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@AnniCarlsson

2 жыл бұрын

They go backwards. That's how the get out if stuff when walking into a dead end.

@murrvvmurr

2 жыл бұрын

Oh 😯 atriaux buns! Totally! I can buy these in my local supermarket! Lovely with homemade chips 😋

@givannoraices6605

2 жыл бұрын

How to make everything did this also you both should discuss your experiences as I think that's where roman burger idea started

@fourutubez7294

2 жыл бұрын

Read a book or pretend you have and pay for the privilege . There's only a handful of sponsors I'll always skip and this is near the top of the list..

@TastingHistory

2 жыл бұрын

@@givannoraices6605 They released theirs the same day as Invicta too! Something in the water : )

“The very word for money is derived from [cattle]” Me: Ah, yes. Moolah “Pecuniary” Me: Oh…

@SoupSlayer94

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@mirzaahmed6589

2 жыл бұрын

I thought cattle were called vaccinia.

@Tinky1rs

2 жыл бұрын

@@mirzaahmed6589 nope, vac(c)a is cow, taurus is bull. Vaccinia is a pox virus.

@cinnahum

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tinky1rs which was the earliest form of vaccines in this case, pox in humans. Which was taking vaccinia from cows and innoculating humans with it, thus the name vaccine! Etymologies we love it

@neutronalchemist3241

2 жыл бұрын

@@mirzaahmed6589 "pecus" were sheeps. Mind that also "fee" and "fief" both derives from the Germanic "fehu", cattle.

- Why did you kill that pig? - He was sus.

@TastingHistory

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@johngingras

2 жыл бұрын

I saw that pig vent.

@themersues5345

2 жыл бұрын

Impostus Delenda Est

@jinkim5785

2 жыл бұрын

Can confirm, I read Animal Farm, pigs are definitely sus.

@iaminyourhome8145

2 жыл бұрын

AMOGUS????

How strange.. Wine and Garum in a Roman recipe... Never would have guessed.

@fwdcnorac8574

2 жыл бұрын

I'm starting to think I need to make some garam just to get through the rest of these recipes.

@BarnacleButtock

2 жыл бұрын

perhaps some nutmeg? noooo... wrong channel

@vaevictis2789

2 жыл бұрын

@@fwdcnorac8574 you can just buy a fish sauce

@jasonm7973

2 жыл бұрын

@@fwdcnorac8574 you can buy fermented sardine fish sauce that is kind of like garum

@yeetdelete851

2 жыл бұрын

Wine and Garum is like the Peanut Butter and Jelly of the Latin world...

A guy named Magnus fumus in caesars chariot-thru: "I'll have two number IX's, a number IX large, a number VI with extra garum, a number VII, a two number XLV's, one with caseus, and a large posca".

@Giddeshan

2 жыл бұрын

"Would you like to magnum-size that for just a sesterce more?"

@TarkTheConlanger

2 жыл бұрын

some posca cola

@AlexanderGorelik-yl2uy

2 жыл бұрын

You know what they call a quandrans libra with cheese in Gallia? They don't call it a quandrans libra with cheese? They call it Vercingetorix with Cheese.

@masterimbecile

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlexanderGorelik-yl2uy metric system?

@ryennfilms6429

2 жыл бұрын

this isn't funny, but it's certainly entertaining

"Kill Carthage. Also bankers. Also cows, but only on sacrifice days." - Cato the Elder, probably

@TastingHistory

2 жыл бұрын

He was a complicated man 🤣

@fuzzyhead878

2 жыл бұрын

Yet he makes no mention of moon people and lovely hats. Edit: Should I be glad or concerned by the number of people who get this reference?

@kirstena4001

2 жыл бұрын

What a grouch.

@adedow1333

2 жыл бұрын

@@OstblockLatina I hope you mean the bankers rather than Carthaginians as a whole

@ducklinsenmayer7681

2 жыл бұрын

@@TastingHistory Well, considering how much he hated bankers, you could say he had an...interest.

"Yes Jon Townsend,even nutmeg" Ah we need more collab between you two.

@TastingHistory

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@JB-xl2jc

2 жыл бұрын

The collabs are rolling in, that's how ye know ye've made it

@EmperorHirohito-kv2uc

2 жыл бұрын

@@TastingHistory Yaaaay, more collabs, huzzah

@MichaelOKC

2 жыл бұрын

Speaking of collabs... I would love to see one with Joshua Weissman... A "But Better.... But Older!(historical)" collab!

@stephennelson4954

2 жыл бұрын

*this comment pleases me*

"When cattle talk to thee, they shall be considered sus unless they walk backwards. Yes, yes." -Cato

@SaltyTheFrog

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@caiminmills2667

2 жыл бұрын

Sus is mars' pig

@Raphe9000

Жыл бұрын

Why would a talking cow be a pig?

