Could You Survive As A Tudor Pig Farmer? | Tudor Monastery EP3 | Absolute History
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- The team wean piglets, cultivate wild yeast, malt barley, make ale and bread, harvest honey and beeswax, dip candles, shave their sheep's hooves, demonstrate period hair care methods, roast lamb, and celebrate both a mass and the midsummer festival. They take custody of a boar to service their sows. They observe the shaping, moulding, and pouring of a bell, learn about period clock mechanisms and observe a wind-powered grain mill.
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I adore Professor Ronald. He is such a charismatic story teller.
Discovering that there are lectures of his on TH-cam was a Christmas all over again
@@willieclark2256 WAIT THERE ARE?! Yay!
I know right. I would've loved to be a student in one of his classes
@@irideaunicorn1620The way I see it, if Icouldsit in a Cultural History Class with Professor Hutton, A Social Anomalies Class with Dr. Susannah Lipscombe, and Art History with Waldemar on Perspective and that would complete my education.
I’ve been binging all videos in this series for a week now, and can I just say Ruth has the most infectious admiration and excitement for her history. I get so excited when I hear her name at the beginning!
Me too!
I love Ruth, she's so into everything she does, it's inspiring.
I found them 1st in the one where they are in France at the castle building. I just adore them all! Ruth does have a certain gusto I admire.
I both admire and envy her joy, knowledge, and experiencing this in-depth level of history.
You should check out Victorian farm and Edwardian farm, she's also in one called war time farm and the castle one mentioned in an earlier comment.
Secrets of the castle is what it's called
HOW does this series not have more views ? been binge watching all these documentaries for days
Same here, amazing content I love living history.
Uhm.. Take a look at the upload dates.
Newly rereleased. I watched these years ago.
@@V.Hansen. So?
He asked how *these* uploads didn't have more views.
Obviously because they're freshly uploaded.
I know exactly what you mean I'm a yank an I still can't get enough
Ronald Hutton seems so ethereal. I keep expecting him to swoop in and then disappear after imparting invaluable age-old Wisdom!
He really should be a character in a Harry Potter movie.
Very wizard-like lol.
He’s very odd but seems so very like-able to me.
I think he's actually an immortal from the dawn of time. The one the Greeks mistook for the great titan Prometheus and the Danes called Mimir. The ancient guide to inspire every fairy tale wizard and wise hermit.
I've noticed in the various episodes that he always shows up at party time. :D
This is my kind of reality show
This is definitely more real than that nonsense on tlc, mtv, bravo etc
@@andreysavin1931 I think I'll have to agree on that one.
Yup, unlike the History channel
Yes!
@@andreysavin1931
Omg, right? .....ESPECIALLY Tic!
Cheers🍸🍸🍸
Nothing more satisfying than watching handmade things being made.
...except possibly enjoying the wealth made possible by machinery.
especially if one does not have to do the work ;-)
Fascinating
@@godhasleftthebuilding3224 :-)
I love working. I could watch people working all day.
from bows to Locomotives
I want the historian guy in that talked about the bonefire to be a DM for a DnD session. Dude knows how to spin a tale.
You Sod!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Hutton
'another generation sorted' lol
@@yorinagak Wow, he has his own Wiki page!
I'm so in . for this . I'll bring the dice and ale
I just love Ruth! Shes always such a positive spirit.
I love this whole trio, they all have such great personalities and lovely voices which tops things off.
I'd love to drink a flagon of ale with Ruth, while dressed in period costume, of course!
She is such a positive spirit. I love all these programs.
I agree. In the US we don't have shows like this.
ChevyDude65 we used to kind of. Somehow at the blink of an eye we went from legitimate educational programs with nat geo and discovery to cake boss, pawn stars and big foot/aliens/ghosts and watching celebrities dance. Suffice to say I don’t think network executives are in the business of making us think anymore.
I want to know where Ruth's time machine is. She knows everything. Its Amazing. I absolutely LOVE her spirit
In her head!! She married her husband about 25 years ago and he got her interested in the Middle Ages. She seems to just soak up information like a sponge. Wouild love to be able to sit down and talk with her.
