Dollar Tree vs. Aldi Cooking Challenge

[@probablyaparent]

Josh needs to get Steve from Blue's Clues on Last Meals, he doesn't realize how big it would be.

[@samanthal8981]

As someone who saw the PACKED room and people turned away at Fan Expo Philly where the famous "I didn't draw the clues" scene originated... I can confirm it will be a hit!

[@ShearGenius88]

That would be amazing!!

[@Kasugami]

YES @mythicalkitchen PLEASE THIS

[@TheKanaRenee]

Agreeeeeeeed

[@lesliegetshergrooveback9981]

That would be AMAZING!!

[@MarsBars874]

I love the peanut gallery just absolutely ganging up on Josh for his Blue’s Clues slander

[@zasne8667]

It's fully deserved

[@gatoneko]

LMAO when Josh said that "Aldi's recently came to the states" I'm over here going I've been shopping at that place for nearly 40 years now.

[@niaratarleton-allen7566]

SAMEEE!!!

[@niaratarleton-allen7566]

I grew up on Aldi!!

[@adfailing73]

They didn't open in California until 2016. He's in his bubble. 😂

[@bonitamiller8405]

Same

[@bonitamiller8405]

​@@adfailing73 true. But ud think he'd had researched that

[@ashatteberry2127]

I want a cooking challenge / face off with ALL shelf stable ingredients. Absolutely no refrigerated or fresh ingredients. Preferably all ingredients they ordered online and they can walk into the kitchen with the box it got shipped in.

[@sukai121]

That would be such a good episode!

[@HappyGothGal]

Imagine Josh rehydrating beef jerky to make taco meat 😂

[@loons6914]

@@HappyGothGalspam is right there 😂 just get the jalapeño one!

[@jacqueline8121]

THE BLUES CLUES SLANDER 😭 you go sit in your thinking chair sir

[@MrSkerpentine]

I’m going back in time to tell six year old me to start training for vengeance 🗡

[@conc0n]

there goes the Steve Burns last meal episode

[@Josaiah44]

⁠@@MrSkerpentineVENGEANCE YO😭😭

[@sukai121]

I was so sad 😭 blues clues was my childhood

[@TheVideogirl9]

@@sukai121Same 😢😢

[@ilookhandsometoday]

I think it's very possible for me to beat Josh in a bare knuckle brawl. He does have a body that doesn't quit, but he is a gentle soul and it will be his undoing. Keep up the good work!

[@AdmiralWinfrey]

Is this Steve?

[@bat9056]

No it's Joe

[@hikikomori4971]

Ur all wrong. It’s Blue herself

[@jcalerre]

@@hikikomori4971 I'm afraid I just blue myself.

[@Pyroific]

this is too specific to be a bot lmao

[@brandonhodge5136]

Very recent! Aldi first came to the us in 1976. Only 50 years ago.

[@UrbanPanic]

As someone who is between Rhett and Link years old, we will not tolerate calling 1976 50 years ago.

[@samanthaleo2590]

I was hoping someone would point this out so I didn’t have to

[@ThePapaja1996]

76 Aldi sud and 79 Aldi nord apparentelly

[@ohrats731]

Wow 😂 I didn’t come to my state until recently… but I don’t live in California lol

[@raeperonneau4941]

Aldi is just coming to the west cost. Their first stores in CA didn’t open until 2016 , we only have one in the state of WA and there are none in CO. Honestly, I could skip Aldi because we have WINCO but I would love an HEB. 😂

[@SolAndNat]

literally NO research was done in the making of this and this is why i love you Josh 😂

[@Ubernaught012]

what research did they need to, or should have, done for this?

[@EjNappe]

He had no clue that Aldi was in Anerica 10 years before Dollar Tree was founded

[@Ubernaught012]

@@EjNappe Oh that bit, yeah fair.

[@RabbitsInBlack]

That's why I take no advice from this Channel. It's only for entertainment. Anything he say or does is like watching a monkey.

[@chrisortiz5959]

Lmaooo the whole gang was like ITS STEVE HIS NAME IS STEVE !!!!!

[@QuayHollywood]

Josh shitting on Blue's Clues, and Steve is just hurtful, lol.

[@DestructiveLioness]

LeVar Burton for Last Meals! I so would love for Josh to go all interview mode while having his inner kid come out

[@imdrummin1]

STEVE IS A NATIONAL TREASURE AND WE MUST PROTECT AND CHERISH HIM ALWAYS

[@Jakotsu97]

i didnt know i needed to see josh get skidoo'd into the deep fryer to properly start my workday but i suppose we all learned something important today!

