I never got the feeling that the phrase "as American as apple pie" was supposed to indicate we invented the thing. Just that we considered it beloved to the point where not liking it looked suspect.
@capitalb5889 I personally wouldn't consider it imported. Yes, the English invented it, but they brought it to the new world before America was even a thing. In this way, while is not wholly American, I'd say it certainly has a bit of American DNA tossed in
@@dinoguy6177 - I think that's fair enough - things always change over time, even pies. After all, tempura is seen as quintessentially Japanese, but was originally an import from Portugal some 400+ years ago.
Apple pie was also brought to US by Dutch and German immigrants, this type of pie is a favorite of the northern European countries. Pumpkins are native to the Americags as are all squashes , The pumpion in Shakespeare was probably more of an edible gourd. That name was transferred to the large American squash.
see i'm confused about that, because a gourd is still a squash, isn't it? all cucurbits are basically the same. and I know asia had squashes and melons going way back.
@@KairuHakubi A squash is a gourd, but not necessarily the other way around. True, the many members of the squash family (or at least, _many_ members _of_ the squash family) are gourds, but gourds are the more general term here. Squash is basically the many varieties of _Cucurbita pepo_ that include pumpkins and zucchini (the latter known elsewhere as marrows). Gourds include not only members of the _Cucurbita_ genus, but also the _Lagenaria_ genus, and can be found worldwide.
@@nobody8717 Oh, I don't know about that. The thought of a pumpkin pie with apple slices in it sounds pretty good. If I was a decent cook, I might even try making one. Maybe someone else is up to it?
About the Liberty Bell and Big Ben: The Whitechapel Bell Foundry was a business in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. At the time of the closure of its Whitechapel premises, it was the oldest manufacturing company in Great Britain. The foundry closed on 12 June 2017, after nearly 450 years of bell-making and 250 years at its Whitechapel site. "Good Job"
I was told by the orchestra director at Berkeley that World War I absolutely shattered Elgar, and you can hear it in his music. The famous Pomp and Circumstance was written prior to the war, his equally famous cello concerto was written after the war.
@@digitalnomad9985 P & C No. 1 is extremely nervous, never easily settling into a comfortable key. Elgar was always quite proud that his "March in D" begins with a unison E-flat throughout the orchestra.
3:07 Lawrence questioning himself repeatedly in various rooms of his house is a good idea for an episode. How many Lawrences talking to themselves can fit into one episode?
I think most kids in the US learned about Johnny Appleseed walking across the country bringing apple seeds to all the states he could for us to grow apple trees. I always thought how so many states now grow them that it is why it is as American as apple pie.
Oooo, Mr. Lawrence...........you would make an awesome History teacher!! But I'm glad you have your channel, where the whole world can learn from your fun and glorious wisdom!
Hi Laurence, the "pompian" and "pomp and" was a great insight. I think they ought to give each graduate a small pumpkin to throw in the air in place of the mortarboard! Today's pumpkin spice is mostly cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. It also goes well in pumpkin pie's cousin, sweet potato pie.
I think the whole concept of graduating from school devalues proper graduations i.e. from university. In Britain if you call yourself a graduate it means you have a degree.
A1 has a special meaning for me. I used to be part of a science fiction discussion group on one of the old pnline services. I was one of 3 people named Adrienne who eventually became part of that same group. We became known in the group as Adriennes 1, 2, and 3, but it was the late science fiction author, Mike Resnick, who shortened it to A1. His reason? "Because she's spicy, but it's also easier to spell."
In the USA, the pumpkin pie recipe that is printed on Libby's Pumpkin cans has been on that label since 1950. (Not the original recipe, but still pretty old.)
My grandmother tried many recipes for pumpkin pie, but decided she liked that one best, and baked it every year. I like to tell people that Grandma’s pumpkin pie recipe was so good that to this day it is printed on every Libby’s pumpkin label. I found a variant with no milk, eggs, or wheat (dietary restrictions) that still tastes good, and that’s the one that I bake every year for Thanksgiving and then again for Christmas.
My grandmother always used the Libbys recipe. Then one year, running short on granulated sugar, she added ¼ cup of brown sugar. Everyone raved about how good her pie was, so she continued to make it that way every year. I added my own tweak, as I really like cloves, so I put a little extra spice in mine.
Chevrolet didn't speak English at the time he started his car company. He sold the company, then ended up working for it, and died poor. Hotdogs, at their root, are Germanic sausages. So much for advertisements. (and they only get worse....)
My grandma grew up in Philadelphia and, as a little girl, actually got to ring the liberty bell way back in the day before they started keeping everyone away from it.
I'm not shock with pies because the UK is known for their supreme bakery cuisines. But I was, in fact, shocked to find that my favorite "American" candy, Skittles, weren't actually made here in American. In fact, it was made in the UK. (As I type this I had Laurence's dialogue in my head lol)
Gaduations = Land of Hope and Glory Weddings = Midsummer Night's Dream Clowns = Entrance of the Gladiators Only one of these is even close to the original intention of the song.
Read on and you can Google this ( is the American Liberty Bell original ? ) The bell was first made in 1752 for the Pennsylvania State House, now known as Independence Hall. The bell was cast in London, England, and shipped to Pennsylvania. Soon after it arrived, the bell cracked. In 1753, a new bell was cast from the same metal by John Pass and John Stow.
7:00 A fellow teacher thought he would impress me one day by proudly announcing that Halloween was actually Samhein, I chuckled and explained that Sam Hein was the guy who owned the delicatessen down the street, then explained it is a Gaelic word pronounced sah-win'. Ah those tricky Gaels and their disappearing m sounds. At some point in the past the evening became a time for juvenile delinquents to run wild destroying property. Homeowners and business owners began bribing them with cakes and other sweets to leave their houses and businesses alone. So began the tradition of "trick or treat."
@@FavoriteThings606 Here is a Halloween joke. One Halloween a little boy and his friends decided to push the boy's family outhouse down the hill. They snuck up and pushed and pushed until it went rolling down the hill and crashed into a tree. When the boy got home his father confronted him and asked if he had any part in the destruction of the outhouse. The boy denied having any part in the prank. The father told the boy about George Washington cutting down the Cherry tree and when asked, told the truth. Nothing happened to him, and he even became the first President. The little boy confessed, and his father immediately beat the crap out of him. The boy tearfully asked, "I thought nothing happened to George when he confessed?" The father replied, "George's father wasn't sitting in the tree when he cut it down."
Good video, but I must correct you. The category term A1 denoting a best in class ship standard was not from Lloyds of London insurance company but it came from Lloyds Register, the assurance and ship classification society. Both companies came from Edward Lloyds coffee house in London but are not the same company.
No one bothered with All Hallow's Eve until E.T. showed Brit kids a way to get free sweets. Then it got bigger and bigger driven by pure avarice and the bloodbath that is the average trick or treat gang holding up little old ladies for Maltesers and vodka, masked, at midnight (and that's just the under 5's out with their mums!). 🎃
I celebrated Halloween in the 60's in England well before ET. Then it would have been considered rude to knock on people's doors demanding sweets. That part is definitely American
Since America was a British Colony for so long, of course there are many things, even nearly 250 years after our independence, that came from England. My favorite English-American thing is my grandparent’s Southern accent. There are so many things that come from other countries, too, because the best part of being American is getting to enjoy the best parts of every culture and country and never having to leave the country to do so. Not that traveling isn’t fun and educational, it’s just nice that I get to experience so many cultures and countries simply by befriending my neighbors. ❤
He didn't mentioned the many laws, which are so vital to American society. Trail by jury, 'innocent until proven guilty', 'beyond reasonable doubt', 'due process of law', etc., etc., from English common law. All came/inherited from England.
