9 years ago, I was 14. I was a freshman in high school. I had just really been introduced to the internet. My dad sat the family down to watch a funny video on TH-cam: "Will it Taco?" I remember cry laughing on the floor when they brought out the pine needles. Idk why but it was absolutely hilarious to me. That very concept of grown men eating pine needles stuffed dry into a taco shell started my love for GMM. 9 years holy cow. I watch this stuff while I make dinner and my roommates often say "omg i remember them!" Thank you, weird internet uncles and team. Thank you.
That’s awesome! I was a Mythical Beastie ever since I was 12 in middle school and was bored out of my mind and I found the internet thanks to these guys (R + L) I’ve been watching ever since. I’m now in college and they’ve been with me thru so many life transitions, no matter what happens, GMM will always be constant thing I can look forward to! ☺️
Wait you can get pinecones? I had no idea I always saw them as decorations but didn't think about eating them. I guess you learn something new every day
In case anybody was curious, they are extremely dry and don’t really taste like much. I wouldn’t recommend eating them. I definitely did not roast one over a campfire before eating it. That would be ridiculous
I low key love this idea as a series, saving those old will-it episodes, during which many of us actually felt these could have been done much better with a little dressing up. It is also so great to see the different takes the chefs have of doing this!
Its funny to see this sentiment because the complaint I usually see is that once Josh came on the Will Its became too complicated. I'm on the newer side of a MB (started in 2018) so I personally agree with you.
I assumed Nicole was making lamb tacos because lamb is often served with Mint Jelly and Pine is very similar to mint in flavor. It's very fresh and herbaceous.
If anyone, for reasons I can't possibly imagine, decides to make this recipe, I recommend doing it in the spring or early summer and only using the tips of the branches. That's where the new growth happens, and they will be reasonably tender and less likely to make Josh's worst nightmare happen to you in real life.
There's a whole world of pine recipes to make with these buds even! Like emmymade did a pine needle sprite which sounds fantastic, and in her video mentions some of the things people do with them
Agreed!! Spring/early summer spruce tips are an amazing citrus substitute. But only that new growth folks. Don't eat or use needles...not a good idea. I have made syrup, used in salsa, and paired with salmon.
I think(in my dumb opinion) that they should have an episode where an expert on native edible plants species of their area guide the mythical kitchen crew out camping (or just on a hike), to find ingredients that are TECHNICALLY edible and plants they usually wouldn't think about... And educational and all that 😂 ... It was fun to see them super uncomfortable with an ingredient. P.S. Maybe making pinecone jam for the holidays coming up is another idea?
Ummm so Alexis Nikole, aka the black forager, may be down. She is from Ohio but goes out to CA because of a friend? Sister? Lives in CA, if I recall correctly.
In Korean cuisine, it's traditional to steam songpyeon (sweet filled rice cakes) on a bed of pine needles, and they are an inseperable part of celebrating the Chuseok Fall holiday. Maybe if you try pine needles again, you can look to Korean cuisine for inspo.
I'm not a neurologist, but my ADHD sees Josh's ADHD, and not being able to find things right in front of you is related to our brain's inability to sort input effectively. Like, most folks can ignore things around them and focus on what's relevant, but we really can't. Never change, Josh! ❤
Literally what I thought when he said that. 😂 ADHD knows ADHD. They shouldn’t even require psychologists, just put someone in a room with someone w/ adhd and they’ll confirm or deny.
Pine needle tea is super delish and has a ton of vitamin c! Mix it with some sassafras roots or syrup to make it sweeter. I bet it would make an excellent, earthy marinade.
Of all the things Josh has willingly gobbled down on Mythical channels, it's kind of funny to me what he was so hesitant about his own pine needle spice blend.
My sister lives in the Yukon (Canada) and they harvest spruce tips in the spring. They are soft and not prickly when you harvest early. She then freezes them and uses them in smoothies and to make a flavoured simple syrup. They are actually quite nice in smoothies, kind of like a healthier non-alcoholic gin and juice with the evergreen and fruit mixture. They are supposed to be really good for you too!
