The Art of Meat Pies - 18th Century Cooking

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  • Опубліковано 1 січ 2012
  • In this episode we bake a couple of great meat pies, cooked in a dutch oven and in a earthen oven.
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  • @townsends
    @townsends  7 місяців тому +9

    Redware Pie Pan perfect for any pie! www.townsends.us/products/redware-p4135-p-987

  • @DarthSmirnoff
    @DarthSmirnoff 6 років тому +1917

    It's interesting seeing videos from before he got hooked on the nutmeg.

    • @Bhatt_Hole
      @Bhatt_Hole 5 років тому +297

      It's true. A real shame when someone falls victim to nutmeg addiction. Sure, there are 12-step programs, but the failure rate is high. To stop abusing nutmeg, you have to really, truly, and wholly want to break free of it. Having a support group and a qualified and experienced sponsor really helps. JUST SAY NO....TO NUTMEG!

    • @modzombieno.9029
      @modzombieno.9029 5 років тому +6

      What's nutmeg

    • @ingamingpc1634
      @ingamingpc1634 5 років тому +153

      @@modzombieno.9029 Nutmeg is the spice made by grinding the seed of the fragrant nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) tree into powder. The spice has a distinctive pungent fragrance and a warm slightly sweet taste; it is used to flavor many kinds of baked goods, confections, puddings, potatoes, meats, sausages, sauces, vegetables, and such beverages as eggnog.
      The seeds are dried gradually in the sun over a period of six to eight weeks. During this time the nutmeg shrinks away from its hard seed coat until the kernels rattle in their shells when shaken. The shell is then broken with a wooden club and the nutmegs are picked out. Dried nutmegs are grayish brown ovals with furrowed surfaces. The nutmegs are roughly egg-shaped, about 20.5-30 mm (0.81-1.18 in) long and 15-18 mm (0.59-0.71 in) wide, weighing 5-10 g (0.18-0.35 oz) dried.
      Two other species of genus Myristica with different flavors, M. malabarica and M. argentea, are sometimes used to adulterate nutmeg as a spice.

    • @nymsmacgregor7232
      @nymsmacgregor7232 4 роки тому +94

      Nutmeg addiction is a hobbit thing, like the ganja they smoke...

    • @flowertrue
      @flowertrue 4 роки тому +176

      Of course a lot of people use nutmeg recreationally, and some people think that's fine. But nutmeg abuse can lead to other spices like cinnamon, clove, and even cardamom and ginger.

  • @writeract2
    @writeract2 4 роки тому +531

    I love this man's complete lack of artifice and polished tv speak - I love that he was fearless enough to be completely, honest, natural and sincere - it was a wonderful real presentation.

    • @Thagesthoughts
      @Thagesthoughts 4 роки тому +33

      He's like if Mr. Rogers liked cooking.

    • @rossambrose8649
      @rossambrose8649 2 роки тому +12

      There's a reason he's a UA-cam legend!

    • @davestelling
      @davestelling Рік тому +1

      Good comment!

    • @Dagothownsneravar
      @Dagothownsneravar Рік тому +2

      Seriously. He isn't over the top and theatrical and obnoxious. He is informative and gets straight to the point all while being aesthetic

    • @writeract2
      @writeract2 Рік тому

      @@Dagothownsneravar Correct - exactly.

  • @verdatum
    @verdatum 6 років тому +87

    The rewatchability factor on these videos is so very high. I really love that.

    • @astrostar000
      @astrostar000 Рік тому

      Tell me about it! I'm watching it now in 2023!

  • @Gottaculat
    @Gottaculat 2 роки тому +27

    2:24,
    "How did you make the crust so fizzy?"
    "The secret is live hornets! We smush them right into the dough!"

  • @Kaizer559
    @Kaizer559 8 років тому +2265

    this man reminds me of Bilbo Baggins. great video by the way (:

    • @Drakelx55
      @Drakelx55 7 років тому +116

      He did emphasize RING when he said "I put a ring of coals on top"

    • @stvampier
      @stvampier 7 років тому +8

      I thought so to lol

    • @Menuki
      @Menuki 7 років тому +119

      He also said "pippin"

    • @BVargas78
      @BVargas78 7 років тому +106

      Many aspects of the shire are like the 18th century as well. Their clothes, their way of cooking, their furniture. Whilst Gondor has a more high medieval style.

    • @ga1actic_muffin
      @ga1actic_muffin 6 років тому +15

      I also realized that Marry and Pipin from LoTR... well Pipin was just an apple.

  • @elliottmazur143
    @elliottmazur143 9 років тому +364

    Again, the atmosphere you create here is like truly stepping back in time.

    • @Jacob-yg7lz
      @Jacob-yg7lz 8 років тому +19

      It's like if youtube existed in the 1700s.

    • @Bhatt_Hole
      @Bhatt_Hole 5 років тому

      Wouldn't that sentence actually be more correct without the "truly"?

    • @rosemary4033
      @rosemary4033 5 років тому

      Yes it does😀

  • @PBTophie
    @PBTophie 4 роки тому +65

    I really appreciate this guy. I've been watching a LOT of his videos lately, and it really shows the ingenuity and hardiness of the human species. I know he does it for fun, business, and education; but I'm most thankful for the education he provides us. Maybe one day we'll need this information, maybe not. But the education in history is worth more than words.

