Taste Testing EXOTIC FRUITS | Ep.2 | Sorted Food

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  • @angelicairene9512
    @angelicairene9512 3 роки тому +642

    Fun fact about mangosteen: locals in Indonesia use it to gamble. They remove the flowery part under it and people win by guessing correctly how many cloves it has inside. There's actually a saying here that says "tebak tebak buah manggis" which literally translated to "guessing the mangosteen fruit", a proverb we use when we are uncertain of an outcome or trying to gamble on our choices 🙂

    • @Missmethinksalot1
      @Missmethinksalot1 3 роки тому +27

      That's such cool trivia

    • @Moontess
      @Moontess 3 роки тому +5

      Such a random fun fact! ^_^

    • @O2BAmachine
      @O2BAmachine 2 роки тому +7

      Thanks, that's a fun fact! Really interesting 😊🖤

    • @far7746
      @far7746 2 роки тому +2

      Rather than removing the "cheat" flowery part, i think it's more fun to use it to find the 4 or 8 cloved mangosteen fruit cause they're kinda rare lol

    • @HatelivesNextDoor
      @HatelivesNextDoor Рік тому +1

      Thats fun, in america we have a ton of variations, but my favorite one that is positive, is "roll of the dice".

  • @JuleJette
    @JuleJette 3 роки тому +148

    I live in Denmark and I have a cucamelon plant in my small greenhouse. It grows like crazy and puts out SO many fruits I can't keep up with it. So I'll say it's a really easy cucumber to grow and if it thrives here in Denmark I'm sure it will easily thrive in the UK as well. Ebbers should add it to the allotment next spring.
    I usually just snack on them as they are or add them to salads.

    • @sonofliberty1
      @sonofliberty1 3 роки тому +3

      My Mum's friend used to grow them on their allotment in Portsmouth, UK. They're really good.

    • @Beaverthing
      @Beaverthing 2 роки тому +9

      They work brilliantly when pickled since the thicker skin results in them staying crunchy! Which is especially nice when the plant suddenly takes over the green house and you end up with kilos and kilos of them.

    • @77LCJ
      @77LCJ 2 роки тому +2

      Tak for tippet :)

  • @OMGitsaClaire
    @OMGitsaClaire 3 роки тому +258

    I’ve grown Sandiitas (cucamelons) before and I will say kids really love them! They’re tiny and cute and easy to eat so they’re great for a crudités platter or a veggie in a packed lunch. I will say in my experience the reason the guys might not have liked them as well as they could is because they really are best fresh-picked and picked right before they reach their full size. That way the skin is more tender and they’re less sour. If you do grow them (which I highly recommend) just know that the plants are very very vigorous and need to be trellised. Two plants got me hundreds of fruits across three months. They do love hot weather though and need a lot of sun and heat to really thrive. (I lived in Alabama in the US when I grew them and they were very happy on a 7ft tipi style trellis.)

    • @heavymetalbassist5
      @heavymetalbassist5 3 роки тому +1

      I was about to say this same thing, I feel like they had some overripened gherkins

    • @Estertje93
      @Estertje93 3 роки тому +5

      Yeah same, pick when they are not so seedy yet, they are delicious and a great snack while gardening

    • @drbananafish
      @drbananafish 3 роки тому

      They are my absolute favorite thing to pickle.

    • @caitlinallsopp8479
      @caitlinallsopp8479 3 роки тому +4

      I’m in Australia and I actually have some seeds just starting to germinate this week! I’m so excited to grow tiny cucamelons! Very pleased to hear you all enjoy them so much ☺️

    • @athousandlives7231
      @athousandlives7231 3 роки тому +2

      @@caitlinallsopp8479 So jealous, that you guys are going into spring now. Here it‘s cold, miserable winter. 😭

  • @JennyFolkSongs
    @JennyFolkSongs 3 роки тому +24

    There’s a few fruits native to the UK that are rarely eaten - I’d love to see you source and try medlars, they’re in season just now, look like a butthole and have to be left to rot before eating. They taste like a mix between dates and cooked apples but a bit tangier, and make a lovely jelly! There’s also service berries but they are truly quite rare. Rosehips and hawthorn berries are also out just now!

  • @notthatcreativewithnames
    @notthatcreativewithnames 3 роки тому +352

    In Thailand, sugarcane is one of the most grown crops and is grown mostly in the upstream central and western region. Usually, sugarcanes can be either sold to sugar factories, or sold as intact sugarcanes to be cut as chewing snacks or squeezed for juice by vendors. Atomic Shrimp has done a review of canned sugarcane juice imported from Thailand in one of his "Weird Stuff in a Can" videos. The way to obtain juice, either in the industrial level or street vendor level, is to squeeze by rolling mills, in the same way people in the past squeezed wet laundry.
    As sugarcanes grow really fast, they are considered as a "lucky plant" alongside banana trees in wedding parades and housewarming celebrations.

    • @jameschee
      @jameschee 3 роки тому

      Chai

    • @ItsMeAndrewGD
      @ItsMeAndrewGD 3 роки тому +2

      Man I use to drink sugarcane juice

    • @tigrezangel
      @tigrezangel 3 роки тому +2

      The same here in Dominican Republic! the most commonly sold in the streets is a redskin sugar cane, but we also have the one featured in the video. it's so good!!

    • @GigaBoost
      @GigaBoost 3 роки тому +2

      Atomic Shrimp ❤️🦐

    • @shazmo1989
      @shazmo1989 3 роки тому

      Same in Pakistan :)

  • @tehking111
    @tehking111 3 роки тому +259

    I'd love to see an episode of this where you test unusual mushrooms. There's so many mushrooms and it's such a shame we only really use button caps

    • @bcaye
      @bcaye 2 роки тому +9

      Speak for yourself. I live in the US Midwest and we have morels and puffballs growing wild. I also grow different varieties at home and local stores have many varieties. LOVE mushrooms.

    • @arniecalang4583
      @arniecalang4583 2 роки тому +2

      It’s high time for this episode!

