i opened a bean restaurant (to prove a point)

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    Are beans important to your life? The answer is yes - and if not, they will be. In this video we explore the cultural, environmental, and delicious world of beans.
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    TIMESTAMPS
    00:00 local woman won’t stop talking about beans
    01:38 beans ARE important to ur life
    03:28 paying the bills
    04:27 if it's not lamp coloured, i don’t want it
    06:36 impending doom
    07:48 The Menu
    09:39 opening day
    11:10 welcome to the lab
    15:11 (almost) showtime baybee
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    What did the server at say when bringing out dessert? BEAN appetite!.
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  • @georgiahillgrove494
    @georgiahillgrove494 Рік тому +3412

    it’s utterly unhinged to me to serve a bunch of people an entire meal without having tried any of the recipes before

    • @BabyCalypso
      @BabyCalypso Рік тому +413

      yeah when she said that she finally picked the last dish the night before and was buying ingredients day of I was so utterly confused and shooked

    • @0.-.0
      @0.-.0 Рік тому +217

      ​@@BabyCalypso EXACTLY LIKE GIRL ITS 10AM THE DAY OF AND YOU'RE JUST NOW BUYING FOOD???

    • @0.-.0
      @0.-.0 Рік тому +189

      Not only never tried, but never MADE, and switching which ingredients you use THE DAY OF??

    • @blakksheep736
      @blakksheep736 Рік тому +14

      ​@@BabyCalypso shooketh.

    • @williamwass2035
      @williamwass2035 11 місяців тому +62

      My anxiety would be way to high to do such a stunt. Major props

  • @sweetcorm
    @sweetcorm Рік тому +3671

    So Sabrina is the IT one, Melissa is the food one and Taha is… Taha

    • @Respectable_Username
      @Respectable_Username Рік тому +158

      I agree but in the most (affectionate), /positive way possible ❤

    • @late-start-vlogs
      @late-start-vlogs Рік тому +268

      Taha is the sassy one. He's always heckling Melissa and Sabrina. But if he didn't, we wouldn't know that they're friends.

    • @shamiso_t
      @shamiso_t Рік тому +5

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😭💀

    • @PundogThrillionaire
      @PundogThrillionaire Рік тому +13

      And that's why we love them.

    • @brunohelenobarbosa5176
      @brunohelenobarbosa5176 Рік тому +32

      Taha is the one

  • @PepperMintMe
    @PepperMintMe Рік тому +527

    I was so stressed about the fact that she didn't try the recipe before the day of the opening! 😂

  • @Moonmoon-ws6jo
    @Moonmoon-ws6jo 6 місяців тому +73

    This is so damn impressive that it’s unhinge. Two people working in a kitchen for so many guest, not trying the food before hand and succeeding

  • @AngryTenko
    @AngryTenko Рік тому +2916

    Being Brazilian, the idea of someone "not liking beans" is absolutely alien. It's like not liking water.

    • @AugustoValentini
      @AugustoValentini Рік тому +67

      I was gonna say the same thing lol

    • @tonyhart2744
      @tonyhart2744 Рік тому +21

      can you recommend good brazilian food with bean on it ?

    • @Anonymous__S
      @Anonymous__S Рік тому +76

      Funny enough I do know 2 people who don't like water.

    • @outcastedOpal
      @outcastedOpal Рік тому +20

      Im argentinian. Beans are gross. I litterally was not able to swallow them for the overwhelming majority of my life. I would litterally puke. I am the least picky eater that i know

    • @AngryTenko
      @AngryTenko Рік тому +90

      @@tonyhart2744 "feijoada" is the most known one. It's a black bean and pork stew served with sides like white rice, collard greens, orange slices, and a crunchy fried cassava flour topper named farofa. Also look into "feijão tropeiro", "tutu de feijão" and "baião de dois", they're all very good.

  • @paboland7994
    @paboland7994 Рік тому +1800

    i live for Melissa doing things out of spite

    • @jcnot9712
      @jcnot9712 Рік тому

      she can do me out of spite 😏
      Edit: sorry, I didn't type that, my dog did.

    • @tabathaarria9558
      @tabathaarria9558 Рік тому +13

      as she should.

    • @traceycolbert3635
      @traceycolbert3635 9 місяців тому

      What makes a good woman... dangerous.

  • @stefaniacampos4992
    @stefaniacampos4992 Рік тому +218

    As a Mexican, it's such a stereotype but beans are like a staple in our kitchen. We always buy them when we go grocery shopping. It's like a side or main dish for us, it's so essential that the idea of not having beans and just eating something else is like noo what else will I be able to eat? Also, they are cheap, for most Mexican families it's essential because it is something they can afford so it's very very important for our lives.
    Also, I was expecting her to cook the beans not buy the can ones from the store, I'm sure the food would have tasted better. The ones from the can are not that great.
    Loved the idea of the brownie though!

    • @KajiRider1997
      @KajiRider1997 8 місяців тому +1

      I am dutch sicilian. I am pretty sure beans are more part of my diet than yours lol. I just made a greenbean pancake with topings for dinner.

