Potts Tikka Masala Curry Sauce - Weird Stuff in a Can # 188

[@spugintrntl]

I like the distinction between "weird stuff in a can," "stuff in a weird can," and "weird, stuff in a can!"

[@Boogie_the_cat]

It's proof that grammar can be fun and useful. Spelling and grammar knowledge is especially useful when scam-busting in your own inbox. Scammers don't know words.

[@dominicharvey6048]

Don't forget about weird stuff in a jar 🤣

[@raraavis7782]

Come summer, we now need a 'can weird stuff' segment on Shrimp TV 😉

[@RickAP]

Commas save lives 👨‍🚒

[@artistknownaslisa2850]

😂 Well said!

[@Domus_Maximus]

Every time I see these cans the Devil on my shoulder whispers in my ear. What a great idea it would be to hide it amongst the other refrigerated beers during a party. Fits right in next to those funky craft beer can designs....

[@aljaziification]

Hey, that's pretty good.

[@TheDirge69]

haha! yeah great party trick lol...

[@seasmacfarlane6418]

Please will you invite me to your next party?😅😅😅

[@TheErador]

I've had beer in these sort of cans - where the whole top comes off - i wasn't sure if it was supposed to be drunk direct from the can though!

[@fullnuclearbreakfast]

@@TheErador I think you're meant to, yes, the top comes off so you get a bit of nose like you would drinking from a glass

[@Pvt.Parties]

"you thirsty?" "Aye, chuck me a can of masala"

[@creamydonk]

"oh, gross.. you forgot to chill it"

[@Mattheq]

Make sure you have a bowl of lager with it

[@58Brando]

​@@MattheqAnd a toilet within 50 yards.

[@allanbard6048]

@@creamydonk "...I drink cold curry sauce for breakfast."-Dave Lister, "Red Dwarf"

[@allanbard6048]

"Pass me that tabasco sauce, just needs a bit more pep in it."-Dave Lister, "Red Dwarf"

[@alittlebitofkatie]

Advantage of this type of can is that you can stack it unlike jars or about half of the normal cans that for some reason are made non stackable and drive me mad.

[@AtomicShrimp]

Good point, yeah. Most store cupboard shelves are not one can/jar high

[@InvDelta]

i know it may not matter too much, but my indian grandma who has cooked for a vast majority of her life would make curries in a similar fashion using leftovers, although we use chicken instead of turkey for christmas dinner

[@DeonGaming]

What was the reason of going with chicken instead? Does it taste better in this recipe?

[@herowither12354]

​@@DeonGaming If you have a smaller group for Christmas (and in the US, Thanksgiving), a chicken is easier to deal with.

[@yes0r787]

You won't find turkey in India. They are from America. @@DeonGaming

[@dd7521]

​@@herowither12354and tastier imo.

[@applegal3058]

I think it's smart and more enjoyable to reinvent leftovers into a different tasting meal so nothing goes to waste. Plus it makes the same thing more interesting.

[@Fat4all]

“Nice little hiss there” ahh, a lovely reference

[@pixie706]

Waiting for a tray

[@PuresG1ft]

@@anjkovo2138noooooooooooo 😮?

[@pixie706]

@@anjkovo2138 😀

[@julescaru8591]

@@Fycitdyf754ii Nice !

[@pixie706]

@@Fycitdyf754ii prefer a nice gusset to a can

[@Skitigdread]

- I managed to sneak out some ciders from me mums! - Alriight, let's go to that beach party then!!!

[@ferrumignis]

🤣 Some disappointed teens there.

[@beliarioc9472]

I like the attitude of just waiting long enough until you have recovered to the point of being able to properly enjoy Christmas dinner.

[@Nertez]

I feel this is great product for travelling/camping. Light, won't break and still 100 % recyclable. I wish more stuff was in cans like these!

[@AtomicShrimp]

Also the can may be crushed flat to carry home if you're camping somewhere with no waste disposal facilities

[@robmontier3770]

Great idea! (Hurries to buy a can!)

[@JOBdOut]

Curry Sauce in a can is what youd expect Dave Lister to drink

[@134StormShadow]

With extra extra extra extra chilli of course 🤣

[@MamguSian]

I'm always glad to see things being packaged in less wasteful ways, so I could be tempted to try these for that very reason.

