I think that was Coffee, I wonder if the Coffee lowered the boiling point of the water? I've never seen a kettle do that before, it was a like a possesed kettle.
@@BurntFaceMan Pretty sure it's instant coffee to be specific. Old fashioned coffee percolators bassically boil ground coffee but don't foam up like that. Bonus fact: Personal experience has shown me that microwaved instant coffee *may* explode, while brewed coffee won't.
The kettle one was just a bad idea, the tea is going to be bitter since it will likely overextract and having been steeped in water that was too hot. You also have to deal with your kettle now making boiled water that tastes like tea
Exactly what was going through my head. I think the main thing that avoided it tasting too bad was using only 2 tea bags for what looks like pushing 2L of water
Yeah and I've seen people do that on tiktok and the kettles boil over and the water/tea comes out which could be very dangerous when close to electricity (best case scenario it just messes up the electricity) you can even see it here that their kettle almost does that,had there been a bit more water it would probably have happened.
I was only thinking to myself today that I hadn’t seen one of these videos from you in a while and a few hours later you popped up in my feed! Another great hacks video, I love watching them. Thanks for sharing. ❤
If you HAVE to make tea in your electric kettle, boil the water, then add half a cup of cool water, THEN add the teabags. The hack as written would work fine for some more woody herb teas that NEED boiled like chamomile. I would suggest a damp baking soda scrub to clean the pot after.
:) draining hack I only learnt last year, if you have a straight-sided sink, then just pour straight up against the side, the side stops the food coming out
When it comes to bags in the freezer, we cut straight across one end to open the bag, then use that as the "string" to tie it shut. Single knot, easy to open back up for more.
I've taken to opening begs of frozen food from the bottom. I used to get annoyed that I couldn't read what was in the bag because I'd cut along the top and scrunched the top of the bag to tie it up, thus obliterating the name on the bag, which is usually at the top.
Okay I have a better hack for the freezer bag: cut an opening from a corner, at 45° angle - just the length of the scissors will be enough, but if you're feeling artsy and crafty you can make it a teardrop shape with the tip in the corner. Now you have an open corner to pour out contents of the bag, and when you tie the two edges together, it doesn't take up half of the bag, just the corner, so you still have extra space in the bag to shimmy the contents flat.
I like to use hack 1 to make a little well to hold things like chicken salad or ham salad for a sandwich. Put wells on both slices, mound it up generously, and you're still able to close the sandwich.
Depends on the tea. Putting aside the obvious importance of personal preference in this equation, as a general rule it's encouraged for most black teas but said to make green ones bitter.
You should try the marshmallow rose and while tied together poor some white chocolate around the bottom to and let it set to hold it in place then untie it 😊
@@mrbarrylewisloads of people use clothes pegs, like you use on the washing line. They serve the exact same purpose is those freezer bag clips that you can get and most households have them already.
Yeah, I usually use binder clips. They give a really nice and secure hold, and you can fold the legs down towards the bag so they won't stick out and take up more space in the freezer.
I'm not a tea fan but even so, the way to make tea for several people is the same as how to make tea for one person. Put teabag in mug, pour on water. You still have to pour the kettle boiled one into mugs for people to drink afterwards, so what's the benefit?
Tea can be made in a plain old pan if need be. (Pour water over tea bags as you would in a teapot.) I imagine the narrower it is at the top, the better.
*Barry:* "This is bread." *Soldier:* "Dear GOD..." *Barry:* "There's more." *Soldier:* "No..." Whatever you do, Barry, don't ask Soldier to teleport your bread. He'll do it for three days straight, and you'll end up with all kinds of trouble on your hands.
Im on the "please dont preheat your airfryer" - I never do it myself, and have heard that the preheat on some machines are created cause some buyers want it... and "boiling" egg - has never been a success for me either in none of my machines... its not boiled.. it must be hard baken egg :D Thanx for this channel - love it - also that with the gadgets you also say maybe ppl with disseases maybe need them instead of just think they are silly.
