Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "Tasting History with Max Miller" channel.

@Ellyerre "un'intera bustina di lievito" means it's baking powder. While baking powder existed (since 19th century) there was no dry yeast back then to put in a sachet. however this IS an overly fancy recipe for castagnaccio. At my house castagnaccio is made of chestnuts flour, water, oil, some pine nut and rosemary (and it's thickness only 1/3 of the one made here). No milk, no yeast, no lemon, no sugar (no, it doesn't need it. Chestnut flour is already sweet by itself).
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Only two of his arrows were ready to be used. Too few to face a real fight. Also the bow was maybe functional, but unfinished. It was not strange for a traveler to be equipped like that, because to prepare the other arrows and finish the bow were activities that could be performed to pass time in front of the fire before sleeping. But a raider would have had a complete and finished kit.
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@MirzaAhmed89 "pecus" were sheeps. Mind that also "fee" and "fief" both derives from the Germanic "fehu", cattle.
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@ 500 g chestnut flour 100 g pine nuts (often less) olive oil as needed (two, or three tablespoons) water as needed (about 650g) one sprig of rosemary a teaspoon of salt (5 g). Mix water, flour, salt and 2/3 of the pine nuts. Spread the dough on a oiled baking tray (or use baking paper). The spreaded dough should be 1-1.5 cm thick. Sprinkle the remaining pine nuts and the Rosemary leaves uniformly on the surface of the dough. sprinkle the oil on the surface of the dough. Put in a owen at 190° for 30-40 min. until the surface forms a crust with a dense network of thin cracks. And it's ready. You can also add raisins and chopped walnuts, but I prefer the "pure" traditional form (my grandma did it that way, so...).
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@rafaelleal5337 The fact that the arrow that killed him had been extracted (probably be the killer. Otzi's arm across the chest is typical of corpses that had been flipped after death), but none of his possessions had ben stolen, points to one fact. Both the arrow on Otzi's body and the axe in possession of the killer would have been damning evidences. Otzi knew his assassin.
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@snakejuce We had first hand experience of many hunter/gatherer - prehistoric - stone age cultures, and none works like that. There is not the respect for the belongings of someone you just killed.
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@snakejuce You can say they walked on their hands and that to think otherwise is is an absurd absolutist statement. Fact is that we have first hand knowledge of many hunter-gatherer / stone age cultures, and none worked like that. To respect the items of a person you just killed was not a thing.
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The killer extracted the arrow. Otzi's arm across the chest is typical of corpses that had been flipped face-down right after death, before the rigor mortis. the fact that the killer extracted the arrow, but took none of Otzi's possessions points to one fact. Both the arrow on Otzi's body and the axe in possession of the killer would have been damning evidences. Otzi knew his assassin.
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The real translation of "pomodoro farcito alle erbette" is "tomato stuffed, with herbs". In the sense that the herbs are not the stuffing, they are added to the stuffing.
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@snakejuce Beliefs against stealing from the people you just killed were widespread only in your head, where you just invented them. In much "primitive" cultures there is not even the concept of "stealing" beyond your immediate relatives/clan/tribe. Don't pretend to know what you are talking about when you are just an ignorant.
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Only two of his arrows were ready to be used. Too few to face a real fight. Also the bow was maybe functional, but unfinished. It was not strange for a traveler to be equipped like that, because to prepare the other arrows and finish the bow were activities that could be performed to pass time in front of the fire before sleeping. But a raider would have had a complete and finished kit.
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The killer extracted the arrow. Otzi's arm across the chest is typical of corpses that had been flipped face-down after death. the fact that the killer extracted the arrow, but took none of Otzi's possessions points to one fact. Both the arrow on Otzi's body and the axe in possession of the killer would have been damning evidences. Otzi knew his assassin.
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@erzsebetkovacs2527 dessert.
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That IS an overly fancy recipe for castagnaccio. At my house castagnaccio is made of chestnuts flour, water, oil, some pine nut and rosemary (and it's thickness only 1/3 of the one you made). No milk, no yeast, no lemon, no sugar (no, it doesn't need it. Chestnut flour is already sweet by itself).
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