Recently we went to the South in the US and had our eyes opened to a bunch of amazing new foods, but there was one thing that we really wanted to introduce to people back home! So we got the help of a London-based cook from the South, and brought authentic Biscuits and Gravy to a British High School!
As a Texan, I appreciate the fact that no matter where you go, you choose to seek the authentic food experience that locals would offer. It is so rare when youtubers actually put in the effort to do the research and not just make assumptions. Love y'all so much, Jolly!
We do eat our biscuits with jam too. YOu can have a biscuit chicken sandwich wth jam/jelly for breakfast. It's not just biscuits and gravy. Additionally, ice tea with lemon and honey is a southern drink that is also nice.
I was thinking they were gonna love it. There’s almost nothin better than homemade gravy and biscuits!!! My moms gravy was not like this but I prefer the white sausage gravy.
Me too, as a Texan i think this is wholesome and quite cute 😂 i'm glad they liked it. I think all kids should be taught to try new things now and then too. There's way too many picky eaters and so much good food in the world.. personally i love asian food the best.
Many years from now, these young men are still gonna be wishing they had biscuits and gravy with chicken and iced tea. A memory that they may never forget.
I am a Southern American. Some years ago I met a British man online who was horrified at the idea of putting gravy on biscuits when I mentioned it. I tried to explain what American biscuits and sausage gravy are but he was still skeptical. I promised to make it for him if we ever met in person, and long story short I eventually did just that. Now, we've been married for almost ten years. I'm sure he married me for the biscuits and gravy.
Awesome. When an American can convince a skeptical Brit to try something that sounds so unappealing as sausage gravy (aka chopped up ferret) and biscuits and they find that it tastes better than it looks they can't do anything but ask you to marry them, LOL ! I'm not a Southerner but do like gravy and biscuits. Although, I prefer chicken fried chicken w/gravy or make my own version of SOS using white gravy and chicken on toast. Never cared for the taste of chipped beef (we had that growing up as kids). Too salty so I substituted leftover cooked chicken.
As an American, hearing the kid say the biscuits and gravy are better than beans and toast and then everyone acting like that was a controversial statement had me rolling 😂😂😂😂
I've lived here in the UK for a few years, and let me tell you, these people are adorably obsessed with their beans on toast. It's actually what we would call "pork and beans" out of a can. And the grocery stores have a huge selection of canned beans for just that purpose. I have tried it, but I am sorry to say, I am NOT impressed.
This is one of the rare times where a British channel does American food and it's not some wonky version of it that we don't even do over here...thank you for representing our "cuisine" properly...
@@EK-rd2qi I saw those videos, they probably just didnt realise but after their trip to america they seem to be more accurate on what we eat. Learn though experience i guess...
OMG, I totally loved that!!!! And a funny thing, my biscuits and gravy were mentioned in my daughter's maid if honor speech at her wedding!!! It definitely is something that just makes you happy!!!
As an American Southerner I really appreciate these young men and their great manners. By the way, we usually split the biscuit open, into two halves then add the gravy.
I love that for years, Josh and Ollie have been mocking the concept of ‘biscuits and gravy’ in random videos. They try it, and liked it so much that now they are trying to convert others 😂
To be fair, those kind of gravy isn't really common outside of the US. I can somewhat understand why it looks a bit off compared with what we usually think of a gravy's appearance.
@@Josua070 Your absolutely right the reason it received such a negative reaction in hearing about it is because they were basically imagining cookies with brown gravy. Then to pile on that white/country gravy doesn't exist there whatsoever gives little cause as to why a mysterious lumpy white liquid is actually good. Not to mention while most comparable to a scone an American biscuit is still very different from them, meaning if they had ever tried a white gravy on a scone it would have been an entirely different experience.
@@Josua070 That sausage gravy is actually a bechamel sauce, which is one of the mother sauces from France. It's called "gravy" because instead of using traditional butter, meat drippings are used.
Love the kid who said “Let’s call it interesting for now..I’m not gonna make a judgment” with that mentality he’s gonna go far and experience so many different things!
Australian here. My old man has done a lot of business in America and he always tells me the same thing every time we have a BBQ "no one does BBQ like southern USA. They don't cook sausages and their BBQs. They cook 9 course meals with salads, sides, starters, entrees, mains and desserts all on the BBQ"
That's not just the south anymore. Just about every decent cook has a smoker and with a little help from UA-cam, we've become pretty good at smoking meat
I moved from the South to the Pacific Northwest. Overall, I like it much better here... but damn do I miss the BBQ. I have yet to find a place in my area that even comes close to what they have in the South.
@@MrClickity, not sure where in the PNW you are, but there's Dickey's BBQ Pit in Tacoma. When I lived in Seattle over 20 years ago, my roommate and I drove to Tacoma specifically for BBQ and I believe we went to Dickey's. They had the best fried okra; super crisp, not slimy, just perfect. I agree you can't beat the BBQ places in the South, but at least there are some decent substitutes for when you get a hankerin'. 😉
I like the kid who said he was not going to make a judgement until he had tasted it... I also LOVE the kid that said he would drink gravy by itself! What this really shows is that good food is good...
I grinned so wide at that! The REAL purpose of biscuits y'all! I was really really hoping they would drop the bomb for these boys that biscuits & gravy with scrambled eggs is a popular breakfast food lmao
@@CherryGryffon Well, aren't you sweet. You sure made me smile too. I didn't think they served the gravy very pretty, did you? I use a big spoon. Now, I'm not an egg eater but I'll cook you up some mean eggs any way you like em.
Yup, Buttermilk Biscuits are for soppin'. That is why biscuits (or toast) is served with eggs, to sop up the yokes. Eggs cooked "side up" are the best, lots of runny warm yokes.
@@paulromsky9527 Do you prefer biscuits or toast with gravy? Yes, I cook side up eggs in bacon grease. Creamed beef I prefer it with no bread. Just plain. But biscuits with my gravy and some hashbrowns.
As an American, I can confirm we put jam on our biscuits and it's amazing! Also try with butter and honey, or just butter. Like scones, they can go sweet or savory.
British people are so chill with their choice of words, even when their minds are freaking out over how nice the food are, they'll just say "That's quite nice" or just "Oh lovely"
That Theo kid is an American at heart! He loves this stuff more than his own culture's food! As a Texan, this whole episode had me smiling seeing them enjoy that.
My husband's family is from WI, while I'm born and bred in the south 😂 and we have to remind his extended family when they come that they should get "half and half" tea when we go eat 😂.
Switch out the word Food and the word Is....... and put the words People instead of food and then put the word Are in the place of is....... and then you have the perfect phrase that should be the go to phrase to describe all of us people and all of our beautiful so called differences that make us all beautifully unique and yet all beautifully the same at the same time!
As a southern American, I can say that the kid that said "your food is weird and nice" encompassed the southern food scene perfectly with that statement. Southern food is weird, but it is very nice! These videos are so fun to watch!
It was really cute, lol. I mant to see them try a Midwestern food. We have Wild Rice Hot Dish up here, and it’s one of those foods that can compete with New England Clam Chowder, Southern Jambalaya, and all the other great American regional foodstuffs. It’d be hilarious to see these kids eat Jambalaya, though, too. They’d probably experience every emotion known to humanity lol
Remember my first time having Biscuits and Gravy. My family is Jamaican but we live in the US. I went to University in Georgia (the south). They had it one morning in the food hall for breakfast. I was skeptical at first, but after my FIRST BITE, I found nirvana.
I live in the South too (Louisiana), and I love biscuits and sausage gravy. My father-in-law loves coming down for a visit, because he makes sure to get his biscuits and sausage gravy. Their manners about how good it is (these boys) is refreshing
As an American, I can say that obnoxious behavior is present accepted ages in all countries. For example, people here making collective statements about all American teenagers. There's also plenty of idiocy running rampant, such as these same people being somehow baffled that people they've already decided are horrible not being respectful to them.
I'm a 31 year old born & raised American Minnesota Man. I make Homemade Biscuits & Gravy a few times a year and it's always enjoyable. I also make what my parents call a "Farmer's Breakfast" which is: Bacon, Easy-Over Eggs, and Hashbrowns. The Eggs & Hashbrowns cooked in Bacon Grease as well as having a cup of Coffee & a Glass of Orange Juice to drink with the meal.
