Absolutely loved spending time with you guys ! My only regret is not to have diluted a heaped spoonful of that $$$ Manuka honey into some super-cheap over-infused Lipton tea (with milk obvs)
Really fun seeing you on here after following both channels for years! Buuuut where is the logic behind the olive oil not being pretentious and the honey being? Both are good quality products but just super expensive :/
@@danniandersen5858I was confused at that too, he seemed to perk up when they reviewed the olive oil - I think he was tired, personally, only because when Barry was speaking at times he was staring off into space/had his head down
He might just have trouble adjusting to a format out of his control, knowing when to talk and thinking about how to be interesting in what you say can be hard. I think when he did perk up and feel like it was his moment to shine and relaxed a bit he did great, probably just needs more practice being in other peoples shows.
@@MrKeeganimal It might have just been at the end of a long day of filming, which he's probably not used to with his style of videos. Also, this format doesn't really lend itself to high energy - it's more contemplative and about critiquing each ingredient.
That olive oil one I'd disagree on. The packaging, particularly the clear glass bottle, is both gaudy and as Alex pointed out can be harmful to the product. Because of that, you'd have to store it in the big tube, which I think tips it over into pretention.
I don't know... A pretentious product usually tries to oversell an ingredient by investing on the packaging - the definition of pretense. In this case, i agree it's too expensive, too exclusive and a bit too full of itself... but maybe not pretentious. Trying to elevate an already great ingredient like olive oil by selecting only the best sources, at only the best harvest time, using the best available tools and expertise of the very best mill....... It's not a pretentious pursuit. But definitely pedantic. And that price tag just makes it that much more obscene.
As a kiwi, the average supermarket manuka honey NZD$30 makes a noticeable difference when you are unwell, helping with sore throats etc Most New Zealanders will purchase a clover or other basic honey for day to day and save the Manuka honey as part of the medicine cupboard. Would love to see more items for New Zealand and the Pacific Islands in these reviews as we are a area that is often missed
I took an animal rehabilitation course and my teacher says that it's a really good thing to use for any animals that get injured but they don't use it often because it's really expensive.
This winter I had such a bad cold and couldn't take much to help since I'm pregnant, so I basically lived off of manuka honey, lemon and hot water drinks. Helped my throat so much. This baby is probably 50% honey now
@@meagan3694 I just keep a small pottle and a spoon in my bag when I'm unwell, so that when I'm out i can just have like a teaspoon of it, it helps more than lozenges.
My daughter suffers horrendously with tonsil issues. Over the winter I switched all our honey to Manuka honey and I’ve genuinely noticed a difference in the number and length of her bouts of colds and tonsillitis flare ups.
got a small jar of mgo80 for like 5.76£ on promotion, uk honey is expensive. they basic store honey isn't even really honey. it's half the price tho. one time I bought lidl 30 mgo for like 6£ but this one is better. hard to tell it's effects tho.
14:16 As someone whos from New Zealand, and is also indigenous to the country as well - I appreciate the use of the tohutō (macron) over the a in Mānuka. Kia pai tō mahi, kōutou!
Fine olive oil is like fine wine, therefore you would expect things like where the olives were grown and pressed and what kind of olive the oil was pressed from... you would also expect a dark green bottle that you almost can't see into to protect the oil from light like Alex said. A good quality oil does add to the dish especially a high quality finishing oil that you would drizzle over top of the finished dish.
I know, if regular extra virgin olive oil can come in a plastic, but still dark green, almost opaque, but still slightly translucent, I don't think it would be too far off to expect premium, and extortionist premium products, they would do the same.
my olive oil from aldi comes in a dark green glass bottle. if aldi can do that for their under 10 €/liter oil, this fancy pants olive oil should manage the same!
Awesome to see some ingredients from my home country of New Zealand. Fingers crossed we get to see more of the Kiwi cuisine when we get to the Global A-Z Food Challenge!
