How the South tried to redefine itself with peaches

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  • Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
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  • @dancesinblood
    @dancesinblood 4 роки тому +1462

    "The main street in Atlanta is Peachtree Street" is quite the understatement. You can stand at the intersection of Peachtree Street, West Peachtree Street, and Peachtree Road. And from that intersection you can see Peachtree Circle entering onto Peachtree Road. And that is far from the only time you can stand on the corner of Peachtree and Peachtree
    It's absolutely nuts

    • @scienceguy8
      @scienceguy8 4 роки тому +48

      Doesn't one of those roads then carry on south, about a 30 minute or so drive, to Peachtree City, Georgia? My current residence and home to a staggering number of golf carts thanks to a parallel golf cart trail network?

    • @notsurt
      @notsurt 4 роки тому +68

      I think you mean: "It's absolutely peachy."

    • @JustOneAsbesto
      @JustOneAsbesto 4 роки тому +17

      That's awesome. I used to live near the intersection of Chestnut Park, Chestnut Park, and Chestnut Park. Which was just two blocks from Cluny Avenue and Cluny Drive.

    • @manasim.9936
      @manasim.9936 4 роки тому +14

      How does one not get lost

    • @seauwn
      @seauwn 4 роки тому +28

      @@manasim.9936 You can't not get lost in Atlanta. No one who goes in ever comes out due to the mess of Peachtrees

  • @jfat4
    @jfat4 4 роки тому +3092

    "Peaches of course are native to China"
    Yes... Of course... Everyone knows that...

    • @34cvc
      @34cvc 4 роки тому +237

      Many fruits we eat regularly now originate from china

    • @barbutahelmet8966
      @barbutahelmet8966 4 роки тому +183

      @@34cvc I mean, 50% of all agricultural plants are from Southeast Asia, so

    • @euminkong
      @euminkong 4 роки тому +30

      Almonds are peach seeds my dad said. Was he right?

    • @jasonzurlo1543
      @jasonzurlo1543 4 роки тому +25

      Kung fu panda taught me that

    • @user-cy6mk6wy8e
      @user-cy6mk6wy8e 4 роки тому +92

      Other fruits native to China include apples, oranges, kiwi, and persimmon.

  • @fiatlux8828
    @fiatlux8828 4 роки тому +1300

    I live in California and I grow peaches in my yard, as well as oranges, lemons, limes, passionfruit, avocado, figs, grapes, and apples. No joke. The climate is amazing here for gardening.

    • @peaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
      @peaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 4 роки тому +64

      FiatLux i grew up in california and my dad grew avocados, oranges, bananas, apples, squash, corn, lemons and limes, peaches, guava and so much more. i miss my home state!

    • @rosezingleman5007
      @rosezingleman5007 4 роки тому +18

      pris diaz Me too. A third of an acre in San Gabriel and 9 fruit trees. Including a peach tree.

    • @MrClean-ep7uc
      @MrClean-ep7uc 4 роки тому +13

      citrus trees are really big in the bay area(east/north/south bay). Pretty much anything not too close to the coast

    • @armandoguillen8101
      @armandoguillen8101 4 роки тому +11

      I’m from California and got stationed in Warner Robins GA, 20 min away from Macon. And you can’t even plant flowers, they burn up and die in a week. If you don’t water your lawn twice a day it will turn brown and die. I miss California so much.

    • @yupitsme3791
      @yupitsme3791 4 роки тому +3

      :0 you're sooo lucky

  • @iKhanKing
    @iKhanKing 4 роки тому +545

    "The main street in Atlanta is called Peachstree St"
    So are all the other street's in Atlanta. It gets genuinely confusing to drive around

    • @DMichigan
      @DMichigan 4 роки тому +11

      I remember the Peachtree hotel too.

    • @benjamingeiger
      @benjamingeiger 4 роки тому +15

      "Y'all are like a damned compass near north!" - Robin Williams

    • @ryokuame
      @ryokuame 4 роки тому +7

      the level of creativity in their street names is shocking. I should know because within 2 miles of my house there are 2 streets that start with “Peachtree”

    • @danemiller7492
      @danemiller7492 3 роки тому +5

      There are 15 streets named Peachtree st. and countless place, drive, road, circle

    • @thepestilence5796
      @thepestilence5796 3 роки тому +1

      i used to live in georgia for 5-6 years and I havnt seen a single peach in the farms i visited or grocery stores. It just toilet paper and blueberries

  • @KeithShelley1
    @KeithShelley1 4 роки тому +1217

    I really appreciate how your channel is a blend of cooking and journalism videos and how both kinds are equally compelling. Thanks!

    • @ericeaton2386
      @ericeaton2386 3 роки тому +16

      And science!

    • @user-io2on9ho5s
      @user-io2on9ho5s 3 роки тому +5

      But the abduction part was wrong they took prisoners either of war or criminals and it was pretty bad in Africa already so it's not that bad

    • @bonniejunk
      @bonniejunk 3 роки тому +46

      @@user-io2on9ho5s
      my man are you really trying to justify slavery

    • @bl252649
      @bl252649 3 роки тому +3

      He still adds personal opinion in so not so journalistic.