    • @trillnix3043
      @trillnix3043 2 роки тому +1

      @@bcaye also a US midwestern and I can agree with you. Fried Morels are my favorite and going mushroom hunting every year is a hobby of mine. Kansas City, Mo here. Love me some mushrooms. All kinds

    • @bcaye
      @bcaye 2 роки тому

      @@trillnix3043, I live in Columbia, neighbors!

    • @hoodyk7342
      @hoodyk7342 2 роки тому +1

      YES

  • @heathersurprise3381
    @heathersurprise3381 3 роки тому +40

    Would really love to see some battles, challenges, or a pass it on with exotic fruit and foods you guys have been discovering

  • @Uncle_Smidge
    @Uncle_Smidge 3 роки тому +56

    "The best revenge is that which waits the longest." Ben Ebbrell, continuing his career of punishing Barry for trusting him with mystery food. They all pick on Ebbers, but the man knows how to pick his moments!

  • @meat_loves_wasabi
    @meat_loves_wasabi 3 роки тому +83

    Sugar cane juice is really refreshing on a hot day…sometimes we mix it with some freshly squeezed lemon or sour plum…can be used in mojitos too

    • @SortedFood
      @SortedFood  3 роки тому +15

      Now your'e talking. What cocktail would you go for?

    • @GirishManjunathMusic
      @GirishManjunathMusic 3 роки тому +3

      Sugarcane in mojitos? Surely you've already got sugarcane in a mojito, it's a rum number innit?

    • @beepboop9464
      @beepboop9464 3 роки тому +1

      @@SortedFood the only Pina colada I have ever liked had sugarcane in it. Normally I think Pina coladas are way too sweet, that one was perfect.

    • @wave1090
      @wave1090 3 роки тому +2

      @@GirishManjunathMusic mojitos are made with white rum, lime juice, mint leaves and sugar cane juice.

    • @GirishManjunathMusic
      @GirishManjunathMusic 3 роки тому

      @@wave1090 huh. I'll admit, I don't know much if at all about alcoholic drinks. I know a little, just from watching like HtD or Cocktail Chemistry, but not much.

  • @RedRose1010100
    @RedRose1010100 3 роки тому +38

    I'd love to see a celebration of the guys friendship... Maybe meals from your school days or iconic times, your favourite times. The banter and way you're all so familiar with each other is one of the biggest reasons I watch Sorted.

  • @kateh7484
    @kateh7484 3 роки тому +200

    I’m very impressed that Ben got all the way through those lyrics in what I shall I assume was the first take 😝

    • @jot4336
      @jot4336 3 роки тому +13

      As soon as I saw that prickly pear, the song came out of my mouth lol I've never had one though. That's what it looks like in Baloo's paw 🐾 lol

    • @Uncle_Smidge
      @Uncle_Smidge 3 роки тому +2

      He juggles basketballs AND words with panache!

  • @ix3frusciante
    @ix3frusciante 3 роки тому +38

    Mike and Barry's disappointment at uncovering the sour sop vs. my complete and utter delight at seeing one because I've had one about four years ago and have been thinking about it ever since 😬

    • @Zaihanisme
      @Zaihanisme Рік тому

      Even in the tropics it's underrated

    • @Aritul
      @Aritul 8 місяців тому

      Big fan of soursop

  • @MrNathansdad
    @MrNathansdad 3 роки тому +190

    Here (the Bahamas 🇧🇸) we eat soursop just as is, mixed with sweetened condensed milk as a kind of faux ice cream or blended into actual ice cream 🤤😋🤤😋🤤😋

    • @SortedFood
      @SortedFood  3 роки тому +46

      flipping heck that sounds like perfection!

    • @ewa422
      @ewa422 3 роки тому +3

      That sounds amazing!!!

    • @adde9506
      @adde9506 3 роки тому +10

      @@SortedFood Sounds like the start of an alternative ice cream challenge to me. Bananas are also a great ingredient to disguise the not-dairy.

    • @sylviatamieanan4088
      @sylviatamieanan4088 3 роки тому +2

      Here in Brazil we mix it simply with milk. We also call it "graviola", not whatever word Ebbers used.

    • @hiccacarryer3624
      @hiccacarryer3624 3 роки тому

      @@sylviatamieanan4088 odd I had a Brazilian (?) drink in London which was called guanabana

  • @TheStarchamber
    @TheStarchamber 3 роки тому +152

    Wow, as an Australian I never would've thought sugarcane, that I saw out the window at the farm nearby when I was a kid, was exotic. I remember the rain of ash after a burning. I've had sugarcane juice and it's quite nice.

    • @robolozoguy
      @robolozoguy 3 роки тому +3

      I'm a SAffa. Sugarcane was a nice little treat once in a while. Chewing on it, watching Growing Pains and The Nanny. Showing me age eh?

    • @Zestric
      @Zestric 2 роки тому +3

      Interesting. I'm austrian and have never seen sugar cane either. But sugar beets grow everywhere and pretty much all of our sugar is made from that, which is a thing you might not have ever seen.

    • @billyeveryteen7328
      @billyeveryteen7328 2 роки тому

      It's really common in Mexico, too. You just buy a load of it at the market, or buy it prepped and chopped from a stall and chew it on for a nice treat.

    • @leaganelle2962
      @leaganelle2962 2 роки тому +1

      Honestly I grew up in Florida and we had sugar cane growing in our trailer park 😂

    • @davidy22
      @davidy22 2 роки тому +1

      These people are cooking with products made with sugarcane every week and then coming in talking about the plant like it's only grown by one tribe in antarctica

  • @kjtb2859
    @kjtb2859 3 роки тому +340

    Fun fact in the Mangosteen: you are able to tell the number of "seeds" inside the fruit by looking under it and counting the number of clover-shaped markings under it.

    • @MisanthropyFerret
      @MisanthropyFerret 3 роки тому +22

      that works with citruses. tear out that "pimple", which is remain of a stem/flower, and count yellowish dots under it

    • @EvaLution
      @EvaLution 3 роки тому +3

      I never knew this! Thanks guys, such great tips!

