British Chef Reviews USA Southern Food!! | Sorted Special Ep 1/2 

My dad calls boiled peanuts "southern edamame" to describe them to people who aren't sure about the texture. You can slurp them from the shell to catch more of the spicy juices too!

In re: Jimmy Red Corn: There's a wonderfully subversive little song that used to be sung in the United States (even popularized by being sung by Burl Ives on a children's album) called "Jimmy Crack Corn" The lyrics are about a young slave (named Jimmy in a play on words) whose tasks for his master included "bring him drink when he get dry, and brush away the blue-tailed fly." One day, when his master was out riding on horseback, and Jimmy was supposed to run alongside and keep the flies away from the horse's flanks, he 'failed' to brush them all away, one bit the horse, and it bucked and threw the master, killing him. The blame, when the death was investigated, was place on the fly and not on Jimmy (though it's pretty strongly implied that Jimmy knew what was what and chose his actions accordingly). The refrain is "Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care, Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care, Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care: the master's gone away." Jimmy had access to the master's liquor cabinet ("bring him drink when he get dry"), "crack corn" was also slang for gossipping, and whiskey was made from, as is shown here, jimmy corn that was cracked. It seems clear that Jimmy has passed out the master's liquor and is telling the story of how it all happened, to the joy of the other slaves. And yet, even in segregated decades in America, it was sung as a catchy little children's song by people who evidently never stopped to think about it being a song about people celebrating the death of a slave-owner. Which, let's be honest, is a great reason to raise a glass of whisky and celebrate.

As a native South Carolinian, descendant of the Gullah Geechee people on my mother's side, and a longtime subscriber, it was great to see you feature Charleston and the Gullah Geechee culture central to its foodways in such a respectful and insightful way. Awesome to see the rising star Amethyst Ganaway and so many of my favorite Charleston spots featured! Fantastic job.💞

Saying "I could eat these all afternoon" about the boiled peanuts is the essential southern experience. That means you got them made well. I remember working in retail and a guy would park his boiled peanut trailer down the way and we would all get a cup or two from him. There's something special about whiling away the afternoon eating boiled peanuts. AND it is much healthier than a lot of other snacks. I'm glad you got to try it.

“They do not taste like vegetables.” I’m pretty sure that’s how you get the attention of any parent with a fussy eater as a child. 😂

I can only blame myself that some of my favorite food youtubers were in my city and I didnt know. Hope you guys enjoyed our lovely town and take some of our flavors home with you!

So happy Gullah culture was brought up. There used to be a kid's show back in the 90s called Gullah Gullah Island here in the US that was all about this. Absolutely LOVE IT. So chuffed you all had a great time.

As a Charleston native who has commented over the years for y'all to try stuff like She Crab Soup, I am literally overjoyed to see that y'all went to my hometown and got to experience the amazing Gullah Geeche food and all of the Charleston experience. Makes me homesick. Even just a little further NW in Tennessee these foods are simply unheard of. What I would give for a good fixin of fried green tomatoes with grits and a bowl of She Crab Soup. And a whole giant bucket of boiled peanuts! 😂 Thank you boys for really exploring, trying, and having fun. ❤️

As a Lowcountry native (HHI/Savannah area but with family all over Charleston) this was cool. Y’all are one of the few foreign food people that has gotten Gullah stuff correct by and large. That’s the actual cuisine of the area, not the fake touristy stuff.

This is how you have a holiday with your friends, have good food and write it off as a company expense 😂 keep up the good work Lads

It ALWAYS confuses me when you guys upload on a day that isn't Wednesday or Sunday! But you bet I'm not complaining about extra Sorted in my week at all 😬

Collard greens are such a big comfort food for me. Had them so much growing up.

I love how the boys have unilaterally decided to call any edible meats or cheeses (or spare potato skins) laying around “snacking meats/cheeses” etc!🤷‍♀️😂👍🏻🥰

Southern style biscuits and gravy is amazing, country fried steak with the white gravy one of the greatest food creations of all time as well as banana pudding

No desert? Banana Pudding, sweet potato or yam pie, benne seed cookiesLady Baltimore cake? Also Charleston is the place to find tea based punches like Gun Powder Tea punch…all with mixes of several spirits. Thanks for visiting.

I’m so glad they’re trying real down home southern food!!! I’ve been waiting for these since they asked the community about it 😍😍😍

This was the best video I’ve ever seen. The history, the food, the water, the travel, THE CHARLESTON. What a ride! The production quality is so frickin high!

I'm of Nigerian origin and the dishes you're eating are very similar to some of our foods. The okra soup/stew, the red rice, close to our joloff rice to name a couple. Boiled peanuts is something I miss, a great snack.

Jaime is just out here living his best life. Heavy, meaty foods and whiskey, he must be in paradise!

as a native southerner who lived in Charleston for 2 years when I was in the military its so lovely to see you guys share and amplify our food culture. Happy especially to see the slave history highlighted as not enough people give the real credit to the people who made amazing beautiful food that heals the soul in the midst of horrific oppression, poverty and lack of resources.

