Chefs Vs Normals Taste Testing Pretentious Ingredients Vol.11 | Sorted Food
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ค. 2024
- What makes an ingredient pretentious? Is it the way it’s named, packaged or even the way the product is made? That’s the debate of today’s episode as our Chef and Normals explore a selection of potentially pretentious products and enjoy some delicious food along the way!
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I feel like you need to do one of these episodes, but you put James and Jamie in the hotseat, and randomly select some of the items from Barry's home kitchen. They have to guess not just what the item costs, but whether or not Barry actually owns that product.
I second that motion.
I third that motion.
I forth that notion
Love this idea..... oh ehm, I fifth that motion.
Guessing whether Barry owns it or not would be priceless... 😂😂😂😂😂
Barry testing pretentious ingredients? He runs to make his newest shopping list.
😂 damn straight!
Nah-uh! More like half the ingredients were off of barry’s list 🤣
@@SortedFood is it because hes a foodie snob or a wealthy background?
And most of the time he already have them XD
That’s so funny...sadly I do the same
I wanna see a ”Barry or not” challenge, in wich Barry and James get some stuff from Barrys home, and some pretentious stuff, and Jamie/Mike has to guess if he owns the product or not
Yes!!
100% needs to be a thing. With how much they joke about it only for it to immediately happen, yes. They need to.
I would love that
The trick has to be that all of it is from Barry's house
Barry's face when he pushed the small grater away was maybe the cutest thing I've ever seen.
you need a break from the internet...
i dont know what was better. the look on barrys face when he already had the grater, or the look on bens face when he found out?
I was cracking up
I actually have it as well. I dunno how I should feel about that😂, mine was a cheap one from Daiso though, that's my defence😂
I've had it for ages.. I use it to grate ginger! (got it from Muji, and don't think it's sold as a salt grater - ..not much salt in rock form for grinding out there)
it's the salt that's the chi-chi product, the grater is just a bonus, ha
"Tried to look at you really hard the whole way through so that people really shipped us."
James is a man of the people
It worked. Such love.
He´ll have to look harder to make me believe he´s cheating on Barry.
@@miekekuppen9275 not Barry - Janice!!!
I'm 15 seconds in and was wondering what was up lol
Omg that makes SO much sense🤣
Ben for your salt versus vanilla debacle: the salt is pretentious because there are other varieties of salt readily available in ample supplies where as every variety of vanilla is not. You're essentially paying for novelty, not quality.
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Also there’s a clear difference to the fancy vanilla and it has a unique flavor. The salt only has the appearance and story to go for it. The appearance is cool though!
Fancy vanilla is better than regular vanilla. The fancy salt is no better than regular sea salt
+ salt mining is an incredibly destructive industry. The mining of Himalaya Salt causes massive damage to the area and I don't think this Persian salt will be much better. Maldon Sea Salt is much more sustainable and just for that reason a much better choice.
you could also get a pink salt rock, which is less expensive but has the same novelty, and that'll at least be a bit more worth it, methinks.
When talking about this history of vanilla: worth mentioning that the technique of hand pollination which allowed cultivation outside of Mexico was invented by Edmond Albius, a 12 year old enslaved boy.
Just having Mike and James in the same frame is.. * chefs kiss*
speaking what is going through ALL of our minds
They. have never looked more alike though LOL I was surprised 😂
Bene, molto bene
😗👌
No they didn't. 😜
The way Mike turned to James and said "it's nice that he remembers our wedding invitations" was adorable.
Sounded a bit as if Mike and James will get married though! 😂😂👌
Lol
Mike was saltier than the Dead Sea.
Are Mike and James married?
@@raisavaz yes
It's not just the hand pollination on one day that makes vanilla so expensive! It takes 2-3 years for a plant to become established before it will flower. It then takes a year for the vanilla pod to develop (assuming it was successfully pollinated). It then has to dry for up to a year. It's a long process from start to finish!!