Encyclopedia Britannica
@@sueclark5763 She should start a debutante school. She is a special lady :)
don't you think she gets lots of help - they all do - from the STAFF? It seems impossible to do all they do. She's a good actor / facilitator, they all are IMO but doesn't the staff do most of the work & they are the front? Staff does research, finds experts, the experts do the work, the front people are actors acting out what the experts actually did or shown them how to do it......
@@GuruRasaVonWerderno, they are not actors they are the real deal. They are the experts you speak of.
i want to hear that guy say "magnificent loaf" a few more times. that'll be what i call my cat now.
It’s much better to call your cat magnificent loaf , then your boss
That’s what I call my boy parts. THE MAGNIFICENT LOAF.
Lol, a friend’s dog was such a lazy bum, everyone just called him Lump. Have no idea what his real name was, he was just a lump of fur, but always down for a snuggle.
Hahaha, ive got a big old ginger loaf stray I adopted 🥰😆
@@gregmunro1137 it depends on *who's* kitty is your boss ...
Ruth is a class act. The chaps and all the other participants in this are all top notch, too.
Peter would make some beautiful babies 🤗
Peter with the animals is always one of favorite parts- he’s still so gentle with them and giving them a good life, still knowing that they will eventually provide food for them. I feel like that’s a big part of that time too- these animals help to support so being good to them is just expected!
Yes! I'm a big follower of some modern farmers with these ideals - Matthew Evans of Fat Pig Farm in Australia, and Mark Shepherd of New Forest Farm in Wisconsin, USA are two examples.
When he’s not hanging children upside down 😂
I wish Peter, Alex, and Ruth could do a few more of these Farm Series. World War One/Roaring 20’s (or the 30’s Depression years) ...”Regency Farm” (Georgian Era) ...Or a series of shows focusing purely on Domestic History , headed by Ruth & assisted by Peter, Alex, Tom, Ruth’s daughters & husband; lots of cooking, daily life...can’t get enough of these sorts of docs! 💚
I want "modern day farm" It could be on an avocado farm, or an almond farm. But it should be in California, so I can stalk Peter :)
Poetry Jones Absolutely!!!
They do have Wartime Farm!
I'd like something from way back, say during the Roman occupation. Obviously a lot would need to be educated guesses, but it would be interesting.
Regency Farm would be nice. The closest I've seen is "Tales from the Green Valley" which was a 1600 farm that was technically the first in the series. However, since it is set during James the first's rule, it's technically considered late Tudor. I really want to see a 1700s Georgian Farm though!
It's awesome to have the HD version of this with the sound not distorted! I'm looking very forward to the next installment!
Well, it's not as obviously distorted as some, but it is distorted. Many people may not notice, but as a recording engineer I can tell you that most of what you're listening to today is distorted.
If you're curious to know more, search: _loudness wars._
@@aylbdrmadison1051 I think they're referring to how the original uploads for these series had horrendous audio quality.
I was rofl when the one piglet kept escaping and he says “ I’ll reason with him “ 😂
Well, there are people who think you can reason with a toddler, so why not? LOL
@@judyjohnson9610 well, a toddler will eventually grow up to understand reasoning, while piglets won't. So it's still much better to reason with a toddler.
I bought a rotisserie for my grill to try Ruth's recipe for mutton. I didn't get it right. But the crust worked well. I'm going to try and try until I get it right. One day. One day.
The one that she makes with the breadcrumbs?!??
I tried to roast meat in the oven, no bueno :)
I'd really like to have a blooper episode!
that immediately deleted first take where peter drops the kid XD XD XD
Oh yeah. There's a deleted scene where everyone gets the plague and dies. HILARIOUS!!!
I love this series! The crew is so cheerful throughout the trials and tribulations and so hardy for doing this. Loved having the kids join in!
Yep yep me too
I’ve never seen a wicker bee mask like that before. Somewhat terrifying but also very cool.
Well that basically just was the bottom part of a wicker basket, wasn't it?
In Witcher 3 one of the crones of Crookback Bog wore one.