@user-kp1gb7cp8g

Жыл бұрын

"Whanne fe speketh with the, schal hit been considered sus onlesse hit walketh bakwarde. Yes, yes."

Yes, in my experience cows mostly just stare blankly at me and chew, it must be due to my lacking ability to speak latin. Imagine being surrounded by people and they don't even speak bad latin, just a bunch of barbarians, talking their non-latin barbar sounding language. What is a good cow to do?

@zyftis6927

2 жыл бұрын

a good cow is to just stare and chew at such preposterous creatures.

@michellewilt4479

2 жыл бұрын

I've been by cattle farms at night. They have very mooving oratory skills.

@sungjin-woo391

2 жыл бұрын

@@michellewilt4479 😂

@RangerMan-yv7rl

2 ай бұрын

Lol

"Early Christians had a rightful bone to pick with Roman cows." So you're saying that had Beef?

@garydagg9112

2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this comment, well done sir

@conwaytomlinson277

2 жыл бұрын

Only if it hadn't been sacrificed to an idol.

@raulnatokapa

2 жыл бұрын

Can't believe Max missed a joke like this

@trollverse171

2 жыл бұрын

@The Big Kiwi good reference

@OriginalCreatorSama

2 жыл бұрын

*snort*

Nowadays cows don’t fancy talking, but they do still like to Rome

@williams091479

2 жыл бұрын

This is great :)

@sandralouth3103

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, groan.

@giovannigiorgio4622

2 жыл бұрын

Owww i groned, well played. The game of puns is pun-ishing.

@Lunch_Meat

2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe you had the Gaul to make that pun

@01jiratjiampoonsap80

2 жыл бұрын

My god the puns are rolling in today

Who needs all that awful content on Netflix when you have KZread channels like this one. Fascinating, entertaining and in the end you're wiser. Great stuff, thank you.

@Huter2142

9 ай бұрын

Here here! Couldn't agree more, and also makes my young son want to try new (or old) things in food, rather than his ongoing love affair with pasta and pizza

@mhxybeats653

4 ай бұрын

This is the stuff that anyone ages 15 to 80 could watch and enjoy

The nutmeg shoutout to John Townsend was sheer perfection. **Chef’s kiss**

"How about banking?" "How about murder?" Cato was a legend

@Nemo2342

2 жыл бұрын

Truly a man who knew what was up

@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658

2 жыл бұрын

Based Cato

@jaspervanheycop9722

2 жыл бұрын

Truly lives up to his nickname, never since has that much furious anime grandpa energy existed in a real person.

@SimuLord

2 жыл бұрын

The man was made of salt.

@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658

2 жыл бұрын

@@SimuLord No, he wasn`t Cartaginian.

That Cato dialogue reads like a Monty Python sketch

@dylanroemmele906

2 жыл бұрын

He was one of the gweatest womans

@SavageBroadcast

2 жыл бұрын

"No it doesn't."

@Mr.56Goldtop

2 жыл бұрын

Say no more!

@Mr.56Goldtop

2 жыл бұрын

@@SavageBroadcast Yes it does! 😁

@Lunch_Meat

2 жыл бұрын

Cato was probably a mouse, same a Cesar

In Norwegian, “dyr” means “animals” or “livestock”. “Dyrt”/“dyr” as an adjective means “expensive”.

@cwmyr

2 жыл бұрын

Those are not related and come from seperate Porto-Germanic and PIE roots. “Dyrt” is related to English “dear” and German “teuer” aka expensive, “dyr” is related to English “deer” and German “Tier” aka animal.

@roddo1955

2 жыл бұрын

In dutch, it's 'dier' for animal and 'duur' for expensive. And 'deur' means door😉

@pilcrow182

2 жыл бұрын

@@roddo1955 So what do you call an expensive animal-skin door? :P

@MTThought

2 жыл бұрын

So in Norway things really aren't dyrt cheap...

@patrikjuhlin3833

2 жыл бұрын

That's interesting, in swedish it's "Djur" = animals and "Dyr" = expensive.

The first time I heard of this "hamburger" was when, many years ago, I was watching a documentary on Pompeii presented by Terry Jones of Monty Python fame. He mentioned it in passing while talking of ancient Roman street food and bakeries and, even though he didn't go into detail, it stayed with me and every now an again I'd tell myself to look further into it. It's one of those things that I never got around to so this has been a very satisfying episode for me. It's also made me want to revisit the documentary series on the ancient world presented by Terry Jones. So, thank you very much!

“How about bankers?” “How about murder?” …tell us how you really feel 😂

@peterdumpel5729

2 жыл бұрын

Based Cato?