@bilbotook1810 Yep, you should try it sometime it's delicious and doesn't waste the grease. You can save the initial Bacon Grease and use it for multiple dishes instead of using Butter or Beef Tallow or some things Olive Oil.
They had their first bites of soul food and you literally saw their souls smile through the video. That’s what soul/southern food is all about my babies!
True, but sausage gravy made right is ethereal but made badly can be pretty awful and from past videos by these 2 I'm left to wonder what that gravy really tastes like. Is it a proper example of its kind?
@@prisonerofthehighway1059 Yes, I know and I think I've seen a video where somebody (maybe Josh and Ollie) ate at that guy's restaurant so yes, PROBABLY pretty good. But something about that video I saw, if it's the same guy, just gave me a feeling there were compromises due to being in a place where real American ingredients might not be available (can you say hot dogs in jars?).
@BTinSF biscuits are just flour, butter, and dairy. The sausage is just pork and spices/herbs. Both can be done at a high level pretty much anywhere in the world.
Typically southern "gravy" is just flour and pepper in water, really bland and almost flavorless. Go up to the upper midwest and enjoy sausage gravy made with well seasoned Italian or polish sausage. Northern Sausage and gravy is fantastic, southern is generally a disappointment.
@@Steve-tl7zo I grew up in the Swamp of Florida, and I cannot tell you of any occasion in which our "gravy" didnt have pepper, sausage, and other things in with it. There is of course, White Gravy, which is what you described, but there is also "country gravy" (which is the traditional way of serving biscuits and gravy.)
@@Steve-tl7zoYou must have visited one very bad Southern-branded eatery... Not to worry, though, for anyplace down south serving something that bland won't last long.
Im as deep south as they come in the U.S... and just love watching the kiddos try Biscuits and gravy for the first time... would love to see their reactions to cajun boiled crawfish... enjoying your channel
I lived in England and I think the biggest difference is that they don’t cook with much flavor. Absolutely minimal spices, not a ton of fat (for flavor). In general, it’s fairly bland. So when they eat our food I think it’s a flavor punch in the tastebuds!
@@powbobs I am one of those people 😂 I can't drink sweet or flavored tea, only unsweetened black tea (or oolong, sometimes green tea is okay). I have a sweet tooth, but tea is not something I enjoy sweetened.
@@husseinawjama6034 I can't even watch the American version of this show. The American teens seem slow and dull. They're all wearing sweatpants and their personalities match that vibe.
Omg this warms my heart. Their expressions when they bit into the chicken is it! It’s the heart of soul food. It makes you happy. Its comforting. THEY GOT IMMEDIATELY! Hello from the NYC by way of NC.
Thanks guys for sharing our biscuits & gravy across the pond. I usually serve two cut in half with plenty of gravy on a side plate with a traditional egg breakfast. Over time, (I am now 70) I only have a half biscuit, 1 egg, 1 sausage, 1 bacon, 1 slice tomato. Otherwise I would be rolled around in a wheel barrow.
I've never been more validated in my life of the virtues of buttermilk biscuits, sweet tea, American fried chicken and sausage gravy. As a lover of all things English, I have always wanted to convey what people are missing by dismissing our version of biscuits and tea. They're both beautiful things but nothing beats a buttery fluffy American buttermilk biscuit
All this goodness is why l'm fat.🤣🤣 l would have love to see them try a buttermilk biscuit and real butter on it. Yum. Molasses and butter mixed on a biscuit. Oh my l 'm going to make a pan in tbe morning.
@@backpackbattles4176 what are “British” foods Americans should try? I’m not too familiar with your guys dishes besides the stereotypical fish and chips and teas. I’m trying to learn here
What you have to remember is that it is regional. Living in the Midwest, although I've had biscuits, it had never been with gravy until last month and that really doesn't count. It was a vegan version and likely not much like what you are describing.
I come from a Mexican family so most my life all I had was Mexican food. A few years ago while staying at one of my white friends house, her mom made biscuits and gravy for breakfast. I have never been the same since. It’s the perfect meal for a Sunday morning, it put me right down for a nap and was so delicious.
I eat this every week here in Florida, haha. But to note, we don't call it "sausage gravy", white gravy in America is simply just 'Country Style Gravy'.
@@pasionariaarguello4245 That's not always the case though, just because they're British. As a British person, I can tell you first hand, these kids were raised well, lol!
As a Canadian I'd never heard of biscuits and gravy until in my 20s and I married an American. His mom made B&G from scratch for our gift opening the day after the wedding and all the Canadians were stunned by how delicious they were lol. Thankfully, I have her recipe. 🥰
I've always loved how Brits and Americans relentlessly make fun of each other, but deep down we're cousins just having a laugh and both enjoy a good meal :)
Here I am drinking sweet tea and going to be making biscuits and gravy tomorrow for lunch 😂 Gotta love it! I have a British friend and the one thing she can’t get on board with is PB&J 😂
Cousins? The UK is closer to an abusive mother who had a change of heart after a drawn-out bankruptcy only to be bailed out by her most successful child.
As a Texan currently living in West Africa, I can’t tell you how much my mouth was watering watching these guys eat biscuits and gravy. Man, I miss southern food!
If they have wheat flour in West Africa, neither biscuits nor gravy are hard to make. You will appreciate the effort put into learning how to make them, and you might become a Big Man if you make it for other people!
For the record, so the British kids know, we *also* have regular brown runny gravy that we eat on turkey and whatnot. The white gravy is pretty much just for things like these biscuits, and fried & breaded chicken steak, and fried & breaded pork steak (kinda like schnitzel). We eat brown gravy like you have in the UK for most other things that call for gravy, we like to put the brown gravy on mashed potatoes too.
@@rotten2209 It's battered and fried like chicken...ie chicken fried steak, chicken fried pork chops, chicken fried bacon....It's all delicious in my book....ha
As a southerner, at least where I grew up, we’d open the biscuit and lay it on the plate with the crusty side down, spoon on the sausage gravy and many of us add extra black pepper! Pairs so well with eggs over easy so that the yoke runs into the gravy.
I love that it totally comes across like the students came in blind, but the headmaster saw what was on the schedule and clearly wanted in on this meal.
5:26 The food being so good that it made him happy is so great. It's the best thing a dish can do to someone and it epitomizes southern comfort food perfectly.
The confusion about the nomenclature for American biscuits comes from the dish’s history. Biscuits are a modernized version of hard tack, which people in the American frontier called “biscuits.” They called it that because (like an English biscuit and biscotti) hard tack is baked twice. American frontier people’s used this as a method to preserve it. One would typically make a large quantity of biscuits/hard tack and then soften it with a liquid or sauce when ready to eat. This method of preserving and preparing biscuits/hard tack is what developed into the dish Biscuits and Gravy.
The biscuits, sausage gravy, and chicken all look perfectly prepared. How are these kids supposed to go back to beans and toast? Also, hats off to Mr. Smith for allowing this demonstration in his school. He should be proud of his well mannered students.
@@alexanderm8975 ppl in the UK load their oatmeal/porrige in sugar, brown sugar, honey, maple syrup.... They love their sweets, but their Bakery stuff is Yuk !!! Too dry, flat, No flavor. They can frost cakes & make them look pretty, in their marzapan frosting, ... But it has No flavor.
As another southerner, (from Atlanta and Nashville) I LOVE watching these guys fawn over our food that we typically take for granted every day…they are so funny and appreciative! I have tried beans and toast…not a fan, but I did try it! 😂
@@Mycooloriginal - Thats not true, at least half of them liked a lot of it. And even if they didn’t they still laughed and had fun, as in, they connected over it :)
@@Mycooloriginalbecause there American and most of them think if it’s not American it’s not good🤣 a lad called the taste of beans disgusting and it looked as if someone had put a bit of poo in his mouth like grow up it’s obvs not disgusting you just don’t like the idea it’s British.
