Random Stuff - Mystery Chocolate, Food Combos, Meon Valley Trail, Comment Positivity 

Cadburys recently revealed Mystery Bar 1 is rhubarb and custard. Mystery Bar 2 is blue raspberry slushie. So we weren't even very close. Oh well.

One thing I appreciate about your videos Shrimp, is that you just seem to enjoy life. The very simplest of things you document and are sincere about your feelings toward them. I’m sure many may have said this before but it doesn’t hurt to show that many people agree. Having your videos on while I’m idly going about my day can be a real pick up whenever I’m down. And a sort of inspiration to start thinking about my life the way I want to! Thank you Mike.

I'm not recommending this for a video, Shrimp, but I would watch a video of you narrating yourself watching paint drying.

I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but I love listening to your "random stuff" videos when falling asleep. Not because you're boring, rather I find your voice very soothing. I suffer from insomnia, and listening to you speak really does help. Thank you!

"Spatula Grime". That's either a band I really need to check out or a cyberpunk villain yet to be written.

I just love the way Eva trots along in such a busy-busy manner! She`s a sweetie.

I'm really happy you reward good and thoughtful behavior with the "answering positive comments" section. Thank you very much for making it a recurring part of your channel. Rewarding negative behavior is, unfortunately, a very common thing with YT and the internet in general.

We love Jenny, I love how she isn’t that involved in your videos. When she is involved, she is wonderful. I think you do it wonderfully - the reviews. Jenny, we love you!

"OH no! We'll have to put the butter on thickly" Shrimp said with glee!

Saw these choco bars at depressing, little local Tesco and bought them. Neither I or my wife could figure out any distinct flavour of either of them.

Why not enter that Cadbury chocolate competition? It could be your _golden ticket_ to visit a _chocolate factory_ owned by a _wonky_ eccentric!

I usually just watch & lurk but I just wanted to say I really appreciate your style of video making! I'm having an awful day to be fair, and this just feels like I'm with a friend doing a bunch of activities and it's perfect to take to my mind of what's going on. Thank you Mr. Shrimp!

Thanks for trying my bean and cheese sandwich. Trashy white bread, thick butter and loads of black pepper are definitely the correct approach. Oh, and sometimes a dash of Marmite. Yum.

the positive comments bit is such a good idea, if other channels pick it up to it might actually make RU-vid a slightly better place too

Watching the walk along the old railway reminded me of the Japanese word komorebi, meaning the way sunlight light filters through leaves. Beautiful scenery, thanks for taking us along!

RE: food combos, people always call me insane when I tell them that apple pie and sharp cheddar is an excellent combination. Obviously, not also including ice cream. But if I bully people enough until they try it they usually agree how good it is.

You both deciphering the flavours is such a cute and wholesome endeavour. I needed some sweet giggles today, thank you.

That's me with the mountain of black pepper joke at 13:04 I'm glad you found it amusing 😆

My mum always makes Cheese and baked beans sandwiches and makes them into toasties, which are pretty good! You could try that next time.

for a couple of years we were subscribed to Mystery Chocolate Box - we'd get 2 dark and 1 milk bar with the brand's wrapper removed and replaced with a MCB logo wrapper. It was the same objective- guess the inclusions or flavors. They would give the as number of inclusions and sometimes a very vague hint. It was always great fun and always really difficult. Some bars have random ingredients that don't shine through.

This Q&A section being announced as an upcoming regular feature is happy news indeed!

Weird(ish) food combination: Clementine segments dipped in Golden Syrup. Magical.

I have to come out here as a German gone crazy (crazy by German standards): I love English breakfast. That's why I eat it twice a year, not only because it's relatively unhealthy, no, but to keep it up as something special. At some point, I had the crazy idea of developing a transportable English breakfast sandwich. In other words, a sandwich that contains all the edible components (that is, all possible drinks excluded) of it without them being able to leak out. Except for the baked beans in their sauce, all components are non-liquid. So what to do? Separate the beans from the sauce and put them on bread? No, that doesn't work because the beans are loose and can just fall out of the sandwich. I quickly came up with the idea: pureeing is the answer! So off I went: So I nimbly took a large tin of baked beans, poured them into a mixing bowl and held the hand blender in and pureed everything well once. After that, I first noticed that the mixture was creamy, but still too liquid. So there was only one thing left to do: bring it to the boil and simmer, because beans contain starch and liquid evaporates when simmering. That helped a little, so I added potato starch while stirring until the mixture became a greasy, but no longer liquid paste. Now I could assemble my "English breakfast for takeaway": So I toasted two slices of toast, smeared one side with butter each; on the bottom slice I smeared a little-finger-thick of my baked bean paste, on top came blood pudding, scrambled eggs that I had, however, fried in one toast slice size in one piece, on top the fried tomato slice and bangers, and as a "lid" used the second slice of bread. It tasted damn good! It was a heart attack to eat, but it was umami and full-bodied flavour at its best! You should try it sometime!

