It's James May making a sandwich and eating it...and yet, it is higher quality entertainment than 90% of videos on UA-cam. More sandwich content please!
Seeing Lucy eat more than half the sandwich in one bite is so funny compared to the mouse nibbles every other time she's tried something in the Bugout Bunker. She was clearly excited for this one lol
I've lived in the US all my life and I've literally never seen this sandwich before. There is something similar, however, from recent history. Back in the 1970s, to commemorate the presidency of Jimmy Carter, there was a "Jimmy Carter Sandwich" devised in his honor. It was 2 pieces of bread (no butter), each with a nice thick layer of peanut butter. On one piece, cover the entire surface of the peanut butter with mini marshmallows, a couple layers deep if possible. Then put the other piece on top to anchor the marshmallows between the layers of peanut butter. When cut in half, the cut sides have the appearance of president Carter's toothy grin. It's further a tribute to president Carter because it's made with peanut butter, and Mr. Carter was a peanut farmer in Georgia before he took up politics. There now, try again. Thanks!
I'm an American who grew up eating at least one or two of these a week. No Lurpak Spreadable Butter in the States (although we did have "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter") but then again we don't tend to put butter on many sandwiches here. I don't think I've had a Fluffernutter Sandwich since I was 9 or 10, and I'm happy about that.
I miss OG Food Tribe with James May in the bug out bunker and Drive Tribe when he opened viewer mail\packages. “What’s Next?” was just a dumb way to give Hammond’s daughter a channel that was already filled with subscribers. I enjoyed the competition and hijinx when James and Hammond had two “separate” companies\shows in the same building and messed with each other.
Dear James - as a lifelong US citizen and Chicagoan;, I can confidently tell you that the American sandwich that ought to be eaten with your American Mustard gin isn't a Fluffernutter (of which I've had hundreds) but instead is the classic Chicago hot dog.. I've devised an American Mustard Martini that uses 2 oz of your gin, 1/2 oz of dry vermouth, and a dash of celery bitters. Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail glass you've rinsed with a little bit of brine from a bottle of Chicago sport peppers, and serve garnished with a cocktail onion and a sport pepper. I'll send you some sport peppers if you want to try this.
James, for your gastronomic pleasure, may I suggest a peanut butter and honey sandwich. Peanut butter on one piece of the bread and then just enough honey to slightly soak in to the other piece, then placed together. It gives a lovely bit of a squish with each bite. A staple of my 1960’s and 70’s American childhood and I am salivating just now even thinking about it. No Lurpak invented in 1903 needed.
Peanut butter and honey and raisins is actually quite good. But then I'm the guy that thinks Vegemite and apricot jam on toast is wonderful. No, not that disgusting abomination Marmite.
pb and honey is one of my favorite uses for raw toast, unless meat/cheese is called for. not a fan of the chemical flavored white goo that is deconstructed marshmallow
I prefer pecan butter and honey but, you can't go wrong with peanut butter and honey since its a lot easier to find a variety of peanut butter, than it is to find pecan butter.
I do agree!! I can not put a finger on why! just saw the Hammond and May drinking his new Gin,, That video would have been so much more entertaining if Lucy had been in it, and not liking Gin 🙂
@@mannywilliams6409 same it was fluffernutters my mom made for my brother, sisters and myself that made not like marshmellows pbj all the way at age 60 at least once a week
From Massachusetts here, these are definitely a new england/northeast thing. They used to have these in the school cafeteria when I was in kindergarten, although hilariously they tried to make them healthier by using whole wheat bread instead of white bread. props for using the real marshmallow fluff from the town of Lynn instead of that kraft stuff, next time put a lot more of it (and the peanut butter) on the sandwich, and no butter.
I'm from Massachusetts, which is in America, and fluff is a staple in our diets growing up! Fluff, and subsequently fluffernutters, were invented here and are very common in New England. It's great on hot chocolate. But, whatever you do, DO NOT PUT BUTTER ON IT!
Exactly. Butter is rarely needed on sandwiches. Not sure why James slathers every one with it. BTW, I used to work with one of the Durkees, so we got free jars of Fluff once in a while.
We just need a series called “James May, Exists” (which would just be continuous footage of James may living his life with the parts of the video of him like in the toilets or bath or sleeping cut out) And it would probably be more entertaining than 90% of the content on social media.
Hi James! Had not watched your content in years, but just the other day while at the local grocery store, i grabbed a packet of Lurpak from the shelf and caught myself muttering under my breath, the word: "1901". So now I'm back for what I'm sure must be a very important and enlightening video. Thanks!
