Can a Chef Cook THIS Random International Dish? | A-Z Challenge E: ENGLAND
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- It’s challenge time! Chef Ben must spin the wheel and cook a dish from a Mystery country! Today’s country begins with E!!
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The pride on jamies face at knowing what wigan slappy is when ebbers didnt know was brilliant 😊
I would be the best looking on this show because I’m 25% danish and 75% English ❤
@@harl4227 No chance, Barry would beat you hands down.
@@quietdavedevon Someone's got a crush on Barry 🤣
@@harl4227 Says the far-right troll who's hiding behind a cat picture.
@@Yawnybones how did you bring politics into it
Jamie’s unalloyed joy when he figured out what they were making was delightful!
Let's be honest, if anyone would know about the Wigan kebab it would be Jamie.
I think it made the video just that bit better when Jamie worked out what they were making when Ebbers had no clue so directing him with clues to help him figure it out was amazing 😂😂 who would’ve thought Jamie would have probably the biggest impact in this video because if he didn’t guide Ebbers into knowing what they were making then it’s entirely plausible that the end result would not have been correct
@@Calimbandil87yeah it doesn’t really come as a massive surprise does it😂😂 I mean if anybody in the Sorted studio was going to know about pies in rolls it would be him wouldn’t it 😂😂 he’s sticking to his brand all the way
Would love to see a mini series covering lesser-known British regional foods! Our traditional local specialties might not be fancy, but you gotta love the ballsy pragmatism of sticking a pie in a chunk of bread and calling it a traditional delicacy :D
Yes! That sounds fantastic. Hi from Australia 🇦🇺
Sounds like a plan
Yeah make Scouse for Liverpool ❤
They've done a video about tasting British foods they've not had/heard of 😊
@@BlueGlow26 Oh yeah, I remember that one! It was great :)
This video is so English. I love the fact that as a nation with a repuation for bad food, instead of trying to prove the rest of the world wrong, we chose to represent ourselves with a pie in a batch 😂Still absolutely delicious!
I'm sure the pie itself is good, but the whole combination isn't doing British food any favours.
It's meat, pastry, and bread; anyone who doesn't think that would taste good needs their tastebuds recalibrating.
A batch?
@@MichaelJohnsonAzgard yet another English word for bread roll
@@chimpaflimp and potato. Don't forget the potato.
“The what?!?” Ben stating what most of us thought upon hearing the dish they have to make. 😂
Yup! 😂
@@SortedFood I love how he basically was clueless about it until half way through the video. And the gearshift when he realised what they were making.
@@SortedFood I would be the best looking on this show because I’m 25% danish and 75% English ❤
Yeah as a wiganer we never call it a wigan slappy
@@planethamster so do you just call it a slappy, or what?
Ben School of Thought: “We need more veggies.”
Mike School of Thought: “Chocolate comes from a plant so it’s basically a salad.”
More likely to be Jamie's school of thought than mikes. Mikes thing in the early days was he was the fitness oriented one
But veggies have so much variety. I could imagine getting tired of trying to get five servings of chocolate per day.
@@bcaye and chocolate doesn't???
If ever there was a need to show the difference between a chef and a normal, this has to be the evidence 😂😂 Ebbers stayed true to his brand by pushing for more vegetables and Mike voiced the thoughts of every normal worldwide 😂😂
I'm Northern (Lancashire) and you are right. We take our pies VERY seriously. I remember when I was of school age and i found something in a Hollands pie once and when I wrote to complain a guy turned up on our doorstep with a huge box of pies. And I don't mean a postman or delivery guy. I mean an actual guy from Hollands Pies!
Lancashire here too and I have always HATED Hollands pies. They just tasted full of gristle whenever I had one but maybe I just had some bad luck. I just moved closer to Wigan and have been living off Galloways Chicken and Mushroom pies though, they are insanely good.
Wigginer here, and I remember when this was a thing. Proper customer service. My mum once complained about something in a box of Weetabix, and a bloke came round with a load of Weetabix and a beautiful, tall, ornate metal container that, at 95, she still has.
Those guys who turned up on your door step........they had to sign a register now.
What did you find, anyway? Curious
Fiji traditional is a Lovo, baked goods underground. That said there is a huge Fijian Indian population that also contributes to traditional cuisine.
