who knows that future generations will consider a delicacy. I remember when the butcher store gave away chicken wings and liver for free. That's what we fed our cat. Yes... I'm old lol
@alanbud5181
4 жыл бұрын
Linda Doucett I remember while stationed in England, I went to the local butcher and asked for beef or pork ribs
@alanbud5181
4 жыл бұрын
And he asked if we had a dog 😂
@amandahugginkiss9065
4 жыл бұрын
Wow! What yr was that? Chicken wings and ribs are so expensive now
@bigcountry5977
4 жыл бұрын
Yep, Hot Wings and Bottled Water.
@Rubycon99
4 жыл бұрын
@@amandahugginkiss9065 Yeah, buffalo wings were invented as a cheap bar food using a part of the chicken most people threw away or just used for stock.
@machinegunpreacher2469
4 жыл бұрын
2020: We are going to RUIN the luxury seafood by frying and saucing it. 1755: We are going to add some flair to this otherwise mundane, throwaway, cheap meat.
@scottbruckner4653
4 жыл бұрын
1755 knew what the hell was up.
@jordannewthomas3293
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah if I remember lobsters were pratty much looked at as sea cockroaches which honestly they are.
We eat breaded shrimp, and "breaded" oysters on the half shell; this is little different. (I live in an area with lots of seafood, though.)
@Gamemaster-64
3 жыл бұрын
@@Tiny_Boats_And_Bikes time to invent the time machine.
@Shorkshire
3 жыл бұрын
I like this guest. He's so wholesome and just seems so kind and excited. What a lovely personality.
@x217xwebb
3 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more.
@nailersrule
3 жыл бұрын
he's so sweet
@TwoDaysSober
3 жыл бұрын
It seems like they are pretending to like each other
@BrunodeSouzaLino
3 жыл бұрын
@@TwoDaysSober Michael despises fish and seafood in general as he said in the 500k subs livestream where he was the guest.
@joeweaver7288
3 жыл бұрын
Really? He always seems kinda impatient with the host for whatever reason
@gottzbeats
3 жыл бұрын
I'm actually surprised battered and deep fried lobster isn't still a thing. That sounds pretty good to me.
@bonazza4476
3 жыл бұрын
Lobster tempura is a thing
@iian_
3 жыл бұрын
I've had it many times. Lobster tempura is super common. 👍
@tagtrenton8659
3 жыл бұрын
It's pretty common in the Bahamas to fry lobster and it tastes great! Definitely should give it a try
@davidcramb5793
3 жыл бұрын
It's not that different to Scampi, which breaded/battered Lobster tails. In the 1700's Claret and Oysters were considered "poor man's food".
@victorsolano6369
3 жыл бұрын
Long John silver’s used to have lobster bites
@JoeXTheXJuggalo1
4 жыл бұрын
Them: it was considered trash. They fed it to the prisoners. Michael: it has nutmeg in it. Jon: *turns head with slide whistle sound effect*
@lyllydd
4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking more of the wolf from Red Hot Riding Hood. kzitem.info/news/bejne/z5CNmIN9kIGbeIY
@JohnC420.
4 жыл бұрын
Whoop whoop
@JoeXTheXJuggalo1
4 жыл бұрын
@@JohnC420. whoop whoop!
@michelm7321
4 жыл бұрын
Their friendship looks so awkward... It's like their friends but not 100%, I hope they make more videos together, the bizarre banter between them is juicy.
@lostpockets2227
4 жыл бұрын
@@lyllydd that account got deleted
@lensman67
4 жыл бұрын
Question: is Lobster really as good as we think it is or does it just have it's cachet because of it's price? Mark Twain wrote about free lunches put on by saloons in San Francisco when he lived there. They offered many things, including peanut butter and caviar. In those days caviar was cheap and low status and most people preferred peanut butter. Back in the 1970's I got out of the Army and my girlfriend and I lived in San Francisco. We were so poor all we could afford to eat was fresh crab, sourdough French bread and wine. We thought we were suffering.
@Khymeira
4 жыл бұрын
What a perspective!
@spencerdore2145
4 жыл бұрын
my grandpa used to tell me the same exact thing. he was in sf around the same time .. late 60s i think. cool to read this
@owenconant
4 жыл бұрын
Shhh! Don't let the secret out! The seafood tycoons'll send an army of crustaceans after you
@donovanb9020
4 жыл бұрын
Dude. Holy heck. Times have sure changed. But, to answer your question: For me, I've always thought that Lobster was just the bee's knees! But, granted, because of my upbringing, I tend to think any and all food is just the best. But, idk. Lobster is my favorite ocean roach.
@Altonahk
4 жыл бұрын
Lobster is not my favorite, as i prefer crab. Dungeness is my favorite so far. But there are few things I love so much as a good lobster bisque.
@Dingomush
4 жыл бұрын
I fish out crayfish in Illinois near St. Louis on the rivers think I’ll try this recipe, sounds good. The thing you must remember about lobster in the early days of America is that the Indians taught the settlers to use lobster as fertilizer for the crops. They would drag nets full up on the beaches and shovel them into wagons and stomp or tamp them down so they wouldn’t walk off, then throw them out on the dirt and plow them under. It was said that in Maine a boat couldn’t get four lengths from the shore before parting an army of lobsters so thick you could hear them under the boat. Could you imagine if it were that way today? We’d have lobster and corn on the cob push carts! Buy one, get one type deal. I’d move to the coast and weigh 400lbs. The butter would become the most expensive part of the meal. What a thought!
@eanschaan9392
3 жыл бұрын
All that lobster... I can hardly fathom it.
@sstills951
3 жыл бұрын
I also heard somewhere that some of the Lobsters were huge. 4+ feet long. I forget where I heard that. I think it was from my Aunt who found it in an excerpt of an old Yankee living magazine from the 70s.
