Binging with Babish 7M Subscriber Special: LOTR Part 1

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  • @babishculinaryuniverse
    @babishculinaryuniverse  4 роки тому +18730

    We’ve had one yes. What about second Babish?

  • @14rs2
    @14rs2 4 роки тому +3631

    Legolas: “Lembas bread. One small bite is enough to fill the stomach of a full grown man”
    Merry: “How many have you had?”
    Pippin: “Four”

    • @ashenone7592
      @ashenone7592 4 роки тому +13

      @Miky Miller lmao😂

    • @ashenone7592
      @ashenone7592 4 роки тому +60

      @Poe Soul and short

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 4 роки тому +40

      What Orlando Bloom referred to as his lembas commercial.

    • @tavern.keeper
      @tavern.keeper 4 роки тому +44

      Legolas didn't say "bread". "Lembas" is the proper name, and adding "bread" is incorrect.

    • @Nocturne22
      @Nocturne22 4 роки тому +37

      @@tavern.keeper like chai tea

  • @townsends
    @townsends 4 роки тому +8852

    Thanks for the shout out! Great video.

    • @kyleslavin6540
      @kyleslavin6540 4 роки тому +340

      Im amazed, I've been subscribed to both of you for years. Never expected the crossover!

    • @Leap-ow5lo
      @Leap-ow5lo 4 роки тому +54

      omg i love you

    • @LBrobie
      @LBrobie 4 роки тому +198

      AND he used freshly-grated nutmeg!! ;)

    • @blacklung3501
      @blacklung3501 4 роки тому +62

      A well deserved shout out, your channel is amazing!

    • @fabulous_finn7810
      @fabulous_finn7810 4 роки тому +30

      I heard the reference and had to see if you commented. Love you guys

  • @TheLimeGreenMan
    @TheLimeGreenMan 4 роки тому +7595

    In this episode: Babish realizes he has a bag of flaked almonds which is about to go bad.

  • @netherdominater9960
    @netherdominater9960 3 роки тому +3542

    Babish: "A very low oven, as low as your oven can go"
    Me: **turns oven off** " *_Yeah, this is big brain time_* "

  • @ArchivoEfemeroPR
    @ArchivoEfemeroPR 4 роки тому +3334

    Next episode:
    "LOOKS LIKE MEAT'S BACK ON THE MENU, BOYS!"

  • @johndoe5432
    @johndoe5432 4 роки тому +4523

    A Babish is never late, he arrives precisely when he means to.

  • @oOSilvershadowOo
    @oOSilvershadowOo 4 роки тому +2986

    Bold of you to assume that “hobbit sized” wouldn’t be twice as big as a normal portion.

    • @JordanBeagle
      @JordanBeagle 4 роки тому +25

      Good point

    • @tink5142
      @tink5142 4 роки тому +50

      I was like "hobbit sized? i can hold it in one hand!"

    • @KnightOwl1881
      @KnightOwl1881 4 роки тому +58

      Yeah, I'm pretty sure "hobbit sized" in relation to food is *supposed* to mean a double portion haha

    • @Lauren.E.O
      @Lauren.E.O 4 роки тому

      This!

    • @tonysladky8925
      @tonysladky8925 4 роки тому +43

      Well, they still have to be able to hold and carry it, and they are smaller than a human.
      I posit that Hobbits would eat smaller portions, but far more of them. One of the race of Men might eat one medium-sized mincemeat pie, but a Hobbit might have two or three or four small ones.

  • @happythoughts559
    @happythoughts559 4 роки тому +3338

    Fun fact: the elven lembas bread in the Lotr movies was shortbread cookies made by the production team.

    • @acelilumelody4445
      @acelilumelody4445 3 роки тому +151

      I always assumed shortbread as well based on what we saw

    • @LaundryFaerie
      @LaundryFaerie 3 роки тому +139

      Mmm shortbread. I'd have eaten that the way hobbits eat lembas.

    • @HonestOpinions4u
      @HonestOpinions4u 3 роки тому +60

      They looked like small cuts of garlic bread to me for some reason

    • @calamaribowl8683
      @calamaribowl8683 3 роки тому +7

      That's disappointing

    • @PumpkinMozie
      @PumpkinMozie 3 роки тому +58

      I always imagined it to taste like plain pie crust. Which tbh isn’t that different from shortbread I guess.

  • @kyrieespayos2580
    @kyrieespayos2580 4 роки тому +803

    "Sorry i don't do magic food"
    Alright then keep your secrets

    • @linktriforce9669
      @linktriforce9669 4 роки тому +8

      One does not simply not use magic

    • @fmj1978
      @fmj1978 4 роки тому +10

      @@linktriforce9669 but a good magician doesnt reveals their secrets

    • @linktriforce9669
      @linktriforce9669 4 роки тому +5

      @@fmj1978 "all right keep your secrets"

    • @kuteken6312
      @kuteken6312 4 роки тому +1

      lmao

  • @kuteken6312
    @kuteken6312 4 роки тому +579

    *“Even the smallest Whisk can change the course of the future.”*
    - Galadriel when she give Elvish Whisk to Babish

  • @MondeSerenaWilliams
    @MondeSerenaWilliams 4 роки тому +570

    "What about LOTR special?"
    "You've already had it."
    "We've had one, yes."
    "What about second LOTR special?"

  • @joshuaburns2734
    @joshuaburns2734 4 роки тому +2788

    "I'm making the mince pies hobbit sized." Babbish you fool, hobbit food is human sized because they love eating so much!

    • @someoneawesome8717
      @someoneawesome8717 4 роки тому +188

      As a hobbit size human I can confirm

    • @sniperelite2884
      @sniperelite2884 3 роки тому +58

      Hobbits are dwarves that have faster metabolisms and there spines are normal thickness so there not as big

    • @projectiledysfunction
      @projectiledysfunction 3 роки тому +67

      The only thing about a hobbit that isn’t small is their appetite.

    • @zackbab7093
      @zackbab7093 3 роки тому +16

      @@projectiledysfunction are you sure about that

    • @kez28
      @kez28 3 роки тому +27

      @@zackbab7093 where tf are you going with this 😂

  • @MrSandman982
    @MrSandman982 4 роки тому +459

    This channel is the very essence of Tolkien's quote
    “If more of us valued food and cheer above hoarded gold, it would be a much merrier world”
    Thanks for making the world that much better Babish!

  • @Boxvoko
    @Boxvoko 4 роки тому +1567

    I think hobbits would be incredibly miffed at the notion that they would get a smaller pie because of their size!

    • @shogun5599
      @shogun5599 4 роки тому +81

      Very miffed.
      Remember Mary in pippins excitement over pints!

    • @itpaynesme
      @itpaynesme 4 роки тому +10

      Shogun Merry? (Sorry to be _that_ person)

    • @MazHem
      @MazHem 4 роки тому +6

      Also, those mince pies were only about half size tbh, though it's funny he didn't cover them fully.

    • @complimentbot7015
      @complimentbot7015 4 роки тому +1

      Great comment!

    • @Sleipnirseight
      @Sleipnirseight 4 роки тому +6

      As an actual hobbit, I can confirm

  • @javeriaahsan2270
    @javeriaahsan2270 4 роки тому +759

    “There is only one Lord of the Tiny Whisk, only one who can bend it to his will. And he does not share power.”

    • @ScyutsBlckCloud
      @ScyutsBlckCloud 4 роки тому +2

      Well done sir.

    • @ryderwhited6
      @ryderwhited6 4 роки тому +15

      One whisk to rule them all, one whisk to find them, one whisk to bring them all, and in the kitchen, bind them.
      Sorry had too!

