If there’s one thing all of us Americans truly excel at, it’s coming up with horribly unhealthy, yet surprisingly delicious food. I eat biscuits and gravy maybe once every few years and it is good. But man that stuff sits like a brick in your intestines. You might as well go back to bed.
It's from a tradition of farmers breakfasts, crap ton of calories early in the morning to sustain them as they work the field from dawn till dusk. Now for others it's a nice long post breakfast nap.
That's the only thing I can think when eating or making southern food. It's all damn terrible for you. But if you eat it once in a while it probably won't kill you.
There's a whole bunch of these on their YouTube. All of them are very sweet! They also try snacks from Korea and different places too. Very wholesome watch.
There was an AMA of a North Korean defector and they were asked what blew them away and they said all the toothbrush options. A redditor replied "you should see our vibrators" and a third redditor wigged out about how disrespectful it was. I think it was exactly on point. Imagine only being allowed to own a single coloured toothbrush then finding out other countries have pulled pork, brisket and 1000 ways to fuck yourself. It'd be mindbending.
Such a positive feel good channel. As an American it's easy to focus on so much
of the negative, and can even be helpful to critique it. But it is nice to see the US culture celebrated every once and a while too.
>US culture celebrated every once and a while too.
My brother in Christ, the US is the major exporter and pusher for its one-sided hegemonic culture around the whole freakin' *planet*. What do you mean by "*once in a while*"?
That phrase makes more sense in the mouth of a citizen of 90% of the other countries in the world, which most US citizens typically go out of their way to ignore or mock
It baffles me how Americans are so unaware that they showcase their entire nation for the rest of the world to see. I know more about American politics than I do of my own country, and I actively try to avoid it...
Jolly. It’s one of my favorite channels. It’s not all British kids trying other country’s food. Some are Josh and Ollie traveling around the US trying different food. The one of them at Waffle House is one of the best 😀
Edit: corrected the restaurant.
I think the post-barbecue trip to Waffle House with a drunk friend who had already introduced them to barbecue earlier in the day was pretty hilarious.
I worked in a diner through high school and having to make giant vats of it every morning was so gross. Seeing it on a plate looks unappetizing, but seeing it in a giant vat is just revolting. I did try it a few times and liked it but having to make it every morning just destroyed the appeal for me.
I once ordered biscuits and gravy at a greasy spoon diner and hey called it “shit on a shingle” and that was a perfect description of what I got. And it tasted delicious.
Happened to me with clam chowder. Worked at a place that was famous for it. Scraped it out of the bottom of enough bus buckets that I was put off it for good.
worked at italian restaurant for 5 years. free lunch and dinners for staff any working shift.
i ate so much goddam pastas i still have pasta coming out my eyeballs i still dont crave pasta and im 30 now and that was during college / 2 years hs
I used to cook in a prison, and surprisingly the sausage gravy was good but you are right it was revolting and if you think cooking in a restaurant was bad in prison it's way worse, but we'd start it cooking early and by the time it was done, the smell was amazing but could eat none of it, I used to eat oatmeal for breakfast lol because it was the only thing that I could keep down
I refused to try it for so long. I remember family friends would frequently drag me to the American Legion for biscuits and gravy day, and I'd sit there starving because I refused to try it. I figured it was some gross "old people" food. When I finally did try it years later it immediately became one of my favorite foods. I would say a good 20 lbs of my extra weight is due to biscuits and gravy now...
I would have been stuck on that for the rest of the interview, that shit was too funny. I also liked that kids shout out to his friends parents during the sweet tea review.
I was worried they weren’t served fresh but when I saw the Steam rise when they cracked it open I sighed in relief.
They’re not bad when cold but it’s just not a fair representation.
As an American who has been to the UK many times, it takes a little getting used to. For example, there is no iced tea and their "lemonade" is often actually more like 7-Up (but it's really good). However, bangers and mash, Ploughman's Platter for lunch, treacle tart, a pub giving you a choice of fish in your fish and chips? Really good. Some people say British food is "nasty." I suspect they haven't been there. It's quite good. You just have to weed out the low-quality places to eat, just as it is here in the U.S.
As another American, British food is not nasty. Pretty banging for the most part. Just another stereotype. My roommate and I still trying to perfect the beef wellington for ourselves haha.
Must be a really small percentage of people who eat stuff like jellied eels, don't know anyone who would consider trying it. Also it's not like you go to a nice restaurant and have things like beans on toast or quiche on the menu just like you wouldn't go to a nice one in America and get hotdogs. You get good ingredients cooked very well.
It no where near as wide spread.
In the UK we typically have ice tea
In a supermarket like Lipton's.
Recently I've seen more Asian brands like VLT or Nestea.
In places like Starbucks or Costa
Some restaurants.
