Binging with Babish: Croque Monsieur from Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Captain Holt's signature stone-faced empathy is on display in this heartwarming act of culinary affection, a memory in the form of a sandwich. But not just any sandwich: the cheesy, hammy, gooey French brasserie classic, Croque Monsieur. Let's hear how incorrectly I can pronounce things this week as we recreate this toasty brunchtime delight.
Recipe: www.bingingwithbabish.com/rec...
Music: "Juparo" by Broke for Free
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[@babishculinaryuniverse]

I had to shoot and edit this episode in its entirety yesterday, so there was no going back to fix mistakes. The cutting angle at 3:33 will haunt me for the rest of my days.

[@catmamacothefurrycat3054]

First

[@damianbotello1372]

Ha mid cut

[@goob6337]

What's wrong? It looks like some great bread to me.

[@IESUproductions]

I don't see a mistake. I just see perfectly baked bread :)

[@cayanite4161]

Why what mistake did u do i didnt see one

[@geenstagni1060]

I’m scared to ask for-Basics with Babish: Cereal

[@lindseyclair921]

+

[@ellibyron]

Binging with babish: cereal from geen stagnis life

[@gret3708]

first were gona genticly splice a cow wit a goat feed it nothing but red wine a double thick cream hand made from goat milk and mnt fuigi water then let then let the goat cow age for 25 years finely personally milk the cow with military grade gloves to preserve flavour now onto the space meteorite cereal

[@amillion1834]

“now that was simple enough, how can we improve the experience? Well the most obvious step would be to add fresh strawberries and bananas- but let’s go a step further and make our own version of ‘frosted flakes’ from sCrAtCh”

[@JustinRed624]

Next april fools video!

[@fabiosantana3226]

i see, this really is an easier recipe. He didnt even make his own stand-mixer

[@maybeachef2931]

A truly underrated concept.

[@TituKiOpinion]

U are wrong he didn't make his own ingredients That's a big flaw for KZbinrs like him

[@knightofendor8384]

That’s kind of a shame, a hand made one tastes way better than the store-bought stuff

[@nwmancuso]

That would be an awesome crossover with AvE or This Old Tony.

[@DerekSmit]

That's more an Alex style cooking video

[@stevensather5911]

Rest easy, Captain Holt…😥😢

[@leafjerky]

wait he died???

[@IIDXZERKO]

​@@leafjerkyHe died at age 61.

[@hannahw4328]

It was lung cancer, sadly…

[@mithril1584]

NINE NINE.

[@sapphomg3171]

Babish: “It doesn’t get any simpler than croque monsieur” Also Babish: ok so now we’re going to grow the wheat for our bread

[@sikemike420]

* minecraft sounds *

[@AlejandroMBarba]

@Callum Ferry (Student) But before we go around tasting the soil, we are going to get a bank loan to purchase 50 parcels of prime Kansas farm real estate in order to set up our wheat fields.

[@probablynotben6288]

@@AlejandroMBarba But before we do that, we need to acquire a US citizenship to have the ability to purchase land.

[@felinawell]

@Callum Ferry (Student) but before we do that the soil needs a bit of kosher salt

[@Victorjohnson3]

@@probablynotben6288 now before we do that we need to overthrow Britain and establish the 13 colonies as The United States of America

[@Narokkurai]

I love how the Croque Monsieur sounds so fancy in English, but its name basically just translates to "Mister Crunchy".

[@TheDarkAdn]

No it is Mister Crunch just to be more accurate

[@djbapt]

@@TheDarkAdn Or "Crunch a dude".

[@sebreno2064]

more a "Dude/mister cruncher" actually ;)

[@TheDarkAdn]

@@sebreno2064 Cruncher means nothing to me

[@sladechain573]

Sounds like something Holt would say, lol. (or seeing the replies to the comment, something Holt would have a discussion with himself.)

[@erotictomato]

*"and it doesn't get much simpler than Croque Monsieur"* _me nodding as I eat my peanut butter out of the jar with a spoon_

[@iamthechair6328]

prod. by scorpio shut up blue whaler

[@cigsaur2907]

prod. by scorpio stop trying to bring back a stupid demonic challenge from 2016.

[@CryBlade]

@@scorpio610 its very simple: there arent any fun games on Instagram/Facebook

[@iamthechair6328]

This guy isn’t even a bot. He is a real person, he went on my video and commented 666 and said I was hacked which I wasn’t lmao. This is probably some 30 year old man who doesn’t have a job and he has no life.

[@iamthechair6328]

Dem Tktkfm don’t worry I think I removed his google account

[@TrooperClerk]

I eat my Croque Monsieur in tears to honor the Captain. RIP Andre Braugher.

[@aberaham9514]

Indeed lost an amazing actor ❤️

[@MrMegaManFan]

RIP Andre Braugher. :(

[@ilikemusicalsp3434]

I like to imagine him acting like this with everything he makes. Bowls of cereal, sandwiches, canned soup, etc

[@donquixote44]

Ramen

[@a.j.kimball1240]

But you also have to take the marshmallow incedent into consideration. What if thats how he reacts to it?

