Limited Budget Challenge: 2 days, £4, Ambient Vegan, with Foraging - Day 2
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- This is day 2 of an exercise in which I set myself the task of cooking 6 different meals on a total budget of £4
As usual, there will be rules and permissions - this time though, no animal products, and ambient (shelf-stable) purchased products only.
This video contains the shopping, some foraging and Day 1 of the menu. Teleportation is forbidden.
Day 1 is here: • Limited Budget Challen...
Here's a link to my foraging (getting started) video, in case that's useful: • How To Get Started For...
It's important to note: this is NOT an attempt to 'play at being poor'* (although it did make me appreciate things that I normally take for granted), NEITHER is it an attempt to 'prove that people on benefits could get by with less' (in fact if anything, it proves the opposite - because this was a difficult thing to do - that's why it's called a 'challenge').
Primarily, this is an exercise that I set myself specifically to try to provoke a creative response; to nurture or develop transferrable skills of creativity and adaptability.
*nor in this case, make any kind of statement about vegan diets. - Навчання та стиль
*Afterthoughts & Addenda*
On watching this back, it might seem like a huge anticlimax not to have used those green peas that I painstakingly sifted out on day 1, especially as I was talking about 'finding possibilities' at the time of sifting them. But think about that for a moment; another important aspect of problem solving is the capacity to recognise an unfruitful venture and divert to another path. Every day is a school day.
Fair enough!
i love this, you say the wisest stuff, imma carry this with me, thank you!
I think the peas would have been a nice addition to the pie
Did you tot up your calories? Elder flowers can be used to make great home made pop or wine.
@@glorywr they would have but at 18:04 he explains that such a small amount of peas are impossible to cook and that those peas were ruined by trying, so he really had no peas to add
What I've learned from this series: bombay mix is the ultimate survival food.
indeed
More than instant noodle
I'll be honest. I had never heard of this snack pack before. Will definitely buy some to try at some stage.
Went through a phase of munching on bombay mix during work that I bought from an amazing local indian deli. The many many pounds put on (not helped by the morning ritual of fresh samosas) was well worth it 👌
🤣🤣🤣 I was think wow that Bombay mix can be used all kinds of ways.
Alternate title: Man discovers half a dozen recipes for mashed up Indian snack foods
Yes! Love it
Definitely made me want to try Bombay mix soup
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha
Ye
That Bombay mix gets all the glory, but the low key MVP might be that jar of peppers. Having that source of oil really helped with cooking and gave you a much easier time than the last challenge where you had to render the bacon trimmings. Plus its flavored from the peppers, and, well, comes with peppers, so it's like 2 birds 1 stone.
I really enjoy these budget challenges, and these last 2 episodes are no exception. I'm really looking forward to future ones.
Your avatar might just be the low key MVP of FFX, how fitting :D
@@PandemoniumMeltDown yeah, auron definitely carries
@@rebeccaconlon9743 My man!
The real MVP is Mike's foraging basket
Feed two birds with one scone
Chickpea flour mixed with water, cooked and cooled is called Burmese tofu, lol. So what you made is essentially Burmese tofu flavored with Bombay mix seasonings.
Never many true discoveries in the world, someone has always perfected something before!
@@maaaaaaaaaarbe Yet, some of the overall combinaisons witnessed here were, I think, all things considered, unique.
Burmese tofu is an egg substitutes
@@fionahuffman6347 it CAN be an egg sub, but that is not it’s only purpose
@@francihenderson8526 oh i know, it just my favorite
Jelly ears - you mention they don't taste of much, and although it wouldn't be possible with this challenge, if you rehydrate them in something other than water they will soak up the flavour of the liquid. They're great in a broth as they absorb so much flavour, and I've even seem people soaking them in alcohol to make truffles from! :)
Yess! People make vegan jaffa cakes using them!! Soaked in orange liqueur for a boozy treat!
I'm so happy to learn about these!
them being soaked in the pepper oil would have made a delicious ingredient
Creating so much with so little is a skill to be respected
Read that wrong, thought you were being kinda sarcastic and saying he had very little skill. Was thinking “I’d like to see half the people from this comment section try one of the challenges and get half as good variety and results” 😂
He had to be so creative with such limited ingredients. Cooking the bombay mix was so clever. At first I thought he was just going to use the noodles as noodles in a soup.
