In the US, pigs in a blanket are sausages wrapped in biscuit dough or crescent roll dough and baked so I think that is why they are called this. Americans might not buy a sausage roll because they wouldn't know what it was. My mom would adlib sometimes and take a triangle of bread and wrap it around half of a hot dog, held together with a toothpick and baked. We were kids so they were a fun rainy day lunch or snack for us. USA Shepherd's Pie is most often made with ground beef.
We appreciate you sharing your personal story with us. It's these little details that make food memories so special. Those hot dogs in bread sound fun and tasty
I've noticed at donut shops they have sausage rolls and advertise them as that but are just pigs in the blanket as shown in this video. Don't know why they just don't call them pigs in a blanket. They are great though after an all night bender. Had many of them in college. The jalapeno and cheddar ones especially .
Y'all did a lot for your viewers today. Y'all spent almost 3 weeks of groceries in three sittings in one day and thank you for that it was a lot of fun. Yes, i really do respect Gordon Ramsay, he's at the top of his games. I'm really happy y'all enjoyed his food and thanks again. :)
Pigs in a blanket at my house is hotdogs fried off a little in pepper and a tiny bit of butter then wrapped in cheese and a crescent roll (some I put mustard in) then bake them.
Great video. Growing up pigs in a blanket was stuffed cabbage. Yum. We were on vacation and had a meal at Denny's and they had pigs in a blanket on the menu. To my surprise I received pancakes surrounding pork sausage. That was an education. Funny memories. Have a wonderful day.
I was first introduced to Fish n Chips, towards the end of Cape Cod. As an anti seafood person, I was hooked. Had some amazing Fish n Chips at the Highland games, in North Las Vegas, a month or so, ago. Also amazing!
You can get absolutely amazing meals in Las Vegas. Michelin stopped rating restaurants in sin city because they weren't selling enough guidebooks to make the research worth their while. Some of the restaurants still advertise their former rankings. I've had breathtaking meals on and off the strip, but they are MUCH less expensive off the strip. Still Michael Mina's tasting menu was very memorable, with absolutely impeccable Continental service. Kaiseki Yuzu was even better, though the service was Japanese elegant rather than Continental showy. 8 Kitchen in Henderson and the Berlin Cafe were also excellent, as was Naisso Korean BBQ. Our son and his wife live in the area, so when we visit we love trying food that is not available in our culinary backwater.
❤ 4:59 I agree completely...lemon does not belong on fried fish...it belongs in a drink...lol...Though, I love Malt Vinegar on it. I have never had Scottish Egg...really want to try an authentic one...they look so good....no one serves them near me.
Excellent review, love watching both of you checking out different menus. Interesting to see Gordon Ramsey's restaurants. I liked how you compared them to having them in the UK. Great job again!
15:48 I use to work for gordan ramsays and prepare this dish on my station the carrots shouldn’t have been hard they undercooked them. lmao idk how it cooks with the lamb
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Took my family to Hells Kitchen when we were on holiday back in 2019. It was for the occasion of my wife’s 45th birthday and I had to book the table 2 months before we left the UK! We also had the scallops and Beef Wellington which were absolutely to die for, although one of my boys had the wagyu meatballs to start and they were huge and sooo flavourful! Hope Nicola is in the mend! Best wishes and get well soon from Scotland!❤️👍👏👏👏
FYI, there apparently are two Hells Kitchen restaurants there. One that is his actual restaurant and one in which he films his TV show. The TV show location is not open unless he is filming a season. The actual restaurant is open all the time, but although he owns it, he leaves the day to day operations to the head and executive chefs and managers he's hired.
Glad y'all reviewed all three restaurants for us from the home town perspective. I'll make sure I get that sticky toffee pudding if I ever go to hk. I love shepherds pie, but I think I might avoid the one you got if I went there. My favorite restaurant on the strip is hot n juicy crawfish.
I just started binge watching your videos a few days ago when I subscribed. Haven’t seen a single ad. What’s up with that? Here’s hoping that you 2 get monetized soon! You’re informing and entertaining, not to mention chalk full of trivia 😂! Rock on, then! ❤
I am American and living in the United States I'm back in the late 1980s I worked in a British restaurant in Pennsylvania and made beef wellington every single day. It's delicious I love it❤
In the USA pigs in a blanket are sausages wrapped in pastry. It's the American version of the British sausage roll. I have been wanting to ask Nicola about her thyroid issues, from someone who deals with thyroid disease. You seem to do very well and not dealing with a lot of symptoms.
Thanks for clarifying this, we were very confused about the pigs in blankets. I think I am very lucky that I do not have issues with my Thyroid apart from the goiter.
@@marydavis5234Pigs in a blanket is stuffed cabbage. Go look it up go type into the internet pigs in a blanket stuffed cabbage exactly like that or search on TH-cam
Sorry, we missed that. The lamb itself was delicious! it was a little more cooked than we would have preferred but this didn't stop us enjoying it. The harissa sauce that was with it was a little strange in our opinion, smokey and over powering. It was also $11 more expensive, so we would both probably choose the beef wellington instead! Hope this make sense.
I adore fish and chips with malt vinegar or without I also love Scotch eggs and pigs in a blanket and Shepherd's pie. There used to be this pub call The Londoner that I used to go to in the DFW area.
Since you're so good at responding to comments (love y'all for that!), can you tell me the difference between "sticky toffee pudding" and "bread pudding?" I know bread pudding, but not much about the other.
