James May makes the ultimate toasted sandwich
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- For some reason, many of you have asked to see more of me cooking crap food in the Bugout Bunker Kitchen. Well, hold the turkey and the Christmas pudding because here's more on my doomed attempt to find the ideal sandwich pairings for my gin. Warning: Involves a sandwich toaster.
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Tonight, James May uses a toastie maker incorrectly.
And Lucy Brown doesn't eat cheeeese.
How has he used it incorrectly?
@@Guywithnoidentity It's not that deep, my friend. I'm making a little jokey joke.
@flynnpaterson2025 whoever uses the term "jokey joke" is below the age of ten
@@Guywithnoidentity It's Christmas Day. Relax.
Did I watch a man fail to make a toasted sandwich? Yes. Did I enjoy it? Yes, actually.
then you sir indeed are a dork. no doubt about it.
Probably the worst youtube video I have seen. How these peoole make a living out of it is beyond me and I've probably just helped do that 😮
@@Bobsyourunclereally he hardly made a living out of youtube
I'm not sure I enjoyed it, because James clearly had a prejudice against toastie makers and then proceeded to use rubbish bread, rubbish butter, overfill it, put runny wet beans in it, use pre-grated cheese, and not cook it for long enough, and then complain that it wasn't very good.
Feck's sake James. You don't need to pre-cut the bread.
He didn't need to oil his bacon either
I tapped out when he did that. Good lord.
Bruh, he has an acute OCD. One of the characteristics is "following by the book". This must be a recipe he's read somewhere, & these are the steps he's read & memorized.😅
You over filled it !!,,
It's like what an alien would do if they've never seen one before
Top tip don't use pre-grated cheese. Pre-grated cheese is covered in a starch, often potato, to keep the cheese from sticking however; when melting the starches interfere & cause an inconsistent gloopy mess of a texture and prevents proper melting.
@@GitShiddy This guy cheeses
Thissssss, unless ur putting it into...idk pasta... always freshly grate cheese!
In NZ, the pre-grated cheese works great. Never had an issue with it. I normally go for colby though, as it tastes the best when melted.
I've never had any issue with pre grated. 🤷♂️
that's usa cheese
Just make two toasties, one with cheese and one without! You bloody tight arse!😂
he's even already lurpak'd the bread for the second sandwich!
Suspect it's because in James May's head the end result would be four toasted sandwiches and not two toasted sandwiches.
No ! Complications is the stuff of high comedy
James. I know you'll disagree but just cheese and ham toastie in that sandwich press will come out excellent. Let the bread brown. Dont go according to timer but rather your own eye. It will come out sort of like a grilled cheese.
When I moved back in with my parent prior to moving the the US, my Mum (RIP) would offer to make me said toastie after I'd had several tubes of Heiny export watching the telly. They were ace.
Why not just make a classic grilled cheese with a slice of ham between the cheese?
I loved this video, super I had a misfortune, I was diagnosed with ovariian cancedr. I also fcreated a channel and am trying to move in that direction, but so far not very successful(%
`Also don't use those shell shaped one. Just use a normal flat surface press that you can adjust from toast or melt etc. Than again the British are not known for there culinary prowess.
@@aaronmelbourne9506 I beg to differ.....who gave the world some of it best comfort food, the Sheppards/Cottage Pie, the full English Breakfast, the Roast Beef feast, Fish n Chips, the Steak and Kidney Pie, Crumpets, Scones, and of course.....THE TRIFLE?????.......all good honest hearty foods with none that Continental Pretentious you get from foods from places like France, Italy, Spain or even Germany.........
Merry Christmas to James and all of you reading this!
Merry Christmas
Cheers
Merry Christmas to you too 🎄
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎊
❤
Christamas Day 2024...
Watched James May make a baked bean, bacon and cheese toastie in a sandwich maker.
"....don't bother... just go straight to the gin..."
Thank you, James and Lucy... and Merry Christmas.
1:57 “the lights the cost £5 each have failed?” classic james may quote 😂😂😂
I mean, they mention those lights were from Temu.. might as well have thrown away the money instead. 😅
@@GamerScotty If they paid five quid for one of those, they weren't shopping sharp. Okay, maybe after VAT, but they ought not have been more than three.
Now that's 12 minutes I will never get back lol 😂. Though I do always like a laugh with Jame's sense of humour.
Why am I watching a bloke making a sandwich? I will watch to the end though.
