Comments by "Waifer Thyme" (@WaiferThyme) on "A “Soup for the Poor” From 1806" video.

My Grandmother used to make a soup she called Poor man's Soup. The recipe was handed down from her mother and her mother before her. Potatoes, an onion, some milk for a broth and lots of pepper. If you have it, a bit of bacon for extra flavour. It was so good on cold winter days. 😋
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@YT4Me57 the crazy thing - high end restaurants serve it cold and charge 20$ a bowl for it!
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@Iflie in 1924 in England, my Grandfather was arrested , tried and sentenced to weekends at the Daykens Boys Home. His crime? He picked an apple from a farmers tree because he was Hungry. He was 14. A few months later, he was conned into going to Canada as a Home Child where he became an indentured servant until he was 18. English laws SUCKED!
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Added to Justines comment, many people ate a lot of wild meat back in the day as it was basically free. Costing only the price of some string for a snare, some lead to make shot, or hook and line to catch fish. My own family grew up poor in a very rural province in Canada. We ate a lot of wild game including, deer, moose, fish , rabbit. High protein, low cost.
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@Thomas Pickens I once saw a restaraunt that charged $15 for a PBJ sandwich lol
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@triscotsman8431 ooo both of those sound amazing!
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@Bedrock Miner Don I have noticed this! Let's put him in the stockade in the village Square!
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@paulwolf7562 it tastes like home huh.
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@LilyGarden528 yummm!
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@Preservestlandry as Justine said, the ingredients and the sheer quantity of the recipe indicated it was , in fact, a soup made by the wealthy to give to the poor and the widows as an act of charity.
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@corrinnacorrinna5572 yummy!
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@corrinnacorrinna5572 that sounds amazing!
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@rebmosher5512 that sounds amazing!
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@staceykersting705 that sounds so good! I'm hooked in perogies! SO GOOD!
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@agoogleaccount2861 Holy. I knew it was handed down mother to daughter but not that old! That is so cool!
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@Christina-dw8we several things. First these videos depict life in 1820 not 1806. Second, my comment mentioned bacon, not beef which was far more readily available to the poor in those days even if it was only scraps. Third, as Justine mentioned in another comment the volume of soup this recipe created indicated it was made FOR the poor to be given out either by a charity or a well to do family as a kindness. My comment was about a much smaller recipe handed down through generations and as evidenced by other commenters was very common throughout Europe and North America at the time as it was inexpensive, comforting and quite frankly delicious!
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@onexpressocafe1821 Dad put potatoes in his pea soup too !
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@Iflie have you checked out the Absolute History Channel on here? Awesome stuff!
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@sheenagarrett6089 oooo look for Justines vid on beef tea! It would be amazing as a natural soup stock
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@seanbeaniweeni it really is!
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@justinstewart4889 like stew always tastes best the next day . Yum!
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@rabinbisws6863 hello!
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