Does James May make the best bacon sandwich in the world?

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  • @LucyBrownVids
    @LucyBrownVids 3 роки тому +3134

    Which sandwich would you rather have?

    • @danielbyrne916
      @danielbyrne916 3 роки тому +475

      James mays one

    • @simonmorris4226
      @simonmorris4226 3 роки тому +121

      Apologies to James but I’m afraid I’d sooner have yours except I would skip the mayo and put ketchup under the bacon. Hey, hybrids are the new big thing.........

    • @sherifmourad79
      @sherifmourad79 3 роки тому +51

      ur recipe but with james bread, i would add a sunny up or boild egg

    • @WhiskyCardinalWes
      @WhiskyCardinalWes 3 роки тому +196

      That's easy, I'll take both!!! You can never go wrong with TWO bacon sandwiches!!

    • @janknudsen145
      @janknudsen145 3 роки тому +70

      honestly no toast are you mad ?

  • @Mo-sd1db
    @Mo-sd1db 3 роки тому +714

    James: puts anything on a table
    His brain: cheese

    • @jdbruiser
      @jdbruiser 3 роки тому

      His brain perpetuates a tired meme that isn't funny.

    • @JW--dc8ri
      @JW--dc8ri 3 роки тому +13

      @@jdbruiser you miserable sap

    • @jdbruiser
      @jdbruiser 3 роки тому +1

      @@Mo-sd1db That's a fair assessment.

    • @jdbruiser
      @jdbruiser 3 роки тому +1

      @@JW--dc8ri Lol I triggered you though.

    • @jdbruiser
      @jdbruiser 3 роки тому

      @@JW--dc8ri Lol I triggered you though.

  • @jvp_t
    @jvp_t 3 роки тому +524

    This is the most peaceful food battle I’ve ever seen in my life

    • @Jacob-sy5xm
      @Jacob-sy5xm 3 роки тому +18

      In a world full of Ramsay. We must have more May

    • @Joshua-fb6yz
      @Joshua-fb6yz 3 роки тому +3

      @@Jacob-sy5xm May has beat Ramsay in a food battle

    • @basstrammel1322
      @basstrammel1322 3 роки тому

      @@Jacob-sy5xm Well... Lucy Marron definetivly adds the most peacefulness to this kitchen.

    • @howdareyou41
      @howdareyou41 3 роки тому

      too bad that bacon looks horrendous.

    • @NuttyCuts_
      @NuttyCuts_ 3 роки тому

      @@howdareyou41 the back bacon or the streaky bacon?

  • @joepavey6761
    @joepavey6761 3 роки тому +294

    “That tastes like you’re about to do something useful”. Most accurate summary of a bacon sandwich I think I’ve ever heard.

  • @miserq4189
    @miserq4189 7 місяців тому +21

    Three years later and I come back to these sandwich vids and I’m entertained all over again. James is iconic.

  • @jayhom5385
    @jayhom5385 3 роки тому +2741

    I love James buying into his own meme. I paused and laughed.

    • @tt7762
      @tt7762 3 роки тому +168

      *C H E E S E*

    • @mrfreeze2446
      @mrfreeze2446 3 роки тому +56

      You "paused & laughed"? & then typed out that fact, very formal of you on both counts lol Wow! That's seriously formal

    • @Atomy111
      @Atomy111 3 роки тому +93

      @@mrfreeze2446 get a job dude

    • @laura02665
      @laura02665 3 роки тому +3

      ahahahahah same

    • @ProfGoodlife
      @ProfGoodlife 3 роки тому +7

      Neither of you know how to make a sandwich. Still entertaining to see you mess it up though.

  • @bellezayverdad
    @bellezayverdad 3 роки тому +1871

    Who would have thought that James May was gonna handle old age much more gracefully than Hammond and Clarkson?

    • @fuzzywuzzy5749
      @fuzzywuzzy5749 3 роки тому +263

      He lost weight and gained hair.

    • @joeyguitar2056
      @joeyguitar2056 3 роки тому +344

      Well James was always old at heart lol

    • @Jason-hr6yt
      @Jason-hr6yt 3 роки тому +482

      He's been practicing for 30 years.

    • @freyawion5337
      @freyawion5337 3 роки тому +260

      He was born at 53 years old, so unsurprising.

    • @warchild4974
      @warchild4974 3 роки тому +2

      @@joeyguitar2056 beat me to it!

  • @owotuna
    @owotuna 3 роки тому +1192

    No one talking about how Tom was asked how he would like the sandwich cut.. but never given the sandwich :/

    • @CarKiller92
      @CarKiller92 3 роки тому +44

      well it's bacon sandwich, I wouldn't have given him it either

    • @owotuna
      @owotuna 3 роки тому +21

      @@CarKiller92 lol, I guess there's only peanut butter sandwiches left for him then

    • @TribicalFonzo
      @TribicalFonzo 3 роки тому +5

      An *Unfinished deed....* if I've ever seen one...

    • @njsr81
      @njsr81 3 роки тому +11

      Justice for Tom!

    • @kennethpope4311
      @kennethpope4311 3 роки тому +23

      Cruellest torture of all, to smell the bacon cooking and not get any.

  • @hartleymartin
    @hartleymartin 3 роки тому +117

    I agree with Lucy's assessment. Industrial for breakfast, posh for lunch. But we all know that breakfast food is always the best food.

  • @TheGerkuman
    @TheGerkuman 3 роки тому +278

    James is looking more like a mad professor every day.
    This is not a diss, but a compliment.

