only people that would are people who have no other choice, microwave meals are a godsend when you are poor, i've been there and i empathise with anyone who still has to do that
@@audiocoffee Perhaps for you but: While total retail volumes of meat, fish and poultry fell by 6.3% in the 52 weeks to February 2022, pre-prepared meals were up 3.2%, with ready meals driving most of the growth - up 4.3%.
@@mediavideos2176 The term "cottage pie" originated in the 18th century in England, when potatoes became more affordable and were a common food for peasants living in cottages. The dish was made with affordable ingredients and was easy to prepare. Shepherd's pie came along about a century later when lamb and mutton started to be used because they became cheaper than beef.
@@Thurgosh_OGWrong. He’s fully approved the line. I had to check out of curiosity. There’s a video of him promoting the launch 😬 I thought it was a joke!
They are not even British, that's just US marketing paying for Gordon's image for the box. It's highly likely that none of those would be allowed to be sold in the UK or anywhere else in Europe for that matter.
@@FTFLCY Extraneous apostrophes are the bane of my life too! But the US has so much processed food I'd probably starve to death over there because there would be nothing I could eat. Processed food makes you fat, which is why more than half of US citizens are overweight or obese.
It depends what sort of household you grew up in really, I'm in my 50's and grew up in a home where everything was home cooked and I was taught to cook all the traditional recipes my Mum and Gran cooked, so I'm the main cook in my household now too, and we do have frozen meals like that in the UK but I'd never buy them, I'd always cook fresh from scratch, or go buy my fish or pie and chips from the chippy of course, but I don't tend to buy much frozen food, but I do eat frozen fish fingers which is common in the UK and they're good for a quick meal if you're feeling lazy and just want something quick and easy, a fish finger butty with ketchup is glorious, I have a feeling Anna would like that! I also live in a fishing village so our chippies are top notch, all the best chippies in the UK are on the coast, you never buy frozen fish and chips if there's a good chippy nearby, I'd love to see you guys visit the UK and visit a good chippy, I think it would blow your minds!
@@matthewwalker5430 Depends on which ones you buy and your tastes, but when they cost a couple to a few £'s you can't really go that wrong for a quick meal to keep you going. I looked on the Waitrose site as a comparison, their frozen meals and ready meals cost about half or less than those frozen ones from Walmart. The reviews for them are pretty good if you factor in the average customer base of Waitrose. Harrod's can take a flying jump at their ready meal prices.
No one is trying the food because it's British. If he labeled it as British food, no one would buy it without his name. Everyone knows the British conquered the world for spices and they never used them.
Steak and Ale pie, Steak and kidney pie (often called kate and sydney pie) and chicken and mushroom pie, are absolute staples in chippy's across the UK
Being British and living in the UK I have NEVER seen these in any of our supermarkets. So these are made for America to try and give you American's a hint of the foods we have here and using Ramsey's branding and name. Like here in the UK our Iceland Foods stores have products made for them from brands like TGI Friday's yet TGI don't make them for Iceland Foods it is just a branding royalty fee that companies pay to use the brand/name
@@ilovecatweazleNO no, cmon now! Curry sauce n a fish supper!?! That's sacrilege! Haha. Here in Edinburgh it's salt n sauce folk get. Chippy sauce, kinda vinegary brown sauce. I'm fae Glasgow n it was always only ever salt n vinegar. Vinegar on 1st then the salt on top.
you're allowed to add salt & vinegar to the fish and chips... it's what we do. regardless of whether it's from a box or from the fish and chip shop (because they never put enough on!)
Pollock is a member of the cod family which we Brits used to feed our cats with. It is a lot cheaper than cod and more environmentally friendly. Normally if bought in a chip shop the fish is battered not breaded.
All those meals would not pass UK food standards hence never seen them here! Plus make your own cottage/Shepards pie, so easy to make, loads of food for your money. Also the wellington will have had a soggy bottom due to the oil in the fish and chips seeping into them lol 😂😂 missed you guys x
As others have stated.. that’s a cottage pie as it’s made with beef. Shepherds pie is made with lamb. But honestly, making them from scratch is super easy and are delicious. I was always a cottage our kinda girl cos I didn’t like lamb. I don’t eat meat any more, but still make them with meat substitutes, and I do recommend making homemade ones. During cold weather, they’re a great satisfying, and filling meal. Proper comfort food
...and if you finish off a Shepherd's Pie by topping the mash with a light crust of parsley, cheese and breadcrumbs, it becomes a Cumberland Pie - Delicious, (especially with cheesey mash as the topping!)
@ ooooh that does sound good! I’ll have to try and remember this next time I make one. I typically favour panko over breadcrumbs… but I wonder if that would be too much of a “crust”?. Thanks for the reply hun.., that sounds delicious
Microwave meals for me are when you finish work late, call the wife and ask what's the plan for dinner, no one has a plan, no one can be bothered to cook and you pop to the shop and grab a microwave dinner meal deal. For £10, you can get a sharing dish with a side, pudding a drink.
We don't get microwave meals in my home, mostly because I don't have a microwave but also because the microwave meals are nowhere near as good as home cooking. Steak and Ale pie is as British as you'll ever get, finding a pub that serves food and doesn't have steak and Ale pie on the menu is virtually impossible.
Beef Wellington is a beef joint, normally fillet, brushed with mustard then wrapped in a mushroom duxelle (paste basically) then prosciutto ham, crepes and puff pastry and baked in the oven, it's considered quite a 'fancy' dish and not something you'd see a lot of people making at home very often, I never make it but will have it occasionally in a nice restaurant.
Beef Wellington is often made with foie gras as an alternative to mushroom duxelle, but many people would turn down the foie gras version, due to 'animal welfare' issues. (foie gras is made by force feeding a live goose until its liver bursts! - typical French disregard for the treatment of their livestock!)
They must be regional as I’ve never seen them in my local Walmart, I will check as I’m heading for Walmart soon ,as my coffee maker stopped working as I made a cup to drink with supper last night
I had this vision of one of those Gordon Ramsay TV shows where some clueless chef shows him their new idea of "Beef Wellington Balls" and Gordon tells them exactly what he thinks of that idea. 😆
Ramsey has Americanised our Shepherds pie, and he has permanently relinquished his title of a British chef. You can have him. How very dare you Ramsey.
