Queen Victoria's Christmas Feast

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History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday

3 жыл бұрын

Her Majesty's Christmas menu from 1894.
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In addition to being the Queen of the United Kingdom and the vast British Empire, Victoria might also be lauded as the Queen of Christmas. She and her beloved husband Prince Albert popularized many of the quintessential holiday traditions that we still enjoy today including the Christmas tree, Christmas cards and Christmas Crackers. Their 9 children enjoyed trees decorated with delectable dainties like sugar plums, candy canes and gingerbread. And many new delicious dishes were added to the traditional medieval fare on the royal holiday dining table including roast Turkey, chestnuts and plum pudding. Let’s take a look at the history of how these holiday foods made it on to her majesty’s table and enjoy a fabulously festive feast, fit for a Queen.
Thanks to Jake Smith for use of the 1894 Osbourne House Christmas Menu. Check out more fantastic royal menus here: www.royal-menus.com/
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@j.j.w.6431 3 жыл бұрын

Great job as usual Lindsay! I have one burning question.... What did Queen Victoria do with all the leftover food that wasn't eaten?

@LindsayHoliday 3 жыл бұрын

She had them again for new years!

@OstblockLatina 3 жыл бұрын

@@LindsayHoliday I am swayed to believe especially the jellies and fish wouldn't last long enough, even if put in modern refrigerators (that Victorians didn't obviously have), especially those that were already partly eaten. Like, what would you do with literal leftovers of very varying sorts of food? There are limits to what you could mince together into a pie. At some point, they would only be good to fertilize queen's roses at best. A ridiculously expensive fertilizer IMHO.

@MeisoKun 3 жыл бұрын

@@LindsayHoliday You are awesome at storytelling and teaching about royals/history I applaud you and hope you stay safe during the holidays 👏

@marmadukescarlet7791 3 жыл бұрын

@@OstblockLatina feed the servants. I don’t know about QV but earlier monarchs also gave leftovers to the poor.

@nazninsultanask 3 жыл бұрын

@@LindsayHoliday pls to either Diana, princess of wales or Tsarina Alexandra ( alix of hesse)🙏🙏🙏

@JamieHaDov 3 жыл бұрын

My ex wanted a “victorian christmas” one year so that’s what I did. It was...difficult without servants

@ellew8926 3 жыл бұрын

Bahaha at least you had an ex. But wow I feel bad for you though.

@addisonharris4255 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@claudiamiller7730 3 жыл бұрын

If my current hunny of 47 years asked ME for a Victorian Christmas...well...I’d “EX” him, fast enough......no lie!! Pick up the slack, man!!!

@mangot589 3 жыл бұрын

@@claudiamiller7730 Mine of 40 does this. He loves Christmas decorations. He pulls out all the boxes, puts up the outside lights, the couple trees we have. Then his back gets sore, or he’s over it, , and leaves the rest to me😒. I would frankly be happy with just the tree and a couple wall hangings, but he wants a hallmark movie.. So I’ve got these bloody boxes sitting around that I pick away at. Happens every year.😠

@daisybtoes 3 жыл бұрын

@@mangot589 My husband and I had 40 happy years together before passed on, a year ago last summer. We both loved Christmas, and had our own holiday tradition. We had three miniature villages, a pretty Nativity, lights and music, movies to watch, and there was the afore-mentioned Victorian dinner we made one year, with limited success. Actually, we had Chritmas dinner on Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day, we'd go to our favorite Chinese restaurant, just like Ralphie and his family.

@watercressfabrique3333 3 жыл бұрын

We can't forget Mrs. Crocombe! Mrs. Crocombe lovers unite!

@Lauren.E.O 3 жыл бұрын

YES!

@AbrahamLincoln4 3 жыл бұрын

A viewer of English Heritage i see.

@olivermoss6299 3 жыл бұрын

Yessss

@grammaticalchainsaw7318 3 жыл бұрын

@De Nicki Minaj omg why is the queen of rap hitting on daddy Abraham?😩

@earlenewallace8445 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely! And Merry Christmas 🎅🤶🍽❄⛄🎄👩‍🍳

@tyrant-den884 3 жыл бұрын

Sweetmeat: not meat, sometimes bread. Sweetbread: not bread, always meat.

@user-ix1rp9ff3p 3 жыл бұрын

basically sweetmeat: *desserts involving glucose* (pastries/confectionaries, candies, & fruits) sweetbread: *internal organs*

@sarahluvs2sing166 3 жыл бұрын

And sugar plums aren’t actually plums! British food is so misleading.

