When Ben suggested James to carbonate the wine, I thought “Surely the super geek knows what happens when wine is carbonated...” Then i realise Ben absolutely KNEW
I just love how he KNEW you arent supposed to carbonate anything other than water in these things yet was like "hey james! This isnt water, carbonate it!!" Knowing full well that something was going to go wrong.
The toaster "automatically" turns the toast without you having to touch it, by fully opening the latch/lid and closing it back again. The bread slides down the lid bottom side first, dark side down and gets reverted when you then release the spring loaden lid. Operating and keeping an eye on the thing was quite an attraction in itself when I was a kid. This was helped by the fact that the fully exposed wires were not only red hot but also live with 220 Volts.
Absolutely! You do NOT need to touch the toast until it is cooked both sides. Mind you, our old toaster had the springs die, so we used wooden clothes pegs to hold the sides up. Even more of a challenge to keep and eye out. Burning toast, and burning wooden pegs!
I bet, with a bit of ingenuity and total lack of regard for human life, this toaster could be linked to the teatimer and you could have toast with your tea... while sitting accross the street fron your burnt down house. 😮
He so did! I could feel him judging and saying mentally: "Elementary my dear James." I wish he had his pipe out, but he set James up like Professor Moriarty. Also he's never looked more like Stephen Fry.
I love Ebbers' outfit! Also, his non-reaction during the explosion is classic. I think Chefs and nurses (like me) have similar reactions to ... unusual circumstances.
Poor James, having to put up with these two. 😂 I love Ben, he's so genuinely happy all the time, it seems. And Jamie's giggle, I can't. Much love to the whole group, I'd love to see more of these. Like a vintage ravioli press, or something. Just weird appliances not used anymore.
Oh wow that cookie press brought back a lot of memories! My mom used to make probably hundreds of spritz cookies for Christmas with a very similar cookie press, including tree shaped cookies and star shaped cookies with red and green maraschino cherries. I can confirm with the right dough the shapes do hold quite nicely
As soon as jamie said "You can carbonate anything", as someone who has a modern soda stream and and had exactly what happens in this video happen to me I grabbed my popcorn.
It's true. My grandma actually bakes "Spritzgebäck" every year for Christmas. But we use a meatgrinder with caps that creats the same pattern as on the package is shown.
I’ve been informed that you’re using the vintage toaster wrong!! Apparently, if you open it all the way when the first side is done, the bread/toast should slide down and turn itself over ready for you to toast the other side - less dangerous that way! It’s so cool to see the different gadgets, and how they’ve changed over time - great video :D
As a self-proclaimed "cola syrup connoisseur" I need to mention that the amount of syrup they want you to put into water is astronomically high. Like so far away from what's good, especially for cola flavor. One of those bottles is supposed to just be enough for like 9 liters, when, in reality, you can easily stretch that to like 30 liters and not lose out on flavor. The amount that James put into that little bottle is like double the amount I put into 1,5 liters.
depends on the brand, and probably what country you're in. i found the diet(non sugar ones) to be way too sweet with the recommended dosage and not too lacking in flavor if toned down, however some of the other syrups are way too weak if i want to go for the authentic buy it in a can experience
Watching James struggle with biscuit press killllls me 😂 I’m 28 and used the exact same one growing up! My Dad and I used to make Melting moments ALL THE TIME with this! Different shapes require different amount of squeezes! I’d love to show you all some of our biscuits that we used to make with this!!
Same! 29 years old and grew up on spritz cookies. Admittedly most of my friends’ parents are younger than mine so I grew up with quite a few “outdated” things. They didn’t have me until they were 40. I always feel silly having bought one since it’s such a unitasker but I adore the cookies.
@@SortedFood I'm really surprised James hasn't seen one before. You can still get them in Germany every year (although they're usually made of plastic these days) towards Christmas.
It's really important to chill the dough overnight. It'll make it harder to use, but the colors will hold their shape. My dad makes these every Christmas, they usually turn out pretty well, but some tips are definitely better than others.
Oh the teasmade!! Takes me back as a little girl sitting on my Mum's bed on Sunday mornings. I remembered the spitty noise and that damn alarm before it scared the crap out of James. Seeing this teasmade has properly made me smile 😊 thank you boys!
Talking about the toaster still working really gets the thoughts going on how back in the day, things were made to last (clothes, appliances, tools, etc), whereas nowadays everything is made to either be as cheap as possible (and thus break quickly from inferior parts or construction) or for planned obsolescence (where the manufacturers want more money from you, so they make their things break after X time on purpose).
I once had a Play-Doh Fun Factory from the 60's to make cookies, gnocchi, designer croutons, pasta (used a cheese slicer for thin slices) and meringue accents. I also amazed friends and adults with what I could create with an Easy Bake oven. That should be a Sorted challenge if I ever heard one.
My mum and dad had one of those teas maid. It used to make so much noise boiling the water and then decanting it into the teapot, you were already awake before the alarm went off, but they loved it and used it for years. Think it’s still in their garage now 🤣🤣
I LOVE everything about this video. The idea of old gadgets, Ben in a flat cap, James living on the edge, Jaimie's reactions: perfection. The very thought that there are auctions where Ben can go bid on cookie guns from the 50s has made me reconsider my post confinement plans. Thanks guys!
