Semlor: The Dessert That Killed A King
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Man is so successful he’s being sponsored by a municipality.
Just wait until he's sponsored by a principality...
He will soon be sponsored by an empire.
I mean.... I wouldn’t have known but for this video, so smart choice!
Adam Ragusa got sponsored by a Korean province
I have seen Vsauce2 being sponsored by the US Navy, nothing surprises me
"do not eat fourteen of them or else your country might fall into ruin" you say. All I heard was "13 is the limit".
Modern medicine may save you from your gorging fate in case of diabetes.
So you eat 13 and gain all the benifits and none of the drawbacks
Is that a a challenge?
So 13 today, 13 tomorrow...
Is this like Gremlins rules? Don't feed after midnight? But how soon in the morning can I start eating again?
I need to know these things.
@@doubleyousee72 each semla gives +2 IQ and +1 charisma but 5% hunger
I really appreciate that you try to say the Swedish words, a lot of people just go "oh I don't want to look stupid so I won't even try" but I think it's nice of you to try. We know that it's hard for someone who's not a native speaker to get it perfect but you did a good job.
Im not a swede but it sounded swedtalian. Like an italian trying to speak swedish. Swedish has a cadence thats hard to pick up wjere certain words are supposed to drag or end abruptly. Also do they still have that "call a swede" thing or did that end?
i would say people who don't even try look stupider
and as someone who knows chinese and a little japanese, i'd say it's actually a lot more cringe to hear someone just brute force the english pronunciation rules on other languages. especially for japanese where the pronunciation is actually surprisingly simple and using more complicated english pronunciation rules on it seems really redundant and just... stupid
This guy really enjoys his job
you know they say don't trust a skinny chef, I think this guy is the equivalent for... youtube videos about niche but rich subjects. if enjoying making videos made you fat, he'd be morbidly obese.
@@fattestallenalive7148 I don't know Japanese but personally, I find it cringe when someone goes all out on pronouncing it the "correct" way. I'm not the expert though since I only speak English but my thought process is that of course non-native speakers won't get it perfect so if they pronounce words wrong then it's no big deal.
@Visassess making a mistake is fine but forcing the rules of another language doesn't make sense
Cajsa Warg also coined the expression "You use what you have" as her philosophy of cooking - basically, don't complain you don't have all the ingredients, either fix it or try to find a good equivalent in what you already have. My mom, a professional chef, lives by this.
Max has ascended so high that he got sponsored by a town
"These delectable buns can be quite dangerous."
-Me after doing two squats at the gym.
I ugly laughed after reading this comment! 💀
I was looking for this comment
Heyo!
I read your quote in my mind as Clovis Leachman playing Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein! The stairs can be...quite treacherous!
Not even at the gym, or a proper squat. Just crouching to reach something in a cupboard, like "yup, that's my exercise for today"
"Acute indigestion" may be the conclusion of the autopsy, but it sounds like he ruptured something. Too bad, as he seemed to have found the magical answer to being a good king: let the people picked by the people do the governing while he schmoozes the neighboring countries to keep any wars at bay.
If by "by the people" you mean aristocrats, then yes. If you mean universal suffrage then he didnt find the magic answer
Iirc as is often the case with these things it's a bit hard to know how truthful it is. He wasn't a particularly popular king, albeit he was seen as a good person.
Because of this it's possible that his opponents "made up" a more demeaning death for him. He had health issues before and iirc the most likely causes of death seem to be either heart failure, stroke or possibly poisoning.
Ofc you could make an argument that a man with that appetite probably didn't do his heart any favours.
@@anonvideo738 better educated aristocrats than ignorant masses.
@@Travelling_Heart15 The "masses" were, and to an extent still are, maintained ignorant by the ruling classes who force them to labour nearly their whole lives away to such an extent that there is no time left for learning or self-actualisation, and only a little left for entertainment and finding belonging.
The 8-hour workday came about as a direct result of workers persevering through these conditions and educating themselves on topics of collective resistance as a tool to achieve better working conditions, often with the help of anarchist authors and speakers. The little freedoms we possess and take for granted were all fought for with blood, sweat and tears by people who liberated themselves.
@@pingusbror if you believe that the 8 hour per day is cuz of people fighting for freedom then you are gullible. A collective resistance of unarmed workers are easily eradicated and replace with slaves or its equivalents, it's mostly because of politics, when your rivals has the higher moral grounds you will have no allies on your side when trouble came looking, the so-called "collective resistance" you talk about is nuisance at most and a weakness for enemies to exploit which is why working conditions is improved.
I'm so impressed by your dedication of proper pronounciation in every episode, no matter the country of origin of what you're making. As a Swede, hats and caps off to you for trying to pronounce our wierd language! And thanks for highlighting other stuff in History than war. Knowing what people ate in the past truly makes me closer to them.
Come on! He sounds like a muppet! False compliments are so demeaning.
@@rthj6446 He's like halfway there, where he's falling short is in the vowels, as in their proper tones and lengths. The way he pronounces "hetvägg" makes it sound like "hetvegg."