    • @Shrabean
      @Shrabean 3 роки тому +2

      Thanks KJ TB and MisanthropyFerret for that. Learnt something new today.

    • @rexhasta
      @rexhasta 3 роки тому +1

      awesome tips, thanks to both of you

    • @mick6242
      @mick6242 3 роки тому

      Okay

  • @SiberianRomeo
    @SiberianRomeo 3 роки тому +3

    As soon as the pawpaw came out I started humming along to 'Bear Necessities'. So glad Ben referenced that line in the show.

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 3 роки тому +875

    A note on Sugarcane: In India, there are so many stalls that crush Sugarcane to make juice. It’s brilliant. Makes me want to have some again.

    • @mx_nana_banana
      @mx_nana_banana 3 роки тому +30

      We have markets near where I live in Australia, and one of the stalls in that market is an Asian stall, and they make sugar cane juice fresh, and it’s delicious.

    • @malissaramsoondar4223
      @malissaramsoondar4223 3 роки тому +26

      We do that too in trinidad..plus sugarcane is really good after a few hours in the fridge..

    • @theanita1
      @theanita1 3 роки тому +12

      Have seen this in Jordan and Kenya also

    • @lewismaddock1654
      @lewismaddock1654 3 роки тому +37

      Hey, in Brazil too! Usually in street markets, and it's customary to have a snack and a sugarcane "juice", some people even sell fermented sugarcane juice known as Garapa. If you ferment it long enough, and distill it you get cachaça.

    • @valvadis2360
      @valvadis2360 3 роки тому +9

      We also have them here in Brazil, i love some fresh squeezed cana.

  • @Ghostiification
    @Ghostiification 3 роки тому +12

    I just have to say that I really like how often Sortedfood uploads videos nowadays. Don't know the reason if there is one, or how long they will keep with it, but this channel has really grew into becoming one of my ultimate favourites so every time a new video pops up I'll watch it asap.

  • @WeirdExplorer
    @WeirdExplorer 3 роки тому +765

    Careful once you go down this rabbit hole, you may not get back out.

    • @Getpojke
      @Getpojke 3 роки тому +40

      Funny I was thinking of your channel as I was watching this.

    • @zaramintheequanimous
      @zaramintheequanimous 3 роки тому +8

      oh hello, fancy meeting you here ...
      sadly, durian season in southeast asia feels a bit empty unfortunately ...

    • @AngryAlfonse
      @AngryAlfonse 3 роки тому +9

      I was just about to comment and mention your channel for anyone that may be looking for more weird fruits 😄

    • @RealBradMiller
      @RealBradMiller 3 роки тому +4

      I thought for sure I'd beat you here! Dang it.

    • @elangomattab
      @elangomattab 3 роки тому +5

      Haha, fancy seeing you here Weird Explorer! Been watching your channel for a long while now so I had no trouble knowing what they were eating. Thanks to you I definitely pick up unusual fruits that I happen to find now.

  • @emilymitchell7211
    @emilymitchell7211 3 роки тому +22

    I'm from Iowa, and my mom grows mouse melons, we actually sell them. We like to pickle them and they are super tasty. I was excited to see them in this video. It is always interesting to see a food that I recognize in these videos and then see that you guys don't know what they are.

    • @magnificent6668
      @magnificent6668 2 роки тому

      I'm from Iowa too & we grew mouse melons to pickle. I didn't know they were exotic. Same with ground cherries ...they sell "golden berries" as expensive exotics, but they're really easy to grow---especially if you have a patch of sandy soil.

    • @bcaye
      @bcaye 2 роки тому

      How would they know? They live a long way from IA.
      You remind me of when my dad and I went to the NOLA zoo and we're looking at some nutria. Some obnoxious teenage boy commented "Why would they have nutria, they're common as mice?"
      Dad calmly replied "Not in MO. Go away and stop ruining our vacation."

  • @Oyvindaaberge
    @Oyvindaaberge 3 роки тому +88

    Maybe next you could try taste testing exotic cheeses?

    • @SortedFood
      @SortedFood  3 роки тому +32

      amazing idea!!! We'll start our research!

    • @RanyaKarafilly
      @RanyaKarafilly 3 роки тому +8

      @@SortedFood Two words: Casu Martzu. I'm sorry.

    • @christophsencar2289
      @christophsencar2289 3 роки тому +3

      Or Rommadur, from southern Germany

    • @Fruggie
      @Fruggie 3 роки тому +1

      @@SortedFood ah then definitely look up Rygeost and Potkæs/potkäse if you're feeling particularly adventurous

    • @namig1210
      @namig1210 3 роки тому +3

      Poor Mike. 😂

  • @cycl10ps
    @cycl10ps 3 роки тому +15

    I really enjoyed this because I LOVE mangosteen and sugarcane, I remember my dad would get like 30-40 mangosteen in a bag and we would eat like 3-4 each in the afternoons in Thailand. So delicious and super fun to get into when you get a knack for it.

  • @Anna_TravelsByRail
    @Anna_TravelsByRail 3 роки тому +156

    Barry made a good point about feeling better about using something that’s grown in your own part of the world instead of it being shipped halfway around it, just for a pretty plate.
    Especially when you know that people in the origin country might be deprived of it when something becomes trendy on our end of the globe.

    • @SortedFood
      @SortedFood  3 роки тому +29

      Yeah, definitely worth being aware of!

    • @Frostdraga
      @Frostdraga 3 роки тому +10

      :') mangosteens used to be pretty affordable in my country (SEA country), until the mangosteen craze kicked off in the West. Apparently they're anti-oxidant or anti-cancer or something? These days they're pricy as heck. I've only had them once in the last 5-ish years.

    • @tiacho2893
      @tiacho2893 3 роки тому +7

      Same with the past popularity of quinoa. Poorer Peruvians saw the prices rise because of exports and had to switch to other food staples.

