Cheap VS Steep Millionaire's Shortbread

[@mrbarrylewis]

Before you watch the video, which one do you think will win?! If you want to see more cheap vs steep videos, I have a whole playlist here: kzbin.info/aero/PLfItiEY3o1mum1ngUXhQ5b3rmTZu_ZHXC

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Steep! Love this series mate!😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@Angiebaby-uh8zx]

Steep x

[@bradasstv]

I love you do the blind folds now. I feel like when you know you may want to pick one over the other subconsciously. The blind folds is a great way to do it to see what you really like without knowing which is which!

[@velmamoorman7099]

Cheap

[@chefash8769]

the irony that 1.69 flour is steep cracks me up... our cheap for 1 kilo is $1-2 at walmart and steep can go as high as $20!! at wholefoods

[@joeyisidor]

I remember you made a giant millionaire's shortbread before as a surprise for Mrs Barry. 😊 she must really love that dessert..😂

[@mrbarrylewis]

haha yep!

[@MyAramil]

What I would suggest during the taste test is to clense your pallet between the two options. This way you approach both from a fresh taste. The sugar and such from the first one might have slightly skewed your perceptions a bit.

[@mhetralla]

I was thinking of that, maybe drinking a sip of water between the two.

[@TamarLitvot]

Also Mrs. B had a pretty large piece of the cheap before trying the steep. A piece the quarter of that size would have been better. I expected the steep chocolate to taste better. But maybe because the chocolate was such a thin layer and there was such an overload of sugar in the bar, it didn’t come through. I can tell the difference between really good chocolate and cheap chocolate. Even with milk chocolate - I’ve ended up buying only one brand of milk chocolate chips because all the rest taste too sweet and less deeply chocolate.

[@TheOriginaMurrinator]

"Do you think we have accents?" *says I don't in the most west country way possible* 2:40

[@gardens4me966]

From across the pond here, your accent is lovely....music to my ears.

[@mrbarrylewis]

Thanks! I remember when I spent some time over the pond, there were some friends I made who just asked me to talk all the time as they liked hearing how I said things like 'water bottle' lol

[@Lulu92Pie]

Reminds me of a Twix candy bar! They’re shortbread with caramel and chocolate dipped, who knew that Twix were mini millionaires shortbread all along

[@nopenope1]

just made it a few days ago, I would not say it is close, the shortbread tastes very different to biscuit in Twix. But have to admin, it's been a while since I've had one.

[@annother3350]

Nah, theyre quite different. I dont like Twix but millionaires shortbread is in my top 5

[@PiousMoltar]

I do like Twix but I'm not a big fan of millionaires shortbread haha

[@maxmolloy]

You have an accent, I can assure you. I use to live in Bristol with my then husband and, as a Londoner, everyone used to tell me that they loved my accent and swore blind that they didn't have one. I have cousins who grew up in Weston-Super-Mare and they speak just like you. It's endearing and nostalgic for me to hear.

[@PaulBateman1973]

I think Mrs B has doubly so 🙂

[@mathboy1066]

Millionaire shorts is the best full stop. Nice work mate

[@mrbarrylewis]

But is it millionaire or millionaire's we weren't really sure, I guess one is for the plural?!

[@BigDavie2000]

The best millionaires shortbread slice was the one given in school lunches served with pink custard. Likely made with the cheapest of cheap ingredients. I can still remember the taste 40 years later. Best 17p ever spent (or 2p if the custard completely covered the slice making it look like you only had custard to the cashier)

[@B_T_B]

STB I remember Pink custard. Yeah I also did that 40yrs ago up North and yeah I can still recall the taste!

[@alexdavis5766]

As someone who is deaf and lip reads, you definitely have an accent (I can vaguely remember what you sound like before I lost my hearing) but you have an accent easier to lip read compared to many West Country accents! But I’m very grateful for the subtitles all the same

[@mrbarrylewis]

That's good to know!

[@pinbi7]

O_O i never knew lip readers could read accents! that's awesome!

[@ferrumignis]

​@@pinbi7Me either, that is very surprising to me.

