You know, its all well and good to feel very superior to the people who lived centuries ago, but I can tell by the cut of your jib that you're American, and I would invite you to take a look at your government, your police, and the millions of people who refuse to wear masks because "freedom" before you get off on too much of that superiority. Think about what might be said about you in four hundred years.
@@katiefincher2433 Dude. It was a light-hearted joke with no political subtext or condescension intended. I'm sure TastingHistory's reply had the same intent. Not everything should be taken politically or seriously. I'm sorry that my joke about applesauce made you think about the terrible issues going on lately.
I always found the Humors theory to be interesting, because there's a weird bit of logic in it, because certain foods will increase your odds of fighting off certain illnesses. Now, we always think of how silly a lot of these cures are, but they were able to figure out diabetes and what was roughly causing it (too much sweets) and we do still have soup for the cold, so they were kind of on to something.
I agree. The thing a lot of modern people don’t seem to realize, or choose to ignore, is that folk of the past weren’t just dicking around when it came to things like medical treatment. They were working with what information they had under the best scientific system available to them at the time. Was a good deal of it incorrect? Absolutely. Was there logic and rationale to it? You bet.
I am trying for a baby and I have read that a high magnesium & calcium diet helps have girl, so I am trying to eat magnesium rich foods and yoghurt (the yoghurt has acidophilus lactobacillus which is similar bacteria to the vaginal bacteria that clean the vagina and make it too acidic for male sperm) it's probably just magical thinking and old wives tales but it can't hurt so I am trying that (along the staples method)
and garlic is good to prevent heart some heart diseases, and like the soup, it prevents you from getting a cold, the medieval middle east doctors believed afterall that a healthy diet like eating alot of greens helped you from getting sick and it is true, food helps in more ways than one
Well soup doesn't prevent or cure the cold. The cold is a virus and viruses definitely don't get affected by soup, but a good immune system, which soup and just a varied diet can help with.
While this might not cure the Black Death it would certainly be nutritious...but I think cinnamon (a herb with well documented antimicrobial properties) might be a more appealing spice than sandalwood.
I love the morbid humor in this, I like how you didn't minimize the current situation, but rather tied a thread from the past to the present, and did so in a way that balanced imploring people to take our current struggles seriously in an amusing and approachable way. It was exceptional skillful, as many of your videos are. Thank you.
Here in Austria we still have a dish that is roughly made in the same way and it's called Apfelmus. Instead of sandelwood we use cinamon and it's served as a side to hearty desserts like dumplings.
We have a dish that we call "stewed apples". In the Southeast US we argue whether it's a side dish or a dessert lol. It sounds similar to this except we don't mash the apples. We just let the slices cook down with the sugar and cinnamon. The broth (juice) from this goes quite well over our biscuits or muffins. I might have to give Apfelmus a try soon.
This is the ONLY channel, the ONLY host, that when they tell me to hit that Like button, I hit it. And when he says hit it again, I nod and happily tell him I did
Peasants: Apples! This will chase this cursed plague away! Plague doctor: You fools! That does nothing! Peasants: * Toss apples at plague doctor* Plague doctor: HIIIISSSSSSSSS!!! And that, kids, is how the saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away". 🍻
I’m on a binge watch of your videos right now. I wish I’d discovered this when it first premiered. When it did, I’d been furloughed from my job for a week!
I just made this! I had no sandlewood powder but figured I'd live without. The bread I used was from a round of sourdough I made that ended up like a trencher because my starter was too weak. I sliced it thin and toasted it then tossed in the food processor. Turned out pretty yummy. Gave some to my Mom to ward off the plague, just in case.
One of his previous videos actually described how to make it, and I was shocked at how easy the process is and that it wasn't made how I had originally envisioned.
Came here after Ketchup with Max Episode 5. Not sure why the TH-cam algorithm didn't show this episode to me before.... This was a great episode. The color of the Apfelmüs ( German for applesauce, and probably the same in Dutch, due to loanwords) reminds me of my family recipe for applesauce: Red Hot Applesauce. You melt cinnamon red hots into pureed apples, and there you go! It is a reddish pink concoction, is quite tasty, and doesn't need any added sugar!! Also,my cat totally jumped up on me when Friskies was mentioned, so that made the whole humors bit more entertaining than it already was! Great job on this episode!!!!!
