Yeah the base is kinda the same but everyone has their own ways on how to cook or what’s added to it. For instance I’ve never seen cranberries and onions before.
Yup, I don't like most pumpkin spice, so our adulty drink of choice at my dad's is some of his homemade wine. Lol! But yeah, much less pumpkin spice in the usual Thanksgivings I've been a part of. :)
I feel like David is a really great representative of what an American is like and how to share our culture. He’s honest that his cooking is obviously from the perspective of a southern boy and that things will vary depending on region and family (for example, we could never have Thanksgiving without rolls and mashed potatoes in my family up north.) He’s also so kind and a real gentleman, it seems. I’ve really enjoyed seeing both videos he’s been in. ❤
It is a really cool view into the various Thanksgiving traditions. As a southern guy, I wouldn't say these were southern dishes by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm widening my lense to see how southern food inspires others to create different and delicious meals.
Yes, just like he said there were many foods he served that I have never seen before even as a Southerner and there were many foods that I eat that were missing but overall that’s basically what Thanksgiving is - regional and family favorites with a couple of commonalities - that’s why we visit multiple houses on Thanksgiving, to visit of course but mostly for the to go plates!
Corn bread stuffing isn't a thing in the North in America as far as I've known. We normally use white bread or some people use already cubed, store bought bread. Some of what David is making looks good but the gravy he made is way out there too and the cranberry sauce with pearl onions and bourbon, albeit looks awesome.
@@WElijahMorris For sure. I’ve never been to the south during this time of year so I don’t have much frame of reference aside from the well known things. Even the south is too broad because every state is so different.
This all looks phenomenal, and would be great for a Friendsgiving or some other large function. But if I showed up to this at the family Thanksgiving I'd be a little disappointed. At some point I just want the simple, classic versions.
this is an absolute abomination of American thanksgiving. Nobody out here is having pumpkin mac and cheese, and a classic green bean casserole is going to blow whatever the hell that was out of the water. I feel like the boys actually got jipped on this
@@AnotherBrokeNomad you are an an absolute abomination for your comment. Many people have different tastes for food, so who in the hell are you to judge the cook for sharing HIS version to Josh and Ollie. I know starving people out there that would kill to have eaten this food and they wouldn't care if the mac n cheese had pumpkin in it, or the green bean casserole has cheese in it. If all you do is post negative comments, then you might not want to watch the video.
@@tonytagliatelle9225 I mean thats fine and I agree, like when people from the midwest make those horrible dumpling noodles..... but green bean casserole is green bean casserole, mac n cheese is mac n cheese, it's not like the difference between stuffing and cornbread dressing
David seems like the nicest guy, and his food looked great. Some of the more creative side dishes are new to me, but that's the beauty of the holiday. Make what makes you happy!
Typically you have the meal early to mid afternoon then snack on leftovers if you’re hungry later that night. A piece of ham/turkey on a roll or small portions of your favorite sides for your snack. Don’t forget the sweet tea!
“We would eat the Brussels sprouts as fast as possible so we didn’t have to thank God for them” that’s probably one the most innocently funny things you can remember from your childhood. Love it! Had me laughing
He's not wrong. Growing up I hated all cruciferous vegetables but I think it's because of the preparation (boiled or pan-fried for curries at best). As an adult though I had roasted brussel sprouts and cauliflower from a wood fired pizza oven at a restaurant with oil, garlic and seasoning and it was amazing. I think you just need that charring on them with the right seasoning and they do a full 180
@@anndeecosita3586 :D Fair enough. It could just be that my palate's changed but I'm convinced that intense heat at ~800F(500C) does some work. Part of me wants to buy a backyard pizza oven that gets close to those temperatures to see if I can replicate it
When David was putting the Brussels Sprouts on their plates I was thinking to myself that I would've smacked that pan right out of his hand. 🤣🤣 Besides peas it's the vegetable I dislike the most.
Thanksgiving is a notoriously chaotic holiday. Especially if you are the cook/cooks. Add a little more chaos per guest present and double that for every kid present. 😂 It's at the perfect time of the year. The cold weather, the warm food. A fireplace going. It's so cozy. I love it!
They still need to have a full Thanksgiving experience...watching the parade on TV while cooking, playing football in the backyard before dinner, sleeping on the sofa with the football game on TV, going back for a 2nd or 3rd round of food, sitting around a bonfire in the evening, and making turkey sandwiches for a nighttime snack.
@@AdamYJ With most everything being streamed live now, I'm guessing if they sought it out, they could probably see the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade this week. They might find it fun!
Being absolutely tortured by the amazing smell of turkey baking for hours. That's why I usually do a ham the night before so that people can graze while the turkey's cooking and leave it alone.
Josh and Ollie-one thing that is interesting about Thanksgiving food is that many people in America don’t eat much of these dishes at any other time but at Thanksgiving, which is part of why the meal is so special and part of why typically there are so many different dishes prepared. And, most families eat the leftovers for a week after, either as more helpings of the food as is, or repurposed in turkey soup, turkey sandwiches, turkey pot pie, etc.
My favorite day after meal is my "fortress of turkitude": a solid base of mashed potatoes, strips of turkey meat layered on top, a slice of cranberry sauce, and then the whole thing slathered in leftover gravy. With a leftover dinner roll or two to sop up whatever's left.
And its a recipe I would love to have! Hey lads...is there some way members can get recipes? Or does David have a book? I'm Southern US based, but am trying to start my own food traditions. And that pumpkin pie, and pumpkin bread ...I'd love to try making!
I don't ever really comment, I just wanted to say thank you to Josh and Ollie. A few years ago I had a change in life circumstances, and became homeless, unmedicated, and suicidal. I was looking for reasons to stay alive. Literally, I was going to kill myself that day. But out of the blue, totally unexpectedly, I clicked on a video, and tried something new. I thought I'd lose interest in literal seconds. I saw some British highschoolers try some Korean food on TH-cam. Seeing their eyes light up in new and wonderful way was heartwarming to me. Reminded me of my son. Anyway, I grew to love the channel(s) Josh and Ollie appear in, and now I'm in a house, with fulfilling work, and purpose in life. And I would have killed myself if that fateful day, I hadn't had a moment of levity and wholesome 'niceness' like Josh and Ollie provide. Thank you both for existing. Thank you both for being yourselves. It may sound strange or over the top, but I would not be here if it weren't for you guys. So this year - I'm thankful for YOU. (And hey - come to California and I'll show ya some insane and cool places to eat in Joshua Tree.) All my love. Always. Josh and Ollie - thank you for my life. It's a pretty good one now ❤️. I look forward to your next video, as always.
This is why you need a survival kit that includes: Scotch, edibles/grass, a humidor of good cigars (for yourself) and cheap cigars for people that want to bum one off of you, a pocket knife for when things get dicey, and a jar of moonshine for when you want to be alone.
David is a great ambassador for American food. No bullshit, he’s doing a great job. So many “American” in England videos seem like it’s done by someone who has never been to America, or read about it in a book. David is real, this food looks authentic.
England definitely needs more American influence when it comes to food. I watch a few English TH-camrs and judging by what they say about their own food, there's so much they can improve on. It amazes me that most standard American foods can be made in England if they just try. Now I understand that things like Jambalaya, Gumbo, etc. have ingredients that are strictly native to America, but things like Biscuits and Gravy can easily be made if they just try.
@@Awood2207 Seasoning, they need seasoning. The common point of the UK-tubers eating American food in the US or making it at home have found is that American food has flavor. There was even one guy from Northern Ireland who looked like he was having revelations at Appleby's, which I'd consider plain vanilla. If that is getting him to rethink British food, then they need to step up their game.
That all looks delicious. But it also doesn't look like a y Thanksgiving I have ever seen in lower middle class-poor homes, which is how I grew up. Sure, I saw these type of recipes and maybe at catered meals for richer people. Maybe it's just where I came from.
You can tell what close friends they are. That banter definitely reminds me of conversations our family has at the table. Especially when Ollie grabbed Josh's cornbread. "You can have it, since you put your grubby hands on it".
They are supposed to be no.1 wife and husband but Josh literally denies Ollie’s advances🤣…. I feel bad for him 😢 Poor guy just wants to be no.1 in Josh’s life
@@pinky2245 Uhh.....please tell me you aren't actually this dense? 🤦🏾♀️ Are you literally explaining the punchline of the joke at the exact same time its going 'woosh' right over your head? Because that...that takes skill 😅
Around 16min mark- That IS a sweet story on how just on the strength of that one video - Jolly viewers have reached out to David .. ! You two may not realize it , but your channel touches many people ... ! KEEP GOING & don't be afraid to include your beautiful families !
TOTALLY DISAGREE. This is truly their worst video. I feel terrible for anyone that has chaotic Thanksgiving's. We had/have polite, peaceful T-Day's with Holiday music and RESPECT, although I have seen families that don't, and that is NOT AMERICAN. No one eats with bright lights, and non-stop talking, with no order to the presentation if the food. Just terrible. No one shoves food in your face in this manner. This is an awful video. Awful representation of Thanksgiving or what it's truly about.
@@OutInTheBuyah Well, perhaps you should consider not everyone in the world shares your beliefs. Maybe step outside of your house/apartment/hovel and touch grass once in a while.
As a Cali girl with Mexican roots my mum makes tamales for thanksgiving along side with turkey. So when he brought up his Cuban roots and how every family had their own twist it’s just the greatest part of it. A great big melting pot of different foods!
OH MY Sweet Southern Heart is melting watching a couple guys enjoy a good meal. It's something we really have in common with many cultures. We love to see people eating well. Any home you go to, especially in the south, they're going to attempt to feed you. Also super happy to see Mr. David again. Knowing he's from Mississippi and me being from Kentucky but now living in Louisiana (10 years) - you just know it's good food.
I've been a consumer of food media since i was a child, so give or take 20 years. I loved food network growing up, yada yada, all the works. Iron chef, Bobby Flay, Emril, Anthony Bourdain....EVERYTHING. This food....this restaurant....has to be some of the BEST food i have ever seen. Everything he does looks so beyond delicious, I'm in awe. I'm not a professional, and who cares about my opinion... but, man, I haven't wanted to go to place to eat the food so bad my entire life.
This just showed up in my feed. I'm an expat in Sweden. Who's David and what's his places name? I want all his recepies! This is the most serious old skool thankgiving spreaf on a media channel I ever saw I think. That also looks like ut delivers in full flavor, no prefabricated short cuts, no marshmallow fluff on everything. Is his place in London? Or are the Brits in the US?
@@gnarbeljo8980 I found it in Google Map. Outsider Tart @ The Lyric, Lyric Square, London W6 0QL. He has a website. He is serving Thanksgiving dinner on Nov 28th.
OMG...How can this restaurant not be overrun with customers with the food being this absolutely amazing? American cuisine is so comforting and rich with flavorful ingredients. Nothing bland about it (especially from our southern culture).
Oh, comment never showed up. I was politely asking the gentleman what food that they ate that looked (a strictly personal preference) better than this. I would genuinely like to know.
I grew up with saying grace and then going around the table and saying something you were thankful for. Listening to the little ones honestly answer the question was always fun. My family was military and so it was mostly just us and my parents would invite the young GIs who couldn’t make it home for thanksgiving. It’s about sharing your home and kitchen with everyone.
