Hammond vs May: Who makes the best poached eggs?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ม.ค. 2020
- Poached eggs are a bit like beds - everyone has their own way of making them. When we heard James May and Richard Hammond can’t agree on the best way to do them, we knew it was time for a showdown. No walking on eggshells here - just a cracking head-to-head fight to the death. Or, y’know, eggs. Whatever.
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If there are any viewers who are wondering what it's like being married for a long time, just watch this video.
haha, I am single
😂😂😂
Haha, so spot on.
I agree I'm almost 10 years into my sentence and yes very similar.
More than 16 years of a marriage.
james may is the only one who has unlocked the secret to making uninteresting content that people actually enjoy
RTGame once did a stream where he just watched paint dry and it did really well so James isn't the only one
@@giddycadet Really?.. well thats something, innit?
Have you ever seen Grand Illusions?
Farming jezza
@@jarredwise thats insulting, Grand Illusions content is interesting, and hes entertaining
I'm watching two grown men debating eggs, and it's still more interesting than most stuff I've watched lately
that's just because in the end, they are just so relatable and just can put a smile on anyone's face with their usual banter and their typical back and forth twitting. It's the reason why Top Gear worked with them and JC and failed with the replacements: they have a chemistry that's hard to match
I couldn't think of anything to watch and so i come to these videos
That’s why threatening a writer’s strike didn’t phase anyone.
6:48 Hammond contemplating killing May is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
If Clarkson was here, the whole kitchen would be on fire.
NO_EYES_ON_ME with a hammer.
You'd hear HAMMOND, CLARKSON or You Pillock
Because, of course, Clarkson would use an industrial blow torch or jet engine. It would end with May yelling "CLARKSON!!!!"
V8 poaching
which is why hes not there
17.55 minutes of middle-aged men poaching eggs. What a time to be alive.
and watched the thing start to end ahahaha
Nearly 60 isn't exactly middle aged but yeah
poaching eggs while talking about how wrong the other is poaching eggs
@@CrypteGardien Hammond is only 50
@@romeobond4851 Yes they are both in their 50s. Which is why I didn't say "60 isn't exactly middle aged".
Only James May could make a grown man watch him make Poached Eggs for 17 minutes 😂👍
Watching Hammond and May stare at a stove whilst insulting each other is wholesome af.
"These are modern eggs, they came from a modern chicken"
- James May, 2020
you tried learn Spanish on duolingo and then gave up
@@chalicotheremapping8921 ???
@@sanjum2475 hey i just bring the facts don't hate on me
@@chalicotheremapping8921 what???????? You are making no sense and I never even hated on you
Like
What?
@@sanjum2475 don't worry about it its all part of a bigger picture
“Two millionaires cooking poached eggs in Amazon basics cookware, commenting on the flashiness of a £120 oven”
And that's part of the magic of why we love them. ❤❤❤
You dont stay rich spending money on simple things when you can get a similar object but cheaper!
It's so British, they are millionaires who take private helicopters yet are wearing what every over 50 year old man in Britain wears
@@nolalove9723 it is Aye
They wearnt millionaire 20 years ago that's why there still humble lovely lads
Great content. Sure, Jezza would've had twice the eggs cooked in half the time, but at least without him, there were no injuries.
Poweeeer
He'd have boiled them in Bovril using a V8-powered egg poacher
@@anonecki v8 moturr
There would have been a hammer involved somewhere!
@@smartalec2001SPEEED!
I actually poached eggs for the first time in my 34 years of life because of this video. The Hammond Method is extremely easy.
James May is the most interesting, uninteresting person in the world. They're talking about poached eggs and yet I couldn't stop watching.
same here xD
05:22 As Richard Hammond says, "why?"
The most interesting uninteresting man.... in the world
You just described a train wreck.
@@gideonmele1556 I read that in clarkson's voice
I watched this 5% for egg-poaching advice and 95% for Hammond and May bickering.
Leaving happy, as expected. :)
Yep, some things never change.
