Testing ANTIQUE Kitchen Gadgets with a Chef and a Food History EXPERT! | feat.

[@TastingHistory]

Thanks for having me to the studio, guys!

[@caledoniansmurf3691]

Thank you for doing this - good fun.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

AWESOME 😎

[@CAP198462]

Thanks for collaborating with Sorted. Very much appreciated. Clack clack!

[@SortedFood]

We had the best time! Thanks so much for visiting us 🙌

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

@@SortedFood thanks For this Guys

[@TastingHistory]

You can tell I was getting sick by how low my voice is, but also watching this it should've been Charles II who tried to ban coffee houses.

[@sandrastreifel6452]

First, Second, even this Third one have basically the same job…

[@MargaretUK]

I hope you have completely recovered now Max 👍

[@ironlion45]

Charlie 1 might have had a longer life if he'd thought to try it! lol

[@NZKiwi87]

Hope you’re feeling better now handsome Max! A delight to see you in this collab 👌

[@irishrocker333]

Hope you get well soon I enjoy anything with you in it

[@ChelseaFCallday2]

The best part of this video is Mike's genuine excitement to have Max in the studio and listening to him drop all these history facts

[@gambitbullet]

Yeah he legitimately a fan by the sounds

[@BigDizzle-lg2eh]

Until you remember that the "Great depression" happened in the 30s.

[@AshMadican]

Mike has such a beautiful and innocent enthusiam for knowledge. It's wonderful to see him light up with it.

[@natsinthebelfry]

@@BigDizzle-lg2eh ​Until you remember that Max never said that it didn't, and that the historical context for the "city chicken" mold was that it was created during the Great Depression and continued to be popular into the 1950's due to the unavailability of fresh chicken throughout these decades.

[@Ranamon9132]

@@BigDizzle-lg2ehyou really tried. Don’t be down. You get a participation award mate.

[@Ojisan642]

This proves how legit Max is, having all these random history facts at his fingertips. He’s not just reading Wikipedia articles and making videos about it. He really knows his history!

[@inserttext2412]

Bingo that's why I love him, he retains the obscure history facts.

[@robbert-janmerk6783]

He quotes primary and secondary so often in his videos, I think it's very clear he goes way beyond reading a Wikipedia article :)

[@katetempleton9669]

He says that cooking is secondary for him and he mostly interested in history. So yeah, he’s the real deal.

[@LastRoseOfWinter]

I would LOVE to see Max back on here to do one of the antique cookbook challenges with Ben. Let him go on with the history of whatever dish is done

[@Michelle-1]

YES YES YES

[@jencarr]

Great idea!

[@parzivalkni110]

the fact that the antique mayo maker works better than the modern ones they have tested is hilarious to me.

[@telebubba5527]

They are still available from different brands, but the same idea.

[@ColdIceCreamMan]

This is my experience with a lot of "antique" equipment. The whisks and butter churner my great-grandma used are like the old built for eternity tools in the shed. They are still working better and are sturdier than anything you can buy today.

[@jeannetruman4380]

They were built to last, not "planned obsolescence."

[@Xarxsis]

Well it was only a few years back when companies rediscovered the potato ricer.

[@carniethedat7071]

The funny thing is that simple made well (especially with engineering and mechanics) is way better than overcomplicated drivel. A lot of the crappy plastic products we have today are over-engineered to make up for the weaker materials and to sound better in the ad copy. Seems like every modern company has forgotten that something isn't finished when there's nothing left to add; it's finished when there's nothing left to take away and the product still does its job.

[@margowsky]

I work in an antique store. The old coffee grinder is in high demand here for when people go camping or as a back-up when the electricity goes out.

[@SortedFood]

That’s super interesting. People need their coffee fix!

[@toni_go96]

I've see these at a lot of cafes used as decor

[@Serenity_Dee]

I use an electric grinder because my wrist is permanently injured and manual grinders are among the things that can make the pain flair up something awful, but I still own one that's suitable for camping or just being on the road, as it's also a pourover brewer and I thought it was worth having around in my collection.

[@sarahvnyc]

My brother got one when he had a newborn baby, so he could grind his coffee fresh even when the baby was sleeping.

[@jimtalbott9535]

For a different take on the manual coffee grinder, look up a channel called “My Mechanics”, there’s a video of him rebuilding/remaking one of these. Quite interesting.

