Americans Try British Christmas Food

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Check out the video where we try pasties and other British foods: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHa1dnpvl6umrqM&ab

[@stevearmstrong9213]

Next time try just plain ordinary mince pies, those fancy ones with extra stuff like almonds (and without a top) aren't really traditional ones, they're just a variation used as a marketing gimmick. Your christmas cake didn't look like a real one either, it's supposed to have a thin layer of marzipan between the cake and the icing which is called Royal Icing, by the way, a type of fondant. traditionally home made cake should be made at least six months in advance then regularly splashed with brandy about once a month or so and turned before each time so that the brandy permeates all the way through. Puddings benefit from being made early and left to age too (both in a cool dark place), they're also often laced with brandy.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Thanks for the suggestions!

[@sarahd4115]

Mince pies with clotted cream! I always heat mine in the microwave first, and eat it with a small spoon

[@Gerrygambone]

I like the way you think

[@smockboy]

Yeah, it's pretty common to have curry on Boxing Day - often made from the leftover turkey and vegetables from Christmas dinner.

[@loveUSA1]

I've never had curry on boxing day I use the left over meats to do salads jacket potato and all the pickles and cheeses will try a curry instead though as you can't go wrong with a curry what ever day it is

[@jeffredd9965]

boxing day dinner is normally bubble n sqeak with mash and cold cuts...

[@phillipjackson6778]

I dont make a curry I either make bubble and squeak or a kind of lasagne but replacing the pasta with potato

[@Danedogafternoon]

Finally two beautiful people reacting properly to food. Merry New Happy year to both of you.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Thank you and Happy New Year!

[@majpanik]

"You guys are more proper" 😄 😆 yeah we all sit down at our 16 seater tables served by maids and tuck Into our mince pies with a knife and fork! Alternatively we lie on our sofa dressed in our pyjamas eating a mince pie with one hand and sipping a beer with the other 👍

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

That sounds about right 😂

[@Georgestella100]

A traditional

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Thank you for the info!

[@Apple1519]

And bubble and squeak :)

[@ElizabethDebbie24]

On Boxibg Day it us traditional to have bubble and squeak which is mainly potatiea and cabbage with left over veg all fried together and served with gravy and it tastes way better than it sounds.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

It actually sounds pretty good!

[@Apple1519]

I love bubble and squeak with mint sauce

[@downsman1]

Iberico ham is originally from Spain (the Iberian peninsular) and is known as jamon serrano. It is an air-dried and cured leg of pork which always has the trotter left on the end. The Boxing Day curry is a very popular way to use up any left-over turkey before it dries out.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Thank you for the info!

[@gaelsomerville5163]

traditionally the christmas pudding is flamed (heat up brandy although we always prefer dark rum and ignite and pour over the pudding as you bring to the table) and eat it with either brandy butter or brandy sauce.

[@karenchristinewise7833]

In Ireland, it is St. Stephen's Day. Christmas Day is the main day and St. Stephen's Day is mother's day off. Leftovers are reheated, turkey curry is popular. Christmas Eve is for last minute shopping and every shop and/or business closes at lunchtime. Since I had my own home, husband and children roughly 29 years, I have never cooked fresh food on St. Stephen's Day. Greetings from Ireland.

[@kenpawson9598]

Mince pies are also delicious when warm and laced with custard

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Sounds nice!

[@tanyacampbell29]

Mince Pies with double cream is my favourite.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

I'm not sure what that means, but I want to find out!

[@Simpson4756]

@@TheMagicGeekdom thick cream, usually whipped.

[@Bookofwords]

your pigs in a blanket is basically a british sausage roll

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Oh, okay. Thanks for the info!

[@deadfish7327]

i am from europe and i find you so sweet ,,, i love your channel about rewiew food because you are so honest ... try real italian and german food or eastern ..its so different ....but ding dong here is a bad worrd hahaha

[@gillianrimmer7733]

I was brought up to eat either Wensleydale or White Stilton cheese with a slice of Christmas cake. It's delicious. The slices you ate aren't proper Christmas cake. I bake mine in August and keep it wrapped in foil, in a tin in the cupboard to mature ready for Christmas. Once a month, I unwrap it, 'feed' it with Brandy ( poke holes in it with a skewer, and drizzle a tablespoon of Brandy on it) before re-wrapping and putting back in the cupboard. The result is so different than those cheap supermarket slices, that they wouldn't be recognised as the same thing.