I honestly don’t know how May puts up with Hammonds arrogance and ignorance
I would ignore everything they do in this video
if you want to see them bickering watch this one: th-cam.com/video/TxU4pj8l3N4/w-d-xo.html
(May steals some parts at the beginning..Hammond getting pretty angry at the end)
Amalia Force, yep. No point in watching if they don’t bicker. They can probably finish each other’s sentences by now, surely.
I'm with Hammond on this, he nailed it. His technique and cooking was perfect. May's were undercooked.
He should have kept the lid on in stead of poking them all the time.
I must disagree, it was not perfect but excellent. There was indeed a slight hint of overcooking for the yolks
Hammond added salt to the water which is a big no as it makes the water dense and adding vinegar is kinda silly, defeated the point of the whirlpool but other than that they were aaaiyt
@@yasinevans You sure? I make mine the same as Hammond every time and I've found it's better than the whirl or the vinegar alone.
Never ever before have I agreed with Hammonds eating habits, until now. When he asked for salt and vinegar, yes !
6:48 Hammond almost let the intrusive thoughts win 😂
Imagine Clarkson walking into the room with a God awful poached egg and says, " Gentlemen I can see what's happened, you are speechless because all the words in your head have been sucked out by the magnetism of my genius."
Unless that's from a video, you have just come up with a perfect Clarkson-ism
@Vo Ju And he did his eggs with an oven........Powered by an V8 engine!
#1 Clarkson would have found a way to char his poached egg.
#2 It would probably be an ostrich egg
@@markosimunic4770 Yeeeess.
@@lukskluks POWEEEEEEEEEER
And to think; James May won a cooking competition against Gordon Ramsay.
WHEN?
@@martinilp2513 Old series of "The F-Word". You can search "James May vs Gordon Ramsay fish pie".
hahahaha
We need a cooking episode with all three
Wait what?
2 aging men are cooking eggs and 2.7 million people are watching. (as of December 2021) I just love the guys.
Hey Richard, if you’re poaching eggs that are freshly laid by your own chickens, you don’t actually need the vinegar as the albumin is strong enough to firm up beautifully without it. Of course you may like the flavour it adds, but if you ever have an annoying friend/colleague visiting who doesn’t like the vinegar flavour your (correct) method will still work.
Robert Downey Jr. and his mom attempted to make the best poached eggs
Robert Downey Jr, Jr.
It's a shame they didn't show how eggs are made. Why did they skip the part where all of the male baby chicks are thrown into a blender alive?
@@mikerehnman2457 WHAT??? :O
@@dexnom1 male chicks don't lay eggs, so they are treated as a waste product :(
@@mikerehnman2457 bro, i just thought about this.
wtf is this real?
On this episode:
Hammond had a mental breakdown
James talks about modern chickens
And Jeremy takes a leave of absence
And Hammond almost kills James
Rephrase: "...and Jeremy lends his 'modern' chickens to May"
Tonight on Bottom Gear...
Because Jeremy has pneumonia
And on that bombshell! goodnight.
Watching these 2 make eggs is more entertaining than anything I’ve seen in cinema in the past 2 years.
I’ve got to say and I never thought I’d hear myself say this but I vote Richards method. Perfection every time!
*Alternate title:* Hammond slowly has a mental breakdown as May tries to poach eggs
@@Handles_are_garbage Which one?
Underrated comment.
Egg has a mental breakdown, when landing on that Hiroshima Sandwich. That bread is dead and poisonous for years! First boiled, then poisoned, then eaten. Too much for a humble egg.
Sorry. Proper alternate title: "Hammond slowly has a mental meltdown watching May pretend to poach eggs while steaming eggs improperly".
@@watchyourtimeco1 More accurate but too long ahah
Everyone else: "Lurpak"
James May: "Lurpak spreadable butter. Invented in 1901".
“Like comment subscribe.”
@@rendrix6826 Cheese
Bullocks
Flood the cowling
And plenty of it
French trained classical chef here. First set were raw. Second set was at the every edge of acceptable. That said, many, including myself like them that way. "Poached, slightly firm" Or "thick poached" lots of places have a name for it. As for vinegar taste, if it tastes of vinegar too much was used. The boiling process breaks down the flavor. Malt vinegar is proper, NOT distilled, White wine vinegar is also ok, Red if you want to color the egg. Thus ends the lesson.