Thanks for asking! Sticky toffee pudding is a rich, moist cake like dessert with Date pieces and a sweet toffee sauce, while bread pudding is a comforting dish made from leftover bread. Both are delicious in their own right! we hope this helps
"A danger dog is a hot dog that has been wrapped in bacon and deep-fried. It is served on a hot dog bun with various toppings. Also known as a bacon-wrapped hot dog, it was first sold by street vendors in Mexico." We've been calling hot dogs wrapped in bread pigs in blankets as long as I can remember.
That's an interesting fact about the origins of the danger dog and the similarities with pigs in blankets! We will have to search for a danger dog soon!
My prayers for a speedy recovery Nicola. The prices for the meals didn’t surprise me. Gordon Ramsey +Vegas= $$$$$ The fish looks very tasty, I love apple cider vinegar and hot sauce on fish. I’ve had malt vinegar a few times on fries, it was good. Now the scotch egg.. initially it was a no for me but I remembered that our friends from the UK are in United States trying food they we love so I have to reciprocate so if given the opportunity I will try a scotch egg, hopefully hard boiled. Gordon has a unique take on pigs in a blanket, that looks more like a pretzel dog. My family loves Shepherds pie, make with ground beef, brown gravy, peas and carrots, mashed potatoes. The beef Wellington was too rare for me. But I need that Sticky toffee pudding in my life! I would give up all the other food for that sticky toffee puddings 😋
Thank you for being so thoughtful, i am on the road to recovery after some abdominal surgery. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, the sticky toffee pudding is Amazing , we would highly recommend it
Food Network should start a show where Gordon Ramsey takes on Robert Irvine. The battle of the British chefs. The fireworks between them would be a ratings bonanza
Yeah, in the US, I'm always seeing cottage pie getting served as shepherds pie, so it makes sense that we get confused over here. (I like both personally, but it can be hard to find a proper shepherds pie in restaurants in the US in my experience)
I live on the East Coast United states. Where we have the best sea scallops in the world. In my lifetime of 64 years I have probably eaten 200 lb of sea scallops❤
@@thebritstryI can tell you about a few restaurants that have all you can eat sea scallops. You can sit there for hours and for $50 you can eat all the sea scallops you want❤
It was really intimidating but I knew it was one thing I wanted to be able to do. Since we lost our 29 year old daughter I tend to feel comfort while cooking. I love trying new recipes and my husband loves eating them lol
Those are pigs in a blanket in America . . . the other is bacon wrapped sausage! LOL We call the "large" fries that you all are talking about - which are the same length just about as the regular fries - but we call them cottage fries or steak fries.... We have shephard's pie at quite a few restaurants - but usually with ground beef or roast meat with the mashed pots on top and of course the veggies inside too. I've made it at home actually - it's pretty easy to make! You know your food wouldn't roll off your fork if you didn't use it upside down! LOL Holding the knife all the time I have to chuckle - we are taught to keep one hand in your lap (at least I was growing up for proper table etiquette...not so much today) - only take hand out of lap to pick up knife to cut meat etc. then knife is put down and hand back into your lap . . and fork used to pierce food or scoop it . . impossible if used upside down . . .lol
Every time I watch a chicago deep dish tasting, I'm always disappointed because the don't go to Gino's East. I try to go there every time I go to Chicago.
Y'all are cracking me up. I'm the vinegar fan, while my husband calls it "the devil's liquid." However, neither of us like pickles. I love that 5 Guys offers malt vinegar with their fries, not just ketchup.
Apparently everyone has their own version of “pigs-in-a-blanket.” I’m used to chopped meat & rice wrapped in a cabbage leaf and stewed in a thin, crushed tomato sauce. In every version the “pig” is some form of meat/pork (duh.)
When I visited Las Vegas, friends took me to eat at Gordon Ramsey’s Steak which is in the Paris hotel. It was my first time trying Beef Wellington and Sticky Toffee Pudding. I forget what my 1st course was because those two items were so good and unforgettable. To this day, I still think about that Sticky Toffee Pudding and my trip was 9 yrs ago. 😅
Sounds like you had an amazing dining experience at Gordon Ramsay’s Steak! Those dishes are truly memorable. Still dreaming about the sticky toffee pudding.
In America, pigs in blanket is a regular hotdog wrapped in pastry dough, baked to a golden brown. The pigs in blanket/sausage roll served at Gordon Ramsay’s should just be called sausage rolls 😂. I so enjoyed this video. Although there are two British restaurants here in Phoenix, Arizona, I have yet to try traditional British food. I have cooked British food for myself in my own kitchen: traditional full English (without the blood puddings) but had everything else, even British style bacon and not the American “streaky” bacon. I have never had sticky toffee pudding before but I hope to try it.
Mmm, malt vinegar on fish and chips. Yummy. Nicola, I love your laugh. It's the kind where everyone around you has to laugh too. I wish that I had your outgoing personality. We have a Dickens festival here every year that features English food, but I have no idea how it stacks up. You guys do have me making beans on toast, sausage rolls and cottage pie. I wish more people here knew how fantastic some English food is. Every time I go over, I run to Gregg's.
All the comments asking about Nicola in the wheelchair, did anybody ask how you are Andrew? As a fellow chair pusher I feel your pain, and I hope the weather in SD and LV was on the cool side. And there’s nothing worse than when you’re ready to go when someone forgets to cooperate and take the blooming brakes off!!! 😂 Seriously though I hope Nicola is healing and is back to full health soon. Big love and hugs to you both from rainy Warrington 🇬🇧 wishing I was back in SD. My auntie used to live in Mission Hills and we used to visit when I was a kid. XxX
Haha, I love that you both sought out British foods here. I do the same when in Eng - Harrod's used to have an American Diner top floor and in Manchester my friends took me to some American style burger joint. 😂🍔 (used to go annually to OT during SAF yrs) You guys missed out on Crown and Anchor in LV!
