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The “sesame seeds” are more likely the seeds of the berries which settle at the bottom of the mold. Given the mold is likely dome shaped, it makes sense for the poffins to have a domed top with berries seeds and a flat/smooth bottom.
@@DanielPereira-ey9nt No, as the seeds would be flowing in the poffin liquid while being stirred continuously during the cooking portion and as the above commenter said, would only settle out in the mold, which is used for cooling
There's a sweet called Karume Yaki (カルメ焼き) in Japan where you swirl liquid ingredients around quickly before they get burned. They're cooked in a small container over a flame and also puff up almost instantly after a certain point due to a chemical reaction. They may be one of the inspirations for Poffins since they're a part of many 8th grade chemistry carriculums, making them a widely known food that many people have tried during their childhood!
Hi! I just looked it up and I think that it's a pretty good answer. Although Lockstin's hypotheses are good, yours seems much more likely. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
If I were to take a culinary guess, I would think of that "brown stuff" as a Roux that you then add Berries to. The longer you cook Roux, the darker it gets, but it also starts to lose it's thickening properties, so adding an additional starch or thickener, like Pectin, is highly likely. Plus, the Berry Pot does look special enough to possibly add said thickener toward the end, that's why you only make Poffins, and PokeBlocks for that matter, at those special machines. So basically, your making a very thick White Sauce, like a Bechamel minus the cream, adding berries, then letting it cool until solid. Sounds like it would be interesting to try...
Oh! That makes a lot of sense compared to what I was thinking lol. I always assumed it was like when you make a dough for eclairs/cream puffs lethal you flavor and simultaneously while still cooking in the pot.
I just assumed they took a bread and used the process for making a jam in it's place. Or possibly that berries become more like a baked potatoes when cooked, so if they are instead reduced they become something more resembling mashed potatoes, then they congeal into a much more solid mass held together by the inherit stickyness of their juices, giving them a unique flavor and color based on the juice.
I always saw poffins as being similar to poffertjes, which are little Dutch pancakes. The shape's close enough. I never really saw the stuff in the pot as dough or as a soup, I could have sworn they straight up refer to it as batter in the games. The takoyaki comparison's a good one though, you might be on to something there.
Dutchie here! Was thinking the same thing tbh, but Im pretty sure poffertjes still need to cook in the special pan though, but they just let it cool off in there? But the shape does add up and they do look like they would be that kind of soft consistency ^____^ Also the name would still be close, poffertje and poffin 🤔
My guess is that the 'water' is probably filled with some kind of thickening agent that makes it akin to a batter, and the berries are added for color and flavor.
5:53 Another hint to the fact that the poffin mixture solidifies as it is cooked is that, at least in the gen 4 version, it becomes increasingly hard to spill as the process goes on, eventually becoming impossible. This is also acknowledged by Dia in the DP manga (actually where I know it from. The manga often gives you tips that really do work in the games), so it very much isn't game mechanics. Also I went an reread the chapter where Dia makes Poffins to see if there's any evidence in there. Theorists often leave out Adventures (every video on Mewtwo being part human or Rotom was supposed to be a legendary would be really short if they didn't). All I got is that the material actually shrinks as Dia stirs it at the end, going from berries and the mixture, into the poffin. Which means to get from what's in your bowl at the end of the mini-game to a shaped poffin, you just keep stirring. I think that helps with the reduction theory, and throws out the filling theory.
I spent 30 minutes looking up the chapter online to find this part. I could've just scrolled down in the comments. Yes, it definitely shows the poffin mixture solidifying into te shapre as it's stirred.
I actually tried to make a dough (kinda) that just lacked half flour and the baking powde and put in the blended fruit and reduced it, then i added the other ingredients and baked them and turned out decent... I think if i keep trying i'll get something pretty good.
Honestly that idea of Poffins being some kind of fruit snacks or the takoyaki theory make a lot of sense. I've always thought they were just a little cupcake-esque things, but you brought up a lot of good points to convince me otherwise.
You know; there's also choux pastry, which is originally made on the stove. This is baked as well, yes, but you have to not burn the pastry first just like making a poffin. Maybe the poffin cooker in game is like....almost like a bread machine (for the US) or a Rice Cake maker (for Japan). Those usually do the mixing and cooking on thier own; HOWEVER, they could have just added the manual stirring bc minigame. You have to stir the batter as it cooks before it goes down into molds to bake.
They're not called Poffins in every language. In german it's called "Knursp", which is not an actual word but looks similar to "knusprig" (german for crispy). So apparantly they're also crispy now.
Yeah, German here, I'm remotely remember a Party-Snack (something like Crackers and Pretzels) that looks like Poffins. Maybe thats why they are called Knursp in German
The official description I read somewhere (possibly in the OG Instruction Booklet) states that the berries are added to batter, making them very much a cake or bun of some kind. Also, the English prerelease name for Poffins is “Pokébread,” most likely as an alliteration of “Pokéblock,” and given the sheer variety, loose definition and/or cultural interpretation of various types of bread as a staple food source, it’s fair to say that the humble Poffin is one such variety.
The yellowy substance could be honey. When heated honey is super runny but when cooled its more solid then the fruit helps keep the shape when poured into the moulds
The only bread recipe I know that you cook in a pot as a liquid and you need to carefully stir at a good heat until it thickens into not a liquid is Pâte à Choux. Which I always assumed Poffins we're made with.
You might want to look up "poffertjes" or "poffertje", a Dutch/Belgian/French treat from 1720. Looks rather similar if you ask me, it's a soft doughy substance and Takoyaki can be made with the same tools, I wouldn't be surprised if Japan also has fruity variations.
Thats exactly what I though! They seem very similar, the baking trays in the anime are very similar in shape as the pans used to make 'poffertjes' and you can add all types of flavors or toppings!
Oh! Even the names are similar! I never even thought about that but it does seem pretty close! I was on team Anpan before but this could be the answer!