    • @grasshopper1292
      @grasshopper1292 3 роки тому +3

      I thought he looked like rolf Harris rather alarmingly

    • @devodavis6747
      @devodavis6747 3 роки тому +2

      I like the hirsute James. I think he should run with it, a la' Billy Connolly.

    • @hoagy_ytfc
      @hoagy_ytfc 3 роки тому

      He’s rocking the full Rolf Harris.

    • @raypurchase801
      @raypurchase801 3 роки тому +2

      James frying bacon is better than Top Gear without him.

    • @aidanjanemcintosh6919
      @aidanjanemcintosh6919 3 роки тому

      Colonel Sanders wasn't a mad professor… or was he?

  • @abdullahfakher9993
    @abdullahfakher9993 3 роки тому +1899

    Lucy's slowly become a child that May never had.

    • @Chebab-Chebab
      @Chebab-Chebab 3 роки тому +19

      I'm sure he's tried to have her.

    • @abdullahfakher9993
      @abdullahfakher9993 3 роки тому +216

      @@Chebab-Chebab Captain slow aint no simp

    • @Chebab-Chebab
      @Chebab-Chebab 3 роки тому +17

      @@abdullahfakher9993 Not a simp, yes. Trying to dip his wick with a young lady, also yes.

    • @DerekHartley
      @DerekHartley 3 роки тому +187

      @@Chebab-Chebab He's been in a relationship for 20 years, he has no reason to fool around.

    • @branchonequal
      @branchonequal 3 роки тому +77

      He would've been a great dad, imho.

  • @luisbalderrama8145
    @luisbalderrama8145 3 роки тому +238

    Mind you, this is also the man who beat Gordon Ramsay in a cooking competition.
    Rock on, James.

    • @Nanashi20
      @Nanashi20 3 роки тому +9

      and the right of passage for becoming a man, eating rotten shark meat or whatever, and not throw up

    • @danm8004
      @danm8004 3 роки тому +3

      *rite of passage

    • @bycrystiam
      @bycrystiam 3 роки тому +2

      The same,and this time,he ain't taste any bit of wine.

    • @Nanashi20
      @Nanashi20 3 роки тому

      @@danm8004 ah yes thank you for pointing out my phone correction problems.

  • @mattswinnerton9892
    @mattswinnerton9892 2 роки тому +658

    What Lucy unfortunately forgot is that James may once beat Gordon Ramsay when cooking a fish pie. May is an arc de triumph as the french probably say

    • @JK_Clark
      @JK_Clark 2 роки тому +24

      I'm shocked at the gaulle of her, thinking she can do better.

    • @youtubeis...
      @youtubeis... 2 роки тому +2

      Gordon ramsey will one day be next to cosby where he belongs

    • @LoonieMoony
      @LoonieMoony 2 роки тому +10

      @@youtubeis... ? what?

    • @TheStephenmonroe
      @TheStephenmonroe 2 роки тому

      @@youtubeis... do you mean Bill Cosby?

    • @Evan490BC
      @Evan490BC 2 роки тому +6

      @@youtubeis... Explain yourself, sloth!

  • @mizterypwn
    @mizterypwn 3 роки тому +2288

    He really wears that beard well, makes him look less of an old woman

  • @lupuscutis
    @lupuscutis 3 роки тому +449

    Love it how Lucy simply admits to defeat.

    • @youngtoonfish6891
      @youngtoonfish6891 3 роки тому +3

      It’s not like she could have argued with James anyway. He wouldn’t ever admit defeat 😅

    • @obi501
      @obi501 3 роки тому +2

      @@youngtoonfish6891 I point you to the Branston video

    • @HaydenLau.
      @HaydenLau. 3 роки тому +4

      @@youngtoonfish6891
      James may is pretty reasonable and doesn't really have any ego

    • @JustJay1281
      @JustJay1281 2 роки тому +1

      @@HaydenLau. has nothing to do with ego, and everything to do with, you'd need a valid argument in May's eyes.

    • @sublimechimp
      @sublimechimp 2 роки тому

      Right away too

  • @adityamore8641
    @adityamore8641 3 роки тому +664

    I love how James is carefully wiping the knife each time to avoid “contamination” while Lucy cooks both the posh and regular bacon in the same pan😂

    • @kylemukenga2449
      @kylemukenga2449 3 роки тому +22

      Jeremy doesn't call him captain OCD for nothing yk

    • @NonsensicalSpudz
      @NonsensicalSpudz 3 роки тому +15

      oh no don't mix pork with pork

    • @co2_os
      @co2_os 3 роки тому +3

      @@NonsensicalSpudz butter and butter tho

    • @Psiberzerker
      @Psiberzerker 3 роки тому

      Pork fat doesn't care. A y contaminants are pretty well fries after that. Lurpak is cold, as is everything else. Then again, wiping the knife on a cloth dies fuckakl for cross contamination.

    • @ELTUK82
      @ELTUK82 3 роки тому +5

      @@Psiberzerker he means for taste

  • @charlottewinter3321
    @charlottewinter3321 Рік тому +19

    Aww I love the bond and friendship that Lucy and James have in these videos. Sorry that sounds weird but I always want to meet James, Jeremy and Richard. I have always looked up to them watching Top Gear and The Grand Tour. They will always be in my heart and they are amazing too. Love the channel and best wishes

    • @Krookavan
      @Krookavan 6 місяців тому

      Not much point in asking Lucy to try anything, she only says ... I don't like that.... I don't like that... I don't like that... extremely irritating.

  • @chriss.9398
    @chriss.9398 3 роки тому +775

    This is like if James May discovered he had a long lost daughter and they are trying to bond for the first time.

