James May makes food from his childhood

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ต.ค. 2019
  • Welcome to the first episode of James May's new cooking series! This week sees him making one of the staples from his childhood, the salad sandwich.

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  • @Graylord88
    @Graylord88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3921

    "Food from his childhood".
    -Goes straight to wine bottles.

    • @jaybee4118
      @jaybee4118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      That’s the 70s for you.

    • @EthanAdey
      @EthanAdey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So?

    • @Apatetika
      @Apatetika 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @LinusDickTips You don't have to be rich to not ruin your body.

    • @breadboi205
      @breadboi205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Just coz he drank it as a foetus doesn’t mean its not childhood

    • @amber_long
      @amber_long 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @LinusDickTips You can be sheltered without being born into wealth.

  • @xylaharrison7822
    @xylaharrison7822 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3813

    *This man beat Gordon Ramsey at cooking while drunk. Let that sink in.*

    • @arnoldrivas4590
      @arnoldrivas4590 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      I saw that here on BBC America and on TH-cam of course. It was...a golden moment.

    • @Lagmaster33
      @Lagmaster33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Also destroyed Gordon in the food tasting.

    • @Lux2
      @Lux2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Ramsay can't even eat hárkarl.

    • @76driver
      @76driver 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Knife skills:
      Let the wine do the work...

    • @Lux2
      @Lux2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @Brad Viviviyal , it was in Iceland. The Swedes do have their own rotten fish delicacy: surströmming. It's putrified herring from the northern part of Sweden.

  • @NotAuxell
    @NotAuxell 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2816

    Tonight on Bottom Gear, James suffers from nostalgia and makes himself a sandwich

    • @SusieFanK
      @SusieFanK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Jeremy with a distorted face: jams sadnvich tastes kinda funny innit

    • @damnedlegionaire
      @damnedlegionaire 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@SusieFanK Jims this needs more exhoost fume

    • @perchef8970
      @perchef8970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I used to love rice cake with chicken when I was a child.

    • @user-wu3xz3mf9m
      @user-wu3xz3mf9m 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      James with the new pub.. Jeremy with a farm? Not sure where the little man’s gone?? U can tell there worse off with out each other.. just Chuck them back in to top gear..

    • @superbird4351
      @superbird4351 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@user-wu3xz3mf9m
      They do the Grand Tour together

  • @TheCrazyDcoolest
    @TheCrazyDcoolest 4 ปีที่แล้ว +755

    After two and half years of insomnia, months of medication and therapy treatment I can finally say I've finally found a cure for my insomnia. I put this video on at 1 AM last night and was out cold in under a minute. best sleep I've had in years. Thank you James for curing my insomnia.

    • @bouncer2005
      @bouncer2005 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      😀😀😀😀

    • @diamondjoe100
      @diamondjoe100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂

    • @zlecx_2353
      @zlecx_2353 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Very happy for you

    • @tK-be6ns
      @tK-be6ns 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      you will heed to find JM podcasts

    • @samuelcowdrey2806
      @samuelcowdrey2806 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alcohol should work for you.

  • @balisticren6155
    @balisticren6155 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2806

    James May makes food from his childhood
    *starts with wine*

    • @haltair4015
      @haltair4015 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      YES xD I thought I was the only one who spotted that x)

    • @fredorico41
      @fredorico41 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Maybe he started drinking very young lol 😆👍

    • @voornaam3191
      @voornaam3191 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Actually, there is a YT video on Richard Hammond and food. James May is not the only Top Gear presenter drinking alcohol while preparing a meal. It makes me wonder if Jeremy needs a glass while cooking, too. Wouldn't surprise me.

    • @voornaam3191
      @voornaam3191 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@fredorico41 Got me on milk and... alcohol. 🎶

    • @Radi0he4d1
      @Radi0he4d1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Explains a lot

  • @jordanski100
    @jordanski100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1882

    I have just spent 10 minutes watching James May making a sandwich.
    I’d do it again too

    • @tt-ln4mc
      @tt-ln4mc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      real ones also watched him build that kitchen hes in

    • @phantomechelon3628
      @phantomechelon3628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too...but only if it was a different kind of sandwich. Think I've got salad sorted now.

    • @CaptainObvious
      @CaptainObvious 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Literally my life

    • @benjyfriedman
      @benjyfriedman 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tt-ln4mc I did see him build the kitchen. Wonder what else he's gonna build? Maybe restore a classic car? Who knows?

    • @keithdee9232
      @keithdee9232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL! Now that you mention it .... yeah, me too! FML!!

  • @ronikamerl
    @ronikamerl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1954

    Imagine showing this to someone who doesn't know who James May is and then trying to explain why you utterly, utterly love this boring old man.

