Taste Testing Christmas Dinners from around the World | Sorted Food
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2024
- Earlier this year, we asked you all how you celebrate Christmas in your household! Now, in today’s episode, we are challenging a Chef and our Normals to guess the country where each of your Christmas dishes are from! Have a watch to see how they got on!
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The “Pass It On” Christmas song is absolutely phenomenal.
The song was the main reason I bought tickets...won't lie. Looking forward to it.
I love it so much. It deserves its own video.
*sassy sassy sassy Janice, stressy stressy stressy Ebbers*
Love it 😍
where's the dish?😆
Ye innit bruv
I was about to say! I'm thinking the song should have a separate video, so it could be enjoyed separately at any point with all the credits listed below. It really is a labour of love, therefore, a masterpiece!
I hope James knows we are always happy to see him.
He does!
Just wanted to "second" this.
I'm glad he comes back occasionally. When I noticed his lack of showing up in videos, I then did a google and was a little shocked. Hope he's doing well where he's at now.
@@Megalobytes why where is he?
@@Megalobytes sameeee
"I'm hoping that the guys think this is a smoothie bowl." "- some sort of fruity jam."
James knows them so well, I love these guys.
To be frank, that was smoothiest borsh I've seen in my life.
Yeah. The consistency of the barszcz is all wrong for the kind that we eat during Christmas. It should be liquidy as we add small dumplings to it called "uszka". Very often people drink it from mugs to a meal instead of tea for example.
The barszcz that Ebbers did was probably what we call "Ukrainian barszcz"
As a Pole :) :
straw under the cloth and a spare plate is a thing. "Borscht" (barszcz) isn't serve as a creme, often you serve it in a cup to drink or/and on a plate to dip pierogis. Besides pierogis there are smaller version of them (like tortelini) called "uszka" - "ears" typically with mushroomy only. Carp is very popular. Non-meat Chritas Eve is a tradition, but slowly people give it up.
Norwegian dish is very close at least. Pinnekjøtt is salted and dried (sometimes smoked as well) mutton or lamb ribs, which is then soaked for up to 72 hours in water, depending on salt content you want, then STEAMED with sticks or a steaming basket. Never seen it served with potato salad, just boiled potatoes or roast potatoes.
Right!
And serving it with gravy when you have potato salad is just silly, the potatoes must be dry so that they can soak up the gravy. The mutton don't need any more fat, unless it's been abused in the kitchen.
Also lacking tyttebær (lingonberry) jam.
Potato salad might be served during Christmas, but then eighter with turkey or as a part of a cold buffet. Usually those are not the Christmas dinner.
I'm from Eastern Norway and among my family and friends, we often eat it with potato salad and rotmos but with that we don't have gravy though.
@@silver5515 Personally I do not think tyttebær belongs with pinnekjøtt, but to each his own. We do boiled potatoes, Root mash (Kohlrabi + Potatoes + fat from the meat), morrpølse, sausages and sauerkraut in my family. It is also technically not complete without Aquavit.
@@zoukon anbefaler sellerirot i rotmos. Bare en halv pr. 1,5-2 kålrabi. Gir mosen litt mer dybde i smaken
I use "kompe" without the "dott" as a sidedish, but I was actually hoping for "juletorsk".
Ben: "You made it weird and I put a fullstop on that,"
No Ben, you put an exclamation mark on that and took it an extra mile!!
And I loved it!!!!!
I was a real set and spike situation
“Oh dear, oh dear, we are all full of festive fear.”
I just love Janice for this.
Yes! Polish Christmas traditions! Thank you for calling our dumplings "pierogi" (not "pierogiES" as you wrote, it's pronounced "pye-roh-ghee" and it's already plural). Barszcz is usually hot and clear, no cream or veggie bits inside (at least in my family), the other Christmas soup is wild mushroom soup (yum!). The tradition says that you must have 12 dishes, a spare plate on the table as Ebbers said and we put straw/hay under table cloth. There is an old Polish tradition of every person dining pull out one straw from underneath the table cloth. The person who has the shortest one will die the soonest (a bit macabre, we don't do it in my family). We also celebrate on 24th and than have two days of Christmas, probably just to digest the massive dinner. Oh, and on 24th (we call it Wigilia) we don't eat any meat, just fish. Especially lot of carp and herring.
Thank you for showing some Polish traditions!
I hate soups that are just liquid with no veggies, so my borsches are always filled with beg and meat. But i think we are all in a greement thay the consistency of that broth is NOT soup 😂
As for the pierogi bit, eh, it makes sense to say peirogis when speaking english bc it follows english grammar patterns. I dont expect others ppl to know the grammar rules of languages they dont know.
Russian here. What’s with the consistency? Why does it looks like smoothie?
@@drdrdrk It shouldn't. The borscht we eat for Christmas dinner should be clear and liquidy and is often prepared with pickled beetroots to give it that tangy twist. The one Ebbers did is what we tend to call 'Ukrainian Borscht'
@@takzewarto oh, pickled beetroots, that's so interesting! By "ebbers borsch" you mean the one he did in one of the previous episode?
Growing up my Grandmother, who came to America from a small Slavic village used to craft Pedaheh for us (it's a ton of work). Back in her days growing up, national identity was not really foremost on anyone's mind but I know now that her village was probably closer to the Ukraine than Poland just by the fact she did not call them pierogi.
Can we just take a moment to enjoy how cute James and Ebbers are thinking about the old days 🥺
And that Barry did better math than Ben did!
im australian, surrounded by australians, and not a single one of us guessed our own alleged christmas dish. that plating is way too fancy and healthy for us here
Typical presentation still in the plastic bag atop the deli paper it was wrapped in at woolies.
I think it is more what was served, seafood usually isn't the main more of a side or there is a selection of cold meats eg, ham or chicken. and the coconut with the mango salad no, just no. more like pasta, green and tato salads. fruits are either for snacks or desserts, like pavlova, trifle or for a punch or something
of course it was fancy Ben got hold of it LOL
Yeah it didn't seem Aussie at all, plus like in the name; a seafood platter usually has more seafood than 1. Where's the crayfish, abalone and what not?