I always wanted to try Beef Wellington. I've been to Vegas so many times but haven't tried it yet. Guess I have to make a trip to Las Vegas soon, I'm only a 4 hour drive away lol.
Thank you for sharing your excitement about trying Beef Wellington! It's a must-try dish for sure. Check out all his restaurants because most offer the Beef wellington but some are cheaper, The Pub and Grill was $5 cheaper than hells kitchen on the weekend we visited.
When I was in school in the '70's (in Texas), we would have pigs in a blanket on the school lunch menu. It was always a sausage (hot dog weiner) wrapped in dough and baked. I've NEVER had a pig in a blanket that was wrapped in bacon. SO, I think that's just a difference between England and America. If an American reads pigs in a blanket on a menu, we'd expect is to be a sausage wrapped in baked dough. GR probably had to figure that out when he came here. It may have ground his sausage to acquiesce to our expectations!😂🤣
I thoroughly enjoyed your review of Gordon's dishes from a British perspective. On the American palate as it relates to the food reviewed (me from Mid Atlantic region) tartar sauce is still the standard with fish. and of course ketchup. I've seen Brits reviewing fish and chips with curry sauce and brown gravy. It just would not really appeal to Americans. Maybe the curry at some point, but we don't have the curry tradition here like you do. Mushy peas would probably do ok on the menu since peas are popular in the US, probably the name would put people off. Shame though! Beef wellington has never lost its status as a top notch meal of the wealthy since it became popular in the 50/60's. Esp popular after Julia Child's cookbook was published This is beef country and we do like our filet roast. I'm puzzled why it is thought to be British I thought it was French in origin, Lastly, on the lamb, I think by and large Americans prefer a less lamby lamb. Again, great review, I wish I could visit Hells Kitchen.
Thank you for watching and Thank you for your detailed insights! It's fascinating to see the differences in culinary preferences between countries. We did find it strange that lamb can be difficult to find, in England it is a Sunday roast standard.
Yes, We did find it strange when we moved to the USA that lamb can be difficult to find, in England it is a Sunday roast standard. It can be delicious if made correctly. Thanks for watching!
the way you are describing the Shephards pie is that its not been cooked long enough. If it was cooked longer the wine taste wouldnt be so strong, and with the uncooked veggies also im betting thats the issue.
I'm going to lose a lot of weight when I go visit GB, that food has virtually no appeal to me at all. Is the Sticky Toffee Pudding as good in GB? If so, that is something I would try.
So it seems that Nikola will have to start jogging to these locations 😆😆😆😆a diet of sticky toffee pudding and biscuits and gravy… I couldn’t adore you more but it seems like a decadent food pyramid 😆😆😆 Andrew always the consummate gentlemen
Yeah, I get all the other stuff you get at a British 'chippy,' but that's not really a Fish & Chip shop, mushy peas yes, tartar sauce no, where is the Malt Vinegar? Ah, you waited a beat as it's not Nicola's favorite. Good portion of thick fish for most US locations, too often very small stingy portions of fish. For casual dining you might get a side of coleslaw, a good one is a nice palate cleanser for the rich and fatty fish & chips. Not easy to find or make Mushy Peas in the US since they are harvested as Fresh Garden Peas and not left to mature and dry as Marrowfat Peas. Pigs in a Blanket? British? Thought that was a 1950s Americana Betty Crocker thing. Sausage Roll or Toad in the Hole I'll accept as British.
So my pigs in a blanket always is wrapped in bacon. But, I wrap everything in bacon. I also usually use a pork bratwurst, usually imbued with jalapeño and cheddar. And then I wrap it all in a croissant pastry. Pigs in a blanket can be many things in different US regions, much like toad in a hole. This is, of course, due to the melting pot effect of so many cultures coming together.
Yes. Seconding @sherryheim5505. In the US, we call those Pigs in a Blanket. So Ramsay is using our nomenclature. Yours are great as well. Bacon and sausage? Kidding me! Yum!
I love your wife’s facial expressions her eyes are so expressive and her smile is delightful. You two are a fabulous treat to watch together I love your excitement. Gorgeous both of you I’m hooked on you both thank you for such wonderful adventures. Robert Lee Moore
I have never heard of pigs in blanket described as anything but a sausage in a pastry...bacon is just more pig, not blanket. And the sausage is most often a cocktail sausage here.
Beef wellington history The history of Beef Wellington is unclear, but it's generally agreed that the dish was created to celebrate the first Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, and his victory at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The Duke was given his title after defeating Napoleon Bonaparte the year before. Some believe the dish may have been named after the duke to celebrate the end of Napoleon's imperial domination of Europe
I've had goat but never lamb. I had Scotch Eggs at the Renaissance Festival. So good. Also had some awesome bangers & mash. Y'all should find a Renaissance Festival for a video trying the food there. Ours here in Texas is October-Dec.
@@thebritstry you're welcome. It's loads of fun and I don't know that anyone has ever done a video on the food. Especially British people on the British fare they serve. American food at RenFair or RenFest though I highly recommend Steak on A Stick and Deep Fried Bacon..oh and Funnel Cake. 😉
In Manchester, UK our chips shop( which is what we call them) they have brown gravy and curry that you can get on top of fish and chips. Or really anything that they sell at the chippy.
no mam that is piggs in a blanket.. your version looks awesome as well, my perfect shepherds pie would be ground beef with some tomato paste, some grilled unions, a layer of mashed potatoes and topped with shredded cheese, maybe some green beans and or corn in with the beef
I’m enjoying my time with you both again thank you so much Robert Lee Moore
Our Steak Fries are closer to what Brits call chips.