Barry: I dream that one day I could get a letter with a wax seal.
Mike: Nice of him to remember our wedding invitations.
Barry: Done for the right occasion, otherwise it's tacky.
Me: Dig UP, Barry! UP!!!
"Barry, pretentious or not?"
Yes. Definitely yes!
😂
Find yourself a person who looks at you like James looks at Mike. Wholesome content Gentlemen.
Ah yes 😍
Get you a man who looks at you like how James looks at Mike, tbh. But also when Mike mentioned their wedding invitations, it looked like he was talking about his and James’s wedding lmao
I want a new segment called Sorted Show & Tell where the guys show us unusual cookware, ingredients and utensils from their home kitchens. Inspired by Barry actually already owning the miniature grater!
"Should we put something in his mouth so he can't talk?" Now James is making the inappropriate comments!
Who's Rita the sex bot, do we need this?
I needed to pause the vid when he said this...Like, sir...Do you mind?!
Oh, how Ive missed James. So glad hes back!
10 seconds in and James is smiling and being awkward, love this already. Adorable asf.
The blooper just makes it that much better! 😂😂
Right!
Fun fact: Vanilla grown in Madagascar uses the same habitat as lemurs, which means that by buying real Madagascan vanilla you also protect lemurs from extinction.
King Julian approves!
@@gozerthegozarian9500 we gotta move that vanilla
@@gozerthegozarian9500 Mort also!
Can we change the name of this segment to "Is this in Barry Taylor's cupboard?" or something along those lines 😋
Nobody is talking about Barry saying "that didn't attack me in such a pleasurable way"... and Mike whispering, "with a paddle" ???? Coz that made me spit my metaphorical tea
What time is thiissss
@@safhammed9131 14:20
I was checking to see if anyone else caught it
I thought it was the auto-captions messing up when I read that :P
@ violet face......I feel like I have to watch their videos a few times to catch golden nuggets like this!! 🤣
I read this the same time as they said it😂
I don’t think I laughed this hard at a blooper before. The calmed, deadpan delivery was beautiful. As beautiful as this ‘ship’.
Lmao James you accomplished your goal. Not even five minutes passed and most of us noticed the loving stares you threw at Mike. Well done
The way Mike looked at James while saying "our" wedding invitations really makes the end clip/blooper even better 😂
"It's nice he remembered our wedding invitations" I thought Mike married a lovely blonde woman, but that look and using 'our' implied he married a grouchy ginger man.
Hehe. I thought the same 😆
Occasionally, Mike puts on a blonde wig and moonlights as Janice... who BTW, got "snubbed" by James. ;)
I thought that was the implication as well lol
saaaaaaaaaaaaaaame
I mean look at those bloopers! I don’t think James disagrees 😂
Pretentious Barry having the wee grater and still saying that snails are expensive for something that you can dig up in the backyard 😂
He's right. You can - remember to starve for seven to ten days. (the snails - not Barry)
Oh my goodness this episode. From Mike saying "with a paddle" to the blooper of James wanting us fans to ship him and Mike 😂😂
As someone who works at the Fat Duck, good to see you making your own interpretation of one of our most iconic dishes 💪🏽
Fun fact: snails aren't really found in the highest end restaurants in France, as Barry said. In Bourgogne, where escargots are really traditional, you can grab a plate of them as a snack in most open air markets.
Very fun fact! Thanks. What other French delights are we missing out on?
Oh wow, that's good to know for our future travels - thank you! They're only really sold in French restaurants here in the UK.... they're not that common sadly!
@@SortedFood Get yourself down to Lidl during their French week and stock up on their frozen escargot in garlic butter! XD
@@SortedFood There are still some snail (or "wallfish" as snails were called in various parts of England) farmers around in the UK. Think Dorset Snails is probably the biggest supplier & the also do snail egg caviar! dorsetsnails.co.uk/shop/
Helix Aspersa, the common brown garden snail is the one mainly eaten, but if you collect your own you have to purge them for about 7-10 days on things like oats & lettuce to make sure they have nothing left in their gut that might have been poisonous; who knows what they were eating in your garden before you picked them.
