Can you solve the sandwich sequence?

[@jerrik-415]

You're being so British right now! 🤣

[@mayamayhemmusic]

should have added yoghurt to make it a BLYAT

[@ryukin8385]

This

[@majorfallacy5926]

I was even more sure than Tom that I got it right from the start. Imagine my disappointment.

[@tom.parryjones]

CYKA BLYAT

[@mbdtfnl]

😂😂💪

[@JoeBleasdaleReal]

I knew this one instantly. The LGBT sandwich from M&S was huge in 2019 on Twitter as another of those “well-meaning yet out-of-touch corporate Pride” products (although knowing the proceeds went to charity it might not have been as out-of-touch as Twitter had us believe). My favourite comment came from a friend of mine who just tweeted: “Mum, Dad, I’ve got something to tell you…I’m guacamole.” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@strawberryutopia]

They were super delicious though

[@hairyairey]

Are they still selling it though or was it a commercial disaster? Looks like they aren't. Would not be surprised if they were sold at a loss.

[@strawberryutopia]

@@hairyairey not seen them in a while. but that could just mean they’re seasonal, only sold during pride month

[@hairyairey]

@@strawberryutopia I shall look out for them next year!

[@KBRoller]

You mean Twitter was outraged about something without actually understanding the full context? No, never, say it isn't so, I can't believe that! 😂

[@chippercorgi2247]

As a native Californian, I was indeed shouting “how have none of you had guacamole?” Though to be fair I’ve heard mushy peas mentioned several times and always assumed that was a joke and not an actual food item.

[@IvanRSaldias]

Brits cuisine is outrageous

[@robhulluk]

As a Brit, I wish mushy peas were a joke and not an actual food item, but unfortunately they are real, and one of the most disgusting things I've ever eaten.

[@ethelmini]

My theory is they were thrown by the chips

[@azathoth3700]

Guacamole is Central/South American, not Spanish, so it makes sense that Brits wouldn't have much knowledge of a food from 9000km away! Also mushy peas are delicious. Furthermore, have a crack at a pie floater, which is a pie (traditionally a meat pie) sitting in a bowl of thick pea soup. Often(usually?) served with ketchup on the pie. (Note: Australian, not British)

[@MrPete81]

​@azathoth3700 as a native Brit, I've never heard of a pie floater but would love to try one now! :)

[@ieyke]

You didn't get guacamole for British reasons. I dismissed guacamole because it's a whole lot more than just smashed avocado.

[@Anolaana]

Yeah Avocado sent me towards poached eggs benedict or something lmao. Never would have guessed guac!

[@ClementinesmWTF]

Yea not sure why she thinks it’s the same thing as “smashed avocado”. That’s one of the ingredients, but it’s like saying there’s another name for bread and coming to “a BLT sandwich” as that thing.

[@mbossaful]

Still, smashed avo is a hell of a lot closer to guacamole than it is to mushy peas.

[@harfgarflarf]

We know what guacamole is, I'm sure we make it wrong, but we are aware of it and I wouldn't describe it as "smashed avocado" either.

[@jannetteberends8730]

I wondered what the definition of guacamole was on Wikipedia. For fun I looked in other languages. The French one made me laugh, cause it so typical French. Academic and interested in food. And it’s clear that guacamole is definitely not smashed avocados. Au contraire! English avocado based sauce Dutch avocado mousse German: avocado dip French :Mixing as defined by Mexican cuisine listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage is made from avocado, fresh chili, fresh cilantro, onions, tomatoes, lime or lemon juice, salt. The specificity of guacamole also lies in the fact that it does not contain herbs. The avocado is crushed, not mashed.

[@saiphrivas1437]

solved this almost immediately and spent the rest of the video uselessly screaming "GUACAMOLE" to the screen, 11/10 this channel is great

[@landonian1223]

bruh if you solved this immediately then you don't know what guacamole is

[@mysteryman7877]

As a guacamole enthusiast, I am very disappointed in the lack of recognition of guacamole. Also, Americans generally dislike peas, so it would make sense that the Americans in pubs were pushing it away. "It's just peas" isn't the selling point Jenny thinks it is.

