The Hindenburg Disaster - Dining on the Zeppelin
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I don't think planes flew at 30,000 feet the time of the Hindenburg.
@@shanecarroll5376 Only military flights. Commercial flights were between 13k and 20k. Pedantic, but correct.
@@TastingHistory I've learned something new today thank you l, fantastic constant.
@@TastingHistory Max, you are one of the most interesting people on this blue rock!
I sure wish we lived close enough to hang out.
Your conversations, I can only imagine, could captivate a person for a period of time close to eternity!!
Keep up the fantastic RUclips work! You're headed for all the trappings that multi-million subs brings!
You forgot the best part of that story. It didn't have to Happen. The USA refused to sell Germany helium because they were jealous.
I still remember that difficult decision you made to go on with this channel instead of returning to Disney. Your instincts were spot on. Congratulations
Yes, but I was SO very worried, when you announced that you were no longer with Disney.
The title of the episode is/was, "I quit!"
Then you notified us that it was Disney you were quitting, NOT "Tasting History ".
Worried me there, Max!😂
Sometimes, the obvious choice can be very hard to make; it takes real courage to leap away from the safe and known; we're all glad you had that courage.
@@loraweems8712 It still pops up in my watchlist now and then😂.
Probably one of the smartest career decisions ever made.
I just really hope RUclips doesn't come in and screw him. They've screwed over so many quality creators over the years seemingly just for existing. Thanks to the RUclips team, being a RUclipsr, even a very popular one, is no longer a reliable means of generating income.
I usually get so wrapped up in his history lessons, that I completely forget he's cooking food. "Oh yes, right, the PEARS!"
Same, but it was worse this episode than most others. The emotions hit me harder, so it was a bit jarring to transition back to the food even though Max tried his best to set up a good flow
I always forget there’s a dish in the making.
@@raerohan4241that’s on you, not on Max or his content or editing
Honestly though. Its a whole vibe.
Me too!
The one-napkin thing is so strange, especially considering the luxuries they opted to include that seem slightly unnecessary when compared to napkins.
The thirties really was different. God forbid you bid people not to smoke for a few hours on a *helium* ship 😶🌫️🫡 I bet they saw the smoke room and were like oh thank Wodan!
@@babyramses5066what would smoking on a Helium ship do?
The napkin probably served double duty to remind passengers as to why they were making sacrifices in certain luxuries (like sleeping quarters and performance of ablutions), and (as something directly handed to them) a physical object to serve as a quirky anecdote from their time about a zeppelin. I bet you some of the guests even kept their "trusty napkin" as a memento, since washing it between meals is probably the first manual labor some of them had ever done. :-P
@@ak74udiebyyou saw what happened. It’s was caused from a spark. Hydrogen + spark equals conflagration,or as you might call in…..a bomb
Also add a grad piano
11:34 Oh man, that obvious fire safety detail of only one person being able to enter or leave at the same time made me think that you could probably write a great crime mystery taking place here.
Also not being able to enter or leave and having limited time reminds me ton of crime mysteries on ships, trains, islands, and survival bunker schools
Though, the irony is that that room was so fireproof that it was probably the safest place on the ship during the disaster
There actually is a crime drama out there that takes place on an airship! Give Johannes Cabal the Detective a try. It is the second book in the series but it stands alone on its own.
There's also a so-bad-it's-good young adult novel (titled "Hindenburg: 1937") set on the Hindenburg which has spy sabotage as a main plot point.
Wtfff why did I have the exact same though lol
Escoffier having 12 recipes for 1 dish is the most Escoffier thing ever🍐👨🍳
Escoffiest, even
To be fair, he's writing it for restaurant serving many patrons all at once so those recipes must be used for more than one dish in order to be served to the diners faster.
Lol, right?
@@theotherohlourdespadua1131This. And frankly, French cooking at its heart is a slew of basic recipes which are then changed a bit for each specific dish. So the number of recipes includes the basic ones in case you are not already familiar with them (my Dutch cookbooks are laid out that way too).
@@Hollandsemum2 in my experience, your observation is true for every genre of cookery. Once you have a solid grasp of method, spices, and expected outcome, most dishes are variations on the core recipes.
i’d heard people quoting “oh the humanity” my whole life, but i could never have imagined how heartbreaking the actual transmission was
Apparently in the full version of the radio broadcast (that is almost always cut out), after he says he just can't talk anymore, you can hear him throwing up from the sheer horror of the scene. I can't even imagine what it was like to be there.
the most shocking part for me, having heard the lines so much... is that is not what the guys sounds like, the audio is sped up
On the one hand, the transmission is heartbreaking but on the other hand, those who died were Nazis so I see it as a net win.
Edit: I didn't watch the whole video before commenting this and yeah, it does suck what happened to those kids. Losing your children always sucks.
@@ashkitt7719 Least sociopathic furry
@@ashkitt7719Not everyone on the Hindenburg was even German, much less a Nazi.
I must admit that I was shocked to learn that somehow around 2/3 of the people aboard the Hindenburg managed to survive: looking at the pictures and video of that horrifying incident, I had always assumed there must have been hardly any survivors.
As for the channel hitting the 2M mark, well, this is just a great show: a likeable host putting out nicely produced content, with an entertaining yet informative take on both history and cooking a wide array of stuff. Can anyone ask for more?
I think it was more of how quickly it occurred and how they died, burning to death quickly, or dying later due to your burns, isn't most people's first choice of how they want to go.
Comparing it to a show, it's kinda incredible 2 ppl do the work of like an entire team
Prydwen (institute ending)😲😲😲😲
im a ~40 yr old history buff who has know about hindenburg since i was a kid and it wasnt until a couple years ago i learned that not only did some people survive, but a LOT of people survived its destruction. was a complete shock to learn.
@@kazeshi2yep- this was fairly recent “news” to me.
