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@danielsantiagourtado3430

20 күн бұрын

Can't get enough of this max

@justrosy5

20 күн бұрын

Yay! More content! How's the new kitchen going?

@coreymerrill3257

20 күн бұрын

Hey Max, have you considered pre colonial Hawaiian recipes or ancient Sumerian?

@GlobalOutcast

20 күн бұрын

Bro how does it say your comment was posted 6 days ago if this video came out 30 mins ago?

@VlRGlL

20 күн бұрын

Could it be that they glazed the bread by “frying” it in a honey syrup like in the Roman date recipe?

"You should grind flour at least once in your life." - A man literally last named Miller

@terpman

20 күн бұрын

Didn't even occur to me! That's hilarious.

@andersjjensen

20 күн бұрын

Thanks for the chuckle!

@philliusphoggwick8299

19 күн бұрын

But only did it once, he should change his name to Min Miller, instead of Max. Math programmer joke. Sorry.

@CptMuttonchops

19 күн бұрын

wdym his name is clearly Matt Milton, it's right in the channel's name.

@akivameola2558

19 күн бұрын

LMAO

Akhenaten placating his irate employees with a banquet sounds a lot like modern bosses throwing pizza parties to quell complaints. 😅

@druid_zephyrus

20 күн бұрын

Damn, they've been doing it since prehistory. Godsdamnit

@bmetalfish3928

20 күн бұрын

​@@druid_zephyrus not really, food budget would be the greatest expense to a pre industrial commoner, depending on how frequently provided, job provided meals could be the equivalent of paying employee rent to us.

@slwrabbits

20 күн бұрын

Our new manager has been very keen on feeding us. It does make me kind of nervous.

@WhichDoctor1

20 күн бұрын

@@bmetalfish3928 he wasn't talking about commoners. He was talking about the pharaohs courtiers being placated with food. They would have been among the wealthiest few percent of the population. So food wouldn't have been a big part of their expenditure, but they were still placated with bread parties

@cvvzdesigns

20 күн бұрын

Except they got fed essentially 1.5 pizza's each, where we're lucky to see 2 slices each.

“If you can’t source your yeast directly from the tomb of an ancient pharaoh, store bought is fine.”

@creativespark61

15 күн бұрын

This should be higher rated. 😂

@webwarren

13 күн бұрын

@@creativespark61 I'd be more interested in learning how they standardized their yeast cultures, considering "commercial yeast" is supposedly something less than 200 years old. I'm presuming a sourdough or preferment basis, with perhaps an array of different starter types for different types of bread. I'm curious how much the addition of modern wheat (in the sourdough starter) affected the final bread, versus creating a starter _de novo_ (setting out the flour blend, hydrated with water, and waiting a week or two)...

@kroganlove3640

10 күн бұрын

The same yeast strains that Egyptians used are still wild and unchanged in the world to this day. You can catch them on a cool breeze at night, or you can even just use your body yeast. Which was the most common form used back then. The genomes are identical.

@waynehendrix4806

9 күн бұрын

@@kroganlove3640 That is making me very unhungry. Thanks.

@kroganlove3640

9 күн бұрын

@@waynehendrix4806 There's a modern beer called Beard beer that's all made from a guys beard yeast. And there is actually for real a vagina yeast beer made from, you guessed it. google them if you don't believe me lol

What a great Mother's Day message from ancient Egypt! "Your mother carried you and you came LATE! Your excrement was disgusting, but she was not repulsed. She picked you up from school and had bread and beer ready. TREAT YOUR MOTHER RIGHT!" 🤣

@vbrown6445

20 күн бұрын

Don't forget the THREE years of breastfeeding!

@gwennorthcutt421

19 күн бұрын

@@vbrown6445 i know ~2 years is normal and was more common in earlier times, but it is very funny to me to picture a little toddler being like mother i hunger and the mom sighing and pulling at her shirt. just the baby being able to Talk while still nursing amuses me a lot

@signsfrombeyond4863

16 күн бұрын

@@gwennorthcutt421 Actually it was always common and is still common in many countries to breastfeed a child at three years old. In modern times with our sex obsessed western cultures (especially America) people have more plebeian interpretations of breast feeding and almost view it in a perverse way rather than understanding the benefits on a developing child's brain. Children who are breast fed longer will have a lot more nutritional support than children who are not, and that is why so many cultures embrace breast feeding for toddlers. It is perfectly healthy, natural and beautiful and our world needs to support breastfeeding for all cultures.

@gwennorthcutt421

15 күн бұрын

@@signsfrombeyond4863 i know weaning way early is a recent thing, its just the idea of a kid talking and having a personality before weaning strikes my funnybone for some reason. like dang the calf has Opinions! the latcher Speaking Back is the amusing part, not any sexual joke. at least with america, its obsession via repression imo, since its so sex negative that even neutral things like nudity or nursing are seen in an immortal/forbidden light. im so sorry for making this pun, but it really sucks.

@marwaqoura7804

15 күн бұрын

Shukran شكرا ، we learned this saying at school , Egyptian here ❤🙏

Ancient Egyptians spilling the tea: "I heard Nebatah's wife has been grinding grain at Tuya's house lately."

@dowsingelf77

20 күн бұрын

"Noooooo! * clutches cartouche *"

@GabrielaChaves-gy7jo

20 күн бұрын

🤭🤭🤭

@ericthyren1015

20 күн бұрын

“Maybe if Nebatah was providing the grain at home she wouldn’t have to go to Tuya’s house!”