    • @Anna_TravelsByRail
      @Anna_TravelsByRail 3 роки тому +2

      @@Frostdraga that’s so sad to hear. And a good reminder for all of us to check where the fruit we’re eating comes from.

    • @Anna_TravelsByRail
      @Anna_TravelsByRail 3 роки тому +8

      @@tiacho2893 that was the one I was thinking about when making my initial comment. Having the privilege of being able to eat food from all over the world comes with great responsibility.

  • @lauren3173
    @lauren3173 3 роки тому +1

    Cucamelons are absolutely adorable and they’ve made me unreasonably happy!

  • @su5512
    @su5512 3 роки тому +20

    Sugarcane is so nostalgic. As a child, I remember my mum and grandmum telling me if I eat sugarcane but bitting and pulling on the cane my teeth will be stronger and I will grow taller sooner. Though it was not true I still believe in it. Sugarcane is not only delicious when eating in its original form but also beautiful when mixed in with other fruit juices, drinks and food. Sugarcane juice is also very delicious when prepared correctly.

  • @olivernp7515
    @olivernp7515 3 роки тому +31

    Ben: *exOtiC fRuIts, yaY*
    Mike and Barry: *War Flashbacks*

  • @mokko759
    @mokko759 3 роки тому +22

    Mangosteen is known as the Queen of Fruit for a reason. They are undeniably delectable. They are only available for about a month where I live and are rather absurdly priced but I'll be damned if I don't buy a bunch of them every year.

    • @anne-claudec9405
      @anne-claudec9405 2 роки тому +1

      Mangosteen is probably my absolute favourite fruit. Alas, the ones I've bought in Europe (for an outrageous price) have always been disgusting, usually half rotten. Nothing that even approached the deliciousness of the ones that I tasted in Asia. I reckon they just don't travel well.
      You're lucky to live in a place where you can buy them fresh !

    • @mokko759
      @mokko759 2 роки тому

      @@anne-claudec9405 It's a gamble every time I buy them. I live in Canada, we're not exactly known for our tropical fruit production.
      I know the ones I get aren't anything compared to the ones in Asia but if I still find them delicious HERE, I know they are incredible in Asia.

    • @spamquisition4046
      @spamquisition4046 2 роки тому +1

      @@mokko759 If you are able to travel to Asia, definitely try out mangosteen. One of my favorite fruits here in Indonesia. Super sweet with a nicely creamy texture.

  • @Mia3301
    @Mia3301 3 роки тому +55

    Barry's hair is getting fluffier and fluffier

    • @k3y_sm4sh
      @k3y_sm4sh 3 роки тому +8

      Barry: if I cant create the cloud egg... I must BECOME the cloud egg!

    • @Uncle_Smidge
      @Uncle_Smidge 3 роки тому +1

      His mane is legendary and magical.

  • @EveIsNotPosh
    @EveIsNotPosh 3 роки тому +90

    I genuinely appreciate the recognition of the history of sugarcane because it cannot be forgotten and glossed over as a novelty food, its history is a part of it

    • @AnstariaJones
      @AnstariaJones 2 роки тому +18

      I agree but I feel that using the term "trading triangle" sanitises it a bit though. I would have respected the use of the word "slave" being used as part of the explanation.

    • @carolinec.c.6038
      @carolinec.c.6038 2 роки тому +4

      @@AnstariaJones specially because it still heapens today, in Brasil police is constantly setting free people that live like slaves on sugar cane plantations.

    • @KieranChakravorty
      @KieranChakravorty 2 роки тому +1

      @@AnstariaJones That was exactly my issue. I didn't like the use of that term at all.

  • @tarynlawson5304
    @tarynlawson5304 3 роки тому +28

    I once bit into a Mangosteen to get to the centre and had the exact same sensation as Baz and Mike here. Watching them I could feel my face contorting and reliving that experience, but as they said, definitely worth it for the fruit inside!

  • @raedraconis
    @raedraconis 3 роки тому

    BEN, that reading of the lyrics was spot on, and if you did that in a single take hats off to you...! And now the song is gonna be stuck in my head...

  • @A_GdeA
    @A_GdeA 3 роки тому +69

    I’m from Mexico and this is my first time hearing about cucamelons, I should be on the lookout for them. Otherwise, we have here all sorts of things made from guanábana, ice creams, gummies, juices... you name it, it’s just another fruit.
    Also, sugar cane is a traditional thing to put inside piñatas, alongside peanuts, tangerines, and tejocotes

    • @pattheplanter
      @pattheplanter 3 роки тому +4

      The name cucamelon was made up in English. In Mexico the fruit is called sandita or sandía de ratón. Botanists call them _Melothria scabra._

    • @flea0309
      @flea0309 3 роки тому +9

      I’m also from Mexico and this is the first time I hear of the cucamelon or sandita or sandía de ratón. But Mexico is big and diverse, maybe it’s used in certain regions.
      Besides a filling for traditional piñatas, I’ve also had sugar cane in punch, together with tejocotes and guavas.

  • @Sannevita
    @Sannevita 3 роки тому +3

    I grew up having sugarcane juice in Venezuela! And also chewing on sugarcane sticks in my uncle’s farm! We also eat a lot of guanabana (my grandmother used to make a guanabana cake that it was to die for!)
    And then, living in Asia, I got to try the mangosteen and fell in love with it forever 😍
    Love your vídeos, guys!
    Greetings from Madrid 🇪🇸

  • @ensignjekov
    @ensignjekov 3 роки тому +28

    Oh the guyabano and the mangosteen have made me miss my childhood. 🥺 We used to have trees of those in our backyard, and would just gorge ourselves whenever they bore fruit.
    If you guys liked those, you might also like santol (cotton fruit), caimito (starapples) and aratilis (jamaican cherry). Santol in particular has a lot of different uses in traditional Filipino recipes.

    • @stustewart2530
      @stustewart2530 3 роки тому +1

      TRUE! Or kamiyas/iba, the super sour fruit you use for kilawin (fish ceviche)!