I'm willing to cut him _some_ slack, because English simply doesn't have the vowels Å, Ä, and Ö, but I think they would not be hard to learn. Maybe he will do another Swedish recipe some day.
I agree that people are exaggerating their praise, though I think that's because most English speakers trying to pronounce Scandinavian languages, are usually much worse.
One that always stuck with me was an older American man showcasing an old Karl Gustaf m/45 (the old Swedish army SMG), and he described it with great fondness, but trying to pronounce "Kulspritepistol" it came out as "karoolpistool."
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"RIAD SHADOW LEGANDS!" I was liiterally watching a makeup channel the other day and their sponsor is Raid Shadow Legends and I'm like, "This males no sense." but Max being sponsored by a town that relies on tourism based on recreating their culture from the old country makes perfect sense.
Just wait until Max hits Adam Ragusea levels! Then he'll get sponsored by an ENTIRE COUNTRY.
Yess! And it's such a cool place! Pretty small town but good food and activities (not so much at the moment) but definitely somewhere to visit if you're in the area
The power of baking.
@@leslaychandel947 Yeah I love it when the sponsorships actually make SENSE! And aren't overused!
It's a bit saddening that this poor guy's prevailing legacy is "that one king who ate himself to death" when he seems to have been such a gentle and even-handed ruler.
Why not both?
not sure a gentle ruler is a good one
@@frosmane9041 Sweden did prosper under his rule!
@Sown Not due to his efforts though. He left the Parliament (Riksdagen) alone to do whatever they felt needed. And by the way, Max dismissed his son Gustav III quite ignorantly.
Gustav III actively implemented many reforms in science and art. He supported the Swedish Royal Academy, which later formed the basis for the Nobel Prizes. He limited the death penalty, introduced an incipient religious freedom and many other things that developed Sweden.
@@shamcra Noted!
I (a Finn) have tried to explain these to my international friends so many times, most of my friends know which time of year they come around and call them my “decadent buns”… And for the modern version, theres a fierce battle between almond and jam filling fans, Im an almond girl all the way. Two months to go, then its one month of pure bliss!
Seems living on the border (Övertorneå) will allow me the best of both worlds, why choose when you can have it all?! ;)
Hillo on perhana parempaa!
@@yes-zb2fb Hillo on lapsille :)
SYLT?! XD
Both is best. Almond paste and raspberry jam. Strawberry jam makes it too sweet.
As a Swede and lover of Semlor I consider this to be hands down the best Semla document on the internet!
While I'm sure some traditionalists would complain about the modern semla not having a triangle lid it is definitely compensated by the ultratraditional hetvägg. But I also prefer and fully support the burger style featured here with it's more evenly and generous distribution of almond paste!
Moderation has no place when it comes to the Selma, every bite should fit a feast to kill a king.
“Buried with nutmegs under his eyelids.” ... there’s a Townsends joke in here somewhere.
🤣
Where do you think Townsends got his nutmeg from?!
Townsend sends his regards.
I imagine when Jon Townsend passes away, he is going to request to have nutmegs under his eyelids at his funeral
I love this community, the comments make me just as happy as the video
Bless you all
"Just biting into them and probably making a mess" is absolutely the traditional way to eat semlor
🤣 good. I did it right.
SO TRUE!
I'm pretty sure some ppl take the lid and dip in the cream and it it like first and then the rest.. Then again the right way to eat them is to put it in your mouth
I completely agree, if you dont get cream on the tip of your nose and powdered sugar all over the place you're eating it wrong :)
Oh, so like beignets
Swede here. I'm used to the modern version of course, but you made the older version look soo good. What a great channel. 👍
As a Swede who really loves semlor, you always eat the “lid” first, and then the rest of the bun. Less of a mess that way. 😊 And I believe the reason the original semla was served in milk was because it was difficult to preserve bread and it usually got stale, so soaking it in milk made a lot of sense back then. I love seeing my favorite pastry being presented like this, you did an amazing job telling the story!😃
No we dont
@@lovesoderpalm1555 Yes we do
@@crayon7405 No we dont
Depends. You can do how you want but eating the lid first shure makes things less messy.
@@lb2843 gör vi vist
Imagine being such a good chef a King literally kills himself over indulging in your food.
Bragging rights for life.
I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be bragging long because in a time before autopsies, the first suspect of an after dinner death is the one who made the food
Oh yes sir my cuisine is to DIE for....
@@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668 in fairness the story literally said the royal doctor did an autopsy
@@RandomGamerCory Good point
@@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668 autopsies have been practiced since the Roman Empire and possibly before
"sir would like another semlor?"
'no thanks i have had 13 already.'
"whats another semlor, it not like it going to kill you."
'yeah you are right i suppose, they are delicious.'
"Ohh sir.. Its only a wafer thin mint"
@@PurushNahiMahaPurush thank you! Was hoping that reference would pop up.
"Would you like to finish it off with this waffer theen mint? "
"Fuck off, I'm stuffed!"