@@jarlnieminen4307 I’m I’m not 😮
"Why aren't more Aussies complaining about that weird coconut salad", thinks I. Checks the time.
Gotta wait for the rest of em to wake up and then we'll hear it in full force 😄
We just woke up lol.
Morning guys just woke up bout to have a cuppa 😃
I wouldn't even know where to buy prawns that large in Australia.
In all my years ive never seen a coconut salad here 😅 its always been a garden salad with a bqq sometimes lamb and prawns potato salad
I’ve never seen coconut in a Christmas salad!
Plate has a giant rib bone with meat on it.
Mike: "Could this be duck?"
How f'ing big are the ducks over there mate?
I saw a documentary once about a rabbit - A SINGLE RABBIT - from over there that had a hit list longer than a Dickens novel. It took out at least 5 or 6 men in full armor during the film!
I don't even WANT to know what their ducks are capable of!!
@@Reyn_Roadstorm to be fair, it took the longer to read out the instructions of the extermination method than it would have taken to actually deploy the thing.
Shetland ostriches
and then Baz comes in with ox tail, like, does he know what a tail is?
@@Reyn_Roadstorm if it's the one that has a vicious streak a mile wide you need to watch out for the big nasty pointy teeth. We usually run away
The fact that James’s beard matches the gingerbread man on his jumper, makes me really happy!
Merry Christmas guys, this was a great video, super interesting :) I got Poland and Philippines right - well chuffed with that! :D
Looking forward to Pass It On tomorrow, Sauvi B is already chilling in the fridge 😂
James is the ginger, bread man
@@janae5926 You win the internet today 😂🤣
@@janae5926 Cannot Unsee
Aussie here - the boys should make up for their confused "Aussie" Christmas dinner by introducing everyone to the delights of pavlova - that's one traditional Christmas dessert we can all agree is a must, in both Aus *and* NZ ;) though maybe wait until your summer so you can enjoy it properly: loaded with fresh berries, and maybe some passionfruit and mango ;)
Don't worry, pavlova is a common dish in Britain, but not generally with passionfruit or mango.
@@David-ud9ju - Not according to Nigella Lawson 😉
Kiwi here, yes popular in Aotearoa since it was created here Hahahaha
We definitely have pavlova in the uk, but it's seen as quite old fashioned
@@parnz187 nuhuh, the first meringue cake recipe that resembles pavlova was created and published in Australia, y'all just made a catchy name.
Huh, was NOT expecting to have one of our dishes (Philippines) on this show today. To be honest, it's because Ben specifically mentioned ube and kalamansi. a lesser show would have anglicized it to 'purple yam' and a 'something' lime, but no, you used the right names. Have a 'Respect For Local Terms' badge Ben! And for reference, it's pronounced 'rel (rhymes with Dell, the computer brand)-yen (like the currency)-ong (as in 'wrong') man(pronounced closer to 'munn', like a last name that ends with -man)-ok (sounds like 'clock')'.
That phonetic pronunciation guide was so helpful, thank you!
The minute he said lechon I was like, "Yup, Filipino." Although we don't make this in our house for Christmas...Chicken Adobo (soy glazed), Lechon, Banana Turon and my sister-in-law makes amazing Babinka.
ngl am surprised we have that kind of dish during christmas coz usually we get Lechon or smth
I am from the Philippines and can safely say that rellenong manok is a rarity nowadays. Christmas dinner is usually ham, Edam cheese, spaghetti (Filipino sweet style) and fruit salad. Chicken would either be fried or roasted.
It was weird to me that they didn't all guess Phillipines right away when he gave away all those ingredients that seemed obvious to me. In Canada, we would definitely use the words calamansi and ube and this is coming from a non-Filipina who doesn't know that much about the cuisine.
When I was growing up, my family had a tradition. Every year, we would pick a different country. We would research traditional holiday meals from that country. Everyone would pick a dish, and on Christmas we would all help create the dishes we picked.
I think that's a wonderful tradition.
My godson's parents do that, too. It's always a lot of fun and breathes life into what can be a rather stodgy traditional meal.
So how did you do guessing these dishes? I was 1/4, getting only Poland correct.
@@NathanMN totally blew them all. Closest I came was saying Russia for Poland.
@@NathanMN Poland was the only one I got, too.
Barry: “I got a D in Geography.”
Mike: “Oh, dear.”
Although if I’m on a Geography Quiz with Barry, I’m answering all the questions. No ego to deal with 😂
Aussie here: tf is up with those gigantuan prawns? Never seen anything like it. We usually just have a little prawn platter of regular sized prawns and I don't think I've ever seen a fruit salad served in a coconut before 😂
Same. The only things I see as typical from that are prawns and mango.
As a certified Aussie, most of us just do it plain: fresh prawns, fresh bread and salads. Then the pick and mix of Asian salads/dressings/dips, classics of turkey or chicken? And then ham if you’ve got a big family 😂
That Aussie one surprised me. Aussies are my closest neighbours and I would've picked that dish as from the Pacific Islands; Tonga or Samoa maybe. Here in NZ its a bit of a mish mash really. Got to have a Pavlova or if your British like me then its Trifle. Most people here do Barbies at the beach or a roast. It can be different depending on what part of NZ you're from or if you have Maori or Pacific Island influence. In my house its roast chicken, ham or beef. Roast potatoes, pumpkins and yorkshire puddings but sometimes we switch things up.
I'm Aussie & I didn't even know it was ours. I was thinking Hawaiian or something probably cuz of the coconut
Growing up in Auckland in the 50's and 60's, it was always roast chicken and vege, plus the first of the new potatoes and the last of the fresh peas from my Nanas' garden. Then good ol' steamed christmas pudding and custard.
Yeah I didn't pick the aussie one either. I would have expected pavlova but I guess they didn't really have dessert. As a kiwi... I'll admit I had a moment where I wondered if the Norwegian one was NZ, because of like... our history of sheep farming, and potato salad is pretty common. But then I wondered if maybe that was just a remnant of my mum's farming family who were originally from Sweden a couple of generations back 🤔 so possibly some Scandinavian influence there? Idk
I was thinking Pacific Islands as well. My family mix it up between a traditional roast (lamb/pork/chicken/beef) with all the fixings, plus a ham OR we'll do a big brunch and then BBQ dinner.
