Tasting South African Treats ft @ashens

[@mrbarrylewis]

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[@DreamRJ]

Chocolate discolours with age, did you check the dates on the flake and the other stuff?

[@AMPProf]

Burnt Cookies and burt Chalky charcoal biscuit cream Should render Petrol notes btw

[@jukebox6071]

I love your guys videos glad to see new ones !! Hope yall have good holidays

[@schanepedro1905]

The Eat Sum More isn’t good in the small bag , only when you buy them in bigger biscuit boxes then it’s more short bread. It’s only called PS Chocolate . We use the tennis biscuit and peppermint chocolate to make a peppermint tart.

[@schanepedro1905]

The Eat Sum More isn’t good in the small bag , only when you buy them in bigger biscuit boxes then it’s more short bread. It’s only called PS Chocolate . We use the tennis biscuit and peppermint chocolate to make a peppermint tart. You needed milk or coffee for the rusk - “we dip n ouma”

[@Leviathanhampster]

I love how Ashens went from always wearing a suit in his videos to match his logo to now where it looks like he wears whatever he's found at the bottom of a church's donation bin

[@Questchaun]

Poundland videos dont hit as hard anymore 😢

[@morkusmorkus6040]

Chicken and egg innit

[@AshFrithComedy]

That’s an exclusive “flying cat club Vomi-Tee”

[@mythbustersfan3456]

I mean when he has worn that get up for roughly quarter of his YT career (could be longer, can’t remember),you got to change it up eventually! I’ve seen in his more recent videos dressed up quite casually yet still looks presentable, he probably just threw those clothes on at the last minute or that is all he had cause he probably had quite a bit of laundry to do! Happens to the best of us mate!

[@BackToTheGame.98]

@@Questchaun Thats because Poundland hasnt been hitting the same like it used to. Theyve changed.

[@rebeccajustis8826]

It really sounds like your box of treats got melted and then re-solidified. It makes a big difference.

[@mrbarrylewis]

It was strange, some seemed to have bloomed, others not so much, but all ok, we've both eaten far worse lol

[@TheErador]

Ah you say that but as we all know flakes don't melt.

[@TheOfficialStal]

Maybe but more likely it's that the chocolate is manufactured for a higher melting point.

[@OlagGan]

Sorry. Your stuff appezrs to have definately heat bloomed. I am part British, part Australian and part South African (with an accent some people confuse as being Welsh) and Ive had most of this. Im afrId that the stuff I had þastes far better than the stuff you experienced? Before she died in a Durban Nursing Home, my Great Aunt always used to send us a few packets of Eet Som Mors and they tasted a lot better than yours.

[@weliveincapetown]

I agree! Definitely wasn't tasting the way it was meant to.

[@Corras_1]

It seems like you got a really old box of snacks from South Africa. The chalk type of flavour is what happens when chocolates are old as they do not look like the ones if i were to open them now(no chalk flavour or appearance). Plus the Ouma rusk has to be eaten after being dipped in Tea or Coffee. The Eet-sum-mor biscuits also looked old.

[@myradutkiewicz9739]

Also the mini biscuits don't do the full size biscuits any justice.

[@Corras_1]

@@myradutkiewicz9739 Ek stem!

[@jules3048]

That was my thought as well

[@GrandHighGamer]

I imagine there's probably a bunch of heat and pressure changes (that commercial food shipping can better avoid) that don't do great things to them either.

[@renejupp]

100% agreed, whoever gave them those snacks did them dirty

[@kendalbeverley7858]

"Lekker"!! Tennis biscuits are ELITE. Now find a recipe for peppermint crisp tart, for your tennis biscuits and peppermint crisp and taste a true South African favourite 🇿🇦

[@Israel-TheodoreTesla-ez1gs]

Yes please!

