Ranking every breakfast in history (Tier List)

[@christianflora2316]

NL having war flashbacks over a muffin, only to place it in the B tier, is some of my favorite recent banter.

[@geebster.]

You piece.

[@WhyDoBabiesStareAtMe]

I laughed very, very hard at that part. There was something relatable about it that brought me back to being at the hospital when my daughter was being born.

[@meatuchu2878]

He's 100% not wrong about anything to do with muffins 🤣

[@coledorillo6685]

A muffin killed his whole lineage and you just call it your favorite banter. Im gonna become the jojer

[@lordofnope]

@@coledorillo6685 this fool said the word wrong

[@TheGreatRio]

NL continues to have the most insane food takes ever conceived by mankind, I don't think I've ever heard a sane man say they prefer green over red bell peppers because "red peppers taste like candy".

[@nihlify]

In a savory dish a lot of people will agree with him. Adding reds to a very savory dish will often be too sweat. A salad works.

[@finalshade14]

@@nihlify perfect way to put it

[@ryancooper4770]

I currently live in the south and everyone here goes NUTS for greens in gumbo- they say red makes it far too sweet. I also once knew a guy who would just eat green bell peppers like an apple as a snack every day.

[@NicoEvaluates]

Maize is the candy equivalent to me. Put that on anything and you've basically made it a dessert.

[@arowace498]

red peppers are not any sweeter than like, a carrot. and green peppers are just way to bitter to eat them in any size bigger than so microscopic i dont even know they're in there.

[@AmbieandJin]

This man's relationship with muffin is more complex than any modern day celebrity relationship.

[@sleepiestgf]

next time someone makes me food and i dont like it i'll say "i enjoyed the mineral content"

[@Drekromancer]

+2

[@MonzennCarloMallari]

This

[@PixelatedH2O]

You'd rather eat rocks

[@Vario69]

+3

[@papabaddad]

Evaluating based off of how good of a breakfast food it really is rather than just flavor is so much more interesting

[@aleksadunovic8715]

Evaluating by flavour is boring. Just sort by sugar content and be done with it.

[@ScorpionXXXVII]

So fired up got him comparing breakfast foods to needle drugs.... lol, loved that line

[@sasquatch.8]

Yea

[@omicronalpha8827]

When he's already pissed at his own strawman 1 minute in, you know its gonna be a good video

[@M3GAMAN100]

How can one man be both health-pilled and gluttony-pilled simultaneously

[@KitZunekaze]

The duality of man.

[@doctorhandshake1880]

The millennial experience

[@thegrinderman1090]

You do healthy things to allow yourself to be heinously gluttonous every so often without causing much damage. That's the way to maximise lifetime pleasure.

[@fesaaj1479]

32:00 Subtle foreshadowing to the food poisoning arc. Fantastic storytelling from the writers- careful viewers could have put the pieces together all the way back in Feb 2022.

[@nathanielcarlyon3393]

never have i been more disappointed when egg said he does not like eggs

[@Wertsir]

Well it’s cannibalism for him.

[@ScorpionXXXVII]

Finally someone who agrees with my dislike of eggs. Honestly, he doesn't hate them enough. The texture of eggs is a mixture of boogers and Nickelodeon slime. They are basically flavorless and they're ghetto-cheap excuse for a protein. F tier eggs forever!!!!!!!

[@ldoomsl]

His comparison of biscuits and gravy to cinnamon rolls had me rolling, I’ve never heard a crazier comparison in my life

[@Pungentcreature1]

He’s pushing the bounds of what we thought humanly possible

[@Arnavion]

He dislikes milk, eggs, spinach and walnuts. I'm not convinced he's human to begin with.

[@Wertsir]

@@Arnavion Alien Egg confirmed. A face hugger is going to burst right out of that dome piece.

