Winter Evening Crafts (circa 1750) | SOURDOUGH BREAD | DUTCH OVEN BAKING | FIREBACK | CAST IRON
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Peter spends a few minutes discussing his winter survival adventure - the failure of his snares to get rabbits, the need for procuring firewood on the first day setting up his primitive winter shelter, the importance of wool as the material of choice for the pioneers, his plan to make moccasins in a future video. He, then touches on the history of the Hudson Bay Company, including its relationship with indigenous peoples and with its major rival, the Northwest Company. He discusses the massive geographic area of Rupert's land and the how the fur trade changed North America forever. Then, while his sourdough bread is baking in his Dutch oven, he talks about the crafts that occupied the pioneers on the frontier on long winter evenings. These include quilting, knitting, porcupine quill work, brain tanning hides, bead work, scrimshaw, the use of horn as a common material for making vessels such as powder horns, salt containers etc. They were true artisans and skilled tradesmen. Everything they needed was made by themselves on their homesteads or by their neighbours in nearby communities. Their skills included blacksmithing and tin smithing. They were farriers and seamstresses. The list is endless. Unfortunately, as he talked, his sourdough bread burnt to a crisp and he had to start over.
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I have a quilt made by my paternal grandma between 1910-1920 out of the usable bits of the boys pants. All hand stitched, it's so hot you can't sleep underneath it.
Nothing went to waste! What a lovely heirloom to own!
And here I thought you and Kathy never messed anything up. It broke my heart to see that first sourdough bread come out as a charcoal brick. I was glad to see you were able to make a second loaf that turned out perfect.
Yup first one we could have. Made hockey pucks out of!
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My grandmother made all us Grand children wool mittens when we were little. She also made all of our quilts for our beds, all hand stitch. I miss my grandparents. I remember when I was 8 years old watching/helping my grandmother make heavy wool hunting pants for grandfather. That skill was handed down in the family, I have heavy wool pants I made for deer season and ice fishing. There's nothing better than wool for cold weather.
I totally agree, Kevin. I also have a heavy pair of a more modern design (pants) that I can’t wear for historical accuracy but, do use at other times.
OMG 😱 that poor bread 🥯 got sent to heaven earlier than she had dreamed of. 😆
She could not enjoy being in a warm tummy, before departure off of this planet.🤣
Sorry for the empty tummy that morning.
The tummy eventually got filled!
I noticed, I was like “phew, there comes liquor and another bread is tanning itself in the arms of coals”.👌🏼
Happy calm and healthy Holidays, from Bucharest!💕
Happy New Year to you and your clan, from Canada.
love watching you.
I did the same thing! Went to bake corn bread in my big cast iron Dutch oven. Made a good fire with dry sycamore wood, on a fishing trip in the Eastern Washington country. Then started drinking and playing cards and forgot it...and when I looked outside the iron oven was red hot. The "corn bread" became a black charcoal frisbee that the dogs played with for months. It was indestructible. Guess I never did learn to bake in that Dutch oven, so I gave it away.
If there was anybody that deserved a good loaf of sourdough after those last couple videos it was you! Sorry about your first attempt, but looks like you made up for it with attempt #2!
Yup, and was indeed tasty!
The burnt bread is called "keeping it real". Lol. Thanks Peter for presenting 18th century frontier history in such a great, entertaining way. Your videos are ALWAYS top notch. And Catherine's cinematography is as good as it gets. Looking forward to next week's video.
TC
Thank you, so much!
Well you did what most Utobers do not do. Posted a fail. Good for you, I can not count how many fails on an open fire or coals I have had. Thank you for your honesty. Blessed travels
Hi Peter, Hayward here, I live on the South Shore of Nova Scotia. You may have already have one , but the tool I am talking about is a hollow piece of light pipe(1/2 ") with the end forged into a fine hole, and a hand forged decorative mouth piece. It is about 28 inches long and is used for starting a camp fire. It allows you to blow air right into the base of a fire, without burning you face, or being choked by the smoke. It is part of every kit for the Loyalists here who re-enact the mid 17th & 18th century and their landing in Shelburne N.S.
Wish we had connected on our visit. Perhaps the next time we are down. We call them blow tube here and I do make them, Hayward. However, mine don’t have a decorative end, simply a flair. I certainly appreciate your kind offer, sir.
My grandmother used to bake bread in an old cook stove. She would addcorn cobs as needed to maintain the right temperature.
My, but our grandmothers were wise in so many ways. Food for some reason always tastes better on a wood cook stove!
