Tasting History Reads Mean Comments

[@KetchupwithMaxandJose]

Video is doing great, so cleaned up the English subtitles and added a few other language options. Don't forget to Like and Subscribe 🥰- Jose & Max

[@thekraftywitch7756]

if the forehead shinen is bothering you. a little bit of tanslucent powder will take care of the shine.

[@Jason-tz7ir]

I can't believe it's been three years... Oh my Lanta. I still remember making Parthian Chicken right after your video was posted.

[@SpaceMulva]

The psychopath thing is being well groomed, but not in super good shape, but ok shape, and having very middle of the road haircut and clothes, and a noticeably moderated personality. You don't have the full blown fundamentalist I-think-marrying-14-year-olds-is-totally-fine hair cut, but you definitely LOOK like a youth pastor. You don't act like one, but people tend to have the perceptional acumen of talking potatoes. People can see you choosing your words to be appealing to a general audience, and that is exactly what people who curate their words do when they want to make sure people don't think they have people locked in their basement. So the vibe is there if you are reaching, but its clear you are simply keeping from going in any direction that would be polarizing. The irony here is that the fact that it is noticeable that you are choosing your words is the key to your success. It is relatable to normal people, instead of the insistent vibe more polished industry professionals exhibit. That shit is super off-putting, and why media has changed so dramatically in the last 20 years. Who is a better chef, you or gordon ramsey? Who would 99% of the world be happier to have a conversation with? You. Gordon is going to hit his talking points and walk the fuck away. You are going to act like a human being.

[@Lammington2]

@@SpaceMulva also being a white male. Very well represented in the genre, that.

[@be6715]

Would have been better if you had had a cameo, Jose. Max, you took those mean comments like a champ! I'm betting that Jose really had to so some searching to find them though. Great channels!

[@TastingHistory]

What’s nice is that it took almost 3 years to collect enough mean comments to make this 😊

[@PersistenciaMemoria]

You guys truly are a gift, the history, the recipes, the jokes, the pokemon and then on top of that kitties?! Thank you for all your hard work on both channels.

[@DramaticFlora]

you're videos are too good and should not be allowed >:( ... did I do it right? lol. it's always interesting to learn about these videos and to try making some of the recipes. I even knew a family that made a whole christmas banquet from some of your dishes. how could you be mean to someone that does good like you guys

[@KetchupwithMaxandJose]

@@DramaticFlora you did good kid 😂

[@Spoonishpls]

We can leave more if you need 🥺

[@pitchforksdragon1252]

Neat

[@cel2460]

To whoever said "I hate your face" to Max: that man used to be prince charming on a disney cruise. Let that sinks in.

[@KelseyDrummer]

Boom, roasted.

[@K4inan]

Now he's King charming of historic cooking.

[@allienegunn108]

🤯

[@IGaveMyNameToThatGuy]

He legit looks like a Disney prince, his skin is perfect, his teeth are perfect, his eyes are so kind, I don't understand the hate. I guess ugliness is in the eye of the beholder...?

[@Jordy-927]

@@IGaveMyNameToThatGuy to be fair, "I hate your face" doesn't necessarily mean ugly. It could be quite the opposite. Like "you are so pretty and I hate it". Which could be either a nice comment or a mean one as well. Lol.

[@theL33Tm4ster]

imagine having a rosy cheeked lil chef whip up an ancient babylonian recipe for your entertainment and thinking 'wow I hate this'

[@purplecat4977]

There's a whole edgelord cooking thing out there of people who dunk on baking blogs for not just giving recipes free of commentary of any kind, without understanding that often, those blogs exist to talk about other things, with the recipes part of the narrative. I'm betting that guy is part of that group of people.

[@originalcinner]

And even if one were the sort of person who just wants the Babylonian recipe and not the banter, there's a FF button on every youtube video so you can skip through the "history" if you must. Also, apropos Monty Python reference: it's like objecting to Olsen's Standard Book of British Birds just because you don't like the gannet. Even if they do soil their nests.

[@Rid_Of_Thee]

@@purplecat4977 true that

[@alicecain4851]

Total weirdos!

[@tjenadonn6158]

@@purplecat4977 And that goes right on back to the earliest days of cooking media. Julia Child's TV show was revolutionary in many ways, but perhaps the most revolutionary was that it was carried just as much by Julia's personality as it was by the food she was preparing. Julia essentially laid the template for every foodtuber, recipe blogger, Food Network star, and every other recipe presenter who does more than just recite lists of ingredients and instructions over 50 years ago. It's a formula that works and which is clearly here to stay.

[@isitrealgood]

To the haters: The history is the most appealing part of the channel because it elucidates the reasons or background for why we eat and drink the things we do or did, whether it was out of sheer utility or because the gods ordained it

[@anna_in_aotearoa3166]

IKR?? The history is the most fascinating part to me, because it illustrates how what we eat doesn't exist in a vacuum, but is all connected to cultural interactions, maceoeconomics, and even politics.

[@Cordoba82]

You are oh so right. Be that the channel is named Tasting History or the History of Tasting, you have to have the HISTORY in it. To whoever doesn't like it, well, there are millions of other channels. So ....

[@AdZS848]

Exactly. Thank you! If you want just recipes, there are loads of just recipe channels.

[@OpalLeigh]

@@Cordoba82you beat me to it- I was also gonna say “without the history, this channel is just ‘tasting’ 🤷🏻‍♀️ and there are already plenty of those on KZbin…

[@JZsBFF]

Can't be helped. Haters will hate.

