500 Year-Old Pizza VS Today

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  • @TastingHistory
    @TastingHistory  Před 3 lety +980

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    • @BJReolon
      @BJReolon Před 3 lety +6

      hi

    • @mnels5214
      @mnels5214 Před 3 lety +6

      The kitties ❤even if I didn't like wine I would subscribe for the kitty playground

    • @macdjord
      @macdjord Před 3 lety +12

      Jamie is adorable and deserves many pettings.

    • @anonymoose9315
      @anonymoose9315 Před 3 lety +8

      Despite your distaste for Chicago pizza I still love you.

    • @deangraves7462
      @deangraves7462 Před 3 lety +15

      Countdown before the mayor of Chicago sends you a pizza with dead fish on it.

  • @VodkaHellstorm
    @VodkaHellstorm Před 3 lety +11088

    This recipe just reads like "take butter, add butter, while waiting for your butter to cook, eat some butter, rub butter on your butter, then on yourself, then on your butter again. Throw a bit of dough in there somewhere. Serve hot."

    • @clarie4497
      @clarie4497 Před 3 lety +399

      This is a very underrated comment lmao

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 3 lety +365

      Sounds like my kind of recipe.

    • @spitcloth
      @spitcloth Před 3 lety +570

      IKR? Whole thing is an exercise in, "How do we just eat butter while pretending that we're not eating just straight butter? Hmm..."

    • @FlameDarkfire
      @FlameDarkfire Před 3 lety +335

      Add nutmeg to taste.

    • @joeloffing2113
      @joeloffing2113 Před 3 lety +225

      @@FlameDarkfire Townsend has entered the chat.

  • @solDelta
    @solDelta Před 3 lety +4617

    I'm Australian and I could hear those shots fired at Chicago from here

    • @TastingHistory
      @TastingHistory  Před 3 lety +660

      🤣

    • @JudgeNicodemus
      @JudgeNicodemus Před 3 lety +1262

      Most of Chicagos citizens hear enough gunshots without Max roasting them.

    • @Heritage367
      @Heritage367 Před 3 lety +186

      @@JudgeNicodemus hiyooooooh!

    • @MontgomeryWenis
      @MontgomeryWenis Před 3 lety +226

      @@TastingHistory Your distain for deep dish is insulting and I'm personally offended. Stay in California. Chicago doesn't want you.

    • @TastingHistory
      @TastingHistory  Před 3 lety +510

      @@MontgomeryWenis it’s my years in NY that make me biased 🤣 All in good fun.

  • @thecynicaloptimist1884
    @thecynicaloptimist1884 Před 11 měsíci +148

    Hearing you describe Chicago-style pizza as "basically soup" brought me a chuckle. It reminds me somewhat of the pie debates I have with my parents in England. Sometimes you go to a pub and order, say, a steak and ale pie, and the pastry is just a lid. I'm staunchly of the view that a pie crust has to completely encase the filling, if it's just a lid, that's not a pie, it's stew with a hat.

    • @yourmusictastesuks
      @yourmusictastesuks Před měsícem +2

      I live in Ohio, the United States and I can't travel much and I love food, do you mind telling me what ale pie is? I could look it up but I want a person who has had it describe it.

    • @owaing
      @owaing Před měsícem +4

      @@yourmusictastesuks It's "steak and ale" pie. It's a steak pie with the meat filling cooked with ale (beer).

    • @squidwardtortellini362
      @squidwardtortellini362 Před měsícem +3

      The more I read the more British it gets lol

    • @yourmusictastesuks
      @yourmusictastesuks Před měsícem +1

      @@owaing kind of what I had in mind but I wanted to be sure, sounds pretty decent.

    • @KelseyDrummer
      @KelseyDrummer Před měsícem

      A stew with a hat is a perfect description.

  • @CTRIsTheBest
    @CTRIsTheBest Před rokem +617

    "whats the pope favourite pizza topping" i can't be the only one who said "Poperoni"

    • @junecampbell2152
      @junecampbell2152 Před rokem +20

      You are in fact, not the only person who said that. I did too.

    • @macattack5691
      @macattack5691 Před rokem +6

      Me too.

    • @RT-bt5ql
      @RT-bt5ql Před rokem +1

      Popes pedo

    • @HueghMungus
      @HueghMungus Před rokem +2

      @@junecampbell2152 There's 8 billion people on earth, some will have same comments just by chance

    • @Shrapnel82
      @Shrapnel82 Před rokem

      And holypenos.

  • @neilholmes8200
    @neilholmes8200 Před 2 lety +2297

    I love how old recipes have ingredients like "enough salt"

    • @TerrorLTZ
      @TerrorLTZ Před rokem +98

      someone who eats ramen
      grabs a bowl worth of salt.
      this is "enough" salt?

    • @LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial
      @LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial Před rokem +133

      Yea and shit like "some sugar" bruh

    • @LosGelfos
      @LosGelfos Před rokem +103

      Modern Italian recipes today still say things like that : Sale (quanto basta). 'Sale'' is salt. 'Quanto basta' means 'however much is enough'.

    • @joemama-bu5ue
      @joemama-bu5ue Před rokem +105

      @@LosGelfos I mean any modern recipes still have stuff like "add seasoning/salt to taste" so yeah it's basically the same

    • @reillyd.4753
      @reillyd.4753 Před rokem +20

      Well salt is up to preference so it’s however much you want to add for it to be salted enough for your own personal taste.

  • @hcn6708
    @hcn6708 Před 3 lety +5626

    "Pineapples in Pizza? That's so outrageous! They don't even do that in Italy!"
    16th century Italians: Hmmm yes SUGAR PIZZA

    • @Asiaa514
      @Asiaa514 Před 3 lety +470

      We have sweet pizza here in Italy, it's not the sweet the problem, it's the pineapple, we don't use pineapple on pizza, it's blasphemy hahaha

    • @colabrodointellettuale2447
      @colabrodointellettuale2447 Před 3 lety +46

      @@Asiaa514 boh a me fa cagare l'ananas

    • @Asiaa514
      @Asiaa514 Před 3 lety +48

      @@colabrodointellettuale2447 fa cagare l'ananas sulla pizza, l'ananas in sé è buono, da solo ovviamente

    • @eveakane6563
      @eveakane6563 Před 3 lety +384

      Fruits in savory dishes are a thing people. Let it go like Elsa.

    • @EmmyDereest
      @EmmyDereest Před 3 lety +227

      @@eveakane6563 This! Some of the best traditional pizza toppings are figs and fresh stone fruit.

  • @rowan_jalso
    @rowan_jalso Před rokem +97

    I think you just made a cake shaped, rose flavored croissant. Which sounds awesome.

  • @dewilew2137
    @dewilew2137 Před rokem +294

    I’m always so impressed with your pronunciation of various foreign words and languages. Your Italian pronunciation is SO GOOD. So many people don’t even try, or they just say the words phonetically with an American accent. You really went for it and you nailed it! Great job! 💗
    Edit: you even do a good transatlantic accent! I’m so impressed!

    • @chrisheartman9263
      @chrisheartman9263 Před rokem +15

      I mean, it was a stereotypical italian through american lenses, but yeah, he did really try! And some, if not most pronounciations were decent, if not alright! He did a pretty good job, indeed.

