Which food and drink would you like best as a working-class Victorian?

@pamelasimone5084

25 күн бұрын

Probably bone broth and soups with root vegetables. Lots of oatmeal.

@VictoriantoModern

19 күн бұрын

@@pamelasimone5084, Sounds like good food. Cheers!

My Nan was born in 1896, and her father, a bricklayer, was killed in a work accident in 1906. She often said that they were so poor that they often had bread and dripping for te, only without the drippong, because they didn't have any. She was sent from London to Wales when she was twelve to work in the home of some well-to-do industrialist. It must have seemed like heaven, having a regular siurce of healthy food.

@VictoriantoModern

4 ай бұрын

@carollizc, Thank you for this great account of how your Nan experienced the difficulty of finding nourishment in the Victorian era, and how she overcame it. We really appreciate insightful comments like this! Cheers,

@Heygoodlooking-lk9kg

Ай бұрын

I'm 74 and me and my sisters often had bread and dripping in the 50's,,,,a real treat was when my mother would get a sheep's head from the butcher for 3 old pence and make a huge pan of broth,,,, happy days

@VictoriantoModern

28 күн бұрын

@@Heygoodlooking-lk9kg, Thank you for sharing those memories! Cheers.

@joannedibben2352

28 күн бұрын

My grandma was born in 1920 he dad was a fisherman.grandma had to knock neighbours door to sell fish before school started she was one of 14 and they were poor great grandma made fish casserole most days so they always had a meal but my grandma said she craved nice food

@Heygoodlooking-lk9kg

28 күн бұрын

@@carollizc I used to work 4 hours shovelling coal on Saturday mornings when I was 11yrs old,,, earned 2 bob (10 pence) and I thought I was rich,,,, happy days

I’m a post war baby, and my mother was always trying to get butter and eggs into my sister and me. We had to beg her to stop buying Jersey milk (extra expense) because we found it too rich. I can see why now, as she was a child in World War 1, when food was scarce.

@VictoriantoModern

Ай бұрын

@junedarling6657, Appreciate the comment! Cheers.

The poor in the states are many of these foods too. They brought the instructions with them through oral traditions. People here also added edible wild berries and greens to their diets. My grandmother learned a lot of these foods from her mother, who immigrated to the USA from Ireland in the late 1800s. Added to her repertoire were some staples from Germany added when she married my great grandfather. They met after they arrived here. He came from Germany in the late 1800s. These were all things I ate from time to time when my grandmother would fix them more from nostalgia than necessity. She was the one who showed me edible plants, like dandelions, and berries that were free, healthy, and even tasty.

@VictoriantoModern

25 күн бұрын

@pamelasimone5084, Thank you for this interesting and informative comment! Truly appreciated. Cheers.

My Grandma was the eldest child of nine. She used to say she saw more meal times than meals. She had an abscess under a tooth and her mouth swelled up like a balloon. It was the only week her mum could afford some eggs and she couldn’t open her mouth to eat the egg.

Great video, it is telling that today we can see that these staples are still eaten today, by rich and poor alike. Necessity made it necessary for some of these food items to be consumed, now even some of these things are " fancied " in restaurants

@VictoriantoModern

26 күн бұрын

@amyj5987, Thank you and great observations! Cheers.

Makes more sense why babies were nursed longer if another baby didn’t take the previous babies place. Also, limited nutrition would contribute to acquiring illnesses and makes reasonable the 50% death rate of children under 5 yrs of age. Those sheep’s feet don’t have much meat, the born when added to soup/stew added needed nutrients.

@VictoriantoModern

Ай бұрын

@kenyonbissett3512, We appreciate your thoughtful observations! Cheers.

@pamelasimone5084

18 күн бұрын

@@kenyonbissett3512 If the mothers lacked nutrition, it going to affect the baby being nursed. The main nutrients will go to the breast milk. The mother will be depleted while nutrients go to the nursing baby.

@kenyonbissett3512

18 күн бұрын

@@pamelasimone5084 contributing to post natal death in women. Women’s bodies wore unless they were middle class or high up.

Bone broth is pure protein.. A whole chicken carcass is best. Loads of collagen. A must for post facial surgery. Wonderful for hair and nails. Make it for rapid post surgery recovery. That’s what to do with the Sunday roast remains.

@VictoriantoModern

Ай бұрын

@junedarling6657, This is interesting information and commentary! Thank you.

@arleneT99

Ай бұрын

People couldn't afford chicken in the 1960s let alone the 1860s

@junedarling6657

29 күн бұрын

@@arleneT99 That’s why you needed to use everything. A lot of country, and suburban, folk kept a few chickens. My first house, in a very respectable road built in the 1890’s, had a clause stating that you weren’t allowed to keep a pig in the 50 by 25 foot garden! In the 1970’s I just thought “As if!” but I guess some people might have been used to that, a few miles further out. Cottagers, and the first council house tenants, had really big gardens so they could feed their families. No shoes for the kids’s feet, but simple food for their tummies.

@ohhimark742

22 күн бұрын

FYI collagen is not a complete protein

@JS-wp4gs

17 күн бұрын

@@arleneT99 Chicken was very affordable in the 1960s and had been since the end of ww2

These are the foods I was raised on: porridge, bean and veg stew, bread, vegetables we grew ourselves. Didn't do me any harm

@VictoriantoModern

Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this personal experience! Cheers.

