Does James May make the best bacon sandwich in the world?

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 มี.ค. 2021
  • The bacon sandwich is a sacred part of British culture, but how do you like yours - industrial or executive? James and Lucy battle it out in the kitchen to see whether making a bacon sandwich 'posh' actually makes it better.
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  • @LucyBrownVids
    @LucyBrownVids 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3046

    Which sandwich would you rather have?

    • @danielbyrne916
      @danielbyrne916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +452

      James mays one

    • @simonmorris4226
      @simonmorris4226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      Apologies to James but I’m afraid I’d sooner have yours except I would skip the mayo and put ketchup under the bacon. Hey, hybrids are the new big thing.........

    • @cameron2348
      @cameron2348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      james'

    • @sherifmourad79
      @sherifmourad79 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      ur recipe but with james bread, i would add a sunny up or boild egg

    • @WhiskyCardinalWes
      @WhiskyCardinalWes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      That's easy, I'll take both!!! You can never go wrong with TWO bacon sandwiches!!

  • @Mo-sd1db
    @Mo-sd1db 3 ปีที่แล้ว +602

    James: puts anything on a table
    His brain: cheese

    • @jdbruiser
      @jdbruiser 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      His brain perpetuates a tired meme that isn't funny.

    • @Mo-sd1db
      @Mo-sd1db 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Ok you have your own opinion and I respect that
      But I think it’s funny so
      I agree to disagree

    • @JW--dc8ri
      @JW--dc8ri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@jdbruiser you miserable sap

    • @jdbruiser
      @jdbruiser 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mo-sd1db That's a fair assessment.

    • @jdbruiser
      @jdbruiser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JW--dc8ri Lol I triggered you though.

  • @jayhom5385
    @jayhom5385 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2674

    I love James buying into his own meme. I paused and laughed.

    • @tt7762
      @tt7762 3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      *C H E E S E*

    • @mrfreeze2446
      @mrfreeze2446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      You "paused & laughed"? & then typed out that fact, very formal of you on both counts lol Wow! That's seriously formal

    • @Atomy111
      @Atomy111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      @@mrfreeze2446 get a job dude

    • @laura02665
      @laura02665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ahahahahah same

    • @ProfGoodlife
      @ProfGoodlife 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Neither of you know how to make a sandwich. Still entertaining to see you mess it up though.

  • @mattswinnerton9892
    @mattswinnerton9892 ปีที่แล้ว +528

    What Lucy unfortunately forgot is that James may once beat Gordon Ramsay when cooking a fish pie. May is an arc de triumph as the french probably say

    • @JK_Clark
      @JK_Clark ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I'm shocked at the gaulle of her, thinking she can do better.

    • @youtubeis...
      @youtubeis... ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gordon ramsey will one day be next to cosby where he belongs

    • @LoonieMoony
      @LoonieMoony ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@youtubeis... ? what?

    • @TheStephenmonroe
      @TheStephenmonroe ปีที่แล้ว

      @@youtubeis... do you mean Bill Cosby?

    • @Evan490BC
      @Evan490BC ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@youtubeis... Explain yourself, sloth!

  • @hartleymartin
    @hartleymartin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I agree with Lucy's assessment. Industrial for breakfast, posh for lunch. But we all know that breakfast food is always the best food.

  • @joepavey6761
    @joepavey6761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    “That tastes like you’re about to do something useful”. Most accurate summary of a bacon sandwich I think I’ve ever heard.

  • @jayavineshpillai2773
    @jayavineshpillai2773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +461

    This is the most peaceful food battle I’ve ever seen in my life

    • @Jacob-sy5xm
      @Jacob-sy5xm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      In a world full of Ramsay. We must have more May

    • @Joshua-fb6yz
      @Joshua-fb6yz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Jacob-sy5xm May has beat Ramsay in a food battle

    • @basstrammel1322
      @basstrammel1322 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jacob-sy5xm Well... Lucy Marron definetivly adds the most peacefulness to this kitchen.

    • @howdareyou41
      @howdareyou41 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      too bad that bacon looks horrendous.

    • @NuttyCuts_
      @NuttyCuts_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@howdareyou41 the back bacon or the streaky bacon?

  • @charlottewinter3321
    @charlottewinter3321 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Aww I love the bond and friendship that Lucy and James have in these videos. Sorry that sounds weird but I always want to meet James, Jeremy and Richard. I have always looked up to them watching Top Gear and The Grand Tour. They will always be in my heart and they are amazing too. Love the channel and best wishes

  • @dualwieldroxas358
    @dualwieldroxas358 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I still have no idea why i love this show so much besides the fact that it has the chaotic calm of James May

  • @abdullahfakher9993
    @abdullahfakher9993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1781

    Lucy's slowly become a child that May never had.

