@@treborironwolfe978 That's just because with all the fentanyl in america, nobody needs to cook their heroin in spoons anymore. Chances are, if you find a spoon on the side of the road, it has been used to cook heroin.
The spoon footage was a a heartwarming journey that I didn’t know that I needed until now....thank you. Great, now I will be looking for abandoned spoons.🤣
Without the music it's just a guy washing a spoon... You forget sometimes the emotional impact music can add to a scene, even transform it into something else entirely.
I loved the spoon rescue portion of the video. How could someone abandon a poor defenceless spoon and in such a dangerous place? Thank you, Mr Shrimp for giving the spoon the loving forever home she deserves where she can stir and spoon in peace and live with spoon friends in a beautiful cutlery drawer.
Did you just assume the Spoons gender? Be careful, you'll have SJWs from Twitter declaring you the spawn of Satan soon. I thought it looked male myself - with that comment I'm now deleting all my social media accounts before a baying mob is out for my blood and employer details.
@@pittibarlin8692 Ha, how funny. I'm trans and a "sjw" and I have better shit to do than be offended that somebody called a spoon a she. Especially since spoons are female in my language. Literally nobody cares my dude, you just wanted to show off that you're a prick lol
especially because it's 2020. Subhuman in your vocabulary and how you used it to demeanor someone. 💜🙏@H.H. You're remark was beneath you i do hope. I believe an apology is in order. Even if it is 2020, and maybe espe
I found a butter knife on the side of the road and took it home. It's my favorite butter knife now I thought I was the only one that did weird stuff like that! haha
My childhood was filled with my grandma shouting STOP THE CAR so she could collect some discarded item on the side of the road - often times an onion that fell off a lorry - delicious in hotpot 🙈 happy memories 😊
@Rebecca Slater oh my you just brought back a good few memories. My Mum was from England and she used to tell my Dad to stop the car, pull over, back up a bit so that she could hop out with her scissors and clip a bit of greenery hanging over someone's fence! Both she and my Grandfather had green thumbs. I tried growing sweet potatoes recently to no avail, but i discovered the leaves are edible. My green thumb is the leaves. Oh, did i mention, i have a twenty foot avacado tree in the back yard that's never produced one avacado; i recently discovered the leaves are also edible!😂💜🙏
I found a beer glass at a san miguels and took it home, it was my favorite drinking glass, but when I got married, my wife was jealous, until one day I was sneaking down the service elevator of the holiday inn to get a drink from the employee vending machine and you'll never guess what I found... ANOTHER BEER GLASS! Just sitting there on a stack of dirty dishes on a trolley of all places! She wasn't too happy when I told her though... I can't imagine why
It is one of life's eternal mysteries that while teaspoons magically disappear over time, metal clothes hangers breed uncontrollably in the wardrobe. But now I know that some of those teaspoons go on solo hikes and faint exhausted in the gutter, poor mites. Another pleasing video. Thanks Nuclear Lobster 🦞
PandemoniumMeltDown 😂 I tried to read what you wrote in my own southern English accent and couldn’t. It ended up sounding like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins!
@@LL-vx5qc Two things might help hearing my inner voice in this case (so many, in there) well, first a mistake: yuu instead of yuo... ok doesn't help at all. Second, I'm French so it's a lost cause :(
PandemoniumMeltDown ah. You’re not a lost cause love!! I’m just impressed that your English is so good! My French is poor, even after 5 years of French lessons in school! ❤️
Richard Weeks *father* _farther_ is like the distance, as in “I used to go to this shop but it moved to bigger premises only it’s now much farther away!”
3:45 you’ve made me almost come to tears over a spoon and I’m here for it. I hope more people become more accustomed to this sort of thing (giving an old thing from the street that is otherwise perfectly useable) without a negative stigma attached. I find hair ties frequently on the ground outside and I disinfect/wash them and they’re as good as any other one
Just what type of person abandons a spoon by the side of the road? Trust Mr. Shrimp to give it a loving home with other spoons, it will never be alone again. Just the sort of story the world needs right now
Gentleman's Relish was very popular with British officers in the trenches of WWI, partly because it was easy for wives and families to send it to them from UK.
