Movie Secrets: Dirt You Can Eat

[@panqueque445]

It never even occurred to me that when an actor has dirt shoveled at them, it has to be edible dirt.

[@Crazyytuber1]

Well some facts are quite a buried treasure*head turn*

[@jenrose1002]

It makes sense that the dirt would have to be edible when they “bury someone alive,” but I wouldn't have thought of that on my own. Its neat to find out what goes into doing scenes like that.

[@Supermanohman]

I honestly thought they were just so committed to the scene that they would get real dirt and then when the director said cut they would swish their mouths out between takes.

[@philllllllll]

In culinary school as a big project I made radishes in "edible dirt" that was made from a mixture of roasted barley, malt flour and melted butter. It was a decade ago though so I don't remember the exact recipe. Took inspiration from a recipe found in the NOMA book. It was really tasty

[@GrundyMcCall-1701D]

One of my informal hobbies is using one type of food to mock up a different kind of food. Think, rice crispy squares meets roast turkey (I'm now required to bring this to the Thanksgiving family get togethers). From here it"s a short walk to creating edible mock-inedibles.

[@sarahluciakarmann6133]

@@GrundyMcCall-1701DI’ll need the recipe for THAT, please!

[@GrundyMcCall-1701D]

@@sarahluciakarmann6133 for rice crispy treat roast turkey, I make the rice crispy treats like usual with butter and marshmallows, but I use cocoa pebbles for the dark meat and regular rice crispies for the white meat. Then I sculpt everything into the shape of a turkey, using bamboo skewers for any bony parts. I cover it all in philo dough, do an egg wash, give it a quick brown under the broiler (I've used a propane torch too, to avoid overheating the turkey and melting it, but the browning isn't as even) and it's ready to go. Sometimes I stuff the turkey with mini marshmallows, shredded coconut and almond slices (goes in before the philo wrap). It looks 80% like a real turkey if you're standing across the room from it.

[@peterstangl8295]

Groundbreaking work! You guys are so down to earth, you're not affraid to do the dirty work!

[@CodeDusq1]

Last time I tried eating fake dirt, I felt a bit grounded.

[@DeadButDreaming666]

No, you didn't. 🖕

[@adr1ew]

​@@DeadButDreaming666calm down, you don't need to get all dusty bro

[@DeadButDreaming666]

@@adr1ew or, gfy. Because I don't care what you think.

[@adr1ew]

@@DeadButDreaming666 come on I've loved you all my life

[@Phil_Melone]

That's a good one lol

[@clbcl5]

This is over the legal limit of dad jokes per minute.

[@ScottMcMaster-er4xj]

Yeah someone needs to bring these guys back down to Earth.

[@paranoiarpincess]

Clearly you've never met a dad... This level isn't even all that mulch.

[@keaton718]

Scott has one of the best jobs in the world. Some would say the movie magic is ruined for him, but I think knowing how it all works makes you appreciate good effects and props in movies better than anyone else.

[@Lin-1785]

I completely, utterly dig this!

[@elroma7712]

I remember that for the short horror movie we did for uni I spent days searching recepies and getting elements for fake meat for a raw meat eating sceane and somebody just bought some tofu and added edible red food dye. I felt floored

[@astromeo3467]

This is my favorite video of yours youve made Scott! Please keep making more like this ❤

[@pariscloud2907]

Came for the behind the scenes, stayed for the dirty jokes.

[@MrMattDat]

Nice that you brought your video down to earth. Much more grounded than past videos!

[@dreamwarrior9054]

The video quality gives off an 80s/90s wood working or painting or cooking show aesthetic. Don't know if it's intentional or not but I like it

[@CobraDBlade]

I could only imagine going to film a scene, expecting the smell of freshly shoveled dirt and getting smacked with the smell of chocolate and jerky instead.

[@davidjames6879]

The work Scott and his cohorts do is fascinating, but I watch for this puns. He is the best!

[@joost8176]

I found your channel in the shorts but I love this format too!

[@ScottPropandRoll]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@joost8176]

@@ScottPropandRoll Well, It's very Punny :)

[@southernsass2937]

I love when you show how things work with food! ❤

[@ScottMcMaster-er4xj]

A well ground explanation that dished out the dirt on prop manufacturing.

[@markdavis8532]

When you are allowed to talk about it will you please tell us why you needed so much dirt and for what show? Thanks.

[@mattmccarthymusic]

“Uhhh. That’s what’s happening” when he finds the blade made me nearly spit out my coffee. Hahaha

[@GustavoRubioGSR]

And just like that: Movie magic. Great videos as usual thanx!

[@disorderlypictures9890]

Just appreciate the grounded content here...

[@Chico_Julio]

I almost die at the "dirt cheap" part.

[@davidp2888]

Oh great, another dirty video will be in my watch history.