@ffwast

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterdumpel5729 absolutely based Cato.

@blackjack2526

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterdumpel5729 Cato be WHACK yo!

@PerogiXW

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterdumpel5729 I came to the comments to write "Based Cato" and I'm happy to see everyone concurs

@HolyKhaaaaan

2 жыл бұрын

And furthermore I repeat that bankers must be destroyed.

The Ancient Roman Empire may have had burgers, but they were a less invasive burger empire than McDonald's.

@TastingHistory

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@petergray7576

2 жыл бұрын

Happy Meals versus gladiator games.... hmm....

@scaper8

2 жыл бұрын

@@petergray7576 Have you seen kids in some of those play areas? My money's on the kids.

@missWodkas

2 жыл бұрын

The best view of the coliseum is from a Mc Donalds so they even won over the Romans

@Firegen1

2 жыл бұрын

Duh duh duh duh Ego sum amandi illum! 🍟🍔 (Please feel free to fix, I dragged that together)

WOW! Max finally did a video on "Roman burgers"! I made these for a couple of years in a row, in High School, for Latin class. I never made mine with caul fat, and I remember these having a beefy, peppery, grapey taste.

At this point the food is just a plus in the channel. You're a fascinating story teller!

"How about banking?"... "How about murder" lmao what a based ancient

@WombatDave

2 жыл бұрын

Based Cato

@prapanthebachelorette6803

7 ай бұрын

That’s roman y’all 😂

Neptune: "ahem" Sacrificer: "yes, you're beauteous too."

@TastingHistory

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

Holy heck I almost choked while laughing at the "Why are you so obsessed with me?" edit.

Caul fat is still being used to this day in Cyprus to cover their minced meatballs, called Seftaliés, which are delicious!! Also, stale bread crumbs in red wine are still being used in the mixture for greek patties, Biftékia and maybe in the aforementioned Seftaliés also. Yummy 😋

'Mice eating gold.' I can literally picture someone who filled his pockets with the town's gold and tried to lie his way out of guilt by saying the mice ate it. 🤣

@mistformsquirrel

2 жыл бұрын

"Uhh... mice man, what can you do right?" *clinks away suspiciously*

"The cow said in latin" And this folks is why you don't use lead to sweeten your wine or drink from the garden hose.

@aleisterlavey9716

2 жыл бұрын

OK, then I stay with bread from this grain with funny black corns and drink my nightshade beer. Why is there a Dragon playing bagpipes in the closet?

Feeling pretty miserable from a recent surgery but your channel has been so great to binge-watch while I'm recovering. Entertaining, educational, comforting. Just love it. When I'm all healed up, I'm gonna try a bunch of these recipes.

I'm looking forward to the inevitable move that Max and his partner will have, into a house where the kitchen has more open space.

@aprildanae7487

2 жыл бұрын

I’m hoping he has some huge kitchen with a walk in fireplace, and a cauldron, and all the pots and pans and herbs hanging from the ceiling lol.

@dawiedarling

2 жыл бұрын

@@aprildanae7487 yes!!!!!!!!!

Fun fact: caul fat is still used today for a very similar application in Egypt, it's wrapped around Kofta (also called kefta and kebabs in some countries) which are finger-shaped meatballs, the resulting dish is called "tarp", it's then grilled on coals for a smoky flavor.

@TonyNewJersey1

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! In Algeria we do that too and it is awesome...

@alexbuller8097

2 жыл бұрын

There's a lot of recipes that still use caul fat. That's why you can still get it with relative ease in most countries. Maybe not at your normal everyday grocery store but definitely at any butcher. It's just not something people tend to use for the quick easy meals that most Americans eat so there's a lot of Americans that would think it's really strange. but anyone who smokes meats would know the benefit of wrapping meat with fat to keep it moist and flavorful (just look at the number of bacon wrapped food items).

@TonyNewJersey1

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexbuller8097 Oh yeah, where I live in Germany most butchers have it. I love cooking/barbecuing with caul fat, it imparts a particular tenderness and taste on whatever is wrapped up in it.

@LordLizard

2 жыл бұрын

same for Switzerland, called Adrio here, with ground veal/pork and maybe liver

@mouadchaiabi

2 жыл бұрын

Same thing in Morocco too. We do it in Eid Al Adha especially.

16:37 I love the trend of medieval painters aiming for "piously suffering Chirstian martyr", and landing squarely on "unimpressed goth cousin at the family potluck"

I heard once that Romans used the long pepper variety of peppers (as opposed to peppercorns like what is popular today). They called both peppers since they believed it was from the same variety of plants. I'm not 100% on this, but I thought I'd mention it since I have bought long pepper for that purpose. The taste is much milder and it has a light licorice/anise flavor to it. Since it's more subtle you wind up tasting the other flavors in a dish more prominently. Just sharing because I thought it was cool :)

@evilarchconservative2952

7 ай бұрын

Your description of long pepper has me hooked. My friend is going to take me to a spice store. Long pepper is the first item on my list. Licorice is so YUMMY.