There is ceviche style raw fish marinated in coconut milk, lime and lemon, tomato, chilli, coriander, dressed with soy sauce. Served with rice, cassava or taro.
It's my absolute favourite called Kokoda, pronounced Kokonda.
That sounds delicious.
Kokoda is my absolute fave!
Sounds tasty! I'd love to see the boys attempt it
I was going to suggest Kokoda too!
I also recommend Kokoda aka rawfish
I had almost forgotten about this series, but this was really fun. Especially the fact that Ben can still discover new dishes from his home country. 😄☺
So glad you enjoyed it 😁
@@SortedFood This series is great. But maybe shorter intervals between episodes.
The community has chosen so well! I love how even though it's a familiar country, they've found something unusual to celebrate.
Same! We’re always learning too.
The British-ness of the episode is OFF THE CHARTS. It was like listening to a foreign language when they were talking about rolls in the beginning 😂 Never have I felt more American while watching this. Loved it.
Same 😂
Also same 😅
I would love to see you Boys on the roads of England, stopping at towns, cities, and villages trying out the local dishes.
I second that, a road trip through the hidden delights of their own home patch would be great. If it engenders the same joy they got from the Wigan Slappy, how could that not be a thing.
3rd! Please Boys we want to see the best of local UK
Hi from Australia 🇦🇺
Yeah they sometimes go abroad for specials and into London but I don't think I recall them going around the UK?
They do this, I remember this one episode they drove for days for an award winning fish and chips, they even slept in sort of a boat airbnb. Please tell me my memory is correct lol
@@karu6111yes it is correct😊 A great episode.
I'm so happy I am from Wigan and sat down to watch the new video and was caught by surprise . I'm so so happy. Thank you Sorted , just started the video so we'll see how it goes
Amazing! Let us know what you think?
@@SortedFood Finished the video and I must say you have outdone yourself , you have managed to "chef" up an iconic dish without losing any key characteristics. It's a go to feel good food that fills you up through out the day . How you had it was exactly right, gotta have the squish and I know Ben wanted veg but few places do mushy peas but typically served as is. We have a bakery called Galloway's that has won awards for its pies and you can go in and get one within minutes and be back on the road for a hard day's work. It's not trying to be anything it's not , it just tastes good and fills you up and to me that's what foods all about . Only minor criticism , gotta have the crimp but thank you for doing my home town proud
My dad was from Wigan, and this made me happy too.
@@camerondean563 Galloway's is awful 🥺
@@crazyedits50 no I'm not accepting the slander
When I think of British food, I think of 4 things: comfort food, locally harvested meat and produce, exotic spices and war time rationing. All these aspects combine to form traditional British cuisine.
Barry's face when Ben said it was better than a banana was fantastic. 😂
Also, never heard of this, but now it's a life goal to have one.
Didn't they show us how to use the banana peel in an episode?
@jan may did they make vegetarian sloppy joes with them, or am I thinking of something else?
@loriegabidel I believe they used banana peels twice. Once and they didn't like eating it (noodles maybe) and something similar to jackfruit uses
@@janmay3901 Yeah, but it wasn't as a'peel'ing, so they didn't bring it up again.
It only feels right that Jamie was in the kitchen for this video, I don't think anybody else would love what is basically a pie sandwich, more than him! I haven't finished the video yet, but I can only imagine either he asks, or at least thinks, that it needs salad cream on it too!
Being fiji born I am so excited to see you guys do a fijian dish. Such good food.
My suggestions to try making would be Palusami or Rourou (rourou is also known as nawadi).
Oo and breadfruit is amazing ... it can be used as a side or even curried.
Yesss Palusami or Kokoda would be amazing.
@@emilynorman4726 Man the Kokoda served in a coconut would be cool to see.
100% Palusami would be so good!
Absolutely came here to say rourou… taro leaves that need to be cooked for long enough otherwise it makes your throat itchy, but really tasty when done well and a great example of making tasty food from what you have
I also like curried cassava balls as a nod to the mix of Fijian Indian cuisine
Jamie: “How athletic do you think the mascot is?”
Me: “Oh no no no no no….”
