Lobscouse, Hardtack & Navy Sea Cooks

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[soulfoodsmama]

The “hard tack!” Clack-clack honestly gets me every time 🏴‍☠️

[Tielyanna]

I watch Tasting History every day while I eat lunch. Now my toddler won’t start eating until we turn on “histy!” She gets so excited when she hears the opening music. Thanks Max!

[Firegen]

And the crowd goes wild. Round of applause *Clack clack*

[faeembrugh]

I still have one of my great-grandfather's hardtack biscuits from WW1. He kept it as a souvenir as he had just left a trench area and entered a dugout, got the biscuit out of a tin and just then, where he had been standing, a minenwerfer round exploded. He thereafter regarded this hardtack as his 'lucky piece' and indeed, he and the hardtack did survive the war.

[SwtTeaLdy]

The hard tack (clack, clack) will NEVER get old. It is now iconic. I, literally, LOL every 👏single 👏time👏!

[akyox]

Truly, the hardtack cut to you clacking them together literally never fails to make me smile

[ILikeCheezDoodles]

Lapskaus is still eaten in Norway! Usually made with beef, potatoes and root vegetables, it's served with flatbrød(flatbread) that is made from water and barley flour. The flatbread is usually dipped or used almost like a spoon for the lapskaus.

[midoriya-shonen]

can't believe we got a hardtack and asafetida reference in the same episode. The Tasting History lore is really coming together 👀

[ynys_mon]

Lobscows (Welsh spelling) was also a staple stew for landlubbers along the north wales coast and Liverpool (hence the nickname ‘scousers’ for a Liverpudlian). I’m sure there must have been a myriad of receipt, but the one I inherited (from Anglesey) was for cubed stewing beef or lamb simmered in water seasoned with salt and pepper, with onions, swede and carrots, and dumplings made of beef suet, flour and water added for the final 20 minutes. It always tastes better reheated the second day with fresh dumplings.

[shawngleason]

i literally cried out "YEAH!" when I saw the clip of you tapping the hardtack, it's the simple things in life :)

[janerkenbrack]

The caboose on a train was where the crew rested and cooked their meals. It got its name from the caboose on ships because of the stove.

[propyne]

That's still a thing! Here in Germany you can get Labskaus, both fresh and canned, which is basically this, ft. added beets, mashed to a completely disgusting-looking but absolutely delicious... well, mash, frequently garnished with a fried egg and/or pickles and/or fresh fish. Looks like puke on a plate, but it's savory and filling and *good*.

[mzfreddie]

Four? Four hard tack "clack clacks"? We have been blessed! Also, I appreciate you calling this a one pot meal. It made it me really happy for whatever reason.

[choomanfoo]

I love the hardtack bit, NEVER GETS OLD! NEVER STOP DOING IT! Cracks me up every time and its cool inside joke to regulars of the channel.

[steely]

I really appreciated how you took the time to discuss the disability angle. It's very rare to see the roles of historical disabled people mentioned outside of discussions about institutions/medicine. Many assume that historically, disabled people always just died, lived on the streets, or were institutionalized. Not always the case, as can be seen here!

[TommiNummelin]

Here in Rauma, Finland, "lapskoussi" is still a common sight. Many lunch spots serve it once a week. Grocery stores in the area also sell it in 1 kg buckets.

There's no hardtack (clack clack!) in it, but it's thickened with potatoes.

[NAFUSO]

It occurs to me that this channel may indeed be nothing more than an elaborate Pavlov's Dog experiment. Max has trained all of us to expect the clack clack anytime he says "hardtack." And, like the good doggy that I am, I delightedly tune in every week for fascinating food, a history lesson, and if I've been a very good boy all week maybe, maybe, I'll get a clack, clack.

[alliewhitlock]

Not only do we get lots of *clack clack* but we get a new *clack clack*?!? Max has smiled upon us!

Seriously though, the history of stews fascinate me because on the one hand its just cooking food in liquid but on the other hand, there are many different variations of something like a beef stew. I mean who doesn't have a relative's recipe that they swear by? That difference and variation is just so fascinating.

[marendenison]

The *clack clack* with Max’s goofy smile gets me every time 😂

[LuChii]

I'm from Argentina and here stores sell "galletas marineras" or "sailor's biscuits" (I guess), my great grandma loved them and they're popular between vegans because they're just flour and water. They're definetely not as hard as hardtack, you can eat them on their own and don't have that much shelf life but are very dry and thin. I never knew what they had to do with sailors unitl I started watching your videos but it makes sense that they could be some kind of adaptation from hardtack that people made once they were settled, considering our population is made mainly from european inmigrants who came in very long trips on ships.

Anyway, I hope you read my comment 😊😊. I love your channel and I love how you always match the tiny stuffed animal to the videos. ♥♥♥