[@xipalips]

Peas in fried rice or mac and cheese or similar form? A-ok with me. Just..raw? On a plate? Next to fried fish and fried chips/fries????

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

Yeah, peas are the Most British of vegetables.

[@TheM750]

@@xipalips They not raw, and as an American, mushy peas are delicious. No idea where this idea that Americans don't like peas came from.

[@BabakoSen]

We Americans like our peas whole, thanks. Also, "mushy" in American English often connotes softness specifically due to over-ripening or decay, so if you tell us a food item is "mushy," our first instinct is to question whether it's still safe or palatable.

[@JimC]

I'm guessing those are canned peas, which are certainly not my favorite. Frozen peas are wonderful, tho. I did visit the UK almost 50 (sigh) years ago, and had fish and chips (with non-fermented topping :D ) a few times, but I don't remember mushy peas.

[@kentslocum]

When she said "eggs but smaller," I thought it was going to be caviar.

[@harrydang9]

4:17 "oh you guys are being so british right now" had me dying

[@sirgarberto]

I'm gonna have to join the "mad at people thinking guacamole is just smashed avocado" camp here

[@Astragali]

On the subject of "mushy peas and guacamole are similar": Funnily enough, the BBC Good Food website used to have a guacamole recipe that replaced avocado entirely with frozen peas. It was actually quite good... Sadly, the version that's on the site at the time of writing has both peas and avocado in it.

[@hummingmostbird]

I can definitely see how that would be decent if done right. Avocado and peas both have a really mild flavor on their own.

[@Archgeek0]

Oh wow! I rather wish the old recipe was still up -- the thing I don't like about guac is the oilfruit, a version made from peas might be downright tasty -- i would've liked to try that.

[@unlikelyraven7374]

Tom always mentions getting tag lines from his guests when "Are you ready for a long rambling story that goes nowhere" is RIGHT THERE

[@daniel-panek]

This was interesting. The "egg but smaller" was really throwing me for a loop. Good job!

[@fleshbhones]

I immediately thought Cadbury Mini Eggs...

[@SharienGaming]

my mind went to caviar XD

[@daniel-panek]

Oh yeah, those were good ones

[@LynxSnowCat]

I was mildly confused by the actual answer, but figured that would make more sense for a global audience; And -after getting my mind out of the gutter- thought that Queso (spicy cheese) would have been my answer. So obvious 'in-fact' John Leavitt replied "queso?" on their original 2017-02-23 tweet ...

[@jamesjacobsmeyer72]

I was thinking “egg” as the trans term

[@JennaGetsCreative]

The side story about mushy peas being served with fish & chips is interesting to me because here in Newfoundland most restaurants will serve fish & chips with peas, but left whole. I find it perplexing that we don't serve them mushy, now knowing that this is probably why we include peas at all, because we serve "peas pudding" with so many dishes.

[@PianoKwanMan]

Our Pease pudding must be a litle different from your peas pudding then. Ours is yellow

[@JennaGetsCreative]

@@PianoKwanMan Our peas pudding turns out yellow, too. We use dried split peas for the peas pudding. The "fresh" peas served with the fish & chips, however, is always standard green peas.

[@PianoKwanMan]

@@JennaGetsCreative yes, that's right. Split peas. I'm surprised that dish is made on both sides of the Atlantic

[@u1849ka]

I guess I'd say that smashed avocado and guacamole are sufficiently different such that calling it one, would preclude the other. In a similar to how applesauce and apple pie filling are sufficiently distinct.

[@scottmartin5990]

Most restaurants that offer LGBTQ sandwiches have opted for queso (Spanish for cheese) as the fifth ingredient, as it's already a common addition to the BLT.