    • @talia5046
      @talia5046 3 роки тому +18

      Νικος Παπασωτηρακοπουλος the abduction part was in fact not wrong. You’re out here justifying slavery I can’t💀

  • @bonusben3486
    @bonusben3486 4 роки тому +284

    these kinds of historical or food sciency videos are great. everyone and their families do recipes and cooking videos, but getting them with cool context is amazing!

  • @o0Avalon0o
    @o0Avalon0o 4 роки тому +305

    _Peaches are native to China and brought here by Spanish Monks_
    That sounds like some interesting excerpt I'd find on the back of a book; my weak spot.

    • @MrClean-ep7uc
      @MrClean-ep7uc 4 роки тому +3

      probably made it to europe way before then spanish brought to america dummie. Lemons and Limes both came from asia too

    • @muhammadaryawicaksono4232
      @muhammadaryawicaksono4232 4 роки тому +17

      Nobody expects the Spanish Monks!

    • @jackharris6497
      @jackharris6497 3 роки тому +1

      @@MrClean-ep7uc yeah to give an idea of how long the story of peaches is the period from first cultivation in northern china to its introduction to europe occurs over the span of thousands of years all of which happened BC. the most interesting part of which being the scientific name of the fruit which is perscia and comes from the fact that for a long time the persian empire was the largest producer of peaches.

    • @MrClean-ep7uc
      @MrClean-ep7uc 3 роки тому

      @@jackharris6497 interesting!

  • @dogefeedproductions410
    @dogefeedproductions410 4 роки тому +395

    makes sense, especially since i heard georgia has more blueberries than peaches

    • @sikmanist
      @sikmanist 4 роки тому +21

      I mean... there’s way more berries than fruit ratio wise though right?

    • @jasonzurlo1543
      @jasonzurlo1543 4 роки тому +5

      Don't know if it's a joke or a real statistic but I still laughed

    • @spinningchurro
      @spinningchurro 4 роки тому +4

      What’s going to happen when white people run out of guilt?

    • @danimations1440
      @danimations1440 4 роки тому +2

      sikmanist I mean, one peach is a lot less fruits than a portion of berries

    • @dogefeedproductions410
      @dogefeedproductions410 4 роки тому

      also if i renember, it is a real statistic

  • @kasflayeet943
    @kasflayeet943 4 роки тому +231

    Adam how are the tomatoes when are you going to give up an update?

    • @the_zara_moon
      @the_zara_moon 4 роки тому +42

      I lay awake at night thinking of those tomatoes

    • @ieshi23
      @ieshi23 4 роки тому +15

      just peachy

    • @deadfr0g
      @deadfr0g 4 роки тому +13

      Adam is hypocritically avoiding this topic because his tomato crops depend on seasonal labour from his economically-disadvantaged children (they were born with no money and they only survive because he feeds them).

    • @calv1nl0v3r
      @calv1nl0v3r 4 роки тому +4

      go check his tik tok, tomato progress there

  • @SubatomicScale
    @SubatomicScale 4 роки тому +311

    Going to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches

    • @SubatomicScale
      @SubatomicScale 4 роки тому +4

      Dylan Mohan D-> hi

    • @bradencolaner4811
      @bradencolaner4811 4 роки тому +6

      That song is practically all I could think about while watching this…

    • @janiehendrix8250
      @janiehendrix8250 4 роки тому +20

      Peaches come from a can they were put there by a man in a factory downtown

    • @user-id3qj8ks6g
      @user-id3qj8ks6g 4 роки тому +3

      Nice fo meet you Equius! I never thought I’d see you outside of Homestuck

    • @SubatomicScale
      @SubatomicScale 4 роки тому +4

      ari D-> I breached containment

  • @hedgeearthridge6807
    @hedgeearthridge6807 3 роки тому +59

    Ive lived in GA my whole life, and I never even once saw a peach orchard. As my friend who went to college for agricultural science said, our agriculture is based on the 3 P's. Pecans, Peanuts, and Pine trees. It is not 4 P's, because the Georgia Peach is almost a myth XD

    • @thepestilence5796
      @thepestilence5796 3 роки тому +4

      I know right, I was born in CA and saw like a whole farmers market of fruits, and there was lots of peaches and mangos, and when I moved to GA because of led poisoning or whatever, I havnt seen peaches at all its just blueberries and burger king

    • @erikjohnson9223
      @erikjohnson9223 Рік тому

      It probably depends on what part of the state you're in. Pecans and pines are typical of the FL Panhandle also, and may be among the only successful crops south of the Fall Line (ie on the Coastal Plain) where the soil is probably cr*p like it is in Florida. I suspect peaches would do much better with longer winters such as in the Appalachian or even Piedmont areas, which also have older, likely better soil.

  • @TheMessCalledJess
    @TheMessCalledJess 3 роки тому +68

    How crazy. I lived in the south most my life and had Georgia peaches often as a kid. Now that I live in California, the juiciest, sweetest peaches I’ve ever had were from here. This explains so much about why I prefer the peaches here but lie to my family by saying the best are from Georgia. I have been brainwashed into spreading the lie haha

    • @DavidDiaz-zp4hu
      @DavidDiaz-zp4hu 10 місяців тому

      Well we may not have the best peaches but I guarantee we have the best peaches grown that are sprayed over and over and over by toxic pesticides and herbicides, that means at least something, right ??