I took my mum to NZ last year and we LOVED your beautiful country ❤ Such kind, warm, friendly people, amazing nature, great wine, dairy, lamb, and of course honey 😊
This is exactly why I love Alex and trust his judgement. He doesn’t care how expensive, traditional, or fancy something is. He likes tasty food and that’s all that matters. Too many people are sold on fancy labels and smooth language and let the placebo effect sway them… not Alex. We need more people like him in positions of influence to help people make good decisions about food. People like the Sorted Crew! This is a great colab and I hope you guys do it again!
glad you got Alex on the show, I love his channel!! ...perfect choice having a picky/pretentious(ish!) Frenchman with a good palette the for 'pretentious ingredients' 😅
Wow, nice to see Alex collabing again! Maybe you'll get to bring James Hoffmann along for some caffeinated concoctions next time around. Considering I discovered Sorted Foods thanks to that one Tom Scott collab, this just feels real nice!
Awesome!! Friggin love Alex. One of the same reasons I love Sorted as an American. Entertaining and it’s always fun to watch and learn about dishes I’ve never heard of, or something that over the pond peeps haven’t heard of or had on the American side. Well done everyone!
To add some more context to the Manuka Honey pricing - that grade of honey is legitimately used in hospitals as an antibacterial treatment for burns and wounds. I've also heard a story where it was used to flush a patients lungs to treat a nasty lung infection. So the price is derived from the health sector more so than from consumers.
As someone who lives in New Zealand im so happy you chose manuka honey.. its one of the best honeys and always tastes good! Crazy to think how much it costs over seas, i thought it was expensive here
The 糸切 peppers are definitely over packaged and pretty dang expensive compared to buying them in Japan. I can only imagine they're even cheaper in other places. I've only had them on top of beef rice bowls and I agree with they're hardly noticeable but they do give a weird, almost metallic flavor if you eat a bunch.
I'm a relatively new convert to Alex's channel [about a year]. But he's is excellent, love the way he deep dives & works a subject through. I tend to get drawn into subjects deeply & similar to him like to work a dish 'till perfection. Great to see him on Sorted. Hopefully you filmed a few different things while he was over? Would be fun to see a Chef v Chef with him & Ben/Kush.
I have desperately been awaiting this Collab. I'm so happy it finally happened. Please do many many more. My 2 favourite UA-cam cooking channels is a dream come true
I worked at a Returned Servicemen's League (RSL) nursing home in Sydney and they used manuka honey to treat bed sores and ulcers. Old soldiers with tropical ulcers picked up in various jungle conflicts.
Love how candid and honest Alex is. Would have liked to se the same level of integrity and directness in the sorted crew. Lovely entertainment as always and with all the best from a long time viewer - yet I still mean it. Hope you receive it as constructive criticism.
Alex looks like Barry's french cousin. I loved his takes, the honesty was punching through. Sorted guys I feel like sometimes they don't want to criticise the producer and do it in roundabout way and Alex was a straight shooter. I agree with his opinion on the olive oil - for the price tag it should have more premium package, more info about the species, region. Frickin 100 quid for a bottle of olive oil!
I love All Your collabs guys!. the guests you are bringing in really gives each ep a different vibe and i adore every second of them! And congrats on Ebbers and Jamie starring in an Asda advert the other day! You guys have made it SO far!
I treated a second degree burn with manuka honey and there is no scar at all. We use it not so much as a food but more as a medicine and dressing ointment. Such amazing stuff.
Never thought I’d see the day where two of my favourite food channels would combine for a video! You guys made this Day Much better! And would make it even more so with a hearth and comment!
Part of the 'health' interest in Manuka (Mahnehka) honeys is their apparent antibacterial usefulness in wound care. External use rather than internal. The Plant is more commonly known as the Tea Tree and has a fairly wide range over NZ and SE Australia, where I reside. Alex - don't you have a studio to get back too?? ;)
My favourite two cooking channels doing a joint video??? Love it guys - please do more!! Alex needs the Sorted lads on his channel. Maybe to teach Jamie how to make a traditional Paella??😂😂😂😂😂
First time seeing anything of this French guy but I am now a big fan! He was great and would be awesome to see him be a few more episodes, especially pretentious ones.