Andrew Robinson Hi, there are a number of listings for this on eBay.co.uk so it shouldn't be a problem although you may have to pay import charges. Do a google search for gentleman's relish as there's a recipe on there which produces something close which may be right up your street. You may be able to buy a larger tin of anchovies from a delicatessen, my local one stocks it occasionally. Good luck.
The spoon story was beautiful, the part where they met the other spoons and went to join his new friends in the cutlery drawer brought a lump to my throat - truly moving 😢
I love how in the middle of the video we got a short documentary about the spoon. Please like this comment if you'd like to see Shrimp do a video about his spoons and possibly other utensils.
I found a teaspoon that was run over, totally flat. It was my stirring spoon. It's now lost in the garden, one of kids took it out and it never returned, maybe one day it will be found when digging or pruning.
Love some gentlemen’s relish (that’s not a euphemism...). If you like deeply salty foods like marmite, you’ve got more chance of liking it. I’d never mix it in eggs though, I’d spread it on the toast and then spoon the eggs on top. Really lovely creamy/salty contrast and no grey eggs. Great video!
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@@owllymannstein7113 About the same size as they are now. Cheap pottery was a well developed industry, still is. OK so plastic is "cheaper" now but back in the 60's plastic was too expensive to throw away. And pottery doesn't need to be recycled, I would bet that by the end of the decade Patum Peperium will be back in pottery or glass containers. Only the other day I bought some German mustard that came in a half pint "dimple" beer mug.
I'm not old enough (I don't think) but my grandma had one in her kitchen for years, she used to put her wedding rings and whatnot in it when she was doing the gardening. When Gentleman's Relish became a euphemism for something rude, it strangely disappeared - I'm not even sure where my grandma would have heard it being said though but she clearly had for it to vanish.
This stuff is amazing spread thinly onto rolled puff pastry, sprinkled with Parmesan, rolled up, sliced into 'swiss roll type slices' and baked in the oven, mazin, so glad the spoon is with friends and enjoying life now:-)
This reminds me of an episode of "The Two Fat Ladies" I think Jennifer Patterson made something like this... The dough was from scratch not store bought... Otherwise it's the same thing... she called them "Gentlemen's Savory Delights"...
Abandoned and neglected silverware tend to develop severe antisocial behaviors in the wild and can be difficult to re-domesticate. Hardest of the antisocial behaviors to overcome is food aggression. Yet your spoon was so well behaved working it's way through that anchovy paste. Congratulations on being able to build that level of trust with your adopted flatware.
Omg when I read this comment I thought he dropped it in a pot of water or something and got it back out again, but he legit saved this poor spoon from the streets!
@@derektrotter4287 nah del boy it would have burn marks all over the bottom if it was used for heroin, you're from peckham mate, you should know better.
Uri Geller is now lost in the woods trying to escape an evil cutlery witch after Mr Shrimp removed his breadcrumb trail of spoons. I do hope he can find his way home safely
If Atomic Shrimp opens up the cutlery drawer one day and finds that all his spoons have been inexplicably bent, he will know that Geller has exacted his revenge.
Anchovy paste is well known in south east France (its called "anchoïade"). You can add a hint of it in your salad dressing. You can use it in Tapenade recipe. Heat some up with a drop of oil, once liquid spread it on top of a thick pizza/bread dough, bake it and you get a lovely "fougasse à l’anchois" (anchocy bread).
Stinky anchovie paste is in most, if not all decent restaurants on the starter menu - you might know it better as tapenade. I had it once with olives - being a real fish hater I didn't know at the time it had anchovies in and said to my then girlfriend I think this dip stuff is off 🤣 proper sophisticated I was back then.