Have you ever experienced a “Mandela effect”?
It's not food history in itself that has "taken off". It is YOU, bringing us food history in your delightfully fun and eloquent way, that has gained you so many subscribers. Thank you Max. Like a great, memorable teacher; you make learning fun.
An interesting footnote - 8 year old Werner, who was chucked out of the airship while on fire, was the last survivor of the Hindenburg, only passing away relatively recently in 2019. He only ever spoke about the disaster in 2017, 80 years after it happened.
Makes sense, that must have been horrible to live through.
Christ almighty. Yeah, uh, I got nothing smart or witty to say. Just amazed he survived it and horrified imagining what must have been going through his mind the rest of his life.
The 14 year old cabin boy Werner Franz was the last surviving crew member and he died in 2014. I've always thought of this disaster as old history from a bygone era but realising that there were survivors who only died recently really brings home the point that it really wasn't that long ago.
Don't understand that the American Government 🇺🇸 would give permission for such Nazi propaganda "stunt" to take place on their soil. Nowadays they shoot things out of the air. My (elderly) pre-WWII 🇳🇱Dad was born in the same year as Werner (the burning, 8 year old, boy, being thrown out of the cabin by his Mother).
My Grandparents, like many 🇳🇱Dutch, feared what the 🇩🇪Germans would maybe do "again" (start another War - which they themselves had lived through!!). They had little sympathy for very rich Germans using a (propaganda) Airship, in a time of financial hardship (a 'Global Depression') in Europe/Germany. While Adolf Hitler was gaining momentum with his hate speeches (that they/we as 🇳🇱Dutch citizens understood without needing any translation).
And again my Grandparents & now also my young Parents had to survive yet another WW started by, 'our neighbours' : The Germans 🇩🇪.
And still they counted themselves as "the lucky ones"...surviving WWII😔.
Interesting how no one talks about Max, a steward, who makes excellent cocktails and watches everyone like a hawk. On that note, we'd like more episodes on Drinking History.
Yes +1 for more Drinking History!
Whazzat? Histuricaldrinkingyespleezuh
Yes I agree, more drinking history .....Imperial stout or maybe Absynth 🐶
Yes to drinking history!
Max the steward was known for a cocktail that he made just for the Hindenburg. Its not the one mentioned in this video. The recipe has been lost as only Max knew how to make it. But one mixologist did make one based on the writing of the guests who described it. Its a complicated drink to make.
Since you asked about whether this episode was available in Germany: It is.
Yes the display of Nazi symbols is not allowed in Germany except for reasons of historical accuracy. And no one can deny that's the main goal of your channel.
Keep up the good work! I hope for many more interesting videos from you!
I admire the German population who now teach ‘Never Again’ in primary schools. They completely take ownership of past offenses and teach their kids to be vigilant.
Something we, as Americans, should emulate about slavery.
It's not that the display is forbidden - it's ENDORSEMENT or usage in a positive context that is forbidden :)
@@nolram That is not at all how Strafgesetzbuch section 86a is written. The law is written with a "social adequacy" clause which has been variously interpreted and enforced throughout history through juridical development. This is very different from what the statute would be if it were written with a positive "endorsement" clause.
In basic terms, rather than the burden being on the government to prove that the usage involved "endorsement" in a "positive context", the burden is squarely on the party using the symbol to establish the social adequacy of its usage.
There is no list of which symbols are forbidden and there is no clear-cut guidance on what constitutes socially adequate usage, so we have to piece together judicial rulings and establish arguments from precedent.
Some clear guidance for example came in 1998, when Wolfenstein 3D was ruled against as not passing social validity with a ruling that pretty much made it clear the symbols could not be used in videogames. More recently the judicial precedent changed in 2018 when Bundesfighter II Turbo was ruled as qualifying for social validity.
But no, in short: Strafgesetzbuch section 86a does not specify "endorsement or usage in a positive context" as what is forbidden, it establishes any "use of symbols of unconstitutional organizations" as prohibited and only carves out vague exceptions for contexts that "promote civil enlightenment" such as "art or science, research or teaching", without any clear elaboration of what those standards are.
In particular, §86(3) very much does not say anything that lacks "positive endorsement" is allowed, in particular that would mean neutral portrayals are okay, whereas §86(3) says you can't be neutral: you have to explicitly "avert unconstitutional aims" or take some other stand to "promote civil enlightenment" for the exceptions in §86(3) to apply.
@@gmmeier321 too much revisionism, sadly. American here, so I hear a lot of revisionist history from people.
@@gmmeier321 They went to far in that now a lot of Germans think having any national identity at all now is a bad thing, to the extent that the waving of their own flag brings revulsion.
Wow, such an emotional episode. You were clearly upset about the tragedy of it all. Just shows how much you really care. The world needs more people like you Max.
Truly, this episode brought tears to my eyes.
Fun fact about the Hindernberg's head Steward: his name was Heinrich Kubis, and not only did he survive, but he had actually made an entire career out of being a steward - or flight attendant, if you prefer - on German airships (including on the very first successful commercial passenger flights ever aboard the profitable LZ10 Schwaben, making him, in fact, the world's very first flight attendant), after having previously worked in some of the most prestigious restaurants in Europe, like the Paris Ritz. And the Hindenberg was not even his first airship disaster: he'd previously walked away from the destruction of the Schwaben.
This comment is actually genuinely underated and damm
It's not Hindenberg but Hindenburg.
My entire family can sit down together and watch your show without anyone wanting to turn something else on. That sir is magic. Congrats on 2 million!
One thing that surprised me were the pictures from inside the Hindenburg. Those looked like a way more modern space, something from the 70s! And a fully electric kitchen is kind of futuristic even today.
Anyway, this is one of your best episodes, which is hard given how awesomely perfect every one is. Thank you for your great work!