11:54 i hate the fact, that this made me chuckle

@croissantgaming2890

2 жыл бұрын

Amougus

“After 15 minutes you get pretty much all you need.” Sounds like just about every single staff meeting I ever attended as a teacher.

@TastingHistory

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly 🤣

@scrubsrc4084

2 жыл бұрын

You last that long?

@vickiibendit943

2 жыл бұрын

@@scrubsrc4084 we were always required to stay until the end. I would always think, “That’s 2 hours I’ll never get back!” All of those meetings could have been a 4 paragraph email or a 15 minute PowerPoint.

@rejoyce318

2 жыл бұрын

@@vickiibendit943 Preach!

@slwrabbits

Жыл бұрын

I've only recently started attending real meetings and I have no idea how people stand it; I almost fell asleep at the last one.

"While cows won't walk down stairs on their own, it has been proven that cows will walk down stairs if you force them to. So, yes, cows can walk down stairs. They just avoid the situation as much as possible, as they are not evolutionarily prepared for such steep slopes and foreign leg movements."

Ah, yes, Cato being a walking meme

I grew up eating on occasion (about once a month or two) basically this recipe (add whole coriander seeds along with pepper, don't grind pepper or pinenuts, sometimes add lambs kidney alnogside beef). We called them tortoises because of the pattern the caul fat made. Sometimes baked in oven, sometimes grilled on bbq.

Fun fact: English also has the same cattle -> money connection! The word "fee" has developed from the Old English "feoh", meaning money, property, or, indeed, cattle.

@SimuLord

2 жыл бұрын

It's interesting that a similar connection between agriculture and money exists in Japan, but for them, it was rice (the "koku" unit of currency in the samurai era.) Supposedly one koku would buy enough rice to feed one peasant for one year.

@teiwo6952

2 жыл бұрын

From the same proto-Germanic root as "feudal".

@jimmerd

2 жыл бұрын

In Dutch, the word "vee" still means cattle, a direct cognate

@HolyKhaaaaan

2 жыл бұрын

Cattle have been considered a form of wealth or money for a very long time all over the world. Until very recently, they were considered a measure of wealth even in Africa - more valuable than money.

@samschreiber1640

2 жыл бұрын

And pig is SUS

Sooooo Payasam had Miltank, already used Tauros and don’t have a Bouffalant plush so we got Entei today 😙🐮

@Absol152

2 жыл бұрын

Can you use Zoroark for another fine roman meal, for true romans?

@adedow1333

2 жыл бұрын

Def should get a buffalant plush

@rpgaff2

2 жыл бұрын

Came to the comments to check that specifically haha!

10:05 And in 1096 that very same Ox travelled to England, where they founded Oxford.

Neat! That caul fat is also called the omentum, which makes sense given the name of the dish.

I still remember reading the Iliad and it hitting me that "sacrifices" were essentially drunken BBQs. I mean who wouldn't love worship where you get steak and drunk?

@kaitlyn__L

2 жыл бұрын

They knew how to do religion better I guess.

@Dan_Kanerva

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaitlyn__L of course they did , they were the opposite of islam nations

@JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dan_Kanerva Imagine church if the priest told stories about the bible piss drunk around a good steak.

@Dan_Kanerva

2 жыл бұрын

@@JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine then Christianity would actually be interesting

@Great_Olaf5

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaitlyn__L Fun fact, the early catholic church actually had a feast as a part of their celebration of the sabbath. These agape feasts were to foster a sense of community and charity among Christians. It was not for nothing that Christianity was known in its early centuries as the religion of women and slaves.

Cows do struggle to go downstairs as it happens. Same with horses; their eyes are arranged in such a way that it makes it hard to see the ground right at their feet, and the design of their knees and hips makes it hard for them to shift their weight backwards, which would be necessary to prevent them tumbling headlong down the stairs.

@Etherman7

2 жыл бұрын

Depth perception is also a problem, right? At least that's what I'd always heard as an explanation for why both horses and cows freak out about crossing puddles and small divots since they can't tell how deep they are.

@bowtiejoe2413

2 жыл бұрын

As said in Animal House--"Horses ain't got no down genes."

@alicelund147

2 жыл бұрын

What about donkeys? They seem agile.

@FlyingMonkies325

2 жыл бұрын

@@alicelund147 Yeh donkeys can make it down, i've seen some videos of ppl with pet donkeys and apart from struggling with wooden floors they still make it down.

