Rich Food VS Poor Food

What’s the difference between Rich Food and Poor Food when the same ingredients are being used? What exactly is the dividing line between the two classes when it comes to the supper table? We try to find some answers in this episode.

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[DrLicuid]

I glanced at the preview with asparagus standing in a loaf of bread and my first thought was - "Happy Birthday!"

[floramew]

This kind of video is why I love you guys. I mean, "just" focusing on the recipes themselves is interesting enough already, but I really love connecting bits and pieces of knowledge together, trying to get a more holistic view of things, and like you said, reading in between the lines and drawing cultural conclusions etc from the context -- absolutely fascinating, thanks so much.

[robzinawarriorprincess]

We live near Andrew Jackson's home, the Hermitage. It is a super nice house, but it has a lot of construction fakery, such as wood columns painted with a sand mixture to look like stone. They also painted plain wood with grain lines to make it look like expensive wood.

[jaydoggy]

"Purges by urine." - That might be my favorite description of asparagus ever.

[LookingBackwards]

The quality of content and production in these videos is phenomenal. Don’t ever change, thank you for doing what you do

[davea]

18th century: Salmon is much cheaper than chicken.
21st century: Chicken is much cheaper than salmon.

[NoPantsBaby]

You know when you're REALLY rich?

When the food isn't edible anymore. When you're just supposed to appreciate it as an art piece.

[katertran]

It's so fascinating that the more complex dish isn't even considered the main dish, it's just a side. Crazy how different people were eating

[benjaminscribner]

Our man Ryan once again wowing us with his knowledge. Another great video.

[aribantala]

I absolutely did not expect a crash course on "Diplomatic posturing", if one may forgive the term... And how the dining table was (and frankly is in many parts of the world) the place where you conduct diplomacy... Even if it's as simple as bonding a person to person relationship, or as grand as geopolitical correspondence.

The inner, basic but fulfilling desire for food is such a strong force that it's really baffling that something as simple as "Making foods presentable" can forge the fate of Nations

[sonipitts]

Early Americans were really leaning into the "fake it til you make it" strategy. But in the end, we never lost the cultural impetus to obtain and maintain the appearance of wealth (or, more likely, what we *think* wealth looks like) regardless of our actual circumstances.

Also...now I'm craving asparagus. 😆

[FruitMuffn]

Ryan's solo videos are just getting better and better. Love it!

[fruity]

The asparagus sticking out of the bread like birthday candles on a cake reminds me of those "fun ways to present vegetables so that your kid would want to eat them" type of videos/articles, and it's just so fascinating and heartwarming to me to think about how people back then found appeal in the same things kids (and secretly adults) get excited by today

[palaceofwisdom]

This vaguely reminds me of green bean casserole, taking a humble green veggie and elevating it to something remarkable.

[MC-]

My favorite Sunday morning activity! A leisurely cuppa and Townsends.

[tatalsaba]

Food showing class and social hierarchy is a very interesting subject, both abundance, type of dishes, ingredients, cooking method and utensils all play into it.

[Grandwigg]

A side dish of a second course for one, the whole dish (meal?) for the other.
Says a lot.
This was an excellent video for sure.

[virongreene]

A history class with a cooking show mixed in....or do I have that backwards. As always, love the channel!

[veesimmons]

For the love of asparagus! The fancy one does look divine, but I'd love the simple one just as much. Interesting video. I'd like to see more like this.

[maiabravo]

This is the only channel recipe I've ever made myself. Loved it.