Mike: (points at Jamie)
Saw that coming, still laughed my ass off
I’m a northerner and I just want to say, Ebbers knows! Hendos with a meat and potato pie! Well done sorted, smashed it 🫶🏻
As a Lancastrian I never heard of Hendersons til recently. Is it a Yorkshire or North East thing?
@AthynVixen Henderson's Relish is made in Sheffield.
@@AthynVixen Yes hendos was made in Sheffield. That’s where I live. In the train station they have a huge painting of a Henderson’s relish bottle. Also Binghams spreads (and other items) and Simkins (Hard boiled a sweets sold in gold tins) are made in Sheffield. ☺️
Honestly my favourite part of this video is that you can just tell that you guys have been friends for ages. The little side sniggers, sassy comments and come backs are just great! More of that please
Most dishes that sound ridiculous to someone who’s hasn’t eaten it before, turn out to be quite tasty. So this one must be excellent!
Definitely!
The moment when Ben found out the dish made my day. The normals were near bursting with the giggles.
They all looked like they were having so much fun! What a joy to watch. 😄
Since I miss DJOTW, here's one for everyone's Sunday.
What do you call a rude dried grape?
An insultana
thank you for doing the Lord's work
I love things like this that remind us that food doesn't have to be intricate and fancy to be good.
Food is fuel. While most of us are blessed to be in situations that let us be picky, almost every country has a national dish that is best described as "What we had on hand, perfected."
So far we've seen, left over cheese, sugared potatoes, cheap meats, and now a sandwich in a sandwich. Looking forward to other countries as this continues.
Worcester sauce and pickled red cabbage was what we had when my grandmother made a pie in Wigan
Worcester sauce?! Hendos mate 😂
@@CircleThinker That's Sheffield Sauce. Never heard of it till I moved to Sheffield.
I'm a northerner, and my partner from down south keeps laughing at me saying I'd love anything in pastry or in a butty. This shows, I'm right in thinking that
Hi from Australia 🇦🇺 I agree whole heartedly. Pastry or butty its good 👍 its something we have kept from the UK
After watching immediately messaged my friend who lived in Figi for many years and this was her reply to best recipe ideas“ I’d say it would have to be rourou, Ika vaka lolo, beef Kovu or kakoda and side of cassava or taro with everything!” She has sent me recipes and I now have cooking plans for the week. 16:29
The pie is even more important in Wigan than anywhere else in the north. My family are from Wigan, the people are called pie eaters and Wigan has an annual pie eating contest. You can get a Wigan kebab at the chip shop.
I live in Australia and back in my Catholic school days we had a "Marist Special" at my tuckshop. It was a meat pie with mashed potato topper in a bread roll.
Good to know you guys haven't strayed too far from your roots lol.
Not the Marist name drop 😅
Stop it, you're making me so hungry lol
@@amandakluiter9625 what made it the best the pie was it is a mass produced pie, it was a cheap meat pie with like 20% meat and the rest gravy and "pie filler starch" and the mashed potato was the powered mash potato kind on top... Although they are now considering shit pie's of poor quality (even back in the 90s) and you can't even buy them at the supermarket, I miss them these days
Love it, takes me back. I remember being a student and having a meat and potato pie topped with a curry pot noodle lol
Proud to be British 🇬🇧
Haha love it!
Been following you guys for years.. my wife and I jumping in the lounge when Fiji was selected.. we’re from FIJI !
Main ones are:
- Lovo is Fiji’s main dish
- Fish in lolo (Fish cooked in coconut milk
- Kokoda (like ceviche but in coconut milk)
- Fijian chicken curry and roti which is an influence of the Fijian Indian population
- Lolo Buns (buns cooked with Coconut milk)
- Vakalolo (Cassava cake)
As you can see.. coconut milk is a must
Making me want to visit Fiji for this food!! Well, and the country looks pretty damn beautiful too
In my 35 years as a born and bred Wiganer...I have NEVER heard of this being called a "slappy". Only ever a "Wigan kebab" or a "pie balm" 😂 great to see it featured all the same! Great stuff
Being from the North West and the Grandson of a baker it was really nice to see how much you all enjoyed this.