"It's only Waffer thin"
"Oh, go on then"
Have a breath mint.
and nobody heard him utter another word
That look of absolute honesty and enlightenment after the first bite was felt in my Swedish heart. Semlor are in deed amazing. Thank you for sharing it with the world!
I can't tell you how much I appreciate this. I'm Swedish and American living in Sweden. Hetvägg the old way is like nothing else 💕😋
Being a swede, I once ate so many semlor that I felt sick for two weeks straight. It was a fascinating experience.
Give it time, and swedes will gain semla immunity.
Is this part of being a very northern person, where you are happy being sad and depressed?
@@be6715 Who said I was depressed? I mean I am, and yes it's part of being nordic, but it has nothing to do with semlor (semla in plural).
That's why I only eat one per year.
I had a semla last month and it made me feel so awful that I almost puked! Never again! I'll stick to the Danish fastelavnsboller :)
"I promise not to get political."
14 semlor later: the king is dead, long live the king
Fourteen semlor later, no s at the end - the "or" is the plural ending. The singular is semla.
lol
11:13 lost opportunity to say “if you had just used your head Ernst, you’d still have it.”
Loved the video
The BEST content on UA-cam that combines food, history, humor…perfection. So glad I found your channel, Max.
"-Nine-Lunn bun, what's your emergency?"
"- I ate 14 semlor accidentally"
reminds me of that bacon song from Rhett and Link
Accidentally on purpose.
Funny but a bit painful for me
"I'm going to end up with nutmegs for eyes, can you help me or not?!"
Take one thin mint waffle and expel them all.
Max: no matter how delectable these semlar are, do not eat 14 of them
Me: so the limit is 13?
not with that attitude
Uh oh
@@Cinnaschticks Uh oh
@@Cinnaschticks aw mayne what did you do you done went and gave yoself that shit smh
@@vmprie I didn't mean to send that three times-
Really good pronunciation! As a swede it’s always appreciated when people use the correct Swedish terms instead of just using the literal translation of the word
He rather sounds like a Finish person trying to speak Swedish with a thick accent. It's not actually good, but perhaps decent.
I’m new to this channel. When I first heard Max speak, I could tell right away by both the vocal placement and hulk of his voice that he’s a trained vocalist (opera/classical/ possibly theater also). Then towards the end of the video he began singing to his food, and suspicion confirmed. Nice video, Max 😘
"And he was fine with that, he had hobbies. He made snuff boxes and loved to eat."
What a dude.
He sounds like a human version of the bull Ferdinand in the old Disney movie "Ferdinand The Bull" that sat under the cork oak smelling on flowers rather than headbutting other bulls.
@@anderspersson7084 Hahaha yes, I just remembered that show lol. 😂
imagine if he'd been more into snuff boxes than eating. he could've made 14 snuff boxes instead and lived.
@@calamitysangfroid2407 Sweden may be very different today. Why Adolf why???
lol when I sit around doing hobbies and snacking it's some sort of quarantine problem - sure is good to be the king!
“He had hobbies. He made snuff boxes and loved to eat.”
Sounds like a cool guy.
Exactly. I might enjoy a snuff with him. Kingdoms sometimes need competent rulers but there are times for hand off approach too.:-)
Honestly, if he was alive today I bet he'd have a killer Instagram feed.
Yessssss!
Hanging out with his predecessors might land you at an epic battle. 25,000 Swedish soldiers firing their muskets in thunderous waves, artillery ripping men to shreds and cavalry ferociously slaughtering all in their path. Hanging out with Adolf Fredrik might land you at a 7 course dinner ended with a delicious dessert or in his room where he eagerly shows you his latest snuff box. If you're lucky he might even give you a snuff box for being such a nice guest! Why would he do such a thing? Does he have an ulterior motive? Nope, he's just a nice guy.
I know who i'd want to be friends with.
Yeah for a monarch you could do worse. Still be guillotined at the end of the day cos thats how you do, but afterwards you can feel slightly nostalgic. As opposed to "Good riddance, you can tell where he's buried by watching which direction farmers pee in the fields."
I absolutely love that you tell us about your kitchen blunders like the buns touching eachother. I think its wonderful for people who are just starting out cooking to hear that that stuff happens and it's okay. I've known people that have tried to cook before and something like that happens and then they just quit trying. Normalize and destigmatize failure. Failure is good. It's how we learn and get better. :)
Your pronounciation is probably the best "american trying to speak scandinavian" ive heard. 8.9/10 + 1 style point for giving in to the bit.
Like you actually nailed the scandinavian U sound, which no one else seems to get
Imagine making a channel just under a year ago and already being at over half a million subs and being sponsored by a literal town. This is a testament to the effort you put into this. Love your show.
I’m imagining it 🥰
@@TastingHistory you are living it, good sir. And I am grateful for it! You rock.
@@TastingHistory give some time. PEWDIEPIE himself might Notice your Love for History cooking.
