Hello from Norway. In the older days, many people from here used to make something very similar called "duving", and they would add brown cheese and honey. Thanks for the video 👍
This is one of those random Civil war facts I know about the food, when Joe Hooker took over command of the Army of the Potomac, one of the first things he did to improve morale which was at rock bottom was improve the commissary system to get more fresh food, vegetables, soft bread, and higher cooking standards and better sanitation standards.
Yeah, VERY smart of him! The way things were going, defeat looked pretty eminent at that time. The Rebels were struggling for food and coffee but damn them boys could fight! (lesson to not be forgotten) BTW, my GG Grandfather was 16th IL but I love history. The more you study the Civil War, the more human decision making plays a role.
That was a great scene with the cat getting into the fry pan while still cooking. He 's just try to help ya out Dave. That was an interesting recipe. I like the idea of adding some brown sugar to it, brown sugar is easy to carry. Adding some wild greens might be good or even some berries. Thanks for the video and for sharing.
On the hardtack and hellfire stew episode of Tasting History with Mac Miller he quotes that if fire was unavailable, hardtack was eaten in the raw state with a sliver of pork fat and a spoonful of brown sugar. He has several links in the description which should lead you to a reference of sorts
The photo-bombing cat is hilarious! I bet that tastes better than the dehydrated beef or pork patties that came in the early MRE's. As others have mentioned I can only assume they used their superior knowledge of native plants to supplement the diet for proper nutrition. Loving the series. The rain, not so much but it's good for the garden.
Two points on this Dave, firstly soaking the hardtack removes the salt. There is an old Gypsy dish similar called “Joey Grey” with onions and mushrooms. The European Romany gypsies had many open fire recipes still in use today.
You could add anything you found, the odd wild onion, an egg, a potato etc. It's a solid protein/carbohydrate base to build off, and you could make a batch in the morning to reheat quickly throughout the day.
I can tell from the cat's behaviour and body language that he trusts you deeply! Cat's are a good judge of character, he's given you his paw of approval 😺
Dave trying to teach Cat: “ah yes pet me now servant” Dave trying to cook Cat: “I will feast on this meal. Worry not for these flames cannot hurt me, a mighty god.”
I was quite impressed with this ready fast food Civil War meal. No wonder we Americans herd toward fast food! I would imagine adding any foraged wild onions, apples, pears, or as someone from Europe suggested, mushrooms would make this quite the substantive meal! If the hard tack is cooked at a low enough temperature one could make it in a solar oven. I'll have to check! Thank you! Both sides of my family served in the Civil War, on opposite sides, even! LOL!
That actually looked pretty good with the bacon! I think your idea with the molasses would have been golden! I haven't found a local source around me for that salt cured bacon, I am curious where yours comes from. Thank you again for the shout out brother!
You can also take that grease and mix some cornmeal in to make a paste and make a snake with it, wrap it around a ram rod and cook it over a fire. It was called sloosh.
I can just imagine my grandfather eating this way during the Civil War. He was a Confederate soldier in a Mississippi Regiment, and was captured at the battle of Vicksburg. He was then transported to a prison in Illinois and released at the end of the war. At Vicksburg, his group was isolated and were reduced to eating dogs and rodents.
5 second rule is the best. We now know who runs the Pathfinder Cooking Shed.!! The cat steal the show everytime and he's telling you DC that you're on his tuff. Great segment mate. Your cooking show is turning into a book. Cowabunga,!
I’ve made this a few times at work towards the end of the week when that was what’s left of the chow but I added a little shaving off the chunk of brown sugar and carrots if I had them it’s not horrible and when you’re hungry it’ll keep the belt snug around your middle especially after a day of running from tree to tree falling timber in the back country you’re going to be wanting some rib sticking chow
I reenacted for about a decade and ate just about every camp kit dish of the time. Skillygally can actually be made quite palatable with some fine tuning.