Halloween in my childhood involved a large turnip (swede to English viewers) a wood chisel and a certain amount of care. Even now the smell of scorched turnip is weirdly evocative.
@@capitalb5889I always think of them as separate vegetables, like you do and most other English people do, but I’m sure I remember reading that Geordies follow the Scottish convention of calling swedes ‘turnips’ (aka. ‘neeps’ in Scotland). They’re not technically wrong as a swede is a type of turnip (in fact it’s short for ‘Swedish turnip’) but it’s nonetheless useful to make a distinction between the two and only ever use ‘turnip’ to refer to small white turnips.
@@overlordnatthis is spot on. I was super confused about why everyone kept calling those little pink and white veg 'turnips' when I moved south from Newcastle. I'm pretty sure that as a kid, the big yellowy pink things that got carved for Halloween or eaten with haggis were turnips and the little pinky white things were called swede
I just love the way you annunciate everything. I also love learning about things and stuff. A.1. steak sauce is good, but better on a burger then on steak. Apple pie is also great on Thanksgiving as well.
It's important to note a large reason so many Irish people migrated to the US in the 19th century was the British subjecting the Irish to the Great Hunger, a famine that killed a million people while England ate most of Ireland's food
As an ex pat Geordie in Canada I love to hear all the myth debunking on your channel. ;). That being said I enjoy how you connect all the 'Merica to UK" history. ;)
As a Canadian, these videos have been fun to see which British things we have and which American things. Generally speaking through my whole life, Canada has seemed like a cultural midway point between the UK + Ireland and America, with a bias towards American tendencies. Are there any things you've found living here that seem quintessentially British?
Hello, fellow West Virginian. I really enjoy the way he educates us. I knew some of the info, but I was surprised about a few things. I truly appreciate and enjoy these videos.
I went to America for the first time 20 years ago and the first meal I bought there was at an Applebys. I was genuinely disappointed that there was no apple-pie on the menu.
Shame on Applebee's; that might border on the fraudulent! (I usually refer to that chain restaurant as 'Pineapple Q's'.) Have you been to a Village Inn restaurant here in the US? They make many different types of pies (though not as many as they used to do), and it would be a good place to see about apple pie.
White Chapel was home to more serial killers than just Jack. He was just the most famous, which unfortunately means the rest have nearly been forgotten.
@@LyleFrancisDelp For leaving out crucial details like where the bell was cast. For not conveying the all important part about the 13 colonies were NOT the United States at that time. It was to honor the anniversary of a British guy (William Penn) who valued freedoms of all sorts of people. You simply shouldnt claim somthing for yourself (America) without sufficient historical backround.
You can't please everyone all the time, although you do a fine job of trying. "See, I don't like any of ya!" Absolutely hilarious. Love sarcasm and dark humor. Gonna stick with ya as long as I can. Thanks😜
@@laurat7232 Differently than in English? I suppose it's because the Gaelic languages are Celtic languages and not comparable to the origins of English. Fun fact: Irish is still the first official language of Ireland.
Laurence, when you got to the subject of Samhain, my memory took me back to those fun days when you did a few episodes of you trying to guess the pronunciation of place names on this side of the pond. That Irish Gaelic word would certainly give some of the ones we offered up a run for their money.
In the battle between Anglicized Native American names and Anglicized Gaelic names, I think the Gaelic ones win. Native American ones are different, but recognizable from the spelling. Gaelic is a mystery.
@@davidskidmore3442 , you may be correct, but I think these would give Samhain a run for its money: Mquqᵂin = MUCK-wuh-in (BC, Canada), Xlukwskw = shlooksk (BC, Canada), S-chuchuligk = shkoo-COO-lick (AZ), Canyon de Chelly = Canyon de SHAY (AZ), Kwakwaka'wakw = KWOK-uh-wok (BC, Canada), Ksi Xts' at'kw = sis-AT (BC, Canada), Pugughileq = boo-woo-CHAY-look (AK; ch is like in 'Loch' and 'Bach'). Oh, 1 more: Sequim = skwim (WA).
@@davidskidmore3442I'll just say that Irish spelling is that way for a good reason, and it's not to confuse people. It's trying to fit two tonnes of phonology in a one tonne bag. The Latin alphabet is a poor fit for Irish in multiple ways, and it doesn't help that only one European language has been a continuously written vernacular language longer than Irish, and that's Greek. That said, the rules behind it are simple and consistent, and have largely stayed the same since Irish was first written, neither of which is true for English. People run into issues with Irish because they expect it to work like English, but it very much isn't.
As to "mh", that indicates that there's an underlying etymological "m", but for grammatical/phonological reasons, it's pronounced in a different manner. This change in pronunciation is 100% predictable and thus it makes sense to preserve the etymological spelling. Changing the "mh" to something else would actually make the spelling system _more_ complicated and obscure the relationship between words. Also, consider the case of the various digraphs English has (sh, ph, ch, gh) and how the sounds they're meant to represent get represented in other ways in non-obvious ways (-ti-, su- in sure), are redundant (ph is almost always there for etymological reasons), or aren't even used consistent (ch and gh, the former due to borrowings and the latter because it became a hot mess in the 1600s). Irish has _nothing_ on English in this regard!
One of the best versions of the Halloween story appears in the novel "Faerie Tale," by Raymond Feist: Every year at Samhain all manner of supernatural critters have to move house, so you see them roaming the streets at night, looking for new abodes. And if you don't leave a "treat" out for them, they just might move in with you and haunt your house for a year.
Grape pies are American, invented by Irene Bouchard in the Finger Lakes region of New York in the 1950s. I've never tried it. I've never heard the term "As American as Grape Pie" so I suppose it hasn't caught on yet.
We Americans are the only ones smart enough (or crazy enough) to make desserts and children's drinks from *grapes* 🍇! For thousands of years, raisin pies 🥧 and cakes existed all over the world. But not until Mrs. Bouchard, did anyone contemplate baking with grapes without drying them first! Similarly, *wine* 🍷 for millennia was a beverage produced in every corner of the globe. But not until 1869, did Thomas Welch think to himself "what if, instead of naturally letting then ferment, we pasteurized and sieved crushed grapes?" Now, you just can't imagine American kids' birthday parties 🎂 or snack times without *grape juice* !
Ahh I'm so glad that other people enjoy his eye movements! I'm pretty sure it's just him looking at the auto-cue that's been placed in different spots in different shots, but in any case, it makes me feel like I'm having a conversation with a person. You know, like how people naturally go in and out of eye contact while talking.
@Levacque The eye movements make me think Laurence is being forced to make these videos against his will, and is constantly checking to see if his narration is suitable to his captors.
wait, Samhain just means November? XD Also yeah our national anthem is just a British drinking song. Which explains why it's so BLOODY hard to sing. It's deliberately designed for drunk ears and tipsy lips attempting to test their intoxication via 'how well can I still sing?'
@@frenchbassguy right, that too! I remember my 7th grade choir teacher having us sing that to suss out our ranges and assign us the different placements.
It was one of 4 "cross-quarter" holidays of Witchcraft. Though originally Pagan, they got (very quickly) naturalized into Christianity during the early Dark Ages. ●On August 1st, *St. Peter in chains Day* (formerly "Beltane.") ●On May 1st, *St. Phillip & St. James's Day* (formerly "Luganash.") ●On February 1st, *St. Bridget's Day* (formerly "Imbolc.") and ●On November 1st, *All Saints' Day* (formerly "Samhain.")
