Following 1930's Recipes : Cooking in Costume

Oh gosh I hope you rethink not doing the cooking vids, they are so entertaining. But to reduce craziness and increase enjoyment on your part, there may be some options: 1. make some things the day before and do a couple of days filming -or would that just be more work? or 2. more simple menus? I know costuming is your focus but it is cool to see something that adds flavor (see what I did there?) to better understand the time period.

I'm kind of obsessed with the purple dress you wore at the end!😍😍😍

I would like to suggest you make a video of recreating depression era meals. Hoover stew ect. There is a pretty awful mock apple pie recipe that would be so comical!

Such a great video! That sucks that people insulted your cooking; I'm always really impressed by it because I can't multitask at all while cooking and I have no patience for chopping veggies.

As someone with celiac and is not a cook, I can really relate to your struggles. I also really enjoyed it and I hope you change your mind about trying again. From a viewing side, I think it was a success. But I also understand the frustration of having to throw things away.

Hahahahaa such an amazing and funny video. Made me laugh tears.. you really have an amazing sense of humour :) so in that case the video has been a full success :) and chapeau for trying to make all those difficult dishes.

The end result actually LOOKS great, even if it doesn't taste it. You have the same casserole dish that my late mother had. Aw, come on, do try one more video like this! How about Mrs Beeton, 1890?!

Chuckle, you're a good sport, after all that. Even down to the parfaits, as the consolation prize for your pallet. Still, I enjoyed watching you go through the processes.......lol Thank you!

Also 30s had the great depression going on so they might have been subbing things

Love these videos because I am not a great cook and have had all your disasters in my time. That velvet dress at the end is stunning on you!

I absolutely love your humor. I think even experienced home cooks would have a hard time with some of recipes. The lack of instruction in the recipes is equivalent to those dress patterns from the same era. I've eaten many a jelled salad. It's just weird to put perfectly good veg and fruit into jello. The texture makes me think of pork fat and it will just not go down. Cheese biscuits are at Red Lobster and that's the only place you should ever encounter them. The chicken dish looked good. Almost pot pie (which I love) level good. Anchovy paste....GAG. That's all that needs to be said about that. Loved tour dresses. And your hairstyle was perfect. I hope you'll reconsider cooking shoes. The 60's and 70's when more processed food was coming into the market was an interesting time. Thanks for sharing this. It was a lot of fun. I am NOT a cook, so this brought back some funny memories of my attempts in the kitchen. Oh!, you should do hor d'oeuvres for a cocktail party!

I love watching your cooking videos I think you're really brave. Its cool that you do it though the decades I like seeing food that people would have ate. And I hope you change your mind and make more.

The recipes may have not worked out, but your snark and humor definitely made this a very entertaining video to watch!

Don’t get discouraged with period cooking...it’s not easy. We have so many modern conveniences and pre-prepared ingredients that it’s sometimes hard to put our brains into the way-back machine and consider what was available to home cooks in 1930. I second what Nadine said... cook with a buddy!

Awww I want to give you a hug after the end of this video! I thoroughly enjoyed it, mostly because of your wit and bright sense of humor. Thank you for sharing!!

maybe do a period cooking episode...with someone else so you can have fun with each other, even if things don't work out...it will be easier to multitask too.

"Alcohol makes everything better. My mom taught me that", I literally spit my drink out laughing. I love your sense of humor!!!

i like these video and hope to see more

I did not have time yet to watch the video but going by your introduction text, I feel a bit guilty about buying so enthusiastic upfront and pushing you to release it ☹️. We all might find it interesting and we don’t mind the result is not perfect but I’m also not fond of “failing” in front of others. I’ll anyhow try to enjoy watching the video this weekend, and hope you somehow had some joy in the process. Thanks at least for being brave enough for sharing it and for putting in all the effort 🙏.

These videos are my favorite. Please keep making them. They bring so much entertainment and happiness. Don't let the party poopers get you down!

I do like these videos, though I still think you could do better with maybe a midweek meal rather than an entire sunday dinner. Since you are a beginner less is more, and with a bit less going on you might have an easier time keeping an eye on things so you don't burn them. That said, I love your channel and these one-off videos make me smile every time as it reminds me of me whenever I try something for the first time that I "should" be good at.

Loved the video. I know you said it was a disaster, but it was a delightful disaster. 🙂

I really enjoy your cooking videos. I would love to give you cooking lessons. You'ld have to come to Amsterdam, The Netherlands though. And no, yello salads are not a thing here. I think they are an American invention?

Nawwww the ending made me sad. I really enjoyed the video due to your humour about it all. Doing so many dishes at once is to be commended!

Oh man what a valiant effort! I’m sorry it didn’t turn out great but I still think it was a really cool video to watch!

I love your cooking videos! :D They are so funny and entertaining.

I actually liked watching you cook. I think you did well and the recipes are just very strange. Maybe you should tackle not so many of them at once. I hope to see more of your cooking!

I always feel like an annoying stalker on all your other posts "Angela you are a goddess, so talented, dedicated, beautiful, creative etc" Your content online inspires me daily, I sit around waiting for my favorite Youtuber of all time (aka you) to post and bless me with your creations. I always fall for all your projects. You post weekly vlogs and my mind boggles at how you can juggle so many projects and ideas. I LOVE these cooking videos because they are great reminders that you are human. No one is good at everything, and no ones good at everything on the first go. You pick adventurous and unexpected projects. I hate seeing you so discouraged, but its also so real. I love the honesty. I think effort and the energy you put into your projects, this included, is something to be praised.

