Candy in Early America
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- A simple and delicious sweet meat from the 18th Century.
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Townsends my French grandmother would do the same thing with lemons but boil them in their own juice with sugar put the skins in until slightly tender then strain and toss in sugar and air dry overnight yummy. Sugary, tangy and lemony zest because you don't cook the oils out and keeping the tart juice in .....
Townsends Thankyou!😍
An Australian here, do you guys deliver to Australia? Thank you in advance
Townsends How did you make them green they were very yellow then at 3:28 there is like 2 peels that are green the rest are yellow...
legend has it that every full moon the sour patch kids worship their lime peel ancestors
Off topic but I discovered something else that is delicious when I had nothing in my frisge besides a lemon and nothing sweet in my house besides a banana.
Slice a banana into coin sized pieces
Squeeze lemon juice on top of the bananas in a shallow dish
Put in freezer for 30 minutes
Enjoy!😋
NSITF MCPE true
@diamond dogs
Did you dead?
@SN CH , “did you dead” lmao
Hahahahahahhaha
That knife hasn't been sharpened since the 18th century
Very funny I was going to comment that he should do a video on knife sharpening but you could be correct
@@paulv5609 its hardly effective unless you're a master knife sharpener.
@@paulv5609
The issue with that method is how inconsistent the surface is, no matter how consistent your motions are. For hair it needs to be a much finer grit. You can cut the hair off your arm. But no good for shaving a face.
@@BGRUBBIN dude... Chinese kitchens use the bottom of plates to sharpen their knives. They also commonly use peanut butter in sauces. Their unconventional use plates to sharpen knives is ingenious to me
@@deovolente4622 hi singaporean here
peanut butter is not used commonly in chinese cooking
Why does he look like 18th century Gordon ramsay
Internet Montage without the aggressive yelling
Internet Montage he looks like that guy from arrested development. If u know who I’m speaking off. If U don’t, look up the cast
@@shortie1277 YOU ROYSTER NICK NINNY, THE MUTTON IS STILL BREATHING!
Ancestor maybe
But reverse accents
I feel like this would be a really good decorative piece on a key lime pie
I'm literally trying that right now
@@thespiritualfishlad4153 How did it came?
@@hectortorres9316 it was good
garnish
I love like lime flavored everything I HATE KEY LIME PIE
That left over sugar water if left to cool should become a nice lime syrup too which you can use to flavor drinks if you wanted. Definately worth saving
TheBlackPanther1000 that’s what I’m doing!
Great idea!! Thank you for that!✨👍✨
You can also use the boiled water used to soften the peels to make some really sour jello or limeade
About 4 months too late but would be great in a Cuba libre!
Shaved ice
Do you think people just randomly boiled or marinated stuff until they got the right flavor?
Garry 100%
Preserving fruit and veg was essential back before global air freight.
Today you can walk down to the grocer and buy bananas and apples that were still on the tree yesterday. But back then the only way to get your daily dose of vitamin C in winter was to preserve some fruit in summer.
@Samuel Shin yeah, and beer provides all the carbs you need. Brandy is medicinal.
Not everyone's an alcoholic.
@@QlueDuPlessis You don't have to be an alcoholic to have a glass of wine once or twice a week. And considering that fermented and boiled beverages were often the only way to have a drink without the risk of parasites, drinking tea/coffee/wine/beer was always the safer option over water.
@@mmary9302 The entire Arab speaking World renounced alcohol +-1400 years ago. You don't have to drink alcohol for any reason. And even in cultures that worship alcohol, it is usually frowned upon to give alcohol to children. (And it's even illegal to do so in many countries)
The nutrition in preserved foods cannot be replaced by just drinking a glass of wine a day.
Nor would you try to convert your entire crop of fruit and grain to alcoholic beverages in order to 'preserve' them for winter.
You still need food, including fruits and veggies, for the roughly six months of a Scandinavian winter during which no crops can be grown.
Thee idea that preservation methods were motivated by modern Marketing ideology is crazy. If that was true most of Grandma's less popular recipes would never have survived past the day the first person tried it.