After that nightmare of a Thanksgiving video with the school kids, I'm glad Josh and Ollie had a professional help them. David was not messing around. Not only did he have many of the staple items, but they also had his family's personal twist on them, and that's what makes each Thanksgiving meal so unique. It's not just what you serve. It's how your family serves it. Each family has a slightly different recpie, all saturated in each family's personal history.
Gabie cooked all those foods for the Thanksgiving school feast by herself. She is literally a professional chef. I watched her video of her cooking all the foods, and her Thanksgiving food spread was legit. Maybe if the team made the decision to serve each item separately on a dinner plate, rather than put them in a sandwich, it would have been less chaotic (I personally don't like those sandwiches). Gabie made a lovely spread, including a gorgeous candied sweet potato dish that tempted me, even though I grew up not liking the dish. Dave is an awesome chef, and everything he cooked was amazing and legit, but I side-eyed that pumpkin mac & cheese. We don't need pumpkin or pumpkin spice in everything. Pumpkin pie, roasted pumpkin with other roasted veg, and blended pumpkin soup, however, are awesome. Dave's pies are on another level. I would eat only those pies, and probably nothing else. I think every American family has their own thing going, in addition to the "traditional" foods. Since I and some other family members didn't like turkey, we also had spiral-cut ham and/or breaded pork chops.
If u show up to a real thxgiving… judging by ur comment u have 0 melanin in you… but if u showed up to the cookout with RAISIN STUFFING & PUMPKIN MAC N CHEESE you would honestly get kicked out and might even get beat up on ur way out. This “chef” failed you horribly he should he ashamed of what he served
Great point on the family traditions not just in the event but in the recipes as well. I still think of certain dishes related to a person. When the next generation takes over that recipe, they better not change it in any way.
American here. This is what we normally have: Turkey, Ham, Mash potatoes, Sweet potatoes or Sweet potato pie, Corn casserole, Dressing, Diner rolls or Crescent rolls, Green bean casserole, various veggie dishes, Gravy, Pies, and various other desserts.
@@mindsonloan Similar to what that guy did, but less complicated and no cheese. It's kinda like corn spoon bread or a souffle. It's more common in the midwest, you know because, "corn".
@@mindsonloan If it's what I think it is, we in the upper Midwest call it Corn Pudding at least in my family. It's a dense and rich soft dish similar to mashed potatoes but quite a bit denser, with whole kernals of sweet corn in it. It's mildly sweet compared to desert, and quite sweet compared to mashed potatoes. Kind of in that goldilocks zone. It is a perfect component in the mixing phase of the meal, getting that together with mashed potatoes, stuffing/dressing, and green bean casserole is pretty clutch.
Interesting hearing David is half Cuban, my Cuban family also always had black beans and rice at Thanksgiving! Love this, will try to get to David’s restaurant next time I’m in London.
I've lived all over the US (military brat). Among white European descendants, these dishes are the basics of the Thanksgiving meal: turkey, stuffing, gravy, a cranberry dish of some type, homemade biscuits, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, something with corn, sweet potatoes with marshmallows melted on top, and a minimum of two different pies, generally pecan and pumpkin or sweet potato. Those are the essential dishes. Because family or friends (or both) bring their specialties, there are lots more. Everyone is in a food coma by the end of the meal, so the pies are generally served with freshly whipped cream sometime during the second (American) football game. Now there are 3 football games played on Thanksgiving, so sometime during the third game you might make a couple of sandwiches with the leftover biscuits. Turkey, stuffing, and a bit of gravy.
@@carolannwedding5611me too…. I go a little nuts with the fried onion, not only does it top the casserole I also mix a ton of it inside the casserole. Yummmm!!😂
David is KILLING IT! His food looks exactly like how my family’s Thanksgiving looks (though lots of non-dairy options for me) One of my uncles is from Texas and always adds a bit of southern flair. My grandma, mom and myself all make different cranberry sauce. The only thing missing is the mashed potatoes, but yall have those there. I add in some simple Japanese soup as a nod to my upbringing. But yeah, everyone’s thanksgiving looks different. People introduce their own cultural upbringing, regional food, and things they just simply enjoy. You guys have finally nailed thanksgiving and I’m thrilled for you!
This is very southern skewed. I've lived in 7 different states, from the south to the north, east and the west. I LOVE the variety we have in our Thanksgiving day meal. David cooks such great looking dishes.
@@pjschmid2251 It's called giblet gravy. My mom made both giblet and "plain" gravy. Giblet gravy is using the meat from the innards to help ad more flavor to your gravy. I like both, but my family never liked giblet gravy, so I'd strain them out and just serve a very tasty gravy. Home made is almost always better. Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
It's VERY Southern. Everything is so sweet. That's not saying it's not good, just that it's very different than anything I remember. i grew up in Ohio where the only really sweet thing was the dessert.
@ oh yes, we always made gravy with the wrapped up innards from the turkey, but there were never chunks in the finished gravy. The neck, giblets, heart and whatever the heck else is in that bag would go into a pot with water and a bunch of seasoning, and simmer away, while the turkey was roasting, and then that liquid was used to make the gravy. But that gravy looked like it had a bunch of vegetables and stuff in it. That is something I hadn’t seen before.
@@John_Fugazzi You are so correct, with the exception of canned sweet potato casserole with marshmallows. I never liked sweet potatoes because of that. Then I had someone serve me a simple baked one with a bit of butter, salt and pepper. I love them now!! I still hate that casserole, and haven't eaten even a bite of it since I was 5!!! Happy Thanksgiving.
Man, I'm so glad David was brought back! I love him! And even better, who knew he'd be such an accomplished chef as well, and not just a baker! His spread is like the Thanksgiving dream feast! Josh and Ollie are getting the best of the best here, your average home isn't going to be eating such a kingly feast like that on Thanksgiving
Black beans and rice, man that hit home for me as a fellow Cuban!!!!........David is definitely right everyone has a variety of different foods on Thanksgiving!!!!
14:20 This point about regional cuisines within a country is so important to me as an American. The US is approximately the same total area as mainland Europe. When people say America has no traditional cuisine, it would be like saying Europe has none. A Thanksgiving dinner, pretty much iconic across the country, will look very differently in New Vork vs Georgia vs Missouri vs California. Different ingredients will be more available and a bigger part of the culture. US food varies so wildly by region.
@@jenniferrandolph4115 That's so interesting. I'm in Silver Spring and haven't heard of that. I like sauerkraut so I'm happy to have it, but I would not have considered it a Thanksgiving staple. Where in Maryland are you from?
Lord, I just wanna cook for them just so I can watch Ollie's eyes roll back in his head and Josh using his hands to explain what he's tasting...best compliments ever😅 Never stop doing what you do my friends because this old lady is so very thankful for all of it!🤗
You guys got the bougie Thanksgiving meal. 😂 My family’s traditional Thanksgiving meal: Turkey Cranberry sauce Mashed potatoes turkey gravy Sausage, cornbread stuffing Green bean casserole (w/creamy mushroom soup) Dinner rolls w/butter Green salad w/Cranberry Vinaigrette Candied sweet potatoes And I’m adding mac’n cheese this year Desserts: Pumpkin pie Pecan pie Apple pie Either a chocolate pie or a fruit pie Sparkling apple cider with dinner Hot cider or decaf coffee with dessert
I feel like those experiencing Thanksgiving for the first time should be traditional. Not a unique one of a kind menu. I think the unique menu has its place. It's just not a representation of a traditional Thanksgiving menu.
@ So well said! Yes, the twists on the traditional are for those of us who have eaten the same food from the same recipe for decades. Lol. I agree that those experiencing it for the first time should have the traditional first.
My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, because it's just family, food and football. Everyone brings their specialty or a recipe they have found to try, and you just enjoy each other's company. Kids and dogs running around playing and so much laughing. As farmers, another harvest is in and that is always something to be thankful for.
My family is from a farming background although only a few of us still farm. I am proud this is part of my history and heritage. Thank you to the farmers.
I love that David spoke to the regional and cultural aspects that make a family Thanksgiving sooo unique around the US. I feel like this gets missed in all the videos of American Thanksgiving and then everyone thinks we all eat this for our holiday. The diversity is absolutely true and IMHO the best thing about US Thanksgiving.
David is the best. And i am so happy to see a legit thanksgiving meal, so many other channels show thanksgiving food and us Americans are stupefied because it's not true to life. Well done all!
I've never heard of putting alcohol in a pumpkin spice latte, but alcohol and the whole week of Thanksgiving pretty much go hand in hand. As a matter of fact, I believe more people go out drinking on Wednesday night before Thanksgiving than do on New Year's.
As a Russian immigrant who grew up in the U.S., we have borsht, vinigret and Korean carrot salad, and some other Russian side along with the mash, rolls, gravy, and stuffing. Thanksgiving is all about the beautiful tapestry of America's diverse culture.
I love that! And as someone who grandparents immigrated from Italy, we always started off with some pasta dish. Usually a baked pasta. As did most of my friends.
This is the most elevated thanksgiving meal I've ever seen ❤😂. God bless this precious man for giving Josh and Ollie such an experience! I'm always here for any Jolly videos!
@@randabeast nearly everything he made is pretty simple to cook if you have the right ingrediants and recipe. the turkey is probably the hardest part of that meal. he never even made that pie before, he just got the recipe from some old lady and replicated it.
Every single dish looked amazing. I was really surprised when he said his mother is Cuban (I'm Cuban) Would love to see him add some traditional Cuban dishes on his next video/collab with Josh & Ollie
I love that you're back and you have an actual American making you Thanksgiving dinner!! Some not traditional dishes but definitely creative. I love that the sweet potato pie is on the dessert menu. We don't do anything but sweet potato pie in this family. FINALLY...THEY'VE TRIED COLLARDS MADE THE RIGHT WAY!!!! Thank you, David for changing their minds!!!! We'll be having them, too!
Yep, I was always shocked they couldn’t get real collards while they were down here (southern US) except once at a bbq joint! They never had them with soup beans and cornbread, to my recollection.
@@eurekamarijka To be fair, they have had collards...three different times. I've never known anyone to cook them with lemon so that they are bitter or with so much vinegar that that's all you taste. They are supposed to have a bite sure but they shouldn't bite back, lol. That's why they didn't like them before. Can't say they truly like them after this but they at least know they can taste better.
@@tinahairston6383 The type of collard makes a difference. The cabbage collard is mild and not so bitter. The collards need to be "cooked down" to bring out the flavor and render them milder tasting....of course with ham hocks for seasoning. Yes, I am southern.
I guess Ollie got the job done, but he was a safety hazard with that knife. That said, I think a novice shouldn't be given a knife that large to work with.
@@jnt6239 We put the turkey on a big baking pan and use a electric knife. Probably only use that tool a couple times a year but its a lot easier and doesn't hack the meat ;-)
Leaving it in the pot and giving him a chopping knife instead of a carving knife was the first clue that this video was going to be weak…no chef does that….
I'm so glad you all went to David to experience Thanksgiving foods because even though some of the foods were different from what my family traditionally has, I can tell from looking he's done them right.