[@MannyJazzcats]

I think it's just fine to call it a curry,Christmas leftover curry is such an established thing in the UK in my experience (though personally I would be more likely to go for turkey and stuffing sandwiches 🤤)

[@AtomicShrimp]

My now-grownup kids liked stuffing more than anything else on the Christmas table. One year we basically had three varieties of stuffing for the main, with a bit of turkey on the side.

[@MartinSteed]

@@AtomicShrimp For this reason my mum makes 3 bread tins (about 1.5kg) of stuffing at christmas too :) Used toi be able to buy haslet here, but havent seen it since covid... Will need to get my mums stuffing recipe I think. Also, yes, the boxing day curry was a tradition in our house too.

[@countesscable]

@@AtomicShrimpyes, stuffing is the star of the show with our grown up kids and wider family as well.

[@simonhopkins3867]

Mmmm chestnut stuffing. Doh.

[@ferrumignis]

@@AtomicShrimp Same in my house! We most always have a sage and onion and a sausage meat stuffing at least, as well as a bread sauce.

[@KnugenMooMoo]

It's almost as weird as the chicken stock you get from tescos in beer style can, easily confused for a beer ;)

[@AtomicShrimp]

It's the same brand. I think the cans are their USP

[@KnugenMooMoo]

@AtomicShrimp yeah there potts too I just had a look online

[@pyewackett5]

I have used the stock in a can. I found it extremely salty. Only bought it because my usual stock in a bag wasn't available. I do have their enchilada sauce & might decide to use it now if the curry sauce is ok.

[@dheisey1014]

Saffron is mentioned. Red string is mentioned. Somewhere Mange Tout awakens and smiles.

[@HarleyHerbert]

Another benefit to the cans is that if they're knocked off the shelves they won't smash and leave some poor shop worker with the task of clearing it all up. I see it happen quite regularly

[@Styphon]

It depends on if the inside of the container is coated to prevent any taste from the metal from contaminating the taste of the contents. Any dent could damage the lining and give a metallic taste to the food.

[@L83467]

@@Styphon of course the can would probably be damaged and thrown out but at least it wouldnt make a huge mess!

[@jwalster9412]

Also they can easily be stacked, and tossed in with other cans for easy storage..

[@puppykitten1557]

Also aluminum and cans are much more recyclable than thin plastic packaging.

[@citron666]

I had it happen to me with a huge jar of honey (so sticky) on an extremely busy day during a summer job when I was a young student, I was on the verge of tears :') So yeah more canned foods would be a reflief

[@DEAJP10]

It restored my faith neither can had sugar in the ingredients! I am amazed. Most supermarket curry pastes these days never miss the opportunity to add sugar where it clearly does not belong…

[@steve470]

They just hide it well. "Date syrup" = a little bit of flavour and a lot of sugar.

[@DEAJP10]

@@steve470 Very well spotted. I thought I knew about hidden sugar! Date syrup has been added to the list, thanks!

[@Verethill18]

There's less than 2% of that date syrup which is about 60% sugar. So that's at most 1.2% of sugar added. If that can is about 220g, that makes it less than 2.5 grams of sugar. It won't kill you 😅

[@molybdomancer195]

My mother, having been a teenager during WW2, was dead set against wasting food. Our Xmas Turkey not only provided Xmas lunch, we had it with other cold meats for that evening meal. Then the traditional curry, while the carcass was boiled to create a filling Turkey soup.

[@demmidemmi]

One thing about these cans for smaller manufacturers is that the equipment to fill and close them is relatively cheap. For a few thousand dollars you can have a semi automated line to do low volumes while to do traditional canning the entry level might be in the millions. The micro brewery industry has really innovated when it comes to that in the last two decades. Maybe they started that way and didn't want to rebrand back to the norm.

[@jaispartacus]

More stuff should be packaged like this. Hats off to Potts for leading the way.

[@RuSosan]

That weight analysis at the end of the video was really interesting.

[@RobSpeaking]

I’m surprised a glass equivalent hasn’t been made, along with a stackable lid. Not that difficult to be honest

[@aaron4310]

Nice little hiss there... steve 1989 would have been proud of the hiss.

