Yeoman Mash Pot | Ashens

[@buggerybop]

There are so many responsibilities I'm neglecting just to watch a man eat some potatoes.

[@crackedemerald4930]

fuckoffyoutube not even good ones

[@JimmyTurner]

Watching this is your only responsibility

[@somethingsomething404]

I called in sick to work to watch this... okay maybe not *to* watch this but I should be at work and here I am ahh

[@somethingsomething404]

skin09588 nah lol, I took 70 sick days and then quit that job actually lol

[@somethingsomething404]

skin09588 lol yeah, I only worked there for the benefits and the discount, didn’t really care about the pay check

[@hickey1292]

"that was when my vestigial twin tried to kill me with psychic powers" Ah, more lore from the Ashens expanded universe.

[@DarthRushy]

It's a reference to the 1982 film Basket Case

[@marah4847]

Rushy except that it really happened to ashens

[@bentramer682]

The documentary Basket Case has some great info on his early life

[@TheLakabanzaichrg]

They changed the basket for a sofa, quite the peculiar artistic license

Yeoman from the House of Starch.

[@highmoon5991]

Krešimir Cindrić underrated comment

[@nopushbutton]

perfect

[@KoopaMedia64]

Yeoman Mashpot from the House of Starch

[@joellottridge4472]

You know you're depressed when you're watching the same Ashens video you've watched like 7 times already at 5 in the morning

[@samholdsworth420]

I cured my depression with amphetamines

[@TheWebboxchannel]

The more they say it's made of "real potatoes", the more suspicious it gets.

[@stickmakerman]

Made from a single real potato

[@AgentTasmania]

It's such an amazingly low bar they're so bloody proud of.

[@its_deer]

it's a bit like continuously reassuring someone you're not going to murder them

[@generalrubbish9513]

It would be a lot more suspicious if it said "NOW with real potatoes!". As if previously, it was made of corn starch and paper pulp or something.

[@zangl2955]

Theres a word for this concept. I don't remember what it is though so hopefully someone else knows it.

[@Josephdrfsharpe]

This is the most OG channel I know what hasn’t changed abit

[@wolfgangervin2582]

Sharpy He used to have weird post-credits stuff back in the day, but that's the only big change I can think of.

[@Josephdrfsharpe]

Wolfgang Ervin I meant visually, that same bloody sofa has been there since day 1😂😂

[@wolfgangervin2582]

Sharpy He's gonna milk that thing for all it's worth at this point.

[@silent_bob_]

Is there still a hole in it?

[@ferociousgumby]

@@silent_bob_ Come back in 2024!

[@Chocl8215]

"Crap snack week." Never have I needed something so badly and not known it until I had it.

[@Tachiiiiii]

Chocl8215 The thing nobody asked for or wanted

[@crispclean653]

Snap crack weep

[@turntogold5176]

"Crap snack week" Good lord Ashens don't die for our entertainment. Although it would be very funny..

[@Nevernamed]

Chihiro Fujisaki I always imagined that Ashens would go out in a blaze of glory. Probably by setting the sofa on fire while burning some cheap knockoff tat. A death worthy of having ballads sung about it.

[@Tachiiiiii]

Nevernamed *THIS IS THE STORY* *OF TATMAN ASHENS* *DIED OF FOOD POISONING* *BY EATING 20 YEAR OLD FOOD*

[@andhieyusuf7008]

Chihiro Fujisaki Instead Ashen's immune system toughened by various foods he consume and become the last living man on earth, surviving on expired foods

[@TiberianFiend]

He gave His life for our lulz.

[@cvmaniac7286]

@@Tachiiiiii Steve1989MREinfo has that beat. He once ate hard tack from the Civil War. He also opened a British MRE that dated back to the first Boer War, if i remember right.

[@amypond5726]

Surprised he didn't notice they spelled acids as "asids"

[@stanmcserr8576]

I noticed that right away. Oh, by the way, you were my favorite companion.

[@hivebrain]

Carbohydarates.

[@Dreigonix]

Whoever wrote that must've been droppin' "asid".

[@firstlast-oo1he]

+Dreigonix ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@DrAustinSauce]

Regional dialect?

[@123Yellowberry123]

"Mm, a little bit hungry. Better smash up a spud!" Love that line.

[@dkDyno]

Allegorical potatoes will be the name of my heavy metal band.

[@b.3015]

"Fill up to this line with your own spit" I love the humor on this channel

[@MichaelMacGyver]

I think you'll find that's actually mislabeled wallpaper paste you've got there Stuart

[@druidofthefang]

hahhaha

[@Biovirulent]

That trivia about the kettles and the 120 vs 240 volts is actually really interesting. Thanks Ashens.

[@jonathanm877]

fascinating

[@hellion9547]

Not really true tho. Boiling water in a kettle in the US is still much quicker than doing it in a saucepan on the stove. Don’t know why this myth keeps living on…

[@Biovirulent]

@@hellion9547 I have no idea what's going on this was half a decade ago

[@hellion9547]

@@Biovirulent I thought you might like a blast to the past

[@msia7201]

We all just microwave the water, usually. I hardly ever bring down my kettle.