  • @glenblake3021
    @glenblake3021 6 років тому +86

    Meat pies are unusual in the US, but by far more common than dessert pies in Australia. Very popular fast food type item, and a really good pie is genuinely fantastic.

    • @theBaron0530
      @theBaron0530 2 роки тому +15

      I wouldn't say they're unusual. But they're more often called pot pies, and too often represented by the frozen pies from the supermarket.

    • @nutyyyy
      @nutyyyy Рік тому +3

      Same in the UK meat pies are far more common than sweet pies.

    • @karaamundson3964
      @karaamundson3964 Рік тому +2

      Also very common in the U.K. (Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England). Pasties, etc.

    • @keithtorgersen9664
      @keithtorgersen9664 Рік тому +1

      @theBaron0350, yep, Marie Callendar popularized chicken pot pies.

    • @sheezy2526
      @sheezy2526 10 місяців тому

      Nope, also Australia aint a real country like USA

  • @suprqt
    @suprqt 8 років тому +1075

    OUR PASSENGER PIGEONS WILL BLOT OUT THE SUN!

  • @avonleanne
    @avonleanne 8 років тому +445

    wanted to let you know that I made the pork and apple pie...I didn't have salt pork but I used a very thin cut boneless porkchop and then cut a golden delicious apple and also added a chopped onion. I deviated from the recipe by these things, but did all the rest the same. I pan seared the pork and used the drippings instead of water. Husband LOVED it!!! thank you for the inspiration! On to a plumb pudding! =)

  • @Seki1987
    @Seki1987 Рік тому +10

    Wow, Mr. Townsend looked amazing. His skin was so much better before his chronic nutmeg addiction.

  • @EdellK
    @EdellK 4 роки тому +10

    Just made the chicken pie for my grandparents while telling them tales of the people from the 18th century. They loved it, they want more, thank you for your great channel.

  • @MMBNMalternateaccoun
    @MMBNMalternateaccoun 7 років тому +2082

    True fact is. Red delicious apples actually used to be delicious until they started getting bred to be bigger and redder now they dont even taste good

    • @spockmcoyissmart961
      @spockmcoyissmart961 7 років тому +232

      absolutely. I don't even buy them anymore. too much science and too little nature in the plastic looking fruit.

    • @beavis5691
      @beavis5691 7 років тому +237

      yeah and some of them like my school taste like theres goddamn dust in it. I just eat granny smith apples those are great

    • @projectnemesi5950
      @projectnemesi5950 7 років тому +71

      Golden Delicious

    • @greatestever184
      @greatestever184 7 років тому +175

      MMBNMalternateaccoun honeycrisp taste like what red delicious used to.

    • @Bluemilk92
      @Bluemilk92 7 років тому +76

      Too bad they are absurdly expensive.
      **edit** I forgot the second "o" in "too"... 24 years old and still making that mistake >_< just put me out of my misery

  • @MrAzrancher
    @MrAzrancher 9 років тому +717

    I really enjoy these videos. They really help "connect the dots" in the evolution of food storage and preparation through the years by showing the roots of it in America. I grew up in an adobe ranch house in West Texas (the land that time forgot). We did not have electricity until 1966 when the county put a line out to the closest road. My Grandmother used a wood stove until 1970 when we went to propane (but kept the wood stove). In the summer we were up before dawn and she cooked a lot of similar dishes and meat pies to avoid heating up the house, they were quicker than regular dinners and delicious with sliced tomatoes from the garden. She baked breads and biscuits in the earthen oven (Mexican style) and we did lots of cooking outside in the dutch ovens and at cow camp. These are lost arts of our history, thank you for keeping them alive for all to see.

    • @OltrePodcast_Official
      @OltrePodcast_Official 6 років тому +22

      MrAzrancher what a wonderful story

    • @OltrePodcast_Official
      @OltrePodcast_Official 6 років тому +18

      MrAzrancher thanks for this piece of living history

    • @tdvandy2
      @tdvandy2 6 років тому +12

      Thank you for sharing this.

    • @corn_pop6082
      @corn_pop6082 6 років тому +11

      Re: " delicious with sliced tomatoes from the garden"
      How many Americans know what a real tomato used to taste like? No one under 50. I went to Mexico in early 1970s and found real tomatoes, gloriously sweet and juicy. All gone now, even in developing countries. The American-developed "traveling tomato," rock hard and devoid of juice and flavor, is apparently standard everywhere. Spent 2015 in Mexico, and in both cities and villages, only "modern" tasteless tomatoes available. No wonder as they export huge amounts to U.S. Just easier for producers to standardize. Now in Thailand, and even here, tomatoes hard and tasteless. Such a shame. I feel so sorry for those who never got to eat one.
      (Hello mangos in Thailand are far sweeter and juicier than Mexican yellows and are "in season" all year round. In Mexico, the yellows are best only 3 months a year. (Of course, imported mangos in. States are only 20% as favorable).

    • @debbieboring3422
      @debbieboring3422 6 років тому +5

      That is sad. I miss the taste and smell of ripe tomatoes.

  • @WrathOfNolla
    @WrathOfNolla 5 років тому +27

    You guys have a knack for fantastic lighting. I can practically FEEL the weather just watching you and the sun dapples behind you.

