Making everyone eat sauerkraut on a sealed vessel "that was 100°F and very poorly ventilated" sounds like a war crime. 🤣🤣

@mfbfreak

20 күн бұрын

Read 'Das Boot' preferably in its original language. The writer took a lot of effort to describe the combination of intense stank on board of the boat. Words that would demonetize youtube videos quite rapidly. Keep in mind that sailors hot bunked (1 bunk per 2 sailors, 1 sleeps while the other is on watch) and barely had any washing facilities. And something about what young men do a lot in their private time.

@DJ-fn3jm

20 күн бұрын

@@mfbfreak I saw the movie a few times but never read the book. crazy stuff.

@WantedVisual

20 күн бұрын

And that is before you learn how utterly obsessed Germans are with ventilating their living and work spaces.

@paavobergmann4920

20 күн бұрын

@@mfbfreak Yeah some sailor mentions early on that the gas masks are most useful for exactly that purpose, but not so much if there is an actual emergency... Yeah but, 42 unwashed sailors, moldy leather gear, engine grease, salt water, flaking paint, diesel, old socks, hot bunks, semi-funtional toilets...and sauerkraut. all jammed inside a 70x2,5m tube. for months. Yummy.

@nautifella

20 күн бұрын

Submarines are also called _"Sewer Pipes."_ When a _Boat_ pulls in after an extended deployment, you can smell on shore 200-300 yards away.... *in heavy fog.*

"How much sauerkraut should be added?" is not a question that would ever cross a German's mind. 😂

@MysteriumArcanum

21 күн бұрын

"how much sauerkraut should we add?" "Yes"

@Serenity_Dee

21 күн бұрын

I believe the answer is "yes."

@1One2Three5Eight13

21 күн бұрын

"How much do I have?" is my usual answer to that one. I'm assuming Germans are a little more restrained, due to having more sauerkraut on hand.

@speedracr7

21 күн бұрын

How much will the bowl hold?

@mikydicy2565

21 күн бұрын

Not in 1915-1917 😅 Source: Im German and a History Nerd

Pro Tipp: Most German dishes that feature any kind of cabbage as ingredient (like sauerkraut) will add whole caraway seeds to aid with digestion. It’s supposed to help with the gases from the cabbage. Greetings from Wuppertal, Germany 🇩🇪

@jnalhn1188

11 күн бұрын

In case have some Aquavit after the dish. Liquid caraway with alcohol. 😂

@Alexis84DE

11 күн бұрын

@@jnalhn1188 yeah we also have a great Kümmel Schnapps that’s very popular as a digestive, that will also do the trick 😅

@tavish4699

9 күн бұрын

i aint never heard that before and im german myself

@Alexis84DE

9 күн бұрын

@@tavish4699 du kennst kein Kümmel zu Kohl? Dann bist du nicht deutsch. Das gehört zusammen wie das Amen in der Kirche

@orfamayQ

8 күн бұрын

I think for sauerkraut the bloating isn't that much of an issue since it's fermented.

My father, who passed away from complications of Agent Orange syndrome about 9 years ago now, was a Vietnam veteran who served in the US Navy on what happened to be World War II era diesel submarines. He had so many stories about what life on those boats was like, and they sound a whole lot like the conditions on the German u-boats you described. The ventilation was better and it was a little less hot and humid, but it was always still fairly hot and stifling with all those bodies on board, and all of that equipment. And the smell - he said that whenever hear any of the other sailors will get a chance to go outside, they declared that the clean air smelled funny. And everyone could always tell a submarine sailor from a sailor on the surface, because of the continual lingering scent of diesel fuse that would follow them everywhere. I could go on for hours with the tales that he told me, some of them terrifying, some of them funny, a lot of them not appropriate for mixed company, And they really are an interesting look into military life at the period, as well as a peak into what it would have been like back in World War II as well - A little after the time period that you're covering now, obviously, but still close enough that I'm sure some of what my dad experienced would have been very familiar to the German sailors you discussed today.

@paulgerrard9227

14 күн бұрын

The agent orange on submarines seems a stretch

@jimreplicant

13 күн бұрын

@@paulgerrard9227my grandpa was george washington soo

@topsecret1837

13 күн бұрын

Agent Orange inside submarines… Seriously, the diesel and terrible conditions probably did worse to your father than something that was dropped and deployed from the air, not under or on the surface of the ocean

@tsm688

11 күн бұрын

@@paulgerrard9227 "this submarine duty is killing me, hope I get assigned something else" goes to fucking vietnam

@Annelie58

10 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing. How anyone could work in those conditions should get a metal!

How do we fight scurvy? Spain: "Lemons and oranges!" England: "Limes!" Germany: "SAUERKRAUT!"

@n3phelem549

20 күн бұрын

There is the german ingenuitiy again though. You were able to make insane amounts of Sauerkraut in a REALLY short time. You can even artificially fasten the whole process down to mere days. cheap, sates, very fast, great amounts. Sauerkraut is above citrus fruits by a longshot

@napoleonfeanor

20 күн бұрын

All of Central Europe

@JP2GiannaT

20 күн бұрын

I've got a gallon pickle jar of the stuff fermenting as I type this.

@TheRedWon

20 күн бұрын

@@n3phelem549 Not to mention that it's resistant to spoiling and mold since it's fermented

@XtreeM_FaiL

20 күн бұрын

Cabbage has much more vitamin-C than oranges.

I was disappointed for a moment when the primary source mentioned hard tack and you didn't play the clip. But then you said it and played the clip and all is right with my Tuesday now

@clone_69

20 күн бұрын

Agreed, I kinda expected a cut to "clack clack" then go back as if nothing happened

@randomsandwichian

20 күн бұрын

I am utterly flabbergasted!

@shiNIN42

20 күн бұрын

Similar but I KNEW the clip will come eventually! Obviously. No way it won't. I knew there will be a click because hard tack was mentioned. As my first thought seeing the very poor recipe was... Okay, no sausage... Or sour cream... But at least soak some hard tack in it!

@jeromethiel4323

20 күн бұрын

Germans didn't have hard tack, they had panzer waffles! (and yes, i know there is a German word for hard tack, but panzer waffles is much more fun!)

@betweentwomillennium5057

20 күн бұрын

The U-boat would make a hard tack to the right to avoid depth charges.

The thought of a grizzled U-Boat cook tearfully threatening to find another boat that'd appreciate him is so funny. High school really does never end.

Little german inside for you, Max: You should eat some of the soup with a fork. I mean some the Sauerkraut, of course. The bread is (until this day) used like a sponge for the liquids (or "Tunke" as it's called in parts of Germany). This is comon for watery soups, not for thicker soups like Erbsensuppe (Pea soup). Those are eaten completely with a spoon, of course. If you ever order a thin soup with something like vegetables in it in germany, don't be surprised if you get a spoon and a fork from your waiter. (Cultural difference may apply in different parts of the country)

@christianx8494

16 күн бұрын

Especially true for what we call „Frische Suppe“ in Northern Germany. The greens like carrots, celery, leek, stay in the broth, cut small enough to be eaten with the spoon. Then small semonila dumplings are added. The meat (beef or chicken) though are taken out and served in bigger lumps on a plate next to the soup.

@jeanettegant2894

14 күн бұрын

One of my German cousins used to change a "burp" into the phrase "Erbsensuppe mit Speck". Pea and ham soup is a favourite in UK as well. There is of course Eintopf, and we were only allowed the meat if we ate our first plate, then we could have seconds. My Uncle's favourite is Snibblbohnsuppe.

