I’m a flight attendant, and this episode has inspired me. I would love to see more videos where you create a meal using only a microwave, a coffee maker, and ingredients that can be easily packed in a lunchbox since that is all I have access to when working.
@@BobVosh, I stay in hotels frequently. The key is to have food that is in a container and a supply of sturdy paper plates. If the food doesn't touch anything absolute spotlessness isn't a necessity.
I was kind of hoping this would be a thing where literally each person is only given one of the appliances. I really wanted to see Jamie try to cook a steak using only a kettle.
I really like this idea actually, like a sort of "college dorm cookoff" where you don't have a huge spice rack, no fancy equipment, maybe not even a stove or hotplate to work with
Yes, please! In my dorm, I have salt, pepper, pumpkin pie spice, and red pepper flakes. That’s about the amount of spices most college kids have in their dorms. No toasters/hotplates allowed, just microwave, kettle, and coffeepot
I've always wanted to see a professional chef competition where they just get tossed into a dorm room and told to cook a specific thing. I can just imagine the pain of: WHY ARE THERE ONLY KETCHUP PACKETS AND BEER IN THE FRIDGE!! etc lol
I love these as someone with chronic illness and pain condition i don't always have it in me to cook pans ect... and a microwave kettle and toaster are fast and easy.
I help out at my local foodbank and this kind of thing is really useful for those who do only have the basic equipment and sometimes not even that. More of these please! Maybe a 'what can you make with foodbank products' video- like your tinned ingredients pass it on. Tins, packets and basic equipment only.
Love this - especially thinking about how do you creatively use things like boxed mac and cheese when you have milk/butter, or Hamburger Helper if you don’t have fresh ground meat.
That's a Y-peeler. Far more standard in a chef's kitchen than a D-peeler. Both can be used for anything, but the Y-peeler is more efficient once you have the technique.
*Cooking battle idea* Would be interesting to give them a challenge, where they dont have a certain timer, BUT... Ben will review how well the time was spent and as such review how well done the food was overall according to time spent. So if u make something that takes 5 hours it better be TASTY and vica versa
This! I generally feel like relaxing the timing a bit would make the challenges more relevant to home cooking. Noone makes dinner on a timer, but we want our time spent cooking to be worthwile.
That doesn't make sense, because time isn't necessarily an indication of how a meal will taste. You can cook a stew for 5 hours, but if you do a shit job, it's gonna be shit regardless of the time.
That's super exploitable though, just make some instant noodles and then win because it only took 2 minutes so it doesn't have to be at all good compared to the thing that took 5 hours
@@krytenfivetwothreep2485 make it a time range then. Say 30-90 minutes. That gives you a vast number of options, but still demands some level of effort. Allso, you could definitly make something way more interesting than instant noodels in the time it takes to boil water and wait for the noodles to be ready..
Time is an indication of how it will taste if you do a decent job. You cant compare a decent 20 miniute dish and a decent 20 hour dish, and judge based on wether or not the extra effort was worth it.
It's still a cooking battle though, and his glaze was heavy in RAW garlic. You can't win a COOKING battle by trying to make a glaze but some of the elements weren't cooked.
oh looks alone, Jamie's dish was the best. I literally couldn't believe that was the real final product because of how good it looked. I almost thought they swapped it for something made in a kitchen
He'd probably have not been in last place if he'd checked the time on the toaster for his muffins. Ben mentioned that they were just this side of burnt.
Always very wary of cooking poached eggs in the microwave because lots of people have been severely burned when the eggs explode...I know Jamie pierced them but I'd still be scared just in case they can still explode. Great video though, not trying to criticize!
You're quite right. Ann Reardon showed even with pricking eggs can still explode in the microwave. As can butter, I think due to water content?, which is why it made such a mess, but not as dangerous as eggs tho.
Thats the worry of using the microwave for anything, its super easy to burn chocolate or boil milk etc when using the microwave when its on for longer intervals (in fact I think he did make the butter boil over) pricking the egg yolk and using the microwave at 30 second intervals was probably the best way to go about that. Even when cooking store bought ready meals in the microwave or warming up tinned soup you're supposed to cover it to avoid splatter and take it out partway through to stir it. Theres actually a little ceramic pan/pot thing specifically made to cook eggs in the microwave, think its called stonewave or something like that?
@@FeatherFall101 still then the problem with eggs, as supposed to other things, eggs can explode even after taking out of the microwave. So many people have gotten 3rd degree burns off of that, its literally dangerous to do so even if you "know what youre doing"
@@stiffk666 Came here to say that! Watched Ann's video too, and I never had the thought of pouching an egg in the microwave before, bit even less so after watching her video.
For this reason, I have silicon covers I use when poaching eggs in the microwave. The movement of taking the eggs out of the microwave is what normally causes the explosion. Using the covers would keep everything contained.
Its very interesting to see people using basic appliances to cook food in unexpected ways that DOES NOT then destroy or contaminate it for future usage. Nicely done boys!
Jamie's dish looked amazing but all three of them did really clever things I would have never imagined possible with 3 appliances. My life has possibly changed for the better
I'm not sure how well Mike's squash and seeds would do in many other toasters. I feel like there's a non-zero chance of ruining an appliance by trying that. Of the three, Jamie's is the one I'd want to eat.
Jaime's seemed the most chef-y. He even had to explain how to make real hollandaise. 😉 That said, I now want to try toasting squash. I really want to know how it came out texturally.
I want to eat Jamie's, so Jamie's gets my vote. Jamie makes the kind of food I wanna eat usually, because he makes filling, full meal types of things. I can't tell if Barry using only one of the 3 pieces of equipment is more or less creative. Like, on one hand, you gave them 3 weird things to cook with and he didn't use 2 of them, so they're underutilized. On the other, like, he only needed the microwave, which is impressive.
Guys, please please please remember that there is never a guarantee that an egg will NOT explode in a microwave, even if you de-shell it and prick the yolk. The exact mechanism isn't known, so we don't actually know why sometimes yolks explode and sometimes don't. Please be SUPER CAREFUL because you can get serious burns. It might not be worth it to insist on cooking eggs in a microwave if you have literally any other option.
