That's because they stole it from Townsends and Tasting History. A guy goes from zero to half a million views in 12 months and the big channels suddenly get inspired.
Over the course of a year, Sohla has gone from being an underrated, occasional guest on BA to being one of the most prevalent and entertaining cooking figures on RUclips. So happy that she's found success.
i work in fine dining and sohla is the best chef on youtube . she thinks theoretically and scientific while still teaching it in a home cooks language . she is way more knowlegable than she lets on and thats saying alot . im here for this .
And all because she spoke up about her abysmal wage, knew her worth and expected better after giving a reasonable grace period. She’s such a phenomenal role model on top of being an incredibly intelligent and entertaining chef.
My mother in law is Japanese and like nearly 60 and it never turns out very pretty lol. She also always tell me to actually chew it because old people in Japan die chocking with mochi.
Sohla is the best ... RIDICULOUSLY skilled and yet unassuming in her videos so you feel you could try to. Lovely lady. Thank you History for finally promoting a winning show!
My family and I celebrate mochitsuki every new years at the local Buddhist temple in LA and this made me so happy to watch! Mochi smashing tip >> smash + scrape along the bottom + sides of the bowl. Scraping kinda like you would when making a garlic paste with a knife works really well!
@Basic Basics Of LOL! oh that makes WAY more sense. I was thinking "that's a weird way of keeping a skim of water on the bottom, I thought you didn't want it to get cold though..." More tea for the both of us I think. Or maybe sleep. :)
I started watching Sohla when she was still at BA, greatly enjoyed her mad skills with Babish, and I am so here for Sohla getting the attention and credit she deserves
@@hawkatsea I’d be hard pressed to believe that she approached history channel and presented a historical cooking show to them. I’d say they had the idea and approached her.
Love you, Sohla! You did great. My mom makes mochi at home often. She uses an electric mochi machine that does all the smashing for you, which she runs twice to make the mochi extra smooth. It's like a breadmaker.
Thats so cool! I've never had fresh mochi (I live in England and there aren't really many Japanese people or restaurants here) but I'd love to try it. I really love the chewy texture.
To be true to the cultures recipes came from they would have build sets dedicated to eras and people. 13th century Japan didn't cook like first century south Africa.
@@Crazt I wouldn't let perfect become the enemy of better here. It would be cool if they could get some of the key equipment for each recipe. Sets and actors seem somewhat extraneous to the demonstration of how a recipe was made in a particular place and time. With an unlimited budget? Sure! But no one has that, especially not the History Channel.
@@suzz1776 they're both great! I would say Tasting History has a longer history segment and some cooking, while Sohla spends more time cooking while explaining the history. It's like picking your "favorite child" of history cooking.
I love seeing Sohla everywhere now. It's true that everything happens for a reason. She's so talented yet she wasn't appreciated enough in her last job. She really has a bright future and I'm glad she's finally being seen.
Hello! So nice to see you making Mochi. I am a PhD student doing research on Mochi in Japan. You have put it so rightly, “Mochi is an art”. It truly is.
Mochi pounding definitely needs a metal sound track. Sohla is always so fun to watch, and encourages us to try things someone else might make seem to complicated. Cooking should be fun!
make original Hamantaschen! They are the triangle thumbprint cookies traditional for the Jewish holiday Purim, which just passed. they date back to when the events of the Purim story occurred in history, 5,000 years ago! so yummy and fun
Relevant in that it's new content and not in their traditional wheelhouse of rehashing "it will keal" Food history is becoming more popular; George motz has his burger show, tasting history took off during quarantine. Sohla is popular, with her stance in the BA debacle and transition to babish and other channels.
I’m loving this show all the way from Sweden. The most fun thing to watch, learning lots and can’t wait to get all experimental in the kitchen with these ancient recipes myself!
I think I fall for any production that's edited nicely, showcases mistakes and imperfections and moves on just like you would at home. It makes the content super relatable, something attainable and lets the viewer know that the joy of cooking is in the process, not necessarily the outcome. Glad Sohla is finding a diverse outlet for her talents and passion.
