I'll say it time and time again that these videos from Jamie's Italy are the best on this channel. There is something raw about them, something almost "unprofessional" where you know that all this is about is the food.
Well Arabs yes, and many Berbers were hired in their troops but Norsemen conquered Sicily about 1100 and then it was never conquered again by mideast powers so it never happened any Othmans domination sorry. Tunisian pirates were under control by Turkish Empire but they this fact not apport any subsequent influence to Sicily culture as their presence on island was limited to disembark and plunder villages. after 1200/1300 there were no any further serious contacts as Arab real domination, except commerce.
I meant to imply that couscous may have originated with the Ottomans but it's possible the dish made its way from the provinces (ie northern africa) back to the heart of the Ottoman empire. It is interesting about the invasions post-1100 as I hadnt realized under whose influence Sicily fell. I had thought there were Ottoman invasions into the 1500s-ish, and was familiar with commercial exchanges and also linguistic influences because there are some Arabic or possibly Berber loan words in Sicilian. THe history is so interesting and clearly not well enough understood by outsiders
No dude couscous is not originated with the Ottomans ... " The origin of couscous is uncertain. Lucie Bolens affirms that Berbers were preparing couscous as early as 238 to 149 BC, describing primitive couscous pots found in tombs dating back to the reign of the Berber King Massinissa. Nevertheless, Charles Perry states that couscous originated between the end of the Zirid dynasty and the rise of the Almohadian dynasty between the eleventh and the thirteenth centuries. The remains of the first vessels in the Tiaret region where cooking tools dating from the ninth century have been discovered, very strongly resemble the primary tool for cooking couscous. " It may have originated with Numidians, Zirid dynasty or the Almohadian dynasty, the only certitude is that it was before the came of ottomans to North Africa.
Thank you Jamie! Me as italian Iam so gratefull to you. You are showing that italians aren't only mafia football and corruptions. Italian are also simply and genuine peolpe with tasting recipe to share with love.
Io sn italiana! Grazie jamie perché apprezzi la nostra cucina e le nostre tradizioni e la mostri a tutto il mondo..ti seguo sempre perché sei il mio chef preferito! Grazie!
It might sound weird but this video has given me quiet a lot of confidence in matters of trust in humans .. Magnificent to see their hospitality. I think I need to experience something like this in real life as well :)
I had similar experience when I was in Napoli in 2017. I got a bit lost searching for gelatto in the evening, went inside a cafe to ask for direction, 2 young couples decided to give me a ride back to my hotel. Yes, it was Napoli, people said it's dangerous place, but since there were 2 of the young wife in the car, I felt OK. During my travel all over in Turkey last summer, I met so many kind, hard working locals who went out of their way to help me with direction. A mother told her 2 sons to help me with my luggage late at night to find my hotel near by in Pamukkali, near the White Castle. In Istanbul, a little market owner send his son to walk with me to find my hotel, they hardly speak English, but I shown them my hotel address. So there are kind people around, especially outside the big cities.
One of the best, most informative episodes to date. Thanks for posting. Btw, I love the look on the guys face at 4:33. It's like "Who was that, and wtf just happened?"
I think it's his natural hair colour when he was young. It's not unusual at all for caucasians to change hair or, I've been told, even eye colour as they age.
that almost made me cry......my parents are from Sicily.....he made couscous with that nice lady.....she welcomed him into her home....and he ate with them....so nice
I would love to live in Italy for a while just to experience, as you perfectly phrased it, the time and no rush nature they have. It must be the most relaxing place on Earth
AWWW this was sweet. it's amazing to watch something like this, i can't believe how much we actually take for granted, who really would have the time do that couscous if we can buy it? i really appreciate this more now, awesome series!
Jamie! you've never seen a couscous made by semolina? you really need to come to Morocco as soon as possible we made a couscous dish this way every Friday for centuries! Love your videos, cheers from Morocco!
Hi Jamie,I'm Sicilian and I live in Trapani. Cous cous is really fantastic but you have eat just fish cous cous , in Trapani there is also cups cous with chicken and broccoli , with fave and pork, with vegetables stewed , with meat stewed or with peas , calamari and cuttlefish
My dream...top of my bucket list is to go to Italy and have a grandmother teach me to cook REAL Italian. I do a decent job of Americanized Italian, but I want the real thing. Fantastic, Jamie! Hugs.
In the past. The more gadgets nowadays does not make a better cook. I think peoples insecurity have them to show off , that is why castles were built, got to keep up with the Jones...
Actually couscous is originally from tunisia and if you searc hhh it you will know that each country has her own way, and it s really unique, my favorite is with fish. You should try that.
