Rich VS Poor Lunch 300 Years Ago | How To Cook That Ann Reardon

What did people eat 300 years ago if they were rich or poor?
Hi I am Ann Reardon, How to Cook That is my youtube channel it is filled with crazy sweet creations made just for you. Join me for creative cakes, chocolate & desserts, new videos on Fridays.
In this episode I take a book from 1750 and create the recipes it specifically gives for rich people and poor folks. Step inside history and imagine how you would go if this was all that you had to eat. Hard times in 1750 are much harsher than 'hard times' today in most western countries.

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[somehowaturtle]

“Did he get paid for taking the walk?”
Words that started revolutions 😂

[lulubellsshoebox]

« When I was a kid… which wasn’t 1750 by the way » 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[bianca]

i like the detail of them wearing costumes 😭 such a cute touch

[samueljamesbennett]

“I’m poor by the way” hit me like a rock. I laughed at first and then settled with the knowledge that I too am poor.

[sarasthoughts]

I have never repeated "MORE BUTTER???" this many times in one recipe 😭

[ShesAaRebel]

Dave showing compassion and speaking up for food equality is such a heartfelt and important message. It really puts another spin on this video that you don't expect when going in.

In my country right now, there's a big push on the grocery industry, and calling them out for price gouging. The comparisons to pre-pandemic prices vs now is astounding, and blaming it on inflation is just false.

"Having dignity no matter your station in life" is such a good way of putting it.

[der.Schtefan]

As an engineer, these old books that say "cook for SOME time" or specify quantities as "SOME" make me have panic attacks 😂😂😂

[dwn]

Can't have been the only one who half screamed 'THREE pounds of butter??' at my tv😂

[Sevenseasick]

Love how vague old recipes are "some time", "several addditions", "at discretion".

[ManonBlackTea]

"Boil them 'till enough." How the great fire of London started 😅

[Skxye]

The 200 year old recipes is hands down my favourite series on this channel.

[Travelingtck]

I liked Dave's speech at the end. Everyone deserves access to affordable, delicious food no matter what income bracket they're in.

[Vickie-Bligh]

Your boys are wonderful in their honesty and willingness to participate. Love them. Dave's little monologue at the end had tears in my eyes. He's such a good man, you both are good people and you're raising wonderful young men. Thank you for being here, Ann. I love spending time with you all.❤

[reepicheepsfriend]

4:17 "Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility" Caught the Jane Austen quote!! Very clever!

[m.h.]

As far as I am aware, "stinking meat" was just another term for offal. So it wasn't necessarily "stinking" (as in "gone bad"), but just the normal offcuts and offal, that wasn't used in the rich men's kitchen.

[jeanvignes]

We were relatively poor for some time at the beginning of my life (1956+) and I remember my mother making "cereal" for us kids by cubing the cheap day-old bread from the local bakery, sprinkling on a little sugar, and pouring on some whole milk. This was far less expensive than buying ready-made cereals in the box, but we also preferred it to oatmeal, which probably would have been comparable in price to the day-old bread "cereal". I also remember that when meat was particularly dear, my father would get a petite steak and the rest of us would get either a hot dog or a baloney sandwich. In our household, father was the "rich" man at table, and we were his poor serfs. We liked hot dogs and baloney, so it wasn't too bad. I also remember that when we could better afford meat, we saved on pork chops because my mother would cook one for each member of the family except for me, and I would get the bones from everyone else. I far preferred to gnaw on the bones, which often had very yummy meat tucked in here and there with the marrow and rendered fat, and the rest were happy for their larger piece of meat. We had many ways of economizing in the 1950's because adults still had strong memories of the Great Depression and rationing during WWII. Much of it revolved around cooking from scratch at home using less expensive ingredients, e.g. canned or powdered milk instead of fresh, the cheapest margarine instead of butter, potatoes bought cheap by the sack, even powdered eggs for baking from the commissary (we had a relative with commissary privileges on a nearby military base.) This was rounded out later with U-Pick and foraged fruit and nuts.

[TheGibber]

I grew up with the conception that we were "poor". But after some medieval fair and school tie-in, i basically ended up concluding I'm better off now than any medieval duke or king was. I have access to all manner of delicacies from all over the world, safe in-door heating and plumbing, free healthcare etc. etc.
Long live my modern abundant lifestyle and may those currently without experience it too someday <3

[ArthurSmallidge]

This makes me really appreciate living in a place and time where food is relatively cheap and abundant. I'm going to do my best to complain less from now on.

[RaccoonHenry]

all the respect to your son, working as a dishwasher. you and dave are truly raising good men over there!!

[thawhiteazn]

“You said the f’s were s’s!”

“Sometimes they’re f’s”

What absolute chaos lmao