A Week On Tesco Value DAY 5

[@jak1259]

You should do a week of following serving size suggestion

[@Hawaiipaul]

jak1259 Yeah maybe he would actually lose fat

[@BIackDomina]

He would lose weight no doubt. I am on a weight loss plan and i have to measure and weigh everything. I track it on myfitnesspal.

[@jak1259]

I just want to see how much of a difference it makes

[@ceoofcommenting]

jak1259 I would die.

[@JustinKoenigSilica]

IPlaySuperNes u? How so you calculate and balance what you eat? I think it's very difficult eating the right amount of carbs/fats/proteins without eating too much of one or the other...

[@Mousy677]

your cat has so much to say

[@shadowfloss3290]

Ollie Embourne he’s like FEED ME MORE FOOD

[@Redhotsmasher]

8:57 I'm vegetarian, haven't eaten meat in over 15 years, and even I'm pretty sure sausages aren't supposed to sound like that.

[@foggyconnor]

Tesco sausages are nice but like he said they do have a crunchy ish outside

[@gavcom4060]

Redhotsmasher no good sausages have good snap

[@ToKander]

Best way I've figured to make those cheapy ramen packets when I absolutely have to (I'm a student) is to break the packet in 4, put it in a bowl, pour boiling water until they are more than a bit covered and cover the bowl with something for about 3-4 minutes. Makes them more soup like with nice tender noodles , then if you want you can pimp it out with eggs, spring onions etc...

[@tocov]

This is literally the way you're supposed to make them. Not in the god damn microwave LMAO.

[@Grrness]

You mean... You just follow the proper instructions. >>;

[@jborrego2406]

I think he should ask college students how make these cheap food most of the food he can make better by adding stuff or just seasoning lol I love add spicy curry in my soup or Japanese curry 1/2 cube in it :) yummy

[@berdonburns]

tocov If you pause the video at 4:35 you can quite clearly see that there are instructions for microwaving them.

[@TapeCollageForEloise]

A lot of Americans here need to realise that Super Noodle style noodles AREN'T meant to be made the same as ramen. I'm not a big fan of making them in the microwave but the instructions do suggest that and usually they aren't supposed to have a soup.

[@TheNeilwiz01uk]

if you where wondering about the high salt, fat and saturate content of the noodles, its down to that little flavour packet, its literally a heart attack in a packet, i would recommend only using half of it, and thats the same no matter the quality of the instant noodles

[@Justincredible817]

Toast the bread at least! lol

[@poeterritory]

That's what I keep on thinking. Or you could even fry it in the eggs to make a French toast.

[@paddypowerhughes]

In a egg sandwich?! You maniac!

[@purplepantha11]

No way not for an egg sandwich

[@ceoofcommenting]

Justincredible817 I never eat bread without putting it in the toaster

[@khalidazhar101]

Justincredible817 that would be too exotic for him

[@pegasos1986]

Antioxidants keep food from getting brown. And BTW - ascorbic acid is vitamin C. They seem to be using that as an antioxidant in everything now. Well... I guess nobody can complain if they add vitamin C...

[@Tensen01]

Patrons see them early

[@GIR9595]

What did this have to do with antioxidants lol

[@_Piers_]

Yeah, it was one of the least offensive ingredients. I'd question the "pork" more...I guess 42% snout and anus, would look less appealing on the packaging.

[@AnonyDave]

On the plus side, reduced risk of scurvy

[@r21guns74]

GIR9595 Umm, read the first sentence of the comment?

[@fell5514]

This whole series is making me wish we had this in the US. Even accounting for the difference in currency values you're still getting off cheaper than Walmart.

[@AsDfler12]

I heard ppl say that Lidl or Aldi are cheaper. Maybe try that

[@bsabruzzo]

The egg for dinner looks "Sunny-side up" rather than "Over easy". The difference is, "Sunny-side up" has not been flipped and the yolk is soft/runny. "Over easy" is flipped while cooking, but the yolk is still soft/runny.

[@eustacequinlank7418]

Basil wants a cat friend. They can tolerate us humans only so far.

[@professortbag]

Ascorbic acid is Vitamin C! it's not a spooky scary "e number" god forbid!

[@_Piers_]

professortbag Yeah it's one of the least offensive ingredients....ooh 42% snout and anus :p

[@AgentTasmania]

CabinDoor yes. Getting too much of any vitamin is generally extremely difficult.