  • @mikewile
    @mikewile 5 років тому +33

    I know it's an older video, but I just discovered it, great video! My family is Scottish decedents came over to Nova Scotia in the 18th century, meat pies were a staple in the wintertime, baked in a wood range oven. Steak and kidney and steak and mushroom were the main features. Can't wait to try these recipes. Thanks for these great videos!

  • @onemercilessming1342
    @onemercilessming1342 7 років тому +613

    When you're cutting off the excess crust, what do you do with the trimming pieces? My mother and grandmothers used to gather up the trimming pieces, roll them out again into a rectangle, butter the top, sprinkle sugar and cinnamon on top of the butter and then roll them from the longer edge. The roll would be cut into bite-sized morsels and baked. As children, we loved them. Now, as a rapidly aging adult, I don't care much for them, but my granddaughter does. Since two more grands are on the way, I'll probably be making those for the next few years, at least, from the leftover pie dough.

    • @mrdanforth3744
      @mrdanforth3744 6 років тому +48

      My mother used to make pasties by rolling circles of leftover dough the size of a saucer, putting a spoonful of jam or some apple pieces and sugar in the middle then folding in the sides. These were special treats for the children.

    • @k8fearsnoart
      @k8fearsnoart 5 років тому +24

      I take the leftover bits of pastry, roll them out, and cut them into pretty seasonal things like leaves, (easy as...well, pie! Just two thorough cuts with a paring knife and one shallow curved one!) roll them into thin tendrils for pumpkin vines, and I've also cut out letters for pumpkin pies saying "Happy Thanksgiving!". Then, you can also paint them with beaten egg yolks mixed with food coloring. You can attach the pieces to the pie (not yet baked) with water or more beaten egg yolk, or, bake separately and add to cooked pie with a couple of dots of frosting. They come out looking pretty sharp.

    • @giuseppelogiurato5718
      @giuseppelogiurato5718 5 років тому +14

      @@k8fearsnoart I never thought of dying egg yolk for painting the decorations before; great idea, can't wait to try it! 👍

    • @wingy200
      @wingy200 5 років тому +13

      My grandmother would take the extra dough and make a simple galette with apples, sugar, and cinnamon.

    • @vintagemeg33
      @vintagemeg33 5 років тому +13

      All the women in my family made that with excess pie dough! My kids LOVE to eat it and its the only dessert all 7 of us will eat, including my autistic son! 💜

  • @janedoe7482
    @janedoe7482 8 років тому +847

    He's a hobbit. Living in the shire.

    • @bettycorriher4520
      @bettycorriher4520 5 років тому +7

      jane doe your a butt head pull it out and grow up the man's trying to help people don't like his post go away we love it.

    • @TheWonkster
      @TheWonkster 5 років тому +77

      Betty Corriher what on earth are you going on about? Not a single bit of that comment was negative or insulting in any way.

    • @bettycorriher4520
      @bettycorriher4520 5 років тому +11

      Mr. Wonky couldn't tell you now evidently I though someone was intentionally being mean to him he's very nice guy and people are mean to nice guys on here but may have been meant for another post.sorry.

    • @thetacountry4487
      @thetacountry4487 5 років тому +4

      Mr. Wonky what are you an idiot?

    • @thetacountry4487
      @thetacountry4487 5 років тому +3

      Betty Corriher don’t apologize to that idiot, you were right.

  • @MasonTorrey
    @MasonTorrey 4 роки тому +74

    That wasp was so interested in learning the recipe.

  • @SushiKing123NorskGaming
    @SushiKing123NorskGaming 3 роки тому +13

    Can't understand that this video is 8 years already! Still amazing...

  • @TheMinnie419
    @TheMinnie419 7 років тому +155

    My great grandfather used to eat off his knife. When I was a little girl, he fed me off his table knife. He was a farmer and grew our vegetables.

    • @chamisi
      @chamisi 4 роки тому +19

      so did mine, and I once saw him talking to a lawnmower guy about when he could pick it up from repair and nonchalantly roll a perfect cigarette one handed

    • @count7340
      @count7340 4 роки тому +1

      I never knew my great grandfather

    • @juspraim5891
      @juspraim5891 4 роки тому

      Count
      Same though, I never even met my grandfather.

    • @brodylockwood14
      @brodylockwood14 4 роки тому +2

      @@chamisi It's funny you say that, my father talked about his great grandfather and he said he would roll cigarettes one handed all the time. Must gave been common back then!

    • @theuglybiker
      @theuglybiker 4 роки тому +2

      I eat my peas with honey
      I've done it all my life
      It makes the peas taste funny
      But it keeps them on the knife!

  • @MSEDzirasa2015
    @MSEDzirasa2015 7 років тому +150

    TFS...The pies look delicious. Yum-yum :)
    Very interesting that we still use these earthen ovens in Ghana, West Africa...We call them 'Swish Stoves/ovens' , 'Ekpo' or 'fulornoo' ...Before closing the door, we cover the entrance with a soaking wet heavy burlap sack, then fit the door over it.
    Earthen ovens roast the best pork shoulder, whole pigs and bake the best breads, cakes and pies.

    • @GeorgeMonet
      @GeorgeMonet 6 років тому +2

      I've seen people begin to install ovens like this in their backyards recently.

    • @nathanielthompson7967
      @nathanielthompson7967 6 років тому +1

      Omg I wanna try food made in an earthen over sooooo much!

    • @Fickji
      @Fickji 5 років тому +3

      That would be a really cool video to see.