He has an entire channel about this. He grew up poor and knows all the ghetto sandwiches. I've only missed the "air" sandwich.
Lurpak 1903! Charge!!
I'd watch James May read the full 1976 Harrods catalogue
@@JemieBridges 1901*
Because we know James will somehow make an arse of it.
Cheese and stuff
You two always make amazing videos together! Thanks to James and Lucy for producing content like this for us fans. I appreciate you!
My Brain often plays pictures of the R101 Airship when on standby mode.
Have you heard the song ''Empire of the clouds'' by Iron Maiden, all about the R101. Thats where my mind went to.
@@IIChristisKingII Hanging at the mast
waiting for command
his majesties airship
the R-101
I love that James can just bring out the very ethos of the most minute things. One of the best things Ive ever seen was that episode of Toy Stories in which they make a glider cross the English Channel, but they had to go to Wales instead. Just the way he articulated the dreams of humanity regarding flight and just how much it really means. I found myself with a tear in my eye.
That was a superb episode.
@sianwarwick633 It was the best. Like... it gave me hope. When nothing else could.
"Cheese"
Yeah .. Did he add cheese??
Cheez
1:08
6:48
1:08 He did it! He said the thing!
What a great Christmas present for us, James and Lucy in the Bugout Bunker. Nice to see Lucy laughing as the sandwich cooker is having a bad case of bean juice diarrhea. Merry Christmas everyone.
"....... next to the George Formby Grill....." 🤣🤣
Turned out nice again!
An old Peter Kay joke I still reference myself 😂
4:15 That is all wrong, you are not meant to cut the bread... NNNNOOOOOOO!
I,m from the U.S. & one of my favorite comfort sandwiches is fried bologna with Swiss cheese & brown spicy mustard or regular mustard on toasted bread . With a nice bowl of soup beef vegetable is one of my favorites.
That is how entire civilized world go about grilled sandwiches, except British... Beans in a toastie... horror
Toasted sandwiches are great. Amazing. James has made a total balls up of it, as usual, but done properly..... Great...
James May and technology. It's a Christmas miracle.
It wouldn't be Christmas without James May making a sandwich
I came here for the marvelous Mr May and stayed for the comments. Thank you everyone, and Merry Christmas! Everyone.
Happy Christmas Captain May, Lucy and all your team! Boas Festas!
As a Canadian, I can confirm we do love our bacon and beans, and they do come in tin cans. Also they have maple syrup added to them.... because we put maple syrup in everything apparently. From beans to bacon, cookies to muffins, candy to alcohol, everything.
I am delighted to see Lego James May making an appearance in the corner.
Lurpak became a verb this episode! Very exciting stuff!
Its great to see Captain Slow back in the bugout bunker Kitchen. Also its weird to see May cut the sandwitch in a different way than usual
Glad to see James so full of energy
1:07 *cheese*
"You've come at a very exciting moment, I'm about ready to make a baked bean, bacon and Cheees sandwich " .... we lov you Bim and thanks to Lucy for making these videos 👏👏👏👏
“Cheesy whiff” will forever be part of my lexicon from this day forward
putting oil on bacon is absolute caveman behaviour
Would it not be the opposite? Modern urbanites wouldn't know, and cavemen wouldn't be sodding around looking for olive oil.
@@SteerCarmer small know of butter to avoid bacon sticking immediately and to add some flavour thats all thats needed
Well, you have to remember, their idea of "bacon" is a bit different than what we have in the US... Definitely more lean, more like a slice of ham...
@@seanseoltoir the US?
@@seanseoltoir who's we?
Please make more videos restoring stuff. You can even drink gin while doing it
"Setanic contraption this is, absolutely appalling" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Jesus Christ I laughed for days about this quote!! 👍
Thanks for the laugh! Merry Christmas!
10:24 is a cracking shot! Bravo James & Lucy :D
May is the drunken chef🤣🤣🤣🤣. Captain Slow Gin🎉😅
You will of course be offering a range of toasted sandwiches in your pub!
This is the best Christmas present… Ever.
I don't know if it says more about myself, or James May that apparently I'm willing to watch this man make a sandwich.
Happy Christmas, James. I hope it's a good day for you. And to Lucy and the rest of the crew. Thank you all!
I think Lucy is the rest of the crew 🙂
this is admittedly the first time seeing James May since watching him on television so many years back. The years have been exceptionally kind to him, he's looking fantastic and the facial hair really suits him.