Same for milk, especially in small containers (like those small expresso coffee cups). Happened to me once, after taking the cup out of the microwave, it exploded all the way up to the ceiling.
Jamie did cover them in cling film though so it should be OK even if it does explode. Most liquids *can* explode in the microwave, so it's best to be safe and keep them covered but if you do it should be OK.
Jamie could have wrapped the raw eggs in cling film and poached the eggs with the residual heat as well. I have done it many times. They come out with perfectly cooked whites and a creamy, runny yolk.
DON’T POACH AN EGG IN THE MICROWAVE EVEN IF YOU POKE THE YOLK. It doesn’t always work. You can can get severely injured. For more info go watch Ann Reardon’s video where she poached eggs, poked eggs, and just whites in the microwave.
Is it possible that we can have a little warning text on screen when you're microwaving just eggs, or eggs in water? Eggs can explode both when you're microwaving them, and after when you take them out. There's been a number of terrible accidents throughout the years regarding people microwaving eggs and getting severe burn wounds. So just something like "Please be careful when microwaving eggs - They can explode and cause injury if you're not careful!" would be very nice to see. Alright, cheers!
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone cook anything in the crumb tray of a toaster.” Same… and now we all have. Guess there’s a first time for everything. 😉
@@SortedFood also… I loved this battle. It’s amazing to watch and I can only imagine how helpful it could be to people who don’t have access to a stove. These types of hacks would’ve saved my from a lot of ready meals in uni. 😉
A word of advice for anyone trying to replicate these recipes at home: DO NOT POACH EGGS IN THE MICROWAVE! Jamie managed to do it safely here, but he mentioned that eggs tend to explode in the microwave. If you take them out of the microwave just before they explode, that boiling water will go everywhere and could leave you with serious burns.
I was just going to comment this, too. See the "How to Cook That" video "Debunking Exploding Egg Hacks & blowtorching chocolate." Even puncturing the yolk doesn't make it safe.
I feel like they should have pointed out the clingfilm for safety. Doing it in a covered cup/bowl and leaving that covered for a bit after removing it from the microwave does make it safer, but it's really not advisable to poach eggs in the microwave, yes.
The idea of toasting seeds in the crumb tray of a toaster is mind blowing. I will have to try that sometime. Al 3 recipes were good ideas. I don't like seafood so I wont try the salmon, but the poached egg + hollandaise still looks good. I'd love more of these videos of making delicious meals with minimal/college appliances
Uh... Guys? There's several news articles about people messing up on poaching eggs in the microwave and suffering extended-hospital-stay, mutilated-face burns. Even if you pierce the yolk, it can explode. How to Cook That did one of her hack safety videos on it and exploded a few dozen eggs to demonstrate. Her cup of boiling water with pierced egg exploded after 55 seconds. I cooked many a microwave egg in my uni days (and scraped most of them onto my plate from the microwave's innards) but I had also been raised by someone who passed on the 80s microwave safety lesson 'leave all microwaved foods in there for at least one minute after it beeps'. My little 700 W microwave-that-could managed eggs in about 45 seconds. About, because it was cheap and didn't have the safety feature of a digital display to tell me how long it had been in. And there is no 'standard' microwave wattage. Most range from 600-1200W and heat more efficiently depending on how they're built. I can cook a microwave cake in my 900 W oven in the same time as my mom can in her 1200 W one, both using full power. Neither have a rotating glass tray. Both cook that cake recipe way more evenly than the 650 W rotating microwave I had between my uni microwave and my current one.
This was so fun. Would love to see more of this. Maybe up the difficulty like having 1 appliance or limiting foods they can use, or even saying what kind of dish they have to make.
Once again, the boys have come through with a proper 3 course meal! Toasted squash salad appetizer, eggs royale main, and fruity "merengue" dessert? Amazing brunch menu!
This is the second dessert dish I have seen Barry make that looks and sounds incredible-good for you. The squash dish was so uniquely done, and the final product was delicious looking.
Jamie, your dish was amazing to watch come together! It looked absolutely delicious. And your plating skills were top notch! GREAT JOB!!!!! Definitely a #1 dish for me.
Poor Jamie. His meal gets my vote! I wouldn’t feel comfortable toasting squash in my toaster and my crumb tray wouldn’t work the way that one did. Not a huge fan of Eaton Mess so JAMIE FOR THE WIN 🏆
I don't know why, but on every battle between normals, I always prefer the dishes brought out by Jamie. he puts out really good looking and full meal whilst other puts out marginally different dish such as veganish or dessert. Maybe I just prefer a filling dish instead of a sort of appetizer.
As a person, Jamie feels the most "normal" to me. So as a result, his dishes seem to be the things a "normal" would think of at eat. Where as Barry feels more manic-posh and Mike feels classy
8:18 I never knew this part about the microwave because I usually heat up my food in the center thinking it’ll be evenly heated up, but never thought about how more hot it can become from the edges. Thank you Sorted Food for teaching me something new! 🤩🤩
My prayers and youtube comments have been answered from on high!! As a small apartment liver in Japan with no oven and only a microwave and kettle to my name, that bain-marie hack might be the most incredible hack I've ever seen. No longer will I cringe whenever someone says 'just pop it in the oven', knowing the recipe is fundamentally over for me--I now have OPTIONS!
I think Jamie gets this one purely for his creative use of residual heat. It feels to me like he was the most on-brand with the prompt while also making something that you would never expect to see out of a "basic appliance battle."
It might be worth noting that generally microwaving raw eggs in any form is a bad idea, as they are prone to explode and can cause serious burns! Ann from How To Cook That did a great video on it.
I binged so much sorted, that I had to take a break for a few months... Not out of boredom, but because I had run through all the content. I'm glad to see you guys again, thank you for being consistent and always entertaining. Ive missed you. Because you all exist, mythical kitchen is only my SECOND fave UA-cam cooking show ❤
Barry’s dish was my winner! Loved the cream and jam hack. All three were really good, though. I thought Mike deserved special props for doing everything without bowls too!