Found myself in the wholesome side of UA-cam. I love this guys energy
*RANCH IT UP!*
@Daniel mmm
Same. This guy is wholesome lol.
@YOUARESTUPIDASFUCK HAHAHAHA wrong
100% agreed my friend laugh out loud
Are we gonna talk about the “wow” at 3:46?
Almost identical.
*w0w*
@@finchwaddledog5026 he is clearly practiced
;)
WOW! 😂🤣
When too poor for anything you travel back in time
Inks Hermit I cook my hot dogs on the heater with boiled hot water ina homemade pan lol
Good alternative for when the coffee maker stops working@@knowtheunknown4183
When he make more money than you...
@@soybasedjeremy3653 Use grammar, I've no idea wth you're talking about
More money than you WHAT!?
He looks like Gordon Ramsay, Robin Williams (RIP) and the cat from cat in the hat movie...
Lmao.
And muselk
He looks like phil swift
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I've been canding citrus fruits for years, except I just leave the fruit on the rind and cut it into rounds about 1/4" thick, then boil the whole lot in a 50/50 sugar-water mixture until the pith starts to lose opacity (it'll start to look like it's made of jelly instead of white). Dry on a wire rack for 24 hours then toss with chunky granulated sugar to coat.
Limes are good. So are lemons, grapefruit, or regular oranges. Cara cara orange is really nice. My absolute favorite is blood oranges. Clementines don't work as well though because the peel is so thin.
Back when I lived at a house with a big meyer lemon tree in the yard, during the citrus season I would make huge batches several times each year for myself and my family & friends. I'd trade them to one of my neighbors too for blood oranges from her tree, and then send back some of the candied orange for her after doing up those.
If you save the cooking liquid, it's basically concentrated citrus simple syrup. It's amazing in its own right for use in cooking. It can take baking carrot cake to a whole other level, can be used in sweet tea, cooked down even further into a drizzle for ice cream and sherbet, replace part of the sugar in sugar cookies for a fancy twist, or go into cocktails.
Thanks for this! 💙✌️
Yeah, thank you so much!
"sprinkle some sugar on a lemon, that's a healthy gitl snack"
"okay, mother"
Sprinkle salt for a sourty snack.
Its one of the most vital nutrient we need for daily life
Dashing Steel oh my god.
I just got flashbanged on a wholesome video
The original sour gummies!
Ye
A little more on the bitter side, but pretty much.
@да you posted that twice.
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Those and candied ginger are the ultimate decor for Moscow Mules.....
NoFlu Whoa! Awesome! 👍🏼❤️
hmmm that sounds really good, I have been thinking about making my own ginger beer for moscow mules lol
detective manny pardo I have question did you born with thick skin?
T H I C C S K I N
I was born with thick skin.
NoFlu what’s a Moscow mule
I imagine the peels would have been bigger back then as limes today have been bred to be "juicier" with less of a pit.
*pith
I think the opposite any fruits or veggies that are big it means they are GMO. In fact fruits and vegetables never existed they were cultivated and man-made.
@@ahabrawgaming1289 “fruits and vegetables never existed.”
Okay then
@@ahabrawgaming1289 they existed, just not as we knew them.
Grandpa, " back in my day we made shoelaces and ate them", me "wtf grandpa".
Back in my day when the soles of the shoe wore out we would boil em and have shoe sole tea.
well, in hard times, no choice.
What is that joke all about?
What are shoes ? 😆
We ate feces❤
jail story time: We used to save our banana peels and drink mix packets, dust the peels with the juice powder, the peel has enough moisture to create a candy type coating. you let them dry for a day and you have a nice little treat. (when you don't get fed much you make do with all the parts of your meals)
Just eating the banana peels ?
@@BahnYahd nah it doesn't taste as sweet without the juive powder.
Gimme Apen crystal light?
Time to buy some koolaid packets and throw away some bananas and see if you tell the truth
@@mess4501 Don't banana peels contain arsenic? Im not sure banana peels should be eaten
"Doesn't have to be totaly perfect."