    • @Shaitan_no_allah
      @Shaitan_no_allah Před rokem +2

      He literally mispronounced all the Italian words, but okay

    • @AKbamoida
      @AKbamoida Před 11 měsíci +10

      His French and German are also decent, also his British accent isn't terrible (source: I'm British and speak these languages)

    • @dewilew2137
      @dewilew2137 Před 11 měsíci +9

      @@Shaitan_no_allah No, he “literally” did not. 🙄

    • @dewilew2137
      @dewilew2137 Před 11 měsíci +13

      @@chrisheartman9263 he’s Not from Italy, so he doesn’t have an Italian accent. For someone with an American accent, he did fine. MUCH better than most.

  • @m.pellegrini2540
    @m.pellegrini2540 Před 2 lety +3654

    Fun fact: in Italy, specifically in Central Italy, we have a dish that we call "pizza", even though it looks nothing like Neapolitan pizza and it's tall and fluffy like the one in the video. It's called "pizza di Pasqua" or "pizza al formaggio" (literally "Easter pizza" or "cheese pizza") and we eat it during Easter, especially in Umbria and Marche which were also part of the Papal States. Maybe these tall and fluffy foods were what central Italians used to call pizza back in the day...

    • @LuPoN7
      @LuPoN7 Před 2 lety +65

      Truth, I wanted to add this but found you comment first :D

    • @Heidegaff
      @Heidegaff Před 2 lety +90

      Fun fact: now I, a southern Italian, hate Central Italy even more than before.

    • @LuPoN7
      @LuPoN7 Před 2 lety +17

      @@Heidegaff ma se se fanno pure a Napoli 😂

    • @jayjaygolden5123
      @jayjaygolden5123 Před 2 lety +148

      italians: american pizzas are not pizza!! porcodio!!
      also italians:

    • @CoffeeGodAzzy
      @CoffeeGodAzzy Před 2 lety +10

      @@Heidegaff I’m half southern half central Italian 😂

  • @janbaer3241
    @janbaer3241 Před 2 lety +2345

    "You can use our mill whenever you want, but you have to cater two pizza parties a year at the church." That seems like a good deal.

    • @singletona082
      @singletona082 Před 2 lety +127

      I mean this... sounds completely fair.

    • @maddockemerson4603
      @maddockemerson4603 Před rokem +57

      Well, these are two deliveries of twelve pizzas each, which is a lot a dough and other ingredients that you’d need to acquire all on your own. If we assume similar prices to a modern large pizza, that’s about a hundred dollars’ value per “party” so about 200 a year, which might not seem like a lot if compared to rent which is more than twice that each month, but this isn’t for something that’s absolutely essential like a place to live, it’s just a mill. It’s there so you don’t have to grind your grains by hand or order flour that’s already ground up. So this could actually be kinda pricey, depending on the success of the business that relies on it.

    • @swahilimaster
      @swahilimaster Před rokem +93

      @@maddockemerson4603 You are pricing the pizza based on cost to purchase, not cost to produce, pizza has huge profit margins because of how extremely cheap the ingredients are. I can't attest to the price of ingredients in those days, but by today's standards you could easily produce a large cheese pizza with about 3 dollars worth of ingredients, most of that being the cost of the cheese.

    • @vaspeter2600
      @vaspeter2600 Před rokem +31

      @@maddockemerson4603 In addition to the above, grinding your own grains was largely outlawed (or at least skirted the edge of legality) in medieval Europe. The commoners generally paid a portion of their flour as tax to the local lord, and naturally the nobility wasn't overly keen on seeing this form of income dwindle.

    • @annhentaiuser6658
      @annhentaiuser6658 Před rokem

      No wonder why medieval priests are fat af.

  • @davidcatanach2620
    @davidcatanach2620 Před rokem +115

    SOOOOOO glad I found this channel! Super funny, mildly informative, time warps 20 mins into 5, such fun. Thank you, sir.

    • @nollypolly
      @nollypolly Před 9 měsíci +6

      100% with you! I have ADHD and not much can keep my attention but I've binged watched about a dozen vids since finding it 3 hours ago lol

    • @travelingman5146
      @travelingman5146 Před měsícem +1

      Very informative!
      Not mildly!

  • @lindaputthoff470
    @lindaputthoff470 Před rokem +338

    My husband came back from Italy and complained that spaghetti in Venice did not have ground beef in it. It had pepperoni or hard boiled eggs. SO, I added pepperoni to my spaghetti meat sauce. Love it.

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L Před rokem +24

      I’ve been adding fried salami or pepperoni to all sorts of pasta sauce for a while! It’s fantastic!

    • @SgtDuster
      @SgtDuster Před rokem +39

      Funny because pepperoni isn't even italian, it's an american invention. Salami is.

    • @badweetabix
      @badweetabix Před rokem +34

      @@SgtDuster Yes and no. It was invented by Italian immigrants in America, but possibility from other immigrant communities in other countries and introduced into America.

    • @SgtDuster
      @SgtDuster Před rokem +1

      @@badweetabix Just like chinese buffets in N-A.

    • @Teert712
      @Teert712 Před rokem +25

      @@SgtDuster While pepperoni is an invention of italian imigrants it is very closely based on other italian sausages invented centuries earlier in italy so it's very likely that he was actually served some sort of italian salsiccia rather than pepperoni. It would be pretty weird for italian restaurant in italy to serve american pepperoni, but they're very alike.

  • @diamondddude171
    @diamondddude171 Před 3 lety +924

    “That delicious”
    Well of course it is, it’s got a pound of butter in it lmao.

    • @benjalucian1515
      @benjalucian1515 Před 3 lety +17

      My thoughts too. How could it taste bad?

    • @craigrobbins2463
      @craigrobbins2463 Před 3 lety +47

      the portion is like a whole slice of angel food cake. YOu can't tell me angel food wouldn't be great with rose water and butter

    • @diamondddude171
      @diamondddude171 Před 3 lety +12

      @@craigrobbins2463 you’re right I wouldn’t tell you that

    • @katiehettinger7857
      @katiehettinger7857 Před 3 lety +18

      Wonder what was served with it? Fruit, jam, cold cuts, cheese, eggs, stew any or all might be nice.

    • @benjalucian1515
      @benjalucian1515 Před 3 lety +14

      @@katiehettinger7857 it was for a feast for the Pope. It was served with all those things and probably a lot more.

  • @FailSonOfAnarchy
    @FailSonOfAnarchy Před 3 lety +921

    "and enough salt." Love the vagueness of old recipes.

    • @jamesbradleysears7188
      @jamesbradleysears7188 Před 3 lety +100

      Was their version of "to taste".

    • @GroundThing
      @GroundThing Před 3 lety +53

      @@jamesbradleysears7188 And like "to taste" entirely unhelpful if you're going to be altering the flavor profile of the finished dish.

    • @GrimAhren
      @GrimAhren Před 3 lety +40

      @@jamesbradleysears7188 which itself seems to be a later version of "a pinch of salt." Seems like decades ago most recipes said "pinch of salt" and now it's all "to taste".

    • @jamesbradleysears7188
      @jamesbradleysears7188 Před 3 lety +25

      If you meed a precise measurement for your own taste, you really ought to be staying away from recipes, or cooking, entirely.

    • @GroundThing
      @GroundThing Před 3 lety +30

      @@jamesbradleysears7188 The whole point is that you can't really taste it, at least before it's cooked, at which point you can't exactly add more salt, per "to taste". If it says X grams of salt, and I know I like my food saltier than average, I can adjust to say 1.5X grams of salt or if I like less salt I might go to 0.67X grams of salt, aka exactly how I do for garlic or vinegar, or most other ingredients.

