There is a few Who spotted it:) i hadnt realised untill far into the editing that the tune slowly evolves into silent night. But I was hooked and kinda liked it:)
Excellent channel. I really love your style. Its all incredibly wonderful and takes me back to simpler times in my life filled with more wonder and imagination. Thank you.
Hello Nina:) Thank you for writing this kind comment. Sadly we are only able to immerse our self into viking reenactment as a recreational activity. We live in a modern house and work day jobs most of the time. But we truly enjoy reenactment as a nice slow down break and to be more present and creative together. Rasmus
I noticed with the “hand quern” (the smaller one, not water powered) that with the first grinding the grain looked reasonable for making porridge. If one were a bit creative and lazy, porridge left to sit for a few days, with water and a bit more added could become basically sourdough thus adding a bit of levening. Am I off base to think that leavened bread was also possible?
Hello Winifred:) I am sure that would have made a very nice porridge. I will have to try that. The vikings knew of leavened bread but didnt know the theory or had acces to cultivated yeast. But by using older dough, beer or wild fermented fruits etc they might have been able to leaven their bread. They might even have had sourdough. But I dont know of any evidence of this. Thank you for a very interesting question and for watching the video. All the best
I just found your channel, sir. Beauty and a wealth of information! Thank you! I just recently purchased a hand wheat grinder. The idea seemed wonderful... until the reality of the work set in. Now, I'm pondering more the planning women did for their meals. They didn't just suddenly decide to bake some bread product and retrieve their bag or jar of wheat. There was purpose & intent & planning in everything. And isn't it a wonder that we have so many modern conveniences today ... and yet, we complain of having less time? 🤔 I'm thinking we need to rethink our priorities. ....grinding ones own flour or discovering the manual method for so many things can cause one to be quite reflective.
Hello Bonnie:) thanks for checking in. congratulations with your own grinder - I hope you get to make som good flour on it. Its interesting to hear the reflections you have made after trying your own hand on an ancient work. I feel the same long threads of thinking and understanding to people generations ago when I do things like this. I think it is healthy for us. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to share your thoughts. all the best.
@RAMUNI-Viking , yes sir, I enjoyed the same thoughts when I first stepped into the project of hand sewing a complete outfit for a 1750's, lower class, working woman. I knitted my stockings and hand sewed everything else. When I unfurled the linen fabric to make my chemise ... I was flooded with the wonder of how many women before me ... had laid out linen on a simple, husband-made, wooden table after the Wee Ones were to bed, to cut a linen undergarment. I felt an instant and strong connection to my mothers of yore! How silly we women of today might seem to them with our lack of knowing what they took to be common and mundane knowledge. ...so you can operate a computerized device. ...can you FEED yourself and your family? 🤔
First watch by me. It was very interesting. Loved the gardening with your little helpers. That interests me being a gardener myself. Also loved the sugar sack clothing. Noticed your hand made shoes. So cool. Will be watching more. When I was a child our school in Norsewood did a reinactment of Viking dances for I think it was 100 years celebrations. Now I don’t live in the north island but loved it at the time. Love from New Zealand.
Hello Diane. Sorry for being so late at replying to this comment. Im really happy to hear you enjoyed the video. Its great when school teach different cultures and history. I remember learning about the inuit when i was little. Still sits in me this day:)
Wow, I enjoyed that video! I’m a retired chef, & have baked loads of different breads over the years. Still bake them at home. The critics are harder! Back to your bread. Thanks to your very good description, & great visuals, & audio, I was there with you! Your cheese topping, looked pretty scrumptious also! Thanks for the lesson! Keep your smiles on!
Hello:) Great to hear from you. I am very happy to hear that you enjoyed the video and felt you were here with me:) Then I know it works. Thanks for taking the time to write this kind and friendly comment. Keep Baking:)
Excellent heritage documentary! Your historical information, personal insights, and quality of footage, not only educates, but enables people to see themselves in history which brings us all closer since all of us share a common past! I I totally enjoyed this and looking forward to catching up to all your wonderful presentations!
In Hamburg-Farmsen, close to where I live, there's an archaeological path in the middle of an apartment block. They reconstructed a pit house, a wooden well, garden, a ritual site and a big earthen oven and put up signs explaining the life in the iron age. That's because during the construction of said apartments in the 1950s they found remnants of a settlement from that time. Including an earthen oven which had charred bread rolls in it. And the fantastic thing is they were diamond shaped and very similar to the ones you could buy at the bakery around the corner. As we say in Germany "Das Auge isst mit." (The eye is also eating.) Meaning a meal should not only taste but also look good. People often think of the food of medieval and ancient times' simpler folk as bland and uncreative. Maybe because many movies and documentaries paint the picture of the bony and dirty peasant and his family sharing a pot of grey gruel or porridge. Everyone's eating from the same bowl for they can only afford that one. But that wasn't the case. The day to day meals sure were simple - today we also don't have a multi-course feast every single day - but it was very diverse and most of the days just as appetizing as (and for most way healthier than) what we eat today.
Thats a really interesting story from Hamborg. I Would love to see that. And I totally agree with what you are saying here about the view many people have of the "simpler" times. There is on reason to think that they did not use their ingredients and availible foods to best possible meal:) thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. Highly appreciated. All the best
Brother, I subbed almost immediately. I have never seen your channel, so I'm glad the algo gave it to me. This was amazingly well done, from the period work to the instructions to the research. You're going to do so well. Cheers and health!
Hello:) Thank you so much. I am really happy that you came along and took the time to write this kind and friendly comment. Love the good energy. all the best. Rasmus:)
Hello Ramuni this is the first time I have watched your video. It was quite moving to watch you and your children planting the garden. The joy in such a simple pleasure. Also fascinating to see how the grains were milled. Beautifully filmed also. I look forward to watching many more. Thankyou Nadia from Australia
Hello:) Welcome to the channel and thanks for the kind words and for taking the time to write. I promise to keep them coming as fast as i can:) all the best Nadia. And great to hear from Australia
I so enjoyed this video so very much. Making bread stimulates all of the senses. The sound of the stones grinding,.... the feel of the flour and the patting together of the flat bread... and the smell of the cooking bread,... the mixing of the spreads for the bread. You inspired me!!!! I am going to look for my own quern to grind my grains. This what such a pleasure to watch. I thank you for giving me such a wonderful experience. As usual,.... your time and your beautiful artistic presentation is much, much appreciated.