Exactly. Back in those times, cooks were doing most of measurements with eyes.
And they still are..
Ofbaserion no they aren’t, maybe home cooks
@@lemoncar4526 No, most home-cooks measure everything.
Ofbaserion my family’s style of cooking is just eyeing it to see if we used enough lmao
@@dumbr2098 No, they don't. They measure it.
This guy feels like a super nice guy sounds super wholesome
Why is this skyrim npc teaching me about candy in early america
To remind you to lay off the moon sugar
Haha furry is confused
@@grandmademetrius9941 this is a joke
@@thejman3753 pepsi maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
Which npc look like him?
You could make a mixture of candied peels. Lime, lemon and orange. Great video.
Assorted citrus candies. THat is the exact idea I came up with.
I'm gonna try just boiling them once though. Don't want to waste too much water
Sounds awesome
if a pipkinful of water is too wasteful for you, why don't you try boiling them in your own urine? they'll taste awful, but who cares as long as we don't waste a drop of water, right?
oh wow that sounds so good
Marcel Audubon because if he does that then what's he going to wash his hair with?
MY phone fell out of my hand and hit my nose and I subscribed. Call it fate lol.
r/thathappened
@Ayy Yo You guys are a whole year late.
Good one
Lol really? That happened to me once but all I got was a bloody nose 😑
Slug it’s more than likely that it actually happened.
@@Gitarookefka r/nothingeverhappens
My mom made this for the Christmas holidays every single year, she’s also so it with lemon and orange peel
Sounds great actually..
Who is he?
Why is he here?
Why am I interested?
Why am I enjoying this?
Why am I now making this?
Adam Jacob welcome to Townsends ❤️👌🏻
Hotel trivago?
1. He's a god amongst men
2. He's teaching men about the forgotten arts and skills of the pre-industrial world
3. You're a post-industrial man with a gnawing itch to reconnect yourself with your ancestors
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British sailors commonly used limes as a way to prevent scurvy. Consequently the adjective "limey" came about.
The terms "lemon" and "lime" were used interchangeably back then, but it is known that originally lemon juice was added to the sailors' daily ration of grog. Later, lime juice was used because it was more available, but the amount of Vitamin C was less than in lemon juice and scurvy reportedly began to recur until other foodstuffs were introduced.
Woah, do you think you're better than me Brian?
Haha Just Kidding
CooterCoy that response was hilarious!
I want to try this with grapefruit in the morning. Will update tomorrow!
Update: Made this recipe with Ruby Red grapefruit peel today. The texture is like a sugared gum drop. There is some slight fruit oil taste, but I probably could have just boiled it longer.
Cole Kazmierkiewicz thanks!
Rachel Stephens
Did it taste good? And was there still a lot of the bitterness in it?
Rachel Stephens lol too funny. God bless.
Nice bae
I'm being honest I made this and it tasted good.
Try dipping with honey or condensed milk.
But I dunno if condensed milk exists in your time.
Condensed milk so now it is key lime pie candy. I like that idea!
Condensed (and evaporated) milk was invented to keep milk longer, before the invention of fridges. It may be around at this time.
I’ve been binge watching everything on this channel. I can’t stop. I’m mad at myself for now finding this channel way sooner. Absolutely love everything you guys upload and do!!
I LOVE LIME FLAVOR. so candied lime peel sounds amazing!
Me TREE!
I've never tried candied lime peel. I really enjoy candied orange peel coated in dark chocolate.
Tiffany Hallmark Candied lime peel is worth trying :)
mason jokinen what about potato salad?
chocolate candied orange peel is very hard to find in the modern age.
the chocolate candied ginger is also epic.
I'm not a bit chocolate fan, but anything citrus and chocolate is great
Chef Boyardee that sounds delicious
"What do they taste like?"
I'm willing to bet sugar
I'm willing to bet Sour Patch Kids.
Lime flavored sugar...yummy.
