Recreating the Last Meal of Ötzi the Iceman

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@TastingHistory Ай бұрын

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@KetchupwithMaxandJose Ай бұрын

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@Pygar2 Ай бұрын

Video idea: Tasting History recipes you actually used in real life!

@platynowa Ай бұрын

You have an international audience, and most of the world uses Celsius for temperature, so you could at least give temps in that too.

@brolohalflemming7042 Ай бұрын

Oh, just down the road from me! Although London used to be known as the 'Big Smoke', it's not reknowned for it's smokeries. And if it were, councils would probably have banned them by now. Also anyone who needs HelloFresh to make a cheese toastie is obviously not watching this channel closely enough.

@topcatcoast2coast579 Ай бұрын

Your cuts would look so much better if you used 2 cameras. 30⁰ to 50⁰ apart would be 👌

@LvOneRose Ай бұрын

They killed Ötzi for his swag. His shoes were too fresh, his coat too fly, his medicines supreme.

@glorygloryholeallelujah Ай бұрын

Not to mention those bang’n leather/fur patchwork pants!

@RonaldReaganRocks1 Ай бұрын

Guy was too fabulous to live. He HAD to go.

@TheFabulousGravyTrain Ай бұрын

Who knew Otzi was Superbad.

@justinmusicstuff6819 Ай бұрын

Whoever killed him left extremely valuable tools for the time on him.

@greyblob1101 Ай бұрын

He even ended up dabbing on them in the end

@thesahel7218 Ай бұрын

I find it funny how a lot of ancient kings were obsessed with legacy, only to be completely lost to history. And then there's Ötzi some random guy who will be remembered forever.

@andersjjensen Ай бұрын

That fancy axe and his advanced years makes it quite plausible that he was a tribe leader. The wound on his hand and his subsequent flight could very well have been a power struggle for "the crown". What transpired that day may have had as much impact on his tribe as the murder of Julius Caesar had on Rome, millennia later. It could even be "the same story" of betrayal at the closest level, but on a smaller scale in a smaller society. But we will never know. What we do know, is that the one who murdered him didn't rob him of his valuables. He just wanted his arrow shaft back. And that, to me, says "This is personal, but I mean no disrespect".

@nimrodsson4029 Ай бұрын

I love that in Ancient Rome, if you weren’t liked by the scribes, they would just make up things about you, knowing that in a couple hundred years, no one would be able to differentiate the truth from their rumors. It’s basically like a twitter feed that is still read and talked about thousands of years later. Because of that, we really don’t know exactly how much of their writings about ancient rulers are true. Especially with the case of Tiberius Caesar and Caligula. They were evil, but much of the info you can find about them was written hundreds of years after their deaths by people that absolutely loathed both of them.

@Xion431 Ай бұрын

@@andersjjensen its also a bit suspect that he has no direct descendants...(looks like I was wrong, as many people have pointed out they have found about 20 direct descendants)

@nimrodsson4029 Ай бұрын

It is funny asf though that Caligula loaded up his entire military to “conquer the Britons,” only for him to order his men to collect sea shells, as soon as they reached the beach, then commanded his men to load back up for their voyage back to Rome. They killed him very shortly after returning.

@satyr1349 Ай бұрын

@@Xion431 That we know of....

@explosivetwist Ай бұрын

Bandit or Saint, Otzi was strong as hell. Imagine living with those types of medical conditions but still climbing 6000ft of elevation in a day.

@JeffEbe-te2xs Ай бұрын

And lived off Jonny cakes

@Master_Yoda1990 Ай бұрын

Not only that, but climbing that in just a few hours without any trails.

@thrwwccnt5845 Ай бұрын

yet still put down with an arrow

@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache Ай бұрын

@@thrwwccnt5845 You'd be put down by an arrow if you were exhausted from mountain climbing and had every possible joint pain too.

@thrwwccnt5845 Ай бұрын

@@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache nah I'd walk it off. skill issue

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 28 күн бұрын

The archaeology of Ötzi is incredible but it's also insane to think that, ten millennia from now, some hikers could find my body and write, "At the time he died, he had a papercut and was mildly sleep-deprived. He was carrying a phone and a wallet typical of 21st-century North America, as well as a gum wrapper he hadn't thrown away yet and a cool rock he found. His stomach contained an entire pint of ice cream."

@humble_frog 24 күн бұрын

"The fact he had a full pint of ice cream means he was extremely wealthy during his time"

@ItsASkelley 24 күн бұрын

judging by the wallet being leather he had immense wealth during his lifetime

@Shin.ToumaFR 21 күн бұрын

From the rock we suggest that this guy collecting rock as a form of ritual to praise and praying the great goddess of rock

@OldSchool82 21 күн бұрын

id like to see that rock

@TheMcPhersonTape 15 күн бұрын

Spearmint Orbit was clearly for medicinal purposes

@maxtsukan4464 Ай бұрын

RIP Ötzi, you would have loved Cracker Barrel

@Roddy556 Ай бұрын

I would love it too if we had one nearby 😢

@Michael-kw1mz Ай бұрын

That chicken and dumplings platter would make them weep for joy.

@Grunttamer Ай бұрын

@@Roddy556 I've got bad news for you, look at their stock. you probably wont get one any time soon. :/

@conradaster3764 Ай бұрын

Cracker B was my 1st job and the beginning of my love affair with culinary

@raven4442 Ай бұрын

I doubt it.

@Nurg0 Ай бұрын

How have they not found his killer yet? #justiceForÖtzi

@ULTRAOutdoorsman Ай бұрын

It's a cold case, that's for sure

@sunnylifecrochet Ай бұрын

Frozen case

@Nagol93 Ай бұрын

It was me, I did it

@richardcoleman3425 Ай бұрын

UK police wouldn't even start looking - Our fat Bobbies have a rule - "Never start a chase you can't finish!"

@kubikkuratko188 Ай бұрын

@@ULTRAOutdoorsmantheres no time limit for murders!

@shelbyoeler7417 26 күн бұрын

So what I’m hearing is he was dripped out, iced out, had hella loot, full tummy, and was generally a badass

@MB-ev9ix 19 күн бұрын

@thebathroombandit my brother in christ What are you saying

@eriknewton1066 17 күн бұрын

@@thebathroombanditWhy don’t you just leave Earth for people with actual brains?

@obnoxiouspedant 16 күн бұрын

@@thebathroombanditcalm down ok

@didi012578 15 күн бұрын

This is why we can't have nice things. @@obnoxiouspedant

@steveh.7664 15 күн бұрын

Otzi was a tough son of a gun. Tattoos for the pain. Crazy

@mehmetcemilkarsl1830 Ай бұрын

Blood samples from 4 different individuals were found on his clothes. His recently broken ribs are just starting to heal. a serious wound on his head and a deep cut to the bone on his hand. The arrow on your shoulder is the final point. My friend, this man fought with a group and managed to survive. This group is a minimum of 4 people. Ötzi managed to wound all four of them. He also managed to escape. They are definitely following him. The reason why Ötzi went to the impossible nature is to escape these people. They approached him in a heavy blizzard. They shot him with an arrow, but Ötzi managed to escape again. The fact that the valuable equipment he had with him was not taken is proof that he survived. He survived those people, but died from blood loss shortly after. We will not know whether Ötzi was guilty or a victim.

@b0ne91 29 күн бұрын

I think something like this is most likely. The idea that someone else would pull out the arrow (shaft) but leave the valuable copper axe is just too unlikely. I know there's a theory that he was ambushed by friends/someone he knew and they couldn't take any of his valuables at risk of being recognized by other people for most likely having killed him. Could he have been shot, fallen and been somewhere where nobody could retrieve the valuables? Possibly. But again, what about the arrow head? Even if he'd pulled it out, surely there would've been remnants at the scene and from what I understand, that was the most recent wound he had sustained very shortly before his death.

@Judathehero 27 күн бұрын

Great break down. Very possible...the fact he still had this items makes this very likely

@simonrudholm1710 27 күн бұрын

@@b0ne91Maybe he was with someone else that the persuers needed to catch and they didn't have time to search his body before it was covered in snow.

@Lanzayim 27 күн бұрын

It was the Mafia

@mehmetcemilkarsl1830 27 күн бұрын

@b0ne91 I think he pulled the arrow out on the road while running away and threw it away. The reason is that ancient arrows with stone tips were attached to the handle with a kind of paste glue. If you pull the arrow straight in the opposite direction of the entry direction, it will come out with its tip. But the arrow was on Otz's back. Reaching over and pulling it out quickly from an opposite angle caused the tip to remain inside. As a result, the resulting wooden shaft rotted away somewhere within a 30-minute running distance or was buried under the snow and is waiting to be found today.

@foobles5082 Ай бұрын

Hi, archaeologist here! Just wanted too share the fact that we actually determined where Ötzi might have come from. Based on oxygen isotope analysis conducted on Ötzi's teeth, we actually discovered that Ötzi grew up in the Eisack Valley watershed, and spent most of his time as an adult in the mountains of Vinschgau. Ötzi's history is super fascinating! (Bonus fact; microscopic traces on Ötzi's coat indicated that he spent a lot of time around copper, indicating that he may have been a copper smith! So his axe may have been something he actually created!)

@patrikhjorth3291 Ай бұрын

Wouldn't a copper smith have been very rare at the time? When most other people were making tools from wood, stone and bone, here's this guy who can conjure an axe head by _melting rocks_ in a fire. I can't help but wonder if that could have something to do with why he was killed. We'll likely never know, of course. Edit: You can all stop telling me I'm stupid, @foobles5082 has already (politely) explained my misconception.

@gideonros2705 Ай бұрын

Interesting

@alexanderfielding Ай бұрын

Can I ask what kind of archaeology you work on? Super cool and interesting field.

@foobles5082 Ай бұрын

@@alexanderfielding I’m an experimental archaeologist specializing in Bronze Age materials (just finishing my masters!) We covered Ötzi extensively during a prehistoric archaeology course

@Jagrofes Ай бұрын

Archaeologists out here solving 5000 year old murder mysteries, while your average cop says there is “nothing we can do” when given CCTV footage, a recording and multiple eye witnesses to a crime.

@patavinity1262 Ай бұрын

Watching this made me realize how much I appreciate the availability of salt.

@ULTRAOutdoorsman Ай бұрын

Smoke is just salt that destroys your colon instead of your kidneys

@Baysha1000 Ай бұрын

Neolithic people did have salt (for the most part). There was an extensive trade network throughout Europe.

@patavinity1262 Ай бұрын

@@Baysha1000 Interesting. Even this far inland?

@jwalster9412 Ай бұрын

Some had salty comebacks.@kroganlove3640

@legochickenguy4938 Ай бұрын

One of the more important substances in human history, though not so much anymore

@mat_name_whatever 29 күн бұрын

**A few thousand years from now, on cooking history:** "Today we are making twenty first century 'pancakes'. Now, we don't exactly know how they would have heated this, so I'm going to set my remoleculamizer to 10 kiloflirps, which is probably close to what they would have done. I have also seasoned the cake with meatpowder since I don't have real bacon and I'm not sure how one would safely prepare real meat anyways"

@ShiroiShinjuDC5 24 күн бұрын

For real who uses real meat anymore I didn’t even know there were animals left I always just eat the unflavored sustenance powder I put in my lead water

@TatraTea-ep9be 19 күн бұрын

Max's great great great great great great great great great grandson would be hosting this.

@Itisstillok 13 күн бұрын

Scientists say that a person ate a bread product with pineapples, but this simply cannot be true.

@cj-seejay-cj-seejay Ай бұрын

I remember watching a history channel documentary about Ötzi a little over 20 years ago. The experts interviewed said things like, "He probably lived in a close-knit, peaceful society without war." THEN they found the arrowhead!!! They legit had to update the documentary to edit out the part about the peaceful society!!

@ThomasStClair-zr2lb Ай бұрын

I'm so grateful Otzi was found in the 90s and not in the Victorian era. Who knows what wild fate would have happened to him.

@KingoftheWelsh Ай бұрын

Probably eaten, those Victorian freaks

@1D991 Ай бұрын

They probably would've ground him up and used him for cosmetics, paint pigments, "medicines," and just straight up eaten pieces of him like they did with other mummies

@jazmineraymond7495 Ай бұрын

He would have been eaten 100%, those people were freaks.

@yungwildnfree Ай бұрын

Ew never heard of this where can I get more insights why they did this? And where?

@napoleonfeanor Ай бұрын

No they wouldn't. Would have actually researched him but his corpse would have gone bad by now.

@ffwast Ай бұрын

You _claim_ that the ice man didn't have a weber kettle grill but they just didn't find one with his body, and it would perfectly explain the rest of his possessions being left alone if his attackers were too occupied with carrying away his weber kettle grill.

@Window4503 Ай бұрын

Weber: Established from time immemorial

@hughbert4928 Ай бұрын

I mean, it's a REALLY good grill

@jazzycat8917 Ай бұрын

As someone with an archaeology degree, i can confirm this theory as plausible

@nlald Ай бұрын

Stimmt!

@trevoreyre2775 Ай бұрын

Ötzi was ahead of his time.

@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 Ай бұрын

Otzi probably pulled the Arrow out himself before he fell down the ravine. If his killer had pulled out the Arrow then he would have surely looted his corpse, especially that nice copper axe.

@leaderofcommunistchina1427 27 күн бұрын

good point

@Stonyree 20 күн бұрын

He missed the point though hehehe

@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 19 күн бұрын

@thebathroombandit In Otzi's time people hadn't yet invented Bronze, or learnt how to smelt Iron, so Copper was as good as it got in weapons and tools. So basically Copper axe was a very high tier item.

@MrDeadlysirius 14 күн бұрын

+2 copper axe

@rickychen3360 11 күн бұрын

I don't think that is possible, because that arrow actually hit one of his major muscles in his left shoulder which is the left subclavian artery, this type of injury is fatal as it lead to a massive amount of blood loss immediately and leads to almost instant death.

@rinmathews9337 Ай бұрын

I don''t know if you'll read this comment, but that injury on his hand is very common when people stab something with a knife that doesn't have a handguard. Blood is slippery and when you hit something solid like a bone, suddenly your hand keeps moving forward but the knife stops. He could have gotten that killing one of the animals or fighting a person. Source: I'm a crime scene investigator and you see that all the time at stabbing scenes.

@eledatowle8767 Ай бұрын

Fascinating! I wouldn't have thought of such a thing, but having gutted deer before, I can certainly see how that makes sense. Thanks for sharing!

@zm453 29 күн бұрын

what if he held the attackers knife from the blade end as a desperate measure and the attacker pulled it away? is that possible? or that would make a different wound pattern?

@leodesgarcons 24 күн бұрын

⁠@@zm453im no forensics expert or anything, but in that case i feel that otzi would probably have atleast 2 cut wounds on his hand from holding the blade. one on the webbing of his hand between his thumb and pointer finger (like the one he has) and cuts on the inside of his other fingers from gripping the blade of the knife.

@__nog642 7 күн бұрын

Pretty sure that dude had hunted enough animals to know how not to cut himself. Maybe in a fight though.

@LurkerSmurf Ай бұрын

Max missed a golden opportunity. If Ötzi was traveling or on a multi-day hunting trip, the einkorn was probably a prehistoric hardtack.

@bonniebrush94 Ай бұрын

Or maybe pemmican?

@LurkerSmurf Ай бұрын

@@bonniebrush94 Yes, that's even more likely and would account for all the ingredients.

@seankane8628 Ай бұрын

Clack Clack

@ULTRAOutdoorsman Ай бұрын

You can just carry around cakes and breads and they don't have to be ship's biscuits. You guys are underestimating just how unpalatably hard actual hardtack is.

@realhorrorshow8547 Ай бұрын

@@bonniebrush94 That might account for the predominance of sheep fat. A binding agent - and a good energy food - to hold the meat and grain together.

@neerajsoman Ай бұрын

Here's Max looking sprightly in his 40's, and here I am about to enter my 40's, looking like Otzi...