I remember my mind being absolutely blown when I discovered later in life that the majority of passengers survived having seen the footage in World History as a kid.
The fact that Herbert Morrison was able to somewhat keep talking and doing his job through what is clearly the most traumatic thing he's ever experienced is some crazy professionalism.
From articles I have read, it was stated that he was fired for not being able to keep his composure while broadcasting. Urban myth or fact?
His quavering voice brings me to tears every time.
@@richardfontaine8157 Myth. He left WLS a couple years later, and went on network. Not what happens if people are mad at you.
Honestly I had never heard any of the broadcast other than the famous "oh the humanity" line before today, it's absolutely chilling
I appreciated the very human response to what he was seeing. I always wonder how reporters are able to maintain their composure at times like that. It was kind of nice to hear the genuine emotion coming out of him instead of just a matter-of-fact statement.
My great uncle was one of the cabine crew, one of the night srewards, on the day of the Desaster. Gladly he only broke his leg and survived! His telegram wich simply said I’m well was probably the biggest relief ever for his family. He is in quite a few of the advertisement pictures for the Hindenburg. He was one of the man who put our the fire on Irenes clothes and accompanied her brothers Walter and Werner to the ambulance! It’s so great to hear you cover a story that is so close to my family!
Damn, that's incredible
Thank you for sharing
If your great-uncle shows up in this video, would you mind putting up a time stamp?
@@ramonpizarro happy to share! Sadly he is not in the video, but there are a couple pictures of him but RUclips don’t let me add any links. My favourit is where he is presenting the kitchen of the Hindenburg. It looked really fancy
They actully had a funny tradition on the Hindenburg where they baptise the members. We still have the recall of my great uncle wich, translated was something like this:
On the third day of the voyage, it was just about three o’clock in the morning when the phone near me rang. One of the mechanics on duty told me that he’d seen a passenger wandering along the keel walkway, and that I should go and check to make sure that everything was in order. Since this sort of thing wasn’t permitted, I headed straight for the walkway. So, I was innocently strolling along the catwalk when suddenly I got an massive amount of water poured over my head. I stood there, looking like a drowned rat when I heard loud laughter above me and looked up. I saw there up in the girders three men holding buckets, having just played a corker of a practical joke on me. So, this was the famous equatorial baptism! As proof, I was presented with a baptismal certificate. I was naturally very proud of this.
@@mayg9933
Thank you for responding, I'm sure a little sleuthing online will find photos I can peruse
oh my god i'm dumb
i was like "A Telegram? In the 30s? But they didn't have phones yet!"
I had no idea so many survived that horrible fire. The sadness is hard to see, but so important. Max, this may be your best episode yet.
Watching him talk about that family and trying not to cry was so hard to watch. You can see the restraint in his eyes and I can only imagine the number of takes it took to say everything without weeping. I commend you for continuing with the rest of the video. I wouldn’t have been able to, after that history section. You have even more of my respect, now.
As a historian, educator, and artist I admire you and Jose for all you do to create each video. I think the way you emphasize primary sources, while securing your history in a cultural landscape and time is what most history educators forget to do. I’d give extra credit to students for watching and analyzing one of your videos! Just brilliant!
Plus you get a free tutorial on how to make dank food!
And: Oh! the gastronomy!
That's amazing! I loved teachers, who actually have a passion to teach, like you!
Xaver Maier walking away from the wreckage while smoking a cigarette is such a boss move.
After that I'd need a cigarette, too. And I'm not even a smoker.
@@RoSario-vb8ge He stayed in the states for a few days to testify, then went back to Germany. (via ship) From there he lived to the 1990's working in hotels and restaurants.
Presumably the chef was not allowed in the smoking room. So he had his cigarette to hand for the moment he landed, one way or the other.
"Oh es ist on fire? Good then I can finally smoke a Zigarette in peace" - Actually, the crew did have a designated smoking area of their own iirc.
"Cool guys don't look at explosions" --Escoffier, probably
The Herbert Morrison audio never fails to bring tears to my eyes.
To say this episode is a masterpiece is a massive understatement. It’s so genuine, and the focus and importance is placed perfectly throughout. Thank you for all of the work you put in
You say you are surprised at how far the channel has come, but it is all you, man. You are such a skilled storyteller. Your excitement is infectious. We aren't just watching some generic "how to" cook show or a dry documentary. You always share anecdotes and make the stories feel more... real. Reminds us that real people lived through these very real scenarios and that this wasn't just some distant apocryphal story. When you told about the daughter and mother's struggle, I was on that airship with them in that moment.
I will ditto this comment. It is very well put. I too felt like I was there.
I agree. And Max isn't afraid to make and taste-test things that he ultimately doesn't like, and he isn't afraid to tell you he doesn't like it. So many chefs show you how to make delicious food, but Max (and B. Dylan Hollis) will show you foods that make you sit back and wonder, "Who the heck even thought this was good?"
Same, I could see the girl, frozen in shock.
Congratulations on 2million subscribers! You, Jose, and the cats do wonderful work.
I didn't ever see tearing up during an episode of Tasting History as being in the cards for me, but as a mama, the moment when she had to make the decision to leave her daughter and jump for her sons found me fighting back tears. My goodness. What an emotional episode this was. Well done, Max. ❤
I don't even have kids but that's where I started tearing up, too.
Me, too.
I watched this with my five year old boy. Hot damn did I tear up, tried to hold them back so I didn't have to explain why mummy was crying.
I was thinking the same thing as I tried not to cry on the train
its good to be human for all the ups and downs, We can feel things when they touch our hearts.
I hadn't looked deep into the Hindenburg, because I figured it would be nothing but bleak. I'm pleasantly surprised to know that the majority of people survived. I would have guessed the number of survivors would have been minuscule. Thank you for telling the story in a moving way along with interesting food history!
As a kid, I was helplessly obsessed with two things: The Titanic, and the Hindenburg. This is an absolute treat for me.
