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Eva 2:00, "Even if I don't like them I respect them and I treat them with as much love a I can." I come here for great Italian cooking insights and instead Eva serves as an example of how people should treat the world around them. Eat what nourishes the body. Think what nourishes the soul. Is there anything Eva can't do? Sei un tesoro in molti modi.
I liked your comment so much, I had to come back to read it again. "Eat what nourishes the body. Think what nourishes the soul." This is the recipe for heaven on earth.
No, I can't respect any of the junk foods, sorry. Hot pockets and all the other frozen junk foods are causing health issues: heart, liver, kidney, stomach problems... if eaten all the time.
I was not surprised Eva was able to improve all of them. Even without being able to taste them, you could tell how much better they were. The pizza rolls. Totino's pizza rolls started out as Jeno's pizza rolls. Both Totino's & Jeno's were started by Italian Americans but bought out by giant corporations who turned them into the junk food they are today.
I have not laughed so much in a very long time! My mother, from Treviso, lived in Australia for 60 years and taught English to Italian migrants and to the day she passed away she could not get the word s-h-e-e-t out without it sounding like s-h-i-t. It always gave us all a good laugh. You are both very entertaining and good at this whole food+Southern Italian attitude+YT thing and thank you for it. Thanks for pointing out just how sheet bought junk food really is!
noi italiani guardiamo questo canale per innato bisogno di controllare la qualità! non si può parlare di cucina italiana senza uno stuolo di controllori con bilancino e lente. Brava! L'impasto con strutto e vino bianco la dice lunga sulla tua competenza!
The pride and love in Eva's eyes seeing Harper enjoy the bagel is the reason food tastes good. That's the heritage of every italian grandma. Food is caring.
Guys, discovering you has been a blessing! My girlfriend is American (from Maine, just like Harper) and I'm Italian (born and raised in Puglia but my mom is from Calabria, just like Eva): your relationship reminds me of my own a lot! I will never forget my girlfriend trying her first Italian pizza ever... ❤ thank you for creating such contents and sharing them with us! Ciao!
I love how calmly she works with food. She gently cuts and shows everything so smoothly. Its actually relaxing to watch her cook. Thank you for sharing your time.
True, yet they can't follow directions and use the hot pocket sleeve properly. But I seldom microwave them. They used to include baking instructions and I still bake them. Much better results.
The fact that you keep breadcrumbs in an old Lidia’s pasta sauce jar after pointing out in the LA video that those sauces have nothing to do with Italy 😂
Living in New Zealand 🇳🇿 USA 🇺🇸 Italy 🇮🇹 thank you so much for your delightful authenti homemade Panini sandwiches 😂. THE BEST presentation. Loving how you play it down with the ingredient methodology. Truly mouth watering. Your Italian accent is soothing to listen. Thank you for the look in ❤...😊
I was shocked when I saw Lydia’s tomato “sauce” jar, then I saw it was filled with breadcrumbs. Im cleaning the coffee off of my screen now. I DIED laughing 😂
Just wanted to say that you guys are awesome. I love cooking shows and have been watching many different chefs cook various foods (including Italian) for over a decade. Nothing comes close to being as original as what you guys create. And let's face it, America needs more people who know how to cook real food, not microwave processed junk. I'm beginning to think this is why Europe tends to be healthier: the pride they take in making real food and using real ingredients. America started getting hooked on processed foods way back in the 50s.
Actually this is the reason, people in America tend to eat a lot out and buy ready made stuff. If you add up the fact that the FDA is not as strict with its regulations as corresponding agencies in European countries, you have it. I'm Italian and I do happen to eat frozen food or eat out, but I'm always amazed at how common it is to find scenes in American movies where people are having takeaways or eating some junk food. Not to say that we don't, but the frequency is reckoned as weird by us Italians
LOL @ 7:23 this reminds me of one time when, here in the UK, I made pizza in teglia for a party my friend was having for her teenage daughter and her friends. It was a buffet style event and minutes after tasting my pizza one of the teenagers grabbed ALL the pizza and disappeared into another room by herself and locked the door behind her saying: this is the best pizza I've ever tasted. So funny!
Eva baking tray sounds perfectly fine to this native English speaker. In fact it’s probably the word my brain would pull up in that situation, sheet would be a second choice. And why didn’t Totinos just drop the term pizza and call them what they’re much more like -mini calzones aren’t they? (to anyone ready to point out that you don’t fry calzone, let me save you the trouble and say - yes I know, thanks). No surprise about the pizza bagels. Bagels were not developed to act as a base for snack pizzas. Eva started literally using everything she knew would work best as a crust base for this snack, and thus naturally it turned out as a far superior base for her version of a pizza ‘bagel’ than a bagel😋 Thank you both once again for sharing your talents with us🙏🏻
I am of Polish heritage; my family came from Poland and brought so many wonderful Polish dishes with them that I grew up with; in addition to that, we lived in a neighborhood that was mostly Polish and Italian. Our neighbors were Italian, we traded dishes, recipes, we learned from one another. Polish cuisine was influenced heavily by Italian and French cuisines, and so there were the seeds of "fusion cuisine" long before that ever became a "thing". One thing I do have to say is that I enjoy your cooking, Eva, to such a wonderfully high degree, that it brings back so many beautiful memories. Like you, Eva, I am saddened and disappointed and even disgusted with so many American quick-prepared foods, and it is the American companies who put the "junk" in food, to coin the phrase "JUNK FOOD". I love your recipes, and will endeavor to make them. As always, I wish you Buon appetito!
