Fortunately, tortillas have been around for millennia.

It’s in the freezer section of the local 18th century 7-11. 😆

ppft, I'm waiting for the nutmeg grodita crunch

@@shakeorefined2514 Freezer section? Are you referring to the icebox section?

​@@bagnome the larder in winter time!

It's like the Blue's Clues approach of bringing in the audience. It feels nice to be like a kid watching TV again.

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 That's a great way to put it. It's genuinely a little shocking how effective it was; it bought a smile to my face almost on reflex.

Indeed, Ben Franklin would've loved his enthusiasm. And he absolutely would've embraced the notion of the cheeseburger. He had a very inventive soul.

No lies. Hell now I want to travel back in time just to feed historical figures cheeseburgers.

it's kinda cringe lol he acting like a simp

@@seribelz Uh, what?

​@@seribelz we simp for our founding fathers

To be fair, the milder sauce derived from this method would likely be more well-suited to the palate of somebody from 18th century England and America. The more pungent mustard we are accustomed to could be very off-putting or even inedible for somebody of the period.

Good to know! Thank you very much 🙂

@@thememester1190how do you know?

@@thememester1190 colmans has been selling mustard exactly like you're describing since 1814, so i feel like you're just pulling this out your arse

@FirstLast-po9tn Nah it was the 1700's. People's diets consisted of like, oatmeal, bread, a small apple, and some ham.

"Enough with all the questions, Ben, I'm trying to eat here."

​@@Thickolas but Ben, why so _much_ laudanum?

Or a taco and a hooter.

Doesn't get any more American than that!

Where's Michael Dragoo when you need him, we all know old Ben's immortal and has just changed his name.

:) Yes. I really loved that bit as well!

it's those little things he says that makes his video truly feels like we're in the past.

Right? I wanna see more!!

Agreed!

Wow you hit the nail on the head, he is the culinary Bob Ross. All he needs is the hair.

Now I'm imagining 18th century Bob's Burgers

Jefferson loved salads. I'd love to see the modern salad offered to him!

I think they are planning a series of "time travel" food. They already did pizza iirc.

*Chasing Benedict Arnold down the street* "You get back here and choke down this breakfast you little bastard!"

All we need is a Time Machine and we’re set…

They need some re-enactors to play the founding fathers, and try the food!

I would definitely be able to ingratiate myself to anyone rich and bored of the dishes he was used to, if I found myself back in time and somehow I could speak the language and everything else was fine. I don't have the formula for gunpowder memorized, but food I know. This video is speaking to me directly.

​@@KairuHakubi (just in case) potassium nitrate (saltpeter) 75%, charcoal 15%, sulfur 10%. Powder fine (while wet!) mix, and press into flakes or pellets and dry.

​@@Russo-Delenda-Est huh I could have sworn it was four ingredients, and those were just the three I can remember well see i know how to make charcoal but the rest, not so easy. as I recall you can, with great difficulty, get saltpeter from repeatedly depositing your urine onto some straw, and you can find sulfur around volcanic vents, so that makes those pretty difficult to bust out.

Then wrap a big bamboo tube with handmade vine rope, add crude diamonds, and BAM, one smoked Gorn captain. OOPS, wrong timeline! 🖖

Thank you for the very kind comment and encouragement!

Is college going well for you? Part of me wants to go back to school to become an ESL teacher. I'm rooting for you!

US doesn’t have a history lol

@@fucchan_xo I'm not there yet, but the first time I tried a few years back it didn't go so hot, but I've grown up a lot since then and im ready to give it another go!

@@TrainerRobo That's awesome!! I'm sure you'll do a great job and be an amazing teacher!

I love that even when it's reversed, we still get a glimpse into the original recipes.

He still managed to get in a scene if his beloved nutmeg regardless.....

There's SO MANY fairly common substitutes for the things they try to get past using. And they're usually confused on what it is. "Suet?" Yeah beef fat....

Tasting History does a great job with historical ingredients too.

I'd question some of the history on this one. Sausage meat making was common in the period. Scots, Germans, Eastern Europeans, Italians, and yes English all made Sausages as part of their diet . Garlic was certainly used in Italian, Spanish and French cooking in period (Remember the English insult of calling the French 'Garlic Eaters' during the Napoleonic era?) Tomatoes were also in use in Spanish cooking, as domesticated tomatoes were introduced in 1591. The English were slower, as were their Colonies, in adding them to their diet. Dr. John Cook Bennett who introduced them for medical treatments... The first known cookbook to include a variety of tomato recipes-17 in all-was the second edition of The Virginia House-Wife by Mary Randolph in 1824. It included recipes for scalloped baked tomatoes, soup, and even marmalade.

@@josephteller9715 But it’s necessary to remember that Ben Franklin was very well-educated and well-traveled, so he likely would have at least been familiar with some of these ingredients and cooking styles.

@@JB-mm5ff still is

This could even be done now! Old fashioned food!

Yeah. It wasn't a new concept. The Romans had fast food chains. It sounds like fun.

@@TheBcoolGuy They had fast food, but did they have fast food chains? I guess it's possible some enterprising Roman owned multiple restaurants, but as far as I'm aware the idea of a chain (i.e. a series of fast food places designed to carry a shared identity) is a distinctly modern practice.

@@nathanl8622 valid point. Yeah, it would've been legendary. It might help modern money wiring system to develop; in irl it was the opposite.

Ben was the type of guy who would make burgers for the American troops during the Revolution and open a burger joint franchise and make so much money after the war.

It's honestly so fun and exciting to see John & the crew weave these interesting stories pulling from so many different sources to come up with something brand new. It's also fun to imagine how an 18th century person would react to this! What a wonderful idea!

They 100% need their own Food network show.

@@snowcrash4286 They would be forced into the TV network sistem, so they would end up having to change it all, and loosing the natural charm and laid-back, let's have some fun in the historical kitchen, vibe at the end.

Wow that would be so cool.

The whole country needs it

RIGHT?! Literally just left a similar comment. This channel is everything

So wholesome and relaxing. I love it.

This has to be one of those most overused comments in history. Desperately seeking those likes on the internet's to validate your life.

@@jamesofallthings3684 projecting much? What a sad pathetic comment

@@jamesofallthings3684I’m sure you’re loads of fun at the parties you never get invited to 😂

fries doubt it!

I'm sure he would have written a pamphlet about it.

The modern times we live in really worries me with this A.I stuff. The ‘unibomber’ was probably right, humanity is in grave danger.🥵

🤣🤣🤣

We knew it!

Well, it's in the name!

You could do a bean and onion cheese burger? Mash whatever beans you choose, grate onion into a paste, caramelize the paste then combine, add a bit of bread and egg as binder and form patties? You could add all the spices this way and still get a nice crispy exterior c: ps. Or even a potato burger, like a latka only formed from mashed potatoes and the spices

love the ending slide too

Another reason that was at least as important was that a lot of dinnerware at the time was made from pewter. When the acid from the tomatoes (or indeed, any acid including vinegar and the like) came into contact with pewter, it would leech lead from the pewter, which would naturally lead to serious health issues. These issue would obviously not occur on the exact same dinnerware that did not come into contact with acid, so the resulting illness was attributed to the tomatoes.

​@@PhycoKrusk I think you answered the wrong comment. :-)

What's the name of the Anime good sir?

@@zweinx5470 I'd also be interested. Not the same thing this cat is talking about, but I'd recommend Dungeon Meshi. Part dungeon delve, part cooking manga in which the party finds creative ways to slay and cook monsters as they go deeper in. The manga just finished and it's very high quality work. An anime is scheduled for next year.