Can James May reintroduce the 'sugar sandwich' to 2020?

[@majmunchies1077]

It seems like he’s holding people hostage to eat sugar sandwiches

[@jimmylundblom9370]

It's not kidnapping if they gave consent

[@yerboykakyoin624]

As one does.

[@Lifesizemortal]

take my advice: buttered white bread toast, sprinkle nestle powdered strawberry mix on it. This was actually a recipe that used to be on the canister for nestle quik. I can assure you it's 1,000,000,000x better than whatever crud James just made here

[@richerd4266]

@@Lifesizemortal Nestle strawberry powder didn't exist in the 1970s.

[@KnightOwl1881]

Is he not?

[@hazza7863]

James may might just be the most entertaining boring man ever on TV.

[@prince2139]

I sorry he's not acting black for you lol

[@echodelta2172]

It's because he's incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about things that may not be flashy, but are still of cultural interest and historical value

[@error-2594]

@@prince2139 eh?

[@parkerrailton9774]

@@prince2139 can you elaborate?

[@WhoAmi-kt1qb]

no i find jamie off mythbusters more boring

[@matchc0635]

I am convinced that the 20 century British cuisine is mostly (1.)Fish and Chips and (2.)Someone tries to put every single ingredient between two pieces of bread can call it a sandwich.

[@scrithen2836]

I mean as an american i do the second one except instead of every ingredient i just put every meat i have on the sandwich

[@BesoRati]

@@scrithen2836 you know who else puts their meat in a sandwich?

[@HallowedOstelogist]

@@BesoRatiPeople who also put meat on sandwiches

[@embb82]

The existence of the bread sandwich pretty much proves your point. It’s just bread in between slices of bread but it’s still somehow a thing that exists

[@Elldeeve]

@@BesoRati subway

[@spicylemon8501]

I can imagine James May on his deathbed just muttering to his family “Lurpak spreadable butter invented in 1903”

[@randomplayer3467]

lol

[@randomplayer3467]

Lurpak spreadable butter invented in 1903 like comment and subscribe

[@TH3L3G3ND]

Actually it's been invented in 1901 lol

[@spicylemon8501]

@@TH3L3G3ND yeah lol

[@Big.ham91]

Dead 🤣🤣🤣

[@goodwizard8598]

What is it with James May? I can literally watch a video of him making a sandwich and not be bored! That is crazy.

[@de0509]

Its the absurdity of the whole thing. And the blatant force feeding of an unwilling colleague. And the fact that after much experimentation he himself concluded they all taste nasty

[@ShannonSouthAfrica]

He's Brilliant

[@tylerelfling7727]

Same here and i have no idea why 😂

[@tt7762]

Yeah I supposed to be studying for my finals season but I'm just watching him spreading butter " invented in 1903, like comment subscribe " on white bread and different types of sugar, idk why, I've not studied and my exams starts next week lol!

[@davidnassif5114]

@@tt7762 literally same😂😂😂 Teacher: you dont seem so ready what did you do the past week? Me: oh i did plenty but mainly watch james may spread butter invented in 1903 like comment and sub- Teacher: okay thats enough

[@IchibanMoto]

we had sugar toast as a kid. it was just buttered white toast with sugar and cinnamon on top . i remember it being tasty, however we do need to re-evaluate in 2020 as well lol

[@Aquatendo]

I still eat this. An even better variant is a toasted bagel with cream cheese and cinnamon and sugar.

[@runeofaia4465]

Cinnamon and sugar buttered toast is delicious.

[@xblowsmokex]

That’s called cinnamon toast my dudes.

[@El-Burrito]

Oh yeah. Demerera sugar, butter and cinnamon powder mixed together and spread on toast is incredible

[@ZIA9421]

I just had one yesterday I eat sugar sandwiches quite often

[@Riley_Mundt]

"That's rather nostalgic, that brings me back, like seeing a kid with mumps. Like, comment, subscribe." Only James May could say that with a straight face and nobody bats an eye.

[@flaafeon]

I would watch grass growing with James May. He makes everything so entertaining.

[@WaRLoKWYATT]

Simply because he's an old codger.

[@BesoRati]

Right like WHO ELSE ACTUALLY DOES THIS?

[@Tkoski]

My feelings exactly

[@dawn1694]

Exactly!❤

[@NoDream424]

Instead watch it with Jeremy Clarkson

[@choojunwyng8028]

The random "like comment subscribe" parts just make me laugh, I am sorry

[@lostcause2195]

For a second I thought he had tourettes

[@aayushdas19]

Forgiven.