I agree about the bite-size-ness. If you're going to eat half a dozen of those bagel bites, why not just make one bigger one and be done with it? I'd think making anything in a bigger size would be easier anyway.
The Respect Eva give all the frozen Foods shows how respectfull the italiens are to Food and to people and how they really shine there are so many stereotyps told to everyone how italiens are but its not true 95% of the time
Harper: "These are full sized bagels, they're not really bite-sized." Eva: "If you want to have a bite size, just take one bite" Me: "Like you're only going to have only one or two bites anyway..."
I was shocked by the length of the ingredients lists of these products. Of course, industrial made "food" needs some additives, but this is totally crazy. Eva's creations were absolutely wonderful (as usual). Of course, they are nothing you should eat every day, but they consist of only a few natural ingredients of high quality and that's what makes the difference. Thanks for another great PG episode 💖
Me too. Like flour, fllour filler, palm oil and some mysterious things is enough. Ingredients list sounded like pharmaceutical commercial. "Side effects may include weight gain, loss of appetite, food tasting bad and death"
Just because it sounds like a scary list of chemicals that you don't recognize doesn't mean it's bad for you. Many of the things he read were fortifiers, stabilizers, buffering agents, chelating agents and pH balancers that are found naturally in food but have to be listed since they've been added to the product for various reasons. The real culprits are the toxic oils that are toxic from their preparation (solvent extraction and bleaching), toxic agents found naturally within them (cyclopropenel fatty acids and gossypol in cottonseed oil) and organophosphate pesticide residue mostly found in cottonseed oil. Many of these toxic oils are found on supermarket shelves and often end up in "health foods". The only oils you should be eating are extra virgin olive oil and other minimally processed oils like many organic avocado and coconut oils.
Words like "Natural" are mostly buzz words. Arsenic is natural in Rice and Cassava and deadly. Everything on earth is natural. It's unscientific to be scared of chemicals. Everything we eat is manipulated. including fruit and vegetables over generations of breeding by man. Rice and Wheat are human bred grasses.
Here's a list of "Natural" foods that are actually man made breeds. 1. Bananas · 2. Corn · 3. Watermelons · 4. Apples · 5. Tomatoes · 6. Carrots · 7. Peanuts · 8. Strawberries.9 Oranges. Although they are safe, they are not "Natural" without humans.
I went to public school in California, and I’m SOOO old, that schools still taught “shop” class (plastics, woodwork) to boys and “home ec” (cooking, sewing) to girls!! One of the first thing they taught to a classfull of 12-13 year olds was “english muffin pizza” (before microwaves!) 1) toast the English muffins 2) spoon on sauce from a jar 3) sprinkle on any kind of grated cheese 4) if you’re fancy, you can add pepperoni/salami/black olives//bell peppers 5) toast/broil it to melt the cheese They weren’t good, but we could make after school snacks for everyone!
Way to go Eva...I think for me I'd stuff my 'hot pockets' with refried beans, hatch green chili and cheese...and thank you for teaching all us to be respectful of our food, no matter what it is.
One day, I wish to see Eva try other dishes from different countries that uses pasta , just to see what she thinks. Some dishes I could suggest are: 1. Rasta Pasta from Jamaica 2. Sopita de Fideo from Mexico 3. Laksa Johor from Malaysia 4. Wafu Pasta from Japan
She’s so right! Italians would either laugh at you or give for a pair of cement boots IF you use Sugar in your “Gravy” or give Salami when you ask for “Pepperoni”. Only English, Germans & Irish use sugar & only Americans think Pepperoni is a meat when it’s really SMALL 🌶️ 🌶️. I knew she was ☝️ of our Calabresi. She is beautiful 😻!
Loved, and was equally shocked, by Harper’s time-lapsed reading of the endless ingredients of (was it) the Bagel Bites! Also, Eva telling Harper that the Hot Pocket made her want to “pook.” 😂 Another great video. Thank you both!
People who don't enjoy cooking will never understand Eva. Much of the joy of cooking comes from seeing others love what you make them. Has Eva tried crispy pepperoni?
Eva could start a restaurant and do so much with all the recipes she has in her head. AND take all the worst "Italian" foods and make them great! Keep up the marvelous cooking!
My favorite junk food? Potato wedges. Lightly coated in oil, pepper, dry parsley, then baked and with some nice sea salt. Sometimes I also like to stir fry yellow corn grains in a little butter, then serve them with a bit of lemon juice, mayo, chilli flakes, and fake parmesan-style cheese... because I am NOT wasting precious, delicious, expensive parmigiano-Reggiano in a junk food dish.
😂Eva: How you say revolting? Harper: revolting. I adore hanging out with you two, I live vicariously because I'm keto/carnivore. My absolute favorite food is bread and if Eva made it for me I would be in BIG trouble. My type 2 diabetes would come back with a vengeance and the 108 pounds I lost would be found!