[@_Its.Just.Felix_]

I have one of those coffee grinders but I use mine to grind and mix spices instead of coffee. I got it from my grandma who got it from her mother who got it from her mother and we have always used it for grinding spices. The story was my great great grandfather got it for my great great grandmother as a wedding gift when they visited France for their honeymoon. My great great grandma, who had never drank a drop of coffee in her life had absolutely no idea what it was used for, thought it was for spices and one day he walked into the kitchen to find her grinding spices in it. My great great grandpa burst into a fit of laughter, but when she asked him if she was doing something wrong he didn't have the heart to tell her. So he kissed her on the forehead and said no she was using it just right. It's now a family heirloom, with a great story, that we still use today.

[@aferret5]

That is such a cute story ❤

[@_Its.Just.Felix_]

@@aferret5 They were a cute couple! He adored her and gave her anything she wanted. We have some of their old wedding photos still. In all of them they are making funny faces at each other, her pulling his tie too tight, shoving cake on each others faces, and even him popping out from under her skirts holding one of her stockings. They married as soon as they were old enough and they were married for 70 years. Their marriage survived several wars and the great depression! He passed first and she claimed " he let her beat him at everything else and their final parting was the only thing he refused to let her win."

[@Almandeen]

Me too, I use my familys old coffee grinder as a peber mill, its great and very decorative too 😊

[@iloveAllah802]

If you see me crying in the corner of my room because of this story please ignore me. How adorable😢❤

[@malaikahussain6189]

⁠@@_Its.Just.Felix_that last comment “he let her beat him at everything” acc killed me this is so sweet

[@sleepydrJ]

A teacher in the toddler room at daycare had one of these. He’d have a cluster of kids help make his morning cup. They would add the beans and then pass it around to grind it, then he’d prep his coffee and they’d feel great that they helped. It’s very sensory handling the beans, hearing the sounds, smelling the fresh grounds. Wonderful morning ritual.

[@TimidLecher]

that's really adorable. I know people have to prep kids for all the tech that they'll have to use throughout their lives, but I think that hands on things (like your example) are what kids love the most. They want to spend energy, learn, and feel like they've done something well....and yours is such a nice example of that!

[@jamaica5930]

My mom had that style coffee grinder in the late 60s… one of my 1st memories was helping her grind the beans- & thinking it was soo much fun! - I remember it smelling soooo good, & then tasting soooo bitter! - she drank it straight - no sugar or cream

[@TimidLecher]

@@jamaica5930 that's the kind of girl I need down with my team!

[@MrNatesen]

The look and way Matt Side-eyed and said “The Queen of the Ices” will live in my head rent free forever. @tastinghistory - Max would be the best brunch buddy EVER!

[@mandyholverson7700]

Guys! City Chicken is STILL a regional dish!! I grew up in North East Ohio in the USA. I didn't know until I moved away that city chicken was regional. As far as I know, it existed far before the great depression and was something European immigrants made from cheap offcuts. Today it is made on skewers with WHOLE chunks of pork. You then bread, shallow fry them, and pop them into the oven to finish cooking. Super yummy! The grocery stores in Cleveland, Ohio, where I am from, sell the meat pre-cubed with the skeweres for you to attach them to! It's a normal weekly dinner there! So fun to see a variant on your show! Also, absolutely LOVE Max Miller! Do more collabs!! ❤

[@erzsebetkovacs2527]

So it's kind of a breaded pork kebab now?

[@McGhinch]

The chicken dish maker seems to be like a vintage hamburger press. Yes it is a different shape, but still it is ground meet pressed into a form.

[@stargirl7646]

I’m from neighboring Michigan and never heard of this! Wow!

[@Posty2k3]

Midwest USA here (Wisconsin) and I grew up eating mock chicken legs as one of our school lunch options! I haven't had them in decades, but definitely something I've had here many times as a kid.

[@crookediproductions7012]

I had never heard of city chicken until I moved to Cleveland. I honestly thought it was from free range chickens that ran around the city. I still love the dish 20 years later

[@theaterchick827]

We use molds like that with people with disabilities to make pureed foods look like the food items they were made from. (i.e. pureed chicken made back into a chicken shape). It is done to both preserve the dignity of the individual but also to make it somewhat more appetizing and appealing!

[@tenaoconnor7510]

I worked in a nursing home kitchen for over 20 years. Some of those meals looked awful, especially the purée ones. It would have been nice to be able to make something that looked better.