    • @billy4734
      @billy4734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      British man
      That is all

    • @Optimusisgod
      @Optimusisgod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Perfect comment; the most stereotypical dry british man. I love him.

    • @jeremybosse5088
      @jeremybosse5088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I don’t know he’s got character

    • @basic-os
      @basic-os 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      He’s so boringly entertaining
      Or is it entertainingly boring
      Something like that

    • @roisinnigcrainn7722
      @roisinnigcrainn7722 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@basic-os I concur

  • @lightblue254
    @lightblue254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +584

    1970: So in the 1970s water hadn't been invented yet, what we had was government issued drinkable fluids

    • @roonilwazlib3089
      @roonilwazlib3089 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      council pop ✌🏻

    • @lightblue254
      @lightblue254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@roonilwazlib3089 Amazing lol

    • @roonilwazlib3089
      @roonilwazlib3089 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@lightblue254 that’s actually what we call it 😂

    • @Bellocks1
      @Bellocks1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I still call it council pop sometimes even now, in 2021, lol. I was born in the 80s not the 70s though.

    • @BoHorn
      @BoHorn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Roonil Wazlib that username, well done, funny comment too.

  • @Harryyano
    @Harryyano 4 ปีที่แล้ว +947

    Gordon Ramsey’s Masterclass ad finishes:
    James May: The salad cream really brings out the flavour of the lettuce

    • @Gergoth117
      @Gergoth117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Lmao, I want gordon ramsay to post a reaction video to these.

    • @InXLsisDeo
      @InXLsisDeo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Gergoth117 I just watched the whole series and it all goes downhill from this recipe.

    • @isak338
      @isak338 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      james may beat that man in a cookoff

    • @brandonmartin-moore5302
      @brandonmartin-moore5302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Perfect.

    • @tomlindsay2687
      @tomlindsay2687 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bro I got the same 😂😂

  • @PaintYourOffice
    @PaintYourOffice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4354

    I love how James May is kinda a TH-camr now

    • @PointNemo9
      @PointNemo9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      What is "kinda"?

    • @santiagokiwi3187
      @santiagokiwi3187 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@PointNemo9 kinda = kind of

    • @PointNemo9
      @PointNemo9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@santiagokiwi3187 I thought it meant "kinder"

    • @_Odin_
      @_Odin_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      You didn't know about his Twitch channel where he live streams playing CS:GO? Damn son, its 2019! He has some nice Twitch Thots in his entourage too!

    • @user-qj6lj4iq2b
      @user-qj6lj4iq2b 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      If you don’t know English don’t type it

  • @soupcanltd2603
    @soupcanltd2603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +431

    “This is red wine, because it isn’t white wine.”
    correct

    • @aquarius4953
      @aquarius4953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What about rosé wine ? No red wine, but no white wine either .

    • @IAteYourFace72
      @IAteYourFace72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@aquarius4953 just red and white mixed together

    • @peterjf7723
      @peterjf7723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aquarius4953 Portuguese Mateus Rosé, very popular in the 1970s.

    • @PhD63
      @PhD63 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@peterjf7723 Ah yes. Mateus Rosé, the height of sophistication in the ‘70’s

  • @tasmiyahrawoot9243
    @tasmiyahrawoot9243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +352

    When the cameraman was hired:
    Interviewer: "you will be working on a cooking show with James may"
    Cameraman: "Great I love food"
    James may: "here's a cucumber lettuce tomato and spring onion sandwich with some salad dressing"
    Cameraman: "..."

    • @captainbackflash
      @captainbackflash 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was wondering about the spring onion. Does it work?

    • @asmolcade5818
      @asmolcade5818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I’m pretty sure salad cream is different to dressing

    • @aquarius4953
      @aquarius4953 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Come on! To go through boiled meat to this sandwich was a great step to what somebody will call, one day, British cuisine. Of course that somebody was British !

    • @PhD63
      @PhD63 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@asmolcade5818 Salad Cream. How British. We’re too sophisticated for Mayonnaise.

    • @MrMoekanz
      @MrMoekanz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think the camera man has as much flavour as this salad though to be honest.

  • @NBST28
    @NBST28 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2249

    "Reasonably dense, and floppy", he just gave an extremely accurate description of most human beings.

    • @robinwalia5361
      @robinwalia5361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Also hideously white

    • @Lieutenant_Dude
      @Lieutenant_Dude 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      robin walia that’s the most bbc thing I’ve heard all week.