Dad was in the Army in the early 50's. They still had hardtack then! He told me you could put one out in the rain for a while and it would swell up to about 4x it's size. Then you could eat it. He said it would really fill you up then.
instead of mixing the crushed hardtack with regular water. I recommend soaking them in the pot rinsing or leftover sauce from a can of western style baked beans, nice boost of spice and flavor.
_I can't lie, I've just eaten fried chicken and my mouth was watering watching that cook. I don't think I could eat it everyday. I'm super keen to see more old style traditional cooking_
I enjoy your videos, Dave. I made heart tack and had a little salt in it also. I dip it in my coffee to soften it up and it seems salt keeps you coming back for more.
History is fascinating. It takes us back to our roots when you didn't have a Vitamix blender or a Viking six burner gas stove to prepare a meal. You just need the basics that rich and poor can generally come up with to use like a campfire, a skillet and something edible.
Brother Dave your best fan is that cat! They would have starved to death without bacon. Hard times are on the horizon, thank you Sir for sharing. Fortune favors the prepared!
Wrap your hard tac in a rag and smash it to crumbs , the rag keeps it clean and less loss. The hard tac can be used as more of a thickener . Add some coffee (red eye gravy).
Greetings from Australia when I occasionally make hard tack I dissolve salt and golden syrup in the cup of warm water and then mix in the flower gives a caramel flavour to the biscuit😎
Lol! Crazy-ass cat! I've got one at home, named Shelby, that'll steal the pepperoni off of your slice of pizza when you're not looking. Ask me how I know...
Dave these cooking videos are awesome, I really enjoy watching them. I've done something similar to this by cooking broken up bread and bacon, not realizing that it was a Civil War meal...I thought that was pretty cool.
Taste is taste, but I like this, I find it a good meal. I’ll eat lobscose too. And hard tack pudding real good. Smash up your hard tack, mix with butter, fold in som raisins, season with a little sugar and nutmeg or cinnamon, roll in to little balls and boil about an hour. Good eats😀
Cook sloush. It's corn meal, bacon grease made into a dough and cooked on your musket ramrod. Tasty. Tried it myself during my 25 years a civil war reenactor.
No wonder the Civil War soldiers were all so skinny in their pictures. I can't imagine living off chow like that. Bacon is good with everything in my view. Great video Dave. Thanks.
I do something similar with canned tuna in oil and diced corn tortillas. Add cheese. Or, canned tuna in oil, eggs, diced corn tortillas, onion, and cheese.
Hi Dave, thanks for these Civil War dishes. It is interesting to see what soldiers back in the day would eat. I would love to see other dishes if you know of others from that time period and earlier
Stick an egg with that and you basically got what my Dad would cook for breakfast when I was young. He used the bits of bread that dried out at the end of a loaf. I could see some kind of sweetener with that.
I've made this multiple times when I used to make hardtack regularly and found that frying the hardtack when cooking the bacon is the best way. The really sucks up the grease and makes the hardtack crunchy but, not too hard.
Dave Canterbury. I hate to say this. But I think the Kitty cat like that makes you just made their own fire. That just made things even better yet. Buddy, happy Thanksgiving to you and your family and friends. And I hope i'm on efferenceless with you bud
As a former Union Civil War reenactor, I can say from personal experience it'll fill your stomach. That's about the best I can say about it.
My kind of content. Rustic cooking / food and history. A little rain in the background for ambiance. Thanks for sharing it . Have a great day
Even 2 years later, great video Dave!! Thanks!! Keep 'em coming!! vr, Shannon
THAT is survival grub. Nothing more, nothing less. "More gooder" than eating dirt. LOL Crazy cat.
Really enjoying all of the cooking videos, keep em coming!
The cat loved it! Haha
Love the cat inspecting your cooking
Hello from Norway. In the older days, many people from here used to make something very similar called "duving", and they would add brown cheese and honey.