[@markrichardson3421]

I was about to say the same thing. Cheese and homemade Christmas cake. Lovely.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Hmm that sounds like an interesting combo, but I'd try it!

[@Simpson4756]

Also apple pie is sometimes eaten with cheddar cheese.

[@adrianboardman162]

Just so you know, Waitrose is a pretty upmarket supermarket, similar to M&S so they do have some pretty interesting flavours. Asda, Sainsbury's Morrisons and Tesco are the Big 4 that 99% of people normally shop at, Waitrose and M&S are usually special occasion shops, such as a dinner party, or a birthday dinner.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Good to know. thanks!

[@sarahelliott3095]

Just a tip when you are eating a warm pudding here in England or in the UK as a whole it tend to be eaten with a spoon rather than a fork just a heads up

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

That makes sense.

[@SgtSteel1]

Boxing day Curry? I've never heard of that in my entire life until just now.

[@Benluigi]

8:58 ... Better quality ding dong 🤣🤣🤣🤣 dead.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Lol

[@bowbooks5659]

Bridget Jones had Turkey curry on Boxing Day! Can only speak for myself but Christmas Eve is about kids excitement for Santa coming, Christmas Day is presents and a massive turkey dinner (and missing the queens speech) and Boxing Day is about sleeping off Christmas. Or if you work retail like me, Boxing Day is a day of refunds and stress 🤣

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Oh thank you for the info!

[@LifeWithTheCastillos]

Used to hate minced pies but ever since having a marks and spencers classic 6 all butter mince pies warmed in the oven with their madagascan vanilla custard (warm) on top, it changed everything lool. Literally only just found out about it this Christmas just gone

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Oh that sounds amazing!

[@ThrapsGaming]

With the yule log it’s best with a touch of double cream

[@amyw6808]

Have you seen Bridget Jones? That first bit where her mum hosts a party, she serves a curry - a boxing day curry! It’s a way to use up the turkey. I personally tend to make a turkey and ham pie. My mother in law does risotto. We do Xmas Eve, Xmas day and boxing day. This year, there are two extra bonus holiday days on top as Xmas and boxing day are both at the weekend, so there are public holidays on the Monday and Tuesday.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Oh it's been a long time since I've watched that movie. Thank you for the info!

[@gaelsomerville5163]

Boxing day was introduced during Queen Victoria's reign (so after American independence) which is why UK has it and USA doesn't. It's great cos it makes the Christmas season last that bit longer. When we were kids, everyone used to give a Christmas box (gift) to people like dustmen, milkmen, postmen, etc. and originally in Victorian times they might even switch places with their servants (so they say but not sure many people would really do this).

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Thank you for the info!

[@margaretmccafferty2215]

We use our hands to eat mince pies etc butyou do what you are comfortable with

[@gaelsomerville5163]

most christmas goodies, the christmas cake, the mince pies, christmas pudding, log, etc. are better baked yourself than shop bought ones.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Maybe we'll have to try to make them sometime. 🤔

[@eileentarrant9876]

Up in Yorkshire the sometimes have cheese with Christmas Cake

[@ido8071]

cooked turkey is good in a carry. so when you have lots over from christmas day, you use it up in many ways.

[@mozzarellastix]

Pigs in blankets truly are a golden experience!

[@rhonddalesley]

I bake mine with soft brown sugar sprinkled over the top so they caramelise which is ironically a tip that my American auntie taught me, delicious!

[@rebekahgraham6633]

Boxing Day in the uk is when all the shops are still shut after christmas . And we either have left overs from christmas dinner or we get a takeaway like a Indian takeaway or a Chinese X

[@tinajennings81]

Yes we do Christmas eve, Christmas day and boxing day. Alot of peoplenuse there left over Turkey to make a curry. We have turkey Christmas day, then we have a buffet with left over turkey sandwiches, pickles etc, left over turkey leek pie and a curry... I have to get a big turkey for enough left over meals 😆

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Sounds great! Thanks for the info!