[@MrOrcshaman]

"contains mash potato and chicken, made for vegetarians"

[@kimsleep4111]

Fake chicken flavour...for even the pissyest of Vegetarians!

[@melisandre6324]

@@kimsleep4111 what

[@jeremiahsmith4235]

melisandre pretty straight forward not sure what ur confused about

[@spicybeantofu]

There are some veggies who think you can eat that chicken flavor powder and still be a veggie... Heck theres some who think its ok to eat fish... Cause guess they arent animals?

[@toogaytolift9176]

@@spicybeantofu that's called pescatarion and mash pot and pot noodles are vegetarian

[@markiangooley]

He did the mash/ He did the Yeoman Mash!/ The Yeoman Mash/ It was a farmyard smash!

[@AtheistOrphan]

markiangooley - It caught on in a flash!

[@woop6727]

He did the Yeoman Mash!

[@ancilodon]

Atheist Orphan the 'flash' in this case being a fire he'll start on his sofa with a small blowtorch

[@thehappylittlefoxakabenji8154]

markiangooley He did the Mash, it caught on in a flash

[@ChozoSR388]

thehappylittlefox aka benji He did the Mash...he did the Yeoman Mash

[@Underscorezeus]

I'm American and I have a kettle. Fight me, Ashens

[@CountScarlioni]

KETTLE FIGHT!

[@smb-c3po]

No, you're an illegal Europeqn immigrant.

[@ejl1000]

Sora Song you leave that same reply to everyone who mentions that they are American. Why do you have such a chip on your shoulder? Yes, I'm fully aware of American history and I recognise that 'real' Americans are the natives, but if someone was born in America, then that makes them American by nationality, no?

[@smb-c3po]

I'm 3/8 Native American, that's basically 40%! Get your ignorant white elementary school kid bullshit out of here! Dude, you seriously need to check your privilege. Do your research next time you wanna bitch at me!

[@Underscorezeus]

Idk what kind of fancy calendar you have, mine only tells me the date and lets me know when I have an event coming up

[@ThatGuyWhoLeaksStuff]

Nothing like Instant Potatoes review at 2AM on a Tuesday morning, Stu.

[@ProphecyPhrase]

Weavel Indeed. No other time of day would be better.

[@AlexTheAverageKid]

I start work at 10.. and here I am eating cold Papa Johns and watching a review on instant mash at 2:30am.. is this what being an adult feels like

[@benhatto]

Weavel It happens to be 9:40PM right now where I am, soooo...

[@mortalanonymous9338]

Ben Dell Eyyy, me too.

[@melisandre6324]

Ben Dell well Ashens is based in the UK, so yeah. He posted at 2am.

[@JGaute]

I just noticed that the only change in ashen's videos in a little over a decade is the aspect ratio and resolution

[@NOWThatsRichy]

I've just had one of these with a tin of stewed steak for dinner! Blinged it up with some gravy granules, a knob of butter, Worcester sauce!

[@therunawaykid6523]

Mmmmmm sounds nice 🤤🤤

[@creektimothy]

I live in American and have a kettle. Runs on 120 and boils much faster than a sauce pan on the stove. I think they aren't very common due to people not drinking much tea and using drip coffee makers. I think more people boil water on the microwave than the stovetop

[@yourpersonalsupernova3493]

I use a Hot pot, plug that fucker in and Boom, you've got boiling water. In about 10-15 minutes.

[@hannahdeards9652]

Your Personal Supernova In the UK you get boiling water in a kettle in like 2-3 minutes ahah. We can’t wait that long for our cuppa

[@dajay2k]

Your Personal Supernova not exactly boom is it

[@slipangle3027]

Yeah me too. It does take a pretty long time to boil though. Maybe I just have a shit kettle, I donno.

[@claytondavis2866]

I use an electric kettle that boils in about 4-5 minutes, pretty handy.

[@nschwarts]

This takes me back *thinks of nosh pot* * *C R Y I N G* *

[@goldandragoon]

classic ashens. remember when he ate a funny egg?

[@nschwarts]

he was t h e b e s t at eating funny eggs

[@tomkenning5482]

+goldandragoon i ate one of those in China. I said I wanted one as a joke. And my chinese friend ordered one for me. I nearly fucking died.

[@MiilVothMein]

Tom Kenning Shows you for joking about their delicacies. xD

[@averybottomtext7713]

Nice avatar, mate.

[@enowins]

Its name sounds like a hip teen encouraging Link to damage ceramics: Yeoman, mash pot!

[@IDoABitOfTrollin]

Kahoot Gamer WHY ISNT THIS PINNED

[@scottcowan7343]

Or a singer in the eurovision song contest.

[@xXTomokoKurokiXx]

Kahoot Gamer Yeoman could be a legitimate descriptor of Link, if we're talking about Twilight Princess.

