dude how ebbs doesent even flinch for a moment during the explosion is bloody amazing, he knew that was going to happen and yet he did nothing to stop it. Absolute legend.
Honestly, knowing Ebbs' propensity for learning, I'm not surprised he didn't react. He either already knew or researched (which means he did it deliberately, the meanie 🤣). You can't carbonate liquids with sugars/salts (which is why you add the flavours after carbonating). Josh from Mythical Kitchen learned the hard way too and almost killed his cat when he tried. 😅
The toaster "automatically" turns the toast without you having to touch it, by fully opening the latch/lid and closing it back again. The bread slides down the lid bottom side first, dark side down and gets reverted when you then release the spring loaden lid. Operating and keeping an eye on the thing was quite an attraction in itself when I was a kid. This was helped by the fact that the fully exposed wires were not only red hot but also live with 220 Volts.
Absolutely! You do NOT need to touch the toast until it is cooked both sides. Mind you, our old toaster had the springs die, so we used wooden clothes pegs to hold the sides up. Even more of a challenge to keep and eye out. Burning toast, and burning wooden pegs!
I bet, with a bit of ingenuity and total lack of regard for human life, this toaster could be linked to the teatimer and you could have toast with your tea... while sitting accross the street fron your burnt down house. 😮
When Ben suggested James to carbonate the wine, I thought “Surely the super geek knows what happens when wine is carbonated...” Then i realise Ben absolutely KNEW
I just love how he KNEW you arent supposed to carbonate anything other than water in these things yet was like "hey james! This isnt water, carbonate it!!" Knowing full well that something was going to go wrong.
I love Ebbers' outfit! Also, his non-reaction during the explosion is classic. I think Chefs and nurses (like me) have similar reactions to ... unusual circumstances.
He so did! I could feel him judging and saying mentally: "Elementary my dear James." I wish he had his pipe out, but he set James up like Professor Moriarty. Also he's never looked more like Stephen Fry.
It is nice. He seems like a good Duy and I do t know if he was having personal issues recently or not but I hope it wasn’t the case, if it was I hope all is well!
Thanks for the memories. My grandparents had the toaster, my parents had the teasmade and I bought the cookie press the year I married - 1973 and the soda stream around 1980. The cookie press I still use regularly. It works perfectly, it's down to practise and getting the dough to right consistency.
His words were, "should have quit while you're ahead" and "it pops, it tell you when its ready" when James had already pressed it 6 times and it hadn't "popped" tells you everything you need to know if Ben knew what was going to happen!
Poor James, having to put up with these two. 😂 I love Ben, he's so genuinely happy all the time, it seems. And Jamie's giggle, I can't. Much love to the whole group, I'd love to see more of these. Like a vintage ravioli press, or something. Just weird appliances not used anymore.
As soon as jamie said "You can carbonate anything", as someone who has a modern soda stream and and had exactly what happens in this video happen to me I grabbed my popcorn.
I’ve been informed that you’re using the vintage toaster wrong!! Apparently, if you open it all the way when the first side is done, the bread/toast should slide down and turn itself over ready for you to toast the other side - less dangerous that way! It’s so cool to see the different gadgets, and how they’ve changed over time - great video :D
Watching James struggle with biscuit press killllls me 😂 I’m 28 and used the exact same one growing up! My Dad and I used to make Melting moments ALL THE TIME with this! Different shapes require different amount of squeezes! I’d love to show you all some of our biscuits that we used to make with this!!
Same! 29 years old and grew up on spritz cookies. Admittedly most of my friends’ parents are younger than mine so I grew up with quite a few “outdated” things. They didn’t have me until they were 40. I always feel silly having bought one since it’s such a unitasker but I adore the cookies.
Oh wow that cookie press brought back a lot of memories! My mom used to make probably hundreds of spritz cookies for Christmas with a very similar cookie press, including tree shaped cookies and star shaped cookies with red and green maraschino cherries. I can confirm with the right dough the shapes do hold quite nicely
I love the soda stream! I use one myself and seeing this old one made me realize, they had their gadget down to a T back then. Nothing's really changed but the look.
Well, they *have* ditched that lever. We had one when I was a small kid in the start of the 80s, and I remember being afraid of using it after the lever caught one of my fingers in a really painful pinch
I LOVE everything about this video. The idea of old gadgets, Ben in a flat cap, James living on the edge, Jaimie's reactions: perfection. The very thought that there are auctions where Ben can go bid on cookie guns from the 50s has made me reconsider my post confinement plans. Thanks guys!
Oh the teasmade!! Takes me back as a little girl sitting on my Mum's bed on Sunday mornings. I remembered the spitty noise and that damn alarm before it scared the crap out of James. Seeing this teasmade has properly made me smile 😊 thank you boys!
It's true. My grandma actually bakes "Spritzgebäck" every year for Christmas. But we use a meatgrinder with caps that creats the same pattern as on the package is shown.
@@davlos8138 Now that is a truly nasty thing to say about Ben. Ebbers in no fashion resembles that walking piece of shite dressed as a dandy ready to recline in parliament masquerading as a human portraying an English lawmaker. How dare you?
Cookie presses are wonderful once you get used to them. I've had one for decades and can knock out dozens of perfect cookies in no time. I used it both in our catering business and at home. For some reason, I never found a chocolate dough that would come out right, but replacing the vanilla with other extracts, like almond or rum, allowed a variety of cookie flavors.