I'm from the northeast USA where this was a childhood treat! I've never seen butter put on it. Typically it's just white Wonder Bread with peanut butter and Fluff. But you can go even further and do peanut butter, Fluff, AND jelly! it's a bit difficult to spread though, maybe easiest to put the jelly on last
No butter! Just peanut butter and fluff on separate slices. Fun fact - in the US version of The Office S6E15, Michael Scott visits his former boss David Wallace, and David makes a fluffernutter sandwich while talking to Michael in his kitchen.
I understand he has on obsession with lurpak, but if the recipe doesn't call for butter, don't use it. He made the same mistake with the bacon, banana & peanut butter sandwich.
I grew up with this and my mom grew up with it as well. No butter, Americans don't put butter on their sandwiches. A thick slather of peanut butter with an equally thick slather of the fluff on the squishiest white bread available. If you want it fancy, add some banana, but slice it in half long ways so it doesn't just fall off as you eat it. Hands down, my childhood sandwich I still enjoy at 39 (my mom does too). Now I really want one.... Edit: made one and enjoying it. My cat also loves anything with peanut butter, so she's trying to eat it as well. I used crunchy and enjoy the textures. I also don't buy squishy white bread, so it's on a healthier bread option
I really enjoy how James said he liked peanut butter, even tasting it off his finger when spreading it. I use that exact peanut butter smooth from Tesco and, in the spirit of America, I eat PBJ sandwiches with a mug of tea/glass of milk for most evenings before bed. I don't know why I started making them, they just seem like a relatively healthy and delicious late night meal, the milk helps sleeping too.
I've been an American for 41 out of 41 years and I've never had one of these. I think they're almost exclusively a New England thing. Also, I'm genuinely perplexed as to how that is supposed to pair with mustard flavored gin.
I’m an American as well and I have never had one of these nor been in the presence of anyone eating one. I think an American hot dog would pair better with mustard gin.
You got it. I grew up in New England and a Fluffer-nutter is peak kid food...we never put butter on it though. On a side note the Fluff is excellent on top of hot chocolate as well.
Definitely not a New England exclusive thing. I’ve lived in Florida my entire life (32 years) and have eaten them since I was a kid. I actually remember the jars of marshmallow fluff suggesting to make a fluffernutter on the back side years ago alongside “never fail fudge”. Both of those might actually still be on there 🤔
I was informed recently they are an especially New Hampshire thing. As a resident I have had perhaps a half-dozen in my life, but they certainly had never before been touted to me as local culture.
American for 55 of my 55 years. West coaster nearly all of that time. Have been eating these since I was a kid, and still do on occasion. If it's regional, it must be a left-coast thing. 🤷♂
This is the State Sandwich of Massachusetts, mostly because Fluff was invented in Massachusetts. I haven't had one in years, but I find it's better on toasted bread, and we don't add butter. Toasting the bread makes it easier to spread the Fluff, and if the toast is still warm, the fluff melts slightly into the bread, giving it an almost crunchy sweet texture.
Being from Maine Fluff was a thing as a kid but I'd say these days it's used more for making rice crispy squares than snack size sandwiches. More great content!
@@mysteryegg340 We like our BLTs, but it's not America's favorite sandwich so I'd say it belongs to the Brits. *The* American sandwich is the grilled cheese, followed by the common cold-cut sandwiches (chicken, turkey, roast beef, and ham). Before we knew how bad bologna was for us, bologna sandos conquered all.
@@mysteryegg340 Yes the BLT as we know it today is American. Kinda like hamburgers, where people believe the lie of "they're from Hamburg, Germany!" but it's not really true
As a self-styled fluffernutter aficionado you need to skip the butter and really slather on the peanut butter (chunky only) to help cut the sweetness of the fluff. And the only beverage to pair with the fluffernutter is a tall glass of ice cold chocolte milk.
@@999theeagle Ah that probably explains it. Im from the South so that didn't make it down here I guess. At least not in any big way. Odd though because I could see people liking it lol
From PA, and we made them there. Also, a podcast by people from CA that I love (The After Disaster) used to use the word as code that you were an OG listener. Never seen anyone add butter to it, but butter makes everything better.
This isn't the ultimate American sandwich. This is a super regional thing. The ultimate American sandwich is either a grilled cheese made with Kraft singles, or a PB&J made with crunchy peanut butter and either Strawberry or Grape Jelly.
Nice to see some New England cuisine represented in the media that isn't our (best-in-the-world) seafood. Marshmallow Fluff first hit the markets in 1917 and has been a favorite sweet spread ever since. Although it's most often seen in the Fluffernutter, it good as a dessert topping in general. I think that the "butter on every sandwich" thing must be an English thing; my dad was the only person I ever knew that did it and he picked up the habit from his grandfather who was born in Devon.
