Chefs Vs Normals Taste Testing "Christmas" Pretentious Ingredients to Vol.3 | Sorted Food

[@luciegrndjn6300]

Being unable to go back to France for Christmas this year, I must admit I got a little teary when I saw the 'marrons glacés' in their little gold wrappers. My mum and I usually make them from scratch, using the chestnuts from our garden, and that's one of my favourite thing about Christmas (with making and eating 'crème de marrons' which is very similar but in a paste form). And Mike is right, it takes about a gazillion hours to make but it's so freaking damn delicious.

[@AnnabelSmyth]

Me too - I can't believe the guys hadn't had them before! I always buy them for my mother, who loves them.

[@bunkertons]

Awwww, sending hugs!

[@mariaah3073]

Does "marrons" happen to be the word for brown on french? Because here in a Brazil we have something that looks a lot like marrons glacés and it's called "marrom glacê', marrom being portuguese for brown. It always seemed like a very brazilian treat to me but apparently we got it from you guys!

[@aknee3042]

@@mariaah3073 Well chestnut is also a shade of brown in English so it makes sense if they’re called ‘brown’ because it’s like a double meaning

[@inspirence]

@@mariaah3073 Yes, marron is brown in french indeed ^^

[@mattmazenauer5556]

6:25 The "As well as mince pies" elicited such genuine laughter from the boys, I have rewound it like 5 times

[@lazysamare]

I still want to know where Mike was going with that.

[@thebigh4752]

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the set Not a dish was cooking, not even reclette; The normals were snoring by the chimney so snug, Awaiting Ebbers and Currie to give them a hug.

[@noeinroad7294]

Where IS James

[@macaoron]

@@noeinroad7294 Currie in the last line! (albeit misspelled)

[@thebigh4752]

@@macaoron Fixed it. :D

[@noeinroad7294]

@@macaoron No I was looking for him in the video.

[@thebigh4752]

@@noeinroad7294 He was referring to my little rhyme. I spelled it 'Curry'.

[@matthewkerr1948]

The sorted comments section is genuinely one of the most wholesome and goodhearted on youtube. A testament to the sorted team

[@s0l0poly71]

Japanese foodie here. Maron glasse is fairly popular here in Japan especially from autumn to early winter.

[@daytrippr65]

I came to say the same. I lived in Japan for 4 years and loved when all the maron glasse seasonal items came out in stores!

[@LuckyDragon289]

I noticed when I visited Japan a couple years ago, that there are a lot of French-style bakeries, especially in the malls under the train stations.

[@daytrippr65]

@@LuckyDragon289 there are definitely a lot of French bakeries, and also pastries from Portugal (Castella cake) and Germany (Baumkuchen) are really popular across the country.

[@NutritionImpossible]

Came to say the same. :) So many variations of Mont Blanc style cakes/desserts on Japanese cooking channels, too.

[@doc7440]

Really ? in italy too . nice i love Marron glacès

[@richardp5920]

I will now only refer to geese as “long chickens”

[@SortedFood]

😂

[@leslieherring381]

Some cannibalistic Pacific Islanders referred to human flesh as "long pig", so . . . Kinda puts a new twist on the marketing term "the other white meat".

[@johnuferbach9166]

I heard a guy from mexico who saw a goose for the first time, which was probably defending its territory and hissed at him, called the goose a "cobra chicken" xD

[@Lilian040210]

@@johnuferbach9166 Those fuckers are scary, my grandma lives in a village and I pass people who own geese on the way to her (on a bicycle) and they go for u the moment u get anywhere close... They're the size of a medium dog and always in packs and not scared of anything... Good thing they're slower than a bike otherwise I'd know what a bite of one feels like 😬

[@MoondogAlice]

They're "mean chickens" to me 😂 when you're chased by an angry goose you really get the feeling of what dinosaurs would have been like 😱

[@jenjones8903]

I couldn’t stop giggling, when Ben said Stollen and Lebkuchen. Spekulatius is super popular in Germany and basically THE Christmas cookie. I was totally suprised that Goose was so foreign to you as a Christmas meal. We have goose every year and it’s one of the best parts of Christmas. Although we have 1 goose per 4 people, so there are 2 servings each + leftovers. Traditionally it’s eaten with red cabbage, Knödel, an apple filled with marzipan and lots of gravy.

[@Tala_Masca]

Speculaas is more the Sinterklaas cookie here in Holland. (and also sold and eaten year round , on bread or just with tea)

[@Caerigna]

Lebkuchen (both bread and cookie forms) seems to have become a bigger thing amongst German descendants than it is now in Germany. Maybe I just don't know enough actual Germans, but it's an interesting difference.

[@MrC4ctu5]

@@Caerigna Oh trust me, Lebkuchen are huge in Germany and Austria still. They start selling them in late August in some stores already.

[@jenjones8903]

@@Caerigna Germans are crazy for Lebkuchen. It is absolutely everywhere during the winter season. It’s right up there with Glühwein :)

[@Caerigna]

I jones for the cookies, my maternal grandma made many cookies each year, including dark and light lebkuchen (and an old school German recipe black walnut). I'm drooling just remembering. Since her death I've been looking for real "old world" recipes that come out tasting like those did.

