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This clip is from QI Series P, Episode 7, 'Picnics' with Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies, Richard Osman, Rachel Parris and Romesh Ranganathan.
I love how Richard Osman is a genuinely positive person, going out of his way to validate and compliment people and things, but he's also fully willing to take the piss out of Romesh at the end.
Romesh asks for it.
I love that Romesh's comment about it being the best thing he's ever eaten is a clear setup for a joke but instead of doing the punchline himself he leaves it for someone else to. Very selfless on his part.
And that he mentioned he liked it, after the creator called it a good snack for an invalid
Comedy is a team sport
He did a similar joke on Would I Lie to You when he was talking about being served a dessert with dairy and said very enthusiastically that it was the best thing he'd eaten in a long time
@@A-i-d-an It is definitely an invalid sandwich.
This is a 2 year old comment, but as someone who recently fell down the rabbit hole of British panel shows, this aspect of it is probably why I find myself enjoying them so much. Unlike shows from other countries where everyone is scrambling for the camera's attention, British comedians seem to be perfectly comfortable with lending screen time to each other. It's a much more cozy experience and everyone looks like they are having a good time together.
The title of this clip shouldve been "roasting romesh for being vegan
"toasting"
How do you roast a vegan? Cut up potatoes and carrots, a bit of onion. Add vegan!
He's vegan? He should have mentioned it.
Yeah, he probably wouldn't have got teased at all if he didn't keep telling everyone he's vegan. Romesh is a vegan, btw.
Romesh is from Vegas?
I was chuckling over Sandi's vegan burn until Richard batted that last line🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
absolutely brilliant
Veganism is pointless.
@@EnoVarma no
@@PotatoMC1 Sigh... It's a reference to Richard's show.
Yeah, Richard's line was the equivalent of STFU 😁
Love the idea of a bag that makes it look like the sandwich is mouldy…. And that Alan just went for it before any info and just ate it anyway. What a guy!
I think it would increase the chances of it being thrown away/wasted. Who steals sandwiches from a fridge anyway?
@@charleshowie2074 There speaks a man who has never worked in an office with a communal fridge!
@@decodolly1535 I certainly have.
I'm sure he could tell when he opened the bag
@@SG-we1qh obviously but I still love him for it 😎
I actually made a toast sandwich to try after this episode originally aired, and I’m still making them today. Don’t knock it til you’ve tried it. Just remember to put some salt and pepper on the toast part.
as a child, I thought "sugar cookies" were square (saltines) with butter and sugar on top... the toast sandwich we called "poor mans deli" but we put whatever we had on hand on the breaded part. Mayo, ketchup, whatever. Still do this to this day...minus saltines with butter and sugar.
Do you butter the toast also?
@@michaelh7741 I had the same question
Same here. Butter and a bit of Pepper! It's actually really good.
@@michaelh7741 nono, dry. Let it cool so the "toppings" don't get it too wet. Gotta have that crunch with each bite.
Imagine you put your sandwich in this mouldy anti-theft bag at work and someone simply bins it before you get a chance to take it out of the fridge
That's exactly what would happen.
yeah no one wants a mouldy bag in with they're food, best thing to do would be to put horrible ingredients on the label like blue cheese and mustard sandwich!🤮
1) Don't mess with other people's stuff, castigate them first for leaving something to mold in the fridge.
2) If you suspect someone's eating your stuff from the company fridge, spike it thoroughly with laxatives. I guarantee you either you stuff won't be stolen anymore or you'll know who's doing it.
@@OlOleander That may actually be illegal in some areas
@@SentinalhMC So I've heard, but if the bag was unmarked, it my be hard to prove that it was yours.
Ramesh's character arc in this is incredible.
Sandi rocks this role - the best possible choice after Stephen left!
Also, Romesh.... absolute legend!
I love Romesh humour!😂😂👍
The risk with the moldy bread bag is someone throwing it out!
Imagine how well Romesh would've liked that sandwich if the middle slice of bread had been deep fried.
Here in Australia we call it a Struggle Sandwich, a favorite of poor Uni students. There is also the Deluxe Struggle where you put some 2 minute noodles between the bread and toast for carbs with your carbs.
At uni we had a dish called 'poor pasta' which was just plain pasta with some butter stirred in.
