Americans First Time In York - "It Was The Best!"

[@adrianmcgrath1984]

The half timbered (black and white) buildings aren’t 'colonial', they are Tudor. And although they may look as if they are the oldest building on a street, very often all the buildings are the same age, but the fronts were replaced (a couple of hundred years ago) with new facades to stop them looking so old fashioned. All those beams took a long time to saw and were relatively expensive. Depending on where the house is - if it is close to a road that once led to a port or near a port, there is a good chance that those beams are recycled from old ships that had finished their service. A building of that era may have a date on it, but the beams might be many decades older and have sailed around the world, 'discovered' new lands, taken part in naval battles etc.

[@kimberleysmith818]

Ah I just commented saying Tudor not colonial. Should have a rolled further to see your comment :)

[@jeremyohara5707]

@@kimberleysmith818 i was at the tower of London a few months ago and i asked one of the amazing Beefeater guides about these beautiful old buildings, i asked if they were Tudor, he said no they were not. I think they are "wattle and daub" style which dates many hundreds of years prior to Tudor era. Maybe someone else can advise?

[@patriciacarline6975]

The tall uncut grass/plants along the banking of the wall is left for bees and wildlife and is known as 'rewilding' - allowing nature back into towns and cities!

[@tonyyero7231]

Greetings from Orlando, Florida USA 🇺🇸 Thanks for sharing your UK experience. I always watch the Brits visiting us here in Florida & nice to see the other version of that 🇬🇧

[@midwestamericans3806]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lesleybunce9848]

I don’t know how you eat with only a fork !!! So strange to me 🤣

[@carrieduff1388]

Lol! Putting vinegar on everything! It is generally just for chips! And, you can also use a knife!

[@L1am21]

Fish n chips is original Scottish pfft Scott's try to clam everything.

[@PhilipCooke-j1d]

Fry Fish was actually first done bye east end Jew's, fry chips come from York and Lancaster, no one knows who was the first place to bring them together but it was in the uk first, that why it was the British Traditional dish because we was the first to have it in the world.

[@Ayne-ny4em]

Wrong first fish chips usa google it

[@AndyKing1963]

I remember the great knife shortage that afflicted York in 2022 ;)

[@trevorarnold5410]

Should we explain this is called British humour

[@alansmithee8831]

@Andy King. This would get my prize for best comment.

[@AndyKing1963]

@@trevorarnold5410 well it's debatable if it's humour ;)

[@enl999]

I've got to ask, what do you think a knife is for when you are eating? Decoration?

[@rikspilz4991]

Is there any meal you midwesterners would consider a candidate for a knife and fork? Cause if thanksgiving in a box doesn't then what does lol

[@blondeenigma3882]

So glad you liked York, one of the best cities in England. The Shambles and the streets around it are wonderful to stroll around. The Yorkshire pudding meal had a roast chicken dinner in it - that ball wasn't haggis but sage and onion stuffing. UK stuffing isn't what American's know as stuffing. The fish and chips looked authentic - mushy peas etc. If you eat them again, shake the salt and vinegar over everything not just the peas.

[@alexrafe2590]

@@atlantia well yes and no. Yes the basic concept is the same. And even the British boxed mixes are fine. I love the sage and onion approach. Americans have come up with a variety of fresh home made recipes that are lovely using ingredients like chestnuts and apricots. Southerners will make stuffing using cornbread. Most versions I’ve tried are very good.

[@hammerhorrible]

Peas is the place you avoid putting salt & vinegar!

[@claregale9011]

Always baffles me how Americans never use a knife looks so awkward lol looks like you had a great time .🙂

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

The cutlery use (or lack of) by Americans drives me to distraction... I find it SO painful to watch! Also the same as not putting vinegar over the chips, followed by salt... Baffling - SMH - LOL!

[@claregale9011]

@@stewedfishproductions7959 I'm not the only one then lol I'm a dinner lady and teach 4yr olds to use there knife and fork properly it's just so much easier using both .

[@CamcorderSteve]

@@stewedfishproductions7959 I cannot abide salt and vinegar over fish and chips, I just use tomato ketchup, plenty of vinegar in that, and it actually has a taste to it, unlike straight vinegar.

[@jodiipodiigames]

As Americans ourselves that have lived in the UK for four years, I am proud to say we now use our forks AND KNIVES at the dinner table 👍😂

[@stevenlagoe7808]

@@jodiipodiigames Hurrah! 👍😃

[@richadambudgen7520]

Lovely to see people enjoying the city where I am from. I hope you were made to feel welcome 🙏

[@midwestamericans3806]

York was wonderful, must be a great place to live.

[@ginjamutha]

Yorkshire pudding is essentially a pancake batter cooked in a very hot oven. A roast isn’t a roast without Yorkshire puds! Glad you enjoyed the city I call home.

[@colincooke6320]

Being a Roman Wall it's more likely to be 2000 rather than 1000 years old don't you think ?