[@JL-ot1kg]

"Welcome to Binging with Babish, today I am going to be making a simple bowl of cereal. This delight has been around since the 50's-" *camera isn't even on*

[@danhendas6609]

Legends say that every time he makes a mess, he has to do a full bounty paper towels ad-read

[@Orson_Welp]

His GF from the other room: "Babe, can you make me some toast?" *background music starts* "Oh sh*t! Babe, no! F*cking relax!"

[@sth02]

"It doesn't get much simpler than croque monsieur." "So the first thing we're gonna do is mill our own flour before trekking to Fiji and gathering our own water."

[@gracemoon9672]

Slowly but surely, Babish will turn into Ina Garten. "I like to use salt that's made from the dried tears of honey badgers, but kosher salt works fine too."

[@Grim_Sister]

Wait, you don’t do this everyday? What a weirdo

[@fxfaxx]

Nah man. He’s gonna learn waterbending and literally create Fiji water

[@ordelian7795]

"Okay now that we've spent 4 years in Fiji and established a family we can move on to the next step."

[@unknownedleaf]

“Now we are going to spend 2 years fermenting our egg-“

[@rambofan334]

R.I.P. Captain Dad

[@stunlord1419]

At 3:40 I was genuinely worried he was about to take a giant bite outta that half loaf of bread.

[@Zero00wolfkiller]

Being able to take a bite out of a half a loaf of bread that you baked is a great privilege and should not be a cause of concern.

[@chefelon]

Same bruh

[@zebanon5]

I mean, it cuts there. Maybe he did.

[@maddieeffler6362]

Me too.

[@elbruces]

*hoping

[@the_starbyte9362]

Babish: "I want something easier this week" Also Babish: "Let's make our own bread"

[@KHRification]

Well to be fair, Babish can probably make 20 different types of bread in his sleep.

[@dindranew.6808]

Bread isn't hard to make, especially if there are people at work you need to punch; you can punch the bread down instead. Win-win.

[@devkrev]

With experience comes varying levels of clarity and resolution on a subject, for you "baking bread" is a monolithic singular task of difficulty. When you look at it though, this bread recipe consists of pouring ingredients into a bowl and mixing, then putting the dough into a pan and baking. Compare that to making croissants or hand pulled noodles or any number of things he's done, and it seems super simple.

[@willanthoniozeppeli7913]

@@dindranew.6808 Punching bread doesent sound nice 😡

[@syedsaadqain5518]

@@willanthoniozeppeli7913 It is extremely fun. Better than punching Blueford, Zeppeli

[@cabbageofdoom525]

lmao just wait till this guy finds out that you can just BUY bread

[@xXSinForLifeXx]

Lmfao

[@bullphr0g489]

Nobody tell him, it's way funnier this way

[@origamichik3n]

@CabbageofDoom The second half of that episode will be an upgrade - how to build your own bread shop from the ground up, including firing your own bricks.

[@marielopez3255]

He doesn't buy his bread so he can make it fresh.

[@bullphr0g489]

@@marielopez3255 issa joke

[@carowells1607]

When basic groceries started to be hard to find as the pandemic began, I could not find a loaf of bread in the grocery stores, but I found a loaf at the all night gas station in upstate New York. It was Brioche made in a smallish bakery in Paris, and it was the best sandwich bread I’ve ever found.

[@ThatOneDude521]

Any legitimate food bought from a gas station could either be disgustingly harmful to your health, or infinitely delicious ruining your future expectations

[@lordpumpkinhead265]

He got lucky with the Gas Station Gamble, and now nothing will compare to such luck.

[@shaggy4real97]

@@lordpumpkinhead265 bruh, he found his diamond in the rough

[@mikeisthedoodlez]

R.I.P Andre 1962-2023

[@dragogosi]

Andrew: today we are basically making a sandwich Me: finally something simple Andrew: we start by making the bread

[@louis-tj2pq]

Btw he did it worng

[@damienholland8103]

It usually looks easier / faster on KZbin, eh.

[@louis-tj2pq]

The proper recipe is only one slice

[@douglasfreer]

At least he didn’t make the cheese or slaughter his own pig.

[@MrSafmafra]

Just wait until he decides to make an apple pie from scratch.

[@frogtownroad9104]

“Where we Americanized the sandwich by dipping it in batter and frying it” Because of course we did....

[@addledhead]

"Americanized by dipping it batter, just like French Toast" this episode is all over the place

[@frogtownroad9104]

@Andy Laish Or Appalachian, but honestly, what’s the difference?

[@J1mmyMack]

And covering it in sugar!!

[@mrpoool1015]

Yes

[@OhNoTheFace]

They are pretty tasty

[@stevenballantyne9710]

R.I.P Captain Holt 🫡

[@michaelbreckshot6589]

Rest in peace, Andre Braugher.

