DIY GARBAGE PLATE | HARD TIMES -- recipes from times of food scarcity

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  • Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
  • With its origins of Rochester, New York, The Garbage Plate is an icon. Legend has it that this gut buster was born in 1918 at Nick Tahou's Hots, and became popular during the Great Depression as a filling, inexpensive meal. Why 'garbage' you say? Well, it's a pile of food built of home fries, macaroni salad, cheeseburger patties, meat sauce, chopped onions, mustard, and ketchup. 😲
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  • @pandorafox3944
    @pandorafox3944 5 років тому +2616

    I like the way you always treat each dish with respect. You never treat the food or the people who eat it with disdain. I appreciate your very egalitarian attitude about the food and, therefore, the culture. Thank you.

    • @Candy_Gal
      @Candy_Gal 5 років тому +71

      Pandora Fox I agree....she is very classy. ☺️

    • @morganrakes4184
      @morganrakes4184 5 років тому +71

      Same. People often throw crap at different foods but she’s so open minded.

    • @TheSleepysleep
      @TheSleepysleep 5 років тому +87

      Absolutely. I've noticed it a lot in the prison recipes they have. No judgment, no dehumanisation, just a statement of facts about the recipes and the access and tools of the people who created them.

    • @ah-ss7he
      @ah-ss7he 5 років тому +15

      Well said.

    • @SNEAKO15
      @SNEAKO15 5 років тому +18

      Beautifully stated. And quite true...

  • @Agaettis
    @Agaettis 5 років тому +2509

    basically all the food I make looks like a garbage plate...i call them sadness bowls

  • @avabeyandfamilyshow
    @avabeyandfamilyshow 5 років тому +795

    Looks like a backyard barbecue plate😂😂😂

    • @VashtiPerry
      @VashtiPerry 5 років тому +18

      Ava Bey yes or a kids summer birthday plate❤️❤️

    • @BlissfullyYou
      @BlissfullyYou 5 років тому +3

      Exactly!

    • @MsTiffanysfan
      @MsTiffanysfan 5 років тому +6

      Vashti Perry only the kids just get pizza, then throw the crust and maybe just throw the whole pizza out.

    • @pinkrainclouds2190
      @pinkrainclouds2190 5 років тому +3

      Looks like my mom’s dinner plate.🤣 she eats a lot. Lol

    • @taurussun2228
      @taurussun2228 4 роки тому +1

      Yessss ✊🏽💯💯

  • @minananananan1842
    @minananananan1842 5 років тому +504

    When Emmy takes a bite of something I always wait for her to do her head nod when she chews

  • @superfish0012
    @superfish0012 6 років тому +335

    As a Rochester local, let me tell you a few things about the Garbage Plate. First, the ingredients list is totally flexible, other than you've gotta have a meat, a potato product, and meat sauce. It's more of a concept than anything. Second, the meat sauce. Supposedly, it was created when Nick, the namesake and Alex's (the founder) son, got curious in the kitchen. He took some of his dad's hot sauce, scraped the meat off of the grill from the burgers that had been made that day, and mixed it together. He loved it, and over time the recipe was refined and spread through the GRA. Third, the origin of the name. The setting, of course, is Nick Tahou's, decades ago. A guy walks in who's known for being particularly picky. Legend has it, the chef at that particular time was Alex Tahou himself, the founder. He'd had a hard day, and this guy was the last thing he wanted to deal with. He orders a burger with ketchup, mustard, onions, hot sauce, home fries, and mac salad. Alex has already had enough for the day, so he throws it all together in a mish-mash. On top of that, he throws in some Italian bread rather than a burger roll. He serves it. The guy asks him what the hell it is, and tells him it's garbage on a plate. The picky fellow gets angry, and decides to eat it out of spite... And loves it. He comes in a while later and actually orders "that garbage on a plate." Alex whips it up, and the Garbage Plate was born. Finally, the way it's eaten. The best way to eat it is mix it all up in a take-out box, and take a forkful of all of it at once. Also, if you're not able to drink up the meat sauce once you've finished the rest of the food, you didn't have enough on it.

    • @smponce9
      @smponce9 5 років тому +7

      @Praljak the Remover thanks for the history lesson.

    • @ThisIsYourOnlyWarning
      @ThisIsYourOnlyWarning 5 років тому +15

      Wow! That’s pretty awesome! Thanks for taking the time to share that. I have a friend that lives in Rochester and he never told me about this place! I’m definitely gonna ask him if he knows about it though lol.

    • @zandertunes9602
      @zandertunes9602 5 років тому +8

      The most accurate description of the garbage plate 👌

    • @jessawolf2919
      @jessawolf2919 5 років тому +1

      YASSSSSS. Spot on!

    • @urag11
      @urag11 5 років тому +8

      What a story lmao. Such BS but a good story nonetheless. Roc native here as well.

  • @tom_something
    @tom_something 6 років тому +942

    Chili, cheese and any kind of fried potato make for a magical combination.

    • @candicehoneycutt4318
      @candicehoneycutt4318 6 років тому +3

      Tom Haflinger Food of the gods

    • @tom_something
      @tom_something 6 років тому

      That was in a movie, wasn't it? I'm drawing a blank.

    • @DJ-rl1yn
      @DJ-rl1yn 6 років тому +8

      This looks so good and I’m so hurt because of how pregnant I am. I can feel the heartburn just looking at it 😭

    • @canadianbabe5970
      @canadianbabe5970 6 років тому +2

      Chilli cheese fries at Wendy's...
      Taco bell also sells that

    • @VegasStreetLights
      @VegasStreetLights 6 років тому +2

      So bomb when you are high

  • @kayla-ly2dk
    @kayla-ly2dk 4 роки тому +914

    jenna marbles is screaming that u didn’t mix everything together

    • @elmospasco5558
      @elmospasco5558 4 роки тому +18

      What, Jenna is still around? I thought her liver gave up the ghost years ago.

