Americans First Time Trying Haggis!
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- In his video, we, as Americans, try haggis for the very first time! we also tried a few other iconic British things.
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Did you know that the haggis has one leg shorter than the other to help it run along the slopes of Scottish mountains more easily?
There are actually two distinct species - left and right legged. They never interact.
If your American you'll probably believe that, what Haggis is The insides of a sheep
@@charlesverrier4008 See Scotland History Tours channel, Haggis Dogs video.
@@alansmithee8831 I’ll take a look. Love your movies…
and they lay Scotch eggs.
I have never seen anybody chew alcohol before!
Glad we got the comedy routine of Americans eating with cutlery though!
u visit scotland try scottish food and down it with irish beer shamefull lol
@@thomasskinner2259 well to be fair, brewdogs to much for a first timer, and tennants makes guiness look like holy water
My American friend who.I met at university in1985 love British pies. She stayed in the uk until 94, still comes to visit her hubby 's family.
She bought British pie dishes, and makes the steak and ale, chicken and mushroom and so much more.
In usa, tend to eat fruit pies but remember e an Apple pie came with the colonists, we be been making those for 1000 years at least.
There are more varieties of apples grown in the uk than anywhere else in the world.
I love pies 😋 My favourite is " steak and kidney" l am very capable of making good pies !! But you can't buy kidneys from the supermarket or am l wrong ??
@@seanhopton. can buy kidneys at a butchers 👍
@@helenagreenwood2305 Probably.😊
@@seanhopton. Supermarket, I doubt it ref. Kidneys. You can't buy bones either, to make stock to make soup and stew. Stock cubes, just don't work.
@@iriscollins7583 You can't beat the old way of making stock by using the bones !!!
So funny watching you about to taste the food as if you're about to be poisoned and then being surprised it tastes nice 😜 Still find it odd watching Americans hacking away at their food with a fork when they have a perfectly good knife provided.
They seem unable to use 2 pieces of cutlery at the same time, but you have to remember they are still a relatively young nation, it takes a long time to become civilised!!
Weird isn't it !
The only part of those meals that remotely requires a knife is the pie. All the rest can very easily be eaten with just a fork.
@@citizenpb or a spoon
@@Violet-to4qq and even weirder the way they seem to cut their food with the fork in the left and knife in the right, then set down the knife, switch the fork into the right hand and eat. So weird.
A big pat on the back for your brother for his encouragement. You're very brave Ethan trying something new.
But the face you made was very funny! 🤣
You’re not a wimp Ethan, my 4yo niece has the same reaction to a sip of Guinness and she’s pretty tough :P
You allowing a 4 year old to drink is child abuse plain n simple. You should not have your niece along with you if at all in your company at all
@@healingandgrowth-infp4677 It was a joke. Get a grip Karen.
What’s wrong with a child taking a wee sip or two??? That’s how we learn. Further, what’s wrong with YOU; do you imagine the child is drinking pints! You owe Graeme an apology for making such an absurd, and over the top remark.
@@healingandgrowth-infp4677 Calm down it was most likely a JOKE and if it wasn't, a tiny occasional sip of alcohol won't hurt anyone and you sound unhinged, calling someone a child abuser! Especially considering it was probably just a joke. Get a grip.
@@healingandgrowth-infp4677 Get ém hooked early.
You guys are so innocent and sweet, trying beer for the first time! I love it, warms the soul.
If any city could corrupt innocent Mid Westerns into drinking a pint, it would be Glasgow 😵💫
@@trespire Cannot tell if deliberate or typo; but either fits
I don’t think Guinness was a good beer to start with
So easily impressed...........
I love this channel! Not only are you trying new things but you are also clearing up some misconceptions. It's bloody brilliant!
When you said this place is more for seniors and then they played Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”… I guess I’m a senior now. 😳😅 Your beer trying face expressions were hilarious. I guess, it’s how a child would react if he expects lemonade and sips a beer by accident. 😀 It’s not for everyone.
