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@randallscott4581
2 жыл бұрын
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@Onewheelordeal
2 жыл бұрын
You're telling me salisbury steak was invented to treat sick civil war soldiers and I somehow lived my whole life without knowing?!? This is exactly what this channel is for
@HighlanderNorth1
2 жыл бұрын
❗😳 I'm more shocked that a diarrhea patient died, EVEN after being treated with lead, heroin and belladonna(ie. "deadly nightshade")! I guess I'll have to forgo swallowing fishing weights, shooting up heroin and eating the dangerous deliriant belladonna next time I get the runs. Maybe I'll try out that new invention called Pepto Bismol instead...
@Bacopa68
2 жыл бұрын
Wild thing is that the Salisbury steak I grew up with in East Texas was basically pounded grass-fed round steak hot heat browned the most your seasoned cast iron could handle. You then pull out the meat and cook ring cut onions until they are soft, using the meat to trap the steam. You are basically trying to make the huge amount of onions into onion goo. Add some canned tomatoes or tomato sauce when the onions have no moisture left to turn into onion goo. Add tabasco vinegar for heat and sourness. This is a high class meal, so mashed potatoes, green salad, green onion garnish, and maybe green beans.
@michaelverbakel7632
2 жыл бұрын
I still don't know the main difference between Salisbury steak, regular cooked hamburger patties and meatloaf.
@HighlanderNorth1
2 жыл бұрын
@@Bacopa68 ❓🤔❓ I've never actually tasted homemade Salisbury steak. It kinda never even occurred to me that people actually made homemade Salisbury steak! I ONLY ever thought of it as being sourced from frozen TV dinners, or from North Carolina style "cafeterias", like "K&W Cafeteria" or "Piccadilly cafeteria". Those eateries often have Salisbury steak, BUT I'd almost bet that they don't actually make the recipe from scratch there. It's probably pre-made and sent to them frozen.
@Bacopa68
2 жыл бұрын
@@HighlanderNorth1 Picadilly Cafeteria. They were crushed by Luby's in Texas. But yes, Salsbury steak can be made from scratch and it is awesome. You need to start with the leanest no feedlot beef you can find. This beef used to be cheap in TX in the seventies and eighties in grocery stores. Pound the crap out of it because it is basically something you need leopard teeth to chew. Flash brown in seasoned iron and pull it out. Onion goo comes next. It's similar to Chicken Fried Steak. Get the "worst" densest grass fed and create a masterpiece. CFS is actually the real German schnitzel invented by Germans in Texas. Schnitzel you get in the US or Germany is fake. There is no reason to pound beef that is already tender.
@tobyeperkins5301
2 жыл бұрын
How truly interesting to hear the history of a common “poor man’s” food. Salisbury steak was the “steak” we ate because my parents could not afford true steak. We thought it was quite a treat to get!
@b_uppy
2 жыл бұрын
It does taste good.
@KarrensMan69
2 жыл бұрын
Plus we played with the aluminum trays after mom washed them. My GI-Joe's always had a swimming pool or a landing craft.
@michael-h8153
2 жыл бұрын
I still love the food to this day, of course it comes with enough veggies, mashed potato's and gravy to feed 5 of these soldiers for a day.
@tobyeperkins5301
2 жыл бұрын
@@KarrensMan69 I remember Mom making them from scratch since we were a family of 6. TV dinners were too much of a luxury!
@CitizenAyellowblue
2 жыл бұрын
We had it too!
@oldsguy354
2 жыл бұрын
I can attest that The US Army mess halls were still feeding soldiers plenty of Salisbury Steak more than 100 years after the Civil War, and I never met a soldier that didn't like it. I remember those hard round brutally tough crackers that were sometimes included in the accessory can in a C-ration box. We opened those cans with P38 can openers that every soldier carried at all times. The process was a fair amount more labor intensive than the can opener in your kitchen. After going through the process of tearing the lid off a tin can with a tool that only offered a 1 1/2" leverage advantage using your bare hands (it was much harder to do with gloves on) in freezing weather, or snow, or rain or even in near total darkness, only to discover that The Army still expected us to eat hard tack as well, 100 years after the Civil War. I'm confident that you burned more calories opening the can and trying to chew them than you could hope to gain by eating the damned round bricks. An inevitable market sprung up to trade C rat components for nearly everything a soldier had to trade, would quickly show you that those crackers (and that's a generous term) had absolutely no value. You couldn't even give them away. Now if you got a John Wayne bar (chocolate), or some cigarettes, you had some buying power for sure. The only use for the crackers that we could figure out is The Army expected us to use them as a last ditch defensive weapon when the enemy was close. And if you were out for a week or 2 or 5, and a field kitchen duece and a half showed up, I guarantee you they serving Salisbury Steak with gravy, and mashed potatoes or pasta noodles, and if it was still hot, it would easily rank as one of the best meals you had ever eaten.
@goodun2974
2 жыл бұрын
Several of my uncles were army cooks during World War II. The unlisted men treated them like gold because they usually figured out how to make something reasonably edible out of the terrible ingredients they were provided. For example, one of my uncles figured out that the dehydrated egg-white powder that was used to make scrambled eggs tasted a lot better and had a much better texture if they beat it heavily with an eggbeater to make it foamy before cooking it.
