Brits try Southern Biscuits and Gravy for the first time!
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"It tastes like a heart attack in the best way" perfectly sums up Southern food in a nutshell.
Yep :D
My ate southern food lived to be 92. My dad’s sister lived to be 99. Can’t be all bad. 👍🏻
That and "it's a food hug." Southerner's *specialize* in comfort food.
Lolz
I love biscuits and gravy!
The difference between British "biscuits and tea" and Southern "biscuits and tea" is that in the British version, the biscuits are sweet and the tea is hot, while in the Southern version, the tea is sweet and the biscuits are hot!
great explanation!
Tbf like alot of things American took a look at a cultures snack and said. "Thats supposed to be a meal, let me fix that for you" lol 😆😂🤣
They don’t drink sweet tea. And yes it is hot. And their biscuits I think are more like shortbread cookies not an actual piece of bread.
Yep
@@lbfaith are you referring to Americans? Because yes we do drink sweet tea and it can be cold or hot, j like mine hot, my mother likes hers with ice, it's a staple, atleast here in the south and in most fast food establishments and no our biscuits are not sweet like shortbread cookies, they are very much like flaky, buttery breads, not the same but in a similar category to french croissants.
I love that they mention how grandmothers probably make biscuits and gravy for generations and... yes. My grandmother's homemade biscuits were absolute perfection. She didnt even need to measure -she just knew how much she needed of each ingredient by sight alone. Always perfect. I miss those biscuits and I miss her 💙
That's how I learned to cook; by the "about that much" method, where "just add enough so that it looks right" is a legitimate meal prep instruction. Basic biscuits: "about that much" sweet milk, "some" melted butter, and "just add in" self-rising flour "till it looks right."
If you want decent biscuits that are incredibly easy to make, use self-rising flour and heavy whipping cream. That's all. Get it to the consistency you like and either drop or roll your biscuits. I use White Lily flour but idk if it matters; and I make drop biscuits because I'm incredibly lazy and it's quicker. My mother's family all made drop biscuits because they got up at dark-thirty to do the farm work before school and nobody wanted to waste a minute.
I grew up in town, but my mama made them like her mama made them: no fuss, no fancy.
In my family, the cousin with custody of Nanny's biscuit bowl is the only one who can make them just like hers because you can see the line where the flour went to once she'd punched a hole in it with her fist. I'm the youngest of our generation, so maybe it will come my way eventually.
I welled up as he talked about his Gran.... but he seems at peace with it - so she must be too......
My grandpa was the same way. He would grab a fistful of this, a pinch of that, and somehow his biscuits always came out delicious and perfect
The first thing I learned how to make was biscuits. My grandma would put an apron on me, pulled up a chair for me to stand on to make me tall enough. I'd mix the dough with my tiny hands, flatten it down and use a glass rim to cut them into circles. In a pan with melted butter, I'd dip it in then flip it over and bake. My grandmother would then wash my little hands with Camay soap. I still remember the scent. Biscuits are very special to me, as it brings back such fond memories of my grandmother. Ollie, I'm so sorry for your loss.
I'm so sorry for your loss, Ollie. Praying for you and your family. Glad you were able to enjoy such a comforting meal.
The South of the USA is not short of comfort food. So sorry for your families' loss Ollie.
I’m so sorry that you’ve lost your granny. My thoughts are with you and your family.
I feel you Ollie, I lost my last grandparent in the early morning hours of new year's eve a few days ago.
Ollie: These biscuits are just delicious... oh btw, my gran died this morning.
WTF?... Deepest condolences:(
Sorry to hear about your nana, my condolences. PS. You guys went to Australia & didn’t try the meat pie? Not even jester pie? Maybe bunderberg (also known as “bindi”) spirit? Ok, please tell me you actually try wagyu steak, if you didn’t, HOW COULD YOU.
Deepest condolences to you and your family, Ollie 🥺
what happened?
@@stereolababy He mentioned in the video that his Grandma had passed away.
@@Dakarn Oh no! :(
Is she the one who appeared in the KE episode?
So sorry for your loss, Ollie.
Sorry for your loss, brother. Here in America and especially the South, family deaths and food go hand-in-hand for the very same comfortable "hug type" feeling you get from it that y'all described in this video. Wishing the very best for you and yours. Cheers y'all
I understand Ollie’s situation. My grandma died too. In the south after a funeral, we have a “repast.” That’s when family and friends get together & eat southern comfort food. We eat, laugh, cry and more together.
how ollie described grief and how the food comforted him is why we call it comfort food
For anyone curious about the fruit stuff in the US:
Jelly is made with fruit juice
Jam is made with mashed fruit
Preserves are made with whole fruits or large fruit chunks
What Brits call Jelly, we call gelatin. Or, more commonly, Jell-o, regardless of whether it’s actually the Jell-o brand.
Cheers!
I am an American, and I just found your channel, and I adore it. Everything is like hanging out with friends. And your reactions to our food is amazing. Much love, and sorry about your Granny Olly.
💗to Ollie - I'm sure Gran loved you very much ....
This inspired me to annoy my dad into sending me his family's gravy recipe. I grew up eating biscuits and sausage gravy, and seeing these guys enjoy them so much brought back memories. Gonna wake up early tomorrow and make some.
Sweet tea is oversweetened because we always drink it over lots of ice. The ice dilutes the drink to a more palatable sweetness, also many of us add lemon. Glad yall liked maple Street biscuit company.