Thanks for the video 👍
In east coast Canada, especially Nfld. They have a hard tack based fish based dish called fish & brewis (brews).
This is one of those random Civil war facts I know about the food, when Joe Hooker took over command of the Army of the Potomac, one of the first things he did to improve morale which was at rock bottom was improve the commissary system to get more fresh food, vegetables, soft bread, and higher cooking standards and better sanitation standards.
Yeah, VERY smart of him! The way things were going, defeat looked pretty eminent at that time. The Rebels were struggling for food and coffee but damn them boys could fight! (lesson to not be forgotten) BTW, my GG Grandfather was 16th IL but I love history. The more you study the Civil War, the more human decision making plays a role.
By robbing innocent people of their food…
Thanks for doing these cooking videos! Very useful to see examples of how preserved food can be made into a good meal :)
It seems Zahn can’t wait to get to the bacon! 🥓 😂 He’s a great furry kitchen helper! And the history is very interesting, Dave Canterbury. Well done.
You know it isn’t good I’ve seen Dave eat over the years and if he likes it he definitely says oh man at least 10 times
lol
That was a great scene with the cat getting into the fry pan while still cooking. He 's just try to help ya out Dave. That was an interesting recipe. I like the idea of adding some brown sugar to it, brown sugar is easy to carry. Adding some wild greens might be good or even some berries. Thanks for the video and for sharing.
I love history and most programs rarely talk about food. Looking forward to watching more of your channel.
On the hardtack and hellfire stew episode of Tasting History with Mac Miller he quotes that if fire was unavailable, hardtack was eaten in the raw state with a sliver of pork fat and a spoonful of brown sugar. He has several links in the description which should lead you to a reference of sorts
Another vote for these cooking videos too. Good stuff. Especially the old school stuff.
The photo-bombing cat is hilarious! I bet that tastes better than the dehydrated beef or pork patties that came in the early MRE's. As others have mentioned I can only assume they used their superior knowledge of native plants to supplement the diet for proper nutrition. Loving the series. The rain, not so much but it's good for the garden.
Depending on the season ! I can see adding dandelion , fiddlehead, or other wild greens and flower to the mix.
That cat is beoming quite the character on these food videos he's very hungry boy
Two points on this Dave, firstly soaking the hardtack removes the salt.
There is an old Gypsy dish similar called “Joey Grey” with onions and mushrooms.
The European Romany gypsies had many open fire recipes still in use today.
Onions would have been a good addition. I was trying to think what they may have had access to and onion was one, or apples cut up small.
You could add anything you found, the odd wild onion, an egg, a potato etc. It's a solid protein/carbohydrate base to build off, and you could make a batch in the morning to reheat quickly throughout the day.
I don't know when you started a cooking show but I'm all in for this kinda thing.
I just love your curious cat, a definite personality
That cat loves the spotlight 😆
I can tell from the cat's behaviour and body language that he trusts you deeply! Cat's are a good judge of character, he's given you his paw of approval 😺
I think Zon is becoming the star of the show lol.
Great show.
Love your co host.
All the best .
Always enjoy your cooking Dave. You are the modern day Daniel Bonne. Thumbs up as always. Best in business. 👍
Dave your cat is the same as mine loves bacon food of the gods . Thanks for the video
Your cat is frikin fearless! I love him!!!
Enjoy seeing different things cooked and the various methods used
Thanks Dave,,,, awesome bit of history and demonstration
My cat 🐈 loves Bacon 🥓 too,,,!!!!
Dave trying to teach
Cat: “ah yes pet me now servant”
Dave trying to cook
Cat: “I will feast on this meal. Worry not for these flames cannot hurt me, a mighty god.”
I love this series you have going on brother. keep these recipes coming.