[@TheBazino]

The first thing is called "Mon Cheri" in the supermarket cheap version.

[@chesh1rek1tten]

"chocolates usually don't have shots in them"... Oooooh boy, welcome to European chocolates, Mon Chérie, Kirschstengli, Edle Tropfen, Weinbrandbohnen, Schladerer Pralinés, Rumkugeln, ....

[@rebekkakhigson]

Yes! I was very confused by this :D

[@jasmin9616]

So true😂 fairly common here, but I was also confused when Mike asked Ben if he had heard of speculoos.... Like im Austria/Germany you get those in every supermarket and they are delicious 😂

[@ericdebernardi2291]

Yup! Glad someone else said it!

[@Masked_muscle_mommy]

even as an american i was shocked he's never had bourbon balls or brandy balls lol

[@Elwene2fr]

Yeah same in France, they are fairly common. We also have chocolates shaped like liquor bottles and the inside is filled with alcohol (like champagne, cognac, calvados, etc.). I don't think this is only a French thing, maybe with different alcohols ?

[@werbette]

The expression on Ben's face when Mike told him the price of the goose was excellent!

[@fairygirl626]

Jamie: *gets a whole goose for his selection* Also Jamie: *treats it as snacking meat*

[@SortedFood]

He did right! The Goose was very much enjoyed by all the team afterwards :)

[@Yzariel]

The goose is in some countries the first christmas dinner choice. In my family (In Germany) there will be a goose every 25.12. the last 35years...

[@mihaelaskrabo1385]

@@Yzariel I live in Germany and I joined a friend of mine a few days ago on a search for a perfect goose. The attention to detail was ridiculous, but it'll probably be worth it 😅😅

[@Yzariel]

@@mihaelaskrabo1385 it will be Crispy skin. Moist meat... Can't wait to get mine in 2 days... luckily I'm not the one I Charge. More time to chill and drink

[@emlynbarnden1229]

Next year, I’ll be cooking myself a snacking goose to enjoy while I’m cooking Christmas dinner

[@sarahbee6758]

“Small Turkey” “Long Chicken” “Big Duck.” I just want Jamie to keep coming up with alternate names for Geese.

[@SortedFood]

Hahaha, what else could we call it? 🤔

[@alwyfadlluah574]

Water pheasants ?

[@Rea84]

@@SortedFood bipedal corgis

[@ReaperUnreal]

Feathered salmon.

[@spazzypengin]

@@SortedFood bastard knobhead pricks. Wait, you guys don’t have to deal with migrating Canada geese over there...

[@solozaur]

Jamie again with the top notch observation: "it's a bird". 😅

[@SortedFood]

LOLLLL 😂

[@lorale8095]

It's a plane

[@hrithikasarvodayan]

@@lorale8095 looking up at the sky eh ?

[@PyrozPlayground]

Also known as a big duck. 😆

[@nonesuchone]

@@PyrozPlayground long chicken

[@Jacen32272]

"Don't get in a fight with a goose." Truer words are rarely spoken. I've seen trucks with serious dents made by pissed off wild Canadian Geese. These birds are not ones you want mad at you....

[@eringalin2075]

You can always count on one idiot to harass a goose and end up running for his life!

[@mokko759]

You mess with the honk, you get the bonk!

[@noeinroad7294]

Geese are merciless and freakin terrifying

[@lovesnowflurry]

My fiancé got in an actual fight with a goose once and it was somewhat traumatizing for him. We all think it’s a great story, he still hates geese though

[@grouch314]

I've had to pull several dumb collies away from attacking geese bc the goose would win. I don't trust those honking little gits

[@TheJammiedojer7]

Merry Christmas everyone and thank you to Sorted for getting us through this year! 🎅

[@andrineslife]

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[@SortedFood]

Thanks for watching, Merry Christmas too!

[@NoorAnomaly]

@@SortedFood I'm thankful I found your channel this year!

[@BethGrantDeRoos]

I appreciated the wise observation about the Marrons Glacés, and how one would probably need to explain what they were if giving them as a gift, unless the recipient was well traveled and knew of them. A similar warning when gifting the Cerisettes would be wise, since one would hate to get the liqueur all over them when they went to take a small bit, or be unaware of the cherry pit and end up with a chipped tooth.

[@deaaqua86]

My mom used to get these liqueur filled chocolates from Germany and would always offer them to people without telling them what they were. There was always shock and liqueur dribbled down their chin.

[@BethGrantDeRoos]

@@deaaqua86 your comment made me smile!

[@Snowshowslow]

But I think you could just say "candied chestnuts", right? No need for the whole history 😆

[@janellkendall12]

When I was deployed we weren't allowed to drink alcohol. But we always were gifted these liquor chocolates from the French military because we were all so "high strung." They will always have a warm spot in my heart. 🤣

[@SeraphimCramer]

Why would you not be allowed to drink? Even in your down time?