If you not have already done so, I highly recommend watching The Crusades by and with Terry Jones. It might provide inspiration for future videos including but not limited to middle Eastern medieval cuisines.
@@TastingHistory Terry Jones made several great documentaries: Medieval Lives; The Hidden History of Egypt; The Story of 1; Gladiators: The Brutal Truth; The Surprising History of Sex and Love; Barbarians. They are well-worth the watch.
i have heard many explanations on/of the humors over the years, but your take on hot cold wet dry foods ,regarding the degree to which they were such, was a wonderful point to explore on the topic...another like-button, smash-worthy presentation ;)
Max, you are the best! You combine my favourite things. Anything cooking & baking and you also add History, with a spin of your natural sense of humor. It feels like you’re in the kitchen chatting with your best friend! Thank you so much.
I've been binging on your videos since I discovered them last night. As another mediaeval period fanboy and avid cook, they're just brilliant. I've even downloaded Ms. Glasse's book of recipes and burns. I've never felt more of a peasant in my life! 😄
Do you know the Townsends channel, then? Oh dear, if you don't, you MUST!! So much Hannah, it'll make your head spin ;) plus countless other 18th century gems of the kitchen and beyond...And the host, John, and his small crew are so loveable.....I advise all who love this channel including it's intrepid host, to slip over to tha Townsend's page at least once...Also, English Heritage and Mrs. Crocombe...I'm just sayin- if ya don't know that one- you're missin out too...Soooo good. Love to all, buh bye now
So far I have not commented but feel its time. I make my own wine and am a fan of Townsend and sons...which is why I think your channel was suggested to me? How to make Hippocras.....took several weeks to get the ingredients but I've made it and wow! My new favorite. Since then I've been binge watching your channel and am LOVING it. Thanks for all the history you include, your terrible and fantastic puns and quirky humor. Love the suggestions for substitutes and also that you conver pinches and half penny measurements to actual measurements. Love the spelling you include....really great channel...so glad I found it
sir miller, you're pretty big brained with how you tied the past to the present. we need more people like you, who learn about history and teach others about history so we don't REPEAT history. yeesh.
While I don’t much care for what’s going on on this planet at the moment, I do like this darker turn that this channel’s taking. Time to watch the next video!
Never thought I would smile and laugh through such an accurate recounting of the plague, though I chalk it up to how expertly you render Humor Theory. And although it may not save one from the horrors of the Bubonic plague, the apple muse sounds quite delicious. The addition of sandalwood powder is especially intriguing!
I had no idea sandlewood was ever used as a spice! That is pretty interesting. Has anyone else noticed that sandlewood doesn't smell as strong as I remember it being as a kid?
I'm just commenting as I've just watched ketchup with max 5. and I just wanted you to know I really liked this episode both initially when it came out and now rewatching it. :)
There's this very human habit where we tend to think that all people of the eras before us were stupid (humours? elements? bile-related foods? what?), but our ancestors were far smarter than we give them credit for. They based their information off close observation and scientific method, even before those were the words they knew those things by. You don't have to understand why something works to know it does, and a lot of their medicinal plants and herbs have been refined down into the medicines we still use today. They tried their hardest to make sense of the world around them. That is a very human drive, and it's not something we've ever stopped doing. Eating mashed apples to cure the plague seems ridiculous to us now, but you can bet that our modern medicine - and, more specifically, our desperate, terrified attempts at cures in the face of mass death - will seem stupid and primative to people six hundred years from now.
I appreciate that you remind me to "like" your video - I often watch great videos and then forget to like them and think of it WAY too late. Thanks, Max!
@General Grievous You laugh, but these last few weeks I've been craving Big Macs with a large Coke. Every time I go to the grocery store I do the Mickey D's drive thru.
probably the most complicated apple muses i´ve seen^^ well I usually do the standard german one. peel and core as many apples as ican fit into a pot add water, boil and add cinnamon if my father isn´t there because he hates cinnamon, I love cinnamon with apples^^ very brutal but delicious usually you don´t need much liquid, the apples just disintegrate. But i´ll give that version a try for sure.