[@NeonDripKitty]

*notes this down*

[@TheTechAdmin]

The second she said, "you can have avocado in different forms", I saw BLTG in my head and whispered "LGBTQ" then I yelled at my phone "quail egg!!! LGBTQ sandwich!!!" as if I was also on the call too. Definitely my top 3 best moments. I'm glad at least two people were around for one of them.

[@MrStantonP]

Gotta be honest, Tom, I think you're on to something: A Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato Sandwich with a Fried Egg! Sounds delicious!!! A BLTSWFE!

[@GeekmanCA]

They thought it was mushy peas before guacamole. 😂 That IS terribly British.

[@EdwardMillen]

Only because it was mentioned as something that goes with chips... although now that I think about that, I guess they were supposed to be thinking of crisps?

[@AnimeSunglasses]

@@EdwardMillen Yyyyyyyyyuuuuupppppp

[@vickymc9695]

Because it a green dip that chips (big thick cut fries) go in. Tortilla crisps and dip would have gotten it.

[@KBRoller]

@@EdwardMillenYeah, tortilla chips... this is the problem with a game that often relies on language being played with a transatlantic bunch 😂

[@kjrunia]

GUACAMOLE 🤣

[@DragonSlawe]

"All the internet is creaming Guacamole..." I wanted to add yolk to make it BL-Y-AT xD

[@glossaria2]

*technically* Tom was right, he just got the acronym wrong. (It WAS an egg.)

[@privatesolofoe]

I got that it was LGBT related but I thought he would add gouda and make it LGBTA since that's part of the acronym sometimes. I guess gouda isn't a protein though.

[@BananaWasTaken]

Doesn’t the A typically come last to make it LGBTQIA+

[@JennaGetsCreative]

Guac isn't a protein either. The protein hint was the quail's egg for Q. I'd prefer the cheese option, myself!

[@lantami1199]

Cheeses are mostly fat and protein

[@bosschamp22]

3:48 Oh my god, the confusion on Jenny’s face when she realises there are different names for ‘smashed avocados’ 😂

[@pokemonhacker01]

Annie at 6:17 had me laughing out loud at midnight!

[@countertony]

I had got it almost right, but assumed the Q was a goodly dose of quinoa, because if you want to add an egg to a sandwich you don't add some token half-bite-sized *quail* egg. (Or more likely because I register it as "egg (quail)".)

[@Tattletale97]

Tom Scott and J. Draper, two of my favorite KZbinrs!

[@aran9952]

Funnily enough I immediately got the acronym they were going for and then went on to shouting Quinoa at my phone for the entire video, except for when I stopped to shout Guacamole. I guess me and Tom have been eating similar things.

[@Alsadius]

When they were at BLAT, I was thinking shrimp to make a BLAST. It'd at least be a cool acronym, if nothing else.

[@adammullarkey4996]

No-one thought of adding sausage to get "BLAST?" "I'll have a BLAST, please." Rolls off the tongue so nicely.

[@alloallie]

Yes, I was indeed screaming "guacamole" at my screen and was very confused at the mushy peas. I was asking myself "Is this because they're British ???" To be fair, though, when I heard the question, an egg came to mind. So, I was with Tom on BLATE/TABLE.

[@tonypang83]

I thought it was BLEAT 😂

[@alloallie]

@@tonypang83 BLATE/BLEAT/TABLE, so many anagrams 😂

[@Big-Chungus21]

Definitely not because theyre british. Im British and eaten it plenty of times, though it took me a while to figure out that “smashed avocado” was guacamole, which really isnt just smashed avocado in the sense that mushy peas are just mashed peas.

