Two very different clips for you this week.
First, a re-posting of the exceptional video which is the end of any discussion of what the Civil War's real causes were. It was about the South wanting to keep slaves, and rising up as an insurgency against the North in an attempt to keep them. Colonel Ty Seidule is historically and pitch perfect in his explanation. And a reminder, this is a video from Prager University, not exactly the most liberal group out there.
With talk about the origins of Memorial Day last weekend, how it dated to a celebration by freed slaves in South Carolina, honoring the Union dead in 1865, it brought out the Southern historical revisionists again. Show them this video and just stop talking to them if this doesn't set them straight.
Another historical video for you this Friday, but from a different point of view. I love historical cooking and English Heritage was a wonderful You Tube channel on British Victorian cooking, as it took place at Audley End House. This week's episode, we are introduced to Fanny Cowley, the dairy maid! Her task was to make butter. This was a lot of work, but you get to see the traditional way of churning butter (I love the table top model) and how you can do this at home.
Think about all this work when you look at butter today. 150 years ago, butter was a luxury item for most people, something you only had on special occasions.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone! Hi June!
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