@@SortedFood a whole variety of mustards ! You tasted one but there are a lot of traditional versions. My fave is black currant mustard.
Being Vietnamese, I've always found it interesting that snails are often seen as this higher end ingredient within Western culture because they're very commonly enjoyed in our cuisine. Sea snails can be found as street food in Vietnam everywhere and they're often meant to be a social snack with people gathering with drinks and picking at large portions of sea snails. They're also used in various soups and broths, like in bún ốc, which is a noodle soup, and like the snail porridge mentioned, we have our own version of congee with sea snails too, called cháo ốc, if anyone was curious.
Did this get introduced to Vietnamese cuisine via the French?
@@walksthroughlife900 Actually, no. According to author Vu Hong Lien and archaeological finds, piles of discarded snail shells were discovered in Nghệ An province of northern Vietnam that date back to over 10,000 years.
In France, snail shells have been found in archaeological excavations, showing snails were eaten back in prehistoric times. Some archaeological sites around the Mediterranean have had physical evidence of culinary use of snails too.
So really, people thousands of years from two opposite sides of a massive land mass took a look at some snails and thought, "Hey. Maybe we could eat that," and we haven't stopped ever since, which I think is beautiful. Food still manages to connect us, even without our knowing. ☺
It's not even fancy in France, it's not a high end restaurant dish you can get them as a snack at markets
@@alayakow1037 Oh, absolutely, which is why it intrigues me more. I'm actually Vietnamese-American, but I used to live in France too. Snails were regular fare there, but in some other Western countries, like the United States, it gets elevated to a higher level and is seen of as something unique and special, when, really, it's likely because it's uncommon to us and also the association that Americans have with anything French being fancy and high-class. It really makes you reconsider what the concept of "high-class" even entails since it can vary so much from culture to culture.
Caviar for example started as poor people food, if you couldn't afford fish you could get some fish eggs for ocean flavors... Now instead of being cheap its for rich people.
I don't think I've ever wanted to try a petentious ingredient as much as that vanilla. Cherry notes?
Sign me right up
Ben being so happy like a gleeful child made my day haha
The fact that Barry had a salt grater is something else
It didn't even take two minutes before Ben had to be given food so he doesn't say anything inappropriate...I guess thats already a lot😂😂
You know it!
Anything ELSE inappropriate. He said at least 3 double entendres in that fist 3 minutes.
@@seofra8252 touché😂😂
Ben: "It's one of the softest, flashiest pods I've poked for awhile."
Me: that just sounds wrong coming from Ben XD
So glad that James is back on the show, please never leave us again.
This comment did not age well 😂
@@ms-fm8yp FR 😭😭😌
@@ms-fm8yp just about to come here and say that 😂
Can yall hear me crying
@@hazelatkins5089 same xD
the level of sass that the combo of Mike and James brought to the table is off the charts 🤣🤣 more of these two hosting please
" Feeling good? Feeling judgey?"
Yes 😂😂
James thinks he is making people ship them by staring at Mike, yet Mike actually says “ our wedding” while staring at James? What is it?
Clearly James doesn't spend much time on the internet if he doesn't think they're already shipped together.
I 100% interpreted Mike’s comment as him saying that him and James are engaged, how could it mean anything else?
@@FoolOfTheTook right?! I thought the same thing. I mean are they gay? It doesn’t matter but now I’m curious lol
@@cortneytodd5641 Mike's married to someone called Kirsty, and I've no idea about James' personal life, since he doesn't really share it online. But the sorted guys do tend to joke about being together sometimes, and of course there's the running joke about James and Janice. Which thinking about it might be a contributing factor to James/Mike being shipped together since Mike voices Janice 🤷♀️
@@Ilovetvd12 ah ok! I’m new to the channel so I don’t really know the guys well or the lore haha thanks for the info! 😌
This is what I want to see more of. More premium ingredients skirting the line rather than simply trashy stuff like gold flavored champagne dust.