“Prince of Pretension and a Parisian” is a great way to start the video. Nice to see Alex on the channel after making a few cameos. Happy Wednesday to SortedFood HQ and the community. 😊
I would LOVE to see you add Pianogrillo Estratto di Pomodori to a pretentious ingredient episode. It's sundried Sicilian tomato paste, $30 per jar in the states, and I'm absolutely addicted to the stuff. lol, I'd love to see it get just popular enough that the price came down. :P
15 years ago or so my mother was crazy about the manuka honey, to the point where I had to go around the city for her because the usual retailer left the market. Not sure who told her about it, but she just had to use it at any moment she felt off. Honestly, health benefits or not, placebo effect carried it all the way...
@@lancelindlelee7256I get disliking the misleading marketing of some honey. However, honey is a legitimate anitbacterial with more than 1 scientific paper agreeing with me. That being said, honey seems to be best used for rubbing into wounds to prevent infection, not eating.
@@olidul2305 This is very true, Manuka is found in wound gels, and even often used on animal wounds, to prevent infection and keep the wound wet to encourage healing and prevent scaring. I've never been a fan of honey in any other context but Manuka really is the real deal when you talk about its antibacterial properties.
@@roxxelle788 I completely agree, but one paper I've seen actually found an acidic honey from Cuban Melipona beecheii bees to actually be better than the Manuka (Apis mellifera bee) honey that they tested. That said, Manuka seems better studied.
Placebo should never be sold for 300 dollars, that is nothing but a blatant scam. (That is aside from the fact that I believe placebo should never be able to be sold as a treatment to begin with, as it is necessary to test medicinal products AGAINST placebo to even test their efficacy to begin with) Scammers hide behind placebo all the time to sell their bullshit products that do nothing.
Same here! Showing my age here but when I was a kid it wasn't popular and very cheap compared to now. Glad it's finally getting the recognition it deserves, I love the strong flavour
Watching the olive oil, the color, and everything reminded me of the "olio nuovo" that you can try everywhere in Italy during a very specific season (I don't remember when).
I'm from Greece and having access to phenomenal extra virgin cold pressed olive oil from select harvests like Chalkidiki, or Kalamata and Crete that bottle is an affront to good olive oils...Like Alex said the olive species should be stated and even the cheapest olive oils in Greece come in a tinted glass container to keep it from oxidising from light...
I'm from NZ and use Manuka honey alot, even here it is pricey. But we don't use Manuka honey from eating, it's for putting on wounds and cuts to help heal them, or if you have a sore throat is great for that too.
When my mother was in hospice, she had a bed sore that would not get better, and we were really just trying to avoid infection to keep her comfortable. The only thing that eased the pain and improved the sore were bandages/patches with manuka honey in them. (Seriously we tried everything else over the counter we could find!) It will forever be linked in my mind with helping ease my mother's pain and discomfort in her final days, so I tend to think highly of it.
Out of this world quality as always, this crossover was Epic! And personally the thing for me is that my parents use local honey because it helps them with their environmental allergies. And like Jamie said before, you are paying for words, and Chirstopher Robin would slap Winnie the Pooh aound the face for it.
Great to see Alex on here. But to be honest he is all about the perfect version of everything. You all are more the every day version of everything. Contrasting but enjoyable mix.
This is such an amazing Collab. I started watching both these channels around the same time. I really hope Alex sticks around for several videos and participates in the sub 10 minute burger challenge
First time I've seen something I've had before on Pretentious Ingredients! Had the angel hair chilli as a topping at Pizza Hut in Japan. Very not pretentious over there!
5:13 I have to agree, about the red pepper chiffonade. I have had this in my pantry, for at least 4 years, and using it only makes things worse. It is a garnish, only.
Absolutely loved spending time with you guys ! My only regret is not to have diluted a heaped spoonful of that $$$ Manuka honey into some super-cheap over-infused Lipton tea (with milk obvs)
Alex and Sorted!!!! The crossover i never knew I needed!!!
Lemon Honey drinks 🙌
Really fun seeing you on here after following both channels for years! Buuuut where is the logic behind the olive oil not being pretentious and the honey being? Both are good quality products but just super expensive :/
That partnership I didn't know I needed. happy to see you, alex!
@@liiiinderBecause the olive oil is actually that good and very versatile. That honey itself is not very versatile.
You need Alex back again for couple of episodes cause he’s just so enjoyable to watch and banter with.