    • @mistermangoman9293
      @mistermangoman9293 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I thought this comment was going somewhere else

    • @flowertrue
      @flowertrue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It certainly applies to my husband

    • @ArtisticChimera
      @ArtisticChimera 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And most of the cars he's driven

  • @Sledgeh101
    @Sledgeh101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +687

    "We're going to make a packed lunch."
    - pulls out a bottle of wine
    This explains SO much

    • @primethread
      @primethread 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Captain Slow

    • @PhilJonesIII
      @PhilJonesIII 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fanny Craddock and her husband Jonnie. More 60s than 70s. Jonnie always showed up sounding like he'd got through a couple of bottles before even starting.
      She always sounded like she was preparing roast pig stuffed with quail while explaining mashed potatoes.

  • @olipoole130
    @olipoole130 4 ปีที่แล้ว +288

    TH-camrs: "I've run out of ideas for interesting content :("
    James May : "Today were gonna make a sandwich"

  • @captainbongwater7790
    @captainbongwater7790 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The most interesting part of this is that this is a major part of his young life. You learn a lot about a time and place by their food. Hope he does more of this, preferably while driving.

  • @siraman25
    @siraman25 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1347

    This... is red wine, because it isn't white wine.
    -Captain Slow, 2019

    • @BaldMancTwat
      @BaldMancTwat 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Literally came down to the comments straight away to see if they're mostly about him drinking. I thought he might not have a drink this time, considering he's making things from his childhood.

    • @bensnyder5890
      @bensnyder5890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So it's a BLT without the B; essentially.

    • @jacobrandolph4199
      @jacobrandolph4199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I found that quote quite hilarious

    • @Gblonkers
      @Gblonkers 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      DILLY DILLY!

    • @johnchristopherson2957
      @johnchristopherson2957 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bensnyder5890 I was thinking that bacon would be perfect on that sandwich as well, lol.

  • @whatwouldwesleycook9759
    @whatwouldwesleycook9759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +729

    I just spent 11 minutes watching James build a lettuce sandwich......

    • @fantasyfan9320
      @fantasyfan9320 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ok boomer

    • @sandwich2473
      @sandwich2473 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Nothing wrong with that, it's a fantastic sandwich.
      It's been my icon for probably around 6 years now.

    • @acehighjohn1759
      @acehighjohn1759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is the 2nd night in a row ive watched him make really basic sandiches and i dont know why? ....Also, bread should face opposite ways imo...thoughts?

    • @VonMilk
      @VonMilk 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Would you cook it is the question Wesley

    • @jennifermiranda6023
      @jennifermiranda6023 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And found it entertaining 😄

  • @ncot_tech
    @ncot_tech 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    To recreate the true sandwich from that era, you need to now force it into a little sandwich bag, squash it some more and force the whole lot into a small tupperware box (the ones that smell weird) along with a single apple and a chocolate bar.
    I have rather vivid memories of standing outside, in the rain at school eating one of those.

    • @thesarge7732
      @thesarge7732 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And then leave in the sunshine of a classroom window along with the free milk.

    • @Mortthemoose
      @Mortthemoose ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thesarge7732 😅 Look up Paul Hogan's childhood sandwiches.
      Brilliant!

  • @garybusey9941
    @garybusey9941 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    “We used lettuce.”
    Okay.
    “There’s a lettuce.”
    Indeed, James.

  • @ZspotMotorsport
    @ZspotMotorsport 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1936

    IS THERE ANYTHING I WON'T WATCH JAMES MAY ASSEMBLE? No.

    • @Ben_Mayall
      @Ben_Mayall 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Mark Pelto I loved when he did ‘the reassembler’. But, to everyone else, it was boring.

    • @brandoncarlson340
      @brandoncarlson340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'd watch him do reverse engineering of a .....fill in the blank..

    • @heretomakeyousalty6126
      @heretomakeyousalty6126 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mark Pelto next up social skills with mark pelto, an his wanting to be seen/heard issues. Formally known as over use of CAPS

    • @ZspotMotorsport
      @ZspotMotorsport 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@heretomakeyousalty6126 Yeah thats kind of the point of caps and shouting. So what?

    • @nedyahyakcam
      @nedyahyakcam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wouldn't like to watch him try assemble a child.

  • @chiefmonrovia6691
    @chiefmonrovia6691 4 ปีที่แล้ว +415

    This is the kind of thing Jeremy and richard would make fun of James for doing, calling him the most boring human being to ever walk the earth, but I loved this

    • @cindycraig3164
      @cindycraig3164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Which is one of the reasons we love this...

    • @MrGersboy72
      @MrGersboy72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was just speaking to Jeremy and he said you’re just as boring.

  • @mads-henningjensen7178
    @mads-henningjensen7178 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    “It’s actually slightly wetter than I remember” whoever does the edits is the real mvp

    • @clockwork9827
      @clockwork9827 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      credits blitzed by

    • @joyfisher8008
      @joyfisher8008 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Didn't see credits but my hunt is the editor was the ubiquitous Lucy Brown.

