I kinda want it as my text message alert.

Yes, this and Mikes response with "This should be really obvious!" 👌😊

What do you mean if James properly comes back?

Although if they ever *do* do a re-cut, Barry's agonised howl of, "It hurts my eyes!" must be a contender to be included

The man is a machine.

@@SortedFood oh the possibilities Ben would've added to that line! 😂😂

He had like 2 side dishes ready in 10 min including prep, insane

@@SortedFood machine in the kitchen and bedroom

That was the easiest 10, he deserved a 10

I love that he stops, and then does it anyway.

Exactly 😂

Same here! I love that he does it Anyway but it would show real kitchen growth if he didn’t. I feel like that should be an option for specialty badges, each of the normals has something for Jamie it’s definitely spaffing it and there should be a badge awarded for him realizing he should not do some thing and then NOT doing it. For Barry I think it has to do with not making something pretentious with a cloud egg, poached egg, or avocado even when he really wants to. And for Mike controlling his panic and increasing his productivity needs a badge!

@@prescottkerr7515 The cloud egg! I think Jaime's getting a bad rap here on second viewing. He tasted the beans, spiced them, and made a conscious decision to add the cabbage as another element. He paused, but it was both funny and probably just a final confirmation. Jaime is by far the most improved in the kitchen, I believe, and the mantle of Chief Spaff should pass to Barry. That cloud egg has not been redeemed, yet.

it's all an act. he knows it's comedy gold

She had a little break and has come back on 🔥

Janice roasted Ben and his allotment

@@janmay3901 Hmm, roast veg, perfect for Thanksgiving

BOOM

I LOVED when "she" sd that line.

Yes Jaime deserves more than a 4, because he made sense of the chaos and the food around him.

Absolutely agree. It never really feels like much, especially when it can't be seen with the end product, but as the guy who tends to do all the dishes after a thanksgiving feast, by jove can it be a lot of work clearing up. And in these, the less chaos going on, the easier the next guy has it.

he deserves a 0 for putting the cabbage in the green beans

I completely agree!

Clean as you go badge? Cleanliness badge? Maybe

I'm not personally a fan of stuffing or as it's frequently called "dressing", however the smell of it screams Thanksgiving! Also, most Americans consider it central to the meal, more so even than the turkey (A ham is an acceptable substitute for turkey). Eh, that's what I think anyway. Good episode 👏

Idk what travasties have happened in your kitchen but if your stuffing is the best thing on the plate then I'm dreadfully sorry.

​@@ConstantChaos1 If your stuffing isn't the best thing on the plate, I'm sorry about the state of your stuffing

@@robertcowley-yamamoto4880 stale soggy assured can't compare to a turducken or roasted garlic sage brown butter iberico ham loaded purple mashed potatoes. Idk why yall love eating soggy bread so much, this and fucking French toast, what's with yall? Should I piss on my bread before trying to sell it? Will that make it more appealing to yall? Seriously why are my fellow Americans so obsessed wirh soggy bread it's literally disgusting lmfao

And your wife would be 100% correct on both counts 😂

I also said no when he did that

I would be really surprised if Ben actually grow a baking soda. 😂

🤣

I'm from the South and I've never heard of the corn stuff he made. But otherwise he understands some things about southern food. I would also say that Jamie seems to know a lot about it too. Especially when he does things like wrapping stuff in bacon (which he's done multiple times outside of this episode). And the South loves their BBQ.

Yes!! I literally yelled no. Lol

I winced myself into a headache.

Yep, where were the fried onions 😂

This

She has to work in some extra sass since James left her alone with the Boys. And Janice delivers ;D

I choked on my drink hearing that.

Or allspice 😭

Green bean casserole sucks anyways so maybe it was made better? Green bean casserole just tastes like soggy cream of mushroom soup. Easily the worst of common thanksgiving dishes.

@@fmlAllthetime completely agree, the soup adds so much sodium to the dish, I've been doing a spiced green bean casserole slathered in olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic, onion powder, and while not a spice sautéed mushrooms and onions

"What goes in stuffing?" The main ingredient is BREAD. Gah.

3. Corn pudding is usually sweet, at least in my part of North Carolina.

All I had was (for two) a roast duck stuffed with a homemade mornay-sauce pasta, sweet potato mash, roast vegetables, gravy and an apple pie. Making a feast in the modern climate is a bit of a waste, for us, since our families (though vaccinated) prefer to minimize contact, just in case.

