Not gonna lie I was so caught up in the tragic story of Victor Peñasco and María Josefa genuinely tearing up that I forgot I was watching a cooking video until I was reminded of the eggs
I was just listening without looking at him and when I heard him talk about that story I looked up at the screen and he had tears in his eyes. I was not expecting to get choked up this morning.
Violet Jessop, who survived not just the sinking of the Titanic, but also the Olympic and Britannic working as a ladies maid/stewardess - noted in her diaries that American passengers noticeably realized that she was a person who was only trying to make their trip more pleasant - whereas one can infer that the British passengers merely saw her as a servant, not much more.
Americans have a more equitable attitude toward those who perform work for us. I remember discussing with other Americans post- Rhodesia, what we should call servants who worked for us in Zimbabwe. They were called “ houseboys” and “ housegirls” by the local British settlers. We decided on “ workers” a more dignified description.
The Olympic didn't sink, though. It remained both afloat and in service from 1911 until it was decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1935, including being drafted for service in WWI where it sank a U-boat by ramming it.
That’s what I was thinking too. What a wonderful person. I’m sure it was horrifying enough for her too, but she was still worried about someone else instead of being caught up in her own feelings alone (not that anyone could’ve blamed her if she did). Even though what she did ultimately couldn’t make it any better for poor Pepita, but at least somebody was by her side.
I'm mad about the fact that the boat apparently went down half-full, but he still wasn't allowed to get on with her. Maybe he'd just stepped back or been pushed aside, and therefore couldn't be like "Wait! Let me on, too!" but man. (I'm not really mad at people, just the situation. I can't even imagine how frantic and scrambled everyone's brains were in those moments...)
@@veryberry39On the Titanic, everybody’s perception of the emergency early on was coloured by the sinking of the White Star liner Atlantic a couple decades prior, up to that point one of the worst disasters in maritime history. When the Atlantic sank, literally every woman and child aboard died; being trampled in a panic, being dragged below by heavy dresses, or just lacking the strength to climb to safety. At one point, when the last surviving woman was too exhausted to hold on to the mast any longer, the men around her tried tying her to the mast with their belts and mast ropes to keep her there, but then that turned macabre when she died of exposure some time later, and they had to leave her there during the first rescues. The Atlantic disaster, and the image of the dead woman tied to the front mast of a slowly sinking liner, was an optical nightmare for the White Star line for years, and is precisely why they spent so much money on making their ships "unsinkeable". Every senior officer on the Titanic would have heard about the Atlantic disaster, which is likely why Captain Smith almost immediately ordered the officers to put the women and the children in the boats, as well as probably the source of much of the confusion about whether he meant women and children _first_ or _only,_ and furthermore probably a big contributor to some officers really underloading the boats fearing a rush of panicked men would endanger the women and children. The fate of men like Victor was not just a product of panic and Edwardian chivalry, but also simply the crew being specifically trained and concerned to protect certain particularly vulnerable passengers at the potential cost of adult men. It was only well over an hour into the sinking, when the first swimmers below began freezing to death, that everyone started realizing the men would have no chance in the water and the lifeboats were critical to their survival.
@@dirrdevilI absolutely would have wrapped my little dog up like a baby to get her onto a lifeboat with me, like the one lady did 😭. She’s a spoiled princess and I love her more than words can describe. The dog stories gutted me to say the least
The Titanic had its own printshop on board. They created the menus, notices, wine lists, stationery/envelopes, etc. The menus were printed via letterpress and some prints used a process called thermography. When it comes to letterpress printing, each character (an individual letter like "a") has to be placed by hand, but each letter is reversed and the words itself had to be arranged in reverse. It doesn't surprise me that one of the menus came out with a spelling error. Either they didn't catch it or they did but were short on either time or paper. On the night of the sinking, it is possible that the printers, Albert and Ernest, were printing the following day's menus. Although it would be at the bottom of the ocean, it's wild to think that a menu exists for a day that never came to many passengers.
As a fellow Hispanic, I can say with a degree of certainty, that Victor had a uncanny amount of, "I should have listen to my madre", which was absolutely indescribable.
Don't be a sourpuss Sol, I mean, who in their right mind wouldn't regret not listening to madre while the ship sank? Dying and proving superstition right... that must have really stung...
As a Spanish guy myself, I demand a movie of Victor and Josefa: how they got on board, the voyage and the terrible tragedy. There were a total of 10 Spanish passengers, and 7 survived.
Could they be the ones represented in the scene where Jack puts Rose on a lifeboat? Before she gets on, she sees a young lady screaming "No!", kissing her husband and then getting on.
Or the one black family on the Titanic. He was Haitian and was returning to Haiti from France with his French wife and their two daughters. Like the Spanish couple, he didn't make it. It was women and children only. But he got his wife and children on a lifeboat. Then assisted other women and children onto the lifeboats.
Just discovered your channel Max. I'm the owner of a little independent bookshop in the Blue Mountains, NSW Australia. I was doing the September new release order from Simon & Schuster and your book was on their list as an upcoming release. I was intrigued by the book description and have the tendency to look things up that I've not heard of before while doing the orders. So glad I found this. For someone who loves food and history I have been delighted by the several episodes I've watched so far. Thank you for this wonderful way to learn!! Peggy
I am in awe. I have been researching titanic since I was 5. I’m 34. I’ve never known the story of Victor Penasco. Thank you so much. Truly. Also, I love that the salmon looks like little carrots 😂
Can we all just agree that this is one of the very best channels on all of TH-cam? If only history class was this interestingly presented to us. I think I'd have paid way more attention.
It's when it's personalized that it becomes interesting. Classes are way too concerned with dates and overarching themes and way too forgetful of humans
The story of the Spanish couple is so memorizing. I stopped my breakfast to hear it. This is a story I have never heard until now. Thank you for telling it.
I don’t think I’ll ever get sick of titanic, even though it’s heartbreaking. I like that you honor people who are otherwise forgotten to time. Keep ‘em coming Max! You are amazing.
I am SO happy Max didn't sell the rights to this show to Netflix or something. A streaming cooking show is nothing compared to this channel and the cook book and undoubtedly the awesome things to come. This is hands down my favorite TH-cam channel.
Hey Max, for your egg allergy, you may want to give duck or quail eggs a try! I have problems with chicken eggs, but I learned I can have duck eggs. They are heavier and stronger in taste, though (and with a larger yolk), so quail eggs are sometimes a better substitute for some recipes. Also, the baked in factor is actually really common; the proteins undergo a change when slowly cooked throughout with a high enough heat like when done in an oven. Something like a meringue or angel food cake may still give you problems, though, so be careful and good luck!
I also have an allergy to (chicken) egg whites. The proteins that causes the allergic reaction breaks down when the egg is baked in a baked good - it combines with the other ingredients so that is why Max (and I) don't have a reaction when eating bread or cake.
@@amanawolf9166 I don't know about Max, but I have a very bad reaction to the old-style flu shot because the virus is incubated in chicken eggs. I get the mRNA vaccine now and it is great!
Speaking of animals that were on the Titanic, something I had to look up because no one has ever mentioned it. There was a cat on board the Titanic, named Jenny. She was the designated mouse catcher for the ship. She was lost with the ship 😭.
Noooo, to make it worse, Jenny had kittens :( To cheer everyone up (sort of), on ships, black cats are considered lucky. There are even some photos where the sailors made the cats mini-hammocks
Make the baked apples again and fill them with the same buttermix but add a few chopped hazelnuts for an example then make a vanilla custard to serve with them as an dessert. A classic here in Sweden
The loss of little Helen Allison is really heartbreaking. Her parents would have been able to get her and her mother on a lifeboat but they refused because they didn’t know where the nanny was with their son. The nanny had done her job well and had already got the baby boy onto a lifeboat. If they’d known or even trusted the nanny to be competent, then little Helen would not have been the only small child from first class to die.
Honestly forcing your daughter to die a horrible death because you can't find your son is just horrendous. If you can't find him, at least get your daughter to safety and then stay on the ship to try to find your son
Yea agreed but it seems like sons were valued and favored over daughters! Also how many poor 3rd class or even 2nd class children died? One life is one life too many IMO! No matter the social status or age or gender etc
@@oooh19 oh indeed. My point wasn’t to dismiss the hundreds of lives lost. It was a terrible tragedy and some good did come of it (The Ice Patrol and new lifeboat regs). My point was, out of all the people to be lost, the little girl from 1st class should not have been one of them. Editing cos fat finger hit post. Every life lost on the Titanic was precious and is certainly not to be ignored. Whole families wiped out on the start to a new and better life. My family are immigrants and it hits hard. Such a terrible loss of life.
I feel bad for her, but honestly most of the nameless kids who died on the titanic were 3rd class so it feels weird to mourn her more than the other numerous families
@@kimberlyterasaki4843 I mourn them all. Every year. I also celebrate the lives saved too. I’ve researched the Titanic for as long as I can remember. I despair at the perfect storm: a coal strike that lead to so many people being transferred to that ship because she was the one running, to the coal fire in the bunker, the fact that she was delayed sailing due to her sister ship needing repairs, the hubris of man, and the possible insurance fraud that no matter how deep I dive or how much I twist the arguments, I’m unable to see clear to discount. Then the brave souls who played as it sank and lost their lives. The PTSD that some survivors suffered. The absolute miracle that the 2 little boys in 2nd survived their father kidnapping them and the sinking and were safely returned to their mother. No one deserved to die but it’s a sad fact that even if class hadn’t played a part, then an awful lot of people were going to die simply because there wasn’t enough and then a surplus of seats available. It just hurts to think of all those hopeful lives lost. Rich or poor, they all had hopes and dreams and futures.
