Making a Pumpkin Pie in 1796 IS HARD |No Talking Real Historic Recipes| Pumpkin Custard Pie 

Baked pumpkin > Stewed Pumpkin. We had a pumpkin history taste test on our 2nd channel Frontier Patriot! We made 3 pumpkin pies from different time periods and sat down to review them, including this one. You can find that video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Cb4A94k-hrg.html Thank you everyone for watching & have a great Thanksgiving!

It's comforting to watch and learn without all the blah blah blah of most podcasts; a bit like being a kid again with my mom in the kitchen. Thank you and God bless you and your family. Happy Thanksgiving Day 😘

Really makes you appreciate why people didnt waste food back then. Use the scraps for animals, toast the seeds for a snack. Reminder to be more resourceful and less wasteful. ❤

Making ANY pie from scratch is a labor of love! Just did 9 yesterday! Took better part of the day so I can't imagine the time involved in doing it without modern conveniences.

I'm 69 & I remember my grandmother making pumpkin pie from scratch. Nothing was left for waste. Even the pie shell scraps were rerolled, sprinkled with cinnamon & sugar then baked. She didn't bake them in a fireplace But she did use an old wood burning stove. Aaahh.. can smell your pie cooking thru my phone 🤗❤️

Hey Justine, the easy way is to weave a lattice on the counter with strips of dough, give it a quick press with your rolling pin to stick them together, and then transfer it right on top of the pie as you did here. People have been doing that for a very, very long time and passing it down through families by word of mouth so it's timeless. Love your content, as an asmrtist, professional cook, and amateur food historian myself.

I love this channel. Everyone mentions how soothing the videos are, and they definitely are, but I also find myself imagining this woman doing all this with a three year old climbing on everything, an 18 month old toddling around the fire, and a newborn in her arms. Makes me appreciate the work our ancestors did so incredibly much.

I am so thankful for you two, Ron and Justine. Thanks for the hard work you put into your RU-vid channels. I so much enjoy watching and learning from you. You bring so much joy to others. May God bless you both and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!

This is one of the coolest channels on RU-vid. I'm an historical fiction author. Thank you so much for these, because they really help me out with the everyday life scenes in my books. It's one thing to read and research about how my characters would have lived in the 1700s and 1800s, but it's a privilege to get to see it play out. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Back in the 60s and 70s there was only the classic pumpkin available at the store. No other varieties. That is what my mom used, no canned stuff. Her pies were the best. Also her crust was amazing. The crust must have flavor.

LOVE the fact that you actually stick to the receipt and dont do the now logical replacements for it - because that's why we are here to watch ....

This makes me so thankful for Mrs. Smith’s frozen pumpkin pie! I do love to cook and bake but not all the time. I can’t imagine how hot it must have gotten in these homes during the summer. You’d always have to have a fire no matter how hot it would be.

Doing damn near anything in 1796 was hard. You are a reminder to me of that fact, it's why I watch your vids. Keep up the good work.

@EarlyAmerican - I am a History teacher for 6-12th grades and I LOVE your channel! I have used some of your cooking videos to show my students how cooking and such would have been 100- 200 years ago what our Founding Fathers and Early Americans would have eaten and enjoyed making. And my students love to watch and even watch on their own time without it being an assignment ! Your videos have also been a big help to me as I struggle with PTSD and night terrors so going to sleep is always a battle but these relax me so well I fall asleep to the sounds of the crackling fire and the AMAZING Justine cutting up vegetables or cracking fresh eggs! You guys are truly an inspiring couple and EXTREMELY HISTORICALLY ACCURATE I must add! (You get an A++++ in Mr. Harpers History class 😉) Thank you for all of your hard work! I also have a small channel here on YT and know the time it takes to film and edit everything so you both deserve applause for that!

Hello Early American ; I just happened upon your channel, watched this video and subscribed. Anytime there's a Dutch Oven involved, you have my attention. I thoroughly enjoyed this episode, thanks for sharing. Early Pioneer life is so exciting and I believe, under appreciated. I started watching another Early American Channel, Jon Townsend, some years ago and fell in love with this era. Thanks for sharing. Stan in Idaho

This was so soothing to watch. Thank you for what you’re doing - and sharing with the world. Blessings! ♥️♥️♥️

Great looking pie! Justine, you are so talented! Happy Thanksgiving to you & Ron. God bless you.

❤wow. your tenacity is really admirable. thank you for sharing.❤

You never cease to amaze, Justine. My hats off to you!

Wow! So much more time and care went into everything back then, even compared to homemade pies today. It really makes me pause to reflect on how much work life was back then but at once so wholesome!

Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoyed watching you make the pumpkin pie. Looks delicious

For the pumpkin, so you don't have to stress peeling it, you can actually roast the pumpkin. I don't know what the fire or dutch oven version of that is, but when I do it, I cut my pumpkin into quarters then roast it facing down and the peel is really soft afterwards. Plus, then you don't have to go through the process of pressing the water out. For the lattice, you can try weaving the strips of dough before adding it to the top, that might help so you don't have to cut out all the squares like that. I like how the pie turned out though. I like pumpkin pie, but most store bought is too sweet so I only like when I make my own. I don't like pie crust though so I once made it with graham cracker cookie crust since its basically a custard like cheesecake, in my opinion. It actually worked and tasted great!

I am making pumpkin pie right now using my Granny’s receipt. It is very similar to this one. Thanks for all you do. Happy Thanksgiving!

I think pumpkin is under rated as a food. It's a pain to prep but you get so much meat from even a small one. You can cook it so many ways too.

Watching Justine preparing this pie really makes one appreciate how hard colonial women worked to prepare food.

Loved how you made the look of the top dough. I will definitely do that. Beautiful! Thank you. Don’t you dare ever say, you’re not a cook. You’re fantastic ❣️🫶🏼

Cooking videos such as these when there's 0 talking just makes it all the more zen, another great and tasty video🤗🙏🏾.

It’s extraordinary the historical facts I’ve learned from watching your channel! What hard work it was for our ancestors!

a serious labor of love! appreciate it

Wow! Making that was no joke! You have some pastry skills, Justine.

Its 2022. Whoever celebrates this Holiday. Happy Thanksgiving. I hope everybody gets along try to watch what you say. Just try to enjoy your day happy Thanksgiving 2022 " Let us all get along today."

When I lived in an orphanage ( farm) we go up into the mountains for a few months. This lifestyle in these videos brings back such fond memories. We did things so similarly. Using simple tools and hardly ever any electricity, it was so much like depictions here. "Oh!for that simple life "

I am so impressed by the amount of work this custard pumpkin pie takes-Justine-you are strong and very dedicated🤩

I have never baked any pie in my life I want to try to attempt to one day! Loved this 🎉🎉❤❤

This is how I still make my pumpkin pies and squash bakes. So much better than store bought stuff! I even taught myself to do it just like Justine’s doing it on open flame. Happy Thanksgiving y’all!🦃🦌🐑🐇🥧

I have watched your videos for a couple of years and always find them to be relaxing and good for my spiritual health. I stressed out when you were making that pie crust, but you kept calm and nailed it. I live in St. Louis which is juust a short cart ride to you guys in St. Gen.

Loved this. Homemade pies are the best and really feels like the Holidays. Amazing job on the pie crust Justine. Happy Thanksgiving to you both! 🥧🍁🍂

My grandmother used to cut diamond patterns from the top pie crust and pretty much do this. That's a memory I forgot I had until saw you attempt it.

You can roast the seeds they are high in fiber and with the right seasoning are quite tasty, or plant them for next fall and make lots of pies or mini jack-o'-lanterns 🎃. Pie looks yummy 🤤

I'm not a native English speaker, so I had no idea that "stewed" used to be "ftewed" and other words had the letter "f" instead of "s". For some reason that's hilarious to me but there's a similar phenomenon in Spanish (my native language) and I don't know what it's called, but it's also pretty funny. It's so interesting how language changes over time. I would have loved to have a slice of that pie, it looked so good! This video is definitely going to my "insomnia cure" playlist, it is extremely relaxing and comforting. I love making pumpkin pie from scratch, but I use an oven from 1999 lol. I feel so accomplished after making my pie crust from scratch and using a fresh pumpkin from my garden.

Hey Justine, I made pumpkin pie today using a pumpkin I grew. Made a good pie cooked in the Dutch oven. Wife said it was terrible while she chowing down on it. Your right about being hard to do but it is so worth it. Plan on having a t day with everything cooked outside this year. Duck, pheasant, some quail. I adore cooking the way our for fathers did. Food is hard but seams simpler and more pleasurable that way. Makes one have a better understanding and appreciate just how hard things were back then. I have to admit though you make it look a lot easier than it really is. Thanks again for another great vid. Happy t day.

Those chickens following mother hen are too cute.

I make my pumpkin pie in the same way (we have modern stoves now) except I also add cinnamon and all spice and grind my pumpkin in the blender after cooking it. I guess my pie doesn't differ from this one that much especially the filling. I don't top it with a lattice pie dough. Still looks yummy. With my pumpkin pie, even those who hate pumpkin will only eat mine.

I will definitely make this pie. Thank you, precious Justine! And tell Ron that he makes beautiful dishes and paints its so cute. Oh, what a craftsman he is, to match you - and a woodcutter, and a businessman, and an ice cream man, and a potter! We have such a saying: "And the sewer, and the reaper, and the gambler on the pipe" (that is, a master of all trades).👍👍👍💪💪😗😗😗🤩

This definitely gets you in the Thanksgiving spirit! 🦃🥧

9:42 that little smile you make when it comes out amazing!