I love Eva’s facial expressions, she almost doesn’t have to even say a word, you just know what’s coming, awesomeness, my favorite junk food are frozen Jamaican patties, almost like a jerk spice meat orange (color) calzone, and (this is terrible) frozen chicken cordon bleu, they’re so good if you just want a snack, but as I get older, I prefer traditional Italian cooking leftovers, some of it is better the second day
My family would love a freezable bulk version of the pizza rolls that you could make a bunch, freeze them and let the kids bake some when they want them, enjoy and not make an enormous mess of the kitchen - and have a treat that is real food.
I love Eva's accent she says baking sheet exactly like my grand mother use to say it...love it and miss it so much... you guys are awesome!!! Your food always looks so beautiful!!
My sicilian grandmom forbids frozen pizza and fake italian foods in home. She made alot of cudduruni (not sure how to spell) and put some cudduruni in wrapped aluminum foil in freezer. If we familia want something food quickly to eat. Take frozen cudduruni out from freezer and put them in oven and serve them hot! Eva, thank you so much for homemade mini pizza rolls recipe! I have to try it when summer is gone due to humidity!
Eva summed it up nicely...."If the 'junk' food is well done, it is not junk food anymore." It's been years since I've been to Italy and I never spent time in an Italian grocery store, but I'm curious what Italians have (if at all) for "junk" food, frozen or otherwise.
They do have some frozen "junk," but it's a little different. For instance, the dough Eva made for her Hot Pocket is similar to sofficini, which are sort of like Italian Hot Pockets. You actually have to fry them yourself, though.
@@PastaGrammar I think the level convenience is tied to the "junkiness" of a product. When a company tries to make a product that goes from freezer to plate so fast that you just have to throw it in a microwave for a few minutes is where you get something like that Hot Pocket. But a company that makes a product that is pre-made, but still requires some level cooking might be where I would call a food "convenient" rather than "junk".
I really enjoy watching your videos! It’s very obvious when Americans started “convince foods” not every country did. That’s why when We make things homemade (from scratch) it tastes so good.
Eva is the best cook I'Ve seen in a long time and makes me hungry every single time, your lucky to have such a talented wife ,along with her beauty . I wish my wife could cook like Eva I would be 200 pounds plus and never go out to eat.
I like Totino’s square frozen pizzas over all the other frozen pizzas because of the crust. It’s completely different, flaky and bubbly. I’d love to see how Eva reimagines that!
Again, love the cinematic use of music. You and Furniture Fables have the most varied and theatrical use of soundtrack music, which makes sense if you are a filmmaker and she's a hobby actress.
I have to say, just a few seconds in I am on Eva's side! I can't "dump" anything out - I do exactly the same as her, my scampi and chunky chips(in the British sense) get carefully placed and spaced!! On the very infrequent occasions I allow myself an old "pub grub" favourite!😄
Fun story about Torino’s pizza rolls: I bought some when I was feeling nostalgic and sat down to eat them on the couch. My dogs, who normally will eat any thing, including raw spinach, wouldn’t touch them. My wife said that should tell a person all they need to know if the dogs won’t eat them. And the dogs eat rabbit poop.
Oh, Eva, I just adore you!! My husband's grandmother once caught his sister eating Chef Boyardee from a can and spoke to their mother in Italian, "What is that sh*t?!" Of course, my sister-in-law LOVED it, because it was so creamy and "different". 🤣🤣🤣
Okay, I'm certainly not endorsing Hot Pockets, but the reason the "dough" was mushy was because she didn't put it in the sleeve correctly. You're not supposed to fold it up until after you've cooked it. That part was outside the sleeve so it didn't firm up. I am with everyone else though, that I would buy Eva's version of any of these; especially that "Hot Pocket." That crust looks amazing! My favorite frozen "junk food" would have to be potstickers or mini eclairs.
I love frozen French fries, spring rolls, garlic baguette. Also, I would love to see Eva react on vegetarian alternatives to meat that look like meat, for example vegetarian ground beef/minced meat in a Bolognese. That would be very interesting for a video
Such a fun episode! I still want Eva’s fried Mozzarella recipe. She said once they use the small Mozz balls. I have yet to find a recipe with the right herbs to coat.
Harper, you are so funny that you make me laugh at loud! Ava is a lucky girl to have found you, and vice versa. She is so accommodating and her cooking skills are amazing. I’m learning so much from her, about her recipes and which products to buy. I’m almost done binge watching, I’m addicted.
Spacing is important. I do the same with pizza rolls & stuff. While hot pockets are hot garbage, the crisping sleeve is on incorrectly, it's folded at the bottom like for eating; it's supposed to be open at the bottom and over more of the pocket. Then you would have crisp hot garbage instead of doughy hot garbage lol.
OMG!! This video was just so much fun to watch. Of course Eva made them much GREATER!! Her facial expressions, her beautiful honest and humbled comments win me over every time. I mean she treated those nasty frozen foods with Love & Respect. You guys truly bring me joy!! Thank you LOADS for all you share with us!! Arlene
I can't wait to try these. My kids love this kind of food but I rarely buy it because it's NOT GOOD! It barely resembles food. That said ... when I do buy the pizza rolls I also line them up like Eva. I blame it on being a Virgo. 😂
"eef you want a bite size, you take a bite." Jeez Harper! Eva has a mastery of dough that deserves more comment. Pasta-> pate a chou -> pizza dough -> various breads -> dessert pastries. She's got the skilz.
entrambi mi avete fatto ridere e lei è così adorabilmente ITALIANA! Have her translate if you don’t speak the perfectly original language that’s as close to Latin as one can get. 😂 Such FUN & that’s No SHEET!