Love this series! Sohla is the best!!! Here's my suggestion for a vintage food with an interesting technique. My grandmother in the Philippines used to make a pili nut dessert called pili planchado (plantsado). It was essentially a ground pili sweet that was spread on a pan and cut in pieces. The cool technique is that the top was caramelized by putting a piece of foil on top and ironing it (plantsa) with an actual iron. People in my family remember the dessert but don't have a recipe, and I can't find one anywhere. The method recalls other Filipino desserts like bibingka that are cooked via top heat, although ironing seems the most extreme form. I don't know if that's ancient but it's certainly vintage!
My dream actually would be for both of them to host and bounce off each other. Sola's bubbly cooking skills and Max's theatrical love of history. Pretty much how Max has his channel formatted. Half the show with Sola at the lead cooking with Max and the other half with Max sitting and drinking with Sola explaining the history and they just learn from each other.
It's almost mochi season! We grew up with mochi pounding parties where I'm from. See if you can go with someone in your area. They are the most fun! You spend the weekend with family, at home, doing the preparations and hard labor of making mochi, keeping your culture alive, it's beautiful.
Great series. Thank you! I love mochi. My favorite is brown rice (sticky) mochi made into little biscuits like forms and baked in the oven. They puff up and are amazing with a touch of butter and maybe buckwheat honey or a jam. I used to have a mochi machine and I’d use the brown sticky rice, make it often and had it for breakfast. Thanks again!
Sohla is the best. Her personality, her awesome laugh, her relatable way of presenting information-she is the best. I could watch her all day. Bravo to the History Channel for bringing her on!
Great job Sohla! You know I'll watch anything with Sohla in it. Very entertaining and educational videos. History was very smart to team up with you. Thanks for the great content. I love mochi but honestly I don't have the right tools or will power to try this at home. But I had fun watching.
1. I just subscribed to history channel because of this series 💯 2. Sohla’s pun delivery is hilarious 💯 Good job history channel give sohla an official series n a pay raise 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥
Agreed, go big or go home. She deserves to have special guests for dishes like this. They may have more insider information as the process of making the food or more factoids about the history of these dishes.
I really enjoy Sohla's mastery and energy. I wish we got a bit more actual history of the foods that are being made. She mentions some fun stories about mochi that could be fleshed out.
When I was a kid, my family gathered and made a lots of mochi in New Year’s Day. Usu and kine was huge and kids cannot lift kine alone. It is fun thing to watch and participate, but it is a lot of work. Good job Sohla! Looks amazing 🤩
Hi Sohla, I just discovered you terrific series! Mochi making tips: To make the mochi rice using a steamer, cook longer than usual - you want the mochi very soft. Or purchase a mochi cooker - it's like a rice cooker but will steam the rice and "pound" it for you. Shape the mochi while very hot. When filling mochi, make a pancake, fill, and then pinch into a circle. My kids like peanut butter or cookie butter as fillings.
Dipping plain mochi in soy sauce (or better yet sweet soy sauce), dusting them with sugar and kinako (soy bean powder), or wrapping them in nori is so fun! Plain mochi is like a blank slate to get creative with your toppings!
This was so fun to watch! Tip as a Japanese person who immigrated to US as a young child, the easy cheat way to do this is to use a bread maker's "knead" process! Cover the baking sheet with rice flour and dump the finished product if you wanted to harden it to cut into rectangle shapes to toast them later, or shape them into round shapes while it's still hot. It gets hard to shape after you add the mochi flour. Now a days, people use mochi flours for making daifukus (at least at home, I used to love making strawberry daifukus with my mom)!
So good to see Sohla getting the recognition she deserves and good on the History channel for putting something together that isn't "reality" TV or Ancient Aliens. The History channel could have a whole series of food shows like this. Give Jon Townsends a call sometime.
This is the best idea history channel has had in years
Just had exact same thought. Bringing on Sohla is a winning decision.