I was kind of disappointed Titanic Week was over, so this is a pleasant surprise. Also, it was nice of VIctor's family to do that for their daughter-in-law.
As a fellow food allergy sufferer, I really felt for you in this episode! 🙁 It's infuriating when your body decides to go on strike like that. Maybe Jose can be a stand-in taste tester for the foods with egg whites in them, if he's willing? Anyway, thanks for all you do - your videos are a ray of sunshine in these uncertain times, and my wife and I just adore you! 😊
I have an allergy for bananas, and while it's my throat that swells instead of my mouth, I totally feel Max's pain too. So many awesome desserts have bananas in their recipes, but I can't eat them unless I fancy feeling like the Mountain is throttling me for 10 hours.
I wonder if Max is also allergic to duck eggs. Some people allergic to chicken eggs can eat duck eggs, despite them being so similar. The yolks are a little richer but shouldn’t alter the recipe too much if it isn’t egg-forward.
@@vysharra I was going to suggest that too. My niece was allergic to chicken eggs when she was younger, but she could eat quail eggs. It would be a pain in the ass, but a plate of tiny devilled quail eggs would be adorable.
Please continue with the Titanic episodes. They are at the top of my favorite episodes you have made. You recount the stories of those that were onboard with such feeling. Coupled with the recipes, you bring life to a bygone era. Another amazing episode. Thank you!
I'm throwing a "last night on the Titanic" dinner on April 14, and your videos are extremely helpful when planning our menu. I would love more Titanic videos! So fun!
@@Rachel-fi4sc Happy birthday, Rachel, a few weeks early. My niece and her (then) fiance were married on your birthday - April 15, 2012. They wanted to honor the historic occasion, so at the wedding reception they put out a big basket of replica Vinolia soaps (the brand used on Titanic) with a drawing of Titanic on the wrapper, as guest souvenirs. I still have a couple of them, I think. Had they known it was your birthday, they might have toasted your health and happiness. So I'll do it now: 🍷 Your health and happiness!
My thirteen year old son is absolutely fascinated with the Titanic. Since he was about eight he has been learning everything about it. I have been watching Tasting History for a couple of years now and when the Titanic series started last year we started watching together. So yes, keep the Titanic stuff coming, Max! Loving it!
I had a year long obsession from first to second grade lol. Even won tickets to go to a Titanic exhibit in San Diego. Slowly moving back into this phase now lmao
It's learning about history, I understand it is tragic and sad. The programmes on TV have shown interesting information about the test voyages etc and the practical info about how it was built!
Hearing Pepita's story is so heartbreaking. Victor knowing his fate and telling his wife to live a happy life. I can only imagine how she must have felt seeing him be left behind then just watching the aftermath. Even after getting these fake postcards and knowing he was gone must have broken his mother's heart too. The breakfast looked great. Especially the eggs but I'm sorry you had an allergic reaction. Very interesting that you can have eggs in baking but not just eggs. Wonderful job as always
I just cannot fathom why they lowered the boat half empty if there were men willing to fill it?? Better save men than no one at all!! What was the logic there??
@@rdr6269 yeah for real. Like I know priority was women and children but I'd be filling the boats with bodies if no one was stepping forward. Just shows how unprepared they were for this scenario. The chaos. No one thinking straight. Sucks because so many families were split up
@@rdr6269 It seems that someone thought the order was « first class women and children only», rather than « first class women and children first ». Very disorganized, and more lives lost than need have been.
Beautiful content as always, Max. The story about these two reminded me of another couple, named Ida and Isidor Straus, that were a Love powerhouse couple. When they went to the lifeboats, she realised that her husband wasn’t gonna come with her and stepped off. Both the officer and her husband demanded that she get back on the boat, and she responded “We have lived together for many years. Where you go, I go”. That makes my eyes sweat a bit.
I feel for that lady on the ship wrapping her dog like a baby When our daschund doodles was very sick we got a ride to an animal hospital when we got on a bus we wrapped him up like a baby and we managed to get on the bus wow
it has been so awesome seeing you go from a little pandemic channel, to your first channel sponsor, to a book tour!! and you totally deserve it, congratulations!
Please never stop making Titanic videos. They're some of my favorites. The stories and food history from the Titanic should live on. Thank you for doing these!
I had never heard the story before about Victor and “Pepita” and I’ve been a Titanic aficionado since 1960!! So, thank you for that. I learned something new this evening. I enjoyed seeing all the different breakfast foods, too.
I loved this! My ancestor was a veggie cook on the Titanic (his name was John Ellis). He survived (surprisingly considering the order that lifeboats were loaded) on lifeboat number 2. It’s extra fun to see what he was helping to prepare! Thank you!
The chef who clung to the ship's hull til the last minute was a doozy. Never underestimate a chef's resolve to survive. After all the purpose of food is to keep you alive.
And of course it was necessary for this culinary French Titanic survivor to get drunk before he latched himself onto the hull, so the freezing temperatures wouldn't impair his dexterity. The man had skills. He didn't mess around. Honestly most stranded passengers wouldn't even think this strategy through in the panic of the moment. Only a chef.
the order the life boats were loaded...or not loaded not nearly loaded enough. Every time I see videos or read stories about Titanic and the half loaded lifeboats I just shake my head in disbelief that they were this irresponsible to not fill the boats up before lowering them.
@@mikepette4422 They only had enough lifeboats for half the passengers because the ship was unsinkable. So when it did sink the value of human life was cheapened all the more as rescue efforts were inevitably disheveled and haphazard. That's another commendable quality about chefs--they have a knack for doing the best you can with what you have to work with. That's what creative cooking is all about. And hell, if there's no lifeboats, dangle from the ship's carcass if you gotta.
Fun fact: most European aristocrats are actually primarily of French descent. On the Titanic however, first class males highest male survival rate, and male crew members had the lowest survival rate period. Male crew member who miraculously beat all odds and climbed every mountain to save his life: French.
Hi Max! I've just found out about this recently myself, but apparently with egg allergies, the rawer the egg, the more allergy-inducing it is. So because the shirred eggs were quite lightly cooked (eg almost a bit raw) that's probably why you had a severe reaction to it. Deviled eggs should be fine, since those are made from hard boiled eggs, eg not raw 😊
I was going to suggest the egg substitute stuff. I think it's probably the protein hes allergic to which changes when cooked yes but not as much h as being dispersed in other foods. I had a similar issue with banana
I have heard that many tomato allergies are like that - a reaction to raw or lightly cooked tomatoes, but not to thoroughly cooked ones, such as in many tomato-based pasta sauces.
You can actually visit the burial place for Josefa Peñasco in Madrid. She and her maid are buried at the Almudena cementery and the tour guides there know this story 😊
13:25 When I was first learning to talk, my older cousins taught me to say "tight buns," so Max's use of the phrase and his barely contained giggle afterwards made me smile 😁
Oh wow. The story of the Spanish couple is beyond tragic. Thank you for telling it with such compassion and detail. Once again, your dedication to the research and transparency in your process is impeccable!
That postcard story is heartbreaking and recognizable. A friend of mine recently lost her mother. Her stepmother (whom both she and her mother were close to) sent flowers and a lovely angel ornament to my friend. The stepmother died less than 30 hours after the mother, and her flower gift arrived the day after her death.
That angel must have parts of both her mother and stepmother inside of it. Your friend must treasure it very much. I'm very sorry for her loss. I hope she has a good support system at a time like this.
Reading this, I'm reminded of something I read a couple of years back. It was so long ago that I don't remember the details but essentially a man died, leaving his wife a widow. Every year following his death, she would receive a bouquet of flowers on their anniversary from him. Obviously, she got really upset thinking that this was some kind of cruel joke or something so she confronted the flower shop to get them to stop. Upon doing so, she finds out that her husband had in fact set up and paid in full to have these flowers delivered to her every year even after his death. I don't remember where this happened but it's frankly one of my most favorite stories. It's both heartbreaking but at the same time so very sweet.
Thanks so much for telling us about the Spanish couple. Never heard their story before but it could be a movie on its own. I'm definitely not sick of hearing about Titanic again, please keep it coming!
That made me inconsolably sad for some reason, more so when its just went from bad to worse. Poor pepita, im kinda glad they didn't put them in the movie, it wouldve been so sad and scarring.
@@donutchan8114 I was seriously worried when Max mentioned that by Spanish law if the body was missing he wasn't officially dead for 20 years. I was so relieved the family managed to bribe officials to identify someone else so Pepita could have a life after all this. One of the most interesting stories for me here on Tasting History
I can only imagine people in 1912 thinking about what the future would possibly be like in the 21st century, all the crazy technology we'd probably have and everything. When in reality, we're sitting around fascinated by watching a dude recreate the Titanic menu! 😂😂😂
"It's such a "healthy" flavor.... We'll just say that..." I literally laughed out loud. That's such a nice and polite way of saying what we all understood.
My hometown has a Buckwheat Festival. It was a big deal, we used to get off school for it. Our buckwheat flour looks like regular flour so our cakes look very different to this. They can taste fairly similar to pancakes, but are often served a little more fermented/sour. I like them.
