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Tasting History with Max Miller @UCsaGKqPZnGp_7N80hcHySGQ@youtube.com

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Making Blitz Soup from a WW2 bomb shelter Pecan Pie without Corn Syrup from 1914! #pecanpie Pumpion (Pumpkin) Pie from 1670 Tuh’u: Babylonian stew from 4,000 years ago. One of history’s worst marketing campaigns: Gerber baby food for adults. Transylvanian beef with garlic harvester sauce to ward off vampires. 🧛‍♂️ Who was Baby Ruth Candy really named after? How the first reporter got the Titanic story. This soup was served to survivors of the Titanic upon the rescue ship, RMS Carpathia. 1500 breakfasts meant for the Titanic survivors went uneaten aboard RMS Carpathia. Twinkies originally tasted like Banana Why women painted their legs with gravy browning during World War 2. Remembering the care free days of eating breakfast in the Middle Ages. When Campbell’s soup tried to sell soup cocktails in the 1960s. The wild house parties of Regency England How Goldfish Crackers got their shape. The original dog biscuit from the 1860s PEZ Candy was originally meant to stop people from smoking How did an oyster 🦪 get up the mountain at Cerro Gordo? Breakfast in Pride & Prejudice can tell a lot about the characters. How did Pink Lemonade become pink? Baked Alaska with Cafe Brulot Diabolique at Antoine’s in New Orleans, established in 1840. Pineapples were so expensive, they would rent them out. Charles Darwin liked to eat weird stuff. Why do the Brits pronounce the H in herb? The Real Chef Boyardee Is Corned Beef and Cabbage even Irish? ☘️ No… and yes. I finally got to try musk flavored candy. Strange foods on Ellis Island; bananas and ice cream. What was Dinner like on Ellis Island? The Michelin Man actually has a name. What do Warren Buffet and Attila the Hun have in common? How the Portuguese influenced Japanese food. The time the US government outlawed Sliced Bread. Why Michelin Tires started rating restaurants Snacks from the Colosseum in Ancient Rome Smart people betting who is the smartest in 17th century coffee houses. These custom knives based off of historic knives are truly works of art. Old Valentines were so mean spirited! The tradition of afternoon tea was started by a mean girl. #afternoontea This shade of green is deadly… and the Victorians used it in food. How the Ottoman Empire was like Seinfeld This is Long Pepper - the pepper of Ancient Rome How to make hardtack Goldilocks used to be an old woman. And there was no porridge on the breakfast table. The 18th century equivalent of cells phones at the table. Chocolate used to be used as money which led to counterfeit cacao beans! #chocolate Medieval cats churning butter and monkeys turning spits.