We used to flavour our apple sauce with a couple of cloves (which happen to have some medicinal use). But now I prefer to flavour it with aniseed and cardamom. Delicious!
Yeah, I didn't get why he would cook apples und that much water either. They're mostly water anyway. Just add a bit of white wine or apple wine or cider.
I've made apple moyle -- also known as apple muse, applemoyse, and apple mousse -- and it's quite good. Alas, an apple a day does not keep the plague away...
I suspect that as well as the four humours, there was an element of religious thought going on as well with this dish. The plague was seen as God's curse on mankind's sin. The apple represented man's original sin. The sandalwood could have represented man's salvation in the precious wood of the cross. Just a guess.
Very possible because they also used ideas of sympathetic medicine (stuff being cured by things that looked like it for example rubbing toads on warts) and religious elements like praying to specific patron saints for specific diseases ( fun fact , Saint George is the patron Saint of syphilis if you ever need to rile a member of the English far right xx)
I was today years old when I learned that my extra sturdy peeler could also core an apple. I only ever used the pointy end to dig out eyes on potatoes and imperfections on carrots, I did not know you could core an apple with it. Thank you Max!
@@r.brandt2246 It's one that I've literally only ever heard used as a joke and I have no serious context for, so I'll take your word that it's worse than I thought.
I love Max's suggestion that the only reason he isn't currently an opium fiend is that he isn't confident in his ability to hide it from the government 😂
Wait, this incredible exciting channel just only exist because of the pandemics? Well, it sounds weird, but this I would have liked to miss - Thanks, pandemic🤯❤
I can't remember right now which of my Amish families descended from this myth, but they claimed that the Plague destroyed a man's village so much that he left a light on hoping other plague survivors would find him, and a young woman showed up. They combined their surnames/place names and were married and had a happy life after. When I say myth, I mean there's no proof and it sounds a bit like a good story, but I like the slight romantic angle plus the hopeful message.
It was one of the very few things my papa cooked for us from scratch. So much cinnamon, chunky apples, and it was so very good. Store-bought just couldn't measure up. I wish he had made it more often.
I'm working at a historical apothecary and one thing we mention is the 4 humors (which ive always been interested in). But very curious about these things
How about a venison recipe? Just had a piece of venison with fresh ground nutmeg and cardamom, saffron, Saigon cinnamon, Jamaican pepper, pepper, salt, butter and olive oil. Pan fried and finished in the oven with celery. Inspired by your channel. It was quite good, even the cat liked it.
What apples did you use? In the Netherlands we used specific apple cultivars for appelmoes, called moesappels instead of hand apples. Raw these aren't very tasty (mealy texture). Might affect the smoothness of your muse. Most commonly used is the goudrennet (golden rennet I guess?) which isn't very nice as is but makes great apple sauce. source: parents have both types in their orchard, the difference is quite telling.
Well i dont know about the middle ages but apple pectin is used today to treat mild radiation and heavy metal poisoning so it might have done some good after all. Also as a young reader i stumbled across the witch of blackbird pond. Which had an interesting treatment for pneumonia involving onions.
Mustard is great for sinuses. True story: when I was in Bergamo, IT with a friend, we noticed that there were persimmon trees heavy with fruit along a hillside. We wondered why no one picked them and then found out that the hillside had been where the plague pit was.
I love your show and am so glad to have discovered it! I am under the impression that a lot of ancient foods and cooking were.... pretty gross. Meats and fish were overcooked, vegetables were rarely fresh, spices were hard to come by or expensive, and really most people were seeking alimentation instead of haute cuisine. I would love to see you test some of the more typical recipes that we think are gross! Eg. instead of choosing the almondmilk and honey applemuse, choose the beef suet one! Then tell us how strange it is. Thanks! Love your show
Ah yes, mercury and opium, always right there in the spice rack.
Disappointing that he didn't eat them
You don’t keep fresh opium around in the cabinet?
@@rodneythundercock I only get it form my pharmacist who spikes in literally everything.
I keep my mercury in my candy thermometer.
Only the finest mercury and the purest opium for max, yes. Or, sparing that, the crispest and freshest apples.