@borednow
3 жыл бұрын
native americans and colonizers.... not indians and settlers
@crypticgaming4485
3 жыл бұрын
@@borednow American Indians prefer to be called Indians because that's specifically what they are. They're not the first peoples of Canada, they're not the Aztecs of Mehico, they're american indians.
@borednow
3 жыл бұрын
@@crypticgaming4485 Well Indians from India dont like Native Americans/First Nations being called Indians because America is not India
@Manudyne
4 жыл бұрын
1755: Lobster?! Again?! Oh man... 2020: OMG! Lobster! It's so good but expensive... 2285: This delicacy from the past is called WATER...
@distantgalaxymusic1447
4 жыл бұрын
Celtic Fox indentured serbants often out in their agreements that they only had to eat it once a week.
@BogeyTheBear
3 жыл бұрын
2285: "Did you know that lobster was expensive in the 20th Century? Of course, back then only a mere 71% of the Earth was ocean. When the ice caps melted there was a lot more breeding ground for lobster production..."
@gyozanomics
3 жыл бұрын
in the year 2285 there is only mt dew
@kenjackben
3 жыл бұрын
Brondo it has what plants need
@bushwhakked
3 жыл бұрын
And that's why you don't get invited to parties.
@evry1sfriend619
4 жыл бұрын
Haven’t seen Jon so animated as when he’s talking about ruining the lobster hahaha
@shanayazaveri2620
4 жыл бұрын
Not animated, he seems kind of agitated or offended. That's really funny.
@OpShun519
4 жыл бұрын
Yep, agitated towards this fellow.
@jeffreyhenion4818
4 жыл бұрын
Ever see what lobsters eat? Trash fish is an apt term. Not that I mind eating trash fish....
@misscandle
4 жыл бұрын
You see though, I live 30 minutes from his store and we're northern Indiana. Seafood of any kind is stupid expensive here and never fresh to begin with. Lobster in particular is hard to find on a menu. I relate all too well with his offended reaction here haha. It feels like putting ketchup on a ribeye.
@AM-os4ty
4 жыл бұрын
@@misscandle - Shorter it's like putting ketchup on the seafood equivalent of poor quality burgers everyone seems to treat as ribeye because us moderns have mistaken limited supply for quality.
@Silonch
4 жыл бұрын
1755: lobster 2020: imitation crab meat
@Raskolnikov70
4 жыл бұрын
2025: "Beyond Lobster" soy product.
@KairuHakubi
4 жыл бұрын
You can't even get good imitation crab anymore. It used to be juicy and totally unique in texture, now all I can ever find is bland squishy stuff. Granted, it's hard to eat something that spoils the MOMENT it hits room temperature.
@AM-os4ty
4 жыл бұрын
Pollock is better for you than lobster meat, which is bottom feeder
@KairuHakubi
4 жыл бұрын
well i mean obviously you only get them from clean areas, and you purge them first.
@Sheghostly
4 жыл бұрын
@@KairuHakubi clean areas? On this planet? funny joke 😆
@samanthamcintire9036
3 жыл бұрын
This looks really amazing, I work at a fish market in Maine, I could easily make this dish for less than $5, though I would use a whole lobster, I think that the claws and knuckles would be amazing fried with this amazing look sauce.
@stormcry8202
2 жыл бұрын
I totally agree. As a Mainer,(Westbrook, suburb of Portland) and someone who has committed lobster genocide in the name of the restaurant industry, the thought of battering a lobster was a zany idea, but I gotta say it looks yummy. :)
@Lucid_Waking
4 жыл бұрын
*me giving a tour of the internet to a time traveler from the 1800's "We pretend we're back in your time. That's our entertainment."
@thekaiser5360
4 жыл бұрын
MatrixHasYouNeo *1700s
@HolyKhaaaaan
2 жыл бұрын
It's a little like Marie Antoinette cosplaying as a French peasant at Versailles, except for the fact that you're dead, my colonial era friend. And he makes a living doing this.
@terriatca1
4 жыл бұрын
When my mom and her siblings were growing up in the countryside, outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia, they were embarrassed having to take lobster sandwiches to school for lunch as it showed they were poor. After the Swiss Air crash outside of Peggy's Cove in 1998, sales of lobster went down locally for awhile, they were unaffectionately known as Swiss lobster.
@fayewhite7541
4 жыл бұрын
The same with my mom in PEI. It was shameful to be seen with lobster in your lunch pail. It was a sign you were poor.
@AllDayBikes
4 жыл бұрын
I geek out everytime I see Halifax in the comments lol
@terriatca1
4 жыл бұрын
@@AllDayBikes It was a fun place to grow up.
@KairuHakubi
4 жыл бұрын
Somehow that reminds me of the brief practice of selling "langostino lobster" at a low price at a few restaurants okay, dirty trick, it's not lobster, but it IS a crustacean at a low price, so it's a shame that stopped being a thing. All they'd have to do is have commercials saying "get some langoustine for 5.99! it's not lobster, it's not crayfish, but it's kind of in between and it's dang good okay? and you don't have to take out another mortgage to eat some"
@terriatca1
4 жыл бұрын
@@KairuHakubi Where was this? We get lobster from the pounds but never langoustine.
@weshii1337
4 жыл бұрын
So this is what Gabe Newell does in his spare time.
@MadameTeqi
4 жыл бұрын
Consider my half life 3 jokes null and void, he's obviously serving a higher purpose
@somedude8477
4 жыл бұрын
Gabe be cosplaying as Benjamin Franklin is his free time?
@thezodiac8973
4 жыл бұрын
LMAO
@Danny13243
4 жыл бұрын
Ahhh a man of culture I see!
@Themathero
4 жыл бұрын
How many people are scratching their heads, going "what?" Too funny.