As a southerner, watching their sweet faces as they try it made me so happy. Also thank you for actually having a great representation of one of our favorite meals
I love when the one kid asked for jam. It’s actualy quite common to pair your biscuits with a spread of butter and jelly. Most restaurants that serve biscuits will even have jelly packets already on the table for when they bring it out. I was hoping to see that come out, but the one kid was onto something for sure. Glad to see they all liked it
I have always put butter and jam on biscuits. Saskatoon jam is the best. I don’t think I have ever seen them served with gravy. Red Lobster serves them with herbed butter that goes really good with seafood chowder.
In Texas, we have them with butter and preserves or honey as an alternative to gravy (it’s especially nice as a side to fried chicken with the sweet condiments). I wholeheartedly agree with that one young man that a double cream would be fantastic on biscuits, tho. Yum!
@@asquithmainlines699 You’re not from the southern US, though. It’s different in every region, and Canadians would have them with Saskatoon jam, while we typically have them as a full meal with sausage gravy here in the South.
@@sevenandthelittlestmew Yes you are right we would serve fresh baked dinner buns in their place. I probably only have biscuits once or twice a year but I do enjoy them. I just find if you don’t eat them the same day they are never as good. First time I had them at Red Lobster my mind was blown. Costco sells the Red Lobster mix and they are almost as good. Some day I would like to visit the south east states and try your cuisine. It all sounds pretty interesting.
Southerner here; when the kids were initially apprehensive I smiled and said “Just wait”. Awesome seeing these young men experience and enjoying great food from another culture for the first time.
as someone from NJ who spent a few years living in southeastern Louisiana, i had to learn that southern food cannot be judged on its appearance. a lot of nasty looking stuff tastes phenomenal down south
@@Tailstraw_xD absolutely. Louisiana food holds a special place in my heart. Jambalaya isn’t the same in the mid-Atlantic. miss driving up to Memphis to go to Central BBQ as well
As a US Southerner, I was laughing so hard when the boys saw the gravy for the first time like yeah, some of the food down here doesn't look that appetizing but then you try it and it's very good. I'm very happy they enjoyed the biscuits and gravy though because it's one of the staple foods I grew up with and I hold them pretty dear in my heart
Biscuits and Gravy are one of those rare dishes that are distinctly American. Most stuff has some sort of story about how it's not really from here, but we adopted it. Biscuits and Gravy is pure America only though. And even though it's from the South, you can find it ANYWHERE in the United States. I've ordered Biscuits and Gravy in Fairbanks, AK ffs.
@@demonkingbadger6689 Yeah, their comments about vomit are shared with the entire American population BUT once you try it, it's really hard to forget. It's...je ne sais quoi, but the quoi is SOOOOOO good.
Best thing about this video is the change of demeanor these kids have by the end. Exactly what comfort food is supposed to do! They started all stiff and skeptical and by the end relaxed and satisfied. Amazing the effect of good food on all of us. Fantastic video!
Well good tasting food, but let's be real, eating stuff like this is why America is so fat. Biscuits and Gravy? Zero nutritional value. The kind of food that makes you fat.
@@ditchfood8047 bro what, that's straight food coma territory, even biscuits and gravy is thought of as a breakfast food, it's so hearty and rich that I can't move after 😅
As an American southerner, it warms my heart to see this soul food crossing the pond. The look on the boys faces! Lol. Now I will try some beans and toast.
As someone who grew up eating biscuits and gravy, fried chicken, and drinking southern sweet tea, this makes me so happy seeing their reactions to how amazing they find everything.
It's merely their accents, which are pretty much the same. This says they're from the same SES and geographic region. Most children the world over are respectful: They're merely communicating with different accents and body language. These adolescents are absolutely adorable! I'd love to see the UA-camrs do the same thing with other cultures, or with kids from the USA eating British food. Or ... how about we serve EVERYONE Vegemite! VEGEMITE ON THE HOUSE! Let's see everyone's reactions. That's always a good one! 🤣🤣🤣
The boy that insisted on calling it "interesting" when first seeing the biscuits and gravy and reserving judgment before trying it will go far in life! I am proud of how these young men are being raised.
I suspect Brits, on seeing these boys, don't find it nearly as unusual as we in the U.S. do. Our kids are spirited and interesting, but few of them are well-spoken and -mannered as these boys are.
I notice their mood went from stiff and polite (with strong hints of skepticism) to upbeat and happy as the episode went on and the more American food they ate.
@@adolphhitlerdemocratcreep They obviously can serve it anywhere but that doesn't mean it doesn't come from the south. I can get fajitas at my local shop, does that mean it's not Mexican?
I lived in England for 6 months about 25 years ago. When one of my English friends came to America to visit, I took him to my grandmothers house for an authentic southern cooked meal. He was completely blown away by Mimi’s cooking! We had it all! Snap beans, mashed potatoes, meatloaf, cornbread and biscuits with jelly were on the menu if I recall correctly. I’d give anything to have my Mimi and her amazing cooking today. My grandmother was the most loving and gentle woman I’ve ever known. I’m so glad Edmund got that experience. “Love is the key ingredient” was something she liked to say.
As an American who scoffed at biscuits and gravy for the longest time (jam and honey were my go-to biscuit pairings), their reactions were so similar to mine. It looks terrible but it's sooo good!
Yep. Butter or honey or, more likely in my case, preserves or orange marmalade. Embarrassed to admit I actually like McDonalds’ bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit. *Much* better than with an English muffin (crumpet to you British types).
This was a scream to watch. I am a born and raised southerner in the good old USA and it was delightful to see these youngsters, who were skeptical at first, really enjoying our food. And they want to import it! Really fun. Thanks bunches.
Recently we went to the South in the US and had our eyes opened to a bunch of amazing new foods, but there was one thing that we really wanted to introduce to people back home!
So we got the help of a London-based cook from the South, and brought authentic Biscuits and Gravy to a British High School!
Great video
As a Texan, I appreciate the fact that no matter where you go, you choose to seek the authentic food experience that locals would offer. It is so rare when youtubers actually put in the effort to do the research and not just make assumptions. Love y'all so much, Jolly!
shout out to Santanna Hannah from Savannah
We do eat our biscuits with jam too. YOu can have a biscuit chicken sandwich wth jam/jelly for breakfast. It's not just biscuits and gravy. Additionally, ice tea with lemon and honey is a southern drink that is also nice.
Now thanks to Mrs.Savanah Hannnah and the folks at the Waffle House you know what the hype is about.
Boss: Why are you so tired this morning?
Me: I was up until 1am watching British schoolboys eat biscuits.
how does this only have 20 likes😂
2am currently
Literally 1 am while I’m watching this.
Stop that was me last night😭😭😭
I don’t know why, but that sounds a little bit dirty. Lol “watching British schoolboys, eating biscuits” 🤣🤣🤣
As a Southerner, it warmed my heart to see these boys go from "Do I have to eat it all?" to, "Can I have some more?"
as in Oliver Twist!
That’s the typical response, especially at Maw-Maw’s house. She gonna make sure you get seconds, maybe even thirds. 😂
Shame they didn't offer the boys some chicken-fried steak with sausage gravy and scrambled eggs.
if they had an Arnold Palmer they would actually die
I was thinking they were gonna love it. There’s almost nothin better than homemade gravy and biscuits!!! My moms gravy was not like this but I prefer the white sausage gravy.
As a Texan, it warms my heart hearing British say my cultures food is "proper nice"
Ditto. As a lifelong Texan, I got a proper laugh. 😂
Wait until they get some country fried steak with white gravy!
Me too, as a Texan i think this is wholesome and quite cute 😂 i'm glad they liked it.
I think all kids should be taught to try new things now and then too. There's way too many picky eaters and so much good food in the world.. personally i love asian food the best.
same😭❤️
Imagine the money someone could make selling Southern comfort food in Britain?
Many years from now, these young men are still gonna be wishing they had biscuits and gravy with chicken and iced tea. A memory that they may never forget.
Or they will move to America and gain 100 lbs😂
I am a Southern American. Some years ago I met a British man online who was horrified at the idea of putting gravy on biscuits when I mentioned it. I tried to explain what American biscuits and sausage gravy are but he was still skeptical. I promised to make it for him if we ever met in person, and long story short I eventually did just that. Now, we've been married for almost ten years. I'm sure he married me for the biscuits and gravy.