You're the disaster girl from the meme, aren't you?
@@EeeEee-bm5gxI have no idea what you're referring to, so no😂😂
My god, what a blessing that 62 survived and what a shocking surprise. That mother's ordeal was truly heartbreaking 💔
Seriously - the amount of people that survived that was miraculous. So heartbreaking, but so glad most people made it off the ship.
What messes me up is the phrase "they found her sitting at a dining table... on fire." It makes me picture the girl sitting, calmly, at the table like she was waiting for her meal... But on fire! Creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepy!
They were lucky that it was already fairly low to the ground and didn't have to jump too far.
they were Nazies - nazies killed 6 mil Jews half mil gays one mil gypsies and 1 mil Catholics
I had had no idea there were any survivors!
The absolute despair in his voice as he talks about the crash is tear jerking, no matter how many times you hear it.
The heartfelt sympathy that you told the story of the Doehner family with, gave me the feeling of what it might've been like to have been there 1st hand. Wonderful story teller. Thank you.
I found this channel when you were four episodes in and I immediately subscribed. As a historian by training, this sort of niche historical area clearly done with empathy and passion is something I strive to find and explore for myself. Thank you for all the research and work and passion you've put into Tasting History and the countless hours of joy all your videos have brought.
All that page flipping reminded of those old "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. Imagine if there was a "Choose Your Own Recipe" book, you'd start with the pears, then you could go to recipe 4510, or you could flip to a different number. Then at the end of a bunch of bad decisions, you found yourself trapped in the kitchen forever...hopefully someone will find you one day
Given who Auguste Escoffier is (Dude's a stickler that you must follow his recipes to a t), he would seriously lock up inside the kitchen never to get out every time you make a wrong move...
I rather like that idea! "For a sweeter flavour, next add recipe 126, or if spice will serve you better add recipe 836". "A suitable stodge can be added per page 256, or for something lighter try page 492".
:D
@@vanguardiris3232"You have reached episode 666. This is the end for you; you shall die."
@@vanguardiris3232 I agree, "Here's a base, now to make it sweet, go to recipe 405, or savory go to recipie 219"
I have to say of the first cookbook I ever owned, while the pictures were nice, the part that was truly useful was the back section with lots of basic recipes like for an oil based pie crust (temp doesn't matter, and no need to buy shortening just for that) and simple fruit sauce, with little hints and variations for several different types of fruit (which ones have more pectin, which do better with acids, ones that will destroy gelatin, or become very juicy when cooked, etc)
My grandfather had an opportunity to ride on the Hindenburg. He was a glass manufacturer, and investors wanted to know if he could do the glass, should they want to build one. He understood the science behind the zeppelin. He went onto it, but didn’t choose to travel on it, he said it was just too dangerous. Smart man, he lived until he was 93.
This was the most in-depth explanation of the luxury of the airship, and how the Hindenburg tragedy occurred I’ve ever seen. It was an eye-opening episode. The dessert looked amazing, too!😊
I'm glad we live in the dimension where you chose to continue tasting history rather than going back to a Disney cruise ship.
You've done Titanic and Hindenburg now - but I think a cool episode would be some transportation related food not related to a disaster. Something like a dish from the Orient Express.
Maybe an episode on the Harvey House restaurants, which were set up along the Santa Fe railway?
Haha I was literally just about to post this exact same suggestion! I think something from the Orient Express would be a lot of fun. You could also tie it into a disaster as you could look into the train becoming trapped in the snow in 1929 that partly inspired the famous novel.
Idk if he's done this yet, but the steam ships on the Mississippi?
@@ChuckJones1989 I think Max will need a twirly mustache for that video.
Wasn’t there a murder on it though?/j
My grandfather was supposed to be on the Hindenburg when it crashed. Some famous pianist or musician bumped him off the list and he had to find other transport home. My grandmother thought he died in the crash until he was able to get a telegram home.
Wow, thankyou famous pianist
Congratulations to 2M! Being German, I’d like to add more fun facts: the porcelain for all Zeppelins was made by the same company, Heinrich Porzellan, Selb/Bavaria, surviving until the early 1990’s. Remaining Zeppelin tableware is highly collectible and rare.
If you’re in Southern Germany, you should visit the Zeppelin museum in Friedrichshafen, the actual “birthplace” of the Zeppelin airships.
There you can walk through reconstructed parts of the Hindenburg interior, e.g. the bar, the smoking area and the dining room.
Hugo Eckener, the GM of Zeppelin, was anything but a Nazi. They had to put the swastica on the tail fins because the nazi regime paid for the construction of the airship. Thus, the LZ-129’s designated name was “Adolf Hitler”. During its maiden voyage, Eckener - in a political affront - dubbed the airship “Hindenburg”. He only survived this coup because of his huge popularity in Germany.
"......the smoking 🚬 area"???? 5:13 !😮
@@miriamhavard7621yeah they did not think that through enough
Hi, fellow classical musician and food enthusiast here. If the internet were on fire, I would save your channel. Really well done. You know what would be really fun idea for a Christmas/ holiday season video is a Nutcracker series. History and 19th century recipes of hot chocolate, coffee, peppermints, marzipan, and sugar plums (especially sugar plums). Lots of interesting history to be told there.
Max, I always respect just how humanizing you make these stories and how much you respect the reality that real people experienced these events. I can always hear the respect with which you treat the events, even if they were hundreds of years old, because someone actually experienced that terribleness. You bring such an empathetic human element to your history that I greatly respect.
i honestly usually forgot i'm watching a cooking show when the history parts come to an end
i'll never stop praising you for thinking to combine history and cooking.
such a nice format!
If only high school curriculum history classes was a fraction this interesting, i would have been a history buff. Thank you for your amazing presentations of food and history Max
Aluminum at that time was an incredibly expensive material. So the use of aluminum was not only a practical weight saving measure, it was yet another public display of wealth.
