Primitive Cooking: Small Birds on an Open Fire
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silver moves heat about 8 times more efficiently than iron.
Dang. Those birds look good.
I wish you could run across some passenger pigeons. I would really like to see how they would taste. I read a story one time about some people cooking up some passenger pigeons they got at Pigeon Roost on the Natchez Trace.
Hi from the czech republic. I have been watching this channel for years. I love your passion and your dedication to cooking these historical recipes ❤❤❤
I imagine the iron skewers had the added bonus of getting a little extra iron into women's diets back then (iron supplementation has been a problem for women for centuries).
Appreciate your insight and work, tks
Grandpap always talked about eating "yardbird" during the depression when i was little. He was talking about robins and finches and whatnot and they often skewed them like this lol
No nutmeg? I want a refund! 😛
So, cooking some pusan? ^-^
Or "Poussin" if you are from a country that loves to stick extra letters in words, and when pronounced, sounds like you have marbles in your mouth.
Hi from Ontario. I am an avid fire cook. WRT skewers carrying heat into meat: I once (many yrs ago) built a brick BBQ with an enclosed chamber (almost oven). I made a dangle spit that hung from the chimney of the oven. It was a 1/2 stainless steel centre skewer ~24" long. At the bottom was a 1/4" stainless steel plate 3"sq, in each corner of which was a 1/4 skewer about 8" long. I used it for large roasts or turkeys. With turkeys they would be breast down with the 4 small skewers going into the breat meat. The spit would hang in the chimney with the bottom plate about 10" above the coals. A turkey would cook before drying out. Worked fabulously.
love the content, but the sign-offs on this channel are some of the worst on YT. you don't need a dumbass summary sentence at the end.
Technically, June 21st, 2038 will be 250 years.
I love Townsends but they need to stop showing me food way better looking than what I just ate.
8 hours on the oil cooler on a big truck engine
Happy forth of July boys and girls
That hanna glass recipe is basically: Take your meat, stuff it with meat, add some fat, then wrap it in meat
Gee I wonder why everyone had gout.
You mean we're celebrating the King of America's birthday, right?
Gosh just watched beard inhale 100 pieces of sushi, now this. Dinner can't get done soon enough! 😅. Aside from that I'm quite thankful for the work you all put into preserving this history and doing so in such a nice manner. I'm so happy I stumbled upon this channel.
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This looks good John always learn something new form Townsend s! The secures are very helpful! David Back.
It’s a male chicken nobody wanted to spend the feed it takes to make them bigger
Thanks for sharing this with us Jon. Sure enjoyed the skewers and the different ways of using them and the demonstrations also. That always helps to see things in use. Stay safe and keep up the great videos. Fred and family.
This is a real content about primitive survival way. Other channels that use the word "primitive" in its name or video title do not actually show any cooking of high protein survival food. They feel so fake considering how harsh it was before cooking is easier and hunting was the primary way to get daily protein for people.
Small bird rotisserie is in the flavor realm of specialty beef. 2:11
"Draw them, truss them, fill them with force-meat…"
Okay so am I the only who heard that in the voice of Samwise Gamgee? 😁
You just BLEW my mind, I have always loved cornish game hens, joking making them for each person at thanksgiving their own mini turkey. But I figured the flavor came from being a small breed of ground fowl like quail. I never heard or knew they were just young chickens. Now, they aren't special to me anymore. Depressed It's like being thinking Veal is some kinda wild deer only to learn it's paralyzed milk fed baby cows
Try using aluminum skewers since those conduct heat roughly 2.5x faster than steel, so you'll get 2.5x more heat inside the food than using steel skewers. Copper skewers transmit heat 2x faster than aluminum. Silver transmits heat 2x faster than copper. Science makes everything easier.
Cornish Hens are fed corn which minimizes their growth. They live full, happy lives as little chickens eating corn. Ted's Steakhouse of Beverly Hills, CA have featured these Heirloom Chickens on their menu for decades. The small bird presented in the whole roasted bite sized portion is a staple of fine dining for the discerning foodie.
cornish game hens are the veal of chicken 😭
They could have used crepines,
I had never considered that metal skewers help with thermal transfer. That’s such a good observation!
When did 250 years ago become primitive? I think the term "historical" or "traditional" would be more fitting. But great content!
Drinking Game: Take a shot every time John says 'very'; two shots for 'very, very'. iiiiViiiiXii
My count says take 12 shots.
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Silver is NOT nonreactive. Silver is highly reactive. It is so reactive that it kills bacteria. The people of the 18th century did not know of bacteria, but they knew people who ate with silver cutlery lived healthier lives. That is still true today.
But, Monsieur, if you bind the bird to the main skewer, how will my fellow Musketeers and myself will dine if the bird does not move freely from the spit?
I love cooking cornish game hens. I have oven roasted them in an iron skillet. But, I like them while camping, and roasting them in our camp dutch oven too.