Honestly, I'd like to see him sit in on a long form interview show!
Edit: But yes, bring him back as much as possible!
100%
Barry thinking the jar of honey must be 200 £ and proceeding to pour half the bottle on shitty white bread is such a mood
All I can think is why are they wasting a limited supply of medical grade manuka on bread when it's one of the few things can kill mrsa!
Also used to counteract the effects of chemotherapy. Amongst many other uses.
Alex's stone cold, honest, food based answers are gold. Nothing given to sponsors, advertisers or even the manufacturers. Absolutely awesome.
Alex should do ALL of the pretentious ingredients episodes.
Seconded!
Absolutely!
Agreed! 😊
He needs to do one with James 😂
@@MrKeeganimaloh heck yeah! Pretentious chefs test pretentious ingredients... I love it!
Two of my all time favourite food channels of entirely different genres collaborating; this was not expected but more than welcome!
Enjoy 😃
@@SortedFood You guys are legends
My favourite guest y'all have ever had. Love having Alex, he fits in immediately.
I love him and his work, but being used to his high energy on his channel and cheerful mood, he seemed almost bored/annoyed here :S
@@danniandersen5858I was confused at that too, he seemed to perk up when they reviewed the olive oil - I think he was tired, personally, only because when Barry was speaking at times he was staring off into space/had his head down
He might just have trouble adjusting to a format out of his control, knowing when to talk and thinking about how to be interesting in what you say can be hard.
I think when he did perk up and feel like it was his moment to shine and relaxed a bit he did great, probably just needs more practice being in other peoples shows.
@@MrKeeganimal It might have just been at the end of a long day of filming, which he's probably not used to with his style of videos. Also, this format doesn't really lend itself to high energy - it's more contemplative and about critiquing each ingredient.
"It's not snobbish, but it's like, irrelevant and useless." 😂
- Alex, 2023
But at the same time, if someone used a _really_ spicy chili to create angel chili so it had some bite, these guys would be all over it. (As would I.)
got those 'not mad, but disappointed' feel to it. XD
Alex and Barry are such a perfect combo for this! Im all for it!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤
That olive oil one I'd disagree on. The packaging, particularly the clear glass bottle, is both gaudy and as Alex pointed out can be harmful to the product. Because of that, you'd have to store it in the big tube, which I think tips it over into pretention.
Very good points!
@@SortedFoodYessir
Or a cupboard. If you're paying that much for olive oil, you probably don't have a tiny kitchen.
I don't know... A pretentious product usually tries to oversell an ingredient by investing on the packaging - the definition of pretense. In this case, i agree it's too expensive, too exclusive and a bit too full of itself... but maybe not pretentious.
Trying to elevate an already great ingredient like olive oil by selecting only the best sources, at only the best harvest time, using the best available tools and expertise of the very best mill....... It's not a pretentious pursuit. But definitely pedantic. And that price tag just makes it that much more obscene.
I also wonder if it's bird friendly?
Can we talk about how I saw Ebbers and Jamie starring in an Asda advert the other day!? You’ve really made it guys! 👏
Thank you! Glad you liked it! It's very surreal 😅
@@SortedFoodYou guys rocked
@@SortedFood congratulations 🎉
Is it the ASDA vs. Harrods one?
@@escapist83I guess so! ua-cam.com/video/Jf-g5m8sxEs/v-deo.html
Barry flinched at the price reveal on the honey like he does the books for Sorted 😂
Love seeing Barry review pretentious ingredients, he has such a unique look into them.
Omg, the chemistry and vibes between Barry and Alex is so cosy and entertaining. Please have more collaborations with Alex in the future. Love this!
I have the feeling that honey mysteriously vanished from the studio and reappeared in Barry's house.
barry glugging 50 quid of honey on a slab of wonder bread.
Well, since the bread is basically tasteless, you’d be tasting the honey without any interference.
As a kiwi, the average supermarket manuka honey NZD$30 makes a noticeable difference when you are unwell, helping with sore throats etc Most New Zealanders will purchase a clover or other basic honey for day to day and save the Manuka honey as part of the medicine cupboard. Would love to see more items for New Zealand and the Pacific Islands in these reviews as we are a area that is often missed
I took an animal rehabilitation course and my teacher says that it's a really good thing to use for any animals that get injured but they don't use it often because it's really expensive.