[@lechunk8400]

“Alright guys I’ll be raising a baby pig from birth in order to insure the quality of my ham.”

[@manofnomuscles5496]

Lemonpledge10 I agree

[@Retarded_Ape]

The Fat

[@gabrielgaster3992]

@Lemonpledge10 Not trying to start a war here, but nobody asked. Plus, if we're counting religion as historical, then how about we count the numerous other religious figures that have come back to life? Dionysus, Persephone, Osiris, Odin, Ganesha, Lemminkainen, Tammuz, Krishna, Quetzacoatl, Attis, etc.

[@captainbitches5093]

@Lemonpledge10 Hail Satan and have a nice day.

[@Avallachgrey]

@@captainbitches5093 is that hail as in frozen pellets of gravitationally propelled ouchies or hail as in Hitler?

[@edwinfndz]

"I needed something simple and what's simpler than a croque monsieur" *goes ahead and bakes his own damn bread*

[@s.nifrum4580]

Welcome to binging with babish

[@ninarae3368]

Then don't make your own

[@MysteriumArcanum]

That and the fact that in some of his other recipes he uses exotic (and presumably expensive) ingredients are the only things that bug me. I still love these videos and always watch the hell out of them.

[@heikesiegl2640]

@@MysteriumArcanum yeah, sometimes over the top, but thats the whole point. When i want a real recipe i go to food wishes. Here i just have fun watching.

[@vindiesel564]

What’s the joke (Bread is just heated wet flour)

[@Gamerdude535]

Funny thing is the first time I ever recalled hearing about a croque monsieur was seeing it featured as a food item in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. Restores a nice amount of HP for just being a broiled ham and cheese sandwich lol. And for some odd reason the only way to get them is as a drop from a monster called Ladycat.

[@seancooper4058]

You can change just a few nouns in this comment and it will also apply to Terraria

[@kadu21]

RIP Andre

[@Sonic300X]

Babish: “I’m already getting tired of googling temperature conversions” Every non-US country: “me too”

[@MrDanituga]

THANK YOU!

[@EWPBPSstealth]

Clearly your country hasn't been to the moon.... lol I'm from the US and I'll never understand why we have to have our own system. It's dumb. Our military uses metric so why doesn't the rest

[@lastnamefirstname5295]

@@EWPBPSstealth the brits brought it but we tried switching after WW2 but it was never made mandatory

[@BeardedDanishViking]

@@lastnamefirstname5295 The brits brought imperialism too, but you rejected that as well! Ungrateful colonials.

[@leaderunith4l324]

BeardedDanishViking I know, did you know that they only had *one* African colony. Jeez, like, were they even trying?

[@misty7087]

Not to brag, but i can make a glass of water all by myself.

[@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache]

Is it possible to learn this power?!

[@misty7087]

@@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache No, I Am Afraid it is Not, Young Squire.

[@LeaderofStupid]

XD

[@PedroLopez-yn9si]

*perfection*

[@PedroLopez-yn9si]

But I...could make ice water

[@dave2kretro]

Thank you Captain Holt

[@caithemburrow5569]

Rip captain holt

[@betterthanyouateverything3224]

Babish: It can't be simplier Also Babish: **Makes his own bread*

[@sloth210983]

Its a grilled cheese sandwhich with ham. Obviously he needs to make it needlessly overcomplicated a little to make a video out of it.

[@renceljamesmateo8081]

Somebody wooosh this man

[@danforce4222]

@@renceljamesmateo8081 No

[@manchestercheesebreadandbr6058]

But making bread is fully simple

[@beegpappa7900]

@@renceljamesmateo8081 back to the circus

[@elJimjim]

Fun fact; Babish actually is from a long-line of headless ancient men.

[@BYToady]

He's a dullahan?

[@glxbe]

rumor is he cannot cross bridges

[@onnnn111]

So, the people of Tom and Jerry

[@gravyona_21]

so his mom is miss bellum?

[@insaneschizoid]

Yeah I had to use divine confetti to kill him

[@GBobbyFergison]

rip captain

[@babyyodathegnome5648]

I actually made the pain de mie and the béchamel today. I combined them into the Croque Monsieur and it was hands down the best sandwich I've had. Thank you for posting this so I could discover this mastery of a sandwich!

[@robmemeoverlord6399]

I mean this is good and all but I’m disappointed you didn’t make the ham, cheese, kosher salt, kitchen utensils and oven by hand.

[@CCloudy_9]

Omg same! Imam so mad he didnt even make the PAN by scratch! Next time he sould or I am unsubbing! He sould make his wole kitchen by hand, mix it with salt and pepper and a touch of spices and lem8n and aaa :P :) so good kitchen! Time to ty our home made life size kitchen everyone! Mmm so good, needs more tang though... so lets restart!

