Loved Barry pointing out that Ben gave a colourful gift to the one colour blind person of the group haha and then Ben teasing him about needing his wife to figure out the colours of the side pieces haha
What’s even funnier is that Ben kept making it a point to say that you need to KNOW the giftee to make sure you get them a good gift. Ben, Barry, Mike, and Jamie have known each other since primary school. So they know each other as much as one would know another. Yet, Ben gets Jamie a puzzle that is COLOURFUL, knowing fully well that he’s colourblind. 🤣🤣
would love if you guys did a video on cooking for/cooking as someone with coeliac disease. I recently got diagnosed and it's definitely been a challenging experience, learning to really read ingredients, avoid cross-contamination, and find good substitutes for gluten when cooking. I feel like not a lot of people know a ton about it unless they have it or know someone who has it, so would love to see you guys explore that!
You should do a video where the “normals” bring a few things in from their home kitchens that they regularly use and love! (And maybe as a comparison, some things they have but never use or don’t like!!).
Barry and Mike trying to get Jamie to pick up the oil bottle with tongs, Ben telling them no, and Jamie doing it anyway and making a mess, is like the 13 years this channel has existed encapsulated in 13 seconds. 🤣 I love these daily videos so much! Thank you.
@@Fyreflier right there with you at 4'10", but because the house is so small, I have to shlep to another room to get the step stool. So every day involves tipping something off a shelf and hoping I catch it before it bonks me in the head. Good times. 😜
@@michlkwitzInvest in a quality sheet pan. It works wonderfully as a head protector. I'm 5'3" and used to work in a bakery. Used a sheet pan as a shield and would use a long spatula to get stuff down.
I have Braun Multiquick 9 for a very long time now and during these years gifted already 3 of them, everyone loves them so much. You forgot to mention that this set has a potato masher which helps a lot on almost daily basis if you like mash - potato, cauliflower, beetroot and carrot worked well for me. I would advice to search for a set specifically with it, the one with ice crusher did not look that useful, so pay attention to that. For those with little children, it's so easy to use it together with little ones while they learn cooking, because of the safety button it's super safe. Disadvantage: that small blender thing is not so small, when trying to make portioned baby food or small portions, I preferred the size of Multiquick 3, tbh, for a family of 2. Also, It does take a lot of space, but much less if all gadgets were seperate.
I love that from Mike talking about the cookbook and learning about flavors and ingredients and how they go together, you can absolutely see that in his recent battles and cooking on the channel.
As a woman from South Louisiana (age 67) we have a long tradition of making food, wrapping it nicely, and hand delivering it to nearby family and friends for Christmas. Commonly: a vast array decorated cookies, fudge (with or without chopped pecans), chocolate-dipped candied dried fruit (ginger is a favorite), Creole or Cajun spice blends, flavored vinegars or oils (big fan of garlic infused oil or basil infused white wine vinegar), home-canned pickled vegetables, and of course our infamous pralines. Aieeee!!!
Thank you so much for a great video! I know for myself the cooking / food gift that I personally am over the moon about is a great mortar and pestle. Being born and raised in Puerto Rico, the mortar and pestle (what we affectionately know as a pilon) is a kitchen staple that serves multiple uses from mixing dry herbs or crushing garlic, to molding mofongo to its iconic shape, and more. My mother has had the same pilon for 30+ years, and when my husband and I moved into our first home she bought me my very own for our home to pass our family recipes and traditions from her to me. It meant the world. ❤
Would love any of these as a gift. My husband was just talking about tongs like this one and now guess what is going in my Christmas stocking! Love it!
Love doing personal foodie gifts. Home baking them a treat that they love always goes down well. So many options. This year the plan is to do sweetie platters (always well loved and very popular) and maybe some other bits like rolled up fudge and then just add in some hamper type foodie stuff and finally love adding some quirky food stuff found throughout the year. Could be condiments, drinks, snacks etc Another good idea is if you know they are wanting/saving for a pricey piece of kitchen equipment, a voucher to help towards that is always gratefully received. Money is tight this year for many of us. Key thing to remember is it doesn't matter what size the gift is, how simple it is or how much it costs, what counts is the thought and the fact it is made and or gifted with love
Around here in Missouri I like giving local produce like we have great pecans in Brunswick and fruit and local sauces and canned things in Waverly. They are amazing!