Thanks for making videos, I always look forward to a new one from you!
By the 1930s, aluminum was no longer hugely expensive as it had been in the 19th century; aluminum cookware was already being manufactured in large quantities then. And then during World War II in the early 1940s, housewives were urged to turn in aluminum items for recycling into war machinery.
Herb Morrisson's broadcast never fails to break my heart, no matter how many times I hear it. The pictures are horrific, but imagine watching it in real life. The poor man thought he witnessed many people die in a massive fireball in the span of seconds yet he still made the broadcast.
I agree
Real and responsible news casting.
Brings me to tears every time.
The story of the family was saddening but it was truly the sound of anguish in that broadcast that made me tear up. You could hear the sorrow and disbelief.
Seeing you speak of the mother and the decision she had to make,it was if you were there and witnessed such a tragedy yourself. Your empathy and respect is astounding.
I got something in my eye during that. 🥺
😢
You're saying he's a time traveler; I get it.
@@raeandringa7260 We can neither confirm nor deny Max's time travel capabilities. ;)
@@victorianaharris175585% chance is that he could
Max's happy expressions when he tastes really good food is SOOOO adorable!!
And we are so happy we found you, Max!
It's not just food history, it's you making it fun and relatable, personal and informative.
I'm so glad you found success in this! You've come a long way from making farmer's cheese 😁
And thank you for handling the family's story with such grace. It brought tears to my eyes. The respect with which you handle tragedies is commendable.
Thank YOU for everything!
I never really knew much about the Hindenburg disaster, having only seen pictures and vague memories of it being glossed over in history class. Hearing the story about the family aboard and the mother that had chose between the potential of saving her daughter or living for her two sons literally had me in tears. And I'd be lying if I said I didn't lose it a bit hearing that broadcaster's emotional witness to the disaster. I can't imagine what either of those people were feeling or the grief that lived in their hearts for long after.
Thank you, Max, for bringing humanity to these stories in history that we often equate to just words in a text book. You are truly a gift. ❤
BeatlesNinja - It is almost like a real-life "Sophie's Choice".
It is worth remembering that those "spartan" rooms with aluminum furniture and plastic sink were made of aluminum shortly after it had dropped from being the most expensive and luxurious metal on the plant (thanks to new smelting technology from the late 1800s slowly dropping the price), and while plastic was a brand new wonder material. Bakelite was patented in 1909, and Nylon hit the world at the 1939 World's Fair, two years after the Hindenberg was no more. While we look at them as cheap materials, the perspective of the mid-1930s would likely have been different.
Good point!
I am so glad we all found each other.
I live just a couple of miles from the Zeppelin Factory and the fabulous museum, where they even have rebuilt parts of the Hindenburg internals. My grandpa was a pilot in WW2 (not a fighter pilot, so he never had to fight, just fly around cargo) and was on several of those airships. The story you shared of the family was really heart wrenching and as a father of a young boy it brought tears to my eyes thinking about it. Glad the mother was able to save herself for her boys. Thank you for yet another amazing episode :)
German here and I find it fascinating that while the Hindenburg certainly isn't forgotten here, it seems to have a much more prominent place in American cultural memory. Because that's where the accident happened. It feels like that desaster is much more often referenced in one way or another in US pop culture than it is in Germany.
Is it something that’s frequently taught about in German schools, or is it one of those historical events you need to research on your own?
@@terminallumbago6465 that's a good question actually. It might have come up in school at some point but just as a side note. The main focus for this period is the nazi race policies of 1935, the 1938 mass pogrom and the prelude to ww2.
However I can only speak for my own (half remembered) school time here. In Germany schools are managed by the federal states and curriculums can vary widely...
@@terminallumbago6465yes, it does get touched on usually, but there isn't much to teach about it, if that makes sense? It was a horrible accident that helped to speed up the demise of rigid body airships, but it was otherwise of quite little historical significance.
In the States it gets the most basic of gloss-overs in schools. "That blimp that blew up and the guy said o the humanity haha" but like pretty much all history here, you have to educate yourself
@@silphonym Some of the things I'm most curious about are things for which little information still exists. I wonder how children in Germany are taught about WW2/holocaust in the broader sense? I could look it up but sometimes I like to get people's personal experiences or perspectives
I never thought a food video would make me cry. Love you, Max. Congratulations on the 2 million. You deserve it!
One of the Titanic videos also got me watery. I like how he deals with these topics accurately but also with sensitivity.
I cried, too. Mostly because of the audio of the broadcast. That gave me chills, and made me tear up.
Same! Dang it, Max. Good video though.
Yup. This. I feel like mourning people long dead, whom I have no connections whatsoever, except for watching this video.
Likewise. I didn't know the Hindenburg was nazi propaganda before this, but even with that in mind it still makes me cry for the humans on board. That story of the girl who ran back in looking for her father... It's enough to make anyone cry.
The blend of history and foods from that period being discussed is worthy of your subscriber count!
The first time I heard the Hindenberg radio clip was decades ago and it never fails to move me. The reporter's strong emotions make it real in a way that a more "professional" objective style could have. Hearing it in the context of this episode caused it to affect me even more after the stories of the people who were on board. I never knew so many survived so thank you for that!
The Doehners' story is so sad, and the famous 'Humanity' quote equally heartwrenching.
Werner Doehner was the last survivor of the Hindenburg disaster, dying in 2019.
This might sound stupid on my part, but I'm so glad Max included as much as he did in the clip because personally I'd only ever heard the "oh the humanity" part. You see it on t-shirts, memes, etc. But hearing as much as I did in the clip was so incredibly sad and heartbreaking and I'd never heard the guy just.. crying before.