[@DraconimLt]

@@colincooke6320 they are mostly medieval walls I think, all or most of the original Roman Wall was in bad shape or gone, depending on the source. Though I guess at least some of it was just repaired later so technically is original.

[@Deanow1007]

Except in Yorkshire you traditionally eat the Yorkshire pudding as a starter or a dessert..

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

dont say pancake batter ,because pancakes to americans is more of a drop scone mixture ,its just a " basic batter " mix, eggs flour milk

[@alansmithee8831]

@@girlsdrinkfeck I made a similar comment, but was sure to say UK pancake mix. I keep suggesting a Pancake Day reaction to US reactors, but they eat their fluffy pancakes all the time, so I do not think they get it.

[@northnsouth6813]

In the States, instead of using natural colours to give it a tantalizing look, Mountain Dew is artificially coloured with a petroleum-based dye called Yellow #5. Although artificial dyes are common in America, that doesn’t make them okay to eat. They’ve been linked to several health issues and may be contaminated with carcinogens. They certainly are not as safe as beta carotene as used in the UK. And it gets worse… The U.S. version of Mountain Dew contains brominated vegetable oil (BVO) - which is an ingredient BANNED in Europe.

[@northnsouth6813]

@@rebeccat94 It seams Americans don't care what they eat and drink as there is a long list of foods and drinks banned in Europe because of additives, steroids or chlorine washed chicken.

[@PedroConejo1939]

Unless you buy it fresh off the stall, American food can be a nightmare of dodgy ingredients. And even fresh stuff can contain residues or worse still, stuff that is sprayed on it to make it display better. I don't usually bother too much about buying organic in the UK and EU but if I was living in the States, that would be the only way to go. It sounds like I'm being precious but I've had allergic reactions to all manner of foods in the US and here in Britain I have no known allergies.

[@Stand663]

I use to travel to America for work and the food is not good at all. You’re mostly consuming sugar and fats sold in supersized portions. Even going to starbucks, the coffee sizes are enormous. The difference here in the Uk and Europe, foods in comparison are much natural. In Switzerland restaurants can serve up to 20 different cheeses 🧀 etc

[@willasd2432]

@@rebeccat94 Wrong in britain grass fed isn't standard. In Britiain youd be lucky if it was even beef. Isn't it sometimes horse meat

[@willasd2432]

@@Stand663 if the coffee size is enormous thats good you are getting more for your money

[@chartermuff]

When you get a traditional Sunday roast dinner (meat, potatoes, veggies & gravy) you normally have a couple of small Yorkshire puddings (more of a pancake batter mix than bread) it’s now trendy to have the usual ingredients in a giant yorky pudding and eaten as a wrap. The ball of ‘haggis’ was sage & onion stuffing. This is usually served with a roast when you have chicken or turkey as your meat selection. You looked to enjoy it anyway!

[@FreethoughtsOnline]

Indeed, going to say that 'stuffing' is served with almost every roast

[@tonys1636]

@@FreethoughtsOnline Exactly, a Sunday roast ain't the same without a yorkie and stuffing, whether it be Lamb, Beef, Pork or Chicken. even Ostrich, Venison or Crocodile.

[@BigKelvPark]

Yorkshire pudding as has been described was traditionally a starter before the main meal.

[@karenblackadder1183]

@@BigKelvPark Exactly! Those silly little things served these days are nothing more than hard crust and fresh air!. Angela had closer to a real Yorkshire Pudding when it was in a box.

[@pennylane9133]

@@atlantia Real stuffing isn’t difficult. Sausage meat, some stuffing mix (or breadcrumbs and herbs) and chopped bacon bound together with an egg. And gravy made from the meat juice, of course.

[@simonpowell2559]

You guys were so much fun in "Middle America." I am so glad you got to see Britain first hand. I hope you enjoyed it. I think you did.

[@tmac160]

Well done on the mushy peas. They're a must with fish'n chips. I hope JPS is watching... 😄. Great video and glad you enjoyed York. I love the place.

[@Jamie_D]

Pretty sure he's also finished his trip, as blogs come out with a large delay

[@stirlingmoss4621]

JPS doesnt like mushy peas...lol

[@mojokg13]

@@stirlingmoss4621 I'm with JPS on that one!! 🤢

[@nigelhyde279]

I prefer garden peas to mushy.

[@uncoolmartin460]

tbh, for me they are a "must not", IF I have to have peas, I'd go for the garden variety. Why ruin good fish 'n' chips with them.

[@anthonyevans6796]

If you learned to use a knife in tandem with the fork THEN you would not have to use your fingers to tear the Yorkshire Pudding apart

[@gregrot]

Brutal 😂😂

[@adrianrlloyd]

Give the yanks a break.omg

[@smythharris2635]

Brutal? Really? LoL

[@Elementloaf]

To be fair I've never used utensils to eat a Yorke, fresh n crispy out the oven or smothered in gravy. Me grandad loved em with jam

[@LeeShaw-z3r]

Who ever cared about using cutlery for chish n fips

[@hamilton9479]

Lived in York for three years. Fantastic city. Very touristy at times but never felt stressed like in London.