@joannedibben2352

28 күн бұрын

Sounds healthy good food🌈

My great grandparents ate mostly porridge.

@VictoriantoModern

29 күн бұрын

@sarah-kk4om, Thank you for sharing that information! Cheers.

The stew with meat, grains, and vegetables looked good.

@VictoriantoModern

16 күн бұрын

@bridgetdrummond1721, Yes, that stew does look tasty! Cheers.

Poor dears.🌻

@VictoriantoModern

26 күн бұрын

@MegaLivingIt, Yes, these were very challenging times to survive. Cheers.

Many of these foodstuffs are still eaten and enjoyed , in parts of the Uk, today.

@VictoriantoModern

4 ай бұрын

@dennwren, Thank you for that observation! Cheers.

@paulsawczyc5019

Ай бұрын

UK is not famous for great food.

@gemmag.2988

Ай бұрын

​@@paulsawczyc5019Times have changed and the UK is on a par with the best cuisine found in Europe.

@paulsawczyc5019

Ай бұрын

@@gemmag.2988 Yeah, but we're talking about food for common folk - of course rich people will have good "cuisine" at the restaurant. Even pizza is considered a luxury if you don't have much money.

@VictoriantoModern

28 күн бұрын

@@gemmag.2988, Appreciate that observation! Cheers.

Healthier than what we have today.

@VictoriantoModern

Ай бұрын

@paulsawczyc5019, Thank you for your interesting observation! Cheers.

@CFinch360

26 күн бұрын

Healthier? I don't think so: as another commenter has pointed out "Limited nutrition would contribute to acquiring illnesses and makes reasonable the 50% death rate of children under 5 yrs of age" Milk was often tainted with tuberculosis, bread was adulterated, malnutrition was rampant.

@paulsawczyc5019

26 күн бұрын

@@CFinch360 You are talking about starvation - yeah, that's not healthy at all.

Uk heading that way again

@Maeglin7936

21 күн бұрын

So is America... I swear the inflation is absolutely insane.

Peas Porridge Hot..😮 Peas Porridge Cold...😢 Peas Porridge in the pot. 10 days old'😢😮

@VictoriantoModern

22 күн бұрын

@SusanLlewellyn-pp2xn, I am sure this nursery rhyme was sung by many during Victorian times! Cheers.

@wendy-ld5ck

22 күн бұрын

The song went; 'nine days old' here in the states. Looks like Brits got one more day out of it than we did.

@Serene3574

18 күн бұрын

Thanks, I always sang nine day old as well.

We ate much the same in post WWII uk. We aye bread and dripping, pigs feet, and mutton. I still eat mutton, and have 2 whole mutton in my freezer right now.

@VictoriantoModern

18 күн бұрын

@lat1419. That is so interesting to know! Thank you for sharing. Cheers.

Lentils are cheap and have protein , shame they didn’t have them although they had dried peas.

@VictoriantoModern

15 күн бұрын

@user-sz2ef5sc8e , Lentils are also yummy, as I have tasted some delicious lentil soups! Cheers!

I just have to thank God that I am not living in those days. The animal and fish food choices were so gross, I would have starved. It goes to show how many of us take what we have for granted.

The porridge is burnt again

@VictoriantoModern

Ай бұрын

@markhodgson2348, With that passage from Jane Eyre, would you like us to do an episode on Charlotte Bronte or Victorian West Yorkshire in the future? Cheers.

Butter i want butter!

So sad seeing this poor people

@VictoriantoModern

Ай бұрын

@jendagesse4524, Yes, it was truly an unfortunate situation for many in the Victorian Working Class when it came to nutrition. Appreciate your comment!

@paulsawczyc5019

Ай бұрын

They deserve it - for allowing the rich to enslave them.

I eat oatbran every morning, cheap and healthy.

@VictoriantoModern

29 күн бұрын

@skr8674, Yes, that is a good food for healthy nutrition! Cheers.

Brown soup sounds tasty.

@VictoriantoModern

4 ай бұрын

@SiiriCressey, I agree that brown soup would be a good option compared to some of the other "nourishment". Cheers!

@SiiriCressey

4 ай бұрын

@@VictoriantoModern I might try it.

The Victorian era did exist outside London !

@barbara1407

23 күн бұрын

Yes, country folk would have had a much more varied diet during Victorian times.

If the elite have their way,( World Economic Forum) middle class will be gone, leaving the rich and the poverty stricken.

@JS-wp4gs

17 күн бұрын

You say that like its a bad thing

Maybe we can learn to eat food like this as a result of biden harris

@CFinch360

26 күн бұрын

Maybe we can learn to eat food like this-cheap & healthy-without bringing politics into it?

@jennyeagan1840

21 күн бұрын

Enjoy preparing a hot meal with your gas stoves. And a sink to wash your dishes. Let us not forget enjoy drinking your morning cup of hot coffee with that coffee maker. The store to purchase your coffee creamer and the fridge to preserve these foods. Btw. Learn to quit grumping, learn to forage, can or dehydrate foods for better food preservation and management. Your grumpiness is nothing more than laziness on another human. Be independent, be proud.

@juliekswanson

21 күн бұрын

You have a very entitled, victim mentality. Maybe you can learn to turn off the right-wing propaganda and think for yourself. P.S. you are not a victim.