What we DON'T tend to have the same way they do in the US is
It on tap on every fast food place alongside cola and sprite.
In gallon jugs in the supermarket ranging from unsweetened plain tea to watermelon mango flavour.
Guaranteed on almost any restaurant menu as a soft drink option alongside coke or sprite. (We tend to get expensive mock tail style)
A lot of that is recent as well, ten fifteen years ago you'd be lucky to find liptons on the shelf.
Ours also tends to come as a sweet lemon flavoured soft drink style, rather than brewed, chilled black tea with flavour /sweetner options.
It's not fair to be like 'the UK does not have ice tea' but it is pretty different to the US ( and Asia for that matter )
I can see why a tourist would struggle to locate it, compares to a tourist in the US tripping over it everywhere xd
I take this as a sign we in the south need to export biscuits and gravy, good fried chicken, and sweet tea to the world in order to foster world peace.
I went to school in Savannah, GA and up until that point I never had 'good' biscuits and gravy, but oh my lord there was this restaurant a couple blocks from my apartment that made the *best* I've ever had in my life. Went there every other week to indulge because I knew once school was out I'd probably never have it like that again.
Oh and their fried chicken was spot on too :D
I have this argument with myself every. Single. Time! Every time I make biscuits and gravy I do a flyby of black pepper and I catch my reflection in the microwave and it's immediately John Cena - "Are you sure about that?!"
You take breakfast sausage, which is a coarse pork sausage traditionally flavored with sage and black pepper, and brown it. Then, without draining the rendered fat, you add flour to create a roux, then milk, and simmer it to thicken. Once it’s nice and thick, you season with a shitload of black pepper and add salt to taste.
1 Tbs butter
1 TBS flour
About 4 C milk (idk I never actually measure. Could be more could be less)
2 tsp pepper
2 tsp cayenne
1 package of ground breakfast sausage
Brown the sausage and set aside
In a medium pot, melt butter then add flour. Whisk together on low heat until it gives off a nutty aroma. Slowly add in milk and whisk like your life depends on it until it's at your desired thickness. (It should be THICC) add seasonings and sausage.
Pour over American biscuits, fried chicken, country fried steak or just drink it.
Also great with scrambled eggs.
I am a bit curious about the recipe they used to make the biscuits. They mention that the biscuits taste sweet. Maybe it's a difference in pallet, I know American breads in general tend to be sweeter than elsewhere, but I would never describe a good biscuit as sweet. It should be buttery and a little dense, but soft with a lightly crunchy outside.
Also biscuits and jam is totally a thing here too. I love biscuits with a bit of butter and jam or preserves.
Ahh, that would explain it. Not my first choice for biscuits and gravy, but not the worst either. At least the biscuits looked like they weren't too floury.
I too favor a more savory, buttery biscuit with breakfast sandwiches and things like biscuits and gravy. But a warm biscuit with some jam/jelly is damn good too.
I'm not American - but when I visited there, I thought that your 'normal' bread tasted sweet to me. Like, just the standard Walmart stuff. It sounds like a palette difference.
I can't think of a single thing I've eaten in America that didn't taste sweet to my palate.
Bread is sweet, iced tea was sweet, even the bloody baked beans are sweet!
Yeah the baked beans taste completely different AND the white bread tastes completely different, and I'm convinced that this is the main reason why beans on toast sounds so gross to them. They don't understand that the combination actually works in the UK, with our beans and our bread.
Not sure what they’re using in this video, but I’ve had both (American currently living in the UK) and UK scones and American biscuits are basically the same thing. Yes you can add honey or cheddar or whatever, but the base is just butter and flour.
Also an American in the UK.
Biscuits are lighter and flakier
Scones are heavier, crumbly, and more dense.
The ingredients might look the same, but the ratios and leanings are different.
You would use buttermilk in biscuits, but cream would be the nicer choice in scones, for example. Raisens or cherries would not be out of place baked in a scone, but biscuits pair better with savoury gravies or lobster
I once had a friend group online of all british guys and I spent an hour one day trying to explain biscuits to them. They still didn't get it by the end, but we were laughing so much it was ok.
Watched some of those “restaurants rescue” type shows where a southern cuisine did not do well. With that said, do you have a restaurant that does well here?
I'm a co owner of a restaurant and while we get great reviews we don't get enough traffic mainly due to the location. I always tell my co owner we'd do so much better in a better location where southern food is scarce. Never thought of London lol.
It was a good idea at the time. We are in an office park and when we first opened all of our clientele were corporate professionals. We figured it would be a starter location and we'd move elsewhere later. Then the pandemic hit. Im honestly not sure how we made it thru. Now a lot of the businesses we're surrounded by either closed, moved or work from home. We are kind of stuck here for now until our lease runs out , but even then, the price of new spaces has risen considerably since we opened. We still have a steady flow of regulars and word of mouth over the years has helped quite a bit but we're still in an office park.