Safe to say Gordon Ramsey had little involvement other than selling his name to an American company who produce garbage for an indiscriminating, unknowledgable market. Took the money and ran. I have half a mind to ask him if he's aware what people are doing in his name, he'd be horrified.
@ Actually I was watching a cook off between a British chef and a American chef and the producer asked Gordon, will you be bias towards the British chef, he said no, I’m Scottish, not British or English
First time on the channel. only 1/3 the way through but y'alls humor is fantastic. I especially loved the bit about Gordon Ramsay finding the time to make freeze and sell the frozen dinners. Just the way it was delivered...perfection...ok back to the video...
A quick check on UK frozen cottage pies (single portion) gives a calorie range of 317 to 410 kcals and 1.0 - 1,7 grams of salt. So UK versions generally have less calories but more salt!
Oh Anna... No you don't lift the plastic off like that to "vent". You pierce a few holes with a fork. Lifting the lid like that you will have zero air pressure in there now and it won't cook properly, you need the to cause a pressure cook but with tiny holes to let the steam out That's why the vegetables are still hard
Guys you should always make your own stuff like that you’ll enjoy it so much more Gordon Ramsay would be slated over here if he sold them in supermarkets.
No we don’t!!! Most of us eat fresh food rather than these processed meals. Even if it does cost us more, contrary to some beliefs we do have tastebuds.
Hi, You two. A Beef Wellington typically consists of the following layers: Beef Tenderloin: A high-quality cut of beef, usually seared to perfection. Duxelles: A rich and flavorful mushroom mixture, often made with finely chopped mushrooms, shallots, herbs, and spices. Foie Gras (optional): A layer of fatty liver pâté, adding richness and luxury. Prosciutto or Parma Ham: A thin layer of cured ham, adding saltiness and flavor. Puff Pastry: A flaky, buttery pastry that encases the entire dish. The dish is then baked until the pastry is golden brown and the beef is cooked to your desired level of doneness. It's often served with a rich red wine sauce.
Anna you could make that yourself and it would taste so much better. Just brown some minced beef, with some chopped onions and some diced carrot and celery add Worcestershire sauce and gravy. Cook that until veg is as soft as you like and beef is cooked. Add that all to an oven proof dish and top with mashed potato and grated cheese. Put it in a 180° oven until potato is brown. Serve.
@@marydavis5234 that may be so, but like Dave said, it's all about the pressure and the steam. Also the time was a complete guess based on previous meals.
I enjoyed your scone video so it would be interesting to see you cook more trad british food from scratch. Shepherds/cottage/cumberland pie (variations on mince topped with mash), toad in the hole, crumpets, chicken and mushroom pie, quiche (flan) are all very easy and much nicer
Best advice, buy a Jamie Oliver or other quick recipe cookbook and make your own meals. Tweak them if you want to spice them up and you get what you want. Batch cook so you cook once and then split it up into smaller meal size portions and freeze them (labelled and dated). You will save money and eat less processed meals with less additives. These packaged meals are highly processed and are a con job. If you can do it yourself. French fries made from whole washed potatoes and sliced up to the size you want, seasoned the way you want then a teaspoon of olive oil or vegetable oil over the raw fries and then cook them in the air fryer. Better than anything you could get at a takeaway place.
@ Very true, he’s always, in my opinion, a bit heavy on the starchy Italian stuff and almost every dish seems to be covered in Italian cheese. These days you mostly likely don’t need a cookbook with all the free TH-cam channels teaching you how to use leftovers and air fryers and quick recipes that all seem pretty tasty looking stuff 👍👍
Shepherds Pie is just minced lamb and mashed potatoes on top and brown the potatoes with the toaster element in your oven, Cottage Pie is the same but use beef mince rather than lamb. Cheese on top of these two pies is optional for me.
Nope this type of frozen meal is classified as processed foods. It cheaper to make your own meals. Make enough for 3-4 days and freeze them for daily meals usage. I saved time and your getting a better quality meal, even if you over pay for a Gordon Ramsey frozen meal. Remember he’s not made these himself, they are made in a factory and approved for sale by Ramsey for the use of his image on the packaging. You’re being conned by Ramsey and Walmart. Steak and ale pie is you make a steak stew in a pot with meat using an ale as the liquid part. The buy some ready made puff pastry and put the cooked stew into a n oven dish and pop it in the oven to reheat the stew and cook the pastry. Even easier cook the stew. And just do some pasted on a flat sheet in the oven. When the pastry is done put it onto your plate and then spoon the stew onto the pastry - an upside down pie version that’s more tasty than any Gordon Ramsey Walmart rip off meal.
shepherds pie is just minced/ground lamb, herbs, onions, garlic, stock, and mashed potato. And if you want to you can add carrots and peas to it. Replace the lamb with beef for a cottage pie.
When was the last time you saw a shepherd tending cattle? As I'm sure others have said, that's a cottage pie, I don't know why manufacturers of food in the US always insist on getting it wrong?
The really crinkly plastic usually means that it can be also cooked in an oven... at least when it can be cooked in an oven, the heat resistant plastic is like that.
Ok from a Brit: homemade Shepherds Pie is amazing, BUT you need to have Worcestershire Sauce sprinkled on it when you serve it. It elevates it - it's sublime. Also, on the rare occasions I buy it ready made, you need to cook it in the oven, not the microwave so that the top is crispy. Fish and chips: no-one in the uk except children eats fish nuggets like that. Adults eat a whole piece of fish. Pollack is eaten but it's a cheap alternative. Wellington bites is a Gordon Ramsey invention, no one in the UK eats those. These are not for sale in the UK as no-one would buy from him, he's not liked here.
The shephards pie fiasco aside, fish and chips should be either..... Cod (the classic choice) Haddock (the posh choice) Plaice (the awkward i want my fish freshly cooked choice) Pollock? Never, frankly that's Pollocks
Haddock - the tasty choice! Nothing posh about me! I dont mind pollock, its used in a lot of frozen battered/breaded supermarket fish, as is basa. Hake is very nice but ive not seen that available in a chippy for 20 years
Depends where in Britain you are. Haddock is common in the north, cod in the south. Fish stocks have meant pollock and basa are becoming common as cheaper alternatives.