That sandwich would have tasted even better in triangles 😜

"It doesn't taste like you're just eating cold baked beans and cheese" Cause it's 50% pepper lol

You had me laughing out loud with the 'Smashews' - I always make portmanteaus like that myself and as soon as I did it popped up on screen! Your videos never fail to bring joy to my day, thank you Mr Shrimp :)

Home bargains have these bars for £1.25, if you have thst shop nearby it can be handy for quirky things

Unusual way of buttering bread, choosing to hold the slice in the palm of the hand, instead of just buttering the bread while on the base board....

Watermelon with sweet soy sauce will blow your mind. The saltiness of the soy sauce with the sweetness of the watermelon and juiciness of the watermelon is a match-make in heaven. Super delicious. If you ought to try it, use firmer watermelon.

When I was growing up I used to go walking with my Grandma in the countryside and she'd point out different flowers and sights to me. Sadly she died a few years ago, and is much missed but these walks with you bring me such comfort! Thank you 💜

It hardly qualifies as a food recommendation, but I accidentally discovered that slightly melted butter on bread is very delicious. Also, it's not really all that exciting, but I'm a big fan of squashsagne, where you replace the pasta plates with slices of squash. Can also be done length-wise as sort of independent boats of squashsagne, which is the way to go if you don't like excessive preparations or moisture

If you are brave enough, try the Sinner's Sandwich from Deadly Premonition, a game from around 2010 on Xbox 360/PC/PS3. - White, fluffy bread (thicker cut is better) - Sliced cold turkey (not lunch meat) - Strawberry jam - Special K breakfast cereal or something similar (yes, really, just put a layer on top of the jam to add crunch)

If the trains ever come back you can have them running on thyme.

These random stuff videos you make are my favorite thing to watch and relax! Awesome stuff. Thank you!

Loved the walk along the old railway. Made me yearn for England! (in NZ) My little dog would love to do what Eva was doing, but sadly is disabled and can only do 10 minute leash walks now. (she only has 3 legs and her adjusted gait impacts her lumbar spine negatively) Anyhow - thank you, Mike, Jenny and Eva. x

"This is the first time I have said that." Editing Shrimp keeping Recording Shrimp honest, you love to see it. :)

Love watching you help all the seeds get around, with a demonstration of how and why of course 🙃

I absolutely love the variety of this channel

Do love how game you are for trying food suggestions. Thank you for providing regular content, you are a regular part of my weekends 🙂.

This is a fantastic series. Your videos never cease to make me smile, and im very grateful for your work

Love your nature rambles with Eva, cooking videos (especially your collabs with Babatunde) are always interesting and give me ideas for recipes I'd never otherwise try, and your weird stuff in a can videos are legendary. As many have mentioned, pretty much anything you do, I'll happily watch, your enthusiasm, knowledge and simple joy in the little things are wonderful. You, Sherpa and K'eyush the stunt dog are channels that never fail to brighten my mood and in a world filled with so much negativity and darkness, people like you and Jenny are beacons of light and happiness.

This is the only channel I watch that is so random, I can never predict the next video's topic, and I love it. You are an absolute weirdo and I mean that at an extremely high compliment. You're almost at one million subscribers, how exciting! The weird food combination my mom (also a black pepper fiend) and I enjoy is actually a weird party food recipe from the 1950s (I think?) and it's vile and we love it. It's a sandwich made of cheap soft white bread (think wonder bread), butter, Cheez Whiz (nasty stuff but tasty in this application) and sliced green olives (the cheap jarred Manzannilla kind stuffed with pimento) Separately, the ingredients are not normally things I would eat (except butter) but together, it's a fantastic snack that I actually crave sometimes. I think in the recipe, you're supposed to trim the bread crusts and cut them into finger sandwiches, but we never bothered. (Edited to add: did Eva get the end bit of cheese left over?) :)

As I've watched more and more of your content, I've realised I actually just enjoy watching people do things that they are passionate about, sometimes I will go into a video thinking thats not something I would like and coming away not only understanding the appeal but sometimes wanting to do it as well. I would like to think RU-vid has allowed you to make the most of what you love and that makes my day a little better!

Oddly your videos are the best hangover content !

Life is definitely too short for bad cheese. I always have extra mature or vintage cheese

I really enjoy these longer videos that cover several topics. Ending with a walk in the woods with Eva happily prancing along is a nice surprise. Her joy is so contagious, she always makes me smile! Thank you Mr. Shrimp!

