Now we know the real reason why James is in the team, his grumpiness tones down Ben's grumpiness so Ben seems jolly in comparison 🤣 Ben's reaction to the gin cookies kit was hilarious, my stomach aches! So much salt!
He says they're rich and buttery. Yeah mate, because you brought the butter. And you brought the gin. The kit provided fuck-all. How difficult is a cookie mix anyway? Like he said, six-year-olds make them.
I love Ben's reactions to everything. I need no James. You laughed so hard your stomach aches. Why would you ever want to tone that down? I think it's too late to get rid of James, but I click on Ben videos.
Ooh, that would definitely be a good recipe video! I want to try Ben-approved gin cookies, and they could toss in some unusual ingredients or techniques to flesh out the video.
At the end of the day the result is probably the similar/the same if the directions are followed... by Ben and James so they definitely were lol. It's like fast forwarding to the final product
After seeing Ben's reaction to the gin cookies, I am in great need of a video where Ben reacts to gin products. I just want to see him complain and nitpick again. 😂
I feel like you could redo almost every cooking battle. Not only has it been a decent amount of time since we saw a lot of the but the "normals" have learned a lot and I'd like to see a then vs now kind of approach
Yes please! I would be so down if they did a full new season of ultimate battles. And like you said, they could absolutely re-do any/all of the old ones.
It would be a bit difficult with cookies as you don't usually add water to cookies. Best way would be to go ahead and make brown butter. That cooks out the about 20% water content in butter, which you can then add back as booze.
I was thinking it would be a good project for children. It teaches them about food but also creates something yummy to eat at the end of the project :)
@@SortedFood absolutely!! we have 50 mini tomatoes almost ripe in our click and grow garden. We have 2 X rosemary, 1 X thyme, 1 X wild strawberry, 2 X basil, 3 X lettuce and 2 X Thai basil. All have grown extremely well in our tiny flat with low light and minimal effort!
Oooh. Is that the brand, "Smart Garden" or the keywords to search on Amazon? I have a balcony in our flat, and it would be nice to grow some veg... If the Canadian weather would COOPERATE *eye twitching manically*
I’d really like to see them CREATE some diy kits, so we could get some ideas of kits either to replace some convenience products (so, gourmet cookies, quick bread mixes, etc.) or to give as gifts.
Yes, that’s why I enjoyed the video where I think they were creating lunch box meal and Barry made a hikers dehydrated meal. Unfortunately they didn’t say how it was made but that would have been great.
This one was great! I wish Jamie could've tried the bacon. James too since he did a week of curing bacon on his own. Ben's reaction to the "generous glug" of gin was hilarious.
Jamie, now you know what it feels like to be us. Getting to see such nice food, but eating none of it 😂 Count your blessings for great cheffy friends when you get back to the studio good and proper, Jay!
Believe it or else, I am actually wearing a kilt (Hunting Stuart, to which I am vaguely entitled). I leave it to your imagination about whether or not I have anything under the kilt.
@@stone5against1 Serving sizes are reverse calculated. They start with a maximum amount of calories, fat, carbs, etc. and work back from there to get the serving. Hence other stupid things like: "Serving per container- approx. 1 3/4"
@@SortedFood Not sure any bacon would have been left FOR filming... it would have been an "ooooh I can eat this" upon opening the refrigerator door. 😂😂😂
"Up your street" love getting to hear the difference between American English and British English. First time ever hearing something other than "Up your alley".
Well, it's not like u can put milk and meat in a box and keep it for however long those boxes are lying around before they're sold. Also that would probably increase the shipping cost because of the weight. A little gin packet would not hurt tho...
For a normal person watching these, your planning/organization is pretty cool to watch in real time. Obvs the prerecorded videos you had, but also for example, how James coordinated his studio visit in the last video with preparing some of the food shown in this video.
We've started pickling things in my household. It's proven to go very well with the herbs in my garden. Hopefully when it's harvest season we'll also be able to use my own fresh cucumbers, bell peppers, etc.
I think its the techniques and process you learn that is really valuable and what your paying for. Once you get confidence of making your own bacon, or halloumi or whatever, you can experiment more and source the ingredients yourself and tweak the process to your liking and it just becomes a very nice hobby with the reward of good food at the end.
The ginkit was absolutly worthless. The others were gold! I love how Ben keeps turning around and being surprised! Like he didn't put it under there in the first place haha.
Just wanted to tell u guys when I see one of these vids it get so excited bc I live these vids. Can’t wait till quarantine is over and we can get more vids together.
I love rewatching this series over and over, but it also makes me just a little sad that there really isn't anything comparable in Australia (and what did exist from the DIY restaurant meals category only existed very narrowly within lockdown). It's such a great way to just get a little help to start doing some more in-depth food things at home.
We have made cheese a lot, and meat curing is always rewarding. The great thing about these kits is that you gain a skill that you can use again and again.