[@upstairsdownstairs]

I... can’t... not, like comment and subscribe. Welp I’m mind controlled.

[@Iloveidiots1]

I just watch 15 minutes of James May making Sugar Sandwiches, and it's the most entertaining thing I've seen all week.

[@YourDadsBoyfriend]

You sir need a life if this was entertaining 🤣

[@possibly8180]

@@YourDadsBoyfriend pretty sure he's serious. Personally I think this is entertainment at its finest.

[@NoNoseProduction]

Welcome to lockdowns, window lickers!

[@Iloveidiots1]

@@YourDadsBoyfriend Didn't realize I had to like what you do... I'll do better next time.

[@DJAllOut]

This week on Poverty Sandwiches: James finds some poo, Lucy inhales white powder, and everyone gets diabetes

[@mickey1175]

😂😂

[@aceline9087]

"The beatius"

[@minecraftzocker272]

Bottom Gear vibes

[@jayjay378378]

Can hear jeremy's voice 😂

[@seatspud]

@@jayjay378378 "Tonight..."

[@mostlypeaceful1817]

“Remember…. if this was 1940, this would be the best thing you’d ever had and it would be the best thing you could hope for for the next four years.” Literally sobbing😂🤣

[@Christackleberry]

In the South of America during WWII, there was a treat known as “cheese toast” it was literally a slice of bread, slice of cheese, sprinkled with sugar and then toasted in the oven.

[@lhaviland8602]

@@Christackleberry It's still a thing and not just in the south, my mother loves to make this lol.

[@annpartoon5300]

sugar was rationed until the late 50s and not much fruit so could not make jam

[@Lisarata]

It's true. It was as close to chocolate chip cookie dough as we'd ever had.

[@not_halk]

Lucy: Too much sugar James: Are you crazy? Imagine saying that in the 70s. There was no such thing as too much sugar. James 2 seconds later after tasting: Too much sugar

[@Werhgrjdtvrykum]

1940, not the 70s

[@bloodyfunguy9025]

He never said it has too much sugar. He said it's too posh. That means it's too "fancy". Aristrocratic.

[@basic-os]

S U G A R

[@TheSocketshock]

he was 8 years old again for a whole 5 minutes!

[@maxbryson9419]

James is killing clarkson and Hammond when it comes to non-grand tour content. Such a legend.

[@fdk7014]

James is my favorite of them

[@grumpyoldgeezr]

He's done so many great programs/series last few years it is ridicilous.

[@buckbumble]

Clarkson has been around far longer. He has actually done some great documentaries on engineering, the Victoria Cross, war etc. Some of them can be found on KZbin. I love the Hamster but his non TG/Grand Tour output has been the weakest.

[@hertzair1186]

He is prolific

[@evandavis5223]

@Nic Lazzari Hammond is an excellent tv presenter. I think James just likes to talk, and Jeremy just doesn't.

[@SockUuno]

"I was briefly 8 years old then", that must mean he saw flashbacks to the medieval age then.

[@thelambsauce7307]

Said it as soon as I read it

[@jwilliams703]

Likely a vision of Christs crucifixion.

[@warmstrong5612]

All black and white before they invented colour.

[@jesssssie76]

i’m 18 but i used to eat these all the time when i was about 5, my family couldn’t really afford sweet treats so this was our substitute. this brought back so much nostalgia from my childhood wow

[@psythe2378]

fr!!!!!! me too, im 19 and we were down broke its literally the "we got little debbie at home" lol

[@dooomswear303]

@@psythe2378 bruuu samee iam 17 and when we wouldnt have anything to eat we would eat these

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I went so far and used cocoa powder.

[@CuriousDiscourse]

"Be careful not to inhale the powder, kids, just say no!" LOL James May never change.

[@antonzub672]

Choose life

[@zphytrqw10obgokneq74]

@@antonzub672 choose a job

[@Makchete]

hammoc i hav crac addiction im die

[@sarangrewal9882]

no one: James: "invented in 1903 like, comment, subscribe"

[@ayyypizzarolls2331]

You don't need the no one

[@sean6992]

@@ayyypizzarolls2331 yeah but it's fine

[@thedeadguy]

I usually say I’m sorry I cannot do that. It’s hardwork to like,comment and subscribe.

[@iiqueenjessiciaii]

1903? Which period was that? Before the snacks? Or what..