@@myheartismadeofstars thank you!! Like i always considered poffins to be poffertjes since ofc every kud in the netherlands have had that alot in their childhood XD
There is an interesting detail in the games, you switch the stirring direction. Usually that's wrong, because it prevents what you're stirring to form the fiber that would make it more dense or make it stay in shape. So perhaps there isn't any fiber to begin with (or negligence amounts of fiber). That could be a clue, or it could be me overanalyzing a game mechanic
I literally cannot think of a single thing that would care which way you stirred it. I think you're conflating fiber with protein, but neither would care either way.
@@jypsridic I might've not used the correct term, idk how is called in English. In things that are chemically unstable, like mayonnaise, stirring force and direction is vital, otherwise the composition will separate from the oil and the mayonnaise is ruined. Stirring is also important I'm breads, you must constantly stir the dough in one way, in order to make it thick and strong. Hope this make sense
You can't tell me the contents of that vat in the game isn't batter. It's thin and liquid-y at first, sloshes around as you stir it, then gets thicker and solidifies as you cook it. It has to be gluten or flour-derived in some way.
Minus the mold thing poffins kinda reminds me of how you'd make mochi at home with out the machine or other classic equipment. You have to cook a rice starch and water mixture and constantly stir it to form the mochi "dough". Yoy can add colours and fillings and flavorings as you go. Maybe pokemon berries naturally have a rice starch like compound in them so when you cook them with water they become mochi esque?
my theory was that they're akin to mochi; the original ingredients are slowly cooked and constantly worked so as to develop the mix's structure enough to hold shape. this would explain the anime and game's insistance that "stirring is what gives a poffin its flavour", as working a mochi dough is critical to getting a good end result, plus the poffins in the game and the anime closely resemble the coloured mochi you can find in some snack stores. that said mochi dough is CERTAINLY not a liquid, so some liberties would have to be taken... but perhaps rice starch might be the mystery thickener we're looking for to complete the recipe?
Another mystery of the Pokeverse that will remain unsolved forever unless the original creator of the Poffins comes out and explains maybe an old family recipe they are based of.
This was great, I would love to see you cook/explain the other regions treats: lava cookie, old gatteau, rage candy bar, castellia cone, lumiose gallette. ( if I spelled any of them wrong, oops, I had to go off memory)
Granted I think a couple of those are different than what you might think because they changed them into something more people would understand. I know the lava cookie is actually a rice cracker for one
@@hanakoisbestgirl4752 I would still like to see him do a video on it, based solely on the fact it would be fun to watch him try to cook/make them all.
I have been asking this for years now. The ingame making of it it reminds me a making vanilla custard but with berries. When you have added the hot milk the eggyolks and put it back on the stove you must stir it, but not too fast or you will spill out the still very liguidy custard, but once it get up to the right temp you need to stir fast or you get vanilla scrambled eggs. And you can flavor it with fruit purees, alcohol and cirtus peels. And you can cook it firm enough/or freeze it to put some kind dough around it.
Wanna make your Feebas into a Milotic? Make Poffins using four different blue coloured berries and try not to spill/burn them. You can actually use both thumbsticks to stir though i may make you go too fast. It also helps get you up to speed when changing directions. Overspill isn't in an issue in the third stage of cooking as the mix is solid so go as fast as you like.
Hi lockstin! I’m currently in college for cullinary arts and have a special love for cooking. I’ve come down to say that POFFINS TERRIFY ME. I stay up at night thinking about how the heck they work and wondering how to make them. The only thing that I’ve figured out is that poffins are cursed by witches. Have a great day!
Anime version kinda reminds me of cocada, a Brazilian candy. You just throw shredded coconut and sugar into water, reduce it a bunch, pour it into whatever depending on the size and shape you want it, and when it cools down it becomes solid. And it has different colors if you add some extras like strawberry or passion fruit, but the usual base color is a light golden brown.
Maybe they're Poffertjes! They're *Small* Dutch *pancake* things that are a *liquid* batter that are to be poured into a *mold* . I'd assume it's easy to mix a berry reduction into the batter to make it colored or flavored!
poffins in the game always reminded me of making yorkshire puddings. making the batter, then cooking them until they have risen and are golden brown. so my best guess would be a type of pancake/yorkshire pudding type batter.
There is a technique where you are supposed to spin the dough on a special stove which reminds me of the later portion of the poffin mini game, look up gallette kabyle/Aghroum (pronounced ow-rum or R. Rum) recipe videos. My guess is that the poffin is some sort of pancake like batter that you start off stirring with a spoon but then begin to spin it with your the palmside of your fingers, removing the spoon, when the batter solidifies enough. I've always assumed, lore-wise, that, you stopped using the spoon once the poffin mix is solid enough because you can't splash the mixture anymore once the poffin has passed a certain colouration no matter how fast you spin it. Also, those sesame sesame seeds on the poffins always looked like sugar strand/hundred-and-thousand sprinkles to me.
Japanese water cakes are much more likely to use agar agar (It was originally created for this very reason, to act as a gelatin substitute, but vegetarian. Its other properties has since given it a myriad other applications in microbiology. Those petri dishes for growing microorganisms for example? They are usually filled with a mixture of agarose and nutrient broth.) I personally prefer it a lot to gelatin despite not being a vegetarian, it just has a nicer texture and flavor, if you can call it that.
As far as I know poffins are based on "poffertjes". Basically pancake batter baked using a grid or pan similar to the ones used for takoyaki. They're a Dutch delicacy we probably either brought to the Japanese or got from them. The exact origin is unclear. We only know for certain they became widely known in the 17th century and that they used to be made primarily by our monks back then.
The way that the poffin machine only cooks ~1 (iirc you can make more but a typical session yields one) poffin at a time and looks the way it does reminds me a lot of the trend of cooking pancackes in rice cookers a few years back. And pancakes are easy to add berries to, and have a liquid batter (though over-stirring is typically not advised). Additionally, when you said "sweet takoyaki", I got super curious and looked it up to try to make. A good few recipes say to use pancake batter!!
Finally! I've been wondering what Poffins really were ever since I first played Pearl as a wee lass. **Gets to the end of the video** O-oh... well, the effort and research that went into this video was appreciated and entertaining to watch. I liked the takoyaki speculation the most, and I had no idea that's how fruit snack were made. The more you know.
I thought they were more like pate a choux, which is a dough that you do cook on a stovetop, and it’s what cream puffs are made from! And you can definitely find them filled with jams and jellies and berry type things!
As a cook, my brain wants to go to like a pâte à choux(french pastry dough) that is cooked and stirred in a pot, and you COULD add stuff to it... but... that dough still requires fussing with after, adding eggs after its cooled and then some secondary cooking like frying or baking, though it would produce a small bready treat. Thats a thought from me.
Poffins remind me a bit of these mints my mom makes, at least in the final shape and relative lack of ingredients. The mints are egg whites, cream of tartar, sugar, and salt, and you beat it and beat it and beat it and beat it for like forever until it resembles the consistency of silghtly melted ice cream, and then you scoop it onto a cookie sheet and put in a preheated oven that you immediately turn off, then you keep the oven closed for hours. The mints are crumbly when bitten into, though, not flexible like dough.
I always thought that puffins were just madeleines with different flavors depending on the berries you put in it. I always thought the texture of these things were soft inside and outside, well, like a madeleine.
Could be condensed milk. That's a similar colour, which thickens and darkens as it cooks and becomes dulce de leche. So maybe like a caramel or toffee type snack?
If I had to guess, the games give a more accurate process. Whatever those poffin making machines are, they start with a base and as the berries cook and the next stage is reached, thickener is added. At the end, the mix is mixed enough and once put into a cooling mold will harden up not unlike fudge. That would explain the case you have to carry it in. Unless you keep it in something it'll breakdown and melt or something.
Hey, about that "poffins are named after muffins in every language" part: a poffin is called a Knursp in German. I have no idea what that word as based on, though, so that information might not be that helpful. When I was younger, I just assumed it came from "knusprig" which would mean crispy or crunchy.
If we’re talking about liquid that turns into some bread-like textures. In Africa, they have this dish called fufu. It starts off as a liquid but you have to stir it a bunch before it becomes paste like and then until it’s bread like. It’s not exactly a bread though it’s made of a certain type of vegetable. So tbh maybe poffins are the pokemons take of fufu
I’ve been trying to figure out how to make poffins for months now, and you perfectly went through my entire journey in this video. Happy to know I wasn’t the only one slowly going crazy over this
since we don't exactly know the density or texture profiles of Poffins it could be some form of Divinity, which in it's basic form is just egg whites, corn syrup, water and sugar. Add some fruit, nuts or your preferred extract(vanilla, mint, or the like) for flavoring.
When you mentioned that the anime's version of Poffins could have had gelatin or agar added to the water, you did forget one important thing. The berries themselves could have one of those already in them. Most likely agar since it is already plant based. There may not be any real world fruit that contain both pectin and agar, but as said in the video the Pokemon berries are fictional. It might also explain why the raw berries (at least in the games) seem to be unpalatable to humans. I don't know about anyone else but raw unprocessed agar doesn't sound like anything I'd want to eat.
ok so what I have in mind is that either the berries have some kind of starch (in the anime they do look like potatoes) and so just water and berries would make a dough or the starting liquid is mochi! it would explain the stiring (if you stir rice while its cooking, it turns into mush)
Maybe a poffin is just a generic sort of "sweet berry thing for pokemon", kinda like how we refer to both cheesecake and carrot cake and ice cream cake as cakes, even though they all have totally different ingredients and cooking methods
I think the way poffins are made is kinda similar to how churros are made, minus the frying part. The dough is liquid and needs to be stirred over heat, clumps together into a ball, and tuns into a sort of bread when baked or cooked.
In our country we have a delicacy called "puto" where crushed rice, milk, water, sugar, and eggs where mixed and stirred in a pot. Poured into a mold then steamed. It also comes in a variety of color Kinda similar to the poffin making process. I hope this offers insight.
that looks to me like a Tanzhong to me in game, a mixture of flour milk and water that you stir constantly and cook down into a paste which is then used as part of a starting thing to a bread I'm not sure if you could add fruit to one as it's cooking without ruining it though
This was a fun video but I think I should clarify that Japanese bread in general is just called “ぱん” pan. And あんぱん anpan is specifically red bean paste inside of bread. That’s because the “an” part of anpan means あんこ Anko, which literally means red bean paste. So it’s implied that when you combine the words it become anko pan or anpan which should be red bean paste bread. I think if berries were used, it would just be some other kind of bread unless red beans were used.
I always thought of it like banana bread or blueberry pancakes. You have a batter and fruit that you stir, then you bake it either on the oven or on stove top.
Each gen after 3 has a food you feed to your Pokémon except gen 5, not to be confused with the local specialties. Gen 3 has pokeblocks, Gen 4 has poffins, Gen 6 has Pokepuffs, Gen 7 has pokebeans and gen 8 has Curry, Aside from the Pokepuffs and curry none of these look like actual food. I would assume pokeblocks are like starbursts in terms of consistency and taste. Pokebeans could be jelly beans but they grow from bean sprouts. Idk
When i was a kid, I always thought of Poffins as a sort of Fruit "Puto". It's a delicacy from the Philippines that's unrelated to the word in spanish, it's a Colorful Steamed Rice Cake that you eat in celebratory occasions and holidays. It's very soft and delicious and had the same consistency as the pokemon poffins, so I just assumed it was that.
Since they set up and we always see the berries added to something, my guess would be that liquid being some kind of Gelatin or Agar agar mixture with something making it opaque since it sets when cooled. It would also explain the sheen being a stat of the end result. It also explains why all the Poffins are a uniform color in the main games since they aren't making multiple batches and why the seeds are on the top, since they could sink to the bottom when cooling.