Super impressive, I really didn't think that any of those 3 dishes would be possible. Any chance you could do this as a series, as this kinda stuff would be fantastic for my teenage boys, or all those off to Uni/moving into their own place? Thanks LOADS 👍🏻👍🏻
When strawberries, pineapple etc are in season I buy in bulk chop them finely add sugar, vanilla a hint of freshly ground black pepper and put in heavy bottomed saucepan. I let it heat up and become a sticky puree. Then put it in ziplock bags and freeze them. I have strawberry/pineapple sauce to top my dessert throughout the year.
I've actually had to do this! Just the before the pandemic I inherited a house that needed major renovations, the plan was to do that, move in and sell my old house. The clearance work on the house started mid-march 2020 but the lockdowns blew my plans (and finances) out of the water and had to sell the existing house to finance the works at the other - I went 9 months without a working kitchen, living on what was effectively a building site. It was pretty grim, getting up and walking down to where the kitchen would be and just heating up things in the microwave and slopping them on toast etc. My saviour was around 3 months in when I just got sick to death of it and bought an electric grill oven (Ninja) - suddenly I was able to actually cook meats and vegetables again!
My friend's husband did their kitchen renovation himself which took over a year. It as never quite completed because he was distracted by other renovations he kept starting and left incomplete too. She fed four children with little money but a lot of creativity. A hot plate, a borrowed electric base for 3 qt Corningware, and a 4 qt electric multi-pot. Maybe her husband would have worked faster if she fed him only sandwiches.
Sorry but not really, this "recipe" was already done by the food team and is in one of their books so nothing original about it, that's why he was so calm. Jamie & Mike did do something original
I would like to see an episode with air fryer. I'm moving to a small apartment and while I would love an oven, I do think the most suitable would be an air fryer, budget and space-wise. Would like some ideas from you guys.
If you have place/plan on having a microwave, there are probably microwave-oven combinations. I have one of them and its great. Clearly, not the biggest oven, but still big enough and just taking the place of one machine.
Air fryers are brilliant. I had a 23lt I cooked a roast in it using the rotisserie attachment, made scones, it made the best grilled cheese toast but it had a manufacturing issue so I sent it back for a refund. I miss its size. I am now down to a 4.1lt Air fryer. I can only do 1 grilled cheese at a time. A toaster oven might be just as good for you. Good luck with which ever you choose
Aluminum foil at the bottom of one makes easy clean up if youre feeling lazy. Does effect charing and needs more flipping but I dont even bother some days lol
When I first saw this on IG I thought each normal would only get one appliance (like Barry would have the microwave, Mike would have the toaster). That would be a fun challenge if you're looking to up the ante!
"A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have." A tea towel should probably be the same for a chef. :D
I would have to agree with Ebbers. But well done all of you. I'm still giggling at the guys faces when Ebbers told Bazza his nuts are great. I use my rice cooker to not just cook rice but make risotto, soups and beef and bean chilli.
When paired with an electric kettle, I use mine to make fancy "instant" soups (lately rice noodles; add peas, greens, and dumplings) and pasta (lately cooking cauliflower with the noodles themselves, drain, return to pot with all the tasty things i want to finish it with). It occasionally boils over, but putting a plate under catches the majority of the messes.
@@LaurenPedersentrian Have you made cauliflower or broccoli soup? I cheat I buy them both frozen. Cook them in either veggie or chicken stock when soft blend it up, add salt and pepper to taste, add 1/2 cup of pouring cream stir through add a little nutmeg on top when you serve.
I like this one. I mentioned in a comment a while back that I travel for work, and often have only a microwave in the hotel room, and have had to live off of one for 6 weeks before. I'd love to see them use a standard drip coffee maker in place of the kettle and other simple tools to make quality meals.
This is the kind of constraint that wouldn't make a lot of sense for most, but gives a wonderful kick of creativity and makes for good content. Most of your vids are good, this one is great. Can we have a part 2 (and 3), please?
I think Jamie and Mike's dishes where more creative and used the tools they where given instead of just focusing on one I would say I like Jamie's better but I love fish but Mike was very creative
I can't be too disappointed with a Barry win, because I often think he gets robbed. And I know the normals always work with the food team and stuff, but something about them saying in the video that Barry's was basically just out of one of their previous recipe books makes it seem like a less worthy win.
Whatever about the win, he definitely shouldn't have gotten the badge. The only thing he got from the recipe was the meringue but that was also the only really creative use of the equipment
I agree, he did nothing "original" he just went with something that already existed as for Mike & Jamie they had to struggle more, that's why Barry was so relaxed, he knew his was pretty much guaranteed to work.
@@Discdyslexic Agree, Mike was super creative using the crumb tray and Jamie poaching that salmon & eggs. I don't know what Ben was thinking on this one.
@@marilynalvarez9951 I believe Ben was thinking that Jamie just shy of burnt his muffins ( so very over toasted), and Mike had an over abundance of raw garlic flavor that overpowered everything. Neither of them made the best version of the dish they set out to make. I'm not inclined to say Barry's was the best, but it didn't have anything wrong with it which made the judging fall the way it did.
I felt really uncomfortable watching Jamie putting butter in the microwave in order to melt it, especially for two minutes straight (it didn't really help that you glossed over the result). Also, there are videos including one from Ann Reardon which debunk the theory that poached eggs don't explode if you burst the yolks first - so was this just luck on Jamie's side?
Butter always goes in the microwave, I've never heard anyone say that's bad. But yeah eggs can be rough, but I've done it loads and never had issues, but they defo could have had some sort of disclaimer
I know the chances of the guys seeing this are low, but I just wanted to thank Sorted for being such a source of comfort for me. Discovered the channel about 2 years ago when in a depressive slump and have since been extremely excited whenever a new video comes out because the content just makes me happy and keeps my mind off the sad things. Keep doing what you do and love you guys and the whole crew!
