Why many cultures cook baby sheep in the spring

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  • @aragusea
    @aragusea  2 месяца назад +47

    Thank you Helix for sponsoring! Visit helixsleep.com/ragusea to get 20% off your Helix mattress, plus two free pillows. Offers subject to change. #helixsleep

    • @mouseherald8434
      @mouseherald8434 2 месяца назад +2

      Is there a reason Lauren's age is half yours in the ad?

    • @ClintBrubakken
      @ClintBrubakken 2 месяца назад +8

      ​@@mouseherald8434because he wants to remain married and not put this wives age on the Internet:)

    • @ClintBrubakken
      @ClintBrubakken 2 месяца назад +2

      I'm disappointed that they give the same exact offer if you visit their website without following a link. If it's always 20% off for everyone, that just means that the list price is meaningless.

    • @DuelScreen
      @DuelScreen 2 месяца назад +2

      Thank you for a respectful conversation. I was going to leave a comment mentioning that Protestants emphasize the symbolism of Jesus as a lamb in contrast to the Catholic views but you got there yourself at the end. Again, thanks for the conversation.

    • @chezmoi42
      @chezmoi42 2 месяца назад +1

      @@DuelScreen He did say it well, didn't he? Atheist myself, raised Lutheran, I very much appreciate the video titled 'The REAL Truth About Religion And Its Origins,' on the Listen and Learn channel.

  • @backseatdriver_9989
    @backseatdriver_9989 2 месяца назад +1064

    Big shout out to Jesus for taking one for the team!

    • @timmccarthy9917
      @timmccarthy9917 2 месяца назад +80

      The guy on the group project who did all the work

    • @theantithesis1
      @theantithesis1 2 месяца назад +8

      Just like Butters.

    • @EthelredHardrede-nz8yv
      @EthelredHardrede-nz8yv 2 месяца назад +7

      @@timmccarthy9917
      Since he never wrote anything down he likely was illiterate.

    • @badm0t0rf1ng3r
      @badm0t0rf1ng3r 2 месяца назад +13

      Inconvenienced for long weekend!

    • @Matt-xc6sp
      @Matt-xc6sp 2 месяца назад

      @@badm0t0rf1ng3rfor our sins

  • @3851035
    @3851035 2 месяца назад +840

    Early on in my relationship, I spent Easter with my deeply religious in-laws. Lunchtime came, and my innocent secular ass asked, "What's up with the poodle cake?" Dear reader, the cake was supposed to look like a lamb. So, from now on we have "poodle cake" every Easter, and I'll never hear the end of it.

    • @SenshiSunPower
      @SenshiSunPower 2 месяца назад +94

      In fairness, a poodle and a sheep look quite similar in cake form.

    • @bzymek7054
      @bzymek7054 2 месяца назад +55

      In Poland we often give children little lambs made out of sugar, and i think i was like 12 before i made a connection that it's a lamb and not a poodle.

    • @StoneE4
      @StoneE4 2 месяца назад +3

      @@bzymek7054 A puddle? Did the sugar melt?

    • @Wingedshadowwolf
      @Wingedshadowwolf 2 месяца назад +13

      Cursed lamb cakes is a meme theme I ran into not long ago. It's mostly people posting lamb cakes that turned out weird.

    • @lizh1988
      @lizh1988 2 месяца назад +3

      😂😂😂 🐩🍰

  • @f4ubricks
    @f4ubricks 2 месяца назад +1241

    Ragusea starting with a Bible verse was unexpected

    • @cartraz1839
      @cartraz1839 2 месяца назад +45

      Very welcome, though!

    • @Okimar42
      @Okimar42 2 месяца назад +56

      @@cartraz1839Christ is King

    • @ryangosling135
      @ryangosling135 2 месяца назад +23

      Based af

    • @cartraz1839
      @cartraz1839 2 месяца назад +23

      @@Okimar42 Christ is Lord 🙏🏼

    • @youtubeenjoyer1743
      @youtubeenjoyer1743 2 месяца назад +22

      @@Okimar42Jesus is Based

  • @Bipolar.Baddie
    @Bipolar.Baddie 2 месяца назад +450

    Semi-retirement Ragusea has some of the most refreshing content I've seen in months

    • @Scerttle
      @Scerttle 2 месяца назад +4

      I'm quite enjoying it yeah

    • @fariesz6786
      @fariesz6786 Месяц назад +5

      oh boy, i wanna be able to semi-retire at his age.
      ..which is about the same as my age.. and i am retired due to disability.. huh

    • @declancochran2882
      @declancochran2882 Месяц назад +3

      Agreed. He's never been one of those RUclipsrs that's churned out vids without care or reason, but it really seems like he's just doing what he feels like, and it's a nice reminder of how engaging and curious a personality he is.

    • @tinkergnomad
      @tinkergnomad Месяц назад

      This. Every bit of it. 🏆

    • @Homer-OJ-Simpson
      @Homer-OJ-Simpson Месяц назад +1

      This was my favorite episode in a long time. Probably because there are only so many food videos I’m willing to watch and this topic is very interesting and less often discussed on RUclips. I love learning religious ACTUAL history. Not what’s taught by the church or bible (or equivalent of whatever religion) but what actually happened

  • @duncanspiers8855
    @duncanspiers8855 2 месяца назад +154

    Speaking as someone who was brought up on a farm with a lot of sheep, I was told from early in my life that "The good Lord in his wisdom and mercy giveth us lambs half of which are female and half of which are male, but the males have no commercial value." The females do have commercial value as they can produce more lambs next year and can produce milk and cheese too. To feed the males is costly, not to mention that rams (tups) get very aggressive as they mature into adolescence - as I can vouch for. Therefore, it makes perfect economic sense to "re-cycle" the young males in Spring when there is a glut of them. Sorry about this, but it is a reality of farming that has been known about for millenia.