It's also because of how the tea itself is made. It's boiled longer to get a stronger tea so it can be watered down. But this also leaches out a lot more of the bitter tannins, which are then offset by the sugar or sweetener.
@@ZipplyZane agreed
It would take a lot more than a normal glass of ice to dilute my wife's tea...
It pours out of the pitcher just slightly faster than maple syrup.
People have to be warned before trying it because we wouldn't want someone to go into diabetic shock.
@@survivalconcerns515 my brother likes that crap. I like captain ds tea
Don't hate me, I quit sweet tea. Unsweet tea with lots of ice. That's why it's called iced tea. Don't you dare hand me a glass of colored water. Drives me crazy 🤪. I prefer dark rich colored tea. I take my own tea when I go out.
as a southerner, hearing Josh say 'we just need to mix in the milk' while holding a glass of sweet tea gave me chills LMAO
Good thing we won that war
(Against the Brits..... Not the north, we lost lolol)
@@adamwilliams8599 Yes, I bet the rebels were really like a bunch of folks who wanted no taxation without representation and better seasoned regional foods.
Sweet Tea done right is divine
Thai iced tea I think is basically exactly that
Southern cuisine is like a warm hug! It's rich, comforting and sticks to your ribs!
Biscuits are a Southern staple. We eat them for breakfast, lunch & supper/dinner.
My grandpa worked outside and usually had a plastic bag with a biscuit in it underneath his coveralls. He called it his "lil pick-me-up"
I love these guys...the size of their mouthfuls of food is absolutely hysterical. This is the hardest I've laughed all Summer!
As soon as I saw Ollie’s eyes when he drank the tea I said “Oh, they gave him sweet tea”😂 A traditional sausage gravy is made by cooking sausage, then using the fat and butter, make a roux with flour, add cream (or milk) and season. It’s absolutely terrible for you. That’s why it tastes so good. If you see something on a menu called Country Gravy, that will be the same milk based gravy just without the sausage.
Country gravy is what we call here in Texas cream gravy. And if course how you season and cook it your either making a breakfast gravy or a lunchtime gravy. My dad would also use the drippings from pan frying a stake to make cream gravy and my mom would use the drippings from pan frying fried chicken to make a cream gravy. They both grew up on farms and ranches so there was a lot of fresh milk. And it reflects on there cooking and the cream soups they would make and all the homemade ice cream and puddings. And all the tasty custards.
I'm from Texas and when I first travelled to the low country (Carolinas) and even Georgia, I quickly learned that not all cream gravy's are made the same way and they will use chicken stock and milk in their white gravy. It is subtle but it threw me off because I grew up on Texas cream gravy.
Texas sausage biscuits and gravy you DO NOT add butter.. yuck!
@Veritas vos liberabit here in South Carolina we never put bueetr in gravy
But I'm from upstate and lower state is another world.
I'm a good Northern girl. We were on our way down to Gatlinburg for a vacation when we stopped for lunch. It was a hot summer day and I ordered an iced tea. I knew about sweet tea, but it's really not on my radar. The waitress delivered my tea and I took a big sip of my unexpected sweet tea. I was shocked. It was SO sweet. The waitress was so kind when I asked if they had unsweetened tea... "Oh honey, you weren't expecting sweet tea, were you! Lemme get you something else." :D
As a southern man born and bred, I can't tell you how much absolute joy it fills my heart to see someone from another country enjoying biscuits and gravy when trying it for the first time. Biscuits and gravy are proof that God exists and that he wants us to be happy. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Cheers!
It’s terrible that I was born in Ky (just above Fort Campbell) and I don’t like either biscuits or gravy.
@@sophierobinson2738 Well good thing that Kentucky isn't the south. Your inability to enjoy one of the greatest breakfasts known to mankind will not stain the good name and reputation of the South.
@@fRo0tLo0p You didn't have to murder the man lmao
@@butthand4342 I prefer to fire a warning shot through the bow, not across the bow lol!
The only way the state of Kentucky doesn't qualify as southern is, MAYBE, geographically. If you wanna be literal I guess. In that logic, only the bottom half of Florida and the Texas tip would be the true South. Maybe some of the Louisiana swamp. In all other aspects, from culture to governing sports bodies our state is south. I would like to hear your logic on this, Mr. Frootloops.
Deepest condolences to Ollie and the sacrifice he made to simply do his job. Dude brings a smile to a lot of people’s faces and to be that far from his family must be really tough especially at the time that this was filmed. Poor guy and love both these guys’ content.
I landed in East Tennessee in 1976 at age 25. The restaurant, closed now, was Possum Jones Country Cooking in Gatlinburg, just as you entered town from the north on US 441. They introduced me to biscuits and gravy. I was hooked. Now at age 71, I can attest to the longevity of a good sausage gravy over biscuits. Boo-Yah!
It's kind of funny how Ollie talks about seeing himself and his relatives coming together for something like this after his grandmother dying. When my dad passed away, after my mom, brother and I sad our goodbyes and made arrangements, we went to a waffle house and sat there for a few hours, pretty much doing this: talking and eatting comfort food. It's a fond memory, very much tinted with sadness, but I definitely understand what he's talking about.
I’m so sorry for your loss. I hope you and your brother can heal. ❤️🩹
As a born and raised southerner. I thank you for trying our food!
That's fancy biscuits and gravy tho
I am from Pakistan I would like to visit the great south sometime in my lifetime. Litreally the best American culture, I like you guys can value your traditions and still be open to new experiences and be somewhat liberal. Thats America really, freedom.
