🎂Cake vs Cake🎂 | 1800s Baking 

I still cannot believe that you two built that cabin by yourselves with only $1,500! 😮It’s adorable and practical, both! ❤😊

We've been laughing about sugar nips for days! 😂😄😆🤣 You guys are hilarious! Thank you for putting your blood, sweat, and farts into your awesome channels! You're both brilliant and incredible people! 🤘🤘🇺🇲❤️🤍💙🦅

This came across my feed and I've been watching these ever since. Great to see how people lived and cooked back then. Makes me appreciate everything I have today, while seeing how life made families closer. Keep it up!

This vlog was hilarious! Between Ron's delirium from nutmeg and Justin's laughter which is so contagious, I can't remember laughing so much! Love it! Thank you both for being so real!

I hope John Townsend gets to see this. The picture inserts of him were really cute. I also like nutmeg. I bet he would like that nutmeg grater. I hope someone comments about why the sugar came in those hard cones and not something easier to deal with that could stack better.

...........that's why Jon likes it so much.............! Mary's birthday is 9/18. Have a great one, Justine.

My Alabama father taught me to put cornbread (with NO sugar) into a glass with milk. Still delicious!

"Sugar nips"...I'm STILL laughing!!! Justine says "butt", "mucus", and "sugar nips" all in ONE VIDEO! THIS one was a GOOD one! LOL!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Hey you guys I have to share with you, that back in 1985 when I was dating my then boyfriend who is now my husband for 37 years, I had made him a 3 layer chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, he really surprised me when he put his cake in a bowl and he poured milk over the top of his cake. I had never seen that before. I am used to it now but back then I was very suprised, so having Ron talk about puting his cornbread into his mug and pouring milk over it. It reminded me of my hubby😊😊

My Granny would put her cornbread in a bowl and pour buttermilk on it to eat. This channel brings back so many fond memories of being in the kitchen with my Granny.

You two are a hoot! And I suspect the cones were to prevent rodents from gnawing on them during shipping and in home storage. It is why the Egyptians made grain into beer---reduced loss to rats.

My Granny from the Ozarks and her people always made “soakies”. Cornbread, molasses or sorghum, and milk.

Buttermilk. My father & Grandfather both put their cornbread in a cup with buttermilk poured over it. That was their late night snack.

Ron, add blackeyed peas or kidney beans to that bread and milk with salt and pepper. Yum!

Fun trial! I like my cornbread with pancake syrup on it! Yummy!! So that mold is like the muffin top pans they have out now. You two, to cute blushing together ❤ ☺ And... Happy birthday, Justine! That was really sweet, what you did for her, Ron!!

Hit my feed randomly and haven’t stopped watching these videos. Only issue I have is I want to try it so bad haha

Hi guys, love the channel and when it veers into science topics of the day back then! Sugar was almost certainly manufactured and shipped this way for centuries up until the modern era for a few reasons, primarily because raw sugar contains molasses which when poured into a conical mold and left to cool and dry just naturally forms a rock hard mass like this, but also because even if they granulated or powdered it after this step, it wouldn't matter. Air conditioning wouldn't become widely available until the 20th century, and because sucrose is pretty hygroscopic, it would simply absorb humidity from the air and quickly become a clumpy, soggy mess during transport and storage in earlier centuries. The hard cones are much easier to ship. Incidentally, Francis Bacon (of scientific method philosophy fame) discovered triboluminescence, or the emission of flashes of light when crystals break, one night in 1620 using his sugar nips on one of these "loaves" of sugar stating: "It is well known that all sugar, whether candied or plain, if it be hard, will sparkle when broken or scraped in the dark". Also, on the topic of soap suds, baked goods leavening, and potassium carbonate / hydroxide, the mechanisms are very different. In baked goods, your carbonate ion, whether it comes along with Na in the case of baking soda, or K in the case of potash, is decomposing into carbon dioxide gas bubbles when it reacts with whatever acid you mix in with it (cream of tartar, citric acid, etc.) and that causes the cake mix or whatever to fluff up and become airy. But in soap, these bases are chemically reacting with fats to saponify into surfactant molecules that naturally form thin molecular bi-layer films when dissolved in water, but no gas is being evolved here, it's just many of these films forming around ambient entrained air when the soap is worked into a sudsy lather. love the chew 'n chats about history and science!

Brown sugar is still sold in cones in Mexico and probably avalable in Mexacan food markets. Your cast iron pan is referred to in my book of antique cooking emplements as a gem pan. I'm from Georgia and enjoyed the sweet drawing ! Also cornbread does not need sugar ! ha ha ! Great in sweet milk or buttermilk !!

Justine looks like a little kid sitting at the table LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!

Ron's vests are looking good!