[@Miguel_morales99]

Take shot everytime James says "like, comment, subscribe" or "lurpak spreadable butter made in 1903"

[@Bella_Deer7504]

Like the amount of times he said cheeeese tooo many...... or maybe the amount he said Lucy brown

[@mcewb726]

I think if his butter was _made_ in 1903 it would be a bit off by now

[@jackbrown6859]

@@mcewb726 Lurpak spreadable butter was invented in 1901.

[@jimmylundblom9370]

I'd rather die. Oh wait

[@Khazandar]

@@jackbrown6859 That's the joke -.-

[@honkhonk8052]

"butter and sugar don't go together" Buttercream.

[@vincentphan1595]

Literally whipped cream also

[@hoodless_1]

is terrible

[@honkhonk8052]

@@vincentphan1595 not really because it’s cream not butter. I mean yeah butter has milk and cream in it, but I wouldn’t say whipped cream is the same as butter and sugar

[@vincentphan1595]

@@honkhonk8052 butter is basically over whipped cream but I get your point. Toilet paper and paper for writing are both deprived from the same material but I know which one I am not going to be wiping with lol.

[@chrishargreaves8016]

Have you ever had to use Izal toilet roll? It was like wiping my backside with tracing paper when I was at school.

[@slickstrings]

My predictions for the episodes until the end of time: James: have you heard of 'x' Lucy: no James: would you like some? Lucy: no James: do you like it? Lucy: no (what a surprise) James: like, comment, subscribe.

[@fyshfysh]

hehe. still baffles me why someone with one of the most boring palettes in the world would work on a food channel 😂

[@chaithanyakm7527]

@@fyshfysh Therein lies the challenge. Try to please the un-pleasable!

[@SarbajitBasu575]

That's the most accurate representation of FoodTribe ever, except of course, when Rachael cooks and James eats or the other way around

[@isaacibbotson4632]

Lurpak spreadable butter, invented in 1903. Like, comment, and subscribe

[@kylenetherwood8734]

It usually annoys me but it's fair enough with this one

[@iaw7406]

"Can we get doughnuts ?" "We have doughnuts at home." The doughnuts at home:

[@harshithsadhana7475]

here is a recipe, i just thought by looking at your comments,. stack bread slices, put jam between them, make a hole in the stack of jam filling bread . & cut the stack of jam filling bread in circle shape. there you go doughnuts at home. nice right?

[@hardfugoo1]

The only time this format of comment has made me chuckle.

[@iaw7406]

@@hardfugoo1 yeah i know its overused but this is the only time i'll ever use it because its what i used for substitute doughnuts

[@xXKuroXx100]

Well done.

[@Scarywaxel]

Ha! Know that feeling!

[@Stuffthatsfunny1]

Maybe Lucy doesnt like any of the sandwiches because they arent cut diagonally

[@WacKEDmaN]

@Ross Bourne so you missed where May says if she asked for diagonally she'd be denied...

[@natalie6117]

@Ross Bourne James May doesn’t allow diagonal sandwiches in his bunker!

[@just_bickers]

She’s intolerable lol

[@TheRustAdmin]

Have you heard of the apostrophe?

[@voornaam3191]

It's about the area and circumblabla ratio. With a diagonal that's minimal. That's the hard way to say, you don't really need a big mouth to eat a diagonal sandwich fast. Understood?

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Can confirm, Lurpak spreadable butter became a thing in October 1901 (not 1903; like and subscribe) after several Danish dairy farmers decided to form a common brand and mark for butter to increase sales. Meanwhile in Australia, instead of putting sugar on top of butter, they put rainbow sprinkles on it and call it fairy bread. It has become the quintessential Aussie thing to serve at Australian birthday parties. The Netherlands has something similar to fairy bread but instead of rainbow sprinkles, it's chocolate sprinkles and they have it for breakfast, called Hagelslag.

[@olivierb9091]

We Dutch also have some sort of variation on those rainbow sprinkles; blue/pink (boy or girl) and white hard sugar sprinkles with anise when celebrating a newborn

[@dualwieldroxas358]

And i thought cinnamon toast was an unhealthy breakfast....

[@fiftyways]

Credit to James for making a 15 minute video about sugar sandwiches and making it entertaining enough to watch all the way through

[@hotmojoe2483]

2:30 James May's entire childhood was brief, he has been 50 years old since he turned 13

[@harshsonawane6076]

Mind you, this is the same man who beat Gordon Ramsey on his own show, his knowledge is priceless

[@FrancisR420]

Mind you Gordon Ramsay's also from England where the food is terrible

[@forzamotorsport1998]

@@FrancisR420 Gordon Ramsay is not from England... He's scottish...

