Eating on a German U-Boat in WW1

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[AlexisDE]

Pro Tipp: Most German dishes that feature any kind of cabbage as ingredient (like sauerkraut) will add whole caraway seeds to aid with digestion. It’s supposed to help with the gases from the cabbage.

Greetings from Wuppertal, Germany 🇩🇪

[PonySlaystation]

I was disappointed for a moment when the primary source mentioned hard tack and you didn't play the clip. But then you said it and played the clip and all is right with my Tuesday now

[squishy]

Hearing how the u-boat crew would make fun of poor Miedtank reminds me of a piece of advice from my grandfather, that being: NEVER piss off the cook. Best case scenario is your food ends up perpetually bland, and worst case, well... there are a lot of things you could add to a dish that you may never know about...

[Colddirector]

The thought of a grizzled U-Boat cook tearfully threatening to find another boat that'd appreciate him is so funny. High school really does never end.

[mnk]

How do we fight scurvy?
Spain: "Lemons and oranges!"
England: "Limes!"
Germany: "SAUERKRAUT!"

[srice]

A Polish friend used to make sauerkraut soup that had Polish sausage, bacon, lots of paprika including hot paprika, caraway seeds and some carrots and onion. It was super spicy but oh so good!

[josxxiv]

“Fett” is often used to generally mean any oil. As flour, oil, and particularly sauerkraut are non-perishables, I can easily see this dish be made out to sea as supplies run low

[magnusbruce]

I think this might be one of your best episodes yet. I loved the variety and intimacy of the stories you relayed to us. I find it fascinating to hear just how relatable people were in the past. Like the overly sensitive cook somehow winning an iron cross, or making a song about not having anything to fry in the butter.

[DJ-fnjm]

Making everyone eat sauerkraut on a sealed vessel "that was 100°F and very poorly ventilated" sounds like a war crime. 🤣🤣

[ryncricket]

I’m Slovak and we have sauerkraut soup for Christmas. It usually has mushrooms and onions in it. When you bring it to a boil, you drop eggs in it and they poach. And we eat it over mashed potatoes. We add black pepper, but I can’t imagine adding more salt and vinegar.

[parkerlynne]

A military crossover with MRE Steve would be great. He could prepare a vintage MRE for Max while Max cooked another military meal!

[pplesforthis]

I really like that you made a couple of videos back-to-back in which you talked about what it was like to be on both sides of the same conflict encounter. Very very cool. When I was in school and taking history classes, I rarely got to hear about what an average rando was doing and experiencing, and I really like this focus. It makes the stories more human because I know something about the people who were living in them. Your channel is such a delight, I always giggle at the hardtack clip.

[jmiller]

Waiting for a mention of "Hard Tack" and the cut to Max clacking the two pieces together is always a highlight.

[bcas]

As an American submariner in the 90's, even on modern boats food was stored everywhere. We would walk on canned goods that were stored between our bunks until we ate through them. We did have coolers for meat, eggs, milk and such, but not a lot of the milk and eggs were loaded onboard. It would run out in about 2 weeks and then we switched to powdered eggs and milk. And the mess cooks made all the difference, one of the best Thanksgiving meals I've had was onboard.

[jomercer]

my grandmother's recipe calls for about 600g sauerkraut for 1.4 liters water. She made a roux from a tablespoon each bacon fat and flour, and some minced onion.

My favorite scene in Das Boot was when they had loaded up with provisions, and had bananas hanging from the ceiling.

[hanzquejano]

Other than history and cooking, what I like about Max's channel is the way he speaks. So classy and neat it's like listening to an audiobook. As an amateur writer, half of Max's skill would help me a lot.

[RudeKeyser]

"How much sauerkraut should be added?" is not a question that would ever cross a German's mind. 😂

[Pinkstinkie]

After watching both this and the Lusitania video, I'm convinced the U-boat fired on the liner out of frustrated jealousy.

[karl-heinzgrabowski]

Adding salt and vinegar turns the Sauerkraut into Sauersauerkraut

[lethalwolf]

I’m a fan of two kinds of videos, cooking and history. You Sir, are literally a prayer answered 🙏