Ive had that in California were I’m from. Now living in England 16 years.. friends that were from Boston came to California and served it to me. I was dubious about it, but when I tried it, it was actually very good surprisingly. James said it was “ok”. So it must be good.. cheers 🍻
I watched the video and scrolled all the comments just to see if I'd find another filthy monkey here. I just kept picturing Joe and Skippy making this instructional video for the galley.
Dear James , with just a few subtle changes I believe I have improved this pairing with your beautiful gin , by just removing the raw council toast , pulverised nut goop and the toxic waste known as fluff and reducing the Lurpak percentage to zero , then adding perhaps 1 or two cubes of frozen council pop into a glass and a good three fingers of gin I do believe it's immeasurably improved
The ultimate American sandwich would have a copious amount of meat, some obscene concoction of sauce, the merest suggestion of some fried veggie toppings to make it seem healthier than it is, and leave you in a coma until next morning.
Sauced drenched meat of your choice, a bit of green lettuce. Plus "Secrete sauce" and melted cheese of some type. Done. It would not have a literal ton of meat, but the total cost would suggest that it did. The brochure would also suggest that it was 100% meat from an actual farm, not an amalgamation of byproducts that it actually is.
I was born and raised in the state of Oregon and this "ultimate American sandwich" must be regional at best. I am 67 years old, and I have never heard of this combination for a sandwich, ever!
I mean, you could make a philly cheesesteak, a reuben, a club, but you choose a fluffernutter that no one but portly girls from Chicago eat, and then say it represents America. This is like saying Haggis represents the UK.
I do genuinely wonder if James believes anything he says about America or if it's all to generate controversy/commentary. Even going back to the early Top Gear days, about 95% of what any one of them said about America was simply not accurate, but they just did it as a gag (and probably some ignorance). James is not only smart enough to know better, he's been to the US enough times to know better. Then again 99% of his time in America has been in SoCal, so that's probably colored his ideas about us.
@@HikuroMishiroI think he's just memeing. He kept making comments on the massive hotel breakfasts he was eating in America acting like those were normal too.
I'm surprised you decided to do this. I live in Massachusetts and it's rare to find people who know what it is in the surrounding states, let alone the rest of the country or across the pond. I will also say it's very rare to find an opened jar of fluff that doesn't have a few specs of peanut butter in it. You don't need lurpak spreadable butter, but I would advise on getting chunky peanut butter for texture
Sorry, I've already liked this video and haven't even watched 10 seconds of it. @2:20 Actually, I think the Slo Mo guys need to get on that and do a 10,000 FPS video of James spreading peanut butter on council toast.
My mom used to serve these as treats on the rare occasion we kids actually behaved. You didn't use nearly enough Fluff, it should be oozing out the sides and dripping on the dog.
When i was a boy in the 80's, here in Scotland, i used to make pieces with Peanut Butter(chunky, has to be chunky, smooth is awful), Jam(usually Strawberry), and Marshmallows. Sweetness overload, but i loved it.
To the contrary, the ultimate American sandwich is not made with government bread, but with sourdough, preferably a sourdough roll, toasted. The filings would be thin-sliced roast beef, lettuce, onion, and tomato with American cheese. The condiments would be mayonnaise on one slice, sprinkled with black pepper, and yellow mustard on the other. Served with lager.
True new englander here(great state of Maine) and its just peanut butter and fuff. Pb and butter go on toast. Butter first then peanut butter on top while everything is still hot.
James making a New England staple! The fluffnutter is absolutely delicious and with a little bit of honey it adds to the experience! Massachusetts being represented very well!
Every kid in Massachusetts, possibly all of New England, had this as an alternative option to the main lunch menu in grade school. Goes well with chocolate milk. No Butter. Cut diagonally and placed in a wax paper wrap. It was practically all sugar. Good thing recess was right after lunch.
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I love how "James May makes a sandwich" has become a genre of videos.
Imagine it slaps. He once beat G.R. dontcha know.
It's the Chorleywood bread process that makes it stick.
TONIGHT!
I try to run a farm!
Richard drives a car!
And James makes a sandwich!
Nobody can make it like he does. That little commentary, trivia, fun facts. And of course his voice and pronunciation.
"guy makes sandwich" is a channel trend right now, I swear.
It's James May making a sandwich and eating it...and yet, it is higher quality entertainment than 90% of videos on UA-cam. More sandwich content please!