[@BeansAndWeens]

@@FrancisR420 no, american food is

[@Phantom_Aspekt]

@@BeansAndWeens Agree, a lot of American food is either too much salt, too much cheese, too much sugar, too much oil or too much of all those at the same time haha

[@BeansAndWeens]

@@Phantom_Aspekt you forgot ranch dressing, or the fact that they just cram it onto a plate

[@flowerpower8722]

I remember being given sugar sandwiches as a kid. The Aussie variation still popular with kids is fairy bread, using hundreds and thousands, which is just coloured sugar.

[@Pahhu]

Loved me some fairy bread as a kid.

[@crestgamez]

Mad props to James for trying his hardest to sell that British food is decent

[@countclamface]

:(

[@itadapeeza8559]

I've never understood this stereotype... Lived most my life in Devon England and absolutely adore Cafe brunch food, the full English is amazing, Sunday roast dinner... I could go on and on.

[@jakelegrice4773]

@@itadapeeza8559 devon 💪💪

[@OsellaSquadraCorse]

@@itadapeeza8559 Most American food is British food, or German food - they just don't realise it...

[@motherofallemails]

if this is British food, no wonder there's so much depression.🤮

[@ethapnerry5740]

5:58 the way he just said “ok” like he was a disappointed father😂😂🤣

[@godzillanismo4892]

A few people watch this coz they like food. We all just like James

[@just_bickers]

And hate Lucy brown haha. Which ruins it.

[@IncredibleMD]

No one who likes food likes watching James May around food.

[@mickey1175]

You got that right!😂👍

[@brandonochs1372]

James giving his film crew type 2 for entertainment for the whole world, I love it

[@gideonmele1556]

Won’t eat cheese, won’t drink wine, but cat food pies and diabetes sandwiches are fine. Lucy “the Enigma” Brown

[@Rokudaimedono]

She didn't like the cat food pies or sandwiches either though.

[@gideonmele1556]

@@Rokudaimedono but she ate them which knowing what is in them is what is perhaps the most perplexing part

[@JokkeHimSelf]

Lucy I don't like it Brown... is she trying to be Andy from Little Britain?? :(

[@jakeswallow877]

Why did i read it as cat poo

[@samuelyap9367]

“it reassured me… like seeing a kid with mumps” James May - 1913

[@Unknowelement25]

“It reassured me, like seeing a child with mumps” 😂

[@badsenseofhumor]

What does mumps mean in American English?

[@artvandelayimports]

@@badsenseofhumor Mumps is a disease that affects your salivary glands. We also use the word here in America lol

[@IncredibleMD]

That's not even the first time he's compared something to seeing a child with mumps.

[@padraigodonnell6081]

@@IncredibleMD that's why he said " as I've said before" done it on james may the reassembler when he heard the bell of an Bakelite* telephone

[@darknekosan2091]

When?

[@Maj_Problem]

This is actually still a thing here in the Philippines and is still brought as school lunches to this day, you can even buy sweetened margarine where you can actually feel the granules of sugar inside.

[@FrederikJolle]

Same thing in denmark

[@thiagozlin]

James May's take on "like, comment and subscribe" is so unique it genuinely convinced me to do so

[@mr_slowly]

"I was briefly 8 years old then" Mr. May was 8 years old for a day or so...

[@sibulelemancunga4014]

Was literally thinking the same 😂😂

[@Durka-Durka]

I was 8 years old for a whole year right before I turned 9.

[@ChampionBlueRacing]

I haven't been 8 years old for about 21 years XD

[@Adam-nb6im]

You realise that's not what he meant don't you... He said he briefly felt 8 years old again for the split second when he cut into the bread lol

[@mr_slowly]

@@Adam-nb6im yes mate, I just took the sentence out of its context to make an absurd joke :)

[@shiggymartin9722]

I love how James thinks he's serving Embassy quality sandwiches to the crew.

[@kevinwestermann1001]

Because he IS!

[@b.m.r221]

Its all part of the act

[@kerneldave]

You sound like one of those people under a certain age. These were amazing, as was honey and banana sandwiches or basically if it can go between 2 slices of bread it’s going to be a sandwich.

[@EldestZelot]

@@kerneldave I'm 21 and I still remember the days. One that has stuck around in the UK though is sandwiches using crisps.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Butter and sugar sandwiches were also a thing in the US during the Great Depression, as well as ketchup sandwiches, onion sandwiches, and even carrot and salted peanut sandwiches. Another thing that became popular in the US during that era was the red velvet cake which spread to kitchens across the nation thanks to Adams Extract selling red food coloring and other extracts with tear-off recipe cards and point-of-sale posters. When foods were rationed during WWII, beet juice was used to enhance the cake's color.

