Today Barry from Sorted Food takes us for one of the most traditional British Meals: Pie & Mash with a side of Jellied Eels!
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I love that woman. I’ve never seen anyone working at a restaurant just blatantly say “don’t get that. It’s terrible.” 😂
agreed. the look on her face is priceless.
She’s being real with them and I love that! 😂😂
Facts!
I was a waitress for 10 years and refused to lie about the food, I'd always say stuff like, "That's pre-made frozen food" or "We can't cook to temp because all our burgers come pre-cooked" or "The soup is old, we've had it in the heat tray for 3 days now". I was fired from a lot of serving jobs lmao.
It's because they only have on the menu for tourist or people losing bets. People get it expecting it to be horrible 😂
"Three British Men Promote British Food" (by gagging 🤣) I just love Ollie!
Adversity is the reason for humans to anything. Horrible food made the UK the greatest colonizers in the world. All to find food better than the ones at home. :P
@@tauriusmagnamus3281 Probably true. Except for a full English breakfast i'd say. That's actually fine.
@@tauriusmagnamus3281 This stuff was crappy food for poor people. As much ridicule as the British get for their bland food, this stuff in this video is the bottom.
@@ypw510That's sad. I thought this would be like a cheap version of cottage pie or Chicken pot pie - but now I know.....
Ollie's expressions are the greatest! One of the reasons why I love watching their videos.
Barry: "Are you always jolly?" Josh: "Pretty much, yeah" Ollie: "It's kinda our thing" 😂
Loved that 😂
Hilarious!!! 🤣👍👏👏
Not Josh rolling his eyes as he said it with such gusto lol
They are not jolly when they are jelly, it seems.
That lady who served you is wonderful! She’s so honest 😂😅 I love that Josh referred to this meal as “soul food”. As an American I am shook 🤣
It's like soul food but with zero seasoning. XD
Cleanly, British souls need different food than American souls. 😂😂😂
Lol he generalised way too much. This is a specifically East London thing and even within East London it is dying out very quickly. I'm a londoner but grew up in North and have never come across jellied eels.
Black Americans took what, literally, no one else wanted and made it delicious and filling. If I went to that place and got a plate like that, I'd turn around and walk out. Besides the presentation being revolting, I could see how dry and bland those potatoes were. I'd rather eat a raw potato.
@@jeanaprewitt9658a bit of myth. Soul food is simply southern food. It took on its "blackness" because it was discovered by non southerners after southern blacks moved to various places North. The parts of the cuisine considered unfavored were also eaten by poor whites in the South as well. In fact those pig and beef parts are eaten all over the world.
"It tastes beige." British cuisine, summarized.
Yeah if you're a pleb. Good quality british food doesn't taste beige at all.
For all the times Josh, Ollie and the crew have tasted Texas BBQ and Tex-Mex, for example, and commented about how the English need to add spice to food, then they come HERE and can't be surprised to find it so "beige". It's the epitome of what you always talk about!
They've shown a disservice to British food off the top of my head I can think of plenty of British dishes which are amazing but never shown: roast dinner beef wellington fish and chips pies and mash( they're shown a disservice in this video) various savory pastries such as a pork pie or Cornish pasty various stews and casseroles cheeses such as Wensleydale or cheddar for dessert their are various cakes cakes, scones theirs also a variety of curries which were invented here such as the chicken tikka masala( a famous Scottish curry) or a style of curry called Baltic which was invented in Birmingham
@@samriley8428they've done a whole video about fish and chips and also one about British desserts with Gaby.
@@jonathanbowen3640 right. Better quality British food tastes ecru. Jokes aside, I once met a UK ex-pat who flat out told me that the reason they're so chauvinistic about fish & chips is that it's the one British dish that people all over agree is a tasty meal. For whatever reason most British dishes don't seem to get a lot of exposure outside of the UK or are not necessarily seen as distinctly British.
"Biggest name drop ever." Barry, you LITERALLY have cooked with Prince William!
Beckham is far bigger and more known than Prince whoever
Not being British, I have no idea who either of them are.
@@jonadabtheunsightlyneither am I. I still know who they are because I don’t live under a rock and have watched the news before.