@@flyingwoodduck - Are you from the US, if I may ask? Maybe you like the taste of buckwheat because it's what you're use to? My home town has a Peanut Festival and basically it's a tribute to boiled peanuts. I come from a small farming town of less than 600 people and we grow peanuts and collards.
@@lordbarristertimsh8050 - Firstly, I'm unsure why you would consider any of it rubbish? Just because you aren't sure of the joke doesn't mean you have to be salty about it (if that is the reason). When people say something has a "healthy" flavor, they're insinuating that it doesn't taste very good. It's common knowledge that unhealthy food is often pretty tasty. Fried foods (potatoes, fish, chicken, etc), for example, are dreadful for you but most people love them. Ice cream is another food that isn't healthy, at all, but is quite delicious. On the other hand, more healthy food like wheat grass, tofu, vegetables, baked chicken breast, etc has the reputation of not tasting the best. That's usually because it was plain but can be fo Obviously there are people who naturally like healthy food and abhor the taste of the unhealthy stuff but those people are few and far between. TLDR: Healthy flavor = It wasn't very good, at least to him.
It took me a second to connect Glaceon to the glacier. Bravo Jose!! Max your storytelling is always so beautiful and poignant. I love how respectful you are to every person’s perspective. :)
It's amazing how anything Titanic generates so much commentary. Love your channel, Max. Very entertaining approach to teaching history. History from the kitchen. Love it!
So sorry to hear about the egg white allergy! My cousin has the same issue, she has transitioned to using duck eggs instead when she wants just eggs. She’s able to find them at the local farmer’s market.
I was coming here to see if anyone had suggested duck eggs! I have been told by several friends who are allergic to chicken eggs that is a specific protein in the whites. That protein structure is different in duck eggs therefore they can eat duck eggs with no reaction.
I had a similar allergy to almonds, for a while. I avoided them like they would kill me (as one would do with allergens), and it cleared up. (Although I still try to avoid almonds, since I'm not that fond of them.) Egg whites might be more difficult to avoid, but it's good to see that duck eggs are a good alternative. Is there any typical difference with the source of chicken eggs (i.e. commercially available vs. farm raised)?
It's lovely to see the Titanic return to the channel. It was an amazing series and means it's been just under a year since the promise for a line or two in the comments were made. It's not long until the book sets sales. What a year Boss!
I recently saw some pictures of the menus on the Hindenburg. Maybe that could be an interesting idea for a future episode? Also, I love your content, thank you for always finding interesting new stories and dishes to share
Honestly would love to see this, exploring meals of important events are intresting, really weird request and I'm not sure if there's even records but what about the meals served during the signing of the treaty of versailles at the end of ww1 or the pre launch as well as the space food meals of soviet cosmonauts on their first space mission as well as American astronauts and the moon landing, hell it would be a bit odd but when you run out of titanic food to go over why not end the series with a video covering the meals the exploers who discovered the wreck ate?
Max, Just found a recipe online for "Remoulade" ! The base is Mayo and, in 1912, it may have been considered a step up, worthy of First Class, from regular old Marmalade. The usual recipe does not include oranges per se, but it does say that "citrus may be added."
Remoulade is well-loved across Europe to have with fries, meat and sandwiches - savory and often fried foods. It's essentially a salad dressing. I don't think it's considered a more posh form of marmalade.
marmalade and remoulade are different sauces for different uses. marmalade is more like a jam to be eaten with cakes, scones while remoulade is probably meant for savoury foods similar names, different uses
As someone that's been dealing with an allergy to egg whites my entire life, I DEFINITELY feel you there. Don't do anything that risks your health - and there's more than enough recipes out there that don't require egg whites that I doubt you'll run out of content any time soon.
@@francesleones4973 It's the protein inside the egg whites that sometimes causes an allergic reaction. Both my mom and sister deal with the same issue. So yes, you can eat the yolk separately or have them in cakes and other baked goods because that breaks down the protein.
Watching the look of realization come over Max's face as he realizes he's saying the phrase "small, tight buns" was enough of a laugh to compensate for the sad parts of the video.
U are right on the money my dad loved buckwheat I always disliked it so much . The eggs are great I'm sorry about you allergies to eggs . Loved the history lesson.
Interesting - I'm also allergic to raw egg whites, or albumen. If the whites are cooked, no problem. But be aware - last time I had to have surgery, I warned the anaesthetist that I was very likely to crash on the table, as I had every previous time I'd had surgery. So he delayed the operation for about 15 minutes to do some quick research - turns out that quite a few of the modern chemicals used in anaesthesia is made with denatured albumin, and that was likely why I had so much trouble with it (denatured or not); we went the old school way with sodium pentothal, which has a longer recovery time, but I sailed through some major surgery without a problem. (And the Titanic recipes look interesting - I wonder if there's a Titanic's Last Meals cookbook?)
Finally some baked apple appreciation! My dad always makes them for Christmas but instead of using caster sugar and cinnamon, he uses brown sugar. Then after they're done (he does put them abit longer in the oven, making them more mushy) he fills them with warm cranberry sauce.
On griddle cakes, "The larger they are the harder they are to flip." An ancient cookbook my grandmother owned (it went to one of my aunts when she passed so I cannot easily reference it) had a basic griddle cake recipe that said you never want to pour more batter than the width of your spatula. I wonder if this is one of those "lost truths" that not enough people wrote down because they assumed it was common enough knowledge or easy enough to figure out that the average person cooking would not need to be told.
"...a healthy flavour" a delightful euphemism. This was a delightful and touching episode. Thank you for the story of the Spanish couple which was touching and poignant.
The Titanic always makes me incredibly sad- especially stories like Pepita. But, as a historian, I recognize the importance of remembering things like the Titanic. Also, The mild allergy turning into a(n intense) not to mild allergy is SO relatable.
that's what i ferar getting at the moment. If my hay fever is flaring up I get a slight reaction ( just a slight tightening of the throat ) when I eat eggs. It is currently treatable with anti histamines
I am one of the people who will never be sick of Titanic. Keep that content coming. Also I had never heard the story of the Spanish couple before, and like many others I was very caught up in just how tragic it was. And then suddenly, eggs.
I'm 67 & have always had a fascination with the Titanic! I find it hard to believe that such a tragedy is regarded as romantic by so many, me included. I'm sure not one person aboard felt any positive feelings for the situation. Probably caused nightmares for years, for passengers & most likely family. It's just confusing feeling this way knowing how it was...
I never get tired of hearing you speak of the Titanic in all aspects of the tragic story, including the wonderful food! Thank you so much for all you do for us!
I'm so glad you mentioned the animals, I read a book in elementary school about all the pets that died on Titanic and I was devastated. I don't know why but the Titanic will always fascinate me.
"Last year I recreated several dishes from the last dinners aboard the Titanic." Holy crap has it been a year since I subscribed to this channel!? Time flies.
The story of the wealthy Spanish couple, told unsentimentally, was still heartbreaking. I have to admit that I have a fascination with the Titanic, too. I especially like to hear of those who survived, shake my head at the "caste system" of the time, and I still marvel at what a grand and beautiful ship she was. You have a gift for storytelling as well as cooking. (You'd make a great history teacher.) Thanks again for bringing history alive.
I can imagine him as a sort of hybrid teacher between a history and home economics teacher, but the home economics part is based on the history lesson of the day. And it could tripple as a lunch hour, considering everything he makes on here is already way better than the school lunches i remember.
My grandparents sailed on the Georgic, which was the last White Star liner and built in the 1920s to replace the ageing Olympic and jer (acquired) sisters. They certainly weren't first class, but it's nice to have a bit of a window into the sort of food they'd have might eaten.
I sailed as a child on a ocean liner as a child of 9 halfway in the 60's from Sydney Australia to Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The era of ocean liners was nearing it's end. I't was an experience never to forget. Totally different than I imagine a cuise ship would be like (never been on one, so I'm not completely sure). Our ship had only one class, so there were no seperate areas and we could go everywhere. The journey took just over 6 weeks. Nowadays with a plane you can do it within a day.😆
I love the way you told these stories with such reverence. I think we sometimes feel disconnected to people of the past and hear their stories as just plain historical facts without real emotion for them. Please do more Titanic stories!
I don't think I could ever get tired of hearing about the Titanic, especially when the person presenting such wonderful information is so passionate about the subject. Thank you for sharing this with us. I always enjoy your content and can't wait to see what your next adventure brings. I'm crossing my fingers to be able to make it to Portland in April!
You should try eating buckwheat cakes like we do in Poland: with sour cream and cranberry jam (and a little bit of sugar). I think blackcurrant marmalade was meant to be eaten with them :D
You never disappoint Max. Do as much Titanic related stuff as you want, you’re love of it is infectious. I wish I was in the US to get a signed copy but I’m happy with whatever Amazon brings me.
There are more than a few heartwrencing stories, and eloquent descriptions of them for sure. It was such a special night for a group of folks who are now very special people. Putting your full mind into that night, and that story is a very rewarding experience for me anyway.
My grandmother came within a week of coming over here (Canada) on the Titanic. She, her sister and their mother (who was widowed by then) were offered jobs in a local factory and they would pay your passage over here (Steerage Class of course), and if you worked more than 5 years for them, you didn't have to pay them back. Anyway, my great-grandma got really sick at the beginning of April and was not able to travel (I think it was bronchitis she had). My grandma & her sister were very disappointed but they couldn't leave her by herself so they cashed in their tickets and ended up coming over here 6 weeks later on a clipper shit. It took 10 days to get here, but at least they made it. And now you know the rest of the story!
