Food Theory: I Cooked 100 Year Old Family Recipes!

😋 Let's have some fun. Share your favorite family recipe below.

I love the idea of MatPat's grandpa being in the afterlife going "It only took me dying, but I finally got that grandson of mine to try ma' shoup!"

Hearing the “This one’s for you grandpa” just makes my heart warm.

The whole outta pocket convo Matt started with "do you like smelling your own farts?" and Steph's cry-laughing "Dude, you're my best friend, but you can *clear* a room" is marriage goals right there

Matthews childhood foods: polish foods, sour soups, meaty sausages- fatty and sweet breads etc etc Matthew now: PINE CONES.

“This one’s for you, Grandpa” 💔

"Yeah, no more tears for MattPat. The announcement should've been it but he snuck in Ollie's first sign off, but no more!" "This one's for you grandpa" somber heartfelt tone Mattpatt Well so much for no more tears lol

I'm a first generation Polish American and I teared up when MatPat said he was Polish... I was raised strictly Polish and eat all sorts of Polish food to this day, (today it was kotlety mielone). Yes I know we keep too many consonants together, and the smells of Polish dishes can be pungent, but you should try Kaszanka! It's truly delicious!

Without exaggerating, I think this is one of your best episodes made ever. Full stop. The sentiment was beautiful and the I think it’s great that now these recipes can see the light of day again after so many years.

I lost my grandmother literally a couple weeks ago and this video opening with "This one's for your grandpa" almost made me cry. Thanks for giving me the motivation to call my dad and ask for some of their Portuguese family recipes❤

The tone of matpat shows how much he cares abt his grandfather’s recipe

this episode made me cry. i dont have any connection to my ancestors cultural foods and to see yall be able to connect once again was beautiful. i hope more people end up cherishing what they have

15:15 "This is my grandparents' house's smell" So Proust had madeleines (in French, a "Madeleine de Proust" is an expression used to describe smells, tastes, sounds reminding you of your childhood or bringing back emotional memories from a long time ago), and MatPat has kielbasa & cabbage soup 🥣

The tone of MatPat shows how much he cares about his grandfather’s recipe!💖💖

This video made me surprisingly emotional. When my grandmother passed away I inherited her rolling pin and it’s one of my most cherished possessions. I think of her every time I bake a pie. She is 100% where I got my food love language from.

When I was younger my uncle taught me how to make amazing shortbread cookies from a recipe that was passed down for generations. I’m finally glad I have an excuse to share it! Short Bread cookies: 6 oz flour 3 oz cornstarch 3 oz sugar 1 stick of butter (softened) 1 egg yolk Steps: Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Combine flour, egg, cornstarch, and sugar in a mix bowl. Mix well. Slowly add in pieces of butter and continue to mix until a solid dough ball is formed. You may need to add a few teaspoons of water if the dough is not forming. Place individually cut cookies on a baking sheet and put them in the oven for about 15 minutes. Check them occasionally. Depending on the cookie size, you may need more or less time. Once the bottom of the cookies are golden brown take them out of the over and let them cool. Once the cookies have cooled a bit, but are still warm, dip or sprinkle each cookie with sugar. Leave them to cool fully and then enjoy! ❤

I never thought a Food Theory episode would actually show that Mat and i, along with many other people have a lot in common. Both raised Polish, a lot of interests similar to eachother, and have similar stories when it comes to ancestors. At the age of 4-5, my grandmother is someone i looked up to the most. She always had those iconic rainbow melon gummies lying around somewhere, and the best thing i remember her making was toast with that unforgetable pepper spice sprinkled around it. I still remember that party with my whole known generation invited by her, with those triangular decorations, tables, lights, music and fireplace set up, along with a basic mobile game needing to guess the names of certain games on it just for some fun of my own. Now with my grandma passing away since almost 9 years ago, that toast still lives on within my family, and my dad knows the exact recipe for it. God speed Matthew. May your cooking adventures live on

Great gram's rhubarb pie: 4 cups finely chopped rhubarb 2 cups sugar 1/4 cup all purpose flour 1 generous squeeze lemon juice Pinch of salt 1 heaping tbsp tapioca pearls Before placing top crust, spread small dabs of butter onto the filling. The crust will absorb it as it bakes and makes it super flakey, and gets rid of the weird store bought crust after taste.

This was a really heartwarming episode. I'm so glad that everyone enjoyed their dishes. Especially Matt, after decades of avoiding it.

As someone who's from slovakia and lives pretty close to poland this episode almost made me tear up. The same cabage soup you made today is served every christmas (along with fish and mashed potatoes) and idk there was something so satisfing when Matt finaly tried it. Definitly one of my fav episodes