@@grantorino2325Not witchcraft. Wiccans decided to take the traditional Celtic holidays and intercorporate them into their practices. Witches aren't a thing in the Gaelic mythological tradition: that's a distinctly Germanic thing. Our traditional quarterly holidays marking the transitions between the seasons have nothing to do with witchcraft. 🤦
@@talideon "Have nothing to do with"? It's *in no way relate to* , you semi-literate! 😝 And you're right that the Dark Age Germanic peoples had *volvas* (priestesses) who used spells and divination. Nevertheless, the idea of *incantations* and *grimoires* containing "words of power" that could bewitch men was very much of Celtic origin! From legendary figures such as Merlin and Morgan le Fay, to historical writers such as Alfred Lord Tennyson, wizards and warlocks are very firmly embedded in the Gallo/Scoci/Brythonic tradition! FUN FACT: The very word *glamour* came to us from a Scottish naturalization of "grammar," first introduced to upper-class, English literature by Sir Walter Scott. Mind you, in the 21st Century, "glamorizing" is no longer done by old men in holocaust cloaks, but rather by young women in miniskirts! 💖💖💖💖
1:29 I have to add that Spanish is very confusing. The Western Hemispheric SPANISH has no word for “lime.”. In French, one can say, “Citron vert,” but when I say “límon verde,” I always end up with a lemon. 100% of the time. I live in houston, texas, but I am from San Diego, California.
Actually, it was the Dutch who created the apple pie that we eat today. Apple pie was developed with the help of multiple culinary influences, including cuisine from Britain, France, the Netherlands, and the Ottoman Empire. A recipe for apple pie does appear in a British cookbook from 1390. However, these early British versions of apple pie did not include crust due to the high price of ingredients. It was the 15th century Dutch who first created the lattice-style pastry we know today. Also, the pumpkin was an early export to France; from there it was introduced to Tudor England.
Interesting facts. The British apple pie of today is definitely different from the lattice style you mention. I'm not sure what the type of apple pie early Americans ate, but it was likely the kind popular in England, and then it mutated over the decades.
Some Americans would probably be surprised that the language most of us speak also came from England. As I understand it, prior to the widespread planting of apple trees in the US, the most popular pie was pear pie!
All the way till grocery stores had ready access, both apples and oranges were considered presents. Transport across this large nation was expensive, so prohibitive for many. They were also used at christmas.
Yes, my mother used to tell me what a special treat it was to get an orange and a few walnuts in your Christmas stocking. In our family that morphed into tangerines because my mom liked them better.
@@Birdbike719 Wow! We always had an apple and orange as Dad was from Connecticut, Mom from California. Dad 1915, Mom 1923. their folks the 1800s. So much has changed re fruits and vegetables, have to look up on the cell phone all the newer types of produce when shopping!
We always got apples, oranges, and a variety of unshelled nuts in our Christmas stockings. I know it isn't as common now, but it was when I was growing up.
@@donnagoring250 Yes ! My parents , born in 1921 , also told we kids about getting an orange at Christmas - how special it was & considered " exotic " ! Also , my parents & grandparents talked about other fresh fruits , like pineapples , & veggies not common when they were growing up .
Halloween Traditions began in Ancient Rome slowly converted with Catholocism/Christianity and transmitted through the empire to trading partners. Irish and Scottish adopted it from the Romans, as their celebrations didn't appear until after contact with Rome. Dies Parentales - Celebration of the Ancestors included several holidays and rituals regarding the dead, such as: Bringing Food to the Tombs, Dressing up in Deathly Attire, etc...
Wow! My husband is from Scotland and also now lives in the US. When he began to miss his “broon” sauce, I recommended A1. Can’t wait to tell him it originated across the pond. We’ve since found a shop a couple hours away that sells a lot of the foods and beverages he misses from home. On another note, if you haven’t done so already, I think it would be interesting to point out some of the sitcoms over the decades that originated in Britain and were quickly turned into American shows.
When you do your episode of British things with American origins I assume you’ll include Heinz Beanz which are grown in America, dehydrated and shipped to England where they are rehydrated, cooked and canned for use in your traditional English breakfast. The Company Heinz is based in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Heinz makes lots of condiments and other Rod it’s for sale in the US but oddly, not beans. Bush’s, Del Monte, & Van de Camps are the “go to” brands for canned beans in America.
@@conniecrawford5231 Yes. I used to attend a brit expat meetup group and we had a taste-off and every brit picked the Heinz. I did actually run across some US Heinz beans a while back so they must have been testing the market. They were barbeque flavored though.
@@stevethepocket I think many Brits know Heinz as an American brand, but when referring to the best baked beans, they say “Heinz” obviously but specially make it known the English/Brit version… they know the difference ingredients change through UK production enough to state this when I’ve watched many UK celebs interviews, TH-camrs etc 😂🤷🏻♀️ From what I’ve heard it quite a lot different. 😆🤷🏻♀️
The saying "As American as apple pie" refers to how much of it was eaten, not who originated it. Johnny Appleseed is an American folk character--someone who traveled around the American colonies and planted apple trees wherever he went. Some historians believe he was not totally fictional, and there WERE apple trees in great abundance in the colonies. Because of this abundance, apple pie was prepared by many rural and small town folk almost every day and eaten for breakfast lunch and dinner.
Went to my local UK 🇬🇧 shoppe to buy a box of Curly Wurly's. Not because I miss them from all my years in the UK, but because I miss the exact same Marathon bar from the 1970s USA. Same candy bar. Had to go decades without the Marathon bars until I discovered they were still in production in the UK as the Curly Wurly.
That's odd! UK Marathons were rebranded 'Snickers' 30-odd years ago, but Curly Wurly has ALWAYS been Curly Wurly - although it is pressed out of a sheet of toffee instead of being laid in that shape with thin nozzles. I bought Curly Wurlys right from the original time they appeared in the shops. Incidentally, the American Marathon is nothing like the UK one, the Mars Bar has the texture of a Milky Way, and Butterfingers are the best chocolate bar in the world (after Crunchie and Bounty, of course).
@@theboyisnotright6312 Do you mean the UK Snickers bar? As I said, that's not the same as the US Marathon bar. And I don't know if you can get it in the US.
+Both videos, RE: things Amerian which are actually from the British Isles and things British from the USA represent some of your best writing and delivery since you began the series. Well done, Lawrence!
That pumpion pie recipe should make a come back. The addition of herbs might seem unusual, but it balances the flavor. I would make it every year myself but it is time-intensive cutting and preparing the pumpkin slices.
As popular as A1 steak sauce is in the United States, it is far exceeded by the popularity, the sauce enjoys in South Africa. Here, it's usually on the side, or more specifically on the table, for those who want it, but not placed on the stake automatically as many people do not want it. In South Africa, more often than not, I have to specify that I do not want A1 steak sauce on my steak (or a burger as well) in order to avoid it. It's so commonplace that they don't even mention that it will be on the item in the menu!
I remember one day I was watching Simon, who has several channels like Biography, History, and crime, etc. One day, he suddenly said he did not like Americans. But he didn't say he was kidding. 😮 My dad's name was Lawrence, so I am glad Laurence was kidding. ❤
Well, it's almost midnight in south-east Australia and I think it's very cruel that you're discussing the origins of apple pie because now that's all I want as a midnight snack 😅
Wow, Laurence!, you’ve gotten 5,000 views in the first 50 minutes since this video was posted. Well done! A1 Steak Sauce origin in England was a surprise.
The tune to the American national anthem is from an old British drinking song, "To Anachreon in Heaven". Baseball also originated in England. Some Americans deny this but refusal to acknowledge reality is something else we gave them.
A1Steak sauce? Hey great tasting sauce crosses all borders. Texas Roadhouse steaksauce is also awesome too. And Halloween is my Wifes SuperBowl. As in Go Big or Go Home. One example: We have over 18 Halloween Inflatables in our front yard, maybe 20.