[@elephystry]

AgentTasmania But if you do, it isn’t pleasant.

[@victoriasmith2512]

but ton A Lot of this is our humour .he is taking the piss quite a lot.its not against the law to not know every thing.if so we would all be locked up.

[@SigEpBlue]

Hey Mike, the Ramen noodles are salty and loaded with carbs, yes. But keep a packet or two, and wait until next time you have a cold. You will love them at that point. Three pointers: 1. Make them on the stove. 2. Don't break up the noodles. 3. Don't overcook them; 2-3 minutes is all they need.

[@shagzyy3414]

SigEpBlue they aren’t ramen

[@bones6978]

You should do a week on Aldi or Lidl

[@moozicforLIFE]

Cameron Wyllis so just a regular shop then

[@bones6978]

Katie Buckley not really, aldi and Lidl are considerably cheaper than other supermarkets and they seem to have quality that's on par with name brands.

[@nks80]

I do all my shopping at Aldi & have done for over 20 years so a week on Aldi food vlog would be just normal eating

[@ChuckMorris1996]

Morrisons savers pretty good too

[@fro0tyl0opy87]

Yes I agree that aldi is definitely the place to shop. For three people, our bill came to £27 whereas when we shopped at Sainsburys, our bill was double that. Please note, this bill includes fresh produce and not convenience food which is not worth the money and is not as nutritious. Convenience foods are merely what I would regard as time saving supplements. For example, in sainsburys, I would buy for example, fish pie for £1 from the freezer section and to that I would add my own potatoes and carrots and voila, you've got a meal.

[@glendadalejones3753]

Agreed.no matter if I was skint,I’d never buy caged hens eggs. But,of course this is a type of challenge,on a budget...

[@MrFridgeToast]

The noodles done on the hob properly are actually really nice 😂😂

[@aljr357]

I make my instant noodles into a nice bowl of ramen soup with a soft boiled egg some pork loin and bean sprouts. I have to add some spices and a chicken oxo cube but it’s almost like something you would get at a Japanese restaurant in a small town in Canada. Actually it’s better than the ramen soup we get in my small Canadian town but that could be because the restaurant is owned by a Vietnamese couple who are the chef and server.

[@chillerstones]

allan fulton are you from the caribbean

[@aljr357]

chiller stones Canada

[@Relco12]

Most likely because they're vietnamese, tell them to stick to pho because that's what we're best at and it's probably better than what you make

[@g3orgie764]

I like how he was shocked at the nutritional value of the noodles but fine with eating a packet of ginger nut biscuits, digestives, pies and chips, pizza and a whole garlic bread too in previous episodes 😂

[@vnobu3708]

4:52 when he dropped it I actually thought he was about to say "fuck it" and just leave the sachet in

[@ManOutofTime913]

That egg's sunny-side up. Over-easy eggs require you to flip the egg over and cook the underside. Still has a runny yoke but a lot more solid. Very delicious.

[@Lynxfan2]

Although an egg is an egg and it is one ingredient, I can tell the difference in taste, especially with regards to the yolk, between a Free Range Hen's Egg and a Battery Cage Hen's Egg. Also the shell of a Battery Cage Egg is easier to break than the shell of a Free Range Hen's Egg.

[@markiangooley]

Water and rusk sausages. Never mind the other ingredients. Soak rusks in water and heat them up, possibly with added flavors.

[@ZipplyZane]

That egg with the (bad looking) sausages looks closer to sunny side up than over easy to me. Over easy is actually a cooking direction. You cook them on one side, then gently flip them on the other side, not to break the yolk, and cook for only a short bit of time. The result is usually that a thin layer of whites covers the yolk. This is the way my mom prefers her eggs. Sunny side up doesn't flip the eggs at all. You just cook the one side, and maybe toss some of the hot oil on top to try and cook the whites a bit on top. Another technique is to cover the skillet as they cook, and let the steam cook the top. Either results in there being a nice bright egg yolk on top. Dad likes over medium, which is like over easy, but you let it cook longer, and the yolk becomes kinda gooey instead of so much liquid. I tend to prefer over hard or any other hard fried egg. Either of these works better in sandwiches, I find, as the yolk doesn't run out.