  • @cnish5507
    @cnish5507 4 роки тому +4161

    This man said "fingies" with all the seriousness as he would "tiny whisk"

    • @foxycinnamonkitten997
      @foxycinnamonkitten997 4 роки тому +51

      10:25 for a timestamp

    • @BigGayIncorporated
      @BigGayIncorporated 4 роки тому +9

      I dunno if he has leat fingies though.

    • @emilycanfield2634
      @emilycanfield2634 4 роки тому +2

      This is one of the many reasons why we love him :')

    • @aaronstreet1054
      @aaronstreet1054 4 роки тому +2

      Dan Avidan says fingies!! Chicken fingies! 🤣❤️👍🏻

    • @nerkdurgen5574
      @nerkdurgen5574 4 роки тому +15

      Only babish can say "fingies" with the cold seriousness of a sergeant telling you your husband died in combat

  • @cameronphenix2096
    @cameronphenix2096 4 роки тому +849

    Things I know to be fact from watching:
    Babish bought too many sliced almonds and needed an excuse to use them.

    • @muzzyLimon
      @muzzyLimon 4 роки тому +1

      Lmao

    • @matthewmcnamee2864
      @matthewmcnamee2864 4 роки тому +1

      Is there ever a case of to many sliced almonds though

    • @BlackHilt
      @BlackHilt 4 роки тому +1

      @@matthewmcnamee2864 if youre allergic...probably

    • @arietty4769
      @arietty4769 4 роки тому +1

      And tarbonaro sugar too he used that on everything

  • @leeneedsfriends6750
    @leeneedsfriends6750 4 роки тому +996

    "under a broiler or, as the brits call it, a grill"
    *so thats what a broiler is*

    • @thomastullie
      @thomastullie 4 роки тому +43

      Ikr I never knew what a broiler was

    • @skankhunts42
      @skankhunts42 4 роки тому +15

      I mean it’s not hard to google

    • @jefferynordgulen4436
      @jefferynordgulen4436 4 роки тому +43

      American English is kind of messed up. But grill implies cooking on a mettle grate, while broil means expose to radiant heat. But technically the effect is really about the same.

    • @GirlyBirdy
      @GirlyBirdy 4 роки тому +19

      What do you call a charcoal barbecue? In Canada, at least Western Canada, we just call it a charcoal grill and now I'm confused that in Britain a broiler is a grill.

    • @bigmike9947
      @bigmike9947 4 роки тому +4

      Pepper Blackburn In the Eastern U.S we just say grill for charcoal and propane barbeques as well

  • @LeftClick
    @LeftClick 4 роки тому +1055

    I hope the second episode gives us such wretched creations as orc draught, maggoty bread, and Eowyn’s stew

    • @gusmuirhead4339
      @gusmuirhead4339 4 роки тому +71

      And hobbit legs since they don’t need them

    • @marinarda4476
      @marinarda4476 4 роки тому +35

      I've been searching Eowyn's stew for many years already. Long have it eluded me.

    • @taurigirl
      @taurigirl 4 роки тому +3

      LMAOOOOO Savage 😂

    • @nickojames93
      @nickojames93 4 роки тому +20

      Would rather eat maggoty bread than Eowyn's stew

    • @Stop_Gooning
      @Stop_Gooning 4 роки тому

      hahaha yes!

  • @theosouris7063
    @theosouris7063 3 роки тому +83

    I bet Tolkien is smiling right now. He’d did every thing to make his universe feel lived in and visceral, and I’ve always thought that the food you eat is a big part of who you are, so bringing that bit of his world to life in a way anyone can do at home? Perfect.

  • @alexking368
    @alexking368 4 роки тому +557

    Part 3 is, "Potatoes. Boil 'em, Mash 'em, Stick 'em in a stew"

  • @gocty3605
    @gocty3605 4 роки тому +1035

    Who else was so glad when Babish mentioned Townsends?

    • @FinnaGetEm
      @FinnaGetEm 4 роки тому +32

      Ismt that the 18th century guy?

    • @Linkofvalor
      @Linkofvalor 4 роки тому +7

      @@FinnaGetEm yup

    • @FinnaGetEm
      @FinnaGetEm 4 роки тому +9

      @@Linkofvalor ohhh i saw him make cheese soup the other day

    • @andreamorey6645
      @andreamorey6645 4 роки тому +54

      I am so pleased to know Andy loves John Townsend 😍 I need a crossover! Now!

    • @chipskylark8869
      @chipskylark8869 4 роки тому +11

      Yea good man I want Townsend and primitive technology together

  • @steelberg23
    @steelberg23 4 роки тому +510

    This show is such a subtle feat in editing. I have so many restaurant clients that wanna do a “Binging with Babish” kind of video. Let me tell you, it is a tedious couple days in Premiere. Bravo!

    • @JDsGameInn
      @JDsGameInn 3 роки тому +5

      Haha I bet. You're a food videographer/Editor?

  • @duaneplummer5722
    @duaneplummer5722 4 роки тому +437

    Babish: "I don't make magic food"
    Also babish: "This week we are making Peter Pan and the lost boy's invisible pies"

    • @omenrose
      @omenrose 4 роки тому +16

      That pie was imaginary not magic slight difference. :)

    • @noanoxan
      @noanoxan 4 роки тому +8

      @@omenrose Technically correct!

    • @masteridiot123
      @masteridiot123 4 роки тому +3

      @@noanoxan The best kind of correct!

  • @MollymaukT
    @MollymaukT 4 роки тому +885

    Townsends shout-out has to be the most ambitious cross-over in UA-cam history

    • @MyVaultboy101
      @MyVaultboy101 4 роки тому +30

      AAAAAAHHHHH, I'M FREAKING OUT OVER IT

    • @perryfox6060
      @perryfox6060 4 роки тому +6

      Molly?! Bidet!

    • @georgegreig7464
      @georgegreig7464 4 роки тому +27

      it's so weird when you realise that youtubers watch youtube too

    • @alicedubois1348
      @alicedubois1348 4 роки тому +28

      All he needed to do was mention nutmeg in the recipe and I was set!

    • @2Ten1Ryu
      @2Ten1Ryu 4 роки тому +17

      I was going to look for this comment and was pleasantly surprised to find it right on top! Love Townsends! Babish knows the good stuff! :D

  • @redrevelry
    @redrevelry 4 роки тому +1231

    man now I'm thinking about having a LOTR-themed party, maybe for one of the solstices... imagine the *aesthetics*

    • @HighLordBlazeReborn
      @HighLordBlazeReborn 4 роки тому +24

      There's plenty of food ideas in the books tbh. The meal at Bree, the meal at Bombadil's, even the meal at Beorn's in the Hobbit

    • @scottwpilgrim
      @scottwpilgrim 4 роки тому +14

      The after party has to be The Hobbit theme. Specifically, when the dwarves visit Bilbo. The night will end with deep, bassy, manly singing.

    • @shannona3613
      @shannona3613 4 роки тому +11

      Well ya just missed the summer solstice, but this food would be great for Mabon I think. Second Harvest and Autumn Equinox.

    • @mattonite6372
      @mattonite6372 4 роки тому +3

      Imagine the price

    • @DeetheFirst
      @DeetheFirst 4 роки тому +8

      I did that once, when we got all the extended edition discs. Second breakfast to start at ten a.m. and then another meal put out at every disc change, and finishing with the theatrical version of the last film. The menu was medievalish rather than full on authentic Tolkien, several of the meals were repeated, and hot dishes were only hot on the first serving.