[@genesisrail]

Getting mad at a youtuber for talking too much is like getting mad at a picture book for having too many pictures

[@Pyxis10]

WHY U HAVE SO MAMY IMAGES!? 😡

[@pretzel2272]

😂😂😂

[@JoelGorostieta]

Too many letters in your comment

[@helios5752]

How the hell do so many people miss the point of Tasting History being a history channel

[@KetchupwithMaxandJose]

Baffling to this day 😂

[@a.katherinesuetterlin3028]

Indeed. It's like going to a Renaissance Festival and expecting Six-Flags or Disney-level carnival rides, and Mickey Mouse ice cream treats. 😜

[@angel8fingers]

Maybe he should rebrand the channel “History Tasting with Max Miller” and people should no longer have reason to complain!!!😂😂😂

[@CatsPajamas23]

🤷

[@aff77141]

"I don't like history!!! 😡 🤬 Let me watch this channel called TASTING HISTORY, sounds like some good fun for me--"

[@xSessrumnir]

Max when someone insults his beautiful face: Meh, whatever. Max when someone insults his new kitchen: So you have chosen...death. I can vibe with that energy, ngl

[@a.katherinesuetterlin3028]

IMO, the color scheme is not what I personally would choose. However, if the size of the kitchen suits Max and his growing channel, then by all means, he made the right move. 🤷‍♀️

[@orionh5535]

Considering prices in san diego, their 100 year old house costs a bajillion dollars, so a big shiny modern house is for when Max reaches 10m subscribers

[@makaylacorbitt9414]

I think people knocking the kitchen don’t understand housing in California. He could probably have one of those ostentatious, monochromatic influencer kitchens if he lived in the Midwest but then he might lose easy access to ingredients for the show.

[@LillaIgelkotten]

Well, I would do that too. I must be one of few who like to see colors in the walls, so a modern, monochromatic kitchen is boring to me. Also the space, there's no point in having the fanciest kitchen if you need to go out anytime you need to open a drawer, so if this is the kitchen that allows Max to recreate the past, then there's nothing else to discuss.

[@Bluepanda3]

This is a quality comment

[@lizard3755]

Max is such a good-natured guy. I love that he was able to laugh when reading those mean comments, and I really hope some of the posters watched this video and felt silly for leaving them.

[@saiphrivas1437]

Beardless Max looks like Prince Charming (which makes total sense given his career), but bearded Max looks like Prince Charming's older sexier brother

[@sarar4901]

I always think Captain America and retired-from-hero-work Steve Rogers, respectively.

[@bellablue5285]

Both are good descriptions 😂

[@MDeLorien]

I vote for for the older brother 😁

[@RangerMan-yv7rl]

I think bearded Max looks good n sexy n attractive!

[@theomacer3094]

You should do an April Fool's episode with a recipe based on Ancient Aliens

[@KetchupwithMaxandJose]

Oh we have totally discussed this 😅

[@lutilda]

YES!! "Interpret" hieroglyphs to be the recipe! 😁

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

Bonus points if you randomly make it green with food coloring

[@MrYfrank14]

I watched a commercial airline pilot's channel do a review of the movie "airplane " and act like everything they did in the movie was real and he explained the importance of it. Very funny. So yes, a I think a recipe as a joke would be funny.

[@demoncorejunior]

i’m here for ancient recipes from other planets, you’ve covered plenty from earth already

[@TammyMitchell5]

I love the show. My grandson, age 9, now uses “hard tack” in every day conversation. 😂🤣

[@IRosamelia]

LOL 🍪

[@dwaynezilla]

_tink tink_

[@IRosamelia]

@@dwaynezilla I would say it sounds more tak tak than tink tink 😏

[@Munchkin325]

::clack clack:: 😂

[@Nikki-tx6kh]

Show him the song Soldi by the Italian artist Mahmood. It has this clapping beats too.

[@peterwatchorn5618]

Max handles the trolls in the best and wittiest way!

[@marmotarchivist]

My first thought was: “What, there are negative comments on Max’s videos?” My second thought was: “How sad has one’s life to be, to leave bad comments on such a wholesome channel?” Also: There is history on a food history channel? INCONCEIVABLE!!

[@Nikki-tx6kh]

I know. It's history and cooking, what were you expecting mate?

[@westzed23]

I don't think you know what that word means. 🏴‍☠️⚔️🤏🫀

[@SamBarge1]

That was my husband's exact reaction as soon as I told him there's a video of mean comments from Tasting History. "There are negative comments for Tasting History?! What's wrong with people." Indeed.

[@88kayleigh]

It’s so weird that the problems with the videos are like hey, why does this history video have so much history in it? 😂 like uhhhh …?

[@lunalou3489]

Exactly this! A history channel with cooking how dare he talk about history 🤪🤣🤣. Love me some Tasting history. Wait! Right their in the title.

[@lauramccue3566]

Max, you are a treasure. Don't change your format. Be you. The world needs more Tasting History.

[@Waydewilson89]

Agreed needs more education and people like him enthusiastic to teach

[@rainkeltoia]

AGREE 100%! I look forward to this every single week. The history, I love food and am not a great cook but... I love to learn and Max has made me want to try new recipes.

[@John-em9jy]

Hello 👋 how are you doing today? I hope 🤞 this year brings happiness, peace and love all over the world 🌎 I’m originally from Brazil 🇧🇷 grow up in Forth Worth Texas, currently living in Tampa Florida. Where are you from. If I may ask.

[@philbrook5655]

Agreed! The format is awesome. I hate when people change because of outlier comments.

[@purplecat4977]

If someone were to tell me that Max is literally for real a Disney prince, I would believe them.

[@nessamillikan6247]

Be prepared to believe it, because, if what I’ve read is correct, Max used to work for Disney cruise lines and played the character of prince charming.