    • @Saitaina
      @Saitaina Месяц назад +1

      Do they now provide the sperm for bb lambs?

    • @duncanspiers8855
      @duncanspiers8855 Месяц назад +12

      @@Saitaina No. Around me sheep farms keep a stock of around 5 to 7 of the healthiest rams. These are sufficient to do the job.

    • @hux2000
      @hux2000 Месяц назад +3

      @@Saitaina They do, but you don't need a lot of rams to fertilize a lot of ewes. There's no benefit in maintaining the natural 50/50'ish split for reproductive purposes.

  • @sciencewithkent7568
    @sciencewithkent7568 2 месяца назад +415

    I'm surprised Adam didn't explicitly mention the Scapegoat - another biblical reference - when he got so very close to it right there at the end talking about the sacrificial lamb.

    • @NostraDavid2
      @NostraDavid2 2 месяца назад +46

      Scapegoat is for a different time of year, I guess. Also, you don't eat the scapegoat. You send it into the desert to die.

    • @withlessAsbestos
      @withlessAsbestos 2 месяца назад +12

      @@NostraDavid2yeah, it’s a different animal and different sacrifice.

    • @starsn7974
      @starsn7974 2 месяца назад +9

      @@NostraDavid2 The Binding of Isaac-Genesis 22. Abraham uses a goat for sacrifice instead of his own first born son when he didn't have a lamb....scapegoat is used in the same way in Leviticus just with different methods. Everything is the same but the method of death.

    • @CultureStress
      @CultureStress 2 месяца назад +10

      ​@@starsn7974 the scapegoat is for Yom Kippur in the fall

    • @chriskitzhaber4991
      @chriskitzhaber4991 Месяц назад +1

      He talked about that in a podcast episode at some point

  • @rubberwoody
    @rubberwoody 2 месяца назад +351

    Adam needs a fireplace so he can go "oh hey. Didnt see you there"

    • @ashkitt7719
      @ashkitt7719 2 месяца назад +14

      Also if he did that Mister Rogers thing of switching from a blazer to a cardigan and from leather work shoes to sneakers that would be kinda cool too

    • @TheMrsWatcher
      @TheMrsWatcher 2 месяца назад +5

      Yeah, I mean, it's a classic for a reason.

    • @Basomic
      @Basomic Месяц назад

      He did kinda do this in his video "The Next Phase of Our Relationship"

    • @BlackBelgianDog
      @BlackBelgianDog Месяц назад

      Laughed too hard for this 😂

  • @uniworkhorse
    @uniworkhorse 2 месяца назад +250

    New Adam variant unlocked: Pastor Ragusea

  • @katiekat2921
    @katiekat2921 2 месяца назад +330

    Just an aside. Farmer's daughter. Remembering the ritual of docking lamb's tails (for their health). Which also meant the ritual campfire cooked lamb's tails. Putting aside the area the tail is located next too (I mean we eat chicken eggs soooo...) - lamb's tails = delicious.

    • @jonjohns8145
      @jonjohns8145 2 месяца назад +8

      Yes they are .. But how come Lambs in the US don't have a Fat Cap on the tail like Lambs in the Middle East (where I encountered Lamb for the first time)

    • @argon7624
      @argon7624 2 месяца назад +11

      A lot of bits of good meat are next to digestive organs, that's why we sear steaks on the outside, but don't really care about the inside, to avoid any kind of fecal contamination that may have gotten on the meat.

    • @nidohime6233
      @nidohime6233 2 месяца назад

      ​​​Because most lambs raised in the West are breeded for wool rather than meat, and wool can get infested with fly maggots and other vermin if they keep a long tail covered with their own poop.
      Also fat tailed sheep comes from places where grass is more scarce so they store tons of fat on their bums, an issue sheep from greener pastures don't have. ​@@jonjohns8145

    • @Kharmitas
      @Kharmitas 2 месяца назад

      @@jonjohns8145 Fat-tailed sheep are bred to provide halal fat and survive long shortages of grass in the desert.

    • @jonjohns8145
      @jonjohns8145 2 месяца назад +20

      @@argon7624 With a Good butcher, there would not be any contamination on the inside, certainly nothing that a little washing wouldn't get rid of. No the real reason why most people today don't eat offal is because they don't have to. Meat is abundant that people feel ok "wasting" the insides. Unless they eat them as delicacies.

  • @manicdonkey
    @manicdonkey 2 месяца назад +42

    8:34 when you said "The main reason I'm going to roast some lamb on Sunday is..." my brain followed it up with Chaim Topol belting out "TRADITIOOOOOOOON!" which felt fitting, given the topic.

  • @terencebaotran
    @terencebaotran 2 месяца назад +85

    Why does mother nature make it that the cuter it is, the more delicious it tastes?

    • @aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8
      @aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8 2 месяца назад +25

      Young animals are adorable because they have features we associate with human babies/children, which we evolved to find very cute and want to protect for obvious reasons. But that's also when they're the most tender because their muscles haven't had time to toughen with use and age, and generally young animals have much more fat throughout their body because they have such high energy requirements from needing to, you know, grow up. This applies to human babies too, that's why their so fat until they start walking around and then it just seems to melt off them and they turn into sticks.

