Celebrating Saturnalia with Cato's Globi

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Subtitles: Jose Mendoza
GLOBI
ORIGINAL 2ND CENTURY BC RECIPE (From De Agricultura by Cato the Elder)
Globi to be made thus: Mix the cheese and spelt in the same way. Make as many as desired. Pour fat into a hot copper vessel, and fry one or two at a time, turning them frequently with two sticks, and remove when done. Coat with honey, sprinkle with poppy-seeds, and serve.
MODERN RECIPE
INGREDIENTS
- 1 Cup (240g) Ricotta Cheese
- 1 Cup and 1 tablespoon (120g) Spelt, Durum or other whole grain flour
- 1 Quart (1 L) of fat or oil.
- 1/3 Cup (80ml) Honey
- Poppy Seeds
METHOD
1. Mix the cheese and flour in a large bowl, then form it into balls about 1 inch across. This recipe should make 12-15 balls.
2. Heat the oil over a high heat until it reaches 350°F (175°C). Turn heat to medium and fry two to three balls at a time, turning every 10 to 15 seconds with tongs. At 60 seconds, begin to check the color; once they are a golden brown (60-90 seconds) take them out and set them on a wire rack over paper towels to drain. Repeat until all of the globi are fried.
3. Dip the dried globi in honey (heating the honey can help if it is too thick). Then sprinkle with poppy seeds and serve.
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@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Io Saturnalia! Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already and keep an eye out for an extra episode later this week!

@samneibauer4241 3 года назад

Io Saturnalia!

@John-gc6yb 3 года назад

Oh how you spoil us

@missalii4792 3 года назад

Have you tried making some of the foods by the native people in places like the Caribbean? I college I learned that a marker of native civilization on these islands was the development of some sort of cassava bread. It would be interesting to learn about the differences in each island's use of the root.

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

@@missalii4792 I haven’t but I’d like too. I love foods from the Caribbean

@p.s.shnabel3409 3 года назад

And a happy saturnalia to you, too! My husband and I will be celebrating winter solstice soon. Maybe with globi of a sort (I'm thinking of adding eggs/baking powder for fluffyness, as well as maybe a dash of cinnamon)

@hadleyjolley3375 3 года назад

Fried cheese balls covered in honey? I'm glad human tastes haven't changed in thousands of years.

@arielschant9841 3 года назад

We still make them today in Italy for winter holidays, in many versions! 😄

@paavobergmann4920 3 года назад

they knew stuff, the romans

@vsGoliath96 3 года назад

If this channel has taught me anything, it's that we humans are amazingly predictable.

@paavobergmann4920 3 года назад

@@vsGoliath96 and very,very similar, throughout time and space.

@splendidcolors 3 года назад

@@paavobergmann4920 They remind me of gulab jamun from Indian cuisine.

@sharlharmakhis280 3 года назад

Pliny the Younger on Saturnalia: "Go away and let me read in peace!" Everyone else, drunk: "NNNEEEEEERRRRRDDDDD!"

@MsJPA79 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣

@katiearbuckle9017 3 года назад

Pliny the Younger August 24th 79 AD: So Uncle is Dead and most of my Neighbors in Pompeii are gone. Here's the details....HOLY FUCK!! But you have to Admit he's got a point... probably should take his advice this year.

@Ramoreira86 3 года назад

Lmaooooo

@saber2802 3 года назад

I heard this when I read that ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y9yfnAI4UJo.html

@sharlharmakhis280 3 года назад

@@saber2802 I was thinking Homer Simpson, actually, but... pretty much, yeah

@theodorerenniach8601 3 года назад

I appreciate that Pliny the Younger took note of him isolating himself wasn't just for his sake but for the rest of the household too. Like he wasn't interested in the festival and he was happy to sequester himself rather than be a wet blanket and spoil it for everyone. Also, I just made these, and they ended up tasting not like much of anything at all. Though I do like the texture, so I'm going to experiment with adding a little bit of flavoring or spices of some kind to the dough before frying them.

@declanjones8888 2 года назад

@@a1fastyellowgto that does sound interesting

@leyalaatasto9096 2 года назад

I wish my relatives were as tolerant of my introversion as Pliny the Younger's were haha

@BobsonDuggnutt 2 года назад

Ive made these with a fig puree mixed into the ricotta/flour. It was very good.

@kimn7359 Год назад

The recipe is similar to Indian gulab jamun, where the fried balls are soaked in sugar syrup flavored with cardamom and rose water. Very tasty.

@adamolupin 3 года назад

"What'd you get for Saturnalia, Charlie Brown?" "I got a rock."

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

🤣

@aliencat11 3 года назад

Flashback to Latin class! No Miss Brye, I'm not digressing! Happy today because its Tasting History day! Thanks for the video!😘😻

@Sharpman76 3 года назад

Exactly my thoughts lmao

@its1110 3 года назад

'Sposed to get your rocks off.

@WASDLeftClick 3 года назад

“What did you get for Saturnalia Governor Charlinius Bruntus?” “I got Iraq.”

@panqueque445 3 года назад

"Mix the cheese and spelt in the same way" Gotta love old recipes. I once found an old bread recipe that basically said "mix water and flour until it forms a dough, put in the oven until it's cooked". Real helpful there...

@Mark73 3 года назад

I remember seeing someone following a Victorian or Colonial recipe on RU-vid that said "Prepare the lamb's head in the 'usual way'".

@beth8775 3 года назад

I am guilty of writing out recipes for myself that look like this. Sometimes it's just the list of ingredients with no instructions because I already know them.