"Millions of us might be dead or dying... But at least we have cod liver applesauce!"
I feel like we haven’t evolved that much 🤣
You know, its all well and good to feel very superior to the people who lived centuries ago, but I can tell by the cut of your jib that you're American, and I would invite you to take a look at your government, your police, and the millions of people who refuse to wear masks because "freedom" before you get off on too much of that superiority. Think about what might be said about you in four hundred years.
@@katiefincher2433 Dude. It was a light-hearted joke with no political subtext or condescension intended. I'm sure TastingHistory's reply had the same intent. Not everything should be taken politically or seriously. I'm sorry that my joke about applesauce made you think about the terrible issues going on lately.
@@TheXanbert Politically?
@@katiefincher2433 You must be a lot of fun at parties.
"With toilet paper being rationed as it is". I almost choked.
I always found the Humors theory to be interesting, because there's a weird bit of logic in it, because certain foods will increase your odds of fighting off certain illnesses. Now, we always think of how silly a lot of these cures are, but they were able to figure out diabetes and what was roughly causing it (too much sweets) and we do still have soup for the cold, so they were kind of on to something.
I agree. The thing a lot of modern people don’t seem to realize, or choose to ignore, is that folk of the past weren’t just dicking around when it came to things like medical treatment. They were working with what information they had under the best scientific system available to them at the time. Was a good deal of it incorrect? Absolutely. Was there logic and rationale to it? You bet.
I am trying for a baby and I have read that a high magnesium & calcium diet helps have girl, so I am trying to eat magnesium rich foods and yoghurt (the yoghurt has acidophilus lactobacillus which is similar bacteria to the vaginal bacteria that clean the vagina and make it too acidic for male sperm) it's probably just magical thinking and old wives tales but it can't hurt so I am trying that (along the staples method)
Eating magnesium and calcium rich foods isn’t a bad idea regardless. Good luck ❤
and garlic is good to prevent heart some heart diseases, and like the soup, it prevents you from getting a cold, the medieval middle east doctors believed afterall that a healthy diet like eating alot of greens helped you from getting sick and it is true, food helps in more ways than one
Well soup doesn't prevent or cure the cold. The cold is a virus and viruses definitely don't get affected by soup, but a good immune system, which soup and just a varied diet can help with.
I have finally figured it out, your wit is dry in the 4th degree, and your channel is hot in the 4th degree. THAT is why I am instantly hooked.
Love this! Thank you.
Clever!
So he's cinnamon?
@@dahobdahob He’s not just a cinnamon, he’s a cinnamon bun ❤️
While this might not cure the Black Death it would certainly be nutritious...but I think cinnamon (a herb with well documented antimicrobial properties) might be a more appealing spice than sandalwood.
I agree; honestly, the sandalwood adds very little flavor. They used it for coloring. I'd rather have cinnamon 😀
Cinnamon isn’t anti microbial. If you made a tea with cinnamon and left it out it would rot just as quickly as anything else.
is cinnamon an herb? i thought it was a tree :p
Code Name teas' can rot? 🤔
@@blind1337nedm technically speaking it's the bark of a tree, which makes it a herb rather than a spice.
I love the morbid humor in this, I like how you didn't minimize the current situation, but rather tied a thread from the past to the present, and did so in a way that balanced imploring people to take our current struggles seriously in an amusing and approachable way. It was exceptional skillful, as many of your videos are. Thank you.
Bwhahahah you're a funny one.
I like his take on it.
Here in Austria we still have a dish that is roughly made in the same way and it's called Apfelmus. Instead of sandelwood we use cinamon and it's served as a side to hearty desserts like dumplings.
Wait - your *desserts* get side dishes??
In the Netherlands we have appelmoes and we use it like a dipsauce for certain foods in dinner.
@@dorisfromage2349 Yes sure why not? we've got a sweet tooth over here :)
We have a dish that we call "stewed apples". In the Southeast US we argue whether it's a side dish or a dessert lol. It sounds similar to this except we don't mash the apples. We just let the slices cook down with the sugar and cinnamon. The broth (juice) from this goes quite well over our biscuits or muffins. I might have to give Apfelmus a try soon.
