How to Make Soup for the Poor - The Victorian Way

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  • Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024

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  • @EnglishHeritage
    @EnglishHeritage  4 года назад +5698

    As always, thanks for watching! We’re glad to see so many of you have enjoyed this episode and intend on trying the recipe at home.
    We’ve pulled together answers to some of your FAQs below. For those of you asking about a Mrs Crocombe cookbook, be sure to check out this link: bit.ly/37dkKvJ
    WHAT STOCK SHOULD I USE?
    Any stock would work well. For a veggie soup, use vegetable stock (and substitute the bacon for something else rich in umami, such as mushrooms). The Victorian kitchen would have had several different grades of stock on hand, from fine white (veal) stock to a general stock made of offcuts of vegetables and spare bones.
    WHY WOULD YOU USE MINT IN A SAVOURY DISH?
    Mint is a popular accompaniment to peas. It is often put in pea soup, or in peas pudding. You can use other herbs but it gives the soup a very pleasant bite - we suggest you give it a try and let us know what you think.
    THAT’S NOT A LOT OF SOUP! SURELY THERE SHOULD BE MORE?
    Well spotted. We hate to break the magic but this video was filmed in and around 2020. This soup is a scaled down version, as we didn’t want to make an enormous batch that might be wasted. Besides, in 1881, the number of those in need varied widely. Audley End is surrounded by several small villages and one small town. As such, there was no need to feed everyone.
    THE ROYALS WOULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS, WOULD THEY?
    They most certainly did. It was an accepted part of how royal food worked, to the point that when Edward VII's coronation was postponed, all the goodies went out to the poor of the parish, who feasted on truffles and foie gras for a few days. You can find out more about this in Dr Annie Gray’s book ‘The Greedy Queen’.
    COULD THE POOR AFFORD BACON?
    This soup is for the poor, not for the poor to cook i.e. it is being cooked for them. Bacon was one of the cheapest meats around, often the only meat a poor household would see with any regularity. It punched above its weight, adding salt, flavour and fat. If you can't obtain decent bacon for your kitchen we suggest using some gammon ham.

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 4 года назад +229

      English Heritage
      I love that the coronation feast became a feast for those who rarely got to attend feasts of any sort.

    • @theiran
      @theiran 4 года назад +106

      Found your channel today and I love the recipes. But this I would add potatoes about halfway through. Makes for a more hearty filling soup. And potatoes are cheap.

    • @geaviolin
      @geaviolin 4 года назад +71

      Please add spanish subtitles. I understand English, but my mother not and she loves history documentaries. 🙏🙏🙏
      Thank you for this marvelous videos. I can't stop watching them!!! 😍

    • @wafran3396
      @wafran3396 4 года назад +64

      The universe needs more "Mrs. Crocombe being shady" Thank you for lighting my day.

    • @nekochan2493
      @nekochan2493 4 года назад +9

      Can we use beef instead of bacon ?

  • @dia4622
    @dia4622 4 года назад +24639

    let’s not lie to ourselves, this is aimed at us

    • @thehermit8618
      @thehermit8618 4 года назад +700

      The queen of sass herself, Ms Crocombe, says so

    • @ConstantChaos1
      @ConstantChaos1 4 года назад +1023

      Excuse you.... you think I can afford celery?

    • @trparnell87
      @trparnell87 4 года назад +566

      @@ConstantChaos1 bitch is acting like we can afford bacon. Lol

    • @kikia6611
      @kikia6611 4 года назад +603

      The minute the onions showed up I knew we were done for....

    • @jennizu6122
      @jennizu6122 4 года назад +182

      Truth hurts

  • @marrko3176
    @marrko3176 4 года назад +4641

    Title: How to make soup for the poor
    Me: is this for me?

  • @AdiAdi-dv3px
    @AdiAdi-dv3px 4 года назад +12559

    Mom what are we having for dinner?
    "Soup for the poor, dear"

  • @ReuD-hp9ui
    @ReuD-hp9ui 3 года назад +3180

    I love how “soup for the poor” is the only recipe where I can actually get all of the ingredients 😭 She’s calling me out

    • @sbd_14_09
      @sbd_14_09 2 года назад +143

      Nobody should be ashamed of their financial income.

    • @animequeen78
      @animequeen78 2 года назад +93

      @@sbd_14_09 Agreed. We're trying to do our best with what we have.

    • @schplengie1
      @schplengie1 Год назад +9

      I feel like you can get all of the ingredients of most recipes at any store though....

    • @MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr
      @MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr Год назад +10

      @@schplengie1 not turbot
      it's in very specific stores and markets

    • @SkullGod69
      @SkullGod69 Год назад +4

      @@animequeen78 agreed! Just me eating cup of noodles is already a luxury to me.

  • @gpeddino
    @gpeddino 4 года назад +5751

    "We must always remember that there are no guarantees in life. I have my savings but, one day, I too will grow old and... will be grateful for soup like that."
    That honestly made me kinda emotional.

    • @raarast
      @raarast 4 года назад +104

      Gui Porto i got teary eyes and like “wait what happened with me”

    • @Readyforbedtime
      @Readyforbedtime 4 года назад +117

      I'd be offering Mrs Crocombe meals, but I'm afraid they'd be too basic for her to want. :(

    • @gabrielgil0593
      @gabrielgil0593 4 года назад +9

      oh dawling dawling

    • @ToodleNoodle
      @ToodleNoodle 4 года назад +88

      I just had a rather overwhelming rush of gratitude for the life I have right now.

    • @matthewwilliams1212
      @matthewwilliams1212 4 года назад +50

      I would hope Lady B wouldn't toss her to the streets

  • @nikkirivera5307
    @nikkirivera5307 4 года назад +6577

    Anyone else kinda tear up *cry like a baby* when she said "I'll get old soon, and be thankful for soup like that"

  • @justrosy5
    @justrosy5 2 года назад +1154

    "Just because one is poor, doesn't mean food should be bad." Bless you, Mrs. Crocombe. I was homeless many years ago and got lucky enough to find work, but have lived in poverty ever since. I learned that beggars should be choosers too, not only the very lucky. Money is not what should determine if one lives or dies, because wealth is entirely based on luck. You can't earn your way into financial stability anymore. At least not here in the United States, where I'm from. It's a financial disaster over here. Anyway, thank you for setting the right example for the world!

    • @cazzabojangles
      @cazzabojangles Год назад +67

      I can empathise- the UK is having a *slight* monetary problem at the moment (we left the EU, so food is more expensive, the Queen died so we have to change all the money to remove her face and put the kings' on it, Covid put a lot of people out of work which ruined the economy, Trust then buggered the pound, one factor of the war with Putin is energy and a few other food things like cooking oil are very scarce, the NHS is under extreme pressure so there's no health care), so soaring numbers of the UK are homeless and rely on food banks.
      My family's been on benefits since 2005, and all of us work despite multiple disabilities- my dad's going blind due to Diabetes, I've got hEDS, POTS and Sciatica due to Arthritic joints, my mum and sister are both Autistic. Fortunately, none of us are currenlty homeless, a lot haven't been so lucky. It's not enough these days to work and give everything you have to stay afloat, it's simply due to where you're born.

    • @joeseeking3572
      @joeseeking3572 Год назад +39

      I've been there too - and truthfully, the food in some shelters was less than ... inspired. But then I'd also been eating out of fast food dumpsters, so... In my area, you moved through shelters as you progressed, eventually to a point where, if you got a job you got your own room and could choose to take dinner or not (mostly I chose not, and ate at Arby's but from inside now, lol). Before that though, I vividly remember on volunteer group who would show up once a month and give us real food. Once we had salmon, beautiful fillets, done properly, on the rare side of medium. It was not popular (I'd say it was viewed with suspicion) - but I was in heaven. It reminded me of what I'd used to order and what I might eat again one day. I thanked these folks profusely. Many years later, I'm frugal because it's ingrained, but don't have to be anymore - and right now there's a nice $11 serving in my fridge that will be dinner tonight with a lemon/butter/caper sauce, just the way I like it.