    • @sam7r4833
      @sam7r4833 5 років тому +3

      We got them in Morocco to in country side , i agree they make the best baked goodies

  • @dbsommers1
    @dbsommers1 2 роки тому +10

    He's definitely evolved his style over time. Interesting to see this early work.

  • @archonsouthpaw8690
    @archonsouthpaw8690 4 роки тому +139

    wtf I didn't know Macintosh was a type of apple so that explains it

  • @CarlosIsDown
    @CarlosIsDown 7 років тому +501

    Bee wants in on that pie

    • @Rickuo
      @Rickuo 6 років тому +69

      That was a wasp, not a bee.

    • @HeavymetalHylian
      @HeavymetalHylian 6 років тому +34

      shoo wasp pie

    • @koggyb
      @koggyb 6 років тому +2

      Thanks HoneyedHylian!

    • @bcnicholas123
      @bcnicholas123 6 років тому

      HoneyedHylian delicious

    • @forge20
      @forge20 5 років тому +10

      @@Rickuo That was a hornet, not a wasp.

  • @essemsween818
    @essemsween818 6 років тому +92

    In the UK we still have an Apple called a Cox's Orange Pippin. It's a small to medium sized Apple with a, when ripe quite thick, rough skin for an eating Apple, not the thin & shiny skin of hybrids. Half Red half a yellowish green, it's crisp, juicy and fabulous. In season it's my favourite Apple. Pink Lady is what I go for the rest of the year.

    • @nelzelpher2088
      @nelzelpher2088 5 років тому +2

      Essem Sween I'll pay to get some of those apples, please send them all to me.

    • @augustuswilhelm3161
      @augustuswilhelm3161 4 роки тому +3

      Roald Dahl mentions the Orange Pippin in his book called "boy". Very interesting to know more about it.

    • @MariusRiley
      @MariusRiley 3 роки тому +1

      : Pink Lady apples are tops, absolutely.

    • @Eireann.
      @Eireann. 2 роки тому

      Interesting

  • @vegetasbulge
    @vegetasbulge Рік тому +2

    Your videos make me forget about the world. I truly enjoy your content.

  • @Aaron-pv8vm
    @Aaron-pv8vm 4 роки тому +96

    "you wanna look for a jonathon, winesap apple"
    *I have never heard of either of those apples in my entire existence and time on this earth*

    • @therealberlinsylvie
      @therealberlinsylvie 4 роки тому +14

      Aaron, Aaron... Aaron, you haven’t lived. Try locating a farmers market in the countryside some time in Autumn. I love apples, especially the old heritage varieties.

    • @signalfire6
      @signalfire6 3 роки тому +5

      New York State or Washington State.

    • @acs197
      @acs197 3 роки тому +2

      They are excellent apples.

    • @stoojinator
      @stoojinator 3 роки тому +5

      You need to be American to have heard of them. We don't have them in Australia either. We use Granny Smiths as they are juicy and tart. Perfect accompaniment for pork.

    • @barbaramurphy5606
      @barbaramurphy5606 3 роки тому +2

      @@stoojinator Ask around in Stanthorpe, Qld. Sure to find plenty. Try phoning one of the bigger roadside stalls/shops, they will head you in the right direction. Good luck/fortune.

  • @goreesha
    @goreesha 8 років тому +232

    These videos are so fascinating.

    • @keandric2765
      @keandric2765 8 років тому +4

      Agree 200% :D

    • @sim61642
      @sim61642 7 років тому +4

      Sam and Bethy's Adventures yeah its like a game of thrones spinoff, only more interesting.

    • @MrTValleyguy
      @MrTValleyguy 7 років тому +6

      I agree. I'm not even any kind of foodie but I find this stuff fascinating.

  • @ColTravis
    @ColTravis 8 років тому +111

    With the pork pie you could substitute beer for the water and add a layer of sauerkraut. I make a East Prussian sauerkraut dish that would be perfect for a pork pie filling.

  • @slocad11
    @slocad11 5 років тому +2

    A thousand thanks to you and your sons for giving us these old recipes. Here I am in Belarus, an American ex-pat, making baked beans, although on the stove top in my flat! The kitchen smells great already.

  • @Nexis1701
    @Nexis1701 5 років тому +7

    9:12 i love how he jumps into the picture :D

  • @frog8220
    @frog8220 6 років тому +9

    Your videos hold up so well. This if from five years ago, and yet its as amazing as last weeks videos. Shows that you really know what you're doing, thank you for making the videos.

  • @animal16365
    @animal16365 8 років тому +740

    Anyone else hungry for a meat pie?

    • @davidrose2302
      @davidrose2302 6 років тому +4

      Absolutely, feel a tamale pie coming on!

    • @viki6857
      @viki6857 6 років тому +1

      Too bad when u r a a vegan ... ahhhhh

    • @johnrobia5460
      @johnrobia5460 6 років тому +39

      Shut up viki no one cares you're a vegan.

    • @joydeeppaul9761
      @joydeeppaul9761 5 років тому +6

      animal16365 Yeah absolutely hungry for the meat pie.