[@janellkendall12]

@@SeraphimCramer have to be focused and ready 24/7. No sex either.

[@SeraphimCramer]

@@janellkendall12 Were you in an active combat zone?

[@janmay3901]

They were warm in Mike's mouth... wow

[@rtd1791]

Ooof. Y’all have made me so nostalgic for the Christmases of my youth that I’m almost in tears. I’m American but my mum isn’t which may be why I have had most of the treats in this video. Growing up it was quite common for us to have goose on Christmas. I think we alternated with duck. My mum is an excellent cook or she was. Her health doesn’t really allow her to cook any longer. But definitely the best meals of my life were prepared by her. My favorite meal ever was a chicken soup that it took her a week to make. She spent days defatting and clarifying the chicken broth. And then she steamed all the vegetables and placed them carefully in the broth. I know chicken soup doesn’t sound special but in the end it was this perfectly clear golden broth and the vegetables looked like little jewels. It tasted just as amazing as it looked. I’ve had marron glacé once. Hated it, so I’ve never bothered again. My mum spent years going on about this candy so maybe by the time I finally had some, it was impossible for anything to live up to my anticipation. Now it’s easy to buy some, but it the 80s it wasn’t. My bonus-dad had to special order them months in advance in order to surprise my mum for Christmas. The state that I’m from has a chocolatier that is known for their boozy chocolates, Ethel M. I’m not a fan, but it used to be that people would request these chocolates whenever I was visiting. Now days it is so easy to buy just about anything off the net, it seems like so much of the specialness is gone. I think alcohol is a good way to ruin chocolate covered cherries. I don’t think I’d be comfortable serving chocolate covered cherries that still had stones in them. The chestnut candy has me longing for Larimer Square in Denver, Colorado. We always used to go every Christmas to look at the gingerbread square. Specialty bakers would recreate all the buildings of the square right down to the cobble stones in gingerbread. We’d bundle up and look at Christmas lights. And we’d always buy roasted chestnuts from the vendors in Larimer Square. I must make a point of seeing the Parade of Lights in Denver one more time. We live in Southern California which means we can look at Christmas lights in our shirt sleeves. I do not miss the snow. Plenty of the beaches have fire pits where it’s jolly fun to make s’mores. These days I only eat s’mores on the beach at Christmas. So many traditions are out this year due to the pandemic. But at least we will be able to drive around looking at Christmas lights and singing rude Christmas carols. That’s a family tradition my husband and I started when our oldest was a baby. Our kids were so delighted by the obnoxious and disgusting things we let them sing. Lots of feces jokes to be sure. Have a safe, socially distant Christmas and happy holidays.

[@xclim2011]

Thank you sorted for giving us a whole year of great content eventho we’re in the midst of this nonsense!! Stay safe and merry Christmas 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@andrineslife]

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[@fumblztv8979]

Couldn't have said it better myself. The boys have helped make this year bearable.

[@jeald0003]

Nonsense doesn't feel like the right word. It seems to apply a certain glib or flippantness to a year which has been damaging to physical, mental, Social and economic health of the world. But the sentiment of Sorted bring lightness and joy during a year with so much upheaval, counter-normal and dread is a nice one.

[@xavierrobinson9126]

My favourite thing about this channel is the completely believable, authentic relationships between the boys. The jokes, the teasing and the obvious love. Thanks for being a reliable and comforting part of an unreliable and uncomfortable year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Sorted!

[@metalnerd1979]

the first one sounds a lot like "mon cheri" from ferrero. in germany its sold throughout the whole year. its dark chocolate filled with a cherry (but without the stone) and "kirschwasser" a cherry liqour. they are quite tasty.

[@IlkaWaffy]

Had to think of those right away too but I despise them! I'd rather just drink my cherry liquor as it is

[@lilithhedwig5408]

Yes same! I was honestly surprised that things like Mon Cheri and marron glacés aren't common place there lol

[@iamgerg]

"Geese were used to as guard birds" Canadians: NO SHIT! *absentmindedly rubs scar*

[@moondust1992]

I live in the North of England and we have Canadian geese stop here from spring to summer each year, they crowd the canals and chase you and your dogs, especially once they have had their babies 🤣 such a viscous bird to hale from such a nice country!

[@iamgerg]

@@moondust1992 It's a little known fact that once a year Canadian's perform a ritual to place all of our evil into the geese.

[@NoorAnomaly]

We get Canadian geese down to our town here in Northern Illinois, and honestly, they're not at all aggressive. If anything, I can walk by them, dog in tow, and we leave each other alone. They do leave goose droppings ALL over the place, which my dog think is a delicacy. However, when I lived in the Netherlands in the early 2000s, the geese there were terrifying.

[@nikolinaeriksson990]

@@iamgerg hahaha 😆

[@Fyreflier]

I like that Mike assumed that they were guard birds for noise and not because geese will kill you if you look at them wrong also because they can't be bribed like dogs

[@nessrinetle]

Goose is the traditional meat of Christmas dinners here in Germany. In fact, it's so traditional, many university cafeterias serve it right before Christmas.