[@alloallie]

@@Big-Chungus21 It's a joke🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Big-Chungus21]

@@alloallie fair my apologies

[@__dane__]

Tom’s guess is pretty common. BLATE with an egg is not an absurd guess

[@klikkolee]

The question was a bit unfair because smashed avacado alone is definitely not quacamole. it tastes way different. The avacado in guacamole is more of a means to hold the other ingredients and convey the fat-soluble flavors

[@joshuahargrave8239]

As soon as it was revealed that it wasn't A for Avocado I got like 90% of the way there, but I didn't fully remember the small protein part of the question and thought quinoa!

[@ann18o96]

If Tom had gotten food poisening from that sandwich then we would've gone full cycle here xD

[@SunburntHands]

I invented a sandwich with salmon, anchovies, nutella, dates, whelks, ice cream and harissa. I call it the SANDWICH.

[@Brenosakaguti]

When they mentioned Australia, I thought of ostrich for bloat

[@GordonHugenay]

Ostriches aren't Australian, you're thinking of emus.

[@Brenosakaguti]

​@@GordonHugenay My mistake. It wasn't anywhere close to to the answer either

[@hsmoscout]

i was like "well if I was making it i'd call smashed avacado 'green' for G and then add a quail egg for Q to make an LGBTQ sandwich"

[@DFWHoppe]

Smashed Avocado is Guacamole.. there's your "G" Eat it Quick and you're done. 🏳️‍🌈

[@timothymclean]

2:10: BLAT is a _way_ better name than what they call it around here. (BLTA) 6:50: I have never eaten mushy peas (unless you count badly freezerburned ones) and I know they're nothing like guacamole.

[@mayamayhemmusic]

okay the actual solution is much much cuter c:

[@danthe1st]

Tom Scott has greater authority over whether peas are guacamole than whatever publication that is.

[@TheWritersMind]

as someone who was shouting guacamole at their screen, this is accurate.

[@RunstarHomer]

I can hardly think of a less appetizing name for a food item than "mushy peas".

[@sidkemp4672]

I can't blame you Brits for not knowing what guacamole is, as I've never hear of mushy peas before. Here, "mushy" is a pejorative term not only for food, but for wet snow and worse things. Guilty as charged. I did yell "guacamole" at the screen for two minutes, though silently. (I didn't want to scare my cat.) But it was painful watching you guys. My thought, food-wise, was anchovies. Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado, Tomato, and Anchovies: BLATA. Sounds tasty. Lettuce, Guacamole, Bacon, Tomato, Quail eggs, and Secret sauce: LGBTQ+

[@NessCS2]

tom came out with "table" just like that

[@lundylow]

I know it's kind of a trope to say "they're probably shouting at the screen," but man I really was.

[@dragonboyjgh]

Common in Australia and California. Speaking of, Quinoa on an Avocado BLT would be EGREGIOUSLY Californian.

[@nbartlett6538]

I think she confused the Brits by saying that the “smashed avocado” was served with “chips”.

[@fromdarknesscomeslight6894]

To be fair, I didn't know that guacamole had avocados in it. 😂

[@imightbebiased9311]

So, to add a bit of muddling to the "guacamole and mushy peas are similar" conjecture, there's a large grocery chain that sells ready-made guacamole which is decent enough, and the ingredient list includes peas. I think if you hit the mushy peas with tomatoes, lemon, cilantro, jalapeno, and salt... you'd probably get something that was closer to guac than you thought.

[@smudgethekat]

I could not get BLART out of my head as a potential acronym, maybe as like a promotion for Paul Blart Mall Cop or something

[@skywz]

Smashed avocado is completely different from avocado.

[@erictaylor5462]

BLT with avocado and spinach would be a BLAST.

[@Sakkura1]

Which John Leavitt is this? The one I thought of was active around 1900, so that kinda threw off my guesses here.

[@lateralcast]

He's at twitter.com/LeavittAlone

[@sparrowthenerd]

lmfao I almost got this one the instant Annie said it was a small protein item, although I said quinoa instead of quail egg

[@jomuller6683]

I got the acronym in like two seconds, but I also spent a while thinking about quinoa instead of quails eggs lol

[@MeriaDuck]

When listening to the podcast I already hoped/predicted this would be chosen for youtube :-)

[@HeadCannon19]

I immediately said quinoa and spent the whole video being 90% correct but not actually having the right answer

[@WayneKitching]

Me in South Africa 11 months later: Guacamole, guacamole!