  • @mande11a
    @mande11a 4 роки тому +138

    I'd love to see a deep dive on what it means for food to be labeled "organic". You mentioned that peaches have to be sprayed with lots of chemicals and so are rarely organic, but I thought organic farmers must still spray some sort of pesticide...

    • @froggalexis
      @froggalexis 4 роки тому +30

      from what I've picked up from other youtubers and just general research, I hear that, in general, "Organic" can usually mean that certain pesticides are restricted and certain herbicides are also restricted.
      However, since politics is politics, lobbying has sort of ruined the idea of a pure "organic" fruit without chemicals - so most laws are still written to still allow certain herbicides and pesticides. Not to mention the question of factory-made fertilizer which doesn't seem very "organic" but are usually just science-y sounding explanations of what happens, such as composting re-adding various chemicals.
      Hopefully these would be more rigorously tested pesticides and herbicides, but again, the only people with enough money to sponsor scientific testing for herbicides and pesticides are the big farms that benefit off of using more herbicides and pesticides. So in my opinion you can't really be sure, and the whole concept of an "organic" fruit compared to the alternative is faulty.
      If you really want some high quality produce, your best bet is still to support local farms. They probably have a decent amount of bruised produce that's perfect to eat but won't sell on store shelves as they have to compete with perfectly round produce.
      Not only that but supporting local farmers probably ensures a more quality product for you. You can notice some stuff in subtle ways that Adam has mentioned on the channel before - Wild salmon is more red than pink due to eating only natural pigments rather than factory farmed dyes, fresh chicken eggs have more beta carotene and thus has a deeper yellow yolk, home farmed tomatoes have insanely better flavor compared to grocery store ones - You get the gist. But that would be an amazing idea to see Ragusea cover.

    • @aali778
      @aali778 3 роки тому +6

      The USDA definition of "organic" means some food crop that is grown without the usage of synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, and herbicides. Organic animals are required to be fed with such organic food crops and not treated with synthetic hormones and antibiotics, and should be given access to freely roam in the outdoors and allowed to pasture.

    • @julianpalmer-smith5765
      @julianpalmer-smith5765 2 роки тому +2

      frog g e I just started to work on a really small local farm on the south shore of Mass, let me tell you, everyone sprays with something

    • @sagebrushrepair
      @sagebrushrepair 2 роки тому +3

      No matter how delicately he approaches this topic, people are gonna have their beliefs questioned and he may lose a lot of viewers. I assume this is so because I assume Adam is an incredibly intelligent person and will come down on the side of "conventional farming is in most cases nearly 100% better in nearly every category, with few but massive exceptions" that science minded folks take.
      edit: he probably wont lose that many because he's so charming and considerate and well researched. he'd probably have the best organic/conventional video on the web...oh who am I kidding, Adam, go for it!

    • @metamorphicorder
      @metamorphicorder 2 роки тому +1

      @@froggalexis factory salmon is fed krill. Somethig cheap to buy or easy to grow along side the salmon. Thats why the color is what it is. Which is not really a pink. Ive sold seafood for many years and never seen a salmon what was pink. Orange yeas. Never pink. Wild Sockeye is red or a more reddish orange. Byt wild steelhead (a rainbow trout caught after its ocean run) is the same color as farmed atlantic salmon. A steelhead has orange flesh. A rainbow trout has white flesh. Same dna.
      Wild pacific salmon is the same color as farmed atlantic salmon
      Its not just diet, but living conditions, and species that determines flesh color. Diet is extremely important tho.
      Im not saying that no one dies their fish. Im saying that its not all that common when krill is so easy to get, satisfies a large portion of the salmons nutirtional needs and also gives them the color people expect.
      Krill are basically a type of shrimp. You can buy dried krill in pet sections or pet stores. They are kinda orange. Thats where it comes from.

  • @dxcSOUL
    @dxcSOUL 4 роки тому +142

    I love how your channel is evolving to cover interesting topics not really covered by other cooking channels.

    • @youraveragepasser-by7367
      @youraveragepasser-by7367 4 роки тому +6

      I also love how his background in journalism makes his videos that much more interesting due to how analytical he is

    • @JM-fo1te
      @JM-fo1te 4 роки тому

      It's just a big virtue signal.

    • @DwightKShrute0
      @DwightKShrute0 3 роки тому +6

      @@JM-fo1te Ahh, yes. He spent hours and hours researching and shooting this video just so that people can think he's a good person. /s

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 2 роки тому +3

      @@JM-fo1te Acknowledging the existence of slavery = virtue signaling. Wow.

  • @persona765
    @persona765 4 роки тому +71

    Channels that can make me watch a full video about something I don’t care about:
    Adam Ragusea
    Ted-Ed

  • @catty324
    @catty324 4 роки тому +67

    Love these southern history videos, your passion for the region that's sprinkled throughout all your cooking videos really shines through and to a Canadian who didn't learn much about these regions of the U.S in school they are very interesting :)

    • @maxmexmixbruh8695
      @maxmexmixbruh8695 3 роки тому +5

      Come down and visit sometime, if you come in winter you might not completely melt

  • @kolardgreene3096
    @kolardgreene3096 4 роки тому +14

    I'm a native Southerner and a history museum educator so it brings me such joy to keep seeing you make these videos, Adam!