@@clipsedrag13Yankee Scone and some kind of sauce definitely not gravy
*Yankee culture in Yankeeland
@@dennisgoatimer1079 it's not your standard white sausage gravy by looks, it's just seasoned up a lot, probably some paprika or something. I've had gravy like that. But at least you see a good amount of black pepper lol
The restraint to not take that perfect bite he built for himself after finding out the news about Ollie's grandma was on monk level.
Biscuits and gravy is my ultimate comfort food. It never fails to make me feel warm, content, and ready for the day. Great hangover food too.
Josh’s utter confusion at “What is country fried steak?!” gives me life.
Heaven in scallopini form. 😂❤
Country fried is with brown gravy, chicken fried is with sausage bechamel sauce
@@shinobi-no-buenojfc. Bechamel is French term for a French sauce. Sausage gravy isn't the gd same jfc what the everything hell is wrong with you? And no country fried steak is exactly 100 percent the same gd dish as chicken fried steak its just the non southern name for the dish. As your name suggests you are no bueno.
@@shinobi-no-bueno I have never had country fried steak with brown gravy...always with cream gravy.
@@lazyldy then you had chicken fried steak
One of my favorite things ever is that Ollie seems to believe that the wider he opens his eyes the more food he can fit in his mouth 🤣🤣
🤣 Yes!
The Ollie eye roll is classic. Like it awakens all the taste-related neurons in his brain.
😂
lol I like that this is their first time trying these foods but they have enough confidence from the other foods they tried in America that they start off by shoveling the food in their mouth instead of tiptoeing their way into it xD
@@valt5125 YES they take Texas Big Boy bites. 🤣🤣🤣
I love watching people try American biscuits and gravy for the first time. It looks kind of like someone ate wall paper paste and then threw it up, but it tastes so good!!! This was hilarious!
That sounds like an Ollie-ism! Gag!
Food hug is a perfect description. My mom's biscuits and gravy is my best memory of her. And now I make biscuits just to remember her and share my southern heritage with my family. RIP, Mom. Nothing better than a flaky, buttery biscuit.
I'm from South Korea, biscuits and grravy is my favorite breakfast! Hats off to southerners for inventing the most incredible breakfast in the world!!!
And I lived in South Korea for a year, n hats off to ya'll for your yummy food creations!
Me too. As a fellow South Korean biscuits and gravy is awesome
감사합니다
I love Korean food. Far healthier than southern cuisine of biscuits and gravy…ugh!
Is biscuits and gravy a popular breakfast in South Korea?
"A food hug." My mom passed in 2009 and people still talk about her biscuits and gravy. I'm getting close to perfecting her recipe, but it's still a work in progress...14yrs later.
I found with some of my Mom's and Grandmother's recipes, the weather outside and inside the household plus your appliances. can make a difference. The cornstarch they put in cane sugar to stretch it can be a problem also.
@@karensiegel6669 Yes!! Copying her baked goods is nigh impossible because we lived in the Rockies at 10,000ft and I live in Kansas City. Also, the woman loved her spices and I'm always worried about over-spicing and ruining things. I'm getting better, though!
I make a lot of my moms too and it never tastes the same and I do it exactly like she did
@@ginjaninja8285 Getting a dehumidifier for your kitchen could help! Humidity has a huge impact on baked goods
Good luck. I hope you succeed and carry on your mother's legacy.
Rest in peace to your grandmother. I lost my great grandmother on Friday so hearing you say that made me cry for you
1:49 “Tea flavored syrup!” Describing sweet tea.
Not inaccurate, though!
I came to Midwest from Asia to study and the local served me biscuit gravy on my very first meal. It was the most memorable and homely experiece I’ve ever had coming to America, surrounding by soul food and lovely friends and family. Now and then I see people who never tried biscuit gravy before in this personal setting bashed the dish and said Americans were butchering food, I actually feel bad for them. You have to try it to understand it, and Im glad Jolly did this dish justice. Love you guys from Vietnam!
Drop the L if you're referring to stuff in the USA. Homely here, means unattractive. Homey is the word we'd use that is the American equivalent to Homely. Homey = of the home, warm and inviting. Homely = commonly unattractive people.
The midwest?
@@TrulyUnfortunateyes midwesterners also eat biscuits and gravy lol
@@TrulyUnfortunate Yes, the northern-industrial migration from south to cities like Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, even L.A due to it being the second motor city i u.s in the 40's. Food in the united states base cuisine(s) origin is "black" american traditional dishes- prepared foods which stem from Southern Blacks;but most,if not all of us as "black" Americans are akin, so that's why our cultures are similar but different a little depending on where you are in North America among "black"communities- you gonna get that type of food(cooking) all through the east coast and parts of southwest to Cali where there are large concentrations of us.
Being a Chicagoan I had never tasted biscuits and gravy til I was almost 50! Been hooked on it ever since.
I've tried explaining Southern biscuits and gravy to folks from the UK.
I usually resort to "savory buttery scones, covered in a bechamel (white) sauce flavored with bits of breakfast sausage, seasoned with pepper" and even then they can't think of anything but brown gravy as gravy.
Some can't even imagine a savory scone, which really stumps me.
But every Brit I have seen try them, loves them.
And yeah, Southern tea is tea flavored syrup, that's accurate.
the Brits spent centuries searching for flavor, and the best they could taste is black pepper.
Me: as a Filipino trying to explain how Cheese Ice Cream works to western folks.