I wish more culinary arts in general took Indigenous cuisine more seriously. I remember being taught that First Nations Anishinaabe would eat some pineneedles, but more as a last resort when game was scarce
This has very little to do with the episode, but I love Chase's use of 'streets ahead' so casually (22:46)! Pierce knew what he was doing when he coined that phrase!!
@@Polyphemus89 no it isn't, their sentence reads that she used pine nuts and they're surprised she didn't substitute for peanuts. Grammar and syntax aren't that hard to understand.
I imagine after this episode the google analytics on "Can you eat pine needles" has gone through the roof. I guess since Rosemary is edible and fantastic it stand to reason, but I had always assumed Pine needles were inedible.
I know dogs aren't supposed to eat pine needles because they're jabby which is not ideal for the intestines, but I know spruce beer is a thing (tastes how pinesol smells) so maybe it's the form that's the issue
I have been waiting for these types of episodes! Remaking/improving on the food from "Will it" episodes before the Mythical Kitchen team was a thing! LOVE it!!
As someone who drinks spruce beers and pine needle teas, and was taught as a child about foraging for edible pine needles in survival situations, I really enjoyed this.
We eat spruce needles in Finland but only the first new sprouts in the spring. Can be used like a herb, a bit like rosemary or made in to a tea. But only the new spring sprouts.
I'd go for a Korean fusion taco here. A pine cheong used to glaze a protein, possibly mixed into a gochujang marinade. I'd use sliced pickled radish, ssamjang, and green onions to garnish? Maybe? I'm tempted to try it out, honestly.
How could I not comment on how much I love this? A blending of OG GMM Will-it?s and Mythical Kitchen. And Chase "Boiled for Safety" Hill as judge? Gold.
The amazing chemistry between the members of the Mythical Kitchen is what makes videos like this as fantastic as they are… not to mention the absolute insane premise of a pine needle taco in this specific case 😅. Another amazing video 👍.
I remember watching this episode before school in like 6th grade and now I’m here watching it again on food crimes in my college dorm at 21, full circle moment
2:50 at this point, I feel the need to point out that there are many places in Mexico, Central America, and South America wherein pine trees grow, naturally. The idea of combining pine needles and chipotle is not that crazy.😊😜😜😜🤪it is just different from what the US market expects.
No pine needle tea. No pine bacon. No pine nuts. Roasted chicken, pine needle tea sauce in top, wrapped in pine bacon and topped with pine nuts. Enjoy.
True but part of the fun was watching r&l suffer through the horrible tasting food. I wish now they would incorporate more horrid tasting stuff disguised as a pretty dish haha
I hope Rhett and Link also got to try these. And I hope they have a revisit Will It episode like this where they try the original versus the elevated version. Not necessarily a Will It (unless it's like a... Will It "IMPROVE" episode haha 😅) but yeah. I dunno. That's what their great minds are for 😅😅😅😅 I just want to see how they can improve the old food, and see Rhett and Link eat it 😜
It was surreal to hear chase talk with such purpose and authority (aka Production Man Chase lol). Always respected Chase (RIP Moochelle), but now I have an all new reason to! 😊
I'm a mythical beast that's a neurologist. What you experienced is a normal phenomenon called "inattentional blindness". Perhaps worse in those with ADHD.... 👀 It was not a salient stimulus for the first 10 steps so then your attention turns to needing it and it just a part of the background as far as your brain is concerned and is not registered as an object you need. Especially if you have minimal use of the spice grinder your brain will just say "No that's just some cup". The longer something spends in your inattention (Not addressed by your conscious need) the harder It is to bring it into attention when it does become useful.
I'd love more of this sort of thing, I remember back in the day when GMK was briefly focused more on showing how the wacky foods in GMM episodes got made, and this is like an extension of that
As if the worst food crime ever on GMM *wasn’t* the bile cheesecake Josh made
Can't wait for them to do busting bile myths
And the _generous_ bile drizzle Josh would give it
That's the first thing I thought of when Josh said that, but many things have seemed worse than these tacos. Rocky Toad ice cream springs to mind.
Ayo? I gotta watch that
Shudder
9 years ago, I was 14. I was a freshman in high school. I had just really been introduced to the internet. My dad sat the family down to watch a funny video on TH-cam: "Will it Taco?"