    • @vintaqe_vibez5978
      @vintaqe_vibez5978 4 роки тому +15

      Ugh, that chick is annoying 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @squares4u
      @squares4u 4 роки тому +207

      Mountain Girl What? She’s like, one of the best UA-camrs. Funny, creative, and drama free. Get behind her sis 💅🏻

    • @ShinyPrimarina
      @ShinyPrimarina 4 роки тому +113

      @@squares4u literally up there with sweet and cool youtubers along with emmy

    • @standardbathtubsp
      @standardbathtubsp 4 роки тому +90

      Mountain Girl how?? She’s literally the most drama free youtuber

  • @houstonraver834
    @houstonraver834 5 років тому +806

    Hard times ? This is lunch

    • @myristicina.
      @myristicina. 4 роки тому +38

      Raverz s yeah it actually looks tasty af

    • @laurataylor8717
      @laurataylor8717 4 роки тому +33

      Dinner time food really. Every restaurant in Rochester has their own version. It's very popular to go grab a garbage plate late at night after drinking.

    • @vivimr1
      @vivimr1 4 роки тому +1

      Laura Taylor yes! Very popular here

    • @zeri7835
      @zeri7835 4 роки тому +13

      @Noah Smith Just because it's a hard times food, doesn't mean it won't taste good... as Emmy said, this was popular during the Great Depression as those foods were rather cheap at that time so it's considered to be hard times.

    • @zeri7835
      @zeri7835 4 роки тому +2

      @Noah Smith It seemed like you were saying that you thought that it's not a hard time food because it's good- Sorry for the misunderstanding.

  • @andisinss
    @andisinss 6 років тому +307

    julien solomita is shook

  • @dnguyen253
    @dnguyen253 6 років тому +340

    Where is your leisure suit?

    • @joakuz
      @joakuz 6 років тому +7

      dnguyen253 😂❤️ dink dink

  • @gipsyavenger9829
    @gipsyavenger9829 5 років тому +129

    My buddy said this thing was a religious experience in upstate NY . Hangover Food at its finest.

    • @combogalis
      @combogalis 4 роки тому +7

      Your buddy is right.

  • @JessicaaMonroee
    @JessicaaMonroee 6 років тому +231

    ROCHESTER NY PRIDE. This is a favorite especially when drunk
    Love it

    • @gipseebustelo8271
      @gipseebustelo8271 4 роки тому +1

      Yup!! Hangover food!!😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @elizabethfortunato3371
      @elizabethfortunato3371 4 роки тому +4

      My family lives in Greece. Rochester rocks! Hope she does Beefenwek too

    • @Mikeywar3333
      @Mikeywar3333 4 роки тому +2

      Oh man, memories

    • @rebeccalbrecht9361
      @rebeccalbrecht9361 4 роки тому

      She got the hot sauce wrong tho. Where's the tomato paste/ketchup??? And idk what spices are in that mix, but it'd be way easier to use the actual amounts of the correct spices. And she didn't cook it nearly long and low enough

    • @jessicah3450
      @jessicah3450 3 роки тому

      Oh wow definitely a hangover cure!

  • @smallpaulissmall5582
    @smallpaulissmall5582 6 років тому +483

    I could see replacing the macaroni salad with Mac n cheese!

    • @steviesosa5617
      @steviesosa5617 5 років тому +4

      Oooo that sounds lovely

    • @dollhouseq1530
      @dollhouseq1530 5 років тому +35

      smallpaul is small yes cause I hate maccaroni salad lol

    • @TheOlderSoldier
      @TheOlderSoldier 5 років тому +8

      Blasphemy!!

    • @omgfinally4340
      @omgfinally4340 5 років тому +12

      Would be way better, huh! Now I kinda wanna try it.. with mac n cheese

    • @kaylen1011
      @kaylen1011 5 років тому +13

      Yes! Cus i hate macaroni salad...its cold and nasty.

  • @mikedupont3585
    @mikedupont3585 6 років тому +328

    Every time I watch your videos, I always wait for your “squeak of approval.” Lol. So satisfying.

    • @trixietang9982
      @trixietang9982 6 років тому +18

      Mike Du Pont I always thought the squeak is kind of a "meh" reaction

    • @fluffypocky
      @fluffypocky 6 років тому +3

      squeal of approval 😉

    • @AidynNichi
      @AidynNichi 6 років тому +3

      trixie tang I always thought the initial reaction of silence followed by Emmy chuckling meant it was "meh" 😂

    • @PixieLove5
      @PixieLove5 6 років тому

      Omg saaame! Haha her squeal makes me squeal. 😭

    • @broccolihart1
      @broccolihart1 5 років тому +1

      Good observation..she does have a genuine lil' squeak of approval sound.

  • @ChocolateLoveBabe94
    @ChocolateLoveBabe94 4 роки тому +35

    Emmy, here in Vietnam there is a hard time food called "cơm độn" (mixed rice), that made of rice and sweet potato/any tuber type starch you can find around. Usually I make it now by taking half the rice I need, dice one potato, one sweet potato and cook in the rice cooker as normal. Then eat it with sesame and peanut salt mixture (pounded sesame+peanut mixture, add salt to taste. Delicious with boiled veggies too). Because Vietnamese entered 2 war with France and America (later is war with China), we had little to no rice to eat, only rich people can enjoy a meal with full white rice and side dishes. Poorer ones would mix tubers with rice, or straight up eat only boiled tubers or any wild vegetables they could possibly find. This happened around the 20th century, and only gets better at the 90s. I hope I can see you make a video around this, take care 🌺🌺🌺

  • @IsaacRizard
    @IsaacRizard 5 років тому +193

    The garbage meal of yesteryear seems to be today's luxury item. I wonder what today's garbage meal will consist of.

    • @MadyLa
      @MadyLa 5 років тому +19

      Isaac Rizard have you ever heard of dirt cookies

    • @IsaacRizard
      @IsaacRizard 5 років тому

      @@MadyLa Nope, never... What is that?

