Great RU-vidrs. Both are knowledgeable and make their recipes accessible. Among my favourites and come across as genuinely nice people. Certain RU-vidrs are talented but strike me as torture to sit down with them. Ethan and Brian would be excellent dinner guests 😄
Brian’s point about going from “I want to cook all day Saturday” to “where can I find the shortcuts” is super valid. I feel like it’s actually an overall change in people’s lifestyles. I was definitely in the camp of cooking all day but these days I want to maximize flavor and efficiency. Sometimes I want to make a several hour pork braise with home tortillas but a lot of times I want tacos start to finish in 20 minutes that are super tasty.
Well, his channel really started to grow during the pandemic when we were all home all day making super delicious food. Now that we're back in offices, it's back to quick convenience food.
Yep my personal Chef spends several hours cooking daily. Quick and easy is sometimes needed. My wife and I enjoy what they make and I help sometimes. We had chicken legs and thighs with sweet potatoes with honey roasted with fresh broccoli roasted then topped with a cheese sauce and to finish cream puffs.
It is. I think internet culture pushed the "best of the best" hustle culture in all areas of life for a while but people realized that they 1) don't have infinite time/energy/money for everything to be done optimally and 2) most people aren't the aficionados for food (or anything else) that they imagined themselves to be and that good enough was, in fact, good enough. While everyone still has niche hobbies they delve deep into, everyone else is trying to find that sweet 80/20 on the areas they aren't obsessed with.
I think these are all good point. I'll add that a cooking channel is going to find super-dedicated cooks as the early watchers. These are going to be a limited crowd who are basically going to be overwhelmed by the more casual audience once the channel grows. Eventually you get to the audience where the whole thing is just entertainment and they may never actually make a recipe on the channel. This change in demographic balancing may be perceived as a change in audience.
Mad props to Ethan for taking a break in his quest to destroy the One Ring to do this collab with Brian, who is taking a break from his duties leading Rivendell.
Whoa. Never realized the height disparity between these two. Big fan of both and it was super fun to see their conversation more than just cooking. I'd love to hear a weekly podcast with these two.
Ok, Ethan you need to make this into a regular video format: youtube cooks chilling in the kitchen. I really enjoyed the discussions you guys had that weren't even directly related to what you were cooking.
Oh thank goodness someone else mentioned it too! 😅 Someone should make a compilation and check what percentage of this video was just them saying "like".
I had serious doubts if it could be done in time with the first 5 mins being spent to chop half an onion because of chatting about cheesecake but I should have known this was an easy win. Also, I really enjoyed Ethan in the background at the stove with Brian in the foreground making them look like Gandalf and Frodo sharing a kitchen.
Well they're cheating a bit by using Uber Eats. Unlike when Gabe used to go out and get the food for these types of videos, the Uber Eats driver probably stopped at two other houses on the way to Ethan's. That's been my history with that service anyway.
Am I the only one that wonders why Brian threw away half an onion at roughly 5:15 ? Like he already cut off the root part and threw it away, and then proceeded to yeet half of the good part straight into the garbage. Am I missing something?? I am so confused.
@@chriswhinery925 Is it cheating though? Having a friend of yours try to go as fast as possible to go get you food isn't realistic either. Most of the time people are just going to get Ubereats/Doordash/Postmates. Though, they are always slow as hell and that's if you even do get your food. lol
Is it really that much faster? For me I'd need to drive 12 min to a tbell, probably 5 min there, then another 12 back. looking at about 30 min from start to finish before I can be at home actually ready to eat my food. I think if they weren't talking as much they'd have banged it wayyyyy faster.
Dude.. you two are both my favorite food channels. I’ve worked in fine dining for 16 years. As a server, then home cook/enthusiast turned chef.. I love the stuff you guys do. Hopefully you guys can collab more in the future
First of all. Huge fan of both of you. You guys have great chemistry. You guys both gave fans a great insight to what life is for you guys behind the camera. Would love to listen to a regular program with you two.
Absolutely love the live format, keep it up! You do great work Ethan. Part of why i love the live format is because of how honest it is. Even Brian's mistake in adding too much water and slowly adjusting shows that you can make mistakes in the kitchen and find your way back to a good product.