I feel like "Saurkraut soup" is what your parents tell you they had to eat after walking to school, uphill both ways, with no shoes, and over broken glass. .......in the snow.

@stevenmcdonald1901

20 күн бұрын

No dinosaurs attacking... No volcanos exploding.... Those younguns have it too easy getting to school

@michaelb1761

20 күн бұрын

I used to have a co-worker of Polish descent who brought sauerkraut soup to a potluck made with his homemade sauerkraut. It was very good. I would be jealous of anyone who got to eat that soup on a regular basis.

@hollowed4306

20 күн бұрын

We have a soup made from it it is called щи. Originaly it was made like this - you throw meat, chopped onions and potatoes, tomatoes, sauerkraut in one pot, add water and leave it in the slowly cooling giant wooden stove overnight. At the morning you will have perfectly cooked pot of food

@cerealport2726

20 күн бұрын

Sounds like you and I had the same childhood, just that mine also had wild dogs..

@Vanda-il9ul

20 күн бұрын

Nope. For Christmas and special occasions as a midnight dish.

When someone asks max if he has any hobbies, he says "I like to mention hard tack🍞💥🍞 as often as possible. "

@WaiferThyme

20 күн бұрын

Clack clack!! 🫓🫓

@tigerbalmenema

20 күн бұрын

@@WaiferThyme ah, your hard tack is better than mine... 🤣

@PitDweller83

20 күн бұрын

I almost had a stroke when he said it twice and didn't bang them together

@jcorona984

20 күн бұрын

​@@PitDweller8314:30 is one of those instances. Maybe because it was a historical reference.

@tegnepigen

20 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

I'm from the northern islands of Scotland, and I spoke to an old man in the 1990s, who'd been a merchant seaman. He described being in a Hamburg cafe around 1921, and the owner had been a submariner. The German chap described the boat coming to periscpe depth on the quiet N.W. of the island. Some crewmen went ashore in the inflatable, and stole a sheep that was tethered, so easy to get, silently. It proved to be not at all tasty, because it was a ram in full breeding season! This is maybe the origin of the Orkney/goats story in your video.

@MrC1066

11 күн бұрын

Hi It seems we both heard versions of the same tale. Pity I did not look down the comments before commenting myself. Best wishes Richard

U-boat Kapitän: sits down to eat his watered down sauerkraut soup U-boat sailor: Mein Kapitän, we have spotted a ship. it's the Lusitania! U-boat Kapitän: What are they doing? U-boat sailor: Eating lunch, appears to be veal, spaguetti and... victoria pudding for dessert U-boat Kapitän: PREPARE ZE TORPEDO TUBES!

I read this as “eat a German U boat” and was very confused lol.

@TastingHistory

21 күн бұрын

It’s definitely a family size meal

@13mungoman13

21 күн бұрын

I've heard of submarine sandwiches but this is ridiculous

@CynUnion-ji9uj

21 күн бұрын

You eat a u-boat the same way you eat an elephant, one bite at a time. Very high in iron.

@TakeshiKowacs

20 күн бұрын

Read that at first too, came curious for the Marinade and Sauce

@dschonsie

20 күн бұрын

New sandwich from subway

Hearing how the u-boat crew would make fun of poor Miedtank reminds me of a piece of advice from my grandfather, that being: NEVER piss off the cook. Best case scenario is your food ends up perpetually bland, and worst case, well... there are a lot of things you could add to a dish that you may never know about...

@Nixx0912

20 күн бұрын

That reminded me of a part in our cult comedy "Jak rozpętałem II Wojnę Światową" ( How I started tge Second World War) where the vagabond hero Franek Dolas accidently became a cook in Foreign Legion and street smart as he was won some good stuff to prepare food for the soldiers. He lands in jail after that which starts riots as everybody was happy to have acctualy eddible things to eat after the shitty meals thay got before.

@clothar23

20 күн бұрын

While I would never mock a cook I ain't about to pretend stale bacon mixed with dried peas is a delicious dish.

@andrewallen9993

20 күн бұрын

That's why police either known or in uniform should never eat in restaurants or fast food takeaways. As they are loved and respected by everyone the "interesting" seasonings are disgusting.

@vicroc4

20 күн бұрын

You'd think they would've learned that the galley staff are easily some of the most important people afloat. A military runs on its stomach, as the saying goes.

@TheHeroRises

20 күн бұрын

My grandfather was a cook on a submarine. 2 submariners would give him a couple of pinches of tobacco for his pipe and he made sure they got extra butter on their extra helping of cornbread.

I think this might be one of your best episodes yet. I loved the variety and intimacy of the stories you relayed to us. I find it fascinating to hear just how relatable people were in the past. Like the overly sensitive cook somehow winning an iron cross, or making a song about not having anything to fry in the butter.

@lore_house

2 күн бұрын

I agree! I heard the recipe and thought, well that's kinda dull. But then the stories he shared were so personal and humanising (in a very dehumanising and awful war), that it really was one of the best episodes.

Rescuing animals and having them live in the U-boats is one of the most memorable WW1 stories I've ever heard.

Last time I was this early, I was trying to persuade Austria-Hungary that the Serbian ultimatum was a bit much.

@lisaramaci6973

21 күн бұрын

Oh my God that's priceless😂😂😂👌👏👍

@tonyharpur8383

21 күн бұрын

😂😅

@CAP198462

21 күн бұрын

Last time I was this early, I was drinking and eating pastry with some guy called Gavrillo. I wonder what happened to him.

@antonnurwald5700

21 күн бұрын

You should have persuaded Russia not to mobilize.

@sasha1mama

20 күн бұрын

Last time *I* was this early, Agincourt didn't have a zillion arrows in it.

A military crossover with MRE Steve would be great. He could prepare a vintage MRE for Max while Max cooked another military meal!

@victorkreig6089

20 күн бұрын

Great War MREs were terrible I doubt Steve wants to eat another lol

@Justanotherconsumer

20 күн бұрын

This seems like a ration-al choice of a crossover.

@bethenecampbell6463

20 күн бұрын

​@@victorkreig6089Steve should try Max's fresh hardtack. It would be interesting to hear how different it tastes compared to the vintage one he tried.

@johmyh14

20 күн бұрын

I'd watch this.

@theREALdingusMD

20 күн бұрын

I’d watch this but Steve is a very private guy. Gun Jesus has tried to get in contact with him unsuccessfully.

It's a little known fact but each u-boat had fart tubes that fed into the main torpedo tubes. It is said that sauerkraut fart gas could increase the range of a torpedo by 5 kilometers.

@DamonNomad82

7 күн бұрын

And when the U-boat was out of torpedoes, they just put the fart tubes up to the portholes of the enemy ship. It was like filling the ship with mustard gas, but much more lethal...

Very similar to Polish Sauerkraut Soup (Kapusniak) - Ingredients 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil 1 bay leaf 2 cups Frank's Kraut rinsed and drained 1 teaspoon caraway seed optional 1 pound Polska Kielbasa sliced 4 stalks celery chopped 3 carrots sliced 2 cups white potatoes diced 2 32 ounce containers chicken stock 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1-2 teaspoons salt to taste 1 small onion diced Instructions In a Dutch oven over medium high heat, add oil and onion. Sauté for about 5 minutes, then add in kielbasa, kraut and caraway seeds. Cook for about 5 minutes more. Add in carrots, celery and potatoes and cook, stirring occasionally for about 10 minutes. Add in chicken stock, cover. When it comes to a boil, turn heat down to medium low. Cook covered for about 30 minutes, or until veggies are desired tenderness. Salt and Pepper to taste. Serve hot with a slice of rye bread.