@goodun2974
2 жыл бұрын
For further reading along these lines I recommend "Grunt: the science of sending soldiers to war", and "Gulp" adventures along the alimentary canal", both by Mary Roach (both informational and extremely funny). Also, "The Big Necessity: The unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters" by Rose George.
@oldsguy354
2 жыл бұрын
@@goodun2974 In the unmentionable department, I can tell you that an M17A1 gas mask not only protected the wearer from the effects of a gas attack (from the enemy, not an internal attack), it was very effective in a field latrine. I must admit that walking into a dimly lit field latrine to see 10 soldiers with their pants down sitting on the splinter shelf (or thunder box as it was sometimes referred) wearing gas masks was quite humorous the first time you saw it. While it is almost never appropriate to walk into a room full of half naked guys and start laughing at the sight, this world be an exception.
@goodun2974
2 жыл бұрын
@@oldsguy354 , I remember a latrine quote from Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, who was a POW in Dresden Germany during WWII: "I've shitted out everything but my brains"......a minutes later, "There they go! There they go!"
@spvillano
2 жыл бұрын
@@goodun2974 your food and your weapon & ammunition were all made by the lowest bidder.
@RickDominick69
2 жыл бұрын
I Was 300 pounds, with Early-onset type 2 diabetes. Went on a meat veg egg good fat diet no bread, rice, beans, fruit, or sugars of any kind. I fast for 18 hours by eating my last meal at 2 pm and my 1st meal at 6 am. I'm now 170 my Blood glucose level is on average at 100. This diet works.
@johngalt97
2 жыл бұрын
Mushrooms can substitute for bread/rice/potatoes/beans in many recipes. Its weird to be surrounded by mostly inappropriate foods when on such diets, no? Sugar is like cocaine, sure it seems nice initially, but its just not part of a sustainable program.
@timhorton8085
2 жыл бұрын
When you cut sugar your blood sugar goes down? Big thonk. What's your glucose level after your single meal a day, hoss? That's what kills your nerve endings and blows out your eyeballs, peak glucose and not fasting glucose.
@Bacopa68
2 жыл бұрын
Nietzsche tried this diet, but it would not cure his congenital syphilis. He was never overweight, but he became lean and strong and wrote "Twilight of the Idols", a denunciation of the German Nationalism he once supported when it seemed it could be a positive force.
@RickDominick69
2 жыл бұрын
@@timhorton8085 At 6am its 95 before a meal. At 12 its 99 to 110. At 8pm its. 99 average 100 to 104 total peak is 130.
@libertylady4041
Жыл бұрын
I think it’s medical malpractice that keto/ carnivore diet isn’t prescribed to most people ( really all) I have started carnivore few weeks ago and have already saw lower blood sugars Congratulations! I hope to have the same results
@WildWestGal
2 жыл бұрын
My youth, 1950s... Saturday night at grandma and grandpa's, Salisbury steak TV dinner, and Lawrence Welk. Ah, those were the days! TV dinners were such an innovation for the woman of the house who, back in those days, cooked everything pretty much from scratch. It gave her "a night off." Which was particularly important on Saturday night! (Swanson Salisbury steak, gravy, peas&carrots, mashed potatoes. As popularity grew, they included apple cobbler.) Oh, the memories... and now, thanks to THG, the history behind it!
@michaelpond6386
2 жыл бұрын
I once dined at a Canadian Forces base in BC. The best part of that wonderful meal was Salisbury Steak, gravy, onion, green pepper, and mushrooms. Best I ever ate.
@krymera666x7
2 жыл бұрын
It was a surprise, when after serving lots of higher meat meals, the crew( CDN Navy) would be asking for this meal.
@censusgary
2 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, my family used to eat “Salisbury steak,” but I don’t think the recipe was the same as Dr. Salisbury’s. What we had was chopped beef with a brown mushroom gravy.
@SidneyBroadshead
2 жыл бұрын
Actually, that's exactly what it is. "Chicken-fried steak" is breaded Salisbury Steak.
@agape423
2 жыл бұрын
I think he was one of the first serious doctors that saw the danger of high amounts of insulin in the blood as the culprit of 90% of our illnesses. It's unlikely that he would want any high amounts of carbs or sugar in his steaks
@sandrastreifel6452
2 жыл бұрын
And those modern recipes generally include breadcrumbs or other carbs as “filler” in the patties. Dr. Salisbury would be appalled!!!
@rodneykingston6420
2 жыл бұрын
We ate it when I was a kid. I always thought, it's a hamburger we pretend is a steak. The only time I have them now is when I have the Stouffers frozen ones, in which case, I make mashed potatoes and peas and turn them into single serving shepherd's pies. I do it with the Stouffers meat loaf too, which is almost the same thing.
@beckycaughel7557
2 жыл бұрын
@@rodneykingston6420 what a great idea! I’ll have to make your shepherds pie.
@johnflett7228
2 жыл бұрын
"Salisbury House" is still a restaurant chain here in Manitoba. They still serve a Salisbury Steak meal with gravy and cooked onions. Yummy! I have been eating them all my life without knowing this history of them. Thanks for the revelation.
@nicholas5623
2 жыл бұрын
I had them once years ago on my way out west, man that was the BEST Salisbury steak ever. I'm gonna drive their just for that soon
@orbyfan
2 жыл бұрын
When the Winnipeg Blue Bombers had quarterback Sean Salisbury and receiver Rick House on the team in 1989, it was only natural that they did commercials for Salisbury House.
