Chef Reviews Christmas Dinners from Around the World | Sorted Food
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- čas přidán 18. 12. 2023
- Today we explore the amazing Christmas dishes that are eaten around the world in other cultures. James and Mike will review each and then try to guess where in the world they are from.
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Christmas Elves being super mischievous with the video today... thanks for flagging the paused section in the comments. It's why we ALWAYS read the comments... you lot are so quick to help us out! Hopefully trimmed out and fixed now. Should update soon! *if you don't know what we're talking about... it's because it's fixed. Haha
I just thought it was my internet connection. Mines not the best most of the time 😂😂😂
And here I thought CZcams was broken again.
Oh it was really confusing me for a bit. 😂
I wondered what the heck was happening .. nearly restarted the router 😂
What a confusing couple of minutes it was😁 turning my wifi on-off to see what was wrong😂
"this person doesnt smell like barry or jamie" was so cute
Cute? Or just weird? Haha
@@SortedFoodHe didn't try to use his tongue for further identification.
I'm from Germany - The Feuerzangenbowle is more of an older tradition that isn't oftern practiced by today's generation. The main reason why it still is a thing is that there is an old and beloved movie from the 50s called Feuerzangenbowle which is still being broadcast today and which keeps on reminding us of the tradition.
You're spoiling us now. Not only James, but James and Mike, the best Sorted duo! (I love them all though, obviously.)
Merry Christmas!
Personally, James and Janice is the best duo 😂 but James and Mike is my second ❤
James & Kush >
Oh I miss Janice ! Please lads , bring Janice back 😊 !!
@@bexproctor360 She's probably still hung over from the last live event.
"Oh I am an actual chef i forgot" JAMEEESSSSSS 😂😂❤❤ Mike's energy in this video gave me cavities i can only get so charmed
I love how happy Mike was to see James, I’m glad you guys seem to be keeping a solid friendship offscreen. 😊
I felt the same as Mike when I saw James in the video. James, you bring so many of us joy…even when you’re grumpy.
@PeanutPepin same! Always extra exciting when James is back
I've missed James being sassy 🎉
I like sassy James
And pretty, don’t forget pretty 😆
Where's the DISH?
JHERMSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Anyone else noticing a weird editing glitch from 16:24 - 17:26?? I guess they really wanted to hit that 20 minute runtime.
Edit: The error has been fixed yay
Yes, I was wondering about that too. I thought my internet was acting up
Hard not to notice.
Was writing this comment right now, just wanted to check if anyone had comment it before me
Thought it was my phone acting up
honestly i had to scroll too far. i thought the issue was on my end
Being portuguese myself, you don't have any idea how HAPPY I was when I saw that lampreia de ovos!! Glad to see my country represented. BTW anything with a lot of egg yolks and a lot of sugar, it's probably a portuguese sweet created in a monastery or convent
Fios de ovos são obrigatórios no natal
I thought they were going to have Bolo Rei but this was even better
Feuerzangenbowle is delicious, but beware of the hangover. Love to see James back! Such a Christmas treat.
That rum is high ABV... it catches up with you. Even after 'burning' it.
Also, if you haven't, watch the movie with the same name. ;)
@@rolfs2165 Sadly most of the gags only work on german. 🥲 BUT both are part of the german christmas tradition! You can't have one without the other. Also Stroh Rum was chosen, especially because of its high percentage of alcohol.
Oh, yes. It has blessed me with numerous monster headaches.
It is typically made on New Years Eve. Or at student parties.
Feuerzangenbowle is almost the same as homemade glögg (not glogg) =) tho we use brännvin or vodka.
I'm loving the return of James Currie! I hope this isn't just a December thing. And a battle between the 3 chefs (Ben, Kush, and James) against the 3 normals would be epic!
I'd love that, I also think a Beat the Chef tournament type thing could work, with the top chef and top normal competing in the final. There's so many possibilities with an even number of chefs and normals. They could also pair up chef and normal into teams and have them compete across various formats. (A live weekend centring around that would be great.)