@@jenniferhill6571 isn't that just apple pie filling but not in a pie crust?
Hang on just a minute. Are you suggesting that I DON'T have Sandalwood Powder at the ready? [sniffs haughtily]
If anyone did, it would be you.
This is the ONLY channel, the ONLY host, that when they tell me to hit that Like button, I hit it. And when he says hit it again, I nod and happily tell him I did
Thank you!
i actually appreciate his reminder to Like, because though I may like a video, or hell, even LOVE IT, i usually forget to hit Like.
“Who needs antibiotics when you’ve got mustard” 😂😂😂 this is such a wonderful channel, thank you
Mustard does have vinegar and minerals in it
Helps leg cramps if you need fast relief. A teaspoon helps.
Peasants: Apples! This will chase this cursed plague away!
Plague doctor: You fools! That does nothing!
Peasants: * Toss apples at plague doctor*
Plague doctor: HIIIISSSSSSSSS!!!
And that, kids, is how the saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away". 🍻
So that's what that means. I never knew. /s
"You know what works? Leeches. Put them all over your body. I am a doctor."
Some Plague Doctors were actually fruit vendors before the plague!
SCP-049: My cure, is most effective.
@@mistertaz94 agreed
"Water if he had ever learned to sing." Ouch.
I think it's as in earth wind and fire the band
@@Jrce11 Absolutely. 🙂
Then why didn't he just take up the bass?
I laughed aloud 30 seconds after this joke, then started singing "BA DEE YAH Say do you remember BA DEE YAH Dancin in September!"
Obviously @@Jrce11
the more you know, the less you wish you did - it does make you wonder how much we're still getting "not quite right"
I know, right? Just wait until the next episode where I discuss the more odd and downright repulsive remedies.
@@TastingHistory I'm NOT drinking pee!
Tell that to those who still think drinking bleach can cure Coronavirus
@@syrupybrandy2788 nah, don't bother, they won't be a problem for much longer.
Good sir, I just had to compliment you on the finest channel I have ever seen.
Thank you 😁
I’m on a binge watch of your videos right now. I wish I’d discovered this when it first premiered. When it did, I’d been furloughed from my job for a week!
Welcome to the channel! Got 4.5 years worth of videos to catch up on. New episodes Tuesdays (sometimes a 2nd on Fridays) :)
I just made this! I had no sandlewood powder but figured I'd live without. The bread I used was from a round of sourdough I made that ended up like a trencher because my starter was too weak. I sliced it thin and toasted it then tossed in the food processor. Turned out pretty yummy. Gave some to my Mom to ward off the plague, just in case.
Your intro was so sympathic, I just can't watch without liking. Good job!
I'm surprised they had Almaunde Mylke = Almond milk in Medieval times.
One of his previous videos actually described how to make it, and I was shocked at how easy the process is and that it wasn't made how I had originally envisioned.
" . . . and water, if he had ever learned to sing." laughing
Came here after Ketchup with Max Episode 5. Not sure why the TH-cam algorithm didn't show this episode to me before....
This was a great episode. The color of the Apfelmüs ( German for applesauce, and probably the same in Dutch, due to loanwords) reminds me of my family recipe for applesauce: Red Hot Applesauce. You melt cinnamon red hots into pureed apples, and there you go! It is a reddish pink concoction, is quite tasty, and doesn't need any added sugar!!
Also,my cat totally jumped up on me when Friskies was mentioned, so that made the whole humors bit more entertaining than it already was! Great job on this episode!!!!!
If you not have already done so, I highly recommend watching The Crusades by and with Terry Jones. It might provide inspiration for future videos including but not limited to middle Eastern medieval cuisines.
I have not, but I LOVE Terry Jones, so I’ll be searching for it. I’ve been searching for middle eastern recipes actually.
@@TastingHistory Terry Jones made several great documentaries: Medieval Lives; The Hidden History of Egypt; The Story of 1; Gladiators: The Brutal Truth; The Surprising History of Sex and Love; Barbarians. They are well-worth the watch.
Rather different from what he’s most famous for, isn’t it?
i have heard many explanations on/of the humors over the years, but your take on hot cold wet dry foods ,regarding the degree to which they were such, was a wonderful point to explore on the topic...another like-button, smash-worthy presentation ;)
Avocado toast cureþ the Rona though, and doþ surely eliminate melancholye and stimulate þe humours!