  • @saeedk7537
    @saeedk7537 4 роки тому +234

    4:22 "that didn't admit black members till 1990 or women until 2012"
    wait what?

    • @cjay2
      @cjay2 4 роки тому +24

      @Erik Lerström Still nothing wrong with that. You want a club, start one. Most people want to be with their own. Like red birds and bluebirds.

    • @shanecorrigan8524
      @shanecorrigan8524 4 роки тому +117

      cjay2 red birds and bluebirds are literally different species

    • @vibhavpant1997
      @vibhavpant1997 3 роки тому +11

      _Sherman's grave rumbles_

    • @genieglasslamp5028
      @genieglasslamp5028 3 роки тому +102

      @@cjay2
      Cough segregationist cough cough.

    • @WouldntULikeToKnow.
      @WouldntULikeToKnow. 3 роки тому +35

      @@genieglasslamp5028 and classist

  • @dbercike5
    @dbercike5 4 роки тому +142

    2:30 I had to turn on the captions for this sentence, then I was relieved and felt guilty at the same time when it said "MEAGER reward"

  • @zed332
    @zed332 4 роки тому +262

    Damn he knows so much about georgia, he should really start living there

    • @brentoctaviano7059
      @brentoctaviano7059 4 роки тому +23

      *"hE ALreADY lIvEs tHEre sTUpiD"*

    • @a4di256
      @a4di256 4 роки тому +24

      @@f-8859 r/woooosh

    • @Jechew
      @Jechew 4 роки тому +3

      I feel like I see you as much as Justin Y these days or am I tripping

    • @brentoctaviano7059
      @brentoctaviano7059 4 роки тому +9

      @@f-8859 r/wooosh, i thought your brain could tell I was joking from the letters.

    • @logan6525
      @logan6525 3 роки тому +1

      @A4DI r/Woooosh you really couldn’t tell that he wooooshed him ironically??? Lol

  • @josedejesusmexicano6016
    @josedejesusmexicano6016 4 роки тому +42

    Hands down my favorite video so far, this was so interesting to watch and the amount of complexity that something as simple as a peach had was impressive. History, science, politics, so much. Cheers!

    • @katl8825
      @katl8825 4 роки тому +1

      Jose De Jesus Mexicano everything has a history, and politics are always a step behind history XD

  • @kevinxu3892
    @kevinxu3892 4 роки тому +883

    So what you're saying is Georgia redefined itself by going from an agrarian focused economy based on exploited labor to an agrarian focused economy based on exploited labor

    • @ColonizerChan
      @ColonizerChan 4 роки тому +76

      Yeah, you free a bunch of people and don’t pay for anything for them as well as flatten most of the things whether they were fighting or not.
      They end up working for the people they were enslaved by before.
      Welcome to the south, if you’re not dirt poor and being worked into the ground, you will be soon enough....or just rural America in general. The only really difference between Indiana and Virginia is tasty in food and one has a much longer history. Folks are mostly the same from who I’ve met so far

    • @MrCrashDavi
      @MrCrashDavi 4 роки тому +11

      @@ColonizerChan Rural anything is fucked my dude, NAFTA created the Zapatistas. Decolonization and unchecked population growth means that all the land is gonna have to be used for food (bubye tropical forests) and that the production costs are doing to be even tighter than industrial ones, that means that everyone who's not using an AI to analyse their irrigation data is going bust either from regulation or competition or both.
      The Industrial revolution was a mistake.

    • @momothewitch
      @momothewitch 4 роки тому +102

      @@MrCrashDavi Yeah we should go back to working with dad and uncle and our 3 brothers, (would be 5 but 2 of them died as infants) on some baron's farm and hoping we make it to 30. This industrial revolution is so cringe man, wish I could work 15 hours a day since childhood and eat porridge every day and sleep in a poorly insulated house and pray every time someone catches a cold that they don't stop breathing in their sleep.

    • @MrClean-ep7uc
      @MrClean-ep7uc 4 роки тому +26

      @@MrCrashDavi never heard of it and i googled it. You're completely right about alot of stuff, but there's a few things wrong:
      1. The land used by the indigenous is mostly farming plots(ejidos)
      2. NAFTA itself wasn't the problem it was reviewing article 27 that threatened their ownership of the land AND fear that American imports would increase in price

    • @OatmealTheCrazy
      @OatmealTheCrazy 4 роки тому +3

      @@MrCrashDavi *ponic farming is easy to do for any small startup company and uses less land/dirt

  • @panangam
    @panangam 4 роки тому +69

    0:19
    Adam: we don't grow that many peaches
    Subtitle: we don't grow that many peoples...

  • @seenaiqbal9841
    @seenaiqbal9841 4 роки тому +58

    Idk why but the phrase "peachy breeze is peachy keen" keeps popping into my head

  • @zenniekins
    @zenniekins 4 роки тому +114

    This is the first time I've heard someone say 'funguses' (which is still correct as a plural of fungus). It sounded funny to me only because the plural 'fungi' is more commonly used.

    • @semanticsamuel936
      @semanticsamuel936 4 роки тому +23

      Neither are incorrect. 'Fungi' would be the correct grammar in Latin, whereas 'funguses' uses English grammar rules. You can use either.

    • @OatmealTheCrazy
      @OatmealTheCrazy 4 роки тому +31

      @@semanticsamuel936 Anything can be _correct_ if you're not a prescriptivist.
      That aside, the person you're responding to never said it was incorrect.