Max Miller over on Tasting History has been doing it for a year, although he's more history, less cooking. Still great though - he's adorable.
That's because they stole it from Townsends and Tasting History. A guy goes from zero to half a million views in 12 months and the big channels suddenly get inspired.
I agree. This is awesome.
Ummmm i believe you are forgetting....ALIENS?!?!
Over the course of a year, Sohla has gone from being an underrated, occasional guest on BA to being one of the most prevalent and entertaining cooking figures on RUclips. So happy that she's found success.
i work in fine dining and sohla is the best chef on youtube . she thinks theoretically and scientific while still teaching it in a home cooks language . she is way more knowlegable than she lets on and thats saying alot . im here for this .
They wouldn't let her over at BA. I'm greatful she left.
I want to marry her.
And all because she spoke up about her abysmal wage, knew her worth and expected better after giving a reasonable grace period. She’s such a phenomenal role model on top of being an incredibly intelligent and entertaining chef.
I came for Sohla, I stayed for Sohla, and I got bonus Giff. Today was a good day.
We need more Giff
Ice Cube.
I looked at your name and seriously questioned myself on when exactly I commented on this video 😂
Protect sohla at all cost ♥️
Read this before seeing Giff and was slightly confused. I have now seen Giff and am not confused at all. At. All.
Sohla is a blessing. Everything she touches turns into gold. Thanks for starting this series.
call her king midas
“They are not beautiful but I made them with my own hands.” = words to live by.
- my mom when I was born
Finally, history from the History Channel.
😂😂😂😂
😀🥲😭😥😫 too true
Wait until they ask her to prepare cow a la alien and Hitler's favourite veggie burger.
@@thermitekitty9070 Dog I'm dying, you're wasting your talent for humor on comments.
Yes, it's been *ages* (eons? millennia?) since there was *history* on the History Channel! 😄
it is so comforting to know that even sohla struggles to make these pretty
Even the professionals are human, haha
My mother in law is Japanese and like nearly 60 and it never turns out very pretty lol. She also always tell me to actually chew it because old people in Japan die chocking with mochi.
The mere fact that she struggles AND still pulls through 8 times out of 9 is part of her charm.
Maybe they should have called one if the many experts instead of this person who didn't even bother to look up the pronunciation of rhings
@@LynnHermione rhings? You are SO perfect.
Sohla is the best ... RIDICULOUSLY skilled and yet unassuming in her videos so you feel you could try to. Lovely lady. Thank you History for finally promoting a winning show!
My family and I celebrate mochitsuki every new years at the local Buddhist temple in LA and this made me so happy to watch! Mochi smashing tip >> smash + scrape along the bottom + sides of the bowl. Scraping kinda like you would when making a garlic paste with a knife works really well!
@Basic Basics Of Ice? What ice?
@Basic Basics Of LOL! oh that makes WAY more sense. I was thinking "that's a weird way of keeping a skim of water on the bottom, I thought you didn't want it to get cold though..." More tea for the both of us I think. Or maybe sleep. :)
I started watching Sohla when she was still at BA, greatly enjoyed her mad skills with Babish, and I am so here for Sohla getting the attention and credit she deserves
Sohla slowly but surely taking over RUclips is the stuff of dreams. I'm 100% here for it!
Whoever had the idea at History to bring in Sohla is a genius
I'd say the credit belongs to Sohla for bringing herself to the History Channel
@@hawkatsea I’d be hard pressed to believe that she approached history channel and presented a historical cooking show to them. I’d say they had the idea and approached her.
Love you, Sohla! You did great. My mom makes mochi at home often. She uses an electric mochi machine that does all the smashing for you, which she runs twice to make the mochi extra smooth. It's like a breadmaker.
I should get a mochi machine. Maybe I'll name it Giff.
Thats so cool! I've never had fresh mochi (I live in England and there aren't really many Japanese people or restaurants here) but I'd love to try it. I really love the chewy texture.
I feel like I need one
Such a cool show! I'd love it if they'd increase the budget just enough to get some more true-to-history tools for Sohla to show us and use.