[@b1oh1]

Yeah, I'm a straight married man and I definitely think he's a good looking dude. Lol

[@alicemorrison1518]

My family calls him "the disney prince who cooks"

[@k80_]

He can definitely summon forest creatures to land on his shoulders

[@puggirl415]

I've often thought that especially since he worked for them BP (before pandemic) I thought he must have played a prince in some capacity.

[@tonyclark627]

I love that Max only seemed genuinely upset when someone went after the kitchen😅 LOL, don't mess with the new digs!!

[@abrilguzman2152]

I love the fact that it takes insulting his kitchen for him to actually get upset 😂 WE LOVE YOU MAX 🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@genevievepineda2600]

You DON'T talk too much, I love the history portion. The channel is perfect!

[@RandyFortier]

Oh yeah, the history is the best part! It is easy to learn about the epic events in history, but I really love finding out how people actually lived their lives in those times.

[@alicemorrison1518]

The "no homo" comment and your delivery of it made me laugh harder than anything in weeks.

[@Ishkaga02]

I think everyone can appreciate some gay boy Max Miller in their lives.

[@limp_dickens]

Same here, I totally lost it at that point.

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

I fully anticipated something homophobic to come up: but that one caught me offguard

[@GrizzAxxemann]

I busted a gut laughing, because I'm the type of pot-stirring asshole to make a comment like that.

[@ninjalemurdude]

@@GrizzAxxemann Before he said it was nice I was thinking, "Oh no, that could've been me." I'm not really a Trump supporter, but I'll say I am to ruffle some feathers.

[@sirfishslayer5100]

Here is a comment for ya: Am a straight guy who loves cooking and a well well researched (and presented) history lesson about the subject at hand. It ranks as high as Townsends' channel in my book...might I say on par with Alton Brown himself. Never noticed your forehead...think your new kitchen is an improvement...don't think you ever looked stoned...like the beard...and is one of the very few channels that I consistently watch with the very little time I have at the end of my long, busy day. Highest honors go to you and your crew! Haters are gonna hate no matter what you do. Keep your skin thick and your soul beautiful and you will be happy! Love the channel! Keep on doing what you do and we'll keep watching it!

[@KetchupwithMaxandJose]

Thank ya Mr. FishSlayer

[@rtyrsson]

You hit the nail on the head on every point. Max is a definite keeper and up there with Alton.

[@lizardbreathh]

I'm so glad he used the lemon squeezer wrong so I could learn that I was doing wrong too 😂

[@telebubba5527]

Guilty here too. He's not the only one who didnt know how to use it. Isn't the internet just great!

[@TheBLGL]

Same.

[@randalalansmith9883]

The 1930s orange press my mom had in the 70s (they still make them), it didn't have a hemisphere shape, so you weren't compelled to slap the piece of fruit "right way" or "exact wrong way".

[@Shauma_llama]

Now I'm going to have to look up whether I'm doing it correctly. OK, I was doing it wrong, but then figured it out on my own. I think the old-style juicer works much better though.

[@treeflamingo]

Same 😂

[@MrYfrank14]

Love how he doesn't care if you insult him or his face, but insulting his kitchen is fighting words.

[@IRosamelia]

lol true

[@catharinepizzarello4784]

😂 A true cook!

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

Well, he can't do much about his face, but his kitchen is his baby!

[@garywait3231]

As an 80-plus year old historian who also loves to cook and has enjoyed trying some of your historic recipes, I have to say that ever since discovering your channel, I have been a devoted fan. Everything is perfect as far as I'm concerned. The history is accurate and entertaining, and the recipes are clear. Glad you can suffer the trolls lightly. Best wishes to you and Jose, and for your delightful and informative channel.

[@westzed23]

Well Said! 🙂🧀🥖🥮💜

[@WitherFang]

Hear ye hear ye!

[@draganap3241]

Exactly! I couldn't have said it better myself.

[@englishatheart]

Nothing is perfect because perfection doesn't exist. But his videos don't need to be. A lot of people enjoy them, and as long as he is happy making them, that's all that matters.

[@garywait3231]

@@englishatheart How droll! 🙄

[@Ryecrash617]

I've been putting off watching this because I don't have thick skin and I love this channel but now that I've seen it, I realize it was actually entertaining. Thanks for making it.

[@KetchupwithMaxandJose]

Yeah! Kept off anything truly vile, thats no fun for anyone

[@gdzephyriac2766]

That’s such a powerful thing there dude: Self-Awareness. The fact that you’re openly recognizing that, “hey, I don’t have thick skin and I’m ok with that”. Say what you want about whether or not that’s a good thing, I admire your openness about it.

[@swisski]

One of my favourite things about Max is his impeccable pronunciation of vocabulary other than English. It is a testament to the effort he puts into his research and his quest for accuracy. It speaks volumes how respectful Max is to all his audience, and I love that.

[@weiyin8046]

And even if it's not perfect, the effort is so appreciated! It feels so respectful and gracious.

[@Me-wk3ix]

Excellent point!

[@censusgary]

@@weiyin8046 Yes, at least he makes an effort, and that counts for a lot.

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

Yeah, I also hate his imprecise communication in the Anglophone tongue! 😜 J/K, Just here to say that his attention to diction in his own language is also greatly appreciated by the people who haven't spoken it since childhood.

[@mokko759]

That was one of the very first things I commented on ages back, was his excellent efforts made to pronounce non-English words correctly. It doesn't need to be native-speaker levels of perfect but it is wonderfully accurate regardless. I love that.

[@No_I_dont_want_to_]

How can people make mean comments, this guy makes the most wholesome videos

[@sage0925]

I've seen people downvote (when they had them) knitting channels. Some people are just weird. Even if you don't like what he's cooking, I just don't get how you can be such a jerk as to leave a mean comment on something so innocuous as a freaking cooking channel. Or a knitting channel. If cooking or knitting or history ain't your thing, freaking scroll on past. Why is this so hard for some people?