  • @Plentisaki
    @Plentisaki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As a child in the 1970's, this is spot on as far as lunch goes. That Sunblest bread would weld itself to the roof of your mouth, so had to be dislodged with either your finger, or a packet of Golden Wonder crisps! Dinner would be a Vesta Chow Mein with strawberry Angel Delight for pudding, washed down with Orange Squash that could glow in the dark, or if you were really lucky, a can of Top Deck shandy! :-)!

  • @dothius
    @dothius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2127

    If you didn't know this was James May you'd think it's some broke British old man trying to start a TH-cam series

    • @leisure057blank3
      @leisure057blank3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Well I never heard of him and that is what I thought

    • @rogerhoke9725
      @rogerhoke9725 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      leisure057 blank hahahah yeah. I have no idea who this guy is.

    • @barbikayler40532
      @barbikayler40532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I think I know him from something automotive....help me people....I just can't Google today, lol

    • @KATNYC_718
      @KATNYC_718 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I don't know him and it's what I thought lol. I saw the sub count and was like huh? 😆

    • @marcopolo9146
      @marcopolo9146 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Why are you idiots watching?

  • @johnjohntv1195
    @johnjohntv1195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +945

    It’s 4am and I’m watching James May make a sandwich...
    what even is my life?

    • @elliepond5984
      @elliepond5984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Johnjohntv 12.46am for me 🤪

    • @apathyisdeath2977
      @apathyisdeath2977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      4am for me as well!

    • @freebirdh7033
      @freebirdh7033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Pretty much the same as the rest of the world in Covid 19 lockdown

    • @catmandew7431
      @catmandew7431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      3:00 am for me

    • @ctins1111
      @ctins1111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      3:25 am for me

  • @DirkdeZwijger
    @DirkdeZwijger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Did I really just watch May making a sodding vegetable sandwich for ten minutes straight?

    • @MrJimheeren
      @MrJimheeren ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yea with bad audio quality

  • @oleksandrbezkorovainyi
    @oleksandrbezkorovainyi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why am I watching this? Why am I so entertained?
    James May will never die

  • @AbrahamSalazar210
    @AbrahamSalazar210 4 ปีที่แล้ว +474

    This is the most British thing I've ever seen.

    • @nc30guy
      @nc30guy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Its not tank chats by David Fletcher are one to checkout.

    • @kakapofan6542
      @kakapofan6542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I recommend watching Wallace and gromit, spitting image, Monty python and Blackadder for a culture shock if you want

    • @mannydcbianco
      @mannydcbianco 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can't believe you've done this.

  • @AndrewGibson22
    @AndrewGibson22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +494

    Jeremy "I bought a farm"
    James "I made a sandwich"
    Its important not to over stretch ones self.

    • @damiangwardzik1502
      @damiangwardzik1502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      And hammond became a Ford salesman

    • @emmanichollas3211
      @emmanichollas3211 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      They are all going through their post-grand tour mid-life crisis

    • @bnap3221
      @bnap3221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gibson Bowles did Clarkson make a TH-cam video about buying a farm or did he just buy one generally?

    • @AndrewGibson22
      @AndrewGibson22 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bnap3221 no, he is making a new series about his new farm.

    • @bnap3221
      @bnap3221 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gibson Bowles is it released?

  • @aquarius4953
    @aquarius4953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Being a French guy, I can tell you (by experience) , back in the seventies, British and cuisine were some antagonist things.

    • @tgapcharlie
      @tgapcharlie ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ah, the French. so many types of cheese, yet you never figured out chedder

    • @reggiebuffat
      @reggiebuffat ปีที่แล้ว

      London was something else though.

  • @teryxx781
    @teryxx781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “Jamie May’s Childhood Snacks”
    *goes straight to the bottle of red wine 😂

  • @willbrent3385
    @willbrent3385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    I could watch this man talk about paint drying whilst paint is drying

    • @jackmantheiy5997
      @jackmantheiy5997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same but the audio is horrible. This is unbearable

    • @alakani
      @alakani 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jackmantheiy5997 That sucks that a little reverb and non-ideal EQing can completely ruin your enjoyment of high quality content. That might be a medical condition called misophobia, in which certain sounds can trigger intense negative feelings and thoughts. There aren't any known treatments yet but exposure therapy might help.

  • @rudeanne
    @rudeanne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    “Kale wasn’t even invented yet.” 😂😭 May has always been my fav.
    * “...anoint the lettuce.” ☠️

  • @zatchbell622
    @zatchbell622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He still drinks wine the way Oz Clarke taught him 😂. The Zinfandel is a total reference to his time with Oz in California several years ago; James said definitively that Californian Zinfandel is his favorite of all the new world wines.