@Lisa59 3 жыл бұрын

I think sweatbreads were the brains of a livestock animal. Yum yum

@mchapman132 3 жыл бұрын

@@Lisa59 - poached lamb brains in white wine and lemon and butter is delicious. They resemble a cross between meringue and a poached egg white. Very light.

@simonwright9916 3 жыл бұрын

@@Lisa59 glands not brains, usually pancreas or thymus. They look revolting but taste really good

@yvonnemason9137 7 ай бұрын

Fascinating fact: Prince Albert didn't 'introduce' the Christmas Tree to England. This honour goes to Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg, wife of King George III in the 18th century. Queen Charlotte was the first to bring the Christmas 'branch' and later 'tree' to England, from her native Germany, but this didn't take off as a regular Christmas tradition beyond the top nobility in Britain until Prince Albert revived the custom in the 19th century. What Prince Albert, along with Queen Victoria, did was make the Christmas Tree popular as a result of the pictures of them which appeared in British and American newspapers.

@renarsspons 3 жыл бұрын

wow you don’t really ever think just how many things and traditions started because of Queen Victoria. Everything from white wedding dresses to what we eat for Christmas comes from her. She really was a very influential and a very admired woman. 🥰

@kendelrenee1 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite Queen Victoria story is when she asked her doctor if there was a way she could have sex with Albert without getting pregnant.

@catholicfaithofmine2664 3 жыл бұрын

There is a show called Victorian Christmas on Prime Video. It has a group of people who do everything right to the way it was done during Victorian Times. Very interesting.

@jennifermercer3481 3 жыл бұрын

The Christmas tree goes back to Germanic pagans

@daisybtoes 3 жыл бұрын

@@kendelrenee1 Naive, wasn't she? Well, she grew up living a painfully sheltered life simply because she was the Princess.

@kendelrenee1 3 жыл бұрын

@@daisybtoes she was asking about birth control which was very radical given the time. She loved having sex with Albert, but hated having babies. She was not demure. She was sheltered, but not because she was a princess. She was THE princess and the closest living heir to the throne. It was also used to control her.

@crystalschweitzer7625 3 жыл бұрын

My grandpa who is 97 talks about how when he was little he would eat turtle soup. Im told my great grandma made the best in town. He still talks about how good it was.

@chelseaisweirdness 3 жыл бұрын

Memories

@sarahbelchiors 3 жыл бұрын

This is terrible. Turtle must no be eaten!!!

@crystalschweitzer7625 3 жыл бұрын

@@sarahbelchiors It was the 1930s. What else were they going to eat? They didn't have any money but they had a pond with giant snapping turtles.

@sarahbelchiors 3 жыл бұрын

@@crystalschweitzer7625 Makes sense now

@amandahugginkiss55 3 жыл бұрын

When I was young we always ate turtle chowder. When I got older I heard of 'clam chowder' and thought the restaurant was nuts for replacing the turtle for clams. Found out that I was the odd person at the table because of my appetite for turtle. My grandpa made the best but he's gone since 2006. It was delicious!

@Lauren.E.O 3 жыл бұрын

The sight of the trees covered in lit candles is giving me anxiety like woah 🎄 🔥 😅

@AtaMarKat 3 жыл бұрын

My German teacher in high school told me that someone she stayed with in Germany in the 70’s, I believe, still used candles. When she voiced a similar concern, his reply was to the effect of “A few fires here and there are worth how beautiful it is. Artificial lights would make it look like a disco hall.”

@melissamarsh2219 3 жыл бұрын

The idea is you don’t have a branch directly above the candle

@Lauren.E.O 3 жыл бұрын

@@melissamarsh2219 But what if one fell? They looked like thin candles...

@AtaMarKat 3 жыл бұрын

@@Lauren.E.O German engineering prevents such things.

@catclelland2447 3 жыл бұрын

Same here

@Art4ArtsSakeVideo Жыл бұрын

I was a medieval history and literature major in college. My gang of medievalists would hold winter and summer feasts, mostly involving lots of mead, singing and roast chicken (those being the days when beef was far too expensive for college kids). Fast forward to the years (from the mid 1980s on) when I lived in the UK, inside the North Circular Road. This meant easy access to London's vast array of fishmongers, fresh fruit and veg markets, specialty bakers and butchers. And one year, I scored a piglet to make roast suckling pig in my modern ground-floor flat kitchen. I vividly recall the surprise on my British guests' faces when I marched around the table to the Boar's Head Carol, bearing on an oversize platter an actual pig head -- complete with gilt apple in its mouth!

@owlynashewood644 2 жыл бұрын

I live on the Sea Islands of the Southern United States. Our Christmas feast is mostly seafood: crabs, steamed shrimp, oysters, and other side dishes like rice and vegetables. I would love to spend one Christmas in London; eating minced pies and plum pudding.