@guseks8413

2 жыл бұрын

You can teach them to do it though. But as you say they dont enjoy it. It is much easier for them to go up than down.

I love this channel… I feel like Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. We’re going along, learning about history and all of the sudden we’re dealing with food.

13:40 While I don't know exactly why the frog story was so popular, a large number of human civilizations put a lot of value into being a good host and being generous to guests. Peasants lacking the charity to offer their water to a god being punished for it would seem like just punishment to civilizations that value being generous hosts.

"How about banking?" "How about murder?" 🤣

@TastingHistory

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite part

@varolussalsanclar1163

2 жыл бұрын

Based

@genghiskhan6809

2 жыл бұрын

Based

The Egyptians called the Minoans Keftiu meaning meatball people. That makes the bull horns all over their territory look like the grandmother of the golden arches.

@kremove

2 жыл бұрын

"Kefta" still means meatballs/ground beef in North Africa. "Kofta" in other parts of the world.

@TomLaios

2 жыл бұрын

@@kremove keftethes in Greek

@Senzeni

2 жыл бұрын

Or kiufte over here...

@varolussalsanclar1163

2 жыл бұрын

Köfte in Turkish too

@dayalasingh5853

2 жыл бұрын

@@kremove in Punjabi Kofta can mean not meat balls too, like vegetables and stuff. Indo European languages are wild.

"Pretty sure they can't go downstairs thought... I don't know, anyone got a cow?" What a delight you are Max Miller! I come for the recipes and stay for the jokes!

I’ve lost both of my parents recently, and Max seeing you has been like seeing a friend. I really appreciate all of the hard work that goes into each video. Sending all of my love your way ♥️

@TastingHistory

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry! Sending love back to you.

As your Patreon's resident farmboy, I can confirm that cows struggle greatly with walking down stairs. Not impossible, but they don't have the hips for it. Also, the word "cattle" is derived from "capital", cognate with "chattel", all of which also mean "Money". As I always knew, it's not a successful farm unless you have some cows.

@TastingHistory

2 жыл бұрын

Cows and sheep. Sheep are my favorite. I always wanted a blackface sheep.

@odealianaffairs9001

2 жыл бұрын

@@TastingHistory incidentally would his name happen to start with shaun?

In the early Anglo-Saxon world, the rune that looks like and F with up turned side lines, is "foeh" and represents portable wealth, which are cattle. This is where we get the word "fee" as in paying some one a fee.

@ragnkja

2 жыл бұрын

In Norwegian, “fe” still means “livestock”. Cattle are classified as “storfe” - big livestock - and goats and sheep are “småfe” - small livestock.

@irismeulman2401

2 жыл бұрын

In Dutch, the word for cattle or livestock is “vee”. Makes sense as Dutch and English have common ancestor languages. If I remember correctly, Frisian is closest related to English, followed by Dutch.

@SlavicCelery

2 жыл бұрын

That explains the term for meatballs wrapped in caul fat. Also a term used for bundles of sticks. Not exactly a PC modern term now. But that said, yeah the linguistic heritage makes a whole lot of sense.

@SlavicCelery

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/lJ5hyMGOoZrIk6Q.html - for the recipe.

@ludicrousone8706

2 жыл бұрын

Vieh in German

Finally a Roman episode for the Latin lover (i.e. the lover of the Latin language). (BTW, pecus doesn't mean cow, it means cattle and most commonly refers to sheep. The Latin word for cow is bos (Plural: boves). This is where the English word "bovine" comes from.) The story with the frogs is amazing. The story is super dramatic, the writing is amazing, with an amazing onomatopoeic ending. Don't knock it! The story of Perpetua, at least as far as I remember, speaks of a wild heifer, not a bull. Maybe it was changed in translation as a heifer doesn't sound as dramatic as a bull?

@zhiracs

3 ай бұрын

Looks like bos evolved into the French "boeuf" and then the English "beef" after the Norman Conquest

Okay, I had to pause it at the FRIENDS reference. I love that line. "Its like a cows opinion, its moo." lol

im not going to lie, i was only half paying attention and when you said "pig, sus" I choked on my water.

We had an on-site butcher come by a week ago. While he was working on the hanging carcass, I noticed honeybees occasionally landing on the cut end of the head, probably looking for moisture and protein. So maybe not so outrageous.