    • @hedgeearthridge6807
      @hedgeearthridge6807 3 роки тому +7

      It's like Fish and Fishes. They are both correct. Though I don't care about "proper" spelling, english is a shitty language anyway. XD

    • @kourii
      @kourii 2 роки тому +4

      @@hedgeearthridge6807 Well, for a lot of people at least, they're two different things. 'Fish' is a collective; 'fishes' is a singulative (namely, it's used when discussing different _varieties_ of fish. Confer 'fruit' versus 'fruits')

  • @Hereisfae
    @Hereisfae 4 роки тому +144

    This video shows a rare talent of discreetly talking about the social issues of today’s news, linking it to the horrendous past but in a way that captivates and invites the audience to learn without feeling of burden or shame that usually accompanies a talk about race and inequality. Tying southern history and culture with food is a brilliant in, no controversy yet we open a dialogue. As a POC I thank you for this history lesson!

    • @EggwardEgghands
      @EggwardEgghands 4 роки тому +29

      @Brett Sylvester That's Africa's racism discussion to take. Or perhaps Europe, since it was mainly southern Europeans who were enslaved by Africans. Either way, it's irrelevant for the American situation.

    • @gigawertz2582
      @gigawertz2582 4 роки тому +19

      Biiviz Every country deals with the primary issues that plague it. For America, it’s institutionalized racism.

    • @emt7026
      @emt7026 4 роки тому +11

      Brett Sylvester that’s not America tho, we are Americans

    • @xXxLax4LifexXx
      @xXxLax4LifexXx 4 роки тому +8

      He was indeed a journalist

    • @placeholder3863
      @placeholder3863 4 роки тому

      Brett Sylvester most of Africa is broken wdym a present

  • @TheFatbutterpancake
    @TheFatbutterpancake 4 роки тому +18

    Hands-down Adam, you’ve got the best commentary on the relationship of Americans and their easy access to food. Well done again!! Keep up the good work and ignore the detractors.

  • @davidturner7577
    @davidturner7577 4 роки тому +14

    Video like this is exactly how you know he used to work in public radio. Change the state specific details around and I could swear I've heard this before on Wisconsin Public Radio.

  • @stonebear
    @stonebear 2 роки тому +8

    Also, thanks, Adam, for the rabbithole... today I learned that the old peach shed in South Carolina where my grandfolk would fetch a half-bushel of peaches on the way back from Saturday groceries... has been designated a national historical landmark. I had no idea I was participating in a little bit of history. Taylor's Peach Shed if you want to look it up.

  • @germanvillarroel2315
    @germanvillarroel2315 4 роки тому +59

    I don't comment a lot, but I did want to leave a thanks for making content like this. I found your channel a while back because I was looking for a recipe, but I stay subscribed because of informative and thought provoking videos like this one.

  • @twaynewade2544
    @twaynewade2544 4 роки тому +89

    If you want a good read about migrant farm workers I recommend "Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States" by Seth M. Holmes

  • @iselaravelo9756
    @iselaravelo9756 4 роки тому +90

    Georgia: “We are the peach state!”
    California: “Well yes, but actually no”

    • @AishaAishaAishaAisha
      @AishaAishaAishaAisha 4 роки тому

      Isela Ravelo noooooo China!!! Everything AMERICA HAS WAS BUILT FROM ANOTHER CONTINENT!!!!!

    • @nothingatall3432
      @nothingatall3432 4 роки тому +1

      Fortnite Head. Paris nope

    • @aaronsirkman8375
      @aaronsirkman8375 4 роки тому +12

      @@AishaAishaAishaAisha Blueberries are native! And potatoes, tomatoes, and corn are from the Americas. Look up the "Columbian Exchange" on Wikipedia, and you'll see the huge range of things that were transferred between the "Old World" and the "New World".

    • @ccaffie1231
      @ccaffie1231 3 роки тому +1

      @@AishaAishaAishaAisha everything from america before europe found it: guess I'm asian now

    • @fluidthought42
      @fluidthought42 2 роки тому +2

      @@aaronsirkman8375
      So are chilies! And those were very popular exports, to the point that it is impossible to imagine whole swaths of Chinese cuisine without chilies.

  • @rosezingleman5007
    @rosezingleman5007 4 роки тому +18

    Here’s a true peach story. I spent most of my youth in Georgia. My sister had a VW Van up at UGA in Athens. It had a problem accelerating. Several mechanics failed to figure it out.
    One day a boyfriend was messing with the clutch and discovered the gas pedal had a peach pit stuck under it.
    Hey, those anti-littering laws shouldn’t have applied to peach pits in Georgia! Am I right? Well. And there’s no such thing as a decent commercially grown peach. Sadly.

  • @bakinitright6637
    @bakinitright6637 4 роки тому +42

    Adam: “My friends Heidi and Chris just planted this peach tree”
    Me: “how the heck did they get so many peaches”?
    Adam: “A few years ago”

  • @Loveismyteacher
    @Loveismyteacher 4 роки тому +2

    Very well done. I appreciate the honesty and sensitivity of this video.