Based on the reaction, I'd say the old recipe just hits so much harder than modern. Like, the modern looks fancier, but I want to be completely taken on a spiritual journey when I take my first bite. I want the spirit of a dead king to whisper in my ear, "I know, right? Totally worth it."
Can confirm. Made both versions, modern one is incredible, old one is spiritual journey worthy. Something about the bread being soaked and soft just elevates it so much
@@marissashea5103 I’m glad to hear it, and that you commented on this, cause now I’ve been reminded I need to make it again
@@jaydubcee_ you didnt hear correctly lmao the king said " Damn, I left my concubine under my bed and the Queen is gonna kill me"
@@marissashea5103
How I feel about tres leches, cake is phenomenal but a good tres leches is divine.
@@marissashea5103 that is why some swedes eat the modern ones soaked in hot milk. :)
My grandmother was Swedish, and came to the US during WWII with a group of women who had skills and were offered apprenticeships of sorts. They were given basic housing, food and amenities in exchange for working for the business'. While they learned English, and got on their feet. My grandmother was a baker. I remember her making Semla. Her recipe had pecans instead of almonds. With nutmeg, and clove. (In the filling not in the eye cavities) Now I'm tempted to go looking through her cook books because I've never made it myself.
Loved this video. Im Swedish and it is so lovely to see someone non Swedish do something so iconic as semlor. Glad you like it! Also you have a great pronounciation!!
"The dessert that killed a king"
Me: Wow! How??
"The king ate 14 semlors and then died!"
Me: Well ok it's a lot but surely...
The ingredients: *butter, butter, sugar, butter, sugar and butter. also eggs and whatever*
Me: I see.
Legit my exact train of thought
I think the wheat flour were a bigger culprit here compared to butter and eggs at least :)
@@myli9168 Be gone you vile spawn of LCHF heresy!
@@jonathanh222 what makes you think I'm LCHF?
@@myli9168 I'll explain how they know you're LCHF; Let's go ahead and do a quick fact check on the amount of flour; vs. The purported amount of fat and PURE carbs (sugar) he ate in a serving.
The king would've eaten 3x what max put here (max made 4 buns with his recipe, 4 x 3 is 12, the king died after 14 buns so this estimate is about as close as I could comfortably get without guessing.)
Starting with the cream, and milk; he would've consumed 1204 calories of cream and milk, making up 132 grams of fat, and 492 mg of cholesterol.
He would've eaten about 1828 calories of butter, which is 207 grams of fat, and 500 mg of cholesterol.
He'd have eaten about 18 eggs; which is roughly 1404 calories, at 90 grams of fat, and 3,366 mg of cholesterol.
Finally, the pure carbs, he ate 1100 calories of sugar, which is 300 grams of pure carbs.
Now let's look at the wheat flour; he would've eaten a whopping 12 cups of flour; this is 5460 calories, but calories don't kill; this is 1140 grams of carb; with 40.6 grams of dietary fiber; this is exactly how much raw flour one would need to eat to reach their daily iron requirement, with flour alone.
Now; looking at these numbers, there is a clear culprit.
ESPECIALLY considering the fact that he gorged himself on atleast 4 other fatty meals, usually prepared with butter, and supposedly many servings of each of those.
That, is how they can tell you're a LCHF.
No one in their right mind would think after all of the fat he ate; that it was somehow the carbohydrates that killed him in this manner. Hell; according to the autopsy, the carbs didn't even gave time to digest.
You know what was sitting in his gut hours before he ever got semlor? I'll give you a hint, none of them contain any carbs, and most of them are sea creatures.
Semlor is deeply connected with the Swedish winter. Imagine when everything is dark, cold and frozen and/or wet outside. You're tired and depressed and your clothes are all moisty and you step into a warm cozy café. All you want is a hot cup of coffee and a big sweet bun with lots of calories. Semlor is the king!
Sounds yummy
This sounds like something a Hobbit would eat for Second Breakfast. :-)
@@LuckyBadger yes. Hard to bring with you on an adventure thou..
So the semlor didn't just kill the king, they succeeded him
@@Gurrehable aggressive coup d'état, king never saw it coming
Wow! Thumbs up to you, Max, on your baking proficiencies, pronunciation attempts, video chops, and overall presentation. We shall indeed follow you here from Denmark from now on ❤😊
*Max Miller foodgasms*
"They're both fantastic"
Me:
*Smiles in swedish*
Which kind of swedish smile. The approving scowl one or one of the others?
Jag gillar dit ‘namn’. Hälsningar från Danmark. Fik en semla i går av min granne som är svensk. Så härligt!
@@Jimunu oh absolutely the special "we won again" smug one. Like this |) The one we get to use when we win at the Olympics (the real one _and_ the Norway one) hockey football Eurovision and country statistics |)
(we don’t talk about covid. But we... kinda... won. covid. again. In a way. ...I think?)
:'(
I'm going to be awfully careful the next time someone tells me a dessert "tastes like heaven."
Tastes like heaven, because guess where you'll be going soon....👀
The likes are at 69 😭
One way ticket to the place….