[@kaineticenergy]

It was a pleasure to watch this while eating Chicken cooked in a way that would qualify as "tikka", (Tikka here in India is more of a method of cooking rather than a dish itself). If you want to do more experimentation, you should try cooking the keralan curry with beef. Kerala is one of the few regions in India where beef is eaten by a majority. "Nadan beef curry" (literally translated to "local beef curry" from Malyali, the most spoken language in Kerala) is one of the most popular dishes in Kerala.

[@KatharineOsborne]

It actually makes a lot of sense to use an aluminium can. It's less weight than a steel can or a jar (costs less to transport), and is very easy to recycle.

[@ratonbox]

“What time are we meeting tomorrow?” “We’re meeting at the oven clock flickers on camera.”

[@caramelldansen2204]

"The red string spice" I love callbacks 😊

[@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer]

The best spice! 😁

[@freddie6877]

The art on the cans is sort of reminiscent of Indian miniature paintings, highly detailed and lots of bright colours. They look really good!

[@ferrumignis]

They are really nice looking designs, a clever bit of marketing as they will stand out among all the boring looking jars of sauce.

[@arraybabe8514]

Perfectly timed! I cooked up an extra Thanksgiving turkey I had in the freezer yesterday. Going to use up some of the meat to make a good turkey curry! Love the can weirdness!

[@Simon-beast]

Same 😊

[@louisedeburke3055]

‘Authentic British leftover curry’ 🤣🤣🤣 its the only curry we eat in this house👍🏻

[@summerlaverdure]

that's a clever and eco-friendly idea, i'd like to see it catch on. Your curry looks absolutely delicious!

[@hollyj3264]

I got my dog some Weird Stuff in a can Brewdog dog biscuits made from spent grain, I bought them at my local Pets at Home shop, maybe you should get some for Eva :D

[@olik136]

when drinking cans got a mandatory deposit here in 2003 they had a big overproduction of the actual cans and for a year or two the dumbest stuff was sold in those cans. I remember pretzel sticks, peanuts, even small plushies and one time I got a mini RC car in a can...

[@josephscriven5454]

Something you might try is adding fresh garlic to the yogurt. It sounds weird on the surface, but it works really well as a compliment to savory dishes such as this

[@MrPanda-Power]

Merry Christmas Shrimp. 🎄

[@omegaman70]

i can imagine a mum rushing about on a Monday morning and putting one of them in her kids lunchbox....

[@rihardsrozans6920]

Oh damn, that was supposed to be an IPA, my bad

[@seasmacfarlane6418]

Really sorry to hear you missed Christmas.... and thank you for reviewing these cans. I'm pretty disabled now, so look for convenience, but I'm fed up with the glass jar varieties because to me, they all taste the same. Going to have a pop at Potts. Thank you again!😊

[@RuSosan]

3:50 Let's get this set out on a tray. *Nice!*

[@edtuckerartist]

Okay now to try out some coffee.

[@kneecappahkappa5535]

I learn so much about daily British life on this show and I'm here for it.

[@Luncheon23]

This may be the most delicious-looking Weird Stuff in a Can episode till date.

[@Stan-at-KangarooIslandTV]

Dare I say it with a nice little hiss, Mike watches MRE Steve?! I hope so, that would be cool!

[@aminorityofone]

@3:48 you can see a spot of curry sauce escape the can during the opening (spot on the table). The reason to use a can opener on cans validated :)

[@CGR89]

I’m sure consumers like to see the color of the sauce on the glass containers, but you’re absolutely right on reducing the weight for shipment. Probably a cost saving measure as well, must be significantly cheaper to use aluminum cans. Hopefully it catches on.

[@martenmaarten]

shrimp actually used the ring pull, i didn't think id ever see the day 🤯

[@baIabuba]

About clarified butter, it's quite easy to make yourself. When you cook butter there's this white foam forming, that's the part that burns, to end up with clarified butter all you need to do is scoop up this foam and you'll increase its burning point. It's much easier if you do it with larger amounts like an entire block, might be rather difficult with just a bit of it.

[@tsurugizaki]

Appreciate the little touch of hiding the oven clock because it flickers! I remember you saying that you mute/cut out eating sounds as well. It's things like that that make your videos such a relaxing watch.