[@sarahd4115]

You can also get pineapple Jaffa cakes, lime, black currant, passion fruits and strawberry ones, we celebrate all of the days! Curry is one of the dishes people make with Leftover turkey x

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Ooh yum I didn't know there were so many choices!

[@rhonddalesley]

Lime are my favourite and although I usually love everything cherry flavoured I really don’t like those

[@leedshunk]

I'd heard that the British / old English festive heavy dried fruit cakes and puddings were out of favour in the USA , it seems to be a generational thing as tastes change. In Britain they remain very popular, not only traditional but totally delicious 😋😋😋😋😋

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Fruit cake seems to be less and less common here. You can hardly find it even at Christmastime these days. We do enjoy trying the different fruit cakes and puddings though.

[@gillianrimmer7733]

We celebrate Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Christmas Eve is usually a party night with a buffet meal - things like mince pies, Christmas cake, trifle, sausage rolls, large pork pie sliced, different cheeses, smoked salmon, other 'finger foods' etc... with different pickles and chutnies. Then, we have Christmas dinner on Christmas Day, and another buffet style meal, with the same kinds of foods as Christmas Eve plus cold ham and turkey left over from dinner. We tend to have a big turkey and ham pie on Boxing Day, and a curry made from the leftovers later on in the week.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Oh good to know. Thank you!

[@stevev3664]

Try the mince pies hot with custard. Take them out of the foil containers, heat them in the oven and pour lots of hot custard over them. Christmas cake is usually one large round cake with lots of marzipan and icing. Salt and Vinegar flavoured crisps are good. Waitrose is a supermarket chain. More expensive than most of the others but usually good quality products.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Sounds great! We haven't tried the pies with custard.

[@andrealouisesmith]

Just been down a rabbit hole watching a lot of your UK food videos. I keep thinking of things for you to try.... Have you tried cherry bakewells? Frangipans? Eccles cakes? Battenberg? Angel cake? Milky bar chocolate? Topic chocolate bar? Xx

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Thank you and thanks for the recommendations! Some of these we came across, but some of these we'll have to check out next time we're there.

[@alandavis5388]

Thanks!

[@vickyoliver1738]

Boxing Day is the day after Xmas so you use up left over turkey in a curry or something,in our house not much goes on on Xmas eve apart from wrapping any presents trying to get the kids to bed then having a relaxing drink to unwind because your done all prepared for the big day

[@ido8071]

try sticky toffee pudding with custard.

[@No_Rice_No_Power]

'Boxing day curry' because after Christmas day you make a curry with all the leftovers. :)

[@joannewootton8328]

I never as a British person eat mince pies with a fork & even over here in the UK we also eat with our hands without forks aswell.

[@MrBenjaminsaul]

We do eat crisps with a knife a fork though 😉

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Fair enough.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

😂

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Lol that's fair. We ate beans on toast with our hands and got a lot of comments about that, so I think now we think we need to use a knife and fork for everything. 😆

[@joannewootton8328]

@@TheMagicGeekdom Well apart from mince pies & crisps LOL 😆

[@ianaskew7166]

You need a cup of tea with all of the cakes

[@Von582]

What the hell are you doing to that pie?! I feel violated 🤣

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Hahaha fair point.

[@garrygreen4814]

Mince pie with fresh cream and custard is good

[@leighcowen5870]

Please please please have a trip to Thailand and let’s do food here 😂🤣 I’m a Brit 👍 you guys are just so likable 👌

[@gillianhynes7120]

You should have warmed your mince pies in the oven and have them with brandy butter. In Yorkshire we have Christmas cake with cheese usually Wensleydale

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@i-am-vonnegut]

Butter and cheese on Christmas cake 😋

[@Paul-if1jq]

How about, warm Blancmange with clotted Cream ice cream - a little bit of hot and cold... We always had that in Devon....Ploughman's lunch and Apple pie... Yum, Yum.. The earliest printed Apple pie recipe came from England.

[@James-be1dn]

This looks great

[@10thdoctor15]

6 small cakes would be mini rolls, a yule log is a chocolate swiss roll

[@jason-uk]

Morrisons quite a cheap brand need to try more pricey option like marks and Spencer or tescos finest range I love mince pies warmed up and covered in cream

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Good to know. Thanks!