The word soccer (as Euros call football) originated in England, Roundabout originated in America, traffic circle in England but somehow got switched around. Etymology is fun! :)
Another British import, founded by Sir Baden Powell, has forever changed my perception of "Pomp and Circumstance". At Massawepi scout camp, in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains, the scouts have added words to the tune: My turtle swims sideways Your turtle swims upside-down My turtle swims sideways Your turtle is... DEAD!
I took a year of Spanish in high school, very long ago. It was considered easier to learn and speak than German or French, the only other two available at the time. Even though I never got a chance to speak it, I can still understand, in general, what spanish speakers are talking about. I love Halloween, it's my favorite time of year!🎃🎃🎃
I had Latin in 9th grade, moved and took French for 10th and half of 11th, they canceled French and put me into Spanish 2... public schools in the 80s...
@@RAD6150 Neither latin nor German were offered at my highschool in mid 2000s California. It was a requirement for one year of foreign language but we only had Spanish and French. I was lucky to have astronomy in my senior year.
I grew a winter squash this year called cushaw. It's about 2 or 3 times the size of a butternut squash. A word to the wise. I threw a handful of seeds in the dirt and I got 9 of these mammoths. You can toast the seeds for snacking. I'm still planning on growing them next year as long as my friends are willing to help me out eating them.
Fun fact: the British national anthem, which you mention it's repackaged in the USA as something else, is actually not the British national anthem. It's the monarchy's anthem. Luxembourg has the same anthem. It's an old anthem that was used to signify royalty and monarchy. And what nation embodies that feeling more than the UK nowadays? Maybe none. Hence why it also became the UK's anthem.
Quite right, it's the Monarch's anthem. The UK has no official anthem and no official flag (though George V allowed the Union Flag to be flown from public buildings).
Dark steak sauces such as A1, I've read, are a British Victorian-era invention just as Laurence says. There's one in Canada/UK called H.P. Not so popular in U.S.
Great video! The only one that surprised me was pumpkin pie. It seems so American. A1 sauce didn't surprise me at all. It's similar to other British sauces, in that it's vinegary and has fruit in it. In her album "By Request," Wendy Carlos had a track titled "Pompous CIrcumstances," in which she played Pomp and Circumstance in the styles of different songwriters and composers, including Ravel, The Beatles, Scott Joplin, and Stephen Foster. Sadly, the Elgar estate objected to this use of his music, so the track was removed from all UK releases. BTW, the "thyme" in your video looked like more rosemary.
Graduation March embodies when Randy "Macho Man" Savage said, "Oh yeah! The cream always rises to the top!" You did skip that the music for the American national anthem is based on an old British beer hall song, "Anachreon in Heaven." Francis Scott Key just put words to the tune.
Oooh It's Laurence! 😀
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I definitely read that in his voice.
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A TH-cam sensation!
Before discovering this channel at my house, we used to say, “Oooh, cool!” We now say, “Oooh, Laurence!” 😂
As an American, I've never thought of the graduation march as an American song. It's one of the most British-sounding things I've ever heard.
Really, when Americans think Pomp and Circumstance that sounds more like British Royalty than anything else...
"As an American, I've never thought" Sums it up pretty good.
@@windowsseven8377oh come on
@@leaffinite2001 Where are we going? lol
I have questions. Were you in band? As an American, it was the only time I ever heard it. How you connected it to an English song, I am curious about.
I never got the feeling that the phrase "as American as apple pie" was supposed to indicate we invented the thing. Just that we considered it beloved to the point where not liking it looked suspect.
If memory serves that expression dates from a 1930's advertising campaign.
I figured it's because we use it as a staple for many of our social get-togethers
I've definitely met Americans who were unaware that it was an imported dish.
@capitalb5889 I personally wouldn't consider it imported. Yes, the English invented it, but they brought it to the new world before America was even a thing. In this way, while is not wholly American, I'd say it certainly has a bit of American DNA tossed in
@@dinoguy6177 - I think that's fair enough - things always change over time, even pies. After all, tempura is seen as quintessentially Japanese, but was originally an import from Portugal some 400+ years ago.
Apple pie was also brought to US by Dutch and German immigrants, this type of pie is a favorite of the northern European countries. Pumpkins are native to the Americags as are all squashes , The pumpion in Shakespeare was probably more of an edible gourd. That name was transferred to the large American squash.
see i'm confused about that, because a gourd is still a squash, isn't it? all cucurbits are basically the same. and I know asia had squashes and melons going way back.
@@KairuHakubi A squash is a gourd, but not necessarily the other way around. True, the many members of the squash family (or at least, _many_ members _of_ the squash family) are gourds, but gourds are the more general term here. Squash is basically the many varieties of _Cucurbita pepo_ that include pumpkins and zucchini (the latter known elsewhere as marrows). Gourds include not only members of the _Cucurbita_ genus, but also the _Lagenaria_ genus, and can be found worldwide.
@@KairuHakubitechnically all squash are native to the Americas
oof, the idea of a squash and apple pie... not sure about that.
@@nobody8717 Oh, I don't know about that. The thought of a pumpkin pie with apple slices in it sounds pretty good. If I was a decent cook, I might even try making one. Maybe someone else is up to it?
About the Liberty Bell and Big Ben:
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry was a business in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. At the time of the closure of its Whitechapel premises, it was the oldest manufacturing company in Great Britain. The foundry closed on 12 June 2017, after nearly 450 years of bell-making and 250 years at its Whitechapel site. "Good Job"
fuck man the Empire really is dead
Little Ben is on Victoria st near railway station.
I was told by the orchestra director at Berkeley that World War I absolutely shattered Elgar, and you can hear it in his music. The famous Pomp and Circumstance was written prior to the war, his equally famous cello concerto was written after the war.
Really? I heard Pomp and Circumstance is supposed to be satirical and about the boys marching off to war just to die.
@@ferretyluv Weird, it doesn't seem bombastic, or grandiloquent enough for anti-military satire.
I thought he said Algar
@@ferretyluv No, not at all. It was written in 1900.
@@digitalnomad9985 P & C No. 1 is extremely nervous, never easily settling into a comfortable key. Elgar was always quite proud that his "March in D" begins with a unison E-flat throughout the orchestra.
Your pronunciation of “Samhain” is correct
Yes it is, but now I want somebody to write a mystery thriller with a detective named Sam Hain. 😉😁
The MH in the Irish language is pronounced as a V.
I would have actually loved my history class if you were my teacher.
I know. He makes it fun.
I did love history class, but yes, he is more fun than most of my teachers were!
My high school history teacher used books that were older than me by a decade lol. He also looked like the preacher in Poltergeist 2.
No your lazy. just an excuse to play on your phone and prioritise what yor friends were doing.
I would also have liked my sports classes if Michael Jordan was my teacher.
3:07 Lawrence questioning himself repeatedly in various rooms of his house is a good idea for an episode. How many Lawrences talking to themselves can fit into one episode?
I think most kids in the US learned about Johnny Appleseed walking across the country bringing apple seeds to all the states he could for us to grow apple trees. I always thought how so many states now grow them that it is why it is as American as apple pie.
But the apple trees were for cider not pie.
Yes, and where do u think he got the Apple seeds from
@@ivetterodríguez-j4kSadly prohibition put an end to that. Alcoholic ciders seem to be starting to make a comeback though.
Johnnie Appleseed was an enthusiastic hard cider drinker, which is why he did that.
Oooo, Mr. Lawrence...........you would make an awesome History teacher!! But I'm glad you have your channel, where the whole world can learn from your fun and glorious wisdom!
Hi Laurence, the "pompian" and "pomp and" was a great insight. I think they ought to give each graduate a small pumpkin to throw in the air in place of the mortarboard!