  • @MurderWho
    @MurderWho Před rokem +29

    As soon as I heard rose water and sugar, I knew it would be Scappi :)
    The summer before last, I earned a fair amount of coin making historical pizzas for a client, and Scappi ended up being his favourite excursion into that part of food history.
    I'm hoping to pick up some more catering contracts from him this summer.

  • @rdiddyspace1708
    @rdiddyspace1708 Před rokem +59

    you are definitely doctor of food history in my book!
    I was definitely confused when I ordered a "pizza" in Rome as a tourist and they put a sliced hard boiled egg on top of a flatbread with tomato sauce and called it pizza. What I really wanted was an American pizza over there.

    • @SandBoy408
      @SandBoy408 Před 5 měsíci +2

      We don´t want "american pizza" in Italy. We don´t like, we don´t even consider it a pizza. Domino´s, for example, has failed 2 years ago in Italy 😂

    • @theawecat27
      @theawecat27 Před měsícem +2

      ​​@@SandBoy408 i hope you don't think domino's is representative of american pizza, i promise you that we have so much better. i honestly don't know how domino's hasn't failed here for how easily you can get better pizza.

    • @SandBoy408
      @SandBoy408 Před měsícem +1

      @@theawecat27 I don´t like NYC style pizza or chicago deep too. The only way i can apreciate american pizza is at some neapolitan pizzeria, like at Anthony Mangieri

  • @BlaineTog
    @BlaineTog Před 3 lety +1012

    Chicago and Oboe Doctors: "What did we ever do to you, history boy?"

    • @michaelpalmer8682
      @michaelpalmer8682 Před 3 lety +65

      they know what they did..

    • @AJKecsk
      @AJKecsk Před 3 lety +26

      we know what we did.

    • @PauaP
      @PauaP Před 3 lety +12

      What did you do?

    • @SamKosel
      @SamKosel Před 3 lety +28

      @@PauaP They did the thing that they have done.

    • @antoniomromo
      @antoniomromo Před 3 lety +19

      They called him history boy. It's History MAN!!!

  • @IDontWantThisStupidHandle
    @IDontWantThisStupidHandle Před 3 lety +958

    Pizza a otto: "I'll gladly pay you in eight days for a pizza today."

    • @itzallaboutme2day
      @itzallaboutme2day Před 3 lety +73

      Yes. I thought this too. Waited for him to reference it. Realized I'm old and moved on.

    • @ernstschmidt4725
      @ernstschmidt4725 Před 3 lety +37

      @@itzallaboutme2day popeye was old when i was young, good fun though.

    • @Anonarchist
      @Anonarchist Před 3 lety +28

      Oh, get outta Wimpiovanni!

    • @MedicOnTheMove1
      @MedicOnTheMove1 Před 3 lety +7

      The first thing I thought of! 😂

    • @caseygibson7266
      @caseygibson7266 Před 3 lety +4

      Darn, I was just about to make that joke too.

  • @vipergtsrgt1
    @vipergtsrgt1 Před rokem +63

    I ate a whole Red Baron pizza before watching this. If Max can do it, so can I.

    • @papwithanhatchet902
      @papwithanhatchet902 Před rokem +4

      Then you risk being a “chubby kid” just like Max admitted he was. I still eat a whole pizza at one sitting about once a month and it’s not helping me, let me tell you.

    • @hennie_booboo
      @hennie_booboo Před rokem +3

      we're here for a good time, not a long time ;-)

    • @thenovicenovelist
      @thenovicenovelist Před rokem

      I love Red Baron fully loaded pepperoni pizza. I can only eat about 3 slices at most though. But, that just means I'll have something to look forward to the next day as well. But I don't eat pizza as much as I used to.

  • @IreneSalmakis
    @IreneSalmakis Před rokem +50

    I totally understand how this combination is the genesis of pizza. The sweet and floral elements in something so savory and buttery is at the core of what a good pizza dough is. The rose water is just perfect.

  • @Lauren.E.O
    @Lauren.E.O Před 3 lety +1304

    When the pizza takes WAY longer than “30 minutes or less” to arrive 😂

    • @TastingHistory
      @TastingHistory  Před 3 lety +175

      🤣

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja Před 3 lety +29

      This one definitely isn’t baked in the time it takes to put the toppings on the next one.

    • @travisjohnson1225
      @travisjohnson1225 Před 3 lety +57

      I recently learned that Dominoes had to cancel that offer cause too many people were injured by over-pressured delivery drivers.

    • @davidallamericananarchist9220
      @davidallamericananarchist9220 Před 3 lety +15

      @@travisjohnson1225 you're late, I'm not paying for those!

    • @Lauren.E.O
      @Lauren.E.O Před 3 lety +19

      @@travisjohnson1225 I can believe that. It’s a weird deal, anyway.

  • @marcmaubertcrotte
    @marcmaubertcrotte Před 3 lety +782

    I don't see enough people complimenting Max's old timey presenter voice. Nailed it!

  • @SuperNetSpyder
    @SuperNetSpyder Před rokem +22

    This is still the best thing the CZcams algorithm has ever set me on to. Food and History, Mama Mia'!

    • @reneebush2399
      @reneebush2399 Před rokem

      You may want to add in some towndsend and Victorian Way as well. They are more geared to a certain historical time and place, but great nonetheless.

  • @corir207
    @corir207 Před rokem +50

    It reminds me of making brioche from scratch! Sounds really lovely with the rose water.

  • @qrowing
    @qrowing Před rokem +1544

    This guy really said "You owe me 12 pizzas."
    I love it.

    • @rubberman302
      @rubberman302 Před rokem +82

      12 pizzas twice a year.

    • @FerreiraDeAssis
      @FerreiraDeAssis Před rokem +70

      @@rubberman302 that's like, 2 pizzas per month. quite reasonable, actually.

    • @rubberman302
      @rubberman302 Před rokem +4

      @@FerreiraDeAssis I wasent trying to imply that it was unreasonable. your way of writing it just makes it look more so 😆

    • @k-dogg9086
      @k-dogg9086 Před rokem +6

      Sounds like something Michelangelo would say

    • @APXWOX
      @APXWOX Před rokem

      the day after I buy a tesla

  • @rsolsjo
    @rsolsjo Před 3 lety +348

    Butterpizza: make it with butter, work in more butter, cook it in butter, soak it in butter and add sugar and rosewater

    • @whatzittooya9012
      @whatzittooya9012 Před 3 lety +29

      Paula Deen Pizza

    • @lorddestrustor8828
      @lorddestrustor8828 Před 3 lety +27

      Alright chief, but I'm also going to need a little bit of butter to spread on that bad boy.

    • @Charok1
      @Charok1 Před 3 lety +14

      Don't forget dipping the finished slice in GARLIC BUTTER.
      Seriously, that recipe has too much freaking butter.

    • @Amy_the_Lizard
      @Amy_the_Lizard Před 3 lety +8

      @@Charok1 Garlic AND rosewater in the same dish..? O.o

    • @sekhmetsaes
      @sekhmetsaes Před 3 lety +4

      Welcome to Italian pastry!

  • @monus782
    @monus782 Před rokem +23

    The pizza magherita story really reminded me of one of my favorite dishes which is chiles en nogada, it's basically a pepper filled with meat, pomegranate seeds and a couple of other ingredients and legend has it that the colors are supposed to represent the flag and it was presented to emperor Iturbide shortly after Mexico got its independence.