I am recently finding myself missing the warmth of the years past when it comes to the set. Now days it's very busy and kind of game show like. I miss the goofy creativity that cane from each. But I am greatful for this video this is so useful I wish I'd seen this when I was quarantined 6 hours from home in a hotel haha I literally could have eaten like a boss with these! Happy new year all!
I agree with Ben's ranking. Barry went to the basic of basics with the use of just one appliance and made a very clever use of it. And Mike showed a new use for the crumb tray. Good job guys!!
But Barry's dish/recipe was one the cook team had already done so it wasn't "original" it was just repeating an existing process as for Mike & Jamie DID do something original and out of their comfort zone, it was a real challenge, that's why Barry was pretty relaxed.
@@marilynalvarez9951 The brief was to prepare a recipe using the basic appliances in a set time and he did it, and also, he adapted and made the recipe and did it well. Jamie made salmon, poached egg and a hollandaise on toast, that's not "original"
Jamie's dish looked yummy but the normal cook at home not safe using microwave for the eggs they do tend to explode despite the water in cup being peel your skin off hot
I love how in a basic equipment battle everybody got confused about how to operate the kettle
That was one complicated kettle 😂
Clearly it’s to deter anyone boiling something silly like beetroot juice in it.
Not that people on a cooking show would ever do that!
Not sure that kettle qualifies as basic equipment :P
@@SortedFood but you guys ALWAYS have a kettle on for some of your recipes which I think is genius
@@janmay3901 Not just genius, essential for making a cup of tea! 😁
I’m a flight attendant, and this episode has inspired me. I would love to see more videos where you create a meal using only a microwave, a coffee maker, and ingredients that can be easily packed in a lunchbox since that is all I have access to when working.
How about where they recreate a Flight Attendant set up?
@@LordOfDays that is a fantastic idea!
I work at a hotel, I don't trust these appliances for the intended purpose on a cleanliness factor. Much less this much more.
@@BobVosh, I stay in hotels frequently.
The key is to have food that is in a container and a supply of sturdy paper plates. If the food doesn't touch anything absolute spotlessness isn't a necessity.
@@bcaye Won't help with a coffee maker. But yes, good call.
"You'd butter get someone to clean that up" Jamie clearly misses dad joke of the week like the rest of us!
I bet Tyrone misses Ben's as well :(
@@starbuckslover005 yeah, poor thing😟
I wish they’d bring those back.
I was kind of hoping this would be a thing where literally each person is only given one of the appliances. I really wanted to see Jamie try to cook a steak using only a kettle.
I’d love to see a battle like that, or just a terrible pass it on.
yeah, i was thinking that, too. when they posted the pics of the dishes on twitter i was trying to puzzle out which one was made using which appliance
Right, i was ready with ideas of a meal out of a kettle before they even started
If he cut it super thin, blasted it with boiling water for a few seconds and then dressed it with shoyu and maybe some balsamic vinegar, it could work
Same! A kettle-vs-microwave-vs-toaster-vs-sandwichmaker would be even better.
I really like this idea actually, like a sort of "college dorm cookoff" where you don't have a huge spice rack, no fancy equipment, maybe not even a stove or hotplate to work with
Yes, please! In my dorm, I have salt, pepper, pumpkin pie spice, and red pepper flakes. That’s about the amount of spices most college kids have in their dorms. No toasters/hotplates allowed, just microwave, kettle, and coffeepot
I've always wanted to see a professional chef competition where they just get tossed into a dorm room and told to cook a specific thing. I can just imagine the pain of: WHY ARE THERE ONLY KETCHUP PACKETS AND BEER IN THE FRIDGE!! etc lol
@@mollywithak1697 Get some Italian spice mix. It makes everything better.
I love these as someone with chronic illness and pain condition i don't always have it in me to cook pans ect... and a microwave kettle and toaster are fast and easy.
@@rosehill9537same
I help out at my local foodbank and this kind of thing is really useful for those who do only have the basic equipment and sometimes not even that. More of these please! Maybe a 'what can you make with foodbank products' video- like your tinned ingredients pass it on. Tins, packets and basic equipment only.
Love this - especially thinking about how do you creatively use things like boxed mac and cheese when you have milk/butter, or Hamburger Helper if you don’t have fresh ground meat.
@@absolutelyjessa Those are American products. The boys are in the UK.
@@Marysart yes I am aware - that’s why I said “like” - as in, similar to. I would imagine food banks there also have similar issues.
@@Marysart Replace with 'a sachet of Batchelor's Cheese&Broccoli pasta' and 'a jar of newly expired Dolmio'.
🤣 Chorlting at Nigella's “micro-wha-vey” 😂
Tell Mike to use a potato peeler on his Butternut Squash! Much easier, safer, wastes less 😀
That's a Y-peeler. Far more standard in a chef's kitchen than a D-peeler. Both can be used for anything, but the Y-peeler is more efficient once you have the technique.
I would devour Jamie's but kudos to Mike for the clever use of all the appliances!
Finally, a food battle I could actually compete in. 🤣
Haha excellent!
Ben going ‘MEE-CRO-WAHVAY’ in the first 10 seconds had me in splits. A great ode to Nigella Lawson!
I've been saying that for years.. was pleasantly surprised to hear Benneth say it
@@Annie1962 Benneth? 🤣
*Cooking battle idea*
Would be interesting to give them a challenge, where they dont have a certain timer, BUT... Ben will review how well the time was spent and as such review how well done the food was overall according to time spent.
So if u make something that takes 5 hours it better be TASTY and vica versa
This! I generally feel like relaxing the timing a bit would make the challenges more relevant to home cooking. Noone makes dinner on a timer, but we want our time spent cooking to be worthwile.
That doesn't make sense, because time isn't necessarily an indication of how a meal will taste. You can cook a stew for 5 hours, but if you do a shit job, it's gonna be shit regardless of the time.
