Attempting to bake bread on a narrowboat

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Attempting to bake bread on a narrowboat

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Note! To everyone saying "use sugar!" I've used sugar every time since (although it still doesn't seem to come out much differently from this one). Also, I do now turn the bread after half the cooking time and the loaves come out just fine. I've done it about five times now.
After a surprising number of requests from viewers in my Lockdown vlog for me to film a bread-making video, I decided to retrieve such footage from my archives of when I first attempted the process about a year or so ago. There's no quality to this production at all because it was never really intended for wide distribution but so many folk said "just upload anything" that I have. So it's your own fault, really.
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@webpigjohn4959 4 жыл бұрын

David.. that has got to be the best vlog you have ever posted ... you have had me crying with laughter. We want more please you hear more 😂😂😂👍

@sherrie-deejenkins6504 4 жыл бұрын

Also best video. Laughing so hard crying. Please keep them coming. Thank you

@g4ymt 4 жыл бұрын

Cruising the crust...

@carolfishwick2391 4 жыл бұрын

Wold have been better with the sugar!

@jasonjeynes7487 4 жыл бұрын

David can u see Better with ur glasses off.😎this video my me and my wife laff..

@dianemorris6904 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, that is so sad and bad LOL

@dabooser1048 4 жыл бұрын

Oh come on, no knead for cheesy puns.

@sjoerds1 4 жыл бұрын

You should do this more often. This is a laughing vlog. Beautiful.

@benedictarnold5376 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed it's the ongoing commentary that makes this priceless and sooooo much better than all the other cookery/baking videos

@Wellbaby94 Жыл бұрын

As a bread baker, this is one of the funniest videos I’ve seen in ages. Love it!

@CruisingTheCut Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@humidor3 4 жыл бұрын

ChewingTheCrust 👍

@jeanette0605 4 жыл бұрын

I love this. It’s hilarious. You definitely should have a cooking show.

@vanessahammond5209 2 жыл бұрын

I will second that.

@misscloud1293 4 жыл бұрын

"Mix, you bugger!" This has to be one of my favourite KZfaq quotes...!

@misscloud1293 4 жыл бұрын

Very closely followed by... "Holey moley mother of burnt!"

@gaibutler3254 4 жыл бұрын

David, I don't think you could make a bad episode if you tried. This is gold and you won first prize - an edible loaf! Well done, both on your baking skills and your ability to entertain. Many thanks for the chuckles!

@horstszibulski19 4 жыл бұрын

Mate, that should be a blueprint for a new style in videos... I had so much fun watching this! What hidden gems are sleeping still on your hard drives? Let them come, please! Thx a lot! :-D

@mark450 4 жыл бұрын

Good time to learn to cook during lockdown. My mother taught me to cook from a young age when boys didn't do cookery (1960's). When my mother died 10 yrs ago my father had never cooked anything, not even a boiled egg, he could even burn salad and started off by living on ham sandwiches and fish & chips. Within a few weeks with a cookbook and with telephone guidance from my sister he became very accomplished in the kitchen. His pastry is to die for and now at the age of 87 makes the most amazingly good food. It's never too late to learn, keep trying!

@elegantinfusions 4 жыл бұрын

We had exactly the same in our house, however I learnt from my Nan then my mother.

@mark450 4 жыл бұрын

@Catherine 26 Thank you for reading it and you're welcome :)

@curtisemery807 4 жыл бұрын

Bloody hilarious. Highly entertaining. Immensely watchable. Should be nominated for a BAFTA. Next episode should be 'How I Spread the Jam on my Toast at Breakfast'. Brilliantly insane and funny.

@catherinehoward1102 4 жыл бұрын

Other narrowboaters may do cooking vlogs, but they know what they're up to. The joy of yours is the grumbling monologue of 'What do they mean by a pinch' comments! I loved this-it was so funny and I was encouraging you out loud the whole time. You did a grand job.

@shadydave6036 4 жыл бұрын

I Kneaded this to day

@stoshels8591 4 жыл бұрын

My ribs hurt from laughter. Your reaction to having that tray and realizing it was doubling in size again was pure gold. "David Tries Something New" would be the greatest show on earth.

@fz613 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly I’dont know why we (viewers) wanted to see you baking a bread, but anyhow it was the most entertaining bread baking I’ve ever seen!!! 😅 Regards from sunny Poland! STAY SAFE!!!

@mosschops1974 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if it was your intention, but this is comedy gold!

@jeffoldknow 4 жыл бұрын

"Mix you bugger"........I was rolling on the floor. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@prophaseaprophasea4648 4 жыл бұрын

Hi David, the Mrs and i are long term subscribers, and i have to say thank you for one of the funniest videos we have seen for a long time. keep up the good work, and hope to see you visiting the Llangollen canal soon. kind Regards NB Bluebelle.

@NemoBlank 4 жыл бұрын

Quick fix cooking instructions. 1. Open Window. 2. Throw all cooking ingredients out for ducks. 3. Buy cheese, bread, butter, bacon crumbles and beer. 4. Throw all excess items from stuck drawer in nearest dumpster. 5. Never again fall for dirty cookbook lies.

@TinyFreya59 4 жыл бұрын

I tried valiantly not to laugh… or cringe… but I failed at both. Leaving out the sugar is a problem and mixing metric and non-metric measurements kind of made my eyes roll back in my head, but I’m pleased to read that you’ve gotten the hang of it and things are better now. Everybody kind of blows it on their first experiment with bread. Nobody died, so there’s that. Positive thoughts!

@SheplerStudios 4 жыл бұрын

This...was the equivalent of watching a “Man Cold” with all the excessive drama, whining and hand tossing of the average male in the kitchen, except when applied to baking bread. Loved every minute of it David! Lots of excellent bread baking how-to videos on KZfaq. Thanks for posting this. Much appreciated.

@snv648 4 жыл бұрын

And to think this almost never saw the light of day! Thanks for the laughs, can I say we all needed that.

@clcole5655 4 жыл бұрын

Hysterical..... “what kind of oil?”... “as if I have a clean tea-towel”. 🤣😂 super fun to watch

@kevinmcginley9140 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the programme enormously!

@IanM18 4 жыл бұрын

David, I stumbled across your channel by accident, as I was intent on trying to lighten the boredom of temporarily working from home and decided to broaden my horizons. Apart from a week-long foray on a narrowboat, around the Oxfordshire area, about 20 years ago, I have had no involvement with canally type things. However, I watched a couple of your later vlogs and have since subscribed and am now working my way through your entire catalogue! Your exploits are, to my mind, compulsive viewing. I love to see the undiscovered (to me, anyway) British countryside, especially at the sedate speeds afforded by Canal cruising and my interest in the day to day trials and tribulations of Canal life has grown immeasurably. Your presentation and narration betters most programmes on TV for quality, content and just down right entertainment value. I'm still giggling from watching this particular video. Good luck and the best of health to you. Stay safe and continue to enjoy your watery life, but please, also, continue producing your vlogs for the entertainment of those of us who are, by our own choice, more restricted in our lives. Best wishes. Ian.

@CruisingTheCut 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@eleanorchapple8772 4 жыл бұрын

The minute I heard you had no.sugar, I knew we were in deep trouble!😂

@kb2ear 4 жыл бұрын

No sugar, no yeast rise.. Poor Bread....

@eleanorchapple8772 4 жыл бұрын

I am so surprised it rose without sugar. Marvellous fun on an isolated cold rainy day. Thank you for a wonderful half hour. Absolutely hilarious!

@doliverlipke7056 4 жыл бұрын

This is your funniest vlog ever. I laughed thru the whole video.. 2 thumbs up

@gintonic864 4 жыл бұрын

For me, this is the best cooking video that anyone has ever done before. No nice pictures, everything is ready and fits and is prepared and totally simple, no, it shows how it really is. Until you gathered your utensils, how you are totally done when you chain the dough, that you even have to change the T-shirt to the point where you kneel in front of the stove, I laughed tears. Thanks a lot for this.