@gruv2nz

20 күн бұрын

@@ericthyren1015 🤣

@SimuLord

20 күн бұрын

Did you hear Nebatah's wife is pregnant? Nebatah's gonna be an uncle!

I showed my son the lessons about how he should treat his mother, he answered “you don’t give me beer” 😂

@TastingHistory

20 күн бұрын

Not till he's 21 :)

@robertojosedgzmoro

20 күн бұрын

So wise, so young…

@matasa7463

20 күн бұрын

Tell him he can have beer, but the Egyptian kind. Then show him what Egyptian beer is like (very little alcohol, made by women chewing the grains, and is basically liquid bread).

@shirleyannconfer9651

19 күн бұрын

LMAO

@gwennorthcutt421

19 күн бұрын

@@matasa7463 from what i hear the consistency is like a milkshake. so enjoy your wet bread :D

It is a recipe. A cow above the pot means deep fried in tallow, an ibis above the pot means boiled.

@ebonyblack4563

16 күн бұрын

Ancient donuts.

@chadenright

16 күн бұрын

This one definitely seems to have been cow themed, so maybe Max can try this again with fried spiral donuts instead of bagels :p

@zhiracs

15 күн бұрын

Fried, then baked... I've only heard of that with stuffed meat cutlets like Chicken Kiev, or really thick steaks. They must have been flash-frying a crust on the breads before getting them up to temp in the oven... Or could it be that we're misinterpreting the order, and they're actually doing a "reverse sear" method? Bake it, then fry until brown and crispy on the outside?

@xxmidnight12xx18

14 күн бұрын

That’s so cool!

@lilhar9678

7 күн бұрын

I was gonna guess something like that

I love how people are just people, even thousands of years apart. The ancient gossip and squabbles sounds like something you'd overhear from the next apartment or at a family reunion today. Love it!

@pifilixxiv3192

20 күн бұрын

Replace the kneading bread with any other work and you'd get a story which carries on with time, humanity is eternal with the stupid squabbling

@JayMH409

18 күн бұрын

You would love John Romer's show, 'Ancient Lives.' kzread.info/dash/bejne/iq6c0KOOopfSYLg.html

@M50A1

15 күн бұрын

Yapping about petty drama is a time honored tradition

I can just see this episode. giving the Great British Baking Show the newest idea: ancient Egypt week. "Make this recipe based off these five obscure pictures! Oh, and they're not in order. Good luck!" 😂

@TastingHistory

20 күн бұрын

I’d enjoy that

@tktyga77

20 күн бұрын

Also see the Sudanese edible spoons such as bread kinds such as kisra & asida among others, there are many especially by way of neighbors including Chad 🇹🇩 (both of which can be found in said country)

@HagobSaldadianSmeik

20 күн бұрын

That sounds like a Horrible Histories bit.

@Emily-tv1iz

20 күн бұрын

Make the Brits regret ever looting the country of its people and artifacts

@Local_Lich

20 күн бұрын

​@@Emily-tv1iz lol, lmao even

4:50 leave it to a Miller to advocate milling you own flour, making your grandparents proud!!😂

@H.G.Halberd

20 күн бұрын

as an apprentice miller, please just make sure it has been cleaned at least once, ergot poisoning and liver cirrhosis from several other toxic fungi commonly found in grain is no joke

@odinfromcentr2

20 күн бұрын

​@@H.G.HalberdYeah, let's not have another Salem. 😰

@Wario-The-Legend

20 күн бұрын

​@@H.G.HalberdHow do you clean flour?

@phubans

20 күн бұрын

@@H.G.Halberd Yeah but doesn't ergot also induce a psychedelic trip akin to LSD? At least I can learn the secrets of the universe before I die of cirrhosis.

@H.G.Halberd

20 күн бұрын

@@Wario-The-Legend I was talking about the grain, many people buy grain straight from the farmer (being closer to nature and all that) who often doesn't clean the grain (properly) since the mill often does that anyway, which means that in many cases there are other things mixed in that you really don't want to have inside of you

I laughed so hard at the segment about the ancient Egyptian guy complaining about his mother-in-law. I always love these glimpses into everyday life of ancient peoples because you get to see how we've fundamentally always been the same.

When I was in Egypt in 1980 I would go to get fresh bread. It was baked after sunset when the temperature was cooler in wood -fired ovens. Bakers made it and crowds came to buy it. It was slightly smoky. Delicious. And the firelight made the scene dramatic.

“Bread was everything”. As an Egyptian I can tell you. Bread IS everything

@gtpower3

20 күн бұрын

right! bread is still very much the staple of Egypt!

@kathleenhensley5951

20 күн бұрын

Without it no human is healthy.

@goblinqueen4991

20 күн бұрын

@@kathleenhensley5951 Not true for those us with Celiac disease. D:

@belisarius6949

20 күн бұрын

​@@goblinqueen4991Im sure theres celiac friendly bread versions!

@kathleenhensley5951

20 күн бұрын

@@goblinqueen4991 True. Rough illness. Sorry to hear you suffer so. I'm Lactose Intolerant but I will still say that pasta without cheese if torment. 🙂🙂🙂🙂

Ramses III at dinner: "Guys, this spiral bread....it's so awesome, like awesome enough I'd want it carved into the walls of my tomb. Seriously, best thing I've ever had."

@PhotonBeast

20 күн бұрын

You're not far off! Since it was believed that the pharaohs took the contents of their tomb into the afterlife, carvings like that would have been thought to literally provide that bread (and the instructions to the afterlife servants) to the dead ruler.