Truth. What made me laugh was that they're so much more equipped to deal with the bees here in the Tudor series than they were later on the Victorian farm series 😂
all it needed was the paper plate to make it a proper 1950s picnic
Ruth's laughter is infectious! 😃 I love this series.
Peter's dimples are delicious 🤠
32:37 “Monastic BakeHouse,” first single from a band whose name is probably somewhere else in this doc series.
41:12 “That’s a nice, dull, hollow sound. That’s definitely baked.” -Music critic reviewing “Monastic BakeHouse.”
Lol!!
The walk around the prop w the kids is an interesting thing that lots of cultures aparently do. I can remember my grandfather walking me around pointing out landmarks that define our property.
Peter: “it’s like mixing a cloud! ^^” Bless him 😄
This is absolutely a fascinating series with a cast of knowledgeable and passionate historians teaching by example about the ingenuity and hard work of the medieval people which Hollywood often tend to stereotype. Ruth's laughter and confident personality is quite infectious and pays homage to those resilient and resourceful women and men.
Folks at absolute history: just wanted to say thank you producing and sharing this absolute joy of quality documentaries about times past.
This and the rest of the series was done by BBC and was originally posted on TH-cam by "Fred Fernackerpan" for several years. The Wartime Farmis posted by FarmVids also. Absolute History only recently posted the series.
I have gained 5 pounds and I blame this show, and those roasts that Ruth makes :)
@Celto Loco Dude you gotta calm down...
when a history documentary teaches you how to live off the land :D
if you have an army of serfs to do all the work maybe... it takes a village to feed a village.
Yeah, I've been kind of thinking that Tudor peasant life was like one giant camping trip.
Absolutely astonishing series
Opens your eyes on how people survived and invented things we take as granted nowadays
Well done
I really love your take on history
Please keep making more of them
Prof Hutton seems like he would be a blast to hang out with. So much knowledge to impart and so much joie de vivre besides.
This video is so rich in knowledge. Im going to make a bookmark list for specifically old fashioned ale making so I can come back and duplicate it on small scale at home.
10:28 catching wild yeast, checking for bubbles (flour, water)
13:09 molting, watering, sprouting barley (water, patience)
23:10 Barley molted, split seed- heating in oven low temp to kill sprouts and dry barley out (oven, dried barley)
35:25 boiling barley, stirring = wort = extraction and flavouring(flavor with whatever)
36:37 cooling, straining through cheese cloth, introduction of "ale balm"? (yeast, cheese cloth)
1. they didn't explain how to produce ale balm so im assuming its water and yeast?
2. they did not provide a fermentation window of time for old fashioned barley ale so google it
Also check out their Tales from the green valley series for more brewing at home. Peter makes beer in Victorian farm too!
The beer nerd in me has to point out one of several flaws...the malting process doesn't turn starches to sugars, during malting the barley produces enzymes. During the mash, these enzymes activate and convert the starch to sugar.
My friend you are correct but what they knew of it they were portraying the 13 th century knowledge
They really dont always make it clear if they're speaking from what they believed, or if they are literally teaching. Another problem I saw is bacteria isnt caught from the air. Everything already has bacteria in it, the air just helps them reproduce faster. That surely was what they believed then, but they said as if that's how it works.
@@Rhaenarys And it wasn't even bacteria, it was yeast which while it is a type of microorganism it is not bacteria.
Yeah, and nowadays what differentiates ales from other types of beer is mainly what yeast strain is used for the fermentation (and how you adjust your process to accommodate the yeast). Many if not all "beers" have hops in them and the beers with the most hops in them are actually ales.
Interesting. I know nothing of this process. I do have a question: She heats it up in the Kiln, but, will the heat not kill/denaturalize the enzymes and leave them useless? Thus, stopping the process of starch to sugar? Serious question, not trying to be a sarcastic @sshole or idiot...I'm actually interested in knowing...
I wish I could find as much joy in everything as Ruth seems to do. Her laugh alone is cheering!
“For sheer ingenuity you are the pride of our species.”