The poffins always reminded me of bolillos, a mexican bread the people from the capital are obsessed with for some reason The batter also reminded me of nata
In spanish poffins are called pokocho wich is a combination of Pokemon and "bizcocho" which is this: 11:29 (I think you guys just call that thing cake but I will call them "bizcochos" in case they are not called cakes) So the thing I thought is, since some "bizcochos" use grater lemon skin, maybe it is the same here but with berries? Maybe the cut berries on the anime are meant to be grater berries? Or maybe they are "bizcochos" with berries instead? Idk much about cooking so maybe I am just saying something that makes no sense
so basically its a sweet bun with a berry compote filling? another theory i had is that they are based off dinner bread rolls, and the process you see in the anime is similar to how you make sour dough starter.
... "These donuts are great, jelly filled are my favorite, nothing beats a jelly filled donut"... needless to say I don't think the anime is a solid source, even if that was lost in translation vs several years later the poffin episode.
The game uses some sort of batter that you basically melt/cook down the berries into, like making choux batter... but you don't add fruits to choux batter itself...
We don't see the middle of the process. We only ever see the beginning and end of the process and are meant to fill in the blanks with our imagination. For me, I've always believed Poffins to be a sort of muffin top. So the berry reduction process we see in the anime is only the beginning step for that. I've always assumed the rest of the process is making a dough similar to pancake batter which the berry reduction is thoroughly mixed into and then baked. Poffin seems to be an intentionally misspelled combination of pancake and muffin, after all. Honestly, I think the real question is: What are Pokeblocks? They're also made from berries in a machine but they come out in crunchy cuboid candies.
the only stovetop dough i know of is a Pate a Choux (the dough for creampuffs and eclairs) which you do have to stir and cook in a pot before piping it out into shapes and then baking. but i'm not sure you could add berrys to it directly...you could fill the baked dough though.
I think that's what they were going for, but it was simpler to just toss the berries in and do a little mini game instead of going through an accurate process. Mini games are just as delicate as choux pastry, and you don't want to bog them down too much.
"THESE DOUGHNUT PUFFINS ARE GREAT! JELLY FILLED ARE MY FAVOURITE! NOTHING BEATS A JELLY-FILLED DOUGHNUT POFFIN!" Part of me winders if Gamefreak just made Poffins specifically to troll 4Kids.
I believe one kind of dough you forgot is Pate a choux. Which is the dough that is used to make cream puffs and eclairs. It is made in a pot and you stir it until it solidifies into a squeezable dough after which you put it into a piping bag and squirt it out on a baking sheet into round shapes for cream puffs and long twist shapes for eclairs. you bake them then take them out to cool and fill them with cream or fruit filling with a piping bag.
That actually kinda sounds like toffee or caramel making. I imagine it would have a really weird taste though... Edit: finished the video. The broth is defo the right color, and it is pretty simple, though I can't imagine what kind of end result you'd get. Essentially just a brick or sugar
I kinda thought they were like wagashi if not bread. Amanatto seems like a fairly decent match for it too, and it can come in a bunch of colours. Pokemon just uses berries instead of beans.
Honestly with these food videos I would love for you to collaborate with cooking channels. Your guesses/insights then giving those ideas to someone like CHEFPK to try to make work. Seems like it'd be fun.
Actually in the pokemon adventures manga, the protagonist Diamond showed us how to make poffins. It's basically like making ice cream but you make them stick together than scoop out the frozen outer layer
I think it may be more like a patachou (pa-ta-shoe) which you stir into a runny dough and add egg or something to thicken the batter and not have to bake, like baked flour.
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I got an idea so what if it's just a jumble of stuff for the bug type that is just full of glitches and stuff things that people thrown away sings like technology or sings that bugs my crawl on and I can be the bug type Rotom
The “sesame seeds” are more likely the seeds of the berries which settle at the bottom of the mold. Given the mold is likely dome shaped, it makes sense for the poffins to have a domed top with berries seeds and a flat/smooth bottom.
Wouldn't the seeds burn tho ?
@@DanielPereira-ey9nt No, as the seeds would be flowing in the poffin liquid while being stirred continuously during the cooking portion and as the above commenter said, would only settle out in the mold, which is used for cooling
@@Zolanark ohh
I read "sesame seeds" as something else
@@AetherSA ?
There's a sweet called Karume Yaki (カルメ焼き) in Japan where you swirl liquid ingredients around quickly before they get burned. They're cooked in a small container over a flame and also puff up almost instantly after a certain point due to a chemical reaction. They may be one of the inspirations for Poffins since they're a part of many 8th grade chemistry carriculums, making them a widely known food that many people have tried during their childhood!
Hi! I just looked it up and I think that it's a pretty good answer. Although Lockstin's hypotheses are good, yours seems much more likely. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Wow this must be the answer!
If I were to take a culinary guess, I would think of that "brown stuff" as a Roux that you then add Berries to. The longer you cook Roux, the darker it gets, but it also starts to lose it's thickening properties, so adding an additional starch or thickener, like Pectin, is highly likely. Plus, the Berry Pot does look special enough to possibly add said thickener toward the end, that's why you only make Poffins, and PokeBlocks for that matter, at those special machines.
So basically, your making a very thick White Sauce, like a Bechamel minus the cream, adding berries, then letting it cool until solid.
Sounds like it would be interesting to try...
Oh! That makes a lot of sense compared to what I was thinking lol. I always assumed it was like when you make a dough for eclairs/cream puffs lethal you flavor and simultaneously while still cooking in the pot.
I just assumed they took a bread and used the process for making a jam in it's place. Or possibly that berries become more like a baked potatoes when cooked, so if they are instead reduced they become something more resembling mashed potatoes, then they congeal into a much more solid mass held together by the inherit stickyness of their juices, giving them a unique flavor and color based on the juice.
Trying this later
@@chester1882 Let us know how it goes
But that wouldn't make the product we get with poffins
I always saw poffins as being similar to poffertjes, which are little Dutch pancakes. The shape's close enough. I never really saw the stuff in the pot as dough or as a soup, I could have sworn they straight up refer to it as batter in the games.
The takoyaki comparison's a good one though, you might be on to something there.
