Civil War Cranberry Apple Pie for Thanksgiving

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[chartreux]

Hey Max! I work as Historian for the IFZ in Munich (Institut für Zeitgeschichte - Institute for Contemporary History) and because of your Channel i've been looking into German Food during WW1, Weimar Republic and WW2. So it was very cool to see your "Cooking on the German Home Front During World War 2" Video!
I even showed it to my Grandfather who just turned 104 Years old on 1st of September this Year. He is a War Veteran and after the War was hired by the US Military (like many) to help and lecture in US Military Colleges regarding his Experiences fighting the Soviet Military (since the USA during the Cold War wanted to know all that)
Anyway, i showed him your Video and he was really happy to see an American do a Video like this. He speaks and understands fluent English of course but because of his Age sometimes has to rewind obviously.
Either way, he said your Video is really accurate and he hopes to see some more in the Future, but now he's binging your other Videos on Recipes!
Just wanted to share that
Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps

[leodragon]

I love that in the closed captions, whenever Max takes his first bite, the captions will say [chomp]. Makes me giggle every time.

[purplecat]

To all of the non-US people who want the Thanksgiving experience, come to the US during the end of November and mention to everyone you talk to that you've never done Thanksgiving before and you don't have anywhere to go for Thanksgiving. SOMEONE will invite you to their house, and into their family and may actually flat out insist that you come. For a lot of families (mine included), taking in people who don't have anywhere else to celebrate is part of the holiday.

[ZirkaZironka]

My Danish self watching this knowing I will never celebrate thanksgiving: "fascinating..."

[HeroClone]

I live in the small town of Newport, NH... we have a statue of her in a little sitting area just off the side of the local library. It's less than 3-5min walking distance(for a big guy like myself) from my apartment. It's a nice little outdoor sitting area, , but it doesn't have much shade so i don't really go there often, but when I walk the common, I sometimes go to the little sitting area and read the inscription on the Statues base, and take a little breather.

[FretMan]

Here's another thing Abe Lincoln also made: the presidential pardon for a turkey on Thanksgiving. One day, a turkey was sent to the white house, and Abe's son (I forget his name) became enamored with the turkey as a pet (he had quite a few others), but was heartbroken to learn the turkey was meant for the dinner table. So he made a plea to his father to let him go (as he had already lost an older brother, and so didn't want to lose this turkey), and so, Abe got a pen and paper and wrote out a presidential pardon for the turkey, to be given to the chef. And ever since, every succeeding president has done a presidential pardon for a turkey at Thanksgiving. (saw this story on Mysteries at the Museum)

Also, after reading a chapter in a fanfic, I got to learn that Japan also celebrates its own Thanksgiving, called Labour Thanksgiving Day, in which they are thankful to the salaries who worked throughout the year. Japanese schools have the students make cards and gifts for the municipal workers, such as the police and firemen.

[TheMasonK]

I was showing my parents your Roman cheesecake video and then they asked “that’s the guy on the news who cooks recipes from history right?” I was shocked as I had no idea you were on the news. 😂Safe to say your audience is multigenerational Max! Have a happy Thanksgiving! Assuming you’re cooking for your family on Thanksgiving, I envy your family 😅

[JediDrewsterT]

Snorlax is so perfect for the Thanksgiving video!

[peterbernhardt]

Cranberries belong to the family Ericaceae like the azaleas, rhododendrons, Scottish heaths, arbutus and andromedas (Pieris) in our gardens. Most members of the family prefer acid soils, often low in Oxygen, which explains the cranberry's ability to colonize peat bogs. They require cross-pollination and the cultivated plants in New England depend on native leaf-cutter bees (Megachile). At one time, cranberries received their own genus but today they are placed in Vaccinium with the commercial and wild blueberries.