@@Imaneimane-ke7cv Sicily has historically been the whore of the Mediterranean, everyone has conquered it so it has had many influences from different peoples
Lovely Nonna!! Bravo bravo. I love sicilian cous cous. I'm sicilian and we a have a long time tradition to make cous cous, expecially fish cous cous. So yummy and delicious
Italy is certainly one of my favourite places to visit what with the friendly people, delicious food and wonderful history. Jamie has really encapsulated all that in that series of his. I just wished he did more of these type of travel cooking series nowadays *hint! hint!*
Not sure if you will get to see my comment but I remember watching some of your shows here in mexico when i was just a kid. I guess you were one of my first inspirations to get me into the kitchen and cooking. I started my own cooking blog about a year ago and have had great response from friends and some random people. I'm starting cooking videos soon. Hope they are as good as yours. These unseen videos are amazing thanks for sharring. I would be more than happy to show you some mexican food when you get to come to Mexico. It would be cool and an honor. Food tube rocks!
wow i shouldve done something like this when i turned 30 in march maybe 40 but i am so gonna make my own couc cous now ibet it is 10 times yummier than the boxed!! gotta love the italians molto bene!!
Couscous is an Arabic food that the Italians took, and precisely Sicilia, during the era of Muslim occupation, and because they perform them in a wonderful way.🇩🇿
What a warm hospitality^^ But origonally, Couscous is a North African Berber dish. Google "cuisine tunisienne" Jamie, you might discover some new culinary culture!
because sicily is a blend of many cultures, it used to be an important place between different places and cultures, so they have a little bit of everything, both architecture and food reflects their jumbled history.
italian hospitality at its finest. you can just ask some random person and they will happily cook with you :)
The cous cous' beauty is only surpassed by Jamie's hair. What a blast from the past.
Jamie as always u deliver!! But the real star was that beautiful lady who just was so warm and loving and kind ... Warms the cockles of the heart x
I'll say it time and time again that these videos from Jamie's Italy are the best on this channel. There is something raw about them, something almost "unprofessional" where you know that all this is about is the food.
Glad to see a Tunisian Couscous made in Italy. one of the most delicious Amazigh plates ever.
Yes, couscous in Sicily is a legacy of arab domination.
Ottoman, Arabic, and Berber (which is really Amazigh)
Well Arabs yes, and many Berbers were hired in their troops but Norsemen conquered Sicily about 1100 and then it was never conquered again by mideast powers so it never happened any Othmans domination sorry. Tunisian pirates were under control by Turkish Empire but they this fact not apport any subsequent influence to Sicily culture as their presence on island was limited to disembark and plunder villages. after 1200/1300 there were no any further serious contacts as Arab real domination, except commerce.
I meant to imply that couscous may have originated with the Ottomans but it's possible the dish made its way from the provinces (ie northern africa) back to the heart of the Ottoman empire. It is interesting about the invasions post-1100 as I hadnt realized under whose influence Sicily fell. I had thought there were Ottoman invasions into the 1500s-ish, and was familiar with commercial exchanges and also linguistic influences because there are some Arabic or possibly Berber loan words in Sicilian. THe history is so interesting and clearly not well enough understood by outsiders
No dude couscous is not originated with the Ottomans ...
" The origin of couscous is uncertain. Lucie Bolens affirms that Berbers were preparing couscous as early as 238 to 149 BC, describing primitive couscous pots found in tombs dating back to the reign of the Berber King Massinissa. Nevertheless, Charles Perry states that couscous originated between the end of the Zirid dynasty and the rise of the Almohadian dynasty between the eleventh and the thirteenth centuries. The remains of the first vessels in the Tiaret region where cooking tools dating from the ninth century have been discovered, very strongly resemble the primary tool for cooking couscous. "
It may have originated with Numidians, Zirid dynasty or the Almohadian dynasty, the only certitude is that it was before the came of ottomans to North Africa.
I loved this episode. The loving hospitality of the people and the sharing of how they themselves cook to their authenticity.
Jamie is wonderful, his enthusiasm is wonderful, makes me want to cook forever!!!!
Thank you Jamie! Me as italian Iam so gratefull to you. You are showing that italians aren't only mafia football and corruptions. Italian are also simply and genuine peolpe with tasting recipe to share with love.
Wicked series! Love these unseen bits! :)
totally agree. why was all these unseen when they could have put it all in a premium pack or something
yeah! why are they even unseen??? they are so cool. why leave the good stuff out?
***** Keep them coming, they are great. Specially the grandma bits where they share their love by cooking some hearty, rich and healty meal.
Donal! I'm a fan of yours. Thanks for your videos. Greetings from Mexico.
Mauricio Martinez where in Mexico paisano? I'm from Querétaro.