@TastingHistory Ай бұрын

LOL!

@Colddirector Ай бұрын

@@TastingHistory I seriously thought you were mid-thirties at the oldest.

@mary-janereallynotsarah684 Ай бұрын

@Colddirector I thought that too! Wtf lol

@kimemia_maina Ай бұрын

Its the hard tack (clack clack)

@coppurt Ай бұрын

@@TastingHistory Tell us your beauty secrets! Is it all the historic meals that invigorate you?

@TB-oy6pe Ай бұрын

I’m sure that meal tasted just as good to Ötzi as any modern meal does to us. Our sense of “good” flavor evolves over time based on what’s commonly available. Not sure a hunter gatherer from that area & time period would even enjoy our modern sauces, spices, seasonings etc. like we do

@stromboli2131 Ай бұрын

Otzi just kept going. Thats that dog in em lol. That willingness to keep alive and just keep on trudging along. And that tool kit! He had everything he needed, only the essentials. I like to dream of what life mustve been like.

@ShieldAre Ай бұрын

One interesting part of Ötzi is that he still has all that equipment and especially the copper axe. The axe was probably extremely valuable, so leaving it would have been like killing someone with a clearly visible pouch full of gold coins, and not bothering to take the gold, even though you got close enough to bash their head in. So why would you kill someone and even bash their head in, but not take a second to take the copper axe? That opens interesting speculation: Was the murder done in such a hurry that they had no time to loot? Was this some sort of ritual murder where the deliberately left him with his valuables? Was the head wound from falling, and Ötzi fell somewhere where he was difficult to get to? Or maybe the copper axe was so distinctive, that taking it would have instantly made you recognisable as a thief and likely the murderer?

@jaysmith8199 Ай бұрын

Totally agree, trenchcoat is coming out!😊 I personally think he was shot, ran, fell down a steep part and was not located because of the snow.

@patricks.6812 Ай бұрын

He could have been with friends that drove the attackers off but then the snow made it impossible to find his body. Or a rapidly approaching storm made them leave before they could take the items. We will never know.

@filidhdeklend893 Ай бұрын

@@jaysmith8199 except whoever shot him in the shoulder also retrieved the arrow shaft. It IS weird that whoever did it didn't take the axe, or at least the axe head. That copper would have been very valuable.

@emmapeel8163 Ай бұрын

someone removed their arrow, but left his valuables.

@Ajax_Kennedy Ай бұрын

The arrow in the back suggests he was fleeing. My thought is that the axe was stolen (Max just mentioned this possibility right after i got this all typed out. 😂) I think he was shot during his escape but not incapacitated by the arrow. He could have fled some distance from his attacker before falling to his wounds. But he did have L U M B A G O, so who knows how far he would have run. Uncle wouldn't go far... 👴

@fidget0227 Ай бұрын

Dude’s a badass. Covered in tats and bear skin that he probably hunted himself, super valuable copper axe, body chock full of disease but the only thing that could stop him was an arrow in the back.

@explosivetwist Ай бұрын

Yea, the only way they could get him was basically a sucker punch to his back. Otherwise they'd have lost the fight.

@WwarpfirewW Ай бұрын

It is very interesting, I wonder if they did some studies on plants he probably used as medicine, but what I think was the strongest medicine back then, is mental strength. Assuming from tattooes and most likely spiritual believs about medical plants, placebo efects may have had very strong effect on people back then, they still do in closed cultures. Anyway unbeliavable will to live, climbing these mountains, that he probably knew very well, in such age, probably after some kind of conlifct... thats true courage.

@hdubbs9174 29 күн бұрын

⁠⁠@@WwarpfirewWSome plants do have medicinal properties, it’s not all weird homeopathic rubbish. Many modern pharmaceuticals are derived from compounds found in plants. People at the time would have had a basic knowledge of plants and their utility for treating ailments, nourishment, or dying textiles.

@WwarpfirewW 29 күн бұрын

@@hdubbs9174 of course, but it can do only so much , I'm refering mainly to Ötzis chronical issues as arthritis which causes severe pain and even potent plant analgetics won't help without causing serious side effects, more so when travelling harsh terrain

@octhe1uj 29 күн бұрын

Who shot the bow tho that’s what I wanna know. Who and why?

@dustinatkinson5744 Ай бұрын

I've also heard a theory that Ötzi may have been a medicine man for his tribe. Because of the herbs he had as well as the copper headed axe as a status symbol.

@chubbydinosaur9148 10 күн бұрын

I have the same theory. One day he messed up or he simply couldn't save someone and had to book it to the mountains because of the angry family of the deceased person.

@1TheSnail 8 күн бұрын

@@chubbydinosaur9148 Or maybe he was foraging or going to someplace to forage, got attacked by bandits and tried to book it up the mountains but they got him anyways. Man I'm so fascinated by Ötzi

@mrtoast244 Ай бұрын

Now I really want a mini-series for Pre-Historic dishes. I think it would be really cool to get some Anthropologists on the show

@mexicanhalloween Ай бұрын

I don't think you can definitively say that Ötzi didn't have a Weber grill, just that he didn't have it with him when he died

@TastingHistory Ай бұрын

Haha, maybe so.

@SStarry_Days Ай бұрын

He was killed for his George Foreman, poor guy.

@redfox9446 Ай бұрын

He was murdered for his secret marinade.

@YourLocalCatboy Ай бұрын

It's believed that Ötzi was Tyrolean BBQ chef of the year, 3124 BC. His "Kiss the Cook" apron was found nearby.

@colmhain Ай бұрын

Ah, yes. The "Graham Hancock" school of thought.

@TheUltamteNerd Ай бұрын

If you happened to also die 3 hours after the filming of this video imagine historians 6000 years in the future analyzing your stomach and wondering why you were eating this neolithic food lol

@crazym8211 Ай бұрын

I don't think there are glaciers in CA

@misterthegeoff9767 Ай бұрын

We don't know why Americans chose to grill outside when we have found archaeological evidence of indoor kitchens, it is speculated this was done for ritual purposes

@missbeans Ай бұрын

@crazym8211 we do have the La Brea Tar Pits 🤔

@jeffsherk7056 Ай бұрын

Oh my goodness. You are too funny!

@wildsuburbia Ай бұрын

Ham and cheese sandwich, strawberries, and Gatorade.

@saintbread5080 21 күн бұрын

I actually studied the Copper Axe in my university course, and through Lead-Isotope Analysis the researchers actually found out that the source of the copper came from the Tuscany area, not other copper sources in the nearby Alps, which has leads to many hypothesis but my favourite is that he was a traveler of sorts that had come from or across Tuscany on his journey.

@loredanabertoli8957 25 күн бұрын

As someone who was born and raised in Bolzano/Bozen, where dear Ötzi is currently resting, thank you for your video

@WaddedBliss Ай бұрын

Hello Fresh sponsoring a video about a 5000 year old frozen human has a certain ironic hilarity to it. 😂

@nicoskefalas Ай бұрын

🤣

@Firegen1 Ай бұрын

Hahahaha

@grandrapids57 Ай бұрын

haaaa!!

@MB-nk5lr Ай бұрын

My first thought. He doesn't look so fresh in person.

@nicoskefalas Ай бұрын

@@MB-nk5lr hahahaha this comment made me laugh more than it should 👏😂

@underscoredfrisk Ай бұрын

Can you imagine hiking, finding a DEAD guy, and having that being one of the best things which has ever happened in the scientific field of anthropology, meaning this hike of yours is likely the most important thing you will ever do in your life! *together with the reguar horror of finding a dead guy, of course

@evapreu3011 Ай бұрын

Somehow I would feel better to learn that this guy was dead for 5000 years than if it was a recently deceased hiker. I don't know why, he certainly didn't die a peaceful death, but it's distant enough to find it more intriguing than sad.

@underscoredfrisk Ай бұрын

@@evapreu3011 Yeah I agree. but still. One morning you are having a nice time on vacation exploring some scenic mountains and stuff then BAM! A dead human poking out from the ice. If I was the person who found it Id not sleep well for a few months.