@bensummers563
4 жыл бұрын
I had something like this in Maine. I think they called it “popcorn lobster” and it was in smaller pieces. Delicious
@toogee1850
4 жыл бұрын
John's face when he realized what they made was actually good, lol
@mattelderca
4 жыл бұрын
Actually, quite a substantial meal, containing all of the food groups of the day. Batter, fat, and protein, throw in some orange for scurvy prevention, all good!
@tabathafeucht3513
4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the most important food group of the 18th century......nutmeg! 😂 It was the Frank's hot sauce of its day. They put that sh*t on everything...😂😂🤣🤣😂
@bluesmurff6163
4 жыл бұрын
But then you cook the orange, so all the vit c is gone..
@nawr494
4 жыл бұрын
@@bluesmurff6163 I thought it went in the dipping sauce
@bluesmurff6163
4 жыл бұрын
@@nawr494 oh, i think you're right
@lyllydd
4 жыл бұрын
You forgot the other 2 food groups. Nutmeg and wine.
@coltbolt6193
4 жыл бұрын
Food: *has nutmeg* John: "You are already cooked."
@kaptenkukang
4 жыл бұрын
nani?
@SwedishStorm
4 жыл бұрын
This channel is a gold mine not only for historical facts, but also in calming the senses. Thank you so much Townsends for creating these exceptional videos. Much love from Sweden.
@davidcollins248
4 жыл бұрын
I work at one of the most exclusive clubs in Michigan and we served fried lobster after we did our lobster fest dinner as we had over ordered and needed to do something different . They absolutely loved it and it went very fast.
@HeavyMetalMike
4 жыл бұрын
Poor people food always catches on and suddenly it's "fine dining."
@saynotop2w
4 жыл бұрын
I'm still waiting for rice and bean to shine.
@AM-os4ty
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@ravenel2
4 жыл бұрын
My grandmother was quite poor most of her life and she was usually cooking something with onions, celery, carrots and cabbage as opposed to steak. She lived to be almost 100.
@markhoffart622
4 жыл бұрын
Yep, like Fajitas a few years ago. Originally a use for "utility" (think "trash") meat from the cow; suddenly in such high demand that some establishments were slicing up expensive cuts of meat (definitely not "utility"!) to meet the demand.
@PilotTed
4 жыл бұрын
though they are often changed. Its the Same the other way around too. Many foods that use to only be avaible to the rich has become "poor" foods or affordable food like icecream, peanut butter, etc.
@kck9742
4 жыл бұрын
"This can't possibly be a recipe with nutmeg, not lobster... oh, wait..."
@nelvea787
4 жыл бұрын
😂 thought the exact same! I bet they choose recipes based on wether there is nutmeg involved or not!
@wandaperi
4 жыл бұрын
Nutmeg, the official spice of Christmas
@kck9742
4 жыл бұрын
@@wandaperi Today we associate it with Christmas, because that's really the only time we 21st century people use it, but evidently it was used much more back in the 18th century.
@kck9742
4 жыл бұрын
@@nelvea787 One of these days we're gonna have to have an intervention for Jon.
@skinnysnorlax1876
4 жыл бұрын
It's commonly used in Italian food. Seriously, give it a try in an alfredo sauce, shrimp scampi, even a marinara. Adds a real nice layer to it
@gandelf57
Жыл бұрын
If you think about it, it's actually strange that lobster is so expensive and considered a luxury because lobsters are the cockroaches of the sea. Same with crabs. I guess maybe they are difficult to obtain in large quantities that might be why they cost so much.
@06hatter
4 жыл бұрын
"lobsters were bigger back then, we overfished them" we overfished everything guys
@scottbruckner4653
3 жыл бұрын
Challenge me again, AND I'LL DEEP FRY DRAGON FISH, LIKE THE LOBSTER.
@dominionwargaming8638
3 жыл бұрын
@@AnOliviaShapedGremlinCool
@vaprex
3 жыл бұрын
@@dominionwargaming8638 "Cool".. Tell that to your grandkids as they eat their cricket-flour biscuits with soy-patties because all of us a-holes in the 20th century trashed the ocean and overfished it. It doesn't take long for the ocean to recover, but you need to at least push the pause button and allow things to return to semi-normal and not eliminate seafood as an option for future generations.... /smh
@dominionwargaming8638
3 жыл бұрын
@@vaprex OK, son. That's nice.
@vaprex
3 жыл бұрын
@@dominionwargaming8638 Hey Boomer Dad! Thanks!
@Aramis419
4 жыл бұрын
Sometimes, when the music is playing in the background, I fully expect to hear "You are listening to radio freedom, the voice of the minutemen, broadcasting all day, all across the commonwealth. Stay safe out there, people!"
@schottiey
4 жыл бұрын
There's a settlement that needs your help, here I'll mark your map.
@isexuallyidentifyasukraini5407
4 жыл бұрын
I can totally imagine the Minutemen having themselves a seafood feast after killing the Mirelurk Queen. It's basically a gigantic crab/lobster.
@MinistryOfMagic_DoM
4 жыл бұрын
Not sure I'd want to fry a mirelurk though. Radiation would be an issue. I guess it would be in all your food though so may as well.
@jordannewthomas3293
4 жыл бұрын
@@MinistryOfMagic_DoM well seemingly cooking food in fallout 4 seems to remove radiation from most things I remember.
@ajaxvarble
4 жыл бұрын
Firing mission complete! Good luck general!
@marylist9732
4 жыл бұрын
First, a point of strict historical fact, those prisoners rioted over having lobster too many times. Second, what was the title of that cookery book ?
@cjohnson4342
4 жыл бұрын
Oh to be a prisoner in the 18th C....
@tomatobagel
4 жыл бұрын
When I retell this fun story, whom are "those prisoners." Was it a particular group?