Yeah I forgot they said that; I was expecting something with plastic table cloths and a veteran's discount...
@@gwaptiva 😂
I thought the same thing! XD
I was wondering about that too, as I enjoyed Cutting Crew's 'I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight' in the background....😅. It looked like an ordinary family pub for all ages to me, but I'm 47 so I'm not in the first flush of youth. Usually if they have a restaurant in the pub, they're a bit calmer, less likely to get rowdy. The 'rougher' pubs in my town attract seniors as well as youngsters🤣
At the start of the video that is ensuring the place can be used by wheelchair users. It’s not specific to elderly and it is law.
Your first ever beer and you get Guinness 😂 it’s like someone who’s never done drugs before going straight heroin
Guinness has iron in it.
They used to tell pregnant women to drink it back in the day.
I was at school a girl in my class who had juvenile arthritis actually had Guinness prescribed to her by her doctor.
Yep. Guinness or Mackeson. I've known both be recommended by doctors.
First beer and you start with a PINT of Guiness! Braaave people! and the food looks soooo great! Steak pie is the food of choice of the Scots on New Year's Day but also very comforty at other times.
Neeps and tatties.
Only started watching your videos the last couple of days when I saw your visit to Edinburgh. I live in England but travel there once a month with work and really like it there. Since then I’ve watched all your videos and the journey since being called innocent American. Love them all. Keep up the good work and come and visit Liverpool sometime
Five more videos just of Ethan drinking Guinness please.
I do love you guys, you're both so sweet and genuine, keep doing you and never change 💪
Guinness is a "stout" beer. Which was traditionally thought to be a health drink. Most traditional beers and ciders take a while to get used to, before you really appreciate them. Back in the 1970s cider was my gateway drink before moving on to draught beer. In the days before "alco-pops" were a thing.
I was in a motorcycle accident and for some reason the hospital put me on the geriatric ward. I was shocked on my first evening when the nurses came round handing out small cans of Guinness. Even though I was in a bad way - almost lost my arm as well as other injuries - it was my favourite stay in hospital.
Likewise for me in the 80s. I went through uni drinking cider, although it was an agricultural college, some of the ciders they had were quite potent. Then I joined a Rotaract club (under 30 and mixed version of Rotary Club) and we had a trip to the Samuel Smiths real ale brewery in Tadcaster Yorkshire and in short, I've never looked back and I now love real ale.
@@brian9731 Not forgetting drinking "lager top", or lager and lime.
I prefer Sweetheart Stout. Less bitter.
You have done well, guys, another very enjoyable vlog. Hilarious watching you try these new foods. Be careful with the cider - tastes sweet but can be lethal!
First thing I got drunk on was cider I was just swigging it back like soft drink Never felt so ill I still like it but I've never got drunk on it again
You guys are so adorable. From the hesitancy to try the beer, to the commentary on the food starting at 7:56 with the soft music. Really appreciate your chilled out, slow paced videos. Makes a nice change from most shouty youtubers. :)
walking into that noise I would have turned round and left immediately
I bought a whole lamb, and made my own haggis. It's a masterpiece of a dish.
Wow never had a beer before that's really surprising, how old are you guys? Guinness is not the one to start with 😂 you have to build your way up to that from something light.
I’d say Guinness is a fairly easy beer to start with. It doesn’t taste of alcohol and it’s creamy and not very bitter
Give them a break - they're Americans! They could be used to American "beer". Remember the Monty Python sketch: Why is American beer like making love in a canoe? They are both f close to water.
Yeah I totally agree
You either like it or you don't I don't think you have to "start" anywhere lol
@@morganetches3749 Don't talk so daft!! When i was 16 my older brothers took me out on my first bender, and told me drink Guinness it doesn't get you drunk🙄i was pissed for days, my mum went mad!!Besides beer in America is more of a alchoholic soft drink, its more like soda pop, Americans can't drink strong beer, they have a very child like sense of taste
It is always funny to see how you Americans eat with a fork in the right hand. It looks really weird!