Currently, my favorite is Walmart deep dish mini pizza. I doctor the hell out of it with whatever I have. I always add extra sauce and cheese because they don't have enough. I love using jalapeño and habanero jack cheese. I add seasonings too. I have a garden so whatever we have gets put on it. Yesterday I made a spinach, ham and leftover grilled pineapple (yes, I'm one of those lol). I've used fresh tomatoes, mushrooms, hot and mild peppers, pepperoni, salami onions, garlic, etc. I use it as a base because I love deep dish but I've also done it with the cheap flat kind like totinos.
@Lisa - after all the "doctoring", you're better off just making your own mini pizza with English muffin or pita bread, instead of eating something that taste horrible. Good luck! 👍 😊
I do the same with full size, thick crust, frozen cheezzas. Chopped zucchini, peppers, onions, leeks, shrooms, garlic, and sausage are my usual toppers, though asparagus and green beans have been known to appear, all geometrically placed, "in the interests of equity."
Fabulous! Just goes to show if you use simple ingredients, making it from scratch, you can easily surpass any of the pre-made frozen/chilled fast (junk) food - turning it into a delicious, healthy (without additives + preservatives) snack. Great challenge Harper and great job Eva! 👏👍😋
Thank you both for yet another fantastic Sunday morning video!! So, let’s see… mozzarella sticks, egg rolls, taquitos, chicken nuggets… all interesting items Eva can make better! Buon appetito! 😁
@@PastaGrammar flautas? ua-cam.com/video/OFGFaXLR_u4/v-deo.html it’s a very great representation of what a real flauta is. The best and closest frozen “taquitos” are the H-E-B hill country fare brand taquitos. Most frozen ones don’t even resemble “taquitos” and pretty bad. Always serve with cream , sauce, and salad of lettuce.
Idea: I recently made homemade cheese from milk that was getting a little older. Perhaps challenge Eva to use ingredients that perhaps needs to be used up? Love these videos, keep it up!
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Cheeseburger Macaroni
I am expecting my 6th child with my husband. I crave chef boyardee ravioli, but it has way to much sodium. Help me!!!!
Hamburger Helper
Findus crispy pancakes with cheese filling!
how about something from Hostess or Little Debbie like Twinkies?
Eva 2:00, "Even if I don't like them I respect them and I treat them with as much love a I can." I come here for great Italian cooking insights and instead Eva serves as an example of how people should treat the world around them. Eat what nourishes the body. Think what nourishes the soul. Is there anything Eva can't do? Sei un tesoro in molti modi.
Grazie! ❤️
Exactly =)
I liked your comment so much, I had to come back to read it again. "Eat what nourishes the body. Think what nourishes the soul." This is the recipe for heaven on earth.
@@messengeroftruth17 We need more messengers of truth walking among us. Thanks for doing more than your fair share. Eat a little Italian today.
No, I can't respect any of the junk foods, sorry. Hot pockets and all the other frozen junk foods are causing health issues: heart, liver, kidney, stomach problems... if eaten all the time.
I was not surprised Eva was able to improve all of them. Even without being able to taste them, you could tell how much better they were. The pizza rolls. Totino's pizza rolls started out as Jeno's pizza rolls. Both Totino's & Jeno's were started by Italian Americans but bought out by giant corporations who turned them into the junk food they are today.
the look of pure happiness on eva's face when she made the bagel bites and harper was rating them was so wholesome i love their husband-wife dynamic
the Eva hot pocket needs to be available for my consumption on a daily basis.
That sounded kinda dirty...
LOL…me too
Honestly that's a good idea, she can make and sell these online. "High quality, handmade, easy italian food" sounds like a very good concept
🤌🏻 or you can, you know, make them yourself.
@@SuperErmacX Yeah I read that wrong too
LMAO Eva finally found a good use for Lydia's Marinara.
Dump that shit and use the container for breadcrumbs
I have not laughed so much in a very long time! My mother, from Treviso, lived in Australia for 60 years and taught English to Italian migrants and to the day she passed away she could not get the word s-h-e-e-t out without it sounding like s-h-i-t. It always gave us all a good laugh.
You are both very entertaining and good at this whole food+Southern Italian attitude+YT thing and thank you for it.
Thanks for pointing out just how sheet bought junk food really is!
noi italiani guardiamo questo canale per innato bisogno di controllare la qualità! non si può parlare di cucina italiana senza uno stuolo di controllori con bilancino e lente. Brava! L'impasto con strutto e vino bianco la dice lunga sulla tua competenza!
The pride and love in Eva's eyes seeing Harper enjoy the bagel is the reason food tastes good. That's the heritage of every italian grandma. Food is caring.
Guys, discovering you has been a blessing! My girlfriend is American (from Maine, just like Harper) and I'm Italian (born and raised in Puglia but my mom is from Calabria, just like Eva): your relationship reminds me of my own a lot! I will never forget my girlfriend trying her first Italian pizza ever... ❤ thank you for creating such contents and sharing them with us! Ciao!
I love how calmly she works with food. She gently cuts and shows everything so smoothly. Its actually relaxing to watch her cook. Thank you for sharing your time.
Eva should start a company making frozen Italian meals. I would totally order!
I would pay Rao’s prices for Eva’s food.