This episode was the perfect mix between food, history/culture and friends having fun. Keep it up guys, loving all the great work you do.

funny that you called the boiled peanuts 'legumey'... as they are legumes, lol!

I’m a Charleston native and miss my hometown so badly❤. But i love love seeing ppl experiencing our culture and appreciating it like these gents are doing. Thank you for showcasing Charleston!!!

I love the “eating greens for the first time” faces

Another thing that you have to get to understand southern cooking is southern culture and hospitality. It's not just cooking. As the chef told you, it's about about putting love and caring for the people who are going to eat that food into every dish.

I'm so happy y'all tried the Glass Onion! That's my favorite place in Charleston for shrimp and grits! And you went to my favorite place for fried green tomatoes! Thank you for taking the time to learn about the African culture that makes Southern food the best.

As an SC native, it's so fun to see one of my favorite channels try and learn about this cuisine!

If y'all ever go to other southern places I recommend going to Mississippi or Louisiana. Biloxi or New Orleans or something like that. It's a whole different thing. Also Texas is more Mexican inspired and Memphis is just plain ole good. BBQ is a must too.

Being a southern lady, I can relate to this. There's a lot of southern food I can't eat since I'm allergic to shell fish. 😪 The boiled peanuts are sooo good, I could eat them all day. All the veggies are heaven on a bun to me! Rice is a staple, I buy it in 10 pound bags. Just yum!

Jamie doing the Charleston is everything I needed today! :D

Is that Baker from Below Deck teaching the dancing?!?!

YES! Fried green tomatoes and Pimento cheese! I am so glad you all tried both of those! Those items are so regional that even people in Northern USA have not had them before! I really like that you guys are showing off the food, culture, and hospitality of the Southern US because I feel like they always get a bad rap but people just don't understand how welcoming people in that area are, and how good the food is! I hope you all enjoyed!

Are we just not gonna talk about how unbelievably cool Captain Jackson was?

I always think it’s interesting that we’ve gone so far that traditional cooking can seem exotic. Like that local ingredients aren’t the normal anymore. Kinda sad but with the way history shook out but unfortunately that’s where we’re at. We’ve lost so many hyper local cuisines it’s cool to see one get highlighted in this way

I've lived in the pacific northwest all my life and I recently discovered Sunn m’Cheaux and the Gullah people. it's really really heartwarming to see the boys embrace and learn about them and their history and foods. Glad I'm not the only white boy learning and appreciating the people.

From the UK but did a big tour around US few years ago, did Charleston and Savannah to sample some American history, unfortunately, we were on a bit of a budget so didn't get to try it all. Followed advice to go off the beaten track, the locals were quite surprised when I spoke to order but we had some amazing food!

Splendid video! Also, that is totally Baker from Below Deck!

I really enjoyed this episode. Thank you!

Can we talk about how good Jamie is ag dancing!? The man has great rhythm!

These are always my favorite videos from you guys, where you take a deep dive into another culture's food by actually traveling to its birthplace. Very excited for part 2!

As a South Carolinian, I'm so excited for this video!!! Fried green tomatoes from my own garden are literally one of my favorite foods ever. And grits and boiled peanuts 🥰🥰 Y'all did it right 👍

So excited to finally see this episode. We were visiting Charleston the same weekend you guys were there, and we ate ALL THE FOOD in so many places - I was really hoping we'd chance upon seeing you filming somewhere while we were there. Really glad to get to see you enjoying yourselves in that great town!

One of the best things about moving to the South is absolutely the food. I'm so glad these types of videos are back. Love seeing your vlogging adventures.

Jamie: “boys I’m having a great time!” Well of course you are- you have whisky/alcohol, and snacking foods!😂🤣🤷‍♀️👍🏻🥰

Jamie laughing after having a sip of that drink is so iconic

As a swing dancer, watching you all do the Charleston was absolutely delightful!

That dance was better than I expected

I haven’t watched this yet but intrigued to see the review. We live in Florida and my husband’s family is from Mississippi so I like to keep with his traditions for him. Today I’m making Slow roasted pork jowl, collard greens, boiled cabbage, black eyed peas and cornbread.

As a grown up, I really like the bitter, slightly chewy dark green veggies like collard greens or kale with the stalks removed. I like them with just onions and roasted red pepper but ham or smoked turkey is yummy too. Shrimp and grits is one of my favorite breakfast treats. My dads family is from poor white people in South Carolina so the food was almost all the same. I make fried green tomatoes with a remoulade sort of thing. It really goes over well at parties.

Ben saying he's well and truly slayed cracked me up 🤣

You might already know about it (and I assume they'll deliver to the UK) but Anson Mills is an amazing source for heirloom and heritage corn and grain products.

OK, you guys KILLED that choreography! I am impressed. Of course, my boy Mike worked it best. 😆😝

Baker was on below deck!!!! Love her!

There could be a reason why peanuts taste like legumes. See if you can guess what it is...

I’m so glad you guys enjoyed southern food, as a Canadian that moved to the South it was definitely eye opening 😁

Love the glimpses of your production team. Please show them more often.