I remember cry laughing on the floor when they brought out the pine needles. Idk why but it was absolutely hilarious to me. That very concept of grown men eating pine needles stuffed dry into a taco shell started my love for GMM. 9 years holy cow. I watch this stuff while I make dinner and my roommates often say "omg i remember them!" Thank you, weird internet uncles and team. Thank you.
That’s awesome! I was a Mythical Beastie ever since I was 12 in middle school and was bored out of my mind and I found the internet thanks to these guys (R + L) I’ve been watching ever since. I’m now in college and they’ve been with me thru so many life transitions, no matter what happens, GMM will always be constant thing I can look forward to! ☺️
Thanks for reminding me that I was 14 10 years ago it doesn’t feel that long ago 😂
Literally same but I was 12 ❤😂
When I introduce people to Mythical, I show them the two "Will It Taco?"s. I might have to add this one.
I love how Nicole always tries to kind of hide the ingredient while Josh is like "I want you to hate this" and yet he still wins.
I like how Chase's legacy is putting a handful of pine needles into a taco shell, lmao.
I would love to see a series of this. Redeem all the pre-Mythical Kitchen foods like you did with this and the blood taco.
YES!
I second this
Redeem?
Let’s bring back how food used to be made.
I want to see ice cream in crayons.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that wants to see the blood taco.
@@iamshadowfox86Josh already did this with the blood taco on gmm
This is the most midwest "when I was a kid I ate a pinecone in my grandma's back yard" energy I've seen since I was a kid in my grandma's back yard.
Wait you can get pinecones? I had no idea I always saw them as decorations but didn't think about eating them. I guess you learn something new every day
Having grown up in the Midwest, I can confirm this sentiment even if I've never partaken in such behavior myself.
@vetoplier you can eat anything if you try hard enough
In case anybody was curious, they are extremely dry and don’t really taste like much. I wouldn’t recommend eating them.
I definitely did not roast one over a campfire before eating it. That would be ridiculous
@@noobbrosifI believe that you didn't because that would be ridiculous 💀
"I haven't loved cooking in like 6 months" that hit hard because I relate so much. It's a crazy feeling when it rushes back over something random
I low key love this idea as a series, saving those old will-it episodes, during which many of us actually felt these could have been done much better with a little dressing up. It is also so great to see the different takes the chefs have of doing this!
Its funny to see this sentiment because the complaint I usually see is that once Josh came on the Will Its became too complicated. I'm on the newer side of a MB (started in 2018) so I personally agree with you.
Pierce smiled up from hell when Chase said "streets ahead"
If no one understands, yall are streets behind 😂
You were streets ahead of the rest of us.
I found this comment right as he said it and I took a mental screenshot wow he's truly streets ahead 🙌
Its amazing to find another Community fan
I TOOK A SCREENSHOT IMMEDIATELY, ME AND MY BOYFRIEND LOVE COMMUNITY, I WAS SO SHOCKED
I assumed Nicole was making lamb tacos because lamb is often served with Mint Jelly and Pine is very similar to mint in flavor. It's very fresh and herbaceous.
I thought the same thing. 😅
assuming too much creativity on her part
i’ve been wanting MK to rectify all of the pre- mythical kitchen foods for SO LONG i love this
They should do it all and see if Rhett and Links answers change. Calling it like MK remastered or something
If anyone, for reasons I can't possibly imagine, decides to make this recipe, I recommend doing it in the spring or early summer and only using the tips of the branches. That's where the new growth happens, and they will be reasonably tender and less likely to make Josh's worst nightmare happen to you in real life.
There's a whole world of pine recipes to make with these buds even! Like emmymade did a pine needle sprite which sounds fantastic, and in her video mentions some of the things people do with them
They are good raw too, I imagine there would be many dishes I'd like.
Agreed!! Spring/early summer spruce tips are an amazing citrus substitute. But only that new growth folks. Don't eat or use needles...not a good idea. I have made syrup, used in salsa, and paired with salmon.
@melissag.4317 pine tips are also good in the spring. Mature pine needles... not so much. Not ever.