I once had a Play-Doh Fun Factory from the 60's to make cookies, gnocchi, designer croutons, pasta (used a cheese slicer for thin slices) and meringue accents. I also amazed friends and adults with what I could create with an Easy Bake oven. That should be a Sorted challenge if I ever heard one.
As a self-proclaimed "cola syrup connoisseur" I need to mention that the amount of syrup they want you to put into water is astronomically high. Like so far away from what's good, especially for cola flavor. One of those bottles is supposed to just be enough for like 9 liters, when, in reality, you can easily stretch that to like 30 liters and not lose out on flavor. The amount that James put into that little bottle is like double the amount I put into 1,5 liters.
depends on the brand, and probably what country you're in. i found the diet(non sugar ones) to be way too sweet with the recommended dosage and not too lacking in flavor if toned down, however some of the other syrups are way too weak if i want to go for the authentic buy it in a can experience
30 odd years ago I tried carbonating brandy in our sodastream. The results were surprising, we got drunk a lot quicker and there was no hangover the next day.
It's really important to chill the dough overnight. It'll make it harder to use, but the colors will hold their shape. My dad makes these every Christmas, they usually turn out pretty well, but some tips are definitely better than others.
Ben explaining the difference between ‘Vintage’ and ‘Antique’. Finally someone who speaks my language! I love vintage vibes. So, thank you for this video!
I was going to make a similar comment. I think the biggest changes, overall, have been equal parts material and cosmetic. There’s a lot more metal/less plastic involved in the outside presentation now, and it’s probably engineered to a higher standard.
I still use a can opener from like the 30s or 40s. It's just an iron pick that you punch into the can and then ratchet around the rim. And I feel more comfortable using that than most modern can openers.
That's where I've seen it before! I've never actually been to Egypt (unfortunately), but I've seen videos of them being made with that contraption there, so cool! Thank you for jogging my memory!
Massive flash back to my childhood. Yes, I'm vintage too. I grew up with a toaster like that. It toasted one side, then you had to open the gate, the bread slipped down, and if you did it right, you could flip the bread and do the other side. And yes, only touch the bakelite knobs! We never had any of the other gadgets, but friends families did.
cookie press: We make these every year at Christmas and they come out great. However if you use an ungreased cookie sheet it works better. Sprinkle Sugar crystals before baking make them really good.
The Sodastream, this was the stuff of wonder from my childhood, my dad purchased our one exactly like this from Woolworths. the whole family stood round and watched this being done for the first time. Never go full seven press was the moto in our house, or atleast infront of my dad. Thanks for the great trip down memory lane.
Ben: Anything over 20 years is considered Vintage. Me: (*Looking in my closet*) So... the flannel shirts from high school that I sometimes still wear, are... Vintage? Dang.
I haven't been as much of an avid youtube watcher in general over the last year, and so I really fell behind with this channel. I've watched so many videos today instead of doing college work and I didn't realise how much I missed the content you lads put out. It's so entertaining and hilarious and really takes me back to when I had first discovered your channel when I was about 16. Still my favourite channel out there, thank you for the years of funny bits and helpful cooking tips.
@@SortedFood I'm really surprised James hasn't seen one before. You can still get them in Germany every year (although they're usually made of plastic these days) towards Christmas.
Talking about the toaster still working really gets the thoughts going on how back in the day, things were made to last (clothes, appliances, tools, etc), whereas nowadays everything is made to either be as cheap as possible (and thus break quickly from inferior parts or construction) or for planned obsolescence (where the manufacturers want more money from you, so they make their things break after X time on purpose).
I just got a crazy nostalgia burst remembering watching the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving as a kid and Snoopy using one of those kinds of toasters, and I had never ever seen one like that before.
Think James also used it incorrectly. That thing does not look like you need to press it into the sheetpan, but hover 3-4 cm over the surface to get the details.
@@kristianwest2049 Seems like the dough was far too wet for this application, too. It all spread out in the oven, that sort of cookie shouldn't do that.
Yes I make spritz every year!! I’m American but my family is German and I knew exactly what it was. And ours come out great, their dough was too wet and they baked them too long. Props for trying though!
My mum and dad had one of those teas maid. It used to make so much noise boiling the water and then decanting it into the teapot, you were already awake before the alarm went off, but they loved it and used it for years. Think it’s still in their garage now 🤣🤣
Speaking for Germany where lots of people mainly drink sparkling water: The Sodastream is the best, no more carrying heavy bottled water home from the shop + way better for the environment. We love to see it!
In "I Want to Break Free" the TeasMade starts off the video nearly exploding, which feels like a distinct possibility. I feel like I can smell the mildewy-moldy scent that it surely would've had after a week or two by the bed.
When your 8 year old son is watching with you, and says "he made a biscuit that looks like pacman" and then when it comes out of the oven..."oh, now it looks like if pacman ate something he was allergic to" 😂🤣 Out of the mouth of babes, as they say lol
I remember using one of those toasters as a kid, maybe at my grandparents, and burning my fingers every now and then. It was a memory I'd forgotten until now ❤️
My German grandma still makes me Christmas biscuits with one of those cookie things, and I can say it’s 100% the best thing in my life 😂 they are super tasty and fun and I loved helping her as a kid, it’s like a play dough thing but it makes biscuits, magic.