@marianela111 4 жыл бұрын

It may have been easier to pop down to Tesco for a medium slice loaf but it wouldn't have been as much fun 😷. Loved your culinary adventure and thank you for taking us along 🌻🐈🥰

@sebastiancardenasholik 4 жыл бұрын

I've just started the video and I'm laughing. It's amazing. I can't see how you didn't post it before. It's breadspectacular

@contourofthevoid 4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree

@brazelton13 4 жыл бұрын

As a person who bakes I found this video hysterical! But you did a good job, next time turn your loaf at like 20 minutes because you're oven temperature is not even.

@davidoickle1778 4 жыл бұрын

Michele Brazelton Well said Michelle. David did well all things considered. I admire his tenacity under adversity. The oven definitely has uneven heat. A lower rack position might help. Melted butter in the microwave would have worked.

@johnregan8471 4 жыл бұрын

Already watched this once but needed cheering up so watched it again. Absolutely brilliant and hilarious 😂😂. Believe or not you inspired me to have a go myself and it didn’t look great but tasted delicious so will keep on trying. Keep safe.

@johnpadmore3228 4 жыл бұрын

David, as a guy who loves to bake bread your video really made me laugh. We have all been down your road, but not sure if we had the light hearted playfulness that you possess to post such a funny and revealing video. Oh please, carry on my friend carry on 😎

@paullord2025 4 жыл бұрын

May i suggest your community of followers film their reaction to watching this video and upload, i for one am in tears watching this. I never comment on Videos, but felt compelled to do so half way through this - i've followed you since day one David, so now you know. Thanks for lightening my hour.

@kimberlyrallo3111 4 жыл бұрын

Hilariously adorable. I can’t stop smiling.

@WmCRobison 4 жыл бұрын

"flour is going too get everywhere.". My wife and I are dying of laughter here....... Please post more.

@for.tax.reasons 4 жыл бұрын

I love the ducks patiently waiting outside the window for you to finish baking and feed them presumably

@mikemaby5497 3 жыл бұрын

" a cutlerly knife! ?? Well aren't all knives cutlery knives??." You're so funny! Hope to see you on the bake off soon. :)

@malcolmjames1866 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, David. My cheeks hurt from laughing!

@lynnrixson3013 4 жыл бұрын

David ! We have sat through this vlog from start to finish and we have been laughing non stop !!! 😂😂😂😂😂. You are hilarious!! We need a lot more of these whilst the Covid 19 restrictions are in force. Honestly better than any comedy we’ve ever seen 🤣🤣. Thanks so very much 😊

@mdmcalor 4 жыл бұрын

Can’t stop laughing! Watching you on your knees, yelling toward the camera had me in a constant giggle. I really needed this today. Thank you!

@Tuesfutu333 4 жыл бұрын

This is comedy gold! I'm only half way in, but I can't stop laughing. You sir are a natural entertainer.

@SteveMorton 4 жыл бұрын

This was excellent entertainment value. I would certainly have not done any better than you David. Bravo bravo, well done, this deserves to be in your most popular video list.

@grandporter01 4 жыл бұрын

Hilarious vlog, you should do more of these David.

@altowatts1325 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure how the bread will turn out but I haven't stopped laughing 🤣🤣🤣. This video is thoroughly entertaining 👍🏾🎥🍿⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.

@CruisingTheCut 2 жыл бұрын

😀👍

@marianillingworth4403 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant kamikaze approach, both audio and visual. If you want your own cookery programme you have my vote.👍

@jimblazer4484 4 жыл бұрын

The obvious talent before us.Marths Stewart is Soo envious

@sandraholmes7002 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoy all your videos, so much so that I have gone back to number one, when you first bought your boat, and starting all over again. I am just about to go and put my chickens to bed, get a cup of tea and then relax and enjoy this video. Thank you David for taking the time to make and create such relaxing videos for all of us to enjoy whilst isolated from family and friends. Huge Thank you.

@lucyo1165 4 жыл бұрын

The BEST cooking show ever, I really hope you make another 🤣😂🤣

@DeliaLee8 4 жыл бұрын

"Ten minutes of this is going to kill me!!" lolololol

@jowattful 4 жыл бұрын

I find most cooking vlogs rather boring. This was very entertaining I really enjoyed it.

@donaldmackay6749 4 жыл бұрын

Hi David, if you have not gathered yet, your viewing public finds you immensely entertaining no matter what the topic. So if you can keep indulging us, I promise to keep giving you a thumbs up and treasuring your posts. Thank you very much for the time and effort you have put into you your channel for the last three(?) years especially the posts you have made the last couple of weeks as, believe it or not, you provide a moments respite from the moderately grim going on in the world. Dan

@grahamchandler6064 4 жыл бұрын

Dead serious, do upload whatever you have lying around! You are helping me stay marginally sane, which my terrified quarentine mates appreciate.

@haragorn88 4 жыл бұрын

That is the most entertaining bread making show I have ever watched, and I have watched a few. You will have to start another channel now - Cutting the Loaf.

@louisethompson2474 4 жыл бұрын

Laughed out loud but also shouted at the TV a lot! The reason it didn't taste of anything was because you forgot the sugar! It reacts with the yeast. Even my hubby was giving you advice. Especially over what's a tablespoon and a cutlery knife 🤣🤣🤣

@andrewpoloni4197 4 жыл бұрын

Now I understand your affection for cheese sandwiches ... ;) BTW, if you decide to make the bread again you might use a timer and turn your bread pan a quarter tun in the oven say once every five minutes or so to negate the fact that the heat isn’t uniform. My guess is that will avoid the burning.

@susanm2117 4 жыл бұрын

By far one of your best videos. Thanks for such hilarious entertainment. Stay well.

@philiproseel3506 4 жыл бұрын

You know, I usually dislike videos that have been sped up, but not yours. Specially this one whilst baking, had me in stitches.

@peterfarrell1989 3 жыл бұрын

it was like watching basil fawlty having a meltdown in the kitchen, hilarious 😂

@freesaxon6835 4 жыл бұрын

Very humourous, my wife couldn't stop laughing, the sped up ducks patrolling in anticipation outside added to the humour

@lewisbowlby6118 4 жыл бұрын

I have never been so entertained by a 'cooking' show/segment, and, as an avid cook, I watch many. You have created an 'everyman' cooking experience......probably without knowing it.

@samannsing6919 4 жыл бұрын

We have watched this vlog 3 times already, not sure whether it is the humour of it all or the skills in unarmed "doughjudo" that you demonstrate when fighting the dough! Please, please, please - more of your cooking!

@CruisingTheCut 4 жыл бұрын

Haha I like that and of course, it makes me think that martial arts students train in a "dough-jo", don't they?

@suegurney4666 2 жыл бұрын

My husband I were in stitches with this hilarious video ! You are a natural comedian , David !

@perhennung 4 жыл бұрын

Dear David this was an absolutely wonderful lesson in how to make bread. Jacques Tati could not have done a better “parody “. I am happy you are not baking and selling bread for your survival. You are the favorite you tuber for many people, adding value and joy to our lives. May you never stop! 🙏

@normanmercer6704 4 жыл бұрын

Hilarious. Sounded a bit like Mork and Mindy on fast forward! 10 out of 10 for effort. More like this please

@medicinemanager 4 жыл бұрын

You need to record cooking on other occasions as you are a funny bloke. Not every time but just occasionally..loved the "why don't you mix...mix you bugger " part right at 12:00 minutes. I laughed and laughed at that till I just about turned purple. It doesn't help I have COPD...just kidding, but I laughed out loud for sure.

@richardwhipple3522 4 жыл бұрын

This is the best "cooking show" I've ever seen. I love cooking and steer clear of baking bread. I will try again because you did a fabulous job with a pitiful oven. I am so impressed ! Thanks Becky!

@katcankan7129 4 жыл бұрын

Give us this day our daily bread🍞...This had me laughing, more any old tut please 🤣

@sandybutt9898 4 жыл бұрын

Rather than use a recipe book, I now find a video of whatever it is that I want to cook and follow along to that. I might not use this one as a guide, but it is entertaining.

@spydermama9513 4 жыл бұрын

Love your reactions during the process.

@darabell9193 4 жыл бұрын

John from Australia I fond your show 4 days ago and now on no60 I am enjoying it so much. I always wanted to go on a holiday but to old now. Originally from Luton 1958 I will keep watching 👍

@myCloudWatcher 4 жыл бұрын

Steps for "better" results next rime. 1) Rotate the bread every 10 min. in the oven to fix the "un-even" heat. 2) Use a "Tent" of plain tin foil for the first 10 min. Remove for the rest. 3) Use a scraper NOT a knife. Gets the bits off the bowl. ( and the counter ). 4) Remove from the oven a "bit" early and torn on the side to get a "nice" bottom. 5) Add more salt to the flower, before mixing the butter, or salted butter for better taste. 6) REAL BUTTER! Enjoy, P.S. Take a small "egg size portion" of the kneaded mixture and fry in a pan to "taste" the mix ( flattened to cook fast ).

@jaynecotton1014 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant.!!!! You made me laugh out loud for the first time in weeks. And by the way, when you knead bread dough you should close your eyes and imagine you are kneading a womans soft body, not thump it like its a piece of tough meat. Well thats what I was told. Love your vlogs.

@carolyntanner6517 2 жыл бұрын

As I continue watching, you have me laughing to tears! I raised 2 sons, have 3 brothers, and two grandsons. They are a barrel of laughs as well when it comes to cooking. You're doing pretty good. I absolutely love your comedic demeanor while cooking❤👍🏼

@sebxiou-lifestyle4465 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, Captain D... despite all your hard work and high production-values on other vids, this is one of the best you have ever done. (Though I note some of the deliberately accentuated comedy and judicious fast-forwarding (with sound) worked very well - so not without performing and editing work). Very very funny - though a talkie (!), it reminded me of Eric Sykes's and Tommy Cooper's "Plank" film - that sort of well-meaning incompetence made into fine comedy. If there were a You-Tube award for comedy vids, I would certainly nominate this. Excellent and very cheering in sad times - Thank you so much :) Take care and stay safe.

@ianmckenzie5303 4 жыл бұрын

I could not stop giggling watching you knead the dough...bit like a Swedish massage😉 Came out good in the end tho. Fresh baked bread and butter Mmm👍🍞

@NorinnRichard 4 жыл бұрын

Dear David, my wife and I have been watching your video's for over a year now. I am quite pleased to see this one, as you clearly cook like me. My wife however is a trained chef, so I manage not to starve. The look of horror on her face when you measured the yeast and ended it with "near enough" has made my day. Returning to the video now. :)

@toomaskotkas4467 4 жыл бұрын

Your video has a very high entertainment value and it reminded me about my first attempts at cooking. I invent my own dishes now.

@dianemorris6904 4 жыл бұрын

Hi David, how are things with you? Have just had a visit from my aunt who is 75 years old. We have been telling her about you and your narrow boat. Showed her today the first video you did showing your boat. She was fascinated that you can live in such a small space. She loved the not a vlog and we are going to have a David canal afternoon, once we move house. I love this video of you baking bread. So did she. We have had a wonderful morning laughing and talking to you. More accurately, talking to the TV. She was giving you cooking advice because she is just like us and converses with the TV. Thanks again for sharing so much of yourself with us. Aunty Kathy is now a fan. Cheers. Keep safe.

@CruisingTheCut 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Aunt Kathy!

@andrewmwise3790 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent dramatic comedy!!! Particularly liked the scene when you were on all fours, looking into the oven.

@bradpalmer2914 4 жыл бұрын

Absolute scream. I don't think you are ready for a Michelin star just yet but you certainly brightened my day

@user-cu9kz5ec8o 4 жыл бұрын

This is your best video yet!!! I rather enjoyed (and agree) with your bent on tablespoons

@paulsingleton1970 Жыл бұрын

Just stumbled across your cooking video and I must say it was both educational and amusing, personally if I found a KZfaq channel solely cooking in your style I'd subscribe instantly , well done you 👍

@CruisingTheCut Жыл бұрын

Haha I don't think I could cope with that much cooking!!

@FiestyFoxy1971 4 жыл бұрын

Pmsl! You are having a Victor Meldrew moment in that kitchen my lovely 😊 you are so funny 😂 and I love your humour. You cheered me up xxx huge hugs and stay safe 😘

@sidneybowerman558 4 жыл бұрын

I am thanking your lucky stars that when it said "lightly oil the bowl" you didn't have a gallon of Duckhams 20/50 oil near the engine. Great video though.

@SamSitar 4 жыл бұрын

what's the 20/50 thing?

@DragonPilot 4 жыл бұрын

Sam Sitar motor oil.

@om617yota8 4 жыл бұрын

@@SamSitar 20/50 was, I'm guessing, a reference to oil weights. 20w-50 would be another way to put it. You've probably seen 10w-30 or 0w-20 before, same idea.

@allanrichts7620 4 жыл бұрын

Lol!!! well done that was hilarious, tears rolling, you have such a way with words.

@petesheppard1709 Жыл бұрын

It seems you were truly prescient in making this wonderfully off-beat video, then saving it; from the comments, you gave a lot of people a badly needed laugh in a really stressful time. Good show!

@cherylo1796 4 жыл бұрын

My suggestion for future baking, turn what your baking half way through

@pilpelet100 4 жыл бұрын

That was hilarious! Thanks for making lockdown a bit more bearable!

@jamespovey6898 4 жыл бұрын

Love this vlog,I laughed all the way through .But well done for having a go. As with everything practice practice practice.

@SteveeCee 4 жыл бұрын

Lol ! 😆 very high comedy element to this one. "I don't cook" - you're right, but well done for trying and giving us a laugh!

@sallyutting 4 жыл бұрын

Nice texture, I’d say a good result

@SteveeCee 4 жыл бұрын

@@sallyutting Agreed. TBH, the folded texture, excepting 'darker' bits was something I aspire to achieve!!

@danielmorgan104dm 4 жыл бұрын

This was some quality content to be fair. Thoroughly enjoyed the last 25 mins or so watching this

@greeneyes2256 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂 You are a natural comedian.

@maryfox925 4 жыл бұрын

David. This was one of my favorite vids yet. You did a great job. Cheers. Stay well

@terrosblue5575 4 жыл бұрын

its just occurred to me like a week later but you should have called this crusting the cut

@100boomer 4 жыл бұрын

David, one of the funniest vlogs I've seen in a long time, laughed out loud even, the rants were hilarious. Keep it going, you're making this lock down period more do'able. Thanks and take care.....

@craigbowie8925 4 жыл бұрын

David that was far more entertaining than you think. Watching you try and read those instructions on the tin remind me of my swearing at package I structions for being so small. Your loaf was properly done. You need a better oven if you really want to bake. Thank you for this. Quite enjoyed it.

@somebuddyful 4 жыл бұрын

i liked this video, it's a bit different. you should do more of those cooking video's.

@vulpsturm 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely. For a first time baker, this worked out really well.

@barniestormer6698 4 жыл бұрын

Cause he so good at it lol

@cindym6138 4 жыл бұрын

The best laugh I've had in days! Missouri USA

@timalves322 4 жыл бұрын

I have enough trouble making bread on a full-size oven, much less an oven the size of my daughter's’ easy back oven. P.S. I m a recent follower of your exploits, and with all the free time I seem to have these days. I have chosen to take my time machine all the way back to episode 1 and fallow your adventures in chronological order. If your ever in California, I will treat you to a Bar-B-Q.

@ESmith-ik8vu 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice, indeed. Now it just needs a little bit of butter and some nice, thick cut orange marmalade. Or, of course, a matured cheddar. And thank you so much for providing us all with good entertainment in these lonely quarantimes