@krokeman

10 күн бұрын

For sure not olive olive oil, but lard or butter. Good Polish sauerkraut is naturally fermented, it should be alive (packages have coffee-like vents), without any acidicants or preservatives. No chicken, but pork ribs (could be smoked ribs, but not sure). Not sure right now but I think allspice could be added. There are similar cabbage-based soups like, kwaśnica, bigos, kapusta z grzybami. Kapusniak is cheapest among them. I think you messed up how to prepare vegetable as well, but not sure right now. Potatoes almost certainly need to be cooked separately, cause acid will make them hard and unable to boil.

Waiting for a mention of "Hard Tack" and the cut to Max clacking the two pieces together is always a highlight.

@the3nder1

20 күн бұрын

Even though I know it's coming I laugh *every* time. 😂

@Linda-qp9kp

20 күн бұрын

@@the3nder1 same! 😄

@Silva_Metal

18 күн бұрын

I was very disappointed there was no cut at the first mention. Thankfully that disappointment didn't last long.

@ThePantangler

10 күн бұрын

I became anxious when he said it twice without a cutaway. Imagine my relief when it finally came. Still got a laugh.

@SmokeyBCN

9 күн бұрын

that sound makes me teeth hurt

A Polish friend used to make sauerkraut soup that had Polish sausage, bacon, lots of paprika including hot paprika, caraway seeds and some carrots and onion. It was super spicy but oh so good!

@revgregory

20 күн бұрын

Yup...kielbasa and hot Hungarian paprika are staples in mine, sometimes even some caraway seed.

@jelsner5077

20 күн бұрын

That sounds really good!

@gyrogeargoose

20 күн бұрын

Wow, that does sound good!

@John_Redcorn_

20 күн бұрын

Yes, ive made polish sauerkraut soup a few times. The kraut is more of an addition rather than the main ingredient.

@versoooo

20 күн бұрын

Kapuśniak, very delicious.

Max, you need to look at the history of Tomato Soup Cake. When I was a kid my mom told me that this cake was made during the depression to replace a good number of expensive spices. Yes, this is a spice cake. I have only recently researched this finding out that she was 80% correct about this cake instead it was Campbell Soup that marketed the cake during the early depression. The tomato soup is not tasted in the cake, but is more moist than most spice cakes and the Campbell Soup recipe is based on old recipes now called Grandma's Tomato Soup. I'm sure you can tie all of this history together better than I can, but my mom's story is the reason why this cake is my favorite. It's nice to know that this cake was popular with the poor which the history pretty much confirms.

In Romania we also have sourkraut (varză murată) soup. I love it. I could eat eat every day. We also add smoked pork ribs or sausage.

As an American submariner in the 90's, even on modern boats food was stored everywhere. We would walk on canned goods that were stored between our bunks until we ate through them. We did have coolers for meat, eggs, milk and such, but not a lot of the milk and eggs were loaded onboard. It would run out in about 2 weeks and then we switched to powdered eggs and milk. And the mess cooks made all the difference, one of the best Thanksgiving meals I've had was onboard.

@SingleMalt2

18 күн бұрын

Did you have a soft serve ice cream machine? I hear they are a big deal on boats.

@submanusn3692

16 күн бұрын

I can confirm. Canned goods replaced the floor in crews mess and enlisted berthing areas; covered with plywood sheets. Reactor Operator ET2(SS). '83-'89 Permit class fast attack.

@jgkitarel

16 күн бұрын

The other aspect is, from what I've heard from those who were in the Silent Service, is that the quality of the food would also tell them just where and when in the current deployment they were and how long it would be before pulling into port. Depending on whether it was a routine mission at sea or wartime, that would also tell them when they would be turning the boat over to the replacement crew to take home. From what I've been told, the food overall, even late in a deployment before pulling into port to resupply, was actually pretty good, though would admittedly start getting fairly monotonous towards the end as some ingredients ran out. Not the same thing every day monotony, but more the you knew what day of the week it was by the meals being served monotonous without even having to look at the meal plan. Which is fair, as even Army units in the field with field kitchens started getting that the longer they were in the field, with the only real variation being the MRE you ate for lunch and whether you got in line to grab one fast enough to have your pick. Either way, you ran out of fresh vegetables and fruit within a week or two and the meat was the kind of tough and treated meats that kept a while. Salt, pepper, and tabasco sauce were your friends there. The coffee was rough enough to bite.

@dtaylor10chuckufarle

15 күн бұрын

The US Naval Service tries really hard. No matter where they are, US Marines have Thanksgiving with all the fixings.

@lancerevell5979

12 күн бұрын

Our surface ships in the early 1980s weren't that bad, we didn't have to cram food everywhere. We liked it when the storebought bread ran out, then the mess cranks (cooks) would bake fresh bread. Heavenly! Our baker was short and fat, his cakes and pizza were legend. The only problem was the Filipino mess cooks would curry everything! Threw me off curry for the next twenty years.

After watching both this and the Lusitania video, I'm convinced the U-boat fired on the liner out of frustrated jealousy.

@frankwerner6355

21 күн бұрын

Good point.

@zeideerskine3462

20 күн бұрын

I think they may have been after the Lusitania's galley.

@TheLastOfUsFan

20 күн бұрын

Historians think the U-boat was confused. The British used a dirty tactic in the war and they would station their warships in the vicinity of American civilian vessels and trade ships, this tactic was used for 1 or 2 reasons people think. Either the British assumed German U-boats would not attempt to torpedo their ships because they were close to civilian ships, or more maliciously the British intentionally stationed their warships close to American civilian ships in an attempt to have the U-boats mistakenly fire on them dragging America into the war against the Germans.

@paris-1911

20 күн бұрын

@@TheLastOfUsFan Woah… I’d hope that wasn’t the British’s intent, but you never know.

@taiyoqun

20 күн бұрын

​@@paris-1911I mean, America mainly gets into wars by loosing things at sea. Pearl harbour, the sinking of Battleship Maine, Boston harbour, pirates in the Barbary wars, the Banana wars because of the Panama canal, the occupation of Veracruz started when Mexico captured some sailors, etc. And they did get into ww1 precisely because of U-boats, so I wouldn't put it past the British to "hypothetically" try to sway war support by "hypothetically" letting a little U-boat through. Heck, I wouldn't even put it past the Americans to sometimes put their own ships in danger to sway their own citizens' public opinion.

Other than history and cooking, what I like about Max's channel is the way he speaks. So classy and neat it's like listening to an audiobook. As an amateur writer, half of Max's skill would help me a lot.

I am of half Belgian and half Polish heritage. The Polish also have pickle and sauerkraut soups. As sauerkraut came out of a crock not a can whatever you grabbed with your hand is what went into a recipe, no measurement required. B&M still makes canned bread.

Tea and Rum was a british army staple as well. My grandad during WWII's sicily campaign called Operation Torch was given his ration of tea with rum in it and he complained 'I like tea, I like rum, I don't like rum in tea. So give me one or t'other or none at all'. He was often sent to peel potatoes for being insubordinate XD

@trisblackshaw1640

20 күн бұрын

Amusing! But maybe you're thinking of Operation Husky in July 1943? Operation Torch was the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1942. Sorry for being unnecessarily pedantic!

@MarthaDwyer

20 күн бұрын

'Das Boot' is a wonderful, Academy Award winning German movie about a WWII U boat. I saw it many years ago, but one thing I remember is the sense of claustrophobia, heat, and fear. I think it's on Netflix captioned.