[@shasbucks]

I was sick as a dog over Christmas as well and missed all celebrations. I was hyped for all celebrations as well. Never mind, it is what it is. Glad you had some time to have the trad dinner.

[@antkara6792]

nice hiss - steve 1989

[@DrJakesVeryBritishReviews]

You went a little _Smashy and Nicey_ with your "pudding this thing in a can"

[@antoinedodsonsbandana5856]

I reckon they put it in a can, just so that it will stand out in the shops.

[@holdmusic_]

Aluminium is a great material and I'm happy to buy products that are packaged in it, knowing it can be recycled relatively easily. Really clever idea

[@robmontier3770]

Much cheaper to transport, too.

[@Matt19matt19]

I've been buying potts products for a while now. A lot of their stuff is in cans Including stock and gravy. Makes sense really to have sauces in what would normally be drinks cans. I recently tried their chicken gravy that wasn't in a can it was in a pouch, had chunks of chicken in it and was nice, but very salty.

[@tuttifrutti293]

I'm old enough to remember when fizzy drinks would come in glass bottles, and you would take them back to the shop and get a small deposit back. This all stopped with the proliferation of plastic as glass was much more expensive to produce. So I'm surprised we don't have a lot more food in cans instead of jars. I'm pretty sure recycling of cans is a lot more popular than glass as cans are collected from homes whereas glass requires extra effort.

[@Womberto]

Why are they using 330ml cans when 500ml cans are available? Isn't there a bit of shrinkflation going on here?

[@HerrWieland]

Nice Hiss. Let’s get it out onto tray. (…) This sauce is truly gourmet sauce, just like homecooked.

[@neville_bloody_bartos]

Really decadent.

[@antoniomromo]

Oh now I have to see if they have these in the states. I love Japanese curry blocks, and these may be my way to taste English curry.

[@NickCombs]

That's a good idea. My curbside recycling doesn't take glass (I have to take it to the center), so canned sauces would be very welcome.

[@style11guru]

Ive had a similar experience seeing beef stock in what looks like a lager can, the labelling could from a casual glance could lead one to believe its beer of some kind, but in fact they are various stocks. Thought that was weird, as it lends itself to single use, as in you have to pour out the whole thing and not save some for another day

[@style11guru]

Replying to myself here as those exact cans of stock were featured at the end of the video 🤣

[@misterhat5823]

"Nice little hiss there." Someone has been watching Steve1989.

[@rdefaoite9413]

I’ve seen these in my local Aldi but never tried them before. I wonder will they sell out now - such is your growing influence!! 😊

[@fluffysamuraicrusader7957]

These Potts cans are great, I love the sweet and sour one. expensive but as a treat they're good

[@vreetech]

Normal stuff in a weird can for sure. Lovely art on the cans.

[@eliskarezlerova7424]

"Nice little hiss there" - am I the only one woh thought of SteveMRE?

[@Dantheman22787]

Was that a oneion

[@andrewcoates6641]

Hope that you enjoyed your Boxing Day curry, I can’t stand the stuff myself, despite being from the home of the curry capital of the north of England, Bradford West Yorkshire.

[@joeconti2396]

3:52 nice little hiss there. Someone is enjoying Steve1989

[@lionking9348]

We used to have a neibours that made there own curry sauce they were a family that migrated from India and had a street food stall where they made this exact sauce fresh they bagged it up and froze it. It tasted 1000 times better than any sauces we buy in our country no idea why but it had a lot more flavour and texture unfortunatly they had to stop making it as the ingredients were to expensive to obtain compared to there own country. I think I got addicted to it as i got withdrawal from not having it I tried asking for the recipe but they said it was not a recipe it was a family passed down recipe that used feeling rather than measured amounts

[@camsy83]

With saffron rice, yum. You might not know this, but SAFFRON is a natural flower-herb and can be shipped by anybody without ban and restrictions. 100% risk free and legitimate. 😊

[@lananieves4595]

The level of joy it. brings me when I see that there's a new "Wierd Things In A Can" is almost embarrassing. Actually, any of your videos make me happy. Thanks for making this platform interesting and, frankly, wholesome,

[@arpz]

They're not potts, they're cans.