@@ayidas i think everyone would
I agree 100 %. 😀
Exactly. Exactly. Just like Linda McCartney. She did great.
@@ayidas 0️⃣
Eva needs to make her version of every type of American fast/processed food there is. That's a series that could go on for a long long time
"Even if I don't like them I'll treat them with as much love and respect as I can" I love it! I treat all my food this way 😂
Eva‘s cooking skills along with her ideas and the personal touch she gives EVERY dish….are simply UNMATCHED!!! I could watch her all day long.
True, yet they can't follow directions and use the hot pocket sleeve properly. But I seldom microwave them. They used to include baking instructions and I still bake them. Much better results.
The fact that you keep breadcrumbs in an old Lidia’s pasta sauce jar after pointing out in the LA video that those sauces have nothing to do with Italy 😂
@16:04...Lidia!
I love her show & ingredients!
Thanks to Eva for making these recipes!
Living in New Zealand 🇳🇿 USA 🇺🇸 Italy 🇮🇹 thank you so much for your delightful authenti homemade Panini sandwiches 😂. THE BEST presentation. Loving how you play it down with the ingredient methodology. Truly mouth watering. Your Italian accent is soothing to listen. Thank you for the look in ❤...😊
I love Eva's honesty and her facial expressions with the processed stuff are just so expressive 😂🤣😂
I am from Europe originally and I can't stand junk foods. Eva is right.
I was shocked when I saw Lydia’s tomato “sauce” jar, then I saw it was filled with breadcrumbs. Im cleaning the coffee off of my screen now. I DIED laughing 😂
Just wanted to say that you guys are awesome. I love cooking shows and have been watching many different chefs cook various foods (including Italian) for over a decade. Nothing comes close to being as original as what you guys create. And let's face it, America needs more people who know how to cook real food, not microwave processed junk. I'm beginning to think this is why Europe tends to be healthier: the pride they take in making real food and using real ingredients. America started getting hooked on processed foods way back in the 50s.
Actually this is the reason, people in America tend to eat a lot out and buy ready made stuff. If you add up the fact that the FDA is not as strict with its regulations as corresponding agencies in European countries, you have it.
I'm Italian and I do happen to eat frozen food or eat out, but I'm always amazed at how common it is to find scenes in American movies where people are having takeaways or eating some junk food. Not to say that we don't, but the frequency is reckoned as weird by us Italians
@@lorenzopassero8509 A recent statistic showed that around 80% of Americans eat and make home cooked meals this was a lot lower around a decade ago.
@@kevinprzy4539 I can only be happy for you then, let's hope this will result in an improvement of public health and food habits for Americans
LOL @ 7:23 this reminds me of one time when, here in the UK, I made pizza in teglia for a party my friend was having for her teenage daughter and her friends. It was a buffet style event and minutes after tasting my pizza one of the teenagers grabbed ALL the pizza and disappeared into another room by herself and locked the door behind her saying: this is the best pizza I've ever tasted. So funny!
Eva baking tray sounds perfectly fine to this native English speaker. In fact it’s probably the word my brain would pull up in that situation, sheet would be a second choice.
And why didn’t Totinos just drop the term pizza and call them what they’re much more like -mini calzones aren’t they? (to anyone ready to point out that you don’t fry calzone, let me save you the trouble and say - yes I know, thanks).
No surprise about the pizza bagels. Bagels were not developed to act as a base for snack pizzas. Eva started literally using everything she knew would work best as a crust base for this snack, and thus naturally it turned out as a far superior base for her version of a pizza ‘bagel’ than a bagel😋
Thank you both once again for sharing your talents with us🙏🏻
I like that. Even if she doesn't like them she respects them and cares for them with love.
Respect.
I am of Polish heritage; my family came from Poland and brought so many wonderful Polish dishes with them that I grew up with; in addition to that, we lived in a neighborhood that was mostly Polish and Italian. Our neighbors were Italian, we traded dishes, recipes, we learned from one another. Polish cuisine was influenced heavily by Italian and French cuisines, and so there were the seeds of "fusion cuisine" long before that ever became a "thing". One thing I do have to say is that I enjoy your cooking, Eva, to such a wonderfully high degree, that it brings back so many beautiful memories. Like you, Eva, I am saddened and disappointed and even disgusted with so many American quick-prepared foods, and it is the American companies who put the "junk" in food, to coin the phrase "JUNK FOOD". I love your recipes, and will endeavor to make them. As always, I wish you Buon appetito!
I like the way Ms. Eva thinks vis a vis bite-size bagels. I don't think any other cooking show so consistently makes me wish we had taste-o-vision
I agree about the bite-size-ness. If you're going to eat half a dozen of those bagel bites, why not just make one bigger one and be done with it? I'd think making anything in a bigger size would be easier anyway.
The Respect Eva give all the frozen Foods shows how respectfull the italiens are to Food and to people and how they really shine there are so many stereotyps told to everyone how italiens are but its not true 95% of the time
Hot Pockets are insipid. The one you made looks like a slice of heaven. Great content guys. Ciao
Harper: "These are full sized bagels, they're not really bite-sized."
Eva: "If you want to have a bite size, just take one bite"
Me: "Like you're only going to have only one or two bites anyway..."
My favorite part of the video
No one makes baking seem more approachable than Eva. You two are the best. Thanks for the great ideas.