    • @Chebab-Chebab
      @Chebab-Chebab 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I'm sure he's tried to have her.

    • @abdullahfakher9993
      @abdullahfakher9993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +191

      @@Chebab-Chebab Captain slow aint no simp

    • @Chebab-Chebab
      @Chebab-Chebab 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@abdullahfakher9993 Not a simp, yes. Trying to dip his wick with a young lady, also yes.

    • @DerekHartley
      @DerekHartley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      @@Chebab-Chebab He's been in a relationship for 20 years, he has no reason to fool around.

    • @branchonequal
      @branchonequal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      He would've been a great dad, imho.

  • @luisbalderrama8145
    @luisbalderrama8145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Mind you, this is also the man who beat Gordon Ramsay in a cooking competition.
    Rock on, James.

    • @Nanashi20
      @Nanashi20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      and the right of passage for becoming a man, eating rotten shark meat or whatever, and not throw up

    • @danm8004
      @danm8004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *rite of passage

    • @bycrystiam
      @bycrystiam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The same,and this time,he ain't taste any bit of wine.

    • @Nanashi20
      @Nanashi20 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danm8004 ah yes thank you for pointing out my phone correction problems.

  • @hokusai4687
    @hokusai4687 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Somehow, only a year ago this video has captured EARLY TH-cam vibes… i love it

  • @Matt7895
    @Matt7895 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Yes, I did my own experiments on this a while back. Posh bread or normal sliced white bread? Toasted or untoasted? With butter or without butter? Ketchup or other condiments/relishes? Anything else, like gherkins, jalapenos, rocket, lettuce? I went through all of these considerations.
    I found the best bacon sandwich is one made from normal untoasted white bread, butter, ketchup, and well done, leave-the-fat on bacon. That's it. There is beauty in the simplicity.

    • @seantynan1
      @seantynan1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I do agree. Supermarket white bread, when fresh, is also the best for fish finger sandwiches, with mayo and perhaps a layer of butterhead lettuce.

  • @owotuna
    @owotuna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1132

    No one talking about how Tom was asked how he would like the sandwich cut.. but never given the sandwich :/

    • @CarKiller92
      @CarKiller92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      well it's bacon sandwich, I wouldn't have given him it either

    • @owotuna
      @owotuna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@CarKiller92 lol, I guess there's only peanut butter sandwiches left for him then

    • @TribicalFonzo
      @TribicalFonzo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      An *Unfinished deed....* if I've ever seen one...

    • @njsr81
      @njsr81 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Justice for Tom!

    • @kennethpope4311
      @kennethpope4311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Cruellest torture of all, to smell the bacon cooking and not get any.

  • @bellezayverdad
    @bellezayverdad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1725

    Who would have thought that James May was gonna handle old age much more gracefully than Hammond and Clarkson?

    • @fuzzywuzzy5749
      @fuzzywuzzy5749 3 ปีที่แล้ว +246

      He lost weight and gained hair.

    • @joeyguitar2056
      @joeyguitar2056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +314

      Well James was always old at heart lol

    • @Jason-hr6yt
      @Jason-hr6yt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +441

      He's been practicing for 30 years.

    • @freyawion5337
      @freyawion5337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      He was born at 53 years old, so unsurprising.

    • @warchild4974
      @warchild4974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@joeyguitar2056 beat me to it!

  • @FoolOfATuque
    @FoolOfATuque ปีที่แล้ว +9

    As a Canadian fellow we always did toasted bread for our bacon sandwiches.

    • @LaurentLaSalle
      @LaurentLaSalle 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Canadian as well, and I find strange that it's the second sandwich themed video I watch here that doesn't toast their sliced bread.

    • @hellomyfriend7932
      @hellomyfriend7932 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I was thinking the same thing ... all bread issues would have been solved if they were toasted!

    • @fuzzywuzzy5749
      @fuzzywuzzy5749 8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      And add peanut butter!

  • @williamdonly7966
    @williamdonly7966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Well done James, educating the nation on a proper bacon sandwich 🥪...

  • @TheGerkuman
    @TheGerkuman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    James is looking more like a mad professor every day.
    This is not a diss, but a compliment.

