Tales From The Green Valley - March (part 7 of 12)

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  • In this BBC documentary series we get to follow a small group of historians and archeologists as they recreate farm life from the age of the Stuarts. They wear the clothes, eat the food and use the tools, skills and technology of the 1620's for one year.
    The seventh episode starts in March and it's time for preparing the garden for sowing, wheat threshing, brewing March beer, pig yokes, fun and games, egg and pear pie with stewed salt cod.

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  • @fingerboxes
    @fingerboxes ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Every time they have fish in the kitchen, the cat is there to appraise its quality.

  • @blabla-rg7ky
    @blabla-rg7ky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I like it that they end each episode at the dining table. It's so interesting seeing the multitude of shapes, colours, and food varieties of a 17th century farm family...

  • @saristaa1
    @saristaa1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    *"How's it coming on?"*
    *"Chaffs all on top of the grain. I need the wind to blow it off."*
    *"Could it be your technique, Fonze?"*
    *LOOK OF DEATH*
    ROFL!

  • @vickiesmith9198
    @vickiesmith9198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    2014 this was filmed now 2021 still so very good to watch!!

    • @laurafuoco7046
      @laurafuoco7046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      2005! but still a great watch

    • @VanderlyndenJengold
      @VanderlyndenJengold 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@laurafuoco7046 They look so young when you wach this compared to the later shows.

    • @noodle9572
      @noodle9572 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is a great series but if this was filmed in 2014 I am king Charles the 1st.

    • @theclumsyprepper
      @theclumsyprepper 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@noodle9572 It was filmed in 2004.

  • @danawitta9739
    @danawitta9739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I love all the comments about how Stuart cooked the salted cod incorrectly. I'm not sure if they explained it much in the series but I love how Stuart, Chloe and Ruth all cook and Chloe and Ruth do some farm work. Ruth has mentioned it some, that women's work and men's work weren't always defined how you would think and the roles were defined differently for poor, laboring people than for the wealthy. A lot we believe about men's roles and women's roles in society were based on the social rules of the wealthy and not always the same for working people.

    • @TheFeed-pp9mf
      @TheFeed-pp9mf ปีที่แล้ว +2

      First soak the cod overnight, Throw out the water.Throw out the cod.

  • @Cumbriman
    @Cumbriman 8 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    absolutely love this especially because it's filmed over twelve months, I just didn't want them to leave so in my imagination they're still there lol

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The farm is still part of a living history site.

    • @AvaT42
      @AvaT42 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      david metherell Me too! I can imagine them all still working around the 1600’s farm dressed the same, work the same. Lol. It is all so real though.

    • @polly5961
      @polly5961 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      david metherell I felt the same way...🤗 until I discovered that the three historyoteers moved on down the road to another year on the Tudor or wartime gardens..or somewhere there abouts. I feel like my dear friends love to time travel..😁

    • @ritageorge8748
      @ritageorge8748 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I imagine for a few weeks of back pains after they left-they might have felt they never left either

    • @queencerseilannister3519
      @queencerseilannister3519 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They wouldn't have actually stayed full-time at these locations. I would assume there were travel trailers like you'd see on a film set, and breaks to go home and see their families. No one would want to leave their child for a year.

  • @terricovill4624
    @terricovill4624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Stuart gives wonderful tips on rotating garden crops to prevent disease!

  • @terricovill4624
    @terricovill4624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    It's great that the historic series demonstrates that people, for the most part, had only 1 or 2 "outfits" to interchange .

  • @sheldonp5235
    @sheldonp5235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I really like Cloe, she has a great understanding of horses and a jovial character.

  • @CURIOUSSERA
    @CURIOUSSERA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Did Stuart just cook salt cod without soaking it? Hahaha, oh lawd! It’s inedible if you don’t soak it. Even Alex was having a hard time with it , lol

    • @johannaholmgren8088
      @johannaholmgren8088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I know, I had to wince a bit at that. In Italy, salt cod, or baccalà as it's called, is traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve (in northern Italy, anyway) and you have to soak it for 24 hours before you can cook it. Poor Alex. But he's game for anything that boy. I missed him in the later farm series.

    • @honeyvitagliano3227
      @honeyvitagliano3227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@johannaholmgren8088 what one was he not in ? I saw him in all the other farm series I thought

    • @kaveirinhaz
      @kaveirinhaz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@johannaholmgren8088 Same thing in Portugal. Traditionally the salted codfish would be place under running water from a natural spring to remove the salt for 2 or 3 days. Although it´s eaten yearound, it´s the most traditional food for Christmas Eve dinner and in the north of Portugal on Christmas Day people would mix the leftover bacalhau, potatoes and cabbage leaves from dinner in a sort of luke warm salad for lunch.

    • @johannaholmgren8088
      @johannaholmgren8088 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kaveirinhaz Sounds an awful lot like my mother in laws Christmas Eve dinner!

    • @jamiejenkins5643
      @jamiejenkins5643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In the January series they took a ham that was supposedly salted into it right in the pot as well. You can tell it was a store-bought ham but still love watching it. I'm sure it's impossible to do everything and live a normal life as well as live a second life on this episode of shows

  • @ianfindlay865
    @ianfindlay865 9 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Love the animals. The dog in particular seems to be having a high old time. The cat adds classic feline comments.

