Bossche Bol and Nun's Puffs: Citation Needed 1x05

techdif.co.uk - As the sun sets, we have an entire pastry-based episode, offend the Dutch, and have a nun pun run.

[@rockhunther0209]

"I'll give you a point, it's under Eclair." Matt: "Eclair." "Point." I'm dead.

[@minorii24]

6:24

[@GuyAPerson]

In my experience, a foreigner misinterpreting your culture is more funny than offensive as long as they're not making judgements based on those misinterpretations. So basically, keep doing that, it's hilarious for the country involved.

[@thelastcube.]

I'm waiting for the day these Britishers come to my country, wait...

[@thelastcube.]

(nah seriously it's really fun)

[@arthurhenriqued.a.ribeiro2078]

How would you tell that they're accidentally being offensive? (Again, not that they are)

[@yondie491]

Indeed. There's absolutely no malicious intent here. They're basically mocking themselves. Great fun.

[@flowersintheKitchen]

@@arthurhenriqued.a.ribeiro2078 as someone whose country gets mocked a lot, racial/ethnic stereotypes are one to steer clear of. another thing to note is if they're punching down/technically insulting an impoverished country and its culture, food, etc. if it's just lighthearted jokes to a country that can defend itself or isn't in a bad place in the world stage, it's no problem.

[@violetsteele350]

Hearing them joke about Bitcoin in the year 2021 feels unbelievably surreal. I forgot entirely about the cronut thing, but Bitcoin? Can't see 10 tweets on Twitter without seeing an ad for an investment app for it

[@unexpected2475]

Glad I wasn't the only person who felt that.

[@SickCotic]

What about the joke about selling farts in a jar? if that is not prophetic i don't know what is.

[@violetsteele350]

@@SickCotic My folks were making that joke in the Carter administration. While it did predict the future, that's not a shocker.

[@panda4247]

What? Is somebody selling them now?

[@GryphLane]

Meanwhile in 2023 they're almost forgotten as the fad they always were

[@flutteringazure]

Bit late to the party, but there are actually Bossche Bollen you can fit your head in. They are supposed to feed about 16 people, but you do you of course ;)

[@axyuwu5678]

@@daniellebirney1096 same

[@ericpraline]

What.

[@flutteringazure]

@@ericpraline They are ginormous.

[@ericpraline]

@@flutteringazure I‘m picturing one now ..

[@JustOneAsbesto]

I used to be addicted to punching nuns, but lately I've been trying to kick the habit.

[@ephiiz7232]

JustOneAsbesto Buh Dum Tssss!

[@joshuahadams]

+Mattikas Xero Two drums and a cymbal falling over a cliff!

[@FuugaNatsu]

That's funny, I used to be addicted to fantasy novels, but then I kicked the hobbit.

[@liamguy2820]

MYSTERY BISCUITS

[@nate.2.2]

FFS😂

[@filmgekko]

Have you ever noticed how many Citation Needed episodes boil down to devising ways to use food as a weapon? Because its a lot, and its awesome!

[@imakickurazz]

Or a vehicle, let's not forget that.

[@joshuahadams]

Rawr900 why not both? Make an edible tank or something.

[@thelastcube.]

@@joshuahadams well anything's edible if you -try hard- have good dental and digestive system

[@NotKyleChicago]

@@joshuahadams Would an edible tank for humans be a gingerbread house?

[@Mechanikatt]

As a Dutchman, I was under the impression that our space program was developed in secret. Now we'll have to figure out another foodstuff to use as spacesuit. Maybe a giant bitterbal?

[@YingwuUsagiri]

Hahaha. Wouldn't that be screaming hot on your face :P Good one though!

[@HighlyCritical]

Niels Schellekens Ever heard of ice tea, its cold tea. So why couldnt a bitterbal be cold???

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Bitterbalen are great!

[@hetspeelkwartiertjeslaatte2624]

Niels Schellekens bevroren, zoals je ze ook koopt😂

[@christianhildalgo]

@@HighlyCritical Cause we're stupid, not sinners.

