What Food was Served at Wild West Saloons?

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[alexdemoya]

"There's gold in them there hills!"
I sleep
"There's free lunches of pork and beans"
I wake

[A.Clifton]

My favorite version involves frying the pork in the pan, frying onion in the pork fat, then adding the washed and parboiled beans to that same
pan with the molasses and spices. Then it's assembled and baked, served over corn bread and topped with chilis. That's how I had it in New Mexico.

[rapipanmanoch]

Just a glance at the cover and “They call me Trinity” suddenly haunted me. Never had a man eating beans and bread in a saloon impressed me that much in my life

[mikehart]

The free food idea sounds very much like bars that offer free bar snacks like salted nuts or chips. I've even been to bars that had a free buffet on certain nights. It definitely encouraged people to stay longer and presumably drink more and it encouraged people to become regulars. Good for business.

[thoth]

Westerns always make me hungry for some good ole fashioned down home cookin.

[InfinityNaN-djfx]

I loved that southern twang when you said 'I love baked beans' It made my heart swell

[paulminh]

It’s reminds me of Red Redemption scenarios game with the foods!

[nfrn]

Imagine free lunch in today's economy

[operator-chan]

you don't necessarily NEED to cook salt pork, it was quite often eaten right out of the barrel

[waltsimonson]

Fat is actually good for you, it's essential for your body, and it adds falvor, it also makes flavors come together.
You can't live without fat, it's impossible .
In the time period your talking about they added fat to almost everything, because they didn't get a daily amount of it .
Pork n beans would taste like crap without the fat .

[robertcop]

2:52 "Then I found some really complicated ones that have cayenne..."
He found Chef John.

[trooperdgb]

"A Million ways to die in the West" had them eating in the saloon... only because it was necessary for the story of course but On the subject of Salt Pork... How salty was it? Well.. the cooks on Royal Navy ships in the age of sail used to tie a line to a chunk of salt pork or beef and drop it over the side to "rinse"...in the salt water!

[tripps]

I think Cookie from Disney's Atlantis the Lost Empire said it best.
"I got yer four food groups right here! Bacon, Beans, Whiskey, and Lard!"

[PassTheMarmalade]

Max, what I can only describe as the "Spaghetti Western lighting" is really doing it for you.

[tubekulose]

0:04 "They are never eating." ??? In almost every Bud Spencer & Terence Hill western they are eating; and in most cases beans. 😂😂😂

[spoonskill]

My dad owned bars up until the late 80's. He always offered free food, from small sandwiches, baked beans, to stuffed bell peppers. His bar was always packed. A smart bar practice...

[ashe]

suddenly Sokka getting instantly wasted off "cactus juice" makes a lot more sense in light of the term's etymology explained here 😂😂😂

[wizardofahhhs]

This is an old jingle they used to sing in saloons, it goes something like this: "Beans beans to help your heart, the more you eat the more you fart, the more you fart the better you feel so eat more beans at every meal"

[PoppycockPrincess]

That definition of troubled water gives a new meaning to "Bridge over Troubled Water". 🤣

[JR-jwpx]

My great grandmother Sabina owned a Saloon on E59th NYC. 1899-1920. Breads & sandwich fixin's were always laid out on the bar for patrons. She also advertised daily lunch specials. Prohibition killed a really good Saloon & brewery.