Thanks, French classically trained chef man
Merci
Merci beaucoup
I despise with an unbridled passion anyone who does this on the Internet
Merci bacon guv
I was going to say that I can’t believe I sat through 17 minutes of two middle age men arguing about their poached eggs until I realised I can totally believe it
James: Its golden
Toast: pitch black
James on location: We're here enjoying a beautiful golden sunset
Richard: It's 2AM! It's pitch black out!
This just shows that no matter what they're doing, it's not the format or the channel or even the budget, it's the chemistry....From Top Gear, to Grand Tour, to making bludy poached eggs. They're the same around each other.
agreed
Username really doesn't check out in this case
watched their lego building video...its just amazing how much Chemistry they have
Gotta love 'em?!?
Exactly this!
Plus, when the albumen in an egg is slimy like snot, IT'S NOT COOKED! Sorry James, but Hammond is correct.
The amount of quotes you can pull from these two is amazing! Who would think to say “modern eggs - modern chicken”😂😂😂
Hammond calling James May “annoying” and yet he’s being just that. 😂
All this is missing is Clarkson attempting to poach his eggs with *an* hammer
and boil that water using a V8
With speed and power!
Blowtorch
*a* hammer
its up to you to figure out whether i was serious or not
A hammer operated blowtorch.
Hammond: takes out knife. Looks at James. Puts knife back.
When???
@@vladdracul895 6:40 ish
@@vladdracul895 6:48
If you do that in reverse it’s so much funnier
Puts knife down
Looks at James
Takes out knife
You forgot to say he lingered a bit.
The trio of Hammon, Clarkson, and May have and will always be one of the most pleasently iconic trio in television
it would be so much fun to be on a food tour with May, whilst bringing a couple bottles of whisky and just listening to his random facts about butter and whatever. would be on my bucketlist haha
"Wait a second Hammond, who's that?"
"Oh for christ sake, it's Clarkson."
"FIRE UP THE V8 STOVETOP!!"
Stegosaurus so true tho
"The best poached eggs....... In the world."
*turns hob to max*
“YESSSSSSS...... POWERRRRRRR!”
SPEED AND POWER!!!
if something isn't blowing up, making weird noises or otherwise falling down in spectacular fashion, then its boring for Clarkson. He's an agent of chaos.
“Hammond and i have had breakfast together all over the world..”
“WE WERE WORKING”
😂😂
Probably a flashback when they were in Vietnam
Or when May was on the boat with Hammond saying something in the line of: "I quite enjoyed our day together, not that often I get to take you out"
Normal breakfast together 6:47
I could watch the two of you do anything at all and feel like it was time well spent.
So nice that two people that have worked together for si long with all the shenanigans still getting along.
One day our beloved trio will be too old to traipse around in exotic locations having adventures and they will only be able to sit in three chairs around a fire arguing amongst themselves.
I will still watch.
@@jakegreenstreet5009 Well...59
@@michaelfriis1841 The fuck he's actually 59, he looks like 120
@@jakegreenstreet5009 He's smoked for decades, it's aged him dreadfuly
Hammond is only 39...🤔
We’ll all still watch them sitting and arguing.... and Hammond will still somehow almost kill himself....
Still better than Chris Evans's Top Gear era 😂😂
It really is! 😎
Amen to that😂😂
Yeah....but....Cahm ahn
1000% only serial killers watch the new “top so called gear”
Anything is better than Chris Evans’ Top Gear 😂
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. The banter between both of you, while may look unfriendly, is obviously rooted in the deep respect you both share for each other. Only true friends can talk honestly and openly all the while joking to the fullest. Every man needs at least one friend of that caliber. Kudos to both of you.
It's what British men are like when friends haha
I don’t know how many times I’ve told people about the egg-poaching pan that I own, but I don’t think anyone else has ever said they have one. Now I see one in your video!