A happy Ben is a happy channel! I thought it was funny for y'all to have gotten England but it was so much fun to watch you discover something that you weren't all that familiar with, yet it had familiar components. You could just tell how happy everyone is but Ben being proud and happy with his efforts takes the cake, or pie. Thank you for a wonderful series!
I went on holiday to Fiji in December and we went to a village market and tried Kokoda. You guys should definitely try it
For Fiji you should do Kokoda or Kuita Vakalolo. Time to get some good seafood into you!
I also came here to suggest Kuita Vakalolo.
Been waiting for this, and can say that it did not disappoint... Also, that's the definition of "anything can be a sandwich," huh?
Wow, that pie would definitely help you get through the afternoon as you're riveting steam locomotives together or doing the brickwork on factory smokestacks! That's a working man's pie right there!
New Zealander here, A kiwi style pie between two slices of bread was my normal lunch at uni!
As a Fijian woman I’ve been hoping they spin for Fiji throughout this whole series. I’m so pumped!
what should they cook though?! Very excited we're (metaphorically) coming to the pacific.
I've got a feeling that Ebbers might be trying Wigan kebabs again. I'm from an area near Wigan and thought people would turn their noses up at it, but to know a chef really likes it, made my day
Scotch Pie in a Roll is a staple too! I put Ketchup or Relish on the bottom. And Mayo and a Cheese Slice on the Top. Lovely.😊
Mike with that finger while looking at Jamie…HILARIOUS! I love that posh hooligan! 😂😂😂
My dad was from Wigan and I had no idea this was a thing… but it involving a pie totally makes sense! I really wish he was still around so I could ask him if this is something he’s had in the past!
I would love a whole series on regional English dishes because there are some real classics and hidden gems
The brits have gone native, and us yanks in the audience are thoroughly confused. Love it.
I’ve seen the whole video and I still think they’re trolling
I can confirm, common attitude here is that any food is better in a sandwich. You wouldn’t believe the things I’ve seen put in a sandwich 😂
95% of Yanks will respond to the challenge by just commenting "lol yeah but Brits don't season anything hurrHURRRhurr" and move on unfortunately
@@xplodinginsect4014 they are not trolling, you guys put hotdog around a pizza do not pretend you're not the exact same kind of mad the brits are ;)
@@ari54x I have never even seen that, but I fully believe you lol.
As an American, I have never in my life herd of this dish... and I don't think I've seen you cook anything on the channel that I've wanted to dive right into more then this! It's... ridiculous but amazing if that makes sense. I think I might need to try and make one of these myself. By the way, still loving this series and the channel in general! Thanks for all the great weekly content!
Trust me, as a person from England
I hadn't heard of it either
I think Baigan Choka would be an interesting Fijian dish to see you all make. This was a very fun video and I just loved the joy on Jamie’s face when he figured out what he and Ben were making and then the joy on Ben’s face as he ate the Wiggin Slappy. 😊
Baingan chokha?? What. it must have indian roots right! Our neighbour state bihar calls this dish of roasted mashed aubergines that. Although we have a different name for it. Lol wtf😂
@@misterkayy yes, south indian cuisine is prevalent in Fiji due to the imported Indians to work the sugar cane farms for the British... I hope they rather stick with more native dishes, tho.
We've got something similar up here in Scotland but we would use something like a morning roll or a nice "well fired" roll or a crispy roll and scotch pie in it and it's lovely...
Made sense to give Jamie the job of dicing because we know how much he loves being precise.
I kept hearing "don't get bored, don't get bored" in my head.
@@kellylaliberte548 Jamie has too much respect for the slappy to take shortcuts.
Appreciate the Henderson’s mention from Ebbers! Completely agree that would complete this.
I am sat here in my flat in WIGAN with the biggest grin on my face I was laughing all the way through and seeing how happy you all are eating the famous Wigan kebab made my day thanks Sorted Food.
Jamie’s cool with chopping and did a great job. Character development or good editing, you decide.
Would be good to do a mini series of local English foods like this, looks great!
One of my personal favourites from Fiji is Panikeke. Which is pretty much like a fried donut ball. Best with butter, jam and a cup of tea. There us so many awesome dishes from Fiji, so im looking forward to the next video
When you started describing this I was reminded of a favorite West Virginia dish, The Pepperoni Roll. It is not a pizza, pizza roll or anything pizza like . You have to try
We will have to have a Google - thank you!