  • @mullerman1104
    @mullerman1104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The Trick is to squeeze them into a small lunch box, so that they don’t fall apart After you stored them for 3 hours in your bag.

  • @jeydoubleyew
    @jeydoubleyew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    I could watch James talk about and do literally anything.

  • @Pughhead
    @Pughhead 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3159

    James May is so boring that he’s interesting.

  • @mariaskinner1276
    @mariaskinner1276 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🤣sticking to the roof of the mouth when taking a bite🤣 so true and funny. If you add cheese to that sandwich, it would. Great show

  • @Donavan68
    @Donavan68 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your work James May, keep it up!

  • @stevesmolinski
    @stevesmolinski 4 ปีที่แล้ว +303

    This has the feel as though someone is holding James hostage and forcing him to perform for the camera.

    • @iStormUK
      @iStormUK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah, the audio's all over the left n right channels, and the lighting is just a touch odd

    • @johnbolan3158
      @johnbolan3158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The heavy breathing from the camera man, jeeze that kills me

    • @suicunesolsan
      @suicunesolsan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's also because he's got his back to a wall for the whole video. It's not a nice wall either.

    • @GildaLee27
      @GildaLee27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He's always like that. It's part of his charm...duress, being a silent victim.

    • @Earthstar_Review
      @Earthstar_Review 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It also looks like he's been trapped in a corner with a basic shelving unit and a counter

  • @Skinz01
    @Skinz01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    "I'm not going to wash this spring onion, I'm sure it won't kill me since I'll be feeding it to someone else."

    • @InXLsisDeo
      @InXLsisDeo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That's probably how they did it back in the 70s kitchens. Attention to authenticity.

    • @juuk3103
      @juuk3103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Germs and a little dirt only strenghtens your immune system.

    • @robinwalia5361
      @robinwalia5361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@juuk3103 I see you have some culture in you.... Plenty of it!

    • @lilbatz
      @lilbatz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Says every minimum wage minion working the fast food night shift.

  • @cw6082
    @cw6082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    From Canada, definitely have had a version of this and man I still crave this

  • @zzskyninjazz1821
    @zzskyninjazz1821 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I rewatch this series since nowadays in this country it feels like we’re approaching the 70’s once more

  • @anthonywalsh2520
    @anthonywalsh2520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +523

    This is what tv programs would be like without directors and producers.

    • @eliteslayerkillamaja
      @eliteslayerkillamaja 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      A perfect description but it's still good

    • @stevegreen8262
      @stevegreen8262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      and sound technicians

    • @vincentperratore4395
      @vincentperratore4395 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Or half baked morons with an agenda!

    • @abe8966
      @abe8966 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      and I'm all for it

    • @Cambone13
      @Cambone13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Ya and it's fucking great. No commercials, no bullshit

  • @VonMilk
    @VonMilk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +477

    James taking that bread I buy every week like it's some historical alien artifact has made me question my life and choices 🥺

    • @teddyboy9116
      @teddyboy9116 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I eat that bread every day now!! And Marge

    • @bunny_smith
      @bunny_smith 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Don’t. Your life. You do you, Boo.

    • @marianna3253
      @marianna3253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@teddyboy9116 more like dough boy

    • @teddyboy9116
      @teddyboy9116 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marianna3253 cheeky b@@ch! I'm not fat at all

    • @marianna3253
      @marianna3253 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@teddyboy9116 just a joke eh!

  • @cherylcottingham3029
    @cherylcottingham3029 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol!!!. Love it! And your camera man's tee shirt!
    You guys are too cute.

  • @brip9546
    @brip9546 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I need more of these in my life

  • @abheerkohli4035
    @abheerkohli4035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    In tonight's show:
    A man holds a camera
    James makes a salad sandwich
    And tom eats the sandwich

    • @yodelinggoethe1147
      @yodelinggoethe1147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Abheer Kohli that really sounds like something clarkson would say

    • @abheerkohli4035
      @abheerkohli4035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@yodelinggoethe1147 obviously. Thats why i did it😂

    • @kregadeth5562
      @kregadeth5562 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Abheer Kohli very nice

    • @TeddyBear1280
      @TeddyBear1280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i did read this in Clarkson voice

    • @boriz_
      @boriz_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *Crunches into lettuce sandwich* And on that horrible disappointment we have to end the show.

  • @molsy1768
    @molsy1768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    More of these, and make them longer!

    • @BaldMancTwat
      @BaldMancTwat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes!

    • @LockonKubi
      @LockonKubi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Also put a mic on James, that echo is horrible.