When I was a kid, of course Christmas was my favorite Holiday. But now that I am an adult, Thanksgiving is best. It's not about "gimmie-gimmie-gimmie", which is what Christmas morphs into, but Thanksgiving is about being THANKFUL: Thankful for food, for shelter, for being together with your family, and eating that food that you associate with "being thankful".
David is doing it right! Bringing classics and adding new twists to the traditional Thanksgiving feast. Absolutely love the Jolly duo! Happy Thanksgiving, yall!
How fortunate for Jolly to connect with such a gracious person and such a fantastic chef and baker! Some of those dishes we have in our own family an have had for decades. Alsmost birngs a tear to my eye.
OK, this is the most fancy version of Thanksgiving food I have ever seen, and I'm from the South all my life. I'm sure it's all good, no doubt. Big fan of Josh picking up pie by the crust and eating it without a fork. If the crust is good, you can do that. Also, since we are the "land of the free," it should be noted that you can have Thanksgiving food any time you want it. My family has cornbread dressing at any time of year.
This guy has singlehandedly solved the problem of Jolly getting to try "American" food while not in America, and what they're given is so far off the comments eat them alive for weeks.
But they are not that different from what I ate growing up. I have a mom from PA/MD area and a dad from the south. As a chef and as someone with Cuban heritage, it makes sense that his takes would be a little different. No one makes everything the same. He even said that his recipes were going to be different based on his family and location in the U.S. Every single thing he made sounds similar to things I have had. I don't like things boring and everyday in flavor so I am more likely to add some different ingredients to standard dishes like he did here as well. (I also like my stuffing browned on top and with cranberries so his stuffing looked delicious to me). His pies in the last video also looked great. America is a huge country. With so many different cultures and backgrounds and regions. And regions within regions. And the people are still so quick to get in comment sections and say how someone, an American at that, is cooking their family holiday dishes (or desserts, or comfort foods, etc) incorrectly. Good grief. Go online and you will find a million different stuffing, cranberry, green bean, and whatever else recipes. Everyone claiming to have the right one.
@@nuttygirl83 So beautifully stated. Its heartbreaking that ppl just can't be content. Especially with what we may face in the coming year/s. Let us give proper Thanks in humility to our Heavenly Padre for all we have & embrace differences that are not hurting us. Paz be with us all 🙏. "Sra Isa"
@@nuttygirl83 it’s food. Relax. People have a right to judge based on flavor and preference. I don’t eat burned foods and that stuffing was not browned to me it was black and burnt. 🥵
@@FemiNelson-sb1em Relax. If your heart is broken over a stranger who is grossed out over burnt corn bread stuffing with pork and fruit and (gag) pumpkin mac n cheese then I am sad for you and will pray for you. It’s an opinion and a preference😁
I’m not an overly patriotic American, but Thanksgiving is one of the days of the year where I’m truly happy to be where I’m from. It’s not just the meal, it’s the day leading up to it. Everyone cooking, the Macy’s day parade, the dog show, football, and then finally everyone gathering to eat. I come from a very big family and my childhood home was right up the hill from my cousins. The tradition was we would have 30+ people over for dinner at my house and then everyone would walk down the road to my Aunt and Uncle’s house for dessert, coffee, a Christmas movie, and sledding when there’s snow. Thanksgiving always felt like the end of the autumn season and the transition into winter and the Christmas season. The month between Thanksgiving and Christmas is truly such a fun time of the year. Glad you guys got to have a little taste of the culinary side of the holiday
And see, that's another quintessential part of American culture -- the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Now it's become a TV extravaganza that people can't even buy tickets to see it end on 34th Street in front of the store. Go basically anywhere else along the route and enjoy the parade for what it's meant to be.
The funny thing about Thanksgiving is that everyone cooks differently in the US. I make traditional Midwestern stuffing with sage. When one daughter isn't coming, I add chestnuts to the dressing. I have southern friends that add sausage to their stuffing and west coast friends that add oysters! I even had Asian friends that wouldn't do a turkey and ate noodles. My daughter's Italian mother-in-law hates Turkey and wants pasta. It doesn't matter what you eat on Thanksgiving it's being with family and friends. My family had a tradition of inviting a stranger, like the Native Americans invited the Pilgrims. We lived in a college town, and many foreign students couldn't go home during Thanksgiving break, so we always invited one or 2 to dinner. I felt sorry for them, we were 7 children with our spouses and children and some cousins, etc. Often 30 people eating on the floor, because the table was reserved for the elderly.
We have a cornbread dressing without raisins. It's flavored with juice/drippings from the freshly cooked turkey & chopped up giblets as the meat. Yummy!
I agree, everyone makes things differently. From the west coast but my family’s stuffing comes from different places when they all came together, so it has half cornbread half regular bread, sausage, giblets, and a lot of sage and butter. Chestnuts sound good. No raisins or fruit. I love how you described your family’s thanksgiving.
The amount of side dishes my family has for Thanksgiving is absolutely crazy so David saying there are usually more is absolutely correct. Thanksgiving besides Christmas is my favorite holiday because I love gathering around my family and just lazing around the house after eating an incredible Thanksgiving feast. Oh it just makes me so happy.
Olly nailed it on the greens and the bitterness needing sugar and butter. I worked in the food service industry running cafeterias in DC and my staff was primarily all women of color from the south and the greens they prepared whether it was turnip, collard or mustard all had two essential ingredients not on the recipes and I loved their greens. Guess exactly what they were Ollie ...you nailed it After about 6 months of enjoying their personalized recipe I asked them to adjust it one time and see what happened. My adjustment was brown sugar and OMG the customers absolutely loved it and we're not talking a couple hundred we're talking a couple thousand. That's a great chef doing that meal for you and trust me I am extremely envious.
Really cool. I just had a convo with a friend about how traditional dishes does not really mean anything since variations have always been present. As a southern boy I like the bitterness of all the different types of greens, but that does not mean my preference is right. I would enjoy brown sugar in my greens as an interesting variation.
15:40 "We burnt down the White House. We did." **takes big gulp of the alcoholic coffee drink** The tradition of bringing up uncomfortable topics at Thanksgiving and how to deal with it. 😂
David’s restaurant and personality are both awesome! 👏🤘😍🤘👏🎉🙏 Glad to see we have a badass representing the country’s delicious foods to Europe! The Pie episode was stunning, and this is just on point too! Love seeing you guys truly enjoying tasty treats new to you! ❤️🔥🫂🙏👏
@@kras2255 Be thankful you’re gone! We’ll be out next spring after planning for the last few years. It’s a big ol’ world out there and excited to see (and taste!) more of it.
Thanksgiving is probably the most "American" meal in a traditional sense. It was a feast that was prepared, during harvest and shared between the indigenous tribes and early settlers. A mixture of foods that were brought over and native. The most common thing you will see served at nearly every home is Turkey, Cranberry, Potatoes, and Corn-- all served in various forms. I would consider those the staple dishes. Beyond that, its regional and family oriented as to what you will see. Saying Thanks is common, but not as common as you think. Its a practice that has certainly fallen off, but one I think should make a comeback. Glad you boys enjoyed your first taste of Thanksgiving!
Every region in the US has different traditional food at Thanksgiving. We never had Mac n Cheese, Cornbread or Sweet Potato Pie. We are from Pennsylvania and the PA Dutch area. It’s fun to see what food items are traditional foods when you travel to different parts of the Country.
My family is in Central PA and we never had mac and cheese or green bean casserole. We have candied sweet potatoes (NO marshmallows! 🤢), mashed potatoes, creamed Lima beans, rolls, and stuffing IN the turkey.
@ we had potato filling, no stuffing, candied sweet potatoes, pepper cabbage, homemade applesauce, jellied cranberry sauce from the can 😀. Usually a hickory nut cake and pumpkin pie.
I'm from California and when I had Thanksgiving in the South for the first time, I was taken aback by the mac and cheese (especially since it appeared to be the kind from a box) and the fact that they'd always made it at Thanksgiving. It seemed a little out of place to me. At least the pumpkin mac and cheese that David made for them was a little more seasonal and made from scratch.
@@Osprey850Most Southerners I know don’t make mac and cheese from a box. If it’s homemade it’s usually baked too. That stuff made on the stove is unappealing to me.
Pennsylvania Dutchwoman here. My family's standard Thanksgiving menu: Turkey Stuffing made with bread cubes, celery, and onions Jellied cranberry sauce Candied sweet potatoes Pillsbury crescent rolls (not quite traditional Dutch) Green bean casserole Pumpkin pie Mincemeat pie
I really like David! He does a great job of acknowledging how different celebrations are across our country. And he seems like such a really nice, talented man!
I just found out that my Aunt Shirley passed away on Wednesday 11/20/2024. I bring this up because watching this reminds me of all the times that my Dad's side of the family gathered at my Aunt's house for Thanksgiving. It was always such a huge spread of food and of course there were always snacks laid out before the main meal. Of course there were the deserts we would eat later on as well. Honestly though the best part was seeing my extended family and catching up with everyone.
I’m so sorry for your loss! I have a very old Aunt Shirley as well, and her love language has always been feeding people, and we never lived near enough to see the extended family for the holidays, but I can just imagine what her thanksgiving spread would have been!!
This hit me right in the heart. It was always my moms side that came over for Thanksgiving. it's been a long time since that's happened. In the past, we lost one of my moms brothers and sisters, and the day after Christmas last year, Mom succumbed to cancer. And a couple of weeks ago, we lost her other brother to cancer. It's been a rough year. We only have two of her sisters left. All of my cousins have their own lives, we never see them anymore. This holiday season is going to be really rough.
The dressing looks great! In the Midwest, a bread based dressing is more the norm. I worked in a State institution for 4 decades and we cooked the Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners at the individual houses for our clients and staff. I accidently learned a great way to bake dressing, several years ago, when I ran out of 9x13 pans. I used a muffin tin, making individual servings. The best part was a lovely buttery crust on each portion and a delicious tender inside to each. I highly reccommend baking your dressing this way! Happy Thanksgiving Josh and Ollie and fellow fans!🦃
@OliviaFinley-p7w I always start this with a pat of real butter in each of the cups, then put the pan in the oven to melt butter and heat up pan. Then another pat of butter on the top of the portion of dressing. I wish you a very Happy holiday!
I learned that from Martha Stewart in the 90s I think - everybody gets the crusty edges!! I’ve also used a cookie scoop to make rows on a half-sheet pan for the same effect when I need more for a crowd. Now that our family is much smaller, it’s also a tidy way to freeze and reheat extras for later on.
Can we get tons more of David, please? I can't wait to find his shop and taste his wonderful creations. Absolutely brilliant video!!! Maybe David needs his own channel?