That makes sense! thanks for sharing and watching
In the US, pigs in a blanket are sausages wrapped in biscuit dough or crescent roll dough and baked so I think that is why they are called this. Americans might not buy a sausage roll because they wouldn't know what it was. My mom would adlib sometimes and take a triangle of bread and wrap it around half of a hot dog, held together with a toothpick and baked. We were kids so they were a fun rainy day lunch or snack for us. USA Shepherd's Pie is most often made with ground beef.
We appreciate you sharing your personal story with us. It's these little details that make food memories so special. Those hot dogs in bread sound fun and tasty
Where I live in the United States pigs in a blanket is stuffed cabbage❤
@@jeffhampton2767😮
I live in the USA. I was always told Sheppard's pie was with lamb, cottage pie was with ground beef. Still loved them both!
I've noticed at donut shops they have sausage rolls and advertise them as that but are just pigs in the blanket as shown in this video. Don't know why they just don't call them pigs in a blanket. They are great though after an all night bender. Had many of them in college. The jalapeno and cheddar ones especially .
I LOVE that Nicola can’t hide her expressions!! 😂🤣😂❤️❤️❤️ Just makes it more real!! Bless her ❤
Thank you for your kind words! and thank you for watching
😮I love watching your shows. The expressions are priceless 😊
LMFAO you two are SO married I LOVE it!!!
Hahaha! Thanks, yes we are!😀
Y'all did a lot for your viewers today. Y'all spent almost 3 weeks of groceries in three sittings in one day and thank you for that it was a lot of fun. Yes, i really do respect Gordon Ramsay, he's at the top of his games. I'm really happy y'all enjoyed his food and thanks again. :)
Thank you so much for your kind words! We had a blast making that video.
Pigs in a blanket at my house is hotdogs fried off a little in pepper and a tiny bit of butter then wrapped in cheese and a crescent roll (some I put mustard in) then bake them.
I giggled when you described the Shepard's Pie because I adjusted my recipe to add sherry wine after having it in an Irish pub.
lol! It certainly gives it a different taste. Thanks for watching!
Great video. Growing up pigs in a blanket was stuffed cabbage. Yum. We were on vacation and had a meal at Denny's and they had pigs in a blanket on the menu. To my surprise I received pancakes surrounding pork sausage. That was an education. Funny memories. Have a wonderful day.
Thank you for sharing your childhood memory and experience with pigs in a blanket! is amazing how dishes change depending on the location!
Love this video you guys!! And hope Nicola is feeling better!
Thank you for watching and for your well wishes for Nicola!
The best fish and chips I ever had were in Virginia in a Seafood restaurant on the Chesapeake Bay. ❤🇺🇸🙏🏻✌🏻
Fish and chips are great. 😀
@@thebritstryyes I'm sure England's is the best
I was first introduced to Fish n Chips, towards the end of Cape Cod. As an anti seafood person, I was hooked. Had some amazing Fish n Chips at the Highland games, in North Las Vegas, a month or so, ago. Also amazing!
You can get absolutely amazing meals in Las Vegas. Michelin stopped rating restaurants in sin city because they weren't selling enough guidebooks to make the research worth their while. Some of the restaurants still advertise their former rankings. I've had breathtaking meals on and off the strip, but they are MUCH less expensive off the strip. Still Michael Mina's tasting menu was very memorable, with absolutely impeccable Continental service. Kaiseki Yuzu was even better, though the service was Japanese elegant rather than Continental showy. 8 Kitchen in Henderson and the Berlin Cafe were also excellent, as was Naisso Korean BBQ. Our son and his wife live in the area, so when we visit we love trying food that is not available in our culinary backwater.
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences! We would love to visit some of those places in the future!
You two just seem to have such a great life! Anytime a new video comes up I just feel inspired to get out and try more stuff, travel, all of it!
That makes us happy to hear! Thanks for watching!🤗
❤ 4:59 I agree completely...lemon does not belong on fried fish...it belongs in a drink...lol...Though, I love Malt Vinegar on it. I have never had Scottish Egg...really want to try an authentic one...they look so good....no one serves them near me.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Malt vinegar is definitely a winner with fried fish. Scottish Eggs are worth the hunt!
My dad used to make pigs in blankets every Sunday in the US. The sausages were wrapped in both bacon AND pastry. Why choose when you can have both?
Good point, well made! They sound delicious thanks for sharing
The wife's laugh and facial expression are hilarious. Love guys 💞
Yay! Thank you for watching and your very kind comment
What a great video guys! I just love your joy for life. The sticky toffee pudding looked amazing. Hope you recover soon Nicola.
Thank you so much for your kind words! We really appreciate your support. Hopefully that sticky toffee pudding will help me recover quicker.
Just found this can't wait to watch!
Yay! We hope you enjoy!
I like these longer videos 😊
Thank you for the feedback!
Excellent review, love watching both of you checking out different menus. Interesting to see Gordon Ramsey's restaurants. I liked how you compared them to having them in the UK. Great job again!
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it, we were a little unsure if people would like this change in content? hopefully they will.
Thank you for another amazing videos guys!! Can’t wait to see more of them keep up the great work. Hope you are feeling better Nicola
Thank you so Much!!!! this comment has made our day
15:48 I use to work for gordan ramsays and prepare this dish on my station the carrots shouldn’t have been hard they undercooked them. lmao idk how it cooks with the lamb
Pigs and a blanket have always been sausage wrapped in a bread of some sort. I make them with crescent rolls.