Bet it was more than that. You showed conviction, and prevailed against skepticism. Truth wins out. :)
Awesome. When an American can convince a skeptical Brit to try something that sounds so unappealing as sausage gravy (aka chopped up ferret) and biscuits and they find that it tastes better than it looks they can't do anything but ask you to marry them, LOL ! I'm not a Southerner but do like gravy and biscuits. Although, I prefer chicken fried chicken w/gravy or make my own version of SOS using white gravy and chicken on toast. Never cared for the taste of chipped beef (we had that growing up as kids). Too salty so I substituted leftover cooked chicken.
great comment!
This is a lovely story. Congrats! We Southerners know how to get in the kitchen and win hearts!
this is the sweetest thing I've ever read
As an American, hearing the kid say the biscuits and gravy are better than beans and toast and then everyone acting like that was a controversial statement had me rolling 😂😂😂😂
I've lived here in the UK for a few years, and let me tell you, these people are adorably obsessed with their beans on toast. It's actually what we would call "pork and beans" out of a can. And the grocery stores have a huge selection of canned beans for just that purpose. I have tried it, but I am sorry to say, I am NOT impressed.
@@cyberherbalist I wouldn’t be ether, I mean beans 🫘 on toast… TOAST!?
@Avery_JH if you've ever tried pork n beans on toast you have an idea.
@@cyberherbalist so bbq beans?
As an American, I can not wrap my mind around beans on toast. Sounds really bad.
It’s cute seeing these Brit children tasting seasoning and flavor for the first time, really brings a tear to your eye.
Seasoning and flavor 😂😂😂
Makes you think the British invaded half the world to get spices and they don’t use them 😂
lots of them aren't British
@@stowlicters8362 they are all British
@@georginacook1850 He just means they can’t be British (a nationality) because theyre black! Don’t mind the casual racist :)
I love watching these kids enjoy the southern food. The expressions on their faces is priceless. Does my old southern heart good.
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This is one of the rare times where a British channel does American food and it's not some wonky version of it that we don't even do over here...thank you for representing our "cuisine" properly...
I think they had help from the guy who did their Super Bowl party food, over at the pub
@@EK-rd2qi Brussel sprout sliders
They also took a trip through the south and had real southern food though too, they know the difference now.
@@EK-rd2qi I saw those videos, they probably just didnt realise but after their trip to america they seem to be more accurate on what we eat. Learn though experience i guess...
when was the last time you had sausage gravy and chicken? Then again I never heard of waffles and chicken until I was 30 so what do I know.
When the kid said it made him happy he captured the meaning of “soul food”.
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Exactly! They don't call it soul food for nothing.
This was so sweet to watch.
OMG, I totally loved that!!!! And a funny thing, my biscuits and gravy were mentioned in my daughter's maid if honor speech at her wedding!!! It definitely is something that just makes you happy!!!
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As an American Southerner I really appreciate these young men and their great manners. By the way, we usually split the biscuit open, into two halves then add the gravy.
Thank you, I was going to comment that too....newbies as they are, they still did a great job, just need some experience 😁
Im from the north, and i eat B&G all the time
We always break up the biscuits into bites and pour gravy over it.
@@CheerfulNihilism That is exactly how we do it in West Virginia.
@@kathydaniel6000 I am from W. Va. also!
My mother in law was from Tennessee and only cooked ‘southern’. First time she made biscuits and bacon grease gravy, I was in love!
I love that for years, Josh and Ollie have been mocking the concept of ‘biscuits and gravy’ in random videos. They try it, and liked it so much that now they are trying to convert others 😂
To be fair, those kind of gravy isn't really common outside of the US. I can somewhat understand why it looks a bit off compared with what we usually think of a gravy's appearance.
as soon as i saw Biscuits and gravy in the title, i never clicked so fast lol
@@Josua070 Your absolutely right the reason it received such a negative reaction in hearing about it is because they were basically imagining cookies with brown gravy. Then to pile on that white/country gravy doesn't exist there whatsoever gives little cause as to why a mysterious lumpy white liquid is actually good. Not to mention while most comparable to a scone an American biscuit is still very different from them, meaning if they had ever tried a white gravy on a scone it would have been an entirely different experience.
@@Josua070 That sausage gravy is actually a bechamel sauce, which is one of the mother sauces from France. It's called "gravy" because instead of using traditional butter, meat drippings are used.
Josh and Ollie are single-handedly going to change the UK foodscape. Soul food is about to have a renaissance on the other side of the Atlantic
Love the kid who said “Let’s call it interesting for now..I’m not gonna make a judgment” with that mentality he’s gonna go far and experience so many different things!
_"For SCIENCE!"_
@Repent-and-believe-in-Jesusdon’t tell us what to do
Calm down
@@milkman9560 Sounds like you either made them delete their post, or YT snagged it for violations.
Australian here. My old man has done a lot of business in America and he always tells me the same thing every time we have a BBQ "no one does BBQ like southern USA. They don't cook sausages and their BBQs. They cook 9 course meals with salads, sides, starters, entrees, mains and desserts all on the BBQ"
And we got the stomachs to show for it! 😅
It's so true. We will BBQ and deep fry anything. I love it.
That's not just the south anymore. Just about every decent cook has a smoker and with a little help from UA-cam, we've become pretty good at smoking meat
I moved from the South to the Pacific Northwest. Overall, I like it much better here... but damn do I miss the BBQ. I have yet to find a place in my area that even comes close to what they have in the South.
@@MrClickity, not sure where in the PNW you are, but there's Dickey's BBQ Pit in Tacoma. When I lived in Seattle over 20 years ago, my roommate and I drove to Tacoma specifically for BBQ and I believe we went to Dickey's. They had the best fried okra; super crisp, not slimy, just perfect.
I agree you can't beat the BBQ places in the South, but at least there are some decent substitutes for when you get a hankerin'. 😉
I like the kid who said he was not going to make a judgement until he had tasted it... I also LOVE the kid that said he would drink gravy by itself!
What this really shows is that good food is good...
Look at that precious child soppin up that gravy like a real Southern-raised baby. I'm so proud.
I grinned so wide at that! The REAL purpose of biscuits y'all! I was really really hoping they would drop the bomb for these boys that biscuits & gravy with scrambled eggs is a popular breakfast food lmao
@@CherryGryffon Well, aren't you sweet. You sure made me smile too. I didn't think they served the gravy very pretty, did you? I use a big spoon. Now, I'm not an egg eater but I'll cook you up some mean eggs any way you like em.
Yup, Buttermilk Biscuits are for soppin'. That is why biscuits (or toast) is served with eggs, to sop up the yokes. Eggs cooked "side up" are the best, lots of runny warm yokes.
@@paulromsky9527 Do you prefer biscuits or toast with gravy? Yes, I cook side up eggs in bacon grease. Creamed beef I prefer it with no bread. Just plain. But biscuits with my gravy and some hashbrowns.
I know right! They thought it looks gross but when it hit the taste buds they loved it!
As an American, I can confirm we put jam on our biscuits and it's amazing! Also try with butter and honey, or just butter. Like scones, they can go sweet or savory.
Butter????😭😭😭
@@dietshampoo3732 You've never had a buttered biscuit before??
@@everthic he missing out..honey butter and flaky biscuits 🤤🤤🤤
Chocolate gravy and biscuits is the best!
@@dyelbodybuild5601 I could eat those all day!
Mans instincts to put jam on a biscuit are on point, and is exactly one of the most popular toppings for them here.
I like the ole butter and honey option m'self.
@@Rogan_Dorn mmmmmm yes!❤
Yes!!! I'm a butter and jam on my biscuit kind of girl. Honey and butter is a classic too, that was always my moms go to
I like honey with biscuits
Or strawberry preserves or Apple butter.
Biscuits and gravy with sausage is the best meal. Absolutely lovely.
