British Couple Reacts to UK vs US Food: Which Is Better?

[@helgar791]

The reason that Americans don't do beans and toast as well as Britain is because no one eats beans and toast in America.

[@GreenBeamzzz]

I literally never seen anybody make that

[@Brandon..--__]

The real reason is because we actually use spices from around the world, meanwhile britain literally invaded 80% of the world looking for spices, but would still rather eat toast and beans.

[@jmcg6189]

Never heard of beans on toast before I started watching Brits on KZbin.

[@christianoliver3572]

We don't get the right kind of beans here in the USA. British Heinz Beanz with the teal label are canned in a tomato sauce and are sweeter than American baked beans like Bush's. With good toast, the beans and some cheese on top it's good.

[@Timbothruster-fh3cw]

​@@christianoliver3572 No, our beans are sweet, the tomato sauce beans are savory.

[@sherlockholmez8764]

Beans on toast better? Step 1. Open can of beans. Step 2. Toast bread. Step 3. Pour beans on toast. TAADAAAA. Its basically food homeless people eat here only because they have to.

[@rhiahlMT]

I was in the UK recently and I didn't find the pricing to be better. I may pay 5% more in the US for a meal, but I'm going to take home most of it and get three meals out of it. Yes, we can get KFC buckets with 16 pieces. I'd buy the larger bucket in the US if I had 8 people to feed. 6 piece if I had 3 people to feed. Which makes the chicken more expensive if I had to buy 3 smaller buckets to feed 8 people. As far as washing chicken, the UK isn't better because it keeps the processing areas cleaner. The UK doesn't have to deal with endemic salmonella in chicken the way the US does. It's not the processing plants being cleaner, it's the chicken itself that is 80% infected in the US long before it even gets to the processing plant.

[@johnpearson5616]

Remember they may give better or larger portions. But people will take those home and eat them over several meals instead of just one getting more for their money.

[@jeffhampton2767]

We have healthy food in the United States if you want it

[@averagemobileplayergfs7383]

That’s true, that’s what I do.

[@tecumseh4095]

Nope

[@davidcosta2244]

@@tecumseh4095 Yes, so stop arguing simply because you want to argue.

[@kevananne]

Don’t tip for fast food. Sonic is the only exception, but it’s only because they deliver your food. In my experience anyway.

[@wordkyle]

Amen. The Sonic carhops bring your food no matter what the weather, and you don't even have to get out of your car. More dependable than the postal service.

[@dhunsi1340]

This may surprise you but I invite you to check. The Heinz company of Pittsburgh expanded to Britain around 1898 and tailored their canned bean product to British taste and marketed it through Fortnum a Mason even hiring door to door sales people.During one sales campaign Heinz wanted to push sales higher so they published a recipe idea- put them on toast. This really took off during the wars when beans weren’t rationed Americans don’t do Beans on Toast - but, we convinced you to - to sell more of our beans. You’re quite welcome ❤

[@tosweet68]

Not sure beans on toast is something to brag about....lol

[@chazf883]

Yes James to answer your question people in America do buy those 1 lb candy bars I bought a 1 lb Snickers bar and a 1 lb peanut butter cup Reese's peanut butter cup

[@keith_jones]

Many people will buy giant sized candy bars, for a novelty, at a party. They are often cut into manageable sizes and served to many people.

[@chazf883]

@@keith_jones yeah that's what I did with my Snickers bar was cut it into pieces and shared it with everybody. Although that's not what I did with my Reese's peanut butter cup I ate that whole thing myself of course not all at one time I would have been bouncing off the walls for days

[@johnsaia9739]

Not an apples to apples comparision. US food tends to be much better in both quality and quantity. Comparing US fast food to homecooked or sit down resturant food is not a proper comparision. BTW: I have been to the UK a few times and tried all levels of food there.

[@LukaDonesnitch]

Most Americans don't even like Beans on Toast, they think it's weird. I will say I tried it and it is better when you butter the bread and add cheese.

[@wordkyle]

Many, if not most, of the conclusions in the documentary "Supersize Me" have been refuted. In particular auteur Spurlock refused to release his food intake records, or divulge that the liver damage he suffered might have been due to his excessive alcohol consumption. In other words, it's not a reliable resource for accurate information.

[@bobbyspain5030]

Like everything in life moderation.

[@Name-nq7tj]

and it's proven that weight is calories in vs calories out. There was a guy that ate only Twinkies for a while to prove this and lost weight by making sure he kept a proper amount of calories.

