American Food Habits Which are WEIRD to the Rest of the World!
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The Ice Cream Float is mostly popular with a RootBeer, Orange Soda or Coca-Cola
Hi Joel & Lia! I wanted to let u know that not all red velvet cake is red because of artificial dies.in recent yrs because people r more health conscious they will add beats to get that red color. 🙂
I Never top my sweet potato casserole with marshmallows. I'm a loyal fan and viewer from North Carolina. When I make sweet potato casserole I top it with a mixture of brown sugar, butter and pecans. So much better.
Most restaurants in America 🇺🇸 aren't bothered by someone asking for light or no ice.
Shredded mozzarella is still mozzarella cheese, just shredded for cooking convenience...we Americans love 💘 convenience in our lives!
@@webeeankylosingspindylitis7838 beets* 😃
You eat beans for breakfast so to each their own.
Tikigeorge Jones touché!
... and weird dryish fish, too.
I kinda want to try an English breakfast
Jellied Eels.
seriously beans for breakfast is so strange.
We have mozzarella and FRESH mozzarella. We know the difference.
Yep. It's called low moisture mozzarella. Alton Brown has a great video explaining all about it.
Also, if your trying to cook pizza, low moisture is far superior. Fresh mozzarella will make the crust soggy unless you only use a tiny bit of cheese.
Jerzygirl My husband does it & I find it disgusting. I don’t milk at all as it’s for calves but still 🤢
@Jerzygirl ayyyeee...Jerseyyy!!💯💯❤❤
@Jerzygirl I'm about a hour from A.C. !!💯💯💯🙌💪💕
The old saying “don’t knock it until you’ve tried it” seems to apply to a lot of these.
They do knock things. I am often offended by there candor, but then again, I won't try Haggis when I go to Scotland.
@@jstringfellow1961 I love haggis you either love it or hate it. You won't know if you don't try it.
I was in an Indian place in London a few years ago and I asked for a glass of ice - filled all the way to the top to go with my small bottle of Coke. The woman acted confused like she didn't understand. Finally the manager/owner came over waving his hands shouting (in very heavily accented English) " I told you Americans like ice!!! bring more ice!!!" lol
Mozzarella is a type of cheese. If you shred it, leave it in a ball or run over it with a truck, it is still Mozzarella. When you shred it, it doesn't magically become Cheddar, Swiss or even
Monterey Jack. It will remain Mozzarella.
haha yes!
True!
Buddy Harris Bahahaha
Exactly...where these two crazy Brits came up with that logic is beyond me.
Yeah in fact mozzarella is pretty low flavor fresh.... Same low flavor shredded.
Red Velvet recipe actually has very little Cocoa. It’s distinct flavor comes from the combination of vinegar& buttermilk with a little cocoa powder in the batter and a cream cheese frosting. It doesn’t taste like chocolate cake at all. It has a richer flavor
Interesting. I didn’t know this!
Your a baker!
I learned from my Maternal Grandmother. Her cakes and pies were the very best
Red Velvet Cake is also becoming very popular in here in France where I live.
I agree. I don't care for chocolate cake because it has a bitter aftertaste to me. Red velvet cake never did. Now I know why. I thought my eyes were playing tricks on my mind because of the red color.
When I lived in England I was amazed at how the “ice water” wasn’t even cold.
I am originally from Massachusetts in the US and I moved to the midwest 5 years ago and it blew my mind at how people in the midwest drink everything warm and it doesn't bother them they drink soda and water without ice and even without the drinks being cold. I cant drink warm things especially in the hot weather I just cant understand how they drink warm drinks all year round here.
@@JessicaAhearnTarot11 where? I’m from the Midwest’s department we make everything as ice cold as possible!
@@JessicaAhearnTarot11 it's probably because the weather in the Midwest doesn't get as hot as more southern States. There is more need to drink warm liquids than cold.
Well my family eats sweet potato pie... yes it’s an alternative to pumpkin pie because my family does not eat pumpkin. You season it with cinnamon, vanilla, cardamom, and bake it in a homemade crust.
Sweet potato pie is so much better than pumpkin pie
@@TwistedSisler I've dreamed of making a two layered pie with sweet potato and pecan pie fillings
Yassss! Love me some sweet potato pie
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@@unvoicedapollo3318 Make it! 🥧!
