Bread | I Don't Know About That with Jim Jefferies

In this episode, the team discusses bread with video game designer and "the father of the Xbox", but more importantly, a bread enthusiast, Seamus Blackley.
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[@jp3102]

Out of everything Seamus has done in his life.....BREAD....is the topic.. XD

[@robertstone5208]

and then he said "he's wasted his life" because of bread facts. If that guy wasted his life wtf am I doing??

[@embracethenoid9085]

Nearing the end of this and I can see he was clearly fascinated by the history of bread. Which makes it even funnier. If only bread historian was a job for him.

[@vandang2303]

Else people would never understand economic or the foundational heritage of bread. Not just cheap by some pennys (so cheap, that making your own bread is more expensive in industrialized countries, then buying the bread), but important as we see during the Ukraine-Russian war. (Stopped season transports) It is so important as an introduction and logical friendly path for food economy. Worship bread from your local store and worship this technology!

[@oscarinacan]

@@vandang2303 I worship the sun and pray to Joe Pesci

[@matthewdavid9039]

Great to see Louis C.K. do Jim’s podcast!

[@AlexNitsu]

Long time fan from Ukraine here. As for Chernobyl. What reportedly happened is russians came to Chernobyl on their military vehicles, stirred radioactive dust up. They also dug trenches. The radiation level rose than fell back to normal. When they fled from Kyiv and north of Ukraine, thy left Chernobyl. Reportedly, the soldiers, who were stained there, got radiation sickness, because of the dust and the fact that they looted the facilities. Also, some reports say that the reason why they ignored all the radiation warning signs is that they used 1985 maps that don’t mark that area as dangerous. As for the situation in Ukraine in general, the russian offensive basically stopped, Ukrainian counter-offensive is reportedly on the way in the south, albeit slow. This month, there were also some strikes on russian military bases in Crimea. There are serious concerns about russians’ using Zaporizhia NPP as a military base. They are basically holding the Ukrainian staff hostages. The NPP and the area around it is often shelled. Our sides says, it’s russians who shell it to blackmail Ukraine into surrendering. An IAEA team has gone to the NPP for an inspection.

[@MrThrustSSC]

As a German I am quite into bread. Also happy that Seamus recognizes that real bread (with a healthy percentage of whole wheat) is nutritius and healthy. I am allways offended when some influencers or celebrities or whatnot act as if eating the one food that helped humanity grow for thousands of years is almost dangerous. Crazy IMO.

[@Killgrave13]

Jim's brother gives off serious Karl Pilkington vibes haha

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

I was thinking the exact same thing! The gormless mouth, sitting there quietly looking around the room a lot... and his head looks pretty damn round to me!!! Haha. He looks a bit like him too!

[@marckemper4902]

The inventor of the XBOX at podcast number 117. What a brilliant coincidence.

[@johanliebert6000]

when is the moist special coming to netflix bro

[@GODHAND42]

Don't let Forrest buzzkill, I laughed at your bat joke, Jim

[@Halfbake11]

Can we please have a lot more of Seamus on the podcast please 🤣 he is perfect!

[@nartouzumaki8232]

Wow Episode 117 .. great job Jim and Team!

[@price5647]

It took me a moment to notice thats not jack haha 😆 i thought something was different

[@tokershark1570]

Thank you for the Xbox Seamus, I use it almost everyday👍

[@nickdubeaudesign]

I came back to my dusty bedroom from cleaning the air filters in the other room, this podcast was playing on autoplay (was listening to something else before) and Jim was talking about a dusty room. Pretty surreal.

[@toddkanhai3164]

There's a video online by a food guy named Adam Rugea who was saying unwashed eggs do not need to be refrigerated. They do not wash eggs in Europe and some Asian countries. In North America we wash our eggs and because of that we are supposed to refrigerate them or they will go bad faster. Not sure who is right but would investigate further if you live in North America and are deciding whether or not to put your eggs in the fridge.

[@sativarosegold3604]

I've left eggs out for weeks and eaten them because I have a mini fridge that was full. Didn't die or get sick

[@vanillabeans32087]

If anyone was wondering about that 'where does the glue go' joke that Seamus couldn't credit right then. I believe it's a Rita Rudner line.

[@klikaklik]

Is that Jim’s brother!? Lol

[@FourOneThreeOh]

Great guest and great episode.