I was shocked by the length of the ingredients lists of these products. Of course, industrial made "food" needs some additives, but this is totally crazy.
Eva's creations were absolutely wonderful (as usual). Of course, they are nothing you should eat every day, but they consist of only a few natural ingredients of high quality and that's what makes the difference. Thanks for another great PG episode 💖
Me too. Like flour, fllour filler, palm oil and some mysterious things is enough. Ingredients list sounded like pharmaceutical commercial. "Side effects may include weight gain, loss of appetite, food tasting bad and death"
Just because it sounds like a scary list of chemicals that you don't recognize doesn't mean it's bad for you. Many of the things he read were fortifiers, stabilizers, buffering agents, chelating agents and pH balancers that are found naturally in food but have to be listed since they've been added to the product for various reasons.
The real culprits are the toxic oils that are toxic from their preparation (solvent extraction and bleaching), toxic agents found naturally within them (cyclopropenel fatty acids and gossypol in cottonseed oil) and organophosphate pesticide residue mostly found in cottonseed oil. Many of these toxic oils are found on supermarket shelves and often end up in "health foods". The only oils you should be eating are extra virgin olive oil and other minimally processed oils like many organic avocado and coconut oils.
If you read the same list of the mozzarella and the ingredients of the dough Eva uses it probably sounds scary as well.
Words like "Natural" are mostly buzz words. Arsenic is natural in Rice and Cassava and deadly. Everything on earth is natural. It's unscientific to be scared of chemicals. Everything we eat is manipulated. including fruit and vegetables over generations of breeding by man. Rice and Wheat are human bred grasses.
Here's a list of "Natural" foods that are actually man made breeds. 1. Bananas · 2. Corn · 3. Watermelons · 4. Apples · 5. Tomatoes · 6. Carrots · 7. Peanuts · 8. Strawberries.9 Oranges. Although they are safe, they are not "Natural" without humans.
"if the junk food is well done...
1- is not junk food anymore.
2- is delicious!"
I can't disagree with Eva, she amazing!
It really is adorable how she enjoys him enjoying the food
I went to public school in California, and I’m SOOO old, that schools still taught “shop” class (plastics, woodwork) to boys and “home ec” (cooking, sewing) to girls!! One of the first thing they taught to a classfull of 12-13 year olds was “english muffin pizza” (before microwaves!)
1) toast the English muffins
2) spoon on sauce from a jar
3) sprinkle on any kind of grated cheese
4) if you’re fancy, you can add pepperoni/salami/black olives//bell peppers
5) toast/broil it to melt the cheese
They weren’t good, but we could make after school snacks for everyone!
Way to go Eva...I think for me I'd stuff my 'hot pockets' with refried beans, hatch green chili and cheese...and thank you for teaching all us to be respectful of our food, no matter what it is.
One day, I wish to see Eva try other dishes from different countries that uses pasta , just to see what she thinks. Some dishes I could suggest are:
1. Rasta Pasta from Jamaica
2. Sopita de Fideo from Mexico
3. Laksa Johor from Malaysia
4. Wafu Pasta from Japan
She’s so right! Italians would either laugh at you or give for a pair of cement boots IF you use Sugar in your “Gravy” or give Salami when you ask for “Pepperoni”. Only English, Germans & Irish use sugar & only Americans think Pepperoni is a meat when it’s really SMALL 🌶️ 🌶️.
I knew she was ☝️ of our Calabresi. She is beautiful 😻!
Loved, and was equally shocked, by Harper’s time-lapsed reading of the endless ingredients of (was it) the Bagel Bites! Also, Eva telling Harper that the Hot Pocket made her want to “pook.” 😂 Another great video. Thank you both!
Nah, it was the pizza rolls
Loved the episode! An idea would be canned "Italian" soups and then Eva's version.
So funny how harsh Eva was in this episode. The tomato was "revolting" and the hot pockets made her "speechless" lol.
People who don't enjoy cooking will never understand Eva. Much of the joy of cooking comes from seeing others love what you make them.
Has Eva tried crispy pepperoni?
No yest
Eva could start a restaurant and do so much with all the recipes she has in her head. AND take all the worst "Italian" foods and make them great! Keep up the marvelous cooking!
"If my hands were cut, I could eat these."- Eva complimenting bagel bites! Luv U!!
"If you want a bite size, you take a bite of a bagel". True. Love it
My favorite junk food? Potato wedges. Lightly coated in oil, pepper, dry parsley, then baked and with some nice sea salt.
Sometimes I also like to stir fry yellow corn grains in a little butter, then serve them with a bit of lemon juice, mayo, chilli flakes, and fake parmesan-style cheese... because I am NOT wasting precious, delicious, expensive parmigiano-Reggiano in a junk food dish.
😂Eva: How you say revolting? Harper: revolting. I adore hanging out with you two, I live vicariously because I'm keto/carnivore. My absolute favorite food is bread and if Eva made it for me I would be in BIG trouble. My type 2 diabetes would come back with a vengeance and the 108 pounds I lost would be found!
I love Eva’s facial expressions, she almost doesn’t have to even say a word, you just know what’s coming, awesomeness, my favorite junk food are frozen Jamaican patties, almost like a jerk spice meat orange (color) calzone, and (this is terrible) frozen chicken cordon bleu, they’re so good if you just want a snack, but as I get older, I prefer traditional Italian cooking leftovers, some of it is better the second day
My family would love a freezable bulk version of the pizza rolls that you could make a bunch, freeze them and let the kids bake some when they want them, enjoy and not make an enormous mess of the kitchen - and have a treat that is real food.