Yeah, mature pine needles are mainly good for tea, you can extract a lot of vitamin c and flavor from them that way
I think(in my dumb opinion) that they should have an episode where an expert on native edible plants species of their area guide the mythical kitchen crew out camping (or just on a hike), to find ingredients that are TECHNICALLY edible and plants they usually wouldn't think about... And educational and all that 😂
... It was fun to see them super uncomfortable with an ingredient.
P.S.
Maybe making pinecone jam for the holidays coming up is another idea?
Oh my gosh as someone who forages as a hobby I would LOVE this.
Ummm so Alexis Nikole, aka the black forager, may be down. She is from Ohio but goes out to CA because of a friend? Sister? Lives in CA, if I recall correctly.
And then they forage for ingredients and cook in the wild!
SortedFood did something like this. It was a great episode. I definitely think it would be awesome to see the mythical kitchen do it.
100% confident Josh would convince himself something poisonous was edible and wouldn't make it out alive
Idea for the title of this series "Can it?" Since they do "Will it?" and the answer to that question was no. CAN you make it work.
Followed up by the most important question.. Should it? 😂
In Korean cuisine, it's traditional to steam songpyeon (sweet filled rice cakes) on a bed of pine needles, and they are an inseperable part of celebrating the Chuseok Fall holiday. Maybe if you try pine needles again, you can look to Korean cuisine for inspo.
I'm a bit surprised Josh didn't go Korean with this one, because he does so often. There's 솔잎차 and that 솔의눈 soda.
That sounds interesting, I hope I'll get to taste it one day!
@@mamajinx True!
It does not surprise me that Chase is responsible. He just has that kind of energy, in a good way.
I'm not a neurologist, but my ADHD sees Josh's ADHD, and not being able to find things right in front of you is related to our brain's inability to sort input effectively. Like, most folks can ignore things around them and focus on what's relevant, but we really can't. Never change, Josh! ❤
Not a neurologist either, but ADHD is my bet as well.
As someone with ADHD who is not a neurologist, I co-sign this
He's said he has ADHD before and yeah I also relate painfully to this oops
I fourth this statement
Literally what I thought when he said that. 😂 ADHD knows ADHD. They shouldn’t even require psychologists, just put someone in a room with someone w/ adhd and they’ll confirm or deny.
Josh saying "I'm a human man!" gave me some real Pinnochio "I'm a real boy!" vibes. XD
Hilarious to me that Nicole was going for Christmas vibes and Chase specifically said Joshes was Christmas 😂
Pine needle tea is super delish and has a ton of vitamin c! Mix it with some sassafras roots or syrup to make it sweeter. I bet it would make an excellent, earthy marinade.
After watching this episode and hearing Josh say "did we go too far?" I want to see food fears brought back
Of all the things Josh has willingly gobbled down on Mythical channels, it's kind of funny to me what he was so hesitant about his own pine needle spice blend.
4:27 The real crime here is not referring to Spruce Sprigsteen as “The Boughs”
+10000 internets to you. 😂
Josh always feels unhinged when he's put in his little box
My sister lives in the Yukon (Canada) and they harvest spruce tips in the spring. They are soft and not prickly when you harvest early. She then freezes them and uses them in smoothies and to make a flavoured simple syrup. They are actually quite nice in smoothies, kind of like a healthier non-alcoholic gin and juice with the evergreen and fruit mixture. They are supposed to be really good for you too!
I wish more culinary arts in general took Indigenous cuisine more seriously. I remember being taught that First Nations Anishinaabe would eat some pineneedles, but more as a last resort when game was scarce
This should be an annual challenge for Christmas who can make the best pine needle meal
I love the structure of this show. The backs and forth between chef and observer is hilarious
This has very little to do with the episode, but I love Chase's use of 'streets ahead' so casually (22:46)! Pierce knew what he was doing when he coined that phrase!!
I’m surprised a bit that Nicole didn’t substitute pine nuts for peanuts.
I blinked and missed what kind of nuts she was using and just made the assumption it was pine nuts
She did use peanuts
@@SylasTheGreatright, that’s what they said
@@Polyphemus89 no it isn't, their sentence reads that she used pine nuts and they're surprised she didn't substitute for peanuts. Grammar and syntax aren't that hard to understand.
@SylasTheGreat uh oh. Either you're trolling or are a very wrong elitist lol
I imagine after this episode the google analytics on "Can you eat pine needles" has gone through the roof. I guess since Rosemary is edible and fantastic it stand to reason, but I had always assumed Pine needles were inedible.
Look up can you eat a Christmas tree on TH-cam.
I know dogs aren't supposed to eat pine needles because they're jabby which is not ideal for the intestines, but I know spruce beer is a thing (tastes how pinesol smells) so maybe it's the form that's the issue
10 months late but yeah, they're edible, and some cuisine use them
I have been waiting for these types of episodes! Remaking/improving on the food from "Will it" episodes before the Mythical Kitchen team was a thing! LOVE it!!
As someone who drinks spruce beers and pine needle teas, and was taught as a child about foraging for edible pine needles in survival situations, I really enjoyed this.
Nichole went the right way imo. Mint and lamb is a classic combo, shoulda gone that direction more
chase lifting josh was more shocking to me than anything they've cooked. man is hiding GUNS
You missed a golden opportunity to make spruce beer to wash these down with. 😁
We eat spruce needles in Finland but only the first new sprouts in the spring. Can be used like a herb, a bit like rosemary or made in to a tea. But only the new spring sprouts.
Did Chase say "Streets Ahead?" Oh my god, Community for the WIN!
That blender has seen so many horrors.
I'd go for a Korean fusion taco here. A pine cheong used to glaze a protein, possibly mixed into a gochujang marinade. I'd use sliced pickled radish, ssamjang, and green onions to garnish? Maybe? I'm tempted to try it out, honestly.
Chase with the “streets ahead” Community reference is top tier
22:47 glad to see Chase isn't streets behind
Josh's burning of the needles is how you add the soul of the tree.
How could I not comment on how much I love this? A blending of OG GMM Will-it?s and Mythical Kitchen. And Chase "Boiled for Safety" Hill as judge? Gold.
I really like this format! I hope to see more food crimes expunged in the future
The amazing chemistry between the members of the Mythical Kitchen is what makes videos like this as fantastic as they are… not to mention the absolute insane premise of a pine needle taco in this specific case 😅. Another amazing video 👍.
It's so strange how nostalgic I've become for the "Boiled for Safety" era of GMM...
STREETS AHEAD!!!!!! Didnt know I could love Chase even more.
Chase knows Pierce Hawthorne slang - STREETS AHEAD
I'm always so proud of Josh lol, you can't help but root for him
I remember watching this episode before school in like 6th grade and now I’m here watching it again on food crimes in my college dorm at 21, full circle moment
Josh: Can you taste the pine?
Nicole: He can't hear you Josh
Josh: :D
Chase walked so Mythical Kitchen could run. We stan the whole GMM crew. They make everything possible
I just…can’t. 😂 The surprises keep coming and my system is like YES, no, YES, Omg you’re doing what?
2:50 at this point, I feel the need to point out that there are many places in Mexico, Central America, and South America wherein pine trees grow, naturally. The idea of combining pine needles and chipotle is not that crazy.😊😜😜😜🤪it is just different from what the US market expects.
The amount of anxiety in Nicole’s voice as she tries to blend those pine needles kills me 😂😂
13:09 - Not a neurologist, but a neurodivergent, I'mma take a crack at answering anyway though. Best guess? ADHD.
No pine needle tea. No pine bacon. No pine nuts.
Roasted chicken, pine needle tea sauce in top, wrapped in pine bacon and topped with pine nuts.
Enjoy.
Dog food consistency 😂😂😂. Do a show where you take the ingredients in pet food and prepare it for humans
No one has mentioned this, but Chase made a Community reference! Streets ahead!
Hahaha the ceiling collapsed in my office as well. I felt that defeated humor Nicole 😂
Wait, have people actually said they ruined Will It episodes? That's insane. They've only gotten better over time.
True but part of the fun was watching r&l suffer through the horrible tasting food. I wish now they would incorporate more horrid tasting stuff disguised as a pretty dish haha
@@Ząbzupazębowa Meh. The disgusting stuff makes for some good laughs but I enjoy seeing them be genuinely wowed by something good just as much.
