The Titanic's Crew Member Experience

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    Sirloin Steak
    1lb small golden potatoes
    2 tablespoons clarified butter
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    (100ml) White wine
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    2 tablespoons chopped Shallots
    1 cup (15g) tarragon leaves, roughly chopped
    2 teaspoons (2.5g) Whole Peppercorns, roughly pounded
    Pinch of Salt
    3 large Egg yolks
    2 ¼ sticks (250g) Butter
    3/4 tablespoon finely chopped tarragon
    Pinch of Cayenne
    Slowly reduce the brown stock until it coats the back of a spoon.
    Wash then carve the potatoes into small olive shapes. Melt the clarified butter with a little salt and pepper then, over a very low heat, add the potatoes and cook until golden brown.
    Prepare the Béarnaise sauce using Escoffier's recipe below. I have cut the ingredients in half and still had more than 2 cups of sauce.
    Escoffier's Béarnaise:
    Sauce Béarnaise
    "Place 2 dl each of white wine and tarragon vinegar in a small pan with 4 tbs chopped shallots, 20g chopped tarragon leaves, 10g chopped chervil, 5g crushed peppercorns and a pinch of salt. Reduce by two thirds and allow to cool.
    Add 6 egg yolks to the reduction and prepare the sauce over a gentle heat by whisking in 500g of ordinary or melted butter. The cohesion and emulsification of the sauce is effected by the progressive cooking of the egg yolks which depends to a great extent on its preparation over a slow heat.
    When the butter has been completely incorporated, pass the sauce through a fine strainer; correct the seasoning, add a little Cayenne and finish by mixing in 1 tbs chopped tarragon and ½ tbs chopped chervil."
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  • @TastingHistory
    @TastingHistory  Před 2 lety +479

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    • @danielflynn8530
      @danielflynn8530 Před 2 lety +7

      I nominate Max Miller for next season of Is It Cake on Netflix. You would be a perfect judge.

    • @Firegen1
      @Firegen1 Před 2 lety +7

      It's been all hands on deck best series on the channel

    • @dibutler9151
      @dibutler9151 Před 2 lety +13

      I'm up for a whole 'nother month of Titanic.

    • @ethanmathews5285
      @ethanmathews5285 Před 2 lety +1

      @@danielflynn8530 mmmmtttt

    • @kiayaplews8593
      @kiayaplews8593 Před 2 lety +8

      Max Miller, for your next (and probably last) Titanic video, I recommend making the simplest 3 course meal you can find on the first class menu, and PLEASE include dessert, for I heard the first class women skipped out on it during the Titanic's last meal and REGRETTED IT when they had to take the lifeboats. I want to see what they missed out on even though it was available to them before the boat sank.

  • @colleenmahony8803
    @colleenmahony8803 Před 2 lety +5481

    The thought of the companies BILLING the families for the uniforms is just jaw-dropping. Corporate greed has never known any bounds or decency.

    • @kielbasamage
      @kielbasamage Před 2 lety +4

      Truly, a pile of trash in a uniform or a suit transcends time, creed and so on.

    • @EgoEroTergum
      @EgoEroTergum Před 2 lety +338

      Just goes to show, even bad as they are, things are better today than they were back then.
      You'd never see a corp act like that these days, and the ones that try to got shredded in the news and public opinion.

    • @pompe221
      @pompe221 Před 2 lety +2

      "Dear sirs, We have received, with some consternation, your bill for my late husband's uniform, which we presume has been lost to the depths of the ocean along with my late father's body. We would therefore be most obliged if you would fornicate yourselves with a cactus in lieu of payment."

    • @thedubstepaddict3675
      @thedubstepaddict3675 Před 2 lety +770

      @@EgoEroTergum what are you talking about? Nestle recently lost a lawsuit for child slavery.

    • @localmenace3043
      @localmenace3043 Před 2 lety +228

      @@thedubstepaddict3675 Actually, that was almost a year ago, and it wasn’t just Nestle involved. Not to mention the court ruled in their favor.

  • @d0tdash
    @d0tdash Před 2 lety +2459

    Loads of stories about awful employer-labor relations in the 1910s, but there was one nice one from the Titanic that’s stuck with me: wireless operator Jack Philips had a birthday during the Titanic’s maiden voyage, and to celebrate, he was sent pastries from the first class kitchen. Seems like the sort of nice gesture you’d show a coworker nowadays.

    • @JeanLucCaptain
      @JeanLucCaptain Před rokem +44

      that is a really nice story and as for nice gestures for your co workers nowadays do you regularly get a cake for a co workers? lol.

    • @Allish90
      @Allish90 Před rokem +109

      Well from his co-workers and not the employeer is a pretty big difference

    • @marcz2903
      @marcz2903 Před rokem +33

      @@JeanLucCaptain my boss always has goodies in the office for people to take. It's also not uncommon for people to bring something for the rest of the employees.

    • @joeyhunter842
      @joeyhunter842 Před rokem +1

      Where do you work?😅

    • @Sevenigma777
      @Sevenigma777 Před rokem +6

      They were prob left overs and we're about to get thrown out in all reality

  • @territimmerman140
    @territimmerman140 Před 2 lety +2443

    I really appreciate your inclusion of the Titanic's crew members. Not just the topic of their meals, but recognition of their service and the lives sacrificed as the ship sank. All too often they are completely overlooked in terms of this tragic event. I thank you for not only recognizing them, but humanizing them as a part of the history of the Titanic.

    • @JeanLucCaptain
      @JeanLucCaptain Před rokem +70

      in any case the worst job on the entire ship would have to be the stokers in those hellish boiler rooms. Trapped deep in the unimaginably noisy bowels of the ship filthy, dirty covered in coal dust and sweating buckets from the insane heat, oh and you are first in line for that shit to hit the fan if anything hits below the water line becasue freezing ociean wate and red hot boilers to not work well together LOL.

    • @lameesahmad9166
      @lameesahmad9166 Před rokem +15

      Yip. More staff members died than passengers.

    • @Artyomthewalrus
      @Artyomthewalrus Před rokem +14

      @@lameesahmad9166
      That being said, male crew members had a higher survival chance than 2nd and 3rd class male passengers, and the female passengers had a higher survival chance than 2nd and 3rd class women.
      87% of female crew survived. 22% of male crew survived (compare that to 8% of 2nd class men)

    • @Jakepearl13
      @Jakepearl13 Před rokem +1

      God bless them

    • @alalalala57
      @alalalala57 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@ArtyomthewalrusWhen sexism pays, it pays good.
      When it doesn't, it really doesn't lmao.

  • @donkylefernandez4680
    @donkylefernandez4680 Před 2 lety +1856

    Between this and "You are somebody's son, please lay down" this series has been heartwrenchingly lovely so far!

    • @maryn7097
      @maryn7097 Před 2 lety +72

      This series has made me cry a few times, and I was totally caught off guard. This is just so empathetically presented.

    • @jamesfracasse8178
      @jamesfracasse8178 Před rokem

      Lightoller famously said in Cameron's movie 🎥🍿: stand back or I'll shoot you all like dogs, keep order I say

    • @Prince_Sharming
      @Prince_Sharming Před rokem +8

      What video is that "you are somebody's son" phrase from?

    • @donkylefernandez4680
      @donkylefernandez4680 Před rokem +37

      @@Prince_Sharming I believe it was dining third class on the rms titanic

    • @defrozendonut8715
      @defrozendonut8715 Před 8 měsíci +5

      @@donkylefernandez4680it’s from the second class video

  • @crazyguy_1233
    @crazyguy_1233 Před 2 lety +1049

    Another major reason so many engineers died was their dedication. They nonstop ran the pumps and kept the boilers going so the heat and lighting stayed on. They were relieved of their duty but many chose to stay so they could try to buy more time to save the ship and the people aboard her.

  • @AlS-du1rt
    @AlS-du1rt Před 2 lety +1378

    5 star cuisine for a 5 star crew. Hats off to all of them.

    • @zephyr8072
      @zephyr8072 Před 2 lety +43

      No no, they were a White Star crew.
      *rimshot*

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Před 2 lety +10

      Except a couple navigators.

    • @artypyrec4186
      @artypyrec4186 Před 2 lety +2

      5 star crew is a little iffy

    • @ColinBFClarke
      @ColinBFClarke Před 2 lety +22

      -5 star ethics from the company
      imagine charging someone to die...
      oh wait the government taxes inheritance and your funeral bills...

    • @monsieurdorgat6864
      @monsieurdorgat6864 Před 2 lety +24

      @@ColinBFClarke Admittedly, inheritance tax does have a reasonable purpose. It's very hard to tax people's wealth, and one of the classic ways that wealth is basically laundered to be tax-free is the Grandfather Clause. That whole "you wouldn't tax my inheritance on my recently departed relative, would you?" becomes a lot less innocent when it's a hoarded estate that could be saving lives. I admit though, it really should be a progressive tax based on the cumulative value of all one's holdings so that it affects those with large estates more than those without much wealth to begin with.
      Private funeral services are definitely pretty over-priced, though. And what those pricks did has absolutely no point - no lives are going to be saved by squeezing the poor and middle class for the cost of the uniforms their relatives died in.