I love Eva's accent she says baking sheet exactly like my grand mother use to say it...love it and miss it so much... you guys are awesome!!! Your food always looks so beautiful!!
I especially liked the fast motion while Harper was reading the ingredient list: Eva is doing a classic Chaplin! Brava!
My sicilian grandmom forbids frozen pizza and fake italian foods in home. She made alot of cudduruni (not sure how to spell) and put some cudduruni in wrapped aluminum foil in freezer. If we familia want something food quickly to eat. Take frozen cudduruni out from freezer and put them in oven and serve them hot! Eva, thank you so much for homemade mini pizza rolls recipe! I have to try it when summer is gone due to humidity!
Pretty impressive that all 3 get different dough, I’ve never seen dough made like she did for the hot pocket.
Closed-captioning for this episode is exceptionally fun.
"Mozzarella" becomes "mortalities."
"Pâte à choux" becomes "patch of shoes."
Eva summed it up nicely...."If the 'junk' food is well done, it is not junk food anymore."
It's been years since I've been to Italy and I never spent time in an Italian grocery store, but I'm curious what Italians have (if at all) for "junk" food, frozen or otherwise.
they have plenty of junk food in all forms nowadays. don't fool yourself.
@@rosannapizza6402 we have a lot of Eva too , and it makes a huge difference 😀
They do have some frozen "junk," but it's a little different. For instance, the dough Eva made for her Hot Pocket is similar to sofficini, which are sort of like Italian Hot Pockets. You actually have to fry them yourself, though.
@@PastaGrammar I think the level convenience is tied to the "junkiness" of a product. When a company tries to make a product that goes from freezer to plate so fast that you just have to throw it in a microwave for a few minutes is where you get something like that Hot Pocket. But a company that makes a product that is pre-made, but still requires some level cooking might be where I would call a food "convenient" rather than "junk".
I'm a straight girl, but I would marry her just for the way her food looks! Love your guys videos!!!
I really enjoy watching your videos! It’s very obvious when Americans started “convince foods” not every country did. That’s why when We make things homemade (from scratch) it tastes so good.
Eva is the best cook I'Ve seen in a long time and makes me hungry every single time, your lucky to have such a talented wife ,along with her beauty . I wish my wife could cook like Eva I would be 200 pounds plus and never go out to eat.
I like Totino’s square frozen pizzas over all the other frozen pizzas because of the crust. It’s completely different, flaky and bubbly. I’d love to see how Eva reimagines that!
When I see that Lydia Marinara Sauce can, I suddenly burst out the laugh, it reminds me Eva making Baked Ziti with this sauce lol
Again, love the cinematic use of music. You and Furniture Fables have the most varied and theatrical use of soundtrack music, which makes sense if you are a filmmaker and she's a hobby actress.
Just when you assume Eva’s just going to make a calzone…BOOM!❤️
I have to say, just a few seconds in I am on Eva's side! I can't "dump" anything out - I do exactly the same as her, my scampi and chunky chips(in the British sense) get carefully placed and spaced!! On the very infrequent occasions I allow myself an old "pub grub" favourite!😄
Fun story about Torino’s pizza rolls: I bought some when I was feeling nostalgic and sat down to eat them on the couch. My dogs, who normally will eat any thing, including raw spinach, wouldn’t touch them. My wife said that should tell a person all they need to know if the dogs won’t eat them. And the dogs eat rabbit poop.
Oh, Eva, I just adore you!!
My husband's grandmother once caught his sister eating Chef Boyardee from a can and spoke to their mother in Italian, "What is that sh*t?!" Of course, my sister-in-law LOVED it, because it was so creamy and "different". 🤣🤣🤣
Che uomo fortunato Harper.... sposato con un bellissima ragazza, che sa anche cucinare magnificamente!
🤣🤣 Ava's face when you asked her if she was ready for another challenge....No....yes . 🤣🤣
Okay, I'm certainly not endorsing Hot Pockets, but the reason the "dough" was mushy was because she didn't put it in the sleeve correctly. You're not supposed to fold it up until after you've cooked it. That part was outside the sleeve so it didn't firm up. I am with everyone else though, that I would buy Eva's version of any of these; especially that "Hot Pocket." That crust looks amazing! My favorite frozen "junk food" would have to be potstickers or mini eclairs.
Or just use the old baking instructions.
I love frozen French fries, spring rolls, garlic baguette. Also, I would love to see Eva react on vegetarian alternatives to meat that look like meat, for example vegetarian ground beef/minced meat in a Bolognese. That would be very interesting for a video
No. Just no.
@@ArmadilloGodzilla why not?
Us vegetarians love Italian food, too!
Eva! We bow down to your greatness! It all looks amazing!
I'd love to see Eva's take on fish sticks (and, btw, really great background music on this one!)
Such a fun episode! I still want Eva’s fried Mozzarella recipe. She said once they use the small Mozz balls. I have yet to find a recipe with the right herbs to coat.