  • @swampy7139
    @swampy7139 4 роки тому +40

    Adam always has the smoothest transitions to a sponsorship

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 2 роки тому

      Yeah, it always makes my brain feel weird when that happens, almost imperceptibly. 😅

  • @elderrusty541
    @elderrusty541 4 роки тому +508

    “You guys enslaved people and started an entire war just to restrict human rights!”
    “Hey hey hey hey hey! Peaches.”
    Note to self, some people don’t know what a joke is

    • @matthewpham9525
      @matthewpham9525 4 роки тому +39

      @ModestMagician
      I mean...they still did it

    • @bruceU
      @bruceU 4 роки тому +5

      Are they supposed to like brand themselves with plantations? I don't understand the point of saying this. I don't understand how a state's branding efforts somehow make it so you can't acknowledge slavery

    • @deedumeday518
      @deedumeday518 4 роки тому +2

      @ModestMagician Peaches are delicious, i agree

    • @user-zm5jh3vp7l
      @user-zm5jh3vp7l 4 роки тому +6

      "p-pp-pe- peaches?"

    • @TommyGuy1111
      @TommyGuy1111 4 роки тому

      @@bruceU I love peaches!!!

  • @petera7745
    @petera7745 4 роки тому +9

    You're my favorite UA-cam cook because we both live in Georgia. When I do your recipes they always come out very well. I think it's because we both get our stuff from publix and Kroger

  • @ry_kil
    @ry_kil 4 роки тому +2

    Adam these history of food videos are really great! keep em up, always an interesting watch.

  • @Passionforfoodrecipes
    @Passionforfoodrecipes 4 роки тому +54

    My friend handed me a peach. I told him I prefer pears.
    *So he handed me another one.*

  • @HRussellMedia
    @HRussellMedia 4 роки тому +3

    This was awesome, would love to see more food documentary-style videos from you, Adam. Really interesting, discovering the history and heritage behind everyday staples.

  • @ericmgarrison
    @ericmgarrison 4 роки тому +3

    As a public health officer who trained in Atlanta, I think the best part of this whole SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is the fact that I discovered this channel and subscribed. I have learned so much about food history and preparation this Spring. It’s absolutely amazing. Thank you for these wonderful videos! It’s what I used to love about the Food TV network back in its earliest days.

  • @kdro9521
    @kdro9521 Рік тому +1

    I love this kind of small town content. Makes me want to try to do something like this myself.
    Outstanding content! Love the mix too. One of my new favorite channels!

  • @jakethesnake2179
    @jakethesnake2179 4 роки тому +1

    This video was incredibly educational and to the point, and I learned a lot about the American south. Thanks Adam!

  • @sonofalbi9801
    @sonofalbi9801 4 роки тому +492

    Instead of bragging about being first, let’s talk about peaches.

    • @makern5304
      @makern5304 4 роки тому +18

      i like peach

    • @hamselv5801
      @hamselv5801 4 роки тому +14

      Peach is good

    • @sonofalbi9801
      @sonofalbi9801 4 роки тому +10

      I’ve enjoyed peach cream soda, along with peaches.

    • @kersenify
      @kersenify 4 роки тому +12

      My country's language has it's own word for peach, yet there's next to zero peach farmers in here.
      Peach.

    • @robboss7083
      @robboss7083 4 роки тому +8

      peach cobbler is pretty pog

  • @Neubulae
    @Neubulae 4 роки тому +3

    As a non-American I am very fascinated in these kinds of histories of America, especially when you can go into the details with such a little fruit!

  • @robcunningham7837
    @robcunningham7837 4 роки тому +1

    I have been enjoying your videos for a while now. I love the entertainment and education value you present.

  • @aurorarising1945
    @aurorarising1945 4 роки тому +2

    I love that your channel is not just about cooking but also very educational on history and science.

  • @nanni-buyerofcopper
    @nanni-buyerofcopper Рік тому +4

    If your sorting by newest: turn back now, it's not worth it

  • @peterbernhardt5169
    @peterbernhardt5169 4 роки тому +5

    I've eaten raw peaches in the Chinese state of Yunnan. Delicious and wonderful variety. I wish America would also grow and mass market Chinese "crunchy" peaches. Maybe there's a specialty market for them.

  • @davidsprepstation
    @davidsprepstation 4 роки тому +1

    I just found this channel and....wow. I've been cooking for 17 years and I learn something in each video. Fantastic job!

  • @JamieLuv2u
    @JamieLuv2u 4 роки тому +2

    Clearly you were a good journalist. I really like when you take a kitchen tangent. Keep up the good work.

  • @maximusdingus8545
    @maximusdingus8545 4 роки тому +6

    One thing I'm majorly glad about is your willingness to not underplay the historical racial issues that got the south to develop the way it did. I mean yea its not the primary reason, and you cover that, but it's good to not sweep it under the rug. Top notch!

  • @juliemittel3931
    @juliemittel3931 4 роки тому +105

    it's like ohio being the state of corn. it isn't. it's mostly wheat.

    • @Henrex2000
      @Henrex2000 4 роки тому +8

      Isn't it mostly the Pauls brothers?

    • @yulfahrioramdhani2022
      @yulfahrioramdhani2022 4 роки тому +3

      isn't it potatoes? idk i'm not american and I watch gumball a lot

    • @amyzheng7202
      @amyzheng7202 4 роки тому +9

      isn't that just iowa?