    • @grasshopper1292
      @grasshopper1292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I thought he looked like rolf Harris rather alarmingly

    • @devodavis6747
      @devodavis6747 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I like the hirsute James. I think he should run with it, a la' Billy Connolly.

    • @hoagy_ytfc
      @hoagy_ytfc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He’s rocking the full Rolf Harris.

    • @raypurchase801
      @raypurchase801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      James frying bacon is better than Top Gear without him.

    • @aidanjanemcintosh6919
      @aidanjanemcintosh6919 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Colonel Sanders wasn't a mad professor… or was he?

  • @mizterypwn
    @mizterypwn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2208

    He really wears that beard well, makes him look less of an old woman

    • @Games_and_Music
      @Games_and_Music 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      some grannies rock a firm stubblestache

    • @joebarthram596
      @joebarthram596 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Reminds me of the old halo composer marty o'donnell

    • @Jaguar_E-Type
      @Jaguar_E-Type 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He looks like Eric Clapton

    • @ghazghkullthraka9714
      @ghazghkullthraka9714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The bearded lady

    • @vuki
      @vuki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Or a geography teacher

  • @carlaarce3587
    @carlaarce3587 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is the video that made me subscribe. i love these guys!

  • @petrolhead0387
    @petrolhead0387 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I've been watching all of these, and Lucy has really grown as a presenter. Her and James definitely have a father/daughter chemistry on camera.

  • @chriss.9398
    @chriss.9398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +752

    This is like if James May discovered he had a long lost daughter and they are trying to bond for the first time.

    • @jonathanwalker8730
      @jonathanwalker8730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yes, it makes you think...

    • @michajankiewicz415
      @michajankiewicz415 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      I actually thought she was his daughter lol

    • @poprostualbert3222
      @poprostualbert3222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michajankiewicz415 wait so she isn't? I'm sort of surprised

    • @turbofan67
      @turbofan67 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah, I felt the father- daughter chemistry as well.

    • @englishatheart
      @englishatheart ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@poprostualbert3222 He doesn't have any kids. Well, none that we know of.

  • @dominiccroucher3389
    @dominiccroucher3389 2 ปีที่แล้ว +289

    Asking Tom how he wants his bacon sandwich cut and then not giving him any. That's the worst thing that anyone has ever done in the entire world EVER.

  • @terryturner5774
    @terryturner5774 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant video, thank you. How funny!

  • @Bababooeybobby
    @Bababooeybobby ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rewatched some of his older videos and now I’m just making and trying ALL his sandwiches

  • @adityamore8641
    @adityamore8641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +654

    I love how James is carefully wiping the knife each time to avoid “contamination” while Lucy cooks both the posh and regular bacon in the same pan😂

    • @kylemukenga2449
      @kylemukenga2449 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Jeremy doesn't call him captain OCD for nothing yk

    • @NonsensicalSpudz
      @NonsensicalSpudz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      oh no don't mix pork with pork

    • @co2_os
      @co2_os 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@NonsensicalSpudz butter and butter tho

    • @Psiberzerker
      @Psiberzerker 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pork fat doesn't care. A y contaminants are pretty well fries after that. Lurpak is cold, as is everything else. Then again, wiping the knife on a cloth dies fuckakl for cross contamination.

    • @elitetilinguk3757
      @elitetilinguk3757 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Psiberzerker he means for taste

  • @armchairracer4900
    @armchairracer4900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    James May: I'm austere with butter
    Also James May: Flood the cowling, plenty of it

  • @INDiwidualistka
    @INDiwidualistka ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh my, James May, the more I watch you, the more I love you!

  • @LaurentLaSalle
    @LaurentLaSalle 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Lucy makes her own bread, but not her own mayonaise?! o_O

  • @lupuscutis
    @lupuscutis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +441

    Love it how Lucy simply admits to defeat.

    • @youngtoonfish6891
      @youngtoonfish6891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’s not like she could have argued with James anyway. He wouldn’t ever admit defeat 😅

    • @obi501
      @obi501 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@youngtoonfish6891 I point you to the Branston video

    • @HaydenLau.
      @HaydenLau. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@youngtoonfish6891
      James may is pretty reasonable and doesn't really have any ego

    • @JustJay1281
      @JustJay1281 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HaydenLau. has nothing to do with ego, and everything to do with, you'd need a valid argument in May's eyes.