The orange stuff with the haggis is called "neeps" in Scotland (turnip/swede). What you would call "rutabaga" in the US.
Neeps are swedes and are rutabaga (Brassica napus). Although they look similar to turnips they are from different "families". Swedes have a sweet orange flesh, whilst turnips are white and used for feeding cattle and sheep.
I love both the haggis and Beef and ale pie, but my favourite pie is Steak and Kidney pie. Don't know if you've tried it yet
but i bet you would love it. Great Video yet again.
I love you two, you are so up for new experiences, and your enthusiasm is infectious!
Used to be our staple food when my (future) wife and I were at university. Haggis cottage pie, Haggis spaghetti bolognese, a nutritious meal that could feed a house full of students for a few pounds.
I still have haggis regularly and now we grow the vegetables.
A company used to make Haggis pizza. It was fantastic. I don't know if they still make them. Asda used to sell them but I don't have an asda near me now.
Haggis cottage pie is amazing!!
@@ladykaycey I had one in Edinburgh. Had a haggis burger as well, it was too much imo lol
@@TheLozzbozz the Haggis pizzas I had were delicious but I'm afraid I've never tried a Haggis burger. It doesn't sound too appealing lol
@@ladykaycey it was too much, it was like it was the savoury version of being too sickly 😂
I totally agree, Guinness is gross. Love haggis though, fun fact haggis's have longer legs on one side so they can stand up straight on mountainsides.
Right side has the long legs
@@Maggiejane41 surely it depends if it is a clockwise, or anti-clockwise haggis
@@davidturner1398 true, depends what hill they were born on.
Some are lefties and the others are wrongies
Hello Ethan and Angela. It reminded me of my friend and I finding an Irish pub in Portland, Oregon and after a few Guinness finding a Chinese restaurant for a substitute for a curry (Mongolian beef).
Pity you were not here longer to get used to pub culture.
I love Dark Fruits (cider)
I'm with Angela - I love mash and gravy 👍
Pub meals are definitely comfort food - steak and ale pie - lasagne - bangers (sausages) and mash 😋😋😋
Haggis is one of those things where you just have to forget the ingredients when you try it. I didn't try black pudding for years because I heard it was made from blood. As soon as I tried it, I loved it. I don't mind haggis but it's definitely not one of my favourites.
Guinness is the drink of the gods though. I'm not surprised you didn't like it as you're not drinkers but I prefer it to lager. If I'm in a pub it's either ale, Guinness or whiskey
I'm English but have lived in Luxembourg for thirty five years.
While in Australia I ordered a Steak and Ale pie. When it arrived I cut through the flaky pastry top, to find a layer of mashed potato beneath it.
I thought I had died and gone to heaven! Thank you Australia!!!!
hey guys just started watching your videos, I'm loving the fact that your in Scotland on a visit as I'm from Glasgow, hope u both have a lovely time here. enjoy.👍
You guys did so well trying new stuff - I was just as suspicious when my friend took me out in Georgia for shrimp & grits and iced tea! I drew the line at alligator nuggets though - too chewy!
Eating grits once was enough for me The Georgia shrimps sound nice though
A great many years ago I went to Ireland, Cork, with my local rugby club for our easter tour. I tried Guinness, Beamish and Murphys. All similar drinks. The real connoisseurs will hate me for this :) but I could not tell the difference and hated them all. A colleague of mine at the time had been told by her doctor that she should try and drink a half a pint of Guinness about twice a week as it has lots of iron in it and she was slightly iron deficient. She says she struggled for months, but persevered and by then said she was okay with it, but would never love it. Guinness was probably not the best thing you could have tried as a first attempt at beer, but good on you for trying.
Pregnant women would drink stout for health reasons in the not too distant past.
Theres a massive difference between those 3, its easy to tell them apart.
@@christianbuczko1481I couldn't. And I was drinking in Cork, so I'd like to hope they were all properly stored, served, etc.