@waaagh3203

19 күн бұрын

@@PhotonBeast Oh wow, that's actually really interesting. Thanks!

@IceQueen975

19 күн бұрын

People in the modern day leave family recipes on their tombstone, soooo.....

@waaagh3203

19 күн бұрын

@@IceQueen975 I've honestly never seen that. Not saying it doesn't exist, I just never heard or seen it before.

@TheRandomMaori

18 күн бұрын

@@PhotonBeast Having been an archaeology student in Egypt we were taught that the pictorial depictions acted like labels denoting where different grave goods were to be stored in most cases. You would generally find different food stuffs beneath the pictures or scenes, but this would change from dynasty to dynasty. By the time of the 20th dynasty (the one Rameses III belonged to) it was important to have as much detail of life within their tombs as well as the accompanying grave goods to make their afterlives as "lifelike" as possible.

The spiral bread was almost certainly fried. What's you're seeing is two processes, with the tandoor-like oven used for the chapchak-like breads, and then the spirals being fried. Archeological texts describe some depictions of dough being poured as if it's more like a batter, which lends itself to the likelihood that this particular scene from Ramses tomb is depicting some kind of fried dough/cake. The depicted vessel also looks more similar to discovered or otherwise depicted containers used for oils than what was typically used to carry water. The conical items are also not moulds but lids for baking the bread. The cones were heated in fire and then set over the pot to make a dutch-oven, but the shape would concentrate and reflux moisture.

@klila16

Күн бұрын

Agree, with this comment, I thought the same thing. I get that it’s confusing. He could have tried both methods and compared. India also makes fried bread, one variety has yeast and almost certainly comes from outside influences since they don’t usually use yeast in their breads.

@deadflunky

3 сағат бұрын

This spiral, sticks and wide frying pan reminds me a lot of modern-day Spanish churros.

I am no egyptologist by any means, but I remember reading somewhere a while ago that archaeologists are not sure on how to translate all of the different words for bread, cake and such. In other words, they're not sure if the word they have translated as cake is actually what we would think of as cake today. As a former archaeologist, I absolutely love these episodes, which are a lot like experimental archaeology. What a delightful episode!

So whenever I get little debbie's pecan wheels from Walmart, I can just say Im fetching the pharaohs royal spiral bread

@TastingHistory

20 күн бұрын

😂 I love those

@TroubleToby3040

20 күн бұрын

Those things (is that what they're called?) are delicious... Must warm in microwave for a couple minutes.

@TastingHistory

20 күн бұрын

@@TroubleToby3040 oh definitely

@mecahhannah

20 күн бұрын

That's exactly what I thought of too! Lol! They're called pecan rolls or swirls I believe!

@LindseyLouWho

20 күн бұрын

Spinwheels! Love me some Debbie cakes! Also, does ANYone else colloquially call them (in their geographic region) "Debbie cakes" I live in SC, grew up here, and have always called them that, but no one else does. Where the heck did that come from?

'the "recipe" i'm going to be using today comes from the valley of the kings on the walls of the tomb of pharoah ramses the third' what a cool sentence

@TastingHistory

20 күн бұрын

It really is 😂 Definitely not something one uses daily.

@winkythemagicpixie5637

18 күн бұрын

​@@TastingHistorythat's not something you might say at panera?

As soon as you said "boiled before being baked" I had flashbacks to my weekend job in a bakery. One of my jobs was to boil the bagels, before they went into the ovens!

Sir,as I am egyptian (coptic) myself i do really appreciate your videos

@dinolil1474

12 күн бұрын

Heyyy!!! Fellow Coptic Egyptian here! Hello!

@user-do4eu9gl3x

12 күн бұрын

@@dinolil1474 yo

Pharaohs plying unhappy staff with an excessive banquet instead of a raise is just an Ancient Office Friday Pizza Party… though it still sounds way better than tepid Dominoes.

@hannahbrown2728

20 күн бұрын

Actually their wages were food and beer in many cases, so its sorta like a bonus when you think about it.

@m.dilitto5488

20 күн бұрын

Bread and circuses baby

@MsLeenite

20 күн бұрын

Ugh. Just give me a raise, skinflint, and I'll buy my own dang lunch.

One of the theories I've heard about knowing when the gods were "full" of the bread, and makes a kind of sense to me, runs like this: the bread would be put upon the altar when it was still fresh, often still steaming. The gods, as spiritual beings, only ate the spiritual part of the bread which was the steam/smell, rather than the body of the bread, which is what we humans eat. Once the offered bread is no longer steaming, it shows that the gods have eaten their fill!

@ravenousdi

20 күн бұрын

This is probably correct, the Greeks did the same thing with, for example, a piece of meat. I think there is even a play where the gods starve because the smoke rising from the roast food can't leave the room.

@ramona4516

20 күн бұрын

We still have this belief in Orthodox Christianity, but not for God, only for the dead. We make meals and a weat berry porridge for the dead to feed off of the steam. It is fascinating how this connects to Ancient Egypt.

@Franky_Sthein

20 күн бұрын

Guess the gods where quick eaters...I mean how long does it take for fresh bread to stop steaming? My Father bakes a lot of sweet bread, in germany it is called "Stuten", and let me tell you it takes only a couple of minutes for the steam to stop though it is still warm on the inside.