    • @sublimechimp
      @sublimechimp ปีที่แล้ว

      Right away too

  • @gnarly2446
    @gnarly2446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +396

    Can't watch this while knowing that i'll never find out when exactly was Lurpak made

    • @zendium91
      @zendium91 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      1901

    • @simonmorris4226
      @simonmorris4226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@zendium91 not the spreadable!

    • @user-neo71665
      @user-neo71665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@simonmorris4226 sit it on the counter for about an hour

    • @callumhardy5098
      @callumhardy5098 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Nineteen hundred and something

    • @greatwesternproductions2857
      @greatwesternproductions2857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Lurpack (the company) was formed from a grouping of several different Danish dairies in 1901. Lurpack spreadable came along 90 years later in 1991 :) .

  • @KidFury27
    @KidFury27 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lucy's sandwich wins less than 1:30 in. Classic BLT with a fancy twist. Delicious!

  • @danielcharles4085
    @danielcharles4085 ปีที่แล้ว

    I. The US. I just order 10 lbs of Lurpak butter because of these videos and it was the smallest I could get. Love James May.

  • @josephcanning9866
    @josephcanning9866 3 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    This is going to be one of those videos TH-cam recommends to 20 million people in 8 years 😅

    • @ronan7812
      @ronan7812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣Yeah when the world has run out of bacon because of some new swine flu!

    • @michaelbyrne8238
      @michaelbyrne8238 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Followed by I See Deer.

    • @bwoahviously
      @bwoahviously 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Making my comment now so that future generations might be able to respond

  • @johnlocke617
    @johnlocke617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +335

    Can we speak about how much James suits a goatee? In the same vein as Jeremy’s beard? Strange but nice

    • @Butters159
      @Butters159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      where as richard never suited a beard lol

    • @happy_camper
      @happy_camper 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      suits him well

    • @trollzor85
      @trollzor85 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Colonel sanders

    • @MrMinima86
      @MrMinima86 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CrashOrWin Lucy is a bit too old to be in danger if he follows the Rolf ways though.

    • @harrisonthecarguy3734
      @harrisonthecarguy3734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      way better than hammond's

  • @BrandOdyssey
    @BrandOdyssey ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow. James may makes a bacon sandwich. What’s next. James May pops down the shop for some milk. James may packs the dishwasher. James may makes and instant coffee. Could be a whole series.

  • @ULTRAWIDE.
    @ULTRAWIDE. ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mays sandwich on Lucy’s bread. Nothing beats fresh, thick lovely bread.

  • @IOwnThisHandle
    @IOwnThisHandle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    James truly is the poorest millionaire known to man

    • @MacKaris
      @MacKaris 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      He wearing a digital Casio watch from the early 90's, must be worth a small fortune. And by small I mean something like 5 quid.

    • @thefreedomguyuk
      @thefreedomguyuk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Not poor, but humble.

    • @chitpaul
      @chitpaul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A watch is a watch. As long as it tells the time it, does the job. I use my phone..

    • @m.arnold9145
      @m.arnold9145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@chitpaul doesn't James have an extensive, expensive watch collection? Somehow that makes him choosing to wear an old casio even better

    • @kurtsudheim825
      @kurtsudheim825 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chitpaul true, but watched are also jewellery, so esp now, there a huge fashion statement

  • @JerryWShields
    @JerryWShields 3 ปีที่แล้ว +423

    This is literally that episode of Parks & Rec where Chris and Ron compete to see who makes the best burger.

    • @LeClaw
      @LeClaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Here's mine. It's a Bacon Sandwich made out of meat on bread with butter. Add ketchup if you want I couldn't care less.

    • @drumboarder1
      @drumboarder1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No this is FOODTRIBE's Does James May make the best bacon sandwich in the world?

    • @LeClaw
      @LeClaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@drumboarder1 obvious troll is obvious

    • @drumboarder1
      @drumboarder1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LeClaw 2001 called, and, so on

  • @zakkvanish3668
    @zakkvanish3668 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That Metal Gear Solid (I think) sound when she pops into the picture with a sceptical face 😄

  • @user-ne3kq9cq4m
    @user-ne3kq9cq4m ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Crispy streaky bacon on a lightly toasted teacake with a drizzle of brown sauce (not HP). The savoury of the bacon contrasts with the sweetness of the raisins in the teacake. Beautiful. P.S. rocket is rank

  • @Mazurecki56
    @Mazurecki56 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    "Tom, would you like your sandwich rectangular or triangular?"
    "Rectangular."
    *dosn't get a sandwich at all*
    Poor Tom

    • @gojoSBestie
      @gojoSBestie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Justice for tom

    • @philialle4supra
      @philialle4supra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      because it was the wrong answer

    • @upgradehaus
      @upgradehaus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@philialle4supra it isn't, James absolutely refuses to cut sandwiches into triangles.