    • @pendlera2959
      @pendlera2959 2 месяца назад +23

      It is interesting. Humans are predators and predators go after the week, which includes the young. However, we are also social animals with particularly vulnerable young, so we see youth as a thing to be protected. Quite the conflict, but if the human mind is good at one thing, it's compartmentalizing.

    • @CarterJ9
      @CarterJ9 2 месяца назад +4

      ​@@pendlera2959just gotta say i love both of the approaches in the current two responses to this comment

    • @nahum3557
      @nahum3557 2 месяца назад +1

      Young animals and vegetables tend to be much tastier/more tender across the board, vegetables being the one that people don't think about as much

    • @aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8
      @aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8 2 месяца назад +5

      @@nahum3557 It makes sense, considering that as one gets larger it takes proportionally more structural tissue to support their increased size. Square cube law and allat. And unfortunately structural tissue doesn't really taste or feel very good to eat (unless you boil it for a few hours of course)

  • @PrecludeLP
    @PrecludeLP 2 месяца назад +22

    I swear Adam is the master of sneaky sponsor transitions.

    • @chezmoi42
      @chezmoi42 2 месяца назад +4

      He is indeed a master, but ZeFrank is right up there with him. Yesterday, on his new True Facts video about shrimp and the services they perform, he did this for his VPN sponsor: "The cleaner shrimp of the internet."

  • @MrWoodard91
    @MrWoodard91 2 месяца назад +21

    The videos are only getting more wonderful since semi-retirement, Adam! Love everything you do!

  • @backseatdriver_9989
    @backseatdriver_9989 2 месяца назад +29

    My family is Christian and Greek, but for some reason we’ve always done ham for Easter! Which is a bummer because lamb is my favorite meat.
    (We also do Greek Easter separately from Easter)

    • @ashkitt7719
      @ashkitt7719 2 месяца назад +1

      I don't know that much about Greek Orthodoxy but I am somewhat surprised? I guess the question is how assimilated your family is.
      Also as a Greek person, what are your thoughts on My Big Fat Greek Wedding? I found it very relatable as someone of Askhenazi Jewish and (recent) English descent as did the person I watched it with, her being Dominican and Filipino. Seems like anyone of an ethnic minority and less-assimilated background can find it relatable in some way.

    • @AquaBilliam
      @AquaBilliam Месяц назад

      Probably because if you have to feed a group, ham is easier on the wallet! I'm not religious, but I'm stocking my storage freezer with lamb and ham. Both are the cheapest right now than they'll be all year (in the US PNW anyway), but lamb is 4x the price!

  • @jersd
    @jersd 2 месяца назад +160

    SCREW THE LAMBS, ADAM WHERE DID YOU GET THAT COMFY LOOKING CHAIR

    • @Zenc0meseasy
      @Zenc0meseasy 2 месяца назад +17

      I was listening, but damn was I admiring that chair too!

    • @AMP_7
      @AMP_7 2 месяца назад +4

      Hahahaha, I need ANSWERS

    • @FreeBroccoli
      @FreeBroccoli 2 месяца назад +7

      The comment about armchair anthropology would have been an amazing segue into a sponsorship.

    • @philipruo
      @philipruo 2 месяца назад +3

      I thought there was going to another ad for the chair when he emphasized it

    • @mattsnyder4754
      @mattsnyder4754 Месяц назад +1

      From our sponsor… La-Z-Boy (or something)

  • @meganofsherwood3665
    @meganofsherwood3665 Месяц назад +5

    As a Christian, I just wanted to thank you, Adam, for the care, respect, and overall accuracy of this video!!

  • @Berkana
    @Berkana 2 месяца назад +53

    I just watched a non-believer sharing the Gospel to 2.4 million subscribers ahead of Good Friday. That's more than can be said for most professing Christians.
    The Lord works in mysterious ways.

    • @camieragdoll6661
      @camieragdoll6661 Месяц назад +1

      Based on your last sentence it seems like your implying that Adam Ragusea is the lord since he is the one that made and uploaded this video. Unless I’m getting something wrong?

    • @briggy4359
      @briggy4359 8 часов назад

      ​@@camieragdoll6661I think you're missing the Christian doctrine of God's sovereignty, as well as the Christian doctrine of Providence.

  • @fariesz6786
    @fariesz6786 Месяц назад +5

    as a family of Bavarian / Upper German nominal Roman Catholics we did the only reasonable thing:
    book a table at the local Greek restaurant. lamb shoulder and milk lamb (or is that suckling lamb? iunno) and a lot of additional goodies - it was delicious

  • @nicholasricardo8443
    @nicholasricardo8443 2 месяца назад +69

    I think the Passover celebration explanation for why lamb at Passover makes a lot of sense, I will note that the passion narrative of Holy Week takes place on Passover (the specific date people tend to gravitate towards is next week for the Last Supper), and the story of the last supper being a Seder is as old if not older than the gospels themselves. An anthropologically significant holiday can also be religiously significant, if one believes in a single God, it is more meaningful that a religious feast coincides with a feast of material necessity, it “points towards God” even in the mundane, as a theologian would say

    • @ProcrastPerfection
      @ProcrastPerfection 2 месяца назад +8

      Well yes. In traditional study, the readings for the Holy Week specify that Jesus came into Jerusalem for Passover, a requirement of all Jewish males. The events of today, Holy Thursday, the Last Supper, are described by Apostles Matthew, Luke, and Mark as being a Passover meal.