This episode is an absolute delight!
My recommendations for the Fijian recipes are Kokoda, Palusami, or a fish suruwa (coconut curry). 🇫🇯🌴🥥
I love the sound of the fish suruwa.
Lived in Fiji growing up and my fondest food memories are Duruka cooked in coconut milk - it’s a vegetable I’ve never found in the UK or US, kind of crumbly and spongy but delicious. And also shaved coconut roasted with raw brown sugar, so it’s gets almost a burned caramel flavor - I don’t remember if that had a name. Oh, also Lolo Buns: steamed buns made with coconut milk.
if you cook Duruka the right way it can even taste like fish!
Got to say there’s no other way to describe the guys at the end but slap happy.
When they showed the actual dish at the start made me crack up so hard!🤣
I've never seen something so dainty that looks like 6+ different things on top of one another, it killed me so much! Like, _of course_ that's an English thing!
This thing legitimately seems like a good idea. You get a burger-esque thing, but the main design flaw (or feature if you will) of a burger is the 'bite one end, stuff falls out the back', which is taken care of here because everything that isn't the bun is self-contained within the pie. That's not ridiculous, it's actual problem-solving thinking, particularly when considering one's motor-skills are likely already not the best during regular circumstances of eating these (ie drunk out of your mind).
I think this has been my favourite episode of the series so far just because the energy around the studio was so wholesome to watch because you could see how excited they were to make something from our own country that they’ve never heard of or made before and the general happiness and excitement was lovely to watch! I also think this is my favourite video of the series thus far because the purpose of the series was to be able to explore the world and create national dishes from around the world and experience the different cultures but I’m almost entirely positive that nobody would have predicted that the chef who’s developed a successful content provision medium and made a successful brand out of it after doing his training that he’d be tasked with making a northern dish that is carb in a carb in a carb and completely contradicts the teachings he’s provided over the years
These are always fun and I can only imagine how crazy this one will be
Full episode on the brilliance of hendos (aka Henderson’s relish) please!!
British and Irish food just makes me happy. Carbs, potatoes and root veg, some meat and lots of love. This kind of food was ubiquiteous and it was the peasant food that kept us alive a few hundred years ago. Now we can make it with fancier ingredients and more meat but, it is still traditional food that makes us feel connected to the past and is delicious
Between learning about different cuisines and the boys commentary, I'm really enjoying this series!
Very glad you brought this series back, very excited to see the rest of the alphabet
I’m loving the amount of vids that are being released at the moment! It’s like having a TV I actually want to turn on and watch!
I’m making your BULGOGI steak roll as I’m writing this! 😂
I'm in a hotel (away from home for work) at the moment and I've literally turned off the TV to watch this instead. TV sucks compared to Sorted!
Ben saying "it's even better than a banana" came out of no where
All I can think of is the chap on Secret Eaters laughing “Haven’t you ever had a pie butty???” 😮💨😮💨😂
Oh it was so close being Finland!! Fiji sounds interesting too, cant wait! This video was just so heartwarming to watch, the joy of all the boys ❤
The thumbnail is iconic and who knew that the alphabet E was going home to you? I’m very excited to see what happens.
Happy Sunday to SortedFood HQ and the Community!
What are the chances 😂
American here. I have watched you do dishes from all over the world over the course of the last several years...this...this is the most lost I've been.
Italian It's amazing how much the English north and the American south have in common. We don't have anything like this, but I could 100% see it being in an old southern cookbook
Jamie looks so gleeful to Ben’s hesitation 😄
I had one of these for my dinner today, added some blue cheese on top of the pie, so good
A pie is "even better than a banana"😂 Couldn't agree with you more Ben.
Absolutely love this series!!
im not from wigan but my northern town has these too and they taste the best bought from a chippy on your way home from school in the winter. that one you made looks great (almost gormet?) but i'd recommend you try one with a pie from the chip shop because no other pie could ever replicate that. i'd be interested to see you try some other northern dishes, because our meals have a lot of scottish influence and it is almost a different country in terms of cuisine! love this series
YES is the only answer to that , i am a northern girl round my end we go in the chippy and get a split n gravy with a babbys yed on a barm ... hhmmmm
I was in a chip shop in Nairn. My Londoner GF ordered a pie and chips. The frier looked at her and ostentatiously rested the pie upside down to let the fat out. It wasn’t until I moved to the south of England that I realised that pizza wasn’t deep fried in batter (delicious btw).
