Debunking the Myths of Leonardo da Vinci

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RECIPE
1 1/2 pounds (700g) Turnips
¾ pound (340g) Cheese
1 stick or (110g) Melted Salted Butter
Powder Douce, made up of: Sugar, Long pepper, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, and Ginger (or other sweet spices)

1. Roast or boil the turnips until partially cooked; soft but not mush.
2. Thinly slice the turnips and the cheese.
3. Grease a small casserole dish with melted butter. Put in a layer of cheese, then turnips, then pour melted butter over it and sprinkle with plenty of the spice mixture. Repeat until all of the turnips and cheese have been used, making sure the top layer is cheese.
4. Place in an oven at 400°F/205°C and bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbling around the edge.
5. Let cool for 5 minutes and serve hot.

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[TastingHistory]

What are some of the history myths you see most often?

[thebratqueen]

You know it's honestly kind of refreshing to learn there was a source of incorrect history myths which WEREN'T the fault of the Victorians.

[MariaMartinez-researcher]

Let's stop for a moment to thank Max for his efforts to get the history right. You are teaching not only cooking, but how good research is made, which is an invaluable ability few people outside academia have.

[mitchellgehman]

As a historian myself, I applaud you making sure to call out fake history. Research is tough, and it can take the wind out of your sails when you find out the research you did was off, but it’s a lesson learned.

[lucasng]

Max is such a likeable guy. Him giggling at the turnip is the best haha.

[vigilantcosmicpenguin]

Ah, we all remember how Leonardo famously said "Let them eat turnips!" He also once chopped down his father's turnip tree, and did not lie about it. And once, when a woman offered him respite after a battle, he neglectfully left the oven on and burnt the turnips.

[mimipaul]

Max I watch all your video religiously, as someone who doesn't comment at all your yesterday's post on YouTube community made me realise that I should let you know what a fantastic job you are doing, the amount of research you put in ur videos are commendable and it's a joyride to watch your videos as you make it very entertaining. Keep on doing what you do and can't wait to read your book when I get it on my hands next year.

[jorenbosmans]

I love the fact that you inserted the part that the quote was wrong. It really makes you more trustworthy as a history channel

[SargeMorris]

Man, at 15:03, that was one of the most real, most honest pieces of history work I've ever seen. Thank you for that. Mad respect for that level of authenticity and honesty.

[Narokkurai]

Ahh, as a history major I completely understand your pain, and I commend you for the dedication to checking sources and tracing attributions! I remember having an entire paper fall apart in college because a source I thought was solid turned out to be from a later edition written by a completely different person. I went to the professor with the news and he just laughed and said, "Yeah, that happens all the time. Salvage what you can and I'll grade it on that."

[SimuLord]

This recipe was inspired by an experiment done in medieval France, where, facing a shortage of iron when the Duke of Burgundy occupied the mining regions of Lorraine, they tried armoring their soldiers in particularly ripe cheese.

The armor worked well enough, but the smell ensured that the soldiers would never be allowed into the cities to rest and resupply.

Indeed, the mayors declared them persona au gratin.

[Mgooy]

"Don't believe everything you read on the internet." - Leonardo Da Vinci

[nnh]

I’d like to give props to Max for the quote attribution correction. That was really cool.

[caseyrogers]

I’ve said this so many times, but as a linguist I always notice and appreciate when your dialect training as a voice actor comes to play. You never shy away from non-English words and your pronunciation is almost always near native. Kudos, and thanks for all of the amazing content!

[Lauren.E.O]

Da Vinci and Botticelli working in a restaurant together sounds like it would’ve been wild. Two very creative people dealing with the lunch rush, food prep and Those Customers? Definitely a story worth telling 😂

[elizabethkeen]

Max really makes quality episodes weekly like a tv show all by himself and husband with the podcast/behind the scenes, It’s really cool don’t burn yourself out max ❤️

[Saezimmerman]

I love that your shared this. The turnip is a tragically maligned vegetable in our day. I've also run into a number of situations where something shared online because it was entertaining or fit another narrative was demonstrably untrue. (Including one thing that, in its own footnotes, unrelated to the text above, asserted that Mary Todd Lincoln had assassinated her husband, the president. I didn't even bother responding to the point someone was trying to make. I just snipped the footnote and asked about the source.)

[ddecker]

So there was an archaeology show that ran in Britain for quite a while called Time Team. They investigated a site in Llagadwy, which they knew going in was a hoax site. They investigated it using rigid protocols, deliberately disproving every story told about it. As they went along you could see the frustration building about what they were discovering. The point is that your debunking davinci’s recipe notes is a very valid thing to do. Time Team, at the end of their investigation, left that site with all of the hoaxes debunked and a solid understanding of how they were perpetuated. The episode is considered one of the series’ best episodes and established their methods as reputable and verifiable. So, Max, well done.

[old-moose]

As an ex-college history instructor, I worked hard on how to check facts and never trust one source or multiple sources if they are too much identical. It was a problem in the age of books, now in the age of the internet it is a real problem. Thanks for doing a great job of presenting the problem and what can be done about it. And the
recipe sounds wonderful.

[dbdnights]

I got my MA in History and as frustrating as I found my thesis advisor for constantly pushing me to focus on primary source material, this is why. He was trying to not only protect me but protect the preservation of history.