[@MattWalkerLoth]

Are you blind too? There’s subtitles option so you can read what he’s saying, cut some of the hassle out for yourself

[@lifeisraph]

So glad to see Cheap vs Steep having a comeback! :) Such a great episode too! :)

[@imjustsaying7300]

I see a lot of steep ingredients were organic- but not all. It would be an interesting series of organic vs non organic, especially with baked goods. I find using organic butter, eggs and sugars and milk gives things a better flavor( not so processed or over sugary taste). Really enjoyed this video, didn’t realize how easy shortbread was to make! Thanks

[@TamarLitvot]

Good eggs from pasture-raised chickens really do taste better than factory eggs. I rarely can get local farm eggs but when I do, they are wonderful!

[@colleenunvarnished]

I notice the taste difference with cream cheese more than other ingredients and was surprised at the difference.

[@absurdrhino]

That idea gets my Seal (by ah yaaa) of approval

[@Oonagh72]

If you don’t like mixing butter and flour by hand just throw it in the food processor. Just make sure the butter is cold, I freeze it, so the friction doesn’t melt it.

[@aKiZoT]

Gotta love that you’re doing the comparison and outro and all that while Mrs. B gets rid of all the leftovers. (That’s what I would be doing too!)

[@karencollins1892]

Love how Mrs B`s accent come out when she says `i can`t believe that`.

[@bradasstv]

So glad you did the blind folds again! Love that! 😁👍

[@esmeecampbell7396]

Love a Cheap vs Steep with Mrs B! 🥰

[@kalli66]

Yay, another cheap vs steep! I was wondering when you'd make another one and here it is! I also love millionaire's shortbread, yummy. Nice work Mr & Mrs B ❤❤🎉🎉

[@bloochoo2870]

I really love this series! It shows that if you shop sensible you can make something with cheaper ingredients that is just as good as something expensive. Beat the cost of living crisis by being sensible with shopping

[@defs8073]

Beat the cost of living by not spending money on cakes

[@fluffycritter]

"Do we have an accent?" Accents are things that other people have. To me, you have a very distinctive accent, which is one of several particular British accents. To you, my "neutral" pronunciation would seem like one of several particular American accents.

[@deborahnixon1539]

Nice t-shirt. If your coming to Barbados bring some millionaire shortbread with you. A bar of 100g Cadbury milk chocolate is around £5. Butter is £4 for 8oz etc

[@donotgogentleintothatgoodn2290]

That Homer Simpson cardboard cutout is so frigging iconic! It’s like your own signature for your videos 😆

[@emjones6794]

Just a tip, for most recipes that call for you to incorporate the butter into the flour like that you can use a food processor to incorporate it instead.

[@akantiia]

Millionaires shortbread is so good, one of the best treats ever and I love me a good cheap vs steep video!

[@olliedavies1360]

Hi Barry love the cheap vs steep series, I would like to see something like a Sunday roast, thinking roast beef and all the trimmings. Keep up the great content

[@nigelstockley7011]

Oh Mrs B..... You have a VERY strong Westcountry accent! More than Barry for sure.

[@hooklineblinker1285]

My life's work has been to find the best millionaire shortbread 😂. My friends and I made some at school years ago and got in trouble for eating it all at break time. I'm just chasing that memory, the ratios were perfect. I've come close but my search continues.

[@awineandfoodnerd]

This was fun to watch while eating my lunch. Now I want Millionaires Shortbread. Thanks Barry and Mrs. B!

[@Tysxno]

Also known as “Caramel Slice” in Australia!

[@amastretta]

Great video! Try melting the chocolate in the microwave is much easier and you don’t add moist to the chocolate. Love cheap vs steep

[@jokool_aid]

For that "meeh" working butter into the flour step, I remember my grandma would just use a table knife and work/cut the butter into the flour that way. A bit slower compared to that kitchen gadget you have, but worked pretty well and kept hands from getting all buttery.