[@regenorakel]

Goose is actually pretty traditional for Christmas in Germany. But there are, of course, other dishes that are widely enjoyed as well. Also, the way Ben said "Lebkuchen" was just precious.

[@EwgenijBelzmann]

Here in Germany goose is very traditional around Christmas time, with many restaurants serving special goose menus in December. My family doesn't celebrate Christmas, but it has been a tradition with my parents to go eat a goose at one of those places this time of year, most often for my parent's wedding anniversary, which is in the beginning of December. It has been of the things that we missed this year because of the second lockdown here. My parents already had the table reserved and all... :-(

[@lassewr]

We have Roast pork, roast Duck or Geese for Christmas every year. No exceptions! Nearly always both pork and a bird on the table. Red cabbage, glazed potatoes, regular potatoes and preserved half apples with a sphere of redcurrant jelly in place of the core. I think that is very traditional here in Denmark. Several people in my family do not like fat on their meat, so its most often a goose on the table. As a bonus, we have a summer cottage on a small island where there is a farm with fields of geese... no predators means they can let then roam the fields by them selfs. Why bother harvesting the crops, if you can let the geese roam and work for the food. Strong healthy birds, had a good life, and I don’t feel bad for eating that meat. SOOO GOOOD

[@gnomersy1087]

I feel like you started okay on it just being traditional. But the "we have a summer cottage" definitely bumped it into pretentious.

[@lassewr]

@@gnomersy1087 I can see it sounded like that 🤔... might even have used the wrong translation. It’s a very small house owned by the whole family. Nothing to really brag about. And the fireplace does not work and the bugs, oh the bugs... Pretentious or not, you decide. (The description of the geese and ducks are pretentious AF, when they sell them to the mainland. They really just needed to tell the tale of no predators and free roaming birds.... although they have problems with wild peacocks in the fields too. Noisy f@€&ing bastards... Beside that, it’s just fields og happy birds)

[@harmvzon]

Isn’t a goose fatter than a duck?

[@hopefletcher7420]

I love your description of your traditional Christmas meal, it all sounds wonderful and I'm definitely borrowing the preserved apples with red current jelly. And the geese aren't pretentious...I'm glad they have a great life and then give their all for your family dinner.

[@lassewr]

@@harmvzon I think it depends.. I’ve seen lean ducks and very very fat ducks, but never a goose where I went all... whoa!

[@markman278]

“As well as mince pies....” With Jamie I assume there is much more

[@SortedFood]

100%

[@oskarelysee9076]

In Denmark, we usually eat roast duck or goose Christmas eve.

[@TheLittleTamTam]

Same in Germany

[@Kat_foss]

Was just about to comment the same thing haha

[@AlanHope2013]

Goose was for a long time a traditional Christmas bird, before the turkey became popular. "Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat/Please put a penny in the old man's hat" goes the old rhyme.

[@jory728]

I am from the US but one year my Morfar made goose for Christmas and it was delicious! This made me remember that I need to ask him for his recipe!

[@godikke]

@@jory728 Or you could just invite him over and surprise him. www.danishnet.com/food/danish-roast-goose-prunes-amp-apples/

[@TheDiplomancer]

Ben: It's not gold bullion Jamie: Are they stock cubes? Wrong kind of bullion, Jamie

[@PokhrajRoy.]

As the poet-philosopher Phoebe Buffay once said: “MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE EVE!”

[@SortedFood]

Merry Christmas Eve Eve.

[@LeRoiJojo]

We now need someone called Eve. "Merry Christmas Eve Eve, Eve!"

[@anthonynichols524]

Marry Christmas Adam

[@RagnaN92]

That's pretty much what the Norwegian term for the day before Christmas Eve. We call it "Lille julaften" or "Kvelden før kvelden" which mean something like "Little Christmas Eve" and "The evening before the evening" respectively.

[@frances-534]

@@RagnaN92 Little Christmas Eve.. love it 😊

[@drecellthealive8912]

In my country we actually still eat goose traditionally! However, not for Christmas or Yule, but for what we call "First Day of Winter", or "St. Martin's" (11th November). I prefer baking my own, but my mum is not terribly excited to spend the day in the kitchen, especially when it is not a national holiday and she needs to go to work, so we usually go to a restaurant. They all have special offers for the day, mostly including goose, bread dumplings, cabbage and goose broth soup (the variation is how you pick your favourite - the basic idea is the same but the recipes all taste different!). Another tradition is tasting young wine, "St. Martin's wine" with your goose dinner. Wine markets are everywhere, wineries compete for the best of the autumnal season, and everyone has a great time. This year, most places delivered both a whole roasted bird with all the accompaniments, but also a selection of locally sourced bottles.

[@LeeskiLeo]

What country is this? Sounds very worth a visit in normal times!

[@drecellthealive8912]

@@LeeskiLeo the Czech Republic, this tradition is much more common in the Moravia region!

[@LeeskiLeo]

@@drecellthealive8912 ahh! I love the Czech Republic! Didn't know about this tradition though!

