Honest Try: Jack's "Lazy Man's Lasagna"

[@nathank556]

It's fascinating watching a normal human make these recipes. Please don't stop.

[@ThePixelated_kris]

I agree

[@Deorcn]

I love it, but kinda concerned for the dude. This seems like a hazardous job.

[@JPChampion]

4:30 Cooking with one hand, just like Jack! That's some serious commitment to the craft.

[@ajz2k]

Absolute savage hahahaha

[@Grabatea]

Hey pro tip on grating softer cheeses like mozzarella, if you put it in the freezer for 15-20 minutes before grating it'll be alot firmer and easier to grate and leave less of a mess. Also been loving your Honest Try videos so far, keep up the grate work.

[@HonestTries]

Thanks for the tip. I feel like I have grated cheese before at some time in my life, but I can't for the life of me remember actually doing it. This may have been my first time!

[@chiknzrule99]

Or just go for the low moisture mozz

[@brezzlendean77]

Pun huh? alright then The door is right here 🚪

[@mrspms143]

Came in comments just to tell him this but you beat me to the punch! 😊

[@brezzlendean77]

@@mrspms143 ur late af my guy

[@Sue_Me_Too]

F for Jack's kid, who had to take this slop to school for international day....

[@APixelCrafter]

Not only is this an honest try but the whole video is honest, from the one handed camera work to the whole "stove" story to just bringing up stuff about your day in the middle of video. Love it man!

[@melisadun]

10:00 the commitment to showing us the process even without using your hands. Iconic

[@Floris_VI]

Truly the moment ever

[@ThePixelated_kris]

it’s true dedication

[@zulium]

I mean... no matter how lazy/easy it is, it's just not lasagna. Jack made a meatless baked ziti. It doesn't look bad, it's just noodles, sauce and (an insane amount of) cheese but it's not lasagna without lasagna noodles lol. Either way love the Honest Attempts! If you keep making them I'll keep watching them. Also I really like that hat you're wearing. What kind is it/where did you get it if you dont mind me asking?

[@HonestTries]

I believe it is this exact hat except no brown variant currently: FORBUSITE Mens Slouchy Long Oversized Beanie Knit Cap for Summer Winter B08 a.co/d/2oFzEHf

[@zulium]

@@HonestTries Thanks!

[@HonestTries]

@@zulium no worries. Balding men like me must keep our heads warm in these trying times. 🙏

[@zulium]

@@HonestTries As a balding man myself, that's why I asked lol

[@dylanadams9465]

Hey man, despite your lacking equipment you're showcasing a real talent with this kind of thing. It reminds me a little bit of watching early Mister Sausage videos. You're on the way up the algorithm, guaranteed

[@blaketto]

yes, exactly this! you can just feel the algorithm doing its thing, hope this guy becomes my second Ordinary Sausage cause i love some funky cooking and there's not enough of that done properly on youtube

[@le9038]

this recipe started out looking like something you'd find in those plastic microwavable pasta dishes from wallmart to something you'd find in the wallmart freezer isle.

[@S3V3R3DH3AD]

Thank you for filling the void that "Should I Series" left in my heart after he disappeared.

[@CorpusCacus]

"Good enough for government work" is the motto of all Jack's recipes

[@spicytrashpanda]

Except his medium rare chicken.

[@SlightlyJudgemental]

@@spicytrashpandathe raw bison burger freaked me out more than the chicken did. 🥴

[@spicytrashpanda]

@@SlightlyJudgemental do you know salmonella is a very serious thing? Botulism is one thing, undercooked chicken can kill you. But I can't help but acknowledge a fellow connoisseur of haunted cuisine.

[@ArcNeoMasato]

Honestly, I feel like this is one of his better recipes, in that it's a good base to start from. It's..... not a "Lasagna" in any way, but it's a way to get food in your face, and with just a little work, it very much could be halfway decent.

[@lollertoaster]

Apparently it's a common recipe for kids in some parts of USA

[@ThatSockmonkey]

In Australia, we'd call this a pasta bake, and we wouldn't add that much cheese, but it would be served with something like schnitzel or cutlets, or some pan fried chicken. Edit also the sauce would have onion and garlic, maybe finely chopped carrot and celery in some homes (not mine), then the tomato sauce, then basil, oregano, thyme, parsley, maybe a little chilli or cayenne pepper if you like a little heat. The water should be salty, about a tablespoon per litre, and should be boiling when you put the pasta in, and for baking, drained a minute early. Endit But the cheese. That cheese to pasta ratio is obscene.