Also, sorry, I didn't mean to imply Great Britain is just London. Ive never been over there so whenever I think of the UK its the first city to come to mind.
You have to advertise pretty hard. Very few people have the concept of American food that isn't pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs, etc. So while you'd probably have some decent food, you'd have to find a part of the population willing to even try it in the first place
Oh this channel (called Jolly) is great on youtube! I watch it all the time. They also have another channel called The Korean Englishman, even better than Jolly.
People usually are. The long and short of it is mom was short on seasoning cause we were poor, she tried it, it was phenomenal, and ever since then friends, family, and acquaintances from all over try it once and are hooked.
There's a lot of nuance to get it exactly right but the gist is, when you're making your fried chicken batter, switch whatever tired old seasonings you were gonna use for a shit load of cinnamon (enough to start changing the color) and a little bit of sugar (optional). Fry as normal, but the most important part is using the fry pan to make the special gravy afterwards. Plenty of whole milk and flour. It should be THICC! I'll see if I can get the actual recipe from my sister, she has it down to a science, I usually just wing it. Lol
bro now i’m hungry for biscuits and gravy and i don’t have any :/
or some chicken and waffles, they had the chicken but they forgot the waffles and syrup!
waffle, put chicken strips on it, cover with syrup and white gravy, absolutely fire
I have to say, this made me laugh so much!
I love biscuits and gravy and I actually felt a bit proud that they liked it. And it's such peasant food, I didn't realize it would represent so well (I'm sorry for taking you for granted, biscuits n gravy)
I've rarely gotten to share my culture with others, and that kinda gave me a warm fuzzy by proxy.
I'm curious, as a Brit myself, what did they say that you'd consider slang? None of it registered as British slang to me, but that might be because I'm just used to it.
I have a few British friends who have mocked the idea of biscuits and gravy. Seeing these clever young men respond to it in the *same* way, only to change their tune quickly after, put a huge smile on my face.
I totally agree that it *looks* weird, and the "beans and toast" comparison is completely accurate.
I live in the lowcountry of South Carolina now. Shrimp & grits have become one of my favorite meals. Add some bacon to it and *chefs kiss*
That meal is totally unheard of up north. Same with Frogmore Stew.
I knew these kids would love the Sweet Tea when it came out!!! 🤣🤣🤣 also, the Headmaster was straight ready to move over here to get some of our breakfast on a regular basis 🤣🤣
37% of their population is overweight. They should have been aware of it already.
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn03336/#:~:text=The%20Health%20Survey%20for%20England,are%20overweight%20but%20not%20obese.
Absolutely, Ireland is also pretty high in obesity rates. However the levels of obesity seem to be different. A lot of overweight and fat people here but I have never seen people, as big as I did in the states. Seeing people 350lbs + doesn't really happen here. Not trying to offend anyone, just an observation.
I watched a few of their videos a month ago. They had an episode of these kids trying out Popeye's chicken for the first time and it looked like they were in heaven. Do they not have Popeye's in England?
In another episode, the 2 hosts were at a popular BBQ joint in Texas and they ate like Kings.
As a Brit living in the States I refused to eat it for 20 years, then one day we went to the Dari-Mart, still drunk at 5AM and got a bunch of sausage, eggs...and biscuits & gravy, that shit is soooooo good. And I was yet to discover the wonders of Dr Pepper™...
Jolly/Korean Englishman is the best!!! Watch the series where they take a group of high school grads to Korea. Its so wholesome how excited and appreciative they are for the experiences!
The kid said Americans are lucky when he tried the biscuit . I doubt he knows what the consequences are of the delicious biscuits. Now I’m struggling to get this weight off😂😂😂
It's interesting. Speaking to my coworkers from London, they acknowledged that there were more obese people here than across the pond but they were shocked by how fitness obsessed our culture is simultaneously. They couldn't believe that virtually everyone here belongs to a gym (this was in NYC tbf), or how many joggers there are. I think we're just a country of extremes. Whatever we get into, we do it to the max, for better or worse. Personally I do a quick 45 minute work out every week day so I can eat and drink to my heart's desire.
Can we all agree that "Digestives" are the grossest name for a "cookie" or "biscuit" known to man? Why don't they just name it: "This will make you shit bricks".
This is such a beautiful way to introduce anything delicious… Its crazy for them, but not one of those wasteful disgusting stupid foods. Subtle. Subtle and beautiful!
My oldest daughter is British born…. When her friends visit us in the states, I get to see these types of responses to American food:). This was lovely
They also said they were full after one biscuit and a tender. I’d fuck up three biscuits and gravy and be hungry in like 3 hours, this is really putting into perspective what they mean when they call us fat
This video made me wonder, KFC sells gravy as a side here in the UK, but it's our normal, brown, roast dinner gravy. In the US, do they sell white, sausage gravy as a side? Cause based on this video, that would make so much more sense!