[@nicholasvalentine2428]

Nice to see/hear from a couple of open-minded appreciative people. And well done for venturing out of London.

[@angiet6500]

I went to LA a number of years ago on a tour and on my last day I went into a cafe to have breakfast after having taken some last minute photos. The lady behind the counter gave me what I ordered and I was sitting there quite happily eating my food then I realised the whole cafe had gone completely quiet and when I looked up everyone had stopped eating and were watching me eating with a knife and fork as if they were mesmerised. Even the lady behind the counter was leaning over it intensely watching me, I felt really embarrassed but I just went on eating my breakfast as if it was no big deal. 😅

[@cutex24]

how odd - I'm afraid I do wince at many Americans I see on youtube awkwardly stabbing food with a fork held in their left hand

[@vmm5163]

Lol. Brilliant! 👍 My mother was German and when she came to England to marry my dad she couldn't understand why Brits held their forks upsidedown, the tines pointing down instead of up. And the tiny amount of food perched on the very end 😁 she was so puzzled!

[@sandradee1579]

Don't believe that story at all. That would never, ever happen.

[@joepollard9476]

@@sandradee1579 . The fork should be held upsidedown! It was always that way. Perhaps the fast food generation changed it. Young people seem to use their fork as a shovel to stuff large amounts of food into their mouths. You would be unlikely to see clientele in a quality restaurant behave like that.

[@Pinzpilot101]

Thank you so much for not going to London and meeting loads of guys who say "awight mate" and are very friendly and keep on inviting you to the pub every day. Of course you won't notice at first because being polite you will offer to buy drinks and then more drinks then more drinks. You are on vacation, but these guys seem also to be on vacation...yes they are dossers, living on state handouts,(and gullible tourists) of course they will also tell you that they know where to get 'stuff' (drugs) and they will seem real cool. If you hang out with them long enough they will show you the pickpocketing/casual thieving and dealing that they also do as a matter of course, but they will always seem like such cheerful, cheeky, cockney chappies.

[@Theyrecomingtogetyoubarbara]

I’m so confused why no one in America uses knives to eat 😂 but the vinegar mainly would go on your chips (fries) and not on gravy so I’m glad you couldn’t taste it and it didn’t ruin your meal. The thing that looked like haggis was actually stuffing. I’m glad you enjoyed york. It’s very beautiful.

[@midwestamericans3806]

York is great.

[@alansmithee8831]

@@midwestamericans3806 Great, as I live just down the road from there, but as I just suggested to Joel from Its JPS, how about a future reaction video on the British way of using knife and fork together? I also said it is like watching someone eating with one chop stick, especially as I learned to use them by watching in US restaurants.

[@charlesunderwood6334]

I always find that odd, maybe more so as I have been told my whole life that it is rude not to use the knife in the right hand and fork in the left and not to change hands or put either down whilst actively eating. Also the fork is always convex up.

[@Theyrecomingtogetyoubarbara]

@@charlesunderwood6334 obviously there is etiquette involved too. But just from the standpoint of having a knife-designed to cut the food -in your hand to do it’s job whilst simultaneously using the fork to deliver the food to your mouth. It makes no sense to only use one during most meals (obviously certain specific cuisines excluded). What’s the point in having the knife if you don’t use it properly 😂

[@charlesunderwood6334]

@@Theyrecomingtogetyoubarbara Indeed; it is also ideally placed to push food onto the fork.

[@moomountain]

KZbin’s is nuts, was watching one of your videos the other day and now your down the road from where I live.

[@simonjones7727]

I know, it's mad isn't it? Next time you come home you'll find the pair of them in your front parlour.

[@jaymac7203]

Visitors to the UK always usually comment on how green it is 🌳 🏡 its a really dark green colour. Same with Ireland too.

[@andrewjones4568]

The vinegar is just something that you add to the chips when you put salt on them. Was funny seeing you add it to the mushy peas and the pie. 😀. Am loving all the travel vlogs so far. Glad you enjoyed your trip.

[@mancyank564]

Put the vinegar on first. The other way will wash off the salt. 😀

[@sirderam1]

Vinegar on mushy peas is quite a common thing. A matter of personal taste, of course. You're right about vinegar on the pie though.

[@douglasthompson296]

don't forget in some parts mint sauce is often a relish on mushy peas, I kid you not!

[@cutex24]

have to say I do like a splash of vinegar on a steak and kidney pie as well as the chips

[@PhyllisGlassup2TheBrim]

I'm *so* glad you went to York. What did you think of it? So much history. You walk where Roman soldiers walked. You can put your hand on a wall where someone had put their hand nearly 1000 years ago.

[@bushcrafty7274]

Standard dining manners in America were adopted from western Europe during a period where it was fashionable not to use one’s knife and fork at once. Manners eventually changed in European countries, but by that time the tradition was pretty firmly established in the United States.