    • @ronisila3040
      @ronisila3040 4 роки тому +2

      KD, canned beans, and onions.

    • @sassora
      @sassora 4 роки тому +15

      Ramen

    • @ChelCoh
      @ChelCoh 4 роки тому +3

      Isaac Rizard ramen noodles

  • @MusicLove1117
    @MusicLove1117 6 років тому +332

    Where’s your leisure suit Emmy?

    • @mirielle20
      @mirielle20 3 роки тому +1

      This comment makes me both happy and sad, which means Emmy’s videos are the perfect balm.

    • @paulosevilla4995
      @paulosevilla4995 3 роки тому +1

      i miss jenna marbles and one of her videos suggested emmy's 😆 2 of my favorite UA-camrs

    • @jackhagemeister6516
      @jackhagemeister6516 3 роки тому +1

      @@paulosevilla4995 the ultimate comfort youtubers :)

    • @paulosevilla4995
      @paulosevilla4995 3 роки тому

      @@jackhagemeister6516 exactly 😭😭

  • @cathyaquilina5310
    @cathyaquilina5310 6 років тому +169

    Garbage plates are also best at 2 o’clock in the morning after a night of drinking. Living in Rochester, every restaurant has their version of it, and my family loves them, but we don’t get them very often!

    • @nolanbaker2360
      @nolanbaker2360 6 років тому +1

      Cathy Aquilina that is a good thing

    • @JSDWAYNE
      @JSDWAYNE 6 років тому +4

      Cathy Aquilina that's the time I have them, tastes better when you are drunk.

    • @martinpavelka3546
      @martinpavelka3546 6 років тому +2

      Yup! That's the only time I've ever had one!

    • @lauraw1973
      @lauraw1973 6 років тому +7

      Amen. It's a great hangover cure too. Some coffee and grease cures all

    • @JessicaaMonroee
      @JessicaaMonroee 6 років тому +2

      Cathy Aquilina Yas rocheater pride!!

  • @RudyRamone13
    @RudyRamone13 4 роки тому +60

    Me and my girlfriend are getting a place together, and I've been binge watching all your videos so I can learn how to cook on a budget, haha. ✌

  • @noahmckiddy4242
    @noahmckiddy4242 5 років тому +239

    This seems like something I would eat when I'm high lmao.

    • @MeowMeow_95_
      @MeowMeow_95_ 4 роки тому +6

      Dude same!!! 🤣🤣🤣

    • @bgarv722
      @bgarv722 4 роки тому +26

      As a Rochester native I can tell u that's exactly what they are for

    • @she8297
      @she8297 4 роки тому +4

      Saaaaaame!

    • @kathleen9750
      @kathleen9750 3 роки тому

      😋

    • @davidsmith8048
      @davidsmith8048 3 роки тому

      @@bgarv722 hell yeah. I heard Tahou is going out of business though.

  • @ArgentAbendAzure
    @ArgentAbendAzure 6 років тому +339

    I would replace the mac salad with hot mac and cheese.

  • @EmilySnicket14
    @EmilySnicket14 6 років тому +11

    HellthyJunkFood just released a video where they tried garbage plates from all over Rochester. They actually rated Nick Tahou Hots as the worst garbage plate, even though it's the original. Their #1 was dogTown hots. Glad they did all that work for you. Eating so many garbage plates in one day sounds like a heartburn nightmare.

  • @randomtube8226
    @randomtube8226 5 років тому +69

    Im still living in the great depression. These ingredients are too expensive for me. At least a smile formed on my face while watching this.

    • @juliechechi2929
      @juliechechi2929 4 роки тому +4

      Potatoes are cheap

    • @anti-ethniccleansing465
      @anti-ethniccleansing465 4 роки тому +7

      Julie Chechi
      They aren’t remotely as cheap as they used to be. The cost of food has gone up so much - especially here in Southern California where inflation has affected everything to the most ridiculous degree ever. In addition - all the stuff used to fix potatoes in different ways is also a lot more expensive these days (oil, butter, sour cream, cheese, onions, garlic, seasonings like rosemary and such, condiments, etc).
      And it is only going to continue to get worse...
      These monsters in charge of our federal and state governments are intentionally making hell for our quality of life as citizens by continuing this openB0rder and massMigrati0n nonsense so they can keep getting richer and have all the cheap lab0r they want (and end the concept of separate countries to boot), while we get poorer from basic supply and demand principles, and thus can’t afford a tenth of the shit people could afford in the 50’s-90’s.
      And even if you qualify for food sta’mps, if you are wh’ite, you ain’t getting that aid, because all the government workers in the social safety net programs are His’panic or bIa’ck, due to affirm’ative acti0n, and they bIatantly deny wh’ites benefits they deserve, giving them to iIIegaIs with anch’or baby kids instead (giving them to people who never even paid a penny into the system, ffs).

    • @anti-ethniccleansing465
      @anti-ethniccleansing465 4 роки тому +9

      The cost of small Cambell’s soup alone here has doubled from 99¢ to $2.00 per can now in the last couple of years. That used to be such a cheap thing to eat - a can of soup. $2.00 for a lil can of soup now is ridiculous. I remember a can being around 50¢ - 69¢ when growing up, ffs.

    • @knmonlinemedia
      @knmonlinemedia 4 роки тому +26

      @@anti-ethniccleansing465 bullshit. Most white people do get food stamps. I used to work for the welfare office. Most who were approved were white. Quit lying

    • @jessicah3450
      @jessicah3450 3 роки тому +3

      @@anti-ethniccleansing465 Yes! I would get a can of Campbell's tomato soup and a loaf of sourdough bread for a dollar and that would get me through the night after work. That was less than 10 years ago. Income sure hasn't gone up to match food prices.

  • @rexysmith4029
    @rexysmith4029 5 років тому +66

    Serve with some bread. cause it definitely needs more carbs 😂

    • @iwannaseeit1979
      @iwannaseeit1979 4 роки тому +1

      Right! Lol but if you're already eating this the restraint is out the window so ya might as well go for it🤷🏾‍♀️

    • @jessicah3450
      @jessicah3450 3 роки тому +2

      Cheap and filling!