  • @17kiranime
    @17kiranime 3 роки тому +10

    I'm so excited you boys tried the soursop! I went to a restaurant on the Oregon coast (U.S.) that their chef created a soursop sorbet- first time ever trying it myself, kinda reminds me of if a banana, pear & mango had a baby- it was quite tasty & the natural 'fizziness' the fruit gave definitely explains why the sorbet had that gentle effervescence to the tongue. Very impressed :D

    • @KamilaBalbi
      @KamilaBalbi 2 роки тому +1

      In Brazil we have juice, popsicles and soursop’s ice cream! It is nice 😊

  • @Drean_X
    @Drean_X 3 роки тому +182

    Mangosteens are absolute delicious and when i just watched them bite it whole i couldn't help but scream " thats not how you eat them! "

    • @SortedFood
      @SortedFood  3 роки тому +51

      now, we will never forget! haha

    • @larasatiindahsukmaputri7606
      @larasatiindahsukmaputri7606 3 роки тому +2

      True! I literally closed my eyes can’t watch for the pain

    • @jenniferkay9789
      @jenniferkay9789 3 роки тому +3

      Ben is so mean, sometimes!😂😂😂😂

    • @mrow7598
      @mrow7598 3 роки тому

      I now want to try to make a cider, sour ale or a wheat ale with it.

    • @andieluke1366
      @andieluke1366 Рік тому

      Using that bit as the thumbnail was a genius move. As a Southeast Asian, I immediately clicked 🤣

  • @akenjiatuh6586
    @akenjiatuh6586 3 роки тому +5

    The soursop we grow in Cameroon is really sweet and delicious. It is my favorite fruit and it has so many medicinal values. We juice it and even boil the leaves and drink to help lower blood pressure.

  • @faithlessone423
    @faithlessone423 3 роки тому +91

    I love how suspicious they were about them all tasting nice, and then Ebbers tortures them by telling them to eat the skin of that mangosteen! ♥

    • @Reznic007
      @Reznic007 3 роки тому +3

      I love when I’m reading through the comments and it happens in the video just as I read the comment 😂 that was hilarious 😂

    • @kaldo_kaldo
      @kaldo_kaldo 3 роки тому +3

      To be fair, he didn't tell them to eat the skin, he told them to eat it and they did it in the predictably wrong way haha.

  • @melaniedarmawan5478
    @melaniedarmawan5478 3 роки тому

    I’m from Indonesia. I got so excited when you showed Barry and Mike the sugarcanes. Brought a lot of memories when I was a kid and going to the malls, I would buy sugarcane juice from the stalls. Its so sweet but not too sweet. I love it so much.

  • @chewyah
    @chewyah 3 роки тому +52

    Always love the amount of research you do on these foods!! I've learned so much from the sorted crew!

    • @Annie1962
      @Annie1962 3 роки тому +2

      can't do much research if they're gong to call sugar cane a fruit

    • @Drnaynay
      @Drnaynay 3 роки тому

      Now all they need to do is the same amount of research on Barry's cognitive issues. They're all responsible about sourcing, sustainability and packaging, why don't they wake up and treat Barry like he deserves to be treated, instead of making fun of him all the time, and having who-knows-what impact on young viewers?

    • @Brandywine92
      @Brandywine92 3 роки тому

      @@Drnaynay hhhh

    • @Marysart
      @Marysart 3 роки тому +1

      @@Annie1962 I'm pretty sure I heared Ben say it's actually a grass, but classed as a fruit.

  • @melaniem3265
    @melaniem3265 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks you guys, you just brought back a great childhood memory for me. I lived in Louisiana between the ages of 5-10 and I loved when my mom got us a chunk of sugarcane. For those that don't know while it is sweat it doesn't taste like your just eating plain sugar. Sugarcane has a pleasant taste all it's own. We all loved pealing open a section of cane and chewing on the white fibers inside for all that lovely sweetness. (best done outside so you can spit out the fibers when done)
    Now for cucamelons, aka cherry tomatoes that look like watermelons. I don't personally care for them but if you can grow tomatoes and you have a place for a trellis or trellis arch (recommend the arch, very cute to see these little things hanging over you and easy for kids to pick, eat and run. Best way to eat them and get kids to eat more veggies, just don't tell them. lol) If you don't have actual ground you could also use a large pot but the more important thing is actually the trellis as this is a vigorous vine plant. That being said I prefer giving that space in my garden to sweet 100 cherry tomatoes instead. As those are my favorite species of cherry tomatoes so far.
    Thanks again sorted for the great sugarcane memories. 🍬💜

  • @Mira-er2lb
    @Mira-er2lb 3 роки тому +15

    I loved the tiny watermelons! Such a cute way to spice up a salad! Thank you for the video, I missed Jamie tho! ☺️❤️

  • @The_Curious_Cat
    @The_Curious_Cat 3 роки тому

    Loving this series, getting to learn all kind of new fruits and their facts is a big plus for me.

  • @lazysamare
    @lazysamare 3 роки тому +176

    Ahhh boys you’ve made me miss Sri Lanka now with the sugar cane, soursop and mangostene. It was also absolutely hilarious watching Mike and Baz bite straight into a mangostene. Never thought I’d see anyone do that.

    • @GirishManjunathMusic
      @GirishManjunathMusic 3 роки тому +1

      Aww I want mangosteen now and they're so expensive near my house.

    • @sankhaweerasooriya3621
      @sankhaweerasooriya3621 3 роки тому +3

      Right? I honestly did not think that anyone would bite into one. But my mom loves them. Makes us stop everytime if we see it by the road side

    • @pattheplanter
      @pattheplanter 3 роки тому +10

      @@GirishManjunathMusic I'll never forget a supermarket near me making a mistake about 20 years ago. They had what should have been the price per mangosteen fruit as the price per kilo. I got three kilos before they noticed.