Do you have videos on doing the dishes in historical times? I'm curious about how hard it was to clean dishes back then from a meal this extravagant. Especially with no running hot water I assume?

That actually looked amazing when it was finished! 🙂

The old decor is magnificent and the cake is very well made. Thank you for your video ❤

It is very difficult to put any kind of decorative crust on top of an unbaked pumpkin pie and have it not sink to the bottom of the pie during the baking process. Even so, the decorative crust is so pretty! One way around this issue is to go ahead and make your decorative pieces, then bake them separately, and place them on the pie after it has baked. It will still look so beautiful, and no one will be the wiser!

Really good idea to give a glimpse into the past in every way not just the food but clothing,decor etc. ..good job!

Thank you for the recipe, Justine. You are an expert cutting that pumpkin. It looks very hard to cut. The pumpkin pie looks great.

Thank you for taking the time to try the original recipe, record it and share it with the world. If I lived back in that time, I'd probably be the laughing stock for everybody, but my family would eat a pie without a lattice, cause that in itself is so much work!😅

9:35 - girl, that looks so yummy! don't second-guess yourself lol.

These vids are so soothing,…❤

Justine, you had such a clever idea to replace the lattice! The pie looks good. Happy Thanksgiving to you and Ron 🍁🍁🍁🇺🇸

Really makes u appreciate how far cameras have come along way… wow this looks amazing for over 200 year old video

That looks delicious! Happy Thanksgiving!

Fantastic! Thank you so much!

I also met advice ... Hm, well, in general, pies with a fluid filling are baked in three stages: 1) bottom; 2) stuffing; 3) decor. Therefore, it was necessary to bake the filling until it thickens, does set and browns slightly, then you spread the lattice with pre-formed decor on top (they lie in the cold until use!) and bake again for 10-15 minutes. Then there will be no problems with drowning and dampness of the decor lattice. The lattice must be laid out quickly so that it doesn't melt, and quickly smear it with melange (a mixture of eggs and milk / cream) (or sour cream after finishing of baking), and sprinkle lightly with sesame seeds or sunflower seeds.

This is so fascinating, I really enjoy watching these videos.

What a beautiful pie! Well done Justine! Happy Thanksgiving to you and Ron!

Alright thats it! I got to sub. You are amazing glad youtube suggested your videos. Thank you for taking me to better Godly times 👏🐦❤🙏

I love how the chickies are following you. Happy Thanksgiving.

this is the coziest thing i’ve seen ❤️‍🔥

As soon as you broke out the whole pumpkin and a knife, I was ready to call it quits. Sweet potatoes are much easier to work with, and many people can’t tell the difference. 😅 Also, I think I’d burn myself constantly if I lived during this time. I can barely remember to not touch pan handles when I finish a steak in the oven. 😕 Edit: your latticework is brilliant!

Congratulations on the lattice.... That was really well done.

that lattice might be one of the most impressive things I have seen in a while.

Thank you Justine for sharing this recipe with us all

I love your videos. I tried processing a baking pumpkin six years ago, straining the water from the flesh was a real job, and I had baked it in the oven. Never again unless I'm out in the middle of nowhere without access to canned pumpkin! Happy Thanksgiving!

Instead of removing skin like that. You could cut it in quarters and just cut the meat of the pumpkin out leaving the rind. I do it with butternut squash. Or poach it in some boiling water. Softens it up enough you can easily cut through. I do that also for butternut squash soup.

Well done, Justine! I cannot wait to hear how it tastes.🦃 Happy Thanksgiving to you and Ron! xoxo

I have NEVER liked ASMR videos before..But this video, it was amazing and very relaxing 😌

My wife and I grew Pie Pumpkins this summer. We put up about 20 Qts. and froze another 10 qts in freezer bags. My wife took the seeds and dried them in the oven. we will use them in breads and salads this winter! Did they do that in your time period? The seed thing not the preserving thing!

Believe it or not, I still make pumpkin pie 🥧 like this still today,and I still iron my sheets and pillow cases too, just like my grandma taught me, I grew up close to the Amish, you would not believe how relaxed you feel when you come to my house at holiday time and any time, people thank me for the relaxed get away and how they were going to miss the time at my house, said they felt loved and cared for, any one can do it, it's a mind set, any one is welcome to sit at my table and is welcome 🤗🥰😁 and I love serbing them

Nice job Justine 👏. That lattice you made looks time consuming but pure genius 👏. You two,, have a great celebration tomorrow.

I have one thing to say, your coat, it's fantastic. Always enjoy watching you work!

Thank you for making these relaxing videos 🥰 🥧

Super program .Super I love quiet and just cooking and noie od daily chores and happy end of day w dinner or walk.BRAVO

This was so soothing. I swear in a past life I lived in this time.