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Dutchie here! Was thinking the same thing tbh, but Im pretty sure poffertjes still need to cook in the special pan though, but they just let it cool off in there? But the shape does add up and they do look like they would be that kind of soft consistency ^____^ Also the name would still be close, poffertje and poffin 🤔
Me too, it's like pancake batter lol this was incredibly bizarre to me haha 😆 lots of yummy things to make tho
that point you see your country fun facted like this already like it
My guess is that the 'water' is probably filled with some kind of thickening agent that makes it akin to a batter, and the berries are added for color and flavor.
5:53 Another hint to the fact that the poffin mixture solidifies as it is cooked is that, at least in the gen 4 version, it becomes increasingly hard to spill as the process goes on, eventually becoming impossible. This is also acknowledged by Dia in the DP manga (actually where I know it from. The manga often gives you tips that really do work in the games), so it very much isn't game mechanics.
Also I went an reread the chapter where Dia makes Poffins to see if there's any evidence in there. Theorists often leave out Adventures (every video on Mewtwo being part human or Rotom was supposed to be a legendary would be really short if they didn't). All I got is that the material actually shrinks as Dia stirs it at the end, going from berries and the mixture, into the poffin. Which means to get from what's in your bowl at the end of the mini-game to a shaped poffin, you just keep stirring. I think that helps with the reduction theory, and throws out the filling theory.
Get this to the attention of more Poketubers.
I spent 30 minutes looking up the chapter online to find this part. I could've just scrolled down in the comments. Yes, it definitely shows the poffin mixture solidifying into te shapre as it's stirred.
I find it weird that theorists will often leave out the manga (unless its related to gen 1) but will *always* go to the anime
I actually tried to make a dough (kinda) that just lacked half flour and the baking powde and put in the blended fruit and reduced it, then i added the other ingredients and baked them and turned out decent... I think if i keep trying i'll get something pretty good.
Honestly that idea of Poffins being some kind of fruit snacks or the takoyaki theory make a lot of sense. I've always thought they were just a little cupcake-esque things, but you brought up a lot of good points to convince me otherwise.
You know; there's also choux pastry, which is originally made on the stove. This is baked as well, yes, but you have to not burn the pastry first just like making a poffin.
Maybe the poffin cooker in game is like....almost like a bread machine (for the US) or a Rice Cake maker (for Japan). Those usually do the mixing and cooking on thier own; HOWEVER, they could have just added the manual stirring bc minigame. You have to stir the batter as it cooks before it goes down into molds to bake.
I think it’s choux as well, especially since the starting mixture looks like a roux
I was actually thinking about choux as well!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of the obvious answer.
They're not called Poffins in every language. In german it's called "Knursp", which is not an actual word but looks similar to "knusprig" (german for crispy).
So apparantly they're also crispy now.
Yeah, German here, I'm remotely remember a Party-Snack (something like Crackers and Pretzels) that looks like Poffins. Maybe thats why they are called Knursp in German
Leave it to German to be the odd one out!
@@Gnoggin every time xD
I thought I was just makin that up from back when I watched the diamond and pearl anime and wasn't paying attention
@@Gnoggin still prefer fuegro over incineroar.
The official description I read somewhere (possibly in the OG Instruction Booklet) states that the berries are added to batter, making them very much a cake or bun of some kind.
Also, the English prerelease name for Poffins is “Pokébread,” most likely as an alliteration of “Pokéblock,” and given the sheer variety, loose definition and/or cultural interpretation of various types of bread as a staple food source, it’s fair to say that the humble Poffin is one such variety.
The yellowy substance could be honey. When heated honey is super runny but when cooled its more solid then the fruit helps keep the shape when poured into the moulds
Well, honey was intoduced as an iten in pokemon in gen 4.
That would also make sense thematically in Sinnoh because of the honey trees
The only bread recipe I know that you cook in a pot as a liquid and you need to carefully stir at a good heat until it thickens into not a liquid is Pâte à Choux. Which I always assumed Poffins we're made with.
You might want to look up "poffertjes" or "poffertje", a Dutch/Belgian/French treat from 1720.
Looks rather similar if you ask me, it's a soft doughy substance and Takoyaki can be made with the same tools, I wouldn't be surprised if Japan also has fruity variations.
I need some poffertjes now, I remember cooking them in my mum’s poffertjes pan
Theres this dutch mini pancake type thing called: poffertjes. Poffins used to really remind me of that, so maybe thats the secret to making poffins🤔
Yah when he got to takoyaki he was so close to poffertjes, and that was definitely my impression from the anime
Thats exactly what I though! They seem very similar, the baking trays in the anime are very similar in shape as the pans used to make 'poffertjes' and you can add all types of flavors or toppings!
Had the same thought!
Oh! Even the names are similar! I never even thought about that but it does seem pretty close! I was on team Anpan before but this could be the answer!
@@myheartismadeofstars thank you!! Like i always considered poffins to be poffertjes since ofc every kud in the netherlands have had that alot in their childhood XD
“You do not stir empanadAs!” made me laugh so hard. He sounds so upset 😭
2:29 DIO Crobatto: How many poffins have you eaten in your life?
Gloria: What the bloody hell is a poffin?
Regardless on what poffins are made of, they still look delicious to eat!
I agree.
Something abou tthe color and rounditude... is mouthwatering.
There is an interesting detail in the games, you switch the stirring direction. Usually that's wrong, because it prevents what you're stirring to form the fiber that would make it more dense or make it stay in shape. So perhaps there isn't any fiber to begin with (or negligence amounts of fiber). That could be a clue, or it could be me overanalyzing a game mechanic
I literally cannot think of a single thing that would care which way you stirred it. I think you're conflating fiber with protein, but neither would care either way.
@@jypsridic I might've not used the correct term, idk how is called in English. In things that are chemically unstable, like mayonnaise, stirring force and direction is vital, otherwise the composition will separate from the oil and the mayonnaise is ruined. Stirring is also important I'm breads, you must constantly stir the dough in one way, in order to make it thick and strong. Hope this make sense
You can't tell me the contents of that vat in the game isn't batter. It's thin and liquid-y at first, sloshes around as you stir it, then gets thicker and solidifies as you cook it. It has to be gluten or flour-derived in some way.
I was also wondering about that with the berries. They too could have glutenous or even protein-based properties.
That isn't how you make batter, though.
@@Blissy1175 It's how certain batters might behave under such conditions.
Lockstin-“what are puffin’s”
Finally the question I’ve been asking myself for years in my head all this time heck yeah Lockstin.
Minus the mold thing poffins kinda reminds me of how you'd make mochi at home with out the machine or other classic equipment. You have to cook a rice starch and water mixture and constantly stir it to form the mochi "dough". Yoy can add colours and fillings and flavorings as you go. Maybe pokemon berries naturally have a rice starch like compound in them so when you cook them with water they become mochi esque?
my theory was that they're akin to mochi; the original ingredients are slowly cooked and constantly worked so as to develop the mix's structure enough to hold shape. this would explain the anime and game's insistance that "stirring is what gives a poffin its flavour", as working a mochi dough is critical to getting a good end result, plus the poffins in the game and the anime closely resemble the coloured mochi you can find in some snack stores.
that said mochi dough is CERTAINLY not a liquid, so some liberties would have to be taken... but perhaps rice starch might be the mystery thickener we're looking for to complete the recipe?
Another mystery of the Pokeverse that will remain unsolved forever unless the original creator of the Poffins comes out and explains maybe an old family recipe they are based of.
I love Lockstin screaming in the background as if he was in another room whenever there's a pause
This was great, I would love to see you cook/explain the other regions treats: lava cookie, old gatteau, rage candy bar, castellia cone, lumiose gallette. ( if I spelled any of them wrong, oops, I had to go off memory)
Rival feast of fiction to the ground when it comes to pokemon food, i consider their work blasphemy to what should be the canon food item in pokemon
Granted I think a couple of those are different than what you might think because they changed them into something more people would understand. I know the lava cookie is actually a rice cracker for one
@@hanakoisbestgirl4752 I would still like to see him do a video on it, based solely on the fact it would be fun to watch him try to cook/make them all.
Or the malasaka or whatever it is in alola.
@@christianlorre I forgot that one, thanks for the reminder, and yes I would love to see him try to make a malasada.
I have been asking this for years now.
The ingame making of it it reminds me a making vanilla custard but with berries.
When you have added the hot milk the eggyolks and put it back on the stove you must stir it, but not too fast or you will spill out the still very liguidy custard, but once it get up to the right temp you need to stir fast or you get vanilla scrambled eggs.
And you can flavor it with fruit purees, alcohol and cirtus peels.
And you can cook it firm enough/or freeze it to put some kind dough around it.
"If you like wasabi... I don't" LMAO
Wanna make your Feebas into a Milotic? Make Poffins using four different blue coloured berries and try not to spill/burn them.
You can actually use both thumbsticks to stir though i may make you go too fast. It also helps get you up to speed when changing directions. Overspill isn't in an issue in the third stage of cooking as the mix is solid so go as fast as you like.
Hi lockstin! I’m currently in college for cullinary arts and have a special love for cooking. I’ve come down to say that POFFINS TERRIFY ME. I stay up at night thinking about how the heck they work and wondering how to make them. The only thing that I’ve figured out is that poffins are cursed by witches. Have a great day!
Mochi
i always just assumed the in-game process was putting the berries into like, pancake/yorkshire pudding batter
Anime version kinda reminds me of cocada, a Brazilian candy. You just throw shredded coconut and sugar into water, reduce it a bunch, pour it into whatever depending on the size and shape you want it, and when it cools down it becomes solid. And it has different colors if you add some extras like strawberry or passion fruit, but the usual base color is a light golden brown.
Maybe they're Poffertjes!
They're *Small* Dutch *pancake* things that are a *liquid* batter that are to be poured into a *mold* . I'd assume it's easy to mix a berry reduction into the batter to make it colored or flavored!
"This month's theme is Hokkaido Holiday."
The Ainu peoples suffered so Japan could market that.
poffins in the game always reminded me of making yorkshire puddings. making the batter, then cooking them until they have risen and are golden brown. so my best guess would be a type of pancake/yorkshire pudding type batter.
There is a technique where you are supposed to spin the dough on a special stove which reminds me of the later portion of the poffin mini game, look up gallette kabyle/Aghroum (pronounced ow-rum or R. Rum) recipe videos.
My guess is that the poffin is some sort of pancake like batter that you start off stirring with a spoon but then begin to spin it with your the palmside of your fingers, removing the spoon, when the batter solidifies enough.
I've always assumed, lore-wise, that, you stopped using the spoon once the poffin mix is solid enough because you can't splash the mixture anymore once the poffin has passed a certain colouration no matter how fast you spin it.
Also, those sesame sesame seeds on the poffins always looked like sugar strand/hundred-and-thousand sprinkles to me.
Japanese water cakes are much more likely to use agar agar (It was originally created for this very reason, to act as a gelatin substitute, but vegetarian. Its other properties has since given it a myriad other applications in microbiology. Those petri dishes for growing microorganisms for example? They are usually filled with a mixture of agarose and nutrient broth.) I personally prefer it a lot to gelatin despite not being a vegetarian, it just has a nicer texture and flavor, if you can call it that.
Yeah
As far as I know poffins are based on "poffertjes". Basically pancake batter baked using a grid or pan similar to the ones used for takoyaki. They're a Dutch delicacy we probably either brought to the Japanese or got from them. The exact origin is unclear. We only know for certain they became widely known in the 17th century and that they used to be made primarily by our monks back then.
The way that the poffin machine only cooks ~1 (iirc you can make more but a typical session yields one) poffin at a time and looks the way it does reminds me a lot of the trend of cooking pancackes in rice cookers a few years back. And pancakes are easy to add berries to, and have a liquid batter (though over-stirring is typically not advised). Additionally, when you said "sweet takoyaki", I got super curious and looked it up to try to make. A good few recipes say to use pancake batter!!
Background voice lockstin is my favorite. Also Drifloon balloon is still here!
Finally! I've been wondering what Poffins really were ever since I first played Pearl as a wee lass.
**Gets to the end of the video**
O-oh... well, the effort and research that went into this video was appreciated and entertaining to watch.
I liked the takoyaki speculation the most, and I had no idea that's how fruit snack were made. The more you know.
I thought they were more like pate a choux, which is a dough that you do cook on a stovetop, and it’s what cream puffs are made from! And you can definitely find them filled with jams and jellies and berry type things!
As a cook, my brain wants to go to like a pâte à choux(french pastry dough) that is cooked and stirred in a pot, and you COULD add stuff to it... but... that dough still requires fussing with after, adding eggs after its cooled and then some secondary cooking like frying or baking, though it would produce a small bready treat. Thats a thought from me.
Poffins remind me a bit of these mints my mom makes, at least in the final shape and relative lack of ingredients. The mints are egg whites, cream of tartar, sugar, and salt, and you beat it and beat it and beat it and beat it for like forever until it resembles the consistency of silghtly melted ice cream, and then you scoop it onto a cookie sheet and put in a preheated oven that you immediately turn off, then you keep the oven closed for hours. The mints are crumbly when bitten into, though, not flexible like dough.
I always thought that puffins were just madeleines with different flavors depending on the berries you put in it. I always thought the texture of these things were soft inside and outside, well, like a madeleine.
Could be condensed milk. That's a similar colour, which thickens and darkens as it cooks and becomes dulce de leche. So maybe like a caramel or toffee type snack?
If I had to guess, the games give a more accurate process. Whatever those poffin making machines are, they start with a base and as the berries cook and the next stage is reached, thickener is added. At the end, the mix is mixed enough and once put into a cooling mold will harden up not unlike fudge. That would explain the case you have to carry it in. Unless you keep it in something it'll breakdown and melt or something.
Hey, about that "poffins are named after muffins in every language" part: a poffin is called a Knursp in German. I have no idea what that word as based on, though, so that information might not be that helpful. When I was younger, I just assumed it came from "knusprig" which would mean crispy or crunchy.
If we’re talking about liquid that turns into some bread-like textures. In Africa, they have this dish called fufu. It starts off as a liquid but you have to stir it a bunch before it becomes paste like and then until it’s bread like. It’s not exactly a bread though it’s made of a certain type of vegetable. So tbh maybe poffins are the pokemons take of fufu
I interpret poffin as mashing up a fruit into a pot of cake mix which is cooked and stirred over a stove.
I’ve been trying to figure out how to make poffins for months now, and you perfectly went through my entire journey in this video. Happy to know I wasn’t the only one slowly going crazy over this
since we don't exactly know the density or texture profiles of Poffins it could be some form of Divinity, which in it's basic form is just egg whites, corn syrup, water and sugar. Add some fruit, nuts or your preferred extract(vanilla, mint, or the like) for flavoring.
When you mentioned that the anime's version of Poffins could have had gelatin or agar added to the water, you did forget one important thing. The berries themselves could have one of those already in them. Most likely agar since it is already plant based. There may not be any real world fruit that contain both pectin and agar, but as said in the video the Pokemon berries are fictional. It might also explain why the raw berries (at least in the games) seem to be unpalatable to humans. I don't know about anyone else but raw unprocessed agar doesn't sound like anything I'd want to eat.
ok so what I have in mind is that either the berries have some kind of starch (in the anime they do look like potatoes) and so just water and berries would make a dough or the starting liquid is mochi! it would explain the stiring (if you stir rice while its cooking, it turns into mush)
Maybe a poffin is just a generic sort of "sweet berry thing for pokemon", kinda like how we refer to both cheesecake and carrot cake and ice cream cake as cakes, even though they all have totally different ingredients and cooking methods
Brock- it's a jelly filled donut!
~holds a rice ball~
I think the way poffins are made is kinda similar to how churros are made, minus the frying part. The dough is liquid and needs to be stirred over heat, clumps together into a ball, and tuns into a sort of bread when baked or cooked.
In our country we have a delicacy called "puto" where crushed rice, milk, water, sugar, and eggs where mixed and stirred in a pot. Poured into a mold then steamed. It also comes in a variety of color
Kinda similar to the poffin making process. I hope this offers insight.
I looked it up and it looks delicious and adorable and now i want to eat some. Also i think they look the closest to what a "poffin" is.
2:31 *except German. (For some reason they came up with the word "Knursp")
that looks to me like a Tanzhong to me in game, a mixture of flour milk and water that you stir constantly and cook down into a paste which is then used as part of a starting thing to a bread I'm not sure if you could add fruit to one as it's cooking without ruining it though
This was a fun video but I think I should clarify that Japanese bread in general is just called “ぱん” pan. And あんぱん anpan is specifically red bean paste inside of bread. That’s because the “an” part of anpan means あんこ Anko, which literally means red bean paste. So it’s implied that when you combine the words it become anko pan or anpan which should be red bean paste bread. I think if berries were used, it would just be some other kind of bread unless red beans were used.
"It's a combination of Pokemon and Muffin, in any language in fact"
The German word for Poffin: Knursp
Me: ???
I’m sorry, is that a Snom fork at 0:33?
This is what Snom collection has been missing and I didn’t even know it! 😃
I always thought of it like banana bread or blueberry pancakes. You have a batter and fruit that you stir, then you bake it either on the oven or on stove top.
2:30
"In every language"
Spanish traduction team: .....emmmmm...... Oh i know, Pokochos!!
Each gen after 3 has a food you feed to your Pokémon except gen 5, not to be confused with the local specialties. Gen 3 has pokeblocks, Gen 4 has poffins, Gen 6 has Pokepuffs, Gen 7 has pokebeans and gen 8 has Curry, Aside from the Pokepuffs and curry none of these look like actual food. I would assume pokeblocks are like starbursts in terms of consistency and taste. Pokebeans could be jelly beans but they grow from bean sprouts. Idk
Yeah, I always thought Pokéblocks definitely had the texture of gummies or gelatin, or some sort of candy.
Did you know? The fact that Pokemon like and dislike certain flavours depending on their personality is inspired by Ayurveda.