[@theaterchick827]

We don’t use them for every meal, but they’re really great!

[@gregoryshipley4637]

That's an interesting use case. I think a lot about keeping the dignity of those under care. Thank you for whatever amazing work it is you do.

[@FeralRubberDuckie]

That’s such a neat idea and makes good sense.

[@Silver_wind_1987_]

​@@FeralRubberDuckieI'd make adorable shapes...like bears and cats 😂

[@raideurng2508]

Ben and Max are just a great combo. You can see the gears in their heads turning from "whaaawwwooooohhhah!"

[@morganalori]

So lovely, Ben and Max together. All the random fun historical facts. Ben being surprised so much fun.

[@ForsakenPhoenix485]

I am so happy to see that Max Miller is getting more recognition. This is the video that I've been secretly wanting

[@darilynkrupp6309]

I've been watching Max and Tasting History for years. It's one of my favorite channels. It was good fun seeing him on your show.

[@manix0260]

That last device... I would 100% use for making drumstick shaped fried ice cream!

[@MichaelOnines]

Ooooh!

[@MossyMozart]

My thought, too. You'd have to freeze the drumettes very hard first, but mmmm!

[@JustSpectre]

It could make a comeback if it was in a shape of a dinosaur. You know... for dinosaur shaped nuggets

[@ArachneAnathema]

I can see this being used for ‘plant based’ drumsticks!

[@Telhias]

You could bread it and then deepfry! I am pretty sure that is weird enough to be a Michelin star recipe. Deepfried drumstick icecream.

[@AbsolutePernilla]

YAY! More Max. Such great collab.

[@SortedFood]

🙌

[@uspockdad6429]

Might be a little difficult since Max is in the US, and the boys are in the UK. But I do agree, anytime Max is in the UK, or the Sorted team is in the US, you guys should Collab.

[@Bloodstone_DC]

Max is just wholesomeness personified. What a great collab!

[@dfaad8450]

(Personified)

[@natalyadell5099]

I really like your Max Miller collabs, the chemistry between you all is so brilliant. Max has a brilliant sense of humour that you all manage to set off each time.

[@brycepatties]

What's neat about the mayo maker is that it is essentially the same as an immersion blender method. They are both all about making it easier to control how much oil gets added at one time. In this case, you add oil to the top all at once, and its design slows how fast it drips down. With the Immersion blender, you add the oil all at once, and pulsing the blender slows down how fast the oil is mixed with the other ingredients.

[@DazeCorvidae]

Mike being so excited for history facts is so wholesome, and it is so nice to see both of the food channels I watch in one place!

[@soulfulxombi]

Tasting History is such a great channel (as is sorted food, of course). It's great to see you collab.

[@CarlGorn]

The most successful lockdown hobby on the internet today.

[@Erin_Wilson_Studios]

I live in Iraq, and sometimes the whole electricity situation is unpredictable. My need for coffee isn't. So I use a hand grinder, and I love it. Love the mayo maker too. I bet it would work to whip cream too.

[@ScarletRoseLayoska]

Or a milk frother for the coffee

[@Erin_Wilson_Studios]

@@ScarletRoseLayoska 😻

[@czerniana]

Whipped cream maker was my first thought as well

[@Shannon-um2cf]

Is anyone else so excited about all these collabs? Sorted, Max Miller, Sonny Side, Townsend... I watch them all religiously and love it when they get together

[@Shannon-um2cf]

Oh, and wasn't Max on Babish? Anything else I am missing?

[@divab63]

Love Max! So fun to have him on! Fun story, in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Hard Winter, her family ground wheat kernels in one of those coffee grinders in order to make bread. There was no flour available and they lived on this bread at the end of that winter.

[@stephgreen3070]

I just got done reading that book to my kids and it’s the first thing I thought of when they pulled it out from under the cloche!

[@cynthiawofford-wc1mf]

I remember reading that as a child and being incredibly grateful that I didn't have to do that and more importantly that my family had food!

[@jenniferedwards1752]

My father had a hand crank coffee grinder. I woke up every morning to the sound of the coffee beans grinding and the smell of a fresh pot. I personally can't drink it and drink tea in the morning, but the coffee grinder is such a nostalgia thing for me.

[@CelticLulu]

Sorted + Tasting history!?! I need more of this!!!! My two faves together !!!