[@fafnir242]

I totally missed the "small protein" part and said "queso". Lol

[@davimurph]

There's a famous story about Peter Mandelson getting fish and chips while campaigning in Hartlepool (where he won, and sat as the MP for many years). He is supposed to have looked at the mushy peas and said "Oh, guacamole!" The story is, in fact, nonsense. Mandelson recently told Times Radio that he remembers the incident but it was in Wales, not Hartlepool, and it was an American intern who thought the peas were guacamole. But that story has still followed Peter Mandelson around like a bad smell.

[@lateralcast]

I saw a meme yesterday that described mashed potato as "Irish guacamole". -- David

[@tomcardale5596]

There was (maybe still is) a short interview section in The Times which has a question of "mushy peas or guacamole?"

[@TheInternetHelpdeskPlays]

GUACAMOLE!!!!!!

[@TheGreatSteve]

Even I got guacamole.

[@sammarks9146]

As a Californian, can confirm - mushy peas is the consistency of guacamole, with literally zero flavor.

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

As soon as she said "other name for smashed avocado" I got it. - I went "Quinoa, no, wait Quail egg!"

[@spacewarpphotography1667]

"small protein item" Me: Insects!

[@Wheretherivermeets]

It's called a BLAT. Bacon Lettuce Avocado Tomato. Very popular in many places.

[@jaredbradley4153]

Upgrading the BLT to the BLAT!

[@ryangjewell]

I thought the small protein item was going to be some kind of insect.

[@10thdoctor15]

I'm not surprised they didn't get guacamole, because it's called avocado.

[@QuinnMallory-od1hw]

Nope. No thanks, Australians are more into beetroot and pineapple, so you completely mislead the room!

[@Epinardscaramel]

"small protein item" is such a weird way to talk about food

[@shaunhouse8469]

Mushy peas aren't quite just mashed up peas, I think there's somekind of chemical processing involved that softens them

[@SolomonUcko]

TL;DR: I was completely wrong over and over, and often had the same wrong ideas as them. running brainstorming: salmon or steak => BLAST egg => TABLE tiny eggs => fish eggs, AKA roe

[@arthurgordon6072]

Avocado and the 'BLAT' toasted sandwich are very common here in New Zealand.

[@germangarduno742]

My guess: LGBTQ Lettuce Guacamole Bacon Tomatoe Quinoa

[@Dusty_Ham]

We call a bacon lettuce avacado tomato sandwich a BLAT here in NZ. Welp, I just made it to Scott's story about having a BLAT in Australia lol That'll teach me for commenting early

[@NekoMouser]

I'm in Texas, so there is probably not a food you can name that I haven't heard of someone adding avocado to it. BLT + Avocado? Literally everyone has that. Chili? Sure, throw some chopped avocado on that. Hamburgers? All the time. Hot dogs, too. Avocado margarita? They're good! Grapefruit? Chop it up, toss with chopped avocado and poppy seeds and you have a great side-salad base. Put it on scrambled eggs, bagels, you name it. It's everywhere.

[@SpikeMatthews]

I LOATHE avocado, and even I got the guacamole bit...

[@TheBrain2K]

My mind went to BLOAT as a funny acronym extension to BLAT. With O for ... oats? Couldn't really come up with a good "small protein item" starting with O.

[@jklmnopski7421]

The other day I was thinking about an LGBTQ themed BLT and came up with the ingredients Guacamole and Quiche.

[@loreleihillard5078]

As an Aussie, I was expecting it to be cheese (It's called a BLATCH here)

[@IvanRSaldias]

Avocado BLT is a proper sandwich in Chile. We also put avocado on hot dogs, it's called "Completos" and they are delicious.