[@genorp]

The egg was sunny side up, not over easy. Over easy is when it's flipped over to set the white, but not long enough to set the yolk. Interesting point on the sausages, 42% is the minimum in UK law to call it a "pork sausage".

[@EdgyNumber1]

In those pork sausages the odd names are standard ingredients on all sausages. The 'anti-oxidants' are there to preserve them; ASCORBIC ACID is basically VITAMIN C. Presumably there to preserve the rusk content. The contents vary according to market position and production cost. Pure pork in Finest sausages significantly higher and will contain less fat based components such as pork rind.. thus would obviously have better texture. If you look at the ingredients it's actually mostly natural. All is edible but you pay for what you get .. 8:15 -without (Everyday Value) baked beans? Sacrilege...

[@tomroberts915]

Should have made eggy bread!

[@conorm9600]

Tom Roberts its french toast ya animal

[@PixxieLove8854]

French toast is different.. at least in the north of England.. There's eggy bread, fried bread with egg surrounding French toast is just fried bread.. Or at least that's my stance on it haha

[@conorm9600]

nicola prince Beat a few eggs with a little milk n season dip bread in it and fry = french toast

[@PixxieLove8854]

Conor M hmm. I was always told it was the other way round, French toast was just bread in oil fried but what you just described was eggy bread :') Either way he should have done it that bread is vile from first hand experience

[@conorm9600]

nicola prince cause yir english bet you call a gowny a housecoat aswell

[@aljr357]

Those sausages look ok . They look like what we call breakfast sausages in Canada. 5 breakfast sausages cost $3 here but they taste good so I guess they aren’t the same.

[@wheelz-2997]

I think they have different tastes than we do. Most of my UK friends think things I love are nasty.

[@AverageAtBestHDTB]

Yeah the 'value' brand sausages across UK supermarkets are notoriously horrific. Some Gordon Ramsay programme dissected them to determine meat content and such like. If my memory serves, I believe Tesco's were actually the worst with a crazy high percentage of connective tissue. It's on the same level as the gloop we all see that makes mcdonalds chicken nuggets.

[@Jammynaitor]

Tesco sausages have very low pork in em

[@Runeman40055]

Spicy Meat British sausages are still the best in Europe. The E250 in German sausages are insane

[@zt2019]

Spicy Meat McDonald’s use 100% chicken breast

[@cashawX10]

Is that all the food you give your cat ? Not surprised he is whiny.... My cat would have attacked my physically if that was all I gave him for breakfast..

[@TyeDye75]

Clive Shaw I have a black cat the same size as Basil. She will only eat about half a foil sachet of food in one sitting, anymore and she leaves it and it dries out and goes to waste. I imagine Basil, like my Buffy, eats little and often.

[@Forwantofaname]

That was just the wet food. You can see he also has a big bowl of dry food next to it. I'm surprised his cat gets wet food every morning. Mine only get it as a special treat.

[@ashleypugh7364]

Same

[@womanboss5532]

And there’s my cats having a literal bowl full of wet food mixed with a few dry biscuits every morning and night!😩😩

[@AsymptoteInverse]

My cat attacks me physically for fun.

[@SuperBugsybunny]

The Tesco Value sausages are what we give our dogs as a treat, they love them XD

[@lexisnep525]

The eggs were sunny-side-up, not over easy. The "over" part of over easy means they were flipped during cooking.

[@Robintheboywonder4]

You know that there is an everyday value soft spread - £1.35 for 1kg

[@AgentTasmania]

Robintheboywonder4 Guessing it’s pure palm oil?

[@TheNightquaker]

Judging by the price, probably.

[@FormerRuling]

The spongy texture means your sausages had tvp in them. I looked it up and 'Rusk' is what the UK calls it - it's basically a plant based food addictive used in cheap meat products to take up space (42% pork, 58% wheat filler basically lol) - has a trademark spongy texture.

[@mrm.acampbell2722]

We need a day in the life of basil the cat

[@isawadelapradera6490]

only a day? I want *ALL* OF IT

[@anonmouse15]

Sleeping on the couch for 20 hours a day?

[@Stoudman]

I'm sure someone already said it, but you don't need to preheat the water for Ramen before putting it in the microwave. Hell, you could just use hot water and cover the bowl for 3 minutes, just as good.