This winter I had such a bad cold and couldn't take much to help since I'm pregnant, so I basically lived off of manuka honey, lemon and hot water drinks. Helped my throat so much. This baby is probably 50% honey now
@@meagan3694 I just keep a small pottle and a spoon in my bag when I'm unwell, so that when I'm out i can just have like a teaspoon of it, it helps more than lozenges.
My daughter suffers horrendously with tonsil issues. Over the winter I switched all our honey to Manuka honey and I’ve genuinely noticed a difference in the number and length of her bouts of colds and tonsillitis flare ups.
got a small jar of mgo80 for like 5.76£ on promotion, uk honey is expensive. they basic store honey isn't even really honey. it's half the price tho. one time I bought lidl 30 mgo for like 6£ but this one is better. hard to tell it's effects tho.
The olive oil had gold packaging and like alex said, no Cork and a light glass, it's 100% pretentious 😆
Anyone noticing Barry looking so very intently and lovingly at the honey when he took another spoonful?
I think he is mostly low carb... and was riding the sugar high for the whole last segment. :)
I saw James looking uncomfortable. Perhaps because he was aware of the price of each spoonful.
14:16 As someone whos from New Zealand, and is also indigenous to the country as well - I appreciate the use of the tohutō (macron) over the a in Mānuka.
Kia pai tō mahi, kōutou!
Alex giving Judgemental James vibes that we are all missing, and I am so here for it!
Wait did James leave???
@@stahppls2293 two years ago. Comes back from time to time to bless us with his virtual presence
The quote "pick up, smell, put back down and talk about it" is from the excellent movie "le souper" (1992) a very french gastronomic/historical movie.
Bring in Alex more times! He's such a great cook and very knowledgeable
Fine olive oil is like fine wine, therefore you would expect things like where the olives were grown and pressed and what kind of olive the oil was pressed from... you would also expect a dark green bottle that you almost can't see into to protect the oil from light like Alex said. A good quality oil does add to the dish especially a high quality finishing oil that you would drizzle over top of the finished dish.
I know, if regular extra virgin olive oil can come in a plastic, but still dark green, almost opaque, but still slightly translucent, I don't think it would be too far off to expect premium, and extortionist premium products, they would do the same.
Exactly. I was so sad about the presentation doing a disservice to the product.
my olive oil from aldi comes in a dark green glass bottle. if aldi can do that for their under 10 €/liter oil, this fancy pants olive oil should manage the same!
Awesome to see some ingredients from my home country of New Zealand. Fingers crossed we get to see more of the Kiwi cuisine when we get to the Global A-Z Food Challenge!
I took my mum to NZ last year and we LOVED your beautiful country ❤ Such kind, warm, friendly people, amazing nature, great wine, dairy, lamb, and of course honey 😊
This is exactly why I love Alex and trust his judgement. He doesn’t care how expensive, traditional, or fancy something is. He likes tasty food and that’s all that matters.
Too many people are sold on fancy labels and smooth language and let the placebo effect sway them… not Alex.
We need more people like him in positions of influence to help people make good decisions about food. People like the Sorted Crew!
This is a great colab and I hope you guys do it again!
5:35 That unity is what this collabs are all about! What a duo the english and french make when not fighting for a hundred years😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅
glad you got Alex on the show, I love his channel!!
...perfect choice having a picky/pretentious(ish!) Frenchman with a good palette the for 'pretentious ingredients' 😅
please tell me he stuck around for burgers
We didn't have time 😩 hopefully Alex can do one in the future!
@@SortedFoodI watched his burguer video! Can't wait to See what he Will come up with For this!😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤
Had the same thought. Oh darn, he’ll have to come back. What a shame. 😂
Aww hopefully in the future!
Alex will turn it in to a 10 part series, including but not limited to growing the grain for the cow for the butter for the bun.
And I'm here for it
Never thought I’d see the day where two of my favourite food channels would combine for a video! What an unexpected surprise!
