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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social [S] 5 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

I need to see if he did an episode on the nutritional value of medieval bread. The health benefits compared to white bread sound pretty amazing...

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 11 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

Well, white bread is pretty much just sugar and processed wheat (which is basically also sugar), so the bar is pretty low.

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[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

US white bread.

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

It's definitely the worst, but a lot of white bread elsewhere too will be like that. Perhaps with less processing and preservatives, perhaps with less added sugar. But it's still mostly just sugar and carbs fast enough that they may as well be sugar.

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago*

Love it in my mouth though, bless me.

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social [S] 4 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

You got that right. Similar with white rice & pasta.

But maybe if there's a diabetes heaven... XD

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[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

FWIW, pasta is generally shite in the US, though I was blown away by the fresh pasta in Italy —hell, even the basic, commercial kind. Super cheap, too. 🤤

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social [S] 4 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Oh, for ding-donged, bloody-well sure!

My cousin's family moved to Italy many years ago. I only visited them once or twice over the years, but the food (not just pasta, pizza, bread, but everything else) was just mind-blowing. Except for the calamari, partly because I love molluscs & sea-creatures like that, my little friends. But, long story.

One time my cuz was visiting, and she offered to cook, and evidently the 'rents (parents) decided on "pasta," a major conceptual break in their minds, but oh well, lol. Anyway, it was fascinating... she made this little hill of wheat flour before our eyes, mixed it with some water, let it gel a couple moments, the sliced it up and hung the 'noodles' up to dry on a little drying-rack, or whatever it was. Then boiled them a bit, and Robert was your avuncular figure!

(I had no bloody idea it could go that swiftly!)

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[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, same! (mostly) I've only visited a few places in Italy during my travels over the years, (Rome, Firenze, Bologna, Bari) and each were just as revelatory as the others. Also, my deep and abiding love for cephalopodes put me off a number of menu items (😢), so I feel ya there.

It's eye-opening how insanely better food can be without corn syrup, etc. 🫪

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social [S] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

Hover over my username if your platform / app allows you...

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[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 weeks ago

No hover on mobile, AFAIK. 😝

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

and Robert was your avuncular figure!

Love it!

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 3 weeks ago

Did we just find SquareOneChess's Lemmy account? Very reminiscent of him, hah.

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[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

I stopped watching when he accepted an invitation to the world cup.

He should know better.

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[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 weeks ago

👍

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Ngl a 25 page story about author's life would've taught us so much about history ...wait

[–] negativenull@piefed.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

One of my favorite Youtube channels! So good!

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

I was hoping for a list of all the recipes :( newly vegetarian, and wanted to try some 10 thousand year old veggie stews

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social [S] 5 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

Uh... what do you mean?
I included many such in the body of the post.

You're not seeing that..?

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

I see 1 lamb recipe, and a handful of youtube links, presumably each with a single recipe. I'm not in a position to watch youtube videos atm, and I don't want to make a recipe by following a video

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social [S] 7 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

Peace be upon you, bother.

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[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

And also with you, my bother. 😋

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social [S] 6 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

"Well I certainly HOPE SO, pilgrim."
--voice of John Wayne

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[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

John Wayne was a hateful cockworm.

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social [S] 3 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

"Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time."
--Obi-Wan

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[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Is just Ben to his friends, fwiw.

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social [S] 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

R2D2 = Arr-Too-Dee-Too
C3P0 = Cee-Three-Pee-Oh

OB1... "we love you man!"

Actually there was this brilliant SW novel I read a long time ago that... dammit.

Okay, the floor is yours.

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[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What's the novel?! You can't leave me hangin' here!

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social [S] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

I mean... it was brilliant to me when I was a kid... you know? 😆

But actually... I think... yes, it was about Han Solo, specifically.

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[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Oh? Say more... 🫨

FWIW, I'm all done now with my semi-regular PSA for the day , so...🙃

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Love Tasting History! I appreciate that he actually tries the food.