Nice use of thorn.
Toast þank you. ;-)
Earth Wind and Fire joke. I appreciate that.
Max, you are the best! You combine my favourite things. Anything cooking & baking and you also add History, with a spin of your natural sense of humor. It feels like you’re in the kitchen chatting with your best friend! Thank you so much.
I'm binge watching TastingHistory.
I endorse this.
Same! Love food history.
Same here
Love your perfect dose of dark humour in your videos. Really enjoying your channel, great work! Every video is really carefully crafted.
Thank you. Still honing in on my style, so the feedback is welcome.
Dark humour? Sounds like you need some apples!
1:13 I finally realized what this reminds me of- Horus and Set.
I've been binging on your videos since I discovered them last night. As another mediaeval period fanboy and avid cook, they're just brilliant. I've even downloaded Ms. Glasse's book of recipes and burns. I've never felt more of a peasant in my life! 😄
I love it! We are all peasants here.
Do you know the Townsends channel, then? Oh dear, if you don't, you MUST!! So much Hannah, it'll make your head spin ;) plus countless other 18th century gems of the kitchen and beyond...And the host, John, and his small crew are so loveable.....I advise all who love this channel including it's intrepid host, to slip over to tha Townsend's page at least once...Also, English Heritage and Mrs. Crocombe...I'm just sayin- if ya don't know that one- you're missin out too...Soooo good. Love to all, buh bye now
@@stephaniescarlett7887 Oh yes, I adore Townsends! And Mrs. Crocombe. I love the period clothes of both their channels.
So far I have not commented but feel its time.
I make my own wine and am a fan of Townsend and sons...which is why I think your channel was suggested to me?
How to make Hippocras.....took several weeks to get the ingredients but I've made it and wow! My new favorite.
Since then I've been binge watching your channel and am LOVING it.
Thanks for all the history you include, your terrible and fantastic puns and quirky humor. Love the suggestions for substitutes and also that you conver pinches and half penny measurements to actual measurements.
Love the spelling you include....really great channel...so glad I found it
Thanks for reminding me about this episode on Ketchup with Max.
Yay! 🙌🏽
sir miller, you're pretty big brained with how you tied the past to the present. we need more people like you, who learn about history and teach others about history so we don't REPEAT history. yeesh.
While I don’t much care for what’s going on on this planet at the moment, I do like this darker turn that this channel’s taking. Time to watch the next video!
Never thought I would smile and laugh through such an accurate recounting of the plague, though I chalk it up to how expertly you render Humor Theory. And although it may not save one from the horrors of the Bubonic plague, the apple muse sounds quite delicious. The addition of sandalwood powder is especially intriguing!
I had no idea sandlewood was ever used as a spice! That is pretty interesting. Has anyone else noticed that sandlewood doesn't smell as strong as I remember it being as a kid?
I'm just commenting as I've just watched ketchup with max 5. and I just wanted you to know I really liked this episode both initially when it came out and now rewatching it. :)
Same
There's this very human habit where we tend to think that all people of the eras before us were stupid (humours? elements? bile-related foods? what?), but our ancestors were far smarter than we give them credit for.
They based their information off close observation and scientific method, even before those were the words they knew those things by. You don't have to understand why something works to know it does, and a lot of their medicinal plants and herbs have been refined down into the medicines we still use today. They tried their hardest to make sense of the world around them. That is a very human drive, and it's not something we've ever stopped doing.
Eating mashed apples to cure the plague seems ridiculous to us now, but you can bet that our modern medicine - and, more specifically, our desperate, terrified attempts at cures in the face of mass death - will seem stupid and primative to people six hundred years from now.
This is my new favorite youtube channel
I am in love with this channel. Been watching for a few days and I've learned so much about cooking and history!
I absolutely LOVE the way you mix cooking and history. You're funny and precise and you made something useful during the pandemic. Great!
I appreciate that you remind me to "like" your video - I often watch great videos and then forget to like them and think of it WAY too late. Thanks, Max!