@@tacocatt6808 same had to read it again lol
i read this extremely wrong. i thought this said cheating so much with so little skill to be respected. glad i took a double take
@@tacocatt6808 Me too! I did a double take.
Atomic Shrimp:
Intelligence - lvl 100
Wisdom - lvl 100
Constitution - lvl 100
Ingenuity - lvl 1000
Special Skills: Foraging Cooking Scam Baiting Frugality
He would be a perfect Fallout character. I could see him working with the Followers of the Apocalypse.
You missed teleportation
Magic - lvl 100
Are you trying to suggest that the max cap is 1000 so most of his stats are only running at 10%?
@@unnamedchannel1237 I know he's polite, tastfully reserved and compassionate but whaaaat?
My brother was amazed when I showed him the jelly ear magic trick a few weeks ago. He swore he wasn't interested in foraging or anything to do with flowers, trees or weeds. We now walk through woods and I point things out and he can name them and tell me if they are edible or not. I always take my Wild Flowers of Britain book that I got for 50p in a charity shop and we try to identify something new each walk.. I'm learning about mushrooms now - I find one and pick it, smell it, look at the gills & then take pictures from all angles and it's fun to look it up - not going to eat any yet because I am not confident enough but things like chickweed, ground elder, goosefoot, nettles, ramsons I have been eating since I started watching your videos about 2 years ago. I love these videos - thank you Mike, you are really helping to keep my anxiety and depression down while I look after my nan who is in the end stages of her life - whenever I get a hour to myself I take myself down to the local parks and bridal paths and woods & I just breath and immerse myself in nature x
This is awesome mate!
Sorry to hear about your nan, it’s a hard job looking after someone I know. Have you joined some U.K. Facebook groups for foraging. I’m in two and also a plant identifying one. It’s really interesting, plus what photos people put up is what’s out and about at the time so you might spot them when out on your walks. People also tell you what they do with them cooking wise or making teas. Just a thought if your not in any ❤️
I hope your nan passes peacefully. Bless you for taking care of her, you are a lovely soul 🙏🏻
The jelly ears are called "mu er" in Mandarin, which translates to "wood ears" (because they grow on trees)! So interesting how their resemblance to ears was recognized across languages and cultures.
yess! I love mu er
I knew those fungus look familiar
In Romanian it's the same "urechi de lemn" = wood ears
Love the fact that across continents, cultures, and languages, humans saw it and went.
That looks like an ear I reckon.
Oh! That’s what those look like whole! I have them dried and cut up in my cupboard.
Edit: I’d never heard the name Jelly Ears, just wood ear.
mr. shrimp, i want to applaud you on your dilligence with shutting down hateful comments and commenting on hateful speech in the video itself. i know it's just you being a decent person, but it's very refreshing to see, compared to other youtubers i've seen who don't care to use their platform in a meaningful way or confront people within their own community saying hateful things. so i wanted to thank you. keep being awesome 👍
Awwww....❤❤❤
I wasn't aware the word jew was hateful.
@@DanceTranced like ALL words, it depends on how you say it...what you mean by it....
@@Sarah_Grant so if you are using it to name a mushroom?
I also think the name jelly ear is just as good.
If we call a plant "old man's beard" are we making a judgement of old men, or perpetuating a stereotype about them? Or making fun of them somehow?
Or are we naming a plant something easy to remember?
I'm so impressed at all the things you made! As a vegan, on a budget with 3/4 of this exact bombay mix just sitting in the cupboard, im so intrigued to try the soup, scrambling it and making it into quiche filling, genius! And I really want to get into foraging so these videos were fascinating and so inspiring! A few others mention how calming your videos are and I completely agree, really great to watch when you're in a dark place, thankyou Mike 👍
Thanks - yeah, the soup is something I would definitely make again - the spice and seasoning level in this brand of Bombay mix means you can make soup with just the mix, plus water. It's amazing. Some caramelised onions would go well in there though - I might add some next time.
For the quiche, I would definitely recommend blind baking the pastry case, then just make the soup and pour it in, together with any other fillings such as cooked mushrooms, then leave it to set without further baking. The soup I had left over from day 1 set to a perfect texture for a quiche filling.
@@AtomicShrimp I really like the idea of adding caramelized onions and cooked mushrooms. I will add this to the notes I made from your videos. Thanks!
You might want to look into Burmese tofu/chickpea tofu.
Which I’m guessing is essentially what the Bombay mix sort of becomes.