@cvvzdesigns

20 күн бұрын

@@Franky_Sthein If it referred to the steam once "broken" open, that can take quite a while. I know my loaf still lets off a bit of steam when I cut in to it an hour later during summer temps (30+ Celsius). I can only imagine how long it could stay warm in Egypt. 😊 My "uneducated guess" would be that they're actually thinking of when the bread is no longer warm to the touch that it is then served to the humans.

@bewilderbeestie

20 күн бұрын

“As I understand it,” said Moist, “the gift of sausages of Offler by being fried, yes? And the spirit of the sausages ascends unto Offler by means of the smell? And then you eat the sausages?” “Ah, no. Not exactly. Not at all,” said the young priest, who knew this one. “It might look like that to the uninitiated, but, as you say, the true sausagidity goes straight to Offler. He, of course, eats the spirit of the sausages. We eat the mere earthly shell, which believe me turns to dust and ashes in our mouths.” “That would explain why the smell of sausages is always better than the actual sausage, then?” said Moist. “I’ve often noticed that.” The priest was impressed. “Are you a theologian, sir?” --- Going Postal, Terry Pratchett

i love when you include passages from more everyday people. i am of course reminded of ea nasir, the guy who we knew ripped people off with cheap copper only because he inscribed all his complaints into stone and kept them all in a room especially. like he really kept a complaint log in a spare room!

Now max interprets ancient Hieroglyphs in search of a recipe, THAT'S dedication.

Just FYI to anyone looking for it. Emmer grain is often sold under the Italian name, Farro. Same stuff.

@llobinske

15 күн бұрын

Good to know. Thanks for sharing that with us.

@timmermansj1300

15 күн бұрын

Traditional beer in Brussels is farro beer. Little sour

@smalltime0

14 күн бұрын

@@timmermansj1300 Faro refers to the use of wild yeast. Its not a traditional beer style technically since it uses hops as the preserving agent, which only started being a regular thing in the mid 1500s and soon caught on since hops preserve beer better than bittering herbs. Part of the issue is that hops are difficult to reliably cultivate, so it wasn't until cultivars that were a bit hardier were found/developed that they could be reliably used. Perhaps ironically, its popularity was strongest in modern day Netherlands/Low Countries, because the herbs to bitter beer (called gruit) were subject to heavy taxation - whereas hops were more associated with churches and monasteries and were hence exempt. Hop usage spread from that region outwards, Flemish traders were even the first to introduce hops to England.

And silently in the kitchen corner sits Amun-Ra weeping. A quiet but teary "my bread..." can barely be heard.

@pretzel2272

20 күн бұрын

Oh my... 💔🍞💖

@snazzypazzy

20 күн бұрын

😭😭😭

@NotMeButAnother

20 күн бұрын

Wherefore didst thou feel the need to make me sad?

@the-human-being

20 күн бұрын

Though, thankfully, he understands that it was born not of disrespect, but rather misunderstanding, for otherwise, he’d enact some furious smiting.

@matasa7463

20 күн бұрын

@@the-human-being I donno, plenty of time for droughts and forest fires to hit this year. Maybe Amun-Ra will make his anger known in due time...

I love how dependable Tasting History is. Every time without fail, I forget that it’s a history video during the baking part, and forget that it’s a baking video during the history part. ❤️ 100% invested all the way through.

I love itwhen you make recipes from the ancient times. It feels mysterious, but also reminds us how similar the people of the past are to us.

4:55 as an apprentice miller, yes I do appreciate pre-ground flour because I am the one who pre-grinds it for you

@jorgelotr3752

20 күн бұрын

Anything bought at the grocery store comes from someone's toiling. Sadly, people tend to forget that. I'd say thanks for the fruits of your labour, but since I'm pretty sure it falls putside of my supply chain, I must resign myself to just thank you in behalf of all the people who enjoy dishes made with it (or use it for other purposes).

@jamalisujang2712

20 күн бұрын

​@@jorgelotr3752some people do not get that and keep looting stores resulting in food deserts. 😂😂😂

@alienonion4636

20 күн бұрын

Max truly is a Miller.

@queenoflammersland8562

20 күн бұрын

Cheers for that!

@PhotonBeast

20 күн бұрын

You are the one who mills.

The more you learn about history the more you remember that people haven't changed a bit. It's really lovely.

@XxPsykosXS

19 күн бұрын

People haven't really changed, the world around us, did

@gwennorthcutt421

19 күн бұрын

the "what" rarely changes, only the "how"

@stormRed

19 күн бұрын

Well said!

@kellymoses8566

17 күн бұрын

You could probably go back in time 200,000 years and take a baby back to the present and it would grow up to be a normal person.

@SgtPnkks

17 күн бұрын

Yep ancient Egypt or modern times most of us just going to work tryin to get that bread

I have seen a video of a professional doughnut maker flipping hot doughnuts in oil with two sticks which resembles the Egyptian imagery: Place one stick over the doughnut on one side and the other underneath the doughnut on the opposite side. Then with a quick movement lift up the doughnut on the one side using the underneath stick while holding it down using the top stick which works as a pivot. The top stick next works to catch the now flipped doughnut to minimize splashing. Once mastered this can be performed very, very quickly.

@kimberlybehm2522

13 күн бұрын

I have fried doughnuts for a bakery before and I can totally confirm this! Once I saw the picture of the guy with the sticks I was thinking these were probably supposed to be doughnuts.

