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?)
> 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
u/Zephorah · 1 points · 16m ago
No one’s eyes are that blue. And no one’s apron is that clean while cooking. But I’ll be watching this regardless.
u/Coelacanth · 5 points · 1h ago
Love me some Tasting History.
u/negativenull · 4 points · 1h ago
One of my favorite Youtube channels! So good!
u/schmorpel · 3 points · 1h ago
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?)
u/JohnnyEnzyme · 2 points · 1h ago
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...
u/Coelacanth · 3 points · 47m ago
Well, white bread is pretty much just sugar and processed wheat (which is basically also sugar), so the bar is pretty low.
u/starlinguk · 5 points · 39m ago
US white bread.
u/JohnnyEnzyme · 1 points · 43m ago
You got that right. Similar with white rice & pasta. But maybe if there's a diabetes heaven... XD
u/JohnnyEnzyme · 3 points · 1h ago
> 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
u/JohnnyEnzyme · 1 points · 10m ago
Ooh, ooh! Is it Buddy Cole time? :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqQCyAQBgXY