Taken from a web search. "A nickname for the fruit was the “poison apple” because it was thought that aristocrats got sick and died after eating them, but the truth of the matter was that wealthy Europeans used pewter plates, which were high in lead content. Because tomatoes are so high in acidity, when placed on this particular tableware, the fruit would leach lead from the plate, resulting in many deaths from lead poisoning. No one made this connection between plate and poison at the time; the tomato was picked as the culprit. "
It makes sense they'd get weary of eating tomatoes due to that. But you'd also assume they wouldn't always eat tomatoes off lead plates. Which of course makes sense how they'd eventually realize the plates are the issue.
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Karl always says something dumb to remove the credibility of his stories, like: "Back when they didn't have pottery plates, they only had lead plates." Pottery dates back to almost 30000 BCE. Can't blame Ricky at all.
This is related to the accidental invention of the worlds first artificial sweetener by the Romans: There is an apocryphal myth of the downfall of the Roman empire being at least partially due to lead poisoning, which they allegedly got from their use of lead pipes for transporting drinking water. This is however only partially true - many Romans did suffer from lead poisoning, but it wasn't from their pipes - it couldn't have been, since water alone is nowhere near acidic enough to dissolve significant amounts of lead. The Romans liked their wine, and liked it sweetened - the wealthier among them used honey for this. Those who couldn't afford honey used a substitute sweetener they called "sapa", which they made by boiling old wine (which had partially turned to vinegar) in lead pots until it was concentrated down into a syrup. In this process, the acetic acid in the vinegar would react with the lead to produce lead acetate, which is a soluble lead compound with a sweet taste. Sometimes it would also crystallise out, producing white granules which would have appeared very much like sugar - and since it tasted sweet, they wouldn't have known that it wasn't really sugar. They did however know that using lead pots produced a superior sapa with a sweeter taste, so they kept doing it. Lead acetate was hence the first ever artificial sweetener, and by far the most toxic one, since lead is a potent cumulative poison.
This is all from when they had a spot on a radio station called XFM years ago. Every week Carl would try to teach Ricky something he might not know, which is usually just funny coming out of carls mouth, so everytime carl teaches him 3 things its essentially taken from each weeks episode, and stitched together so just bear in mind that it might seem to cut off from what your listening to and straight into into the next one from the next week.
You two should definitely do the Ricky Gervais Show. I used to listen to it before they did the cartoons to go with it and a couple of times I laughed out loud like a mad man on the bus to work.
A little context, this show was on free terrestrial radio on a Saturday afternoon, so when Ricky told Karl not to say "bloody" and then him and Steve said "sh*t c*ck and t*ts" the higher-ups would have been raging.
Their xfm radio show is gold , every single episode , and they're basically all on RUclips ! Must check them out also idiot abroad is a great show with Karl to react too !
Karl is right about the worm thing. If you happen to cut a worm into two pieces, the part with the head (if it's long enough) can survive and the tail part obviously can't.
any culinary chief knows that fresh tomatoes react to any metal utensil full marks to Karl he' totally right it's not just lead its why professional chiefs prefer wooden utensils over metal ones where certain ingredients with high acidity levels it affects, the final dishes taste
Yay, the queen is back!, lol! 😂 How adorable she looks to with her stunning smile. You lucky, lucky guy!, ahhahaha! 😂 I would love to be in a room with these three, it would be such a laugh!, lol! 😂 Great video guys! Have a fantastic day, take care!
1970s love thy neighbour not pc A MUST for retro uk tv . start with The cooking pot episode and all episodes are on utube .Love you and the queen love from the UK☔☔ 1
Here's a little-known fact, about cutting worms in half. If you cut a worm in half, you can tie both ends together. Of course, people don't tell you, you can tie them in a knot without cutting them in half. That is something you discover much later, after many years of using the other method. Not cutting them in half is a lot less messy.
I feel like after the alien gives the man the beard, there's not many things that could top that, I don't think we need a sequel, look what happened when they made a sequel to Independence Day
Suggestion, The Devil Went to Jamaica by David Allen Coe. A parody version so good that people often mistakenly think it's a wierd al. Also, Tenacious D's song Tribute is loosely inspired by The Devil Went Down to Georgia
yeah, I did wonder about that. But when they pause the video the echo keeps happening.. and they for sure don't have their own voices coming back out of the speakers
In the late 1700s, a large percentage of Europeans feared the tomato. A nickname for the fruit was the “poison apple” because it was thought that aristocrats got sick and died after eating them, but the truth of the matter was that wealthy Europeans used pewter plates, which were high in lead content. Because tomatoes are so high in acidity, when placed on this particular tableware, the fruit would leach lead from the plate, resulting in many deaths from lead poisoning. No one made this connection between plate and poison at the time; the tomato was picked as the culprit
New to your channel, watching your shocked laughing at British humour is so funny and infectious. For some really snooty comedy you should look up Simon Evans. 😊
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I used to listen to Ricky, Steve and Karl on xfm religiously years back. Never laughed so hard. Over the moon they're being enjoyed all over again.