Io sn italiana! Grazie jamie perché apprezzi la nostra cucina e le nostre tradizioni e la mostri a tutto il mondo..ti seguo sempre perché sei il mio chef preferito! Grazie!
Couscous is original for amazigh north africain
maybe that's the reason people live so long there.
we forget to take the time to do things anymore.
ty for the video.
It might sound weird but this video has given me quiet a lot of confidence in matters of trust in humans .. Magnificent to see their hospitality. I think I need to experience something like this in real life as well :)
Ferdinand ....dude...they were getting paid
I had similar experience when I was in Napoli in 2017. I got a bit lost searching for gelatto in the evening, went inside a cafe to ask for direction, 2 young couples decided to give me a ride back to my hotel. Yes, it was Napoli, people said it's dangerous place, but since there were 2 of the young wife in the car, I felt OK.
During my travel all over in Turkey last summer, I met so many kind, hard working locals who went out of their way to help me with direction. A mother told her 2 sons to help me with my luggage late at night to find my hotel near by in Pamukkali, near the White Castle. In Istanbul, a little market owner send his son to walk with me to find my hotel, they hardly speak English, but I shown them my hotel address. So there are kind people around, especially outside the big cities.
Such warm and welcoming people, beautiful :)
Such a beautiful thing! I can't imagine just asking some random person to cook with me. I would be way too shy, but this is so neat!
One of the best, most informative episodes to date. Thanks for posting.
Btw, I love the look on the guys face at 4:33. It's like "Who was that, and wtf just happened?"
That's what I was just thinking!
Im part Italian American and I always wondered about couscous in Italy so this solves a mystery for me. What a nice family, too
Back when Jamie was young and rebellious and decided to get blonde highlights in his hair.
I think it's his natural hair colour when he was young. It's not unusual at all for caucasians to change hair or, I've been told, even eye colour as they age.
Maurice K I was joking XD
Aah, my bad I didnt notice lol
Maurice K true, mine changed quite a bit. people always ask me if I've dyed my hair... my grandma still believes I did. Akward lol
that almost made me cry......my parents are from Sicily.....he made couscous with that nice lady.....she welcomed him into her home....and he ate with them....so nice
I would love to live in Italy for a while just to experience, as you perfectly phrased it, the time and no rush nature they have. It must be the most relaxing place on Earth
This honestly is one of the most incredible video recipes I've ever seen! I don't know how I imagined couscous was done but I'm certainly amazed!
Italy is like the capital of slow food. It's a beautiful thing.
AWWW this was sweet. it's amazing to watch something like this, i can't believe how much we actually take for granted, who really would have the time do that couscous if we can buy it? i really appreciate this more now, awesome series!
Sicilian people are just lovely!!
So awesome to see these old, unseen clips! Please keep them coming!
Jamie! you've never seen a couscous made by semolina? you really need to come to Morocco as soon as possible we made a couscous dish this way every Friday for centuries! Love your videos, cheers from Morocco!
I miss Italy! This video brought back such wonderful memories of the most delicious food and the laid back life..............TFS
Hi Jamie,I'm Sicilian and I live in Trapani. Cous cous is really fantastic but you have eat just fish cous cous , in Trapani there is also cups cous with chicken and broccoli , with fave and pork, with vegetables stewed , with meat stewed or with peas , calamari and cuttlefish
Really love these recipes from Italy, so simple and they look amazing! More if you can
My dream...top of my bucket list is to go to Italy and have a grandmother teach me to cook REAL Italian. I do a decent job of Americanized Italian, but I want the real thing. Fantastic, Jamie! Hugs.
Love seeing these old clips! Cheers Jamie x
Tell me why my wife needs a $30000 kitchen reno, when this lady seems to manage fine with a camping range.
LOOOL
well, you can also cook your own food, LOL
😅🤣😅🤣😅🤣😅
In France people cook outstanding meal without an oven and two burners on corner kitchen counters.
In the past.
The more gadgets nowadays does not make a better cook.
I think peoples insecurity have them to show off , that is why castles were built, got to keep up with the Jones...
We know he's much older, family and business etc.. but this authenticity is what people want.
Awesome episode! Italian culture seems so chill.
Gonna have to try this at some point!
what a beauty of a slow life!
Actually couscous is originally from tunisia and if you searc hhh it you will know that each country has her own way, and it s really unique, my favorite is with fish. You should try that.
Not just tunisia, it is also algerian and morocan
@@lilyoyo77 but not Italian
@@Imaneimane-ke7cv Sicily has historically been the whore of the Mediterranean, everyone has conquered it so it has had many influences from different peoples
more of this , this was awesome to watch i love when the old gen shares there recipes
how not to love Italy?? lovely generous people, cooking simple yet delicious food. so much to learn with them :)
Mesmerizing!! I loved it. I could almost taste it!!!