    • @bonelessmice6828
      @bonelessmice6828 Год назад +10

      hey hope you’re doing well

    • @robindelacruz650
      @robindelacruz650 Год назад +7

      *hugs with consent*

    • @tanaymishra7333
      @tanaymishra7333 Год назад +3

      U can. One just has to work hard

  • @carlschultz1538
    @carlschultz1538 4 года назад +2047

    Mrs Crocombe: [takes a bite of celery]
    My wife: THAT'S FOR THE POOR, LADY!

  • @lilplant2250
    @lilplant2250 4 года назад +9150

    Mrs. Crocombe has finally decided to stop throwing shade at our low income and feed us

    • @meowsticsism
      @meowsticsism 4 года назад +109

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @diomedesosu425
      @diomedesosu425 4 года назад +512

      Only because Lady Braybrooke told her to.

    • @jay2davic607
      @jay2davic607 4 года назад +381

      Also, did you see her eat that celery? Less for the poor.

    • @nincigo9499
      @nincigo9499 4 года назад +74

      @@jay2davic607 My exact reaction😂

    • @Windjammers1
      @Windjammers1 4 года назад +43

      And she did put an onion in it.

  • @cikotan6994
    @cikotan6994 4 года назад +17341

    "How to make soup for my viewers"

  • @londonmason6129
    @londonmason6129 3 года назад +2818

    I like to imagine I’m a milkmaid who brings milk to the kitchen every day and i she’s let’s me stay an watch her cook

    • @narminharrison1269
      @narminharrison1269 3 года назад +121

      Omg. That sounds cute

    • @londonmason6129
      @londonmason6129 3 года назад +38

      @@narminharrison1269 thanks what do you imagine

    • @rebeccatatum7692
      @rebeccatatum7692 3 года назад +151

      @@londonmason6129 I’ve always imagined being an apprentice cook and she’s teaching me everything that needs to be done to be good enough to cook for a lord and lady.

    • @Pluvillion
      @Pluvillion 3 года назад +111

      I imagine myself being Lord and Lady Braybrooke's son and that I came down to the kitchen to watch Mrs. Crocombe cook.

    • @londonmason6129
      @londonmason6129 3 года назад +11

      @@Pluvillion nice

  • @LindiKalash
    @LindiKalash 4 года назад +2091

    This was the Ramen for the college kids back in the Victorian era

    • @purplepepper2503
      @purplepepper2503 4 года назад +24

      Lmao

    • @thehermit8618
      @thehermit8618 4 года назад +74

      The more things change, the more they stay the same

    • @thomasscharnott6236
      @thomasscharnott6236 4 года назад +30

      Fuck lol. Can we get this NOW instead? Hello real bacon 😊

    • @VictoriaMeira7
      @VictoriaMeira7 4 года назад +6

      Damn this comment is underrated

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 4 года назад +35

      FENXTY
      The best thing about soups like this one is that it’s not that much extra work to make a larger batch, and it tastes _at least_ as good re-heated.

  • @Kristiekins2
    @Kristiekins2 4 года назад +542

    Just because one is poor doesn’t mean food should be bad
    A high class bakery in my city donates their leftover desserts to the homeless shelter so the people we serve can have a nice dessert. This is why when you donate, you should donate something you would eat. Everyone deserves to enjoy life.

    • @memegodsonseungwan329
      @memegodsonseungwan329 4 года назад +2

      💓💓💓

    • @andiniwirawan
      @andiniwirawan 4 года назад +3

      dunkin donut in my city donates the left over donuts to orphanage, so they always make sure everything is being eaten in the same say it was made

    • @sashas409
      @sashas409 4 года назад +14

      @yesca jasta have you heard the saying, not verbatim, 'A man's wealth can disappear in a blink of an eye'? Some people who were once well off now live on the streets, not bc they did not work hard but unforseen circumstances changed their way of living.

    • @angelikaskoroszyn8495
      @angelikaskoroszyn8495 4 года назад +2

      So much food is wasted in western civilization. I love the "revolutionary" idea of giving it to the poor. Another interesting thing are the restaurants that collect rejected food from supermarkets and make dishes out of it

    • @TrappedinSLC
      @TrappedinSLC 2 месяца назад

      Also don't get all judgmental if someone on benefits is buying something nice. Poor people are allowed to spend more of their money on a single meal if they have something to celebrate or just need a nice day to help pick themselves up emotionally.

  • @StealthyPig
    @StealthyPig 4 года назад +1491

    Title - "How to Make Soup for the Poor"
    Thumbnail - Mrs Crocombe glaring directly at me

    • @ryanv7742
      @ryanv7742 4 года назад +21

      101 it’s like she’s calling us poor not lying🥺😂

    • @gccwang24
      @gccwang24 4 года назад +30

      Nah she’s like “and what are YOU doing for the poor?”

    • @hemlockolympic
      @hemlockolympic 4 года назад +14

      gccwang24 Give me a break ma’am I AM THE POOR

    • @rosenars6665
      @rosenars6665 4 года назад

      101 😂😂😂😂

    • @gicomaro9853
      @gicomaro9853 4 года назад +5

      Haha lol. I clicked back to see her face in the thumbnail

  • @psammiad
    @psammiad 3 года назад +156

    A harsh reminder at the end of the realities of Victorian Britain: if you were old, sick or poor and couldn't work, you starved.

    • @brucemirbella2215
      @brucemirbella2215 3 года назад +26

      The point is that the indigent were cared for at the local level. This worked, more or less. Parish poor houses, soup kitchens, and this kind of charity helped people to cope.
      Families also helped; my father remembers his family taking in an elderly aunt on a rotation basis with other members of the extended family taking their turn as well.
      The modern welfare state has largely replaced all of this.

    • @cyan7460
      @cyan7460 3 года назад +7

      Yeah nothings changed

    • @NeilCWCampbell
      @NeilCWCampbell 2 года назад +2

      I mean the dept of work and pensions not as bad as a workhouse but that to more with international standards than any desire of the current UK government!
      The work at unsuitable work that then makes you unsuitable for real work still present.

  • @arttutormanen5704
    @arttutormanen5704 4 года назад +718

    "There we are: soup for the poor."
    I felt that.

    • @arttutormanen5704
      @arttutormanen5704 4 года назад +2

      @Jim Elliott The plot twist is I'm studying 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @ruth645
      @ruth645 4 года назад

      @@arttutormanen5704 aah suomi perkele uskdks

  • @waltz0153
    @waltz0153 4 года назад +3695

    Me: why is this on my recommended? *sees title >> ah, because i’m the target audience

  • @dangitjacques5133
    @dangitjacques5133 4 года назад +789

    When ever she says “for this recipe you will need” I feel like I’m getting instructions for a mission

    • @LindaEll89
      @LindaEll89 4 года назад +14

      Exactly! Go and feed the poor, make soup and give it to homeless people? That's for sure a good mission. :-)

    • @mirilali
      @mirilali 4 года назад +15

      Just beware: she'll most likely disavow knowledge of us if we choose the incorrect mold!

    • @Stickycomix
      @Stickycomix 4 года назад +6

      It's like Jerry introducing the gadget loadout in Totally Spies lmao.

    • @jackiedavies6956
      @jackiedavies6956 4 года назад +7

      this recipe will self destruct in 30 seconds.

    • @firstnamelastname8903
      @firstnamelastname8903 4 года назад +2

      *Vietnam war flashbacks*

  • @maixe13
    @maixe13 3 года назад +1182

    Ms. Crocombe: Good morning!
    Me at 10 pm at night: 👁👄👁 good morning

    • @atorsionx9406
      @atorsionx9406 3 года назад +1

      Mr. Kappa. Turn to "Like" three hundred and ninety-four.