Great video Max 🙏 I am Egyptian we still make this kind of buns , it is actually a bun ..and call it 'Shoreik' شريك now they use high quality wheat flour , and top it with cane sugar grains ..My Mum used to bake it when we were young , I have a recipe for it but the modern version , it takes a lot of kneading ...BTW , till now Egypt has more than 80 kinds of local breads and pastries , lots of them are still made in the ancient ways using sun rays , or other methods of baking and ovens , bread everything here still that it is called عيش which means 'life' itself !

@meganofsherwood3665

15 күн бұрын

Okay, that puts a whole 'nother dimension on the Christian phrase "Bread of Life...He who comes to me will never hunger". I love how learning about language and culture just make everything deeper and so much more cool!!

@marwaqoura7804

15 күн бұрын

@@meganofsherwood3665 Thank you dear , Egyptians were and still believers in God and goodness , an Ancient Egyptian saying goes as 'Give bread to those who don't have a field ' as it is a matter of life and death here 🙏

What I love about the instructions from father to son was how the father clearly loved and appreciated his wife. Very sweet.

@xandyrwlkyr2563

19 күн бұрын

We keep saying the teenagers of the up and coming generation are the most disrespectful and despondent.... Nope teenagers are teenagers all around the world since the beginning of time...

@georgesconyers9769

18 күн бұрын

​@@xandyrwlkyr2563 at every point in history, the youth were disrespectful, the men were lazy, the rulers were incompetent, and the world was sure to end soon.

Could it be that the boiling was in alkaline water ? They probably knew how to get that from ash, and it has an impact on texture - the Germans still do it for traditional pretzels

@historyish7873

20 күн бұрын

Came here to say this. We in the modern day love a fresh pretzel, with the doughy inside and crispy outside. And what could be better than a pretzel loaf like this one? And even if this was fried, it would be akin to Native American fry bread which is delicious and filling just like a pretzel is. It's kind of amazing and crazy how every culture has baked/fried/boiled breads.

@stephweasenforth7891

20 күн бұрын

@@historyish7873despite language and cultural barriers, there’s always beer and fried/baked/boiled food

@JaniceVineyard-kf6wm

20 күн бұрын

That's where i was, beer and pretzels.

@tahursh637

20 күн бұрын

Bread is life!

@kathleenhensley5951

20 күн бұрын

I thought of pretzels immediately, too. Glad I wasn't the only one. They definitely knew about alkaline water ...

The barley/emmer bread is meant to keep a person feeling full so which ever the heavy task they were doing meant they wouldn't get hungry fast. Being a dense heavy loaf keeps the stomach occupied to digest slowly.

An interesting thought hit me, with a recipe like this it makes me wonder when the last time someone made that bread.. Then it made me a little sad thinking about the countless recipes lost to time only because no one thought to write them down.

Last time I was this early, Ra still had both eyes!

@jillscott4029

20 күн бұрын

You mean Horus right? And technically he also has both eyes just one of them is a replacement made by Thoth.

@Estarile

20 күн бұрын

@@jillscott4029 Sekhmet (the murderous lion goddess who got placated with booze and then split into a less murderous version, and either Bast or Hathor depending) was created by Ra tearing out his eye. Horus also lost an eye in the whole "evil uncle, reclaim throne" thing.

As an Egyptian, I can confirm that we still consider bread to be everything.

@wildestsquirrelwildestsqui5020

20 күн бұрын

Accompanied with onions too, flavourful.

@maddogtank8425

20 күн бұрын

As a German, I share that sentiment

@matasa7463

20 күн бұрын

The people have changed, the religion have change, the government have changed... yet we still seem to be the same as ever. Humans gonna just keep doing human things.

@moth.monster

20 күн бұрын

As an American, I agree as well

@jeffcook3747

19 күн бұрын

As a Christian, I can confirm that we receive the Host , literally the transubstantiatiated body of Jesus/God, during the Mass as a piece of bread (usually a wafer).

The image of the Egiptian using two sticks to manipulate the bread reminds me of how they cook churros here in Spain: most of the time, the most skilled just use sharpened wooden sticks to turn around the fried dough... So, maybe it wasn't boiled, but fried!

So cool that you mentioned Seamus Blackley. He was the one who first got me interested in old recipes! So he was basically my gateway drug into watching your channel 😄

The workers comments sound like “the real housewives of ancient Egypt”.

honestly the episodes where there's the vaguest hint of a recipe are some of my favorites! the culinary detective work, the anthropology, the connection to our ancient past!!

Im so proud of you man, i remember watching this channel years ago, and I remember the video of you talking about quitting your job and making YT full time. I just get happy everytime I see you upload. Went from making Garum to making bread of the pharaohs. I believe they were frying the bread. Olive oil was a massive import from Greece. Ancient olive oil has even been found as far back as 6000BC.

@fredericapanon207

14 күн бұрын

I remember reading that ancient Egyptians would grow lettuce for the oily seeds, not the leaves. So lettuce seed oil would also have been likely.

A Hungarian Jewish lady lent me a book (in the uk) and it really had recipes for cakes made with goose fat. It was a book about Hungarian Jewish cookery.

“Are You There God? It’s Me, Baguette”.

If it was a form of currency, ancient Egyptians really did go out and get that bread.

@Yurt_enthusiast7

20 күн бұрын

I just want to know what the bakers got paid in😅

@thehelmsdepot

20 күн бұрын

@@Yurt_enthusiast7 They were literally making their own money 😱

@reisshep

20 күн бұрын

​@@thehelmsdepot So if they somewhat industrialized the production if would create inflation?