Today's pumpkin spice is mostly cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. It also goes well in pumpkin pie's cousin, sweet potato pie.
OUCH
I think the whole concept of graduating from school devalues proper graduations i.e. from university. In Britain if you call yourself a graduate it means you have a degree.
In Colonial America, pumpkins were also used for soup.
Pumpkin soup is still eaten in the UK today !
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Pumpkin soup was one of George
Washington's favorite winter foods.
@@here_we_go_again2571 ah nice. Its very nice, plenty of black pepper, some nice bread. Good in winter for sure
@@gooner_duke2756I make pumpkin and yellow squash soup.
A1 has a special meaning for me. I used to be part of a science fiction discussion group on one of the old pnline services. I was one of 3 people named Adrienne who eventually became part of that same group. We became known in the group as Adriennes 1, 2, and 3, but it was the late science fiction author, Mike Resnick, who shortened it to A1. His reason? "Because she's spicy, but it's also easier to spell."
The tune adapted for our national anthem is also English. It’s an old pub drinking song, “Anacreon in Heaven”.
Not exactly a "pub" drinking song, but a gentlemen's club drinking song - The Acreontic Society.
And the tune is terrible. Even the pros hate to sing it.
@@genab2539 Well, I AM a pro and I think it's a great tune, and it's not hard to sing at all.
Things that are American but came from Britain:
1. America
No, North America was here all along. The British just started stealing it.
In the USA, the pumpkin pie recipe that is printed on Libby's Pumpkin cans has been on that label since 1950. (Not the original recipe, but still pretty old.)
My grandmother tried many recipes for pumpkin pie, but decided she liked that one best, and baked it every year. I like to tell people that Grandma’s pumpkin pie recipe was so good that to this day it is printed on every Libby’s pumpkin label. I found a variant with no milk, eggs, or wheat (dietary restrictions) that still tastes good, and that’s the one that I bake every year for Thanksgiving and then again for Christmas.
And cranberry sauce is best served in the shape of the can in which it was delivered.
My grandmother always used the Libbys recipe. Then one year, running short on granulated sugar, she added ¼ cup of brown sugar. Everyone raved about how good her pie was, so she continued to make it that way every year. I added my own tweak, as I really like cloves, so I put a little extra spice in mine.
@@525Linesamen!
@@525Linesbest comment yet.
I'm old. We used to have an advertisement on TV (or the tellie) for cars that included, "baseball, hotdogs, apple pie and Chevrolet."
Chevrolet didn't speak English at the time he started his car company. He sold the company, then ended up working for it, and died poor. Hotdogs, at their root, are Germanic sausages. So much for advertisements. (and they only get worse....)
I’m old too…I can still sing the song….😝
"My Country 'tis of Thee" is the most used melody for most if not all patriotic themes across the globe.
Much better song.
@@garryferrington811 Listen to 'land of hope and glory', from the proms at the Royal Albert hall. You might change your mind...
My grandma grew up in Philadelphia and, as a little girl, actually got to ring the liberty bell way back in the day before they started keeping everyone away from it.
I'm not shock with pies because the UK is known for their supreme bakery cuisines.
But I was, in fact, shocked to find that my favorite "American" candy, Skittles, weren't actually made here in American.
In fact, it was made in the UK.
(As I type this I had Laurence's dialogue in my head lol)
Pies were invented in ancient Greece an apples are from Asia
Americans call them "bowling"
@@jeffhampton2767 And the apple pie, specifically, come from the British colonists 🤷♂ which is the point here.
Gaduations = Land of Hope and Glory
Weddings = Midsummer Night's Dream
Clowns = Entrance of the Gladiators
Only one of these is even close to the original intention of the song.
Monty Python = Liberty Bell March
huh. Almost like we were colonized by them
Right. Who knew !?
Read on and you can Google this ( is the American Liberty Bell original ? )
The bell was first made in 1752 for the Pennsylvania State House, now known as Independence Hall. The bell was cast in London, England, and shipped to Pennsylvania. Soon after it arrived, the bell cracked. In 1753, a new bell was cast from the same metal by John Pass and John Stow.
7:00 A fellow teacher thought he would impress me one day by proudly announcing that Halloween was actually Samhein, I chuckled and explained that Sam Hein was the guy who owned the delicatessen down the street, then explained it is a Gaelic word pronounced sah-win'. Ah those tricky Gaels and their disappearing m sounds.
At some point in the past the evening became a time for juvenile delinquents to run wild destroying property. Homeowners and business owners began bribing them with cakes and other sweets to leave their houses and businesses alone. So began the tradition of "trick or treat."
@@FavoriteThings606 Here is a Halloween joke.
One Halloween a little boy and his friends decided to push the boy's family outhouse down the hill. They snuck up and pushed and pushed until it went rolling down the hill and crashed into a tree. When the boy got home his father confronted him and asked if he had any part in the destruction of the outhouse. The boy denied having any part in the prank. The father told the boy about George Washington cutting down the Cherry tree and when asked, told the truth. Nothing happened to him, and he even became the first President. The little boy confessed, and his father immediately beat the crap out of him. The boy tearfully asked, "I thought nothing happened to George when he confessed?" The father replied, "George's father wasn't sitting in the tree when he cut it down."
I think you would enjoy "Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America"’
Good video, but I must correct you. The category term A1 denoting a best in class ship standard was not from Lloyds of London insurance company but it came from Lloyds Register, the assurance and ship classification society. Both companies came from Edward Lloyds coffee house in London but are not the same company.
A history of Pumpion pie (based off an Italian recipe from 1570) can be found on Tasting history with Max Miller.
I had fun baking it, thrice
No one bothered with All Hallow's Eve until E.T. showed Brit kids a way to get free sweets. Then it got bigger and bigger driven by pure avarice and the bloodbath that is the average trick or treat gang holding up little old ladies for Maltesers and vodka, masked, at midnight (and that's just the under 5's out with their mums!). 🎃
According to Alan Moore, at least in Yorkshire, All Hallow’s Eve was a thing but much more solemn.
In the 70s it was apple dunking and toffee apples only. Bonfire night, November 5th was more important to us kids
I celebrated Halloween in the 60's in England well before ET. Then it would have been considered rude to knock on people's doors demanding sweets. That part is definitely American
Since America was a British Colony for so long, of course there are many things, even nearly 250 years after our independence, that came from England. My favorite English-American thing is my grandparent’s Southern accent. There are so many things that come from other countries, too, because the best part of being American is getting to enjoy the best parts of every culture and country and never having to leave the country to do so. Not that traveling isn’t fun and educational, it’s just nice that I get to experience so many cultures and countries simply by befriending my neighbors. ❤
He didn't mentioned the many laws, which are so vital to American society. Trail by jury, 'innocent until proven guilty', 'beyond reasonable doubt', 'due process of law', etc., etc., from English common law. All came/inherited from England.
Halloween in my childhood involved a large turnip (swede to English viewers) a wood chisel and a certain amount of care. Even now the smell of scorched turnip is weirdly evocative.
A swede is a rutabaga.
To English viewers, a turnip is a turnip and a swede is a swede. They are different vegetables, even if they look quite similar.
@@capitalb5889I always think of them as separate vegetables, like you do and most other English people do, but I’m sure I remember reading that Geordies follow the Scottish convention of calling swedes ‘turnips’ (aka. ‘neeps’ in Scotland). They’re not technically wrong as a swede is a type of turnip (in fact it’s short for ‘Swedish turnip’) but it’s nonetheless useful to make a distinction between the two and only ever use ‘turnip’ to refer to small white turnips.