[@JT-hr6dq]

I like this series. Many people live in food deserts where their only chose for fresh food may be a dollar general or a dollar tree. While the episodes are very tongue in cheek, they actually show ways to make less expensive items into delicous meals. Good on you Josh.

[@genghisg]

It's a little weird comparing the prices between them since Dollar Tree's products are typically in smaller proportions and technically costs less for that ingredient, but the price per ounce is much higher. So when calculating it out to a single meal it's technically cheaper, but for multiple meals and alternate uses for the ingredients(which is how grocery shopping works for 99% of people), you end up paying more to constantly restock them to the same amount.

[@candegelabert6631]

He said LeVar Burton and my mind IMMEDIATELY went to Troy crying in the bathroom in Community

[@Volti-Vagra]

i just have the clip from the eric andre show "I wish I was Levar Burton" on loop in my head

[@EnycmaPie]

Josh throwing shade on Blue's Clues because he can't skidoo.

[@samikatt2151]

Now you have to have Steve on one of your shows LOL maybe last meals :) He is actually a really nice person.

[@courto_oporto]

Lost it when Josh skidooed 😂

[@chronicallynerdy4074]

I'd like to see Amazon Fresh roped into this series. I do hate Bezos owning my soul, but I'm disabled, and they are frequently the cheapest delivery option for me.

[@johnwodetzki6326]

Don’t look up what companies he owns then

[@drackar]

Look, Is Bezos the devil? Absolutely. Find a corpo CEO that isn't. Most of them are just more quiet about it.

[@OliverThanhTungVu]

I dont live in the us but walmart does send home and dont uber eats also include grocery stores?

[@chronicallynerdy4074]

@@OliverThanhTungVu Using a third-party app to grocery shop is way more expensive, and I have been boycotting Walmart for almost 20 years now.

[@two_5]

@@OliverThanhTungVua lot of those have a big charge for the service of having it delivered and idk the exact numbers but it sounds like amazon fresh is their cheapest option!

[@cyrosgold7]

Today I made a "creamy Chicken Mushroom Tortellini dish". The mushroom filled Tortellini and cream of mushroom soup came from Aldis, the Chicken breast came from a $3 cold Rotisserie chicken from Wal-mart(I buy 3 at a time and freeze them, great deal), along with some frozen peas and milk from there, the Sour cream came from my local Brother's market, and my seasonings from a Dutchman's store. I Made enough for 3 servings, with a rough cost of $2.15 per serving. Real savings comes from shopping around, not from getting everything from a single store.

[@amandaa4744]

The 26 empty bowls in front of Josh when he's making the sauces is beyond intimidating

[@mttic55]

Josh is really trying to get himself canceled for dogging my man Steve.

[@Starscreamious]

0:20 Recently? LOL .....my dad was shopping at Aldi in the US back in the 90s.

[@antoinettetruss1991]

Aldi has been in Georgia, USA since at least 2000 Josh... Recently is kind of a stretch

[@emmaliehandley9090]

Aldi has been in the US since like the 80’s haha definitely not “recent” 😂

[@bigtee2000]

@@emmaliehandley9090 actually 1976

[@tammiepowell2818]

Actually since the mid 1970s.

[@StaySnazzyStyle]

It's more common on the east coast. It was my go to in VA, but I'm in NV now and we're just getting one in my town. Now that 99 cent stores are gone I think Aldi will fill the gap out here.

[@raeperonneau4941]

Aldi is just coming into the west coast. Their first stores in CA weren’t until 2016 and we still have only one in all of Washington State. It’s not quite as ubiquitous as you would think.

[@WillieFister]

I love this series. It makes me realize that even though I have a low income household and mostly shop at Aldis and other "discount" grocery stores, I can still use their products to make something that actually looks and tastes okay.

[@pawpawg7358]

So glad you did another ALDI challenge. The first one was an unfair match up because of the bread used in the sandwich. And Aldi may be new to Cali, they have been in the midwest for years.

[@Bluesayshello1]

“Recently made its way to the states” …. They opened in Iowa in 1976

[@ashleyholmes4221]

As a fellow Iowan, we could only afford groceries from Aldi growing up in the 90s 😂

[@AdmiralWinfrey]

Josh is very California-centric lol

[@hop08fan]

We just got our first one in Little Rock a couple months ago

[@ThisNameMakesNoSense]

Dollar Tree going to a $7 price cap is still insane to me

[@dakineprotoss]

this channel needs to stop promoting dollar tree as a "cheap option" --dollar tree is far more expensive per gram than most grocery stores. I would recommend the John Oliver episode on dollar store economics. Aldi is far more affordable to shop at than dollar store, as is any kroger, walmart, anywhere is better

[@jdonovan74]

​@dakineprotoss it's for when you only have $10 until pay day. It'll be worse long term financially, but you'd get what you need.