Haddock isint posh 😂 i like the sweeter taste to it i dont mind cod. My favourite is rock salmon 😊 its not popular up north but in the south it is. Huss.
@Bakers_Doesnt nothing wrong with pollack plenty of it i go wreck fishing im down in devon loads of pollack brought up on our trips out everyone on the boat ends up with freezer fulls of pollack.
We don't have these in the UK. But thats probably because these are all very easy to make at home from basic ingredients (pretty much the same with all traditional British food). Shepherds pie.. cook some mince, mash some potatoes and bang you have Shepard's pie (technically it should ne lamb, but plenty of people have beef and and still call it the same. )
When JT said ground beef I thought he had just gone by the picture on the front of the box, but no!! I have just looked at the ingredients of the Gordon Ramsay Shepherd's Pie on the Walmart website, and it plainly says "ground beef". So like others have pointed out, what JT and Anna tried was in fact a (not very nice) cottage pie, not a (not very nice) shepherd's pie. I cannot believe that Gordon Ramsay would put his name to a dish with such a basic error in the main ingredient.
@@marydavis5234 I understand that bit, but Shepherd's Pie is made with ground lamb not beef. The clue is in the name Shepherd's Pie. The same dish made with ground/ minced beef is called a Cottage Pie and looks similar, but tastes completely different.
Gordon Ramsay was found out a few years ago as some of his central London restaurants were supplied by a central kitchen and the meals were then biked or couriered to the restaurants. I would not say he's the be all and end all of British cuisine. This frozen range does not sell in the UK. Steak and ale pie is my favourite. Shepherds pie should be Lamb as the pie was named after the profession that watched the sheep. Your Wellington bites are based on Beef Wellington which is a beef fillet Wrapped in diced sauteed mushrooms encased in pastry. You are also meant to use salt and vinegar on the Fish and chips. Some people also use a wedge of lemon on the fish. You can also accompany it with condiments of your choice. such as ketchup.
if you want to make sheperds pie with mince beef then try it, all i do is fry up the mince ad diced onion, mix in the beef stock granules to thicken, place in a roasting tray, boil the potatos then mash add a knob of butter and a pinch of salt and mash up... then make a layer of mash about inch deep and then use the back of a fork to create furrows in the mash, once the tops of the furrows go golden brown its ready to plate up. i do other veg separately, carrots peas and broccoli and cauliflower. add more gravy on the pie if needed or prefered. cottage pie made the same way but i add grated cheese on top, shredded cabbage in with the mince, other veg separate again.
I've not seen tomatoes used in any home cooked Shepherds or Cottage pie. A quick look online and none of the recipes offered include tomatoes, so this might be a family thing for you perhaps?
"Gordon Ramsey": not in the UK it isn't "Meal": sides at best Frozen meal: bad start Not cooked in an oven: it's getting worse Cooked in a microwave: what's the matter, is your bin broken?
Pollock is similar to cod. Shepherds pie is similar to a very soft meatloaf with mash on top. Steak and ale pie is beef in gravy with a pastry top. Always have ketchup on my chips. Beef wellington is a posh meal. Its normally a large joint of beef with a mushroom mix over the beef and then rapped in pastry.
Gordon Ramsey wouldn't allow them in the UK because it'd damage his reputation. Americans haven't a clue and have fixed notions on British food anyway, so it doesn't matter.
They'd likely be bummed here due to just how much absolute shite they have in em I'm regard to massive amounts of salt, sugar, additives and preservatives etc.
If your going to DIY something try this basic "1940s Cottage Pie" recipe UK Measurements: 1 lb mince beef 1 medium sized onion ( adjust as per onion strength/quality ) several large potatoes ( probably about 1lb you don't have to use it all as a topping ) 2 oz cheese ( i never add the cheese ) dried herbs (Rosemary & Thyme work well) salt and pepper beef stock ( -like bovril- ) ( 1 pint or more) bisto gravy powder ( or make a simple flour butter roux - see youtube for instructions ) peas and diced carrots optional blob butter or margarine Method: Saute diced onions till translucent/soft and add the mince then brown sufficiently. Add the chopped veggies (optional) Add salt and pepper and a few herbs Add beef stock, stir and simmer for 15 minutes (thickening towards the end by adding a roux or mixing bisto powder with a little cold water to a runny paste and adding to beef stirring all the time beef mix/sauce should be quite thick!) Meanwhile chop up all the potatoes into small chunks Place in salted hot water and bring to the boil until tender/soft and drain. Mash with generous blobs of butter or margarine, add salt and pepper to taste -Finally add milk so mash is spreadable- ( i never add milk ) Place beef mix/sauce in a small cooking tray with deep sides or shallow casserole dish - stir in more dried herbs if required ( adjust as preferred ). Pipe or spread mashed potato on top Sprinkle with 2 oz of grated strong cheddar if you like Place in oven for 20 minutes at 200 c Finish off under broiler/grill to brown top Serve with steamed fresh veggies! Serves 4 with veggies
Classicaly, cottage or shepherd's pie was made with the lèftovers of the Sunday roast, after cold meat on Monday. There should be fried onions in there with the meat, gravy ỏ stock to keep it moist and whatever veg you are going to chuck in. Season, put in a bowl cover ưith mashed potatos and cook in an oven. Work the top ưith a fork bẻoe cooking to increase the sùace area, which you want crispy and lightly browned. Eat it á it is, or with some more vegetables and smotherb it in whatever sauce rocks your boat.
I just watched his promotional video for the launch of those meals & as a Brit I’m offended: “Trust me, there’s nothing like bringing *quality* dishes to the comfort of your own home, that’s why I’m so excited to announce my new line of *gourmet* dishes” 😵💫💀
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Gordon doesn't sell these meals in the UK. What does that tell you
😂 no wonder I've never heard of Wellington bites then..
Yeah they are not good enough for us and home made is the best but I haven't had one in a very long time
They do not look good
He is more popular in the states, that's what
@@jillfarrell6388beef wellington jr
You can tell their American made because they make the shepherd's pie with beef which makes it a cottage pie
and they put sweetcorn in it..