@@overlordnatthis is spot on. I was super confused about why everyone kept calling those little pink and white veg 'turnips' when I moved south from Newcastle. I'm pretty sure that as a kid, the big yellowy pink things that got carved for Halloween or eaten with haggis were turnips and the little pinky white things were called swede
I'm surprised you didn't include Lipton Tea.
From Glasgow.
Sad thing is it cracked right after the warranty ran out.. 9:57
I just love the way you annunciate everything. I also love learning about things and stuff. A.1. steak sauce is good, but better on a burger then on steak. Apple pie is also great on Thanksgiving as well.
Laurence's Annunciation. Very famous painting.
* enunciate 😊
also, the word "soccer"
Keep rubbing that one in! 😅
It's important to note a large reason so many Irish people migrated to the US in the 19th century was the British subjecting the Irish to the Great Hunger, a famine that killed a million people while England ate most of Ireland's food
"See I don't like any of You"
No worries Lawrence, everyone feels this way on a Friday evening after a long week.
So true 😅
As an ex pat Geordie in Canada I love to hear all the myth debunking on your channel. ;). That being said I enjoy how you connect all the 'Merica to UK" history. ;)
As a Canadian, these videos have been fun to see which British things we have and which American things. Generally speaking through my whole life, Canada has seemed like a cultural midway point between the UK + Ireland and America, with a bias towards American tendencies. Are there any things you've found living here that seem quintessentially British?
Hello from West Virginia 😊 This was educational
Hello, fellow West Virginian. I really enjoy the way he educates us. I knew some of the info, but I was surprised about a few things.
I truly appreciate and enjoy these videos.
Some of my ancestors lived in West Virginia.
I went to America for the first time 20 years ago and the first meal I bought there was at an Applebys. I was genuinely disappointed that there was no apple-pie on the menu.
Shame on Applebee's; that might border on the fraudulent! (I usually refer to that chain restaurant as 'Pineapple Q's'.) Have you been to a Village Inn restaurant here in the US? They make many different types of pies (though not as many as they used to do), and it would be a good place to see about apple pie.
That's because Applebee's is trash
Why is it called "Apple" if there is no Apple (pie)?
Applebee's? Oh, man, I'm so sorry; you deserved a better experience than that!
White Chapel was also the site of Jack the Ripper.
I had no idea that the bell was cast in London. Thanks for the info. I love learning new things.
White Chapel was home to more serial killers than just Jack. He was just the most famous, which unfortunately means the rest have nearly been forgotten.
Fire your history teacher
@@windowsseven8377 Why?
@@LyleFrancisDelp For leaving out crucial details like where the bell was cast. For not conveying the all important part about the 13 colonies were NOT the United States at that time. It was to honor the anniversary of a British guy (William Penn) who valued freedoms of all sorts of people. You simply shouldnt claim somthing for yourself (America) without sufficient historical backround.
The Liberty Bell was recasted in Philadelphia
A.1. primary base is raisin mash. Kit Kats are also British.
1930’s so right
Your videos are always super interesting and lots of fun. Thank you.
You can't please everyone all the time, although you do a fine job of trying.
"See, I don't like any of ya!" Absolutely hilarious. Love sarcasm and dark humor.
Gonna stick with ya as long as I can. Thanks😜
Sarcasm and dark humour: That is how good humour should be. Who cannot understand it, seems rather dumb.
I can't tell you how excited I was to hear someone actually pronounce Samhain correctly for once🤩
I know, right?
He didn’t say it how we pronounce it in Ireland but a good attempt!
So non Gaelic speaker here, why are the M and H pronounced so differently?
@@maireadr Yeah, I was just excited he got close and didn't say Sam Hane
@@laurat7232 Differently than in English? I suppose it's because the Gaelic languages are Celtic languages and not comparable to the origins of English. Fun fact: Irish is still the first official language of Ireland.
As a fluent speaker of American, I would love a Babbel course on English.
You'll find the English Babbel course pretty similar to your 'American'... funny enough, just another thing you inherited 🤷♂
Laurence, when you got to the subject of Samhain, my memory took me back to those fun days when you did a few episodes of you trying to guess the pronunciation of place names on this side of the pond. That Irish Gaelic word would certainly give some of the ones we offered up a run for their money.
In the battle between Anglicized Native American names and Anglicized Gaelic names, I think the Gaelic ones win. Native American ones are different, but recognizable from the spelling. Gaelic is a mystery.
@@davidskidmore3442 , you may be correct, but I think these would give Samhain a run for its money: Mquqᵂin = MUCK-wuh-in (BC, Canada), Xlukwskw = shlooksk (BC, Canada),
S-chuchuligk = shkoo-COO-lick (AZ), Canyon de Chelly = Canyon de SHAY (AZ), Kwakwaka'wakw = KWOK-uh-wok (BC, Canada), Ksi Xts' at'kw = sis-AT (BC, Canada),
Pugughileq = boo-woo-CHAY-look (AK; ch is like in 'Loch' and 'Bach'). Oh, 1 more: Sequim = skwim (WA).
@@davidskidmore3442I'll just say that Irish spelling is that way for a good reason, and it's not to confuse people. It's trying to fit two tonnes of phonology in a one tonne bag. The Latin alphabet is a poor fit for Irish in multiple ways, and it doesn't help that only one European language has been a continuously written vernacular language longer than Irish, and that's Greek. That said, the rules behind it are simple and consistent, and have largely stayed the same since Irish was first written, neither of which is true for English. People run into issues with Irish because they expect it to work like English, but it very much isn't.
As to "mh", that indicates that there's an underlying etymological "m", but for grammatical/phonological reasons, it's pronounced in a different manner. This change in pronunciation is 100% predictable and thus it makes sense to preserve the etymological spelling. Changing the "mh" to something else would actually make the spelling system _more_ complicated and obscure the relationship between words.
Also, consider the case of the various digraphs English has (sh, ph, ch, gh) and how the sounds they're meant to represent get represented in other ways in non-obvious ways (-ti-, su- in sure), are redundant (ph is almost always there for etymological reasons), or aren't even used consistent (ch and gh, the former due to borrowings and the latter because it became a hot mess in the 1600s). Irish has _nothing_ on English in this regard!
Lawrence, have you not figured out that what makes America great is that it has part of every country in it ?
I love the information you share with us, and the laughter is always there 😁 Thank you for always cheering me up!
"Pompion Circumstance" sounds like a PDQ Bach composition.
Thank you, Laurence, for giving some love to the Pagans, acknowledging that it's about more than just dressing up and begging for candy.
pie! It's about pie right!?
Ok but dressing up and getting candy is fun even if it is silly 😊
One of the best versions of the Halloween story appears in the novel "Faerie Tale," by Raymond Feist: Every year at Samhain all manner of supernatural critters have to move house, so you see them roaming the streets at night, looking for new abodes. And if you don't leave a "treat" out for them, they just might move in with you and haunt your house for a year.
I want to learn Mongolian but I have not seen that in babl.
@@nmgg6928damn right
Slash...the Guns and Roses guy was actually born in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire in central England.
Grape pies are American, invented by Irene Bouchard in the Finger Lakes region of New York in the 1950s. I've never tried it. I've never heard the term "As American as Grape Pie" so I suppose it hasn't caught on yet.
We Americans are the only ones smart enough (or crazy enough) to make desserts and children's drinks from *grapes* 🍇!
For thousands of years, raisin pies 🥧 and cakes existed all over the world. But not until Mrs. Bouchard, did anyone contemplate baking with grapes without drying them first!
Similarly, *wine* 🍷 for millennia was a beverage produced in every corner of the globe. But not until 1869, did Thomas Welch think to himself "what if, instead of naturally letting then ferment, we pasteurized and sieved crushed grapes?"
Now, you just can't imagine American kids' birthday parties 🎂 or snack times without *grape juice* !