@cadre500
4 жыл бұрын
"A New and Easy Method of Cookery" by Elizabeth Cleland. You can buy it on Townsends.com
@rosrychaplet
4 жыл бұрын
@@cjohnson4342 Was not a happy time.
@RestingBitchface7
4 жыл бұрын
Tomato Bagel prisoners in Maine. To this day, Maine law forbids giving prisoners lobsters. It’s considered cruel and inhumane punishment.
@wereyouaking
4 жыл бұрын
He mentioned ruining it like 4 times. Since when was anything ruined my deep frying it in batter :D
@tinad8561
3 жыл бұрын
Mars bars.
@michaeljordan4457
3 жыл бұрын
Since it was done to lobster!
@GroovydawgJ
3 жыл бұрын
@@tinad8561 wrong af. they are better deep fried
@wyntersynergyundignified
3 жыл бұрын
“Well, they are kind of a trash fish.” I do so love the history and honesty and humor of this channel!
@alexandersarchives9615
4 жыл бұрын
I swear, you’re like the Bob Ross of 18th century cooking. Thank you for another great video!... and making me hungry
@kimfleury
4 жыл бұрын
Alexander's Archives - and the Bob Vila of 18th century building!
@Nivedoloplad
4 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say making 18th century cooking is similar to being a painting artist.. Stretching it a bit.
@joshtrujillo1674
4 жыл бұрын
@@Nivedoloplad I think he is referring to his personality. Stretching it or not, it is his opinion. I actually agree.
@adamnelson4428
4 жыл бұрын
We’re just gonna put a little nutmeg in there and that’ll just be our little secret
@CynHicks
4 жыл бұрын
@@adamnelson4428 This needs more likes. Lol
@madeline6048
4 жыл бұрын
Jon: Was it really worth it to make lobster this.. Michael: YEP Jon: 🤨🤔🤷♂️
@TheFamousMockingbird
4 жыл бұрын
I trust Michael on this one. Ive worked as a line chef for years in my past and what they presented sounds far more delicious than boiled with butter
@Dylans503
4 жыл бұрын
Okay Chef
@luiseduardo199
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheFamousMockingbird yeah it's clear he is biased and knows little of the real value of the lobster. I live by the water and you can buy lobster at only 8 bucks the kilo and people are not going nuts for it. People prefer red snapper, octopus, sea bass, Mahi Mahi and even conch. We eat lobster here and shrimp and calamary but mostly fried with some sauce like an appetizer or on the pan seared. It's not that big of a deal.
@acmecomments
4 жыл бұрын
Mike is the star of the show he keeps me coming back again and again.
@dmanduff9108
3 жыл бұрын
Top notch show production. Truly a treat to watch. Thank you for your wonderful shows and humble enthusiasm!
@maxpower18
4 жыл бұрын
Mr. Dragoos smile and demeanor just brightened my whole day. Thank You!
@HoundofOdin
4 жыл бұрын
If lobsters and shrimp lived on land, we would hire exterminators to get rid of them.
@andrewhanson1180
4 жыл бұрын
They do and we do! They're called cockroaches LOL
@poptartmallshart5323
4 жыл бұрын
in Cambodia, the people literally catch and deep fry millipedes, crickets, and tarantulas. they crack open just like lobsters, only a little easier, and people say the meat inside actually tastes like lobster and crab too.
@HoundofOdin
4 жыл бұрын
@@poptartmallshart5323 Of course they taste like crab and lobster, all of those animals are arthropods.
@DAAraiz
4 жыл бұрын
If lobsters lived on land, I'd have a lobster ranch!
@chingizzhylkybayev8575
4 жыл бұрын
If lobsters lived on land that would be freaking terryfying
@Undedproduction
3 жыл бұрын
6:26 I don't have to imagine, I've done it! In the Florida Keys we fry up spiny lobsters during lobster season. There's a whole lobster festival every summer even, down on Duval Street. Fried, steamed, grilled, rolls, they make them just about every way you can think of!
@staralchemist129
Жыл бұрын
(insert Bubba’s shrimp monologue but it’s lobster)
@suzihoude
3 жыл бұрын
fried lobster is most definitely still a thing! i was shocked at how shocked jon was! it's a great take-it-to-the-beach finger food on beautiful summer days when you don't want to deal with the shell or be stuck in a sit-down restaurant. it's sold in clam shacks alongside fried shrimp and chicken strips. i've only had it with tartar sauce -- the butter-claret sauce looked amazing. ...while i would not splurge on lobster out-of-season, the in-season prices in new england are very reasonable.
@aMoodyHipster
4 жыл бұрын
"I seent it!! Y'ER FOND OF ME LOBSTER!"
@BackfischHunter
4 жыл бұрын
I scrolled way to far for this comment
@ecco2ks
4 жыл бұрын
mmm I love crazy lighthouse workers
@DemocracyDiesInDarkness
4 жыл бұрын
Fried lobster is actually awesome
@daisyd90
4 жыл бұрын
It's fairly common on the East coast.
@canaisyoung3601
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah...though lobster baked or broiled is better.
@charlesbaldo
4 жыл бұрын
Canais Young I like them all.
@Evans_Yellow
4 жыл бұрын
So is putting a little bit of amphetamine under your foreskin. Doesn't make it right.
@HeavyMetalMike
4 жыл бұрын
@@Evans_Yellow lol
@mujigae1491
3 жыл бұрын
I love all your videos but I think this one is particularly fun because it's clearly just friends passionate about the same hobby who read something in an old book and decided to try it out together not knowing for sure what the outcome would be.
@scottbruckner4653
4 жыл бұрын
This may just become my preferred way to eat Lobster tail.
@fell5514
4 жыл бұрын
Honestly the sauce sounds like it would be delicious on a regular steamed or boiled lobster. Butter, wine, and citrus with lobster? You can't really go wrong.