    • @Briz4ever
      @Briz4ever 3 года назад

      Just like your pp xD

    • @RichTheFlop
      @RichTheFlop 3 года назад +2

      4:30 am like-

    • @aboysarchives
      @aboysarchives 3 года назад

      LMAOOO

    • @harrisonkey698
      @harrisonkey698 3 года назад +1

      Me at 00:32 in the morning..
      Good morning 😀

  • @nhii__9565
    @nhii__9565 4 года назад +1660

    “Just because someone is poor, doesn’t mean food should be bad”
    - Me crying and eating ramen noodle for the whole week

    • @lemonmelon8095
      @lemonmelon8095 4 года назад +21

      Ramen noodles taste epic bruh

    • @jessejjyami8909
      @jessejjyami8909 4 года назад +21

      An egg or some of those cheap canned veggies can really spice up instant ramen. Same with frozen veggies you can sometimes get pretty cheap

    • @jennij5773
      @jennij5773 4 года назад +14

      I used to cook and drain ramen noodles without the seasoning packet and put ragu cheese in it and then soy sauce. I look back at myself and wonder who that was. Now, I put reddiwhip on my pizza.

    • @blinbin8415
      @blinbin8415 4 года назад +4

      Stir fry them or put soy sauce and egg

    • @TechBearSeattle
      @TechBearSeattle 4 года назад +5

      If you can get the split peas or lentils, and maybe sub mushrooms for bacon, a serving of this should not cost any more than a serving of ramen. The problem, of course, is having enough for the initial investment.

  • @jazzedaboutcheese
    @jazzedaboutcheese 4 года назад +981

    I love that she doesn't even need to tell us it's good. She just nods like "y'all know how I do".

    • @a3day
      @a3day 4 года назад +16

      Carolina Tamayo I made it to this comment as soon as she did it and I’ve been laughing for 2 hours at random 😂

    • @BobbyNewb
      @BobbyNewb 4 года назад +6

      LMAO, great comment and so true.

    • @ummasad
      @ummasad 4 года назад

      Carolina Tamayo 😂

    • @chosenlight7289
      @chosenlight7289 4 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @somethinggood9267
      @somethinggood9267 4 года назад

      I know it was cute

  • @albehoe2327
    @albehoe2327 4 года назад +5815

    When you're so poor you can't even afford ingredients for soup for the poor 😭

    • @stephanyfeliciano8827
      @stephanyfeliciano8827 4 года назад +94

      Right how that gonna work out

    • @SuperCatman
      @SuperCatman 4 года назад +516

      Well, this is a soup for the poor to eat, not make.

    • @kinpagimpa
      @kinpagimpa 4 года назад +54

      Well, you only have "BALANCE LIMITED"

    • @anthonydavid5121
      @anthonydavid5121 4 года назад +5

      LMFAO

    • @ConnerIsCatastrophic
      @ConnerIsCatastrophic 4 года назад +70

      I mean, the most expensive thing on the list is bacon. Everything else can be bought for under $5.

  • @snapmyneck8818
    @snapmyneck8818 4 года назад +9958

    Ms. Crocombe: “How to make soup for the poor.”
    College students: *furiously scribbling down notes*

    • @MrCelroy
      @MrCelroy 4 года назад +337

      *sees bacon*
      Alright im out

    • @DrCandyStriper
      @DrCandyStriper 4 года назад +64

      @@MrCelroy I must admit I wish it didn't have the bacon in it >~>

    • @dalebird1482
      @dalebird1482 4 года назад +257

      @@DrCandyStriper In that case, remove bacon, add more salt and paprika and maybe some other source of protein like mushrooms.

    • @DrCandyStriper
      @DrCandyStriper 4 года назад +73

      @@dalebird1482 Thank you! :D I'm never sure how to change some of these recipes to take the meat out

    • @dalebird1482
      @dalebird1482 4 года назад +43

      @@DrCandyStriper no problem! that should put a fair amount of the umami taste back in

  • @kiyoshitamagawa9824
    @kiyoshitamagawa9824 3 года назад +453

    I found the last moments of this video surprisingly touching. Although I’m sure many members of the gentry provided for their servants after they could no longer work, they certainly were under no obligation to do so. Mrs. Crocombe’s unblinking assessment of her possible future reflects the harsh reality back then.

    • @electricdreams9446
      @electricdreams9446 3 года назад +30

      there was the concept of "noblesse oblige"

    • @balkanwitch5747
      @balkanwitch5747 Год назад +19

      "they certainly were under no obligation to do so" lmao after exploiting workers, that's the bare minimum these leeches could do

  • @rz9297
    @rz9297 4 года назад +5159

    "I too one day will grow old, and will be grateful for soup like that."
    MRS CROCOMBE NO
    We must make a gofundme for Mrs. Crocombe's retirement fund.

    • @MooseCall
      @MooseCall 4 года назад +37

      I think she's just playing a character.

    • @softly.serene
      @softly.serene 4 года назад +449

      Nansi ...it’s a joke

    • @mrclueuin
      @mrclueuin 4 года назад +129

      @@softly.serene Unless, we use some of that GoFundMe money to build a time machine...
      ...(She a character based on a Real Life person in Victorian times so...) 🙍

    • @givememore4free
      @givememore4free 4 года назад +33

      @@softly.serene why is there always a moron that has to say it's a joke. Like its pretty obvious is a joke dummy.

    • @Zalerinae0491
      @Zalerinae0491 4 года назад +139

      @@givememore4free didn't seem obvious to the first response though

  • @telemachus53
    @telemachus53 4 года назад +848

    I started watching this as I was lying recuperating after a serious brain operation. I can safely say that this lady and this series bears a huge responsibility for my recovery. Now, whenever I hear the opening tune I go into a deep feeling of well being. Many thanks all who make this wonderful series.

    • @LetsBeCivilShallWe
      @LetsBeCivilShallWe 4 года назад +37

      telemachus53 - Hope you have a speedy recovery and Mrs. Crocombe quickly comes through with more new content!

    • @zappawench6048
      @zappawench6048 4 года назад +14

      I hope that you're fully recovered now.

    • @NikkoPersia
      @NikkoPersia 4 года назад +16

      Wishing you good health and a continued recovery.

    • @Lisa-tp4sf
      @Lisa-tp4sf 4 года назад +9

      Take care. .. hope you feel better soon xx

    • @YT4Me57
      @YT4Me57 4 года назад +8

      Blessings to you for a full recovery. I'm so glad that you found comfort in these stories about Mrs. Crocombe. It's wonderful that they are based on her writings.

  • @nttanatalie9252
    @nttanatalie9252 4 года назад +1460

    *I too one day will grow old, and will be grateful for soup like that*
    The way that she briskly went back to work after saying those lines as if trying ro ignore the fact that that fate is going to bestow upon her one day breaks my heart😢😢

    • @oevilone
      @oevilone 4 года назад +46

      That actually brought me to tears.

    • @taminy2051
      @taminy2051 4 года назад +224

      The real Mrs Crowcombe will marry late in life, have no children of her own but stepchildren. Family legend will remember her with love. One descendent of her stepchildren will hand over her original cook book. Not so bad, ey?

    • @melissaw5627
      @melissaw5627 4 года назад +63

      It may me grateful for what I have. Sometimes I can easily grow discontented in my life. It's important to recognize that some people go without food while I have a refrigerator full. It deeply touched my heart. Thanks for the reminder!

    • @alguienporae3870
      @alguienporae3870 4 года назад +14

      Plus there was no éxit music...

    • @PauloVictorAlves1920
      @PauloVictorAlves1920 4 года назад +28

      She lived long, till 1926.