As a British Aucklander, I agree with you, I guessed Samoa. I would never have put mango as Aus, and where's the ham?
James: “Just you , me and a Blindfold, eh? Let’s do it.”
Ben: “Just like old times!”
Me: (heartbeat increases)
Bennuendo to the max!
For the first time, it's not Ben who made it weird lol
Do you hear the furious clickity clacky in the distance? Its the Sorted Food Fanfic writers going into overdrive after this one.
Now I want to buy a cookbook called Christmas around the world! I would love to cook from that through december, invite some people over and explore other cultures that way!
I'd buy that!
Maybe the next cookbook idea for Sorted?
Polish xmas eve - straw was always on our table, extra cover for the "wanderer" and 12 dishes. That is how I remember family xmas eves. Thanks guys, you brought lots of good memories :)
Yes we do same i Lithuania. And at the end of your dinner we all will pull straws and the longer it is the longer you live 🙂 Sorry for my english its not my first language
@@SenexLt your English is perfect :)!
Same here in Ukraine)
My stepmum is Polish. Any suggestions of small gestures I can do to make her feel more at home? She hasn’t been back home in a long time due to covid, so I’d love to honour a Polish Christmas tradition for her
@@ronjakh This is such a lovely sentiment! Polish Xmas is a bit different in every household I suppose, but in my house we break the holy wafer while wishing each other heartfelt wishes right before we sit down to eat. Might be hard to find the wafer outside of Poland (so I heard), but you can break bread and have a similar experience.
Also, at our place we usually don't decorate the tree until the 24th, we also put a little bit of hay under the tablecloth and put on an extra seat and table setting like the commenter above said - those shouldn't really cost much but they can make her feel homey.
Hope it helps! I'm sending all the Xmas spirit from a Polish person also missing home!
I'm Australian and that first dish is as foreign to me as it is to the boys guessing. Never had it, nor have I ever seen it here.
With you on that.
Like yeah prawns and mango are often present but not like that
Prawn cocktail yeah but doesn't look like that
I’m not Australian but I think it is an Australian dish haha
2.5kg of prawns in the middle of the table, everyone with a giant plate for shells and a smaller one for lemon and salt... some have cocktail sauce if they choose. This is how I know an Aussie Christmas to be. Then later on we serve roasts after they have cooled a bit with some salad (which had lime and corrander). Might have a fruit plate with mostly mango and cherries too 🤷♀️
This episode was awesome for me - I’m a first gen Australian with Polish heritage! Immediately recognised both our Christmas meals and for my family you’re totally right, we still do all those traditional Polish things (extra place, straw under the table cloth) on Christmas Eve! And then Christmas Day is the light, fresh Aussie foods! Perfect balance of everything for the festive season!
High five! Another Aussie with a Polish parent here. There aren't that many of us, unlike say, the UK or Canada - which had a ton of post-WWII Polish migration.
The SHEER ENTHUSIASM with which they looked under the plate as soon as Ben mentioned it 😂
omg I’m polish and when I saw the consistency of the barszcz I went „maybe it’s from somewhere else”😂! I think most families still practice those traditions you guys mentioned. It probably depends on the region because I’ve never heard about leaving gifts under the plate but in my house we do leave an empty place at the table and have the 12 dishes and have hay under the tablecloth :) but fried pierogi never on Christmas!
That's so interesting, thanks for sharing :). Especially hay under the tablecloth.
Yeah, barszcz is more liquidy, but I'm so happy to see it anyway ❤
@@llovellycat yeah, I said it, too. Most od the country has it thinner, clearer and accompanied by uszka :)
it gave me a vibe that they added a lot of śmietana to it, which is more of an ukrainian thing to do in my experience
@@llovellycat yup and usually doesn’t have dairy and pieces of vegetables in it, at least the Christmas one but it’s so exciting to see people try polish food always let’s goooo
I’m Australian and worked as a chef for over 6 years I have never heard of anyone have that mango, coconut, lime and coriander salad. Definitely prawns on Christmas though
I agree! Australian too, and I was trying to guess the country…thought it could have been Australia with the prawns, but the salad was completely throwing me off. But my family doesn’t do prawns on Christmas anyway…
Same. I am Australia. Not that sort of salad. Not even close. Potato salad, coleslaw, pasta salad.
Also Aussie and agree, that was not an Australian Christmas meal with that salad. Sometimes have prawns with lunch but never as the main dish they are normally just a side thing at any of our christmas meals.
Agreed. I’m Australian and this is the furthest I have heard to an Aussie Xmas. Typically we see bbq’s or roasts to celebrate with family. Plus putting shrimp on the barbie is a term coined by Americans to make use relatable and was never really a thing we said here. But yes, prawns, beef, pork, ham, sausages, steaks, lamb are common meats over Xmas with salads.
It sounds nice and I suspect they were just going for a nice tropically salad. Mango is a christmas staple in my house. As is crayfish or prawns.
So I come from a family of surgeons and when my aunt made chicken galantina last year she was showing off pictures of how she basically treated chicken prep like an actual surgery, it was pretty funny.
Also Ebbers pronouncing lechon like a French word made my brain lag for a sec. I'm gonna start doing that just to mess with my friends lol
Polish person here: you went a bit Ukrainian with the setup ;) Our barszcz is clear and served hot - sort of like a beetroot broth. Also, frying of your pierogi is a rather rare addition. We usually serve them just boiled in water, maybe with some sauteed onions or bacon bits. Other than that - great job! ❤️ We had fun trying to guess as well, my husband got Australia and I guessed Philippines (SPAM was a dead giveaway for me!). Also: too bad you haven't went "uszka" way with polish pierogi - they look kind of like Italian tortellini and I'd love to see the mindf*ck on the guys faces trying to understand what sort of weird country did that 😂
I always fry pierogi for christmas dinner, always! D: (btw. bacon bits def not for christmas eve ;) ) And yes, barszcz is a clear soup like broth, it's made of pickled beetroot but we use only "water", we don't puree beets
As for pierogi the best option for me is to boil them until they start to float and then straight to the hot pan :)
True. Polish barszcz and ukrainian Борщ are two different things. Both made with beetroot, but that's about the only thing they have in common. Борщ is stewy and hearthy, barszcz is clear and watery, it's spicy and has a defined flavor but it's not very filling.
fried goes hard, with you on that
We always had them fried, but you're not allowd becony bits on 24th. We also have our clear barszcz with mushroom "uszka". We do still put hay straw under tablecloth too.