[@veldawells2839]

😂😂😂😂😂 "...Eating too much dirt can lead to a sedentary lifestyle...!" Hilarious. Delivery spot on. You crack me up, Scott! Thank you for behind-the-scenes dirt-lightful secrets of food props. I had no idea. A real eye opener and educational. ❤ 🇬🇧

[@Wjk1457]

Nice to see you staying well grounded even though you have a dirty job

[@jasonkyleadams7577]

I like how this guy's channel has evolved, starting with fabric paper bags and rubber ice cubes. Good stuff.

[@thespicemelange.1]

You guys really got down and dirty on that one. Although the script was a bit nutty. But as you said that's just how the cookie crumbles.

[@trekguy66]

I’ve always wondered about that scene in MASH when Henry Blake gets a face full of soot.

[@JLocke573]

I can only imagine what eating ground up Oreos, beef jerky and chips at the same time tastes like

[@horseenthusiast9903]

That was absoilutely fascinating! You mentioned that the actor didn't have a problem with eating beef, allowing for the mulchy texture to be made of jerky; it got me thinking. I've got this disease called celiac, where I absolutely can not have gluten (which is in all those cookies). What would happen if an actor who needed to eat dirt had celiac or a gluten allergy? Would the dirt be made of gluten free versions of everything, or an entirely different dirt recipe made, or a stunt double used? I'd love to know. Thanks for making these videos, Scott!

[@MarkStarboySpacek]

Mark here: Yes, we would follow the same process but with all gluten free versions.

[@GrundyMcCall-1701D]

Great video, Scott. Way to dig deep!

[@RobertUnderdunkTerwilliger]

It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it. I dig these videos and bet Scott could make a mountain out of a mole hill.

[@WarThnderMudnen76]

Hmmm... Walton Goggins has a big coming out of dirt scene in Fallout.

[@Keranu]

That sedentary joke is the best dad joke yet. And I don't even think it was Scott who uttered it!

[@markchapman2585]

Love this channel 👍

[@Naeddyr]

Oooh, if edible dirt is used for scenes where dirt ends up near the actor's faces, like in grave digging scenes or digging through soil, that would make it common as dirt.

[@Ryvucz]

3:17 the look and the wheezing laugh.

[@Seth_Stewart]

Such a down-to-Earth KZbin channel

[@kathybrandt6060]

You are truly a down-to-earth cook

[@BlankPicketSign]

you have to do a follow up when your NDA expires!

[@Daniel_B_23]

When you say “hold up”, the first thing that comes to my mind is the guy going, hold up wait a minute. 😂

[@venus_de_lmao]

The "are you kidding me" looks on the other guys' faces 😂

[@celestelopez4333]

Scott is now a tuff builder😊

[@ReysonFox]

The prop gang at it again gettin' down and dirty with more inside coolness

[@SteinGauslaaStrindhaug]

3:11 Gold!

[@Xeranxies]

I loved how gritty this was.

[@frances4309]

Great vid. Thanks for this! Here's mud in your eye!

[@runarandersen878]

Nice and interesting video:)

[@HoneyMike]

I love machacado, i grew up eating that stuff with eggs for breakfast. And yet, I never would’ve thought to use it to make convincing edible dirt

[@VariablePenguin]

I can't wait to see what this for and how they use it in film

[@Joe___R]

All you were missing were some gummy worms and some cool whip to make a classic.

[@MerryGoldberry]

Wow, this is fantastically cool! Well done you guys, and very down-to-earth presentation style :)

[@povertymidas]

Dirt cheap thrills in Joe's garden of wonder! May he find the root of his determination before he soils himself again.

[@Rubrickety]

If ever there were a KZbin video that deserved to be sponsored by Ground News...

[@MysticJhn]

It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it.

[@jansonsynder]

I can dig it

[@haroerhaktak2613]

It always amazes me at how much of a movie is actually real stuff and what's designated props. It was because of this channel that I've never seen paper bags in tv the same. Once you learn the truth it's often hard to unsee it, but that's okay. It's some trivia to throw out when watching tv. "You hear that paper bag? yeah that's a prop." "That paper bag? haha of course it's real.." Is it too late to become a prop master?

[@KawaiiCat2]

I realized edible props have a lot in common with realistic cake/dessert making. At the American Girl cafe, they use crumbled Oreo cookie tops to make dirt for their flower ice cream sundae desserts

[@pileofstuff]

After waching this, I feel so dirty.

[@brocktechnology]

Any of these would be a respectable cheese cake crust. The jerky is a bit unconventional but it could still work.

[@lisaboban]

That was fun!!!

[@atomikblondee1]

When I saw the subject I figured it would show a clip of The Great ❤

[@Ribberflavenous]

Were they filming a new remake of True Grit?

[@kevo-o-o]

Once you guys added the snuff style beef Jerky it looked mulch better!

[@EnitVal]

Yellowjacket also has a good amount of eating dirt moments

[@DuragsTuRiches]

This is an exsoilent video

[@rustyspurproductions]

Looks like fun!

