What it was like to visit a Medieval Tavern

Here the knife I talk about: www.oldworldironworks.net/ And here's the Odin's Skull Mead I mentioned - bit.ly/maxmead

Fun fact, somewhat tangential, but young goats are unruly, hard to control, and tend to get into things and make messes. Historically, when people called children "kids", they were calling them ill-mannered and rude.

I love the painting of the person, holding the other person’s hair while they vomit. It’s just proof that humans never change.

This reminds me of the poem, “peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot 9 days old” Now it makes sense. Always interesting Max!

I am so grateful you chose this path over Disney. It's been wonderfully enriching. Seriously thank you.

I now want a D&D campaign that doesn’t leave the tavern because you spend the game figuring out what to order. 😃😋🥘🍻

"Bestir yourself to correct these matters" is a really gentle way to say "GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER!"

I am SO happy that you mentioned "perpetual stew"!!! I am 58 years old and I have been doing this every year starting a year after moving away from home when I graduated college and got my own place in 1991! Starting on winter solstice in my Big crock pot! I will have that on my kitchen counter until vernal equinox! It is a wonderful and fun "recipe" that really satisfied whenever I , and family, want a cup of broth, or a big bowl of proteins and veggies! I use a digital thermometer unit that will alert me if the temp' drops below 140F....My crock pot is awesome...keeps at 141-143 on the keep warm setting! Love it! I just put the last leftover into a big container a week ago. Brilliant Max! Thank you again!

Watching Max's kitchen over the year getting progressively more fancy behind him as he gets progressively more subscribers, GO MAX!

It's incredible to think about how one person's actions and choices could forever influence the development of a language.

"A lot fewer orcs and elves" - so, not none, just fewer?

There needs to be an episode of a medieval cartoon where "it's the day of the wine inspection" and the tavern owner is in a frenzy over the possibility of being kicked out of the guild.

“Smite” lovely. Good to hear some old ‘rare’ words. Brings about joy to me

I had to smile when you mentioned the brooms indicating an alehouse. When I was living in southern Germany, our village was surrounded by vineyards. Every year, just before the new harvest, you'd see hand-lettered signs everywhere saying, "Besen" (broom), and pointing pointing toward one farm or another. As you got to the farm's lane, there would be a twig broom sticking out at the roadside. You'd find yourself seated at a trestle table in the barn, eating rustic sausages, potato salad, and sauerkraut. And drinking wine. Lots and lots of wine which was being sold off cheaply in order for the vats to be emptied and made ready for that year's harvest. Yum! 🍷🍷🍷

I hope that in 500 years, they’ll have infotainment holovideos like this, and they’ll be explaining the recipes & goings on of American diners and bars and such.

You’ve done it now Max. You’ve just become the Tavern Keeper NpC in my next dnd game!

The fact that you brought up all of the printing press changed the the English language is fascinating as always, keep up the good work

"I'm not drunk! I just have the falling sickness!" 😆

If anyone wants to know, a "spart axe" (more commonly spelled sparth) is a large axe intended for use as a weapon rather than a tool. They are believed to be descended from the Dane axe, though a precise definition isn't really possible from the available writing (so far as I know). Basically dude wasn't just walking around with his lumber axe, he was armed and looking for a fight.

The portrait that you used to depict Osbert is actually that of Oswald von Wolkenstein (1377-1445), who was a composer and knight from a noble family. He was quite the character to the extent that he would be worthy of his very own video! Also, much of his music still survives to this day, and it's very beautiful!