[@drecellthealive8912]

@@LeeskiLeo Most people only go to Prague, which is very touristy and not really a good image of the whole country. I'd recommend the cities of Brno, Olomouc, Kutná hora, Znojmo, Český Krumlov or Litomyšl (or Karlovy Vary when the film festival is happening!). Also a good idea is just renting a car and driving around visiting our many castles!

[@QoH616]

In southern Sweden we do a similar thing the day before!

[@kirstengolnaz7327]

The transition from festive music to dramatic revelation music in 14:18 was just so masterfully done.

[@RedRuddock]

would you mind reviewing the heroes' feast cookbook once the festive season is over, it's a D&D flavoured cookbook released recently

[@laartje24]

YES! Great idea!

[@oribennett6520]

I would like to see this too

[@snkmonkey]

in Germany goose is the normal Christmas meal for a family gathering. I'm gonna cook one tomorrow, even though we are only two people this year for obvious reasons! Happy holidays you all, and stay safe!

[@Nabend1402]

Goose is still the most traditional Christmas dinner here in Germany. Although finding one that cost nearly a hundred quid is quite an achievement. I don't think traditional things can really be pretentious, unless you do something weird and pretentious with them, like add gold leaf or such. You sought out very expensive versions of these foods from the most expensive shop around. If you bought them from somewhere else, they would cost half as much and be just as good.

[@SmokeyTheBandit]

That's kinda the whole point of this series... i hope in the year since you've made this comment you have grown intellectually.

[@kazorikumo9765]

I think my Family had Goose for Christmas every year I can remember, it's really what makes Christmas dinner for me.

[@DakovaL]

Jamie, as a Canadian, I can tell you don't pick fights with geese

[@drewphi3935]

My sister walked a little too close to a nest a few years ago. She still has PTSD from the attack 🤣

[@ashrowan2143]

Goose self defense tips, if a goose is attacking you grab there neck and throw them and then run in the opposite direction, they have very strong necks

[@laartje24]

If I have learned one thing from my time at a bird sanctuary it is that it is not Swan you should fear. Swans are chill and usually happy to see you. It is the geese (and duck) that will scratch you up and eat your face. And we were strangely enough not allowed to trow them.

[@vixxiv_]

I am curious for the story behind this comment. I've never encountered a live goose or duck in my life, so I wouldn't know which birds attack you.

[@oxnyxws]

@@vixxiv_ they bite and if you're unlucky and their wings can break a kids arm. The hissing is normally enough to convince even toddlers to run away.

[@SirJamesLester]

We used to buy my Grandma marron glaces every single year! She absolutely adored them, but they are hard to find outside of Christmas. But because of this, they don't feel pretentious at all. Just a "hard to find" treat Interestingly, when I visited Japan last year around Autumn, there was a LOT of chesnut flavoured goodies! So, the flavour does remind of of my trip.

[@akshat9282]

in india, the nut brittle thing is called "Chikki" and is eaten as a snack like cookies. they are pretty yum and cheap (about 0.2 GBP)!! chikki also happens to be my nickname ❤️😂

[@SortedFood]

That's really interesting to know - thank you for sharing!

[@artemiasia1984]

Oooooh I love maron glacè! It's traditional in the North Italy as well (or at least in Piemonte) to have them for Christmas. Love them not pretentious at all.

[@luisgalindo6097]

It's not a pretentious ingredients video if Barry Taylor isn't there

[@cass12234]

Or James Currie

[@luisgalindo6097]

@@cass12234 and James Curry i forgot

[@Niyati99]

Mr. Pretentious himself

[@myddrinemrys8988]

But for Baz, “pretentious” ingredients are just pantry staples.

[@Fyreflier]

"Pretentious Ingredients" aka "We raided Barry's cupboards, let's have a taste-test"

[@CouchCoach]

Was talking just a few hours ago with a few of my colleagues from work about what they have for meals the next 3 days. And quite a lot of them will have goose on one of these days. I believe goose with potatoes and red cabbage is a typical christmas meal in germany. The second most named meal was salmon and eel. But that might be because we are in northern germany.

[@skippymagrue]

Those cherries should have a tagline of "will punch you in the face."

[@janicesaunders4769]

I would happily be punched in the face by cherries 🤷🏻

[@paddiecorley1108]

I often watch the people you’re not supposed to be looking at and 8:56 to 9:03 is a prime example of why that’s so much fun

[@melissajennings996]

When we try something new and it doesn’t work out we call it “An Experience”. It might not have been a great experience, but an experience none the less.

[@T3hN3wB]

I think the idea of spending a bit on the center of your holiday feast is totally fine. It happens so rarely and usually in good company so it's generally worth it. My sister has been Prime Rib every year and I never miss it!!