This is an accurate reproduction of how it felt to listen to XFM back in the day. Utterly shambolic, unprofessional, chaos. But very funny.
Taken from a web search. "A nickname for the fruit was the “poison apple” because it was thought that aristocrats got sick and died after eating them, but the truth of the matter was that wealthy Europeans used pewter plates, which were high in lead content. Because tomatoes are so high in acidity, when placed on this particular tableware, the fruit would leach lead from the plate, resulting in many deaths from lead poisoning. No one made this connection between plate and poison at the time; the tomato was picked as the culprit. "
It makes sense they'd get weary of eating tomatoes due to that. But you'd also assume they wouldn't always eat tomatoes off lead plates. Which of course makes sense how they'd eventually realize the plates are the issue.
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Karl always says something dumb to remove the credibility of his stories, like: "Back when they didn't have pottery plates, they only had lead plates." Pottery dates back to almost 30000 BCE.
Can't blame Ricky at all.
Karl gets so much of these stories hilariously wrong that the truth is lost amongst the nonsense.
This is related to the accidental invention of the worlds first artificial sweetener by the Romans: There is an apocryphal myth of the downfall of the Roman empire being at least partially due to lead poisoning, which they allegedly got from their use of lead pipes for transporting drinking water. This is however only partially true - many Romans did suffer from lead poisoning, but it wasn't from their pipes - it couldn't have been, since water alone is nowhere near acidic enough to dissolve significant amounts of lead.
The Romans liked their wine, and liked it sweetened - the wealthier among them used honey for this. Those who couldn't afford honey used a substitute sweetener they called "sapa", which they made by boiling old wine (which had partially turned to vinegar) in lead pots until it was concentrated down into a syrup. In this process, the acetic acid in the vinegar would react with the lead to produce lead acetate, which is a soluble lead compound with a sweet taste. Sometimes it would also crystallise out, producing white granules which would have appeared very much like sugar - and since it tasted sweet, they wouldn't have known that it wasn't really sugar. They did however know that using lead pots produced a superior sapa with a sweeter taste, so they kept doing it. Lead acetate was hence the first ever artificial sweetener, and by far the most toxic one, since lead is a potent cumulative poison.
The reverb is usually from the speaker playing the audio into the speaker. They should both listen with earphones really.
The speaker playing audio into the speaker?
This is all from when they had a spot on a radio station called XFM years ago.
Every week Carl would try to teach Ricky something he might not know, which is usually just funny coming out of carls mouth, so everytime carl teaches him 3 things its essentially taken from each weeks episode, and stitched together so just bear in mind that it might seem to cut off from what your listening to and straight into into the next one from the next week.
FYI: Karl ! With a ' K ' - (Karl Pilkington), sorry, I'm so anal and pedantic - LOL
You two should definitely do the Ricky Gervais Show. I used to listen to it before they did the cartoons to go with it and a couple of times I laughed out loud like a mad man on the bus to work.
A little context, this show was on free terrestrial radio on a Saturday afternoon, so when Ricky told Karl not to say "bloody" and then him and Steve said "sh*t c*ck and t*ts" the higher-ups would have been raging.
Their xfm radio show is gold , every single episode , and they're basically all on RUclips ! Must check them out also idiot abroad is a great show with Karl to react too !
You two are as funny as the other lads. Have a good one guys. Always gotta have a laugh 😂😂😂
Karl is right about the worm thing. If you happen to cut a worm into two pieces, the part with the head (if it's long enough) can survive and the tail part obviously can't.
Found your channel recently and I gotta say I love your down to earth attitude. Hail to the king and queen 🤴 👸
XFM Steve, Ricky, Karl - been getting me through the darker days since 2010. God bless them
I will always laugh at "the land of Glunk where the ninnies did slib."
You need to listen to their quiz, Rockbusters. It is like a complete insight into Karl's brain and comedy gold at the same time.
Why are them Jamican men swinging fish around their heads....D S.
@@mrk.dilkington A woman falls over in a puddle in Texas...W.H
@@robbie.j7639 If you're going to France, I'd buy them on the boat, be much cheaper...B.F
That foreign cafe is growing its own steaks DM
any culinary chief knows that fresh tomatoes react to any metal utensil full marks to Karl he' totally right it's not just lead its why professional chiefs prefer wooden utensils over metal ones where certain ingredients with high acidity levels it affects, the final dishes taste
The devil went down to Georgia, one of my favourite songs x
Stephen Merchant has a great comedy drama called The Outlaws. Season 2 is currently running. Definitely worth watching online.
Yay, the queen is back!, lol! 😂
How adorable she looks to with her stunning smile.
You lucky, lucky guy!, ahhahaha! 😂
I would love to be in a room with these three, it would be such a laugh!, lol! 😂
Great video guys!
Have a fantastic day, take care!
