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@anorganlover6281 3 күн бұрын

Today, I can't understand how people had time to stand for two hours steaming a pudding. What a waste of gas ! The microwave can steam a pudding in two MINUTES ! 😮 Our electric pressure cookers also are far safer and efficient to older cooking methods. Frankly, I don't think people of the past really did cope as well as they made out. Nothing new there !

@CraigStCyrPlus 5 күн бұрын

The passive-aggression is so thick when she's buying those tomatoes.

@CraigStCyrPlus 6 күн бұрын

17:15 Thats what she said.

@AnthonyGarlic-tr9br 8 күн бұрын

Ruth is a friend of mine 😺

@adrianpollard2763 18 күн бұрын

Maybe they should give the money to the young fella that her moron of a son attacked with a machete & golf club. Completely disgusting woman along with the rest of them.

@Alice-ng2po Ай бұрын

Can we get some of these books today?

@Cook-hb2nf 2 ай бұрын

War was not only devastating to human life but also the ecosystem, fish, wildlife, and plantlife were also affected by war! It sometimes takes many, many years for nature to reverse the effects of war. I'm so thankful to all who served during this time. It has afforded me all the Freedoms that I have today! Many blessings from the hills of Tennessee, USA 🇺🇲

@debbiesittard7653 2 ай бұрын

There is NO way I would eat pigs head.... NO way. I could survive on vegetables, thank you.

@lulaporter6080 2 ай бұрын

Across the pond we make hog's head cheese. Hog brains are scrambled with eggs for breakfast with sausage, gravy and biscuits. This isn't war time food. An alternative is to use potted meat with the eggs. What do you think potted meat is? And she's so right about chitlins.

@bluewolf4915 2 ай бұрын

No Spam?

@thearchitect4726 2 ай бұрын

love it, well done !

@kathyleighton9091 2 ай бұрын

I really got interested in the 1940's and the war years a few years ago. How I wish my mother and grandmother were still around so I could talk to them about their experiences. My grandmother lived thru both world wars and my mother was born in 1923 so she experienced it as a young girl. My grandmother did alot of canning in the 1960's so I wonder now if this was a holdover from the war or because she lived in the country and it was a few miles to the nearest grocery store and she didnt drive anymore.

@juststoppingby390 3 ай бұрын

I remember when this came out it was quaint. Now life has come full circle soon the only way to feed our family is to turn our gardens onto vegetable beds. I met Ruth Mott when i was a kid my grandmother was freinds with her and by a bizzare turn of evens my other grandad knew Harry though i never met him

@londongirl1733 Ай бұрын

Wow what a lovely memory ❤

@juststoppingby390 Ай бұрын

@@londongirl1733 thanks x she was a lovely lady. At first glance she looked very stern. But she loved a chat over a cup of tea. So nice. And in one of the episodes you see Harry stringing onions. My grandad did it the same way he learned from Harry when they were both pretty young and later grandad got an allotment to keep him busy after the effects of trauma from the war. Harry apparently came to help him get it started

@londongirl1733 Ай бұрын

@@juststoppingby390 Oh how kind of you to share your Grandads story. They were a wonderful giving generation who were tough and worked extremely hard for all they had. I remember people like them when I grew up. I was born in the mid 60’s so there were many of the generation that had taught Harry and Ruth their trade still with us. All those I knew were very elderly but so kind and thoughtful to others. They were the keepers of old traditions and readily shared this knowledge with others. The world is becoming very selfish so I find myself often reaching out to times when society was less frayed. How wonderful that you met Ruth and to know that Harry helped your grandfather build his garden. Thank you for sharing this beautiful moment in time :) I love Ruth as I was a chef for decades and always thought how hard it must have been doing everything by hand.

@jkline999 3 ай бұрын

such a great series

@bigjohn7609 3 ай бұрын

My grandmother used to do leek pudding I loved it

@gibsongirl6816 4 ай бұрын

I have tried to watch this every night. Absolutely love it. But cannot figure out where the child was?

@user-st8gb9bm6q 18 күн бұрын

I think they ate him. You never see him after episode 1.

@emperorconstantine1.361 4 ай бұрын

When it comes to the nice older lady, it feels like she is teaching the young boy and feels like a grandma passing on well kept family secrets to the next generation. Very wholesome. 10/10 approved!!!

@SusanA1056 5 ай бұрын

We need to go back to this system just to help people through these tough times.

@SusanA1056 5 ай бұрын

Every spring we raise baby pigs and calves & every fall we butcher. We render the fat each fall after butchering. Nothing healthier or tastier than homegrown meat & fat for winter cooking.

@dencollie 5 ай бұрын

How did they make this? Really looks like genuine footage! Ty!

@johnkearns4790 5 ай бұрын

It's these videos of times gone by so informative, relaxing to listen to ,and How housewives managed to feed their Families ,as Far to much Food goes to landfill these daysc

@deborahjane68 25 күн бұрын

I can remember my nan an gramps doing exactly these things. My nan was the cook housekeeper an gramps the gardener.

