David Mitchell’s Soapbox - Brit’s Attitude Towards Food REACTION

#DavidMitchell #Soapbox #Food
Jodi and Nick react to another Soapbox from David Mitchell. This time he speaks about the British Attitude Towards Food.
Original video found: • Brits' Attitude to Foo...
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[@siwillz365]

A posh accent and a thesaurus is pretty much all that separates “David Mitchell’s soapbox’ and a ‘Karl Pilkington rant’ 🤣🤣 love them both though ❤

[@jeninjose517]

That's an incredible observation!! How did I never make that connection!?

[@happilyeggs4627]

David Mitchell’s wife, Victoria Coren Mitchell, is an accomplished poker player. She is the only 2 time winner on the European Poker Tour. Having won more than half a million pounds in each of her major wins.

[@MikeSmith-ye9ho]

He’s definitely not right British cuisine has come on an awful lot in the last 40 years. Before that, it wasn’t very good, but you have to remember we had rationing during the war which affected our eating habits and what we could get hold of. Restaurants and pubs, provide a very substantial menu. The biggest problem is people don’t know how to cook at home. I had to learn to cook very quickly when my wife left because I had a sevenyear old son which was an eating machine so are used step-by-step cookbooks I got from charity shops. I now consider myself to be quite a good cook. I had a French girlfriend and impressed her and her family. Who said an Englishman that can cook? My reply was an English man, that’s hungry. Today, a reasonably plain meal I’m cooking paprika, chicken, thighs, mixed herb, roast potatoes vegetables with an onion gravy. This doesn’t make me a chef but it means me and my son are not hungry and enjoy the meal. Even plain meals we enjoy bangers mash peas, onion, gravy. ( bangers are slang for sausages ) but this morning breakfast is going to be a good old-fashioned bacon butty and I might even throw an egg on the top

[@simonwinwood]

nothing but complete admiration and respect for your story. You should share it more widely. i live in stoke and we're (men) dropping like flies here from suicide and knackered livers.

[@irreverend_]

No matter where you visit, if you come to England, find a small bakery that isn't part of a franchise, and get a meat and potato pie, or a Cornish pasty (which is basically a meat and potato pie but with a crust you can hold it by). Also, you need to try the pre-made sandwiches you can buy from supermarkets like Tesco or ASDA, because apparently they're far better than the US ones (according to an ex of mine from Florida anyway).

[@davebirch1976]

Jamie Oliver's missionary jaunt to Rotherham went down like the KKK turning up at the MOBO awards 😂

[@SkogenWhisper]

you don't get sodas at gas stations in the UK :D we sell bottles/cans of soda but we don't have the big gulp / slushie / soda machines like you guys do

[@BoringReviews]

Oh what a shame. Those are glorious

[@TheGreatLordDufus]

Heston Blumenthal - yeah, that guy takes food beyond sanity. Basically treating food as Lego is a great tv idea, not a good food idea.

[@AndrewHalliwell]

Heston is the type of chef who attempts to deconstruct everything and put it back together again in insane ways. Like making something fish shaped out of potato,covering it in batter and frying it, then making the chips out of haddock.

[@Mr.Agateophile.]

sounds like a good prank to play on your drunk mates.

[@cerdicw9998]

The architypal ‘British food’ has got to be fish and chips. It used to be a cheap ‘working man’s’ meal but is getting a bit pricey these days! The best chip shops are often to be found on the coast - the fish is fresher. Probably the best is to be found in Whitby on the North-East coast. Whitby is a great place to visit. It’s got the ruined abbey, the ‘99 steps’, picturesque harbour, nice beach (North Sea is a bit cold though!), the jet jewellery shops, and Dracula and the goths…

[@markedmonds8694]

Guys I know I'm requesting a ton of stuff, & I know I'm a bit off topic, this not being a Micky Flanagan video; but can I please add "Micky Flanagan Going to the doctors" to your no doubt extremely long list. Keep up the good work, I just know you're a comedy life line to so many, we really appreciate it.