The freezer hack, we just fold the open end down and put them in zipper freezer bags, and since the freezer bag isn't in contact with food, you can reuse them.
i feel like the tea in kettle hack works better with instant noodles like ramen instead, same idea different outcome but works better for the purposes since as a lot of people are pointing out some tea leaves aren’t suited for boiling
I know you can get little like wire racks to go into your airfryer so you could stick that in there and stick your eggs on top so you don't get that discolouration on the eggs
My electric kettle actually as its own brew basket just to make tea inside it so this isn't far off. It works pretty well if you want a whole pot of tea and as long as you wash it out quickly after, it isn't that hard to do.
Just so y'know Barry, The playlist you linked in the description goes to your BAKING Hacks! Great hacks nonetheless, but just wanted to let you know Mate! Love your videos so much!
I don't know why it needs 12 minutes at 150°C when they only need 7 minutes at 100°C in water. Maybe if they'd been cooked at 100°C in the air fryer they wouldn't have burnt
I got a kettle just like that so I could boil and brew tea in it. We make 2 liters of tea (to make ice tea because we live in Texas) about twice a week.
Frozen veg. Cut the top off the bag, place it inside (or tip the contents into) a suitable sized zip-top freezer bag. Roll it, flatten it - whatever works best - to fit in the freezer...done. Every time you use some, it will roll or flatten smaller and no spilled veg. Happy...! 🙂
watching two brits who dont like tea trying to make tea as a canadian who doesnt like tea is hilarious bc if u had a group of ppl over that want tea, wouldnt u just put a tea bag into each of their mugs then pour the boiling water from the kettle into the mugs??? LOL
I think some hacks are just to see if they'll work. I'm guilty of this - just get some idea in my head that I think is clever, when the original was already fine.
For the kettle hack, it seems like you’ve put about 4 peoples worth of water in there so you should put 4 tea bags so as to not dilute the tea flavour. Oh and also boil the water first and then put the tea bag’s in after.
Have you seen packaging on frozen food lately? Be lucky if I have enough packaging to get a clip on top never mind make handles 😂. Also don’t all pans have lips so you can drain, mine all do and the lids have drain holes in them too.
If you're someone who makes homemade bread, it does make beautiful little rolls, or if they're all placed together in a round pan, a gorgeous loaf (brioche especially). You roll circles as he did (I think 6), then cut into two pieces, each being one rose. I'm sure it's in many places on the internet.
You actually need to air fry eggs at a lower temperature, no higher than 130 C, for 14015 minutes depending on the size or preferred consistency. They won't get burnt then
As someone with roommates who do it constantly, I reject the freezer hack on principle. The SOLUTION is to take the extra 0.25 seconds to open the bags properly the first time and not kowtow to selfish and idiotic behavior.
haha yeah it's kind of fun when they don't they are normally 50/50 if they're worth it or not, we try to keep it honest and can sometimes tell the ones that won't be great!
@@mrbarrylewisI think them going wrong shows that you’re truly trying them and not just finding ones that work. People blind,y believe everything the see online so seeing them not work is good as it reminds them that they can’t trust everything they see on some pages.
I’m from South Carolina in the USA and that’s how we make sweet tea all the time! We boil two or three tea bags in water then put it in a jug and add a cup or two of sugar and mix. Then refrigerate it overnight. Sweet tea!
Hi both, may be YOU need to get anther kettle SO when friends and family come round .YOU haven't got the worry, SO you can have your coffee . Take care and all the best. 😊😊👍👍👍👍
@@laurag2325 Tea is super easy. Tea usually has instructions on the box/packet for the correct brewing temperature and time. Just pour over hot water and wait.
I’m not sure that’s accurate?? Maybe depends on the tea or what ur gonna put in it? All I know is a middle easterner told me to boil tea and add milk and tea masala for the best tea…. U were meant to boil the water down by half, add some milk, boil down a bit more then serve.
My kettle has a tea holder in the middle, ive always been boiling it with the water since I have it 😅😅 sometimes I was wondering if anything was off about the taste 🫣💀 won't be boiling it no more as it also has a 70, 80 or 90c setting, I'll be using those instead. Thanks for the info! 👍👍
Just cut a parallel horizontal line along the top of the bag, pour out required contents, and then use the long thin stripe like a shoelace to tie the bag. Its really not that hard. I have no idea why any hack is required...
