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Last video of 2025! Let me know your requests for next year and what you’ll like to see more of.
Also, where’s everyone spending New Year’s Eve? I’m in Edinburgh celebrating Hogmanay!
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Regarding leeks and flavour: modern leeks are much more delicate in both texture and flavour than they were even 50 years ago. I can imagine that Roman leeks were pretty robust vegetables and much more strongly flavoured.
Its really interesting to look back and think about just how organized and prepared some of these people were when it came to army managment and logistics. I mean having small groups of people specifically for certain tasks is really smart, makes things simple.
Keith Floyd made this dish in an episode of Floyd on Food. It was hysterical.
I would eat the heck out of that. I love fish sauce.
Kind of boring but tolerable and nutritious seems perfect to feed a marching army on long campaigns.
pokemon falinks on the left side of the screen
As an army veteran, I would bet the Roman Army NCOs (the Principales) ate better than anyone. They're in charge of the rations and the cooking and would always do well for themselves.
as an honorable man, i would eat what my men ate. If it wasnt good enough, well, them everyone gets an upgrade on the next supply run. This is the way.
Foraging IS stealing and plundering. Its when a bunch of organized soldiers do the stealing on official orders. They literally took the food that kept people alive.
Happy New Year, Max!
Still better than modern MREs
Do a traditional Carolina pig picking
My wife likes using bulgar wheat, but I find it a bit bland. This gives me an idea….
Pokemon spotted in a Tasting History video?! HECK YAH!!
I would love to see some potato related dishes, dont know why but i have started to make more potato foods lately, 10/5 if you know how to use flavors.
Looks yummy, I would skip the garum and use salt, thank you for providing an alternative for us weird people with allergies!
Hardtack. *clack clack*. I smile. Every time.
Stoved off or staved off? Yes. That's correct.
As interesting as these videos are, the Falinks in the background has my full attention because I cannot figure out why they're there.
9:45 I think having a hearty meal of fresh meat just before the battle might have helped too
I never get tired of the hardtack clip.
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Watching 1st day of 2026… my wife bought me your cook book for xmas!! I spent the holiday explaining what your channel was and why I was so excited, love the content.
For all y'all expecting hard tack to go away, you underestimate millenials.
I just noticed that a little fork and spoon show up when i click the like button. Not sure how you pulled that off max but thats so cool
Back to Rome!! woooo
If recreating a meal for a Roman centurion, shouldn’t you be using a eating knife and a spoon? Not a fork which wasn’t invented until the middle ages 👍
It's stupid to think Officers do not want their Men well fed.
HARDTACK!
My parents loved your book as a Christmas gift. Thanks
14:33 actually looks like a pretty good dish!
if you dont use sea salt or Pink salt, youre doing it wrong. Romans didnt eat chemically washed salt.
Incredibilis
If I were going to make this, I'd replace the leek with diced shallot that I cooked with the wheat and a little of it fresh with the pork on top, leek is very subtle and can get overpowered easily, as you tasted
I can totally see you as a Disney character dude and because of your surname, I'm only seeing German ads throughout the video.
I know youre talking about meat and must focus but I wanted to hear more and the drugged wine story was great I Love your stories I can tell theyre from memory you were there youre a Highlander I knew it ;')
Aha! An ancient Adobo, in short 😂 That combo was good. Reminded of that latest rage in India, some ancient wheat, emmer ir einkorn 😂 Our combos are toddy-infused rice dumplings, "sanna" or pancakes "appam" Yum! Fresh year, fresh meat it is! 😂😂😂
Came for the Garum, Stayed for the hardtack. ❤❤
the clack clack i never knew i needed 😉
Something that's fascinating to me is how little military rations changed for thousands of years. Hardtack and salt pork only went out of fashion relatively recently. Things like MREs are small but important testaments to just how "new" the modern world really is.
The recipe was neat, but the amount of information on logistics lines for centurions was something that was not even considered in history courses. Why do courses overlook something so important to the life of these ancient empires? shakes head
Also on garum vs salt: Roman military was paid in salt to preserve food. Hence salt – salary, the origin of the word.
I'm Italian and what is interesting is that many of the dishes of ancient roman are very actual today! not to much changed besides maybe some additional spices or ingredients from americas, Asia, we use nowadays a lot of farro and we put wine on meat to give flavour so not much changed.
The diet of roman soldiers were the MRA of today's backpack soldier.
7:52 I hope you're not using AI on this channel.
00:05 Gimli: "Salted pork?"