Ancient Egyptian Spiral Bread of the Pharaoh

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[TastingHistory]

Yes, I know Vizier is pronounced “Vih-zeer”. I don’t know why I pronounced it as if it’s a French word. Though it’s not the first or last time 😂

[Direk]

"You should grind flour at least once in your life." - A man literally last named Miller

[crazjtk]

Akhenaten placating his irate employees with a banquet sounds a lot like modern bosses throwing pizza parties to quell complaints. 😅

[blue_bach]

“If you can’t source your yeast directly from the tomb of an ancient pharaoh, store bought is fine.”

[The_Kentuckian]

Ancient Egyptians spilling the tea: "I heard Nebatah's wife has been grinding grain at Tuya's house lately."

[Lafeolamom]

I showed my son the lessons about how he should treat his mother, he answered “you don’t give me beer” 😂

[darkestalmond]

It is a recipe. A cow above the pot means deep fried in tallow, an ibis above the pot means boiled.

[Andrew-liie]

4:50 leave it to a Miller to advocate milling you own flour, making your grandparents proud!!😂

[giraffelord]

I laughed so hard at the segment about the ancient Egyptian guy complaining about his mother-in-law. I always love these glimpses into everyday life of ancient peoples because you get to see how we've fundamentally always been the same.

[katrussell]

When I was in Egypt in 1980 I would go to get fresh bread. It was baked after sunset when the temperature was cooler in wood -fired ovens. Bakers made it and crowds came to buy it. It was slightly smoky. Delicious. And the firelight made the scene dramatic.

[timthenetchanter]

“Bread was everything”. As an Egyptian I can tell you. Bread IS everything

[waaagh]

Ramses III at dinner: "Guys, this spiral bread....it's so awesome, like awesome enough I'd want it carved into the walls of my tomb. Seriously, best thing I've ever had."

[marwaqoura]

Great video Max 🙏 I am Egyptian we still make this kind of buns, it is actually a bun ..and call it 'Shoreik' شريك now they use high quality wheat flour, and top it with cane sugar grains ..My Mum used to bake it when we were young, I have a recipe for it but the modern version , it takes a lot of kneading ...BTW, till now Egypt has more than 80 kinds of local breads and pastries, lots of them are still made in the ancient ways using sun rays, or other methods of baking and ovens, bread everything here still that it is called عيش which means 'life' itself !

[Tezunegari]

And silently in the kitchen corner sits Amun-Ra weeping.
A quiet but teary "my bread..." can barely be heard.

[ShanRenxin]

One of the theories I've heard about knowing when the gods were "full" of the bread, and makes a kind of sense to me, runs like this: the bread would be put upon the altar when it was still fresh, often still steaming. The gods, as spiritual beings, only ate the spiritual part of the bread which was the steam/smell, rather than the body of the bread, which is what we humans eat. Once the offered bread is no longer steaming, it shows that the gods have eaten their fill!

[Omnis]

The spiral bread was almost certainly fried. What's you're seeing is two processes, with the tandoor-like oven used for the chapchak-like breads, and then the spirals being fried. Archeological texts describe some depictions of dough being poured as if it's more like a batter, which lends itself to the likelihood that this particular scene from Ramses tomb is depicting some kind of fried dough/cake. The depicted vessel also looks more similar to discovered or otherwise depicted containers used for oils than what was typically used to carry water. The conical items are also not moulds but lids for baking the bread. The cones were heated in fire and then set over the pot to make a dutch-oven, but the shape would concentrate and reflux moisture.

[hnglbanana]

'the "recipe" i'm going to be using today comes from the valley of the kings on the walls of the tomb of pharoah ramses the third' what a cool sentence

[H.G.Halberd]

4:55
as an apprentice miller, yes I do appreciate pre-ground flour
because I am the one who pre-grinds it for you

[AaronC.]

The image of the Egiptian using two sticks to manipulate the bread reminds me of how they cook churros here in Spain: most of the time, the most skilled just use sharpened wooden sticks to turn around the fried dough...

So, maybe it wasn't boiled, but fried!

[KarlRoyale]

Just FYI to anyone looking for it. Emmer grain is often sold under the Italian name, Farro. Same stuff.