My cooking has gone through the roof, I have been making black garlic, extracts (Vanilla in bourbon, grape, coffee, blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, chocolate, strawberry, mint, lemon, orange, and lime in vodka), playing around with seasonings that I have never used, picked up seasonings I have never heard of. This has been an experimental time. I made so much stuff out of pancake mix.
I love these. Like I love the gadget videos, but I really like that y'all have been testing boxes like these - DIY kits and food boxes and such. Especially right now, it feels like tons of people, myself included, have looked at stuff like this. It's nice getting an opinion. And I just enjoy your videos, so... /End ramble
I wish they had done Chef Bogarde pizza box kit!! I LOVE those! My whole family does! It’s one of the few pizzas that you don’t dare put ranch on because it’s just SO GOOD by itself! The kits use to include a packets of grated Parmesan but they just contain the ingredients to make the dough and the can of sauce which is SO DELICIOUS! You can buy the cans of sauce at Walmart only and we do! The pizza is so good! It’s the only “thin crust” pizza I’ll eat and it’s not a crispy crust which I love! I like soft crusts and just something about this pizza sauce is magical!
I literally watched Ben putting on the glove 6 times so I could watch his and Jamie's expressions/voices because I was laughing so hard. That was PRICELESS!!! Ben's Ben-uendo game has obviously gotten stronger in quarantine.
Loving the content, especially in the times!! Cheers guys!! If you're thinking of doing another episode on items that are delivered through the letterbox etc, m-eat are class... Original, extra protein and chilli are decent!!
I've never understood why they use that cast iron grill pan. Seems like they'd get better results by just using a normal cast iron pan and seasoning it well.
I was obsessed with sorted when they first started, then I stopped watching them.for a while, but now I'm hooked again, really enjoyed this last couple of months videos 👌
One thing I've done to reduce my trips to the grocery store whilst getting the most value for money is make my own lunchmeat. Turning a cheap pork loin roast into a huge joint of brined and sous vide pork slices with a slight italian flavor (garlic and herbs). A 3-day process that has produced enough sandwiches that I've yet to need to buy more (I froze half to increase it's longevity).
Fun episode! FYI, hot sauce is extremely easy to make on your own. The wonderful part of making your own is you decide the flavors you want to use. I'm with Ben on the gin cookies--if you're claiming alcohol is in the product I want to taste it! I enjoy making my own bacon whichI suspect is an anomaly living in Manhattan (NYC.) BTW, it's really nice to see everyone treating each other like friends as sometimes it's not apparent.
Not sure why you would want to make three bottles at a time, though. Do you have to wait a year for the bottles to be empty before you can make the second recipe?
@@AlanHope2013 Probably, they thought that one bottle is not enough that's why they needed more, LOL I'm also wondering, especially if that 3 bottles only have one flavor 😯
I've made my own bacon for years because most bacon over here in the US is mass produced and too expensive for the product you get. So I cure my own and then I cold smoke it for a week or two (on and off of course), yielding a result similar to a real black forest ham (no, not the cooked ham most people outside of Germany think is a black forest ham - it's more like a smoked prosciutto). The best thing is that it lasts for months in the fridge - I often even bring a piece when I go camping and just hang it in a muslin bag - it will dry out more but not go bad, so yummy breakfast eggs or burritos can have that bacony flavor... The cheese kit looks interesting. Never made my own cheese except for mozzarella which is really simple to do.
I think you can improve the halloumi by doing a couple of things. Try adding a weight on top of the curds while they're in the mold. That will remove more moisture, making it more dense. You also mentioned a lack of squeak. Adjusting the temp/cooking time after the cutting stage by just a tad should help firm up the curds just a bit more before molding.
Haven’t used kits but I’ve been busy trying new things. Fermentation projects (mead, sauerkraut, kvass, dosas), made my own vanilla extract and planning on making my own mustard.
I made halloumi that grills two days ago. I'd suggest half cow's milk and half goat milk, since goat curds tends to be way finer, so the mixture of the two sticks together better when grilled. Try it out with your next go. :)
Ross & Ross are a small business local to me so love that you liked their product. It would be great if you could feature more food products from small businesses
I love this channel so much 😁 I've been making my own bacon for 3 years now. I do a wet brine with my own blend of spices and then smoke it. So delicious
I've now watched hundreds of you video's and I'm stunned that you most usually cook with the same old mundane typical meats. I'd really like to see you do something with one of my most favourite and usually eaten meats: Kangaroo. I eat kangaroo at least 3 times a week. It's unique, extremely low in fat, no cholesterol and high in protein. The flavour is unique as well. Other great Australian meats, Crocodile and emu. I'd like to see you put your skills to the test and create something wonderful with Kangaroo. Love your video's and determined to watch every one. Avagoodweegend.
It’s often because meats other than the standard chicken, pork, beef, lamb and turkey aren’t frequently sold in the UK. Supermarkets don’t vary from those meats because people are often afraid to try them and butchers use fresh local produce which generally consists of the standard UK animals! I’d love to be able to try new meats but they’re so hard to source (especially ethically and fresh) around here!