[@AnjaJ92]

would that maybe make it 'Tasting sorted food history' or 'Tasting sorted history food'? And yes please, more of this!

[@pomptonqueen]

I love Max and his show so when I saw him in the thumbnail, I gave it a quick click. I was not disappointed. I love the antique kitchen gadgets because I used some of them with my grandmother and it's a walk down memory lane to see them again.

[@Caerigna]

i love that you guys grabbed max to be on sorted. he's great, and the collabs are always fun.

[@Super_Nova739]

Chickens eventually get too old to lay eggs, plus you only need so many roos for any number of hens. So older hens that were no longer laying and the extra roos were used for meat. Mock foods using items that were readily available to replace items that were harder to come by. They came up with some clever stuff to avoid monotony back in the day.

[@alexever17]

I love how intense Max is looking at Mike. Like he is waiting for some urgent news

[@budgiefriend]

@BOT_JERRY Bad manners.

[@budgiefriend]

@BOT_JERRY Bad excuse. I think you behave like that in real life as well. But only towards people you know can't teach you a good lesson. The low blow blind swipe cowards way.

[@ConstantChaos1]

​@BOT_JERRYgurl get a grip

[@ConstantChaos1]

@BOT_JERRY we can all tell meth is wack by how your acing lmfao, I would jump off a cliff if I was as cringe as you are, good on ya for continuing to live and making your exsistance everyone else's problem lmfao Again, get a grip there kiddo this is just pathetic. I hope you get the mental help you clearly need.

[@ConstantChaos1]

lmfao you say I'm on meth but report me for calling you childish? get a grip

[@dorkyvonmunchmunch9912]

City chicken still very popular in Cleveland, OH and Pttsburgh, PA areas. Love it. Always enjoy a Max collab.

[@MadameBlegh]

also across Erie in Detroit

[@Zelmel]

I love seeing all sorts of channels have Max on as a collab! Such a cool, fun, and knowledgeable guy!

[@MossyMozart]

Kids would LOVE such a device as the drumstick-mold. You can use all kinds of things to mold, firm tofu, rice mixtures, polenta, ice cream (freeze the drumettes really solid, then make fried ice cream), even... _chicken!_

[@michaelturner2806]

My grandparents had one of those manual coffee grinders. Whenever I stayed over I remember my grandma grinding the coffee each night, and setting up the electric percolator so it could just be plugged in the next morning for easy coffee.

[@wendyoldbag6534]

A fantastic collaboration!.. Max HAS to come back again! ... The coffee grinder really brought back memories...my Opa and Omi (German grandparents) - born in the late 1800s ..had a grinder JUST like that in their kitchen.. It passed down to Mum and is still in the family (but not with me!!!...DRAT!!!!) ..and still works!

[@jenniferstrover1276]

A friend of mine had an enamel grinder similar to this from her grandma. They're definitely built to last!

[@here1717]

My Dutch grandparents, and pretty much all of my uncles and aunts on my dad’s side has a china wall mounted antique coffee grinder in there kitchen and they all work.

[@thomasschmidt1836]

The drumstick mold could definitely make a comeback. Ground/minced chicken is readily available these days and kids love novelty. For those that wish to reduce or avoid processed shaped frozen chicken nuggets, this coule be an alternative and knowing exactly what is going into what you are feeding your family is always better than not

[@christineh14]

It’s happening- the collaboration we’ve been waiting for! Thank you, Max and Sorted!

[@fionaclaphamhoward5876]

It's not their first collab together but it's certainly a delight to see Max in the Sorted studio!

[@JesseGreenwood-h1o]

My stepdad had a lovely coffe grinder like this, with a Dutch Delft tile of a windmill set in the front. It wasn't the smoothest grinding action around, but it was used for morning coffee by my parentsfor years, and was held in great affection for its charm.😊❤

[@themargaretshelton]

My grandmother used to have that mayonnaise maker! I enjoy these gadget shows so much!!!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

7:41 Mike is listening to Max and reacting to him like I would in History class hahaha

[@katies5121]

I definitely want to see that mayo maker in future videos with the normals, looks great!

[@jimtalbott9535]

Yeah, I’m actually looking one up on EBay after this - it’s simple, and effective!

[@gerardacronin334]

I think it looks a bit unstable with vigorous pumping. If it is reintroduced I would like to see it with a base.