[@bobidou23]

Tom: "It's about 5 inches, the size of my, uh..." Gary: Cackles hysterically Tom: "...button here." We know what Gary was thinking.

[@eilzmo]

Meeta Verma who.. who are you talking to? Which people? Bobidou23 is one person?

[@wheezyshoe212]

@@meetaverma8372 But nearly 300 people liked it

[@peachierose3356]

timestamp?

[@sheevinopalpatino4782]

@@meetaverma8372 you don't sound very likeable, mate.

[@me_n_the_boys_lookin_for_beans]

@@meetaverma8372 i mean gary was the one who actually made the joke

[@DrZaius3141]

To quote from Wikipedia: On 30 November 2017, Kellogg's announced they would discontinue Ricicles as part of a drive to reduce sugar in children's cereals.

[@steven807]

You left out an additional morsel of wiki-based knowledge: the "nun's farts" page emphasizes that they are not to be confused with _another_ nun's-farts-based French pastry: "pets de soeurs" ("[holy] sister's farts"). Those French certainly have a way with names...

[@EmmaLiza]

Steven Grady I'm now imagining some French sitcom about a flatulent nun living with a pastry chef, who keeps trying to give subtle hints by naming pastries this...

[@cuteswan]

Believe it or not it's a violation of the Geneva Convention to use pastries in combat… since any soldier using such a thing would technically be _desserting_ :D

[@macdjord]

Booo! Boooooooooo!

[@NathanReiling]

I'm Dutch, and I was litteraly on the ground during the Bossche Bol part. HIlarious, absolutely grand!

[@CDQPK]

Me too

[@leeyenherngcalebpeircess6121]

"The what?"

[@Phryxil]

Binge-watching these, something has come to my attention... These men have a curious fixation with chocolate-based space technology...

[@Bp1033]

Oh Tom, I think you've confused an 'American' breakfast with a hotel breakfast buffet. An American breakfast consists of bacon guns and freedom eggs and you must wear the ceremonial giant foam cowboy hat.

[@FuugaNatsu]

And for desert you get some of Denny's "Red, White and Blue Pancakes" 'cause they taste like 'murica!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Only if you don't have enough at home.

[@justanothersam5708]

Don’t forget eagle screech toast

[@mvoss2382]

@@FuugaNatsu You don't go to Denny's you end up at Denny's.

[@pikgears]

am American, can confirm

[@witerabid]

Buying a nun's fart for £5 and selling it for a hundred later that day... I think that's called inflation... I have no idea why it's taken me seven years to come up with that joke but that's the beauty of rewatching these - you discover things you hadn't before. :P

[@lukek.5773]

I am an American...and doughnuts for breakfast are actually quite rare for most people. Really you only do that if you need to feed like 200 students for cheap. Love your channel btw :)

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Lucas TSM TSM TSM TSM Or if you are a student who works at a grocery store where they put out doughnuts on Fridays.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Bread rolls with cheese or meat, tomato and some lettuce, scrambled eggs, muesli/cornflakes, coffee, that is how i like my breakfast. But I'm not against adding chocolate pudding, sausages and lots of bacon into the mix.

[@Fiericte]

Too true. I'm American and most doughnuts are too sweet for me in the morning. I feel like the entire industry is based on people giving donut boxes to coworkers/cops/school teachers. :P

[@ashtonhoward5582]

@@Fiericte it's official. Government workers drive the donut industry. Talk about government handouts 😤😤😤

[@woodfur00]

In my family they're traditional at the start of a road trip, which I guess is one of the privileges of an extremely large country by land area.

[@MartijnvandeStreek]

"Choc & awe"

[@thelastcube.]

ayyy

[@Jvenoia]

*groans*

[@feybart]

Impressive. Tom's pronunciation of "Bossche Bol" was pretty much spotless. Matt's impression of a Dutch person was despicable, though. We aren't Germans...