[@micaylabenavidez]

We eat tamales, menudo, rice, and beans! we also make loads of sweets like dedos de monja and gingerbread cookies! Would love yo see y'all try out any of these recipes btw!! Merry Christmas!! xx

[@Augustus_Imperator]

I'm italian and here the marron glacés are definitely very popular. They are relatively expensive even in the more "commercial" variant but it's very easy to find them around in any supermarket in the christmas section with panettone, nougats and chocolates. Merry Christmas everyone 🌲

[@davidroe1835]

When I saw Jamie eating his slice of goose with his fingers, I thought: "Snacking goose!"

[@gabrieleghut1344]

Goose with potato dumplings on Christmas day is a tradition here in Germany. We had this every year when my parents were still alive. The goose my mom bought from the butcher every year cost between 60 and 80 €, and she still needed to roast it. She made the best roasted goose and the gravy was so delicious. I miss this 😔

[@Dennismaione]

Merry Christmas everyone!

[@shadowday24]

goose is such a tradition in our household in Germany. we eat it for st. Martins Day on 11.11. every year. always super good with some Knödel and the filling usually made with the liver, bread and apples. Of course some red cabbage or cabbage salad always accompany it

[@Hellnagel82]

Here in Germany I never had turkey for christmas but goose several times.

[@lulur6817]

i worked as a nanny for a few years and last february the people i worked for went on a skiing holiday with another family and their nanny was their too and she introduced me to creme de marrons (which she used to eat all the time because she’s swiss) and i’ve become so obsessed with it, i spent about a tenner on getting some shipped to me at uni in scotland because it’s so so good, i really want to cry marrons glaces because i feel like they’d be pretty similar but even more yummy

[@tiinah5602]

The con of being this early is not being able to read the comments laughing at something one of you guys said

[@TheLocomono9]

Be the change you want, people love any type of humor from dad jokes to slow burns to innuendos and that’s just the boys. You just have to bewreath in yourself

[@thebigh4752]

Just make something up! People are gonna hit you with a like anyways before they realize they've been conned!

[@LethalPigeon7]

When has a youtube comment made a normal person laugh, honestly.

[@TheLocomono9]

@@LethalPigeon7 just because people don’t laugh at your jokes doesn’t mean people don’t laugh.

[@misssaturnalia]

Geese is a very traditional meat from my heritage. Unfortunately I can't go back because 2020. I miss it so much I need to get myself some duck instead!

[@alder96ontwitch88]

In Germany in November Goose is typical for St Martin the Guy who shared his mantel with a beggar as the townspeople want him to become the Bishop he flees in a goos hous but the get so noisy the townspeople find him and so we est a große every year im using a rub with mugwort and filled with Apples with mugwort and salt with it i serve potato dumplings and red cabbage with chestnuts Also as a chef in germany in a small restaurant we easily get over a hundred gooses out online in November

[@leon-thorehansen8523]

Geese are a traditional christmas food in germany. My grandma makes it every year and its delicious

[@M3gaM3rf]

Thank you Sorted for everything you’ve done for previous years and this year. Cheers for the future and Merry Christmas everyone!

[@TheNinnyfee]

Merry Christmas to you, too!

[@Rothiman]

In Germany its way more common to have goose for christmas (Dec 25th) than turkey. The first "christmas meal" within the immediate family is usally at the evening of the 24th, often including potato salad, sausages ("wiener") and meat balls. Which is also when the first presents will be given, either before or after the meal. 25th and 26th are mostly celebrated with the wider families and bigger meals like the goose with red cabbage and potato dumplings (Knödel).

[@AnnabelSmyth]

I can't BELIEVE Jamie hadn't ever had marrons glacés (glass-ays, please) before! I grew up with them, and always stock up when in France! Next year, if we're allowed to travel, then you guys really should do a day-trip to Calais and visit the big Carrefour in the Cité Europe, near the Eurotunnel station there. The French do Christmas supermarkets way, way better than we do. Yes, of course they have the piles of cheap sweets, but they also sell the premium kinds (liqueur chocolates full of real liqueur, marrons glacés, chocolate orange peels, etc), and vast fridges full of smoked salmon and foie gras, with the gingerbread and onion and fig chutneys that the French traditionally eat it with. It really is worth doing, and I'm sure your viewers would appreciate it. Also, Calais' Christmas lights leave Oxford Street standing!

[@intrepidaotearoa]

Christmas ain't Christmas without my favourite chefs - Loved this episode and love your Christmas Sorted Club ad!!!

[@slothfulcobra]

I feel like in America, there's a lot less traditional christmas food because all of that gets absorbed by thanksgiving. Which actually gives more space for christmas to be about presents or togetherness or whatever while Thanksgiving is the holiday about foods that you eat more out of obligation than anything else.