@mercurywoodrose

20 күн бұрын

I think we need to bring back tea and rum. I think it could be a nice drink sort of like an Arnold Palmer.

@ursamajor7468

20 күн бұрын

Punished for being right? Yeah that checks out completely. 👍

@julietsmith5925

20 күн бұрын

​@@MarthaDwyerThe u boat you see in Raiders of the Lost Ark, was the same boat on rental.

*Underwater clack-clack intensifies*

@jonathanpanlaqui1855

21 күн бұрын

Sir Max taps hardtacks in it.

@buffewo6386

20 күн бұрын

"Sonar, go active. 2 hardtack clack-clacks should do it..."

@Fooma777

20 күн бұрын

*clink clink* Alt: *glub glub*

@KR-hg8be

20 күн бұрын

​@@buffewo6386somewhere a whale hears the clack clack and explodes

@Hailstormand

20 күн бұрын

And that's how underwater sonar was invented

Love the story about the Iron Cross for the chef. That's great. And I always laugh any time you use the hard-tack clip.

Not just a taste of History . A bloody good History lesson . Thank you .

My grandfather fought on the German side in a Prussian Army unit for the entire war, 1914-1918. The last year of the war, literally the only thing they had to eat was plain boiled white rice, 3x a day; when he married my grandmother, a legendary cook, he told her she could make him literally anything but rice and he would eat it happily. And indeed, from the day he mustered out in 1918 until the day he died in 1969, rice never touched his lips again.

@shawnmiller4781

20 күн бұрын

My grandfather was a cook who joined the US Army in 36. He would never allow spam in his house after the war. My other grandfather worked on installing DEW line sites across the Arctic. Said the food at some sites were pretty good some where awful and you used catchup to co we the flavor of the bad food. He was never a fan of catchup after that

@cgnicolis

20 күн бұрын

My friend's father was a Greek merchant mariner who had been shipwrecked and spent a couple of weeks on a lifeboat. When he was rescued they fed him a lot of watermelon, which he never touched again.

@moritzl4024

20 күн бұрын

My grandfather can’t stand rice till this day.

@robertbeisert3315

20 күн бұрын

My great-grandfather was a school principal and a farmer during WWII. The only foods he could eat unrationed were American cheese and peanut butter, if I remember rightly. He never touched them again, for some 55 years or so.

@robertbeisert3315

20 күн бұрын

@@shawnmiller4781 I saw a documentary once that said Catsup was once short for "Cat's Supper". It was more similar to Garum or Worcestershire sauce, apparently, and it was explicitly for covering the disgusting flavors of rotting meat. Don't know how true any of what I said is, but it would fit.

I’m Slovak and we have sauerkraut soup for Christmas. It usually has mushrooms and onions in it. When you bring it to a boil, you drop eggs in it and they poach. And we eat it over mashed potatoes. We add black pepper, but I can’t imagine adding more salt and vinegar.

@acboesefrau7729

19 күн бұрын

I can imagine that it goes exceptionally well with mashed potatoes!

@ninototo1

19 күн бұрын

that sounds good

@betmo

19 күн бұрын

that sounds delicious!

@zachhoward9099

19 күн бұрын

That sounds like an awesome winter meal!

@angelopalmieri434

19 күн бұрын

I’m definitely going to try this, sounds excellent, as an Italian American we have our own traditions but it’s nice to see other cultures. Definitely seems like a more warm and hearty meal than the fish feast and the antipasto salads we do. I can say that I like the stuffed dates we make. Slice open dried dates or figs then fill with peanut butter and shake the filled halves in confectionary sugar. A nice sweet treat!

A Navy cook so badass that he gets medals? Sounds like a movie plot. Now I have to go watch Under Siege again lol.

Fascinating. You know eating on a Japanese WWII submarine would make a really interesting show too.

@tsm688

10 күн бұрын

Interesting show, the food probably not that good or interesting. There was a lot of rice and barley, mixed in the right proportions to avoid nutrient deficiency. Canned things again. Doubtless fish when they could get it, which is almost never. And they foraged when they could like everyone else did in the previous war.

Honestly a missed opportunity for a Sharpedo plushy

@TastingHistory

21 күн бұрын

Already used it. You get Wailord

@limeparticle

21 күн бұрын

My question is, at what point will the pool of unused Pokemon become so small that the topics are decided based on the available Pokemon? 😅

@0neDoomedSpaceMarine

21 күн бұрын

@@TastingHistory I always felt Wailord was very zeppelin shaped (and sized) as a kid, but then I was also very obsessed with Crimson Skies at the time.

@thatbloomer5642

21 күн бұрын

Wailord fits better though. Submarines like the U-Boat shared the same shape with Wailord.

@AidanNaut0

21 күн бұрын

​@@TastingHistoryso forceful, that must be the saurkraut talkin!

Adding salt and vinegar turns the Sauerkraut into Sauersauerkraut

@curiositycloset2359

21 күн бұрын

Technically, you wouldn't need to add vinegar to make sauerkraut.

@widdenhorst4407

21 күн бұрын

@@curiositycloset2359 just using salt creates Sauerkraut, additionally using vinegar will create Weinsauerkraut. Adding salt and vinegar to already prepared Sauerkraut will create more sour Sauerkraut or Sauersauerkraut.

@ald1144

21 күн бұрын

Sehrsauerkraut?

@aribantala

21 күн бұрын

Sauerkraut²

@NathanPa-xo3zj

21 күн бұрын

​@@widdenhorst4407not to mention Uboat are damp so its shortening the time to saur it lol

Sauerkraut is a Central European food. I am Polish and we love sauerkraut or pickled cabbage in other words. This isn’t just German dish. There are variations of this in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and others.

I’d love to see you feature food from US submarines in WWII. The US really tried hard to improve conditions and food for their fleet sub crews. Also, US submariners in the Pacific theater were some absolute legends, and they don’t get talked about enough.

@DamonNomad82

7 күн бұрын

I would also like to see Max do an episode on that! I have a collection of old National Geographic magazine issues from the 1930s and 40s, and several of the issues from WWII address the efforts to keep the American and other Allied soldiers and sailors serving in the war supplied with the best quality and quantity of food possible. Reading the magazines as a kid gave me an interest in topics like feeding the troops in both World Wars.

@SynchronizorVideos

5 күн бұрын

@@DamonNomad82 Yeah, and it really made a difference. Japan would take an island and then be incapable of feeding the troops on it. Meanwhile the US made it a strategic mission to supply ice cream to their sailors.

In Chicago, at the Museum of Science and Industry, had a real German U-boat. The museum acquired it in the 1950s. There is a famous picture of it on Lake Michigan being towed. On school trips, we were actually allowed inside at that time. Even as children 3 - 4th graders, we noticed how small the inside was. I could not imagine a 6ft 2 German trying to navigate around. It was really cool. So Yes, I have been inside of a German UBoat..😅

@sphhyn

21 күн бұрын

I am German and have never visited a German UBoot. But i did visit a old Russian submarine which you can visit in Germany at the Baltic Sea. And yes. It was also tiny !!! Maybe they specifically put smaller men on these ships ? But any way , Germans on average are not taller than the French I would think.

@samsanimationcorner3820

21 күн бұрын

I saw that as a kid in about 2002 or 2003 when they had the Titanic Exhibit there.