[@joshuahadams]

+Daan Vink "...dachtdnt..." Is quite the tongue twister for an English-speaker, i.e. me.

[@MattGreenhill]

Naþan Ø Tbh, Germans are more lazy dutchmen. Ever seen how much the average Dutch person works? Probably the most in western europe.

[@jolienvsndijk]

Josh Adams well luckily the tdnt part was a typo. They meant ' achthonderdachtentachtig' still bad because the soft ch is uncommon in English (it's like the ch in the Scottish loch), but no tdnt nonsense. Achthonderdachtentachtig just mean eight hundred eighty eight by the way.

[@hotelmario510]

+Daan Vink Gesundheit.

[@brandonmartin-moore5302]

@D V I'm guessing that translates as 8 hundred something

[@bentoth9555]

"Unless you're eating pure sodium." "It tastes like burning."

[@YingwuUsagiri]

Being Dutch and loving Bossche Bollen I just had to watch this and I'm sure to NOT eat my next Bol as a massive zit.

[@Armadeus]

eat it while you're upside down

[@willemvandebeek]

Drats, the Brits have figured out our space program; back to the drawing board! Never heard of Bossche Bollen btw, had to look it up and they look tasty, maybe I should buy some.

[@Xorua]

GARY BRANNAN IS TRYING TO CHOKE ME TO DEATH BY BEING TOO FUNNY

[@MaraK_dialmformara]

That was nunsense. ;)

[@AjiraKimberly]

I actually live in the city of 's-Hertogenbosch, where the Bossche Bol comes from.. this is hillarious to watch XD

[@In1998able]

+AjiraKimberly And a Bossche Bol is a full meat. And there are delicious.

[@In1998able]

Daan Vink al kan ik er geen beschuitje van maken

[@robertlinke2666]

+AjiraKimberly heel opeten?? succes!! eat it whole? good luck!

[@jolienvsndijk]

Kaushik Varadharajan yup it is shortened from "des Hertogs bosch" which is old Dutch for 'the duke's forest'.

[@Quintinohthree]

Ludo Universalis Actually, The Hague is just Den Haag. 's-Gravenhage is a pretentious attempt at achieving what the one time administrative capital of the Spanish Empire had achieved. You will never find a sign pointing or welcoming you to 's-Gravenhage, nor will you find any for Den Bosch, but the people of Den Bosch are too humble and the people of 's-Gravemhage too pretentious to make you think otherwise.

[@ryanstiffler5632]

Every so often "SUPER BOSSCHE BALL" just pops in my head and i have to come eatch this episode again.

[@tommypartin6431]

Gary’s flawless delivery... “Of course. Sister...” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@samclay950]

Technically sodium is made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons. (Chemistry A-level student)

[@dfined3630]

Yes, and they are made out of quarks (except electrons) (Average person)

[@xramejin]

And I subscribe to the string theory, and they are all 1-dimensional objects (a pseudo-intellectual twat)

[@jeffgoldblunt]

@@xramejin if we are being fair the strings in string theory are just pure energy (internet hobo)

[@mpitt79]

You know when you laugh so hard you can't even breath? Every damn time when I watch this show. Thanks gentlemen, please never stop!

[@WLBlazkowicz]

Your pronunciation is actually 95% spot on. Only your o in Bossche is too high, Your o sounds as the o in floss. While the O in Bossche bol sounds like the o in Mole. Nice though. And Btw, Turning it upside down will just cause the chocolate on top to be lost. My advice to eat it is... and it will be messy, Cut it in half grab the one half with your hand and shove it in your open face hole. Chew, and repeat with the second half. My advice, If you ever go to the Netherlands, It's worth the trip to go to Den Bosch ('s-Hertochenbosch), just for the Bossche Bol.

[@JayDeeIsMyName]

rinaldootje 's-Hertogenbosch.

[@Benimation]

Also, the emphasis should be on "bol" rather than on "Bossche". Also 's-Hertogenbosche bol. That's not a thing. Or did I just make it a thing?