[@dakineprotoss]

@@jdonovan74 why not do a series on $10 or less meal prep ideas, you can get more meals out of $10 from your local regular grocery store than you can out of a dollar store. this is obviously promotion of dollar store, the entire premise of this series is "look we shopped at the dollar store and it didn't taste worse!!", presupposing for the audience that the dollar store is actually cheaper per gram of food, which is incorrect. better and cheaper food is available at a regular grocery store, due to economies of scale, and decades old production/transportation processes. Regular grocery stores also do not abuse their labor like dollar stores do, where typically 1 person is running the entire store at a time. kroger and walmart certainly have their own issues, but the dollar store is truly bottom of the barrel, targetting food deserts in poor/rural areas

[@jdonovan74]

@dakineprotoss you're missing the point. Sometimes you need to do laundry and only have $1.25.... yes it is worse long term, but you get clean clothes. Same goes for food. I used $10 as a random number.

[@dakineprotoss]

@@jdonovan74 i think youre missing the point brother

[@AmyBluesoul]

I feel like these taste comparisons should start with a blind taste test. Don't let the judge see them, taste only and get their opinion for favorite and guess which is Dollar Tree then mix them up, let them do it able to be seen and see if things change. They say you eat with your eyes first and when the Aldi(or any more expensive one) one looked better, it could change opinions too.

[@robynp9872]

It's cool to see Josh make these recipes with lots of frozen and canned veggies. In (my part) of Canada, fresh produce is wildly expensive and I grew up with the idea that if you were gonna cook it (soup, stew, etc) you always used canned/frozen produce. Fresh produce was almost exclusively for eating raw. I remember going to uni with some girls from California and they were HORRIFIED that I bought frozen vegetables (until I showed them what fresh produce costs in my hometown). They were used to much more fresh food year-round.

[@NamRegSumSar]

Please do Aldi vs. Trader Joe's!

[@slimcognito383]

5:22 I will not tolerate this Blue's Clues Slander from Josh. Which funny since the host of the most recent Blue's Clues is called Josh

[@tfharper]

She tasted why one was labeled "cook from frozen". It wasn't fresh and if you defrosted it and smelled it, you'd have probably returned it instead of cooking it. Fish that was frozen on a boat shortly after capture is pretty good. Fish that sat around too long or which defrosted (probably accidentally) and was refrozen is what probably finds its way to dollar tree.

[@jer280]

Sea best is a brand that isn’t only in dollar tree. So no it’s not like that are selling spoiled food thru them

[@ohrats731]

Yikes 😅 I don’t know if it’s true, but as someone who’s very picky about smelly seafood….

[@bd80247]

You're kind of right, but the implication that the Dollar Tree one isn't safe to eat is most likely incorrect. I'm sure it's scraps and end pieces... that sort of thing. Hell, the fact that they are saying it should be cooked from frozen to me suggests there may be pieces food-glued together.

[@AdmiralWinfrey]

I doubt that's the case: food-borne illness is food-born illness, they aren't going to risk making people sick by selling fish that's gone off, even dollar store shoppers. It's probably pressed fish pieces, like salmon particle board, and being frozen maintains the shape and texture.

[@tfharper]

Folks want to put words in my mouth. Nobody said unsafe to eat. I said it was to the point where it hadn't sold as fresh or sat around too long so they froze it and asked people to cook from frozen, because if they defrosted it and smelled it, they wouldn't want to. And every manufacturer has "better" lots and product lines than others and those are possibly priced to sell at dollar tree.

[@Cheesybiscuit404]

Josh getting Blue skadoo'd into the fryer killed me

[@jostewart3192]

I love the Blue’s Clues discourse here

[@renaissancebabe9480]

I would love to see one of these done blindfolded, because visuals really do make a difference.

[@Max_McGamer]

The steam from the pasta pots out of frame is some sick set dressing ngl 💯

[@florreke1990]

She was a very fun judge. Chill but clear in opinion, very entertaining, good job MK!

[@SPER1]

She's always fun when she's on GMM or MK, definitely my favorite from Sporked.. Unlike Jordan who can be quite annoying and cringe at times.

[@joeyyalexander92]

@@SPER1 the short forehead bangs is a personality type and I wont be convinced otherwise

[@ZoeCalico]

That music while Josh is cooking around the 10:00 mark made me pause the video to make sure I wasn't under attack in Valheim.