Came here to say this too.
To be true to the cultures recipes came from they would have build sets dedicated to eras and people. 13th century Japan didn't cook like first century south Africa.
@@Crazt I wouldn't let perfect become the enemy of better here. It would be cool if they could get some of the key equipment for each recipe.
Sets and actors seem somewhat extraneous to the demonstration of how a recipe was made in a particular place and time.
With an unlimited budget? Sure! But no one has that, especially not the History Channel.
exactly haha looked like a decoration more than a tool .
Love the idea of history behind recipes especially with Sohla’s energy! Can’t wait to see more!
Go watch tasting history. It is a much much better show.
@@suzz1776 they're both great! I would say Tasting History has a longer history segment and some cooking, while Sohla spends more time cooking while explaining the history. It's like picking your "favorite child" of history cooking.
I love seeing Sohla everywhere now. It's true that everything happens for a reason. She's so talented yet she wasn't appreciated enough in her last job. She really has a bright future and I'm glad she's finally being seen.
And properly paid.
Hello! So nice to see you making Mochi. I am a PhD student doing research on Mochi in Japan. You have put it so rightly, “Mochi is an art”. It truly is.
I’d love to see different Native American tribes, Native Mexican, Mayan, Aztec and Intuit!!!!
When travel is allowed again you should have Max Miller from @tastinghistory on as a guest. As a bonus he could also sing!
Pepsi
Yes i would like that too
Awwh thats just what my comments were about as well love your Idea more Mayan, Azteca, Inca, and native American Indian food 😋😋😋😋😋
@@TerriHeal, she did an Aztec 1. I just discovered that she started this show today, so I'm not sure how long she did that 1
I have always wanted to see a chef go back in time to cook ancient recipes, this is awesome, thanks for producing it!😘
You will love Tasting History with Max Miller!! Have fun! =)
Also Townsends, that focuses on 19th century US.
@@lindafreeman7030 where’s this show at, history channel??? Thanks!
@@johannahidalgo7738 they’re both on RUclips
@@lindafreeman7030 18th century! But yes that channel is great too.
Mochi pounding definitely needs a metal sound track. Sohla is always so fun to watch, and encourages us to try things someone else might make seem to complicated. Cooking should be fun!
make original Hamantaschen! They are the triangle thumbprint cookies traditional for the Jewish holiday Purim, which just passed. they date back to when the events of the Purim story occurred in history, 5,000 years ago! so yummy and fun
Way more relevant and interesting than showing clips from shows.
Plus Sohla, the absolute good of internet cooking
Relevant in that it's new content and not in their traditional wheelhouse of rehashing "it will keal"
Food history is becoming more popular; George motz has his burger show, tasting history took off during quarantine. Sohla is popular, with her stance in the BA debacle and transition to babish and other channels.
I’m hoping Sohla does collab video with tasting history and Townsend
So much nutmeg
@@aveleziii hahaha nutmeg and baking in a clay oven😂😂
This stuff is what the History Channel needs. More this, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay less reality TV stuff!
I’d love to see Giff more in the future episodes as the helping hands/comedic relief character and/or thirst traps
"it's a little history, a little cooking, and a lot about me. What's not to like?"
i love you.
One thing about Sohla, she’s gonna work. I’m subscribed to so many channels because of her 🥰
Same 😆
I’m loving this show all the way from Sweden. The most fun thing to watch, learning lots and can’t wait to get all experimental in the kitchen with these ancient recipes myself!
You should check out Tasting History as well :)
the way she’s thriving over everyone else from b*n app*tite🧘🏻 we stan
Sohla's got shows on four channels now? She is on a roll!
I LOVE SEEING SOLAH BOOKED AND BUSY
The editing was hilarious lol loved the “smashing” close ups
I think I fall for any production that's edited nicely, showcases mistakes and imperfections and moves on just like you would at home. It makes the content super relatable, something attainable and lets the viewer know that the joy of cooking is in the process, not necessarily the outcome.
Glad Sohla is finding a diverse outlet for her talents and passion.