    • @dddmakbema1421
      @dddmakbema1421 2 месяца назад +3

      There is also the argument that eating lamb at Easter is symbolic of consuming the Eucharist

    • @CarterJ9
      @CarterJ9 2 месяца назад

      ​@dddmakbema1421 one minute into the video and I would be disappointed if this isn't mentioned. "The lamb of God takes away the sins of the world"--by dying and being transubstantiated in the Eucharist!

    • @jimmyrrpage
      @jimmyrrpage 2 месяца назад +1

      It does bug me that so many people associate the Last Supper with Passover when, during Jesus's time, Passover looked *nothing* like it does today. It is highly unlikely that the Last Supper was a Passover Seder because... well... there was no such thing as a Passover Seder as we know it today. Passover at the time of the Temple was a communal ritual holy day where a lamb was sacrificed in the temple and then a large feast was held for thousands, possibly tens of thousands, of people. Jesus would not have held a separate supper as he and his disciples would have been participating in the ritual sacrifice and feast at the Temple itself, and no, he would not have been officiating because he, at least in the Bible, was not an ordained priest. It's possible that the supper could have taken place immediately following the Passover holiday (that is, when it was over and leavened bread was safe to eat again), but it would not have been a seder itself as they just didn't exist back then like that.

    • @FishWash
      @FishWash 2 месяца назад +2

      @@jimmyrrpageLuke 22:11 specifies that it’s a Passover meal

  • @taWay21
    @taWay21 2 месяца назад +228

    I'm tellin ya. The retirement was a ruse! 😂

    • @nicoskefalas
      @nicoskefalas 2 месяца назад +23

      He probably had all these in the works! Not complaining though!!!

    • @vukica33
      @vukica33 2 месяца назад +1

      what retirement?

    • @jperin001
      @jperin001 2 месяца назад +24

      It was an effort to relieve the pressure that he feels, and a preemptive strike on the inevitable harassment in the comments to make more videos or specific videos, should he feel the need to slow down or do whatever topic he felt like.

    • @tonymouannes
      @tonymouannes 2 месяца назад +19

      Or it just better to work for fun, than because he has to. He used to be religious about posting regularly and on time. Now he can skip a week if he wants to and is allowing himself to make videos he enjoy without worrying about the viewership. His semi-retirement is more of a thing that he cares about, than the viewers care about.

    • @Millertime5287
      @Millertime5287 2 месяца назад +1

      A RagUSEa!

  • @smlb1352
    @smlb1352 2 месяца назад +60

    I am a believer! A Jewish one at that and I really appreciate the respect and care with this video discussed religion.
    I also really liked the point about shepard imagery as it is everywhere in Judaism and the way Adam articulated why it was beautiful really resonated with me ❤

    • @withlessAsbestos
      @withlessAsbestos 2 месяца назад +2

      Are you a Messianic Jew?

    • @smlb1352
      @smlb1352 2 месяца назад +5

      @@withlessAsbestos nope, dati leumi/modern Orthodox

    • @123370
      @123370 2 месяца назад +1

      Most Jews don't eat lamb on Passover, though. I'm actually surprised to read just now that some sephardim actually do.

    • @benlevovitz9752
      @benlevovitz9752 2 месяца назад +3

      Indeen. From it's founding, Jacob was a Shepard. As we're his son's - the 12 tribes. Moses, King David... They were all Shepards.

    • @ashkitt7719
      @ashkitt7719 Месяц назад +1

      @@smlb1352I'm Reform myself. It's just what I was born and raised in.

  • @DanielAfonso-IT_Consultant
    @DanielAfonso-IT_Consultant 2 месяца назад +19

    The smoothest ad transition. Amazing.

  • @calpoler4163
    @calpoler4163 2 месяца назад +8

    Adam, you never fail to surprise me with the sponsor and often leave me disappointed with myself for not seeing it coming.

  • @Trey-wl5mx
    @Trey-wl5mx 2 месяца назад +36

    nothing like starting the video with adam ragusea reading a bible verse with his dawgs im the frame

  • @Justin_Alfeche
    @Justin_Alfeche 2 месяца назад +18

    Until recently (Vatican II), Catholics abstained from meat every Friday (minus feast days) of the year. We're still supposed to make a "sacrifice" of some kind every Friday outside of Lent, so a lot of more traditional Catholics still abstain year-round.

    • @robertwilloughby8050
      @robertwilloughby8050 4 минуты назад

      And so started the tradition of fish on Fridays. Which I absolutely love. I'm a prod BTW.😅

  • @nickfromm5315
    @nickfromm5315 2 месяца назад +33

    Adam has not shame being a cherry pie guy. Props to him, a true role model.

    • @VoIcanoman
      @VoIcanoman Месяц назад +2

      I understand this reference. And yes, it is admirable.
      Edit: just went back to watch that video, and realized how young Adam looked back then. It was 2019...Covid aged us all, didn't it?

  • @marcberm
    @marcberm 2 месяца назад +45

    My first experience with "mint jelly" had nothing to do with lamb and left my taste buds traumatized.

    • @ashkitt7719
      @ashkitt7719 2 месяца назад +12

      My dad would make a mint sauce that was actually very sour and not sweet at all.
      It was a British sauce, not a jelly but a mix of mint and vinegar.

    • @williamjenman6902
      @williamjenman6902 2 месяца назад +1

      @@ashkitt7719 mmmm much better than mint jelly - urgh, much too sweet!