[@fakeplasticsoldier]

I always wonder how these take 1.5 hours, then I start watching and remembering the thesis-level discourse it takes for him to rank a single item. Praise eggs over medium

[@jayleno2192]

His rating of oatmeal makes sense once he explains that he used to eat instant oats. That shit is gross. Old fashioned rolled oats are great though, and it's definitely worth the couple extra minutes to make them.

[@ninjacell2999]

Pinhead oatmeal is even better

[@lbgstzockt8493]

Him describing how he ate what amounts to glue every morning for years really made sense of some food opinions he’s shared.

[@Wertsir]

NL: 1) Hates Eggs. 2) Hates Milk 3) Loves Circus Peanuts. 4) Is an alien.

[@jimbomcbob7849]

4

[@Inoka01]

I just bought some skyr and granola, gonna mix it with some banana and blueberries. This better rock my nuts straight to the stratosphere, egg man.

[@Inoka01]

I come bearing news from the future. Did it rock my nuts? Nah. But was it pretty freaking good? Yeah, I'd say that was a very enjoyable breakfast. Low-ish cost, very low effort, good taste, probably very healthy. You're off the hook this time, Ryan.

[@toximan2008]

@@Inoka01 Also greek yogurt/skyr is probably the most protein-dense food per serving on the planet aside from straight up protein powder. If you're not lactose intolerant, and are an athlete, it is the godliest food.

[@I_THE_ME]

@@toximan2008 You could just chomp down on some soy "sausages". They are the most protein rich food with 50% of the weight being protein.

[@plaguedfrost1753]

@@I_THE_ME insects…

[@NedInYaHead]

​​@@toximan2008I'm definitely greek yoghurt-pilled, every day I be craving it with some granola and a decent amount of honey. Trick is, use Quaker's raisin granola (at least if you're in the UK, might be the same in the US) as there's a powder they use to coat the raisins that gets on everything and makes it all taste raisin-y. Delish.

[@kylebooth4948]

twitch chat be like "your too health pilled" as NL has already put cereal and muffins above eggs! oh my god and he put a cinnamon roll above the eggs aswell, im dead lmao

[@elijahmentch4125]

I’m 14 minutes in and I’m already pissed by the logic. Another great tier list NL!

[@hijo5966]

@@ronnieortega1709 LMAO

[@Drekromancer]

Fun fact: one reason Bagels have that hole in them because Jewish immigrants in America used to stack bagels up on sticks or ropes to display and sell them. However, people argue that bagels had holes long before this technique was widely known. One reason is that bagels are so dense that they need help to cook evenly - so the hole provides more surface area for even heating. The more you know! (Source: am Jewish, have used Wikipedia)

[@AlbertSirup]

"it's just a muffin, why are you being weird" might well be my favourite line from NL's chat xD

[@BaconWhitEggs]

Eating cakes, muffins, doughnuts and such for breakfast is insanity to me.

[@Aqib2]

Most of the food there shouldn't even be there. Many people just eat unhealthy food for breakfast and of course companies will take advantage.

[@BC-yl3qb]

it’s absolutely American Pilled

[@nInJaMaN961]

Username checks out

[@hypnotoad311]

@@BC-yl3qb I traveled all over France and breakfast was basically just 5600 patisseries trying to shove croissants and pastries down your throat. So saying that’s an American thing is completely ignorance-pilled. You do you though boo.

[@asmallphd9648]

Its based and redpilled, redpills being the medication you have to take after eating donuts for breakfast.

[@user-bj1tm6ui4d]

Can't believe I've been "Dad-splained" about breakfast foods by an egg for 90 minutes.... and I liked it 🥚

[@juice17776]

Cinnamon Roll is a trash tier breakfast item. But an S tier desert item.

[@unikracoon1913]

You should pray I never cross you in the street

[@peelsreklaw]

Nothing like a sugar crash at 9 AM to get your day started.

[@toximan2008]

It's an inverse relationship. Every trash breakfast makes for a great dessert, and vice versa.

