The Bizarre Victorian Pie Made From Fat & Fruit | Victorian Farm: Christmas (1/3)

The Bizarre Victorian Pie Made From Fat & Fruit | Victorian Farm: Christmas (1/3) | Real History

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The Victorian farmers - Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn - return to the Acton Scott estate in Shropshire to celebrate a traditional Victorian Christmas.
There's an enormous amount of farm work to be done on the estate in the lead-up to the festive season, including the hay harvest, to make food for the animals over winter. Having been thwarted last time by rain, the team anxiously monitor the weather.
Peter travels to the Royal Agricultural Society's annual show with sheep expert Richard Spencer to choose a new ram for the flock; back at the farm, Ruth makes mincemeat for the Christmas mince pies. She also prepares for the hoped-for hay harvest celebration with some essentials - bread and butter.
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@NinaHansen2008 7 ай бұрын

I love these videos!

@leventhumps3861 6 ай бұрын

This is so very interesting. It makes you really appreciate how they solved all our worldly problems.

@Cook-hb2nf 6 ай бұрын

Alex - how many blows do you think this is going to take? Ian - I think you will do it in 10 Alex - whacks away Ian - walks away you failed Alex

@susanmercurio1060 6 ай бұрын

You're not supposed to back a horse into the cart with the frame (?) on the ground. It's too easy to injure the horse and also to smash the wagon.

@deboraharmstrong3002 6 ай бұрын

And you're right... The shafts should be up, then Clumper backs a step or two, and you lower the shafts over Clumper's shoulders

@susanmercurio1060 6 ай бұрын

@@deboraharmstrong3002Yes. It seemed like common sense to me.

@Cook-hb2nf 6 ай бұрын

I visibly cringed when I seen that 🫣

@Heavyisthecrown 3 ай бұрын

They’re learning. I know you of course do every single thing perfect when you first try. Some of us are as blessed as you

@tebelshaw9486 Жыл бұрын

Wow, so many ways to injure yourself on the farm. 😮

@cjbrown3773 Жыл бұрын

She makes the pies at 16:22

@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 7 ай бұрын

"I've made you a new (veg) garden in this position" he says. Showing Ruth a micro spot of dirt and stones... I would have pulled his hat down over his ears ! The jerk....😠

@deboraharmstrong3002 6 ай бұрын

I have to agree with you. The LEAST he could have done would be to turn the soil, And Pick The Field Stones!

@Cook-hb2nf 6 ай бұрын

I grasped when I saw that he turned Ruth's garden into grass! She worked so very hard on that area 😢 and then had the nerve to present her with a horrible patch of area!

@Heavyisthecrown 3 ай бұрын

@@Cook-hb2nflol you know that’s his home right? They’re letting them do this show here 😂

@susanmercurio1060 6 ай бұрын

Ruth, an "exo-thermic reaction" gives off heat. "Exo-" means out, and "thermic" means heat. Of course the basin will be hot.

@donovanmedieval 6 ай бұрын

@40:09 How is buttermilk different from ghee? Are they two different names for the same thing?

@patriciagerresheim2500 6 ай бұрын

No, they are not. Buttermilk is the liquid left over from making butter. Ghee is clarified butter, butter that's been melted and the foamy solids removed.

@donovanmedieval 6 ай бұрын

@@patriciagerresheim2500Thank you for clarifying that for me. Do know if there is a chemical diffference beyond one being created by heat and the other by blunt force trauma/

@patriciagerresheim2500 6 ай бұрын

@@donovanmedieval There's a big difference. The cultured buttermilk available in stores is made by adding safe live bacteria, then heating and fermenting it for 12 hours. This gives it a distinctly sour aftertaste. The taste of real buttermilk doesn't have that tang, and many people prefer it.

@patriciamorgan6545 6 ай бұрын

@@donovanmedieval Butter and ghee are the lipid phase. Buttermilk is the aqueous phase (squeezed out of the butter once the butter's churned enough to clump together).