Richard is starting to look like Tony Stark.
Tiny Stark
@@donniem7587 I'm pretty sure RDJ and Hammond have similar height
Michael Mccloskey-Ooi ok boomer
@@donniem7587 nice try troll
@@michaelmccloskeyooi you're telling me Tony stark is 4 ft 2
This is finally an adequate replacement for top gear. Give the three of them a cooking show
I'm still waiting for James and Jeremy's, The speed of birds.
The 3 of them in small environment for a great length of time and cooking. Would be both hilarious and lead to murder. Not sure who would end up dead.
If you want a replacement for Top Gear with car content, look up CarThrottle. They are seriously good.
jeremy clarkson buying a 24kW burner for his wok: POWEEEEEEER!!!
geznicks just watch the grand tour it’s top gear but their just older lol
I’m forever a changed man love the alternative to my beloved eggy in a basket and especially love the butter-less and oil-less cooking method of a poached egg (Richard did it best).
I just love the banter between them
They argue like an old married couple, but Hammond can't remember their wedding.
My wife quite often says to me "are you watching James May make sandwiches again?"
it's either that or a scream of POWAAAAAA over overcooked and torched steak by Jeremy.
No, I'm watching James May making post-apocalyptic sandwiches again.
@@EoThorne noted.
JustArandomGoatOntheInternet fo sho
I introduced my grandfather to "Sarnies of the 70's" and now my grandmother looks on in shame as we watch a shaggy dog complete simple kitchen tasks.
I like that the second any two are in the same room, it becomes a top gear episode
This is the best thing I've seen in ages. The toast thingie. The screaming. The eye-rolls. The kitchen knife. The look. I will be saying "Leather effect sofa" for days now. Eggy-goodness.
Sounds like they need a third party. Someone they know very well. Someone, who will just make things worse.
CLARKSOOOOON!
I can picture one of them narrating this.
@@UltimaKeyMaster As it shows Jeremy quietly leaving a burning building.
Gordon Ramsay
Some say he's got a history with the Ford GT 05.
Remember, May was the guy who beat Ramsay with a drunk version of fish pie
I remember that😍
And a shepherd pie
facts
Yeah that's a fucking brag and a half
I would spin that dit a million times over. What an achievement.
"You disappoint me Ramsay"
I agree with Richard that using the coddler is sacrilege…. But I agree with James that using vinegar will make them taste like vinegar! I’ve been making poached eggs without vinegar my whole life. No vinegar, no whirlpool. Just fresh, cold eggs carefully lowered straight into simmering, heavily salted water for about 3-4 minutes. Perfect every time
I can't believe that I've only just found your channel. I've always loved the chemistry between you guys, great content!
Me in the 80's: "In the year 2020 I bet we'll all have floating houses that we can teleport around the world in!"
Me in 2020: Watching a video of two middle aged men failing to poach eggs.
me 80s I am gonna have a jetsons car and a Marty McFly hoverboard! me 2020 commenting on a comment made by another person watching a poached egg demonstration
Well, ONE of them failed to make a poached egg, we just have no idea which one
Yes. By all means, yes, that is.
In a lockdown
😅
It's 3am, i have school tomorrow, and I'm here watching two old men bickering over eggs
Same here dude
My child the true path to wisdom has no bed time.
But really go to sleep or you will regret not getting enough sleep. 😂
Then you’re living your best life
how’d it go
The term "old men" is HIGHLY offensive. They are "vintage gentlemen."🤣🤣
I just discovered this channel & 3 videos in my life has been forever changed. Thank you for making meals I grew up on instead of all the complicated fancy stuff. U win in comfort food.
To anyone wondering, Hammond's method is correct one, down to the vinegar and desired consistency of the finished product.
I kept expecting Jeremy to barge in there with his loud voice and take over everything. "Yeees yeees, I shall make the best poached egg... in the woooorld."
Jeremy's version of poaching an egg would probably involve going into the woods an shooting one when he hasnt had permission.
@@233Deadman and somehoe involves a v8
@@hoodzzeee you dont have a sense a humour and you have a low iq as well..