    • @mortalclown3812
      @mortalclown3812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The other farm animals don't fare as well. Altogether gruesome series for animal lovers. :-)

    • @caroljakeman9628
      @caroljakeman9628 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mortalclown3812 how is it gruesome ??

    • @theclumsyprepper
      @theclumsyprepper 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@mortalclown3812 Oh for crying out loud. Why would any "animal lover" (vegan I assume) even watch a series like that if they can't face the fact people eat meat, always have and always will.

  • @allankennolf
    @allankennolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    grew up winnowing our rice daily. Bless Peter, its a steep learning curve if u have no prior experience..

    • @wewenang5167
      @wewenang5167 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yeh many Asian country still used the same technic with rice, i remember my mom said its her job if she went to her grandmother house.

  • @laurawalker4756
    @laurawalker4756 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm absolutely addicted to these😊❤️

    • @JeremiahMcSweeney
      @JeremiahMcSweeney 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have been watching it since 2014. Love it. Plus the other farm series. Victorian farm is very enjoyable.

  • @sunkissed1974
    @sunkissed1974 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’ve watched this whole series 6 times now. I learn so much. Love it.

    • @lindahouston5635
      @lindahouston5635 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I've rewatched it several times as well. It never gets old to me.

  • @askerskov
    @askerskov 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    That homerewed beer, and that antiquity cooking with the available ingredients, splendid!

  • @toniecat1028
    @toniecat1028 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This makes me wonder - In an earlier episode, Chloe was getting ready to train the pony/ies to become a work horse/s. Having watched the Tudor era documentaries a month ago (on youtube, which included all the people here except Chloe & Stewart) I remember they had to bring in an American Cowboy (horse whisperer, sort of) who was BRILLIANT! He got the wild pony to accept getting led by a rope, then accept gear on it's head & neck and finally to carry his weight (laying over the ponies back) without panic by the end of the day (one day!) all without ANY drama! At the end, the pony wasn't actually "broken" but taught to accept the job of working with them on the farm. It was amazing - I was ''jaw droppingly" impressed!!

    • @blabla-rg7ky
      @blabla-rg7ky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      yeah, I remember that episode. I think I've watched it 2 days ago... or 3 days ago, not more than 3 though. And I've been utterly impressed as well. It takes special people to successfully carry uncommon tasks out

    • @oregonwanderer
      @oregonwanderer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Being that horses are prey animals, its nature for them to run from anything they do not understand. In their mind they could be killed by it. Horses want work. They do enjoy having a purpose in life. And because they are gregarious by nature, they need interaction. Breaking is what the cowboys used to do. Just rope them, throw a saddle on and ride the buck out of them. This is wrong actually and the horse never really gets over the fear of new things. The term horse whisperer is actually not correct. You don't whisper to a horse, you just move slowly and quietly and let them adjust to what you are doing to them. Each new thing they are slowly introduced to that does not "kill them" only instills more and more trust of the trainer. Thats how I trained my horses back when I was a trainer and before I became disabled.

    • @azurephoenix9546
      @azurephoenix9546 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Oregon Wanderer
      My brother trains horses the same way, and has since we were kids on the farm. The horses develop a very close and trusting relationship with people and more or less turned into pets for us, despite their being working horses. They loved to play games, so we would tie apples to tree branches and have them go find them. They would let us little kids ride without bridles or saddles because they were so gentle and friendly that they would sort of look after us. One of our best horses, Star, was so calm and motherly that she was bitten by a snake while my sister was riding and she startled a little, but didn't buck or jump, but limped back to the house to let my sister down before she whinnied and bucked like crazy. Another time, she accidentally stepped on my mother's foot and for weeks and weeks after, every time my mom would come up to her, she would put her head down and snuff at her foot until my mom said "It's okay. My foot is fine, Star."
      I still miss that girl and she must have been dead for 30 years by now, but that's what a loving and good relationship with a horse is. It's like a marriage that way, I think. If it's very solid, it's solid for life.

  • @MrsLovelyPendragon
    @MrsLovelyPendragon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love how feisty and mischievous the pigs are! Great fun must have been had by them lol

  • @gswella3294
    @gswella3294 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Its a real shame that Stuart didn't participate in the other series of these, he's very knowledgeable and very likeable. Chloe is also very good and I would have liked to see her participate in some of the other series like this one.

    • @sgrannie9938
      @sgrannie9938 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Valley Farm was Stuart’s project.

    • @GraceTheBabbler
      @GraceTheBabbler 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sgrannie9938oh that’s interesting to know. Thanks

  • @jpsarver5514
    @jpsarver5514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Young Peter....a heartthrob

  • @gavinicuss
    @gavinicuss 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    That winnowing basket, it made me think of gold panning in water. I have to think that gold panners must have had experience in farming/grain and chaff separation.

    • @vaudevillian7
      @vaudevillian7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gavin Smith possibly what the first gold pans were

    • @marcusteach5676
      @marcusteach5676 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Gavin Smith Same principle heavy stop sinks to the bottom.