Taste same no matter what name
@@staceylouiseclark4561 How can it taste the same when One is Lamb (hence shepherd) the other is beef?
@@W0rdsandMus1calways thought my lamb tatsed a bit like beef
@@adrianfernand33s 🤣probably you taste buds
Trust me when i say that 99% of us brits wouldn't eat that shepards pie. It's so easy to make, and 1000% better when its homemade
only people that would are people who have no other choice, microwave meals are a godsend when you are poor, i've been there and i empathise with anyone who still has to do that
He said ground beef.. that's cottage pie.. shepherd's pie is lamb.. 🤦♂️
since ground sheepmeat is damn expensive over here I would maybe try those if we had them :)
As I brit I 100% agree 😂
Farmfood's frozen Sheppard's pie is a banger. lol
The Shepheard's pie is in fact Cottage pie, Shepheard's pie is made with minced lamb and cottage pie minced beef.
I only came on to state this lol thanking you
youd think Chef Ramsey would know that 🤣 - but your 100% right!
The clue is in the name. Shepherds don't look after cows.
Yeah I can’t understand why Ramsay put his name to this he knows the difference
Shepherd's . They herd sheep, the didn't hear the sheep.
Anybody else screaming YES YES GET THE STEAK AND ALE !!! ??
yes
yup
When he decided against it, the wife and I both shouted "Nooooo!!!"
I was, but then I saw the "shepherd's pie" and wonder if they had a lucky escape 🤣
Better off making your own TBH.
In answer to your thumbnail, no, Brits do not eat Gordon Ramsay's frozen ready meals.
to be fair - frozen ready meals are falling out of fashion.
They look pretty vile.
Agreed! I prefer to cook meals from scratch!!!
@@audiocoffee Perhaps for you but: While total retail volumes of meat, fish and poultry fell by 6.3% in the 52 weeks to February 2022, pre-prepared meals were up 3.2%, with ready meals driving most of the growth - up 4.3%.
@@audiocoffee Not in Kentucky.
Beef is cottage pie. Shepherd's pie is lamb, it's right there in the name, a "shepherd" tends sheep!
So a "cottage" tends beef?
@@mediavideos2176 The term "cottage pie" originated in the 18th century in England, when potatoes became more affordable and were a common food for peasants living in cottages. The dish was made with affordable ingredients and was easy to prepare. Shepherd's pie came along about a century later when lamb and mutton started to be used because they became cheaper than beef.
I've told Gorden Ramsey this glaring mistake via his instagram account!!!
Who shouted cottage pie everytime they said shepherd's pie???
Wtf that ain't no shepherd's pie
I think it’s safe to say we want an Anna and JT cooking show. xx
Steak & Ale pie is very British... especially with mash or chips & gravy!
You serve me that and ill put a ring on it 😂
@chucky2316 you'll need to look elsewhere...
@@janecarnall66 yup.
@@janecarnall66 ahahah
Some scam company has written Gordon Ramsay on the box and charged you $6 for a £1 ready meal from Iceland 🤣
Gordon will be getting a marketing payment for his name and image but that's probably the limit of his involvement.
@@Thurgosh_OGWrong. He’s fully approved the line. I had to check out of curiosity. There’s a video of him promoting the launch 😬 I thought it was a joke!
Local evangelical bought the company another side hustle its American tax avoidance
If you're giving 9/10 to fish nuggets made with pollock, you'd probably give 10/10 or more for cod or haddock.
These things are not sold in the UK. They'd never pass the advertising standards.
Plus we call him Gordon Ramsey not Chef Ramsey.
@@yorkshirecoastadventures1657yea, we’re all mates in Yorkshire 😂….
They probably wouldn't pass the banned ingredients regs.
@@yorkshirecoastadventures1657 Actually, I don't call him either.
Or the food standards!
These aren't frozen British meals, they are frozen British meals made by American's.
They are not even British, that's just US marketing paying for Gordon's image for the box. It's highly likely that none of those would be allowed to be sold in the UK or anywhere else in Europe for that matter.
American's what?
@@FTFLCY Extraneous apostrophes are the bane of my life too! But the US has so much processed food I'd probably starve to death over there because there would be nothing I could eat. Processed food makes you fat, which is why more than half of US citizens are overweight or obese.
It depends what sort of household you grew up in really, I'm in my 50's and grew up in a home where everything was home cooked and I was taught to cook all the traditional recipes my Mum and Gran cooked, so I'm the main cook in my household now too, and we do have frozen meals like that in the UK but I'd never buy them, I'd always cook fresh from scratch, or go buy my fish or pie and chips from the chippy of course, but I don't tend to buy much frozen food, but I do eat frozen fish fingers which is common in the UK and they're good for a quick meal if you're feeling lazy and just want something quick and easy, a fish finger butty with ketchup is glorious, I have a feeling Anna would like that! I also live in a fishing village so our chippies are top notch, all the best chippies in the UK are on the coast, you never buy frozen fish and chips if there's a good chippy nearby, I'd love to see you guys visit the UK and visit a good chippy, I think it would blow your minds!
Now your talking fish fingering butty with red sauce 😂 and totally agree with you
Finger finger and salad cream sandwich is my go to snack
@@shaunrye7740 I like it with salad cream too 👍
Cottage pie is made with beef and shepherds pie is made with lamb , But most British kids were tought by their mothers to cook
@@angielynn7928 Why are you telling me the difference between cottage and shepherds pie?
Hertfordshire UK here and I have never seen those 😂
Ooh I’m in Hertfordshire UK too. Never seen them here either. They don’t look very nice do they. 🤢
Because only sold in Walmart, I Googled them
There is a reason why they are only sold in the States and not Britain.😉
to be fair, our shepherds/cottage pie ready meals aren't any better though, they just don't cost anywhere near as much
@@matthewwalker5430 Depends on which ones you buy and your tastes, but when they cost a couple to a few £'s you can't really go that wrong for a quick meal to keep you going. I looked on the Waitrose site as a comparison, their frozen meals and ready meals cost about half or less than those frozen ones from Walmart. The reviews for them are pretty good if you factor in the average customer base of Waitrose. Harrod's can take a flying jump at their ready meal prices.