My mom had one of those cookie presses when I was a kid. It really depends on the cookie dough and how many times you pump the device. We always pumped it extra for fluffier cookies.
My mother has that exact spritz cookie press here in the US. She's used it every year for Christmas cookies for decades. It was a wedding gift that worked out for the good.
I loooove the cookie dough press! Me and my siblings each have our own vintage press(the new ones doesn't work as good). We use it for duchess-potatoes, get perfectly sized Swedish meatballs and sometimes for cookies
Had a cookie dough press when I was growing up, we had a Swedish made Sawa one it had little feet on the rim to give you the correct stand off. Had heaps of fun as a kid making all sorts of fancy shapes.
We had a cookie press growing up and exclusively only used it at Christmas to make Christmas tree spritz cookies. They held their shape and held the details. We also added green food coloring and used sprinkles before baking to make them look like decorated trees.
I also make spritz cookies every year at Christmas! I feel really bad for the first gadget because I have one that similar that works well and I was rooting for it so hard T-T. I'm pretty sure they needed to fridge those cookies before baking though, the dough seemed way more wet than any spritz cookie dough I've made.
I'm 58 and my mom had us use this when I was a kid to make Christmas cookies. We did the Spritzer and put colored sugar/cherries/"jimmies" on top before baking. Ours looked a lot better than what James ended up with. I think something went wrong in his dough process for them to go flat like that. We (my sister and I) still use this kind of cookie press to this day to make our Christmas cookies.
Mine too! Every year at Christmas: "God damnit! Damnit damnit the cookies arent sticking!" I think it was their silpat tbh, but sometimes if the dough gets too warm, the butter gets melty and slippy.
We had one of those There is an optimum temp the dough isn't too warm so it melts and too cold it doesn't come out. And yes. the simpler shapes worked better. The ring shaped one used to leave bits behind back then too!
"I'm sure that as a kids we carbonated all sorts, that's why we brought you some white wine" I wonder what kind of childhood Ben had if he carbonated wine as a kid
James, what a wuss scared of a teasmade, we had one many years ago was a wedding present. The vintage toaster for being 80 years old and still working is amazing. That sodastream brings back memories from the late 70s, you were meant to release the handle slowly, not like James did. Ebbers was hilarious, didn't even flinch.
I actually have a cookie press, and it works wonderfully, though I rarely use it. As a side note, I think your dough wasn't firm enough. I'd love to see you try again with another recipe.
Yes, that was definitely the problem. I bake dozens of dansk spritz every Christmas & use the cookie press that my mother received as a wedding shower gift in 1958. The dough has to be firm. Spritz shouldn't spread at all during baking.
For sure, it looked warm, and from experience trying it on silpat this year, they REALLY didn't want to stick! 😅 We've always had the best results doing them directly on the cookie sheets, spritz release really easily, anyhow!
Soda Stream and Teasmade. I bought my Mum and Dad a Soda Stream and they loved it. They already had a Teasmade. The blasted thing used to wake the whole house up!
Oh, the nostalgia, my parents still have a toaster of this style to this day and it still works. The fun part is that the slice turns itself once you open the slot all the way, so no touching required and you can use a knife or something to slide the hot toast onto a plate too.
I love how the very first 'vintage' gadget is the thing that is present today in almost every other Indian household. We use it to make sev, gathia, etc.
Also present in every German household, we make our traditional Christmas cookies with them. So interesting how it different uses everywhere. Also I just googled what sev and gathia is and now I want some 😭
The biscuit press is fantastic. My mother used one all the time to make biscuits and I even asked my dad to get me one as a birthday present. It takes a little practice to use it and only needs one sharp squeeze of the handle to get great shaped biscuits. I still have mine and it is in regular use. The metal ones are way better than the plastic ones available now. Aaah the memories
This video shook a childhood memory loose: my mother used to have a plastic cookie press circa 1988. She only made short bread with it about the size of a loonie (Canadian dollar coin).
Mom has a screw plunger cookie press, no rod sticking into the system. It allows for breaking off the pressed dough by pulling the internal volume back in away from the disk. She's got 40 or so disks plus a couple we made for her for xmass one year. It holds about a quart of dough when full. You can use it in successive layers of different dough types using the suck-back-in method to break the dough off. You can also carefully load it with segmented dough (like marble style). It actually tapers to the disk holder. You can unlock the tapered part and then use the plunger to push the last of the current dough out then fill in behind and put it back in for large batches. Of the different styles you definitely want the threaded shaft with knob type if you're going to make lots of different kinds of doughs.
I'm from India and mum still uses the first gadget to make savory snacks. And I'm pretty sure it is common in India for making chaklis and many more items XD
Whoever edit this deserves a huge thumb😂the slow motion replay of three different cameras is so necessary and hilarious😂you guys know what we want to see over and over again🎉
“i think the teas probably gonna be tea”
“oh that’s tea”
that’s the quality commentary i’m here for
😂 top quality always. You can rely on us.
also 10:40
* bites toast *
"i can confirm, it is toast"
quali-tea commentary
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One of the many reasons we all love James.
dude how ebbs doesent even flinch for a moment during the explosion is bloody amazing, he knew that was going to happen and yet he did nothing to stop it. Absolute legend.