    • @eunicestone838
      @eunicestone838 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most of the gold planners were just farmers from the prairies.

  • @robertldesigns
    @robertldesigns 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Adorable piglets!

  • @irisjoosten8669
    @irisjoosten8669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Nothing can make a louder tantrum than a two year old!
    Pigs at 14:34 : "hold my beer"

    • @blabla-rg7ky
      @blabla-rg7ky 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      "hold my *pork* " (FTFY)

    • @josefinbjork7746
      @josefinbjork7746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pigs are loud but they are tuff handel one they scream bloody murder but they are fine
      Like a 2 year they scream like you are about too kill em over nothing a

    • @girlnextdoorgrooming
      @girlnextdoorgrooming 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL!

  • @marywilde7378
    @marywilde7378 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So educational and uplifting

  • @juliebonn6940
    @juliebonn6940 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My dream job and I could move right in.

  • @leavingitblank9363
    @leavingitblank9363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I wish they'd provide the recipes. That egg and pear tart sounded interesting.

  • @wendyamericana4829
    @wendyamericana4829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thanks for uploading I love these

  • @rockmeister33
    @rockmeister33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Love this groups Whole farm series, surprised you can't stream this one anywhere

  • @Bille994
    @Bille994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Some of the scenes on this show look like they could be 17th century paintings. 28:25 for example, it reminds me of Vermeer!

  • @jenniferc6868
    @jenniferc6868 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I think Stuart forgot to soak the salt cod overnight first to get rid of some of the salt and tenderize it before he cooked it in the chafing dish

    • @AlexandraLynch1
      @AlexandraLynch1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah, he did. And now we know why you freshen salt fish before cooking.

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      If you don't soak fish that's been salted enough to preserve it, it's pretty much inedible.

    • @Thepourdeuxchanson
      @Thepourdeuxchanson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had a horrible flashback to Lutefisk, enjoyed in Scandinavia and Minnesota. Excoriated everywhere else in the world.

  • @lizzy66125
    @lizzy66125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Peter is such a good sport.

  • @janemann3045
    @janemann3045 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love the mill,the house and how they work together.Everyone worked in those days.

    • @johannaholmgren8088
      @johannaholmgren8088 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well you had to,didn't you? Otherwise people would starve

  • @bettygreenhansen
    @bettygreenhansen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    he called the piglets “weaners” and I thought he called them “weiners”! 😂

  • @earthalydelights
    @earthalydelights 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I can't believe he didn't soak that salt cod. And verjuice is used at the rate of about a Tbs full to a cup of water. You don't poach anything in neat verjuice. You might as well poach it in neat vinegar. The looks on their faces when they tried it were priceless though.

  • @alicemary7913
    @alicemary7913 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That wooden shovel looks wonderfully impractical.

  • @1425363878
    @1425363878 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In Germany, March beer is still made today, only in May. It's really strong.

  • @thelighthouse7380
    @thelighthouse7380 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Round one goes to the pig, Peter gets round 2 however..... fantastic

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks again.

  • @KimmyQueen
    @KimmyQueen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Work hard... play hard... I love these series.

  • @noodle9572
    @noodle9572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wish they did a remake of this.

    • @johannaholmgren8088
      @johannaholmgren8088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Actually, I'd rather that they return to this farm with the experience theyve had of the other farms ...

    • @noodle9572
      @noodle9572 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@johannaholmgren8088Yes that would be good

    • @sgrannie9938
      @sgrannie9938 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@johannaholmgren8088they’re all 20 years older; it might be considerably more demanding physically. Not to mention established careers that would be hard to take time off for that long. They still do smaller pieces, like the trains series.

    • @johannaholmgren8088
      @johannaholmgren8088 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@sgrannie9938 I know. I agree. Just wishful thinking. Lol

    • @sgrannie9938
      @sgrannie9938 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@johannaholmgren8088 agreed

  • @jamesfetherston1190
    @jamesfetherston1190 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was hoping they would explain the understanding of yeast back then. Before Pasteur people had no understanding of the microbial aspect of yeast, brewers simply added foam from a previous brew, or allowed airborne yeast to get into the wort.

  • @GarouLady
    @GarouLady 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I would love to find out what kind of drinking vessals those are. Those would be nice to have around our house during winter. Big vessel of hot tea or cocoa.

  • @nielcapasso8229
    @nielcapasso8229 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am surprised he didn't soak the salt cod. I did salt cod for the vigil of Christmas and like most Italians I soaked the salt cod for three days, changing the water every day.

  • @dl7596
    @dl7596 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    040922. I've watched almost all of these Alex, Peter and Ruth series, and have greatly enjoyed them all. However, as in this episode at 27:39, I marvel at how Ruth is able to always keep her nails so long and groomed.

    • @user39h2j8il
      @user39h2j8il 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Long yes, groomed not so much

    • @johannaholmgren8088
      @johannaholmgren8088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes I must admit, as a retired RN, Ruth's nails give me the heebie-jeebies. The jobs they had to do in the farm, and long nails? Unless you are washing and scrubbing your nails with a nail brush (and even then...!!) there's no way those nails are clean.