@pennycooks1389 Жыл бұрын

We eat mince pies and plum pudding in Canada I made mince pies this year

@lindaandrews5468 3 жыл бұрын

My goodness gives a new meaning to the word gluttony.

@charlenewaddell7439 3 жыл бұрын

Its beyond gluttony, it's freaking outrageous!

@daisybtoes 3 жыл бұрын

I seriously doubt that any one person could eat some of everything. It's just too much food. There were a lot of people at Victoria's dinner, mostly relatives, guests, and some of the courtiers. There had to be enough to feed two or three dozen people. I'm not prepared to argue about the menu selection from over a hundred years ago, because tastes in food do change. Look at what must of us used to eat. I grew up in the 50's, and we ate stuff that most of us today wouldn't touch. And remember when everyone practically lived on fast food?

@faijja_a_ 3 жыл бұрын

i’m almost positive they ate in very small portions to make room for everything...but it still seems like so much when recited out loud 😷

@amirekinartail8623 2 жыл бұрын

@@bonniecartwright8537 actually left overs were given to the servants and then the poor so nothing went to waste

@monakayk 2 жыл бұрын

One Christmas I cooked a 🎄"Dicken's" Dinner🎄 with Roast Goose, Chestnut Dressing. & Plumb Pudding. The family looooooved it !!!

@gabrielleangelica1977 Жыл бұрын

Heaven! 🌰

@Lauren.E.O 3 жыл бұрын

It’s hard to think of Victoria being into Christmas. She never seemed that whimsical to me... 🎄

@itsalice2780 3 жыл бұрын

she popularized the christmas tree

@Lauren.E.O 3 жыл бұрын

@@itsalice2780 Yeah, it’s just odd for me to think of her as someone who got into the party spirit.

@Friendship1nmillion 3 жыл бұрын

@@Lauren.E.O She *DID* enjoy a party get-to-gether portrayed in the movie "The Greatest Showman" Starring {Australia's} Hugh Jackmam. 👸🎄🎟🃏🦸‍♂️💯

@sabrinagrant8003 3 жыл бұрын

She was into it because it was her husband’s background.

@Lauren.E.O 3 жыл бұрын

@@sabrinagrant8003 Good point

@Rosedawn321 Жыл бұрын

We are In America but my mother always served a traditional English Christmas feast! Prime Rib roast, Yorkshire Pudding popovers, buttered green beans, spiced crab apples and Plum Pudding. Yum!

@IGotTheCookieSyndrom 3 жыл бұрын

It was queen Charlotte, king George lll’s wife, that introduced the Christmas tree to the English royal family. And queen Victoria grew up with having a Christmas tree in her room during her childhood so there was a tradition with Christmas trees before Prince Albert’s time at the court. But it got widespread during their marriage

@oriona8648 3 жыл бұрын

Narrator: *lists endless amounts of food served to Victoria* 23 minutes later: “So what does your Christmas feast look like?” Ooof I felt my bank account hurt

@paulellis628 Жыл бұрын

I am dying of a heart attack from watching this video. How rich and succulent the food must have been. I enjoy fine dining as a treat, but cannot imagine eating like this on a regular occurrence. Nevertheless, I would not mind enjoying a traditional Victorian Christmas feast no matter what the cost.

@Kim-ri1hg 7 ай бұрын

My sentiments exactly

@koreyb 7 ай бұрын

Christmas is only once a year.

@rach3092 7 ай бұрын

This is pretty standard actually for big event Scottish dinners, course this ones HUGE cause its the Queen and other royals and nobility of course Okay I wasn’t midway through the video yet and yeaaa its way too extravagant lol 😂

@tracysmith245 6 ай бұрын

to much food

@elaineburnett5230 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Albert and Victoria...we are forever indebted!🎄

@louisethompson6548 3 жыл бұрын

There are programmes on the BBC where it shows modern day confectionery professionals making Christmas candies from the tudor period to modern day. Its very interesting. Watching "hidden killers" also shows sweet meats and its just sugar molded into a shaped and coloured

@franklinstephen3268 Жыл бұрын

👋i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍 I'm originally from Canada currently living in California ☀️☀️☀️☀️and you where are you from if i may ask?

@danithefiend6167 3 жыл бұрын

I'll just take the carrot soup, thank you. 😂

@MsPrecious61 3 жыл бұрын

And the salmon

@janemccourt5022 3 жыл бұрын

And the chestnuts, oooh I love those!!!