@user-cl5yb3vj2l Ай бұрын

You don't see that on CSI!

@riograndedosulball248 Ай бұрын

It's way more common than it may otherwise appear. Hiking is one of the most prolific activities for finding 5 thousand years old dead people lol

@theresasolomon9805 Ай бұрын

They actually earned a finder's fee, but only got it after suing the government many years later.

@bigsister9354 Ай бұрын

Yesterday I ate flatbread with fern sprouts in a restaurant of Kamchatka cuisine. Fern sprouts are very popular in the Russian Far East, they are also used in the national cuisine of Japan and Korea. Fern sprouts are also harvested in Siberia and even sometimes in the European part of Russia too. This product is harvested in early spring, while the sprouts are still rolled up like a snail shell. Later they become poisonous. Salads are made from them, they are can be salted and fermented, used as fillings for pies. Like other wild greens, such as wild garlic. Fern sprouts have an interesting taste, I would call it the "taste of the forest".

@KaiHenningsen 26 күн бұрын

I've actually passed that way several times before he was found. Never saw anything of him, of course. And with global warming, there's now a lot less snow there than when I came through there with my mother and siblings. (For context, I'm 64.) Through the snow and ice, that route wasn't exactly easy. And that was with (at the time) modern clothing and good mountain shoes and crampons. And, of course, modern food, though I can't remember what we had. No arrows in the back, either.

@Alias_Anybody Ай бұрын

Funfact: Ötzi still has living relatives in Tyrol, though no direct descendants, but grand-grand-grand-... nieces and nephews.

@millaray9912 Ай бұрын

That’s so interesting!

@purpleblah2 Ай бұрын

I hope his family avenged him. Made sure the village on the other side of the valley became an archeological site.

@etholus1000 Ай бұрын

That’s amazing.. imagine having one of your very distant ancestors preserved and offering so much to science and history. I’d be honored

@moblinmajorgeneral Ай бұрын

Glad to know someone in his family managed to survive long enough to have children

@tarbhnathrac2486 Ай бұрын

Thank you! I KNEW the Comments would have the answer to the question that came to me as I was listening. Could dna testing be done? Any descendants identified? Also, from my research there's average 40 generations per 1000 years, so wouldn't that be grand nieces and nephews with 120 greats in front of it? 120. Wow. DNA science is pretty amazing.

@marcogazaneo Ай бұрын

The fern he ate is toxic when it's completely grown to a big plant, but when harvested cooked and eaten when it is still very small it's perfectly safe and actually quite tasty. I live in the Palatinate forest and it's a real treat in spring :)

@Jesses001 Ай бұрын

I have eaten it too. Kind of a really light garlic like flavor too it. Not bad. Easy to know when it is too grown to harvest as it gets woody and bitter.

@leeannjohnson1808 Ай бұрын

Thank you for describing the flavor, I pictured Fiddleheads tasting like Asparagus.

@persapphone Ай бұрын

@@leeannjohnson1808lmao same

@marcogazaneo Ай бұрын

@@Jesses001 Yes exactly!

@zoinomiko Ай бұрын

@@leeannjohnson1808 Fiddleheads are delicious sauteed with butter! They're not STRONGLY garlic flavored. Just nicely green.

@marliesstahl2996 Ай бұрын

As a german native speaker, your pronounciation of the Ö in Ötzi was outstanding! Thank you for pronouncing the Umlaut so well!

@elphie2390 27 күн бұрын

Ötzi is actually my great ancestor 😭 ty for making this video!

@stingray2223 Ай бұрын

he's going further and further back in time... i fear the moment we will get a "last meal of a T-rex before the meteor fell" video

@Roddy556 Ай бұрын

"Now brontosaurus steak can be hard to find so I'm substituting triceratops."

@joyful_tanya Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@nicoskefalas Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@krokodilpil8335 Ай бұрын

"Today we are going to recreate what the alien ate, just before he farted, causing the Big Bang." - Max

@danielc7964 Ай бұрын

@@krokodilpil8335 Sponsored by Hello Fresh

@ardreth Ай бұрын

I'm an archaeologist from South Tyrol where Ötzi was found and was several times at his finding place :-) So I was really eager to see what you created of the research on his stomach content! Good job and best wishes from the Alps 🙂

@brasschick4214 Ай бұрын

Awesome! 😊

@liberalsockpuppet4772 Ай бұрын

You should do a Stone Age cook out and make foods from his time. What a lesson and good as a fund raiser for your program.

@isabelled4871 Ай бұрын

If you have a theory on why they didn't steal the axe, (as well as his arrows, etc) I'm all for it! My theories : his attackers couldn't take it because they were known to him. It would have designated them as the murderer. Or: They had some superstition about copper and found such axes unholy or something. Or they were "barbarians" who couldn't appreciate what a fine artefact it was? How I wish we knew...

@Tonyx.yt. Ай бұрын

@@isabelled4871 probably was too obvious stealing such a expensive and peculiar artifact, was towards the end of copper age so unlikely peoples around didnt knew about cooper metal

@jeanetteswalberg6166 Ай бұрын

How fascinating! I wonder if he was trying to reach a mountain stronghold or hiding place? Did you ever find evidence of something like that? Best wishes in your studies.

@rickrussell 21 күн бұрын

Jon Townsend has made cakes like that before, he called them "ash cakes" because you just take whatever grains you have, mix in a little water and salt, and cook it right on the coals.

@TheEpicOfSaplingmesh 22 күн бұрын

I gotta show some appreciation for the effort that goes into a video like this. For how little is known about Ötzi , you were able to recreate what can be infered and most probably what he ate. Thank you from someone who loves, appreciates, and is fascinated by history and food.

@TheFarmboys Ай бұрын

RIP in peace Otzi, wish you would have lived long enough to try flaming hot Cheetos

@TastingHistory Ай бұрын

Extra flamin hot

@temporaryscars Ай бұрын

Rest in peace in peace?

@hectic6981 Ай бұрын

@temporaryscars right? I've noticed this quite a few times recently on the interwebs, folks putting "in peace" after RIP...so odd

@ladymarmalstein2742 Ай бұрын

and Takis Nitro rolls

@brick6347 Ай бұрын

I mean... even since I saw a money shot of a leopard I've been rather put off Cheetos!

@b3g_cry Ай бұрын

I always get emotional whenever I think about prehistoric humans like Ötzi. They were people just like you and me. They told stories, made art, had families and friends. They liked to spend time with the people they loved. they raised their children and taught them as best they could morals and how to thrive. They were just trying to survive and be happy. I often look up into the night sky and wonder who came before me, who looked up at the same moon and the same stars. I wonder what their life was like, if they were happy, if they felt as alone as I do sometimes. I think about how, though we are separated by vast stretches of time, we aren't that different from each other.

@belisarius6949 Ай бұрын

How I feel when I see the Pompeii Graffiti and it literally reads like roman Twitter

@Master_Yoda1990 Ай бұрын

@@belisarius6949 facts, the Romans loved shit posting

@hazmathaver4111 Ай бұрын

And to think- our ancestors likely thought this too

@solventless Ай бұрын

How curious it is that we can feel so connected to those who would never have known of our existence

@lizilizi1 Ай бұрын

@@solventlessThen we can know those in the future will be thinking of us this way. 🥰 So in a way we do know! Maybe those in the past thought of us in their future.

@Macke8X 23 күн бұрын

Every moment is engaging and entertaining with this Miller fellow but the Time for History segment gets me every time, by the time he leads in to the actual dish again I have completely forgotten it's about food because I'm so immersed in the wealth of historical tidbits. In a word, the presentation is simply masterful

@dragontatoes Ай бұрын

I've been on some level of obsessed with Ötzi ever since I first read about him as a little kid. Back then, I think the arrowhead was still not commonly known of, and it's been so neat to learn more about him every few years that go by. The fact that this much information can come from a mummy that was not even purposefully created is a complete miracle to me.

@TheTrekkie12 Ай бұрын

You’re in your forties???? I thought you were like mid-30s at the oldest. Ötzi, your memory is a blessing and I hope you are resting peacefully in whatever afterlife you’ve ended up in.