@Amy_the_Lizard

2 жыл бұрын

I figured the "bees" were probably just bot flies. They're parasites that live inside live cows and other animals in their larva form, and look a lot like bees as adults. I suppos it could have been actual bees though

@mommachupacabra

2 жыл бұрын

@@Amy_the_Lizard No, they were honeybees. I've kept bees, and dealt with stinky dead livestock. Bot flies don't look like honeybees. :) Realistically, it's been deathly hot the last week or two, and the honeybees are on the hunt for moisture. Few days ago while cleaning the filter in the kiddos' splash pool, one honeybee was hovering, looking for a safe place to land. I dipped my hand in the pool and offered it to her - she circled, then landed on one finger, started licking up the water. Bee proboscises tickle. :)

@Amy_the_Lizard

2 жыл бұрын

@@mommachupacabra Oh I meant that the "bees" coming out of the dead cow in the description mentioned in Roman times might have been bot flies, not that the ones on the freshly butchered cow were. Sorry about the confusion ^_^'

Your videos are really fun to watch! The best part, to me, is watching your face when you first taste what you've cooked. Some of your expressions are priceless!

15:18 I must be watching you a lot, Max, because I had a feeling the "Hey, where's the beef" line might show up in this episode. Thanks for the fun dip back into my younger years, Max!

I have eaten it and it's pretty good...just don't expect modern hamburger as it really is more steak burger. I make many different Roman recipes (as do my students) to share with my classes and family. Numidian chicken was the most popular this year closely followed by pork and onions (with garum and honey).

@fedra76it

2 жыл бұрын

I want to go back to school and have you as a teacher!

@MtnNerd

2 жыл бұрын

I get the impression it's more ancient meatloaf than ancient burger. Is that correct?

@jaehaspels9607

2 жыл бұрын

If I would've had a teacher like you, maybe I wouldn't have skipped school so much.

@Michael_______

2 жыл бұрын

Hello. I'm Michael. Email me some of your recipes and I'll write and record a short melody for you in your name. bobbyforce1@gmail.com

@bigred9428

2 жыл бұрын

What's the difference between a hamburger and a steakburger?

This was the best one. "It's a cow. It's opinion is moo."

"And how about murder?" I should know better than to eat during these videos; I almost choked I started laughing so hard.

11:49 a pig, sus

I feel like your butcher must really love you for making their life interesting asking for things like caul fat, or dread you walking in asking for obscure things like capons 😂 thanks for a cool recipe!

@thatcanuck5670

2 жыл бұрын

Capons aren't that obscure, and most butchers worth their salt can find them easy enough

@sinisterthoughts2896

6 ай бұрын

As said before, capons aren't hard to source, just expensive. But they absolutely come up.

Max I try to never miss one of your shows. I love history and food so it’s so wonderful the way you put these things together. Thank you for all your hard work.

Well, you had me at "burger". I'm definitely going to have to make this one. Looks very intriguing and quite tasty! Thanks as always, Max!

“Hey Cato, I’m a little low on cash. Do you think-“ Cato: “Say no more, my friend!” *Disappears and reappears with a herd of cattle* “...I can borrow $10?”

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 жыл бұрын

Give a man pecunia, he has money for a day. Give a man pecus, he has money for a lifetime.

@Eviltwin531

2 жыл бұрын

It's like when your grandpa gives you a 30-cents off coupon and tells you "It's the same as money!" No, it isn't, grandpa, and that's why we picked you a retirement home with nothing but burly male nurses with cold hands.

Max's friendship with John from Townsends shows that wholesome people attract each other.

This channel brings such joy, curiosity, knowledge, friendliness, and entertainment. Thank you both, Max and Jose.

Reminds me kind of “Fegatelli” a typical Tuscan recipie, where we wrap in caul fat, pork liver whit laurel and fennel.

11:54 "Hey babe, went the pig is sus, HAHA!!! 🎵DING DING DING DING DING DING-DING, DING-DING-DING!!!🎵"

Caul fat is still used for wrapping meats in Slovenia such that it holds onto aromatics next to the meat, so another survivor from Roman times here.

@eireannClover

2 жыл бұрын

same in France too, high five ^^

@richardirvine1997

2 жыл бұрын

In Cyprus, the national dish called s(h)eftalies is grilled meat-balls wrapped in caul.

@mellie4174

2 жыл бұрын

In France too :)

@SimuLord

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen it on the original Japanese version of Iron Chef, where it was translated into English as "fat netting".

"yes john townsend, even nutmeg" the best shoutouts are the ones that might also work as shade

You chose well when you continued with this show! It is far more important to learn about how we lived and who we were. Well done!

Imagining a modern restaurant would serve this burger with a garum aioli sauce.

@scaper8

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. You could put this on some modern menus without a single change and it would fit right in and sell very easily.

@danielyu8022

2 жыл бұрын

This along with the Parmesan IceCream. Also, imagine Campbells churning out canned Tuhu in their Chunkies line

@Dr_V

2 жыл бұрын

If the idea gets popular you may actually see some of the top restaurants serving garum made "in house". Recreating an ancient recipe like that is a lot cheaper and easier for a professional chef than many of the pretentious foods they're currently serving to their snob customers.