[@coyoteartist]

Oh that's good.

[@ohboiiPumba]

Damn son

[@GODOFGUITAR2112]

We generally don't have *electric* kettles, but I think most Americans have a standard kettle you put on a stove.

[@nopushbutton]

I do but mine's all dusty in the back of the cupboard. I usually just boil water in a saucepan like Ashens said lmao

[@PBMS123]

Yeah because electric Kettles can never be that powerful. In Australia we also have 240V. And for $15 you can buy a cheap electric 2000W kettle. You can find more expensive ones that are better, and some that will use the whole 10A available to them and be 2400W, and will boil water very quickly. I can't imagine having to boil water in a saucepan to make tea.

[@LilLeanCuisine]

PBMS123 Awe you privileged soul

[@Longlius]

@@PBMS123 A lot of houses in the US are fitted with natural gas hookups and it's very quick to boil water on a gas stove.

[@PBMS123]

@@Longlius I'm aware you have stoves, even induction stoves, although not as popular, not every US house gets 2 phases to make 220V for high power appliances. I'm merely explaining why electric kettles aren't really a thing in the US, and I've spoken with far more (most of them in fact) Americans who Microwave cups/mugs of water to boil it.

[@pokelover3602]

I like it when he goes “Nom.” It’s just so cute.

[@edboymovies]

Does anyone else feel like Stuart has a shack full of stuff from pound land? Enough to review over the next hundred years? I do

[@anomaly2733]

he's probably a poundland franchisee in secret

[@WarhammerGeek]

If by shack you mean his garage than yes, yes he does. There is a reason the PO Box was shut down.

[@kingofburgerz]

Anomaly He's a manager that's tired of working for poundland.

[@eustacequinlank7418]

Why are you correcting this person on their use of the word 'Shack'?

[@DisemboweII]

How he can afford to buy all this stuff from Poundland? He must have bought hundreds of products, Christ only knows how much it all comes to!

[@1810jeff]

Yes finally another video to add to the to the Ashens food playlist

[@ellaisplotting]

What a cornucopia of delights

[@portalowy5346]

Athens is in a really bad position if they have to put all their food in a playlist

[@MosoKaiser]

"An excellent playlist"

[@ChozoSR388]

General Kemp Nyeeeeeow! That went fifty feet over your head, kid. Athens, as in the city.

[@logonfire5387]

Jeff Solis you dont even have an ashen's food playlist

[@thrilltoth]

I remember the mash served in high school had the ice cream scoop treatment, those were not pleasant times

[@Linerax]

Your high school taught you lies and deceit?

[@thrilltoth]

Linerax This doesn't really seem like a worthwhile thing to lie about haha

[@MrStabby19812]

GoodBoi Oh god you really had to open that repressed memory lol

[@thrilltoth]

robuk1981 Suffer with me bro

[@BrySkye]

Not 'highschool' for me. It was back in Primary school. On those plastic plate/trays with different compartments moulded into it for the meal and dessert. Tended to be pretty lumpy too.

[@SG-bp4lg]

We DO have kettles but I have never in my life seen an electric one. Just metal ones we put over the stove.

[@sycoraz]

Scrubs 2009 I'm sure you have an electric one somewhere considering my family owns a bunch ..

[@kourii]

I live in America and I have never known someone who boils his water in a saucepan. Some people just put the mug in the microwave, but I think most use a kettle on the stove. Personally I use an electric kettle, but I do have a small one for the stove.

[@matthewbertrand4139]

kourii I make tea a gallon at a time by boiling it in a saucepan. Nice to meet you.

[@kourii]

+Matthew Bertrand haha well there have to be some of you out there! Cheers

[@stupid2574]

I'm an American and have never in my life heard of microwaving water. Most people just boil water on the stove or use an electric kettle

[@seronymus]

I always use a pan

[@jonathanm877]

fascinating

[@ihatebalrog]

Hey, I used to eat similar things to this, when I was in college. Over here, in Latvia, these are more popular than our local variations of instant ramen. :D

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

1:29 You know what'd be worrying? If it said '80% real potato' instead of 100%

[@ellaisplotting]

80% potato 20% lies

[@K4RN4GE911]

It's like those old 90's Kool-Aid Jammers commercials: "Kool-Aid Jammers! Now with 20% juice!" ...wat?

[@MJuegaES]

K4RN4GE911 It was the '90s, most processed food was utter garbo.

[@nobel11]

I was all about Kool-Aid Jammers.

[@mr.kittysavestheworld695]

80% real potato, 15% hypothetical potato, 5% depleted uranium.

[@hotelmario510]

Is it wrong that I think this looks genuinely delicious? Disclaimer: I am a student. To me, a kebab is the height of luxury.

[@drewsprinkhuizen9721]

in australia you can buy powdered potato called Deb and as soon as you add water it fluffs up like in the video and it amazes me everytime lmao but tastes quite nice use to eat it alot really cheap alternative just mix in a dash of milk/butter and crack salt and pepper

[@hotelmario510]

Update: I am no longer a student and I am pleased to say that my taste in food is much better than it was two years ago, because now I'd rather just make some proper mashed potato.