[@89krx]

How do you see the instructions to cook noodles in the microwave and still fail at following them??? It clearly says to boil water first, then throw the noodles and seasonings and cook covered! Lol! 4:38

[@Fusby_]

The 20p ramen noodles is something i get every week as its a £1 for 5. IMO they taste better than actually brands and they are super easy to make. 8/10 for me as the portion size is quite small.

[@jeancanestri5572]

antioxidant is in it to keep it from oxidizing/turning bad. It also makes meat less stinky....

[@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639]

Those eggs are sunny-side-up. Over easy - flip the egg over. Over hard, my personal favorite - break the yolk, then flip.

[@victoriasmith2512]

Oh god when u went in to see the cat in the am ,I thought that was a turd on the carpet 😂

[@rayhs1984]

American instant noodle (which I ate while watching this) has 380 Cal 14g fat(22%) 7 sat fat (36%) 66% daily sodium ( we don't list salt)

[@maryade]

I thought poor Basil had an accident on the carpet! 😳 And as for Mike Jeavons, of all people, castigating him for whinging?!

[@dolebandit9942]

Farmfood`s do 15 eggs for a quid, The doughnut working there told me you can smell the people who buy them from 20 meters away

[@loulou7963]

Dole Bandit I bet

[@AgentTasmania]

In Australia, instant noodles are generally known by the ‘2 minute noodles’ leading brand, which refers to the microwave time. No fucking wonder those were a dried out slop after 4 minutes. And that was nowhere near enough water.

[@rynglbrt_]

free range eggs aren't much better if you look into the conditions, or at least free range eggs in supermarkets. just a marketing method to make people think their eggs come from nice little innocent family run farms where the hens have a huge field to run around in, when it's pretty much the opposite

[@AgentTasmania]

Ryan The technicalities of impotent false advertising laws allow it to be meaningless. More trustworthy is an RSPCA or equivalent seal of approval.

[@CharlotteCroghan]

Preaaaaaach

[@kaiphillips]

Those sausages are on the good side considering they are labelled as “pork sausage” that means they have minimum 42% meat, whereas anything labelled just “sausage” has minimum 32% meat

[@haruruben]

Wow that cat is completely midnight. I love black cats, creepy and cute

[@LWolf12]

Well, if you are coming down with something, it'll be fine you ate a medical sausage.

[@joeclague7539]

‘’Medical sausage’’. A great name for a low budget porno set in a doctors office.

[@LWolf12]

Hehe ya that would be a good name for that.

[@TheLastPhoen1x]

Antioxidant is just preservative that makes sausage prone to oxidising (aka go bad from prolonged contact with air) tho...

[@wc2512]

Sainsbury's eggs in their basics range are from hens kept in barns

[@BIackDomina]

William Connolly yes and they also have the rspca seal.

[@Steve10578]

It's just under 6.5p per sausage, that's because there is about 30% pork and the rest is anyone's guess. LOL Edit: OK made comment before Mike showed ingredients, I'm impressed that it is 42% pork.

[@matthewbaron8449]

Your supposed to crack your eggs on a flat surface. It stops any shell from being pushed into the egg white

[@Georgehillier2014]

Tesco Apple and orange juice is actually Del Monte but just watered down more with more sugar

[@InfinityNexusReviews]

N64 under a front room TV in 2018? That earned a sub man.

[@duneblythe]

I can't believe you failed to properly make ramen.

[@SakuraAvalon]

Uh, I can get 25cent ramen that looks fine. Mike F!'d it up.

[@adelehickman5855]

We don't make ramen soup as Americans do. There are different ways that we all have our noodles in the Uk

[@TG-qw2hd]

Its not ramen, in the uk they are called super noddles/instant noddles and u make them in the microwave

[@Rowankeenanx3]

Its not a ramen thats why.

[@Rowankeenanx3]

If you want ramen you get a one noodles or topps or sometlike that

[@OfficialFoshiznik]

They do everyday value chicken, dry rice and jar of curry sauce so could have made something a little less studenty this week.

[@munhl]

"How can I cook this...thank god, microwave" Ha!