Just listening to you and the setting your in brings me back to a more simple time in my life. Don't get me wrong it was a lot of hard work. It was satisfying because of what we accomplished. You just bring me back to those times and feelings. It's very emotional and relaxing for me. Thank you so very much.
We appreciate your sentiments and interest, Donald. Happy New Year to you and your clan.
Thanks always enjoyable 👍🏴
As a teenager i learned how to make kneehigh moccasins. Omg. Most comfortable thing I've ever put my foot in.
Ummm...warm sourdough with butter......good job!
Reenacting to a T ! 🤣... Thanks for another great video!
Enjoy the history in each of your episodes
Thank you!
A little bit of history you might be interested in...... In 1824 the Hudson's Bay Company built a fort on the banks of the Columbia River called Fort Vancouver. It's first Chief Factor was Dr. John Mclaughlin, and he managed the Fort for 22 years. The Fort was abandoned in the 1840's, especially after the US Calvary built a Fort adjacent to it as a show of force as the Pacific Northwest boundaries were being disputed between Great Britain and the US. The Fort eventually burned to the ground, probably on purpose. Anyway, the National Park Service has rebuilt the Fort and many of it's original buildings on the exact same location. This is where I went through a 4 year Blacksmithing apprenticeship back in the 1990's. One of the buildings was being reconstructed while I was there called "the accounting office". I made many of the nails for that building. I bought a ranch many hundreds of miles away from the Fort so I no longer work in the Blacksmith shop there, but it was a great time and learning experience while I did.
That must have been an interesting time! Thank you for your story!
I did that before in a dutch oven. Made a carbon frisbee which was indestructible. As we both have learned by now, much less coals and not so long a baking. I am going to get a sourdough starter going again. It has been 40 years since I did that. Peter, I really enjoy watching your videos and seeing what you have chosen to do with your life. I really feel like you are my friend, though it is of course, a one sided deal. We are all here on a one way ticket, and you really are making the most of yours! Proud of you, man.
I’m flattered Ed that you would consider me a friend. We have been using the same sourdough starter for the past decade, you can’t kill this it, it is a great one. Your right on the one way ticket and with my remaining my time it’s my goal to suck the marrow out of life as long as I can breath.
Now we know how Pumpernickel was invented.
Got a good chuckle with the "burnt offering". Have to admit I was a little worried when you were making the second loaf and out came the wine. Here we go again!
When at first you don’t exceed …. ,
Peter, A bit of Scrinahaw terminknowledge and history... In the 18th century one who did scrimshaw was refered to as Schrishandler and the art was refered to as Scrimshandling. Living and going to high school in New Bedford MA, I became interested in the peocess of scrimshaw, and my mother at the time was a secratary at a tool and die manufactuering facility, her boss was a Scrimshandler and when she told him of my interest he had etching tools made from me and told my mom what the process historicly was refered to as.
Thanks for sharing a wee bit of history I was unaware of.
So much for eating hardy back at the cabin another great video
Thanks for sharing the pioneer life and glad your second sour dough loaf turned out much better!!
Thanks Cheryl and yup, the second loaf was actually edible!
Interesting history about the Hudson Bay Company.
Phew! So glad you finally got some good food! Berries in the wood, burnt bread in the oven...I was getting worried!
Tell me about it, lol!
Oh Peter! Saw the amount of coals you put on and yell " Oh No!" Did the same thing myself !
That gave me a good laugh, Ian. Live and learn I say.
njam njam , ich backe mein brot auch selbst. 👋👍
Could smell that bread from here. Yum.
I’ll bet you enjoyed that sourdough bread so very much, I do believe I could smell it all the way down here in East Tennessee, it smells good.😃 Thanks to you two for another wonderful the video.
We certainly appreciate your interest.
That bread looked so good that I had to go to the kitchen and toast some bread! Kind Thanks! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
So good!
Wonderful as always
What is left to say ,just close your eyes let your mind and heart do the rest .
While you baking your sourdough, my mouth was watering and then my heart sank when I saw the blackened bread. Reminds me of my early attempts at bread. I went back and forth for a while between blackened and bricks you could use for doorstops. Glad you went for a second loaf, looked inviting. Also the cinematographer is excellent, beauty abounds around your little cabin.
Try, try again, seems to work Lynette. We are indeed lucky to have so much beauty around us. Thanks for your kind compliment regarding the filming … Cathy does seem to have a real talent for it.
In all honesty, this video is making me want a third cup of coffee. Also your videos and some other TH-camrs' videos have really inspired me to start getting closer to how they did things in the 1800's including how to roast my own coffee beans, which I'm glad to say they're coming out really good. Thank you for what you do.
It does make about the best cup of coffee one could desire.