[@freddiehateclub6781]

Gacha Potato The Pan? I’d let that slide, but I’ll never forgive him for cheating his way around and not making the stove!

[@chiirinu]

He shouldve made the aluminum foil and the table too!

[@originalname1876]

Scratch that, he didn't even make his own flour! This is outrageous smh

[@NathanArhur]

He's not Frank

[@BezoomnyBratchny]

Babish: goes to the trouble of making the bread from scratch. Also Babish: is happy to make do with microwaved ham.

[@frankjuuh]

Michaelwaved*

[@prakhyanair]

..... should he start with slaughtering a pig first then? :p

[@MrMan-sy4ev]

He probably made his own bow, hunted the pig, dragged it back to his car; took it home, slaughtered it, and cured its meat before the episode.

[@renceljamesmateo8081]

@@MrMan-sy4ev its just a joke man

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

@@prakhyanair Without delivering the piglet and raising it for slaughter?

[@daltonreddell6293]

In winter 2023 may captain holt rest in peace

[@0Fyrebrand0]

*Me:* "I sure could go for a sandwich right about now." *Babish:* "How about in six hours?"

[@simpingforbabish1209]

Just make a PB n J. You want a sandwich, you make a sandwich, you eat a sandwich.

[@yahyaakhan6664]

Sasuke Uchiha captain holt?

[@cly7894]

Grilled cheese with ketchup and salt

[@giovannicappello6908]

@@cly7894 (́◉◞౪◟◉)

[@feristired8092]

@@cly7894 I beg your pardon

[@MadeagoestoNam]

"Do you want french toast, fried eggs, or a ham sandwich for lunch?" Babbish: Yes.

[@marcelinehvh]

Belgians eat these a lot its like the belgian grilled cheese

[@RUPROBASS]

Rest in peace, captain Holt.

[@oskar7222]

RIP ANDRE BRAUGHER 😭😭

[@dogwelder]

I had mostly the wrong ingredients laying around: brioche bun instead of bread, salami instead of ham, cheddar instead of Gruyere . Made it anyway, Worth it.

[@aaronsirkman8375]

That sounds eminently amazing, and do-able.

[@grezende4056]

I mean its a buttery sandwich with tons of cheese and ham. Cant go wrong really

[@aaronsirkman8375]

@@grezende4056 Truth.

[@sappycartoon9997]

How are you verified when you have 180 subs.

[@MazerTime]

​@@sappycartoon9997 i assume it has to do with him joining youtube at 2006 ... youtube change their verification methods a bunch over the years

[@kozytime3232]

This will get buried but doesn’t matter. You and your channel have gotten my wife and I through quarantine much better then anything else. In the span of half a year we have made at least 15 of your recipes, and learned as many basics as we can. We have learned how to bake, maintain kitchenware, turn everyday ingredients into actual meals all thanks to you. I just want you to know we sincerely appreciate your work and love the meals. I personally had been researching methods of making a croque monsieur for a couple weeks and this episode dropped the day we planned on making it from scratch and we were even going to make a similar Béchamel and the timing was perfect! Thank you again! I hope if you do another book tour you come up to Michigan sometime so we can thank you in person!

[@honeybunchesofstoats3017]

This is so sweet, hope you and your wife are doing lovely :')

[@jayderiso9758]

This is the wholesome life I dream of all day

[@zernek9199]

Good news, it isn’t buried! :D

[@yoursensei8837]

Stop flexing your loving relationship on me

[@MichaelTheRead]

So guess what didn't get buried? xD

[@bexlaw3127]

One of my cousin's didn't know how to pronounce Croque monsieu so used to call it a crock monster

[@generalvictorironraven.1347]

"Pre heating my ham" Sounds like a euphemism.

[@dowfreak7]

"I'm already tired of googling temperature conversions" Welcome to the rest of the world trying to follow your recipes, Andrew.

[@cyanmanta]

If it were me, I would just have the editor add metric subtitles on screen.

[@solevazquezmaria]

He should just have a conversion chart always in the video description (I live in Argentina and use metric, but I don't mind)

[@megatronusorionpax4900]

@@cyanmanta He is the editor I'm pretty sure

[@SWBGTOC]

I never convert, it's not like I'll do the recipe anyway

[@TheMrAlien]

So true Phazz!

[@mickyrie]

"i'm getting tired of converting temperatures" Said most of the world using Celsius

[@trapjohnson]

Exactly, come back to farenheit!!! We bake in nice x25s and x50s!

[@RavenDarknyte]

@@trapjohnson some of us even bake at 420

[@twistduck]

Fahrenheit is trash

[@RavenDarknyte]

@@twistduck youre just upset that you can't thrive at a temperature of 69 degrees

[@user-mindmeld]

@@trapjohnson imperial measurement systems are completely arbitrary and therefore suck. Just because something is bigger doesn't make it better.