    • @phantomthread4385
      @phantomthread4385 3 роки тому +1

      Miss these two but definitely not woodapple which is the worst.

    • @muhammadmuneelkarrar8813
      @muhammadmuneelkarrar8813 3 роки тому

      Wow.. 3 exotic fruits that are grown in Sri Lanka. Awesome!

  • @quintinseegers7317
    @quintinseegers7317 3 роки тому +1

    Growing up in South Africa, we spent many a school holiday in the Kruger National Park. My uncle used to own a holiday home in an estate bordering the southern border of Kruger. There used to be (and probably still is) a large sugarcane plantation on the main road heading to the South Africa/Mozambique border. I can remember the plantation workers selling offcuts of sugarcane next to the side of the road and it was always a treat to buy sugarcane and chew on it for hours as we went game watching in Kruger.

  • @Jalkidiki2608
    @Jalkidiki2608 3 роки тому +26

    I have grown cucamelons in my garden for years and they are always unique and people love them. I usually just eat them raw or pickle them, and they are always an interesting talking point with people I work with.

  • @kristenelliott2192
    @kristenelliott2192 3 роки тому +6

    I just had sugarcane the other day! I was so excited to see it, definitely a favourite treat here in Jamaica. First you guys did stinking toe and now sugar cane! I feel like my food culture is being seen. 🥺💯 It's an awesome feeling to recognise something that's been apart of your upbringing.💕🇯🇲

    • @kristenelliott2192
      @kristenelliott2192 3 роки тому +1

      And y'all tried soursop too! I love this show🇯🇲🙌🏾

  • @SnowFiresinger
    @SnowFiresinger 3 роки тому +60

    I can totally see a smoothie with all four of these tropical ingredients in it if you get the ratios right. Might be a fun idea.

    • @jevaniegosine5875
      @jevaniegosine5875 3 роки тому +1

      Smoothies, custards, ice creams! The possibilities

    • @lancelindlelee7256
      @lancelindlelee7256 3 роки тому +1

      Mangosteen has too little of a yield to make a smoothie. Each clove ban be half seed. Also quite difficult to separate it other than eating it.

  • @melsyoutube
    @melsyoutube 3 роки тому +2

    mike and barry, still my fave duo after all these years 💕

  • @jevaniegosine5875
    @jevaniegosine5875 3 роки тому +14

    Soursop ice cream is one of the best flavours! 🇹🇹

  • @ConcretersWollongongExperts
    @ConcretersWollongongExperts 6 місяців тому

    Your videos make learning enjoyable and accessible. Keep up the excellent work!

  • @Grayson.P
    @Grayson.P 3 роки тому +35

    Mangosteen is really great: its been years since I've had it but it is still one of my favorites.
    On a side note for exotic fruit you should try, I'd say to give either the Hardy Kiwi, Pineberry, or Rose Apple a try.

    • @andyleighton3616
      @andyleighton3616 3 роки тому +2

      Yep mangosteens are great - had some when I was in Sri Lanka on holiday. How about Wood Apple (I've only had the jam), or the fruit of the cashew? Maybe even a mulberry or a chocolate vine or honeyberry. Maybe even a nice bletted medlar. Black sapote (chocolate pudding fruit) might be a good one too.

  • @thisbsuchadopekid
    @thisbsuchadopekid 3 роки тому

    Being Asian and watching these videos are so fun. I love seeing the reactions to fruits I grew up eating

  • @alchemicreduction3819
    @alchemicreduction3819 3 роки тому +18

    Fan from India here! In rural areas people generally "De-shell" sugarcane with their teeth and is a go-to snack! We also have sugarcane juice for a nice adrenaline kick :)

  • @TibbyProductions
    @TibbyProductions 3 роки тому

    Ben's little looks at the camera are so funny in this video - on par with Jim from the office - ICONIC

  • @princessdi6021
    @princessdi6021 3 роки тому +20

    Soursop can also be used for tea and you can make ice cream with it. 😋 It also is medicinal 🇹🇹

    • @SortedFood
      @SortedFood  3 роки тому +6

      Brilliant! thanks for the extra info

    • @MrNathansdad
      @MrNathansdad 3 роки тому +1

      Oooh, yes. The leaves, not the fruit tho

    • @princessninjapants3505
      @princessninjapants3505 3 роки тому +1

      Came here to say that. Got soursop tea from Sri Lanka and it was so good. I think the brand was called Mensa

  • @imbettingimnot
    @imbettingimnot 3 роки тому +1

    Omg guys You haven’t come up in my feed in ages I don’t know why!! I’m devastated as I usually watch every video. Well lucky for me I have a sorted food binge session about to happen!! Love you all I’ll never forget to check again because algorithms suck!!

  • @robertbuth
    @robertbuth 3 роки тому +5

    Always love a good practical joke, well done Ebbers! lol Great video you guys!

  • @eyasminsh0307
    @eyasminsh0307 3 роки тому

    One of my favorite episodes so far! Soursop is also often made into juice. Mangosteens are extra yummy when eaten chilled.

  • @lancelindlelee7256
    @lancelindlelee7256 3 роки тому +15

    This was a rare time where I was able to identify (and eat) 3 of them. Love sugar cane juice. Love Soursop (Guyabano as we call them) and Mangosteen on their own.
    For next episode, I suggest calamansi. It's what we have here in the Philippines instead of lemons. Use it as 1 to 1 substitute. Also, sugar cane juice with calamansi to cut through the sweetness is the best way to have it

    • @HowManyRobot
      @HowManyRobot 2 роки тому +2

      I live in the middle of nowhere, and the (one) local Asian store used to carry frozen sweetened calamansi juice concentrate, in a tube like you'd find orange juice in an American supermarket. I must have been the only person buying it because now they only carry the powdered calamansi for cooking, and life is worse.

  • @amanda7263
    @amanda7263 Рік тому +1

    That paw paw tirade Ben did was AMAZING! Lmao!