"Let's call it interesting for now" such a polite way to say "this looks disgusting" 🤣🤣🤣
They're british
British people are so chill with their choice of words, even when their minds are freaking out over how nice the food are, they'll just say "That's quite nice" or just "Oh lovely"
😂
@@lilypads3033 I know right? And the fact that when they are in trouble they say stuff like "I'm in a bit of a pickle"... I loooove that, so polite.
Tactful understatement is a British cultural tradition.
That Theo kid is an American at heart! He loves this stuff more than his own culture's food! As a Texan, this whole episode had me smiling seeing them enjoy that.
My husband's family is from WI, while I'm born and bred in the south 😂 and we have to remind his extended family when they come that they should get "half and half" tea when we go eat 😂.
It's not hard to beat beans on toast, or 17 cups of teas a day.
Bink if you are being held hostage
If I were to guess who lives under the stairs, it's the dude at 1:58
Arry potta
I love how polite and open minded these young men are.
And their grasp on the English language. Not littered with "You Knows", and likes.
@@stevenM8282 "literally"
I was thinking the same thing.
They’re kids and kids are naturally inquisitive
They are proper boys school young english gentlemen. Train and raise your boys proper
The looks of pure enjoyment that replaced the skeptical looks when they took the first bite was perfect.
Biscuits and jam is TOTALLY a thing in America, too. Also, we make them into "breakfast sandwiches" with stuff like bacon, eggs, and cheese.
Yes, sooooo good
Not to mention biscuits with honey
The cheese would set them off.
Yes! I like mine with honey or molasses too, and lots of butter.
Lol we’re so fat and I love it😂❤
That one boy asking permission before he could have more, god bless his polite heart.
Yes
His name was Oliver, probably.
@@DawnCibellilmaooooo I totally didn’t expect this
“Your food is weird and nice” has to be the best and most wholesome comment from one culture to another.
I agree. I laughed so hard when he said that. This has brought such joy to my day.
Switch out the word Food and the word Is....... and put the words People instead of food and then put the word Are in the place of is....... and then you have the perfect phrase that should be the go to phrase to describe all of us people and all of our beautiful so called differences that make us all beautifully unique and yet all beautifully the same at the same time!
@@mojojojo6400 Your comment became so hard so hard to read...
These shows can only make you smile. Bless these boys.. And the Jolly team 🙏🏽
3:17 "you wouldn't just drink gravy by itself"
Kid:" i would"
That's my man right there
If you’ve ever been to Dairy Queen and you’ve gotten the white gravy, I’ve drank a cup of gravy from there, absolutely life changing
Where I come from gravy is a beverage 😂
gravy smoothie
BOWL OF GRAVY!
That brown gravy he's talking about is... well... pretty damn good. I get it. I prefer it, frankly, and I'm Texan.
As a southern American, I can say that the kid that said "your food is weird and nice" encompassed the southern food scene perfectly with that statement. Southern food is weird, but it is very nice! These videos are so fun to watch!
It was really cute, lol. I mant to see them try a Midwestern food. We have Wild Rice Hot Dish up here, and it’s one of those foods that can compete with New England Clam Chowder, Southern Jambalaya, and all the other great American regional foodstuffs.
It’d be hilarious to see these kids eat Jambalaya, though, too. They’d probably experience every emotion known to humanity lol
Some might say British food is weird too. Then again, I bet to Japanese highschoolers would find chicken quesadilla weird.
@@GladDestrongeryum, chicken quesadilla!
@@GladDestronger Don't have to go very far to find people who think British food is *AT LEAST* weird, if not straight up disgusting.
I'm french btw.
Escargot... say no more. I'm not a fan of mollusk-based shellfish. But French crepes are delicious.
Remember my first time having Biscuits and Gravy. My family is Jamaican but we live in the US. I went to University in Georgia (the south). They had it one morning in the food hall for breakfast. I was skeptical at first, but after my FIRST BITE, I found nirvana.
As a southern woman, I’m SOOOOO proud of them! Biscuits and gravy is heaven on a plate.
Most certainly is. 🥹
Dear god no not at all
As western man I've never had it. (As in not just biscuits and gravy specifically or exclusively.)
@Cavalio Thorson you should try it. It's a great combination.
It’s like a warm hug!
As an American in the South I can say that I appreciate the well-mannered, kind words of the boys.
Yeah you'll barely find that here in the states lol
I live in the South too (Louisiana), and I love biscuits and sausage gravy. My father-in-law loves coming down for a visit, because he makes sure to get his biscuits and sausage gravy. Their manners about how good it is (these boys) is refreshing
As an American, I can say that obnoxious behavior is present accepted ages in all countries. For example, people here making collective statements about all American teenagers.
There's also plenty of idiocy running rampant, such as these same people being somehow baffled that people they've already decided are horrible not being respectful to them.
@@zydration3538 I gave a compliment to the young men. relax.
@@jadeswrapsandbraids I think we would find that behavior much more common in the private schools in America. The public system not so much.
“bring your fake scones and sausage gravy to England”. 😂😂😂 these kids are adorable
This video has to be my favorite one of Brits trying American food 😂
I think if these kids came to the US they'd lose their minds lol
@@e-money5085Their second channel has them go to america and japan
@@e-money5085and gain 20 lbs
@Repent-and-believe-in-Jesus can you pass the gravy when you’re done saying grace
I'm a 31 year old born & raised American Minnesota Man. I make Homemade Biscuits & Gravy a few times a year and it's always enjoyable.
I also make what my parents call a "Farmer's Breakfast" which is: Bacon, Easy-Over Eggs, and Hashbrowns. The Eggs & Hashbrowns cooked in Bacon Grease as well as having a cup of Coffee & a Glass of Orange Juice to drink with the meal.
thinking about cooking the eggs and hashbrown in the bacon grease makes my mouth water
@bilbotook1810 Yep, you should try it sometime it's delicious and doesn't waste the grease. You can save the initial Bacon Grease and use it for multiple dishes instead of using Butter or Beef Tallow or some things Olive Oil.
My compliments to these kids for keeping open minds and jumping right in.
It looks horrible
5 seconds later
This is amazing
Not sure American kids would be as open-minded. Kudos.
@@charlesmartin1121 they are
@@theashologist Good.
@@charlesmartin1121 not sure why you would assume that.
I'm an American Southerner and I'm grinning from ear to ear. All of those boys were so cute.
Even the headmaster?
I'm pretty sure those are Pillsbury and not real biscuits. Imagine if they tried some real biscuits.
@@careyfreeman5056 if they bite the biscuit and don’t immediately freeze and start crying, it’s not done right. Lol
The utter disbelief on their faces when they realized what they had been missing out on all these years, was PRICELESS!!
They put the biggest smile on my face
Never ceases to amaze me how well mannered some kids can be always nice to see.
It’s a nice reminder that humans are usually decent at their core. Becoming an adult just f*cks it all up for so many😅
Yeah. One was even like "It doesnt *look* very tasty, but I'll still try it anyway"
“May i have some more”
Y'all why? Because they are not american
That was the 1st thing I noticed. How proper they are. Love it!
As a southerner from East Tennessee, so glad they are educating their pallets to our wonderful food!
They had their first bites of soul food and you literally saw their souls smile through the video. That’s what soul/southern food is all about my babies!
So true! The power of food made with love 🤗
True, but sausage gravy made right is ethereal but made badly can be pretty awful and from past videos by these 2 I'm left to wonder what that gravy really tastes like. Is it a proper example of its kind?
The pinned comment says they found an American chef in London to make it. Probably pretty decent.
@@prisonerofthehighway1059 Yes, I know and I think I've seen a video where somebody (maybe Josh and Ollie) ate at that guy's restaurant so yes, PROBABLY pretty good. But something about that video I saw, if it's the same guy, just gave me a feeling there were compromises due to being in a place where real American ingredients might not be available (can you say hot dogs in jars?).
@BTinSF biscuits are just flour, butter, and dairy. The sausage is just pork and spices/herbs. Both can be done at a high level pretty much anywhere in the world.
Speaking as an adult from Texas.... it was a real pleasure watching these young men taste Biscuits and Gravy for the first time.... well done!
Typically southern "gravy" is just flour and pepper in water, really bland and almost flavorless. Go up to the upper midwest and enjoy sausage gravy made with well seasoned Italian or polish sausage. Northern Sausage and gravy is fantastic, southern is generally a disappointment.