That's actually pretty sad to hear about the King. It's such a shame that someone enjoying food they love caused so much hardship.
I remember having one of these when I visited Stockholm a few years ago. I saw the thumbnail for this video and immediately had to watch because this was one of the best pastries I ever had. Death by semlor seems possible for sure.
I guess if something is going to kill you, you could do a lot worse than dessert...
That’s how I wanna go out
Life goals
@@lasagnasux4934 Death goals
So true
@@darthplagueis13 nice
One of the most impressive things about this channel is Max's fearlessness in pronouncing foreign languages. It would be all too easy as a cooking channel to butcher ( no pun intended) the pronunciations.
On the opposite end of the spectrum we have Andy at Binging with Babish who takes great pleasure in always mispronouncing Worchestershire because he just knows he can't get it right.
@@beckstheimpatient4135 bimbing with bombish? He won't even rise to the sausage challenge!
His Swedish pronunciation is really pretty good for someone who’s just started out. And it’s a really hard language to sound “native” in
Love that you actually give your best shot at pronunciation and don’t just apologize for stumbling over it or put it on screen with an embarrassed gesture.
May I say how utterly entertaining, informative and very professionally executed this is. The algorithm brought me here and I immediately subscribed after watching this. Looking forward to watch more of your work. ❣️
Swedes eats semlor the same way Americans eats Oreos, in different ways. And the ones who eats it in one way, think they are superior to the ones who eats them in another.
i hate oreos... dry fake chocolate flavored cookies, with chemically tasting flavored cream inside them. no thanks. But this Semlor looks divine. (edit for clarity)
@@Legohaiden How can you say such a thing, en garde my good sir (or madam)
@@Legohaiden I think you're taking a cookie way too seriously, dude. Chill out. Besides...
1. It's not chocolate, it's cookie. Those are wildly different things, so how the heck are you confusing them? Cookies are always dry by their very nature unless they're freshly baked, so why are you mentioning that as a negative? You may as well complain about grass for being green. Also, the cookie part of oreos is far from disgusting, it's bland at worst. Oversensitive much?
2. So what if the cream is flavored with chemicals? That's incidental; it's sweet & tasty, and doesn't taste stereotypically "chemically" at all. Hell, if you want to split hairs, literally all flavor in all substances is caused by chemicals, so it's irrelevant.
Just... chill, dude. There are many things out there that are much more worth malding over than a freaking cookie.
@@woutermollema lol i know a lot of people like them... but its that dang cream filling... i really do hate it.
@@Wazzen563 uhm.... what lol?
King made country so prosperous he could die of gluttony and still have a good track record. Good job on him, really.
He didn't do much, he wasnt in power of country decisions anymore.
The riksdag has law-making powers at the time. It's an assembly of four chambers from each of the important classes of the time. The aristocracy, the priesthood (only the lutheran state church is legal), the burghers of the cities and the comparatively well-off and prosperous farmers.
Whenever the Riksdag decided on something the Kings only job was to sign the papers. By 1756 if for some reason he refused twice to sign certain documents, they just stamped it with his name. So he wasn't really in charge.
So neither does he deserve praise for the prosperity, but neither does he deserve the blame, because the government was also terribly corrupt at this time.
@@cuffzter The power balance between the riksdag and the crown shifts through the years. At this point, it's not in the crown's favor. At other times, the crown can and will dissolve the riksdag.
The amount of landowning peasants is pretty cool.
KittenCritters that's the way liberty and prosperity happens.
@tastinghistorywithMax,
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Given his lifestyle and the list of symptoms given, it sounds more like he suffered a heart attack than died from overeating, but eating that much of anything can't possibly be good for you in any case.
I was thinking maybe a stroke brought on by constipation, but yeah, any way you slice it, you're tempting fate when you eat fourteen full servings of anything...
I was thinking an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Symptoms described seem to line up.
@@ParkerUAS ruptured AAA. They described it perfectly.
@@ParkerUAS Except for them not noticing massive internal bleeding when they did the autopsy. A widowmaker (blocked LAD artery) heart attack would also fit the symptoms, especially when you consider his age and lifestyle.
@@ParkerUAS Especially the literal stomach that was packed with food, some unchewed. I mean, that'll put a lot of pressure on the arteries, and if they're already weak from poor health, I can imagine that being the final straw.
As a native Swedish speaker I absolutely love your Swedish accent. it sounds like the Swedish chef.
The one from the Muppets? Is this a compliment? lol
Jag är finländare och det är konstigt att höra "fastlagsbulle" kallas semla
@@fionaclaphamhoward5876 No. The Swedish chef does mock norwegian.
Basically in that time of history he would have been a pleb.
@@solared Bor i Småland och vi kallar dem oxå fastlagsbullar här.
@@solared jag är född i sverige och har aldrig hört dom kallas något annat än semla, men sen bryr jag mig inte speciellt mkt om söta bakelser.