@Brandon-jw5cv
4 жыл бұрын
Fried lobster is my favorite. You can get it fried at most high-end steak houses. Usually they fry it raw removed from the shell.
@phishtrader7744
4 жыл бұрын
I'd imagine it would be a lot crunchier if you fried the lobster in the shell.
@ValeriePallaoro
4 жыл бұрын
And that sounds perfect ... [don't pay no never mind to Jon Berg]
@octaviojimenez561
4 жыл бұрын
Sir you are a blessing, I think that the cooking of this time period was truly amazing and I appreciate you greatly.
@free_spirit1
4 жыл бұрын
Can I just say how nicely Michael fits those clothes? I imagine him wearing modern clothes like a shirt or t-shirt with sneakers and how much nicer he looks in period clothes.
@kidzeat8002
4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha. “The fish sticks of the 18th century.” Love it.
@anthonylogan381
4 жыл бұрын
KidzEat yeah that was a good one lol
@smitty1647
4 жыл бұрын
the comparison doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, fish sticks are minced up frozen and formed, probably from whatever they scrape of the bone after they get the big cuts off. it's more like the chicken wings of the 18th century
@s.m.mannix8582
4 жыл бұрын
Basically, 18th C. version of Sweet & Sour Shrimp. I'd suggest that instead of boiling the lobster all the way, just parboiling it then throwing in an ice bath to make it easier to peel. Not a procedure that would have been generally possible in an 18th C. kitchen, but, easy for a modern cook and totally safe since it will finish cooking when fried.
@idontwantahandlewtf
4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I'm not the only one who takes these old recipes for things people never eat anymore, and try to modernize them with current equipment and techniques. It's a whole new world of flavor and texture, and some dishes that kinda suck if you make them the old fashioned way, taste really good when you get modern with them.
@modernmrscleaver
4 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing.
@hendrixtimestwo
4 жыл бұрын
@@idontwantahandlewtf Not to put you on the spot, but have you got any examples off the top of your head? Always interested to try new recipes, and the idea of modernizing classic dishes is appealing to me
@swan5687
4 жыл бұрын
Dont do this to lobster!!!!! Very easy to get food poisoning off of it!!!!!
@MrClarkisgod
4 жыл бұрын
@@swan5687 Yes do this. You fry them in oil and they finish cooking. That's how we make lobster hush puppies.
@pozzowon
4 жыл бұрын
Your channel is the best find of the quarantine for me
@Zilong09
3 жыл бұрын
the production of this was excellent. i love that you showed the recipe on the bottom! The whole thing is super interesting.
@adambougrayne1501
4 жыл бұрын
“Add a little bit of butter” adds whole stick.
@ms.pirate
3 жыл бұрын
2 shots of vodka *pours the whole bottle*
@TwoDaysSober
3 жыл бұрын
There’s a reason he ain’t skinny
@Oh-ou4lp
3 жыл бұрын
HEY A HOLE STICK IS A LILLTE BIT!
@freakshowtell
4 жыл бұрын
Dragoo is BACK!!! Love that guy.
@gary609906
3 жыл бұрын
Every time I see these two together I get the impression that the chef wants to choke out the host hahaha
If you are in a region close to where lobsters are caught the price still isn't crazy, and the most popular preparations are still chowders and soups. A lot of the lobster's flavor is locked up in the shell, so boiling the shell to help make a stock is a great way to get more bang for your buck with it. In Northern Indiana, getting good lobster is going to be essentially impossible. Unless it was pulled up and flown out live that morning then served that evening, it just won't be as good and doing that is very expensive (I have eaten lobster caught that day on the docks in Maine, and truly nothing compares).
@bff1316
4 жыл бұрын
I always save all the exoskeletons, (skins). the next day they will be added to a pot of good water and simmered for hours. After a minimum of four hours I will remove the skeletons and simmer down till most of the water is gone. Cool and refrigerate, place in bags, freeze and vacuum seal. Powerful stuff, will make a great bisque, stock, of the base for a seafood sauce.
@crazydrummer181
4 жыл бұрын
I mean don’t they sell live lobster at wal mart?
@xallthatremains8339
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Spiny lobsters can't compare to Maine lobsters
@TJStellmach
4 жыл бұрын
"We're going to _ruin_ these lobsters... I bet you it's going to be great."
@scottbruckner4653
4 жыл бұрын
Lobster Nuggets sounds like a great way to get your kid to eat fish.
@PraetorianCarrion
Жыл бұрын
I don't see the problem, right off the bat this sounds good to me
@agentcooper6179
4 жыл бұрын
Townsend. You’ve done it again! That looks mouth watering.
@booploops22
4 жыл бұрын
I saw a glimmer in john's eye when the guest mentioned "nutmeg" while reading the recipe
@HeavyMetalMike
4 жыл бұрын
Chef John has his cayenne, Townsends his nutmeg.
@MadameTeqi
4 жыл бұрын
And YSAC has his pepper-pepper-pepper
@jjs8426
4 жыл бұрын
Ha so true. What does babish have?
@HeavyMetalMike
4 жыл бұрын
@@jjs8426 his tiny whisk!
@smbake
4 жыл бұрын
That look on their faces when they bite into them....priceless!
@palp8623
2 жыл бұрын
I love how the music changes once they start tasting the food. This show has such great background music.
@AndrewTrembley
4 жыл бұрын
What were they thinking? "We have a metric ton of lobster, and the metric system hasn't even been standardized yet! We need a new recipe!" Love it!
@comsubpac
4 жыл бұрын
Lobster McNuggets?
@nativenewlondoner
4 жыл бұрын
comsubpac Someone ought to write to McDonalds with that suggestion.
@canaisyoung3601
4 жыл бұрын
They'd probably replace it with fake lobster.