@dougbrowning82
2 жыл бұрын
They also serve a yummy line of hamburger sandwiches, called Nips.
@chrissoftley7716
2 жыл бұрын
I moved to Calgary from Winnipeg years ago, Salisbury House burgers are one of the only things I miss about Winnipeg 😉
@nicholas5623
2 жыл бұрын
@@chrissoftley7716 undont miss the snow lol? Psssh
@yoinkhaha
2 жыл бұрын
I like the way this Dr. Salisbury thinks. I'd like to hear Dr. New York Strip's recommendations next, please.
@mikewithers299
2 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@billphillips5821
2 жыл бұрын
As a lower middle class kid of the 70s, I grew up on Salisbury Steak (along with other low cost foods). My mother learned to "make it from scratch". It was great (as I remember it).
@stevebailey325
2 жыл бұрын
It was always a treat to see my mom getting those foil trays out. I have 6 siblings and I think I was the only one that liked. It. Fond memories. :)
@CraigLYoung
2 жыл бұрын
Like you I grew up loving my mother's Salisbury Steak but unfortunately during the 70's I was introduced to what the military called Salisbury Steak or what we called mortor rounds and grease. It's hard to believe that the organization responsible for the creation of such a fine dish couldn't cook it properly.
@b_uppy
2 жыл бұрын
@@stevebailey325 You'd have fit in in our household. They fail to make them the same way, though. Less tasty nowadays...
@hasanshaikh4463
2 жыл бұрын
As most things mom makes from scratch!
@jwenting
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up on cabbage, potatoes, and pork chops. We couldn't afford beef...
@jetsons101
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite is HUNGRY-MAN Salisbury Steak frozen dinners. Another great, fun and educational watch from THG.
@BlastinRope
2 жыл бұрын
How do you eat that crap? It literally feminizes you
@jetsons101
2 жыл бұрын
@@BlastinRope You do know I was joking?
@russellzauner
2 жыл бұрын
7:50 *now* I understand Grandpa Simpson's quote "I was wearing an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time" because I always wondered how they came up with that line...
@tackyman2011
2 жыл бұрын
I understand Chinese railroad workers of the day could be counted on to show up for work every day, as they boiled their water for tea, and so weren't as susceptible to debilitating gastric illness.
@null090909
2 жыл бұрын
It is very hard to prove anything about a particular diet in a way that is both totally scientific and totally ethical. The knowledge we possess today came at a cost.
@thebigdog2295
2 жыл бұрын
Now I know why the Salisbury steak they served in school when I was young tasted so bad, it was made during the Civil War!
@tackyman2011
2 жыл бұрын
LOL best comment!
@danielbuben9155
2 жыл бұрын
What strikes me most about this fascinating piece of history is the dearth of medical knowledge available to physicians of the day compared to the breadth and depth of the general population today. We are all the beneficiaries of Dr. Salisbury and the pioneering efforts of so many others. Thank you, THG, for bringing the story to light.
@telemachusepiphany9668
2 жыл бұрын
This increase of knowledge was foretold in the Bible !
@degustablegerbil
2 жыл бұрын
@@telemachusepiphany9668 lmao
@anthonyjackson280
2 жыл бұрын
@@telemachusepiphany9668 It would have been far more useful if the bible had CONTAINED the knowledge....
@telemachusepiphany9668
2 жыл бұрын
@@anthonyjackson280, the Teacher pointed the when, but left for our discovery the new seen and unseen. Just as when the birth of Jesus was foretold. Wise men from a far country were able to decipher it. But when they got near, the locals were clueless. Yet, it was the greatest thing to happen to mankind. The increase of knowledge foretold to happen in our time has two dimensions. There is the secular, which, for the most part, can be seen. From creation to about 1850, the fastest a person could go to get someplace was by horse. Now look at what happened after 1850. Spectacular !! The other dimension of this increase of foretold knowledge is spiritual. New understandings of writings in the Bible that have been there, all along...... Amazing grace. Maranatha !
@russellzauner
2 жыл бұрын
LET ME RUB SOME LUCKY DIRT ON MY FLEAM
@bunberrier
2 жыл бұрын
Over a period of months I almost sht myself to death. Finally the hospital got everything sorted, and I regained full health and all the weight. "Dysentary" is merely a word that in no way truly describes the awful thing it stands for. Dying from dysentary is a slow, nauseating h3ll that goes on way too long. Its a horrible, horrible way to die slowly over a period of weeks. Whats worse than praying for death is when your prayer is unanswered.
@jamessimms415
2 жыл бұрын
I have Ulcerative Colitis that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. Had a flare up several years ago losing 50 pounds from January through July. Had to go to the ER over the Fourth. BP was 74/50 & they had to lower my head to get a proper BP. When I first came down w/it, I was in the hospital for 10 miserable days as they eliminated things. To say I went often is an understatement
@bunberrier
2 жыл бұрын
@@jamessimms415 Oh look. Blood. Just like an hour ago. Said 16 times per day.
@garrettmineo
2 жыл бұрын
Salisbury was a smart, observant, honest guy.
@Bacopa68
2 жыл бұрын
Nietzsche tried this diet and found it helpful, though he switched to the similar Banting diet later in life. Neither diet was gonna help what most doctors thought was congenital syphilis.
@grantguy8933
2 жыл бұрын
You are showing us steak 🥩 on a Monday morning while I am trying hard to do keto for 6 more hours of fasting.