@@matthewwalker5430 They will be better, in the UK, in the quality of the ingredients though. Even if they were on the cheaper end of the UK market.
Its probably full of additives to align with the chemical industries iron grip on the food industry via government rules.
No one is trying the food because it's British. If he labeled it as British food, no one would buy it without his name. Everyone knows the British conquered the world for spices and they never used them.
Steak and Ale pie, Steak and kidney pie (often called kate and sydney pie) and chicken and mushroom pie, are absolute staples in chippy's across the UK
Also there is Mince and Onion Pie, but I prefer the Pukka Pies also Steak Pie
Steak and Ale is a good pie and most pubs sell them.
@clairemarkham3485 good ol pie n mash
@ definitely
Steak and Kidney also commonly called Snake and Pygmy! But don't be fooled - they're delicious!
Being British and living in the UK I have NEVER seen these in any of our supermarkets. So these are made for America to try and give you American's a hint of the foods we have here and using Ramsey's branding and name. Like here in the UK our Iceland Foods stores have products made for them from brands like TGI Friday's yet TGI don't make them for Iceland Foods it is just a branding royalty fee that companies pay to use the brand/name
Steak and ale pie, very popular in a good British pub, that do food.
The best accompaniment to fish & chips is vinegar and salt on the chips, lemon juice and salt on the fish, and tartare sauce on the side
An honourable mention of chip shop style curry sauce should also be included.
@@ilovecatweazleNO no, cmon now! Curry sauce n a fish supper!?! That's sacrilege! Haha.
Here in Edinburgh it's salt n sauce folk get. Chippy sauce, kinda vinegary brown sauce. I'm fae Glasgow n it was always only ever salt n vinegar. Vinegar on 1st then the salt on top.
@@ilovecatweazle only if buying chips on their own
Shepherd's pie is really easy to make. It was the 1st meal my kids learned to cook when they were young for the family dinner.
Yes very easy if you use the main ingredient lamb not beef 😂😂
you're allowed to add salt & vinegar to the fish and chips... it's what we do. regardless of whether it's from a box or from the fish and chip shop (because they never put enough on!)
Pollock is a member of the cod family which we Brits used to feed our cats with. It is a lot cheaper than cod and more environmentally friendly. Normally if bought in a chip shop the fish is battered not breaded.
All those meals would not pass UK food standards hence never seen them here! Plus make your own cottage/Shepards pie, so easy to make, loads of food for your money. Also the wellington will have had a soggy bottom due to the oil in the fish and chips seeping into them lol 😂😂 missed you guys x
As others have stated.. that’s a cottage pie as it’s made with beef. Shepherds pie is made with lamb. But honestly, making them from scratch is super easy and are delicious. I was always a cottage our kinda girl cos I didn’t like lamb. I don’t eat meat any more, but still make them with meat substitutes, and I do recommend making homemade ones. During cold weather, they’re a great satisfying, and filling meal. Proper comfort food
...and if you finish off a Shepherd's Pie by topping the mash with a light crust of parsley, cheese and breadcrumbs, it becomes a Cumberland Pie - Delicious, (especially with cheesey mash as the topping!)
@ ooooh that does sound good! I’ll have to try and remember this next time I make one. I typically favour panko over breadcrumbs… but I wonder if that would be too much of a “crust”?. Thanks for the reply hun.., that sounds delicious
Microwave meals for me are when you finish work late, call the wife and ask what's the plan for dinner, no one has a plan, no one can be bothered to cook and you pop to the shop and grab a microwave dinner meal deal. For £10, you can get a sharing dish with a side, pudding a drink.
Don't say pudding!
You'll confuse the Americans :D
I'm so glad that you're still making videos because I would miss you and your lovely lady.♥️♥️👍👍🏴🏴🏴🏴
We don't get microwave meals in my home, mostly because I don't have a microwave but also because the microwave meals are nowhere near as good as home cooking.
Steak and Ale pie is as British as you'll ever get, finding a pub that serves food and doesn't have steak and Ale pie on the menu is virtually impossible.
You really don't need to go beyond "... I don't have a microwave...! That is game, set and match!
Beef Wellington is a beef joint, normally fillet, brushed with mustard then wrapped in a mushroom duxelle (paste basically) then prosciutto ham, crepes and puff pastry and baked in the oven, it's considered quite a 'fancy' dish and not something you'd see a lot of people making at home very often, I never make it but will have it occasionally in a nice restaurant.
Beef Wellington is often made with foie gras as an alternative to mushroom duxelle, but many people would turn down the foie gras version, due to 'animal welfare' issues. (foie gras is made by force feeding a live goose until its liver bursts! - typical French disregard for the treatment of their livestock!)
Great description, I made it once and the effort to reward ratio just isn't here.
M&S do a nice frozen one, but it's expensive.
Yes, steak & ale pie is British
I believe these meals are exclusive to Walmart, never seen them sell in the uk.
They must be regional as I’ve never seen them in my local Walmart, I will check as I’m heading for Walmart soon ,as my coffee maker stopped working as I made a cup to drink with supper last night
I had this vision of one of those Gordon Ramsay TV shows where some clueless chef shows him their new idea of "Beef Wellington Balls" and Gordon tells them exactly what he thinks of that idea. 😆
Also, I think your cat wanted some!
Ramsey has Americanised our Shepherds pie, and he has permanently relinquished his title of a British chef. You can have him. How very dare you Ramsey.
Safe to say Gordon Ramsey had little involvement other than selling his name to an American company who produce garbage for an indiscriminating, unknowledgable market. Took the money and ran. I have half a mind to ask him if he's aware what people are doing in his name, he'd be horrified.
Newsflash Gordon is not a British chef, he was born in Scotland, which makes him Scottish.
@@marydavis5234Scotland is very much part of Britain, that makes Ramsey British, overrated but still British .
@marydavis5234 And also British, don't please teach an English person where British people come from. SO NEWS FLASH I AM CORRECT AND SO ARE YOU.
@ Actually I was watching a cook off between a British chef and a American chef and the producer asked Gordon, will you be bias towards the British chef, he said no, I’m Scottish, not British or English
First time on the channel. only 1/3 the way through but y'alls humor is fantastic. I especially loved the bit about Gordon Ramsay finding the time to make freeze and sell the frozen dinners. Just the way it was delivered...perfection...ok back to the video...