    • @EffectPlaceboThe
      @EffectPlaceboThe 5 років тому

      Have all the time

  • @debrabrooks6138
    @debrabrooks6138 4 роки тому +3

    Looks very delicious! I love your teachings and the recipes! I had the privilege of growing for the most on a Dutch Mennonite farm in a foster home. My foster mom Anne sure could cook! She made pigeon potpie that was so delicious! I have got to try your meat pies! Thanks so much for teaching and sharing the with everyone!☺♥

  • @elyb4097
    @elyb4097 5 років тому +2

    I grew up eating meat pies until my mother had to go to work, then I carried on when I was a stay at home mom. Those food memories are some of the sweetest because it's all about making people happy and enjoying the basic pleasures in life. I'm a great granny now and haven't made one in a while.

  • @spoonyg132
    @spoonyg132 6 років тому +90

    The music is an arrangement of "O'keefe's Slide"
    Enjoy.

    • @danyheatley4153
      @danyheatley4153 6 років тому +2

      Thanks Costanza I can always count on you

    • @Iisdabest889
      @Iisdabest889 6 років тому +2

      No it isn't. It's called "Maid behind the bar".

    • @andyrenshaw9148
      @andyrenshaw9148 5 років тому +5

      @@Iisdabest889 there are three tunes, first one at the starts is O'Keefes, Maid behind the bar then the hornpipe jacky tar :)

    • @angles7931
      @angles7931 4 роки тому

      No

    • @angles7931
      @angles7931 4 роки тому

      V

  • @GregAliano
    @GregAliano 5 років тому +9

    Just like my great great great great-
    *2 years later*
    great great great grandma used to make.

  • @Naam_name
    @Naam_name 5 років тому +9

    Oh my God I'm so involved with the video unconsciously I'm shushing the fly that flying on pie. 🤣

  • @douglasswain429
    @douglasswain429 4 роки тому +21

    I just found your you tube videos I love them I lived off grid 14 years and am enjoying learning the old ways the only technology I have is my phone I'll enjoy watching your videos it's knowledge not lost thank you

  • @tutekohe1361
    @tutekohe1361 4 роки тому +7

    The best tasting apples are the old breeds that can often be very difficult to find today, such as Russets which are green with little patches of 'fur' on them. The flavour is very intense and are not overly sweet.

  • @shannonwittman950
    @shannonwittman950 5 років тому +1

    A bee landing on anything you are prepping or cooking is the ultimate compliment from nature ...

  • @angeldunbar9644
    @angeldunbar9644 Рік тому +2

    Wow! I can appreciate the evolution of cooking methods and tools used to prepare meals!😊

  • @jrreikleviandaya3045
    @jrreikleviandaya3045 5 років тому +9

    bro watching this makes me feel like a hobbit, making me hungry already. i cant explain this feeling i just feel so heart warmed

  • @howardfortyfive9676
    @howardfortyfive9676 8 років тому +73

    You're killing me here. Ain't had a thing to eat in 11 hours! Been watching your 18th century cooking channel over an hour now and....

    • @modzombieno.9029
      @modzombieno.9029 5 років тому +2

      You made the pie?

    • @supernice8887
      @supernice8887 5 років тому +8

      @@modzombieno.9029 nah i think he starved ........ RIP

    • @trespire
      @trespire 5 років тому +6

      Have you eaten yet ?

    • @4WDBearAus
      @4WDBearAus 5 років тому +4

      Had any food yet?

    • @world4truth
      @world4truth 4 роки тому +5

      You still kicken in 2019?

  • @scttiedsntknow
    @scttiedsntknow 4 роки тому +2

    Its amazing how simple yet hearty the food is.

  • @cslm3r
    @cslm3r 5 років тому +2

    Really such a pleasure to see all of these episodes. Thank you for taking the time to do such a great job bringing history to life.

  • @spoffproduction
    @spoffproduction 8 років тому +7

    You look like Pippin Took cooking show, and I enjoy every scene. It just looks so good and fun to make. Keep up the good work!

  • @FavineMoore
    @FavineMoore 5 років тому +18

    Everytime I question why I follow this channel, he posts a video like this, and I'm all about this.
    Those pies, look great.

    • @mrig.3521
      @mrig.3521 3 роки тому +2

      This was posted 8 years ago lol

  • @EggShen905
    @EggShen905 4 роки тому +2

    I made the pork pie recipe in a conventional oven at 350 for about 20 minutes. Used boneless pork (not bacon) that I salted myself before boiling (or you can just dump salt into the water). Fuji and Gala apples work well and don't turn to sauce; also added honey and brown sugar to the mix. Thanks so much for turning me onto the recipe! This is our family's new favorite pie.

  • @jmille711
    @jmille711 Рік тому +2

    That bee wanted a little bite of apple pie and Jon said naw way!

  • @mikedeman5351
    @mikedeman5351 8 років тому +8

    Someone's probably asked before - the music to this video sounds like traditional Irish music, may I ask what it is called?By the way, in Britain and Ireland, the word 'Pippin' denotes a 'family' of apple types such as Cox's Pippin or Sturmer Pippin.

  • @morganblackpowder1724
    @morganblackpowder1724 3 роки тому +4

    Me in 2012: Oh this looks good! I should make it for dinner tonight.
    Me in 2020: I'M FINALLY MAKING THESE TONIGHT!!!