[@IcyShadow85]

Barry & Ashens... As a South African I can honestly say that most of the snacks you guys ate might have expired... Which explainst the chalky and wood taste... You guys need to come to the source and try them fresh

[@thysvanstaden3580]

Barry Rusks are usually dunked in tea or coffee I'm south African

[@mrbarrylewis]

Oh awesome

[@karensimons111]

The biscuits and rusk is better with tea or coffee yes.

[@RufusOmega]

Rusks are normally given to babies to gum into a pulp and make a massive mess with. Still, they are quite nice (rusks, not babies).

[@MichellePondueCruz]

​@@RufusOmegaJust what I was going to say. Rusks are a baby food here in the US. Keeps them from howling too much. 😂

[@MunchkinByProxy]

Ja, you dip the rusk in tea or coffee to soften it up. Very good! Always a treat in our house :)

[@porklaser]

Barry and Ashens are so great together. Thank you guys as always.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

Barry is such an everyman and Ashens is such an Ashens

[@CragScrambler]

God I miss Barshens 😢

[@theblode1337]

​@@CragScrambler everytime barry messes up in a video i imagine Eli saying "oh, for fuck's sake barry"

[@PirateDrive]

Ashens clearly just stepped off the fishing trawler.

[@waterup380]

YES SOUNDS LIKE HE HAS A GF SO I DONT HAVE TO TRY to LOOK ANYMORE

[@tristanpeardon9820]

the tie-dye trawler

[@GraySkull289]

The Life Aquatic with Stuart Ashen

[@CyannePractice]

I think it's more that she does not have a thing for suits.

[@RegenTonnenEnte]

Iwuth the hat and in that shade of teal he looks like he came from the onkology centre, I was genuinely worried for a second

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Ashens and Barry are Best combo! Love seeing You collab! Barshens rules

[@Googlymoogly-m8i]

One of my favourite thing to do in other countries is try their snacks. I found out years ago that a lot of confectioneries are formulated for the climate theyre in. North european chocolate has tons of milk so it would melt and sour in hot weather! So a flake in ireland and the uk tastes completely different to australian, american or south african cadbury!

[@Kavi4GP]

Never heard South African treats being described as lacking in the UK. Probably badly kept in transit.

[@cujotwentysix7519]

Yeah those look like they got horrifically stale

[@Tala_Masca]

Yummy yummy for my non south African tummy! ( and Lekker, means 'oeh NICE!') ( haha, commented this before your 'nice', totally different meaning though 😂)

[@net_bianca]

You will need to come try these snacks in South-Africa seems like you got a bad batch 😅🇿🇦 and the full size packs of bakers is way better than the mini’s anyway 😂

[@carolindodea9636]

Hi, I'm from South Africa. Cadbury's flake is wonderful, you must let it almost resolve in your mouth. Don't chew the chocolate Rusks need a cup of tea to dunk it in. I think the white chocolate is very sweet The peppermint crisp we use to make a fridge tart. Delicious

[@refractionpcsx2]

Mint Cracknell? Wasn't he the lead singer for Simply Red?

[@mrbarrylewis]

That made me actually LOL

[@refractionpcsx2]

@@mrbarrylewis :D You're welcome lol

[@Jejaimes20]

The real treat is seeing more Stuart and Barry making another video together.

[@ReasoningOwl]

Ashens Cheers from South Africa mate. We met at a Norwich fest where you did a talk. Happy to see you indulging in our cuisine PS. You should have the rusk with coffee LEKKER!

[@mopeer1]

Champion toffees are much loved by South African dentists. They not only pull out fillings, but when chewed they can pull out entire teeth.

[@myradutkiewicz9739]

We love them, but it takes commitment to tackle one! You know the damage they'll do. 😂

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

probably need them here then since its so hard to find a dentist when you need a tooth extraction

[@Chlopoke69]

I wonder if everything is powdery because it’s made for a much hotter climate than the Uk, so because it’s colder than it’s normally meant to be it’s changed the consistency

[@RFC3514]

Well, they're indoors, so there's probably not a huge difference. More likely to have been caused by some extreme temperatures during shipping.