[@gink_ie]

Yeah this is pretty much a pasta bake so I'd say that this is definitely a recipe Jack made that would be fine to eat, just put way less cheese in it :D

[@kelbyd563]

The Yoshi's Island track list in the background brought back a lot of great memories on the GB Advanced. Love you videos man! Keep it up!

[@biggiechingmcding5883]

Bro biting the pop stand to film is real commitment xD

[@tinamarie7568]

"It tastes like (shrug) what those ingredients would taste like together"- Fumbs up😂

[@slow_dancer45]

Mad respect for picking up the cheese grater and not shorting us of the artistic shots! Loving the videos!

[@598bryce]

I've marathoned these numerous times. Please never stop. Please don't ever get a tripod and Please keep using 90s videogames music. I absolutely LOVE your content. ❤

[@blaketto]

aside from the obvious lack of seasoning this could maybe be saved by baking it in that glass tray afterwards

[@BionicmanJCD]

Babe wake up, Honest Tries uploaded.

[@fuzzycat7313]

I agree getting a dutch oven was a game changer you can cook so much in one.

[@danielkjh8]

i wouldn't call it a lasagne but i'd eat it

[@tek512]

Keep them coming, dude. This channel will take off like a rocket. With so many people covering the crazy recipes, seeing someone willing to ingest them is a great addition to the platform.

[@boscopit]

I remember coming across Jack like 10-12 years ago. I swore I thought it was some weird Avant Garde comedy skit. No matter who makes this it still looks like cat vomit.

[@mikel6989]

It helps if you toss the mozzarella in the freezer for a bit before grating, helps so it doesn’t like smush when grating.

[@UltimaVC]

Here to stay for sure. Need that unbiased opinion on these wacky recipes

[@Onigirli]

This is the kind of stuff I used to watch on old youtube lol, this is awesome

[@JarlFrank]

>grocery shopping on Sundays Always keeps surprising me to hear that's a thing in other countries lmao

[@PhantomSkitty]

First of all, love the use of Yoshi's Island music as background music. Love that game. Secondly, I love seeing you actually try to make these foods Jack has attempted. It's such a fun time.

[@potatochipblueberry]

It’s a similar recipe I make for what I grew up calling “trash spaghetti” and all it was is a little bit of well seasoned tomato sauce, any kind of pasta, any kind of cheese, and I would usually use ground hamburger meat, and some spinach leaves. It was what we made in times of need and it could easily feed a house of 5 people and have some left over. Was definitely and is still one of my favorites.

[@malchir4036]

That's just pasta with meatballs, but that hopefully has layers and isn't just sticky, thick goo like this.

[@emilywaller-gn3nm]

My husband and I loved this video! Jack has…questionable recipes and we’re glad someone else is willing to do the unthinkable - actually try them. We’d love to see you make a portion of Jack’s recipe and then maybe a different portion where you show how you would make it better. Keep up the great work!

[@20teverify]

This is so great. I think seeing someone with common sense cook Jack's recipes somehow restores order to the universe, it's just what I needed to feel whole again after beeing cursed by foul spell of those wicked ingredients. I think a lot of new people came from the Oogust the duck video. Keep them coming!

[@brandonupchurch7628]

For some reason I'm getting an idea for a "Lazy man's lasagna" that involves layering frozen cheese ravioli in a pan with sauce in between and maybe a little cheese browned on top.

[@Nikkole616]

That actually sounds pretty good

[@tysonhenry37]

That doesn't sound lazy in any way. It sounds redundant and plain. Think about what you just said. What's the lazy part. Or good part? 🤔

[@Fatamorgana420]

You can't use fresh mozzarella in lasagna, it's too watery - and a CRIME.

[@spicytrashpanda]

I'm loving this content. Perfect soundtrack, a brave soul doing what we mere mortals could only dream of. Worth a sub once I finish binging the rest of the videos.

[@colina1330]

1:44 is accurate as hell. My one cat knows the sound of the grater coming out of the cupboard. Every time I take it out, I usually have about 3 seconds before he's right under me and yelling at me for some cheese.