That aside, it's wonderful to see he has a youtube channel, and even more wonderful to see that it seems to be mostly about sandwiches. I'm not a huge fan of tinned beans, but I'd happily give this a try, just maybe not with a sandwich press. Maybe just on a pan or something.
Dearie me! Whole slices, make the sandwich, Butter the top, place butter side down in the toaster, quickly butter the now upper slice close the toaster, wait, eat.
Merry Christmas James May🎄
Very British having beans in a toasted sandwich. Typically the best ingredients to use in a toastie is ham, cheese, sliced tomatoes with a light smattering of salt, pepper and herb sprinkle. And a good toasted sandwich maker, not the garbage ones. [Chef's kiss]. Merry Christmas James.
Beans-on-toast is murican invention. Apple Pie is British.
James, so sad to hear Amazon cancelled your travel series. My wife and I loved it. But doing the same thing on UA-cam for your gin was awesome. Maybe you could keep doing a travel series that way. Just wanted to let you know we're really enjoying all your content. Keep at it! And we hope you have a great new year.
We need a 10 hour video of James reading manuals for obscure everyday items now. Also... now I know the British have absolutely no idea how to make a good toastie, sincerely Australia
Love a toasted sandwich, have consistently made them since the machines first came out in the 80’s.
Touches raw bacon, touches everything else in the buncer...
Did I just watch James May make a simple brekkie toastie for 12 mins? Yes! Yes I did!
It’s a joy to get a sandwich recipe while I wait for my R101 airship content.
I am so grateful that James has embraced meme culture. At this point Lucy is enjoying content creation with her adopted grandpa and I’m here for it.
Toasted cheese sandwiches are a thing of beauty.
Merry christmas, James! Thanks for the holiday-treat 😊❤
I could not help but chuckle when he said cheese
Handles raw bacon and touches the fridge door handle. Then proceeds to touch everything else without washing his hands too, and he cut the bread before putting it in the toastie maker! MAY!
It's just a small panini-press, yes. It's a staple in Danish households. You take ham and cheese between two slices of bread, smack it in there when the light is green, take it out when it looks sufficiently toasty. Ham and cheese toasty machine. You make the sandwich and then put it in.
As a bonus; You can experiment with various thin cuts of meat in there. Sausage and dijon mustard is one I've found also works well. A thin layer on the dijon, though.
Turkey and chilli sauce, perfect for tomorrow's hangover.
Every house in America bought one of these in the late 1980s.
Thank you Captain Obvious. They've only been around in households since the 1930's! LOL!
We would call this a Jaffle maker in Australia, because it allows for filling and seals the actual sandwich. Here a panini/press toaster is flat plate type. A lot of Australian households will either have one or both types at home depending on how patient they are when making them. We have both as the Jaffle maker is too small for some of the slices of bread.
@@SaulGreatorixMusic You are right in that this isn't a true panini press. A true one that keeps the heating elements horizontal at all times is always a bit more expensive.
This "cheap" version that you can usually get for around 40-45 AUD is just the bog standard that you would find in every home here in Denmark.
You came home from school with your mates, threw off your backpacks, your mate asks if you'd like a "toast", you accept.
That's how it went. Just two 12-13 year olds home alone after school, slapping a slices of ham and slices of individually wrapped cheese between two slices of bread. Into the "toaster", and that's it.
All of that side; I don't know what would be a proper name for this device. Since it doesn't press explicitly from the top and down, but always at an angle.
Francis Cuppola speaking from the Criterion closet and James May cooking in a bunker. This has got to be the best Boxing Day ever! ^^
Lucy Brown's music choice:
We need jungle, I am afraid
Canada calling........nice bit of comfort food.......three slices of whole wheat bread, lightly toasted and buttered, topped with strong old cheddar cheese, bacon and baked beans on one slice of toast and three scrambled eggs divided on the other two.........
1:08 You're welcome everyone.
its 2024 and we are just casually watching james may make toast...i love it!
Shocking Pigs Ears of That .
As a french canadian, I'd never mock you for having beans on toast!! A breakfast staple around here where every bacon and egg order ends with a friendly "J'va t'prendre les binnes pis les cretons avec ça!"
Liked for the R101 airship 😂😂
11:54 James flips off the sandwich maker.🤣🤣
4:33 You don't. The machine does it for you. I eat beans on toast all the time and thought it was a British staple. Guess not. Still good though! "Wou" (as in would)-"stir"-"sher."