    • @philialle4supra
      @philialle4supra 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@upgradehaus 😲 really???

    • @kurtsudheim825
      @kurtsudheim825 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know, I even thought that might be why lucy asked which slice she could have!

  • @FoCoPuffs
    @FoCoPuffs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    "That tastes like you're about to do something useful." Brilliant.

  • @pixel2plastic832
    @pixel2plastic832 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Until this series appeared, I never realized that buttering one side of the bread was an essential part of the qualification to what is considered sandwich in England 🤔🤔

    • @johncowburn4444
      @johncowburn4444 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It isn't, it makes an inferior sandwich to buttered both sides, the cost saving is tiny!

    • @elonmust7470
      @elonmust7470 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      buttering bread on sandwiches is foul.

    • @franceshankin2131
      @franceshankin2131 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's not. Even poor people butter both sides. Only buttering one side is just undiluted masochism.

  • @JL16061980
    @JL16061980 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What?! Neither!
    White part baked bread bun finished in the oven
    BUTTER
    Crispy back bacon
    Brown sauce
    Glad I've settled this! 😊

  • @basithph8958
    @basithph8958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Even James himself is a meme
    And I love how he embraces it

  • @Hawkes458
    @Hawkes458 3 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    "council issue white bread" hahahaha best thing I've ever heard

    • @jamesiyer4937
      @jamesiyer4937 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      "Brexit Bread"

    • @ChrisH78
      @ChrisH78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      We call tap water "council pop".

    • @Travis_22
      @Travis_22 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ChrisH78 lol

    • @kurtsudheim825
      @kurtsudheim825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We call it govt bread (the sliced beard in a packet), because the brown version is vat exempt

    • @clundgeweep
      @clundgeweep 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not really that funny though is it?

  • @cedenullis5906
    @cedenullis5906 ปีที่แล้ว

    James, you nailed it. It’s a quick sustenance input at the start of the day, bush bosh bang!!

  • @robb6803
    @robb6803 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So detailed 😁

  • @TastierBackInThe80s
    @TastierBackInThe80s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Lucy: "I like mayonnaise on my bacon sandwich"
    James: "Flood the cowling. Plenty of it!"

    • @raypurchase801
      @raypurchase801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "You can teach MONKEYS to spread mayonnaise better than that!"

  • @monkeysheep
    @monkeysheep 3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Billy connelly does a great impression of James May, the voice is uncanny

    • @66meikou
      @66meikou 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh? Got an example mate?

    • @f123raptor
      @f123raptor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@66meikou r/ whooosh, Lol :)

    • @jamesm2786
      @jamesm2786 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought it was Rolf Harris

    • @yerdasellsavon2073
      @yerdasellsavon2073 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean James may does a great impression of billy Connolly

    • @Snookbone
      @Snookbone 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Connolly

  • @jasonvangeuns9062
    @jasonvangeuns9062 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rewatching this funny enough after close friends made James version today for lunch.

  • @lizziejem11
    @lizziejem11 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I LOVE JAMES MAY, hes sooo funny!! 😂😂 loving the new look James too 🤩😎 🤘🏻

  • @MaverickZ007
    @MaverickZ007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    Spreading the ketchup on my bread would be considered artisan If I'm honest.

    • @cozza819
      @cozza819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Even distribution is key

    • @ssnjr1299
      @ssnjr1299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Finally somebody with the same profile pic as mine

    • @MaverickZ007
      @MaverickZ007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ssnjr1299 Clearly you sir are a man of Culture!

    • @misinformedmarti
      @misinformedmarti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Frankly, I'm lucky if I remember to shake it so the first squeeze isn't just clear juice from where it seperated.

  • @DannyMdlG
    @DannyMdlG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    Love how Lucy gives off a vibe of misery in every episode hah I appreciate how genuine she is

    • @ectwins8128
      @ectwins8128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      its because shes a miserable entitled talentless rich kid whose parents got her a job she is completely ill equipped for. PLEASE KEEP LUCY BEHIND THE CAMERA.

    • @Soapy555
      @Soapy555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ectwins8128 hear hear

    • @endreszatmari2302
      @endreszatmari2302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      She seems to know what she's doing with the tech stuff, and I like the chemistry between her and James. Don't be so rude mate.