JOLLY, from USA here and been a subscriber even before there was JOLLY-when it was just Korean Englishman. Notes for our UK cousins-yes it’s chaotic eating. Kids even pets running around. When the alcohol kicks in it gets rowdy. Then throw in political, economics, world news, wars, your 401K, your refinancing, your divorce, your marriage, the complexities of family dynamics and relations-life discussions. Lots of variety and eating. Yes! Very chaotic. You’re supposed to pace yourself throughout the day and the following couple of days. Also, thanksgiving is variety and it includes lots and lots of people-family, extended families, friends, neighbors and even people you don’t know because folks might bring their own friends. This much food is not meant for just two men. There’s a lot of conversations and eating with many people. It’s supposed to be like a buffet style you eat what you like. However, if you’re surrounded with expectations because folks want you to try out their dish, then you kind are pulled in to this obligatory dish tasting-and if the dish bringer is someone high up in the family hierarchy (i.e. grandparents, aunts, uncle)-you can’t refuse-and then expected to have a conversation about their dish then your stuffed to the brim and pulled in to discussions because the dish bringer will be sad without the attention. 😊❤❤❤❤
You guys have the most heartwarming content, it always makes me SO SO HAPPY when I watch your videos. You bring so much light during a dark time for many, and I can't thank you enough.
KUDDOS to you David. You gave a great selection of American Thanksgiving classic food. It was a delight to view Ollie and Josh's appetite and joy in trying all the American classics. The one thing David did not mention is that Americans sit around the dining room table for hours talking to family some of whom have traveled long distances to get there and who may only see family one a year. Thanksgiving is our American Holiday of food, togetherness and to remember what we are greatful for. Because America is made up of all immigrant christmas is more a holiday of celebrating traditional foods from the countries people immigrated from to keep those traditions alive for future generations. All immigrants came to America for free education, places to work and be able to support their families. AND "YES" the Brits, whom we love dearly, did burn down our wooden/timber white house in 1812 but we learned from that experience. We rebuilt our White House in stone.
I’m glad this was like proper thanksgiving food made by someone who grew up in America. It was very faithful to what I’ve seen at my thanksgiving! These are very classic thanksgiving dishes.
I could be wrong but I think their back in America and trying more stuff it’s unfortunate they haven’t been back to Australia let alone gone to other Asian countries and tried their food.. But I’m pretty sure they filmed this in the UK…
Pumpkin Mac and cheese must be the chefs creation. I’ve lived all over as a military brat and then 20 years in the military and I have never heard or seen most of these items.
Same lol I'm an army brat that settled in the south. We never had pumpkin mac and cheese. They need to go to someone's house on Thanksgiving day and get a real taste of down home realistic Thanksgiving dinner ❤
13 generation American here and the only thingsvmy Thanksgiving table shares with David's is the turkey, gravy, green beans and cranberries. We have mashed potatoes, carrots, stuffing, sour dough bread, brioche, apple pie, pumpkin pie, pecan pie. In the last 20 years we've added salmon for the no meat crowd. (we call them foreigners ;-)) Loved this video, as always. Can't wait until next week when it is all about assorted family, chatting and eating. Sandwiches at about 8:30.
In my family, each fall we go out and get a big dead branch that has fallen from a tree, and we cut leaves out of construction paper, and on the leaves each person writes what they're thankful for, and we put the branch out each year and decorate it with the leaves from previous years and we have a record of our family's wishes and blessings, for years and years
Grew up in the Midwest and besides all the Thanksgiving traditional foods, our table held homemade pickles of assorted flavors and spices, pickled beets, picked carrots, and a type of tomato/ cucumber/ onion salsa all homemade and canned in the fall after a harvest of garden vegetables. Scandinavian and German heritage additions.
Where I’m from we would have yeast rolls instead of cornbread and we would have mashed potatoes. And no mac and cheese or collards. Our menu is always: Turkey and gravy Cranberry sauce Stuffing Rolls Mashed potatoes Candied sweet potatoes Green bean casserole Corn pudding “Cranberry fluff salad” Relish tray (pickles, olives, raw veggies) Apple, pumpkin, and pecan pies Black coffee
We would have had roles when I was a kid too. But now that i'm older and live alone, sometimes I treat myself to cornbread. I don't do Mac and cheese, but a friend of mine. It depends on what kind of community you come from, or where
This sounds very much like my family’s spread for Thanksgiving as well. I’ve had variations on it at friends and the like as I usually work Thanksgiving so can’t go home…….but this year I’ll be home and I can’t wait. Hopefully my mom won’t make everything gluten free 🤮
David is such a charming gentleman, i love him on this channel! And he seems so happy to feed Josh and Ollie, joining in with the jokes and making the atmosphere warm and relaxed ☺️ Ollie, as always, shines with his wit and humour. Just all around wholesome and funny episode. Loved it!
I'm glad he mentioned that there is so much diversity in Thanksgiving meals. I doubt that any two homes have the same menu.
Yeah the base is kinda the same but everyone has their own ways on how to cook or what’s added to it. For instance I’ve never seen cranberries and onions before.
Yup, I don't like most pumpkin spice, so our adulty drink of choice at my dad's is some of his homemade wine. Lol! But yeah, much less pumpkin spice in the usual Thanksgivings I've been a part of. :)
Yeah, never seen cranberries and onions together. I'd take a pass on that one.
@@shattered831 In Wisconsin for example the number one grower of cranberries it is an absolute must that you have cranberry sauce.
I've had real cranberry sauce, but prefer the jellied stuff out of the can.
JOLLY ...thank you for bringing David back! Starting the petition for a collab between David and the British High Schoolers ✍
I'd second that in a heartbeat.
That absolutely needs to happen.
Fully support this!
Yes!
Yes! I would love to see the (secondary schoolers 😉) try this.
I feel like David is a really great representative of what an American is like and how to share our culture. He’s honest that his cooking is obviously from the perspective of a southern boy and that things will vary depending on region and family (for example, we could never have Thanksgiving without rolls and mashed potatoes in my family up north.) He’s also so kind and a real gentleman, it seems. I’ve really enjoyed seeing both videos he’s been in. ❤
It is a really cool view into the various Thanksgiving traditions. As a southern guy, I wouldn't say these were southern dishes by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm widening my lense to see how southern food inspires others to create different and delicious meals.
Yes, just like he said there were many foods he served that I have never seen before even as a Southerner and there were many foods that I eat that were missing but overall that’s basically what Thanksgiving is - regional and family favorites with a couple of commonalities - that’s why we visit multiple houses on Thanksgiving, to visit of course but mostly for the to go plates!
@@stormywaters Amen 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Haha, gotta get all the good food 😍
Corn bread stuffing isn't a thing in the North in America as far as I've known. We normally use white bread or some people use already cubed, store bought bread. Some of what David is making looks good but the gravy he made is way out there too and the cranberry sauce with pearl onions and bourbon, albeit looks awesome.
@@WElijahMorris For sure. I’ve never been to the south during this time of year so I don’t have much frame of reference aside from the well known things. Even the south is too broad because every state is so different.
When he said “I’m feeling the lack of sugar, it would be better if there was butter and sugar” dudes becoming a true American now🫡😂 12:28
Our plans are working. Soon we will convert them.
I read this comment right before he said it
😂😂😂😂Josh complaining about Ollie's fingers on his cornbread....when you always share bites off the same sandwich made me spit out my coffee😂😂😂😂
Josh gets annoyed whenever Ollie shows how much he loves him… I just wish he would accept his future is actually with Ollie 😂
And Ollie's sip of bourbon-laced coffee just afterward would have made me spit out mine (if I drank coffee)!
lol I get it though. I can share bites of food with my mom but when I see her touch communal food it turns my stomach
Yeah, does anyone else find that gross when the bite off the same food?
So true 😂❤
Olly chugging that bourbon pumpkin spice latte when Josh went mad about the cornbread 😂😂😂😂😂😂
He's fed tf up 😂😂
Yeah, you could tell when that bourbon kicked in
David cooks such rustic AND elevated American food. This is the way to showcase classic American dishes. Absolutely killed it!
This all looks phenomenal, and would be great for a Friendsgiving or some other large function. But if I showed up to this at the family Thanksgiving I'd be a little disappointed. At some point I just want the simple, classic versions.
this is an absolute abomination of American thanksgiving. Nobody out here is having pumpkin mac and cheese, and a classic green bean casserole is going to blow whatever the hell that was out of the water. I feel like the boys actually got jipped on this
@@AnotherBrokeNomad you are an an absolute abomination for your comment. Many people have different tastes for food, so who in the hell are you to judge the cook for sharing HIS version to Josh and Ollie. I know starving people out there that would kill to have eaten this food and they wouldn't care if the mac n cheese had pumpkin in it, or the green bean casserole has cheese in it. If all you do is post negative comments, then you might not want to watch the video.
@@AnotherBrokeNomad America is way too diverse to have a "classic" version of something when it's done in every region differently
@@tonytagliatelle9225 I mean thats fine and I agree, like when people from the midwest make those horrible dumpling noodles..... but green bean casserole is green bean casserole, mac n cheese is mac n cheese, it's not like the difference between stuffing and cornbread dressing
David seems like the nicest guy, and his food looked great. Some of the more creative side dishes are new to me, but that's the beauty of the holiday. Make what makes you happy!
19:09 You can tell David sincerely appreciated that compliment. Hats off to you, David. You deserve all the accolades!
He did!! That was sweet
Yes! that moment touched me so much! I'd love a piece of those pies!
"Is Thanksgiving, is it a chaotic meal?" The most spot on of spot on things said
Whole time this not even chaotic compared to thanksgiving
My thoughts exactly especially if you have to do 2 in one day lol.. Bring a flask full of your favorite beverage!!!
Typically you have the meal early to mid afternoon then snack on leftovers if you’re hungry later that night. A piece of ham/turkey on a roll or small portions of your favorite sides for your snack. Don’t forget the sweet tea!
How you eating early to mid afternoon? My family spends the WHOLE day cooking that we end up eating around 6 or 7PM
Ollie, I think you poured abit too much spirits into your Cafè, lol. Paz be with us all 🙏. "Sra Isa"
“We would eat the Brussels sprouts as fast as possible so we didn’t have to thank God for them” that’s probably one the most innocently funny things you can remember from your childhood. Love it! Had me laughing
He's not wrong. Growing up I hated all cruciferous vegetables but I think it's because of the preparation (boiled or pan-fried for curries at best). As an adult though I had roasted brussel sprouts and cauliflower from a wood fired pizza oven at a restaurant with oil, garlic and seasoning and it was amazing. I think you just need that charring on them with the right seasoning and they do a full 180
I hated them as a kid and still do. 😂
@@anndeecosita3586 :D Fair enough. It could just be that my palate's changed but I'm convinced that intense heat at ~800F(500C) does some work.
Part of me wants to buy a backyard pizza oven that gets close to those temperatures to see if I can replicate it
I can relate, hated them as a child. Love them now.
When David was putting the Brussels Sprouts on their plates I was thinking to myself that I would've smacked that pan right out of his hand. 🤣🤣 Besides peas it's the vegetable I dislike the most.
Thanksgiving is a notoriously chaotic holiday. Especially if you are the cook/cooks. Add a little more chaos per guest present and double that for every kid present. 😂
It's at the perfect time of the year. The cold weather, the warm food. A fireplace going. It's so cozy. I love it!
They still need to have a full Thanksgiving experience...watching the parade on TV while cooking, playing football in the backyard before dinner, sleeping on the sofa with the football game on TV, going back for a 2nd or 3rd round of food, sitting around a bonfire in the evening, and making turkey sandwiches for a nighttime snack.