Right!? Hoping he's back permanently and/or regularly.
I'd love to see James back 😊
@@jeanneferguson7124 Probably not since he has an actual chef job, he's probably just here for a few episodes this holiday season
😏😏🙃🙃
Happy that Puto Bumbong was showcased in your show today! I hope you enjoyed it 😊
First time I ever guessed right!!
Anytime I see anything that purple i automatically think of the Philippines
@@jensen_z The cheese was a giveaway too
James was quite close too as we have something similar called "Putu Bambu" in Malaysia - rice flour cakes with palm sugar center steamed in bamboo and topped with slighly salted coconut shreds - eaten at any time of the day. I guess that they could similar origins as the "Puto Bumbong" given how similar the names are.
@@nickxandar7720yes! In Indonesia they also have something called Kue putu. What cinches it as a Filipino dish (besides it being purple) is the part about it being for Christmas. The Philippines is a (edit: majority) Catholic country unlike Malaysia and Indonesia so having Christmas traditions like eating puto bumbong and bibingka after super early morning mass, or "simbang gabi" before christmas is very Filipino. For me, christmas food that isn't KFC + asian country = most likely Philippines
The video freezes at 16:23 and the timer continues running.
The moment they raised the cloche with a purple yam topped with cheese I automatically screamed "PUTO BUMBONG!". I was also ecstatic that Mike got it right!
Great video!
Just letting you know that from 16:25 ish - 17:30 ish it just pauses (unsure if its just me but even refreshing the page it still happens) :)
i had the same
Me too
It's most likely a rendering error in post, I have been seeing it in a lot of videos recently
Same
same problem :(
The video pauses from around 16:25 to 17:28
Yay! Feuerzangenbowle! Takes me back to the 1970s here in Germany. It's coming back into fashion again now. Fun fact: The German word for the cone of sugar is the Zuckerhut. The Zuckerhut is the German name for the mountain in Brazil with Christ the Redeemer on top.
Also there is a famous book/film called the Feuerzangenbowle which is an absolute classic comedy from the 1930s.
Love fun facts like that 🤓
Yeah, the movie was something of a German version of the Rocky Horror Picture show back when I was at university - the student union would organise a showing of the picture in the largest auditorium on campus and you would get the drink and people would bring flashlights and old fashioned alarm clocks to use during the scenes in the movies (flashlight when the main character has help with the map from somenone with a mirror). Good times :)
I don't think I have ever had Feuerzangenbowle without watching the movie.
@@robertwernecke2628 Because we can't have one without the other! It the unspoken LAW!😁
Slight correction: The famous statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio sits atop the Corcovado mountain, the Sugarloaf (Pão de Açúcar) mountain is the one with the cable cars going between it and the Morro da Urca besides it.
YAY! James is back again! He brings the sarcasm to the advent!❤❤❤❤
I was gonna say the same, what's the occasion? Not to say I'm upset just sad we haven't been delightedly warned😅
He's never far away!
@@SortedFood YAY
We miss our Ginger
@@SortedFoodand we're all very happy about that 😊
The man, the myth, the legend himself, Chef James Currie is back!
“It might not need butts” such wisdom from James, as always
Hearing Ebbers say Puto Bumbong made me and my mom giggle ^.^ great to see dishes I know and love celebrated and shared 🤗
Everytime I see a "foods from the world" video I feel like I'm missing out on such great dishes!! I want to try everything
Yes, me too! I've been lucky enough to try a few, but the rest are left up to my imagination or the closest approximation I can make with available ingredients and my home-cook skills. My poor family 😂
@ValeTam IKR? And then add in having absolutely zero budget to get to try all this stuff and it makes it doubly painful.
My family had a tradition when I was growing up. Every year we would pick a country, research their traditional holiday foods, and make that our Christmas dinner. It was always so much fun (even if the food wasn't always to our taste 😁). So this was kind of nostalgic. 😊
I somehow expected Ebbers to correctly pronounce Feuerzangenbowle, which - well - he didn't 😂
I am German and absolutely LOVE your channel, you guys are so much fun, really great to see Germany in the "Around the world" series! Your content is awesome, especially considering you are uploading daily at the moment, thank you so much for this Advent calender fun this season, it must have been a ton of work (and fun^^) 😊
That was Simon Whistler level pronunciation.
