Food History: Cooking A President's Thanksgiving Dinner

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In this food history video, I’m diving into the past to cook and taste President Truman's unconventional Thanksgiving dinner from 1947.
Join me as I recreate this historic meal and uncover the reasons why he asked Americans not to eat turkey on their beloved holiday. Explore the intriguing story behind this presidential ask as the country emerged from WW2, and gain a new appreciation for the traditions and significance of Thanksgiving.
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00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Mushroom Soup
03:22 - Turkey
03:34 - Stuffing
05:36 - Tasting
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@zman5008 8 ай бұрын

how does this video essay only have 150 views? great work, great effort, great on you! Keep up the hard work and happy thanks giving ya silly brit.

@unicornstew 8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much - and I’ve never felt so proud to be a silly Brit. Happy thanksgiving to you my friend!

@gespachosoup 8 ай бұрын

Oh the places you'll go. Good job man see you at a million

@unicornstew 8 ай бұрын

Good people like you are very welcome on the journey, thanks so much and happy thanksgiving!

@FatBoy42069 8 ай бұрын

Cream of mushroom soup is still a base for a few Midwestern casseroles. Common thing for Catholics in our area is tuna casserole during lent. It also comes from the depression and ww2 rationing. Because we didn’t really have to worry about the rationing due to our meatless Fridays.

@unicornstew 8 ай бұрын

That’s so interesting! I was very aware for this video that I’m a bit of a tourist for thanksgiving customs, but (if you ever fancy it), there was a really interesting law queen Elizabeth I that forced the English to eat fish on certain days - partly for religious and some military reasons. I covered it in an early episode while making a lobster tart from the period.

@FatBoy42069 8 ай бұрын

@@unicornstew I’d be a little surprised if it were a religious thing. One of the main complaints for the Church of England were the Catholic food restrictions on Fridays. Basically Us and the orthodox churches had (in the case of Catholics orthodox still fast regularly) to be basically vegetarians. So the mushroom soup being bland is kinda normal we just added other foods to spice it up. You can also see this with green bean casserole and pretty much any Midwest casserole dish.

@KC-gy5xw 8 ай бұрын

I do like the no eggs - allergic to them!! And Turkey - bleaugh...

@unicornstew 8 ай бұрын

Haha sounds like it could have been an easy win for you in another life

@muzashen8388 8 ай бұрын

Great video, with lots of trivia bits. Also, watching this, I am sadly forced to consider that having any U.S. politician nowadays tell people to 'sacrifice so that others may have' would be derided as un-american, possibly 'communist', and cause absolute nonsense politically for years. We took a hard turn somewhere, and it sucks.

@unicornstew 8 ай бұрын

If it’s any consolation, the political situation here in the UK feels particularly bleak too. In any case, thanks for your kindness with this bud!

@feistsorcerer2251 8 ай бұрын

I have never heard of buttered beans or braised celery on Thanksgiving. I'm guessing they've fallen out of favor since the 40s.

@FatBoy42069 8 ай бұрын

Butter beans used to be a common mean side in the US, but has fallen out of favour in the northern parts of the United States.

@feistsorcerer2251 8 ай бұрын

@@FatBoy42069Oh butter beans. I heard it as buttered, rather than it being the type of bean. I have heard of that. I would say it hasn't just fallen out of style for Northerners though. My family and friends don't do those. We're a mix of Southern, Northern, and Midwestern but I can't remember anyone ever bringing that as a dish. Lots of debate about what type of dressing/stuffing to have though and whether collard greens are a necessity or an abomination.

@unicornstew 8 ай бұрын

I should probably jump in at this point to say that it was buttered peas on Truman’s menu. And that I clearly need to work on my annunciation.

@feistsorcerer2251 8 ай бұрын

@@unicornstew Okay that one I've never heard of for sure. Don't take my mishearing it as anything to do with you though. I have an audio processing disorder so some words I just can't hear a distinction easily, like peas and beans. It's kind of like having a hearing version of dyslexia. Great video though and I hope your channel gets a lot more people seeing it.