[@sparkywatts3072]

I remember watching sliced bread commercials touting the easy insertion into the new automatic electrical bread toasters. I talked my mother into buying some of the new fangled store bought bread. I was such a fool! I miss her bread terribly. The smell of it coming out of the oven just as I walked in the door from school was, I'm sure orgasmic, but I was just too young.

[@Puddlef1sh]

The what?

[@OfficialFingazMC]

People accidently found beer while they fermentated their dodgy water, it was very weak, but then they realised the effects and alcohol was born.

[@jefflabbecomedy]

1:11:30 Kelly not even paying attention to the episode anymore 😂

[@sativarosegold3604]

Her mind wandered off to sandwiches

[@Curran161]

This guest is the dude hahahaha awesome episode for what I thought was gunna be super dry haha 😂

[@birdman5197]

Hey i love cold bread on a cold sandwich. Make ya sammich. Wrap in butcher/parchment paper and put it in the fridge for a couple hours or over night. The whole thing tastes better because the flavors and textures have time to infuse.

[@therealaaron8767]

Should’ve gotten Tom Papa as the expert for this

[@sativarosegold3604]

Ikr

[@v8holdentiger]

Even having Subway in America compared to australia was night and day. It was almost inedible. You can tell it’s loaded with sugar too by the way the toaster burnt the bread in about 15 seconds

[@davidtodd3401]

That makes me sad, cos i live on Subway at work 😂

[@sativarosegold3604]

They probably know people outside of America won't tolerate their original bread. I seem to remember an article which said it can't even be considered bread

[@v8holdentiger]

@@sativarosegold3604 I think that was in Ireland

[@Sellerieknolle76]

About the eggs in the fridge: I heard that in America eggs are washed before they get into the supermarket. This removes a natural protective layer against all kinds of germs, and that's why they have to be refrigerated. In Europe they are not cleaned, so there is no need for refrigeration. One advantage of the US eggs is that you have a lower chance of contracting salmonella when you touch egg shells.

[@jp3102]

Cheers Alex. Is this your dinner party facts? XD

[@DaveWhoa]

is that why American eggs are always white

[@Sellerieknolle76]

@@DaveWhoa IDKAT

[@sativarosegold3604]

@@DaveWhoa we have brown eggs too lol

[@tuckerzenski7828]

I miss Jim's TV show. Some tie wearing toilet smudge shut it down probably.

[@MotionMcAnixx]

I worked at Tip Top and yes those sliders are scary machines. If a blade broke, we would stop the machine, and have to remove the broken blade, and then shift over the others to keep the correct slice spacing. We had to wear special gloves, like the ones commercial fishermen use to avoid slicing fingers off. Jim, you would be familiar with Vietnamese bakeries in Oz, do the Vietnamese have bakeries in the US?

[@gart9680]

300g strong bread flour. 5g instant yeast. Splash of olive oil. 3g salt (keep separate from yeast). 4g sugar. A few dashes of white pepper. 190ml warm water. Mix together then kneed for 15/20mins (use olive oil on hands). Let it rise in a bowl for 18 mins. Separate into 4 balls with a coating of olive oil. Place on a baking tray & let it rise for 40 mins then place in the oven at 230c for 13/15 mins. Let them cool. Enjoy.

[@vampires4hire57]

This sounds like a threat

[@jessiemoreno4845]

Went to see u at ur show on Saturday. It was great .

[@googs771]

I was hoping this would be about the 80s sitcom from liverpool

[@sativarosegold3604]

Was hoping it was about the 70s band. Not really but that would be funny

[@DJDoena]

Having been twice to the North American continent and being from Germany: can confirm, Americans and Canadians do not know how proper bread is made.

[@jethrocruden1925]

Fun fact about the beers part, beer was invented before the wheel. There's Babylonian tablets describing beer being taking to temples by people, then centuries later its then taken by cart. It's not 100% but suggests beer was around before wheels.

[@sativarosegold3604]

Then the wheel was invented and all the drunks fell off the wagon hence the phrase falling off the wagon. Jk

[@AtypicalPaul]

Be fun to see you all on family feud. Lol

[@TheStoneR13]

Brother Scott looks like he has eaten all the edibles...

[@daverandall803]

Washed eggs musty be refrigerated to prevent decomposition. UNWASHED eggs can be left out for weeks.