  • @amberbydreamsart5467
    @amberbydreamsart5467 Před rokem +372

    Killing me how many of the young men brought up in these stories who survived the titanic have death dates between 1914 and 1918. humanity truly was unthinkably cruel to an entire generation

    • @GSBroker
      @GSBroker Před 11 měsíci +59

      Exactly. It was a rough decade. World War I and the Spanish Flu.

    • @Amanda-zn7ox
      @Amanda-zn7ox Před 6 měsíci +4

      Was?

    • @ascendedisamazing
      @ascendedisamazing Před 3 měsíci +7

      Generations*
      Many and many
      Humanity has been pretty shitty over our history on the whole

    • @beashemmad.sayson545
      @beashemmad.sayson545 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Every century is like that, no surprise more or less.

    • @LieutenantAlaki
      @LieutenantAlaki Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@Amanda-zn7ox Was. It's been a century; that generation is long gone.

  • @leumas75
    @leumas75 Před 2 lety +206

    I spent 6 months aboard a cruise ship as a musician, playing in both the jazz ensemble (saxophones) and a string quartet (‘cello). It’s amazing how differently I ate depending on which group I was performing with - the jazz guys got scraps, but while in my tuxedo for the quartet I was always invited to stay for dinner in the first class ballroom.

    • @patriciayohn6136
      @patriciayohn6136 Před 2 měsíci +6

      My Husband was also a union Musician, Trombone jazz and modern music who played on Carnival. He actually ate dinner at the same table as the owner of Carnival Cruise Line, but he was wearing a tuxedo when he played.

    • @transerobotfrog66613
      @transerobotfrog66613 Před měsícem +2

      yeah, worked in the industry for several years as a first/second engineer (got out when it was too much, sure you understand) - the classism and elitism (among other bigorty/hierarchy) is wild

  • @Love-and-Salt
    @Love-and-Salt Před 2 lety +2428

    I’m sorry, as a historical costumer, the most Edwardian thing ever is spending several minutes on a sinking ship deciding whether or not it was socially appropriate to wear a hat.
    Edit: I would like to clarify that I am not judging this person at all. It’s just socially interesting compared to our own society. For instance, I think the modern version of this would be spending several minutes in a dire situation trying to find your phone.

    • @icarusbinns3156
      @icarusbinns3156 Před 2 lety +104

      It’s a little like the debate of ‘should I take a jacket?’ at any time of year in Colorado.
      When I lived in Florida with my grandma, people thought I was crazy to have a hoodie in the car… grandma always used it when we went grocery shopping

    • @kohinarec6580
      @kohinarec6580 Před 2 lety +75

      @@icarusbinns3156 always wear or carry layers! Smart move.
      Cheers from Finland: yesterday sunny, night sleeting, today driving rain.

    • @icarusbinns3156
      @icarusbinns3156 Před 2 lety +35

      @@kohinarec6580 yesterday: brutal winds; day before: very warm; today: too cold for t-shirt, too warm for jacket; tomorrow: who knows?

    • @MacMashPotato
      @MacMashPotato Před 2 lety +29

      It helps to know that they did not think the ship was sinking and thought it was just safty protocol

    • @SoulQueenoD
      @SoulQueenoD Před 2 lety +33

      @@MacMashPotato She was debating over the hat, after she was told that the ship was sinking Very Edwardian of her indeed.

  • @dodolord950
    @dodolord950 Před 2 lety +781

    As the family story goes, my great-great-grandad was supposed to be a crewman on the Titanic. However, his brother got into some trouble (possibly involving a bar fight) and asked to secretly take his place - and went down with the ship. Apparently it took about a decade for my great-great-grandad to convince the government he was still alive.

    • @blackjacka.5097
      @blackjacka.5097 Před 2 lety +18

      Do you leave this comment on each of his Titanic videos lol

    • @justintr4888
      @justintr4888 Před 2 lety +69

      My family has a story that my great-great-grandpa was supposed to be on the Titanic (likely third-class) but his room was double-booked and the other guy got there first so the ship left my ancestor behind. I have no idea if it's true, but it's fun to think about.

    • @icarusbinns3156
      @icarusbinns3156 Před 2 lety +34

      “I’m not dead yet!”

    • @SiiriCressey
      @SiiriCressey Před 2 lety +7

      @@justintr4888 My family has a similar story about my great-grandfather.

    • @JimDean002
      @JimDean002 Před 2 lety +22

      When my dad was a kid he was in an orphanage. He had an uncle that drove a truck and said if he could get a driver's license he would put him to work. He got a driver's license at 16 but convinced them that the age on it was wrong so they changed it to 21. He left the orphanage at 16 and started driving the truck. When he passed away at 71 years old he was still driving a truck. In fact he was sitting in it waiting to load. And his driver's license was still 5 years ahead of his actual age. He was never able to find anyone who knew how to correct that once it went in the system.

  • @aupair8934
    @aupair8934 Před 2 lety +680

    I worked at sea for a decade and it’s sad to see how the crew is still treated nowadays specially when it comes to food. Royal Caribbean was the worse: rotten food with mold was served in the crew mess and l was an officer there but since they didn’t have an officer’s mess l had to eat in the crew mess like everybody else. I just couldn’t. we would buy cup noodles at the crew shop instead. I don’t know how l endured this for so long. We are nothing to these cruise lines. So if you if you ever cruise one day, please please please be kind to the crew.

    • @hannahcorinne5388
      @hannahcorinne5388 Před rokem +59

      You lost all my sympathy with “I had to eat in the crew mess like everyone else”. You’re still crew on a ship, you’re no better than any other crew member doing their job and I see no reason to have your own place to eat (shock horror you have to eat with crew when you are literally crew!)

    • @sebastiangorka200
      @sebastiangorka200 Před rokem +114

      @@hannahcorinne5388 ok karen

    • @-bubby9633
      @-bubby9633 Před rokem +173

      @@hannahcorinne5388 He wasn't saying he was better than anyone else. It's likely that an officer's mess is custom in the industry and he was pointing out that they didn't have one hence the addendum.

    • @Tonyx.yt.
      @Tonyx.yt. Před rokem +22

      just organize a strike and major shitstorm would hit the crusing company due to hundreds of passenger complains

    • @marywebb9127
      @marywebb9127 Před rokem +19

      @@hannahcorinne5388 🙄

  • @timefoolery
    @timefoolery Před 2 lety +162

    Thank you for mentioning Violet Jessop- I bought her book at the Titanic exhibit at the Royal BC Museum and was utterly fascinated by her life as a stewardess. As you say, she was on more than just the one sinking and her stories of her experiences was extremely interesting. And to think she couldn’t find a publisher when she wrote it!

  • @dwaynezilla
    @dwaynezilla Před 2 lety +835

    "Moody's body was never found." Considering the way they handled that ransom note, I wouldn't be surprised if they just dumped the unclaimed bodies in the ocean and marked them as lost.

    • @trovey02
      @trovey02 Před 2 lety +47

      There are graves from the Titanic with gravestones with Unknown person on them.

    • @NotMykl
      @NotMykl Před 2 lety +78

      Many recovered bodies of the unknown are buried in the cemeteries in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    • @scienceonabudget
      @scienceonabudget Před 2 lety +55

      ​@@NotMykl yes! Some of the bodies were transported by train from or to Halifax so they could be returned, and bodies found by ships were sent to Halifax

    • @hannahhenderson1113
      @hannahhenderson1113 Před 2 lety +26

      Many bodies recovered are near my house in Halifax

    • @analyticmoviereviews101
      @analyticmoviereviews101 Před rokem +24

      Many were also given at sea burial as well. Mostly 3rd class passengers as a lot of the ships sent for body retrieval couldn't accommodate so much loss of life. That's what I remembering seeing anyhow. So, they gave a lot of the 3rd class at sea burials and marked some 'never found'. Dunno how true that is, but I did watch it on a documentary from a few years ago.

  • @tylerboyce4081
    @tylerboyce4081 Před 2 lety +669

    Honestly, ship's crews need a lot more love. There is *a lot* of work that goes on behind-the-scenes that passengers are totally unaware of.

    • @uweschroeder
      @uweschroeder Před 2 lety +72

      Actually that is true for pretty much anyone in the hospitality industry - they're almost always underappreciated.