@SMichaelDeHart
2 жыл бұрын
Steaks allowed on keto...without the gravy of course.
@claires8735
2 жыл бұрын
@@SMichaelDeHart I think @Grant Guy meant that he is intermittent fasting and that he is struggling with it. 🤷🏼♀️
@claires8735
2 жыл бұрын
@Grant Guy How long have you been keto? If you are having trouble with intermittent fasting, it could be that you are not yet fat adapted.
@stevedietrich8936
2 жыл бұрын
I always assumed Salisbury steak was named after the place in England.
@dirtcop11
2 жыл бұрын
I did too.
@cousinjack2841
2 жыл бұрын
The name Salisbury is a result of the translation / evolution of the Celtic / Roman name for the place in England. As such; the surname Salisbury was probably applied initially to someone who came from there, so, in a meandering sort of way, the steak is named after the place in England.
@russbear31
2 жыл бұрын
And German chocolate cake is not German... French silk pie is not French... and modern Irish coffee came from California. Go figure.
@gj8683
2 жыл бұрын
And Russian dressing is not Russian.
@YoYo-gt5iq
8 ай бұрын
Around the World in 80 Days, starring Jackie Chan, says so.
@IRgEEK
2 жыл бұрын
Salisbury Steak continues to be one of my most favorite recipes after my Pops turned us onto it when he came back from the Korean war. I loved it as a little one and still love it to this day. I'm a big fan of my Instant Pot and there are many great recipes that let me kick it out quickly for the family. What an interesting post. I had no idea the role it played with soldiers.
@unc1589
2 жыл бұрын
Hey history guy am I reading this right? Over 1 million subscribers? I knew it! Great format. Great topics. History still rocks! I’m one of your earliest subscribers (I think). All the best! Let’s push forward to 2!
@vaughanowens4159
2 жыл бұрын
Where I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba there is a local chain of restaurants called Salisbury House. It was started in the 1930s and is named after the Salisbury Steak.
@alpha-omega2362
2 жыл бұрын
wow, I;ll have to make a special trip up there sometime.
@tpxchallenger
2 жыл бұрын
Did not know that Salisbury House was named for the steak. I ate there many many times as a young person. I ate there a couple of years ago when back in Winnipeg for the first time in decades. The Sal's cheese nip with crinkle cut fries was as tasty as ever.
@constipatedinsincity4424
2 жыл бұрын
I was in a play portraying WC Fields. During reading for the play which was 90 minutes away I was eating a big bag of Dorittos . The producer said Mr. Fields you are supposed to be dying of Consumption not Over Consumption 🤣🤣💯That's a good one!
@whiskeybuilder6335
2 жыл бұрын
Now that's funny!😆😅🤣
@constipatedinsincity4424
2 жыл бұрын
@@whiskeybuilder6335 I said was pretty funny we used it in the play
@goodun2974
2 жыл бұрын
The preservatives will keep you alive but your skin might turn a funny color.....
@VarangianGuard13
2 жыл бұрын
@@goodun2974 Yeah Simpsons Jaundice
@rjohnson9543
2 жыл бұрын
Consumption is another name for Tuberculosis. It has nothing to do with eating or drinking alcohol.
@navret1707
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up on Salisbury steak cooked with onions and gravy. It was a treat for us.
@stanstenson8168
2 жыл бұрын
Yep. Me too. You get the Navy "version"? I mostly rode carriers. Down right nasty.
@laserbeam002
2 жыл бұрын
OH hell yeah....me too.
@navret1707
2 жыл бұрын
@@stanstenson8168 - I was initially talking about mom’s cooking. With both mom and dad working it was easy for mom to whip up a Salisbury steak for dinner. But your comment reminded me of midrats in the flight galley (P-3 Navy). Dynamite breakfast at 0 dark 100 after a 12 hour flight. Fly Navy 🇺🇸
@gunfisher4661
2 жыл бұрын
Don`t forget the mashed potato`s
@anderwmarcell9503
2 жыл бұрын
Me too ! Gosh I look forward when my wife makes it...
@xxSMG90xx
2 жыл бұрын
I miss Chef's Salisbury Steak. I miss when he'd greet us. "Hey there children, how about some Salisbury Steak". Those days everyone was happy. As far as school lunches went, Chef's was truly gourmet. Too bad he was brainwashed by that fruity little club.
@mobius273
2 жыл бұрын
Who's chef? What the fuck are you talking about?
@zenolachance1181
2 жыл бұрын
Probably the most advantageous part of the Salisbury diet was boiling water. Nobody's going to heat water to 110° they going to boil it and then let it cool off till they can drink it. And this will alleviate the chances of dysentery
@realWARPIG
2 жыл бұрын
They had thermometers back then you dummy...
@robertjennings397
2 жыл бұрын
That’s where our cup of coffee comes from, boiled and steaped, beans for a bowel cleansing drink.
@quantumleap359
2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! You, The History Guy, remind me of an algebra teacher I had as a freshman high school student. He was always perky and animated, made math interesting and fun. Made straight A's in that class, that teacher was everyone's favorite. Thanks for making the history of so many things something that we can understand and appreciate.
@WhaleGold
2 жыл бұрын
I was in the Navy during Vietnam days. The first ship I was on the food wasn’t too bad. But the second ship the Chief cook liked to save money on the crew’s meals. We had mostly two main meals, roast beef and Salisbury steak, or as we called it “mystery meat.” If we had one for lunch, you could bet, 9 out of 10 times it would be the other for dinner. I have been out of the Navy for 49 years and 9 months and to this day I won’t touch “mystery meat.” I don't care too much for roast beef either.