  • @pepper4632
    @pepper4632 3 года назад +309

    “Soup for the poor”
    The staff that had to eat this: 👁👄👁

  • @destroyerofhouseplants
    @destroyerofhouseplants 4 года назад +6092

    “We must always remember that there are no guarantees in life. I have my savings, but I too one day will grow old and will be grateful for soup like that.”
    Damn.

    • @dangerzone2900
      @dangerzone2900 4 года назад +48

      𝙸𝚖 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍(ᗒᗣᗕ)՞ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ

    • @thehermit8618
      @thehermit8618 4 года назад +300

      Mrs. Crocomber gets a little too real for a sec

    • @anthonydavid5121
      @anthonydavid5121 4 года назад +38

      LOVED THAT LINE.

    • @geoffpriestley7001
      @geoffpriestley7001 4 года назад +16

      I'd like some now it looks lovely

    • @ilsamalsi5267
      @ilsamalsi5267 4 года назад +34

      that was a dark touch wasn't it

  • @deanspanos8210
    @deanspanos8210 4 года назад +801

    Sees ingredients list
    "Well I've got the water at least."

    • @larrysmith2638
      @larrysmith2638 4 года назад +55

      Hot water is poor man's soup.

    • @chosenlight7289
      @chosenlight7289 4 года назад +1

      🤣🤣

    • @axlegallardo
      @axlegallardo 4 года назад +7

      That's not even water. That's probably chicken stock. Basically, chicken bones that's been boiled for 4hr.

    • @larrysmith2638
      @larrysmith2638 4 года назад +8

      @@axlegallardo They're not going to waste chicken stock on the poor. That's leftover water.

    • @MaryTheresa1986
      @MaryTheresa1986 4 года назад

      😂😂😂😂

  • @jennizu6122
    @jennizu6122 4 года назад +5179

    “Just because one is poor, doesn’t mean that food should be bad.”
    🍴*FOOD QUOTE OF THE DAY*🍴

    • @enitanh2734
      @enitanh2734 4 года назад +2

      Thought i was the only that read the description box

    • @ColorFusical
      @ColorFusical 4 года назад +2

      Tell that to kids in Africa

    • @ChromaticaCitizen
      @ChromaticaCitizen 4 года назад +1

      idk sis you tell that to my bank account and my packages of ramen noodles

    • @evilduks
      @evilduks 4 года назад +11

      @@ColorFusical Ethiopian food is an epitome of delicious and inexpensive to make

    • @melaesther2527
      @melaesther2527 4 года назад

      Mrs. Crocombe shows the highest level of courtesy.

  • @heatherchandler1585
    @heatherchandler1585 4 года назад +997

    Finally a recipe that is suitable for a person of my class

    • @grimnar1985
      @grimnar1985 4 года назад +34

      Here filthy peasant... Have some soup - Lord Braybrooke. lol

    • @twinklenugz1238
      @twinklenugz1238 4 года назад +5

      But Heather! You're popular and rich 💀💀👀

    • @twinklenugz1238
      @twinklenugz1238 4 года назад +1

      *hands you a drink* "definitely no anti freeze in it"

    • @jess9269
      @jess9269 4 года назад +1

      @@twinklenugz1238 guess the afterlife has not been good to her.

    • @ConstantChaos1
      @ConstantChaos1 4 года назад

      Listen you dont have to brag about your high standing lol

  • @taulani7598
    @taulani7598 4 года назад +7259

    *me:* :(
    *mrs crocombe:* oh! good morning!
    *me:* :)

  • @benbankss
    @benbankss 4 года назад +759

    I refuse to let Ms Crocombe eat soup for the poor when she retires. Someone make a GoFundme so she can buy the manor house

    • @pawpatrolnews
      @pawpatrolnews 4 года назад +13

      Are you mad?!? A a servant has no right to such a house!

    • @Dragmire800
      @Dragmire800 4 года назад +82

      The real Ms Crocombe ended up running a lodging house that she inherited from her husband when he died, so she was fairly successful

    • @nancypine9952
      @nancypine9952 4 года назад +7

      And considering her cooking, I expect it was a very popular lodging house.

    • @miaw.5819
      @miaw.5819 4 года назад +3

      Soham Sharma It was a joke. Lighten up.

    • @benbankss
      @benbankss 4 года назад +2

      @Soham Sharma Er.....idc, she deserved the house. that part.

  • @ihavetwofaces
    @ihavetwofaces 3 года назад +60

    The intro music kicks in and I swear to god I can physically feel a reduction in blood pressure and heart rate as my body just passively destresses.

  • @snwflwee
    @snwflwee 4 года назад +969

    “And I’m going to add a little mint to lift the flavor.”
    *adds a bowl of mint*
    INSTANT REFRESHER

    • @rors5079
      @rors5079 4 года назад +8

      I love mint in salty dishes, it's actually used in a lot of recipes

    • @user-pe2yx9kt4e
      @user-pe2yx9kt4e 4 года назад +1

      That was a good amount though

    • @jennij5773
      @jennij5773 4 года назад

      @atomic3939 I don't know how true that is, but I know of people who are struggling who take very good care of themselves and I know of rich people who are total slobs.

  • @rebeccak9626
    @rebeccak9626 4 года назад +551

    Everyday I make soup for the poor.
    I call it, “making my lunch”.

  • @todanrg3
    @todanrg3 3 года назад +65

    When she says "some mint", i always hear "cement". That would certainly make the soup more filling.

    • @s.shepherd5653
      @s.shepherd5653 3 месяца назад +1

      What, you've never heard of "stone soup"?

  • @brendaramirez4075
    @brendaramirez4075 4 года назад +1447

    i love her voice makes me want to go back to that century then i remember im black and i forget about it

  • @CarTa3
    @CarTa3 4 года назад +1910

    Mrs. C straight up shading her employers at the end there: "I save what little I can, but at the salary rate these a-holes are paying me I'll be lucky if someone drops some poor people's soup at my doorstep when I'm old"

    • @luiousy7329
      @luiousy7329 4 года назад +45

      Pretty sure back in those days house staff lived on site until their death.

    • @SB-xz5yn
      @SB-xz5yn 4 года назад +109

      Han Yin A lot of house staff would have stayed in some form of employment until they weren’t useful anymore. Someone like Mrs. Crocombe could always stay employed as head kitchen staff or an observer function.
      But as she said, many people in more elevated employment started saving money to retire in Victorian times. If she managed to she might get to live in a little seaside cottage.

    • @GoldCatPrincess
      @GoldCatPrincess 4 года назад +46

      @@luiousy7329 No, when they became old, younger people replaced them. By then they had saved enough to buy a small cottage for their old age. The Families always kept in touch with them, and helped when help was needed.

    • @KelseyDrummer
      @KelseyDrummer 4 года назад +4

      That hit a little close to home for me.

    • @GoldCatPrincess
      @GoldCatPrincess 4 года назад

      @@KelseyDrummer Might I ask why?

  • @chocoholic6611
    @chocoholic6611 4 года назад +609

    "Soup for the poor"
    My time has finally come

    • @michaelshields7777
      @michaelshields7777 4 года назад +1

      Karen B Mine too, 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @gw4451
      @gw4451 4 года назад +14

      She may call it soup for the poor, but I'll be making it!! Looked delicious😍

    • @amorky8391
      @amorky8391 4 года назад +1

      We have not been forgotten lol

    • @anelebirdie3435
      @anelebirdie3435 4 года назад

      Fresh mint though... unless you grow it yourself - not at all cheap rn.

  • @henrikhyrup3995
    @henrikhyrup3995 3 года назад +91

    1:48 *Cement*
    Me: Okay whatever, you're the lady in charge in the kitchen...

