Taste Testing British Foods We've NEVER Tried Before 

Just picking up on some of the comments about the 2nd dish - whilst that has been the name for over 100 years, we now appreciate that we could have handled this conversation much better by either referencing the negative element associated with it, or steering clear altogether. We really appreciate your comments giving us the heads up! 🙌

“It’s evaporated” “But it’s still there!” Ahhh I laughed so hard thank you

Pretty sure, in typically British fashion, "Mousehole" is actually pronounced "Mauzzle"

Fun fact: I knew Irish Moss because I used to work for LUSH and they use it in a lottttt of their products. I mean, they are from Poole and get it from a local farmer😍. As far as cosmetics goes: Irish Moss / Carageenan has already made it global 😊

My family grew up quite poor and I can remember that when we could get fish we'd have to make best use of it. My mum managed to get Mackerel one time and she DID make Stargazy Pie. For me, this episode was a trip down memory lane and I fully believe more people should try it.

Ben is giving real dad energy in this one. 😁 “Don’t use your spoon like that.” “Don’t stick your finger in it.”

I would love to see you guys collab with Max Miller from Tasting History, would be fun to see you try to make things from his old cookbooks. And I am loving Barry's hair!

Ben always finds a way to insert a fish pie into videos.

Irish moss is actually already globally used. It's a common clarifying agent for homebrewing beer :)

I'm sure there are a bunch of comments along these lines already, but "Mousehole" is pronounced "Mau-zel". The locals would be very scathing if you called it the former. Fun fact! It's also a pattern of Anvil, along with the London one.

As a Kentish Maid who was brought up on gypsy tart, I don't think that filling was whipped enough. It should be light, fluffy and airy (and light in colour) all the way through. I absolutely love it.

Other than the fish attempting their escape, I never knew what was in stargazy pie. It sounds quite good.

Carrageenan is used a lot in diet foods, ie low fat salad dressing or low sugar jam. It does the thickening that fat or sugar would do in the regular version.

Now the at we know about Stargazing Pie why not make it Gourmet - Sorted style 😂

Honestly one of the best videos in a long time. Theres something so entertaining about traditional, but oft forgotten dishes. The stories attached to them and the reactions by the modern palleted normals is just a recipe for joy and laughter, while being educational and interesting. Would absolutely love to see more of this sort of thing!

I absolutely love that Ben is giving quite an interesting explanation on the cocktail and then gives up half-way. That is golden.

If you guys haven’t tried Laverbread, you absolutely should try it in the next episode! It’s a historical Welsh food that comes from seaweed!

I love gypsy tart and I live just over the bridge from Sheppey, and my mum taught me the recipe. A tin of fridge cold evaporated milk and 300g dark sugar. Blend until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is airy a bit like soft whipped cream. Also helps to have a chilled bowl. Then in a sweet pastry case and cook at 180 for 15 mins, the filling should have puffed up and tacky to the touch but not so the mixture sticks to your fingers. Leave to cool completely and should have set perfectly. Lasts a while due to sugar content as well. 🥰 will always remind me of my mum.

I'm in New Zealand and Irish moss is reasonably well known here. It's most often encountered under that name as a setting agent for jelly candies usually coloured dark green and with an astringent, medicinal flavour. Irish moss sweets are regarded as a bit old-fashioned these days but they're still available if you know where to look. Carrageenan is everywhere as a thickener in prepared foods.

Carrageenan is global. I live in Vancouver, Canada and I see it in ingredients lists all the time as a thickener in sour cream, yogurt, desserts, etc. In non-food products I see it too, for bath products especially.

Carragen is used quite regularly here in Germany.. every grandma has it - it's the stuff that sets the clear jelly on our fruit cakes (Tortenguss)

Love how that “gypsy” pie really reminds me of a southern chess pie, nice and gooey inside with a bit of a crispy finish on top, basically just sugar, egg, and butter

While mostly from Chile or Philippines, Carrageenan is pretty much in every store bought icecream today - already pretty global.