Me a Filipino seeing the "Relyenong Manok" and being amazed at it. Hearing the familiar ingredients then suddenly learning it's from the Philippines. 😅 (I'm more familiar with relyenong bangus tho). I wonder how many families actually do it. Because I think more of the mass prepare Lechon and Filipino-styled spaghetti. But yeah, it will always vary from family to family as well.
Loved the vid as always ❤️❤️
Macaroni salad haha
Did Ben get his pronunciation right?
i’m filipino too and was thrown off with the relyenong manok 🤣 but it did give me embutido vibes haha! and yes, you’re right - i think the majority will prepare lechon, hamon, filipino spaghetti and lumpiang shanghai haha
I'm not Filipino but when he mentioned lechon it was a dead giveaway 😂 I'm surprised none of the boys caught that.
Calamansi was a dead giveaway for me since I cant think of many countries that would have it readily available, but the embutido meatloaf vibes, the deboneing the chicken, and the time I've seen this done with a fish one christmas my family spent in Tahoe really said a lot.
I'm so happy you showed polish dishes! Christmas barszcz is traditionally clear and pierogi are on Christmas Eve just boiled in salted water. That beautiful golden crisp is for next days when you just fry leftovers. Well that's how it was in my home. I'm thrilled you liked it Guys!
I also thought those pierogi looked a bit too dark, and uniform, they almost looked shallow fried in oil instead of just a normal pan fry with butter and onion
@SORTEDfood, actually, it would be great if u could try traditional barszcz out! It has quite oryginal, strong, both savory and sweet teast. Guess it could be fine inspiration
EXACTLY - clear barszcz with uszka or krokiety and DEF boiled pierogi, refried next day! SHEEESH! What was that thick gloopy soup...? :-/ also couple fish dishes... and baked goodies. :p
It still looked pretty nice I guess. Not nailed in terms of polish traditions, but a good effort :)
Yup. That was the weirdest looking barszcz I've ever seen. Looks like a beetroot smoothie, lol. Definately not tradition, but maybe very testy, who knows?
Man, I didn't realize how weird it would be watching someone guess international dishes without throwing a dart. But, after all this time, I keep hoping there's a map and a dart.
🎼 Where in the world does these international Christmas meals come from? 🎶
Good mythical morning to you to
Found the mythical beasts
Same!
Whaddup beasts?
Just another Australian stopping by to say yes to the prawns, but a big no to the coconut salad thing. Never seen a coconut anything on the Christmas table for lunch/dinner
salads in general, yes. we usually have a potato and one other salad
THIS! Prawns to start, cold cuts with potato salad and a garden salad, then pavlova or Xmas cake for dessert.
I had to pause the video to see if any fellow aussies felt the same. I was like wtf , Australia?
Lamingtons?
ditch the coconut, but you're missing out if you haven't had this
Lived in Melbourne for 3 years, spent our Christmas/summer holiday at the beach. We were invited to a different Aussie friends house for Christmas dinner every year and it was always cold meats, cold salads, Trifle pudding and/or Pavlova for dessert. ( Christmas in the middle of summer is SO different!)
"Just you me and the blindfold"
"Just like old times"
Geez guys! LOL!
As an Australian, I had no idea that was Australian lol
Generally the kinds of salads we have here are things like potato salad or super simple garden salads, mango isn't incorporated into the meals themselves, and FORGET about fish sauce, jeeze louise 😆
It is not Aussie at all.
I spent two Christmases in aus and the only tradition I noticed was going to the beach, having a bbq and drinking beer.
Yeah same, I get the seafood but the salad was way off the mark. We ear mango as dessert or just around December really, not with the actual meal.
Yea I didn't pick it either, the ingredients were all things I see around Christmas but not prepared in that way. Then again, it's quite likely different groups/states have their own Christmas dishes from what I have in Sydney. If they added some drinks it would have made it more Aussie!
I was hella confused too
I'm glad you got that straightened out at the end. When Ben said they tied I went back to make sure I hadn't missed anything.
OMG I wasn't the only one. Had me tripping out! Hahaha.
I thought this too! But then on my second watch I realized that Ben said they would only get one point out of two if they got a hint on the Philippines dish, which they did... So technically James should only get one point for that and they DID tie! However Ben did still get it wrong bc he said 3 each instead of 2 each 😂 Sorry to ruin your chance at redemption Ben!
@@k3y_sm4sh he gave both teams hints, but I thought he offered the final clue and James didn’t take it
I literally gasped when Barry guessed the Philippines, but James stays my favourite because he stuck to his guns and got it right 😌
And what lovely guns they are 😳
The Ube and lechon should have been a dead give away.
"Could this be duck? Could it be ox-tail?" For me that was the most hilarious from Mike and Barry. 🤣🤣🤣
Mike saying "Oh Dear" reminded me a lot of Janice's "Oh dear oh dear". Wonder why 😂😂
11:58 "Sassy, sassy, sassy, Janice" with Mike in background... wonder why...
I have more Xmas spirit this year compared to last year … watching Sortedfood really helps with the festive mood
We need the Christmas cheer this year! BRING. IT. ON.
Having James back for these Christmas videos is all I could have ever wanted this holiday season! Also, all the Filipino cues on that last dish made it seem to obvious that I began to doubt. I've not had it stuffed in a chicken like that, but I've had sort of a Filipino meatloaf (embutido) with a lot of the same ingredients before. Great job, guys! And Merry Christmas!