    • @isaacroman9242
      @isaacroman9242 3 года назад +2

      lmao

    • @maximilian6829
      @maximilian6829 3 года назад +8

      Cement armand peppern source

    • @FatShork
      @FatShork 2 года назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 ROFL! I HADN'T NOTICED IT!

  • @ElectraNystrom
    @ElectraNystrom 4 года назад +555

    When she said "some mint", I wasn't watching the screen so I was very confused when I heard "cement" as an ingredient in a soup for the poor..

  • @DBoyTommie
    @DBoyTommie 4 года назад +602

    "I have my savings, but I too one day will grow old and will be grateful for soup like that.” .....she married well and ended up dying a somewhat well off woman. Smart lady.

    • @Paya11550
      @Paya11550 3 года назад +2

      Shes died?

    • @marulollipops
      @marulollipops 3 года назад +82

      @@Paya11550 the actual ms c who this character based on who lived in the victorian era 😊

    • @iluan_
      @iluan_ 3 года назад +114

      @@Paya11550 This whole chanel is based on the journal/recipe book of an actual Victorian house maid who worked in that house. So, we actually know what happened to her after she retired :)

    • @jackyyu99
      @jackyyu99 3 года назад +1

      @@Paya11550 obviously yes.

    • @aronspidle138
      @aronspidle138 3 года назад +20

      Indeed, thankfully. But, in-universe, she would not have known that at this time.

  • @익명의고라니-d9e
    @익명의고라니-d9e 3 года назад +33

    3:11 "first I'm going to fry the bacon i n butter"
    What a perfect sentence

  • @izzy1221
    @izzy1221 4 года назад +179

    My cousin just passed me his phone with this video playing.
    ‘look, it’s for you.’
    ....THANKS MAN.

  • @K_i_t_t_y84
    @K_i_t_t_y84 4 года назад +824

    I absolutely love Mrs. Crocombe and "The Victorian Way", but can we also see more gardening stuff with that young man too?

    • @spectacularbear
      @spectacularbear 4 года назад +41

      perhaps when it is not the middle of winter 😂

    • @spannerhead4227
      @spannerhead4227 4 года назад +23

      YES MORE EDGAR

    • @MRKapcer13
      @MRKapcer13 4 года назад +23

      Hopefully when Spring rolls around. Not much gardening to be done in January!

    • @NEUTR0NDANCE
      @NEUTR0NDANCE 4 года назад +16

      EDGAR IS BABY

    • @angelarts
      @angelarts 4 года назад +26

      Another HUGE Edgar fan here! He is a sweet cinnamon roll that must be protected!

  • @lucksss_.
    @lucksss_. 3 года назад +54

    “Just because you’re poor doesn’t mean you should be given bad food” Honestly that’s really true - I also don’t know if that’s exactly what she said tbh I’m too lazy to check lol

  • @bryanrivera2469
    @bryanrivera2469 4 года назад +287

    "And I'm going to add a little mint to lift the flavor."
    *throws the entire bowl in*

    • @Izzy41630
      @Izzy41630 4 года назад +41

      I know! Reminds me of that 'Two shots of vodka' meme. Only minty.

    • @kiraadams3450
      @kiraadams3450 4 года назад +24

      *dump truck full of chopped mint reverses into the kitchen*

    • @winecrimesfoodandtime7119
      @winecrimesfoodandtime7119 4 года назад +2

      @@kiraadams3450 lmao

    • @rorymorrison7758
      @rorymorrison7758 4 года назад +11

      The poor have no time for subtlety

    • @bb22602
      @bb22602 4 года назад +7

      Mint? trying to imagine mint plus split peas. and what kind of mint?

  • @kelvinhuang4710
    @kelvinhuang4710 4 года назад +1566

    From a loyal customer for ramen: the Victorian poor eats better than me

    • @boo2020
      @boo2020 4 года назад +5

      Oof

    • @Laura-Yu
      @Laura-Yu 4 года назад +13

      Kelvin Huang You can if you took the time to make this.

    • @MalteseKat
      @MalteseKat 4 года назад +12

      It would cost 5 USD. THATS VERY AFFORDABLE AND LOADED SITH PROTIEN

    • @minaolenella869
      @minaolenella869 4 года назад +19

      @@MalteseKat you would need a hot plate for this, and over an hour of electricity, and preferable a fridge to keep it and the meat, and a large pot. When I was a poor student, none of it was available.

    • @fabrisseterbrugghe8567
      @fabrisseterbrugghe8567 4 года назад +12

      When I was last unemployed I worked out what I spent on food in a month and it worked out to twenty dollars a week. There were a lot of carrots, cabbage, and barley in that total, but also a great deal of fresh vegetables. It helped that I'd spent a long time learning to cook as a kid, but less than three dollars a day for meals is pretty damned amazing.

  • @ThinkingWoman30
    @ThinkingWoman30 3 года назад +113

    This video hit home. Especially since the pandemic hit. I can appreciate every meal I get and I’m thankful soup is affordable at the store.

  • @zehantig
    @zehantig 4 года назад +221

    finally a recipe that ressonates with the audience

  • @nicolel.7578
    @nicolel.7578 4 года назад +1278

    In college, we would survive on a diet of "pasta and seafood" - instant noodles and canned tuna or sardines. This soup would've been a most welcome change

    • @idek7438
      @idek7438 3 года назад +56

      Pasta with canned tuna and canned tomatoes is a lifesaver. Very easy, very tasty and super cheap.

    • @maximilian6829
      @maximilian6829 3 года назад +47

      An onion, a bag of carrots, and a pack of chicken drumsticks and some noodles you could’ve been making “soup of the poor” aka chicken soup for sooo cheap, all those ingredients cost next to nothing. Just need some salt to taste

    • @electricdreams9446
      @electricdreams9446 3 года назад +6

      sardines are so good for you

    • @NeoNovastar
      @NeoNovastar 3 года назад +6

      @@electricdreams9446 Sardines are so delicious! They're good on rice or toast (or just right out the can). Mm

    • @electricdreams9446
      @electricdreams9446 3 года назад +1

      @@NeoNovastar 😋😋

  • @kfox1059
    @kfox1059 3 года назад +157

    5:45 my face when the teacher calls my name and I get the answer right

  • @mcaskey358
    @mcaskey358 4 года назад +526

    Rather sad to think, you spend your entire life, probably starting as a child, working yourself to death for "Lord and Lady". Then when you're too old and worn out to be of any use, you're shuffled off to the streets to beg for soup.

    • @WouldntULikeToKnow.
      @WouldntULikeToKnow. 4 года назад +56

      Isn't that the way now too? How many people get pensions now?

    • @theinvisibleme4104
      @theinvisibleme4104 4 года назад +26

      Isn't that something that could totally happen to everyone?

    • @Nimesay1
      @Nimesay1 4 года назад +3

      😔

    • @alexthefangirl6136
      @alexthefangirl6136 4 года назад +32

      I did not come here for this depressing topic but I can’t look away 😔

    • @dancebot9635
      @dancebot9635 3 года назад +1

      Some bs that is she is a national treasure shoe dont deserve to be a begger whens shes to old to work

  • @TheMaiaDriscol
    @TheMaiaDriscol 3 года назад +48

    "First I'm going to fry the bacon in butter." Oh, so it's a healthy recipe.

    • @a_llama
      @a_llama 3 года назад +1

      well the 'soup' is largely stock, so....

    • @cyan7460
      @cyan7460 3 года назад +3

      @@a_llama are you implying that this is not, in fact, soup?

  • @bellevoor
    @bellevoor 4 года назад +471

    "I like to season my soup VERY well."
    *adds only salt and pepper

    • @angryhistoryguy5657
      @angryhistoryguy5657 4 года назад +97

      As someone else so succinctly phrased it: "peak English".