[@chasingmynewdream]

@@sage0925 That is what I don't understand about humans either. Why tear someone else down when it would be so much easier and a better use of one's time to just move on? I love the show and find the angle very refreshing. I stumbled across the show, catching the Titanic series and was hooked. I've always wondered on how some things like that worked - different classes/food offerings, timining... Max gave me an interesting insight into the food and how things were managed. This show is just such a fun twist on a history lesson.

[@jaegrant6441]

Idk. I've heard conservative estimates sit around 40% of accounts on social media are bots. My general rule of thumb is that if a comment causes, or tries to cause, an intense emotional reaction (for good or bad) then it's probably a bot. Mean comments on knitting or cooking channels are possibly engagement bots imo.

[@animequeen78]

Some people get off on being a dickhead.

[@neonity4294]

Most of those mean comments are pretty bland tbh. And either about his appearance, now that is really mean, or how he talks to much. Others seem more like a friendly knock, like the one about the squeezer. There a other topics you could really criticize, the show is almost unwatchable on phones due to the massive amount of ads and some of his "history facts" are highly debatable. But so far nobody seems to be bothered by this, which is also facinating.

[@sarar4901]

Some of these aren't giving "mean" so much as "Jose thinks it's funny to make Max read nice things about himself and blush on camera." And, to be clear, I think that's beautiful.

[@KetchupwithMaxandJose]

Haha, 'nice' comments start at 6:45 ;) The truly vile ones are just racist, homophobic or straight up ignorant.

[@sarar4901]

@@KetchupwithMaxandJose I can believe it, and I'm sorry y'all have to see those. Some people should have to go back to first grade and learn to be kind to others.

[@Uncle_Smidge]

@@KetchupwithMaxandJose I'd say you should burn 'em but they'd be a waste of paper.

[@janem3378]

You are not merely a KZbinr. You are a food historian. I am fascinated.

[@chandlerlofton6536]

Well I’m a mechanic from Mississippi, and I enjoy the hell out of your show. I like the food, the talking, the history, everything.

[@saschamayer4050]

I'm neither a mechanic nor from Mississippi. But I do love the channel the way it is, too! 😎👍 PS: I also love that song called "Mississippi" by the band "Pussycat". ❤️

[@robertkinkaid4732]

Cook, yes Comedian, yes (clack clack of the hard tack)

[@matasa7463]

Yup, if not comedian, why am I laughing?

[@Spoonishpls]

Big spoon, yes

[@allienegunn108]

💚 Yes! Yes! Yes!

[@MagpieRat]

There are three things that will make me laugh every time, no matter how dark my mood is: the "how is babby formed?" video, the gif of two bulldogs wearing googly eye glasses, and Max's Hard Tack Smack.

[@callysto11]

Perfect ❤️

[@jaewol359]

It boggles my mind that people would leave mean comments on such a high quality channel.

[@xenostra]

Damn leave some boot for the rest of us. Jk

[@starsantheoriginal]

Quality isn't even why I'm flabbergasted over it. Max is a sweetie! And funny! I can't believe people would find an issue! My grandpa had a saying, if they were in heaven they would complain about the color of the clouds! Miserable people!

[@dwaynezilla]

low-quality comments from low-quality people who can't process anything above their level

[@vanessapyo7331]

There will always be “those people”… you know, the ones whose family members pretend to tolerate during family gatherings.

[@Waydewilson89]

Weapons grade boredom and dumb kids are at play

[@chloesankey6551]

This channel is amazing. As a 12th century reenactor, trying to start a food display it is super helpful. It combines two of my fave things History and food! I love watching your videos and not just the medieval ones. Thank you for creating this, it is a treasure.

[@bradminson8291]

1860’s reenactor here, been trying to recreate an 1860’s dinner.

[@chloesankey6551]

@@bradminson8291 ooh that is exciting! I was going to say that not much happened then but then realised that it was the period of the American Civil War. What sort of food did they eat then?

[@ChristinaFromYoutube]

I love that he laughed and said it wasn't a mean comment that the guy would let him be the big spoon 🤣

[@alisaurus4224]

“No homo” 😂

[@realhorrorshow8547]

@@alisaurus4224 That made me laugh. How "no homo" can a man be who wants Max to be his big spoon? I just want him to invite me for dinner once in a while.

[@fredericapanon207]

@@alisaurus4224 3.25% milk only!

[@carlosfuentes9574]

I kind of like how that one guy was mad thinking he could somehow get a Babylonian recipe without a history lesson

[@John-em9jy]

Hello 👋 how are you doing today? I hope 🤞 this year brings happiness, peace and love all over the world 🌎 I’m originally from Brazil 🇧🇷 grow up in Forth Worth Texas, currently living in Tampa Florida. Where are you from. If I may ask.

[@_mia_w]

😂😂😂

[@OpalLeigh]

Right 😂 “I just wanted to cook something from history- HOW DARE HE ASSUME I CARE ABOUT HISTORY”

[@m.s.9744]

Max don't change anything! We love Tasting History!

[@mrc0201]

Former British lit professor here. Very interested in food, but I'm here for the history. Great research. And you've quoted Herrick more than once Geoffrey of Monmouth and Beowulf. That's just what I remember. You get an A from me for research, writing, and humor. Keep on keeping on.

[@Gremph]

I always thought the old recipes were just a bonus with the fun history stories.

[@NV..V]

How can adults continue to miss the fact that this is a history channel that dabbles in food prep ONLY in order to get the desired / salient points across? I love it...

[@gateauxq4604]

Tasting…History. It’s in the name, too many heads empty on KZbin i guess 😂

[@markusfreund6961]

Adults? More like bitter, neglected children suffering from arrested development, possibly in biologically grown bodies...