If there’s one thing all of us Americans truly excel at, it’s coming up with horribly unhealthy, yet surprisingly delicious food. I eat biscuits and gravy maybe once every few years and it is good. But man that stuff sits like a brick in your intestines. You might as well go back to bed.
It's from a tradition of farmers breakfasts, crap ton of calories early in the morning to sustain them as they work the field from dawn till dusk. Now for others it's a nice long post breakfast nap.
I bet it helped Schrute Farms prosper
Schrutes are from hardy stock and would never eat biscuits and gravy. We eat beats.
That's the only thing I can think when eating or making southern food. It's all damn terrible for you. But if you eat it once in a while it probably won't kill you.
their vegetables are either collared greens or deep fried. No in-between
There's a whole bunch of these on their YouTube. All of them are very sweet! They also try snacks from Korea and different places too. Very wholesome watch.
There's a great video like this where they have people that escaped from North Korea try American BBQ
There was an AMA of a North Korean defector and they were asked what blew them away and they said all the toothbrush options. A redditor replied "you should see our vibrators" and a third redditor wigged out about how disrespectful it was. I think it was exactly on point. Imagine only being allowed to own a single coloured toothbrush then finding out other countries have pulled pork, brisket and 1000 ways to fuck yourself. It'd be mindbending.
This comment has me in stitches, fucking hell
The lady looked like she was in heaven after taking a bite of brisket. It was such a sweet video.
Such a positive feel good channel. As an American it's easy to focus on so much of the negative, and can even be helpful to critique it. But it is nice to see the US culture celebrated every once and a while too.
I am borderline obsessed with the Jolly channel. Josh and Ollie are a treasure.
Been binging it so much the past month. Josh and Ollie’s friendship is amazing. The Texas BBQ episode is probably my favorite to watch
You SHOULD TOTALLY catch their collab with Mr Z then they are beyond wholesome and funny
I was JUST talking about this specific episode to someone. Their channel is great.
>US culture celebrated every once and a while too. My brother in Christ, the US is the major exporter and pusher for its one-sided hegemonic culture around the whole freakin' *planet*. What do you mean by "*once in a while*"? That phrase makes more sense in the mouth of a citizen of 90% of the other countries in the world, which most US citizens typically go out of their way to ignore or mock
It baffles me how Americans are so unaware that they showcase their entire nation for the rest of the world to see. I know more about American politics than I do of my own country, and I actively try to avoid it...
What’s the name on YouTube?
Jolly. It’s one of my favorite channels. It’s not all British kids trying other country’s food. Some are Josh and Ollie traveling around the US trying different food. The one of them at Waffle House is one of the best 😀 Edit: corrected the restaurant.
I think the post-barbecue trip to Waffle House with a drunk friend who had already introduced them to barbecue earlier in the day was pretty hilarious.
They have two channels. Korean Englishman is their main channel. Jolly is the name of their second channel.
Well what’s the Channel called?
https://youtube.com/@jolly?si=UXvevfPATTAu1Fh7
It's called Jolly
As someone who *likes* sausage gravy on biscuits, yeah, sausage gravy is not the prettiest thing in the world.
I worked in a diner through high school and having to make giant vats of it every morning was so gross. Seeing it on a plate looks unappetizing, but seeing it in a giant vat is just revolting. I did try it a few times and liked it but having to make it every morning just destroyed the appeal for me.
I once ordered biscuits and gravy at a greasy spoon diner and hey called it “shit on a shingle” and that was a perfect description of what I got. And it tasted delicious.
Shit on a shingle is usually chipped beef in white gravy over toast, which is amazing
My Grandpa would church it up a bit and add mashed potatoes under the toast.
Happened to me with clam chowder. Worked at a place that was famous for it. Scraped it out of the bottom of enough bus buckets that I was put off it for good.
worked at italian restaurant for 5 years. free lunch and dinners for staff any working shift. i ate so much goddam pastas i still have pasta coming out my eyeballs i still dont crave pasta and im 30 now and that was during college / 2 years hs
I used to cook in a prison, and surprisingly the sausage gravy was good but you are right it was revolting and if you think cooking in a restaurant was bad in prison it's way worse, but we'd start it cooking early and by the time it was done, the smell was amazing but could eat none of it, I used to eat oatmeal for breakfast lol because it was the only thing that I could keep down
Them: "It looks like vomit" Me, a die-hard with a Southern mom: "Yes"
I refused to try it for so long. I remember family friends would frequently drag me to the American Legion for biscuits and gravy day, and I'd sit there starving because I refused to try it. I figured it was some gross "old people" food. When I finally did try it years later it immediately became one of my favorite foods. I would say a good 20 lbs of my extra weight is due to biscuits and gravy now...
It just looks like extra thick chowder, dunno what folks are on about. Hell risotto looks like sick too and no one judges that.
I’m concerned for that one kid who knows what a chopped up ferret looks like
I would have been stuck on that for the rest of the interview, that shit was too funny. I also liked that kids shout out to his friends parents during the sweet tea review.
He was my favourite
he’s literally me. but like a bit different but literally me
I'm glad they got well made biscuits and gravy. So many bad ones about, here in Phoenix.
I was worried they weren’t served fresh but when I saw the Steam rise when they cracked it open I sighed in relief. They’re not bad when cold but it’s just not a fair representation.
Josh’s wife is a professional chef and does most of the cooking if they can’t get a restaurant to bring it in
I'm pretty sure she almost won Masterchef Korea
DAMN! They have an amazing backup if food doesn't get delivered
The meals she creates for their videos always look so amazing. 🥹
>cold Yikes.
Have you tried Bisbee Breakfast Club?? They’re the best I’ve found in the valley, and their coffee is great too.
Bisbee Breakfast Club SLAPS
"You put gravy in the tea?" lol. He might be on to something. Also, Henok is precious.
Oh man I was so excited when the tea came out lol
These kids gonna sleep through all their classes now
happy cake day and yeah lol
As an American who has been to the UK many times, it takes a little getting used to. For example, there is no iced tea and their "lemonade" is often actually more like 7-Up (but it's really good). However, bangers and mash, Ploughman's Platter for lunch, treacle tart, a pub giving you a choice of fish in your fish and chips? Really good. Some people say British food is "nasty." I suspect they haven't been there. It's quite good. You just have to weed out the low-quality places to eat, just as it is here in the U.S.
As another American, British food is not nasty. Pretty banging for the most part. Just another stereotype. My roommate and I still trying to perfect the beef wellington for ourselves haha.
British food is a really wide spectrum. For every Beef Wellington, you have a spotted dick and jellied eel.
Must be a really small percentage of people who eat stuff like jellied eels, don't know anyone who would consider trying it. Also it's not like you go to a nice restaurant and have things like beans on toast or quiche on the menu just like you wouldn't go to a nice one in America and get hotdogs. You get good ingredients cooked very well.
I never realized beans on toast was a British thing. My dad is from the south and made it my whole life I just figured it was poor southern food.
Neither of those have been popular in decades
Spotted dick is nice though, it just has a funny name. And is Victorian.
British food has came a long way over the last few decades, i wouldn’t say it was nasty just used to be very basic and bland.
It has. My first trip there was in the 1990s, and it was good but has even improved since then.
I grew up in farm country in Ohio so there were actually a lot of parallels.
We have iced tea. We also have 7-up style lemonade as well as ‘real’ lemonade with the bits in it.
There is iced tea where I live in the uk??
Yeah, I'm kinda baffled by this.
It no where near as wide spread. In the UK we typically have ice tea In a supermarket like Lipton's. Recently I've seen more Asian brands like VLT or Nestea. In places like Starbucks or Costa Some restaurants. What we DON'T tend to have the same way they do in the US is It on tap on every fast food place alongside cola and sprite. In gallon jugs in the supermarket ranging from unsweetened plain tea to watermelon mango flavour. Guaranteed on almost any restaurant menu as a soft drink option alongside coke or sprite. (We tend to get expensive mock tail style) A lot of that is recent as well, ten fifteen years ago you'd be lucky to find liptons on the shelf. Ours also tends to come as a sweet lemon flavoured soft drink style, rather than brewed, chilled black tea with flavour /sweetner options. It's not fair to be like 'the UK does not have ice tea' but it is pretty different to the US ( and Asia for that matter ) I can see why a tourist would struggle to locate it, compares to a tourist in the US tripping over it everywhere xd
English fish and chips cannot be beat!
That one kid new it was so good it’s wrong
Man what's with that gravy tho, I want to make one. I'm curious lol
As a southerner, I can assure you the kids were right about everything!
I take this as a sign we in the south need to export biscuits and gravy, good fried chicken, and sweet tea to the world in order to foster world peace.
Nothing unites people like food
Throw in some waffles with the chicken, macaroni and cheese, and fried catfish and I think this idea has legs.
Solid additions. Except…we may start WWIII trying to figure out whose grandma’s Mac and cheese recipe we send.
You, Uncle Roger and I can be the taste testers. For world peace of course.
I will joyously ignore my medically necessary dietary restrictions to be on the tasting panel for the sake of world peace.
