Table Manners - Live In The Nutmeg Tavern! 

Having eaten at different nationalities tables the idea of serving each other is still celebrated. Norse, German, Spanish and Italian tables were set with many dishes and served by each other. It’s very comforting.

I bet the kids weren’t allowed to watch TV while the family was eating, and cell phones had to be turned off.

I am always astounded by the depth of your knowledge! Thank you!

Your patience with the ladies is exceptional sir 😂

I have to say, I LOVE THIS EPISODE! I really am not a prude at all, but I sure endorse CIVILITY and MODESTY in almost everything! Thanks!

I wonder what the etiquette around wearing hats at the table was in the 18th century. I know that in the Victorian era, wearing hats indoors was generally frowned upon, except in limited cases, but what about the Georgians and early federal Americans?

The nutmeg grinding is like the clapper at the beginning of "modern" shows. They didn't have clappers in the 18th.

I missed the livestream but am so grateful to get to see the replay. Thanks for all you do.

I run a tight ship here in my household. Table manors are of the upmost importance

Darn! I missed the live stream...but this is going to be good! I couldn't help but notice the little felted sheep on the table...and saw these in the catalog, also...but never saw a price or that they are available on offer so appreciated the note in the live chat. I loved the reference to the Hornblower series! I just love those stories. My favorite was Poldark.

Great show and lesson as usual. Deliciously conducted. Thank you Townsend.

The main thing I grew up with was never put your elbows on the table.

I am really enjoying this episode. Thanks for all the neat things, and little tidbits you share

Hello everybody! Greetings from Germany. I might be a “little late” but am happy that you uploaded the livestream. ❤

Thanks for sharing with us Jon, times have changed, some good and some bad. Stay safe around there and keep up the good videos. Fred.

"Dare to be Prudish" is adorable advice. ❤

Preposterous that the Hornblower series was ahead at 72% !!!!!!! Patrick O’Brian was honored when in the 1970s his books were moved from the Historical Fiction section to the Literature section. Some of the finest books ever written!

Canned food is the poor man's freeze-dried food. It may not be as good 20 years later, but I've used canned food 7 years past BB date, and it was just as good as fresh canned food. Weight is a factor, so cans are not great for traveling. But none of that matters if you are not rich enuf for freeze-dried. Closest you can get to freeze-dried on a budget is to vacuum seal powdered milk. Powder is not conducive to vacuum sealing. The static in the plastic gets the powder all over and affects the seal. Best way to vacuum seal powdered milk is to do it this way that I have devised. You get a hole punch and punch 3 holes in the top of the milk bag. Then you vacuum seal it in a quart pouch. Make an effort to keep the powder in the milk pouch at the bottom. It vacuum seals very well. You can also try a chamber vacuum sealer with Mylar bags. I've never done it but have heard it works. I only have a regular vacuum sealer. You can store many hundred cans on flats on a 6-shelf chrome wire shelving unit. When you buy cans at the store, grab lots of cardboard flats for the cans. If you are short on room, you can stack shelving units 2 or 3 deep and roll out on casters. With regards to the powdered milk processed this way; I can't say how long it will last. But I can say store bought powdered milk in foil envelopes with the air in them degrades pretty rapidly after the BB date. Maybe 2 years after BB and the store-bought powdered milk is bad. I do know that 4 or 5 years past the BB date and powdered milk IS bad. And what I mean is, it tastes pretty funky. But funky or not it still may be drinkable in SHTFF. I've tasted funky powdered milk that was 9 years past BB date stored in a canister with air...but didn't swallow!

I remember learning quite a few of these as a kid, “don’t smell your food “ on your fork was one of them.

You are a stern man who has had much wine. Go to be and be yourself in the rising of the sun 😆😆😆

Loved this Nutmeg Tavern meeting. I had a good laugh on all these manners of the day.

Thanks for meaningful and valuable video as always ❤❤❤

I love your channel you are so good at presenting your information and books on this topic you are amazing

I didn't get the notification, which might be due to the fact that I was watching something else on RU-vid when this live started. I'm going to have to set an alarm to notify me of the Livestream again like I did until a couple years ago. I keep missing it live!

You are so old fashioned John 😆

Best Notification I Got All Day 😊

The British call a salt shaker the salt cellar.

Jon seems to serious in this episodes than the cooking episodes sometimes 😳

I adore Ivy's voice.

I really wish we still had port and cigars after dinner. 😢

I ask this in the kindest way possible: Are you OK, Jon? You look exhausted. Wishing you the best!

Hello from Worcester Massachusetts

Table manners. No elbows on the table.

Loved the Hornblower shows with Ioan Gruffudd much better than the movie with Gregory Peck. Never have read the books though. I'm sure, based on other stories that I've both read and watched, that the books are even better.

Honore de Balzac!

Hello 👋 from Georgia

Definitely was Mushrooms.. In fact , wasn't there a Mushroom Sauce that was used like today's Tomato based Katchup ...

I am imagining the scene from Blazing Saddles where they're eating beans. But more intestinal parasites and generic skin maladies.

Does anyone know "The Rich Man's Feast" that they were talking about at 7:20 ? I cant find anything with that same name.

It seems that the very act of being impoverished was bad manners. How dare they be poor!

What is the illustration at 8:20 called (or who is it by)? Thanks

I keep thinking about the Simpsons eating.

🇫🇷...happy bastille day...

A rule for you, aye? 😄

You have probably seen them ... - the BBC put together a series of re-enactor "years" in ENGLAND beginning with the Middle Ages and going through the early 20th century. SUPER interesting! Episodes from your time period may be inspirational for your channel production, WHICH IS ALREADY PHENOMINAL. Since so much of our early years were basically "the English Abroad", maybe it would be fun to see!

The begining was fu ny lol But made me think your nutmeg love is a bit... 😢

I miss proper manners... No one seems to want to do the 'elegant' or what I grew up as 'normal' table manners these days. So sad.

Tea was served in cups and saucers. You poured your tea out of cup into saucer, then slurped tea from saucer. That was proper until the late 1800's. No lifting of the pinky! The saucers were more bowl shape than today's version. Women waited to be served by men because it was forward for women to serve themselves. A man could chastise his wife by refusing to serve her anything but the bits and ends of meat and veggies or nothing at all.

Nutmeg fix accomplished😅