What Were They Thinking?? - Fried Lobster From 1755 - 18th Century Cooking

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[lancejames]

who knows that future generations will consider a delicacy. I remember when the butcher store gave away chicken wings and liver for free. That's what we fed our cat. Yes... I'm old lol

[machinegunpreacher]

2020: We are going to RUIN the luxury seafood by frying and saucing it.

1755: We are going to add some flair to this otherwise mundane, throwaway, cheap meat.

[Shorkshire]

I like this guest. He's so wholesome and just seems so kind and excited. What a lovely personality.

[gottzbeats]

I'm actually surprised battered and deep fried lobster isn't still a thing. That sounds pretty good to me.

[evrysfriend]

Haven’t seen Jon so animated as when he’s talking about ruining the lobster hahaha

[JoeXTheXJuggalo]

Them: it was considered trash. They fed it to the prisoners.
Michael: it has nutmeg in it.
Jon: *turns head with slide whistle sound effect*

[Dingomush]

I fish out crayfish in Illinois near St. Louis on the rivers think I’ll try this recipe, sounds good. The thing you must remember about lobster in the early days of America is that the Indians taught the settlers to use lobster as fertilizer for the crops. They would drag nets full up on the beaches and shovel them into wagons and stomp or tamp them down so they wouldn’t walk off, then throw them out on the dirt and plow them under. It was said that in Maine a boat couldn’t get four lengths from the shore before parting an army of lobsters so thick you could hear them under the boat. Could you imagine if it were that way today? We’d have lobster and corn on the cob push carts! Buy one, get one type deal. I’d move to the coast and weigh 400lbs. The butter would become the most expensive part of the meal. What a thought!

[samanthamcintire]

This looks really amazing, I work at a fish market in Maine, I could easily make this dish for less than $5, though I would use a whole lobster, I think that the claws and knuckles would be amazing fried with this amazing look sauce.

[Silonch]

1755: lobster
2020: imitation crab meat

[terriatca]

When my mom and her siblings were growing up in the countryside, outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia, they were embarrassed having to take lobster sandwiches to school for lunch as it showed they were poor. After the Swiss Air crash outside of Peggy's Cove in 1998, sales of lobster went down locally for awhile, they were unaffectionately known as Swiss lobster.

[bensummers]

I had something like this in Maine. I think they called it “popcorn lobster” and it was in smaller pieces. Delicious

[Manudyne]

1755: Lobster?! Again?! Oh man...
2020: OMG! Lobster! It's so good but expensive...
2285: This delicacy from the past is called WATER...

[lensman]

Question: is Lobster really as good as we think it is or does it just have it's cachet because of it's price? Mark Twain wrote about free lunches put on by saloons in San Francisco when he lived there. They offered many things, including peanut butter and caviar. In those days caviar was cheap and low status and most people preferred peanut butter.

Back in the 1970's I got out of the Army and my girlfriend and I lived in San Francisco. We were so poor all we could afford to eat was fresh crab, sourdough French bread and wine. We thought we were suffering.

[mattelderca]

Actually, quite a substantial meal, containing all of the food groups of the day. Batter, fat, and protein, throw in some orange for scurvy prevention, all good!

[toogee]

John's face when he realized what they made was actually good, lol

[Lucid_Waking]

*me giving a tour of the internet to a time traveler from the 1800's

"We pretend we're back in your time. That's our entertainment."

[kck]

"This can't possibly be a recipe with nutmeg, not lobster... oh, wait..."

[coltbolt]

Food: *has nutmeg*
John: "You are already cooked."

[davidcollins]

I work at one of the most exclusive clubs in Michigan and we served fried lobster after we did our lobster fest dinner as we had over ordered and needed to do something different . They absolutely loved it and it went very fast.

[SwedishStorm]

This channel is a gold mine not only for historical facts, but also in calming the senses. Thank you so much Townsends for creating these exceptional videos. Much love from Sweden.