That's super exploitable though, just make some instant noodles and then win because it only took 2 minutes so it doesn't have to be at all good compared to the thing that took 5 hours
@@krytenfivetwothreep2485 make it a time range then. Say 30-90 minutes. That gives you a vast number of options, but still demands some level of effort. Allso, you could definitly make something way more interesting than instant noodels in the time it takes to boil water and wait for the noodles to be ready..
Time is an indication of how it will taste if you do a decent job. You cant compare a decent 20 miniute dish and a decent 20 hour dish, and judge based on wether or not the extra effort was worth it.
Mike wins in my book. Using the crumb trays was just GENIUS
Until you look at the mess in the toaster.
I so want to eat glazed squash salad now. It looked amazing!
@@b_uppy you know for a fact nobody is cleaning that, the burnt squash bits will just add to future toasts
It's still a cooking battle though, and his glaze was heavy in RAW garlic.
You can't win a COOKING battle by trying to make a glaze but some of the elements weren't cooked.
@@Edino_Chattino
Exactly, lol.
i was going to just 100% go with mike for winning both parts of this challenge but when i saw jaime's idea for the bain-marie... incredible
I'm really intrigued by the roasting of nuts in the microwave. Must try it out!
You should definitely give it a go. I have gotten the perfect toasted peanuts every time in the quickest time possible!
oh looks alone, Jamie's dish was the best. I literally couldn't believe that was the real final product because of how good it looked. I almost thought they swapped it for something made in a kitchen
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Jamie boiled salmon ? cuz it was not even close to poaching it . Since when mustard goes into hollandaise ? f joke
@@Zenthris Some throw in dijon mustard some don't. Its not a joke, its just a type of hollandaise.
@@Zenthris Imagine being this condescending and still wrong on both accounts 🤡
He'd probably have not been in last place if he'd checked the time on the toaster for his muffins. Ben mentioned that they were just this side of burnt.
Always very wary of cooking poached eggs in the microwave because lots of people have been severely burned when the eggs explode...I know Jamie pierced them but I'd still be scared just in case they can still explode. Great video though, not trying to criticize!
You're quite right. Ann Reardon showed even with pricking eggs can still explode in the microwave. As can butter, I think due to water content?, which is why it made such a mess, but not as dangerous as eggs tho.
Thats the worry of using the microwave for anything, its super easy to burn chocolate or boil milk etc when using the microwave when its on for longer intervals (in fact I think he did make the butter boil over) pricking the egg yolk and using the microwave at 30 second intervals was probably the best way to go about that. Even when cooking store bought ready meals in the microwave or warming up tinned soup you're supposed to cover it to avoid splatter and take it out partway through to stir it. Theres actually a little ceramic pan/pot thing specifically made to cook eggs in the microwave, think its called stonewave or something like that?
@@FeatherFall101 still then the problem with eggs, as supposed to other things, eggs can explode even after taking out of the microwave. So many people have gotten 3rd degree burns off of that, its literally dangerous to do so even if you "know what youre doing"
@@stiffk666 Came here to say that! Watched Ann's video too, and I never had the thought of pouching an egg in the microwave before, bit even less so after watching her video.
For this reason, I have silicon covers I use when poaching eggs in the microwave. The movement of taking the eggs out of the microwave is what normally causes the explosion. Using the covers would keep everything contained.
Hot cider, check, warm breakfast check, Sorted on the screen, check. This, is how you do a good birthday morning.
Happy Birthday :)
Happy Birthday 🎂
Its very interesting to see people using basic appliances to cook food in unexpected ways that DOES NOT then destroy or contaminate it for future usage. Nicely done boys!
for a second i was worried jamie intended to cook his salmon in the actual kettle
Jamie's dish looked amazing but all three of them did really clever things I would have never imagined possible with 3 appliances. My life has possibly changed for the better
I'm not sure how well Mike's squash and seeds would do in many other toasters. I feel like there's a non-zero chance of ruining an appliance by trying that.
Of the three, Jamie's is the one I'd want to eat.
I think the smart thing was that he went with a non drippy food to put in the toaster. Otherwise the crumb tray would've turned into a drip tray.
Jaime's seemed the most chef-y. He even had to explain how to make real hollandaise. 😉
That said, I now want to try toasting squash. I really want to know how it came out texturally.
you can put the squash in parchment to avoid that. Is how I made grilled cheese sandwiches in college.
I want to eat Jamie's, so Jamie's gets my vote. Jamie makes the kind of food I wanna eat usually, because he makes filling, full meal types of things.
I can't tell if Barry using only one of the 3 pieces of equipment is more or less creative. Like, on one hand, you gave them 3 weird things to cook with and he didn't use 2 of them, so they're underutilized. On the other, like, he only needed the microwave, which is impressive.
Guys, please please please remember that there is never a guarantee that an egg will NOT explode in a microwave, even if you de-shell it and prick the yolk. The exact mechanism isn't known, so we don't actually know why sometimes yolks explode and sometimes don't. Please be SUPER CAREFUL because you can get serious burns. It might not be worth it to insist on cooking eggs in a microwave if you have literally any other option.
Exactly. Cooking eggs in the microwave is super dangerous and there are more and more cases of people getting serious burns from doing it.
Same for milk, especially in small containers (like those small expresso coffee cups). Happened to me once, after taking the cup out of the microwave, it exploded all the way up to the ceiling.
Jamie did cover them in cling film though so it should be OK even if it does explode. Most liquids *can* explode in the microwave, so it's best to be safe and keep them covered but if you do it should be OK.
Jamie could have wrapped the raw eggs in cling film and poached the eggs with the residual heat as well. I have done it many times. They come out with perfectly cooked whites and a creamy, runny yolk.
Much safer than doing them in the microwave.
@@adde9506 was fine doing it in the mircorwave because he pricked the yolks first.
@@justinwhite2725 Check out Ann Reardon's video on this. They still explode. The water alone will explode; I've done it.
DON’T POACH AN EGG IN THE MICROWAVE EVEN IF YOU POKE THE YOLK. It doesn’t always work. You can can get severely injured. For more info go watch Ann Reardon’s video where she poached eggs, poked eggs, and just whites in the microwave.