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

The real challenge, accomplishing this same task for a gluten-free vegan diabetic actor. Hmm, there is, evidently, an H-E-B nearby, so this is clearly Texas, not LA.

[@jonathanljohnson]

Save a plot for me! When it's time for the big dirt nap, I'm heading your way!

[@VeltRox07]

marker will love that dirt

[@annegreenwood3624]

good grief was waiting for a finger to go flying remember unplug processor before sticking hand in it 😂your job seems so fascinating i’m sure it’s not always glamours but looks fun

[@ggdynfytugfy6892]

I’ll have to remember blended not-Oreos plus chocolate pebbles of if I ever wanna make dirt cups…

[@lady_icarus]

My favorite dessert is Oreo dirt cake/pudding, so I was hoping that would be included! 😋

[@SpecialCrackVideo]

The way I immediately thought of ‘Doctor Who’ where the Doctor had to eat soil lol

[@peterstangl8295]

Which episode was that? I don't remember.

[@SpecialCrackVideo]

@@peterstangl8295 “It Takes You Away”, 11X09 (the one where Thirteen runs into the blind girl from Norway)

[@FiXato]

@@peterstangl8295 S11E9, "It Takes You Away", though with how the camera is positioned, it's more the suggestion Whittaker's Doctor is eating soil (or greens; definitely sounds more like greens than soil to me). "Norway; definitely Norway. One of the frilly bits at the top."

[@na8291]

off brand cookies and cereal? talk about dirty deeds done dirt cheap

[@MagnaRyuuDesigns]

If the actor/actress has an issue with beef, the beyond meat jerky will also work

[@peterstangl8295]

well, if they have beef with beef, they must be a real jerk!

[@eileen_a_b]

So you leave the creme fillin for the oreos? Surprising to me. I wouldn't have thought about the texture being too powdery. I'm going to have to chew on that a while.

[@_sophies]

The fake dirt sounds delicious, all that sugar

[@kenc2257]

Amazingly...that ground up food does look like "dirt."

[@1463sirmatt]

That last minute request for more dirt must have presented a challenge but your team was dirtermined. I bet everyone soilebrated when you were finished!

[@Goosey972]

Have there been any issues in the past with dietary restrictions with actors that needed to interact with edible props? I could imagine it's much easier to find replacement "ingredients" nowadays with the rise of health awareness and growing food fads.

[@JonReevesLA]

Listen to the episode of the Prop Talk podcast with food stylist Melissa McSorley -- she talks about this a lot.

[@Goosey972]

@@JonReevesLA Thanks!

[@MarkStarboySpacek]

Mark here: We have an actress on our show who is allergic to pork. And they eat bacon in every breakfast scene which seems to happen every episode. Lots of turkey bacon to the rescue!

[@ZipplyZane]

@@MarkStarboySpacek And you can get it to look like pork bacon? Do you have to do anything special? Because the turkey bacon I eat never looks like "real thing."

[@avebave6550]

38 seconds, 1 view? This guy is going places.

[@bcbock]

You need a restaurant scale food processor.

[@I_am_zavi]

Gotta love the prop puns

[@TheSuzberry]

3:16 Best reaction to a bad pun.

[@rgnestle]

Man, I want your job!!! Then I would actually have a job. Seriously! I need work!

[@ScarySkele]

I’ve never tried edible dirt in ‘Red Wine’…. A lot of wine snobs claim it to be ‘Earthy’ 🤔

[@SightlySinner]

You could separate the Oreo cream and use balled up pieces of it to make edible potting soil if you ever have a scene in which somebody eats a houseplant, dirt and all. Basically they’d be Oreo fertilizer balls for your fake soil.

[@berlinberlin4246]

Scott can you say what food processor you used? I guess its a dirt cheap one 😜, how Worked fine with the dirt, OR?

[@perplexingplatypus3393]

Thank you for the mulch recipe!!

[@nomusicrc]

I love the puns I use them everyday people either laugh or roll their eyes either way I'm good I think it's funny

[@DeadButDreaming666]

It isn't and nobody cares. 🖕

[@shyeahright]

Kill bill had a bunch of dirt scenes too!

[@cameronalexander359]

That naked gun scene had me laughing for a month

[@FlyingNoodle554]

CONGRATS ON 1 MIL!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@SticklyPterodactyl]

Can you make a video on how, in the Godfather, that one guy (Mo, I think) gets shot in the eye through his glasses? I've always wondered how that effect is safe since it is so close to his eye.

[@nathancarter8239]

I've heard of getting buried in work, but this is ridiculous!

[@PlutoTheSynth]

why you need so much snd such different types of soil? is this movie about dirt? or does it have a scene where a guy eats a whole island

[@DH-.]

I love the naked gun movies... That dude makes it look good too

[@FiXato]

you can't go into great detail, but can you go into the nitty *gritty* details?