[@gabrielaguilar9345]

3:39 I was actually scared when he sliced the loaf of bread in half, picked up one half, and brought it closer to his head, as if he were to bite it there 🤣🤣😭😭😭😭

[@Napoleon_based]

Boy this is a pretty easy recipe he didn’t even make his own ham and cheese

[@mikevaneijden8642]

Yeah, I mean who doesn't own a cow and some pigs these days. Þ

[@VDViktor]

he didn't lay his own eggs too!

[@catsune1015]

He didnt even grow his own wheat to make flour.

[@marcus....]

😱 I haven’t watched the whole video yet no fricking wayyyyy

[@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices]

He doesn't even own his own farm, what a cheapskate

[@Deatholo]

1st attempt: hey that's nice, he even did real Pain-de-mie Other attempts: ANDROU WATE ARE ÏOU LE DOUINEGUE??

[@verirrteskamel]

The French dialect is transcribed perfectly

[@serezelveydawn]

The _accuracy_ of that frech accent is _perfect_

[@iamthechair6328]

prod. by scorpio shut up blue whaler

[@proam100]

Ouatevereuaxgh: Whatever

[@lukewiggins6183]

@@scorpio610 I'm down to kms, you got discord?

[@MrOvnours]

When he said "Let's americanize it" i thought he was going to literally deep fry it...

[@Shinesprk]

I made Croque Madames based off this video for the guys in my apartment today and they turned out really well! One thing I did differently was I used less cheese overall (because I'm a poor college student haha) and grated some gruyere directly into the Beschamel. I thought it took the Beschamel up a notch.

[@Noubei]

Now I’m asking myself if we should tell «Croque Madames», «Croques Madame» or «Croque Mesdames»..

[@Pippin1505]

Bechamel is a "mother sauce" that's combined in many different variants. Bechamel + Cheese (and sometimes an egg yolk for color ) is known as "Mornay Sauce"

[@cmdrsausage]

“I’m already getting tired of googling temperature conversions” Rest of world: Yes, we are America

[@SuperstitiousScientist]

He could just learn the math? build the formula one time, get pretty good at it....

[@crash-ry3eq]

@@SuperstitiousScientist the formula is something like y=9/5 x +32 so not the easiest thing to convert in your head

[@bonehead3164]

Adam Wagner America can just like use Celsius like the rest of the world

[@CertainlyCaro]

Executioner smough that's the no-fun answer

[@SuperstitiousScientist]

@@crash-ry3eq once you start doing it regularly, you get very good close approximations pretty quickly. It's just like learning another language.

[@captainspaghetti8406]

Idea: Blooper reel/fail compilation called "Cringing with Babish"

[@lolbro8701]

he has a theme of starting it with b so it would unfortunately be bloopers with babish or something

[@aishwaryayannamani7844]

Lol Bro If he ever shows off his extensive jewellery collection, Blinging with Babish

[@ranjela455]

First Episode Intro Idea : Babish eating Taco but the it fell leaving only the tortilla left

[@hbfjkxjnfnf9032]

@@aishwaryayannamani7844 if he shows us how to pick up girls, babes with babish

[@grilledfreakingcheese9209]

Yes please!

[@cyberherbalist]

I love the way Babish likes to mention Chef John from time to time! "Food Wishes" rules!

[@jaygay458]

“I need a simple episode this week” *makes his own bread*

[@warandpoetry9542]

2016: Babish makes Croque Madame 2020: Babish makes Croque Monsieur How far we've come.

[@drdurchblick6871]

Then he puts an egg on his Croque Monsieur and makes it a Croque Madame again.

[@shanok3]

@@drdurchblick6871 some things do not, indeed, change

[@brain_apostrophe_t]

The poor lady lost her hat.

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

@@brain_apostrophe_t is it wrong I'm proud I actually get this on both levels?

[@roylim1169]

Babish: uses hands to split the butter Me: HMMMmmmm something feels wrong but I can't put my finger on it

[@redhood4042]

No knives!

[@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache]

Ikr, smh usually I use my teeth for that

[@davesandford226]

😂 😂 😂

[@Aryeh487]

@@scorpio610 sure

[@panavmendiratta6723]

Ah yes, the all in one kitchen tool.

[@Spacialvekter]

6:35 I've had a Monte Cristo before that was dipped wholesale in what I could only call "funnel cake batter" and deep fried. Regardless of how delicious it was, the thing was absolutely insane and impossible to eat in one sitting. This looks slightly less horrifically rich. I should try it.

[@amandaarlt4948]

Are you talking about the Disney version? I could’ve sworn they do that there

[@Spacialvekter]

@@amandaarlt4948 Disney might also do it but no, this was from a chain place called Cheddar's.

[@wewantourdarbyback]

Coming back to this in 2024 hits different.

[@LRIIDynasty]

"It doesn't get much simpler than Croque Monsieur" Proceeds to make the loaf from scratch

[@mikevaneijden8642]

Yeah, making bread is rocket science...

