The Poor Man's Christmas Feast
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- Опубліковано 23 гру 2023
- This episode looks into the food that was available to poor folks for Christmas. There were so many different customs for this time of year, with folks celebrating and others choosing to abstain. We cover the five types of celebration and the folks who were taking part.
Merry Christmas.
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This is better than the history channel nowadays
History channel has been a sad mess for quite a while.
"Aliens"
It's too generous to call them the "History channel" considering they turned into just another "Reality TV" channel
History Channel hasn't been about actual history for a good 15+ years, sadly.
Agreed .
I love this channel. I'll be roasting a chicken given to me by charity. I'll have canned veg with a little butter and maybe baked potato. No pies or pudding but I have a corn muffin mix and canned pumpkin that I'll make into a small cake. A little tobacco and I still have a bit of coffee. It may not sound like much but I'm old and alone and content with what I have along with a cartload of gratitude for the generosity of others.
Have a very Happy Christmas everyone.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year to You.
You are far richer than most, because you carry joy and gratitude in your heart. A very Merry Christmas to you.🎄
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Merry Christmas, hopefully someone will drop in and say hi and you won't be completely alone.
Parliament in 1647 tried to ban Christmas. Folks in Canterberry really lost it when the city council tried to ban it, the rioters took over the city council, and troops had to be called in to put down the riots. I also seem to remember that an enterprising fellow, perhaps a publican, gave out free ale to anyone that put a holly bush outside their front door. All of this is in the background for the beginning of the 2nd English Civil War.
I read that years ago, and probably forgotten....wasn't the Official idea that the poor spent too much of their money in "riotus celebrations"?
Anglican psychosis knows no bounds.
Thanks I didn't know that one.
@@derfroschprinzausbayern Yes. Certainly were the Puritans trying to get rid.of Christmas. The Puritans (round heads) were also republicans while many of the Anglicans were Royalists. So there is that element as well.
@@ManiusCuriusDenatusIsn't it easier to just blame the convenators for everything 😂
I'm not particularly religious, but growing up I've always fondly remembered Christmastime that I had with my parents who are gone now. Not being originally from the US my parents adopted all of the American traditions maybe as a way to give thanks to a country that gave them a better life.
Merry Christmas to everyone!
That's so wholesome :) Merry Christmas 🎅 😊
Thanks big man you too ❤
That's amazing but I hope your parents showed you the tradition of there originally country
@jeffchen1931, Merry Christmas to you as well.
Merry Christmas to you too.
This year is actually the first Christmas I'll spend at work, can't beat a little Overtime pay, but at the end of the day, I'll be able to come home, watch football and enjoy the evening with my parents.
It restores my faith in humanity when I see people helping people less fortunate!
Christ Mass, a time for giving
You are so right. It's just as important to help all year long. Very much appreciated.
Seeing how abominable we are, and how next to judgement we must be, there is nothing that can restore my faith in mankind. May folks repent before it is everlasting too late.
@@WalksandAllSolstice, also a time of giving. But hey, that’s before Christianity was legalized in Rome.
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In Poland, our ancestors passed down one of the poorest and most delicious of Christmas foods, the pierogi. You pronounce pierogi kind of like "Pew Dough Gee", because you roll the "r". It's funny that even Google gets this wrong as it says "Per Oh Gee", as do a lot of packages on the store shelves, lol! It's basically a buttery noodle stuffed with mashed potatoes, cheese or even sauerkraut ("Kapusta"), then it is boiled just until it floats, then served hot that way, or even better... fried in more butter until crispy in a skillet! It's great for breakfast the next morning! Many Polish didn't eat red meat or foul on Christmas Eve, only fish is eaten but not in the pierogies, more likely on the side on crackers, smoked or baked to eat in addition to the perogies. Thank you for all of your history lessons John and a very Merry Christmas to you all!
Thank you for sharing that! ❤️
I was so lucky to have the pierogi making tradition handed down. We are having them tonight. Kapusta is my favorite one! Have a merry and safe one!
The pronunciation may well be because of the presumably related Russian 'perozhky' which is meat or cabbage in a dough wrap , deep fried.
It is actually pronounced like this - Pierre (french name) + o (flat, not like oh) + ghee (like that clarified butter).
Cheers.
@@misterkefir Yep, that's good too but you gotta roll that 'r' baby
My Scottish ancestors came here during the 18th century, before the Revolutionary War. It is interesting to have this connection to how they might have celebrated during that time.
"God bless us, every one." - Tiny Tim
I'm an atheist and I love Christmas. I love the tradition, songs, carols, decorations etc. 🧑🎄🎄🥰
Merry Christmas to one and all. 🥰
See, cultural appropriation isn't always bad;). Share the joy and have a Merry Christmas;).
Happy Christmas to you 🎅
As another atheist (in the Southern part of the world even) Merry Christmas to one and all!