I like trying 'exotic' meats. I've eaten rattlesnake, bear, elk, deer, wild boar, kangaroo, alligato, and othersr. Of the ones I've tried, alligator was my least favorite as it tasted like it didn't know what to be--meat or fatty fish. lol. I'm assuming crocodile would be a somewhat similar dichotomy. I wonder how easy it is for Brits to access some of these other types of meat.
@@daasbuffy I buy kangaroo from my local supermarket like everyone else does. Perhaps you need to talk with your butcher. The greater amount of Lamb sold in the UK is from New Zealand and Australia exports large amounts of food products to the UK and Europe often. That is how we do it on Earth, perhaps you are from somewhere else!?!
"It's business time!" I would love to try all but the cookies. Amazing how you guys adapted and found a work around. The videos are as good as ever. Nice shirt Jamie.
Have the best day . Do these kits include one of you guys as well .....jk I love to cook and bake. Just made bread again from my grandmothers starter which is in the 90 years old , live using it I have done many many biscuits, pizza, bread and pancakes OMG is so good .
I mean technically the packs app includes one of them. I get a real kick out of hearing one of them boss me around and remind me to clean up my work station. (I am not being paid by Sortedfood for this comment.)
the one with the beacon seems like once you have the kit and really like it you would use the instructions to do it your self in the future and explore it even more. With the cheese that could also work. if the brands of those would provide stuff for long therm costumers that might keep them coming back.
It is just a pic of a nice kayak ride 😊, but when you only see it from the side as you focus on Jamie all you can see is a person with a pink bag over the face 😂. (instead of it being the back view and a hat)
The cheese kit and bacon kit are great in that you can make more of the product afterward, but I think the cheese is the best of the bunch as you aren't reliant on any proprietary mixes.
Please tell me Ben left those cured bacon chunks is the fridge for Jamie & James to come on a different day and eat! (Also: we really need to see Jamie's reaction to them 😂)
I love this. It is nice to see kits like this. I do like to get these kinds of kits for bdays/christmas. Since they are consumable and don't fill up my space with unnecessary clutter. I want to see more.
I don't understand why anybody pays for these. literally pay £20 for £1 worth of ingredients + recipe + overly marketed packaging. why not put that money towards a book and learn about the process then go buy the ingredients required for a fraction of the cost.
Well, I'm using about 3 kg of pork belly to make bacon, so it's two weeks in the cure, then I smoke it. For pancetta, it's two weeks in the cure, then I put it in the muslin cloth and let it dry in the fridge for 1.5-2 months. It's worked great so far. And I often just thinly slice pancetta and eat it raw.
Ah, DIY kits. Where companies throw out the common sense convention of, "Oh, let's make things with these giant machines and processes in large factories that can make 100s if not 1000s of orders in an hour so that way everyone can easily afford it," and instead goes with, "Hey, let's spend a butt load more money packaging these individual boxes together, use up way more resources, and make triple or quadruple the amount of trash that our customers would normally have to throw out so that way they can do our job for us and so we can charge them 5x our normal price for the same size portion." Not saying they aren't cool gifts or what-have-you, but I do sincerely hate the logic. Especially since a lot of people that I know who buy these also complain about the terrible way we treat the environment. However I point this out to them when they buy people these things, and they ignominiously argue with me that this isn't contributing to the problem. *sigh*
I understand where you are coming from and agree with the concept. I personally wouldn't buy these simply cause of the expense and the packaging involved. However I would much rather have the OPTION to buy it if I needed to. And so, I am glad they exist. So many scenarios where one may find them very useful. For example, I would hate to live a utilitarian lifestyle without my food luxuries if the lockdown continued.
I think you should have a go at making Dim Sum at home. I've personally attempted making a few myself, and it was really satisfying as I was able to appreciate the techniques and work that goes into making it.
Maybe I'm alone, but I had no idea what haloumi was at the start. In case others didn't know either... Halloumi is a traditional Cypriot cheese made from a mixture of goat's and sheep's milk, and sometimes also cow's milk. Its texture is described as squeaky. It has a high melting point and so can easily be fried or grilled, a property that makes it a popular meat substitute. (Per Wiki) 😁
Hey Ben if you haven't already you might have some success getting a more rubbery cheese by breaking up the curds a little more before draining the whey. Did that by accident once and made a dairy based hockey puck.
Now we know the real reason why James is in the team, his grumpiness tones down Ben's grumpiness so Ben seems jolly in comparison 🤣
Ben's reaction to the gin cookies kit was hilarious, my stomach aches! So much salt!
Haven’t seen him genuinely pissed since the gadget reviews with the mayonnaise maker and green tongs 😂
And Scotland need to be represented 🙌🏻
Ben's grumpiness? He seems downright jolly, even in his disappointment.
He says they're rich and buttery. Yeah mate, because you brought the butter. And you brought the gin. The kit provided fuck-all. How difficult is a cookie mix anyway? Like he said, six-year-olds make them.