I must say...super ASMR!! Lol. I love reenactments. From any era about anything. I used to do candle dipping from beeswax. What fun!!!

This was unexpectedly enjoable! 👌 I don't like pumpkins but this effort and similarities in cooking around the world made it fun even for me. Greeting from Czechia ✌️ subscribed 😁

You have to weave the strips of pie dough over and under each other to make the lattice top crust. They support each other over the filling and wont fall in that way. A lot of people weave them on a separate dish/parchment paper and then transfer it on top of the filled raw pie dish and crimp it in place. I’m not super surprised that laying them across each other in a checkerboard didn’t work. I would have lost my marbles cutting the squares out of the dough!😆 Lovely pie!🥧

Most people run to the grocery store for canned pumpkin. I’ve been cooking pumpkin pies from scratch for a long, long time.

Wow, that was therapeutic! Beautiful

You cut that pumpkin like a pro in the beginning! Great job, looks yummy.

This is from a time when pie was actually deserved. When it was hard. Pumpkin pie from a can at the store isn’t Thanksgiving. They should change the name of the holiday to Taken For Granted.

I found your channel yesterday,my child was watching your videos with me ,specially the Pirate’s treasure one with the skunk 😂, she really loved it ,tour channel is a gem! Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🦃 🙏

These days Most people would have trouble just starting and maintaining the fire. Keep up the good work.

I thoroughly enjoy your videos and learning about the cooking hundreds of years ago. Look forward to all the recipes to come❤

That was an interesting way to bake in a dutch oven. I make lemon chess pies and sometimes a peach cobbler in mine over an open campfire but I haven't used just coals on the top. I usually have a thin bed of small coals beneath and larger coals around the sides and top. Bakes things up a treat unless you get sidetracked talking with your sister. LOL Also, you could roast your pumpkin for a better texture. It's also easier that way if you have two dutch ovens. Use one to roast the halved, cleaned pumpkin, take it out, peel the skin off, then press it through a strainer before using the pulp to make your pie. Also, that really is doing a lattice the hard way. It must have taken quite a bit of time to make. Always do your strips with something like a pastry cutter or pizza cutter then lay them out and weave them on your rolling board before giving them a quick roll with the pin then carefully transferring them to your pie, whatever your pie may be. I love your set/kitchen/cabin. I grew up in rural coastal Alabama so I know how to cook over an open fire, a wood stove, a wood-fired oven, and today's modern appliances (I'm really old LOL). I still like to whip out my tripod, make a ripping campfire, wait for it to die to coals, then start cooking. Keep another small fire next to it for new coals and you're golden (or just use coal but that'll flavor your food a bit).

I really respect and appreciate all you do in recreating our heritage! It is super neat to watch as you make all these wonderful (and demanding,to say the least) recipes. I was wondering if it may be okay to suggest a demonstration of making a…..Vinegar pie?? That one might be interesting to see. Anyway thanks for making these videos- the way in which its produced- feels like we’re all in the room with you just watching and trying to keep out of the way!!!

Your video randomly popped up so I watched it. Very plain and simple thought-provoking. I would consider trying out your recipe but I think that I would clean the center part with the seeds and stringy stuff off the basic meat/vegetable part. I probably would mash the pumpkin a little more so that it wouldn't have chunks in my puree

i’m literally at an airport at 5 am and i’m so exhausted and watching this

I loved it! Just made me laugh that she came home with her beautiful pumpkin and she already had a lot at her house! This must ve been a really special one to not let her pass (: 🎃🌝🧡

I’ve made Pumpkin Pudding (similar to pumpkin pie with no crust) from my American Girl Felicity cook book. Felicity is AG’s historical character from 1770s Williamsburg, VA. The pumpkin pudding has cloves in it so comes out darker.

This seems so relaxing. Imagine, just making sure the home is tidy, occasional trips to the general store, making sure kids are fed & food & pie or some type of dessert is ready for after dinner. Then a clean up, snuggle with the kids, baths & sleep & repeat. I find myself tired of the huddle bussle. I want to live like this. Tiny home, a fire, everything homemade. Ahhh… I need to get ready for work soon. 😢😅

Omg this is amazing! How fortunate are we to have so many tools to quicken this process now! I wish we still lived like this, how sweet it would have been to be a homemaker back then and learn so many amazing things and care for your family this way. Making that pie was a huge act of love! I am a homemaker now with 2 littles and I would love nothing more than a sweet little cabin filled with our children, love, laughter and the ability to care for my family bc I know how to live off the land/homemake everything

That looks absolutely freakin' delicious!!

I tried this once. My donkey helped me grow nice sugar pie pumpkins. I made pie from scratch. It was hard, but the pie tasted so much better than canned pumpkin. Donkey’s garden fertilizer helped a lot, it’s all organic, no chemicals.