I had no idea the "Liberty Bell" was manufactured in England! TY... As well as A1 sauce...
Laurence, you had me LOL at “Freedom , Freedom, Freedom, and in that order.” And I love your eye movements. Thank you for a delightful channel!
Ahh I'm so glad that other people enjoy his eye movements! I'm pretty sure it's just him looking at the auto-cue that's been placed in different spots in different shots, but in any case, it makes me feel like I'm having a conversation with a person. You know, like how people naturally go in and out of eye contact while talking.
@Levacque The eye movements make me think Laurence is being forced to make these videos against his will, and is constantly checking to see if his narration is suitable to his captors.
wait, Samhain just means November? XD
Also yeah our national anthem is just a British drinking song. Which explains why it's so BLOODY hard to sing. It's deliberately designed for drunk ears and tipsy lips attempting to test their intoxication via 'how well can I still sing?'
The melodic range also happens to be an octave and a fourth, which is the general maximum range for non-trained singers!
@@frenchbassguy right, that too!
I remember my 7th grade choir teacher having us sing that to suss out our ranges and assign us the different placements.
It was one of 4 "cross-quarter" holidays of Witchcraft. Though originally Pagan, they got (very quickly) naturalized into Christianity during the early Dark Ages.
●On August 1st, *St. Peter in chains Day* (formerly "Beltane.")
●On May 1st, *St. Phillip & St. James's Day* (formerly "Luganash.")
●On February 1st, *St. Bridget's Day* (formerly "Imbolc.")
and
●On November 1st, *All Saints' Day* (formerly "Samhain.")
@@grantorino2325Not witchcraft. Wiccans decided to take the traditional Celtic holidays and intercorporate them into their practices. Witches aren't a thing in the Gaelic mythological tradition: that's a distinctly Germanic thing. Our traditional quarterly holidays marking the transitions between the seasons have nothing to do with witchcraft. 🤦
@@talideon
"Have nothing to do with"?
It's *in no way relate to* , you semi-literate!
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And you're right that the Dark Age Germanic peoples had *volvas* (priestesses) who used spells and divination. Nevertheless, the idea of *incantations* and *grimoires* containing "words of power" that could bewitch men was very much of Celtic origin!
From legendary figures such as Merlin and Morgan le Fay, to historical writers such as Alfred Lord Tennyson, wizards and warlocks are very firmly embedded in the Gallo/Scoci/Brythonic tradition! FUN FACT: The very word *glamour* came to us from a Scottish naturalization of "grammar," first introduced to upper-class, English literature by Sir Walter Scott.
Mind you, in the 21st Century, "glamorizing" is no longer done by old men in holocaust cloaks, but rather by young women in miniskirts!
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Thank you for this. It was educational, humorous, and thoroughly enjoyable.
1:29 I have to add that Spanish is very confusing. The Western Hemispheric SPANISH has no word for “lime.”. In French, one can say, “Citron vert,” but when I say “límon verde,” I always end up with a lemon. 100% of the time. I live in houston, texas, but I am from San Diego, California.
Lady Liberty herself, is from FRANCE!
Yes, and I think it was a wonderful gift.
Yeah, we know. Still not the subject of this video…
Did you not notice that on the screen?
And has been an iconic symbol of America ever since
She was offered to the Germans who declined. Our gain!
Actually, it was the Dutch who created the apple pie that we eat today. Apple pie was developed with the help of multiple culinary influences, including cuisine from Britain, France, the Netherlands, and the Ottoman Empire. A recipe for apple pie does appear in a British cookbook from 1390. However, these early British versions of apple pie did not include crust due to the high price of ingredients. It was the 15th century Dutch who first created the lattice-style pastry we know today. Also, the pumpkin was an early export to France; from there it was introduced to Tudor England.
Interesting facts. The British apple pie of today is definitely different from the lattice style you mention. I'm not sure what the type of apple pie early Americans ate, but it was likely the kind popular in England, and then it mutated over the decades.
Isn't Whitechapel where Jack the Ripper wandered the streets? - lol !!!
You think that's funny?
A lot of things seemed to have happened in Whitechapel apparently.
Some Americans would probably be surprised that the language most of us speak also came from England.
As I understand it, prior to the widespread planting of apple trees in the US, the most popular pie was pear pie!
All the way till grocery stores had ready access, both apples and oranges were considered presents. Transport across this large nation was expensive, so prohibitive for many. They were also used at christmas.
Yes, my mother used to tell me what a special treat it was to get an orange and a few walnuts in your Christmas stocking. In our family that morphed into tangerines because my mom liked them better.
@@Birdbike719 Wow! We always had an apple and orange as Dad was from Connecticut, Mom from California. Dad 1915, Mom 1923. their folks the 1800s. So much has changed re fruits and vegetables, have to look up on the cell phone all the newer types of produce when shopping!
We always got apples, oranges, and a variety of unshelled nuts in our Christmas stockings. I know it isn't as common now, but it was when I was growing up.
@@donnagoring250 Yes ! My parents , born in 1921 , also told we kids about getting an orange at Christmas - how special it was & considered " exotic " ! Also , my parents & grandparents talked about other fresh fruits , like pineapples , & veggies not common when they were growing up .
@@cynthiajohnston424 Thank you Cynthia! Happy Holidays!
Halloween Traditions began in Ancient Rome slowly converted with Catholocism/Christianity and transmitted through the empire to trading partners. Irish and Scottish adopted it from the Romans, as their celebrations didn't appear until after contact with Rome. Dies Parentales - Celebration of the Ancestors included several holidays and rituals regarding the dead, such as: Bringing Food to the Tombs, Dressing up in Deathly Attire, etc...
Everyone should try making pumpkin pie with a layer of pecans baked on top..
Wow! My husband is from Scotland and also now lives in the US. When he began to miss his “broon” sauce, I recommended A1. Can’t wait to tell him it originated across the pond. We’ve since found a shop a couple hours away that sells a lot of the foods and beverages he misses from home. On another note, if you haven’t done so already, I think it would be interesting to point out some of the sitcoms over the decades that originated in Britain and were quickly turned into American shows.
When you do your episode of British things with American origins I assume you’ll include Heinz Beanz which are grown in America, dehydrated and shipped to England where they are rehydrated, cooked and canned for use in your traditional English breakfast. The Company Heinz is based in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Heinz makes lots of condiments and other Rod it’s for sale in the US but oddly, not beans. Bush’s, Del Monte, & Van de Camps are the “go to” brands for canned beans in America.
Do any Brits actually mistake them for actually being British in origin? I feel like the German name would have tipped them off.
I bought some Heinz Baked Beans made in the UK in Warrendale near Pittsburgh, oh the irony.
As a native Pittsburgher. I ca mmmm attest that English Heinz beanz taste very different than our American Heinz baked beans!
@@conniecrawford5231 Yes. I used to attend a brit expat meetup group and we had a taste-off and every brit picked the Heinz. I did actually run across some US Heinz beans a while back so they must have been testing the market. They were barbeque flavored though.
@@stevethepocket I think many Brits know Heinz as an American brand, but when referring to the best baked beans, they say “Heinz” obviously but specially make it known the English/Brit version… they know the difference ingredients change through UK production enough to state this when I’ve watched many UK celebs interviews, TH-camrs etc 😂🤷🏻♀️
From what I’ve heard it quite a lot different. 😆🤷🏻♀️
The saying "As American as apple pie" refers to how much of it was eaten, not who originated it. Johnny Appleseed is an American folk character--someone who traveled around the American colonies and planted apple trees wherever he went. Some historians believe he was not totally fictional, and there WERE apple trees in great abundance in the colonies. Because of this abundance, apple pie was prepared by many rural and small town folk almost every day and eaten for breakfast lunch and dinner.