James reminds me of the happy times during the 70s,watching my mum making my toasted sandwich after school.
She also had a bottle of gin next to her.
11:54 for James telling viewers how he really feels about "the product"
James, the only good Toastie maker is a Breville Deep Pocket Toastie Maker. Baked beans always overpower the flavour and I think its because of the bean juices seems to saturate and mix with everything else. Strangely canned spaghetti doesn't have the same problem. Block cheese is the better way to go
The Bugout Bunker is back! Merry Christmas James and Crew. Also anything you do is going to be better than Gordon Ramsey's grilled cheese.
I don't think there is anything any where more wonderful that James and Lucy's interactions. Happy Christmas.
100% validates the saying : “The beauty of their women and the taste of their food make brits the best sailors in the world”
Any other decades old jokes?
Best way to make a toasted sandwich. Buy some high quality bread, I like sourdough. Two cheeses, one that melt well the other that will soften but retain some bite, I use Gouda and Emmental. Two slices of the bread, place the cheese in between with a nice chutney. In a frying pan, add a big nob of butter over a medium heat. When melted, place the sandwich in. Using a spatula, press down on the sandwich. When once side is toasted, flip, add more butter and do the same. When both sides are nicely toasted and golden brown, reduce the heat and cook until all the cheese is melted. Remove the sandwich, slice in half, and enjoy.
Merry Christmas and all well wishes to the Mays!
If James did this to wind us up, I'd score him a 10/10.
Never heard of a pork and beans sandwhich.
James May you are so James May !!
Merry Christmas to James Lucy and crew
I love these videos! This is bloody Grade A, top-shelf stuff, crafted with the precision of a master chef. You'd think it was served on a silver platter with and garnish with nonsense.
The machines are fine; my go-to is butter on the outside, then two variants of chili sauce on the inside, ham and cheese. Spicy, tomatoey, almost pizza-like. Good stuff.
I found putting butter along the inside edges helped it seal together a little better. Not sure if that's a placebo effect or not lol.
I had to check, wow James's Gin is actually a pretty good price.
As a side note, you don't need extra oil for bacon. It renders out, especially well with a tiny bit of water.
Merry Christmas James and Lucy. And to your viewers.
RIP Sandwich Toaster. You lived a famous but very short life that felt like real Rock'n Roll.
I feel like using a frying pan and flipping it would be easier and less messy.
Best entertainment, watching a slightly grumpy pedant making a pigs ear of a simple task while reading the instructions and then not following them. Thank you.😊
I absolutaletly love this editing style haha may it continue 🥳
It's nice seeing James may still reliving his screen live after top gear and gt
*8:40** *THE '80s*
James May, the only guy ever to read the instructions on a sandwich toaster 🤣
HAHAHAHA - Pre-cutting the bread in triangles. It's like watching a Beverly Hills housewife discover and use a toasted sandwich maker for the first. Kinda like an ape using a stick a tool for the first time.
Jeremy Clarkson is not in this video. Must look elsewhere for the ape.
You know, if your sandwich oozes out of the toaster, then you are doing it the right way! James May style!
Tonight, watch James May cross contaminate his entire bunker kitchen, then potentially make his friend sick😂. Mate, raw pork and zero hand washing….
Bacon is not raw. It is smoked.
It happens every time. James is probably immune by now. Bacon is raw otherwise why do we cook it? It is not a preserved meat otherwise it'd be dry and it wouldn't go off. Leave some bacon at room temperature and see what happens.
@@matthewwakeham2206 bacon is not raw, it's cured. Besides he also fried it.
the pork isn't raw and how do you know he didn't wash his hands?
I saw that, he wiped raw bacon grease all over the fridge, wiped his hand on a little piece of paper then wiped raw bacon grease all over the bread. I wouldn't trust any food he prepares
It was like watching Clarkson put together a CATERHAM 7. Merry Christmas 😊
I think everyone has made a toastie at least once, realised it was too much effort then the machine gets forgotten in a cupboard for the rest of eternity. It's like a rite of passage in the UK for anybody around in the 80's and 90's.
Making the toastie is easy. It's cleaning the thing afterwards - that is a grind
@@neilgodwin6531 Put baking paper on it and just replace it when needed. Been using that trick for years and seldom have to clean the toastie maker.
“Bacon produces its own lubricant.” Classic James May.
Maybe too much sounds and signs added? The relaxation of James's voice and acting is gone now. A bummer.
The excess bean juice out of the back of the product was class.