@@_starfiend strange, unless they figured you wouldnt know the difference and gave you the same thing every time. Beamish especially looks different, and murphy's is creamier than guinness, although its similar in basic flavour.
Well done you stepped out and tried something different. That’s what travelling is all about. Otherwise you might as well just stay home.. I wish more ppl would have the opportunity to do this.❤️
Did you like haggis?
The Scots told me the quality varies a lot.
I always take advice from the locals.
And I never go to tourist spots like for example Edinburgh Castle neighbourhood.
In London I never go anywhere near food outlets in tourist areas, neither do any of my friends.
Well done for being prepared to try new things! Personally I like haggis and Guinness but both are a matter of taste. I thought serving a sauce with the haggis was a bit odd; normally you would just have it, mashed potato and bashed neaps (=swede) with perhaps a small helping of another vegetable such as peas. Remember that although it's romanticised as the Scottish national dish, and consumed with great ceremony on St Andrew's Day and Burns Night, it was originally a way for a poor farmer's family to make an appetising winter meal out of left over bits of sheep. The steak and ale pie looked good and is representative of a lot of pub food north and south of the border.
No way was that pub more made for seniors, not given it plays very loud music and broadcasts live NFL games. The stair lift was there purely to help disabled people access the pub. UK law has the Equality Act. It makes public premises legally bound to take all the reasonable positive steps they can to ensure disabled people can receive exactly the same access and services as everybody else.
Remember pal, they're in Glasgow, their seniors party harder than the youth!!
@@stu2333 Yer true. 😂
I’m glad you guys enjoyed yourselves!!!
Magners cider is lovely over ice.
I’m Glaswegian and have lived here my entire life. Never eaten haggis or drank Guinness (which is Irish) but good on you for trying it ☺️
I recommend haggis home cooked or rather boiled it is much nicer than pub versions chip shop versions use to b good. I prefer it with mash n baked beans too.
I love my haggis neeps and tattys (haggis, turnip and potato) such an easy meal to make and tastes great.
Top tip about the Guinness tho. My partner is northern Irish but stays with me in Glasgow. He says the Guinness hear generally tastes bad or at least not as good because not enough people drink it generally therefore it sits in the lines too long. He only drinks Guinness when he goes back to Northern Ireland
If you don't see lots of others drinking Guinness in a place, don't touch it. IF you really want to try a Guinness! Try it in a Dublin pub.
I agree. Having had Guinness in many places you cannot beat a pint from the place of origin! It doesn’t travel too well
@@MrJckDoo Aye, and be prepared to pay an and a leg for the stuff !!
@@blackbob3358 Well if you consider €4.50 an arm and a leg, yes. Unless you want to be able say you gad a pint in Temple Bar, you will pay up to €8.50 there. But the ordinary bars and lounges are not expensive. I fact in parts of Galway and Killarney you can get it for €3.90
We live in the south of England and enjoy haggis on Burns Night with tatties (mashed potatoes), mashedcarrots and swede and gravy. I have also made cottage pie and scotch eggs with haggis.
My drink of choice when younger was half draft Guinness, I could not drink it quickly so I could enjoy a good night out and not get bladdered!
I hope you enjoying your trip!
Lol! Watching Ethan's expression when trying Guinness was hilarious!!!😂
Do you know? In a lemonade glass, (Small Class) if you half fill it with Guinness "from the the bottle" and the rest of the way with milk and a spoon of glucose, you have one of the best tonics you will get.
As a foreigner I actually loved huggis the first time I tasted. We had it as an English learning group of teens during our UK culture classes. It was cooked by our local Scottish culture center. And after I had it in Scotland three times. Loved each and every one of them. It's been many years since then and watching your Scotland videos I kinda miss it the most.
14 likes for someone who can't spell, brilliant 👏
@@christianking3915 I bet you point and laugh at disabled people in the street too.
@@christianking3915 I like the 'Huggus' it's a friendly tame version of the wild Haggis.
@@christianking3915 so petty.
