The Medieval Fast Food that time forgot

Did they have fast food in medieval times? Jason Kingsley, the Modern Knight answers that question. You might be surprised! #historyfacts #history #medieval

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[ModernKnight]

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[martaleszkiewicz]

This is what the History Channel should be like.

[andreluislimaa]

i love the simplicity of this kind of videos. its literally one man, in period clothing, walking in the woods and talking about medieval life. its so endearing!

[danit]

My mom was born in the 30’s. Her family lived in a small apartment in Germany. They had a tiny coal stove for heat. No one has a kitchen. It was a large apartment complex too. She remembered her mom mixing up batter for cakes. She then walked it to the bakers to be cooked. It was the same for bread. My Oma (grandma) would prepare the bread dough at home. Then they took the dough to the baker.

I love your telling of history. You paint such a vivid image that I can imagine being there. Thank you

[tianm]

I love how this channel immerses you into the little things of medieval life!

[zibberebbiz]

it's so nice to have just someone standing there and telling me about something, no 5 camera angles and peppy background music and stock footage <3 thank you MH

[Vario]

This humble peasant traveled so frickin hard, he found himself a wormhole and traveled in time to our current time, and he's kind enough to give us a first hand account on what life in medieval times looked like. You gotta admire that!

[Mazalinda]

My late husband would tell me that when he was a child in Hackney sharing a house with three related families the Sunday roast would be taken to the local cook shop where it would be cooked along with potatoes and rice in the same baking dish and then collected and brought back to the house so that everyone there could partake with the addition of vegetables that had been boiled on the range.

[stephylashizz]

Watching this guy strolling through the woods and geeking out about medieval fast food is the biggest vibe

[tedmounsteven]

Re having a shop cook your food for you, I've done that in Kuwait. You can buy a large fish such as a hamour (rock cod) at the fish market and take it to a bakery. They will spice the fish and then bake it in a tandoor oven for you. Tastes delicious!

[Joutja]

I love the addition of talking about fantasy adventurers knowing that a lot of fantasy aspirants would be coming to videos like this for research.

[torre]

As for how the cooks knew which pie belonged to which customer who had brought the ingredients: I'm German and both my grandparents from the east of Germany were born in the 19th century. Among what they left we found some little signs of porcelain with pointed ends with their family name engraved and we believe those were used to mark their ownership on breads or stollen (huge German Christmas cakes) they brought to ovens in a shop. Maybe the medieval English citizens had something similar though maybe with some other mark instead of a written name ( not every cook might have been able to read).

[grkuntzmd]

The cook's street sounds a little like the food court in a modern shopping mall.

[sarahstuart]

I am not a historian, but I am pretty sure decorations on pies started as a way for people to identify their dish. As in, “My pie is the one with the oak leaf.” To this day, I still know which one is Aunt Elizabeth’s.

[garrettlundy]

It saddens me that medieval peoples would go their entire lives never experiencing the eXtreme nacho flavor of a single Dorito chip

[themetalgardener]

I really enjoy that you obviously love what you are talking about. At times you can see the pure joy on your face.

[daviamorim]

"Baking fraud" is not a phrase I ever thought I would hear.

[falconwind]

Detailing the food and drink of a setting really makes a fictional world feel alive. Take your reader or players through a busy city market and you can have them introduced to a lot of your world in a quick and organic way.

[rolandruesch]

In german speaking countries, a store is still also called “ein Laden”, which is the german Name for board. Ladenöffnungszeit means which time the board is open.

[laurelsayer]

When I went to Cairo a few years ago, I visited a Baker who received all his neighbours loaves for baking each day and was paid a small amount for doing so. I believe each loaf had a small mark or was fashioned slightly differently indicating who it belonged to.