  • @lolguy776
    @lolguy776 4 роки тому +254

    I've always imagined lembas bread to taste like Irish shortbread. It just looks so crumbly in the movies and it's supposed to be sweet so my mind immediately made the connection when i was a kid and watched the movies for the first time and I still cannot be convinced that they don't taste like shortbread.

    • @clairesims3658
      @clairesims3658 2 роки тому +39

      Lol the crew did actually use shortbread as lembas in the movies

  • @sethmcguffee
    @sethmcguffee 4 роки тому +339

    Babish: "damn this bag of almonds is about to expire... Put it in everything."

    • @iggystardust9236
      @iggystardust9236 4 роки тому +2

      Hahaha for real. I hate almonds so that just ruined all these recipes for me.

    • @perishernandez9051
      @perishernandez9051 4 роки тому

      He opened another packet by the time he got to the carraway cake XD

    • @Beedo_Sookcool
      @Beedo_Sookcool 4 роки тому

      Yup, that's every single recipe I'm going to have to modify, then.

    • @erinaltman2450
      @erinaltman2450 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah, I don’t see almonds as being the primary nut of the Shire. The climate seems much more like walnut weather.

  • @HeavyMetalMike
    @HeavyMetalMike 4 роки тому +402

    "Hobbit size"
    Not sure why that would imply small, an average hobbit has the appetite of a stoned NFL lineman.

    • @Crosshill
      @Crosshill 4 роки тому +23

      thinking of it another way, if they're small, then it'd allow an ordinary man to feel as though he's consumed as much as an average hobbit

    • @오주환-b1n
      @오주환-b1n 4 роки тому

      Dyanosis Also because their mouths are smaller so they probably can’t take as big bites as we can.

    • @acoin1116
      @acoin1116 4 роки тому

      Easily the best comment on this video, 10/10

  • @thequietestlilbucket8402
    @thequietestlilbucket8402 4 роки тому +276

    When my friends did a food and movie marathon for lord of the rings, our lembas was a buttery shortbread that also had ground almond replacing some of the flour that was, in fact, very filling and lasting

    • @timma_thy
      @timma_thy 4 роки тому +14

      That sounds much better, tbh.

    • @rufiredup90
      @rufiredup90 4 роки тому

      Niiice. I’d love to have something like that!! 😍

    • @forsaken696
      @forsaken696 4 роки тому +1

      Timothy Engelstad I mean yeah it’s fucking hard tack

    • @TheRealNormanBates
      @TheRealNormanBates 4 роки тому

      Babish should try this.

    • @RPGmaxime
      @RPGmaxime 4 роки тому

      Babish did pretty good with what he had, but Lembas was presumably sweet and softer. In the Lotr wiki, it made reference that Gimli first thought it was Cram, but was found sweet and pleasant. It was then described as a wafer.
      All in all, he did amazing, and I can't wait until part 2 comes out :D

  • @tycoon1323
    @tycoon1323 4 роки тому +711

    The fact that he just got 7 million three weeks ago and hes almost at 7.5 million.

    • @yiklongtay6029
      @yiklongtay6029 4 роки тому +46

      the pandemic is actually doing him a real solid. His kind of content is barely slowed by the pandemic so he has a leg up against many impeded YTbers fighting for our screen time. He is still pumping 1-2 videos a week which is impressive.

    • @iamnotquitesureifiamrightb7423
      @iamnotquitesureifiamrightb7423 4 роки тому +25

      @@yiklongtay6029 and the most important thing, he does what he loves to do

    • @thatgrumpychick4928
      @thatgrumpychick4928 4 роки тому +6

      There's no stopping him

    • @TheOnlyWay2Go.
      @TheOnlyWay2Go. 4 роки тому +7

      now over 8 mil just a few months after that

    • @courtneycherry5582
      @courtneycherry5582 4 роки тому +3

      8 million now

  • @thebakk34
    @thebakk34 4 роки тому +643

    Lembas is the equivalent to the US military MRE "Wheat Snack Bread" and tastes like it will keep you alive.

    • @kattriella1331
      @kattriella1331 4 роки тому +81

      "Tastes like it will keep you alive" is a phrase I need to remember for reasons.

    • @edwardc1688
      @edwardc1688 4 роки тому +33

      If this ain't the truest thing I've ever heard 😂 wheat snack bread and jalapeño cheese spread

    • @Jalu3
      @Jalu3 4 роки тому +6

      @@edwardc1688 a delicious combo, but in a different way from peanut butter atop a chocolate pound cake

    • @UnlicensedOkie
      @UnlicensedOkie 4 роки тому +1

      Hard tack lol

    • @imbad207
      @imbad207 4 роки тому +7

      I'm just saying if you get enough of the ones by Pangea Bakery you could make yourself some body armor.

  • @Kolateak_
    @Kolateak_ 4 роки тому +486

    "Is it bothering anybody else than I'm using metric for measurements but not temperatures, I bet it is"
    Welcome to the life of cooking in Canada

    • @HKgaming86
      @HKgaming86 4 роки тому +22

      celsius is for the weather, farenheit is for cooking

    • @annettecruz8830
      @annettecruz8830 4 роки тому +3

      @@HKgaming86 that is interesting can I ask why you guys make that distinction? As an American

    • @sunkyupark3022
      @sunkyupark3022 4 роки тому +23

      @@annettecruz8830 It's because we tried to convert to metric but really half-assed it. people just didn't care to switch. So we now have this awkward metric-here-imperial-there kind of thing going on.

    • @imurcat7653
      @imurcat7653 4 роки тому

      Sunkyu Park yup pretty much

    • @tomroberts1105
      @tomroberts1105 4 роки тому +18

      @@annettecruz8830 also most of our appliances are imported from america and have Imperial Scale. And back when we switched long duration purchases (like ovens) didn't get rebought just to have a metric scale. This is also (partially) why human weights are often in lbs to this day, even if food weights are usually metric now. Oh, and it wasn't a seamless transition. Someone added too little fuel to a plane because of the conversion and it ran out of gas mid-air. I add this for the obvious LOTR tie-in that it's known as the 'Gimli Glider'. (Note not really a LOTR reference.)

  • @alannovaes8386
    @alannovaes8386 4 роки тому +412

    All of us history buffs just felt so happy when he shouted out Townsend

    • @TheGcd1
      @TheGcd1 4 роки тому +23

      now thats a collab i hope happens one day

    • @luso2kx
      @luso2kx 4 роки тому +17

      @@TheGcd1 only if Babish dresses in 18th century garb

    • @jmk3178
      @jmk3178 4 роки тому

      BRUH

    • @stedwards311
      @stedwards311 4 роки тому +1

      and then made hard tack

    • @Exayevie
      @Exayevie 4 роки тому +3

      Wow I'm so proud of them! I met them at the Feast of the Hunter's moon in Lafayette before I even knew they had a UA-cam Channel. I was interested in their mushroom ketchup, so when I got home I looked up how to make it. Imagine my surprise when the top result was a video of the guy who was just selling it to me! I've followed ever since.

  • @danamontuori3041
    @danamontuori3041 4 роки тому +114

    If you didn’t sweep those biscotti crumbles onto half a scoop of vanilla ice cream I swear Andrew, I don’t even want to know ya.

  • @worcestershirey
    @worcestershirey 4 роки тому +429

    Things I did not expect:
    -A Townsends shoutout

  • @phoebelazaro9410
    @phoebelazaro9410 4 роки тому +572

    I'm British and my grandmother's famous mince pie trick is to add about a tsp of fresh orange zest to the pie crust, also about 2 tbsp of the juice, makes it crumbly and compliments the flavours of the mince meat! Absolutely delicious. Tradition in my family. lol I don't know why it's called mince meat either

    • @kattriella1331
      @kattriella1331 3 роки тому +89

      I'm a bit late here, but from what I understand, the "meat" part of mince meat was once, in fact, actual meat. Specifically, old meat that was most definitely past it's prime. The fruit flavors were (supposedly) strong enough to help cover up the unpleasantness that is expired meat. It was meant to try to avoid food wastage in hard times, especially during war times or famine when you literally couldn't afford to let things go to waste.