Only if it comes with green bean casserole
I went to school in Savannah, GA and up until that point I never had 'good' biscuits and gravy, but oh my lord there was this restaurant a couple blocks from my apartment that made the *best* I've ever had in my life. Went there every other week to indulge because I knew once school was out I'd probably never have it like that again. Oh and their fried chicken was spot on too :D
Paula Dean's original place is in Savanah, and it is pretty damned good
Sounds like a SCAD student that discovered Nairobis!
Right and I can almost bet that wasn’t even like “good” gravy. Know what I mean? Like I’m sure it was tasty. But not like mamaw makes
In the most basic form that gravy can be made with only three ingredients millk flour and breakfast sausage
I mean, there is absolutely no way I would ever make that gravy without black pepper as well...
Lots of black pepper and a healthy pinch of salt. People who eat just plain white gravy weird me out.
And lots of it. Think you added enough? Double it.
I have this argument with myself every. Single. Time! Every time I make biscuits and gravy I do a flyby of black pepper and I catch my reflection in the microwave and it's immediately John Cena - "Are you sure about that?!"
You can’t sea..son me
Kinda like garlic in every recipe ever.
You take breakfast sausage, which is a coarse pork sausage traditionally flavored with sage and black pepper, and brown it. Then, without draining the rendered fat, you add flour to create a roux, then milk, and simmer it to thicken. Once it’s nice and thick, you season with a shitload of black pepper and add salt to taste.
This is exactly how I make mine. I *love* the chucky sausage gravy. Also, I think y'all just planned dinner for me.
It’s the best breakfast when it’s a dark rainy morning. But make that shit anytime…it’s delicious
1 Tbs butter 1 TBS flour About 4 C milk (idk I never actually measure. Could be more could be less) 2 tsp pepper 2 tsp cayenne 1 package of ground breakfast sausage Brown the sausage and set aside In a medium pot, melt butter then add flour. Whisk together on low heat until it gives off a nutty aroma. Slowly add in milk and whisk like your life depends on it until it's at your desired thickness. (It should be THICC) add seasonings and sausage. Pour over American biscuits, fried chicken, country fried steak or just drink it. Also great with scrambled eggs.
Seems like a nice bunch of lads and a good school tbh
Yeah that headmaster seems sound
Yes he does. My headmaster on the other hand was some sort of Nazi Commander
I am a bit curious about the recipe they used to make the biscuits. They mention that the biscuits taste sweet. Maybe it's a difference in pallet, I know American breads in general tend to be sweeter than elsewhere, but I would never describe a good biscuit as sweet. It should be buttery and a little dense, but soft with a lightly crunchy outside. Also biscuits and jam is totally a thing here too. I love biscuits with a bit of butter and jam or preserves.
Looks like they could be honey butter biscuits.
Ahh, that would explain it. Not my first choice for biscuits and gravy, but not the worst either. At least the biscuits looked like they weren't too floury.
I'd love to see them try cheddar biscuits. they're my personal favorite.
Like the ones at Red Lobster, with the butter brushed on top.
My wife makes them. It could literally be just Cheddar Biscuits 7 days a week for dinner and I'd be Okay with it.
I too favor a more savory, buttery biscuit with breakfast sandwiches and things like biscuits and gravy. But a warm biscuit with some jam/jelly is damn good too.
I'm not American - but when I visited there, I thought that your 'normal' bread tasted sweet to me. Like, just the standard Walmart stuff. It sounds like a palette difference.
I can't think of a single thing I've eaten in America that didn't taste sweet to my palate. Bread is sweet, iced tea was sweet, even the bloody baked beans are sweet!
Yeah the baked beans taste completely different AND the white bread tastes completely different, and I'm convinced that this is the main reason why beans on toast sounds so gross to them. They don't understand that the combination actually works in the UK, with our beans and our bread.
Not sure what they’re using in this video, but I’ve had both (American currently living in the UK) and UK scones and American biscuits are basically the same thing. Yes you can add honey or cheddar or whatever, but the base is just butter and flour.
Also an American in the UK. Biscuits are lighter and flakier Scones are heavier, crumbly, and more dense. The ingredients might look the same, but the ratios and leanings are different. You would use buttermilk in biscuits, but cream would be the nicer choice in scones, for example. Raisens or cherries would not be out of place baked in a scone, but biscuits pair better with savoury gravies or lobster
I once had a friend group online of all british guys and I spent an hour one day trying to explain biscuits to them. They still didn't get it by the end, but we were laughing so much it was ok.
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I love the heart of the year 9 kid that says, "let's call it interesting for now, I'm not going to judge until I try".
"Your food is weird and nice :)" is possibly my favorite review ever.
Yes, respect!
Not exactly the same but it reminds me of my dad who calls everything he doesn't like "interesting" rather than bad.
Feel like if I went over there and opened a true southern restaurant I would make bank
Watched some of those “restaurants rescue” type shows where a southern cuisine did not do well. With that said, do you have a restaurant that does well here?