[rtfmpeople]

Dude, you seriously are a welcome breath of fresh air in this cesspool of (mostly) junk that is Youtube! Keep 'em coming please! <3

[c.r.blankenship]

My great grandmother used to make the best cran-apple pie for Thanksgiving and Christmas. She used our wild Alaska cranberries and the crab-apples from the tree in her backyard. With a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top it was the best thing ever. She always made it in a transparent emerald green pie pan that I was always fond of and has actually since passed to me since she passed away a few years ago

[ben_-dq]

As a european i can honestly say this is the first time i understand a tiny bit about thanksgiving :P

[andersjjensen]

That's how I make pie crusts. Half ice cold butter, half flour. Blitz it in the food processor until it's a uniform fluff. Add two tblsp of boiling water, blitz again until it comes together and becomes a big lump just banging around. Put in the fridge overnight if possible. Using boiling water, for some reason unknown to me, makes the dough much less susceptible to cracking when you roll it out.

This crust is also exceptionally well suited for meat pies. Any kind of browned ground (or diced) meat with a handful of whatever veggies (leek, onion, graded potatoes, etc) with just enough strong broth and thickener to cover it works. It's really useful for "getting rid of" left overs. Doesn't matter if several kinds of meat left overs gets mixed. It always tastes good.

[TKID-]

My fam has always made a cranberry-apple tart at Thanksgiving (in addition to the standard pumpkin pie). I had no idea the recipe dates back that far.

[jonawesolowski-thecommunit]

"pinkified" I love that word Max. I can't believe it took so much time and work for Sarah to get Thanksgiving made a Holiday, especially a National one. I am happy for her that she lived to see it.

[JHaven-lglj]

A tip to avoid runny fruit pies: toss some flour or cornstarch with your fruit, and then when you put steam vents in your top crust, make an X or a hole in the center, and bake the pie until you can see the filling in the center bubbling. (You can make a ring of foil around the edge of your crust if it starts browning too much.)
When the pie cools, the filling won’t be too runny.

[Getpojke]

I remember finding out just how acidic cranberries are. I make a lot of fruit liqueurs & had never tried cranberries before. I had a couple of inexpensive bottles of whiskey & thought I'd try a new concoction of cranberry whiskey. Mixed in a large Kilner jar with sugar, the whiskey & cranberries sat for a few months until a beautiful clear ruby red. I bottled most up, but filled a couple of hip flasks as I was going to a driven shoot in a few days. Most enjoyed a sip at the shoot, & once home I forgot to empty the antique flasks, just popping them in a drawer for later use. A month or so later I was in the drawer & noticed a dark, sticky mess. The cranberry juice had eaten through the pewter seal. Never seen a liqueur eat through metal before, but it was tasty.

[lsmiranda]

Thank you for this video for a very personal reason. All I've ever been able to find for my 2X great grandparents' marriage was that they were married "on Thanksgiving Day 1863" in New York. I'd done some cursory research and knew that the day wasn't fixed for the longest time. So your recounting Hale's success with President Lincoln in declaring a national day led me to take the opportunity to look up the exact wording. A quick search for a November 1863 calendar, and voila - the 'last Thursday' of the month was 26 November 1863. Happy 161st Anniversary next week to John and Mary Jane Miller! (No relation, at least, I don't think!)

[llouie]

We sometimes hear about how it was a person who wrote into President Lincoln, but it was neat learning just how long she was at it, how forceful her letters became, and how she championed other causes through her letters and books

[eveywrens]

Thank you for sharing this history of the Thanksgiving holiday, Max. Just want to take the opportunity to express my gratitude to my friend Jennifer who, for as long as I have known her, has hosted a Thanksgiving gathering with a huge spread. There is turkey and the fixings, green bean casserole, salads, pies, options for vegetarians who don't eat meat, wine as well as beverages for those who don't imbibe. She invites all of her friends, acquaintances, and neighbors who don't have plans or who don't have anywhere else to go. Some bring desserts as well. One year someone brought a flan pie that I actually enjoyed. Every year I get to meet some new people who have interesting stories, and I can just listen and eat.