[@frasr]

I usually just melt the butter first, let it cool a little and then mix it in 😅

[@gudrunorca]

That knife method is what my mum does as well! She did get one of those gadgets too, though 😅

[@catswambo9706]

Whum poun... free poun.... Cho- kluht.. yeah I fink it's an accent .... as a total outsider it's lovely to listen to ❤ but I haven't the knowledge to say it's this one or that one. I love all accents ❤

[@oblivionliv8021]

Omg can you do steak and chips with peppercorn sauce

[@janamarek]

Yes, you definitely have accents. I enjoy listening to you two.😊

[@ArionRDAW]

Ethan Chlebowski's video about testing tinned tomatoes also mentioned Calcium Chloride ('a firming agent common in tinned vegetables'), and his conclusion was it did have an adverse affect on the blind taste test.

[@gardens4me966]

I'd eat either!!! Nice cuppa and I'm all set.

[@theflatusnauts1217]

"Oi don't think so," she says. Both hilarious and sweet that you don't know you have Wrest country accents.

[@fernhadley845]

Mrs B has a very West Country accent and Barry, certain words or phrases you say sometimes are also very West Country, nice 😊 👌🏼❤️

[@alastairwl]

Really enjoy the cheap versus steep series, loving your work as always! Probably just biased by the name but I really thought steep would be the runaway winner.. maybe because i just assume luxury and indulgence with this and that rings steep alarm bells to me (rightly or wrongly, don't know). Definitely one to try for myself I think!

[@MrsHenny91]

I love the cheap vs steep videos. I would love to see you guys make your perfect recipe, using the products that you think make the difference and see if you were right!

[@Dreadtheday]

I love the Gold butter too

[@xxPenjoxx]

Love the cheap vs steep series

[@dan-ger6963]

Yes you do have an accent the way you say pasta always makes me smile

[@kerry4987]

You know what is sad.. your steep prices are my regular prices in Canada (British Columbia) our prices just keep going up! It isn’t right!.. I would like either of those bars! Love watching the two of you! 😃 and your kids are great too!

[@hmg191]

Thank you for doing these recipes! Im on a tight restricted budget for the autumn and I still want to eat treats when I'm working, will definitely be trying these out x

[@auntiedough2488]

Ha!! I JUST made a batch. I used my go-to recipe which is definitely cheap. I buy off label condensed milk which is a third of the cost of Eagle Brand (Canada). I make them often and they’re always a massive crowd pleaser. Going to a dinner and game night at a friend’s tonight and added white chocolate blobs on the chocolate, dragged a toothpick through them and voila! Valentine’s hearts!

[@familyhelpdeskhelpdesk270]

You so do have accents, that west country dynamic is loud and proud!

[@Rizzle280]

i made a millionaires shortbread for thanksgiving once and it was a smash hit! One of my favorite deserts ever.

[@justsam42]

In Australia we just call that a "caramel slice". We're fancy over here, haha.

[@TheChalkiej]

I was going to say the same thing lol, I'm in New Zealand and we call it caramel slice as well.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

LOVE this series barry! You amd mrs B make it so amazing!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

[@mrbarrylewis]

thanks

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

​@@mrbarrylewisAlways🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@shaunstelfox1718]

We call this caramel slice in Australia 😋😋

[@collectingonthecheap56353]

This one is amazing! Hoping that more of these end up with cheap winning, or at least really giving steep a good challenge.

[@christopherhall7400]

Condensed milk cans were always 14oz in old money so that's 397g today hence the exact number

[@peterrussell5821]

im with you barry i hate rubbing butter and flour together

[@rcrawford42]

There's only one way to make condensed milk. There's a good chance the two even came from the same factory.

[@muklukPL]

Barry if you are doing blind try you should use 3 pieces to compare. 2 steep and one cheap or the other way. Then ask if someone can spot the difference.

[@JackieWarner13]

We call this caramel slice in Australia. Love the name changes in different countries.

[@suzz1776]

Perfect timing. I was looking for a shortbread recipe when this popped up

[@janem3575]

the butter and chocolate are where it pays to splurge. maybe pastured eggs, if texture and lift are important

[@juvinosurnamegiven1370]

Lots of things come in what seems like strange package sizes because lots of homemaking ingredients are still being sold in imperial sizes but they are required to mark them in metric

[@samhenwood5746]

My mum made when we were kids & I loved it 😊 cheap I would go for & thanks Barry n Mrs B 😋👍

[@halliktom1]

Barry when I make shortbread I sometimes use a handheld electric mixer to not dirty my hands, you could try that next time.

[@degoele]

This is the first time I get Pam en Jim vibes from you! Lovely to see you doing this as a loving couple

[@prehistoricpleb]

Homer in the background as a Michael Scott stand in 😂

[@prehistoricpleb]

Boston The pug can be Michael I’ve decided and Dwight is Homer ha 😂

[@brendancull8316]

About the Butter and where it's made. If you look at the packaging there is a code on it that refers to the factory it was made in. I found this out on a programme on channel 4, by the Food Unwrapped team called Supermarkets Unwrapped. They showed us these codes on the programme, when they compared Aldi's Cart Wheels and Wagon Wheels, both made by Burton's Biscuits. This code is supposedly on all packaging.

[@StretchyRealms]

Outrageous!

[@Breakdawalls]

I was thinking as i was watching may be an idea to do blindfolds and you went and did it. makes it more fair as you have no bias

[@obsoletepaul]

Barry, I'm from Manchester and when you say 'HAFF' instead of 'HALF' it breaks my brain 🤣

[@nickmcnair1421]

Love he videos How about same shop basic and premium ranges? Think you need to do a cheap and steap cupboard and do some recipes from the store cupboard

[@OverlordMaggie]

Hey Barry, not sure if you clarify later or if someone beat me to it but table salt is sodium chloride, calcium chloride isnthe calcium version. I believe it is commonly used in fruit and veg applications as a preservative, like keeping pickles from softening (see Pickle Crisp) or as an anti-browning agent in fruit (presumably stuff like tinned pears and such).

[@Diffilicious_Rex]

Could you please taste-test the single components as you go? I'd love to see your reaction to the difference between edible ingredients, and how that influences what you think will taste best?

[@Lego6980]

Fun vid. Thanks

[@robylove9190]

Becky is the real winner. She gets twice as much millionaires shortbread.❤

[@HammyPotter42]

I’d love to see this series do a meatloaf, or sausage roll. Or you haven’t done any with seafood as the main ingredient, so maybe a lobster bisque or something?

[@Janokins]

Fascinating!

[@joanneganon7157]

Nicely Done, too much for the steep😳! I like this game! JO JO IN VT 🇺🇸💞

[@louiselill1528]

I honestly thought the steep would win hands down due to the higher chocolate content they both look super delicious

[@rosie4696]

you do have a slight accent, especially when you said wuuz it! At 10:30 I should know, im a West county bumpkin, from same birth place as you! Me babber 😉

[@philipcroft1104]

I use that cheap chocolate when I make Mrs B's brownies, there stonking ❤

[@barrymckean3281]

I remember when I was a kid that the biscuit base was made from a kind of buttery Digestive biscuit, not the crumbly shortbread base that is used nowadays. It's still good, but not as good as the Digestive base. It was just perfect with the caramel and chocolate.

[@cherrytrainingltd]

Great result. Have you tried a A B A blind test, so give one of them again and see if they can pick out the different one?

[@lilmich100wood7]

I think both of the butters should have been salted or unsalted as that can make a difference to the taste

[@caz3895]

Both Millionaire Shortbreads looked lovely, I'd eat either. I don't notice an accent except for the odd word but nothing wrong with a West Country accent, much better than mine😅. Love a Barry/Mrs B recipe.

[@H2_O2]

How do you not know that Mrs. Barry loves millionaire's shortbread? I know (from your videos) that Mrs. B. loves millionaire's shortbread.

[@E1sun]

The sweetness generally overwhelms , so we would pick up the small differences . Premium products have a number of factors behind the price such as the additives , source, production method, etc. For the most part the general person wouldn't notice unless aware of the difference from the start . Most people are also used to the cheaper more accessible products , so tend to favour them . At the end of the day , it just comes down to what you budget and conscience allow/prefer.