A convoluted but really heart-felt appreciation of your videos, AS... Your additional graphics that you edit in to your videos; the names of plants, helpful arrows to catch the viewer’s eye, additional information and so on... they all blend so seamlessly into the content of the video that they almost go unnoticed. Or rather, the information they convey enters my head as I watch, without any difficulty. Such is the thoughtfulness with which you have chosen their placement, form, length, level of detail etc.. What I’m trying to say is that I really appreciate the thought and care you give to the small details of your videos, and if you do indeed see this comment, then know I am a huge fan of your content and look forward to every video!

Atomic Shrimp's quest to confuse youtube's algorithm continues

I love this channel so much

Wow. I HAD to try the Sriracha and vanilla ice cream, straight away. Love it! Who would have thought - but it balances out really well.

One of my go to for when weird food combos come up is, nutella and pepperoni. I heard about it in a video long ago and have since tried it as a sandwich and it works quite well. The initial idea sounds bad, but the idea of spicy and sweet/chocolate is quite novel. For an added layer I fried the pepperoni to crisp it a little for a nice crunch in the sandwich.

Wow there are tons of those chocolate bars in stock in all the shops round here!

Hey Mr Shrimp, your videos always make me smile and brighten my day. I would never be brave enough to forage anything, but love watching you forage ingredients and cook them into something special. My favourite was the Chicken in the Woods. That looked super tasty.

Random stuff is one of my favourite genres of atomic shrimp videos. Thank you Mr shrimp.

Interesting stuff Mr Shrimp! That will be an "overburden" year, and it's crazy how all the trees know which year that is!? And I do like the sound of a "croc" on a walk on a gravel path in the country, reminds me of many my own walk!

15:23 a little trick that learnt over the years is that using a cheese slicer to slice a thin piece of refrigerated butter works quite well, and the bread does not tear

I don't know how to explain how much this channel means to me. Thank you for existing.

Love your videos. So varied and different.

0:01 You're never going to let me down with those QR code jokes are you Mr Shrimp

Our local Tesco had loads of those mystery bars but rather expensive. I wonder if the results wil ever be known

Excellent video! I love your 'miscellany' type videos. I used to visit a pub in town, with my late father, and we'd have a baked bean and cheese toastie each for lunch. Messy, but damn, they were good. Slipped down easy with a pint of bitter.

As a fellow black pepper lover I highly recommend mixing peppers together in the mill. Currently I use long pepper, black pepper, and timur pepper!

A calming respite, in a difficult couple of days. Thank you so much for this video about little things and nothing.

Awesome long video. Made a good start of my Saturday

I'm so excited for the ice-cream and sriracha combo!!! That looks like a nice Sundae 🍨 I love your table cover and your plate mat 🥰🥰🥰

My ice-cream hack was to melt vanila ice cream in the microwave until it is just pliable, then mix in a couple of handfulls of rice krispies or corn flakes . The dish now tastes like eating the last bite of an ice cream cone. Aall wafery and soaked in ice cream and lovely

I really do like the positive comment reactions. They're very pleasant. I just came back from a vacation to Chincoteague Island, a barrier island off the East Coast of the US. We've visited there many times, but this time your nature walk videos inspired me to look more closely at the many interesting marsh and shore plants, so thank you.

Hello from the states! I always enjoy all the different content you upload in your channel. I have been having fun watching you throughout the years and learn something new everytime! 😊 I still need to try a jammy dodger 🍪

love these videos thanks for being awesome

Congratulations Mr Shrimp on your first baked bean sandwich, I got a wave of nostalgia watching you eat that, as I grew up having them on my lunch in school. Another sandwich I had regularly was grated carrot with mayonnaise. but you have to mix the grated carrot in with the mayonnaise and then put it on the sandwich, still have both of those sandwiches on occasion to this day and I love them. :)

The nature walks are interesting! We have many of the same or similar plants in Finland, but sometimes you get to see something entirely new. 🌱 I also love your beach combing videos, fossilized things are so fascinating.

I so enjoy your videos. Keep up all the good work. It gives our would added brightness. 🔆

I grew up in Meon Road in Bournemouth. Always wondered what the meon valley was like. Thanks for taking us along.

Unrelated to this video but was in Jersey recently and went on a guided tour walk across the beach about a mile to Seymour Tower on the South coast of the island. I wasn't someone who was that interested in nature (or walking) until seeing your videos and was glad I did the walk. We had an excellent guide who like yourself was very knowledgeable.

31:00 ish -- out here in the Pacific Northwest, whenever we go hiking, ferns are probably the most prevalent plant, with portions of the trails being ferns as far as you can see - and every single time, I make a comment about how well fern-ished that trail is. My SO has a love-hate relationship with that joke by now. 🙂 Thanks for the video! Love these random videos the most.