  • @TheGrowlingAraknid
    @TheGrowlingAraknid 4 роки тому +1

    Your authenticity is uncanny! Feels like yesterday my husband showed me your videos. So many great recipes and so many great memories. Thanks for being so dedicated to the hobby and teaching us so much over the years Townsend! Always lookin forward to your videos 😎👍🏿🇺🇸

  • @joshtaylor731
    @joshtaylor731 6 років тому

    These videos just make me smile. Plain and simple.

  • @PumpkinMozie
    @PumpkinMozie 2 роки тому +13

    Him: “we’ve just sliced up our pippin-“
    Me, a LotR fan: “you did WHAT?”

  • @uncledaydays
    @uncledaydays 5 років тому +23

    I never cooked in Skyrim before.
    But this time? I will.

    • @LegionarioPersa
      @LegionarioPersa 4 роки тому +2

      Do it, couple of cabbage stews can save your life

    • @MegaInsaneMC
      @MegaInsaneMC 3 роки тому +2

      @@LegionarioPersa but my 800 cheese wheels...

    • @TheRangaTanGaming
      @TheRangaTanGaming 2 роки тому

      @@MegaInsaneMC then make fondue. Your spell casting will thank you.

  • @aclaylambisabirdman6324
    @aclaylambisabirdman6324 3 роки тому

    I think the joy hadn’t shown through yet but was peaking just around the corner, love it, best channel on UA-cam in this here trying times.

  • @therugburnz
    @therugburnz 4 роки тому

    I used to live in a very small town(500) with a grain elevator. The local kids were encouraged to dispatch the pigeons that populated said grain bins with our Red Rider BB guns and the like. If we(and dads) cleaned them our mom's would let us eat them, usually oven cooked but I bet they would have been better in a pie.
    I am pulled back to that time when I watch your family friendly show. It is a modern world now and your show helps use learn how we stayed not only alive and fed our families and the community, often others that happened by as well.
    Bless you and you crew for transmitting this knowledge in an entertaining way.

  • @kamma44
    @kamma44 8 років тому +5

    I had not known the history, or even heard, of the passenger pigeon.
    How very interesting.

    • @Saffrone221
      @Saffrone221 7 років тому +2

      They use them to send messages from afar. 2nd they are so common that they are more abundant than chicken. I guess due to lack of preservatives, they hunt half a dozen of them per family ration. Geez probably 100 of them a day for a village, 1000 for weeks. No wonder.

    • @josephpotter5766
      @josephpotter5766 7 років тому +6

      You're mistaking messenger pigeons for the passenger pigeon. The passenger was never used for messaged, instead they were hunted by the million on an industrial scale with punt guns, a single hunter would often bring in five to twenty thousand of them in a single day's hunting (often bagging over two hundred per shot with what was basically a small naval cannon loaded with birdshot)

    • @LuvzToLol21
      @LuvzToLol21 4 роки тому

      They were hunted to extinction

  • @bryernlow9342
    @bryernlow9342 5 років тому +6

    I don't know why this turned up in my recommended videos, but I'm sure glad it did. It's so wholesome. 10 minutes of my life well spent.

  • @wenjaminbhigham
    @wenjaminbhigham 5 років тому +2

    made me laugh when you popped up at 9:14! Good technique. Hahaha

  • @crossbowsniper
    @crossbowsniper 5 років тому +1

    Kind sir...I know you will most likely NEVER see this comment as old as this video is. My grandmother recently had hernia surgery... today exactly. Her stomach was bothering her from anesthesia, but she was hungry. I fired up a propane version of the earth stove, and cooked her one of these meat pies.... and myself, as I hadn't eaten in 20 hours while caring for her. It hit the spot with her, and did not make her sick to her stomach, and I'm sure was healthier than store bought crap! I've bought your products and followed this channel a long time as a SASS shooter. This here hit the spot. PLEASE continue these videos and know that as my grandmother drifted off after one of the culinary confections, that she said she was content and to thank you as well. May you and your family be blessed eternally in heaven and richly in this life.

  • @oldman2477
    @oldman2477 4 роки тому +22

    Him: "As you can see, we sliced up our Pippin for our meat pie..."
    Me: *A Grotesque Dismembered Hobbit*

    • @nitrocw
      @nitrocw 3 роки тому

      Pippin was annoying af anyway! just sayin'...

  • @manramen
    @manramen 4 роки тому +6

    "and as it is a pigeon pie i shall just add.... some feet." :P

  • @rosemary4033
    @rosemary4033 5 років тому +2

    Not in good heath, Miss camping, cook like you do miss it😢 thank you showing good old days😀😃😄😄😄😄. Good Food!!!

  • @Nyckname
    @Nyckname 5 років тому

    It's a joy to watch someone who loves their job.

  • @leyalaatasto9096
    @leyalaatasto9096 5 років тому +25

    Why don't we call apples "pippins" anymore that's such a cute name ;;

    • @ksciaa0103
      @ksciaa0103 5 років тому +6

      Well, with The Lord of the Rings present, I'd imagine taking a bite out of a hobbit were we to start calling them "pippins" again. lol

    • @johnborges5938
      @johnborges5938 5 років тому +6

      "Pippin" is not a generic term for apples; it's a particular group of apple varieties, many of which happen to be good for cooking. Hard to find in the US these days.

    • @angiearmstrong9491
      @angiearmstrong9491 4 роки тому +1

      Love videos like these. Used to hear stories about the foods. But like others said, People just didn't have time anymore to cook like that. My grandson called apples "pops".