[@largecoolkid]

hotelmario510 proud

[@drewsprinkhuizen9721]

@@hotelmario510 congratulations!

[@milkbox103]

@@hotelmario510 character development

[@CosyMatt]

The US power system isn’t actually 120, it’s 240 but split up into 120 so no one outlet can produce 240 except ones for ya know, stoves and dryers, washers, bigger appliances. That being said it doesn’t take long to boil in a kettle. We just don’t drink tea lol

[@Bryan-th6rc]

I just realized I've been watching legit food reviews for years

[@cosmiccheeto4402]

*Contains chicken* *suitable for vegetarians* You are fucking me.

[@Psera]

Hype-Pen It's not chicken. It's chicken flavouring.

[@tirsden]

While it has no chicken, it does have milk and eggs. Soooyeah... not quite right on the whole, if we ignore the side-varieties of vegetarianism. I wouldn't trust the gluten-free claim either thanks to that.

[@Schoolforthesoul]

Wtf is chicken flavoring made from if not chicken??

[@Psera]

Not vegan for sure, but it would work for a basic no-meat vegetarian.

[@Psera]

Any number of chemicals. MSG?

[@Kruton1122]

Fun fact cause at 4:08 you said Americans power is only at 120 volt Actually it comes it at base 240 but we cut it down For electric stoves you get a extra line directly from the breaker box and it supplies the stove with 240 , most heavy duty heating objects require it. I have a electric stove so I would know Also we do have kettles , we just like sauce pans so we can burn ourselves looking at the pretty bubbles.

[@smb-c3po]

White people will never be true Americans, they'll always be illegal European immigrants.

[@xhofl102]

In europe we have the same but with 3- phase 380V for electric stoves.

[@djdragondrawer9339]

Sora Song Lol, what is up with you? Every commenter that says that they are American you automatically assume they are white and repeat that exact same thing. I can't help but find it funny.

[@mspenrice]

Yeah, but what comes out of most of your outlets is 110v RMS or so, and more importantly only at maybe 16 amps max, which is what really makes the difference. For heating applications, lower voltage over the final mile is better if anything, because you WANT to "waste" as much of the energy flowing through the circuit as heat in that one little coil of resistance wire (measuring maybe 5 yards max when unwound) with low volts and high amps (in comparison, distribution lines aim for high volts, low amps to minimise heating losses). But for safety's sake most practical domestic cabling (with conductors and insulation thin enough to have a meaningful amount of flex and not be particularly heavy to carry) is limited in how much current it's rated to carry, usually somewhere in the teens. European sockets are somewhere between medium and high power handling depending on exact type, as they're about 230v with either 10A or 16A = 2.3kW or 3.7kW maximum power before either a fuse blows, breaker trips, or the cable starts to overheat or become an arc risk. (Technically, the top rating is 250v at 16A, so 4kW exactly...) UK ones aren't too bad. 230v at 13A comes a gnat's pube short of 3.0kW. That's still a fair old bit of power, about what you get from a 50cc moped in full flight, and good for boiling water for drinks, food prep or washing up, or heating a single room (or charging an electric bike), though it starts to look a bit challenged when heating up an entire bath's worth of water in an immersion cylinder tank, attempting to keep a whole house warm in winter if the main 9kw+ system has packed in, or recharging an electric car. US outlets are stratified by voltage probably because of this, and because the common voltage for most rooms of the house is a somewhat safer-than-230 (but still enough to be deadly) 110v. The current ratings are similar to that of Europe, so you may have about 1.7kW available, or even just as little as 1.1kW, the latter being about what a 750~800w output microwave actually consumes. So little wonder anything that heats water - not just kettles, but coffee machines too - takes a long time about it, and it's thought a much better idea to use the higher voltage (or gas?) even if no higher current stove instead. These three quasi-standards (10, 13 and 16A) have actually ended up defining how the device end of an IEC "Kettle Lead" cable is arranged. On the wall socket end, it's whatever your local plug is. On the other, you have the little figure 8 (upto 3A) or cloverleaf (upto 5A) for low powered things, then you have the larger house-shaped plugs... 10A has the pins arranged so they make three parallel lines with the Earth running between the other two, with an unbroken outline, 13A has a notch in the outline between live and neutral (a key to prevent plugging a 10A cable into a device that draws between 10 and 13A), and 16A returns to not having a notch but with the rectangular shape of the pins rotated 90 degrees to form two parallel lines - Live and Neutral inline with each other, and Earth off to one side. Out of the three, in the UK only really the 13A is a proper "kettle lead", though some lower powered ones lack the notch in their sockets and will allow connection of a 10A as well. Naturally we don't really have anything that uses the 16A one, though I have seen it used on a server, more as a security measure than anything else. Note of course this is only for outlets. If you have your equipment hardwired to the breaker with and appropriately heavy duty cable it can be almost any current within reason (upto 45A is common on 230v boards, e.g. for power showers, with much chunkier cable than for portable devices, belying it rather thicker conductor and heavyweight insulation), regardless of voltage. What I'm wondering about is why 3-phase isn't so common for high power stuff in the UK. My own electric stovetop has terminals for and instructions in the manual that describe connecting up to a ~400v 3-phase supply, but nothing of the sort comes anywhere near my flat, nor has it been present anywhere else I've lived. 230v at higher current seems to be accepted as the answer to any particular high level power demand.