[@Shinesprk]

If you're not feeling that you can just do what I did and buy some brioche from the store. From there the recipe was pretty simple tbh.

[@Thetruezipper]

Welcome to the babish culinary u

[@Thetruezipper]

Nivers

[@Neion8]

'If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.' - Carl Sagan 'Write that down! WRITE THAT DOWN!' - Babish

[@gunnerrobertson9121]

I didn’t like the cheese I was using, so I decided to raise multiple generations of cows to get the cheese I want.

[@albertbatfinder5240]

Gunner Robertson It’s a good start, but you really need to work on the grasses those cows will be eating.

[@f1shlad]

He made a new type of cheese by mixing different cheese for a grilled cheese.

[@pleaserespond3984]

@@albertbatfinder5240 I couldn't find the right pasture for my cows, so I started by making my own planet...

[@nuggs942]

@@pleaserespond3984 how did that go

[@vanrick772]

Here in Quebec my granddad used to make a version of these with bacon instead of ham slices. Heavenly.

[@melbell0865]

Babish has really come a long way since his early episodes: came back from watching his video of making a croque madame, and the differences between that and this episode is staggering. Did you know there was a time where he didn’t make his own bread? I know, it’s crazy!

[@cykappa6479]

Fun fact : "croque monsieur" is pronounced... exactly the way you did ! Congrats on your first well-pronounced french word :)

[@goob6337]

@@scorpio610 ew no

[@goob6337]

@@scorpio610 here is my insta acc @idontwannaplayurgame

[@kiwi9065]

@@goob6337 good rejection

[@marjiarani4802]

@@scorpio610 let me guess that blue whale thing?

[@Outrigger200]

prod. by scorpio hi let’s play my @ is blue.whale.challenge128

[@lindee8224]

Babish: I’m already getting tired of googling temperature conversions. Everyone not from the US: *looks into the camera like theyre on the office*

[@Zeverinsen]

Yeah, you should just convert to metric already so we can stop this nonsense!

[@neill392]

Why not provide the gas regulo number as well??!!

[@aidenaune7008]

@@kateh.2324 Fahrenheit was the original one, the rest of the world decided to be special, not us.

[@wyettastone]

@@kateh.2324 also Fahrenheit is better in general as it is more accurate compared to Celcius.

[@perw12345]

@@wyettastone Fahrenheit has a finer resolution before going into decimals. Unlike with dimensional measurements, this makes little to no practical difference. It is however a terrible system of measurement, as it has no easily reproducible fixed points, which is why it is defined in metric. Its only advantage, if you could even consider it that, is that negative outside temperatures are rarer than in Celsius.

[@jb_________27]

This channel gives me so much nostalgia despite having found it only 3 years ago i can't explain it

[@lovyovich]

0:02 is that a substitute brioche bread i spot? ... horrifying

[@pilhlip]

2016 Babish: Makes a croque madame with store bought ingredients like a normal person. 2020 Babish: yo but what if we made the *bread*

[@nathanmaxtro1]

Yeah half this episode is about making the bread. Who the heck is actually going to make their own bread for a ham and cheese melt?

[@selimsiso1416]

Nathan Maxtro he is recreating not making one for fucken lunch xD

[@MrVovansim]

2024 Babish: Back in 2020, I procured a newborn piglet. I've fed it nothing but homegrown grains and nuts, and it is now ready to become ham for my croque madame.

[@nrishiee5231]

@@nathanmaxtro1 babish.

[@Just_A_Dude]

@Nospam Spamisham Then buy better bread. There are professional artisans who get up fuckall early in the morning, before the frat parties from the night before have even wrapped up, so they can have fresh bread ready and waiting by the time normal people are out shopping. I'm pretty sure they can make a better loaf than you or me.

[@juanjoteran7010]

6:28 "transforming my heart into a cholesterol refinery" JAJAJAJ, greeting from Ecuador bro!

[@paugustuss]

I adore opening a babish video and getting a babish ad before starting... Double babish!!

[@bellalele7864]

“Preheating my ham in the microwave” Is a sentence I never want to hear again.

[@ElectronMoses]

Is it just me or did he call it a "michael-wave"?

[@paulmoir4452]

Fried even briefly would have been awesome! How can you not fry that ham a bit?

[@Thuazabi]

Name checks out

[@yellowwducky]

That did seem a bit dodge, certainly 10 seconds a side in a small pan would have done the trick.

[@prettyteeth4510]

Why

[@josemariacapinha2432]

This where the portuguese 'francesinha' was inspired! Would love to see Babish try that out

[@PedroSilva1]

That's the manly version of the croque-monsieur 😁

[@mrsapplez2007]

Have never heard of ot. Gonna check it out now!!!!

[@vik8218]

prod. by scorpio ಠ_ಠ

[@Edhelvar]

Yeah, after pasteis de nata I think that would be the next logical step in Portuguese gastronomy!