Why are there so many old timey plague cures in my youtube feed all of a sudden
I feel like youtube is trying to tell me something :D
🤣 time for a doctor visit.
@General Grievous You laugh, but these last few weeks I've been craving Big Macs with a large Coke. Every time I go to the grocery store I do the Mickey D's drive thru.
Your videos are very well made and interesting. You'll have a million subscribers within the year methinks. I'd certainly recommend your channel.
Thank you! I’m shocked at 100K 😁
My husband had bubonic plague. I can tell you that it does have its own special odor. Thus the “pocket full of posies…”
probably the most complicated apple muses i´ve seen^^ well I usually do the standard german one. peel and core as many apples as ican fit into a pot add water, boil and add cinnamon if my father isn´t there because he hates cinnamon, I love cinnamon with apples^^ very brutal but delicious usually you don´t need much liquid, the apples just disintegrate. But i´ll give that version a try for sure.
We used to flavour our apple sauce with a couple of cloves (which happen to have some medicinal use). But now I prefer to flavour it with aniseed and cardamom. Delicious!
Americans know what cooking apples are right? I didn't understand why he needed to mush them if they were cooking apples they would just... self mush.
Yeah, I didn't get why he would cook apples und that much water either. They're mostly water anyway. Just add a bit of white wine or apple wine or cider.
Aww, baby Max! I love his enthusiasm about mustard! 😂
I like how you slip in to hit the like button each episode- 😂😂😂
another homerun. keep them coming!
I’m trying to get two a week whilst in quarantine. 😊
This. Channel is a recent find and I am simply loving it. I haven't made anything yet but I'm so tempted. I'm thinking that cheesecake first
Early COVID videos really are something.
I've made apple moyle -- also known as apple muse, applemoyse, and apple mousse -- and it's quite good. Alas, an apple a day does not keep the plague away...
There are so many recipes for it. I’ll have to try more eventually.
That earth, wind and fire reference!
You’re such a great cook! And also an awesome history teacher. 100/10
Thank you!
I suspect that as well as the four humours, there was an element of religious thought going on as well with this dish.
The plague was seen as God's curse on mankind's sin. The apple represented man's original sin. The sandalwood could have represented man's salvation in the precious wood of the cross. Just a guess.
I'd bet on that.
Very possible because they also used ideas of sympathetic medicine (stuff being cured by things that looked like it for example rubbing toads on warts) and religious elements like praying to specific patron saints for specific diseases ( fun fact , Saint George is the patron Saint of syphilis if you ever need to rile a member of the English far right xx)
Love your channel
Max made the death of 1/3 of medieval Europe seem interesting and engaging, and mildly amusing
The Apfelmus my grandmother made could beat every illness :-)
best explanation of the four humours
@ye rabbit
Also, FUNNY 😄 explanation of the four humors.
Insightful video!!
I was today years old when I learned that my extra sturdy peeler could also core an apple. I only ever used the pointy end to dig out eyes on potatoes and imperfections on carrots, I did not know you could core an apple with it. Thank you Max!
I only read to "dig out eyes" before I got a little concerned!
@@Rachel-fi4sc 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣💀💀
Wow, I guess you started your channel at just the right point in history! I can't believe this was only like a year and a half ago!
That Earth, Wind, and Fire joke was hilarious, never change Mr. Miller!
your expressions are amazing!
It was really tough 2 years ago. 💔 That apple muse looks good! 🍏
I would have given my left arm to have you as my history teacher, oh my gods lol
No need to sever your arm, just watch here. No arm fee needed.
The old adage “How much will it cost?”
Answer:
💪 and 🦵
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Me, every time you say "Hit that like button!": Ahaha! How naive! What you don't know is that I already hit it before you even started talking!
Calling him a rube for a joke is a bit much
@@r.brandt2246 It's one that I've literally only ever heard used as a joke and I have no serious context for, so I'll take your word that it's worse than I thought.
Diabolical!
5:26 I really like Max's "on the verge of having a mental breakdown and becoming a serial killer" voice.
You can also use a potato masher. It might be easier to use than a little mortor and pestle.
I love Max's suggestion that the only reason he isn't currently an opium fiend is that he isn't confident in his ability to hide it from the government 😂
The etymology of melancholy - something I never thought about before - makes soooo much sense now!!