Turn off the news, get off social media and consume good content like this 👌
We are on social media at this very moment *Tywin Lannister voice*
Tell me about it 🙄
INDEED! AND AGREED!
@@clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920 true, but at least here you'll find actual quality content, not just be bombarded with endless selfies, memes, and hourly updates on the mundane details of people's lives, such as: what they had for dinners/ their latest wardrobe additions, etc
Yup, dont forget to hang your children from their ankles and beat them. 6:02
These are literally all I watch they past time so well
LOL!
072521.
some random person, "These are literally all I watch"
3 months, 3 week and 3 days. when the boar took the pig the farmer would cut a line in the base of his thumb nail as it would take almost the same time to grow out. then he had some sort of "calender" on when the pig would give birth.
That is something to remember!
Lost knowledge nowadays...
Rolling a flaming wheel down a hillside seems like a good way to set your area on fire.
anything to kill demons ^_^
O man that roasted meat near the end. My god please send me some hahaha it looks absolutely perfect.
21:20 - I wish the system with shorter hours during Winter was still in use nowadays. Getting up at what is technically still night and going back home from work when it's already dark again is killing me in Winter months. It's so against nature and plays hell with the functioning of my organism.
Yes, I so understand. I live in Sweden, once it starts getting dark at 19:00 again, think about is how long it will be till it is dark from 15:00 til 9:00.
In America we have "daylight savings". It was based to help farmers interact. It also helped with service times. Even then waking before dawn is the norm while working on a farm. The animals don't give a shit what time your clock says.
@@vagabondwastrel2361 DLST is antiquated. Stores are no longer required to close an hour after dark/have mandatory opening hours, and like you said, livestock doesn't give a shit. The rest of the world (and Arizona) has figured out that just because you play with the clock, doesn't make it true - plus it really screws with people who have very set internal clocks.
@@pansprayers What you are missing is that it really is helpful for the farmers. Especially those that live in the north. As a kid it also makes a huge difference when waiting for the bus. Just a one hour difference makes a huge difference in temperature.
You also have the favorite saying of the socialists these days. Time is a social construct. Just because you haven't lived a life where it actually makes a difference to you doesn't mean it doesn't make a difference. Shit, time is an arbitrary thing. All that really matters is that everyone is on the same page.
You can be as smarmy as you want but you can also try to cure an ignorance.
@@vagabondwastrel2361 But not everyone is ever going to be on the same page with daylight savings time th-cam.com/video/84aWtseb2-4/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=CGPGrey explains it pretty well.
Spreading the bread across the crop also spread human scent across the crop. Human urine spread around the edges would probably have worked as well to keep animals away.
I love Ruth’s delighted cackle! She is so joyful
I keep waiting for Orcs to attack and then I remember it's a documentary
Ruth would enthusiasticly take them down. Shrieking about how to post a head on her fence posts.
😂
That'd be hilarious. If she was in it, I'd watch almost anything.
When the apocalypse comes, I hope I'm wherever Ruth is. ;)
Yes.
I'll be in heaven by then, gone in the rapture.
Bruh
Rolling mutton joints, today on Absolute History.
smoke mutton erryday
Joint is to England as roast is to usa. Comes from the simple act of whacking the animals joints apart with a cleaner rather than sawing through or cutting away bone.
@@joshschneider9766 its jokes
@@Otmjv lol fair nuff hope you two have a good day
@@joshschneider9766 lol josh you "roast" a "joint" too :) maybe that's why we call them that ;)
man he was so excited to talk about the bells and he was so excited about the bell they made I love the bell guy
Peter Ginn gets REALLY into the living history stuff.
Not gonna lie, this makes me want to try baking bread for some reason, might do that tomorrow actually
I do bake my own bread--though not quite the way they do. It is so completely satisfying to see the dough rise, and then take it out of the oven a lovely golden-brown.
And if you got the recipe right (I've made a few bloopers), it tastes so, *so* much better than homemade.
I agree! At one time I was making sourdough bread with just the yeast that came in through the window on the Bay Area breeze. This was a few centuries past.
It smelled so great just coming out of the oven! The taste was marvelous, too.