    • @jackshiels1206
      @jackshiels1206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Molsy 176 that’s what she said 😜 sorry I had to do that

    • @SmartassX1
      @SmartassX1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bigger, longer and uncut!

    • @404killer
      @404killer 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      that sandwich is a nightmare, appreciate on Halloween

  • @ianlambourne1476
    @ianlambourne1476 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why did I watch this!!!!
    Why did I enjoy this????

  • @johnlegg5671
    @johnlegg5671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I've still got a bit of Mother's pride clagged behind my front tooth from '74

  • @Ben-rq5re
    @Ben-rq5re 4 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    I just sat through 8 adverts to watch the assembly of the world’s worst sandwich. I hate myself.

    • @davieraB
      @davieraB 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣

    • @papagynther6905
      @papagynther6905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      We're not here for the food or the cars we're here for the boys

    • @ColKlinkerhofen
      @ColKlinkerhofen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      download adblock.

    • @gulfconsulting7257
      @gulfconsulting7257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the ads kill this superb cooking display

    • @janra8653
      @janra8653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @G1zm0 abizmo I have Adblock for TH-cam - no ads for me when watching

  • @jacobllgaard1079
    @jacobllgaard1079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +402

    James May's childhood was in the 70's... the 1870's....

    • @drivingcat6901
      @drivingcat6901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      1870's BC

    • @reioni2143
      @reioni2143 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Really? I thought it was 70 years after the big bang.

    • @dionysisnanos6528
      @dionysisnanos6528 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Oh no, the big bang happened 70 years after he was born. You got your facts wrong.

    • @miguelascencio7972
      @miguelascencio7972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He's so old, I was genuinely happy to see he looks well for his age

    • @Murtagh653
      @Murtagh653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      as wilth everything he does, he even ages slowly.

  • @YourRandomGuy
    @YourRandomGuy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I made this sandwich and now I love this sandwich. I have it every day now, lol. Surprisingly I have all of the correct ingredients too! Even better.

  • @shiroryuu2846
    @shiroryuu2846 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't know how....but these trio can make anything to view interesting.

  • @seanpruitt6801
    @seanpruitt6801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    James May is the only one who can make this interesting

  • @DaThingOnTheDoorstep
    @DaThingOnTheDoorstep 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    70's cookbooks truly are a lost art form. Some of the things in them, whoever came up with the recipes has glimpsed beyond the veil of this existence.

    • @stephkightley7888
      @stephkightley7888 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you seen some of the 60s recipe books? The food pics are mostly horrible and unappetising...definitely don't make you want to rush into the kitchen to try one or two or ten...

  • @JaySingh-in2qy
    @JaySingh-in2qy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your chanel I am a big fam of yours for years

  • @sarahhindmarsh1049
    @sarahhindmarsh1049 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This takes me back to my grandparents house in the early 90s - my Grandma would make these on hot Saturdays.

  • @callumhardy5098
    @callumhardy5098 4 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    “Jamie Oliver’s Victorian kebab van” would love to see that!

  • @deloreanfan81
    @deloreanfan81 4 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    Since this is captain slow im surprised we didn't get a 2 hour history of lettuce

  • @carolineleiden
    @carolineleiden 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We had the Sputnik a a special treat. Put sugar and condensed milk in a glas, add soda, like cola or seven up, and watch it explode and " boil over" the glass. Always a tophit at birthday parties. Absolutely outlawed outside of birthdays.

  • @averywho6430
    @averywho6430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I could watch him do this all day

  • @olliemillward2614
    @olliemillward2614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    “I would peel it back but I can’t be bothered”
    His wife is a lucky lady

    • @colinmoore7460
      @colinmoore7460 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@adamfarra4692 Why am I not surprised?

    • @elsamo311
      @elsamo311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@adamfarra4692 He's been with the same woman for 20 years so she basically is his wife

    • @legion999
      @legion999 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can't even quote accurately?

    • @mortechrome
      @mortechrome 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ADAM FARRA He has a girlfriend since 20 some years actually, with whom he lives. It’s in reality the same thing as a wife.

    • @vtecpreludevtec
      @vtecpreludevtec 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Harpiye 73 a common law wife

  • @aqua46784
    @aqua46784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Having eaten sandwiches in the 1970s and even -- gasp -- the 1960s, I was waiting for the stuck-to-the-roof-of-the-mouth thing re the bread. Historically accurate, youngsters.

    • @ginskimpivot753
      @ginskimpivot753 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      There's actually a term for that - pallet-cling.

    • @OscarJamess
      @OscarJamess 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That still happens fyi

    • @StevioGaming1
      @StevioGaming1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm 18 and that used to happen all the time to me when I made a lettuce and cheese sandwhich.