And give it it’s egg/tofu like properties.
Lots of cool stuff you can do with it
@@IQzminus2 Thankyou :)
@@AtomicShrimp I just made the soup, I just put the bombay mix into the blender with hot water and I had some sundried tomatoes to use up, it was so so yummy! I've saved some to make the scrambled chickpea tofu and I will definitely be trying the pie too! What an amazing discovery! The flavour was brilliant 👏
I really love these, creativity, foraging and cooking all in one.
For the love of Pete, can you please allow the teleportation again, the kids and I are still studying how you did it. Seriously though, we love watching you cook and try things. It's been an inspiration for a home of picky eaters to go out of our comfort zone.
Mike uses DaVinci Resolve, which has a vast special effects suite called Fusion with a visual element of functions and nodes, which he no doubt finds helpful given his background in I.T. and tinkering. I highly recommend giving it a download and messing around in it! Make some fun films with your kids!
@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep Rats, we thought it was real. ;-)
@@thadh4085 The day the magic died. RIP (face crying a river of tears)
"Its going to seem like I'm using this stick blender a lot during this challenge... and I am". I love the way you say things.
I watched part one, had a shower and something to eat. Came back and part 2 is uploaded.
Best day ever.
Day one breakfast: Maybe if you'd blended a prune in with the peanut liquid you made to cook the oats in would have added more evenly distributed sweetness. I'd have gotten a few more peanuts to add on top as well!
Seeing this video in my feed made me smile so much, what a wonderful thing to wake up to. I love these videos and find them very soothing to watch. I'm currently struggling quite badly with depression and your videos take me out of my own dark hole for a while into a lovely, optimistic place where the world is fascinating again. Bless you, please don't let any haters ever dictate your content! You're awesome
Hey Marika, I could have wrote this comment as well, it's all I feel! take care
Can completely relate - Atomic Shrimp videos are somehow interesting and soothing at the same time!! Sending you well wishes 🤗 be kind to yourself.
Hugs to all of you who feel like this. I completely understand. Keep watching things that make you smile to yourself or bring you a positive feeling. It helps more than you know. Wholesome content like this is a godsend 🌈
It’s amazing to me how much watching Atomic Shrimp has helped my depression and anxiety over the past year! I hope you never sink back into the hell hole that is depression.
@@happycamper4thewin AS is a potent soul ailment remedy diamond for there is such a soul called Atomic Shrimp and he has many facets.
The logical next step is entirely foraged for one day.
Getting the bulk and calories from foraging in the UK would not be realistic/sustainable.
@@martinwyke not without hunting and probably some serious planned gathering. That starts to become a two person job.
@@martinwyke Depends a bit on whether you get the permissions to dig stuff up and the time of year, if you have access to tubers and fruits it might be doable. That is to say calorie wise, you'll still be faced with a severe lack of proteins, cooking oils/fats and probably a bit of an overabundance in short chained carbohydrates, which would make both cooking and getting a saturated feeling from the food a bit hard.
Maybe if you add an allowance of 2 pounds for bought dairy it would be a feasible challenge, but also still requiring a lot of creative thinking to create enough different meals to span the challenge.
Yeah, it's possible with hunting or fishing. It's possible if I can dig things up (reedmace and burdock roots could probably supply the calories in starch form)
With a decent net, I could catch, cook and eat grasshoppers all day in late summer - that is probably just about a break-even plan.
In autumn, it's definitely possible - chestnuts, blackberries and other wild fruits will supply the energy, but protein is still difficult - it would be a struggle to get it from fungi, so again, hunting, fishing or coastal shellfish foraging might be necessary.
One thing that probably would be really difficult in the UK is to get everything you need in one place, without transportation - there are a few places where it all meets up, but generally, the different things you need are all spread about.
@@mthra164 The opportunities for hunting that in the UK are extremely limited, without illegal poaching.
Elderflower fritters are a favourit childhood memory for me. My granny made those and served them with cinnamonsugar and applesauce. She used wheatfloor for the batter. God now I want some!
Her generation knew best.. Shame that people these days are so lame
I like how you compound your nouns!
@@evonne_o Well, fighting lame with awesome is on us my friend.
And probably beaten egg wash to get the flour to stick?
I had no idea elderflower fritters were a thing, seems so strange to me. I should try them sometime.