[@GyroZeppeliUwU]

NL: I am an adult also NL: I won't make anything in skillet for weekday breakfast, I'd rather eat granola bar

[@spencjon4822]

“No 30 year old thinks like that. Every adult who thinks like that already died” Til I only have 5 years left

[@superpokemonfan999]

His placement of Biscuits & Gravy have lowered my perception of NL immensely.

[@Drekromancer]

Never meet your heroes.

[@woahdude5553]

This comment has lowered my perception of you

[@sambience6854]

As someone from the UK, I have no idea what the hell Biscuits and Gravy even is. Y'all putting Bisto on your Hobnobs??

[@johngleeman8347]

@Tom Smith Yeah. UK scones are US biscuits, and vice versa. Although most US biscuits are savory and I think UK scones are at least partially different?

[@Cgreen123]

My mom makes the best Biscuits and Gravy ever, but I guess he’s only had them once, so I cut him some slack. Plus, not everyone makes them as good as Mom :)

[@BC-yl3qb]

Grated pieces of potato: Hard to make, not worth the effort, A-Tier English Muffin: Easy to make, taste good, makes an excellent breakfast sandwich, I didn’t like them when I was a kid because of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Recipe for pizza muffins, C-Tier and the less said about the breakfast muffin the better

[@JoelDZ]

Cinnamon rolls are not a breakfast food in Scandinavia. They're a snack to have with a cup of coffee, and we definitely don't put icing on them.

[@BIDP-]

I think we have the same ones in the UK then. Kind of flaky, like a croissant?

[@JoelDZ]

@@BIDP- I wouldn't call them flaky, no. Pretty basic bread roll texture, a little sticky from the cinnamon/sugar mix. I'd be curious to try what you have in the UK though, flaky sounds great!

[@ninjacell2999]

@@BIDP- that's not a cinnamon roll, and we have the scandi ones here too

[@BrownEyedPrincess1]

A red pepper birthday cake has me dying of laughter for no reason

[@TheFreeBro]

“We’re not going to get into my red pepper take” Immediately gets into the red pepper take

[@Its_Mattie]

WE ARE BACK WITH THE TIERLIST ERA LETS GO! THE ULTIMATE BACKGROUND BANTER The pogs are easy S tier

[@jasonvegan5761]

I find it hard to believe that NL himself is the “editor” behind the mean-mug choices for the video thumbnails.

[@BikoFactory]

I have never seen an egg hate on his own kind this much.

[@daesusasa]

I cannot disagree more with basically every choice this mad man has done! 😂 Once he profaned milk and eggs, it was over. I want Kate's Tier list. You, ma'am, are a saint.

[@PixelatedH2O]

Chocolate milk is A tier, any other kind of milk is bottom tier, as far as pure drinkability

[@alexlawson4173]

I almost always agree with everything NL says, but when he tore apart baked beans... thats a no go from me, baked beans are great.

[@PixelatedH2O]

@@alexlawson4173 Beans are not a breakfast food, no matter what certain countries think

[@alexlawson4173]

@@PixelatedH2O sure maybe not for breakfast, but the man doesn't like baked beans. That's insanity.

[@PixelatedH2O]

@@alexlawson4173 I don't particularly like them either. A couple spoonfuls a few times a year is enough for me.

[@lukaduke7629]

Frozen pre-shredded hashbrowns. Game-changer.

[@wordtomyflag]

Ya know, I tend to butt heads with the women in my life because often times I feel like their decision making and purchases seem superfluous, hedonistic, or valuing aesthetic over function. NL had now made me realize this is what it must feel like when they argue with me. I gotta go make some apologies...

[@SplurginSergeon]

Some people have a different preference, and you can respect that. Some people are just wrong. You know who you are, NL.

[@garretgebhardt8205]

"This is jolting. It feels like I've been shaken out of my homeostat-" Advertisement "-ic equilibrium."

[@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts]

A homeostat, is that a kind of pro-homosexual dutch pseudo-monarchy?

[@pwhite2966]

I Did the math, and if McDonald’s sliced each sausage patty off individually, the length of the sausage it came from would have to reach from New York City to Honolulu, each year.