@bewilderbeestie

20 күн бұрын

Q. Why do bakers get up so early in the morning? A. Because they knead the dough.

@PhotonBeast

20 күн бұрын

@@Yurt_enthusiast7 I would assume the grain or flour. That is, they'd probably be allowed to 'take a little off the top' for themselves from a given shipment. Or they'd take some extra loafs for themselves.

As I get older and older I really start to appreciate those in my life that can put a genuine smile on my face. So long have I lived in misery and depression, but not anymore. And whenever I watch your videos you make me genuinely happy and filled with joy. Maybe its your voice and the way you talk, or your personality, or maybe the topics at hand, or all of the above. Either way, I just want to say thank you for your content and bringing me joy when you upload. I cherish your work and greatly respect you for what you are doing. Cheers!

Things like this are vastly important to the preservation of history. It’s things like this that remind us that we aren’t so different from the people of the past.

Of course a guy named Miller wants us to appreciate the people who grind flour. XD

@TastingHistory

20 күн бұрын

I mean...

What a mother's day gift: bread recipe, hot Egyptian tea, and all the guilt is trips I could need! 😂

@maeve4686

20 күн бұрын

And we never are allowed to get over it... Cheers!

@LaundryFaerie

20 күн бұрын

At least now we know where the Jewish mothers got it from

The ordinary lives of ordinary folk is actually such a heartening side of history to learn about. It shows that despite wars, slavery, and other atrocities, people are still just people. Just regular folk trying to get by.

It’s people like you and others that make the internet so completely delightful. Where before could we have learned about such interesting and unusual topics as bread from ancient Egypt and all your other subjects? I love your videos - thank you!

4 years in and still putting out bangers each week. Thank you Max and Jose!! Easily one of the best channels around

@thekaxmax

20 күн бұрын

He /has/ done bangers and mash, IIRC

@YamiKisara

19 күн бұрын

Does his husband even have anything to do with the show?

The moment I saw the images of them making this bread, it literally looked like they were making portuguese farturas! We even use a similar frying pan and sticks! If you look up "how to make farturas" you'll find photos of people making these just like the egyptians. A fartura is similar to a churro, but with a lighter dough and it's fried in a spiral. You'll then cover it with sugar and cinnamon. It's delicious!

@joanhoffman3702

20 күн бұрын

It sounds like the funnel cakes made at food stands at fairs in the U.S. The dough is poured out of a funnel into hot oil. Very tasty and a calorie bomb, but hard to resist.

@absalomdraconis

20 күн бұрын

Am I correct in guessing his pot was too deep? The one in the pictures in the tomb looked quite shallow, and I can't help suspecting that greatly helped.

@shirleyannconfer9651

19 күн бұрын

This sounds heavenly!

@christopherbusch1933

19 күн бұрын

That pot pictured on the tomb wall is too shallow for boiling water. Also, the metal cover is expensive. So clearly for oil. Water would have been boiled without a cover in a cauldron shaped vessel, not a wok shaped one.

@TrueFork

19 күн бұрын

I too immediately thought of frying in oil when I saw the sticks drawing

The modern day Egyptian Arabic word for "Bread" is literally "life". Egyptians also consider the price of a loaf of bread as a main measure for inflation. Additionally, the Egyptian equivalence to the idiom "to put food on the table" roughly translates to "to feed with bread". Bread continues to be a very important measure of Egyptian society today. And the reason "upper Egypt" is the south, is because the Nile flows from upper Egypt to lower Egypt.

Reminds me of a visit to the Pergamonn museum in Berlin. Among all the sculptures of Greek gods and kings, the tiny stone dolls and sculptures depicting daily life of the average Greeks, is so more relatable.

If you ask Egyptologists they will tell you that wherever they find a bakery, there is usually a brewery next door or "behind the back fence" etc. They both used grain and yeast so that was common sense.

@SimuLord

20 күн бұрын

Before Louis Pasteur came along and figured out the science, breadmakers understood that the best way to get their bread to rise was to use the "barm", or leftover foam, from the brewer. Less maintenance than a sourdough starter.

My grandparents recently moved from the city they were born in to be closer to me and my mum. They're near they're 100's, feeling down on themselves about being somewhere so new. They both love history though, and, limited as their pallets are, they can be adventurous with food. I've sent them videos of yours and asked them to pick new recipes for us to try. It's really picked them up. Thanks for doing what you do 💜

@maeve4686

20 күн бұрын

Lovely, & you'r e wonderful grandchild. I know it's a very tough job. I took care of my mum for the last 19 years of her life , passing at age 98. Tho, she thought I was trying to poison her..even with frozen dinners...lol Sometimes you never win !

@christinebenson518

20 күн бұрын

​@maeve4686 My mom and I were caregivers to her dad for about a year. He complained about the chicken liver meal I made, saying, "I liked the way I'd make liver." Never mind at 90, he couldn't eat shoe leather, especially with his issues swallowing. He told the hospice nurse my mom was waiting for him to die so she could inherit his millions, no one got millions. He also tried firing me because I wouldn't give him water when he was in bed because of his aspiration pneumonia. Sadly, care taking is incredibly difficult and thankless.