  • @elenauffa5201
    @elenauffa5201 Před rokem +11

    Domino's opened some restaurants in Italy a few years ago, but they closed last summer, because...well, they didn't sell enough pizza

  • @yendub
    @yendub Před 3 lety +401

    With all that butter, it sounds like he is trying to make early puff pastry.

    • @beth8775
      @beth8775 Před 3 lety +54

      Seems like brioche.

    • @michael5068
      @michael5068 Před 3 lety +7

      Thought the same thing

    • @Katharina-rp7iq
      @Katharina-rp7iq Před 3 lety +20

      The dough Ingredients remind me of croissants...though those are made with about 100 folded layers of dough and butter.

    • @mirandamom1346
      @mirandamom1346 Před 3 lety +17

      Rough puff... very rough

    • @kaylizzie7890
      @kaylizzie7890 Před 3 lety +16

      @@beth8775 brioche is made with eggs. This is more like a croissant. Bread with butter layered in to make it flaky.

  • @TheSamuelCish
    @TheSamuelCish Před 2 lety +1119

    Every time this engaging cooking show starts the history segment, I'm like, "Hey, I forgot this was history too!" Then when it goes back to cooking, I'm like, "This history channel does cooking too! Amazing!"

    • @annonimooseq1246
      @annonimooseq1246 Před 2 lety +38

      You’ve captured exactly my thought process when I watch these

    • @ADeeSHUPA
      @ADeeSHUPA Před 2 lety

      @@annonimooseq1246 붸뤼 ないす

    • @akiblue
      @akiblue Před 2 lety +11

      Except that the history Channel no longer does history, it does alien conspiracies and knife forging completions.

  • @alessandromangiapia7082
    @alessandromangiapia7082 Před rokem +11

    Hi Max, my definition of pizza is a flatbread that does not contains pineapple or chicken :)
    Jokes apart, the word is directly translated to the English pie. Here in Naples I could easily show a few pizzas that you wouldn’t even think of calling pizza. On Easter we do pizzas with are literally covered and look like a pie with a cover on top. Fried pizza is like a folded and fried calzone. So yes, it’s a pie :) and small fish = anchovies, it’s typical on early marinara pizza recipes, garlic, tomato sauce and anchovies

  • @innoc4063
    @innoc4063 Před rokem +13

    This channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites. It's an awesome thing that you can learn so much about the world just through the kind of foods that have endured the ages.

  • @bshaw8175
    @bshaw8175 Před 3 lety +160

    something that i just realised is most traditional pizzas are basically an antipasto/charcuterie board cooked on bread

    • @sweetlorikeet
      @sweetlorikeet Před 3 lety +18

      The solution to the problem of most antipasto not coming with nearly enough bread

    • @powerist209
      @powerist209 Před 3 lety +8

      Well, Aeneid’s eating proto-pizza was the reason why they landed in Italy.
      The prophecy being that they will find home once they eat the plates or table, which Aeneid’s bread plate counted as one.

    • @Nuvares
      @Nuvares Před 3 lety +6

      @@sweetlorikeet I can see it now. Angry chef in the kitchen "It's always the same... 'NoT eNoUgH bReAd WiTh ThE aNtIpAsTo' Well now the bread IS the antipasto Mwa Ha Ha Ha!"

  • @Orbnoticas
    @Orbnoticas Před 3 lety +330

    "was Dumont a drama queen or severely gluten intolerant, you decide". My sides are in orbit. Liked and favourited.

  • @brohiggins9332
    @brohiggins9332 Před rokem +2

    I knew I liked this guy, Max Miller, but him throwing in a "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar" John Leguizamo clip, is high laughs! OMG Love Tasting History

  • @dennisotero8
    @dennisotero8 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Either in Pompeii or Hereculum there was a wall mural with a Pizza on a table.
    Seems that the recepie was lost till it was found again. So Pizza has been around
    For many centuries before.
    Even the Greeks had a Pizza version
    Using Foccacia bread.

  • @alinapala
    @alinapala Před 3 lety +175

    Ha! I'm posting this in a group of FB called "Italians mad at food". It usually hosts lots of discussions about what pizza is. I'm expecting loads of fun with this!

    • @Ubya_
      @Ubya_ Před 3 lety +51

      as an italian i can't be mad, he was pretty politically and culinary correct. if an italian gets mad at this video, he is butthurd by default

    • @chezmoi42
      @chezmoi42 Před 3 lety +20

      That sounds like a Reddit: r/Italians mad at food. They've got them for everything else.

    • @dimsum81
      @dimsum81 Před 3 lety +5

      How can you tell if they're mad, glad, or sad? They sound and look the same lol

    • @eurinome4320
      @eurinome4320 Před 3 lety +12

      I think that the only thing in this video that can make an italian angry, is the fact that you call pizza the chicago thing XD

    • @ColdEthyl92
      @ColdEthyl92 Před 3 lety +1

      You've got to let us know how it goes 😂

  • @axel.lessio
    @axel.lessio Před 3 lety +351

    I'm one of the few Italians who love any interpretation of pizza as long as it's good! No matter the country or even the time it comes from, what matters is passion and good ingredients.

    • @yungboy4216
      @yungboy4216 Před 3 lety +48

      Italian pizza is way more diverse than people give it credit for, from what I've seen at least their professional pizza makers are as happy to experiment as Americans are

    • @fedra76it
      @fedra76it Před 3 lety +29

      @@yungboy4216 Very true. There are lots of different recipes for the dough, and endless possibilities as concerns the topping. It's paradise, really. The bottom line is just: don't rush it, and don't use low-quality ingredients.

    • @axel.lessio
      @axel.lessio Před 3 lety +16

      @@fedra76it, exactly. There will always be extreme traditionalists claiming there is only one right way to do things, but overall we're quite open to innovation. :)

    • @bobbybologna3029
      @bobbybologna3029 Před 3 lety

      Just use everything store bought, if that doesn't immediately offend you then we have discovered you're not italian.

    • @fedra76it
      @fedra76it Před 3 lety +2

      @@bobbybologna3029 Well, he said "as long as it's good". This excludes store-bought ones ;)

  • @BrandiPratt-vm8pc
    @BrandiPratt-vm8pc Před rokem +39

    Could you do a feature on sugar subtleties and sugar molds? The drama and fancy presentation of the Renaissance. How was it done? What recipe did they use etc.

  • @aeray3581
    @aeray3581 Před rokem +4

    @TastingHistory
    Fun trivia: Hawaiian pizza is a Canadian invention.

  • @PhantomSavage
    @PhantomSavage Před 3 lety +3752

    Soo... when the pope wanted "Pizza" he really meant "Bake me a giant loaf of brioche, crust it in sugar, and spritz it with perfume."
    I mean.. I wouldn't call it "Pizza".. but I can't deny that'd be delicious.

    • @songcramp66
      @songcramp66 Před 3 lety +136

      @@SimonWoodburyForget Lack of tomato sauce and cheese definitely disqualifies it as a pizza.

    • @abonynge
      @abonynge Před 3 lety +97

      It really is just bread with rose scented frosting.

    • @robotmascot
      @robotmascot Před 3 lety +180

      @@songcramp66 If you go to Rome you can find pizzerias serving pizza bianca, which often has just some mix of olive oil, salt, and rosemary, no tomato sauce, no cheese. It's definitely still a pizza.