@nollypolly Ай бұрын

Right? Early 30s at most is what I thought.

@ThinWhiteAxe Ай бұрын

He's a vampire.

@OldGreyGryphon Ай бұрын

He doesn’t look it. I would have guessed early to mid thirties.

@iniudan Ай бұрын

@@ThinWhiteAxe No, he's a Disney's prince. His job before this show was been Prince Charmin at Disney.

@RaheemBuh Ай бұрын

I thought he was like 28-30, whatever he does, I should do it too lol

@firelink182 Ай бұрын

What I like the most about this video is hearing that Ötzi had a sense of fashion. I think it's easy for people, myself included, to assume that Prehistoric humans weren't smart enough, or just had no appreciation for things like that. Evidently though Ötzi did have opinions on what looked good on him, and depending on how he might've prepared his last meal, may have also been a decent cook for his time. Seems that the desire to look nice and have a good meal is as old as humanity itself.

@marggarg2778 Ай бұрын

From what I've read, people have been just as smart the whole time we've been people. The only thing that has changed is what technology and background knowledge we have available.

@jennypaxton8159 Ай бұрын

Practically every prehistoric artifact, even going back tens of thousands of years before Otzi, is not only functional but in some way made pleasing to the eye. Weapons and tools were carved and decorated, evidence of personal adornment (carved beads, seashells or animal teeth or smooth stones drilled to wear as pendants or beads, etc) goes back practically as far as there’s evidence for clothing at all, stone tools were sometimes deliberately knapped in such a way as to take advantage of beautiful jaspers and agates and even petrified woods. I have held a stone point, centuries old, elegantly knapped from petrified palm wood just like the petrified palm wood I myself turned into a cabochon only a few weeks ago! Humans have always loved adding form to function, and making things that were useful also be beautiful!

@harrybhalerao8315 Ай бұрын

@@marggarg2778Arguably they were much smarter than modern humans. They understand their world, how to survive and look after themselves and were skilled in many complex professions in a much harsher environment

@cookNR77 Ай бұрын

I'm guessing the mismatched hide colors and shapes in combination with that straw poncho made for some good camouflage as well. Bro was wearing a prehistoric ghillie suit.

@julieb3996 Ай бұрын

@@cookNR77 I also thought it looked like camouflage not fashion I can picture this guy as the ancient ancestor to Liam Neeson's character in Taken

@M.Datura 19 күн бұрын

I love how every (okay, *almost* every) old, simple meal tried here is always surprisingly nice. It's very clear that the right combination of ingredients is the trick. Older grains, game, herbs.

@gunsbeersmemes Ай бұрын

MY DUDE YOU DIDN'T USE AN ELECTRIC OUTDOOR OVEN TRAEGER! YOU USED COALS AND WOOD! I will always follow this channel because of that!

@dianabriggs1032 Ай бұрын

I’ve been obsessed with Ötzi ever since he was found when I was about 9 years old. I used to carry around an issue of Smithsonian magazine that covered the story saying “Isn’t this amazing!? He’s older than the pyramids!” Most of the other kids and teachers were not as excited about the dehydrated dead guy I insisted on showing them. But he’s only gotten more interesting since then!

@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 Ай бұрын

I used to be like that in my childhood as well. It made for interesting times.

@Solar_Corpus Ай бұрын

I first learned about Otzi at a church yard sale, lol there was a table full of books and I saw his face on the front cover and was immediately fascinated. I think I was around 10 or 12. This was like 15 years ago. lol but I thought it was crazy.

@betmo Ай бұрын

me too

@janefan1216 27 күн бұрын

My first obsession was Pompeii, and an exhibit is one of my first memories. I should have become an archeologist. I have very clear memories of it -- then strange black patches. I figured out later it's bc my Mom was covering my eyes for parts of it. 😂 Pompeii (and the Roman emperors from Augustus to Nero) really are my Roman Empire. 😊

@slwrabbits 27 күн бұрын

Those people who weren't interested sure missed out. Ötzi is fascinating.

@chriflu Ай бұрын

Fun fact: As far as I remember (I was a nerdy 12-year old at the time), Ötzi caused a brief minor diplomatic crisis between Austria and Italy. The German hikers who found him thought they were on the Austrian side of the border and called the Austrian police who took him to Innsbruck, the capital of North Tyrol (Austria). Then the Italians figured out and proved that his finding place was actually on the Italian side of the border and asked for his body to be handed over to Italy. The Austrians were quite unhappy (exacerbated by the fact that they never really got over "losing" South Tyrol to Italy in WW1), and the compromise was that Ötzi is now in Bozen/Bolzano, the capital of South Tyrol (Italy), but not in Rome. At the time, a satirical Austrian radio show ("Der Guglhupf") had a rather funny sketch about this which I remember clearly as the point in time when I started enjoying political comedy.

@oremukihss Ай бұрын

underrated comment

@FirstLast-ye8nf 7 күн бұрын

"Fun fact" and "Underrated" stop with the trendy nonsense and have an original thought.

@seamusoreilly804 23 күн бұрын

Hello Fresh, as a sponsor, should develop the Ice Man meal: strips of wild goat, some venison and a nice corn cake. Microwavable, of course.

@Pyrinsomniac 27 күн бұрын

Thank you for including so much information and context! Knowing what's speculation and substitution can be just as important as what's known, and I love how straightforward you are about the unknowns and when you have to substitute ingredients.

@fokkerd3red618 Ай бұрын

I think it's quite amazing this iceman made it to a elevation of 10k feet, with his health ailments. He must have been an extremely tough individual.

@GeeEee75 Ай бұрын

There was no Uber back then.

@gasphynx Ай бұрын

Maybe he was on the run and someone caught up with him.

@fokkerd3red618 Ай бұрын

@@gasphynx If someone was chasing him, they must have wanted him badly to traverse to 10k feet. Just imagine that took place 5k years ago.

@NotOneToFly Ай бұрын

Despite all his ailments, he was in really good cardiovascular health. I've heard him compared to an Olympic distance runner.

@OnceUponReddit Ай бұрын

@@fokkerd3red618 I have a feeling he stile that copper axe

@Neopopulas Ай бұрын

The thing that always surprised me about Otzi was that the killer comes up and takes the arrow, but leaves the VERY expensive copper axe behind. It always made me think that Otzi might have pulled the arrow himself and his killer didn't get to him before he was hidden in snow, because that axe seems like something you don't just leave on a corpse that you chased for so long.

@Ghost_Void226 Ай бұрын

Honestly good theory it makes alot of sense

@ruludos1977 Ай бұрын

it may not have been obvious it was copper, just at a guess? if his killer thought it was a simpler stone tool they may have just overlooked it

@baru6891 Ай бұрын

probably that shaft just detached naturally

@kenthanna Ай бұрын

Maybe he managed to kill his attacker with the axe before bleeding out.

@Lucius1958 Ай бұрын

One theory is that his killers didn't want to be recognized (for fear of revenge raids from the victim's clan); hence, removing the shaft from the arrow (telltale clan marks), and not taking the axe (highly visible evidence, like taking your victim's expensive sports car)...

@Digeroo123 18 күн бұрын

I walked in that area of the Austrian Alps on holiday soon after I was married around 1974 we walked along the edge of a glacier and up to the Italian border. So even now there is a cultural barrier there. To some extent recreating Otzi's last journey, we were staying in a hotel in Vent. I have always felt a connection with him. I think we were a little to the west, maybe the next glacier across, we went up to a place called Schone Aussicht. It is only now I realise just how close we were. I am surprised that he did not use Thyme to flavour his bread.

@LavaBladez 21 күн бұрын

If only Otzi had Hello Fresh 😞

@yudishundomo3996 15 күн бұрын

He ain’t got signal on that altitude

@batacumba Ай бұрын

Poor Ötzi, the ridiculous amount of injuries, diseases and maladies this guy had really is a grim reminder of how rough it was back then for pretty much everyone. What a trooper. This is a neat way to help memorialize him, I wonder what he’d think of the fact that so many know who he is.