    • @frydsaman6857
      @frydsaman6857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ectwins8128 hear hear x2 i watch youtube for entertainment

    • @Lonewolf_121
      @Lonewolf_121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Loving the people crying untitled, and demanding they do things how they want. Almost seems a bit...entitled

  • @Adogsmate4267
    @Adogsmate4267 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favourite bacon samey, bread put in the toasted sandwich maker and flattened and toasted like about 2mm thick, cool, put on crispy streaky bacon, thinly cut tomato, black pepper, white pepper and a very finely ground sprinkle of Himalayan salt, yummy.
    Dress it up a bit for lunch with finely cut onions and grated cheese, jam it all under the grill.

  • @nodafy
    @nodafy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Mayo on a bacon sandwich should be punishable with jail time

  • @b1lf435
    @b1lf435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    LUCY LIKED SOMETHING!!!! THE PANDEMIC IS GOING TO END!!!!!!! 🎉🎉

    • @johantillgren1510
      @johantillgren1510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      she has no taste spuds. ;)

    • @bruceducker2029
      @bruceducker2029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would have had a heart attack if she put cheese on it.....

    • @David-ud9ju
      @David-ud9ju 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Except she's put mayo in a bacon sandwich. We all know that HP is the best.

    • @mrashford7927
      @mrashford7927 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Plandemic*

    • @sean6992
      @sean6992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your pfp is legendary 😍😍

  • @MrMarioevangelou
    @MrMarioevangelou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    "My ingredients are the cheapest possible supermarket bacon and council issued bread" 🤣🤣🤣

    • @pault1964
      @pault1964 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have council tv no sky or Amazon

    • @aredub1847
      @aredub1847 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      brexit preper.

  • @N1troki11er
    @N1troki11er 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is certainly an each to their own kinda thing, for me I love a bacon sandwich to be just that. bacon, bread butter and hp (brown) sauce for me, although I love my bacon to be more crispy with the fat rendered to be nice n crisp. Just a tiniest bit of oil in the pan the rest cooks from the fat. Also on the odd occasion throw a partially runny egg on top if I'm feeling a little more hungry.

  • @andyt2k
    @andyt2k ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd take Lucy's bread and bacon, James's Ketchup and butter and lack of extras

  • @lordofallspoons4190
    @lordofallspoons4190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    James is trying to understand the younger generations
    And he understands us perfectly

  • @Ashfielder
    @Ashfielder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Nothing beats the 8am council issue bacon sarnie. Reminds me of early shifts, long drives to the airport, and nasty hangovers.

    • @66meikou
      @66meikou 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      First job I got at 17 was in a warehouse. Had to put your order in in the morning for the 10am break. Fab bacon sarnie and a cuppa.

  • @rayaube3444
    @rayaube3444 ปีที่แล้ว

    James, With a heavy heart, I regret to inform you that you have made a semi-industrial sandwich. A true industrial bacon sandwich is a follows: 1}. The same bread, or equivalent, that you used - lightly toasted (optional). 2}. Streaky bacon - of course! 3) A generous amount of peanut butter spread onto each slice of bread. 4) Perfectly cooked afore mentioned bacon stacked onto 1 slice of bread. 5). For the gourmet option - iceberg lettuce stacked onto the bacon. 6) Cover with the other slice of bread. 7). Eat and thou shall be fully fueled for many more hours of industrial work.

  • @thevargasclan9482
    @thevargasclan9482 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love James May!

  • @rogergusty1722
    @rogergusty1722 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    James WINS ..... he has made a PROPER bacon sandwich..... nothing added !!!!
    Well done James !!!!!

    • @ringkong
      @ringkong 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Except for the ketchup.......the monster.

    • @Sevicify
      @Sevicify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not for me, needs BBQ instead of ketchup. And I'd go a step further with a fried egg.

    • @danielpacker9603
      @danielpacker9603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Needs more bacon. Also I think she over cooked the bacon 🥓 I don't want it to crunch.
      James sandwich sounds better for breakfast. I agree hers would make a nice lunch.

    • @BeautifulAngelBlossom
      @BeautifulAngelBlossom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He is a Sinner He put Ketchup on bacon that is food sin

    • @iiMEiii
      @iiMEiii 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rather have bacon, egg and mustard.
      Making a salad sandwich with bacon with the fat cut off is kinda sad if your claiming it's a bacon sandwich.

  • @marius1004
    @marius1004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    James representing the plebeians and the proletariat with his RP accent.