[@marileevanwyk7756]

Willson toffees put it in back pocket to warm up not so hard to chew then... from south africa. Peppermint tart with the tennis biscits and peppermint crisp❤🎉

[@AMPProf]

So warmth by butt cheek

[@only1schmiddy]

For the peppermint crisp. Bite off both ends and use as a straw to drink milk😊

[@mrbarrylewis]

Have you done this?! That sounds awesome as I guess they are like multiple straws and hollow

[@Dazzwidd]

There's a wafer/chocolate biscuit here called a tim tam that people do that with drinking hot coffee or tea. They almost collapse and you then eat them

[@Corras_1]

Yes we do this!​@@mrbarrylewis

[@careena8242]

@@mrbarrylewis yep, every South African knows this trick. It's delish. 😊

[@Dawn_Hannah]

The RSA version of the Tim Tam Slam?

[@ozfroggirl9221]

Peppermint crisps are the greatest. I can't believe you've never heard of them before. In Australia we crush them in the packet and then scatter the shards on top of a pavlova. Fantastic!

[@aefinn]

I remember you doing a Finnish treats taste test with your mom a decade ago. Would love to see one with ashens! I could even be willing to gather and send some if you guys would be up for it :)

[@mrbarrylewis]

haha yes I remember that too! That could be fun!

[@Johnnyafc]

Stuart come as ‘Benny from Crossroads’ wearing that hat 😂 👍🏻

[@chessoc7799]

Well it is close to Halloween :)

[@jferran7276]

Looks more like Jacques Cousteau to me 😂

[@shannonshorts-johnson306]

"Yummy, yummy for my non South African tummy" - Barry, I'd only say something like this for you and Stu! ❤

[@traceyhiggs3261]

I grew up in the 70's in the U.K. and we had mint cracknell here. I absolutely loved it and it was a shame they discontinued it.

[@gov238]

Agree, it was the best

[@scottneil1187]

Closest you can find these days is a mint Daim bar. They're like hens teeth though.

[@lifeisraph]

So great to see your collaboration with Stuart, Barry! :) I hope that you will also continue the "Will it..." series, as it was amazing! :)

[@Vladimir_Kv]

"Marie" ("Maria", "Marietta", "Mariebon") biscuits are literally British "rich tea" biscuits. The "named brand" was released in 1874 in British Empire and Russian Empire in celebration of princess Maria Romanova's (Emperor Alexander II only daughter) engagement to prince Alfred (Queen Victoria's second son).

[@alexanderjermaineabrahams1615]

they where trying the Woolies version

[@JacknVictor]

Their chocolate has to survive higher temperatures than ours, so will contain things like paraffin wax and other ingredients to make it more shelf stable and less likely to melt at room temperature. Thus making it more soapy/chalky/flavourless. There used to be a mint cracknel bar in the UK I think in the 70s/80s and it wasn't like that one in the video. It was more like a mint flavoured dime bar, or daim or whatever it's called now, with a slightly green toffee with chocolate around it.

[@AMPProf]

Ahh yes The magical chemist and The cocoa bean.

[@lewe666]

No, our chocolate is just normal chocolate. The chalkiness seen in this video is not normal and most likely due to age/storage conditions during shipping. We do have higher temperatures, but generally ambient temp in a kitchen cupboard won't melt chocolate. I've dealt with many a melty chocolate bar though in the peak of summer but fridges exist to cool it down a bit.

[@halvdanragnvaldr]

FINALLY!! More of these please..

[@WestonWisdom]

Bro will film everywhere but his garden kitchen

[@fredwhiting949]

Holy quick as a cat batman , I was here within 6 mins of the upload !!. Barshens the domestic duo are back , the world is a safe place once more

[@antharro]

Eyy, the boys together again. Excellent stuff, chaps.