Im from the north east, Cheese scones were my intro to scones, theyre lovely
Hi David hope this helps,
The closest thing you could compare them to in British cuisine would probably be dumplings/ suet Dumplings usually served with meat stews, which is quite similar to biscuits and gravy.
But dumplings particularly suet ones aren’t as popular as they would of been 10-20 years ago.
you’re right they are quite similar to scones but served in a very different way in Britain
@@koushinproductions As a guy who grew up in a southern family and married a Filipina I get this. First time we ever went to Seafood City she got cheese ice cream with corn in it. I didn’t even know what to think. Tried it, and it was great. I still like Buko or Ube ice cream better but, cheese ice cream is awesome.
This might be the episode where Josh and Ollie repeat each others words the most and that says so much about the experience. That and having to bring this to the high school students : D
"The perfect food hug." Almost all Southern cooking is exactly that. The matriarch (mom, granny, aunt) expressing her love for a hard working man and their progeny in food. If you think of "comfort foods", there are a lot of them that are integral to Southern cuisine.
And for the record, it's "CHICKEN FRIED STEAK" not "country fried steak". You can tell if someone is country or city by which they use. Country people call it chicken fried steak, not country, because we fry it like we fry chicken.
I'm a few months late, but God bless you and your family. I'm sorry for your loss.
So sorry for your loss Ollie. Prayers for you during this time. On the other hand, I feel vindicated as a Southerner that our biscuits and gravy have finally gotten the recognition they deserve :D
Vindicated from at least the British. Every American, no matter where we're from, we can all agree Southern food is amazing.
I thought Ollie was somehow making a joke until there was no punchline and then I felt so bad… I’m very glad that he has Josh by his side
Your food looks vile
@@uncreative5766*Yankees
That's not a biscuit lad
Condolences to you and your family Ollie. Thanks for all your videos Josh and Ollie and all the hard work you and all your crew do to bring us your videos.
What happened?
@@Pikachupewpewpew his grandmother passed
@@justind2075 thank you
@@Pikachupewpewpew in case you missed that part, he announces it starting here. 7:50
Did he REALLY just say he would pour his sweet tea on pancakes? This man is more American than he knows.
So sweet. I loved that he was about to enjoy another bite of the food when Ollie brought up his gran and he set it down to give him his attention. Tho you can tell he still wants to eat it, he listens instead. Love him. What a sweetheart.
2:42 it’s called comfort food for a reason.
Yes it’s like a hug for your stomach and soul.
I.also.wanyed to mention that when Ollie opened up about missing his family and hearing that his gran died, Josh was open, kind and hugged ollie. That was so wholesome to see men being vulnerable and real. Good on you both. Such lovely guys.
100. Loved that. Made me want to go turn into biscuits & gravy for him.
@@karaamundson3964🙃
It was weak and your def a chick for thinking otherwise
Iced tea needs a big dose of ice in it.
There was a former Navy cook in my home town known as "Biscuit Bill" . His biscuits and gravy were truly legendary. His daughter runs the cafe now and admits that even though she's seen her dad make it a thousand times, her's are just not the same. R.IP., Biscuit Bill.
My uncle was in the army during Vietnam. He came to visit & my mom made grits as part of our breakfast. He told her that she made them wrong…she left out the lumps. (Biscuit Bill-military cook…that was the connection to my memory.)
Josh putting down his fork. Then telling a very light joke to break a bit of the tension. Kinda got teary eyed. What a great friendship.
Rip to your granny Ollie. My grandpa passed on Christmas Eve and it’s been a bit rough. But we’ve pulled through and really leaned on the fun times with friends, family, and, food to cope.
Y’all I think due to your genuine appreciation of our food we can make y’all honorary southerners, y’all come back now, you’re welcome here anytime!
Born and raised southerner, we always had biscuits and gravy on Sundays before church. To this day it’s my favorite breakfast! Thanks for trying it and appreciating it!
You boys earned the thumbs up.
Also, in America we have three kinds. Jams, jellies, and preserves.
Jellies are made from juice, sugar, and pectin.
Jams are jellies with pieces of fruit in it, and a little less pectin.
Preserves emphasize using more whole pieces of fruit in it.
I was going to add this very comment! (And we still use marmalade, if you're talking about orange preserves, though it's not as common anymore.)
Another big difference is jelly doesn't spread well. It's almost like Jell-O (gelatin).
@@jdb101585 marmalade with fresh butter on homemade sourdough is wonderful, but my favorite since I spent a lot of time Growing up around mid and northern Michigan is sour cherry and rhubarb jam.
@@SozoSeasonFreedom yes, I noticed jam almost always holds a more loose consistency (could be more liquid is maintained in the fruit pieces that isn't affected by pectin to harden), but it is definitely more spreadable.
Thanks for the comment. Both you and JDB's statements were very welcome.
@@patrickhenry236 I grew up in Maine and homemade strawberry rhubarb jam was my favorite! Sour cherry in combination with rhubarb sounds delicious too.
I'm so sorry for your loss. May your grandmother RIP in the arms of God. May her memory be a blessing. Prayers of comfort for her family and loved ones. 😢
I never really thought about it. But I agree 100% that most Southern cooking is just a giant food hug to the people that are eating it.
As an Alabamian and a longtime viewer of the channel, I am DEEPLY touched by your description of our food, of what it means to us, and of your respect for it. We don't often get afforded that--we can be a kind of joke here in the States, sometimes fairly, often not. Thank you for taking us and our food seriously! Prayers to you, Ollie, and your family. May your grandma rest in peace and rise in glory
Southern food is amongst the best in the Country.
