Comments by "Eliza Dolittle" (@ElizaDolittle) on "Tasting History with Max Miller" channel.

  1. ​ @tryingtobebetter7235  I'm not sure what you mean by what you said - I'm not familiar with Shad or his politics. Either way, if he's not an academic (meaning if he just does independent research as a history enthusiast), then it's useless to even make a argument involving him. I also don't know what you mean by "chuds." I'm a historian - of ancient and medieval history - which is why I find Metatron's videos so interesting. Metatron is an academic (specifically, a historical linguist). I rarely read the comments attached to his videos. I just like to listen to him because of his scholarship. He doesn't use politics to drive his analyses, but the end result of his discussions may end up appealing to one side of the current political divide over the other because most people - whether driven by right or left wing politics - are too darn ignorant to understand how history SHOULD be interpreted. The average schmo uses modern politics and ethics to interpret history, whereas historians - and other types of academics of the ancient world - analyze and interpret history based on ancient sources AND ancient ethics. The reason why I like Max Miller so much is because while he does in depth research, he has also made it abundantly clear, in more than one video, that he's NOT a historian and encourages people to do further research. Love him!
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  2.  @tryingtobebetter7235  no need to apologize. I think the point I'm trying to make is that if a historian (or other academic related to history) makes his or her political affiliation evident in their analyses then they are not good scholars. They are quacks. I write and publish for historical journals all the time. I am also right-wing (although not far-right), but my politics can NOT play a part in my analyses simply because people of the past lived by a different code of ethics than those we live by today. For example, right and wrong, good and evil meant something very different in ancient Rome than they do today. We can't analyze and interpret people of the past using our modern-day ethics. If a chud (or a far lefty) is an academic that's totally fine, as long as they don't use their modern day political leanings to interpret history.
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  3. I wonder if he knows Metatron. Metatron is a YT channel about ancient and modern languages, videogames, medieval weapons and armors, and ancient history.
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  4. lol! cute!
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  5. What your mom made was slumgullion - also referred to as American goulash!
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  6. I'm dying to make the Parthian chicken! Yesterday I made myself the Bruet with almond flour - yummy!
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  7. I made this - only that I had to make slight changes. I had no dates, so I substituted with crushed walnuts; I had the almond flour but no rice flour so I substituted the rice flour with regular flour. I used the honey in the recipe but want to stay away from refined sugar, so I put in a dash of stevia. Then in the end I added a dash of almond extract and nutmeg because . . . why not!? It really is delicious!
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  8. I eat watermelon pits and the soft, white chicken bones. I wouldn't be able to resist trencher bread, but I would have to sprinkle salt on it.
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  9. The pyramids of Giza were also ancient when Jesus was alive
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  10.  @OverMagnet  yes it was called slumgullion!
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  11.  @patrickfolger2817  If you do a google search there are many recipes - I would post a link, but YT doesn't allow it...
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  12.  @julievoit370  you're probably referring to the asafoetida. Thanks for the warning!!!
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  13. I'm familiar with that texture. I never had jellyfish, but the way you described it - it's like having raw squid, which i ate a lot of when I lived in Italy. They have that same firm, cartilage texture. I also had a lot of food with cuttlefish ink - one time in a risotto with shellfish! I once found black fettucine in an Italian grocery store (not cooked - the pasta itself, in the box, was black). They were made with squid ink. Of course I bought them, but I don't remember how I prepared them since this was nearly 30 years ago!
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