@terryt9833 3 года назад

found a very old meatloaf recipe that called for "one loaf of bread" and "enough ground beef" enough for WHAT??? how much beef mysterious ancestor???

@alexforce9 3 года назад

@@terryt9833 I think the old way is just to eyeball the amount of everything to be "enough" for a meal coz they didnt use weight measurment as much as we do today. Even now when I read recept wroten in english (not my forst language) and see something like 3 oz. and measuring in cups - Im like - wtf is this shit? How do I know my cups are the same size as theirs?! I assume that the past had simular problems.

@Hannah-zw9ow 3 года назад

@@alexforce9 I think when the whole “cup” measurement thing came along, everyone only had a couple of cups? A standard cup measurement is 8 ounces now, though.

@akiragurung2766 3 года назад

"And that was the only time the streets of Rome were lit" *laughs in July 19, 64 A.D*

@stargirl7646 3 года назад

The fact that gag gifts were a thing in Ancient Rome makes me so happy

@uberLejoe 3 года назад

Reminds me of people leaving in their wills that somebody should receive a nail and some rope (so that they should hang themselves) real posthumous burn lol

@MrGoatflakes 3 года назад

I'd like to know about the double entendre gifts 😹

@chezmoi42 3 года назад

@@uberLejoe You mean roasted by Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus?

@rosemali3022 3 года назад

Hell, in Pompeii there are carvings of dicks EVERYWHERE and an engraving that says "Marus was here". Some things are just baked into being human lol.

@shadowxxe 3 года назад

@@rosemali3022 Emperor Nero's financial advisor carved "This food is poison" on the wall of a restaurant in Pompeii

@bagusamartya5325 3 года назад

If Globi is proto cheesecake, then pileus is proto party hat

@dinkledankle 3 года назад

You're absolutely on to something 🤔

@chalor182 3 года назад

This is probably quite literally correct lol

@nobodxy 3 года назад

Isn't globi just Latin for balls? 😅

@jerkfudgewater147 3 года назад

And Saturn is Proto “grim reaper” He carries a sickle He gets dead people He’s super old He’s kind of horrible but associated with a good time This channel is soo much fun

@MtnNerd 3 года назад

This is probably literally true

@achanwahn 3 года назад

That poem was hilarious. He’s all, “What happened to bros before h**s?!”

@singulartrout 3 года назад

Who else can see an ancient food cart serving these on a stick?

@debrathornley2974 3 года назад

Ooh. Not a bad idea for serving them at a party even. (Beware of dripping honey?)

@beruman 3 года назад

that would look like dango!

@debrathornley2974 3 года назад

@@beruman Huh, not familiar with dango. Looked them up. Yes! Thanks. Love learning new things. (Lots to learn here, at Tasting History!😊)

@leetaeryeo5269 3 года назад

@@beruman that’s the exact image I had in my head!

@SchizoGenius 3 года назад

No globi, only Khlav Kalash

@entropiCCycles 3 года назад

"Cato the Elder" So, my mind instantly went to "A dessert so delicious that Carthage Must Be Destroyed".

@kennmikos9120 3 года назад

I was a little surprised that the video didn't end that way, TBH...

@fritzk3627 3 года назад

“CARTAGO DELENDA EST!”

@declanjones8888 2 года назад

Cartago Delenda Est

@cherylmarcuri5506 2 года назад

Lol, glad I wasn't the only one whose mind jumped to that! Three semesters of Latin (medieval focus) almost killed me.

@nyghtmoon 2 года назад

Perfection!

@AppleHeinz 3 года назад

Friends, freshly grind your poppy seeds before adding them to desserts! All the essential oils come out and they smell and taste delicious.

@facelessdrone 3 года назад

They arent essential oils yet because they haven't been refined

@abignothing 5 месяцев назад

whatever oils they are, this is the unspoken key step whenever adding poppy, cumin, or fennel seeds to any dish

@gljm 3 года назад

I remember as a young boy watching that holiday special " How Pliny The Younger Stole Saturnalia"

@lazur188 3 года назад

a christmas carol, starring pliny the younger

@V.Hansen. 2 года назад

It took me too long a time to figure out that there wasn’t a really interesting holiday special I had missed. 😂

@cautemoc4624 3 года назад

"Toys in the 80's were just better" he says, with a plush Charmander in a reindeer costume behind him.

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

🤣 touché

@katelillo1932 3 года назад

I’m astonished Max was alive in the 80’s 😂 I wasn’t even alive in the 80’s and I thought he was younger than me.

@thor498 3 года назад

@@katelillo1932 he just stopped aging with 25

@mmyr8ado.360 3 года назад

I think thst's a Stantler hoodie

@utubebgay 3 года назад

He's not wrong. We could put our eyes out with the toys we got back then. The toys now just ruin your eyesight.

@tobiasboh3370 3 года назад

I just made these for christmas eve and had a great happy little accident: I bought pre-made sourdough bread-mix instead of just flour. The added bit of levening made the insides fluffy rather then dense, which worked out very well. Happy holidays everyone!

@jessicawood2972 3 года назад

Saturnalia is like the ancient Roman version of an office pizza party instead of fixing the ACTUAL problem 😂😂

@Ajehy 3 года назад

Hey, sometimes the problem is “not enough pizza”.

@declanjones8888 2 года назад

@@Ajehy Tis very true

@kevinmencer3782 2 года назад

@@Ajehy ame- wait, wrong century.

@debbylou5729 Год назад

The actual ‘problem’ being what?

