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- Season 24 - 18th Century Cooking · 14 videos
- Season 19 - 18th Century Cooking · 16 videos
- The Poor Feast · 16 videos
- Season 21 - 18th Century Cooking · 14 videos
- Season 20 - 18th Century Cooking · 13 videos
- Survival Foods · 15 videos
- Season 23 - 18th Century Cooking · 14 videos
- Season 26 - 18th Century Cooking · 14 videos
- Ships, Sailors, And Naval Rations · 13 videos
- Season 27 - 18th Century Cooking · 12 videos
- Season 16 - 18th Century Cooking · 12 videos
- Meat Pies · 12 videos
- Blacksmithing · 10 videos
- Season 1 - 18th Century Cooking · 10 videos
- The Working Man's Meal · 10 videos
- Dutch Oven · 10 videos
- Season 29 - 18th Century Cooking · 9 videos
- The Compleat Housewife · 10 videos
- Food That Time Forgot · 8 videos
- Fire and Hearth · 7 videos
- Earthen Ovens · 6 videos
- Beer in the 18th and 19th Centuries · 7 videos
- Leather · 6 videos
- Winter Survival Food · 5 videos
- Making a Dugout Canoe · 6 videos
- Early American Drinks · 6 videos
- Engineering America · 5 videos
- Historical Writing Series · 5 videos
- Revolutionary War Soldiers · 4 videos
- Comfort Food Origins · 4 videos
- Spices · 2 videos
- Old Vs. New · 3 videos
- The Cabin Build · 3 videos
- America 250 · 3 videos
- Laundry in the 18th Century · 3 videos
22:53Candy In The 18th Century
1.81M viewsCandy and confectionery in the 18th century: sugar work, ingredients and who ate it.
15:00Colonial Army Rations: Beer Every Day! - Spruce Beer In Early America
2.48M viewsColonial army rations and why spruce beer was issued daily, with a period recipe.
20:43Creating Handwritten Letters in the 18th Century
983K viewsWriting letters in the 18th century: quills, ink, paper, sealing and postage.
27:31Food That Held Up A Nation
2.85M viewsHow grain, bread and staple foods sustained ordinary people in early America.
21:37Food That Preserved A Nation
2.75M viewsSalting, smoking, drying and pickling: how food was preserved before refrigeration.
8:10Food That Time Forgot: Pemmican, The Ultimate Survival Food
3.24M viewsPemmican, the dried-meat-and-fat food of Indigenous North Americans and the fur trade, and how it was made.
12:07Food That Time Forgot: Ships Biscuits
6.39M viewsShip's biscuit (hardtack): what sailors ate, how it was baked and stored.
11:46Historic Food Preservation - Potted Salmon
2.1M viewsPotted salmon: preserving fish under fat, a period technique.
17:50Making Cheese In The 18th Century
1.21M viewsHow cheese was made at home in the 18th century, from curdling to pressing.
3:50Pickling Onions Made Easy! - Historical Food Preservation
A 4-minute video from Townsends: “Pickling Onions Made Easy! - Historical Food Preservation”.
23:08Sailor, Soldier, & Explorer Rations: Food for the Commoner - Salt Pork
5.72M viewsSalt pork as the ration of sailors, soldiers and explorers: how it was made and cooked.
3:02Starting a Fire with Flint and Steel
A 3-minute video from Townsends: “Starting a Fire with Flint and Steel”.
17:29The Forgotten Survival Food - Portable Soup
1.01M viewsPortable soup, the 18th-century dehydrated broth carried by explorers and navies, and how it was made.
13:30The Great Wheat Shortage of 1797 - Bread for the Commoners
2.6M viewsThe 1790s wheat shortage in Britain and the substitute breads ordinary people were urged to bake.
3:48The Hardships of 18th Century Soldiers
A 4-minute video from Townsends: “The Hardships of 18th Century Soldiers”.
41:31We Built a Log Cabin, Here's How!
985K viewsHow the Townsends crew built a log cabin with period tools and methods.
Making Mushroom Ketchup - 18th Century Cooking
2.12M viewsMaking 18th-century mushroom ketchup from a period recipe, and what 'ketchup' meant before tomatoes.
13:00How To Start A Fire In The 18th Century
643K viewsHow fires were started in the 18th century with flint, steel and char cloth, demonstrated step by step.
12:06How to Build an Earthen Oven
4.21M viewsHow to build a traditional earthen (clay) bread oven from start to finish.
13:22Lighting Then VS Now: Fire Before Electricity
3.16M viewsHow homes were lit before electricity: candles, rushlights, lamps and their costs.
5:42"A Pound of Meat" Soldier Food in the 18th Century
A 6-minute video from Townsends's catalogue; the title names its topic.
19:53"Amazing Grace" - The Story Behind The Music - The Life Of Minister John Newton
44.7K viewsA 20-minute video from Townsends's catalogue; the title names its topic.
5:52"Macaroni" - A Recipe From 1784 - 18th Century Cooking
1.5M viewsA 6-minute video from Townsends's catalogue; the title names its topic.
14:43"Pennsylvania Swankey" - An Easy Small Beer Recipe
A 15-minute video from Townsends's catalogue; the title names its topic.
13:47"What Would You Do With A Drunken Sailor?" - GROGG in 1740
A 14-minute video from Townsends's catalogue; the title names its topic.
9:081755 Scrambled Eggs - Quarter Pound of Butter? - 18th Century Cooking
3.71M viewsA 9-minute video from Townsends's catalogue; the title names its topic.
10:011773 Apple Pie - Earliest Recipe - 18th Century Cooking
848K viewsA 10-minute video from Townsends's catalogue; the title names its topic.
9:401780's Dutch Oven Pot Roast with Bacon, Sour Cream (?), and Carrots!
803K viewsA 10-minute video from Townsends's catalogue; the title names its topic.
10:171796 Beef Steak Pie - Dutch Oven Baking
A 10-minute video from Townsends's catalogue; the title names its topic.
9:381796 Pound Cakes! - 18th Century Cooking
A 10-minute video from Townsends's catalogue; the title names its topic.
9:5418th Century Beer Brewery Walkthrough
A 10-minute video from Townsends's catalogue; the title names its topic.
7:0518th Century Duck with Wine, Herbs, and Broth - 18th Century Cooking
194K viewsA 7-minute video from Townsends's catalogue; the title names its topic.
4:3318th Century Energy Drink - Switchel 18th Century Cooking
A 5-minute video from Townsends's catalogue; the title names its topic.
5:1318th Century Lighting at Jas Townsend and Son
A 5-minute video from Townsends's catalogue; the title names its topic.
11:2618th Century Woodwork - Sounds of the Homestead
A 11-minute video from Townsends's catalogue; the title names its topic.
13:0119th Century Apple Brandy at Historic Locust Grove
283K viewsA 13-minute video from Townsends's catalogue; the title names its topic.
Books that go with these videos
- Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, Samin NosratHow to cook well without recipes
- The Food Lab, J. Kenji López-AltHome cooking explained through the science behind it
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