I've always seen and had them wrapped in pancake batter.
Thanks for sharing your twist on this classic recipe!
You guys are slowly becoming my favs! ❤❤
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Biscoff is just a branded commercial name for speculoos flavor. However, some biscoff flavour biscuits can be more chewy or cookie-like than the traditional, crispy speculoos biscuit.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge about Biscoff and speculoos! It's always interesting to learn more about the food we enjoy.
Took my family to Hells Kitchen when we were on holiday back in 2019. It was for the occasion of my wife’s 45th birthday and I had to book the table 2 months before we left the UK!
We also had the scallops and Beef Wellington which were absolutely to die for, although one of my boys had the wagyu meatballs to start and they were huge and sooo flavourful!
Hope Nicola is in the mend! Best wishes and get well soon from Scotland!❤️👍👏👏👏
Hells Kitchen was amazing! The food was fantastic, we both thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you for your kind words, Nicola is definitely on the mend. 😀
FYI, there apparently are two Hells Kitchen restaurants there. One that is his actual restaurant and one in which he films his TV show. The TV show location is not open unless he is filming a season. The actual restaurant is open all the time, but although he owns it, he leaves the day to day operations to the head and executive chefs and managers he's hired.
Thanks for sharing this information! We hoped he might drop in.
Glad y'all reviewed all three restaurants for us from the home town perspective. I'll make sure I get that sticky toffee pudding if I ever go to hk.
I love shepherds pie, but I think I might avoid the one you got if I went there.
My favorite restaurant on the strip is hot n juicy crawfish.
Thanks for watching the review! Sticky toffee pudding is a must-try for sure.
I just started binge watching your videos a few days ago when I subscribed. Haven’t seen a single ad. What’s up with that? Here’s hoping that you 2 get monetized soon! You’re informing and entertaining, not to mention chalk full of trivia 😂! Rock on, then! ❤
Thank you for watching!
@@thebritstrythank you for sharing! Much love and rock on!
I am American and living in the United States I'm back in the late 1980s I worked in a British restaurant in Pennsylvania and made beef wellington every single day. It's delicious I love it❤
I heard beef wellington is a french dish. it literally has "mirepoix" and "pâté de foie gras". How is that british? lol.
Thank you for sharing! It really was delicious, Pricey, but delicious! The fillet steak just melted.
@nullakjg767 that is very possible I have never researched the origins of Beef Wellington.
@@nullakjg767 It was made to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon. While it uses French techniques, it was made for the purposes of the British.
In the USA pigs in a blanket are sausages wrapped in pastry. It's the American version of the British sausage roll. I have been wanting to ask Nicola about her thyroid issues, from someone who deals with thyroid disease. You seem to do very well and not dealing with a lot of symptoms.
Thanks for clarifying this, we were very confused about the pigs in blankets. I think I am very lucky that I do not have issues with my Thyroid apart from the goiter.
In the United States pigs in a blanket is stuffed cabbage❤
@@jeffhampton2767no it is not, stuffed cabbage is hamburger with rice, with various spices added and rolled into pre- boiled cabbage leave.
@@thebritstrywhere I live in United States pigs in a blanket is stuffed cabbage. ❤
@@marydavis5234Pigs in a blanket is stuffed cabbage. Go look it up go type into the internet pigs in a blanket stuffed cabbage exactly like that or search on TH-cam
I worked with a man from Scotland 🏴. Shepherd pie has lamb and cottage pie has beef.
Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching
Why did you not rate the lamb dish you had along with the beef wellington????
Sorry, we missed that. The lamb itself was delicious! it was a little more cooked than we would have preferred but this didn't stop us enjoying it. The harissa sauce that was with it was a little strange in our opinion, smokey and over powering. It was also $11 more expensive, so we would both probably choose the beef wellington instead! Hope this make sense.
we have a mom & pop fish n chips shop down here in Southwest Arizona town established by a Brit....though there's still no mushy peas lol
That's great to hear! Nothing beats a good mom & pop fish n chips shop, even without the mushy peas! Thanks for watching
I would've died if Gordon actually popped up behind you in the video! lol
LOL! US Too!!!!!
I adore fish and chips with malt vinegar or without I also love Scotch eggs and pigs in a blanket and Shepherd's pie.
There used to be this pub call The Londoner that I used to go to in the DFW area.
Those are some classic British dishes! The Londoner sounds like a great spot to grab a bite.
Since you're so good at responding to comments (love y'all for that!), can you tell me the difference between "sticky toffee pudding" and "bread pudding?" I know bread pudding, but not much about the other.
Thanks for asking! Sticky toffee pudding is a rich, moist cake like dessert with Date pieces and a sweet toffee sauce, while bread pudding is a comforting dish made from leftover bread. Both are delicious in their own right! we hope this helps
I love lamb. Good to see you had a quick recovery.
Thank you!! We love lamb too!
Good job guys, I enjoyed the video.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
"A danger dog is a hot dog that has been wrapped in bacon and deep-fried. It is served on a hot dog bun with various toppings. Also known as a bacon-wrapped hot dog, it was first sold by street vendors in Mexico." We've been calling hot dogs wrapped in bread pigs in blankets as long as I can remember.
That's an interesting fact about the origins of the danger dog and the similarities with pigs in blankets! We will have to search for a danger dog soon!
You should have gotten a curry mango sauce and a tartar sauce at Gordon Ramsay’s Fish and Chips. Yum!
The fish was delicious! next time we will give those dipping sauces a try.