Glad you like the collab 😀
@@SortedFoodYou guys are awesome ❤❤❤❤❤😂
Wow, nice to see Alex collabing again! Maybe you'll get to bring James Hoffmann along for some caffeinated concoctions next time around. Considering I discovered Sorted Foods thanks to that one Tom Scott collab, this just feels real nice!
Awesome!! Friggin love Alex. One of the same reasons I love Sorted as an American. Entertaining and it’s always fun to watch and learn about dishes I’ve never heard of, or something that over the pond peeps haven’t heard of or had on the American side. Well done everyone!
To add some more context to the Manuka Honey pricing - that grade of honey is legitimately used in hospitals as an antibacterial treatment for burns and wounds. I've also heard a story where it was used to flush a patients lungs to treat a nasty lung infection. So the price is derived from the health sector more so than from consumers.
I love Alex... great guest! Even he doesn't put up with French snobbery. His channel is also amazing.
As someone who lives in New Zealand im so happy you chose manuka honey.. its one of the best honeys and always tastes good! Crazy to think how much it costs over seas, i thought it was expensive here
The 糸切 peppers are definitely over packaged and pretty dang expensive compared to buying them in Japan. I can only imagine they're even cheaper in other places.
I've only had them on top of beef rice bowls and I agree with they're hardly noticeable but they do give a weird, almost metallic flavor if you eat a bunch.
Those import taxes are gonna get you, honestly that price was pretty reasonable
Yeah it really feels like something you used as a garnish to add a bit of color to what otherwise be a bland looking dish.
@@Temperans pretty much. If anything they have a negative impact on taste 😑
I heard about Mamuka honey in a vet show. They don't eat it at all but put it on wounds to prevent and fight infection. Helps some really dire cases.
Oh my actual GOD. Crossover of the century! Two of the channels that made me fall in love with cooking and creating! Thank you!
Bot channel name, bot language style. Urgh.
@@numbereightyseven literally what are you talking about stfu
Baz just smearing on half a pot .🤣🍯🐝God love him lol
Alex comes across as SO pretentious next to the boys, in the best possible way! Please get he and James to do a pretentious ingredients episode!
I'm a relatively new convert to Alex's channel [about a year]. But he's is excellent, love the way he deep dives & works a subject through. I tend to get drawn into subjects deeply & similar to him like to work a dish 'till perfection. Great to see him on Sorted. Hopefully you filmed a few different things while he was over? Would be fun to see a Chef v Chef with him & Ben/Kush.
He's new to me, but I'm now going to check him out. Excellent guest!
I love Alex and really would like to see an episode where he and Ben and Kush go all chef-geek on something simple like seafood prep or something.
This is not a combination of personalities I would have expected, but was very fun! Glad Alex was included!
I have desperately been awaiting this Collab. I'm so happy it finally happened. Please do many many more. My 2 favourite UA-cam cooking channels is a dream come true
i cannot explain the joy i felt when i saw Alex in the video title, definitely would love to see more of him on the channel :D
I worked at a Returned Servicemen's League (RSL) nursing home in Sydney and they used manuka honey to treat bed sores and ulcers. Old soldiers with tropical ulcers picked up in various jungle conflicts.
Alex on your channel, i've been waiting for this ❤
You need him in an episode of pass it on!
That would be SO MUCH FUN!
@@SortedFoodperfect ❤❤❤❤❤
Love how candid and honest Alex is. Would have liked to se the same level of integrity and directness in the sorted crew. Lovely entertainment as always and with all the best from a long time viewer - yet I still mean it. Hope you receive it as constructive criticism.
14:00 Notion to rename this series "Reviewing Barry's cupboard" Because he has or had many of these before! Prince of pretentious😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Alex looks like Barry's french cousin. I loved his takes, the honesty was punching through. Sorted guys I feel like sometimes they don't want to criticise the producer and do it in roundabout way and Alex was a straight shooter. I agree with his opinion on the olive oil - for the price tag it should have more premium package, more info about the species, region. Frickin 100 quid for a bottle of olive oil!
I love All Your collabs guys!. the guests you are bringing in really gives each ep a different vibe and i adore every second of them! And congrats on Ebbers and Jamie starring in an Asda advert the other day! You guys have made it SO far!