[@raifthemad]

Had butter and sugar whitebread sandwiches in soviet union in the 80s.

[@terminator572]

Jeez those foods sure are depressing

[@dod6031]

There’s dry humour Then there’s British dry humour Then there’s James May dry humour...

[@olbradley]

That is also simultaneously funny, somehow...

[@kanyenorth5711]

Ben Shapiro yeah

[@blazeelvirafirehoof7844]

so, British humour but freeze dried and given to James May?

[@RhizometricReality]

Almost as dry as the sandwiches

[@mntsam1930]

James May humour is as dry as the Sahara.

[@QwQAAAAA]

Old people: Kids these days eat so unhealthily! Also old people:

[@TheHarleyEvans]

it was healthy back then! the adverts said so!

[@rnichol22]

Yeah but back in the 40,s that's the whole sugar they got for a month. Kids get 4 times that daily.

[@imaner76]

Yep sitting there with lead paint and asbestos everywhere, watching all the cigarette ads while eating your sugar sandwich. A least there was no pedos... oh wait. 🤔

[@imaner76]

@but ton Becoming widely used in homes and available are totally different things. And never associate wealth with healthy eat ;)

[@volgg]

as they said back in the day, a spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down

[@SloweBro99]

Notice how with every bite he takes he starts talking a little faster

[@flowerhobi1673]

The secret to James May's energy is sugar sandwiches

[@exudeku]

@@flowerhobi1673 pretty sure Jeremy switched the sugar with coke everytime in the Studio

[@mrdrprof99]

@@exudeku what if he switched it with like pepsi or sumtin? Tsssssss Homerun! Doubleguns sockcuckas!

[@Gregorio7172]

What a flash back, we used to make those when I was a kid here in Minnesota, thanks for this.

[@rylewx]

I’m at the part where he’s putting whole sugar cubes in a sandwich..

[@lachye.w2937]

This may be the greatest thing I have accidentally found on KZbin.

[@foraminuteforaminute4056]

9:50 James very tactfully describes Americans without saying our nationality.

[@IvanYorgov]

When I was a kid I had sandwiches similar to this. It was pork lard and sugar. I know that my father also had those when he was a kid. Interestingly they were made for us by the same woman :)

[@matthewpayne42]

Does Lucy Brown have a wardrobe full of army green shirts and one fave baseball cap.

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

it's pretty adorable

[@just_matt214]

I think it's her Official Outfit by now actually.

[@sixthsenseamelia4695]

Yes. And yes.

[@kevinwestermann1001]

It's Lucy "Convenience" Brown. :P

[@gundamzing]

She's James May's long lost daughter. She's picked up his fashion sense.

[@tomh7647]

I love how he randomly says "like comment subscribe"

[@jezza-z7h]

Amazon be like: Let´s give this man a cooking show

[@thomas5]

and get someone else to do the cooking lol

[@Yellow_Fox]

I used to eat such sandwiches in childhood, but I preferred sandwiches with butter and homemade jam. And they were incredible.I am 47, Ukraine

[@thespicemelange4536]

Me: “I prefer a jelly sandwich” James: “Isn’t that just a sugar sandwich with extra steps?”

[@vivekraychowdhury4348]

You are right,May should visit South Asia. Sugar,jam and jelly toasts are staple breakfast for many.

[@Hypnotize4578]

A tad too sweet!

[@dragonsword7370]

Sure but it won't dry the mouth lol! All that extra moisture.

[@lukes7479]

What like raw cubes of jelly or actual jelly? Both sounds rank. Definitely prefer my jelly with ice cream.

[@jakelegrice4773]

@@lukes7479 he's probably American and means jam

[@louisll.nicholls5347]

I like how James used to begrudgingly say "like, comment, subscribe" and now he says it at the end of every sentence.

[@SinisterMD]

It's important to note that "Confectioner's sugar" and "powdered sugar" are different. Powdered sugar is ground into a powder but Confectioner's sugar has starch added to prevent it from caking as it sits. That's why Confectioner's sugar doesn't completely dissolve when you try to mix it into drinks.

[@FlameG102]

that explains a lot

[@danmar007]

What's even more important to note is that sugar in any form is bad for you.