I'm 58 and my mom had us use this when I was a kid to make Christmas cookies. We did the Spritzer and put colored sugar/cherries/"jimmies" on top before baking. Ours looked a lot better than what James ended up with. I think something went wrong in his dough process for them to go flat like that. We (my sister and I) still use this kind of cookie press to this day to make our Christmas cookies.
"I'm sure that as a kids we carbonated all sorts, that's why we brought you some white wine" I wonder what kind of childhood Ben had if he carbonated wine as a kid
When your 8 year old son is watching with you, and says "he made a biscuit that looks like pacman" and then when it comes out of the oven..."oh, now it looks like if pacman ate something he was allergic to" 😂🤣 Out of the mouth of babes, as they say lol
The Sodastream, this was the stuff of wonder from my childhood, my dad purchased our one exactly like this from Woolworths. the whole family stood round and watched this being done for the first time. Never go full seven press was the moto in our house, or atleast infront of my dad. Thanks for the great trip down memory lane.
Ben: Anything over 20 years is considered Vintage. Me: (*Looking in my closet*) So... the flannel shirts from high school that I sometimes still wear, are... Vintage? Dang.
1:30 is my favorite because when Jamie hears the word "Squirt" he immediately looks at the camera and start looking somewhere else as if he doesn't know where to find that particular word online 🤣
My mother has that exact spritz cookie press here in the US. She's used it every year for Christmas cookies for decades. It was a wedding gift that worked out for the good.
Ben explaining the difference between ‘Vintage’ and ‘Antique’. Finally someone who speaks my language! I love vintage vibes. So, thank you for this video!
My granma use to have one of those toaster , but opening the flap all the way would cause the bread to slide down on it and therefore turn itself, allowing you to put the flap back up for the other side.
Speaking for Germany where lots of people mainly drink sparkling water: The Sodastream is the best, no more carrying heavy bottled water home from the shop + way better for the environment. We love to see it!
Had a cookie dough press when I was growing up, we had a Swedish made Sawa one it had little feet on the rim to give you the correct stand off. Had heaps of fun as a kid making all sorts of fancy shapes.
I just got a crazy nostalgia burst remembering watching the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving as a kid and Snoopy using one of those kinds of toasters, and I had never ever seen one like that before.
The biscuit press is fantastic. My mother used one all the time to make biscuits and I even asked my dad to get me one as a birthday present. It takes a little practice to use it and only needs one sharp squeeze of the handle to get great shaped biscuits. I still have mine and it is in regular use. The metal ones are way better than the plastic ones available now. Aaah the memories
We had a cookie press growing up and exclusively only used it at Christmas to make Christmas tree spritz cookies. They held their shape and held the details. We also added green food coloring and used sprinkles before baking to make them look like decorated trees.
I also make spritz cookies every year at Christmas! I feel really bad for the first gadget because I have one that similar that works well and I was rooting for it so hard T-T. I'm pretty sure they needed to fridge those cookies before baking though, the dough seemed way more wet than any spritz cookie dough I've made.
My mom had one of those cookie presses when I was a kid. It really depends on the cookie dough and how many times you pump the device. We always pumped it extra for fluffier cookies.
I love how the very first 'vintage' gadget is the thing that is present today in almost every other Indian household. We use it to make sev, gathia, etc.
Also present in every German household, we make our traditional Christmas cookies with them. So interesting how it different uses everywhere. Also I just googled what sev and gathia is and now I want some 😭
A few tips from someone who has basically that exact cookie press passed down in the family for generations, used for all holiday baking: never use a silpat or parchment or any nonstick surface. You need the cookies to stick to the pan in order to release properly from the press. Best to press them directly onto a cold pan. It also helps to twist the press just slightly as you pull up. Also, the way they flattened tells me your spritz recipe had too much butter in it, and the way they browned on the edges tells me the oven was likely too hot. You don't want any browning on spritz cookies. They should be uniform in color. Cheers!
i have at least one cookie press that has a knob on the end that you have to twist, instead of the 'caulking gun' set-up shown here. There is a definite knack involved in using a cookie press; you have to get just the right pressure for the cookies to form nicely. In addition, spritz dough can't get too warm, otherwise it doesn't stick to the cookie sheet properly. I haven't used mine in ages, but yes, with patience (and reusing the dough from the ones that didn't turn out right the first time), we did get lovely detailed cookies which we then decorated with candied cherries and/or sprinkles. I think my favorite ones were the wreaths (sprinkled with green sugar and cut up cherry for a bow) and the ribbon ones (using the disk seen at :38), sprinkled with chocolate sprinkles or chopped walnuts. I think the dough was too warm when it went into the oven; perhaps it should have been put in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes before baking.
Oh, the nostalgia, my parents still have a toaster of this style to this day and it still works. The fun part is that the slice turns itself once you open the slot all the way, so no touching required and you can use a knife or something to slide the hot toast onto a plate too.