@roberthale8407
4 жыл бұрын
@@nativenewlondoner No McDonalds would ruin it
@KairuHakubi
4 жыл бұрын
I'm almost certain the 'McLobster' did exist, and was basically a sandwich with a fried lobster patty inside
@AdlerTX
4 жыл бұрын
@@KairuHakubi I remember something along the lines like that available in Canada, but it's not fried- it's a salad
@charlesferdinand422
Жыл бұрын
Seeing these two chomping those sea turkey tails literally made me drool!
@hazelkitty27
4 жыл бұрын
5:15 this face exchange was my favorite part of the whole anime
@D4NPL4YZ
4 жыл бұрын
In the old days the lobster are cheap and they would called it the cockroach of the sea lobster and caviar are cheap in the old days now it is so expensive :(
@BoydofZINJ
4 жыл бұрын
There are laws in NY state to prevent some "specific" jobs from abusing their workers and it is illegal to serve them lobster, because it was so cheap and people hated lobster back then. 100 years later, they keep it in the books because they dont want to have the cost of giving premier lobster to workers.
@wishiwasabear
4 жыл бұрын
Both things were so popular that we drove them to near extinction, consequently raising the price. Lets enjoy the popular foods of today before they get expensive too.
@Goddot
4 жыл бұрын
Oisters were worth nothing. Then came a rich Frenchman and it became popular and expensive. Caviar was eaten by the fishermen as it'd spoil way too fast to allow to transport the fish, and was worth very little. Then came a rich Frenchman and it became popular and expensive. Lobster was worthless. Then came a rich Frenchman and it became popular and expensive. Foie gras was a waste product, the actual product was goose fat, excellent for cooking. Then came a rich Frenchman and it became popular and expensive.
@johnn3542
4 жыл бұрын
Good movie about cavier, the pirate,
@John77Doe
4 жыл бұрын
D4NPL4YZ Beluga sturgeon caviar?? 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
@mikehartmann5187
4 жыл бұрын
Roughly 4 years ago I had dinner at my favorite steakhouse in historic Morristown NJ. Among the off menu appetizer specials of the day was a lobster fritter. Intrigued, I tried it. It still ranks as the best appetizer I’ve ever had hands down bar none. Wow were those fritters delicious, and I am not even a huge fan of lobster! There is nothing wrong with fried lobster!
@luiseduardo199
4 жыл бұрын
I know right this dude has no clue. Where I live we eat it like an appetizer also and it's amazing.
@BeatDropSora
4 жыл бұрын
What's the name of the steakhouse? I might have to go when everything opens back up?
@mikehartmann5187
4 жыл бұрын
BeatDropSora Roots Steak House
@BeatDropSora
4 жыл бұрын
@@mikehartmann5187 thank you sir
@JayLeePoe
4 жыл бұрын
1699: "Hold on, let me feed this caviar to my cat before we go to the endangered species butchering; I heard they're serving rare chicken, deep fried steak and lobster and boiled pork fat"
@mandolore19
4 жыл бұрын
I've only been subscribed to this channel for about a week and have been watching your extensive and engrossing back catalogue. First off, Thanks for the videos. Everything I've seen is amazing. Second: Idea for a drinking game. Take a swig of grog every time someone says nutmeg.
@townsends
4 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the Channel!
@clintonleonard5187
4 жыл бұрын
I don't know what he's complaining about, that looks and sounds amazing.
@gtf234
4 жыл бұрын
I mean, for all they dunked on it at the start, they ate a lot of crow when they took that first bite to find it was tasty. Battered and fried anything typically ends up delicious- the only problem really is just the lobster is really overcooked, but that would be normal for the 18th century when food safety wasn't as well understood- lots of things were by standard cooked to excessive levels due to understanding it wasn't safe to eat them undercooked but not what was a safe range. Do this with raw or parboiled lobster though and you can make it even better; it's otherwise just a lobster fritter, they're not that strange or unusual. I see a lot of such fried chunks of it here with Florida lobster tails, which are normally huge and well suited for cutting into bite sized chunks. If anything I am more surprised they act like they've never seen such a thing before, not even from the scope of tempura. The main difference is just lobster's status has climbed so much since the 18th century, so this isn't working with a cheap ingredient anymore.
@valdeezycleaver
4 жыл бұрын
gtf234 yeah, we tend to fry a lot of spinies here. It’s very good with marmalade/horseradish sauce.
@RogueLG
3 жыл бұрын
Yea I love fried lobster, a place by me sells a fried lobster sandwich on a brioche roll for $12 with fries sooo good, especially with melted butter.
@eanschaan9392
3 жыл бұрын
@@gtf234 Yeah. I mean, people can and will deep fry anything. Heck, people have taken to just eschewing lobster altogether and deep frying butter alone!
@TwoDaysSober
3 жыл бұрын
He hates on it because he didn’t pick the recipe
@davidduvall1947
4 жыл бұрын
Living in Maine near the coast, all I can add is "you're not from around here". But, then, I forget what it's like not to have access to seafood ;)
@MrPSaun
4 жыл бұрын
I'm from the coast of Maine as well. Lived here all my life. Most people from away consider lobster a delicacy of some sort, but really, the taste of of lobster is just butter and mayonnaise. Maybe I can get some lobsters from my buddy and try this recipe. It sounds pretty decent!
@gouryoku
4 жыл бұрын
@@MrPSaun butter and mayo? Are all y'all high af or sumthin?
@foxandbarrettshow6916
4 жыл бұрын
I had a cultural problem when I moved in land no mussels or shrimp crayfish at four five times the price it was insane
@surprisedchar2458
4 жыл бұрын
gouryoku The most common ways we enjoy lobster here in Maine are either the usual boiled and steamed, which gets dunked in butter, or in a lobster roll where it’s a lobster salad made with mayo on a hot dog bun.