That food looks horrific; you have to wonder just how big Gordan's tax bill must be to put his name to that.
I've heard of Gordon but not Gordan!
@@barriehull7076 Ah, that could be why these look so bad. lol
A quick check on UK frozen cottage pies (single portion) gives a calorie range of 317 to 410 kcals and 1.0 - 1,7 grams of salt. So UK versions generally have less calories but more salt!
Oh Anna... No you don't lift the plastic off like that to "vent". You pierce a few holes with a fork.
Lifting the lid like that you will have zero air pressure in there now and it won't cook properly, you need the to cause a pressure cook but with tiny holes to let the steam out
That's why the vegetables are still hard
Yeah if you read the instructions it should say "Pierce the lid several times"
@@matthewdale4135 I despair.. kids of today canae even cook microwave meals properly :')
JT I love your channel. I always enjoy when you and Anna unpack the packages sent you. You are both so funny.
Open packages not unpack, you unpack a suitcase.
A shepherd is a person who tends to, herds, feeds, and protects flocks of sheep.
unless its a German shepherd.. woof..
When your cat saw the fish it was all "GIVE ME THAT FISH HOOMAN! THATS MY FISH! MY! FISH! STOP STARVING MEOW HOOMAN! I'LL REPORT YOU TO PETA!"
Guys you should always make your own stuff like that you’ll enjoy it so much more Gordon Ramsay would be slated over here if he sold them in supermarkets.
Man I could easily spend my days with you guys you have to be two of my favourite people for sure great video
These Chef Ramsay meals are exclusive only to Walmart... I can only imagine that the other US supermarkets wouldn't touch them. 😂
Neither would any UK supermarket.
I've never seen Gordon Ramsey microwave meals in the UK🤔
I think I've seen Gordon Ramsey throw a microwave out of a window before. 🤔😆
Cottage pie is so easy to make and tastes better.
Yeah they could make that between them i reckon loads of how to guides on you tube if they get stuck
Steak n ale pie is a meal here. The chips look right for British chips
Who puts CHEESE in a shepherds or cottage pie !!??
Shepherds pie = LAMB.
Cottage pie = BEEF.
They are really TINY pieces of fish !!
I usually finish my cottage pie with a sprinkle of cheese on top for a crisp finish but never in the pie.. God no
I put grated cheese on top of the mash. Yummy
I sometimes put cheese on top of a cottage pie
Cheese on top on either pie is quite popular in the UK.
It's traditional have you never tried it?? It's only a sprinkle.
Good to see you back we were worried about you, hope all is ok much love
No we don’t!!! Most of us eat fresh food rather than these processed meals. Even if it does cost us more, contrary to some beliefs we do have tastebuds.
Hi, You two. A Beef Wellington typically consists of the following layers:
Beef Tenderloin: A high-quality cut of beef, usually seared to perfection.
Duxelles: A rich and flavorful mushroom mixture, often made with finely chopped mushrooms, shallots, herbs, and spices.
Foie Gras (optional): A layer of fatty liver pâté, adding richness and luxury.
Prosciutto or Parma Ham: A thin layer of cured ham, adding saltiness and flavor.
Puff Pastry: A flaky, buttery pastry that encases the entire dish.
The dish is then baked until the pastry is golden brown and the beef is cooked to your desired level of doneness. It's often served with a rich red wine sauce.
I always take them out of packaging. And put them in a oven dish hate microwaves. 30 minutes is enough, hope you're all doing well from scotland.
Anna you could make that yourself and it would taste so much better. Just brown some minced beef, with some chopped onions and some diced carrot and celery add Worcestershire sauce and gravy. Cook that until veg is as soft as you like and beef is cooked. Add that all to an oven proof dish and top with mashed potato and grated cheese. Put it in a 180° oven until potato is brown. Serve.
Too lazy tbh
Don't forget the chopped or plum tomatoes/tyme/garlic/paprika.
@@jazy13uNot in a traditional Shepherds pie it’s not.. 🙄
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned but usually our instructions say to pierce the film. We then stab the top half a dozen times with a fork.
Oh and don't guess the cooking times etc. Read each package.
yeh, undoing the lid like that means no steam pressure can build up, heat escapes, and you end up, like they did, with undercooked veg
It depend on the directions in the US on frozen meals, some directions says to slice a small hole in the top and some says to remove it completely
@@marydavis5234 that may be so, but like Dave said, it's all about the pressure and the steam. Also the time was a complete guess based on previous meals.
@ I never buy microwave meals, I cook from scratch like my mom and grandma Adams did.
Stake and Ale is Stake with Beer.The British Home Made version is Very Good.
Gordon is trolling y'all (did I use the y'all right? Haha) Steak and ale pie if done right is AWESOME 😎
Some salt and pepper on the food is good and salt and vinager with fish and chips
If you cook pastry, or similar, in an air fryer, you have to turn them during cooking. Otherwise you will end up with a soggy bottom!
And no one likes a soggy bottom.
if you eat that you'll end up with a soggy bottom !
'Gordon aint here to yell at me' 🤣🤣
I enjoyed your scone video so it would be interesting to see you cook more trad british food from scratch. Shepherds/cottage/cumberland pie (variations on mince topped with mash), toad in the hole, crumpets, chicken and mushroom pie, quiche (flan) are all very easy and much nicer
They've already done toad in the hole. But, yeah, I'd love to see more videos of them cooking!
@sarahwhite8135 thank you. I must have missed it. Will go back and look.
Best advice, buy a Jamie Oliver or other quick recipe cookbook and make your own meals. Tweak them if you want to spice them up and you get what you want. Batch cook so you cook once and then split it up into smaller meal size portions and freeze them (labelled and dated). You will save money and eat less processed meals with less additives. These packaged meals are highly processed and are a con job. If you can do it yourself. French fries made from whole washed potatoes and sliced up to the size you want, seasoned the way you want then a teaspoon of olive oil or vegetable oil over the raw fries and then cook them in the air fryer. Better than anything you could get at a takeaway place.
Better to go for a traditional British cookbook, even Jamie's recipes go off at tangents from the normal ones.