My prayers for a speedy recovery Nicola.
The prices for the meals didn’t surprise me. Gordon Ramsey +Vegas= $$$$$
The fish looks very tasty, I love apple cider vinegar and hot sauce on fish. I’ve had malt vinegar a few times on fries, it was good.
Now the scotch egg.. initially it was a no for me but I remembered that our friends from the UK are in United States trying food they we love so I have to reciprocate so if given the opportunity I will try a scotch egg, hopefully hard boiled.
Gordon has a unique take on pigs in a blanket, that looks more like a pretzel dog.
My family loves Shepherds pie, make with ground beef, brown gravy, peas and carrots, mashed potatoes.
The beef Wellington was too rare for me. But I need that Sticky toffee pudding in my life!
I would give up all the other food for that sticky toffee puddings 😋
Thank you for being so thoughtful, i am on the road to recovery after some abdominal surgery. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, the sticky toffee pudding is Amazing , we would highly recommend it
In America, often cottage pie is called shepherds pie. One would think though that at a GR restaurant, it would have to be lamb to be a shepherds pie.
Glad you figured out what you were tasting was wine.
Food Network should start a show where Gordon Ramsey takes on Robert Irvine. The battle of the British chefs. The fireworks between them would be a ratings bonanza
That would be an epic showdown between two culinary giants!
You two are enchanting! I bet that bit at GR cost $20... I'd rather spend that at In n Out here in Cali
also btw cottage pie is ground beef, shepherds pie is ground lamb... people getting this wrong as well
Yeah, in the US, I'm always seeing cottage pie getting served as shepherds pie, so it makes sense that we get confused over here. (I like both personally, but it can be hard to find a proper shepherds pie in restaurants in the US in my experience)
@@NicoleM_radiantbaby yeah, the only place you find a traditional one is an irish pub... for the most part
Thanks for pointing that out! It's a common mix-up but good to know the difference.
That fish and chips looked pretty legit apart from the chips being Americanized. There's a location here in Orlando. I'll have to go try it.
The fish was very good, the chips/fries were good, they were American style fries.
I live on the East Coast United states. Where we have the best sea scallops in the world. In my lifetime of 64 years I have probably eaten 200 lb of sea scallops❤
Wow! That sounds amazing!🤗
@@thebritstryI can tell you about a few restaurants that have all you can eat sea scallops. You can sit there for hours and for $50 you can eat all the sea scallops you want❤
You must have spent a fortune in that restaurant. Everything did look really good ❤
I made a really good beef wellington. I was so proud of myself. It was beautiful and delicous
That's fantastic! Cooking a beef Wellington is no easy feat, so kudos to you! Thanks for watching
It was really intimidating but I knew it was one thing I wanted to be able to do. Since we lost our 29 year old daughter I tend to feel comfort while cooking. I love trying new recipes and my husband loves eating them lol
Those are pigs in a blanket in America . . . the other is bacon wrapped sausage! LOL We call the "large" fries that you all are talking about - which are the same length just about as the regular fries - but we call them cottage fries or steak fries.... We have shephard's pie at quite a few restaurants - but usually with ground beef or roast meat with the mashed pots on top and of course the veggies inside too. I've made it at home actually - it's pretty easy to make!
You know your food wouldn't roll off your fork if you didn't use it upside down! LOL Holding the knife all the time I have to chuckle - we are taught to keep one hand in your lap (at least I was growing up for proper table etiquette...not so much today) - only take hand out of lap to pick up knife to cut meat etc. then knife is put down and hand back into your lap . . and fork used to pierce food or scoop it . . impossible if used upside down . . .lol
LOL, your comment made us laugh! Thanks for adding some humor to the discussion about food and fork antics!
I hope you enjoyed your time in "Lost Wages". 😂
Thanks for watching
Every time I watch a chicago deep dish tasting, I'm always disappointed because the don't go to Gino's East. I try to go there every time I go to Chicago.
Thanks for the advice! we will head to Ginos East next time we visit!
Y'all are cracking me up. I'm the vinegar fan, while my husband calls it "the devil's liquid." However, neither of us like pickles. I love that 5 Guys offers malt vinegar with their fries, not just ketchup.
Thanks for sharing! We are exactly the same Andrew loves vinegar and I can't stand it,
And in the South they give you vinegar to pour over your fish.
Really! We never knew this.
Apparently everyone has their own version of “pigs-in-a-blanket.” I’m used to chopped meat & rice wrapped in a cabbage leaf and stewed in a thin, crushed tomato sauce. In every version the “pig” is some form of meat/pork (duh.)
That's so cool! I never knew there were so many versions of pigs-in-a-blanket. What a delicious surprise!
Where's the malt vinegar that's my favorite 😊
Absolutely! Malt vinegar on Fish and Chips! Thanks for watching
When I visited Las Vegas, friends took me to eat at Gordon Ramsey’s Steak which is in the Paris hotel. It was my first time trying Beef Wellington and Sticky Toffee Pudding. I forget what my 1st course was because those two items were so good and unforgettable. To this day, I still think about that Sticky Toffee Pudding and my trip was 9 yrs ago. 😅
Sounds like you had an amazing dining experience at Gordon Ramsay’s Steak! Those dishes are truly memorable. Still dreaming about the sticky toffee pudding.
In America, pigs in blanket is a regular hotdog wrapped in pastry dough, baked to a golden brown. The pigs in blanket/sausage roll served at Gordon Ramsay’s should just be called sausage rolls 😂. I so enjoyed this video. Although there are two British restaurants here in Phoenix, Arizona, I have yet to try traditional British food. I have cooked British food for myself in my own kitchen: traditional full English (without the blood puddings) but had everything else, even British style bacon and not the American “streaky” bacon. I have never had sticky toffee pudding before but I hope to try it.