[@elisam.r.9960]

One of Tom's most recent videos was filmed in Den Bosch. I wonder if he managed to have a Bossche Bol before/after filming.

[@tiesbakker3820]

this is just hilarious. especially as i am dutch and know what a Bossche bol is. just to say, it is delicious.

[@rolandgharfine534]

+Ties Bakker and your last name is Bakker hah!

[@potatoonastick2239]

Yeah same

[@MaartenBlij]

This dutch person is not angry on your pronunciation. It was actually pretty good!

[@thelastcube.]

"I was not counting" And there you go folks, that's why the point system does not decide the winner here

[@SeraphimKnight]

Nun's farts is what we call whil-shaped crumbly biscuits with a maple filling here in Quebec.

[@ielmie]

Seraph they are the best

[@nicflatterie7772]

Des pets de sœur!

[@dbseamz]

In how many episodes have these guys gotten sidetracked by weaponized or otherwise unconventionally used desserts? Off the top of my head I remember this, the chocolate rods from space, and the marshmallow bearings.

[@nerakin6679]

So, before this I had never heard the word profiterole. They've always just been called cream puffs for me.

[@greenmario3011]

As an American donuts are just an excuse to eat cake for breakfast

[@Urhixidur]

Intriguing. Here in French Canada we also have « pets de sœur », litterally "nun's farts", but it's a different pastry altogether.

[@nikkiofthevalley]

Wouldn't the more literal translation be "holy sister's farts"? Although, I took 3 French classes 6 years ago, so I'm probably wrong.

[@daniel.u.thibault]

What difference do you see between the synonyms 'nun' and 'holy sister'?

[@EvelynnEleonore]

Tom is ever so slightly louder on the right ear than the left and once you notice its impossible to unnotice

[@andrewkrahn2629]

I'm very late to the party, but if you want custard artillery, take a listen to the "Tales of Old Dartmoor" episode of the Goon Show from the 50s

[@aaronmorris1513]

This was definitely a puff piece.

[@ChrisbyFlanker]

Loving this show, I've been watching the whole series and every episode has made me actually laugh out loud

[@SylviaRustyFae]

I liked the show. I will always like this show. I will always exclaim along to 'Mysterrryyy Bisssccuiittts!" In the intro. I will never stop loving this show.

[@eloiseannicle]

I don’t trust any foodstuff which is currently going viral online, if it’s a basic foodstuff (like fruit or veg) then it probably isn’t all people are saying it is and if it’s a made food then they’ve probably put more attention into the look, the name and marketing than the actual taste or quality of ingredients.

[@beth12svist]

And if it's marketed as traditional, chances are it isn't. (Which is the case with trdelník in Prague.)

[@RemyNote]

Funny thing; I've had them multiple times. They're _really_ filling. Like seriously, they're impressive.

[@alexjonezNH]

You have no idea how much I love these videos

[@gamernr247]

You have no idea how much I love Bossche Bollen :)

[@purpledevilr7463]

I was eating when Matt said pop it like a spot. Thanks Matt.

[@anirudh_iyer]

Happy to re-visit the birth of Price Is Right rules on the show

[@JacobShepley]

the bitcoin joke about being over valued. on the day this was posted bitcoin was worth about US$499 now 3.5 years later it's about US$17,600

[@kingxdedede7327]

and now a month later it's down 10k from that. DEFLATIVE CURRENCY EVERYONE

[@RainaThrownAway]

And now it's 20,000. And... now it's 5000. And now it's 15,000.... and now it's 2.

[@rawovunlapin8201]

Ryan P two what?

[@leongkinwai9709]

Pennies.

[@qq2262]

Them memes though, ALL THE BITCOIN MEMEZ!

[@JoelCarli]

Tom finds eating sugary foods for breakfast weird, but Brits eat fish for breakfast, and we find *that* weird.