    • @emilyjanet455
      @emilyjanet455 3 роки тому +29

      Also instead of butter, folks would often use beef suet!

    • @caithemburrow5569
      @caithemburrow5569 3 роки тому +18

      @@kattriella1331 my family still adds the meat. Pork or veal are best

    • @zachbahamutson5477
      @zachbahamutson5477 3 роки тому +13

      @@kattriella1331 thank you. I was curious why it was called mincemeat pie when there was no meat in it.

    • @islandercirce2
      @islandercirce2 3 роки тому +19

      There's another UA-cam channel that delves into food history & did a story on the origins of mince pies. It's called "Tasting History with Max Miller" & is very informative & entertaining.

  • @MrBenfranz
    @MrBenfranz 4 роки тому +533

    It will not ever cease to amaze me how many carbs Hobbits can stick away.

    • @Mnglkrmps
      @Mnglkrmps 4 роки тому +48

      It all goes right to their feet.

    • @YaoiMaven
      @YaoiMaven 4 роки тому +16

      It's for all the mischief

    • @erikjaroy8214
      @erikjaroy8214 4 роки тому +31

      Keep in mind, Hobbits are farmers. They NEEDED that many carbs to give themselves the energy to do that much hard work.

    • @muhammadcalvin8281
      @muhammadcalvin8281 4 роки тому +16

      @@erikjaroy8214 After seeing how they work with cattle and pig twice their size
      Yeah i can see why....

    • @2Ten1Ryu
      @2Ten1Ryu 4 роки тому +13

      @@erikjaroy8214 Still, Tolkien wrote that Bilbo's relations where especially eager to bring all their children to the party, because you get that much food hardly anywhere and apparently Hobbit children can eat you into ruin. And don't tell me they're still growing. They're not. They're Hobbits :D

  • @carumsarene
    @carumsarene 3 роки тому +80

    When I made Lembas Bread I went the hard-tack route as well, but used brown sugar and honey in addition to the regular ingredients. I got something that was an odd mix of hard tack and sugar cookie. It was enjoyable.

    • @kentuckycryptid
      @kentuckycryptid Рік тому +1

      That doesn't sound half bad. Was it as hard as hardtack?

    • @carumsarene
      @carumsarene Рік тому +6

      @@kentuckycryptid It was stiff but not too hard. Took some chewing. It was kind of ginger snap cookie quality.

  • @ArmorFrogEntertainment
    @ArmorFrogEntertainment 4 роки тому +1077

    I think "hobbit-sized" foods would be slightly larger than human portions...

    • @chillpacks9102
      @chillpacks9102 4 роки тому +46

      Little Bits

    • @Crown-Fox
      @Crown-Fox 4 роки тому +83

      Definitely. Food for a hobbit, and food the size of a hobbit, are definitely different proportions.

    • @kesselsauer4441
      @kesselsauer4441 4 роки тому +11

      @ChillPacks
      Lil’ biiiiiiiiits

    • @ethananderson2327
      @ethananderson2327 4 роки тому +4

      How does something so small eat so much?

    • @UltimateGamerCC
      @UltimateGamerCC 4 роки тому +2

      indeed, Bread with Butter, Cheese and Cured Meat, Fruit as fresh as you can get, those would just be the Appetizers.

  • @wheelspinproductions9214
    @wheelspinproductions9214 4 роки тому +448

    The “honey cakes” make me so happy, Andrew definitely didn’t skimp on the research!

    • @mp6861
      @mp6861 4 роки тому +6

      Ha, a true follower of Binging with Babish ....you remembered that his name isn't "Babish".

    • @danpacitti2061
      @danpacitti2061 4 роки тому

      Ron 3, you are correct sir.

    • @wonderwharf
      @wonderwharf 4 роки тому

      except for potatoes: boil, fry, stick them in a stew

    • @willvanderlan3998
      @willvanderlan3998 4 роки тому +2

      I think his name is Bing

  • @vahvacheddar
    @vahvacheddar 4 роки тому +368

    If you don’t eat a cherry tomato very grossly in the next one, I’m going to be dissappointed

  • @SophieTheArtist
    @SophieTheArtist 3 роки тому +199

    Honestly, as a Canadian, the whole “Metric measurements and Fahrenheit for oven temperature” is pretty normal here up North. Don’t ask me why we do that, we kind of suffer from bi-measurement disorder.

    • @halfknight6706
      @halfknight6706 3 роки тому +6

      I'd rather deal with bi measurement disorder to be honest.

    • @SophieTheArtist
      @SophieTheArtist 3 роки тому +16

      It stretches further than the kitchen too: we use Celsius for weather temps, feet and inches for measuring people, but cm for measuring objects… 🤷‍♀️ I know, it’s weird

    • @CSharpMajor
      @CSharpMajor 3 роки тому +1

      Bruh no it aint. Imperial system is a disorder... and Im American

    • @fredfry5100
      @fredfry5100 2 роки тому

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Blingazing
      @Blingazing 2 роки тому +7

      It’s because our largest customer for export is the states, who refuse to go metric, so a lot of our own at home measurement have been influenced by them

  • @TheMemeSharky
    @TheMemeSharky 4 роки тому +185

    Babish shouting out James Townsends made my day.
    May your food be well seasoned with Nutmeg, Andrew.

  • @jomix7
    @jomix7 4 роки тому +234

    “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” - J.R.R Tolkien
    Brilliant video as always, especially when it’s based on my favourite fantasy writer!

    • @jomix7
      @jomix7 4 роки тому +2

      P.s Looking forward you the next video, food looks lovely

    • @sameash3153
      @sameash3153 4 роки тому +1

      Blows marijuana smoke on the screen

    • @mordecaismopstick
      @mordecaismopstick 4 роки тому

      Love Tolkien. Love the movies. Love babish. What more could I ask for

  • @teachdaireteachdaire3701
    @teachdaireteachdaire3701 4 роки тому +128

    And it's called "mincemeat" because in Tudor times sugar and spices were for the rich, and combinations of sweet and savoury were the thing you ate when you were rich. The mincemeat was half the filling for a pie. It was mixed with minced (ground) meat, and put in a pie. As tastes changed over the centuries, the meat was left out and the pie became a sweet treat.

    • @foxycinnamonkitten997
      @foxycinnamonkitten997 4 роки тому +4

      Wow this is going in my history report

    • @Stallya
      @Stallya 4 роки тому +3

      I'd eat that. Then again I'm French

  • @pfuzzle9700
    @pfuzzle9700 4 роки тому +684

    you should’ve made Eowyns Stew, the greatest food in all of fantasy.

    • @alex0589
      @alex0589 3 роки тому +78

      The gamiest, blandest stew in the land!

    • @KingKhanate1997
      @KingKhanate1997 3 роки тому +59

      The most lore breaking, impossibly terrible stew on earth!

    • @jessaguilar4747
      @jessaguilar4747 3 роки тому +14

      I love that Eowyn marries Faimir in the end.

    • @mammontustado9680
      @mammontustado9680 3 роки тому +17

      @@FunkensteinsMeunster *Faramir smh

    • @christopherfleetwood5252
      @christopherfleetwood5252 3 роки тому +3

      Link’s Grandma’s soup is way better!