Me too
Update, I am now brewing my own beer.
Such high quality content. Thank you
Absolutely! Todays' tv content is utter garbage. This series is exceptional!
I don’t think I’d recognize Ruth in 2020 clothing! 🤷🏻 😁
Remember doctors are busy people there lies the prob.
Genie B: Well here is Ruth in modern clothing. Quite a different look:
www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Ruth+Goodman+the+One+Show&&view=detail&mid=5D8255A1F81B4463CBC1
&
th-cam.com/video/Mjh-jAmUKZM/w-d-xo.html (her daughter Eve is with
her in this video; looks just like Ruth)
&
th-cam.com/video/e4SZlVzT9hk/w-d-xo.html
you will if she laughs
She makes me think Quaker
She needs some modern day dental work
im in the southwestern US, and theres a foundry not far from me that uses lost wax for detailed small castings, since the plaster used for it retains more small details than the sand for large castings. really cool stuff :)
I mostly watch documentaries, this has provided more of an education (one could apply) than any other I remember. Many years ago my undergraduate was completed at a Benedictine monastery.
What a lovely series! Interesting and gives appreciation to the convenient lifestyle we have today. I honestly would enjoy participating in these old world tasks/crafts....A real sense of accomplishment everyday!!.
23:15 things just got good again...
I would say that alcohol is not the reason beer was better than plain water. Alcohol does not kill all bacteria, and certainly not at the levels these beers were made. But when making beer, there is a step where the water is boiled. THAT kills the bacteria.
yes.
Yep.
Not exactly. Actually, both the video and you are incorrect. The boiling of the wort (unfermented beer) sterilizes it at that point, but you don't have finished beer yet. You don't have finished beer until the yeast has been pitched and it has finished fermenting. After the boil, the beer has to be cooled to what the Tudors would have called "blood" temperature (about 90 degrees fahrenheit - modern brewers don't generally pitch above about 70 degrees fahrenheit except for a few specialty yeast strains). Once the wort cooled below about 150 degrees, it no longer was sterile and became habitable for any organism that happened along and had an appetite for fermentable sugars.
What was fortuitous for the European brewers was that the wild yeasts in their environment were favorable to brewing. They were hardy, adaptable to a wide range of temperatures, and did not produce unpleasant off-flavors or aromas (for the most part). They also grew quickly, which helped them out-compete other organisms for the sugars in the wort. Once the yeast was pitched into a wort, it would reproduce and eat, reproduce and eat etc., etc. If the brewer was careful about cleanliness, he/she had a reasonable chance of producing a potable batch.
Since the Tudors had no concept of microbiology, they had no understanding of the basis of their brewing techniques. The "why" was an utter mystery to them.
@@chuckschillingvideos As a brewer, I completely stand behind your words. Couldnt say it better
actually, you're completely wrong. Ale had a much higher alcohol content than todays beer.
So happy to see this documentary series getting the love it deserves!
This series is truly marvelous! I learn so much from each and every episode. However, I noticed one large mistake this evening: it was not only in medieval times that the bread once consecrated became the body of Christ. It has been so since the last supper Jesus had with his apostles and continues to this day.
"That's not reasoning, that's threatening."
Hah!
Note to self: Tell my girlfriend that drinking ale and/or beer is safer than drinking "contaminated" water.....lol
please record your own face when she serves you small ale
lol. Perfect.
funny enough, people would only drink ale as a substitute id they had absolutely no access to drinkable water, most people think its all they drank
Also, if you are boiling the malted barley you are denaturing the enzymes which convert starch to sugar. They would have used water that was “blood warm” or slightly less than that for mashing. Boiling was done after the sugars were all extracted.
I have seen every series posted on Absolute history a couple times. I absolutely love it. I wish more people would watch them, they’re fantastic.
I watched this series years ago. I like all of the eras they tackled.
That wicker mask is hilarious.
"The bread you et"
Grandmother once told me how et wasn't backwoods USA Hillbilly but rather proper past tense in the King's English.
"Ain't" was the King's English too, not so long ago.