    • @lovley7053
      @lovley7053 4 роки тому

      Illinois should be the pumpkin state then

    • @Deythlord2112
      @Deythlord2112 4 роки тому +15

      @@yulfahrioramdhani2022 idaho is potatoes, not ohio. i can see how you could make that mistake, though

  • @HyperactiveNeuron
    @HyperactiveNeuron 2 роки тому

    Excellent info. I'm glad to hear a lot of this again but you added soooooooo much more that I didn't know. Love it.

  • @crazydragy4233
    @crazydragy4233 2 роки тому +1

    Lovely insight into a pocket of history once again. Adam approaches and communicates these topics in a great way.

  • @EastonBit
    @EastonBit 4 роки тому +4

    Adam, these types of videos that you do are my favorite. Better than the cooking ones.

    • @ieshi23
      @ieshi23 4 роки тому +1

      how to like a comment twice

  • @jaeva7276
    @jaeva7276 4 роки тому +29

    Shoutouts to the side content of watching Adam Ragusea's muscle build change per video
    I still am not over how buff this man was in the knife skills video

  • @idkidks
    @idkidks 4 роки тому

    Amazing video! I loved this video and every other one that you've put out that goes into the history of the South.

  • @BrotherTree1
    @BrotherTree1 4 роки тому

    Thanks for living a relatively informative and peaceful life and sharing it with us. Much needed.

  • @pelosuelto70
    @pelosuelto70 4 роки тому +4

    My grandfather grew 2 peach trees, growing up in New York. We would pick them early fall (which would be end of August-early Sept.) I remember the taste of the peaches distinctly.
    When I came to Florida a couple of years ago, my neighbors also grew peach trees. They told me to take as much as I need. Well, thinking it would be the same, it really wasn't...
    The taste from Florida peaches vs New York peaches are vastly different.

  • @mistybenefield5796
    @mistybenefield5796 3 роки тому +3

    Well done, Adam. Nearly life-long Georgian here. Good to see some truth telling about our agricultural history and the farm models of today.

  • @believensee8621
    @believensee8621 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you, Adam, for being the natural educator that you are. ❤

  • @straggler64
    @straggler64 4 роки тому

    That was a really excellent and well rounded video, thank you.

  • @theabandonedcarousel3340
    @theabandonedcarousel3340 4 роки тому +81

    The past is not even past. But anyway, peaches. (Thanks as always for making history interesting.)

    • @BuriedDimension
      @BuriedDimension 4 роки тому +9

      @Con Troversy BLM isn't racist

    • @BuriedDimension
      @BuriedDimension 4 роки тому +4

      @Harve Seks I'm not to sit back and let them spread lies. "Unfortunately racist organizations such as BLM...". Wtf?

    • @briannabryan2014
      @briannabryan2014 4 роки тому +8

      Con Troversy Racism is definitely FAR from gone. It will ALWAYS exist.

    • @roundduckkira
      @roundduckkira 4 роки тому +6

      @Harve Seks yep unfortunately. 4channers believe racism died in either the 1960s or 1860s when really racism is still horribly strong, but of course let's call movemnts fighting racism "racist."

    • @Alexrider02
      @Alexrider02 3 роки тому +2

      @Harve Seks Yes, it's a well-known psychological phenomenon called Projection. To those who project, it's very difficult to see it due to a form of cognitive dissonance which stops their brain from actually processing their own actions and instead ascribes them to people around them. To most everyone outside of the projector's bubble, it's clear as day who is actually behaving in a racist manner.

  • @nacho3721
    @nacho3721 4 роки тому +56

    The title sounds like it's from the Onion.

    • @zym6687
      @zym6687 4 роки тому +1

      Only if you're a yank with a hateboner for everything southern

    • @ccaffie1231
      @ccaffie1231 3 роки тому

      @@zym6687 heheh
      hateboner

  • @PowerSuitNinja
    @PowerSuitNinja 4 роки тому

    Loved this video, beautifully done and contemplative.

  • @Tsukiyomi001
    @Tsukiyomi001 3 роки тому

    hey, i love your videos, they're simple to follow yummy recipes sprinkled with a side of history!

  • @inspectorlunge3887
    @inspectorlunge3887 3 роки тому +5

    Actually, picking peaches is likely a safer and higher quality job than what most low income Americans work. I would know, as I've lived in poverty my whole life. As far as I'm aware, picking peaches is a better opportunity for migrant workers than what is oftentimes available at home. Apparently at least sometimes the farm owners provide housing for the workers too, as we saw in the video. That puts even more money in the workers' pockets. As a "poor" person, I can tell you that almost all my income has to go into paying for a roof over my head, as is the case with many others.

  • @Raccoozs
    @Raccoozs 4 роки тому +19

    Im from SC and let me tell you, i have seen and eaten so many peaches that im low key sick of them. We even have a massive water tower in the shape of a peach

  • @stluanne
    @stluanne 4 роки тому

    Absolutely fascinating. I love your cooking vids but your educational stuff is just awesome!

  • @rgzhaffie
    @rgzhaffie 2 роки тому

    Awesome to see you doing these deep historical dives into food and agriculture.

  • @duckmaster9922
    @duckmaster9922 4 роки тому +40

    * I like to season the Georgia, not my peaches.