[@NattieC33]

Omg life is complete again barshen I'm here for it exciting 😊😊😊

[@UKMediaReviews]

Ashens is dressed like he was on his way to a Primal Scream Concert and was picked up by Barry

[@thesouthafrican1]

Its common to buy an ice cream with a flake in it from the ice cream vans. Dipped flakes are better on their own and dont mess all over the place 😂 Its like a twirl. -the bakers man. We have an ad that goes ' who can bake a biscuit specially for you? The bakers man can' (bakers limited is the company name) Do not eat rusk without dunking it in tea/coffee! Ouma means granny in Afrikaans.

[@uutdiegodzilla3821]

Where I come from, Toffees are also called "Plombenzieher", which roughly translates to "filling puller", or "inlay extruder" 😉

[@thumbsarehandy.]

5:45 Think it says Baker's Man, since the brand name appears to be Baker's. Also reminiscent of the old kids' rhyme 🎶 patty cake, patty cake, baker's man🎶

[@TheErador]

I concur.

[@yuki3485]

There is a 25 hour day on daylight savings when we go back an hour the hour between 2 and 3 am repeats itself.

[@sdrrshock5594]

Yummy yummy for my non South African tummy! I visited south Africa 5 years ago and tried many of these

[@_nquisitor_]

Since you asked, Barry: Yummy yummy for my non-South African tummy.

[@only1schmiddy]

Dip the ouma rusks in tea or coffee😂

[@Wemius61]

The subtitles on this are great. "I'm just going to shove the whole thing in my mouth, which is not something to take out of context (thanks Stuart lol)". Also, Stuart, I love that t-shirt.

[@Roadent1241]

They're not great with running commentary you have to rewind to read. I thought we got past this with community captions being taken away.

[@silver47official]

Take a shot every time Barry says South Africa.

[@MrMit50101]

Peppermint crisp my absolute favorite that ones melted and become like that it's usually a crisp flakey mint filling like shards of glass if it's fresh I think everything's been kept in a fridge at some point our chocolate in south africa is actually very smooth

[@AMPProf]

Is it smooth do to heat?? Is a bit chilly up north..

[@MrMit50101]

@@AMPProf the cold changes the texture gives it more of a snap and crumbly texture "powerdery" even the biscuits were probably kept in the fridge eat sum mors are really delicious I'm quite surprised they didn't enjoy them

[@degariuslozak2169]

As a South African, I approve The chalk flavour in a few stuff is probably due to aging/transport stuff

[@Knucells]

Yummy yummy for my non South African tummy (P.S. i kept hearing "Cracknell" throughout the video, which is one of my favourite desserty type things ever. It's so good!)

[@Goulehrigs]

Love how you guys still do these sort of videos. Keeping old school youtube alive! Note to Barry, slow the videos down! We’d be happy to see you guys talk a bit more about what you’re eating and see your reactions to each food.

[@nicolenelourens565]

As a South African watching you guys trying our snacks I'm having quite the giggle at how you are pronouncing all of them. Pro tip: Ouma tastes better when you dunk it in coffee

[@MsSoneya]

One of the best ways to enjoy a peppermint crisp, is to cut off both ends just slightly and use it as a “straw” to drink your favourite milk drink. Mine was vanilla milkshake- boom!! You just levelled-up your shake and you have a chocolate to devour too. You’re welcome 😉

[@IAmOrguz]

Love the video Barry! If you ever spot Mrs Ball's chutney make sure to get a bottle - it's the one South African thing I cant bbq without! (Tesco sometimes stocks it)

[@yotavares]

4:00 That candy is a Mix of Fruit (Mistura de fruta), as it says in the paper.

[@bizzielizzie5078]

We used to have the Mint crisp here in the UK. I am 57 and it was a childhood treat. It’s a shame that they have stopped making so many good sweets. Great memories.