    • @victoriahoward8244
      @victoriahoward8244 Před 3 lety +54

      When you are the Pope, you do what you want.

    • @victoriahoward8244
      @victoriahoward8244 Před 3 lety +14

      @@abonynge And I AM HERE FOR IT. 🌹🌹🌹

  • @IsaacIsaacIsaacson
    @IsaacIsaacIsaacson Před 3 lety +631

    Max: "It smells kinda like croissants!"
    You mean butter? It smells like butter... haha

    • @jenniferaraisuru
      @jenniferaraisuru Před 3 lety +10

      This comment alone has made me want to make this recipe!

    • @lepauvrehomme
      @lepauvrehomme Před 3 lety +1

      Duh!

    • @buckbundy8642
      @buckbundy8642 Před 3 lety +8

      Flakey dough impregnated with unheard of amounts of butter. It’s basically a giant, flat croissant with gently perfumed sugar frosting lol. flakey

    • @mjamin9124
      @mjamin9124 Před 2 lety

      flour butter

  • @stevethomas760
    @stevethomas760 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Max, I had to laugh when you mentioned doctor. A friend and his wife were traveling in Italy. Came up on a crowd of people gathered around a man who was having a medical emergency. My friend, "I'm a doctor", crowd parted and he then helped the person. All he needed was he medication. My friend is a doctor, of phycology.

  • @toshi5239
    @toshi5239 Před rokem +3

    14:42 ur old timey accent is too spot on bro

  • @dadadadada17
    @dadadadada17 Před 3 lety +251

    My Italian grandmother called cakes "sweet pizzas", so it seems the name became more specific with the time.

    • @poisonerlady
      @poisonerlady Před 2 lety +27

      Yeah, in Italian dialects "pizza" means a wide range of stuff. "Pizza scema" it's a type of simple flat bread, "pizza dolce" it's literally cake (it's the base for our birthday-cake) :3

    • @carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679
      @carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679 Před 2 lety +5

      "pizza" is a rough translation. it can mean "cake", "pie" or "bread" Essentially, all it really means is "some type of cooked flour with stuff on it".
      and it's delicious!

    • @my2lttleanglz
      @my2lttleanglz Před 2 lety +2

      that prob why some people call pizza pizza pie

  • @circadianarchist
    @circadianarchist Před 3 lety +323

    In case you have never heard of this, there is a rhyme in Italian that we learn as kids:
    La regina Elisabetta
    mangia la pizza con la forchetta,
    la regina Margherita
    mangia la pizza con le dita.
    Queen Elizabeth eats her pizza with a fork,
    Queen Margherita eats her pizza with her fingers.
    Which, by the way, both are perfectly socially acceptable ways of eating pizza in Italy :)

    • @kenmore01
      @kenmore01 Před 3 lety +13

      I'm glad. People look at me funny when I pick up a knife and fork to eat hot pizza. I just don't want to burn my mouth!

    • @Sacto1654
      @Sacto1654 Před 3 lety +19

      Many Americans think eating pizza with a knife and fork is a terrible idea. I completely disagree, especially with some of the toppings we see on American pizzas and especially with the Chicago-style deep dish pizza.

    • @emdee7744
      @emdee7744 Před 3 lety +6

      @@kenmore01 Ditto! I was raised eating pizza with a knife and fork and when I went to college people made fun of me. But I wasn't the one with hot mozzarella in my mouth, exclaiming "hot, hot, hot!" while fanning my mouth.

    • @kenmore01
      @kenmore01 Před 2 lety

      @@emdee7744 LOL, yep! 😂

    • @kaiceecrane3884
      @kaiceecrane3884 Před 2 lety +1

      @@emdee7744 that's because overly using utensils is seen as posh, when available use hands first.

  • @andyboyce
    @andyboyce Před 28 dny

    Love the episodes I have watched so far. And I enjoy figuring out your background connections to the episode.

  • @shadowmancy9183
    @shadowmancy9183 Před rokem +4

    Historical recipe I love to make- grilled and poached salmon (taken from Pleyn Delit). Take a bunch of parsley , add a few leaves to a shallow pan of water, and soak the remaining leaves in vinegar, then chill the vinegar-parsley mix. Take your salmon fillet, cut into serving sizes. Grill each for 5 minutes (I added some salt and pepper, but since those were luxury spices, they aren't in the recipe), then poach for 5 minutes in the water until firm. Place on a plate and chill. Right before serving, liberally garnish the salmon with the vinegar-soaked parsley.

  • @Maturewind
    @Maturewind Před rokem +795

    In Italy this will be considered as a pizza. In my region we have something similar named: "Pizza di Pasqua". It is sweet and it contains raisin and candied fruit.

    • @rubberman302
      @rubberman302 Před rokem +36

      Thats a fuit cake here in ths US.

    • @slashslash501
      @slashslash501 Před rokem +34

      Is it connected to Easter in some way? Here where I'm from we call Easter "Paskha" and also bake bread with fruits and raisins for this holiday

    • @dashman36
      @dashman36 Před rokem +26

      I can confirm this for Romania also. We make it for Easter, both the orthodox and catholics. It has sweet cheese, raisins and a little bit of rum flavoring.

    • @dashman36
      @dashman36 Před rokem +12

      @@slashslash501 I can confirm this for Romania also. We make it for Easter, both the orthodox and catholics. It has sweet cheese, raisins and a little bit of rum flavoring.

    • @tenkuken7168
      @tenkuken7168 Před rokem +22

      why they hate pinapple if you put raisins and and candied fruit on it

  • @theultimatederp3288
    @theultimatederp3288 Před 3 lety +196

    How much butter do you need?
    Scappi: *YES*

  • @abigailjordan1227
    @abigailjordan1227 Před rokem +1

    I love your slight bit of humor provided in almost every episode, even when i don't fully understand it i find it funny and regardless of the humorous parts i find it educational and entertaining, ty for continuing your work

  • @carlamendez6590
    @carlamendez6590 Před rokem +6

    I just went to Pompeii and would love an ancient bread recipe and history from Pompeii. ❤️ your show!

  • @IncredibleMD
    @IncredibleMD Před 2 lety +1936

    I appreciate that he's pronouncing Italian correctly. So many English speakers leave out the hand motions when they try to pronounce it! If you do that, no one will be able to understand your accent!

    • @RRSmurf
      @RRSmurf Před 2 lety +28

      🤣

    • @jaredragland4707
      @jaredragland4707 Před 2 lety +73

      Bellissima! (imagine I did the proper "two fingers beside my mouth" gesture to indicate how delicious your comment is)

    • @kovam1234
      @kovam1234 Před 2 lety

      whats the point then if ur not able to understand shit? #monkeybrainnotfunny

    • @arianewinter4266
      @arianewinter4266 Před 2 lety +72

      to be honest, I worked with 2 italiens togeather who did not really speak my language well, and I do not speak italian, but they where so expressiv with their guesturing, that I understood way more they where telling me, than the other way around. It helps so much ^^

    • @arianewinter4266
      @arianewinter4266 Před 2 lety +6

      @@thothheartmaat2833 thats a nice skill, I totaly fail to do that

  • @williamwhite2971
    @williamwhite2971 Před 3 lety +382

    "Now butter up that dough, boy."
    "But dad, my heart hurts!"
    *glares in Italian*

    • @bobbybologna3029
      @bobbybologna3029 Před 3 lety +24

      ^ this is a bot folks.

