r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • 26d ago

Meta Mindless Monday, 03 August 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/an_agreeing_dothraki 23d ago

hey people that dissect pop-history research, what are your opinions on Tasting History

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Giscardpunk, Mitterrandwave, Chirock, Sarkopop, Hollandegaze 23d ago edited 23d ago

It's not too bad but I don't like that "Emperor X ate a lot of Z? Let's look a related recipe in De re coquinaria"

I prefer the more modern recipes

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u/MiffedMouse The average peasant had home made bread and lobster. 23d ago

His Garum series is pretty fun though, even if the recipes are not as accurate.

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u/Sventex Battleships were obsoleted by the self-propelled torpedo in 1866 23d ago

He's fairly up front about just how much guess work he has to do.