[@YaaLFH]

@@gerardacronin334 Or a cup for oil on the top, so you could pour the oil there and have it drip down slowly while you make the mayo holding the jar with your other hand.

[@AndersEinarHilden]

"Please tell me we get to try this one" - sounded like a little kid 🤣

[@darrenxzhou1680]

Been following Max and Sorted for a few years now, and I must say, this is one of the most illuminating episodes. More crossovers, please!

[@evenhasawatermark]

I love it so much when two channels I already watch regularly team up like this. I haven't even hit play yet, but I know I'm gonna enjoy this video.

[@CHNOS09]

Kind of like some of the older episodes where you guys bought specific items for each other. Can you do an antique gadget episode of items that each of you find that you genuinely think are useful today.

[@sineadlucas3682]

There's still a manual coffee grinder in my parent's kitchen, and I remember genuinely having a lot of fun grinding coffee beans for my dad to have a drink. There was always something satisfying about cranking the handle and beginning to feel the grind get easier as more and more of the coffee beans broke down. The sound of it will always stick with me, I think.

[@Arcadia61]

I have a similar grinder but I mainly use it to grind spices like mustard seeds, peppercorn, cardamom, coriander seeds etc. Very useful.

[@phylliswendorf5350]

Love Max! So glad you had him on your program. Also love you figuring out and using antique kitchen gadgets

[@noangelthis]

So informative! There’s so much I keep learning from Sorted videos about food habits, food history not just recipes! Loved it, great collab and excellent content, as always! Also, knowing you guys are away in America now, shows just how hard the team has worked to have a ready set of uploads delivered to us, bang on schedule! Thank you so much to the entire Sorted Team!❤❤❤

[@SortedFood]

Seriously love comments like this - thank you ☺️ We’re so glad you’re learning and having fun while watching Sorted Food!

[@noangelthis]

@@SortedFood 🙏❤️

[@sz7313]

I've never seen a mold for city chicken. We just had it on skewers. Even into the 70s, we had that for dinner once or twice a week, though, and you can still buy a package of city chicken at most grocery stores in the greater Pittsburgh area.

[@beckycaughel7557]

Absolutely love it when you have Max on

[@danutagajewski3330]

The City Chicken gadget brought back some lovely memories (and a sentimental tear!) for me. Back in 1968 my high school (Montreal, Canada) did a band exchange with a high school in Pittsburgh, USA, and the family I stayed with had me help make "city chicken" for dinner one night, apparently a popular dish in that state. We were each given one of those gadgets and spent a fun half hour helping prep the "drumsticks" for the family dinner. Fun and surprisingly delicious! Never thought I'd see that gadget again, so many years later, and as an antique gadget (which could say a lot about me!).

[@kathleenreynolds6492]

I began watching this video because I spied a piece of equipment that looked familiar. Years ago I bought a small antique curiosity without having a clue what it was used for. It’s labeled Horlick Mixer with graduated measurements on the side. It is a mayonnaise mixer! Smaller and no lid but otherwise the same. Now I know!!! Ok, another enlightenment. As a child of the the 50’s, we often had “mock chicken legs” obtained from the butcher in our small Colorado, USA mountain town. It was delicious! And I recently remembered it with a craving. The base was chopped ham. I wonder if the butcher used a mold or just his hands to shape it.

[@Faeriedarke]

My two fave food channels in one video, just the best collab, I always love when you do stuff together.

[@noneofyourbusiness7094]

These videos are some of my favorites. Yes, the gadgets ordered now arrive sooner, but they are not built to last like the antique gadgets are.

[@lorimartin3724]

A happy surprise to see Max with you. I had just finished watching his video on corn flakes and here he is again. Great collab.

[@ACircusAstheLens]

Absolutely love this fusion. My two favorite culinary channels!

[@paularak8606]

The chicken leg mould reminds me when I was a kid. My Mom used to make mock chicken legs when we were kids. It was small pieces of pork and veal on skewers breaded and fried. Always excited to see we were having those for dinner.

[@suze6999]

I can see these as being great for a kid's party - even using chicken mince. Something fun for them and no bones either.

[@jennywienert5219]

I love Tasting History! I also love your show! Thank you for the special treat!

[@dougreeves7092]

They can't say anything about it but I pray so much that Max is on the podcast! Been loving the pod guys keep up the good work!!

[@morganalori]

Dude, fingers crossed. That would be awesome!!!!

