Quotulatiousness

February 21, 2023

Medieval Mardi Gras

Tasting History with Max Miller
Published 22 Feb 2022
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February 15, 2023

Medieval French Toast

Filed under: Europe, Food, History, Italy — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

Tasting History with Max Miller
Published 14 Feb 2023
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Ancient Rome’s Naked Fertility Festival (Lupercalia)

Filed under: Europe, Food, History, Religion — Tags: , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Tasting History with Max Miller
Published 8 Feb 2022
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February 14, 2023

Valentine’s Day Brownies – You Suck at Cooking (episode 57)

Filed under: Food, Humour — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

You Suck At Cooking
Published 13 Feb 2017
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February 8, 2023

The King of Siam’s Massaman Curry

Filed under: Asia, Food, History — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

Tasting History with Max Miller
Published 7 Feb 2023
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January 25, 2023

Dinner with Attila the Hun

Filed under: Europe, Food, History — Tags: , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

Tasting History with Max Miller
Published 24 Jan 2023
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January 17, 2023

Growing an Ancient Roman Garden

Filed under: Food, History, Italy — Tags: , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Tasting History with Max Miller
Published 23 Aug 2022

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January 11, 2023

Al Capone’s Soup Kitchen

Tasting History with Max Miller
Published 10 Jan 2023
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January 10, 2023

Catherine the Great & the Volga Germans

Filed under: Food, Germany, History, Russia, USA — Tags: , , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Tasting History with Max Miller
Published 16 Aug 2022
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January 8, 2023

Caesar Salad and Satan’s Playground

Filed under: Americas, Food, History, Italy, USA — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
Published 7 Sep 2022

The rare example of a food fad that has maintained its popularity, the tangy dressing on romaine lettuce salad has a history as rich as a coddled egg, involving multiple nations, a bevy of movie stars, an infamous American divorcee, a disputed origin story, and, prominently, alcohol. And, perhaps surprising to many, is unrelated to the notorious Roman dictator.
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January 3, 2023

Debunking the Myths of Leonardo da Vinci

Filed under: Food, History, Italy — Tags: , , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Tasting History with Max Miller
Published 9 Aug 2022
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December 29, 2022

Brewing Mesopotamian Beer – 4,000 Years Old

Filed under: Food, History, Middle East — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

Tasting History with Max Miller
Published 27 Dec 2022
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December 27, 2022

Smoking Bishop from A Christmas Carol

Filed under: Britain, Food, History, Wine — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Tasting History with Max Miller
Published 10 Dec 2021
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December 26, 2022

How to Make Christmas Gin Punch – The Victorian Way

Filed under: Britain, Food, History — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

English Heritage
Published 7 Dec 2016

Mr Lincoln, the butler, is very busy with Christmas preparations, so Mrs Crocombe is making some Christmas gin punch for the servants in the kitchens of Audley End House.

INGREDIENTS
250g Brown Sugar
7 lemons
750ml Gin
750ml Ginger Wine
250g Honey
A Pinch of Cloves
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Nutmeg
Hot Water

METHOD
In a large bowl, add the sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, lemons, honey, gin and ginger wine. Add some hot water to your taste and give everything a good stir. You can then decant your punch into a decorative bowl and serve.
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December 25, 2022

What the heck is Wassail?

Filed under: Britain, Food, History, Religion — Tags: , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

Tasting History with Max Miller
Published 16 Dec 2022
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