[@Discobiscuit372]

I love York, first visited in 2015 and it blew my mind, the buildings the history etc are stunning, can’t wait to go back, great video guys 👍

[@randomtransportguyx4397]

As a person from York I can say it's the GREATEST CITY ON EARTH

[@BlameThande]

Glad you enjoyed York. It is a universal rule that everyone visiting York must at some point get lost on the walls, even if they had no intention of going up to the walls.

[@airs1234]

Our Mountain Dew is quite different because the US one contains several ingredients that are banned in UK.

[@davidmalarkey1302]

Us mountain dew is full of additives and sugar

[@whitehorses460]

everything is banned in the UK, in case we hurt ourselves. lofl

[@DrSkeff]

It is different as one of the ingredients in the US is banned in foods in Europe. It is only used as a flame retardant in furniture. Also we do not use high fructose corn syrup as the sweetener either.

[@davebirch1976]

Our mountain dew doesn't have any of the artificial flavours, colours or chemicals that the American one has, that's why it tastes different 🤣 And that wasn't haggis on the Yorkshire pudding it was stuffing. The river is pronounced "ooze"

[@chaosen3]

A shame they tried the sugar free one, a lot of people I get to try to regular one turn out to love it

[@annother3350]

@@chaosen3 Thanks to Jamie Olivers sugar tax the normal one has a certain amount of sweeteners

[@suzettewilliams1758]

I thought Mountain Dew was banned in the UK and Europe?

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

@@suzettewilliams1758 - The American version is... The UK/Europe version does not contain the banned ingredients !

[@lizbignell7813]

So it is not the same product, justo the same name.

[@martino9134]

A Yorkshire Pudding is a savoury batter baked in a very hot oven to rise and usually served with beef and gravy made from the 'dripping' ( beef juices ) first appeared in books 1747 so likely much older . Another dish is called 'Toad in the Hole' where sausages are added to the batter mix.. (no toads are in this recipe! )

[@doctordunc]

Yorkshire pudding isn't bread, but it is the thing you were calling bread. It's more like a savoury pancake really - made with a similar sort of batter, but the way it's cooked it rises into a big thing. These days people tend to have it with roast dinner, but they don't have to be. People often have them just with gravy (as a starter) and historically people would also have it with syrup as a dessert. Just eat it with anything!

[@dufflepod]

I remember walking round that wall when when I was a kid on a family day-trip to to York. And (foolishly) trying to run down the hill at Clifford's tower. That ended in tears!

[@godlovesyou1995]

The walls could be as much for fighting against other English lords, especially since York was like the 2nd most important medieval city, and the Duke of York was often kinda like 2nd in command.

[@AGMundy]

Entertaining - and as a Brit with an American I did rather smile when the Yorkshire pudding (which is a type of batter or waffle rather than bread) meal was being eaten and the fish and chips - in the UK people use both knife and fork when eating which means you can eat several food items at once, which personally I find more satisfying. In the US you can always spot British people by the way they use cutlery. Others on the post have explained what was on the plate and pronunciations which were not understood at the time inevitably.

[@bk1147]

Sometimes it takes you guys to point out the beauty of this country which people who live here tend not to notice. Great post

[@steve3291]

York is always amazing, I really enjoy my visits there. Mountain Dew with the US formulation is banned in the UK and Europe due to a BVO which contains bromine. Bromine has a long list of adverse health effects. The unidentified thing they thought was haggis in the Yorkshire pudding was stuffing. Normally it is sage and onion but there are other types. Yorkshire pudding is a staple of a British roast dinner. Made with flour, water, eggs and salt and baked in an oven. Vinegar goes on the fish and chips. Whitby is one of the best fish and chip places as there is a harbour there and that is roughly 50 miles north-east of York. Fish and chips are an English creation not Scottish. English fish and chip shops pre-date Scottish versions. No, you cannot trial by combat in England and the crossbow law is also an urban myth. Someone tried the trial by combat defence in Scotland in 1985, but failed.

[@MrSinclairn]

Yes,trial by combat or duelling,either with swords or pistols,etc.,made illegal,nationwide in 1819(more the pity)!👍🙄

[@jamespasifull]

I think you'll find, fish & chips is more likely to be Belgian in origin, & adopted by the Brits, in the 19thC!

[@ccmm]

@@jamespasifull I thought 15th century Portugal

[@tonys1636]

@@MrSinclairn There are two obelisks in, I think, Syon Park that are 22 yds (a chain) apart, the twelve paces each that pistol duelists were apart, the site is of the last legal duel in England. Also the distance between the wickets of a Cricket pitch.

[@Lily-Bravo]

Steve, do you not put milk in your Yorkshires? I do milk and water. How do yours turn out?