Sure you are a time in history you are a historian but most of all you're very intellectual and you're just wonderful and keeping the imagination light on as you go on with your conversation being that my mother was mohawk and my father White I believe I have some history in my family was the Hudson Bay company but most of all is very intriguing because you're an honest soul and even though you're living in the present you live in the past but you're such a knowledgeable man plus I love the sunsets the Sun rises and all your history lessons sure you are quite a remarkable man I hope you're teaching your knowledge and your skills to someone other than yourself so this will go on because this is history without your culture you have none happy holidays love always Freddie
Thank you.
Love your videos, thank you so much for all the interesting informations for us 🍀👍⭐
Aw man, you've made me hungry. Now I'm gonna have to bake me some sourdough bread too. A little local honey would be good on that slice too. Another good vlog peter,and you and Catherine are so real, and I like that. Till next time my friend. Davey CC
We always have so local honey on hand and it is indeed marvelous on sourdough bread. Glad you enjoyed.
I love wool it keeps you warm. Also Winter silk is nice to wear under the wool. Disappointed that he didn't show how the bread was mixed
Silk is is definitely nice under a layer of wool. I actually stretch in need every hour so for about 5 hours place in the Dutch oven, let it rest overnight then bake.
Ive been draggin my feet on building a shave horse, there are a few gentleman here in Ste. Genevieve that use them to demonstrate on, they said it wasnt hard to build, So maybe ill use one for a pattern!
There are a lot of ideas on the internet for making shaving horses. They are worth the effort!
Awwww, crack me up! You didnt need that bread anyhow....... That would probably be something i would do. Love, love the vidos
I've got one of those HB blankets. I wouldn't be without it on my bed during the Winter. I love the green, yellow, red and black stripes on it and it's a 4 pointer. If I remember my history on them correctly, the number of small black stripes on the side indicated how many beaver pelts were needed from the Native Americans for trading for one. They were VERY popular among the tribes from what I read.
The actually significance of the bars was to indicate the size, not necessarily the number of pelts required to purchase one. It is a very common myth . They were very popular with the indigenous peoples. In the States, an equivalent blanket was a Whitney.
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Thank you for correcting me on that. I don't like getting my facts wrong, but That's what I read somewhere a long time ago. I'll make sure to remember this in the future. I wouldn't part with that blanket for anything! ( smiling )
So enjoyable so interesting. Thank you
Thanks for your interest.
I have builded two powder horns . one is carver , and I must say the carving of a horn could take all winter. So between the required chores of survial and the time required to created the horn you would be fully occuppied. Like you videos and history lessons very much. And I think you like doing it very much also.
I do very much enjoy making these videos. It is all stuff that I would be doing anyway. Horn making is also something I enjoy doing. We appreciate your interest.
A time we should return to....IMO! Made me evening M8! A joyiest new year to you and yours....ATB
Thank you, and to yours!
I love the wee bits of history. “I don’t use a pattern, I have a mold, it’s my foot”! Way to go…..
Sir southern okie here love your videos thank you please keep them coming
Glad you’re enjoying.
I love learning about the old ways. Helps me appreciate modern gadgets…. Like timers! Keep up the great work!
Haha. Thanks!
Thanks again for a great video. Nothing tastes better then fresh baked sourdough. Apple pie is really good baked in a Dutch Oven, but then again, just about anything tastes better when you cook it over a fire. Take care.
Totally agree with you, James.
My wife grew up in 1950's Korea. Girls back then learned to sew and embroider in school, and they did a LOT of it then. Many pieces of clothing and bedding were actually unsewn to clean them, and then sewn back together again. Even now, she can do those tiny, fine stitches she learned long ago.
So much skill and patience required! Kudos to her!
I'm glad you got your bread at last! Hope you enjoyed!
I did, indeed. I do love a good bread!
Thank you for your information ☺️
Suggestion for your snowshoes on the wall. The direction of the heel strap winding on the left snowshoe is correct, but the right snowshoe heel strap should be wound so that it comes over the top of the toe strap. By doing this, the heel strap is less likely to fall off the moccasin at the heel when the bindings get stretched with use. Also it would be better if you offset your knots to the side to eliminate any chance for chafing at the back of the heels if the bindings become iced. Mino ahgimoosowin!
I must say, Doris, you are very observant. Thanks for sharing your sound advice.
Good evening Peter. Been waiting. Lol
Dang, you inspired me to pause the video, go in the kitchen and mix up a sourdough starter. My last one died, from neglect or whatever. I recall once I kept one going for a year, then screwed up and let it die. As always, love watching your videos, especially camping out in the snow. I been there and done that, and I must admit you do a really good job of living out there in the woods. Now I want to make pemmican.