@@Thurgosh_OG I'm sorry, I didn't read what I'd actually written. I've corrected it since. Spell check sometimes comes in handy, but quite often it suggests something you've had no intention to write. You just tap and proceed. And then you are as surprised as anybody. That's why speaking English comes much easier for me than writing.
I love Ethan asking what the best way to drink a drink is 😂
love these vlogs honestly, if you go on a different holiday anywhere else, if the videos are like this, even if its not the UK you go too, I would watch them!
The lift doesn't denote an older clientele. Accessibility laws require all businesses to facilitate access to disabled or infirmed people.
It'll be to get the Rabs downstairs at closing time
Oh, dear, Ethan, you have just slurred Ireland's national beverage (after tea.) 🤣 cider can have you on your ear fast and can lead to a wicked hangover. Haggis can be an acquired taste. It is oats in it, not wheat. The 'neeps' you would know as rutabaga.
Indeed, beer goes to the head, whereas a really wicked cider knocks out yer central nervous system - you can feel sober in your head, but your body belongs to someone else! 😂
Whiskey would be up there aswell
You made my day,just to see Ethan’s face.
Yep! Got a feeling this video could go big for that. Top entertainment!
Just randomly subscribed to your channel, you two are cool!
O thank you!
So cool you had a open mind and tried it and liked it. 👍
Kudos for trying the haggis. My Uncle used to attend all the annual Robbie Burns day dinners here at home in Winnipeg. It’s very ceremonial. The haggis is always “piped” in. I on the other hand was never brave enough to try haggis… lol.
At least your haggis would have been from a real recipe in Canada, not like the 'adjusted' ones you get down in the US.
Nothing worse than a pub blaring out music at a crazy volume when it's only lunchtime!!
I hope you had a chance to see a bit of Glasgow, when I first moved up to Scotland (almost 30 years ago) I was wary of going as the anti-English thing was pretty bad. However I always felt safe in Glasgow, people were very friendly and I even stayed in the Euro Hostel one weekend alone (I went for a conference). When my daughter was ill and spent 7 weeks in Yorkhill Children's Hospital the rest of the family were given a flat to stay in until she was well enough to go home. We spent a lot of time taking the other children to museums etc (one parent stayed in the hospital and we alternated). I love Glasgow, it is my favourite city and I miss it now that I live further north.
When you were in the UK did you try Toad in the Hole(which is sausages cooked in the oven covered in a Yorkshire pudding batter)?
For goodness sake why can't Americans use a knife and fork?!! Music was far too loud in that place. Not sure what you meant place was made for seniors?!
"Hard cider" (we just call it "cider" in the UK as we don't really do non-alcoholic cider) does NOT have vodka in it! Cider naturally contains alcohol from the fermentation of the apples.
That looked like a fruit cider, though..
@@wessexdruid7598 All cider is fruit cider! Apple is a fruit... and the "fruit cider" you are talking about is made from apples with other fruits added. Still alcoholic though!
@@calibrax I drink cider. Made from English apples. Heinous people add other fruit to it and THEY call it 'fruit cider'.
A bit like the Belgians and their fruit beers.
@@calibrax most flavoured ciders such as Dark Fruits tend to be pear cider as the base before other flavours are added.
I love Guiness, but my 1st pint was a struggle to drink, but the 2nd pint was superb.
This was at a time when chilled Guiness was not available. I prefer room temperature Guiness, but will drink both.
Good to see you both in Glasgow, I work in city chambers about 10 minutes from there behind George Square....haggis rules man..spent a few great nights in that pub too...used to be a Yates's Wine Lodge and was a wild place.. welcome to Glasgow.
You can ask them to turn down the music if you would like, quite often they will
I remember my first Guinness, my god it seemed soo bitter and strong after a while I actually found that other lagers/beers were weak flavoured compared to it and preferred Guinness as my go to drink and I'm not a big drinker by any means, but now I get a migraine from it for some reason, so have gone back to weaker lagers/beers
A lot of Brits have never tried Haggis. Myself included. Very brave of you!
You should, it's really good.
You don't have to be brave. I am a very fussy eater but love haggis, neeps and tatties.
Bloody love haggis.. 👍
Really don’t get how anyone except a vegan could be scared of it honestly
“Maybe it’s a kind of comfort food thing” - yep, that sums up a lot of British food, warm, hearty ,comfort for the cold, rainy days.
Well, most of England would give anything right now for the "cold rainy days"!
The eastern side of England is very very dry, as rain comes in from the West, and
usually dissipates as it goes East. I have lived in England most of my life and
just dont recognise those who describer it as wet and cold! Maybe changed location!
@@marycarver1542 I’ve lived in the S.E all my life, I know all about the heat…..but we are still far wetter than many countries.
If you're going to try haggis again I would recommend ordering chicken Balmoral ( haggis stuffed in chicken breast served with either whisky or peppercorn sauce). Its very delicious like that.
Sounds it. Must try.
That does sound quite excellent to be fair and i’m a Scot 😁 never had it
I always thot it was a lot like stuffing this makes sense that it would be good
Guinness is an "acquired taste" and probably not the best pint to start with! :) Though once you've acquired the taste, you'll love it. Though you really have to try it in Dublin, where it's made!!!
It has a lot of iron in it. Not sure if they still do, but they used tell you to drink small amounts of it after giving blood up to relatively recently to replace the iron in your system
Yes. Guinness was my grandmother's favourite tipple. She was a pretty decent nutritionist. Once she started driving an Austin 10, my uncle - a garage mechanic - advised her on cutting back! He said it would relax her TOO much!
`Guinness is good for you` or so they used to say 😅
problem is, Americans don't get "irony".........I'll get me coat.......
@@panchopuskas1 uUuuhhhhgggh!
@@panchopuskas1 TAXI!
Wow that place: I don't think I would have stayed if the music was THAT loud. Kudos for concetrating with the afternoon disco in the background :O
It's lovely that you were able to share this experience with ethan's brother
Did you go out and catch the haggis yourself. Tricky buggers to catch.
🤣🤣🤣
Scottish History Tours on CZcams has a video on the Scottish haggis hunting dog, worth a watch for a laugh 😂
@@lilyliz3071 yeah we found it easier to get the dogs too chase the haggis downhill makes it easier to catch at the bottom when it trips over its tiny front legs.😂
Ha. Used to do that on Skye with the kids when on holidays there. Never caught one but close once.
Easier if you speak to the haggis in Gaelic.
Oh I hate beer, and guiness is really bitter. A lager and lime or a lager shandy is much more palatable. Cider would be my choice too lol
It looks like Nathan doesn't care for turnip (swede) 🙂
Same for me. I do drink beer, and I like many, but Guinness is definetly not my taste! There are many cool small breweries in Scotland, and I tried and did like many beers there, but by default I will go for a good cider.
I love haggis , up until a few years ago apart from burns night it was not easy to get Haggis at the supermarkets in the South of England , luckily now it is more available the whole year round and some Waitrose stores stock it and I try to have it once a month . If they dont have the meat one the veggie one is just about passable although of course not the same . I love it with mashed swede with added ground pepper and butter , and lots of gravy and of course the mashed potato . From memory in the UK it is law to make places accessible for disabled people hence the lift thing on the stairs .
Oh yeah, when you said seniors🤣 I thought it was going to be a like a care home full granny's 😁
My first taste of haggis was battered haggis from a chippy in Oban.
Scotland does have a bit of a reputation for rubbishy stuff like that, the worst
I ever heard of was battered, deep fried Mars bar! I think we are gradually
civilising them !
Never had beer and starts with guiness....insane!
I'm not generally someone who mixes things on the plate, but I've found that the best bite of haggis is with the potatoes and the turnips in one bite. My favourite is when they serve it as a "haggis stack" It has potatoes on the bottom, turnips in the middle, and haggis on top.