When I was little, semlor (even the modern version with whipped cream)
were served in a bowl with hot milk, with or without sugar in the milk.
Nowadays, people normally eat them as they are.
Two colleagues of mine on Teams a couple of months ago (during semmel season)
after our boss had mistaken the date for mardi gras by a month
and, corrected, said that we at least had time to bake our own semlor,
and I had said that people even had time to make sour dough semlor:
Colleague no 1: Last year, I accidentally bought a semla that turned out to be sour dough. SACRILEGE!
Colleague no 2: Accidentally buying a semla - that's me.
Grew up eating them in warm milk. Love how the cream, little chunks of bun, all the flavors melt into the milk.the 😀
I need to make these so bad, I am 100% gonna try your recipe sometime! Love your videos, they make my days go by much more smoothly and pleasantly
I must say as a swedish fan of yours, this was very well done and I'm actually blown away by the pronunciations you did because swedes would definitely understand them, I'm proud of you! Another fun coincidence: It was actually pretty recently that a swedish program made a documentary series about swedish queens through the ages and this particular story was ofc mentioned, the timing is unworldly! :D
i don't know much about sweedish history. definately interested
Yeah it's true we understand the pronunciation but it is horrible. Almost every single sound he makes while speaking Swedish is wrong.
@@No0bT4rD Wow, you're depressing.
@@sod0m I'm just happy to be here :)
@@No0bT4rD I'd say it's really good for someone who hasn't learned Swedish!
I've seen a lot of sponsorships in my day but I never expected someone to be sponsored by a city
Simon and Martina (they were living in Japan at the time) was sponsored by the city Malmö in Sweden. It caught me off guard since I hadn't expected my favorite UA-camrs to be sponsored by a city in my country. The video turned out great 👍
@@Pschokid Who are they and what was that video about? O.o
Malmö is my hometown, btw.
Honestly more towns should do it, I would have never known about the city, and it makes me want to visit it one day.
@@KaptenN they make kpop/korean videos (their channel is eat your kimchi)
@@kichop Hmm... The only connection between Korea and Malmö that I know is "Kockums kranen".
0:31 had me laughing. It looked like one of the men in that painting was checking the fat guy's pulse to see if he was alive.
Recently discovered your channel, and just wanted to point out your outstanding attention to pronunciation of foreign words and names. It’s amazing
"It's way too big a bite. Okay, it's still a big bite, but I don't care." - Ah, it seems you've inadvertently embodied the spirit of Adolf Frederick. Good form. 😄
He'd be proud.
It's impossible to eat Semla without making a mess! And you kind of have to take a bit bite so as to not dip your nose too much in the cream! 😂
Most people would it the lid first though!
I usually eat it by dipping the lid in the cream like a nacho and dip. Then I eat the rest😋
I'm more concerned about his tyrant heir at this point
Dear Max, I don’t know where else to send this so here it is.
Thank you for saving my life. If it wasn’t for those ancient donuts (which I never got to try or finish cooking) and burning my hands and face with exploding oil and being sent to the emergency department, I’d never have found the massive issue with my blood pressure. Things are now stabilising with the meds and there’s no lasting harm done to any internal organs and you’d never tell I was burnt. So thank you for being amazing and making me new recipes. You were legit instrumental in saving my life. Love Andrea from Melbourne, Aus 😘😘😘
That is absolutely wild oh my god (edit: not hating, I’m just laughing from how crazy it is)
😯
Dessert may have ended King Adolf Friedrich's life, but it saved yours.
holy shit! glad youre doing alright now! well wishes for the future!
Woah. I really pray you're doing better. Take care :)
I think it’s cool of you to include different measurements for ingredients for everyone. Thank you!
A nice surprise to see Lindsborg mentioned. My mom is from there and I've visited a few times. It is intensely Swedish.
I love that historical chef's had food figured out, then when we look at the cookbooks from the 40's and 50's you end up with stuff like a banana covered in mayonnaise, lettuce, and almonds and wonder where it all went wrong.
That has more to do with recipe preservation methods than the actual differences in skill through the ages. The first cookbooks were written by the experts of the day (and are a bit hard to follow because how to WRITE a recipe hadn't been worked out yet). The 40's and 50's were the first time cookbooks were published by literally everyone and their Grandma. By then "how to write a recipe" was very standardized so those horrible recipes are much easier to follow... even if the skill of the inventor was far, far lower.
We do have some records of historical "bad cooking" before the invention of mass cookbooks. Mostly in reports from sieges/famines on desperation cooking, laws from guilds on how NOT to do beer or bread, and some literary descriptions of bad meals. (And some occasional archeological find of very, very old food)
@@kin2naruto Plus the 40s and 50s were a time when Americans were moving wholesale into suburban homes, and there was a push to turn one's home into an object of both luxury and leisure, along with all of the new kitchen appliances. That meant a glut of magazines and books trying to cater to this newfound domesticity, and their content often ran to ridiculous lows of gastronomic torture.
A banana covered in mayonnaise!? Thank you for my new nightmare.
And here I thought "Toast Hawaii" was hideous....
@@paavobergmann4920 Bananas and mayonnaise are quite good together actually! Plantains are used in savory dishes all the time - bananas work that way too.
Similarly to music, recipes that are good will survive the test of time, whereas the ones that are bad won't. Similarly to how the only music we remeber from certain eras is the good stuff since the bad stuff is forgotten
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This is one of my favorite misfortunes so im glad you covered it and even the dish that he ate! Your Swedish accent is so good too!
I have never heard of those particular monarchs, you learn something new every day, thank you Max ❤
As a Swede, I'm utterly proud that You covered something that is just something seen in sweden
We know them here in London too, and we have a shop that specialises in them,. We are very lucky!
Finland too! Although we use rasberry jam instead of almond paste.
Finland? Do you mean östra rikshalvan?
@@popdartan7986 Translation: "Eastern half of the crown"
@@MLakeside This is why we all think you are weird Finland... It does sound pretty good tho. Vanilla paste would probably be sick too if one dares to think outside the box.
This channel is why UA-cam was created. To think: we may have never met Max had it not been for the internet. Oh, tragic prospect! Awesome episode and channel!
If it were not for the pandemic as well he would still be working at Disney.
I've been binging watching these while I've been sick for the past week or so. It's very comforting to watch him try all manner of delicious food, while learning some history, while I have no appetite for food
The modern version, which is also enjoyed in Finland once a year as it is in Sweden, is one of my favourites pastries. I'd love to try the historical version, though. It sounds and looks delicious and your expression just told it all. 😃 What I usually do when I eat them is to put some of the cream on the hat and I eat that first before indulging in the bottom. Utterly delicious and it's not messy that way.
As a Swede I have to say Max’s Swedish was good.
Not perfect, but I think you need to live here for maybe 10+ years to get it perfectly, but Max did impressively well.
Ist max a restaurant too?
@@chevyguy1422 Basically a Swedish version of McDonald's. AFAIK Max is the only hamburger chain that's managed to kick McD's out of an entire region in any country (northern Sweden). I dunno if it's true, but aparently it had a lot to do with the Swedish idiosyncrasy to eat almost everything with utensils (even chick drum sticks and hamburgers a lot of time). Max offered utensils, McD's didn't.
Marcus Andersson so Swede-phisticated! I'm in, where's the nearest Max's? [No Locations in Canada] Shit. North Sweden here I come! [Travel Ban] Oh...
@@chevyguy1422 MAX in sweden is a burger joint, yes.
IQzminus2 I thought you just had to say "Hurgen Flurgen Flod" really Swedishy like...
At 15:55, I was really hoping Max would say "These are to die for."
Shoutout to Tova who helped you with pronunciation! I love it
Sometimes UA-cam shines and you made it! Even for me, grown up and living in Sweden, there was a lot of new to learn. Many thanks!
As a Swede, I'm absolutely in love with Max's pronunciation, it's understandable and has a fun stiffness that reminds me of how swedes talked in the early 1900s. Well done Max! 😁
His pronunciation is terrible, English people butcher Swedish whenever they try to pronounce Swedish.
@@nordscan9043 He doesn't sound bad for a non-native speaker imo
@@strawberryrnilk Jag pratar inte sa dar pa Svenska.
@@nordscan9043 People from minority languages always get super harsh about someone foreign speaking their language because they aren't used to it. People speak with hugely varied accents in English and most people are fine with it as long as it is understood.
@@nordscan9043 Dude... he knows literally no Swedish at all...
I'd like to hear you try to pronounce things in Pashtu or Mandarin for the first time...
Max Miller talking about semlor on the very Fettisdag itself? A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!
It is a great surprise it is
Was just eating a semla and then saw this :)
A very welcome one indeed
a prequel meme in a tasting history comments section? a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!
@Mel Hawk They are very good, but super heavy. The upside is they are super easy to make in the modern version (which is even simpler than the one Max did):
Just get a light and airy, sweet "sally lunn-style" bun, cut the top off, smear some almond paste and roasted crushed almonds on it (optional but highly recommended), heap a generous dollop of whipped cream over that, then put the lid back on and sprinkle some powdered sugar. That is the most common version today!
Omg this is the Semula that big mom killed a whole town for😳
I came across your video because I was rushing to watch something on my work break. I clicked cause history things interest me. Now I watch whenever I can
I think it's amazing that you interact with people from the cultures you're teaching us about so that you can get pronunciations and little details correct, it's incredibly thoughtful!
Thank you 🙏 I try to get it all correct but it’s really because I love talking to people from other places. 😁
@@TastingHistory Still waiting for you to speak in an English accent for those English recipes
@@TastingHistory it's pretty hot tbh
@@KimiHayashi lol
@@MikaelMurstam I know he's gay LOL don't worry
I never ceased to be impressed by Max's facility for pronunciation of foreign languages. His Chinese the other day was remarkable.
Just found you and I have to go to bed but MY GOODNESS are you charming and I loved every second of this. Evangelizing by sending it to friends and family! Thanks for being you on camera, I can't wait to binge watch (and binge cook/bake, though PERHAPS not enough to famously pass away. Jury's out)!
Thank you for making my night!
I love the smiley face the egg yolks and reflection in the bowl make at the end.
As a swede I find it extremely impressive how correctly you pronounced all the words. I’ve been subscribed to your account now for quite a while and I always look forward to your new episodes. And as an archaeologist I find your love of history really refreshing.
Keep up the good work!
It’s a haaaaard language but it was fun to try my best ☺️
@@TastingHistory Quite literally one of the more difficult ones out there, yea. See we never bothered with these nonsensical "rules" about grammar that most other languages indulge in. It's either right or wrong and that's that and there's no real way of telling other then asking someone who speaks it.
he forgot the almondpaste (mandelmassan) thou on the modern version
@@harmen2456 For an English speaker, Swedish is not at all one of the hardest languages
@@se6369 agree; I've worked with Swedes a lot, and other than the 'lilt,' I've had little trouble with the language.
Chinese, though? Ouch. That's tough.
I'm proud you resisted the temptation to go with a Swedish Chef joke.
who was waiting for him to throw something back behind him?
Borky Berky Semlor Bork Bork bork!
if anyone watches one piece, this is the dessert Big Mom has before eating her mom and friends :) her favorite food because of that memory.
tried searching for someone to talk about big mom
@@cheeseboiboi1767 Litterally same atm!
The look on your face as you ate that first bite was amazing ! I could see how delicious you thought they were. You are very funny but engaging and I really enjoy your videos.
Nutmegs for eyes? Honestly I think that's how Townsends is going to pay the ferryman when he gets to the styx.
OMFG I DIED
Mr. Townsend would probably laugh his ass off at your comment!
I came down here for the Townsends nutmeg eyes joke so I didn't have to make it
Huh, I wonder what the exchange rate for obols even is...
This channel is a marvel. As a history buff, I absolutely love it. I admire the research and application you do for the food ... but what really astonishes me is the effort you put into pronunciation. Coming from Europe, I live in a diverse cultural region and love to delve into different cultures, appreciating each of them for the things they have brought to the world. Your attention to the language is - to me - also a way to pay homage to the culture that is the source of the recipe you're working on. My hat off to you :)
Well said! 💙
I came down here to comment on the fact that he very obviously did his research on pronunciation, and clearly practiced it beforehand. I love it when content creators take their time to do so!
Holy heck, the moment Max bit into that semla you could practically hear his taste buds burst into an angelic chorus.
I could see the modern one being a great fit for summer time as a nice and cool treat while the version from the 1800s would be wonderful during the winters to help you fight off that winter chill. Either way, those do look absolutely amazing.
I feel like I learn more from an episode of Tasting History than from an entire semester of my history class LMFOAOO
right??? i'm planning on using some of this information on an AP european history test eventually...
As a history teacher i either has to aploud that or scold your teacher.
Awww thanks
You enjoy it more thats for sure. A good history teacher is a good actor as well. I had one that dressed up in costume. He did Gettysburg address dressed up as Abraham Lincoln. As a young student he inspired me to memorize it.
For real, though, it's kind of surprising how much culture and history you can glean from understanding the food of a people.
Going to add in here that as a native speaker of Swedish, I'm genuinely impressed with Max's pronunciation. Great job there Max! :)
Yeah, I have no idea how to speak Swedish so I'm maybe not the best judge, but I thought his pronunciation was great. He pulled out (and pulled-off) a nice accent with the pronunciation. It did sound kind of tacky/fake/overblown, but I think that's very normal for people to do when speaking an unfamiliar language.
13:53
A very applicable moral!
I put the normal one into milk, actually just did it a couple of weeks ago (we had tasting of semlas now to select semla suppliers for next year) and used the milk function of the office coffee machine to get warm milk, and it was fabulous! Important is to not let the cream touch the milk
Adolf Frederick: "My dinner plate don't want none unless you got semla buns hon."
Tasting history: This dessert KILLED A KING!
Me: as a guy highly allergic to almonds I can relate, what a dish to die for 😂
Most people are allergic to almonds, they have cyanide in them.
@@Robolodon
*D A M N !*
@@Robolodon That's... not how allergies... ...Just no.
Toxins =/= allergens
And humans actually have a much higher tolerance for cyanide than people think. We have enzymes dedicated to breaking it down.
@@benjaminmiller3620 it was a joke
@@benjaminmiller3620 I know this
The modern semla bun is baked with crushed cardimon seeds in the dough. It really gives them a special charachter that goes perfectly with the almond paste.
The bun should be very light and fluffy if you are going to eat it straight (not soaked in hot milk)
If you visit sweden during january-march, you can get them anywhere, but I highly recommend you go to one of the better cafe's and get the freshest and nicest one you can find.
I'm so glad I found your channel. I absolutely love watching your videos. They are truly fascinating! I may attempt to make this one day. 😁