Hello Wyo:) im happy to hear the video inspired you and spoke to your senses. and I hope you manage to find a quern for yourself. Im happy you keep watching the videos and takes the time to write these positive and kind comments. Highly appreicate it. stay safe my friend
Nothing better than your own home-baked bread and the smell and taste makes your mouth water. What we buy in the supermarket is often tasteless and not really nutritious. Great Video as always from my favorite Viking here on UA-cam. Thank you Ramuni for sharing.
Amazingly interesting ! It's always unbelievable to remind how long everything took and how much efforts were needed for simple things at thoses times.
Thank you Oni. And yes you are right. I know for myself that trying just this one time to make my own flourr - and even if I might never come back to it - the experience and the appreciation will live in me. I love experimenting like this. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment.
Good video! It is amazing to think about the ingenuity they had! Someone had to imagine the concept, then figure out the mechanics, then build it! No trade school back then! Amazing! Cheers!
Thank you Ian my friend. The People in Bork told me their theory that they must have gotten plans or Even an "engineer" from German area where the water mill was already known and in use back then imported here to help the Vikings to make their own mill. But to the regular farmer milling by hand this must have been like the Tesla of our time.
There is a beautiful little water mill at a site on Orkney that has had a mill there since Viking times. Much smaller, different mechanism. I think it is called the Click Water Mill. One of those places that makes the past vivid.
Thank you for making this video! It was really lovely, well filmed, great balance between footage, you talking to us and the background music as well as being very informative. Very enjoyable, thanks!
The stone needs to be sharpened at an angle so the grooves are shallower at the edges than in the center. That forces the flour out and prevents the whole thing from being stopped up.
Hello. Thank you for this bit of information. The stone is not mine, but I will pass this information on to the owner. The quern bein stopped up surely made the grinding process a bit difficult. thank you:)
Hello Edina:) Then I really hope you will get a chance to experience it:) And I am sure you will enjoy it. Thanks for watching the video and for taking the time to write me:) all the best
Lovely video in the Viking settlement.I love making bread and appreciate the hard work that must have gone into grinding your own flour. Great work,thank you from Scotland.
thank you so much:) It definately connects you to your food when you go just one step of the process backwards and try yourself. Even if it sausagemaking, beerbrewing or something else. Even if its only one time. Then you know:) My best greetings to you and Scotland:)
Well narrated, u drew me into the movie and imagined the lifestyle u describe. I surely would be so happy to sit with u and enjoy your bread snack and the environment. Thank u for sharing!
was a simple life with simple food and we must go to this way of life as quik is possible, otherway is no chance to survive with chemicals....greetings from Romania👍
Loved your video and I'm planning on giving your bread a try. I grind my grains at home, i have an electric grinder and a hand crank stone grinder. So flour, salt and beer?
thank you. That is very interesting. and you are right. Many old surnames also in Danish is even to this day linked to a craft down through generations. I can only imagine it would have been a great honour to be called ex. baker. It must have been a regonition of your skills i suppose:)
Bakker (Dutch for baker) is a VERY common surname where I live. Up to a point where both my parents come from two completely unrelated Bakker families.
Going to have to make bread now. I won't be milling my own grain due to not having a quern. However, I make a pretty good loaf of bread. Thank you for bringing us on your journey.
A course weave linen works fine as a sieve, also called a bolt from the phrase to bolt the wheat. A willow hoop with a slightly baggy, droopy cloth sewn on can work or a very finely constructed basket that allows flour through but not whole grains can work as well. You did good with what you had. Saxon and viking farmers were often isolated and like American pioneers had to make do with what was available.
Love your videos Ramuni - thanks - I could almost smell the bread you made here. I'm sure the bread was quite good after all the labor you needed to get the flour by hand. Would love to try getting my hands on some hand mill stones to try this myself. The work you put into these videos is greatly appreciated - I always look forward to your next video to see how you will entertain all of us differently. Your videos are very evocative with music, nature, and at times the very nature of the sounds of whatever you are working on in that particular video. Also - love hearing you work with your daughter in the garden. :)
Hello Jim. thank you for taking the time to watch and write this kind comment. The bread was amazing and I was hungry:) I am really happy and proud to hear that you feel this way about my videos. I really appreciate it and It makes we want to keep making videos. so thank you Jim.
That was brilliant! I'm still amazed at the level of technological advancement displayed in the watermill, it's very impressive to think about that kind of machine being used in the Viking era. I will definitely have to plan a visit to Bork next time I travel to Denmark! I can almost smell your flatbreads cooking! 😄 Thank you for sharing my friend, it's an honour and a pleasure to be able to go on these journeys with you.
Thank you Ingvar. I promise you that Bork will live up:) its a great place. I was there in early May and before that It has been 6 years since I was there last. And like Ribe it keeps evolving so its always interesting to come back. Its an honour to have you onboard my friend and I am happy you want to come along:)
Fann just nu er video, intressanta! Tack! När vi kör reenactment bakar vi tunn-bröd av lika delar korn, råg och vete (vatten och salt) samt ibland litet honung. Gräddar i torr panna utan fett. Vi bakar dem också tunnare än de ni bakar här. Serverar dem ofta med skör-ost kryddad med salvia. Ska prova era bröd!
Mange tak:) Det lyder som et rigtig lækkert brød i laver. Det må jeg prøve en dag:) Tak fordi du så med, og tog tiden til at kommentere. Bedste hilsner:)
Another great video. thank you for sharing us your video. Last year one of the reanactors at Ribe let me tast the fat bread and gave me the names of the ingredients en sometimes i make them. i use Emmer wheat. The watermill in Bork is beautiful, simpel ,but nice thechnique, still in use at windmills today
Hello:) you are most welcome. It sounds like you had a good experience in ribe. Emmer wheat from what I understand i also a really old type of grain. I suppose it makes a great flat bread? Thank you for your support and for taking the time to write your comment:) I highly appreciate the feedback.