As someone who doesn't particularly like beer myself, cider is a go to every time. Might be worth seeing if you can find some mead to try in the future and definitely try some perry (pear cider) as well, it's amazing during the summer in particular although gotta be careful not to drink too much of it.
What did Ethans brother have to eat? Was the food camera shy too?!! 😂
And do you think we're weird the way we use a knife and fork? To me its funny watching the peas being chased by a fork!! 😂😂
Such a weird reaction to Guinness, it just tastes like malty cream
I loved this video x
My usual drinking haunt in Northern Ireland is quite famous for its Guiness. Its one of only 13 bars that have been given the old style Guinness pumps by the brewery. And it's been recommended in guide books for it.
One of the pleasures is seeing tourists come in to try their first Guinness.
There's always the shock in the eyes. Then the rictus like smile as they try to convince everyone that, "No really it's nice. I like it."
This fools no one.
Then the despair sets in as they realise they've a whole pint of the damn stuff to get through without losing face.
Personally, I'm on their side.
I can't abide the stuff. It really is an acquired taste that I've no inclination to acquire.
Glad you enjoyed the food. For me one of the most annoying stereotypes many Americans have about the UK is that it has really bad food. Because it's a completely false stereotype which just refuses to die. The UK has a great variety of great food.
Yes when American Military Personal came over to the UK during WW2. (The birth of the bad food stereotype). The UK did have really bad food. But there was a very important reason for that. The UK had already been engaged in absolute total war with Germany, Austria, and Italy for nearly 3 years. With Germany doing its absolute best to try and starve the UK into submission. Consequently, the UK was short of food and rationing was in place, only necessary staple but very bland foods were available.
But common Americans that was 80 years ago. For 68 years now the UK has had plenty of great-tasting food available. Please let the false stereotype that the UK has bad food die. 😊
well my friend, whole of europe says the food in the uk is bad xD including all teh brits i know xD
and trust me the reason aint ur ww2 food xD but what u call food nowadays xD just go to continental europe and ask someone of the nation with teh worst food and 8/10 say uk xD
@@DaxRaider Bollocks.. Crawl back under your bridge..🙄🇬🇧
UK history, its Empire which is now the commonwealth, introduced us to so much
good and exotic food. When US soldiers were here during WW2 the entire UK was
subject to very strict food rationing. We all , even children, were allocated a ration
book which we had to present when buying food, the only things not rationed were
bread and vegetables. All meats, poultry, milk, butter, cream fish etc etc were limited to
tiny amounts per person per week. maybe 1 ounce of butter or cheese for an entire week !
So British housewives had to cook with what they had, which was very little !
Now of course, we have the most variety of foods available, every culture has its
restaurants here, Curry is considered pretty much a national dish, the pasta dishes from Italy, Lasagne, etc etc are also now considered British ... by us that is !
The British Sunday roast is just about the only meal commonly consumed that we call
typically British. Large side of Sirloin of Beef, Yorkshire puddings, GOOD gravy,
potatoes roasted until crisp and 2 or 3 fresh vegetables. Beef accompanied by
mustard and or Horseradish sauce, our beautiful Lamb with mint sauce !
Sad to say, that large joints of those meats in particular are very expensive nowadays,
and to be honest, it needs a really good pub or restaurant to do it properly !
Please tell the GI's that Britain no longer labours under food rationing!
@@DaxRaider Nobody says that these days. The UK is full of Europeans and places like London and Edinburgh are major culinary hotspots.
British food is shit. The only reason it seems better now is that there are more continental and Asian dishes. British dishes are either bland boring crap, or comfort food. I'm British BTW.
You were brave! I don't like haggis at all - it's a bit like Marmite (love it or hate it)! We have many traditional meals other than fish and chips!!! If you've never tried beer then start with lager with a dash of lime - definitely not Guinness. I also don't like the taste of beer. Ethan needs to go back to being the 'Innocent American' 😅😅 Glad you quite liked your meal; the 'sweet potato' was Swede (a member of the pumpkin family). Looks like typical pub food as against a restaurant meal.