[@warrendavis9262]

Re: portion sizes...a university mate of mine wound up managing a gentleman's club, in this case read bar & grill with living scenery. The upshot of this comment is I used to hang out with him now and again, and one day the subject of filling meals came up, and he said, "To get a reputation for having a filling meal", he used a burger + chips meal for an example, "the customer has to consistently throw away 1/4 of the burger, and 1/2 the chips". The word used was fries, but I endeavored to be British friendly in this comment...

[@raspycellist]

It's entirely subjective, and just a matter of what you grew up with and are used to.

[@Liamshavingfun]

You can keep your beans on toast because they don't belong on toast. And maybe we want our food coloring and pesticides and bleached chickens! 😅😅😅

[@necummins8696]

I used to buy my dad one of those one pound snicker bars every year at christmas

[@zay8631]

Am I the only one who hates watchmojo?😂

[@JoannDavi]

Mojo is Canadian. Mojo wouldn't let the USA win at anything (except the military, because that would be beyond ridiculous).

[@MrJonnydanger]

You're right. Mojo is ultra leftist and anti-American political even on mundane topics. It's a ridiculous channel.

[@ik7578]

Since the US doesn't do beans on toast it's a pretty weak comparison. 😂 But if we did we would crush it. Just look at the BBQ videos of British people trying our beans.

[@marycasanova8905]

Actually you can compare beans on toast with biscuits and gravy.

[@ik7578]

@@marycasanova8905 Those are 2 totally different animals. Maybe beans on scones. Lol

[@Cricket2731]

​@@marycasanova8905, or bean burritos!

[@GreenBeamzzz]

@@Cricket2731Bean burritos are good I never heard of the UK doing that I’m sure they do though

[@Cricket2731]

@@marycasanova8905 , no comparison. Beans were NOT rationed during WW II; folks ended up acquiring a taste for 'em. It's a cheap, nutritious food.

[@jeffhampton2767]

The United States does hundreds if not thousands of delicious dishes. There are so many incredible American dishes that you don't know anything about

[@tecumseh4095]

like chitlins 😂

[@russellgtyler8288]

We lived in england when i was small, in the mid-50s. I remember going to an outdoor market with my mother in the town we lived in. I can see to this day dead, plucked chickens, not gutted, hung by their feet with flies teeming around the bodies and the heads of the chickens swollen to the size of baseballs. My mother said one of the women there told her the reason americans were so unhealthy was because we ate our meats too fresh. I'm 74 now and can still see those chickens hanging up, and the sound of buzzing flies.

[@janethernandez724]

Okay, I am glad I stopped drinking Mountain Dew long ago! Geez! Our portions sizes are ridiculously huge, we find it better to share our portions with each other. we save money that way. Eating out in a restaurant where you get waited on would be far better than eating out in a chain fast food restaurant I think, at least you have a choice to choose a healthy meal in a restaurant than at a chain fast food place. Here at home if we do eat out in a restaurant, we eat at our local family-owned restaurants. (Shamelessly suggesting you do need to try In n' Out Burgers just once while you are visiting) Organic food options can be found in our many supermarkets and specialty markets here in CA, organic products can be found in Vons, Albertsons, Ralphs, Stater Brothers, Aldi, Grocery Outlet, Trader Joe's, just to name some that I have seen in these stores, I may have missed some as those supermarkets I listed are in the city I live in. Peace. ☮💕

[@necummins8696]

There is nothing like 10 lbs smoked Brisket that has been smoked for 14-18 hours. No knife needed

[@kellyhinson4221]

I agree with the criticism regarding the use of artificial colors, sweeteners and preservatives in prepackaged, prepared foods in the US. I opt for the products made without these, they are commonly marketed with the word 'Simply' on the label. Also note that most water in the US is chlorinated. Chlorine us used to decontaminate the water so ot is safe for drinking. I don't know of the meat industry uses higher levels of chlorine for their meat but the claim by critics seems to be misleading. But then we come back to choice. People in the US aren't limited by a couple of different brands or options, we choose to buy highly processed foods or we can choose to buy fresh, local and organic. We can also choose to grow, raise, hunt, fish and forage (a lifestyle gaining popularity) for our food. We aren't limited as many in other countries are. There's plenty of room for criticism for sure when it comes to convenience foods but these aren't the only options available.