We have been using the same starter for almost 7 years now. I love sourdough bread.
Peter your winter survival adventure is without exception my favorite view of the year. Interestingly enough a month or so before you put the adventure out I was hoping for such an endeavor on your part.We hear the term “ national treasure “ frequently. I have no doubt that you meet and exceed that standard. To fellow subscribers I would encourage each of us to make an effort to reach out to a few of our friends and introduce them to The Woodland Escape. There is no excuse for Peter not having more subscribers. No doubt Peter brings History to life. Peter thank you for what you do!
Can’t thank you enough Bob! BTW, your repairs to my old Martin guitar is outstanding , she sounds and plays like new.
Awesome as usual
I also make sourdough bread and make all kinds of crafts, i like the Pioneer way of doing things, the bread looks good
I to like. The old ways and we are getting closer to mastering the bread making.
You need to “knock” 🤜 on top of the bread when you think it’s done. It should sound hollow when it’s ready. Said my Gramma who made bread twice a week.
Sound advice.
I love your videos and fantastic place you have ☺️
Yes I have had cooking failures too. I have been cooking with My many Dutch ovens for years. I have noticed when you can smell the content in the pot, That is the time to check it. Your second loaf turned out well.
Lesson learned lol!
I have enjoyed every production I have seen in your series. Though I understand that you were an arborist, if I were guessing I'd say that at some time you were a teacher or you should have been. There is no greater calling than to pass on knowledge. Thank you.
My only teaching stint was about 4 years teaching Arboriculture in College. Pre covid I get involved in education days at public schools for the grade 7 and 8’s. I do enjoy teaching youth. We appreciate your ongoing support of our step back in time endevour.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Sir, you are teaching now and doing a very good job of it.
🍹🥚We're so lucky to have a awesome channel as yours Mr. Kelly and Mrs. Kelly💕 You are extremely talented and so humble. Thank you both and blessings to you in 2022❗
Thanks Brenda and all the best to you and your clan in 2022.
Mind thy hearth! And now I’m hungry for fresh baked bread. Nothing like it. Thankfully my wife bakes up great bread. Always makes my day. Glad to see you made it back safe and sound. Thank you for the “wee bits” of history.
Thank you for your interest.
That was funny 😂 sorry breakfast didn’t happen maybe build something with it 😅😅
Haha
With the amount of coals under your oven, I kind of thought the bread might ba s little extra crispy on the bottom, but not looking like a piece of char. LOL.
I will definitely use fewer coals on the bottom next time!
HBC= Hudson Bay Company= "Here Before Christ" to many of the trappers, traders and voyageurs.
Great photography as usual Cathy. Love that you didn't edit the burnt bread segment Peter.... it is called keeping it real! Waiting for the episode where you play the guitar and sing. What about "One Gray, One Blue?"
Thank you, so much, Pat! I’m kinda shy about singing!
Peter.... listen to your big sister... you cannot keep one of your very best talents from your subscribers! You own it to them!
Love the ending! You really appreciated that first piece of bread. The look on your face while eating the bread said it all. Thank you for the video.
I loved it as usual, great job Ms. Video mam!
Nothing like a homemade loaf of sourdough bread!!!! Looked absolutely delicious - well the second loaf!!! LOL.
Yeah Peter, can sure relate,,, Dutch oven cookin is simple but it ain’t easy for sure… have made some master piece roasts n bread which I remember 30 years later clear as a bell and have burnt meat game bread and chili till inedible and laugh to this day. Once I set a German style Saurebraten beef arm roast outside to marinate in a crock and coyotes made off with it, wow was I hurt, had to eat potatoes and catsup for three days, would go back there in a minute now !
What would we be like if there were no mistakes in our lives? I believe rather boring. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Peter!
We’ll have to start calling you ‘Alfred’ after Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, famous for burning the cakes! Lol! Anyway, love that paddle, what a job! I doubt it could be made any better if it had been produced in a modern factory. Yes, it would be made quicker but not better. It never ceases to amaze me just how skilled you are.
Kind regards,
Mark
I like that, King Alfred … that could work, lol.
great video one again, God bless u and family squire
I sometimes cook my bread the same as you. lol
You must have a good set of teeth!
Happy New Years😊👵
Happy New Year to you and your clan.
We look forward to every one of your videos and wait until we can watch them together as they post. Sincere thanks for something special to enjoy as we don’t watch regular tv. We love you whether you burn the bread or not :)
Thank you!
Happy Holidays Kellys!!
And, to you!
Nice oar dude.