[@PukingDoubleRainbows]

I am so glad the KZbin algorithm randomly suggested me your party cheese recipe. I love your channel, I love your stove woes, I love your commentary and backup dinner plans. I see everyone keeps saying it, but this channel really is a breath of fresh air and I cannot wait for your uploads. Please never change.

[@joemontgomery6658]

I appreciate the cheese grater lore

[@emilynyan6603]

Jack caring about Vegetarian Kids but then adding so much cheese it'll 100% fuck up any lactose intolerant person for the next couple of weeks will never not be funny

[@HeyYouImAzu]

Should try some of KingCobraJFS's monstrosities like his candy calzone. Great video just like the others, keep up the good work of testing these so we don't have to.

[@HonestTries]

Added it to the list! Thanks!

[@McMacMastaMan]

I llike that you pazazzed it up a bit at the end, would be cool to see that in the future as well

[@hellishangst]

Ah this was in my reccomendations and it is so nice watching!! You have such a sweet personality, I feel like I'm watching a friend. And the part where you were holding your popsocket in your mouth to film? Me too man I do that ALL the time

[@HonestTries]

Thanks! Glad you're here!

[@RaphiRou]

when that noodle dropped @ 6:40, i felt that :I

[@VeselkoKelava]

F in the chat for dropped noodle

[@ThePrimePlaya]

This is one of those generic recipes that is basic enough to be inoffensive and disappointing at the same time. But honestly, like with a lot of Jack's "lazy man's" recipes, it is much more work than just making a "lasagna" from those ingredients by layering them in a dish and sticking it in the oven.

[@pizzaguythetabbyandfriends4906]

So I haven't finished this video yet but this recipe is looking suspiciously like baked ziti (which is one of my faves!) So I think it's funny he called it a lazy man's lasagna. 🤣 Edit: Yep that's basically how we make baked ziti at work. It's defiently a lot but I really enjoy it! I don't get it often but yeah. Putting lots of mozz on top and letting it brown up a bit is amaaaaaazing.

[@DOOMSDAYtm]

so i tried jack's recipie as well years ago. i didn't use nearly as much as he did or you. less ricotta and mozzarella cheese, less sauce, added salt, pepper, crushed garlic and a little bit of oregano, bought a pepperoni log and diced up a quarter into small cubes and cooked it in a pan with some mushrooms and green pepper prior then baked after a light mozzarella sprinkle on top. basically a pizza version lol. it wasn't the absolute best but on a cold day it hits the spot and fills you up

[@goodguykonrad3701]

I haven't personally put this into practice, but I've heard that slightly freezing mozzarella makes it easier to grate. You don't want it frozen, just enough that it's slightly stiff

[@andilongmeadowfarm]

Keep going! Watching such a nice guy put himself thru this mess means you are an angel. Hope you didn't get constipation. Here's hoping.

[@therockazoid]

Yoshi's Island is the perfect background for this.

[@viscountrainbows2857]

Honestly just below my usual microwavable pasta as it doesn't have some meat to sop up the sauce and cheese, or a little bolstering grated parmesan cheese, but it's far from the worst struggle meal I could think of. I'd just throw a little salt to comp for lack of parm if necessary on it and save it for my tears as I cry myself to sleep, but seasoning it always evens out lack of meat of truly it comes to such Spartan times.

[@americannightmare76]

"If you have issues with constipation I would not recommend eating this." Son, don't you tell me how to run my life.

[@dstaple3]

BUM BUM BADUMBUM BUM BUM BADUMBUM BUM BUM BADUMBUM BUM BUM BADUMBUM. I'm off to play Yoshi's Island

[@Anxiety_Creature]

I’m glad someone is trying these disastrous recipes!

[@skaterclique]

please keep doing these "try on my own" (recipes) from jack and kays cooking pleaseeeeeeee👏🏽👏🏽

[@erinrockhill6548]

putting the popsocket in your mouth to use both hands was hilarious, I do the same shit all the time trying to navigate my kitchen! love these videos, maybe do his teriyaki burger next? (except. actually cook it, obviously) and you're a fellow black pepper enjoyer! i love it here 😄

[@jakegosse]

Love this channel already. Glad you are continuing to make content!

[@Orphxn_Music]

This is my new comfort channel

[@gardenerofthemisguided2496]

Jack is the equivalent of a horse's glue that attracts some and drives others to create, comment on and criticise his cullinary folly. Hats off to you, who are trying to reproduce this lunacy.