Those jars are definitely a fine gift. A unique one. My aunt, living in a country and growing almost all the fruit and veg they eat, makes a lot of preserves. Unless you mark them, it's a chaos, and the way she does that, she sticks PAINTING PAPER TAPE on the top or on the side and writes on it. Very cheap solution, very effective. She writes what's there (which could be "apple and pear jam" or "lesco, hot", or "mushrooms, p. with Kate at the hill grove") and the date. The date is very important. Because while you can eat pickles from the year before just fine, you want to be able to distinguish 5 year old pickles, and not by some intuitive valuation, but because it says clearly they are ancient on the jar. And it's necessary because in their cellar there are several shelves of those jars and jars of preserves.
Love cookbooks as gifts! One place I'd love to see the Sorted team look at are Diaspora Co's spices -- Sana's philosophy around building a better, more equitable spice trade is admirable and the spices are wonderful. I gift them constantly!
Best bit of the video: Jamie turning around to see Barry get a spicy trio for his gift after receiving his tongs, pure face of puzzle and confusion. Great to watch
Love this!!!! I have a Brain and have had for years. It’s fantastic. Mine has the usual stick and whisk as well a big blender and small chopper but no food processor. I would never buy a different brand as it’s so excellent.
I would love to see you guys do a UK food tour. Visiting cities and food hotspots. I really like your trips abroad etc, but to see something more accessible for the masses would be amazing!
The book I'm looking at this Christmas is Fish Butchery by Josh Nilland, his previous works have been great with a strong focus on sustainability and making full use of your produce. I had a flick through at a bookstore and I was impressed with what I read plus the techniques are a little more approachable compared to his earlier books.
Ive had the Braun stickblender (with a smaller set, lacks the larger contraption)) and while i use it alot and its nice for most things, it struggles to get thicker things smooth in the food proccessor, and the size is a bit awkward for larger mixes
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@@SortedFood Thanks. I just found a note in the About Event section on Eventbrite to try on a desktop (I’m on my phone), so I’ll do that when I get home first.
you guys should do a video where you challenge ebbers and kush, to try to re-create a dish from a blind taste test, and have a normal judge which one is closest to the original dish, OR you get some food delivered to you and the chefs have to try and re create it and then the normals try and guess which is the delivery.
I'm big on the homemade gifts. I'm making homemade hot chocolate mix, marshmallows, and turkish delights this year. I'm paring it with a copy of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Last year, I have made sugar cookies that say Eat Me in royal icing and meringue mushrooms with a copy of Alice in Wonderland with some tea. I love putting these baskets together for the kids. Promotes reading and inexpensive.
Thank you for specifically mentioning to check on Allergies and intollerances. As someone with Celiac I have many times been gifted cookies or other foods that I can't eat. I generally prefer not to be gifted food because I can't always trust that they know how to avoid cross contamination.
Books in our house are frequently enjoyed prior to gifting. The best was when I got a book with a distinct Cheeto fingerprint, and my dad had the gall to blame my non-Cheeto-eating mother!😊
7:31 glad I’m not the only one who has a keen eye for random stuff like that and noticed the date, I assumed they were recycled but appreciated the note in knowing I wasn’t alone in spotting it 😂
For someone who is just learning how to cook, I would say that the best gift is a "mini spice rack". An ounce or two of 20 or so spices--some basic, some a little further from the usual--is a perfect way to introduce someone to a wide range of cooking without getting extravagant or having it be intimidating.The spices can be cheap. Let them learn what each one does, and then they can go buy better selections of the ones they use the most.
I bought MYSELF this a couple years ago (44 spices and herbs), and let me recommend my favourite discoveries that I've really been using a lot of: lovage, summer savory, cumin, fenugreek, green peppercorns, gochugaru and long pepper.