[@millsy1861]

One of Britain's most brilliant creations is the crisp sandwich. You guys might call it a chip sandwich in the US. Oh there's another one we do here a chip butty bread lashings of butter and chips, again French fries to you guys in the US, pure genius......

[@brianfallon2607]

Children in French schools learn about how different food tastes. Brits think chips and fried fish is the height of gastronomy.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

Question, in a country of free refills why do you pay more for a large drink? Does no-one see the absurdity of paying for a "large"?

[@BoringReviews]

Great question. First of all the free refills thing isn’t true in all establishments here. And it’s slowly reducing year by year. But fort he places that do offer free refills the reason being that for fast food very few people go inside to dine. It’s mostly drive thru or grab and go. So you want a larger size so you have more as you are traveling or taking it to work or home. Typically the large (twice the size) is only a few dimes more.

[@jehanariyaratnam2874]

I went to school in Sandwich (Sir Roger Manwoods School) which is where the Earl of Sandwich invented the sandwich.

[@kallumleader9110]

Large coke in McDonalds here is 500ml so 17.5oz?, the US has another size up from that we don't get here, it's far too much for me to drink though! XD

[@ReedoTV]

UK standard soda sizes are 500 ml (~17 oz) and 2 L (~68 oz)

[@AgentOccam]

In terms of your soda size question: Not where I live, as far as I'm aware. You pretty much just grab cans or bottles (which obviously come in various sizes) out of the fridge, but *that* big? Nah. The McDonalds large size is about as big as you can get.

[@petermizon4344]

CANT BEAT STEAK PUDDING CHIPS , MUSHY PEAS AÑD GRAVY LOL, MAINLY LANCASHIRE IN THE NORTH ENGLAND

[@johnnyW1966]

Posh food is ridiculous. When I was young our family would have days out at the seaside. One place we went a lot was Seasalter, just a few miles down the Kent coast from us. We stayed in a caravan for a week there one time. We used to go to a lovely pub called The Sportsman, especially if the weather turned, as it had a covered, conservatory type area around the building. It is now a "Gastro Pub". It is £80 per person to eat there, and they don't offer bar service to non- diners! Good luck to them, I'd rather spend ,say, £10 and have a decent pint and a ploughman's in a traditional pub.

[@AndrewHalliwell]

Just make sure the plough man doesn't catch you nicking his grub, or he'll likely destroy your front lawn and turn it into a turnip patch.

[@petervenkman69]

In context, the legend is that in 1762 John Montagu, the Earl of Sandwich, "invented" the sandwich when he instructed his servant to give him some roast beef between two layers of bread so that he could have an easy handheld meals so he didn't have to stop gambling.

[@stephenpodeschi6052]

There were a lot of UK specific references in there and although you can understand the words its the context that's amusing ( not funny) in this observation. The sandwich was easy to recognize the rest well I doubt many young Brits would get....lol

[@MrLeighman]

This was a good reaction to a funny video. Can't say I completely agree with David thougth. British eating habits have changed over the years and continue to do so.

[@jrswinhoe58]

We don't use ounce for liquid, but generally the measurements are 330ml / 440ml / 500ml / 530ml / 1ltr /1.25ltr / 1.5ltr / 1.75ltr / 2ltr and finally 3ltrs, have fun choosing your drink 😁😂

[@Mr_Fahrenheit]

The quantity of food in a package is been reduced by manufacturers in the UK but the price stays the same ( price increases by stealth ) is it the same in the USA?

[@BoringReviews]

In a lot of foods and drinks yes. It’s really annoying. Also, chips or crisps here drive me nuts. You can have a bag the size of a journal but the chips inside only are halfway filled. We hate that.

[@davebirch1976]

At McDonald's in the UK the large drink is the same as your small size 😆

[@davidmckie7128]

If you took all the ice out of an American soda, then you would have the same amount of soda that is in a UK large cup. The extra volume is just ice (or water when it melts).

[@ellenwhelehan9579]

In Ireland we are allowed to drink water.