He'd just come in and smash everything up with a hammer
Scary how i automaticly read that in his voice
May's are underdone, Hammond's are overdone. perfectly balanced, as all things should be
Both pairs look rubbery and unappetising. Only one pair are poached.
True, but at least Hammond eventually admitted his were overdone. May just kept insisting that his sloppy eggs were perfect.
I'd say both were underdone, though having been raised on non-runny, I would say that.
I like Hammond's technique but oer cooked, but I like my eggs like May. So neither.
^ Random racism is random, and racist.
>Ding
I absolutely love your bunker! This is gonna be great!
How did this manage to keep me entertained and interested for nearly 20 minutes?!
My mum: What are you watching?
Me: James May and Richard Hammond poaching eggs
Mum: why?
Me: their careers have taken a slightly different direction
Hammond: *pulls out knife*
*Glances at May*
*Reluctantly puts knife away*
not sure what hammond says at this point ? sounds like maybe later or not really, too easy ? ;)
Hammond acts up too much
Must be a bit like being in the room with your siblings or parents for too long.
It was one of the most entertaining things I’ve seen on the internet this week.
He was thinking, they didn't get a chance to look at his car yet.... too early lol.
STILL one of my favorite JM videos of all time. No idea why, but it is! ❤️
I love you guys, please never stop entertaining us.
Hammond will be best at crashing the eggs onto the pan.
He's the only guy who can make sunny side down eggs
👍🏽😂
wtf, his poached eggs were perfect
When Hammond said: "If you're still with us, GOD KNOWS why you would be..." I felt that
Was literally about to make this exact comment and thought I'd check for one first 🤣
I would like this but it's on 169 likes
Love how Hammond still does the "If you've just joined us" even though this is on TH-cam. He's so used to TV 🤣
Love the banter. Great video!
I love how Richard looked at the knife then James at 6:48 😂
Tonight on bottom gear.
Richard. Stabs James to death.
Meanwhile James is yelling at Richard.
Jeremy. Is having a nice cold beer.
Yes how weird is that almost as of he made the face for comedic effect due to the camera being there!
@@jaycuthbert245 STOP ENJOYING THINGS!!
@@Earthling-jr2vn shut up
@@jaycuthbert245 nobody said anything about it being weird, go talk to a friend or look at a pond alright?
You know you have a real friend when he says right in your face how irritating you can be and still hangs out with you.
Still better to have a friend that hangs out with you that doesn’t find you irritating
@@FreeRangeLemon hang out with anyone long enough they're bound irritate you some way. The way my twin brother eats cereal drives me mad and I get the urge to slam his face in the bowl. I would, also, take a bullet for him without hesitation. Just the way it is.
@@shaunenwright7872 1000% correct sir. 1000%.
I come back here from time to time
Both of you are totally amazing presenters.
And Hammond thanks for teaching me how to poach an egg
"Like a bad memory from a war I fought in."
Off the top of his head.
Brilliant.
Was looking for this lol, caught me so off guard. I wish I could be half as funny as him lol
I like how FoodTribe and DriveTribe have basically become James May’s channels now. Hammond is clearly a “guest” here.
To be honest it might even be slightly better to watch if hammond weren't there performatively calling him a knob for no reason. Drop the act once in a while dude.
@@Munkenba Exactly
@@Munkenba the poached egg is not done well because james wouldn't do it properly xd
of course richard is going to be pissed
That's cause he's the only one of them that's personable out of the three of them.
@@Munkenba Not sure it's an act, have you read about him? He seems like a genuine prick. lol
It's funny how you can fall in love with top gear because you like cars... then years later are watching some of the original guys argue about cooking eggs. The original three had a chemistry like no other. They can make the most mundane things hilarious and entertaining just from their banter.
I like that richard turned this into versus mode
I have to agree with Hammond: May definitely burned the toast.
Hes gonna get cancer from that if he eats it daily 😑😂😂
True. Hammond overcooked his eggs (and not by the little bit of time he spent asking for toast).