    • @jonathanwalker8730
      @jonathanwalker8730 3 роки тому +12

      Yes, it makes you think...

    • @michajankiewicz415
      @michajankiewicz415 3 роки тому +49

      I actually thought she was his daughter lol

    • @poprostualbert3222
      @poprostualbert3222 2 роки тому +2

      @@michajankiewicz415 wait so she isn't? I'm sort of surprised

    • @turbofan67
      @turbofan67 2 роки тому +8

      Yeah, I felt the father- daughter chemistry as well.

    • @englishatheart
      @englishatheart 2 роки тому +3

      @@poprostualbert3222 He doesn't have any kids. Well, none that we know of.

  • @dominiccroucher3389
    @dominiccroucher3389 3 роки тому +298

    Asking Tom how he wants his bacon sandwich cut and then not giving him any. That's the worst thing that anyone has ever done in the entire world EVER.

  • @IOwnThisHandle
    @IOwnThisHandle 3 роки тому +245

    James truly is the poorest millionaire known to man

    • @MacKaris
      @MacKaris 3 роки тому +28

      He wearing a digital Casio watch from the early 90's, must be worth a small fortune. And by small I mean something like 5 quid.

    • @thefreedomguyuk
      @thefreedomguyuk 3 роки тому +42

      Not poor, but humble.

    • @chitpaul
      @chitpaul 3 роки тому +7

      A watch is a watch. As long as it tells the time it, does the job. I use my phone..

    • @m.arnold9145
      @m.arnold9145 3 роки тому +5

      @@chitpaul doesn't James have an extensive, expensive watch collection? Somehow that makes him choosing to wear an old casio even better

    • @kurtsudheim825
      @kurtsudheim825 3 роки тому +1

      @@chitpaul true, but watched are also jewellery, so esp now, there a huge fashion statement

  • @dualwieldroxas358
    @dualwieldroxas358 3 роки тому +11

    I still have no idea why i love this show so much besides the fact that it has the chaotic calm of James May

  • @gnarly2446
    @gnarly2446 3 роки тому +400

    Can't watch this while knowing that i'll never find out when exactly was Lurpak made

    • @zendium91
      @zendium91 3 роки тому +16

      1901

    • @simonmorris4226
      @simonmorris4226 3 роки тому +13

      @@zendium91 not the spreadable!

    • @user-neo71665
      @user-neo71665 3 роки тому +1

      @@simonmorris4226 sit it on the counter for about an hour

    • @callumhardy5098
      @callumhardy5098 3 роки тому +8

      Nineteen hundred and something

    • @greatwesternproductions2857
      @greatwesternproductions2857 3 роки тому +11

      Lurpack (the company) was formed from a grouping of several different Danish dairies in 1901. Lurpack spreadable came along 90 years later in 1991 :) .

  • @josephcanning9866
    @josephcanning9866 3 роки тому +216

    This is going to be one of those videos UA-cam recommends to 20 million people in 8 years 😅

    • @ronan7812
      @ronan7812 3 роки тому +1

      🤣Yeah when the world has run out of bacon because of some new swine flu!

    • @michaelbyrne8238
      @michaelbyrne8238 3 роки тому

      Followed by I See Deer.

    • @bwoahviously
      @bwoahviously 3 роки тому

      Making my comment now so that future generations might be able to respond

  • @armchairracer007
    @armchairracer007 3 роки тому +219

    James May: I'm austere with butter
    Also James May: Flood the cowling, plenty of it

  • @Matt7895
    @Matt7895 2 роки тому +27

    Yes, I did my own experiments on this a while back. Posh bread or normal sliced white bread? Toasted or untoasted? With butter or without butter? Ketchup or other condiments/relishes? Anything else, like gherkins, jalapenos, rocket, lettuce? I went through all of these considerations.
    I found the best bacon sandwich is one made from normal untoasted white bread, butter, ketchup, and well done, leave-the-fat on bacon. That's it. There is beauty in the simplicity.

    • @seantynan1
      @seantynan1 Рік тому +1

      I do agree. Supermarket white bread, when fresh, is also the best for fish finger sandwiches, with mayo and perhaps a layer of butterhead lettuce.

  • @johnlocke617
    @johnlocke617 3 роки тому +334

    Can we speak about how much James suits a goatee? In the same vein as Jeremy’s beard? Strange but nice

    • @Butters159
      @Butters159 3 роки тому +8

      where as richard never suited a beard lol

    • @happy_camper
      @happy_camper 3 роки тому

      suits him well

    • @trollzor85
      @trollzor85 3 роки тому

      Colonel sanders

    • @MrMinima86
      @MrMinima86 3 роки тому

      @@CrashOrWin Lucy is a bit too old to be in danger if he follows the Rolf ways though.

    • @harrisonthecarguy3734
      @harrisonthecarguy3734 3 роки тому +1

      way better than hammond's

  • @Ashfielder
    @Ashfielder 3 роки тому +55

    Nothing beats the 8am council issue bacon sarnie. Reminds me of early shifts, long drives to the airport, and nasty hangovers.

    • @66meikou
      @66meikou 3 роки тому

      First job I got at 17 was in a warehouse. Had to put your order in in the morning for the 10am break. Fab bacon sarnie and a cuppa.

  • @FoolOfATuque
    @FoolOfATuque 2 роки тому +21

    As a Canadian fellow we always did toasted bread for our bacon sandwiches.