[@enylr6202]

That's shrinkflation gone mad, those snacks used to be 4 times bigger 25 years ago

[@MichaelMulqueen-j6c]

Ashens looks like he had a wash day yesterday and is wearing whatever be could find...and he dug out a tshirt for Barry aswell

[@arghjayem]

01:03 You can’t have had a British flake for years @Ashens. The ones we get here in the U.K. are made in Dublin, Ireland or in Egypt! 😂

[@suzonsafari1094]

Tennis biscuits as well as Marie biscuits are a very popular biscuit options we use for a crust for pies or tarts and desserts. Also, rusks are meant to be with a cup of tea or coffee :)

[@danforbes3573]

That was most entertaining fellas, especially with the captions on! Speaking of captions: "Yummy yummy for my non South African tummy"😁😁

[@baebeec8205]

Biting into a rusk is so strange to watch as a South African 😹❤️ we always dip them in tea

[@milksheihk]

11:17, we used to have those in Australia, not sure if we still do, haven't looked for them. used to like them as a kid in the 80s until I had a different peppermint flavoured thing here that triggered a severe asthma attack & then I couldn't eat anything peppermint for about 20 years.

[@Mack_The_Engineer]

Completely forgot it was Monday, then a wild Barry Lewis pops up

[@joanneclarke9066]

There used to be a mint bar just a bit thinner called ice breaker .I loved it and it was stopped in the late 70's

[@samhenwood5746]

You too a brilliant combination & ade my evening 🤗Thanks for sharing Barry n Ashes 😆😆😆🤪👍

[@bensmythe8233]

Wow, in early on this, excited for the SA treats!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

THEY ALL LOOK SO YUMMY! 😋😋😋

[@jordanstanbrook]

This is Stuart's best outfit yet. Suits him waaaay more than the uszh (usual) suit. Great video barshens.

[@maccate6868]

Used to love mint cracknel. Not seen it for years.

[@UnbelievableEricthegiraffe]

The language that Barry mispronounced was Portuguese. The product is also sold in Angola and Mozambique, whose main language is Portuguese.

[@Zee-kx3dd]

cheering u on from Port Elizabeth south africa. lekker man lekker

[@Prazzie]

I'm also from PE, but living in Dubai. I think something went wrong with the items in this box, because those snacks are usually tops. Unless quality's gone down since I last had some. Is the Cadbury factory still going in PE?

[@Corras_1]

​Something has definitely went wrong, everything looked quite old. Oud en droog

[@ASZHanazaki]

yummy yummy for my non south african tummy

[@mrbarrylewis]

YES! lol

[@karensimons111]

All the biscuits and rusk are better with tea or coffee. I am from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

International treats! Amazing! Please consider trying Colombian ones like arequipe, dulce de guayaba, submarino y chocoramo🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴

[@samn6498]

My favourite Columbian treat is a special white energy powder.

[@dawnbroadbent9137]

Oh my I am loving all the South African treats I lived in south Africa for many years they are nice when you get used to eating them

[@alexdavis5766]

I used to manage a pub/ restaurant that was owned by a South African. It had a few South African dishes on the menu like bunny chow, Potjieko and mint crisp dessert. It got so many comments and the bunny chow confused people thinking it was bunny inside. The mint crisps were so hard to find and so the dish was often not available and people would be so upset!

[@mrbarrylewis]

ah yeah I loved making bunny chow on here a while back, no bunnies like you say!

[@Corras_1]

​@@mrbarrylewisYou have to make Peppermint Crisp tart! South African style

[@Dave2108]

Mint Cracknal was a bar sold in the UK in the 80's. I loved it,,

[@ultra_violet3035]

Oh and it's mini biscuits because it's like a snack pack, we actually have the big ones in store. Sometime, not everyone, but some people, put some good margerine like Stork or Flora inbetween 2 Marie biscuits and then dunk it in milk coffee, but you need to be quick, it dissolves quickly and can fall into your coffee. 😅

[@zaccary14]

“It’s all in date” things you don’t want the waiter to tell you before feeding you from another continent

[@Delphi-PJO]

i am from south africa and the way barry said "LEKKER" 🤣

[@tt46243]

just love your colab with ash :) more plz

[@ThatChris24]

You take back what you said about eat some mores. Those are a South African staple. 😂

[@missydandelion]

South African here 👋🏽 from Cape Town... I'm looking forward to watching this video 😁😀

[@SeoDragon117]

Ashens! You live! Hoping for a Halloween Special this year! Also, as per requested: "Yummy yummy for my non South African tummy".