The way James stares at Mike at the beginning...so much love....I can’t handle...
The presentation of the snail porridge was just gorgeous! Would love a whole episode from James & Ben on plating... maybe showing the normals plate, given their 10 years of experience - then Ben and James showing the rules and showing how the Chefs would approach it...?
that's a great idea for a badge !!!! a plating food badge.
How many folks are on the food team making all these dishes? We need a video to meet the entire team.
They don't actualy have a food team, it's just a hoax like jennice. It's all only them.
I saw in one of the comments section (not this video) that they have another chef that is also named ben. The three chefs make up the entire food team.
For those wondering - Yes, you can eat garden snails. They just need to be cleaned properly. Feed them a diet of carrots for a couple days until they start pooping orange, wash them well and they are ready to go.
Is the carrot thing a way to sort of clean their insides?
@@gozerthegozarian9500 Yeah, it cleans their poop tubes.
@@gabriels1163 Ah, okay, thanks!
Fun Fact about vanilla: Actually it was only produced in Mexico because there is an indigenous specie of bee that pollinate the vanilla orchid. Then it was brought to Madascar and the guy who introduced it discover this method to pollinated by hand
That's really cool!
Thank you for sharing that.
His slave discovered it.
Out of curiosity, how many times have people in the Sorted kitchen had to wrestle the pretentious ingredients in these videos out of Barry’s hands?
😂😂😂
the body count is rising with each episode, nobody managed to do it yet
Barry already has most of them in his kitchen so he doesn't need a sacond one
It sounded like it was James and Mike's wedding for a second there 😂😁
That's my main takeaway from the video too. Didn't know those two were married to each other.
James and Mike are a major ship in this episode
@@MrVovansim they arent😂
I didn't even know James was married
The fact Ben gets more and more french is hilarious😂👏🏼👏🏼
Honestly, that Persian blue salt is my favourite. A local fancy spice shop sells it and they even sell it in a tiny pocket sized tin so you can take it with you wherever you go.
James just looks so damn happy to be there at this point just kid in a candy store level happy. I expect a number of bloopers just had James bouncing around and swinging his arms around happily
1:45 “One of the softest, fleshiest pods I’ve poked for a while.” - Benjamin David Ebbrell, 2021.
The Bennuendo strikes early 😂
Followed by "Shall we put something in his mouth to keep him quiet?"
@@dh1380 It was too R-Rated to mention even as an adult 😂
That is even without mentioning they then stuck it in a tart ..
Every now and then I'm stuck at just how knowledgeable Ben is about cooking. Like I'll have a moment where I'm like oh yeah, this guy is actually like a REALLY good chef.
Ebbers eyes rolling back in his head when he tasted the pork and mustard cream sauce- True Love!!
13:26 Mike looking at James, "It's really nice that he remembered our wedding invitations."
They don't make it easy not to ship them, do they?
The one thing that makes this video all the more better than it already is is the fact that caveman James is just being his awkward self. Great to see him back!
A lot of times the ingredient isn't pretentious but the packaging and marketing are. The mustard is a perfect example.
I’m SO BLOODY EXCITED!! I’ve been rewatching episodes over and over and now there’s a new one 😍😍😍
"Shall we put something in his mouth so he can't talk?" -- James not making things any better
The wedding invite wax seal moment was just... *Chef's kiss* 😂😂
Great video! Tiny mistake though, Meaux is about 60 kms East of Paris (I live in the area). It's famous for its mustard and for the Brie cheese, Brie de Meaux. I'd highly recommend you to try black Brie, which is Brie cheese that's been aged for several months. Thanks for your videos guys!
The Vanilla was, objectively a more quality product, it provides something to the flavor of the dish. The salt adds flair, but realistically you could get the same with say pink salt rock for a fraction the cost.