But he cut it length ways!! You cut non diagonally to have to a top half and a bottom half
Sooo true
@RhysWilliams-u3o yes but the resulting hand squares ?
they gotta make more american ones. like a patty melt
Seeing Lucy eat more than half the sandwich in one bite is so funny compared to the mouse nibbles every other time she's tried something in the Bugout Bunker. She was clearly excited for this one lol
That's due to the fact Lucy KNEW there was no cheese to be found on this sandwich.
@@theloneranger2101 what are you trying to say?
And seconds too, unheard of 😂
James should have hidden some cheeeeeeze in it.
Double the volume of fluff and then we're on the right track.
I've lived in the US all my life and I've literally never seen this sandwich before. There is something similar, however, from recent history. Back in the 1970s, to commemorate the presidency of Jimmy Carter, there was a "Jimmy Carter Sandwich" devised in his honor. It was 2 pieces of bread (no butter), each with a nice thick layer of peanut butter. On one piece, cover the entire surface of the peanut butter with mini marshmallows, a couple layers deep if possible. Then put the other piece on top to anchor the marshmallows between the layers of peanut butter. When cut in half, the cut sides have the appearance of president Carter's toothy grin. It's further a tribute to president Carter because it's made with peanut butter, and Mr. Carter was a peanut farmer in Georgia before he took up politics. There now, try again. Thanks!
It's a New England thing, like whoopie pies, old fashioned moxie, and coffee milk.
It's a New England thing
@@grumpynerdand Cains mayonnaise
Totally a New England thing. Down south it’s the Toasted Elvis. Peanut butter, banana, and honey.
Same here. I'm from the PNW, and I've never heard of it. Sounds too sweet, to me
the little zoom onto the 1901 on the fridge every time he says 1903 is peak comedy
@rucker69 Good call, my friend. 🙂
I noticed this as well.
If I'm not mistaken, that is editor Lucy editorializing and casting shade on her boss. I very much approve.
I laughed out loud the second time :D
I can picture you laughing like your pfp every time it happens lol
how crazy is it that we watched this man drive cars around for over 20 years and now its sammiches
The fluffer nutter is primarily northeast USA. And even further a Massachusetts sandwich. No butter. Just peanut butter and marshmallow fluff
MA! MAKE ME ANOTHA FLUFFANUTTA!
I made them in Texas 50 years ago no butter I think thats the English part. They put butter on saltines
born and raised in Boston, I can confirm. I moved out west as an adult and barely anyone outside of the colonies has ever had a pb&fluff sandwich.
Buffalo NY and yea but way more fluff than he uses right?
@@GoTakeADrive I like how your comment has the "translate to English" option below it 🤭
I like how the hoodie and the fridge are exactly the same shade, that's really nice
Man just cant escape the color brown.
"Rust".
and the bread wrapper!
We really need a James May Oh Cook series 3 on Amazon Prime.
Didn't they only make 2series of that
They said they can't make one because it will be boring since James can cook now
@@samazadi7373 not according to this 🤢. They should just make Oh, Cook 3 on here instead.
Should of done a Christmas special
Yep, still gutted they're not doing another one. Loved the first two seasons.
I'm an American who grew up eating at least one or two of these a week. No Lurpak Spreadable Butter in the States (although we did have "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter") but then again we don't tend to put butter on many sandwiches here. I don't think I've had a Fluffernutter Sandwich since I was 9 or 10, and I'm happy about that.
Lucy's genuine affection and James' fatherly behavior is just heart warming. It made my day and I rarely smile these days,
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if it ever turns out Lucy was secretly James's daughter all along exactly zero people will be surprised
Mr May is just consistently healing my inner child
She is utterly delightful
Smile more friend. Your alive.. that’s something 🎉
A favorite when I was a child, far too sweet now at 73. Don't forget to try peanut butter and banana slices. Love the episodes!!
We need more sandwich content asap. This was a breath of fresh air.
@cameronjarrett8763 Agreed! More bunker gastronomy in general. 😁
I miss OG Food Tribe with James May in the bug out bunker and Drive Tribe when he opened viewer mail\packages. “What’s Next?” was just a dumb way to give Hammond’s daughter a channel that was already filled with subscribers. I enjoyed the competition and hijinx when James and Hammond had two “separate” companies\shows in the same building and messed with each other.
Dear James - as a lifelong US citizen and Chicagoan;, I can confidently tell you that the American sandwich that ought to be eaten with your American Mustard gin isn't a Fluffernutter (of which I've had hundreds) but instead is the classic Chicago hot dog.. I've devised an American Mustard Martini that uses 2 oz of your gin, 1/2 oz of dry vermouth, and a dash of celery bitters. Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail glass you've rinsed with a little bit of brine from a bottle of Chicago sport peppers, and serve garnished with a cocktail onion and a sport pepper. I'll send you some sport peppers if you want to try this.