I will NEVER get tired of Titanic episodes. Please make more! I binge the playlist already, theyre so well made and the stories are so heartwrenching and the food looks so impressive
As someone who has had a fascination with the Titanic since I was a kid, watching these videos are so awesome! Food history is so exciting to me - loved this series :)
I was curious and looked up the address in Cöln/Köln/Cologne where Alfred's mother lived. It seems the house no longer exists (most likely destroyed during WW2) and now Generali Insurances has a big office building at this address. So, it is additonally nice and sad to see this memento not only of Titanic's history but of Cologne's history as well. Thank you, Max, for this extra long episode. I'll never complain about more tasting, more history and more Max Miller.
You should recreate Holly’s breakfast from Breakfast at Tiffany’s! I always just thought it was interesting with how timeless she looks with that pastry and paper coffee cup. Loved the video Max
Please do a show on homemade orange marmalade. I make it and can it every year, and it is so wonderful with no bitterness. The secret is to use oranges with a juicy, sweet peel and to remove most, but not all of the pith (the white stuff). Thanks!
Very sorry to hear bad things happening in relation to such a commonly used ingredient! Scrambled eggs forever, I guess? Anyway, I'll go back to the Titanic with you as often as you care to sail, Max! (Edited to add: now I have Creole Lady mramaLAAAADE playing on loop in my head)
@@123goldenlily I don't know if this is true of Max's specific allergy, but some egg allergies are only triggered if the egg is prepared in a certain way. I'm not sure if it's a chemical reaction with the eggs or something, but I've been told somehow it's totally possible to be allergic to over-easy eggs versus scrambled eggs versus eggs in custard or cake.
I made all your dishes from the titanic menu based on your videos, it was so fun! And they were actually good! The rice soup surprised me, it was a lot better than I expected. I went to the Titanic exhibit in NY a couple weeks ago and thought about that experience and your videos, and it really made it feel more real while I was there. I can’t thank you enough for that. I love the titanic. I’m typing this with my White Star Line coffee mug I got there in hand too 😎
Hot take: Bake the apples as described for the first 25 minutes. Then fill holes with cheesecake batter all the way to the top. Place one soft/chewy caramel candy on the apple just barely nestled in the cheesecake batter. Continue baking for remainder of time. -my own invention...I think.
In the movie, I always thought the Swedish men who lost their tickets in the poker game didn't realize what an incredibly winning hand they had, but I bet they did later!
Hello, I was very excited that you told the story about Fermina Oliva. You see, Fermina was my great-grandfather Esteban's cousin, and I perfectly remember my grandfather telling me the story of his aunt Fermina. Unfortunately, it seems that once again we Spaniards prefer to swallow a fictional Hollywood story (and that Titanic is one of my favorite movies) instead of researching our history.
Hi Max! As a Titanic Buff, I just want to say I've been looking forward to future episodes on Titanic Meals ever since your last videos on the various Dinners on Titanic! I'll never get enough of stories from Titanic and look forward to any future meals you plan to make from the Ship of Dreams! Also, about a month ago, my family actually made Chicken Lyonnaise based on the Titanic recipe you featured (we decided to do a hybrid of the recipe, preparing the chicken like Modern Lyonnaise, but making the Lyonnaise Sauce exactly per your instructions, making that dinner a best of both worlds) and it was *amazing*.
I always wondered how they kept food fresh on those ships. Back then, food was not all embalmed, heavily processed, and GMO. Fruits and vegetables actually went bad in less than a week once they were picked, much like flowers wilt.
Not gonna lie I was so caught up in the tragic story of Victor Peñasco and María Josefa genuinely tearing up that I forgot I was watching a cooking video until I was reminded of the eggs
Me too. I'm near tears!
To balance out how sweet you are, I gotta say I was waiting for the eggs through the whole story :P
I came here to say this! What a tragedy 💔
From laughing at tight buns to tears, a well written video.
Same
Oh man, the postcard thing was a real kick in the stomach. The storytelling from this channel is just top notch.
I was just listening without looking at him and when I heard him talk about that story I looked up at the screen and he had tears in his eyes. I was not expecting to get choked up this morning.
Come for the food, stay for the stories.
@deohboeh me too friend 🙂
Yes, when Max got to the fact the postcards were still being sent I gasped.
Man that story was tragic, made me bawl my eyes out tbh
Max trying to hold composure after saying “small tight buns” was the most wholesome thing I’ve seen
Hard tac...click* click* /go to hell grin😅. Still gets me every time
I think I heard teenage boys giggle across the globe at that one 😂
Got to keep it family friendly :-D
I also burst out laughing 😂
I came to write precisely this!
Violet Jessop, who survived not just the sinking of the Titanic, but also the Olympic and Britannic working as a ladies maid/stewardess - noted in her diaries that American passengers noticeably realized that she was a person who was only trying to make their trip more pleasant - whereas one can infer that the British passengers merely saw her as a servant, not much more.
That is the British attitude all over the world.
Americans have a more equitable attitude toward those who perform work for us. I remember discussing with other Americans post- Rhodesia, what we should call servants who worked for us in Zimbabwe. They were called “ houseboys” and “ housegirls” by the local British settlers.
We decided on “ workers” a more dignified description.
“ staff “
Oh I love that! What a Queen 👑👸
The Olympic didn't sink, though. It remained both afloat and in service from 1911 until it was decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1935, including being drafted for service in WWI where it sank a U-boat by ramming it.
It would be really cool if the Titanic museums would have a dining area included where you could try some of these recipes.
Great idea.
Yeah a Titanic themed restaurant would be neat. Expensive, but neat.
Or Restaurants that would serve the Meals! I'd love that!
It surely would be an amazing experience, but I think maybe a logistical nightmare.
No, that would be disrespectful... Wtf...
The person trying to comfort the newlywed has my respect. It probably didn't help much, but the effort means a lot.
That’s what I was thinking too. What a wonderful person. I’m sure it was horrifying enough for her too, but she was still worried about someone else instead of being caught up in her own feelings alone (not that anyone could’ve blamed her if she did).
Even though what she did ultimately couldn’t make it any better for poor Pepita, but at least somebody was by her side.
Oh booo hoo having the privilege of getting on a lifeboat because of your gender poor her
I'm mad about the fact that the boat apparently went down half-full, but he still wasn't allowed to get on with her. Maybe he'd just stepped back or been pushed aside, and therefore couldn't be like "Wait! Let me on, too!" but man.
(I'm not really mad at people, just the situation. I can't even imagine how frantic and scrambled everyone's brains were in those moments...)
@@veryberry39On the Titanic, everybody’s perception of the emergency early on was coloured by the sinking of the White Star liner Atlantic a couple decades prior, up to that point one of the worst disasters in maritime history. When the Atlantic sank, literally every woman and child aboard died; being trampled in a panic, being dragged below by heavy dresses, or just lacking the strength to climb to safety. At one point, when the last surviving woman was too exhausted to hold on to the mast any longer, the men around her tried tying her to the mast with their belts and mast ropes to keep her there, but then that turned macabre when she died of exposure some time later, and they had to leave her there during the first rescues. The Atlantic disaster, and the image of the dead woman tied to the front mast of a slowly sinking liner, was an optical nightmare for the White Star line for years, and is precisely why they spent so much money on making their ships "unsinkeable". Every senior officer on the Titanic would have heard about the Atlantic disaster, which is likely why Captain Smith almost immediately ordered the officers to put the women and the children in the boats, as well as probably the source of much of the confusion about whether he meant women and children _first_ or _only,_ and furthermore probably a big contributor to some officers really underloading the boats fearing a rush of panicked men would endanger the women and children. The fate of men like Victor was not just a product of panic and Edwardian chivalry, but also simply the crew being specifically trained and concerned to protect certain particularly vulnerable passengers at the potential cost of adult men. It was only well over an hour into the sinking, when the first swimmers below began freezing to death, that everyone started realizing the men would have no chance in the water and the lifeboats were critical to their survival.
I was so caught up in dogs dying and the tragic love story and postcards I forgot this was cooking😭😭😭
You’re such a compelling story teller and cook.
The dogs gutted me.
He double tapped me with that shit 😅 just when I had recovered from the animals stuck in their kennels he had to tell the story of the tragic lovers
@@dirrdevilyeah, sadly those two women sicken me. They both value animals over others who are made in Gods image. Screwed up morals
Not all people see pets as we do. In Australia the native people eat cats, it’s their favorite meat 😮
@@dirrdevilI absolutely would have wrapped my little dog up like a baby to get her onto a lifeboat with me, like the one lady did 😭. She’s a spoiled princess and I love her more than words can describe. The dog stories gutted me to say the least
The Titanic had its own printshop on board. They created the menus, notices, wine lists, stationery/envelopes, etc. The menus were printed via letterpress and some prints used a process called thermography. When it comes to letterpress printing, each character (an individual letter like "a") has to be placed by hand, but each letter is reversed and the words itself had to be arranged in reverse. It doesn't surprise me that one of the menus came out with a spelling error. Either they didn't catch it or they did but were short on either time or paper. On the night of the sinking, it is possible that the printers, Albert and Ernest, were printing the following day's menus. Although it would be at the bottom of the ocean, it's wild to think that a menu exists for a day that never came to many passengers.