I'll be enjoying making more classic sides in the coming two weeks. I've decided to do holiday-themed recipes from Thanksgiving through Christmas.

As Canadian, slightly closer to British but also celebrate Thanksgiving, all the traditional stuff is missing aside rom turkey. It still looked tasty and would not be offended if someone offered it. When you think about it, most of traditional dishes are exclusive to the holiday.

Also as an American, I wholeheartedly agree. They don't have things that I consider essential for my Thanksgiving meal (giblet gravy), but know many Americans don't either. While watching them work through the process, I wasn't sure the dishes would come together so I thought midway through it would be a fail, but pleasantly surprised that it all did and they had a meal to be thankful for. Thank you SORTEDfood for providing such great content!

I think they got a bit caught up with the things that are US specific but forgot about/chose to ignore all the things that are common between their christmas dinner & american thanksgiving. I have never been to a thanksgiving that didn't have mash potatoes & gravy. Also I just assumed they would spatchcock a chicken then make a gravy with the drippings. That would have been a reasonable concession to make given the time constraints.

And the Three Sisters. That actually surprised me.

Yeah! Until Jamie spaffed it up, that is, lol.

Definitely need bread in a stuffing!

It's interesting to see Thanksgiving through the lens of a Brit. I can't imagine the three who'd never had a Thanksgiving meal would've ever thought to bread and fry onions to put over the top of the green beans, which is really the best part.

@@scstee01 I was surprised Baz knew about sweet potato/pumpkin mash and marshmallow.

As someone from the South corn pudding was something I’ve never heard of in any family meal so that was def new lmao, but green bean casserole was interesting to see them do

I was wondering myself about the missing gravy.

Came here to report my “nooooooooo” as well. 😂

@@kalieris I was more like WTF but a decent effort though Barry really should have done a gravy over the weird pumpkin thing he did.

Agreed - get the ball rolling in the right direction, and tie the others down to his way of thinking; he tends to do this whenever he starts first. A certain risotto recipe comes to mind.

aww.. that's so sweet :)

I was just blown away by how much he accomplished. And although the "normals" have become progressively more knowledgeable and chef-like, the difference between Ben's effortless, efficient work and the "normal" (i.e., like I would do it) thinking and doing one thing at a time was eye-opening.

Well, so many people just open a can of cranberry sauce anyway... So we can skip that. I make a cranberry jello salad with chopped pecans, crushed pineapple, mandarin orange, and chopped celery that was my grandmother's recipe that's wonderful.

@@frenchfriar that sounds so delicious! Secret family recipe or one you can share? I'd love to attempt it.

@@supriyagour2892 1 large package (or two small ones) of black cherry Jello, a small can of crushed pineapple, a package of cranberries, a can of mandarin oranges, a cup of diced celery, a cup of chopped pecans, a cup of sugar. Run the cranberries through a meat grinder (they're better crushed than sliced), drain the canned fruit, reserving the juices. Mix the fruit and celery and sugar, allow to sit in the fridge for an hour to cool and drain the mixture, adding the liquid to your reserve. Mix the nuts into your cold mixture, then make the jello according to package directions. Use your reserved juices for your cold water, and let the jello set in the refrigerator covered overnight to set. It makes a lovely dish with bright tones from the orange and nice crunch from the celery and nuts, and be sure to taste the cranberry/sugar mixture to add more sugar if the mixture is still too tart. Absolutely delicious, I've never seen anyone that tried it not like it, including those that hate cranberries.

@@frenchfriar Thank you so much for the recipe and the tips! I'm going to practice until I get it perfect and amaze my family during the holidays.

Yes!!

Great idea

YYAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSS PLEEEAAAASSSSSSEEEEEE😂😍😇

Would be wonderful for any of the pro chefs really

Oh my god yesss

Same here. Considering most of them had never enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal before they did a pretty decent job.

lol ME!!!

Ha! Nope! I did too

Haha my sisters and I were yelling that the whole time. And then when he put the greens in we all sighed in exasperation. That poor casserole. 😂

Exactly!!

My wife did the same

Luxury Leftovers 😁

Ooh yes thats a great idea.

Curry always tastes better the next day 👍 great request 👍

Italian food. Always.