  • @SarahTanweer
    @SarahTanweer 3 роки тому +5

    I have an exam soon and I'm literally surviving off of Sortedfood videos during breaks for entertainment. So glad you posted a new video! I had almost watched all of the latest ones!!

    • @moonbook12
      @moonbook12 3 роки тому +2

      Good luck with your exam finger crossed that you will pass it

  • @toni_go96
    @toni_go96 8 місяців тому

    I love Ben's refusal to sing no matter what, and his ability to get through that line without passing out.
    Also, him gently nudging them into taking a bite of the mangosteen knowing that's not how it's supposed to be eaten was hilarious. Poor guys.

  • @nolaabroad1514
    @nolaabroad1514 3 роки тому +15

    I've lived in Louisiana, Thailand, and Taiwan so sugarcane has always been a common sight for me. Taiwan seems to use it most often as in every night market here you will see people grinding it into juice.

  • @jeanneferguson7124
    @jeanneferguson7124 3 роки тому

    That little bit of cruelty by Ben, "Go ahead and bite into it," was hilarious!

  • @gimbulr.7624
    @gimbulr.7624 3 роки тому +15

    For soursop you can make ice shaving soursop from it...
    A nice spoonfull of soursop + ice shaving + condense milk...
    Perfect for summer 👍🏻
    Edit :
    Fun fact about mangosteen, the skins contain antioxidant so there a lot of pharmateutical company here make an antioxidant pills from that...
    The extract of mangosteen fruit..

  • @paxardens3505
    @paxardens3505 3 роки тому +2

    Aaaah, I love sanditas (cucamelons). I grew them at home in Texas before I moved away to the Seattle area two years ago, but it doesn't get hot enough here to get much of a crop, unless you have access to a greenhouse. My favorite preparation is an ACV quick pickle, equal parts quartered sanditas and quartered tomatillos, plus half as much sliced poblano pepper and a clove or two of garlic. I'll happily snack on them, or sometimes chop some up to toss in a tomatillo salsa to garnish barbacoa tacos.

  • @Pavlovski5
    @Pavlovski5 3 роки тому +37

    The way the mangostene looks reminded me of medlar a bit... I don't know how common they are throughout the UK or the west in general but I'd love to see you guys try medlar fruit. It's a weird fruit that requires bletting to become edible, though I preferred it ripe off the tree when I was a kid much more.

    • @ryanbeckman8453
      @ryanbeckman8453 3 роки тому +3

      I just learned yesterday that until the Victorian period, a medlar was called by its Saxon name “openarse” 😂

    • @Pavlovski5
      @Pavlovski5 3 роки тому

      @@ryanbeckman8453 A fitting name if I've ever seen one lmaoo

    • @TomDufall
      @TomDufall 3 роки тому +1

      @@ryanbeckman8453 I've heard them called monkey-arses

  • @rosemarydodds7665
    @rosemarydodds7665 3 роки тому +2

    I came across Mangosteen in Malaysia and they were my favourite. Was hilarious watching the normals bite into the outside and watching Ben's evil smile. 😂 I hope the normals get him back though.

  • @no_bodyinparticular2287
    @no_bodyinparticular2287 3 роки тому +11

    one more thing for the mangosteen: you can dry the skin(rind?) and then steep them to make an amazing tea. just dont forget to add sugar

    • @NoxCaelis
      @NoxCaelis 2 роки тому

      Or you can buy the extract. Because kulit manggis kini ada ekstraknya.

  • @aliciagates1
    @aliciagates1 3 роки тому

    When Ben started reciting the song from Jungle Book I got so excited and started going with him. This has been my favorite reference so far!

  • @MrCrowith
    @MrCrowith 3 роки тому +5

    I'd love to see an episode on gooseberries. It's something i've grown up with but it's rarely seen in cooking videos.

  • @182atenasb
    @182atenasb 3 роки тому

    I haven’t seen sugar cane and guanábana in so long. Reminds me of my childhood. I don’t remember guanabana being sour, I used to have it in smoothies and of course freeze it(ice cream) So good. This video made my day.

  • @Henny_Hardaway
    @Henny_Hardaway 3 роки тому +11

    @7:24 Barry doesn't realise lemon juice and cream is basically sour cream. Also, sugarcane is better eaten as cubes that fit your mouth and can easily chew and throw the pulp away

  • @rickenbackerlover7386
    @rickenbackerlover7386 3 роки тому +1

    In Brazil we use sugarcane to make a sweet beverage called Garapa or Caldo-de-cana. It is just sugarcane squeezed, usually with lime, but we can drink it pure as well.
    It is fairly common to eat a Pastel (a fried pastry stuffed with meat) with a caldo-de-cana on saturday's morning.

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 3 роки тому +27

    (Halves a Sugarcane)
    Mike: “I am strong.”
    Me: “I’d like to present Exhibit A where Mike drank water after he tried that bitter agent they add in household products aka Bitrex.”

  • @koko-s3g13
    @koko-s3g13 2 роки тому

    I am dominican and with the soursop/guanabana you can either eat straight up or you pick the seeds out, chuck the pulp in a blender add some evaporated milk and some sugar you throw some ice cubes as well or make it with the frozen fruit, and it's absolutely delicious. We call it champola. You could also freeze the champola and eat it as a frozen treat in a hot summer day.

  • @drakenfolk
    @drakenfolk 3 роки тому +21

    I cultivated the cucamelons on my balcony last year - in germany. They can be grown in a big pot and a trellis no problem!
    So even if you live in europe, give them a try and grow them yourself! Really fun. :)

    • @SortedFood
      @SortedFood  3 роки тому +29

      In that case... we'll give them a go!!! Coming to an allotment near Ebbers SOON!

    • @isabellep.1598
      @isabellep.1598 3 роки тому +3

      They even grow in Canada's cold climate. 👍

    • @DimT670
      @DimT670 3 роки тому

      Ofc they grow in coldee climates, they are cucumbers after all

  • @mr.a7022
    @mr.a7022 3 роки тому +1

    The face of both barry and mike was priceless after eating the mangosteen

  • @kateh7484
    @kateh7484 3 роки тому +4

    Ohh I love these vids these reactions are so funny 😂

  • @melissagouge9704
    @melissagouge9704 3 роки тому +1

    Sugercane was always a special treat in my house growing up! My husband thought it was crazy when we found some in a market and I told him I used to eat it as a kid.