[@sativarosegold3604]

Both can be left out, I've done it

[@daverandall803]

@@sativarosegold3604 washed eggs are unsafe to leave out.

[@Trav_Can]

1:00:52 I'm with Jim's brother on the Vaseline toast!

[@peterferguson2344]

Jim !!! Have you been indulging in your love for Lactose laden cheese again 🤔😆

[@jeffreyevans4306]

The whole war effort /slices bread ban thing is because wax paper uses paraffin wax and paraffin wax is a fuel type as well as a water proofing agent.

[@dash-x]

Another thing thats really interesting to me are those who are classified as “super tasters.” My little brother is one and he doesn’t like specific things because he can taste it whereas the rest of us plebs cant detect it. Its wild.

[@willingtooppose7919]

Does Seamus look like a blend of Louis CK and Jon Favreau ?

[@sativarosegold3604]

Omg I kept thinking I saw another face in addition to CK, you nailed it. Crazy how Favreau's face keeps expanding with age lol

[@willingtooppose7919]

@@sativarosegold3604 Thanks ! It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who saw that :) Cheers !!

[@Puddlef1sh]

Cant unsee now.

[@Trav_Can]

42:58 We have to refrigerate our eggs in the States because we wash off the protective film because we are scared of a little chicken poo. They don't wash the eggs in Europe or other places. I've had drinks made with raw eggs that had been sitting the tropical sun. I was fine. Don't wash your eggs until you eat them if you have chickens.

[@sativarosegold3604]

Doesn't poo spread E. coli? You still don't have to refrigerate eggs unless it's super hot in your house. Back in the day a lot of Americans didn't

[@marcbeebee6969]

Cheers scott, nice you joined

[@I_love_music_n_cheese_n_music]

my favorite thing to eat, my favorite funny guy

[@Puddlef1sh]

I want to be this guest at 60. Great episode.

[@CharlesAnadu]

Best part of my childhood was lyle’s golden syrup on Sunday pancakes

[@matthewdavid9039]

Listening to Jim and Scott talk together goes to show how Jim’s accent has become a caricature of the Aussie accent.

[@lemmy9942]

I think Scott just has a stronger accent. Jim definitely hasn’t lost any of his accent

[@KickassUncle]

According to Guinness World Records, Turkey has the largest per capita consumption of bread in the world as of 2000, with 199.6 kg (440 lb) per person; Turkey is followed in bread consumption by Serbia and Montenegro with 135 kg (297 lb 9.9 oz), and Bulgaria with 133.1 kg (293 lb 6.9 oz).

[@lukecarter4291]

You folks need to come down to Louisiana if you want to taste a good American meat pie.

[@gusgus8134]

It just goes to show... it's all one big circle.

[@maccamac9965]

As an Aussie who has visited the US I fully concur. American Bread, coffee, chocolate and cheese are abominations. Oh and eggs! Do you understand egg yolks are meant to be a golden orange, not sickly pale yellow?

[@sativarosegold3604]

My yolks have always been orange, I'm American

[@Puddlef1sh]

You be eatin fancy chickens in British Texas.

[@resolecca]

If bread has to have a raising agent then explain to me flatbreads such as roti which uses steam and matzo which is just hard like a cracker im sure there are others too

[@facelessqueenie8873]

Roti and most flat breads are made on the stovetop, fried or steamed. Not baked. A traditional bread, in most cultures are baked in an oven, stonebake fire oven, in Indian culture you would use a tandoor oven. Naan bread is a popular choice. (Mexican) tacos is also considered cracker/ wrap, not a bread. But the main reason is that bread is considered bread, is because it's baked , not fried.

[@resolecca]

@@facelessqueenie8873 but my argument remains that soft shell rotis, tacos, burito flatbreads ARE infact all considered breads, and while I don't know all breads ive certainly seen many non standard breads, made out of a variety of flours from potato flour, to rice flour etc... An argument can be made that dumplings are a form of bread and dumpling might be made from a dough that doesn't use any flour at all, and donuts are definitely breads though admittedly they have both a flour and a raising agent the more I think of it as I write this the more I'm ready to die on this hill that flatbreads ARE infact breads therefore bread does NOT require a leavening agent it does however need either a flour or a dough with some type of startch Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk rant about breads lol 😆

[@bgkclassic]

Can the life of Seamus be next weeks topic?