    • @kenpaul895
      @kenpaul895 4 года назад +3

      @@angryhistoryguy5657 indeed

    • @sofiabravo1994
      @sofiabravo1994 4 года назад +41

      Well they are English....what did you expect? Habanera pepper?

    • @DGLeo482
      @DGLeo482 4 года назад +107

      Colonised India for 200 years and still couldn't go beyond salt and pepper to this date

    • @AD-wz6nd
      @AD-wz6nd 4 года назад +27

      That KILLED me. They had spices at that point and yet did nothing with them.

  • @abimol3802
    @abimol3802 4 года назад +207

    Look at her, adding bacon as if she won the lottery

  • @fernrivers3152
    @fernrivers3152 4 года назад +185

    1. I love the new "The Victorian way" intro showing all of the people we've met!
    2. This is a perfect recipe for me to try right now as I've been sick for the last week.

    • @heatherjones6647
      @heatherjones6647 4 года назад +2

      Substitute chicken for the bacon and you'll be back on your feet it no time!!

    • @nisamaulida8591
      @nisamaulida8591 4 года назад +3

      Yes, the gardener, the apple boy, the laundry master, and the butter lady 🤣

    • @dwah673
      @dwah673 4 года назад +4

      Get well soon ya

    • @KougajiCalling
      @KougajiCalling 4 года назад +4

      Everyone in the Audley End Cinematic Universe!

    • @Mmaulin12
      @Mmaulin12 4 года назад

      Nisa Maulida apple boy 🤣

  • @dirklee4547
    @dirklee4547 3 года назад +82

    I'm wondering what "soup for the rich" would look like...

    • @majidifan5846
      @majidifan5846 3 года назад +28

      According to Lord & Lady Braybrook, no onions 🧅 🤣

    • @TheBeetress
      @TheBeetress 3 года назад +8

      Turtle soup, and then mock turtle soup also became popular

    • @Azoaris
      @Azoaris 3 года назад +2

      Why would rich people eat soup? (I'm joking, maybe something with more expensive ingredients :3)

    • @draco1811
      @draco1811 3 года назад +27

      A heavier beef soup for the gentlemen, and a lighter, rhubarb soup for the ladies.

    • @ktgirl-oh9px
      @ktgirl-oh9px 3 года назад +2

      Watch her other video on soup🤭

  • @yewduyouhxh4334
    @yewduyouhxh4334 4 года назад +736

    Them poor : use stock
    Me : using tap water plus artificial seasoning

    • @brianarumley6500
      @brianarumley6500 4 года назад +47

      If you have a chicken carcass you can save it and boil it to make your own stock. You can freeze stock as well. You're right though, it's expensive to buy in the store.

    • @Marika50
      @Marika50 4 года назад +24

      Seriously though, get 2 packs of beef flavored ramen, use the same ingredients as this video and put ramen in with the seasoning packs, don't add mint.

    • @taniaearle4457
      @taniaearle4457 4 года назад

      Yep!

    • @jennij5773
      @jennij5773 4 года назад +28

      I once made ramen and had leftover "juice"...so I added corn starch and made ramen gravy and put it over rice. I am ashamed.

    • @JuniBlueDoe
      @JuniBlueDoe 4 года назад

      yewduyou hxh I’m HOW L ING😭😂

  • @rokkfel4999
    @rokkfel4999 4 года назад +604

    “First I’m gonna fry the bacon in butter” ohhh dear lord who art in heaven did you hear my left ventricle slam shut because I just did

    • @jep9092
      @jep9092 4 года назад +42

      Read this in a southern woman's voice

    • @Eviligniter
      @Eviligniter 4 года назад +41

      The fat myth has been debunked for a decade or so already bro, vegetable oils (the ones rich with omega 6 specially) and specially trans fats are the real problem.

    • @genzhours9466
      @genzhours9466 3 года назад +18

      Hey, it's Victorian times, this is probably enough for one skinny person. When in Rome, do as the Romans.

    • @namratakulkarni3466
      @namratakulkarni3466 3 года назад +7

      Read this in Gordon Ramsay's voice.

    • @malthuswasright
      @malthuswasright 3 года назад +29

      Back then if you were doing manual labour you'd need those calories. These days, not so much.

  • @ShiningAoiTsuki
    @ShiningAoiTsuki Год назад +19

    I've made this yesterday, but instead of using split peas, I've used green lentils (picket up the wrong packet, the split peas were next to the lentils, so I had to use them instead 🙈).
    I've also added garlic, a bit thyme, 2 bay leaves and green onions - and let me tell you: The soup turned out SO SO delicious, that my boyfriend ate less to ensure he can eat a really large portion today! 🤤🤤🤤😂 Thank you for the gorgeous recipe, dear Mrs. Crocombe 🙏🏻 💙
    So because the lentils worked out great in this soup, I assume you can swap out any dried legumes to your personal liking 😁

  • @mercidee1977
    @mercidee1977 4 года назад +849

    Y'all ....
    My daughter and I made this soup today, and it was amaaaaaaaazing.
    We couldn't find yellow split peas, so we had to use green split peas. I don't think it made any appreciable difference to the flavor of the soup. One thing I noticed on all the split peas I was able to find is that they didn't require overnight soaking because the peas had been split prior to packaging. So that made prep that much easier. And, yes, the mint adds so much to the flavor.
    Can't wait to make this again!

    • @ivyblackeyes1005
      @ivyblackeyes1005 3 года назад +41

      Split peas are seriously a life saver

    • @ChezMymy
      @ChezMymy 2 года назад +2

      Thanks for the feedback😊

    • @nope.thankies
      @nope.thankies 2 года назад

      I'm glad you enjoyed it and I'm motivated to try the recipe as well but I have a question...Are the split peas used for the soup the dried kind or should I look for something canned? I'd appreciate any help

    • @mercidee1977
      @mercidee1977 2 года назад +3

      @@nope.thankies
      It's the dried ones in a bag. I found a brand that didn't require overnight soaking because the peas were already split. Made the soup a lot easier to put together.

    • @nope.thankies
      @nope.thankies 2 года назад

      @@mercidee1977 Oh, I see- sounds great, thank you!

  • @clavesseptem7223
    @clavesseptem7223 4 года назад +65

    Honestly, poor or not, that soup sounds absolutely delicious.

  • @thegreatWIIMO
    @thegreatWIIMO Год назад +16

    I love how she sneaks a piece of celery when she’s making a poor person soup, but any other episode she doesn’t eat anything 😂

  • @sunsky4549
    @sunsky4549 4 года назад +139

    Welcome back Mrs Crocombe! Your kitchen maids from around the world are ready to assist you today.

    • @ellaisplotting
      @ellaisplotting 4 года назад +18

      That's such a sweet idea! We're all her eager if inexperienced kitchen maids :)

    • @vikavika5636
      @vikavika5636 4 года назад

      Haha, yes, we are! :))

  • @Solanuma
    @Solanuma 4 года назад +53

    I like the little glimpse into the anxieties of living life as anything but upper class or aristocracy during victorian times in the end of the video there.
    Mrs Crocombes gratitude had a bitter tinge and we are left alone to think about her harsh reality of being dependent on a ladies charitable mood once she can't provide for herself anymore

  • @h3rbst_schm3rz14
    @h3rbst_schm3rz14 4 года назад +185

    I love how the poor only get two celery sticks and then she even snacked on them! :D

    • @catwoman1263
      @catwoman1263 4 года назад +22

      Well, if they were actually making this for the poor, it would be a MUCH larger quantity. They pare down these recipes to be suitable for a small family so we can make them ourselves.

    • @VeryCherryCherry
      @VeryCherryCherry 4 года назад +27

      If you notice the pot, it's not a big recipe. Maybe enough for 4.

