A Week On Hello Fresh DAY 5

[@philc3912]

To put this company in perspective in times of crazy increasing food costs this meal costs more than double the price you would pay to buy similar ingredients from the cheaper supermarkets. A meal with two standard size sausages per person some potatoes, mushroom, lardons and carrots is not worth £5+ per meal per person (including delivery which HF don't factor into the headline price per meal stated) Perhaps you could do a follow up series Mike recreate the meals buying like for like from Tesco or wherever and do a price comparison.

[@xiinieais5401]

I agree, it would interesting to contrast and compare 😊🧡😊

[@mandywalker5873]

I did and because everything came in exact amounts it was cheaper getting hello fresh!

[@davidsworld5837]

really not many of there meals seem to be if you seen yesterday meal then that was far from any value. Its a bit like looking a Wiltshire farm foods meals which look like the Iceland etc £1 and £1.50 meals. and charging people over £3.50 each

[@Richardstevens1234]

In otherwords a rip off

[@samstar4107]

The sauce might have been too salty because you over reduced it. Next time try tasting it first and if it’s too salty you can always add some extra water to tone it down.

[@TheCotzi]

I thought the same there was hardly any sauce left on the plate after dishing it up

[@mandywalker5873]

My exact thoughts!

[@nonameno2006]

2 cloves of garlic lol you want a whole bulb in there

[@realong2506]

I have noticed the meat portions have been very inconsistent in their sizes. Probably due to the cost of meat going up. I would think that hello Fresh would at least maybe send a bonus/extra item to make up for the lose in meat quantity in the boxes. So far not impressed with Hello Fresh.

[@coaxialembryo]

Or because the meat is weighed in grams lol? Hence the reason most of there pictures the meats are cut up to equal out the portion sizes

[@mandywalker5873]

I ordered hello fresh for 6 meals a week while looking after my mum following surgery and was impressed with everything for the whole 6 weeks, only one or two meals I wouldn't have again out of personal taste! If they delivered to my home address is still be having meals regularly!!

[@chrisshepherd6878]

I'd be starvin on hello fresh.lol.whar a joke

[@charisse234]

In my very humble opinion.the food look better on the plate than it did on the box.but having said that I still have to say my favourite of the week was definitely the risotto.see what the next two days brings.how you and grace stood cooking in a hot kitchen I have to say I totally admire especially how hot it has been.thank you guys for the video.peace and love 💛

[@Sharonberry893]

We have this in Australia it cost for 3 meals for two people and I’m vegan so no meat etc $70.00 as we have to pay for delivery on top of. That’s in aud so in pounds would be $35 pounds

[@kahyui2486]

$35 pounds

[@vezhopkins714]

I hardly ate anything over the really hot week as I just felt to hot to eat plus I had covid but couldn’t tell if it was the covid giving me a temperature or the weather !

[@dracofirex]

I hear ya! I had the rona in January and my appetite was absolutely shot. I could still taste and smell just fine, but I didn't get hungry nor did I want to eat. I had a lot of smoothies, soup, stuff that goes down easily. If you're having trouble, try smoothies. It would go down quite nicely in this heat.

[@dracofirex]

Hang in there, the heat is bound to break soon! The other day we had a heat index (feels-like rating) of 43.3 C/110 F out here in South Dakota. Thankfully it was short-lived and we're down to 85-90 F highs and cooler evenings. Think of winter...! It's coming!

[@shadowtheimpure]

Hi, October in the Great Lakes region here. We had frost last night.

[@davidsworld5837]

when looking at what you get for the money is so little. instead of pan boiling the potatoes you should use a pressure cooker to save time and money. the one piece of bacon they have browned worth at least 15p what 40p of potatoes you could just get garlic powder. even on a simple mash potato a 35p mash potato bag were you just add water if you want to save time. 25p of carrots. and even buying a bag of 8 sausage you can easy get for £1.50 but then you ask why not just buy the Iceland £1 sausage and mash and add what other items there is in this meal. may be the sauce need more water in it to be a sauce.

[@laurahertzman943]

It's really hot here on the US East Coast too.

[@PhoenixHealing]

For Mash get SMASH!

[@ErynurTheElf]

"Two cloves of garlic" should have been the first hint. Two cloves is not enough for anything.... Maybe to perfume your oven slightly.

[@markj9w90]

Week on simply cook ?

[@Silverdale15]

I can do this with what i have already.... where's the seasonings in the mash?

[@BigCalsWorld]

A Hello Fresh ad on youtube right before a Hello Fresh video. They must be doing something right lol.

[@2learn4ever]

Oh please, please, please stop boiling vegetables, rice, etc., etc., so HARD! Bring it to a boil, but turn the heat down and boil GENTLY, GENTLY! I love potatoes and I hate it when you over-cook them into a conglomerous mush!

[@shadowtheimpure]

That's British cooking, innit?

[@chrisshepherd6878]

Way more butter in the mash bro.c,mon.lol

[@jbearclowater]

I got a hello fresh ad at the start of this video. Wow.

[@birgitteandersen5886]

When I had the subscription, I liked to play around with the recipes making them my own. It was fun.

[@davidsworld5837]

but really if you did that why bother paying them that much money to get the items , when you would just be able to buy everything for a 1/3 rd of the cost.

[@kahyui2486]

I had the red wine jus before n followed instructions n mine tasted like salt water from an ocean. Disgustang!