We're wondering if he's human? 😂 Ben and Jamies reaction couldn't be anymore different.
He licked his lips, hoping for bloody carnage. A true monster.
Not only did he not flinch, in the slow mo it kinda looks like he pouted. Like he was sad that wine was wasted.
Honestly, knowing Ebbs' propensity for learning, I'm not surprised he didn't react. He either already knew or researched (which means he did it deliberately, the meanie 🤣). You can't carbonate liquids with sugars/salts (which is why you add the flavours after carbonating). Josh from Mythical Kitchen learned the hard way too and almost killed his cat when he tried. 😅
@@missdire He 100% knew 😂 It was bloody brilliant 🙈
The toaster "automatically" turns the toast without you having to touch it, by fully opening the latch/lid and closing it back again. The bread slides down the lid bottom side first, dark side down and gets reverted when you then release the spring loaden lid. Operating and keeping an eye on the thing was quite an attraction in itself when I was a kid. This was helped by the fact that the fully exposed wires were not only red hot but also live with 220 Volts.
Absolutely! You do NOT need to touch the toast until it is cooked both sides. Mind you, our old toaster had the springs die, so we used wooden clothes pegs to hold the sides up. Even more of a challenge to keep and eye out. Burning toast, and burning wooden pegs!
like one of those fancy walkmans
I bet, with a bit of ingenuity and total lack of regard for human life, this toaster could be linked to the teatimer and you could have toast with your tea... while sitting accross the street fron your burnt down house. 😮
I came to the comments with a similar memory, to add to their understanding. Well said, thank you.
When Ben suggested James to carbonate the wine, I thought “Surely the super geek knows what happens when wine is carbonated...”
Then i realise Ben absolutely KNEW
He wasn't phased in the slightest.
I was just about to say the same thing! XD
If you are going to make top betrayal moments in SORTEDfood, this definitely goes in.
SO obvious! I love it ^*^
I just love how he KNEW you arent supposed to carbonate anything other than water in these things yet was like "hey james! This isnt water, carbonate it!!" Knowing full well that something was going to go wrong.
Just when you didn’t think he could get any more Ebbers, Ben brings his own matching tea cup. Ebbers levels up.
He's got no wife to tell him otherwise
@@invaderzimismyfav +a+++
Whats this you're Ebbers is evolving?
You haven't even seen him in his final form
I love Ebbers' outfit! Also, his non-reaction during the explosion is classic. I think Chefs and nurses (like me) have similar reactions to ... unusual circumstances.
He looks SO cute in that cap!!
And teachers
15:35 Ben's reaction is that of someone who knew EXACTLY what was gonna happen and got away with it lmao
He so did! I could feel him judging and saying mentally: "Elementary my dear James." I wish he had his pipe out, but he set James up like Professor Moriarty. Also he's never looked more like Stephen Fry.
He is absolutely evil enough to do that 😂😂
I don’t fully understand way but the joy I felt seeing James judging products again is immeasurable.
He seems a right sweetheart. Big kid. His excitement is lovely
It is nice. He seems like a good Duy and I do t know if he was having personal issues recently or not but I hope it wasn’t the case, if it was I hope all is well!
I feel like James judging things is a whole mood.
Thanks for the memories. My grandparents had the toaster, my parents had the teasmade and I bought the cookie press the year I married - 1973 and the soda stream around 1980. The cookie press I still use regularly. It works perfectly, it's down to practise and getting the dough to right consistency.
Making the perfect spritz is kind of a lifetime pursuit! It really does just take practice and getting used to them.
Ben being a mad scientist and getting the rest of the crew to test out whatever he pleases without knowing what will happen could totally be a series.
A rather dangerous series...
@@VixeyTeh Maybe he can cut back on the explosions?
Fearless Leader. Someone has to do it.
The YES CHEF! Badge?
I cannot express the feeling I had when Ben had the same tea cup as the set on the box.... just incredible!
When Ben told James he had to “squirt some cookies,” Jamie’s face was everything hahaha
They should use these when they cook dishes from that vintage cookbook!
Haha, great idea! Vintage recipes and vintage gadgets.
this could be a great video
I read "vintage cookbook" and my mind went to the books from the 70's that have like Ham and Bananas and salads in like gelatin lol
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@@SortedFood make it a pass it on and it will be a triple whammy 👀😂😂😂
I love how Ben didn't flinch the slightest. He knew and he set up James for exactly that
His words were, "should have quit while you're ahead" and "it pops, it tell you when its ready" when James had already pressed it 6 times and it hadn't "popped" tells you everything you need to know if Ben knew what was going to happen!
Poor James, having to put up with these two. 😂 I love Ben, he's so genuinely happy all the time, it seems. And Jamie's giggle, I can't. Much love to the whole group, I'd love to see more of these. Like a vintage ravioli press, or something. Just weird appliances not used anymore.
As soon as jamie said "You can carbonate anything", as someone who has a modern soda stream and and had exactly what happens in this video happen to me I grabbed my popcorn.
Yep. Popcorn was instantly required for the glorious mess that was to come.
You can carbonate wine, you just have to very slowly remove it, releasing pressure a little bit at a time. I wouldn't recommend it.
Same lol. Though I did try carbonating milk once. That was a terrible idea and a learning experience for me.