[@revseancasey2774]

Glad you enjoyed your time in York, I was born there and although I live and work in another city I go back on a very regular basis and still love doing the whole tourist thing. keep posting the great content

[@talboyovGY]

Yorkshire pudding is the best food you can ever eat when done properly. They are amazing. BTW it's nothing like bread, it's batter (egg, milk, flour and a touch of salt) baked in the oven in like a muffin tray with lard in the bottom of each to stop the batter sticking to the tray

[@markhyoutube]

Hope you enjoyed York! This just came up on my feed and I'm from York myself. Great vlog. I sometimes feel bad for tourists in York, because often I don't feel they see much of it... It really has so much and there's much to see along the river both ways.

[@TheYorkRose]

Ditto - a packed 2 days in York still misses some "can't miss" sights unfortunately because York has so much great stuff for visitors here 💖

[@RG-Zeldaplayer]

A yorkshire pudding is a basic batter made with eggs flour and milk, cooked in a very hot oven so that it rises on the sides... They are a traditional part of a British roast dinner. I'm guessing the "haggis" was actually stuffing made with sausage meat and various herbs.

[@paladin5163]

The struggle with the boxed food is why we use knives.

[@lostvagueness2080]

Spork only!

[@nonautomaton6230]

"Colonial looking" lol - That's Tudor architecture! 😁

[@marcuscosgrove9431]

I am so happy that you made it to York. I was at uni there, and have brilliant memories of the place. Certainly one of England's most beautiful cities. Wonderful to see you had such a great time.

[@colinclarke5544]

For those Americans visiting York consider taking afternoon tea or breakfast at Betty's Tea Rooms. Extend your trip by visiting the wonderful Fountains Abbey which is close to York, also consider a trip to the Sea Side and visit Whitby the home of Dracula. The quaint town of Skipton is also well worth a visit.

[@SarahWilson-fv5vo]

I'm from East Yorkshire, 11 miles from York and we always had our Yorkshire puddings on their own with gravy before our main Sunday roast dinner. We had about 4 x small puddings each and often had with English mustard or mint sauce or lettuce and vinegar. They taste awesome on their own like that especially with onion gravy. Delish.

[@shellieeyre8758]

my mother served them with golden syrup and cream for pudding.

[@franceshall3615]

That how we used to eat Yorkshire pudding when we went to stay with my grandmother in Yorkshire. Lovely!!

[@susangamble6038]

Yorkshire pudding and pancakes are basically made of the same ingredients. One is fried (pancakes), one is 'baked' in the oven (albeit in boiling oil!). They should be soft in the 'middle' but crispy on the outside.

[@SwearyCyclist]

York is a wonderful city and I visit quite a lot through my work. Glad that your trip has ventured beyond London and experienced more regions.

[@johexxkitten]

Last time I was in York, we stayed at the Golden Fleece... four poster bed, fireplace, our room was top floor overlooking the Shambles. But we only live about 50 miles from York.

[@ianroper2812]

LoL, Yorkshire pudding is a batter mix not a bread, which is then put in a pan in a very hot oven. It rises after a while. The other thing Angela picked out was stuffing not haggis.

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

I highly doubt any dish in York would include haggis! Yorkshire pudding isn't bread or pastry per se, it's closer to being a pancake, but it's how it's cooked that makes the difference. You'll need to pre-heat a deep baking tray with at least a quarter inch of oil at temperature first, this makes the batter rise. It's the depth and heat of the oil that most people don't get right. Don't worry about burning any as you're learning, any burned bits get a nice dollop of gravy anyhoo. A popular yorkshire pud meal has a few sausages put in to cook with the pud, it's called 'toad in the hole'. look it up!

[@katashworth41]

It’s a stuffing ball, I’ve been there many times.

[@Korschtal]

I'm glad you liked York, and it was nice to see familiar sights. My parents live there and when I visit them I cycle around the city very early so I have The Shambles to myself. The remarkable thing is that The Shambles only survived because it wasn't considered important enough to pull the buildings down...

[@Brookspirit]

You should go to Chester, it has a city wall and lots of Roman history. It's just got voted one of the prettiest cities in the world

[@issness_god]

Too small for anything but a day trip

[@MrDaithis]

Fish and chip is not from Scotland but from London. When the jews where expelled from the Iberian peninsula they came to London with there fried fish recipe that then got mixed a long the way with chips.

[@Ionabrodie69]

Not just London… The case can be argued that it was up North.. 🤷‍♀️🇬🇧

[@paulbismuth10]

Welcome to Europe and England ! My first time in England was unforgettable. By the way montain dew doesn't have the same recipe overall in Europe because some chemichals aren't allowed.

[@mikesmith7102]

Thank you for posting this. I live in York so it is fun to see it through someone else's eyes. There are two rivers in York, the Ouse and the Foss. The pretty little peaceful one is the Foss. Did somebody really walk behind you in the Golden Fleece carrying a twelve foot banana? Suggestion for anyone visiting York: get a book called "The Snickleways Of York" by Mark W. Jones.

[@midwestamericans3806]

I dont remember a 12 foot banana, will have to rewatch the clips to see if I can see it!