@debcomly2481 3 жыл бұрын

Me too...and thanks :-)

@genevieverenaud2537 2 жыл бұрын

Yes but without the ham in it please lol

@Marina-qs9tj 2 жыл бұрын

same

@beverly3397 2 жыл бұрын

I remember a true mince pie from my childhood and I love it. What we get today doesn't even come close to the spices of those old pies.

@cyberqueen7784 3 жыл бұрын

I'm drooling right now! That's a lot of food! I do love learning the origin and history of foods and dishes. I never thought of Queen Victoria as a foodie. But I guess you can't judge a book by its cover. I have some newfound respect for Queen Victoria after watching this video. She left a lasting influence on Christmas traditions. I do love decorating and admiring Christmas trees and cooking on Christmas.

@ARasputinaFan 2 жыл бұрын

Queen Victoria enjoyed life, food, wine, and sex very much. When Albert died she went into extreme grief, and from what I understand from her diary she was never really happy again. She continued eating though! Lol

@evitasdad 2 жыл бұрын

You can judge a book by it’s cover, when she was old, she was quite .. rotund !

@elizamadlener8685 3 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early Queen Victoria was still alive.

@erikascencen 3 жыл бұрын

And had an Asian heir ninjastream.to/watch/e9BZaEg1gZwXx/queen-victoria-asian-descendant

@AbrahamLincoln4 3 жыл бұрын

I was quite late. This late that I was still dealing with the Confederacy.

@AbrahamLincoln4 3 жыл бұрын

@@erikascencen tf lol

@ayronsmama05 3 жыл бұрын

Lol 👍👏👏👏❤

@daisybtoes 3 жыл бұрын

Well makes you a lot older than me. I'm 73 and all I can remember was QEII's coronation on TV. But I do have an old George VI coin.

@AbrahamLincoln4 3 жыл бұрын

This is better than a White House Christmas party!

@jooddart9736 3 жыл бұрын

Be Best

@aaronmacy9134 3 жыл бұрын

Because the pork is on the menu rather than at the table?

@charleyb8423 3 жыл бұрын

Dang, you Troll everywhere!

@ajastha1876 Жыл бұрын

It better be better, for the riches came from colonized India😏

@edithkennedy 3 жыл бұрын

As a German I am extremely proud 😂 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone 💕

@beckyrollins8966 2 жыл бұрын

Seems the Germans influenced most Christmas traditions.

@karolynmcelwain7857 Жыл бұрын

As a proud Austrian American citizen, I echo your greetings!

@angietyndall7337 7 ай бұрын

I know that Liver and Onions was a staple for my grandmother to make as it was cheap[F.Y.I My mom's side has alot of German & her maiden name also was too.]. My mom never made that for us growing-up, but I LOVED eating the German food called LIver wurst. As for another German food, I love Gingersnaps or Gingerbread Cookies. Oh yeah and Pfeffernüsse.

@HALee- 3 жыл бұрын

I’m first generation American of German heritage. My parents also used a bell to call us to the Christmas celebration after dinner on Christmas Eve. When I was very young Der Weinachtsman also brought the Christmas tree.

@tlcferguson8243 3 жыл бұрын

One thing I did when the kids were small is on Christmas eve we would load down the tree with small presents, and candy so when they got up Christmas morning it was amazing . I also do a similar steamed pudding called bread pudding . I plan to do it again this year. What a good video, Merry Christmas, and God bless us everyone.

@sheilasamuels1066 7 ай бұрын

My Mother made a sugar plumb tree several years, not to eat. A limb of Holly was painted white and dusted with Epsom salts for an ice like finish. Various colors of gumdrops were wrapped in small squares of crinkly cellophane and stuck on the thorns and branch tips where all leaves and berries had been removed. It was magical in a child's eyes.

@Lauren.E.O 3 жыл бұрын

It’s fun to see how much of these dishes still sound amazing

@Alex-ms9em 3 жыл бұрын

Omg I’m so glad we’re getting more into the Victorian era!!!!

@islaestrella4741 3 жыл бұрын

As a foodie and a history lover, these are always my favorite videos! Adore everything you put out. Lovely job as always.

@Lauren.E.O 3 жыл бұрын

I probably should have eaten before watching this

@jessjess23brooks89 3 жыл бұрын

Same... i'm gonna go make some lame eggs now.

@paulinesteele6624 27 күн бұрын

Heh heh heh. So very true. Heh heh heh.

@happpysaddd 3 жыл бұрын

HOW THE TUDORS CELEBRATED CHISTMAS PLEASEE 💛💛💛💛💛

@josephwinder6878 3 жыл бұрын

over the top I imagine. All things in excess..

@stardresser1 3 жыл бұрын

Lucy Worsley. 12 days of Tudor Christmas video.