Try watching videos from Tasting History - he's American but pronounces all the words in other languages pretty much perfectly. I'm always super impressed by him! He even did Chinese words justice. You can tell he put a lot of time into researching not just the history and ingredients, but also all the pronunciations in various languages so that he says them correctly.
If someone wants to try to pronounce it, it should sound a bit like this: "foy-err-tsung-en-bo-le". :-)
The way you guys pronounced Glühwein is actually very accurate and a whole lot cuter than hearing this from locals xD
Love from Germany ❤
As a Portuguese, im happy to see lampreia in here, it's actually really tradicional and i understand why it seems "weird". But at the same time any portuguese only looking by the color can tell that lampreia as not "good" the actual middle was not as the same as ours not even close, but i understand the limitations to recreate something from other country and etc, was still fun to watch the reactions :D But i would love for them to taste an actual Lampreia and Bolo Rei *.*
As Austrians we would say the Feuerzangenbowle originated over here. But you used the perfect rum for this drink :D
You can also buy the Feuerzangenbowle at many Christmas markets in Germany. Its very nice to see the caramelised sugar dripping into the large bowls :) and the extra booze makes you even warmer inside, while standing outside in the cold :)
16:25 - 17:25 is Frozen
I thought I was losing my mind
Yay! PAN DE JAMÓN! 🥰🤤🥓 I haven't had pan de jamón yet this year and I was drooling hehehe it can also have bacon and can also be made with puff pastry, but I like the traditional one with the olives that you take out when you're a kid 😅
video freezes at 16:24 to 17:26
Video stopped around 16:24 until 17:26 after Mike said "It's just pure sugar".
Yes
feuerzangenbowle is an absolute delight if you haven't tried it.They're sold across German and Austrian christmas markets in various forms. Very boozy and warm the insides up on a cold day!
We have a big Feuerzangenbowle event at my university in Germany every year. Basically a big christmas party where it is served for "free" (paid for with tuition fees obviously). Always good fun.
A James and Mike duo! Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! What a treat!
I love that James just randomly came back in two videos without explanation imagine being a subscriber that joined when James already left you would be like who is he? Why is he there? 😂
Honestly having a video to enjoy every day this month has been absolutely wonderful, especially on top of all the logistics involved in doing the live stream. Kudos to you guys and the whole Sorted team for the sheer level of hard work you’ve put into this month. It’s massively appreciated.
Feuerzangenbowle! My grandpa used to make it on New Years Eve. The kitchen went dark and the only light source was the burning sugar cone. Too bad I was too small to taste it, but I always loved the spectacle
i recognized it in a split second. we were on a campsite 60+ years ago in bavaria and some very nice people made feuerzangenbowl and invited my parents. i’ve never seen my father more drunken than at that occasion 😂
Yea, it's that sugar! It makes you underestimate the amount of alcohol you're actually imbibing
You guys should totally do a budget Christmas snack episode, nothing fancy, just the pure basics that any normal would have in their pantry.
Feuerzangenbowle is an absolute must have at our place every year! It's one of my favourite christmas traditions to get together with my brother, two of my cousins and one's boyfriend each year to make it and have a karaoke night😊 and one time many years ago my father almost burned down our table because he didn't stop adding rum 😂
THANK YOU SORTED FOR FEATURING MY FAVORITE DISH PUTO BUMBONG ❤ Nowadays it can be served year round but it is more featured during Xmas season because Ube crops are more prolific during this time.
Actually puto bumbong uses pirurutong or black/purple rice not ube traditionally and the reason it's featured during christmas is because it serves as the breakfast food of farmers after simbang gabi. A form of carbohydrate loading before working the day in the fields. This was done during the spanish colonial period.