[@xmat555]

Pedro Silva obviamente haha

[@jhokvir5869]

'This is as simple as a sandwich gets' **Proceeds to take 10 minutes to make a 3 ingredient sandwich**

[@kevinfield9391]

I love how this was one of Babish's "easier meals", status: Legendary

[@KairuHakubi]

The whole time I'm like "wait isnt it battered and fried?" then I realized I had it confused with the monte cristo.

[@israeldelarosa5461]

Don't worry. He made the Monte Cristo anyways

[@cassandrahorton4760]

And I didn't realize I did the exact same thing to I saw this comment!! 🤣🤣

[@Tensen01]

@@israeldelarosa5461 Excepot he really didn't... that was not a Monte Cristo which is, as the OP said, Battered and Deep Fried... Also should have turkey in it too. The greatest sandwich I've ever had, and was first excited and then disappointed in Babish's version.

[@yomando3326]

when he said "americanized the sandwich" i thought he was going to deep fry it

[@benwilson6593]

I've seen them deep fried for sure

[@diebusterfan645]

Yeah, pan-frying in butter is plenty French.

[@Uldihaa]

So did I. I honestly expected him to make a batter and deep fry the sandwich.

[@3oct1111]

I expected bacon

[@tomparnell4718]

Its the powdered sugar I find odd. Why do Americans need to add sugar to a very savoury dish. Each to there own, but I don't get it.

[@ByrdTheWyrd.]

That bread looks like the perfect vehicle for toasty texture and salted butter

[@Battle_Butterfly_]

Idk I’ve never seen Brooklyn Nine-Nine but it was so sweet of that one dude to share some food from a very fond memory :) everytime i watch this episode the intro makes me smile

[@007bistromath]

France: We invented restaurants. We are the masters of cuisine. Also France: We have a sandwich literally named Mr. Crunchy

[@virtualboygodot8251]

I wouldn't have it any other way to be honest

[@cyanmanta]

Britain: We popularized the concept of putting food between slices of bread so we can eat with our fingers. We call it a sandwich. France: We took your sandwich and put a fried egg on top, so now you need a knife and fork to eat it.

[@garbijcan181]

cyanmanta isn’t the one with the egg a Ms. Crunchy (croque madame)? I forgot loool

[@jean-francoissoucy8340]

@@garbijcan181 That's right, the egg made it look like it wears a hat so they called it croque madame. True story.

[@belugabelongins6692]

A more accurate traduction would be "bite mister" witch sound a little agressive then Mr. crunchy

[@SgtNuker]

"It's a member of the 'clean-plate-and-then-go-take-a-nap-in-the-middle-of-the-day' club" is one of the best things Babish has said. Ever.

[@Morgue12free]

I agree :)

[@someguywithhair2992]

Needs more Dakka

[@dominic_mcilhatton]

I'm not kidding I was scrolling through comments and as soon as I read this comment babish said it in sync with what I was thinking

[@gateauxq4604]

The cutlery toss really made that.

[@TheDerrickscott]

I never used to nap in America but here in Vietnam pretty much everyone catches an after lunch snooze. It’s just part of my sleep schedule now.

[@dad7153]

Babish: this is just a simple episode Also babish: proceed to make his own bread

[@zigmanana5423]

Love the fact that this video about a french sandwich came out in the 14th of July our national day

[@NyriiX]

Babish: “Im getting tired of searching up temperature conversions.” Me, a european: Has to google every f***** x cups of y for every single ingredient in freedom-unit recipies

[@jlkjlkjkljklj9162]

Ah, the joys of trying to convert ounces in grams just to find out there's american ounces that are different from british ounces, and they're apparently not the same as non-fluid ounces

[@hirti134]

i got u,

[@dothmotherknowyouwearth]

Welcome to: this is why I don't cook.

[@9gagHasMySoul]

@@jlkjlkjkljklj9162 what do you mean the ounces are different??????

[@ipissed]

You should just switch over to U.S. units to make everything easier. 🇺🇸

[@TheLordJenkins]

"Alright, we got a perfectly cheesy sandwich. what are we missing?" Americans: what if we *_batter_* and *_fry_* it?

[@plainOldFool]

This is the diner version of the monte cristo. There was a restaurant that deep fried it. It took it to a completely different level.

[@balintlukacs2848]

Okay but what is powdered sugar doing on it? That's something I just can't wrap my head around.

[@Lv-nq9qz]

And then add powdered sugar and maple syrup.

[@Sarahsaurus24]

@@balintlukacs2848 yeah let's add icing sugar and jam to a perfectly good, savoury, sandwich.... I can't bear the idea of raspberry jam on a fried egg either!

[@nathanlaoshi8074]

@@balintlukacs2848 I know it seems strange, but it works. I thought the same thing, and doubly so for the raspberry jam. However, it's really good -- just don't make any high-energy plans for after lunch.