'it may seem like I'm using the stick blender a lot.
because I am'
Hahahhaha you said that so deadpan it was perfect
Finding some 6/10, 7/10 and even 8/10 meals on a 4 pound budget is just mind-blowing. Also, thanks for making more vegan content :) Yes, I know a lot of it already is - but thanks for calling it out explicitly.
You can cook a lot of super delicious and pretty high end meals on a budget.
You can usually get away with 2 out of 3 of: cheap, easy, fast.
A french omelett or poached eggs, are really cheap and super quick to make.
And probably some of the most delicious things I can think off.
But requires quite a bit of skill and heat control to be able to cook them well.
Oxtail stew, bone marrow and bread, slow braised cheek.
Most of which you can find at a lot of nicer restaurants.
All cheap cuts of meat and pretty easy to make, just takes a really long time.
These were all non-vegan examples.
But you can make lots of super delicious and cheap vegan stuff, if you make it from scratch.
But that either takes time and/or skill.
One example is vegan carrot mok cold smoked salmon.
Really cheap, somewhat easy, super delicious. One of my personal faves.
But takes time and a fair bit of effort to make.
The creativity of these is still mind boggoling to me even after watch all of these
boggling*
@@swanningabout I know, but I prefer it his way - Andre Baptiste Sr
Actually my favourite channel, I can’t say that to many because I would easily sit and watch for 40 minutes 😂
I've seen so many foraging chefs on TV use flowers only for decorative purposes. This is the first time I've seen someone make them the actual meal. Bravo. You have far more ingenuity than the whole bunch of puffed up star-holders.
I’d love to see you do one of these cheap meal days including a dessert! It’d be an extra challenge since you can make breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a lot of similar flavors like earthiness or spice, but desserts generally have less of those flavors, or those flavors in really unique ways (like tea ice cream or a ginger cookie). Just another add on to make the challenges harder haha.
Ps. These videos inspire me to cook better food for myself, I love them!
Great idea!! 'at least one dessert' is a nice complicating factor that I think might be very stimulating to deal with
Thank you for writing the Latin names below the English ones! I'm quite familiar with almost all of the plants and mushrooms you used, but having the Latin names I (a German) can learn the English ones right from your video. :)
Yeah, the Latin names are really useful, because the same common name can refer to multiple species, and the same species can have multiple common names, even within a single language.
I need a few of these a day❤
Meal challenge✔
Foraging✔
Creative cooking✔
Goofiness✔
I could also watch a whole episode on Bombay mix experiments!
And creative seeds and/or to grains mix ratios experimentations.
When will “Atomic Shrimp’s Forage Bistro” be opening up? Loving the surprise discoveries these videos lead to. I think when you limit yourself you’re better able to block out some of the noise and allowed to focus and manipulate ingredients through different cooking methods.
Indeed, he seems to have outdone Heston Blumenthal in the main-meal collation in the previous video👍
I'm waiting for him to forage up a saffron substitute and get back to that pharmaceutical company. ;-)
@@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer haha, lets hope he finds some crocuses in his garden👍
I love these series for a few reasons. First I get to see all the weird and wonderful groceries that the UK has to offer. Second I find the challenge very stimulating in a sort of point'n'click adventure game/puzzle box sort of way. Especially in the manner you manage to subvert the "normal" uses for a certain ingredient to fill a missing role. Finally, I just enjoy the trekking aspect of it whether it's urban or in nature. Absolutely great stuff!
I always feel bad when you have to continually explain to the naysayers that these are just fun challenges with rules you are just making up on your own. I can't understand why anyone else has anything to complain about. We are getting much entertainment from the content, we should just shut the hell up and enjoy your creative solutions and willingness to experiment.
I'll NEVER shut the hell up...
Hi, how are you. it's true, he gives so much and it's all free for us. Some people are unhappy and don't even realize things once their feelings take over their controlls... Oh well, he has us, the good guys :D
@@PandemoniumMeltDown Your profile picture is so good
This challenge is incredible. It shows creativity and also shows an individual with a decent amount of money surviving on less than they are used to to see what it feels like and how viably they can do so. It's not done in a cringe or snarky way nor one that humiliates those that only have a pound or two to live off every day.
He also provides these videos giving tips to people with low amounts of income showing them recipes that are both cost effective and tasty.