Lovely Nonna!! Bravo bravo. I love sicilian cous cous. I'm sicilian and we a have a long time tradition to make cous cous, expecially fish cous cous. So yummy and delicious
That was awesome to watch omg plz show more of u in Italy
Such wonderful welcoming people.
Mr. Oliver. Best recipe for couscous I've seen in years. Amazing love in that dish. Blessings ChefMike
Crazy this didn't make the series, glad to see it here on food tube :)
That was a beautiful thing. I've dreamt of having that experience all my life. Good on you.
Italy is certainly one of my favourite places to visit what with the friendly people, delicious food and wonderful history. Jamie has really encapsulated all that in that series of his. I just wished he did more of these type of travel cooking series nowadays *hint! hint!*
Jamie is the KING👌👌👌👍👍👍viva mama
fantastic! more recipes where previous generation share their food skills and knowledge.
What lovely people, so generous :)
I'm like you! I love seeing the way to make things from the beginning.
What an awesome experience!
I love the old clips!
Jamie's Italian restaurants are my favourite restaurants
i just made boxed couscous for dinner last week and was wondering how its made! thanks for the enlightenment!
Looks delicious and yummy thanks for sharing senior
Grandi ragazzi! Great guys!
The Couscous ... the house ... the table .... the streets ...
It is like you are in Tunisia !!!
Nice episode Jamie! For those who mix things up, couscous is generally a north African dish nd mainly an authentic, traditional Moroccan one!
Not sure if you will get to see my comment but I remember watching some of your shows here in mexico when i was just a kid. I guess you were one of my first inspirations to get me into the kitchen and cooking. I started my own cooking blog about a year ago and have had great response from friends and some random people. I'm starting cooking videos soon. Hope they are as good as yours.
These unseen videos are amazing thanks for sharring. I would be more than happy to show you some mexican food when you get to come to Mexico. It would be cool and an honor.
Food tube rocks!
Congrats Jamie on winning the fight against McDonalds' burgers... more power to you
That was a great little bit. Imagine, a guy takes you to mom's house so she will cook with you. Fantastic!
How awesome! Love it! More videos like this :)))
Wow this is awesome
More please, I loved this series :)
Che mi fa piacere ascoltare il dialetto sicilianù ♥️
This is just amazing!
wow i shouldve done something like this when i turned 30 in march maybe 40 but i am so gonna make my own couc cous now ibet it is 10 times yummier than the boxed!! gotta love the italians molto bene!!
Love love love love love!
we cook it exactly the same way in Tunisia, and my grandmother used to prepare it from semolina
Damn Jamie, what an awesome and true experience
oooohhh the highlights hahahaha, great video Jamie.
cool to see that side of the world
IDDHRU 'MPUCCIAU LU COUSCOUS! Fantastica :D
Really friendly people there! :)
Italians like me are very very nice and friendly People :) i love jamie cause he loves our traditions and recipes :)
Aww, she treated him like a son.
Awesome!
loved it
Génial !
incredible.. wish i knew that lady
Amazing, much better than the store brought crap.
Love her so much!
One of my wishes! Go to italy, meet a "mama" and cook/eat her recipes
My mom makes cous cous like that I've never seen anyone else do it this way before now!
Is there a consolidated DVD/Blu ray/File of all of Jamie Oliver?
Beautiful
Love the hair
oooh my my!!
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very sweet video!
This is very close to tunisian couscous actually!
4:15 YES YES YES PEPERONI
Couscous is an Arabic food that the Italians took, and precisely Sicilia, during the era of Muslim occupation, and because they perform them in a wonderful way.🇩🇿
What a warm hospitality^^
But origonally, Couscous is a North African Berber dish.
Google "cuisine tunisienne" Jamie, you might discover some new culinary culture!
because sicily is a blend of many cultures, it used to be an important place between different places and cultures, so they have a little bit of everything, both architecture and food reflects their jumbled history.
those italian moms are the real deal
wow i'd love to eat with italians!
I love couscous 😋
You should Try the tunisian couscous it's so yummy and by the way couscous in general is a north africain traditional food ;)
That's actually why I came to the comments - to say just that. Still, there's obviously at least a /little/ Berber influence there
1:41 «Iđđu u mmucciau u cussu scussu» «Ah brau, brau» 😂😂😂 Sicilian language
Couscous is for original amazigh north africain
What is the best way to discover homemade food while traveling?
This is TUNISIAN couscous, because evn Moroccan and Algerian they dont do it mixed with Sauce so only Tunisian ;)
“Buono da mangiare.” 👍