  • @TheHilo623
    @TheHilo623 4 роки тому +24

    IDK why this was recommended so early, but I'm glad to be here! :D

    • @lazeddonut
      @lazeddonut 4 роки тому +2

      You are in for a lot of quality content

  • @supersosiska
    @supersosiska 4 роки тому

    Great video, as always.
    Love the storytelling ones (as opposed to the culinary/recipe ones) to relax, lean back and sponge some history 😊

  • @catylynch7909
    @catylynch7909 4 роки тому

    The variety of food related topics that you address is the best that I've seen. Please keep including videos on technique, science, history, opinion (garlic bread), dispersed among recipes. I also like your "NO," myth-busting presentations.

  • @Rsmall103
    @Rsmall103 4 роки тому +3

    Phenomenal video. You're bringing what should be general knowledge but isn't to the forefront

  • @Ned-Ryerson
    @Ned-Ryerson 2 роки тому +5

    The thing is: Having grown up in an even more arid climate, I am very worried about the Californian approach. Irrigation is super when you have the water for it, but I fear that the climate change that might be causing some peach varieties to struggle further south could well make water in Cal so scarce that - in the long run at least - the entire system might come crashing down...

    • @nevisysbryd7450
      @nevisysbryd7450 2 роки тому +1

      I ain't even about atmospheric climate change. California agriculture is heavily reliant on extremely unsustainable use of rivers and underground aquifers. At their current rate, a lot of the water sources that they use will be exhausted in less than a century.

  • @inko123
    @inko123 4 роки тому +1

    I had a class with Professor Okie! Great professor, glade you were able to interview him 🙂

  • @ponostalaiporia4758
    @ponostalaiporia4758 2 роки тому

    I love how I always learn something that never even remotely crossed my mind! Your videos are epic!!!

  • @alexricky87
    @alexricky87 4 роки тому +34

    The number one commodity was people. Everything else was 2nd.

    • @syedhassany9683
      @syedhassany9683 4 роки тому +7

      Nah I totally get what you're saying but the southern slave trade wasn't as big as the cotton trade.

  • @marioalvarez5288
    @marioalvarez5288 4 роки тому +4

    I love the history content! Thank you for all the hard work!

  • @nickestes1839
    @nickestes1839 2 роки тому

    I love your channel for the same reasons I really loved watching Good Eats when I was younger, a sweet mix of food, history and science.

  • @nightlyshift
    @nightlyshift 2 роки тому

    I like your cooking videos a lot. I too, love to cook. But I am most impressed by and grateful for the videos in which you explore science and, most of all, social issues - you are a real educator. Well done, that man. I trust you will forgive me for skipping over the sponsor ads, as I can't stand watching those, as much as I realise they are necessary to your channel.

  • @josiahphillips421
    @josiahphillips421 4 роки тому +9

    “California is aired. Nice clean dry air.”
    Me in the Central Valley. Constantly being pooped on by major cities with pollution. Yesterday it was brown dusty and windy.

  • @nonemo138
    @nonemo138 4 роки тому +17

    Loving this sober, no nonsense take on history through the lens of gastronomy. You really can't argue any of these points even though I'm sure there's a whole bunch of fools and tools out there who'd love to try.

  • @kevinpfeiffer8034
    @kevinpfeiffer8034 4 роки тому

    Incredibly informative and educational. Thanks Adam.

  • @johnbeaty3191
    @johnbeaty3191 4 роки тому

    Incredible video Adam, conscious, informative and entertaining. You rock man

  • @toad-cb3cf
    @toad-cb3cf 4 роки тому +50

    Mmmmm I love peaches...
    Adam: let's have a talk about slavery

  • @kairyss4285
    @kairyss4285 4 роки тому +11

    Me, a Georgian, pretending that every peach I've ever eaten hasn't been from California...

    • @DoRouster
      @DoRouster 3 роки тому

      You need to get out to some of the small farmers markets in the country, you will find some wayyyyy better peaches.

  • @niuredblack
    @niuredblack 4 роки тому +4

    Adam would love some more soup recipes! Been making that veggie soup every week, incredible!

  • @CookingContinued
    @CookingContinued 4 роки тому

    This is my favorite educational vid you've done. Bravo

  • @gnuwaves743
    @gnuwaves743 4 роки тому +3

    Had a feeling this wouldn’t just be about sexy fruit.

  • @mrkrule4373
    @mrkrule4373 4 роки тому +17

    "Peach state"
    People that always uses the peach emogi
    "Hehe boi"

  • @liamtahaney713
    @liamtahaney713 4 роки тому +2

    Adams Monday videos are the best.

  • @Eva-fy6nr
    @Eva-fy6nr 4 роки тому

    Love the mix of topics on your channel! Came for the recipes, stayed for the mini history and science lessons!

  • @zacgray3226
    @zacgray3226 4 роки тому +5

    Let's get this guy to 1 million at the end of the year👍

    • @katl8825
      @katl8825 4 роки тому

      mr boombasti we can get there way sooner :)

  • @walterclements8661
    @walterclements8661 4 роки тому +4

    Why I pick the farmers, NOT the peaches

  • @librarycommoner2219
    @librarycommoner2219 4 роки тому

    I really like these explanatory videos you make.

  • @Exciteduser
    @Exciteduser 4 роки тому

    Well done! Educational and entertaining. Looking forward to more videos like this one.