@@jonadabtheunsightly David Beckham? Literally an iconic footballer
@@drakemandrake609 Eh, the news is overrated. I watched it a few times, when I was a kid, back in the eighties. Can't really recommend it.
"The Best Food In The World." Promptly followed by gagging, wincing, shudders (dousing it with a tablespoon of salt and half cup of iodine...sorry, chili vinegar) Followed by more choking, dry heaves and gasping as they force themselves through to the end. Two words, Crawfish & Brisket
It's horribly good 😂🎉
The U.S. went through a jelly phase in the 1950's, but we got over it 😂
The eels aren't the same as the aspic trend
Except for some parts of the South… still clinging to that jelly 😂
Church potluck dinners haven't got over the Jello salads yet!!!!!!
So did most Brits.
Ambrosia and watergate salad are unfortunately still made.
@12:00 When Barry gagged and then agreed with Josh that he preferred it to the other eel dish. LOL
Barry has such the gag reflex 😂😂🤣
Lol! It looked like he was having a stroke before he gagged.
Watching the British Highschoolers say that the look of biscuits and gravy was "Not up to the British standard"... and then seeing that Eel Jelly in this video....
Yeah, give me biscuits and gravy any day.
Yeah but jellied eels is a London thing and not readily available anywhere else in the UK, though it’d be easy to go further and say that most people who eat jellied eels are of the boomer generation. I’m nearly fifty and lived in various parts of the UK and I don’t think I know a single person who’s had them. All the videos that content creators make in which jellied eels are referenced or tried make them appear far more prevalent than they actually are. In fact, the liquor (gravy) seen in this video is a London thing too. You won’t find this sort of pie, mash and eel shop outside of London.
@@lynnejamieson2063 You wont find jellied eels in London either, maybe no more than about six places in the entire city of 6-7million people. I have visited one venue in London that sold them, after being here over a decade and eating out a lot.
@@jonathanbowen3640 I’ve not visited London in a number of years but it really doesn’t surprise me. It always seems as though many content creators that do food videos, tend to go out of their way to show the worst of UK food and the things that really aren’t eaten by many or often…like jellied eels and stargazy pie, which is a Cornish dish that in the decade or so I lived there, never saw anywhere and yet it’s referenced quite often.
@@lynnejamieson2063 I had to check Stargazy pie, I do recall seeing it before though and it's bonkers. No idea where you could find this to eat/buy in reality. Reminds me of a car reviewer guy saying he got more views showing his cars broken down and costing a fortune to fix than driving and working well. Terrible food gets views and fits the lazy stereotype of British cuisine.
I think what Beckham meant is that the “liquor” is a parsley sauce made with the stock from the stewed eels
Josh saying, "he (Ollie) may have written an autobiography about you without you knowing," with the exact same energy as talking about the "second occasion" they had dinner with Beckham 🧡
The cameraman’s face says it all when he tries it “I can see why you went around conquering the rest of the world”
And still don’t use those spices! 😂
😂
Bland food is the reason everyone can speak English and communicate on here
going out conquering the world for spices and deciding you don't want to use any
@@kimleemoon actually never been true
We've had Ben, Jamie & Barry, now all we need is Mike to complete the SortedFood guest set!
Get Mike to make what they are eating
Take Mike for some Korean chicken!
@@TheDiplomanceryes!!! ❤
Dang, now I want some Korean chicken 🫣😳🥹
@@heather2493 can we stop the take about food haha
I'm currently on a diet and I must say, this video really helped with controlling my appetite 😐
Oh well, Josh and especially Ollie had to season their food. That did not happen in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Ollie making a face about food that "tastes beige"... Ollie are you not the king of loving bland food?? 😂
If even Ollie finds it bland, then that dish must have negative flavor 😅
The mashed potatoes don't even have cream, butter and/or salt! They really charge more for the salt
I'm scared of a dish that Ollie finds bland. 😂 It's too funny when they open with something like "this is the best/most traditional british X" and then it winds up being, well... I found the thing about adding salt/pepper after interesting, because they're correct, that's NOT how cooking works, but it occurs to me that that's EXACTLY how my mother (not british) (so american) did food when we were growing up. (My mother's cooking is not what one would call 'good'.) How interesting that we imported colonialism, capitalism, and that. 😂😂😂
I’m LIVING for Ollie’s Fun ‘90s Jumper. Nice to see it make a comeback.