Yes my man
If they don't like the program watch it😊
i never wouldve guessed the english isles are so botanically diverse before i found this channel, so thanks
@@artful1967 And magic
@@artful1967 And inventing nature involved wiping all forests I assume
British Isles. Please don't leave us Scots and the Welsh and Irish out!
@@fuckwit107 oh i always thought they were synonymous, sorry.. im more scottish than anything else so i shouldve known that ;-;
@@sdrx903 lmao yur good. scotland forgives you.
Fuming that teleportation is banned this time, don't see how it's possible now
Exactly, he changed the rules mid game!
@@xavierxeon I have to say he is the master of his domain... and the executive director of his editing department who ultimately decides the due date and time allocated to special effects :S
Screw that, I was bummed as well, I love when he does the Merlin thing.
I'm staying at a hotel (with a kitchenette) this week while work is done on my apartment. I have limited cooking tools, budget and things I can carry. I want to make my own meals with variety. Ideas so far include: crumbled potato chips (crisps) for salt, separating a beef stew package for a beef sandwich and veg for a different meal, urban foraging packets of vanilla creamer and cocoa mixes to flavor plain oatmeal the hotel provides... This is already a much better adventure than fast food or frozen dinners. I am so glad I've watched your videos.
What I learned from this is that you can cook the same ingredients in different ways to create a sense of variety and having differently cooked items on the same plate can make an interesting meal.
I can't believe I didn't know this before !
Nice touch with the explanation of the old name of "jelly ears"
Well the scientific name is judae, so there's no avoiding it
@@tortron there is if you just don't use the scientific name for everything in normal conversation
@@tortron Auricularia auricula-judae indeed. I wish people would stop forcing aggresion upon anything they randomly decide offensive for shock value and populatiry.
@@theninjascientist689 not when you deal with plants, so many things have similar common names.
Fantastic.
We forage for Tasmanian mountain pepper, myrtle, fungi and some of the introduced English species. Settlers tended to bring out edible things.
Which myrtle species? Or teatree maybe?
The Bombay mix making something of an egg texture makes sense because aquafaba is often used as a vegan egg substitute
Chickpeas and eggs have weirdly similar chemistry
I'm really loving these food challenge videos. The creativity and problem solving it requires is always a treat, even if I can't taste any of the food you've made. It gives me some creative ideas for how to approach cooking in my own home.
Also, while I'm arguably poor, I don't think I've ever felt like this series was being condescending to people like me. You're very upfront that this is a *challenge*, meaning it's not meant to be easy.
I dont understand how some people can live without teleportation
Indeed. Where would we be without teleportation.
I gave up teleportation for Lent. Difficult, but doable
Besan/gram flour is a perfect "just add water" batter btw, the fried then blended version is maybe like making mashed potato from par-fried chips [edit- or making polenta from cornchips]. I was sat out in my garden two days ago looking at my elderflowers and wondering if elderflower fritters would feature on your channel soon, you never disappoint:)
Just bought a bag of gram flour today for the 'recipe redemption' episode, in which the flower fritters are getting another try...
@@AtomicShrimp it's not as crisp a batter as beer and wheat flour, but it makes better pancakes. Water plus gram flour is pretty much the body of pakoras, so expect that level of crispness. Try a straight pancake too, (not quite a dosai of course, but surprisingly close to flour/egg/milk in texture, a little pulse-ish in flavour tho, definitely savoury in my experience)
@@AtomicShrimp I have been using gram flour to make egg-free breakfast omelettes lately. If you add black salt/kala namak, which is a sulfurous salt, it tastes even more like eggs.
@@AtomicShrimp I was told by, I forgot his/her name, don't forget the soda and, if I may add, or the eno fruit salts. Helps the crunchiness by poking holes in the batter (CO2 foam)
Had to pause the video after laughing so hard imagining being a bug sitting on one of those elderflowers and Shrimp coming along and shaking it. Everything’s great then all of a sudden you’re being shaken like a Polaroid picture and thrown off the plant. The mental image really tickled me for some reason.
It’s interesting you commented on the eggyness of the bombay chickpea soup. Aquafaba, the “water” from tinned chickpeas and beans can be used as an egg substitute, even as far as making meringues. Could be an interesting challenge.
Stayed up till 3 in the morning for this, worth it
Post apocalyptic Home Bargains style.Maybe you could have made some wild yeast and used that with the oat flour?.
I like the way you experiment and challenge yourself as you film, rather than a Blue Peter " and this is one I made earlier".
