Just discovered an excellent episode of a most excellent show about historical eating habits can be seen for free on Hulu.
http://www.hulu.com/the-supersizers-go Season 1, Episode 3
Giles Corin on the Victorian dinner: “I was hoping we might overturn what I thought was a misconception–that the Victorians were all grey and boring and not really into pleasure. And in fact it was exactly what I imagined a self-flagellatory, imperial, trussed-up, sexless bunch of dope-heads would produce.”
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And for those unable to access the video because Hulu are geoblocking fascist bastards, you can view it on Youtube here: http://youtu.be/8aKwYECKxVw?list=PLE6540D9DCB4A9949
hilarous and fascinating! and here i have enough trouble with modern traditional english food..i’m going to have to watch the whole series. it’s good to see the trivia of history so well explored.
They aired the entire series on the Cooking Channel, but I didn’t realize how much was edited out to make room for more commercials. There was no boxing or brain scooping when I watched it on cable.
This is wonderful. I went for a quick look and watched all of the Victorian era show. And thank you for the Youtube link, Edward. It lacks the advertisements. So much food, but the calf’s head on a plate was too adventurous for me. I just couldn’t.
At the dinner table, a question to the etiquette expert: At what point would it be suitable for the ladies to start screaming, “Ow, my twisted torso. Ow, get this corset off me for the love of god.” ?
For those wanting to see more start with Edwardian Supersize Me (which was inspired by Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me doco).
This then spunoff two series: The Supersizers Go and The Supersizers Eat which went through everything from Roman and French Revolution meals to various decades of the 20th century. If you can get past Giles Corin’s hideous table manners it’s an interesting series.
Corin does kind of chew like a cow, doesn’t he?
I devoured (hah!) the entire series last year and loved every second of it. I caught them all via YouTube at the time.
Thanks very much for the link — this promises to be a fun series. :)