I live in whistable opposite the isle of Sheppy just separated by a bridge. I always grew up having gypsy tart in primary school but never understood why the rest of the country had no idea what it was when I would explain it until now. Thanks for the lesson lads

I know Irish moss as a cough syrup sold at most grocery stores in Australia 🇦🇺 its already global.

This is like discovering music that you never heard before, or maybe hearing music in your parents music collection. When you hear it, you like it. Cheers! ✌️

“Sorry beer” good to see Jamie being respectful! 😂

Now there’s a new series for you; travelling around the UK to find and then try cooking all these old traditional dishes. Bring them out of obscurity to us all. Just a thought 🤞😊👍

I just love Ben’s enthusiasm and stories…really interesting, thank you Sorted.

The Gypsy Tart reminded me a lot of Shoofly Pie from the States.

I use to make gypsy tart when I worked as a school cook 30 years ago it's lovely.

Love whatever got stuck on Ben’s tooth at the end there. Had me doing a double take wondering when Ben suddenly had a tooth gap 😂

Use a spoon like you would normally use a spoon... Not like a hammer.

Irish moss is also harvested off the north/west coast of Prince Edward Island, Canada.

This was fun episode. Seeing Barry & Jamie grasping at straws (whilst figuring out the ingredient or dish) was funny. Quint essential British dishes, that would make little sense to anyone else.

As several folks have pointed out, Irish moss is pretty common, especially as a beer fining agent. As carageenan it's used quite a lot in industrial food processing as a thickener, especially in non-dairy beverages like soy and almond milk to provide mouthfeel. I used this in it's powdered form when I was making non-dairy beverages professionally.

Would love to know more about food from Scotland and Wales tbh. Usually British food is just England heavy, would love to know interesting food from the other two as well Loved the video though

Never cooked with Irish moss in the kitchen but used it often for clarifying (beer) wort when homebrewing.

Huckle-my-buff looks a bit like the origins of a beer-Sabayon (I love it for example with Duvel). If you want to try: Ingredients: 5 egg yolks (KEEP THE EGGSHELLS), 3 halves of eggshells of granulated sugar, 1 half of eggshell vanilla sugar, 3 halves of eggshells of Duvel 1. Place the egg yolks in a saucepan and use half an eggshell as a measuring cup. 2. Add the half eggshells of granulated sugar, vanilla sugar and Duvel to the egg yolks. 3. Beat the cold mixture with a whisk and then place the pan over a low heat. 4. Beat the mixture continuously with the whisk until you get a frothy sabayon. You can serve it in a Duvel-glass for example, with some vanilla-icecream, pour the Sabayon over it, and present it with some fresh fruit (some sour berries for example work great for the sour-sweet taste...)

You guys should do a series based on different dietary requirements and the basic knowledge behind the each condition and how to try and tackle it with food and dietary improvement. It's a massive oversight for a lot of people and a not widely talked about subject, but should be🤞

Because I first heard of Irish Moss through the lyrics of the Red Rat song Dwayne:- “Irish Moss, linseed, soursop, then you wouldn’t flop, your gal wouldn’t chat, and you wouldn’t have to hear this from Red Rat” So I always thought it was like a Viagra substitute. But apparently you can also use it for desserts… _The more you know_ 💫

Ben: “Huckle-My-Buff!” Jamie and Barry: “STOP IT!” I feel I’m watching 2 separate videos with these opposing energies lol

I’m so surprised they never heard of carrageenan. It is a very common food additive, especially in dairy products like yogurt and ice cream. Do they not read food labels or is carrageenan listed by an E code in the ingredient list?

My dad is from Cornwall and, as a child, I got a book for Christmas from family still there with the legend of Old Tom in it. One key part missing is his cat Mouser or "Mowser" who is told to have gone with him in the boat and howled a lullaby to the sea to calm it so Old Tom could fish. There is even a shop in Mousehole called The Mousehole Cat (or at least there was when I was there a few years back) presumably named after her.