@imahoare4742 Ай бұрын

"AHHHHHHHHHHH ARFFFHFGGG UUGGHHGHGRE!!!!!!" *He would be shocked by discovery of both modern technology and the availability of decent quality high calorie food and probably die of a heart attack due to his clogged arteries and high cholesterol*

@batacumba Ай бұрын

@@imahoare4742 right? Poor guy would die a happy man in front of a bbq platter. 😂 I like your interpretation of what his words would be.

@Sniperboy5551 Ай бұрын

All of our primitive ancestors probably dealt with the same things, they just weren’t found. Don’t feel bad for him, that is just human nature.

@batacumba Ай бұрын

@@Sniperboy5551 I was pointing out that he’s an example of how rough things were for everyone, not just him. I know there are so many people’s stories that we’ll never now and that is sad to me. But yes it is a part of life. We live, it’s hard and it sucks a lot of the time, and then we die and are eventually forgotten.

@Archone666 Ай бұрын

"YOU ARE ALL DESCENDED FROM MY KILLERS! VENGEANCE! VENGEANCE UPON ALL OF THEE!"

@okletmesignup Ай бұрын

"Hello Fresh.... It's edible" Now that's one hell of a selling point.

@Volodymyr.Yermakov Ай бұрын

By briefly researching it, their food itself seems to be pretty okay. Although company itself somewhat controversial.

@vaelophisnyx9873 Ай бұрын

@@Volodymyr.Yermakov their food can be very low quality, ironically. They cherry pick the stuff for the youtuber sponsorships

@F4Wildcat Ай бұрын

@@Volodymyr.Yermakov Yeah the company is iffy but the food is alright. Sometimes even very good. But some meals are a bit low in amount. But compared to all other youtube sponsers, Hello fresh is fine. Tried it for 2 weeks, i didnt regret it. But i cook my meals myself wich is better. But for someone in a time constraint, like a student, or such, hello fresh is handy.

@yossarian00 Ай бұрын

@@F4Wildcat anyone should be wary of companies that seem to spend so much money on marketing so consistently, things like raycon, hellofresh, nordvpn etc. when so much of their budget goes to marketing and advertisements, you have to wonder what they are doing to cut costs for everything else.

@PurtyPurple Ай бұрын

@@Volodymyr.YermakovI never trust companies that show up a lot in KZfaq sponsorships. To me, that speaks to more of an investment in marketing than quality. Not to knock on Hello Fresh or Max, I'm sure it's a perfectly adequate product. But things like Better Help or Dollar Shave Club or MVMT exemplify what I mean with their numerous controversies.

@gustavom8726 Ай бұрын

Nobody: Ötzi: Yeah man, I´ve heard this diet will keep me well preserved for a long time

@eb7713 20 күн бұрын

My sister took me on a 3 week trip to Italy for my 40th birthday and we saw Otzi with our own eyes! Thank you for enlightening us with his diet and introducing newbies to this so called 'common' man of his time. -- Keep up your wonderful work and may food history repeat itself. Lol! 😅

@Daria_Lopez Ай бұрын

I love how Max will try his hardest to get his hands on the most obscure and difficult ingredients for his episodes. And when he can't, he'll get the next best thing to make it close enough. That's some next level dedication right there.

@luluseatowngetdown6251 Ай бұрын

Ibex!!! 😂

@737smartin Ай бұрын

I appreciate Max's curiosity, effort, and presentation. Also... comment for the KZfaq algorithm. 😉

@peace7482 Ай бұрын

Next best but not authentic

@marlongaribay9414 Ай бұрын

If max were really dedicated, he would've gone into the European wilderness and hunted that ibex with a bow and arrow just like Ötsi had to. Smh max do better

@morgancox2373 Ай бұрын

This is such a good episode!! I love all your videos but this one is one of my top faves!!! Amazing job, and so much research went into this.

@Katana1a 22 күн бұрын

The "Granola Pancake" ist still something made today. Grain patty. Roughly grinded and soaked in water or broth. Seasoned as you like, but it does not need much. An egg helps with the texture, vegetables make it a bit less dens. Just cut it into pea sized pieces or small, thin chunks. You can use wheat, spelt, green core or whatever you like. If you want you can have all ingredients of a meal in one dish. A tasty dish! Joghurt based dips fit pretty well, but there is no limitation. When I prepare them at home for lunch with hoped leftovers for dinner or as cold snack the other day I have to watch out. Mostly there are none left in the afternoon/evening.

@josephlongbone4255 Ай бұрын

There is a theory that Otzi was in the amount in to attack people as a bandit. This is theorised because of how well equipped he came; how well armed he was with: bow, knives, arrows and axe; and the fact that he wasn't looted after he was killed despite the fact he was carrying very valuable copper equipment. Analysis of his body showed that he regularly climbed the mountains and was very fit, had prior healed injuries and which hints at a hard and dangerous life. The arrow that killed him hit him in the back, but he also had injuries to the hand, possibly from fighting but also possibly from rock climbing. But hey that's just a theory, a Chalcolithic theory.

@Janthdanl Ай бұрын

Recent studies show he has trace amounts of copper all over his clothing leading some to believe he may actually been a copper smith but I like your theory. Though why was he shot in the back by those he was attempting to rob? Interesting to think what could’ve happened

@AzureToroto Ай бұрын

I think he was some scout/hunter for a tribe with the equipment he had and was probably surveilling the land, happen to stumble upon a rival tribe's village, group, or maybe an army if such existed in those parts at the time, which was up to something like an big attack on a village. He started to flee toward the mountain to break pursuit, but the men were quite determined to silence him and with such valuable stuff still on him, it probably was not to rob him, or take something he stole. I think it was that he witnessed some attack party or a scheme that was brewing, wanted to inform his tribe of it after finding out, yet he knew too much, so pursuers chased him up the perilous mountain climb and killed him, ensuring it with a fatal blow to the head.

@neutronalchemist3241 Ай бұрын

Only two of his arrows were ready to be used. Too few to face a real fight. Also the bow was maybe functional, but unfinished. It was not strange for a traveler to be equipped like that, because to prepare the other arrows and finish the bow were activities that could be performed to pass time in front of the fire before sleeping. But a raider would have had a complete and finished kit.

@anotherkenlon Ай бұрын

@@neutronalchemist3241 Or he only had two prepared arrows left - the defensive wounds plus the distance traveled from when he got those to where he died makes that pretty plausible.

@birdnerd4302 Ай бұрын

Agriculture wasn’t a thing at that time at that place so he is of course well equipped

@Blondie42 Ай бұрын

The power of desperation to climb those mountains while wracked with so many aches and pains.

@Tonyx.yt. Ай бұрын

remains of cooper ore has been found on his so he was probably also a cooper trader/smelter or miner

@komiks42 Ай бұрын

"I need to gtfo" is strong power

@Oxtocoatl13 Ай бұрын

I once tried to climb an Austrian mountain in my 20s, in not a great hurry, carrying much less stuff and being in better health and it was still a hard day. Ötzi must have been supremely motivated.

@patriciathomas7837 Ай бұрын

This was awesome! Thank you so much for doing this episode!!

@bleedinirish Ай бұрын

I love this! I knew a bit about Ötzi but I love all the detail and that you recreated his last meal. More prehistory food!

@dylanbiancamano Ай бұрын

I find it strangely heartwarming that the food that people ate over 5 thousand years ago is still considered tasty by people today. It's a connection we have to our ancestors that people often don't think about.

@jgr7487 Ай бұрын

And the hard tack would have been even tastier because it didn't have water, it was made with fat.

@mindstalk Ай бұрын

@@jgr7487 A pancake is not hardtack.