Don’t forget watching a parade on TV.
@@AdamYJ totally forgot about that. Thanks!
Yea next year an American family needs to welcome them in for the whole shabam
@@AdamYJ With most everything being streamed live now, I'm guessing if they sought it out, they could probably see the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade this week. They might find it fun!
Being absolutely tortured by the amazing smell of turkey baking for hours. That's why I usually do a ham the night before so that people can graze while the turkey's cooking and leave it alone.
Josh and Ollie-one thing that is interesting about Thanksgiving food is that many people in America don’t eat much of these dishes at any other time but at Thanksgiving, which is part of why the meal is so special and part of why typically there are so many different dishes prepared. And, most families eat the leftovers for a week after, either as more helpings of the food as is, or repurposed in turkey soup, turkey sandwiches, turkey pot pie, etc.
My favorite day after meal is my "fortress of turkitude": a solid base of mashed potatoes, strips of turkey meat layered on top, a slice of cranberry sauce, and then the whole thing slathered in leftover gravy. With a leftover dinner roll or two to sop up whatever's left.
tbh as an american i haven’t even heard of most of these dishes
@@isaiahmoungey3193are you in the South?
Or Hot Brown😋❤️😋❤
Turkey noodle soup after Thanksgiving weekend is my favorite thing to make with leftover turkey.
Big W to that viewer that shared their family’s pie recipe
Yes I agree!
Something’s are too good not to share. I have an amazing pumpkin pie recipe ( from Mississippi) that is too good not to share.
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It reminds me of a pie my grandmother used to make. I haven't seen one in probably 40 years. It's definitely a lost recipe
And its a recipe I would love to have! Hey lads...is there some way members can get recipes? Or does David have a book? I'm Southern US based, but am trying to start my own food traditions. And that pumpkin pie, and pumpkin bread ...I'd love to try making!
So great that David explained the menu variation according to region. Even family to family.
I don't ever really comment, I just wanted to say thank you to Josh and Ollie. A few years ago I had a change in life circumstances, and became homeless, unmedicated, and suicidal. I was looking for reasons to stay alive. Literally, I was going to kill myself that day. But out of the blue, totally unexpectedly, I clicked on a video, and tried something new. I thought I'd lose interest in literal seconds. I saw some British highschoolers try some Korean food on TH-cam. Seeing their eyes light up in new and wonderful way was heartwarming to me. Reminded me of my son. Anyway, I grew to love the channel(s) Josh and Ollie appear in, and now I'm in a house, with fulfilling work, and purpose in life. And I would have killed myself if that fateful day, I hadn't had a moment of levity and wholesome 'niceness' like Josh and Ollie provide. Thank you both for existing. Thank you both for being yourselves. It may sound strange or over the top, but I would not be here if it weren't for you guys. So this year - I'm thankful for YOU. (And hey - come to California and I'll show ya some insane and cool places to eat in Joshua Tree.) All my love. Always. Josh and Ollie - thank you for my life. It's a pretty good one now ❤️. I look forward to your next video, as always.
Sending you love ❤️
Blue skies ahead friend 🩵
@sunnydae6602 Thank you! Yes indeed ❤️
Stay strong! I am thankful you are with us!!
So glad you're with us! ❤
I'm so happy you decided to stay around. ❤
1:06 drinking to endure your family IS 100% A THANKSGIVING NECESSITY it’s in the playbook
Jack Daniels is always a welcome guest at Thanksgiving
I use gummies or I’d never survive mentally throughout the holidays.
Drink and watch football until the food is ready. Then drink some more. Perfect holiday.
This is why you need a survival kit that includes: Scotch, edibles/grass, a humidor of good cigars (for yourself) and cheap cigars for people that want to bum one off of you, a pocket knife for when things get dicey, and a jar of moonshine for when you want to be alone.
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And I don't even drink
David is a great ambassador for American food. No bullshit, he’s doing a great job. So many “American” in England videos seem like it’s done by someone who has never been to America, or read about it in a book. David is real, this food looks authentic.
England definitely needs more American influence when it comes to food. I watch a few English TH-camrs and judging by what they say about their own food, there's so much they can improve on. It amazes me that most standard American foods can be made in England if they just try. Now I understand that things like Jambalaya, Gumbo, etc. have ingredients that are strictly native to America, but things like Biscuits and Gravy can easily be made if they just try.
@@Awood2207 The basic problem with English cuisine is that they don't believe in seasoning. Or happiness.
@@chrisbergsten1429😆
@@chrisbergsten1429The Norwegians say the same about themselves😅
@@Awood2207 Seasoning, they need seasoning. The common point of the UK-tubers eating American food in the US or making it at home have found is that American food has flavor.
There was even one guy from Northern Ireland who looked like he was having revelations at Appleby's, which I'd consider plain vanilla. If that is getting him to rethink British food, then they need to step up their game.
Cranberry sauce with Turkey has to be one of the best food combos! 🦃
This guy took Green Bean Casserole, Corn Casserole, Cranberry Sauce to a whole nother level. Everything looks amazing.
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Yes! I want the recipes
That carving of the turkey was a murder scene!!! 😂
I've been a vegetarian for 19 years, and I'm convinced I could do better!😂
That all looks delicious. But it also doesn't look like a y Thanksgiving I have ever seen in lower middle class-poor homes, which is how I grew up. Sure, I saw these type of recipes and maybe at catered meals for richer people. Maybe it's just where I came from.
No one carves a turkey in POT.
😂yah
Fr LOL
You can tell what close friends they are. That banter definitely reminds me of conversations our family has at the table. Especially when Ollie grabbed Josh's cornbread. "You can have it, since you put your grubby hands on it".
They are supposed to be no.1 wife and husband but Josh literally denies Ollie’s advances🤣…. I feel bad for him 😢
Poor guy just wants to be no.1 in Josh’s life
I thought Josh and Ollie were brother-in-laws, married to two sisters.
@@thatgirl9532 Oh, give it a rest! Ollie is not crushing on Josh, this is a long standing joke, even their wives are in on it. Good lord!!
@@pinky2245 Uhh.....please tell me you aren't actually this dense? 🤦🏾♀️ Are you literally explaining the punchline of the joke at the exact same time its going 'woosh' right over your head? Because that...that takes skill 😅
@@joyrisher8841 No, Josh's wife is Korean.
Around 16min mark- That IS a sweet story on how just on the strength of that one video - Jolly viewers have reached out to David .. !
You two may not realize it , but your channel touches many people ... !
KEEP GOING & don't be afraid to include your beautiful families !
They nailed the chaos of TG!
They had petty arguments, embarrassment, nostalgic stories, fun facts, and sneaky alcohol.
NAILED IT.
Just like the Romans said to Jesus: Nailed it!
TOTALLY DISAGREE. This is truly their worst video. I feel terrible for anyone that has chaotic Thanksgiving's. We had/have polite, peaceful T-Day's with Holiday music and RESPECT, although I have seen families that don't, and that is NOT AMERICAN. No one eats with bright lights, and non-stop talking, with no order to the presentation if the food. Just terrible. No one shoves food in your face in this manner. This is an awful video. Awful representation of Thanksgiving or what it's truly about.
@@IamJustJ. Wow. I see you have zero respect for your Savior. What is wrong with this channel?! They openly mock Christ in this video as well!
@@OutInTheBuyah Well, perhaps you should consider not everyone in the world shares your beliefs. Maybe step outside of your house/apartment/hovel and touch grass once in a while.
@@OutInTheBuyah Christian here. Lighten the f*ck up, mate.
David is such a good talker he could have his own TV show. Smooth, calming, interesting.
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For real, I want David to have a cooking show.
As a Cali girl with Mexican roots my mum makes tamales for thanksgiving along side with turkey. So when he brought up his Cuban roots and how every family had their own twist it’s just the greatest part of it. A great big melting pot of different foods!
Oh daaang, now that’s a Thanksgiving dinner I would go all in on. Sounds delicious 🤤
Here in SoCal, tamales are much more of a Chistmas thang.
I'm from Arizona. I think tamales are more of a Christmas thing too
@@AroundTheWorldWithEase we do them for both! Can’t go wrong with Tamales.
OH MY Sweet Southern Heart is melting watching a couple guys enjoy a good meal. It's something we really have in common with many cultures. We love to see people eating well. Any home you go to, especially in the south, they're going to attempt to feed you.
Also super happy to see Mr. David again. Knowing he's from Mississippi and me being from Kentucky but now living in Louisiana (10 years) - you just know it's good food.
"Just die on that hill..." no Josh. That's Easter. 🤣
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I didn't like that comment.
@@greyeye5345it’s called a joke
@@greyeye5345 Hail Satan
Yeah, I didn't need my iced tea OR my keyboard anymore, anyway. You won the internet today!
I've been a consumer of food media since i was a child, so give or take 20 years. I loved food network growing up, yada yada, all the works. Iron chef, Bobby Flay, Emril, Anthony Bourdain....EVERYTHING. This food....this restaurant....has to be some of the BEST food i have ever seen. Everything he does looks so beyond delicious, I'm in awe. I'm not a professional, and who cares about my opinion... but, man, I haven't wanted to go to place to eat the food so bad my entire life.
This just showed up in my feed. I'm an expat in Sweden. Who's David and what's his places name?
I want all his recepies! This is the most serious old skool thankgiving spreaf on a media channel I ever saw I think. That also looks like ut delivers in full flavor, no prefabricated short cuts, no marshmallow fluff on everything.
Is his place in London? Or are the Brits in the US?
@@gnarbeljo8980 London. But I don't recall the name of his restaurant :/ They have another episode with pies you need to check out :)
@@gnarbeljo8980 It is mentioned in the caption. It's called 'Outsider Tart', in London
@@gnarbeljo8980 I found it in Google Map. Outsider Tart @ The Lyric, Lyric Square, London W6 0QL. He has a website. He is serving Thanksgiving dinner on Nov 28th.
OMG...How can this restaurant not be overrun with customers with the food being this absolutely amazing? American cuisine is so comforting and rich with flavorful ingredients. Nothing bland about it (especially from our southern culture).
Wouldn't be surprised if Jolly reserves the whole restaurant so they can get more one-on-one attention from the chef/owner.
@@jordanjenkins1671 I was going to say they're probably shutting down the restaurant to film for the day...
I thought the restaurant meal looked terrible. 😂. The best part was probably the bourbon.
What...uh...what do you eat?@@jacqschro1578
Oh, comment never showed up. I was politely asking the gentleman what food that they ate that looked (a strictly personal preference) better than this. I would genuinely like to know.
I grew up with saying grace and then going around the table and saying something you were thankful for. Listening to the little ones honestly answer the question was always fun. My family was military and so it was mostly just us and my parents would invite the young GIs who couldn’t make it home for thanksgiving. It’s about sharing your home and kitchen with everyone.
That sounds lovely. Your family will always be a special memory for those GIs.
After that nightmare of a Thanksgiving video with the school kids, I'm glad Josh and Ollie had a professional help them. David was not messing around. Not only did he have many of the staple items, but they also had his family's personal twist on them, and that's what makes each Thanksgiving meal so unique. It's not just what you serve. It's how your family serves it. Each family has a slightly different recpie, all saturated in each family's personal history.