I love Ben's reactions to everything. I need no James. You laughed so hard your stomach aches. Why would you ever want to tone that down? I think it's too late to get rid of James, but I click on Ben videos.
Ben should make his own Gin cookies that deliver the claims that the product didn't produce.
Ohh great idea
That would be great! He's talked the talk, now he needs to walk the walk and show us how to make a proper gin cookie!
add more gin
Ooh, that would definitely be a good recipe video! I want to try Ben-approved gin cookies, and they could toss in some unusual ingredients or techniques to flesh out the video.
And perhaps other boozy bakes to go along with it?
Ben: "James already did this for us!" Also Ben: "I feel accomplished"
I was tricked by your profile pic. I'm not mad.
Andrea Moron I was tricked too!
At the end of the day the result is probably the similar/the same if the directions are followed... by Ben and James so they definitely were lol. It's like fast forwarding to the final product
I was tricked to
You say that as if Ben will not continue to do the curing process himself to ensure "It was done properly" in the end lol.
After seeing Ben's reaction to the gin cookies, I am in great need of a video where Ben reacts to gin products. I just want to see him complain and nitpick again. 😂
I want that too!!
😂
There is a Welsh brewery that makes Seaweed tint, it has the most disconcerting green tinge to it, like there is algae in it.
While drinking Gin. Drunk Ben's cute.
Linann Singh much agreement lol tiddled Ben is adorable.
Drunk chefs remote control sober normals! Love you guys!
Cool idea
😂 this would be interesting!
@@SortedFood Love you lads so much! Keep up the amazing work and please use my idea lol!
I’m having *drunk-Ben-and-the-never-ending-berry-list flashbacks*
@@limaman7262 SAME!! I'm laughing to that 😂
Ben is obviously missing James, he seems to have taken on the judgemental side in his absence 💁♀️😂
We know right! haha.
Ben was always judgy, just have to find the right thing for him, which is obviously anything gin related.
I love that pun
We all miss James.
666 likes. Ben's a demon.
I feel like you could redo almost every cooking battle. Not only has it been a decent amount of time since we saw a lot of the but the "normals" have learned a lot and I'd like to see a then vs now kind of approach
But then they would have to rename all of their ultimate cooking battles as penultimate cooking battles.
Yes please! I would be so down if they did a full new season of ultimate battles. And like you said, they could absolutely re-do any/all of the old ones.
Yeah. maybe they would have to find\make their own recipes instead of having the chefs help them xD
I think that Ben should develop his own "boozy cookie" recipes that meet his standards of "heady notes"
It would be a bit difficult with cookies as you don't usually add water to cookies.
Best way would be to go ahead and make brown butter. That cooks out the about 20% water content in butter, which you can then add back as booze.
@@lancelindlelee7256 rather than burnt butter, you could just use ghee and mix in the gin as you say. You could also create a syrup and add gin to it.
"That becomes your responsibility for quite a large amount of time and I enjoy that." - No wonder Jamie is a dad!
Problem with kids is you dont get to eat them after a few weeks.
Cooking with Dad that’s your problem with children? Just raise chickens or something
@@T_1.5 r/woosh
I was thinking it would be a good project for children. It teaches them about food but also creates something yummy to eat at the end of the project :)
@@Sunnylyndis Assuming they don't do it poorly enough that they managed to poison themselves anyway
In my small London flat with no garden, I've bought several "smart" gardens for growing herbs, salad, tomatoes etc. They have been revolutionary
I got an Aerogarden and a click and grow garden
Are you finding they work? We haven't tried any yet!
@@SortedFood absolutely!! we have 50 mini tomatoes almost ripe in our click and grow garden. We have 2 X rosemary, 1 X thyme, 1 X wild strawberry, 2 X basil, 3 X lettuce and 2 X Thai basil. All have grown extremely well in our tiny flat with low light and minimal effort!
Oooh. Is that the brand, "Smart Garden" or the keywords to search on Amazon? I have a balcony in our flat, and it would be nice to grow some veg... If the Canadian weather would COOPERATE *eye twitching manically*
@@jessica-mariegervais9800 the two brands I have are 'click and grow' and 'aerogarden'
I’d really like to see them CREATE some diy kits, so we could get some ideas of kits either to replace some convenience products (so, gourmet cookies, quick bread mixes, etc.) or to give as gifts.
Lisa Gresham hard core backing this.
Yes, that’s why I enjoyed the video where I think they were creating lunch box meal and Barry made a hikers dehydrated meal. Unfortunately they didn’t say how it was made but that would have been great.
SORTEDfood> "Make your own halloumi"
Me> "I've got some Lunchables Pizza. That is basically a DIY"
This one was great! I wish Jamie could've tried the bacon. James too since he did a week of curing bacon on his own. Ben's reaction to the "generous glug" of gin was hilarious.
Jamie, now you know what it feels like to be us. Getting to see such nice food, but eating none of it 😂 Count your blessings for great cheffy friends when you get back to the studio good and proper, Jay!
