Tin Can Roulette | Make a dish from 3 mystery tins! | Sorted Food 

Mike didn't even flinch when Ben smashed his finger with the can. So much trust!

The fact they both managed to make stuff that tastes good is WILD

Jamie’s dishing skills have come so far from what they were! His dish looked fantastic 🙏🏼

This would've been fun if Ben had to make something from the remaining tins.

I feel like they both deserved the win in their own way, because I'm not sure if there has ever been an episode where both ideas sounded so absolutely crazy and seemed so disastrous in the process, yet both ended up as huge successes. The way both of them thought out of the box to bring all these flavors together is seriously impressive.

I hope Tin Roulette becomes a series. What a fun idea. And the guys did so well with it!

I think Jamie should have one, he really went outside his comfort zone and made something where the three tinned ingredients really were the main stars of the dish, instead of hiding them.

The chaos gremlin in me is loving the mystery tins! PIO power cut was AMAZING for all the mystery tins/spices/powders! 😂

I love this idea, but to Mike's point that Ben set them up with this challenge, I think forcing Ebbers to do the same with the three remaining cans is only fair. So going forward, we should see two "Normals" draw cans and prepare a dish, then after judging, a chef must take the three remaining cans and make a dish of his own. Or perhaps have a follow up episode where Ebbers or Kush makes a dish using the same canned ingredients that the "Normals" used. EDIT: So obviously I posted this before I finished the video lol Both dishes turned out great. Still, I'm torn between seeing what a chef would do with the same ingredients, although the benefit of time and observation is a bit unfair, not to mention the advanced chef-y skills. Or seeing the chefs use the remaining tins with no prep time for a taste of their own medicine.

Kinda interested in what was in the tins that didnt get picked. Maybe should give Sous-Chef Barry a go at these 🤭

Was Kush doing an end of year stock cupboard clear out and come up with this video idea? Love it regardless. Though seeing the ingredients, I can’t imagine what horrors are about to be made 😂

I think I'm going to feel a void in the new year when it goes back to 2-3 times a week instead of every day. Feeling spoiled with all of the content!

Jamie being the king of bold flavours picking a tin with wasabi is just 💯

the cherries were not really mentioned in the discussion at the end, so it seems like mike just kind of 'hid' them in the tomato sauce, while Jamie apparently managed to make all three flavours essential components to the dish and made them work well together as well. So purely based on the descriptions at the end, I was quite surprised that mike won that.

I’m honestly more impressed with Jamie’s end result not being anything but unappetizing, because with that selection I’d be more lost than Tom Hanks with a volleyball

8:47 Mike has a lot of trust. He didn’t even flinch!

Jamie's 3 uses were more integral to the dish than Mike's cherries which seem to have disappeared.

Can't wait for the whelk and pineapple sushi recipe on Sidekick under the category "I forgot to go to the supermarket so you've got what you've got" 😂

Ben suggesting that caned hamburg and cherries could be something remotely close to Swedish meatballs is very brave for someone within raiding distance of the longships ;)

Jamie's tins were so unexpected, i give him props for thinking up any dish at all! Mike's were so unrelated to each other, props to him as well! 🤣😄

I think Mike's dish was more transformative, and Jamie's was more celebratory. They both deserve applause for making edible dishes from random things in the time allotted - not an easy task at all.

As a grocery store clerk foodsafe tip. Check your cans for hard edge dents and damage to either end. A can has a lining in it to prevent corrosion and any hard kinks in the can (not soft bends) can damage that lining. Also any damage to either end can damage the airseal leading to spoilage.

Next time you do this, can we have Ben vs. Kush :) I want to see what they can do under the same premise.

so impressed with jaime in this one - his ingredients were so difficult!

WOW! You guys have come such a long LONG way from when my family and I first started watching. Hearing Mike talk about balancing the taste, and did you see Jamie's plating...WOW again. Seeing them knowing how to mix what together to get the taste they are looking for was wonderful. Congratulations, guys, you both did an amazing job! I really enjoyed watching this challenge.

I have no idea what Mike has done to Ben, but it seemed personal with the clock counting down and that power slam with the tin. 🤣🤣

I liked their lateral thinking on how to use the ingredients. Reminds me of when we got snowed in in my cabin up in the Glens. Didn't have the usual larder & dry-store at home, just what we'd taken up with us & an odd accumulation of tins that we'd left behind over the years. Some interesting (and delicious) creations were had over the duration.