First of all ,this lady is a great cook for everything she bakes, and makes a lot of great food😅😊, I wish I can bake etc like her

In Germany you can buy these sugar cones and I used them before for Feuerzangenbowle. Not sure what it was used for back then in the old day. Feuerzangenbowle is a traditional German alcoholic drink for which a rum-soaked sugarloaf is set on fire and drips into mulled wine. It is often part of a Christmas or New Year's Eve tradition. The name translates literally as fire-tongs punch, “Bowle” meaning “punch” being borrowed from English.

Sound yummy with coffee,or hot tea! Appropriate to since the recent passing of the Queen! We will never see another. Isn't that something to think on? You both be happy and well. ☺️.

I have watched Townsend and he’s ok to watch but I really really love watching both your channels instead!! Your cooking channel is so relaxing and this chat of you two are so cute and informative! Thank you for having this channel! ❤️❤️❤️

The sense of humor between you two cracks me up.I cant wait till you find some land.wish me and the hubby could live like that.Bless you both.

OMG I LOST IT WHEN JUSTINE SAID SUGAR NIPS !! 😂😂😂😂 THEN LOST IT AGAIN WHEN THEY LOST IT TOO LOVE YOU GUYS!

I KNOW IT IS LONG. BT PLEASE TRY TO READ IT. THANK YOU! In Germany you get Porassium and a second powder translated Deer's horn in our Apotheken (were you teceive your preskribed pills, or headache oills, etc), and at least between September and Christmas in the Supermarkets in special dtand ip-cardboard thingys, which contain everything you need for your Christmas Bakery.Rhey are often early sold out, so the bags with the spices, but you can collect them by yourself, of course. This is too necessary for our Leb-or Pfefferkuchen, which you call Gingerbread. You need this because some doughs have to lay for weeks, some even have to lay since month. So you cannot use normal german baking powder; you need to put the dough in the oven with it inside NOW. Our huge Dr.Oetker- Company, which sells until today cakes, cookies and sich things, started, by the way, because he had the idea for the baking powder we use today. He mixed and sold it in tiny bags, so tze house wifes were not forced again to mix it alone. Of course now you find it in cheap brandsm but he was the founder. And wgg white is something we would kill for^. NO time we would throw it away! This was what I saw in one of your videos, when Justine poured it over the egg shells (which you, by the way, have to grind and give vthe hens, they need it gor the new egg shells!). You sure would never had wasted anything back then, had another dish that day where you could use them. Anyway, here you even cam biiy it powdered, since you need it so much for different sweet baked goods. Soda: you get it in big cartons in the russian shops here. They clean still their houses with it. The Germans had until the 1950s a thing with three pots at the place where you wash your dishes. They read 'SEIFE SODA SAND." Soap, soda, sand. Each was used for very dirty parts, you scrubbed that way. In hundeds of years in wvery town huge sand pits disappeared that way! Hamburg still has a HUGE spot called The Boberg Dunes. It is the only of all and did not disappear, since they wanted to much money for their sand. Sigh. Berlin is very flat, but a few streets away from my home we really had some so called mountains of sand, which could be really high; we have some left in our woods, but not so huge in wide. All is gone without a trace. My mother knew still the names and spots, but now they built on it. I too have such a "SEIFE SODA SAND". You find it in each old stuff shop. I am happy I saw a 'fresh' one of your videos, so I could writer to you! I love what you do. In my youth I had a complete old underwear, and I loved to wear all the underskirts and so. But my Mother hated it. I am sure from a wrong century. I love to cook our old recipies, and i spent my youth by reading very old books at night only wirh a very old petroleum lamp. God... I loved it! Sadly we do not have such historical meetings, since even if we wiuld mimic the 1740s or God knows what else, they all would yell N*ZIS! and a huge scandal wouod break loose and I would be the headline in the evening news. AND I LONG SO FOR IT! I can make baskets and weave and and and.. only because they had to know rhis backk then. Oh, and of course I can make soap. But be careful, if younwant to make such an episode be prepared it stnks like hell. Sorry for the long post! I cannot send mail in the evening. God's bless to you two sweeties! Hugs from the prussian capital (better: from the 'summer vacation spot" of Berlin, the citizens of Berlin used is for their spare time. We became a part only in 1920. But we have been founded by the Templar knights. True!)

Ron, you can find enzyme tablets that can help you avoid the problems with lactose.

Personally, I like the texture of currents better than raisins. (raisins are more mooshy) Justine, next time you make the lemon ones put some blueberries in them. Lemon and blueberry, together, are to die for!! Yes... Ron likes the boozey cake LOL

I didn’t realize how close you guys were to me, I am from Midwest Missouri. History was my favorite subject in school and I’m such a foodie, I am interested in learning more and I love your channel already.