[@MisterCOM]

Sora Song how do you think the native Americans came to the continent

[@iescapedtheasylum2015]

Yay! I love Crap Snack week! Thank you Ashens ❤️

[@zalibecquerel3463]

Yeoman - Good! Mash Pot - Good! Chicken Flavored - GOOOD!

[@zalibecquerel3463]

It's like a traditional English trifle... The pages are stuck together, (Chandler!) And only one layer of jam! I like it! What's not to like? Yeoman - Good. Mash - Good.".. (etc, etc...)

[@ChozoSR388]

I boil my water in a mug in the microwave. Either that, or I just get it from the Keurig. Keurig is quicker, but it doesn't get as hot as in the microwave.

[@Jdp313]

Same, I'm from the states.

[@holderbee7811]

FYI The best water temp for brewing coffee is just BELOW boiling, this is what the Kuereg gives you

[@keiyakins]

Yeah but I don't actually use the k-cups for coffee, I just use it as a hot water source for my tea and cocoa.

[@stanmcserr8576]

An expensive way to get hot water.

[@ChozoSR388]

Stan McSerr Considering I got it as a Christmas gift, not really. Thing makes a hell of a cup of coffee. Actually, had I not gotten it as such, I wouldn't have one; I wouldn't have been willing to pay that much for a coffee maker. Double the price of a good ol' Mr. Coffee ten cupper? No, thank you, I said. Having one now, though, I'll definitely be buying another one when the time comes, so long as they keep both lines alive; I refuse to use coffee that has the same digital rights as my software.

[@KneeCapHill]

Love what you do. Don't stop

[@IKnowBestest]

If I were in jail with Ashens, I'd protect him in the shower Squanch.uk

[@unlokia]

#1: You are absolutely disgusting. #2: You are flagged #3: Appending "NoHomo" changes NOTHING, and makes your hole you dug, much deeper.

[@F_I_J_I_W_A_T_E_R]

unlokia Which hole? In this context there are a few holes.

[@unlokia]

How did you think I *wouldn't* see your tiresomely tedious and predictable, Captain Obvious retort, coming a mile off? -_-

[@TreeTap15]

unlokia why the fuck do you reply to every comment you dont like saying "reported" as if that will actually do anything? Christ ur so dull, lighten up lol

[@schadenfreudebuddha]

if I were in jail with Ashens, we would have a highly contentious game of connect 4 to decide who was the "bitch." we would both lose.

[@YummyCatgirlMilk]

In America we use a kettle on the stove

[@sshep86]

We use electric ones here in the UK. Boils water in about a minute. Perfect for our English tea. ;)

[@RRVCrinale]

Steve Sheppard I use my K-cup machine since it can just dispense hot water, but I have a sibling who uses a purpose-made electric kettle. Fantastic if you're particular about your temperatures, which you probably are if you profess to be serious about your tea. ...'course, I've got one that steeps tea too, for full pots of the stuff at a time. Convenient for iced tea.

[@sshep86]

Yep. Tea has to have milk in it as well, done correctly that way. ;)

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

Reverie Planetarian "serious qbout your temperature " you mean boiling because thats as hot as they can get

[@BlackvvvFist]

Tea isn't quite as popular here so having a kettle isn't that common. Most Americans just have a coffee maker

[@fionawalsh1007]

I remember Smash very well growing up,every camping trip we had it but it was good. Loving the Game of Thrones reference. 🙂🙂🙂

[@joshcook983]

I never thought I'd be watching someone talk about a ready-made mashed potato pot for 7 minutes. But here I am

[@zedeighty]

I quite like these. They taste exactly like school dinner mash potato in the early 90's.

[@stepanfedun9122]

I don't know about you but in my infant and primary school days the mashed potato was so horrible that for a long time I could *only* eat my mum's homemade mash, I was always scared that restaurants and stuff would be just as awful as the school version

[@BACCHUS777]

What happened to your plans to do more International Rations (expired) reviews?

[@bills6093]

We heat water on the stove top with 240V mains power, or a gas flame, in the USA. A separate electric kettle like you have in the UK is not unheard of her, but it would indeed have to be 120V powered, which limits it's usefulness. So, it's just quicker to use a pot on the stove, or use the microwave, for a bit of boiling water.

[@Defeft]

BILL SCHNEIDER I thought the rms voltage for the USA was 120V?