I have a pretty complicated and difficult life and your channel has been a real source of comfort for me lately. Thanks for that. Keep rescuing spoons and sampling relish
The spoon segment needed a voice-over, ideally in a female US accent, like in those "I found a stray kitten" videos. "So I was walking along, when suddenly something caught my eye... It was this little, sad-looking spoon, sat in the road. It looked like someone had just thrown it away. So I picked it up and IMMEDIATELY felt this bond! I took it home. It seemed, like, so scared at first, but we cleaned it up, and after a while, it really developed its own character. It now gets on SUPER well with our other spoons. It REALLY enjoys letting them know who's boss in the spoon drawer! *cue lots of comments about how people that abandon spoons should be shot or chemically castrated, followed by other comments about how spoons suck, and that forks are better, etc etc...*
I love Mike's propensity for reusing and recycling what most would consider to be garbage. I have the same sentimentality for discarded items. Keep up the good work Mr. Shrimp!
I must admit, this spoon sequence was so heartwarming, almost shed a tear. It really felt as if this poor little spoon, thrown away by its previous owners, was cared for like a stray puppy, found his new family among all the other spoons, loving and caring... (sniff)🥰🥺 and than this ice cold, yet so dang funny, simple sentence "and now i got an additional spoon😐", heck, that had me burst into laughter😆
I read the Wikipedia article you linked and I gotta say, the 'Poacher's Relish' and 'Angler's Relish' from the same company, sound very tempting as well...any chance, you'll try those as well?
Thank you for rescuing that abandoned spoon and giving it a good home. Reminded me of a spoon I rescued eons ago that I made into a fishing lure. It is now a bookmark.
My grandfather introduced me this. I don't eat it very often, but always have some in my fridge for when I get the urge for something deeply savoury. Use unsalted butter so the salt doesn't completely take over.
That spoon bit was the loveliest recycling/anti-littering advert I’ve ever seen. Now I want to find perfectly good cutlery by the side of the road, wash it while listening to peaceful music, and give it a new home in my cutlery drawer. But where I live I’ll probably only find old McDonald’s cups.😖
After rescuing it from poverty and despair by the side of the road... I think it's safe to say that spoon would jump in front of you and take a bullet for you. Spoons don't give that kind of trust easily... being in so many mouths like they are... but, once you earn it's trust, they're fiercely loyal.
When I find an abandoned spoon on the side of the road I think of the story of a women from the US who became a civil rights activist in Guatemala(and back in the US too). She met a man in a guerrilla movement there and when they married they gave each other a spoon with some colorful knitted thing attached to the handle. Because apparently if you are in the wilds of Guatemala during a civil war a metal spoon is precious and something you keep on your person at all times. The contrast of spoons in one place being so valued in one place and discarded on the side of the road in another is striking to me. I have mentioned this to people before but as I wrote out at a comment I finally decided to search who this was. I believe it was Jennifer Harbury and I saw a documentary or news report about her in the 90's where she talked about her husband who had disappeared. An interesting story overall, but the spoon instead of a ring part really stuck with me.
They are very poor, and it actually is very necessary. I guess it is the custom for a man to carve his fiancee an ornate spoon from wood. The spoons are necessary for eating, so no resources or money are wasted on anything extravagant but useless, but it's fancy and useful. Or so I have heard.
I really enjoy watching you partake of such a wide variety of foods. I find it really refreshing that you allow the foods and flavors to be what they are. I’m a picky eater in that I choose not to eat meat or fish but I absolutely don’t find anything wrong with anyone else enjoying this.
That little bit you made just for the lost spoon almost brought a tear to my eye. That's really a lovely looking spoon and I'm glad it now has a proper home in a kitchen utensil drawer.
That was very interesting, thank you. I've always noticed this little pot on the shelf at the supermarket and wondered what it was like! I've just discovered your channel and I love it, can't wait to go back and watch everything.
Oh my, new to your channel and you are marvelous. My Mum was English and i appreciate your wit, birds and all! Recently, i tried to find fish paste that came in small jars; i thought my birthday had come when my Mum packed my school lunch with it here in the States. I love anchovies and shall endeavor to get my hands on that. Marmite was a bit strong for me as a child, but i believe i can get that here. Also branston, yum. And pickled onions. Going to the store tomorrow. Thank you for comfort food!😊💜🙏
We don't have saltwater in Hungary, so any type of seafood is considered very bizarre. Even regular things like shrimp. So any type of seafood product is unkown, and considered a taboo here. I myself have been lucky enough to travel around and experience many cultures and foods. Ive gone from a person who couldn't eat any seafood to one who loves now shrimp, crabs, clams and calamari. But there's one thing I can't stand it's anchovies. I don't know, it just doesn't feel pleasant to me... Of course that doesn't mean it's bad, it's just not for me . Anyway, very interesting to see such a product. Greetings from New Delhi!