    • @danacarpender2287
      @danacarpender2287 Před 2 lety +30

      I have long been impressed by cruise ship crew members. They work their asses off, yet remain pleasant and cheerful at all times. It's amazing.
      (Story: My husband and I were on a cruise with, oh, you know, a couple-hundred of our best friends; I write low-carb cookbooks and was a speaker on the low carb cruise. We were in one of the extra-charge specialty restaurants with some friends on our anniversary. Someone mentioned it, so after dinner the maitre d'hotel brought us a cake -- about 8" in diameter, chocolate with chocolate frosting, a couple-few layers deep, with Happy Anniversary written on it. Only one problem -- see that part about being low carbers. We don't eat cake, at least not standard cake (yes, I have some great sugar-free, flourless cake recipes), nor did our friends. My husband and I, not wanting to seem ungrateful, split a small slice. We then took the cake with us and headed out to the Lido deck to try to give away cake.
      It was remarkably difficult. You'd think most people would welcome free chocolate cake, but whether they were suspicious of us (though where we'd get a poisoned/drugged cake on a cruise ship I have no clue) or just full from dinner themselves, people turned us down -- until we got to the men on deck, bundling up the used poolside towels and stocking fresh ones. They gleefully ate the whole thing, and we were very happy they enjoyed it.)

    • @saranator408
      @saranator408 Před 2 lety +8

      @@uweschroeder Exactly! So true; having worked as a cook then chef, I cannot agree more. Kudos to all working in hospitality/ kitchens. You guys are truly magical💖!

    • @TTFerdinand
      @TTFerdinand Před 2 lety +8

      Once I was on a cruise with two of my mates. We went to the restaurant for dinner, had a proper meal and a few drinks and there was this nice and friendly girl serving us so I tipped her. A while later we all had a laugh because we found out that each one of us had done that independently. We were grateful to her for the wonderful time and in return she was like our best friend in the restaurant for the remainder of the voyage. We also sent our compliments to the chef and we really did have a great time there, so yeah, show a little love and you'll receive love.

    • @Crouteceleste
      @Crouteceleste Před 2 lety +4

      @@danacarpender2287 that's a nice story ! Though I would be suspicious too, not of the chocolate cake, but of anyone claiming to have two "hundred best friends" ^^'

  • @jorjito5587
    @jorjito5587 Před 2 lety +281

    As a kid I was obsessed with everything Titanic. This series of yours was a very different look into this unfortunate part of history. Informative and enjoyable, thank you

  • @lupedobal
    @lupedobal Před rokem +73

    Violet Jessop was from Argentina? Can't believe I went 28 years of my life without knowing Miss Unsinkable was a compatriot lol.
    You learn something new everyday, thanks Max!

  • @ChristineHMcConnell
    @ChristineHMcConnell Před 2 lety +2218

    This Titanic series has been SO much fun! :D

    • @TastingHistory
      @TastingHistory  Před 2 lety +255

      Thank you, Christine! It’s really been one of my favorite topics to cover. Hoping it doesn’t get monotonous for everyone else and I still have a couple videos to go 😆

    • @ChristineHMcConnell
      @ChristineHMcConnell Před 2 lety +78

      @@TastingHistory I have been dying for each new installment! So much of the information you're sharing is new to me and I've read a number of Titanic books :D Your whole channel is one of my very favorites.

    • @stonecoldsteveaustin5429
      @stonecoldsteveaustin5429 Před 2 lety +72

      I can guarantee that “monotonous” is the last word any of us would use. Thanks for what you do!

    • @halbronco7690
      @halbronco7690 Před 2 lety +21

      @@TastingHistory I need to see the 1st class experience

    • @TastingHistory
      @TastingHistory  Před 2 lety +40

      @@halbronco7690 that’s next Tuesday 😁

  • @tremorsfan
    @tremorsfan Před 2 lety +186

    Shortly before her death Violet Jessop recounted a story of receiving a phone call one stormy night. The voice on the other end asked if she had rescued a baby from the Titanic. "Yes", said Violet. The voice on the other end began to laugh and told her that she was that baby before hanging up. People told Violet that it was probably some local children playing a prank but Violet swears she never told anybody that story.

    • @Ometecuhtli
      @Ometecuhtli Před 11 měsíci +14

      I thought that was the strange thing he was going to mention in the video. Probably a prank but one would have to look on her memoires as I don't think they recall the last incident (I believe she mentioned it to a friend) but she could've talked to someone (about being given the baby) before their publication. In any case it seems she led a more interesting life that she wanted for herself, there are very few photographs of her in later years and probably didn't want to be much associated and the fame that came with having survived the Olympic-class ships disasters.

  • @moon3200
    @moon3200 Před rokem +63

    I worked on a steam ship in the Navy for about three years as a machinist mate, where I worked in the bottom of the ship helping to keep the engine and boiler running. It definitely gave me a perspective on what the engineers on the titanic must've felt that night... My heart goes out to all that died on that ship, but to those engineers, those snipes in particular, I have a lot of respect for.

  • @MissAnonymous21x
    @MissAnonymous21x Před 2 lety +37

    The fact that these workers survived and still went on to work on ships is amazing

  • @shariwelch8760
    @shariwelch8760 Před 2 lety +609

    I was a kid in the 70's when Julia Child was spreading the word about French cuisine. My mom used to watch her show, and had her cookbooks. We were often treated to meals like this, and I remember how delicious Bearnaise sauce is. I'm really going to have to revive some French cooking in my kitchen.

    • @themobileprepper5730
      @themobileprepper5730 Před 2 lety +6

      I was a kid in the 70s too. I thought I saw her on Monty Python.

    • @SydBat
      @SydBat Před 2 lety +14

      @@themobileprepper5730 - Saturday Night Live. Dan Ackroyd doing a parody. Funny.

    • @earlwright9715
      @earlwright9715 Před rokem +3

      Me and my granny enjoyed watching her, only to try to figure out what she was saying. Justin Wilson, we understood him

  • @Cora.T
    @Cora.T Před 2 lety +1083

    In the Netherlands we have "krieltjes" ( according to translate they're called baby potatoes in English ). These are oval and the size of large olives to begin with. You can buy them par cooked and peeled or raw and unpeeled. I suggest buying the raw ones and blanching them to remove the skin. For anyone looking to make this dish, see if you can find the baby potatoes, it would save you your hands and time
    Edit: someone informed me that baby potatoes are fairly hard, so perhaps getting the par boiled ones isn't a bad idea

    • @bustedkeaton
      @bustedkeaton Před 2 lety +69

      To be clear, the recipe calls for "tourné" potatoes, which is a cut with 7 sides, and is really shaped more like an american football than an olive

    • @Cora.T
      @Cora.T Před 2 lety +36

      @@bustedkeaton fair, though it still seems like a lot of ( unnecessary ) work 😂

    • @Cora.T
      @Cora.T Před 2 lety +27

      @@danihesslinger7968 that is easier, but I think you'd then change the flavour quite a bit, as they weren't meant to be roasted, but boiled in the clarified butter. Also gutentag neighbour 👋

    • @chris2746
      @chris2746 Před 2 lety +38

      I was thinking of suggesting this as a workaround too, but those baby potatoes tend to be a fair bit firmer than the more traditional full size potatoes so not exactly the same thing. And since this was a luxury dish, part of the "luxury" comes from the extra work that the cooks have to put into making the dish. Personally I don't really care about the effort and figure cooks should be allowed to take whatever shortcuts they want, but that was a different time, and for a very different class of person than I am.

    • @VerhoevenSimon
      @VerhoevenSimon Před 2 lety +19

      I like just scrubbing the krieltjes, and seasoning the skin with some oil and coarse salt + some herbs before tossing them into an oven.

  • @swedishmetalbear
    @swedishmetalbear Před 2 lety +90

    We eat this very often in Sweden. We call it steak black and white (black is the glaze part or demiglaze, and white is the béarnaise) with pommes chateaux. It was nice to see you make real Sauce Béarnaise. (When I lived in the States, they made "Bearnaise") which was anything but... Chervil (Körvel) is a common herb which grows in the wild here in Scandinavia. I can send you some dried chervil if you want. Let me know.

    • @diy_nailsby_heidi_r3889
      @diy_nailsby_heidi_r3889 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Would you be so kind to negotiate some chervil with myself? I can't find it in our markets here in the US.

    • @reginabillotti
      @reginabillotti Před 5 měsíci

      @@diy_nailsby_heidi_r3889 You can easily buy dried chervil online. Or you can buy seeds and grow your own.

  • @bonniemoerdyk9809
    @bonniemoerdyk9809 Před 2 lety +75

    New subscriber here! This is so fascinating! My grandfather's cousin was a crew member, in the kitchen, of the Titanic. I've watched so many videos and movies about Titanic, but yours actually shows PICTURES of the crew ... Wow! As I paused the video to scan each face to see some similarity to my grandpa and my uncles, I do see a couple that might resemble them. His body was never found, sadly, his name...Patrick Gill of County Kildare, Ireland. Thanks for this video, and that meal looks DELICIOUS!!!😋

  • @lizzykay9912
    @lizzykay9912 Před 2 lety +571

    Somehow the crew's story hit the hardest out of the series, at least to me. All those people that had repeat experiences were so very brave. They probably didn't have much choice in terms of employment, but imagine having to board a ship after surviving a sinking. The corporate bastardry is apparently immortal. Great job Max~

    • @ye11owman29
      @ye11owman29 Před rokem +11

      it was even worse then. they would probably be acting the same way today if it wasn't for laws in place nowadays.