[@slidewayzgreer2740]

Who knew Louis C.K was so interested in bread

[@mssqrlgrl5469]

Fantastic episode! Bread has been my frenimy here in Canada... my mouth wants it, my butt is not enjoying.

[@sidarthur8706]

use vaseline

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

50:20 Re- the movie villains statement - "...(Australians), we"re not allowed out accents in anything". Well. How about Director Krennic in *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* ? It's true though... I'm based in Perth Australia, and I watched the premier with fellow Australians and we all laughed whenever the 'villain' Krennic spoke. If he'd put on a British accent it would've been more palatable.

[@sativarosegold3604]

I think the Aussie accent is nicer than British

[@jeninlight]

Hilarious that white bread is the epitome of American/Canadian culture. “We don’t care if it’s garbage, if it’s full of preservatives and filler, if it tastes like crap. Give us convenience! Give us bread with a month long lifespan! Yay!”

[@jambay4785]

Old joke time: I need more bread ($) to go with that shit (job) sandwich. I do have a recipe for a meat log; Beef, pork turkey as meat choice, make very spicy, cheese and red sauce, diced and sliced veggies. It's complicated.

[@thierryfontaine89]

Is this the brother that pissed on the carpet because he wanted a coke?

[@saar144]

Yes

[@thomasdonaldson9257]

Haven't heard from Scott since the Talking Shit Days.... Just needed Jason - The human punching bag - Auer on the other side

[@danieltolson5341]

For a second there I was afraid Tom Papa was gonna be the guest for bread. Great show Jim!

[@willingtooppose7919]

Does Jim's brother Scott look like Jack but aged ?

[@matthewphillips6766]

Stop messing about in Canada and come to the Netherlands!

[@FitzyyLives]

Empanadas are a thing, and they are the best

[@sativarosegold3604]

Don't get them from 7-Eleven though

[@sidarthur8706]

i thought a philly cheese steak was a grilled cheese sandwich with that grilling cheese you get that you cook like a steak

[@Puddlef1sh]

Can I get that in English?

[@sidarthur8706]

@Rylan May you know that cheese that you slice up and cook like steaks, that's what i thought a cheese steak is but it's something else completely

[@sativarosegold3604]

His child doesn't sound spoiled at all

[@herbertbisdorf2717]

Germany has the most types of bread. There are around 3200 different sorts.

[@DJCryptoStix]

Dave sold the bread company man

[@zombikillingsexaddictnpc2963]

Why does Jim's thumbnail look like the dude from 90day fiancé

[@mrlol2238]

Forrest is the best mumble rap artist evah, just a little work needed in rhymes….maybe…..he might be doing really well with it but can’t tell. Maybe subtitles could be a benefit. Jack seems different….short pants, short socks. Dolphins have punched a ball further with more success.

[@targetfootball7807]

When you win a rodeo they give you a lot of bread. That's why the bulls are so fat now.

[@williambintzer8128]

If you want good bread in America, get CHALLAH!! (and also bagels, but we already heard that) (also NY pizza dough is better than other pizza dough) (also cheesesteaks in Philly have better bread than imitations elsewhere)

[@sciencefan8867]

He ate lactose.... That was the something bad

[@RebelleRed]

What is a sausage roll? A kolachhe?

[@TreadWornJourneys1]

Sausage meat wrapped in puff pastry. Like Czech klobásník, the Dutch saucijzenbroodje, the German Münsterländer Wurstbrötchen and sausage bread in the United States

[@mattyfrommacc1554]

I have only eaten bread in the UK (and a few European countries) US bread sounds bad..us Brits are getting a ribbing by Jim, he does have a major point/s

[@lukekerry3195]

One of the best guests ever. Who'd have thought it would be about bread! Plus Jim's brother looks much more like he's Karl Pilkington's brother

[@birdman5197]

Where did you find the great value version of Jon Favreau to nerd out about bread all day?!🤣

[@unclesunbro1577]

Had a loaf of American bread that didn't mold after 6 weeks. Wtf is in that bread?

[@sativarosegold3604]

Bleach

[@liamsire]

Eggs in America must be refrigerated. They are treated with a coating that kills harmful agents. That is the reason for the fridge in America for commercially produced eggs.

[@sativarosegold3604]

But in the early days of refrigeration eggs were left out often. I've done it for weeks and was fine

[@Puddlef1sh]

@@sativarosegold3604 1/12 eggs have salmonella. You were just lucky.