It's really not a Christian holiday so every atheists should actually be celebrating it...
agnostic and I really enjoy xmas and halloween. two holidays I can get behind.
Little known fact: the Scotch-Irish tradition of “wrassling” on Christmas is what inspired the feats of strength tradition for Festivus.
I love that Festivus has lore now. 😊
What Scots-Irish tradition gets us the Pole?
@@chipcook5346 Probably the caber toss.
@@lrsivthe people of Scotland aren’t known as Scotch, they are either Scots or Scottish. The word Scotch in Scotland usually isn’t actually used in relation to anything Scottish. We always refer to the drink as Whisky (if it’s not a Scottish Whisky it’ll be referred to as an Irish Whiskey or Japanese Whiskey etc). Scotch eggs aren’t Scottish neither is Scotch tape nor Scotch spray for waterproofing purposes.
Essentially Scotch isn’t a word that Scottish people associate with either themselves or their country but they do know that many from around the world do make this association and as such will just make the request that it is used only in conjunction with things and not people.
@@lynnejamieson2063 The term “Scotch-Irish” is more popular in the US than “Scots-Irish,” and most people I know of that heritage actually use the former. At least when pronounced in conversation, there is little distinction between the two. 😁
A Quaker Christmas involved a family and friends evening of Vegetable Soup, Bread, and preserved fruit dessert like canned apples or Mincemeat Pie.
Reflective conversations on the year behind and the year ahead.
As a non-Quaker myself, I really enjoyed the spiritual energy.
Quakers were largely very wealthy business people in the Philadelphia area during my youth.
My Irish grandmother used to make plum pudding at Christmas until she figured out we only wanted the hard sauce. 😂 So the last time she made the pudding because the one uncle who liked it asked for it, we grandchildren got a small saucer of hard sauce with a spoon. Great memory.
Christmas for us has always been about church and family. The family is smaller these days and fewer go to church but family time with good food is still the theme for Christmas.
Thanks to the Scots-Irish for bringing some excitement to the Christmas celebration.
I've seen analysis suggesting that the Irish were a strong plurality, if not the majority, of the Continental Army as they had no qualms about fighting the British.
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They were no slouches, as they brought Halloween, too
And the Dutch - my kind of people lol
My ancestors! Lol! Refugees from the high taxes on dissenters.
"Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?"--Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
‘If they would rather die, they’d better do it, and decrease the surplus population‘ -Scrooge.
The origins of charity at Christmas comes from the medieval era in England when Christmas was celebrated with 12 days of meals, celebration and rest. Christmas Day actually being the start of it rather than the end. One of those being St. Thomas's Day, where very poor people or "Thomas' " would go around to better off houses begging for extra flour or fruit or the like to feed themselves over the holidays and it was considered Christian duty to give them something.
Probally kept them from starving.
The 12 days of Christmas come from the schism between the Catholic church that occurred in 1045(?)
They couldn't agree which was the correct day to be worshiped because Saturnslias day was on the 25th and another god's day was on the 6th... And So after bitter warring within the church, they split and formed Catholic and orthodox.
Hence the 12 days of Christmas
@@flamingpieherman9822 Bro that’s a different calendar issue that would be screamed about hundreds of years later, Christmas was also celebrated before Aurelius even existed to do anything with 25th of December.
@@bigchungus5065 I know it existed prior to Aurelius. But Constantine was the one who created the universal or as we know it Catholic church. Basically bringing pagan philosophy and Christian belief together in a hybrid religion... Worshiping the sun actually became worshiping The son of God...
Even Jeremiah spoke of those who worship the tree and decorated it with gold and silver..... There has always been the worship of the creation rather than the creator.
However, in doing the research that original schism in the church created two separate days on which they celebrated... And that one has held through till today. The schism wasn't just over this. This something that resulted from the schism... Schism was very political and the control from the popes over certain regions was very strong.
@derfroschprinzausbayern ... we were never called to, nor required to , " Celebrate " the Birth of Jesus ... unlike with His Death and Resurrection. ...Jesus was not actually born on December 25th anyway... a date ' chosen " because it was a " prettier time of Year ", depending on if one lived where it snowed, etc. .. ; Jesus' Birthdate was most likely in the Autumn Months, sometime between September 10th and November 12th. ... as a lot of research has been done on this Debate. .. I've researched it as well. Christmas became sonething other than what it's original Intentions might have been, ....saddening. really.
My family has a long Quaker lineage (although we are almost all atheist/agnostic over the last few generations) but it makes sense now why we had no real family Christmas traditions! We just treat it like any other day or take the time off to have a meal all together.
I hope everyone who partakes has a lovely Christmas this year. ❤
Merry Christmas! Thank you for making the internet a more fascinating place!
Here in the northeast.. the Puritans would hire what's called a "mince sniffer"..LOL... to walk through the town to sniff out Christmas cooking. There was a punishment if you were found celebrating.