I was cheering for Jamie to win this challenge and i def would love to see ben do the same challenge in making something with the Kitchen appliance.
Is it possible that we can have a little warning text on screen when you're microwaving just eggs, or eggs in water? Eggs can explode both when you're microwaving them, and after when you take them out. There's been a number of terrible accidents throughout the years regarding people microwaving eggs and getting severe burn wounds. So just something like "Please be careful when microwaving eggs - They can explode and cause injury if you're not careful!" would be very nice to see. Alright, cheers!
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone cook anything in the crumb tray of a toaster.”
Same… and now we all have. Guess there’s a first time for everything. 😉
Pretty good hack though huh? 🤯
@@SortedFood it definitely is! Would’ve never thought of it. Although… I think I need to clean my crumb tray before using this hack. 👀
@@SortedFood also… I loved this battle. It’s amazing to watch and I can only imagine how helpful it could be to people who don’t have access to a stove.
These types of hacks would’ve saved my from a lot of ready meals in uni. 😉
@@Anna_TravelsByRail Yeah that's a good idea haha!
@@Anna_TravelsByRail I'd need to sandblast mine.
So creative!! I enjoyed watching Jaime eggs Benedict come together with his cooking knowledge of the hollandaise sauce.
A word of advice for anyone trying to replicate these recipes at home: DO NOT POACH EGGS IN THE MICROWAVE! Jamie managed to do it safely here, but he mentioned that eggs tend to explode in the microwave. If you take them out of the microwave just before they explode, that boiling water will go everywhere and could leave you with serious burns.
I was just going to comment this, too. See the "How to Cook That" video "Debunking Exploding Egg Hacks & blowtorching chocolate." Even puncturing the yolk doesn't make it safe.
That's probably why you do it in stages of cooking, so you can prevent it from exploding
I feel like they should have pointed out the clingfilm for safety. Doing it in a covered cup/bowl and leaving that covered for a bit after removing it from the microwave does make it safer, but it's really not advisable to poach eggs in the microwave, yes.
Also Ann Reardon from How To Cook That has shown that piercing the yolk that Jamie talked about does nothing to prevent egg from exploding
@@nahum3557 I've seen that tried too. It's not a failsafe method, but it can help a little.
The idea of toasting seeds in the crumb tray of a toaster is mind blowing. I will have to try that sometime. Al 3 recipes were good ideas. I don't like seafood so I wont try the salmon, but the poached egg + hollandaise still looks good. I'd love more of these videos of making delicious meals with minimal/college appliances
Uh... Guys? There's several news articles about people messing up on poaching eggs in the microwave and suffering extended-hospital-stay, mutilated-face burns. Even if you pierce the yolk, it can explode. How to Cook That did one of her hack safety videos on it and exploded a few dozen eggs to demonstrate. Her cup of boiling water with pierced egg exploded after 55 seconds.
I cooked many a microwave egg in my uni days (and scraped most of them onto my plate from the microwave's innards) but I had also been raised by someone who passed on the 80s microwave safety lesson 'leave all microwaved foods in there for at least one minute after it beeps'. My little 700 W microwave-that-could managed eggs in about 45 seconds. About, because it was cheap and didn't have the safety feature of a digital display to tell me how long it had been in.
And there is no 'standard' microwave wattage. Most range from 600-1200W and heat more efficiently depending on how they're built. I can cook a microwave cake in my 900 W oven in the same time as my mom can in her 1200 W one, both using full power. Neither have a rotating glass tray. Both cook that cake recipe way more evenly than the 650 W rotating microwave I had between my uni microwave and my current one.
Please do more of these! This is so helpful as I basically live in a hotel when I'm working and I want to stop eating out all the time.
“Pears out, nuts in”.
Don’t think we didn’t notice Ben….
This was so fun. Would love to see more of this. Maybe up the difficulty like having 1 appliance or limiting foods they can use, or even saying what kind of dish they have to make.
Mike: (makes a Squash glazed with Miso)
Yuzu: (sits and cries in the corner)
I absolutely loved this episode. The poached salmon and the crumb tray nuts were awesome but Barry's eton mess was a standout. brilliant work.
Once again, the boys have come through with a proper 3 course meal! Toasted squash salad appetizer, eggs royale main, and fruity "merengue" dessert? Amazing brunch menu!
This is the second dessert dish I have seen Barry make that looks and sounds incredible-good for you. The squash dish was so uniquely done, and the final product was delicious looking.
All three dishes look amazing! Yes, even Mike's, despite him saying it doesn't look great. I'd definitely eat any of these dishes.
Jamie, your dish was amazing to watch come together! It looked absolutely delicious. And your plating skills were top notch! GREAT JOB!!!!! Definitely a #1 dish for me.
Poor Jamie. His meal gets my vote! I wouldn’t feel comfortable toasting squash in my toaster and my crumb tray wouldn’t work the way that one did. Not a huge fan of Eaton Mess so JAMIE FOR THE WIN 🏆
i wouldnt try to poach an egg in the microwave, hell no im not gonna play with my life.
Spent the whole thing wondering why Jamie was banging on about marinating in the marinade. Cue blooper. 🤣
been on UA-cam for the past 10 minutes just so I won't miss this battle!!
''Flakey as fish'' made me proper laugh out loud. Oh Ben, you tickle many fancies!
I don't know why, but on every battle between normals, I always prefer the dishes brought out by Jamie. he puts out really good looking and full meal whilst other puts out marginally different dish such as veganish or dessert. Maybe I just prefer a filling dish instead of a sort of appetizer.
Yeah, Jamie's dishes are usually my favourite too.
I have no problem with veganish, but I agree. Doesn't feel like a main. But, I'm also down for an impressive side etc so 🤷🏻♀️
As a person, Jamie feels the most "normal" to me. So as a result, his dishes seem to be the things a "normal" would think of at eat. Where as Barry feels more manic-posh and Mike feels classy
@@DrigrX "manic-posh"
💯💯💯, great phrasing
8:18 I never knew this part about the microwave because I usually heat up my food in the center thinking it’ll be evenly heated up, but never thought about how more hot it can become from the edges. Thank you Sorted Food for teaching me something new! 🤩🤩
Good for Barry! Woohoo!!!