I will literally use the joke you used next time I'm attempting to reenact something. Thank you for your wonderful content.
Wait, this incredible exciting channel just only exist because of the pandemics? Well, it sounds weird, but this I would have liked to miss - Thanks, pandemic🤯❤
For a totally different suggestion.
Always wondered what was historical Thai food. Before chilies, which are new world.
Its amazing to see the difference between then and now. Still made me hungry and I learned something, so maybe not that much has changed!
I can't remember right now which of my Amish families descended from this myth, but they claimed that the Plague destroyed a man's village so much that he left a light on hoping other plague survivors would find him, and a young woman showed up. They combined their surnames/place names and were married and had a happy life after.
When I say myth, I mean there's no proof and it sounds a bit like a good story, but I like the slight romantic angle plus the hopeful message.
"Appel moes" pronounced apple muse is the Dutch way of saying apple sauce.
In Norway we say Eplemos. Its interesting how all these words are so similar.
Apple mush!
It was one of the very few things my papa cooked for us from scratch. So much cinnamon, chunky apples, and it was so very good. Store-bought just couldn't measure up. I wish he had made it more often.
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I’d compare this to _eplemos_ instead.
@@MissCaraMint Æblemost in danish is apple juice, whereas Æblemos is apple sauce xD
Early Max is snarky and sassy Max! Love it!
Hi Max, If you are looking for a place for midieval spice go to Auntie Arwen spices.
Man, watching this after a full year of quarantine sure hits different.
Honestly it totally does feel like the weather, the seasons, and the alignment of the planets will throw off my body and mood 🙃
This is my favourite Dowland piece. The one in the intro.
I just found this channel a few weeks ago. I’m incredibly excited for this & the Farts of Portingale
Man these videos are great!
One suggestion: You could order your videos in playlists by what age that food was eaten at.
I'm working at a historical apothecary and one thing we mention is the 4 humors (which ive always been interested in). But very curious about these things
How about a venison recipe?
Just had a piece of venison with fresh ground nutmeg and cardamom, saffron, Saigon cinnamon, Jamaican pepper, pepper, salt, butter and olive oil. Pan fried and finished in the oven with celery.
Inspired by your channel.
It was quite good, even the cat liked it.
You are a delight Sir
The channel too is mighty fine!
Doubt this comment will ever be seen but, oh Max, how far you have come!
Hard to believe :')
"Frankly, it's not period." Love it!
It is occasionally
Max- you should also link to the music you play in the background. Seems you favor classical guitar. Maybe some lute music would be appropriate also.
Baroque guitar would be nice
y'know, the people in the black death also said, "yeah, only for about a fortnight! yep, two weeks only. "
What apples did you use? In the Netherlands we used specific apple cultivars for appelmoes, called moesappels instead of hand apples. Raw these aren't very tasty (mealy texture). Might affect the smoothness of your muse. Most commonly used is the goudrennet (golden rennet I guess?) which isn't very nice as is but makes great apple sauce.
source: parents have both types in their orchard, the difference is quite telling.
*Hitting the like-button!!*
Well i dont know about the middle ages but apple pectin is used today to treat mild radiation and heavy metal poisoning so it might have done some good after all. Also as a young reader i stumbled across the witch of blackbird pond. Which had an interesting treatment for pneumonia involving onions.
Mustard is great for sinuses.
True story: when I was in Bergamo, IT with a friend, we noticed that there were persimmon trees heavy with fruit along a hillside. We wondered why no one picked them and then found out that the hillside had been where the plague pit was.
These are so binge-able!
Which 'camp' are you in?
*Black Bile Life* (depressed, melancholic and totally EMO)
Brilliant!
I love your show and am so glad to have discovered it! I am under the impression that a lot of ancient foods and cooking were.... pretty gross. Meats and fish were overcooked, vegetables were rarely fresh, spices were hard to come by or expensive, and really most people were seeking alimentation instead of haute cuisine. I would love to see you test some of the more typical recipes that we think are gross! Eg. instead of choosing the almondmilk and honey applemuse, choose the beef suet one! Then tell us how strange it is. Thanks! Love your show