Love candied peel. I make it out of all the citrus fruits, and eat it like, well, candy. It seldom lasts long in my house, though. The syrup left over is also useful for desserts. If you don't mind strong flavours you can abbreviate the water changes; experiment to find your sweet spot. (But beware of grapefruit; it's the most aggressive.)
Would a ruby pink grapefruit work better than regular white grapefruit? They're not as sour when fresh.
@@goodluckgoofy3354 That's what I use. It's not the sour that's potentially probematic, it's the bitter. I like it -- tastes like real marmalade -- but some don't.
@@RobMacKendrick I've seen some tutorials that show slicing the pith off almost entirely first (like filleting a fish) or using a potato peeler to shave off just the zest in large strips. Do you have any opinion on that method? I've yet to experiment myself.
@@goodluckgoofy3354 I really just use it as-is. Being raised on good Scottish marmalade probably helps; some folks just can't take a hint of bitterness. But I find the candied grapefruit peel is like a marmalade gum drop: a perfect balance of sweet, tart, and bitter, all swirling in your mouth simultaneously.
@@RobMacKendrick Thank you for your time! 💙
Your sheer enthusiasm for your craft is contagious - apart from the food, the history lessons that often come with it are amazing
After doing this make sure to thoroughly remove the lime juice from your hands and wrists. If skin soaked in lime juice is exposed to bright sun there is a good chance of a discoloring reaction called phytophotodermatitis. Just a friendly word of warning!
that sounds like it'd be fun for body art
Kairu Hakubi the condition can also manifest with blisters that feel like a nasty sunburn so I REALLY would not recommend that
oh that sucks. Boooo.
Josh Briggs Most (all?) citrus fruits do it, including lemons.
I am a cook who live in Indonesia, I got exposure with lime juice and tropical heat almost everyday. Nothing happens beside some wrinkly fingers. But maybe that's because I'm a Melanesian, not Caucasian...
I learned this with lemons in a 5 star winery restaraunt.
Hilarious
I loved your professional attitude and happy manner throughout the entire video. This is the first of yours that I've seen, but I'm going to subscribe. Great work!
Thank you Townsends
I remember reading Johnny Tremain as a child and then being excited about getting limes.
I love learning about food, history, and food history from this channel!
This was great. I've been saving my Clementine peels lately, and doing different things with it. My favorite so far was infusing peel and a little bit of Clementine juice into honey. Absolutely delicious on homemade bread.
Mmmm... When are you having me over for brunch? Lol
J Girl You should try it! It's delicious like getting to have honey and clementine jam at the same time.
Ashleigh LeCount how do you do that?
Jane Collette I put honey in a pot on the stove on very low heat. I squeezed in a bit of the juice, then I put in a few pieces of the peel. I let that Heat for a while stirring every little bit. I put it in a jar, and put it in the fridge because I was pretty sure adding the juice made the honey need to be refrigerated. This was my first attempt at this, and it tasted great. It also looks very pretty.
Jane Collette the longer it sits in my fridge, the stronger the Clementine flavor gets
Here I am on my diet watching food porn
Wtf this probably tastes like shoe laces
@@maxmustermann1203 oh I didn't know you eat candied laces
Alpherr candied citrus peel is delicious
Alpherr How tf do you know what shoelaces taste like lmfao
@@Rollerbear712
*ItS aN ExAmPlE*
HEY! I have, hand to God, made these! We did use small Key Limes, because that's what we could find. Wound up great to suck on like a gummy hard candy if that makes sense. I mixed in chili powder too because I like my spicy stuff. Was great.
Just discovered this channel and so glad I did. I love watching the videos and feel like you’re a genuine dude.
Be sure to use limes that are not coated with wax. Sometimes they spray the limes with a (thin) layer of wax to keep the colour of the peel fresh/vibrant and for protection during transport.
SaoirseMorridanes
That is why organic would be great for this, no pesticide residues under wax to contend with.
the wax wouldnt matter. after 4 boils and the wax rising to the top and melting, it would be long gone by the time you got to eating it.
McGraw Nelson
If the pith isn't bitter to begin with it won't need four boils. The pesticides are hard to wash off. Do you really want to eat that?