[@MrPenguinLife]

When you come to the US and try American food, my advice is to not try and Britishify things like some UK reactors do, in other words try it American style, and don't do something like putting clotted cream and jam on biscuits, though jam or jelly on biscuits is ok to do, it is most often done in conjunction with butter in the US. Speaking of butter don't put in on sandwiches in the US if you want to have an authentic experience, in the US we will butter plain bread, or toast, but generally not if we are making sandwiches.

[@JustMe-dc6ks]

I don’t know where they’d get clotted cream here, though it probably would be good on a biscuit.

[@JustMe-dc6ks]

BLT. Definitely butter the toast.

[@richardeverett5249]

I definitely butter my sandwiches

[@ChrisMcKee087]

All of yall in the comments stop, we are obviously not as healthy when it comes to food. Our food tastes better and is more accommodating though.

[@garydonais758]

It’s got that paid promotion feel.

[@DougC-r3m]

Americans do have beans for breakfast in the form of coffee and toast in the form of donuts

[@marieneu264]

10:09 maybe the eating price is cheaper in the US at sit down restaurants since they pay their servers crap wages and the servers are expected to make the difference up in tips? Just a thought. Not sure if tipping was factored into that calculation. If so, I’d say they’re about even as most people tip between 15-25%.

[@kellyhinson4221]

US food servers have overwhelmingly refused to work for an hourly wage as they earn much more with the current tipping system.

[@urstruly00]

I’d pick backed bean and Texas toast over beans and toast any day.

[@PEPPER2323]

I have been to Britain many times and found the food to be good. Dallas, Tx

[@SGlitz]

So is it "better" wash your eggs and refrigerate them or not wash them? Science says both depending on whar science you believe in. Regulations are different not necessarily "better" but that Watch Mojo for ya...

[@mcm0324]

We don't eat as much fast food as you think. Just because it is available does not mean we all eat it. All of the restaurants are a novelty to you but normal for us. We grew up with these chains (many are regional, and we don't have access to them). We drive by, go home, and cook dinner just like you do. Fast food is not only unhealthy but also extremely expensive. As a teenager in the 1980s, I was addicted to Big Macs. I haven't been to McDonald's in over 10 years. This is a horrible video to react to. Laws and codes are different in each country. It is what it is.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Except we pretty much do like Texas is the fatest State in America.

[@tecumseh4095]

We eat a ton of fast food!

[@sactyb]

If you’ve never traveled the world and don’t have a diverse palate, then you have no right to judge…I’ve traveled the world and in my opinion, every country has delicious food..don’t matter what country..

[@rugan0723]

I will say beans on toast is a UK thing made from an American brand (Heinz), using imported American beans. Although, I think they are still canned in Manchester.

[@jdwilmoth]

The UK can have. I'll take beans and cornbread but I'll pass on the baked beans

[@2982cookie]

Its annoying how the video shows a Full English breakfast for the UK side but then crappy McDonald's to represent the U.S. 🙄 They could have gone with a typical American Sunday breakfast to even it out.. lol Anyway, sending hugs across the pond! 🇺🇸 ❤ 🇬🇧

[@jeffhampton2767]

United States makes incredible meatloaf we make incredible pot roast and chicken and dumplings and we make fried chicken and delicious crab cakes and seafood and we have incredible food in New Orleans and Texas barbecue and New England Seafood and lobster rolls Red Lobster Newburg and eggs benedict and the list goes on and on and on forever

[@garydomogalla1925]

USA without a doubt simply because our citizens come from around the world and bring their foods with them. That means that British food is our food. With a global palette we have come up with some interesting fusions.

[@chazf883]

Congratulations it was 3 to 2 The UK wins. Lol. That was a good video I enjoyed hanging out with you guys. Don't worry James I clicked that like button for you. You guys have a wonderful day

[@reneelancaster8714]

Beans on toast? Not sure how much prep goes into that.

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

I mean, if you were starting from _ingredients_ (dried beans, molasses, bacon, sugar, flour, yeast, ...) then we could maybe talk about it. Personally, it still wouldn't make my top 50 favorite dishes, but we could _talk_ about it. But if you're starting by opening a can, get out. That is not cuisine. That's "I'm too busy/tired to bother making anything good." Which, I mean, that's fair enough, we've all been there, but if you're reduced to bringing up stuff like that when talking about your country's best cuisine, something is very wrong.