Any unusual flavors tried? Any successes?
I remember doing it with cold mint tea once to make fizzy iced tea - that, similarly, didn’t go to plan
Jamie: Reeling from the white wine
James: Shocked at what just happened
*Ben: Already ready with the prepared explanation*
i love it
That is how you use science knowledge for chaotic good 😂
I’ve been informed that you’re using the vintage toaster wrong!! Apparently, if you open it all the way when the first side is done, the bread/toast should slide down and turn itself over ready for you to toast the other side - less dangerous that way!
It’s so cool to see the different gadgets, and how they’ve changed over time - great video :D
Ben looks like he’s dressed for a wild night of Bingo and I Love Lucy
😂 he's got his special pens at the ready.
@@SortedFood Ben has his bingo ‘dobber’ ready? Epic thought ;)
So a regular Friday for him then?
And yet, you have to hand it to him; he certainly makes an effort.
I think he looks smart in that flat cap.
Watching James struggle with biscuit press killllls me 😂 I’m 28 and used the exact same one growing up! My Dad and I used to make Melting moments ALL THE TIME with this! Different shapes require different amount of squeezes! I’d love to show you all some of our biscuits that we used to make with this!!
Amazing! Tag us in some photos on insta or tweet us? We would love to see.
I thought everyone had one of these. Doesn't it come as a guaranteed wedding present whether you bake or not lol
@@SortedFood tweeted!
Same! 29 years old and grew up on spritz cookies. Admittedly most of my friends’ parents are younger than mine so I grew up with quite a few “outdated” things. They didn’t have me until they were 40. I always feel silly having bought one since it’s such a unitasker but I adore the cookies.
I was surprised James didn't know what it was. Spritz cookies are a Christmas staple in my part of America!
Oh wow that cookie press brought back a lot of memories! My mom used to make probably hundreds of spritz cookies for Christmas with a very similar cookie press, including tree shaped cookies and star shaped cookies with red and green maraschino cherries. I can confirm with the right dough the shapes do hold quite nicely
We in India use them to make savoury snaks during Christmas. And yeah it works great with the right dough consistency
Ben not even blinking an eye when that wine exploded makes me think he’d be an outstanding Dad.
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Have we forgotten about Tyrone already?
Yeah…MY daddy 😜
@@MrPessimal Never!! I think he is about 12 or 13 now???
@miko foin I'm 28 help 🙈
we missed SO much James in the past couple months - petition to have more James content like this as often as possible?? please!
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@@Kasionzz he had some personal matters to take care of, but he's been back for a while now
I love the soda stream! I use one myself and seeing this old one made me realize, they had their gadget down to a T back then. Nothing's really changed but the look.
I swear the gas canisters still look exactly the same... and are probably the exact same capacity.
Well, they *have* ditched that lever. We had one when I was a small kid in the start of the 80s, and I remember being afraid of using it after the lever caught one of my fingers in a really painful pinch
@@pengolodh the newer models come with a lever instead of a button
I LOVE everything about this video. The idea of old gadgets, Ben in a flat cap, James living on the edge, Jaimie's reactions: perfection. The very thought that there are auctions where Ben can go bid on cookie guns from the 50s has made me reconsider my post confinement plans. Thanks guys!
"It pops. It tells you when it's ready."
Oh Ben. I want to be you when I grow up. That was beautiful.
Oh the teasmade!! Takes me back as a little girl sitting on my Mum's bed on Sunday mornings. I remembered the spitty noise and that damn alarm before it scared the crap out of James. Seeing this teasmade has properly made me smile 😊 thank you boys!
Jamie looking dead at the camera when Ben said "squirt" just killed me 😂
I love how it went from "Uh oh" to "Hmm...was that actually bad?"
Ben: "Spritzen, from the German: to squirt".
Jamie's eyes: "Someone else just heard that, right?"
He looked at the camera thinking "that's what she said"
He is absolutely right though.
Proof: I'm German
It's true. My grandma actually bakes "Spritzgebäck" every year for Christmas. But we use a meatgrinder with caps that creats the same pattern as on the package is shown.
@@vecordia1176 We've been using one of those tools for years and I didn't realize it was a vintage oddity!
@@vecordia1176 same! we do it in family every year, with a meatgrinder with caps as well.
“...Toast used to be smaller.” made me laugh so much I cried and I don’t think it’s getting the recognition it deserves
it’s nice you finally let ebbers stay in his normal clothes and not put his chef costume on
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😂
It suits him.
Ah yes, a descendant of Jacob Reees-Mogg
@@davlos8138 Now that is a truly nasty thing to say about Ben. Ebbers in no fashion resembles that walking piece of shite dressed as a dandy ready to recline in parliament masquerading as a human portraying an English lawmaker.
How dare you?
“Don’t listen to Ebbers... ever... ever.”
But what if he’s doing my meal packs instructions??? 😢😉
Do the opposite of his instruction and see how's the result. :p
Cookie presses are wonderful once you get used to them. I've had one for decades and can knock out dozens of perfect cookies in no time. I used it both in our catering business and at home. For some reason, I never found a chocolate dough that would come out right, but replacing the vanilla with other extracts, like almond or rum, allowed a variety of cookie flavors.