I'm really sorry that you didn't have much luck here, but in your defense, you did try to take on a lot at once, in the future, perhaps try making just one or two things instead of so many, at least until you get the hang of it you know? Also, I have had mayo salads, but not jello salads, but I do like jello so I don't think I'd mind. I am not sure how interested you are in ever attempting things similar to this off camera ( I know you said you don't want to make more videos like this) but if so, then I have a few words of advice I hope will be helpful. First of all, milk is notoriously tricky to scald without boiling it, I swear it waits until you turn your head and then it laughs at you as it decides to boil over, like it's mocking you. To avoid this, put it at a low temperature and let it heat slowly until it just barely starts to bubble and smell a little funny, watch it closely. I do not have celiac's, but I have made many a baked good for people who do, so I've done a fair share of work with gluten free flour, I have found the key is to use more water than the recipe calls for and also to add xanthan gum (if you can't find it in a store, it's definitely on Amazon) this acts as a binding agent and makes up for the lack of binding ability in gluten free flour which helps give gluten free baked goods a better rise, but be careful! Just a little bit too much and it will over bind and the baked good will become a rock, it definitely takes some practice. Lastly, I find powdered plain gelatin more fickle to work with, I prefer gelatin sheets which you should also be able to buy at the grocery store, you just put them in cold water and let them soak according to the directions on the box, then gently wring them out and continue with them as you would with powdered gelatin, I find they just leave less margin for error, and I don't think they smell as much like fingernails and hair, which is always a bonus! Anyways, I know this comment is really long, I've just made similar mistakes in the past, but I have been cooking since I was little so experience has taught me a few tricks which I hope you find helpful cause I really wish someone had told me when I was in these situations.

I liked this video and please do more! I think that cake would have been great with that sauce you accidentally burned. Often the cake is a bit blah when there is a sauce added. I have one for a quick coffee cake like that: bad without the sauce

I don't know...I kind of like cooking fails of history! I wouldn't fare any better with those recipes. It's pretty fun to watch someone try, though. I'm sorry it was so expensive and not even fun to eat though. :(

I hope you reconsider and make more cooking videos. I really enjoy them. It's like stepping back in time with the food and the clothing.

I do applaude your cooking efforts! And I sure would like to see more of them! Don’t let negative comments discourage you. I truly believe some people are built to be bullies and have insensitivity in their gene pool. As far as those jelly dishes, I’m on your side, in my part of the country, those are not common dishes. On your last video, your egg coffee looked and probably tasted unpleasant. However, your efforts to try the dishes from past decades is interesting because you are bringing back a time period that really existed, and I think we all have a natural curiosity of our history. I’m going to try making that chicken pie, it looked yummy. Thanks for entertaining us with your cooking. p/s: Your dog is so cute! Mary Mendoza in El Paso, TX

I really like your cooking videos. They're fun! So you know...you can find ice cube trays at craft stores. They even have fun ones of varying shapes/sizes. :-) For your ginger ale salad - I'm pretty sure you should've put it in the frig to thicken. :-)

I love these cooking videos. Especially seeing how you get around celiac disease as I'm being tested for the same thing. I want to try these recipies but I know I won't like them or will have to substitute so much that it won't be the original recipe anymore.

Take my pity, I enjoyed it just because the last part was like a calm rage rant. Top notch review.

Aw, I'm so sad for you! I don't think I've ever had a gelatin based "salad" in my life. I actually like Jello on its own but the thought of anything solid inside it makes me kind of gag. Even though this video wasn't rewarding for you, I love how much of your humour comes through.

I can understand you not wanting to waste the time and money on something so unsatisfying flavor-wise, but I really do love these videos. Maybe not for every decade, but I would definitely like to see another.

Also I sympathize with the texture/separation thing- I HATE soups and stews for that reason!

I've really enjoyed these videos - and making 1930s food is soooooooo brave. I feel like the 30s is when the gross faux-salad thing took off (although I don't know much at all about food history) and it all really came to a horrible, horrible peak in the 50s and early 60s, so serious kudos to you for trying recipes from a time period that's so different from the type of food we're used to. I can totally understand not wanting to make more of these after being disappointed in the results of all that time and energy and money, but I did enjoy them. <3

On the subject of the Jello salads- my aunt loves making fruit salads with a mixture of crumbled-up jello and whipped cream instead of mayonnaise, usually with banana and pineapple. You can also find fruit in jello in little snack-sized cups at the store, so it’s not that uncommon. Maybe it’s an Irish thing, if you’ve got an Irish family background?

if you try the milk thing again put the milk on a low to medium temp and watch it, milk boils over really easily. its not just you.

Aaw I love these videos, you're adorable and awesome for doing them. <3

I also don't think you should give up making videos like this yet. Maybe pare down your recipe choices so you're not trying to make so much at once, and that will help with your multi-tasking and feeling of being overwhelmed. I am totally impressed, I am twice your age, and I don't think I have the guts to try something like this.

It's so sad that most of it turned out so bad, really enjoyed watching these but I totally understand why you're discouraged from doing something like this again :/

I love that you try. For the most part women were trained from a young age to cook because they were meant to be homemakers after finishing school. I grew up learning in a progressive way; according to age and skill level starting at about age five. Following vintage recipes are a challenge for me, an expert cook. :) Oh, and most of the food put out in the adverts were awful. My cousins and I did a bunch of period recipes of our grandmother's.

I do love these cooking videos - especially your humor about your experience.