@sehhi vooty There was a fast food place in Ibiza where me and my mate would buy bean burgers. It was just Heinz baked beans in a bun. Franchise that! ;)
@@WolfbloodJakeWilliams that's what we give sick children here in italy, we call it "pasta in bianco" (literally "pasta in white", more accurately "pasta without anything"). it's easier to digest than pasta with more complex condiments. also, at my school they always had some at lunch for the kids who didn't like the kind of pasta dish they had prepared that day.
sorry for the italian culture lesson nobody asked for lmao
@@lisahogholt9713 No need to apologise for being interesting.
3 day old spagetti bolignas sandwich with loads of margarine. Fantastic.
I tried that toast sandwich with the salt and pepper, and honestly? It's actually not bad.
If you find yourself with bread but no filling and you can't be bothered to go to the store it's a perfectly decent alternative.
not bad? thats too far away from good ...
But bread by itself is already so good. Even when I have fillings at home I regularly find myself just eating a couple slices of nice fluffy white bread. It’s only good when it’s fresh though.
Richard absolutely killed it at the end.
He's the best
Richard was savage af at the end. Went all-out british sarcasm on poor vegan.
That joke wasn't funny the first hundred times. And no, I'm not a vegan.
@@ML-vl7gt Just because YOU don't find it funny it doesn't mean it isn't funny. I don't like Rise of the Valkyries, does that mean it's not a good piece of music? Same logic. Cheers.
@Vegalus How is that right? No, different people finding different things funny/enjoyable/nice or whatever is perfectly valid.
@@ragnar97 Just because YOU think he was wrong to make that comment doesn't mean it's true. I don't like your comment, does that mean it's objectively bad? Same logic. Cheers.
If you’ve listened to Romesh’s Off Menu episode, you’ll know the only way he’d have enjoyed that toast sandwich more would’ve been if it was deep-fried.
Great podcast but people are always a bit iffy when I tell them the premise
When Ed reminds him that doughnuts are deep fried and he “genuinely felt bleak” lmao
Ooh, fried bread is lovely.
I mean, it's also not terribly good for you, I don't think, as it absorbs all the oil and drips with it. But we all know the rule: the more delicious something tastes, the more it's bad for you.
So, yeah, I can imagine that a fried bread sandwich would be even more awesome.
Better if it’s deep fried in bacon grease!
I've seen Victorian recipes for "toast" that are just fried bread, so that could well be what Mrs Beeton meant!
The pasty made it to the mines of Pachuca, Hidalgo, in Mexico, where they are sold to this day and are called “paste” (pas-teh). The traditional one is beef and potatoes but they sell all sorts. And they have sweet ones, like rice pudding.
Also quite popular in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, again originally for the miners in the area.
Pachuca ♥️ ¡vamos los tuzos! ⚪️🔵⚪️🔵
Quite Interesting
i’m not surprised that they spread to the new world, considering how the definition of a mine is a deep hole with a cornishman in the bottom.
I had that toast sandwich once, it was great. Been looking for the recipe ever since.
Toast, sand and a witch (very difficult to find nowadays but try googling for them) :-)
5:07 he does not say much, but when he does it is gold!
_I didn't know you're a vegan, you should mention it occasionally_ 🤣
Zing!
I thought he was from Betelgeuse, not Vega.
Came here to say exactly that! Hilarious
so original
@Joseph Norm As opposed to vegans, who are never obnoxious assholes?
The Cornish pasty made its way to the upper peninsula of Michigan in the United States, where they just call it a pasty. Also used by the miners ... but enjoyed by most people in the area. Damned good food, the pasty.
It went to Mexico with the miners also. It became the empanada.
Pasty is all it's called in England, it's full name is only used on special occasions or by people who would never dream of eating "working man's food"
At one time it was said that no matter where you are in the world if you look in a hole in the ground you'd find a Cornishman at the bottom. We had thousands of years of experience of mining tin and copper, and hundreds of years of quarrying china clay, so when someone needed help making a new mine or quarry we sent Cornishmen. All around the world, and we sent pasties with them.
For anyone who lives near DC, there is a great Cornish pasty shop in Vienna.
@@seth1455 Nothing to do with special occasions. Cornish Pasties have Geographic Indication status so can only be sold as a "Cornish Pasty" if actually made in Cornwall, by an approved pasty producer.
Underrated final burn from Richard 😂
I’ve never had a toast sandwich, but I can attest to the idea that it might be good to eat. Foods that are eaten when you’re sick can taste like the best thing you ever ate.
I prefer bread sandwiches. It's like toast sandwich, but the other way round: bread inside, toast outside.
that's a bread toastie duhhh
You could probably short circuit that one and just toast a really thick slice of bread.