Watching videos like this- I’d LOVE the boys to review Terry Pratchetts “Nanny Ovg’s Cookbook”- it’s already FULL on inuendo’s- Ben’s job would already be done for him!!!🤷‍♀️🥰😂

The Irish Moss is similar to something in Chinese Fujian or Guangdong Region as a desert but much more raw. I forgot the name of it but it was prepped by washing and boiling the stuff and make a jelly like substance out of it and served as is with syrup and fruits. Edit: Found it! It's called 石花膏. Paste From the Stone Flower, which refer to the moss.

I'd love to see Max Miller cover some of these dishes on Tasting History, especially Huckle-My-Buff and Stargazing Pie. Also, as someone who lives in country where Christmas is in summer, I'm glad I don't need to worry about hot beer...unless someone leaves it out of the fridge or esky...which is a crime against nature.

Welcome back Barry!! Great video guys! I haven't laughed this hard in awhile. You guys are great ☺️

Not nit picking but as a resident Cornish man, Mousehole is pronounced “Mowzle”. Keep up the great content!

This video is a sign you need to visit Mousehole, to make it up to the locals!!!

I wonder how long after the video ended did Ben notice he had food in his teeth during the outro. It's rather adorable.

I kinda love these traditional dishes that come with a history. I love that people still do dishes that were made out of scarcity, but became beloved and sentimental enough to be made to this day on occasion or as a nostalgic trip to the past.

There’s a lovely picture book called The Mousehall Cat that tells the story of the stargazing pie. It’s great. I was so excited to see it “for real”.

The happiness on Bens face when Jamie got the pie right 😂 #proudmaw

Spaf beating Baz to something is priceless. The joy on their faces and singing a childs rhyme ... lovely moment.

I've seen carrageenan in ingredient lists countless times, but I never knew where it came from. You learn something new every day.

Ive seen carrageenan on ingredient lists for gluten free foods - so cool to know what it is now!

Jamie’s various interpretation of ‘Huckle-My-Buff’ were just brilliant 😂

Stargazy Pie was actually one of the dishes I had the last time I went to London. It didn't have the pilchards sticking out of it, but the dish itself was absolutely delicious. Warm, filling, a fantastic meal on a cold winter's evening. Highly recommend.

I love this! I don't know much about the historical British culture, and I learned a lot from this video!

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It's not Mouse Hole - it's pronounced Mowzzle

these guys so chill I enjoy watching them

I absolutely adore Gypsy tart and love in Kent (about 20 minutes for the Isle of Sheppy) and grown up on it! My Mum made it loads. In my local shops it is called Gypsy tart. I never realised it had historical significance in Kent and wasn’t known across the UK. Thank you Sorted Food for sharing the history. ❤

Agar Agar is made from seaweed and I believe this has been used worldwide for centuries as a substitute for gelatin.

Hi guys it's a great vid as always but I'm not sure if you know that the Sea Weed gum is a common ingredient in Icecream...and with that dry and liquid softserve mixes. I had the pudding as an Irish family friends meals as a kids as they had a link to the area where they harvested from the Sea.

I loved watching this episode. Please do more if you can!

The way Ben said " and you are not a malnourished child" 😂😂😂 to Jaime after eating a big slice of the tart...

Love that there are more local things that can surprise the boys still. I wouldn't touch the cocktail, but I'd probably try everything else (a very small portion of the tart- a lot of that seems overwhelming).

Traditional dish you might like to try - Beastings Pudding - quite niche but delicious

Just the name “Stargazy pie” was so cute because I imagined fish poking out of the water to look at the stars in wonder!

A bit off-topic, but I really like Barry's hair in this video. It looks really good on him. Thanks for the fun and interesting video!

Would so love to try the Stargazy pie. Looks fabulous

The tart seems similar to an American shoofly pie. It's a Pennsylvania Dutch and Amish desert that is essentially a molasses custard filling in pie pastry with a crumble topping. It's so sweet that while it's cooling, one would have to continuously shoo the flies away from the pie.

I'd heard of Star hazy pies somewhere else before... Thought the name was because the fish in the pie looked up--gazed towards the sky/ stars... But this story is beautiful

One of the best videos from you in a while! Awesome work, I hope for more of these British videos! British food, like Ashkenazi Jewish food, is amazing!!