THAT...... THAT..... is a very sensible thing to do, even with the holes I rip out of the corners some times lol that'll still do. Maybe it's good for peas though (give peas a chance?!) if they have the not so that if you dropped them it wouldn't spill out with the tie in it
for storing bags in the freezer after I open them I just roll the bag up and use one of those metal binder clips, they also work great for bags of chips/crisps etc. For eggs I have an electric steamer, 20 mins in the steamer and the eggs are done, and with the steam they peel super easy.
I steam eggs for 11.5 minutes for a just-past-jammy hard-boiled egg. If I'm only doing one, I use a tin cup with a lid. (Mostly because it's fun.) Soft-boiled = 6.5 minutes.
More Kitchen Hacks: ua-cam.com/play/PLfItiEY3o1mvfKlFwPe2xYdD4CFKF0EdP.html Did you find any of these useful?
Have found plenty of them to be! Thanks Barry
Barry take your tea and add water lemonade and orange juice then your sweetener of your choice...
The tea just pouring out the kettle at the end there and Mrs B's resulting panic, feel a bit mean for laughing hahaha 😂
That's coffee not tea...
I think that was Coffee, I wonder if the Coffee lowered the boiling point of the water? I've never seen a kettle do that before, it was a like a possesed kettle.
@@BurntFaceMan Pretty sure it's instant coffee to be specific. Old fashioned coffee percolators bassically boil ground coffee but don't foam up like that.
Bonus fact: Personal experience has shown me that microwaved instant coffee *may* explode, while brewed coffee won't.
The kettle one was just a bad idea, the tea is going to be bitter since it will likely overextract and having been steeped in water that was too hot. You also have to deal with your kettle now making boiled water that tastes like tea
Yes and if done wrong enough it could make the stomach hurt alot. I know cus I have made that mistake previously.
That's the most horrendous thing I've ever seen. There are far better substitutes for a teapot than actually boiling the teabags!
Exactly what was going through my head.
I think the main thing that avoided it tasting too bad was using only 2 tea bags for what looks like pushing 2L of water
Yeah and I've seen people do that on tiktok and the kettles boil over and the water/tea comes out which could be very dangerous when close to electricity (best case scenario it just messes up the electricity) you can even see it here that their kettle almost does that,had there been a bit more water it would probably have happened.
There are specific kettles that are made specifically to steep tea, you could do that with them, but definitely not with a regular kettle like that
The post-credits scene was the best.
You know how some people say "I could murder a good cup of tea right now"? This is how our Barry interprets that phrase....
my love of fusilli is spiralling out of control
I was only thinking to myself today that I hadn’t seen one of these videos from you in a while and a few hours later you popped up in my feed! Another great hacks video, I love watching them. Thanks for sharing. ❤
If you HAVE to make tea in your electric kettle, boil the water, then add half a cup of cool water, THEN add the teabags. The hack as written would work fine for some more woody herb teas that NEED boiled like chamomile. I would suggest a damp baking soda scrub to clean the pot after.
:) draining hack I only learnt last year, if you have a straight-sided sink, then just pour straight up against the side, the side stops the food coming out
That pasta lid one is a great idea
"This is how I like my toast, okay" ... Barry proceeds to write 'quicky?' on a piece of toast... LOL
When it comes to bags in the freezer, we cut straight across one end to open the bag, then use that as the "string" to tie it shut. Single knot, easy to open back up for more.
I've taken to opening begs of frozen food from the bottom. I used to get annoyed that I couldn't read what was in the bag because I'd cut along the top and scrunched the top of the bag to tie it up, thus obliterating the name on the bag, which is usually at the top.
Okay I have a better hack for the freezer bag: cut an opening from a corner, at 45° angle - just the length of the scissors will be enough, but if you're feeling artsy and crafty you can make it a teardrop shape with the tip in the corner.
Now you have an open corner to pour out contents of the bag, and when you tie the two edges together, it doesn't take up half of the bag, just the corner, so you still have extra space in the bag to shimmy the contents flat.