Jamie’s face as Ben keeps saying “squirt the cookies” 😂
Ben 🤦♂️
I'm really glad someone else caught this 😂
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@@tepmurt76 Right? He tried not to laugh …. 🤣
The eye contact with the camera!
I once had a Play-Doh Fun Factory from the 60's to make cookies, gnocchi, designer croutons, pasta (used a cheese slicer for thin slices) and meringue accents. I also amazed friends and adults with what I could create with an Easy Bake oven. That should be a Sorted challenge if I ever heard one.
Oh my goodness I love this idea
Was that the oven which didn’t actually bake yet managed to make cakes despite not doing so ?
@@caramac6382 It did bake using an incandescent light bulb for heat. You had to make very thin items but could still whip up a wide number of dishes.
As a self-proclaimed "cola syrup connoisseur" I need to mention that the amount of syrup they want you to put into water is astronomically high. Like so far away from what's good, especially for cola flavor.
One of those bottles is supposed to just be enough for like 9 liters, when, in reality, you can easily stretch that to like 30 liters and not lose out on flavor.
The amount that James put into that little bottle is like double the amount I put into 1,5 liters.
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Not surprising. They want you to buy more of it after all
depends on the brand, and probably what country you're in. i found the diet(non sugar ones) to be way too sweet with the recommended dosage and not too lacking in flavor if toned down, however some of the other syrups are way too weak if i want to go for the authentic buy it in a can experience
“I’m sure as kids we carbonated all sorts, that’s why I brought you some white wine over.” Turns out my childhood was a bit different to Ebbers
30 odd years ago I tried carbonating brandy in our sodastream. The results were surprising, we got drunk a lot quicker and there was no hangover the next day.
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Surely milk was the go to experiment for soda streams.
“It is tea.”
“It is toast.”
James “Captain Obvious” Currie. Love it! 😂
It's really important to chill the dough overnight. It'll make it harder to use, but the colors will hold their shape. My dad makes these every Christmas, they usually turn out pretty well, but some tips are definitely better than others.
the slow mo of Jamie and Ben really speaks to how Ben knew that was going to happen and Jamie had no idea
Ben explaining the difference between ‘Vintage’ and ‘Antique’. Finally someone who speaks my language! I love vintage vibes. So, thank you for this video!
I'd love to see more of these vintage and antique food gadgets. I've seen so many cool ones over the years!
Here in Egypt we’re still using that cookie dough thing till this day for ‘Eid’ to make ‘petit four’ it’s like a tradition
I just bought one last Christmas because the one I got from my Nana finally broke. The design has not changed AT ALL.
I was going to make a similar comment. I think the biggest changes, overall, have been equal parts material and cosmetic. There’s a lot more metal/less plastic involved in the outside presentation now, and it’s probably engineered to a higher standard.
I still use a can opener from like the 30s or 40s. It's just an iron pick that you punch into the can and then ratchet around the rim.
And I feel more comfortable using that than most modern can openers.
@@CynthiaPrice79 The old one is made of metal and will last an eternity, while the new ones are made of cheap Chinese plastic and breaking soon.
That's where I've seen it before! I've never actually been to Egypt (unfortunately), but I've seen videos of them being made with that contraption there, so cool! Thank you for jogging my memory!
The way James reacted to that Teasmade ... like a cat being followed by a roomba 😂
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Massive flash back to my childhood. Yes, I'm vintage too. I grew up with a toaster like that. It toasted one side, then you had to open the gate, the bread slipped down, and if you did it right, you could flip the bread and do the other side. And yes, only touch the bakelite knobs! We never had any of the other gadgets, but friends families did.
That shameless zoom in to James wiping his shirt really got me hahaha
You're welcome
cookie press: We make these every year at Christmas and they come out great. However if you use an ungreased cookie sheet it works better. Sprinkle Sugar crystals before baking make them really good.
The Sodastream, this was the stuff of wonder from my childhood, my dad purchased our one exactly like this from Woolworths. the whole family stood round and watched this being done for the first time. Never go full seven press was the moto in our house, or atleast infront of my dad. Thanks for the great trip down memory lane.
The Soda machine explodes, and Ben is like "Yup, that is what happens" as he snaps his spenders
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Ben: Anything over 20 years is considered Vintage.
Me: (*Looking in my closet*) So... the flannel shirts from high school that I sometimes still wear, are... Vintage? Dang.
I haven't been as much of an avid youtube watcher in general over the last year, and so I really fell behind with this channel. I've watched so many videos today instead of doing college work and I didn't realise how much I missed the content you lads put out. It's so entertaining and hilarious and really takes me back to when I had first discovered your channel when I was about 16. Still my favourite channel out there, thank you for the years of funny bits and helpful cooking tips.
Leading off a video with Jamie laughing maniacally is probably the best way to start a video.
I agree, his laugh is so joyful and contagious!
Also, I love James to bits but I still laughed my ass off when the wine exploded. And Ben buying the mug that was on the Teas Made box is everything.
I used to want a Teasmade as a kid. The Sodastream was part of my childhood, but never tasted like the real drink.
The first gadget we still use in India to make fried snacks during Diwali.
So interesting.... thanks for sharing :)
That’s why the shapes looked familiar!
@@SortedFood many of indian bhujiyas (lentil paste deep fried) are made using that gadget. I have a similar one at home.