I just wanna let the History Channel know that you have a precious human being on your channel now. Protect her at all costs. You're lucky to have her
I’ve learned SO MANY THINGS from just watching these videos !!!! And Sohla is the perfect person for this
Love this series! Sohla is the best!!! Here's my suggestion for a vintage food with an interesting technique. My grandmother in the Philippines used to make a pili nut dessert called pili planchado (plantsado). It was essentially a ground pili sweet that was spread on a pan and cut in pieces. The cool technique is that the top was caramelized by putting a piece of foil on top and ironing it (plantsa) with an actual iron. People in my family remember the dessert but don't have a recipe, and I can't find one anywhere. The method recalls other Filipino desserts like bibingka that are cooked via top heat, although ironing seems the most extreme form. I don't know if that's ancient but it's certainly vintage!
everytime sohla says "and a whole lotta me what's not to love".. I say TRULY sohla.. truly!
love the slow pull in while Sohla is tasting, hysterical, love her vibe so much
Mochi: The silent snack! Love to see Sohla being in so many cool projects!
Sohla is so perfect for this! Equal parts intelligent, witty and foodie.
I love Sohla! Ancient recipes is the best thing the history channel has put out in forever
Need to do a cross over episode with Tasting History.
That’d be awesome!
My dream actually would be for both of them to host and bounce off each other. Sola's bubbly cooking skills and Max's theatrical love of history. Pretty much how Max has his channel formatted. Half the show with Sola at the lead cooking with Max and the other half with Max sitting and drinking with Sola explaining the history and they just learn from each other.
+1
it'd be the absolute dream team on this. I love Sohla but watching I can't help but think Max should be there
that’s definitely where they got the idea for this
Sohla's laugh gives this video more of a positive vibes
❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
It's almost mochi season! We grew up with mochi pounding parties where I'm from. See if you can go with someone in your area. They are the most fun! You spend the weekend with family, at home, doing the preparations and hard labor of making mochi, keeping your culture alive, it's beautiful.
Sohla is glowing! Absolutely love this.
Great series. Thank you! I love mochi. My favorite is brown rice (sticky) mochi made into little biscuits like forms and baked in the oven. They puff up and are amazing with a touch of butter and maybe buckwheat honey or a jam. I used to have a mochi machine and I’d use the brown sticky rice, make it often and had it for breakfast. Thanks again!
Sohla is the best. Her personality, her awesome laugh, her relatable way of presenting information-she is the best. I could watch her all day. Bravo to the History Channel for bringing her on!
"Mochi is the perfect battle food cuz it's quiet." This is the insight I'm here for.
Great job Sohla! You know I'll watch anything with Sohla in it. Very entertaining and educational videos. History was very smart to team up with you. Thanks for the great content. I love mochi but honestly I don't have the right tools or will power to try this at home. But I had fun watching.
Sohla and history is the best possible combination!!
Love her she's so natural, there's something in her that you can't explain she has that charisma that inner joy she has while working.. ☺
More of this please! Sohla is fantastic!
What a great idea, history of food and no one better to have doing it than Sohla, she really enjoys the challenge and it's very pleasant to watch.👍🏽👍🏽
subtitles / close captions please!
I believe there's an option for closed caption! Not sure if they've updated it now :)
@@aprilmikaela6476 they have! they updated since i commented.
HOORAY FOR SOHLA!!! Looking forward to more History AND cooking with SOHLA!!!♥️♥️
"All you need is someone to smash"
Well I guess I won't be making mochi anytime soon then.
get my boy tasting history on here!!!!! he makes amazing historical recipes !
So Tasting History with a big budget. And Sohla. I wish we could have Max and Sohla in one show!
I love that I can find Sohla on so many channels!
1. I just subscribed to history channel because of this series 💯
2. Sohla’s pun delivery is hilarious 💯
Good job history channel give sohla an official series n a pay raise 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥
Omg wish I had more thumbs up to give. Sohla is awesome, editing is awesome, format is awesome. Looking forward to more of these!