Thanks for sharing and watching our video! Your cooking skills sound impressive! Sticky toffee pudding is a must-try, I'm sure you'll love it.
Mmm, malt vinegar on fish and chips. Yummy. Nicola, I love your laugh. It's the kind where everyone around you has to laugh too. I wish that I had your outgoing personality. We have a Dickens festival here every year that features English food, but I have no idea how it stacks up. You guys do have me making beans on toast, sausage rolls and cottage pie. I wish more people here knew how fantastic some English food is. Every time I go over, I run to Gregg's.
Thanks for watching! Greggs is one of a kind!🤗
I have more fun watching y’all eat than I have eating myself!
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Thank you so much for you comment. it has made our day!
I’d love a ranking by the end of your trip! ❤️
Great idea!! Let see if we can come up with something. Thank you for watching
All the comments asking about Nicola in the wheelchair, did anybody ask how you are Andrew?
As a fellow chair pusher I feel your pain, and I hope the weather in SD and LV was on the cool side. And there’s nothing worse than when you’re ready to go when someone forgets to cooperate and take the blooming brakes off!!! 😂
Seriously though I hope Nicola is healing and is back to full health soon.
Big love and hugs to you both from rainy Warrington 🇬🇧 wishing I was back in SD. My auntie used to live in Mission Hills and we used to visit when I was a kid. XxX
Your kind words mean a lot to us Both! Thank you for your wonderful comment.
That was awesome
Thank you so much!
Got to try Thrashers fries
Im a huge fan of Beef Wellington. Love it! The Pudding did look delicious. Ive never had it before.
The beef Wellington was amazing! If you can try the sticky toffee pudding do it, it is absolutely delicious.
It's looked really good. I will have to try it.
Haha, I love that you both sought out British foods here. I do the same when in Eng - Harrod's used to have an American Diner top floor and in Manchester my friends took me to some American style burger joint. 😂🍔 (used to go annually to OT during SAF yrs) You guys missed out on Crown and Anchor in LV!
That's so funny! we love trying different foods when I travel too. Thanks for the tip about Crown and Anchor in LV! Next time we will search it out
USUALLY Biscoff cookies which are so good.
Thanks for sharing! Thank would help me in the future, i can definitely say Biscoff
I always wanted to try Beef Wellington. I've been to Vegas so many times
but haven't tried it yet. Guess I have to make a trip to Las Vegas soon, I'm only a 4 hour drive away lol.
Thank you for sharing your excitement about trying Beef Wellington! It's a must-try dish for sure. Check out all his restaurants because most offer the Beef wellington but some are cheaper, The Pub and Grill was $5 cheaper than hells kitchen on the weekend we visited.
When I was in school in the '70's (in Texas), we would have pigs in a blanket on the school lunch menu. It was always a sausage (hot dog weiner) wrapped in dough and baked. I've NEVER had a pig in a blanket that was wrapped in bacon. SO, I think that's just a difference between England and America. If an American reads pigs in a blanket on a menu, we'd expect is to be a sausage wrapped in baked dough. GR probably had to figure that out when he came here. It may have ground his sausage to acquiesce to our expectations!😂🤣
Thanks for sharing your experience with pigs in a blanket! It's always fun to learn about these cultural differences. AND Thanks for watching
I thoroughly enjoyed your review of Gordon's dishes from a British perspective. On the American palate as it relates to the food reviewed (me from Mid Atlantic region) tartar sauce is still the standard with fish. and of course ketchup. I've seen Brits reviewing fish and chips with curry sauce and brown gravy. It just would not really appeal to Americans. Maybe the curry at some point, but we don't have the curry tradition here like you do. Mushy peas would probably do ok on the menu since peas are popular in the US, probably the name would put people off. Shame though! Beef wellington has never lost its status as a top notch meal of the wealthy since it became popular in the 50/60's. Esp popular after Julia Child's cookbook was published This is beef country and we do like our filet roast. I'm puzzled why it is thought to be British I thought it was French in origin, Lastly, on the lamb, I think by and large Americans prefer a less lamby lamb. Again, great review, I wish I could visit Hells Kitchen.
Thank you for watching and Thank you for your detailed insights! It's fascinating to see the differences in culinary preferences between countries. We did find it strange that lamb can be difficult to find, in England it is a Sunday roast standard.
Oh my goodness. Sticky toffee pudding. Definitely one of my favorites. I would skip the ice cream.
So good!
I have never had lamb in my life ever I've been around sheep on farm most of my life but never ate one. If i can past the baaaa I'd like to try it
Yes, We did find it strange when we moved to the USA that lamb can be difficult to find, in England it is a Sunday roast standard. It can be delicious if made correctly. Thanks for watching!
the way you are describing the Shephards pie is that its not been cooked long enough. If it was cooked longer the wine taste wouldnt be so strong, and with the uncooked veggies also im betting thats the issue.
Thanks for sharing! your description sounds like it might be the reason.
I dream about the Beef Wellington! I've never tried it, but I know I'd love it!
It was really very good! we hope you get a chance to try it in the future.
I'm going to lose a lot of weight when I go visit GB, that food has virtually no appeal to me at all. Is the Sticky Toffee Pudding as good in GB? If so, that is something I would try.