This concept is sooo good! Too many of the home cook youtubers cut out the mistakes, but most of us just want to see how a recipe is cooked in the real world as well as how to deal with mistakes (eg Brian pouring out the excess liquid instead of waiting for it to boil off). Adding in the delightful discussion really makes this a great watch. I'd love to see a video on putting together a good dinner/brunch for friends (how to prepare ahead of time, how to entertain while people are there, and how to prepare things for the crowd). There aren't enough complete meal videos (entree with a side), most videos just focus on each individual thing but don't deal with how to make two dishes at once (what if both dishes need the same utensils or need the oven at the same time?).
Thank you for being honest and telling us viewers all this :) It brought a whole new level (which is usually hidden from us) on the work you guys do for these videos :) I really do appreciate that you let us know :) And thanks for a great video, which was very fun to watch :)
That was a very interesting discussion -- about perspective, attitudes, and principles -- where Ethan points out that its useful to go to the extreme so you can understand how to pare back (the 80/20 rule) and Brian notes the trends of people wanting more "fast" recipes. I think there are two types of people on the ends of a spectrum, those who are only interested in recipes and couldn't care less about the cooking principles (the recipe is the end goal), and those who are all-in on understanding the principles and dynamics (the recipe is only the starting point).
Great comment. I seldom use recipes unless it’s something I never cooked before and don’t know the flavor profile. I enjoy great cooking technique because it generates the best food. Understanding cooking technique isn’t something common; hence, recipe driven cooking. Even the small details of their collaboration was an acknowledgement that ultimately cooking knowledge and technique is truly what matters. I watch their videos for nuances in cooking technique which I happily add to my bag of knowledge.
What an awesome treat for a holiday Monday!! Great collab guys! Love to see just a conversation while cooking, so much better than podcasts where they just sit there.
Ethan and Bri?!?! ❤ This is absolutely fabulous collab!!!! ❤ the first thing that hit me though was how they filmed LOTR with Gandalf and Frodo in the cart - I didn’t realize how tall Bri was!! Love this, yes please!!
@@Sulucion6Toneif they had to be conscious to what they're saying, it wouldn't be a genuine conversation. The podcast is pointless if people complain on their mannerisms.
@@triadwarfare Uhmm, No.. It's called learning to speak with words and not pause phrases like, like, and uhm, and uh, and duh. Truthfully for being on camera it's the easiest thing to fix, you just stop saying the word, it isnt necessary.... First thing learned in an English class in 5th grade.
Damn! This colab shocked me! And is one I didn't realize I needed! I sub to both of you guys so I dove in as soon as I saw it. Love the multi-camera angles, the banter... everything. Great, great, great.
I like how in the span of this series, home cooking has become insanely cheaper and faster than getting "fast food." So happy to see you two collab! I've been wondering when you were gonna do a video with Brian! Dunno if you've ever heard of Anti-Chef but I think you two would be great together too! He's a bit of a home cook too, and embraces a lot of the mistakes that happen while learning to cook at home! Your conversation with Brian about making everything look perfect made me think about his channel.
The most fascinating part about this was the both of you chatting about cooking, preferences, video creation, et al. The peek behind was great and very affirming for a home chef with some skills, but who never has the best gear or all my ducks in a row when making food. I definitely feel better about my commitment to keeping it real in the kitchen.
Super fantastic video. Love the insights and the multiple cameras - I'm sure editing was time-consuming. Both of you are fantastic on your own, together was brilliant. The interaction was a joy to watch.
What a welcome collab! One of the things that's made me a fan of both Ethan and Brian's videos is how they really do make their recipes accessible for the homecook...like doughs without stand mixers or pizzas without specialty pizza ovens. I hope that during their visit (or a future one) they get to showcase more of that.
Guys, this was fun! Great teamwork with you two. I will say, with the quality of the food having gone down while the prices have gone way up, Taco Bell is a place I seldom east at anymore. I would rather make tacos at home. As your video showed, they are easy to make and taste much better. Thanks, guys for this video. Hope to see some more teamwork with you two guys. I've been watching both of you for some time now - having you together was an unexpected treat.