[@frankenmuth1]

Ramen noodles in the states usually have around 30-50% of your sodium intake for the day in the same sized tiny package

[@PEGGLORE]

You've got to make sure to try the 'Tesco Finest Bluebell Araucana' blue eggs next time you go to Tesco. Best damn egg you've ever eaten in your entire goddamn life. You often get these big double-yolkers inside the boxes too, just you did in the good old days. Nice N64 I see you have as well btw. Loved that console.

[@HorzaPanda]

Those eggs are sunny side up, over easy means they've been flipped (over) and cooked lightly.

[@jhamilton6745]

"Good old British dinner" 😂😂😂

[@JLR-gf3le]

“Americans call it raman I just call it a bit shit really” 😂😂🤣

[@PnutButter1986]

Most unintentional Alan Partridge I have seen

[@sweetspicypepper]

Wait, so Tesco Value doesn't have any frozen veg? That would really help to round out a challenge like this. I think even here at the dollar store in the US we have a frozen veg mix.

[@MrOrcshaman]

Mike, remember what happened with the canned goods, you were ill afterward. All the salt and cheap chemicals they put in these things to substitute for flavour is hazardous to your insides

[@cleverB634]

Poor taste is mostly down to preparation. I eat those noodles and they taste great. But then I prepared them differently and use half pack of the flavouring instead of the entire pack

[@LupisRex]

the anti-oxidant is to stop the sausages from turning a dark colour

[@harmoneyreilly4225]

The noodles you just need to ad 300ml hot water for 4 min then tip the water out and ad the powder mix and eat

[@Juuk-D]

Try reeding the pack of any super market sausage, it's meat and flour... (hot dogs) most EU countries eat those, and 100% meat sausages are only found at butchers for us Danes and maybe in some special shops, i miss those spicy african beef sausages in England, amazing and tastes like actual meat and not som paste with a casing around

[@gwall5971]

I think that's a sunny side up egg not over easy.

[@BigRiku95]

Even though I’m not a student any more I still buy a lot of the bottom of the range stuff just because of how cheap it is. Considering I only really eat sausages as part of a fry up or other greasy breakfast (and often hungover) I’m all over 20 sausages for 1.25

[@morganjp4020]

You'll be surprised to know that many big sausage brands also contain ~40% pork meat. The most common being Richmond sausages.

[@CompaSystem]

Although in fairness, they taste pretty rank.

[@sampan04]

normally for instant noodles you'd put it in a pot and boil

[@beckykent435]

Tinned fruit!! They do pineapple, peaches, mandarins, fruit cocktail etc yogurts would have also been a nice option my kids love tesco value yogurts.

[@paulosullivan3472]

The anti=oxidant in the sausages was ascorbic acid, which is vitimin C.

[@leerogers2404]

Why are you always starving?

[@elephystry]

Genetics?

[@Milkster86]

Yeah he was genetically created to always be hungry even if he eats.

[@jogonjohn205]

0:35 bloody hell thought that was your breakfast for a second

[@thomraider9193]

Have you seriously not had any tesco value cheese so far?

[@Mohegan13]

You mean Tesco value plastic? That's what normal Tesco cheese is. Bland, tasteless plastic. The mature strength isn't as bad. But seriously, it would be cheaper to just eat lego. Probably better for you too. :D

[@retroprogamer7009]

because he hasnt found a good grater yet XD

[@Caseosio]

Sure he has! Only problem is it's designed for feet, not cheese.

[@steely666]

RetroProGamer his wife? 😀

[@MsBananasmel]

I like the cheese haha.

[@atomicboomstick2543]

If you think 42% pork in a sausage is bad mike try walls and richmond. They are either the same or a bit higher. Thats it. For name brand as well. Lidl/aldi do the best ones for the money. They are like 87% and they taste so much better. I actually just ate some. You can even get 97% by the brand 'heck' but fuck those prices. I just checked tesco and apparently walls pork % has gone up to between 65 - 70%. Im certain it was in the 40s a few years ago though.

[@turnip5359]

Atomic Boomstick Yeah, I'm sure there was a bit of a fuss about the low meat content in sausages some years back, but maybe things have just changed as people have become more informed and companies have just had to increase the meat content in their products. Also how a product is named is usually an indication of meat content. Go to Iceland and look at the ingredients in a box of "American Style Patties", gross.

[@BIackDomina]

Atomic Boomstick my brother likes to buy "tesco finest" sausages. The best sausage i have tried.