    • @Ometecuhtli
      @Ometecuhtli Před 11 měsíci

      Crew members dying heroically doing their jobs: You owe us this and that because you didn't fly away with our uniform.
      Men who survived the tragedy: Cowards!
      And I thought "honor & respect" were a lost art in today's world ...

  • @ajcsinclair
    @ajcsinclair Před 2 lety +246

    My great uncle (Harold Bride) was a crew member of the Titanic and I really appreciate the time you took in researching and explaining the history in this series that is often ignored. Keep up the good work.

    • @amp8295
      @amp8295 Před 2 lety +29

      Wait.
      Harold Bride? The telegram operator?

    • @zhiracs
      @zhiracs Před 2 lety +23

      Dude. Your great uncle is a legend.

    • @ajcsinclair
      @ajcsinclair Před 2 lety +47

      Yes, he worked for the Marconi company at the ripe old age of 22. He continued his work on the RMS Carpathia to send the list of survivors and personal messages ahead to New York. He was picked up from the waters by one of the life rafts and spent much of his remaining life surviving from the frostbite and hypothermia.

    • @ariahazelwood3842
      @ariahazelwood3842 Před 2 lety +3

      Nice to see you again Alex!

    • @crazyguy_1233
      @crazyguy_1233 Před 2 lety +14

      I have major respect for Bride and his coworker Jack Phillips. They were heros that night same with the engineers.

  • @27codcamper
    @27codcamper Před 2 lety +39

    I love hearing about Violet Jessup’s story of how she was onboard all 3 of the Olympic Class Ships. She was on the RMS Olympic when the HMS Hawke collided with her. Then of course surviving the sinking of the RMS Titanic and the HMHS Britannic. And she kept going back out to sea until she finally retired to the country.

    • @agp11001
      @agp11001 Před rokem +5

      Really makes you wonder why White Star kept her around. After Olympic and Titanic I can't imagine that not one of the bean counters piped up in the tune of "Guys, I think that Jessup might be sort of an insurance liability." ;)

    • @Ometecuhtli
      @Ometecuhtli Před 11 měsíci +2

      Well they got rid of Ismay and Smith (retirement by death) after Titanic, and of Jessop after Britannic, then the company she worked for absorbed White Star. And then the sinking couldn't be stopped anymore!!! Hope you're taking notes Stephen King.

  • @ImusNoxa
    @ImusNoxa Před 2 lety +103

    I really appreciate your commitment to talking about everyone on board, including the crew members. Actually hearing their experiences just grounds the entire thing in a weird way.

  • @sonorasgirl
    @sonorasgirl Před 2 lety +260

    That last bit about the companies wanting money for the uniforms genuinely made me feel sick. That’s just…🤢 criminal. I love this series but each episode makes me tear up lol

    • @CunnyMuncher
      @CunnyMuncher Před 2 lety +16

      Back then, human lives were expendable and not valued. Its a real shame

    • @TaleDreamer
      @TaleDreamer Před 2 lety +35

      Ahh. The sweet stench of blatant capitalism in the morning.

    • @CunnyMuncher
      @CunnyMuncher Před 2 lety +6

      @@TaleDreamer Aye, its why we got rid of it in its pure form and developed a mixed market system, which is the best system on the planet so far.

    • @Hag_of_Fangorn
      @Hag_of_Fangorn Před 2 lety +32

      @@CunnyMuncher You're kidding yourself if you think anything has changed. Or you're a troll.

    • @Swanky11
      @Swanky11 Před 2 lety +3

      Some heads needed to roll

  • @History_Buff
    @History_Buff Před 2 lety +297

    Speaking of surviving multiple sinkings, you should look into Unsinkable Sam. A ship's cat who survived the sinking of Bismarck, HMS Cossack, and HMS Arc Royal (ship that doomed Bismarck). Ironically, the two ships that rescued Sam and the crew off Arc Royal would also be sunk.

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin Před 2 lety +19

      He has a section in Drachnifel's video on Ship's cats. Also, Unsinkable Sam's original name was Otto

    • @matxalenc8410
      @matxalenc8410 Před 2 lety +10

      I keep telling people cats are out to get us humans!

    • @patriciamorgan6545
      @patriciamorgan6545 Před 2 lety +7

      Sounds like "Sam" was pretty savvy. And lucky! And had perhaps more than nine lives...🐅🚢

    • @annika066
      @annika066 Před 2 lety +18

      Plot twist, Sam was orchestrating the sinkings

    • @laughinglots
      @laughinglots Před 2 lety +1

      It's almost like the ocean has told us for millennia that we don't need to travel it or research it and should mind our own business lol

  • @Angelfeather100
    @Angelfeather100 Před rokem +44

    I am absolutely, sincerely, uber mega impressed with Max’ channel. The degree of documentation is exhaustive, the presentation is entertaining, the care for accuracy is laudable, the accompanying images are interesting and the food prepared… unique. Max is a perfectionist. Well, a lot of work goes into posts like this. This is why this channel stands out.

  • @yeshua6247
    @yeshua6247 Před 2 lety +17

    That bite you took at the end was so Shakespearean Max. Queen of the Titanic for a day. WELL DONE MAX!! Well done Sir.

  • @BrahmaDBA
    @BrahmaDBA Před 2 lety +252

    I am a classical violinist and one of the main driving force of me becoming a violinist was after watching James Cameron's Titanic and seeing the musicians playing Nearer My God to Thee as the ship sinks.
    At first I thought, nah this is a dramatization, and then I read about Wallace Hartley and how the passengers testified that after the ship hit the iceberg Hartley and the other musicians continued to play until the very end. Hats off to them and hats off to the crew!
    Gentlemen, it has been a privilege watching this video with you tonight.

    • @janach1305
      @janach1305 Před 2 lety +25

      The heroic musicians played to the end, but they didn’t play “Nearer My God to Thee.” That belonged to a different disaster, the eruption of Mount Pelee in the Caribbean in 1902. A woman on a ship in the harbor lay dying of burns she received in the ashfall, singing hymns the entire time, comforting the other survivors. “Nearer My God to Thee” was her last hymn before she died. This was widely publicized, and the story eventually transferred to the Titanic. The last song played on the Titanic was “Songuede Autumn,” a popular waltz.
      My information comes from “Unearthing Atlantis” by Charles Pelegrino, a book about Minoan Crete and the eruption of Thera. I recommend it.

    • @deirdregibbons5609
      @deirdregibbons5609 Před 2 lety +4

      In the movie the Swiss chamber ensemble I Salonisti played the musicians. They originally were contacted to record the music for the movie. The director liked their music so much he asked them to actually perform as the White Star musicians in the movie. They portrayed the band members, along with actor Jonathan Evans Jones, who portrayed the band leader Wallace Hartley.

    • @jackieheidorn5875
      @jackieheidorn5875 Před 2 lety +5

      When we visited the Fairview Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia where many of the Titanic victims are buried; our tour guide told about the first violin having an unmarked(just a number) grave. The designer of the Titanic had a special headstone made for this gentleman who had been a close friend. It is well worth visiting. The graves are placed so that it does look like the outline of the ship. A quite solemn place.

    • @SuicideJade
      @SuicideJade Před 2 lety +3

      That scene brings me to tears every time.

    • @deirdregibbons5609
      @deirdregibbons5609 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jackieheidorn5875 I have been there, too. On a business trip to Halifax my coworker and I visited that cemetery one evening. It was a very special place to visit.

  • @joshuawagner2590
    @joshuawagner2590 Před 2 lety +378

    "Hello, folks. Sorry for the loss of your dearly departed. But, uh...how 'bout that money?"
    Absolutely abominable and abhorrent.
    Awesome video, Max! My wife and I are loving the Titanic series!

    • @michaelkores6860
      @michaelkores6860 Před rokem +22

      That would be like your son/husband is a police officer that is killed in a shooting and the chief of police sends you a bill for the uniform he "ruined" during the incident. Very charming.

    • @bloodhound1182
      @bloodhound1182 Před rokem +9

      They didn't even say sorry they just straight up asked for the money 😭💀

    • @Ometecuhtli
      @Ometecuhtli Před 11 měsíci +2

      Well "sorry for the loss of your brother. Will you be so kind to pay for the uniform?" doesn't sound much better if you know what their intentions were (and pretty much any company was that way).

  • @kaelie7107
    @kaelie7107 Před 2 lety +13

    For anyone interested in the stewardess/nurse Violet, there is an episode of puppet history (channel name - "watcher") that describes her life in great detail.