As a fellow Hispanic, I can say with a degree of certainty, that Victor had a uncanny amount of, "I should have listen to my madre", which was absolutely indescribable.
Must have been quite an experience being there with him. Good on you for surviving and living to tell his tale for him!
Don't be a sourpuss Sol, I mean, who in their right mind wouldn't regret not listening to madre while the ship sank? Dying and proving superstition right... that must have really stung...
"my madre" bruh just say mom
@@terminator572 apologies for making you use Google translate.
Yikes, 90% of the replies to this innocuous and fair comment are wildly and bizarrely confrontational.
I so wish Max would read some books for Audible. His storytelling ability is fantastic. I felt the pain of the loss of the Spanish couple.
Yes! He would be so good at it!
@@cjtorres5917sign me up if he ever decides to read for them!!!!
Me too 😭
Oh what a wonderful idea!! I listen to these in the car sometimes just for Max's soothing storytelling ❤❤
Especially books with foreign words interspersed throughout.....he is fantastic at pronunciation....what a great idea!!!!
As a Spanish guy myself, I demand a movie of Victor and Josefa: how they got on board, the voyage and the terrible tragedy. There were a total of 10 Spanish passengers, and 7 survived.
Could they be the ones represented in the scene where Jack puts Rose on a lifeboat? Before she gets on, she sees a young lady screaming "No!", kissing her husband and then getting on.
Man that'll be a fantastic but tragic story.
Starring Jaden Smith and Miley Cyrus.
But made in Spain or they won't be Spanish anymore
Or the one black family on the Titanic. He was Haitian and was returning to Haiti from France with his French wife and their two daughters. Like the Spanish couple, he didn't make it. It was women and children only. But he got his wife and children on a lifeboat. Then assisted other women and children onto the lifeboats.
Just discovered your channel Max. I'm the owner of a little independent bookshop in the Blue Mountains, NSW Australia. I was doing the September new release order from Simon & Schuster and your book was on their list as an upcoming release. I was intrigued by the book description and have the tendency to look things up that I've not heard of before while doing the orders. So glad I found this. For someone who loves food and history I have been delighted by the several episodes I've watched so far. Thank you for this wonderful way to learn!! Peggy
Good stuff Peg he is a legend.
Katoomba?
I am in awe. I have been researching titanic since I was 5. I’m 34. I’ve never known the story of Victor Penasco. Thank you so much. Truly. Also, I love that the salmon looks like little carrots 😂
That is truly awesome ❤
That's what I thought! Carrots for breakfast? Surely that's peasant food! 😂
Same, I'm glad it wasn't only me who thought they looked carrotish 😂
I suspect "researching" might be a little pretentious for whatever you did as a 5 year old. ;-)
5 year olds can research!! I believe in you OP
Wow Max, the story of the Spanish newlyweds was deftly told, you do have a talent that is so well showcased here on your channel. WELL DONE!
Can we all just agree that this is one of the very best channels on all of TH-cam? If only history class was this interestingly presented to us. I think I'd have paid way more attention.
Totally agree!
Agreed!
I had the firtune of having history teachers who had a real flair for storytelling like Max has. It was my favorite subject.
Absolutely!
It's when it's personalized that it becomes interesting. Classes are way too concerned with dates and overarching themes and way too forgetful of humans
The story of the Spanish couple is so memorizing. I stopped my breakfast to hear it. This is a story I have never heard until now. Thank you for telling it.
I don’t think I’ll ever get sick of titanic, even though it’s heartbreaking. I like that you honor people who are otherwise forgotten to time. Keep ‘em coming Max! You are amazing.
AMAZING!!!!!!!💖💖👏👏
Me neither, I continue to be fascinated by events of that day, even more so than more current events that I lived through, like 9/11.
I am SO happy Max didn't sell the rights to this show to Netflix or something. A streaming cooking show is nothing compared to this channel and the cook book and undoubtedly the awesome things to come. This is hands down my favorite TH-cam channel.
Hey Max, for your egg allergy, you may want to give duck or quail eggs a try! I have problems with chicken eggs, but I learned I can have duck eggs. They are heavier and stronger in taste, though (and with a larger yolk), so quail eggs are sometimes a better substitute for some recipes. Also, the baked in factor is actually really common; the proteins undergo a change when slowly cooked throughout with a high enough heat like when done in an oven. Something like a meringue or angel food cake may still give you problems, though, so be careful and good luck!
I also have an allergy to (chicken) egg whites. The proteins that causes the allergic reaction breaks down when the egg is baked in a baked good - it combines with the other ingredients so that is why Max (and I) don't have a reaction when eating bread or cake.
I'm rather curious if he'd have a reaction to vaccines that are derived from eggs. I wonder if it's the ovalbumin protein.
@@amanawolf9166 Yeah, he should be pretty careful! I personally do have a reaction to vaccines that use egg. Flu shots take me out for days. 😓
I am very allergic to duck eggs with only a mild allergy to chicken eggs. I would be leery of him going that route.
@@amanawolf9166 I don't know about Max, but I have a very bad reaction to the old-style flu shot because the virus is incubated in chicken eggs. I get the mRNA vaccine now and it is great!
This would be a great themed restaurant. A history lesson with each meal. A different one each day of the month.
That story with the postcards was just so sad. I cannot imagine the agony that mother felt. I can't imagine the agony his poor wife was in.
then stop fcking imagining
Speaking of animals that were on the Titanic, something I had to look up because no one has ever mentioned it. There was a cat on board the Titanic, named Jenny. She was the designated mouse catcher for the ship. She was lost with the ship 😭.
💔💔💔
Sad
Noooo, to make it worse, Jenny had kittens :(
To cheer everyone up (sort of), on ships, black cats are considered lucky. There are even some photos where the sailors made the cats mini-hammocks
RIP Jenny 💔 although she lived over a century ago, she will always be remembered in the hearts of cat lovers
I thought she had left the ship before sailing for New York 😭
That little smile when you said 'Tight Buns', behave yourself Max 🤣
DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS PERSON. Please never behave!
And the way he totally dropped the subject like, "Imma just leave this topic alone now." 😀
But it's so cute when he misbehaves! He's such a gentleman all the time, it's extra hilarious when he starts crossing a few lines.
I did have to supress a giggle at that point :)
Came here to make the same comment but you beat me to the punch 😂
Make the baked apples again and fill them with the same buttermix but add a few chopped hazelnuts for an example then make a vanilla custard to serve with them as an dessert. A classic here in Sweden
The loss of little Helen Allison is really heartbreaking. Her parents would have been able to get her and her mother on a lifeboat but they refused because they didn’t know where the nanny was with their son. The nanny had done her job well and had already got the baby boy onto a lifeboat. If they’d known or even trusted the nanny to be competent, then little Helen would not have been the only small child from first class to die.
Honestly forcing your daughter to die a horrible death because you can't find your son is just horrendous. If you can't find him, at least get your daughter to safety and then stay on the ship to try to find your son
Yea agreed but it seems like sons were valued and favored over daughters! Also how many poor 3rd class or even 2nd class children died? One life is one life too many IMO! No matter the social status or age or gender etc
@@oooh19 oh indeed. My point wasn’t to dismiss the hundreds of lives lost. It was a terrible tragedy and some good did come of it (The Ice Patrol and new lifeboat regs). My point was, out of all the people to be lost, the little girl from 1st class should not have been one of them. Editing cos fat finger hit post. Every life lost on the Titanic was precious and is certainly not to be ignored. Whole families wiped out on the start to a new and better life. My family are immigrants and it hits hard. Such a terrible loss of life.
I feel bad for her, but honestly most of the nameless kids who died on the titanic were 3rd class so it feels weird to mourn her more than the other numerous families
@@kimberlyterasaki4843 I mourn them all. Every year. I also celebrate the lives saved too. I’ve researched the Titanic for as long as I can remember. I despair at the perfect storm: a coal strike that lead to so many people being transferred to that ship because she was the one running, to the coal fire in the bunker, the fact that she was delayed sailing due to her sister ship needing repairs, the hubris of man, and the possible insurance fraud that no matter how deep I dive or how much I twist the arguments, I’m unable to see clear to discount. Then the brave souls who played as it sank and lost their lives. The PTSD that some survivors suffered. The absolute miracle that the 2 little boys in 2nd survived their father kidnapping them and the sinking and were safely returned to their mother. No one deserved to die but it’s a sad fact that even if class hadn’t played a part, then an awful lot of people were going to die simply because there wasn’t enough and then a surplus of seats available. It just hurts to think of all those hopeful lives lost. Rich or poor, they all had hopes and dreams and futures.
I was kind of disappointed Titanic Week was over, so this is a pleasant surprise. Also, it was nice of VIctor's family to do that for their daughter-in-law.
I also completely loved the original Titanic week. Really peak Tasting History, wasn't it? Great mix of history and cooking
@Chairman Meow - But what of the family who may have come to search a little later, only never to find their beloved? That is sad, too.
As a fellow food allergy sufferer, I really felt for you in this episode! 🙁 It's infuriating when your body decides to go on strike like that. Maybe Jose can be a stand-in taste tester for the foods with egg whites in them, if he's willing? Anyway, thanks for all you do - your videos are a ray of sunshine in these uncertain times, and my wife and I just adore you! 😊
I was thinking this too. Ann Reardon has designated taste testers in the family and it's always lovely to see them.
