Dinner with Attila the Hun

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[astrasillage]

I'm Hungarian and about the meat between the thighs thing: they put the meat (salted) under the saddle if the saddle chafed up the horse's back, to prevent the horse's wound from getting infected. The westerners saw it and thought it was for cooking purposes. As far as we know, the Huns did in fact cook their meat. 😂

[Attilathepun]

Attila sits down at a diner
waitress: "What can I get ya hun?"

[platariohb]

Honestly, this channel is amazing. Not only we get a glimpse of what people ate all through history, we also get a nice, entertaining, well-researched history lesson. Thanks a lot, Max!

[JDR]

I love your channel. As a retired FDA chemist, I love your use of herbs and spices. As an history buff, I love your historical commentary. Cheers.

[terryschwimmbacher]

Fun fact, Atilla is what the Goths called him, and is the diminutive of "atta" meaning father. So basically because the Huns left no writing, he will forever be known as Little Daddy

[SpiritStarry]

I love the way you approached this video. You didn't have all the information on what Atilla ate and how it was made, so instead you made a meal for Atilla based on what we know of his preferences. I'd love more videos like this one, with recipes FOR a person or a group rather than something knowingly eaten by them.

[BrightSpark]

Attila: "Why is there smoke coming out of your oven, Max?"
Max: "Oh, uhhh... That isn't smoke, it's steam! Steam from the Steamed Lambs we're having! Mmmmm, Steamed Lambs!"

[taekwongurl]

I love it that you were cooking the meat in your dutch oven! Archaeologists just found a whole village of artisans in Greece and they found the bones of an old lady who was clearly a Master ceramics b/c of her joints and all the clay pottery around her body. It's just lovely. I'd love to see a video about an ancient utensils used in cooking.

[nebraska]

“My feathers started falling apart” a problem I can honestly say I’ve NEVER had in the kitchen!

[magnusengeseth]

Honestly though, sending a marriage proposal to Attila the Hun is surely the greatest "fuck you, dad!" move ever.

[freyasslain]

People seem to forget that Atilla was raised at the Roman Imperial Court at Ravenna . Atilla read and wrote and spoke 8 languages by the time he was 14 . He was highly educated. But my guy was Alaric, King of the Goths .

[loretta_]

In the place in Italy where my parents are from, people still talk about Attila the Hun. One thing they say is that the hill the castle in Udine sits on was created when Attila got all his men to make the hill by filling their helmets with earth so he could watch Aquileia burn. Sounds more like an old tale they've spun, but he certainly made an impression!😳 Oh, it's the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, borders with Austria and Slovenia from the former Yugoslavia.

[jesswhite]

We were so excited when you mentioned Serdika (Sardica). We used to live in Bulgaria, and that is the Roman city which is today Sofia! You can still walk through the remains of Serdika in Sofia's city-center. If you're interested in dishes still served in the style you mentioned--look into kavarma or any other gyuvetch-based dish. So many amazing Balkan foods to explore!

[TheAriadnesThread]

Hi Max! Fantastic video as always!

Also, italian fun fact, the patron saint from my city, San Geminiano di Modena (Saint Geminianus from Modena), is said to have protected the city from the invasion of Attila and the Huns in 452 dC.

Geminiano was already dead at the time, but the people of Modena prayed to him to help and he sent a thick fog that covered the city and Attila kept going south and ignored Modena!

I think it’s a story that it’s similar in various northern italian cities, with different protagonists, but a fun one!

[rycoli]

I worked for an Attila he was Hungarian. I’m sending him this link. He will love it, 😊thank you Max, awesome as always.

[rlcz]

Going through horrible cancer with family and this show has just helped in getting through
It’s just warming and makes me have an escape
Thank you for this wonderful show ❤Ps I love your new kitchen that abalone tile is beautiful

[AnonSFO]

I used to keep chickens in Seattle, and the longest lived of my hens, Attila ( the Hen) lived 10 years. True!

I love these videos! 🍖🍗🍖

[arvurebantra]

I think that the reason Attila didn't have a lot of flashy and expensive things is just simply because of how he recognized that "pretty" doesn't mean functional. Being the leader of such a group too, he probably was constantly watching for betrayals. I'm also wondering if this dish would be just as good with beef or venison!

[MrTiresia]

Hey Max, I was talking with a few historians and anthopologists about your channel! We come from a particular ethnic minority, maybe we could suggest you some cold leads to investigate?

There was this discussion about a sweet called Blancmange, it might be a dish or a whole dinner, it is apparently quite ancient and partially documented among some streams of Jewish and Arabic tradition, it moved to France and who knows what happened.

It somehow arrived to the Jewish Community of Rome and also to the Sicilian population. It would be interesting to uncover a dish that traveled so much and touched multiple cultures, so much that every and each one of them claim it as their own!

[swagjockey]

I love how much more understanding of historical customs and traditions learning how they ate and what they ate, than just learning it like… in a classroom. Thank you! 🥰