  • @sammulhall
    @sammulhall 4 роки тому +597

    When you eventually hit 10 million you should do No-Face’s feast from Spirited Away

  • @enemymetalworks
    @enemymetalworks 4 роки тому +278

    Townsend's is probably the most underrated channels on UA-cam, they show you how they did things hundreds of years ago. It's very interesting and worth a sub

    • @mikep1530
      @mikep1530 4 роки тому +23

      Love that he gave my dude a shoutout. Now we need a nutmeg episode.

    • @all_out_tripp7220
      @all_out_tripp7220 4 роки тому +6

      Him and tastinghistory, they do basically the same thing but instead he does specifically cooking

    • @HeavyMetalMike
      @HeavyMetalMike 4 роки тому +1

      @@mikep1530 where did do the shoutout? I mustve missed it.

    • @jhon5916
      @jhon5916 4 роки тому +2

      my dumbass thought u were talking about andros townsend 🤦‍♂️

    • @GunnerX81M
      @GunnerX81M 4 роки тому +3

      @@HeavyMetalMike it was when he was putting the pork in the container and filling it with more salt

  • @LeviShmevi
    @LeviShmevi 3 роки тому +58

    For someone as new to baking as I am, Babish say "it's going to be fine" is really what I needed.

  • @TheGamerReaper
    @TheGamerReaper 4 роки тому +1351

    In England we call them "Mince Pies" not "Mincemeat Pies", it can be confusing as the main ingredident is reffered to as "Mincemeat" , over here "Mince Meat" is what Americans call "Ground Meat", it's easy to confuse the two but they are different things

    • @MinecraftManager
      @MinecraftManager 4 роки тому +40

      THANK YOU

    • @Sarah-vc8jc
      @Sarah-vc8jc 4 роки тому +23

      A channel called How to Cook That actually made one of the ye olde ones with meat. It looked disgusting, but worth a watch

    • @tan3881
      @tan3881 4 роки тому +21

      @Jeffrey Grimes i'm a Brit and have always wondered why the fruit was called mincemeat. Thanks for that!

    • @vonSaufenberg
      @vonSaufenberg 4 роки тому +27

      To be honest this just confused me more. But on the other hand there is a lot more I'm confused about in american english. Then however I'm german and we describe the shit out of things. And then there is French.

    • @tams805
      @tams805 4 роки тому +21

      We call them "mince pies", but the filling is very often called "mincemeat".
      "Mince meat" is also ground meat or "minced meat".

  • @camilogarciaylasaari1857
    @camilogarciaylasaari1857 4 роки тому +140

    Pippin: We have salted p-
    Babish: *pulls out every ounce of kosher salt he has in his pantry*

  • @apenguinnamedabraham
    @apenguinnamedabraham 4 роки тому +207

    This man is single-handedly keeping the flaked almond industry alive

    • @vojtechnovacek7776
      @vojtechnovacek7776 4 роки тому +7

      And kosher salt industry

    • @sonmi2246
      @sonmi2246 4 роки тому +2

      @@vojtechnovacek7776 I think the Kosher salt industry is doing just fine, between professional chefs, restaurants/diners/food industry and average people who actually cook/bake at home. Do you really find his use of Kosher salt so surprising, or is this like an inside joke or something on the channel? I go through boxes of the stuff; a lot of it for salting pasta water alone.

    • @thenerdofthenorth8205
      @thenerdofthenorth8205 4 роки тому +1

      @@sonmi2246 It is indeed an inside joke.

  • @GoobieWoobieDoobie
    @GoobieWoobieDoobie 3 роки тому +19

    I love how all the food channels, (Binging with Babish, Cooking History, and the Townsends) all just shout eachother out and are generally nice with one another. It’s honestly great and they give eachother their well deserved props.

  • @connarcomstock161
    @connarcomstock161 4 роки тому +566

    "Is it bothering anyone else that I'm using metric for measurements but not temperatures?"
    I see you too are Canadian.

    • @canadious6933
      @canadious6933 4 роки тому +16

      Yup that about sums it up for living in Canada

    • @71kaye
      @71kaye 4 роки тому +17

      Large or Liquid in metric while dry/small amounts with imperial. Oh, Canada...

    • @iaw1stperson
      @iaw1stperson 4 роки тому +16

      He’s from NYC

    • @jamesn5625
      @jamesn5625 4 роки тому +8

      A given temperature is the same regardless of what you call it, but metric is better for baking, which needs to be precise, because it measures mass, not volume like imperial units.
      Think of it this way, a cup can fit a varying amount of flour depending on how much it's packed, but 500g of flour is the same amount regardless of how packed or loose it is.

    • @zeal7895
      @zeal7895 4 роки тому

      @@canadious6933 exactly sums it up for us

  • @borvannywang3807
    @borvannywang3807 4 роки тому +560

    Babish - "I don't do magic foods, sorry that is Babish store policy."
    Also Babish - Monster Cake from Breath of the Wild

  • @REDTK421BLACK
    @REDTK421BLACK 4 роки тому +97

    In case anyone cares, “mince meat” comes from the sweet meat pies of the Middle Ages: they didn’t have desserts per say but fruit were mixed into many dishes. So mince meat, once upon a time, contained actual minced meat.

    • @Ghonosyphlaids
      @Ghonosyphlaids 4 роки тому +4

      @Dyanosis I don't think there was such a strong distinction between sweet and savoury dishes like we have today. It was commonplace to have both elements feature quite prominently in the same dish, hence mince meat pies as OP describes.

    • @AdvancePlays
      @AdvancePlays 4 роки тому +2

      That's not the etymology linguists subscribe to since its language external. "Meat" has only exclusively referred to animal flesh for a relatively small and recent frame of time, with it having a more general definition of "food" or "meal" from Middle English all the way back to Proto-Indo-European.

    • @swisski
      @swisski 4 роки тому +3

      Care of Mr Googlepants: Filled with a mixture of dried fruits and spices called 'mincemeat', mince pie ingredients can be traced back to the 13th century. ... Mincemeat developed as a way of preserving meat without salting or smoking 500 years ago. The filling comes from the medieval tradition of spiced meat dishes, usually minced mutton.

    • @REDTK421BLACK
      @REDTK421BLACK 4 роки тому

      @Dyanosis Personal idiolect. Additionally, @Ghonosyphlaids is quite correct: at those times people didn’t eat courses but had the entire meal presented to be eaten at once and strict desserts were quite uncommon (but not unheard of). @AdvancePlays while you may be correct from a etymological perspective, I hope I was clear in using the contemporary definition of “meat”. And @Ursula Hirzel, thanks for doing the Google I couldn’t be bothered to do.

    • @Generalfoley
      @Generalfoley 4 роки тому

      What I'm hearing is that pies were the multipurpose cooking and eating medium that Burritos hold today.

  • @shiibiimoon
    @shiibiimoon 3 роки тому +42

    I always pictured lembas as a cookie type of bread. Like a wafer similar to a fortune cookie or something akin to a shortbread. Something buttery and dry but lightly sweet like the books say.

  • @patrickhodson8715
    @patrickhodson8715 4 роки тому +516

    Babish really be out here pronouncing the T in “soften”

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 4 роки тому +37

      This is the same person who says "saucepn" so it's expected.

    • @patrickhodson8715
      @patrickhodson8715 4 роки тому +3

      Vigilant Cosmic Penguin I guess 😂

    • @michaelmyers8596
      @michaelmyers8596 4 роки тому +7

      **proceeds to have a stroke trying to pronounce Worcestershire**

    • @inkterp5322
      @inkterp5322 4 роки тому +3

      @@michaelmyers8596 worst-esh-pesh-cesspool-jester-abracadabra-supercalifragilisticexpialidocious-shire

    • @Khazandar
      @Khazandar 4 роки тому +1

      @@michaelmyers8596 "Whatyoursistersaidsauce" Easy.