  • @felicitywright791
    @felicitywright791 9 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Can't believe Stuart didn't soak the salt cod! He obviously doesn't have many Jamaican friends!

    • @taniakol
      @taniakol 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yes thinking the same thing - not just Jamaican. Surely they would've soaked it first - it would be really horrible to eat still salted.

    • @phoebegraveyard7225
      @phoebegraveyard7225 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Or Nova Scotian ones. I have two packs of salt cod in the fridge. It's something that is still eaten on a regular basis.

    • @cayannap6752
      @cayannap6752 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I know. Salt cod is still eaten around the world. But the salt must be soaked out first.

    • @adrianperryman181
      @adrianperryman181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@cayannap6752 soak salt cod 24hrs fresh water change every4 to 8 hrs

    • @julanesutton9626
      @julanesutton9626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Did the men take over the kitchen and cooking tasks? I was amazed to see Stuart hands on the meal preparation, totally unexpected.

  • @EllieChristine744
    @EllieChristine744 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I must confess that I am surprised that the salted cod is not watered out before cooking... It must have been close to inedible....

  • @StruggleBus92
    @StruggleBus92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Watching this like: why are they calling Peter fonze? 🤣

    • @animequeen78
      @animequeen78 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's his alias.

    • @stanlygirl5951
      @stanlygirl5951 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That was Peter's nickname back in 2005, when this was filmed.

    • @MissingRaptor
      @MissingRaptor 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I've been scouring the comments trying to figure this out!
      I'm glad I'm not the only one confused 😅

  • @lizpantelis
    @lizpantelis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    he didn't soak that fish at all. 🤣

    • @essaboselin5252
      @essaboselin5252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know! So much for being an expert. I've never cooked salt cod, and I know that soaking it is essential to make it edible.

  • @TheHeraldOfChange
    @TheHeraldOfChange 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting: Timestamp 10:20 Adding Hops prior to boiling; Timestamp 11:18 bringing the mash runnings and hops up to boil...

  • @baylorsailor
    @baylorsailor 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You got to soak that cod! Yikes 😬

  • @jamiejenkins5643
    @jamiejenkins5643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Salted cod fish is a staple in my family.. I soak overnight changing the water at least twice.. I don't know how they could even stomach it without soaking it. Would be like sucking on a salt block literally

    • @alliemackenzie1575
      @alliemackenzie1575 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Where do you get yours?

    • @jamiejenkins5643
      @jamiejenkins5643 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alliemackenzie1575 I live in Virginia. Do usually caught up north and boxed and salted. The guy I get them from gets 50lb box because they're very popular here on cold days . Island seafood is the name.

  • @leavingitblank9363
    @leavingitblank9363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Seems like "beat the grains out" should have become an expression.

    • @VanderlyndenJengold
      @VanderlyndenJengold 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought that when he said it. I'm going to start using it.

  • @joesnow7216
    @joesnow7216 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    They would use the wort twice when making beer. The first wort would be where they got the higher alcohol beer which they saved for special occasions. The second wort produced the low alcohol beer that they could drink while they were working. It wouldn't be smart to drink full strength beer while working because you might do something stupid like slice your foot off with a scythe and bleed to death. You could drink the low alcohol beer periodically throughout the day without making yourself stupid or clumsy.

    • @Jefferdaughter
      @Jefferdaughter 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They do mention this in the Tudor Monastery Farm series.

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      As Ruth mentions, most of the beer they drank was of the weaker "small" variety, while the strong variety was typically only drunk in the evenings.

    • @Eyeatb00tie
      @Eyeatb00tie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      5:13 m8

    • @eunicestone838
      @eunicestone838 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I guess the alcohol kills the germs s and parasites in the water. Apparently they didn't drink a lot of water for that reason

  • @pennyelliot5658
    @pennyelliot5658 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love how Ruth says Vit-a-min .

    • @TheOllieJackson
      @TheOllieJackson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What else would she say?

    • @ruthgoebel723
      @ruthgoebel723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Penny Elliot That is how it is pronounced in the UK.

    • @pennyelliot5658
      @pennyelliot5658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ruthgoebel723 I thought so, thank you for sharing ! I love her accent!!

    • @mortalclown3812
      @mortalclown3812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was hoping to hear someone say 'aluminum'. :-)

    • @sgrannie9938
      @sgrannie9938 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Has anyone noticed that ‘intestines’ has been pronounced three different ways? 😊 (I love all the regional differences still heard today.)

  • @terricovill4624
    @terricovill4624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm very curious to know how well the bottom of bracken worked in keeping out the majority of rodents of the wheat in the barn. If anyone has knowledge regarding this, I'd love to hear about it in the comments!

    • @leavingitblank9363
      @leavingitblank9363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I suspect cats kept the rodents out of the grain, just as they do today.

    • @oregonwanderer
      @oregonwanderer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That is correct. Thats why farms always had cats and dogs. They both hunt mice. Though the dog also provides protection. They do it as a game, not because they are hungry. Even the most well fed cat and dog will hunt mice. Mine sure do. They have never wanted for anything.

    • @christinegreen6736
      @christinegreen6736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its spikey, and very dense, so would have been a deterrent. No doubt some got through.