The bread you ate. Pronounced ‘et’ in England.
Did you notice Peter's DIMPLES? And he seems warm hearted toward animals. He's my fave.
I enjoyed watching the episodes, it's impressive what they could do in the 13th century.. With this documentery i get another vision of the past.. Very nice to see how the labour was done,
how time consuming it was and how they managed everything .
57:53 My favorite quote.
Wow this episode is really packed, I learned a great deal from this. Well done, thank you for posting this series.
Well about the alcohol killing bacteria, the boiling of the water and mash would do that. The alcohol would keep them done.
True
bitsnpieces11 literally watch the video and she says that several times.i don’t get what the point of your comment is.
I seem to remember they were talking about the alcohol killing the bacteria as if it was the only thing killing them. The boiling to get the sugars into solution to start with killed pretty much all of them making it safe to drink, the alcohol just kept it safe afterward.
The point is its safe because if it was not it all would kill the yeast first so if the yeast likes it its safe
@@TheOujosama no she doesnt she says the alcohol does it. Not true, the brewing process sterilizes the brew
"Bloody Wheel!"
Peter Ginn, 14th century, perhaps.
Bee: Bloody little rotter is eatin' my house!
Just to let yall know they have several "seasons" of this type of show. There's Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm, Wartime Farm, Secrets of the Stone Castle, Full Steam Ahead, and The Tales of the Green Valley (1600s).
I love these series! I learn so much! But I'm also amused by the ear tags on the cows and the EID tags on the sheep. Love it!
Yeah, even recreationists have to stick with local livestock law, lol
Most of these comments-
🍺 Corrections about the ale making.
🍞 “Yeast is a fungus.”
😆 “Roll a joint, lol”
Love this series though!
"If it fights back show that dough who is boss Peter. You're gonna eat the bread, the bread is not gonna eat you." Lmao
I love this but it makes me feel bad cuz I'm just watching on my bed eating
I have loved the Tudor times for over 10 years, but these videos are teaching me something about the Tudor times that I didn't know. I love these videos. 😁😁
lol the only old british technology that DIDNT kiLl you, THE BOOZE SECTOR
Ackza -The most important!
@uncletigger "defeat weak countries" and "it's human nature". Unbelievable how much bullshit one can tell in only one sentence. I'm not even going to start commenting on your bullshit because I wouldn't know where to start, and I don't want to contaminate myself of idiocy anyway. But just know that you should refrain from commenting ever again. Mankind needs a moment of peace and relaxation, and your comments bring only idiotic statements
@@blabla-rg7ky He isn't completely wrong though as conflict is part of human nature. It's inevitable as people are going to think differently at some point. Politics and religion are the main reasons war is waged and those have existed and will exist for many centuries if not milennia. Just because most conflicts tend to be shouting matches or fist fights, doesn't mean that they can't escalate when involving more powerful people. So you writing a whole paragraph about how he's wrong and how you don't want to comment on his comment, all the while you're not even explaining why you think he's wrong, just proves his point. You appear to have gotten annoyed at his statement and that created a conflict of opinion. Neither of you are warlords and he probably doesn't care so I doubt that war will be waged in this case at least.
@Tater Puddin I am home to mommy and I love it. You should try it, too... if your mom even wants to see you anymore that is
@Tater Puddin I'm 40, so yes, I'm young
It's not so bad to live from Bread and Beer👍👍👍Greetings from Germany😎✌
Audio quality was so much better. Thank you!!!
I know I live in the US but British history is so intriguing and addictive to learn. I love these kinds of documentaries :)
I LOVE this channel! Such wonderful videos!
In Sydney Covid stay-home and passing the time very comfortably, watching this series. Cheers, Clare
They look like theyre having the time of their lives!
When you don't have to worry about starving illness or war life can be good
Well, the most dangerous parts of life are kinda nonexistent or defended against, so no wonder tbh. Most plagues and diseases have been eliminated through the centuries, they're probably immune to many of them anyway. Also, if anything serious would happen to the crew, they are filming constantly so they can be treated almost immediately. Also, I assume there is quite a few standby crew that can immediately help when they're doing something more dangerous. (Like the fireworks in the victorian pharmacy episode, or mining, etc.)