@crazydrummer181
4 жыл бұрын
MrPSaun Lobster is good but crabs are way better. Especially Blue crabs! Ever had fried soft shell blue crab? Amazing.
@Colman91
4 жыл бұрын
The most wholesome channel on KZitem.
@rotolotto
3 жыл бұрын
You can tell how excited and fascinated Jon is by this recipe in particular, it's unspeakably charming! He seems completely tickled by the very premise in hindsight. Wonderful content!
@matt475
4 жыл бұрын
I'm still waiting for the episode titled "A ragu with Dragoo" Edit: Just saw an 18th recipe called "The Cardinal's Ragu"
@BEZERKSTUDIOS718
4 жыл бұрын
Birgu with dragoo tho
@kaylawuvscookies
4 жыл бұрын
@@BEZERKSTUDIOS718 Burgoo?
@BEZERKSTUDIOS718
4 жыл бұрын
@@kaylawuvscookies that one lmao
@keki4578
4 жыл бұрын
Is that a Sam O’Nella
@matt475
4 жыл бұрын
@@keki4578 I forgot about the Tudors... Great show; Sam Neill was especially good in it.
@perry92964
4 жыл бұрын
i seem to recall watching a video of a historian saying when the pilgrims settled here they were going hungry cause they didnt know you could eat lobster, and they were all over the beaches. the indians didnt eat them either
@Treblaine
4 жыл бұрын
Pilgrims were kinda dumb, it wouldn't be that hard to figure out they were edible.
@perry92964
4 жыл бұрын
@@Treblaine back in those days if you lived 2 miles or more from the sea you probably never ate any sea food, its not like they hopped in the car and went to town . have you ever cracked opened an uncooked shell fish? there filled with the same goo thats in a bug. maybe they didnt want to eat a giant bug lol
@Treblaine
4 жыл бұрын
@@perry92964 If you're starving wouldn't you give it a go? I mean it's clearly an animal, it's going to have more sustenance than dirt or leaves.
@perry92964
4 жыл бұрын
@@Treblaine i would try for a seagull first but who knows what it was like im sure there werent lobsters walking on the beach and you still had to catch them, back then people didnt like to get wet and if they only knew what we know things would have been very different
@panzermacher
4 жыл бұрын
no you ignorant peasants, there's a Bible prohibition on eating Crustaceans because they are scavengers. www.openbible.info/topics/eating_shellfish
@EndWellHigh
4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate this man's energy so much. He's like if Mr. Rogers was into the weird stuff our ancestors ate. He's so endearing I'm not embarrassed to be legitimately interested in this.
@nocturnal6129
4 жыл бұрын
Lobster was served as the main course at the first Thanksgiving. You're welcome.
@ryanwalters5290
4 жыл бұрын
The 18th century, doing state fair food before there were states
@smhgaming3259
4 жыл бұрын
their were states in other countries America didn't invite states
@mariannedavila3574
4 жыл бұрын
@@smhgaming3259 True that
@kidcharlemagne1002
4 жыл бұрын
@@smhgaming3259 way to take the piss out of a decent joke.
@warrenstemphly5756
4 жыл бұрын
He must be German
@anthonylogan381
4 жыл бұрын
Warren Stemphly that made me laugh a good bit haha
@Thrawn369
4 жыл бұрын
There's a glut of lobster in Australia right now due to the coronavirus. So we might start seeing deep fried lobster around here!
@bidoofismyking8962
Жыл бұрын
How is that related
@MCRuCr
3 жыл бұрын
It baffles me how they didn't care about quantities at all in those old recipes
@D8W2P4
3 жыл бұрын
They had a couple of neurons firing in their head and could figure out what looked to be too little or much.
@tealosophy
3 жыл бұрын
It's important to note that at that time lobsters weren't kept alive till the moment of cooking, this resulted in lobster going bad pretty fast, because as many other shellfish they have too much bacteria and when lobsters die this bacteria rapidly multiply and produce toxins and other stuff that makes meat taste horrible.
@scarletshield009
4 жыл бұрын
"You're fond of me lobster! Admit it!" The Lighthouse 2019.
@HyggeState
4 жыл бұрын
I always love when Michael makes an appearance!
@wilfbentley6738
Жыл бұрын
My father was born in 1924, so was depression-raised. He said: "The rich kids ate roast beef. We ate fish." At one time lobsters were so plentiful that they were spread on the fields as fertilizer. More recently, I love lobster, and so does my daughter. We eat it as often as we can afford it.
@armouredjester1622
3 жыл бұрын
I don't even *like* cooking videos, but the rustic feel has me hooked
@UnspokenOldOne
4 жыл бұрын
Just saw this pop up and had to watch. So excited to see Michael Dragoo guesting.
@KingFisheR00011
4 жыл бұрын
Shur up!
@Hopeofmen
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@icarusmaybe6629
4 жыл бұрын
"What we're they thinking??" Delicious.
@zerofactor7871
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Maine, our family wasn't poor but far from wealthy. We lived about an hour from the coast, and every year from the middle of spring to the end of summer we'd drive down to the docks once a week. They would sell 2-3lb fresh, live lobsters to you that had been on the ocean floor not more than a few hours before, and we were paying anywhere between $1 and $2 per pound. We could fill a large igloo cooler with fresh lobster for about $30, and then we'd come home and put on a huge lobster boil for the whole family. We could sit down and eat 2-3 lobsters each, and have leftovers for lobster rolls and lobster salad for the rest of the week. During the summers, taking out the trash was extra unpleasant due to all the rotting lobster shells. This was in the early 2000's, so not that long ago.
@ami2evil
Жыл бұрын
Seems like a lifetime ago...
@skeeterbits1473
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for bringing such wonderful, informative videos.