I was quite impressed with this ready fast food Civil War meal. No wonder we Americans herd toward fast food! I would imagine adding any foraged wild onions, apples, pears, or as someone from Europe suggested, mushrooms would make this quite the substantive meal! If the hard tack is cooked at a low enough temperature one could make it in a solar oven. I'll have to check! Thank you! Both sides of my family served in the Civil War, on opposite sides, even! LOL!
I love the way u come up with stuff to cook I just love watching ur show so much good info
That actually looked pretty good with the bacon! I think your idea with the molasses would have been golden! I haven't found a local source around me for that salt cured bacon, I am curious where yours comes from. Thank you again for the shout out brother!
I appreciate these recipes; hard times are coming. This will come in handy.
It's not that I don't like all the content t on here, it's that I love history and food so these are my fave!
You can also take that grease and mix some cornmeal in to make a paste and make a snake with it, wrap it around a ram rod and cook it over a fire. It was called sloosh.
ZON, Daves numba one chow hound. 😂 hardtack and pemmican must have! Thanks Dave.
Thank You for making this video I enjoyed this walk through History. Well done Sir .
You can also soak the hardtack in coffee for a little flavor.
Awesome video and a wonderful assistant! It’s cooking with Dave and Cat 🐱.
I can just imagine my grandfather eating this way during the Civil War. He was a Confederate soldier in a Mississippi Regiment, and was captured at the battle of Vicksburg. He was then transported to a prison in Illinois and released at the end of the war. At Vicksburg, his group was isolated and were reduced to eating dogs and rodents.
5 second rule is the best. We now know who runs the Pathfinder Cooking Shed.!! The cat steal the show everytime and he's telling you DC that you're on his tuff. Great segment mate. Your cooking show is turning into a book. Cowabunga,!
You’re an American Treasure, Dave. Keep being yourself sir we love you
Very nice! Amazing sometimes how the very simple can turn out good to eat.
it was pretty common to boil broken up hard tack with some brown sugar until it became a sort of pudding. whiskey was also added if they had it.
And the cat came back, thought he was a goner. But the cat came back! Thanks Dave
I’ve made this a few times at work towards the end of the week when that was what’s left of the chow but I added a little shaving off the chunk of brown sugar and carrots if I had them it’s not horrible and when you’re hungry it’ll keep the belt snug around your middle especially after a day of running from tree to tree falling timber in the back country you’re going to be wanting some rib sticking chow
I reenacted for about a decade and ate just about every camp kit dish of the time. Skillygally can actually be made quite palatable with some fine tuning.
Dad was in the Army in the early 50's. They still had hardtack then! He told me you could put one out in the rain for a while and it would swell up to about 4x it's size. Then you could eat it. He said it would really fill you up then.
Thank you for sharing this with us. Three food-stuffs that our ancestors used, that we can use, and yer cat friend helped you with. Cheers from Tampa.
instead of mixing the crushed hardtack with regular water.
I recommend soaking them in the pot rinsing or leftover sauce from a can of western style baked beans, nice boost of spice and flavor.
Definitely looks to be a very filling meal thanks for sharing
Anything can be saved with bacon. I enjoyed the lesson Dave.
Even a ford mustang 😁 ( inside joke )
_I can't lie, I've just eaten fried chicken and my mouth was watering watching that cook. I don't think I could eat it everyday. I'm super keen to see more old style traditional cooking_
Love this kind of video Dave. History with cooking skills.
I enjoy your videos, Dave. I made heart tack and had a little salt in it also. I dip it in my coffee to soften it up and it seems salt keeps you coming back for more.
History is fascinating. It takes us back to our roots when you didn't have a Vitamix blender or a Viking six burner gas stove to prepare a meal. You just need the basics that rich and poor can generally come up with to use like a campfire, a skillet and something edible.
I was a civil war reinactor for years and I have eaten a lot of really authentic civil war rations. My group was hard core reinactors.
Brother Dave your best fan is that cat! They would have starved to death without bacon. Hard times are on the horizon, thank you Sir for sharing. Fortune favors the prepared!
