In the midst of all the Corona confusion, with restaurants closed and supermarkets crowded with mask-wearing cart-pushers, we thought it timely to do a brief around the campfire chat about what we can all agree on: most people don’t know how to cook. As with most things in life, however, things change, and just as our ancestors saw the need to celebrate life through a meal, with the chaos of the outside world, right now might be a time to rediscover this ancient art.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/hxjSceHIrnU9/

Myth of the 20th Century – Episode 169 – Food – It’s What’s for Dinner

— References —

– American Cookery, Simmons (1796)
– Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches, Leslie (1837)
– The Jungle, Sinclair (1906)
– Joy of Cooking, Rombauer (1936)
– The Century of the Self, Curtis (2002)
– What did peasants eat in medieval times?, Modern History TV (2018) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeVcey0Ng-w
– What did rich nobles eat in medieval times?, Modern History TV (2018) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ertx8fZiuxA
– Banana Imperialism – Central America and the Rise of the United Fruit Company, Myth of the 20th Century (2020) – https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2020/02/05/banana-imperialism-central-america-and-the-rise-of-the-united-fruit-company/
– What was the average height of different armies in World War 2? – https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5ju230/what_was_the_average_height_of_different_armies/

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