Using ube or purple food coloring was done in later years much later than when the tradition of serving it around Christmas so the ube crops being prolific are completely unrelated. 😊
(Edit: spelling)
Feuerzangenbowle is actually a really common christmas movie too! Mostly the older generation since its from 1944 but still, very liked by older folks!
Also I just learned that Stroh 80 is Austrian. No one drinks it here, it's more of a challenge because of its 80% alcohol and _not good_ taste
Thank you for featuring puto bumbong!
There is another Christmas food item we call it Bibingka.
I got the Philippines right. I was teally far away from Venezuela as I guessed Germany, and Sweden for Germany and Greece for Portugal. What fun! This month has been incredible. I hope guys have a super blessed Christmas!
Does the video totally freeze for anyone else from 16:24 to 17:26?
Yes
Glad to see Portugal here, even if it's with a dish I don't like at all 😅 Funnily enough, James was not that far off when he thought that pan de jamón was Portuguese, was we have a somewhat similar dish (enriched bread with meats and cold cuts) called Bôla de Carne, which can also be made to use leftover meat and cold cuts.
I’ve missed James! There should be a ‘how is James doing’ update we love our favourite ginger man
Video freezes around 16:50
As soon as I saw the Lampreia I started laughing just imagining the reactions. Did they even try it though? I only saw them trying the “fios de ovos”, the egg strings surrounding it😂
The Feuerzangenbowle is a cultive thing.
You never drink it without:
1. someone mentioning how a steamengine works.
2. mentioning the need for valerian in the family.
3. remembering how to be a "great student"
It's always great seeing James back. I bet Janice misses him too. 😂
Ooh, so nice to see Feuerzangenbowle!! It is very much a tradition in our household! Just a pity that you couldn’t film how beautiful it looks, because the flames are blue.
We always use Stroh 80 (80% alcohol rum) because it is the only rum strong enough to burn long enough.
One cup of the resulting drink is enough for everyone though… 😂
The only reason I knew the last one was because of Max Miller Tasting History. He did a great video on the candied egg strands.
The story of pan de jamón I've always heard is that it was first made by a portuguese baker (many bakeries in Caracas are owned by portuguese immigrants). The bakery was struggling and his wife told him it was because he was making stuff for the portuguese market, he had to change. So in desperation he tried to mix savory and sweet, which is really popular in Caracas. Olives and raisins are already part of the main dish on Christmas eve, hallacas, which are also a bit sweet in Caracas. So pan de jamón has Christmas flavors and became an integral part of our Christmas dinners.
Thank you for letting us play along!
2:36 I guessed Italian as well…
5:32 I don’t like mulled wine, but this is such a fun thing to have on a feast table 🤩
10:27 As an Indonesian, I knew right away where it’s from because we have something similar to that although we don’t necessarily relate it to Christmas.
18:39 These sweetened egg yolk threads can be found in Southeast Asia as well, so I thought it must be from an ex-Portuguese colony, but probably not in Southeast Asia since _puto bumbong_ was already there. The answer nevertheless kinda surprised me 😅
I immediately thought of _kue putu_ as well! And since it's purple in this version, also thought of the Phillipines 😂
@@andieluke1366 IKR? While there are versions of _kue putu_ with purple yam as well, but the Filipino version is slightly different, the color deeper and the flavor heavier. I think it’s because they add butter in their _puto bumbong_ while ours is made without. Although I have seen _putu bambu_ with cheese topping as well.
Yeah, while it is a treat to have in Xmas in Philippines, it's not really something specific to that holiday here either. Often have it with butter rather than condensed milk on top. Different regions do top it differently though so you'll find some with and without cheese, come heavier because of using rice or just a powdered mix and so on. Though yeah, I'm sure many other SEA countries have a variation but the presentation of it is very Philippines, so it was easy to tell even on the thumbnail 😂
@@ulrickai yeah, I kinda understand. Most of the stuff we serve for Christmas and other festivals are the same stuff we eat in daily life, probably just different in serving size and variety.
YEP - my guesses for the purpley rice-cake dish definitely included Indonesia, though I've not been there (yet?).