    • @rodrigodasilvamauro4426
      @rodrigodasilvamauro4426 8 місяців тому +11

      As a brazilian, we eat rice and beans in pratically every lunch and dinner, and for me os really surprising how other cultures eat so little of it. And I couldn't agree more about her cooking the beans instead of buying, this would taste really better

    • @garethbaus5471
      @garethbaus5471 8 місяців тому +3

      Not Hispanic, but it has been a very long time since I have been a day without eating some sort of legume, probably at least a couple of years if you don't include days where I didn't eat anything. Granted I sometimes eat lentils instead of beans, so it isn't literally always beans.

    • @philiplathrop9250
      @philiplathrop9250 3 місяці тому +2

      As a Mexican-American, black beans are a part of my childhood

    • @GiantPetRat
      @GiantPetRat 2 місяці тому +2

      The beans that you boil yourself often do taste better, but they require more preparation- overnight soaking, different boiling times, that sort of thing. They were clearly pressed for time as it was. I lasted a grand total of three days washing dishes in a restaurant once, and boy do you learn quickly how impossibly complicated it is to cook for a large number of people. I suspect that a lot of restaurants go under simply because the managers weren't able to predict every single thing that they might need or that could go wrong.

  • @tjnova972
    @tjnova972 Рік тому +161

    My favorite thing about these videos is how littler y’all think through your absolutely massive goals. Melissa literally said “I’m gonna make a whole-ass restaurant… I can probably wait until opening day to make a menu.

  • @moonpalace.mp3
    @moonpalace.mp3 Рік тому +1670

    This absolutely could be done by just having a bean potluck for friends without the restaurant steps
    But this is SO extra and THAT'S WHAT IM HERE FOR

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Рік тому +53

      If you have the opportunity to make a restaurant, you MAKE A RESTAURANT.

    • @nahometesfay1112
      @nahometesfay1112 Рік тому +30

      It's not really a restaurant tho... More like a banquet... Did they even charge for food?

    • @MateusSFigueiredo
      @MateusSFigueiredo Рік тому +6

      It makes for a 20 times better video

    • @vickisnemeth7474
      @vickisnemeth7474 11 місяців тому +15

      Iunno, I think the friends would populate the potluck with the kinds of bean dishes that contribute to stereotypes against beans. A restaurant allows the chef to control the quality of the educational experience.

    • @TheFatVeganOne
      @TheFatVeganOne 11 місяців тому +8

      @@nahometesfay1112 Are you suggesting they needed to charge for food to make it a restaurant? Because if so that's ridiculous. Also, pop-up restaurants happen all the time, all over the world pulling stunts like this.
      Another thing to mention, there's restaurants that are open all the time that have set menus. It's inflexible and you get what's on the menu and that's it!
      There will be accommodations made for allergens on that set menu, but that's it.
      The reason this is done is because it makes it easier for the location to control expectations and costs.

  • @matheusfsm
    @matheusfsm Рік тому +964

    As a Brazilian myself, I find it strange that people don't eat beans for lunch every day because here, you don't consider it a complete lunch if you don't have rice and beans.

    • @Daniel-vo1vf
      @Daniel-vo1vf Рік тому +12

      Sim, exatamente kkkkk

    • @clarakf
      @clarakf Рік тому +16

      imagina comer bife e batata e NÃO completar com um arrozinho com feijão

    • @AugustoValentini
      @AugustoValentini Рік тому +13

      Eu pensei a mesma coisa, mas a maioria disse que só come feijão enlatado. Acho que se aqui só tivesse isso ninguém comeria também kkkk

    • @jamueI
      @jamueI Рік тому +6

      Eles só tem feijão enlatado 🤮

    • @durdleduc8520
      @durdleduc8520 Рік тому +5

      i don't like most beans and tbh you're not the first person to tell me that. but my dislike is more specific than that; it's starchy vegetables that i don't like. that includes most beans (though green beans are fine), but also things like snow peas, potatoes, and cooked carrots. although interestingly rice is an exception.
      so for me, the Brazilian "how do you NOT like beans?" is instead the American "how do you NOT like potato chips?"

  • @mrudulasrivatsa
    @mrudulasrivatsa Рік тому +45

    Ive been watching a lot of masterchef recently and Melissa literally put herself theough a masterchef challenge for the love of b e a n

  • @faithlauber4469
    @faithlauber4469 Рік тому +20

    this video makes me feel so seen, in middle school i was at a summer camp where they gave us barely any protein, so i filled my Camp Approved Water Cup(tm) with baked beans every lunch TO THE BRIM and carried it with me through the camp for an hour or two slowly eating every bean. the councilors were so amused by this little 12 year old girl getting her daily cup of beans!

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Рік тому +7

      I'm imagining you eating one bean at a time at one minute intervals and I don't know if I'd find that adorable or frightening.

