Food For The Elite?
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42 Comments
Love this. Just like today. You can tell if someone is educated or not in the speech patterns
Hedgehog cake fails were an internet craze a few years ago, this made me laugh.
Ohhhh, theeeee… Hedgehog can never be buttered at all ♫
Interesting concept. (My personal digestion would not tolerate all those almonds)
Unfortunately, endangered species have become food for the elite in recent years.
Mettigel without Mett, I am confused. 😉
I refuse to believe I’m the only one who saw this video and didn’t think, “Mrs. Crocombe”
I think it’s really interesting to see this recipe that was directed towards the middle class in comparison to the one used for the Victorian upper class.
I did not expect to see hedgehog pie here… It's interesting.
"Get a load if this!"
So some kinda almond pudding thing?
Mięsny jeż, mięsny jeż
Ty go zjesz, ty go zjesz
Sorry, I had to…
When I saw the thumbnail I was very confused if this was going to be a Mettigel recipe. I am very glad it is not XDD (Mettigel is a german dish – basically a tartar hedgehog. Its ungodly.)
Its about ingredients an experimenting and not ruining the final product ..
Just.a.chef.owner..
What do ya do for service, crackers an toasted herbed breads?
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Yay! A Ryan episode.❤ I love it when he cooks for us.
This one is way too cute. I love how it turned out. 🦔
Kind of like a more rustic form of a marzipan hedgehog.
The custard would be absolutely key.
The coffins… what were the coffins 😂
Hedgehogs are cute! I'd like to make a modern version of this!
First thing my german mind thought was "that's some strange looking Mettigel (minced pork hedgehog) but let's see what the guys are up to."
It’s crazy to see how history changes the culinary world. We went from Elites eating stuff that looks like it’s made for children to just cutting out the middle man and eating the children themselves.
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I hate food that is too 'fussy'. I might have been amused by the Hedgehog when I was a child of about seven or eight, but no more than that.
Had I been at table, as an adult in the 18th century, my reaction to seeing that would have very probably been laughter, with a comment like:
"What the very devil is that, sir? If I had wanted to eat a hedgepig, I would have gone to find some Gypsies!"
Common as muck, me.
But happy. 😆😆😆
You can still get those fish looking "pies" in Japan. Taiyaki is still quite popular and there's specialized molds for them.
I beg of you, when you work with your hands next time, please remove your ring, it is a breeding ground for bacteria and Very easy to lose, otherwise this was a great video 🙂
Sonic the Hedgehog is very concerned right now.
Reminds me of those subtlety dishes that turked minced pork into apples and flowerpots.
This sort of dish is super common in German speaking areas! They're called Igelkuchen (Igel is German for hedgehog). There's even a version with raw ground meat, called Mettigel
Poor people mostly had to make soups and stews to stretch food as much as possible. Even today my family made lost if soups and rice dishes even using the cheapest cuts of meat to feed ourselves as my richer family members ate out every night.
Thanks for another great video!
“Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful recipe! I can’t wait to try it. Thanks for your kindness and generosity. God bless you!”
Soooo…its a marzipan.
Oh boy! Gonna make some hedgehog stew today!
I can never remember, is sack like a sherry?
This is very similar to badam halwa, an indian dessert. Also the whole philosophy described is very similar to Indian sweets in which you often cook down rich ingredients like milk, nuts, sugar and butter, often with flour. Kada prasad for example.
Around 2 minutes in you mention the showing off aspect as a form of passive aggressive classism. It's called 'conspicuous consumption' and we sadly haven't outgrown it.
However today it seems that richness no longer automatically equals high class or refinement, as the billionaire class slides deeper into degeneracy with each passing day..conspicuously !
Speaking from the perspective of a historian, the fact that butter made its way onto royal and aristocratic tables wasn't simply because it tasted good. It actually reflects the broader shifts in European dietary structures and social hierarchies.
From the Middle Ages to the early modern period, butter was inherently a food with strong class implications. Producing a large amount of butter required separating it from milk, which meant you needed large-scale pastures, a stable supply of dairy cattle, and enough manpower to process and preserve it. In those days, this was a symbol of wealth in itself. While ordinary peasants mostly consumed the byproducts of skimmed milk, only the nobility could afford to enjoy large quantities of the richer, smoother, high-fat butter.
Moreover, butter's culinary advantages are undeniable. It not only provides a rich, fatty aroma and improves texture, but also adds depth and richness to dishes. It can be blended with flour, egg yolks, and meat juices to create the classic sauce systems of European cuisine. From the royal kitchens of France to the later traditions of haute cuisine, butter gradually became an essential tool for "refined cooking."
From the perspective of food history, the rise of butter highlights a key point: many so-called "premium ingredients" aren't considered high-end just because they taste better, but because they represent resources, technology, and social status. Butter becoming a symbol on aristocratic tables is, in essence, a microcosm of the development of Europe's agricultural economy and food culture.
It is like a desert version of the German mettigel
I was watching another historical food channel (sandwiches of history) and he pointed out that some of the more wildly elaborate recipes are probably based in the idea that you're not preparing it for yourself but that you're a cook in someone's estate because not a lot of folks are making a four-hour sandwich for their lunch 😅
I love watching this channel while eating what we consider "broke food" today. My little packet of broccoli alfredo would have been mind boggling to someone back then.
Man, Sonic is having a bad day.
It is cute. I think I’d rather do it with mashed potatoes and stud it with peas or something lol or make a turtle with mashed potatoes and use corn and peas to make a cool alternating pattern lol
Reminds of a recipe that Mrs. Crocombe did, but she used apples covered in a meringue and sliced almonds