My sister got me a book all about spices (both what to cook them with, but also the science behind them in general and the history of each individual one). That'd be a good gift to go with them.
Yeah, as someone who loves to cook, I'd be excited to get a pair once I'm told about the quality of them. Now, if I was someone who wasn't as into cooking I'd probably not care for them.
Something that I need to keep in mind for next year as a gift for a foodie on my list. Two of them are into barbecue/ smokers so that is something that I can see them using. And the other two are indoor cooks and again I can see them using something like that.
Something that I need to keep in mind for next year as a gift for a foodie on my list. Two of them are into barbecue/ smokers so that is something that I can see them using. And the other two are indoor cooks and again I can see them using something like that.
As an An American i was surprised the hot sauce, pickled peppers and salsa verde was seen as a novelty. here even in Wisconsin those are staples of most refrigerators.
You know how you're at Christmas, unboxing your gifts, and then your cousin gets a bigger gift than you and you don't even care that your gift was actually kind of awesome because his gift was even bigger? That's how Jamie must have felt when he saw Mike get the massive box.
My father would have loved that puzzle, though France or German versions may have meant more since he had been stationed in those countries. Dad enjoyed both wine and puzzles. Jigsaws were his favorite downtime relaxation. We always gave him a couple of jigsaw puzzles every Christmas. Mom and my brother would help some, but many of my personal favorite moments were him and i working together on a puzzle late into the night. He's been gone 20 years now, thanks for bringing back such awesome memories!
Truth be told, one Xmas my favourite gift was a knife block, designed for non standard knives as I had several of different shapes/size/makes, ranging from a paring knife to a full cleaver. Sometimes simple things are best
Yes! And I'm suggesting the Czech houbový kuba (barley & dried mushroom dish). I think it's one that would introduce something different to the mix, and might be well-worth trying - a friend from New Zealand tried it when visiting this year, and while the version we chanced upon in a restaurant definitely wasn't the best it could be (coupled with the fact it was about 30 degrees Celsius which isn't the best time to be eating a winter dish...), she still said it's something she'd like to try at home. 🙂
I like the tongs but my family just uses chopsticks for things that you would use thin tongs for... Every year for the last 4 years, I bake and gift Christmas cookies / the hard part is that I have to make 5 dozen because they get picked at by family members before i can give them to the inteneded recipients. So if you are making food for gift, make extras for the crows in your household who steal food when your back is turned.
Same and we have extra long ones for deep frying. But not everyone has the skill or hand strength to use them (my mom has arthritis). I got her Korean/Japanese ones that have finger pads that double as a rest (like the funny looking silicone spoons the Sorted lads use often). For Korean BBQ, tongs and extra long kitchen shears come in handy. A lot of Korean BBQ places use them.
@@thaisstone5192 eh... The smell is so irresistible and it would be cruel not to make some extras so it is just expected now that I make more... I complain but it is the biggest compliment when everyone looks forward to Christmas cookie day, new tradition I made up.
I can second the recommendation for those puzzles. I got one for my mum earlier this year, it provided us with multiple sessions of entertainment as we slowly put it together over a month or two.
Can attest that kitchen tweezers (tongs) are a huge help in the kitchen. Very nice when a normal pair of tongs won't fit where you need them too. It's amazing how often one finds them useful.
I kinda disagree just in the fact that Ikea plastic tongs are too good for 99.9% of applications, and effectively free (maybe could wear out in a decade, but otherwise like 50 cents) I've had the typical silicone and metal tongs and tweezers, and they are useful, but always a bit awkward if you start to use them for something they aren't designed to do. if you're not grilling, the medium size of Ikeas tongs are too perfect for basically every kitchen task, and no worry about using them on non-stick (work as a makeshift pair of chopsticks as well)
My dad still uses the obstetrical forceps from his OB-GYN rotation in med school. And I know he isn’t the only one who does this! They work well, when grilling…
Normal tongs that open wider than tweezers are useful for things like mixing salads, mixing pasta in a pan, that sort of thing. I have the vogue 3 piece tweezer set at home along side a set of silicone tongs, which also allow you to mix things in non stick pans without worrying about scratching the surface. But between the two all bases are covered
Personally I feel more at east using tongs than tweezers for picking up heavier thing like a slice of beef. And the tong I have is just stainless all around, no silicone, so perfectly safe with a dishwasher as well as my cast iron skillets.
Jamie saying he probably wouldn't buy the tongs himself is the real sign of a good gift. The perfect present is something the person will enjoy using and like, but that they would never have just bought for themselves.
@@thaisstone5192 Good job they also have a couple of cookbooks you can buy on their sorted website otherwise your comment would be completly irrelevant given that you weren't asked 🙂
I'm only starting the video but I just have to say that I need those tongs!!! I have the silicon ones you have there and I hate them so much! Lol the smaller ones remind me of the ones I used in the lab, but big haha. I really want them
I am always a fan of cookery books. They are a snapshot of culture in time. One of my favourites will always be 'Clara's Kitchen: Wisdom, Memories and Recipes from the Great Depression'. From poverty cooking you can see some modern connotations. Having said that I have added the Braun MultiQuick to my Christmas list as I always break the cheaper ones!
If you enjoy history with your recipes you might want to look into the Tasting History cookbook by Max Miller. I'm giving one to a nibling after finding out they're a fan. I also have my own, because I'm a fan as well😂.
Thanks for the gift suggestion! My mom needed a new food processor and doesn't have a hand blender, so the braun 9 in 1 was just purchased for her Christmas gift!
The peppers are an awful suggestion -- or really are a suggestion only for Kush. I'd love to get Kush's peppers but as Baz said right away it would be a bad present from someone who isn't a chef. Maybe they aren't hard to make so they'll be good no matter who makes them -- but maybe they'll suck and the recipient doesn't know. Worse, because you've made them yourself not enjoying them risks becoming personally hurtful. Cakes and homemade sweets etc at least look immediately appealing but these are weird green jars. If you like making things like that the right thing to do is give them a taste sometime and find out if they actually really like it first! Otherwise it's kinda a stressful gift to recieve.
Those tongs! I need to find them. ❤ I like practical gifts. Last Christmas I gifted my work colleagues with "thermal eraser + cutter" - looks like a thick pen, with one end that has a tiny retractable cutter to open packages, and the other end has a stamp with a sort of alcohol ink that erases receipts and shipping labels. They all loved it.
@SortedFood Y'all should do a New Year's food traditions from around the world competition between the normals (blindfolded, of course), like the Christmas and Easter ones y'all have done. Y'all's street, breakfast, and holiday foods from Around the World; Pretentious; and Pick the Premium videos are seriously my faves!! I can't wait for the 'Snow Way Out' weekend! Sending love from Texas to Mike, Baz, Jamie, Ben, Kush, and the Food Team!! 💕
The tongs are a fantastic gift, I am currently ordering. Home made preserved and pickled gifts are fantastic, my Friend Megan makes the greatest pickle relish and she gives me a jar of relish, piccalilli, pickled wild Chanterelle and Morel mushrooms witha mild black or blue garlic on Christmas. the hard part is making them last the year.
The thing about those tongs is that it has a much finer tip than the standard tongs they compared it to. That would probably allow you to turn smaller and more delicate items in a pan than the standard tongs without worrying about tearing. It's a bit like the difference between a standard pair of pliers and needle-nose pliers.
My best foodie gift this year was a digital cookbook that I can add recipes to when I come across them. Also useful as we were able to take recipes from multiple generations of the families and have them in one place. Can't lose or misplace a recipe, search on country, type of dish, main ingredients, name. Syncs between multiple devices. Best of all you can pass a digital form of your cookbook to someone else who has the same program.
I use Recipe Keeper Pro. One time license fee is reasonable, but if you use on PC and IPad you have to buy twice. There are others on the market that you can search for to find the one that is right for you.