@Xarcht
2 жыл бұрын
It didn't change fer another twenty years and todays sailors still swear it is the same.
@Chris_at_Home
2 жыл бұрын
I was in the VP Navy and I was able to get meals allowance when overseas and could live off base stateside as an E4 because the barracks were being remodeled and I was an E4 in 1 1/2 years. The only chow hall I ate in a lot was at Lajes and they had great food. I never remember being served this steak. I was in from 71-75.
@lelagrangeeffectphysics4120
2 жыл бұрын
@@Chris_at_Home why of course its the azores and cows compete with people for most populous...
@pacificostudios
2 жыл бұрын
What an amazing story! Since there is a Salisbury in England, I thought it must be from England. This Dr. Salisbury was a portrait in courage.
@HayTatsuko
2 жыл бұрын
You and I had the same notion, before we watched this video!
@pacificostudios
2 жыл бұрын
@@HayTatsuko - Especially when there is food named "Yorkshire Pudding" and "Welsh Rarebit."
@censusgary
2 жыл бұрын
I doubt his theory that eating too many vegetables causes insanity, but Salisbury’s meat-heavy diet was comparable to some that are popular today. It’s almost funny to think that Civil War commanders wondered why the soldiers had so many intestinal maladies, when it seems stunningly obvious now. Between overcrowding, bad hygiene, almost nonexistent sanitation, polluted water supplies, and insufficient and bad diets, it would have been almost impossible to maintain healthy guts. Red meat contains a fair amount of iron and some vitamin C, so “Salisbury steak” really would have helped with problems like anemia or scurvy. Also, meat has a fair amount of fiber, which would have helped relieve constipation, and perhaps “flux” (diarrhea) as well.
@TheCarnivalguy
2 жыл бұрын
This was great. I hope there’s going to be an “All you wanted to know about meat loaf but were afraid to ask” vid. And yes, I love Salisbury steak!
@goodun2974
2 жыл бұрын
I had meat loaf made with elk meat in a restaurant a few weeks ago, it was very good. Being half-Greek, my family sometimes makes meatloaf with a peeled soft boiled egg in the middle of it, and when you cut the meat loaf into slices you get a slice of the egg as well. Delicious!
@redriver6541
2 жыл бұрын
I still eat Salisbury steak regularly.... I've grown up on it. I still enjoy it as a meat and three dish..... I never knew this. Thank you THG. Another awesome episode.
@richardklug822
2 жыл бұрын
A form of Salisbury Steak was served to us often in our school cafeteria. We students called it "mystery meat", but I liked it.
@whiskeybuilder6335
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in a broken home in Northwest Indiana and the hot lunch at school was by far the best meal I would see daily. Our cafeteria was ran by a group of old farmers wives. Maybe it was hunger, but their version of Salisbury steak with mashed potatoes and gravy was worth far more to me than the 75 cents they charged.
@whiskeybuilder6335
2 жыл бұрын
Other kids knew my situation. I'd often get treated to the giveaways of the "mystery meat" kids.🤭
@rabbi120348
2 жыл бұрын
My dad said they'd get it in the army (ww ii) on toast - it was called "SOS" = s**t on a shingle.
@SalisburySnake
2 жыл бұрын
@@rabbi120348 I've only ever heard of SOS referring to loose ground meat (not a patty) mixed with white gravy.
@goatface6602
2 жыл бұрын
To this day I don’t know what that meat was. It’s still a mystery!
@b_uppy
2 жыл бұрын
Lemon has antimicrobial activity. That was part of the cure... Great video.
@michaelsallee7534
2 жыл бұрын
The medical corps did not know. When one of the first courses taught at West Point was camp hygiene. One of the first orders Gen Grant ordered when he assumed the command of the Army of the Potomac was that no one would be allowed to use the water upstream of the camp as a toilet (a court martial event)
@bigunone
2 жыл бұрын
Man I haven't had Salisbury steak since grade school lunch room, lets just say well over 50 years ago! Off to look for a recipe.
@HM2SGT
2 жыл бұрын
Puts me in mind of Kellogg and the road to Wellness
@constancemiller3753
2 жыл бұрын
Chew, chew, chew, it is so good for you. 🎶📣 After corn flakes for breakfast and Grahm's crackers for lunch even underseasoned steak sounds marvy.
@spokanetomcat1
2 жыл бұрын
What a pretty Tuxedo cat. Looks like my cat Tibbers. 🙂 A wonderful story too. First I have heard anything like it before and I ate my share of Salisbury Steaks in the dining halls until I retired from the USAF.
@turtleofpride4572
2 жыл бұрын
Can you please give Tibbers some pets for me?
@spokanetomcat1
2 жыл бұрын
@@turtleofpride4572 She was on her cat perch and I gave her some head rubs. Lots of purrrrs.
@ThatSchmoGuy
2 жыл бұрын
Hey History Guy. Yesterday I had the pleasure of viewing the film "Serpico" for the first time and an interesting topic kept coming up during the film: The Harry Gross Scandal regarding the NYPD. Further attempts to look on the Google and KZitem machines surprisingly had little information to read into, so I was hoping this may serve as an idea for a future video?
@stephenbarone4053
2 жыл бұрын
There's an old HBO Doc. out there with the actual guy.