[@daisyrushton1574]

Ironic that a brand called Potts focuses on canned products

[@TrustworthyFella]

Merry belated X-Mas MIke and Jenny! 🥰🥰

[@PaulMab9]

Interesting curry sauce review, but my main takeaway is the consideration of Glass jars vs Aluminum cans. I wonder what the environmental impact is for each of them, and more importantly, if there is a significant reason to favor one over the other. This is, in part, why I love the weird stuff in a can episodes. You *can* always expect to get more out of it than what's *in the can* . Wonder if potts will ship to the US......

[@dd7521]

I prefer glass, if folk weren't so fussy the glass jars could be sterilised and reused imo.

[@rolfs2165]

@@dd7521 I don't even think it's so much about people being fussy, but manufacturers not wanting to invest in a system that allows people to return emptied jars to be cleaned and reused. For one, because that obviously costs money (and just buying new jars is cheaper), and they'd also have to share a few standardised jar shapes and sizes for it to make sense (so the empty jars don't have to be shipped all the way across the country to the one manufacturer that uses them, but can go to the nearest one who's part of the pool). So no more quirky shapes as part of your branding, and shrinkflation would also become way more obvious.

[@KingKoopa01]

Nice hiss only the real know...Steve 1989 lol

[@bamgbose3309]

I know it has nothing to do with the actual topic but I developed an addiction towards cans. I cannot drink anything out of glass, bottles etc. anymore. It has to be a can and it kind of annoys me but it just tastes better in a can. The opening sound, the feeling of the can... Man, I really do love cans.

[@macantakai]

Really great to see a review of this! My local butcher has them and i was thinking of trying the enchilada sauce. I'll go ahead and try it now 😊

[@ScratchySlide]

I bought some of these at Aldi just before Christmas. They were brilliant!!

[@spiderplant]

Crack open a cold one with the lads.

[@Sundablakr]

Leftover curries are the best.

[@kevowski]

Brussel sprouts in a curry are delicious! Keep an eye out for Kohinoor curry sauces in plastic pouches, they are quite decent for a quick curry.(Asda) Same goes for Indi Grand vindaloo sauce in a pouch which is not vindaloo hot at all.(Home Bargains) Thank you for sharing 👌🏻

[@insederec]

Well honestly "authentic indian tikka masala" is kind of a meaningless phrase considering it's not from there

[@AtomicShrimp]

Well sure, but there are Indian restaurant chefs who make it from whole spices using a more authentic method. That's the difference I was talking about.

[@chunkybird1241]

Is an aluminium can cheaper to produce than a glass jar and lid, though, difference in weight aside?

[@AtomicShrimp]

I'm going to guess it probably is, since there's less metal in the whole can than there is in the metal lid of the jar. One is aluminium the other steel, so it's not an exact comparison.

[@TheJasoneKK]

Turkey flickers on camera

[@trueKENTUCKY]

finally good sauce

[@LooseFlannel]

From a marketing stand point I think it grabs attention using that sort of can as we are so accustom to that can type being used for a drink

[@ix8750]

In the last 2 years i have absolutely loved messing sround with curry powders and just different styles of curry with rice, or naan and sometimes even stuffed with rice into red and green bell peppers.

[@CssHDmonster]

using a tomato based sauce on a cast iron? living life on the edge

[@AtomicShrimp]

I might accidentally ingest a nutritional supplement! Oh noe!

[@CssHDmonster]

@@AtomicShrimp more about things sticking to the pan in the future rather than abit of iron

[@AtomicShrimp]

Honestly, I think it's just people looking for something to worry about

[@CssHDmonster]

@@AtomicShrimp i never seen tests, maybe its a myth but all the big cooking channels like babish say it so i just follow their advice

[@charinajohansson3890]

I rek. that you try to cook your rice in your pressurecooker. I bought an instant pot a couple of years ago and after that i haven’t cooked my rice on the hob. I cook the rice, pot in pot, in ration 1/1 for 5 min. on high. Sometimes i add 0,5 g saffron and a crushed garlic clove or more 😂 (love garlic) If you are eatin fish it’s tasty to add som dill in the rice while cooking. Good luck! Love your cookingvideos.❤

[@eloquentsarcasm]

I agree, I've got a Ninja Foodie and it does a fine job with rice.

[@cardfightersclash]

I appreciate you specifying that it is the red string spice SAFFRON. I hear there's good money in that.