It's too bad all that work that went into your bread, was ruined... However, again, sometimes we just have to live and learn! Thanks for helping us all to watch YOU live and we learn!
... Ahhh .. perfection at last!
oh well, didn't burn the coffee!!
Nope, I’ve got that coffee making down to a science but, some work required on bread making!
When you said an hour and 15 minutes, I thought "That's too long". When making fire side bread, mine is usually done in about 30 minutes. Never more than 45.
Yup, lesson learned. That is the time we bake in a modern oven and I did get a tad distracted, which is normal for me!
Good job the second time I almost could taste the bread here make me very hungry well thanks for the video and thank you for sharing this
It was pretty darn good if I do say so myself.
MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone and thank you for sharing your thoughts and adventures in history and the facts and truth. Plus the different subjects in history
I like to bake bread but I use yeast and my stand mixer. My favorite bread is Kaiser rolls. I make 13-15 at a time. Nothing but flour, water, yeast and salt with a little vegetable oil thrown in. They are good and keep about a week, but they are usually gone by then. Fried chicken is best when cooked in a cast iron trying pan and I loved fried chicken. We have two 100 year old cast iron griddles. Sourdough bread is to labor intensive for me. I just throw a packet of yeast in the mixer and that’s it. My rolls cook in 22 minutes at 400 degrees F. I do hand form them and don’t stamp them with a cutter, like some do. There is nothing artistic about me, but I am a craftsman. I have no French blood. My dna is pure Scot.
We’ve used the same starter for the past decade and a bit and don’t buy any bread.
Thanks Peter! I really enjoy the history. Have a safe and Happy New Year Sir.
Thanks and to you!
I enjoy the story’s and History lessons in your videos. I have always been interested in 18th and 19th frontier life of Native Americans and Trappers and Mountain Men. Your are a man of many talents. Happy New Year.
Thank you and all the best to you and your clan in 2022.
So sorry about that first loaf... I know what that's like when you're hungry. Maybe you can still use it for char to start your next fire?? Just kidding... the second one looked much better. Good to see you back in from the field. God bless you and your plans in 2022. I hope this is a better year for all of us. Peace from Alaska.
I could make hockey pucks out of that there loaf. Thanks for your kind wishes and peace from Canada.
This is fantastic, no slave to the grind of the big city life, perfect. Amen
Thanks for sharing and giving us a history lesson blessings to all
Yes, it was juicy-looking bread😂😂. just like when I baked myself. greetings from Finland🇫🇮thanks for the good videos
Thank you for your interest!
Good to see the second loaf of damper turned out right, in Australia we would have put a fair spread of VEGEMITE across the slice, i can smell and taste it now. Thanks for your videos.
I still wonder why youtube did not show this wonderful chanel before !, like we use to say here , "ces pure laine " :its pure wool , meaning that its pure canadian made ! American got John Townsend and we canadiens got you ! Thanks for that nice historical based content
Thank you very much. I’m flattered to be compared to Jas Townsend.
Ahhh, I could almost smell and taste that second loaf all the way down here in Nova Scotia! Keep up the good work Peter!
Thanks Al and a Happy New Year to you and your clan.
I love your history lessons. I have two Hudson Bay wool blankets. Nothing compares to their wool blankets.
Nice to know I not the only one to burn the bread in a Dutch Oven. So interesting, keep up the great work.
Steve ... Do you put a small [metal] Trivet (can be bought from a Dollar store for about $2.00) in the bottom of your Cast Iron pot before placing in the Sour Dough ball ? This helps immensely ! Raising it about 1 / 1.5 inch off of the bottom of Pot will [almost always ] alleviate this issue (burnt bottom) completely : )
The second loaf was beautifully baked!
Thanks again sir. I've been wanting to bake bread in my Dutch oven. Curious on how long you baked it for. The second one, not the first. Lol.
We baked it about 35 minutes, but would use fewer coals next time and leave it longer. It was a little doughy in the middle.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Thank you.
@@kirkterwilliger6407 Also, put 2/3 of the coals on top and 1/3 on the bottom around the perimeter, avoiding the center for more even heat inside.
Having been born north of sixty in the land of the midnight sun; I am by birth, a sourdough. I remember very clearly my mother making sourdough and homemade tea biscuit which she kept in a crock at one end of the kitchen counter. Great video as usual Peter!
Thanks Diane, we appreciate your interest.
Damn Pete, your pipe is in yer hat, what a concept.
The Missouri Meerschaum pipe CO ain’t far from me on the Missouri River and I got a nice Jamestown era pipe… huh, pipe bag perhaps but maybe eh in da hat ?
I’ll have to look into the there pipe company.