But I have to say, having stayed in many holiday flats, Mike's use of the toaster was incredibly practical.
My prayers and youtube comments have been answered from on high!! As a small apartment liver in Japan with no oven and only a microwave and kettle to my name, that bain-marie hack might be the most incredible hack I've ever seen. No longer will I cringe whenever someone says 'just pop it in the oven', knowing the recipe is fundamentally over for me--I now have OPTIONS!
I love SORTED so much. You never fail to cheer me up :)
Oh… fantastic, except no one will ever use that kettle again if Jamie’s poached fish in it! Lmao!
I think Jamie gets this one purely for his creative use of residual heat. It feels to me like he was the most on-brand with the prompt while also making something that you would never expect to see out of a "basic appliance battle."
I loved this video, pls bring this format back!!!
It might be worth noting that generally microwaving raw eggs in any form is a bad idea, as they are prone to explode and can cause serious burns! Ann from How To Cook That did a great video on it.
This right here was thinking the exact same thing
Yesss! The pierced yolk and the checking every 30 secs will have helped reduce that risk a little hopefully
I binged so much sorted, that I had to take a break for a few months... Not out of boredom, but because I had run through all the content. I'm glad to see you guys again, thank you for being consistent and always entertaining. Ive missed you. Because you all exist, mythical kitchen is only my SECOND fave UA-cam cooking show ❤
Barry’s dish was my winner! Loved the cream and jam hack. All three were really good, though. I thought Mike deserved special props for doing everything without bowls too!
More equipment battles please! This was great
I've never identified more with Barry than when he said he does everything he can to avoid peeling, I'm exactly the same, hate peeling stuff.
Super impressive, I really didn't think that any of those 3 dishes would be possible.
Any chance you could do this as a series, as this kinda stuff would be fantastic for my teenage boys, or all those off to Uni/moving into their own place? Thanks LOADS 👍🏻👍🏻
I'm sure at least one of the Normals (namely Mike) was distraught over "Waffle-Iron" not being an option.
Probably!
🤣🤣🤣
When strawberries, pineapple etc are in season I buy in bulk chop them finely add sugar, vanilla a hint of freshly ground black pepper and put in heavy bottomed saucepan. I let it heat up and become a sticky puree. Then put it in ziplock bags and freeze them. I have strawberry/pineapple sauce to top my dessert throughout the year.
Ben saying microwave the Nigella way. 😂😂😂
The production level is just outstanding. Great video guys!
I've actually had to do this! Just the before the pandemic I inherited a house that needed major renovations, the plan was to do that, move in and sell my old house. The clearance work on the house started mid-march 2020 but the lockdowns blew my plans (and finances) out of the water and had to sell the existing house to finance the works at the other - I went 9 months without a working kitchen, living on what was effectively a building site. It was pretty grim, getting up and walking down to where the kitchen would be and just heating up things in the microwave and slopping them on toast etc. My saviour was around 3 months in when I just got sick to death of it and bought an electric grill oven (Ninja) - suddenly I was able to actually cook meats and vegetables again!
My friend's husband did their kitchen renovation himself which took over a year. It as never quite completed because he was distracted by other renovations he kept starting and left incomplete too.
She fed four children with little money but a lot of creativity. A hot plate, a borrowed electric base for 3 qt Corningware, and a 4 qt electric multi-pot. Maybe her husband would have worked faster if she fed him only sandwiches.
16:26 Barry looks so proud as he's being showered with praise from Ben
Barry that was fab and you were so calm. A deserved win IMHO!
Sorry but not really, this "recipe" was already done by the food team and is in one of their books so nothing original about it, that's why he was so calm. Jamie & Mike did do something original
All three lads used a lot of intuition and smarts with these . I love it! Mike's dish I was thinking the whole time "like how?" and he did that!
Mike's dish was amazing. Some really cool ideas.
I would like to see an episode with air fryer. I'm moving to a small apartment and while I would love an oven, I do think the most suitable would be an air fryer, budget and space-wise. Would like some ideas from you guys.
Or a toaster oven…do they have those in the UK?
If you have place/plan on having a microwave, there are probably microwave-oven combinations. I have one of them and its great. Clearly, not the biggest oven, but still big enough and just taking the place of one machine.
Air fryers are brilliant. I had a 23lt I cooked a roast in it using the rotisserie attachment, made scones, it made the best grilled cheese toast but it had a manufacturing issue so I sent it back for a refund. I miss its size. I am now down to a 4.1lt Air fryer. I can only do 1 grilled cheese at a time. A toaster oven might be just as good for you. Good luck with which ever you choose
I have a ninja foodi air fryer/other kinds of air cookers/toaster oven/toaster. I love it.
Aluminum foil at the bottom of one makes easy clean up if youre feeling lazy. Does effect charing and needs more flipping but I dont even bother some days lol
the hack with the jam jar is brilliant!!!
When I first saw this on IG I thought each normal would only get one appliance (like Barry would have the microwave, Mike would have the toaster). That would be a fun challenge if you're looking to up the ante!
Nice job as always..., I would of been happy with any of those dishes.., all looked fantastic.
I’m intrigued with what Ben does with the Tea Towel on holiday 😂
Better not to ask!
"A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have." A tea towel should probably be the same for a chef. :D
100% Make another 👌 This was amazing, and loved all the small tips and hacks 😊 They all did amazing 👌
I would have to agree with Ebbers. But well done all of you. I'm still giggling at the guys faces when Ebbers told Bazza his nuts are great.
I use my rice cooker to not just cook rice but make risotto, soups and beef and bean chilli.
When paired with an electric kettle, I use mine to make fancy "instant" soups (lately rice noodles; add peas, greens, and dumplings) and pasta (lately cooking cauliflower with the noodles themselves, drain, return to pot with all the tasty things i want to finish it with). It occasionally boils over, but putting a plate under catches the majority of the messes.