Came here to suggest the same. If Jose doesn't want to, then I'm sure there are a few local friends who would be happy to be stunt tasters.
I have an allergy for bananas, and while it's my throat that swells instead of my mouth, I totally feel Max's pain too. So many awesome desserts have bananas in their recipes, but I can't eat them unless I fancy feeling like the Mountain is throttling me for 10 hours.
I wonder if Max is also allergic to duck eggs. Some people allergic to chicken eggs can eat duck eggs, despite them being so similar. The yolks are a little richer but shouldn’t alter the recipe too much if it isn’t egg-forward.
@@vysharra I was going to suggest that too. My niece was allergic to chicken eggs when she was younger, but she could eat quail eggs. It would be a pain in the ass, but a plate of tiny devilled quail eggs would be adorable.
Please continue with the Titanic episodes. They are at the top of my favorite episodes you have made. You recount the stories of those that were onboard with such feeling. Coupled with the recipes, you bring life to a bygone era.
Another amazing episode. Thank you!
I'm throwing a "last night on the Titanic" dinner on April 14, and your videos are extremely helpful when planning our menu. I would love more Titanic videos! So fun!
I did a Titanic themed party for my 15th birthday, because that birthday was on the 100th anniversary of the sinking.
@@Rachel-fi4sc Happy birthday, Rachel, a few weeks early.
My niece and her (then) fiance were married on your birthday - April 15, 2012. They wanted to honor the historic occasion, so at the wedding reception they put out a big basket of replica Vinolia soaps (the brand used on Titanic) with a drawing of Titanic on the wrapper, as guest souvenirs. I still have a couple of them, I think.
Had they known it was your birthday, they might have toasted your health and happiness.
So I'll do it now: 🍷 Your health and happiness!
@@Rachel-fi4sc Happy Early Birthday 🎉
My son will be 12 on April 16.
😮
@@LordPratticus quite
My thirteen year old son is absolutely fascinated with the Titanic. Since he was about eight he has been learning everything about it. I have been watching Tasting History for a couple of years now and when the Titanic series started last year we started watching together. So yes, keep the Titanic stuff coming, Max! Loving it!
My 10 year old grandson is very into Titanic as well. We get him books, models, and all kinds of things for gifts now. He's gotten me interested too.
My soon to be 12yr old is Titanic crazy too.
We discovered there is a small town in Oklahoma named Titanic so now we have to take a road trip LOL
I had a year long obsession from first to second grade lol. Even won tickets to go to a Titanic exhibit in San Diego. Slowly moving back into this phase now lmao
Google titanic honor and glory. It is a 'game' that enables you to walk Titanic. It is worth it, believe me
It's learning about history, I understand it is tragic and sad. The programmes on TV have shown interesting information about the test voyages etc and the practical info about how it was built!
Hearing Pepita's story is so heartbreaking. Victor knowing his fate and telling his wife to live a happy life. I can only imagine how she must have felt seeing him be left behind then just watching the aftermath. Even after getting these fake postcards and knowing he was gone must have broken his mother's heart too. The breakfast looked great. Especially the eggs but I'm sorry you had an allergic reaction. Very interesting that you can have eggs in baking but not just eggs. Wonderful job as always
I just cannot fathom why they lowered the boat half empty if there were men willing to fill it?? Better save men than no one at all!! What was the logic there??
@@rdr6269 yeah for real. Like I know priority was women and children but I'd be filling the boats with bodies if no one was stepping forward. Just shows how unprepared they were for this scenario. The chaos. No one thinking straight. Sucks because so many families were split up
@@rdr6269 It seems that someone thought the order was « first class women and children only», rather than « first class women and children first ».
Very disorganized, and more lives lost than need have been.
@@rdr6269 I was just about to write this. Ridiculous
@@Tina06019 I would've jumped in if I were him
Beautiful content as always, Max.
The story about these two reminded me of another couple, named Ida and Isidor Straus, that were a Love powerhouse couple.
When they went to the lifeboats, she realised that her husband wasn’t gonna come with her and stepped off. Both the officer and her husband demanded that she get back on the boat, and she responded “We have lived together for many years. Where you go, I go”.
That makes my eyes sweat a bit.
"Please I have a child!" I howled! Bravo, Max, on another amazing Titanic video!
I know, right? Literally snorted when that part popped up.
I feel for that lady on the ship wrapping her dog like a baby When our daschund doodles was very sick we got a ride to an animal hospital when we got on a bus we wrapped him up like a baby and we managed to get on the bus wow
@@joshuafletcher598you feel for the dog? What about the children drowning next to that boat that the fucking dog was in 😢
@@Heavyisthecrown she can feel for both
it has been so awesome seeing you go from a little pandemic channel, to your first channel sponsor, to a book tour!! and you totally deserve it, congratulations!
This! 🎉
Please never stop making Titanic videos. They're some of my favorites. The stories and food history from the Titanic should live on. Thank you for doing these!
Same here. I love that he does these videos, especially Titanic. It never gets old. Even though it is very heartbreaking. 😊
I never tire of Titanic recipes and stories, keep them coming Max!
I had never heard the story before about Victor and “Pepita” and I’ve been a Titanic aficionado since 1960!! So, thank you for that. I learned something new this evening. I enjoyed seeing all the different breakfast foods, too.
I was about to say the same thing. I thought I knew it all, but lo and behold...
I loved this! My ancestor was a veggie cook on the Titanic (his name was John Ellis). He survived (surprisingly considering the order that lifeboats were loaded) on lifeboat number 2. It’s extra fun to see what he was helping to prepare! Thank you!
The chef who clung to the ship's hull til the last minute was a doozy. Never underestimate a chef's resolve to survive. After all the purpose of food is to keep you alive.
And of course it was necessary for this culinary French Titanic survivor to get drunk before he latched himself onto the hull, so the freezing temperatures wouldn't impair his dexterity. The man had skills. He didn't mess around. Honestly most stranded passengers wouldn't even think this strategy through in the panic of the moment. Only a chef.
the order the life boats were loaded...or not loaded not nearly loaded enough. Every time I see videos or read stories about Titanic and the half loaded lifeboats I just shake my head in disbelief that they were this irresponsible to not fill the boats up before lowering them.
@@mikepette4422 They only had enough lifeboats for half the passengers because the ship was unsinkable. So when it did sink the value of human life was cheapened all the more as rescue efforts were inevitably disheveled and haphazard. That's another commendable quality about chefs--they have a knack for doing the best you can with what you have to work with. That's what creative cooking is all about. And hell, if there's no lifeboats, dangle from the ship's carcass if you gotta.
Fun fact: most European aristocrats are actually primarily of French descent. On the Titanic however, first class males highest male survival rate, and male crew members had the lowest survival rate period. Male crew member who miraculously beat all odds and climbed every mountain to save his life: French.
Hi Max! I've just found out about this recently myself, but apparently with egg allergies, the rawer the egg, the more allergy-inducing it is. So because the shirred eggs were quite lightly cooked (eg almost a bit raw) that's probably why you had a severe reaction to it.
Deviled eggs should be fine, since those are made from hard boiled eggs, eg not raw 😊
I'm not sure this is always the case. But since he says he can have egg whites in cakes, then he probably can also have them with hard boiled eggs.
I was going to suggest the egg substitute stuff. I think it's probably the protein hes allergic to which changes when cooked yes but not as much h as being dispersed in other foods.
I had a similar issue with banana
That makes sense, when you cook the egg the protein is denatured so it has a different 3D structure for you immune system to react to.
I have heard that many tomato allergies are like that - a reaction to raw or lightly cooked tomatoes, but not to thoroughly cooked ones, such as in many tomato-based pasta sauces.
That explains why I am ill with a soft boiled egg, but can manage a hard boiled one.
A Titanic-themed evening on a restaurant would be a fantastic experience!
With a band playing in the background ofc
You can actually visit the burial place for Josefa Peñasco in Madrid. She and her maid are buried at the Almudena cementery and the tour guides there know this story 😊
Could you say which cemetery?
@@lloydharris1272 It's in the comment, it's the Almudena Cemetery (Cementerio de Nuestra Señora de La Almudena) in Madrid.
13:25 When I was first learning to talk, my older cousins taught me to say "tight buns," so Max's use of the phrase and his barely contained giggle afterwards made me smile 😁
I came here to comment on the tight buns. I giggled so hard.
@@twitchet85 I too am here for the tight little buns
Oh wow. The story of the Spanish couple is beyond tragic. Thank you for telling it with such compassion and detail. Once again, your dedication to the research and transparency in your process is impeccable!
Food and history: my two favorite things! So glad I found this channel! 🙌🏾
The story about that Spanish couple is so heartwrenching.. I think I would've preferred it to the storyline of the movie
That postcard story is heartbreaking and recognizable.
A friend of mine recently lost her mother. Her stepmother (whom both she and her mother were close to) sent flowers and a lovely angel ornament to my friend.
The stepmother died less than 30 hours after the mother, and her flower gift arrived the day after her death.
My condolences to your friend on the loss of both of her mothers.
That angel must have parts of both her mother and stepmother inside of it. Your friend must treasure it very much. I'm very sorry for her loss. I hope she has a good support system at a time like this.