@seth-cd8cf

21 күн бұрын

​@@sphhynthere are several museum uboots in Germany, for example in Bremerhaven

@prcervi

21 күн бұрын

i think i remember it being a thing in the military that if you were taller that you weren't a first choice for submarine duty unless you were really good at a specialized task

@AmericanBeautyCorset

21 күн бұрын

@samsanimationcorner3820 Yes, but by that time, you were not allowed inside of it. They put up plexiglass to stop vandalism. In the early 70s, they displayed it outside of the actual museum. I have a picture of my mother standing next to it. 🙂

Every time hardtack 👏👏 was mentioned in the journal, I found myself knocking on my chair twice like Pavlov's dogs.

@urzaplaneswalker125

16 күн бұрын

I started saying "clack-clack" anytime hardtack is mentioned anywhere, even in books...

Not much changed in the food situation by 1939 either. My dad was 3rd watch officer on U-969. It was indeed as noted, on departure there was food all over the place. If you've had a chance to visit the U-boat at Laboe in Germany, You'll know how small a U-boat was. Now imagine it jam packed with food for a voyage of several months duration.

Oh, man. This video made me think of my old German teacher from high school. He was a cook on board a ...um... German U-boat in WW2, and he was the most interesting man I think I've ever met. I once got extra credit for making my report a recipe in German. He passed away in 2010, I think. I hope he's resting peacefully, he was one of the most peace loving men I've ever known.

U-Boat crews always complained about the quality of their food. Said they were eating in dives all the time!

@ald1144

21 күн бұрын

Take this like and get out.

@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852

21 күн бұрын

Yeah the food was always SUBpar.

@Mike-rx3mn

21 күн бұрын

wow ww1 dad joke

@hadasabriciu3462

21 күн бұрын

​@Mike-rx3mn your comment made me snort a headache away :)))

@debbralehrman5957

20 күн бұрын

Oh no you didn't!🤦🏼‍♀️

your Schwarzbrot would be considered more of a Graubrot (that is not a riff, its actually called that) in germany. Proper Schwarzbrot has a high amount of seeds and grains and actually is very very dark. If you get the best Schwarzbrot it also should be a little bit sticky (?). It's not really very dry :) Also, the soup looks good, might make some too now

@zeideerskine3462

20 күн бұрын

And the best Schwarzbrot is made in Emden. Every sailor knows that.

@styrax7280

20 күн бұрын

I know it as "Mischbrot", literally: mixed bread. Also, I would consider pumpernickel to be a type of Schwarzbrot. That being said according to wikipedia Mischbrot / Graubrot is called Schwarzbrot in south Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

@dadrising6464

20 күн бұрын

He did mention "Pumpernickel" which is the sticky, long lasting type of "Schwarzbrot".

@muadddib

20 күн бұрын

​@@dadrising6464 Pumpernickel with leberwurst is an absolute delight. Havent had that in years, i need to get that asap

@paavobergmann4920

20 күн бұрын

@@styrax7280 Yep. Where I live (southwestern corner of germany), Schwarzbrot is either pumpernickel (not traditional in my region) or a loaf of 100% rye. often in square format (kastenbrot) "Graubrot" is about a 50/50 mix of wheat and rye. There is also "Roggenmischbrot " (rye-forward mix) and "Weizenmischbrot" (wheat-forward mix). All of them are usually sourdough, so they keep a little while. And, btw,Rye bread and Sauerkraut is a match made in heaven. Ok, this particular recipe really screams "wartime rationing", but in general, yeah, great.

I’m a fan of two kinds of videos, cooking and history. You Sir, are literally a prayer answered 🙏

Hi Max. I have an idea for you. In 1461 England, the battle of Mortimer's Cross took place. It was one of the battles of the Wars of the Roses. The morning before the battle 3 suns appeared in the sky (what we know as a sun dog). The soldiers took it for an omen, but King Edward IV rallied the soldiers and said the 3 sun's represented the sons of York, and it meant they would win. What did the soldier eat that morning before battle? What did the King and his retinue eat? That would be something you could explore. You're such a good story-teller, it would be fun to see how you bring the story and food to life.

“Fett” is often used to generally mean any oil. As flour, oil, and particularly sauerkraut are non-perishables, I can easily see this dish be made out to sea as supplies run low

@heatherjones6647

21 күн бұрын

Now Boba Fett makes sense!

@XMysticHerox

21 күн бұрын

It means fat which includes oils.

@darthplagueis13

20 күн бұрын

Not only is sauerkraut non-perishable, it also contains a good amount of vitamin C, meaning it helps prevent scurvy.

@hristohristov2882

20 күн бұрын

@@darthplagueis13 sauerkraut has saved lives in sea

@gerdforster883

20 күн бұрын

The fact that sauerkraut prevents scurvy and is easy to store is the reason for the "all Germans eat loads of Sauerkraut" stereotype. On land, german cuisine isn't particularly heavy on sauerkraut. Certainly not more than the cuisines of other central european countries.

Nope. The hardtack clip will NEVER get old.

@AdDewaard-hu3xk

20 күн бұрын

It will.

@tinyetoile5503

20 күн бұрын

Much like the hardtack itself!

I sliced up a piece of pork belly, browned that, sliced a bit of smoked sausage, browned it and cut 3 bratwurst into four pieces each. Once all the meat was cooked, I sprinkled flour to absorb all the fat, cooked for several minutes and slowly added 2 cups of water, scraping the fond off of the bottom of the pot. I then added half a large jar of sauerkraut. Seasoned with black pepper and paprika

Thank you, Max. My uncle served in the US Navy aboard a submarine during the Korean conflict, but I never heard him tell any stories about life aboard a sub. I can well believe all the condensation and mold warnings, because I traveled in a small motorhome for 4 years. Good ventilation and a fan on "exhaust" was a must, in humid areas during summer, and using the propane furnace in winter. Otherwise you had damp walls and mildewed clothes. I always liked sauerkraut. At my last job, a coworker usually brought her crockpot full of sweet & sour pork and sauerkraut to our pot lucks. Her family came from Germany, and this was one of her Mom's dishes. She was one of the few employees who never had to bring home (or toss) any leftovers. The crockpot was scraped bare every time.

@Cr4z3d

18 күн бұрын

The U.S. subs were better in terms of living conditions. They had actual Air Conditioning, as well as cold storage for the fresh food. Better arrangement of the Crew Barracks too. Oh yeah, and actual functioning showers, due to the ability to distill fresh water from the sea.

@MsLeenite

18 күн бұрын

@@Cr4z3d Thanks, I'm glad to hear it.

@Cr4z3d

18 күн бұрын

@@MsLeenite 👍

I do love seeing the font style difference in all these old recipes.

@TastingHistory

21 күн бұрын

Me too!

@tonig.1546

21 күн бұрын

I remember on a school trip we learned to write and read the difference between “Sütterlin” and “Fraktur” writing.

@yfelwulf

21 күн бұрын

Old style German is almost Gothic real done by a scribe type stuff in an old bible.

@ChrisMattern-oh6wx

21 күн бұрын

@@tonig.1546 Before WWII, many Germans believed that German was only properly written in a Fraktur font or script, as opposed to an "Antiqua" or Roman font. When I was young I remember discovering a 1930s high school German textbook (long since gone, alas. I really wouldn't mind having it again) The explanatory English text was in a Roman font, but the German text was all in Fraktur.

@ecitraro

21 күн бұрын

Doing my Germanic genealogy I’ve learn to read all of it, though “read” might be a stretch. I still don’t know German, so I guess it’s more like I can identify letters and then put it into a translation app.

my grandmother's recipe calls for about 600g sauerkraut for 1.4 liters water. She made a roux from a tablespoon each bacon fat and flour, and some minced onion. My favorite scene in Das Boot was when they had loaded up with provisions, and had bananas hanging from the ceiling.