    • @zanzaboonda
      @zanzaboonda Před 11 měsíci +1

      Forgot about that! Just watched that again, thank you. And wow, did this video skip over the horrors of the propeller incident. 😳

  • @FrozEnbyWolf150
    @FrozEnbyWolf150 Před rokem +9

    A suggestion for the château potatoes. Use creamers, or baby potatoes. They are already the shape and size of olives, and I wouldn't even peel them. You can often find them sold as a special variety of potato, but they're really just the small undeveloped tubers at the time the potatoes are harvested. I've grown potatoes a few times and there will always be some of these when the plant dies back and it's ready to harvest.

  • @mhg02139
    @mhg02139 Před 2 lety +149

    When you said "Im guessing you already forgot about the brown sauce" I laughed because I actually *did* forget
    I'm loving titanic month!!!!

  • @FruityFruitbat
    @FruityFruitbat Před 2 lety +86

    My grandmother lived in the same Yorkshire village as one of the violinists. Apparently he was always dirty because he was also a coal miner, so everyone was always surprised when they heard how beautifully he could play the violin.

    • @sonyavincent7450
      @sonyavincent7450 Před 11 měsíci +4

      Can you name the village? Asking because my late husband was from a yorkshire village.

    • @FruityFruitbat
      @FruityFruitbat Před 11 měsíci +5

      @@sonyavincent7450 I just asked my mum, and she said Swinton.

    • @sonyavincent7450
      @sonyavincent7450 Před 11 měsíci +5

      @@FruityFruitbat thanks! My husband was from Marsden, canal village, just outside Huddersfield!!!

  • @danigo5119
    @danigo5119 Před 2 lety +38

    Thank you for sharing these stories! I never knew just how poorly the crew was treated on the Titanic, but I'm not all that surprised unfortunately. It's wild to think of how much people were taken advantage in history due to their status. It's wild to think of how common that is today when you compare.

  • @cheekibreeki5381
    @cheekibreeki5381 Před rokem +20

    "i love béarnaise sauce"
    Words of a true man spoken right there

    • @strawberryhellcat4738
      @strawberryhellcat4738 Před rokem +4

      My first hubby loved it so much he found an easy way to make it in a blender. Put the egg yolks in first, start the blender, and VERY slowly in a small stream through the opening of the lid, add the vinegar, wine, tarragon, chervil, shallots mixture (strained and slightly cooled) and then the melted butter. Avoids the danger of scrambling the eggs.

  • @smartpersonjdt
    @smartpersonjdt Před 2 lety +340

    The story of Violet Jessup is very interesting. I can't imagine surviving one ship sinking, let alone two! And the fact that her experience during Britannic's sinking was so much more harrowing! She was a real trooper! Lovely video as always Max! Can't wait to see your finished LEGO Titanic!

    • @crazyguy_1233
      @crazyguy_1233 Před 2 lety +24

      It really is crazy to be on board all three liners when they each had their major accidents. I cant imagine how crazy it was to see two of the three liners sink. She was definitely a trooper for sure.

    • @SimuLord
      @SimuLord Před 2 lety +29

      She was 25 when the Titanic went down and lived to 84. And she was playing with house money for more than two thirds of her life. Imagine going 60 years being pretty sure you'll never see the wildest moment of your life because it already happened.

    • @terminallumbago6465
      @terminallumbago6465 Před 2 lety +35

      And then John Priest surviving FOUR sinkings. As a stoker, one of the most demanding jobs on the ship and in one of the most dangerous area of it (the boiler room and at the bottom of the ship). Truly legendary.

    • @lizzyvally6076
      @lizzyvally6076 Před 2 lety +10

      Puppet history actually dose an amazing episode on her

    • @Jonathan-pi3tt
      @Jonathan-pi3tt Před 2 lety +7

      I had to pause at the part about the baby getting snatched from her arms, hope that baby made it out okay.

  • @susanowen1709
    @susanowen1709 Před 2 lety +285

    Your Titanic series is absolutely fascinating. This was a particularly good episode, too - I got so caught up in the history portion that I was a little startled when you went back to the food; I had pretty much forgotten all about it!

    • @danielmantell3084
      @danielmantell3084 Před 2 lety +13

      Max's writing and narration are on point, he makes it super compelling, this Titanic series especially. Giving David Attenborough a run for his money. Keep up the good work Max.

    • @thatgrumpychick4928
      @thatgrumpychick4928 Před 2 lety +7

      I thought that too. I was thinking what the hell is oh right the food

    • @DickVanWrinkle
      @DickVanWrinkle Před 2 lety

      @Joshua Bailey Same

  • @taylorblack5932
    @taylorblack5932 Před rokem +13

    So I just found your channel, which combines my two FAVORITE THINGS: history and cooking (in that order lol). So I’ve been binge watching your videos and I watched this first then just started the ketchup episode where you said that “French fries are just a socially acceptable way for me to get ketchup to my mouth” which has literally been my EXACT motto about Béarnaise sauce for YEARS 😂

  • @katiepeterson2306
    @katiepeterson2306 Před 2 lety +29

    I've always been in love with the history of the Titanic and how strong the crew was. The treatment of the crew afterwards, however, leaves a ton to be desired. Thank you for making this series!

  • @amduil8168
    @amduil8168 Před 2 lety +80

    Man it never really hit me until now, but looking at all those old photos just made me kinda sad. So many of those people are gone now. Not just because of the sinking but because of the passage of time. I feel most of them would be happy knowing so many people still look back at them and the memory of them.

    • @fedra76it
      @fedra76it Před 2 lety +16

      It happened to me, too. At a certain age, it suddenly got me, in a more intimate and profound way wrt the basic rational knowledge, that old portraits and pictures showed people who had really existed, but were no more. It brought a lot of thoughts and questions both about their lives and mine. And it sparked my interest for history.

    • @terminallumbago6465
      @terminallumbago6465 Před 2 lety +1

      And now there’s nobody from the Titanic left.

    • @dixie0625
      @dixie0625 Před 2 lety +3

      I'm happy that he mentioned the horrible treatment of the workers (including the post-mortem financial shakedowns). It's nice to see people acknowledge the miserable BS that they had to put up with from employers.

    • @JohnDoe-vm5rb
      @JohnDoe-vm5rb Před 2 lety +2

      "all those moments will be lost, like tears in the rain..."
      Didn't really click with me when I first heard that, and I know it sounds trite, howeverwhen I got older I appreciate what that line meant. Seeing old photos now always makes me think of tgose words

  • @Lauren.E.O
    @Lauren.E.O Před 2 lety +327

    “Priest actually survived the sinking of four different ships.”
    At a certain point, you need to wonder if Priest should have looked into a different profession. Most jobs have their dangers, and the job search is *not* easy, but when you nearly go underwater FOUR TIMES…Also, their bosses sounded terrible.

    • @floraposteschild4184
      @floraposteschild4184 Před 2 lety +43

      At a certain point, you have to wonder if Priest was a saboteur!

    • @Cora.T
      @Cora.T Před 2 lety +17

      @@floraposteschild4184 like one of those 'malicious artefacts' from movies that just bring a cloud of misfortune with them wherever they go

    • @prismus6520
      @prismus6520 Před 2 lety +13

      Might as well make Priest a priest.

    • @chrisbolland5634
      @chrisbolland5634 Před 2 lety

      HA God got dat man

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja Před 2 lety +11

      Priest should have stayed on land, as he seems to have been bad luck.

  • @davidcummins8125
    @davidcummins8125 Před 2 lety +17

    This is an amazing series, thank you Max! My thoughts on crewmembers which survived multiple sinkings is that typically people freeze and act irrationally in a slow disaster. However someone who has been through the experience before has no difficulty getting to grips with the situation, and furthermore has transferable skills (e.g. knows how to operate a lifeboat, knows how to get on board one, knows what is likely to kill you).

  • @lucasotis9525
    @lucasotis9525 Před 2 lety +8

    You have addressed this tragedy with loads of curiosity, but first and foremost upmost respect for the lives lost and enriched the lives that survived to your audience.
    I'm so genuinely impressed

  • @leapingkitties
    @leapingkitties Před 2 lety +105

    I worked on a cruise ship, in the kitchens. I lost so much weight and found out that eating disorders were very high among the crew. Something about the crew mess just turned my stomach after a while. Thank you for sharing.

    • @kellysouter4381
      @kellysouter4381 Před 2 lety

      I thought the archtypical cook was fat and jolly?

    • @cmoore6131
      @cmoore6131 Před 2 lety +10

      @@kellysouter4381 maybe check out a kitchen line sometime

    • @katarh
      @katarh Před 2 lety +11

      @@kellysouter4381 The medieval head cook was, but that's also because they were partially paid in beer.

    • @trabant3060
      @trabant3060 Před 2 lety +14

      @@kellysouter4381 they are full of resent and cigarette smoke. Not much room for food.