Growing up I used to have sugar sandwiches, literlaly buttered (almost certainly margerine) bread with sugar sprinkled over it, absolutely loverly...
Use two of each and you got two sandwiches in one.
How about a Toast Club? it goes Bread-Toast-Bread-Toast-Bread
Considering how great dry toast is when you're drunk at 4 am, I might give it a try when too messed up to open a can of beans.
I thought that's what cold pizza is for. 😺😺😺
LOL 🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
You'll end up in A&E with burnt fingers or worse. Stick to cold pizza.
@@madisntit6547 I have genuinely experienced this difficulty, twice now I have attempted to make the toast sandwich; both times I somehow managed to accidentally make it reversed with two pieces of toast and one piece of bread. So simple, yet I've still managed to mess it up 😂
@@madisntit6547 Limp pizza?!!! You're right, forget the pizza. How about a banana?
I don't believe in using knives, toasters or graters when you're off your face. It's like the beginning of an episode of 'Casualty'.🥴😨😂
Love Richard's little quip at the end.
This is somehow my favorite QI clip because of Romesh's turnaround
I love a crispbread sandwich!
I also remember making my Dad (God bless him) laugh so much I thought he would have a heart attack when I suggested that if you eat a sandwich upside down it can taste twice as good. I think it's down to the fact that you normally put sauce or mustard or relish or whatever on top of the filling, which means that the taste buds on your tongue normally don't reach the tasty topping. Then again it would probably help if I didn't gobble the sandwich down so quickly and chewed it properly :-)
I had a toast sandwich once, but I toasted the bread. Oh, and smeared it with a big dollop of butter, added a few slices of bacon and also some brown sauce. Bloody lovely it was.
So glad you brought up that the pasty was a Devon creation and not Cornish. Lol. Jam on top as well. 😆
As Australians on holiday in Cornwall we asked for a Cornish Pasty in a shop.
Unbeknown to us we had crossed into Devon.
We were bluntly told "No! You can't have a Cornish Pasty, but you can have a Devon Pasty."
A lesson learned.
Jam on top if it is Devon cream. Cream on top if it is lightly whipped cream.
Richard killed it in the end
I watch this just as I finish a cheese and ham sandwich for breakfast 😋 😂
All these british comedians are so entertaining. Between QI and the Taskmaster I am starting to know so many of them
I'd like to give a toast... to this Well made video!
Ramesh had a “Wish Sandwich.” That’s two slices of bread and he wished he had something in it besides toast!
Every time the world reminds me that toast sandwich is a thing I make one and am not disappointed.
If I made them any more often I can feel the disappointment coming on fast.
I get the distinct impression that Jimmy Carr was in the studio that day. Not sure why.
Sandi telling Romesh off for ripping the sandwich bag so carelessly spoke to my soul. 😅 I know it's a silly pet peeve but seeing people rip open crisp bags and whatnot in such barbaric ways really gets my goat.
In the Beatles movie Help, 1965 (well before 1980), starting at 5:26, there are pre-packaged sandwiches in a vending machine labeled Sandwich Bar. Ringo's hand is pulled into one of the bays because he is wearing the sacred ring of sacrifice to Kaili.
Yeah that fact sounded kinda suspicious
I have a quite interesting fact, pasties are very popular in Michigan especially in the upper peninsula. They were brought over by Cornish miners who worked in the copper mines
Cornish pasties are actually quite popular in central Mexico, particularly in the state of Hidalgo. Cornish miners brought them in the 19th century when working in the mines there. The recipes have adapted to Mexican tastes, and they're called "pastes" in Spanish.
Just thought they could've mentioned that 😅
Haha this just reminded me of when I asked my lad what he thought the L stood for in BLT and he genuinely answered Lamb... I rolled over in hysterics... This is a true story he's 36 now but only about 10 when that occurred
hahah I fkn LOVE Romesh
I'm going to make myself a cheese and onion toasty now, this had made me hungry
Mm, that sounds good. How do you make it? I’m American.
Well, I am definitely going to try my hand at a toast sandwich. It doesn't sound like something I'm likely to screw up.
Can.not.believe. that I knew about the toast sandwich - from Mrs. Beeton's biography. She was, in reality, a young single girl (died quite young) from a very large family obliged to raise many siblings. The father (somewhat a ne'er-do-well) removed many of the children from the home to be raised (under the grandstand of a racecourse if I remember correctly) with only intermittent visits from himself & none from the mother. Very resourceful young woman "Mrs. Beeton". She also wrote comprehensive books of needlework (& knitting), sewing, et c.