As a Detroiter, I beg to differ! A Coney Island hot dog is definitely the way to go!
James, for your gastronomic pleasure, may I suggest a peanut butter and honey sandwich. Peanut butter on one piece of the bread and then just enough honey to slightly soak in to the other piece, then placed together. It gives a lovely bit of a squish with each bite. A staple of my 1960’s and 70’s American childhood and I am salivating just now even thinking about it. No Lurpak invented in 1903 needed.
Peanut butter and honey and raisins is actually quite good. But then I'm the guy that thinks Vegemite and apricot jam on toast is wonderful. No, not that disgusting abomination Marmite.
pb and honey is one of my favorite uses for raw toast, unless meat/cheese is called for.
not a fan of the chemical flavored white goo that is deconstructed marshmallow
Peanut butter, honey, and potato chips!
PB and bananas were a staple when I was a kid. Add some honey and that's a win.
I prefer pecan butter and honey but, you can't go wrong with peanut butter and honey since its a lot easier to find a variety of peanut butter, than it is to find pecan butter.
Always nice to see James and Lucy, their interactions make me happy
I do agree,, a bit more fun when they disagree on the result..
Nothing better than watching a man make a sandwich while on my lunch break.
Same here
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you are living the dream my friend
You've got a real theme going
I'm literally eating a sandwich doing the same 😂
Never needed one of these more than today. Thank you to the staff who helped edit and produce and James for making a sandwich
And Lucy for her wit as well!
And we're back in the bug out bunker, yes! Thanks Lucy, James and team!
As a 54 year old American, I've never heard of that nasty sandwich.
I think James should have taken at least a sip of gin and tonic, just to see how well they pair.
What, and fulfill the premise of the entire idea? Madness.
James May content filmed and produced by Lucy Brown is the greatest thing in the world this decade. Unparalleled stuff
I do agree!! I can not put a finger on why! just saw the Hammond and May drinking his new Gin,, That video would have been so much more entertaining if Lucy had been in it, and not liking Gin 🙂
Fluffernutters are the official sandwich of Massachusetts. As a life long resident, this was a staple lunchtime sandwich of childhood.
My brother loved them. I could not stand them, PBJ guy even at 59 years of age.
@@mannywilliams6409 same it was fluffernutters my mom made for my brother, sisters and myself that made not like marshmellows pbj all the way at age 60 at least once a week
I knew it had to be a regional thing. I have never heard of this until now.
From Massachusetts here, these are definitely a new england/northeast thing. They used to have these in the school cafeteria when I was in kindergarten, although hilariously they tried to make them healthier by using whole wheat bread instead of white bread. props for using the real marshmallow fluff from the town of Lynn instead of that kraft stuff, next time put a lot more of it (and the peanut butter) on the sandwich, and no butter.
I'm from Massachusetts, which is in America, and fluff is a staple in our diets growing up! Fluff, and subsequently fluffernutters, were invented here and are very common in New England. It's great on hot chocolate.
But, whatever you do, DO NOT PUT BUTTER ON IT!
Exactly. Butter is rarely needed on sandwiches. Not sure why James slathers every one with it. BTW, I used to work with one of the Durkees, so we got free jars of Fluff once in a while.
We just need a series called “James May, Exists” (which would just be continuous footage of James may living his life with the parts of the video of him like in the toilets or bath or sleeping cut out)
And it would probably be more entertaining than 90% of the content on social media.
Hi James! Had not watched your content in years, but just the other day while at the local grocery store, i grabbed a packet of Lurpak from the shelf and caught myself muttering under my breath, the word: "1901".
So now I'm back for what I'm sure must be a very important and enlightening video.
Thanks!
And cutting it into quarters for snacks…… you just lit my memories up big time.
James just can't help himself putting butter on white bread I think.
It's not just butter! It's Lurpak spreadable butter invented in 1901!
@@captvalstrax 1903 according to james lol
All sandwiches should be buttered…
Perhaps not this one.
@@Petrolheadrwd Except if it's American because we don't butter sandwiches, that's insanity.
I'm from the northeast USA where this was a childhood treat! I've never seen butter put on it. Typically it's just white Wonder Bread with peanut butter and Fluff. But you can go even further and do peanut butter, Fluff, AND jelly! it's a bit difficult to spread though, maybe easiest to put the jelly on last
I nearly stopped watching when he put the butter on it. I'm also a Yankee.