    • @melaniemarrone9521
      @melaniemarrone9521 Před 2 lety +12

      Tons of substance abuse in the Chef field. It's grueling, they are artists that are stifled when they work commercially unless they achieve tremendous success. Then you have the ego and money and that's generally a recipe (hahaha) for bad habits.

  • @lhfirex
    @lhfirex Před 2 lety +107

    I know this isn't why it's called Bearnaise sauce, but I can't change my mind from it being made by a grizzly bear doing a Ratatouille thing.

    • @TastingHistory
      @TastingHistory  Před 2 lety +26

      🤣

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja Před 2 lety +15

      For good measure, make it the one on the coat of arms of Bern.

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Před 2 lety +9

      Must have one very big hat and strong neck for that trick to work with a Bear.

    • @SimuLord
      @SimuLord Před 2 lety +2

      I want to see a movie where the high concept is Wojtek the bear meets Remy the rat.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 2 lety +6

      In this story, there's no hat to hide in. The bear just puts on a chef uniform and pretends to be a human. It's obvious to everyone that he's actually a bear, but nobody says anything. Because, you know, you wouldn't want to anger a bear.

  • @cyndislygh-morefield2461
    @cyndislygh-morefield2461 Před rokem +15

    My husband and I visited the Titanic museum in Tennessee while on our honeymoon. It was awesome and sad at the same time. My heart broke reading about all of the people who lost their lives.

  • @wyllowyck2826
    @wyllowyck2826 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I just bought your cookbook as a Christmas gift to myself, something I never do. Thank you for teaching and entertaining me. I love Tasting History.

  • @anklesturnt2dust691
    @anklesturnt2dust691 Před 2 lety +142

    For the potatoes, you should try using a tourne knife or “birds beak” knife, which is about the size of a paring knife, but features a curved blade, hence the name “Birds Beak” because it’s curved like some species of birds beak.
    The knife is not only useful for the shaping, but decoration as well, such as spiral patterns on mushrooms.

    • @bellablue5285
      @bellablue5285 Před 2 lety +14

      I have one of those curved blade knives in my knife block, never figured out what to use it for. Appreciate the info

    • @leec5170
      @leec5170 Před 2 lety +3

      @@bellablue5285 Me, too!

    • @LilFiremaster
      @LilFiremaster Před 2 lety +1

      Samesies!

    • @ambersutton4853
      @ambersutton4853 Před 2 lety +15

      I've found it handy for deveining shrimp. We had to learn to "tourner" potatoes in culinary school and the chefs were like, "yeah, most of you will never have to do this but anyway..." Leave it to the French.

    • @Mikosoo
      @Mikosoo Před 2 lety

      @@ambersutton4853 god I remember learning the mushroom spirals! Our chefs made us do like a couple kilo to practice and then made cream soup out of it lol)

  • @zephyr8072
    @zephyr8072 Před 2 lety +53

    Another reason the survival rate in the engine department was so low is because they stayed at their posts and kept the power on for the ship until it pretty much started to fully go down.
    I imagine maintaining the power/lighting in those last couple of hours did a lot to keep the passengers from panicking.

    • @carlycrays2831
      @carlycrays2831 Před 2 lety +6

      And, it was hoped, to stay afloat while rescue come.

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 Před 2 lety +6

      There's also the fact that they were expected to let their places to the passengers. Most of the crew that survived were the sailing crew, because they were the only ones who knew how to use the lifeboats.

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish Před 2 lety +8

      Power was mostly for the pumps to literally buy time to save others. God bless.

    • @terminallumbago6465
      @terminallumbago6465 Před 2 lety +1

      Also because of the sweltering heat down in those boiler rooms, they were dressed very lightly, essentially what would have been considered underclothes. There’s no way they would have survived the water in the clothes they had on.

  • @Barryburton63
    @Barryburton63 Před 2 lety +5

    I was a party decorator on the QE2 for a six week section of the world cruise in 2001. It was a great gig. We had passenger status and our own rooms. Cunard flew me from Chicago to Sydney and then back from Singapore. We worked for about two days every 10 days setting up decorations in the Queen's Lounge for the balls that were thrown. We got to know passengers and would attend crew parties too. I think someone found out what a great gift it was because I don't think those roles exist any longer.

  • @KitTeaKat7
    @KitTeaKat7 Před rokem +6

    Wait, they cut the potatoes into that size & shape?! I totally thought it was just petite spuds!! I adore them, & they’re so good with the skin on!! I love the phrase, “bouquet of small pommes” 😸 I really love potatoes 🥔💕

  • @marmadukescarlet7791
    @marmadukescarlet7791 Před 2 lety +349

    Had to learn to make what we called “turned potatoes” in cooking school. The curriculum was based on French provincial cookery. The taties were a pain (amongst other things) but I learned some good stuff. The cuisine involves learning a “base” recipe, which has multiple variations. Very useful way of building a repertoire.

    • @tsui1024
      @tsui1024 Před 2 lety +5

      Remember a sorted video where they were discussing whether a recipe called for nutty butter potato or nut shaped(turned) potatoes and they decided to do both

    • @kayerin5749
      @kayerin5749 Před 2 lety +2

      I love your name! Dear Marmaduke Scarlet I would love to be with little Maria when she visited you in your most charming kitchen with the wonderful "cat"!

    • @XeroJin84
      @XeroJin84 Před 2 lety +2

      cocotte

    • @1down4upworkshop61
      @1down4upworkshop61 Před 2 lety +4

      I remember doing them for dinner service too ... Such a pain :)

    • @JanusKastin
      @JanusKastin Před 2 lety +8

      I'll never forget knife skills class in culinary school. We got graded on our turned potatoes. Nobody got an A grade.

  • @HalflingSeamstress
    @HalflingSeamstress Před 2 lety +50

    Those Chateau Potatoes took me back to my days in culinary school! We had to learn how to make 'turned vegetables', and we had a 'tourne knife' as part of our knife kit - a paring knife with a curved blade specifically for making that olive shape. It's a tricky, learned skill, but having the curved knife makes it way easier than with a straight blade.

  • @BigboiiTone
    @BigboiiTone Před 2 lety +14

    Imagine how hard the men who worked in the boiler rooms must have been.
    Anyway, I've got to come clean. I've never seen the DiCaprio "Titanic" film. Your use of clips from the film and in depth history is really making me want to watch the movie for myself! Thanks!

    • @Ometecuhtli
      @Ometecuhtli Před 11 měsíci +1

      They were pretty hard.

    • @wesslesyt3304
      @wesslesyt3304 Před 9 měsíci

      You need to see Titanic. Very realistic and also the best movie ever made

  • @ryansquires5098
    @ryansquires5098 Před 2 lety +9

    The people of the era, regardless of who they were, with their dedication to excellence, strength of character, staunch discipline, and respect for politeness, really got done dirty by their employers. Thanks for this series!

  • @akku1313
    @akku1313 Před 2 lety +18

    That dude who survived 4 sinkings must've been like "welp, here we go again"

  • @scooby45247
    @scooby45247 Před 2 lety +401

    Dear Max,
    you should partner up with Hello Fresh to have them offer "historic" meals such as the ones you present..
    sincerely,
    a history buff with an eclectic palate

    • @BigBouncyBiscuit
      @BigBouncyBiscuit Před 2 lety +28

      Omg that would be amazing 👏

    • @TastingHistory
      @TastingHistory  Před 2 lety +286

      It’s something we are trying to make happen 😁

    • @ericam6144
      @ericam6144 Před 2 lety +37

      Agreed, let's up the ante and get some Disney recipes in there! Or Pokemon! Brock ate enough for an entire series of videos. Plus, there are a bunch of recipes to pull from Disney films from different cultures and eras of time.

    • @Lauren.E.O
      @Lauren.E.O Před 2 lety +4

      Agree completely!

    • @ericam6144
      @ericam6144 Před 2 lety +21

      Yassss, looking forward for sure! It'll happen, of that I am sure and I'm willing to wait as long as it takes! I make Disney recipes with my kids all the time. My oldest daughter east Ming's congee (porridge) almost every day.
      She's 6 and has mastered tortilla making FOR FUN. If she knows I'm making tortillas then she will literally push me out of MY kitchen to do it herself. She makes me so damn proud. 😂😖😭

  • @vilena5308
    @vilena5308 Před 2 lety +4

    Kudos for so respectfully passing along all these stories.

  • @katetheflake220
    @katetheflake220 Před 2 lety +12

    I think we all strive to have someone speak about us like how max speaks about bernaise sauce.

    • @ThinWhiteAxe
      @ThinWhiteAxe Před rokem +1

      must make Jose jealous of bearnaise sauce 🤣

  • @ELWest1000
    @ELWest1000 Před 2 lety +88

    I'm glad you talked about Violet Jessup. Her memoir, Titanic Survivor, is really interesting even outside of the Titanic itself.