[@gavingiant6900]

Fish and chips ain't from Scotland, the fried Mars bar yes. Fish and chips is an English/British invention, with a helping hand with the frying of the fish from immigrants that settled here. This hurts me to say, they set up shop in Lancashire. But atleast its in the north.

[@pobstrel]

Potatoes from the French and fried fish courtesy of Jewish immigrants in London.

[@Graham_Langley]

@@pobstrel More specifically Sephardic jews from Spain and Portugal.

[@MrQuakeroat]

@@pobstrel Potatoes are from the New World, brought to Europe by the Spanish. It is said (though disputed) that Sir Walter Raleigh also brought some back and planted them in Ireland where he had a home. I think my money is on the Spanish (who call it patata) rather than the French (pomme de terre).

[@gavingiant6900]

@@MrQuakeroat The way of frying the fish was Spanish/Portuguese too. And that ties in with south America's population. And one of the first ports would be Liverpool which is in Lancashire.

[@gavingiant6900]

@@pobstrel The way of frying the fish was Spanish/Portuguese. And that ties in with south America's population. And one of the first ports would be Liverpool which is in Lancashire.

[@Wlz5]

Fish and chips actually isn’t Scottish. It was brought to England by the Sephardic Jews who were fleeing persecution in Spain during the Spanish Inquisition.

[@vlofvl]

The thing about York & many other old cities in the UK is that they weren’t built for tourism, they’re real The Shambles is a real street built in the 1200s, it resembles Harry Potter because HP was muddled on it. Parts of the surrounding wall and gate houses were built around 79 A.D. almost 2000 years ago. When you walk the walls you’re in the footsteps of real Roman centurions, English soldiers and the like. The fact that this historic wall is there is amazing.

[@stevesm4]

I only went to York once in the late seventies when I was in my early twenties. I remember enjoying the day and the sights and being impressed by how well cared for it looked. Nowhere near the levels of litter that you find in London. But apart from that it's a bit of a blur at this stage. I want to go back there for a longer visit now.

[@aileenheenan5570]

Great video but I found myself shouting "use your knife" 😄😄 Great to see you really enjoying yourselves.

[@JACB006]

How do the Yanks manage to eat a steak... do they have to be cut into fingers first?

[@timmartin2894]

I'm English and it really makes very little difference whether you use both a knife and fork or just a fork, if the fork edge is enough to cut through something... using both, with the fork in your left hand and knife in your right, is just dated etiquette that's all... Did they eat all their food and enjoy it? If so then job done and they had the tools for the job!

[@JACB006]

@@timmartin2894 You could use the same argument for just using hands., so much for hygiene. Your telling me that a steak knife with its serrated sharpened edge performs no better than the blunt fork edge. Hmm I wonder why they invented steak knives? Humbug. There is no two ways about it a “knife and fork” will always work better than “fingers and fork” and it’s safer (hygiene) and doesn’t reduce you to looking like a toddler struggling to feed itself. Who has ever claimed McDonald’s is an elegant place to eat, it isn’t.

[@vinnyganzano1930]

York is an amazing city though it does indeed have a small town feel. It's loaded with history and is one of my favourite places in England.

[@patriciacarline6975]

Our Mountain Dew is lower on sugar and lacks the preservative which is known to cause cancer but which is allowed in the US!

[@johnpaulrees6046]

Absolutely love York. So beautiful and loads to see and do. For proper fish and chips you really need to go to a chippy (fish and chip shop). And salt and vinegaer generally goes on the fish and chips, not so much the mushy peas or pie but it was good to see you trying and liking the food.

[@DidrickNamtvedt]

Great video, looks like you really enjoyed York! I'm Norwegian and I discovered it has some viking history as well, which is cool. There's the Yorvik Viking Museum (idk if you guys were there) and there are places around that part of the UK that end in the suffix -by which translates to "town" in Norwegian so that's definitely one way to tell the Scandinavian influence on the UK! I'm also part Scottish so the history and rivalry between Scotland and England is also particularly interesting to me. I was in York in 2010 and 2013 respectively for study trips courtesy of the University of Bergen and I loved it there, so many great memories! I recognize the narrow streets such as The Shambles and the general downtown city center in your video, felt like being right back in York! I definitely wanna go back there someday for a third visit, it's definitely one of the most beautiful and historical places in the UK! :)

[@missionpassed4584]

I'm soo glad you picked the perfect weather to visit the UK, it's been dry at the time of typing this for what seems like weeks in the south where I live, no rain it's crazy, glad you are both enjoying yourselves.

[@paulybarr]

Yorkshire pudding is simply a batter, made of flour, eggs and milk- then baked in a greased pan ( either one large or smaller individual ones) in a very, very hot oven so that it puffs up quickly. It is not a bread dough.

[@julianryll755]

Its crazy the way americans eat with a fork you need a knife and fork to eat in Britain , salt and vinegar go on fish and chips maybe a bit of brown sauce on pies English mustard for heat.