@@RAMUNI-Viking Hallo Rasmus, For some reason can i not enter your Patreon side. I can enter Patreon but it is asking for wich of the two payed entry's i chaos, but i have already chosen and paid
@gerbenvanderveen-yw9mi that is wierd. You appear on my last as an active member as well. Have you tried to Access via the app? I Will look into it and get back to you Asap. Is it possible for you to contact me on messenger so we can write more easily?
Just found your channel today. Do you provide recipes for making your bread! I also shared with family and friends. Have a wonderful day! I really enjoyed your video!! 😊👍
Hello:) Im happy you found the channel and to hear you enjoy the videos. The recipe for this bread is simple:) x ammount of flour and pinch of salt. x ammount of beer untill the dough can be kneaded to a good not too sticky consistency. If you end up adding too much beer just add mour flour. Sadly I dont have it more precise than this. I hope this is helpful. Enjoy the baking and have a wonderfull day:)
Haha jeg ved det godt. Jeg opdagede først sent i redigeringen at det ikke bare var random violin spil. Og jeg var blevet glad for lyden så jeg beholdte den. I er ikke mange der har opdaget det
I have fresh wheat berries and a small mill. I'll have to set it to coarse and try this. Fresh flour, salt and beer, right? The topping looked like a soft cheese with herbs. That looked good too.
Bork looks great. When my family is on holiday in Blavand I'll convince them to make a visit there. I'm amazed of the craftsmenship of that mill. I've only seen 18th and 19th century ones yet and they are way closer to that one than to our industrial mills nowadays. I've only been to Haithabu (Hedeby) yet, but getting interested into reenactment lately I'm planning to see many other reconstruction museums in the near future. Any recommendations?
That sounds like a great idea. Bork will not dissapoint. about 1,5 hour driving south from Bork you find Ribe Viking Center. That is my homebase and one of the largest living viking history museums in Denmark. If I was this close I would not want to miss it. How did you find Hedeby? I have only been once but going back in autumn. Its great to hear you are finding an interest in reenactment:) All the best and I hope you have a great stay in Blaavand
Thank YOU for replying. I’m in Booubyjan Queensland Australia. I was thinking about basic bread making…do you think the grains/flour were soaked & allowed to ferment naturally (sourdough) before cooking on the hearth? It’d make the grain softer & easier to eat too, let alone more nutritious. Who knows. It’s just a thought, being a exploratory cook at home. I really like what you present. Do you have a video on how to make your cloth under pants? I’m learning SO MUCH. I’ve travelled once overseas (in my 40’s to Finland Sweden Norway….I LOVE that region. I’d go again if I won the lottery!!! Thanks again
You are most welcome. Great to hear from Queensland:) I am sure the vikings would also soak and ferment before cooking to optimise the nutrition value of the food. But these things are very hard to proof with archaeology. I have video about the hose legs but not the undergarments yet. But it is on the list for future projects. I would also travel more if I won the lottery:) All the best:)
Excellent informaion and demonstration. Yes that looked incredible and I am totally jealous. What type of cheese did you put on those flat breads? Nate
Hello Nate. Thanks for taking the time to watch and write a comment. Its a simple style fresh Cheese we buy at the store here. Something similar to Mozerella or ricotta - somewhere in that field.
i have norse blood within my veins from my fathers side who is no longer with us sadly .. but i do know where i was born and raised(north east UK) that there was ALOT of viking raids and settlements within the area many many years ago, so maybe thats why?... the norse were VERY smart people and very successful merchants i find your videos very relaxing but by the end of it all i found myself very hungry lol no good for the diet lol SKOL!
Newcomer here. Enjoyed your video, reenactment & teaching. I am curious why other than the drone filming, is the majority of the filming so upclose? It's nice occasionally but not constantly. Hard to get a perspective when everything is filmed so up close. Just my opinion & I'm sure it won't make any difference. I'll check out your other videos. Perhaps this one is an anomaly. Thanks, it was interesting.
Hello. Thanks for the feedback. A big part of it is a style i like. You Will see some more of it in other video. But in this video there is two reasons. The first being it was raining outside the roof i was under so it was hard to place the camera far away. Second being that the place i was filming is not very interesting for a background inside the sheltered area. For that reason i am building my own Viking House to get a good location to film from more Angles. You Can see the first video already. I Hope this answers your question:)
What was the name of the area where the mill was, you mentioned it was an interesting place to visit. Just found your channel and enjoyed your narrative so I LIKED and SUBSCRIBED. Well wishes from Texas.
Hello:) The Area is called Ringkøbing Skjern. And the place is called Bork Vikinge Havn. Mid west Denmark. Im really happy you found the channel and liked the video. Thank you for the subscription. I hope you will enjoy my videos. All the best:)
Did they experiment with sourdough at all? I make regular sour dough and kefir grain sour dough. I'm also curious about the type of wheat you are using. Is it like Einkorn?
Hello Holly. I dont know. these things are very hard to document with archaeology. I dont think they knew excactly how leavening works or the theory behind yeast and fermentation, but for sure they must have known or learned that it does good to your food. So most likely - yes. The wheat I used and could buy in my local shop was Spelt.
Tak for dejlig video. Hvem laver den lille håndmølle? Er der evt. en video hvor jeg kan se den blive lavet, eller et sted i Danmark den bliver vist frem?
Hello, it’s the first time I’ve seen your channel. It’s LOVELY!!! Do I hear an Irish accent there, Or am I imagining it? I dunno. It’s a very interesting channel to watch. I’m subscribed & am watching more videos. What country are you in…Sweden? Thanks.