[@jamie_miller]

Overall I found your reasoning consistent and compelling. I think you did English muffins a disservice by not raising them once you decided to accept items as PART of a breakfast. Your only complaint about them was their size--one wasn't enough, but two was too much. But if they can be part of a larger breakfast, that should solve your problem.

[@legueu]

3:49 self hatred is hard to overcome.

[@Drekromancer]

This comment goes hard.

[@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts]

Internalised racism...

[@iEduardo0214]

Fucking hell, that reasoning for why he rates the way he does in the first minutes of this video already has me in tears. Ty NL for another tier list 🤝🏽

[@iEduardo0214]

Omfg and the way he says "don't swear" to the tier list maker, literally the minute after swearing up a storm 🤌🏽

[@thedoodletavern7862]

Dude, that muffin rant was so unwarranted...

[@MarsAres]

Not even two minutes in and he's arguing with chat. Absolutely pogged.

[@capital_tm]

Dude for whatever reason I have the same thoughts about muffins. Especially those full-sized muffins (not the baby ones you get at a hotel continental breakfast). If you're eating a muffin - something has gone at least slightly wrong

[@aychar]

North Americans will just full on eat the biggest dessert you've ever seen in your life for breakfast, it's crazy

[@MartsVODs]

Why was stuff like Breakfast Sandwiches, Grits, Crepes, Waffles, and Breakfast shakes not on there. Would have loved to know Eggs opinion on those.

[@trondordoesstuff]

Pretty sure he does say he'd put waffles in S tier if they were there (it's possible he said A-tier but I don't recall; it was somewhere during the pancake rating)

[@DJ_Knuckles]

Should never have listened to that shit, now I've got scurvy and 4 broken bones 🙅🍊🥛

[@ScumlordStudio]

I literally live in Anaheim and didn't know Anaheim peppers were a thing, neat

[@billpeel4408]

with enough food tier lists, one day NL will release his perfectly logical treatise on food taste, like Spinoza's Ethics

[@TheMilkmansbaby]

Northern lion knows what every gangster knows, when your cooking you got to wet your beak. You have to split the food fairly on the plates, but cook gets his cut.

[@edenwirose]

32:56 Having worked in restaurants for a while now I can legitimately confirm this. Maybe not at fast food places, but where I worked, almost the whole kitchen and waitstaff had maybe 1 to 3 slices of bacon each a day.

[@christianbedard5182]

"When I zoomed in, [heh] I just got closer to the monitor" He's becoming one with chat

[@TheMajorpickle01]

Americans are wild man people out here arguing that cinnamon rolls are a breakfast food

[@RecliningWhale]

NL bullying strawmen never gets old. "I'm not weird about food" -this coming from the man that gets actually mad at the thought of eating a muffin. lol

[@Drekromancer]

The madman returns, at the same time as last year. And it's just what I needed. I'm hoping that these hot take tier lists become an annual tradition. 🙂

[@anunnyfose]

fun game-- imagine there is no chat and northernlion is just some crazy dude having a conversation with himself

[@MrVovansim]

This is where we learn that NL has never tasted a ripe tomato in his life, because he says red bell peppers are sweeter than tomatoes.

[@Unibot47]

This is the most obnoxious I've ever seen NL. Man is passionate about breakfasts for sure. A-tier tier list. Tier list videos in general are S-tiers and I will always tune in and watch the whole thing.

[@PhantoRoyce]

Me,a guy named Hamm watching my favorite egg man discuss breakfast foods “Ham is the worst!” :(

[@TrangleC]

Here is something everyone should try: Softboiled egg with marmalade toast. No salt on the egg. The tart bitterness of the egg makes a great contrast with the sweet-sourness of the marmalade.