@@popefacto5945 I disagree. Not bad at all. James' eggs were snotty and underdone, and not even poached! (coddled)
Do they not have toasters commonly in the UK? You just find the perfect setting for each food then mark it on the dial.
@@parodysam Almost every UK kitchen i've ever seen has a toaster. Where are you from?
James is eating burnt toast with undercooked eggs.
as is tradition. remember, everything in 70s england must be done in the most depressing way possible. it is the british way.
They counterbalance each other. So, technically, they’re both perfectly cooked when together. 😉
Water just below simmer, no bubbles. Dash of vinegar and salt.
A gentle clockwise stir, drop in egg into the middle.
3 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon.
Ironically James May won on a cooking contest against Gordon Ramsay
Richard Hammond goes through existential crisis for 17 minutes over poached eggs: the video.
James May’s post apocalypse bunker kitchen sure coming in handy against the coronavirus
@D B u and me both pal
@D B It won't last because it's started killing too early.
Also brexit which is more harmful.
It needs a proper 4-slice toaster ... and a slotty spoon .. and where's the coffee grinder and coffee-maker ?
@Aaron Z. deadly when its during the biggest rush during Chinese new year. :)
6:48 is the reason why these guys had a hit show for 20 years. The level of chemistry and humor that just comes to them naturally is magnetic.
everytime i watch one of these vids i ask myself, why have i sat and watched this, then i come back for more. top work lol
Their TH-cam videos show that they are so used to doing tv shows and stuff because throughout the video they keep reminding us what they are doing as if there was a commercial break 😂😂
They bicker like an old married couple but you can see that they really are friends just in the way they talk. It's hillarious
The thing you really notice in home grown eggs and store bought is how much thicker the shell is. Our chickens had plenty of old pieces of shell in the ground from there was a sea over there, and we ofc gave them extra. No thin shells there, robust even.
I agree, no snotty eggwhite please :)
I still remember semi-fresh milk. No comparison to supermarket milk. And I don't mean old mil. Just milk that went through basically just the minimum of processing. A whole new flavour profile. Like the difference between mashed potatoes from actual potatoes compared to those from freeze dried flakes.
@@HappyBeezerStudios oh yeah I have stomach problems very often and I tried fresh milk recently, no comparison, before I didn't like milk now I love it, I drink only the fresh one, the store one taste like water
True and the egg itself taste like an egg
Kind of sad that this video got me through postpartum depression... I would watch it every morning with my poached eggs on toast lol
Just goes to show that even if the Grand Tour is scripted, the arguing is not.
It’s all scripted, Top Gear was scripted 😂 still amazing
It was actually described by the writers and directors, it's not all scripted, they just have certain bullet points/topics to entice them to argue. For example: script could say play a prank or do something to anger a certain person, usually with the driving stuff it's not scripted.
jonny j The difference between me & you is.... I didn’t have to do any “basic research” you clueless tool 😂 How did you survive before the Internet?
James May pulling you into his bunker:
"Put your finger on that knob and you know what it is"
He is an unintentional pervert
You dirty bugger.
Hammond nailing the "I'm not a morning person" look.
I could watch these two doing literally anything and it would be funny 😂
If Clarkson was present, he’d some how manage to set water on fire.
Or attempt cooking with a hammer. But cooking is like manual labor to him, he is allergic.
You are right Clarkson!
Fun fact: I've managed to do that while boiling water for pasta on a boyscout camping trip. I suspect cooking oil somehow ended up in the pot and the fire got way too hot.
TheFireIsOnFire considering your name I’m not surprised pal 😂
Why isn't he?
I wouldn’t mind a May, Hammond, Clarkson cooking show after seeing this!
Clarkson eggs will just be full of blood and fingers
This recipe calls for some garlic, but since we couldn't find any, this will do.
@@Henk14789 "Now the oil, this does worry me I must admit using Castrol GTX, but I don't think I have a choice"
V12 kitchen equipment incoming !!! AH YESSS, POWERRRR
It would probably be called 'can't cook... but we'll show you anyway'
This is my comfort video
I love your content keep it up!!👍🏻