  • @UlfAhlborg
    @UlfAhlborg 8 років тому +60

    Are meat pies really so uncommon in America? In the UK and here in Newfoundland they're eaten everywhere by everyone. Great video.

    • @michellehiemstra3041
      @michellehiemstra3041 8 років тому +20

      Generally they are pretty uncommon here. We tend to like our steaks, pieces and so forth.

    • @keandric2765
      @keandric2765 8 років тому +24

      Yeah they are. Typically the only pie we eat is dessert pie. You pretty much only see meat pies at Irish pubs / restaurants, a specialty restaurant, unless you know someone who makes them

    • @UlfAhlborg
      @UlfAhlborg 8 років тому +6

      Interesting! It's popular here to have pie and chips, as in, fries and a beef pie. Good combo, I recommend it (if you're not dieting) haha. We also eat seal pie here. Made from actual seal. Haha.

    • @RachelSchell
      @RachelSchell 8 років тому +6

      I have eaten meat pies since I was a kid when my mom made them for us and I'm American. I wouldn't say they are wildly popular though. I personally love them especially the ones with gravy!

    • @UberMcWinsauce
      @UberMcWinsauce 8 років тому +4

      I love meat pies, but they're not too common over here

  • @js4540
    @js4540 4 роки тому +2

    Awesome! Thank you so much for your hard work, as always love your videos!

  • @heartsaliveart
    @heartsaliveart 5 років тому +1

    Those types look so good! Thank you so much for sharing!

  • @DaSpooge
    @DaSpooge 7 років тому +5

    Now I really want to go make some meat pies out in the woods. Awesome video!

  • @OpenBorders4isengard
    @OpenBorders4isengard 7 років тому +238

    Why didn't American food culture retain any of these recipes into the modern era? It's a shame that I wasn't brought up eating pies like this..

    • @spockmcoyissmart961
      @spockmcoyissmart961 7 років тому +114

      when women have had to go to work due to confiscatory taxes, and 2 pay checks needed, nobody has time to prepare this type of meal, fast/prepared food is what is wanted to nuke in 5 minutes and give to people who don't even eat together as they are all off in their little rooms with electronic gadgets. When I first started dating the girl I'm with now and had her over for a scratch dinner, she said how 'nobody cooks like this anymore'.........as she happily ate the meal and drank wine. Home made bread with garlic/cheese toasted, linguine/clams, salad of mixed greens/veggies/fruits.....with a light raspberry vinaigrette... it is sad so much food history has been lost. Now where are those pepperoni HotPockets....

    • @GeorgeMonet
      @GeorgeMonet 6 років тому +86

      Don't be dissin dem pepperoni hotpockets none. Those Pepperoni Hotpockets are part of our modern food history.

    • @corn_pop6082
      @corn_pop6082 6 років тому +20

      I feel sorry for you, George. If not available where you live, travel to parts of U,.S. that still have regular food, or better yet, to other countries. "Pepperoni hot pockets?" I nearly died trying them.

    • @gmoo84
      @gmoo84 6 років тому +32

      Come to New Zealand! Pies (meat) are an absolute staple here haha. Usually an individual size for a meal on the go.

    • @Ritde77
      @Ritde77 6 років тому +60

      During the great depression they put out a lot of simple, filling but nasty tasting food recipes. They were ment to keep people fed with as little money and food as possible. A decade of cheap filling food followed by a world war were women HAD to work to keep the factories running led to an entire generation that either couldn't cook or was used to eating crap. We last the art and then moved to pour out of the can and easy food because so few people knew any other way. The problem has gotten worse over the generations has more families have both people working and frequently more than one job.

  • @Jamerton1
    @Jamerton1 4 роки тому

    Every one of your videos is so well done and informative. I'm always starving after I watch too! Thanks Townsends!

  • @Elvistek
    @Elvistek 4 роки тому +1

    Cooking and history... love it

  • @mikedeman5351
    @mikedeman5351 8 років тому +7

    Those pies look delicious!

    • @townsends
      @townsends  8 років тому +2

      +Mike DeMan They were!

  • @GrillMasterXBBQ
    @GrillMasterXBBQ 7 років тому +8

    "I will gut you like a Cornish game hen."

    • @windowsxseven
      @windowsxseven 4 роки тому +1

      degroot keep reenactment intensifies

  • @tomkeene14
    @tomkeene14 3 роки тому

    Greetings from Cheshire (UK), we don't see this type of pie made very often. However, just down the road from me is an orchard that has their own variety of apple which they claim was very popular in pies. Great to see the old recipes being reborn.

  • @sizer99
    @sizer99 11 місяців тому +2

    It's fun to see you be so earnest 11 years ago! And I think this episode holds up - it's fun, tasty, and informative. Also fun to see you with the far more primitive equipment. Just one tiny correction - modern red delicious apples aren't good for ANYTHING, much less for pies (as you said), they're just the worst mealy nasty things. Jonathan and WInesap as you suggested are still excellent choices.

  • @Friedrich-Wilhelm-1980
    @Friedrich-Wilhelm-1980 7 років тому +10

    that pork pie looked delicious

  • @user_____M
    @user_____M 4 роки тому +4

    *pie is ready to burn* "Woo! *starts worrying* Looks just about perfect!"