[@maxsimmonds1322]

I feel like society would no longer accept me

[@TrangleC]

@@maxsimmonds1322 It is a common breakfast in most of Central Europe, not something I came up with. Reading my own comment again, maybe I should clarify: You don't put the egg on the toast. You eat the egg with a spoon and those little cups to hold the egg in are a part of every household in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and I think also in the Netherlands, Denmark and Scandinavia. Many people even have a special contraption to crack the egg open with in a neat and convenient manner. The point being that this is not some weird, fringe thing. That is basic and common breakfast culture in that part of the world.

[@sbberti]

No waffles, breakfast burrito, egg tacos, or breakfast sandwich on the list? At least two of these are S tier.

[@PixelatedH2O]

Waffles are inferior to both pancakes and french toast. They're just barely below french toast though. Pancakes are top tier.

[@regret9423]

@@PixelatedH2O the worst take

[@PixelatedH2O]

@@regret9423 Once you've been forced to endure terrible French toast multiple times in a short period your opinion on them might change. Also, while waffles aren't necessarily bad, making them requires a specific tool. Meanwhile, pancakes have extreme versatility and can be cooked nearly anywhere.

[@JulesMarsTM]

been feeling really down lately and I just wanted to say thanks for the company

[@OtherworldlyOdd]

I got really drunk tonight and for the first time in forever during this video, I realized NL wears glasses.

[@kaimusic7884]

“I’m not in like great shape” man does 2 hours of peloton a day, that’s a part time job on the grind

[@IntertwiningRoses]

The fact a souffle wasn't on this list anywhere is crazy. I think it's the legit best breakfast food.

[@glasssawsslipperstraws7410]

I love muffins because there's a muffin mix i buy at the store that my family has bought forever that's like a dollar per pack and its amazing. The only issue is if you're one person you make like 12 muffins from that so you gotta eat muffins for breakfast/snack maybe for the next week

[@TheGamingCathedral]

"When I zoomed in-- Well, I just got closer to the monitor, but..."

[@pihajzvetrom1120]

The absolute easiest way to peel hard boiled eggs is to first run cold water over them, so they are cold enough to touch, then just roll them on the table with some pressure of your entire palm, as if you were rolling around a lemon pre-juice. Shit literally comes off in one piece

[@r.l.steinfeld1448]

Waffles being S tier and pancakes being B is easily your best take throughout this, absolute Chad move

[@youtubeisawebsite7484]

not being a breakfast egg appreciator is a crime punishable by being fed omelets and boiled eggs also this is uncharitable but it made me laugh so: "man gets angry thinking about eating a muffin"

[@osgrace3341]

Eggs are heavily versatile and just as good as they are prepared but this actually counts for too many foods too objectively make this tier list tbh xd

[@ScorpionXXXVII]

I hate eggs. I don't care about the ahit I get for it. I don't want tasteless, booger textured food. I'll take a fried egg on a sandwich, but that's it. Eggs are gross in everyway...on the way in your body and out. I'll never understand someone choosing to order a dish where cheap, nasty eggs are the main component.

[@youtubeisawebsite7484]

@@ScorpionXXXVII our history books will portray you as the enemy

[@V0r4xiz]

In the future, in a playlist of Enel tier list videos, we'll call this "It's the one where he loses his mind and goes off on a rant against muffins for no apparent reason and takes 10 minutes out of an 80 minute video to make up scenarios in which a muffin is the only available food at a bakery and it's fucking weird. And I'm here for it.

[@Thief256]

Nl has deep rooted muffin related trama. This man saw a jpeg of a muffin and was ready to fight

[@johngleeman8347]

Muffin gang used to beat him up for his lunch money every day. XD

[@AlastairjCarruthers]

Buttered toast is instant S-tier. It's just one of the best foods known to man - I've literally eaten tens of thousands of slice of toast in my life and still enjoy every bite like it's the first. It's perfect. Add on that you can serve half these other items with toast to improve them further (eggs, bacon, sausages etc), and that toast itself can be easily upgraded with honey, jam or whatever if you feel like a change, and it's no contest. Best food ever.