I have the toaster my grandmother used to make toast for me back in the late 1950 sitting on top of my book case. It has patent stamps on it from different countries of 1912, 1913 & 1914. The outer door/slide is a bit smaller than what's on the one shown here, but it worked much better (or it could just be the shear size of the bread here that inhibited its workings. To do things right, you slide a piece of bread in just like done in this video, however; when one side was toasted you would completely lower the door, the top of the bread would slide down the racks, keeping the top against the rails close to the heater coil. When you raised the door back up it would effectively flip the slice and then toast the other side without having to manually grab the hot toast and turn it. Brilliant !
I'm from India and mum still uses the first gadget to make savory snacks. And I'm pretty sure it is common in India for making chaklis and many more items XD
I haven't been as much of an avid youtube watcher in general over the last year, and so I really fell behind with this channel. I've watched so many videos today instead of doing college work and I didn't realise how much I missed the content you lads put out. It's so entertaining and hilarious and really takes me back to when I had first discovered your channel when I was about 16. Still my favourite channel out there, thank you for the years of funny bits and helpful cooking tips.
My mum still has her cookie gun. We used it at Christmas to make vianeese whirls. Still works perfectly to this day. All James needed to do was to do one more small press of cookie gun and the "petal" shapes would of stuck together perfectly! Plus put the cookies in the fridge before cooking helps keep their shape
I use a cookie press every Christmas season. It’s all about the finish of the dough. I always cool mine before putting it in. They are a family favorite!
Agree entirely: the cookies come out much better if the dough is chilled before using the press, and the cookies are put in the oven immediately after pressing them onto the baking tray. Probably the studio lights softened the dough too much for it to hold its shape.
Two tips with the classic Soda Stream. One is that it will fart when it is fully carbonated. Two is to lift the lever slowly to let any excess carbonation to escape without exploding.
"Vintageeee Cookie dough press" 😂still very much used in like every household in Germany that does Spritzgebäck for Christmas only difference might be in plastic nowadays 😂
I think the wildest thing about that toaster is the fact I own one from about 40 years earlier which, while still an incredible fire hazard, is somehow safer and more convenient - it has a mechanism which allows the toast to be flipped without needing to stick your fingers in the machine.
I’m a 23 year old whose family has always had a spritz cookie press. It’s a standard tool for making Christmas cookies and it works perfectly. Only difference is ours has a crank top instead of a squeeze press.
No joke, seeing that Cookie press brought on a long forgotten memory. I'm 200% sure my grandma had something almost exactly like it when I was little. She loved to cook; and everything she made was delicious. It was also very old school cooking.
We always used my grandmother’s cookie press to make Christmas cookies! Loved it!! But you definitely need to use a thicker cookie dough - like an American sugar cookie recipe (lard based). Then the cookies keep their shape.
My mother used a cookie press very similar to this one and her spritz cookies were always beautiful. Maybe they should have used a vintage cookie recipe too.
In the early/mid 90’s my mom purchased a cookie press for our family’s “Christmas Cookie Decorating Fun”’ I helped open a box that had no less then 10 different attachments for all sorts of shaped cookies. My and my mom’s eyes both widened at the sight. Me, and my childlike innocence imagining ALL the cookies I was about to decorate. I slowly sorted through each shape... candy cane shaped, wreath, stars... my creative juices were flowing and I was already planning the glorious platter of sweets that Santa would enjoy in my living room. When I looked up to see if my mom was still just as excited as I was I noticed her absence, and giddily sought her out. She stood, in snow, on the back patio taking drag after drag of her Virginia Slim 120s. When we returned to the kitchen, and she had poured herself a massive goblet of wine, I sat and watched her begin to fill the press with her amazing sugar cookie dough and start pushing out the canvases for my Santa “art”. The first few came out ok, not perfect but it’s a new contraption and she was trying to get the hang of it. After the first few, she made a couple more that were PERFECT. Then about the 6th cookie in, something happened and the contraption no longer worked. After 5 minutes, she removed all the dough, washed it thoroughly, and grabbed a different cutout. We had moved to the wreath shape. With every push dough escaped from every direction but the baking sheet. Her silence was broken only with the frequent gulps from her chalice. That was the last calm moment I can recall. My sister stepped in the kitchen and made an innocent joke about how awful they were looking, and the dough hit the proverbial fan. At one point, with fury, my Mom took said press, walked it to the back patio. Where she placed the press on the concrete and alternated between stomping on it, and playing whack a mole with a hammer. My sister and I stood at the back door watching the scene unfold, silent. Once she finished “office space”-ing the press, she walked back and lit another cigarette as before. When she walked back in she calmly said, she wasn’t making another sugar cookie for the rest of her life. 1994 was the last year I ever had my mothers amazing homemade sugar cookies. She’s stayed true to her word, and the memory of the Christmas Cookie Crisis 1994 is the reason I have never made sugar cookies to this day.
The first gadget, we Indians still use. We use it to make many Indian Savory and sweet snacks, basically Murukku. With slight change in proportions and ingredients of the batter, we make snacks that lasts us for a few months atleast. This is specifically done during the Indian festival - Deepawali. 😅
I was born in 1953 (shudder) and we had a similar one. I am Canadian, and ours had solid sides, not grill sides and the knobs were at the top and much larger. It worked great!