    • @theclumsyprepper
      @theclumsyprepper 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@christinegreen6736 Bracken is a fern, it's not spikey.

    • @christinegreen6736
      @christinegreen6736 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theclumsyprepper with you go stick your face in a bunch and see how it feels lol. The stuff they were laying down was more like gorze which is VERY spikey.

  • @Frogginnator
    @Frogginnator ปีที่แล้ว

    is it a matter of freedom or a matter of necessity.

  • @lesliekendall5668
    @lesliekendall5668 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "What's wrong with this beer?" cough cough. "Oops, I accidentally used the soap recipe".

  • @corvuscorone7735
    @corvuscorone7735 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I thought eggs for Lent were a big NoNo in the medieval times, all the way up to the 19th centrury. And because they weren't eaten you ended up having loads for Easter. Thus Easter eggs. There are lots of old recipe books describing how to store eggs over lent.

    • @eb7446
      @eb7446 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hm. I know after Catholicism fell out of favour people didn't follow the same rules. Could be why.

    • @jeffreydeanfong8480
      @jeffreydeanfong8480 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Eggs are permitted in Lent, as they have no meat taste, at least nowadays. Possibly by this time, eggs were permitted. Easter eggs are more of a Pagan tradition of birth.

    • @sparkybish
      @sparkybish 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In the 13th century no eggs were permitted, along with milk and meat. The idea was you don’t eat the meat, or any product of the animal. I’m not sure when this went out of practice, but certainly the break from practicing Catholicism in England could account for the change.

    • @dl7596
      @dl7596 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sparkybish
      040922. MissMargaret" In the 13th century no eggs"

    • @clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920
      @clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sparkybish I can not imagine that anyone held to that. In England the products of animals were the sole basis of fat. What would they cook with?

  • @toddcott9510
    @toddcott9510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is the UK in five years time.

  • @realtofuboy
    @realtofuboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what's the name of the book she is quoting the hazard game from?

    • @realtofuboy
      @realtofuboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Joseph Strutt: The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England from the Earliest Period (1801), p. 246.

  • @gopaint
    @gopaint 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just two lads beating their seeds in the barn

  • @terricovill4624
    @terricovill4624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm curious about letting young pigs loose in the woods to fatten up on nuts, roots and foliage. Did they round up the pigs at night and pen them in or use a swineherds to stay with them the whole time?

    • @wewenang5167
      @wewenang5167 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nope they will heard them back to the barn...or the pigs will run away xD

  • @lilymcghee8363
    @lilymcghee8363 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would the chafing dish produce a lot of smoke??

    • @leavingitblank9363
      @leavingitblank9363 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was heated with coals, which don't smoke.

  • @tinakoyama
    @tinakoyama 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this series and the actors, and all the shows they have created so far. I keep discovering new ones. I'm a huge fan of Ruth. By the way... Does anyone know why Peter is called Fonzi?

    • @lisettegroot3789
      @lisettegroot3789 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was just looking for the reason in the comments, too.. maybe he just did not want to be known by his real name, he probably thought it was a one time thing...and at that time, they did not know this was not going to be the last series of this kind😊 and they did not know the series were going to be so loved as well❤

    • @sgrannie9938
      @sgrannie9938 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They’re not actors.

    • @sgrannie9938
      @sgrannie9938 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@lisettegroot3789they introduced him by his real name in the first episode, pointing out that Fonz was a nickname. At that time they wouldn’t have known he’d be in more Farm series.

    • @theclumsyprepper
      @theclumsyprepper 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They are historians and archeologists, not actors.

  • @milliebanks7209
    @milliebanks7209 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonder what Bruce Lee would have thought of the over-sized num chucks? Looks as if they do the job!

  • @jefflowe8803
    @jefflowe8803 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    so when did FONZ go back to PETER?

  • @Grovesie35
    @Grovesie35 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I, myself, am quite confused when biting into an onion. 😏

  • @treetrout3987
    @treetrout3987 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You do not ' boil ' salt cod to prepare it for eating. The stuff can last salted for years!! It needs to be soaked in cold water AT LEAST overnight. I've been eating it all of my 59 years; it's delicious but HAS to be prepared correctly - i.e. no vinegar and if it is screwed up as Stuart did, it will taste like Alex says. We Newfoundlanders invented it.

    • @Saskatchetooner
      @Saskatchetooner 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Even a prairie girl like me knows how to cook salt fish. No vinegar required 😂😂

    • @birdali2
      @birdali2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m so glad that you commented about the fish. I’ve Never cooked it without soaking. It would have been delicious if done right.

    • @treetrout3987
      @treetrout3987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@birdali2 Never liked Stuart Much but he's all about Gervais Markham and "book cooking'- it's best to do it like yer Mum or Grandma did. ;)

    • @treetrout3987
      @treetrout3987 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@birdali2 ...or Grandpa...