[@annecraig8257]

This is my favorite sandwich in all the world! Thank you for sharing all the variations!!!

[@avagrego3195]

I had this for the first and only time in a small cute restaurant on Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn abt 3 yrs ago. I still think about it occasionally. Brooklyn has some of the very best restaurants.

[@MastermindAXL]

Babish: I want to make a simple recipe this time. Also Babish: makes three more versions of the same dish All in good fun, sir! 😁

[@frostreaver1]

I would love to be his friend or family and eat food like this constantly

[@lizardking6232]

Babish: Make sure there is no gunk in the corners of your pan. Pan: *is a circle*

[@Triantalex]

hm??

[@shreyaathur2246]

In honor of Avatar: The Last Airbender coming back to Netflix, can you make the air nomad fruit pies?

[@lonewandererfo3]

Will you ask for Netflix to sponsor the episode?

[@CynicalMartian]

How about Cabbages?

[@KeepCalmContemplateYourChoices]

@@CynicalMartian Babish: *Buys entire farm just to grow cabbages*

[@mohammedrazeenzaeencamil9344]

Or fire flakes!

[@Not_Deku]

Maybe Iroh's tea perhaps?

[@larrysmith1966]

I love and use a lot of these videos for the cooking tips, but sometimes I just love throwing on the playlist in the background while I work. Something about his generally calm yet insistent manner makes me feel productive somehow.

[@about28ninjass4]

Hey Babish! I was really inspired by the recipes that i tried cooking a genuine meal for the first time! I made me and my grandpa monte cristos and i think they were a success. Thanks so much for the videos!

[@Belgand]

"Can't make it any better." Doesn't even turn bechamel into a sauce Mornay when the grated gruyere is right there.

[@infectedpharoah3199]

Sorry I don’t speak italian

[@Eris_Strife]

Thought that was Spanish...

[@Kwauhn.]

Man, I made a croque madame like that where I did it "toad in the hole" style, put pesto on the bread, coated everything in mornay and gruyere, and baked those bitches along with some parmesan-tomato slices. Everything together was tres bien

[@reckoner1839]

translation?

[@IsMiseTerri]

Mornay sauce is a cheese sauce made from bechemel and usually gruyere

[@tylerhanson2976]

I'm sorry... Did he just put three whole heartstopping sandwiches on the clean plate club in one episode?

[@han666]

Yes he did... *gulp*

[@bradleypariah]

One for breakfast, one for lunch, one for dinner. Probably more than 2,000 calories as prepared, but not a huge pig-out day, TBH.

[@greekfire995]

That's a hell of a cheat day.

[@cmolodiets]

and he didn't kill the pig himself!

[@kales7884]

You question this but then don’t question the goddamn pizza ball?!

[@mattban4136]

Way to recreate a really sweet moment from the show! Love this!

[@rubmytumforrum6740]

All of these sound absolutely amazing

[@listofromantics]

For a "serious" actor, Andre Braugher is an amazing comedic actor!

[@elizabethfromm7915]

I couldn't believe he was Ellis Bayard in Law and Order SVU. Dear God, I love him as Holt

[@walkermcmullin8665]

It's the Leslie Nielson rule, the more serious an actor can be, the better they are in comedy.

[@alimohsin496]

Because his acting is a joke.

[@Potterhead-wg7vz]

That’s cool and all, but why here??

[@Barocoli]

Amen brother

[@theobianchini9232]

Being French, I approve the recipe, the outcome that just looks gorgeous, the effort to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius and your prononciation! Ça a l’air bon !

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

and people say the French are rude You, Sir, are lovely evidence of the contrary :-)

[@sungondese]

I agree, I'm French too, and I think there might be a touch too much ham (but who's complaining) other than that, it's textbook croque monsieur / madame.

[@General_Gene]

How could i forget this CM. I was making every sunday (for 9 months) CM for about 200 guests on ship i was working in France. Somehow miss those years France is a wonderfull country. Miss you!

[@Azikiel2602]

I made this for my Mom for breakfast on her last day of her job, and she loved it. I had one too, but we both agreed that it was a little rich, and too much for early morning. Eat it for lunch or dinner if you’re sensitive to milk

[@oxmonkeydog]

Babish: splits butter with hands Me: *something's wrong, I can feel it*

[@googiegress7459]

You just wait until he lubricates the crevices

[@OldmanJables]

Babish: "Chef John's words are ringing in my ear" Me: "Ah yes, this needs a dash of Cayenne pepper...oh."

[@spamwisegamgee8796]

Don't forget the ol tappa tappa

[@muraddiab6393]

You are after all the side stepper of you Cayenne pepper

[@spamwisegamgee8796]

You are after all the Kit Fisto of your Montecristo.

[@MS-js8ui]

Hahahaha always a pinch of cayenne.

[@PetersonRyan97]

@@spamwisegamgee8796 Yes! Glad there wasn't some other Chef John I didn't know about.