[@beth12svist]

I think comments like that may come from people who had the channel recommended to them wrong. (Whether it's by people, or by KZbin sending them to it from more traditional cooking videos.)

[@pjb2773]

I'm a retired librarian and I love your videos. It's like dropping in and visiting a friend who's as passionate about history as I am. Don't change anything.

[@LunarisArts]

I try not to spam my high school librarian friend with the Tasting History videos. She might not appreciate 🤣

[@annalieff-saxby568]

Seconded. Tasting History combines two of my passions: I'm always chuffed when a new video is posted.

[@kellishymka6132]

Agreed!!!! 100%

[@nlbhaduri]

I think I was more hurt with the rude comments than Max! Max, you are a magnificent storyteller who does thorough research and makes the everyday an enchantment! All the love!

[@TuckerSP2011]

Nobody should ever be mean to Max Miller!

[@abbychurchilligous5040]

Max is a treasure to this world and needs to be protected at all costs

[@Rid_Of_Thee]

Max, you are a damn treasure of a man. Never change

[@astrozach7778]

My wife and I absolutely love the history with these dishes! Most history books and classes generally cover war and reign, but the history you show us really dives into the humanity of these time periods. It really shows how little has changed and how much has changed, and if there’s one thing all humans can bond over, it’s food. I think we (at least here in the US) assume that societies were incredibly different throughout human history, and they were in a lot of ways, but these glimpses into the past show just how similar they were. For us at least, the window into the daily lives of humans hundreds to thousands of years ago is much more interesting than the general info we are taught in school.

[@KetchupwithMaxandJose]

Hear hear!

[@tagginondawal3961]

I mean it's called "tasting history". It's literally history. I enjoy this show thoroughly. The funny thing is, my coworkers were talking about food, and one mentioned your channel. I found it funny awesome that I'm not the only one at my place of employment that likes your show. Keep it up Max!

[@KetchupwithMaxandJose]

Yay, I love that

[@bumblebee560]

Oh yeah, my coworkers love this show! We're all bakers.

[@StuartHetzler]

i can't imagine making mean comments. tasting history is the most wholesome channel on youtube

[@ls-420stoner6]

Ikr, I was thinking the same thing

[@lauras6762]

I feel that’s why people make mean comments. They don’t like wholesome things.

[@StuartHetzler]

@@lauras6762 People just love to talk shit online to feel good about themselves. It's just repercussionless bullying from cowards.

[@vualt69]

Im pretty toxic almost everywhere but here, it really is so wholesome

[@Finkeren]

Can we all appreciate the effort it must have taken for these guys to find anything to whine about on literally the most wholesome channel on YT.

[@alicecain4851]

So true!

[@paltryicons4610]

Or to remember almost the entire alphabet.

[@zennvirus7980]

Max should request mean comments be written in the same fashion as Vinegar Valentines. Might improve the quality of the laughs.

[@giraffesinc.2193]

Agreed!

[@SonOfTheDawn515]

Most wholesome? I think Steve from MRE info edged Max out of that spot.

[@RandyFortier]

I have to think that Jefferson Darcy comment was a compliment. He was regarded as a handsome guy on the show. He played the next-door neighbour.

[@BeeMcDee]

I can’t believe that people come to a channel called ‘tasting HISTORY’ and think you wouldn’t be giving the history of the thing you’re making. Like, it’s in the name, people! Your channel is perfection. I showed your videos to my partner and he isn’t the biggest fan of history, but I now catch him watching you regularly - so you’re doing something right even for the non-history buffs. Love ya Max, from Australia ❤️

[@englishatheart]

Your boyfriend. Nothing wrong with the term "boyfriend." A relationship isn't a job and shouldn't sound like one.

[@evilbarrels2506]

@@englishatheart I've dated non-binary folk in the past, gendered terms don't really apply to everyone. "Partner" is just easier, works for everyone and is much shorter than "significant other" to write and say.

[@redfox9446]

I can't understand how anybody can hate this man. He goes above and beyond to bring us good food with a great history lesson. Also RIP to his taste buds.

[@ek-nz]

Some people just hate everything. It can’t be much fun being those people. Feel especially sorry for them because the most fun they can have is telling others how much they hate them.

[@nessamillikan6247]

I honestly think the vast majority of those commenters are kids

[@alicecain4851]

LoL

[@couchingzone2615]

Max, your show got me through COVID and a severe depression. You're a shining light in the darkness that is KZbin. Don't let anybody tell you any different and don't stop talking.

[@pamdesjardine7632]

Agreed!!!

[@Julessa]

Me too!!! Tasting History got me through COVID and depression too! Although I didn't realize I was becoming depressed at the time. I just knew that watching Max's videos gave me some relief and made me happy.

[@fairywingsonroses]

For the record, I love that you film in a realistic-looking kitchen (one that the average person would have in their house). Most people film in kitchens that look like they came out of a huge mansion with a full-time 1950's housewife to keep it looking brand new and spotless. I love that your kitchen is small, realistic, and I don't feel like I'm somehow kitchening wrong or something because my kitchen isn't something out of Better Homes and Gardens for millionaires.

[@maxfigueras752]

The point of the talking, to me, is that if you want a recipe, you go to a cookbook. Max here is doing research, writing a script, buying ingredients, cooking the recipe, filming, editing, keeping track of the performance of the video, listening and giving feedback, trying to improve his work, and a thousand more things that are invisible (that's the magic, making the video seem like it spawned like a natural thing) and cost money and time and effort and he puts his joy and good mood, so we can have information on how and why a recipe from so many years ago happened. A cookbook doesn't give you that (unless it's Max Miller's). It's such a shame that Max is putting so much for us, for so little, and some people, not thinking for a minute, leave comments that are not even helpful. I love your humor and how you treated this comments in a light way, I found it extremely graceful. Thank you for your work, as always!