How the heck can you compare haggis to marmite are you insane ? Clearly you got a poor quality one
As a beer drinker it’s no wonder you don’t like haggis beer has probably destroyed your tastebuds. N swede is turnip not sweet potato.
Well done guys, big thumbs up !
You can get tins of haggis that are very good. Grants is the famous brand, but Lidl do a version too. You stick it in a saucepan, break it up with a wooden spoon and a mug of water, and throw in a tin of baked beans and heat it through. That's seriously good with any starch - potatoes, rice, pasta, noodles.
haggis is a "super food". You can have it with any meal and on every level of poshness. A full scottish breakfast will feature haggis, square sausage, black pudding and then other items to taste. Personally I like to include potato scone and baked beans. And I'm hungry
I love Haggis with gravy, mash and peas. I've only had store bought Haggis though, not pub or restaurant meal . Ethan, don't be a wimp 😆 🤣 gulp it down!! 😆 🤣 🇬🇧
What is interesting is people say they hate haggis because its sheep offal but happy to tuck into sausages made with whole pig teeth bone nail skin EVERYTHING In fact, its the keratin that gives sausages their flavour which is hair and nails ie the smell you embrace when they're cooking.
Don't believe me? Think of the burning hair smell. Its the same smell as cooking sausages.
hahahahahhaah!!! ive subbed you guys, its hilarious.
I see you still have not worked out, how to use a fork right
Nah, there is no proper way to use utensils as long as they get the job done. But, I guess you probably would get appalled by cultures who eat with their hands, so no fixing snobby I guess.
Once you get the taste for Guinness it's the finest drink known to man, I love it!
It's a meal in itself! Lovely stuff :)
Well done to both of you.
I’m no drinker:
But have tried Guinness, but never again.
Haggis, that took me 3 different occasions to like it.
It’s good to watch your adventures through your eyes.
Best wishes.
That was hilarious :D ... You might try half pint of bitter shandy , really nice, and not bitter at all
As a matter of interest, my partners Dad went to work in Ireland on a couple of months contract during which he visited the Guinness Brewery. He was told that because the owners didn’t want to have thievery in the works they allowed the workers to have beers for free. Some of the workers drank 11 to 15 pints of Guinness a day and still stood, he was flabbergasted, oh well !
I once encouraged a US serviceman I met in the Gulf to try a Guinness. I'll never forget the look of abject terror on his face when his throat closed up and he was stuck with a mouthful that had nowhere to go except back the way it came. Out the front. Them Marines ain't so tough! 😄. Guinness? I love it but I loved it more 2 stones ago.
Yes I had that same problem.. two stones in weight..mind you I could drink 5 pints on a night out… and no I’m NOT one of them tough women…🤣I’m a competitive ballroom and Latin dancer.. 🤣🇬🇧
As they say: Guinness is good for you” - and enough of it helps you dance too! 😉
The loudness of that music would have me walk right out.
Guinness and Haggis - perfect! Everyone's tastes are different, but loved your reaction - haha.
All the way to Scotland with some of the greatest beers in the world and a beer for everyone and they try pishy old Guinness 😂😂😂 oh well. It's really a terrible example of what beer is like. It's like judging if you like coke by ordering a coke float! Also you can buy half pints or in great pubs ask for a sample.
What, like Kestrel Super?
Nothing wrong with Guinness 😡🇬🇧
Could have been worse - could have been Tennents.
I'm a Londoner but loved haggis the first time I tried it and often cook it at home, served with neeps and tatties and a glass of Scotch. Neeps are what Scots call turnips, what the English call swede and what USAnians call rutabaga. I mix mine with carrots and mash them with butter and black pepper. Excuse me, I think I have to go to the shops...
Actually a lot of people from the North East of England call it Turnip too. 👍🇬🇧
@@Ionabrodie69 They've been corrupted by the foul Scots :-(
Hi Ethan, the haircut looks great on you.
Steak and ale pie is like a hug on a plate. Especially with mash, peas n gravy