@brianburroughs
4 жыл бұрын
2:08 + 5:03 + 5:59 + 6:52 - This guy stands behind lobster 110%
@swaghettimemeballs4420
4 жыл бұрын
"We're gonna find out." xD
@luiseduardo199
4 жыл бұрын
He's acting like a biased child who does not really understand culture.
@asalways1504
4 жыл бұрын
It's so baffling to think that a long time ago lobster was common and considered cheap chump food
@danieltodd6071
4 жыл бұрын
Ikr now-a days it costs like $15 a MEDIUM TAIL (at the store i go to)
@edcrichton9457
4 жыл бұрын
Part of the reason it was cheap was easy availability. At the time, as they noted lobsters were larger, and more common. Centuries of intense overfishing has created an expensive delicacy.
@Grimmjow747
4 жыл бұрын
It's even more baffling to think that something went from cheap by catch to premium delicacy just due to human consumption in just a few centuries
@ManoloRibera070
4 жыл бұрын
Salmon too
@AM-os4ty
4 жыл бұрын
It is not hard. Lobsters really are giant ocean bugs that are bottom feeders. Where they were accessible they were and still are marginal food, like catfish. However, along the way they got hyped beyond their flavor. It is possible to fly them everywhere now. Limited supply makes them expensive and people assume it must be super duper amazing because of that.
@BooCooDinkiDau
7 ай бұрын
I remember eating fried lobster like this in the Bahamas. It was so readily available that they even fed it to the local cats
@jeffli2452
3 жыл бұрын
frying lobster is actually a pretty good method of cooking lobster. It's really common in chinese cuisine (e.g. cantonese-style ginger scallion lobster) and it tastes phenomenal!
@donaldmitchell9448
4 жыл бұрын
Re: the sauce... "Then beat some Butter up thick, with grated Nutmeg, Claret, and Orange Juice." Is it possible that perhaps the butter wasn't meant to be melted, but rather softened and the remaining ingredients whisked or whipped in to make more of a "saucy" sauce than the "dip" shown in the video? Also, fried lobster isn't all that unusual. I've seen it alongside fried scallops, whole-belly clams, shrimp, etc... at the clam shacks by my parent's house in Maine. And all that right next to the lobster roll, which I'm sure some purists will say is another way to "ruin" a lobster, but I'll eat that "ruined" lobster any day of the week. :-)
@t.c.bramblett617
4 жыл бұрын
Having had real lobster rolls in Maine also, I am inclined to believe that might be the perfect way to eat lobster. I can't think of much better.
@sundarpichai940
4 жыл бұрын
Right, I was little surprised by what he said there. While the boiled (or steamed -- my preferred method) lobster is by far the most common, I've seen lots of fried lobster around. It's certainly served that way at Japanese restaurants, particular if there's some sort of lobster tempura roll.
@StarUnreachable
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was surprised they melted the butter when it makes more sense to have heated the claret and juice up, then added cold butter to make an emulsion.
@averylfong4843
4 жыл бұрын
I feel like the tempura style is less about covering up the food (like the way the lobster is fried here, and then smothered in orange/nutmeg/claret/butter sauce), but instead a method of cooking the food to preserve and highlight its freshness. The batter forms a protective layer around the fresh meat or vegetable, and retains moisture (not unlike a deep fried turkey). No spices or 'masking' flavours are typically added, and the whole fried meat/veg is dipped in a simple sauce made of soy sauce, dashi (umami extracted from seaweed/fish/mushrooms) and mirin (a sweet cooking sake) etc. In Singapore where I live people cook and serve crab (sometimes lobster) whole and wok-fried in a thick, spicy, savoury-sweet, tomato-chilli sauce or covered in a super black peppery dry sauce. They're called 'chilli crab' and 'black pepper crab' respectively. You crack the crab at the table, and the chilli crab sauce is meant to be mopped up by the crab meat and these sweet, fried buns.
@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980
4 жыл бұрын
@Brian Walsh If you ever visit Sydney, Australia then you have to try something called a Balmain Bug. Its a crustacean related to lobsters but it looks like a trilobite. & tastes like a cross between a lobster & a shrimp. They're ugly looking little buggers but man are they some bloody good eating. Cheers Mate! 😊
@subdawg1331
4 жыл бұрын
great video , and yep Lobster was a poor man's meal way back then..the long shore-men even made in their contract that it could only be served twice a week
@ItsMeKrys
4 жыл бұрын
I could imagine even being a seafood lover that having too much of a good thing would have still been bad.
@bradycollins5267
4 жыл бұрын
This channel I love it. It is so.................pure.
@DrJCue
3 жыл бұрын
Looks great. Fried lobster is delicious. However, I'd recommend reducing the wine before adding the butter. Then you'll get a creamy sauce rather than a watery one and the flavors will be more concentrated.
@CozyButcher
4 жыл бұрын
You have the coolest channel on KZitem and I love seeing your stuff. Thank you for what you do.
@lazzymclandrover4447
4 жыл бұрын
Lobster uses to be so plentiful, it was considered to be poor man's food... they even served it in jails.
@JS-wp4gs
4 жыл бұрын
'Fried lobster street food' That sounds like horrific food poisoning waiting to happen
@AnnaCMeyer
4 жыл бұрын
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McDonald's restaurants in Atlantic Canada offered lobster rolls as a seasonal special.
@tommydoez
4 жыл бұрын
@idkroselle more of the lobster rotting than the food being undercooked i reckon
@AmataTai
4 жыл бұрын
Keeping the lobsters alive prevents spoiling ^~^
@AmataTai
4 жыл бұрын
That and I imagine the streetfood stands were fairly near the water, like all lobster shacks I love in Maine
@fieldy409
4 жыл бұрын
Now imagine it in a world without refrigeration lol.
@juggernaught79
3 жыл бұрын
Been a while since I’ve watched this channel. Still charming
Пікірлер: 2,8 М.