@@LadyBeyondTheWallThat was exactly the same for me. There have even been parodies of the quote over time but the crying brought home what a horrific tragedy it was to witness in real time. I think that's the part of the danger of time, that we grow more removed from terrible tragedies enough that we can reference them without really understanding the magnitude of what happened. But that makes it equally important that people continue to shine a light on these stories with empathy and sincerity like Max does.
You always do such a good job of treating historic tragedies with such respect while also keeping the episode light-hearted and entertaining
Bonjour Max. I’m a new “convert”. I’ve discovered you totally by chance and boy do I love it!
I am a History nerdish myself and I love ancient recipes. I’m from Algeria, almost consequently, and other than the fact that the couscous pasta was created in my country under Rome around 200 AD, I am open to any old recipe theories…
I love sharing unlikely History about most likely recipes.
I have a weird story about a zeppelin. I was living in a small town in Alabama. We had a garden out in the rural countryside, and we had to drive down a gravel road and then turn on a dirt road to get to the field where we had our garden. We were tending it then suddenly over the trees a zeppelin, or blimp appeared. It was very low could see it very close. I forget the company on the blimp but was something you never thought you would see out in the middle of rural Alabama tending a garden.
The story about the family made me cry. I couldn’t imagine how heartbreaking that was for the mother to make the decision to abandon her daughter to live on for her other two children. The daughter was so brave to run back in to find her father, even if it cost her life. I think the fact that she was willing to risk moving back into the fire in hopes to rescue him just shows how strong she was and how much undying love she had for her family. ❤️ Thank you Max for keeping history alive and sharing the stories you research with us! Truly my favourite channel.
I think that was so dumb of the girl. If im in a burning blimp and it is clear that im not going to make it, i would not want my child to save me. Save yourself. Childerens lives are much more important than their parents
@@lasloapollo4312it’s dumb, but she loved her father. We have to remember she’s 14 in an unimaginable high stress environment and made the wrong decision in about 15 seconds. Teenagers make fucking stupid choices all the time. Adults as well even in a safe environment. We also have hindsight. We know the Hindenburg as this avoidable catastrophe. Something like this had never happened before. Just as it’s easy to call people stupid on the Titanic for not getting into the lifeboats. The Titanic disaster was unprecedented.
Nor could Sophie
Yeah, but people always, always do dumb things under extreme stress. The exception are super-trained people, like soldiers, firemen and astronauts. Irene just wasn't thinking (and notice expect a teenager to really think things through is already a lot!), she was just reacting. @@lasloapollo4312
She could have been scared about heights and already stressed from being up in the air looking down a few days just couldn't fathom the idea of jumping...no matter the reason, RIP to all those who perished. The announcer made me cry.
Lol, Escoffier's recipe book sounds like a choose your own adventure book!
That's the last thing Escoffier wants to hear. Dude is a stickler that you follow the recipes to a t...
It's a French thing, I suppose 😅
I'm so glad I found your Channel! From Hardtack to feeling emotional watching the Hindenburg disaster, and hearing the loss and survival, it relights my love of history, and food.
I'm a little late to the party on this one.
Tips: Don't worry about rinsing your rice too thoroughly. It is not just the egg yolks that help to thicken rice pudding but the starch from the rice as well. A nice texture addition to both rice pudding and tapioca pudding is to whip the "discarded" whites into a meringue with about 1/3 sugar by volume then fold that into the pudding right before you let it cool.
Kirschwasser can be hard to find in some areas. If you have trouble getting it, check your "local section" first and see if there is another cherry brandy available. If not, look for Cavaldos apple brandy, then any old grape brandy. Avoid things like Juacquins, DeKuyper and other "flavored brandy" as they are both watered down and back-sweetened.
Pears should be a very firm variety, such as Bosc. While it won't have the typical pear shape, "Asian pear" varietals work very well for cooking as well.
When poaching pears, it is advisable to use at least half white wine by volume for the poaching liquid. You want a dry, old-world wine such as a Chenin Blanc from Loire or a Riesling from Alsace or Rhone; white Bourgogne works well, too.
Water and chocolate don't go very well together. It displaces the cocoa butter, causing the chocolate to get lumpy, dull and hardens quickly. A better chocolate sauce would be a warm genache, which is simply chocolate and heavy cream. This is what is used for the center of Fondant au Chocolat (chocolate lava cake).
The bright red cherries are not advisable. They are bleached then re-colored and flavored. A true Maraschino* cherry, a brandied cherry or simply canned black cherries will be much better.
Another great accompaniment for poached pear is ginger cake**. Either cube it and sprinkle around the dish or bake it as a sheet and cut out disks to use au lieu of the rice pudding.
*Pronunciation note: Maraschino [MARR-eh-SKEE-noh]
** Ginger Cake
7 oz weight pastry flour
1.25 tsp baking soda
1.5 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
0.5 tsp kosher salt
1 egg, beaten
3.5 oz weight granulated sugar
6 oz weight molasses
3.5 oz weight vegetable oil
4 oz hot water
Sift together flour, baking soda and spices; set aside
Whisk together sugar, molasses, egg and oil.
Fold dry into wet until fully combined.
Stir in water until fully combined.
Grease and flour desired cooking vessel then fill no more than 1/2 way with batter.
Bake 350F for 10-12 minutes.
Allow to cool. Turn out onto parchment, rough cut then refrigerate until use.
On the one hand, a few of your suggestions are pretty on the money. On the other, they're anachronistic to the recipe that was used, which is a known quantity. The recipe called for a poaching syrup that was purely a simple syrup with vanilla, and for a chocolate sauce made with water and chocolate melted together, the butter and the cream added afterward. Thus, that's what Max did. The point is to follow and recreate the recipes that would have been used in the period, reproducing what the people of that moment would have eaten, not to use modern recipes that are okay-ish in closeness. Throwing a bunch of "Well, you _really_ should do this, and use this, and with this technique" comments just comes across as rather missing the point of this channel.