Mental note:
Tea in a kettle works; coffee does not. 😂😂
The teabags is having a great time😂😂😂😂
I like to use hack 1 to make a little well to hold things like chicken salad or ham salad for a sandwich. Put wells on both slices, mound it up generously, and you're still able to close the sandwich.
For the eggs you could try standing them on some small ring cutters as I suspect the burnt patch was from contact with the bottom of the drawer.
Am I wrong or is tea NOT supposed to be subjected to boiling hot water? I'm not a tea drinker, but I could have sworn that's a thing.
Depends on the tea. Putting aside the obvious importance of personal preference in this equation, as a general rule it's encouraged for most black teas but said to make green ones bitter.
How would you make hot tea if not with boiling water?
@@PixelatedH2Owater that's just off the boil
I think maybe you are thinking of coffee. If you put boiling water on coffee it makes it more bitter.
Green tea is less than boiling around 80-90°
Black tea is most often 100°
You should try the marshmallow rose and while tied together poor some white chocolate around the bottom to and let it set to hold it in place then untie it 😊
I use clothespins to close my bags! Great in freezer!
Like pegs for a washing line!?
@@mrbarrylewisloads of people use clothes pegs, like you use on the washing line. They serve the exact same purpose is those freezer bag clips that you can get and most households have them already.
Yeah, I usually use binder clips. They give a really nice and secure hold, and you can fold the legs down towards the bag so they won't stick out and take up more space in the freezer.
@@mrbarrylewis yes!
The toothpick in the pot really works, no more lost peas down the sink. Just proves we’re never too old to learn new hacks - thanks Barry and Mrs B! 😅
that toast is burnt in my opinion. LOL
I'm not a tea fan but even so, the way to make tea for several people is the same as how to make tea for one person. Put teabag in mug, pour on water. You still have to pour the kettle boiled one into mugs for people to drink afterwards, so what's the benefit?
I hope you guys had a good V-Day! I've spent a whole day off binge watching your hack videos. Keep them coming, please! 😊
4.2.1 is perfect when you want to make Deviled Eggs.
Oh, that's *very* clever.
“It’s a bit like…SQUEAKY..” I love Mrs.B
Tea can be made in a plain old pan if need be. (Pour water over tea bags as you would in a teapot.) I imagine the narrower it is at the top, the better.
great videos. and your wife is a doll. keep up the good work.
We do the freezer hack. Works better with a chest freezer 👌🏻
*Barry:* "This is bread."
*Soldier:* "Dear GOD..."
*Barry:* "There's more."
*Soldier:* "No..."
Whatever you do, Barry, don't ask Soldier to teleport your bread. He'll do it for three days straight, and you'll end up with all kinds of trouble on your hands.
I have done the air fryer eggs worked just fine same as baking them when you need to do a lot of eggs
Im on the "please dont preheat your airfryer" - I never do it myself, and have heard that the preheat on some machines are created cause some buyers want it...
and "boiling" egg - has never been a success for me either in none of my machines... its not boiled.. it must be hard baken egg :D
Thanx for this channel - love it - also that with the gadgets you also say maybe ppl with disseases maybe need them instead of just think they are silly.
The freezer hack, we just fold the open end down and put them in zipper freezer bags, and since the freezer bag isn't in contact with food, you can reuse them.
i feel like the tea in kettle hack works better with instant noodles like ramen instead, same idea different outcome but works better for the purposes since as a lot of people are pointing out some tea leaves aren’t suited for boiling
i love homer in the background
I loved the toast hack & thanks Barry n Mrs B 🤗🍞👍
That's some big bread
I know you can get little like wire racks to go into your airfryer so you could stick that in there and stick your eggs on top so you don't get that discolouration on the eggs
My electric kettle actually as its own brew basket just to make tea inside it so this isn't far off. It works pretty well if you want a whole pot of tea and as long as you wash it out quickly after, it isn't that hard to do.
OMG The coffee at the end :o
Just so y'know Barry,
The playlist you linked in the description goes to your BAKING Hacks!
Great hacks nonetheless, but just wanted to let you know Mate!