@babygrandma8654 3 жыл бұрын

@@stardresser1 oh yes I love her videos! Very informative.

@annedoyle222 3 жыл бұрын

it’s totally beyond my imagination how anyone could possibly consume that amount of food in one sitting.my mind boggles was

@thegodofimagination 3 жыл бұрын

It easy you just have to befriend the host dog so when don't want eat the rest of a dish you can pat your knees and boom dog bin shows up lol

@hazelpearson7807 3 жыл бұрын

Very small portions were served over a period of hours. The French court of Versailles was on a lavish scale every night.

@thegodofimagination 3 жыл бұрын

@@hazelpearson7807 oh yeah it was great thanks for the nostalgia

@timhazeltine3256 3 жыл бұрын

@@thegodofimagination Somehow, I think the Queen's dogs were not under the table in the State Dining Room. But you never what may have happened on less formal occasions. She did love her animal companions.

@thegodofimagination 3 жыл бұрын

@@timhazeltine3256 you never know

@CinnamonGrrlErin1 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not really a holiday person, but I do love the aesthetic of a Victorian Christmas.

@Dylan-kq9nv 3 жыл бұрын

qUiRkY aEsThEtIc. The aesthetic was people having barely any food and being extremely poor

@CinnamonGrrlErin1 3 жыл бұрын

@@Dylan-kq9nv no shit, Sherlock. God forbid I can enjoy one single thing in my entire fucking miserable life like vintage postcards or candles. Do you enjoy making people feel like shit or is a just a side effect of being an asshole?

@lunizzima 2 жыл бұрын

I'm right there with you. Will you have it this year?

@pennyroyalT Жыл бұрын

@@Dylan-kq9nv Reread it please. They said the aesthetic - the look - not the time period or anything pertaining to reality, the AESTHETIC.

@tulip811 6 ай бұрын

@@Dylan-kq9nvpull the stick out your a$$

@Angie2343 3 жыл бұрын

How the TUDORS celebrated Christmas, please.

@thegodofimagination 3 жыл бұрын

The was a lot of food

@jessegaspard 3 жыл бұрын

@@thegodofimagination Ah... thank you. We no longer need or want a video now.

@thegodofimagination 3 жыл бұрын

@@jessegaspard your welcome even though I can smell the sarcasm from here much like the Cockatrice served in the tutor court as it was a pig front stitched to back end of chicken or the beautiful cheese from Italy and the Papal state and sausages that came from the Holy Roman Empire (chuncky Germany) as well as the Polish and Lithuanian commonwealth and huge lashing of meat from many estates under domain of Henry ranging from goose to wild boar and even whale meat (the whale wore often caught at sea not really part of his domain but the rest was) oh and the alcohol plenty of wine and port but no vegetables or even potatoes they commaner food and then more meat. But yeah sarcasm smells a little like that

@AbrahamLincoln4 3 жыл бұрын

Catherine of Aragon is in the comments im sure she can answer some questions

@thegodofimagination 3 жыл бұрын

@@AbrahamLincoln4 well your also here so I have a question for you do you remember me lol

@yurifinch3096 3 жыл бұрын

I made the mistake to watch this before I’ve had lunch.

@j.s.wagner2582 Жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who gets mesmerized like a child during these videos? I think I'm going to just pour a Glühwein, sit back, relax by the fire....and get mesmerized all over again. ❤️

@paulinesteele6624 27 күн бұрын

Heh heh heh. No....

@malthesse 3 жыл бұрын

With a menu like that, it's no wonder that Queen Victoria was a bit on the heavier side in her later years. So much meat, which horrifies me a bit as a vegetarian. And the mock turtle soup makes me think of the poor sad Mock Turtle form "Alice in Wonderland" - "Soup of the evening, beautiful soup..." It's amazing though that we have so many of our current Christmas traditions thanks to Victoria and her family and their mixing of old English and German traditions. She, along with Dickens and some others of the same time, really did make Christmas popular again as a cozy, family centred holiday, which I think most of us are very thankful for!

@jennifermercer3481 3 жыл бұрын

What's sad is people aren't aware of the pagans roots where "Christmas" began

@jennifermercer3481 3 жыл бұрын

Any Christmas tradition is pagan and not Queen Victoria's, just these foods.

@leacox6384 3 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine is from Britain and hosts a traditional British Christmas dinner each year, except for this one. For the first time I had figgy pudding, flame and all. Very, very good and rich!