That cookie gun took me way back. My mother used to make spritz cookies every Christmas when I was a kid. The trick was knowing how many presses were needed for each nozzle type
My Mom made spritz cookies every Christmas! Don't use the silpat sheet, the dough has to stick to the pan in order to keep it's shape. They were the best cookies and the best memories ever.
When Ben suggested James to carbonate the wine, I thought “Surely the super geek knows what happens when wine is carbonated...”
Then i realise Ben absolutely KNEW
He wasn't phased in the slightest.
I was just about to say the same thing! XD
If you are going to make top betrayal moments in SORTEDfood, this definitely goes in.
SO obvious! I love it ^*^
I just love how he KNEW you arent supposed to carbonate anything other than water in these things yet was like "hey james! This isnt water, carbonate it!!" Knowing full well that something was going to go wrong.
Just when you didn’t think he could get any more Ebbers, Ben brings his own matching tea cup. Ebbers levels up.
He's got no wife to tell him otherwise
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Whats this you're Ebbers is evolving?
You haven't even seen him in his final form
The toaster "automatically" turns the toast without you having to touch it, by fully opening the latch/lid and closing it back again. The bread slides down the lid bottom side first, dark side down and gets reverted when you then release the spring loaden lid. Operating and keeping an eye on the thing was quite an attraction in itself when I was a kid. This was helped by the fact that the fully exposed wires were not only red hot but also live with 220 Volts.
Absolutely! You do NOT need to touch the toast until it is cooked both sides. Mind you, our old toaster had the springs die, so we used wooden clothes pegs to hold the sides up. Even more of a challenge to keep and eye out. Burning toast, and burning wooden pegs!
like one of those fancy walkmans
I bet, with a bit of ingenuity and total lack of regard for human life, this toaster could be linked to the teatimer and you could have toast with your tea... while sitting accross the street fron your burnt down house. 😮
I came to the comments with a similar memory, to add to their understanding. Well said, thank you.
15:35 Ben's reaction is that of someone who knew EXACTLY what was gonna happen and got away with it lmao
He so did! I could feel him judging and saying mentally: "Elementary my dear James." I wish he had his pipe out, but he set James up like Professor Moriarty. Also he's never looked more like Stephen Fry.
They should use these when they cook dishes from that vintage cookbook!
Haha, great idea! Vintage recipes and vintage gadgets.
this could be a great video
I read "vintage cookbook" and my mind went to the books from the 70's that have like Ham and Bananas and salads in like gelatin lol
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@@SortedFood make it a pass it on and it will be a triple whammy 👀😂😂😂
I love Ebbers' outfit! Also, his non-reaction during the explosion is classic. I think Chefs and nurses (like me) have similar reactions to ... unusual circumstances.
He looks SO cute in that cap!!
And teachers
Ben being a mad scientist and getting the rest of the crew to test out whatever he pleases without knowing what will happen could totally be a series.
A rather dangerous series...
@@VixeyTeh Maybe he can cut back on the explosions?
Fearless Leader. Someone has to do it.
The YES CHEF! Badge?
“i think the teas probably gonna be tea”
“oh that’s tea”
that’s the quality commentary i’m here for
😂 top quality always. You can rely on us.
also 10:40
* bites toast *
"i can confirm, it is toast"
quali-tea commentary
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One of the many reasons we all love James.
When Ben told James he had to “squirt some cookies,” Jamie’s face was everything hahaha
Ben looks like he’s dressed for a wild night of Bingo and I Love Lucy
😂 he's got his special pens at the ready.
@@SortedFood Ben has his bingo ‘dobber’ ready? Epic thought ;)
So a regular Friday for him then?
And yet, you have to hand it to him; he certainly makes an effort.
I think he looks smart in that flat cap.
Ben not even blinking an eye when that wine exploded makes me think he’d be an outstanding Dad.
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Have we forgotten about Tyrone already?
Yeah…MY daddy 😜
@@MrPessimal Never!! I think he is about 12 or 13 now???
@miko foin I'm 28 help 🙈
Poor James, having to put up with these two. 😂 I love Ben, he's so genuinely happy all the time, it seems. And Jamie's giggle, I can't. Much love to the whole group, I'd love to see more of these. Like a vintage ravioli press, or something. Just weird appliances not used anymore.
Jamie: Reeling from the white wine
James: Shocked at what just happened
*Ben: Already ready with the prepared explanation*
i love it
That is how you use science knowledge for chaotic good 😂
I cannot express the feeling I had when Ben had the same tea cup as the set on the box.... just incredible!
Oh wow that cookie press brought back a lot of memories! My mom used to make probably hundreds of spritz cookies for Christmas with a very similar cookie press, including tree shaped cookies and star shaped cookies with red and green maraschino cherries. I can confirm with the right dough the shapes do hold quite nicely
We in India use them to make savoury snaks during Christmas. And yeah it works great with the right dough consistency
As soon as jamie said "You can carbonate anything", as someone who has a modern soda stream and and had exactly what happens in this video happen to me I grabbed my popcorn.