[@sadietrent804]

Im from a few miles down the road from you, a few towns over, I dont have an accent either and I was born in Bridgwater the town where I live and where you've done giant videos before

[@megancraven6260]

Mmm youve inspired me to make one! 😋😍

[@chris_is_here_oh_no]

Excellent video, really surprised by the results.

[@janp1088]

I suspect the muscovado sugar would have made a difference..I find its a bit more earthy in flavour. Im insanely curious as to what this would take like with miso paste, like the miso chocolate brownie. Fabulous brownie, oddly taste even better when refrigerated.

[@redavatar]

Chocolate prices differ a great deal but the taste is also insanely different. Cheap chocolate is mostly just sugar with barely any cocoa powder or butter. As a Belgian, I can easily tell the difference between cheap & more expensive chocolate to the point where I never eat cheap chocolate anymore.

[@danxepha4535]

Why would you use salted butter in one and unsalted butter in the other? That will dramatically change the flavour of it. I'm pretty sure it should be unsalted butter.

[@markchapman6800]

Re: your accents, I do keep hearing the West Country slip through in Barry's, but Mrs B's is posher 😊(more London maybe? IDK)

[@xRandomSarahx]

I'm with Mrs B- I LOVE millionaire shortbread! I've got a hankering for it now 😂 Without watching - I think steep might win this one!

[@ComanderSquigley]

Tbh I've always found people from England and the USA think they dont have accents! As an Irish person, yes you have an accent 😂 you guys sound just like my mates family 😅

[@vickytaylor9155]

There is no such thing as an English accent. Accents change every 5-10 miles. As they do everywhere in the uk.

[@ComanderSquigley]

@vickytaylor9155 oh I'm fully aware! Very similar to Ireland! I'm just saying that I often find it's those countries where people often feel they don't have an accent! It's many a time I've been told by someone from england that I have an accent and they don't haha! Which just boggles the mind cause there are some wonderful English accents!

[@tanjameijer589]

So true 😂

[@rcrawford42]

Very few people "hear" their own accents.

[@ComanderSquigley]

@rcrawford42 true! if I'm being honest I don't think anyone can actually hear their own accent! It's just being aware you have one! Like I said in my og comment I often find it's only from some places that people seem to think they dont have an accent! I wonder why 🤔

[@michaeldelaney5971]

My favourite millionaires shortbread is made with a raspberry caramel. I may have just started making a batch when I saw this video

[@digitalsparky]

When you made the giant millionaire's shortbread, I believe you said something about Mrs Barry absolutely loving it :P. haha.

[@RuthCocks]

You do have slight accents but probably because I'm from Devon I pick up on it more. Xx

[@russellcopp6968]

The sugar was probably the big difference. The muscavado sugar will have more molasses in it, because of the way it's refined, and that will have given both the depth of colour and flavour. Ignoring the other ingredients, it's why I'd have chosen that bake 👍

[@gudrunorca]

Fair point. The muscovado, although also light brown, was darker than the cheap light brown soft sugar. I’d say the difference could also be in the butter, as the steep 3:02 was unsalted, whereas the cheap 2:45 was salted. And the steep didn’t get an addition of salt to equalize balance. Therefore I can imagine the cheap being more flavorful, as the salt would have enhanced that. Surely I am not the only one noticing this?

[@karenneill9109]

I think the salted butter may have made a difference. Add a pinch of salt to the steep one, and I bet that would make a difference.

[@kirkside78]

I hadn't clicked on first watch that the cheap was salted and the steep unsalted. That would have definitely had an effect on the flavour in the shortbread so it would have made sense to get steep salted butter too

[@eidodk]

Salted butter is 2% salt .... that means 5 grams of salt from a 250g lump of butter.. 5 grams of salt is A LOT. It would DEFINATELY change the flavour.

[@karenneill9109]

@@eidodk Wow! That’s a full teaspoon, between the shortbread and the caramel.

[@lockaby1]

here in the usa its a law that companies put all ingredients on the container of whats in it and i dont know how many times i have seen the same company name on the lower and higher cost products

[@debhulks]

Great comparison. Cheap for me. You both have slight accents, rather charming.