    • @kalemmackey2917
      @kalemmackey2917 2 месяца назад +2

      I saw it on a store shelf next to the other jellies so I made mint pb and j, absolutely delicious.

    • @peter_smyth
      @peter_smyth 2 месяца назад +3

      The stuff you'd have with lamb is probably less sweet than a dessert jelly, and is more like a sauce that has gelatinously solidified.

    • @patlawler5532
      @patlawler5532 2 месяца назад +2

      My wife tasted mint jelly for the first time after a meal at my parent's house. She wanted to buy it, but never found it at the store. Finally, she realized it was mint-flavored APPLE jelly.

  • @jeremyfischer7856
    @jeremyfischer7856 2 месяца назад +12

    There's something about starting the video while reading a book on the couch that just gives me PBS nostalgia. I just imagine the camera panning towards the couch before that scene began, perhaps with a montage of books and carvings all shot to the sound of classical music or easy-listening synth.

  • @evildude109
    @evildude109 2 месяца назад +16

    I really appreciate how well you rendered this story despite not believing it.

  • @xdstormy4685
    @xdstormy4685 2 месяца назад +16

    cute squirrel to the left of Adam's head from 6:50

  • @whil6473
    @whil6473 2 месяца назад +5

    One time I was making vorschmack with a friend, and the only sheep we could find was a lamb tenderloin. Naturally we couldn't waste it, so we fried and basted it like a steak, with butter, pepper, garlic, and thyme. It was one of the best things I've ever tasted, and only a tiny piece actually went into the vorschmack (which turned out great as well) - the rest was eaten as is.

  • @nidohime6233
    @nidohime6233 2 месяца назад +13

    A flaw of the theory about butching lamb because is the "safest meat" to eat at the time is, while people had ways to preserve meat, they could still just keep the animals alived until they where hungry enough to slaughter one for dinner so they don't have to deal with any leftovers.
    Is likely lamb was saw as a delicacy, and the best moment to eat it is in spring where there are tons of it.

    • @minghea2754
      @minghea2754 2 месяца назад +1

      I think people relied on old meat in the winter months a lot since many wild sources of meat either migrated away or go into hiding during winter (I think of large birds and frogs). Spring feast is also just a celebration of making it through the harsh months of winter, seeing another generation of lamb means that they have enough sheep to replace the animals eaten in the past year, and this regeneration also marks the turning of the year.

    • @rebeccahicks2392
      @rebeccahicks2392 2 месяца назад +2

      But if you slaughter a cow you probably can't eat the whole thing in one meal.

    • @annejeppesen160
      @annejeppesen160 2 месяца назад +4

      Except that keeping the animal alive requires fodder, and that is hard to come by.

    • @franzwollang
      @franzwollang 2 месяца назад

      @@annejeppesen160 This ^

    • @AquaBilliam
      @AquaBilliam Месяц назад

      Yeah, I think the "safest meat" postulate is goofy as well. Historically, knowing how to write was rare, reserved for the ruling, religious, and merchant segments of society (where record keeping was rather important). It makes sense that sensible living practices were passed on through religious texts, which had more staying power than word-of-mouth. A culture of shepherds can use a reminder to cull their herds of the excess males every Spring, before they start rutting and get rather troublesome. It only takes a few males to service a flock, after all! The "sacrifice" is not waiting until they're older when they have more (marketable) meat. I'm sure they culled the less desirable males, keeping the few with the most desirable traits, like animal husbandry has done for 10K+ years before!

  • @sheilam4964
    @sheilam4964 2 месяца назад

    I loved this bit of history. Thx for doing this, filming it and sharing it with us.

  • @gregorysoble8494
    @gregorysoble8494 Месяц назад +5

    I'm celebrating my Passover/Easter this year with a smoked pork belly

  • @Kardea22
    @Kardea22 Месяц назад +9

    I’m from the American South and indeed a believing Christian. However… we’re having a catfish fry for Easter. 😅

  • @the-human-being
    @the-human-being 2 месяца назад +8

    The Pesaħ sacrifice is actually no longer sacrificed since the destruction of the second temple (except by samaritans) and the so called Zero‘a present on the Qe‘ara or tray is only a reminder of it and a symbolic representation never eaten (in fact many traditions ban the consumption of roasted lamb on the seder night as to ensure the meat eaten is never confused for the real thing)
    Also, the lamb must be a year old-meaning within its second year of life to qualify as a sacrifice.

  • @chenilleaugustine5800
    @chenilleaugustine5800 2 месяца назад

    Happy spring! Thank you for the great informed content!

  • @saulmoran7369
    @saulmoran7369 2 месяца назад

    Always love some culinary history. Have a blessed Easter.

  • @bopeep268
    @bopeep268 Месяц назад +3

    Nowruz (iranian new year from the zoroastrian religious tradition) is celebrated on the vernal equinox and lamb is eaten on his day. This predates the tradition presented here and shows how this tradition has always been present in the region.

  • @Y0urMisterDirty
    @Y0urMisterDirty 2 месяца назад +90

    Adam, as a Christian I appreciate the care you took in creating this video. Even though you don’t have the faith. I can tell you paid attention when you went to mass or studied it on your own time.
    On an unrelated note my family does a ham every year. My grandma is Swedish. I guess it’s a southern tradition as well because my southern father ate ham on Easter as well

  • @ZeroPlayerGame
    @ZeroPlayerGame 2 месяца назад +4

    Gotta say, that armchair looks super comfy. Would conduct some antropology from there for sure.

  • @christopherlee2
    @christopherlee2 2 месяца назад

    Nicely and respectfully done Adam.