I've made Tuh'u before (second link), and it's rich. Easy to see how ancient people would have been all about it.

Ancient and especially people from when spices were a flex, had such strange tastes.

Edit: I've made many ancient or just super old recipes, many from Max's show. The Enlightenment era added cloves and allspice to everything. Ancient Roman flavors were not normal for now, but were fairly good.

[–] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

As a feral Iberian still struggling with preparing acorns I might have to look into this new 'recipe' thing. Hope it's not just microwave recipes, which wasn't invented here yet. (Note to self: cooking acorns in milk makes milk coagulate?)

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social [S] 9 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

As a feral Iberian

Huh! So you're on the Spanish / Portu Iberian peninsula, living a feral life? 😮

I remember reading about acorns in My Side of the Mountain, about a pre-teen boy who runs away and lives in the mountains for a season. IIRC acorns are really acidic, and need to be soaked, or something to get the tannins out in order to be edible. Those same tannins were evidently really handy for making leather, though.

In Medieval Europe, I believe there were also some leather preparation steps that involved urine and something else that smelled pretty darn foul. Gotta love the end-result, tho!

Ah, acorns... XD

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[–] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

Don't mind me, just here to updoot My Side of the Mountain. I remember reading that, and at least one of its sequels, way back in grade school. I wonder if it's due for a comeback. Seems like it would fit into "cozy lit" quite well, with its low stakes and ridiculously competent protagonist.

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https://www.youtube.com/@primitivetechnology9550/videos

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social [S] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Haha, I'm a late-middle-aged bloke FWIW, and that book absolutely fascinated me. Just... the possibilities, you know? Ah... I love how this guy "John Plant" (i.e. Primitive Technology) teaches us how to make all kinds of useful stuff out... almost nothing, really!

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[–] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Three soaks and cooking in milk haven't brought good results. Not acidic, but adstringent. Acorn coffee isn't bad. It was too tempting to experiment with them as they sit right on my driveway and the equines would get too fat if they ate them. I'm not feral enough for them yet. Leather unfortunately needs a lot of moving about besides the soaking in tannines, as far as I know.

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social [S] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

Well you know, when in doubt, always follow the specificities of Illuminated Manuscripts!

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[–] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Instructions unclear, I'm stew now. I knew I should have kept to the acorns.

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[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

The bellotas are for feeding to the jamón

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[–] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

One very good and important way of enjoying them. But how about jamón with bellota?

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[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I stopped watching tasting history when he posted selfies of himself at the world cup.

He should absolutely do better.

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[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Mind explaining why this bothers you enough to post this comment multiple times¹?

¹ twice is technically multiple times, I'm hyperbolic here for a slight bit of almost-humour

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[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

Because a member of the LGBT community accepting an invitation by fascists and their enablers to go to a tournament that many loudly and vocally protested for many reasons, who then goes on to post about how great of a time they're having, is worthy of bringing up in more than just a comment reply to another account.

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[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, thank you for that.

I'm surprised I don't see you posting in WAY more threads about people we should also avoid, then, as it seems like a relatively common offense.

I'm not dismissing your concerns out of hand, mind. I've had to decide many times who I wish to throw out (JK Rowling) and who I really really don't want to throw out but have at least minimized my support (Neil Gaiman). It's a hard call, and standing up for what you feel strongly about - especially when it's at least a pretty good cause - is something I can respect, even if my instinct on THIS one is to go "really? eh, who cares".

For me personally, it can take me some times to let ideas percolate in my head. My initial reaction is not to immediately unsub from Tasting History. But I'll ponder on it, thanks to you.

I guess I'm saying all this becasue I expected the reply to be something stupid I could just ignore and then berate you for spamming the thread. But I certainly can't say that, whether or not I end up agreeing with you.

So thank you for the answer. I do appreciate it. And I will honestly consider it.