Speaking as a born Yankee, I think Southern cuisine is UH-MAY-ZING!!!
I have never visited USA , but as a chef i can certify that the best food of USA is Sothern food!! Firstly you guys season your food!!
You have to admit, if there’s anything that garners respect in the south from the north, it’s the food… and football…
I read that as Albanian and was confused for 5 secs loll
As a southern man cornbread fed and raised I can certify that biscuits and gravy is one of the most personal meals you can be made by a loved one.
Yes!! Because no two people make the mask the same way.
Oh man if I hear we’re having biscuits and gravy I know it’s a good morning
My son is a big southern boy who's nickname is corn fed, lol.
Yes! Cornbread, biscuits and gravy. I remember when my Great Aunt (grandfather's sister) made fried green tomatoes for the first time. I barely could see over the stove. :)
My pops made the best biscuits and gravy but we all have a favorite. I never got behind the corn bread and buttermilk though, too much yankee from my mother I reckon
Grandmothers truly are the backbone of family. Condolences about your Nan.
8:34 such a true statement; I have specific memories of my granny teaching me how to make gravy and biscuits early on Saturday mornings ❤️
Biscuits and gravy is a dish always rich with flavor. It's almost overwhelming. The ultimate southern comfort dish outside of Chicken Fried Steak with gravy on top. A rare treat for breakfast, 'cause BOYYYYYY is it super unhealthy.
Or chicken fried steak with the gravy on top, plus real mashed potatoes with the gravy on top.
I mean, as an American, it's not like we can afford to get old anyway, so... May as well go for that chicken fried steak with gravy.
@@zamboughnuts*Yankee
That's Yankee Scone and some kind of sauce definitely not gravy
@@dennisgoatimer1079 Call a Southerner a Yankee and you may get in a fight, friend.
Josh: "The chicken is pepper-y. I've never had chicken flavored like that."
Me: "?!? What have you been eating?"
Also me: *watched almost every Jolly and KE episode*
It’s where the white people seasoning joke came from
@@RobertO-rg7kk no its where the 'Britain fought the world for spices and never use them' joke came from
i soo laughed at that too.
@@RobertO-rg7kk Brits can't can't use seasoning. The rest of us whiteys figured it out, don't lump us in with those limey dorks.
@@babyplaneswalker341 LMAO
So sorry for your loss Ollie 😢💙 I’m a caretaker for my grandmother so that makes me feel for you. Love you guys, keep making people smile! 😁😆💙
From the cook's side:
The gravy you are experiencing here, though a Southerner would NEVER describe it this way, starts with a roux, usually it is the fat from browning the sausage mixed with flour. This is cooked briefly to get the 'flour taste' out and then a quantity of milk is added. Sausage is left in the whole time. This is cooked over a low heat until the gravy thickens. Preferred seasonings are added.
This can be made very mild or SCREAMING HOT! Before I married my wife, my brother-in-law thought he was going to play a trick on me. He made biscuits and gravy, but dumped like 3 times the pepper and hot sauce that he would normally use. He was expecting me to jump around because my mouth was burning. I took a bite, nodded and FINISHED the plate! We got along fine after that!
Rest In Peace to your grandma I hope everyone in your family can try to recover it’s really hard to lose a grandparent much love and respect to Ollie
I’m so sorry for Olly’s loss. I hope him and his family are healing. And I’m glad he got some comfort from these briskets. I think a lot of southern food can be that way or maybe it’s just like that for me because I grew up eating it. Either way I’m glad it was helpful for him
What happened?
I was thinking the same thing. What happened?
@@teresamiranda5123 his grandma passed, it's in the video
@@ls-kk4pq did y’all not watch the video💀
@@livia8307 they watch it with volume down & eyes closed maybe 😆
I truly love and am thankful when these gents take their first bites trying to get all of the elements together on one fork. It's the best way to really appreciate why these foods have all of these ingredients meshed together. The massive first bites absolutely crack me up! 😅Who could blame them? Southern food is pure bliss!
I love seeing you enjoy American favorites.
Watching them take their gargantuan bites cracks me up. It's like watching someone trying to put an entire hamburger in their mouth without choking.
Seriously, every bite is a choking concern.
i don't think you know what magnanimous means.
@@steveyj75 Fixed it.
Southern white gravy is called sawmill gravy (at least in NW Georgia). And yes, chicken biscuits are a big deal in the American South. All of our food is like a hug in food form. Glad y'all enjoyed it. :)
I like tomatoe gravy , sawmill gravy
I'm a weird southerner who can't stand gravy, but in our area it's called cream gravy or just white gravy. Another favorite here in Tennessee is red-eye gravy made from country ham drippings and coffee.
My father’s family was from rural very small town southern Missouri and they called it gristmill gravy, but most of the places I lived in the South called it sawmill gravy. It’s good when it’s done right, but sometimes it’s super bland which seems like a complete waste of ingredients and biscuits.
I still prefer Chicken and Waffles over Chicken and Biscuits
We sell a smothered chicken biscuit where I work. It's everyone's favorite!! You get the best of everything. 😋
I love the expressions on their faces when they taste stuff. It looks like pure joy.
Sorry for your loss. Granny’s are so special!! ❤
So sorry about your grandma! Very glad you enjoy our food!