Love your videos so much!
As for Number 3, with the bags. Just use Zip-lock bags, or Bag Clips
easier to cut straight across bag and use that piece to tie bag works every time
Definitely a fried hard egg. Boiling it is gentler.
I don't know why it needs 12 minutes at 150°C when they only need 7 minutes at 100°C in water. Maybe if they'd been cooked at 100°C in the air fryer they wouldn't have burnt
Used a different freezer drawer the second time trying to put the bag in, of course it didn't fit.
Freezer bags: I just started to cut them fully open with scissors, after usage fold them over twice and use Landes clamps for holding them close.
I got a kettle just like that so I could boil and brew tea in it. We make 2 liters of tea (to make ice tea because we live in Texas) about twice a week.
Yes, I love watching ur kitchen hacks vid, its awesome
Cheers for the support
Frozen veg. Cut the top off the bag, place it inside (or tip the contents into) a suitable sized zip-top freezer bag. Roll it, flatten it - whatever works best - to fit in the freezer...done. Every time you use some, it will roll or flatten smaller and no spilled veg. Happy...! 🙂
Amazing chemistry between u guys. Would love to have that with my girl in the future.
I've always done my hard boiled eggs in the air fryer!!
You did it on a too hot a temp though, I always do them on 130°C
Barry to 1 mil subs 🎉
That last hack was one of the biggest fails I've seen from you guys :D
Good video as ever Barry.
Makes me miss the Gadgets videos though. Haven't seen one of those in ages.
watching two brits who dont like tea trying to make tea as a canadian who doesnt like tea is hilarious bc if u had a group of ppl over that want tea, wouldnt u just put a tea bag into each of their mugs then pour the boiling water from the kettle into the mugs??? LOL
I have an electric kettle but I boil the water in the kettle first so they don't explode, then add the bags
Love the hacks
Why not just use clips for freezer bags? A 26-pack on ikea is like £1,50
I think some hacks are just to see if they'll work. I'm guilty of this - just get some idea in my head that I think is clever, when the original was already fine.
Hope that’s the case, but they usually mention it if they think whatever they’re usually doing is better than the hack so I’m not sure on this one…
What does it mean to splodge something? What's good Barry Lewis?
Mrs Barry is adorable
1M just around the corner!
For the kettle hack, it seems like you’ve put about 4 peoples worth of water in there so you should put 4 tea bags so as to not dilute the tea flavour. Oh and also boil the water first and then put the tea bag’s in after.
I always 'hard boil' my eggs using the air fryer. Only part I don't like IS the burnt edges.
Have you seen packaging on frozen food lately? Be lucky if I have enough packaging to get a clip on top never mind make handles 😂. Also don’t all pans have lips so you can drain, mine all do and the lids have drain holes in them too.
No, all cookware isn't made that way.
There would be no way on gods earth would i do that marshmallow hack lol, lifes to short 😂
If you're someone who makes homemade bread, it does make beautiful little rolls, or if they're all placed together in a round pan, a gorgeous loaf (brioche especially). You roll circles as he did (I think 6), then cut into two pieces, each being one rose. I'm sure it's in many places on the internet.
Barry, could you try an Instant Pot? I quite like mine.
You actually need to air fry eggs at a lower temperature, no higher than 130 C, for 14015 minutes depending on the size or preferred consistency. They won't get burnt then
If you leave your broiled eggs a bit long you could make onsen eggs
As someone with roommates who do it constantly, I reject the freezer hack on principle. The SOLUTION is to take the extra 0.25 seconds to open the bags properly the first time and not kowtow to selfish and idiotic behavior.
The freezer pack cutting was great til I realised you just threw away the cooking instructions
Second one looked more like a rose.
God if Barry understood physics hed be so much less dangerous... stay in school kids.
There's a thing called a tea pot lol
Baking eggs also works.
Barry in my airfryer without preheating a single egg almost perfectly between soft and medium boiled 8 minutes on 180 celcius
No rack?
Pretty sure the instructions to kettles say to not make tea directly in the kettle
As a Brit how can you not like tea?!?!
The new camera looks great!