@@SortedFood I'm really surprised James hasn't seen one before. You can still get them in Germany every year (although they're usually made of plastic these days) towards Christmas.
Yeah we have the one from my grandfather for german christmas cookies every year
The look of horror James's eyes on learning that after the old Teasmaid and the old toaster, there's an old gas cannister is priceless
And when the alarm went off lol priceless 🤣🤣
Talking about the toaster still working really gets the thoughts going on how back in the day, things were made to last (clothes, appliances, tools, etc), whereas nowadays everything is made to either be as cheap as possible (and thus break quickly from inferior parts or construction) or for planned obsolescence (where the manufacturers want more money from you, so they make their things break after X time on purpose).
I just got a crazy nostalgia burst remembering watching the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving as a kid and Snoopy using one of those kinds of toasters, and I had never ever seen one like that before.
When you're German and the "vintage" cookie dough is still used in every household around Christmas time lol
Think James also used it incorrectly. That thing does not look like you need to press it into the sheetpan, but hover 3-4 cm over the surface to get the details.
I have one as well! It’s so much fun whenever I get to use it, a mess to clean though 😂
I have one and use it too yearly. Takes practice.
@@kristianwest2049 Seems like the dough was far too wet for this application, too. It all spread out in the oven, that sort of cookie shouldn't do that.
Yes I make spritz every year!! I’m American but my family is German and I knew exactly what it was. And ours come out great, their dough was too wet and they baked them too long. Props for trying though!
I love how soft- and well spoken James is.
"Why did I agree to do that a second time.. I'm alive and unhurt!"
Oh James..
Seeing James in the judges seat = instant happiness
My mum and dad had one of those teas maid. It used to make so much noise boiling the water and then decanting it into the teapot, you were already awake before the alarm went off, but they loved it and used it for years. Think it’s still in their garage now 🤣🤣
Speaking for Germany where lots of people mainly drink sparkling water: The Sodastream is the best, no more carrying heavy bottled water home from the shop + way better for the environment. We love to see it!
Ben looks so pleased with himself and happy in this video and James just looks confused 🤣
In "I Want to Break Free" the TeasMade starts off the video nearly exploding, which feels like a distinct possibility. I feel like I can smell the mildewy-moldy scent that it surely would've had after a week or two by the bed.
17:06 why was that little exchange between James and Jamie SO cute tho? I just love these guys so much 🥺
When your 8 year old son is watching with you, and says "he made a biscuit that looks like pacman" and then when it comes out of the oven..."oh, now it looks like if pacman ate something he was allergic to" 😂🤣 Out of the mouth of babes, as they say lol
the fact your 8 year old knows Pac-Man means you doing good
Thats both awesome that they know pacman and r also the joke. My kid usually says things like this dead eyed serious. Lol
I remember using one of those toasters as a kid, maybe at my grandparents, and burning my fingers every now and then. It was a memory I'd forgotten until now ❤️
My German grandma still makes me Christmas biscuits with one of those cookie things, and I can say it’s 100% the best thing in my life 😂 they are super tasty and fun and I loved helping her as a kid, it’s like a play dough thing but it makes biscuits, magic.
MINE TOO!! My Oma passed, and I took up the tradition for the family making these. Love these!
And my cookies stay in shape!
Yeah, it's weird how they're "chefs" yet they messed it up. I guess our grannies just have more experience than them :P
I still make Christmas cookies with one of these! But then I am German and also a grandma at heart lol
Jamie pulling out a ‘Babe’ reference is fab! I love that movie!
Fun fact - Jamie played Farmer Hogget in a year 7 production of "babe" at school!
@@SortedFood OMG WOW THIS NEEDED A SCREENSHOT
He also made a Phantom of the Opera reference with the lot number of the toaster.
@@SortedFood OF COURSE HE DID.
@@jenniferharlow4603 I didn’t know that. Interesting.
My mom had one of those cookie presses when I was a kid. It really depends on the cookie dough and how many times you pump the device. We always pumped it extra for fluffier cookies.
I absolutely love the fact that Ben didn't even flinch during the explosion. Beast mode poker face.
My mother has that exact spritz cookie press here in the US. She's used it every year for Christmas cookies for decades. It was a wedding gift that worked out for the good.
I loooove the cookie dough press! Me and my siblings each have our own vintage press(the new ones doesn't work as good). We use it for duchess-potatoes, get perfectly sized Swedish meatballs and sometimes for cookies
The genuine fear in James’ eyes when the tea was being made was priceless, his heart stopped then! 😂
I see that Ben's looking like a bit of a lad himself for this vintage gadgets video! Certainly a charming one at the very least 😆
Excellent callback ❤️
Had a cookie dough press when I was growing up, we had a Swedish made Sawa one it had little feet on the rim to give you the correct stand off. Had heaps of fun as a kid making all sorts of fancy shapes.
We had a cookie press growing up and exclusively only used it at Christmas to make Christmas tree spritz cookies. They held their shape and held the details. We also added green food coloring and used sprinkles before baking to make them look like decorated trees.
I still get these exact cookies from my Yia-Yia every Christmas. ;)
Cookie press is still around, they’re just made of plastic now.
I also make spritz cookies every year at Christmas! I feel really bad for the first gadget because I have one that similar that works well and I was rooting for it so hard T-T. I'm pretty sure they needed to fridge those cookies before baking though, the dough seemed way more wet than any spritz cookie dough I've made.