You need to try the root beer float. That's an American tradition.
Love those!!!
The problem is most root beer now is gross. It's just force carbonated methyl salicylate (artificial oil of wintergreen) and high fructose corn syrup. Yuk. You have to have a float made with real yeast-brewed sassafras root beer (or birch beer) and real vanilla ice cream. Yum.
Try rootbeer with chocolate ice cream! Yummy!
Brits don’t like our root beer because it’s not real root beer
They do make a real sarsaparilla soda that’s supposed to be close to the real thing
Red velvet is absolutely not "just red chocolate cake" which is why you can't just turn chocolate red with dye lmao!
Right. The ingredients are not identical lol
Actually yes the only difference is buttermilk in red velvet. Google before you make us more stupid.
@@meganlovesdisneyandcrafts4780 the recipe my gran in law uses has a small amount of apple cider vinegar too
@@MicahiLove oh yum! I love apple cider vinegar!
Megan is a gamer it’s not simply a chocolate cake. There is usually a couple tablespoons or less of cocoa in an entire red velvet cake. It’s buttermilk coupled with something acidic like lemon juice or vinegar. And yes many people today use red food colouring in it, but traditional recipes do not, and it’s hardly a chocolate cake. Someone on here has the history of the cake that DID NOT include red food colouring, and neither did my father’s sister.
The amount of chocolate in a red velvet cake is so minimal that it can hardly be called a chocolate cake at all
Not true.
@@firstenforemost Actually, it's very true.
Red Velvet doesn't even taste like chocolate. Who in the world thinks it tastes like chocolate??
Is there any chocolate in it?
yall put beans on toast and youre coming for us 💀💀
Yes, that's disgusting sounding to me
Very rarely I eat beans on toast. Sometimes on a full English once a week. They're not a staple like people make out they are. We eat potatoes nearly every day they are a staple. What is disgusting is sweet potatoes and marshmallows oh and those disgusting things you call biscuit's then put something on it that looks like vomit.🤢🤮
Saying red velvet cake is just chocolate cake is like saying that Devonshire clotted cream is just whipped cream! haha
Exactly! It’s apparent they’ve not tasted a true red velvet bleeding 🩸 armadillo cake 😂
It's got vinager in it. It's not chocolate cake lol
Maggie Olson Truth 👏🏻
It is?? It tastes so different tho.
So many versions I've had are just chocolate cakes.
Trust me, us Americans would LOVE to take a long and lazy lunch break but in America that will get you fired. Bosses take things VERY serious over here. I don’t think any of us enjoy having to work as hard and long as we do.
I worked in a local government office in California. We weren't *allowed* to eat at our desks. Some people had sued the agency for unpaid work because they answered their phones during their lunches and therefore were on the clock. Never again!
It wouldn't be called work and you wouldn't get paid if it was enjoyable to do.
Until American's come to Europe, I don't think American's realise how poor working conditions are in the US - poor holidays, welfare conditions for many. Not to mention worse health care.
@@stalkingcat2684 I believe a happy worker is a better worker. Maybe that's why customer service sucks in America.
@@GenerationNextNextNext or maybe cause it seems it's a bunch of teenagers working these jobs who are entitled little brats who don't care? Great customer service at Chick-fil-A and In n Out.
When you live in the south.. cold drinks with ice is a staple. Without ice its nasty hot warm drink.
I live in Michigan and love ice in drinks. All year round. I’ll put ice in a drink, then put the drink in the freezer so its extra cold.
I live in Las Vegas. We NEED ice here in the desert! LOL
Did you know that in just about every restaurant in the U.S you can actually order your drinks without ice! Crazy right? You just have to ask! We are just as perplexed by the lack of ice in Europe. I've literally given the recipe to so many restaurants so they can have it on hand when Americans wander across the pond.
Well said
I like ice in my drinks what I don't like is when there's more ice than the actual drink. 3 or 4 cube's is enough. We don't want half a glass thanks.
If you take a ball of mozzarella and shred it, it's shredded cheese.
I have noticed that when people say “that’s so American” it is never about anything good.
Without fail.
I heard an American missionary say that when he was young, everywhere he went he was well received because he was American, and many of the foreigners he met loved American culture. He said now when he travels, foreigners will ask him why America is so full of trouble. They have no desire to live here.