Oh man! Since James is around for a few videos, I am really hoping we get a kitchen gadget or ingredient review. His review/reaction was always great to watch.
100% I hope so!
Really nice seeing you try something from Portugal! I spent most of the video thinking you could feature Bolo Rei or Bolo Rainha, both are very traditional Christmas treats in Portugal and I was really surprised and happy when you revealed the Lampreia de Ovos =) Merry Christmas to the entire SortedFood team!
Eu sendo brasileira não conhecia a lampreia de ovos. Mas os fios de ovos são obrigatórios como "enfeite" do empratamento das carnes natalinas. Normalmente comprados nas padarias.
Bolo Rei ou Bolo Rainha ou ainda Rosca de Reis esses eu conheço 😅
Feuerzangenbowle can also often be found at medieval themed christmas markets. You are often able to watch it being made in the back of the stall.
I love that they show the gastronomy of my city, I am from Caracas, don't let James be sad, in fact he has the right idea, the vast majority of bakers and bakeries in Caracas are of Portuguese influence
We do have a thing in Portugal that is reminiscent of that, but there is no mixing of sugar/sweetness and savoury. It is savoury, "bôla de carne".
I only managed to guess the last dish coming from Portugal because Max Miller of tasting history did a video making the sugar egg noodles a few months ago!
Mr. Currie is back! Great vid to wake up to after working third shift. Cheers gents!
You used STROHRUM?? Holy hangover. Feuerzangenbowle is sometimes available in little mugs with attached metal holders for a sugar cube you douse in rum, set on fire and then release into the mug. So good, but my fave is lumumba.
As a German, I immediately recognised the Feuerzangenbowl! Funny thing is, there's a very old German film called "Die Feuerzangenbowle" starring Heinz Rühmann (no color, only black and white) about a famous young novelist who goes back to school. When meeting up with his friends on New Years for a Feuerzangenbowle (thus the title of the film), all his friends talk about the fun they had during their school times and how they pranked their teachers (note: they're all men, so they went to an all-boys-school where all teachers were exclusively male as well, those were the days - it's set in the early 20th century, likely before WW1, but I'm not sure).
When the young novelist reveals that he only ever was privately tutored, his friends resolve to make him go back to school in order to finally have this crucial experience. So he enrolls in the graduation class of an all-boys-school. (you usually were 19 or even 20 when you graduated from school back then, and especially young men were seen as grown up, so it's more comparable to our uni years nowadays rather than high school)
All the teachers in this timeless comedy are absolutely iconic. I don't think there's a single teacher at that school who is normal.
This is back when frontal teaching was still a thing, and teachers punishing their students was considered necessary and important.
So it's both funny and a window into another time. Sure, by modern standards the depiction of relationships between men and women are ... improvable.
But I think everyone can at least to some degree relate to the fun, annoying, boring, etc. teachers that are shown here.
Also, it's pronounced more like "Foyer-tsung-un-bow-luh" in German, if you want to be pedantic, with the stress on the first syllable. :D
The channel is giving madd love to the Philippines and I am here for it. 😍
I mean, what other country starts Christmas in September
@@MuriKakari hahaha truuuuuue
Nice video. Keep up the good work, happy holidays!
Wait, you guys are going to do an OOPS! ALL CHEFS version of pass it on? The 3 boys (Ebbers, James, and Kush) plus someone? Maybe Poppy? Even just the 3 of you would be awesome, but it will be cool to see you all under duress without having "normals". It had beter be judged to at least a somewhat higher standard! I'm excited!
Love Christmas themed Sorted videos
This is series is the hardest to see without feeling so jealous of you guys! lol. every dishes looks amazing! thanks for taking such good care of describing them for us !
We make Feuerzangenbowle each year, and it's a big tradition in my family. As a kid, I remember sitting in the dark room with the whole family talking, enjoying the time together watching the Zucker burn. Frohe Weihnachten /Merry Christmas from Schwabia Germany.
Love seeing James back!!!