    • @readmycomment3157
      @readmycomment3157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Lol salted fish has existed for thousanda of years, you didnt invent anything

  • @felicitywright791
    @felicitywright791 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can find no references to Drewson's Potage anywhere on the internet. Pity, I fancied getting hold of a recipe :(

    • @fandancingangel
      @fandancingangel 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Felicity Wright I think if you took porridge oats, barley malt and some watered-down vegemite or marmite (a big dollop in a mug, about a tbsp to 150ml, though might be a bit salty) you'd get a fair approximation. You could possibly also get warm water and yeast to make a sludge to add in too if you wanted it more bready. It'd probably work quite well with Bonox too by the sounds.

    • @felicitywright791
      @felicitywright791 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Catherine Cook Thanks. It's just weird that there don't seem to be any references to it elsewhere.

    • @gardentreasures7319
      @gardentreasures7319 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@felicitywright791 Maybe it was just a local recipe? Each area has it's on specialities on a basic dish?

    • @girlnextdoorgrooming
      @girlnextdoorgrooming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jerusalem's Pottage

  • @livinglife8333
    @livinglife8333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ok is his name fronz or Peter? In other episodes he’s called peter.

    • @irisjoosten8669
      @irisjoosten8669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Peter is his name. Fonz is his nickname.

    • @gladtobeangry
      @gladtobeangry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@irisjoosten8669 Thank god they dropped that nickname in later series. You can really see the others having to strain to use it, it just doesn't sound like it's his genuine nickname at all. For some reason the director must have thought they needed nicknames, to make them more "relatable" or something. One of those typically british television cliches that messes up the natural flow of interactions. Mind you, still 1000 times more natural than american television.

    • @Thepourdeuxchanson
      @Thepourdeuxchanson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gladtobeangry I read somewhere that in college Peter Ginn did an excellent Fonzie impersonation. I'd love to see that.

    • @daviddanyluk535
      @daviddanyluk535 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@irisjoosten8669 Thanks for answering this question for me. I asked the same question in a previous episode. I am glad they dropped the nickname in a later series. Take care everyone.

    • @lisalapoint7022
      @lisalapoint7022 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gladtobeangry
      Actually Peter and Alex were friends before this series and it is probably he knew of and used Peter's nickname before coming into this series.

  • @Jefferdaughter
    @Jefferdaughter 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hops also have a strong soporific effect, which tends to put people drinking the beer made with it to sleep. Even picking hops would put people to sleep (not permanently, like when veterinarians kill pets with poison injections).

  • @missOhdrey
    @missOhdrey 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why are they calling Peter "Fauns" ? It's not like they aren't using his name in the other seasons...

    • @Muck006
      @Muck006 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Fonz / "the Fonz" ... look up "Happy Days", a TV series from the 60s. Peter probably is "popular with the ladies".

    • @Jefferdaughter
      @Jefferdaughter 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A bit out of the time period, eh?

    • @magicattic
      @magicattic 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      i think that is why he goes by Peter now.

    • @magicattic
      @magicattic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This was the first one they did, they changed it after.

    • @chrisa.frederich6745
      @chrisa.frederich6745 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      'Fonz' not 'Fauns' . . . think Fonzie from Happy Days the television show.

  • @modernmozart813
    @modernmozart813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    25:31 Uncle common sense give that kitten some fish 🥺🥺

  • @dionnedunsmore9996
    @dionnedunsmore9996 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wait? They ate chicken EGGS regularly except for winter months but?? They didn't eat CHICKEN as a meat usually? Earlier episodes said chicken was a rare meat. I don't get that. I eat chicken weekly

    • @QuinniMundo
      @QuinniMundo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you eat all the eggs, you don't get more chickens. Eggs were far more valuable. They didn't raise chickens for meat, but would have eaten them when they got too old to lay. The phrase "a chicken in every pot" in the US in the early 20th century was a way of suggesting a comfortable financial situation would be had by all. Today chicken is ubiquitous because of factory farming of birds in gruesome industrial settings with timers, grow lights, drip waterers and especially plucking machines and conveyor belt killing. Modern practices also introduced salmonella into both chickens and eggs on a global scale, meaning that people can no longer eat them raw.

    • @dionnedunsmore9996
      @dionnedunsmore9996 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@QuinniMundo wow. Tyvm idk this. Ty

    • @christinegreen6736
      @christinegreen6736 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Omg. Ok. If you had 6 chickens, no way of getting more, how long before you have no chickens and NO EFFING EGGS! you failed maths at school I take it? Smh I despair at the ignorance of some ppl. You couldn't just go to the bloody supermarket and get more. To get more chickens they had to leave the eggs to hatch, meaning no eggs. That means NO PROTEIN at all for some time. You know how long it takes to rear animals?

    • @alliemackenzie1575
      @alliemackenzie1575 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@christinegreen6736 did u failbasic humanity?!

  • @chrisa.frederich6745
    @chrisa.frederich6745 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Puzzled! If I choose to live this way, at my own risk, why would the National Safety Board have the right to tell me I may not live this way?? There's not much that they are doing on this program that I am not already doing. I scratch make my own yeast and bread, my own butter, I love the whole 'in your own garden patch' and the ability to produce and feed yourself, but if I 'exceed the safety standards by today's standards' I may not run my own farm, food, animals, that I may not do so?

    • @gilesderoet
      @gilesderoet 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The law gives them the right.

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The difference is that you're doing this at your own risk, rather than at the behest of an employer.