@wichitawalkers9350 3 жыл бұрын

This sounds like the greatest feast of all time. I would love to be there

@__-pp4nq 2 жыл бұрын

yes this feast sounds like the biggest feast in all kingdoms

@chuckandmax7313 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that was amazing, as I just set my Christmas table to live stream on Facebook. It doesn’t have any food served on it, it’s just my collection of China crystal and silver. I can’t imagine how long that dinner would take to serve and I have no idea how anyone could eat all that. It’s really over the top extravagance in true Victorian style. I personally would be really picky at that meal as a lot of those organ and brain meats sound awful.

@katrinajacksonmiller9038 3 жыл бұрын

Queen Victoria is my favorite historical figure. I love the fashions she introduced, especially the dresses. Her dresses were so beautiful. Merry Christmas to Her Majesty.

@hazelpearson7807 3 жыл бұрын

After Prince Albert died I believe she wore only black until she died, must have been a challenge for her dressmakers

@charleyb8423 3 жыл бұрын

Jesus is the Majesty.

@Outoinen 3 жыл бұрын

A ham is a staple on Finnish christmas table. With it we'll eat rutabaga casserole and carrot casserole. Some might make potato casserole. There will also be some smoked salmon. My kids won't eat anything except the ham, so I'll make some pasta for them. For dessert, I'll make some pastries or plum mousse. For the christmas morning I'll make rice porridge with plum soup. That's about it for our christmas meals.

@LindsayHoliday 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! My Dad's family came from Finland in the 1890s. My great grandma always made rice pudding and fruit soup for Christmas! 🎄

@annbsirius1703 3 жыл бұрын

Watching this gave me a stomach ache! Great job on research, Lindsay. Would you consider doing a video on Queen Marie of Romania? She really influenced how Romania was treated after WWI.

@mirasol0098 3 жыл бұрын

So this is what happens when grandma decides what to eat at christmas......holy moly

@QueenLottie87 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas and have a Happy Festive Season from Australia 🇦🇺

@MountainsRCallingMe 3 жыл бұрын

Same to you from the United States 🇺🇸

@maplesyrup6052 3 жыл бұрын

F Christmas

@andrijastankovic4372 2 жыл бұрын

My Christmas only menu: pudding, fish, fruits, nuts, and vegetables. On my table is a twig of a traditional Christmas tree, and icons of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist. Queen Victoria's Christmas feast is great.

@beastieber5028 2 жыл бұрын

Love Christmas pudding

@faeryb0mb517 3 жыл бұрын

In Germany Goose and Fish are the traditional christmas fare (or were. not terribly certain about that one nowadays.) and to be honest I'd pick waterfowl over turkey any day. the amount of fat and dark meat on them makes them incredibly moist and flavorful.

@CSGray-nf2hx 3 жыл бұрын

Yay, more Victoria

@mereditharndt9150 3 жыл бұрын

The queen of Christmas

@Buildbeautiful 3 жыл бұрын

The famine queen

@timpancakes2011 3 жыл бұрын

I just went on a road trip and re-listened to all of your Victoria videos...twice! So this is PERFECT timing ❤️

@timpancakes2011 3 жыл бұрын

Plus my birthday is Christmas so this was especially interesting!

@Emma-wq4nu 2 жыл бұрын

It’s funny to see people have big fancy dinners on Christmas, as my family always had our fancy dinner on Christmas Eve and leftovers for Christmas.

@Tyler380 3 жыл бұрын

Now I'm hungry.. Salmon sounds good.. They make it like they did many years ago..

@maiira3933 3 жыл бұрын

Happy Christmas Season, Everyone ;)❤️🎄💚

@bingerz237 3 жыл бұрын

A happy one to you too, Emi! (* rings sleigh bells *)

@chelseaisweirdness 3 жыл бұрын

And hopefully a happy new year

@maiira3933 3 жыл бұрын

@@bingerz237 Thank You !

@maiira3933 3 жыл бұрын

@@chelseaisweirdness Yep, This year was just full of bad luck for me lol

@chelseaisweirdness 3 жыл бұрын

@@maiira3933 SAME

@erinstanger416 3 жыл бұрын

The orange custard looks really good!

@brettlarch8050 3 жыл бұрын

This video made me hungry and I can't watch it again unless I want to be hungry.

@ShesMongolianASMR 3 жыл бұрын

Please never stop posting. Also could you upload a video about Börte, Chinggis Khan’s Queen?

@PerfectlyImperfect93 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lindsay!💕

@goupigoupi6953 3 жыл бұрын

I'm willing to try any of these. The only thing still missing is a castle fully staffed.

@raquelbee7586 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness! I am legit tempted to make these dishes for christmas and dress everyone up in victorian clothes for some christmas in the future XD My family would be all in too. It's really interesting to find out that I had most of these dishes and they are as deliscious as described including beef tongue and chicken comb soup ;) Its so interesting to see and hear about my family connections since I was born in and grew up in the Austrian-Hungarian Regions.