This Bombay mix has been shockingly interesting. When you bought it I was thinking, ok, spice, crunch, yeah, I guess. But, the ways you experimented with it was fascinating. Even when they didn't work out as you hoped, it was always interesting.
this was a great challenge, i approve the extended budget for this because i don't think £2 for 2 days would be economically feasible (though i would love to be proven wrong at some point), you were very creative and resourceful in this problem and i learned a lot myself, so again thank you for this video!
I'm not a vegan myself but I always struggle when throwing a dinner party with some vegan friends involved. And I feel bad for going with the cop out option of throwing them some salad/grilled vegetables or carb-ing up. So this gives me a few more ideas though I'm sure I'll still need to stop my instinct to reach for the fish sauce anytime I feel like something tastes boring. Many thanks!
i finally get to watch a video early, staying up til 3 am pays off sometimes
You leveled your oven! Thank you! 😋 Now my autistic brain doesn't need to go berserk anymore.
I live alone and soforth often cook small amounts, what I have done is to buy those mini cast iron casseroles (about 300 ml), they are perfect for cooking just one serving. They also are perfect when baking portion sized bread in the oven.
Try a Remoska. Best thing I ever bought.
@@susanokeeffe6483 I have three ovens (one electrical, one cast iron and one brick oven), so that is not my problem. My problem is that most pots and pans are to big for boiling one egg or one serving of rice. But with tapas being trendy to serve in portion sized cast iron pots etc, I'm on my way to remedy that situation.
@@susanokeeffe6483 As long as the inner pot isn't lined with Teflon... Polytetrafluoroethylene is said to be quite an evil substance when heated too much or ingested as it wears off with time.
These challenges are such fun little problems to see solved. Not sure how anyone can confuse a challenge video for how to live on a budget, but ah well. Amusing, regardless.
I live in a house with like 16+ people at any given time. Food tends to run out quickly and we’re left with odd bits and ends. I’ve perfected the art of “making something out of nothing”. I absolutely love solving the challenge of what to make with such a limited ingredient and list, and you’ve given me plenty more ideas! Keep up the great work, I have loved your videos for a long time. Love from the down under
You reminded me of elder flowers. My grandma used to add them to spinach risoto to give it a bit of fragrance. I do believe you'll make me wanna start foraging again. Great video once again mr Mange Tout!
I find the smell of Elderflowers quite repulsive, I can't imagine being able to enjoy a salad with them in. To me that would not be an edible combination.
@@ianc4901 They do smell a little bit but I find that curcuma and some lemon juice help it really well. At least that's what my nana used to do when she made the pie out of them
Fun fact: Mange Tout (eat all) is an inherent part of another French compounded name: Pois mangetout (snow pea), which is pretty much the only use of this "mange tout" combinaison.
So in this pea setting, the Mange Tout reference is just precious and delicious ;)
@@ianc4901 The cordial reference was also quite important. In Poland, they make a "sok" (cold infusion in this case) out of it that is rather delectable.
@@PandemoniumMeltDown Je sais Monsieur. Mais mon francais sont un petit peux rouille
Good morning Mr. Mike :)
Was browsing the whole list just before this popped up, of course after watching part 1, and noticed that for some reason these videos seem a lot less viewed than say the scambaiting ones. To each their own of course, but i personally absolutely love these! Be it in challenge form, or just a recipe/or taste test...Maybe the mighty algorhythm hasn't quite yet picked up on these, putting them between food-related suggestions?
Whatever the case, i am always lookig forward to the next one! I also hope you'll do a few more weird thngs in a can, or something similar, those are lovely too. Just to be clear, i pretty much watch everything you put up, and like it all, the ones mentioned are just my favorites:)
I pasteda homemade recipe in one of your redemption recipe videos a while ago, with the roasted peppers: i hope you saw that, and will try it out, i can't stress enough how amazing that is! And on this particular cideo: i really loved the beetroot 'crackers', the Bombay mix soup and i was especially interested in the fritters! They may not have looked how you expected, but i'm sure they tatsed great. If not - redemption time! :D
It's basically a tempura variant, so i'd suggest really covering them in it, perhaps slightly adapt the batter, and put in some extra ingredients? And then of course use copious amounts of really hot oil to cover them whole, which should prevent any soggyness.
I'm only commenting so often, in an attempt to push your videos higher, as they absolutely deserve the top spot in the reccomendations..