    • @Canuckmom128
      @Canuckmom128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Nillie Exactly ! It's not like they are a bunch of hippies who have decided to create a commune - they are working for the BBC, and therefore they fall under labour code laws, which probably state that there has to be running water, proper sanitation, Health and Safety crew ( Medics) on duty, etc. If they were doing this on their own, and there were no children involved, I suspect they could do what they want.

    • @kennashan
      @kennashan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Canuckmom128 A long, looong time ago I watched a "We Live Like Iron Age People" BBC doco. There were kids, and they wound up having to be removed from the site and shoot. Some poultry gave everyone a stomach thing. Health & Safety, as well as CPS got involved.

    • @peterv1436
      @peterv1436 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The only thing in this episode that might be illegal in modern England or Wales is the privy

  • @dionnedunsmore9996
    @dionnedunsmore9996 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ohhhhh❤️😊 those piglets r just TOO CUTE!! As much as I love pork
    (Burnt pork chops r my favorite pork dish) I'd never ever be able to eat those lil guys. I just couldn't. Not after raising them and loving them. I'd rather be hungry. N no, I'm not vegan lol

  • @lostonweb1
    @lostonweb1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    what would the children drink? Beer??

    • @heikemotzek5954
      @heikemotzek5954 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes, "small beer". I promise, I'm not making this up! Google it :)

    • @hogwashmcturnip8291
      @hogwashmcturnip8291 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      There were 3 different strengths, Strong beer, one that was everyday and lower in alcohol, then small beer, which was made from the 2nd use of the mash, which was theoretically low alcohol - 0.7% (although some have come out at 9.5%) which would have been given to children and servants. It could be quite thick and porridgey and was nutritious because it had lots of the malt and other makings left in it. Labourers and people like these farm workers would drink up to 10 pints a day.

    • @Canuckmom128
      @Canuckmom128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Andrew Greaves Yes - as HogwashMcTurnip explained, there were different strengths of Beer and the beer they drank as their main beverage, everyday, was low alcohol. As Ruth explains in this episode, unless you had a mountain Spring on your property, you couldn't drink water without serious risk of illness from naturally occurring pathogens, and all the crap that businesses ( tanneries, mills, etc) would dump in the water. Because the water in beer had been boiled and processed it was much safer to drink, and was very important nutritionally, providing carbs, iron and other micronutrients. When the temperance movement came to the fore in London and England as a whole, they caused terrible increases in deaths from malnutrition because the poor were no longer getting that nutrition from the low-alcohol beer.

    • @Eyeatb00tie
      @Eyeatb00tie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Canuckmom1958
      To add on to that the main point was that the alcohol killed the majority of the bacteria.
      This, a combination of boiling and fermentation did the job.

    • @terricovill4624
      @terricovill4624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Of course they did! They couldn't drink the water. A LOT of children and elderly died from dehydration from a case of severe "runs"! This was preventable by drinking "small" beer .

  • @unforgrettable
    @unforgrettable 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why do they keep calling Peter, Fonz?

    • @manchestertart5614
      @manchestertart5614 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because he liked Happy Days.
      It ,probably,a nickname he got when he was a teenager at school.
      It’s Americans who seem to get annoyed about it,for some strange reason.

    • @unforgrettable
      @unforgrettable ปีที่แล้ว

      @@manchestertart5614 I'm not annoyed, just confused. I'm kinda sad they stopped.

    • @julben27
      @julben27 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@unforgrettable Lots of Americans here expressed various levels of dislike or confusion about the nickname

  • @bettygreenhansen
    @bettygreenhansen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pigs in hats!

  • @johndoe-uz2kc
    @johndoe-uz2kc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Salted cod first needs to be beaten with a wooden mallet and then soaked for a day or two.

  • @Jefferdaughter
    @Jefferdaughter 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wouldn't they have made a small shelter for the pigs in the field and let them dig it over through the winter? What little winter they have, the ground would not have been frozen for long, nor very deep. Or at least a month sooner.

    • @LynxSouth
      @LynxSouth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Sheila T. I've seen lots of discussions comparing the winters. The Brits who live in the Midwest/PA-NY/New England basically tell their countrymen to shut up, they know nothing. I can't speak for Alberta or the prairie states, but what I saw on this program for a whole winter didn't even make an average November in NE Ohio.

    • @LynxSouth
      @LynxSouth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Sheila T. Exactly.

  • @nyoom2728
    @nyoom2728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    stuart era nunchucks

  • @a.j.carter8975
    @a.j.carter8975 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ♥️🇬🇧😁

  • @caroljakeman9628
    @caroljakeman9628 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you lot haven't got anything nice to say about this programme then DON'T say anything at all !!!!

  • @josefinbjork1086
    @josefinbjork1086 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Its hard too Think that beer/Ale was ones a very inportent part of peopels diets.

    • @blabla-rg7ky
      @blabla-rg7ky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      to* ... were* ... important* ... people's*

  • @VanderlyndenJengold
    @VanderlyndenJengold 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why dig the veg patch? No dig is so much easier and better for the soil. Just chuck on some muck early winter and leave it.

    • @lisalapoint7022
      @lisalapoint7022 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am sure -- being historians and archaeologists -- that they were recreating the planting habits documented in historical writing.