[@kruddthebarbarian6169]

This video just took me back home for 23 minutes.

[@TheGlitched64]

I am realizing now Australia really has more in common brand and snack wise (quality aside) with South Africa than we do UK. Did not expect to learn that today

[@UnbelievableEricthegiraffe]

That abomination called Caramello, from Cadbury in Australia, was reintroduced into the UK a few years ago. It was originally made in the UK in the 1950s/60s, and then production was stopped because it was not popular. Then, it was picked up by Cadbury down under. Quite a few chocolate bars went the same way. Cadbury's Tiffin is now only available in shops that sell food from the Republic of Ireland, where it's still made. Cost's around £1 mores than it does in Ireland.

[@williamgersteling7487]

As a South African, you must have rusks with coffee - dunk/dip for 5 to 10 seconds (until soaked through, but without falling apart in your coffee) it’s the only way to have rusks

[@suzanne702]

This makes me want to send you some dutch sweets as well! Also, the way your pronounced: Lekker Was incredible!!! ❤

[@idathyberg1130]

Yummy,yummy for my non South African tummy. Thanks for the amazing content!

[@paulacnote]

They still have Marie biscuits here in Ireland ( normal sized!) We used to have a mint cracknell bar back in the 80s 90s I loved them!

[@jodyc4604]

Love when both you guys do videos together ❤

[@brandonbillingsreber7665]

Yummy yummy for my non-south African tummy!😂🎉 love the video Bashen.

[@gabmatth]

LOL the captions in this one were so funny

[@ShandorDavies]

The nostalgia! Too bad you didn't have any Romany Creams in the box. Literally my favourite biscuit.

[@HeinSmit1]

I do think the choccies might have not survived the trip well (or the shop didn't store them properly) the Jelly Tot bar is also hit or miss quality wise (also just a sugar overload usually), peppermint crisp is ace especially if you can find enough to make a peppermint crisp tart :) The original flavour toffee I feel is like a marmite thing 50/50 love it or hate it, personally not a fan of it either (the cola flavour ones etc are quite nice, not sure if Wilson toffees and those Champion ones are the same tbh never thought about it much). Really really surprised that you didn't know what a rusk is, since it goes well dipped in coffee and tea I had this stereotypical idea that the Brits would have it as a staple. Not a big biscuit guy, don't usually ever buy the mini biscuits so can't comment on them, tennis biscuits usually buy the normal sized ones to make a peppermint crisp tart with. Cheers man, didn't expect to see some South African sweets pop up today :)

[@RFC3514]

Rich Tea (with a bit of vanilla) are called Marie / Maria / Marietta, etc., pretty much everywhere outside Great Britain. The strangest part is they were invented (and named) in England.

[@jeannine1739]

I would probably love that toffee - licorice and caramel are two of my favorite candy flavors.

[@Gr8SkyLizard]

I have yet to see anyone eat a rusk dipped in tea/coffee. Instructions should come included

[@andysutton8398]

Mint craknel you used to be able to get in uk when I was younger. But haven’t seen it for ages.. it was a 80s thing

[@CakeboyRiP]

I'm not even 10 minutes in but i can't wait for a South African to explain 😅

[@thesouthafrican1]

We have been summoned 😂😂

[@dcflake5645]

No one can explain South Africa

[@washielahadams9544]

The chocolate got heat damaged in transit Barry needs to get a fresh box and try it again 😢 Very sad to see how awful he makes our snacks Cadbury flake is devine when fresh not at all chalky

[@washielahadams9544]

Even the sweets are soft and spoiled 😢😢😢

[@chrissteele7823]

Barry and Ashens - two great flavors, better together!