@michaelagampe7685

20 күн бұрын

I don't imagine they had bananas ! Not in these times ! Neither in ww1 nor ww2 ! And bananas ripe to fast ! They had sauerkraut for vitamin C ! And perhaps in early years lemons !

@Sonkalino

20 күн бұрын

I'd imagine the fat in the recipe in the video would more often than not be lard. It was more abundant than butter, and has a longer shelf life too. Just my guess though.

@HootOwl513

19 күн бұрын

@@michaelagampe7685 In that film, they got resupplied in neutral Spain, so tropical fruit was not out of the question. [Also a WWII film, not the Great War..] Banana bunches, and links of sausages and long salamis, hanging from over head pipes and stuffed in the Head, is the image I recall.

@michaelagampe7685

19 күн бұрын

@@HootOwl513 i remember the film, the narrow passage controlled by other ships . my dad was signalman/wireless operator on an U Boot in WW2 ! He told about the tightness on board, an of the mould on the food, and food hangin arround everywhere. But he was in the north, so no Bananas for him ! Guess it was some times after the war he ate his first banana ever ! He was not from a rich family ! It's sad i would like to ask him more about this time, but me as a child he didn't want to frighten to much with war, later he suffered dementia, and now he passed away ! 😥

@zachhoward9099

19 күн бұрын

Idk if any of you remember but there was a scene in Das Boot where the officers were sitting around their mess table and the second officer while talking to the Captain and Chief Engineer is eating lemon halves

My mom still has an old German cookbook from her great grandmother (my great great grandmother) that was given to all newly weds by the city (Mainz). In it is a recipe for sauerkraut soup, but no added vinegar, and I believe it has a thicker rue with pork fat and adds onions and cracked black pepper to it. This cookbook came out a little bit before WWI though.

@sophroniel

18 күн бұрын

it's spelt "roux" btw

After all this time, the hardtack "Clack-clack" still cracks me up...

Delicious sauerkraut soup? Here’s my recipe: 6 cups water, 3-4 Smoked pork hocks or smoked pork neck bones, 8 cloves garlic, sliced, (yes! EIGHT) 1/3 cup of black pepper, (yes 1/3 cup) 4 russet potatoes, quartered, 1 pound sauerkraut, salt to taste. Dump everything in a pot. Bring to boil. Simmer until potatoes are fork tender. Take out the hocks or neck bones and remove whatever meant you can and add to the soup. Discard the bones. Serve with a hearty bread (rye, pumpernickel, black bread) this is not a thick soup. Cheap, tasty and satisfying. NOTE: my fussiest diner turned his nose up at first. I convinced him to taste it and he became a fan. It’s a copy cat recipe I analyzed from a Polish restaurant. So glad I did. They closed during Covid. Regards! Love your channel!

@honiideslysses12

20 күн бұрын

I LOVE ham hocks for sauces. I'm from the American South so they're used quite frequently. Prosciutto butts and scraps are great, too.

@0neDoomedSpaceMarine

20 күн бұрын

Eight cloves of garlic, huh? Sure, more is more!

@DeeVet1

20 күн бұрын

@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Remember, the garlic is going into 6 cups of water. Yep…8 cloves. Not BULBS OF GARLIC, just the cloves…lol!

@0neDoomedSpaceMarine

20 күн бұрын

@@DeeVet1 True. I tend to press 3 cloves of garlic in when cooking a big pot of chili, but there's also a lot of stuff in that thing, so as sweet as garlic is (figuratively), I don't want it taking over the entire dish, for that is what garlic bread is for.

@teemoto3923

20 күн бұрын

How much garlic? Yes.

U Boat cook: You know it's bad enough these sailors give me a hard time for ingredients that I have no control over, but now there's a MONKEY IN MY KITCHEN! That's it, I'm putting in for transfer.

@youmukonpaku3168

20 күн бұрын

"to which alternatives, the army being ground into French mud or the surface fleet starving in port while they watch the Brits laugh at them?" - captain, probably

5:44 Imagine having the job of torpedo pusher, while another sailer uses his feet to step on your back while loading said torpedo. 🤔🤔🤣🤣🤣

Max, I always appreciate the way you dig right in with a decent sized bite.

For a potential recipe - maybe the first Nutella? It came about from the cocoa shortage from WWII in Italy. It was initially a solid product that was cut into slices

@naamadossantossilva4736

21 күн бұрын

Funny how it became way more expensive than chocolate after the war.

@poorwotan

20 күн бұрын

Sorta like Fanta in Germany... Would be fun to see Max dealing with carbonated beverages. :)

@GameTornado01

20 күн бұрын

It was initially WHAT?

@tanikokishimoto1604

20 күн бұрын

Nutella? Gag. Please NO.

@meshuggahshirt

20 күн бұрын

@@poorwotan making Japanese ramune according to the original recipe (any beverage is a sparkling beverage if you've got a CO₂ fire extinguisher)

Can confirm we still keep a ton of drystore goods in the engine room and eggs tucked in the fan room before going on a decently long underway. Rationing from the start is also a must lest ye be damned to nothin but peanut butter tortillas fer o'er a week at the end of an underway.

@greggi47

20 күн бұрын

Were the eggs preserved in "water glass"/sodium silicate? And were dried eggs an option"

@Roshio7

20 күн бұрын

Nah just giant like 100 egg cartons stacked up in boxes. Dehydrated 'egg crystals' after the fresh stuff was out

When I was a kid we visited a museum in Chicago which had a captured WW 1 u boat and we got to tour it. It was very cramped. The bunks were only 5 feet long. My 6'3" dad couldn't stand up, and didn't last long on the tour. Very claustrophobic even for a small child. I can't imagine being trapped under water in one for any amount of time.

@DamonNomad82

7 күн бұрын

I wouldn't have made it either. I'm 6'5 and have an insanely high core tempreature, which means that not only would I be too big to fit inside the U-boat in the first place, but the heat would overcome me in a matter of a few minutes at most, as it got extremely hot in there...

That's not actually black bread; That's "Grey bread". You can recognize it by its brownish colour. Schwarzbrot is usually even darker, and often with whole or shredded kernels inside; Often a bit more moist, too. Pumpernikel is essentially the canned variety of black bread (it honestly gets old fast. On the palate, I mean, it lasts forever). German has this nice lineup of white, grey, and black bread.

Back in the “old days” (1980s) we had to hand load all stores on board. A lot of frozen. We loaded a battered box labeled “Grade ‘D’ Beef Knuckle - not fit for human consumption”. It was stamped as rejected by the Army Veterinary Service, and the NJ State Penitentiary System. We loaded it and ate it in a stew at some point. Over all, we are pretty darn well all things considered. But as max said, fresh veg and milk were luxuries and ran out quick. At least we had AC (for the electronics mostly).

@mramisuzuki6962

20 күн бұрын

Grade is style of meet cut, not really a safety grade. It’s a poor choice for human consumption because it’s typically has ground bone and lots of conditioning in for further processing.

@JohnDoeRando

16 күн бұрын

That's hilarious lol

As a German, I've never heard of Sauerkraut soup. My grandma used to make Sauerkraut stew quite often but it wasn't nearly as watery as this. Then again, I was a kid in the 80s, not in ww1.

@simonh6371

20 күн бұрын

I was a kid in WW1 and we used to eat Sauerkraut soup at Christmas as a special treat. The rest of the year we just ate turnips and worms.