They did a pass it on leftovers

For real! I start on Monday preparing for Thursday. But something like this is a good idea for anyone thinking of doing a more casual Friendsgiving or something.

Yeah this was a definite fail in my book if they were going for it to be at all like actual Thanksgiving, lol.

A bird, potatoes (sweet or normal) and cranberry sauce are the essential elements of thanksgiving... (Cranberry sauce is weird... even if you don't like it and no one eats it, you need to have it...) Pumpkin and all that other stuff is controversial and depends on the family...

Totally agree!! This was awful, lol.

Daaang I dunno why eight hours, lol. We had an awesome duck with sides done in less than four. Was my favorite Thanksgiving I'd ever eaten or cooked. I think if I wanted to cheat and do it in an hour, it would be just duck or turkey breasts or legs, and all the sides could still get done (sweet potato, mashed potato, stuffing, green beans, etc) in an hour. I think it's hard, but doable.

Same! I think I felt physical pain when I saw that! Maybe they should have all researched some typical holiday dishes so they would have had a clue what was going on. 🤦

So did I!

Same.... and where is the fried crispy onions! Sacrilege!

I cringed and yes to fried onions is what makes the dish. And I really wish Ben learned the right way to do corn casserole

Me too!

And he said pecans bc it’s thanksgiving 😂😂🤣🤣 I’m southern and we put pecans in everything all year but my first time to see it in a stuffing/dressing

Yeah, I was kind of confused that there was no bread in the stuffing, but I have seen sausage in an American Thanksgiving stuffing.

I dunno, he had the spirit haha. My family's stuffing is bread, pecans and fruit, but I've had a sausage stuffing before. I've heard of people putting oysters in their stuffing, but never actually seen it done...

Sausage stuffing is delicious but it definitely wanted for some bread I think

Considering they only had turkey breasts, there wasn't much room for a bread stuffing. Now, if they were making bread dressing, (made outside of the turkey in its own dish), 'then' bread would be in order. 'Stuffing' is a wide category, and my FAVORITE item on the table! : P

Don't give him ideas.

Look at you droppin' the knowledge 💛

... they celebrate thanksgiving in other countries lol. just not on the same day.

@@emk3 They are clearly following the Traditional American Thanksgiving meal completely evident by them starting off with "to honor our friends across the pound" also anyone with a brain knows its the day after Thanksgiving and while other countries do celebrate on different days being the day after americas thanksgiving you have to be braindead to accuse someone else of any type of wrongness for assuming this video was made for the american Thanksgiving.

@@Dudeston chill dude lol, you said "bunch of guys that havent been to a thanksgiving dinner", all i said was that they probably have. no need to get so offended

@@emk3 but the guys themselves said they never had. Ben had been to three thanksgivings, all with American friends, so they are definitely talking about American thanksgiving.

@@emk3 Like who? And Canada doesn't count.

Yup, it's a hard thing to do continuing on from somebody else's dish, and not being able to finish it either!

@@SortedFood I’ve got huge amounts of respect for the guys for doing this (and even live at times)! I’m pretty sure that I can’t do it. Or that there would be such a hurricane in the kitchen that a Huttlestorm seems like a light breeze.

@@Anna-uh3jq Over the years of working together they've grown to have a certain codepende- I mean Synergy. That, and they've learned to taste (Usually) before continuing on with a dish.

@Anna I think that when I'm the one who started cooking the meal

That was actually mikes, Jamie just finished it

Right?? 😂😭

Considering burritos arent spanish I don't think they'd care lol

@@sami2503 The burrito was filled with "paella"...

@@lordmuhehe4605 lmao, tbh I'd eat that 🤣

We can't cut out that line - it's a classic!

@Johnny Caruthers copy pasta much?

@Johnny Caruthers you good fam?

What is going on here? Where's the dish?

@Johnny Caruthers Who let their bot off the leash?

Ahh going light, that's probably better.

THIS. James!

i mean it would Christmas and who the heck doesnt celebrate it with friends and family? although as I say that I realize that sure some do like the extra pay you get for workin during such holidays so might not come

@@goranpersson7726 ehh it would definitely be recorded before christmas

Same!! 😭

Stuffing means something different here, only sausage herbs and nuts mostly.