The echo on this video is really bad , it’s spoiling a good reaction
I can't hear any echo dunno if its cos im using headphones on my mobile 📱
Nor me
1970s love thy neighbour not pc A MUST for retro uk tv . start with The cooking pot episode and all episodes are on utube .Love you and the queen love from the UK☔☔
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it's always better to watch when queen boomer is on lol
Here's a little-known fact, about cutting worms in half. If you cut a worm in half, you can tie both ends together. Of course, people don't tell you, you can tie them in a knot without cutting them in half. That is something you discover much later, after many years of using the other method. Not cutting them in half is a lot less messy.
A good one you would like is "Karls Headlines" its only like 10min
Genuinely think watching the Karl Pilkington Suzanne compilation would be hilarious. Just how he talks about his partner / gf. Ha
nice just when i needed this
Lady boomer really could be related to karl. Hang on to her, shes a gem ☺
I feel like after the alien gives the man the beard, there's not many things that could top that, I don't think we need a sequel, look what happened when they made a sequel to Independence Day
Is it just me or was the video really echoing. Still hilarious 😂
Yes, it went a bit echoey for me at about 15:06 mins.
Suggestion, The Devil Went to Jamaica by David Allen Coe. A parody version so good that people often mistakenly think it's a wierd al.
Also, Tenacious D's song Tribute is loosely inspired by The Devil Went Down to Georgia
I'm hungry for more education!
PS: on the tech issue, are you using 2 mics? It might be they got a bit out of sync hence the weird echo/reverb effect
The reverb is usually from the speaker playing the audio into the speaker. They should both listen with earphones really.
yeah, I did wonder about that. But when they pause the video the echo keeps happening.. and they for sure don't have their own voices coming back out of the speakers
@@Wagoo - Yeah that’s true. Unless they have their own voices being projected out of the speakers for some reason?
In the late 1700s, a large percentage of Europeans feared the tomato.
A nickname for the fruit was the “poison apple” because it was thought that aristocrats got sick and died after eating them, but the truth of the matter was that wealthy Europeans used pewter plates, which were high in lead content. Because tomatoes are so high in acidity, when placed on this particular tableware, the fruit would leach lead from the plate, resulting in many deaths from lead poisoning. No one made this connection between plate and poison at the time; the tomato was picked as the culprit
I've just posted the same thing. Then I stupidly decided to look at the other comments. I must remember to look first. Doh!
Romans also suffered from lead poisoning.
@@martinscott-reed5379 i like yours better because you said you got it from a web search whereas this person just passed it off as his own words
Don't forget to watch Jimmy Carr with the Queen! Would love to see her reaction 😊
I love the boomers it's always better with you both.
I absolutely agree sir. He’s funny and QB is gorgeous.
"Brilliant!!!!"
And yes yes, the other way around, we hear a silly story and must guess the rediculous title!
Check out Karl pilkington prostrate examination 🤣🤣🤣
New to your channel, watching your shocked laughing at British humour is so funny and infectious. For some really snooty comedy you should look up Simon Evans. 😊
The echo on this video is really bad, it’s spoiling a really good post
Yes, it went a bit echoey for me at about 15:06 mins.
Top 10 British sitcoms...
1. The Office
2. I'm Alan Partridge
3. The Royle Family
4. Only Fools and Horses
5. Mr Bean
6. League of Gentlemen
7. Allo Allo
8. Phoenix Nights
9. Extras
10. Keeping up appearances
👍... Make it top 12 with ... 'Early Doors' and 'Max & Paddy'
Fawlty Towers is easily on this list
Idiot Abroad is a must watch for any appreciator of Karly Pilkboys.
Echo in the last 3rd
"It's not his volt" still has me howling. Can't wait for you to hear the "I'm committed to this treatment" piece of education.
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Yeah, I was trying to avoid the spoilers for those who haven’t heard it :)
Give the queen a hug and a kiss from me!
You should do Karl’s Diary.
You guys have to react to faulty towers don’t mention the war it’s hilarious
Shame about the echo, as this was a brilliant reaction as always. I'd still take echoing King and Queen Boomer over nothing though!
Goodness me Queenie is a bit fit, isn't she?
I'm surprised Ricky was so dismissive of the tomato story
whats wrong with the sound?
5 spider in your lifetime?????so that doesn't include the ones i ate on purpose then..
Maybe you should watch ‘An idiot abroad’ with Karl Pilkington travelling around the world? He’s certainly a character
Couldn't listen because of the echo
Yes, it went a bit echoey for me at about 15:06 mins.
what happened to the sound?
Hoorah theQueen!
You should react to Paul Smith incredible true story its hilarious
It's not his vault is awesome x
Your sound went bad half way through your vid 🤨🙂
Get a lot of echo feedback on your channel.
All the could ear for the second half of he a video was an echo really spoilt it couldn't finish watching it.
Why are you both staring at a statue 😂
Watch Ali G
Please watch lee evans
Lee Evans management company are super heavy on copyright enforcement
@@bmxerqf882 ive seen many channels that haven’t had their videos taken down
I said this and put a link in but my comment has since been deleted 🤷♂️
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