    • @MissingRaptor
      @MissingRaptor 4 года назад +3

      @@VeryCherryCherry that's what I was thinking. It doesn't seem like a lot. But she does say that it's an extra to the stuff that they usually give the poor.

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 4 года назад +6

      h3rbst_ schm3rz
      It doesn’t take much celery (or celeriac) to enhance the flavour of a soup. Half a celeriac root, finely diced, is enough for a very large pot of soup or lobscouse, although it doesn’t hurt to use an entire root.

    • @ArtsWellnessCollective
      @ArtsWellnessCollective 4 года назад +7

      Apparently that soup was generous. In Supersizers Eat Victorian they did a larger scale one and it was one rasher of bacon, one tablespoon of lard and stock and a bunch of veggies for a 50-serving soup.

  • @DevonPixie1991
    @DevonPixie1991 Год назад +9

    My grandma used to make a blended version of this soup. I make it now except I add potatoes and sometimes other left over root veggies to save on food waste. Once it's all cooked it can be blended with a stick blender to make a wonderful thick filling soup.

  • @donnaleveron5711
    @donnaleveron5711 4 года назад +223

    Good advice even for today, Especially today, with the tens of thousands of homeless. How much would they appreciate a home cooked meal? Not all of them are into drugs, so save that excuse for someone else. Things beyond our control happen in our lives and may happen to you. "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy."

    • @misscndnwoman2177
      @misscndnwoman2177 4 года назад +9

      100% 🙏

    • @tinseltina
      @tinseltina 4 года назад +35

      But it wouldn't matter even if they WERE into drugs. People need help and care regardless of what's going on in their life. Victims of addiction are still victims that need help, and sure maybe we're not counselors or therapists, but if we can provide a nice meal or something warm or just a simple "hello, how are you?" is showing that we do view them as brothers and sisters, just as Christ would have done and wants us to do. "When you are in the service of your fellow man, ye are in the service of [God]."

    • @stephsmith9911
      @stephsmith9911 4 года назад

      like blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth? Please!

    • @Zorro9129
      @Zorro9129 4 года назад

      Amen!

  • @rowenaravenclaw8474
    @rowenaravenclaw8474 4 года назад +116

    I just finished paying for semester tuition and books, I think I’m going to need some of this soup delivered to me as well.🤣🤣

    • @morganarledge6863
      @morganarledge6863 4 года назад +3

      Ravenclaw House I fill that but instead my battles has been making sure the people that are supposed to pay for my stuff do what they are supposed to do

    • @healinggrounds19
      @healinggrounds19 4 года назад +2

      Maybe a kindly Hufflepuff friend will make and deliver.

    • @rowenaravenclaw8474
      @rowenaravenclaw8474 4 года назад +2

      Science Fiction Double Feature So true....too bad us Ravenclaws are always so deep in thought we forget to make friends!

    • @healinggrounds19
      @healinggrounds19 4 года назад +2

      @@rowenaravenclaw8474 find a Hufflepuff and you have a friend for life. Whether you want us or not!

    • @jeanettewaverly2590
      @jeanettewaverly2590 4 года назад +2

      For starving students, the main ingredient in this soup is ramen.

  • @Mcormic
    @Mcormic 3 года назад +15

    "First I'm going to fry the bacon in butter." Now that's what I'm talking about!

  • @mika9937
    @mika9937 4 года назад +61

    this is so kind wow remember lads, mrs crocombe was a real person as well as lord and lady braybrooke and audley end

  • @Erik_Emer
    @Erik_Emer 4 года назад +423

    "I too one day will grow old, and will be grateful for soup like that..."
    - Leave
    Uh-oh, is this some development that nobody wants!?

    • @moviediva
      @moviediva 4 года назад +10

      I'm sure the Lord and Lady took good care of Mrs. C IN her retirement.

    • @khills
      @khills 4 года назад +67

      @@moviediva Nope, they didn't - she married and left their service.

    • @moviediva
      @moviediva 4 года назад +7

      @ Kelly Hills thanks 😀 I hope she had a good life.

    • @violetbrown2372
      @violetbrown2372 4 года назад +6

      It really did take a hard left turn, there, didn't it?

    • @elenatorre5347
      @elenatorre5347 4 года назад +61

      @@moviediva She did! She ran her own lodging house with her husband, was fairly successful and died at the ripe old age of 89. Not too bad for a 19th century cook.

  • @lanceplaxton6967
    @lanceplaxton6967 Год назад +6

    "Just because one is poor, doesn’t mean that food should be bad." Terrific quote.

  • @tyronechua451
    @tyronechua451 3 года назад +16

    OMG a video made for me?! I'm so honored 😍

  • @MizzKittyBichon
    @MizzKittyBichon 4 года назад +70

    2:57 I love how Mrs. Crocombe randomly takes a bite of the celery she just chopped to make soup for the poor.

    • @EarlyMusicDiva
      @EarlyMusicDiva 4 года назад +3

      Maybe she just wanted to make sure it was good?

  • @CheshireCat4216
    @CheshireCat4216 4 года назад +157

    The amount of joy with which I squealed "GEESE" when seeing them on the grass can not be described by simple words alone. Also the new intro is very pleasing to look at, really gives the viewer a feeling of all the good people working in this household. Nicely done

    • @SandraNelson063
      @SandraNelson063 4 года назад +5

      Canada Geese! A squadron! Approach at your peril!

    • @solojo928
      @solojo928 4 года назад +4

      OMG so did I!!!!

    • @Meep55412
      @Meep55412 4 года назад

      Oh good, I'm not the only one. Yet I said "Gooooooooose"

    • @ArtsWellnessCollective
      @ArtsWellnessCollective 4 года назад

      Same.

    • @juggernaut6857
      @juggernaut6857 4 года назад

      Tbh it's cute but jerk canadian geese hissed at me today... In Canada 😡

  • @ghafar4383
    @ghafar4383 4 года назад +127

    I was so touched and emotional after she said "Remember that there are no guarantees in life. I have my savings, but I too one day will grow old and be thankful for soup like that." 😢😢

  • @trellises
    @trellises 7 месяцев назад +2

    "I like to season my soups very well." _Proceeds to add salt, pepper, and mint._ Lolz

  • @waltz0153
    @waltz0153 4 года назад +739

    Video title: “soup for the poor”
    Also video: for this recipe you will need: BACON...
    The poor: aight, imma head out

    • @tonyadurst-scarlett1542
      @tonyadurst-scarlett1542 4 года назад +8

      😂🤣👍

    • @AntonDogg
      @AntonDogg 4 года назад +10

      BAH! I almost choked on my chip when I read this.

    • @raccoonnerd405
      @raccoonnerd405 4 года назад +45

      I wonder if the bacon they're talking about is actually what we call bacon today. For all we know it could be smoked pig trimmings.

    • @maggiesmith856
      @maggiesmith856 4 года назад +55

      Yes but the soup is being made for the poor by a rich person's cook. And bacon was probably a lot cheaper then.

    • @StarBoy4rt
      @StarBoy4rt 4 года назад +20

      remember that having farm animals was a common thing, so bacon was more of a thing always in hand

  • @meowface8423
    @meowface8423 4 года назад +177

    "Oh hello there savages" I think that is more appropriate as an intro.

  • @kaydixie5727
    @kaydixie5727 10 месяцев назад +3

    Peas are legumes and bread is made of wheat, which is a grain. Together, these two combinations form a complementary protein, making it a complete protein, with all 8 essential amino acids.

  • @thelastnightbender3089
    @thelastnightbender3089 4 года назад +132

    Mrs. Crocombe is very helpful and kind. She is like our grandmother

    • @baje246skalla
      @baje246skalla 4 года назад +5

      More like our mum! 😁

    • @boopeep9670
      @boopeep9670 4 года назад

      Night Storm more like your grandmum

    • @oktopussy9628
      @oktopussy9628 4 года назад +1

      You don't know my mom

    • @mustafakiraz7836
      @mustafakiraz7836 4 года назад +2

      A Türk wrote this comment

    • @hellalucky
      @hellalucky 4 года назад +1

      My grandmother is a drunk.
      She’s funny when she takes her wig off.