  • @vuvuvu6291
    @vuvuvu6291 4 роки тому +696

    Babish: LOTR Feast
    Pippin: A second breakfast
    Bombur: snacks

    • @lizageorge8923
      @lizageorge8923 4 роки тому +14

      Underated comment lmao

    • @Ajehy
      @Ajehy 3 роки тому +11

      Me: Temptations greater than the One Ring

    • @TheRojo387
      @TheRojo387 3 роки тому +2

      Pippin's a glutton.

    • @bloodyraptor6251
      @bloodyraptor6251 3 роки тому

      @@TheRojo387 doesn't that come standard for all hobbit folk? 😂

  • @allgreatfictions
    @allgreatfictions 4 роки тому +221

    Babish: "You might notice that these are pretty small. That's because I wanted them to come out Hobbit sized."
    Me: "Then shouldn't they be bigger?"

    • @tyrcow8922
      @tyrcow8922 4 роки тому +1

      Exactly what I thought

  • @MrWhangdoodles
    @MrWhangdoodles 4 роки тому +96

    Goddammit. I just had an extended edition marathon with some friends. Should've copied this. Instead I made chicken pot pie and hobbit sized pumpkin pies and I created 10 cocktails. One each for the fellowship +Gollum. They had whacky names. They were numbered and were served for specific times jn the movies.
    It was soooo much work and I saw barely half of the movies. But it wad worth it. It's a memory to cherish.

    • @TorremThonius
      @TorremThonius 2 роки тому +3

      How dare you tease us like that! Would you consider posting the recipes? I’m curious and inspired.

  • @Wowee2012
    @Wowee2012 4 роки тому +100

    The shout-out to Townsends was so unexpected and the best thing ever! Their channel is so amazing. It'd be awesome to see you try more historical dishes and techniques.

  • @agentepsilon5014
    @agentepsilon5014 4 роки тому +917

    Babish: “I don’t do magic foods”
    Harry Potter episode:

    • @James11111
      @James11111 4 роки тому +28

      That was majorly disappointing. I made lembas myself, messed up (they were like sweet biscuits rather than flatbread) and I did better than him. I was looking forward to him making them so I could see a legitimate way myself.

    • @misanthropicdane
      @misanthropicdane 4 роки тому +1

      Hmm... doesn't say he can't, though...

    • @coolchilion722
      @coolchilion722 4 роки тому

      @@James11111 he did lembas bread in the HP episode?

    • @Cenabull
      @Cenabull 4 роки тому +2

      Coolchilion no

    • @KingOfDoma
      @KingOfDoma 4 роки тому +12

      @@James11111 Feel you on that. I was thinking he'd add protein powder or something to up the calories so it could fill a man for an entire day...

  • @wexin9888
    @wexin9888 4 роки тому +602

    "He knows about second breakfast doesn't he?"

  • @sloopy5672
    @sloopy5672 4 роки тому +275

    “I don’t do magic foods”
    *sad imaginary pie noises*

    • @th3w1zard248
      @th3w1zard248 3 роки тому +1

      Life of Boris fan?

    • @plantmarrow
      @plantmarrow 3 роки тому +1

      I was kind of sad he didn’t do anything with inducting any into the clean plate club

  • @radred609
    @radred609 4 роки тому +1000

    Wait... a broiler is just a grill?
    Every american cooking show makes so much more sense now!

    • @blinkandrhcp
      @blinkandrhcp 4 роки тому +131

      It's like an inverted grill. High heat with the food directly underneath to brown. Will burn quickly.

    • @onelegout
      @onelegout 4 роки тому +98

      @@blinkandrhcp that's what we call a grill in the UK.

    • @TamamoF0X
      @TamamoF0X 4 роки тому +77

      @@blinkandrhcp a broiler isnt an inverted grill.
      *it IS a grill.*
      Just a different name for it, it's like you havent even watched the video.

    • @bluxtina
      @bluxtina 4 роки тому +54

      I always wondered what it was when people said broiler. I assumed it was something to do with boiling...

    • @rekindle7602
      @rekindle7602 4 роки тому +34

      @@onelegout do you not have like, outdoor grills?

  • @chani3644
    @chani3644 4 роки тому +180

    My family celebrates "Lothrs Day" every year on the weekend of December 17th. We watch all the extended versions of the original trilogy back to back in one day, and this year I will definitely be using some of these recipes. This is amazing!

    • @Youtubintheuser
      @Youtubintheuser 4 роки тому +7

      Chani Daly Welle
      We do this too! They’re considered Christmas movies in my family 😂

    • @Roach2006
      @Roach2006 4 роки тому +1

      Sad

    • @superme63
      @superme63 4 роки тому +5

      You should bring them out when they are served on screen the first time.

    • @kennedyelholm9603
      @kennedyelholm9603 4 роки тому +6

      Awesome tradition. I should start doing that.

    • @NanaCottonNyan
      @NanaCottonNyan 4 роки тому +10

      Adopt me, please

  • @XibaXela
    @XibaXela 4 роки тому +319

    The mincemeat "history" thing is as you would expect, originally they had meat in them.
    It was back in the day that common folk couldn't afford meat often so mincemeat pies was just to flex that you could afford to put meat in stuff that doesn't need it.
    It's like how people put gold leaf on food these days.

    • @thesherbet
      @thesherbet 4 роки тому +24

      Its more that they were originally made to show off the new spices that were being brought back to England during and after the crusades. They were originally paired with meats and over time got sweeter and sweeter until eventually meat was no longer really a component

    • @briefisbest
      @briefisbest 4 роки тому +8

      Traditional mincemeat still uses beef suet as the binder.

    • @Silverwind87
      @Silverwind87 4 роки тому +3

      I thought it was because meat used to mean solid food.

    • @Reynevan100
      @Reynevan100 4 роки тому

      You would put meat into mincemeat because raisins act like a preservative. Salt wasnt always available or affordable. Besides, meat done sweet is completely normal, so why not preserve it sweet instead of super mega salty? :D

    • @bobthetomato7005
      @bobthetomato7005 4 роки тому +4

      Until I watched this video, I literally thought mince meat pies had meat, and the descriptions in books and stuff always confused me to no end.

  • @RedRobertify
    @RedRobertify 4 роки тому +50

    I'll never forget how Ian Holm enriched my imagination with his thoughtful performances. I also will never forget of the kind of childhood traumas he suffered at the hands of his parents he described in his biography.
    Rest easy Holm, rest easy...

  • @mertdeniztatl5726
    @mertdeniztatl5726 4 роки тому +624

    "a bite from the lembas is enough to fill a grown mans belly full"
    Hobbits eat multiple each...

    • @saltedllama2759
      @saltedllama2759 4 роки тому +104

      The confusion there is that people think it means hobbits have more room in their bellies than elves or men, but that isn't the case. They simply don't wait for the lembas to do it's thing and keep stuffing themselves like it's any other snack. By the time they realize it, they are super stuffed lol

    • @28Pluto
      @28Pluto 4 роки тому +39

      I don't think there was any confusion.... Anyone with even a cursory idea of Hobbit lifestyle would understand they like to eat a LOT.

    • @samdragonborn5864
      @samdragonborn5864 4 роки тому +14

      Pluto28 I’m still convinced hobbits have crazy fast metabolisms

    • @butterwolf5326
      @butterwolf5326 4 роки тому +1

      ...