Never has Carlton in Fresh Prince of Bell Aire been so well represented! Well, except for that time on Dancing With The Stars. I can never get enough of watching that, though I feel bad an injury occurred.
As an American I always picture overalls when you guys say "jumper" 😂 I don't understand why a sweater is called a jumper 🤷🏼♀️😹💗
@@priddyting Good question! And a UK person could ask, why do we call biscuits "cookies?" It's part of the wonder and frustration that is the English language. But I feel you, some things I understand, like calling a trash can a "bin" since we have trash bins too, they're just bigger, and I even can get why they call the trunk of a car a "boot" though I can't put it into words. But yeah, the "jumper" one throws me too.
@@priddytingI’m American too and where I’m from a jumper is a type of dress where the the top part is similar to overalls in that you have to wear a top under it.
@@DravenGalWe Americans have to keep in mind the land that makes up current day USA was colonized by various Europeans, and had indigenous peoples, and had Africans all with different languages. Did you know tuxedo is a Native American word? (Although the original meaning has nothing to do with clothing.) My understanding is that Brits call them a dinner jacket. It makes sense to me that Brits would be less likely to adopt NA words. Cookie is derived from Dutch. The Dutch had a colony named New Netherlands that later became the colony of New York. I speak Spanish. Interestingly, the word for sweater in Spanish is suéter.
Barry 100% failed the poker face challenge here.
and ollie ..... 11:50 was all real brits food sucks!
I kept laughing at Barry asking , why is my eye twitching ? Funniest thing in the whole video ! 😂
ollie going in with the full bite of the jellied eels at the end had Me gagging across the screen
SAME! I'm like, WHY eat so much at once?! Same with Ducky, but at least his bite looked somewhat appetizing!
Me too 🤢🤢🤢
Agreed, made my stomach hurt. 🤢
As an American and a lover of these guys, I would try this..not wanting to be labeled and "Ugly American." But having said that, I can understand why y'all love our BBQ and Texmex. Come back soon! ❣from Austin Texas
This is my people's food and I love it, but it can't hold a candle to Texas BBQ. Both are amazing in their own right though.
You should try the pecans and the Jerky. Texas raises so much cattle red meat is damn near the same price as other cuts. And fresh
Girl, why? Those eels looked like throw up. You want to try that?
@@PunofHartsI love clam chowder so I would try it. Unless it’s completely different. Can’t say until I give it a try though
In Denmark we do a veersion of Eel. It's skinned and cut into pinky finger long "sticks" , rolled in coarse flour and then fried, served with potatoes and a parsley Bechamel. Usually accompanied by beer and lots of schnapps.
Parsley bechemel sounds really good 😮
@@BlrdmanThat’s basically what the “liquor” is in this clip!
see thats what i dont get. why did they jelly the eel, thats so gross, everyone else had the wherewithal to cook it normally, instead of just boiling it into oblivion
That sounds so good
Love when Sorted and Jolly collab. I found Sorted through Jolly and Jolly through BTS so it's been quite an enjoyable time these past few years!
ahh, Jellied Eels, the "Surströmming of England" 🤣
Had both. Surströmming is worse by a hundred and something miles. Nightmarish... Glad i tried it at least once though.
3:03 It’s what they call at SortedFood ‘a soggy bottom’.
I was thinking that until they said it was a suet base. In which case, it doesn't really get much better than that 😂
I’ve been missing Jolly!! I practically went into withdrawals! 😂 I hope you both got much needed rest during the break I’m so excited to see more content again!❤❤
I loved seeing Barry get sassy with you guys! Even your low budget shoots are full of such camraderie and friendship that it feels like I'm at the table enjoying the meal with you guys!
Pie and Mash is like the most British sounding food I’ve ever heard ☠️
Also bangers and mash ya bloody wanker.