    • @alecoppeac
      @alecoppeac Před 3 lety +7

      He's not a bot, he's the greatest content creator of all time

    • @gundam5271
      @gundam5271 Před 3 lety +19

      @@bobbybologna3029 nah, each of his comments are unique. He may be a complete waste of space but he’s got commitment

    • @li.m4095
      @li.m4095 Před 3 lety +1

      I feel that Omg lmao

    • @Claymann71
      @Claymann71 Před 3 lety +6

      BACON
      YOUR
      SAUSAGE

  • @brendanhoffmann8402
    @brendanhoffmann8402 Před rokem +3

    In Australia I've noticed we pile the ingredients high on a pizza... there's even the 'Pizza with the lot', common around Melbourne. I like making pizza with specially made Turkish bread pizza bases. I pile it high usually.

  • @trinitrojack
    @trinitrojack Před rokem +5

    I'm always amazed at how much there is behind the history of food! Never would have guessed this was pizza lol !

  • @maryanneslater9675
    @maryanneslater9675 Před 2 lety +446

    Years ago, a coworker and I would occasionally order a "Greek pizza" from a local restaurant for lunch. It had spinach, tomatoes, olives, onions and feta cheese. It was so good -- but it smelled like old gym sneakers when we opened the box because of the warm feta. The other staff made us eat it in the loading dock. :)

    • @One-EyedCorvus
      @One-EyedCorvus Před 2 lety +7

      Greek pizza is wonderful

    • @user-dv6wm5gb1n
      @user-dv6wm5gb1n Před 2 lety +14

      Sounds good and bad all at once 🤣😂

    • @arkhaan7066
      @arkhaan7066 Před 2 lety +21

      Got a local place that serves a Greek pizza, it’s an oil sauce on the bread with feta, gyro meat, spinach, bell pepper, olives, tomatoes, and tzatziki dipping sauce

    • @isoldejaneholland8370
      @isoldejaneholland8370 Před 2 lety +1

      I could not eat feta until I was an adult. As a kid, I just made the obligatory retching noises whenever it crossed my path.

    • @Great_Olaf5
      @Great_Olaf5 Před 2 lety

      Huh, I've eaten pizza cakes Greek pizza too, and it was basically normal pizza toppings (I think the cheese may have been more like the kind used for saganaki than mozzarella, but I've never been a fan of lots of toppings on my pizza, so it was relatively plain), and the baking method was a bit different, it was baked in a pan with olive oil, so it was basically baked and pan fried at the same time.

  • @MaybeNotARobot
    @MaybeNotARobot Před 3 lety +570

    even thousands of years ago, the italians were saying “i makea the pizza”

  • @swchwrm37
    @swchwrm37 Před rokem +17

    The Margherita story is the perfect example of "non e vero e ben trovato"

  • @andyrosevelt
    @andyrosevelt Před rokem +1

    I seriously love your videos you have such a great presence I’d watch you at any time

  • @SG-js2qn
    @SG-js2qn Před 3 lety +115

    That's what I was thinking when I saw the ingredients: "This is a croissant cake."

  • @PeteofHartainia
    @PeteofHartainia Před 3 lety +597

    "Don't give your cats wine." Instructions unclear: my cat has started a speakeasy.

    • @MeAuntieNora
      @MeAuntieNora Před 2 lety +30

      A meoweasy.

    • @Lofi_Man1
      @Lofi_Man1 Před 2 lety +14

      Did u do a prohibition?

    • @seileach67
      @seileach67 Před 2 lety +19

      Lackadaisy has entered the chat

    • @chinanolan1529
      @chinanolan1529 Před 2 lety +15

      [in Chicago mob voice] Da boss sez youse tell da cat he's buying wine from da Southside organization... it's a pretty place, shame if somethin' happened to it."

    • @edenjung9816
      @edenjung9816 Před 2 lety +1

      Be aware, someone might kill him and his spouse might have to take over.

  • @marortiz7913
    @marortiz7913 Před rokem +4

    i am binge watching all your videos, im so happy i found your channel!!!! im obsessed

  • @Sarah.Riedel
    @Sarah.Riedel Před 5 měsíci +1

    Your story about your first NYC apartment brought back *big* memories (or small memories) of my own first apartment after I graduated from NYU in 2005, on 13th Street between 2nd and 3rd Aves (right across the street from the Kiehl's flagship store, if you're into skincare at all). My bathroom had a literal KINDERGARTEN-SIZED sink, like the kind you see in preschools, and my bedroom was so tiny that my twin bed, desk and dresser, which I had assembled from Ikea, could only fit in one particular configuration, like a Tetris game except with furniture; I discovered, when it came time to move out, that the furniture literally could not fit out the bedroom door, and so I sold all three articles as-is, still in the room, when I passed it on to the next subletter.

  • @Lynn.Panadero4242
    @Lynn.Panadero4242 Před 3 lety +202

    Your Red Barron Pizza and Halloween connection surely comes from watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.” Snoopy fights the Red Baron all through the show. I think it’s a great tradition.

  • @shaunacorrigan9372
    @shaunacorrigan9372 Před 3 lety +312

    "Don't give your cats wine, but do let them play in the box the wine came in!" As if that wasn't all they wanted anyway😹

    • @FrarmerFrank
      @FrarmerFrank Před 3 lety +16

      I left a empty box in my hallway and a cat snuck in the house to play in the box......I said "hi, yeah you can have the box" and put the box out with the cat in it

    • @pheart2381
      @pheart2381 Před 3 lety +6

      My cat usually enters the box before the contents have been removed!

    • @whitneykopsie9772
      @whitneykopsie9772 Před 3 lety +9

      There is catnip wine for cats. 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @raerohan4241
      @raerohan4241 Před 2 lety

      @@whitneykopsie9772 Pretty sure that's not actual wine though. Alcohol in any quantity is toxic for cats

  • @mrs6968
    @mrs6968 Před rokem +4

    I love the concept of this show

  • @JSanders
    @JSanders Před rokem +1

    Your channel is a blast! Thank you for what you do!

  • @TGirl_Kelley
    @TGirl_Kelley Před 3 lety +219

    "What's the Pope's favorite pizza topping?"
    Popearoni?

  • @panchemist
    @panchemist Před 3 lety +188

    "Thats so because it's a lot of a freakin dough!"
    What kind of mafia movie am i watching...? Oh, "Max the Feeder", Insidious promoter of gluttony.

  • @feelshowdy
    @feelshowdy Před 9 měsíci +2

    I'm a really big fan of the so-called dessert pizzas and it's delightful to know how far back they go!

  • @Daughterofminerva
    @Daughterofminerva Před rokem +12

    I am impressed about the accuracy of your research on the history of pizza. I am Neapolitan and I can definitely confirm at least some of the facts you mentioned ( not even I knew all these stuff ,only the story about Queen Margherita and the facts that Brandi's was the " first" pizzeria )

  • @Lauren.E.O
    @Lauren.E.O Před 3 lety +506

    Okay, anyone judging a pizza-and-watermelon diet clearly hasn’t been lucky enough to try it.

    • @phoenixantis6994
      @phoenixantis6994 Před 3 lety +33

      That's him, officer, that's the guy right there, take the shot before he gets away.