[@UniversalBrow09]

Also, not gay nor your Mom but I cannot deny that you are a handsome, dapper chap with a rich, soothing voice. Great cook and a lover of history… don’t stop doing what you’re doing.

[@ccptube3468]

He is awesome, but u r gay.

[@Derfalken]

Lol, it's okay, bud. You don't have to specify that you're not gay before complimenting another guy. He's taken anyway!

[@liteflightify]

@@Derfalken We seem to have gotten to a point of accepting even embracing random gay panic, “no homo” culture, and the “I usually don’t like your kind but you’re cool” type comments. I wish less queers were okay with that sh*t. It comes off very pick-me when you embrace people who are on that kind of stuff. But it is what it is.

[@slowcrochet]

Eons ago, Great British Bake-Off would do bits of history related to the recipes featured. I loved that aspect of the show and love that you do the same. When the big networks come a-knocking (and they surely will), please hold onto as much control as you can. Your commitment to quality, your thoughtfulness, and your creativity are what has grown and kept your audience. Well done!

[@KetchupwithMaxandJose]

One of Maxs main drivers for creating his channel 💕

[@wgv929]

People get really brave (and stupid) at the keyboard. I’m just glad you are so intelligent and can ignore them. I love everything about you and your channel.

[@Ajxuchin]

Clearly this should be followed up with Max reading thirst comments 😂

[@Sidecutter]

This would have been prime content for History Channel twenty years or more ago. I spent my teens learning so many fascinating things from History, Discovery, and TLC when they were actually educational channels.

[@telebubba5527]

Now they are all just trash for campers. I gave up the cable because of that. There is so much to be found on the internet, why would I be paying for mainly ads? Now I can block them at least.😉

[@Zivilin]

Viasat history and history channel 2 still occasionally have good documentaries about actual history.

[@58limited]

I agree. I cut the cord in 2012 because of the shift in programming across all cable channels. Why spend $100+/month for trash?

[@Nystariii]

I feel like it *should* still be prime content for the History Channel. Unfortunately the idiots who own/decide what programming goes on disagree and think kids need to learn how to not get screwed pawning their priceless family heirlooms.

[@browniewin4121]

I discovered your videos early on and never miss one. WTH is wrong with people who do not find the history interesting, it is after all Tasting History. If people do not like your channel they should just take their desired ignorance and negativity elsewhere. I love your videos and wish all the best to you and Jose.

[@takeagalbythehand]

Imagine watching a video containing history on a channel that's named Tasting History...

[@dwaynezilla]

The food is kinda interesting, but it's just pretext. Nobody's making fish pudding on a pure cooking show, so you'd never see that. But the history of it? Well that fits right into a cooking/history/cooking-history show like Max has. And he took that one for the team, hahaha

[@andrewgodly5739]

There's no shortage of jealous and toxic people in the world. Even the most kind and caring person would have someone that hates them

[@westzed23]

@@dwaynezilla Well put. 💜

[@MsLeenite]

@@dwaynezilla Good point, @dwaynezilla. Many things Max concocts (and tastes, so we don't have to, haHA) aren't particularly appealing to the home cook. There's no emphasis on any nutritional niche, like low-carb or gluten-free. There's a strong element of regional and ethnic cuisine, but always with an eye toward the origins of the food. It's pure curiosity about what the foods we read about in novels and historical accounts actually LOOKED and TASTED like. What cozy welcome-to-my-kitchen channel would introduce us to the fast food that people ate in Pompeii? Sorry to run on, but you're so right.

[@christinej4073]

Just a note to Max and Jose that when I feel stressed and want to escape to a happy place, I watch both "Tasting History with Max Miller" and "Ketchup with Max and Jose." That is not the ONLY reason I watch, of course, it's because the shows are awesome! God bless you guys for making this world a better place. You increase my knowledge of history, food and drink, help keep me sane, and make me laugh and smile. I quote you often. Also, you are both very charming, handsome, intelligent and talented. Good people. If anyone makes mean comments, they have issues, not you. PS - I thought I was subscribed to Ketchup because it appears that I am on my TV, but apparently not on my laptop. This is an ongoing issue, will have to figure out why. PSS - Thanks to The Townsends for introducing us.

[@KetchupwithMaxandJose]

Yay thanks for watching and to Towsends too

[@jessicamaldonado5683]

The audacity of the few... the sheer arrogance of the dweebles... we love you both

[@myrkvith9]

I was furloughed in 2020 about the same time you were- found you accidentally during your first episodes and have watched ever since. We both found our new careers at the same time too- although I'm not on KZbin. May you always have success.

[@KetchupwithMaxandJose]

Thank you for the support

[@rafale1981]

How anyone can be mean to this charming guy is beyond me.

[@amandajofisk85]

I love how much you talk and all the history bits and humor. Don’t change one bit.

[@lorihicks340]

Great sense of humor about the mean comments. Some people just like to watch the world burn. We love you Max....never stop doing what you love and being yourself. 🥰

[@CatsPajamas23]

Totally agree.

[@catmom11]

Amen to that…I really hate drama but you did so well and loved your responses! Keep up to good work Max! Love learning history with food on the side 😁❤

[@thecook8964]

Jealous

[@lb55500]

I like when Max prattles on. The videos are like visiting your gay best friend who cooks you a nice meal and geeks out about history. Alas that we don't get to taste the food with him. Unless we put in effort and buy his cookbook

[@angiebrown588]

Wait... He HAS one of those?

[@bec9696]

Exactly Olaf! He's such a warm fuzzy

[@Deluxedracula]

Why would anyone say anything mean to Max? He’s delightful!