Haha
Nicola's worst nightmare. "Balsamic Tomato Salad"
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So it seems that Nikola will have to start jogging to these locations 😆😆😆😆a diet of sticky toffee pudding and biscuits and gravy… I couldn’t adore you more but it seems like a decadent food pyramid 😆😆😆 Andrew always the consummate gentlemen
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How did that sticky toffee pudding compare with Aunty’s?
Vegas is my type of town~! Im there 3 to 5 times a year.... Hope you love your experience!
It was amazing! We would love to head back for longer next time. Thanks for watching
It's always the brits that start to turn into childhood when it comes to sausage rolls AKA pigs in a blanket😂
Lol! They were delicious.
I’m a American and I would have just picked up the Wellington and ate it like a hamburger ✌️😋
Yeah, I get all the other stuff you get at a British 'chippy,' but that's not really a Fish & Chip shop, mushy peas yes, tartar sauce no, where is the Malt Vinegar? Ah, you waited a beat as it's not Nicola's favorite.
Good portion of thick fish for most US locations, too often very small stingy portions of fish. For casual dining you might get a side of coleslaw, a good one is a nice palate cleanser for the rich and fatty fish & chips.
Not easy to find or make Mushy Peas in the US since they are harvested as Fresh Garden Peas and not left to mature and dry as Marrowfat Peas.
Pigs in a Blanket? British? Thought that was a 1950s Americana Betty Crocker thing. Sausage Roll or Toad in the Hole I'll accept as British.
So my pigs in a blanket always is wrapped in bacon. But, I wrap everything in bacon. I also usually use a pork bratwurst, usually imbued with jalapeño and cheddar. And then I wrap it all in a croissant pastry. Pigs in a blanket can be many things in different US regions, much like toad in a hole. This is, of course, due to the melting pot effect of so many cultures coming together.
That sounds like a delicious twist on the classic pigs in a blanket recipe!
The shepherd pie, probably has ground beef instead of lamb.
Thank you for your comment!
We call thick french fries 'steak fries' which sounds like what you are calling british chips.
Thanks for sharing. We love steak fries but British chips are usually not as crispy
Yes. Seconding @sherryheim5505. In the US, we call those Pigs in a Blanket. So Ramsay is using our nomenclature. Yours are great as well. Bacon and sausage? Kidding me! Yum!
I use ranch dressing or honey mustard for dipping my fries
Thanks for the suggestion! and thanks for watching
What do u do with the leftover food? Do u reheat fish (🤮) or give it to a homeless person or toss it away?
It depends on the situation and the food, but I try to reduce waste whenever possible. Usually we do eat it later in the day.
I love your wife’s facial expressions her eyes are so expressive and her smile is delightful. You two are a fabulous treat to watch together I love your excitement. Gorgeous both of you I’m hooked on you both thank you for such wonderful adventures. Robert Lee Moore
Thank you for the wonderful comment! Let us know if you have any suggestions for us to try?
I love watching your 😅wife's honest opinion
Thanks!😀
I have never heard of pigs in blanket described as anything but a sausage in a pastry...bacon is just more pig, not blanket. And the sausage is most often a cocktail sausage here.
Yeah, I so strange how foods with the same name can be so different in different countries
It’s taken me 27 years to realize it’s not called “Sticky Toffee Pudding”
Haha, that's hilarious! Guess it's never too late to learn the correct name for a dessert.
A thicker cut fry here would be called “steak fries”
Thanks for sharing! and thanks for watching
Beef wellington history
The history of Beef Wellington is unclear, but it's generally agreed that the dish was created to celebrate the first Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, and his victory at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The Duke was given his title after defeating Napoleon Bonaparte the year before. Some believe the dish may have been named after the duke to celebrate the end of Napoleon's imperial domination of Europe
Wow, didn't know Beef Wellington had such an interesting backstory! Thank you for taking the time to share it.
Get well soon. My favorite couple on u tube. Love the answer yours is the smaller one hahaha. Hilarious
Lol! Thank you for watching!
I've had goat but never lamb.
I had Scotch Eggs at the Renaissance Festival. So good. Also had some awesome bangers & mash.
Y'all should find a Renaissance Festival for a video trying the food there. Ours here in Texas is October-Dec.
That sounds like a great suggestion! Thank you!!! we will definitely look up the Renaissance Festival
@@thebritstry you're welcome. It's loads of fun and I don't know that anyone has ever done a video on the food. Especially British people on the British fare they serve.
American food at RenFair or RenFest though I highly recommend Steak on A Stick and Deep Fried Bacon..oh and Funnel Cake. 😉
Why did y'all say there should be gravy at a fish and chip shop.
In Manchester, UK our chips shop( which is what we call them) they have brown gravy and curry that you can get on top of fish and chips. Or really anything that they sell at the chippy.
@@thebritstry wow whatever never guessed that
When you come back to Colorado you must try a green chili smothered breakfast burrito. May I suggest bacon. 👍🏼 Numerous Moms and Pops shops to choose.
Thanks for the recommendation! that sounds really good. we would love to visit Colorado in the future.
no mam that is piggs in a blanket.. your version looks awesome as well, my perfect shepherds pie would be ground beef with some tomato paste, some grilled unions, a layer of mashed potatoes and topped with shredded cheese, maybe some green beans and or corn in with the beef
They were delicious! just not what we were expecting! thanks for watching
If it has ground beef not lamb then it's called a cottage pie.
I don't know if you two are still in Las Vegas, but if you are, José Andrés has a restaurant in the Cosmopolitan hotel that you might like...
Hi! Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately we have now left Vegas! But I am sure we will be back, so we will add this to the list for next time.
@@thebritstry He's got one in LA as well. Agua Viva in case you get there first...