  • @husaynbootwala1729
    @husaynbootwala1729 Рік тому +573

    Her brother picking out all the beans was the cherry on top 🤣🤣🤣

  • @sinom
    @sinom Рік тому +474

    Japanese sweet red bean paste is an amazing ingredient for all kinds of desserts

    • @lexman7179
      @lexman7179 Рік тому +4

      When I lived there I used to order these deep fried bean things. They were amazing.

    • @shadowknightskye2783
      @shadowknightskye2783 Рік тому +15

      MOCHI FILLED WITH SWEET RED BEAN IS LIFE

    • @li_tsz_fung
      @li_tsz_fung Рік тому +24

      I think people from the English speaking countries only thinks about green beans and those canned bake beans when talking about beans. I once drink Red bean matcha bubble tea and told them it's red bean paste. Those who never tried red bean thought it's weird. But the one who tried red bean paste know it's nonsense to compare it to their bean based food. It's just sweet and that's all.

    • @wolfferoni
      @wolfferoni Рік тому +16

      Yeah, sweetened beans in general are really common in all kinds of Asian desserts. The classic for red bean is as a filling in a sweet bun.

    • @appa609
      @appa609 Рік тому +3

      *Chinese

  • @monkiy1300
    @monkiy1300 Рік тому +189

    I really want to be understanding of the fact that not everyone has kitchen experience on an industry scale (even a small scale like this), but.... holy crap, the lack of planning and time allotment was blowing my stress levels through the roof. You were buying ingredients at the time you should have been prepping. That said, your plating was solid, with a clean aesthetic. Well done there.

    • @Cheskaz
      @Cheskaz Рік тому +22

      I'm only a bartender and it stressed me out...Last bar I worked at had a prep shift that started 7 hours before doors opened.

    • @nicolescats2
      @nicolescats2 Рік тому +40

      It helps that it was technically a private event, not a restaurant, so the stakes were a bit lower. Also avoids the hassle of applying for permits. Not to diminish what she accomplished, she did an amazing job.

    • @Kirb
      @Kirb 11 місяців тому +4

      There ia propably more preparatipn going on behind scenes, but that doesnt make a exiting youtube video

    • @dennyc9159
      @dennyc9159 11 місяців тому +1

      From what I saw, they are spoiled children. That apartment where they did their cooking in the current market would go for more than 2500 a month (probably closer to 3k). They shopped at one of the more expensive grocery stores in the city. The average 20+ kid in toronto would not be able to pull off such an event.

    • @GalaxySheep
      @GalaxySheep 10 місяців тому +17

      @@dennyc9159 I mean they never said they were financially challenged

  • @YOEL_44
    @YOEL_44 Рік тому +38

    Beans are like the underrated cousing of the potato, so versatile, yet so ignored...

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Рік тому +3

      BEANS! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew!

    • @SAINTxSZN
      @SAINTxSZN 7 місяців тому

      ignored? ok

    • @user-ey8jz1zr2b
      @user-ey8jz1zr2b 6 місяців тому

      And butter beans (Lima beans) have a potato-like starchy texture! Yet they’re much more nutritious.

  • @EmmisonMike
    @EmmisonMike Рік тому +597

    as someone that's just learned navy beans and rice is something i can bang out for a weekday lunch and not get sick of, I'm in full support of this. There's a revolution coming

    • @cheddarurchin3844
      @cheddarurchin3844 Рік тому +10

      navy beans are so good one of my favs too

    • @olucassampaio
      @olucassampaio Рік тому +24

      Brazilians literally eat beans and rice every single day. Literally. Maybe twice a day even

    • @JordaoLVR
      @JordaoLVR Рік тому +19

      In Brazil, when we want to eat something for lunch or dinner, we make rice and beans, and then we decide what we want to eat.
      In some parts of Brazil, you call anything that is not rice and beans "Mixture", because you WILL eat rice, beans, and then something else, the mixture

    • @grammarnazi12
      @grammarnazi12 Рік тому +3

      My favorite iteration of the classic "beans and rice" is the Japanese one of natto beans (fermented soy beans) and rice. It tastes wayyyy better than it sounds.

    • @snowgriffins
      @snowgriffins Рік тому

      @@JordaoLVR when you are preparing the rice and beans is there any special way of making it ?

  • @jamesphillips2285
    @jamesphillips2285 Рік тому +626

    I wonder if a vanilla soy latte will be included: AKA 3 bean soup.
    Edit: Nope but the 4 been brownies sound promising.

    • @puellanivis
      @puellanivis Рік тому +52

      The fun part of colloquial language vs. biology: in a vanilla soy latte, only the soy bean is a real bean. Vanilla beans, coffee beans, and cocoa beans are all not true beans, we just call them that. 🤷‍♀ Though, peanuts are. 🙃

    • @Purplesquigglystripe
      @Purplesquigglystripe Рік тому +44

      @@puellanivis mmmmm…. Beanut butter

    • @skywatcher458
      @skywatcher458 Рік тому +6

      ​@@puellanivisaren't peanuts legume?