  • @richj011
    @richj011 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've never seen anyone add oil to a pan b4 cooking bacon. But the best sandwich is the one you made at home instead of getting ripped off at a restaurant.

  • @Shadeem
    @Shadeem 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I do love the new content with lucy but i do miss these cooking sections with james a lot !

  • @iamlono1001
    @iamlono1001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    TH-cam: Does James May make the best bacon sandwich in the world?
    May: Makes a bacon sarnie
    Lucy: Makes a BLT

  • @paulanhalt3609
    @paulanhalt3609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The editing in this video is wild. It's like, already its own YTP I love it

  • @Purgiful
    @Purgiful ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Streaky bacon, butter and council issued bread = unbeatable.

  • @pamelamcfadden337
    @pamelamcfadden337 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sour Dough bread toasted
    Spring greens
    Heirloom garden tomato
    Hellmans mayonnaise
    6- slices smoked thick bacon cooked in the oven until crispy..

  • @GregglePoof
    @GregglePoof 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    James now looks like an amalgamation of himself, Hammond and Clarkson 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @dantevortex
    @dantevortex 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    The rule with a breakfast is always: Don't overcomplicate things.
    You want your breakfast to be simple, quick, and optionally ... cheap.

    • @TheWoodlandYeti
      @TheWoodlandYeti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ah, the mantra i live by.

    • @rivox1009
      @rivox1009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Tell that to eggs benedict

    • @user-neo71665
      @user-neo71665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Want mine to be filling.

    • @bruceducker2029
      @bruceducker2029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rivox1009 I agree. Wife loves it, a pain to make

    • @ringowunderlich2241
      @ringowunderlich2241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      People and today many men as well (pun intended) are wasting a lot of the morning in front of a mirror. I'd rather use it productively on a proper breakslow.

  • @harryrimmer6830
    @harryrimmer6830 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I prefer an "Industrial Deluxe". Pork Belly Bacon, white bread, Miracle Whip, Black Pepper (on the Miracle Whip, Iceberg Lettuce, and Beefsteak Tomato. Accompany with rippled Crisps and sliced Dill Pickle. That's lunch for a working man!

  • @robholloway6829
    @robholloway6829 ปีที่แล้ว

    White bread roll, black smoked back bacon, black pudding, cracked black pepper & brown sauce.
    This is the ultimate bacon sarnie and I will die on this hill.

  • @Ding_Bat
    @Ding_Bat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    The first rule of Bacon Club: You don’t talk about Bacon Club.
    The second rule of Bacon Club: You never cut fat off Bacon.

  • @viewpot
    @viewpot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I love the way Lucy’s deadpan style acts as a foil for James’s practised confidence. They make a superb double act!

  • @Revener666
    @Revener666 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can make the hard butter softer by mushing it before you try to spread it.

  • @tybonbon1043
    @tybonbon1043 ปีที่แล้ว

    Scrambled egg with 1 sausage and then the bacon beans, in the toast make the sandwich.artistic arrangement, and brown sauce

  • @andyfoster9038
    @andyfoster9038 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    James made a bacon sandwich. Lucy made a BLT (except with rocket instead of lettuce). A BLT is a sandwich with bacon in it, but it is not a bacon sandwich. Each sandwich has its own merits and its own place - which in the case of a BLT is not in a bacon sandwich contest.

    • @johntrombley2647
      @johntrombley2647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Agreed a BTL is a tomato sandwich with bacon not a bacon sandwich with tomato, and her tomato looked rather sorry.

    • @rj_ii_91
      @rj_ii_91 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was going to comment but this encapsulates perfectly what I was going to say.
      Tip of the hat, sir.

    • @Jan_Iedema
      @Jan_Iedema 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johntrombley2647 sounds like semantics to me?

    • @spiraph5711
      @spiraph5711 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jan_Iedema the meaning is that the tomato has a more prominent role in the sandwich.
      For example, we could say James May made a bacon with tomato sandwich (because of the ketchup), while Lucy made a tomato sandwich with bacon. The favour of the bacon would be more prominent in James May's sandwich while the tomatoes would be more prominent in Lucy's sandwich.

    • @chaytonmarshall9618
      @chaytonmarshall9618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, but me personally, her bread was fantastic looking so maybe her bread would make James's sandwich better.