@B uppy Wax is organic.
1. we weren't talking about pesticides, we were talking about wax
2. they could still wax organic produce. there's nothing against using wax in organic food
3. the pesticides are at a safe level to begin with and its washed several times throughout its trip to the table, as well as boiled 4 times with the water removed, on top of only eating small amounts as a garnish. you'd be lucky to have enough pesticide to kill an amoeba.
In 1975 my mother did some housekeeping for a 90+ year old lady that made something similar with kumquats and they were whole. Super delicious I remember as a little kid 😋
"Can I buy some candies mom?"
"We have candies at home"
Candies at home:
But better
Exactly
these are actually just as good, if not even better than normal candy imo
Less harmful chemicals too
U can just tell this guy genuinely loves making these videos keep up the great energy man
I'm glad I'm subbed to this channel! Just the way that you present things are good-looking, clear, and understandable! This just makes me want to watch more!
Love from Oregon!
This guy reminds me of Neelix from Star Trek Voyager.
Data if he offers me some leola root stew i might just try it:.
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How am I just now seeing this? I’ve always been interested in how things were in those days. This is great. I’m definitely subscribed and following
This was the first video from this channel that i saw when it randomly appeared on my feed. Been a fan since that day a few years back!
I saw your post about asking for opinions a while back. Just thought I would share my 2 cents. I came to this channel because a video was mentioned on Reddit, and I love cooking videos. I'm not great at cooking and I like to see new recipes and techniques. I also love when you add historical context for why a particular dish was common in that period. Love the channel!
100% I would take a course taught by this dude.
Every now n then this pops up in my recommend and I always click
Looks yummy! I've been so hooked on limes lately. This would be nice as a Christmas treat.
Oh my, this one was really subLIME. *chucklesin18thcenturystyle
KaWouter go to the corner and think about what you said. XD
It certainly has appeal.
Come on now, don't try and steal the limelight!
It's a pithy I couldn't come up with something lime related here.
Har
You won the internet! 🎉
I can't say enough about how much I appreciate your channel...
3:07 "...Doesn't have to be totally perfect.." LMAO
This channel brings me joy! Such a nice man
I can't wait for the next episode that uses these limes!
Horror Readings by G.M. Danielson Love your work!
Candy the insides too lol
Surely there must be some way to incorporate the flesh of the lime
Surely there must be some way to incorporate the *FLESH*
The flesh of the lime was probably used for another dish. The lime peels are just leftovers and people probably didn't want to waste it back in the day.
Uhm. Tequila.
Oscar Myer wienermobile Your words are as empty as your soul!
you can make tea with the flesh and eat those lime candies to yourntea
Other than sometimes making me real hungry this channel is so calming and soothing and relaxing, I like to watch it before bed. 👌🏽
Me too. I had a stroke a couple of weeks ago, and he is a balm on my brain.
So I actually tried this and they came out amazing
He looks like if Gordon Ramsay and Robin Williams had a child that equal parts of both of them.
Unfortunately, it is more than obvious this is a copy of the top comment
@@supertrinigamer huh?
@@supertrinigamer I just commented when I noticed a thing
@@DrBrightIsBack oh lol
I just noticed the same thing right as this comment popped up lol
I just made candied orange peel! It's delicious!
Mine were a little chewy - like a gum drop.
Tammy Mann did you use the same recipe? I was going to try it with orange peel tonight.
My recipe said to soak in salt water (1tsp to a quart of water) overnight and then to go through the three water changes (bringing to a boil each time). I also scraped most of the white pith off of mine. I posted my pictures and steps on my facebook page if you'd like to see them. On FB, I'm Tammy Perkins Mann.
Tammy Mann brilliant
I love your channel, it has all my favorite subjects all in one
This is the first video I've seen on this channel a few months ago and I am very glad I found it
Love it! Will work well with nearly all citrus.. orange, lime, lemon and grapefruit.. perhaps maybe kumquat.. now those are bitter.. would be worth a try. John.. Have you thought about an episode concerning a well stocked kitchen? Perhaps the basics of items, ingredients, spices. Just curious.. as I tried looking in the historical items of the blog.. but nothing there.. I'm sure I could find it in historical journals.. but perhaps the viewers might enjoy it.