[@VeselkoKelava]

Hey man, how about some longer videos. Maybe you could explain a bit about what receipt you're doing and stuff.

[@ConflictFrogs]

This is how my parents did "Lazy Baked Ziti" lol. Also stellar music choice time to replay Yoshi's Island.

[@JustCallMeMikey]

yessss i love these videos. its just so real, and i love that. this gives me old school food channel vibes and its just an era of media that doesnt really exist anymore. everything is so edited to the max these days and watching honest tries is just so humbling

[@AlphaSteelFang005]

We need a whole series on this! I love these!

[@idontevenknow9576]

Could you try making Jack’s “Garbage Stew” recipe? I want to know if all those ingredients mixed together would actually taste good or not

[@HonestTries]

Yep! It's on the list.

[@derekpayneszubliminals7723]

Brings me back to the days when the channel Should I series would make recipes from Jack, Kay, and other individuals.

[@fakebobbyhill296]

The fact that you couldn't use a grater tells me that you used really good mozzarella.

[@blackhat1018]

I tried this recipe a few years ago out of curiosity. My results were pretty much the same as yours. It’s okay. It’s just penne, sauce, and cheese, so it’s definitely edible. But all the flavors are weak. It doesn’t look or taste like a lasagna at all. It’s the kind of meal you make when you want lasagna but you don’t have the ingredients for it so you make this instead. I remember it being fairly heavy too. Like, a couple of bites and you’re feeling pretty full. Most likely because of the amount of cheese.

[@annieworroll4373]

when camping we made something vaguely similar to this as "lasagna" in a dutch oven, it was pretty good though the noodles we used were basically tiny lasagna noodles(I don't know the specific name for that noodle). Seeing what he did to an old favorite was annoying.

[@GhostofGriever]

Oh keep your content the way it is - this is so pure and the party cheese salad wasn't luck - you just hit the algorithm right and you're totally on the right track with this. This is seriously good content. It's remarkable watching someone make these meme recipes and actually trying them

[@reddeath707]

Nice to see someone with taste buds give this a try, thanks for the sacrifice. Also, are your vids on your Thief map unlisted/deleted? I was rather enjoying therm.

[@HonestTries]

They're just unlisted. I'll probably have them moved to another channel just for that stuff.

[@reddeath707]

@@HonestTries Appreciate it, been getting into classic Thief the past year. Wish I played sooner.

[@HonestTries]

@@reddeath707 That's great! There's some good stuff coming out this year I've been helping betatest.

[@TheTrueForbidden]

I have never been more happy watching a cooking video, never stop

[@commanderuseless1685]

Home cook here! You don't really need to grate fresh mozzarella as you can just tear it with your fingers into small bits, but if you really wanted to, you could harden it in the freezer for a little while so it's more rigid. Something you could try, if you have one of those boiled egg slicer things where you place an egg and push down a line of metal wires to slice them up, you can do that to slices of mozzarella as well! The videos you put up are great, thanks so much for the uploads!

[@ryancronk6762]

I'm hooked on these videos already lol. Background Music is 100% on point took me a few minutes to remember where I knew it from and such a sick game now I can't stop whistling it and gotta play some now

[@dancing_odie]

I appreciate your videos. I subbed because I gotta see how these really are. But i'm never gonna risk my life for it lol. You are taking a bullet for us

[@Dial8Transmition]

It wasn't until I had watched halfway through the video that I realized, that this is in fact, not lasagna

[@randidoesthings]

Salt and pepper and a tiny lil pinch of sugar in the sauce and you’ll have a good upgrade! And if you wanna be a lil extra, roast some garlic in a bit of oil in a pan and mix that in the sauce when warming and it’ll be a massive upgrade!

[@kaylastarr7863]

Trying to grate motz on the micro plane is hilarious what a truly honest try haha

[@RatRatRattyRatRat]

Nothing the internet loves more than close ups on cheese graters.

[@Tokobaren]

How jack hasn't died already from the monstrosities he's created is a miracle. You deserve a medal for these videos.

[@slightlyaboveaveragebutaverage]

He's BUILT DIFFERENT. Nah the dude's had like 4 strokes and at least 1 heart attack if I remember correctly.