Yep. Popcorn was instantly required for the glorious mess that was to come.
You can carbonate wine, you just have to very slowly remove it, releasing pressure a little bit at a time. I wouldn't recommend it.
Same lol. Though I did try carbonating milk once. That was a terrible idea and a learning experience for me.
Any unusual flavors tried? Any successes?
I remember doing it with cold mint tea once to make fizzy iced tea - that, similarly, didn’t go to plan
“...Toast used to be smaller.” made me laugh so much I cried and I don’t think it’s getting the recognition it deserves
Ben: "Spritzen, from the German: to squirt".
Jamie's eyes: "Someone else just heard that, right?"
He looked at the camera thinking "that's what she said"
He is absolutely right though.
Proof: I'm German
It's true. My grandma actually bakes "Spritzgebäck" every year for Christmas. But we use a meatgrinder with caps that creats the same pattern as on the package is shown.
@@vecordia1176 We've been using one of those tools for years and I didn't realize it was a vintage oddity!
@@vecordia1176 same! we do it in family every year, with a meatgrinder with caps as well.
I’ve been informed that you’re using the vintage toaster wrong!! Apparently, if you open it all the way when the first side is done, the bread/toast should slide down and turn itself over ready for you to toast the other side - less dangerous that way!
It’s so cool to see the different gadgets, and how they’ve changed over time - great video :D
Jamie’s face as Ben keeps saying “squirt the cookies” 😂
Ben 🤦♂️
I'm really glad someone else caught this 😂
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@@tepmurt76 Right? He tried not to laugh …. 🤣
The eye contact with the camera!
"It pops. It tells you when it's ready."
Oh Ben. I want to be you when I grow up. That was beautiful.
As a self-proclaimed "cola syrup connoisseur" I need to mention that the amount of syrup they want you to put into water is astronomically high. Like so far away from what's good, especially for cola flavor.
One of those bottles is supposed to just be enough for like 9 liters, when, in reality, you can easily stretch that to like 30 liters and not lose out on flavor.
The amount that James put into that little bottle is like double the amount I put into 1,5 liters.
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Not surprising. They want you to buy more of it after all
depends on the brand, and probably what country you're in. i found the diet(non sugar ones) to be way too sweet with the recommended dosage and not too lacking in flavor if toned down, however some of the other syrups are way too weak if i want to go for the authentic buy it in a can experience
Watching James struggle with biscuit press killllls me 😂 I’m 28 and used the exact same one growing up! My Dad and I used to make Melting moments ALL THE TIME with this! Different shapes require different amount of squeezes! I’d love to show you all some of our biscuits that we used to make with this!!
Amazing! Tag us in some photos on insta or tweet us? We would love to see.
I thought everyone had one of these. Doesn't it come as a guaranteed wedding present whether you bake or not lol
@@SortedFood tweeted!
Same! 29 years old and grew up on spritz cookies. Admittedly most of my friends’ parents are younger than mine so I grew up with quite a few “outdated” things. They didn’t have me until they were 40. I always feel silly having bought one since it’s such a unitasker but I adore the cookies.
I was surprised James didn't know what it was. Spritz cookies are a Christmas staple in my part of America!
The first gadget we still use in India to make fried snacks during Diwali.
So interesting.... thanks for sharing :)
That’s why the shapes looked familiar!
@@SortedFood many of indian bhujiyas (lentil paste deep fried) are made using that gadget. I have a similar one at home.
@@SortedFood I'm really surprised James hasn't seen one before. You can still get them in Germany every year (although they're usually made of plastic these days) towards Christmas.
Yeah we have the one from my grandfather for german christmas cookies every year
It's really important to chill the dough overnight. It'll make it harder to use, but the colors will hold their shape. My dad makes these every Christmas, they usually turn out pretty well, but some tips are definitely better than others.
That shameless zoom in to James wiping his shirt really got me hahaha
You're welcome
The Soda machine explodes, and Ben is like "Yup, that is what happens" as he snaps his spenders
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Oh the teasmade!! Takes me back as a little girl sitting on my Mum's bed on Sunday mornings. I remembered the spitty noise and that damn alarm before it scared the crap out of James. Seeing this teasmade has properly made me smile 😊 thank you boys!
we missed SO much James in the past couple months - petition to have more James content like this as often as possible?? please!
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@@Kasionzz he had some personal matters to take care of, but he's been back for a while now
Talking about the toaster still working really gets the thoughts going on how back in the day, things were made to last (clothes, appliances, tools, etc), whereas nowadays everything is made to either be as cheap as possible (and thus break quickly from inferior parts or construction) or for planned obsolescence (where the manufacturers want more money from you, so they make their things break after X time on purpose).
Leading off a video with Jamie laughing maniacally is probably the best way to start a video.
I agree, his laugh is so joyful and contagious!
I once had a Play-Doh Fun Factory from the 60's to make cookies, gnocchi, designer croutons, pasta (used a cheese slicer for thin slices) and meringue accents. I also amazed friends and adults with what I could create with an Easy Bake oven. That should be a Sorted challenge if I ever heard one.
Oh my goodness I love this idea
Was that the oven which didn’t actually bake yet managed to make cakes despite not doing so ?
@@caramac6382 It did bake using an incandescent light bulb for heat. You had to make very thin items but could still whip up a wide number of dishes.
My mum and dad had one of those teas maid. It used to make so much noise boiling the water and then decanting it into the teapot, you were already awake before the alarm went off, but they loved it and used it for years. Think it’s still in their garage now 🤣🤣
I LOVE everything about this video. The idea of old gadgets, Ben in a flat cap, James living on the edge, Jaimie's reactions: perfection. The very thought that there are auctions where Ben can go bid on cookie guns from the 50s has made me reconsider my post confinement plans. Thanks guys!
"Why did I agree to do that a second time.. I'm alive and unhurt!"
Oh James..
I'm 58 and my mom had us use this when I was a kid to make Christmas cookies. We did the Spritzer and put colored sugar/cherries/"jimmies" on top before baking. Ours looked a lot better than what James ended up with. I think something went wrong in his dough process for them to go flat like that.
We (my sister and I) still use this kind of cookie press to this day to make our Christmas cookies.
Jamie pulling out a ‘Babe’ reference is fab! I love that movie!
Fun fact - Jamie played Farmer Hogget in a year 7 production of "babe" at school!
@@SortedFood OMG WOW THIS NEEDED A SCREENSHOT
He also made a Phantom of the Opera reference with the lot number of the toaster.
@@SortedFood OF COURSE HE DID.
@@jenniferharlow4603 I didn’t know that. Interesting.
Ben: "It pops! It tells you when it's ready." you evil little man
The look of horror James's eyes on learning that after the old Teasmaid and the old toaster, there's an old gas cannister is priceless
And when the alarm went off lol priceless 🤣🤣
"I'm sure that as a kids we carbonated all sorts, that's why we brought you some white wine" I wonder what kind of childhood Ben had if he carbonated wine as a kid
It’s amazing that sodastream construction didn’t change a bit since, they nailed it on the first try!
Ben looks so pleased with himself and happy in this video and James just looks confused 🤣
When your 8 year old son is watching with you, and says "he made a biscuit that looks like pacman" and then when it comes out of the oven..."oh, now it looks like if pacman ate something he was allergic to" 😂🤣 Out of the mouth of babes, as they say lol
the fact your 8 year old knows Pac-Man means you doing good
Thats both awesome that they know pacman and r also the joke. My kid usually says things like this dead eyed serious. Lol
The Sodastream, this was the stuff of wonder from my childhood, my dad purchased our one exactly like this from Woolworths. the whole family stood round and watched this being done for the first time. Never go full seven press was the moto in our house, or atleast infront of my dad. Thanks for the great trip down memory lane.
Ben: Anything over 20 years is considered Vintage.
Me: (*Looking in my closet*) So... the flannel shirts from high school that I sometimes still wear, are... Vintage? Dang.
Ben was a little chaos gremlin this episode and I am all here for it lmao
1:30 is my favorite because when Jamie hears the word "Squirt" he immediately looks at the camera and start looking somewhere else as if he doesn't know where to find that particular word online 🤣
I absolutely love the fact that Ben didn't even flinch during the explosion. Beast mode poker face.
My mother has that exact spritz cookie press here in the US. She's used it every year for Christmas cookies for decades. It was a wedding gift that worked out for the good.
Ebbs not even flinching? Wow! Even if I knew what was going to happen I would have still jumped! He is just cold as ice! Haha😂
Ben explaining the difference between ‘Vintage’ and ‘Antique’. Finally someone who speaks my language! I love vintage vibes. So, thank you for this video!
My granma use to have one of those toaster , but opening the flap all the way would cause the bread to slide down on it and therefore turn itself, allowing you to put the flap back up for the other side.
Speaking for Germany where lots of people mainly drink sparkling water: The Sodastream is the best, no more carrying heavy bottled water home from the shop + way better for the environment. We love to see it!
“Well I am alive and un injured” is not something I’d ever expect to hear on a sorted video!
You clearly haven't watched enough Pass it On videos
there was that coconut machine that scared all of them as well (chefs review gadgets number 13 I believe)
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Had a cookie dough press when I was growing up, we had a Swedish made Sawa one it had little feet on the rim to give you the correct stand off. Had heaps of fun as a kid making all sorts of fancy shapes.
I just got a crazy nostalgia burst remembering watching the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving as a kid and Snoopy using one of those kinds of toasters, and I had never ever seen one like that before.
The biscuit press is fantastic. My mother used one all the time to make biscuits and I even asked my dad to get me one as a birthday present. It takes a little practice to use it and only needs one sharp squeeze of the handle to get great shaped biscuits. I still have mine and it is in regular use. The metal ones are way better than the plastic ones available now. Aaah the memories
I see that Ben's looking like a bit of a lad himself for this vintage gadgets video! Certainly a charming one at the very least 😆
Excellent callback ❤️
We had a cookie press growing up and exclusively only used it at Christmas to make Christmas tree spritz cookies. They held their shape and held the details. We also added green food coloring and used sprinkles before baking to make them look like decorated trees.