[@normalabby]

The funniest thing is, i *also* didn't think of guacamole at first...but i still got it, my brain just went to LGBTQA, and then had to go "wait, no i'm missing more than one letter here" and realize it was G not A :-P I also, like tom, thought of quinoa when trying to think of the q food tho, as the only q food i could think of XD

[@BelviGER]

First thing I thought was quail egg but was weirded out that it was LBTQA without the B or I

[@Rabhadh-RhymesWithJava]

I forgot that Annie said it was a protein but I got "LGBTQ", and I thought, "Hell yeah. Adding queso and guac to a BLT sounds delicious."

[@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug]

0:23 Seems rather redundant to add even more... But if "small" is a keyword, maybe it's insects? Crispy ants or something. 3:15 Small protein adding an S, snails (seems rather odd taste and texture wise...). Some kind of toasted seed would probably work well texture and taste wise if some seed is considered a "protein", som maybe its "sunflower seeds" or just "seeds"?

[@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug]

4:50 I assume the avocado thing they're too British to understand is Guacamole... (Though in my mind that is a kind of dish not an ingredient, since it's not simply smashed avocado but also some herbs and spices like garlic, paprika, chilli, often coriander leaves (cilantro), and lemon juice and or sourcream or yoghurt (anything decently acidic will work to prevent browning actually). But I know Americans recipes often treat a lot of ready made stuff as "ingredients", so assuming this Levitt guy is American, he'd probably think that "guacamole" is an "ingredient".) If so, we have BLTGx where x is some other ingredient, presumably a vowel to make a word.... But I can't think of anything that makes a sensible word with those letters. Unless theres another thing with H making it "blight" but that's a terrible name for a sandwich.

[@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug]

5:20 Some other kind of egg... Caviar (roe a.k.a fish eggs) might work taste wise... but that either adds a C or an R, so unless there's another word for "mashed avocado" that also starts with a vowel, it's a no vowel acronym which is not very catchy. If it's actually avocado anyway, it could be BLART but that sounds rather silly

[@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug]

Lol, to be fair... LGBTQ(IA+) _is_ a terrible acronym. We have the same acronym in Norwegian too, with a couple of letters swapped to match Norwegian words; but I don't even remember that acronym without first expanding the English one and translate it and then re-shorten it first. I personally much prefer just "queer" (or "skeiv" in Norwegian, which literally translates to "skewed") as an umbrella term rather than the alphabet salad.

[@Giftedbryan]

Annie is using her Mic wrong, and it's bugging the hell out of me :p

[@SteWorthington]

I got this one pretty much straight away.

[@XavierXonora]

I'm an Australian and I can confirm BLAT sandwiches are the best!

[@BenTheSkipper]

Quail eggs >> Guacamole 😂😂😂😂

[@AZWADER]

My guess at the start of the video was also BLEAT, but with the E standing for Ewe, which do have a habit of bleating

[@briansmith8967]

BLATs are common in the U.S., at least on the West Coast.

[@greggpeters5662]

Smashed avocado is heavenly, guacamole sucks. Whatever they add to it trips my gag reflex.

[@undefined40]

"manny manny years ago [...[ 2012" Ha! I watched the 1999 Eclipse, not in Australia though.

[@mateoromero5292]

Either I'm so smart or so gay cause I did get it almost immediately 💀

[@sirprintalot]

in fairness to Tom I initially thought egg and later quinoa, so we're on that wavelength. Who has those eggs lying around??

[@GoddessPallasAthena]

At first I thought it would be something much more ordinary like, turkey, since at a workshop/lunch for my job, we had one of those (BLT with Avocado and Turkey - basically, a one tiered club sandwich with avocado). And while I'm at home and not in a car, I WAS yelling "GUACAMOLE!!"

[@treespunk]

I am going to make a TABLE sandwich. I'll let you know how it is.