[@Rokurokubi83]

Earl of Sandwich loved him some card games, he didn’t want to break off the game to eat so asked for hid meals to be served in two bread slices, so he could eat and play. He’s probably not the first to have that idea, but he defo popularised it, so that today “I’ll have a Sandwich” has lost all historical meaning and rooted itself in our subconscious as meaning food delivered in bread.

[@PaulK-ve1pu]

He's right. In Italy or France you can get great food anywhere-fresh, local ingredients, served with care very cheaply. In the UK it's either Greggs or somewhere that sells 'artisan' food. That is, roughly the same thing as in Italy but ten times the price and pretension. We have no food culture; the Industrial Revolution destroyed it.

[@dalbhuie_youtubeaddedanumber]

Guys as they chap who first asked you to watch a Sopabox I have to say it's time to watch The Merits of.... and move on. My original hope was to introduce you to Mitchell as an entry to Mitchell & Webb and then on to the truly great things he is in that will also introduce you to other UK comedians, such as WILTY, QI and Taskmaster, oh and of course Eight Out Of Ten Cats Does Countdown. Which i am happy to explain how the name came about and what the format is when you want to watch it.

[@johnwhear9600]

I'm impressed Nick that you nearly broke into 'Put the lime the coconut' (bit of an in-joke for me). When you travel to the UK, get a good Chicken Tikka Masala. On a personal note I sent sent an email to confirm your postal address. If you could respond that would be great.

[@True_Heretic]

If it tastes good enough, we just don't stop eating it. Middle aged mayhem.

[@robbie_]

I think my grandparents ate better than I do. Part of the issue is in those days the woman stayed home most of the day and had time to prep and cook a decent meal. These days everyone works and nobody wants to slave over a cooker for two hours in the evening when they get home.

[@carlhartwell7978]

Personally I've never seen drinks as big as 64oz in the UK. I'd be surprised if anywhere does much bigger than 1ltr (35oz).

[@AdeelAshraf-dn8gw]

I want karakoram band reaction on gol chakkar with behind the scene plzzzzzzzz

[@Rokurokubi83]

No, no we don’t get drinks that large lol.

[@Fwhole]

I think it didn't land becasue it's not really true. And I suspect he knows it.

[@TheOldBlackShuckyDog]

You didn’t get half of what he was saying did you. Could see it in your eyes

[@dufflepod]

Oh gosh - there were so many UK specific references in that - I suspect even inattentive UK natives wouldn't get all of it. But I went to university for a reason - so I could sneer at people who had never seen the startling range nor gamut of international cuisine that I had seen thanks to my 'Lifelong University Friends'. A passing relationship with French food, a movie-inspired but shrieking fear of American supermarket food, and a carefully maintained 20m perimeter from roast German pork. Ahhh well. Hey ho. I'm a wee bit pissed now - I mean, not a lot, only 6 cans. But I'll hit the hay shortly. . . . . . . . . . . . . UP THE REBELS (Whoever the phuck those koonts are)

[@neilgayleard3842]

You suspect wrongly.

[@Forestfalcon1]

I took it as meaning the modern day obsession of things which do not matter.. The important issues are lost and hidden among all of the hype around these minor obsessions.. It's a comedic reality check..

[@mazza4190]

harry Enfield Yorkshireman. Learn about bread wit nowt in it.

[@helenwood8482]

This one is so British it's basically meaningless to anyone who doesn't know our culture. To me, it's hilarious, but I get why it fell flat for you.

[@BrianMac2601]

I can't even get a few seconds in before I think I know it's America but wtf. 64 fluid ounce? I'm not an expert on metric and imperial but that's almost 3 and a half pints ffs

[@neilgayleard3842]

I think he's not trying to be funny in this case. There's a word for the people who he was talking about, ponce. The best place for real British food is in peoples homes. If you're eating out and you want British food you won't get it in London.

[@Ingleborough111]

Americans seem to have far too big portions.

[@jonashansson2320]

When it comes to british food. Imagine the taste of... nothing. Well. That's really it. I don't think anything more can be said about it.