Reading this, I'm reminded of something I read a couple of years back. It was so long ago that I don't remember the details but essentially a man died, leaving his wife a widow. Every year following his death, she would receive a bouquet of flowers on their anniversary from him. Obviously, she got really upset thinking that this was some kind of cruel joke or something so she confronted the flower shop to get them to stop. Upon doing so, she finds out that her husband had in fact set up and paid in full to have these flowers delivered to her every year even after his death.
I don't remember where this happened but it's frankly one of my most favorite stories. It's both heartbreaking but at the same time so very sweet.
Thanks so much for telling us about the Spanish couple. Never heard their story before but it could be a movie on its own. I'm definitely not sick of hearing about Titanic again, please keep it coming!
That made me inconsolably sad for some reason, more so when its just went from bad to worse. Poor pepita, im kinda glad they didn't put them in the movie, it wouldve been so sad and scarring.
Someone should make a movie about them and title it “May You Be Very Happy”. Only thing is who would star in it?
@@donutchan8114 I was seriously worried when Max mentioned that by Spanish law if the body was missing he wasn't officially dead for 20 years. I was so relieved the family managed to bribe officials to identify someone else so Pepita could have a life after all this. One of the most interesting stories for me here on Tasting History
I could never tire of the stories of titanic, their are so many that still need to be told, and of course many that can never be told.
I cannot even imagine being sick of Titanic
lindsay!!!
I can only imagine people in 1912 thinking about what the future would possibly be like in the 21st century, all the crazy technology we'd probably have and everything. When in reality, we're sitting around fascinated by watching a dude recreate the Titanic menu! 😂😂😂
We miss you!
Can you imagine being sick of transing the kids with your disgusting woke pals?
@@STARSAPPHIRE91 they were amazed by people that dug up ruins and fossils back then too when not worried about the incoming war.
"It's such a "healthy" flavor.... We'll just say that..." I literally laughed out loud. That's such a nice and polite way of saying what we all understood.
Buckwheat is yucky!! He was so polite, lol.
I for one do not understand. Is this some sort of inside joke I'm not getting or some other such rubbish?
My hometown has a Buckwheat Festival. It was a big deal, we used to get off school for it. Our buckwheat flour looks like regular flour so our cakes look very different to this. They can taste fairly similar to pancakes, but are often served a little more fermented/sour. I like them.
@@flyingwoodduck - Are you from the US, if I may ask? Maybe you like the taste of buckwheat because it's what you're use to?
My home town has a Peanut Festival and basically it's a tribute to boiled peanuts. I come from a small farming town of less than 600 people and we grow peanuts and collards.
@@lordbarristertimsh8050 - Firstly, I'm unsure why you would consider any of it rubbish? Just because you aren't sure of the joke doesn't mean you have to be salty about it (if that is the reason).
When people say something has a "healthy" flavor, they're insinuating that it doesn't taste very good. It's common knowledge that unhealthy food is often pretty tasty. Fried foods (potatoes, fish, chicken, etc), for example, are dreadful for you but most people love them. Ice cream is another food that isn't healthy, at all, but is quite delicious.
On the other hand, more healthy food like wheat grass, tofu, vegetables, baked chicken breast, etc has the reputation of not tasting the best. That's usually because it was plain but can be fo
Obviously there are people who naturally like healthy food and abhor the taste of the unhealthy stuff but those people are few and far between.
TLDR: Healthy flavor = It wasn't very good, at least to him.
It took me a second to connect Glaceon to the glacier. Bravo Jose!! Max your storytelling is always so beautiful and poignant. I love how respectful you are to every person’s perspective. :)
Huzzah! 🧊
Yeah I noticed the Glaceon near the end and went "oh, an eveelution! How random- oh, there's a ship too- OH. OH NO!" XD
It's amazing how anything Titanic generates so much commentary. Love your channel, Max. Very entertaining approach to teaching history. History from the kitchen. Love it!
So sorry to hear about the egg white allergy! My cousin has the same issue, she has transitioned to using duck eggs instead when she wants just eggs. She’s able to find them at the local farmer’s market.
I'm glad she found an alternative, it's pretty hard to find a dish that doesn't have egg whites.
I was coming here to see if anyone had suggested duck eggs! I have been told by several friends who are allergic to chicken eggs that is a specific protein in the whites. That protein structure is different in duck eggs therefore they can eat duck eggs with no reaction.
I had a similar allergy to almonds, for a while. I avoided them like they would kill me (as one would do with allergens), and it cleared up. (Although I still try to avoid almonds, since I'm not that fond of them.) Egg whites might be more difficult to avoid, but it's good to see that duck eggs are a good alternative. Is there any typical difference with the source of chicken eggs (i.e. commercially available vs. farm raised)?
How about other eggs ?
It's lovely to see the Titanic return to the channel. It was an amazing series and means it's been just under a year since the promise for a line or two in the comments were made.
It's not long until the book sets sales. What a year Boss!
Definitely a year I’ll never forget.
@@TastingHistory We are all so happy for you! To your next adventure 🍷
Never sick of Titanic. Please keep those stories coming.
I recently saw some pictures of the menus on the Hindenburg. Maybe that could be an interesting idea for a future episode? Also, I love your content, thank you for always finding interesting new stories and dishes to share
Honestly would love to see this, exploring meals of important events are intresting, really weird request and I'm not sure if there's even records but what about the meals served during the signing of the treaty of versailles at the end of ww1 or the pre launch as well as the space food meals of soviet cosmonauts on their first space mission as well as American astronauts and the moon landing, hell it would be a bit odd but when you run out of titanic food to go over why not end the series with a video covering the meals the exploers who discovered the wreck ate?
@@josephmontanaro2350 now you got me thinking of a spinoff, tasting death, where max makes last meals of death row executionees
Max, Just found a recipe online for "Remoulade" ! The base is Mayo and, in 1912, it may have been considered a step up, worthy of First Class, from regular old Marmalade. The usual recipe does not include oranges per se, but it does say that "citrus may be added."
It wasn't remoulade on yhe menu, the menu said mramalade. Hence it being called a typo
Remoulade is well-loved across Europe to have with fries, meat and sandwiches - savory and often fried foods. It's essentially a salad dressing. I don't think it's considered a more posh form of marmalade.
marmalade and remoulade are different sauces for different uses. marmalade is more like a jam to be eaten with cakes, scones while remoulade is probably meant for savoury foods
similar names, different uses
As someone that's been dealing with an allergy to egg whites my entire life, I DEFINITELY feel you there. Don't do anything that risks your health - and there's more than enough recipes out there that don't require egg whites that I doubt you'll run out of content any time soon.
I'm confused as to how a person can be allergic to just egg whites. Does this mean they can eat the yolk? Or do they have to avoid eggs altogether?
@@francesleones4973 It's the protein inside the egg whites that sometimes causes an allergic reaction. Both my mom and sister deal with the same issue. So yes, you can eat the yolk separately or have them in cakes and other baked goods because that breaks down the protein.
Watching the look of realization come over Max's face as he realizes he's saying the phrase "small, tight buns" was enough of a laugh to compensate for the sad parts of the video.
I'm not the only one who saw that.
Haha same.
U are right on the money my dad loved buckwheat I always disliked it so much
. The eggs are great I'm sorry about you allergies to eggs . Loved the history lesson.
It's scripted lol
“There you go.”
For any egg white related videos, you may have to make Jose taste them for you! It would be nice to see him in some of the videos as a 'guest taster'.
@James Sith - "have to MAKE Jose"?
I was going to suggest the same thing. I think it's time we met him.
Interesting - I'm also allergic to raw egg whites, or albumen. If the whites are cooked, no problem. But be aware - last time I had to have surgery, I warned the anaesthetist that I was very likely to crash on the table, as I had every previous time I'd had surgery. So he delayed the operation for about 15 minutes to do some quick research - turns out that quite a few of the modern chemicals used in anaesthesia is made with denatured albumin, and that was likely why I had so much trouble with it (denatured or not); we went the old school way with sodium pentothal, which has a longer recovery time, but I sailed through some major surgery without a problem. (And the Titanic recipes look interesting - I wonder if there's a Titanic's Last Meals cookbook?)
Finally some baked apple appreciation! My dad always makes them for Christmas but instead of using caster sugar and cinnamon, he uses brown sugar. Then after they're done (he does put them abit longer in the oven, making them more mushy) he fills them with warm cranberry sauce.
On griddle cakes, "The larger they are the harder they are to flip."
An ancient cookbook my grandmother owned (it went to one of my aunts when she passed so I cannot easily reference it) had a basic griddle cake recipe that said you never want to pour more batter than the width of your spatula. I wonder if this is one of those "lost truths" that not enough people wrote down because they assumed it was common enough knowledge or easy enough to figure out that the average person cooking would not need to be told.
"...a healthy flavour" a delightful euphemism. This was a delightful and touching episode. Thank you for the story of the Spanish couple which was touching and poignant.
I'm completely obsessed with Titanic. Love these stories. Thank you
The Titanic always makes me incredibly sad- especially stories like Pepita. But, as a historian, I recognize the importance of remembering things like the Titanic.
Also, The mild allergy turning into a(n intense) not to mild allergy is SO relatable.
that's what i ferar getting at the moment. If my hay fever is flaring up I get a slight reaction ( just a slight tightening of the throat ) when I eat eggs. It is currently treatable with anti histamines
Sadness but also triumph and strength of the human spirit.
I am one of the people who will never be sick of Titanic. Keep that content coming.