@maeve4686

20 күн бұрын

@@christinebenson518 So true. Fortunately for her, my mother had no health issues other than constipation as she wouldn't drink fluids. It's a thankless endeavor, I had no help from her 2 other daughters, one of whom lived in a small house on her property & literraly in 18 months never stoped to say hello tho she drive by htje house at least twice a day.. But, they could tell me what they thought I was doing wrong, which I wasn't. If Mom wanted to eat cereal for kids (Capt Crunch her fav) I let her. Oh, no! It has to be healthy stuff. Yeah. Not gonna happen. I just ignored them. No one has any idea what you are going thru. The selfless , uncountable hours you put in, the sometimes unbearable stress, temper tantrums you listen to. They have no idea what being in stuck onto a "care home" is like, which my Dad swore me to never placing her in one. Believe it or not it's worth it for you. I had a terrible mother. But, I learned to love her & thank her for my life in the few hours before she died. No guilt over my head knowing I did all I did do which was like a good patent with a bratty child. Christine, remember to take care of yourself. I did it alone. Make sure you have help. Take care...

Those ancient pictures immediately made me think of how doughnuts are made today. When I worked at a bakery, we flipped the doughnuts with basically two giant chopsticks in a vat of hot oil. Neat stuff!

17:11 that's not a guilt trip, that's a reminder not to take your mom for granted!

I love them little stories about the people of Egypt. It's a great comfort to know even after thousands upon thousands of years humans are still the same as they have always been. It is also exceptionally depressing to know that even after thousands upon thousands of years humans are still the same as they have always been.

@Agamemnon2

20 күн бұрын

I think that's why the Ea-Nasir memes took off, because they show someone from an ancient civilization in such a relatable light - complaining about bad customer service and substandard copper ingots.

@grimgrahamch.4157

20 күн бұрын

If they had to deal with bullshit thousands of years ago, so can we. I think humanity will be just fine.

@catherinesanchez1185

19 күн бұрын

Beautifully put

@glenngriffon8032

17 күн бұрын

@@Agamemnon2 "Good evening. Our top news story tonight, archeological researchers have unearthed what appears to be the remains of an ancient Egyptian indoor market. A remarkable mural of Hieroglyphics is currently being translated and appears to say 'To all would be Karenhoteps: Do not ask for the manager, he cares even less about your opinions'."

"Granite comes to you unhindered, so do not destroy the monuments of another." These words would save our world, if we followed them.

@joegalindez2438

20 күн бұрын

we should stop taking people for granite

@calmeilles

19 күн бұрын

Have you tried to get granite delivered recently? 🤣

@joegalindez2438

19 күн бұрын

@@calmeillesNo, but I inquired about how to go about building walls out of rammed earth. They told me to pound sand.

@ericgrumbles447

19 күн бұрын

That's Wu Tang right there...

Many thanks for this episode, all the love from Egypt ❤️

@p.s.shnabel3409

17 күн бұрын

Is there anything comparable to this recipe in modern day Egypt? And is it possible that they baked the bread first and then dipped it in hot syrup/fat? With respect and love from Maine (USA)

Max!! This was absolutely fascinating!!

Cofagrigus for the win! I just saw what you were making and guessed that had to be your Pokémon today. I love how you never forget the little details.

@maeve4686

20 күн бұрын

Thanks for who it is. I've asked & I know not all remarks are read, that he states who his cooking buddy is. I don't know Pokémon, other than I've seen some of the magical creatures the artists have developed. They are amazing ! Cheers !

I just listened to the audiobook of Eric Cline's "After 1177 B.C.", about the dark age that followed the Bronze Age Collapse, and the story of Ramses III post-Sea Peoples is a heck of a story. Any time the phrase "harem conspiracy" comes up in a history book, you know you're in for a good story.

@TastingHistory

20 күн бұрын

I’ll check that out!

@jorgelotr3752

20 күн бұрын

Pretty sure that phrase comes quite often in history about Ancient China. Those events tend to be quite wild (quite often, they are either hilarious or bloody, sometimes both).

@leonardodavinci3589

20 күн бұрын

Just read that one myself. So well written, such an insane era. A true apocalypse

@SimuLord

20 күн бұрын

@@jorgelotr3752 Being a history buff ruined Game of Thrones for me. Nothing the writers could dream up has anything on some of history's best cloak-and-dagger intrigue over royalty.

@ulrike9978

20 күн бұрын

@@TastingHistory Oh, highly recommended, along with the first volume logically titled "1177 BC". The second one is recently out and both of them are a fantastic read - Cline really is an expert for that time and area and the writing is very accessible.

I agree with you Max, i love the BIG HISTORY, but i Love it even more when they find the lower classes writing about their everyday lives . The Common Man has much more to share about the ancient world than his Pharaoh or King.

I always get a chuckle from your great Segway to your sponsors, thanks. Awesome videos as well.

If the spiral bread was deep fried instead of boiled, it might have been an egyptian precursor of churros, or calentitos de rueda. Calentitos de rueda are still made with two sticks.

@christopherbusch1933

19 күн бұрын

The pictured pot looks like a wok, so clearly for oil

Bread is still the main staple food in Egypt (and heavily subsidised). Bakers and bread sellers everywhere. You really cannot overstate its importance.

@MM22966

19 күн бұрын

Given that the last time they tried to drop the subsidy the government fell, I can believe it.

@salaama9

18 күн бұрын

Uprisings have occurred when the price of bread has gone up.

@FloatingLeaf1111

18 күн бұрын

Really? Never thought of Egypt as big bread place. I love bread. I bet theres some amazing cinnamon rolls to be found there.

@MM22966

18 күн бұрын

@@FloatingLeaf1111 Egypt was the breadbasket of the ancient Mediterranean world for thousands of years. Rome unironically fought numerous wars with various people (including themselves) to hold onto it, because the city of Rome's subsidized grain for the poor came from Egypt on a chain of huge grain ships, much like super-tankers supplying Middle East oil to Europe now. If they lost Egypt, or had the supply interrupted, Rome would starve and/or riot.