That’s a good idea! I’ll see if I can get her to cook them for me 😋
Harper, you are so funny that you make me laugh at loud! Ava is a lucky girl to have found you, and vice versa. She is so accommodating and her cooking skills are amazing. I’m learning so much from her, about her recipes and which products to buy. I’m almost done binge watching, I’m addicted.
that crunch though. You can tell from the bite that that pizza roll is great.
I love how every video you can tell the love Eva has for food. You can tell food is good she cooks from the heart
The look of bliss on Eva's face when she tastes her delicious cooking...
Yes to Eva’s homemade Pizza Rolls!!🤌🤌👏👏👏♥️♥️♥️
Eva is so expressive without saying a word.
Those pizza rolls with lard in the dough must be heaven, I knew if anyone could just whip up better hot pockets and pizza rolls, it would be Eva.
Amazing how Eva, can re create all these products, I think she needs her own restaurant!
Spacing is important. I do the same with pizza rolls & stuff. While hot pockets are hot garbage, the crisping sleeve is on incorrectly, it's folded at the bottom like for eating; it's supposed to be open at the bottom and over more of the pocket. Then you would have crisp hot garbage instead of doughy hot garbage lol.
"Easy, Arper!" - wise words to live by...
I buy frozen tamales from the Texas Tamale company, they are delicious but not cheap at around $15 for the chicken. They are my favorite frozen food.
i love that the jar of lydias sauce is used to store breadcrumbs
Pop tarts, toaster pastry, and eggos! Have her fix the classic American breakfast!
OMG!! This video was just so much fun to watch. Of course Eva made them much GREATER!! Her facial expressions, her beautiful honest and humbled comments win me over every time. I mean she treated those nasty frozen foods with Love & Respect. You guys truly bring me joy!! Thank you LOADS for all you share with us!! Arlene
In Sweden, we have Pizza Buns. They are pizza-like rolls stuffed with cheese and bacon and with "pizza spice" (oregano, basil).
I can't wait to try these. My kids love this kind of food but I rarely buy it because it's NOT GOOD! It barely resembles food. That said
... when I do buy the pizza rolls I also line them up like Eva. I blame it on being a Virgo. 😂
"eef you want a bite size, you take a bite." Jeez Harper!
Eva has a mastery of dough that deserves more comment. Pasta-> pate a chou -> pizza dough -> various breads -> dessert pastries. She's got the skilz.
entrambi mi avete fatto ridere e lei è così adorabilmente ITALIANA! Have her translate if you don’t speak the perfectly original language that’s as close to Latin as one can get. 😂 Such FUN & that’s No SHEET!
I think the pizza rolls are pre-baked before freezing. Actually, since there's oil in the ingredients and the texture, they are probably fried.
OMG!! Now that’s a Hot Pocket! My mouth was watering. Eva should be a consultant for all the companies that make and sell frozen Italian food! 😋♥️
Nah! She should start her own company and scare them all with her creations!
Her single hot pocket probably costs more than 50 of the original crap.
@@dahls1195 SO RIGHT!!! I would buy every single thing!
Fav frozen junk foods: Savory = jalapeno poppers. Sweet = bite-size frozen cream puffs...
Currently, my favorite is Walmart deep dish mini pizza. I doctor the hell out of it with whatever I have. I always add extra sauce and cheese because they don't have enough. I love using jalapeño and habanero jack cheese. I add seasonings too. I have a garden so whatever we have gets put on it. Yesterday I made a spinach, ham and leftover grilled pineapple (yes, I'm one of those lol). I've used fresh tomatoes, mushrooms, hot and mild peppers, pepperoni, salami onions, garlic, etc. I use it as a base because I love deep dish but I've also done it with the cheap flat kind like totinos.
@Lisa - after all the "doctoring", you're better off just making your own mini pizza with English muffin or pita bread, instead of eating something that taste horrible. Good luck! 👍 😊
I do the same with full size, thick crust, frozen cheezzas. Chopped zucchini, peppers, onions, leeks, shrooms, garlic, and sausage are my usual toppers, though asparagus and green beans have been known to appear, all geometrically placed, "in the interests of equity."
Love how Eva respects any food, even the bad food
Ava is an amazing woman. She is beautiful, funny, and can cook up a storm! May God continue to bless you both.
Fabulous! Just goes to show if you use simple ingredients, making it from scratch, you can easily surpass any of the pre-made frozen/chilled fast (junk) food - turning it into a delicious, healthy (without additives + preservatives) snack. Great challenge Harper and great job Eva! 👏👍😋
Thank you both for yet another fantastic Sunday morning video!!
So, let’s see… mozzarella sticks, egg rolls, taquitos, chicken nuggets… all interesting items Eva can make better! Buon appetito! 😁
Ooh, I would love to see Eva’s take on taquitos… 🤔
@@PastaGrammar flautas? ua-cam.com/video/OFGFaXLR_u4/v-deo.html it’s a very great representation of what a real flauta is. The best and closest frozen “taquitos” are the H-E-B hill country fare brand taquitos. Most frozen ones don’t even resemble “taquitos” and pretty bad. Always serve with cream , sauce, and salad of lettuce.
Idea: I recently made homemade cheese from milk that was getting a little older. Perhaps challenge Eva to use ingredients that perhaps needs to be used up? Love these videos, keep it up!
my favorite frozen junk food are the italian "sofficini", so good but so unhealthy
Did Eva just CURSE? BRAVO EVA, can't wait to try these.