[@Ira88881]

I’ll never understand that one. Or mushy peas.

[@Ira88881]

@@jonadabtheunsightly You think anyone makes it from scratch!? It’s interesting to note that 99 out of 100 Brits think that Heinz is a British company. They were the first American company to import canned goods into the U.K. way back when.

[@pancakek2397]

lol and also can’t say I’ve ever really made beans and toast or had it ever haha

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

@@Ira88881 Mushy peas are a crime against humanity. Peas are at the very top of the list of foods that you do NOT want to overcook, more so even than chicken. Honestly in most cases it's best not to cook them at all. Cooking them so long that they turn mushy is like something a Captain Planet villain would do: it's horrific just purely for the sake of being horrific, with no possible motivation to even explain *why* anyone would do such an absurd thing.

[@PhilCarbone-wt5gj]

Funny that the Brits are silent on the fat content of the English Breakfast. Their national dish, Fish and Chips, is deep fried and full of grease. You should compare Chicken and Waffles to Beans on Toast. Americans clearly win this one. The Brits love Black Pudding, made with pig blood and lard.

[@davidcosta2244]

Remember, the FDA requires product ingredients to be listed in the scientific names, while in Europe mostly the common names are used. This is why U.S. ingredient lists sound like they contain many "harmful" things. The references that the documentary uses, like Democracynow!, tend to have views that swing leftward. I'D TRUST THE History Channel's Modern Marvels, since they're more objective.

[@CurlieGrl]

Well, we don't eat Beans on Toast, so... 🤣

[@BeaWms]

Beans and Toast, no way!!!!

[@rich_t]

I've been around the world and in numerous countries and the only one that stands out to me for being consistently bad is... England. Sorry but that's my opinion.

[@stephenulmer3781]

I wouldn't say US food is really better, we just have a lot more variety

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

We're number one. 😅

[@zaffora]

I think Europeans forget how much their food has been influenced by foods from the Americas. Without America Europeans would not have potatoes, tomatoes, corn (maze), pineapples, chocolate, vanilla, and chiles just to name a few. Imagine the Irish and British without potatoes, or the Italians without tomatoes.

[@necummins8696]

I'm definitely not obese. Im 6'8 an 220 of straight muscle.

[@Andrew-Collet]

I felt personally attacked when James mentioned Wetherspoons being cheap food because I went there in London multiple times for a 'pub' kind of meal at the recommendation of a friend who lives there hahaha

[@d2ndborn]

I agree with the this, the UK and most other countries do have healthier food.

[@chazf883]

Well I would have to say that although the UK has much more stringent laws on there treatment of animals and the things they can feed them I would have to say that here in America even though we don't have those stringent of laws we still seem to be doing okay so I would have to say that some of those stringent laws that the UK has might be a bit of an overkill

[@XenFayed]

"we still seem to be doing okay" Ask the animals how they're doing...

[@CherylVogler]

I remember Mad Cow Disease, maybe during the 1980s(?) that ran through herds in Britain and people died from it after eating infected meat. I don't remember much beyond that, but it was scary at the time.

[@donrainesoh]

5:58 the cups are bigger, but is there actually more soda in them? We use loads of ice unlike the uk.

[@reneelancaster8714]

Also, this is very lop-sided as only people in cities eat much fast food. I can’t say the last time I saw Mt Dew.

[@Ira88881]

They still make it?

[@crystalh450]

You don't have a grocery store where you live? They sell it there.

[@Ira88881]

@@crystalh450 I have to look. A lot of things are regional and only sold in certain parts of the country, or have different names. Like, Hellman’s Mayonnaise…I believe…isn’t available west of the Mississippi, or something like that. It’s the same company and the same stuff, but has a different name.

[@crystalh450]

@@Ira88881 I hear you, but it is a PepsiCo product, and a popular one at that. That is sold all around the country, not regionally. It is certainly not my favorite, but I see it all of the time at the store. It is possible that you don't buy beverages from the grocery, so maybe you just didn't notice it if you skip that aisle? The point I was trying to make is that it is popular; it isn't like we are talking about Tab or Fanta Cherry, so I was just surprised you hadn't walked by some at least and noticed. Then again, maybe I am the odd one for noticing things that I don't buy. LOL

[@shadowkissed2370]

People freaking out about chemicals, biochemicals, proteins, etc. used in consumable items as well as non-consumable items don't understand anything about the situation and just love to jump on the bandwagon. The same chemicals are found and used in everything, take latex for example. People who are allergic to latex know that we have to be careful with what we eat because a lot of naturally grown fruits and vegetables have latex in them.