@patriciabulleigh3382

20 күн бұрын

Lol, my grandmother was German and made a souerkraut soup. Never knew the recipe was too young to care. I'm going to try this to see if it's the same! She often had potatoes and sausage in it, though. Bet it started out from. The same recipe!

@lisatheboywonder6744

20 күн бұрын

My great grandmother was from Hamburg Germany and was a little girl in WW1 she ate this type of soup, recipes like this for only used in times of desperation and food shortages to stretch out what little you had if you had a conscious choice on whether or not you want to eat a thin suit made of sauerkraut or not most people choose not unless they had to like in world war I.

@mjbaz1

19 күн бұрын

My Oma Betty was from Backa, Austria-Hungary. I made a large batch of Sauerkraut Soup from "The Frugal Gourmet on our Immigrant Ancestors" cookbook. In the Hungarian recipes section. I made homemade sauerkraut and beef broth. I seem to remember it is thickened with beans and had paprika (powder, not fresh) and smoked pork. It was amazing. I loved it, and Oma loved it so much, she finished a large pot over several days. It was about 6liters.

@BonnieEldritch

19 күн бұрын

As a northern german 90s kid, I remember Sauerkrautsuppe distinctively from kindergarten :D But I think it was the cook, he also made Grünkohlsuppe for us. Not the best choice for children 😂

12:25 This has the same energy as "If you're trying to seem like the good guys, good job."

The one guy kicking the other guy loading a torpedo LOL 5:44

new max miller episode is the highlight of my day

@TastingHistory

21 күн бұрын

Huzzah!

@yolandaf1122

20 күн бұрын

Mine also , always puts a smile on a dark day

Jürgen Oesten, a U-Boat commander during WW2 that sunk over 19 ships, over 100,000 tonnage of supplies once stated: "The food wasn't bad, unless you minded the taste of Diesel..."

5:43 "Thanks for helping out, Hans."

Loving the attention to detail that you spend 15 minutes telling stories while the sauerkraut soup simmers, amazing detail

years ago I got a sauerkraut recipe from a little old German woman in my condo complex. The directions and proportions are a little vague since there are endless variations and quantities you can do, but basically: 1. drain and wash your favorite sauerkraut 2. place in a baking dish 3. mix together extra carraway seed, brown sugar, and liquid (water, wine, apricot nectar...whatever). Make enough to pour over and cover the sauerkraut. 4. cover and bake in a slow oven (350 - ish) FOREVER. Seriously, let it cook as long as you can (I've done it in a crock pot over night). Just be sure you don't let it cook dry. Goes well with braised sausage and a dip of apricot marmelade with dijon mustard.

@codename495

20 күн бұрын

This sounds criminally delicious. Omg.

@gwennorthcutt421

20 күн бұрын

yknow im a big fan of cabbage but have never had sauerkraut. i might try this!

@scottbell1414

20 күн бұрын

Gonna try this, thanks!

@sifridbassoon

19 күн бұрын

@@gwennorthcutt421 Enjoy. It may take a couple of times until you find the mix that works for you.

@sifridbassoon

19 күн бұрын

@@codename495 Hope you try it. The tricks are to be sure to wash/drain the sour juice at the beginning and slow cook it. It ends up a tender, sweet/sour slaw.

My lord living on a U-boat sounds like hell; diesel, mold, humidity, bad food, claustrophobia, save us!!!

@slurker3788

19 күн бұрын

on the plus side sometimes you can steal eggs and blame it on the monkey?

@terri348

18 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, you are a "captive" crew. Not like you can get out and walk around the deck.

I recently had a seafood soup with a white broth and sauerkraut, and it was DELICIOUS. Never thought of adding pickled cabbage to mussels and clams.

Back in 2019 I visited the city of Baltimore Maryland for a convention event. While there, a few of us got together and took a tour on the marina where they have several old vessels. One of them was an old diesel powered sub/destroyer. It was, as you say, very cramped and even with all the cleaning I'm sure the museum staff does, the lingering smell of diesel permeated the air.

" Das Boot" is a excellent film that depicts life aboard a combat active U-Boat. One of the best

@joshuafletcher598

20 күн бұрын

That’s one of my fav movies

@MrSmokincodz

20 күн бұрын

@@joshuafletcher598 me as well

@dictare

19 күн бұрын

Das Boot was an amazing film. The series was good too.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

18 күн бұрын

"I can't navigate on bananas!"

@tavish4699

9 күн бұрын

@@dictare the seres is alot better the movie left out alot of scenes

Poor Miedtank! Glad to hear that he got that iron cross though.

I still can’t control my self from laughing at the hardtack joke. I literally went back a little in the video to watch it over and over again.

As a descendant of the Volga Germans, we often eat this soup with dumplings dropped in as the sauerkraut hits a boil. We will often add a meat too (obviously not if it’s hard to get like on a sub in WWI.) Pork ribs or German sausage are a family favorite

It’s so interesting to hear the stories of the crews and officers on u-boats, information you never ever _ever_ would’ve read or learned about in school, unless you were doing a project about WWI. This channel is seriously such a great place for learning about things that happened years ago and I’ve really learned a lot. Thanks so much Max!

As a Latvian with Baltic Germans influence, the sauerkraut soup is delish as one can mix in a variety of ingredients like borscht with meat, potatoes, cream, pearl barley, etc. Traditionally it is a winter food for hearty meals in winter time.

@andersjjensen

20 күн бұрын

If made with a stout stock instead of water it does sound like the kind of base you can just drop anything, you happen to have, into and have it taste nice. A phat scoop of sour cream in the middle doesn't sound like a bad idea either.

Sauerkraut soup is pretty popular nowadays too, my parents used to make it a lot, you can add some carrot, onion, bacon, sour cream to give it more flavor. In South Korea they also make kimchi soup, similar concept, also tastes great.

The bread you have there is called Graubrot (gray bread), as you can tell by its color, Schwarzbrot is much darker, more like Pumpernickel.

I'm really impressed. As a 65-year old WWII and WWI buff, you pretty much captured life on a U-boat. Those things left port crammed with food, and usually didn't return for six months, especially in WWII. They slept three to a bunk (3 eight hour shifts) and carried ONE change of clothes, for when they returned to home port. Most of the crew never saw the light of day - in any navy - and apparently the smell was overwhelming when the hatches were opened by the home port servicing crews. "Fug" was the word. :)

@bruceparr1678

20 күн бұрын

I thought it was usually 4 on and 4 off.

@kirkvoelcker5272

20 күн бұрын

Oh, man - hot bunking😵

@firestorm165

20 күн бұрын

Did they figure out a solution to the mould problem by 1939?

@mindstalk

19 күн бұрын

How did they have room to take prisoners?

@BogeyTheBear

19 күн бұрын

@@mindstalkTypically when a U-Boat captured a ship, they forced the crew to abandon ship in the lifeboats, gave them a bearing to nearest land, scuttled the ship manually (torpedoes are expensive and finicky) and then set off a distress signal for the stranded sailors.

“There’s not any reason you shouldn’t try it” is without question damning with faint praise.

@0neDoomedSpaceMarine

20 күн бұрын

It seems a bit plain. I feel it would do well with a couple of diced potatoes, a cup of cream, and maybe some sliced sausage, if you had any onboard. Sauerkraut is good against scurvy, so there's that.

@jeffmartin5419

20 күн бұрын

@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Indeed: this is absolutely screaming for more stuff to make really good soup. But if you master the base (butter rue) you've mastered the hard part of making great soup.