  • @k3y_sm4sh
    @k3y_sm4sh 3 роки тому +27

    I think I prefer these more exploratory/discovery ones over the poker face ones!

    • @NerdyMusicChef
      @NerdyMusicChef 3 роки тому +3

      Agreed, but I wish we got to see some of these in dishes like the poker face challenges.

    • @moonbook12
      @moonbook12 3 роки тому

      @@NerdyMusicChef same

  • @ProjectGummo
    @ProjectGummo 3 роки тому

    Im so so happy that some of the fruit presented can be grown in Puerto Rico Guanabana (soursop) and Caña (sugar cane ) are a childhood staple get a nice frozen piece of cane and chew on it for a refreshing summer snack, so many memories

  • @edgedjbob
    @edgedjbob 3 роки тому +3

    I live in Davao Philippines so sugar cane, soursop (guyabano), and mangosteen are very abundant here. hope to see more exotic fruits to be tasted or be a theme ingredient on the kitchen battle.

  • @augustjsb
    @augustjsb 3 роки тому +1

    I'm from Florida, specifically the Everglades, where we have the biggest sugarcane crop in the country. Controlled burning is a thing, it helps cut done on production costs by burning away all the leaves. Smaller fields near houses tend to be burned during the day while larger fields away from houses can be burned day or night. We often go "rabbit hunting" during the burn as field rabbits run out. I don't go because you also have huge spiders that crawl out of the field as well.. My father worked for the sugar company. He'd sometimes bring home a few stalks from that days burn and my family would sit on our back porch at night and chew on them after dinner.

  • @Tisjustafleshwound
    @Tisjustafleshwound 3 роки тому +3

    I was exposed to guanabana when I spent some time in Colombia South America. Fell in love with the smoothie version of it. Also goes REALLY well with gold rums. I've told friends the flavor is kinda like strawberry, apple, and banana + creaminess. Glad you all got ahold of some. Cant stress enough, make some rum cocktails with it!

  • @saurabhshri
    @saurabhshri 3 роки тому +3

    Haha, watching this literally while eating sugarcane! They are super common here in India and just few days back there was a festival of which sugarcane are core. So you can be assured that during this time, almost everyone has sugarcane in their home.

  • @TheNinnyfee
    @TheNinnyfee 3 роки тому

    Sugarcane is such a nice childhood memory. As a child in the 1908s I got a piece from family that visited from Brazil. It was really special.

  • @sirBrouwer
    @sirBrouwer 3 роки тому +4

    I love items with Soursop in it. the first time I tasted In had bought a canned version of soursop at a local shop selling them. However it's almost impossible to get them fresh (unless paying just to much for them)
    I would also love to try the other fruits and the sugarcane.
    here in the Netherlands sugar is more harvested out of sugar beets.

  • @cindyserry2836
    @cindyserry2836 3 роки тому

    I was in Costa Rica a long time ago, and fell in love with guanabana. Thanks for finally confirming that it IS soursop! Delicious!

  • @funkyd21
    @funkyd21 3 роки тому +3

    I'd really like for you guys to try out Ube! They are amazing when made into a dessert or when used in baking!

  • @Ashliegee
    @Ashliegee 3 роки тому

    In Dominican Republic there are vendors walking the streets selling fresh sugar cane they peel for you right in front of your eyes, as well as soursop frozen treats among other popular tropical flavors like passion fruit and mango. It made me smile watching Mike & Barry try these for the first time! 😊 I hope to one day try mangosteen.

  • @jordanmclean3987
    @jordanmclean3987 3 роки тому +8

    As someone that could literally walk to a sugar cane field, it never occurred to me that people don't know how sugar cane looked it

    • @denzelpanther240
      @denzelpanther240 3 роки тому +1

      I grew up next to sugar beet fields. First saw and tasted cane when i was 30y/o

    • @jordanmclean3987
      @jordanmclean3987 3 роки тому

      @@denzelpanther240 Sugar beet? How different is it from sugar cane?

  • @taheera8849
    @taheera8849 3 роки тому

    Grew up eating sugar cane, soursop, and mangosteen with my grandparents. Grew cucamelons for the first time this year and have jars upon jars of pickled cucamelons that I am enjoying and will be enjoying all winter!

  • @kinos6503
    @kinos6503 3 роки тому +3

    Love how a lot of these are just fruits we eat here casually in Philippines. Hope you enjoyed it!

  • @31smile
    @31smile 3 роки тому +2

    In Trinidad and Tobago, the cane cane is eaten just like they did it but cane juice is also popular. The Soursop is often made into smoothies or ice cream. They can both be found in gardens in the country. My parents have a Soursop tree in their garden.

  • @jambalie
    @jambalie 3 роки тому +14

    "You would never mix lemon juice and cream" Clearly Barry has never had lemon posset, which is tragic because its delicious.

  • @AllTheArtsy
    @AllTheArtsy 3 роки тому

    Mangosteen and guyabano are some of my favorite fruits. And we can grow them in our garden! Niiiice

  • @jeanclaymore672
    @jeanclaymore672 3 роки тому +5

    Cucamelons are not hybrids between watermelons and cucumbers, they’re their own species. They are however in the same family as both of them (cucurbitaceae).

    • @carpediem5232
      @carpediem5232 3 роки тому +3

      yeah and they don't really taste of tomato, more like a slightly sour cucumber.

  • @mnemosyned.g.8324
    @mnemosyned.g.8324 3 роки тому

    Love this episode
    Lots of things I enjoy eating a lot growing up in the tropics
    Soursop or "guyabano" is my fave from this bunch. Absolutely great as juice during a hot, sunny day 🖤❤️