[@GreenBeamzzz]

It’s all opinion based people like what they like.

[@lockaby1]

i have eat left over pinto beans from the day before drain the bean soup oth mash the beans up put in some chopped onion a made good bean sandwiches and they are good but never because i dont like baked beans i have not tried them

[@necummins8696]

I get the two pound reese's pieces

[@michellemiller2118]

I wish the US had the same safety and animal welfare standards as the UK does. I hate that we have so many freaky chemicals in our food.

[@jonathanfreedom1st]

I dont consider myself fat. But i rather consider myself Jolly. 💪🏻✌🏻

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Oh Jolly 😅

[@DavidSmith-if3mw]

In the United States we give companies too much freedom LOL.

[@Timbothruster-fh3cw]

The FDA does

[@jeffhampton2767]

Beans on toast is pathetic. But I would probably like your Sunday roast dinner and your fish and chips

[@ladiuneeq9789]

UK is healthier? Hilarious. Even their beloved beans on toast and fish and chips are made better in the US.

[@Timbothruster-fh3cw]

Made better? How do you mean, healthier?

[@stevenj2380]

Congrats to UK on some better food safety! Here in U.S. one has to go to great expense and efforts to find meat, produce, baked goods, and so on that are not full of harmful additives and being produced harmfully. Tiny amounts of additives are NOT required by FDA to be labeled. Tiny amounts of contaminates from ordinary processes are allowed and not for public to overtly know about. The least to be done in an instant, is to the eliminate harmful food dyes found in candy favored by children! The regulatory Agencies are headed by political appointees. Many go back and forth to corporate (food conglomerate and such) posh jobs. Food production, communications, pharma, are truly overlords of the Fed regulatory Agencies and the Congress, corrupted by campaign contribution and lobbying, over decades. Most famous and failed outcry was try to dis allow 'Nutrasweet/ Aspertame' , first allowed by FDA in 1974.

[@NathanMalnaa]

The FDA is such a joke

[@SteveEdward_]

I'm American and I agree, the food here is overall not very good for you, health wise. I don't eat out at all really, and it's pretty sad to see how big people are in North Dakota. I get dogged on for being slim and fit lol. Our country is falling apart.

[@pacmanc8103]

Nonsense.

[@patrickchambers5999]

Millies on the wrong side again, is this becoming a habit?

[@pacmon5285]

That channel is bad. You can tell right off the bat the video will be bad because their food battle icons are a full English vs McDonald's. Not an accurate comparison.

[@RogCBrand]

Exactly. The deck is stacked by people that have an agenda.

[@ncbentle9154]

Vani Hari is a joke and should be ignored.

[@kikibigbangfan3540]

America, isn't Significantly, far ahead of Britain in obesity rates. I think it's like...last I saw was 36% America and 27% almost 28% Britain. Roughly 8% separation. Which isn't a lot considering the population gap ratio of Americans to Brits.

[@MrJonnydanger]

No offense, but the only food more bland and plain than English food is German. The UK definitely has higher quality chocolate though.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

German Chocolate is the best thing they have but Hamburgers was a German thing.

[@jdwilmoth]

Beans on toast ? No thanks

[@tecumseh4095]

They say the same thing about the chitlin we eat

[@collinscr3w]

First 30 seconds hilarious we do beans and toast better than you guys, US doesn't eat that, sounds gross

[@Ira88881]

I don’t care. I’ll eat anything.

[@andrewchristopher7138]

Hi

[@thekegster92]

You really think beans on toast is good? It makes no sense. Beans makes you gassy who wants to walk around all day with an upset stomach. Beans on toast is not a meal. Try toast and butter or jam anything but beans!!! How do you think it would be better in the UK it’s not some complicated dish. You toast bread and dump beans on it congratulations!!!

[@Ira88881]

Was Mad Cow Disease worldwide?

[@kikibigbangfan3540]

No, it was not. Mostly in England with a few cases in America and serval in Canada.

[@anonnnymousthegreat]

As an american would say nutrition wise, i would say british food is better. American food tastes better. But american food has too many chemicals, preservatives and are GMOs.

[@kikibigbangfan3540]

Um... that's what makes it taste good. You don't hear people ranting and raving over British food. 😂