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More bunker shenanigans please James.
I am always here for more bugout bunker kitchen content!
Any day with another Lucy offering is a great day.
She is lovely... talented young lady
I'm loving to see that Harmond and James are still around on UA-cam making high quality content
No butter!
Just peanut butter and fluff on separate slices.
Fun fact - in the US version of The Office S6E15, Michael Scott visits his former boss David Wallace, and David makes a fluffernutter sandwich while talking to Michael in his kitchen.
Don't be ridiculous! You cannot make a sandwich of any kind without butter, or Lurpak 1903.
As a professional Newenglander, I can confirm, the only butter that goes on a fluffernutter is the peanut butter.
@@Tim091 1901!😂
I understand he has on obsession with lurpak, but if the recipe doesn't call for butter, don't use it. He made the same mistake with the bacon, banana & peanut butter sandwich.
as a native New Englander, a little butter on the peanut butter side of the sandwich to keep the bread from tearing is pretty normal
A claggy fondant. I always learn new words when I listen to James.
Fluff is a New England classic. Used to eat it up all the time as a kid. Cant remember the last time I had a Fluffernutter sandwich!
I grew up with this and my mom grew up with it as well. No butter, Americans don't put butter on their sandwiches. A thick slather of peanut butter with an equally thick slather of the fluff on the squishiest white bread available. If you want it fancy, add some banana, but slice it in half long ways so it doesn't just fall off as you eat it. Hands down, my childhood sandwich I still enjoy at 39 (my mom does too).
Now I really want one....
Edit: made one and enjoying it. My cat also loves anything with peanut butter, so she's trying to eat it as well. I used crunchy and enjoy the textures. I also don't buy squishy white bread, so it's on a healthier bread option
Lucy - "I don't like salty-sweet"
...least surprising thing I've heard all day
From Here in LA to back in the bunker. This is awesome. MORE PLEASE.
A sandwich Lucy Brown likes? Is this the first sign of the Apocalypse?
All the news papers, had to clear the front page!! 🙂
I really enjoy how James said he liked peanut butter, even tasting it off his finger when spreading it. I use that exact peanut butter smooth from Tesco and, in the spirit of America, I eat PBJ sandwiches with a mug of tea/glass of milk for most evenings before bed. I don't know why I started making them, they just seem like a relatively healthy and delicious late night meal, the milk helps sleeping too.
I've been an American for 41 out of 41 years and I've never had one of these. I think they're almost exclusively a New England thing. Also, I'm genuinely perplexed as to how that is supposed to pair with mustard flavored gin.
I’m an American as well and I have never had one of these nor been in the presence of anyone eating one. I think an American hot dog would pair better with mustard gin.
You got it. I grew up in New England and a Fluffer-nutter is peak kid food...we never put butter on it though. On a side note the Fluff is excellent on top of hot chocolate as well.
Definitely not a New England exclusive thing. I’ve lived in Florida my entire life (32 years) and have eaten them since I was a kid. I actually remember the jars of marshmallow fluff suggesting to make a fluffernutter on the back side years ago alongside “never fail fudge”.
Both of those might actually still be on there 🤔
I was informed recently they are an especially New Hampshire thing. As a resident I have had perhaps a half-dozen in my life, but they certainly had never before been touted to me as local culture.
American for 55 of my 55 years. West coaster nearly all of that time. Have been eating these since I was a kid, and still do on occasion. If it's regional, it must be a left-coast thing. 🤷♂
Looks like a cardiac's doctor heart attack.
the age old dilemma - 1901 vs 1903
1903
3:40 instructions unclear, cut knife in half with sandwich.
Yes!! the bunker kitchen is back!!
I wish James and Lucy would make a TV show!
Lucy and James camping through Japan,,, just an idea!
I love these videos, I wish they were a weekly thing
This is the State Sandwich of Massachusetts, mostly because Fluff was invented in Massachusetts. I haven't had one in years, but I find it's better on toasted bread, and we don't add butter. Toasting the bread makes it easier to spread the Fluff, and if the toast is still warm, the fluff melts slightly into the bread, giving it an almost crunchy sweet texture.
He's back, love these.
Being from Maine Fluff was a thing as a kid but I'd say these days it's used more for making rice crispy squares than snack size sandwiches. More great content!
Of all american sandwiches to go with mustard gin, he picks the one latchkey kids eat. Try a blt or club sandwich.
Not to mention a very regional sandwich.
Is a BLT American though? Pretty common in the UK.