I LOVE the der-El Medina snippets of life. There's a wonderful book collecting them. I can't recall its name. Its fantastic.

Love this - but also, the music in the background is so relaxing!!!

The whole bit about bread offered to the gods is hilarious because it reminds me of a scene in Terry Pratchett's 'Going Postal' where Moist is offering a sausage to a priest of Offler, the crocodile god that is a stand in for the Egyptian pantheon, and the priest makes it vary clear that roasting the sausage sends the real sausageness up to Offler and that even though the priest eat the physical sausage to take their word for it that it turns to ash in their mouths. XD It's so fascinating to see how little you need to embellish reality in order to find the comedy in it.

@christineh14

20 күн бұрын

The Moist von Lipwig books are hilarious, second only to the ones starring Death.

@thomasdjonesn

19 күн бұрын

Ah yes, the "sausagidity" rises to Offler on high. Here's some mustard.

We’re heading back to ancient times? Love it!! Thanks for making my weeks bearable!

@TastingHistory

20 күн бұрын

It’s the least I can do.

This sounds delicious and hearty, although what would be interesting with this is do the boiled method for a few loafs. But also do a few loafs fried.

This might just be my favourite episode

There has never been a better use of the Papyrus font before this video. 😊

@nicholasgignac7065

20 күн бұрын

I can’t see that font without thinking of the SNL Papyrus skit 😂

@donnar4261

13 күн бұрын

This would give nightmares to Ryan Gosling

Deep fried curly bread - those two sticks look a lot like the big wooden sticks I have seen people use to turn their donuts in the fry oil and remove the donuts from the fry oil.

@jimmyyarbrough9883

20 күн бұрын

I 100% believe the same thing.

Thanks Max. We love you!

2:00 You don't need a utensil to put something into a liquid, but you would when removing it.

That transition to your sponsor was smooth as butter.

@miriam-jeannette-castaneda

20 күн бұрын

They always are. It’s one of Max’s gifts - the gift of eloquence

@charlynegezze8536

20 күн бұрын

@@miriam-jeannette-castaneda Just like 50s TV shows.

As an archeologist ( in training) I’m so excited for this video!!! I love cooking ancient meals and bringing them into class!!

That was a great video!! Thanks!

Those spirals are huge!!

"Granite comes to you unhindered, so do not destroy the monuments of another." is such a great quote! ✨

"40 types of bread" Me: laughs in german bakery. Amateurs.

@youmukonpaku3168

20 күн бұрын

the Egyptians walked so we Germanic people could run, as far as bread goes.

I just love love love hearing your storytelling. I particularly am fond of Egyptian history so this is my favourite episodes. Thank you for your hard work in bringing food history to us.

Thank you so much, Max! Very educational! 🎉😎

All it's missing is cinnamon and icing. King Tut's cinny-bun, who's with me?!

Good timing - just finishing a course on Ancient Egypt

@mariaantoniajosephajohanna

20 күн бұрын

Haha nice! I'm actually gonna be starting one soon

@LordMizumaru

20 күн бұрын

That's cool! Anything interesting to share with the class that Max missed?

@nova3752

20 күн бұрын

Lol and you'll 100% use that class in the future ahahahahaha

ooooh, that looks lovely! I'm delighted and intrigued by how you managed a decent prep style and recipe from what little info you had.

hi max i love your vds ty for all the cool food

Herodotus (around 450 BC) also tells some things about what the Egyptians ate! He actually devoted the entire second book of his Histories to Egypt and it's fascinating to read. According to him, priests were not allowed to eat fish but were given beef and goose meat daily; none of the Egyptians ate beans (Herodotus, histories, 2nd book, 37,4). He also writes about some wild religious festivals (2nd book, 59-63), if you're interested in that

I liked the part where Tutankhamun was like "It's Tutankhamunin' time" and Tutankhamuned all over Egypt

@hardlyworgen71

20 күн бұрын

Flashback to Steve Martin performing the song "King Tut".

@DragonsAndDragons777

20 күн бұрын

@@hardlyworgen71 flashback to opening King Tut's tomb (I'm about to die from an infected mosquito bite)

@thomasdjonesn

19 күн бұрын

"Born in Babylonia, moved to Arizona..."

@M50A1

15 күн бұрын

He really went "it's mummy-ing time!" Before he got mummified all over the tomb

Hey, longtime fan first comment. I love your passion for historical recipes, it's inspired me to research more of my Grandfather's culture of food(Cuban),old and new. Great channel man, I try to catch all of your experiments

This was the first of your recipes that I tried for myself and I absolutely loved it!

To boil before baking is common here in Sweden. We have "pretzels" like that. They become like sweet white ones and you eat them with butter on them. To boil before bake is actually a preservative.

@catherinesanchez1185

19 күн бұрын

Do they keep longer ??

@afternoobtea914

19 күн бұрын

@@catherinesanchez1185 Yes. I can have them in a tin jar on the dining table for two week without them being spoiled. Normally they go bad after a couple of days. Happy to share recipe if you want.

Hey Max, your segway's into your sponsors are the most clever and seamless that I actually watch them. No other KZreader that I watch has your skill. Love your show and love your cookbook!

@TastingHistory

20 күн бұрын

Why thank you.

Been watching this show since the beginning; this episode is like comfort TV at this point, just so good and so interesting and I’m hoping this recipe is in the next cookbook!