    • @Lieutenant_Dude
      @Lieutenant_Dude Před 3 lety +39

      @@phoenixantis6994 why not eat them separately? A watermelon feta salad could go well with a savory pizza

    • @arisgaliatsatos595
      @arisgaliatsatos595 Před 3 lety +16

      Same goes with watermelon and feta cheese. Not lucky enough to have it the entire summer lol

    • @bobbybologna3029
      @bobbybologna3029 Před 3 lety +7

      RIP Food, we had a good run.

    • @e.urbach7780
      @e.urbach7780 Před 3 lety +32

      My Sicilian great-grandfather used to eat bread with watermelon every time he could! Although, the bread was homemade and fresh (still warm from the oven), and the watermelons were home-grown, fresh, and sweet (still warm from the sun). I get the impression from my family that it was a common snack among Italian immigrants in the midwest because it was inexpensive as well as delicious.

  • @luminoustedium
    @luminoustedium Před 3 lety +226

    In fairness, "lots and lots of dough" is exactly the kind of thing the papal court was into

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 3 lety +8

      I can't believe Martin Luther was against pizza.

    • @ultrademigod
      @ultrademigod Před 3 lety +12

      @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 He was pretty much against anything remotely nice or fun.

    • @fernandoerbin6751
      @fernandoerbin6751 Před 3 lety

      @@ultrademigod Except beer.

    • @MachineMan-mj4gj
      @MachineMan-mj4gj Před 3 lety +1

      @@ultrademigod Because Jesus is Serious Business.

    • @basilofgoodwishes4138
      @basilofgoodwishes4138 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ultrademigod He was also against the Jews for disagreeing with him. He is that type of asshole.

  • @senorasarahCDMX
    @senorasarahCDMX Před rokem +1

    Max I love the authenticity of your artwork! In several of the paintings you showed of Naples, there was a large fortress/castle in the background. I was in Naples in the spring, and it's really there! Also the plain pizza you're making doesn't surprise me...apparently a plain pizza in Naples even today is really just bread. We got fried pizzas while there, which were pretty good but since we're used to more ingredients, they weren't my favorite pizza ever.

  • @painkiller4188
    @painkiller4188 Před rokem +3

    you where basically making croissants since its a similar dough + a lot of butter but layered while here you mix it in + baked in another form

  • @jessica2530
    @jessica2530 Před 3 lety +40

    Twelve pizzas for Easter sounds like a great tradition to bring back!

    • @hannahcollins1816
      @hannahcollins1816 Před 3 lety +3

      Would go well with my adult Easter game plan of hiding mini shooters in the yard 😂

    • @brissygirl4997
      @brissygirl4997 Před 3 lety

      Don't forget the chickens to go with that pizza

    • @googiegress7459
      @googiegress7459 Před 2 lety +1

      @@hannahcollins1816 YES except here's the kicker: when you find the shot, you take the shot. This will likely make it so nobody can find too many since their finding abilities diminish as they succeed.

  • @TKnightcrawler
    @TKnightcrawler Před 3 lety +252

    *Orders a pizza with LARD* "This is kinda fatty, isn't it?"

    • @alexdalex3582
      @alexdalex3582 Před 2 lety +40

      Pizza with little fish, "sort of fishy, isn't it?"

    • @Ardoxsho
      @Ardoxsho Před 2 lety +8

      @@alexdalex3582 that goes to show that the story was made up. much more likely, the royals were visiting, and why not craft a pizza with the colors of the recently cooked-up national flag, so you ingratiate them? the one grain of truth in this is the queen notoriously liked only the simplest dishes. anything that's "margherita" in Italy is a simple recipe -- the kind you serve to fussy children. that includes torta margherita, for example, or biscotti margherita. the list goes on.

    • @Seifer_42
      @Seifer_42 Před 2 lety +1

      @@alexdalex3582 Things white people say

    • @Andhy23
      @Andhy23 Před 2 lety

      I pray you don't like authentic mexican food lmao or I have some news for you.

    • @rob465
      @rob465 Před 2 lety

      @@Andhy23 wait explain cause i been raised on CA mexican food l0l carne asada poillo burritos rice beans & elotes l0l

  • @ruthdepew7212
    @ruthdepew7212 Před rokem +3

    I saw my first pizza at age eight in 1956 while visiting a New Hampshire beach. We went back home to central Illinois and didn't see another pizza for several years. Later my college town had one pizza restaurant, but the next town over, a much larger place,
    "wasn't much for foreign food," so had no place to get a pizza. The times, they have a' changed.

  • @sandrak.robbins6305
    @sandrak.robbins6305 Před 16 hodinami

    Thank you. This was very enjoyable :)

  • @sicfaciuntomnes5604
    @sicfaciuntomnes5604 Před 2 lety +1814

    My parents, throughout my childhood, refused to do any kind of pizza except "Chicago style" as I'm sure they thought it was the only legitimate one.... to hear you describe it as "basically soup" brought me absolute joy!

    • @Psyrus88
      @Psyrus88 Před 2 lety +223

      I'd have tongue-in-cheek philosophical arguments with friends regarding as to whether or not Chicago Deep Dish could properly be called pizza, ontologically. I of course argued against it being pizza, because only a madman from Illinois would consider a savory, crustless shepherd's pie a pizza.

    • @firewalker1372
      @firewalker1372 Před 2 lety +92

      Basically a casserole…… basically….. 😂.

    • @singletona082
      @singletona082 Před 2 lety +146

      @@Psyrus88 Don't get me worn,g it's GOOD. but 'savory crustless shepher'ds pie' just... really nails what it is. I LIKE it. I can do a lot with the format, but it's casserole. It is not a pizza. Pizza is flatbread with toppings. Not a breadbowl containing toppings.

    • @Psyrus88
      @Psyrus88 Před 2 lety +27

      @@singletona082 Oh absolutely. I'd still eat and enjoy some CDD, but we have to call a spade a spade.

    • @Squishito
      @Squishito Před 2 lety +8

      @@Psyrus88 Wait... Is Shepherd's Pie not considered savory?

  • @ROMANTIKILLER2
    @ROMANTIKILLER2 Před 3 lety +276

    now this is a controversial episode: as an Italian, I've always had the moral duty to look with contempt at whoever ordered or promoted pizza with pinapple, yet it looks like in the Reinassance we Italians were baking pizza with sugar and rosewater ...

    • @CaptHollister
      @CaptHollister Před 3 lety +30

      Don't worry. Hawaiian pizza (ie pizza with pineapple) is a Canadian invention, but even the majority of Canadians loathe it.

    • @spankyjeffro5320
      @spankyjeffro5320 Před 3 lety +15

      You italians don't get to have an opinion on pizza, you eat it with cutlery.

    • @owenbloomfield1177
      @owenbloomfield1177 Před 3 lety +21

      @@CaptHollister I'm a Canadian and I love it!

    • @motherhors7036
      @motherhors7036 Před 3 lety

      and fruits

    • @CaptHollister
      @CaptHollister Před 3 lety +7

      @@owenbloomfield1177 I'm a Canadian and I think it goes against all that is good in the world.

  • @ArlenePMCM
    @ArlenePMCM Před 3 měsíci +1

    So interesting and I love your Italian accent. New subscriber here!

  • @clintizzo7693
    @clintizzo7693 Před rokem +1

    I loved this. Made me so happy.

  • @DotAHeaD-JamieJupiter-Xander

    You're god damn right I'm interested in the history of pizza, o' great algorithm.