@@mysteryegg340 We like our BLTs, but it's not America's favorite sandwich so I'd say it belongs to the Brits. *The* American sandwich is the grilled cheese, followed by the common cold-cut sandwiches (chicken, turkey, roast beef, and ham). Before we knew how bad bologna was for us, bologna sandos conquered all.
@@mysteryegg340 Yes the BLT as we know it today is American. Kinda like hamburgers, where people believe the lie of "they're from Hamburg, Germany!" but it's not really true
As a self-styled fluffernutter aficionado you need to skip the butter and really slather on the peanut butter (chunky only) to help cut the sweetness of the fluff. And the only beverage to pair with the fluffernutter is a tall glass of ice cold chocolte milk.
yall are too specific with ts just make the sandwhich and eat it
Bread with peanut butter and fluff toasted openface is the best.
Thank you Captain James, I look forward to your next creation x ❤
Ive never heard of this sandwich and im American. However, I appreciate May’s sacrifice. I might need to try it one day.
Fluff is made in Lynn, Massachusetts and it's a New England area sandwich.
Have with regaular chips possibly fritos and milk.
@@999theeagle Ah that probably explains it. Im from the South so that didn't make it down here I guess. At least not in any big way. Odd though because I could see people liking it lol
From PA, and we made them there.
Also, a podcast by people from CA that I love (The After Disaster) used to use the word as code that you were an OG listener.
Never seen anyone add butter to it, but butter makes everything better.
@@unbindingfloydfrom the south and people eat them in my area. Peanut butter and banana is king though.
Love the colour matchy matchy!!! We need series 3 of James May cooking show!!! And more bunker content plse
I’ve never known an American to eat such a sandwich, but I like watching James do anything.
It might be a southern/Midwestern thing I have had them but since I was a kid
To my knowledge they're more of a Southern thing. Certainly never had one here in Michigan.
@@robertlarson7224I have had them and I'm a michigander.
It’s a New England thing
They exist in western new york as qwell
Imagine you at home in your apartment minding your own business, cough a little bit and the just hear James May yelling at you to go to the doctor
1:28 "crunchy peanut butter is for the plebs" 😂
Someone please teach May (the worlds loudest chewer) that every sandwich does NOT need butter!
"Flood the cowling, plenty of it"
This isn't the ultimate American sandwich.
This is a super regional thing.
The ultimate American sandwich is either a grilled cheese made with Kraft singles, or a PB&J made with crunchy peanut butter and either Strawberry or Grape Jelly.
Alright, now I need the lore why you hate the word fondant
Because it's French, obviously. 😂
@@RedMage117 Its the sheet rock of frosting, it Works but dear god is it unsightly
Instructions unclear, got my Dacia Sandero caught in the ceiling fan.
Nice to see some New England cuisine represented in the media that isn't our (best-in-the-world) seafood. Marshmallow Fluff first hit the markets in 1917 and has been a favorite sweet spread ever since. Although it's most often seen in the Fluffernutter, it good as a dessert topping in general.
I think that the "butter on every sandwich" thing must be an English thing; my dad was the only person I ever knew that did it and he picked up the habit from his grandfather who was born in Devon.
Ive had that in California were I’m from. Now living in England 16 years.. friends that were from Boston came to California and served it to me. I was dubious about it, but when I tried it, it was actually very good surprisingly. James said it was “ok”. So it must be good.. cheers 🍻
Joe Bishop approved.
I watched the video and scrolled all the comments just to see if I'd find another filthy monkey here. I just kept picturing Joe and Skippy making this instructional video for the galley.
@v8thumpertwin I thought surely I couldn't be the only pirate watching this 😂
here is the comment i was looking for.
I’m from Massachusetts and I can say when I was growing up I leveled up my Fluff&Nutter by adding Welch’s Concorde Grape 🍇 Jelly!!!!! It’s excellent
I'm an American. And, I've never had this sandwich before .. 🤔
Same. I've heard of it but never had one. Definitely not a common sandwich lol.
It's a New England thing
@@GoTakeADrive That would explain it. I'm on the other side of the country..
Yeah, the fluffernutter is a US midwest thing. As a midwesterner, I hate marshmallow fluff.
Is that a James May Lego?
That’s been around for years !
Yep. A gift from Lucy. Pretty awesome.
@@Owencr905 I guess I never noticed it till now
"we are going to pair my gin with food"... proceeds to have the food without the gin
Dear James , with just a few subtle changes I believe I have improved this pairing with your beautiful gin , by just removing the raw council toast , pulverised nut goop and the toxic waste known as fluff and reducing the Lurpak percentage to zero , then adding perhaps 1 or two cubes of frozen council pop into a glass and a good three fingers of gin I do believe it's immeasurably improved
People not subscribing in their hundreds of thousands. Excellent job Mr May & Lucy Brown!