[@janetpope8495]

So cool! I love the mayo maker! You could pop on a lid to refrigerate fir completepackage.

[@kathykexel7753]

I'm 71. About once a month, Mom would walk to the downtown meat market and bring home city chicken for our family of eight. The market also sold city chicken with a skewer so it was "chicken on a stick."

[@Getpojke]

I do love some of the old moulds that were for ice-cream. They could be very ornate & have become very collectable. One of my favourite moulds isn't for ice-cream though, it's a cornbread mould that turns out corn-cob shaped cornbread. Always fun when eating Mexican food at home. 🌽

[@CalypsoTheJellyfish]

One of my dream collabs! Love both channels so much! Plus, I'm almost through my backlog of Tasting History!!

[@swissfoodie3542]

My favorite antique kitchen gadgets so far, is the donut filling machine. Which also had to be used on "washed up". Ben using this, to "fill" the melon, was absolutely hillarious ;-). Lets see what awaits us here....

[@SortedFood]

That was a fun one!

[@toni_go96]

That was hilarious... especially the poll of of he was allowed to use Jamie's finger..

[@swissfoodie3542]

@@toni_go96 You mean Steven Seagulls finger ;-)

[@AnimalMotha]

Yeah, I got one for myself after seeing it the first time.. I scoured all the selling sites for months until I got one for a.. let's say reasonable price. Because apparently they are very much still a commercially used item and many of them are priced as such. But sweet Celestia, it took some time to figure out how it worked, not that it is very complicated piece of kit... but if you never worked with basically a manual pump before, it took some time before I realized you have to "prime" the pump by injecting some custard or jam into it. But it works like a charm.

[@kauaijohn]

I still occasionally make city chicken, but without the mold. As a child, my father would cut cubes of pork from bargain packages of pork chops and put a thick skewer through five pieces, dredge them in egg and flour seasoned with salt and pepper, then shallow fry them in a cast iron skillet until browned on all sides. We’d eat them like chicken drumsticks. They were quite a treat! Well, I know what I’m making for dinner tonight! 🐖🍗

[@KMF3]

I love antique and vintage kitchen things. They are made so much better

[@Mojova1]

Many old houses in Finland still have those coffee grinders. We used one all the time when I was a kid in the 90s.

[@jasminv8653]

Was just about to say! More of a grandma thing than an antique gadget haha

[@nursultantulyakbaycats]

I love the Max and Ben dynamic

[@morganalori]

2 food history geeks having fun with food history. Fun for us and them

[@michaelsaayman2802]

I have the same item as number 2 but a bit smaller. I use it to grind peppercorns and nothing beats fresh pepper in your food and also it becomes a talking point at the table. Great vid

[@benjaminlamb5264]

I inherited an ice cream mold/mould from my great grandparents, exactly like what you showed, and never knew until now what it was. Thank you!

[@HaumcasKaerlion]

I do not like videos easily. But seeing Max Miller with you guys, I just like the video without finishing watching it.

[@giraffesinc.2193]

I LOVE seeing Max on your channel! Hopefully he will stick around to cook with you as well! Also, please give the mayonnaise maker to Jamie; it would be hilarious to have it show up in an episode where he needs to make mayo 🤣

[@nannymegscrazyfarm]

A fantastic collaboration of two of my favourite KZbin channels!

[@Drnaynay]

Great episode, lovely collab!! But the Great Depression is usually seen as having gone from the crash of 1929, until WWII began in 1939. So, more than a decade before the 1950s you keep referring to (usually known as "The Post War Years").

[@beckycaughel7557]

Just a question as a possibility as they’re from the UK was the 50s considered a depression there? Because if I recall, the years after the war was quite a hard time economically, and they still had rationing. Maybe somebody from England can chime in

[@erzsebetkovacs2527]

@@beckycaughel7557 Yeah, that could be the explanation. For the British, rationing only ended in 1959, I think?

[@Drnaynay]

@@beckycaughel7557 Yes, there was rationing, and what were known as "The Austerity Years", but still not The Depression.

[@harvestmoon_autumnsky]

Love Max so much. Have him on as often as possible.

[@LaniTayvl]

I grew up in the 70's and 80's and city chicken was still a thing. I have great memories, although we didn't have that awesome mold. My grandma and my mom would go to the butcher shop and get the cheap off cuts of pork and make a heavily peppered stew out of it and we'd have it over mashed potatoes. I still go out and buy pork to do just that to this day.