[@obviouslyanonymous]

He really had the audacity to use a PIZZA to argue against round foods

[@dreadful4684]

“When I zoomed in” bro just got close to the monitor 😂

[@Spurdo420]

" I waffle on bagels and bread" is one of the lines of all time

[@notmyphirst1462]

making avocado toast and needle drugs comparable via cinnamon buns = heroin is honestly priceless and I cannot thank you enough for that comparison

[@polaaysis]

can we start a conversation about how serious his face makes these videos look, thanks

[@Meladonessable]

Honestly my favorite thing about his content is how he shits on chat like a angry uncle.

[@joebobby1412]

50:44 Hey now! I’m still on this. Everyday I have instant oatmeal with water, 3 1/2 minutes in the microwave. I think it tastes good (the brown sugar, obviously), is incredibly convenient, and filling. I make no claims to its nutritional value.

[@rice_frying_shrimp]

Okay, first of all, the irony of egg only being lukewarm on egg dishes is insane. Secondly, how does a grown man not know at all what a flatbread is?

[@MonzennCarloMallari]

"Heroin is in the S tier, easily"

[@Dmoney720229]

I’ve never seen a man so passionate about breakfast.

[@corncobbler1710]

The fact that waffles are not on the list is criminal

[@horpuscorpus8299]

Probably be in the same tier as pancakes are, probably even lower since to even make them in the first place you need an entire SEPERATE+SPECIFIC accessory just so you can conjure up their existance...

[@plaguedfrost1753]

@@horpuscorpus8299 That’s what makes them special… :)

[@mulvttx]

this dude is the netspace Quasimodo, predicted NPC Streamers with the "Mmm! Ice cream, Yum!"

[@obviouslyanonymous]

My grandpa actually used to just eat slices of ham for breakfast. He'd only put like mustard on them and eat it with a fork and knife.

[@trauntualafigghtetr6209]

just saw xqc rate this shit and he put yogurt in f immediately. the duality of man

[@shishu_]

x’s diet should not be copied by any man

[@mitchmay3867]

The problem with waffles is they get cold so fast. The surface area is so high and lets off to much heat. Pancakes are just better

[@uncleflansy5621]

NL, as an older guy, listen to me on this. Slow your life down one of these days, and take the time to make hash browns from scratch. Grate a whole potato, and then cook the hash browns correctly so they're nice and crisp instead of soggy, and, when you've made them yourself, they're one of the most satisfying foods known to man.

[@roxanne3980]

"Nl is too health pilled" Bro bows to every fried potato, the fuck do you mean? He just hates sugar

[@Ghi102]

A good vs a bad French toast is a world of difference. Most places don't make a good French toast though

[@unluckychloe13]

"i will never cook a hot food for breakfast" i cant believe ive been getting into this man for his good reasonable adult takes only to stumble on this old video and have the illusion instantly shattered. he needs to wipe this video from the internet

[@616ShadowFox]

this truly is his best content of the year so far

[@ultimaofelsewhere]

First thing I noticed was the lack of waffles and he is right I have a passport.

[@sscswimmer1]

"look at me, that's not the kinda guy I am" on being a fitness competitor. Now look at the egg killing 50 year olds on the peloton

[@kelseylamoureux138]

I judge my depression on whether or not I laugh at these videos. Today was a good day

[@stinkybuttrat]

How could you not laugh at a man making himself mad by thinking about eating a muffin

[@ArcaneMeow]

His take on McDonalds breakfast is 100%. Its so fucked up they don't serve hash browns all day, those are one of the best parts of the breakfast!

[@christopherbareja996]

Says muffins are a days worth of calories, simultaneously will eat a bagel, the most calorie dense food known to mankind.

[@esqx0878]

Muffins have waaaay more sugar which is just bad.

[@AltCtrlSpud]

lmao "Potatoes O'Brian" has me dying

[@SLCclimber]

My man put a piece of flippin' TOAST 2 tiers above omelet and eggs benedict. Who hurt you, Ryan?