I subscribed to History Channel's YouTube channel because of their #foodhistory series but the signal to noise ratio is so poor. It is more filled with crap like this than even on TV. Garbage TV at best.

I'm going to have to try 17th century philosopher John Locke's pancake (somewhere between them and crepes though) recipe. Big question is if I beat it by hand for 15 minutes like it says or 1/3 that time with an electric mixer. #foodhistory #tastinghistory rarecooking.com/2021/12/14/joh…

John Locke’s recipe for Pancakes

A collection of philosopher John Locke’s papers at the Bodleian Library includes letters, accounts, poetry, notes on medicine and books, and recipes. When David Armitage posted this recipe fo…

Well if they had pumpkin spice pancakes recipes as far back as 1719 then I guess I could make some modern versions with similar spices without feeling too basic, right? 😀 #foodhistory #history youtu.be/nBbvqT4G_e8

TIL that there are different kinds of chickpeas *and* that there is a use for radish juice. Never thought of juicing radishes. Going to try to find the chickpeas but may take their word on the radish juice #foodhistory #history #cooking leobalecelad.wordpress.com/2021/10/20/sum…

Summer Chickpeas

White and red chickpeas, the latter being the most wholesome, are some of the healthiest vegetables you could find. To cook them take a ladleful of the red chickpeas and boil them with unsalted wat…

https://twitter.com/GastroHistory/status/1449405276763811841

#foodhistory #pepper #spicetrade

Lots of history packed into this article but with a delicious recipe steeped in history at the end. #foodhistory #haiti #slavery #pumpkinsoup

https://twitter.com/GastroHistory/status/1445152500642824200

#foodhistry #Haiti

I’m going to have to give this a whirl. It’s like the Roman gladiator equivalent of Rumford’s Soup, which I have experimented with, but looks like it could be tastier #foodhistory #history

https://twitter.com/TastingHistory1/status/1442867608554930189

#gladiator #ancientrome #rome #tastinghistory

https://twitter.com/GastroHistory/status/1428473214452207616

#foodhistory #mead

Shrimp toast was a required part of any Chinese food order growing up. Watching this video makes me want to make this now 😀. #history #cooking #foodhistory #nostalgia youtube.com/watch?v=LnM3e7…