I was the same, I thought the Filipino one was so obvious that I second guessed myself too.
i've only had rellenong bangus. never had rellenong manok for christmas, probably because it takes so much effort to make.
Sassy James is simply the best christmas present :3
As an Aussie, I'd say yes to the prawns, definitely, and definitely yes to salads and salsas and such. But in terms of the combination served up on that table (mango, coconut and coriander?) I'm not sure I'd consider that a quintessential 'Australian' seafood/Christmas dish. We tend to prefer just lots of different types of seafood all put together with a big potato or coleslaw salad to the side and a heck of a pavlova or another light fruit dessert to finish.
I spent Christmas a few years ago with my then-girlfriend in a Polish village (a beautiful place) and these traditions are spot on with what her family did. Was wonderful to experience different Christmas traditions to my own here in England. So thank you for reminding me of those pleasant memories.
All is aussies have just woken up to definitely not guess our own country 😆
I’ve never seen prawns that huge!
And coconut and mango salad? Nah, pasta salad and coleslaw
I make a prawn and mango salad! I feel like that’s a thing? I guessed it…
@@clairewest5353 the coconuts aren't right though. Don't know anyone who does that.
@@clairewest5353 it may be "a thing" buts its very far from a common thing so definitely isnt australian
From Australia, I was confused a bit by the first one and then I remembered every year we always fall into a rush to get prawn and smoked salmon platters ready for christmas lunch
Interesting to know that something like that actually happens somewhere and my family hasn't invented a new thing at all.
We started doing a sort of hot stone situation with all kinds of seafood along with smoked salmon a few years back.
I suppose it fits that as austrians we somehow stole that from australia without even knowing.
Same here. Never would serve prawns like that for Christmas
Are you from NSW? Because in Vic I only know one family who has seafood on Christmas
@@Misshowzat nope I'm from Vic, strange that you only know one family that does seafood, half my friends families growing up had some form of cold seafood at christmas lunch
Smoked salmon might be a regional thing. In South West WA seafood is quite common (especially crayfish if you're near the coast) but I've never heard of smoked salmon.
The fruit salad thing threw me off because it felt so South East Asian to me. My family will usually have fruit but I don't think we've ever had coconut and i can't imagine us putting fish sauce on it.
Aussie here, I definitely didn’t recognise our dish and have never seen prawns over here that size!! We usually get the normal size prawns (which you have to queue up for and put an order in weeks ahead), a big loaf of sourdough and have them on the fresh bread with mango, avocado and lime juice 🤤
ooh that sounds good, might have to try that...after the xmas rush.
Aussie too (Sydney). Was pretty shocked when I heard it was Australian haha. But my family typically has the roast for Christmas Eve dinner then the cold cuts and seafood on Christmas Day as they said in the video.
The mango and coconut definitely threw me off, maybe more of a Queensland inspired Christmas?
QLD Aussie here, never have I ever seen anything like this, I mean prawns and cold meats and salads are the entire day of eating
Qld here: don't understand the coconut!??
The big prawns are usually too expensive by the kilo compared to say a good quality tiger. I'd take a good tiger any day!
Oh yes! Avocado, lemon juice, good crusty bread, that's how you make a prawn sandwich.
Since I'm Polish living in Norway this episode was fantastic for me :) love the Christmas traditions of both countries. Your pronunciation of pierogi and pinnekjøtt was very good! It was actually fun seeing Gilde pinnekjøtt on the screen. Is it easy to buy in England?
I'm going out on a limb here and saying they might have got it from Scandinavian Kitchen which is a café/grocery shop in London who also deliver! I've not personally seen Gilde Pinnekjøtt "out in the wild" in our normal shops here in the UK other than Scandinavian Kitchen. (But my mother might have!)
As an Australian we wouldn’t use coconut so much, but the prawns with mango lime and chilli is bang on. Best Christmas dish for hot weather!
Australian here, seen a lot about the mango coconut salad, agreed that isn’t a classic thing for sure, I would eat a lot more salad if it was what they presented.
BUT the prawns are totally correct. Although I’m my family we all have to peel them ourselves, so we all just stand around the kitchen peeling and de-veining prawns before eating them.
Its a surprise if they make it to the plate from the bag
i'm an aussie aswell, the mango salad was something ive never seen. My family tend to do seafood christmas eve.
Another Aussie chiming in, definitely didn't pick my own country. I also guessed Thailand and thought I did well .
I have this feeling it may have been a Queenslander dinner. Further south you'll see less 'tropical' stuff, but still plenty of cold meats and seafood (and salads)
Honestly I thought the dish was Thailand! I was so confused about the mango salad!
East Coast Aussie here also. Had no idea this was meant to be Australia lol
Ben’s breakdown at the end, man these guys keep it real lol, it’s funny to see him break his professional UA-cam manners haha
As an Aussie, yes prawns are an absolute staple until someone with a shellfish allergy joins the family… though the salad in the coconut was a bit weird. It is very common in Australia that the main feast is a Christmas lunch with Seafood, cold meets and salads. Christmas dinners are rare as we are normally too full by that time. A classic Aussie Christmas dessert is pavlova. Traditionally Australian cuisine has a very strong British influence but in more recent years we’ve been bringing in other cultures and cuisines. After WW2 American, Italy and greek influences came in, during the 90’s south East Asian, Indian, Chinese and Japanese influences started coming in. More recently middle eastern and American again is having a big influence.
Yeah agreed, prawns are definitely a big one for us along with the sauce, but never had that sort of mango/coriander salad served in a coconut.
"Christmas dinner" is usually a lunchtime meal, if I'm not mistaken?
@@fionaclaphamhoward5876 It's kind of a late lunch with lamb chops and seafood on the bbq
I'm thinking they confused mango & salad instead of being seperate as the same thing so made a version of it. As an aussie I was very surprised when they said it was from down under. I think it was confusion on how the comments were phrased.