[@markwalker4142]

York is a marvellous city . Thanks guys for spreading the great news about an amazing city . 😁🇬🇧🤷‍♂️😁

[@richardcarter5082]

The thing you thought was haggis was most likely stuffing.

[@Muck006]

Hint for USING A BACKPACK: use the BELT and make it "tight" so the weight can rest on your hips, which is less tiring than only using the shoulderstraps (which are used to basically prevent the backpack from "falling off").

[@chrisaskin6144]

As a Yorkshireman, Yorkshire pudding is to die for. But I have to admit a Yorkshire pudding 'wrap' just isn't a concept I can get my head around. Yorkshire pudding is meant to be served on a proper plate as a separate item along with the other items (meat/veg etc) and called a Sunday lunch. Of course it's down to your own personal taste, but salt and vinegar should be applied to just the fish and chips and not really the mushy peas. If you're having 'difficulties' with the mushy peas, then a generous spoonful of mint sauce on them can work wonders with the flavour. Curiously enough, the same mix of ingredients is used to make both a Yorkshire pudding and coat a fish with batter.

[@alansmithee8831]

@Chris Askin. I once had to work late on Friday evening. With an hour to wait for the bus, I bought fish, chips, cake and teacake as I was meeting friends in the pub. I had already had extra chilli chips and rice in the work canteen at lunch after a spam fritter at breakfast break. When I got home my mother had made traditional Yorkshire pudding starter with gravy, then a dinner to follow. My dad insisted I eat it to teach me a lesson. I still got to the pub on time. Several hours into Saturday morning, after a very late night out, I ended up at a typical Bradford curry house, with reasonably priced large portions. It would have been rude of course not to dine with friends. I do wish I was still that age when I could do such things, though it would not be the same having the sense not to.

[@christinefoulkes3582]

Glad you enjoyed York, it’s good to see Americans back exploring the UK. So many never go past London, Stonehenge, Cotswolds etc. You’re finding lots to see and experience ☺️

[@midwestamericans3806]

Yea it was a really nice time.

[@garyyork-zt8om]

Just like the brits never go past nyc. The US is 40 times bigger than the UK. There's alot more to this continent than nyc.

[@christinefoulkes3582]

@@garyyork-zt8om so true, I actually don’t like NYC but have visited 29 US states on vacation from the UK. I worked with US citizens who had seen less of the US than I had.

[@garyyork-zt8om]

@@christinefoulkes3582 I drive an 18 wheeler 48 states and Canada so I've seen most of it over the last 30 years.

[@maxmoore9955]

Did you not visit the Railway museum? Its free entry ,worth a visit .

[@bremCZ]

Mountain Dew in the USA is illegal in Europe because in the US it contains brominated vegetable oil. Bromine is a banned substance in food and drink in about over 100 countries. It's purpose is flavour enhancement. Mountain Dew is made without BVO in most other countries.

[@Benji567891]

So glad you went to York, It's one of my first cities to recommend when people visit the UK but unfortunately a lot don't venture out of the south.

[@dawnmjfan]

York is beautiful, it’s not far from where I live, and my friend has a shop on the shambles. Glad you both enjoyed your visit.

[@msf-.-]

A yokshire pudding is essentially pancake batter but cooked in a hot oven instead of fried in a pan

[@dopeheaddude9651]

Pancake batter is a very diffrent thing in US. Its Flour,Milk,eggs

[@maried500]

So is Yorkshire puddings. Crack 2 eggs, add same volume of flour, mix, add same volume of milk. Leave in fridge 1 hr. Preheat a muffin try with a small glug of oil in bottom of each section. Third fill will mixture. Back in hot oven - 420 °F for 15 - 20 mins til brown and crisp. Fail safe recipe.

[@lynnepashley4281]

@@dopeheaddude9651 Yorkshire pudding is flour milk eggs , but more eggs to make it rise

[@thetruthhurts7675]

@@dopeheaddude9651 I don't use eggs in pancake mixture, just makle it thick and it is simply devine eggs are an extravagance, and NOT necessary. I've never had eggs in pancake mix either. My ex wife didn't use them, as didn't my family at all.

[@dopeheaddude9651]

@@thetruthhurts7675 wow!!! will have to try it....just the way us chef's do it in training

[@nigellee9824]

The Yorkshire roll, was giving me indigestion just watching…and I’m a proud Yorkshire man..

[@Drinckx2]

Vinegar on the fish and chips, not on the pie - you don't want to make the crust soggy! As fish and chips is cooked in a deep fat-fryer, the acidity of the vinegar cuts through he grease.

[@mikepxg6406]

The gravy should be put on the chips with a pie.

[@jamiehill484]

@@mikepxg6406 Gravy should never go on chips under any circumstance.... who wants soggy chips?! 😂

[@katashworth41]

As a kid we’d always have pie and peas with vinegar on the peas, and occasionally it’d get on the pie.