Mike is dressing like a cool granddad and it's so wholesome, I love it, he pulls it off so well. Very swag
Dressed like Kurt Cobain.
Ben is right: It is like a fictional gemstone that wards off dragons 😂
They were such lovely colours 😍
After having recently watched their older WoW cooking video, I'd say Ben probably knows best out of all of the guys.
Honestly it looked like someone had parts of an open geode on the plate.
You know what would be great? A pass it on with recent pretentious ingredients. The twist? The guys are assigned a pretentious ingredient by someone from the crew and they only discover it at the beginning of their turn. The order? Crew's choice, what would be the most entertaining for them! We need to have the crew back involved since you have an amazing crew behind the scene!
Videos like these are what makes my week. The enter play between all of you is so enjoyable to watch
Barry isn't pretentious, he is an epicurean. He's turned a hobby into a livelihood and we should all be so lucky!
It's nice to see someone so passionate about something.
Agree. I used to feel the same way about the lucky bastards who made travel programmes. That's not a thing now, of course, so it's good to do a bit of travelling via our food.
Seriously. That’s like the dream life for me
A guy interested in good ingredients who likes to cook. What’s not to love
@@quacasualwomen And he's not shouting at people.
17:19 James realized the community is shipping them *chef's kiss*
Shipping people is so creepy😂
I just want to say that every single time I see there’s a Sorted video awaiting me, I feel so happy and excited.Thank you for the awesome content guys 👏🏻
So he already loves some of my favourite foods (sushi, fish pie, quiche), he is interested in food science, Japanese culture, and NOW he says what I've been trying to tell people about vanilla for years? Ben my love, you get sexier every day.
A girthy vanilla pod is something I would call a boyfriend who bakes too many scones
This is now my new pet name for my husband. Girthy vanilla pod ✅
I now need to add that to my wishlist for a boyfriend. Goals...
Your last name fits the whole discussion perfectly lol
I’m very much confused with the term ‘too many scones’. Is it possible to have too many?!?!
@@samanthairving7288 I depand an update on his reaction 😂🤣
I work for a Salt/Potash producer, and as a gift from the company, for term served if you were with the company for 40 years, you were presented with a chunk of blue potash in a resin cube. The minerals were mined from our own mines, and due to the coloration were sought after.
You should really do a survey about Barry’s pantry... I recommend you start with asking his wife
This is my favourite series. Never stop.
These videos are great.
Ben: I like it!
Barry: I've got one at home
Mike: WHAT IS THAT!?
Jamie: *replaces cloche*
James: It does what it says on the tin, therefore I like it
“ Should we put something in his mouth so he can’t talk” So happy to have James back!
The presentation on all the dishes look DELICIOUS, well done, James!
My favourite episode of pretentious ingredients when it comes down to the actual ingredients! All of them are exquisite. 😍 I always love my vanilla and Ben is so on point - it's too much of an exquisite ingredient to be called "boring" and the salt just touched my crystal loving heart 😄
Ps - your videos always make my heart happy. I've been watching each and every video of yours for the last 7 years (even the at the table videos) and it almost feels like growing up with incredibly goofy, funny & adorable brothers ❤️ love the family vibe you guys have had in the community from the start. Thank you for everything guys 🤗
No one:
Not even Ben:
Barry: “...Girthy Vanilla Pod...”
He knows a big pod when he sees one!
@@SortedFood I'm not going to think about the implications of that statement 😂😂
@@SortedFood I read this in Ben's voice xD
@@Sunny-ot1vo Of course 😂
The face Ebbers made when tasting the meal with the mustard made me want both the mustard and the recipe. That was a solid recommendation!
⭐️My favorite series! ⭐️
just love this series, one of my absoulout favourites!
I don't think I'll ever get tired of the pretentious ingredient videos - there's so much weird fancy stuff out there!