    • @OscarJamess
      @OscarJamess 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's funny how when you're young you can see so easily when someone is really insecure about their age

    • @kevinshort3943
      @kevinshort3943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I existed in the 70's, but I don't remember "the stuck-to-the-roof-of-the-mouth thing re the bread" - I also don't remember margarine either.

  • @thalassa2889
    @thalassa2889 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is very relaxing

  • @sophiamac9100
    @sophiamac9100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I still make homemade salad sandwich with all your ingredients but with purple or white onion and I add the piece de resistance : sliced beetroot! Absolutely scrumptious 🤌👩‍🍳

  • @davinatest8467
    @davinatest8467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Olive oil could be bought from your local chemist in very small bottles and used as sun cream/Oil or for ear aches

    • @gbadesakin
      @gbadesakin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂

    • @jimtaylor294
      @jimtaylor294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aye. Weirdly in the early days of motoring; you had to buy Petrol from Pharmacies too XD.

    • @-bubby9633
      @-bubby9633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Worst part was this wasn't only the 70s. My parents often recalled having to stop by a chemist in a UK village in the early 90s for olive oil

    • @jimtaylor294
      @jimtaylor294 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@-bubby9633 Wouldn't surprise me. Most medium sized towns & up had OO on the [food] shop shelves by then.

    • @marleneclough3173
      @marleneclough3173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amazingly Mrs Beeton used olive oil in her recipes. I wonder what happened in between? 2 World Wars?

  • @Hobartthedolphinboy
    @Hobartthedolphinboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    May might be my favorite of the three. This is way more entertaining than it has any right to be.

    • @SuperTobbe12
      @SuperTobbe12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hobartthedolphinboy Absolutely, i can listen to him talking about anything for hours

    • @MausOfTheHouse
      @MausOfTheHouse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      To be fair, they are different people, hammond is entertaining, Clarkson is dumb and funny, and james is just a gentleman who is an alcoholic

    • @bnap3221
      @bnap3221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maus well put

    • @MausOfTheHouse
      @MausOfTheHouse 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bnap3221 thank you.

  • @trevorberg1810
    @trevorberg1810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These sandwich videos all remind me of my childhood, I didnt even grow up in the 70s

  • @Guavamente
    @Guavamente 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    TOM THE CAMERAMAN!! Dude you made me miss him dropping a spring onion and yes I can tell you're a mouth breather!

  • @DougZbikowski
    @DougZbikowski 4 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    This is like the punchline to a “When I was a kid we were so poor we ate...” joke.

  • @Metal-Possum
    @Metal-Possum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Who else remembers having red or white wine in their packed lunch?

    • @sylvananas7923
      @sylvananas7923 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good ol times

    • @ufokkenwotm8
      @ufokkenwotm8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brings along plastic shot glasses and a grape juice box in order to gain access to the cool table

  • @Jholmberghawaii
    @Jholmberghawaii ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks delish to me!

  • @jenwatson2623
    @jenwatson2623 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love you James! I have not seen you in years, miss you an hugs!

  • @JohnJackson-mn4ts
    @JohnJackson-mn4ts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    With a bag of skips and a huge wagon wheel.
    The kid that brought boiled egg sandwich, and all heads would turn towards them as everyone catches scent of that pungent sulphurous smell.

    • @robinforrest7680
      @robinforrest7680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Ah yes. Fartwiches.

    • @annother3350
      @annother3350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I would embrace the egg sandwich! Egg and cress with that salad cream 🔥

    • @wollysocks1
      @wollysocks1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      (Teenage daughter got hold of the phone here) this is my life...still...

    • @roisinnigcrainn7722
      @roisinnigcrainn7722 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Egg mayo is yummy tho

  • @cele42
    @cele42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I just watched James May making a sandwich for 10 mins and i LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT

  • @missmaryhdream6560
    @missmaryhdream6560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remeber first tasting coleslaw, it came in a tin by Heinz. Potato salad too, my dad referred to it as codswallop. I loved it.

  • @jamieammar6131
    @jamieammar6131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Jamie Oliver's Victorian Kebab Van..I'd love to see those.

  • @deborahwilliams-rowley4281
    @deborahwilliams-rowley4281 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Back in the 70's I ate a lot of salad sandwiches, I used mayonnaise on both slices of bread and salt and pepper, I peeled the cucumber. I still eat them today

    • @TheTouc85
      @TheTouc85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤮

    • @juuk3103
      @juuk3103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@TheTouc85 Oh no we got a gen z disgusted by salad, bread and mayo :'( only difference between this and the ones you buy is the ham or chicken come onnn

    • @Clangokkuner
      @Clangokkuner 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@juuk3103 not really, raw vegetables are absolutely fucking disgusting

    • @eddiet7228
      @eddiet7228 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I see you were actually quite posh.