[@gingerfani]

I don't really agree with you there, because while at thanksgiving there is only the traditional turkey dinner, at least in Germany every family has their own traditional Christmas food. And those can change. But traditional foods like roast duck or goose is something you also get at restaurants for example when you have a company Christmas party. And because having dinner together, just close family not the aunt that you don't actually like, is a important part it's more about togetherness then just about gifts

[@lichansan1750]

@@gingerfani i Agree. However christmas is more of a season in germany lasting several weeks. It includes lot's of activities spanning several days. christmas market, cooking christmas cookies, sharing christmas cookies with family, going to church, eating, visiting family &friends (sometimes with traveling for some days/a week), much much more. christmas is special in Germany

[@gingerfani]

@@lichansan1750 I agree with you. All the little traditions that happen during Advent. I hope they can happen again next year

[@melissalambert7615]

We often did a turkey at Christmas with similar winter veggie. But must haves on Christmas are olive/cream cheese stuffed celery and cranberry juice/ginger ale punch. For decades I've done a Christmas breakfast of beef hash (Who hash) and eggs because I am a huge Dr. Suess fan.

[@lpburrows]

@@gingerfani The point here is about American traditions. I'm sure in Germany this is true, but the traditional American holiday meal is certainly Thanksgiving and not so much Christmas. I reckon, in part, this is because Christmas in immigrant communities in America still maintains ethnic traditions (e.g. Italian panettone, Mexican tamales, etc.) that haven't been flattened out by the national traditions.

[@TheLittleTamTam]

Goose and duck are the standard Christmas dish here in Germany, so I think it's funny for you to think of it as almost antiquated. It's normally served with Klöße (potato dumplings), red cabbage and sometimes kale or Sauerkraut. But for some families it's also traditional to make sausages and potato salad. EDIT: They're also definitely not that expensive here.

[@andyh7777]

I'm stuck in my small flat alone this Christmas unfortunately. Thank you guys for the great content this year to keep us all going, and I will be using one of your recipes on Christmas day to get my through it!

[@SortedFood]

Stay strong Andy, you got this! Merry Christmas and enjoy the recipes. Send us anything you make on Twitter :)

[@andyh7777]

@@SortedFood I don't have Twitter but I can send on Instagram!

[@jessicadegalway9120]

Aww me too! A good meal is what keeps me in a good mood! Merry Christmas Eve from France!

[@sabrinaraymond746]

Ben has been so excited in the Christmas videos and he makes me smile until my face hurts. You guys are the best! A real bright spot in this challenging year. Your delicious recipes are always fun to make. Love the Yippee ki-yay on the counter. Merry Christmas!

[@T_1.5]

1:34 I’m just waiting to see what the SortedFood meme account does with this face

[@mazchen]

Found your channel early this year just before the crazyness started. Thank you so much for helping us staying sane during the past months. Merry Christmas to you guys and all viewers!

[@giulshere]

I love how they said you'd look pretentious bringing out the marrons glacés, while here they are so normal I recognized them at first glance 😂

[@stacithompson5016]

Merry Christmas to the whole sorted team! Thank you all for the laughs, information and teaching us how to be better cooks while also entertaining ! Come on 2021!

[@WingRocka]

Merry Christmas Eve to everyone in the world!

[@janani1826]

Merry Christmas eve In the UK we are still on the eve of Christmas eve 🤣

[@Nixx0912]

I'm glad I'm not the only one making the conection between anko and marrons glacés. The texture and taste are so similar.

[@erinhowett3630]

This series should be called "Fortnum and Mason's Product Line".

[@StashandNotions]

Growing up (in rural Tasmania in the 80s), turkey was not part of our Christmas experience - but goose from my Grandparent’s farm was. Thank you for the nostalgia glow, and merry Christmas to you and yours.

[@fingersfinesilver]

I've been on the continent for 14 years. The UK's food prices are ..... aaargh HOW much for an organic goose? How much for Marron Glaces? This is the time of year you miss family especially this year - my normally smug "I've left before Brexit" is a sort of sad and angry feeling for the people who have to put up with it now. Love the channel guys, I'm wishing you and your families a safe and merry Christmas.

[@tarren452]

These are by no means normal UK food prices - most of the stuff is from Fortnum and Mason which is a very very high-end/luxury department store in London, really people are mostly paying for the brand for those items so they can gift it to someone and the recipient goes ooh, fortnum and mason! You could get the same items just as good quality for more reasonable prices elsewhere in the UK.

[@kirohaas3193]

Over here, in this *part* of Norway (I have to specify that, different parts of the country vary wildly on what we have for Christmas dinner) we have oven roasted pork belly, where the skin is crisped up into crunchy crackling on the roasting pork. Served with a rich dark gravy - made with the drippings of the pork belly, and served with boiled potatoes, pickled red cabbage, a sweet and tart lingonberry jam, mustard, and mixed veg (cauliflower, broccoli, peas, carrots). Very common to drink akkevit (aquavit/aquavitae) with it, a traditional Norwegian liquor.

[@JOBdOut]

"These geese are made really tough. You know you think you might have a fight with one? Don't." Any Canadian will tell you that as soon as you enter the country.

[@GrandmaLoves2Scuba]

I haven't quite figured out why anyone would thumbs down ANY of your videos. I love you guys!

[@RoboBabe08]

I want to eat those Cerisettes so much. They seem delightful, and I would eat the whole box and get buzzed with a stomachache....

[@NorthEndLeader]

It's really interesting to me how intrigued you guys were by the roast goose. In Austria this is quite a common dish especially during November when Saint Martin is celebrated and also sometimes at Christmas. On the other hand whole roast Turkey is much more "exotic" and harder to find.

