Ancient Egyptian Tiger Nut Cake

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[jacobmcg]

“No I said I wanted a “dessert pyramid” not a “desert pyramid”… what did you make?” - Rekhmire

[CadetKosmov]

I googled tiger nuts and got a bunch of furry art pictures, including Tony the Tiger. What a time to be alive.

[genghiskhan]

Little note. Bastet, the ancient Egyptian goddess of cats and guardian of homes was the daughter of Amun Ra and she had all cats as her eyes and ears on earth. Since your cat seems satisfied, Bastet is satisfied, and when Bastet is satisfied, Amun Ra is satisfied. Thus I bestow unto thee Max Miller the titles: *Satisfier of Bastet* and *Pleaser of Amun Ra* .

[iDigsGiantRobots]

This looks a lot like a dessert that my Egyptian grandma used to make called “sad el-hanak” or سَد الحَنك which to make you’d just replace the tiger nut with any other flour! You can also make it with sugar and butter instead of the ghee and honey. It also reminds me of a Saudi dish (where my mom is from) where you would add dates to the mix to make “Hnaini” or حْنيني. It’s fun to think that these things have been made by people for thousands of years without interruption.

[emmadraws]

the bit with you reading all the titles of Rekhmire in a sports announcer voice made me choke on my lemonade. dude you're HILARIOUS, please never stop

[naufalhisyamrabbani]

"and the only one judging me is my cat, Cersei"
...and Bastet

[lukemccue]

Ancient Egyptians don't play, even their desserts are monuments

[musicmage]

Max the Immortal started Tasting History so he could have an excuse to eat all of the ancient dishes he’s enjoyed throughout his millenia-spanning existence.

[CrzyGazara]

btw in Egypt, this is called Hab Al Aziz "حب العزيز" which actually means "vizier's nuts/beans" so that name may actually have its origins from The Ancient Egyptians, it's usually eaten raw or treated with sugar water and it's the freaking bomb.

[Strampunch]

Fun fact: we use tiger nuts in Eastern Spain to make horchata! The nuts are called "chufas" and basically you grind them and add water until you obtain a nice drinkable liquid, similar to how one would make almond milk.

[mmts]

As a modern Egyptian, this kinda reminded me of a dish we have called “sad El hanak” (literally “mouth closer”) it’s called that bc it stopped this who’s complaining of hunger from complaining. And it’s really really close to this

[francisconavarrog.]

I love the fact that he was concerned with someone taking the "as long as his arm" comment out of context, and yet he didn't even consider the many possible interpretations of "Tiger nuts"

[Lauren.E.O]

Rekhmire’s mile long character description is fantastic. Imagine if people were introduced that way today...

[hannahmeagher]

I have a nut allergy and tigernut flour is by far the best almond meal substitute I've come across - including nut free macarons. Highly recommend if you were desperate to know how macarons tasted like I was.
Edit: I buy tigernut flour pre-ground, it's still 'pleasantly gritty' and it's always worked perfectly well for me

[spyrofrost]

"For the American mortal, Max Miller."
That sounds like something an immortal would say.

[Lauren.E.O]

“And a monkey riding a giraffe.”
...I love that someone took the time to immortalize that image

[willschakowsky]

Fun fact: there’s a theory that the tiny elephant was actually to scale, and it was depicting one of the many species of dwarf elephant that evolved on medditeranean islands

[isaacspradling]

"I hope nobody takes that out of context"

He says, in a video featuring tiger nuts

[DitchWizardry]

Max, as a geologist and former cook: 'granularity' is probably the word I'd go for to describe that 'pleasant grittiness' you talk about. Also, thanks for showing us yet another way to have more dates in a safe way during the pandemic.

[omniverideus]

FYI the "world's smallest elephant" may have been brought to Egypt from Malta (where pygmy elephants were native at the time and not extinct yet) as Malta and Egypt were big in trade with each other - in fact Maltese is still one of Egypt's national languages spoken by the "Maltijja tal Egyptu" (as they are locally referred to in Malta)