Gabie cooked all those foods for the Thanksgiving school feast by herself. She is literally a professional chef. I watched her video of her cooking all the foods, and her Thanksgiving food spread was legit. Maybe if the team made the decision to serve each item separately on a dinner plate, rather than put them in a sandwich, it would have been less chaotic (I personally don't like those sandwiches). Gabie made a lovely spread, including a gorgeous candied sweet potato dish that tempted me, even though I grew up not liking the dish. Dave is an awesome chef, and everything he cooked was amazing and legit, but I side-eyed that pumpkin mac & cheese. We don't need pumpkin or pumpkin spice in everything. Pumpkin pie, roasted pumpkin with other roasted veg, and blended pumpkin soup, however, are awesome. Dave's pies are on another level. I would eat only those pies, and probably nothing else. I think every American family has their own thing going, in addition to the "traditional" foods. Since I and some other family members didn't like turkey, we also had spiral-cut ham and/or breaded pork chops.
If u show up to a real thxgiving… judging by ur comment u have 0 melanin in you… but if u showed up to the cookout with RAISIN STUFFING & PUMPKIN MAC N CHEESE you would honestly get kicked out and might even get beat up on ur way out. This “chef” failed you horribly he should he ashamed of what he served
Yes! That one was a big let down.
This is completely accurate and beautifully expressed! ❤
Great point on the family traditions not just in the event but in the recipes as well. I still think of certain dishes related to a person. When the next generation takes over that recipe, they better not change it in any way.
American here. This is what we normally have: Turkey, Ham, Mash potatoes, Sweet potatoes or Sweet potato pie, Corn casserole, Dressing, Diner rolls or Crescent rolls, Green bean casserole, various veggie dishes, Gravy, Pies, and various other desserts.
this is the way. +cranberry sauce (homemade, canned or both)...and often more than one version of the same dish
Don't forget sweet potatoes casserole
Regions matter too, ha, because i have no idea what a corn casserole is.
@@mindsonloan Similar to what that guy did, but less complicated and no cheese. It's kinda like corn spoon bread or a souffle. It's more common in the midwest, you know because, "corn".
@@mindsonloan If it's what I think it is, we in the upper Midwest call it Corn Pudding at least in my family. It's a dense and rich soft dish similar to mashed potatoes but quite a bit denser, with whole kernals of sweet corn in it. It's mildly sweet compared to desert, and quite sweet compared to mashed potatoes. Kind of in that goldilocks zone. It is a perfect component in the mixing phase of the meal, getting that together with mashed potatoes, stuffing/dressing, and green bean casserole is pretty clutch.
Some things are "cheffy" embellishments, and some are spot on, a great cross-section of old and new dishes. Thanks David for repping the USA so well!
Yes, I bet they would not like the traditional green bean dish. Or then again, they might because they're English 😅
@@LindaC616
Snarky snob.
@@LindaC616 Given what they've liked in the US, I don't think they'd hate a green bean casserole. That was a significantly upgraded one though.
Interesting hearing David is half Cuban, my Cuban family also always had black beans and rice at Thanksgiving! Love this, will try to get to David’s restaurant next time I’m in London.
I've lived all over the US (military brat). Among white European descendants, these dishes are the basics of the Thanksgiving meal: turkey, stuffing, gravy, a cranberry dish of some type, homemade biscuits, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, something with corn, sweet potatoes with marshmallows melted on top, and a minimum of two different pies, generally pecan and pumpkin or sweet potato. Those are the essential dishes. Because family or friends (or both) bring their specialties, there are lots more.
Everyone is in a food coma by the end of the meal, so the pies are generally served with freshly whipped cream sometime during the second (American) football game. Now there are 3 football games played on Thanksgiving, so sometime during the third game you might make a couple of sandwiches with the leftover biscuits. Turkey, stuffing, and a bit of gravy.
You said exactly what I was thinking! The food spread is spot on. And with multiple sneak in the kitchen for another go.
Love green bean casserole
@@carolannwedding5611me too…. I go a little nuts with the fried onion, not only does it top the casserole I also mix a ton of it inside the casserole. Yummmm!!😂
David is KILLING IT! His food looks exactly like how my family’s Thanksgiving looks (though lots of non-dairy options for me)
One of my uncles is from Texas and always adds a bit of southern flair. My grandma, mom and myself all make different cranberry sauce. The only thing missing is the mashed potatoes, but yall have those there. I add in some simple Japanese soup as a nod to my upbringing. But yeah, everyone’s thanksgiving looks different. People introduce their own cultural upbringing, regional food, and things they just simply enjoy.
You guys have finally nailed thanksgiving and I’m thrilled for you!
This is very southern skewed. I've lived in 7 different states, from the south to the north, east and the west. I LOVE the variety we have in our Thanksgiving day meal. David cooks such great looking dishes.
Is that where that gravy comes from? I’ve never seen gravy with chunks in it like that.
@@pjschmid2251 It's called giblet gravy. My mom made both giblet and "plain" gravy. Giblet gravy is using the meat from the innards to help ad more flavor to your gravy. I like both, but my family never liked giblet gravy, so I'd strain them out and just serve a very tasty gravy. Home made is almost always better. Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
It's VERY Southern. Everything is so sweet. That's not saying it's not good, just that it's very different than anything I remember. i grew up in Ohio where the only really sweet thing was the dessert.
@ oh yes, we always made gravy with the wrapped up innards from the turkey, but there were never chunks in the finished gravy. The neck, giblets, heart and whatever the heck else is in that bag would go into a pot with water and a bunch of seasoning, and simmer away, while the turkey was roasting, and then that liquid was used to make the gravy. But that gravy looked like it had a bunch of vegetables and stuff in it. That is something I hadn’t seen before.
@@John_Fugazzi You are so correct, with the exception of canned sweet potato casserole with marshmallows. I never liked sweet potatoes because of that. Then I had someone serve me a simple baked one with a bit of butter, salt and pepper. I love them now!! I still hate that casserole, and haven't eaten even a bite of it since I was 5!!! Happy Thanksgiving.
Man, I'm so glad David was brought back! I love him! And even better, who knew he'd be such an accomplished chef as well, and not just a baker! His spread is like the Thanksgiving dream feast! Josh and Ollie are getting the best of the best here, your average home isn't going to be eating such a kingly feast like that on Thanksgiving
Black beans and rice, man that hit home for me as a fellow Cuban!!!!........David is definitely right everyone has a variety of different foods on Thanksgiving!!!!
My mother came from Yugoslavia. We put chicken liver in our stuffing and eat little balls of dough with poppyseed syrup on them at Christmas!
14:20 This point about regional cuisines within a country is so important to me as an American. The US is approximately the same total area as mainland Europe. When people say America has no traditional cuisine, it would be like saying Europe has none. A Thanksgiving dinner, pretty much iconic across the country, will look very differently in New Vork vs Georgia vs Missouri vs California. Different ingredients will be more available and a bigger part of the culture. US food varies so wildly by region.
Absolutely! This was an important part of the video for me too!
@Bunbury42
Here in parts of Maryland, you better not forget the sauerkraut!😉💜
@@jenniferrandolph4115 That's so interesting. I'm in Silver Spring and haven't heard of that. I like sauerkraut so I'm happy to have it, but I would not have considered it a Thanksgiving staple. Where in Maryland are you from?
@@nerdygoth1688 "Alaska alone is bigger than Europe"
🤣Someone needs to take a look at a map lool. Funniest thing I've heard all day.
Lord, I just wanna cook for them just so I can watch Ollie's eyes roll back in his head and Josh using his hands to explain what he's tasting...best compliments ever😅 Never stop doing what you do my friends because this old lady is so very thankful for all of it!🤗
You guys got the bougie Thanksgiving meal. 😂
My family’s traditional Thanksgiving meal:
Turkey
Cranberry sauce
Mashed potatoes
turkey gravy
Sausage, cornbread stuffing
Green bean casserole
(w/creamy mushroom soup)
Dinner rolls w/butter
Green salad w/Cranberry Vinaigrette
Candied sweet potatoes
And I’m adding mac’n cheese this year
Desserts:
Pumpkin pie
Pecan pie
Apple pie
Either a chocolate pie or a fruit pie
Sparkling apple cider with dinner
Hot cider or decaf coffee with dessert
I feel like those experiencing Thanksgiving for the first time should be traditional. Not a unique one of a kind menu. I think the unique menu has its place. It's just not a representation of a traditional Thanksgiving menu.
@ So well said! Yes, the twists on the traditional are for those of us who have eaten the same food from the same recipe for decades. Lol. I agree that those experiencing it for the first time should have the traditional first.
Midwest born and raised and this is the quintessential Thanksgiving meal.
My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, because it's just family, food and football. Everyone brings their specialty or a recipe they have found to try, and you just enjoy each other's company. Kids and dogs running around playing and so much laughing. As farmers, another harvest is in and that is always something to be thankful for.
You're a farmer? I'm thankful for you.
Thank you!
My family is from a farming background although only a few of us still farm. I am proud this is part of my history and heritage. Thank you to the farmers.
Thank you, for your service! There wouldn't be an us, without you!
I love that David spoke to the regional and cultural aspects that make a family Thanksgiving sooo unique around the US. I feel like this gets missed in all the videos of American Thanksgiving and then everyone thinks we all eat this for our holiday. The diversity is absolutely true and IMHO the best thing about US Thanksgiving.
David is the best. And i am so happy to see a legit thanksgiving meal, so many other channels show thanksgiving food and us Americans are stupefied because it's not true to life. Well done all!
This is what your family’s Thanksgiving dinner is like? Gadzooks. (Then again, my mother didn’t enjoy cooking and my sisters were VERY picky eaters)
Was noT legit, at All!!!
right? even a lot of these items i’ve never had at my table, but i can understand it being there and made sense as thanksgiving food!
Can't even imagine the amount of time & effort it must have taken to prepare all that, amazing!
I love how quickly Ollie adjusted to the alcohol tradition of the season. 😂🥰😂
I've never heard of putting alcohol in a pumpkin spice latte, but alcohol and the whole week of Thanksgiving pretty much go hand in hand. As a matter of fact, I believe more people go out drinking on Wednesday night before Thanksgiving than do on New Year's.
As a Russian immigrant who grew up in the U.S., we have borsht, vinigret and Korean carrot salad, and some other Russian side along with the mash, rolls, gravy, and stuffing.
Thanksgiving is all about the beautiful tapestry of America's diverse culture.
I love that! And as someone who grandparents immigrated from Italy, we always started off with some pasta dish. Usually a baked pasta. As did most of my friends.
This is the most elevated thanksgiving meal I've ever seen ❤😂. God bless this precious man for giving Josh and Ollie such an experience! I'm always here for any Jolly videos!
You're not kidding! This meal requires a top-notch chef and most families don't have one of those
It was really sweet he made the buttermilk pie from a recipe that came from a viewer.
@@randabeast nearly everything he made is pretty simple to cook if you have the right ingrediants and recipe. the turkey is probably the hardest part of that meal. he never even made that pie before, he just got the recipe from some old lady and replicated it.