  • @happy_camper
    @happy_camper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Alternate title: "King Theoden makes a bacon sandwich"

  • @MattitudePlays
    @MattitudePlays ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lettuce on a bacon sarnie is unheard of in the West Midlands. We garnish with pan grease 😂

  • @augustseptember3503
    @augustseptember3503 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Steve Coogan had it spot on; May, Clarkson & Hammond are so far up themselves!!

  • @rolandexclusive6306
    @rolandexclusive6306 3 ปีที่แล้ว +523

    Having a "posh" bacon sandwich defeats the point of having a bacon sandwich.

    • @blockbusteryo
      @blockbusteryo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      It’s essentially just a BLT with rocket nothing posh about a BLT

    • @eesafredericks2122
      @eesafredericks2122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bacon was originally smoked though, supermarket bacon used liquid smoke

    • @MsMesem
      @MsMesem 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      And the bacon fat should be poured over the bacon and bread (who needs butter?) or even better fry the bread in it

    • @DonnyTrent5533
      @DonnyTrent5533 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MsMesem Truth! The man speaks the truth! fry the bread in the bacon fat

    • @itsokay7989
      @itsokay7989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is the bacon sandwich comfort food in Britain? Around here you always make a "posh" sandwich with it: smoked bacon, tomatoes, arugula, balsamic vinegar, etc

  • @davidgay9210
    @davidgay9210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    When Lucy fried her English bacon with James' streaky rashers, her bacons' flavor benefitted from the extra fat. A fair contest would have the bacon cooked separately.

    • @slipperyfish7560
      @slipperyfish7560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Still lost

    • @m1co294
      @m1co294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The posh sandwich still lost either way

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If James went second, would his sandwich win?

    • @samhirst2830
      @samhirst2830 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Let's be honest the BLT never stood a chance.

    • @TomOConnor-BlobOpera
      @TomOConnor-BlobOpera ปีที่แล้ว

      YESSSS!

  • @layeththesmacketh
    @layeththesmacketh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Unofficial Rule #73 of the bacon sandwich: bacon streaks/rashers MUST ALWAYS be placed going ACROSS the slices of bread, not along it (no excuses). Some say the ghost of the pig will haunt you (this is also unofficial) if you put the rashers in the same orientation as the slices of bread.

  • @mickemike2148
    @mickemike2148 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A dribble of Dijon mustard does magic on a bacon sandwich!

  • @matthehensemboi7187
    @matthehensemboi7187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It's really nice to see Lucy open up and become more comfortable in the videos.. James as usual.. really entertaining guys.. thanks for the content..

  • @AlexRichardsNumber1
    @AlexRichardsNumber1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    The moment Lucy cut the fat off (the best bit) was when James's sandwich cemented itself as the best.

  • @josephgard8015
    @josephgard8015 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree, normal staple food is what, in my experience, comes out the best. I am continually trying to master basic meals

  • @colinmccauley3301
    @colinmccauley3301 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lucy's sandwich is a B-L-T (Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato sandwich), a mainstay sandwich popular in the U.S.

  • @xTheNameisEthan
    @xTheNameisEthan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    How long will Lucy pretend like May isn’t the coolest person on the planet

    • @VlerkeDamne
      @VlerkeDamne 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who is Lucy?

    • @civlyzed
      @civlyzed 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@VlerkeDamne The lady making the fancy bacon sandwich!

    • @VlerkeDamne
      @VlerkeDamne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@civlyzed Yes I know hahaha you made me laugh 😂. I meant as in who is that lady Lucy making the sandwich and why is she with James?

    • @Ealsante
      @Ealsante 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No daughter thinks their dad is cool. That's the dynamic here.

    • @VlerkeDamne
      @VlerkeDamne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Ealsante Not his daughter tho ;)

  • @unusedaccount6200
    @unusedaccount6200 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    FoodTribe finally figured out what we all want to watch. May and Lucy, ideally cooking sub-optimal 70's era sandwiches. That and Lucy's BTS work. Awesome video

  • @leejones8082
    @leejones8082 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is literally parks and rec when Chris and Ron have the burger contest lol

  • @geedubbya4432
    @geedubbya4432 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I always toast my bread so no matter what the griddle can spread the butter with a pat of butter melting.

  • @Ekusupuroshon
    @Ekusupuroshon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    If it's made by James May, it must be the best sandwich ever!
    by 1970's standard at least

  • @tinktinkputra2316
    @tinktinkputra2316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Lucy finished her food? the end is near!

  • @blackstag9366
    @blackstag9366 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was half paying attention, and then I heard the pause... *cheese* and lo and behold, jnr was at half mast and full salute.