@ Very true, he’s always, in my opinion, a bit heavy on the starchy Italian stuff and almost every dish seems to be covered in Italian cheese. These days you mostly likely don’t need a cookbook with all the free TH-cam channels teaching you how to use leftovers and air fryers and quick recipes that all seem pretty tasty looking stuff 👍👍
That’s not shepherds pie, shepherds pie is lamb, cottage pie is beef! Steak & Ale pie is very British
Shepherds Pie is just minced lamb and mashed potatoes on top and brown the potatoes with the toaster element in your oven, Cottage Pie is the same but use beef mince rather than lamb. Cheese on top of these two pies is optional for me.
i doubt that Gordon Ramsays made that food because Gordon Ramsey don't like frozen food
Nor does he like microwaves. He's made that VERY clear in the past lol.
Nope this type of frozen meal is classified as processed foods. It cheaper to make your own meals. Make enough for 3-4 days and freeze them for daily meals usage. I saved time and your getting a better quality meal, even if you over pay for a Gordon Ramsey frozen meal. Remember he’s not made these himself, they are made in a factory and approved for sale by Ramsey for the use of his image on the packaging. You’re being conned by Ramsey and Walmart. Steak and ale pie is you make a steak stew in a pot with meat using an ale as the liquid part. The buy some ready made puff pastry and put the cooked stew into a n oven dish and pop it in the oven to reheat the stew and cook the pastry. Even easier cook the stew. And just do some pasted on a flat sheet in the oven. When the pastry is done put it onto your plate and then spoon the stew onto the pastry - an upside down pie version that’s more tasty than any Gordon Ramsey Walmart rip off meal.
Mixing fish n chips and beef wellington bites at the same time in the air fryer will taint each other.
it probably doesn't matter, as these are not British meals, they have British names but US ingredients.
shepherds pie is just minced/ground lamb, herbs, onions, garlic, stock, and mashed potato. And if you want to you can add carrots and peas to it. Replace the lamb with beef for a cottage pie.
Both benefit from adding a glass of red wine. Gives me the excuse to drink the remainder of the bottle too.
1/4 of a nutmeg seed grated into the meat also enhances the flavour. I make large pie with 400 - 500g meat.
When was the last time you saw a shepherd tending cattle?
As I'm sure others have said, that's a cottage pie, I don't know why manufacturers of food in the US always insist on getting it wrong?
I have seen some British TH-camrs call it shepherds pie and I actually saw one comment on here from a British citizen say they call it shepherds pie.
The really crinkly plastic usually means that it can be also cooked in an oven... at least when it can be cooked in an oven, the heat resistant plastic is like that.
I’ve not watched it yet but no we don’t eat microwave meals. Obviously some people do but a lot of the uk cook their own meals
Ok from a Brit: homemade Shepherds Pie is amazing, BUT you need to have Worcestershire Sauce sprinkled on it when you serve it. It elevates it - it's sublime. Also, on the rare occasions I buy it ready made, you need to cook it in the oven, not the microwave so that the top is crispy. Fish and chips: no-one in the uk except children eats fish nuggets like that. Adults eat a whole piece of fish. Pollack is eaten but it's a cheap alternative. Wellington bites is a Gordon Ramsey invention, no one in the UK eats those. These are not for sale in the UK as no-one would buy from him, he's not liked here.
Nowhere close to homemade! Don’t knock it unless you follow a recipe!
Steak and Ale pie ought to be a safe bet , surely nothing can go wrong. Ive only seen Cod or Haddock as part of my local chip shop menu.
Plenty of us Brits don't like the 'ale' taste in the gravy, so just steak and gravy pie is preferred.
Gordon Ramsey hates microwaves, he would never make these.. American junk food with Gordon Ramsey on the box.. 😮
exactly Beef mince is in Cottage Pie and Lamb mince in Shepherds and never seen them in UK
I need Gordon Ramsey to see this and tells us wtf! Gordon hates microwaved food lol.
Isint gordon a big celebrity over in america.
Steak and ale pie is a british pub classic!
The shephards pie fiasco aside, fish and chips should be either.....
Cod (the classic choice)
Haddock (the posh choice)
Plaice (the awkward i want my fish freshly cooked choice)
Pollock? Never, frankly that's Pollocks
Haddock - the tasty choice! Nothing posh about me! I dont mind pollock, its used in a lot of frozen battered/breaded supermarket fish, as is basa. Hake is very nice but ive not seen that available in a chippy for 20 years
Depends where in Britain you are. Haddock is common in the north, cod in the south. Fish stocks have meant pollock and basa are becoming common as cheaper alternatives.
Haddock isint posh 😂 i like the sweeter taste to it i dont mind cod. My favourite is rock salmon 😊 its not popular up north but in the south it is. Huss.
@Bakers_Doesnt nothing wrong with pollack plenty of it i go wreck fishing im down in devon loads of pollack brought up on our trips out everyone on the boat ends up with freezer fulls of pollack.
@hayee my local chippy does hake and monkfish. They will even steam it for you if you dont want it in batter
We don't have these in the UK. But thats probably because these are all very easy to make at home from basic ingredients (pretty much the same with all traditional British food).
Shepherds pie.. cook some mince, mash some potatoes and bang you have Shepard's pie (technically it should ne lamb, but plenty of people have beef and and still call it the same. )
When JT said ground beef I thought he had just gone by the picture on the front of the box, but no!! I have just looked at the ingredients of the Gordon Ramsay Shepherd's Pie on the Walmart website, and it plainly says "ground beef". So like others have pointed out, what JT and Anna tried was in fact a (not very nice) cottage pie, not a (not very nice) shepherd's pie.
I cannot believe that Gordon Ramsay would put his name to a dish with such a basic error in the main ingredient.
We say ground beef in the US and in other countries ,they say minced beef, they are the exact same thing, but uses different names.
@@marydavis5234 I understand that bit, but Shepherd's Pie is made with ground lamb not beef. The clue is in the name Shepherd's Pie. The same dish made with ground/ minced beef is called a Cottage Pie and looks similar, but tastes completely different.
I once tried to get hold of a Shepherds pie, but he saw me and got cheesed off, set his sheep dog on me.