Hello Jess. Im so glad you found the channel and thank you for watching and subscribing. I am danish and located in Denmark. I grew up in a house with a big passion for irish music, was taught to sing and play by an irish folk musician and I have travelled a lot in ireland with my music and made tours there and mainland Europe with irish friends as well. So over the years some of the accent or the Lilt rubbed off:) well spotted. I Hope you enjoy my other videos and welcome you onboard:)
Im in a small shed in my local forest for the talking part of the video. Its right by the lake and is a public area for recreation. But in the early Hours there is No body and I have made many videos there both in the shed/shelter and in the forest around. The farming part and drone shots is from Ribe Viking Center.
I dont know if rye was more used than wheat. From what I understand the types of grain are the same. but of course in different variants that maybe is lost today due to the modern processing of the plants. Hope this answers your question:) all the best
I hope that is not a soapstone quern. All soapstones except Montana White (a massive talc) have asbestos fibers in them, wich will hook into or get below the cilia in your lungs and intestines so it cannot be expelled causing cancers. Talc is often used as a filler in health supplements and may have asbestos. Asbestos is any of seven fibrous minerals.
They were also the Lost tribes of Israel w many others that lost their heritage as they scattered up Over the Caucasus mountains into the northern most regions- safe and blessed
@@RAMUNI-Viking I know that the great verticle wheels are more "sexy" and are more recognized today. Most people have probably never heard of the horizantal wheel but they were quite common in Ireland, for example, and I suspect in other parts of northwestern, rural Europe for local, smaller scale grinding. They remained in use in parts of the United States into the twentieth century.
Can we just appreciate how he's using a Christmas song for the background music? ❤️
There is a few Who spotted it:) i hadnt realised untill far into the editing that the tune slowly evolves into silent night. But I was hooked and kinda liked it:)
Excellent channel. I really love your style. Its all incredibly wonderful and takes me back to simpler times in my life filled with more wonder and imagination. Thank you.
Thank you:) im really happy for this kind of feedback. Highly appreciate it
What a wonderful experience it must be to be able to grow up there. Your little ones are truly fortunate
Hello Nina:) Thank you for writing this kind comment. Sadly we are only able to immerse our self into viking reenactment as a recreational activity. We live in a modern house and work day jobs most of the time. But we truly enjoy reenactment as a nice slow down break and to be more present and creative together. Rasmus
@@RAMUNI-Vikingit sounds like the best of both worlds:) Beautiful memories are made for the family😁
I noticed with the “hand quern” (the smaller one, not water powered) that with the first grinding the grain looked reasonable for making porridge. If one were a bit creative and lazy, porridge left to sit for a few days, with water and a bit more added could become basically sourdough thus adding a bit of levening. Am I off base to think that leavened bread was also possible?
Hello Winifred:) I am sure that would have made a very nice porridge. I will have to try that. The vikings knew of leavened bread but didnt know the theory or had acces to cultivated yeast. But by using older dough, beer or wild fermented fruits etc they might have been able to leaven their bread. They might even have had sourdough. But I dont know of any evidence of this. Thank you for a very interesting question and for watching the video. All the best
Bread only became important when agriculture started. But real bread as your making is so much better than what we have now.
Yes indeed. You Are right. Takes a little effort but the reward is so good
Bread was eaten before agriculture by the natufian culture.
Yes but it also would wear on your teeth
that's a pretty eurocentric take.
This was such a lovely quality peaceful and informative video. I thank you for this and your time ❤
Thank you so much:) you Are most welcome. And im happy you felt like watching
I just found your channel, sir. Beauty and a wealth of information! Thank you! I just recently purchased a hand wheat grinder. The idea seemed wonderful... until the reality of the work set in. Now, I'm pondering more the planning women did for their meals. They didn't just suddenly decide to bake some bread product and retrieve their bag or jar of wheat. There was purpose & intent & planning in everything. And isn't it a wonder that we have so many modern conveniences today ... and yet, we complain of having less time? 🤔 I'm thinking we need to rethink our priorities. ....grinding ones own flour or discovering the manual method for so many things can cause one to be quite reflective.
Hello Bonnie:) thanks for checking in. congratulations with your own grinder - I hope you get to make som good flour on it. Its interesting to hear the reflections you have made after trying your own hand on an ancient work. I feel the same long threads of thinking and understanding to people generations ago when I do things like this. I think it is healthy for us. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to share your thoughts. all the best.
@RAMUNI-Viking , yes sir, I enjoyed the same thoughts when I first stepped into the project of hand sewing a complete outfit for a 1750's, lower class, working woman. I knitted my stockings and hand sewed everything else. When I unfurled the linen fabric to make my chemise ... I was flooded with the wonder of how many women before me ... had laid out linen on a simple, husband-made, wooden table after the Wee Ones were to bed, to cut a linen undergarment. I felt an instant and strong connection to my mothers of yore! How silly we women of today might seem to them with our lack of knowing what they took to be common and mundane knowledge. ...so you can operate a computerized device. ...can you FEED yourself and your family? 🤔
First watch by me. It was very interesting. Loved the gardening with your little helpers. That interests me being a gardener myself. Also loved the sugar sack clothing. Noticed your hand made shoes. So cool. Will be watching more. When I was a child our school in Norsewood did a reinactment of Viking dances for I think it was 100 years celebrations. Now I don’t live in the north island but loved it at the time. Love from New Zealand.
Hello Diane. Sorry for being so late at replying to this comment. Im really happy to hear you enjoyed the video. Its great when school teach different cultures and history. I remember learning about the inuit when i was little. Still sits in me this day:)
What a lovely video! Thank you for sharing your beautiful culture!
Greetings from Brazil.
You Are most welcome:) thanks for watching:)
I just started watching but damn the camera quality is insanely good! Looks sharper than my eyesight😆
Thank you so much:) i really appreciate this feedback. Thank you
It is wonderful to see your videos as a reenactor specializing in food at that age. The filming is outstanding! Thank you for sharing your videos.
Hello Gerben:) thank you so much for the kind words. That is really nice from you. I love the good energy. thank you:)
I truly hope that you go viral and get millions of subscribers. ❤
Thank you. I would not complain:)
Wow, I enjoyed that video!
I’m a retired chef,
& have baked loads
of different breads over the years.
Still bake them at home.
The critics are harder!
Back to your bread.