You're one of two people I really enjoy learning about history from! Thank you!
Add taxation without representation aswell.
Oh yes, we love to take your British patriotic songs and put bbq sauce on them.
You know what they say about kings: small feet, small … scepter.
Went to my local UK 🇬🇧 shoppe to buy a box of Curly Wurly's. Not because I miss them from all my years in the UK, but because I miss the exact same Marathon bar from the 1970s USA. Same candy bar. Had to go decades without the Marathon bars until I discovered they were still in production in the UK as the Curly Wurly.
That's odd! UK Marathons were rebranded 'Snickers' 30-odd years ago, but Curly Wurly has ALWAYS been Curly Wurly - although it is pressed out of a sheet of toffee instead of being laid in that shape with thin nozzles. I bought Curly Wurlys right from the original time they appeared in the shops. Incidentally, the American Marathon is nothing like the UK one, the Mars Bar has the texture of a Milky Way, and Butterfingers are the best chocolate bar in the world (after Crunchie and Bounty, of course).
Where can I get one. Loved marathon bar!!!!
@@theboyisnotright6312 Do you mean the UK Snickers bar? As I said, that's not the same as the US Marathon bar. And I don't know if you can get it in the US.
@@leoniemarks4594 the curly wurly I guess they call it. Like a carmaly toffee covered in chocolate.
See also; The Flump
+Both videos, RE: things Amerian which are actually from the British Isles and things British from the USA represent some of your best writing and delivery since you began the series. Well done, Lawrence!
That pumpion pie recipe should make a come back. The addition of herbs might seem unusual, but it balances the flavor. I would make it every year myself but it is time-intensive cutting and preparing the pumpkin slices.
Go online and see if you can find a similar recipe. It’s amazing how many variations you can find.
My sister used to make pumpkin pie with nutmeg. It was delicious.
My dad noted that growing up, the graduation march was jokingly referred to as, "Pomp and circumcision".
As popular as A1 steak sauce is in the United States, it is far exceeded by the popularity, the sauce enjoys in South Africa. Here, it's usually on the side, or more specifically on the table, for those who want it, but not placed on the stake automatically as many people do not want it. In South Africa, more often than not, I have to specify that I do not want A1 steak sauce on my steak (or a burger as well) in order to avoid it. It's so commonplace that they don't even mention that it will be on the item in the menu!
Wow, interesting! I like how different cultures have different assumptions. Thanks for sharing :)
I was going to say that A1 sauce is quite controversial in the states, many people think sauce ruins steaks
mmmm best dessert to have on the 4th of July....a piping hot slice of apple pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream...we call it Pie Ala Mode
I remember one day I was watching Simon, who has several channels like Biography, History, and crime, etc.
One day, he suddenly said he did not like Americans.
But he didn't say he was kidding. 😮
My dad's name was Lawrence, so I am glad Laurence was kidding. ❤
I think he was joking. Simon doesnt even like England. Hence why he lives in the Czeck republic.
You are fantastic, my man!
Well, it's almost midnight in south-east Australia and I think it's very cruel that you're discussing the origins of apple pie because now that's all I want as a midnight snack 😅
12:12 How interesting that someone I was aware I was related to has a connection to pumpkin pie that I was not aware of!
Wow, Laurence!, you’ve gotten 5,000 views in the first 50 minutes since this video was posted. Well done! A1 Steak Sauce origin in England was a surprise.
A lot of us Texans don't eat steak sauce. Just salt and pepper.
The tune to the American national anthem is from an old British drinking song, "To Anachreon in Heaven". Baseball also originated in England. Some Americans deny this but refusal to acknowledge reality is something else we gave them.
The earliest reference to baseball is in a children's book from London in 1744. Jane Austen also mentions baseball.
I love your witty humor.
A1Steak sauce? Hey great tasting sauce crosses all borders. Texas Roadhouse steaksauce is also awesome too. And Halloween is my Wifes SuperBowl. As in Go Big or Go Home. One example: We have over 18 Halloween Inflatables in our front yard, maybe 20.
I love things and stuff. Thank you, Laurence, for being one of our favorite things, bringing us our favorite stuff.
The word soccer (as Euros call football) originated in England, Roundabout originated in America, traffic circle in England but somehow got switched around. Etymology is fun! :)
Another British import, founded by Sir Baden Powell, has forever changed my perception of "Pomp and Circumstance". At Massawepi scout camp, in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains, the scouts have added words to the tune:
My turtle swims sideways
Your turtle swims upside-down
My turtle swims sideways
Your turtle is...
DEAD!
Cousin Chad and Uncle Toby really need to start their own channel.
I took a year of Spanish in high school, very long ago. It was considered easier to learn and speak than German or French, the only other two available at the time. Even though I never got a chance to speak it, I can still understand, in general, what spanish speakers are talking about. I love Halloween, it's my favorite time of year!🎃🎃🎃
Yay, you! (Spanish teacher here--¡Hola!)
I had Latin in 9th grade, moved and took French for 10th and half of 11th, they canceled French and put me into Spanish 2... public schools in the 80s...
Laurence can roll his ‘R.’ That’s a plus in Spanish! I could never do it.
I'm backwards... I can generally read Spanish, but I have always had a difficult time interpreting it spoken 😒
@@RAD6150 Neither latin nor German were offered at my highschool in mid 2000s California. It was a requirement for one year of foreign language but we only had Spanish and French. I was lucky to have astronomy in my senior year.
I grew a winter squash this year called cushaw. It's about 2 or 3 times the size of a butternut squash. A word to the wise. I threw a handful of seeds in the dirt and I got 9 of these mammoths. You can toast the seeds for snacking. I'm still planning on growing them next year as long as my friends are willing to help me out eating them.
Fun fact: the British national anthem, which you mention it's repackaged in the USA as something else, is actually not the British national anthem. It's the monarchy's anthem. Luxembourg has the same anthem. It's an old anthem that was used to signify royalty and monarchy. And what nation embodies that feeling more than the UK nowadays? Maybe none. Hence why it also became the UK's anthem.
It was used in multiple European Monarchies. Eventually everyone got rid of it, except for the UK and the tune became, socially, a British thing.
Quite right, it's the Monarch's anthem. The UK has no official anthem and no official flag (though George V allowed the Union Flag to be flown from public buildings).
@@WGGplant The tune was the German 'anthem' during WW1.
Dark steak sauces such as A1, I've read, are a British Victorian-era invention just as Laurence says. There's one in Canada/UK called H.P. Not so popular in U.S.
The graduation march instantly causes tears to fall every single time! American parents understand.
Great video!
The only one that surprised me was pumpkin pie. It seems so American.
A1 sauce didn't surprise me at all. It's similar to other British sauces, in that it's vinegary and has fruit in it.
In her album "By Request," Wendy Carlos had a track titled "Pompous CIrcumstances," in which she played Pomp and Circumstance in the styles of different songwriters and composers, including Ravel, The Beatles, Scott Joplin, and Stephen Foster. Sadly, the Elgar estate objected to this use of his music, so the track was removed from all UK releases.
BTW, the "thyme" in your video looked like more rosemary.
How have I lived 46 years without ever noticing that My Country ‘Tis of Thee and God Save the King are the same melody?
This is so weird but I love it when you do advertisements. I don’t like it in other videos, only yours.
I'm glad you posted this comment. It is the same with me. I always FF through them but not with Lawrence. He makes everything funny😂🤣🙃
Graduation March embodies when Randy "Macho Man" Savage said, "Oh yeah! The cream always rises to the top!" You did skip that the music for the American national anthem is based on an old British beer hall song, "Anachreon in Heaven." Francis Scott Key just put words to the tune.