Every single dish looked amazing. I was really surprised when he said his mother is Cuban (I'm Cuban) Would love to see him add some traditional Cuban dishes on his next video/collab with Josh & Ollie
I love that you're back and you have an actual American making you Thanksgiving dinner!! Some not traditional dishes but definitely creative. I love that the sweet potato pie is on the dessert menu. We don't do anything but sweet potato pie in this family.
FINALLY...THEY'VE TRIED COLLARDS MADE THE RIGHT WAY!!!! Thank you, David for changing their minds!!!! We'll be having them, too!
Yep, I was always shocked they couldn’t get real collards while they were down here (southern US) except once at a bbq joint! They never had them with soup beans and cornbread, to my recollection.
@@eurekamarijka To be fair, they have had collards...three different times. I've never known anyone to cook them with lemon so that they are bitter or with so much vinegar that that's all you taste. They are supposed to have a bite sure but they shouldn't bite back, lol. That's why they didn't like them before. Can't say they truly like them after this but they at least know they can taste better.
@@tinahairston6383 The type of collard makes a difference. The cabbage collard is mild and not so bitter. The collards need to be "cooked down" to bring out the flavor and render them milder tasting....of course with ham hocks for seasoning. Yes, I am southern.
@@eurekamarijkaThey had them several times. Once too heavy on the vinegar and another time cooked in lemon juice. David had to redeem the dish.
As much as Josh and the crew were freaking out about Ollie's carving skills, he was pretty spot on about how to cut the turkey!
I guess Ollie got the job done, but he was a safety hazard with that knife. That said, I think a novice shouldn't be given a knife that large to work with.
@@jnt6239 We put the turkey on a big baking pan and use a electric knife. Probably only use that tool a couple times a year but its a lot easier and doesn't hack the meat ;-)
Leaving it in the pot and giving him a chopping knife instead of a carving knife was the first clue that this video was going to be weak…no chef does that….
I'm so glad you all went to David to experience Thanksgiving foods because even though some of the foods were different from what my family traditionally has, I can tell from looking he's done them right.
When I was a kid, of course Christmas was my favorite Holiday. But now that I am an adult, Thanksgiving is best. It's not about "gimmie-gimmie-gimmie", which is what Christmas morphs into, but Thanksgiving is about being THANKFUL: Thankful for food, for shelter, for being together with your family, and eating that food that you associate with "being thankful".
David is doing it right! Bringing classics and adding new twists to the traditional Thanksgiving feast. Absolutely love the Jolly duo! Happy Thanksgiving, yall!
16:25 is so awesome! Shows how much community you've got going on!
How fortunate for Jolly to connect with such a gracious person and such a fantastic chef and baker! Some of those dishes we have in our own family an have had for decades. Alsmost birngs a tear to my eye.
OK, this is the most fancy version of Thanksgiving food I have ever seen, and I'm from the South all my life. I'm sure it's all good, no doubt. Big fan of Josh picking up pie by the crust and eating it without a fork. If the crust is good, you can do that. Also, since we are the "land of the free," it should be noted that you can have Thanksgiving food any time you want it. My family has cornbread dressing at any time of year.
This guy has singlehandedly solved the problem of Jolly getting to try "American" food while not in America, and what they're given is so far off the comments eat them alive for weeks.
Right!? I kept thinking where’s the mashed potatoes? WTH kind of burned stuffing disaster was that? And don’t add Pumpkin to Mac n Cheese!!
But they are not that different from what I ate growing up. I have a mom from PA/MD area and a dad from the south. As a chef and as someone with Cuban heritage, it makes sense that his takes would be a little different. No one makes everything the same. He even said that his recipes were going to be different based on his family and location in the U.S. Every single thing he made sounds similar to things I have had. I don't like things boring and everyday in flavor so I am more likely to add some different ingredients to standard dishes like he did here as well. (I also like my stuffing browned on top and with cranberries so his stuffing looked delicious to me). His pies in the last video also looked great. America is a huge country. With so many different cultures and backgrounds and regions. And regions within regions. And the people are still so quick to get in comment sections and say how someone, an American at that, is cooking their family holiday dishes (or desserts, or comfort foods, etc) incorrectly. Good grief. Go online and you will find a million different stuffing, cranberry, green bean, and whatever else recipes. Everyone claiming to have the right one.
@@nuttygirl83 So beautifully stated. Its heartbreaking that ppl just can't be content. Especially with what we may face in the coming year/s. Let us give proper Thanks in humility to our Heavenly Padre for all we have & embrace differences that are not hurting us. Paz be with us all 🙏. "Sra Isa"
@@nuttygirl83 it’s food. Relax. People have a right to judge based on flavor and preference. I don’t eat burned foods and that stuffing was not browned to me it was black and burnt. 🥵
@@FemiNelson-sb1em Relax. If your heart is broken over a stranger who is grossed out over burnt corn bread stuffing with pork and fruit and (gag) pumpkin mac n cheese then I am sad for you and will pray for you. It’s an opinion and a preference😁
I’m not an overly patriotic American, but Thanksgiving is one of the days of the year where I’m truly happy to be where I’m from. It’s not just the meal, it’s the day leading up to it. Everyone cooking, the Macy’s day parade, the dog show, football, and then finally everyone gathering to eat. I come from a very big family and my childhood home was right up the hill from my cousins. The tradition was we would have 30+ people over for dinner at my house and then everyone would walk down the road to my Aunt and Uncle’s house for dessert, coffee, a Christmas movie, and sledding when there’s snow. Thanksgiving always felt like the end of the autumn season and the transition into winter and the Christmas season. The month between Thanksgiving and Christmas is truly such a fun time of the year. Glad you guys got to have a little taste of the culinary side of the holiday
And he wanted to change it to Feb..lol i like it where it is in between Halloween and Christmas lol
And see, that's another quintessential part of American culture -- the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Now it's become a TV extravaganza that people can't even buy tickets to see it end on 34th Street in front of the store. Go basically anywhere else along the route and enjoy the parade for what it's meant to be.
Celebrating the colonization and genocide of Native Americans is when you feel truly happy? Wildddd af
The funny thing about Thanksgiving is that everyone cooks differently in the US.
I make traditional Midwestern stuffing with sage. When one daughter isn't coming, I add chestnuts to the dressing.
I have southern friends that add sausage to their stuffing and west coast friends that add oysters!
I even had Asian friends that wouldn't do a turkey and ate noodles.
My daughter's Italian mother-in-law hates Turkey and wants pasta.
It doesn't matter what you eat on Thanksgiving it's being with family and friends.
My family had a tradition of inviting a stranger, like the Native Americans invited the Pilgrims. We lived in a college town, and many foreign students couldn't go home during Thanksgiving break, so we always invited one or 2 to dinner. I felt sorry for them, we were 7 children with our spouses and children and some cousins, etc. Often 30 people eating on the floor, because the table was reserved for the elderly.
We have a cornbread dressing without raisins. It's flavored with juice/drippings from the freshly cooked turkey & chopped up giblets as the meat. Yummy!
Sage? The stuff hippie chick's burn to scare off ghosts?
Do you still invite your west coast friends? Oysters? In stuffing? With turkey? Sage 👍 ,sausage👍, chestnut 👍, oysters not so much .
I agree, everyone makes things differently. From the west coast but my family’s stuffing comes from different places when they all came together, so it has half cornbread half regular bread, sausage, giblets, and a lot of sage and butter. Chestnuts sound good. No raisins or fruit. I love how you described your family’s thanksgiving.
@@kingjellybean9795 Sage goes very well with chicken and Turkey.
The amount of side dishes my family has for Thanksgiving is absolutely crazy so David saying there are usually more is absolutely correct. Thanksgiving besides Christmas is my favorite holiday because I love gathering around my family and just lazing around the house after eating an incredible Thanksgiving feast. Oh it just makes me so happy.
Olly nailed it on the greens and the bitterness needing sugar and butter. I worked in the food service industry running cafeterias in DC and my staff was primarily all women of color from the south and the greens they prepared whether it was turnip, collard or mustard all had two essential ingredients not on the recipes and I loved their greens. Guess exactly what they were Ollie ...you nailed it
After about 6 months of enjoying their personalized recipe I asked them to adjust it one time and see what happened. My adjustment was brown sugar and OMG the customers absolutely loved it and we're not talking a couple hundred we're talking a couple thousand. That's a great chef doing that meal for you and trust me I am extremely envious.
Really cool. I just had a convo with a friend about how traditional dishes does not really mean anything since variations have always been present. As a southern boy I like the bitterness of all the different types of greens, but that does not mean my preference is right. I would enjoy brown sugar in my greens as an interesting variation.
I always use sugar to cut the bitterness in my greens not enough to know it's there but just enough to take away the bitterness
I have never seen anyone put sugar in greens. A little bit of vinegar yes.
David rocks. Make him a staple
15:40 "We burnt down the White House. We did." **takes big gulp of the alcoholic coffee drink** The tradition of bringing up uncomfortable topics at Thanksgiving and how to deal with it. 😂
Thank you for having David back. Another great video!
David’s restaurant and personality are both awesome! 👏🤘😍🤘👏🎉🙏 Glad to see we have a badass representing the country’s delicious foods to Europe! The Pie episode was stunning, and this is just on point too! Love seeing you guys truly enjoying tasty treats new to you! ❤️🔥🫂🙏👏
Moved abroad. First Thanksgiving out of the U.S.
Enjoyed but never loved Thanksgiving but this has me missing home. Truly a great holiday.
@@kras2255 Be thankful you’re gone! We’ll be out next spring after planning for the last few years. It’s a big ol’ world out there and excited to see (and taste!) more of it.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Josh, Ollie , and David
Thanksgiving is probably the most "American" meal in a traditional sense. It was a feast that was prepared, during harvest and shared between the indigenous tribes and early settlers. A mixture of foods that were brought over and native. The most common thing you will see served at nearly every home is Turkey, Cranberry, Potatoes, and Corn-- all served in various forms. I would consider those the staple dishes. Beyond that, its regional and family oriented as to what you will see. Saying Thanks is common, but not as common as you think. Its a practice that has certainly fallen off, but one I think should make a comeback. Glad you boys enjoyed your first taste of Thanksgiving!
"Gonna let Olly die on that hill". SUCH an underrated joke by Josh there, appreciated the zoom in ;)
Every region in the US has different traditional food at Thanksgiving. We never had Mac n Cheese, Cornbread or Sweet Potato Pie. We are from Pennsylvania and the PA Dutch area. It’s fun to see what food items are traditional foods when you travel to different parts of the Country.
My family is in Central PA and we never had mac and cheese or green bean casserole. We have candied sweet potatoes (NO marshmallows! 🤢), mashed potatoes, creamed Lima beans, rolls, and stuffing IN the turkey.
@ we had potato filling, no stuffing, candied sweet potatoes, pepper cabbage, homemade applesauce, jellied cranberry sauce from the can 😀. Usually a hickory nut cake and pumpkin pie.
I'm from California and when I had Thanksgiving in the South for the first time, I was taken aback by the mac and cheese (especially since it appeared to be the kind from a box) and the fact that they'd always made it at Thanksgiving. It seemed a little out of place to me. At least the pumpkin mac and cheese that David made for them was a little more seasonal and made from scratch.