  • @ScottSherman1
    @ScottSherman1 Месяц назад +7

    Thank you Adam, mostly correct about Judaism. But the lamb is not where we put our sins. Yom Kipur takes care of that. But when the Temple stood, at the time of Yom Kippur that priests would take a red heiffer (cow) and put the sins of the people on it. Then released it into the wilderness. That became known as the scape goat. But the time was in the Fall, not the Spring. This year Easter is most of a month before Passover (unusual) due to this being a leap year when we get a second month of Adar (Adar II).Thanks for the video.

  • @catshitonthecarpet8520
    @catshitonthecarpet8520 2 месяца назад +43

    COLLAB REQUEST: Adam Ragusea + Max Miller Tasting History

  • @phoebee2326.
    @phoebee2326. 2 месяца назад +9

    this was so interesting! loved the video!

  • @tristanpenfold4031
    @tristanpenfold4031 2 месяца назад +7

    2:56 has no one else noticed this 💀

  • @99zanne
    @99zanne 2 месяца назад

    I am a knitter, so I thank you for the video of the lambs and the sheep! I typically knit my own socks from what we call self striping yarn, and end up with some lovely colors of socks for winter. I loved seeing how cute they are and am grateful that I live where I can buy yarn and excellent dinner material from the same animal. I am from the South, but am also Episcopalian, but we r high church, so we observe the (relaxed) Lenten traditions. Because I am from the South, we will have ham on Sunday, with cornbread and Brussels. Thanks for the respect you showed all faiths in this episode. Enjoyed the video. TFS!

  • @monochr0m
    @monochr0m Месяц назад +1

    I gotta say, if Adam ever stops food content for whatever reason - I'd love for him to do more stuff like this.

  • @zecorezecron
    @zecorezecron 2 месяца назад +5

    "Lamb of God and you're going to eat a lamb?"
    Oh boy, nobody tell him what we do every mass. I don't think he could handle it.

    • @someguy2135
      @someguy2135 Месяц назад +3

      He actually mentions it in the video. Watch it again. It is near the start.

  • @tungus-
    @tungus- 2 месяца назад +3

    Adam came so close to calling us sheeple at the end of

  • @theelectricant98
    @theelectricant98 2 месяца назад

    Happy spring Adam :) I hope you have a nice Easter with your fam

  • @ThreeQuartersCrazed
    @ThreeQuartersCrazed 2 месяца назад +2

    Thank you for being respectful, I enjoyed the video.

  • @RjWolf3000
    @RjWolf3000 2 месяца назад +24

    Lambs are adorable animals.

    • @EthelredHardrede-nz8yv
      @EthelredHardrede-nz8yv 2 месяца назад +2

      As far as I can tell, domesticated sheep are profoundly stupid animals. We and our dogs have been doing their thinking for them for a long time.

    • @RjWolf3000
      @RjWolf3000 2 месяца назад +9

      @@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv I raised lambs to adults as a kid. I trained one to walk on leash and follow some basic commands so I could have them trim the lawn a bit. I didn't find them stupid. They are just highly socially interdependent. individually they can make their own decisions, but in a group they can either lead or follow the group based on how much information they had.

    • @rebeccahicks2392
      @rebeccahicks2392 2 месяца назад +1

      @@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv I grew up with them-. They're smarter than people give them credit for. I don't have any qualms about eating them, though---they're usually raised in better conditions than other livestock and that's the most important part of animal-eating-ethics.

    • @killercaos123
      @killercaos123 2 месяца назад +1

      @@EthelredHardrede-nz8yvYou’re correct on there intelligence, but goats veracious appetite is unworldly. It is somewhat common these days for herds of goats to be the alternative to brining in labor owes to cut grass because goats eat EVERYTHING gladly.

    • @EthelredHardrede-nz8yv
      @EthelredHardrede-nz8yv 2 месяца назад

      @@killercaos123
      Yes goats eat everything but this is about lambs.
      I read that on some islands the only thing that is growing, due to goats eating everything else, is sage.
      We eat sage and goats won't. Of course we only use small amounts as a spice.

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 2 месяца назад +5

    Happy easter❤❤❤❤

  • @maxmeister747
    @maxmeister747 2 месяца назад +2

    Have a happy and blessed easter Adam.

  • @nazzkid23
    @nazzkid23 2 месяца назад

    happy spring you little sheepies!!!

  • @TLguitar
    @TLguitar 2 месяца назад +3

    As you mentioned the adjacency of these holidays, I'll also point out that the Hebrew name for Passover is Pesach (same meaning), while the Christian Easter is called Pascha, which is simply the Aramaic word for Pesach. As at the time of Jesus Aramaic was the Lingua Franca of the area and also the main day to day language of the Jews, it is likely he/them/whatever and the disciples celebrated the Jewish Pesach as _Pascha._

  • @chunkymonky4433
    @chunkymonky4433 2 месяца назад +9

    Entering lauren's age as 21 at 2:57 got a chuckle out of me lol

  • @Scerttle
    @Scerttle 2 месяца назад

    Happy Spring, Mr Ragusea.

  • @andilongmeadowfarm
    @andilongmeadowfarm 2 месяца назад

    Oh my lawdy, he's back and in a big way. So profound and so freakin' honest. Thanks Adam!

  • @sebaschan-uwu
    @sebaschan-uwu 2 месяца назад +5

    Didn't even realize this video was ten whole minutes long. It's unreal how good this guy's content is.

