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Well said, I’m with you on perhaps needing our own food security in the future. The world has become one of consumers with few producers. I hope your root cellar comes to fruition p, they are amazing.

Not being American, I can totally understand how you would not identify with the Loyalist. The rational for remaining loyal to the Crown are varied, some times simple and also complex. There is a line in the movie The Patriot, where Mel Gibson say “ And tell me , why should a trade a tyrant 3000 miles away for a tyrant 3 miles away (or something to that effect). Many had military history/backgrounds with the British Army. Many had flourished economically under the King and simply didn’t want to wreck a good thing. Many thought that there was no way in God’s green earth that an American rebellion had a hope in hell of winning against the strongest army in the world. My ancestors all emigrated from Ireland in the mid to late 1800’s, so like you, I can’t truly identify with the Loyalists either, simply, my 2 cents worth. We appreciate your support and interest Scott.

@@TheWoodlandEscape The fighting between Loyalists and Patriots was quite ugly in the southern colonies. Like today, many didn't want to deal with change until forced to. Some of my ancestors were early immigrants to MA (early 1600s) and spread out from there. Love the history.

Glad you’re enjoying! So, Wild West, I assume you reside in the southwest,lol.

My wife Cathy does the work of filming and I simply play at what I enjoy most, history.

@@TheWoodlandEscape, well many thanks and great kudos to Cathy, too for her efforts in making your vision a reality for all to enjoy. I believe I speak for all of your subscribers in stating that we very much enjoy this journey.

You sound like me lol, if I could travel back in time I’d go to Ohio 14,000 years ago and try to get a mammoth with an atlatl.

As true "mountain Man" having lived at 10,000 ft all my life..it's more rough then fantasize. Hash struggle for existence. Constant bear n wolverine attacks with minus 30 for weeks on end. We had 360 in. Snow last year over 3 months. 2 seasons...winter and winter. I live in the high Rockies. Food is scarce and what you in a root cellar is under mole attack. High winds, vast periods of seeing not a soul will plague your mind. Inability to shower more then a cold klondike river dip. Out house. No electricity ,convenience. Foraging is rough...so saying all this I say to you...go for it...if you have the courage. Me ,well, I am almost 70 yrs old and wouldn't change a beautiful life!

Thank you.

Thanks James, we appreciate your kind compliment.

Indeed Larry, we have been blessed with a good life. Thanks for your interesting our channel.

Today it seems that many folks never have an unspoken thought… kinda annoying, lol.

Now hat you mention it Neva, I do believe your are bang on.

Announcing ones presence one the frontier during the turbulent 1700,s certainly prevented things going bad! So, Hallo the cabin to you Jason.

Thank you!

Good for you guys on your self sufficiency endvour, … all the best.

Modern cooks could learn a lot from Mrs. Stubbs!

Interesting family history, Jason. I worked in the tobacco harvest each summer while attending high school.

It is crazy how often people say there is a resemblance… don’t see it myself.

Thanks Cheryl. Don’t know why but, food prepared over an open fire always tastes better.

One never knows but, the time period, I believe, was a much better time than our hectic world.

She sounds amazing and by your description, you too took a step back in time.

@@TheWoodlandEscape I did. Everything in her house had been there pretty much since her parents moved there. She still slept in the bedroom she slept in as a little girl. She had all her parent's furniture and things. I saw things that most people would only ever get to see in a museum somewhere. She played that piano in her parlor for me and it just tickled her to death that someone enjoyed her life as much as I did. The old smokehouse still stood outside, but had long been converted into a garage for her car. Dad said there was a barn out behind the house, made from the trunks of whole trees. He said they were placed so close together, that you couldn't slide a piece of paper between them. Heck, up until 2 years before she passed away, she had never had an indoor bathroom. My uncle who is a carpenter, put her first ever indoor toilet in her house. She was so tickled, she made dad go in and look at it..lol I didn't get to see it, but dad said she had a dresser in one of the rooms on the other side, that had a marble top on it that was cracked. He said she told him when he asked about it, "oh well that happened when it fell out of the wagon on the way here!" Can you believe that?! lol

Good food never lasts long in our cabin! As to recipes, simple will always outshine complicated in my books.

It would seem that your Grandfather left a long last impression. We have 10 grandchildren and I love them all. Thanks for sharing your story.

That is a lot of viewing. Thanks for your interest.

What a fantastic bit of family history. My grandmother lived to be 3 months short of one hundred. As a small child I would spend a few weeks each summer with her and her amazing stories flowed. Thanks for sharing your story, Sammy.

Your Grandmother saw a lot of changes in her lifetime. I would have enjoyed hearing her tell her life stories.

I have mail order stuff from Mr. Townsends site many times over the years. His historical RU-vid channel is excellent. Thanks for your interest.

Thanks Ben but, I think we are a long way from a quarter of a million. Your interest is most appreciated.

Thanks Jan.

Indeed Michael, potter was very common in the time period we portray.

To add insult to injury, it was plus 90 with high humidity. Melanie is an amazing 18th century cook.

Indeed Kelly, without the sweat there simply was no survival.

Enjoy the fruits of your labor.

