Tasting History with Max MillerSeason 20202020 · 48 episodesEpisodes1How to Make Medieval CheeseI'll show you step by step and give a bit of the history of cheese, from Egypt, to Greece, to WWII and Nixon. Learn how we went from curdled milk in a sheep stomach to the wide world of cheese we know today.2Baking A Medieval Cheesecake - The History of the SambocadeIn this episode, I make a medieval elderflower cheesecake - a Sambocade. I explore how this dessert is the link between the ancient cheesecake given to Greek Olympians and the modern NY style cheesecake we love today.3Making 400 Year Old Buttered BeereIn this episode, I show you how to make your own alcoholic (and non-alcoholic) Buttered Beere and we explore the importance of beer and ale in Medieval and Renaissance England.4Cooking Medieval Dessert for Lent: Bruet of Almaynne in lenteI show you how to make your own almond milk and look at the medieval diet during Lent and other fasting. I also explore some of the ways people made sure they could still eat well while observing their fast, even if that mean considering a beaver a fish.5Apple Muse for the Plague - The Four Humors6Weird Cures for the Black Plague - Candied Horseradish7What does a 1920s BIRTHDAY CAKE taste like?8How to Make a MEDIEVAL TRENCHER - Torte Bread9Cooking A CAPON Dish For A Medieval King - Sweet Measure10Making Medieval Fig Spread - Rapé - History of the Fig11Making a Medieval TART DE BRY (Brie Tart) - Brie: The King of Cheese12Anglo-Saxon Oatcakes - How Not To Burn King Alfred's Cakes13The Softest Bread In England - How To Make 18th Century Sally Lunn Buns14How to Bake Medieval Rastons - The Life of a Miller15History's Fluffiest Dessert! - Everlasting Syllabub16Cooking from THE FORME OF CURY: England's First Cookbook - Galyntyne Sauce17I finally made GARUM - Ancient Rome's favorite condiment18Oldest Cookbook in the West - APICIUS - Ancient Roman Mussels19A Tart to Topple a King - Lombardy Custard20A Dish for the First 4th of July... and why it should be on the 2nd.21The Poisonous History of Tomatoes - Pomodori Farciti all’Erbette (1773)22The Bread of ANCIENT ROME - Pompeii's Panis Quadratus23Making Hippocras at Home - Medieval Spiced Wine24Civil War Bread Pudding25KYKEON - The Drink of Greek Heroes26Payasam - Medieval India & Dessert for the King27The Wonderful History of Pancakes28Loseyns - Medieval English Lasagna!29The Strange Flavor of Parthian Chicken from Ancient Rome30FARTS OF PORTINGALE - A Shakespearean Treat31Quesadillas Cernidas & Aztec Maize32Yuanxiao from the Ming Dynasty33Precedella - 1500's Pretzels made with Wine34Spartan BLACK BROTH - Melas Zomos35Scappi's Renaissance Herb Torte36The History of Sugar Part 1 - Medieval Arabian Pistachio and Rose Candy37The History of Sugar Part 2 - Victoria Punch38Soul Cakes & Trick-or-Treating39Silphium: The Lost Aphrodisiac of Ancient Rome40Making Medieval Mead like a Viking41Pumpion Pie from 167042What Did Medieval Peasants Eat?43Figgy Pudding - A Victorian Christmas Tradition44Unwrapping Aztec Tamales - The Tamale Wars45Celebrating Saturnalia with Cato's Globi46Making Medieval Gingerbread47Eggnog: A Christmas History48A 4000 Year Old Recipe for the Babylonian New YearSeason 2021Season 2022Season 2023Season 2024Season 2025Season 2026