[@tm502010]

Back when I was a young lad, nobody wanted to be a historian, and everyone thought I was an idiot for getting my degree, and being so… enthusiastic about history. Now, everyone gets it: *History and Historians ROCK!* ❤❤

[@ButyoucancallmeKat]

My DREAM collab! I am so glad you guys were able to meet up again! Please tell me you somehow got him to sit down for an episode of the podcast!!!!

[@BSWVI]

🤞🏼 please please please

[@BroMorris0341]

Max Miller is an International Treasure and must be protected at all costs

[@Emily-tv1iz]

Max's videos give the vibe of just him being a guy curious about food and the history around it so I forget sometimes that the man is a fully fledged historian at this point. And this video here is just him showing off that fact 😂

[@elinaviitasaari915]

I have a new version (plastic) of the mayoonaise maker and I use that for whipping cream. I think the antique one also whips cream. A very useful and fast gadget if you want to save energy.

[@robylove9190]

It's great to see you collaborating with Max again.❤

[@jenniferstrover1276]

When I saw the drumstick mould, my first thought was of those duck-shaped rice moulds that had their day in the TikTok food world.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

YES! Collabs with Max are my favorite ones! Love both your channels❤❤❤❤

[@Arlow26]

This was a really great collab! I loved watching someone match Ben’s food knowledge!

[@Lana._I_am_me]

I found Sorted through Tasting History. It's always great to see you work together. I'd love to see what Max would bring with one of those episodes where the cooks bring 3 ingredients from home. Even if you don't have an active challenge on at the time.

[@nancylindsay4255]

The ice cream scoop -- I immediately thought it was to make cone-shaped timbales.

[@BSWVI]

Thought it was for shaving a sugar cone!

[@stormrider4477]

Because of the small size, I though of a butter mold for fancy dinners.

[@Lana._I_am_me]

I thought it might have been a mould for little cones of sugar. I know the real cones are much bigger, but it was the only thing that came to mind. That was before we saw the blades inside.

[@gibuttersnaps2538]

10:04 “(Ben glugs)” may be one of the greatest captions of all time.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

8:56 THANK YOU, MIKE! You’re so real for this 🔥

[@amandarae1213]

I appreciated the correction too. 😊

[@bernerandgoldenmom7143]

@TastyingHistory, I love it when you're on the show. Here's a neat anecdote to go along with the old coffee grinder. In one of her books, Laura Ingalls Wilder talked about a time in the midwest when snow stopped the train from coming thru with supplies. As the winter went on and the supplies they had were running low, the general store started sharing what they had left: wheat grain. Ma, Pa, and all the children (there were 3 daughters, and I think the youngest was about 4 or 5 years old) took turns grinding the grain into flour in their coffee grinder to make bread. This was about all the food they could get, so they had to make a lot of bread. Considering the average family-size loaf requires 4-5 cups of flour, and taking into account that they were all a bit starved, can you imagine how exhausting that must have been?

[@HaddaClu]

Here in Pittsburgh and Western Pa; City Chicken is chunks of pork or veal on a wooden skewer, breaded, then fried and sometimes served in a white gravy. My gran used to shape the skewers to look like drumsticks - larger chunks of meat at one end smaller at the other.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Nothing to shake off the Monday slog than a collab between the most amazing cooking channels🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@2dorfasis]

17:33 "It existed in the 1950s when there was the Great Depression." Or the opposite. 😆

[@DJ-bw3rq]

I don't believe the "Great Depression" was during the booming 1950's, but I could just be a dumb American 😂

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE GUYS! Tasting history and mythical kitchen are my top food channela along with you guys! Im Over the moon right now! Love you all! Huge fan of all of you!

[@jodidavis6595]

Love Max Miller he’s a real gem for America ❤️🇺🇸

[@BobbyInCincy]

Cutest collab ever! Two of my favorite KZbin shows in one! Now you all need to go on an Antiques Roadtrip together.

[@shaneanderson9122]

Worlds are colliding, here! And I love it!!

[@SortedFood]

Same 😁

[@RobetDeWalt]

Maybe the Great Depression was in the 1950's in England, but in the US it was between 1929 and 1939.

[@kpopf4nmom]

The UK still had food rationing into the 1950s because of WW2. The Great Depression began globally in 1929 because of the stock market, but it didn't technically end for everyone at the same time. Rough times.