They do. And I really love how Tudor period adults actually PLAYED outside.
This show is brilliant, always fun to learn about the old ways :)
Even today Tamworth pork is extremely prized world wide. Awesome to see it's history.
Now, I finally understand what the bread companies mean when they say “stone-ground” wheat. Pandemic viewing time has been well spent! 👍
FYI, a common error about wine and beer...the alcohol content is no where near high enough to kill microbes...it's the pH (acidic) that makes it safe to drink.
Not so. Even 1% alcohol is enough to kill most of the nasties.
The last 10 minutes of the episode was the best. All theses people are awesome.
I love this, its just non drama and non reality show-esk and so informative. I just had a brain wave... that beekeeper suit looks remarkably similar to the outfit one of the crones in the Witcher 3 The Wild Hunt wore.
"Fire will keep us safe" that reaches all the way back to australopithicus
55:06 "Hold my ale."
There are a few fallacies, mainly about the ale making, but it does show what was believed back in the day, so I am impressed by the overall view of the times. Thank you.
I find this program absolutely fascinating and have subscribed and look forward to more. 😊
"After a few ale's Peter's convinced he's seen a dragon." No i'm pretty sure that's down to the rye in the bread since he's probably ingest a good bit of the alkaloids used in the synthesis of LSD that's caused him to hallucinate.
It was the egot that grew on the rye, I've read that it can cause hallucinations similar to a bad drug trip. Mix ergot with alcohol and you get a crude form of Lysergic Acid Dithiamide, (think that's how to spell it) or LSD, as we know it.
24:04 Inaccurate historical statement about hopped beer. The Hanseatic Union brought hopped beer to Scandinavia, the Russians, and the Dutch. Whilst it was also known to the English, it was the Dutch that then popularised hopped beer. However, it was, "...particularly a German thing."
As a Czech, I feel offended.
@@Veellinn , yes the Czech's were the first to perfect the "pale" larger that is now, and has been, so popular all over the world.
Don't mention the Germans
Been following Ruth, Peter and Alex in their journey the last so many weeks and i am loving it. I love Peter 😃
For those of you saying life's simpler back then, think again.
Simpler maybe, easier? Definitely not lol
yes it was a simpler life, the technology was far more basic and crude than it is now, or even 100 years later. Certainly not easier but the point of technology is to make life simpler.
I thought again. And I reached the same conclusion for the 2nd time, which is.... life then HAD BEEN simpler. Maybe not easier, but definitely simpler.
You are confusing simpler and easier. Yes it was simpler back then, just not easier. English language! YAY!
English is not my first language, my apology.
Regarding hair, that little comb would remove lice, fleas, and ticks where water would not.
10:25 Sigh. 😓 Yeast is a fungus. NOT a bacteria!
Back then they didn't know the difference but these days we do so this mistake is inexcusable.
Passionate about yeast, are you? 🙄
@@aproxamillionwasps474 As a home brewer I can only answer this with; yes.
But more importantly I like the facts. If you're trying to teach something it helps to get the names. Nobody is served by calling a dog a horse even if it's the size of a pony.
Probably accidentally Said, I'm sure. But to their credit, when I think of Fungus , Bacteria does enter my brain lol
Sigh. Bacteria is plural of bacterium.
Elric angry alcoholic weeb go brrrrr
Little Edmund's adorable--such a good sport, and taking "Beating the Bounds" literally with that stick haha
This was really good, somehow much better than most of the episodes in this series. I think it was because they explained and went into detail on things that were out of the ordinary, instead of just giving a basic treatment of the most obvious aspects of Tudor life. It was fascinating to see how bells and clocks were made, how bees were kept, how ale was made, how meat was prepared and roasted, and other things. For me, the value and interest were in the "how" of it, instead of the typical documentary approach of simply providing a textbook narration of superficial information.
Pigs would also probably find truffles. A Tudor farmer would have been incredibly lucky to find some truffles because they have always been incredibly valuable.