[@sunet6810]

Any kind of white industrial sugar is confectioner's , if griended to powder or former as cubes or sugar cones and these kind of sandwiches are not only known in Great Britain, in Germany it is known for more then 100 year's and the Germans have saying about "Zuckerbrot und Peitsche" sugar sandwich and whip...

[@LeHazy]

@@danmar007 anything in any form is bad for you then

[@abrooker55]

@@danmar007 not true at all

[@LaddieT]

I'm too young to have ever heard of a sugar sandwich. I always got upset when Americans say our food is terrible but now I see there might be some truth in it.

[@GooseMcBruce]

reminds me of the australian "Fairy Bread" which is just hundreds and thousands on buttered bread

[@metitfour131]

In America we call those Jimmies or Sprinkles :3

[@joshwilliams8863]

Literally came here to say this, Australians have been doing this for decades.

[@Real_Xwisdom]

Isn’t it hundred and thousand on toast? Anybody Australian can tell me if I am wrong.

[@joshwilliams8863]

@@Real_Xwisdom No, it's fairy *bread*, not fairy *toast*. Bread, butter, sprinkles. No toastng required. I have had cinnamon toast before but I don't think that's an Australian thing.

[@cal6995]

@@joshwilliams8863 not opposed to trying fairy toast though....

[@Muppetkeeper]

My wife didn’t believe that we used to have sugar sarnies when we were kids, she’s going to have to watch this now!

[@630hz]

Only after watching this all my childhood memories of sugar sandwiches has come back! It was definitely a thing back then. 👍

[@roandcheetoh]

My dad makes these for himself occasionally. I was horrified the first time I saw him make it at my grandma's house and was convinced he just made it up then and there. That's what you get for growing up in Hong Kong during the 60's.

[@Stagg369]

"The butter and the sugar don't go together" dear lord in heaven what did you just say.

[@timwitvliet8155]

i think he used salted butter which really doesn't combine well with sugar

[@Stagg369]

@@timwitvliet8155 yeah now that you say that it is the blue package from lurpak which has salt, but I don't think it's as salty as ordinary salted butter since this is made for spreading but that's just a guess.

[@doperat9630]

@@timwitvliet8155 sugar combines great with salt imo

[@DrKampfpudding]

@@doperat9630 no. Just no

[@999mi999]

@@DrKampfpudding You never had cookies or muffins? Those have salt in them.

[@LunaLightbringer]

When we were kids in the '70s we often had sugar sandwiches because we were very poor and didn't have anything else to put in a sandwich. We weren't aware of just how poor we were because our Mum very cleverly made it seem like a special treat, and cut them into fancy shapes with biscuit dough cutters (and any other thing that was a a cute shape). She presented them excitedly and told us what a special treat they were and of course, being children, we completely fell for it. She hid our poverty from us so well we had no idea how desperately poor we were, and were happy and contented (mostly lol) with everything we had..because she applied the same trick to everything 😂. What an absolute star she was, and still is ❤

[@mumfordalien1794]

“They go together in a cake”.

[@thethingis4115]

Undeniable

[@FoolOfATuque]

Next up, raw egg and sugar sandwiches. They go together in a cake! LOL!

[@tehniobium]

@@FoolOfATuque Raw egg yolk whisked with sugar is an old school treat in Denmark (Æggesnaps), so not that far of, just need the bread :D

[@FoolOfATuque]

@@tehniobium egg yolk and sugar doesn’t sound too bad. LOL!

[@scottneil1187]

Until you realise some folk called it a horses sneeze!, (see Sorry! TV show for reference)

[@zankfilms2898]

"Spreadable butter invented in 1903 I think"

[@inspire.610]

before 1903, they had solid blocks of butter

[@Seadg]

@@inspire.610 You had to heat it into a plastic state and forge it onto the bread.

[@inspire.610]

@@Seadg with of course, a forging hammer

[@DonZollFL]

How could he forget that he said 1901, the actual correct answer, in his first few videos?

[@antrax607]

Not just any spreadable butter, its the lurpak spreadable butter

[@florilaan]

We need an episode of Lucy Brown preparing her usual diet and some old dudes ragging on it because of litteraly no flavor.

[@GwilsonDrums]

The gamon in monster?

[@florilaan]

@@GwilsonDrums I don't know if we're supposed to talk about that😂 also no one else tried it on video

[@Control156]

she said that she only eats takeout food... What a spoiled brat

[@TheTrooper115]

@@Control156 Alright mate no need for that

[@iaw7406]

@@TheTrooper115 for most people, its not financially feasible to live off takeaways every day and it certainly isnt healthy.