Toasties made out of leftover lunch, every grabs a quarter while the next cooks
Aussie here! Never have I seen that at Christmas. Always prawns, cold cuts, pavlova, pasta salad and a good old pork roast. And you can’t forget the ham toasties for breakfast 🇦🇺
Yes to the Polish traditions! We've got Polish, German, and Irish ancestry in my family, and we absolutely do the Christmas Eve Wigilia feast with pierogi, the 12 dishes, and the money under the plate! We're American, but very proud of our traditions! We also break the Oplatek wafers with each person around the table before the meal.
Last year learned of the Christmas Eve Wigilia feast. Looks very nice.
That was a pretty good pronounciation of the word Pinnekjøtt Ben, the only addition to how to prepare i would like to add is that its steamed on birch sticks, hence the name pinnekjøtt which roughly translates to stick meat, and then its put in the oven to crisp up alittle before being served. however there are plenty of ways to make it as some people prefer it boiled and some prefered it kinda grilled and some dont like the flavor from the birch sticks, so its really a matter of preference.
I can add that nobody I know puts it in the oven to crisp up and so to me them serving it straight from the casserole is how I and everyone I know serves it. Anecdotal for sure, but only adding it to say that it is very much correct at least for pats of norway with how they did it.
Also, I wish they had don ribbe, would have been fun to see if they managed to get it crispy or if they, like most of us, would have made a mess of it.
@@agilagilsen8714 You definitely do add it under the broiler for a few minutes at the end to crisp it up. More interesting regional variants include foregoing birch sticks and instead steaming on top of the potatoes, or serving the meat with syrup.
My dads speciality, which i guess takes a bit away from the "stick" part of it all, is to put babypotatoes on the bottom of the pot (kinda using them as the sticks) so all the fats and flavors from the pinnekjøtt drips down and makes for the most incredible potatoes, it's unreal. And we always broil the pinnekjøtt, vossakorv and the potatoes a bit before serving.
I have never heard of anyone eating potatomash with their pinnekjøtt, interested in where that is from! I'm from Bergen!
You also get some regional variants, like where i come from it has been smoked after it was dried. I am personally not to fond of pinnekjøtt that has not been smoked, and would not eat it on christmas eve
I’ve also tried pinnekjøtt boiled in a mix of water and beer, which was really good. Also, next year the guys should try lutefisk!
Just me, you, and a blindfold? Like old times? I've missed having James AND Ben in all the videos!
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I'm so so happy to see a Filipino dish here, because I honestly thing Philippines takes Christmas the most over the top, year round.
You can also make Rellenog of anything - we usually do it with milkfish (bangus).
If/When I get my kitchen done I'm making that one, it looked amazing!
I am from Norway and I eat "pinnekjøtt" for Christmas. The meat is usually steamed for 2-3 hours until it falls off the bone. Great to se you guys try my Christmas tradition 😊
Now, for the real question: did embers pronounce it correctly or was an attempt made?
@@geistdraco8437 He wasn't far off, it's a pass for me.
@@Cantfi Agreed!
He did surprisingly well :O
The mash is usually not turnip though but kohlrabi. and the big question if the lamb ribs are cured or not.
I am Australuan. I think you did a great job. We always have seafood. Snapper, prawn cocktails are the goer. Coming from a slavic background, our meal starts with traditional hot soup. The Aussies find that weird, especially when it's very hot outside. But that's the way it is in our family. We also have roast turkey & pork its great
Aussie girl here adding to the comments saying prawns are a must-have for christmas lunch/dinner! Usually cold, peeled and often with different dippings sauces. But the asian-fusion salad is not really a staple. Lots of people also saying that cold sliced ham is another integral part of our christmas feast! absolutely true!
Fellow Scot here, James. I had the Norwegian dish at a friend's house when I was in Stavanger. It's very filling, but grand before pre-party drinks. They also had a seasoned leg of lamb in their fridge, back in the UK, for snacking.
As an Australian I have never heard of this classic Christmas dish of salads, salsas and coconut.
Chef James wearing a gingerbread shirt is pretty funny
Bringing the extra set of silverware out is so sweet, I love it. I really hope that's still a tradition.
Barry blowing out the mic with "YEAH, THANK YOU BRIGITA" was so cheerful and wholesome
Was really hoping Pinnekjøtt was one of these dishes, and im really pleased that it was. I'd also say your pronounciation of Pinnekjøtt was fairly good in my opinion.
It's a Christmas miracle!
I'm really struggling to understand where the potato salad came from tho
@@huehue3687 Should have been just potatoes and perhaps some "sjysaus", but I am aware that that isn't something everyone does. Would be fun to know where in norway the person who suggested potato salad is from.
Shouldent it be only frozen pizza?
@Agil Agilsen My mother from Asker makes potato salad and/or scalloped potatoes for Christmas. We also have both pinnekjøtt and ribbe.
Barry’s spontaneous version of the “mah-na mah-na” Muppet Song at the end was a blooper so worth waiting for… 🤣
I'm Australian and I guessed Thailand for the first one. Mango and coconut salad not really a thing with prawns for Christmas.
Putting the ginger beard man in a gingerbread man jumper is absolutely inspired. Love it!
Oh THANK YOU for including Poland and introducing some of our traditions in your show. That was so touching ❤️❤️❤️ Greetings from Poland 😘😊
I was so happy seeing Poland being mentioned in a video! As other comments suggested Red Barszcz consistency was a bit off it should be piping hot and served with small dumplings called uszka (little ears), it is usually made with fermented beetroot starter. In other parts of Poland you also see white Barszcz, which is rye sourdough starter soup occasionally made with an addition of mushrooms it is an upgraded version of my favourite winter soup “żurek” and it’s more thicker almost like your red Barszcz. I think Ben would really like well made żurek as it’s made using rye sourdough starter and it tastes amazing. Seeing guys find a 10 quid under the plate made me chuckle, we usually just leave equivalent of a penny, in my family we have a bundle of a penny and carp scale wrapped in tin foil which you are supposed to hold in your wallet. Thank you for exploring my country’s amazing cuisine keep up a good work!