What you're talking about is known as "seizing," and it can actually be perfectly avoidable if the ratio of chocolate to water is just right. It's common to happen if a tiny bit of water gets into a melt that is purely chocolate (such as condensation getting into the chocolate over the rim of a double boiler), but it's entirely avoidable if you're careful in your ratios. It would also likely set up less firm than a ganache would, as ganache is often the base from which you roll truffles, or what you use as frosting. It's only liquid in lava cakes because of the heat surrounding it. I'd honestly advise against using Asian pears in a recipe like this, because they very often have a much higher water content than European pears, and a grainier texture, thus making them generally not useful for cooked desserts.
Also, I imagine that Max was suggesting that you could use regular old candy cherries because the actual cocktail cherries like Luxardo are absurdly expensive for what you get, and would likely put people off of making the recipe. You'll note that he clearly used them, but he's putting forward that you could use whatever was easily, readily available in your area and within your budget, if you want to sample the dish. He's trying to make the recipe accessible to anyone of any income, despite it once having been the purview of the wealthy. Plus, when something calls for "candied" some-kind-of-fruit, it's just as often talking about something that's been cooked to death in a high-sugar syrup and then likely placed in dry sugar as it cooled, so it's entirely probable that what the recipe is actually asking for is a sugar-boiled, crystalized cherry, not anything that you've mentioned nor anything Max brought up.
I had never studied this incident in detail, but I always just imagined that everyone must have died. To hear that 62 out of 97 people actually survived that inferno is amazing. Great video, Max! Thanks!
I didn't really know anything about the Hindenburg, I do recall something about a blimp catching on fire, but I assumed it was a blimp during ww1 on the battlefield or some such.
I had no clue it was a commercial passenger blimp
@@saber2802 Pedantry alert: The Hindenburg wasn't a blimp. Blimps are non-rigid airships, they don't have an internal framework. Hindenburg was a Zeppelin-type rigid airship with an aluminium framework.
As a historian by degree (rather than my occupation), you tell the story that is hardly told in the countless journals I read. It's easy to describe the horrors of catastrophe, trust me you start to get creative. But its hard to ground a moment of causality into a sensible and tangible humanity. I readily think the discipline needs more empathetic anacedotes and the gentle hand like you've given regarding the family. Remarkable work as always Max and I aspire to have your manner of retrospection.
Couldn't have said it better.
Yep. I'm doing a channel on Michigan and I'm dying to get the human story behind the birth and development of my state. After all, it's a state b/c of mankind. Why shouldn't human beings be the center of a story? Oh, I finished a master's in history too, but I had not been using it until now.
If you enjoy this type of storytelling, you might also enjoy The Memory Palace podcast by Nate DiMeo.
Like I realized a while back history is made of the things that real people do. It's not a bunch of dry dates and places, it's about people's lives. When telling history if you can talk about those lives and what those people when through it brings it home to the listener. Just saying the Hindenburg crashed and burned on May 6, 1937, doesn't really mean much to most people, but when, as Max did so well, you tell the stories of some of the people who were involved it makes it SO much more meaningful.
I'm amazed how you got through this one with out tearing up. The story about the family was heartbreaking. Another fantastic episode Max.
That story about the family with the 14yr girl, made me tear up 😞. I can’t even imagine
Me too. I completely forgot about the pears.
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A truy awful decision to make. I think she made the right one, but god I am glad I will never have to face that. She must have had nightmares for years after.
I didn't realize that you've only been doing this for 3-4 years, considering the genuinely high quality of the research and production value of each video. May you continue to find great success!
Thank you! Hitting 4 years next February.
And the most amazing part is that the content quality and production values were there from Episode 1!
Congratulations on 2 million! You are hands down one of my all time favorite channels. And I have to sincerely thank you, Max, for igniting in me a newfound passion for history. I eagerly look forward to your upload every week, and I find myself referencing Tasting History at least twice a week in conversation with my clients. And of course, thank you to Jose for all his hard work as well. So happy for you!
Thank you for your presentation of this one. I first heard that recording in school in social studies. We had discussed the air ships and who was on it (kids our age) etc. Then we watched as it crashed. I think every kid cried listening to it. I still choke up every time. Getting to over 2M is amazing! Congratulations!
The live report is truly heartbreaking to hear, you can hear there's nothing fake in his voice just pure devastation.
This was the most emotional episodes Max has done. Thank you max.
I agree, I got so emotional hearing about poor 14-year-old Irene who just wanted to save her father. The broadcast really made you feel the terror as well
I have to agree - he told the story, and that of the German family especially, so well; my heart was in my mouth.
Congrats on 2M!! Thank you for sharing your channel with us!!!
Honestly, this video was quite heartbreaking and very sad…..and then you showed us the recipe! It was just an odd transition as I mourned for that tragedy.
Dude this was one of the best history shows I've ever seen . Truly enjoyed every minute.
Yesterday, folks in the family asked what I was so excited about - "Isn't that just the day you and your buddy go out drinking?"
"Well...there's that, yeah, BUT! THERE'S A NEW TASTING HISTORY!!"
Yes! I always watch it several times. Definitely a highlight of my week, even though I can't cook or eat most of the recipes.
To think a little project you started for your grandmother, during furlough, has become so popular and huge. Congrats on the 2 million subs Max. I am happy to have been here since the beginning, and have learned so much.
Congrats on hitting 2 million!! I’m so glad I found you a year and a half ago… you are so wonderful to watch and you speak so eloquently and the effort you put into pronouncing words from other languages is so appreciated. Excited to keep watching and learning and laughing and eating. ❤
I found a subscribed just last week. Your channel is so enjoyable to watch I shared it with my 87 year old Mom who loves to cook and was a history teacher. I gotta try to make a lot of these dishes for friends to try out. Thanks!