@@villagereadinglibrary933 Cause they listen to liberwls who don’t know how grateful they should be to live here and bash our country
@@villagereadinglibrary933 We air our dirty laundry in a way that most other cultures would find shameful.
Airing dirty laundry started by Obama. He had no problem going abroad and doing the apology tour for American sins.
Red velvet cake isn't chocolate cake. The amount of cocoa add is so small.
your wrong
Only people who bake know this is true. It's also not a Southern cake, though it is often attributed to the South.
Exactly!
@@villagereadinglibrary933 you’re right. The little-known whole name is the Waldorf Astoria Red Velvet Cake, developed by the pastry chef at the famed Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.
Also, it used to be dyed with beet juice to give it the red color, but that's too expensive to do in bulk, so they use red food dye.
So, there's low moisture and high moisture mozzarella...We eat both kinds in the USA and use them for different things.
You can say, “no ice” I do it all the time.
Red velvet is actually supposed to have baking powder added which causes some sort of chemical reaction that is supposed to tint the cake red. Most people still just load it up with red food coloring, though. Also, you usually have a cream cheese frosting on red velvet whereas regular chocolate cake doesn’t.
Back when people used buttermilk as the acidic component of baking, that reacted with the old cocoa powder and caused the red color to appear through baking. Modern cocoa powder is made in such a way as that chemical reaction is impossible.
Back when people used buttermilk as the acidic component of baking, that reacted with the old cocoa powder and caused the red color to appear through baking. Modern cocoa powder is made in such a way as that chemical reaction is impossible.
@@jwb52z9 Yes, and I think there's a distinct taste as well.
The idea of the cake came from the chemical reaction of baking powder, buttermilk and cocoa powder, but it was given the name and "created" to sell red food coloring. Total marketing plan.
My mom never put color in it.
-I wouldn't think ordering something with no ice is that strange. I hear people do it all the time.
-Give me a 30 minute lunch so I can get home sooner in the afternoon.
Every Brit I have ever served sweet potatoes and marshmallows to absolutely love it. It pairs so well with a roast turkey or pork. You also sweeten the sweet potatoes with brown sugar.
I prefer them topped with chopped pecans, butter and brown sugar.
Funny, how they assume everybody works at an office.
Ikr. I don't work in an office. I eat lunch in my car because I want to get away from everyone 🤦
Beth Shadid I’ve had plenty of jobs like that.
Most of America has uncomfortably hot summers and culturally we love our iced drinks. For me, especially crushed ice!!!
Mmm Sonic I’ve BOMB!
Yeah I think hey forget that I like the UK, America’s climate is very diverse
Sonic ice FTW !
Now, I’m American and I don’t like mayo
But ranch goes with *Everything*
Yes
I’m an American but I kinda only eat ranch with wings, Bc I don’t eat salad, and it’s ok on pizza sometimes
Guessing you’re from the Midwest too?
The mayo on salad she’s referring to is probably macaroni salad which isn’t even a real salad lol
YES! Give me ranch and basically any food and it will work. But add mayo? I'm out.
No joke watching this while eating and having a glass of milk
My ex drinks buttermilk with black pepper in it with his steak dinner lol
Why is that considered weird?
@@biffgee6797 I think people drink milk for breakfast.
Sweet potato with marshmallows is generally considered a Thanksgiving dish. It's actually not a dessert, it's sort of like a side. I think it tastes amazing
I hate marshmallows on sweet potatoes. Then people also add more sugar. Crazy. They are already inherently sweet. A bit of butter and salt and pepper. Period.
@Funny For Fun Many do it for Thanksgiving. But yeah, not really any other time.
I don't like the marshmallows on sweet potatoes either. The Pone (what we call sweet potato casserole) is sweeter than regular sweet potato dishes because it's somewhere between a side dish and dessert.
Red Velvet was born from Wartime Rationing of cocoa during World War I, and the red color actually comes from the un-dutched cocoa powder that was used and the chemical reaction it caused along with the other ingredients (so no Joel...you can't just put red food coloring in a chocolate cake to make a Red Velvet.)
Beet juice is used by some to get a deeper red color, but the redness of it is all natural.