The ultimate American sandwich would have a copious amount of meat, some obscene concoction of sauce, the merest suggestion of some fried veggie toppings to make it seem healthier than it is, and leave you in a coma until next morning.
And of course, cheese!
Sauced drenched meat of your choice, a bit of green lettuce. Plus "Secrete sauce" and melted cheese of some type. Done. It would not have a literal ton of meat, but the total cost would suggest that it did. The brochure would also suggest that it was 100% meat from an actual farm, not an amalgamation of byproducts that it actually is.
So, a Reuben?
I was born and raised in the state of Oregon and this "ultimate American sandwich" must be regional at best. I am 67 years old, and I have never heard of this combination for a sandwich, ever!
I mean, you could make a philly cheesesteak, a reuben, a club, but you choose a fluffernutter that no one but portly girls from Chicago eat, and then say it represents America. This is like saying Haggis represents the UK.
I do genuinely wonder if James believes anything he says about America or if it's all to generate controversy/commentary. Even going back to the early Top Gear days, about 95% of what any one of them said about America was simply not accurate, but they just did it as a gag (and probably some ignorance). James is not only smart enough to know better, he's been to the US enough times to know better. Then again 99% of his time in America has been in SoCal, so that's probably colored his ideas about us.
@@HikuroMishiroI think he's just memeing. He kept making comments on the massive hotel breakfasts he was eating in America acting like those were normal too.
I'm surprised you decided to do this. I live in Massachusetts and it's rare to find people who know what it is in the surrounding states, let alone the rest of the country or across the pond. I will also say it's very rare to find an opened jar of fluff that doesn't have a few specs of peanut butter in it. You don't need lurpak spreadable butter, but I would advise on getting chunky peanut butter for texture
Sorry, I've already liked this video and haven't even watched 10 seconds of it. @2:20 Actually, I think the Slo Mo guys need to get on that and do a 10,000 FPS video of James spreading peanut butter on council toast.
This was a common primary school available sandwich for lunches
As an American that is 43 years of age, I've never eaten one of these and no one I know has eaten one either.
What part of the nation?
@@kingjellybean9795 Minnesota, I do realize this is more of a southern thing.
@@jeffc6832 Nah, this sandwich is a New England thing, and growing up there I don't think I knew a single person who hasn't had one.
As an American, I've never seen, heard of, or tasted such a thing.
As an American, I personally find the fluff revolting. I advise not touching it as it is impossible to wash off.
Its like glue but worse...keeps the dog occupied though
Finally. I been waiting for a long time for more of these videos
My mom used to serve these as treats on the rare occasion we kids actually behaved. You didn't use nearly enough Fluff, it should be oozing out the sides and dripping on the dog.
You just need to put all this into a campfire sandwich press and cook it. AMAZING!
I love finding out about American food as an American watching James May make stuff in his bunker. The fact that Lucy Brown likes it makes me curious.
When i was a boy in the 80's, here in Scotland, i used to make pieces with Peanut Butter(chunky, has to be chunky, smooth is awful), Jam(usually Strawberry), and Marshmallows. Sweetness overload, but i loved it.
Fluffernutter sandwiches are very nice . Fluff also goes well spread on Digestive biscuits.
"Chunky peanut butter is for plebs" and Jeremy Clarkson is the better driver
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To the contrary, the ultimate American sandwich is not made with government bread, but with sourdough, preferably a sourdough roll, toasted. The filings would be thin-sliced roast beef, lettuce, onion, and tomato with American cheese. The condiments would be mayonnaise on one slice, sprinkled with black pepper, and yellow mustard on the other. Served with lager.
True new englander here(great state of Maine) and its just peanut butter and fuff.
Pb and butter go on toast. Butter first then peanut butter on top while everything is still hot.
James making a New England staple! The fluffnutter is absolutely delicious and with a little bit of honey it adds to the experience! Massachusetts being represented very well!
I've missed these sandwich videos. Please make some more and more often.
Being a fan of the best version of Top Gear, i was compelled to subscribe.
As an American that grew up with fluffernutters. Spreading butter made me scream internally!
So many things to watch on UA-cam and I prefer this
Every kid in Massachusetts, possibly all of New England, had this as an alternative option to the main lunch menu in grade school. Goes well with chocolate milk. No Butter. Cut diagonally and placed in a wax paper wrap. It was practically all sugar. Good thing recess was right after lunch.