I do not know the recipe, Mark but, if you sent me an email I get it for you.

Hi Peter, I can’t seem to find your Email address, could you either forward it to me or let me know where I can find it. Sorry to appear thick! 🤔

Break a leg with your sermon tomorrow!

Good for us, extended family and friends.

Thank you Avrose.

Good to know, thanks for sharing.

There are a lot of proud loyalist families that live around us. The ancestors that fled their homes in those turbulent times.

Thanks Nancy for your feedback. We are truly amateurs at this filming business. I believe we are on our 3rd mic system and still not satisfied. Would you have any recommendations?

There was no quarter given to loyalists and it often ended in breaking up families with different loyalties. They simply lost everything that could not be carried on their backs.

@@TheWoodlandEscape As a died in the wool child of the American Revolution I suppose I should say, sorry about that. So glad that mess is over! Just a quick reflection. Back in my younger days when I was a student at Princeton prepping to become a Presbyterian minister a bunch of my classmates and I sat around one day and wondered among ourselves who was the most “All American” guy in our somewhat diverse class? Well, after much discussion and too many cups of coffee my dear friend Paul Thompson was picked out among the crowd. He had everything. He was young, handsome, had been an athlete undergraduate and the sort of personality that everyone easily gravitated toward. When we announced our selection and informed him of our choice, we discovered that while. Paul had studied at Wheaton College in Illinois and also with us at Princeton Theological Seminary, he was in fact a proud Canadian, through and through! In the end it didn’t matter. We all concluded that the best representation of the American male turns out to be a Canadian whose family had-and here’s the connection to the above topic-been loyalists in New York State who had been forced to relocate to the slightly cooler climate of your neck of the woods.

It was pretty tasty!!

That eloquent form of language has been lost. Not good at re-enacting it myself but, I love to watch good quality movies of that time period that demonstrate it.

@@TheWoodlandEscape surely thou dost jest sire. Thy knowledge abideth deep within thee. Thy knowledge knows no bounds. I believe that within thee, is the path to everlasting knowledge of all things. Thou surely art hiding within thyself great things. Blessed art thou who imparts much knowledge.

I’m going to attempt to twist some once it has cured.

The door to Cedar Hollow Tavern is always open.

Chicken cooked quicker than anticipated, so we ate the other food later.

@@TheWoodlandEscape the veg looked wonderful, especially the potatoes.

It is indeed hard to fathom the conditions and the fortitude of those who went before use!

Building a food chase. We appreciate your interest.

The odd critter eats some and most gets trampled down … “grass never grows on a play ground “.

That is indeed a sad note. We are fortunate to live in a relatively safe part of the world.

@@TheWoodlandEscape - One can only hope that it will stay that way. Not that I'm holding my breath about that, especially when I see what our respective Political "Elites" are up too all over the World and the language they're using to set people against each other. I heard that selfsame language in Rwanda in 1993/94 and it frankly scares the living daylight out of me. I do not want to experience something like that ever again.

Do more living history these days rather than re-enact it. Having said that, I might just do some filming at the next event.

It was a meager meal, cut a bit short due to the heat that day. It was over 90 F. We upload the content to the cloud and our son edits the footage. The bench isn’t varnished. It or rubbed in Tung oil … an edible tree oil.

Sad but, os so true!

Thanks for the feedback. There is question, filming does cut into productivity… we do our best to get as much footage as possible and still get the job done.

I may have gotten a bit excited seeing the 35 minute run time for the video. So I commented before watching the whole thing. So I'll add, I enjoyed the history of the loyalists moving up north during or after the American Revolution. All of my book reading involves the American Revolution. So with that, I have read a little on this particular part of the subject. But usually you don't get a significant amount of it within the American Revolution learning as it usually revolves around what happened in the states. So I enjoyed sitting back and listening to two history buffs discuss it.

We did save some scraps for the cinematographer, lol. Canada certainly didn’t see the level of native unrest that occurred south of the border.

Sometimes history is very hard to wrap one’s head around!

We use them during the summer.

That is excellent feedback, Victoria, we will explore that feature.

Apparently, Russian subtitles are already an option on the channel.

Sorry about the auto correct, meant Viktor not Victoria.

I simply air dry it but, I plan on processing it into twists as was done in the 18th century.

@@TheWoodlandEscape I hope you don't use it for pesticide. I saw a someone years ago making an "organic" pesticide with it assuming that the nicotine is what kills the bugs, but in reality it is the fluoride that is the poison. Fluoride is the active ingredient in rat poison. It is non essential for human life, too much can cause goiters or thyroid problems(it displaces iodine). I am no longer on medication for hypothyroidism, I drink filtered water, use a non fluoride toothpaste and avoid tobacco smoke. I am not a tea drinker , but green tea is also high in fluoride.

The chicken cooked faster than anticipated, so we dug in and ate the other stuff later.

Canada is indeed a wonderful country and there is an abundance of nature around us.

These were indeed turbulent times and attack could come at any moment.

We have a loft in one end and role out straw filled ticks at night on the floor, just as they did in the 1700’s.

That is a very interesting thought sir. From that perspective it looks like it would indeed be a better world, eh!