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Another Greek here 😅well done on your pronunciation..i really enjoy your content 😊
My father makes me eat liver bc i have iron deficiency i understand the feeling 😅
If ancient greek eat like that then idk what to tell you cause mt family eat somewhat like that on a daily and we are Asian.
Cilantro, Coriander, what's the difference anymore.
If you carried a calf to fully grown, I'd think that you might become too attached to him to kill & eat it!😢
you should use a meat you like. i also hate liver and it kind of ruins the "tasting" portion. great videos! thank you!
Well that right there is a true power food.
I actually like liver, and cook it often. Always looking for new recipes –i'll certainly try that one! As soon as I've gathered more recipes calling for asafoetida. I can't see myself buying it for just this one recipe. Thank you for another very interesting video 😊
why did you make such a big portion if you don't like lever ?
Waiting for turks in the comment section saying it is turkish 😂
No Nut November has nothing on Opposing Orgasms on Olympics.
There's really no meat that can substitute for liver. It's the #1 superfood on the planet.
have you tried do the ''20 bites'' technique with liver you might like it after it then!
Gymnasium is actually what we call high school here in Germany.
As a Greek, I cannot help but comment on how the skewers look exactly the same almost as modern day souvlakia. Shows the cultural and culinary continuity if anything.
P.S. You visited my ancestral homeland! I hail from Foloi, next to Olympia basically.
If liver is chewy and gritty, it means that it is overcooked, i.e. cooked on a too low fire for too long – you said 4 minutes each side. Just sear it on the grill or in the frying pan with some oil + 1-2 mins on each side, slices max 1 cm thick. It will be soft and moist, with nothing off-putting in the texture, with a light browning outside. Try calf's liver, it is much milder and more tender. No need to marinate (sometimes we soak it in milk – if you cannot find calf's liver – before cooking, improves the taste). Just a lot of black pepper and some garlic at the end, slice of lemon (or not) to serve…
I love your videos, thank you! Greetings from Croatia 🙂
I just laugh every time hard tack is mentioned in different videos 😂
The moral could be "know your limits", much like icuris and flying too close to the sun
Why does he not show the food, it makes me upset >:(
Medieval cows and thus we can assume cows from previous eras were much smaller than modern cattle. They were about 110+/- cm tall at withers and weight around 150 kg. I can squat 130 kg for 3 reps. I wouldn't be able to walk whole field with that on my back but I am not an Olympian… therefore that story about Milo is actually plausible. I think people like Hafþór Björnsson or Zydrunas Savickas wouldn't even consider it to be a particularly hard challenge.
A series of games that are played year after year, for over a thousand years.
That's crazy to think about, that's a long ass time. .
As a fan of all innards, GIMME THOSE LIVER SKEWERS OMG THEY LOOK SO GOOD!
2:41 do they have a nothing but candy option? Asking for a friend 👀
Regarding paximadi, Max, try dipping it in water or passing it under a running tap once or twice, you'll be amazed.
Great work, as always!
The moral of the final story is certainly about hubris, many greek tragedies have this theme and so many historians love to make history follow such theme as well.
Trivia: The paximadi, the twice-baked & dried bread made (usually) of barley, took its name from the ancient Greek baker who came up with the recipe: Πάξαμος ὁ Βοιωτός, Paxamus the Boeotian
in Denmark we call high school gymnasium
Props for actually going with liver. I just can't. If there's a piece of liver mixed in with other meat, it ruins the entire meal for me.
Hell yeah Ancient Greek boxing sound like mma in the pride days lol 😂
Max and his hardtack clip sends me every time I see it pop up lol
0:24 I know people say “you had me at garum.” But in my case, you had me at Feta. I do love me some Feta Cheese, great as a pizza topping.😋🍕
The liver is so tough because you marinated it in salt, salt makes liver very tough if it's put on before it's cooked, especially if it's marinated like this. Try to marinate it with no salt, and only sprinkle salt on after you cook it (while it's warm of so it sticks somewhat).
I am absolutely ADDICTED to liver, and one way my family cooks it to remove some of the strong flavor is to soak ("marinate" kinda?) it in milk for some time before cooking (I din't remember the exact time but around 30-60mins). It helps to get rid of the strong flavor but it still keeps that nice liver taste 😀
Gunna call BS on an Ancient Greek man lifting a rock that weighed 1000 pounds. No chance in hell. Amazing episode through, as always.
There was only one time in my life that I cooked liver in such a way that I liked it. I must have been really hungry.
The history is so entertaining.