Funny, I consider kumquat skin to be the best part of the fruit. It's got all the concentrated flavor, and I don't find them hardly bitter at all.
3- 50 pound sacks of nutmeg
1- 50 pound sack of flour
1- 20 pound sack of sugar
3- 100 pound sacks of nutmeg
*sugar and flour optional to taste
Now coat it in chocolate.
Candied peel is good for you if you leave the white pith. It is what they get commercial bioflavinoids from. Some pith on citrus tastes better (less bitter) than others.
The charisma of this dude is just amazing.
Just finished up trying this for myself and I can not believe how good it is. I will be having this in my home from now on.
YES!!! You've just made my day. I was just going to request this!
Thanks Jon! :-D
I got confused because I follow you and Lofty Pursuits (candy maker specializing in historical candy) so I thought this was an LP video for a second.
shinobody I love Lofty Pursuits too!
Wow, that lime candied peel makes me crave for them i hope i can make some like that with whatever fruits i have here. Thank you for sharing this. 🇵🇭
Wonderful recipe, thanks! Also encourages full use of our citrus rinds, can't wait to try out. Best for 2021!
I can't even remember how I ended up on this channel, but damn was that a great recommandation from youtube for a change.
It's a wonderfull thing you got going on here!
You can make a simple syrup out of the excess lime water
I make candied orange peel every year. I have done lemon peel and grapefruit peel also. Never done lime. I always use the thicker skinned fruit and I remove the majority of the pith as that is what holds the majority of the bitterness. Then I boil them 3 times and simmer in simple syrup for an extended period and then roll in sugar. They are always very tasty and a huge hit. Sometimes i take some of the orange and dip one end in melted chocolate for an additional tasty option.
Dipped in chocolate makes angels weep. I've done grapefruit like that. Yum!
Enjoyed this video, thank you for making this!
I love candied citrus peel, especially orange covered in dark chocolate.
Oh yeah....
Literally my favorite candy ever (also amazing dipped in chocolate).
This was the first video I’ve ever seen by him. I’m not sure why or how it was recommended to me, but I watched it a couple months back and I’ve been subscribed ever since. This was certainly an odd finding but I’m glad I found it.
My civil war reenactment crew will love these. Thank you!
This looks fantastic. My roommate uses limes in EVERYTHING, so I'm going to have to save the rinds next time and try this!
It's 3am in the morning here and I'm chopping up limes thanks to this.
As opposed to 3am in the evening?
@Fun Fact 😂
You have the best channel, love your stuff
i dont know why but ive watched this three times now and i still would watch it another time.
Stuff that uses the parts we pretty much throw away seems very good and efficient. Had some odd Indian dish with bananas that also used the peel. It was very spiced up but it wasn't bad.
I think of all that lemon, lime and orange peel I put in the bin.
This is a great recipe for reducing food waste as well! Your channel is one of the best there is
I should imagine that first boil that gets thrown away would be packed with vitamin C? I'd probably drink it - I bet if you did lemon and lime together it would be really tasty too.
Thank you.
As a tea
4:00 Just listen to that Appalachian grammar! 10/10 want to hear it again
ROFL, you got me with that one, lol. "Appalacian Grammar"- he's from Indiana, nothing "Appalacian" about that. If you don't know, keep quiet.
@@SStupendous "Appalachian grammar"
At the very least don't misquote me 🤣
Thanks.
I just candied ginger.
Lime is next. 😉
Andrew I love this comment
Wonderful and simple recipe. Thank you for sharing, Sir!
My dad loves citrus fruits. I can't wait to make some for us. Thank you for sharing an easier recipe and simplifying it even more! ❤️
You sir give great modern solutions to food waste this is amazing keepnit up
I've been using a lot of limes in my cooking lately......looks like I'm going to save my peels to make these now!
This is so wholesome... I love it 🥰
me at 3 am watching a man cooking lime peels