[@nabrzhunter]

I’m straight as an arrow, but boyo I would go for a candlelit dinner with you any day. Much love, my dude. Your videos make me so happy, your passion for the food, the history, and the adventure of it all speak to my soul. Have a happy holiday and a happy new year, and shine on you crazy five head…from another redhead who knows the struggle. 😂

[@TheRealPaiMei]

Are you sure you’re straight homie?

[@nabrzhunter]

@@TheRealPaiMei Hahaha Absolutely.

[@hanzquejano7112]

My taste in men are wholesome male KZbinrs with wholesome/educational content. Daniel Greene, Blue from OSP, Hellofutureme, Atun Shei, Lockstin, Crecganford, Caleb Hyles etc.

[@englishatheart]

​@@TheRealPaiMeiI am definitely straight and I have had picnics with female friends and guys who are just friends. Candlelight dinners don't have to be romantic, nor do picnics. All dinners were candlelit at some point. 😛

[@VictoriaStarratt]

@@hanzquejano7112Speaking of Blue, wouldn’t it be cool if Max, Blue, and Cyan (Blue’s wife in case you didn’t know) did a collab?

[@leewalker9153]

Who the heck would leave a negative comment on his work? Seriously, he spends hours researching, crafting and editing highly informative historical entertainment. And he's easy on the eyes. Max is awesome.

[@pamdesjardine7632]

YA he is!!!

[@fionnagrant6636]

I know I'm probably projecting, but Max looks so sensitive. Don't take it to heart Max, and please don't ever change. We love you and your work. You invented your own genre and we can't get enough.

[@Kiri_Sully399]

HOW COULD ANYONE BE MEAN TO YOU?! You’re easily my favorite KZbinr!🙏🏻💙

[@anjulikamins6420]

"Severe case of gay face" is definitely a compliment in my book!

[@karenkeith7558]

I would be willing to pay good money for a cooking show with Alton Brown Cooking, Max talking the history, and Bill Nye explaining the physics of cooking

[@AngelavengerL]

That would be the most incredible show ever!

[@seraphale]

Someone needs to make this happen.

[@lyndseyblackwell7240]

Whoa. That’d be amazing!

[@farpointgamingdirect]

Alton Brown is more than capable of explaining the science...

[@kamj6607]

@@farpointgamingdirect right? isnt that kinda his thing?

[@23pinkpoppy32]

I can't believe people complain about the history part of the show. I generally can't wait to get into it.

[@Cordoba82]

I find it extremely hilarious that we ALL know who Max Miller from Tasting History is. Those other mean people, not at all. Your channel is an inspiration for your subscribers and fans. It is fascinating to find out the real history behind dishes we may or may not previously know. My husband sits with me to watch the show, it is a date for us 😁. He is amazed for the effort and dedication you put into your videos, to the point that he calls you "the cooking scholar". As a couple that loves history, we are very thankful for the opportunity that you, AND JOSE, give us to travel around the world and around the ages. Thank you!

[@anna_in_aotearoa3166]

Love that fact that watching TH together is a date night for y'all!! 🥰 Being able to share interests with your significant other & really enjoy learning new things together sounds like an awesome component to any relationship, and that is just gosh-darn adorable too...

[@Cordoba82]

@@anna_in_aotearoa3166 Aww, thank you so much for your lovely words, they mean a lot to me. And they are very true, too. Case in point, we celebrated 28 years of marriage last week! Sending lots of love to you and beautiful NZ! 🥰🥰🥰

[@alarin612]

No one looks like a psychopath. But also, everyone looks like a psychopath.

[@callysto11]

So true 👍

[@heldotir]

Clean shaven Max is the guy you think is basically pre-island Oliver Queen but turns out super nice and smart and becomes one of your closest friends. Max with a beard is the history teacher everyone loves but never gets and wishes they did

[@andrewwright5190]

I love him even more. The fact he can agree and laugh it off says so much about his character.

[@shaetenn]

Don't change, Max. You're amazing and your format is perfect. The haters gonna hate.

[@cjsrescues]

I would absolutely love to see a collaboration between Tasting History, Townsend's and Good Eats.

[@Misty8097]

The collab with Townsends has happened already 😏😉

[@Crocady1]

For the record, I love how much you talk. This is my safe space on the internet. You have such a warm bubbly personality and it's clear how much you love history. Not only that but you make it fun, digestible ( pun intended), and easy to remember. I like you and so does my husband's stomach ever since the video about armored turnips. Please never change

[@Sniperboy5551]

Your first mistake is assuming that any place on the Internet can be a safe space…

[@frydemwingz]

I like many other people were blown away by the episode quality right off the bat. REALLY good high energy, high effort videos. I couldnt believe the sub count was less than 5k when I started watching and knew for a fact this channel would be in the millions of subs easily.

[@KetchupwithMaxandJose]

Almost 3 years now... 0_0

[@indiansunburn1]

Well, I personally enjoy the “too much talking” and I, like you, Max have had more than my share of family and friends who grimace at the start of my stories not knowing how much time later they will end. I appreciate the well-rounded look at the history of foods because I really love the context and anthropology of dishes. May your channel long live!

[@salstrange]

You can see the Disney cast member training in action here. Nothing but smiles and grace for even the most cranky spoiled child commenter. You’re such a sweetie. Love everything these channels are about. Keep it up. (Also I don’t understand the talks too much comments. It’s a YT video. Do they just want creepy silence while you smile charmingly into the camera?)