@getreal2977 Ай бұрын

Also one has to keep in mind that as grains over millennia, but especially in the industrial age got changed increasingly into higher yield that this high yield and price was often at the cost of reducing other qualities of nutritional value and flavor (e.g. gluten content), especially when it comes to grains. Something which gets re-discovered from smaller producers which try to rediscover old farming methods but also older grains which got pushed aside and/or by re-creating them by different means, often using old, forgotten sources which got luckily not wiped out yet. Just one example. Some old dates from about 2,000 years ago got rediscovered and recreated by very old seeds which got found in ancient storage. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eMpnaNqbybqxnpc.html

@GurgleOneSixSix Ай бұрын

Thanks for the dates video link, very interesting. I hope I will be able to try all sorts of these tasty original versions of food in my life

@jaehaspels9607 Ай бұрын

Otzi seemed like quite the survivor. He's hiking and covering great distances, scrounging his own medicinal supplies, bandaging himself w/ moss, cooking his own food all while suffering joint and dental pain and abdominal maladies. What a tough little guy.

@CP-tm7be Ай бұрын

At 45 years old, and 5' 3", 5,000 years ago, Otzi would have been a rich, tough, average-height guy. Average life expectancy would have been 35-40. That he could have afforded so many "medicinal" tattoos, and a copper axe, with fashionable, alternating-fur boots also points to a respected place in society. That nobody took his nice stuff could suggest: a) attackers didn't want to be caught with his recognizable stuff later, b) he was shot and fell from a height, and the attackers didn't want to chase his body into the ravine, and/or c) there was a major storm brewing, or already in progress, and they needed to get the hell off that mountain and home, fast. That he was covered with snow and never found again - or uncovered - means he was covered in feet of snow - snow that never melted for 5,000 years (until now, which might tell you something about our climate today...).

@queenoflammersland8562 Ай бұрын

I’ve met many Zoomers who find it difficult to “adult” much less hike for miles, hunt and prepare their meals, bandage their wounds, and use medicinal herbs (except one very popular one that reduces their hunting/gathering survival skills. ).

@killer_queen4062 Ай бұрын

@@queenoflammersland8562 yeah, that's the goal of progress

@ProfX501 Ай бұрын

@@queenoflammersland8562It’s almost as if they’re not living exposed to the wilderness anymore.

@splendidcolors Ай бұрын

@@queenoflammersland8562 I know people of all generations who lack skills I thought were basic because I was raised by someone from a small town during the Great Depression. My aunt, who was my mom's spoiled kid sister, for example. GenX dudes who dated me because they thought I'd take care of them.

@MrsD1980 27 күн бұрын

He had worn down teeth but ate all that chewy stuff. And sore joints but hiked fast up and down mtns. The guy was a superhero, wow!! Thats amazing. On another note have really enjoyed your Instagram vids traveling around Britain. Your content is always so thorough and fascinating!!

@HeresTheGenZFlorentineFolks. 14 күн бұрын

I’m Italian🇮🇹 and when I was in my early teenage years I visited Ötzi museum located in Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige region. It was so awesome to see a man lived more than 5000 years ago. You can see him from a small window, he is in a temperature-humidity controlled room. I also discovered that Brad Pitt has Ötzi tattooed on his left forearm.

@_vallee_5190 Ай бұрын

Considering most Ibex species are endangered and number less then a few thousand individuals I think it's best if they are left alone. Alpine Ibex are a protected species in the Alpine countries, and it's only really found in large numbers in Italy.

@Sniperboy5551 Ай бұрын

There are some Ibex species that are listed as Least Concern

@leonardotheuseless4188 Ай бұрын

Alpine ibex are found in Switzerland aswell, not even that rare nowadays.

@allkillhon5209 Ай бұрын

Uh ? Its quite common in switzerland ?

@_vallee_5190 Ай бұрын

@@Sniperboy5551 There is still only thousands of Alpine Ibex that remain, and it's because of conservation efforts, they use to be in the hundreds in the early 1900s. The original population in the millions now has thousands and the population has incredibly low genetic diversity due it's low numbers that humans caused, even slight decreases in population would be devastating.

@_asphobelle6887 Ай бұрын

There's a few thousands in France, too. Though AFAIK most if not all Alpine Ibexes descend from a few hundreds Italian ones that survived extinction thanks to the Gran Paradiso reserve, hence the low genetic diversity.

@chrisball3778 Ай бұрын

One study suggested that Otzi had 4 other people's blood on his belongings and weapons, so it's possible his killing was more self-defence than murder. There's a really weird film telling one reconstruction of his last days called Iceman (2017). It's a fictionalised story, but based as much as possible on the archaeological evidence. All the dialogue is in an extinct Alpine language, so that whatever the audience's native language, they're supposed to just follow the story from what's shown on screen. The film makers made a few other weird choices with it, but it's worth a watch.

@nollypolly Ай бұрын

Thank you! I had no idea. I'm gonna look for it!

@generalrubbish9513 Ай бұрын

Interesting. If he was indeed killed out of revenge, that might help explain why his killer took their arrow back but didn't touch any of his belongings, including the extremely valuable copper axe. Guess they were never interested in robbing him.

@chloeedmund4350 Ай бұрын

Do you know what Alpine language was used?

@jackhazardous4008 Ай бұрын

I love the immersion when ancient movies throw away our language, in favor of linguistic accuracy. Il

@mrdaym Ай бұрын

There are many theories that makes good sense, I hate the fact we'll never know for sure. Was Ötzi a poor victim or a crazed killer? Or was he neither, did he just get stuck between 2 group fighting?

@HanzoChop 29 күн бұрын

just found your channel today and I’m already a fan, thank you so much for being so thorough and passionate about your projects ❤

@TastingHistory 29 күн бұрын

Why thank you. Welcome to the channel. I post every Tuesday 8am PST, got about 3 years worth of videos :)

@taylorvanbuskirk8040 28 күн бұрын

This is SO fascinating. I love stuff like this.

@macaroni3062 Ай бұрын

Ötzi may very well have been having the worst day ever. Joints hurt like hell, desperately running through the mountains, sick with a few recent injuries, and to top it all off he gets SHOT

@catherinesanchez1185 Ай бұрын

I’m at lunch at my job right now and the last two days have sucked . After watching what this poor man went through , I’m taking a deep breath and putting it into perspective

@suran396 Ай бұрын

At least he wasn't also starving!

@TheRealOtziTheIceman Ай бұрын

Nah it was a nice hike

@kayo5291 Ай бұрын

Also freezing cold

@SyrusDrake Ай бұрын

Archaeology student and first-time viewer here. Thanks for the great video! Prehistoric cuisine is a super fascinating topic that I think makes us appreciate our ancestors as *humans*, rather than just abstract entities. Unfortunately, it's difficult to reconstruct and not often talked about in such a vivid fashion as you did. As for flavourings/spices, salt probably would have been available to him, at least in theory. But there's also a variety of berries and herbs he might have used to add some variety to his rations. Those things are notoriously difficult to detect, though.

@jennypaxton8159 Ай бұрын

The fact that without any of that, the food was still not only edible but actually pretty tasty, is also pretty cool, though.

@CorwinFound Ай бұрын

It was also travel food. He was on foot for at least a few days, maybe on the run. Food a man would carry in that situation is very different than what would have been available to an established agricultural or stable hunter/gatherer community. Herbs and salt, roots and vegetables, alcohol and pickled items he wouldn't have on him as a traveler but all almost assuredly available to people of that time, at least on occassion. Few people these days would find military rations impressive fare or a fair indication of typical daily foods. His food would have been considered basic travel food even in his time.

@LeksDee 15 күн бұрын

3:10 I love how you mention that he probably knew exactly how much of it he could eat for it to not be poisonous, because often times we assume people at that time were just dumber than us when in reality they might've been way more knowledgable when it comes to all the herbs you can find all around you. They could've probably walked into any forest and just live by eating all the different mushrooms and things we call "weeds" now

@mountbladetv Ай бұрын

Nice to watch this video. I saw Ötzi right around Easter and now Max is delivering this video. Thanks Max 👍

@kirstenpaff8946 Ай бұрын

It's fascinating how some of the most informative archeological finds aren't the grand monuments that people built to last throughout the ages, but rather the random bits of life that nobody thought much about. Ötzi was probably forgotten within a few decades of his life. We learn more about the daily lives of civilizations from their trash pits than their temples.