Paid town snitch.
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Loads of fun they were
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As a retired Corrections Officer, on Christmas Day in our facility, the inmates would always get roasted turkey meat from real, roasted turkeys from that day and also a large dish of peppers and pickles.
Peppers?? Like not stuffing or mashed potatoes??
I imagine they got potatoes and bread all the time. Roasted peppers and pickles would be a taste treat.
@@mellie4174why would stuffing and mashed potatoes be mandatory??
@@maddieb.4282Very bland, very easy food to make institutionally. Packet potatoes made from flour, packet stuffing made from breadcrumbs, would be standard Thanksgiving and Christmas fare. Nice, but bland, like most other prison food. Pickles and roast peppers? Something with flavor, that is salty and sour and sweet? That's a treat.
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While I generally have enough to live on, I'm what would many would consider poor. Today I'm planning on spending extra for a little Christmas feast, and it's really amazing to me that my planned dishes line up almost perfectly with the dishes listed here. The "finest" cheese (not actually the finest, but I don't splurge on even a cheap brie and manchego any other time of the year), mince pies (butter is hella pricy here, so the price of butter alone makes pies a special item), roasted meat (actually grilled chicken and sausage, as a quasi vegetarian I'd just as soon go without meat but the rest of my family would hate me). I don't plan on a boiled pudding, but I was thinking about making a fruit cake. Also, it wouldn't be Christmas without some sugar cookies!
Don't forget the candy canes and the hot chocolate
I live in England, and always have done, as have many generations before me. However, I had ancestors emigrate to America, specifically to Plymouth.
I thoroughly enjoy the documentary on this channel of the time period, as it really helps me consider and imagine what my ancestors may have experienced all those years ago.
Although they travelled long before 1800 (I don't know the exact year, but my understanding is that it was on one of the Mayflower crossings), it still gives me a feeling of place and belonging to know what they may have experienced.
Merry Christmas to you all at the homestead.
Our Christmas tradition, depending on how successful hunting season is, a venison meat pie is made. This year was good, so a venison meat pie it is! I will roast a turkey for New Year's.
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And Happy Kwanzaa!
The format is great. Social history through food 😂.
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In 1840, the young Queen Victoria married the German Prince Albert, who introduced many of the Christmas traditions he had enjoyed as a child when he came to live in England. Also, this holiday was taken from the pagans. Winter equinox aka Yule was the celebration of the SUN not the SON. Also, in Appalachia it is old christmas and new christmas. New christmas is celebrated on Dec 25th.
And old Christmas was January 6 . I’m from Appalachia .
Thank you for a fine overview of Christmas in 'your time period.'
episode idea. Perhaps you could do an episode about what kind of taxes early Americans paid? Tax collection has evolved to take many forms over the years..A good example is the type of beer called Gruit .
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Lewis and Clark began their journey from Camp Dubois (also known as Camp Wood) on the Wood River Creek very close to where I live in southwestern Illinois near St. Louis, Missouri.
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In England it was (and still is) strictly forbidden to shoot on Christmas, Easter, Good Friday, or Sundays, the idea being not just that these were days of rest but also that gentlemen shouldn’t shoot while people were travelling on foot to church and back. (Keeping in mind that before the mid-19th century only wealthy landowners and their guests were allowed to shoot game). Since most parishes had morning and evening services, the prohibition lasted all day long.
Interesting how the NE colonies/States had people still wanting to celebrate Christmas. Coming from East Anglia, Calvinism would predominate but Lincolnshire had a strong Catholic tradition too and would have explained why many in the NE still wanted to celebrate Christmas.
My preference would be for the celebration of the Anglican or the devout Catholic (as opposed to the Scots Irish, for whom it was a more raucous affair, or the miseryguts Puritans out to ban it).
Merry Christmas everyone.🌲
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Very fascinating to see how it was long ago, in North America for Christmas celebrations. Thanks for the great content. Hope you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Cheers!
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One of the strangest things i experienced about Christmas after moving to ireland is the "mince" pies. I always wondered why they're called as such because they contain no meat in them.
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Merry Christmas! Thank you for the feast!
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I adore your channel - thank you so much for everything you do! Have a happy holiday and remember to savor the flavors and aromas of the 18th century
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Love what you are doing! Been watching your shows for quite a long time and they leave me wanting more. Love to watch the meals you cook up from that time. Keep up the excellent work!!!
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The Corp of Discovery fascinates me - thanks for including them! Great episode. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
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Merry Christmas Townsends. I just rewatched Jon's recital of Charles Dicken's, The Christmas Carol. It was wonderful. Jon is a great reader. Thank you for keeping the old videos and streams available.
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Thank you so much for this insight into history. It honestly kind of put me in the spirit of Christmas, which I didn't expect. Personally, your warmth and that of those you share with your audience is always pleasant, and your enthusiasm for these stories is infectious. Merry Christmas ❤
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