  • @Dorvita
    @Dorvita 4 роки тому +1

    i have found my new favourite youtuber............love all your videos thank you for sharing x love from Scotland x

  • @MrMyricky2
    @MrMyricky2 5 років тому +2

    In Maine bakery's will sell a small pork pie for almost $20 a pie. They are a huge popular item for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I have always made mine since I was younger from my great grandmother's recipe. They are so good. People will eat it with different condiments. I love beef gravy on mine.

  • @stevielaurence1625
    @stevielaurence1625 7 років тому +31

    these videos make me want to be amish Lol

    • @stevielaurence1625
      @stevielaurence1625 7 років тому +6

      Matthew Quitoxito yeah but the amish are the closest we can get i would think

    • @thepurpleplayer9168
      @thepurpleplayer9168 7 років тому +7

      Then stop using electronics and get rid of a lot of things and start being Uber religious

    • @cuppalightroast
      @cuppalightroast 6 років тому +1

      lol you would hate being amish. just enjoy the good parts like the food and barn building skills.

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 6 років тому +4

      squatty mcpottyface
      I wouldn't mind hard work and giving up technology, but I think the "nonresistance principle" is utter bollocks. If you value God, you value His people, and you protect His people when threatened, by force if necessary. Refusing to harm a criminal in the middle of a home invasion is not "holy."

    • @supernice8887
      @supernice8887 5 років тому

      @@stevielaurence1625 LOL modern socierty be like, SHUT UP AND EAT YOUR McDonald's!!!!

  • @johnlambert8929
    @johnlambert8929 9 років тому +9

    as always the food you produce looks wonderful..and thank you for preserving our history! #1 fan

  • @stephengardiner9867
    @stephengardiner9867 6 років тому +1

    Passenger Pigeons were hugely numerous in parts of Canada as well. The Pigeon River which flows near where I live in Peterborough, Ontario was named after these birds . The bird that most people think of when they hear the word "pigeon" is actually the Rock Dove (or flying rat, if you live in the city). It is entirely too bad that a few did not survive until the suburbs began taking over the old farmlands and they were no longer so consistently on the menu or simply targets for bored hunters. Who ever would have dreamed, even just 40 years ago, that Wild Turkeys would return in the numbers that they have?

  • @DalomarGrimm
    @DalomarGrimm 5 років тому +1

    So glad to see culinary history in action. Your videos always inspire!

  • @PeteZa92
    @PeteZa92 5 років тому +29

    3:17 "What you don't want is a red delicious apple."
    Let's just stop there. You just don't want these in general .....bleh

    • @nunyabizness199
      @nunyabizness199 3 роки тому

      I dont know where you folks are getting yours, but they are fine here in Oregon.

  • @theyexpectsomeone
    @theyexpectsomeone 4 роки тому +6

    For a 7-year-old video, this is some great quality.

  • @tubularbill
    @tubularbill 5 років тому

    One of my fav episodes of the series.

  • @michaelpriest6242
    @michaelpriest6242 2 роки тому

    Mr. Townsend eats like a king. And, because he prepares the food himself, he deserves it.

  • @jamestown8398
    @jamestown8398 7 років тому +22

    I wish passenger pidgins weren't extinct.

    • @Bayan1905
      @Bayan1905 5 років тому +3

      If you live in a place where dove hunting is legal, they're very much the same. Other things like grouse would work too.

    • @ewellford
      @ewellford 5 років тому +2

      You could also use quail or squab. Cornish Game Hens are readily available in most supermarkets, but you should know that they are neither from Cornwall nor game birds, just cleverly marketed juvenile chickens.

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 4 роки тому

      Kentucky Fried Passenger Pigeon...it's finger lickin' good!

  • @CarterWHern
    @CarterWHern 8 років тому +25

    how did you get the pie out of the dutch oven?

  • @giftedformula507
    @giftedformula507 4 роки тому +2

    I think I'm going to try making a meat pie next time the husband and I go camping! Looks really good, especially the one baked in the Dutch Oven!

  • @VIPER03100
    @VIPER03100 4 роки тому

    Thank you sir for another perfect cooking recepie. And a big thanks for keeping history alive.

  • @tommiturmiola3682
    @tommiturmiola3682 7 років тому +5

    This video reminded me of a Finnish food called "Kalakukko". Although the name suggests that it contains fish the variation containing pork and potatoes is also common. And since this type of food is known to be older than potato in Europe i suspect that Rutabaga would be more traditional filling. Also, "kalakukko" was used as a travel food as it stays long if left unopened. AFAIK these things were sold for trading ships but i don't think these stay as long as dried bread.

    • @townsends
      @townsends  7 років тому

      Interesting, I will have to look that one up. Thanks!

    • @tommiturmiola3682
      @tommiturmiola3682 7 років тому

      Embarrassingly i forgot to mention that the whole thing is made of rye flour. Kind of important detail...

    • @davidsilva-kn9kw
      @davidsilva-kn9kw 7 років тому

      Tommi Turmiola vex

    • @1mikew1
      @1mikew1 7 років тому

      Tommi Turmiol

  • @ThePayola123
    @ThePayola123 7 років тому +86

    OMG...This is Hobbit's Food.

  • @Fazeshyft
    @Fazeshyft 4 роки тому

    Where have you guys been my whole life? Incredible.

  • @jessicamoores181
    @jessicamoores181 4 роки тому +1

    Always Delightful!!! I Enjoy Every Single Video!!! Thank You💓