[@simonh6371]

I know you probably get too many comments to read them all but I just had to say I found a cool tin in my local Balkan shop- well actually ex-Yugoslavian Balkan - most of the products there are from Slovenia and Croatia. This is actually from Hungary, it's a big 500g tin of tripe stew with pork knuckle. Actually it's called ''pacalporkolt'' and as porkolt is Hungarian for what we call goulash, it's more like that...in Hungary goulash is a soup with potatoes and meat. Anyway that's tomorrow's dinner after work, either with some pasta which I'll also fry in butter, or boiled potatoes, haven't decided yet.

[@joebloggs4925]

pasta fried in butter??????

[@simonh6371]

@@joebloggs4925 Obviously boiled first! I say pasta because I'm writing in English but in German I would say Nudeln, because Italians don't have a monopoly on that. There are other non Italian pasta shapes such as Spaetzle and Schupfnudeln which are always fried in butter. Also Polish Pierogi are often fried in butter after boiling.

[@johnspear3452]

I picked up a couple of these from the middle aisle in Aldi and have put them in the camping box, as you say light robust packing that can make possibly boring food more interesting. Glad that you seem to think they are okay.

[@LanceCSTCuddy]

Thank you for your anti-scamming videos. You explain things so clearly and concisely that yours are the only videos I know I can send to my elderly parents without miles of explanation. Side note: I hope you’ve made a “deselect all” macro for davinci / premiere. I mentioned that in a previous video’s comments and I hope it’s been helpful!😊

[@awatt]

"Put it in the curry." If you know you know.

[@pumpkingkingoftoons6185]

saffron reference!!

[@MichaelBennett1]

Merry Christmas then : ). Sorry to hear you were both ill over the season.

[@CaptainPupu]

This is very similar to tikla masala/curry I make. I only fry/cook the vegetables alongside the meat and add the sauce+ a little water to make it more runny a bit. Some extra seasoning and done. Really weird that they put them in cans. You're almost compelled to pop it open and take a sip.... 😂

[@winterwatson6437]

while less packaging is obviously great in terms of emissions, i do like the idea of inert glass rather than reactive aluminum that they buffer with pfa liners. then again, the lid of a jar likely has a pfa liner anyway 😅

[@AverageLama]

Don't think you mentioned it but the aluminium can is also a lot better for the environment than plastic in terms of recyclability. Great video

[@g0blingirll]

Not sure if someone has asked you this before I haven’t been watching your channel for that long yet (love it so far though!) but has anyone ever told you that you could be related to Olivia Colman? 😂 you have some similar facial traits and now I can’t unsee it haha 🙈

[@AtomicShrimp]

That's a new one. Usually people ask if I am Robert Llewellyn.

[@g0blingirll]

@@AtomicShrimp ah yes I see what you mean, a bit more of an obvious comparison 😅

[@RFC3514]

"This is not going to be an authentic Indian-style curry" - Yes, that much was clear from the fact that it said "Tikka Masala" (invented in Great Britain) on the tin. 😜 Also, most actual "Indian-style curries" popular in the UK are Goan recipes, often based on Portuguese dishes, with extra spices (the British Indian army tended to get cooks from Goa because they were more used to working with meat; most other regions were too vegetarian for British tastes).

[@CravingBeer]

For an even less authentic curry (but somehow traditionally British) you could throw in some sultanas. I also like the mango chutney on the side. Turkey should always be served with some fruit jam, and this makes a change from the usual cranberry version.

[@AlisonBryen]

Ooooh, I bought the Keralan one from the middle aisle of Aldi a couple of weeks back!

[@bsmith6646]

Any good?

[@RowdyTheHitman]

​@@bsmith6646 they are really good, both the Indian ones and Italian ones are great

[@AlisonBryen]

@bsmith6646 I've not tried it yet, so I was looking forward to seeing what Shrimp had to say.

[@AlisonBryen]

​@bsmith6646 Update. The sauces are brilliant. The Keralan was lovely and rich, and I used the Calabrese sauce to make a lasange at the weekend. I highly recommended these sauces.

[@ianashworth7744]

Why didn't you let us know the price.

[@AtomicShrimp]

I paid £1.99 per can in Tesco