    • @LaurentLaSalle
      @LaurentLaSalle Рік тому +2

      Canadian as well, and I find strange that it's the second sandwich themed video I watch here that doesn't toast their sliced bread.

    • @hellomyfriend7932
      @hellomyfriend7932 9 місяців тому +2

      I was thinking the same thing ... all bread issues would have been solved if they were toasted!

    • @fuzzywuzzy5749
      @fuzzywuzzy5749 7 місяців тому

      And add peanut butter!

    • @Ionabrodie69
      @Ionabrodie69 Місяць тому

      @@LaurentLaSalleWe don’t follow what you and the yanks do 🤨

  • @monkeysheep
    @monkeysheep 3 роки тому +168

    Billy connelly does a great impression of James May, the voice is uncanny

    • @66meikou
      @66meikou 3 роки тому

      Oh? Got an example mate?

    • @f123raptor
      @f123raptor 3 роки тому +4

      @@66meikou r/ whooosh, Lol :)

    • @jamesm2786
      @jamesm2786 3 роки тому

      I thought it was Rolf Harris

    • @yerdasellsavon2073
      @yerdasellsavon2073 3 роки тому

      You mean James may does a great impression of billy Connolly

    • @Snookbone
      @Snookbone 3 роки тому

      Connolly

  • @basithph8958
    @basithph8958 3 роки тому +130

    Even James himself is a meme
    And I love how he embraces it

  • @matthehensemboi7187
    @matthehensemboi7187 3 роки тому +17

    It's really nice to see Lucy open up and become more comfortable in the videos.. James as usual.. really entertaining guys.. thanks for the content..

  • @hokusai4687
    @hokusai4687 2 роки тому +3

    Somehow, only a year ago this video has captured EARLY UA-cam vibes… i love it

  • @JerryWShields
    @JerryWShields 3 роки тому +424

    This is literally that episode of Parks & Rec where Chris and Ron compete to see who makes the best burger.

    • @LeClaw
      @LeClaw 3 роки тому +58

      Here's mine. It's a Bacon Sandwich made out of meat on bread with butter. Add ketchup if you want I couldn't care less.

    • @drumboarder1
      @drumboarder1 3 роки тому +3

      No this is FOODTRIBE's Does James May make the best bacon sandwich in the world?

    • @LeClaw
      @LeClaw 3 роки тому +4

      @@drumboarder1 obvious troll is obvious

    • @drumboarder1
      @drumboarder1 3 роки тому

      @@LeClaw 2001 called, and, so on

  • @paulanhalt3609
    @paulanhalt3609 3 роки тому +19

    The editing in this video is wild. It's like, already its own YTP I love it

  • @coogan5729
    @coogan5729 3 роки тому +59

    James is always making food that makes me both nostalgic and depressed about my simplistic food preparation. Lucy and May, such a team!

  • @colinmccauley3301
    @colinmccauley3301 2 роки тому +3

    Lucy's sandwich is a B-L-T (Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato sandwich), a mainstay sandwich popular in the U.S.

  • @Mazurecki56
    @Mazurecki56 3 роки тому +182

    "Tom, would you like your sandwich rectangular or triangular?"
    "Rectangular."
    *dosn't get a sandwich at all*
    Poor Tom

    • @gojoSBestie
      @gojoSBestie 3 роки тому +6

      Justice for tom

    • @philialle4supra
      @philialle4supra 3 роки тому +4

      because it was the wrong answer

    • @upgradehaus
      @upgradehaus 3 роки тому +5

      @@philialle4supra it isn't, James absolutely refuses to cut sandwiches into triangles.

    • @philialle4supra
      @philialle4supra 3 роки тому

      @@upgradehaus 😲 really???

    • @kurtsudheim825
      @kurtsudheim825 3 роки тому

      I know, I even thought that might be why lucy asked which slice she could have!

  • @DannyMdlG
    @DannyMdlG 3 роки тому +175

    Love how Lucy gives off a vibe of misery in every episode hah I appreciate how genuine she is

    • @ectwins8128
      @ectwins8128 3 роки тому +31

      its because shes a miserable entitled talentless rich kid whose parents got her a job she is completely ill equipped for. PLEASE KEEP LUCY BEHIND THE CAMERA.

    • @Soapy555
      @Soapy555 3 роки тому +5

      @@ectwins8128 hear hear

    • @endreszatmari2302
      @endreszatmari2302 3 роки тому +59

      She seems to know what she's doing with the tech stuff, and I like the chemistry between her and James. Don't be so rude mate.

    • @frydsaman6857
      @frydsaman6857 3 роки тому +3

      @@ectwins8128 hear hear x2 i watch youtube for entertainment

    • @Lonewolf_121
      @Lonewolf_121 3 роки тому +28

      Loving the people crying untitled, and demanding they do things how they want. Almost seems a bit...entitled

  • @MaverickZ007
    @MaverickZ007 3 роки тому +165

    Spreading the ketchup on my bread would be considered artisan If I'm honest.

    • @cozza819
      @cozza819 3 роки тому +2

      Even distribution is key

    • @ssnjr1299
      @ssnjr1299 3 роки тому +1

      Finally somebody with the same profile pic as mine

    • @MaverickZ007
      @MaverickZ007 3 роки тому +2

      @@ssnjr1299 Clearly you sir are a man of Culture!

    • @misinformedmarti
      @misinformedmarti 3 роки тому +4

      Frankly, I'm lucky if I remember to shake it so the first squeeze isn't just clear juice from where it seperated.

  • @danielcharles4085
    @danielcharles4085 2 роки тому +1

    I. The US. I just order 10 lbs of Lurpak butter because of these videos and it was the smallest I could get. Love James May.