What an awesome collab! I make one of the bread recipes from Brian almost every other week. Both your channels are helping to inspire me to cook (my fiancee and I are habitual slow-cooker people and only have about 6 meals we make outside of the slow-cooker).
the thing about the mcdonald's burgers is i LOVE how thin the patties are, no other burger place does it right and it's so hard (with current equipment) for me to make them like that
@@pinbi7 And smash patties cook so fast and easy, it's really hard to undercook and if you know that they don't need to cook for long overcooking isn't easy either.
I loved all the useful trivia that got dropped, I'd love to see more of these. In regards to the photography, isn't part of the issue that you're photographing actual food, whilst they're often adding things to look it good but inedible (like glue for a good stretch/hair lotion rather than milk for cereals to not get it soggy, ...).
Good to see two of my favorite RU-vid Food Dudes working together. Enjoyed the chemistry you guys had together! Was very much a pleasure watching you race the delivery and talk shop!
loved this video! it was a nice change of pace to hear two good cooks that seem to be best friends just talk about stuff casually while making quality food
I love both of your cooking videos, so I really appreciate this collaboration. You have both influenced my cooking, so seeing you two together is a wonderful thing. Thank you!
Great collab! I love Brian’s vids. I think he produces great recipes and hope he does more of the perfection stuff. The week nighting is great, but I’d agree that a certain amount of attention to the minutest detail is fantastic as well. Ethan, sorry about the garlic! It was a great video. I enjoy your deep dives as well as your every day cooking. Maybe you and Bri can do a collab on Balkan food which is popular in St Louis. I think it would fit well with both your styles. Cevapi, samun, ajvar. So freakin good.
Ethan *AND* Uncle Bri?! That's a Foodtube dreamteam! The height difference was hilarious. Getting to hear you guys talk shop while you cooked was awesome.
I love both of your channels and I watch everything you both put out... but I would watch you two in the same video all day long. The conversation was entertaining, the information shared is invaluable. What a great video.
Totally agree on that "vacation house knife" scenario. If you have a half decent knife at home that you occasionally run through a sharpener you are already the owner of a knife sharper than 90% of people out there, and it's such a quality of life improvement in the kitchen. If onions hurt your eyes when you are chopping them up then your knife isn't sharp enough.
With you in the background and Brian in the foreground, his height makes it appear as if we're watching a 9-year-old that somehow has gone through puberty, and has grown a full beard, helping his dad cook dinner 😂😂😂
So I laughed at part of your guy's conversation. I make Thanksgiving every year for about 30 people by myself and they always wonder why I barely eat when it's suppertime. I've been smelling and tasting that food all day, I'm good. Only a cook understands this!
Man, I love that kitchen. The big island in the center, all that natural lighting, those hanging lights right over the counter top for the evening, the range hood (I'm living that microwave/cabinets over the range lifestyle and I hate it), all that countertop space, the simplicity of the shelving for the essentials.
I absolutely love how fastidious they are with clean up while cooking. I am like this as well because I HATE cleaning up after sloppy cooks. Worked in catering for years.
Them talking shop and giving us a peak behind the curtain is the best part of this video. Especially so since I've been toying with the idea of my own cooking vids.
I never thought I'd see the only two cooking youtubers that I watch in the same video. Great conversation too, very interesting to see the challenges you guys face making videos.
Okay so the talk towards the end about Mexican food/ingredients really hits home for me. I live in a small town in the UK, real mexican ingredients are online only and I make everything myself. It's a labour of love but when Brian says you make something reminiscent of the thing I feel like you kinda have to embrace that. Maybe the best spin on a meal you can make is better than the best 1:1 rendition that it's possible for you to achieve given the components at your disposal.
On the other hand, they find getting Indian ingredients hard work. I just make 'close enough' substitutes. Tostada? Just use Tortilla chips. Cotija? Feta is close enough. 100% authenticity is a bit silly anyway because everyone has different recipes. At least tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic, jalapenos, oregano, coriander etc are easy enough.
This is exactly the sort of video I'd want from a collab between the two of you! So much fun! Definitely my #1 and #2 food youtubers right now (don't ask me to pick which is which, I couldn't choose!)