[@AndreiZisu]

No they don't :P They do eat sausages and beans tho :(

[@JoelCarli]

***** What about kippers?

[@AndreiZisu]

OH GOD. HAD NO IDEA :(

[@Gleamiarts]

The classic English Breakfast is bacon, egg (fried sunny side up), black pudding, toast/hash browns, sausage, mushrooms and tomatoes. www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB695GB696&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=english%20breakfast

[@AndreiZisu]

Simstastic That's what we see on the continent as "classic" english breakfast, but it may vary wildly depending on the region.

[@woodrobin]

Can I just say it's a bit disturbing that nun's farts have cream in them. That's just wrong on so many levels. :-)

[@jasonneu81]

Well you try to avoid farting cream when the priest bangs you up the backpipe all day! :'D

[@woodrobin]

Nillie . . . or it might be because nuns also aren't supposed to be cream-filled.

[@rewrose2838]

I mean nun's need to fart too -after 'em creampies ;)-

[@qwaabza]

happy 10 years of this episode!

[@psychodonna]

I think this week's episode is my favourite of the lot so far! Really enjoyed the nun puns :D

[@DemolitionTurtle]

Great episode as always, guys! These always seem like they've only been going for about 5 minutes though and then they're over, which is probably something to do with how they give me a higher laugh count per unit of time than anything else I watch/listen to. Great job, and I can't wait for a new audio episode tomorrow, too! :D

[@ConsciousAtoms]

The best video to watch while enjoying a Bossche bol :).

[@ielmie]

In Quebec (Canada) we have a pastry called pet de soeur which translates as nun's farts but doesn't contain cream. It's basically leftover pie crust rolled out with a brown sugar and butter mix spread on one side then they are rolled up and cut into slices and baked.

[@ericsiskosky2779]

😂😂😂 Tom: "It's about five inches - a little bit bigger than my..." Gary: 🤭heh heh heh

[@rkocamb]

Priceless! Most of Americans don't eat donuts everyday. It's a special occasion/roadtrip type of food.

[@commingle1073]

I love their chemistry! Fantastic! I'm looking forward to more great videos, you have a new subscriber! ^_^

[@michaelocyoung]

Went to the Netherlands, had a Bossche Boll from Lidl the size of my fist.

[@sc8erboi]

Pleaseeeeee don't stop the show it's the best on youtube XD!!!

[@andrewsad1]

Listening to this with the screen off, I could see in my mind's eye exactly what was happening at 3:30

[@andrewkrahn2629]

My guess is doughnuts are a lot more tolerable in the morning paired with coffee than tea, paired with, you know, our obsession with sugar.

[@henk6172]

What a coincidence, my favourite KZbinr doing a video about something the city I was born in is known for :). The city is called 's Hertogenbosch (or Den Bosch), which is where the name comes from (Bol basically means sphere).

[@Jemima1377]

That poor plant though...

[@ZipplyZane]

How do eat something upside down if it's spherical? The crazy answer--turn the person upside down, is petty much all there is. Any spillage would have less room to fall, I guess.

[@Quintinohthree]

ZipplyZane Bossche Bollen are very much spherical in the Fermi approximation cows are spherical sense.

[@J0k394]

The pastry is spherical. Not a perfect sphere but just a little squat, quite like a profiterole. It has a hole in the bottom from where the cream was injected, and after that it gets dipped in chocolate. The chocolate covering is then not quite covering the entire thing because it needs to be held someplace during dipping. By turning it upside down and eating it from the hole, you're supporting it at the chocolate, which gets your fingers sticky, but because you're enlarging the hole, there's no pressure building up causing the cream to squish out.

[@ZipplyZane]

@@J0k394 I genuinely do not remember posting this at all, but I thank you for giving me such a complete answer. I love it when that happens.

[@TristanBomber]

I always find it funny how British people pronounce croissant "correctly." In the States we say "cruh-saw-nt."

[@jomialsipi]

In French Canada we do nuns puff (Pet de soeurs) with maple syrup instead.