Sohla is awesome I'm so glad that she has these fun shows, so good to see her cooking.
This is my favorite show. I love the history and Sohla is amazing.
History channel gained life again with Sohla. Just give her the necessary utensils and data and she will be even greater
Agreed, go big or go home. She deserves to have special guests for dishes like this. They may have more insider information as the process of making the food or more factoids about the history of these dishes.
Sohla is so deep in her bag, I find her in EVERY corner of the Internet, I love it here😭😭❤️❤️
I've never enjoyed watching someone taste something. So much information without words.
History channel great call! And the edit matches today’s style. This is so good! Thanks!
I just found this joyous combination of food, history, and entertaining host and I am loving this so much!
In addition to Sohla just being awesome.
The editing in these videos is on point 👌
Gift assist is my favorite part of every episode! Also love Sohla and the team and the editing!
Sohla did such a great job keeping in the history aspect while making all this, love this
I will watch Sohla make anything. She has such a love of cooking and it's infectious.
came here for sohla but kudos to whoever the video editor is, they made this really interesting to watch
HEY SOHLA I DIDNT EXPECT YOU HERE 🥺🥺 great job as always, so happy to see you everywhere!
This series has so much potential! Staying around for Sohla!!
i will follow sohla everywhere!!! thank you history channel for paying my favorite culinary person!!!
This show is so good!! Sohla you are so great!
I love everything you do Sohla. You are so creative and have such inspiring energy.
Love the editing style! Really nice work. Sohla batting out of the park as always too.
Sohla brings such a good vibe! Im loving it
This was so much fun. I absolutely love this concept and I love Sohla.
I'm so happy to see Sohla on another show!!
Sohla is such a blessing
I love everything Sohla does !!
I really enjoy Sohla's mastery and energy. I wish we got a bit more actual history of the foods that are being made. She mentions some fun stories about mochi that could be fleshed out.
I am so happy to see Sohla here!
I love seeing Sohla thrive
When I was a kid, my family gathered and made a lots of mochi in New Year’s Day. Usu and kine was huge and kids cannot lift kine alone. It is fun thing to watch and participate, but it is a lot of work. Good job Sohla! Looks amazing 🤩
Sohla is definitely one of my favorite chefs!
Hi Sohla, I just discovered you terrific series! Mochi making tips: To make the mochi rice using a steamer, cook longer than usual - you want the mochi very soft. Or purchase a mochi cooker - it's like a rice cooker but will steam the rice and "pound" it for you. Shape the mochi while very hot. When filling mochi, make a pancake, fill, and then pinch into a circle. My kids like peanut butter or cookie butter as fillings.
Holy cow the recipe is in the description!! Yes! Thank you, I was about to go look for it. Haha
This is such a breath of fresh air for something from the history channel.
Love seeing Sohla do her thing! This was an awesome video
I love Sohla, she has such a sweet soul.
more sohla pls i've loved her in everything i've seen of her
Sohla you are a blessing to us all! ❤
I just gotta say that I love the editing of this video
I'm so happy her carrier is prospering, especially after being screwed by BA.
what happened with her and ba?
Dipping plain mochi in soy sauce (or better yet sweet soy sauce), dusting them with sugar and kinako (soy bean powder), or wrapping them in nori is so fun! Plain mochi is like a blank slate to get creative with your toppings!
This was so fun to watch!
Tip as a Japanese person who immigrated to US as a young child, the easy cheat way to do this is to use a bread maker's "knead" process!
Cover the baking sheet with rice flour and dump the finished product if you wanted to harden it to cut into rectangle shapes to toast them later, or shape them into round shapes while it's still hot. It gets hard to shape after you add the mochi flour.
Now a days, people use mochi flours for making daifukus (at least at home, I used to love making strawberry daifukus with my mom)!
So good to see Sohla getting the recognition she deserves and good on the History channel for putting something together that isn't "reality" TV or Ancient Aliens. The History channel could have a whole series of food shows like this. Give Jon Townsends a call sometime.