"Still no trousers, though."
Isn't that all of us these days, though? 😂😂
Yeah, pretty much, you can't see any lower than the waist.
trousers? Here in the land down under we're needing our trakky dacks.. it's cold
of course Ben wasn't wearing trousers- he was just hiding the classic red shorts from everyone
@@anniee6616 Pyjama pants! They're so much more comfy.
Believe it or else, I am actually wearing a kilt (Hunting Stuart, to which I am vaguely entitled). I leave it to your imagination about whether or not I have anything under the kilt.
I guess it's a universal problem that the "10-12" cookie estimate on the back of the bag is a total lie lol
It's the same with servings. For me, a serving of potato chips is the whole bag, not 5 chips :p
@@stone5against1 Serving sizes are reverse calculated. They start with a maximum amount of calories, fat, carbs, etc. and work back from there to get the serving. Hence other stupid things like: "Serving per container- approx. 1 3/4"
I currently have the opposite issue, my carrot muffin recipe says it makes 12 muffins. Made it 4 time now and it never made less than 17.
greenmoneyfairy I wouldn’t call that an issue 😄
More muffin. Less carrot.
I literally can’t when Jamie cried cause he realized he wouldn’t be able to taste the DIY bacon 😂😂😂
You can’t what?
Justin Coleman can’t watch the video without laughing out loud. Probably should’ve finished my sentence
"Why would I put the Gin in the cookies when I can just drink the Gin?" Ben's thoughts allegedly.
Gin cookies ins 2 easy steps.
1 Buy shortbread cookies.
2 Dink them in Gin as you eat them.
@@cjpines5634 would definitely have more than two teaspoons of gin
As someone drinking a gin and tonic while watching this, I concur.
I don't know how they can call them 'Gin cookies' when they don't include the gin.
Could you imagine the havoc if Jamie had been the one in the kitchen 😂😂
😂 and he would have taken all the Bacon that James made either home with him, or cooked it and eaten it as an after filming snack.
He'd have reviewed the bacon product first and continued to snack while filming the rest 😂
@@SortedFood Either? I think both 😉
@@SortedFood Not sure any bacon would have been left FOR filming... it would have been an "ooooh I can eat this" upon opening the refrigerator door. 😂😂😂
"Up your street" love getting to hear the difference between American English and British English. First time ever hearing something other than "Up your alley".
Up your alley means something else in the UK...
@@Seamalicous What is it? Is it obscene? Google didn't give me any answers.
@@joshhaas7240 It's usually described as a back alley if that helps you out.
@@Seamalicous So .. yes? It is obscene? Inquiring minds want to know.
@@goldengryphon No. It's just an idiom for something being highly compatible with your interests.
I think “still no trousers, though?” probably sums up lockdown for a lot of people 😂😂 absolute mood
my new business idea... "make your own Truffle, lobster and saffron pasta" (truffle, lobster and saffron not included)
Well, it's not like u can put milk and meat in a box and keep it for however long those boxes are lying around before they're sold. Also that would probably increase the shipping cost because of the weight. A little gin packet would not hurt tho...
Make your own Lobster, comes with fertilized eggs, nutrients and instruction manuals
"These are the smallest walnuts I've ever seen, and I've still only got nine."
Well maybe they mean shelled walnuts? 😂😂😂😂
I love Ben haha, he's been my favourite since I started watching 9 years ago
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I've been gardening since quarantine started, mostly as an excuse to still go outside. But I'm about to have some absolutely banging tomatoes :D
Congrats! Tomato season came early this year in Texas. Been eating grapefruit-sized heirlooms all week. So lucky.
Why do you need an excuse? Surely quarantine doesn't prohibit your own yard.
For a normal person watching these, your planning/organization is pretty cool to watch in real time. Obvs the prerecorded videos you had, but also for example, how James coordinated his studio visit in the last video with preparing some of the food shown in this video.
We've started pickling things in my household. It's proven to go very well with the herbs in my garden. Hopefully when it's harvest season we'll also be able to use my own fresh cucumbers, bell peppers, etc.
Jamie’s Dad jokes have made it into the main episode’s, whey to go. I was like “oh my curd!”... I’ll get my coat.
You are going to get a lot of boo-ze
Clever 😆👏☺️
Did you smoke the bacon? As we know, “If your bacon’s unsmoked then it’s just hot ham.”
WHERE did I hear that I heard really recently and can't put my finger on it 😭
Stein17 The instant ramen battle video :)
@@dpchiko17 Jamie said it!
The bacon looked so sad :( I mean I'm sure it was delicious but definitely in a hot ham way.
@@jodiescrivener8005 and he was wrong!
I think its the techniques and process you learn that is really valuable and what your paying for. Once you get confidence of making your own bacon, or halloumi or whatever, you can experiment more and source the ingredients yourself and tweak the process to your liking and it just becomes a very nice hobby with the reward of good food at the end.