  • @Gauldame
    @Gauldame Před 2 lety +140

    Two Cents,
    My Eldest Brother's wife went full culinary school and afterwards she explained a lot that I didn't really think about when it came to cooking.
    Including how sauce making in certain schools of culinary thought were the test on whether or not your knew what you were doing.
    I heard the sauce and I was like..."oh...that's a achievement unlocked type technique."

    • @kirohaas3193
      @kirohaas3193 Před 2 lety +10

      It is, 100%. Same with cooking eggs, believe it or not. Many places will hire or fire you based on how you cook a simple scrambled egg or classic French omelette.

    • @flameendcyborgguy883
      @flameendcyborgguy883 Před 2 lety +8

      @@kirohaas3193 I mean, It doesn't surprise me. The simplest dishes to cook, are the hardest to cook perfectly. Like, I know around 5 different ways to make" perfect" scrambled eggs, but even tho I tried all of them, none were good enough to be called perfect( And I settle on the first one I learned just trying to get feel for it and timing right).
      Also the whole sauce thing? It, even more, fits what I know about cooking, and that is, there are way more sauce types than most people think, and many of them are quite tricky to get right...

    • @oldschoolzone5711
      @oldschoolzone5711 Před 2 lety +3

      When I took my certification test { Certified Chef } everything started with the Stocks, which are the base for all the sauces. At the time , the test was about 15+ hours of constant cooking, as you explain what, how, and the why of what you're doing. This is all accompanied with questions of the origin and technique of whatever they can think of.
      Basically, you get huge tubs of everything you could think of and have to use most of it in a dish of some sort..... along with all the base stocks and sauces.
      Grueling would be a massive understatement .....

    • @trishh7773
      @trishh7773 Před 2 lety

      @@kirohaas3193 Yes! The 100 folds on a chef’s hat are each for a different way to cook eggs!

  • @mayhemmayhem9282
    @mayhemmayhem9282 Před rokem +2

    I've watched almost every video now (only one left) and I love these. You do this in such an elegant way. Thank you for not only cooking these meals but giving the stories of people in a very humanizing way because people usually just talk about the tragedy without any context. I appreciate you. ✨

  • @marcwhilden5517
    @marcwhilden5517 Před 2 lety +7

    Thanks for the history. You do a good job humanizing it. The passengers on the titanic were people and not just a statistic. Good job and I wish more people would teach history in this way.

  • @Lauren.E.O
    @Lauren.E.O Před 2 lety +62

    I’d LOVE to hear the customer service horror stories of the Titanic crew. I’ve worked retail during the holidays, but I’ve never had to live in the same space as my customers 24/7. Sounds like a LOT, especially with the 1st class.

    • @TastingHistory
      @TastingHistory  Před 2 lety +21

      🤣 I bet. Sadly, most of those didn’t make it onto the record. Though I did touch on a bit of that in the 2nd class video.

    • @AaronMk91
      @AaronMk91 Před 2 lety +6

      While not a cruise ship or the Titanic and while not with the same sort of hours as someone staffing a cruise ship or the Titanic I have worked a season job where I lived where I worked (a boy scout camp).
      Mostly when you're not "on shift" you just sort of hide but if you're needed for something you just sort of have to do it.

    • @janach1305
      @janach1305 Před 2 lety +7

      I waited tables at a resort in the Olympic Mountains one summer in the Seventies. We were mostly college kids, and all lived in one house with no TV, one radio station (the mountains blocked transmission), and the nearest phone fourteen miles away. We had a good time when we were off duty, but at the end of the summer I made a solemn vow never to wait tables again. And I always leave big tips.

    • @lenabreijer1311
      @lenabreijer1311 Před 2 lety +2

      The first summer in university I worked as a waitress at a country golf club on an island. We lived in. I swore never to be a waitress again. Because it was a club they only signed the bill with their name and number, no cash involved and you only got the tips if you worked until the end of September, which of course us students couldn't. The only tips I got was in the men's bar. And the amount they charge for the bunk bed in a room shared with 5 other girls was ridiculous. But the food was superb because we got what was the specials upstairs. And the pastries were divine. I always tip well in memory of those months.
      Oh and you don't want to know what we got up to in the sand traps after dark

    • @oldfrend
      @oldfrend Před 2 lety

      @@janach1305 i bet you and the other students found other ways to entertain yourselves ;-)

  • @Amythest
    @Amythest Před 2 lety +11

    Violet Jessop’s book is honestly one of my favorite nonfiction books I’ve read

    • @MmntechCa
      @MmntechCa Před 2 lety +3

      Charles Lightoller is another crew member who's life reads like an adventure novel. Was abandoned by his father at age 10, started his seafaring career on the notorious clipper ships, took part in the Yukon gold rush, was a hobo for a while, survived the Titanic sinking, battled a Zeppelin, sank a U-boat, became disillusioned and retired from sea life after WWI, where he worked as a innkeeper, chicken farmer, and property speculator. At this point he wrote his autobiography, which subsequently got him sued by the Marconi company. He bought a yacht, which he then personally sailed during Operation Dynamo, evacuating British soldiers at Dunkirk. The yacht narrowly missed being bombed thanks to his quick action. He was 66 at the time. He continued to serve in the Home Guard until 1946. He then spent the rest of his years managing a small boat yard that made river launches for the police. He died of heart disease in 1952 at age 72 during London's "Great Smog", owing to being a life long pipe smokers.

    • @gloriaurban4389
      @gloriaurban4389 Před 2 lety

      @@MmntechCa

  • @papa_squat
    @papa_squat Před 2 lety +2

    I love how this is a cooking show that is BARELY about cooking. Not being sarcastic. It's lovely that you base it around food because it is the basic mortar that cements all of history together, but spend about 4/5ths of the video giving us in-depth historical context around it.

  • @stevethomas760
    @stevethomas760 Před 6 měsíci +1

    The picture of the musicians at 19:05 "who died at their post like men". A lot of heroism on that day.

  • @EmmaAnimalWelfare
    @EmmaAnimalWelfare Před 2 lety +350

    My jaw was on the floor for most of this! The treatment of the crew and their employment after the sinking was brutal. What a shame nothing has improved in the 100+ years since - the P&O line axed 800 crew last month with zero notice, and had cheap labour waiting and ready to replace them onshore once security had removed them all from post...
    Is it a maritime custom to be totally callous and exploitative employers?

    • @oldfrend
      @oldfrend Před 2 lety +52

      unfortunately yes. maritime law is a murky and inconsistent subject, and companies take advantage of that by claiming what they did was legal under whatever jurisdiction they can conjure up that supports them; and in the ensuing chaos, sail away out from under the nose of anyone's jurisdiction.

    • @lizzykay9912
      @lizzykay9912 Před 2 lety +34

      That's just a general coporate custom. Though it sucks more in servce jobs where actual know-how is just disregarded.

    • @EmmaAnimalWelfare
      @EmmaAnimalWelfare Před 2 lety +22

      @@lizzykay9912 I think it depends on the country, but the hire and fire culture isn't supposed to be a bad in the UK, but things are changing here. P&O broke employment law in the UK by providing zero notice to terminating permanent contracts. Had that been in the US, I'm not sure it would have?
      General corporate culture frightens me, which is why I work in the public sector.

    • @EmmaAnimalWelfare
      @EmmaAnimalWelfare Před 2 lety +12

      @@oldfrend that's just horrific. Though I guess there's the other side too where employees don't have to pay income tax depending on which country's jurisdiction they fall under. It's all swings and roundabouts, but the people who deliberately exploit workers to undermine tax and employment laws at sea are just morally void 😑

    • @Assassinus2
      @Assassinus2 Před 2 lety +10

      It seems to have been something of a norm in the merchant marine. As much as may be made of the hardships of life in the Royal Navy of George III’s day, I’ve read that life aboard an East Indiaman for the average seaman was actually less pleasant, at least in general. Trafalgar, I imagine, was not a particularly enjoyable day for Nelson’s Jack Tars.

  • @cam4636
    @cam4636 Před 2 lety +18

    Thanks for shining the spotlight on the crew and staff! In all the stories about the glamor and luxury of the Titanic, and of the tragedy, we often neglect the people who made it glamorous and luxurious and who by and large got hit with the most tragedy. I wish I was surprised that the negligent shipping line that killed their family members then tried to charge them for the return of the bodies...but all I could say is "yup, sounds about right."

  • @emilissaschwemmer5570
    @emilissaschwemmer5570 Před 2 lety +2

    I am obsessed with any Titanic related cookery. The cookbook you mentioned earlier in the series is fascinating. Thanks for bringing these recipes back.

  • @sindrimarsmarason216
    @sindrimarsmarason216 Před 2 lety +3

    Dude. I just love how you do things. Such a perfect balance between cooking and history. Thank you for your videos 👏

  • @kalyn319
    @kalyn319 Před 2 lety +76

    We made these potatoes in culinary school in our knife skills class and actually had a special tourne knife which made it much easier, I can't imagine how hard it would be with a regular paring knife....kudos to you for doing it! Tourne knives are fun, I used my all the time till the hubby snapped the tip off it in the dishwasher while we were dating.