  • @nicholasricardo8443
    @nicholasricardo8443 2 месяца назад +3

    I would have never expected Adam to mention Transubstantiation during a video, guess he was paying attention in CCD (assuming you went to CCD)

  • @stevef.8708
    @stevef.8708 2 месяца назад +1

    Happy Easter to you and your family, Adam!! ❤

  • @sethcarson5212
    @sethcarson5212 2 месяца назад +2

    Irish Catholic here. We always did ham on Easter with colcannon and biscuits and a side of way too many deviled eggs. We're from Kansas and have a fair amount of German and Volgadeutsch in us so that makes sense. I've never had lamb\mutton; can't get it where I live. I'd love to try it though. Next year I might try to source some for the SGGs.

    • @baerlauchstal
      @baerlauchstal Месяц назад

      "Irish... We're from Kansas..."
      ???

  • @ethanmanley4594
    @ethanmanley4594 2 месяца назад +110

    As a Christian myself, thank you for being so respectful to our beliefs even though you personally disagree. Happy Easter!

    • @JohnHausser
      @JohnHausser 2 месяца назад +18

      It’s cute that you still have an imaginary friend 😊

    • @Jonjonrenzo
      @Jonjonrenzo 2 месяца назад +25

      ​@JohnHausser may God bless you, brother. I hope you can one day be touched by his grace. However, I ask that you be respectful to others in the end. we are all trying to find our way

    • @1dameister1
      @1dameister1 2 месяца назад +3

      @@JohnHausser Only time will tell.

    • @ashkitt7719
      @ashkitt7719 2 месяца назад +22

      ​@@JohnHausser *Tips fedora*

    • @brooklynerickson6603
      @brooklynerickson6603 2 месяца назад +8

      @@JohnHausser imaginary friend being a perfect ruleset to live your life with something to look forward to even after death, the superiority complex hitting hard for putting others down

  • @SamTheFable
    @SamTheFable 2 месяца назад +3

    Oh, hey there, little squirrel in the back

  • @dwaynewladyka577
    @dwaynewladyka577 2 месяца назад +1

    My (late) aunt and uncle had sheep on their farm in Alberta, Canada. Once, my grandmother made lamb. I tried it, and I've loved it ever since. It is very tasty. Cheers!

  • @yrcanlitprof1144
    @yrcanlitprof1144 2 месяца назад

    excellent vid, thanks Adam.

  • @chezwizard
    @chezwizard 2 месяца назад +7

    Next video: Passover pizza with ham and lamb!

    • @JaxdoesArt
      @JaxdoesArt 2 месяца назад

      Time to break all the laws!

  • @Fireflyglow
    @Fireflyglow 2 месяца назад +14

    There is now a non-zero chance that Adam will slaughter a lamb live for Easter 🙏God bless this WONDERFUL channel! 🫡

    • @someguy2135
      @someguy2135 Месяц назад

      Adam is probably like most people. He buys his pound of flesh at the store. He just creates the demand for someone else to do the killing.

  • @bianchialex
    @bianchialex 2 месяца назад

    Love this video, feels a bit more like the pod with its educational and historical edge but still the new casual vibe you’re going for!

  • @maconfu1591
    @maconfu1591 Месяц назад

    I love how much the slow mo mattress bounce looked like a top tier commercial. Lol leave it to Adam. ;)

  • @Sebboebbo
    @Sebboebbo 2 месяца назад +4

    Good morning y'all peak is back we're eating good today

  • @savagepro9060
    @savagepro9060 2 месяца назад +7

    Ragusea with a Bible, food for thought. Oh, that sure beats Trump with a Bible Sale!

    • @ashkitt7719
      @ashkitt7719 2 месяца назад

      I am kinda surprised Trump didn't create his own Bible that took out the whole stuff about turning the other cheek and loving your enemy replacing it with the doctrine of Might Makes Right.

    • @gufu21
      @gufu21 2 месяца назад +1

      @@ashkitt7719 To do that, he'd first have to know what's in it by opening it and reading it. So it won't happen.

    • @ashkitt7719
      @ashkitt7719 2 месяца назад

      @@gufu21to be fair, Conservapedia did, in fact, try to rewrite the Bible years and years ago and unsurprisingly it got trolled hard

    • @gufu21
      @gufu21 2 месяца назад

      @@ashkitt7719 🤮

  • @MO-rl9gl
    @MO-rl9gl Месяц назад +1

    Adam being a secular humanist is so warming

  • @rajjalas
    @rajjalas 2 месяца назад +3

    Here in Saudi Arabia muslims eat sheep in Eid Alfater which a celebration for the month long fasting during daylight which will be in two weeks (not religiously requierd but people enjoy sheep) same with Eid Aldha. however latter has religious background to it muslims believe that prophet Ibrahim was asked to scarifies his son and when tried he failed and than god reviled a lamb for him to slaughter so every year muslims slaughter a lamb or other animals during the pilgrimage to Makkeh and Eid Aldha.

  • @lewisgale8859
    @lewisgale8859 2 месяца назад +1

    I am a very devout Christian, but i dont observe much in the way of tradition. I just eat whatever on easter :)
    I was nervous clicking on this video becuase im also a big fan of Adam and thought he might be speaking negatively of my faith.
    Thanks for being respectful. Happy Easter!

  • @jamesdenton4797
    @jamesdenton4797 2 месяца назад

    Great video Adam. I love how you are brave enough to be yourself. I love how you juxtapose historic anthropological accuracy and your genuine happiness with others’ possession of their unique beliefs. I live within a hundred miles or so of you and I struggle to vocalize my secularism.