[@dexster8618228]

@@slightlyaboveaveragebutaverage Also salmonella like 3-4 times

[@sahpire75]

😂😂😂😂😂😂nailed it with this comment

[@Iridescence93]

I mean pasta with cheese and tomato sauce is pretty standard and ricotta is really good. I doubt even Jack could mess this one up too bad.

[@sam_k89]

Yoshi’s Island OST 👌

[@abbym9954]

Not gonna lie- I love cheese, and I'd totally eat this. But this is definitely a recipe that needs some love. I'd personally go for browning up some sweet Italian sausage and an onion together, heat it up with some crushed red pepper, and throw in a can of diced tomatoes and a bunch of dried Italian seasoning (because it's a lazy recipe, and I don't cut fresh herbs for lazy recipes).

[@HonestTries]

Yeah, that doesn't sound half bad!

[@imgonnacry458]

Jack has some nasty recipes but this one unironicaly sounds real damn tasty

[@_Ty__]

This one is likely the hardest to screw up. It’s literally just noodles, sauce and (in Jack’s version) enough cheese to constipate a whole football team.

[@optionalcoast7478]

yeah but its literally baked ziti

[@gink_ie]

It's literally just pasta bake but with 10x more cheese so it really is a normal recipe

[@ryanhelmbold2288]

Yeah the myrna was blessed by the algorithm but right now youve got a great subscriber view ratio

[@robotlixgaming4135]

With the yoshi music this almost feels like a dunky video in the best way possible! Keep up the great work brotha! ❤

[@STR8EVIL74]

Thank god I have no issues with constipation so I can try this.

[@pickelteets]

Thank you for staying true to the recipe and only using one arm.

[@XaurianQueen]

That dark blue pot is lovely. Edit: i forgot the name for dutch oven XD im used to the cast iron ones my dad brings camping.

[@bugface8565]

I watched Jack all the time when I was a kid. It sounds funny but it was the early days of KZbin and there weren't too many cooking channels. Watching you go back to these is nostalgic. I still make some of his recipes tbh, like the chess pie (it's amazing.) And yeah man, I'm here to stay!

[@Matthew-LAMF]

Makes sense why Jack has so many subscribers. Lack of cooking content at the time.

[@MaMooo85]

Try keeping your cheese in the freezer for 20-25 minutes before grating, it really helps.

[@robertlauncher]

Ah yes, the “I’m gonna dump a whole cheese wheel in here” pasta

[@malchir4036]

Just cook the pasta al dente, while doing so cut the mozzarella in slices, put them on the pasta when done, add a bit of tomato sauce on top so the mozzarella melts a bit from the heat from both sides, season it, and you have something resembling a lazy man's pasta caprese in 10 minutes with those ingredients and it's going to taste a lot better.

[@astallas6098]

I absolutely love all the videos you’ve been putting out, please keep going, as long as it’s safe 😂

[@lukatesseract]

A farmer living next to Hy-Vee and Fareway. A fellow Midwesterner.

[@PMPDDYLothar]

Have to like and comment for the Transmorphers reference. I enjoy watching those "Granny fooler" movies for how bad they are and that one was one of my early favs, haha.

[@HonestTries]

Snakes on a Train!

[@GrubbsandWyrm]

Cheesy Monstrosity was Rhett's nickname in high school

[@rudmere9051]

I just realized that when I first started cooking for myself I used to make this, just with a little less cheese. I would eat this with some pieces of buttered bread and almost immediately fall asleep lol.

[@mushykobra]

Best idea for a Chanel ever man. Love the videos keep doing what no man should have to do!

[@RustedKing]

When you bake it off in the oven its literally a baked ziti. Like this is just how you make ziti with WAY more cheese lmao.

[@abbuw-]

You have pulled a classic Masao move by holding the camera in your mouth! 10/10 content and I am now a subscribed.

[@meh_lady]

I used to do something similar with leftover spaghetti when my kids were little. I didn’t mix it into a huge goopy blob but rather layered it. Somehow that seems more palatable, but maybe it wasn’t! 😅

[@ChilledSmoothie]

again great music choices, love this stuff its seriously great

[@TheLikenessOfNormal]

You gotta use the shredded cheese. It had binders so it melts differently. Gotta get the real jack experience.

[@TheLikenessOfNormal]

DID YOU USE A LEGEND OF DRAGOON SONG AS YOUR SOUNDTRACK?!

[@HonestTries]

@@TheLikenessOfNormal Not yet! All the music in this one was from Yoshi's Island!