The salted anchovy fillets in tiny bottles and jars are totally different from the white anchovy fillets sold over the deli counter (When they are open...)
Didn't try fresh, but the canned version (in oil) and the ones they out on pizza, that's truly ew for me... Also forgot to say: scallop! Absolutely disgusting. For me they just feel like very very very strong ocean flavor. Things like calamari though oh boy, it's heavenly!
@@christianemms8332 In Turkey you can see barrels of white Anchovy fillets laid out in a flower petal design in barrels on the dockside. Those in the small jars quite often have herbs and garlic in, but that wouldn't stop me eating one or two in passing.
I used to dive for scallops with my uncle, and we'd eat a quarter of them raw while shelling them on the boat. One for me, three for the bucket. That way we were under the catch limit if we got inspected upon our return. :)
Mike, you are so English that it positively hurts. I love Patum Peperium and by a remarkable coincidence I’ve just left a comment on a later video of yours which included making bubble and squeak. I ended it with a reference to a favourite author of mine called Henry Williamson and a sequence of novels collectively called “A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight”. In those, the father of the main character buys Patum Peperium in bulk and keeps it under the floor boards to keep it fresh. They are in the little porcelain pots you mentioned and are delivered in a small wooden case. Nowadays the manufacture of Gentleman’s Relish has been moved upcountry to a site very near me. I live in Lancashire and I believe it is now made in Leigh in the Patak’s curry manufacturing factory.
Hello Mr. Shrimp. Lovely video. I think it would make for another interesting video if you sent that little slip to the company and tried out a recipe that they sent you. Have a nice day
Worth watching for the spoon montage alone! Gotta love life's weird little quirks - came across a mention of 'patum peperium' in a novel this morning and meant to look it up...then forgot about it till I was searching through your back catalogue for something wholesome to watch and taadaa! A lovely introduction to the stuff appears like magic.
The spoon segment was surprisingly moving (especially with some of the charming comments here). It's strange how easily we anthropomorphize! Good video, thanks.
My mother bought some Gentlemen's Relish when we returned to England in the 1950s. It was one of the first things she purchased. I did't take to it as a 6 year old but I did acquire the taste later on. I usually eat soya and linseed toast but I switched to Marmite when the packaging changed. I eat far more marmite than I ever did Gentlemen's Relish because it goes off quickly and quite frankly you only want it as a treat.
other youtubers: save domestic and wild animals making cry-videos Mr. Atomic Shrimp Warosa: saves a spoon - makes a cry video. FFS you owe me a towel now...
Made my mouth water! That stuff looks gorgeous! Just checked & Sainsbury's sell it so that's going to be amongst my next delivery. I love umami, fish & salt. It looks right up my alley! Thanks Shrimp! In fact, potted fish, and shrimps, are quite a British thing! Maybe with the name of your channel a potted shrimp demo would be a good thing. Storage under butter is a long forgotten food preservation technique, as used here in Gentlemen's Relish.
@1:36 - I paused and ordered this from Amazon. I regularly cook with anchovies paste, and cannot WAIT to try this! My decision to click the subscribe button has paid dividends very quickly.
Did I..... Did I just watch a RU-vid video of a man..... finding a spoon..... washing it and eating gentleman's relish? I honestly dis not see my day going this way
It's lovely stuff, though I've always found something a bit questionable about calling it Gentleman's relish. I suppose that says more about my puerile sense of humour than anything else!
This week on Atomic Shrimp. Potted poop - and then we watch him wash a spoon. The reason I love this channel 🤣 so surreal at times. Not sure I'd be picking up spoons off the street mind, they're usually a sign a Heroin addict is around, they use them to "cook up" their smack before injecting. Go near a quiet spot near a chemist in an urban area and you'll see loads of discarded spoons. Alanis Morrisette would be gutted when on a knife hunt.