When i was a kid, I always thought of Poffins as a sort of Fruit "Puto". It's a delicacy from the Philippines that's unrelated to the word in spanish, it's a Colorful Steamed Rice Cake that you eat in celebratory occasions and holidays. It's very soft and delicious and had the same consistency as the pokemon poffins, so I just assumed it was that.
"ALL YOU FEED ME IS POFFINS!!!! I NEED NOURISHMENT!!! TAUROS MEAT OR SOMETHING!!!"
Since they set up and we always see the berries added to something, my guess would be that liquid being some kind of Gelatin or Agar agar mixture with something making it opaque since it sets when cooled. It would also explain the sheen being a stat of the end result. It also explains why all the Poffins are a uniform color in the main games since they aren't making multiple batches and why the seeds are on the top, since they could sink to the bottom when cooling.
The poffins always reminded me of bolillos, a mexican bread the people from the capital are obsessed with for some reason
The batter also reminded me of nata
I think the Takoyaki theory sounds the most reasonable
In spanish poffins are called pokocho wich is a combination of Pokemon and "bizcocho" which is this: 11:29 (I think you guys just call that thing cake but I will call them "bizcochos" in case they are not called cakes)
So the thing I thought is, since some "bizcochos" use grater lemon skin, maybe it is the same here but with berries? Maybe the cut berries on the anime are meant to be grater berries? Or maybe they are "bizcochos" with berries instead? Idk much about cooking so maybe I am just saying something that makes no sense
"In every language in fact"
Me, a german, knowing it as "Knursp" which doesnt even come close to anything with Pokemon and Muffins
0:32 SNOM ON A FORK! SNOM ONA FORK!!! SNOM FORK!!! SNORK!!!
No video game can show food being made without some UA-camr trying to recreate the food. I love it
so basically its a sweet bun with a berry compote filling? another theory i had is that they are based off dinner bread rolls, and the process you see in the anime is similar to how you make sour dough starter.
10:00 Lockstin’s unintentional Southern pronunciation of ‘anime’ killed me 🤣
They might be based on Dutch Poffertjes! They're like a dessert takoyaki, and even have "poff" in the name!
They look like Dutch mini pancakes we call poffertjes. You can definitely use fruits in those, and the pan with molds also fits poffertjes.
... "These donuts are great, jelly filled are my favorite, nothing beats a jelly filled donut"... needless to say I don't think the anime is a solid source, even if that was lost in translation vs several years later the poffin episode.
The game uses some sort of batter that you basically melt/cook down the berries into, like making choux batter... but you don't add fruits to choux batter itself...
Yess I’ve always loved the poffins, can’t wait to see how this goes 👀 Gotta love that mustache lol
We don't see the middle of the process. We only ever see the beginning and end of the process and are meant to fill in the blanks with our imagination.
For me, I've always believed Poffins to be a sort of muffin top. So the berry reduction process we see in the anime is only the beginning step for that. I've always assumed the rest of the process is making a dough similar to pancake batter which the berry reduction is thoroughly mixed into and then baked.
Poffin seems to be an intentionally misspelled combination of pancake and muffin, after all. Honestly, I think the real question is: What are Pokeblocks? They're also made from berries in a machine but they come out in crunchy cuboid candies.
Oh this makes sense
the only stovetop dough i know of is a Pate a Choux (the dough for creampuffs and eclairs) which you do have to stir and cook in a pot before piping it out into shapes and then baking. but i'm not sure you could add berrys to it directly...you could fill the baked dough though.
I think that's what they were going for, but it was simpler to just toss the berries in and do a little mini game instead of going through an accurate process. Mini games are just as delicate as choux pastry, and you don't want to bog them down too much.
"THESE DOUGHNUT PUFFINS ARE GREAT! JELLY FILLED ARE MY FAVOURITE! NOTHING BEATS A JELLY-FILLED DOUGHNUT POFFIN!"
Part of me winders if Gamefreak just made Poffins specifically to troll 4Kids.
It’s simple- poffins just are jelly filled donuts. Or bread. Whatever.
I believe one kind of dough you forgot is Pate a choux. Which is the dough that is used to make cream puffs and eclairs. It is made in a pot and you stir it until it solidifies into a squeezable dough after which you put it into a piping bag and squirt it out on a baking sheet into round shapes for cream puffs and long twist shapes for eclairs. you bake them then take them out to cool and fill them with cream or fruit filling with a piping bag.
4:50 You mean the Enigma Berry? That Berry resembles a sunflower seed (elliptical shape + black & white striping).
That actually kinda sounds like toffee or caramel making. I imagine it would have a really weird taste though...
Edit: finished the video. The broth is defo the right color, and it is pretty simple, though I can't imagine what kind of end result you'd get. Essentially just a brick or sugar
Feast of Fiction actually just redid their poffin recipe. They're so much cooler now.
I kinda thought they were like wagashi if not bread. Amanatto seems like a fairly decent match for it too, and it can come in a bunch of colours. Pokemon just uses berries instead of beans.
honestly the title is perfect because going into the video i thought that lockstin would find what a poffin was but he didnt. its perfect.
Honestly with these food videos I would love for you to collaborate with cooking channels. Your guesses/insights then giving those ideas to someone like CHEFPK to try to make work. Seems like it'd be fun.
I think the idea of the people at the station taking care of most of it makes sense.
After all, how many 10 year olds can cook consistently?
Idk, when I was 12 I could make tablet.
Actually in the pokemon adventures manga, the protagonist Diamond showed us how to make poffins. It's basically like making ice cream but you make them stick together than scoop out the frozen outer layer
I think it may be more like a patachou (pa-ta-shoe) which you stir into a runny dough and add egg or something to thicken the batter and not have to bake, like baked flour.
In spanish there are called "pokochos", sugesting there are similar to bizcochos, a type of sponge cake.
One thing; you do get multiple poffins from each cooking session in the games though, but it only shows one
Maybe berries in the pokemon universe have ridiculously high sugar content and can be cooked down into hard candy