[@viveladecadence]

3:44: Actual subtitles: '[Prolonged squirting noises]'

[@jongmassey]

I was suitably amused by this

[@ZipplyZane]

Profiterole = cream puff in the US. I just happened to stumble upon that. Now I know what the heck you guys are talking about. I mean, cream puff is self explanatory. Why the other name? It's not the French name for it, which translates to cream cabbage.

[@gijs9328]

Choux crême ≠ profiterole

[@stilles342]

In German it's called Windbeutel (Wind bag)...I've been wondering for four years.

[@newgreen956]

@@stilles342 Dankeschön

[@wildblue0]

Thanks for the translation.

[@onionbot2]

I mean, it kind of is a cream cabbage. I say this as someone who has not once laid eyes on a profiterole.

[@sentien13]

'Bitcoin in pastry form except it lasts longer' - this did not age well >.

[@TrimutiusToo]

Mystery biscuits for Nun farts? Never saw that coming...

[@FallingofftheGrid]

This is just brilliant, so funny :)

[@DarkWolf958]

as some one from the region of the country that make this pastry. i find this utterly hilarious

[@Chriski1994]

Bloody brilliant

[@johnny4727]

These are great!

[@davekirwin]

I can't watch these without laughing out loud.

[@billysoy7383]

I like this show

[@neilstrickland4937]

Fantastic!

[@spoods4628]

1:07 I love that sound

[@DavidAndrewsPEC]

Video started, and then stopped ... just as you'd said: "... and these..." My mind kept running, and immediately appended "... pillocks here ..." to it! **face-palm@self**

[@Frommerman]

RIP Hoodie.

[@kirwanqueren]

Someone missed a great chance to really go down the nun hole (LMAO) when you described the cream filling in a nun's fart.

[@blak4831]

Imagine this being filmed after the popularization of the term Bussy

[@calcubite9298]

i totally want a profiterole now. thanks Tom

[@dottie471]

Hi Technical Difficulties. Citation needed is fun to watch. And it's versatile. If you play it backwards you get 2 of these people are lying. If you turn it inside out and sideways you get Lateral.

[@promiscuous675]

Thank you..

[@RAINE____]

"It's Bitcoin in pastry form - except it lasts longer." Bet he regrets saying that now!

[@radioactivated]

RAINE until the price collapses, again

[@dannooo548]

@@radioactivated Like now

[@wesleysull]

@@dannooo548 Still worth 12 times now than what it was worth when they recorded this. And that is after a recent dip.

[@atagobestwaifu3746]

@@wesleysull Hello, 2021 here. 65x since the time of recording.

[@robmitchell3506]

Longer episodes! Also, as an American, I understood less than half of what you guys said, and it was still hilarious. Keep it up!

[@eladrialskeksis]

You guys are nuts:) Love it. Nun's farts? How about a snickerdoodle?

[@andrewkrahn2629]

+Tom Scott for naval vessels firing pastries at each other, see the Goon Show episode "Tales of Old Dartmoor"

[@donaldasayers]

Choc and awe!

[@dominicvilleneuve171]

I've always know Nun's Farts as pie dough rolled up with brown sugar... Different cultures I guess.

[@nicflatterie7772]

Indeed, in Quebec Canada, pets de sœur.

[@abdillahsyafiq]

why am I still watching this in 2021

[@ylette]

I learned the word profiterole in an episode of Look Around You. This is only the second time I can recall having heard it.

[@nowandaround312]

+Cruzer I learned it from Frasier, and likewise have not heard it since then as far as I know.

[@mojosbigsticks]

Superb.

[@thisisaduck]

I just came from his video about the British space suit and now find them talking about the Dutch space program.

[@martijnvanweele6204]

As a Dutchman, I have to say your pronunciation is actually really decent, Tom...

[@impishDullahan]

...And add 's-Hertogenbosch to places to go to when I move to Belgium this coming August. I'm sure it's not too long a train ride.

[@didierdeweille1722]

It's 1 - 1.5 hour from Antwerp

[@moropikkuu]

That ending joke actually works with both Super Lehman Bros., as well as Super Mario Draghi