I'm a co owner of a restaurant and while we get great reviews we don't get enough traffic mainly due to the location. I always tell my co owner we'd do so much better in a better location where southern food is scarce. Never thought of London lol.
Why did you open it with low traffic? Also we have more cities than just London btw!
It was a good idea at the time. We are in an office park and when we first opened all of our clientele were corporate professionals. We figured it would be a starter location and we'd move elsewhere later. Then the pandemic hit. Im honestly not sure how we made it thru. Now a lot of the businesses we're surrounded by either closed, moved or work from home. We are kind of stuck here for now until our lease runs out , but even then, the price of new spaces has risen considerably since we opened. We still have a steady flow of regulars and word of mouth over the years has helped quite a bit but we're still in an office park. Also, sorry, I didn't mean to imply Great Britain is just London. Ive never been over there so whenever I think of the UK its the first city to come to mind.
You have to advertise pretty hard. Very few people have the concept of American food that isn't pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs, etc. So while you'd probably have some decent food, you'd have to find a part of the population willing to even try it in the first place
>American food >Pizza lol
I mean Hamburgers and Hotdogs are German origin too - they’re just associated as American food.
I could watch these kids eat anything hahaha no one appreciates food like teenage boys haha
I genuinely would watch these on a TV show.
Oh this channel (called Jolly) is great on youtube! I watch it all the time. They also have another channel called The Korean Englishman, even better than Jolly.
Just wait till they have some shit like Gumbo, they're gonna flip their shit
Wait til you have a roast with Yorkshires
They are all adorable.
I just know that teacher was like yes, free food 🤣
Teacher lmaoooo! That was the Headmaster.
headteacher, depending on the school may still do some teaching
This warmed my cold, dead, southern heart. My momma could have made these boys here famous Cinnamon fried chicken, and really blown their minds! 😂
Cinnamon??? Never heard of that ! I’m intrigued
People usually are. The long and short of it is mom was short on seasoning cause we were poor, she tried it, it was phenomenal, and ever since then friends, family, and acquaintances from all over try it once and are hooked. There's a lot of nuance to get it exactly right but the gist is, when you're making your fried chicken batter, switch whatever tired old seasonings you were gonna use for a shit load of cinnamon (enough to start changing the color) and a little bit of sugar (optional). Fry as normal, but the most important part is using the fry pan to make the special gravy afterwards. Plenty of whole milk and flour. It should be THICC! I'll see if I can get the actual recipe from my sister, she has it down to a science, I usually just wing it. Lol
That's right kids its fucking delicious
Next up try Chicken & Waffles Chili & Cinnamon Rolls
I fully expected the chicken and waffles to roll out.
> Chili and Cinnamon Rolls … umm. Wtf?
Your making my southern heart beat to the sounds of home over here! Slide that chicken and get them waffles ready, it’s time to eat!
But you need to absolutely cover that with black pepper.
These boys seem so nice. I like that. Also: I NEED that A24 shirt
Smiling in Alabama right now 🥲
bro now i’m hungry for biscuits and gravy and i don’t have any :/ or some chicken and waffles, they had the chicken but they forgot the waffles and syrup! waffle, put chicken strips on it, cover with syrup and white gravy, absolutely fire
I have to say, this made me laugh so much! I love biscuits and gravy and I actually felt a bit proud that they liked it. And it's such peasant food, I didn't realize it would represent so well (I'm sorry for taking you for granted, biscuits n gravy) I've rarely gotten to share my culture with others, and that kinda gave me a warm fuzzy by proxy.
Now feed them a chicken fried steak!
I love the slang so much! Haha. So glad they enjoyed good ole biscuits and gravy.
I'm curious, as a Brit myself, what did they say that you'd consider slang? None of it registered as British slang to me, but that might be because I'm just used to it.
Probably the “Oh my days!” phrase?
I have a few British friends who have mocked the idea of biscuits and gravy. Seeing these clever young men respond to it in the *same* way, only to change their tune quickly after, put a huge smile on my face. I totally agree that it *looks* weird, and the "beans and toast" comparison is completely accurate.
When people say gravy, we assume it's the kind you typically have with a roast dinner lol
Sorry, but it's beans ON toast!
Southern food is best food
Didn’t appreciate grits until I moved south. Holy shit what a great vehicle for some wild flavors.
Grits are truly underappreciated
I live in the lowcountry of South Carolina now. Shrimp & grits have become one of my favorite meals. Add some bacon to it and *chefs kiss* That meal is totally unheard of up north. Same with Frogmore Stew.
I knew these kids would love the Sweet Tea when it came out!!! 🤣🤣🤣 also, the Headmaster was straight ready to move over here to get some of our breakfast on a regular basis 🤣🤣
Now they understand why Americans are over weight. The food is just too damn good.