  • @jazzielchavez4665
    @jazzielchavez4665 2 месяца назад +4

    Putting Lauren’s age as 21 on the ad was elite Ragusea content

    • @IndigoTeddy
      @IndigoTeddy Месяц назад +1

      Almost thought some fishy business was going on, until I remembered what channel we were on, lol

  • @vainamoinen_
    @vainamoinen_ 2 месяца назад +17

    02:57 didnt know lauren is 21 :O

    • @Broockle
      @Broockle 2 месяца назад +5

      dang that's observant 😆
      Do you know about the youtube shortcuts to go back and forth by frames? They are , and .
      After he writes 21 you can see him delete it and type a 4 before the screen transitions.
      I think Lauren is in her 40s

    • @cawliss5193
      @cawliss5193 2 месяца назад

      Chris Hansen moment 😂
      Lauren didn't want us to know her real age, and we should never ask 🙂

  • @ibec69
    @ibec69 15 дней назад

    I happened to be in Greece last Sunday during the Greek Easter. Oh man, the carnage. I’ve never seen so much whole spit roast lamb.

  • @NateSelof
    @NateSelof Месяц назад

    Thanks for the accuracy! It means a lot.

  • @lancelindlelee7256
    @lancelindlelee7256 2 месяца назад +3

    Adam, as a believer to a non believer, I just thank you for being respectful. Sad that this is something to be thankful for these days.

  • @zachdavenport8509
    @zachdavenport8509 2 месяца назад +3

    As a Christian, I got chills hearing even a secular humanist’s presentation of the Gospel communicate such beautiful truth

  • @jasperfaren371
    @jasperfaren371 2 месяца назад

    Adam, first and foremost, I hope you enjoy and find fulfillment in whatever you decide to do in your semi-retirement. You made truly excellent content for what it’s worth from a rando on the Internet. I’ll miss your food content because it was cozy as hell and was formative for me, but I’m genuinely happy you’re moving into another stage of your journey that is more personally meaningful to you. Thanks for sharing your interdisciplinary sociology/anthropology/ecology/etc. wisdom with us. All the best to you and happy vernal equinox =^)

  • @CarlCalle
    @CarlCalle Месяц назад

    Amazing video Adam!

  • @boktorinator693
    @boktorinator693 2 месяца назад +4

    3:54 to skip the Helix ad

  • @ryans5073
    @ryans5073 Месяц назад +3

    We get it you’re not religious

  • @shcrub5
    @shcrub5 2 месяца назад +1

    Very well put together video!

  • @Ryan-kj9zo
    @Ryan-kj9zo Месяц назад

    Good stuff as always!

  • @Jcewazhere
    @Jcewazhere 2 месяца назад +5

    Their symbol of worship is a torturous execution device.
    The lamb thing is kinda banal in comparison.

  • @greasemonkeychris4128
    @greasemonkeychris4128 2 месяца назад +3

    Yearly reminder guys. Jesus died for your sins, make sure you get your moneys worth!

  • @letabouret1487
    @letabouret1487 2 месяца назад +2

    i never thought about it like that before this video but celebrating the arrival of the nice season every year seems like such a simple and normal thing i feel like the practice might literaly be older than homo sapien

  • @SiIveraaron
    @SiIveraaron 2 месяца назад

    great video as always Adam, I never know what the videos are going to be but they almost always are captivating!

  • @tellur808
    @tellur808 2 месяца назад +3

    Personally I think "Jesus taking one for the team" is one of the more icky aspects of Christianity.
    Let's recap:
    Humans need to be forgiven by god because something our ancestors did was bad. Also, this god engineered the situation in such a way, that it was basically inevitable. God is definitely culpable here.
    In order for humanity to be absolved if this ancient misdeed, god requires sacrifices. For some reason, this omnibenevolent being can't just forgive the descendants of Adam and Eve, he requires restitution, on top of the curses he already put upon humanity at the beginning when the "crime" happened.
    Yet he also really wants to forgive humanity so he concots a plan to trick them into making the biggest possible substitution sacrifice, a concept already morally bankrupt. And in the end he sacrifices himself to himself, but wait! It's not really much of a sacrifice, just a really, really shitty drive home.
    Anyway, rant over. Enjoy easter and some delicious lamb in mint souce!

  • @SarahAbramova
    @SarahAbramova 2 месяца назад +5

    People are obsessed with eating Jesus.

    • @ashkitt7719
      @ashkitt7719 2 месяца назад

      I mean, vore is a thing. Rule 36 of the Internet: If it exists it's someone's kink.

    • @ashtar3876
      @ashtar3876 2 месяца назад

      ​@@ashkitt7719wasn't that "if it's on the internet, there's a genderbended version"?
      Or wait, that was rule 63

    • @ashkitt7719
      @ashkitt7719 2 месяца назад

      @@ashtar3876 Yeah, and Rules 1 and 2 are just a Fight Club reference only applicable for "raids"
      I dunno how relevant much of this ancient Internet history is now but I have been terminally online since about 2007 and I still somewhat remember those days.

  • @jimv1983
    @jimv1983 Месяц назад

    It's nice to hear from others that are non-believers. There are so few of us. Especially in the United States.

  • @seifyk
    @seifyk 2 месяца назад +1

    Im loving Adams metamorphosis into Answers With Joe, but also cooks.

  • @krono5el
    @krono5el 2 месяца назад +3

    Shout out to the people who had traditions before abrahamic religions were created : D