I love the aromas of nutmeg, brandy, and lemon "essence". I can only imagine how good both those versions of those cakes tasted! You had me LOL over the sugar cone, the nutmeg "high" and the Townsends images! You two always lift my spirits. ❤

Great video, you two are the rock stars of the frontier.. ❤

Tea cakes. 😍 I love currants too! My grandmother would make currant jelly... so yummy! 👍 The butter wont ever make you gain weight, its all the sugar and flour that is the culprit. Just grate the sugar into a bowl. DONE! Thanks for sharing💕💐

We would pick wild blueberries as a kid and my mom would make pancakes with them .So good !

The dad in the movie October Sky was also eating cornbread and milk in the kitchen scene. Love that movie!

Damnit......???? I've been listening 2 your silent films for a while now.. and then just found out about this channel.. from your other chan.. cause you I dont have no other social media other than RU-vid... So I have 2 find stuff by chance .. I think you both are really cool folks... And I like you both even more for the simple fact that you chew your food very proper...just subbed 2 this channel as well.

Love this channel and early American.

I crumble cornbread in a glass, pour in buttermilk and sprinkle in salt and pepper. Grab a spoon and eat up. The cornbread isn’t soggy due to its crust. Try this with crackling cornbread for an added treat.

Cornbread and milk together in a glass is soooo good!

Hate currents. Love blueberries❣️ It would be so cool if Townsend would visit you both.

When I make cornbread I add a little sugar. My Grandfather & my Father love my cornbread in a bowl with cold milk poured over top for desert 😊 While visiting Venezuela, S.A. on my sailboat, we bought sugar in the market in a square shape like a brick and it was brown colored sugar. I used a very sharp paring knife on a wooden cutting board to collect the needed amount for my receipt. 🎉😊🍰

You had me laughing hysterically. 🤣🤣 Hey! My birthday is September 22 !

😂 You both were in your prime on this video, for sure! 😂 Thanks for the fun and laughter! You both are great! Sue ♥

You can scrape it with a knife! It was refined in the Caribbean and had to go overseas all around the world. It also had to be in specific weights for sale and distribution that's why it was in molds that had a specific weight.

so nice couple...its good to know how it looks like being in the past...i love to see u both ..showcasing about the historic past of America. much love from Philippines..God bless

My Granny made something like this and called them "Liberty cakes".

SWEETEST couple ever! Thanks 4 sharing. You gave us a wealth of info about period cooking and details surrounding spices used = WELL DONE! Keep up your wonderful spirits of 'Joy'! Happy Birthday dear Justine. Health and God Bless! :)

Ron I like milk on my cornbread too, I live in south west VA and it was tradition to do it like that for my family. Southern thang

You two are very entertaining with all your talk!! Like to watch you both laugh and have a good time!

Hi I make soap all the time. My receipt is Lye water, olive oil, coconut oil, castor oil, fragrance and colorants. the chemical reaction of the lye and oils causes the suds. Certain oils make better suds.

Oh my gosh, looooove Townsend's - Jon's "cameos" made me chuckle 🤭

Happy birthday Justine. Mine was the 6th. Hope your day is awesome.

It would be great to see you cooking your meals for a day - typical daily breakfast, lunch and dinner. BTW - when you are cooking and housekeeping how does Ron spend his time each day ( for real) when not constructing items for the homestead (we know at the time of course he would have spent they day cutting wood, hunting and such.)

Y'all are having too much fun ❤. My grandma loved cornbread in buttermilk. I love love buttermilk. Loved this video too.

I grew up putting leftover cornbread in sweet milk, some people would use buttermilk. For us it was an awesome snack! 😊 (My family are from Kentucky. I wonder if it is a southern thing?)

This is so informative thank you for sharing. I have always been interested in 1700 & 1800 cooking.

My mama used to put her cornbread in a glass of buttermilk!

I grew up eating left over cornbread in milk but we always had white cornbread. Not sweet cornbread. We also grew up with saltine crackers in milk. It was a real treat! I’m from Southern Ohio! My mommy was the youngest of 11 and grew up in Kentucky.

I'll return to the 'Sugar Nips' portion of this video for many years to get instant laughs, joy and smiles. Every video is loaded with gems, this is just one in this video Justine: "Ron is currently going through a psychotic trip. So we'll say bye."

Hi Justine & Ron, That's a Champion Grater Pat. Oct.9, 1866 by C.L. Gilpatric of Mass.

Hello everyone 🖐 hope all is well 😊 I never use raisins 🤢 currents are not bad. I probably would like the plain without icing. I definitely want to try this recipe soon. 😋 Whats the temperature by you guys, hope it's cooling off a little. Maybe you can make 1810 Johnny cakes? I make them with buttermilk. Yummy 😋 PS Ron, my father, who was Pennsylvania Dutch grew up in Easton and Redding, would always eat his apple pie-Shoo fly pie- bread pudding and even apple sauce in a bowl with cold milk poured over. 😉

Happy Birthday Justine!! 🧁🌸💕 We’re both September babies!! Hope you enjoy your special day!!