    • @justsomeidiotontheinternet4483
      @justsomeidiotontheinternet4483 4 роки тому +11

      Pluto28 I think in the book, they were described as a little round in the belly, though not fat. So that would actually make a lot of sense

  • @andrewcook2625
    @andrewcook2625 4 роки тому +215

    Babish: check out townsend
    Me: aw I see youre a man of culture as well

    • @gorlack2231
      @gorlack2231 4 роки тому +13

      Babish cross-over with 18th century cooking when?

    • @apadvogados
      @apadvogados 4 роки тому +2

      The crossover we deserve!

    • @waRr3nxx
      @waRr3nxx 4 роки тому +1

      I stumbled onto that channel last year. I’ve learned a lot since then.

    • @PirateVoices88
      @PirateVoices88 4 роки тому +2

      Nutmeg for days!

    • @KyleWyman89
      @KyleWyman89 4 роки тому +1

      You beat me to it lol love that other ppl watch Townsend too

  • @ephraimtupe1596
    @ephraimtupe1596 4 роки тому +294

    So about the taters: will you be boiling, mashing them, and sticking then in a stew, or not?

    • @TyKOmain
      @TyKOmain 4 роки тому +12

      Ah early memes.....
      I remember discovering this on Albino black sheep along with a few other LOTR clips

    • @jg1335
      @jg1335 4 роки тому +18

      What’s taters precious? What’s taters?!

    • @miked7295
      @miked7295 4 роки тому +20

      @@jg1335 PO-TAY-TOES

    • @babishculinaryuniverse
      @babishculinaryuniverse  4 роки тому +86

      Yes

    • @llio8044
      @llio8044 4 роки тому +4

      @@babishculinaryuniverse Even you wouldn't say no to that.

  • @Cossyc
    @Cossyc 4 роки тому +43

    I just love that the seven million subscriber special hasn't been out for a month and he's already almost halfway through to eight.

  • @LifeofCharles
    @LifeofCharles 4 роки тому +88

    "We've had nothing but maggoty bread for three, stinking, days!" "Yeah! Why can't we have some meat?! What about them? They're fresh!"

    • @LittleCheebs
      @LittleCheebs 4 роки тому +5

      They are NOT for eating!

    • @jessicasmith3634
      @jessicasmith3634 4 роки тому +2

      I was born to be in this comment section

    • @LifeofCharles
      @LifeofCharles 4 роки тому

      LittleCheebs what about their legs? They don’t need those!

  • @WomenRespecter9000
    @WomenRespecter9000 4 роки тому +146

    "Rolling out to our desired thickness" is what me and the boys call going to the club.

  • @NotThomas5
    @NotThomas5 4 роки тому +337

    To be confusing...
    "Mince pies" are what you made with "mince meat"
    But "mince meat pies" would be a pie made with minced (ground) meat like beef.

    • @Wolfington
      @Wolfington 4 роки тому +6

      Ha ha, true. There's no help for anyone trying to understand.

    • @isabelh6639
      @isabelh6639 4 роки тому +5

      I though it was a bit weird lol. Thank you for clearing that up 😂

    • @daddywhatchucookin2924
      @daddywhatchucookin2924 4 роки тому +2

      Never heard it called ‘mince meat’, just ‘mince’. A pie with meat in its just called a pie. Beef pie, chicken pie, fish pie, mince pies.

    • @tams805
      @tams805 4 роки тому +3

      @@daddywhatchucookin2924 Nope, it's definitely "mince meat", but as that sounds wrong "mince" has become more common. The original pies had fruit and meat in though, hence why it was called "mince meat".

    • @cameronhunter23
      @cameronhunter23 4 роки тому +4

      @@tams805 Is it not mincemeat (one word) in a mince pie, and mince meat if it's actual meat?

  • @hainhatphung1371
    @hainhatphung1371 4 роки тому +206

    1:38 A Townsend and Babish collab in the future? Don't tease us, dude!

    • @endel12
      @endel12 4 роки тому +7

      Hai Nhat Phung needs more Nutmeg

    • @jhusseyIII
      @jhusseyIII 4 роки тому +7

      Yes absolutely! Townsend's channel is the most wholesome channel around! And it never fails to inform about the history of American cooking.

    • @BillyBDosio
      @BillyBDosio 4 роки тому +4

      @@trin7346 I love Townsend too! Kinda like video klonopin sometimes, really chills me out

    • @TheMilitantHorse
      @TheMilitantHorse 4 роки тому +1

      I can imagine food from something like Barry Lyndon as the Townsends collab. Or maybe The Patriot or some film set in the revolution.

  • @Alex-hb8cn
    @Alex-hb8cn 4 роки тому +567

    "Check out the Townsends channel."
    Okay, Babish/Townsends crossover happening..... when?

    • @tomroberts1105
      @tomroberts1105 4 роки тому +13

      OOO, Next episode? Though in 'Plainclothes'. (or maybe full cosplay! Imagine The Lord of the Rings but re-imaging set in Colonial Times!)

    • @aslamnurfikri7640
      @aslamnurfikri7640 4 роки тому +35

      I want Babish/Townsends/Steve1989MREInfo collab

    • @derrickallen8138
      @derrickallen8138 4 роки тому +9

      I want a Babish, Townsends, How to Drink crossover

    • @somebrains5431
      @somebrains5431 4 роки тому +5

      Babish, Forgotten Weapons, Cletus McFarlane, Britney Spears crossover.

    • @phoebegraveyard7225
      @phoebegraveyard7225 4 роки тому +20

      Babish visits the Nutmeg Tavern.

  • @futhington
    @futhington 4 роки тому +41

    "is it bothering anyone else that I'm using metric for measurements and not temperatures?"
    YES

    • @krystyna222d
      @krystyna222d 4 роки тому +2

      Unless you're Canadian. We do that kind of mixing all the time.

  • @sophiea.8366
    @sophiea.8366 4 роки тому +984

    Mince pies in July, as a Brit, just feels wrong.

    • @GryffDavid
      @GryffDavid 4 роки тому +40

      Thank you! I'm craving a mince pie now and it's not even close to Christmas.

    • @tan3881
      @tan3881 4 роки тому +16

      But i want to demolish one now 😫😂

    • @scottwpilgrim
      @scottwpilgrim 4 роки тому +66

      But in the Shire, every day is mince pie day.

    • @roberthughes9172
      @roberthughes9172 4 роки тому +6

      @@GryffDavid So glad i have an extra jar of Mince in the cupboard. Know what i'm making at the weekend

    • @ryanford1573
      @ryanford1573 4 роки тому +6

      Made by the well known hobbit Mary Berry as well😂

  • @AnoNYmous-bz2ef
    @AnoNYmous-bz2ef 4 роки тому +146

    I imagined lembas bread to be more of a big shortbread with a particularly long shelf life, not some bland tooth breaker.

    • @glowormrdr6183
      @glowormrdr6183 4 роки тому +31

      Completely right. It should be sweet and delicious. I imagine like a crispy cookie or shortbread with almond or anise flavor.

    • @arielshuffield4188
      @arielshuffield4188 4 роки тому +52

      It probably is, Gimli sees it in the book and assumes it's cram, even makes a face and says the word before taking a bite. Than eats the whole thing because he's surprised by the delicious flavor. So ideally true lembas bread would look like cram but have better flavor and more nutrition. I've seen several recipes based on travelers breads with a little honey for flavor.

    • @bassplayer2011ify
      @bassplayer2011ify 2 роки тому +12

      @@arielshuffield4188 Cram/hard tack would make the most sense as Tolkien was drawing from his experience as a WW1 vet and hard tack was still a staple of rations at the time.