Another great video, thanks for the time you put into bringing great content to your viewers.
Love learning how they survived through times in the old days.
bacon is one of the most nutrient dense meats we can eat! looks like the best winter meal with a hot cup of tea!
You rock Dave, thanks for sharing as always! That rain on the roof is relaxing
These cooking videos are fantastic Dave! Love when you enjoy what you are eating, “ahhh man!” “Are you kidding me?”
Thank you for all the cooking video and the ingredient ideas.
Wrap your hard tac in a rag and smash it to crumbs , the rag keeps it clean and less loss. The hard tac can be used as more of a thickener . Add some coffee (red eye gravy).
😂 your cat is awesome. I’m not a cat person but the things your cat does is cool
Greetings from Australia when I occasionally make hard tack I dissolve salt and golden syrup in the cup of warm water and then mix in the flower gives a caramel flavour to the biscuit😎
All the cooking videos are nice, thanks!
America First 🇺🇸
Love these chow videos. Thanks Dave.
Lol! Crazy-ass cat!
I've got one at home, named Shelby, that'll steal the pepperoni off of your slice of pizza when you're not looking. Ask me how I know...
Ive been wanting to make hard tac..I need to get some salt pork for my hiking/ backpacking trips too! Thanks for sharing..
Dave these cooking videos are awesome, I really enjoy watching them. I've done something similar to this by cooking broken up bread and bacon, not realizing that it was a Civil War meal...I thought that was pretty cool.
Taste is taste, but I like this, I find it a good meal.
I’ll eat lobscose too. And hard tack pudding real good. Smash up your hard tack, mix with butter, fold in som raisins, season with a little sugar and nutmeg or cinnamon, roll in to little balls and boil about an hour. Good eats😀
Cook sloush. It's corn meal, bacon grease made into a dough and cooked on your musket ramrod. Tasty. Tried it myself during my 25 years a civil war reenactor.
I cooked 30 years in kitchens and I really enjoy these cooking lessons
No wonder the Civil War soldiers were all so skinny in their pictures. I can't imagine living off chow like that. Bacon is good with everything in my view. Great video Dave. Thanks.
I think the cat is enjoying these cooking videos as much as we are if not more!
I do something similar with canned tuna in oil and diced corn tortillas. Add cheese. Or, canned tuna in oil, eggs, diced corn tortillas, onion, and cheese.
Have to see if you can find some of those old letters where they describe making something like a cobbler with any fruit or berries they would find.
Hi Dave, thanks for these Civil War dishes. It is interesting to see what soldiers back in the day would eat. I would love to see other dishes if you know of others from that time period and earlier
Stick an egg with that and you basically got what my Dad would cook for breakfast when I was young. He used the bits of bread that dried out at the end of a loaf. I could see some kind of sweetener with that.
My cat and pup does the same thing whenever I cook outdoors lol
Simple recipe for food that will keep you alive.
Good vid.
This was a cool video Dave thanks for making it !!!
I've made this multiple times when I used to make hardtack regularly and found that frying the hardtack when cooking the bacon is the best way. The really sucks up the grease and makes the hardtack crunchy but, not too hard.
I just got a civil war cookbook this video is awesome so interesting
Cats hungry, must've not had a good time mouse hunting yesterday. Another cat approved video.
Dave Canterberry is such a great speaker.
Thx Dave these cooking vids. Have been pretty good. Lot better than you thought. Love the kitchen !
Great cameos of the cat this time too. lol
I'd like to try this meal! It really looks good!
I m actually considering experimenting with making hard tack. I ve tried your method and it works well.
Your cat is hilarious comedy relief 😂
Great video. I will have to try it once.
Dave Canterbury. I hate to say this. But I think the Kitty cat like that makes you just made their own fire. That just made things even better yet. Buddy, happy Thanksgiving to you and your family and friends. And I hope i'm on efferenceless with you bud