    • @Kenkire
      @Kenkire Před 2 lety +4

      Or you could just use a micrograter to shave it into shape.

    • @madock345
      @madock345 Před 2 lety +5

      Must be a great guy if you married him after that!

    • @BinaryzeroNYC
      @BinaryzeroNYC Před 2 lety +4

      Yeah, I use to be a knife skill dork then I discovered graters....and using them to shape. God I don't miss the kitchen at all

    • @tylerlaird3257
      @tylerlaird3257 Před 2 lety +3

      Had to do 4 russet potatoes into 16 perfect tournes every day of fundamentals in culinary school for home work. That went on for 15 weeks lol. Needless to say I have never done them since culinary school. We were forced to use are standard paring knifes tho as a posed to a birds beak knife. Classic French yada yada

  • @almaa.thefatpanda41
    @almaa.thefatpanda41 Před 2 lety +91

    I could have watched hours upon hours of you explaining what happened historically. Thank you for always giving us such interesting, entertaining and amazingly well thought and put together content.

  • @bridgetstotallytupperware8923
    @bridgetstotallytupperware8923 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I love going back and watching old episodes. Thank you Max

  • @christinak1053
    @christinak1053 Před 2 lety +4

    I've just found this channel and I've been binging it ALL DAY! I absolutely love it!

  • @Moonpearl121
    @Moonpearl121 Před 2 lety +42

    It is easier (and less risky) if you make the Bearnaise in a double boiler. You can soften the butter first. Put the eggs in with the reduction and beat in the butter slowly. I make a quick version of this quite often to serve with salmon. As you say, it is a very good sauce!

    • @ZackeTheBrute
      @ZackeTheBrute Před 2 lety +3

      My dad makes the best bearnaise there is and he always uses double boiling. (Smaller sauce pan in bigger saucepan full of water right?)

    • @machematix
      @machematix Před 2 lety +1

      Tip from a professional chef:
      Use a food processor and drizzle the butter in. Ain't nobody got time to hand whisk.
      Although that only works if you're making a massive batch. For a 1 egg batch I use a double boiler (not too hot!)

    • @voluntaryismistheanswer
      @voluntaryismistheanswer Před 2 lety

      It's so unnecessary though, I've never been a fan of the bain marie or the blender for my hollandaise, etc- whisk and a proper saucepan is enough

  • @margerymanukau3821
    @margerymanukau3821 Před 2 lety +4

    I literally just found this channel and am now settling in for a few hours of intriguing Titanic history,extremely satisfying watching,thankyou so very much from NewZealand ❤💚💜

  • @joestrummer4106
    @joestrummer4106 Před rokem +3

    I like to imagine on the Britannic Jessop looked at the stoker and other crewman and said "another Tuesday another shipwreck right boys?"

  • @loretta_3843
    @loretta_3843 Před 2 lety +33

    I can't imagine what a feat of logistics it would be to getting all the food supplies needed, figuring out how best to store them and where. There are so many problems that I've never even considered to be found in trying to do this job!😳

  • @DanielLopez-up6os
    @DanielLopez-up6os Před 2 lety +75

    Another way to make sure your Bernaise doesne't get to hot, is to make it a bowl placed over a pot with boiling water, so only the heat of the steam heats it up slowly, and if its starting to get too hot, remove the bowl fora few seconds.

    • @icarusbinns3156
      @icarusbinns3156 Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you for this tip! I’ll keep it in mind

    • @mjlim6610
      @mjlim6610 Před 2 lety +6

      So a bain-marie?

    • @andreasfjellborg1810
      @andreasfjellborg1810 Před 2 lety +1

      Easy to do it with a mixer rod, egg yolks and the reduction, then add hot butter(close to boiling and skim it first), drops at first then gradually more. This is the way i do it when i eat steak or Iberico tenderloins. Haven't failed so far.

    • @georgemartin5980
      @georgemartin5980 Před 2 lety +1

      This is how we did it, heat the yolks until they just start to get thick, but we always used clarified butter. Now I wonder if the way demonstrated was just contemporary to Escoffier, or if people really do it more than just my way. I definitely saw people educated in top American culinary schools using clarified butter, so it can't be too odd. What was wild was when our sous chef tried to make a faster hollandaise by putting raw egg yolks, lemon juice, pepper in the robot coupe and dropping hot clarified butter into quickly. It did work, but just wasn't as good.

  • @DreamItCraftIt
    @DreamItCraftIt Před 2 lety +7

    Those people who been on a lot of sinking ships must be like
    "Ahh, shit. Here we go again"

  • @sarahcovell1169
    @sarahcovell1169 Před 2 lety +1

    What a great video series, Max. thanks for taking the time to do this.

  • @richardbeebe8398
    @richardbeebe8398 Před 2 lety +66

    Great episode as usual ... and a small tangential revelation: I have never heard the word "victuals" pronounced aloud before, so when I came across it (usually in British mysteries and novels) I assumed the "c" was pronounced. Little did I know that it is pronounced "vittles" - meaning that Violet Crawley, the Dowager Duchess of "Dowton Abbey," would have said it just the way Granny Clampett did in "The Beverly Hillbillies" ... and my mind is blown!

    • @danielmantell3084
      @danielmantell3084 Před 2 lety +12

      I've run into that a lot in life. Reading a lot can lead to some pretty embarrassing conversations. All the more reason to keep reading alone.

    • @uweschroeder
      @uweschroeder Před 2 lety +14

      Actually pronunciation varies with language. The word is also used in i.e. German and yes, there the c is very pronounced. There's a market in Munich called Victualienmarkt and it's literally pronounced as spelled.
      The reason the c and essentially the ua is silent in English is the origin of the word. It stems from french and there was a earlier version in Middle English spelled vitaille. So somehow the pronunciation remained closer to the original word. English, the language without pronunciation rules 🙂

    • @fedra76it
      @fedra76it Před 2 lety +3

      Same here. As an Italian avid reader of books written in English, there are lots of words whose meaning is clear to me, but whose pronunciation I don't know. This was one of such cases. There's so much to learn, and Max's videos are a significant contribution!

    • @Chetverikov
      @Chetverikov Před 2 lety +6

      It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that when the boatswain was leaning against the gunwhales that was the same as the bosun leaning against the "gunnels".

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah, me too. That's a very unintuitive word.

  • @shadowman7307
    @shadowman7307 Před 2 lety +11

    Violet Jessop onboard the Britannic: "Aw, shit. Here we go again."

    • @Ometecuhtli
      @Ometecuhtli Před 11 měsíci

      And some little thing called the great war.

  • @kellyjackson6548
    @kellyjackson6548 Před 2 lety +1

    My dear Max, thanks for the stories of the staff and the crews on the Titanic. I feel so much empathy for them.

  • @neilbowers6956
    @neilbowers6956 Před 2 lety +6

    I have only recently come across your channel. I have absolutely loved! The Titanic series, it has been incredibly interesting to find out what the different classes and crew ate on that liner.
    Looking forward to seeing what else you make as well as catching up with all your other videos. Thanks from Norwich, England!

  • @CssHDmonster
    @CssHDmonster Před 2 lety +7

    that taragon sauce is just thick butter sauce with spices.....man old chefs were geniuses

  • @michaelthomas2804
    @michaelthomas2804 Před 2 lety +51

    Next year, when he does a themed month, I want to see dishes from the Orient Express.

    • @lizzykay9912
      @lizzykay9912 Před 2 lety +5

      Oh my gosh! This ! Or any of the Edwardian era fancy train rides.

    • @narapo1911
      @narapo1911 Před 2 lety +1

      I love this idea!!

  • @michaelrosenstock9187
    @michaelrosenstock9187 Před rokem +43

    Being billed while the band played on the deck to calm people on a sinking ship is simply horrid

  • @Meipmeep
    @Meipmeep Před 2 lety +1

    I appreciate you going over the story so thoroughly. I had the opportunity to do the titanic experience in Seattle and it really opened my eyes.

  • @kindhearted88
    @kindhearted88 Před 2 lety +8

    My late husbands grandmother lived in Southampton and watched the Titanic set sail. She told us (many years later) that the ship was so huge that it "scared the life out of her!"

  • @FortyWink
    @FortyWink Před 2 lety +10

    I love how Max refers to Titanic as a person rather than an object.
    So nice to hear.

    • @Nikki-tx6kh
      @Nikki-tx6kh Před 2 lety +3

      I think he worked on a ship for a while, so I suppose it's his inner cabin crew member lingo.

  • @crescentmoonchild4031
    @crescentmoonchild4031 Před rokem +4

    Thank you for telling the story about crew in the boiler room and how awful their bosses were…some things never change do they?

  • @jameslongo2838
    @jameslongo2838 Před rokem +5

    I thought you were about to say the sauce was to die for, glad you actually didn’t say it.