@stevenverhaegen8729
2 жыл бұрын
Great movie! 👍 Yes, would be interesting to hear the real history behind it
@pretzelhunt
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah the HBO piece is a very good follow-up.
@Bacopa68
2 жыл бұрын
@@stephenbarone4053 There is also the play "Serpico" by Max Fischer.
@michaelwalton3202
2 жыл бұрын
Smothered in gravy. With green peppers and onions. Served with mashed potatoes or rice (my favorite!). Good eating!😋
@MrScott1171
2 жыл бұрын
Soon "Tasting History with Max Miller" will probably do an episode on making the classic Salisbury Steak.
@aragathor
2 жыл бұрын
I love the cross-pollination of ideas between educational channels on yt.
@DARisse-ji1yw
2 жыл бұрын
I'm sure Townsend's will do the 1700's version.. .
@Pygar2
2 жыл бұрын
@@DARisse-ji1yw Ye Nuttmegged Beefe Patty, How to Cooke and Serve it with Some Succefs!
@knightforlorn6731
2 жыл бұрын
My father often bought the Banquet Salisbury steaks. He would make potatoes and corn or green beans. Thank you History Guy. Your videos are always amazing. I got to enjoy a bit of nostalgia.
@budahbaba7856
2 жыл бұрын
War is among many other things, very weird. It lures young people into a glorious death in battle. But closer to the facts, most soldiers that die, it is not in battle, it is disease, or starvation. And there is nothing glorious about that. It sends us running back to the old people, and asking them if there is something we can arrange through diplomacy, because while youth may be eager to die, dying to what they see as stupidity is different. That moment when we are no longer physically immortal, that is when we become adults in part of our thinking.
@WALTERBROADDUS
2 жыл бұрын
Sad, yet true.
@sparky6086
2 жыл бұрын
Meat is much easier to digest than vegetables for Humans, because we only have one stomach and no gizzard. It's no wonder, that a diet without vegetables and only meat, Salisbury or otherwise, would be easier on people with gastrointestinal difficulty. Humans are not set up for so much fiber. Vegans often die younger because of this and the specific cause is often pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer, or colon cancer because their GI tract is worn out. Steve Jobs comes to mind. I imagine, that California may have a larger incidence of these cancers, because they not only have many vegans, they tend to not cook their vegetables very long. I've never heard of any longtime vegans living past a verified 90 years old. I doubt any live past 100.
@aimeepotts2137
2 жыл бұрын
Many carnivorous humans don't make it to 90 either
@healinggrounds19
2 жыл бұрын
I would like to see an actual study.
@sparky6086
2 жыл бұрын
@@aimeepotts2137 Yes, but there are some. On the vegan side, there are none.
@sparky6086
2 жыл бұрын
@@healinggrounds19 I would too. Unfortunately, there probably won't be one, because science has become so political and is now "science" instead of science.
@healinggrounds19
2 жыл бұрын
@@sparky6086 So true. My medical books had ads in them from pharmaceutical companies. It's surreal.
@leadavis3924
2 жыл бұрын
Carnivore diet goes way back;)
@masterimbecile
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Dr Salisbury has a lot of steak in his research.
@michael-h8153
2 жыл бұрын
Thumns up, but my god.....what an old man simple joke. Dont get me wrong im still chuckling
@gj8683
2 жыл бұрын
Well, there's no mis-steaking that!
@jeffreyrobinson3555
2 жыл бұрын
I’m a history nerd and living history enthusiast, I knew a doc invented Salisbury steak, but never heard this story before.
@arcticfox6808
2 жыл бұрын
I have a great Grandfather who fought in this war. We even have his Tintype photo of him in his uniform and a story that has been passed down for generations of him escaping enemy lines in the South after a lost battle. Apparently he hid in a hollowed out log and had to let ants bite him as the "Johnny Rebs" stood over it and looked for survivors of the battle. He made it back after eating a stolen raw chicken and being provided a horse by a slave who just knew he would be in big trouble for giving up the animal to help him escape. Anyway, when I Google his name one piece of information that comes up is that he was discharged from the Union with diarrhea complications and paid a pension. Pretty unsatisfactory thing to find given the fantastic story we have passed down to our children from that era, yet fully reinforced here. Thank you.
@MaximGhost
2 жыл бұрын
Are your implying that your grandpa's "fantastic story" was a fib all along? What if your grandpa was discharged AFTER the battle? You know the date of his discharge. Do you know the date of the battle?
@danprudholme1733
Жыл бұрын
Was just thinking, he got e coli after eating the raw chicken. Thus, the diarrhea and discharge. Might be more true than we realize.
@rbnhd1976
2 жыл бұрын
Don't cry children, it's Salisbury steak day!
@privatepilot4064
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the military was all pooped out!
@brucesmith9144
2 жыл бұрын
All that discussion of Salisbury steak 🥩 got the attention of a four-footed companion entering from screen left @ 12:48. 😸
@shyamdevadas6099
2 жыл бұрын
Just a prediction: Despite the usual fascinating nature of this HG video, I doubt the origin of this dish will EVER make good dinner conversation. :)
@mbazzy123
2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite dishes, nice to know it was considered a "health food" at one time. Thanks History Guy !
@cdjhyoung
2 жыл бұрын
The twice a day consumption of scalded water may have had as great of health benefit as the lean beef diet - sanitizing the drinking water as it did.