[@DuQey]

We used to eat this in Poland back in early 2000s, great childhood memories

[@braunlajon]

I think whole eastern block ate it in early 2000s. We surely did in Serbia and Montenegro, and I have fond memories of it.

[@dirtyhannie]

I used to eat it in the Netherlands in the early 2000s. But I'm from a small and rather isolated village.

[@UnderTheRadars]

James read the Lurpak lid, it literally states “Lurpak estd. 1901” on it

[@ryanhoffmann9341]

That is the whole irony of it. They did a flashback a while ago where he looked at it but still said, invented in 1903. Now it has become a running joke.

[@UnderTheRadars]

Almost as if they do it on purpose to encourage many comments, which in turn helps with the KZbin algorithms

[@Ivannbeats]

@@ryanhoffmann9341 just like the "like, comment, subscribe"

[@kevinshort3943]

Maybe the spreadable version was invented in 1903?

[@alicedoors4826]

@@UnderTheRadars ;)

[@DEVESHKANAKARAO800]

"one side only for resons of economy" - James May 2020

[@EdinMike]

“Hospital bread” and “Disappointment corner” 😅

[@JohnWick-stardawg]

I thought he said hospital bread then I read the bread packaging and saw hovis so then I convinced myself that I misheard him until I saw your comment

[@abomb2371]

Is hospital bread a thing?

[@falley280otb4]

@@abomb2371 it’s a joke he’s saying it’s hospital issue bread as in its standard quality cheap stuff like you’d find at hospital

[@lorivattes2187]

I remember this treat in the 1970s. We had friends in the neighborhood that were from England and they introduced this snack to us. It's kind of a weird combination but I still crave it some times to this day which led me to this video.

[@Plastic0Demon]

Interestingly enough, here in mexico we have a similar version of this, I can't precisely tell when was invented. But the only major differences are the piece of bread used, which here is a "bolillo" a kind of a smaller baguette. And the other is that before topping the sugar we toast a little the bread to melt the butter.

[@Frostfly]

A better question for Lucy is how did she end up working for a Food Organization.....

[@billySquanto]

Right

[@adamhunter3692]

Well not a lot of what they make on here should be classified as food

[@Frostfly]

@@adamhunter3692 A. you're wrong. and B. she's working at a food channel and doesn't like wine or cheese, so you're also invalid.

[@williamg209two]

she doesnt, shes a camera operater/ director for drive tribe, then they made food tribe and she now films for both

[@Frostfly]

@Sheikh_Shaq sure kiddo. Or if you actually like to try things and not live on them and find the stories interesting. Also IT"S STILL FOOD. It's not plastic, it's not Rocks. It's something a human can eat and get calories out of.

[@xXKuroXx100]

“Look away Lucy brown so you don’t know where the sugar lumps are!” For a video that should be 2 minutes long, this is 15 minutes of gold.

[@EDS2314]

As a Mexican American, we used to do this ALL the time as kids with a toasted flour tortilla, butter, and sugar, then rolled. Love it

[@lookoutforchris]

James: are there sugar weevils? I think they’re called ants 😂

[@lindaashford7187]

I’ve never had a sugar sandwich but I do remember making sugar toast. Grill a slice of bread on one side, put Demerara sugar on other side and grill the sugar. It melts and goes a bit gooey whilst hot and sets when cooling. I remember they were delicious

[@justinhamilton8647]

Literally gonna try this now I’ll update with my impressions

[@mattday7337]

Commenting just so I get a notification

[@zrobeast]

That actually doesn't sound that bad. Almost like a creme brûlée, but only with bread instead of a custard.

[@caw25sha]

Sounds great, you should be on Foodtribe. Rehearse saying "like, comment, subscribe".

[@4jqxc]

I would imagine brown sugar would look better.

[@adam5381]

This has to be the best and worst invention ever.

[@paulb8030]

The way you slip in "like, comment, and subscribe" at 7:20 is like subliminal programming, lol

[@l.j.turner185]

Like ten years ago my school was learning about WW1 and we tried some ration foods, including sugar sandwiches I still have one occasionally today, they’re delicious!! 😋

[@thespfgirl]

My mom made something called cinnamon toast when I was a kid. Buttered bread, sugar, cinnamon, then toasted in the oven until it was all melty and crisp. Delicious!

[@robstoner8949]

I've never had a sugar sandwich, but I used to love golden syrup on toast!

[@Merakis100]

This is like watching James May's guide to The Big Book of British Smiles.