Thanks to your very good description,
& great visuals, & audio,
I was there with you!
Your cheese topping,
looked pretty scrumptious also!
Thanks for the lesson!
Keep your smiles on!
Hello:) Great to hear from you. I am very happy to hear that you enjoyed the video and felt you were here with me:) Then I know it works. Thanks for taking the time to write this kind and friendly comment. Keep Baking:)
The scenic beauty, and amazing photography along with the lovely music, is the garnish on this well researched and delightful film. THANK YOU
@GramaSagefeather thank you:) you Are most welcome
thank you for this interesting video. We enjoy watching accurate historical productions.
Hello Pat:) thank you. I happy to hear you enjoyed the video. I hope you will find more videos to your liking on my channel:) all the best
Excellent heritage documentary! Your historical information, personal insights, and quality of footage, not only educates, but enables people to see themselves in history which brings us all closer since all of us share a common past! I I totally enjoyed this and looking forward to catching up to all your wonderful presentations!
thank you so much David. Im happy to read your kind and friendly feedback. Im happy you took the time to watch and write. All the best:)
In Hamburg-Farmsen, close to where I live, there's an archaeological path in the middle of an apartment block. They reconstructed a pit house, a wooden well, garden, a ritual site and a big earthen oven and put up signs explaining the life in the iron age. That's because during the construction of said apartments in the 1950s they found remnants of a settlement from that time. Including an earthen oven which had charred bread rolls in it.
And the fantastic thing is they were diamond shaped and very similar to the ones you could buy at the bakery around the corner. As we say in Germany "Das Auge isst mit." (The eye is also eating.) Meaning a meal should not only taste but also look good.
People often think of the food of medieval and ancient times' simpler folk as bland and uncreative. Maybe because many movies and documentaries paint the picture of the bony and dirty peasant and his family sharing a pot of grey gruel or porridge. Everyone's eating from the same bowl for they can only afford that one. But that wasn't the case.
The day to day meals sure were simple - today we also don't have a multi-course feast every single day - but it was very diverse and most of the days just as appetizing as (and for most way healthier than) what we eat today.
Thats a really interesting story from Hamborg. I Would love to see that. And I totally agree with what you are saying here about the view many people have of the "simpler" times. There is on reason to think that they did not use their ingredients and availible foods to best possible meal:) thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. Highly appreciated. All the best
Brother, I subbed almost immediately.
I have never seen your channel, so I'm glad the algo gave it to me. This was amazingly well done, from the period work to the instructions to the research. You're going to do so well. Cheers and health!
Hello:) Thank you so much. I am really happy that you came along and took the time to write this kind and friendly comment. Love the good energy. all the best. Rasmus:)
Hello Ramuni this is the first time I have watched your video. It was quite moving to watch you and your children planting the garden. The joy in such a simple pleasure. Also fascinating to see how the grains were milled. Beautifully filmed also. I look forward to watching many more. Thankyou
Nadia from Australia
Hello:) Welcome to the channel and thanks for the kind words and for taking the time to write. I promise to keep them coming as fast as i can:) all the best Nadia. And great to hear from Australia
I so enjoyed this video so very much. Making bread stimulates all of the senses. The sound of the stones grinding,.... the feel of the flour and the patting together of the flat bread... and the smell of the cooking bread,... the mixing of the spreads for the bread. You inspired me!!!! I am going to look for my own quern to grind my grains. This what such a pleasure to watch. I thank you for giving me such a wonderful experience. As usual,.... your time and your beautiful artistic presentation is much, much appreciated.
Hello Wyo:) im happy to hear the video inspired you and spoke to your senses. and I hope you manage to find a quern for yourself. Im happy you keep watching the videos and takes the time to write these positive and kind comments. Highly appreicate it. stay safe my friend
This was beautiful video very intersting i love your hand made wooden bowls and natural fibre cloths .
Thank you:) im glad you enjoyed it:)
I do enjoy all of your videos, and this one is excellent! The filming, the music and the content are all masterfully combined.
Thank you very much! I appreciate this kind comment from you Penelope
Nothing better than your own home-baked bread and the smell and taste makes your mouth water. What we buy in the supermarket is often tasteless and not really nutritious. Great Video as always from my favorite Viking here on UA-cam. Thank you Ramuni for sharing.
Thank you my Friend:) I always enjoy your positive energy in the comments section:) stay safe
Really enjoyed watching!!! Such great history.
Thank you:) and i appreciate you took the time to write:) all the best
well done thank you. educational, calming and pure and simple. like the music the scenery and history as well. more please!!
Thank you James. Im delighted to hear you liked the video. I promise there will be more:)
That was excellent! Thank you. You are appreciated.
Thank you:) so is your feedback:)
Amazingly interesting ! It's always unbelievable to remind how long everything took and how much efforts were needed for simple things at thoses times.
Thank you Oni. And yes you are right. I know for myself that trying just this one time to make my own flourr - and even if I might never come back to it - the experience and the appreciation will live in me. I love experimenting like this. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment.
Your eyes are beautiful! Thank you for sharing your bread recipe.
Thank you:) and you are most welcome:)
Good video! It is amazing to think about the ingenuity they had! Someone had to imagine the concept, then figure out the mechanics, then build it! No trade school back then! Amazing! Cheers!
Thank you Ian my friend. The People in Bork told me their theory that they must have gotten plans or Even an "engineer" from German area where the water mill was already known and in use back then imported here to help the Vikings to make their own mill. But to the regular farmer milling by hand this must have been like the Tesla of our time.
Loving your videos, viking life how we expect it to be 😊
I am happy to know you liked it:) thanks
Thank you for this wonderful history lesson!
you are most welcome:) thanks for watching and leaving a comment:)
Thank you! cheers
You Are welcome:)
There is a beautiful little water mill at a site on Orkney that has had a mill there since Viking times. Much smaller, different mechanism. I think it is called the Click Water Mill. One of those places that makes the past vivid.
it sounds like a fantastic place John:) would love to visit it one day.