Sandwiches are mentioned in Mansfield Park (1814). Is that Quite Interesting?
Yes it is, have 10 points
A French toast sandwich would be quite nice I reckon
Toast sandwiches are brilliant, at boarding school this was a regular feature of our diet
Recipe for a Roasted Vegan Sandwich
I ate toast sandwiches at uni… they’re utterly delicious
Rachel Parris is so lovely
As a Cornish baker who makes dozens of Pasty's a day, this was an interesting watch. Just had to ignore the part about Devon 😂😂
Ah, but Cornish folks didn't need a recipe because they knew what they were doing😁 In Devon they needed printed ideas and instructions
@@cassieoz1702 200yrs before you, read it and weep.🤣🤣🤣🤣
In England it seems to generally be pronounced as a 'passs-tee'. In Australia it's called a 'parse-ty'. It's the only word I can think of off the top of my head where Australians sound more posh. Not that I like posh, so from now on I'm calling them passstees.
As Australians on holiday in Cornwall we asked for a Cornish Pasty in a shop.
Unbeknown to us we had crossed into Devon.
We were bluntly told "No! You can't have a Cornish Pasty, but you can have a Devon Pasty."
A lesson learned.
Just be glad you didn't end up in a Wicker Man ;)
Brutal from sandi and Richard lol
Richard is right, it’s the texture that would do it for me. It’s something I had actually forgotten about, tbh I forgot about this episode, which is rare. I shall definitely go make one. Mrs Beeton is right about one thing, it’s the simplicity of the dishes which always wins. You’d definitely need the right kind of bread though and the quality of the bread would need to be top quality. Same with the salt and pepper and small batch organic butter.
The anti-theft mold bag is a decent idea, only hindered that people you live/work with will toss it away
When I was a grad student, I used to make fried egg sandwiches. You can jazz it up with honey mustard, tomato and spinach.
Someone stole my sandwiches out of the fridge at work one day. How low can you get stealing someone's food? They were italian salami with extra onion, pickled jalapenos and chilli & garlic sauce. I really hope they were one of those people who hate spicy food.
I'm sure they enjoyed it at least sounds great
What do you mean "extra" onion? Is there a standard quantity of onion that goes in all sandwiches?
@@fisheatsyourhead I was so fucked off at the time that I actually went and aired off about it to the managers in the office. Their complete indifference was even more annoying than having my sandwiches nicked in the first place!
@@MrAlRats I mean LOTS of onion. I like onion :)
@@hopebgood the correct amount of onion to have is "A bit more than that"
The miners' pasty filling was fish at one end and jam at the other. Cornwall has made it against the law to call today's pasties 'Cornish', unless made in Cornwall.
Cornwall has no powers to make its own laws. The reason only pasties made in Cornwall can be sold as 'Cornish pasties' is because of 'Protected Geographical Indication' (PGI) status granted by the European Commission. Now that the UK has left the European Union, it's possible that this protected status may change.
@@JohnyG29 You can call anything you like a pasty. It's only the use of "Cornish Pasty" which is protected. Like Stilton Cheese and Melton Mowbray Pork Pies.
@@JohnyG29 It's more marketing than anger, much like the counties that got the EU to ban anyone else from calling a cheese 'Stilton'. You could be right about petty, though. Belgium hasn't claimed naming rights to belgian buns and Boulogna hasn't claimed the naming rights to spaghetti bolognese.
what about if the Pasty has Corn in it???
@@mickavoidant4780 that's because noone in Belgium knows what a 'Belgian bun' is, probably. I've never heard of it anyway... It's probably similar to how we call a baguette a 'French bread' in dutch/flemish... 😅
I dunno about a toast sarnie, but my own favourite is an Egg Omelette... Yes, an omelette with a fried/poached/baked egg in the middle... Maybe with a bit of bacon/ham/mushrooms if you want to go barmy!
So it's eggs cooked in two different ways served together, not sure about that one, only one way to find out 🍴
See also the chupaqueso, which is cheese fried in cheese. en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Chupaqueso
@@hjalfi I do like a bit of multiple types of cheese together, I also like a cheese omelette, might have to try a combination of both ideas
I learnt about the existence of toast sandwiches when my dad came home from work one day bewildered at his work mate eating a toast sandwich that day. He came home and immediately told me and my mum because he was so shocked and confused by it and didn’t understand why anyone would want to eat that.