    • @KonstantinZilberburg
      @KonstantinZilberburg Рік тому +15

      @@skywatcher458 legumes are beans

    • @puellanivis
      @puellanivis Рік тому +3

      @@skywatcher458 yes, but it turns out “legume ” and “bean” biologically are the same thing, while culinarily, we don’t recognize a peanut or a pea as a bean, even though they apparently are. 🤷‍♀

  • @diegorr8378
    @diegorr8378 Рік тому +15

    Every one of these videos feel simulltanously like a small documentary and like an episode of a sitcom

  • @alexanderboulton2123
    @alexanderboulton2123 11 місяців тому +8

    Beans, beans, the magical fruit. The more you eat, the more you toot. The more you toot, the better you feel. So let's open a restaurant that exclusively serves beans!

  • @imposter895
    @imposter895 Рік тому +484

    Praise the bean

  • @HeatherLandon227
    @HeatherLandon227 Рік тому +153

    Hummus! Lentils.. etc.. Baked Beans. They're missing out, but that's more for us bean-lovers.

  • @ThatOneVoiceInMyHead
    @ThatOneVoiceInMyHead Рік тому +19

    I feel like the videos on this channel are so freaking random, I love it. I especially feel Melissa is the most random of them all. I mean, how do you come up with these ideas for videos? Do you just use a random word generator and sometimes it says "beans" and so "I guess we're making a video on beans!"?
    Keep up the awesome work you three.

    • @smileyface81mc77
      @smileyface81mc77 11 місяців тому +1

      Hi! So, a lot of Answer In Progress is about answering questions about how the world around them works. I remember Taha (the guy in the very beginning of the video in case you didn’t know) making a video during the pandemic about supply routes and how shipping works just so he could find out where tf the couch he ordered online went. They just kinda do this stuff.

  • @adrianfridge
    @adrianfridge Рік тому +9

    The thing about beans, for me, is that my stomach reacts differently to each kind. Like, cannot digest pinto beans. Love black beans. Kidney beans are on thin ice. Chickpeas are life. Etc. But it's really amazing how much variety there is out there and how amazing most of it is.

  • @Pablo.Rodriguez
    @Pablo.Rodriguez Рік тому +524

    As an ESL (English as Second Language) person, I always thought it was wild that in english all of these are called "beans" like in spanish they have very different names, you have "Frijol, garbanzo, soja, caraota, habichuelas" my mom cooks all of them very differently and I think the different names help the perception you have of them, I never thought of all of them as just "BEAN". Great Video Melissa :)

    • @Albinojackrussel
      @Albinojackrussel Рік тому +98

      They all have names in English too, but collectively they're beans.
      Garbonzo - Chickpeas (we actually don't call them beans for whatever reason)
      Soja - Soy or Soya beans
      Other common beans are: String beans, (they have stringy bits)
      Green beans,
      Kidney beans,
      Runner beans,
      Black eyed peas (yes they're called peas, but they're clearly beans),
      Canelinni beans
      Broad beans (also called fava)
      Haricot beans (pronounced as a french word)
      Black beans
      Red beans
      Pinto beans
      Mung beans
      You may have noticed that these all have very imaginative names, that's because we, the English, are a very imaginative people.
      I couldn't work out what carota and frijoles are in English. I think that carota might be black beans, and the frijoles is either kidney beans, or the dish refried beans. But not certain. Habichuela I can't even guess at, every single translation I found used different beans as an example, from runner, to broad, to kidney, to string to french, to red beans.

    • @Pablo.Rodriguez
      @Pablo.Rodriguez Рік тому +39

      @@Albinojackrussel Caraota are black beans, frijol is the literal translation for "beans" for us that's kidney beans mainly, habichuela apparently are runner beans

    • @notthatcreativewithnames
      @notthatcreativewithnames Рік тому +25

      My mother tongue is Thai, and it goes the other way round. We put all sorts of legumes and pulses under the same category of _thua_ (ถั่ว)​, so we don't really have separated words for beans and peas.
      Red beans = _thua daeng_ (ถั่วแดง)
      Black beans = _thua dam_ (ถั่วดำ)
      Mung beans = _thua khiao_ (ถั่วเขียว)
      Soy beans = _thua lueang_ (ถั่วเหลือง)
      Broad beans = _thua pak a_ (ถั่วปากอ้า)
      Peanuts = _thua lisong_ (ถั่วลิสง)
      Peas = _thua lantao_ (ถั่วลันเตา)
      Chickpeas = _thua hua chang_ (ถั่วหัวช้าง)​

    • @ClementinesmWTF
      @ClementinesmWTF Рік тому +27

      I think you just have a linguistic misunderstanding of what “bean” means in a culinary sense in English and how it’s used. “Bean” etymologically comes from a meaning of “small, edible, and seed-like”, so anything resembling that will have the name attached. That doesn’t mean that they’re all equal tho. “Bean” alone will not include green beans, probably won’t usually include garbanzo beans (aka “chickpeas” in American English which resemble the peas of a green bean). “Bean” is abstract and exact, conventional translations to Spanish are not easy. English just has different groupings than Spanish, but if you do want to get down to the nitty gritty specifics of them all, we do also have those even if they’re less common to use when people don’t care as much about the differences.

    • @Adamcito.
      @Adamcito. Рік тому

      Brownie de caraotas suena más raro que Beans brownie xdddd

  • @VinnieGer
    @VinnieGer Рік тому +155

    I knew subscribing to this channel wasn’t a mistake!!! Where else could I watch something like this?!

  • @FutureProofTV
    @FutureProofTV Рік тому +8

    Well... count us as team bean over here. This was such an impressive and hilarious watch as always!

  • @HaarmannE
    @HaarmannE Рік тому +5

    as a member of the service industry, thank you for your service for showing people how much work goes into running a restaurant. and as an earthling, thanks for spreading the cool beans about the beans!!!

  • @CatherineLu
    @CatherineLu Рік тому +117

    There are so many red bean and mung bean desserts/sweet dishes in Chinese culture, in various shapes and textures, so I grew up thinking of "beans" in terms of sweet congee and snacks and was very confused when the rest of America doesn't have the same view 🤣

    • @garethbaus5471
      @garethbaus5471 8 місяців тому +2

      Ever tried baked beans? It isn't quite what you are talking about, but they involve a lot of sugar and are basically viscous liquid candy. I suspect that most cultures have at least 1 sweet dish that uses beans since they are an extremely basic food.

  • @JBoulter11
    @JBoulter11 Рік тому +271

    Substitute apple sauce for eggs in brownies to keep the fudge-y texture without the eggs, it's suuuuper good! Also works well in pancakes and waffles, but they'll be slightly less fluffy.

    • @maxccash
      @maxccash Рік тому +49

      Or aquafaba to keep up with the bean theme

    • @Rykario
      @Rykario Рік тому +18

      I've always used flax. It binds well for most situations where you would use egg, it also adds a subtle nutty note

    • @Chickaqee
      @Chickaqee Рік тому +8

      then add carbonated water to keep the flufiness

    • @wirelesmike73
      @wirelesmike73 11 місяців тому

      I was thinking the same.👍And, I bet it would've helped mask the bean taste even more. I actually really wanna try making some of those brownies, now.

    • @AdaminaCarden
      @AdaminaCarden 11 місяців тому +1

      @@maxccash I thought this too... like you're already using canned black beans, just throw in the aquafaba haha

  • @jsmxwll
    @jsmxwll Рік тому +10

    I grew up with beans like 5+ nights a week. The idea of not liking beans didn't even occur to me.

  • @AlthenaLuna
    @AlthenaLuna Рік тому +4

    Seeing those Heinz beans just made me think of Hank Green and the way they've featured in his portions of the past couple P4As.

    • @3countylaugh
      @3countylaugh Рік тому

      The bean pickle really was sumthin eh? DFTBA

  • @bruno3
    @bruno3 Рік тому +346

    I love beans. I could watch people talk about beans for hours.
    Please make a video about sweet potatoes next time.

  • @jerryboba_
    @jerryboba_ Рік тому +111

    I love all of Melissa's (slightly unhinged) food-related videos 😂

  • @jiffyviv5341
    @jiffyviv5341 Рік тому +1

    I actually love that you did this because beans have always been one of my favorite foods (like as long as i've been old enough to have a favorite food it's always been beans), and someone recently asked me "if you could start any business what would you do?" I was sort of caught off gaurd by the question and without really thinking about it I blurted out "a bean restaraunt." I got some very strange reactions but i still think it would be good.

  • @dan.c.s.
    @dan.c.s. 11 місяців тому

    I love this channel. I just discovered, binge-watched a bunch of videos and really enjoyed most of them. Good work guys, really inspiring.

  • @ElliotPage
    @ElliotPage Рік тому +133

    As a human bean I endorse this

  • @contrl31
    @contrl31 Рік тому +172

    Bean lover reporting in, I think you could do an even more restrictive sequel by only using soybean products for the entire course (soy milk, natto, tofu, tempeh, miso, soy sauce, ...)
    I think just canned beans are delicious on their own, so I imagine your dishes were incredible.

    • @jdotmi
      @jdotmi Рік тому +11

      I mean, it'd completely kill several of my friends but it could be done!

    • @smeggers
      @smeggers Рік тому

      Also habichuela con dulce!

    • @yugipup
      @yugipup Рік тому +1

      @@jdotmi sacrifices has to be made

  • @curtismmichaels
    @curtismmichaels Рік тому +15

    This is a brilliant video! I have always lived in "Cattle Country" and eating beef is almost as big a part of my life as breathing. Climate change has me expecting that to change. When I cook dry beans, I always dish up a bowl with no seasoning (not even salt) to eat so that I can enjoy and get familiar with the bean in the moment, before I decide what to do with it. Your video took me places I never expected, and has opened my eyes. Now I can start playing with green beans, which have been my nemesis for decades!

    • @johnfarley7074
      @johnfarley7074 8 місяців тому

      That’s a good idea to approach cooking without any preconceptions before trying other recipes.

  • @notthatcreativewithnames
    @notthatcreativewithnames Рік тому +4

    In Thailand and probably E&SE Asia in general, there is a type of bean that is similar to green beans in the West, but way longer (~50 cm), the asparagus beans. They are called _thua fak yao_ or long-pod legumes in Thai, and they are usually featured in stir fry dishes.
    Meanwhile, mung beans can be boiled with sugar as a dessert. However, the dish has got the bad rep from some people because of their bad experience with school lunches.

  • @puptart2041
    @puptart2041 Рік тому +58

    I have celiac, and my mother-in-law uses it as an excuse to try weird gluten-free recipes. She made some black bean brownies recently, and I was so surprised by how good they were! If I didn't know there were beans in them, I would have thought it was just a "healthy" brownie. The texture was weird, but with gluten-free baked goods, I try not to have high expectations.

    • @isabellaisnofella
      @isabellaisnofella Рік тому +4

      I have celiac too, and girl you need to raise your expectations for baked goods. There are so so many gf baked goods that are SUPER good.
      Packaged stuff or from bakeries that don't specialize in gf stuff is usually not great, but there are tons of great recipes for homemade. Finding the right flour mix is the key (or using recipes that explicitly state their combination or use or that only use one). People can't ever tell that what I make is gluten free.

    • @nuhaomar9542
      @nuhaomar9542 Рік тому +1

      Any flour mix you recommend?

    • @isabellaisnofella
      @isabellaisnofella Рік тому +6

      @@nuhaomar9542 I use a mix of equal parts corn startch, brown rice, almond, sorghum, and tapioca flour and have been very happy with it. But of course there are people who swear by premade mixes like Bob's Red Mill or King Arthur Flour.

    • @nuhaomar9542
      @nuhaomar9542 11 місяців тому

      @@isabellaisnofella king arthu flour gf mixes are pretty good

    • @garethbaus5471
      @garethbaus5471 8 місяців тому

      Nobody in my family has issues with wheat, but my mother recently tried a surprisingly good lentil pancake recipe.

  • @rikep3197
    @rikep3197 Рік тому +52

    If I ever wanted to induce stress in someone I'd show them this video. Incredible what you cooked up in so little time!

  • @alainadacosta1222
    @alainadacosta1222 10 місяців тому +2

    Idk how I'm only just finding this channel. This video was so fun and well-done. I'd be so stressed but she did a great job

  • @Faroesx
    @Faroesx Рік тому +1

    The fact that you did all this for the gratification of people enjoying beans is hysterical! You all are amazing!

  • @danielduvana
    @danielduvana Рік тому +34

    Beans are so underrated! Cheap, nutritious, lots of variations!

  • @ikeasupremacy
    @ikeasupremacy Рік тому +60

    WOOOOO AN ANSWER IN PROGRESS VIDEO

  • @sarahwatts7152
    @sarahwatts7152 Рік тому

    Love the reviews at the end!!

  • @Art_and_Ice
    @Art_and_Ice 17 днів тому

    I love how melissa handles all the food related questions

  • @ThePiggiestOne
    @ThePiggiestOne Рік тому +33

    I've imagined a bean-centric restaurant before (even tweeted about it) but you took it to levels I couldn't even conceive.
    The beans lovers appreciate this level of advocacy. Thank you!
    Good job, guys. Great video.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Рік тому

      Now all I want is to see a bean restaurant make it big in real life. Someday.

    • @MarineBiology-lb7zb
      @MarineBiology-lb7zb Рік тому

      There is a restaurant called “ breaking bean” inspired by breaking bad!

  • @sorrynotsorry8224
    @sorrynotsorry8224 Рік тому +98

    Melissa needs to make friends with Rhett Mclaughlin (from Rhett and Link). That guy loves his beans.

  • @stephanieroland1235
    @stephanieroland1235 Рік тому +1

    I love beans and how versitile they can be in dishes from around the world. when I met my husband, he hated beans. His family would grab bush's baked beans and just heat it up. he absolutely hated it. I slowly eased him into bean dishes. While he won't order them in resturants, he goes back for seconds at home. WE NEED MORE BEEEEAAAAANS.

  • @jessewong1355
    @jessewong1355 Рік тому

    this is such a wonderful video and i really love that you indroduced all these people beans in such a receptable manner. Amazing!

  • @swaroopajit
    @swaroopajit Рік тому +38

    im curious why didn't you try steamed red bean buns for dessert
    Edit: on second thought, I do understand it, there is a lot of prep involved

  • @debcarroll8192
    @debcarroll8192 Рік тому +31

    YES! I'm from New Orleans, so I grew up eating red beans and rice every single Monday, and I will never get tired of it. I recommend Camellia brand red beans (not from a can.) You have to soak them overnight first, but it is worth it.

    • @theyxaj
      @theyxaj Рік тому +2

      Red beans and rice is the shiiizzz. I love it

    • @davidshi451
      @davidshi451 Рік тому +3

      Louis Armstrong loved red beans and rice so much, that he would often sign letters “Red Beans and Ricely Yours”

  • @walkinmn
    @walkinmn Рік тому +6

    I wonder if Melissa knew about all the recipes there are for soups with beans, from the top of my mind, here are 4 I love that are made in Mexico a lot: Faba bean soup, Lentil soup, Frijoles rancheros (something like racher or country beans) and crema conde (something like count cream). I don't blame her if she just skipped the soup for her bean meal, it was already a lot to make in a few hours.

    • @agme8045
      @agme8045 11 місяців тому

      Lentils aren’t beans tho. Son legumbres.

  • @tsunshiina
    @tsunshiina Рік тому

    this vid has a chaotic vibe to it and i love it so much

  • @zyaicob
    @zyaicob Рік тому +11

    1:04 beanlievers

    • @lovell8983
      @lovell8983 Рік тому

      "We were this close to success"

  • @otternotterTV
    @otternotterTV Рік тому +10

    this has bean a delightful surprise :)

  • @khianjoshabesamis9608
    @khianjoshabesamis9608 10 місяців тому

    This is the most extra way to make a video about beans and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT
    AIP deserves way more attention. They admittingly bite more than they can chew but proves the world they can do it in style.

  • @welcometomollysworld
    @welcometomollysworld Рік тому

    this is exactly the kind of content i expect from this channel, thank you

  • @samgonzalez8662
    @samgonzalez8662 Рік тому +8

    I didn’t think I’d be a bean convert after this, but beans have gone from something I’ve mostly tolerated to something I want to use in dishes now. That’s some black bean magic and sorcery

  • @maxsalmon4980
    @maxsalmon4980 Рік тому +12

    I think a certain witch said it best.
    "I'm telling you the same I tell kings and queens!
    Don't ever ever EVER mess around with my greens!
    ESPECIALLY the beans!"

  • @PogieJoe
    @PogieJoe Рік тому

    Bless y'all for spreading the word of BEAN
    I bet moments like this are so lovely to have recorded for you to look back at years later!

  • @ya64
    @ya64 Рік тому +3

    I'm not a bean person but I gotta say some of the dishes looked appetising.
    Very brave of Melissa to take on this challenge, congrats!
    Also, just wanted to mention that the video thumbnail for this video is fire and made me want to click on it right away!

  • @AugustoValentini
    @AugustoValentini Рік тому +8

    Coming from Brazil, it sounds weird to me when people say they don't like beans. But from what they said on the video, they only eat canned beans so it makes sense. Beans are so diverse and versatile, you can make almost anything with some kind of bean, only eating them in canned form is doing this beautiful plant dirty.

  • @JohnnieHougaardNielsen
    @JohnnieHougaardNielsen Рік тому +6

    Yeah, I quite like when beans are included in various dishes, without the assumption that meat is "needed". I've used chick peas more than a few times, very versatile.

  • @fredtrunce5931
    @fredtrunce5931 Рік тому +1

    I did not expect to be watching a video about beans for 20 mins today, but here we are. Great job as always!

  • @ravipun6714
    @ravipun6714 9 місяців тому

    thank you for making this

  • @alexoliveira4693
    @alexoliveira4693 Рік тому +4

    I love all that crazy videos about random things but Melissa's videos when we discover new things but also make things we can do at home (like... eat beans) ARE AMAZING. Great jooob guys!

  • @rachaelvtstudio2579
    @rachaelvtstudio2579 Рік тому +7

    I really love these episodes on food. As someone who used to work in culinary and still loves learning about food, these are so much fun!

  • @hufflepuffwannabe
    @hufflepuffwannabe Рік тому

    this video made me so incredibly happy!!!!! I love seeing people do big projects with friendly friends :D and there were so many parts that made me laugh so much that I replayed it over and over again :D

  • @akhmadmiftakhul2824
    @akhmadmiftakhul2824 Рік тому

    This is amazing, great job melissa

  • @bareakon
    @bareakon Рік тому +13

    I became a bean convert when I learned how to make Brazilian Feijoada from one of those recipe box services

  • @Srynan
    @Srynan Рік тому +5

    You girls are crazy this made me tear up with joy just seeing you all enjoy this experiment so much :D

  • @BenTheBSC
    @BenTheBSC Рік тому

    this is chaos and just watching it is giving me anxiety - im sooo here for this.

  • @nashessencent5148
    @nashessencent5148 10 місяців тому

    i absolutely love this you remind me of a future safiya like i feel like you might have her kind of influence someday super excited to see how far u go

  • @reykoranteng9089
    @reykoranteng9089 Рік тому +22

    Melissa, could we please get your bean recipes from this video? I'd love to try them myself :D

    • @kittyzilla3
      @kittyzilla3 Рік тому

      I would love that!

