Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "Townsends" channel.

Always nice to see when seniors interact with modern technology both for their own entertainment and benefit, and to share their stories. My hat's off for you sir, or madame.
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There is a type of traditional bread made here in Sweden that shares a few properties of ships biscuit. It's called "Knäckebröd" (Crisp bread) and is still enjoyed today at swedish breakfast and dinner tables. It's a pretty thin slice of bread that's also very dry so it can be stored for months without going bad so long as it's kept away from moisture. In modern grocery stores they are normally shipped being cut into rectangular pieces, but hundreds of years ago they were shaped into big circular discs with a hole in the center. This shape had a purpose where you could thread several discs of bread onto a wooden dowel, and the dowel would be mounted high up in a kitchen to prevent rats or mice near the fireplace so the vermin couldn't reach it and the heat from the hearth would ensure that the bread was kept dry and good to eat for a very long time.
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In Sweden there's tons of traditional dishes based on various kinds of preserved fish. Salted, dried, smoked, brine pickled and then last but not least: the notorious fermented herring (Surströmming). I'll admit that I avoid the last one. It's a very acquired taste to say the least.
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I use a lot of essence of vinegar and soda for cleaning things at home, like soaking bedsheets in it before laundry, but also to deep clean counter tops, sinks, the procelain of the toilet and washbasin etc. In my experience it performs a lot better than many detergents. Essence of vinegar especially is really good at removing odors of any kind. Also, I some times use soda if I ever get stained teeth. Soda acts as an abrasive that can polish a tooth, but is softer than the tooth enamel so it's not likely to damage the tooth itself but only grinds away the stain. I was inspired to do it when I did some soda blasting to strip paint from an aluminium surface. Sand blasting wouldn't have worked because aluminium is too soft to withstand sandblasting and so the surface would have gotten pitted and ruined. But soda blasting strips the paint while leaving aluminium unharmed and it does the same with teeth (although you'd rub or brush it over teeth rather than sodablasting your mouth of course 😄)
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This old dough technique reminds me of traditional methods of making yoghurt. In much the same way they'd keep an amount of old yoghurt to use for the next batch, which meant that for every dairy farm the bacteria culture involved would be unique and also had an impact on how the yoghurt would taste.
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Regarding the notches. It looks like you're basically handcrafting every single one individually. What I learned from this is that it might be a good idea to make two perfect notches once. The fashion a wooden template piece that fits those notches. Then you can use that template piece and test against the other notches you make and see how well it fits with the new notches. Should, in theory, yield very consistent results
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It's so strange. In a lot of these "the poor man's" videos show off foods and ingredients that look so much better than poor people's food of today :S
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A small point on using tarps with cordage. Avoid making holes or eylets on a tarp, because it weakens the material and risk ripping the tarp after some use. Instead use buttons. An ancient technique where you take a small pebble and wrap a small section of the tarp around the pebble and then you tie one end of your cord around the tarp that wraps the pebble and the other end at wherever you wish to secure it. This way you use the strength of all the little individual threads that the tarp is weaved from and reduce the weak points of the material.
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I think that by the 18th century, cattle farming had made quite a lot of advances with more livestock to go around. Quite different from medieval times when eating meat was more of of a festive occasion and where vegetables and grain made up the larger portion of the day to day meals for most people (except for royalty, clergy and nobility)
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I bet the oven grille would have been a significant innovation back in the day since you could bake the food without having it be in contact with burning embers or soot.
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Honestly, there's nothing wrong with beef broth. It's both healthy and tasty, even if it's made with non-choice cuts and bone. And it's a great way of thickening a mostly vegetable soup and adding flavor.
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There were different ways of acquiring iron ore. Mining iron ore from rock had high yields, but was also a very laborious undertaking. But in other parts of history iron would be gathered from bogs (bog iron). Certain bacteria in swamps and bogs would generate deposits on the banks of the bogs. And humans gathered this red clay or soil and smelted it down to retrieve the iron in it.
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On a personal note; I only purchase cast iron cookware myself. The results are just phenomenal, and cleaning them is easy and never involves dishwashing liquid. And I don't like the idea of having the food I cook in close proximity to chemicals invented by Dupont and 3M either.
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I think I could. There's plenty of available natural resources. Water that's safe to drink, wildlife to hunt, plantlife to eat. It could be far worse of a locale to try and survive in. The biggest threat would be the winters. But i'm from a country of very cold winters, so I know the in's and out's of preparing for it.
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I always hit like before the video with content creators i'm subscribed to. It's hard to game the algorithm on Youtube, so it's the least I can do.
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Try smoking heartmeat as well. Wasn't long ago since my brother in law gifted me with some smoked moose heart. Delicious! 😊
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@crosisofborg5524 If you would like to try it out, then you should be able to find Knäckebröd in IKEA stores outside of Sweden. So if you happen to be going to shop for furniture, pick up a package and try it out with some butter on top. My personal favourite topping is slices of fresh cucumber, but it goes well with cheese, various vegetables, paté or whatever you can think of. Also, while not the most common thing in Sweden, you can also eat it as a slightly healther variant of a chocolate bar by spreading nutella and peanut butter on it. 🙂
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What? Are you saying that pseudo-scientific shows about ancient astronauts aren't educational? 🤣
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I like to have oats for breakfast in the form of muesli myself. Although it does end up being a bit like porridge because I soak it in milk and heat it.
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