  • @viewpot
    @viewpot 3 роки тому +82

    I love the way Lucy’s deadpan style acts as a foil for James’s practised confidence. They make a superb double act!

  • @TastierBackInThe80s
    @TastierBackInThe80s 3 роки тому +97

    Lucy: "I like mayonnaise on my bacon sandwich"
    James: "Flood the cowling. Plenty of it!"

    • @raypurchase801
      @raypurchase801 3 роки тому +1

      "You can teach MONKEYS to spread mayonnaise better than that!"

  • @FoCoPuffs
    @FoCoPuffs 3 роки тому +35

    "That tastes like you're about to do something useful." Brilliant.

  • @petrolhead0387
    @petrolhead0387 3 роки тому +22

    I've been watching all of these, and Lucy has really grown as a presenter. Her and James definitely have a father/daughter chemistry on camera.

  • @b1lf435
    @b1lf435 3 роки тому +240

    LUCY LIKED SOMETHING!!!! THE PANDEMIC IS GOING TO END!!!!!!! 🎉🎉

    • @johantillgren1510
      @johantillgren1510 3 роки тому +2

      she has no taste spuds. ;)

    • @bruceducker2029
      @bruceducker2029 3 роки тому +2

      I would have had a heart attack if she put cheese on it.....

    • @David-ud9ju
      @David-ud9ju 3 роки тому +2

      Except she's put mayo in a bacon sandwich. We all know that HP is the best.

    • @mrashford7927
      @mrashford7927 3 роки тому +5

      Plandemic*

    • @sean6992
      @sean6992 3 роки тому +1

      Your pfp is legendary 😍😍

  • @lordofallspoons4190
    @lordofallspoons4190 3 роки тому +141

    James is trying to understand the younger generations
    And he understands us perfectly

  • @dogstar75
    @dogstar75 3 роки тому +41

    I've eaten both (more or less) and they're both fantastic.
    I reckon Lucy is correct, one is a great breakfast while the other is a great lunch.

  • @user-ne3kq9cq4m
    @user-ne3kq9cq4m 2 роки тому +2

    Crispy streaky bacon on a lightly toasted teacake with a drizzle of brown sauce (not HP). The savoury of the bacon contrasts with the sweetness of the raisins in the teacake. Beautiful. P.S. rocket is rank

  • @web550
    @web550 3 роки тому +8

    Great to see father and daughter doing things together.

  • @unusedaccount6200
    @unusedaccount6200 3 роки тому +16

    FoodTribe finally figured out what we all want to watch. May and Lucy, ideally cooking sub-optimal 70's era sandwiches. That and Lucy's BTS work. Awesome video

  • @marius1004
    @marius1004 3 роки тому +45

    James representing the plebeians and the proletariat with his RP accent.

  • @adamdavies2670
    @adamdavies2670 7 місяців тому +1

    "Light and blowaway"---James, you missed an opportunity there for a simile involving the bodywork of a 1973 Alpine A110. And even though Lucy's came from a machine, it still does look mighty fine.

  • @jeffkinney3342
    @jeffkinney3342 3 роки тому +12

    Here in the States, Jame’s bacon sandwich would be my pick for a quick morning meal before work. Lucy’s would be called a BLT (bacon, lettuce and tomato) sandwich and would be my pick for lunch with maybe tomato soup.

    • @justsomeguy2743
      @justsomeguy2743 3 роки тому

      A blt is a thing over here as well guess it just depends on where you live really

  • @zeddysven
    @zeddysven 3 роки тому +174

    "council issue white bread" hahahaha best thing I've ever heard

    • @jamesiyer4937
      @jamesiyer4937 3 роки тому +12

      "Brexit Bread"

    • @ChrisH78
      @ChrisH78 3 роки тому +11

      We call tap water "council pop".

    • @Travis_22
      @Travis_22 3 роки тому

      @@ChrisH78 lol

    • @kurtsudheim825
      @kurtsudheim825 3 роки тому +1

      We call it govt bread (the sliced beard in a packet), because the brown version is vat exempt

    • @clundgeweep
      @clundgeweep 3 роки тому

      Not really that funny though is it?

  • @BrendanEvan
    @BrendanEvan 3 роки тому +108

    Am I missing something or should there be a mashup between food tribe and drivetribe where the boys compete in challenges with food trucks of their own construction?

    • @DizzNutt93
      @DizzNutt93 3 роки тому +12

      Excellent idea! Hammond's truck would probably be filled with canned beans though haha

    • @alexandermandache1628
      @alexandermandache1628 3 роки тому +2

      Yes! Bring it onnnn

    • @anassuyyagh7399
      @anassuyyagh7399 3 роки тому +5

      Hang on. We need to call Amazon.

    • @Riley_Mundt
      @Riley_Mundt 3 роки тому +5

      That should be the next GT special.
      The Grand Tour Presents... The Roach Coach.

    • @decodolly1535
      @decodolly1535 3 роки тому +2

      Grand idea. Clarkson's will, of course, have to be stocked from Diddly Squat.

  • @tybonbon1043
    @tybonbon1043 2 роки тому +1

    Scrambled egg with 1 sausage and then the bacon beans, in the toast make the sandwich.artistic arrangement, and brown sauce

  • @iainwn5934
    @iainwn5934 3 роки тому +13

    Made James's version of the sandwich for dinner tonight. Absolutely divine.

  • @rogergusty1802
    @rogergusty1802 3 роки тому +86

    James WINS ..... he has made a PROPER bacon sandwich..... nothing added !!!!
    Well done James !!!!!