[@cheekymonkey666]

christmas day its just me and the wife... in the after noon we go to our kids and grand kids to drop off more gifts and have a drink... boxing day its the entire family sons daughters and grandkids all come over for evening meal and open more gifts...

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Oh nice. Thanks!

[@jamieandtherandomstuff]

Everything tastes better with custard.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

I think you're onto something!

[@garypeyman932]

Custard and gravy (brown meaty gravy) improve most things 🙂 also most Brits just use their fingers , maybe the queen uses a fork and maybe older people

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

So you're saying we ate it like the Queen? lol 😂

[@old.not.too.grumpy.]

We always eat mince pies warmed up with cheese either a really good farmhouse cheddar or Stilton

[@emeraldslayergaming3412]

Christmas is one of those times I feel like the Brit I am

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

lol 😃

[@gaelsomerville5163]

I prefer mince pies warmed up. But if cold definitely eat in the hand. If warm traditionally eat with brandy butter. Mince pies should definitely have alcohol - when I make them I like to use Grand Marnier in the mincemeat.

[@mjp3338]

Everything is better with custard 🤗

[@MadMandyMooo]

Boxing Day is tradition to make a curry using the leftover turkey xx

[@jason-uk]

Yeyyyyy great to see you both merry Xmas guys

[@cheekymonkey666]

mince pis or the other pies all go well with custard and we either take them out the foil and into a dish for custard or just eat from the hand without custard

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Mmm that sounds good!

[@barryhumphries4514]

Christmas pudding with cream is preferable!

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Oh good to know. Thanks!

[@phillipjackson6778]

Minced pies are supposed to be ate with single cream, or at Christmas we have brandy cream

[@vickyoliver1738]

Cheap mince pies from Tesco or somewhere are much better than the fancy ones, xmas pudding is usually with a brandy sauce, I don’t like Jaffa cakes but loads do,oh I love those reindeer cakes they are yummy,I also like the Yule log

[@archereegmb8032]

Pretty much everything you had, up to the crisps, would be way better with custard. They tend to be a bit dry, on their own.

[@ruk2023--]

Christmas pudding with custard proves once and for all that you can’t polish a turd, although you can roll it in glitter

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Lol the custard is an extra good glitter though.

[@jaeleighxxx7829]

Christmas Eve is a big deal here too, we like 3 days off work. Our Boxing day is good for a day off as you get Thanks Giving and we do not.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Oh that makes sense.

[@pltechreviews5891]

Boxing Day in UK is basically a couple of days when you make stuff with all of the leftovers from Christmas

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Ah, that's actually pretty cool.

[@barryhumphries4514]

Mince pies with ice cream and a little double cream on top eaten with a spoon 🥄

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Sounds good. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@squiff1958]

Mince pies are definitely better warmed. I like them with cream or fresh custard. I really liked the Waitrose ones, but it’s my favourite shop!

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

We'll have to check out Waitrose when we visit the UK.

[@vitalspark6288]

British people don't really "celebrate" Boxing Day either. Boxing Day is basically the designated recovery day after Christmas. The reason for the Boxing Day crisps being curry flavour is because after Christmas you probably have a lot of leftover cooked meat (turkeys are huge) and curries are a common way of using up leftover meat.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Oh good to know. Thanks!

[@Mrhullsie2]

As a kid my dad would make a curried rice dish from left over Christmas turkey and trimmings. Now in a vegan household we often have a sprout curry on boxing day.

[@vickytaylor9155]

My local Chinese takeaway makes a vegetable curry for December that has carrots, peppers, sprouts and green and red peppers in.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Sprout curry sounds interesting! 😋

[@FeedbackPete]

I'm glad you like Tunnocks stuff their Scottish just like me. I haven't tried them myself but Mackies also do a haggis flavour crisp. Waitrose is a more upmarket supermarket in the UK.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Oh nice! We didn't come across the haggis flavor, but we'll look for it.