Kind regards from over the pond!
I really enjoy videos like this; though it isn’t the purpose of these videos I feel like I’m learning quite a bit about cooking as well as how to use what I have intelligently. Though I’m still not that good at it haha. I spend significantly more in my shopping trips, while having food that’s not even close to that nutritious
I honestly thought this was your most interesting challenge so far, and what you did with the Bombay mix, in particular, was genius. The stricture of the vegan element brought out some great imagination. Thoroughly enjoyed this pair of videos 👍
Gaining momentum as the juggernaut he is
The scrambled chickpea really reminds me of the consistency of channa used in Trinidadian doubles. I think you could have used some of the oat flour and oil to make some bara (fried flatbread) and made some doubles with it!
Nice :)
Always enjoy the foraging!
*Sponsored by Bombay Mix*
I live in the southeast US and there must be a plethora of forgeable plants around here. These videos make me want to start foraging! Especially since there's a small forest right behind our house. Thanks for the inspiration, Mr. Shrimp!
In China they are referred to as wood ears.
Judas' ear probably comes from the Latin name Auricularia auricula-judae.
Enjoyed.
I've seen lot of people trash what you do. But honestly, my family regularly had to do things like this. No, we didnt always have to forage. No we didnt always have the ABILITY to forage.
But seeing people go "I'm gonna give myself 4 pounds, and I'm gonna make 6 different meals" is WAY more thought provoking and important than the myriad of cooking videos where one person is given a budget of $50 to make a single 4 person meal.
Yay didn’t have to wait long for part 2 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
That Bombay mix and the jar or peppers really carried the whole 2 days. Nice to see you managed to get more than the usual amount of oil..
All of this wild carrot talk is making me really want to try the Queen Ann's Lace I have growing near my house. Maybe I could try to make some pakora like fritter thingies 🤔 like you tried with the elder flowers.
Wow! I just finished watching day 1. Perfect timing, thanks Shrimp!
same
I once saw a hedge.
I love your work, because it has a modest and authentic tone to it, but it shows your thought process too, like a philosopher practising his skills. Anyway greetings from Belgium.
Just finished day one within the past hour! What a perfect thing to watch before bed, thanks AT :)
Same! I think I only finished it about half an hour ago and was sort of sad thinking I might have to wait a day for the next one!
I would've loved to have watched these videos when I was broke, as I for a year had very little cash flow, but I had a house and often free time (I wasn't able to work full time) If you don't learn something or find these videos useful, you never had problems.
I like the rustic look of all the meals, honestly.
As always, this is my favorite of your series. I love watching your mind work. As a teacher, I enjoy seeing someone use critical thinking skills as exercise and as fun, and you really push your brain. What I see as a big problem must be the tongue numbing boredom you face. Well done, Mike - you gave me a lot to think about.
I can't say I find szechuan pepper boring :D I know what you mean, just kidding.
God I love these challenge videos so much. You're like the dad I never had. Keep up the great videos.
Absolutely brilliant mini-series. I think a lot of people will agree with me when I say that this is the best content on your channel! (if not, on UA-cam). Keep up the good work! :)
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1:49 Just a random fun fact: in China, we call this thing _木耳_ "Wood Ear" for obvious reasons. 🤣🤣🤣
Are you in China now?
isn’t it cheating to just disallow teleportation for the 2nd day?
Agreed
I love these challenges! Really interesting to watch you forage and prep meals I wouldn't ever have thought of. Makes for a very fun viewing experience!
Great series as usual. Would love to see this be done over a week maybe? bigger budget? With more interesting restrictions?
never in my life did I think I would witness someone frying a dandelion
I love these budget challenges. They certainly seem to get your grey matter buzzing, dude. Your culinary imagination is phenomenal.
Bundeskanzitleress XD
I really love these budget challenges Shrimp. Genuinely burst into a smile when I saw Day 1 go up yesterday!
I love this series so much. Speaks to everything that exited me as a child.
Exited you... hmmm interesting :D
That's cute x
That's nice
You should do something where food that starts with/contains a certain letter isn't allowed, it would be interesting in my opinion.
I like that a lot. Maybe pick 8 tiles out of a scrabble bag and those letters can't be used (might need to limit the rule to the noun/adjective parts of the name - ie dried mushrooms is M, not D)
@@AtomicShrimp Lovely
@@AtomicShrimp Picks 8 tiles. 5 of them are vowels.
