Comments by "oltedders" (@oltedders) on "Tasting History with Max Miller" channel.

  1. My dad (born 1921) told me a story about how he and his pal had unhinged the gate of a single older woman in the neighborhood and put it on her roof. He said it was retribution for the miserable treat she had handed out: slices of stale bread sprinkled with water and topped with cinnamon and sugar.
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  2. Pour it over a slice of lemon and 3 fingers of good whiskey.
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  3.  @ledichang9708  The great Boston molasses disaster.
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  4. Many Colonial recipes called for stoning the raisins, as seedless grapes had not yet been developed. This recipe more than likely assumes that stoning the fruit would be a required step that wasn't necessary to add to the text.
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  5.  @TastingHistory  I would have used a white wine vinegar or low octane apple cinder vinegar. Something homemade or just left to turn in the bottle on its own would have yielded a milder version of the sauce. Wonderful video, as usual Max.
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  6. @Immopimmo  I agree, but in the context of the times, being mean passed for good, clean fun. Max's retelling of Halloween past sounds more like the Purge than fun and games.
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  7.  @lootownica  Red bean ice cream, yes! Turnip candy, NO!
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  8. ​@squirrelgirl1853 Are we having our GS cookies made in China now?
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  9.  @JonGunnarssonDotA  Abnormally clean for the period and women had rights unknown in the rest of Europe. She could represent her absent husband in any legal matters in his stead.
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  10.  @Thedonutchan  Is the salt part of that misguided salted caramel nonsense? That's spawned a slew of pukey tasting rubbish.
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  11. ​@jenniferkirkland1002 I would have boiled a sugar syrup to the hard crack stage, then added the caraway. Once cooled, ground well, then added to the dough.
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  12. My most favorite item of all school lunches was called "health salad", served during my high school years. It was so delicious that I always asked for an extra serving. Lunch cost 35c, mid 60s. I always got an extra carton of milk for 4c. In grade school my favorite item was apple crisp. Lunch cost 25c, mid 50s. Milk was 3c for a carton then. I don't remember any outstanding entree from school lunch. Everything was inexpensive, filling and tasty though.
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  13. Red beer, Irish car bomb. If you can call those cocktails.
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  14. I've started watching when you still worked at Disneyland. This is one of the best history segments you've done on the channel, Max. Really an amazing story.
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  15.  @norrishanna4113  It's pronounced "HYUES stin" here in Texas .
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  16. Superfine sugar should be used in lieu of powdered sugar. The latter contains 10% cornstarch and will affect the flavor and performance of your recipe. BTW, green pineapples are unripe, care must be taken to make sure a golden pineapple has not started to ferment. Put your ripe pineapple in the fridge until you use it.
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  17.  @auroravegodsky9938  It was the middle of the Great Depression. That was the best she could do.
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  18. Candied fennel sounds like a great improvement.
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  19. 18th century hard liquor had a much lower alcohol content.
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  20.  @happyspanners  Is that some sort of joke? American "exceptionalism" is a jingoist fallacy.
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  21. Ahhh! Rum, Sodomy and the Lash...my favorite Porn Hub search.
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  22.  @rantrave9972  Wasn't the Philippes ceded to the U.S. along with Cuba after the Spanish America War?
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  23. When was a candy bar 7c? They were a dime when I was a kid (except for Big Hunk & Necco, 5c). There weren't any convenience stores in the 1950s, so I don't really know what you're referring to.
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  24.  @CraftsmanOfAwsomenes  Definitely asinine. Who thought this was a good idea?
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  25.  @Tamaki742  The neighborhood still smells of molasses, I'm told. Though it was decades ago.
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  26. It's pronounced CHard, not SHard. Shard(s) are pieces of broken pottery.
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  27.  @tomf3150  Only the 1st s would be effed in Mafsachusetts.
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  28. @jessicacanfield5058  It was the depths of the Great Depression. Obviously, the best she could do, whether single or not.
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  29. ​ @Ironstarfish  I believe the woman was far beyond the point where the half brownie she ate contributed to her untimely demise.
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  30. Thank you for reminding us of the PBS program Wishbone. He was so cute dressed up in his costumes! I loved that program too.
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  31. OK. Candles weren't a thing in ancient times. The were an invention of the middle ages, as well as soap.
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  32. I believe the name came from the Bharati word "katchioop". Walnut ketchup appears consistently in 19th century American cookbooks.
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  33. Pabst beer had not yet won its "blue ribbon" at the time of Chicago's Columbian Exhibition.
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  34. Cicero is acurately pronounced Kikero.
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  35. Cook spinach for 1 hour. Fanny Farmer. Boil spinach for 3 to 5 minutes. 18th century cookbook. Sorry Fanny, you lose.
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  36. The early Scandinavians were not blonds and red heads.
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  37. ​@b1laxson The berries have to be pureed, or the nozzle will clog.
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  38.  @MrAranton  Is that why the bottle is shaped like it is?
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  39. My 1st homemade donut experience as a child in the early 1950s was the classic ball fried in vegetable oil of some sort and rolled in powered sugar OR granulated sugar and cinnamon. I remember those particular donuts being rather greasy, unlike store bought or bakery donuts, but fully cooked all the way through. That was the only time anyone made homemade donuts in my lifetime. The apex of my donut eating experience was from the Dunkin franchises in my town, owned by Koreans. I've never had any as good as those, before or since. Every type was out of the ballpark for flavor!