Great episode. Would love to see you do Sussex Pond Pudding sometime… some good food that.

In Quebec, we have a similar pie to no.2 "Tarte au sucre" but made with maple syrup as it was / is the local source of sugar. This got me a bit nostalgic in all the best ways. Gotta go and bake one now!

Loved all these, I've wanted to try Stargazey Pie for ages.

Thank you for explaining what's evaporated milk because I'm seeing it many recipes these days but I didn’t quite understand!

Huckle-My-Buff is very similar (possibly a precursor?) to Flip, which I first heard about on the Townsends channel. It's heated ale, brandy or rum, sugar, and egg (though not SIX eggs, that seems excessive!) I made flip for a Halloween party one year after seeing the Townsends video, and it's been a fall staple for me ever since! Such a weird but ultimately delicious cocktail! Definitely better with sugar and rum than just eggs and beer though, I would think...

I love that the stargazey pie made the cut althoughhhhh..!! The pronunciation of mousehole made me quiver. It’s pronounced in a Cornish accent like ‘mows-ole ‘ not mouse hole 😊

I’ve lived in kent my whole life, I never knew Gypsy tart wasn’t a well known treat, you find it in all the supermarkets here, and I believe it’s commonly made with condensed milk down here, and most gypsy tarts you buy have a slight sprinkling of brown sprinkles on top but it’s genuinely such a tasty treat, absolutely god tier

Best genuine out-take, had me 😆 🤣 !

I’m so happy the Cocktail is called ‘Huckle-My-Buff’ and ‘Huckle-My-Berry’ 😂

But carageenan has gone global. in fact it is well known enough to have its own controversy like Gluten, even being linked to cancer, though reputable studies have, as yet, not corroborated this.

Jamie's face when he drank the Huckle stuff reminded me of when you give a baby a pickle for the first time. That was fabulous.

Great episode really enjoy seeing lesser known British food

The stargazy pie reminded me of my holidays in Mousehole hahahaha we ordered it because it sounded really nice but as soon as it hit the table we were starstruck :DDD

Punch was a much earlier cocktail first mentioned in 1632 in India. Arrack (palm sap spirit), water, sugar, lime juice and nutmeg. Proper cocktail you could try now, none of the egg nonsense. There was an earlier version without the nutmeg.

Irish moss is already global. Most of us who brew our own beer have either used it or at least been offered to buy it. In brewing it's used as a clearing agent.

To be fair, Irish moss is very much global. It is used in everything from hot dogs to fake cheese as binding and thickening agent. It is used in beer brewing for clearing agent. And as vegan gelatin substitute.

Firstly, thanks for not including a spoilery preview at the beginning of the video. That way I could enjoy the whole of it without knowing already what's to come. Then, as someone who's not from the UK, one thing that gives British food a bad image is literally the image of the food. All four dishes were brown 😅 Yet despite that, I'd still give them a go. So, thanks for the history lesson!

Im very fascinated by Cuisine from northern europe or countries that don't have acess to some certain ingridients and how to get around that. So great video! Now do a Icelandic food video edit: I love Pie

Oh my goodness - gypsy tart, absolute school dinner nostalgia right there!!!!

That pie looks amazing, thanks for this episode!

Only one I recognised was stargazey pie. I've heard of it but never tried it, would love to though it looked delicious! 😊 Huckle my buff sounded genuinely disgusting but I salute you guys for sacrificing your tastebuds for our entertainment 😂

fab, Gypsy Tart was a staple school dinner pud for me growing up in North Kent. As someone else said, it should be whipped more.

I was just explaining Stargazey pie to my mom the other day! Excited to see it featured

I am irish and seeing this made me smile! The first dish is called carraigín in irish (pronounced cor a geen not cor a jeen). My mum used to make this dessert all the time and served it with butterscotch sauce. It's also good boiled with water lemon and honey for a cold cure. You just sip the liquid do not eat the moss. It's full of good stuff!