Can you get a meat and potato pie down south yet? When i lived in and around London the pies were terrible in the chippy, they'd serve them still in a plastic bag.
Did Ebbers say you can’t eat banana peel? I sense a video opportunity since there are a bunch of banana peel recipes out there from different parts of the world. I’m sure Ebbers would love it!
They actually have made a curry out of it before in a previous episode, but I guess he forgot or didn't mention it for brevity's sake.
They've already done one!
I think it was more of a comment that you cant eat the peel in the moment. Like eating the banana with its peel still on, or eating it afterwards. Most of the peel recipes ive seen require you to do something with the peel, not just chew it straight of the banana
@@aldrm002 well yeah... the Peel is rather bitter and hard to chew raw :P
Our parents tell us that when we were children my sister and I were caught trying to steal the bananas and ate them peel and all to destroy the evidence.
Having family that come from the Liverpool/Wigan area and being a northerner myself, this make me very happy.
Just rewatched the first four episodes of this series! Glad you decided to start it back up
It was funny making Ben work it out when all three normals knew 😂
Can you make a video featuring how to use food scraps that we'd normally throw away (the bottom of jars, fruit and veggie cores and peels, etc)?
You can overnight oats with peanut butter jars and pour hot but not boiling water in a marmite jar to add to stocks and gravies.
People looking down on bananas forget bananas have their own a'peel'.
To the community thank you!! This was just a joy to watch ❤
Dozens of Americans are burning their face off with a microwaved Pot Pie stuffed in a Hamburger Bun in 3, 2, 1.............
Hopefully not!
When you're done with "Z", I'd love to see you guys start again at "A".
they can repeat A instead of X if you like
I love this series. So happy to have it back
Great show guys, up in Scotland I always put a pie in a roll.
My wife laughs at me when I do it because her dad always did the same, if it's a scotch pie then loads of brown sauce otherwise if it's any other pie that has gravy in it then just the pie.
Macaroni pie roll... ultimate carb in carb on carb
Can't wait for this series to get to "Q" and they spin the wheel but the only option is Qatar
There was a solid minute in this video of them saying words that I had no idea what they were. They were speaking an entirely different language, so much regional British slang.
More of these!! ❤
This was such a ride xD Honestly I thought this would be a late april fools joke towards Ebbers xD
But now I need to know, is there a northern dish that puts a sausage roll in a hotdog bun? 😂
As a teenager i had a Saturday job in a baker's shop and our treat was a hot sauage roll in a soft buttered roll. This was in the south!
@@linpulver2106 Nice! Honestly I didn't think this would be a real thing xD
Ready for the argument over what various parts of the Uk call a bread roll (spoiler, it’s a bread roll 😉)
Haha yeah.
you just know this dish came about because the pie vendor ran out of napkins but had rolls or a roll vendor close by and bread is always good for catching juices then you can eat it, lol.
I was in Fiji as a child and basically my only memory is helping chase reef fish into a big net with other kids from the resort. The fish were braised with freshly squeezed coconut milk for our lunch, and it was one of the best things 10 year old me had ever tasted. If anyone knows the name of this dish, I'd be very grateful!
Please continue global breakfast! Eid is coming up again in early July maybe do Eid breakfasts/dishes around the world
Finally someone aknowledges that the type of British food people love to mock is just poor/working class as cheap as possible food
When you realise that, the "ha ha funny bri'ish man put potatoes in his bread" becomes "im mocking a poor person for trying to get as many calorie from what they can afford" it suddenly (and hopefully) becomes less funny
Then you realize if you did the same to other countries the same people who thinks it's funny to do to Brits would suddenly be shocked and appalled. Gotta love it!
@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN yup because then you are mocking "exotic" "real" food, because apparently cheaper working class food don't count as real
Ofc being appealed is the right attitude, you just gotta apply it to all arbitrary mocking of food culture, not just when its not working class food (or more likely when you can't tell it is that)
Would love to see more of this!