And they get to the airport to go home and drop dead of cholesterol poisoning. 🤪☠️
@@mistytharpe3991 someone’s jealous 😂
Usually we fill our cup with ice first, so it dilutes the sweetness of the tea a little. So the tea is overly sweet to account for the ice. 👍🏽
ps. the gravy is white bc it uses milk to dilute the roux as opposed to beef broth, which makes it dark.
I had an aunt in Tennessee that made the best tea l ever had. It was just the right amount of sweetness without being overly sweet. She always used loose tea instead of tea bags. I am not a fan of overly sweet syrupy tea but l do like it strong.
My Grandpa would freeze half a cup of sweet tea, then pour sweet tea from the fridge over that. So his 'sweet tea never got warm, and it never got watered down!' He was a character.
@@lizsays3324 was he secretly a honey badger?
And the best is when the tea is still warm & poured over ice, & you get the streams of warm & cold sweet tea as you drink that first glass
I love you guys experiencing southern cuisine. You gotta try ham hocks & beans with a side of collard greens, and fresh baked biscuits.
So sorry for your loss Ollie
As a Texan this might be one of my favorite episodes. I love seeing you two appreciate a food near and dear to the heart of the south. And so sorry to hear about your grandma, Ollie. So touching to see you guys support each other 🥲.
I was raised in Texas, have been traveling all over America and now I know... the best food is in Texas.
@@howardndianne163 this
From South of Houston myself!
I’d love to go to the south. Try some southern food. Even though us Latinos make quite tasty foods, the biscuits and gravy I MUST TRY. 😂❤
@@vanna_777 you should come to sanantonio, there's Mexican restaurant everywhere by actually Mexican people, we do have taco bell tho...
I was born in the UK , in Derbyshire and moved to the US at 12 in 1973 . I went all over in the military , ate all kinds of stuff in faraway places but you can't beat Southern cooking . I spent 4 years in Louisiana in the 80s and moved back when I retired . I miss a few things from the UK such as proper fish & chips but the best food is here . Nothing pretentious but good solid deliciousness .
Well you have a certainly had an interesting life.
And I absolutely agree LOL. I don't think there is a cuisine in America better than Southern style cooking! ❤
You have to come north for a proper fish fry as we call them. Place in my down called Davidson restaurant in Lakewood NY makes the best around here
as a coon ass, I fully endorse this comment.
@@alanrowley6402here is no place anywhere that has better cuisine than the South! Period! End of discussion!..
I’d love to see Jolly go to Louisiana and have some creole, cajun, and experience a crawfish boil. I used to live in Baton Rouge and there is something about crawfish and shrimp boils when you eat it right off the table - yum!
@Jolly May your Grandma rest in peace. It’s hard losing your grandma. Sending hugs from the US.
Thank you both for the wonderful videos. It’s great to see you both just enjoying yourselves having a good time.
Yes, we definitely dunk our biscuits, donuts, cookies, and toast. So happy you're enjoying all of the foods you've been introduced to.
I'm so sorry for Ollie's loss. :( BTW if you are enjoying Southern American cooking, you MUST try "Shrimp and Grits" which are best made in places like Savannah, GA and Charleston, South Carolina! I know the combination may sound a bit weird, but if cooked properly "Shrimp and Grits" made southern-style will change your life!! ENJOY!!! Cheers!
Shrimp and Cheesy Grits - next level and one of the best things I have ever put in my mouth.
@@DocNo27 Thanks for your input! I could not have said it any better than you just did! I hope the two JOLLY guys have time to follow up while they are still in the American South. :)
Forget the shrimp, Cajun fried catfish and cheesy grits.
Pardon me for asking, but, what happened to Ollie?
@@starrylunastro At roughly the 8 minute mark into the "Southern Biscuits" video, Ollie mentions that his grandmother had passed away following an illness. That is why I said I was sorry for Ollie's loss. Hope that explains it. (I still think Ollie and Josh need to visit Paula Deen's "Creek House" to try some Southern shrimp and grits before they leave the American South. I'm pretty sure they'll be blown away by how good it is!) :)
As a Canadian who’s travelled down to Florida for vacation, Southern food is some of the best I’ve had in my life. Literally everything is absolutely delectable 👌🏼
Florida is not considered southern
@@COCOCHEYENNE01 northern florida certainly is
@@COCOCHEYENNE01 I don’t fucking care what it’s considered. That’s IRRELEVANT. I had southern food when I was in Florida. End of fucking story.
@@blancavelasquez9859 Is Orlando in northern Florida?
By the way, where I had the southern food was at the Give Kids The World Village south of Orlando, for my now dead, formerly sick kid, little sister’s Make-A-Wish Foundation trip to Disney World and Epcot to meet the Disney Princesses and to have tea with Cinderella before she died of all her health problems, one of which was an extremely rare disease that doctors and scientists don’t even have a name for yet. We were served breakfast and dinner at the Village, and they served Southern food every single one of the 5 days we were there. And it was fucking delicious. Happy now?????
I just found ur channel today. I have to say I have enjoyed watching the 2 of u enjoying southern food. We do like our seasonings for sure. My son, born and raised on the gulf coast moved to Michigan 15 years ago. He said mom, I’ve had to teach these people how to cook and use seasonings. I think he’s started a trend cause he now has his own southern style restaurant in Michigan. I was never aware of all the different types of cooking, till now. Thank u guys! Glad u enjoyed southern home style cooking.
I'm so sorry for the loss of your Grandmother. Love watching you two!