Cheers, still getting used to it
Use strawberry laces instead of rope on the marshmallow roses
You don't boil tea, you boil the water then put it in with the tea to steep.
Get you self a Ninja Foodie Barry, they are far more versatile than an Air Fryer
I contend that the "convection" usage of my countertop oven creates an air fryer.
Yes, love kitchen hacks. Though I do love it when they don’t work. Not sure what that says about me?
You’re a realist
haha yeah it's kind of fun when they don't they are normally 50/50 if they're worth it or not, we try to keep it honest and can sometimes tell the ones that won't be great!
@@mrbarrylewisI think them going wrong shows that you’re truly trying them and not just finding ones that work. People blind,y believe everything the see online so seeing them not work is good as it reminds them that they can’t trust everything they see on some pages.
this is bread ...
NOOOOOOOO
That toast was so burnt....
We always hard boil eggs in our air fryer
9:48 sorry you’ve gone tooo bloody far now mate.
Hack #5: JUST buy a teapot
Or cups.
I’m from South Carolina in the USA and that’s how we make sweet tea all the time! We boil two or three tea bags in water then put it in a jug and add a cup or two of sugar and mix. Then refrigerate it overnight. Sweet tea!
Great vid
Hi both, may be YOU need to get anther kettle SO when friends and family come round .YOU haven't got the worry, SO you can have your coffee . Take care and all the best. 😊😊👍👍👍👍
What's wrong with just popping the teabag into the cup then adding the water? Simples
Interesting but when they were using the bread and saying in the world of yeast the bread is no longer yeast
tea bag hack is best done on induction stove in a pan
Love these, glad you did a new one. How to make tea: Boil kettle, put teabags in, steep 5 mins. Never boil teabags.
Tea shouldn't be boiled UNLESS you WANT bitter flavors and tannins.
gtk i’ve been wanting to get into tea but seems like there’s so much idk
@@laurag2325 Tea is super easy. Tea usually has instructions on the box/packet for the correct brewing temperature and time. Just pour over hot water and wait.
I’m not sure that’s accurate?? Maybe depends on the tea or what ur gonna put in it? All I know is a middle easterner told me to boil tea and add milk and tea masala for the best tea…. U were meant to boil the water down by half, add some milk, boil down a bit more then serve.
My kettle has a tea holder in the middle, ive always been boiling it with the water since I have it 😅😅 sometimes I was wondering if anything was off about the taste 🫣💀 won't be boiling it no more as it also has a 70, 80 or 90c setting, I'll be using those instead. Thanks for the info! 👍👍
Was going to say the same thing till I see your comment!
My freezer hack is clothes pegs to keep the open ends shut, while leaving enough space in the bag to the packing-down shimmy... :P
I save the tabs off bread bags and do a similar thing.
Just cut a parallel horizontal line along the top of the bag, pour out required contents, and then use the long thin stripe like a shoelace to tie the bag. Its really not that hard. I have no idea why any hack is required...
I have broken many clothes pegs using them as freezer bag seals
@@louiselill1528 Use wood ones, plastic ones become brittle in the freezer, cos plastic sucks...
I favor a rubber band.
You don't need to cut the bag like that, just roll the bag down, the rolled section will be enough to tie it closed.
THAT...... THAT..... is a very sensible thing to do, even with the holes I rip out of the corners some times lol that'll still do. Maybe it's good for peas though (give peas a chance?!) if they have the not so that if you dropped them it wouldn't spill out with the tie in it
I cut the top off under the seal, and use the cut bit as a tie around the bag, no butchered bags, but resealed enough for my freezer.
Rubber band
Barry your hack videos never fail to bring us the best entertainment. Could watch these all day!
for storing bags in the freezer after I open them I just roll the bag up and use one of those metal binder clips, they also work great for bags of chips/crisps etc. For eggs I have an electric steamer, 20 mins in the steamer and the eggs are done, and with the steam they peel super easy.
I steam eggs for 11.5 minutes for a just-past-jammy hard-boiled egg. If I'm only doing one, I use a tin cup with a lid. (Mostly because it's fun.) Soft-boiled = 6.5 minutes.