Ben: "It pops! It tells you when it's ready." you evil little man
I'm 58 and my mom had us use this when I was a kid to make Christmas cookies. We did the Spritzer and put colored sugar/cherries/"jimmies" on top before baking. Ours looked a lot better than what James ended up with. I think something went wrong in his dough process for them to go flat like that.
We (my sister and I) still use this kind of cookie press to this day to make our Christmas cookies.
This is 100% my childhood memory: my mom having a mental meltdown with the cookie press not working how it is supposed to work.
Mine too! Every year at Christmas: "God damnit! Damnit damnit the cookies arent sticking!" I think it was their silpat tbh, but sometimes if the dough gets too warm, the butter gets melty and slippy.
They are really tricky. Pretty sure I've passed that memory on to my own kiddo.🙄
I can relate completely to your tale. I posted my story from childhood also. Ma was not happy.
Dough consistency is the key. We use ours for Christmas cookies every year!
We had one of those
There is an optimum temp the dough isn't too warm so it melts and too cold it doesn't come out. And yes. the simpler shapes worked better. The ring shaped one used to leave bits behind back then too!
"I'm sure that as a kids we carbonated all sorts, that's why we brought you some white wine" I wonder what kind of childhood Ben had if he carbonated wine as a kid
James, what a wuss scared of a teasmade, we had one many years ago was a wedding present. The vintage toaster for being 80 years old and still working is amazing.
That sodastream brings back memories from the late 70s, you were meant to release the handle slowly, not like James did. Ebbers was hilarious, didn't even flinch.
Ben absolutely knew what was going to happen with the wine and his facial expression actually looks like he's thinking "ah what a waste"
I actually have a cookie press, and it works wonderfully, though I rarely use it. As a side note, I think your dough wasn't firm enough. I'd love to see you try again with another recipe.
Yes, that was definitely the problem. I bake dozens of dansk spritz every Christmas & use the cookie press that my mother received as a wedding shower gift in 1958. The dough has to be firm. Spritz shouldn't spread at all during baking.
You can easily chill it. I made them growing up. We always chilled the dough. I learned to make them from my german grandma.
I use mine every Christmas to make spritz cookies.
Depends absolutely on the cookie dough recipe!!! Once you have the right consistency it works like a charm.
For sure, it looked warm, and from experience trying it on silpat this year, they REALLY didn't want to stick! 😅 We've always had the best results doing them directly on the cookie sheets, spritz release really easily, anyhow!
Soda Stream and Teasmade. I bought my Mum and Dad a Soda Stream and they loved it. They already had a Teasmade. The blasted thing used to wake the whole house up!
Ben and Jamie stepping onto their marks in unison after they get their sodas is so precious
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Oh, the nostalgia, my parents still have a toaster of this style to this day and it still works. The fun part is that the slice turns itself once you open the slot all the way, so no touching required and you can use a knife or something to slide the hot toast onto a plate too.
My mama had a cooking press from her grandmother around the house, and we always broke it out around Christmas. It was always a lot of fun to use.
I love how the very first 'vintage' gadget is the thing that is present today in almost every other Indian household. We use it to make sev, gathia, etc.
Also present in every German household, we make our traditional Christmas cookies with them. So interesting how it different uses everywhere.
Also I just googled what sev and gathia is and now I want some 😭
Ben was a little chaos gremlin this episode and I am all here for it lmao
The biscuit press is fantastic. My mother used one all the time to make biscuits and I even asked my dad to get me one as a birthday present. It takes a little practice to use it and only needs one sharp squeeze of the handle to get great shaped biscuits. I still have mine and it is in regular use. The metal ones are way better than the plastic ones available now. Aaah the memories
This video shook a childhood memory loose: my mother used to have a plastic cookie press circa 1988. She only made short bread with it about the size of a loonie (Canadian dollar coin).
The opening scene with James when the screen goes black and Jamie laughs. He really sounded like the Mark Hamil Joker.
Mom has a screw plunger cookie press, no rod sticking into the system. It allows for breaking off the pressed dough by pulling the internal volume back in away from the disk. She's got 40 or so disks plus a couple we made for her for xmass one year. It holds about a quart of dough when full. You can use it in successive layers of different dough types using the suck-back-in method to break the dough off. You can also carefully load it with segmented dough (like marble style). It actually tapers to the disk holder. You can unlock the tapered part and then use the plunger to push the last of the current dough out then fill in behind and put it back in for large batches. Of the different styles you definitely want the threaded shaft with knob type if you're going to make lots of different kinds of doughs.
May I just say that James being terrified of an automated tea kettle is adorable?
I'm from India and mum still uses the first gadget to make savory snacks. And I'm pretty sure it is common in India for making chaklis and many more items XD
I bought one last year because I was interested in making namkeens at home.
They said that the type of gadget is still in use, that particular one is vintage
We've one of this but more ancient looking. It used to make lots of jeera papdi. Now it lies there rusting.
Whoever edit this deserves a huge thumb😂the slow motion replay of three different cameras is so necessary and hilarious😂you guys know what we want to see over and over again🎉
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That synchronized motion between Ben and Jamie is so mesmerising
haha cute. the details i miss :P