    • @jaypee6804
      @jaypee6804 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      King Tin Hou That’s because you eat greasy sugary meat and grains usually.

  • @murphy1125
    @murphy1125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Can’t believe all of us has just sat an watched James may make a salad sandwich

  • @_IHateHandles_
    @_IHateHandles_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Salad cream is one of those quintessentially British things that to the rest of the world is mind bogglingly ridiculous, but at the same time amazing.

    • @kremove
      @kremove 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think other foods are much worse, but I grew up with Miracle Whip, so I get it.

    • @_IHateHandles_
      @_IHateHandles_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kremove What even is Miracle whip? I've heard the name but as a brit have no clue what it is. The name makes me think of some kind of sweetened cream?

  • @TheCharlieSmithChannel
    @TheCharlieSmithChannel ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This made me go and buy everything I needed to make this haha. It was not terrible. I had 4 of them

  • @AR-xl6ym
    @AR-xl6ym 4 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    A couple of sneaky slices of ham or bacon and that would be a sandwich for the ages.

    • @MrHendrix17
      @MrHendrix17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And some seasoning

    • @ps5user155
      @ps5user155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Streaky*

    • @patchedupdemon7104
      @patchedupdemon7104 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Egg would be the best to add

    • @gmar7836
      @gmar7836 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nahh. Save your colon

  • @julsie3195
    @julsie3195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    "anoint the lettuce"
    I wish James May was my dad

  • @katesims2346
    @katesims2346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My childhood salad sandwiches didn't have salad cream only mayo,but we always had beetroot. Also in the 60s Dad grew iceberg lettuce, it's still my fave.

  • @wikld
    @wikld 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the man breathing behind the camera is the best thing ever

  • @keir92
    @keir92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    sound is proper filmed at home aesthetic. love it. “bad” sound is underrated

    • @bananablood2031
      @bananablood2031 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Keir It’s horribly distracting IMHO

  • @RoninOC
    @RoninOC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1178

    For a nation that plundered for spices, the British sure hate flavor.

    • @frenchpeoplearentrealpeopl5685
      @frenchpeoplearentrealpeopl5685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      *flavour

    • @tito1179
      @tito1179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@frenchpeoplearentrealpeopl5685 the senate is destroyed

    • @ft359
      @ft359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      salad cream: am I a joke to you?

    • @nothingburger.
      @nothingburger. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @Shutbyotch salad cream is very vinegary and strong. Has the sharpness of tomato ketchup

    • @nothingburger.
      @nothingburger. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Still bland sandwich though

  • @charliekane135
    @charliekane135 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mr May's culinary presentations are becoming reminiscent of Keith Floyd. Red wine first 🍷

  • @JohnJones-wo1bc
    @JohnJones-wo1bc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember eating salad sandwiches, exactly as you set out. We did also have salt and pepper, though!

  • @bengo76
    @bengo76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    James may is a legend, no matter what he's doing these days. Well done May!

  • @Thickqueen94
    @Thickqueen94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Fox in USA Executives:
    “Another British cook? let’s give him 9 shows on Fox “

    • @Dracattack
      @Dracattack 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If only

    • @natwel1544
      @natwel1544 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He did a toy assembling tutorial which was fun.

  • @heidistoeberl7176
    @heidistoeberl7176 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am impressed! Ya pulled it off, rather well.

  • @Kez150
    @Kez150 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Food from the 70s - specifically packed lunches… This is RED wine

  • @adaptorperish1322
    @adaptorperish1322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    I like how he involves members of the team and treats them nicely, like a normal bloke should. I hope the younger colleagues don't think of him as a granddad and learn from him. Because there are quite a few things to learn.

    • @joek600
      @joek600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      well the cameraman was from the 70's too lol

    • @vitriolicAmaranth
      @vitriolicAmaranth ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who doesn't learn from their granddad?

  • @user-bb6eh5kd5d
    @user-bb6eh5kd5d 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    “Everything , I mean everything could be saved including some of the machinery in your garage with salad cream” 😂😂😂😂😂. Absolutely classic , awesome awesome awesome . Man I miss good old banter and British humor . When is Grand Tour season 4 coming out sir

    • @juststeve5542
      @juststeve5542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Arrow Hart oh it still exists, we just save it for special parties where we know there aren't "those" people who get offended by everything.

    • @juststeve5542
      @juststeve5542 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Funny, but true. I have a Hungarian friend who became addicted to the stuff whilst over here, and now I have to send food parcels to Budapest!

  • @robertgreen6027
    @robertgreen6027 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the video! :)

  • @crumbs7826
    @crumbs7826 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love James May. I use his videos as a night light.