Video idea! Chicken Kiev Make it gormet! I'm really curious how awesome a buttery, garlicy breaded chicken dish could be if taken to the Nth degree~
This was a surprising collaboration, but a fun and welcome one. I want you to invite people more often for these kind of segments.
One of my favourite series that you guys do!! Been having a horrible week, and this vid definitely made me feel better, so, thank you!!
I love the collabs recently. Whilst I never find a video boring the guests you are bringing in really gives each ep a different vibe.
That's so great to hear - thank you!
@@SortedFoodYou guys rock 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I treated a second degree burn with manuka honey and there is no scar at all. We use it not so much as a food but more as a medicine and dressing ointment. Such amazing stuff.
I genuinely love that you listened to us and reached out to creators for collabs!
You all have been killing it with the videos recently. I feel like the amount of new knowledge I learn per video has doubled. Love it!
Never thought I’d see the day where two of my favourite food channels would combine for a video! You guys made this Day Much better!
And would make it even more so with a hearth and comment!
Part of the 'health' interest in Manuka (Mahnehka) honeys is their apparent antibacterial usefulness in wound care. External use rather than internal. The Plant is more commonly known as the Tea Tree and has a fairly wide range over NZ and SE Australia, where I reside.
Alex - don't you have a studio to get back too?? ;)
My favourite two cooking channels doing a joint video??? Love it guys - please do more!! Alex needs the Sorted lads on his channel. Maybe to teach Jamie how to make a traditional Paella??😂😂😂😂😂
First time seeing anything of this French guy but I am now a big fan! He was great and would be awesome to see him be a few more episodes, especially pretentious ones.
“Prince of Pretension and a Parisian” is a great way to start the video. Nice to see Alex on the channel after making a few cameos.
Happy Wednesday to SortedFood HQ and the community. 😊
A great intro 😂
@@SortedFoodYessir!🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤
I work in and around manuka trees every day and it makes me so happy when they flower, even if I don’t like honey 🌸
I would LOVE to see you add Pianogrillo Estratto di Pomodori to a pretentious ingredient episode. It's sundried Sicilian tomato paste, $30 per jar in the states, and I'm absolutely addicted to the stuff. lol, I'd love to see it get just popular enough that the price came down. :P
That sounds amazing!
So how big do you think the island of Sicily is and what percentage of its land should be used for tomato paste...?
All of my favorite crazy but adorable chefs in one place--this is great! I literally screamed when I saw Alex was the guest.
it's like Barry and his French Brother! Their similarities are just the loveliest thing.
Love this comment 😂
@@SortedFoodsame
Including the same coloured t-shirts
We need a few more videos with Alex.
Always loved his energy and knowledge of food.
15 years ago or so my mother was crazy about the manuka honey, to the point where I had to go around the city for her because the usual retailer left the market. Not sure who told her about it, but she just had to use it at any moment she felt off.
Honestly, health benefits or not, placebo effect carried it all the way...
It is placebo all the way. Honey is still sugar and the amount of honey you need for the benefits would give diabetes
@@lancelindlelee7256I get disliking the misleading marketing of some honey. However, honey is a legitimate anitbacterial with more than 1 scientific paper agreeing with me. That being said, honey seems to be best used for rubbing into wounds to prevent infection, not eating.
@@olidul2305 This is very true, Manuka is found in wound gels, and even often used on animal wounds, to prevent infection and keep the wound wet to encourage healing and prevent scaring.
I've never been a fan of honey in any other context but Manuka really is the real deal when you talk about its antibacterial properties.
@@roxxelle788 I completely agree, but one paper I've seen actually found an acidic honey from Cuban Melipona beecheii bees to actually be better than the Manuka (Apis mellifera bee) honey that they tested. That said, Manuka seems better studied.
Placebo should never be sold for 300 dollars, that is nothing but a blatant scam. (That is aside from the fact that I believe placebo should never be able to be sold as a treatment to begin with, as it is necessary to test medicinal products AGAINST placebo to even test their efficacy to begin with) Scammers hide behind placebo all the time to sell their bullshit products that do nothing.
Its like having James back. Somebody who doesnt hold punches, says it how it is! Really explores the food.