Pan de Jamon - I like the idea. I can also see where it reflects in my Christmas Turkey/Stuffing/Cranberry Chelsea buns a la Paul Hollywood. I've made them every year for nearly a decade and my family have declared them as almost as non-optional as the previous day's turkey and trimmings.
Always nice to see James back and having fun with y'all!
This my first Christmas with you and I have enjoyed myself. Thank you x
More James! A true Festivus miracle!
LOVE to play this game with you guys! Always so much fun! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
What a great Christmas pressie....Another James video!
I love these segments! Nice James addition.
I'm ridiculously proud of myself for guessing two exactly right lol. I got the puto because I know Filipenos love sweets with cheese on and the egg eel thing because I remember hearing egg threads dropped in sugar syrup is a really traditional Portuguese dessert that they loved and took with them wherever they traded and colonised.
This series is amazing and so informative. I love seeing all of the dishes, and especially in the lore and history behind them. I hope it doesn't ever stop!
A video every day is SO awesome!!! Been loving it since day 1.
I love this so much guys grate work 👏👏
Feuerzangenbowle is a yearly tradition in my family. My parents invite friends over. The event of the Feuerzangenbowle usually happens after a small food intake, nothing special, for january my mother has planned an onion tart. After the food, we switch off all the lights and do the Feuerzangenbowle in darkness, then you can see the blue flames from the alcohol burning.
Than of course is a lovely memory of my childhood. Have a look into one of Germanys classic black and white movies called "Feuerzangenbowle", where friends come together and think about the hypothetical idea of one of them going to college (he was schooled privatly) and playing fast and loose with the professors.
James episodes are the best Christmas gifs by Sorted🎉
Great work guys and Sorted team! Always a pleasure to welcome James back to the channel! ❤❤❤
James the best looking and smelling. 😂😂
So nice to have see so much of james again.
Thank you for gracing us with your presence.
I had Feuerzangen-bowle at the Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg, it was early in on a cold morning, absolutely delicious. That turned into a good day, from what I can somewhat remember?? 🥴🤣 The rum was 54% alcohol apparently?
Love getting these awesome videos everyday!
Maybe in the future you can do a hot chocolate from around the world video!
Ooooo! That’s a great idea!
Yes great idea 😊
This video a day Christmas special has been honestly so lovely thank you guys for bringing good laughs and that festive spirit to the world it really helps getting into the Christmas vibe! All the best and keep up the great work it’s certainly appreciated!
I just love this videos of trying food and guessing from around the world, from you guys and from mythical has to be my favorite series 😁
Happy Christmas. This advent of videos was fantastic.
Love these videos and the playing along taking guesses!
Feuerzangenbowle is a great tradition where I live and a nice opportunity to visit and discover the real Munich aside from the overly crowded Oktoberfest. On the same cite the Oktober takes place there is a huge christmas market festival every year (tollwood) that even sells Feuerzangenbowle in special cups with a little plateau on the side for a burning miniature sugar cone that drips into your cup directly (better wait for it to burn down if you want to keep your eyebrows 😅)!
Love it how sorted videos always come out around the time I get hungry. Meaning I get to eat tasty food while watching videos about tasty food
Puto bumbong is my favourite esp around the holidays! I don’t live in the philippines anymore and they’re hard to find where i live, but i was all smiles and very much kilig when mike got it right
The way Ben pronounced Feuerzangenbowle is just amazing, I didn't know it could be pronounced that wrong, so good job. xD
Woohooooo, not only is my fav James back but the also had the pleasure of trying the Feuerzangenbowle with Mike. My lovely nan always made it for christmas, and now i took over the tradition. My welsh Husband loves it :) Thank you guys, and have a happy Christmas 🎉
So good to have James back! Always love the confidence (even if very rarely wrong :P)
Great to see James.❤
My family's puto doesn't have cheese on it but we've absolutely seen other families who do use cheese on theirs! So awesome to finally get to see one of my family favourites on the show!
I got super excited immediately recognising Feuerzangenbowle. Super fun to make and super tasty!