Nah, then it would be "Fly and Bash"
i feel like your comment is like saying 'this' fuckiong useless
It does sound tasty tbh. 🤤
Pie and mash is literally the most British food.. I don't get your point?
After seeing these, Brits can never state that Biscuits and gravy looks terrible. This all looks gross to me.
They've shown a disservice to British food off the top of my head I can think of plenty of British dishes which are amazing but never shown: roast dinner beef wellington fish and chips pies and mash( they're shown a disservice in this video) various savory pastries such as a pork pie or Cornish pasty various stews and casseroles cheeses such as Wensleydale or cheddar for dessert their are various cakes cakes, scones theirs also a variety of curries which were invented here such as the chicken tikka masala( a famous Scottish curry) or a style of curry called Baltic which was invented in Birmingham
@@samriley8428 Balti not Baltic, it means Bucket as in cooked in one!
Seriously.
@@andreww2098 sorry that's autocorrect being annoying
This is a very London thing
Love these collabs. Jolly and Sortedfood have such great vibes together. Thanks
I found sorted food channel through jolly and I'm very grateful for it you guys are amazing had lots of fun with you specially through out the pandemic.I appreciate you keep up the good work ❤
The Manze website says that the liquor has a "secret ingredient," which could be eels if Beckham is in the know.
I feel like they're tipping their hand when the stewed eels are served in the liquor. I suspect that the difference between liquor and stewed eels is how deep the ladle goes into the pot.
It's always been eels.
A lot of pie and mash places don't do it anymore, but originally the liquor was made using the stew water after stewing the eels.
After stewing the eels you have fish stock so naturally they never wasred it and made the liquor from it.
Beckham is correct, if you let the liquor go cold (like fridge temperature) it solidifies, that gelatin from the bones.
Reminds me of boarding school food! And that famous song, “if you don’t eat yer meat, you can’t have any pudding”.
_"How_ can yeh have any pudding if yeh don't eat yer meat‽"
@@MichaelPiz "You! Yes! You behind the bike sheds! Stand still laddie!"
@@karencox3235 I always thought it was "you behind the swing set," so I looked it up and you're right. Learn something new every day… 😁
Honest woman at the counter there! She needs a shout out.
Watching Ollie trying to keep a straight face while eating the jellied eel was priceless 😂!
Sounds like the parsley liquor is similar to the pot liquor you get from making turnip or collard greens. Watching this one though, I can't even. There's only so much that salt and pepper can make food taste good. The fact that the recipe hasn't changed since the 1800s and it still sells so well is amazing to me. I can't do bland...not happening. I love the lady though. She was not going to recommend the eel. She said she didn't like it and she wasn't going to budge, lol.
Bet you could improve the mash with a little salt and butter.
@@peterpain6625 the whole thing could be improved by seasoning, something other than just minced beef in the pie (onion? diced veg? seasoning?) and a decent gravy rather than the insipid looking parsley sauce. And who ever thought that boiling and setting in jelly was the way to cook and serve an oily fish? This is exactly the type of thing that lets the rest of the world point and laugh at the UK. We're not all like this - you can find examples in every corner of the rest of the British Isles of some truly wonderful local and traditional dishes, I promise!
@@johnsnowdon2939 But but that maybe too much for the British ;) Spices i mean. Pepper even.
The Thames is the cleanest it's ever been (when it's not raining) and I see eels there all the time. I saw some guys from a Korean restaurant stocking up on them..
Would likely prefer their preparation method than the jellying 😄
They're a protected species in England so unless they are licensed to fish for them (unlikely) they are breaking the law!
If a Brit says it doesn't taste of much, I'm guessing it has zero flavor! LOL
Like "wet cardboard" probably ;)
Barry hand feeding them is such a Sorted Foods thing. 😂
Can't lie: when they were trying to not make a telling face, I lasered on Ollie's supremely expressive mug. Joy!
great to have the jolly vids back,my mouth is watering watching you guys cut open those pies
Watering at jellied eel? 🤢🤢🤢
Really? I threw up in my mouth.
@mysisterisafoodie they said the pies
BAZ! You’re on Jolly! You absolute LEGEND! I love you guys! Sorted and Jolly are the best British channels going.