[@darciemerriweather1206]

Wouldn't that be freaky and scary and fun to do to the creepers who hate

[@violetskies14]

Jesus it's been 3 years? I've been a fan since Sally Lun buns, I love listening to you talk about history and cook the recipes. It's the perfect KZbin channel for me. Also the old kitchen was shit. I have a similar one and hate it (especially being in a wheelchair, not enough space). Edit: you can use translucent power if you want your forehead not to shine, there's nothing wrong with it shining but that's why they don't on TV, everyone wears it.

[@taekwongurl]

I don't read the mean comments b/c they're joyless and suck the fun out of everything. I'm here for rambling historical fun!

[@KetchupwithMaxandJose]

Its mostly a good crowd at least 😂

[@pizza-pi]

It's good as a creator to embrace SOME of the meaner critique, because it can help you become polished in the process, but the stuff that's just ... nonsense "I hate you" type is weird. I will never understand why you wouldn't just go do something else instead!

[@corruptedchaos0073]

I love how you can laugh about these, instead of going off on an angry rant. Gotta have fun in life, even when the bullies wanna bully.

[@DrIgnacious]

How could anyone be mean to such a gem of a person?

[@jenniferrodriguez5337]

Today I was watching Absolute History tell me why baking in the victorian era was such a deadly profession during the Victorian Era. It's fascinating and if you haven't seen it yet you need to. But towards the end they make Lindon Buns. And kept talking about how good it was smelling and how great they tasted and I suddenly found myself wishing I were watching Tasting History because I wanted to have some and you would tell us how instead of making us hungry describing it. So can you do one on Victorian Era London Buns?

[@vstier1]

I have enjoyed your channel since you began! The other day my 17 yr old grandson asked me if we could make pumpkin pie he got from this KZbin guy. I said sure, and, who should that guy be? You! You’ve crossed the age barrier! 😂

[@quesocobra]

Max please keep talking! I have been sucked into your channel BECAUSE of the history. You put a LOT of effort into every video. As a history major I know how much research time you put into each video and it is very respectable; and informative for us history nerds! Very grateful for you! Keep it up

[@xephyrexe5246]

I can't believe people would complain about him talking too much when his theme is history. Hell, there is plenty of cooking. The videos are almost always half cooking and half history. I also love watching this in my living room while bundled up. Your content sure is comfort food for the soul.

[@legrawe]

Since KZbin suggested me your video about Feijoada (which I love, being Brazilian), I’ve become literally addicted to your channel. The interest and respect you show for each dish and culture that you cover is just amazing, and with your sense of humor it’s so much fun to watch and learn! Max and Jose, keep doing this!

[@KetchupwithMaxandJose]

Obrigado!❤

[@michaelmclaren7373]

If it takes you three years to amass enough mean comments to make one short video, you’re doing just fine ❤❤ Thanks for this wonderful little niche mix of culinary history and popular culture. Always a treat, especially when you bring some love to seriously maligned dishes like Haggis 😂

[@pamdesjardine7632]

Hear! Hear!!!!!

[@westzed23]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🪢🥔🧑🏻‍🍳 No emoji of haggis or sausage. There's a potato which Scots eat with everything

[@Dinnye01]

That no homo one made me giggle :D I have to say, for a long time, I had no idea, because I did not pick up the hints and I have no Instagram. Which is a testament to your dedication to staying on topic. Then I found this channel, and oh boy what many things I did not know. And you two with Jose make such a cute couple lots of girls and boys would (or rather, should) be envious of that.

[@ironox8480]

Would love to see you and Townsends do an episode together. I could not think of a more fitting colab.

[@akale2620]

Hah was watching one of their videos and this came recc

[@heathenbushcraft2981]

They did one together.....I stopped watching Townsends after that.

[@JakeWDavis17]

@@heathenbushcraft2981 why?

[@jokepp]

This, I'm also looking forward to that episode! On a side note, I noticed that the word "colab" is missing an "L" in your comment - which gives me an excuse to do a quick excursion into etymology: "Colab" is an abbreviation of "collaboration" which in turn comes from the Latin "com-" (meaning "with" or "together") and "laborare" (which means "to work"). "Comlaborare" is not so nice to pronounce, tough - so with time, the "M" got turned into a second "L". This process is known as "assimilation". Therefore, the word is written "collab". Funnily, the word "assimilation" is itself the product of the process it describes: It is composed of the Latin "ad-" (meaning something like "towards" or "to") and "simulare" (meaning "make similar"). Then the "D" in "adsimulare" became a second "S" giving us the word "assimilation" which we know today and against which resistance is always futile. Alright, have a great day!

[@chickensalad3535]

@@jokepp get away from me

[@andreagriffiths3512]

Wow I was expecting the entire episode to be horrible comments but I was so grateful to find at least half were nice. This is one of my fave channels and I adore each episode. I came for the history and the food and stayed because it’s just absolutely awesome. 💕

[@safiremorningstar]

If your spouse likes your hair on your face, doesn’t matter what anybody else’s you’ve gotta like it and he’s gonna like it cause he’s gotta live with it.

[@quietlife4me]

I like hair on my face. My spouse does not. I shave.

[@safiremorningstar]

@@quietlife4me yeah in my case, my husband briefly was without his beard and moustache and he looked so odd to me but I thought you know what is he’s better off with it and without it here in mind, he’s like old enough to be my dad I know he’s not 20 years older but he’s close enough especially when we went to this person‘s house and they had was perfect. Their kids were like five years younger than me and he makes a comment. I remember when you were born and he’s talking about them because they were one of those multiple births that ended up in the newspaper when he was about 13 maybe he was older I forget which, but you get the idea.

[@Annalovesautumn]

@@quietlife4me You're your own person, but shaving seems like a small price to pay to be extra hot in your spouse's opinion.

[@SavagePatchKid11]

Idk how anyone can not like you and your videos!! I absolutely adore you as much as I adore food and history. Brb, joining the subreddit that I didn’t know existed!