It's a national point of pride, our Southern Cuisine. Notes: you need a FULL GLASS OF ICE, and pour the sweet tea over that. Maybe smaller bites? So sorry about your Grandma. 🥺
Brits generally don't like ice or chilled drinks. If they use ice, Brtain has to be Sizzling in the Seventies at High Summer and about four cubes are gingerly dropped into the drink with tongs like perscription opioids. If you ask for more? "Go and bring the Yank Bucket!"
Yep, came here to say this…proper southern sweet tea is more of a concentrate and is traditionally served with a full glass of ice. Great to see you loving our cuisine/culture!
Most of us Southerners drink coffee with our biscuits. We save the sweet tea for lunch and dinner. You don't have to have gravy on your biscuits. My Mom never did. She preferred butter and jelly. I prefer bacon, egg and cheese. But my Dad prefered the gravy. And there are different types of gravy too.
Must have a glass full of ice. Counters the sweetness and makes it perfect.
Omg Im a manager at the very first Maple Street in Jacksonville, I’ve been watching you guys for years so to see y’all review the food that we take so much pride in is actually crazy! I’m glad y’all enjoyed the food, this was the last thing I expected to see when I clicked on this video
Omg! I don't know which one is the first one, but now I gotta go to all locations to find you so we can talk about Jolly! I love a local fellow Jolly/KoreanEnglishman fans!!
Okay, kinda sound creepy/stalkerish but I was just excited 😆
Said "y'all", this checks out.
@@PyraLithiam San Marco in Jacksonville!! A lot smaller than most locations but in a really cool area!! Doesn’t sound stalkerish btw lol
I just moved from Jacksonville! I’ve been to that location! Small world
I grew up with Southern raised parents from Kentucky living in the Detroit area during the 1950s and at our house Biscuits and Gravy with Bacon, Sage Sausage, Fried Bologna, Fried Eggs, was a typical Saturday morning breakfast. If a school friend stayed overnight that was what met him next morning. Most hadn't ever had Biscuits and Gravy before and were astounded in a good sort of way when it met their palette. I'm 71 now and still haven't had that Heart Attack.
I absolutely love watching you enjoy these life sustaining miracles! Southern food is about comfort, flavor, and those we love. So glad you enjoyed it.
Hugs and prayers of comfort and peace at the passing of your Granny.
I am a displaced Southerner, and a foodie. I have enjoyed cuisines from countries and cultures all around the world. Some have been exquisite. But, all in all, I find Southern cooking to be the best I’ve ever had. Thank you Mom, Grandmother, and all great Southern cooks!
Yes! One word: lard! 🥰
Oh yeah, my grandma (my mom's mom) made the biggest, fluffier, buttery biscuits!
@@michelehenne2477 I remember the biscuits at Grandmother's house, hidden away in a shiny chrome, round container with engraved penguins and black handles. I'd grab a cold biscuit out of there before I even greeted my grandparents. I'm not a rude person. It's just that her biscuits were irresistable to me. Mmmm... 😇
I was a transplanted Yank in GA. After about a year, I realized I was "suffering" from culture shock. It's all so very different in that magnificent part of the country, and I LOVED it. I fell in love with the food as well as the wonderful Southern hospitality and laid back way of life. I may come on back now, y'hear!?! 🙂 💖
You can see why America has an obesity epidemic.
So sorry for your loss, Ollie. Thoughts are with you and your entire family.
Biscuits and gravy are a heart and soul dish of the South. it’s something everyone learned to make from their grandmother. It thrills my heart to see people outside our states love it.
As a southerner, when i found out they didn't have biscuits and gravy EVERYWHERE i bout fell over. The ultimate breakfast bud. Welcome to the south fellas 😊
ollie opening about his grandma was such a sweet moment esp cause we often know him as the class clown! hope he's doing okay and I really appreciate the vulnerability 💖
What's great about American food is that we have a large collection of cultures who immigrated here, so there's a lot of variety, but also we have places that just love old family recipes that have been updated throughout the years to become great.
I love collecting old family recipes. Because you know it'll be good. I don't care what it is, if I hear it's an old family recipe, I want it.
@@aewtx same. People who are proud of their generational family recipes are willing to share to spread the goodness.
This is very true. And most are very flavorful, if you find people who know how to cook.
My dad sent a group text with the link to one of their videos of british teenagers trying biscuits and gravy for the first time. It made my heart happy to see them liking it so much that I wanted to see more of their videos and these two guys are ADORABLE!
Sorry to hear of your grandmas passing ❤️ thank you for sharing
Kentucky boy here, i learned all my cooking skills from my Grandma. After she passed i got all her cast iron frying pans. Every Sunday i use her pans to cook biscuits and gravy for my family and using her pans and what she taught me makes me feel like she is there with me.
Nice!!
How many years did your Grandma use those cast iron pans. . .she definitely is there with you when you use them.
@@mountainneko she had them for at least 50 years
@@kypitbull That definitely makes them well-seasoned. . .she is definitely with you when you use them.
with cast iron you gotta use those old pans. the pan itself changes the flavor
I’m really warmed by how many southern Americans are posting such kind words of support for these two young Brits. Dixie truly is the home of hospitality (and mouth watering comfort food)
Served with plenty of “sugar “ “darlin’” and “honey “. I miss it
So long as ur white, got to remember to add that when talking about good ol Dixie.
My time in the south involved tires being slashed and bricks through windows during the dead of night. After 4yrs of trying decided to go back to California where a nonwhite American can live relatively unmolested by racists.