[@roakes28]

We need a James may childhood Amazon prime series or another travel programme he is intelligent humorous and generally kind

[@gurvinderpanesar8071]

Mate I grew up broke, a sugar sandwich and my set of miniature soldiers was all I needed to be happy as a kid

[@Nova3261]

same here me an my brothers were still eating this well into the late 90s lol

[@samsowden]

Pretty much all I need to be happy now. Then again, still broke.

[@TheDocDrey]

After this episode James May returned home to deflate and re-inflate all the tires of his cars and bikes from his garage due to the sugar rush.

[@dragonsword7370]

Refilling a tire us a kind of torture if it's a small pump!

[@Ahmed_ElSayed01]

My grandma used to do me this when I was a kid and I absolutely loved it. And we are Egyptian, maybe the British introduced them to us but I never seen anybody talking about those sandwiches maybe they weren't as popular.

[@sianwickenden8692]

My teeth are cringing at the thought of biting that

[@alicedoors4826]

@but ton You ate it too fast, if you left it out a little (room temp) the sugar and butter would melt and mix just enough for the texture to be perfect and not sandy.

[@saxon-mt5by]

@Jack _ Indeed; sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice; never had jam on pancakes.

[@David_seersy]

So basically fairy bread without any colour. That’s still a thing here down under

[@zakofrx]

Yes that's what I remember as a Kid but I forgot the name.. Just 100s and 1000s on white bread with margarine etc.. Important thing for a kid just like Iced Crispies which from memory was coconut fat?, rice bubbles and Coco..

[@davyfella]

Ahh, but the most fantastic addition to fairy bread is hot chips Trust me hot chips in fairy bread sandwiches are amazing

[@Revaq9]

The superior version of this is with a piece of toasted bread, butter, sugar, and cinnamon. Peasants cinnamon roll.

[@jarvas2681]

Fancy, like french toast

[@iheartpaulnash]

I grew up eating cinnamon toast all the time! Also grew up super poor

[@colinstu]

precisely this.

[@zachwhisnand1617]

That was the breakfast version

[@battletoads22]

That's cinnamon toast, mate.

[@rea8959]

I can't believe i watch this and actually enjoying every act of how the sandwich make and words James May said till end

[@robertcaputo8168]

2020: Global virus targets heart disease, obesity 2021: Bring back the sugar sandwhich

[@antartorres7594]

😂😂😂😂 I’m from mexico born in 69, when my mom was making flower tortillas we used to get one (warm) and made a butter and sugar burrito 😋

[@jonathanngai5956]

I have never heard so many "sugar sandwich" in such a condensed period of time. in fact I think this 15 mins is the only time in my life I will have heard of this word combo.

[@luissfalz8822]

I don't know why I love this show and keeping watching it all the time I can 😅

[@ML-op3hw]

We used to eat this in South Africa before a big sporting event - for extra energy .

[@melonie_peppers]

When was this?

[@ML-op3hw]

Hmm around 99 or early 2000s

[@fabulousdick]

We ate this in Uruguay from the 60s to today

[@retroeighty5319]

There was a severe lack of “flood the cowling, plenty of it” in this video.

[@saladspinner3200]

"How much of the Union Jack would you like us to put on the packaging?" British Bread and Sugar LTD: "Yes."

[@tammyknoll1496]

As a child my Uncle introduced me to peanut butter and sugar sandwiches. Still eat them 50 years later.

[@Alexander-vm2ox]

“Brown sugar wasn’t invented then” 😂🤣

[@Bobdylan12121]

My mind is playing mental gymnastics trying to keep up with the wit. At first I was like..."Oh yeah makes sense. And then I was like...no wait....it's....unrefined....oh...I fell for it...."

[@kenm2709]

I remember in the 50s, there was only two kinds of cheese white and yellow and they were both just american processed cheese, but nothing else existed yet, bread was just white as well and had the texture of wonder bread. Now this was america, I've heard it was even worse in the UK.

[@toshikikarukawa8148]

When I was a kid in the late 80s my grandmother used to give me a slice of bread with olive oil and sugar. I absolutely loved it every single time. Haven't thought about it in a while, and this video makes me remember those days, now I feel nostalgic.

[@ralucageorgianapopute3717]

Same, but with pork lard instead of olive oil, and only 1 slice of bread 😂

[@moochcat8439]

This brought back fond memories. My grandmother made sugar sandwiches for us. The best afterschool snack .

[@lhaviland8602]

James: Calls Americans weird for liking PB&Js. Also James: