Blind Tasting PREMIUM Ingredients vs BUDGET Ingredients | Where Best to Spend Your Money? Ep. 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 มิ.ย. 2020
- You LOVED the last Pick The Premium episode so we’ve decided to treat you to another! In this episode, we ask ourselves the question, is it worth splashing the extra cash on premium ingredients when the cheaper alternatives taste just as good? Or do they? Watch our blind taste test to find out!
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Have you guys compared regular vs premium spices? I would be interested if there is really any difference between what you buy at a supermarket and what you buy in a high end spice store other than the packaging.
Would definitely be interested in seeing this!
Ohh, yes 😍 Talk like that to me! Briliant shout 😊❤️
Count me in! A blind taste test of identical dishes like on the cakes at the beginning of this video would be perfect. Put Ben and James in the hot seat.
I'll add a shout to this, even though i already know there is. Huge difference. Not always in flavor, but a lot of the premium spices you get at spice shops are much more carefully processed, so you get less stem and chaff and more pure spice than with the store bought. Home grown herb garden is still the way to go though for all but the exotic stuff!
Yes! And since Ben loves garden herbs, how about the fresh vs dried?
Ben spooning Mike's jam back onto his scone just confirms my opinion that he's Team Mum.
100%
@@SortedFood THE BLOOPER. I was so right.
Plus he did quip it’s like feeding a child so you’re not wrong there
Nothing wrong with that. There needs to be someone to keep everything together. Especially in that family: sassy older brother, messy middlechild, confused youngest brother, and a dad that does nothing but telling jokes and eating 😁
@@amaliejochimsen9057 I have to chime in. Dad makes some amazing dishes
4:01 Mike: "I shouldn't be a normal"
I love that comment. A testament to how far you've all come and I agree and think its about time.
Time for what? A challenge by the chefs that will determine if they are given a new Title.
LET IT BEGIN!!!
Also I love Mike in a hat. Makes him look like a Baseball player or hardcore fan at least.
Hardcore Deftones fan, yes.
The problem is that to be a "chef" you have to be professionally trained and stuff. At best the boys could reach "Home Cooks" which is really what any normal is.
I feel the same. I cook for a living and don't have the knife skills they do. They may not be "chefs" but they are not the atypical home cooks.
Ben is the hardest personality for me to crack. He’s like a mom who wants the kids to be more independent but also loves doing things for them? I feel like both chefs keep their personalities so under wraps. When I cook I’m like “do you like it?!?”
Today you’ll be blind tasting some food guys... Mike: White shirt it is then!
Great choice for red pasta sauce 😂
@@SortedFood I was so scared the jam would be flung onto his shirt!
SORTEDfood in all fairness, one thing I’ve lost the ability to do since lockdown is eat without covering myself in food!
When you have to taste test at 1pm and catch 'em all at 1:30.
Mike looks great considering he's four years old, judging by the state of his pasta plate.
I can see why you had Jamie and Mike do this taste test, because everyone knows Barry would pick every single premium ingredient regardless
except if its smoked salmon- then Barry would pick the cheap stuff
hm. the last time Jamie was better at it, though🤔
@@lulana9545 in an honest review, I just can't picture Barry choosing regular jam over 'strawberry essence stronger than life'
It's his one strength 😅
They probably took most of the premium items from Barry’s house so he would have had an unfair advantage
17:14 “It’s like feeding a child” amazing that I haven’t heard that before, given the blind taste tests.
Amazing that hasn't been said before considering Barry.
This blooper confirmed what I've been thinking for a while now: this TH-cam channel is not only about food - it's also a ten year training for Ben on how to be a great (if slightly exasperated) Dad. And I love every minute of it!
Big thanks to the boys and the whole team for being so reliable and wonderful during this crazy, crazy time, I hope all of you are well!
Oh OOO
Somehow, I never expected Mike to be a messier eater than Jamie 😂
Mike is the messiest! You wouldn't think it though huh?
@@SortedFood i mean watch him in any pass it on and its no surprise!
Huttlestorm!
Bold of you to assume Jamie would waste food by being messy.
Jamie is a dad, he probably never gets to look at the food he's eating, my mom never did (my brother and I were not model children)
How on earth did mike manage to spill so much pasta 😂😂
LOLLLL
Same way he spilled the jam.
He was using a spoon. lol
he's so messy i love it
It's a gift
Premium bought vs chef made. It would be great to see the picks and prices in comparison, just like the jam.
The premium strawberry jam here was made by Cedric Grolet, winner of 6 best pastry chef award.
I love making my own vanilla extract. Vanilla beans scraped and tossed into a 750 ml of good quality vodka. Shake daily for 3 weeks and great vanilla for ages.
Can you do a lockdown (I guess remote cooking/pass it on fusion now you're back in the studio) pass it on? James is alone in the kitchen and goes first. Then, the next person controls James remotely over zoom. James can give no hints and must only follow instructions.
After someone's turn is finished, they mute themselves but stay on the call with video so we can watch their reactions silently
Omg this!
@@davidrozo766 would be so funny haha
@@StabbyJoe135 I know! James face when Barry or Jaime just go way off!
@@davidrozo766 and sarcastic grumpy grunts for instructions he dislikes even though he knows he can't give clues haha
e.g., how to break James. I can already see his frustrated face and that little jumpy flappy dance he does!
Love that Jamie always put his glasses over the blindfold.
He's doing a 'Mr Napkin Head' impression😂 from 'The Holiday'
SORTEDfood that is amazing to know! I love that movie and that is one of my favorite moments! Love you Jamie.
that shot of mike and his pasta completely spread over the table right after jamie handling his plates so carefully and neatly made me literally laugh out loud. how?? how is that even possible??? hahaha
I love how Jamie still wore his glasses on top of his blindfold. 🤣
Ben: “How often do you get to have cake in both hands and just chomp on it”
Answer: Not often enough
😂 brilliant. You're not wrong here!
too often haaa
The eternal problem TWO hands ONE mouth
Love your answer
Seems like a good life choice. *Goes to find cakes....*
There's a trend in cooking shows where chefs insist on using natural vanilla everywhere, as if it's a matter of dignity. I'm all for using natural vanilla or an extract in things that are supposed to _taste_ of vanilla -- like you said, shakes and creams and the like. Using it in baked goods (especially things like brownies) is pretty much a waste of money. Not to mention that artificial vanillin is actually more environmentally friendly, even though it's made in factories; because it can be efficiently produced in large quantities anywhere in the world, the impact of production comes out less than the impact of growing, harvesting, and then transporting it across the globe in the same amounts.
I completely agree! I always have both on hand. If I’m making something plain in flavor or desserts that does not require baking, I always reach for the expensive vanilla. But for goodies that has more complex flavors, I def use the artificial one cause the common person wouldn’t have the discretion to identify the difference.
If it’s not supposed to taste of vanilla anyway, why bother putting in to begin with?
@@anjmehra Vanilla plays very well with other flavours, and much like salt and pepper it's a very good flavor enhancer and pushes other flavours forward. So you know add a bit to your chocolate cake and now it tastes like a way better chocolate cake rather than a vanilla and chocolate cake.
It's also a great flavor on it's own, but is very subtle and doesn't always tolerate heat well, which is why baking with it, particularly things like cookies, is often excessive. SO unless you're trying to make something taste like vanilla, proper extract (let alone vanilla bean) is often entirely excessive. If you keep adding equivalent amounts (not equal volumes) of artificial vanilla and pure vanilla extracts into a cup of coffee and it will taste very similar, right up to the point the vanilla flavour becomes more dominate and the pure extract becomes preferable.
It really depends, baked goods where you want the Vanilla taste to shine are going to benefit from it greatly...
Here in Brazil it's currently forbidding to buy vanilla pods, which are expensive anyway. But when I want to make a vanilla ice cream... I just have to spend the money to buy at least one pod. Otherwise, I completely agree with you, I use the vanilla "essence" for all baked stuff. Also, I can find vanilla paste for a fraction of the price of the pods, even though it's much more expensive than the essence, and it lasts a long time.
I’d love to see these in compared by amount. For example, a cake with 0.50$ of cheap vanilla vs 0.50$ of expensive vanilla. A true question of “does the increased price, mean you can actually use less?” Or a question asking: “Would you rather buy less of the premium version or more of the cheaper one?”
Why does Mike look like his Dad just dropped him off here on set before tonight's baseball game?
No, only kidding. I'm aware of the COVID hair struggle.
Michael Adultman
Uh... Jamie actually had steak left over?! JAMIE. Had. Steak. Left. Over
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH JAMIE!?
He ate it off camera, don't worry, he hasn't changed 😂
I had to imagine that Jamie needed less of the steak to make his decision because he’s used to eating steak 😂
@@SortedFood **whew!** (wipes brow) mite bit concerned for a sec!
@@arillusine the fact that he has decided his answer has never in the past stopped him from finishing it.
Give the lad a break. He was simply savoring it. Making it last longer. A true meat connoisseur.
The jam sliding off made me laugh way more than it should have
that's what happens when you put the jam and cream on the wrong way round
@@MrDavidNichols I beg to differ 🤔😂
jam THEN cream 👌🏼
What were you thinking? Warm scone with cream on the bottom?????!!!!!!!! ;)
I love how they go for waitrose for the budget option
People who can afford to shop in Waitrose aren't buying anything "basic". :D
Is waitrose expensive in england? We get it in my country for super cheap 😮
@@mariacerda9568 😮😮 where do you live?
@@Rese92 in chile. The supermarket near my house has a lot of waitrose produce and they are cheaper than my country's food brands
maria cerda Waitrose is our MOST premium supermarket!!
12:04 “this jam, number A” 😂😂
Mike looks like a kid wearing an adult sized hat
😂
The lockdown hair struggle is real.
I was looking for this comment 😂
Looks like he's wearing one of the caps jockey's wear without the helmet underneath
@@SortedFood Ask him if that's a Deftones' White Pony hat please.
I defy anyone to say that they didn't spend the whole video wondering how badly Mike thinks he needs a haircut 😂
I really appreciated the acknowledgement that sometimes the more expensive ingredient, even though they taste better, aren't necessarily always better suited for every purpose
When you do this again you should absolutely include cheeses! Cheddars and Parmesans especially. I can never tell the difference at least between a high end and a store brand.
17:16 With the cap and Ben practically feeding him... Tyrone??
So Tyrone is Mike's alter ego?
@@shanayazaveri2620 Tyrone is Ben's illegitimate son (running joke from earlier series haha 😂)
Have we just witnessed how Jamie reacts when he dreams of having steak in his sleep? 12:36
You certainly have 😂
i appreciate how sorted asks you to like the video and subscribe. Compared to other channels its a lot less jarring, doesn't interrupt the flow, and only lasts a second or two.
I love how Mike was comparing his empty plates of steaks like they're still there and he didn't devour them.
Love you guys. Don’t ever stop doing what you’re doing ❤️❤️ you’ve got me from eating take away as dinner and cooking for myself
That's SO GOOD to hear! Thank you for letting us know, keep up the good work 🙌
Mike: "Yes. I shouldn't be a normal"
Yes, Mike. You aren't the "weakest" normal as they say, it's a myth! You're like the neglected middle child who has a steak-loving elder and posh younger brother! You learn to become better than your siblings, not to be as good as them!
Justice for Huttlestone!!!!
On behalf of all the middle children - yes
I read this as Janice
#justiceforhuttlestone As another middle child, I support!!!!!!
@@Wargwolf91 oh dear, oh dear
@@janmay3901
Hahahaha I'm 🤣🤣
I think what Jamie said was bang on, especially the part when he says adjusting budgets. Also I think knowing your palate (if that's how you spell it) and buying the right thing is very important. I don't have the most sophisticated palate therefore i know when I see that jam, I'd pretty much prefer the cheaper one than the premium because that'll satisfy me better. So my take is know you palate, know your budget, and you'll have the recipe for food satisfaction on hand
FYI: Vanilla is probably one of the most expensive ingredients there are due to the labour intensive processing needed to produce it, 11 pounds sound like a very good price for 100ml.
I feel bad for Mike because he does have a hard time eating the Penne with the spoon 😅
really love this Blind Tasting video concept, looking for more of it!
Mike’s whispered “I shouldn’t be a normal” is such a mood 😂
"It's like feeding a child" i really does look like it, he just wiping his hands together just keeping them all sticky AHAHAHA.
I'd love to see a budget vs premium vs homemade blind taste test!
I love Jamie's shirt. Honestly, his shirts in general are iconic.
He does love a colourful shirt!
Is it just me or these are kind of shirts Harry would wear?
I wonder if he has equally interesting socks collection.
@@SortedFood are we sure he knows they are colourful? Maybe they all look the same to him!
@@uhhyousee agreed 😂😂😂
Me, and Aldi fan: "Barilla!"
I'm a little pleased they both guessed that one wrong. Go cheap!
Barilla sauces are not bad at all for what they are -- a quick, cheap and decent sauce for when you can't be arsed to even spend the 10min required to make your own. I'm actually 100% with Jamie there: I really don't see the point of spending more for a "premium" pre-made sauce when realistically your options should either be "make your own" or "get the cheap and fast one cause you're poor and/or dead tired".
@@wloffblizz TBH just buy the own savers brand of all sauces and just ramp up the taste by adding fresh ingredient extras to it , i buy morrisons savers tikka sauce and add fresh ingredients to increase its profile
@@girlsdrinkfeck My main issue with that is less price and more health, if I'm making my own tikka masala I probably wouldn't add any sugar and only a little salt, but when it's a jar you can't control it as much
Barilla is probably the most premium of the normal supermarket stuff so sure go for it. I wouldn't want to go much lower though ^^
Barilla is fine for the price and quality, so agreed Barilla for the win. - You sure can get lower especially the "own brand"
I'm glad that explained which one they liked more! These comments are more helpful than just guessing which is more expensive. I WANT TO KNOW IF IT'S WORTH
Let's have a "Pick the Premium" where the winner gets to keep the ingredients, but the twist is that the winner also has to use those same ingredients in a recipe in the 1914 cookbook, they don't get told until after they win.
I can't appreciate what you guys are doing enough! I always enjoy learning something new from the amazing Ben. Love from India!
Mike covering his lockdown hair with a cap I see 😂
Yup the struggle is real. Jamie and Barry have had a trim from their wives, but Mike is definitely rocking the lockdown locks 😂
@@SortedFood give it another few months and he'll fit in at a metal concert
Of all the channels to which I subscribe, this is my favorite. I never miss a video. Thanks, gents!
I'm sure you hear this all the time but, in all seriousness, thank you for making these videos. You have helped me fill out my kitchen. And also thank you for the recipes too. My favorite videos are the pretentious or not videos. Keep up the good work guys!
A suggestion for different premium ingredients: different types of vinegars
There are hundreds of different types of red wine vinegars, white wine vinegars, cider, champagne etc, and I could not for the life of me tell the difference between them
Yesss would like to see the chefs do this one and explain their choices/how they would cook with the premium vs non-premium ingredients
I completely agree with you. The other day i was given vinegar cream with truffle. Great truffle aroma, no taste at all. Was left selling myself why this became a product
Why are vinegars named after alcohols? That seems strange because I don't think they're actually putting alcohol into the vinegar
@@rosequill7925 That's actually because it's made out of wine and liquor. When a wine goes acid because of (i think) overfermentation it starts changing into a vinegar. Then (since rome more or less) we learned to control this process and to make vinegars. That's why they can be so interesting to pair with food and cooking as a wine. Also they can be aged.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinegar (wikipedia article in case you wanna check it out a bit more)
I feel happy for Jamie that he gets to take the steak home cause who else loves steak more! ☺️
Include Barry as a 3-way competition, and make it BUDGET vs PREMIUM vs HOMEMADE!
I am so hooked on all of these videos. Love it both for information and entertainment!
Mike talking about how good each steak was in front of two empty plates…😜
Ben is just chilling the whole way through this. He's like "I've been cooking all day can we finish now?"
The circumstances aren't great right now, but I've just been rewatching your food marathon videos and it'd be great to see you guys do another one (once the pandemic is over)!
I sincerely really enjoyed this vid.
Great work guys, I love it. Keep it coming 👍
Can you do a virtual controlled pass it on where you get one person to cook and then everyone takes turns to control the person virtually? I think having Jamie be the one being controlled would be the funniest. I'd love to see that, thanks for reading.
12:52 suddenly the tables have turned. It’s Normal Ben and Meatman Jamie 😅
I love that Jamie puts his glass on over the blindfold. :)
You guys honestly got me through lockdown. Your channel is the BEST.
I think Jamie has a well-developed palate when it comes to describing foods. I feel like I can tactiley sense the foods that he describes.
"It's like feeding a child" says the man who traded his son for chef's knife. Justice for Tyrone!
I agree with Jamie's takeaway of the video. Even though I know it is not always the easiest thing to do from a money standpoint.
These videos help everyone. We all stand and look at the top and bottom end of so many products. I’m a keto girl and the ingredients mean more to me than price (make my own mostly) but I do the same thing as I am looking for food. Love you guys and thank you once again.
Ebbers thinking *Waitrose* jam is a """basic""" jam, is the most Ebbers thing he's ever Ebbered 🙈
It's part of the Essential line from waitrose, that is very basic.
@@vakeesan not as basic as asda smart price. 28p per jar. 6.2p per 100g. Asda Extra Special 1.25 or 36.8p per 100g. Lidl Strawberry Marc de champagne £1.29 37.9p per 100g. You dont know what basic means!!!! ;)
@@shelleyphilcox4743 I guess basic is very subjective. I would classify Asda Smart price jam as "cheap" and not "basic". Waitrose's Jam is only 82p, that is very basic to me compared to even Bonne Maman which is £2.60 per jar
"I shouldn't be a normal"
Proceeds to lose against Jamie 😂
I don’t know the psychology behind it but the little card in the middle of the video that says please like the video it really helps us gets me every single time
My mom always insisted on making our own tomato sauce, but one day I was too lazy to do it and bought that Barilla sauce and never looked back. Sincerely better than any sauce I have ever made from scratch
"I shouldn't be a normal" - same feels when doing a dish for the first time and it's more than decent 😂😂
i love how mike is attempting to cover his “quarantine hair” with his hat lmao
Great episode! Love you guys!!
This was definitely a more honest review of these products than usual, I really like it!
Im appreciating the defotones cappy :D
😉🙌👌
First thing I spotted!
First thing i noticed!
Me too 👍🏼👍🏼
Ben just needs an opportunity to Math Away 😂
Any excuse 😂
Cue he's a supergeek song
I love'd that you had a middle option for the jam. When I'm at the store I never buy the highest end version of anything, the price just makes it unreasonable, but knowing if its worth it to upgrade a bit is very helpful.
Possible interesting comparisons:
- honey
- eggs (organic & high end vs cheap ones)
- olive oil
- yoghurt
- stuffed pasta like ravioli or tortellini
- ice cream
- breakfast cereal
- tomato ketchup
- peanut butter
"A basic jam" - *Waitrose essentials*.
Is Mike a deftomes fan or is it a coincidence that the horse on his hat looks like the white pony horse?
Was asking myself the same thing! Somebody is showing some musical taste there!
Yay I'm not the only one who was wondering!
I was looking for this comment!
Yeah, I checked this before and it's genuine merch from the Deftones site.
June 20th was the 20 year anniversary of White Pony! It is indeed a Deftones Hat.
More PLEASE..really enjoyed today's program
I am so happy to see you all in the same room again, started missing the feel!
Ninja just released new gadgets in their "foodi" range a new air fryer and a air grill which is meant to give it a char grilled smoky flavour to the food but indoors which seems interesting and could be a good idea for a gadget video
Oh, if ever there was a challenge meant for chefs vs normals it's this one.
Great video keep up the fine work. You chaps are great.
Liked this mainly for the white pony headwear. Keep up the good work!
Ben: “Wagyu”
*GUGA HAS ENTERED THE CHAT*
I believe you mean "hwagu"
I know it doesn't look good now, but watch this!
*dry aged steak*
“Smells luke sourdough just by the way its shaped” excuse me?
Amazing as always! Keep this up!
I love these videos! I'd love to see you guys do a blind taste test with dishes using fresh herbs vs dry herbs. Obviously both have their places in the kitchen, but how much of a difference is there really?
Always get the premium bread
Always
It's so worth it!!!
Mike’s hair deserves a biography. It needs an agent to represent it.
We agree!
Basically with all ingredients, if the main flavor is one specific ingredient (tomato, vanilla, steak, etc.) the expensive option is worth it.
If you adding it with a bunch of flavors (steak in a stir fry, tomatoes in chili/soup, vanilla in chocolate cake) then the cheap ingredients are better value because you aren’t wasting money on extra flavors you will be covering up anyways.
These are awesome! Please keep them coming
“Both sauces made in Italy” - Camera scrolls past jar and shows it’s made in the UK.
Just realized there's no dad jokes and no fridgecams. I'm not loving the "new normal" at all :(
Excellent. I was doing quite an excellent job disguising my viewing with earpods at office. Did not expect Ben’s comment on blooper and laughed out loud. VERY loudly, indeed. Ben, In spite of your short patience with misbehaving Normals, you are a treasure, you excellent Japanese cooking steak chef, you! Also, Barry’s reaction to eating the meat melted my heart
Barry?
I need more of this series!!!
Mike: I shouldn't be a normal
Also Mike: cannot eat pasta or scones
LOLLLL
i've never seen someone look so bad in a hat without knowing it. That hair is stapled into that hat right?
Well done Jamie! And I think it’s always worth spending a little more when you can, to have more deli foods and it’s made in the local area
Massive thumbs up to the people who edited this! I downloaded the video to listen to at work this morning. It was only now, WATCHING at lunch time I realised that Mike and Jamie weren't sitting next to each other the whole time.