MY HOME STATE!!!! HOLY HELL, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THIS ON SORTED!!!!!!!!

There’s a lot of Americans who have no idea we have a subculture in our country called Gullah. US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is Gullah. He used to speak the Gullah dialect which sounds very similar to Bajans.

"Love" for food and humanity is 100% the secret to good southern food.

Really glad to see a return to this format and you guys bringing us along your travels! Excited for more!

And a @belowdeck crossover!!!! Already planning a drive down from Toronto in 2 weeks!

As a life long boiled peanut fan I have to recommend eating green peanuts. Where they are still a bit young and tender. Once the outside goes a bit red like the ones in the vid, the texture changes and whatever seasoning you use to boil them in doesn't soak in as well. As a kid when we salt boiled green peanuts even my cat would steal them and eat them on the regular.

I love when you guys go on the road, can’t wait to see the rest of this.

Living in the Charleston area, it was a joy watching y'all enjoying not just the food scene, but the city of Charleston as well! 🎉

Ohh an extra vid what a wonderful way to start the weekend 😊

Y’all should go to Lafayette, Louisiana next! Mardi Gras is coming up and it’s the perfect time to see Cajun culture at its finest!

I am so happy to see SORTED travel videos again. Thank you "Visit the USA!"

Just loved this, really loved it & appreciate the effort of all involved to make it so educational & fun. Looking forward to part 2!

So much fun to watch! So glad to see our South so well represented. Hope you guys had a fantastic time. Come back soon, y’all!!

One thing I will give America, they really know how to make good food.. I'd love to go to a Texas BBQ and just eat and drink and have a great time!

Amazing episode! So much information but it was also super nice to see the whole crew having some goofy fun at the dance studio too.

I can't get enough of Sorted! I rewatch Sorted videos from months ago & "convince" myself they're new. Keep up the great work!!

I never would've at all expected you guys to come to South Carolina, this is amazing! It's really cool seeing you guys try and eat food that I basically grew up with, this is such a cool video to watch as someone who's been in SC my whole life

That moment when you shared the fried green tomatoes with the crew made me grin.

Having lived in the South my entire life, I've always found it interesting in how in each of the Southern regions the African groups that were brought over found, scrounged, grew, and hunted local edibles and then used their cooking knowledge from their home to make food in their new areas, creating a vast spectrum of delicious local cuisines all across the South that have the same root beginnings, but changed so drastically based on the available food and spice sources. Southern Cajun Creole, soul food, BBQ, and many more. Love the foods and spices all across the South.

Loved watching the guys’ effort with the Charleston dance.

I would cry if I saw these boys in person in my home state. Truly cry. I love how much they learn about each place they go. It's phenomenal.

hold up. i was in charleston a while ago and swore i saw jamie but thought there was no way. are you telling me i wasn't crazy and actually that probably was him?

These types of videos are definitely an all time favourite!

As a person who is from the south I really enjoyed watching this and seeing them enjoy food that is such a comforting food and also loved seeing them try boiled peanuts because I know a lot of people don't even know what boiled peanuts are and for someone who grew up eating them and just sitting around the house with my family while they cook and then enjoying with my family brings my heart so much joy. Thank you guys because all of your videos help my day get better and also helps when I have a bad day. Love all of you guys so much.

Gulla food may be how many people first learned about Gullah Geechee, but for those of us of a certain age from certain states, Gullah Gullah Island was the first ambassador. The couple behind that show did a good job introducing kids to the existence of Gullah Geecheee culture.

I was super excited to see the boiled peanuts, we enjoy them here in South Africa all the time! 😌❤️

YES! visit the USA is back!

So much more entertaining and educational than I anticipated! Nicely done, Gentlemen!

The Food Network called. They wanted to know how to produce a quality food show. Cheers from Canada.

Does someone want to tell Jamie and Mike that peanuts ARE legumes? 😂

Yes! I love the travel videos and I am so extremely happy they are back!

Jamie absolutely getting it on the dance floor is what I didn’t know I needed today.

This is such a cool video! Can you do more of these? Bit of history, bit of real authenticity, especially with real people telling their stories, overall brilliant!

82 Queen Street is amazing…plus they have an amazing Barbecue Shrimp and Grits🤤🤤🤤🤤

Charleston is so lovely! I hope yall enjoyed!

What a great vid: loads of local knowledge, piled on with loads of enthusiasm and love for what you’re discovering, plus some fancy footwork at the end. Bravo, Sorted!!

In Taiwan we have braised peanuts, which I imagine are somewhat similar in texture to what you had~ 😊

So glad y’all enjoyed SC!! 🎉

This was really awesome and reminded me of the old food network days of watching television. Thanks for a hit of nostalgia boys and glad to see the new content type.

This has to be my favorite of all your videos, and I have seen a LOT of them.

that velooooouuuuteeeee callback from Ben had me cackling

Mike deserves a dancing badge for those moves

Gullah culture was widely spread in the US in the 90s with the delightful show Gullah Gullah Island!! It was the cutest show!

YES LADS! Love your travel series, looking forward to the rest of this :D