. Only first class passengers had access to it, if they paid something extra that is, because it was not managed by the White Star Line.
Also Cafe Parisien and Verandah Cafe, did those have table settings?
Benjamin MacHale I think the Veranda Cafe and Parisien Cafe both had the first class setup.
But I’m not exactly sure.
Benjamin MacHale Since all the three classes are of White Star Line, that means that the Parisien cafe, and the veranda cafe were too. But the Al a Carte Restaurant was not managed by White Star Line, so that leads me to the conclusion that it has the only separate from the three classes table settings on the Titanic.
Interesting... did passengers have to pay extra for the A la Carte restaurant?
I could listen to this guy for hours.
What happened with the monthly updates?
Looks like there are none
I mean, I like all the videos they upload, they are highly informative, but I want to see actual game updates, that's why I'm here for...
@@hooman1439 On the THG website, the last update on the ship is dated December 2018. I'm wondering, do they still have Kyle as the only 3D developer on their team?
@@StoriedHistory1985 Should we make a post about this in the guarantee group?
Thankyou for giving us a crash course in classic eating the presentation is very wonderful. The first class place setting and dining style helped make dinner an event, and aided in its leisurely appreciation. Thankyou so much it helps me a lot as a fbs student!!
So here we have the first class life boat. Solid Wooden Hull, oars, and sails. Life jackets too. Enter from the outside in.
Second Class lifeboat: inflatable with high walls and life jacks. Enter from the outside in.
Third Class Life boat: deck chairs lashed together. Move Over Rose.
Really enjoyable video My father was a chef. We always used the 2nd place setting for family dinners on the big holidays. I still do that for Xmas Eve dinner. Sunday dinner was the 3rd place setting.
Salad would likely have been thought of as something herbal to aid digestion. Thus being served last.
No. they just served the hot and heavy food first, and cold food afterwards.
Serving salad last only complicates digestion and causes constipation and that is the entire reason why its served first today. Raw fruits and vegetables break down or are digested faster so they make you let out a turd faster. However, that turd is just made up of the salad portion as the other foods havent had time to turn to poop yet thus... you become constipated. A bottle of wine with the cork damaged. Eating it first, allows the fruits or veg to turn to poop first without actually squarshin out too fast and by the time the other foods turn to poop that salad poop will squarsh it all out in one big healthy turd.
Extremely interesting video. I am so glad that I came across it. So informative. Was very surprised and amazed how good the menu for 3rd class was and that the kitchen had an electric potato peeler. Thank you so much. I loved this.
Great historical information. I think more restaurants should at least offer a nights dinner service like the Edwardian time, at least once and awhile.
What were their breakfasts snd lunches like?
Thanks!
I would also love to see some restaurants do a meal like this. I've been thinking of doing a 'Titanic theme' dinner party, the only problem is I would be the one cooking/serving rather than eating! ...you can find Titanic breakfast & lunch menu's @ titanicfacts.net/titanic-menu/#1stclass
watch, "the supersizes do Edwardian" breakfast was fairly substantial, mostly meat - well if you had money, if you were poor a slice of bread would be more likely
Great presentation man, loved it I actually felt part of it and hungry as well, fabulous job and, again, well done it was more than fascinating
Is this demonstration available while visiting the Grand Hotel? Thank you!
Thank you for your expertise, Mr Kaplan! I would love to experience a dinner like this one day. We are so trained to eat big portions and eat fast and we love to complain about our service! I love the idea of "savoring" not just the meal but the true dining experience in itself. . It is quite an art when done correctly and thoughtfully. I can see why dinner lasted so long as that was their nightly entertainment and social hour. We eat with our hands so much now because of our "on-the-go" society. No one has time to sit down and eat a well prepared meal anymore. What a beautiful way to exist and receive nourishment. I mean, any table setting with two glasses for your wine is 5 star for me!!