As Polish - you nailed the dish selection! Although the Red Borscht we serve at Christmas Eve dinner is quite different from the well known Ukrainian version (which also is popular in Poland throughout the year). We serve it as a clear-see through broth in dark red colour, which is made with vegetable stock, beetroot kvass (“Zakwas” - juice made of beetroot fermented in a salty brine), and a bit o vinegar. The broth is rich, sweet and definitely sour and served with small mushroom filled dumplings in it (pielmieni-like).
And we put our Christmas presents under the tree :).
It is just to share the tradition, good job guys!
Nr 3: No surprise I got it immediately, seeing as I am from Norway. Not sure about the potato salad on the side tho. Reason being that you can steam regular potatoes underneath the Mutton ribs in the same pot, and the meat drippings will drip down onto the potatoes, enhancing the flavour tenfold. Potato salads certainly aren't uncommon here, but I associate it more with summertime, BBQ type of food
Ben's pronunciation wasn't too far off, and certainly good enough to understand what it is. But for more correctness, you'd put more weight on the N, so it would be 'pinn-e' instead of 'pi-ne'
I think that might have been a potato gratin? (fløtegratinerte poteter) But I could be wrong. We always eat boiled or steamed potatoes and just mash them in the gravy after serving
Yeah, never seen potato salad to pinnekjøtt before, nor to ribbe, it's the same for me in how it's more of a BBQ thing at summer.
I was thinking maybe someone swerved by a waldorf salad, as part of like a newyearsmeal turkey etc somewhere in the comments, and it got misunderstood and somehow it became potato salad, which i dont think anyone actually eat with pinnekjøtt, but certainly is a part of many a christmas breakfast ive been too😊 god jul - merry xmas fellow sorted norwegian fans🎄
I'm an Australian and my mum is from England. Every Christmas we have a mix of the cold cuts/seafood and salad, and also a hot roast complete with Yorkshire pudding. It's so good.
Like a lot of my fellow Australians have said that first one we never would have guessed ourselves. My family's traditional seafood platter for Christmas morning consists of oysters, prawns, lobster, blue swimmer crab and fresh fruits. Everything is freshly cooked and cooled down. The seafood markets in sydney expects to sell 200 tonnes of seafood in their yearly 36 hour trading period for Christmas.
Native Norwegian here: Ben nailed the pronunciation of pinnekjøtt. Translates to "stick meat" because it's traditionally steamed in a pot using a construction of sticks to keep the meat above the water.
I'd say it's the second most common Xmas dinner ("ribbe" being number one), but there's strong regional variety in what's eaten.
I agree, but do not forget about Lutefisk! Would have loved to see what the guys would make of that 😅
Also native Norwegian here, you ever seen pinnekjøtt served with potato salad? And not boiled potatoes?
@@TheMaren16 or "rak fisk" would also be fun.
I gotta ask cause... Do people eat potato salad with it? I've never heard of that 🤣🤣
I also always eat ribbe on Christmas and so to say everyone I know from my local area do that as well
Hvor i helsiken er du fra om det er slik du sier pinnekjøtt? 😂 Var jo ikke i nærheten en gang!
Polish but living elsewhere, my family’s borscht and pierogi look so different from that I was almost certain it was a different country in the region and the boys would have it wrong!
Growing up my family did do the straw under the table cloth and the extra place setting, but rather than money under the plates it was that one pierogi had a coin in the stuffing. There’s also a tradition of each person having a wafer sheet and breaking it with one another while giving best wishes. We stopped doing all but the extra place setting over time bc local family is small (and more secular) and it’s gotten simplified as Christmas Eve became more about spending time together than old old traditions but on the few occasions I was able to visit big fam that’s still in Poland during Christmas time all those traditions were still happening. And yes, lots of dishes is accurate too.
Australia is always over the top with the heat so most of the time when we do cooking for the Christmas meal it done in the early hours of the morning and heated for lunch. But seafood is a big part of it as well as pavlova and triffle
I'm a year late to see this video but whoever wrote the parody of Carol of the Bells and Pass It On Live advertising needs a huge raise. That was brilliant. 😂😂😂
My family and I are from Belarus and have polish roots. Every Christmas Eve we still put straws under the table cloths. And at one point in the night, everyone at the table must pull out a straw from underneath the cloth without looking. If you have a long one means you’ll have a long and prosperous life. If it’s short, the opposite lol
I've never really had Rellenong Manok, Rellenong Bangus(stuffed milkfish) is more common from where I'm from. But when you think about it, every province in the Philippines is almost a different cuisine, it's highly regional when it comes to food. I only needed to go on a bus ride to taste dishes I've never heard before. So I'm not surprised.
Yeah me too. Relyenong manok is expensive to make so that's why Relyenong bangus is more common nowadays.
Yeah, I was legit laughing at how crazy it was trying to think of what country would be insane enough and then realized it was my own lmao completely gobsmacked, showed it to my mum and her first reaction was "What the hell is that" 🤣🤣🤣
We have thousands of islands though, I'm not shocked at all that we have it somewhere
Yes! Fish is more common for Noche Buena (the Christmas Eve dinner eaten after church) where I came from in Manila. My mama also made ham with pan de sal and cow's tongue in mushroom sauce. Yum!
Sea food platter and cold cuts are definitely huge here in Australia, but I've never seen someone do the whole mango salad thing. Its usually a more traditional garden salad with a seafood sauce for dipping.
My family does 12 dishes (you should have a taste of each dish for prosperity), extra plate for the wanderer, straw under table cloth, as well waiting to eat untill first star is visible on a night sky (for Bethlehem star). I never even heard about money under plate thing - might be a more regional tradition than those mentioned above. Also sharing of a Christmas Wafer while wishing health and prosperity upon each other just before Christmas Eve dinner is a universal tradition in Poland - people might not observe other traditions but they will surely do the Wafer one.
With the 'first star' thing, what do you do if it's a cloudy night? 🤔
I see a lot of mention of "The Wanderer", with which my mind automatically goes to Odin and I can't find anything about it online (maybe my Google skill sucks today). Would you mind giving a very brief explanation?