@@Steve-tl7zo I grew up in the Swamp of Florida, and I cannot tell you of any occasion in which our "gravy" didnt have pepper, sausage, and other things in with it. There is of course, White Gravy, which is what you described, but there is also "country gravy" (which is the traditional way of serving biscuits and gravy.)
Texas here and our gravy has flavor. Not just flour pepper and water like dude described. He just doesn't know 😂
@@Steve-tl7zoYou must have visited one very bad Southern-branded eatery... Not to worry, though, for anyplace down south serving something that bland won't last long.
@@poliscikosis3187got to make it a roux, get that little bit of color from the sausage fat in there.
Im as deep south as they come in the U.S... and just love watching the kiddos try Biscuits and gravy for the first time... would love to see their reactions to cajun boiled crawfish... enjoying your channel
The boys were charmingly gracious and wonderfully candid. Do more, lovely to see the children responses.
I love the "your food is weird and nice" 😂😂😂 best way to describe it
That’s the most British sentence I’ve ever heard 💀
It's amazing how blown away they are by such simple southern classics like biscuits and gravy, fried chicken and iced tea lol
I lived in England and I think the biggest difference is that they don’t cook with much flavor. Absolutely minimal spices, not a ton of fat (for flavor). In general, it’s fairly bland. So when they eat our food I think it’s a flavor punch in the tastebuds!
I would love to see them try chicken and waffles.
@@samuelwilson6868 or some fajita and al pastor tacos
@@MelodyRK There’s a reason why the Brits flee to places like Spain in the summer. They’re desperate for flavor.
@@MelodyRK I remember meeting an Englishman who jokingly said “Why did the British empire get so big? To get away from British cooking!”
As an American from Georgia, it’s nice to hear them enjoy a nice cold sweet tea, and not complain about it being too sweet😂
Agree. Imo publix and cfa is some of the best sweet tea
Yes I've heard Brits says sweet tea is too sweet before.
Many Americans also think it’s too sweet.
@@powbobs
I am one of those people 😂
I can't drink sweet or flavored tea, only unsweetened black tea (or oolong, sometimes green tea is okay). I have a sweet tooth, but tea is not something I enjoy sweetened.
I’m Texan and I hate sweet tea. I’m in the minority, obviously, but I don’t like it at all.
These biscuits and gravy videos always blow my mind, I’m sure creamed chipped beef would get the same reaction
“Idk why, but it makes me happy.” As someone from Southeast Louisiana…me too brother…me too. ❤️
Thibadoux?
When the kid said “can I have a bit more” it melted my heart 💕
Yes ❤
Right??
I recently learned British kids are more polite than Americans lol
@@husseinawjama6034 I can't even watch the American version of this show. The American teens seem slow and dull. They're all wearing sweatpants and their personalities match that vibe.
Omg this warms my heart. Their expressions when they bit into the chicken is it! It’s the heart of soul food. It makes you happy. Its comforting. THEY GOT IMMEDIATELY! Hello from the NYC by way of NC.
This is further evidence that food can bring us together unlike anything else. Everyone loves great tasting food!!
Lord knows we need find something to bring us all together !!
Anthony Bourdain made that abundantly clear. Food is a uniter.
Thanks guys for sharing our biscuits & gravy across the pond. I usually serve two cut in half with plenty of gravy on a side plate with a traditional egg breakfast. Over time, (I am now 70) I only have a half biscuit, 1 egg, 1 sausage, 1 bacon, 1 slice tomato. Otherwise I would be rolled around in a wheel barrow.
@@K.navery2Uamen to that bredren
Yessir 😂
I've never been more validated in my life of the virtues of buttermilk biscuits, sweet tea, American fried chicken and sausage gravy. As a lover of all things English, I have always wanted to convey what people are missing by dismissing our version of biscuits and tea. They're both beautiful things but nothing beats a buttery fluffy American buttermilk biscuit
As a Brit living in America, I can attest to the missing out.
Amen to that.
All this goodness is why l'm fat.🤣🤣 l would have love to see them try a buttermilk biscuit and real butter on it. Yum. Molasses and butter mixed on a biscuit. Oh my l 'm going to make a pan in tbe morning.
@@backpackbattles4176 what are “British” foods Americans should try? I’m not too familiar with your guys dishes besides the stereotypical fish and chips and teas.
I’m trying to learn here
What you have to remember is that it is regional. Living in the Midwest, although I've had biscuits, it had never been with gravy until last month and that really doesn't count. It was a vegan version and likely not much like what you are describing.
I come from a Mexican family so most my life all I had was Mexican food. A few years ago while staying at one of my white friends house, her mom made biscuits and gravy for breakfast. I have never been the same since. It’s the perfect meal for a Sunday morning, it put me right down for a nap and was so delicious.
I fed B&G to an asian friend and he kept visiting every week and asking for it again lol
It will give you the itis
@@Tailstraw_xD I bet! It's one of those dishes that just gives you that at-home comfort feeling. I hope you still make him his B&G 😄
@@dustinraymond3938 what is the itis?
@@mikii5939 it's when you eat something really good that makes you sleepy and a bit bloated feeling
As a southerner, this makes me very happy. So glad to see them actually liking it. We TOLD you it tastes good!! lol
Exxxactly! 💫
I make American biscuits and eat them like English scones. I just made a batch yesterday😂
Also makes me happy they’re using what looks to be good representations for biscuits, gravy, and fried chicken. Made me want some for sure.
Oh, totally agreed. I saw the title of the video and thought "PREPARE FOR ULTIMATE SOUTHERN FLAVOR!"
They made sweetened iced tea though. Southern tea is sweet tea
As a proud southerner, this made me smile. I love when our food is properly represented. Hope you guys enjoyed!
You are not a southerner your clearly from London
@@StephenASmithESPNthey said they're a southerner.....why would you dispute that? 🤷
@@staycool163 they just want to be a American so bad isn’t it obvious
Jolly always does a good job with presenting foreign "To them" foods properly
@@StephenASmithESPN none of your business kiddo
"it actually makes me happy how good it is" you sir, have just defined soul food 😂
Right😂
Perfect definition
Right?? Like same as comfort food
Precisely 🎉
Such facts
I eat this every week here in Florida, haha. But to note, we don't call it "sausage gravy", white gravy in America is simply just 'Country Style Gravy'.
Every one of those boys is a credit to their parents, lovely polite and happy kids especially the one that said it made him happy, he made me happy!!
they are British... well behaved, with manners!
Same
@@pasionariaarguello4245 That's not always the case though, just because they're British. As a British person, I can tell you first hand, these kids were raised well, lol!
That's real thanksgiving........making him happy.
i wish we had parents like that here in usa.. kids here would mug you and take your chicken ..
As a Canadian I'd never heard of biscuits and gravy until in my 20s and I married an American. His mom made B&G from scratch for our gift opening the day after the wedding and all the Canadians were stunned by how delicious they were lol. Thankfully, I have her recipe. 🥰
I appreciate Poutine, very rare to find it in the states.
Please share!
Can you find breakfast sausage outside the states?
@@dogelife7901 there is a place 2 blocks from me I get poutine. I’ve seen it a few places in SLC.
Lol try biscuits and chocolate gravy. Your welcome
"Gravy, sausage, a fake scone, and chicken. It somehow all works." 😂
"It has so many vegetables" Ahh yes my favorite vegetable sausage 💀
1:40
I've always loved how Brits and Americans relentlessly make fun of each other, but deep down we're cousins just having a laugh and both enjoy a good meal :)
Here I am drinking sweet tea and going to be making biscuits and gravy tomorrow for lunch 😂 Gotta love it! I have a British friend and the one thing she can’t get on board with is PB&J 😂
Alrighty! as long as ya'll promise to make us some French Fries 🤠 🇺🇸 🏇
@@4everloved142Who doesn’t like PB&J?! That’s like not loving bacon.😢
I keep my hands in my pockets when around the red coats.
Cousins? The UK is closer to an abusive mother who had a change of heart after a drawn-out bankruptcy only to be bailed out by her most successful child.