@tay_mess 3 жыл бұрын

That was exquisite! ❤️🙏

@Rebecca-dm5ul 3 жыл бұрын

Love this. So many old family favorites and other recipes from travel and friends.

@franklinstephen3268 Жыл бұрын

@artforlifelady Жыл бұрын

Queen Victoria said dinner was served after the children went to bed at 9 pm. Holy Cow!! How could anyone eat that many courses at that time of the night?! The soup and fish would have been enough to fill me up! I love food, just can’t eat that much anymore.

@Sumer61 3 жыл бұрын

I've made mince pies , Yorkshire pudding, and shortbread cookies. I've poured brandy over the Christmas pudding and lit it and we all marveled at the blue flame encasing the luscious dessert, usually accompanied with custard. I love the British Christmas traditions. Like pulling crackers and wearing the silly paper hats found inside and finding a joke on a piece of paper, and a cheap prize. Watching the Queen's Christmas message on tv. Yes, I love the traditions of Christmas that my family enjoy. Thanks for the video, I recognise a lot of that food. Happy New year Lindsay, all the best.

@katiegriffiths4938 3 жыл бұрын

Today there is normally no meat in mince pies. They are still a popular Christmas tradition in the UK. We usually buy these little spiced pies pre-made but some people make their own. Either way, they are best warm from the oven and served with a little cream. Have you tried them Lindsay? I wondered about the roast beef and the yorkshire puddings, did she really not have gravy with both?! Scandalous!! :D

@emilyanne1171 3 жыл бұрын

I would seriously try all of this food it looks delicious!!!

@pagedavis8940 Жыл бұрын

One year my father insisted on a plumb pudding. My mother went to set it ablaze and set off the fire alarm in there apartment. The next day the apartment association banned them and the ban is still held to this day 😂. That’s what you get for almost setting army housing on fire

@misabelrodriguez1163 3 жыл бұрын

Great Job, Lindsay! I hope you make more food videos. I really loved the Titanic meal video.

@carolefreeman2544 2 жыл бұрын

I love Christmas pudding for dessert with a brandy sauce or even a custard sauce. Also it wouldn’t be Christmas without a Turkey with a savoury stuffing. Although not mentioned, it is also tradition to have Christmas Crackers during the meal and Sausage Rolls for appetizers.

@lindabloom6666 3 жыл бұрын

This was fascinating! Thank you!

@franklinstephen3268 Жыл бұрын

@voxveritas333 8 ай бұрын

Listen up, people. You all would not decline an invitation to such a feast. So quit your bitchin'! Granted, some of the items sound a bit over the top, but I'm sure nobody gorged themselves on everything. It reminds me of our family holiday feasts; you have a bit of this, a nibble of that, and so on. I am sure this meal was planned and produced to be shared with many folks and staff. Stop being a Grinch and be thankful for what you have to share. Lindsay, you did a great job describing this event and providing us all with vicarious enjoyment!

@celticrose2 6 ай бұрын

❤👍🏻🎄

@bryaneast2513 3 жыл бұрын

This is how the UK predominantly explains two things I noted in comments made by other viewers: Left-overs - there was a long tradition among English royals for the poor to benefit from surplus food. Also, members of staff are likely to have benefited. The second thing is about Queen Victoria appearing not so happy. She had many children and it is often quoted by historians here in the UK that she enjoyed sex. Do remember that she was totally devastated by the early death of her beloved Albert and she never really loved her elder son who became King Edward VII - in her eyes he could never do anything right. It is a known fact that she did have a very bad temper - after all, she was a product of her age, an age that thought very differently than we do today.

@stephaniecrume8991 3 жыл бұрын

I love your channel and learning about the history of the Tudor era! Will you be making a video about Elizabeth of York? She’s my favorite queen and I would like to know more about her!❤️

@smeenasiddiqui2374 2 жыл бұрын

Wow...the finest of fine dining....that era was outstanding and amazing.

@sydneykasmar Жыл бұрын

This has fscinated me especially the trees decorated with sweets.

@MaaRiieLaaaa 3 жыл бұрын

i love this channel! your voice is so soothing and i loove it haha 🥰 keep up with the good work ❤️

@redroseabc5099 3 жыл бұрын

Mmmm! I wanna try ALL those festive foods if I can. In fact, I eat head cheese all the time--it's a favorite of mine! Merry Christmas, Lindsey Holiday! 🎄🎅🍗✨

@merriemisfit8406 3 жыл бұрын

Christmas Eve "feast" at my house is usually along the lines of a small fish filet in "whatever" sauce, colcannon, fruit compote, and meatless mince pie, all washed down with vanilla black tea. After dinner I decorate the door to the house with a wreath or holiday wrap, and then open the front curtains a bit and plug in the lights on my tabletop tree (which stays there, decorated, all year) so passersby can see the winking colors. This year, though, I did not have time, energy, or money to drive an hour to pick up the mince pie and an hour to drive back home, and the "feast" came from what was in the pantry. I served canned roasted-vegetable chili under a popover dome (secret recipe!), and the holiday drink of the evening was Chinotto. No room for dessert!