@@LaurenPedersentrian Have you made cauliflower or broccoli soup? I cheat I buy them both frozen. Cook them in either veggie or chicken stock when soft blend it up, add salt and pepper to taste, add 1/2 cup of pouring cream stir through add a little nutmeg on top when you serve.
I like this one. I mentioned in a comment a while back that I travel for work, and often have only a microwave in the hotel room, and have had to live off of one for 6 weeks before. I'd love to see them use a standard drip coffee maker in place of the kettle and other simple tools to make quality meals.
Always a fan of a great microwave meal. The less clean up the better. Looking forward to to trying these!
This is the kind of constraint that wouldn't make a lot of sense for most, but gives a wonderful kick of creativity and makes for good content. Most of your vids are good, this one is great. Can we have a part 2 (and 3), please?
This can also be called ultimate dorm appliances battle. Wonderful video. Made me remember all the "unique" ways we cooked in my friends dorm.
Excellent! Do you have any hacks to share? 😀
Remember when badges were a thing? Until they just got absolutely stealth killed
I think Jamie and Mike's dishes where more creative and used the tools they where given instead of just focusing on one I would say I like Jamie's better but I love fish but Mike was very creative
How was Barry's not creative?
@@Steven-jo8ug they even mentioned that the main part of his (meringues) were from cba2 so he didn't think of that himself
"I didn't realise these were from your allotment, this brings a whole meaning to the dish" lmao barry
Jamie's dish was the best hands-down. He did absolutely brilliant work, and also made something that I'd actually be excited to eat.
Ben's wholly unimpressed face while Barry describes making whipped cream in the "remanents" of jam 😂
The only one I would want to try was Jamie's. So he totally won in my book.
I'd try Jamie's and Barry's. The boys love seeds and I can't stand them. Sorry Mike
I love the jam jar whipped cream hack. I'm definitely trying it next time I run low.
How about an ultimate battle where the only ingredients they can use must come from the allotment.
I can't be too disappointed with a Barry win, because I often think he gets robbed. And I know the normals always work with the food team and stuff, but something about them saying in the video that Barry's was basically just out of one of their previous recipe books makes it seem like a less worthy win.
Whatever about the win, he definitely shouldn't have gotten the badge. The only thing he got from the recipe was the meringue but that was also the only really creative use of the equipment
I agree, he did nothing "original" he just went with something that already existed as for Mike & Jamie they had to struggle more, that's why Barry was so relaxed, he knew his was pretty much guaranteed to work.
@@marilynalvarez9951 He also only used the microwave which doesn't to me show competence with basic appliances, but simply with a microwave.
@@Discdyslexic Agree, Mike was super creative using the crumb tray and Jamie poaching that salmon & eggs. I don't know what Ben was thinking on this one.
@@marilynalvarez9951 I believe Ben was thinking that Jamie just shy of burnt his muffins ( so very over toasted), and Mike had an over abundance of raw garlic flavor that overpowered everything. Neither of them made the best version of the dish they set out to make. I'm not inclined to say Barry's was the best, but it didn't have anything wrong with it which made the judging fall the way it did.
Barry’s floppy hair is magnificent!! 😂
The use of the crumb tray was innovative, but the Eton mess definitely looked the best!
I felt really uncomfortable watching Jamie putting butter in the microwave in order to melt it, especially for two minutes straight (it didn't really help that you glossed over the result). Also, there are videos including one from Ann Reardon which debunk the theory that poached eggs don't explode if you burst the yolks first - so was this just luck on Jamie's side?
No it works, you just have to do it in 30 second or less increment and cover it.
Butter always goes in the microwave, I've never heard anyone say that's bad. But yeah eggs can be rough, but I've done it loads and never had issues, but they defo could have had some sort of disclaimer
@@bethanysangra3903 i think it's more that microwaving butter for that long will cause it too "pop" and that makes a mess
Toasting the pumpkin seeds in the bottom is SO clever!
I know the chances of the guys seeing this are low, but I just wanted to thank Sorted for being such a source of comfort for me. Discovered the channel about 2 years ago when in a depressive slump and have since been extremely excited whenever a new video comes out because the content just makes me happy and keeps my mind off the sad things. Keep doing what you do and love you guys and the whole crew!
You said it very well. I totally agree.
Thank you so much for watching - stay strong, you've got this! 💪❤
I am recently finding myself missing the warmth of the years past when it comes to the set. Now days it's very busy and kind of game show like. I miss the goofy creativity that cane from each. But I am greatful for this video this is so useful I wish I'd seen this when I was quarantined 6 hours from home in a hotel haha I literally could have eaten like a boss with these! Happy new year all!
I agree with Ben's ranking. Barry went to the basic of basics with the use of just one appliance and made a very clever use of it. And Mike showed a new use for the crumb tray. Good job guys!!
But Barry's dish/recipe was one the cook team had already done so it wasn't "original" it was just repeating an existing process as for Mike & Jamie DID do something original and out of their comfort zone, it was a real challenge, that's why Barry was pretty relaxed.
@@marilynalvarez9951 The brief was to prepare a recipe using the basic appliances in a set time and he did it, and also, he adapted and made the recipe and did it well. Jamie made salmon, poached egg and a hollandaise on toast, that's not "original"
Love the jar hack- will definitely be using it in the future
Jamie's dish looked yummy but the normal cook at home not safe using microwave for the eggs they do tend to explode despite the water in cup being peel your skin off hot
Mike geting his intermediate basic badge is the best part of this video. It was literally genius using the crumb tray.
"If you want to see us do more appliance based battles..."
What if we want to see you do appliance based Pass It On?
Agreed, it's pretty obvious that they all did well.
Always a good day when the Sorted guys upload 😊😊😊
Ben's judgy little face when Mike was peeling that squash lol
You should definitely give some warning regarding the poaching eggs in the microwave! That can go seriously wrong and give you severe burns!!