    • @ringkong
      @ringkong 3 роки тому +10

      Except for the ketchup.......the monster.

    • @Sevicify
      @Sevicify 3 роки тому +2

      Not for me, needs BBQ instead of ketchup. And I'd go a step further with a fried egg.

    • @danielpacker9603
      @danielpacker9603 3 роки тому +1

      Needs more bacon. Also I think she over cooked the bacon 🥓 I don't want it to crunch.
      James sandwich sounds better for breakfast. I agree hers would make a nice lunch.

    • @BeautifulAngelBlossom
      @BeautifulAngelBlossom 3 роки тому +4

      He is a Sinner He put Ketchup on bacon that is food sin

    • @iiMEiii
      @iiMEiii 3 роки тому

      Rather have bacon, egg and mustard.
      Making a salad sandwich with bacon with the fat cut off is kinda sad if your claiming it's a bacon sandwich.

  • @iamlono1001
    @iamlono1001 3 роки тому +72

    UA-cam: Does James May make the best bacon sandwich in the world?
    May: Makes a bacon sarnie
    Lucy: Makes a BLT

  • @Shadeem
    @Shadeem Рік тому +1

    I do love the new content with lucy but i do miss these cooking sections with james a lot !

  • @davidgay9210
    @davidgay9210 3 роки тому +260

    When Lucy fried her English bacon with James' streaky rashers, her bacons' flavor benefitted from the extra fat. A fair contest would have the bacon cooked separately.

  • @tom_hoots
    @tom_hoots 3 роки тому +7

    James and Lucy are just so wonderful together -- this is just simply, very enjoyable to watch. Even the little zooms and sound effects are fun. Very well done.

  • @od1401
    @od1401 3 роки тому +14

    Both of them look beautiful, but James wins especially as it's so easy to make. It's got that perfeect balance of salt, tang and sweet from the ketchup, chewiness and crispness of the bacon, melted butter, and limited soft bready resistance from the standard bread. Amazing

  • @Revener666
    @Revener666 2 роки тому

    You can make the hard butter softer by mushing it before you try to spread it.

  • @happy_camper
    @happy_camper 3 роки тому +89

    Alternate title: "King Theoden makes a bacon sandwich"

  • @AlexRichardsNumber1
    @AlexRichardsNumber1 3 роки тому +67

    The moment Lucy cut the fat off (the best bit) was when James's sandwich cemented itself as the best.

  • @rolandexclusive6306
    @rolandexclusive6306 3 роки тому +524

    Having a "posh" bacon sandwich defeats the point of having a bacon sandwich.

    • @blockbusteryo
      @blockbusteryo 3 роки тому +48

      It’s essentially just a BLT with rocket nothing posh about a BLT

    • @eesafredericks2122
      @eesafredericks2122 3 роки тому +6

      Bacon was originally smoked though, supermarket bacon used liquid smoke

    • @MsMesem
      @MsMesem 3 роки тому +21

      And the bacon fat should be poured over the bacon and bread (who needs butter?) or even better fry the bread in it

    • @DonnyTrent5533
      @DonnyTrent5533 3 роки тому +5

      @@MsMesem Truth! The man speaks the truth! fry the bread in the bacon fat

    • @itsokay7989
      @itsokay7989 3 роки тому +2

      Is the bacon sandwich comfort food in Britain? Around here you always make a "posh" sandwich with it: smoked bacon, tomatoes, arugula, balsamic vinegar, etc

  • @Bababooeybobby
    @Bababooeybobby 2 роки тому +1

    Rewatched some of his older videos and now I’m just making and trying ALL his sandwiches

  • @Ding_Bat
    @Ding_Bat 3 роки тому +40

    The first rule of Bacon Club: You don’t talk about Bacon Club.
    The second rule of Bacon Club: You never cut fat off Bacon.

  • @MrMarioevangelou
    @MrMarioevangelou 3 роки тому +71

    "My ingredients are the cheapest possible supermarket bacon and council issued bread" 🤣🤣🤣

    • @pault1964
      @pault1964 3 роки тому

      Have council tv no sky or Amazon

    • @aredub1847
      @aredub1847 3 роки тому

      brexit preper.

  • @northernredneck.9187
    @northernredneck.9187 3 роки тому +40

    Love seeing Lucy brown in so many videos, it’s like James has a daughter

  • @pamtufnell6751
    @pamtufnell6751 Рік тому +1

    What happened to keeping butter in a butter dish

  • @andyfoster9038
    @andyfoster9038 3 роки тому +80

    James made a bacon sandwich. Lucy made a BLT (except with rocket instead of lettuce). A BLT is a sandwich with bacon in it, but it is not a bacon sandwich. Each sandwich has its own merits and its own place - which in the case of a BLT is not in a bacon sandwich contest.

    • @johntrombley2647
      @johntrombley2647 3 роки тому +5

      Agreed a BTL is a tomato sandwich with bacon not a bacon sandwich with tomato, and her tomato looked rather sorry.

    • @rj_ii_91
      @rj_ii_91 3 роки тому +3

      I was going to comment but this encapsulates perfectly what I was going to say.
      Tip of the hat, sir.

    • @Jan_Iedema
      @Jan_Iedema 3 роки тому

      @@johntrombley2647 sounds like semantics to me?

    • @spiraph5711
      @spiraph5711 3 роки тому

      @@Jan_Iedema the meaning is that the tomato has a more prominent role in the sandwich.
      For example, we could say James May made a bacon with tomato sandwich (because of the ketchup), while Lucy made a tomato sandwich with bacon. The favour of the bacon would be more prominent in James May's sandwich while the tomatoes would be more prominent in Lucy's sandwich.