[@paulsnorman]

Mince pies always with the fingers unless served with ice cream, custard, cream or Brandy Butter

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

You're making me hungry... 😋

[@ThrapsGaming]

The reason you guys don’t really have Boxing Day is because it’s a old English tradition. Boxing Day was due the servants and maids etc. because the servants and maids were working Christmas Day for the rich l, the rich would give boxed gifts to servants and maids the day after. Thus creating Boxing Day.

[@donnamazey5168]

Christmas pudding tastes better with brandy sauce 👍

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@PopcornSimulationGaming]

Merry Christmas love your video keep tasting 😋

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Sorry for responding so much later, but we hope you had a Merry Christmas too!

[@jamesfry8983]

Hmm boxing day curry thats often made with left over turkey

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

That makes sense!

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Good to know. Thanks!

[@weedle30]

Curry on Boxing Day? - one way of using up all the left over turkey bits! “Boxing” Day derives from when the Ladies and Masters of large and v posh mansions/houses/estates etc, used to give all the household workers, like the maids, housekeepers, cooks and kitchen staff etc, the chauffeur, etc their Christmas presents, the day “after” Christmas Day (after all, the staff would be working their nuts off ON Christmas Day, preparing the huge Christmas Dinner banquet for all and sundry! 😱 😉) and it was usually monetary gifts, given in fancy boxes etc as a token of their thanks and gratitude for their work during the year - hence “Boxing Day” - it is a public holiday in the UK and nowadays is the start of the “January” sales! But Boxing Day is a day to eat up all the goodies you couldn’t force down yourselves the day before… and watching the tellybox, playing daft board games or going to a football match….. a “relaxing” day …unless like me, you have visitors coming for lunch tea and to play those stupid games!

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Haha good to know. Thanks!

[@kirstyruston3527]

Next time try double cream with the Yule log

[@barryhumphries4514]

I don’t like traditional Christmas cake. It usually has some marzipan under the icing. Not for me!

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Oh ok. That makes sense.

[@sooevers9411]

You could try lots of these sweets things with, ice cream and cream too. Lots are delicious. I don't like fruit cake or mince pies either. You can also buy non alcoholic Christmas puds. I have yet to try those

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Thanks for the tips!

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Sounds good. Thanks for the suggestions!

[@vickytaylor9155]

I don’t know anyone who eats mince pies with a fork. That would be like American’s/Canadians eating pizza with a knife and fork. There are only two mince pies that I like, the frangipani ones with the almonds on and a McDonald’s mince pie.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

But sometimes I eat pizza with a fork lol.

[@10thdoctor15]

You've had custard this time, but puddings should really be eaten in a bowl and with a spoon.

[@stevefrost64]

You're supposed to take them out of the foil container and just bite them.

[@teresaqureshi6342]

Plus warm in an oven not microwave

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Good to know!

[@Simpson4756]

@@teresaqureshi6342 absolutely agree, microwaves ruin them, same with scones.

[@IDTV66]

8:01 its not a biscuit Its a cake

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Ok thanks!

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Christmas pudding has brandy butter or brandy sauce, never, never, never custard.

[@sugarbabyluxury]

Only just watched this , eating mince pies like that they need eating by hand , the best way is to warm them in microwave for 20 secs , pour cream on and eat with a spoon . Also you are not putting enough custard on those puddings , we almost cover the pudding

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

That sounds good on both accounts.

[@paulgrice3910]

Pies are easier to eat if you take them out of the foil tray 👍

[@paulgee2535]

I’d take the pies out of the foil first lol 🙄 🙈

[@andysutcliffe3915]

Christmas pudding should be eaten with brandy sauce, not custard. My family tradition is, you’re allowed a capful of brandy added to the sauce.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@teresaqureshi6342]

There is no icing on the reindeer cake , why do u keep saying icing?

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Because words are hard. 😆

[@18pauljan]

Use spoons not forks with puddings

[@10thdoctor15]

Eating a mince pie, yule log and (Christmas) cake with a fork!? Just take a bite or put it all in your mouth.

[@moogleking]

I like pig in blankets

[@Mrhullsie2]

Fish fingers and custard

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@veganrhi88]

You don't eat Christmas pudding with custard! You set it on fire and serve with a fuck ton of cream!!!

[@hisqueen1418]

The java cakes they have a new one that 🍒

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Oh yum!

[@thesunshinehome]

Maybe you just like the custard