[@LeSarthois]

THey have 240 volts for largers appliances. I think it's three-phase 240 volts, like some houses and many companies have three phase 400 volts here, but that point need to be confirmed. I also remember that past standard unearthed or 3 pins 120 volts plugs, their high power plugs are non standardised - or most likely, a bunch of standards that no one dare to change.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

And over here in europe it is actually faster and cost less electricity to boil small amounts (

[@awwrelic]

Mind you, I am 55 years old, so things may have changed a bit here in the US in that time :) but when I was a kid we had a kettle in our kitchen, used principally for making tea. We had a separate kettle for making my dad's coffee, which my mom would make about 4:30AM prior to him heading off to the steel mill he worked at. I still drink tea (never developing a taste for coffee), but I don't make it in a kettle these days.

[@AndrevusWhitetail]

5 years later i rewatch this and i see something strange on the ingredients list. In the "dried cream plant based substitute" one of the parts of that thing is "silicon dioxide"...so they literally put sand in that thing.

[@austyn.l6289]

Something tells me that Friday is going to be a special day!

[@AliAbbas-se3sg]

Austyn LeDrew huge cocks

[@Tom5TomEntertainment]

sMASHing!

[@amaethon2117]

I honestly don't think that's meant for human consumption....

[@Null-jj6cf]

Amaethon basically any British food is like that

[@Zonk420]

Lazerz Hey we have good food shut your face

[@amaethon2117]

Lazerz That's very true. That's why I eat horseshit, compares quite well.

[@Null-jj6cf]

King Knud I'm British btw and I'll tell you a story about how I went to my local chippy and got a fish that I'm pretty sure was radioactive a bit

[@Zonk420]

Lazerz Must of gotten unlucky

[@trevorgoodchild8266]

That kettle thing..... damn...I've learned more about the world from Ashens than I have actual school

[@gman15ida41]

I love it when Ashens does the food reviews

[@FieldmasterFox]

We did have a thing in the late nineties called "Pot Mash" made by the Pot Noodle company, that also made Pot Rice.

[@sshep86]

Never heard of the pot mash. Pot noodles and pot rice were great though. Did you ever use a pot stop?

[@sirloinestakegames7866]

Steve Sheppard they missed a trick up North not making Pot Hot Pot

[@Profoundemonium]

YES, Pot Mash was great! I remember Pot Rice, too. I haven't been able to find a photo of them anywhere on the Internet and my girlfriend thinks I'm making it up!

[@FieldmasterFox]

I seen some old ceramic mugs on ebay

[@Profoundemonium]

imgur.com/a/O45xL

[@evcotter08]

Canadians have the same type of power as in the USA and we still usually have kettles. They don't take that long to boil, either.

[@PBMS123]

When compared to UK/Australia they do. Most kettles in UK/Australia are rated 2000W, with some up to 2400W. The Maximum you can get in the US is 1800W at the full 15A from the socket.

[@squidracerX]

@@PBMS123 - i wonder if this was done for safety? or for restricting power usage? or just a silly flaw?

[@bradleymorgan8223]

I would love to see ashens review his favorite food items from poundland that are actually good.

[@jumblesaleboo]

Oh gosh!...The old Norfolk & Norwich (circa 1970's)...That brought back some memories...The jug of water and plastic cup issued to each bed side cupboard. ...And I do also remember the mash being served with an ice cream scoop, normally with burgers, if my memory serves me correctly.. What I loved about the N&N, was that there was a full size Dalek somebody had made, and had donated it to the hospital, for us kids to sit and play in. :)

[@averybottomtext7713]

American here. Bought a kettle recently. It's pretty spiffy--boils my water faster than on a stove top. 10/10

[@ratonbox]

Those are actually decent and cheap "foodlike" nutrition. If you want the chicken to be harder, you need a higher temperature water and you need to mix for longer. It got me through university. But it's ~25 pence over here so it's better value.

[@swanningabout]

Marius Dragomir I

[@coopssouthard6490]

Well Mr. Ashens I do use a tea kettle but it's the old fashioned one you put on a stove to boil the water. It whistles when the waters boiling and steaming😊

[@Yamezzzz]

That is the gayest comment I've read all week.

[@kattiestoneman1059]

That's a tea pot!

[@kashinimeyo]

Well, we have kettles- just not electric ones. The kettles that you put on a hot stove and they whistle at you when they're done.... But Americans don't typically boil water for drinking purposes so a kettle isn't really necessary in the first place. But I've heard of more Americans boiling water by using the microwave rather than in a pot on a stove.

[@ChisponGroxo]

And we have electrical kettles, he could probably say that we don't use them as common as European people. But I doubt a microwave will boil water, it will just heat it for sure thought

[@brandonmartin-moore5302]

*don't boil water for drinking purposes* well how do you make coffee?