UK stuffing and American stuffing are pretty different, from what I've seen US stuffing has big bread chunks whilst ours just has breadcrumbs. Using nuts instead would still be considered stuffing to us.

I kept whispering "bread? Add bread? Bread? ....Stovetop?" at my phone while the stuffing was happening. 😅

i honestly just find it kinda funny that they even did a thanksgiving pass it on when its obviously not something they know or even celebrate

I wonder if we called the stuffing dressing like I know it’s called they would have gotten we use bread. Or if that would have been evening more lost in translation 😅

I lived my entire life in various places in the south and had never heard of corn pudding before this video, iwas checking comments to see if others had

I’m from New England but I had Midwestern in-laws that made corn pudding every year. And I now live in Indiana where it’s popular. So maybe it’s more of a Midwestern thing?

When I was growing up going to church suppers in the South, someone, usually a lady of my grandmother’s generation, could always be counted on to bring corn pudding. Probably the lady and her husband grew the corn in their own garden and it was picked fresh and put up the same day in their giant deep chest freezer. Possibly corn pudding was invented in multiple places- any place that has an abundance of fresh corn, eggs, and milk.

@@christineh14 thank you for that explanation. Funny how things can be different even withing similar communities

@@ryanbeckman8453 It could be a passed down farmers things as opposed to a regional thing. As a Minnesotan, I've never heard of it, but we have plenty of corn around.

Well... To be fair, if you gave any of the 4 an full forenoon to prepare a thanksgiving dinner and let them plan ahead of time, they'd probably come up with something more pleasing. But fact of the matter is they had only 1 hour overall and had to improvise along the way which is not how you'd make any holiday dinner.

😂 In Texas, corn casserole is cornbread with cream corn, whole kernel corn, and cheese. And green bean casserole isn't complete without french's fried onions on top. I did like the idea of fresh cream of mushroom! And the stuffed turkey wrapped in bacon would be a huge hit!

Where I'm from in Western KY, we use the canned Cranberry sauce, it's not Thanksgiving if there isn't a dish with a can shaped jellied cranberry sitting on it. We don't usually do biscuits but Sister Shubert's rolls and instead of mac & cheese, our family usually does a broccoli-spinach casserole which is frozen chopped broccoli and spinach mixed with cream of mushroom soup and velveeta and topped with french's fried onions then baked.

Hmmm. Definitely not sure everything you listed is "traditional," but to me that's one of the best things about Thanksgiving. Everyone has their own spin on it!

@@tracey2156 The ribbed cranberry sauce is definitely an image from my childhood and TBH there's some in the refrigerator right now. I haven't done a traditional Thanksgiving like that for a very long time.

Made me spit out my soda I was just chugging :D

Hahaha

Sometimes I forget Jamie ISN'T an American with a really good accent.

I would also like to jamies thanksgiving. Although im german and never had a thanksgiving feast.

@@derdork3233 Well, pick a day to be thankful and make a bunch of holiday-themed fattening dishes that you normally couldn't be bothered to make. Invite family, neighbors, what have you and be merry. It's the same as a barbecue, but most Americans follow a common theme.

@@christopherkarr1872 not a bad plan. I'd have to improve my cooking skills and equipment first. I wouldnt even consider myself a home cook lol. Potluck would be easier i guess.

@@derdork3233 Potlucks are great! I'd love to cook for you! Of course, there is a certain satisfaction that comes when cooking a dish to your own idea of perfection...especially when you know it's something others couldn't create. I believe you'd call it 'Schadenfreude'?

And you can have it all done in an hour! Bam!

Agree, roasting a whole turkey is probably on of the worst ways to prepare it.

I'd say he deserves a 5 but it's a fail dish for sure.

I just wanted to tell NOOOOOOO!!!!

It's not hard is it... Its American 🤪

@@andrewwalsh2956 rude

@@heatherholzhaus7013 I didn’t think it was rude, IMO it was honest. The media shows American/US cultural much more than other countries.

@@PriyankitaPant I'm glad they are starting to change that dynamic.

Forget the turkey on that bacon wrapped pork tenderloin is amazing

@@jasons2566 Or bacon-wrapped chicken-fried steak...like a schnitzel on crack.

Good idea!

First we need all of the boys to experience Thanksgiving. That would help immensely.

Yeah, this wasn't a pass in my book...not if their goal was Thanksgiving, lol.