My grandpa used to put his cornbread in a cup of milk and drizzle honey over and then slurp it up til the cows come home🙌

Ohhh the sweetness part was so dang cute

Cornbread in milk, toast in milk, saltine crackers in milk....all delicious! Eat on the regular! Have a great day!

I was given a cast iron mold with little hearts and now I know what I can make with it! Thanks Justine! I thought it was just for cornbreads.

Think I’d like the lemon cakes and yes looks like it be good with milk grew up eating leftover cornbread and milk for years!

Sugar Nippers was my nickname in high-school 😆 Love you guys! Keep making videos...love then!

I feel like I am with friends, while watching your videos !! You guys are the best 🥰🥰

My best friend shares your birthday! Happy upcoming birthday! 🎂

They look like muffin tops, I have a muffin top pan! 😊

you guys are so adorable and funny too!

I had red white and black currents when I lived in England. They grow on bushes . Grapes grown on vines and Raisins are from grapes . I had gooseberies too.

Ron, I had an uncle who ate cornbread crumbled in milk every night before he went to bed. Loved the video! You and Justine are so sweet!

The cornbread and milk is a thing. I eat it and learned about it from my Grandpa who is gone now. He was from Texas. Maybe it’s a old time southern thing? Your channel is cool. Just found it.

My favorite channel

Lol I do the same thing with my corn bread! I add it to my cereal too

I just ♥️ this couple. And to have a couple living like the past cooking and telling and training us what it was like back then to cook and live naturally then how we live today. They both make my days. Just love the cozy cabin they live in & the addition of the bedroom they added last year Hoping this year at Christmas time they add a Christmas tree. Please keep your videos coming with the knowledge they have And may I say I have learned alot ❤❤

I can't have milk either so I feel for you Ron.. almond milk is actually very good on any kind of cereal cold or hot.

Nice history about the cakes. They must be delicious. I would like to try both of them. Thank you for sharing.

glad to see that the "ron farts" segment is back bahahah it's been a little while :D i also really, really need a nutmeg grater like that, even though i grate nutmeg like once a year.

I love ❤️ you guys.Enjoy chew &chat.Always tune in even how busy i am .Thank you for so much work Justine and Ron put in.Happy Birthday Justine🎂 🥳 September Baby.Hope you really have a good time !!😘🥰

Sugar nips… I was waiting until it hit you and it was so hillarious 😂😂😂 Cracking up over here with you! 😂

As a kid breakfast was often cornbread and milk. Love it. How about milk toast? The pork roast I cooked after you aired cooking pork was juicy and tender. However, since you cooked over an open fire I'm sure the smell was killer. I cooked mine over a lower heat,covered, with water in the pan. Had to finish the potatoes in the microwave. I do use a meat thermometer too. Stay safe you guys. I love this along with the Townsends.

When I was a kid, I read the book Old Yeller, and in one part Travis prepares cold cornbread crumbled into milk to give to his little brother Arliss, who shares it with a puppy. I tried it, not bad.

It’s true, ain’t nobody got time for making icing! 😅

"I'm a unicorn!!!" LOL Y'all's videos are SO adorable.

Your laugh is quite contagious! Thanks for all the smiles and fun. This was a fun one for sure! Love y’all!

I've heard of cilantro tasting soapy, but not nutmeg. Enjoyed the video, sugar nips.

Pot ash can be found in gardenproducts. It is used as a fertilizer. In some countries the ashes from fires are still used to fertilize the soil. Dont know if you can eat the bought garden version ....

I grew up eating "cornbread and sweet milk". Put butter on warm cornbread and break it up in a glass of whole milk. Yummo! Fond memories, too...

Sugar was packaged in cones because in processing it didn't crystalize like todays sugar.

My grandma grew up eating cornbread crumbled up in milk. She was born in 1939 and grew up in Kentucky in the coal miner camps.

My dad always poured milk over cake in a bowl, all cakes not just cornbread 😊

Thanks!

Funniest talk ever!! Enjoyed it! When I was about 10- 1966. I took the sugar cubes and were cutting them with some weird item. It looks like you could trim a cows hoof. Anyhow I got in trouble and my parents were upset about the item and not the sugar. I looked up the sugar nippers but All I remember is they were like scissors

Wow! Ron has been hitting the books. Love it

Y’all are so delightfully Missouri innocent. Like you do know when something could be naughty or an innuendo but it takes a bit.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who laughed at "Sugar Nips"

Those cakes look very much like tea bisquits my husband's grandmother made. She said best to use lard.