I still get these exact cookies from my Yia-Yia every Christmas. ;)
Cookie press is still around, they’re just made of plastic now.
I also make spritz cookies every year at Christmas! I feel really bad for the first gadget because I have one that similar that works well and I was rooting for it so hard T-T. I'm pretty sure they needed to fridge those cookies before baking though, the dough seemed way more wet than any spritz cookie dough I've made.
I'd love to see more of these vintage and antique food gadgets. I've seen so many cool ones over the years!
Ben and Jamie stepping onto their marks in unison after they get their sodas is so precious
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17:06 why was that little exchange between James and Jamie SO cute tho? I just love these guys so much 🥺
My mom had one of those cookie presses when I was a kid. It really depends on the cookie dough and how many times you pump the device. We always pumped it extra for fluffier cookies.
I love how the very first 'vintage' gadget is the thing that is present today in almost every other Indian household. We use it to make sev, gathia, etc.
Also present in every German household, we make our traditional Christmas cookies with them. So interesting how it different uses everywhere.
Also I just googled what sev and gathia is and now I want some 😭
A few tips from someone who has basically that exact cookie press passed down in the family for generations, used for all holiday baking: never use a silpat or parchment or any nonstick surface. You need the cookies to stick to the pan in order to release properly from the press. Best to press them directly onto a cold pan. It also helps to twist the press just slightly as you pull up.
Also, the way they flattened tells me your spritz recipe had too much butter in it, and the way they browned on the edges tells me the oven was likely too hot. You don't want any browning on spritz cookies. They should be uniform in color.
Cheers!
Perfect advice.
i have at least one cookie press that has a knob on the end that you have to twist, instead of the 'caulking gun' set-up shown here. There is a definite knack involved in using a cookie press; you have to get just the right pressure for the cookies to form nicely. In addition, spritz dough can't get too warm, otherwise it doesn't stick to the cookie sheet properly. I haven't used mine in ages, but yes, with patience (and reusing the dough from the ones that didn't turn out right the first time), we did get lovely detailed cookies which we then decorated with candied cherries and/or sprinkles. I think my favorite ones were the wreaths (sprinkled with green sugar and cut up cherry for a bow) and the ribbon ones (using the disk seen at :38), sprinkled with chocolate sprinkles or chopped walnuts. I think the dough was too warm when it went into the oven; perhaps it should have been put in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes before baking.
The lack of the slightest hint of flinching from Ebbers when the carbonated wine explodes I think explains why he does so well in Pass It On!
He probably tested the wine first, just to prank James
“It came with the original gas canister.”
Yep... that doesn’t sound dangerous at all... 😂
*WHOA! Shocked that the SodaStream was sold that long ago! and here I was thinking I was sooooo ahead of the times when I bought 1 in the 2000's!*
Oh, the nostalgia, my parents still have a toaster of this style to this day and it still works. The fun part is that the slice turns itself once you open the slot all the way, so no touching required and you can use a knife or something to slide the hot toast onto a plate too.
My grandmother had the toaster in the 60s, worked like a charm.
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That synchronized motion between Ben and Jamie is so mesmerising
haha cute. the details i miss :P
I have the toaster my grandmother used to make toast for me back in the late 1950 sitting on top of my book case. It has patent stamps on it from different countries of 1912, 1913 & 1914. The outer door/slide is a bit smaller than what's on the one shown here, but it worked much better (or it could just be the shear size of the bread here that inhibited its workings. To do things right, you slide a piece of bread in just like done in this video, however; when one side was toasted you would completely lower the door, the top of the bread would slide down the racks, keeping the top against the rails close to the heater coil. When you raised the door back up it would effectively flip the slice and then toast the other side without having to manually grab the hot toast and turn it. Brilliant !
I'm from India and mum still uses the first gadget to make savory snacks. And I'm pretty sure it is common in India for making chaklis and many more items XD
I bought one last year because I was interested in making namkeens at home.
They said that the type of gadget is still in use, that particular one is vintage
We've one of this but more ancient looking. It used to make lots of jeera papdi. Now it lies there rusting.
Thank you James for clearly being as uncomfortable as I was while Jamie was reading the description of that box.
I haven't been as much of an avid youtube watcher in general over the last year, and so I really fell behind with this channel. I've watched so many videos today instead of doing college work and I didn't realise how much I missed the content you lads put out. It's so entertaining and hilarious and really takes me back to when I had first discovered your channel when I was about 16. Still my favourite channel out there, thank you for the years of funny bits and helpful cooking tips.
My mum still has her cookie gun. We used it at Christmas to make vianeese whirls. Still works perfectly to this day. All James needed to do was to do one more small press of cookie gun and the "petal" shapes would of stuck together perfectly! Plus put the cookies in the fridge before cooking helps keep their shape
The first one is 1970's. Got one for my first wedding shower. It does work quite well once you get the hang of it.
I use a cookie press every Christmas season. It’s all about the finish of the dough. I always cool mine before putting it in. They are a family favorite!
Agree entirely: the cookies come out much better if the dough is chilled before using the press, and the cookies are put in the oven immediately after pressing them onto the baking tray. Probably the studio lights softened the dough too much for it to hold its shape.