As a Texan currently living in West Africa, I can’t tell you how much my mouth was watering watching these guys eat biscuits and gravy. Man, I miss southern food!
ok, try Biriyani
Preferably Hyderabadi one
Not from the south but I love biscuits and gravy.
Biscuits loved in Michigan, too. It's not just a Southern thing
As a Texan in Texas I’ll eat a plate for you tmrw morning😂
If they have wheat flour in West Africa, neither biscuits nor gravy are hard to make. You will appreciate the effort put into learning how to make them, and you might become a Big Man if you make it for other people!
For the record, so the British kids know, we *also* have regular brown runny gravy that we eat on turkey and whatnot. The white gravy is pretty much just for things like these biscuits, and fried & breaded chicken steak, and fried & breaded pork steak (kinda like schnitzel). We eat brown gravy like you have in the UK for most other things that call for gravy, we like to put the brown gravy on mashed potatoes too.
Chicken Fried Steak and gravy is the best. Most are surprised it's actually beef and not chicken.
@@LoriL010haha!
Yep it's just better sounding than deep fried wet battered. "Country fried" steak is only pan fried with dry breading.
100% My favorite food in the whole world is brown runny gravy on whatnot. I eat as much whatnot as I can lift.
@@rotten2209 It's battered and fried like chicken...ie chicken fried steak, chicken fried pork chops, chicken fried bacon....It's all delicious in my book....ha
@@alteredaustin1LMAO 🤣 Yes, I’m quite partial to the whatnot as well. Whatnot is a crowd pleaser.
The kid says, “It makes me happy.” So great!
As a southerner, at least where I grew up, we’d open the biscuit and lay it on the plate with the crusty side down, spoon on the sausage gravy and many of us add extra black pepper! Pairs so well with eggs over easy so that the yoke runs into the gravy.
That is exactly how I eat it in Southern California- it’s the best!
That's how we in Alaska, Washington and Idaho eat it. Delicious!!
Yeah they’re British, they don’t know lol they’re like, “Ooh look! Weird American food!”
isn't this called eggs benedict?
I was thinking it looked like it didn’t have enough pepper in it
I love that it totally comes across like the students came in blind, but the headmaster saw what was on the schedule and clearly wanted in on this meal.
The First Rule of Headmastering: Never tun down a free meal.
5:26 The food being so good that it made him happy is so great. It's the best thing a dish can do to someone and it epitomizes southern comfort food perfectly.
I love every single one of these kids personalities, actually everyone on this show, they are so polite.
The confusion about the nomenclature for American biscuits comes from the dish’s history. Biscuits are a modernized version of hard tack, which people in the American frontier called “biscuits.” They called it that because (like an English biscuit and biscotti) hard tack is baked twice. American frontier people’s used this as a method to preserve it. One would typically make a large quantity of biscuits/hard tack and then soften it with a liquid or sauce when ready to eat. This method of preserving and preparing biscuits/hard tack is what developed into the dish Biscuits and Gravy.
Thank you for explaining the reasoning and history 😊
Thank you, i really liked your response. I love history, and if food is involved, it is twice as interesting.
Thank you for the history lesson, that was neat
Neato! 🤠 Thanks for the history friend!!!
Haha I’ve eaten hard tack cause a kid I grew up with his whole family did historical re enactments and they brought it to school
The biscuits, sausage gravy, and chicken all look perfectly prepared. How are these kids supposed to go back to beans and toast? Also, hats off to Mr. Smith for allowing this demonstration in his school. He should be proud of his well mannered students.
Right!? just horrifies me to think how my Indian bros survive in America 😂
I certainly wouldn't go back to beans and toast! And I never tried beans and toast!
Or* HOT TEA w/no sugar 😂 you just know like that one kid said at home they’re all going to be asking for sweet ice tea 😂😂😂😂
The biscuits are over cooked.
@@deidres100 No, not at all... they're buttered and browned perfectly!!! Nice crispy outside and soft inside.
I love seeing their eyes widen when they realize it's delicious 😂
im glad they liked sweet tea
@@alexanderm8975 ppl in the UK load their oatmeal/porrige in sugar, brown sugar, honey, maple syrup.... They love their sweets, but their Bakery stuff is Yuk !!! Too dry, flat, No flavor. They can frost cakes & make them look pretty, in their marzapan frosting, ... But it has No flavor.
Lol it’s not delicious. It’s nasty.
@@Tom-cn4cm to you.
As another southerner, (from Atlanta and Nashville) I LOVE watching these guys fawn over our food that we typically take for granted every day…they are so funny and appreciative! I have tried beans and toast…not a fan, but I did try it! 😂
Seeing the kid smile just from eating it, that’s why it’s called comfort food
As a full blooded American southerner at heart, it warmed my soul seeing how happy it made some of these kids. 🥹
No matter how different we are.
We can ALWAYS connect over food.
I love this so much.
People who whine about food culture “appropriation” have no idea just how much sharing our ideas (and food) UNITES us!
I guess you haven't watched the American kids eat British food video. (They hated every bit of it)
@@Mycooloriginal - Thats not true, at least half of them liked a lot of it. And even if they didn’t they still laughed and had fun, as in, they connected over it :)
@@Mycooloriginalbecause there American and most of them think if it’s not American it’s not good🤣 a lad called the taste of beans disgusting and it looked as if someone had put a bit of poo in his mouth like grow up it’s obvs not disgusting you just don’t like the idea it’s British.
Even if they call cookies “biscuits” and falsely call our American biscuits “scones.” Lol
As a southerner, watching their sweet faces as they try it made me so happy. Also thank you for actually having a great representation of one of our favorite meals
Right? It could have gone horribly wrong but the presenters did it justice.
They could've made it so soggy, but they instead represented it properly
Really? I'm from the panhandle and the biscuits here are dry as efffffff. And I'm English...
this absolutely made my Texan heart happy 🙏
@Jedirie J there is a lot more in it than butter and milk lol
Being from Texas, this video warmed my soul, and made me hungry at the same time.
I love when the one kid asked for jam. It’s actualy quite common to pair your biscuits with a spread of butter and jelly. Most restaurants that serve biscuits will even have jelly packets already on the table for when they bring it out. I was hoping to see that come out, but the one kid was onto something for sure. Glad to see they all liked it
I have always put butter and jam on biscuits. Saskatoon jam is the best. I don’t think I have ever seen them served with gravy. Red Lobster serves them with herbed butter that goes really good with seafood chowder.
I enjoy Honey with them also. Was great watching this after watching them in the south last month.
In Texas, we have them with butter and preserves or honey as an alternative to gravy (it’s especially nice as a side to fried chicken with the sweet condiments). I wholeheartedly agree with that one young man that a double cream would be fantastic on biscuits, tho. Yum!
@@asquithmainlines699 You’re not from the southern US, though. It’s different in every region, and Canadians would have them with Saskatoon jam, while we typically have them as a full meal with sausage gravy here in the South.
@@sevenandthelittlestmew Yes you are right we would serve fresh baked dinner buns in their place. I probably only have biscuits once or twice a year but I do enjoy them. I just find if you don’t eat them the same day they are never as good. First time I had them at Red Lobster my mind was blown. Costco sells the Red Lobster mix and they are almost as good. Some day I would like to visit the south east states and try your cuisine. It all sounds pretty interesting.
Southerner here; when the kids were initially apprehensive I smiled and said “Just wait”. Awesome seeing these young men experience and enjoying great food from another culture for the first time.
as someone from NJ who spent a few years living in southeastern Louisiana, i had to learn that southern food cannot be judged on its appearance. a lot of nasty looking stuff tastes phenomenal down south
Lee Greer??
@@bigploppa154 Southern food is magic.
fellow southerner here, damn right
@@Tailstraw_xD absolutely. Louisiana food holds a special place in my heart. Jambalaya isn’t the same in the mid-Atlantic. miss driving up to Memphis to go to Central BBQ as well
As a US Southerner, I was laughing so hard when the boys saw the gravy for the first time like yeah, some of the food down here doesn't look that appetizing but then you try it and it's very good. I'm very happy they enjoyed the biscuits and gravy though because it's one of the staple foods I grew up with and I hold them pretty dear in my heart
Biscuits and Gravy are one of those rare dishes that are distinctly American. Most stuff has some sort of story about how it's not really from here, but we adopted it. Biscuits and Gravy is pure America only though. And even though it's from the South, you can find it ANYWHERE in the United States. I've ordered Biscuits and Gravy in Fairbanks, AK ffs.