[@TheTekknician]

1:24 .... Did Josh just call me "damn near 50 years old" ? 🤣🤣🤣Also, quote from Aldi themselves: "16 years later in 1976, we opened our first ALDI store in Iowa."

[@TamanegiVT]

The editing is PEAK in this episode, so unhinged, i love it

[@BipolarBLKSheep]

Just remember, Blue skadoo, and we can too.

[@hilzbilz09]

Josh, your homework is to go watch all of the original (Steve) episodes of Blue's Clues 😂

[@JohnA...]

Maybe don't encourage grown men to watch children's shows... thats how you get bronies, and NO ONE wants those around.

[@thomasparsons1779]

Reading rainbow and the magic school bus were my shows as a kid! My nieces were into blues clues.

[@andrewbesse9773]

Josh is definitely having one of his "Who hurt you?" days...

[@Busterboo99game]

The salmon needed to be cooked from Frozen because it's injected with some form of water solution. If you let it thaw out that salmon would have shrunk and been really gross. You'll see it a lot with cheap frozen meats that you should cook it frozen, not thawed.

[@TheLegendOfOblivion]

Missed opportunity to say "39 dollars for Aldeez food items"

[@rebeccah3091]

i jumped to this before GMM because this is my favourite show mythical kitchen does

[@gewoonolivier4652]

Genuine and authentic content makes these videos so relatable.

[@shaft5theng]

WOWZA!!!❤❤❤ Gwynedd is looking AMAZING!! Share your routine girl!!!

[@emmaauriemma9883]

Shout out to the editor for blue-skadooing Josh into the fryer after his Blues Clues slander! You’re doing great sweetie! 😘😘

[@mduvigneaud]

"Performs best when cooked from frozen" means it wasn't flash frozen so there are larger ice crystals that punctured cell walls. If you thaw it first it will weep a lot of liquid.

[@natashapoley]

im so proud of nicole for knowing all of blues clues. My favourite show as a kid!

[@NoncentsRaps]

Josh trashing Blues Clues because he had a rough childhood was absolutely on my bingo card

[@christianhansen3292]

yes spices extend the life of food and preserves it for long time. true dat and in turn it also tastes better which is a plus.

[@RighteousZeros]

Aldi, Recently? my guy I've been going to Aldi since I was a wee lad. I'm 33 now. What are you talking about.

[@SparkyHale]

The first Aldi’s in the US was opened in 1976… that’s 48 years ago… not exactly recent 😂🤣

[@Phantomplasma430]

Next time on mythical kitchen, Josh makes all the food from blues clues

[@TurboTimTravels]

Hasn’t Aldi been here since the 70’s? I think that’s older than Whole Foods 😂

[@M4DR1U5]

Aldi "recently made it to the states"??? Bro, Aldi has been in my town since I was a literal little kid... so like 20+ years 😂😂

[@giraffesinc.2193]

I totally don't understand the margarine ... but I do love the hilarious '60's stock music!

[@jokeassasin7733]

It’s good timing to have done a Dollar Tree episode when it was announced today they kept the Lead applesauce on their shelves for weeks after an official recall was announced.

[@annagarrett1279]

I really appreciate the blues clues sound track vibes after the slander.

[@jessicastar433]

From Florida, I’m chilling. Hurricane season is coming up!!! Well technically it starts in June but we all know end of July - Sept is where it’s at Also a Capricorn love red Gatorade , hate anything blue “flavor”

[@TheReddinotimeforce]

Welcometo mythical kitchen where we dont just cook the food, we mythically cook it

[@harleyluvsmistaj146]

I kept waiting for a burnt josh to pop out of the toaster behind him 😂

[@Capin91]

Wrong on Blues Clues, nailed it on horoscopes tho😂

[@harshbarj]

What recently? Aldi has been here my whole life. They opened their first U.S. store in 1976. I'd not call that recent. Might be new to the west cost, but in the Midwest they have been here for some time.

[@Exayevie]

Also a midwesterner - I grew up on Aldi groceries and I'm pretty sure I'm older than Josh!

[@Vicstruction]

Aldi has been in the United States for nearly 50 years. Hardly what I'd call "recent"

[@bigbiscuit4968]

I had to double check what he said cuz being from the Midwest I was like "I feel like there's been an Aldi nearby my whole life!". So I'm assuming he meant LA?

[@zigenstern]

this is the best dollar tree add I have EVER scene

[@allisonbergh4429]

I recently moved to Australia and discovered Aldi. It’s kind of like Grocery Outlet: always the first stop on a shopping trip, then you get whatever Aldi didn’t have somewhere else. And so far the meat I’ve gotten at Aldi has been better than Coles, Woolies, or IGA. I also got my crappy tv there, so it’s sometimes hit and miss, but I LOVE me some Aldi!