@@TheSLOShadow well that’s a sad reflection on a still fractured society. As a ‘white’ tourist I can truthfully say that in over 35 years of travelling (65 countries and counting) the only place I have ever felt seriously threatened was in Los Angeles back in 1995. We drove south from Hollywood, through what seemed an ok area, and stopped at a liquor store and as we entered the owner looked at us in utter disbelief. Within moments we were approached by two black guys one of whom told us ‘our white asses should be scared of what he was carrying in his pocket’. When I asked what the problem was his friend said ‘He’s a British guy he’s got a faggot accent’ At that point they moved back and we drove away very shaken but unharmed.
I adore these 2 men. Makes my day. 😅😂
Dixie is also the home of chattel
So sorry for your loss! God bless you all and keep up the video's! I love them and you all?❤
This video brought me comfort❤ Thanks guys!
As a southerner who has had to listen to all the doubts thrown the way of our illustrious cuisine… VINDICATION never tasted so sweet. 😂 FINALLY!
Edit: Ollie, so sorry to hear about your Granny. One thing we have in common in the south is that we love our Granny’s a whole lot. You have my comfort for your loss. 🫂
maybe you can't win the civil war but you can win the food war
@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 Don't eat out much, do you?
This is why as a southerner, I had the opposite reaction in London with their food. I wondered where the flavor was. It didn't exist. Nice to see them experience the beauty of our food here. It's a piece of heaven on earth.
Stationed in the UK for four years and ate a lot of their food. My faorite was
Fish and Chips. I would cook up Southern food for some friends and did
Bar B Que for them also caught a lot of them flat footed over the taste and
flaor. We had some Wives on base that even taught some of the British ladies
about the food in the South and that each state does it a little different. Here in
Texas we mix a lot of Mexican flavors in with out normal meals.
Blame the class system and snobbery- the British Empire was built on exploiting the spice trade, which went back to the UK (Britain used to use spice extensively since the Iron Age). Of course, this meant that soon everyone was using spices, which pissed off the nobility, who severely cut back. The lower classes, ever eager to take the cue from “their betters” followed suit. Add to that the gastronomic damage WWII’s rationing did, and you’ll why they’ve still not recovered.
@@Len0Grady very interesting. I was talking with a friend about the shyness of British food. Now I know why.
I mean I find a lot of southern food smothered in spices because the people can't cook and bring out the flavors of the dish.
@@NoThankUBeQuiet I’m more accustomed to back country southern food, which is not spicy. I find that those who do not cook very well over salt, use too much fat, and rely on frying too much. Those who do cook well, and there are those who do, use much less grease, use herbs and spices selectively and skillfully, and know precisely how to cook specific foods.
Sorry to hear about your grandmother.. thank you for the amazing content you put out.
Praying for comfort for Ollie. I'm very sorry for the loss of your grandmother.
I have had to explain many times that American biscuits aren't what Brits consider biscuits (and we also have scones), and also that sausage gravy isn't really gravy at all, and that Americans do have normal brown gravy far more often than sausage gravy. Glad you guys enjoyed it!
I had to think about sausage gravy not being real gravy… you are right it’s just a bechamel sauce with sausage added
@@What_the_son_of_a exactly!
@@What_the_son_of_a White gravy is far more accurate than béchamel. More often than not, the fat is strictly the sausage grease, and not butter. Although a pat of butter does no harm.
I know that sounds minor, but it's a pretty danged big separation between the two.
@@WilyWillyT dude we dont be eating scones what are you talking about lmao. you must be from vermont or something
@@mr2x137 ever walked into a normal bakery? lol
a lot of people look at our food and just see gluttony without understanding the history and the personal connections we all individually have with our dishes. its so lovely to see y'all talk about the complexity and warmth of our food because we're always happy to share it with the world🤍don't ever dip your cinnamon bun in coffee again
For the slaves who created it, southern food represented the quickest, most creative way to get enough calories in to work to the bone. For the white people appropriating it since those days, it's simply gluttony.
Bro get real the way our food fill up hospital beds it's total gluttony. Our food has a lot of flavor but it makes you lose limbs.
@@MrChowbaby69 gluttony describes people not food. Nobody who eats this food need be gluttonous, unless they choose to be. The food isn't gluttonous because the food isn't the one overconsuming
@@AcidAdventurer Wow bro you trying really hard to stretch the definition of gluttony. Southern American food is designed to be addictive hence why it is so heavily processed and contains addictives. Sugar for example is ten times more addictive than cocaine and majority of Southern "cuisine" require a ridiculous amount of sugar. In fact putting sugar in spaghetti is a southern thing. It's creating meals designed to make you over consume that's gluttony.
@@MrChowbaby69 you're the one "stretching" the definition to apply it to something that doesn't make sense. It might enable gluttony, but food itself cannot be gluttonous. It's a category error. Gluttony describes something people do.
"Designed to make you overconsume" only you can make you overconsume. Food doesn't put itself in your mouth. I love southern food and I love sugar, but I am not gluttonous and know how to practice moderation. When I make southern food I'm not doing it to eat more than I should. Nothing about making this food is inherently gluttonous.
As a southerner, this brings a tear to my eye.
My Grandma would have my cousin and I spend the night on some weekends. We loved it, she would take us camping and fishing. The best part about it was the big breakfast she would always cook in the mornings. She would ask us the night before what we wanted for breakfast. We would always say Biscuits and gravy! She would make eggs, bacon, sausage, and fried potatoes, but the best part about breakfast was her biscuits and gravy! To this day no one I have met has made it like her. Thank you guys for doing this video it brought back some good memories.