The ginkit was absolutly worthless. The others were gold! I love how Ben keeps turning around and being surprised! Like he didn't put it under there in the first place haha.
Just wanted to tell u guys when I see one of these vids it get so excited bc I live these vids. Can’t wait till quarantine is over and we can get more vids together.
Ebbers is my favorite!! Hope you all are staying safe!! Thanks for the videos!! Hope you come to New Mexico, USA one day!!
Hi form Israel
Ben 13:52 : “Like a billAtong”
South Africans: - whut -
Exactly it’s pronounced bill-tong but it’s alright Ben gave me a good laugh
I facepalmed when he said this!
When Ben said “It’s business time”, the first thing I thought about was Jermaine from Flight of the Conchords singing “It’s *Business* time...”
😂
Good one! Had to watch it again, just because you said that, haha! th-cam.com/video/AqZcYPEszN8/w-d-xo.html
Business time with jazz hands.
“I want his fingers...the SPEED...the SPEED”
@@linannsingh6165 GLOVED jazz hands.
have done the bacon at home, but I also raised the pig myself, so a little more DIY.
"Enough of a tongue tingle to know that it's there, and I'm beginning to draw a sweat." I love starting my day with Benuendos 😆
I don't think anything that would constitute a Benuendo should be making your tongue tingle
I love rewatching this series over and over, but it also makes me just a little sad that there really isn't anything comparable in Australia (and what did exist from the DIY restaurant meals category only existed very narrowly within lockdown). It's such a great way to just get a little help to start doing some more in-depth food things at home.
I'd love a part Two, where you take the Cheese, Bacon and Chilli sauce and make a few different dishes
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We have made cheese a lot, and meat curing is always rewarding. The great thing about these kits is that you gain a skill that you can use again and again.
is it bad that i have this intro memorised word-for-word and say it along with them?
I have too 😂😂
Me as well 😂😂
Same
We don't think you're alone, this happens with all our intro's 😂. We're actually quite flattered!
SORTEDfood especially with lockdown i’ve been re-binging videos so it gives me more of a chance to memorise it
My cooking has gone through the roof, I have been making black garlic, extracts (Vanilla in bourbon, grape, coffee, blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, chocolate, strawberry, mint, lemon, orange, and lime in vodka), playing around with seasonings that I have never used, picked up seasonings I have never heard of. This has been an experimental time. I made so much stuff out of pancake mix.
Seeing someone make cheese on youtube without being called a "curd nerd" feels so wrong.
I know right lol
Honestly sorted food is the best... even tough we are in quarantine they still try to make us smile as much as they can with their videos :)
well, I suppose Ben's gonna have to try and develop a better recipe for Gin cookies- preferably one that lives up to the hype of the kit
I love these. Like I love the gadget videos, but I really like that y'all have been testing boxes like these - DIY kits and food boxes and such. Especially right now, it feels like tons of people, myself included, have looked at stuff like this. It's nice getting an opinion. And I just enjoy your videos, so... /End ramble
Yay happy to see Ben back in the studio....!!! ❤❤❤
I wish they had done Chef Bogarde pizza box kit!! I LOVE those! My whole family does! It’s one of the few pizzas that you don’t dare put ranch on because it’s just SO GOOD by itself! The kits use to include a packets of grated Parmesan but they just contain the ingredients to make the dough and the can of sauce which is SO DELICIOUS! You can buy the cans of sauce at Walmart only and we do! The pizza is so good! It’s the only “thin crust” pizza I’ll eat and it’s not a crispy crust which I love! I like soft crusts and just something about this pizza sauce is magical!
Ben really spun around after he put it under the “cloth” haha 😆
Cloche
He did! LOLS
He made James do it, so it’s only fair!
I literally watched Ben putting on the glove 6 times so I could watch his and Jamie's expressions/voices because I was laughing so hard. That was PRICELESS!!! Ben's Ben-uendo game has obviously gotten stronger in quarantine.
"Lucky for meee," yeah, just rub it in, Ben. 😂
Loving the content, especially in the times!! Cheers guys!!
If you're thinking of doing another episode on items that are delivered through the letterbox etc, m-eat are class... Original, extra protein and chilli are decent!!
I've never understood why they use that cast iron grill pan. Seems like they'd get better results by just using a normal cast iron pan and seasoning it well.
Your videos have so helped out during lock down. From the dad jokes to the bennuendos.
7:23 So you sterilized the bottle, but not the funnel? Now that I think about it, wouldn't the mixer need sterilizing too?
I don't know the science of it but from what I've heard of preserve making, it's just the jar or bottle (and their lids) that need sterilising.
I was obsessed with sorted when they first started, then I stopped watching them.for a while, but now I'm hooked again, really enjoyed this last couple of months videos 👌
Sorted is getting me through quarantine ❤️❤️❤️
I might not know what day it is in lockdown but then you upload and i'm like aaahhh either a Wednesday or a Sunday
Now I need Ben to do a cover of "Business Time" by Flight of the Concords.