[@robertwinyard9110]

Merry Christmas from down under guys ❤️❤️

[@jenat82]

Usually have a pork roast and a duck here for larger families. (some opt for a goose then). Or small families will pick either a duck or a pork roast. In my house the duck was filled with prunes and apples. Sides: Sugar coated mini potatoes (the sugar is melted and the potatoes are cooked in the syrupy mess until it really sticks to the potatoes), boiled spuds, pickled red cabbage.. and that's about it. Obviously a gravy made on the duck and pork drippings. My dad also likes to make vanilla boiled halved apples with a blob of red current jelly in the pit hole.

[@AlanHope2013]

"It's a big duck" is the sort of penetrating analysis we come to Sorted looking for. Congrats to Jamie for dragging the level down as always.

[@TheWolfCrea]

Marrons glacés are a favourite of my grandmother here in France. We gift some to her every Christmas.

[@gekko88]

Are chocolates with shots of alcohol not a thing in the UK? Look up "Mon Chéri" or "Edle Tropfen in Nuss".

[@theotherone1149]

They are, i’ve definitely had them. Probably just not that common.

[@melissafernandes4052]

Love a Mon Cheri! I live in the UK and my parents would always buy them for Xmas when I was younger.

[@leminhthu96]

I'm scrolling through the comments looking for the "mon cheri" keyword

[@margaretnicol3423]

I love Mon Cheri but I think the booze in their ones might be a bit stronger!

[@Munstergal82]

Merry Christmas you guys thanks for keeping me sane this year and super impressed you never missed a video even in the midst of a global pandemic. Huge work must have gone into it all. So thank you 💕💕

[@ellvy7474]

Love the French pronunciation pending xD Though it's fun to see the difference... Cos I immediately recognized the marrons glacés wrapping 😂

[@calgy84]

Goose is traditional for Christmas in Germany, you can get it everywhere. From St. Martin's day all the way to Christmas really.

[@BenMorganxD]

Today I learned: Goose is practically unknown in Great Britain. It's THE traditional christmas dinner in Germany...

[@jmp_fr]

it was definitely extremely common in England in the Victorian era, with what we have now (turkey) being a symbol of wealth in those times, with the lower class members of society often eating goose at christmas time. the situation has now flipped, as goose is seen as 'pretentious' by many and therefore associated with the upper class and turkey is the norm. it's weird

[@isthatrubble]

@@jmp_fr I had no idea brits eat turkey at christmas, to me that's an exclusively american thing (I'm australian). I assumed they ate roast chicken and beef.

[@jmp_fr]

@@isthatrubble yeah no we do, i funnily enough always used to think it was weird you guys did turkey at thanksgiving and a ham at Christmas- but then I learned the story of thanksgiving and the turkey made sense

[@isthatrubble]

@@jmp_fr we don't do thanksgiving in australia, but I do think christmas ham is pretty popular here. in my family we just cook chops and sausages on the bbq, it's quicker than a roast and frees the oven up for other things

[@Orodben]

Man, I want to have a good duck or goose for christmas. Haven't had one for years. My grandma cooked birds from her brother's farm every time we visited. It is such a joyful childhood memory.

[@bethanyalcraft4855]

Ben's face at the price of the goose is hilarious! 😂

[@losa3465]

I'm Japanese and Jamie's guess for the chestnut is spot on. We do the same thing and call it Kuri Kinton and we eat them a lot during Christmastime. Also is a dessert called "Mont Blanc" (French in origin) extremely popular in Japan with chestnut often has this inside also.

[@FeministCtulhu]

Santa Jamie brings me more joy than you would ever know.

[@johnsuffill6520]

I get a free range, corn fed goose every Christmas. It costs me about £20 depending on the weight. That last one was just way over the top!

[@OriOfTangleWood]

"The Geese are made really tough - you know you think you might have a fight with one - Don't" ... said every Canadian

[@Becausing]

It's August and I'm binging Sorted Christmas episodes, longing for Christmas!

[@Mirala0618]

Christmas goose is so traditional that there’s a Sherlock Holmes store about a gem being found in one

[@macaoron]

Marron glacés are actually quite popular in Japan as well! Some bakeries use the chestnut and the syrup to make Mont Blanc, another French dessert that is also very popular in Japan.

[@khaxjc1]

Oh my god! "He needs to stop requesting reindeer recipes" is both naughty and brilliant. Well done.

[@TheCagedCorvid]

I'm so glad it wasn't just me 😂

[@AnaArantes]

Marron-glacé is such a common dessert in Brazil... It's an "old lady" treat 😅 that you can find in every supermarket with the traditional sweets like goiabada and doce the leite, but in a cheaper version made with sweet potato. (It's delicious, I swear!) Or in fancy stores, the real ones, in boxes like that one you got or in jars with sugar sirup.

[@buffyailla]

the same thing happens in Argentina. my grandmother loved them. Saludos! Boas Festas 🎄