@omnip0d Год назад

@@debbylou5729 slavery

@jessicarichardi5342 3 года назад

Latin teacher here! Looked at the text..."in the same way" could also be translated "in the same weight/amount/proportion" :)

@catherinelempke8451 3 года назад

I wondered if this might be the case! I'm still working through Duolingo's course, but Latin does seem to have its fair share of words that mean a whole genre of related concepts that are separated in English. Maybe a better English translation would be "in the same measure"?

@joeseeking3572 3 года назад

Yep, got that - not a latin speaker but the jd earned long ago suggested that, in legal latin, this might be a situation warranting an inferentem

@monsieurdorgat6864 3 года назад

This comment needs to be so much higher. I mean I like memes but this is actually good info.

@amygodward4472 3 года назад

Oh! So like "in the same WEIGH"

@s.durbar1294 3 года назад

Means in equal parts. I dont teach Latin, I just learned in catholic school. Might as well get something out of that one, huh

@The_Forest_Oracle 3 года назад

I just want to say I made this and it was very tasty! I also made a gluten free version for one of my gluten intolerant pals, if anyone reads this and is gluten free, I made the replacement for spelt flour as half a cup almond meal, half a cup tapioca flour, lightly Mixing them in a bowl before adding the ricotta then Continued on with the recipe as in the video. It fried well and tasted delicious! Good luck and enjoy!

@chibiredhead7082 6 месяцев назад

Old comment but just wanted to say thanks, my celiac ass was looking for this

@MirrorscapeDC 3 года назад

Oh! I know these! Or well, I know their culinary descendants. In Germany, they are called Quarkbällchen and are made with flour, quark cheese, baking powder, sugar, eggs and a bit of salt. then they are fried, covered in powdered sugar, and served hot. They are super commonly sold on winter/christmas markets and SO good.

@from_skin_to_nose 3 года назад

I've tried Quarkbällchen this year, after visiting Neuschwanstein. They were fabulous.

@MvrZwarts 3 года назад

We have a similar snack in The Netherlands too: oliebollen (oil balls). You make them with milk and flour and optional raisins. We eat them at New Year's Eve and during the month December you can find oliebollen stalls all over the country :D

@Jujuestar.11 3 года назад

I teach latin for young kids and today was our last class, we celebrated the holiday making roman cookies and watched your video. Thank u ;)

@mercenarygundam1487 3 года назад

Did you sacrifice an animal to the Gods?

@gandalfgrey91 3 года назад

@@mercenarygundam1487 the kid who failed got sacrificed

@wolfwest3031 3 года назад

Arw what a cool teacher! I remember having to watch Richard Hammond talk about electric pilons when I was in highschool 👁👄👁

@RD-tu1td 2 года назад

I remember having orgies in the streets during Saturnalia. Good times, good times

@drfudgecookie5800 2 года назад

@@RD-tu1td dude read the room

@killergm6962 3 года назад

Pliny the Younger: the ultimate introvert

@friedchickenUSA 3 года назад

"globi" does sound much more elegant than "Cato's balls", though the meaning is the same.

@esmeraldagreen1992 3 года назад

You can say spheres

@marmotarchivist 3 года назад

What did you do during Saturnalia? Ate balls all week.

@MossyMozart 3 года назад

@Venn 413 - Sweddy Balls?

@barrymalkin4404 3 года назад

@@marmotarchivist Lindsey Graham & Mike Pence would have liked that, and the latter has the time for it now. I wish the former did also.

@myrianrose3619 3 года назад

Cato's sweet 'n sticky orbs They're more dense than you'd expect

@aidanfarnan4683 3 года назад

That Saturnalia poem is gloriously petty. "Oh wow. Socks. Yet you got Aurelia a sable scarf and three salve girls. What happened to 'Fratres before Lupanar'?"

@colaramme 3 года назад

I made this today and it was one of the best deserts I’ve ever prepared; it really was super easy too. This is my fifth recipe I’ve tried from this channel and none of them disappoint (past what Max is honest about, such as mussels needing a little butter). In a relatively short period of time, this channel has become absolute S tier. Thank you so much for making this for so many people to enjoy.

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Yay! Love that you enjoyed them!

@FigureOnAStick 3 года назад

Man those Romans sure were good at rhyming in English

@cablecar10 3 года назад

Amazing foresight on their part. Truly a deeper and more thoughtful age of art 😤

@usedx115x 3 года назад

Not as good as the ancient Egyptian curse writers, always making curses that rhyme perfectly in a language from 4K years later.

@nobodynowhere7163 3 года назад

You can thank Christopher Marlowe, Alexander Pope, etcfor that

@gensaikawakami341 3 года назад

Best comment

@henrywudl2789 3 года назад

Lol. Actually Classical Latin poetry doesn’t rhyme at all, so the translations are particularly anachronistic. Ah Victorian England…

@DragonTigerBoss 3 года назад

I'd imagine there's some correlation between the "slaves get to say what they want" and "human sacrifice" parts of the chronicle.

@cazadoo339 3 года назад

😂

@mmyr8ado.360 3 года назад

Or becoming the medusa or cyclops in a play where you get stabbed by the hero to death for realism

@Pille1842 3 года назад

The thing is, the Romans didn’t regularly make human sacrifices. They abhorred the practice.

@GwenS320 4 месяца назад

@@Pille1842 Exactly what I was about to comment. We have multiple period accounts from both ancient Rome and ancient Greece that denounced the practice of human sacrifice as unholsios and an ufront to the gods. Not to mention all the stories of the gods that get pissed over being offered human sacrifice. And no ancient Roman or Greek would risk the wrath of the gods Agos is a bitch

@liviufilipov665 3 года назад

Hi Max! Thank you for this awesome video. Fun fact, I am from Moldova ( former Roman province of Dacia) the Globi (Romanian _Gogosi)is still very popular here. The honey-coated option is cooked mainly around Christmas! Coincidence? I think not!

@thatsnodildo1974 3 года назад

You're having proto cheese cake and wine. I'm having fried tacos and cheerwine

@biggameshowfreak95 3 года назад

Ah yes! A true gourmet if I ever saw one.

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Ain’t nothing wrong with that!

@Terrelli9 3 года назад

Cheerwine! Truly a step up from the real stuff.

@kaelang12 3 года назад

Cheerwine?

@sazji 3 года назад

@@kaelang12 It’s a North Carolina thing. :-) Wild cherry soda.

@Concetta20 3 года назад

They look like large ceci(little fried dough balls, Italian Christmas treat).

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

A descendant perhaps!

@android61242 3 года назад

We call them Struffoli but I think its the same thing.

@sophiedellapenna8223 3 года назад

Yes, they are kind of like Struffoli! I was thinking about Zeppoles, which are also Italian! They're like fried doughnuts.

@LehySnek 3 года назад

@@sophiedellapenna8223 Che c'entrano i fiori di zucca in pastella con le ciambelle?!

@DATA-qt3nb 3 года назад

you beat me to it @Anna Ferrara, My Nana and Nona refer to them as Sfinci

@jasonmoore-mb4ju 9 месяцев назад

3:17 the thing that I find most interesting about this recipe is that their coded in poppy seeds now for those who don’t know the poppy seeds that you buy in the store or washed, so they don’t have any, morphine con tent back in the day they would not have washed up so if you eat enough of these, just by themselves, you could get reasonably are inebriated

@OlEgSaS32 3 года назад

See, the secret for slaves to openly criticize their masters without making things awkward afterwards probably meant getting them real wasted beforehand, they wont remember a thing

@TyAWilkins 3 года назад

This is hands down my favorite channel I discovered this year. Every video leaves me with a smile on my face and a little more educated. Cheers!

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Thank you! Love to hear it

@mahna_mahna 3 года назад

"When you have a problem, the answer is probably in a book." -- Max Miller There's another tagline for your merch. :D

@magnusbergqvist2123 3 года назад

Just be very judicious of WHICH book... No, definetly NOT that book. No, not that one either...

@lasagnasux4934 3 года назад

Like mein kompf!

@dmckim3174 3 года назад

@@magnusbergqvist2123 definitely not Necronomicon Ex-Mortis. 🎃🎃🎃

@nyghtmoon 2 года назад

Librarians everywhere agree

@AsioEntomo 3 года назад

Fun fact about the word "pileus": nowadays it is mostly (to my knowledge) used by mycologists! It's the scientific term for a mushroom's cap.

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Really?! That’s cool.

@mebrowneyedgirl 3 года назад

We still use a form of this word in Greece (pilekio, which basically means "small pileus" the ending io is used in Greek to make words sound small and cute). It is a specific type of hat worn by soldiers and I think policemen also use this word too for their own hats.

@mebrowneyedgirl 3 года назад

I am so impressed by the things we still do in Greece around Christmas and New year holidays that stem from back then. Round/oval shaped dessert covered in honey? Check. (they are called melomakarona). Gambling on Christmas/new years? Check. (it is actually tradition to play gambling games and poker till dawn on new year's eve). And several others. Christians just took old traditions and turned them into "Christian customs". I guess the logic was hey, we are not changing you customs, you'll still get to do the same things, we'll just call it christmas rather than saturnalia.

@toomanyopinions8353 Год назад

Yes that describes pretty much every Christian holiday in all of the world. Varies by region, too.

@piethrower91 3 года назад

Oh my god your Charmander reindeer is adorable.

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Ain’t he though?

@gigigirl281 3 года назад

Charmandeer!

@graysoncampbell3459 3 года назад

agreed

@merrittanimation7721 3 года назад

Pliny the Younger: History’s first confirmed Grinch.

@lairdcummings9092 3 года назад

Pretty sure it was actually Cato the Elder. The sourpuss to end all sourpusses.

@theMoporter 3 года назад

Aww, he doesn't want other people to stop the celebrations. Let him have his alone time.

@darklordofsword 3 года назад

Eh. Definitly Cato. Plinny at least didn't try to ruin other people's fun.

@johsiantorres8495 3 года назад

Saturnalia isn’t Christmas though

@lairdcummings9092 3 года назад

@@johsiantorres8495 no, it just predates Christmas, and in roughly the same calendar slot. So it'll have to do, for Grinching.

@juintevrucht6079 Год назад

Poppy seeds do have a flavor ground, cooked, & used in pastry filling (taste like prunes) or in poppyseed cake (faint almond taste). Thank you for all the delightful videos! Your ones with José, Jamie, & Cersi are wonderful, too.

@hukaman88 3 года назад

Togas, human sacrifice, and fried cheesecake? Sounds like a party

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Right? Sign me up.

@Dvergenlied 3 года назад

@@TastingHistory I think you’re probably not looking hard enough if you can’t find a solid human sacrifice. Just ask a friend! See if they really meant it when they said they’d “Die for you” 🙃😂

@trentenswett6306 3 года назад

@@TastingHistory If you want, it seems there is an opening for a human sacrifice position at 7:00 am. The last guy didn't make it something to do with a lion and an accident, will that work?

@mikkisen8092 3 года назад

“Cheese and spelt the same way”: Latin ‘idem’ means literally ‘the same’ OR ‘this exact way’. So an alternative translation could be ‘make cheese and spelt both in the following way’ or even ‘make/mix both so they become the same in this fashion’.

@Effundatrix 3 года назад

I think it would be better to take "modum" as "measure" rather than "way".

@bang7764 3 года назад

I was wondering if it might mean take the same quantity of both.

@mebrowneyedgirl 3 года назад

@@bang7764 I thought the same. But same quantity in volume or weight? The mysteries of deciphering Latin recipes.

@JerryB507 3 года назад

@@mebrowneyedgirl Max used one cup by volume and it seemed to work.

@mefirstyoulater 3 года назад

It's *usually* volume in archaic recipes. It's much easier and faster to eyeball equal sized piles of things than it is to measure by weight.

@RoyMcLellan 3 года назад

I also received a Ghostbuster proton pack as a child, and I can identify 100% with your excitement.

@kauaijohn 3 года назад

I always get so caught up in the history lesson that, when you go back to the cooking part, it surprises me! “Oh yeah, there’s food involved, too! Excellent!!”

@LivWis 3 года назад

"Livy tells us.." Me: *Whips head up from ipad* What? What did I do? Oh, that Livy... Every. Roman. History Class.

@raven3moon 3 года назад

Could've been worst. At least no one ever used a Xena reference.

@LivWis 3 года назад

@@raven3moon Thankfully no one in my age group watched Xena.

@FrankieJizking-js3yv 2 месяца назад

I can't tell you how much I love your channel. You bring history alive and allow us to tast history. I can indulge in some of history's greatest dishes because of your efforts. Thank you so much.

@JohnNathanShopper 3 года назад

Fried cheesy dough balls? That’s just a great way to eat dinner.

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Fried? Check. Cheesy? Check. Dough? Check.

@Msfinable 3 года назад

@@TastingHistory and balls, let's not forget balls. Check!

@theedwardianwriter 3 года назад

“And this is what Martial says ...” Me, a first semester student of Latin: this is going to be petty Martial: *is petty* Me: yep.

@ozymandias3456 3 года назад

Why do his poems rhyme in English?

@daredaemon8878 3 года назад

@@ozymandias3456 Translating poetry is generally done in such a manner to preserve the poetic value of the text, not a strictly literal translation.

@dansanders9121 3 года назад

Me, @ the poems of Martial (both here, and like, in general): "Man, Martial was a salty bitch"

@clockworkkirlia7475 3 года назад

@@dansanders9121 Not as salty as Cato (wanted Carthage to be)

@witchypoo7353 3 года назад

I hope there is an afterlife just because I want Martial to know that everyone knows that he’s petty

@michaeltres 3 года назад

Finally, someone who stands up against the War on Saturnalia!

@Trieh 3 года назад

"Where are you gonna find a human sacrifice at this late date?" I uh, know a guy.

@jan_Masewin 3 года назад

Your guy definitely needs some help mate

@truepeacenik 3 года назад

I have a nomination. The fire might sputter like a deep fryer. He’s looking for a new gig.

@blakemorris2328 3 года назад

The Romans were generally extremely opposed to human sacrifice.

@davidc4983 3 года назад

@@blakemorris2328 *laughs in gladiatorial games*

@blakemorris2328 3 года назад

@@davidc4983 I never said the Romans were opposed to killing people; They did, in brutal ways. The Romans, however, did not generally sacrifice humans to the gods. I.e. a priest executing someone in a temple.

@kaity2775 2 года назад

This video helped my team win a trivia night! The question was “who celebrated Saturnalia”

@passingthetorch5831 3 года назад

"In the same way" ... sounds like "in equal proportions."

@drageus9059 3 года назад

The last time I was this early, Louie XVI still had his head on

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Too soon 🤣

@jazzjj7665 3 года назад

@@TastingHistory it’s been around 200 years lmao

@sephikong8323 3 года назад

@@jazzjj7665 It doesn't make it any less soon Now please, let me continue to mourn the death of Gilgamesh, I still can't believe it

@galban199644 3 года назад

Come on people, let's not lose our heads over this......yeah, I know it was a bad dad joke. I'll see myself out.

@philllllllll 3 года назад

@@sephikong8323 Dude, spoilers!

@deathsheadknight2137 3 года назад

I don't think the Romans were being hypocritical, they merely admitted that Italian aboriginals were nicer guys than them. "Oh well," the Romans shrug "Aboriginals never ruled the world."

@OriginalCreatorSama 3 года назад

"I mean we COULD give up slavery and land ownership because it's the right thing to do.... but then i wouldn't be rich and really, it's been going on so long that people are used to it now. No point in upsetting the balance of things and giving ourselves more work than necessary." Sounds like the American government during both the civil war and the modern era.

@dastardlyexpressions 3 года назад

Bruh, this is literally Gulab Jamun... Apparently this dish has been around since Rome, lolol

@arathimenon6890 3 года назад

Yess!!!

@carolynschweitzer7792 3 года назад

Totally what I was thinking!

@MsSteelphoenix 3 года назад

Excellent, another reason to eat gulab jamun!

@linusp9316 3 года назад

And longer. There are ancient Greek recipes in the same vein, and modern Greek pastries like loukoumades are similar, from earlier fried dough/cheesecake balls but more popular nowadays than those older recipes.

@Horticarter41 3 года назад

They're a lot like German Quarckballchen too

@connorgolden4 3 года назад

I’m a simple man, if I see Roman content i give it a like.

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

And I appreciate that

@PaulaBean 3 года назад

I like roman recipes too. BTW, are there any ancient Vietnamese or Malayan recipes known?

@Artix902 3 года назад

@@PaulaBean Indonesia has sinigang lol

@PaulaBean 3 года назад

@@Artix902 Are you sure it is ancient? "Sinigang is a Filipino soup or stew characterized by its sour and savoury taste. It is most often associated with tamarind, although it can use other sour fruits and leaves as the souring agent. It is one of the more popular dishes in Filipino cuisine."

@JustSpectre 3 года назад

@@TastingHistory Roman is nice, but I'm still waiting for ancient Babylonian content. They had some interesting recipes that were recorded on clay tablets. But I respect if that is out of your field of interest, Max. Love your channel.

@lhfirex 3 года назад

Maybe I can get Thursday off work for Saturnalia. edit: I feel like "in the same way" possibly means in equal amounts.

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

It’s essentially equal amounts by weight. The question is always equal by weight or volume? Spoiler, volume didn’t work 🤣

@lhfirex 3 года назад

@@TastingHistory Well, these look like a fun thing to fix for my family for next week, so maybe I can add a new dessert to the holiday menu!

@JohnSmith-ch9sm 3 года назад

Truly the holiday season.... Thanksgiving, Haunukkah, Saturnalia, Festivus, and some others in there... ;-)

@darthplagueis13 3 года назад

@@TastingHistory Well... It's almost always weight, simply because weight was a bit easier to work with and beam scales were used for a lot of things anyways, so it made sense to use them. I mean, most countries to this day (specifically the ones using the metric system) have recipes mostly based on weight (with liquids being a possible exception) to this day, the US being the one really noticeable outlier.

@medleyshift1325 3 года назад

@@darthplagueis13 The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book the first of it's kind to use the measuring cup for consistency, was very popular in the USA, and when improvements like a kitchen scale were added to modern cooking, it was too late to change our cups and teaspoons we all already had.

@xephyrexe5246 7 месяцев назад

I've watched majority of your content and I love that the quality is consistent across all the years you've been doing this. Youve improved with time of course, but I like coming to your 3 year old videos and feeling im watching a current video, for the most part.

@skyefirenails 3 года назад

Martial at Saturnalia: Last Christmas, I gave you my heart, but the very next day, you gave it away.

@esmeraldagreen1992 3 года назад

That would have been Catullus.

@skyefirenails 3 года назад

@@esmeraldagreen1992 crap. I thought it was Martial. That's my bad memory for you! Thanks for correcting me!

@johsiantorres8495 3 года назад

Don’t mix Christmas with saturnalia

@skyefirenails 3 года назад

@@johsiantorres8495 no need to be sanctimonious. It was a joke.

@cmschmidt 3 года назад

I’m such a 90’s kid when Max said “When there’s a problem” my immediate response was “Yo, I’ll solve it. Check out my hook while the DJ revolves it.” The actual answer read a book.

@Lichen8404 Год назад

OH BY THE GODS, SATURNALIA IS TOMORROW AND I DID NOT DO ANY SHOPPING.

@gljm 3 года назад

Speaking of Saturn, on Dec 21 the planets of Saturn and Jupiter will appear so close in the western sky just after sundown that they will appear as almost a single star.

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Good timing 🤣

@MsJPA79 3 года назад

I read the last time this happened was in 1623.

@hah3456 3 года назад

@@MsJPA79 Yes even they wanna see wtf is going on here on earth in 2020.

@mountainmolly2726 3 года назад

True story: my son gave me kitchen tongs for Christmas last year. Honestly, a great gift and a heck of lot better than another bath robe.

@jep9092 3 года назад

As a person who celebrates Yule and Winter Solstice This episode makes me happy

@vikki4now 3 года назад

Me too !

@lepain0278 3 года назад

I’d avoid those things, there is only one God, Jesus, and he hates witch craft and false gods

@ckvonpickles3751 3 года назад

I also follow the old ways, the new modern religions of theft, deserve not this wonderful time!

@Spearstormwargames 3 года назад

@@lepain0278 Don't bother reasoning with pseudopagans. Cringey bunch that they are.

@johsiantorres8495 3 года назад

I celebrate Christmas but that’s also intresting

@RIlianP 3 года назад

"Where are you going to get a human sacrifice?!" , find one of those people who does not know how the holiday is celebrated...

@MetalKing1417 3 года назад

Romans, like the Greeks did not practice human sacrifice all that often and when they did it was usually as a result of dire circumstances (as in the enemy is on our doorsteps dire) and they tended to give it a different terminology to separate themselves from the "barbarians"

@Cythil 3 года назад

@@MetalKing1417 Pretty much the only exception to this (beyond the dire circumstances you mentioned which was really rare.) was the Triumph. Where at the end captured prisoners were executed. Officially this was not a sacrifice. But when one read the description of those executions it hard not to see the parallels. But if you asked a Roman they would say it was totally not a human sacrifice.

@cris_ad 3 года назад

This is somewhat familiar to papanasi, Romanian "cheese doughnut." It uses sweet and soft cow cheese, either flour or grits, and either boiled or fried. I have some in my fridge.

@cybervenom2001 3 года назад

And Ash called on his sliegh crew "On Charmander, on Charmeleon, on Charizard!"

@Trund27 3 года назад

History, food, Pokémon, cats...this is wholesome perfection right here. (Human sacrifice notwithstanding).

@ronove 3 года назад

Deep-fried cheese that is then coated in honey tastes good? Imagine that lol

@witchypoo7353 3 года назад

Nobody I know thinks it sounds good, except for me

@pb7199 3 года назад

if you've never tried gulab jamun you definitely should - super sweet though so keep that in mind

@stefaniej4489 3 года назад

The thing I love most about your channel is that it reminds me of the show ‘Good Eats’ but yours is history instead of science (obviously)! Thank you for bringing learning into food and for being so amazing at it!!! Love from Minnesota!

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Thank you! That’s an unbelievable compliment.

@sageinit 3 года назад

@@TastingHistory YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT

@claressadubs Год назад

I've heard of Saturnalia having influences on Christmas traditions, but I did not expect pranking your friends with gag gifts to be one of them! 😆

@someone4650 3 года назад

These visually look like Gulab Jamun, which are little balls made with milk solids and soaked in a sugar syrup.

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Just learned about those today!

@someone4650 3 года назад

@@TastingHistory They seem actually very similar. The cheese would be similar in flavor to milk solids, and they’re both kind of bready

@SG-js2qn 3 года назад

Yeah, that's exactly what I thought - Roman gulab jamun - and I wonder what the historical connection is. Could be independently conceived, but maybe it was not. It could have evolved as a cheese, wheat, and honey dumpling that eventually got fried. We know these ingredients from the Iliad, and they had the ingredients in Mesopotamia at 3000 BC, so maybe it spread from there east to India and west to Greece. (?)

@fiesehexe8133 3 года назад

I had to think of them, too. Even the names seem to come from the same root, as far as I percieve them ("glb" in both cases) btw my favourite sweet ever, gulab jamun

@someone4650 3 года назад

@@fiesehexe8133 They’re really good

@EarlOdinod 3 года назад

I don't much comment on youtube videos, but I wanna help this channel get the attention it deserves. I love these history lessons! Thanks Max!

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.

@PaulaBean 3 года назад

Every comment counts, even this one!

@fionatanzer5270 3 года назад

Except for the flour, globi are reminiscent of the Indian gulab jamuns. Gulabs feature milk that has had all the liquid slowly simmered and evaporated off until only the milk solids are left. This is kneaded with a little flour. The little balls are also deep fried and then soaked in a rose and cardamom scented sugar syrup. Absolutely delicious. Maybe worth investigating whether gulabs or globis came first and how the recipe traveled. (Note also the phonetic similarity of the names). I'd love some feedback, Max. Also - the Greeks went to India. Did they bring back gulabs or did they take globi there? If Saturnalia hearkened back to the Greeks - is that where Roman globi also originated?

@kshatrapavan 3 года назад

Exactly my thought. They do look a lot like gulab jamuns. However, I think the phonetic similarity is coincidental. In India, we never refer to gulab jamuns as just 'gulabs'. The 'gulab' part in gulab jamun means 'rose' or 'rose-water', while 'jamun' is a fruit which the final product sort of resembles.

@mirnadrake2259 3 года назад

We celebrated saturnalia in my Latin class in high school we brought in a bunch of foods that would've been available at the time

@iliatchaplinski 3 года назад

Who was chosen for the sacrifice?

@esmeraldagreen1992 3 года назад

No one Romans only sacrificed pigs, birds, bulls and sheep

@amethyst5538 3 года назад

I agree with the 80s toys. The year I got my She-Ra castle....💗💗💗😂

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

All the HeMan toys were amazing.

@GiselleMFeuillet 3 года назад

I'm still mad that I didn't get the Rose Petal Place dolls I wanted...

@amethyst5538 3 года назад

@@GiselleMFeuillet Yea, I went to Ebay to look for a few, AND now I wished I had kept them all!🤣🤯😭

@Talula-Darling 3 года назад

I suggest adding lemon or orange zest to the cheese before mixing along with a big pinch of salt. These aren’t a precursor to cheesecake but to Zeppolis. 💞 Merry Christmas

@dakkarocka 3 года назад

My favorite time of the work day is ignoring work to watch stuff get cooked that I will never cook, but would really like to, but never will.

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Ha! I’ll do the cooking if you do the watching.

@TheCratsky 3 года назад

The presentation on that plate is divine. They are so inviting.

@Morithcat 3 года назад

I have this recipe in a Roman Cook book. I made it a while back and it rolls them fully in poppy seeds, which along with the honey coating, gives it a delicious crunch.

@DungeonMiser 3 года назад

All the Plebs down in Plebville singing "Fah-who foris, dah-who doris"

@etainne2001 3 года назад

the idea that you were editing this during a solar eclipse just tickles me, no idea why

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

🤣

@AnthroTsuneon 3 года назад

Cheesy oliebollen, you say? As a Dutch person, I appreciate the Roman's idea of deep frying dough nearing the end of the calender year

@DavidFlowers777 3 года назад

"Deep fried cheesecake dipped in honey" Sounds addicting ...and also like it could kill a diabetic person

@darthplagueis13 3 года назад

I mean, there's less sugar than in your average cheesecake. Plus, spelt is healthy.

@absalomdraconis 3 года назад

@@darthplagueis13 : Eh, about as healthy as any whole grain? These things tend to get over-glorified.

@darthplagueis13 3 года назад

@@absalomdraconis Well, it's not a massive difference, but spelt does contain more protein and more of certain minerals than wheat does.