@lenabreijer1311

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dr_V a restaurant in spain already does that. They are helping recreate the garrum made in the ancient vats near there.

@MrMickio1

2 жыл бұрын

@@lenabreijer1311 Do you know the name?

"Wrap it around the patties. It should stick to itself". Caul - Ancient Roman cling-film.

@kylejscheffler

2 жыл бұрын

caul-ing film, if you will

@ClandestineSnowman

2 жыл бұрын

Who you gonna Caul?

Max, thank you for making these videos. I am a lover of history, and you are helping me to aspire to cook unique things. But what I want to say is that your chipper-ness is shining a ray of sun into my heart during a very hard time. Thank you. So much.

16:38 The looks on the faces of Saint Eustace and his family are like "Are you fucking kidding me right now"

Talking Cows, sounds like a new wave band featuring Davidus Byrnicus.

@TastingHistory

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@GiselleMFeuillet

2 жыл бұрын

Their most popular song is "Burning Down the Villa"

@aazreaal

2 жыл бұрын

@@GiselleMFeuillet Immolating*

@napatora

2 жыл бұрын

@@GiselleMFeuillet *sacking the villa

@sonipitts

2 жыл бұрын

And you may find yourself living in a cramped insula And you may find yourself in a pagan part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large chariot And you may find yourself in a beautiful villa, with a beautiful uxorum And you may ask yourself, "Well... how did I get here?" Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down Letting the days go by, water flowing underground Into the blue again after the cattle are all gone Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground

When you said the word for money was from cows, I figured that word was "Moo-lah".

@TastingHistory

2 жыл бұрын

I really missed an opportunity there!

Nice shoutout to John Townsend! Well done, Max :)

I want it to be known that my body physically recoiled at 11:54 . God damnit internet.

@BasedPureblood

2 жыл бұрын

Dun dun dadun da da dun Dadadum Bwap Bwap

@m.k.7087

2 жыл бұрын

I was in public and my knee jerk reaction was to scream like a madman.

How about banking? cato: how about murder? I dig this man.

@TheCutL

2 жыл бұрын

For context, many Romans saw agriculture as the embodiment of Roman virtues, which were much about industriousness, modesty and honesty or straightforwardness, so Cato is also making a strong political/cultural argument there of "get back to traditional Roman virtues!"

When you began to talk about the grape juice, I immediately went to the verjuice made from unripe grapes. It was vinegar-like, I fondly imagine, and therefore the reduction would have been similar to reduced balsamic vinegar. Maybe? Thanks for your great work!

Love your channel my man!!! It’s genuinely fascinating and helping me get through a tough time rn. Keep it up!

Cattle is the origin of "money" in many languages! The norse word for wealth was the same as the word for livestock, and is the same word we get "fee" from.

@sarah8383

2 жыл бұрын

I was looking for that comment.

I RECOGNIZE CAUL! That's the omentum!! It is a web of fat that overlays abdominal organs. Any animal that has an abdomen should have an omentum (that is, it has a diaphragm that divides the interior into the thorax and the abdomen), so my guess is that only certain species' omenta get designated as caul fat. ETA: It took a replay of the video to realize that omentum was in the recipe name. Thanks ever so much, brain.

Love this reciepy! Made it many times before hower minus the garum and caul fat since I haven't found anything similar in my local food stores were I live. Fish sauce and caul fat doesn't seem very common here. So maybe I will have to try and make my own garum instead. Cheeres from Sweden and thanks for another great video!

‘Cheese is…discharged with most difficulty’, surely a classic euphemism.

Anytime I hear the words “fifteen minutes,” I assume I’m going to hear about saving money on car insurance... Advertising can be scary 😅

@TastingHistory

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

*"Beef: It's What's For Sacrifice."*

@grandrapids57

2 жыл бұрын

That is the KZread comment of the day

@ralphralpherson9441

2 жыл бұрын

This should have far more likes. LOL

that caul fat wrapping technique is actually really cool

just binged like 30 of your videos. love you guys. please keep the videos coming as this is my mana.

Given that bull calves were regularly culled anyway, sacrificing them to the "gods" and distributing the meat to the people was a way for the cattle-owning classes to curry favor with the general populous. Sacrificing a heifer (a female calf that hadn't been bred) was the sacrifice of all her potential future productivity and sacrificing a pregnant cow was giving up both the potential of a productive cow and that of her offspring.

About Carenoum: some wines can get slightly bitter if reducing too much. It really depends on the wine on how much the optimal reducing should be. So taste as the wine reduce untill it fits your taste. Reduced wine as a condiment you can see even today, sometimes with something like a poached egg on a frech piece of bread, in places like France.