@lenn939

20 күн бұрын

@@0neDoomedSpaceMarineSauerkraut with cream? I can get behind potatoes and sausages but cream just seems really weird to have with Sauerkraut. At that point you should just make a Krautsalat instead.

@lisathaviu1154

20 күн бұрын

I suggest the Polish version - includes sausage, ham, carrots, turnips, maybe potatoes instead of using roux and lots of broth.

@0neDoomedSpaceMarine

20 күн бұрын

@@lenn939 Look, I've never cooked a soup out of sauerkraut.

love the hardtack jump cut.

The U-505 remains one of the coolest exhibits at the Chicago Field Museum.

I served 8 years in the US Navy Submarine Service (in the 80s). Even on the nuclear submarine I served, provisions were stored just about everywhere.

In Slovak culture, Sauerkraut Soup is actually a traditional part of the Christmas Eve dinner.

@Dr_V

20 күн бұрын

Here in Romania it's more popular as a lent dish (served during Christian meat fasting periods) and also hangover food (nothing better than a light sour soup when you had too much to drink the day before).

@michaelcoyote

20 күн бұрын

Machanka! Ours was more of a sauerkraut juice soup. We make ours with mushrooms and smoked whitefish. I've seen others with more sauerkraut than ours. Also when I went to Slovakia, I found a place that made it with a smoked bacon.

@a_net5610

20 күн бұрын

Poland too, at least where I'm from.

I had some leftover sauerkraut, so I made the soup! I didn't have enough sauerkraut, so I doubled the butter and sauteed half a chopped onion before adding the flour for the roux. I substituted apple cider vinegar for the white vinegar, and at the end of the simmering added two diced and peeled honeycrisp apples. The onions and apples added some nice depth to the flavor!

Long U-Boat missions were a WWII thing, they would have Submarine Tenders (surface ships designed to basically be a truck stop for U-Boats) to replenish their supplies and fuel, and only really submerged for combat.

The new Book By Dr. Seuss "Roast Goat aboard a U-boat"

@oskar6661

20 күн бұрын

While afloat?

Stuff I’d like to see as ideas: 1. Pavlova, classic Australian dessert named after a famous ballerina. 2. Some variant of biryani - the Muslim history in India is something I really didn’t understand until I went there and Hyderabad has so much to talk about. I mean, India’s a big place, lots of things to cover. 3. Something from Poland and/or Lithuania to discuss the history of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth and Casimir’s golden liberty (a clear precedent to a lot of the declarations of human rights). 4. Argentine Chorizo (basically Italian sausage), maybe the Choripan (with handmade sausage). Italian influences in Argentine history. There’s a lot of great stuff to talk about in 18th-19th century South America. 5. Survival food eaten by Antarctic explorers. I think there are some cookbooks remaining from these. I imagine there’ll be some clacking opportunities. 6. Chop Suey, which is, as far as I understand, an American dish. There’s some history of American “Chinese” food that’s definitely worth covering. 7. Poutine. Who came up with this heart attack on a plate?

@kimvibk9242

20 күн бұрын

I would watch any of those. Good work!

@AvatarVader

20 күн бұрын

These are all great suggestions! Would love to see those too.

@SplatterInker

20 күн бұрын

I second poutine... in UK e have gravy on chips (fries), and cheese on chips, but nere the two shall meet. Curious as to how/why poutine!

@yokeloeulci8001

19 күн бұрын

Up votes for the poutine!

@jaehaspels9607

19 күн бұрын

Great ideas. I would love to know how national dishes came about.

I read in the Time/Life series on WWII that the loaves of bread brought molded very quickly. After a week or so, the crewmen referred to the moldy bread as, 'rabbits,' an homage to their fuzzy exterior. That didn't keep them from eating the bread, though. The hearty sailors of the Kriegsmarine cut off the crust, along with the rabbit fur, and ate the center portion of the loaf. Ja wohl!

Sauerkraut, of course, has a long history aboard vessels at sea, because it is rich in Vitamin C, so it was used to prevent scurvy on long voyages. This sauerkraut soup is really just an economized version of a classic German preparation of sauerkraut, that would make it stretch further in lean times.

Granddaughter of a german Sea Captain here, I hope you don't mind me being a little bit nit-picking but I don't think "Hartkeks" is the correct translation for Hard Tack (I've actually never heard of this word). It would rather be "Schiffszwieback" (similar to "ship's biscuit") 😉 Anyway I always appreciate your effort to pronounce foreign words correctly! 🙏💖

@paavobergmann4920

20 күн бұрын

My father was a tanker, and they got something in their rations that was labelled "Hartkeks". I found them quite yummy as a kid, but he couldn´t stand the sight of them after leaving the reserve unit. They are kind of sweetish and salty. My father said, you could at least throw them at the enemy, probably dent some helmets....

@puellanivis

20 күн бұрын

> Dauerbackwaren dieser Art fanden auch als Schiffsproviant Verwendung und wurden Schiffszwieback, Manöverzwieback oder Hartbrot genannt. Mit dem heutzutage üblicherweise als „Zwieback“ bezeichneten Gebäck, welches meist süß, relativ locker und direkt essbar ist, besteht nur wenig Gemeinsamkeit. -Wikipedia article for Hartkeks Huh, yeah, neat. When I saw Zwieback I was wondering, because it’s yeah the common “I’m too sick to eat real food” carb.

@ltvanburen8555

20 күн бұрын

Isn’t Szwieback still a common word for, or name of, a cracker or biscuit??

@patriciabulleigh3382

20 күн бұрын

I loved the rusks they used to sell in the grocery stores. Great with tea or coffee. Sigh no longer.

@gayusschwulius8490

20 күн бұрын

Nope, Zwieback is something else. Hardtack is salty, Zwieback (at least its modern variant) is sweet. Both are types of non-perishable bread substitutes that were historically consumed on long voyages, but they are not the same thing.

That detail about the officer taking the first pick of plunder hits different when you remember that the German Revolution started in part over bad rations in the fleet

@lazygardens

20 күн бұрын

And the crew getting scurvy and other vitamin deficiency problems because the officers got the scarce fruit (fresh or tinned).

@joseluismarin5968

20 күн бұрын

Excuse me, perhaps you wanted to say "Russian Revolution" instead of "German Revolution". The Potemkin's cruiser case and so. Cheers.

@dominikkaser7698

20 күн бұрын

​@@joseluismarin5968No, it was indeed the German Revolution, starting with the sailors in Kiel in the Kiel mutiny. It was primarily triggered by an order to launch a suicidal attack on the Royal Navy, though.

@joseluismarin5968

20 күн бұрын

@@dominikkaser7698 Sorry, I didn't know this historical episode you referred. Thanks for the explanation. Cheers.

@joaogomes9405

20 күн бұрын

@@joseluismarin5968 No, he meant the German Revolution. As in, the November Revolution that resulted in the dissolution of the German Empire, which then resulted in a very violent period between 1919 and 1923 where Germany was in a quasi-civil war between the government, the freikorps and the spartacists who wanted to create a socialist dictatorship and ally with the Soviets. Particularly, he's referencing the Christmas Crisis of 1918, where 64 people died as a result of conflict between left-leaning naval troops from Kiel and government troops from Berlin due to protests over naval pay.

Wonderful stories - the human experience. Love your choices of background music during the “tastings” at the end of the episodes. ❤️

Awww bless Phips’ sweet little soul for her excitement over the bananas! How cute. You’re an excellent presenter! 💖