Great vid
Am a Kiwi & always keep a pot of Manuka Honey in the cupboard - absolutely brilliant in hot drinks when you have a cold or flu!!!❤
Same here! Showing my age here but when I was a kid it wasn't popular and very cheap compared to now. Glad it's finally getting the recognition it deserves, I love the strong flavour
A crossover I loved. I love both Alex’ and Sorted and that they’re together well, sorted…
As a Kiwi, having good quality manuka honey on your toast in the morning it’s just nice summer holiday vibes.
With plenty of butter and a nice slice of Vogels
Alex was so great in this! And I just want to say the dishes feel like they have really been elevated recently. Well done to all!
The €95 olive oil definitely sounds like the olive oil royalty would bathe in
Watching the olive oil, the color, and everything reminded me of the "olio nuovo" that you can try everywhere in Italy during a very specific season (I don't remember when).
I'm from Greece and having access to phenomenal extra virgin cold pressed olive oil from select harvests like Chalkidiki, or Kalamata and Crete that bottle is an affront to good olive oils...Like Alex said the olive species should be stated and even the cheapest olive oils in Greece come in a tinted glass container to keep it from oxidising from light...
I'm from NZ and use Manuka honey alot, even here it is pricey. But we don't use Manuka honey from eating, it's for putting on wounds and cuts to help heal them, or if you have a sore throat is great for that too.
I like how Barry poured like $30 of honey in the bread
If you've got it, flaunt it!
I like Alex, he gives honest, articulate opinions. He is not pretentious, just sincere! More of this, please!
When my mother was in hospice, she had a bed sore that would not get better, and we were really just trying to avoid infection to keep her comfortable. The only thing that eased the pain and improved the sore were bandages/patches with manuka honey in them. (Seriously we tried everything else over the counter we could find!) It will forever be linked in my mind with helping ease my mother's pain and discomfort in her final days, so I tend to think highly of it.
As a nurse certified in wound care manuka honey is wonderful for certain types of wounds
Been a subscriber of Alex for *years*. They're such an amazing person and I absolutely adore their content. So cool seeing you guys together.
Love the collabs lately! 👍🏽
So glad to hear it 😀
@@SortedFoodYou guys are awesome ❤❤❤❤❤
Yes! 10 seconds into the video and I’m already excited! Big fan of Alex, loved that you guys had him on the show!
Im lucky enough to have olive trees and so have my own olive oil every year. £95 is friggin expensive!!
You're own olive trees! Wow, that's incredible!
The manuka honey is used commonly on wounds in the veterinary world (particularly with horses) its got great antibacterial effects.
Out of this world quality as always, this crossover was Epic! And personally the thing for me is that my parents use local honey because it helps them with their environmental allergies. And like Jamie said before, you are paying for words, and Chirstopher Robin would slap Winnie the Pooh aound the face for it.
Definitely get @FrenchGuyCooking back for another video! Loved this 🥰
I'm from the Beehive State (Utah) and I have to say pulling out just plain white bread to experience the honey better was the right call
Great to see Alex on here. But to be honest he is all about the perfect version of everything. You all are more the every day version of everything. Contrasting but enjoyable mix.
This is such an amazing Collab. I started watching both these channels around the same time. I really hope Alex sticks around for several videos and participates in the sub 10 minute burger challenge
Always loved Alex's videos.
Love experimental cooking/food science videos.
Thanks for having Alex visit you. So much appreciated.
@frenchguycooking cant wait to see more from you! I've followed you for so long! You deserve the attention. Here's hoping for that Alton Brown collab!
OMG What I wouldn't give for Alex to partake in a Recipe Relay episode. LOVE HIM!!!!
OMG my two favourite cooking channels together in one video, I like that. That can only be good
Loved seeing @FrenchGuyCooking in studio chatting food & throwing down super-French judgments with pure facts. This was such a great episode ❤
Bought the chilli hair for years on markets here in Germany.
Love to snack on it. Thought it was more common
First time I've seen something I've had before on Pretentious Ingredients! Had the angel hair chilli as a topping at Pizza Hut in Japan. Very not pretentious over there!
5:13 I have to agree, about the red pepper chiffonade. I have had this in my pantry, for at least 4 years, and using it only makes things worse. It is a garnish, only.