    • @chaytonmarshall9618
      @chaytonmarshall9618 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, but me personally, her bread was fantastic looking so maybe her bread would make James's sandwich better.

  • @GregglePoof
    @GregglePoof 3 роки тому +65

    James now looks like an amalgamation of himself, Hammond and Clarkson 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @dantevortex
    @dantevortex 3 роки тому +81

    The rule with a breakfast is always: Don't overcomplicate things.
    You want your breakfast to be simple, quick, and optionally ... cheap.

    • @TheWoodlandYeti
      @TheWoodlandYeti 3 роки тому +5

      ah, the mantra i live by.

    • @rivox1009
      @rivox1009 3 роки тому +5

      Tell that to eggs benedict

    • @user-neo71665
      @user-neo71665 3 роки тому +1

      Want mine to be filling.

    • @bruceducker2029
      @bruceducker2029 3 роки тому +1

      @@rivox1009 I agree. Wife loves it, a pain to make

    • @ringowunderlich2241
      @ringowunderlich2241 3 роки тому +1

      People and today many men as well (pun intended) are wasting a lot of the morning in front of a mirror. I'd rather use it productively on a proper breakslow.

  • @cedenullis5906
    @cedenullis5906 2 роки тому

    James, you nailed it. It’s a quick sustenance input at the start of the day, bush bosh bang!!

  • @mkoldewijn
    @mkoldewijn 3 роки тому +4

    Lucy's reaction is so genuine when she bites into James's sandwich. Pure gold, these videos

  • @everythinggamingnow
    @everythinggamingnow 3 роки тому +7

    streaky bacon cooking slower might be to do with water content in cheaper bacon, used to bulk up the weight a bit more

  • @Tonkotsu2k10
    @Tonkotsu2k10 3 роки тому +62

    This is the most British Cooking show Ever.

    • @WaffleShortage
      @WaffleShortage 3 роки тому

      they massacred that poor bacon :C
      undercooked on too high of heat... burnt and floppy at the same time. and then sliced with a knife IN THE PAN. tragedy

  • @toni-kaku
    @toni-kaku 2 роки тому

    Why would you not butter both slices?

  • @tinktinkputra2316
    @tinktinkputra2316 3 роки тому +53

    Lucy finished her food? the end is near!

  • @xTheNameisEthan
    @xTheNameisEthan 3 роки тому +163

    How long will Lucy pretend like May isn’t the coolest person on the planet

    • @VlerkeDamne
      @VlerkeDamne 3 роки тому

      Who is Lucy?

    • @civlyzed
      @civlyzed 3 роки тому

      @@VlerkeDamne The lady making the fancy bacon sandwich!

    • @VlerkeDamne
      @VlerkeDamne 3 роки тому +4

      @@civlyzed Yes I know hahaha you made me laugh 😂. I meant as in who is that lady Lucy making the sandwich and why is she with James?

    • @Ealsante
      @Ealsante 3 роки тому +5

      No daughter thinks their dad is cool. That's the dynamic here.

    • @VlerkeDamne
      @VlerkeDamne 3 роки тому

      @@Ealsante Not his daughter tho ;)

  • @danielgreener4574
    @danielgreener4574 3 роки тому +17

    When James introduced the ingredients for his version and then reached to the side, I thought he was going to reach for the brown sauce, for the win. A little piece of me died inside when it wasn't.

  • @geedubbya4432
    @geedubbya4432 2 роки тому +1

    I always toast my bread so no matter what the griddle can spread the butter with a pat of butter melting.

  • @OryStreams
    @OryStreams 3 роки тому +23

    This was over when James pulled out the ketchup and Lucy pulled out the mayo....James's sandwich is by far the superior bacon sandwich. Lucy made a BLT and that is a completely different sandwich!
    But on a more serious note, more James vs Lucy vids in the future please! There is something really fun about the dynamic between them.

    • @JordanReidy
      @JordanReidy 3 роки тому

      tom ketchup is a winner because it is a natural meat taste enhancer through tomatoes having a high umami flavour, but you can also swap out the tom ketchup for a mushroom ketchup for other meats (not in a bacon sw), works really well with homemade cornbeef

  • @benjaminmadrigal2328
    @benjaminmadrigal2328 3 роки тому +6

    Lucy and James are a cooking duo I'd love to see more of.

  • @squeezemylizard6571
    @squeezemylizard6571 3 роки тому +80

    Hey James, don't forget to get to the clock tower on time. Marty is waiting there

    • @heedlessed7952
      @heedlessed7952 3 роки тому +1

      Oooo shots fired!

    • @RMBII91
      @RMBII91 3 роки тому +1

      Great scott!!!

    • @YeetTheSlavs
      @YeetTheSlavs 3 роки тому +4

      Marty played by Hammond

    • @vrtex17
      @vrtex17 3 роки тому +1

      @@YeetTheSlavs so i guess Clarkson will play the role of Biff

  • @CPDheadstomp
    @CPDheadstomp 26 днів тому

    The American version is a mix of the two. Cheap bacon, fresh tomato, crisp lettuce, and mayonnaise. Bread varies from location to location. But diners usually use plain white bread.