Ewe are quite funny, next time use little bo PEEP, to keep a look out 😂
Sheperds pie with ground beef?? Wth..
Gordon Ramsay was found out a few years ago as some of his central London restaurants were supplied by a central kitchen and the meals were then biked or couriered to the restaurants. I would not say he's the be all and end all of British cuisine. This frozen range does not sell in the UK. Steak and ale pie is my favourite.
Shepherds pie should be Lamb as the pie was named after the profession that watched the sheep. Your Wellington bites are based on Beef Wellington which is a beef fillet Wrapped in diced sauteed mushrooms encased in pastry. You are also meant to use salt and vinegar on the Fish and chips. Some people also use a wedge of lemon on the fish. You can also accompany it with condiments of your choice. such as ketchup.
Ya need lots of salt and vinegar and ketchup with fush and chips
And mushy peas
Shepherd (cottage) pie you needed to grill it to make it look and taste better. The fish and chips needs salt and vinegar on them to taste better. Xx
Never seen those before.
Cottage pie is made with beef. Shepherds pie is made with lamb. Fisherman's pie is made with mixed fish. Gardeners pie is made with vegetables.
and a partridge in a pear tree
if you want to make sheperds pie with mince beef then try it, all i do is fry up the mince ad diced onion, mix in the beef stock granules to thicken, place in a roasting tray, boil the potatos then mash add a knob of butter and a pinch of salt and mash up... then make a layer of mash about inch deep and then use the back of a fork to create furrows in the mash, once the tops of the furrows go golden brown its ready to plate up.
i do other veg separately, carrots peas and broccoli and cauliflower. add more gravy on the pie if needed or prefered.
cottage pie made the same way but i add grated cheese on top, shredded cabbage in with the mince, other veg separate again.
Oh and don't forget hot sauce and Worcestershire in with the mince when cooking that makes it really yummy😊
shepherds pie uses "lamb mince" not beef.
@@jillfarrell6388 original sheperds pie didnt come with hot sauce or worcestershire sauce.
@@chaoticreign179 i know as i stated in my comment and said "if" they want to use beef mince they can, lamb mince is harder to get hold of in the US.
@CHEEKYMONKEY2647 no it didn't but I tell you what it makes it taste even more yummy 😋
It has onion in it and garlic and tomato in Sheppard's pie (lamb) and cottage pie (beef), close to bolognese meat sauce.
I've not seen tomatoes used in any home cooked Shepherds or Cottage pie. A quick look online and none of the recipes offered include tomatoes, so this might be a family thing for you perhaps?
"Gordon Ramsey": not in the UK it isn't
"Meal": sides at best
Frozen meal: bad start
Not cooked in an oven: it's getting worse
Cooked in a microwave: what's the matter, is your bin broken?
Pollock is similar to cod. Shepherds pie is similar to a very soft meatloaf with mash on top. Steak and ale pie is beef in gravy with a pastry top. Always have ketchup on my chips. Beef wellington is a posh meal. Its normally a large joint of beef with a mushroom mix over the beef and then rapped in pastry.
Sorry but the U.S love microwave meals 😂
We do in britain though 😂
@@chucky2316No..a small percentage may but most Brits don’t eat a lot of frozen meals.. 🤨
Microwaves nightmares , Gordon's hew series 😂
Shepherds/Cottage pie is nice when homemade but what you’ve just eaten looked rank. I enjoy it with brown sauce all over it.
16:25 your good with tomato sauce , salt and vinegar 👌
Came here to say this
Not even seen them in a uk supermarket.
Gordon Ramsey wouldn't allow them in the UK because it'd damage his reputation. Americans haven't a clue and have fixed notions on British food anyway, so it doesn't matter.
They'd likely be bummed here due to just how much absolute shite they have in em I'm regard to massive amounts of salt, sugar, additives and preservatives etc.
And you probably won't given the US ingredients in them.
Can i just say JT and Anna, you two make my day when I see one of your videos
Have to say... those meals don't look very authentic.
If your going to DIY something try this basic "1940s Cottage Pie" recipe
UK Measurements:
1 lb mince beef
1 medium sized onion ( adjust as per onion strength/quality )
several large potatoes ( probably about 1lb you don't have to use it all as a topping )
2 oz cheese ( i never add the cheese )
dried herbs (Rosemary & Thyme work well)
salt and pepper
beef stock ( -like bovril- ) ( 1 pint or more)
bisto gravy powder ( or make a simple flour butter roux - see youtube for instructions )
peas and diced carrots optional
blob butter or margarine
Method:
Saute diced onions till translucent/soft and add the mince then brown sufficiently.
Add the chopped veggies (optional)
Add salt and pepper and a few herbs
Add beef stock, stir and simmer for 15 minutes
(thickening towards the end by adding a roux or mixing bisto powder with a little cold water to a runny paste and adding to beef stirring all the time beef mix/sauce should be quite thick!)
Meanwhile chop up all the potatoes into small chunks
Place in salted hot water and bring to the boil until tender/soft and drain.
Mash with generous blobs of butter or margarine, add salt and pepper to taste
-Finally add milk so mash is spreadable- ( i never add milk )
Place beef mix/sauce in a small cooking tray with deep sides or shallow casserole dish - stir in more dried herbs if required ( adjust as preferred ).
Pipe or spread mashed potato on top
Sprinkle with 2 oz of grated strong cheddar if you like
Place in oven for 20 minutes at 200 c
Finish off under broiler/grill to brown top
Serve with steamed fresh veggies!
Serves 4 with veggies
Classicaly, cottage or shepherd's pie was made with the lèftovers of the Sunday roast, after cold meat on Monday. There should be fried onions in there with the meat, gravy ỏ stock to keep it moist and whatever veg you are going to chuck in. Season, put in a bowl cover ưith mashed potatos and cook in an oven. Work the top ưith a fork bẻoe cooking to increase the sùace area, which you want crispy and lightly browned. Eat it á it is, or with some more vegetables and smotherb it in whatever sauce rocks your boat.
I just watched his promotional video for the launch of those meals & as a Brit I’m offended: “Trust me, there’s nothing like bringing *quality* dishes to the comfort of your own home, that’s why I’m so excited to announce my new line of *gourmet* dishes” 😵💫💀