Baking A Medieval Cheesecake - The History of the Sambocade
Tasting History with Max Miller - S2020 - E2
In this episode, I make a medieval elderflower cheesecake - a Sambocade. I explore how this dessert is the link between the ancient cheesecake given to Greek Olympians and the modern NY style cheesecake we love today.
Tasting History with Max Miller: Season 2020 - 4 Episode s
2020x1 - How to Make Medieval Cheese
February 25, 2020
I'll show you step by step and give a bit of the history of cheese, from Egypt, to Greece, to WWII and Nixon. Learn how we went from curdled milk in a sheep stomach to the wide world of cheese we know today.
2020x2 - Baking A Medieval Cheesecake - The History of the Sambocade
March 3, 2020
In this episode, I make a medieval elderflower cheesecake - a Sambocade. I explore how this dessert is the link between the ancient cheesecake given to Greek Olympians and the modern NY style cheesecake we love today.
2020x3 - Making 400 Year Old Buttered Beere
March 10, 2020
In this episode, I show you how to make your own alcoholic (and non-alcoholic) Buttered Beere and we explore the importance of beer and ale in Medieval and Renaissance England.
2020x4 - Cooking Medieval Dessert for Lent: Bruet of Almaynne in lente
March 17, 2020
I show you how to make your own almond milk and look at the medieval diet during Lent and other fasting. I also explore some of the ways people made sure they could still eat well while observing their fast, even if that mean considering a beaver a fish.