Watching your video and listening to your warm voice is like wrapping yourself in your favourite blanket by a fireplace
That is a very kind comment to read. Thank you for letting me know this. I am honoured to know my videos can do this:)
I have much to learn. Thank you.
You are most welcome:)
That flour mill is amazing!
I agree. Both the handquern and the water mill:) it connects you to your food
Great video! I enjoyed watching the process. Best of luck on your growing channel! Sköl
Thank you so much:) i appreciate it:)
Thank you for making this video! It was really lovely, well filmed, great balance between footage, you talking to us and the background music as well as being very informative. Very enjoyable, thanks!
Thank you so much:) I really appreciate your feedback. all the best:)
Lovely ❤
Thank you:)
Patience is the name of the game for ancient people.
yes:) and maybe for us modern people it would be good to practise it a bit more. i have never regretted doing something slow with patience:)
The stone needs to be sharpened at an angle so the grooves are shallower at the edges than in the center. That forces the flour out and prevents the whole thing from being stopped up.
Hello. Thank you for this bit of information. The stone is not mine, but I will pass this information on to the owner. The quern bein stopped up surely made the grinding process a bit difficult. thank you:)
Very nice, a great video and fascinating to learn how our forebears lived. 👍🏻
Hello Arielle:) Thank you - Im happy you liked the video and took the time to comment. All the best
You just changed my vision of my future, you added a new point whatI would like to experience. Thank you for this mesmerising video
Hello Edina:) Then I really hope you will get a chance to experience it:) And I am sure you will enjoy it. Thanks for watching the video and for taking the time to write me:) all the best
Lovely video in the Viking settlement.I love making bread and appreciate the hard work that must have gone into grinding your own flour. Great work,thank you from Scotland.
thank you so much:) It definately connects you to your food when you go just one step of the process backwards and try yourself. Even if it sausagemaking, beerbrewing or something else. Even if its only one time. Then you know:) My best greetings to you and Scotland:)
Well narrated, u drew me into the movie and imagined the lifestyle u describe. I surely would be so happy to sit with u and enjoy your bread snack and the environment. Thank u for sharing!
thank you Albert:) then I know the video works:) Im very happy you took the time to watch and comment:) all the best:) Rasmus
was a simple life with simple food and we must go to this way of life as quik is possible, otherway is no chance to survive with chemicals....greetings from Romania👍
I think you are on to something my friend:)
Thank you!
you are welcome Jack:)
Loved your video and I'm planning on giving your bread a try. I grind my grains at home, i have an electric grinder and a hand crank stone grinder. So flour, salt and beer?
Thank you Anne. great to hear from a home grinder:) flour salt and beer yes. I am sure you are going to make som delicious breads. all the best:)
Ramuni thank you sooo much for this video, for all the work that you do
I love your channel, I deeply appreciate all that you do👍
Hello:) you are most welcome. i am happy to hear that you appreciate my work. I feel proud by reading this. so thank you:) all the best
Great viedo brother.. After sur names were given to people sometimes based on their occupation, mine is fittingly enough for this viedo ..Miller..
thank you. That is very interesting. and you are right. Many old surnames also in Danish is even to this day linked to a craft down through generations. I can only imagine it would have been a great honour to be called ex. baker. It must have been a regonition of your skills i suppose:)
Bakker (Dutch for baker) is a VERY common surname where I live. Up to a point where both my parents come from two completely unrelated Bakker families.
Cool video!
Thank you:)
Great Video, thankyou for putting it together.
You Are most welcome. Im happy you liked it:) thanks for watching and for taking the time to write. All the best
Once again an amazing video from you! Thank you for this time :D
Hello:) you are most welcome:) thanks for coming along:)
@@RAMUNI-Viking You are the one who inspired me to start making my own things and to fully enjoy my interest for history and handcraft :)
Great content. Thank you for the journey! ❤
Thank you. You are most welcome:) all the best
vikining prmitive how its made.
excactly:)
Beautiful video! i enjoyed it. Thanks
Thank you Hannah:)
Going to have to make bread now. I won't be milling my own grain due to not having a quern. However, I make a pretty good loaf of bread. Thank you for bringing us on your journey.
Hello:) thats awesome to hear. And good that you make a great loaf. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment
A course weave linen works fine as a sieve, also called a bolt from the phrase to bolt the wheat. A willow hoop with a slightly baggy, droopy cloth sewn on can work or a very finely constructed basket that allows flour through but not whole grains can work as well. You did good with what you had. Saxon and viking farmers were often isolated and like American pioneers had to make do with what was available.
Hello Alan. Thats a very good idea - i will try that out at some point. it seems like a very good way to do it. thank you:)
Here for inspiration. Thank you! Wonderful content on this chanel.
Hello:) thank you so much:) i hope the video managed to inspire:) all the best
Is your background music, Christmas music? Beautiful.
Haha. Yes i realised that while editing. The long fiddle intro turns i to a very subtle version og silent night. I decided to keep it:)
Absolutely fascinating, new subscriber from far north Idaho
Hello Daniel:) thank you for subscribing. Great to hear All the way from Idaho. Welcome to the channel:)
Lovely video! Very good job!
Thank you so much:) im happy to hear that
Great video bro.
Keep on grinding💪
Thank you my friend. I will:)
Parabéns pelo vídeo e secessso sempre
thank you so much Barby Bushcraft:) all the best
Love your videos Ramuni - thanks - I could almost smell the bread you made here. I'm sure the bread was quite good after all the labor you needed to get the flour by hand. Would love to try getting my hands on some hand mill stones to try this myself. The work you put into these videos is greatly appreciated - I always look forward to your next video to see how you will entertain all of us differently. Your videos are very evocative with music, nature, and at times the very nature of the sounds of whatever you are working on in that particular video.
Also - love hearing you work with your daughter in the garden. :)
Hello Jim. thank you for taking the time to watch and write this kind comment. The bread was amazing and I was hungry:) I am really happy and proud to hear that you feel this way about my videos. I really appreciate it and It makes we want to keep making videos. so thank you Jim.
Love your channel. You and your bread got a new subscriber ❤❤
We are both very happy to hear that:) Thank you so much
Det er super fedt min ven.. fortsæt det gode arbejde !