  • @armchairrocketscientist4934
    @armchairrocketscientist4934 4 роки тому +20

    1:35 - I love the townsends! Not only does the food look great, I'm writing a fantasy novel in an early industrial time period, and their channel has been a fantastic help.

  • @carlosmason5833
    @carlosmason5833 4 роки тому +149

    ‘Enough to fill the stomach of a grown man’
    ‘How many have you eaten?’
    “Seven”

  • @TheTerrorofDeath1215
    @TheTerrorofDeath1215 4 роки тому +155

    PO-TA-TOES Boil ‘em, mash ’em, put them in a stew

    • @Dumbmelee
      @Dumbmelee 4 роки тому +17

      stick 'em *

    • @N7Metz
      @N7Metz 4 роки тому +11

      How does it feel to come so close to greatness, but failed due to your own hubris?

  • @chief_idk7788
    @chief_idk7788 4 роки тому +256

    The mince pie thing links back to the Tudor times, where large game pies, with pork, dear, or any gamey meats, would also have things like cranberries, raisins and peel in, and over time, people that weren't as wealthy as say, king henry the 8th, left out the meat, and with just adapting it over time you get "mince pies" without any meat, however I don't know exactly how true this is, it was just a word on mouth thing in my family, if there is an actual food historian, do enlighten us.

    • @freddieevans6378
      @freddieevans6378 4 роки тому +3

      deer*

    • @Maggydags
      @Maggydags 4 роки тому +1

      Theres a fascinating podcast called "the Dollop" that has an episode on the history of mince pies.

    • @reda.kharoubi
      @reda.kharoubi 4 роки тому +2

      @@freddieevans6378 so that's why something felt wrong as i read it.

    • @Gruvmpy
      @Gruvmpy 4 роки тому

      sounds pretty plausable

    • @FaultAndDakranon
      @FaultAndDakranon 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah, mince pies definitely had meat and fruit together originally. Much like modern middle eastern cuisine does.

  • @CodyDockerty
    @CodyDockerty 4 роки тому +67

    A shout-out to Townsends, an unexpected thing, certainly welcome though.

  • @blizzardblaze1649
    @blizzardblaze1649 4 роки тому +256

    I'd imagine that by "twice baked bread" Tolkien meant a South African food called "rusks". Twice baked, baked at first like a cake then baked to dry.

    • @shaneben8745
      @shaneben8745 4 роки тому +27

      And then 'baked' once more when you dip it in tea

    • @AidanXavier1
      @AidanXavier1 4 роки тому +4

      @@shaneben8745 am I missing something, how is that baking?

    • @borb3965
      @borb3965 4 роки тому

      @@AidanXavier1 Benke här

    • @aarchitasharma
      @aarchitasharma 4 роки тому +9

      We have rusks in India too, best served with tea

    • @blizzardblaze1649
      @blizzardblaze1649 4 роки тому +4

      @@aarchitasharma oh yes, absolutely.

  • @williamreely4431
    @williamreely4431 3 роки тому +1

    Mincemeat did traditionally include meat - a fruit and meat mixture like a non-dried version of pemmican. This was back before industrially produced, pre-packaged foods were a thing and nearly everyone made their own food. Over time, food producers substituted out more and more meat to cut expenses that it eventually became just fruits, nuts and spices.

  • @gripghoulshorts2503
    @gripghoulshorts2503 4 роки тому +563

    Ok now that you've shown us how to make breakfast
    *What about second breakfast?*

  • @evangelism2
    @evangelism2 4 роки тому +87

    YES, WAS THAT A TOWNSENDS SHOUTOUT I HEARD?!

  • @thomasderosso5625
    @thomasderosso5625 4 роки тому +115

    The Townsends plug makes me wish I could give this video a second like.

  • @permixtg4322
    @permixtg4322 4 роки тому +88

    As a kid, I always imagined lembas bread as really big croutons for some reason.

    • @lavendermothboy
      @lavendermothboy 4 роки тому +7

      I always thought it was like expired pita

    • @KarissaGaskill
      @KarissaGaskill 3 роки тому

      I always thought it was similar to naan

    • @jelfishery
      @jelfishery 3 роки тому +1

      @@KarissaGaskill it's practically naan

    • @sulien6835
      @sulien6835 3 роки тому

      It's fancy hardtack so you're not too far off.

  • @rogerhinman5427
    @rogerhinman5427 4 роки тому +142

    freshly-grated nutmeg...Townsend's has entered the chat

  • @gearjacky
    @gearjacky 4 роки тому +142

    HE DID THE THING! HE MENTIONED TOWNSENDS!
    Y'all need to do some cooking together.

    • @charlesrm5817
      @charlesrm5817 4 роки тому +7

      I didnt realize at first. Then went back and kept listening to the hard tack portion but it was the salty pork one! He did 2 Townsend recipes!

    • @kuteken6312
      @kuteken6312 4 роки тому

      What is Townsends?

    • @ryeflekun7857
      @ryeflekun7857 4 роки тому +4

      @@kuteken6312How people in the 18-19th centuries cook channel (they do other things too, but cooking is main content)

    • @nr1NPC
      @nr1NPC 4 роки тому +4

      @@kuteken6312 I rewrite Ramz Vands comment.
      Townsends is a youtube channel were a lovely old man cooks foods from recipes from 1700-1900s

    • @thebigugly2006
      @thebigugly2006 4 роки тому +3

      I saw that. I love those guys. Good play Mr. Babish

  • @A76noname
    @A76noname 4 роки тому +188

    "Hobbit sized"
    Bold of you to assume that hobbits would make their food in smaller portions than tall humans.

    • @spin9256
      @spin9256 4 роки тому +16

      Ah nice, I wondered if anyone else spotted that. I don't think I could eat half of what a hobbit eats!

    • @AlistairAi
      @AlistairAi 4 роки тому +13

      *THIS* IS A _PINT_

    • @bryanmanuel4945
      @bryanmanuel4945 4 роки тому

      @@spin9256 I could

    • @GiselleMF
      @GiselleMF 4 роки тому +1

      @@AlistairAi it comes in PINTS?

    • @Skiriwowi
      @Skiriwowi 4 роки тому +1

      "Hobbit sized" pretty much means the opposite when referring to beds and then food.

  • @DJ-qr1wk
    @DJ-qr1wk 4 роки тому +29

    I don’t understand a single reference in the comments but I’m still happy to be here!

  • @hamzasalman6345
    @hamzasalman6345 4 роки тому +137

    in the immortal words of Samwise Gamgee
    *"BOIL EM, MASH EM, STICK EM IN A STEW"*

    • @Silverwind87
      @Silverwind87 4 роки тому +6

      PO
      TA
      TOES

    • @Anna-jg5bp
      @Anna-jg5bp 4 роки тому +4

      STUPID HOBBITZEZ HE RUINS IT

    • @antoniosanturri6799
      @antoniosanturri6799 4 роки тому +1

      We loves taters

    • @liamwalsh3925
      @liamwalsh3925 4 роки тому +5

      The funniest part in that scene is that Gollum acts like 'taters' is some sort of danger. XD

    • @Anna-jg5bp
      @Anna-jg5bp 4 роки тому

      Liam Walsh omg yes

  • @stoic_hero
    @stoic_hero 4 роки тому +32

    Respect for the Townsend plug, they got me into watching cooking on UA-cam. Back when you did the Bear dish, I have wanted to see you do a crossover with them.

    • @matt475
      @matt475 4 роки тому +1

      Townsends is great! But when I saw Babish do the RGR2 bear stew, all I could think of was a collab with Kent Rollins. I mean, he has his own authentic chuck wagon!