    • @kittyzilla3
      @kittyzilla3 Рік тому +1

      I found the bean-Bolognese recipe in the description 😊

  • @daisymoon4004
    @daisymoon4004 Рік тому +3

    This is what life should be about, just experimenting and sharing your love for things. I love how extra you were with this whole thing. High-key iconic!

  • @terrellworrell8005
    @terrellworrell8005 Рік тому

    Great vid! Good vibes and execution

  • @X41N3
    @X41N3 8 місяців тому

    this was such a fun video, glad to see the experiment was a success

  • @oliviaz8441
    @oliviaz8441 Рік тому +9

    Side note: Braiding Sweetgrass is an amazing read, def recommend it & happy to see it pop up in the vid 📖👌

    • @LeafyK
      @LeafyK Рік тому +2

      Agreed. I adore it. Except it's kinda pathological because I tore through it in 2020 but couldn't bring myself to finish it. I have like 15 pages left and I don't want it to end.

    • @johnrehwinkel7241
      @johnrehwinkel7241 8 місяців тому

      Yeah, that caught my eye too!

  • @TeagueChrystie
    @TeagueChrystie Рік тому +7

    This looks so fun. Stressful, obviously, but went off so charmingly.

  • @yuhangxu123
    @yuhangxu123 Рік тому

    Omg the quality of this video is on point !

  • @LightsHikesAndWanderlove
    @LightsHikesAndWanderlove Рік тому +4

    You know, as a plant based eater, I was absolutely on board with everything about this, just nodding and saying I love beans, but then you said green beans will be the appetizer! There are so many varieties in beans that I forgot that green beans are one of my last favorite foods. 😅
    This would totally work if someone opened a vegan restaurant based on beans. I think that'd be a great idea!

  • @belaya.vorona
    @belaya.vorona Рік тому +4

    Really cool video! Would love to try the recipes you used if they're available online.
    My family grows different kinds of beans in our little vegetable garden, and I enjoy cooking them from time to time. I like how versatile beans are and also appreciate how easy they are to store in the winter.

  • @hiroki_ravioli
    @hiroki_ravioli Рік тому +4

    This is so fun because today I just ate beans in a vegan version of a typical dish from south of france called "cassoulet" ! Made it yesterday for today and it tasted so great ! I still want to make some changes in the recipe to make them perfect, but for a quick version that teasted amazing it was good !
    Really good video, hail the beans !!

  • @meanlittlegoblin
    @meanlittlegoblin Рік тому

    This is so sweet!! Viva la bean!!! Also so fun to spot Rochelle from The Sorry Girls in your bean crowd at the end 🥰🥰

  • @marissawatson8292
    @marissawatson8292 Рік тому

    5:11 Unironically my favorite element is tungsten so I love that it was your first thought for a color

  • @kaleklol
    @kaleklol Рік тому +6

    As a vegan, for whom beans are a staple food group, I am grateful that this video exists. Beans are wildly more versatile and delicious and healthy than (non-vegan/vegetarian) people in my life tend to give them credit for.

  • @karan-nq1dl
    @karan-nq1dl Рік тому +5

    This is great! One of my favourite bean desserts is a Vietnamese one called Chè Ba Màu (3 colour bean dessert). I highly recommend you try it 😄

  • @qt31415
    @qt31415 Рік тому +2

    there is joy in watching melissa panicking or in pain or both at the same time 😂😂

  • @syko84
    @syko84 11 місяців тому

    This was so entertaining to watch! And honestly it’s inspiring me to introduce more beans into my cooking

  • @JasonBA96
    @JasonBA96 Рік тому +3

    Bean there, Done that

  • @prakharpranav5643
    @prakharpranav5643 Рік тому +3

    In our English class in grade 2 we were told to write about our favourite food and 70%of the class wrote on beans because it's easier to spell😂

  • @YongXuLee-dt7eu
    @YongXuLee-dt7eu Рік тому

    CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED THESE THREE BRO OH MY GOODDDD

  • @jessical4866
    @jessical4866 Рік тому +1

    Absolutely blown away by the commitment to open a popup restaurant in order to prove a point. I get stressed just helping unpack catered food and you pulled together a whole menu by YOURSELF? You're crazy, but your point has been well and truly made.

  • @oktabramantio4709
    @oktabramantio4709 Рік тому +3

    I love this video, especially how your brother separates all the beans. Hahaha
    Can you also post the cooking video or recipe? I want to try those myself! Thanks!

  • @Pulvite
    @Pulvite Рік тому +3

    Gonna show this to my roommates so they stop laughing at me for eating beans and waffles every morning

  • @zhzbi7
    @zhzbi7 Рік тому

    Thoroughly enjoyed this.

  • @ClementinesmWTF
    @ClementinesmWTF Рік тому +1

    This video reminds me of an old American-English proverb:
    Beans, beans;
    The magical fruit;
    The more you eat;
    The more you toot.
    The more you toot;
    The better you feel;
    So let’s eat beans;
    For EVERY MEAL!