The return of Super Geek chess-pawn Ben makes my heart so full.
I don't understand why they're always so mean to him!
Two tips with the classic Soda Stream.
One is that it will fart when it is fully carbonated.
Two is to lift the lever slowly to let any excess carbonation to escape without exploding.
"Vintageeee Cookie dough press" 😂still very much used in like every household in Germany that does Spritzgebäck for Christmas only difference might be in plastic nowadays 😂
Most of the modern ones break way too easy though
The metal ones are so much better. I have one in metal I bought maybe 10 years ago and it's loads better than the plastic one I used to have.
I love deciphering the episode recording order by James's hair length.
I think the wildest thing about that toaster is the fact I own one from about 40 years earlier which, while still an incredible fire hazard, is somehow safer and more convenient - it has a mechanism which allows the toast to be flipped without needing to stick your fingers in the machine.
The immediate look of fear when the original gas canister came out was felt across the pond. 😂
I’m a 23 year old whose family has always had a spritz cookie press. It’s a standard tool for making Christmas cookies and it works perfectly. Only difference is ours has a crank top instead of a squeeze press.
That wine explosion was absolutely golden. I haven't laughed that hard in a while.
No joke, seeing that Cookie press brought on a long forgotten memory. I'm 200% sure my grandma had something almost exactly like it when I was little. She loved to cook; and everything she made was delicious. It was also very old school cooking.
I currently have 2 of a similar type but you twist a plunger to get the dough to press out
My mom has a vintage cookie press that we use to make Christmas themed spritz cookies. We never have much trouble with it.
James face when they read the tea device description described how I felt perfectly
We always used my grandmother’s cookie press to make Christmas cookies! Loved it!! But you definitely need to use a thicker cookie dough - like an American sugar cookie recipe (lard based). Then the cookies keep their shape.
My mother used a cookie press very similar to this one and her spritz cookies were always beautiful. Maybe they should have used a vintage cookie recipe too.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
In the early/mid 90’s my mom purchased a cookie press for our family’s “Christmas Cookie Decorating Fun”’ I helped open a box that had no less then 10 different attachments for all sorts of shaped cookies. My and my mom’s eyes both widened at the sight. Me, and my childlike innocence imagining ALL the cookies I was about to decorate. I slowly sorted through each shape... candy cane shaped, wreath, stars... my creative juices were flowing and I was already planning the glorious platter of sweets that Santa would enjoy in my living room.
When I looked up to see if my mom was still just as excited as I was I noticed her absence, and giddily sought her out. She stood, in snow, on the back patio taking drag after drag of her Virginia Slim 120s.
When we returned to the kitchen, and she had poured herself a massive goblet of wine, I sat and watched her begin to fill the press with her amazing sugar cookie dough and start pushing out the canvases for my Santa “art”.
The first few came out ok, not perfect but it’s a new contraption and she was trying to get the hang of it. After the first few, she made a couple more that were PERFECT. Then about the 6th cookie in, something happened and the contraption no longer worked.
After 5 minutes, she removed all the dough, washed it thoroughly, and grabbed a different cutout. We had moved to the wreath shape. With every push dough escaped from every direction but the baking sheet. Her silence was broken only with the frequent gulps from her chalice.
That was the last calm moment I can recall. My sister stepped in the kitchen and made an innocent joke about how awful they were looking, and the dough hit the proverbial fan. At one point, with fury, my Mom took said press, walked it to the back patio. Where she placed the press on the concrete and alternated between stomping on it, and playing whack a mole with a hammer.
My sister and I stood at the back door watching the scene unfold, silent. Once she finished “office space”-ing the press, she walked back and lit another cigarette as before. When she walked back in she calmly said, she wasn’t making another sugar cookie for the rest of her life.
1994 was the last year I ever had my mothers amazing homemade sugar cookies. She’s stayed true to her word, and the memory of the Christmas Cookie Crisis 1994 is the reason I have never made sugar cookies to this day.
I'm sure it was traumatic but i lol'd
Good lord ebbers is a Bond villain waiting to happen. Him not flinching at the soda stream was a bit unsettling
The first gadget, we Indians still use. We use it to make many Indian Savory and sweet snacks, basically Murukku. With slight change in proportions and ingredients of the batter, we make snacks that lasts us for a few months atleast. This is specifically done during the Indian festival - Deepawali. 😅
Why am I not surprised that Ben had an outfit for the vintage episode ready to go at home?
I was born in 1953 (shudder) and we had a similar one. I am Canadian, and ours had solid sides, not grill sides and the knobs were at the top and much larger. It worked great!
That cookie gun took me way back. My mother used to make spritz cookies every Christmas when I was a kid. The trick was knowing how many presses were needed for each nozzle type
SAME! My Oma and Aunt made these every Christmas and yup... every nozzle was different presses.
My Mom made spritz cookies every Christmas! Don't use the silpat sheet, the dough has to stick to the pan in order to keep it's shape. They were the best cookies and the best memories ever.
Me: Having such a lovely day.
SORTED shows stuff that you remember from your childhood.
Me: Having such an old feeling day.