    • @esaiestubbert9336
      @esaiestubbert9336 3 роки тому

      BAGUETTE❤️

  • @nahson944
    @nahson944 6 років тому +73

    One mans trash is another mans treasure. Enough said

  • @epicgardenharvest1892
    @epicgardenharvest1892 6 років тому +16

    I went to college in Rochester. The garbage plate was definitely what you wanted at 2am after a night of drinking. The perfect drunk food.

  • @mikesheridan8516
    @mikesheridan8516 5 років тому +58

    After eating 🌋🌋🌋"Don't nobody go in the bathroom for about 35 45 minutes!"😂😂😂

    • @masonjoseph16
      @masonjoseph16 4 роки тому +7

      R.I.P. john witherspoon

    • @jessicah3450
      @jessicah3450 3 роки тому +1

      Awww I loved him!!! And don't tell nobody what's in your jelly jar

  • @stevenopolis3155
    @stevenopolis3155 5 років тому +77

    This is what you eat at 2am when binge drinking in Rochester.

  • @missball404
    @missball404 6 років тому +69

    Doesn't look like food scarcity to me lol looks delicious actually

  • @leshaariel4921
    @leshaariel4921 6 років тому +386

    I miss garbage plates since i moved out of Rochester. But my favorite combo was with tater tots, Mac salad, cheeseburgers, onions, and meat sauce 😍 oh and nacho cheese if i was really hungover

    • @JSDWAYNE
      @JSDWAYNE 6 років тому +9

      I used to eat garbage plates years ago while living in Rochester, my ex used to get me those. They taste better when you have an hangover. I didn't like them at all. I live outside of the city of Rochester called Hamlin and I am not from Rochester originally.

    • @leshaariel4921
      @leshaariel4921 6 років тому +2

      Dwayne J Scott i saw your post on another comment. I went to brockport and used to go to Hamlin all the time! Beautiful town

    • @JSDWAYNE
      @JSDWAYNE 6 років тому +4

      Lovely Lilax I am from Syracuse-Nedrow area originally, yes Hamlin is very beautiful and different from the city of Rochester. It's homey and very comfy. The lands are big and huge plus beautiful. Best decision ever!!!

    • @flytrapx
      @flytrapx 6 років тому

      Lovely Lilax I go visit next month and I think I'm gonna get it your way !

    • @rachelcody3355
      @rachelcody3355 6 років тому +1

      I think Nick Tahoe's closed. Bill Grays and Tom Whal's still has them if you come back for a visit.

  • @iwannaseeit1979
    @iwannaseeit1979 4 роки тому +8

    I love that Emmy used the word "slippery" to describe the Mac salad.

  • @whereisyourboy98
    @whereisyourboy98 5 років тому +102

    I grew up on this and never knew it was made during a time of scarcity. Also, usually only people from Rochester like it. I had my boyfriend eat one when we were at my parents house and he HATED it.

    • @stevenopolis3155
      @stevenopolis3155 5 років тому +4

      Abby W we love it here in Geneva!

    • @jaboi7709
      @jaboi7709 4 роки тому +8

      A lot of people from all over love it! Maybe your boyfriend would enjoy a different version? Tom whals and Charlies' are different from the original. :)

    • @tylalynn9726
      @tylalynn9726 4 роки тому

      Abby W looks good to me

    • @rebeccalbrecht9361
      @rebeccalbrecht9361 4 роки тому

      Honestly, though, it wasn't really a product of the scarcity in the time. It was just college students wanting that convenient plate with everything on it. Maybe the boys and potats was (though the myths in Rochester are all over the place on that), but the true garbage plate came from college students going "give me a plate with all that garbage on it" which was shortened to "garbage plate" 🤷‍♀️ She got the hot sauce totally wrong anyways

    • @kathleen9750
      @kathleen9750 3 роки тому

      Get rid of the boyfriend then 🤣

  • @Ambir91
    @Ambir91 6 років тому +314

    this is my safe place, thank you Emmy , i love what you do :)

  • @martinpavelka3546
    @martinpavelka3546 6 років тому +15

    This is great. I was pleasantly surprised to see a Garbage Plate on your channel! I've lived in Rochester for 25 years, and have had one Garbage Plate, and yes it was late at night and after the bars closed (honestly, that's when most transplants to Rochester have their first Garbage Plate. One thing about the hot meat sauce. Here, that kind of hot sauce is another staple, and it's put on several things, but it has more than cumin and chili powder. It usually has sweet spices too, like cinnamon, cloves, and allspice. It makes a difference I think. Glad you liked it!

  • @jamesvillone3000
    @jamesvillone3000 4 роки тому +17

    First had this at Nick Tahou's in the late 40's, early 50's. Originally made with baked beans

  • @JB-gi6vn
    @JB-gi6vn 5 років тому +13

    Love seeing people try garbage plates, you forgot to mention it was also used before or after drinking alcohol to prevent them from getting sick😂 this is a delicacy🤤

  • @benurd85
    @benurd85 6 років тому +96

    I get my life when you say "itadakimasu" (sp) and this is the first time I noticed you didn't say it.

    • @xedain
      @xedain 6 років тому +9

      I noticed that too! Doesn't feel the same without it, lol.

    • @karalee6522
      @karalee6522 6 років тому +2

      What does that translate to?

    • @benurd85
      @benurd85 6 років тому +9

      Kara Lee I think it means I humbly receive/let's eat.

    • @Vanillaessence
      @Vanillaessence 6 років тому +9

      Thank you for the meal, effectively bon appétit.

    • @karalee6522
      @karalee6522 6 років тому +1

      Thanks! I figured it was something like that.

  • @alessandra1480
    @alessandra1480 6 років тому +20

    I love mixing different foods together like this, it’s great when you are sad lol

  • @deepattison9329
    @deepattison9329 4 роки тому +3

    My grandson requested garbage plates for his high school graduation party. Although I grew up in Rochester I did not know what it was. It is the perfect way to feed a large active group of teen boys. You presented it very well, thank you.

  • @starlasuzannerutan7624
    @starlasuzannerutan7624 5 років тому +99

    I would definitely substitute the cold macaroni salad for hot mac & cheese. That being said your videos are just so well done!

    • @theteddy906
      @theteddy906 4 роки тому +2

      Omg yes

    • @rebeccalbrecht9361
      @rebeccalbrecht9361 4 роки тому +4

      Lots of places in Rochester have actually made that an option. The ingredients are actually super flexible these days, but she was going based on the OG plate

  • @1LivingCuriously
    @1LivingCuriously 6 років тому +35

    College days in Rochester... Friday night, drinking and dancing.... and drinking. Capped off with a visit to Nick Tahou's and a Garbage Plate to go. Only problem is I never had it sober so I have no idea what it really tasted like! :)

    • @JSDWAYNE
      @JSDWAYNE 6 років тому +1

      I didn't like it when I was sober different taste from being intoxicated.

    • @martinpavelka3546
      @martinpavelka3546 6 років тому +3

      I live in Rochester, and when my nephew from Ohio came to Rochester for college, he called me during his first few weeks in school and said "I had my first Garbage Plate last night!" The first thing I said to him was "Who were you out drinking with and how hung over are you today?" ;-)

    • @emmasendhelp4896
      @emmasendhelp4896 6 років тому

      WHO DOESNT LIVE IN ROCHESTER

    • @JSDWAYNE
      @JSDWAYNE 6 років тому

      Martin Pavelka LOL sarcastic answer luv it 😂

  • @Harleigh_19
    @Harleigh_19 6 років тому +412

    Jenna Marbles found quaking.

    • @mst3kanita
      @mst3kanita 6 років тому +7

      Harleigh19 “ooohhhhhhhhhhhoooo!!”

  • @annettemorrison7737
    @annettemorrison7737 5 років тому +110

    I believe this is much tastier after a bit of, ummmm, imbibing of alcohol or other intoxins.

    • @pauldamon2534
      @pauldamon2534 5 років тому +4

      It is...

    • @annettemorrison7737
      @annettemorrison7737 5 років тому +1

      I used to live in Rochester and regret never trying a garbage plate.

    • @bgarv722
      @bgarv722 4 роки тому +1

      @@annettemorrison7737 omg you need to come back rn and get one empire hots Is where its at

    • @sadpepe7937
      @sadpepe7937 4 роки тому

      *intoxicants

  • @denisescott3943
    @denisescott3943 4 роки тому

    Emmy I love your channel I have learnt so much from you. Keep up the good work.

  • @jeffward1106
    @jeffward1106 6 років тому +657

    High calories at a cheap price. Depression food for sure. Man invents what is needed at the time it's needed. God's grace.

    • @sistasoldier7774
      @sistasoldier7774 6 років тому +8

      Urban Student Prepper you wud not be here to “invent” if it wasn’t for God 😊

    • @jeffward1106
      @jeffward1106 6 років тому +5

      Sista soldier777 Romans 1:20. As a God fearing man, I'm not gonna call you stupid or obvious. I'm going to lovingly counsel you to think b4 u txt. Pr 15:2

    • @fayera
      @fayera 6 років тому +4

      Gayboi Writer lol same

    • @youknowimright1725
      @youknowimright1725 6 років тому +31

      Ppfffttttt God didn't invent shit.😂 Man invent God of anything else

    • @ShintogaDeathAngel
      @ShintogaDeathAngel 6 років тому +7

      You can't prove that Sista Soldier.

  • @Miss_Dante
    @Miss_Dante 6 років тому +32

    Almost 30 years of age but "Hot Weiners" still makes me laugh

  • @jacquiefraser6300
    @jacquiefraser6300 4 роки тому +1

    I lived in Rochester, I loved Nick Tahou's, and I lived and died over a great garbage plate! You made me miss that place! Thank you, Love you Emmy!!!

  • @raevynsilverana
    @raevynsilverana 6 років тому

    OMG, all the best food items on one glorious plate! I had never imagined this combo before, but Emmy, you just made all my food dreams come true!

  • @laurablinn1503
    @laurablinn1503 6 років тому +117

    I SAW THE NOTIFICATION FOR THIS AND DROPPED EVERYTHING NO JOKE... honestly i love this whole series but i gotta say, this hits close to my heart as a rochester native. bad day? breakup? hangover? garbage plate is THERE for you in times of trouble! this makes me somehow both happy and homesick haha

    • @Bobbybuckets27
      @Bobbybuckets27 6 років тому +1

      Laura Blinn u so nailed it

    • @JessicaaMonroee
      @JessicaaMonroee 6 років тому +1

      Laura Blinn Rochester pride!

    • @tracyrobinson9442
      @tracyrobinson9442 5 років тому +1

      It's ironic to me as a First Nations gal ( or Aboriginal or Indigenous or even Native Indian) that you said as a Rochester "native" cause this sounds like something an "Indian" would make . And yes I mean Native American whether Canadian or from USA . Your comment made me smile and at the same time feel for you. Hope you can visit your hometown soon! 🌷🌹💜💝💘

    • @jamieshawgandy1175
      @jamieshawgandy1175 5 років тому

      never heard of it! im from California but I love this description! ✌🏽

  • @jamiespenguinx3
    @jamiespenguinx3 6 років тому +377

    Jenna Marbles did a video where her boyfriend made her a vegan garbage plate! I would honestly Hoover the life out of this thing haha

    • @meganclare7
      @meganclare7 6 років тому +27

      Jamie Lamie Hoover the life out of... I will now start to use this saying

    • @Gsdn21
      @Gsdn21 6 років тому +1

      Doesn’t it look so amazing lol?

    • @mst3kanita
      @mst3kanita 6 років тому +11

      Next time the “beyond meat” is on sale I’m gonna make Jenna’s.

    • @pockit5107
      @pockit5107 6 років тому +18

      "vegan garbage plate" Gotta love it when people take working class poor man's food and gentrify the fuck out it.

    • @jamiespenguinx3
      @jamiespenguinx3 6 років тому +50

      Fred Harvey I disagree since she grew up eating Garbage Plates because she’s from Rochester. Just because she’s vegan now doesn’t mean she still can’t enjoy her favorite food 😊

  • @wirelessuniverse9149
    @wirelessuniverse9149 2 роки тому

    You are the greatest for putting different food items together thank you for something that can be made quick fast and easy

  • @charlesbaldo
    @charlesbaldo 3 роки тому +1

    Lifetime Rochestarian here one of the reasons this got popular in Rochester was that Nicks was open 24/7 When the bars closed at 2 people went there. It was a great plate to eat after a night of drinking. I had a friend who would put a whole full bottle of ketchup on and clean the plate.

  • @andym28
    @andym28 6 років тому +76

    You should try a munchie box typically includes any combo of kebab meat, fried chicken, pizza, chicken tikka, onion rings, pakora, naan bread, garlic bread and chips.

    • @nolanbaker2360
      @nolanbaker2360 6 років тому +7

      Andy M where would i find these

    • @BeautiJunkie
      @BeautiJunkie 6 років тому +4

      Nolan Baker I would like to know where this heavenly concoction is produced as well 😁

    • @emmymade
      @emmymade  6 років тому +6

      YES!!! Thanks for reminding me about this one. 🙌

    • @ljvanskay5369
      @ljvanskay5369 6 років тому +5

      Its from Glasgow Scotland at any kebab shop really

    • @BeautiJunkie
      @BeautiJunkie 6 років тому +2

      ljvans kay Thank you! Bucket List + Scotland👍🏾 Now searching for munchies box on UA-cam 😋

  • @JSDWAYNE
    @JSDWAYNE 6 років тому +59

    I used to eat a lot of those garbage plates years ago and yes you right Rochester, NY is the home of garbage plates. My ex used to get me one of those when I lived in the city of Rochester. I live in the Rochester suburb of Hamlin now and I am not from Rochester originally. To be real with you, they taste better when you drunk bcuz you don't know what you tasting bcuz its all mixed up in one. I don't like them at all, can't stomach eating it no more. Lots of people including me in Rochester thinks it tastes better when you are intoxicated. Speaking from experience, have a great day!!!

    • @LadyNubia007
      @LadyNubia007 6 років тому +3

      Dwayne J Scott I was just thinking how this looks like food you’d eat to soak up the liquor lol

    • @JSDWAYNE
      @JSDWAYNE 6 років тому +4

      LadyNubia007 You barely be drunk anymore once the food is absorbed through the liquor. I don't like the garbage plate at all, not my cup of tea and I haven't ate beef in about five years so I am good.

    • @emmasendhelp4896
      @emmasendhelp4896 6 років тому +1

      Lol everyone knows where you live

    • @JSDWAYNE
      @JSDWAYNE 6 років тому +1

      Emma Send Help thanks not my place of Zen oh no lol

  • @un-nomad
    @un-nomad 5 років тому +1

    I love the slowly slowly relaxed attitude to your cooking even when you forget to include an ingredient and you tell your audience. Keep these great videos coming.

  • @leiannlynnrosespontaneo8502
    @leiannlynnrosespontaneo8502 4 роки тому

    This recipe is your best yet! Thank you for sharing!

  • @VegasStreetLights
    @VegasStreetLights 6 років тому +746

    After you eat this dish your toilet will crash harder than the economy did in 1929.

    • @LadyNubia007
      @LadyNubia007 6 років тому +13

      VegasStreetLights 😂😂😂

    • @Dalissay
      @Dalissay 6 років тому +10

      This comment is GOLD!!!!!!!!

    • @emmasendhelp4896
      @emmasendhelp4896 6 років тому +2

      Agreed so hard tho

    • @Sc-xq3uv
      @Sc-xq3uv 6 років тому +1

      Win

    • @mapple34
      @mapple34 6 років тому +6

      I was gonna comment on major digestive 'xplostion that would occur if I were to eat such a monstrosity.... but you have done it 100X better than I ever could. kudos!

  • @gryphonshire
    @gryphonshire 6 років тому +33

    Daddy used to make a one-pot meal with ground beef, macaroni, tomato sauce, canned corn (drained), chopped onions, chili powder, & chopped green chiles. It looked GROSS to us kids the first time he made it. As he was walking out the door to go to his Lodge meeting, he told Mom, "Make 'em eat it!" That's what we've called it ever since. Turned out, we LIKED it!

    • @smokefan1443
      @smokefan1443 6 років тому +8

      gryphonshire Sooo...chili mac? Lol

    • @gryphonshire
      @gryphonshire 6 років тому +7

      SmokeFan14, LOL for sure! But back in the early '60's, we'd never even heard of "chili mac" much less eaten it. Even these days, I've never seen chili mac containing corn and green chiles. Have you? :-)

    • @queenofheartslandofjoy8068
      @queenofheartslandofjoy8068 6 років тому +5

      Called goulash. Has hamburger noodles corn tomato sauce onions spices green chilies is a nice add.

    • @angellover02171
      @angellover02171 6 років тому +1

      gryphonshire american chop suey.

    • @shadowmon31
      @shadowmon31 6 років тому +2

      Hamburger stew! With mixed veggies instead of corn, and some nopales cactus and hot sauce. Eat with tortilla chips!!! Yum!

  • @abnormalcy808
    @abnormalcy808 3 роки тому +4

    One time I was driving Uber and some idiot RIT student barfed a garbage plate in the back of my car 100 feet from his dorm at 3 am. I'm still traumatized and I don't have that car anymore.

  • @shannonallison3053
    @shannonallison3053 5 років тому

    I absolutely love you. I think it's awesome that you shows your fails because we all do fail at some point :) . I found you a couple nights ago. Now I watch you every night to go to sleep. I always fall asleep and have to come back and watch you when I wake up. Keep up the awesome work. You are amazing! The prison foods are my favorite.

  • @iwannaseeit1979
    @iwannaseeit1979 6 років тому +37

    I see no garbage....I'm hungry AF right now and this is looking *damn* good!!! Also, lotsa meat here for a hard times meal.

    • @michellelopez5264
      @michellelopez5264 6 років тому +2

      iwannaseeit1979 that's what I was thinking also?

    • @emmymade
      @emmymade  6 років тому +8

      Your right. The version I made is a present-day classic. I imagine the original probably had more potatoes and topped with a hot dog, probably more similar to Clara's Poorman's Meal: ua-cam.com/video/ugTDJCdwlTg/v-deo.html.

    • @iwannaseeit1979
      @iwannaseeit1979 6 років тому +1

      emmymadeinjapan Indeed! Large American portions abound in this recipe here. Hot dogs would be hella good too! #NomToTheNom lemme go ahead and upgrade my mac salad recipe and I'll get back to you with my remix💝👍😍🍴🍔🍟🍅 much love

    • @hexmaniacgabby5160
      @hexmaniacgabby5160 6 років тому +1

      iwannaseeit1979 true af when you're struggling meat is a luxury

    • @jamieshawgandy1175
      @jamieshawgandy1175 5 років тому +1

      ive never heard of this but I DO make and love Claras poor mans meal. not sure id enjoy this with the hot/cold factor.. the mayo drenched mac salad against the hot potatos and such. and not feeling the mustard. thank you for another great video emmy! 💕✌🏽

  • @celluloidseams
    @celluloidseams 6 років тому +33

    this instantly make me think of jenna marbles lol

  • @laurak-e8797
    @laurak-e8797 6 років тому

    Totally craving one of these right now. It looks amazing - like the perfect snack when you have a fast-food craving!

  • @maymaylovesyou15
    @maymaylovesyou15 5 років тому

    I love that you’re from RI!!! Your occasional shoutouts to classic Rhode Island things make me heart so happy as a Rhode Islander living in FL

  • @MoxieBeast
    @MoxieBeast 6 років тому +6

    This actually looks like something I’d happily gobble down 😂😋

  • @lkvideorang
    @lkvideorang 6 років тому +23

    Just graduated from a Rochester university, im going to miss garbage plates more than any of the friends I made 😛😌😁

    • @JSDWAYNE
      @JSDWAYNE 6 років тому

      LKVideorang I live outside of the city of Rochester called Hamlin. I used to eat garbage plates years ago and they tastes better when you are intoxicated bcuz its all mixed up in one. I am not from Rochester originally.

    • @JSDWAYNE
      @JSDWAYNE 6 років тому

      Andie Ho pretty sure it is, I used to live about 5 mins from the U of R years ago. I worked at the U of R as well serving food at the college campus, fun times!!!

    • @emmasendhelp4896
      @emmasendhelp4896 6 років тому

      why does everyone live in rochester

    • @lkvideorang
      @lkvideorang 6 років тому +1

      Andie Ho RIT

    • @JSDWAYNE
      @JSDWAYNE 6 років тому

      Emma Send Help bcuz the majority are from Rochester that knows about the garbage plates

  • @keithfinnell7505
    @keithfinnell7505 2 роки тому

    Hello Lady, Thank you sooo very much. I just found your video's. I remember a lot of them from when I was a kid. I'm going to try a bunch of them to see what they taste like now that I'm an old man! May God Bless you and keep you safe! And all of you beautiful people and your families looking at this post!!!!

  • @TheMakromag
    @TheMakromag 5 років тому

    I love this series! It is amazing what people did when money and/or resources were scarce and how they helped themselves. It's like a bit of history :)

  • @tinkbella242
    @tinkbella242 6 років тому +2

    Thank you! 🙌🏽 I needed something to watch while eating dinner! 😎

  • @Tamigin
    @Tamigin 6 років тому +10

    Hi!!! A white hot is typically a pork hotdog and a red hot is normally a beef hotdog! Nothing spicy but the hot sauce! Lol love your videos!

    • @ReshiLuna
      @ReshiLuna 6 років тому +2

      Janelle Whiting I love red hots. So good with some chili.

  • @Will-bg6gi
    @Will-bg6gi 5 років тому

    I'm so glad I found your videos, Emmy. I've been watching at least 2 or 3 every night since I found them haha

  • @-ammah6717
    @-ammah6717 4 роки тому +7

    "Garbage plate"
    Me as a snack

  • @jadecummings8093
    @jadecummings8093 6 років тому +15

    Mmmmmm......I would like to try the Garbage Plate 😋 because it's looks so scrumptious for me. Amazing, good one Emmy. 😉👍👍💯

  • @katelynw4099
    @katelynw4099 6 років тому +7

    We just had a garbage plate for dinner the other night. An absolute staple in Rochester!

    • @JSDWAYNE
      @JSDWAYNE 6 років тому +1

      Sure, to me it tastes better when you are intoxicated after a night off clubbing or drinking

  • @vivalacharizard
    @vivalacharizard 4 роки тому

    I like to watch you while gjetting ready for life :) thank you for great, wholesome content!

  • @lindalowry1513
    @lindalowry1513 4 роки тому

    Love this little lady so joyful. Thanks

  • @kio9524
    @kio9524 6 років тому +29

    "Didnt know my ex was on a plate".

    • @ReshiLuna
      @ReshiLuna 6 років тому +2

      Kiara Vlogs ooh! Good burnnn!

    • @kio9524
      @kio9524 6 років тому +1

      kaity kline thx😂

    • @lexluthore6065
      @lexluthore6065 5 років тому

      Funny he said the same about yo pussy😝

  • @Mochi_Stars97
    @Mochi_Stars97 6 років тому +3

    In my country (chile) we have this and call it “chorrillana”. It basically french fries, onion and beef (or chicken, hot dogs etc) cooked together and toped of with one or two fried eggs.

    • @emmymade
      @emmymade  6 років тому

      Ha! The Chilean cousin to The Garbage Plate - I like it!

  • @jpisello
    @jpisello 6 років тому +1

    This takes me back to my college days in Rochester! Nick Tahoe's was a popular destination after a late night party.

  • @funnyfudgeman16
    @funnyfudgeman16 6 років тому

    This looks delicious!!! Definitely going to try this 😍

  • @thechannelofrandomn
    @thechannelofrandomn 6 років тому +4

    If you ever end up in Rochester you should absolutely go and do a taste test at either Nick Tahou's or Bill Gray's (thats where I always got them growing up), so good!

  • @neih800
    @neih800 6 років тому +3

    10/10 would eat. Great video, Emmy!

  • @Blandco
    @Blandco 4 роки тому

    Garbage plates were a real experience for me back in college. I only ate like 4 during my college years but I will never forget them.

  • @kathyskorek2565
    @kathyskorek2565 4 роки тому

    Tk u for these recipes I really enjoy

  • @onyxz8691
    @onyxz8691 6 років тому +5

    as someone who lives in rochester garbage plates are the BEST. I always get Mac salad and homefries with cheeseburgers and sometimes the meat sauce. best place to go is Greece Hots and Wimpys 👌🏼

    • @JSDWAYNE
      @JSDWAYNE 6 років тому +2

      onyx кιиz I used to eat garbage plates years ago and they tastes better when you are intoxicated.

  • @carla.c
    @carla.c 6 років тому +9

    Never heard of this before but it's making me hungry and I wouldn't mind having it right now 😋

    • @JSDWAYNE
      @JSDWAYNE 6 років тому +1

      Carla Casimiro its a Rochester, NY recipe

  • @skyybabyx6765
    @skyybabyx6765 3 роки тому

    i was soooo happy to see this i watch this channel a lot and im from Rochester so this made my day =D

  • @theJLAmemberchannel
    @theJLAmemberchannel 5 років тому

    I live in Rochester NY! I love the garbage plate. If anyone visits you have to try one. Emmy you did a great job with building yours!

  • @loveforthegame3
    @loveforthegame3 6 років тому +11

    Im from Buffalo and regularly visit Rochester as its only about 1 hour away. Nothing like the original Nick Tahou plate. Upstate new york has banging ass food people dont even know

    • @thecreatedvoid117
      @thecreatedvoid117 5 років тому

      Seriously! There are a handful of items that I didn’t realize are only found in this area. Needless to say, I’m grateful.

  • @Phonexwing
    @Phonexwing 6 років тому +15

    Emmy have you ever seen the British TV series called "The Supersizers Eat"? There is an episode about food rationing during WW2 that would be great inspiration for more Hard Times recipes.

    • @healinggrounds19
      @healinggrounds19 6 років тому

      C Bee I love the Super Sizers. My cousin does Townsend videos on 17th and 18th century frontier cooking. He has cool stuff too.

    • @emmasendhelp4896
      @emmasendhelp4896 6 років тому

      Who asked.?

  • @tigerprincess1109
    @tigerprincess1109 3 роки тому

    This looks so good! I wanna try this!

  • @danielle7061
    @danielle7061 4 роки тому

    I love your hard times videos!! Will you make more?

  • @rayreineu
    @rayreineu 6 років тому +3

    Ayyyyy I've grown up eating these, Charlie Riedel's is my go-to, fun to see you make one Emmy!

  • @greenlizardballs
    @greenlizardballs 5 років тому +110

    When you're drunk, some nice tacos are great. Halal cart food is great. A spicy bowl of hand pulled noodle soup, great.
    But this. This is for when you're drunk and drop all standards.

  • @TheBffTwins
    @TheBffTwins 3 роки тому

    This is where the Garbage Plate originated. Rochester, NY. My home town. Born and raised. Think I may get one for dinner tonight. Lol. My most favorite!!

  • @ginakelley749
    @ginakelley749 5 років тому

    Love Emmy! Great recipes, nice presentation by a beautiful and funny young lady, go Emmy!

  • @brennelli
    @brennelli 6 років тому +38

    when times are hard I just make my self a good old fashioned and cheap quesadilla.

    • @ReshiLuna
      @ReshiLuna 6 років тому +4

      brennelli me too, lol. Sometimes just tortilla if you're poor enough.. ._.

    • @hexmaniacgabby5160
      @hexmaniacgabby5160 6 років тому +1

      Damn...we used to eat ketchup and cheese sandwiches. Shit was real

    • @rydactyl
      @rydactyl 5 років тому +2

      I buy 3 for a dollar small loaves of bread from the grocery store and literally just eat bread. 1 a day. They're about the size of two fists.

    • @omgfinally4340
      @omgfinally4340 5 років тому

      When u have $3 instead of $1, try megas (Mexican garbage plate) ... Chorizo (97 cents), cut up tortillas, maybe a sliced up Serrano pepper. And the topping: I like Mexican crema, but my Mexican husband likes shredded cheese.

    • @omgfinally4340
      @omgfinally4340 5 років тому

      @@rydactyl if u can afford a thing of broccoli, cut the florets off, toss em into a blender, add A LOT of salt.... And dip the bread into the broccoli soup. Its fkn delicious & like $2 (Walmart or food City has both where I live). The blender makes the broccoli hot so no cooking required

  • @yoyolanda7780
    @yoyolanda7780 6 років тому +9

    jenna marbles is quaking

  • @juliananagy9600
    @juliananagy9600 6 років тому +1

    My two faves just made a video about garbage plates. Emmy and @hellthyjunkfood I'm so happy

  • @AnAdorableWombat
    @AnAdorableWombat 2 роки тому

    This looks so good!!! I'll tear this up!