    • @lalaboards
      @lalaboards Před 2 lety +3

      Lol

    • @commandercaptain4664
      @commandercaptain4664 Před 2 lety +7

      The algorithm has served me well today. You shall live another day, The CZcams.

    • @semi.g
      @semi.g Před 2 lety +3

      Welcome to the channel then

  • @vincenttt8289
    @vincenttt8289 Před 3 lety +191

    Week 3 of telling Max his content is appreciated

    • @TastingHistory
      @TastingHistory  Před 3 lety +67

      Thank you ☺️ It makes my day to hear.

    • @vincenttt8289
      @vincenttt8289 Před 3 lety +11

      @@TastingHistory ❤️❤️❤️

    • @Amy-qc2qq
      @Amy-qc2qq Před 3 lety +10

      @@TastingHistory makes my day to see a new tasting history post 🎉🎉

    • @lordkek5817
      @lordkek5817 Před 3 lety +3

      Only Three weeks I've been telling him He is appreciated for a Whole Year. Lol. But seriously he is one of my favorite cooking channels right up there with the Townsends.

  • @tammyslash7251
    @tammyslash7251 Před rokem +2

    You are so fun to watch.!! Thanks so much 🙏

  • @thesevendeadlysins578
    @thesevendeadlysins578 Před rokem +1

    1:24
    Me: Would you like some pizza with that butter, sir?

  • @thesecondislander
    @thesecondislander Před 3 lety +61

    Max, i just need you to know how much i appreciate you going all in when pronouncing things in foreign languages

  • @yunjinfetters6139
    @yunjinfetters6139 Před 3 lety +59

    I immediately love you all the more just for having a "To Wong Fu" reference.

    • @shannondore
      @shannondore Před 3 lety +4

      🤣That was so funny. John Leguizamo was made a pretty girl.😆

    • @ericwilliams1659
      @ericwilliams1659 Před 3 lety +5

      I was wondering how long he has waited to use that clip

  • @amasterofone
    @amasterofone Před měsícem +1

    I absolutely lost it at the To Wong Foo clip

  • @automaticprojects
    @automaticprojects Před rokem +1

    Your videos are delightful - informative and entertaining

  • @Bread.Brad_
    @Bread.Brad_ Před 3 lety +289

    Back then: Pizza is for the poor, a two-penny can feed a whole family!
    Today: $5.99 medium two topping pizza only at Dominoes!
    Good to know that pizza is a historical constant

    • @dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668
      @dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668 Před 3 lety +24

      @Lenia Carter The smell of weed makes me want to assault my neighbors, so I don't think so

    • @kiriraganna
      @kiriraganna Před 3 lety +9

      @Lenia Carter World peace or whatever, but don't smoke that gunk anywhere near other people. It smells like rotten farts, meat soup and latex. Eat it if you must consume it, or you'll be far from world peace.

    • @jadakowers4727
      @jadakowers4727 Před 3 lety

      Domino’s has bad customer service!

    • @Caseyuptobat
      @Caseyuptobat Před 3 lety +3

      @@kiriraganna I'm sorry to know your neighbors only smoke shitty basement weed.

    • @kiriraganna
      @kiriraganna Před 3 lety +5

      @@Caseyuptobat Lol nah. I don't know or care what people around me smoke but I have never once in my life smelled anything but bullsh*t and I have smelled it hundreds of times, smoked by hundreds of different people. You sound like cigarette smokers: they always claim there's a huge difference between good and bad quality tobacco, but they still destroy everyone's lungs, ruin apartments with smoke and terrorize everyone around them. Just eat your junk and don't make your addiction everyone else's problem.

  • @Lauren.E.O
    @Lauren.E.O Před 3 lety +214

    A moment of silence for the loss of Umberto I’s mustache. The world has yet to see its like again 😢

    • @TuckerSP2011
      @TuckerSP2011 Před 3 lety +3

      That was the best, wasn't it?! 😂

    • @terminator572
      @terminator572 Před 3 lety +8

      How much testosterone do you even need to achieve that amount of stache

    • @Katharina-rp7iq
      @Katharina-rp7iq Před 3 lety +3

      Did you know there is a contest for the best beard? I'm sure he would have been a great contender there.

    • @itacom2199
      @itacom2199 Před 3 lety +5

      He may have had a lot of mustache, but he was a bastard.

    • @kirbyculp3449
      @kirbyculp3449 Před 3 lety +3

      I was going to suggest the 'stache of Conrad von Hotzendorf but it looks like Umberto has a world beater.
      Cadorno had a good 'stache.
      If interested, look for Mustachios/Mustaches of World War One by the Great War channel hosted by Indy Niedell.

  • @lindseyhudson1274
    @lindseyhudson1274 Před rokem +7

    I love your Halloween dinner story because I too have a Halloween dinner must! My mom made sandwiches ( usually tuna) and soup ( usually Campbell’s chicken and stars). Anytime I have either I think of Halloween and my mom.

    • @BasedSockHead007
      @BasedSockHead007 Před rokem +1

      My family does chili every year but my mom doesn’t like it spicy so I have to add a lot of spice and hot sauce !

  • @kamelaparis7489
    @kamelaparis7489 Před rokem +1

    Love your personality . Your fun to watch, great humor too .

  • @marcusviniciusmagalhaesdea3779

    Max: Shocked with ancient sweet pizza.
    Me in Rio de Janeiro with half of a Snowy Banana Pizza (Bananas, Dulce de Leche, White Chocolate and Cinnamon) in the fridge: You know nothing Max Miller.

    • @Heritage367
      @Heritage367 Před 3 lety +2

      That sounds amazing!

    • @fedra76it
      @fedra76it Před 3 lety +4

      Basically, a pizza version of the banoffee pie. I'm drooling.

    • @penguasakucing8136
      @penguasakucing8136 Před 3 lety +7

      Nah, the Carioca sweet pizza can be easily handwaved as one of the blasphemous modern experiments. But show this Renaissance recipe to the Italian to make them break with "My Pizza Tradition as I know it is a lie!"

    • @michael5068
      @michael5068 Před 3 lety +5

      Brazilian pizzas are wild

    • @zainiikhwan9405
      @zainiikhwan9405 Před 3 lety +2

      Have you heard of Durian pizza *wink wink *

  • @JellyBeanFluff
    @JellyBeanFluff Před 3 lety +365

    Not gonna lie when Max asked what the Pope's favorite pizza was, my brain immediately went "...Poperoni?"
    I'll show myself out 🤣

    • @maeve615
      @maeve615 Před 3 lety +27

      With Swiss cheese... 'cause it's holy :)

    • @jonathan91732
      @jonathan91732 Před 3 lety +3

      "Not gonna lie" ? Why would you lie in the first place. Please do leave, Jamie. Not gonna lie, you suck

    • @SmartyPoohBear
      @SmartyPoohBear Před 2 lety

      I really was expecting that to be the start of a joke. XD

    • @thestratman9
      @thestratman9 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jonathan91732 who hurt you?

    • @gracebedell2608
      @gracebedell2608 Před 2 lety +3

      @@maeve615 I legit thought this was going to be a swiss gaurd joke but ya know what... This is equally good haha

  • @kaylarobertson6611
    @kaylarobertson6611 Před rokem +2

    My friend just voice noted me saying that she still thinks about the time I told her about this video and the history of pizza on a road trip over a year ago.
    I tell her a lot of interesting things and this is the only important one!