Best i have ever figured it is, the more like cat vomit looks the better. I dont understand how that works, i just go with it.
@@demonkingbadger6689 Yeah, their comments about vomit are shared with the entire American population BUT once you try it, it's really hard to forget. It's...je ne sais quoi, but the quoi is SOOOOOO good.
@@Jamespetersenwa well, i am Southern, so i didnt.
Though i did have some childhood fears of those old church ladies' casseroles.😁
I’d like them to try some good ol’ mud bugs and see what they think 😂
Soul food makes everyone happy inside.
Best thing about this video is the change of demeanor these kids have by the end. Exactly what comfort food is supposed to do! They started all stiff and skeptical and by the end relaxed and satisfied. Amazing the effect of good food on all of us. Fantastic video!
@@SocialDelanaomg chicken fried steak and gravy is the perfect lunch after a perfect breakfeast of biscuits and gravy.
Well good tasting food, but let's be real, eating stuff like this is why America is so fat. Biscuits and Gravy? Zero nutritional value. The kind of food that makes you fat.
@@mdillinger2010 the reason Americans are fat are huge protons and easy access to fast food. No ones eating biscuits and gravy every day
@@ditchfood8047 bro what, that's straight food coma territory, even biscuits and gravy is thought of as a breakfast food, it's so hearty and rich that I can't move after 😅
@@mdillinger2010 lack of self-control is why Americans are so fat but high calorie good tasting food certainly does not help.
In America we definitely put jams/jellies on our "fake scones", as well as honey & butter. Glad they enjoyed it!
Don't forget the Golden Eagle Syrup!!
Molasses too
And, cane syrup.
As an American southerner, it warms my heart to see this soul food crossing the pond. The look on the boys faces! Lol. Now I will try some beans and toast.
No to the beans and toast. I know what both taste like and I can't see them together.
Just gotta have the right beans 😎
Growing up poor baked beans and toast😊😊😊
They use the sweet ones don’t use savory
Savory beans and toast is mediocre
Keep in mind, their beans are more tomato based than our baked beans
As someone who grew up eating biscuits and gravy, fried chicken, and drinking southern sweet tea, this makes me so happy seeing their reactions to how amazing they find everything.
"It actually makes me happy, how good it is" Thats why we call southern food comfort food baby! 😂
Exactly.
“I don’t know how it works- gravy, sausage a fake scone and chicken!” 😁😁 I love these adorable boys.
What is a scone?
I love how well spoken and respectful these kids are.
Imagine a country that actually takes care of its people and their health and education 😊 dogshit America tbh
I was thinking the exact thing! And they all had a nice sense of humor too. I lost it when the one kid said it looked “like a chopped up ferret”
Not the nonBritish ones, hardly could speak
It's merely their accents, which are pretty much the same. This says they're from the same SES and geographic region. Most children the world over are respectful: They're merely communicating with different accents and body language. These adolescents are absolutely adorable! I'd love to see the UA-camrs do the same thing with other cultures, or with kids from the USA eating British food. Or ... how about we serve EVERYONE Vegemite! VEGEMITE ON THE HOUSE! Let's see everyone's reactions. That's always a good one! 🤣🤣🤣
@@stowlicters8362 get back to the basement
Great showing brothers. Well done. On top of that bravo to the young men. Cheers
The boy that insisted on calling it "interesting" when first seeing the biscuits and gravy and reserving judgment before trying it will go far in life! I am proud of how these young men are being raised.
I suspect Brits, on seeing these boys, don't find it nearly as unusual as we in the U.S. do. Our kids are spirited and interesting, but few of them are well-spoken and -mannered as these boys are.
I notice their mood went from stiff and polite (with strong hints of skepticism) to upbeat and happy as the episode went on and the more American food they ate.
That happens when you eat a lot of sugar 😁
@@s_adalheid Yep. That's what we do in America. We eat sugar. And we like ittttttttt. So we're going to keep doing itttttttttt.
@@nothingtoseehear5012 😂😂 I'm glad for you guys
@@s_adalheid omg no take away his sugar he's had enough
@@s_adalheidI disagree sugar can lead to you often feeling th opposite
As a born and raised Georgia person I'm glad that they are enjoying true southern food.
Southern food they serve as far north as Chicago
As a Californian i hate everyone
Soul food 🙄🤡
@@AnastasiaBeaverhousn I’m from NY originally, biscuits and gravy, grits… definitely a Southern thing lol!
@@adolphhitlerdemocratcreep They obviously can serve it anywhere but that doesn't mean it doesn't come from the south. I can get fajitas at my local shop, does that mean it's not Mexican?
1:48 “do I have to eat all of it?” That’s a side dish here 😂
“Why is it cold if it’s tea?” Was possibly the best part of this for me. As someone who grew up in southern America, I found this supremely funny.
I know I feel the same way about the opposite. Tea should not be hot.
If they ever visit the south they'll figure it out. Nobody wants to drink hot tea in like 80% humidity
I went to Fresno, CA, and asked for ice tea. I was politely told by the waiter, "That's a southern thing." I couldn't believe it! A few years ago.
@@dreamweaver61 as someone from northern CA, I promise we have iced tea. It was a staple of my preteen years.
That’s what I say when I order tea somewhere new and say why is it hot
I lived in England for 6 months about 25 years ago. When one of my English friends came to America to visit, I took him to my grandmothers house for an authentic southern cooked meal. He was completely blown away by Mimi’s cooking! We had it all! Snap beans, mashed potatoes, meatloaf, cornbread and biscuits with jelly were on the menu if I recall correctly. I’d give anything to have my Mimi and her amazing cooking today. My grandmother was the most loving and gentle woman I’ve ever known. I’m so glad Edmund got that experience. “Love is the key ingredient” was something she liked to say.
Southern cooking is the best.
Your comment is so very kind. At 71 years of age, I still miss my own grandmother and her cooking.
My grandma could cook boot leather and it would be amazing👍👍
💖thanks for sharing this sweet comment!!
I had a Southern grandma who cooked like that too. I still think about her biscuits and skillet fried okra. Such good memories.
As an American who scoffed at biscuits and gravy for the longest time (jam and honey were my go-to biscuit pairings), their reactions were so similar to mine. It looks terrible but it's sooo good!
Nah bruh you crazy next thing your gonna scoff at radioactive nuisance and say "it's bad for me" and "I would die" like a non homoforme hiose
@@timohara7717 🤔 If I rub your belly, will it grant me good luck?
For me once they added the chicken in, I saw the entire idea.
Yep. Butter or honey or, more likely in my case, preserves or orange marmalade. Embarrassed to admit I actually like McDonalds’ bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit. *Much* better than with an English muffin (crumpet to you British types).
@@timohara7717 go be a pseudo-intellectual somewhere else champ
Seeing kids trying southern comfort food is fun.
Don't understand how watching their face light up and those big grins brings me so much joy. Well done.
Same 😄👍🏼
Take them to Bojangles and they'd never leave...
They’re just so pure 💕 There’s nothing like making beautiful children experience innocent joy. Made my face light up as well lol
As an American, I was worried they wouldn't give it a fair try, but they all were so positive and open minded! ❤ I love biscuits and gravy.
It always warms my heart when food is used to connect many different cultures together ❤️. Cheers!
This was a scream to watch. I am a born and raised southerner in the good old USA and it was delightful to see these youngsters, who were skeptical at first, really enjoying our food. And they want to import it! Really fun. Thanks bunches.
This video was a delight! I'm American too, and I have to say, watching this made me smile...and now I'm hungry for biscuits and gravy
@@jenl5988 Me, too!
Nice to see the brits presenting biscuits and gravy accurately for once.
@@jenl5988 I want biscuits and gravy now too
I thank God everyday how blessed I am that my wife is southern and can cook amazingly