There is a drink (somewhere in Europe) which is pine needles stored in vodka. Apparently a very nice menthol flavour.
Chase's Community reference ("streets ahead") made my whole day. Pierce would be proud.
"I like my tacos on the meatier side." 💀☠️
Me too Nicole, me too..
Chase, I too feel compelled to use Pierce Hawthorn's "streets ahead" from time to time. But it is an urge we must fight.
22:45 Pierce Hawthorn was ahead of his time.
Most offensive thing he's ever made? Does Josh not remember the pants flower pickles he made with Rhett?
Chase is streets ahead for using streets ahead.
I hope Rhett and Link also got to try these. And I hope they have a revisit Will It episode like this where they try the original versus the elevated version. Not necessarily a Will It (unless it's like a... Will It "IMPROVE" episode haha 😅) but yeah. I dunno. That's what their great minds are for 😅😅😅😅 I just want to see how they can improve the old food, and see Rhett and Link eat it 😜
Please keep making more of these.
Love the head to head format with the commentary 😂😂😂💯
Love that Community reference from Chase.
Who says Mythical Kitchen ruined Will Its? Y'all shut up, they made it 1000% better.
These are the kinds of episodes I really enjoy, even when it ends in a culinary fiasco!
Not gonna lie, Mythical wouldn’t be the same without Josh, Nicole, and especially Chase!!!! ❤❤
Josh has the correct level of sarcasm that I love. Also, y’all are great, more myth munchers!!
Streets ahead! lol. Love Chase's Community reference.
i love chase casually dropping a "streets ahead"
Adding to everyone's not a neurologist, but my ADHD also sees you Josh 😊
Sometimes when Nicole laughs and talks at the same time, she sounds like Missy from Big Mouth 😂
It was surreal to hear chase talk with such purpose and authority (aka Production Man Chase lol).
Always respected Chase (RIP Moochelle), but now I have an all new reason to! 😊
I love the subtle Christmas music in the middle of July.
This would have been a great crossover with Food Theory with all their Christmas tree videos.
my humor is so broken, the silent shot of bruce after you tore leaves off him made me looool
For Christmas, team up with MatPat for food theory. Eating a Christmas tree and saw dust cookies. You guys can help the man out. Haha
I'm a mythical beast that's a neurologist. What you experienced is a normal phenomenon called "inattentional blindness". Perhaps worse in those with ADHD.... 👀
It was not a salient stimulus for the first 10 steps so then your attention turns to needing it and it just a part of the background as far as your brain is concerned and is not registered as an object you need. Especially if you have minimal use of the spice grinder your brain will just say "No that's just some cup". The longer something spends in your inattention (Not addressed by your conscious need) the harder It is to bring it into attention when it does become useful.
Is this where I admit that I actually used to pick off and eat pine needles off the Christmas tree?
Josh standing next to Chase really makes me realize what a giant Josh is
I love how crazy Josh is but damn he is so creative with his cooking. Inspires me to want to cook
Nicole doing thu thu like an Indian is the thing I didnt know I needed to watch but Im so glad I did
Loved your Pine Needle Salsa recipe soo much I recreated it. Quick question though…why have I got anus lacerations? 🤨
“That’s what we call ‘a bit’ in the business” is what I’m going to start saying every time I do a bit.
Its weird to see a full "how its made" cooking process for PINE NEEDLE TACOS as if were gonna follow this and do it ourselves.
We absolutely need an episode where Josh and Nicole make elaborate meals for each other.
I love this. Please do the Bile Cheesecake next.
As long as they try to make it taste better.
Rene redzepi is danish. His father is balkan. He is born, raised, educated in copenhagen. And his mother in danish.
I'd love more of this sort of thing, I remember back in the day when GMK was briefly focused more on showing how the wacky foods in GMM episodes got made, and this is like an extension of that
You could also just put a half bottle of gin in the sauce, and Bob's your uncle 🤣
11:17 Oh,- there we go 😁
Streets ahead! RIP Pierce.
I'm not going to try this... But I'm happy that you did.
Seeing Nicole carry in the tree made me realize I wouldn’t want to pick a fight with her! 😂 Josh better watch out! 😮😂