Well looks like I'll be having sleep for dinner
I reckon for 8 tiles, it will have to be 'starts with letter', or yeah, it will be sleep for dinner.
@@AtomicShrimp I agree. If you pull out an E and are limited to anything without that in the name it'd be a tough one.
I love how these challenges really take you out of your comfort zone and make you push boundaries. great video, as always !!!
I’m always so impressed with your creative use of foods. Taking them from one thing to something I never would of thought of!
You should do a challenge: no fridge, no oven, one pan, one burner on the hob.
I would love to see this!
Are we allowing a toaster and a kettle?
How many knives, forks and spoons? Tin opener? Corkscrew? Tinfoil?
Can Mr Shrimp use an iron/hair straighteners etc?
What about a campfire, or home made barbeque?
I would like it because that's the thing about cooking/eating on a budget, it does generally go hand in hand with other resources being very limited.
@@kathrynhamblin6479 Nope, just handcrafted woodedspoons, including while starting a fire, only handcrafted woodedspoons.
Atomic Shrimp - The Woodedspoon Trilogy.
Let's be real guys, we all watched 80 minutes of Bombey mix ad.
Thank you, I really enjoyed this. I’d love to see more Bombay mix cooking. I also missed watching you do the shopping and talking through your thought process - that’s one of the best parts of this series !
I really enjoy your videos. Your explanation about the problem-solving mindset really resonates with me. And you make it such fun to watch. The teleportation transition was genius. 🥰
Hey hi there.. if you have a coffee grinder that will grind seeds/ peas. to flour. If you dont have one they are cheap ... its what i use.😁 i enjoy your videos.☯️💟🇭🇲
I remember in a previous episode in the series you bought 2 kilos of flour, and only used around half a kilo. It would be nice to see a video in which you actually use up 2-3 bags of the cheapest flour, by trying to have as many meals and snacks made with flour. At most, flour and rice, using boiled rice which you then blend with water as a replacement for rice flour and water, in some recipes. I know it wouldn't be all that healthy, which is why beans and vegetables and fruits would be needed for that, maybe also lots of pepper or dill. Including making puffed snacks and flavoured chips. As for the peas, I would have just blended them and made them into a pancake, with some of that blended boiled bombay-mix batter.
Thanks so much for making these food challenge videos, I’ve been working my way through them over the last few days. So many creative solutions and ideas.
Thoroughly enjoyed this installment of limited budget cooking, can't wait for the next one, thank you for the great content as always, Mr. Shrimp 👌
New favorite channel for sure! 💯
You can make coffee substitute with roasted dandelion roots fyi!
chikpea flour once cooked (like in the bombay mix) will not behave like raw chikpea flour, that means is not useful to make a bater as you did, the starches change after heating and cooling. however you got a great unintentional vegan cheese at 5:36
Agreed, the fried noodles are going to be modified and different from raw flour. I do think the cooked 'soup' must have rehydrated the starches and, to some extent, restored some of their initial properties - but by that time, the mixture is too wet to probably function well as batter.
I am amazed by your creativity. When I saw those ingredients at the start, I was expecting endless pots of porridge and stews. I was puzzled by the bombay mix and peppers, but Mr Shrimp impresses us with fritters, pies, risotto, and making bombay mix soup. Hats off to you, sir.
I find you incredibly calming and reassuring🍃.
My one complaint is that you lost your teleporting powers! Great video, love these!
How about you use some decision dice when sorting out the criteria for your next food challenge? Could be interesting
I really enjoy watching these challenges. Your knowledge not only of wild plant gathering but of food chemistry and cooking combined with a bit of creativity really leads to some interesting results. I'm also always astonished to see how cheap food is in the UK. I think of the UK as being a very expensive place to live (compared to here in Czechia), yet your food seems to be not only far cheaper, but also much better quality. I keep toying with the idea of trying a limited budget challenge myself, but I'm not sure how I could actually keep myself fed at these prices. Even the instant noodles here cost about 50 pence (converted), which would be half a day's budget on a "pound a day" food challenge. I'm also in a city with no opportunity for foraging. On the other hand, you manage so well with such sparse ingredients, it does make me want to at least try it... Anyway, thanks for the inspiration!
8:08 soooo many colors! Tablecloth, plate, cup, shirt AND the food…. It’s your signature move other than your calm creativity 🤩