Just an FYI, there's an actual garlic festival held in Gilroy California each year; you'd be amazed at the creative food items made with garlic (including ice creams). There's a website if curiosity gets the best of you - we really appreciate the plant identifications, we learn something on all of your outings (you're a natural teacher). Cheers!

Thanks for trying icecream with sriracha finaly

Really wholesome that you include your mom into your videos and spend your time with her ❤️

I agree with the cold beans & cheese on a sandwich it's really good but I've got to say buttering both sides of the bread then putting the sandwich in a brevel toastie maker is probably my favourite way to eat baked beans 🔥🤤

A very interesting video & thanks Atomic shrimp 🤗👍

after losing my ability to go outside anymore ( chronic pain issues and been fighting to get a wheelchair for years now) your forage and random stuff vids have been such a calming way for me to still see the seasonal changes and get to learn about all the diffrent plants :3 was always more into birds and insects before i got bad. you have been an insperation to try growing herbs and kitchen scraps to feed to my isopods as treats! have you ever thought about doing an isopod set up? the frass (bug poop) is fantastic plant food!

My grandmother liked to put chutney on her vanilla ice cream. She made her own chutney using pear instead of apple since she thought the texture was better. I understand chutney on ice cream, but I don't understand siracha on it. I have heard of garlic ice cream at the garlic festival, but I draw the line at eating it. I really liked the trail walk. I wish we had something like that where I live. It would be lovely to explore a trail without worrying about rattlesnakes, copperheads, and water moccasins (all venomous snakes) , or rabid animals (an occasional possibility) , alligators, wild boars, and other hazards to be careful and alert to. I'm not a fan of bears. I really enjoy the parts where you name the wild plants. I wish I had had a reliable guide to help identify the local wild plants back when I was young.

Leave the bread on the board to butter it if you don't want holes in the bread. Same for crackers if you don't want them to break

glad for the future inclusion of positive comments section, its great to watch and its awesome seeing you actively take suggestions as well

Great content Mike. I particularly enjoyed the botanical part of the Meon walk. If you do continue the route in the future Droxford has some points of interest. I'm sure lots of people would be interested in the bench there and it's story.

Here is hoping we get a food combo video!! Enjoyed this random video

Just saw a clip of one of your videos in the recent Botchamania episode loved it lolz

Thanks for the lovely Video!

Good Job Mr. Shrimp. I love the fact that old railway lines are now converted into walking paths. In my original home town in the "north" of England (some consider it to be the midlands but we speak with a northern accent due to the influx of people who came to Congleton in the 50s from north Manchester to work in the mills), there was a railway from our town into the next town south. They took the rails out and for the last 40 odd years its been a lovely walking/horse riding/dirt biking/cycling path. Here in Ontario Canada, there was a vast network of railways in the early part of the 20th century, however in the 1960s they decommissioned them, recycled the rails, tore out the sleepers, and put all the money into building highways and roads. Consequently, there are lots of "old railway" tracks. Thanks for the video. I do look forward to them each Friday/Saturday/Sunday.

The one thing I seem to recall about Cadbury chocolate are those old 80's commercials with the... bunny. For obvious reasons.

I decoded the qr code on your parcel, from the starting shot and... I wasn't let down. Well done!

18:28 I love the little side note below the "Smashyews" 😂😂 Those tiny random humorous moments always get me and are why I try to never miss a video!

I kept telling my mum about your channel and the seaglass one finally got her to watch! Love your stuff man, stay weird.

Great video mate. Just what one needed during a depressing weekend indoors! You add a spark of joy and well- being in day to day life and your new positive comment section is delightful! I cannot thank you enough for adding so much positivity to an other wise quite bleak world for us all. Thanks for reading, and I hope to see you again soon!

I was doing a bbq the other day, and I found that garlic bread drizzled with bbq sauce and then grilled went down a treat. It becomes sweet, and depending on the sauce, it can have a nice light tang in the back. I know it may sound a little strange, but I find it is well worth a try. Love your videos💜

I find that baked beans are given an extra flavour boost with a few drops of Tabasco sauce.

Thank you for such a lovely video! The bit about the motorcyclist made me laugh. I live all the way across the ocean from you but some things are the same no matter where you go! Take care

It is strange how flavours can really grow on you. I had that with Noodles with butter and Miso paste. After the first taste I thought: "I don't know if I like this..." So I tried another forkful. And soon I had eaten three portions of it!

I do enjoy these nature walks that you do. Plant identification was never my strong point. I would absolute never dream of picking fungi for consumption! Eva is always a very nice addition to any video. Thanks also for the reminder on measuring daylight times with your hand.

Ooh I really like your new Positive Comments section!! It makes me happy to hear good things. Especially these days.