As soon as Mike said "lasagne", I was like, that makes so much sense!

Im loving your advent calender, thanks so much Sorted Food for the amazing and creative work.

“It looks like a tin of paint” is the most Mike response ever haha

Sometimes I feel bad for the things the boys have to do, then I remember they created this channel and community and I root for the chaos

Tinned food gets such a bad rap! It's unfair! Its so nostalgic and practical! Justice for cans! Thanks guys

And this is why Mike is the Sous Chef of our hearts

Both dishes ended up looking really good, but a special shout out to Jaime who's plating looked really elegant and inviting!

I'm so impressed with the finished dishes!! They both looked so delicious and it shows how quickly the boys can interpret ingredients! It's so impressive!

Spaff and Mike are always great battling it out! Love your hardwork 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

I remember when some grocery stores would have tens with no labels set at a big discount so they could sell them. That means there was a day that you didn't know what you were getting for supper 😂

The roulette is a nice concept, quite flexible with a lot of situations, ingredients, poker-face challenges, pass-it-on, etc. Go for it!

As soon as I saw Mike's ingredients, I immediately thought Swedish meatballs. 7 minutes in, Ben validates my thoughts. I should get one of them Sous Chef aprons.

Would have liked to see Ben make something with the three left over tins

I think that might be the best plating Jamie's ever done.

Wow! That was amazing! They both did so well. :) Love the mystery tin idea, hope you'll do that again with various combinations of normals. :) (I'd say "or chefs," but let's face it. they'd just breeze right through it and never even look inconvenienced.)

Not tinned food, but do want to share my successful attempt of avoiding food waste and turning what I had in the fridge into something new. After a Christmas party we still had a lot of veggies from our veggie tray. So for dinner this week I turned it into a noodle stir fry. These were not all veggies that I would traditionally have put in a stir fry but the end result was pretty good. Only thing I might have changed was the amount and ratios of my sauce but all in all a pretty good dinner that only required me to purchase noodles we didn't have on hand. Mid-week dinner made, budget friendly, and veggies saved.

"I'm going big and wide" "I'm going long and black" I think I've clicked on the wrong channel...

We need a pass it on with tinned again, see if anything changes especially with the labels off the tins

3:03 that face is priceless!! "What did he smoke to get to THAT conclusion?!"

When Ebbers said "Why not try this at home?" I was thinking: "Did he record that before the boys started?", but the end results ... well played, gentlemen. Well played.

This could absolutely be a series. There are so many tinned foods out there

I fully admit the sushi scared me but the lasagna makes me hungry. But I agree garlic bread would have just lulled me into a food coma. WELL DONE!! I LOVE this idea!!

Jamie got the short straw on that draw😅

I think that was the wrong choice. I think Mike had much easier ingredients to work with apposed to J. If they both tasted great I think J should have received the 'W' this time.

I think considering Mike disguised the flavour of the cherries, Jamie should have won, because he used all 3 flavours instead of hiding 1

I think J's should get an added difficulty factor to boost his score. if that was at all edible, it should've won

Yaay! Mystery tins! I want a full mystery tin PIO - the Power Cut PIO was so fun, but I want more mystery tins!

I just wanted to say *THANK YOU SO MUCH* for the "video a day", it's been a huge blessing.

Can’t put my finger on it, but editing looks different? More detail shots for sure, but perhaps color graded differently? Love the more adventurous angles! Love seeing y’all try new things! Maybe I’m wrong, but either way, love the video as usual!

Been waiting for this for so long! Love it guys

Both their dishes look so good! Jamie's looks fancy and Mike's looks like comfort food.

Not one of you are normals anymore. Outstanding! It’s been quite the journey. I love the chef vs normal format, try doing it without recipe cards. I recon you could hold your own, Mike. Who knew that would be a thing?

Great episode/idea! It's always lovely when the boys are in the same boat and being supportive!

12:20 Ben out loud: try this game at home! Ben's face: *I regret playing this game*

I could not get Uncle Vernon's "Oh Marge is ill, et a funny whelk" to stop running through my brain throughout this whole video.

the face that Mike made after knowing his food could win cause it taste so good. so proud of what the lads made, it was fantastic!

i love these daily videos so much and this was such a great video concept!!! would love to see more of these!!