Somehow, this makes me wanted to try pie and mash for real. Thank you for this video, Josh and Ollie!
When the pie doesn’t have enough flavor for Olly.
I really enjoy when Jollie (Korean English Man) do a collan with Sorted Food. Please go to Korea together.
British cuisine is like American Fear Factor.
JOLLY and BAZ!!!! I'm so thrilled and totally entertained. Haven't had eels in the UK, but agree Korean eel dishes are amazing.
This makes me appreciate In N Out Burgers and Tacos a lot more 😂
I would not set foot in this place!🤮
Absolutely!!😊
"almost a meal is completely unseasoned" omg, it's a whole country of my parents (clutches hot sauce)
*Grabs my Season All*
20 flavors of Mush
In our defense... We like the food to taste as it was intended to taste... No need for cover up... Beef tastes like beef, carrots taste like carrots etc
@@maureenjc8459 mmmmm, tastes beige.
@@user-qt4qp6bj1qdunno what she's on about, British food historically has always involved heavy usage of local seasonings
LOVEEEE the collabs!!! The Sorted boys are always a blast!
My family is something like 12 generations born in America now and I’m blown away with how similar my family cooking is to what you show as ‘traditional’ British food. My family names are Collier and Cooley, we have Sunday roasts and salt and pepper and vinegar on the table. So interesting what I learn from watching you all
Love the shout out from Barry to Potters Bar’s building trade!! Barnet and Potters Bar, truly a mecca for builders LOL
There are fresh water Eels in the Thames at the Pool of London
You not mean in the bin
@psgnoobz2005 they're pretty much under the keel of HMS Belfast. In Summer months there's a seal that comes up river to feast on them
Jolly and Sorted are such an amazing pairing. They fit together so well 😂 please more collabs between you two!
Baz! Nothing better than a joint effort from my two favorite channels!
Love it when Jolly gets Sorted ! 💜👍
I really thought there would be a race between Barry and Ollie to see who was going to 🤮 the jellied eels up.
Thank you Barry for the "let's dissect that," teaching Josh and Olly to actually describe their food instead of just going "mmmm good" all the time.
I love that being Jolly is your thing!
I actually tried pie and mash when I visited London some years ago, and was unimpressed. But I just learnt something: it is deliberately unseasoned, and that I was suppose to season my food at the table. I guess I've now got to give it another shot.
I personally like my meat pies unseasoned so I don't mind them coming that way, but I can definetly understand the majority opinion that they are not great without seasoning.
It's mostly rubbish however the stuff served at "Mother Mash" is excellent.
Couldnt take unseasoned mash. Got to have butter salt and white pepper
What's white pepper? I've only ever used and heard of black pepper
Baz speaking like a true chef! We need a collab Jolly and Sorted making pie and mash, and jellied eels
Barry! I can't believe you got jellied eels again especially after poor Gabie's reaction! You should take Sorted to Korea!
I've missed you guys so much! You look great. Welcome back.!
this video is a great way of announcing to the world that our cuisine is right near the bottom of worldly cuisine.
Its not tho, this video is literally entitled weirdest
Baz, should see ifEbbers or Kush can make something edible with the eel. So fun getting together Jolly and Baz from Sorted. Yay for collabs!
I miss you guys! lease do more videos again, you bring happiness to people who live through your videos in hard times lol.
Gabie dodged the bullet seeing “Jeelied Eels” on the menu 😅
Love these crossovers! Need the Jolly boys back in the Sorted studio soon!
I have been waiting so long for a collaboration and this is where you took them Baz, we need a proper collaboration, all 4 sorted guys and jolly, and not just an episode, a series and those 4 know good British food even though we think the UK doesn't have any, and coming from an Indian that is a big thing people!!! Tell Baz to take you to Chick n sours, he bloody loves that place.
BARRYYYYY! I Sorted Food and Jolly are two of the greatest food related YT channels right now. More collabs would be awesome to see.
YES!!! I was just thinking about how i wish you guys did a video with the other 2 sorted boys! I cant wait to see you do a vid with mike!!!