  • @rays5163
    @rays5163 3 роки тому +32

    even though she used a bread maker i really proud that lucy baked her own bread. The first foodtribe video i saw with her was the egg sandwich and ever since then i convinced myself she knew nothing about food but she really has come a very long way in a very short amount of time

    • @dawn1694
      @dawn1694 3 роки тому +1

      Unless it was ready prepared bread mix in a bread machine...Or her mum made it 😆

    • @NuttyCuts_
      @NuttyCuts_ 3 роки тому +1

      Making bread doesn’t exactly make you Gordon Ramsey

    • @SpecterNeverSpectator
      @SpecterNeverSpectator 3 роки тому

      I believe it has changed very much

    • @rays5163
      @rays5163 3 роки тому

      @@NuttyCuts_ have you seen the egg video i was talking about?

    • @markusmaier638
      @markusmaier638 2 роки тому

      @@rays5163 Hes right.... Making bread is really easy. Everyone can do it. Make it without a bread machine and it's a job you don't msut think what you du....... But Oregano in and it tastes like italy :p

  • @DamianBrown
    @DamianBrown 3 роки тому +25

    I think fathers should do this kind of thing more often with their children. Well done May

    • @TRPGpilot
      @TRPGpilot 3 роки тому

      How small must the internet be to meet you here? LOL

    • @kypdurron62
      @kypdurron62 3 роки тому +1

      That's not his kid.

  • @jetblast1212
    @jetblast1212 3 роки тому +14

    Lucy, great job on your first 'official' role as presenter on Foodtribe, you did a fantastic job.

  • @MattitudePlays
    @MattitudePlays Рік тому +3

    Lettuce on a bacon sarnie is unheard of in the West Midlands. We garnish with pan grease 😂

  • @profteddington8204
    @profteddington8204 3 роки тому +80

    I converted to cooking Bacon in the oven, and have never looked back.
    Also...the fact that neither sandwich has HP sauce is disturbingly un-British.

    • @jake3736
      @jake3736 3 роки тому +7

      Yeah bacon in the pan gets burnt in all the wrong places. Oven does it best a cooks the fat right

    • @DukatorDevanemn
      @DukatorDevanemn 3 роки тому

      @@jake3736 ...and when you pour honey over it, you never want to taste it without it

    • @reliantncc1864
      @reliantncc1864 3 роки тому

      That's bacon heresy.

    • @drivewaystar6485
      @drivewaystar6485 3 роки тому +1

      What is HP sauce? I'm American

    • @SoulReaperIsHere
      @SoulReaperIsHere 3 роки тому +6

      @@drivewaystar6485 Ted means brown sauce, which is also tangy like ketchup but with a far less intense tomato flavour and I think it is also a bit less sweet but I haven't eaten it in a while so I'm unsure on that. HP is one of the, if not the, biggest brands around in the UK today that sells the stuff.

  • @chaparama
    @chaparama 3 роки тому +52

    A bacon sarnie and a BLT are 2 separate things. May wins by default

    • @simonmorris4226
      @simonmorris4226 3 роки тому +6

      And it needs to be BACON, lettuce and tomato, not bacon ,LETTUCE AND TOMATO!🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥬🍅

    • @linuxpothead24
      @linuxpothead24 3 роки тому +2

      Exactly what I came here to say, additionally a BLT needs lettuce not rocket and grilled bacon is superior to fried bacon.

    • @m.w.5536
      @m.w.5536 3 роки тому

      A BLT means summer with a fresh garden tomato with lots of bacon on toasted bread. I’m so looking forward to that. But a bacon sandwich is excellent any time of year. James is correct on this one.

    • @sydneyda
      @sydneyda 3 роки тому

      Exactly.

    • @snoopzakadave
      @snoopzakadave 3 роки тому +2

      One of the key ingredients of BLT is lettuce funnily enough... something of which isn't even an ingredient here

  • @IXWabbitXI
    @IXWabbitXI 3 роки тому +13

    I hope going forward there is more of this Comedic Duo, I feel like May is in his apsolute element working with Lucy. Also Lucy just being herself is perfect, there is that clear generation difference and it makes for interesting video seeing two different perspectives. All in all fun to watch, educational and best thing to chill to early in the morning with a Bacon sandwich in hand.

    • @MsMesem
      @MsMesem 3 роки тому +1

      Lucy has plenty of qualities but in this context I find her as dull as ditchwater. Deadpan less the pan.

  • @RoastMasterUK
    @RoastMasterUK 2 роки тому

    i have a bacon/egg sandwich once a week. even after heart surgery
    but i do use very lean bacon .

  • @williamdonly7966
    @williamdonly7966 3 роки тому +11

    Well done James, educating the nation on a proper bacon sandwich 🥪...

  • @emmawilliams2994
    @emmawilliams2994 3 роки тому +36

    Lucy liked something James cooked?! And there was me thinking the world couldn't get any weirder...

    • @DougLytle1974
      @DougLytle1974 3 роки тому +2

      My thoughts exactly! I was shocked and pleasantly surprised by the outcome as well :)

    • @RunDub
      @RunDub 3 роки тому

      Technically she cooked it, he merely assembled it.

    • @julioaguirre44
      @julioaguirre44 3 роки тому

      @@RunDub but she was all picky about her bacon cutting off the fat. And the cheap store bought one has loads of fat

  • @Atomy111
    @Atomy111 3 роки тому +4

    Wow Lucy said can i finish this, this is really nice about something that James has prepared

  • @jek__
    @jek__ 2 роки тому

    In the US we put mayo on our bacon sandwiches and we call them BLTs, for bacon lettuce tomato, and they're served on mildly toasted bread. The mayo, bacon, and tomato combine to form a very nice flavor. Butter would seem a bit lacking in flavor from that perspective I think