@warungkopasus 6 ай бұрын

6:40 "Plus a few luxury ingredients from across the globe." A very beautiful sentence considering thay my great-great-great-grandparents worked until they died without being paid.

@Ma_Pooh 3 жыл бұрын

God, that's a lot of food!!!!! After the second course - I would be done!! Thank you so much for such an entertaining and informative video.

@midgey8857 3 жыл бұрын

True, but once the Queen finished eating her course, you were obliged to as well- and it is recorded Victoria was quite a fast eater, so you wouldn't have too long to eat the whole meal

@selinapersaud7629 3 жыл бұрын

Probably would have been early if I didn’t have class. LOL.

@ellie.starsky 3 ай бұрын

i already think of sugar plums every time i see the christmas m&ms ad because the music is literally the sugar plum fairy dance lol

@AA-tx7my 3 жыл бұрын

I like snow and that time its so authenting

@acobra4174 3 жыл бұрын

Safety wasnt a concern having fully lit candles on the Christmas tree🌲🔥

@ricaug50 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this short doc. on Victorian Christmas feast. Yes, I would gladly try any one of the delicacies that were offered by the Victorian Court!! I am a fan of headcheese. But what we get in the U.S., which is sold at the deli counter at the local grocery, pales dramatically to what was shown in your video. Now that headcheese looks like the real deal!!

@pamelamays4186 3 жыл бұрын

Her Majesty set a very fine table indeed.

@tiggercampbell6198 2 жыл бұрын

wow!! thank you for the memories

@evacalles5442 3 жыл бұрын

This video was awesome! My traditional Christmas feast growing up was pizza because my mother would always forget to plan for a meal 😂 I’ve spent many a holiday in a little Caesar’s lobby.

@starchild1198 3 жыл бұрын

How do you forget Christmas? I do like pizza tho

@evacalles5442 3 жыл бұрын

@@starchild1198 now I’m realizing that my mom probably planned for pizza and faked the forgetting 😂

@evacalles5442 Жыл бұрын

@K Kr beautiful memory!

@larasofiaturner 3 жыл бұрын

Yay so exited for your Christmas content! :))

@cdfdesantis699 6 ай бұрын

Excellent research of all these Christmas traditions & dishes. Merry Christmas to all!

@susieq2806 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful History on a Royal Feast !

@beckaenkhtuya1081 3 жыл бұрын

Agh Lindsay, I love love your channel 🥰

@speedy806 3 жыл бұрын

Great video I love your channel I have to do a history project and I found my topic from one of your videos! I want to say merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone I hope all is well!

@letisherlin2100 6 ай бұрын

Had luxurious provide dished for celebrating Royal 👑 members Christmas 🌲 & new years,so interested served.

@lisahawes5329 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up with stirring of the Xmas cake/pudding, I still do it to this day with my children, for us it’s to make a wish, the dessert is then filled with the energy of beauty.. Ty

@mariaukolova7352 3 жыл бұрын

my cholesterol levels have risen just from watching this video :D very informative, thank you Lindsay!

@marinagrant6840 2 жыл бұрын

i sat here watching and gained 10 pounds just on the visual gluttony :D Fascinating!

@cassandraralph5906 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and educational video, I learned a lot about how Queen Victoria and the aristocrats celebrated Christmas! However I do wonder if they were able to move afterwards, having had such a huge dinner!

@franklinstephen3268 Жыл бұрын

@cassandraralph5906 Жыл бұрын

@@franklinstephen3268 , thanks for your reply! I live somewhere near the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, and also near Australia 🇦🇺

@franklinstephen3268 Жыл бұрын

@@cassandraralph5906 Nice place you’re from, It’s nice meeting with you here. How’s everything over there?

@WkdWnch007 6 ай бұрын

As a Pagan I don't do Christmas but I do do Yule and have a proper feast of venison and pheasant with seasonal vegetables and wine. And yes, we certainly do need a "Happy New Year".

@pinkbunny6272 2 жыл бұрын

My grandmother is forbidden to buy a fake tree, as in childhood her grandkids got used to real trees, decorations accumulated over decades and candles in special clips with candle holders.