[@mikecofojohn168]

Jesus, Jim! Eat a salad!

[@jasonguest5820]

I can tell I'm not watching history nerds.

[@somnumna2606]

Gee Arvi, this is a pretty small internet beef - he said, she said. Pls move on to better issues as it’s not really news or entertainment. Jim Jeffries is a comedian.

[@LRenee86]

BREAD!!!! REALLY!!!!???? How about a topic that actually interesting and relevant. Like NURSING!!!!! Nurse Blake or Katie Duke would AMAZING!!!!!

[@sativarosegold3604]

They get their experts from some random web site and they're probably cheap or free hence all the stupid obscure topics

[@DannyGast]

Yeah, we got this breadexpert here. He also invented the X-box. 😮

[@pittypatterputzzler5311]

Duck ruZZa!

[@williamcalkins2733]

All bread needs water.. how else you going to mix it.. with out water u just have some dust made from plant parts ..

[@williamcalkins2733]

Milk

[@saint_tyler2945]

Who's worse, jenny or the wife from Casino

[@sativarosegold3604]

Random comparison. And Jennifer was Pesci's wife in Casino lol

[@AtypicalPaul]

I hate bread and still enjoyed the episode

[@resolecca]

I'm met people who are celic and gluten intolerant but never someone who hates bread 🍞

[@MBAus-bo2ym]

@@resolecca bread raped his mum

[@sativarosegold3604]

You need better bread. I find it impossible that you hate it

[@preston9189]

Yeah, I'm not ordering bread from Australia that lasts a day, I'll live with American bread

[@Puddlef1sh]

Same. I barely have the mental capacity to take care of my pets. Let alone throw bread out every few days.

[@jorgovan-ni9kz]

Jesus have u gained weight since Patrice O'Neal days on OandA

[@paulclissold1525]

This man likes facts get him to review the republican party.

[@kizuhseb]

Came here to just to say that it is pretty unfair to say that "[Poland] was f..ing racists" at least in the context of the bread making by Jews. First of all, there was no polish goverment in 18th century, as Poland was occupied by Russia, Prussia and Austria. Secondly, the fact that Jews were not allowed to make a bread or not allowed to do from specific flour was not polish invention. Generally Jews had hard life in whole Europe since ever. Do not get me wrong, there are poles who are antisemitic (or racist), but contributing antisemitism only to Poland is just not correct.

[@ChesterPerry187]

I was about to say same thing. There is a reason there was so many Jews in Polska pre and post partitions, a fascist country wouldn’t have the largest Jewish population outside of NY. Also wasn’t the bagel linked to Jan III Sobieski.

[@JAMES-my8bf]

This guy knows a lot about "fuckin" bread .. He was a great "fuckin" guest. American Bread is fucking-shit.

[@funkymucker2000]

UK has terrible as well

[@Buddydudeguy]

As a Canadian, who is wildly overinfluenced by our American neighbours, I realized that American bread is shit during my first trip to Disneyland.

[@angryhairpeice]

Would it kill you to watch one episode before you go on a show?

[@topogakebobone]

These questions were absolute garbage.

[@lagodifuoco313]

XBOX is crap. I'd rather play any sports game on the PS2 than the best XBOX ever made.

[@awribalhidugagk2949]

You used to be funny until you sold out to the woke mob.

[@sativarosegold3604]

Ok bot

[@jdogsful]

wow, just when you think they couldnt come up with a more boring topic, they do a whole ep about bread. my time is more valuable than this and this whole format is an insult.

[@marzbar393]

yet you took your valuable time to comment

[@sajxcape2655]

Reading your comment was more boring

[@MyKolt45]

😂I think you are doing podcasts wrong,they're meant for background while you do all your "important" nonsense.they're mostly recorded conversations.have your own and make it interesting.problem solved.

[@jdogsful]

@@MyKolt45 lol. stop talking about bread. problem solved.

[@PlayNiceFolks]

I don't like all this anti American talk straight out the gate. I think I'm going to downvote this episode.

[@jp3102]

POO ON A STICK!

[@bgkclassic]

Yeeee haaaaw

[@PlayNiceFolks]

@@bgkclassic Typical Communist response

[@sativarosegold3604]

Fragile

[@Puddlef1sh]

Brap braap with and eagle flying over an explosion. America is a third world country mascarading as a 1st world.