"Barry Taylor, pretentious or not?" yes
"The mustard, we're talking about..." oh
no, not at all
Barry's definitely a bit pretentious. ❤😂
Never mind pretentious ingredients, I'm loving Mike's cardie.
We love the taste testing pretentious food!! Thank you for bringing us happiness. Love you guys!
I missed James so much, so happy he's back
He seems happy to be back as well.
Not being able to tell weather Ben calling a vanilla pod fleshy terrifies me or make me laugh is why I love these videos
I usually watch these more for the dishes than the ingredients.
What a banger of a 3 course meal: starter - tartar or snails, main - pork in mustard, dessert - vanilla tart.
Learned so much today! :D
Missed these... it's been so long.. kinda like James's hair
It’s kinda hilarious that we consider the pod of an exotic flower from the other side of the world the epitome of boring and plain.
Best pretentious ingredients video yet as they're all just really good quality versions of useful ingredients. Well done!
The look on Ben's face when he bit into the pork....beautiful
Yeah, I know an o-face when I see one....
“Our wedding invitations” if I was new, I would’ve thought they were James and Mike’s wedding invites, like an invite to their wedding-unless I totally missed something
Nah Mikes married and James isn’t. I think James and Ben are the only singles the rest are married I’m pretty sure Berry & Jamie both have kids, I’m not quite sure but I think Mikes wife works with them behind the scenes.
@@minwellitsanicknamebegrate2531 I thought Ben was married-
@@thesuperherofanatic1014 as far as I know he’s not Jamie has 2 kids boy & girl and is married , mike is married and berry has a kid girl and is married, I think Ben might have had relationships but it was never out right said he was dating someone or married, not really sure what all is going on they don’t really focus on their private lives
When did mike get married???? Have u missed something ?
@@princ3sstofu I think in 2019.
My neighbor growing up farmed escargot snails so we usually had a lot of them in the garden, I once kept some as pets and saw them have babies and everything, they were too cute so I've never eaten them though 😅
That's lovely!
Suggestion: Heilala Vanilla Powder! (I use their products here in New Zealand all the time!)
From their website:
"Heilala Vanilla’s origins began in 2002 as an aid project founded by fellow New Zealander, John Ross, and his family.
The Kingdom of Tonga had been ravaged by Cyclone Waka, leaving the Islands and its people shattered in the wake of an exceptionally vicious natural disaster. Partnering with a local family in the village of Utungake, together they established a small vanilla plantation that robustly grew into the world renowned humanitarian vanilla brand, Heilala Vanilla."
James' literal heart eyes at Mike in the beginning... obviously we're not the only one shipping those two
I'm so happy I came across this channel, you guys are hysterical and such a great distraction from work haha
Thanks for watching Kristin :)
@@SortedFood ❤
Careful - they have over a decade of content. I found them about a year ago and I can still go down Sorted video rabbit holes...
@@fifiroux I completely agree! I saw a video for the first time on the 18th, I just went to my history and since then I've watched 20 other videos 😬 I may be developing a problem.
VIdeo Idea: The Normals teach normals how to cook.
Each of the SortedFood normals are partnered up with someone who has limited to no cooking experience or ability and must teach them how to make a reasonably complex recipe. The Normals get the full recipe in advance and must come up with a 'lesson plan' that is suitable for someone with no experience and then must walk the normal through it live without being able to directly help with the cooking itself.
Could easily make a suitable badge to be rewarded for the one who is the best teacher.
May I submit my husband as the novice Normal? He's notoriously terrible at cooking anything that isn't "take out of freezer, put in oven for half an hour" XD
Or what about a recipe telephone? Chef teaches a complex recipe to a normal, who teaches it to a normal, and so on. Not sure if they've done something like that before haha
YES in time for the Lockdown easing to make it easier to film as well
If they could find three ten year olds or smth that would be perfect
I'm Iranian and I had never heard of that salt. Thats some super luxurious salt.
Get someone who looks at you the way James looks at Mike during the intro