Barry's face when he ate jellied eal is just great
I saw your video on Trossachs Pie Shop. I was SOOOO excited to go to Scotland and try them! We got there and found out they had PERMANENTLY CLOSED the day before. I cried 😭😂.
I’ve realized that a lot Brits just appreciate a really simple, mild but hearty flavor to their food. It’s like a comfort thing… Just as Moroccans and Indians for instance find aromatic spices comforting in their food. It’s tradition!
Ollie putting all that salt and vinegar on his is the equivalent of one of us Americans drowning something in ketchup. LOL
My two favorite channels, together again. ❤
The Japanese also has the tradition of eating eels with Unagi. But they actually season theirs, and cook it by roasting it over charcoal fire instead of putting it in jelly.
That Jolly remark + response at the end was perfect.
The mash look like the most flavorless, driest mashed potatoes I have ever seen. No butter or dairy? No thanks. My aunt Kathrine is turning over in her grave as we speak. LOL
Mash needs butter and salt. Maybe even a little cream...
It's weird but it works all together. If you had some creamy, buttery mash it would run off the plate once it mixed with the liquor. Definitely don't eat it by itself.
I laughed so hard at Ollies face with the eel that my apple watch gave me a LOUD notice....lol.... Thank you for letting me put this on the list of place I really don't have to bother with when I ever get back to the UK...lol....
I love Korean English man. I love Jolly. I love Sorted. And I jump every time you all do a collab! Combining favourites makes me so happy 😊
I'm American and I LOVE you guys! Keep this up because you literally make me LOL!!
The only episode I felt like barfing from gag reflex to seeing them want to hurl
I am a big fan of Sorted food and Jolly, and like fish and chips a lot. But this really looks bad & like the "anti advert" for British food: bland, soggy (especially after turning over the pies) and I wont even start to say what I think of that jellied eel. The lady at the counter however is great and I like her style and her honesty. Nice collab, please do more of them.
I remember hearing somewhere that the liquor was traditionally prepared using the stewing water from preparing the eels, which is probably why Beckham said parsley and eels.
Barry is my bias in Sorted, happy to see him here!
Damn, you guys went from “Best Fried Chicken in America” to jellied eels
I'd go for stewed eel over jellied eel. Grilled eel is good too.
So good to have you back!
Glad to have you lads back! Hope you had a good break and are doing well.
I swear I could see Olly turning green as he ate the jellied eels.
He ate a giant piece
and yet Korea has lots of eel dishes?????
I was so surprised to see Baz there! 😄
What an interesting way of putting mashed potatoes on a plate. I've never seen it done that way before. Another great video, guys!
yay more barry please! love the sortedfood guys :)
We know it isn't food that is going to blow you away with flavour but it's like a warming hug. It's more the history of the dish, this was what fed London during the industrial revolution. That shop has been open for 132 years, it has existed for 53% of the United States existing.
That’s even worse give it a upgrade
132 years! You could have smoked at least 3 briskets in that time!
@@starofdabloc there are plenty of expensive places that do modern pie and mash, this is just where it started.
@@mattrussell4878 yeah that makes sense but why keep it bland if everyone is saying it’s bland?
@@starofdabloc people like having the original because it celebratres history I guess. My Dad's family lived 10 minutes from this shop, knowing my great grandparents etc went is quite a cool thing. You can definitely get tastier pie but sometimes the OG is nice imo
9:00 ish Gabbie is right, you season as you go, each ingredient gets salt as you cook it. When sautee mushrooms for my oasta every night i cooked the mushrooms in olive oil, I add onion powder and carmelize them. Then i add salt which brings out the flavor. If i add too many and crowd the pan or salt them early they release too much water and dont carmelize well. I only add salt once the maillard reaction has occurred. I suggest this approach for steak as well, salt it then immediately sear it, but you cannot skip salt and wait till it gets to the table to season it.
The wait staff seems friendlier than what I’ve experienced in the UK
I love the Sorted/Jolly crossovers! I was smiling so much when Barry had them Poker Face the jellied eels! 😄 (Also, go Ollie for the huge mouthful he took of that jellied eel! 😮) I hope this means we're getting Jolly back onto Sorted in an upcoming vid! 🥰