@baysideharpy8350 5 ай бұрын

In these days of profligate waste and bewildering choice, this is a useful reminder of how little we actually need to enjoy a healthy life. Eat to live, not live to eat.

@maureenmckenna5220 6 ай бұрын

Britain did not stop rationing food until 1954, 9 years after the war ended. Meat was the last item to be derationed.

@carolinecoffey5404 6 ай бұрын

This is so cool to watch should be shown to all families so interesting

@bessiemann7468 6 ай бұрын

I remember my Mother talking about war times that there was shortages of everything

@jenniferlrobison 6 ай бұрын

1 oz - "hydrated" lime to 1 quart cool water. "Calcium Hydroxide" There are different kinds of lime, make sure you get the right kind.

@beekinder6953 6 ай бұрын

SELF DISCIPLINE I wasn't a war child, but my Gran, who raised me, was born in 1900, so I had to have a big spoonful of Cod Liver oil every Sunday night. Yes folks it was absolutely REVOLTING and I didn't know of any other kids who were forced to have it. BUT, it taught me to swallow medicine because it was good for me. I was also taken on long, long walks, taught to dig in heavy soil and a thousand other things that were done because IT WAS good for me. Self discipline in other words, doing what needs to be done whether one enjoys it or not! No complaints here, just gratitude for the care and guidance.

@rickfortin5626 6 ай бұрын

Must have been stifling hot in the summer with no air flow.

@fourdayhomestead2839 6 ай бұрын

Been watching this series as company during the -40° windchills. This video quite interesting to hear wild herbs being used. Great tip using wild greens & elderberry flowers.

@hydrotilling7043 7 ай бұрын

🫐🫐🫐🫐🫐🫐🫐🫐🫐🫐🫐🫐🫐🫐I did my best planting elderberry is this year I only had access to just a few trees and a Washington state USA I found enough before I planted around 15,000. I found something special also it’s called a highbush cranberry I only seen one. I put the seeds through erotic acid for about an hour to duplicate the digestive system of an animal, the neutralize it with baking soda and water, then water so I could start absorbing into the seed because I had a wax coating on it. I try to find what’s left and I tried to duplicate it , I’m afraid for this country one slight problem there is no food

@hydrotilling7043 7 ай бұрын

🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓 I saved over 1 million strawberry seeds last year and over 1 million squash seeds the year before

@hydrotilling7043 7 ай бұрын

I planted over 100,000 fruit 🍎 berry producing 🍇and nut trees🌰 this year, and I planted millions of seeds that will, and it is the cure for all species on the planet I don’t believe war is necessary to be concerned to be growing your food. I believe we all grew our food. There would be less problems. 🌎 😊

@paulwright3252 7 ай бұрын

Sounds like an expensive way of drying apple rings. Couldn't they just string them up in the greenhouse?

@joanweightman2275 7 ай бұрын

We need this mentality now as much as ever, such a bully is again advancing into Europe!

@stevep5408 7 ай бұрын

I detassled seed corn one summer. They plant six rows of male corn then twelve rows of the "female" seed corn. Went through and cut the tassels off with a mower that cut the "female" corn off at 5' removing most if not all the tassle. Then we went through pulling any remaining tassle out to prevent any pollen from the "female" rows of corn so that cross pollination would take place producing hybrid seed corn.

@stevep5408 7 ай бұрын

My mom used to reserve the water from boiling potatoes to save the starchy water. I forget what she used it for, pie making? It was more of a grey market. Everyone got their basic ration, it was amazingly fair and managed to convince people that at the basic level everyone was getting their basic share. Nutrition improved for many poor Britains and malnutrition was unknown under rationing. They started rationing soon enough, they made it as fair as practical, they lowered the ration points on anything that suddenly became plentiful if a shipload made it through the blockade! Damn they had rationing till 1953, 8 years after the war ended. The British people were amazingly resilient.

@jamespembleton2666 7 ай бұрын

A wonderful informative and entertaining series. At this point I begin to wonder if I remember correctly from the first episode that the lady came to Ruth's with a son. where did he go for most of the series? Haven't seen him until the end of this episode. Lol

@chrishall62 7 ай бұрын

The narrator Peter Thoday only died a few months ago - in May 2023

@chrishall62 7 ай бұрын

My grandmother was always making suet pudding for lunch - either to eat as a savoury dish to go with the meat course or as a dessert with golden syrup poured over it

@chrishall62 7 ай бұрын

Excellent series though I'm sure the episodes were longer than 25 minutes when the series was originally shown - I think it has been edited slightly

@mistydawnoliver6717 8 ай бұрын

I know walnut hulls would have tanned those legs

@mistydawnoliver6717 8 ай бұрын

Love this series. Watching for the upteenth time

@MysticalMum68 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this series. Extremely interesting.