[@marshacurtis4814]

We are so Very lucky we see this every day, as we love York and we have lived in York for 24 years, beautiful city

[@user-vt6eo2gm7p]

Great video, love York. Question, how come Americans can get a man on the moon but can’t use a knife and fork.😂😂😂

[@jedishaw6771]

Thanks for doing this! I'm from York! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@maried500]

An idea for a video - Americans learn to eat with knife and fork - you set yourselves a challenge over a month and do a before and after. Sure there must be instruction videos. Please I don't mean to be rude, I genuinely think it would get lots of UK views as we find your technique fascinating/ painful to watch in equal measure!

[@sammoore5136]

Rude and very patronising.

[@maried500]

They've talked about it themselves on previous videos, wouldn't have mentioned it otherwise. It's a cultural difference.

[@JulieWallis1963]

@@sammoore5136 sorry sam but I agree with Marie. Adults who can’t seem a knife _and_ fork at the same time is rude. Not pointing out that. Americans may be many things, but their table manners fall very short when compared to anywhere in Europe. I once watched an American use a knife (with much pride on his part I might add) then he licked the knife! 😣😱🤢 But apparently that’s ok but it’s wrong to tell them they are a laughing stock for their appalling manners and lack of skill. Okaaaaay.

[@johnpolo4544]

Always interesting to view your own country through another's eyes.

[@airaction2257]

You need to visit Whitby it's a lovely seaside town and great fish and chips, it's about 50 miles from york.

[@billyo54]

Having watched several channels of Americans visiting the UK, Ireland etc it seems nobody from the US knows how to use cutlery properly. I and my family and peers would have been shown how to use the correct knife and fork, the correct spoon, that is,dessert spoon, soup spoon, tea spoon in the right order from a young age. Is it because Americans eat a lot of finger food? I don't want to seem too critical, but eating with the correct cutlery is a basic skill from infant hand feeding to adult social etiquette. P S. I'm just a working_ class guy. Glad you both seem so enthusiastic about the UK 🇬🇧

[@niallrussell7184]

same probably can be said of younger generation in UK too, but at least we've not reached point of just using paper plates/plastic forks and just sticking them in the bin, like US.

[@simonjones7727]

I think you might be the Dowager Duchess of Grantham from Downton Abbey in disguise!🙂

[@andyrutherford203]

looks like stuffing. in the box. yorkshire pudding is not bread (google mixture.) its a usual sunday dinner with beef,lamb or dhicken .

[@pauldavis7587]

You’re correct in the first shot of the river being the Ouse, but the river covered in Lilly pads is the Foss which joins the Ouse not far from Clifford’s Tower.

[@jillhobson6128]

You'd have found it easier to eat your Yorkshire pudding and your fish and chips if you'd used your knife to cut it instead of tearing it apart with your fingers. What is it about Americans not using cutlery properly?

[@lesley585]

And why don't the english people they meet teach them? I couldn't sit with them and watch them eat like that without cringing. Its too painful.

[@jillhobson6128]

@@lesley585 I agree totally.

[@karenblackadder1183]

@@lesley585 Because most British people are polite and they are our guests. Even if it does make us all want to strangle them😂😂

[@jeanlilymanwaring7125]

Ignorance !

[@citizenpb]

Why is every comment you make on these videos a criticism or an exercise in cultural oneupmanship? It must be exhausting to be so negative all the time. Why not treat yourself by writing a positive or complimentary comment for once, it might cheer you up a bit.

[@BevMattocks]

I haven't been into York for a few years but I cycle around the area surrounding York most weeks. Interesting to see your impressions of York! Not sure about the Yorkshire pudding stuff, though, with chicken... Should always be with roast beef and never stuffing.

[@andrewfitzgerald2327]

Just a few points a Minister is a member of Parliament, the Church is a Minster. You didn't try chocolate York is the home of chocolate, the building style is Tudor. If you notice the walls have been filled with soil on the inside so appear not as high. Over the years the foundations have sunk those Romans never built anything to last!. York was called Yorvic by the vikings the river Ouze floods every year but York is prone to flooding. Pleased you enjoyed it my end of the country.

[@alansmithee8831]

@andrew Fitzgerald. Alas poor Jorvik!

[@gillhughes6644]

I went to \York for the first time a few months ago and it was really nice revisiting it with you. Thanks. xx

[@nickgrazier3373]

Hi again “chips” are normally eaten with salt and vinegar on no need for mushy pease u less you wanted it. If you think about it chips or fried potatoes on their own are perhaps pretty bland hence the salt and vinegar, but tomato sauce is a good way to have them and so is chip butty “butty” is a word originated from Liverpool I think, don’t forget the butter.

[@RichDoes..]

I'm pretty sure they had knives available in the Golden Fleece.... I wonder why you didn't use them?

[@DocRobAC]

Clifford’s Tower recently reopened with a new structure to allow access to areas that you couldn’t go to previously.

[@mollyralls6728]

I live 20 mins away from York it is so beautiful and has a lot of history!!!