  • @gothictrashqueen9109
    @gothictrashqueen9109 2 года назад +8

    My family and I make leftovers soup. We get any meat and veggie from the past week and use any noodle and make soup with any stock. It’s so good and such a great use for leftovers!

  • @klausoshaunacey8429
    @klausoshaunacey8429 4 года назад +37

    The last sentence is so somber yet so real. She knows that she doesn’t really live in a time where the poor could live decent lives and eventually when she grows too old there won’t be any social structures to take care of her like we do today. Makes you happy for the time you’re living in.

    • @EAKugler
      @EAKugler 4 года назад +1

      Yeah, shame we don't have any of those either.

  • @al4381
    @al4381 4 года назад +166

    I have actually tried this and cooked this several times since. Really lovely recipe, and now during lent I made it, but with green split peas, yellow split peas, and a few red lentils and some barley, and left the animal products out. It is really good. Thank you

    • @Emeraldwitch30
      @Emeraldwitch30 4 года назад +7

      I'm making it right now but I only had a hambone from sunday dinner for flavor. But I'm out if peas so I'm whacking some potatoes in at the end

    • @srinidhimadurai5299
      @srinidhimadurai5299 4 года назад +8

      try adding some spices like chili powder and turmeric to really bring this to the next level!

    • @skibididopyesdop
      @skibididopyesdop 4 года назад +5

      POOR PERSON EXPOSED

  • @WRJO-dp1py
    @WRJO-dp1py 3 года назад +9

    저게 당근.셀러리.양파-통칭(미루포아)를 해 고기기름과 미루포아 채소스톡에 육수와 단백역활까지하는 콩을 집어넣으니 당연히 많은 양에 든든하게 먹을 수 있는 거 같네요 역시 옛 요리사들의 노력이 저런 조리법으로서 300~500년이 지난 이후에도 쓰이고있다는거 존경스럽습니다

  • @도토리-z9u
    @도토리-z9u 4 года назад +526

    빅토리아 시대 음식에 관심이 1도 없는 나에게 이 영상이 떳다는 건 곧 이 영상을 한국인이 아주 많이 볼 거라는 거임.

    • @nakedcucumber
      @nakedcucumber 4 года назад +17

      어머 안녕하세요ㅎ

    • @jep9092
      @jep9092 4 года назад +23

      What

    • @bxyk1131
      @bxyk1131 4 года назад +2

      놀랍다!

    • @나비비녀
      @나비비녀 4 года назад

      한번쯤은 먹어보고싶은

    • @ruhan79
      @ruhan79 4 года назад +4

      ㅎㅎ같은 한국인이 있다니 반갑네요 ㅎㅎ 저도 매주 한번씩은 보게되요

  • @stringstorm
    @stringstorm 3 года назад +1

    I'm still young but littered with health problems. The world really enjoys heavy meals and the like and there's no shame in that. But for folks like me, nothing beats a warm soup.

  • @nerdyrosestt
    @nerdyrosestt 4 года назад +169

    I would love to see a winter's soup for the high table, to see just how it differs from this one. Perhaps I missed it, if it was already filmed. This was a lovely recipe, as usual, and very poignant at the end.

    • @majapalm7583
      @majapalm7583 4 года назад +1

      Rosemarie Maskell there is one and I tried it, can’t really recomend....

    • @phoibenyang2902
      @phoibenyang2902 4 года назад +2

      Maja Palm isn't it the rhubarb soup for spring?

    • @karenbartlett1307
      @karenbartlett1307 4 года назад

      Has more meat in it.

  • @danielintheantipodes6741
    @danielintheantipodes6741 4 года назад +101

    Mrs Crocombe's words at the end reminded me why I loathe the word 'charity' and favour the word 'rights' because some things are rights, including basic food and shelter. Thank you so much for this video.

    • @danielintheantipodes6741
      @danielintheantipodes6741 4 года назад +21

      @LagiNaLangAko23 Your outlook promotes starvation, underprivilege and disease. It is disgusting. Really disgusting.

    • @dallymoo7816
      @dallymoo7816 4 года назад +15

      @LagiNaLangAko23 We are here to help others and ourselves though. We depend on eathother. You were not born walking and hunting lmao!

    • @cova4218
      @cova4218 4 года назад +18

      It's not a matter of whether anyone thinks any is owed anything, it's a matter of supporting people who for whatever reason cannot support themselves. It's about basic human decency.

    • @danielintheantipodes6741
      @danielintheantipodes6741 4 года назад +2

      @@cova4218 Agreed.

    • @Starday723y
      @Starday723y 4 года назад +3

      @@cova4218 What about the slovenly, those that are able but would prefer to steal resources from the needy? What about those that have been brainwashed by a system to see themselves as needy when they are in fact not? There isn't infinite food and housing, we must separate the brier from the barley but remember the brier will call you callous uncharitable and will demand that food clothing and shelter is a right not a privilege and their rights must be protected......by someone else.

  • @fallonleyba5924
    @fallonleyba5924 4 года назад +261

    Mrs. Crocombe: “I season my soup very well.”
    Also Mrs. Crocombe: [only puts a pinch of salt and pepper and some mint in her soup]

    • @fallonleyba5924
      @fallonleyba5924 4 года назад +41

      Nhật Phạm that’s fair. she does work for a rich house, though. it’s fair to say they could afford some. additionally, the times where she does use spices are very rare and she uses a VERY light hand

    • @treq2112
      @treq2112 4 года назад +105

      That is seasoned for British cooking

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill 4 года назад +19

      peak á l'anglaise

    • @tammymasson2343
      @tammymasson2343 4 года назад +36

      She's implying that she's not holding back on the salt and pepper as some might.

    • @fifisflowers
      @fifisflowers 4 года назад +12

      The Bacon would have had a lot of salt in it to preserve it🌿

  • @dustbites3557
    @dustbites3557 3 года назад +8

    5:24
    Her: And I would like to add a little mint to lift the flavor.
    Her: *Added a hell lot of mint*

  • @damnitsemman
    @damnitsemman 4 года назад +155

    5:20 “I’m going to add a little mint to lift the flavor.”
    *dumps the whole shit*

  • @Siberianchan
    @Siberianchan 4 года назад +111

    1st off - I love, love, LOVE that message, that a) nothing is secure so we should look out for each other. Along with that wonderfully vulnerable moment, it made me melt.
    2nd: That sounds a lot like a soup I know from home and I'll definitely gonna try it. (some of these recipes have become staples of mine, either for semi-everyday use, like the maize pudding or to impress people with my mad skills (the gateau de pomme).
    3rd: YAY! Fancy new opening showing the whole cast, I LOVE IT!
    4th: are there any bread making plans in the future? I am an avid baker and enjoy developing my own recipes (a lot of them wholegrain and dark, a few of them with onion and garlic - Mrs. Crocombe would never dare to serve this even to the senior servants :) ) but I would love to have a few historical recipes, just to see how styles and methods have changed. ... maybe have Syvia feature?
    ... Please?

  • @Natasha-lz9se
    @Natasha-lz9se 3 года назад +13

    No one:
    College students using their leftovers in the fridge to put together a somewhat edible meal:

  • @_9u_
    @_9u_ 4 года назад +119

    "We must always remember there are no guarantees in life."

    • @ghost_fueled_scarecrow
      @ghost_fueled_scarecrow 3 года назад +1

      No there's *one* guarantee, that ill never find love

    • @CEB1896
      @CEB1896 3 года назад +4

      The only guarantee is death.