One thing I've done to reduce my trips to the grocery store whilst getting the most value for money is make my own lunchmeat. Turning a cheap pork loin roast into a huge joint of brined and sous vide pork slices with a slight italian flavor (garlic and herbs). A 3-day process that has produced enough sandwiches that I've yet to need to buy more (I froze half to increase it's longevity).
Afrikaans girl hears Ben say biltong... STOPS EVERYTHING to go get some. Lekker!!
Fun episode! FYI, hot sauce is extremely easy to make on your own. The wonderful part of making your own is you decide the flavors you want to use. I'm with Ben on the gin cookies--if you're claiming alcohol is in the product I want to taste it! I enjoy making my own bacon whichI suspect is an anomaly living in Manhattan (NYC.) BTW, it's really nice to see everyone treating each other like friends as sometimes it's not apparent.
I feel a bit sad for Jamie not being able to try the DIY ham, haha
DIY chili sauce looks and sounds good! 😋
Not sure why you would want to make three bottles at a time, though. Do you have to wait a year for the bottles to be empty before you can make the second recipe?
@@AlanHope2013 Probably, they thought that one bottle is not enough that's why they needed more, LOL
I'm also wondering, especially if that 3 bottles only have one flavor 😯
I've made my own bacon for years because most bacon over here in the US is mass produced and too expensive for the product you get. So I cure my own and then I cold smoke it for a week or two (on and off of course), yielding a result similar to a real black forest ham (no, not the cooked ham most people outside of Germany think is a black forest ham - it's more like a smoked prosciutto). The best thing is that it lasts for months in the fridge - I often even bring a piece when I go camping and just hang it in a muslin bag - it will dry out more but not go bad, so yummy breakfast eggs or burritos can have that bacony flavor...
The cheese kit looks interesting. Never made my own cheese except for mozzarella which is really simple to do.
where's barry! i feel like i haven't seen him since i binge watched pass it on this morning
He will be appearing in some future vids - don't worry 😀
I think he was on an Instagram live recently too.
Getting his hair done. Takes weeks
You guys are literally the only reason I keep track of the days
What happened to the "Unsmoked bacon is just hot ham" Jamie lol
I think you can improve the halloumi by doing a couple of things. Try adding a weight on top of the curds while they're in the mold. That will remove more moisture, making it more dense.
You also mentioned a lack of squeak. Adjusting the temp/cooking time after the cutting stage by just a tad should help firm up the curds just a bit more before molding.
The Gin Cookies are what you get for someone when you get them for secret Santa and panic
Haven’t used kits but I’ve been busy trying new things. Fermentation projects (mead, sauerkraut, kvass, dosas), made my own vanilla extract and planning on making my own mustard.
Ben 7:46 "I don't normally eat chilli sauce off a spoon..."
Me laughs in Indonesian 🤣
Did you mean "wkwkwkwk"?
I made halloumi that grills two days ago. I'd suggest half cow's milk and half goat milk, since goat curds tends to be way finer, so the mixture of the two sticks together better when grilled. Try it out with your next go. :)
During isolation, I was looking forward to my ‘dad joke of the week’ more than ever. And that ‘ best whey to do it’ pun didn’t count. 😡
Ross & Ross are a small business local to me so love that you liked their product. It would be great if you could feature more food products from small businesses
Can we take a moment to acknowledge that James made the bacon.
Ben can't say he feels accomplished, he's stolen the mans bacon project!
I love this channel so much 😁 I've been making my own bacon for 3 years now. I do a wet brine with my own blend of spices and then smoke it. So delicious
15:33 "I've never cured bacon before" and you still haven't mate, poor James did all the work and he didn't even get to try any
Really impressed by the value for money of the halloumi kit. A block of supermarket halloumi costs ~£2.50. £22.99 for 8 blocks means
"bil 'A' tong"? 😂😂
Ben getting more and more grumpy about the cookies is the best part of the episode hahahahaha
I've now watched hundreds of you video's and I'm stunned that you most usually cook with the same old mundane typical meats. I'd really like to see you do something with one of my most favourite and usually eaten meats: Kangaroo. I eat kangaroo at least 3 times a week. It's unique, extremely low in fat, no cholesterol and high in protein. The flavour is unique as well. Other great Australian meats, Crocodile and emu. I'd like to see you put your skills to the test and create something wonderful with Kangaroo. Love your video's and determined to watch every one. Avagoodweegend.
How on earth would people in England get a hold of that? I live in Aus and have a hard time getting those meats regularly.
It’s often because meats other than the standard chicken, pork, beef, lamb and turkey aren’t frequently sold in the UK. Supermarkets don’t vary from those meats because people are often afraid to try them and butchers use fresh local produce which generally consists of the standard UK animals! I’d love to be able to try new meats but they’re so hard to source (especially ethically and fresh) around here!