Also I had never heard the story of the Spanish couple before, and like many others I was very caught up in just how tragic it was. And then suddenly, eggs.
I'm 67 & have always had a fascination with the Titanic! I find it hard to believe that such a tragedy is regarded as romantic by so many, me included. I'm sure not one person aboard felt any positive feelings for the situation. Probably caused nightmares for years, for passengers & most likely family. It's just confusing feeling this way knowing how it was...
I never get tired of hearing you speak of the Titanic in all aspects of the tragic story, including the wonderful food! Thank you so much for all you do for us!
I'm so glad you mentioned the animals, I read a book in elementary school about all the pets that died on Titanic and I was devastated. I don't know why but the Titanic will always fascinate me.
"Last year I recreated several dishes from the last dinners aboard the Titanic."
Holy crap has it been a year since I subscribed to this channel!? Time flies.
The story of the wealthy Spanish couple, told unsentimentally, was still heartbreaking. I have to admit that I have a fascination with the Titanic, too. I especially like to hear of those who survived, shake my head at the "caste system" of the time, and I still marvel at what a grand and beautiful ship she was.
You have a gift for storytelling as well as cooking. (You'd make a great history teacher.) Thanks again for bringing history alive.
I can imagine him as a sort of hybrid teacher between a history and home economics teacher, but the home economics part is based on the history lesson of the day. And it could tripple as a lunch hour, considering everything he makes on here is already way better than the school lunches i remember.
My grandparents sailed on the Georgic, which was the last White Star liner and built in the 1920s to replace the ageing Olympic and jer (acquired) sisters. They certainly weren't first class, but it's nice to have a bit of a window into the sort of food they'd have might eaten.
I sailed as a child on a ocean liner as a child of 9 halfway in the 60's from Sydney Australia to Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The era of ocean liners was nearing it's end. I't was an experience never to forget. Totally different than I imagine a cuise ship would be like (never been on one, so I'm not completely sure). Our ship had only one class, so there were no seperate areas and we could go everywhere. The journey took just over 6 weeks. Nowadays with a plane you can do it within a day.😆
I don't know why I have to come back and watch the Titanic videos. Thank you for making them❤
The story of Victor and Maria had me tearing up at the story of the lady, the poor woman lost her husband too soon :(
The poor woman? A strange thing to write, as the real victim here was Victor.
@@model1976 she literally lost her husband. It’s not weird to show sympathy towards a widow even if she wasn’t the one who died.
So ready to go back to the Titanic!!
I bet the passengers wish they could say the same.
Well in revange we killed many Icebergs
How well can you hold your breath?
Victor sounds like such a good man. I was rooting for him to somehow survive until the end. I hope his wife was able to find peace
We are never sick of your retelling. You're an amazing orator, thank y ou
I love the way you told these stories with such reverence. I think we sometimes feel disconnected to people of the past and hear their stories as just plain historical facts without real emotion for them. Please do more Titanic stories!
You are a master weaver of history, storytelling, and culinary arts, sir. Thank you for putting this together and sharing these foods and stories.
I don't think I could ever get tired of hearing about the Titanic, especially when the person presenting such wonderful information is so passionate about the subject. Thank you for sharing this with us. I always enjoy your content and can't wait to see what your next adventure brings. I'm crossing my fingers to be able to make it to Portland in April!
You should try eating buckwheat cakes like we do in Poland: with sour cream and cranberry jam (and a little bit of sugar). I think blackcurrant marmalade was meant to be eaten with them :D
That's the way I was first served them, with sour cream and jam. I was thinking eating them plain would only be for real buckwheat lovers.
That sounds delicious! 🥞
Or try it with sour cream and smoked salmon. That goes very well with the buckwheat flavour.
You never disappoint Max. Do as much Titanic related stuff as you want, you’re love of it is infectious. I wish I was in the US to get a signed copy but I’m happy with whatever Amazon brings me.
Hey Max? You're an amazing storyteller. The emotional core of this video shook me.
Thank you 🙏
Max! Titanic has always, and will always be, my first historical love. It's really cool how much you've integrated it into your channel as well!
There are more than a few heartwrencing stories, and eloquent descriptions of them for sure. It was such a special night for a group of folks who are now very special people. Putting your full mind into that night, and that story is a very rewarding experience for me anyway.
My grandmother came within a week of coming over here (Canada) on the Titanic. She, her sister and their mother (who was widowed by then) were offered jobs in a local factory and they would pay your passage over here (Steerage Class of course), and if you worked more than 5 years for them, you didn't have to pay them back. Anyway, my great-grandma got really sick at the beginning of April and was not able to travel (I think it was bronchitis she had). My grandma & her sister were very disappointed but they couldn't leave her by herself so they cashed in their tickets and ended up coming over here 6 weeks later on a clipper shit. It took 10 days to get here, but at least they made it. And now you know the rest of the story!
A clipper shit? 🤣
I will NEVER get tired of Titanic episodes. Please make more! I binge the playlist already, theyre so well made and the stories are so heartwrenching and the food looks so impressive
Oh more is coming I feel it in my bones 🤔
What a wonderful reason to buy the Lego Titanic set! Nicely done, Max. 😁
Best set ever!
Wait, that’s a thing?? I need more info! 😍
@@Benni777 Yes, it's the titanic in the bg next to the pokemon! It's pretty huge IRL! :D
@@LyrinaeSings the pokemon is Glaceon. Bit of twisted humor methinks
@@PhoenixsFlames yup! I had a good laugh when I noticed 😂
As someone who has had a fascination with the Titanic since I was a kid, watching these videos are so awesome! Food history is so exciting to me - loved this series :)
I was curious and looked up the address in Cöln/Köln/Cologne where Alfred's mother lived. It seems the house no longer exists (most likely destroyed during WW2) and now Generali Insurances has a big office building at this address. So, it is additonally nice and sad to see this memento not only of Titanic's history but of Cologne's history as well.
Thank you, Max, for this extra long episode. I'll never complain about more tasting, more history and more Max Miller.
You should recreate Holly’s breakfast from Breakfast at Tiffany’s! I always just thought it was interesting with how timeless she looks with that pastry and paper coffee cup. Loved the video Max
My God man. I didn't expect to be utterly gutted today while watching a cooking video. You're such a gifted story teller. 😢😢
Please do a show on homemade orange marmalade. I make it and can it every year, and it is so wonderful with no bitterness. The secret is to use oranges with a juicy, sweet peel and to remove most, but not all of the pith (the white stuff). Thanks!
The story of the Spanish couple and the recount from the lady who went with the wife had me in tears 😭
Very sorry to hear bad things happening in relation to such a commonly used ingredient! Scrambled eggs forever, I guess? Anyway, I'll go back to the Titanic with you as often as you care to sail, Max! (Edited to add: now I have Creole Lady mramaLAAAADE playing on loop in my head)
Do you just use the yolks? I whisk the yolks and whites in together.
If it's an allergy then if there's any trace of egg white then it could cause a reaction I think
@@123goldenlily I don't know if this is true of Max's specific allergy, but some egg allergies are only triggered if the egg is prepared in a certain way. I'm not sure if it's a chemical reaction with the eggs or something, but I've been told somehow it's totally possible to be allergic to over-easy eggs versus scrambled eggs versus eggs in custard or cake.
@@myownbravado I would guess it would have to do with how the proteins get denatured. What he ate here wasn't "hard" like it would be in a cake.
@justalurkr - I hope he sees an allergist in order to develop a plan and get tested for other possible allergies.
I made all your dishes from the titanic menu based on your videos, it was so fun! And they were actually good! The rice soup surprised me, it was a lot better than I expected.
I went to the Titanic exhibit in NY a couple weeks ago and thought about that experience and your videos, and it really made it feel more real while I was there. I can’t thank you enough for that. I love the titanic.
I’m typing this with my White Star Line coffee mug I got there in hand too 😎
Hot take: Bake the apples as described for the first 25 minutes. Then fill holes with cheesecake batter all the way to the top. Place one soft/chewy caramel candy on the apple just barely nestled in the cheesecake batter. Continue baking for remainder of time. -my own invention...I think.
I can only imagine the thoughts of the people who got off the Titanic at its last port in Ireland 🤯 must have felt like the luckiest humans alive
In the movie, I always thought the Swedish men who lost their tickets in the poker game didn't realize what an incredibly winning hand they had, but I bet they did later!
Hello, I was very excited that you told the story about Fermina Oliva.
You see, Fermina was my great-grandfather Esteban's cousin, and I perfectly remember my grandfather telling me the story of his aunt Fermina.
Unfortunately, it seems that once again we Spaniards prefer to swallow a fictional Hollywood story (and that Titanic is one of my favorite movies) instead of researching our history.
Hi Max! As a Titanic Buff, I just want to say I've been looking forward to future episodes on Titanic Meals ever since your last videos on the various Dinners on Titanic! I'll never get enough of stories from Titanic and look forward to any future meals you plan to make from the Ship of Dreams! Also, about a month ago, my family actually made Chicken Lyonnaise based on the Titanic recipe you featured (we decided to do a hybrid of the recipe, preparing the chicken like Modern Lyonnaise, but making the Lyonnaise Sauce exactly per your instructions, making that dinner a best of both worlds) and it was *amazing*.
I always wondered how they kept food fresh on those ships. Back then, food was not all embalmed, heavily processed, and GMO. Fruits and vegetables actually went bad in less than a week once they were picked, much like flowers wilt.