@f3xpmartian
2 жыл бұрын
Goodness, while I was in the U.S.A.F. "Salisbury Steak" was often on the menu. Side observation: Dalek takes on C3PO, my money in on the Dalek. Unless of course River Song shows up.
@coreydarr8464
2 жыл бұрын
Always like to see your cat in the background.
@kcapkcans
2 жыл бұрын
I went to visit his grave in Cleveland a few weeks back and to my surprise his family plot has a giant mostly uncarved stone with the name "SALISBURY" in it that looks suspiciously like one of his steaks.
@debbiostendorf3880
2 жыл бұрын
Guess what we are having for supper tonight
@themonkeyhand
2 жыл бұрын
Less carbs, more protein.... that diet works for some people. Hot lemon water, honestly it's good to hydrate and extra Vitamin C. It's funny that his steak is now the epitome of cheap freezer food in the US.
@seanpoore2428
2 жыл бұрын
Vault dwellers know....
@nolgroth
2 жыл бұрын
"After my shift is over, that Salisbury Steak is MINE!"
@johnopalko5223
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, as usual. I've eaten Salisbury steak since childhood and I never knew it was named after a person. I always assumed it had originated in Salisbury, England.
@bikeny
2 жыл бұрын
Same here.
@MultiPetercool
2 жыл бұрын
Hamburgers are good for you? Who knew? 🤷♂️😉
@constipatedinsincity4424
2 жыл бұрын
Skip to my Lou. Hershey Highway 🛣
@MultiPetercool
2 жыл бұрын
I make it somewhat regularly. Delicious when smothered in carmelized onions & mushrooms! 😋🤤
@scottklocke891
2 жыл бұрын
Keep talking that food porn.😋
@stanlygirl5951
2 жыл бұрын
@Music Man, Onion and mushroom gravy was my mother's go to.
@HM2SGT
2 жыл бұрын
@ *THG* I sent a message at your website asking if you would be interested in some items cast using the last metal smelted at ALCOA Rockdale works. Not having received a response I thought I'd try here.
@TheHistoryGuyChannel
2 жыл бұрын
If you have items of historical interest that you wish to give to The History Guy, I can only promise that I will do my best to preserve them and display them occasionally on set. Please mail to The History Guy, PO Box 1473, O'Fallon, IL 62269, and include a stamped envelope so that we may reimburse the cost of postage.
@HM2SGT
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel thank you kindly. I'm not sure that there is any great historical note, the value was probably is more intrinsic then historical (at least for another Century or two). But I feel that outside of Milam County you're probably the only person that would appreciate them. I hadn't thought about you displaying anyting, I just thought you might find them intriguing. 🙂👍
@nedludd7622
2 жыл бұрын
Eat that vegans.
@alexanderperry1844
2 жыл бұрын
The Classical world understood these issues. The Roman Army had strict rules regarding drawing water and the construction of latrines.
@Bacopa68
2 жыл бұрын
A few time travelling officers and engineers could have made either side win quickly.
@1pcfred
2 жыл бұрын
An army marches on its stomach. Or possibly their hands and knees knees if things go poorly for them.
@stevedietrich8936
2 жыл бұрын
12:47 THG gets photobombed!
@homefrontforge
2 жыл бұрын
Had Salisbury steak for school lunch one day in 6th grade...got so sick I never bought school lunch again. Over 30 years later I had some at a dinner...almost couldn't finish. Wretch-memory is strong.
@jeanbaptistevallee4500
2 жыл бұрын
When I bought my first microwave oven, I gave up on Salisbury steak. "Boiling bags" were OK on the stove. However frozen burrito`s from the microwave were much better, plus I did not have to eat them standing over the sink.
@TheHistoryGuyChannel
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up on Salisbury Steak boiling bags. I wonder if they still sell them...
@ipissed
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Yes, but it's called Sous Vide now, because everything is fancier if it's French. I was also fond of boil in bag chier sur un bardeau. It had a nice whang to it. Ironically it was probably in literal terms what caused the dysentery Salisbury was combating.
@earlaagaard8175
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel I did some searching - apparently not a commercial thing any more. Sous Vide is a bit different - more of a "do-it-yourself" operation.
@strokersteve468
2 жыл бұрын
I forgot all about those !
@davidgiancoli2106
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Those boiling bags, at a dollar apiece were a staple part of my weekly diet during my time in college in the '80s.
@scronx
2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! To me Salisbury steak is an onion burger with onion gravy and "chopped sirloin" pretensions. Served without bun as a dinner entree.
@WhiskyCardinalWes
2 жыл бұрын
He stumbled upon the 2 major causes of dysentery, unwashed hands and unclean water.
@O-sa-car
2 жыл бұрын
and the diet caused diarrhea - bad combo
@flygirlfly
2 жыл бұрын
Chef John (food wishes), here on KZitem, has a great recipe for Salisbury steak.
@mahna_mahna
2 жыл бұрын
I searched for this comment. :) I made his recipe once and it was the best hamburger steak I've ever had by far. Keep meaning to go and make it again.
@bobsteadman9728
2 жыл бұрын
My grandma used to make it often and I still love it at 59 years old.
@DAndyLord
2 жыл бұрын
Hey THG, I owe you a huge apology. I complained about one of your sponsors recently. Mova globes. They ABSOLUTELY moved manufacturing out of China and do not use the nine dash line. They may still have some old stock previously manufactured in China, but none of their new stuff does. Mea culpa.