[@LetsGoPens528]

I did not have Josh getting angry over Blue's Clues in today's bingo card

[@shineglory26]

Oh yeah Aldi is super new, I’ve had one in my little town in Minnesota since like the early 2000s 😂

[@alexzitro5866]

Aldi, RECENT?!! Idk it could be cause I’m from Chicago but I remember shopping at Aldi when I was a child in the 90s and it’s prevalent. It could be recent in California but definitely here in the states for at least much longer

[@coderspy]

I don't know why they would have bought Imperial Margarine from Aldi since they have better brands. I bought some Imperial margarine for some baking and regretted it immediately. It had a very rancid oil taste to it, and yes it was NOT expired!

[@paolatrevisiol2010]

I didn't notice the fact it was published 2 hours ago until I looked at the comments, I assumed it was 2 years old like the latest videos I watched from this channel, pure quality kept up tho

[@KingHenryVR4]

I like getting the 2LB slabs of salmon from my local Aldi's and seasoning them then grilling them out.

[@joshuakconnelly]

I've been going to Aldi for 30 years, and it's the best!

[@ThatBlackGirlMagic]

How is Aldi's recent? We had one 30 years ago... it's been in the US since the 70's. It's just moving across the US more now.

[@Clutterlicious]

Wow, dissing Blues Clue's AND astrology 🤣. Bold move sir, bold move .

[@amandakesterson224]

Josh really did continue to dig his own grave. Blue is amazing. Ideal dog.

[@kweenalize5455]

These videos always make me wish our cheap store Dollarama in Canada carried fresh goods. It just has dry goods like baking mixes, cookies, spices, dry pasta, some canned goods, lots of candy and junk food. It is good for some things but you definitly can't make a complete meal with fresh gooda shopping there. At best, tuna cassarole with canned tuna and maybe they have the right canned soup.

[@SolrunHedda]

Where I'm from, green beans in a can are not only cooked before being canned but dehydred first, then transported here, rehydrated and THEN cooked and canned! It's another level of greeyn 😂

[@MrImpossible86]

Josh needs a sidekick in this series. Lilly would be awesome.

[@jaymemacfarlane7436]

Would love to see Aldi vs regular grocery store. I feel like there would be less of a visual difference and would be nice to see if Aldi is that much lesser quality than stock standard.

[@Soelmo-]

I feel like the oven is screaming for help in morse code throughout all the videos

[@Jon-sy3tx]

You guys should do a vs roulette challenge like Josh chooses ALDI then gives Nicole Dollar Tree and Lily Family Dollar, then Nicole assigns the proteins, and Lily chooses the sides. IDK pretty buzzed right now, but it seems like a good idea 😂😂

[@MetroVanSciFi]

could you PLEASE ask whether the more expensive dish (if it tasted better) is worth the extra cost?!

[@bl3wb]

The episode we needed! Still crazy to me that the Aldi dish is almost double that of the Dollar Tree dish! Do you have BigLots in the LA area? Would love to see an episode of Dollar Tree vs BigLots 😊

[@chassic2316]

YOU HUSH YOUR MOUTH ABOUT STEVE THAT MAN IS WHOLESOME lol But for real, I think a whole last meals series of childhood show hosts??? Fantastic option.

[@proconceal666]

As a floridian I can confirm we are wrestling gators as you speak

[@Kittems]

If you haven't you should do Costco vs Sam's club

[@Volti-Vagra]

i read sams club and i just heard *Smoked Gouda* in the back of my brain please, im a recovering addict

[@elexa1624]

Recently in the states..? Aldi was here in Indiana in the 80s and maybe sooner. I just remember it as a kid.

[@trisha.1102]

Aldi is amazing! Would love to see an Aldi v Walmart.

[@incognitogirl6201]

honestly, i dont care how much better it taste, as somebody who has worked at both Aldi and Dollar Tree, i can safely say i would choose a Dollar Tree cooked meal every single time on principal alone. I havent shopped at an Aldi since they day i handed in my keys and i likely never will again.

[@Vitz3001]

We've had Aldi in the Midwest for decades.

[@metawolf987]

I knew Aldi would be better quality. I have been eating Aldi food for over 20 years now, and 99.9% of the time, it does not disappoint.

[@emmafoley7413]

I love these episodessss

[@stevenk628]

Comparing dollar tree to Aldi is like comparing the homeless shelter to Whole Foods ❤