[@r5LgxTbQ]

watching mashed potato reviews is how I spend my sunday evenings

[@MrCouchbleh]

the treasure of this video isn't that ashens is doing another awful food video but that this will last all week im so excited

[@DBMXJ]

c r a p s n a c k w e e k

[@roam3r690]

More like: c r a p y o u r p a n t s w e e k

[@niandra92]

W a k e m e u p I n s I d e

[@ThatConfused1]

... I've got a kettle! Am I a body snatcher in America?

[@lookoutforchris]

Americans don't have kettles!! Me: looks across the room at my kettle.

[@wetlettuce4768]

Bet you have a red coat hidden in a closet awaiting the Queens orders to reclaim America you traitor!

[@lookoutforchris]

Wet Lettuce nah, I tend to argue with the Brits too much. It's a regular kettle to, not one of these weird electric ones. Pretty much everyone I know has a kettle sitting on the stove, it's a pretty American thing to have.

[@royalewithbees6541]

lookoutforchris sounds slow for a kettle

[@lookoutforchris]

big money dank-regent that's actually the point.

[@stepanfedun9122]

He was talking about electric kettles

[@wheelindealin]

I am American and primarily used a stovetop kettle while my wife lived overseas for years and used electric. We use an electric kettle now and I love the thing. Interesting observation Stuart.

[@SamnissArandeen]

4:00 American here. Everyone I know just sticks a glass bowl of water in the microwave if they need hotter water than the hot water out of the tap. Though coffee and tea shops *do* have kettles, because they have time on their hands to heat water and can constantly keep topping it up.

[@CornishCommando]

When your timezone is in the Atlantic......

[@mr.bobcyndaquil4214]

Nova Scotia?

[@SkillThrillShorts]

It also depends on amperage, not just voltage. Also voltage doesn't really matter if you have some sort of transformer.

[@PBMS123]

No it depends on power. Which is function of both. And given the maximum amperage you can draw from a domestic socket is capped at 15A in the US, 15A x 120V = 1800W. Which means the most amount power you can draw from a domestic socket is 1800W. In the UK the plugs are rated at 13A, but generally speaking the max current most devices will draw is 10A if rated fro a standard domestic outlet. So they could supply a theoretical maximum of 13A x 240V = 2990W. But at the 10A working limit that most appliances use, 10A x 240V = 2400W. In Australia technically a domestic outlet is on a 15A or 16A breaker, however the standard plug is called a 10A plug, and devices with this plug can only pull 10A or 2400W. So yes, in the standard context, voltage does matter, because the maximum power you can draw is lower on a 120V plug in the US, than on a 240V plug in either the UK or Australia. You buy pretty easily in Australia 2400W kettles for >$40 and a cheap $15 one from the supermarket is usually rated at 2000W standard.

[@flissfloss915]

As an American who enjoys tea, I boil my water on a stovetop

[@simsforever791]

Hercules Mulligan your electricity is shit So is your tea Use a kettle and be normal

[@capness1228]

A lot of Americans have Kuerigs now which are basically overcomplicated kettles.

[@simsforever791]

capness1228 kettles are nice and simple there for better

[@austinpeterson6419]

SimsForever2000 I just use a microwave

[@sshep86]

Electric kettles will boil a few cups of water in less than a minute. Perfect for cuppas between ad breaks.

[@onyxtay7246]

3:51 I've found that many have a tap specifically for hot water, which produces boiling hot water in an instant, which people call the "instant hot". That explains why many don't use kettles, there're no reason to when you have a machine designed to produce hot water.

[@RetroGUY77]

Ashens! You've uploaded on my birthday!!!

[@LiuHeiYing]

I love the onion flavour one YUM! Having mash with onion made more sense than to have the chicken flavour 🤔

[@therunawaykid6523]

I love the cream flavour one 🤤🤤

[@chevy2061]

Random: What is a Crumpit? I am American and always thought of it as a small,crunchy, buttery piece of bread that's ben toasted

[@_Super_Hans_]

It is a kind of bread but doesn't really taste like bread, it's airy yet heavy. Google a picture you'll get the idea.

[@wetlettuce4768]

I'm British and I have no idea what a crumpet is all I know is they taste great when they soak in butter..

[@chevy2061]

Sounds like somthing I would eat alot of.

[@MattPuxty]

Crumpets are similar to bread, although technically a savoury cake. The reason they are so delicious is because the holes increase the surface area, which allows you to put even more butter on, than you would a normal piece of bread.

[@AmesiesCorner]

You're correct about the Americans have too low voltage for electric kettles.. We just burn more dead dinosaurs to make up the difference.

[@timothyort4695]

Amesie's Automotive Corner I am a American and I use a electric kettle

[@gnomesatemyson]

Timothy Ort Nobody cares.

[@kevboard]

Timothy Ort your native language is English, yet your grammar is worse than mine (not a native English speaker)... AN electric kettle, see if the first sound after an "a" is a vowel sound it turns into an "an". the more you know✓

[@travisbates340]

Amesie's Automotive Corner Fossil fuels don't come from dead dinosaurs...

[@IDoABitOfTrollin]

Amesie's Automotive Corner you are a clever fuck. Cheers

[@Aguitfilms]

I live in California and you just blew my mind with that kettle bit.

[@soapboi5420]

Only ashens can make 7 minutes of instant potato entertaining

[@leinadlink]

You should be glad that it wasn't expired.

[@Magicmushroomboi]

I have school tmrw and I'm watching someone eating potatoes at 11pm......

[@drunkrdm]

and now i'm hungry... excuse me **walks off to kitchen**

[@Wemius61]

When you mentioned mashed potato being served with an ice cream scoop it took me back to the school dinners I had at secondary school. The dinner lady would transfer it from the scoop with a practised flick of her wrist and it would hit your plate like a lump of white lead with bristles (because they never bothered to remove the eyes). I much preferred the days when we had flaccid oily chips.

[@KonradNint3ndo69]

When he started going off about Americans not have a kattle, I died laughing.

[@MellowGaming]

I remember when i was a kid Smash made a bit of a comeback and my brother and I begged my mum to get us some, despite her mash potatoes being top notch. Never again. Smash is bad. Almost as bad as one of Goujon Johns Chicken Goujons. There's no love in Smash. It's just vaguely potato flavoured paste.

[@dennisthedarklord9856]

1% potato 99% lies

[@thegreatcalvinio]

Ashen's couch is my city

[@K9unit37]

thegreatcalvinio I'm currently residing between right armrest and right cushion. We dont get a lot of action here but the price of living is cheaper compared the right side .

[@dennisthedarklord9856]

I think he was referring to one of the dumbest things Jake Paul said: "England is my city"

[@Wolfsbane1100]

Every house I've been in, in the States, has a kettle. Nobody uses one because we aren't really used to using them. Kettles weren't common in the 80's, 90's, and early 00's for us, so most people don't default to them for hot water.

[@LifeInAConcreteBox]

Yeah, I'd say they're more of a decorative item over here

[@leoczarneckiauger652]

The Cosmonaut How are you supposed to make tea then?

[@age234]

Leo Czarnecki Auger most people don't drink tea. And if you tried what passes for tea here, you'd understand why. It's hard to find tea that isn't shit.

[@seronymus]

I use both kettle and saucepan

[@terminalfrost3645]

he means electric kettle

[@Vandalier83]

I love it when ashens does food reviews!

[@couldntmixapotnoodle]

You know when you realize that a video is nearly 4 years old. I was subscribed when this came out.

[@Bikonito]

Will you ever fix the high pitched humming in the background or no

[@jakeyje]

Bikonito think that's on your end mate

[@IanOcampoPodRider2016]

I don't hear that though my phone or headphone or speakers on my laptop

[@Bikonito]

only on his videos, been this way for a long while, I would imagine it's the camera's fault It's pretty faint also, can't really hear it when he's speaking

[@unlokia]

That's the whining coming from the comments, not part of the video. You can hear that on *most* YT videos.

[@pannikin5993]

Bikonito it's because your a dog mate you can hear much better than us.

[@Gun5hip]

In Canada we use electric and stove top kettles. ☺ Also we have stay fresh milk bags!

[@dennisthedarklord9856]

Stay fresh, Milk bags!

[@Esdeath_0001]

Gunship An Excellent Product

[@kingconnor3957]

Milk bags ????? The fuck

[@leoczarneckiauger652]

Gunship Jokes on you, my relatives in New Brunswick use cartons

[@jannsingert6125]

We just call our milk bags "boobs" here in good ol' Blighty.

[@asnakeinasuit]

Spoilers but he eats it.

[@BlackvvvFist]

Thanks for ruining it for me

[@Seefido]

ASnakeInASuit ! You're absolutely diabolical

[@lovelyheiferdev]

ASnakeInASuit ! Madman!

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

Y DO WE KEEP LETTING HIM GET AWAY WITH IT!?

[@nobel11]

I'll never trust another snake in a suit.

[@silent_bob_]

We used to chow down on this kind of stuff when we went sailing and visited the nearby islands, and only then. So these taste like nostalgia to me. They are Maggie brand here if I remember correctly. The new yacht has a fridge and thought out kitchen quarters with more room and a better stove so I rarely eat them anymore.

[@DopeyDuke]

I'm just waiting for ashens to go "THIS IS FOOOOKEN AMAZING"

[@georger5484]

"100% potato" being a shitty potato mix that's 25% "100% potato" and 75% clog from a drain

[@Nevernamed]

I used to know a guy who'd ask how many goblins per serving there was in a product. He was great. What I'm asking is, how many Goblins would you say this abomination of a mash has? I'd say seven at the lowest.

[@jordran]

Made WITH real potato

[@baconbliss4796]

your suffering and salt fuel the masses will to live

[@esmerylan]

I don't know why, but "allegorical potatoes" made me laugh more than anything I've heard in a long time.

[@jardude]

I love your food videos man. Only second to the Poundland stuff. A cool segment would be letting subscribers send you odd stuff they found for you to look at/eat. Keep it up Ashens@