[@leighguy685]

I serious my thought your cat had done a a shit on the carpet at the beginning of the video lol x

[@aljr357]

Well I was about to say our eggs are close in price until I realized the size of the package are different ours come in packages of 6,12 and 18 for $3,$4.50 and $6 .

[@suzanne2850]

that egg is not over easy- it's sunny side up lol

[@mtty34]

Who only has one egg in an egg sarnie? Absolute scenes.

[@brianoconnell6459]

Not only that, but brown eggs??? Living it up!

[@richy1606]

If you think the meat content in the value sausages bad , take a look at the brand leader Richmond, I think it's 42 % so yeah

[@LydiaMorsman]

We like our noodles stodgy in Britain, if I had watery noodles, I’d stick them straight in the sieve. Just saying. Ps... red sauce on eggs has been the biggest crime committed here today

[@LydiaMorsman]

This evening I got a notification saying someone liked my comment... I was discussing noodles at that exact moment (we were discussing bacon super noodles being vegetarian)... in case anyone cares... I thought it was a bit of a coincidence. I’ll go now.

[@LydiaMorsman]

Ps... last week I have the tofu ramen at wagamamas... it was watery noodles... but I loved them. I’m converted.

[@SuperSweetToffee]

£1.25 for 15 eggs? That's not cheap. It's £1 in Farmfoods and Lidl. Asda and Iceland selling 15 eggs for £1.09

[@michaelmuirhead1734]

A very typical English meal Sausage Egg Chips just need baked beans and tommy or brown sauce

[@TheBammy99]

Mike. With ramen, you gotta toss the pack in a Tupperware container, microwave it with water just above it for 2.5 minutes. College kid advice👌🏻

[@KonElKent]

Instant noodles (ramen) in the US are officially two serving per package. So you're likely still getting over 400 Calories.

[@adammoorby99]

I dont care what anyone says but eggs are eggs whether they’re Tesco Everyday Value or M&S £20(cheap) Value

[@daveland6987]

The tesco value sausages and chips are awesome if you deep fat fry them

[@bleachchugtidy2178]

Cheap free range eggs should never be a thing, farmers in the uk are going out of business because of shops like Tesco constantly forcing down prices on things like milk and eggs to the point that they either lose money or just break even so with the low prices, farmers have to try to make more produce with less and less money or just simply give up on their business which creates more strain on the other farmers and creates one vicious circle so it's ALWAYS worth spending the extra few pennies on more expensive free range eggs and if it's "too expensive" then you don't NEED milk and egg to survive, eat something else it won't kill you.

[@raj102945]

Your taken in by what " they" say. There are plenty of extremely well off farmers who moan because they want more and more profit. Tesco, Asda etc etc have been selling cheap milk and eggs for decades. Its not a recent thing. Those farmers have supplied them for many years. They are all making good money. So many people feel sorry for the "poor" farmers, but in reality, they are far from poor .

[@aleemabegum5672]

By the end of the week he is gonna turn to Tesco value

[@ig33ku]

The foam is actually liquefied fats and oils :P

[@KindOfyeah]

"Americans call it ramen" The type of noodle is ramen lol

[@RetroPlus]

Some of the Tesco value stuff isn't too unbearable, they're still super unhealthy but at least it keeps you fed.

[@abdulAbdul-oe1ml]

The noodles nutritional values online is for 265 grams not for the one single pack which is 65 grams

[@BIackDomina]

abdul rashid 65g dry and approximately 265g cooked.

[@4ftofflame]

i think sausages would be one of the only things i wouldn't go "value" on, think it stems from growing up in the 80/90's and finding random bits of gristle in sausages, just the thought of it makes me gag now. Richmond all the way for me, and based off this, i'd get decent bread, but seriously thinking about replacing a lot of my next shop with value range items, they mostly seem really good especially if you add in the savings

[@jonmahashintina]

thats all sausages, surely

[@turnip5359]

Richmond sausages are feckin crap, not much different from supermarket own brand value stuff.

[@rehabjoebuffet9892]

The US is really bad about letting companies put stuff that you wouldn't really call food in meat!

[@Steve12314]

the eggs look like the ones you get with your toy cooker when you were 7

[@ragnarok2601]

Never put noodles in the microwave 😂 do them on the hob

[@danielholder8167]

The sauna sage nest content is the same as frozen Richmond and walls sausages