@ChristyOFaghan Ай бұрын

there's something to the pathos of this video that made it very affecting and i appreciated Max treating the subject respectfully, despite it being an event so far removed from us

@standonguard358 Ай бұрын

Very much, yes.

@jennypaxton8159 Ай бұрын

I think the fact that it *isn’t* far removed from us, in some ways, is precisely what makes it so affecting. 5000 years ago, and everything he did was so incredibly *human*.

@user-vf4fv9fy3c Ай бұрын

I read that in his belongings there were also grooming devices, like a prehistoric comb and nail trimmer/cleaner.

@jodinha4225 Ай бұрын

@@jennypaxton8159I was watching this while I ate dinner and my gf heard mx describe the einkorn pancake, and she looked over and said "that sounds good". 5000 years ago, humans still have similar taste in food.

@HazeCarver Ай бұрын

I think that's the beauty of Tasting History and the compelling nature of Otzi's story. On one hand learning what they ate always humanizes people from the past to a point, and max's commentary is always apt imo. Moreover, theres just something so compelling about Otzi to most people who hear about him. He's so much like us and yet lived thousands of years before us. The fact he was found by pure chance and all we've gleaned from him from a period that has so much obscured just adds to that. For me it's always just such a cool reminder of how Humanity as a species has changed so much but so little in the grand scheme of things.

@javieraaravena Ай бұрын

Amazing, i have never heard SO much about ötzi, I'm a pre-history nerd AND obsessed with the history of food so this just ticks all my boxes

@Slazza 3 күн бұрын

My first time watching your videos. Definitely going to subscribe. I love how perfectly imperfect everything was. And learned facts of my 2 favourite things. History and Cooking! Thanks bro

@rinoz47 Ай бұрын

I always found it funny that they had this man's body for actual years, and one day one researcher was looking at xrays and just went "hey, what's this big black mass in his back?" Before that they just... never thought to look at it.

@TastingHistory Ай бұрын

Kinda crazy to think about.

@Megan-ii4gf Ай бұрын

Taking a body out of cold storage isn't something you just do, and not many people are going to just stand around the corpse repository all day.

@Justanotherconsumer Ай бұрын

@@Megan-ii4gfthose who do are… ones to be careful with.

@suran396 Ай бұрын

You think this is grade school? They had the x-rays. Heck. They TOOK the X-Rays. You really would think a researcher would have spotted that straight away. @@Megan-ii4gf

@youmukonpaku3168 Ай бұрын

@@Justanotherconsumer maybe the AC broke and someone just went into the corpse freezer to cool off a bit?

@Kedai610 Ай бұрын

The fact that Max is just a few years younger than Ötzi was at his death is even more hilarious when you look at reconstructions of Ötzi's face.

@J0hN_TF 7 күн бұрын

He must have been really motivated to climb a mountain at 45 years old with messed up joints and heart failure. Really shows what your body is capable of when you really want something.

@bria1648 2 күн бұрын

Imagine having severe joint pain and a parasite in your abdomen and then getting murdered. Dude had it rough

@coolbeansdude2528 Ай бұрын

Indigenous person from Canada here! When i saw fiddleheads in the thumbnail i was really excited to click on this video. I see many similarities between his diet and my cultures diet (including fiddleheads) and his attire and what we would have worn for time immemorial! So so cool. Fascinating video and lots of love 💙

@61hink Ай бұрын

Sorry if I sound like an ass for correcting you but I think the word you mean is "immemorial", which means something that has been true for so long that it is beyond the reach of memory.

@coolbeansdude2528 Ай бұрын

@@61hink oh! Thanks thats what i meant:)

@readdungeonmeshi Ай бұрын

thats so awesome!

@user-dr2hm1rv3d Ай бұрын

I love learning more about food all around the world! I am from England and didn't even know they were real until today 😅 they just look so magical! I want one now!

@ferretyluv Ай бұрын

I only know about fiddleheads because I’m a weeb and know medieval Japanese foraged for fiddleheads. I just assumed all fiddleheads were edible and not poisonous, so that was new for me.

@npflaum Ай бұрын

You officially have my vote for more Tasting Pre-History episodes. This one was intriging.

@mattia_carciola Ай бұрын

I second this! Also, as another comment made me think, maybe something from ancient epics? They must have described some food!

@djdissi Ай бұрын

I loved this one too!

@gmrbowden2133 Ай бұрын

YES!!!

@cyancyborg1477 Ай бұрын

I want to see Neanderthal cuisine.

@Mathijs1974 27 күн бұрын

Really enjoyed this!

@willvickers5537 27 күн бұрын

Love your videos! So interesting and informative and you are a good storyteller

@knpark2025 Ай бұрын

It can be called Tasting Prehistory, but the story behind people figuring out Ötzi's last meal is a history in itself. A history of forensics, perhaps. It looks all fine to me! 3:00 I live in a place where a fern from the Bracken family is not medicine but instead a vegetable. Gosari namul is a Korean vegetable dish, and its prep work includes removing the toxicity from young fern sprouts through ways such as boiling.

@moniquemacnaughton9032 Ай бұрын

Fiddleheads are big in east Canada, we go picking them in spring, they're a delicacy here

@nollypolly Ай бұрын

Oh wow thanks for that info! Have you eaten it? If so, what does it taste like? Where I live in Canada, fiddleheads are a special treat and they're delicious. They're in season now and I'm going to get some soon.

@knpark2025 Ай бұрын

@@nollypolly As far as I know the one used in Korean cuisine is of a slightly different type of plant from the same family, and its edible parts are much thinner and softer than the one shown in this video. It has its own unique texture and flavor, but I'm not sure how to describe it other than saying it feels more "wild" than other domesticated vegetables. It's a staple ingredient in dishes like bibimbap and yukgaejang (a type of Korean spicy beef stew). When these dishes lack this one ingredient it feels like something important is missing because its unique flavor is virtually irreplaceable. Korean cuisine has a few fragrant "vegetables" like it, but instead of calling them aromatics and herbs we call them "vegetables" because we use them in quantities like spinach or lettuce, not rosemary or cilantro.

@mrdaym Ай бұрын

@@knpark2025 So besides from boiling it to get rid of the toxins, is it prepared in many different ways? God I must make sure to have a taste of that some way or another.

@gabriellakadar Ай бұрын

@@knpark2025 There are also black Chinese noodles made from bracken. I've eaten them a few times when I can find them in the supermarket.

@Alias_Anybody Ай бұрын

Hey Max, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate the fact that you actually try to properly pronounce German words. 90% of KZfaqrs just scream something they vaguely mumbled together based on how they think it should sound based on some Sitcom or Cartoon, and almost all of the rest struggles with every single sound that's somewhat unusual in English. You are either spot on or at least very close.

@misterthegeoff9767 Ай бұрын

Amazing how bad most people are at it given how German is a way more phonetic language than English so it's pretty easy to work out the pronunciation of even long compound words, compared to English phrases like "Is there enough dough in the trough?"

@standonguard358 Ай бұрын

I have a theory that there's a correlation between how closely related English and German are and how difficult German is for Anglophones. @@misterthegeoff9767

@mattia_carciola Ай бұрын

Yeah, not only German but he's one of the few trying (and often managing) to get a proper pronunciation of many languages. I can vouch for Italian but I always see people commenting on how he's nailing the pronunciation.

@HeatherLandon227 Ай бұрын

Also the difference between Plattduestch and the Northern German dialect/accent. I grew up listening to Oktoberfest music, which all originates from Barvaria and Batten-Wurttembürg.

@windhelmguard5295 Ай бұрын

@@mattia_carciola iirc he mentioned that he learned spanish in school, which would explain why he's getting most of the vowels in languages that use the latin alphabet at least.

@RS-ui2pp 29 күн бұрын

thank you so much for making this video. thats so amazing.

@captainfury497 Ай бұрын

Genetic test on Otzi revealed that he is closely related to the people of the island of Sardinia. This is because shortly after his death his people were replaced by the invaders from the Steppes of Russia. The natives only survived in the island of Sardinia and while almost all of the population in mainland Europe changed genetically because of this invasion. That's why Otzi is closely related to these islanders