From a food perspective, the crunchy salty filling with soft doughy bread should have actually taste quite pleasant.
I like crisps with sandwiches but much prefer crisp sandwiches. Bread and butter with a whole packet of crisps inside. mmm
I do that....maybe with some mayo too.
Cheese and onion crisps on a cheese sandwich is even better than just bread
I made these uni and they are decent
People just love roasting Romesh because nobody reacts better to a roasting than Romesh.
that ending.
As a sometimes invalid myself, I can confirm: the toast sandwhich is a clear winner. Just make sure it's white toast😊
4:15 Sandi is a savage lol
Vegan diets aren't remotely bland. They're fantastic.
Guys I think Romesh might be vegan
He is self proclaimed vegan brownie
Whatever gave you *that* idea...?
I like to make peanut butter and honey sandwiches using toast instead of bread. That with a hot chocolate on a cold day. Brilliant.
Asking, "Why did Dick Trickle have a hole in his helmet?" on every Qi video until James gets what he wants.
I’m hungry
Love romesh! ♥️
This was definitely invented by a stoner.
It's the best thing I've ever tasted!
Well I'm not surprised, you're a vegan. Sandi, the Dane with the British sense of humour.
I used to work as a security guard at a shopping centre. And BHS used to chuck out their sandwiches at the end of the day. The homeless used to raid their bins so BHS then put a non toxic powder in the bins they'd open the sandwiches n put some of this green food powder colour to try n stop the homeless from taking the sandwiches. It worked.
Why?
@@jackybraun2705 it looked like mould
@@gary3561 I think Jacky meant, why prevent the homeless from eating the leftovers, LOL!
Absolutely sublime vegan banter there.
They must have been inspired by the comedy genius of Max in year 9.
I don't know. The 'moldy' bag sounds like a good idea, but somebody would probably see it, think the sandwich was bad, and throw it in the trash.
Agreed, this is what I call overthinking a solution. Much easier to just kill the thief, then POW! No more stolen lunches.
They certainly roasted the vegan. Not my preferred recipe for Sunday lunch.
The lamb I had for sunday lunch had been vegan and it roasted up nicely.
Interestingly, roasted vegan isn't vegan 😋
I ate a toast sandwich as I watched this.
If I ran an office I think I would invest in chilled lockers to protect people from food theft. Hated when that happened.
The first rule of vegan club, is tell EVERYONE you're a vegan.
Peak british cuisine
I want a toast sandwich with cheese actually ya know what I a m going to go make one now
In a Cornish Pasty how do know which side has the sweet and which the savoury bit?
Traditionally, the sweeter bit has a glazed coating.
I don't know how they make sliced bread in England, but on this side of the Atlantic, usually there are eggs involved - most definitely not vegan
Well, it very much depends on the brand you buy, as I found out when stocking the cupboard for a visit by a couple of vegan friends! (Of course, some US American styles of bread - such as those used by Subway - contain so much sugar that they are legally classed as confectionary, so the toast sandwich there would effectively be a type of layer cake…)
you definitely don't need egg to make bread!
The only bread type thing I know of here that has egg in it is a brioche bun
I’ve never known bread to contain eggs.
Toast sandwich was my idea, They nicked it lol. I'll have to just have bread on toast instead.
Alternative to the toast sandwich is to put a slice of brown bread between two pieces of white bread.
thumbs up for the vegan roasting alone...
I made the toast sandwich, and I am ashamed to say that it tastes pretty alright.
The problem with the "anti theft bag" is that people just throw it in the garbage thinking it's moldy.
I really don’t remember this clip. Does anyone know In which episode it features? Thanking you!
Series p ep 7. It's the last line of the video description ☺
@@buggz80 Thank you!
you ever heard of a wish sandwich? a wish sandwich is the kind of a sandwich where you have two slices of bread, and you wish you had some meat!
BOW BOW BOW!!!
@@michaelgreaves2375 mmmmmrubber biscuit
You know, I think the toast sandwich might actually be the ultimate COVID-snack - because it's got a nice crunch to it, it just doesn't taste of anything. So, if you can't taste anything anyways, might as well go for texture over anything.
I just found out I've been eating pasties wrong
Richard Osman is officially too tall to be on QI
Oh, it's a hard life for a vegan at any kind of food gathering, so I feel fo' mah bro Romesh
Surely though if you have a 'mouldy' sandwich bag then that gives someone the incentive to throw it away rather than leaving it be to fester more...