  • @Laura-Lee
    @Laura-Lee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In Jesus' time, 2000 years ago, He refers to having the "chaff blown away by the wind" which was still done in the 1600s. It continues to amaze me how little life changed for hundreds and hundreds of years compared to now. The 20th century saw huge changes. Now the entire WORLD can change in a WEEK!
    Also a QUESTION: "... tough as an old boot." Shouldn't the saying be, "tough as a NEW boot"? I mean, an old boot would be more worn out and therefore not as tough and definitely easier to cut through, which is the context it is being used in here. 🤷‍♀️
    Also in Jesus' time, He refers to being "yoked" to another person. Since you didn't know what a "pig yoke" looked like, might I suggest you yoke two pigs together? Like oxen. It might serve your purpose because it would require the pigs to organize and work together for them to accomplish an escape through a hedge (for example). Probably NOT within their abilities or characters to do. 🐷🐷 🤔 LLR

    • @wendyeames5758
      @wendyeames5758 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yoking 2 together would impede their ability to root & feed. They'd probably end up competing & one wouldn't grow as well.

    • @readmycomment3157
      @readmycomment3157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Old boot leather goes very tough and hard compared to supple new leather

  • @Grown-in-Tyrone
    @Grown-in-Tyrone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I do like this series very much. However, I object to the comment about using pesticides to 'rectify a problem' of blackfly on broad beans. I doubt if this was a problem in 1600 as there would have been plenty of birds around to eat them, as they do in my garden. It would surely only have become a 'problem' when large areas were planted with monocultures by machine and the problem caused by such practice was added to by poisoning the flies which then poisoned the predators. It a shame that erroneous comment couldn't be deleted.

    • @christinegreen6736
      @christinegreen6736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh you were there then? Sorry we didnt realise ppl lived for 400 years! God save us from armchair experts.

    • @Grown-in-Tyrone
      @Grown-in-Tyrone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@christinegreen6736 I am not 'an armchair expert', I grow broad beans every year and don't have blackfly problems as I have plenty of predators for them. Is there any written evidence that this was a problem 400 years ago?

    • @lisalapoint7022
      @lisalapoint7022 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@christinegreen6736 The point is still well taken. More predators (birds) competing the same prey (bugs) means less crop damage. It was nature's way to balance. We've most certainly changed that with the Big Ag of today.

  • @sgrannie9938
    @sgrannie9938 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m willing to bet that, when not filming, most of what they ate came from a restaurant …. or at least the nearest chippy 😊

  • @christopherhinton6456
    @christopherhinton6456 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    farmers these days dont know there born.

  • @elizabethprior4968
    @elizabethprior4968 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    If the lads were doing all that physical work they should have developed muscles like Garth but Alex at least is still extremely weedy! Makes you wonder!

    • @SAnn-rf3oz
      @SAnn-rf3oz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @LASummer swine.

    • @readmycomment3157
      @readmycomment3157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How rude

    • @blabla-rg7ky
      @blabla-rg7ky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      some people are just fiber and no muscle no matter what they do. I personally know a lot of such people, my cousin included who's one of the most hard-working people I have ever known and he's still as tall and fiber-y as he's been as a teenager. And he works like a horse, yet he can't put muscle on no matter what. Alex is the same type

    • @christinegreen6736
      @christinegreen6736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah cos Olympic swimmers are built like weightlifters arent they? Wtf is wrong with ppl? Much of the work was cardio vascular, and protein IF YOU WERE LISTENING.. wasnt consumed every day like it is today. Ffs go away if you cant be bothered to watch and LEARN. I take it you've NEVER heard of mesomorph, ectomorph, etc? I take it you've NEVER met a tall slim person who no matter what they eat doesnt gain weight? To build muscle you need protein and resistance. Guess you missed the bit about eating seasonal foods and food being scarce in winter. I give up. Go watch real housewives you prob think that's more realistic.

    • @JaneEasterbrook-bn3ux
      @JaneEasterbrook-bn3ux 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My brother is the same.

  • @nielcapasso8229
    @nielcapasso8229 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stuart needs a good haircut and a trim shave.

    • @manchestertart5614
      @manchestertart5614 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hardly a priority for a farmer in 1620,as that is what they are trying to create .

  • @Nick-vl7df
    @Nick-vl7df 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi
    You claim the young lady working with you . Grow up on a farm. Didn't she ever leave the house because she seems to be SCARED of most the animals and goes on and on about the smell of the cow shit. Be honest did she leave the farm when she was about 3 years old . Didn't live on the farm again. I grew up on a dairy farm and my father would have sacked me for being as useless as her.
    Look at her trying to drive the cows etc she's SCARED of them and she is about as much use driving cows as the police are when some get on the motorway. Ie NO IDEA HOW TO DRIVE ANIMALS. PERSONALLY I DON'T BELIEVE SHE'S EVER WORKED ON A FARM . SHE MAY HAVE LIVED ON A FARM. BUT ANYONE WHO GREW UP ON A FARM CAN SEE SHE DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE NEAR ANY ANIMALS.
    At least the rest don't claim to have any idea how to farm.