@claires8735
2 жыл бұрын
As someone whose passion is healthy diet and exercise, I found this fascinating! Thanks History Guy!
@whiskeybuilder6335
2 жыл бұрын
Do you find this meal unhealthy?
@claires8735
2 жыл бұрын
@@whiskeybuilder6335 No. Meat is healthy. High carb and ultra processed foods are not.
@MegaJessness
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting history for a dish I grew to hate because when I did have it, it was FAR too salty and was therefore gross to me. Exceptions were few. The only good Salisbury Steaks I had were in restaurants, same with Chicken Fried Steak xD;
@rickharold7884
2 жыл бұрын
That was such a fun story, especially about a type of dinner that I love to have every once in a while. Always amazing the history behind pretty much anything and it’s always fascinating
@damiangrouse4564
2 жыл бұрын
Fast forward to now…beef is again on the spotlight.
@B.H.56
2 жыл бұрын
I remember my mom making Salisbury Steak. Never knew the history.
@-jeff-
2 жыл бұрын
I'm wondering now what the good doctor would think of our modern iteration of his beef sreak prescription? Not much most likely.
@Sacto1654
2 жыл бұрын
Interestingly, the Japanese has--though for very different reasons!--adopted hamburger steak as a popular _yōshoku_ (foreign influenced) dish. They eat it with both chopsticks (!) and knife and fork.
@jackphillips3512
2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. But, he may not have been totally wrong. Diabetes (type 2) and Epilepsy can be controlled with a Ketogenic Diet (very low carb).
@gen-x_dude
2 жыл бұрын
I haven´t had o even heard the word Salisbury steak in 30 years, now I have a huge craving for one, NOW!
@minuteman4199
2 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/pHx5z4mpraega34
@O-sa-car
2 жыл бұрын
I recommend getting some at a local cafeteria/restaurant
@gen-x_dude
2 жыл бұрын
@@O-sa-car I moved to Finland 20 years ago, haven´t seen it here at all, but I am a decent cook, I will try it this weekend
@morrismonet3554
2 жыл бұрын
I once read about Italian immigrants being taught to stop eating so many vegetables and switch to meat-based diets. Now it's the opposite, aka Mediterranean diet. LOL
@earlyriser8998
2 жыл бұрын
I loved this. I grew up on 'salisbury steak' tv dinners. And never knew the back story. But it sounds like he had a good plan. 'back then' drinking hot water was a good way to kill bugs in the water. In many places it was drink a weak beer which was similarly safe.
@highpath4776
2 жыл бұрын
I do wonder if hot lemon drink is generally good anyway, null bacteria aside
@5roundsrapid263
2 жыл бұрын
Beer, tea, coffee, wine, or hot water was the only safe way to drink water until about a century ago. Unless you got water from a clean rural source, you’d get sick.
@clintonroushff7068
2 жыл бұрын
Who knew there was a story behind a TV dinner
@constipatedinsincity4424
2 жыл бұрын
Salisbury is my 5th favorite steak!
@mikeorclem
Жыл бұрын
thanks lance..my last name is salisbury....it came with nicknames of course..steak..burger,,salz..in the navy we had the daily menu posted..steak to order was J5...my favorite nick name...the dish is a fav of mine.
@korbell1089
2 жыл бұрын
"made him feel very flatulent, and constipated, ears ringing, limbs prickly." Ears ringing? I started laughing so hard at that decription! Thank you THG!
@manonvernon8646
2 жыл бұрын
Seems to me he is describing inflammation from the lectins in the beans
@Chef_Alpo
2 жыл бұрын
@@manonvernon8646 must have been undercooked or he was exceptionally sensitive to them.
@modernrider1398
Жыл бұрын
Salisbury lives on with the carnivore diet exploding right now and curing literally anything. I got rid of my arthritis then quit. Two weeks ago decided to get back on it because I really feel amazing with it. I think the fattier the meat the better. Just got to learn how to cook and cut different cuts. Chuck can be softened by cooking in a suve for 24 hours and then seared like a steak. Salsbury Steak 2.0!
@donnyboon2896
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@rubywingo6030
Жыл бұрын
My grandfather, whose father was a soldier in the civil war, drank a cup of hot water before meals! He said it was good for digestion. Now I know where he got that! Wow!
@infoscholar5221
2 жыл бұрын
This is a great channel. This channel and Mark Felton are my go-tos for well-done history.
@jamesengland7461
2 жыл бұрын
same
@bobjohnson8970
2 жыл бұрын
Wholly agree.
@EricDaMAJ
2 жыл бұрын
I should’ve expected the dreadful cafeteria dish was rooted in the hardship of the Civil War.
@dirtcop11
2 жыл бұрын
I always wondered where that type of meat dish came from, and now I know. Thank you for educating me.
@Zorglub1966
2 жыл бұрын
Add minced garlic/onion/parsley, thyme and you have a stuffing, hollow out some large tomatoes, stuff them with it, put in the oven (180°c/350°F - 200°c/ 392°F depending of your oven) for about an hour (but keep an eye on it, you don't want the outside to be burnt, and the inside to be undercooked, i recommend lower temperatures by safety) and you have some delicious stuffed tomatoes. Serve with plain rice, or potatoes (you can also put the sliced potatoes on the bottom of the baking dish and cook the tomatoes on top ), or whatever you like with it.
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