Welsh Rarebit 1940's style & 1700's style... and an English version

Courtney Morris - Historical Cookery Experiments

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I just made a video about toast. But not just any toast... Welsh Rarebit! Turns out its way more gourmet than the cheesy toast I make my kids, which I would not have guessed for such an old recipe.
I tried to find older recipes rather than the newer more modern ones, because this recipes spans CENTURIES...and I want to see what the common folk would have done - again, the something out of nothing principle.
I found a 1940's wartime version, and then the farthest I found back in time was from Hannah Glasse in the 1700's... I suppose if I tried harder I could have gone back farther, but my beloved archive.org wasn't wanting to work.
I must say by far my favorite was the wartime version - and it may or may not be because I had another excuse to use my $10 tiny jar of marmite!
Enjoy!
1940's version:
1700's version: www.agardenfor...
music by www.bensound.com

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17 сен 2024

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@melanielester2106 Год назад

I thoroughly enjoyed this video........... I have the same 1940's recipe book in my collection........I love the simplicity of this 'recipe' and very often the 'simpler the better' wins the race. Best wishes from across the pond !

@historicalcookingwithcourtney Год назад

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 🤗 and as I have been doing this channel with these "something from nothing" recipes...I agree a lot of time simple is so much better! And cheaper usually 😉

@ArleneFalge Год назад

Not certain if my reaction is what you were going for but I was laughing so hard I was crying. You are very brave. I'm not trying any of these! 😆

@historicalcookingwithcourtney Год назад

Lol if I can bring a little joy to people's lives then it's the perfect reaction! Some of these recipes are a doozy! 🤣

@alysoncocking1236 Год назад

I tend to have the 1940's version one anyway, but I do love my marmite. $10 for that little jar! I'll try not to moan about the big jars costing £5.85 in the UK. It's recently shot up a £1! The wine one..... nope,nope, nope. It sounded yukky and the other one seemed a weird way of making it😆

@historicalcookingwithcourtney Год назад

This was truly an experiment for me lol! And I am kinda hooked on marmite on toast now. But it did pinch a little having to spend so much on a tiny jar...but as you can see, Americans don't hardly know what it is so we import the tiniest amount possible 🤣 and yeah that was an immediate HARD NO on the wine. I wonder if perhaps a heartier bread would have been better? But either way...no thanks lol

@shannondake1949 Год назад

Red wine soaked bread 😅 I'd rather just eat the bread and have my wine on the side haha

@historicalcookingwithcourtney Год назад

Yeahhhhhh same here

@Scots_Diesel Год назад

I'd better not recommend the national Welsh dish it's called Cawl - pronounced kol or cow'll mostly nowadays a lamb dish using the cheap off cuts . Dating back to the 11th century, originally it was a simple broth of meat (most likely bacon) and vegetables, it could be cooked slowly over the course of the day whilst the family was out working the fields or the mines... P.s sorry for the late viewings, had family visiting from Scotland.

@historicalcookingwithcourtney Год назад

Oooh this sounds interesting! And I'm a sucker for super old recipes lol. I'll be sticking this one on the list! And no need for apologies...family always is the priority! 🤗

@Scots_Diesel Год назад

If it were soccer I'd say 1 nil to Wales...

@happygardener28 Год назад

I think the "English rarebit" would have used drier stale bread and far less wine (probably a white sherry they would call sake *pronounced sack*). By putting it "before the fire" the bread would have dried out even more. Either way wine over toast would not work for me either. Your Welsh rarebit would have been in a pan with a bit of cooking fat/oil at a slightly lower temp. I don't use a toaster rather I brown my bread in the frying pan and put cheese on just after I flip the bread (immediately turn off and pop on the lid) and let the toast finish for a couple minutes.

@historicalcookingwithcourtney Год назад

Thank you for the insight! It's always an interesting prospect taking on some of these recipes that are not familiar To American culture.. But what is funny is that I didn't realize that the "cheesy toast" that I make my kids is technically a rare bit! And after thinking about it when I did this video, the bread that I used would definitely not have been a thing…. it definitely would have been more of a sop kind of a bread so I think that's probably why mine disintegrated 😂 Either way wine and bread's not a great combo for me lol

@happygardener28 Год назад

@@historicalcookingwithcourtney It would surprise many how foods we take for granted now were often treats way back then. While some things they ate every week would get a firm "No!, I'll Pass!" now. But here's a thought for you, have you ever made a vinegar dip for bread? try cheese toast in an appetizer herb dip

@historicalcookingwithcourtney Год назад

It is crazy to think what becomes delicious when there is nothing else. And thanks for the vinegar idea...I have had bread dipped in an Italian vinegar/oil dip but never with cheese...it sounds divine!