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  40. Maybe in 1931 those were low cost ingredients for a thrifty dessert, but they'll cost you a pretty penny in 2024. Who even sells currants anymore?
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  41. It looks a little heavy on the cheese. 🤔
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  42. You should have used piloncillo sugar, as per the direction to pound the sugar. Making white sugar was another lengthy process.
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  43. This final drink offered to the condemned man was the source of the phrase "on the wagon". When the barkeep asked if he wanted another round he would be told that he (the miscreant) was entitled to only a single drink because he was "on the wagon" (being transported to the gallows.) Thus its modern meaning of someone being noticeably absent from the local watering hole and currently not drinking any alcoholic beverages. Sometimes leading to full-blown AA-ism.
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  44.  @rantrave9972  Did Cuba ever gain autonomy before Castro?
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  45.  @ValeriePallaoro  Adobe, not adobo.
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  46. A history of non alcoholic drinks and kid's cocktails. (Shirley Temple, Roy Rogers).
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  47. Yes. Rocky Mountain oysters. Cut into strips, battered and deep fried. Dip in some kind of creamy dip like Ranch dressing. Delicious! Mild taste. No weird organy taste.
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  48. We didn't have oversized bread loaves back then. A more thinly sliced piece was the only variation or the rarely seen double thickness used to make "Texas toast".
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  49. I think I would have skipped adding the milk to the recipe.
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  50. How did you compute amounts for the other ingredients after the chicken, which is self explanatory?
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  51.  @iSyriux  OMG! How old are you? 12?
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  52. A short biography of restaurateur and mixologist author Toots Shore would be very interesting. Maybe a history of cocktail recipes, books and their origin (?)
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  53. Martha Stewart's pink lemonade recipe uses Grenadine for it's pink color. Alternatively, cranberry juice can be used.
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  54. The measurement for molasses at 19:50 "gill of molasses" is ½cup and is pronounced "jill".
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  55. Jeez! Is this procedure complicated enough? At least there was plenty of fornicating and nudity to keep everyone interested.
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  56. The word is pronounced "jills" (gills). A gill is one half cup liquid or 1/4 pint. Potters made small crockery jugs that held one gill. A gill sized jug of whiskey was called a "tickler". Addendum: a jigger is one and one half ounces.
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  57. That looks really yummy. Unfortunately, every time I've mixed Champagne with any other kind of booze I've gotten alcohol poisoning. I won't be trying this recipe. 😐
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  58. I made eggnog from scratch one year, a similar recipe to this.The shit was so strong it should have been served in shot glasses.
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  59. As little as 10 years ago a friend living in Boston told me the area STILL smells of molasses.
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  60. King Pedro also decriminalized "alternative" sexual practices.
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  61. ​ @drewharrison6433  I'm reminded of Scary Gary Null, PBS health guru, who got lots of airtime during the fundraisers.
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  62. Why are you saying "sylllyabub"?
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  63. I'm pleasantly surprised that the amount of spices in the cake weren't overwhelming. 😊
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  64. Those look REALLY over cooked and dry. 90 minutes in the oven? That's a long time for backing anything but meat. Addendum: The best fruitcake I've ever eaten had candied cherries and Brazil nuts in it. NO citron.
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  65. Thank you for the story of tarte Tatin.
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  66. @creativedesignation7880  I find that doubtful. My experience is that food being mishandled in its preparation and storage afterward is the main cause of food born illness. Of course, there are instances of contaminated food coming from the source, but it's not widespread.
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  67. Did they make white wine in the Roman Empire?
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  68. @preachta  I believe everything labeled powdered sugar in the US has cornstarch in it. Corn flour is different than cornstarch here.
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  69. That 1st pic of those trick or treaters being offered candy bars is a fantasy of yesteryear. Those 2 boxes will cost that mom $150 this Halloween!
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  70. I would definitely mix the jam with some fresh (or frozen) raspberries. 1/2" of jam cooked down sounds like an opportunity to lapse into a diabetic coma...although the sugar may need some adjustment depending on the tartness of the berries.
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  71.  @dawnmichelle4403  Imagine not liking 7up with a little Maraschino cherry juice served with a cherry. It was my mocktail of choice as a 7 year old.
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  72. Who's the hotty playing the part of Howard Carter? woof!
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  73. You're making only ONE groom cake? Hhmmm?🤔
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  74. Ketchup being classified as a vegetable was an attempt by Regan era Republicans, always looking to shortchange the taxpayers by cheaping out whatever they were legally required to provide. They also wanted to have sunflower seeds classified as an entree!
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  75. How about using a spoon to eat it?
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  76. Without French milk, it will never taste like the historical cresent. Just as French milk chocolate is different than any other in Europe, the milk is the "secret" to the incomparable taste of those wonderful French delights.
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  77.  @roborat  The cows are eating the local grass. The milk has an earthier taste to it. It's what makes French cheese so much better than other European cheese.
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  78. I'd say 2-3 drops of food coloring would have been enough to do the job. It looks like a paint color, not a food product. Pretty! Just not very convincing as food.
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  79. Super fine sugar should be used instead of powered sugar, as powdered sugar has cornstarch in it. Super fine is made for using with liquor although simple syrup is used more often.
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  80. The addition of excessive nutmeg must have caused the hallucinations that led to the man shooting his wife.
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  81. Nice Chinese pronunciation.
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  82. So did you eat at least 7 of those. You said you wouldn't but you don't look like you're fasting for Lent. You killed that bottle of Champagne washing them down too, didn't you.
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