It’s set in The uk so can’t really get those meets here different if there where in Australia but not here
I like trying 'exotic' meats. I've eaten rattlesnake, bear, elk, deer, wild boar, kangaroo, alligato, and othersr. Of the ones I've tried, alligator was my least favorite as it tasted like it didn't know what to be--meat or fatty fish. lol. I'm assuming crocodile would be a somewhat similar dichotomy. I wonder how easy it is for Brits to access some of these other types of meat.
@@daasbuffy I buy kangaroo from my local supermarket like everyone else does. Perhaps you need to talk with your butcher. The greater amount of Lamb sold in the UK is from New Zealand and Australia exports large amounts of food products to the UK and Europe often. That is how we do it on Earth, perhaps you are from somewhere else!?!
"It's business time!"
I would love to try all but the cookies.
Amazing how you guys adapted and found a work around. The videos are as good as ever. Nice shirt Jamie.
Have the best day . Do these kits include one of you guys as well .....jk I love to cook and bake. Just made bread again from my grandmothers starter which is in the 90 years old , live using it I have done many many biscuits, pizza, bread and pancakes OMG is so good .
Karin Cope heirloom yeast?
I mean technically the packs app includes one of them. I get a real kick out of hearing one of them boss me around and remind me to clean up my work station.
(I am not being paid by Sortedfood for this comment.)
the one with the beacon seems like once you have the kit and really like it you would use the instructions to do it your self in the future and explore it even more. With the cheese that could also work.
if the brands of those would provide stuff for long therm costumers that might keep them coming back.
... I keep getting distracted by the photo behind Jamie which looks like someone is being held hostage on a boat 🤨😑
Is everything okay over there!?
interesting. I just see a nice sunny day being enjoyed with the kids on a kayak 😂
Im curious, what does it make look like a hostage situation? 🤔
It is just a pic of a nice kayak ride 😊, but when you only see it from the side as you focus on Jamie all you can see is a person with a pink bag over the face 😂. (instead of it being the back view and a hat)
The cheese kit and bacon kit are great in that you can make more of the product afterward, but I think the cheese is the best of the bunch as you aren't reliant on any proprietary mixes.
Please tell me Ben left those cured bacon chunks is the fridge for Jamie & James to come on a different day and eat! (Also: we really need to see Jamie's reaction to them 😂)
Absolutly love Ben's reaction to the cookies. So harsh, but oh soooo true. The legend :P
I've never been this early to anything. xD
I love this. It is nice to see kits like this. I do like to get these kinds of kits for bdays/christmas. Since they are consumable and don't fill up my space with unnecessary clutter.
I want to see more.
I don't understand why anybody pays for these. literally pay £20 for £1 worth of ingredients + recipe + overly marketed packaging.
why not put that money towards a book and learn about the process then go buy the ingredients required for a fraction of the cost.
Love when Ben mentioned biltong. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦 ❤️
Wow i'm early
Well, I'm using about 3 kg of pork belly to make bacon, so it's two weeks in the cure, then I smoke it. For pancetta, it's two weeks in the cure, then I put it in the muslin cloth and let it dry in the fridge for 1.5-2 months. It's worked great so far. And I often just thinly slice pancetta and eat it raw.
Ah, DIY kits. Where companies throw out the common sense convention of, "Oh, let's make things with these giant machines and processes in large factories that can make 100s if not 1000s of orders in an hour so that way everyone can easily afford it," and instead goes with, "Hey, let's spend a butt load more money packaging these individual boxes together, use up way more resources, and make triple or quadruple the amount of trash that our customers would normally have to throw out so that way they can do our job for us and so we can charge them 5x our normal price for the same size portion."
Not saying they aren't cool gifts or what-have-you, but I do sincerely hate the logic. Especially since a lot of people that I know who buy these also complain about the terrible way we treat the environment. However I point this out to them when they buy people these things, and they ignominiously argue with me that this isn't contributing to the problem. *sigh*
I understand where you are coming from and agree with the concept. I personally wouldn't buy these simply cause of the expense and the packaging involved. However I would much rather have the OPTION to buy it if I needed to. And so, I am glad they exist. So many scenarios where one may find them very useful. For example, I would hate to live a utilitarian lifestyle without my food luxuries if the lockdown continued.
I think you should have a go at making Dim Sum at home. I've personally attempted making a few myself, and it was really satisfying as I was able to appreciate the techniques and work that goes into making it.
Maybe I'm alone, but I had no idea what haloumi was at the start. In case others didn't know either... Halloumi is a traditional Cypriot cheese made from a mixture of goat's and sheep's milk, and sometimes also cow's milk. Its texture is described as squeaky. It has a high melting point and so can easily be fried or grilled, a property that makes it a popular meat substitute. (Per Wiki) 😁
Hey Ben if you haven't already you might have some success getting a more rubbery cheese by breaking up the curds a little more before draining the whey. Did that by accident once and made a dairy based hockey puck.
So funny the way they cracked each other up regarding their “Still no trousers...” comment.
I made my own hot sauce using lacto-fermentation. It was so interesting and fun to do!