@@craigbryant9925 if you mean the empty place at the table for a "wanderer" it's an act of good will and hospitality. Maria and Joseph were refused in Bethlehem so they have gone to a stable. The empty place is for anyone seeking shelter like Maria and Joseph did :)
@@dominikadobrucka9962 ooooh! Okay. Thanks. So it's more a case of "for anyone who might need it" and not so much for a specific unnamed individual?
@@craigbryant9925 a person in need, lonely neighbour, or someone stuck on a road waiting for road assistance 😀
It'd be awesome if you did a series on the foods people eat at other major festivals eg Ramadan, Passover, Chinese New Year, Diwali, Eid etc.
I've never seen pinnekjøtt served with a potato salad haha, the rest seemed accurate. Also, pretty good pronunciation of "pinnekjøtt" Ben! In Norway we also have a christmas tradition of "mandelen i grøten", where we eat rice pudding and the one who finds the one almond placed in the pudding gets a treat, in my family it's a chocolate treat, I know some families do marzipan as the "prize".
I'm from the Philippines. I've never seen that version of the chicken that well made... Kudos to the Chefs. Also, It's pronounced "Rell-Yen-Nong. Man-nok" Advanced Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all at Sorted and in the comment section!
Thanks so much!
Norwegian here, looks rly yummy, but the meat is cut alittle different. Also Gilde is a no no brand for most. Most people get it from farmers who sell their own or have a seasional brand etc
I like that when Ben I’m unsure of pronunciation he admits it - and he’s a chef! It makes me feel better
I'm German, but since my parents come from Poland, we've always had Polish dishes for Christmas when I was growing up. Of course, in a small family it's different than in a big family, so we didn't have 12 dishes ready (although my parents talked about those days back when!) but we always have a rye based soup called zur and fried carp with a potato salad. However, there is a LOT of cooking and preparing being done before Christmas so you can basically eat through the entire rest of the week with barely any need to cook. Lots of side dishes, meat platters, hot stews that get better by reheating them... I can't wait for the food ☺️
Polish here! Think you almost got it spot on... its barszcz (clear and hot, kind of like a beetroot broth) not borscht (ukranian/russian), served with uszka ("little ears" which are small dumplings/pierogi with a mushroom filling) floating in the soup. Christmas eve is the big meal, and is meat-free (just fish and veggies) - herring and carp (can be bought live in your local supermarket and kept in your bath until the big day), with pierogi (this is already a plural version of the word pierog, so no need to say pierogies).
I've never heard of the money under the plate, or straw under the table cloth.... but the extra space for a traveller is definitely a thing.
Wesolych swiat!
I'm Polish and so happy that our tradition was pick up, but I've never seen barszcz that thick xD and also never have pierogi fried on Christmas eve dinner xD there is too many things to do to fry them, always boiled and added butter.
Great episode either vay, enjoy very much, thank u for your hard work
Some other Polish people in the comments said their parents boil the pierogi the day before and then fry them on Christmas eve, so maybe it's regional within Poland?
Not agreed, we indeed fry ours pierogi (pan, lots of butter)
i'd love to see more things like this like, comparing different traditional dishes!
to me, james will never be demoted to a guest chef. he will forever be a sorted chef :D
I like to think he's out there, brushing up his skills and preparing for an epic CHEF VS CHEF showdown.
Norwegian here, pinnekjøtt is the true Norwegian Christmas meal! I have never seen it served with potato salad though, usually boiled potatoes and vossakorv sausage, and the best kålrabistappe (swede purée) has some mashed potato and/or carrot, and more importantly incorporates some of the mutton stock in it. Still, so glad you featured pinnekjøtt! The other Christmas meal, svineribbe (pork rib with crackling) is a pale contender.
In Oz we have seafood usually prawns as an entree but mains is almost always a roast lamb, pork or chicken or all 3. Plus cold ham. Then left overs in buttered rolls for dinner.
Is the "coin in Christmas pudding" like an almond in the Christmas porridge? Latter is (at least) Finnish tradition of putting shelled (white) whole almond into the rice porridge which is (usually) served as brunch on Christmas Eve.. then the tradition spreads out as I've heard who gets it has to sing for cook, or clean the kitchen, or similar tasks..
Traditionally it was a silver sixpence that was cooked into the pudding. I think it was supposed to be lucky to get the coin.
I don't know anyone that still does it though, we just eat the pudding now. But we do still set fire to it first...
We do this in Norway as well😄 But it's funny cause it's the almond and the treat/reward is usually marsipan (made of ground almonds) that always puts a smile on my face, plus it's gloriously shaped as a pig (i have no idea why! which adds to the amusement for me at least🐷🐽😂😄)
In my Aussie home, we have either cold meat and salads for lunch or baked dinner.
It's roast beef and roast turkey with veg for dinner this year. Christmas cake, or pudding with custard, for dessert.
Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and thank you for your awesome channel. I haven't laughed so much in such a long time 🤣 You guys are hilarious.
Pierogi is already plural, pierogies is like saying feets in Polish. That barszcz is extremely thick, unusually so! It's usually more watery, and also contains uszka, which means little ears. They're mushroom filled dumplings, slightly resembling ears in their shape. Glad you introduced the meals in this video though :)
We shouldn't call the Anglophones out on saying pierogies - in Polish we double-pluralize chips (chipsy, anyone?) after all :)
Also, uszka can have meaty filling, as well :)
@@martynamaczyszynChipsy! Oh, you're so right! Chipsy, legginsy, etc...
As an Australian this is (almost) what is served for lunch. Strong seafood presence (with a seafood sauce) and we absolutely do have the tropical fruits (especially mango), but never in a coconut (that was weird), we serve it all with a pavlova instead. Cold meats also high on the menu along with tasty salads.
Polish girl here. Agreed with Barszcz ( borshch) being clear and done on vegie and mushroom broth as no meat is allowed on Christmas Eve. Pierogi are spot on, served with butter boiled or fried up. In some families sourcraut and mushroom in other potato and onion. Sourcraut is also a separate dish with yellow peas or with mushrooms, dried fruit kompot, poppyseed rolls. In my family we also had fried carp, trout jelly, cod in veggies (Greek fish) and salted herring in lots of ways