I grew up in Lakehurst, and in that tiny town, the Hindenberg disaster is our one claim to fame, and boy do you see it everywhere. We'd learn about it every year, it was painted on all the major buildings, the town signs, everything. You did a better job of humanizing the story and connecting the facts with the emotions than any class I ever took or documentary I was made to watch. Bravo.
One of Sherman & Larsen's "Smash Flops" is "The Hindenburg Song".
The first line is, "We'll have a hot, hot time in Lakehurst, New Jersey, when the Hindenburg lands today". I used it to successfully audition for the first Canadian production of "Jerry Springer - the Opera".
I’m wondering if Lakehurst was able to appreciate the most famous (infamous) episode of WKRP in Cincinnati, or if it was still ‘too soon’ when that episode aired in 1978?
Is the field where it burned still open or built over.
As a fellow New Jerseyan, I was just thinking I want to visit Lakehurst maybe en route to AC haha. Do you recommend any places to eat in or around there? And what's the best place to see
@@seronymus There's nothing terribly exciting in Lakehurst itself (Italy's Best pizza is good). Up the road a bit in Toms River you can get an excellent breakfast at Shut Up and Eat
Crikey, you weren't kidding about this recipe being complicated!
You are a delight, and your enthusiasm for both the food and the history is infectious. May this project continue to bring you joy.
I continue to come back and thoroughly enjoy these glimpses in history through food. Though I will probably cook only one of these recipes I am still going live vicariously through you! Thanks Max for this wonderful program!
The Concorde was like the Hindenburg in that it never turned a profit, it was subsidized by the British and French governments. And they both ended their service in fiery disasters.
And they were both known for their luxurious travel experience - for those few who could afford it, and both could only take a very small number of passengers per trip, AND they were both faster ways of crossing the Atlantic than their contemporary competitors!
I'm glad I wasn't alone in seeing the similarities between the Zeppelins and the Concorde!
@@HadridarMatramen so you're telling me Elon and Jeff are gonna try and sell a rocket plane Chicago to Berlin service by 2040?
And both vessels were seen as icons of national pride and luxury. Funny how history repeats itself sometimes
I saw something on RUclips the other day showing how tiny the windows were and the seats were not any better than what you would get on coach. But I guess it didn't matter since they were only flying for two hours drinking champagne the whole time.
Also, both had a lot of extravagant food.
What an awesome episode! All the context laid down before showing us the emotional clip of the broadcaster literally weeping as he tried to describe the calamity he is witnessing was utterly superb. I still have tears in my eyes.
What fantastic job, Max, and congratulations on hitting 2 million!!!
This was amazing! Aside from the excellent integration of food history and contextual history, you have a real gift for storytelling as well.
Max, you've really got this channel's content dialed in now! That story of the unfortunate family was riveting. Well done!
Max, it's not food history that's attracted 2 million subscribers. It's food history plus YOU! Well done on a great achievement. 🎈👏
Listening to that commentator as the Hindenburg crashed was heart wrenching, especially directly after hearing the story of the Doehner family 😭
Thank you Max, for your channel and your masterful condensing of history and for always telling the important and human stories involved in these topics.
Your channel combines my passions, cooking older recipes (although until I found your channel, and bought your book, the oldest recipes I made were still well into the 20th century) and history and I wait with baited breath for your videos because it will be the bright spot of that day for me.
Well deserved 2 million subs and counting !
My father used to get very emotional about the Hindenburg. He was a dirigible buff as child and was listening to the live radio broadcast when the incident occurred. To him, it was like the Challenger disaster. He never forgot it.
Awww Max the story of the Doehners brought me to tears! You are quite the storyteller❤Thanks for all your work with this.
I have seen almost all of your videos, and this is going up there as one of my favourites! Great research as always, and Max we just like you so darn much. Shoutout to Jose and his plants too. Congratson 2 million.
this story was deeply emotional to me, imagine the horror of your family being broken in the split of a second
Had to look those up, but today I found out that the Pokémon Drifblim can learn self-destruct and explosion as normal type moves. Max got that cheeky reference down.
Beautifully done Max! Thank you.
Max, thank you so much for sharing the stunning history of the Hindenburg. Wow, that really packed a punch of emotion and education, and you presented it so well.
Boy, was this video an emotional roller coaster ride! This is the first time I cried a little, and I watched all of the Titanic videos. I just want to say thank you, Max, for creating your channel. RUclips has quite a lot of awful content these days, but your channel is a positive beacon of what RUclips can be. You don't do clickbait titles or thumbnails, and you truly provide value with your content. We get history and a recipe, and some fun, laughter, and sometimes tears. I'm so glad you and José started this channel! Thank you!! ♥
I cried too for the first time while watching Tasting History. The story about the burned girl and her family and then the broadcast was what got to me.
Makes sense why airships never became popular... Honestly astonishing as you said in the footage that anybody survived that at all. I always appreciate the really high quality videos, It's easy to tell you love what you're doing and you and put a tremendous amount of care into your videos. I can tell you and I'm sure many have, it shines very brightly through every single one of them.
Thank you so much.
Also your sense of humor, never fails. The bit in the beginning about wondering what they would have eaten got me rolling 😂 as a fellow food and history enthusiast. what they ate. Also I need to add it makes me hungry every time, cheers 🍻
This sounds absolutely fabulous! Most definitely a decadent dessert worthy of high class dining! CONGRATULATIONS ON 2M!! I am beyond happy you decided to take on this adventure. Watching Tasting History is one of the highlights of my week. I’m disabled, so there isn’t much I can do. Having your shows to look forward to is so wonderful. Thank you again for sharing your love of history and the culinary arts with the world. You’re my favorite RUclips streamer!
Very informative story you gave about the happenings that sad day. Interesting to see inside the ship & know what was on the menu. Thank you Max! Great video again! 😊