@jaehaspels9607

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I hear red wine reduction a lot on Top Chef.

@lisathaviu1154

2 жыл бұрын

If you prefer a vinegar reduction, you can buy Balsamic vinegar glaze.

@sentath

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaehaspels9607 And with beef a simple pan sauce made by deglazing with red wind and reducing is almost always a delight.

@katiearcher4475

2 жыл бұрын

I love making a reduced red wine sauce. It pairs beautifully with a roast (in my opinion) i add orange, cinnamon sticks, whole black pepper, sage, rosemary, and brown sugar. So far it has been a hit from any family and friends that have tried it. ^.^

@sentath

2 жыл бұрын

@@katiearcher4475 That sounds brilliant. I like things tarter than some so I hope you will forgive me if I skip the sugar and just use the molasses.

I found your channel today and I AM SO HAPPY 😊 I've already watched 3 videos, I'm glad you're doing this full time now.

Hey man I just discovered ur channel.. its amazing, mixing 2 things I love, history , and cooking . genius man awesome!👍

As someone who occasionally adds a bit of anchovy to his meatballs, the addition of garum sounds perfectly fine.

@JerryB507

2 жыл бұрын

Anchovy = Italian MSG.

@KimiHayashi

2 жыл бұрын

Wait WHAT? ANCHOVY in meatballs???? That's interesting

@AsheramK

2 жыл бұрын

@@KimiHayashi a small bit of anchovy paste in meatballs is great for adding a bit of saltiness and flavor.

@jeffstormer2547

2 жыл бұрын

Lots of folks would not hesitate using worchestershire sauce, which is anchovy based, right? I have abandoned Lee & Perrins for Jon Townsend's mushroom sauce. Which I use like the Romans used garum.

@akirak1871

2 жыл бұрын

@@KimiHayashi Anchovies and beef were meant to be together. Whenever I make tomato meat sauce, I always saute a couple anchovies at the beginning (maybe one 'chovy for each 28 oz. can of tomatoes that I use) and it comes out so bold and savory every time. And it doesn't taste fishy; nobody would ever guess it's there from the finished product. There's also a sauce called bagna cauda that is pure heaven on a steak - it's made primarily from olive oil, anchovies, and garlic.

At first, i was surprised: Roman dish without the honey? What travesty is this? But then Max doused his burger with sweet syrup. Yes, now it looked like a proper Latin meal 😁

@TheCutL

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe the Romans actually *were* the Americans of antiquity, eating all their meat over-sweetened!

@nicolocorbellani9807

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCutL honey if properly user isn't over-sweeted

@TheCutL

2 жыл бұрын

​@@nicolocorbellani9807 the amounts of sugar used in US bbq, especially in the South, just taste over-sweetened to everybody whos not used to it.

@Kainis80

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCutL depends on where you go in the south. North Carolina bbq is tangy because it is vinegar based, while South Carolina uses mustard. Alabama white sauce is based on mayo. The only one that is actually super sweet and thick, is the Kansas City style which is from Missouri.

Just found this channel and I've fallen in Love !! Can't stop watching . You make me laugh ( that's a good thing ) and keep me very interested and entertained !

...I only just discovered your channel recently and have been bingewatching quite a bit; v.good lockdown fare. Food and history, who knew that would make a good combo?

You can buy grape must or pomace at a Turkish Market …I found it by accident and was excited. My Mom was raised on a farm in Italy & told me this was made during the grape harvest and wine making boiling down the crushed leftover of grapes. It has a little more grainy quality almost like apple sauce and was also called In dialect grape honey or Mosto. Famous Italian Christmas cookies are called Mostaccioli and are made with either Grape or Fig Mosto. That might be a great recipe to do…hint hint.

@iac4357

2 жыл бұрын

Also called Cielli Ripieni, Yes !

@xano2921

2 жыл бұрын

"Mosto" is in Italian, but it has a different name for every Regional Language

@antoniobroccoliporto4774

2 жыл бұрын

@@xano2921 of course it does…I’m used to writing standard Italian…she would call it Melú d’uva or Melú di fichi. Excuse the phonetics here and there.

@jorgemontesinos8727

2 жыл бұрын

@@xano2921 mosto is also a Spanish word and it means the same.

@antoniobroccoliporto4774

2 жыл бұрын

Yes my mom was from Calabria and it’s amazing how many variations of pronunciation there are …I find many words similar in Sicilia and Sardinian dialect. As a mater of fact was listing to a KZread program on Sardinian and was able to understand most of what was said since I also have a knowledge of Spanish and French but some key words were almost verbatim those of Mom’s dialect. These days most dialects are morphing quite a bit due to mass media. Thanks for your response.