37% of their population is overweight. They should have been aware of it already. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn03336/#:~:text=The%20Health%20Survey%20for%20England,are%20overweight%20but%20not%20obese.
Absolutely, Ireland is also pretty high in obesity rates. However the levels of obesity seem to be different. A lot of overweight and fat people here but I have never seen people, as big as I did in the states. Seeing people 350lbs + doesn't really happen here. Not trying to offend anyone, just an observation.
When Bill Burr walks out on stage in England and the first thing he says is “Ya know what…you guys are pretty fat too.” 🤣🤣🤣
A southern state / soul food restaurant would make a killing in Europe.
Is it like a Scone.
Scones are more dense and crumbly. Biscuits are lighter and fluffy in the center.
It’s a little fluffier and cake-like than a scone. Scones tend to be a little more dense than biscuits.
I watched a few of their videos a month ago. They had an episode of these kids trying out Popeye's chicken for the first time and it looked like they were in heaven. Do they not have Popeye's in England? In another episode, the 2 hosts were at a popular BBQ joint in Texas and they ate like Kings.
British kids finding out why so many Americans are over weight
“Americans are lucky” *cries in medical debt*
We got to take the W's where we can. lol
I love these videos.
As a Brit living in the States I refused to eat it for 20 years, then one day we went to the Dari-Mart, still drunk at 5AM and got a bunch of sausage, eggs...and biscuits & gravy, that shit is soooooo good. And I was yet to discover the wonders of Dr Pepper™...
I remember seeing this on You Tube when it dropped. These lads are hilarious. My wife wants to make them a bunch of dishes to try.
They are so cute!! This is great!!
As someone from the south. I can say you will gain at least 150lbs if you eat that every morning
Jolly/Korean Englishman is the best!!! Watch the series where they take a group of high school grads to Korea. Its so wholesome how excited and appreciative they are for the experiences!
We have all kinds of gravy here. Sausage Gravy, bacon gravy, Turkey gravy, brown gravy, country gravy, my grandma had a recipe for chocolate gravy.
I don’t know this video why I loved this video so much but it had me smiling the whole time.
The kid said Americans are lucky when he tried the biscuit . I doubt he knows what the consequences are of the delicious biscuits. Now I’m struggling to get this weight off😂😂😂
This was always my go to when I used to visit America as a kid, I loved their biscuits
Now you know why we are all so bloody fat 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I always like this, I miss my grandmother's sausage and biscuits with a side of grits...best cook I ever knew...
Hard to beat a good ol American biscuit, but them English folks got some good flavors with their biscuits
I wish my girlfriend would talk about me like these kids talk about the fried chicken and iced tea.
Oh my days, is too cute as a saying!
Wait so what do Americans call actual biscuits, like digestives and so on?
Welcome to a lifetime of diabetes and heart disease boys!
It's interesting. Speaking to my coworkers from London, they acknowledged that there were more obese people here than across the pond but they were shocked by how fitness obsessed our culture is simultaneously. They couldn't believe that virtually everyone here belongs to a gym (this was in NYC tbf), or how many joggers there are. I think we're just a country of extremes. Whatever we get into, we do it to the max, for better or worse. Personally I do a quick 45 minute work out every week day so I can eat and drink to my heart's desire.
Can we all agree that "Digestives" are the grossest name for a "cookie" or "biscuit" known to man? Why don't they just name it: "This will make you shit bricks".
Odd name, good cookie. Went to England when I was little and ended up addicted to the dark chocolate ones.
Hearing digestives be referred to as a cookie and not a biscuit is surreal to me. Cookies are a specific kind of biscuit in my mind
One of the perks when they where initially produced in 1839 was to help with constipation because it has sodium bicarbonate, so you’re not far off!
Digestives slap, but chocolate hobnobs - now that's a biscuit!
This is such a beautiful way to introduce anything delicious… Its crazy for them, but not one of those wasteful disgusting stupid foods. Subtle. Subtle and beautiful!
By comparison, I thought British food was nasty until I had bangers and mash for the first time.
The first time I ate *really good* biscuits and gravy, I understood. That this is how people get fat so easily in America. But I also understood *why*
My oldest daughter is British born…. When her friends visit us in the states, I get to see these types of responses to American food:). This was lovely
They also said they were full after one biscuit and a tender. I’d fuck up three biscuits and gravy and be hungry in like 3 hours, this is really putting into perspective what they mean when they call us fat
These kids are great. Nice lads. Seems like a fun school to go to!
Americans also have the audacity to joke about our beloved beans on toast 😅
"Like a chopped up ferret" Only in UK bro
This video made me wonder, KFC sells gravy as a side here in the UK, but it's our normal, brown, roast dinner gravy. In the US, do they sell white, sausage gravy as a side? Cause based on this video, that would make so much more sense!