@Kelly_Grey 3 года назад

@@darthplagueis13 thumbs up for your name

@a.katherinesuetterlin3028 2 года назад

If a diabetic is careful about their numbers, and when they take meds/insulin, one or two servings of these should be fine. Secondly, I know of quite a few people who aren't diabetic, but who might try to turn the original globi into Keto globi, just by omitting the spelt and using almond flour. The oil I can see being used is either ghee (clarified butterl) or coconut oil.

@rayanansi563 3 года назад

Looks like gulab jamun, guess fried cheese and sugar is one of those things humans just do.

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Yep!

@Kacikacikaci5454 3 года назад

When I saw the tumbnail, I immediately thought of gulab jamun. Guess I'll be ordering Indian food tomorrow :D

@jayhom5385 3 года назад

That's exactly what I was thinking.

@marsboyo1995 3 года назад

Yeah, maybe we can add toasted almond bits on top instead of poppy seeds!

@icygoldenpalace7874 3 года назад

This may just be a "unicorn, not horses" guess on my part. But what if there's something more going on behind your observation, instead of humans in distant regions independently coming up with similar ideas? Considering that the gulabjamun, like a major chunk of other iconic Indian dishes, is thought to have been a Persian export as well, could the Indian subcontinent's gulabjamun and the Roman globi be homologous recipes instead of analogous ones? 😂

@raerohan4241 3 года назад

These bear a striking resemblance to gulab jamun, both in how they look and in the process of making them

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

I need to look those up!

@sirrathersplendid4825 3 года назад

It’s not widely known but I’ve read that several Roman recipes were taken up in antiquity in India and the Far East, not least the thick fish sauce that was universal in Roman cuisine. Although Gulab is said to be a Persian word meaning flower-water, referring to the rose water used in the recipe it’s remarkable similar to “Globi”.

@hah3456 3 года назад

@@sirrathersplendid4825 It was rather spread east to India from Mesopotamia actually.

@elhombredeoro955 3 года назад

I love you and this channel so much. I am so grateful that you came up with a channel that mixes two of my favorite passions cooking and history in one. The dish looks very presentable too.

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Thank you so much! Yes, this one photographed better than most.

@erickfrago7224 3 года назад

I really cant help but smile whenever I hear 'feasting' 🤦🏼‍♂️

@silvia94332 3 года назад

Hi Max, thanks a lot for this video, I was born and live in ROMA...and I am so proud of it and so proud of your interest in Roman history through one of the most famous roman feast,...... the ancient Romans really knew how to have fun 😅🙋 .....forgive my english, bye bye (Ciao in Italian)

@calebmccardell7030 3 года назад

12:10 top 5 rappers Eminem is afraid to diss

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

🤣

@brianfedele94 3 года назад

In southern Italy it’s common, during the Christmas period to make “struffoli” little flour balls (with butter and eggs) fried, dipped in honey and with coloured sprinkles. This recipe remind it a lot for me! Go check the “struffoli” out, they are delicious!

@salemunderfire 3 года назад

Your channel genuinely makes me so happy. One of the few good things from this year for sure

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Thank you so much 😊

@chillausmc 11 месяцев назад

10:57 My reaction to getting a Ghost Busters Proton Pack at this very moment. Great Video Max, watching all the older posts and having a great time doing it. Thank you

@nickmartellacci5167 3 года назад

Tasting History notification *Immediately stops other video to watch this one*

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

Awww shucks

@nanettetredoux7613 3 года назад

Me too

@TelamonianTeukros 3 года назад

So, the Romans used chopsticks. *INTERESTING*

@TDGCmote 3 года назад

Or tongs?

@maryjordan7649 9 месяцев назад

I grew up eating poppyseed bread along with apricot and nut breads my mother and aunts made for Christmas and Easter. They're probably versions of strudel. My family's first generation Irish but exposure to alot of eastern European baking is the reason. I love the flavor of poppyseed in that convection. I don't bake but I buy them every Christmas. They are very expensive.....(11 dollars). Love your channel.😊❤❤

@AP-yy3ve 3 года назад

These looks like gulab jamun

@DeeMolition 3 года назад

As someone who celebrates the Winter Solstice, I will be celebrating Saturnalia as part of it, so thanks for the great recipe! And btw, we don't do that sacrifice stuff anymore.

@cheetyliciousmeowmeow1085 3 года назад

Who are your slaves?...just kidding😅 lolol

@DeeMolition 3 года назад

@@cheetyliciousmeowmeow1085 I'm the slave. As a public servant, I tell my bosses, "You can't fire me; slaves have to be sold."

@ryc3rz 3 года назад

I understand "Mix them same way" as a 50-50 proportion of cheese to spelt.

@brycevo 3 года назад

I am the Comment of Christmas present. Come forth and know me better, friend. Now we feast on cheesecake and gingerbread, to make our seasons bright! We can't help but celebrate during these times. Although my time in 2020 is poor, it is still our time to celebrate! Enjoy your time here! Go forth and know him better, friend.

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

I love this comment!

@brycevo 3 года назад

@@TastingHistory full disclosure, I am having a lot of fun with these Comments. I'm also referencing the Muppets Christmas more than the Charles Dickens classic

@agimagi2158 3 года назад

@@brycevo Muppets Christmas Carol is life!

@Doctor_17 3 года назад

I hope it is not lost on everyone about how these were made in accordance with the celebration of the great harvester and child eater Saturn/Kronos, who in the Greek myths was also known for castrating the sky god Uranus/Ouranos. Here's a recipe of balls. Just wanted to point that out.

@TastingHistory 3 года назад

🤣 I did not make that connection by it’s kind of perfect