Tusind tak Sven:) det kan jeg love dig for at jeg nok skal gøre:)
Amazing video!!!
thank you:)
As for making bread i use a clay cook pot on its side with a flat iron plate put inside and use beer to raise the bread and honey for sweetness.
that sounds like a great way and a delicious bread. I didnt know you could raise the bread with beer. I thought the yeast was done fermenting?
@RAMUNI-Viking they just use the quick leftover fizziness of the beer in that case, its not a very big rise
That makes sense. Thank you:)
That was brilliant! I'm still amazed at the level of technological advancement displayed in the watermill, it's very impressive to think about that kind of machine being used in the Viking era. I will definitely have to plan a visit to Bork next time I travel to Denmark!
I can almost smell your flatbreads cooking! 😄
Thank you for sharing my friend, it's an honour and a pleasure to be able to go on these journeys with you.
Thank you Ingvar. I promise you that Bork will live up:) its a great place. I was there in early May and before that It has been 6 years since I was there last. And like Ribe it keeps evolving so its always interesting to come back. Its an honour to have you onboard my friend and I am happy you want to come along:)
Fann just nu er video, intressanta! Tack! När vi kör reenactment bakar vi tunn-bröd av lika delar korn, råg och vete (vatten och salt) samt ibland litet honung. Gräddar i torr panna utan fett. Vi bakar dem också tunnare än de ni bakar här. Serverar dem ofta med skör-ost kryddad med salvia. Ska prova era bröd!
Mange tak:) Det lyder som et rigtig lækkert brød i laver. Det må jeg prøve en dag:) Tak fordi du så med, og tog tiden til at kommentere. Bedste hilsner:)
Another great video. thank you for sharing us your video. Last year one of the reanactors at Ribe let me tast the fat bread and gave me the names of the ingredients en sometimes i make them. i use Emmer wheat.
The watermill in Bork is beautiful, simpel ,but nice thechnique, still in use at windmills today
Hello:) you are most welcome. It sounds like you had a good experience in ribe. Emmer wheat from what I understand i also a really old type of grain. I suppose it makes a great flat bread? Thank you for your support and for taking the time to write your comment:) I highly appreciate the feedback.
@@RAMUNI-Viking Hallo Rasmus,
For some reason can i not enter your Patreon side. I can enter Patreon but it is asking for wich of the two payed entry's i chaos, but i have already chosen and paid
@gerbenvanderveen-yw9mi that is wierd. You appear on my last as an active member as well. Have you tried to Access via the app? I Will look into it and get back to you Asap. Is it possible for you to contact me on messenger so we can write more easily?
This is an amazing video. Keep it up. Subscribed 🎉
Thank you Rowan:) I am very happy to hear that. Welcome:)
Bread looks delicious. Bread made from freshly milled whole grain has 40 out of 44 nutrients needed for life!
Thats really interesting:) i did not know that. but wauw. make you think:) thanks for commenting
Just found your channel today. Do you provide recipes for making your bread! I also shared with family and friends. Have a wonderful day! I really enjoyed your video!! 😊👍
Hello:) Im happy you found the channel and to hear you enjoy the videos. The recipe for this bread is simple:) x ammount of flour and pinch of salt. x ammount of beer untill the dough can be kneaded to a good not too sticky consistency. If you end up adding too much beer just add mour flour. Sadly I dont have it more precise than this. I hope this is helpful. Enjoy the baking and have a wonderfull day:)
Glædelig jul😉
Haha jeg ved det godt. Jeg opdagede først sent i redigeringen at det ikke bare var random violin spil. Og jeg var blevet glad for lyden så jeg beholdte den. I er ikke mange der har opdaget det
I have fresh wheat berries and a small mill. I'll have to set it to coarse and try this. Fresh flour, salt and beer, right? The topping looked like a soft cheese with herbs. That looked good too.
Excactly:) flour, beer and salt. And the herbs in this video is Asparagus and ramson. Enjoy:)
Bork looks great. When my family is on holiday in Blavand I'll convince them to make a visit there.
I'm amazed of the craftsmenship of that mill. I've only seen 18th and 19th century ones yet and they are way closer to that one than to our industrial mills nowadays.
I've only been to Haithabu (Hedeby) yet, but getting interested into reenactment lately I'm planning to see many other reconstruction museums in the near future. Any recommendations?
That sounds like a great idea. Bork will not dissapoint. about 1,5 hour driving south from Bork you find Ribe Viking Center. That is my homebase and one of the largest living viking history museums in Denmark. If I was this close I would not want to miss it. How did you find Hedeby? I have only been once but going back in autumn. Its great to hear you are finding an interest in reenactment:) All the best and I hope you have a great stay in Blaavand
Thank YOU for replying. I’m in Booubyjan Queensland Australia. I was thinking about basic bread making…do you think the grains/flour were soaked & allowed to ferment naturally (sourdough) before cooking on the hearth? It’d make the grain softer & easier to eat too, let alone more nutritious. Who knows. It’s just a thought, being a exploratory cook at home. I really like what you present. Do you have a video on how to make your cloth under pants? I’m learning SO MUCH. I’ve travelled once overseas (in my 40’s to Finland Sweden Norway….I LOVE that region. I’d go again if I won the lottery!!! Thanks again
You are most welcome. Great to hear from Queensland:) I am sure the vikings would also soak and ferment before cooking to optimise the nutrition value of the food. But these things are very hard to proof with archaeology. I have video about the hose legs but not the undergarments yet. But it is on the list for future projects. I would also travel more if I won the lottery:) All the best:)
Im jealous! Whenever I i try to make homemade bread, ugh, it never works out right.
Thankls for the video, I love learning history
You are welcome:) I hope you will succeed in making break:) Best of wishes
New and subscribed here i just found you by accident ,got a few things to catch up upon
Im happy you found the channel and I Hope you find many videos to your liking. Welcome:)
Excellent informaion and demonstration. Yes that looked incredible and I am totally jealous. What type of cheese did you put on those flat breads?