@@Osprey850Most Southerners I know don’t make mac and cheese from a box. If it’s homemade it’s usually baked too. That stuff made on the stove is unappealing to me.
Pennsylvania Dutchwoman here. My family's standard Thanksgiving menu:
Turkey
Stuffing made with bread cubes, celery, and onions
Jellied cranberry sauce
Candied sweet potatoes
Pillsbury crescent rolls (not quite traditional Dutch)
Green bean casserole
Pumpkin pie
Mincemeat pie
I really like David! He does a great job of acknowledging how different celebrations are across our country. And he seems like such a really nice, talented man!
Green Bean Casserole with French-Fried Onions is the bomb!
So is Pecan Pie!
And can't forget the Ham!
Being from the UK I've never had pecan pie 😔 love pecans as well 😋
@roberstuart1480
It only happened twice in my family, but Ham at Thanksgiving alongside the Turkey is fabulous.
Green bean casserole is a staple Thanksgiving side dish.
Paula Deen’s cheesey corn pudding…yum
I just found out that my Aunt Shirley passed away on Wednesday 11/20/2024. I bring this up because watching this reminds me of all the times that my Dad's side of the family gathered at my Aunt's house for Thanksgiving. It was always such a huge spread of food and of course there were always snacks laid out before the main meal. Of course there were the deserts we would eat later on as well. Honestly though the best part was seeing my extended family and catching up with everyone.
I’m so sorry for your loss! I have a very old Aunt Shirley as well, and her love language has always been feeding people, and we never lived near enough to see the extended family for the holidays, but I can just imagine what her thanksgiving spread would have been!!
I’m sorry for your loss. I hope your memories of aunt Shirley bring you comfort.
This hit me right in the heart. It was always my moms side that came over for Thanksgiving. it's been a long time since that's happened. In the past, we lost one of my moms brothers and sisters, and the day after Christmas last year, Mom succumbed to cancer. And a couple of weeks ago, we lost her other brother to cancer. It's been a rough year. We only have two of her sisters left. All of my cousins have their own lives, we never see them anymore. This holiday season is going to be really rough.
Same with me - it's my first Thanksgiving without my beloved parents. My mom loved to cook. This year it will be rough without them
Thinking of all of you. May the wonderful memories soften the sadness
The dressing looks great! In the Midwest, a bread based dressing is more the norm. I worked in a State institution for 4 decades and we cooked the Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners at the individual houses for our clients and staff. I accidently learned a great way to bake dressing, several years ago, when I ran out of 9x13 pans. I used a muffin tin, making individual servings. The best part was a lovely buttery crust on each portion and a delicious tender inside to each. I highly reccommend baking your dressing this way! Happy Thanksgiving Josh and Ollie and fellow fans!🦃
Thanks for the tip Vicky, great idea!👍
@OliviaFinley-p7w I always start this with a pat of real butter in each of the cups, then put the pan in the oven to melt butter and heat up pan. Then another pat of butter on the top of the portion of dressing. I wish you a very Happy holiday!
I learned that from Martha Stewart in the 90s I think - everybody gets the crusty edges!! I’ve also used a cookie scoop to make rows on a half-sheet pan for the same effect when I need more for a crowd. Now that our family is much smaller, it’s also a tidy way to freeze and reheat extras for later on.
@@eurekamarijka sounds like a quick way to do the dressing with scoops on a cookie sheet! Thanks for the tip!
@@eurekamarijkaExtra stuffing?? I would have to plan for that, and I will this year as it's my turn to make it.
Can we get tons more of David, please? I can't wait to find his shop and taste his wonderful creations. Absolutely brilliant video!!! Maybe David needs his own channel?
I'm so happy to see buttermilk pie in this. It's honestly one of the most delicious things I've ever had in my entire life.
I remarked in the last pie video that they missed Buttermilk Pie, but shoulda known he was hiding it up his sleeve for later........lol
I've never even heard of it!
It’s so good-it’s become a favorite in our family! I make it with a hint of lime.
So lovely to see David again! The camaraderie between you guys, is like you've been friends for years.
As someone who also grew up in Mississippi I am so proud of how David represents us! Happy Thanksgiving!
JOLLY, from USA here and been a subscriber even before there was JOLLY-when it was just Korean Englishman. Notes for our UK cousins-yes it’s chaotic eating. Kids even pets running around. When the alcohol kicks in it gets rowdy. Then throw in political, economics, world news, wars, your 401K, your refinancing, your divorce, your marriage, the complexities of family dynamics and relations-life discussions. Lots of variety and eating. Yes! Very chaotic.
You’re supposed to pace yourself throughout the day and the following couple of days. Also, thanksgiving is variety and it includes lots and lots of people-family, extended families, friends, neighbors and even people you don’t know because folks might bring their own friends. This much food is not meant for just two men. There’s a lot of conversations and eating with many people. It’s supposed to be like a buffet style you eat what you like. However, if you’re surrounded with expectations because folks want you to try out their dish, then you kind are pulled in to this obligatory dish tasting-and if the dish bringer is someone high up in the family hierarchy (i.e. grandparents, aunts, uncle)-you can’t refuse-and then expected to have a conversation about their dish then your stuffed to the brim and pulled in to discussions because the dish bringer will be sad without the attention. 😊❤❤❤❤
Think you summed up Thanksgiving day perfectly!
@ I typically need a vacation from the holidays. 😂
This is so beautiful! I feel so proud to be a Southerner watching our amazing cuisine be represented and loved.
LMBO Ollie is very overwhelmed and Josh is just like bring it on! What a great video and a great American Thanksgiving experience!
The chef has such a soothing voice, if someone fed me food and spoke in that voice, I would be eternally thankful
You guys have the most heartwarming content, it always makes me SO SO HAPPY when I watch your videos. You bring so much light during a dark time for many, and I can't thank you enough.
KUDDOS to you David. You gave a great selection of American Thanksgiving classic food. It was a delight to view Ollie and Josh's appetite and joy in trying all the American classics. The one thing David did not mention is that Americans sit around the dining room table for hours talking to family some of whom have traveled long distances to get there and who may only see family one a year. Thanksgiving is our American Holiday of food, togetherness and to remember what we are greatful for. Because America is made up of all immigrant christmas is more a holiday of celebrating traditional foods from the countries people immigrated from to keep those traditions alive for future generations. All immigrants came to America for free education, places to work and be able to support their families. AND "YES" the Brits, whom we love dearly, did burn down our wooden/timber white house in 1812 but we learned from that experience. We rebuilt our White House in stone.
David is making us Mississippians proud!!! What a legend.
You two guys crack me up….you are so pleasant and enjoyable to watch! I’m thankful!
I’m glad this was like proper thanksgiving food made by someone who grew up in America. It was very faithful to what I’ve seen at my thanksgiving! These are very classic thanksgiving dishes.
I could be wrong but I think their back in America and trying more stuff it’s unfortunate they haven’t been back to Australia let alone gone to other Asian countries and tried their food..
But I’m pretty sure they filmed this in the UK…
@@thatgirl9532yes, this is a UK restaurant. They had a video a couple weeks ago trying pies there.
His elevated take on green bean casserole looks heavenly 😍
No candied yams tho,, those are a staple at my table
@@LiqdPT I thought so.. but their most recent post .. oh could they be in America here? I mean currently perhaps but idk 🤷♀️
Pumpkin Mac and cheese must be the chefs creation. I’ve lived all over as a military brat and then 20 years in the military and I have never heard or seen most of these items.
This is what happens when you go to culinary school. You start doing too much to foods that don’t need it 😂
I've seen squash mac and cheese down here in Tennessee so maybe just a slight twist?
@@Reesa-1111 Thats the definition of cooking. If people didn't try new things we'd still be eating boiled bland food and uncooked root veggies
Mac and cheese can be a common dish in southern Thanksgiving culture. The pumpkin part is definitely the chef's creative twist on it.
Same lol I'm an army brat that settled in the south. We never had pumpkin mac and cheese. They need to go to someone's house on Thanksgiving day and get a real taste of down home realistic Thanksgiving dinner ❤
13 generation American here and the only thingsvmy Thanksgiving table shares with David's is the turkey, gravy, green beans and cranberries. We have mashed potatoes, carrots, stuffing, sour dough bread, brioche, apple pie, pumpkin pie, pecan pie. In the last 20 years we've added salmon for the no meat crowd. (we call them foreigners ;-)) Loved this video, as always. Can't wait until next week when it is all about assorted family, chatting and eating. Sandwiches at about 8:30.
I am available if you have another seat available?.
David being touched by the crust compliment was so wholesome, best part of the video.
In my family, each fall we go out and get a big dead branch that has fallen from a tree, and we cut leaves out of construction paper, and on the leaves each person writes what they're thankful for, and we put the branch out each year and decorate it with the leaves from previous years and we have a record of our family's wishes and blessings, for years and years
I love that Americans call Fall, Fall because the leaves fall down lol we call it Autumn in the UK - Pronounced All-Tum
@frankiewalnuts we do also call it autumn, but usually when we're trying to be fancy. "Fall" is just quicker lol
@@frankiewalnuts We use BOTH
@@frankiewalnutsWe say both but we don’t pronounce Autumn that way. At least not in my region.
That’s a beautiful tradition 😢
Grew up in the Midwest and besides all the Thanksgiving traditional foods, our table held homemade pickles of assorted flavors and spices, pickled beets, picked carrots, and a type of tomato/ cucumber/ onion salsa all homemade and canned in the fall after a harvest of garden vegetables. Scandinavian and German heritage additions.
Good contrast to all the (delicious looking) sweet / rich dishes
Northeast: there was always a bowl of pickled pearl onions, carrots etc and sweet and dill pickles too.
Homemade pickles 😋
My favorite were turmeric pickles, sliced
Where I’m from we would have yeast rolls instead of cornbread and we would have mashed potatoes. And no mac and cheese or collards.
Our menu is always:
Turkey and gravy
Cranberry sauce
Stuffing
Rolls
Mashed potatoes
Candied sweet potatoes
Green bean casserole
Corn pudding
“Cranberry fluff salad”
Relish tray (pickles, olives, raw veggies)
Apple, pumpkin, and pecan pies
Black coffee
We would have had roles when I was a kid too. But now that i'm older and live alone, sometimes I treat myself to cornbread. I don't do Mac and cheese, but a friend of mine. It depends on what kind of community you come from, or where
This sounds very much like my family’s spread for Thanksgiving as well. I’ve had variations on it at friends and the like as I usually work Thanksgiving so can’t go home…….but this year I’ll be home and I can’t wait. Hopefully my mom won’t make everything gluten free 🤮
I think turkey is the only commonality across Thanksgiving meals.
Mashed potatoes and cornbread dressing.
We have both. Actually we do rolls, cornbread and freshly baked sourdough slices.
“Everything it’s extremely healthy, if you take out the butter” 😂😂😂
David is such a charming gentleman, i love him on this channel! And he seems so happy to feed Josh and Ollie, joining in with the jokes and making the atmosphere warm and relaxed ☺️
Ollie, as always, shines with his wit and humour. Just all around wholesome and funny episode. Loved it!
This is the earliest I’ve ever been and I’m not complaining