Loved this format!!❤❤❤ Well done guys!

Given Ben’s comment about how they would likely do things differently starting again; that would be a good video idea. Give them one of these difficult challenges with unusual ingredients let them finish, then tell them to try again. Point for best first dish, point for best second try, and tiebreaker is who made the best adjustments the second time through.

I love the suprprise in everyones faces as they taste the frankenstein creations and they're actually great :)

Hi guys. I think you should do more of these can roulette battles, they are so much fun. The ideas sounded strange, but the end results looked great, well done boys. Much love and respect to all the team. xxx

I am sure the lasagne tasted good, but to actually make sushi in that short about of time, that's amazing! Good job all round 🍍🍙

loving the daily videos guys, must me tough pumping them out so fast!

I am so so interested in this concept! Please keep them coming ❤

Fun format. And it helps to get inspiration for low budget dishes. Would be happy to see more of this

There are a few Korean whelk dishes that i think Jamie could have shoehorned pineapple in to.

I feel that Ebbers and Kush need to do this challenge as well, see what chefs can do with these ingredients.

Kush: "Hey guys? I found some unmarked tins back here!" Ebbers: "Say less."

Genuinely a really fun and interesting video. I had a similar idea to Jaime when I saw the ingredients but mine was more just seafood sweet and sour. I never would have thought of Sushi. And Mike's lasagna was a stroke of genius. It was also nice seeing how collected they both were despite being out on the spot. Really shows how far they've come. Keep up the excellent work guys!!

Your channel just keeps getting better and better - what a great idea!! When I used to go camping when I was younger, we used to raid my mate's mums cupboard of tins for food, she had a load of unmarked tins here husband had bought back from various jobs - so one weekend in the lake district - we lived off of custard and beans for a week!!!

I instantly went to Hawaii/Japanese influence Polynesian for Jamie, and Swedish/Germanic influence for Mike. Almost perfect groups for each.

Loved this video more roulette videos please! 😊

I feel like Ben glossed what exactly the cherries brought to the lasagna. Would have thought a crisp leafy green salad with like a cherry vinaigrette reduction on the side would have made a better use of them and the flavour.

Never would’ve thought to use CHERRIES in a 🍅 meat sauce but I can see how they’re the perfect balancing act of fruity & tart to sweet & acidic tomato sauce. Clever use to make the 🍒 sing in a harmonious way👏🏽

This is basically pass it on but the chaos is concentrated on one person per dish. Love it!

Some ideas for more mystery cans: 1. Canned brown bread 2. Canned bacon 3. Canned baked beans (i use canned beans for a LOT of recipes) 4. Rotel (diced tomatoes and green chilis) 5. Refried beans 6. Hoppin' John (blackeyed peas, peppers, and onions)

The trust when Mike put his finger on the table for Ben to smash the can on it?! wow

Mike's trust in Ebbers is amazing to not crush his finger with a tin can :P

This is going to be a riot 😂😂

This was fabulous! Congrats to both of you, this was amazing!

I'm Swedish, and I'm really happy they didn't do Ben's idea. Cherry filling the role of lingon? Have you tasted lingon?

If these were really randomly selected cans, I'm shocked. Respect on the block for turning this dish into something edible, let alone something tasty.

always love these tinned foods videos, the boys creativity was great this episode! good job mike, no huttlestorm!

Wait... Spaff made whelks, pineapple, and wasabi into something edible... and lost? Man deserves the win and a medal.

Didn't Mike sorta hide the cherries? it sounded like Jamie actually made all three ingredients be distinct flavors of his dish. But fun all around.

15:50 even Ebbers forgot the cherries

More of these please!!

As someone who eats only Kosher, I wouldn't be able to eat either of those dishes, but good on ya for rising to the challenge so spectacularly. This challenge reminded me of a story my grandfather told us about his father. His Dad would go down to the train depot in Boston and would purchase at auction cans of food that had fallen off the trains during shipment. His family regularly played Tin Can Roulette when he was growing up as some of the cans would lose their labels.

more of this series please, more mystery challenges in general!

I really enjoyed this. I would love to see more Mystery Tin Challenges.

Love these sort of challenges! Need a chief v chief episode now

Second time getting to visit london AND getting to watch a video premiere while here, it still hits different 😂 Thanks for years of entertainment guys ❤

Great episode, and very well done!