Nate
Hello Nate. Thanks for taking the time to watch and write a comment. Its a simple style fresh Cheese we buy at the store here. Something similar to Mozerella or ricotta - somewhere in that field.
Now I'm going to have to bake me some bread.
Im sure they will be amazing Charles:)
i have norse blood within my veins from my fathers side who is no longer with us sadly .. but i do know where i was born and raised(north east UK) that there was ALOT of viking raids and settlements within the area many many years ago, so maybe thats why?... the norse were VERY smart people and very successful merchants i find your videos very relaxing but by the end of it all i found myself very hungry lol no good for the diet lol SKOL!
Hello:) thanks for watching the video and for taking the time to write - its much appreciated. Im sorry to ruin your diet:)
@@RAMUNI-Viking your welcome. dont worry the diet was already ruined just lying to myself hahaha
Newcomer here. Enjoyed your video, reenactment & teaching.
I am curious why other than the drone filming, is the majority of the filming so upclose? It's nice occasionally but not constantly. Hard to get a perspective when everything is filmed so up close.
Just my opinion & I'm sure it won't make any difference. I'll check out your other videos. Perhaps this one is an anomaly.
Thanks, it was interesting.
Hello. Thanks for the feedback. A big part of it is a style i like. You Will see some more of it in other video. But in this video there is two reasons. The first being it was raining outside the roof i was under so it was hard to place the camera far away. Second being that the place i was filming is not very interesting for a background inside the sheltered area. For that reason i am building my own Viking House to get a good location to film from more Angles. You Can see the first video already. I Hope this answers your question:)
What was the name of the area where the mill was, you mentioned it was an interesting place to visit.
Just found your channel and enjoyed your narrative so I LIKED and SUBSCRIBED. Well wishes from Texas.
Hello:) The Area is called Ringkøbing Skjern. And the place is called Bork Vikinge Havn. Mid west Denmark. Im really happy you found the channel and liked the video. Thank you for the subscription. I hope you will enjoy my videos. All the best:)
how long does a millstone like this last under permanent use ?
Years once they start going smooth you recut the grooves
i would not know from pratical use. But like Martin says - the furrows can be recut many times to I would expect many many years.
really nice video but maybe zoom out bit and have less of a close up
thank you:) I will keep that in mind:)
Did they experiment with sourdough at all? I make regular sour dough and kefir grain sour dough. I'm also curious about the type of wheat you are using. Is it like Einkorn?
Hello Holly. I dont know. these things are very hard to document with archaeology. I dont think they knew excactly how leavening works or the theory behind yeast and fermentation, but for sure they must have known or learned that it does good to your food. So most likely - yes. The wheat I used and could buy in my local shop was Spelt.
Tak for dejlig video. Hvem laver den lille håndmølle? Er der evt. en video hvor jeg kan se den blive lavet, eller et sted i Danmark den bliver vist frem?
Det var så lidt:) jeg ved desværre ikke hvem der har lavet den. En bekendt har købt den på Ribe Vikinge Marked for en del år siden.
Is the type of grain you use an older variety or a modern grain
I used a modern type of wheat. Its the only Thing i could get my Hands on in the preparing of this video:)
Hello, it’s the first time I’ve seen your channel. It’s LOVELY!!! Do I hear an Irish accent there, Or am I imagining it? I dunno. It’s a very interesting channel to watch. I’m subscribed & am watching more videos. What country are you in…Sweden? Thanks.
Hello Jess. Im so glad you found the channel and thank you for watching and subscribing. I am danish and located in Denmark. I grew up in a house with a big passion for irish music, was taught to sing and play by an irish folk musician and I have travelled a lot in ireland with my music and made tours there and mainland Europe with irish friends as well. So over the years some of the accent or the Lilt rubbed off:) well spotted. I Hope you enjoy my other videos and welcome you onboard:)
There, where you are situated during the video, is this also in Bork ( because it doesnt look like´) or somewhere else ?
Im in a small shed in my local forest for the talking part of the video. Its right by the lake and is a public area for recreation. But in the early Hours there is No body and I have made many videos there both in the shed/shelter and in the forest around. The farming part and drone shots is from Ribe Viking Center.
Would the Vikings have used rye more than wheat? Would they have used barley or ancient grains that are no longer used?
I dont know if rye was more used than wheat. From what I understand the types of grain are the same. but of course in different variants that maybe is lost today due to the modern processing of the plants. Hope this answers your question:) all the best
Did the Vikings ever sprout there grains for bread making?
Thats hard to say. These things Are really hard to tell through archaeology. But probably:)
The old saying .The daily grind 😂 And flour with stone bits to grind down your teeth.
I sure am happy I found that big chunk before baking the bread for this experiment. Else I would have needed a fundraiser for the dentist bill:)
It is better to be a warrior in the gardens, than a gardener in battle…..I can smell the bread you made here in Colorado
I love that saying:) I will take it with me. Best of greetings:) stay safe
I hope that is not a soapstone quern. All soapstones except Montana White (a massive talc) have asbestos fibers in them, wich will hook into or get below the cilia in your lungs and intestines so it cannot be expelled causing cancers. Talc is often used as a filler in health supplements and may have asbestos. Asbestos is any of seven fibrous minerals.
Thanks for writing and sharing your concern and insight. This quern is made from basalt.
They were also the
Lost tribes of Israel w many others that lost their heritage as they scattered up
Over the Caucasus mountains into the northern most regions- safe and blessed
I think we read different books, but thanks for watching
Nysgjerrig,
Abbonerte jeg
Hei fra Holland
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I am happy you were curious:) thanks for cheking in from Holland and for subscribing. All the best
I should think a simple hoizontal wheel more likely.
Maybe -this one is based off a mill from the Hamburg area from the same time period.
@@RAMUNI-Viking I know that the great verticle wheels are more "sexy" and are more recognized today. Most people have probably never heard of the horizantal wheel but they were quite common in Ireland, for example, and I suspect in other parts of northwestern, rural Europe for local, smaller scale grinding. They remained in use in parts of the United States into the twentieth century.
Thats very interesting:)