[@coaxialembryo]

Why do people cook on a naked baking tray? Put some foil over the top and make the clean up job easier lol

[@soundscape26]

Yeah... or parchment paper. I have never cooked directly on top, makes it much more of a hassle to clean it.

[@Quingess]

"We don't have any foil" Next shot: an oven with foil on the bottom XD

[@TheCotzi]

So funny NOT

[@yahyakhan6433]

How did y watch this 6 days ago? Patreon?

[@soundscape26]

@@yahyakhan6433 Yes

[@Quingess]

@@yahyakhan6433 That's correct 😊

[@Quingess]

@@TheCotzi Oh, well... At least 5 people seem to like it 😎

[@RobFreemanYYJ]

They send individual garlic cloves? I get one HF box every four weeks and there’s always an entire bulb in there. Very handy for doubling the garlic in the recipe!

[@janegriffiths7307]

Always better not to cook the wooden spoon !!

[@SaberusTerras]

Oof, Britain is roasting. 32C for us Americans is 90F, with no AC. Last year when you were making a fuss over it being about 80F I wasn't as sympathetic. But 90F is just plain miserable without cooling of some kind.

[@Mugenloo]

AC exists here, we have smaller properties so a portable unit is fine one upstairs and one down

[@SaberusTerras]

@@Mugenloo But they're not a ubiquitous as they are in the southern US. I don't think Mike and Grace have one.

[@atlantia]

1/4 of that garlic in a swimming pool of mash and I would taste, amazing how you can taste something to strongly when you hate a food with a passion

[@AdrianoSnorts]

I don't see much the overuse of "plastic" (specifically) on these products tbh. It seems a fair use of it. If you don't properly secure food you're asking for a lot of troubles

[@KyleRDent]

So there are still some ingredients like butter and milk that they expect you to just have knocking about? That's deceptive to claim it's an entire meal sent to you ready to make.

[@TheCotzi]

They tell you that they Expect things like oils and everyday things to have like salt pepper eggs Milk and so on

[@Charlene09990]

If you havent already got oil, milk,salt and pepper as a minimum in your cupboard or fridge what are you even doing with your life?

[@ollieb9875]

@@TheCotzi they'll put single eggs in their own little box if it's needed 😅 the other stuff yeah just things anyone "normal" would have

[@FormerRuling]

When I did meal kits here in US they all came with butter if needed (Hello Fresh and a few others). I never had any ask for milk so don't know about that. You always needed your own cooking oil, salt, and pepper.

[@KyleRDent]

@@Charlene09990 I don't have milk and butter because I don't need a lot of it for my day to day life. I end up throwing most of it out, which is a waste. I buy a pint every few months or so when I get a hankering for cereal and that's about it.

[@samhenwood5746]

The sausage & mash looked very disappointing ☹️

[@pontusedberg]

Could you do huel next time?

[@mymusings47]

For you enjoyment, he's already done Huel. :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqWnaY2pgN-IntE

[@OlEgSaS32]

he already has (or alteast something like it)

[@Richardstevens1234]

Mashed potatoes with skin is a no no

[@mishaslilbae828]

The pattern here is that traditional English dinners are not as tasty

[@soundscape26]

Oh so this was filmed during the recent heatwave in the UK? The final 2 days should be interesting then...

[@realong2506]

In America we have heat waves from June thru September, but we also have air conditioning. If you can afford to use it that is.

[@Shazia44]

Very excessive packaging

[@gordonburns8731]

You placed the potatoes into boiling water! Were you not correctly trained by your mothers, either of you? Vegetables grown above the ground -- into boiling water... root vegetables, into cold water and raise to the boil. What's your response?

[@EdinMike]

I cannot emphasise how much this was drilled into me with Irish parents… You cannot feck up with potatoes or veg !!!

[@BB-dv8po]

Doesn't matter if you are mashing them does it really

[@kahyui2486]

Calm tf down

[@Jenn-ie5vf]

They're not young but neither seem to know their way around a kitchen. not sure how they were feeding themselves before the hello fresh boxes lol

[@chefeddie6164]

I think all people in England and across Europe owe all of us Americans an apology. You have mocked our air conditioners and our cold beer and our use of ice in soda and tea, well now you know the reason. 🤣🤣

[@RachelDex]

I think you should have been a bit more inventive with these videos. A week of videos just on evening meals is pretty boring. You could have ordered extra HF meals and made breakfasts & lunches out of it as well 🤷‍♀️

[@thejunkman]

Turn the damn AC on if it's hot.

[@samjtt9267]

It's not common to have AC in the UK...

[@thejunkman]

@@samjtt9267 Noted and I retract my comment. I just figured in the urban (suburban?) areas it would be common.

[@Dedgeo]

lol whining that 32deg is hot, come to australia mate where its 43 every day in summer

[@samjtt9267]

We recently had the highest temperature recorded in the UK during this heatwave, and we aren't use to or prepared for this heat like you might be

[@chrisshepherd6878]

Mate if ya think that's hot dont move over here to Australia then mate.

[@nat3007]

Yes but the difference is your houses are built to keep the heat out while ours are built to keep the heat in and add to the fact there isn't much nighttime during the summer. The heat is also incredibly humid and very few people have air conditioning. We are not used to it and it often doesn't last long enough to be able to adapt to the temperatures.