Also, the icing is traditionally an ermine icing, though cream cheese has gained in popularity over time (especially in commercial settings) because it's tasty and much easier and quicker than ermine.
I came to the comments to see if anyone had corrected them on this. I hate when people add food coloring to their red velvet batter.
Andrew King right that is the traditional recipe. Today many recipes add the food coloring.
@@evadj27 I see people correcting them on such things all the time, but they never seem to acknowledge any new or more accurate information. I enjoy their channel, but sometimes their cheerful spirit of almost willfull ignorance gets a bit annoying.
Good way to put it. Willful ignorance with a dash of British patronizing thrown in. When you don't know what you don't know....
I haven't had a true Red Velvet cake since I lived in the South, in my childhood. I think Europeans don't realize that not every American only eats processed foods. There are many of us who still take food seriously.
Creamy lemonade? That's kind of weird because cream soda in America is just vanilla. It's like root beer but sweeter and less additional flavors it's mostly vanilla
I'm literally sitting at my desk on my "lunch break" watching this video at 2am. haha
When they said Ice cream in soda I was like “it’s just a root beer float.”
Orange soda and vanilla ice cream mmmm just like a 50/50 ice cream bar!
@@elizabethsalvage4338 he said Diet Coke or Sprite GROSS!
Some parts of America a root beer float was called a Brown Cow. No idea why. My Grandparents lived in a small town in the Ozarks that had an old fashioned drug store with a soda fountain. A Coke float or root beer float was mixed at the counter. Ice cream then the syrup and carbonated water to mix the ingredients. Good memories of my summers spent with my grandparents. Damn I feel old sometimes, I wonder how many people remember soda fountains?
Love ice cream and coke...yummy
@@chaneltyler Yeah that's gross!
There's FRESH mozzarella and then shredded mozzarella for pizza. They are NOT the same!
make sure the cheese is real cheese, not fake imitation cheese
No one said they are the same, but shredded mozzarella can be real mozzarella nonetheless. Don’t Confuse it with the artificial shredded mozzarella, that certainly does exist as well. BTW, The US also produces a ton of fresh mozzarella which of course is not shredded. I live in California and it’s available at any supermarket I’ve been to. It’s such an ignorant and stupid assumption that just because we have shredded non-fresh mozzarella, that we don’t also have the traditional mozzarella as well. Absolutely ridiculous.
Agree completely.
Yeah...one is not really mozzarella.
@@robclark3095 yep...this is a huge problem with American cheese, we don't do cheese as well as Europe. It's mostly fake and over processed.
Love a cold glass of milk with ice in it, for dinner, breakfast, and lunch
I can’t stand room temp soda. 9/10 I have to have ice with my drinks.
As someone who a: worked at Kraft, and b: loves cheese, their mozzarella was very tasty right out of the machine and very "genuine". The stuff in the shredded package is the real deal, just in a drier form for packing and shelf stability.
Pre-shredded cheeses are also lightly coated with natamycin, potato starch, and powdered cellulose. The Natamycin is an
As a born and bred Londoner, I'm going to have to disagree with you on the idea of a red velvet cake being just a red coloured chocolate cake. Red velvet has cream cheese frosting and the ingredients of the both sponges is slightly different (red velvet sponge contains buttermilk, bicarbonate of soda and sometimes a tiny bit of vinegar depending on which recipe you look at) which gives it that very soft, airy, velvety texture. The sponge also only has a few teaspoons of cocoa powder so it doesn't taste very chocolatey.
We also have grated mozzarella sold in a pack in most supermarkets in the UK - agree that its not "proper" mozzarella which is the soft white ball in water - it literally tastes like a very mild cheddar but it's stringy when melted haha
We have both too in the US. Shredded and balled mozz.
I've always felt that Red Velvet is lighter than normal chocolate cake. Thank you for the knowledge and proof!
The science behind why it's called velvet! So really it's just that you say 'sponge cake' and we say 'velvet cake'? We have balled mozzarella. It's not our fault they can't find it.
@@kimsechrist4139 No, we Brits call it red velvet cake too :) When I refer to sponge I'm referring to the actual main body of the cake (i.e. not the frosting part).
OMG--I can't believe you know how to make a proper Red Velvet!!!! Isn't it great?
I would really like to see you both taste some of these dishes.
There is a sandwich called egg MAYO in England, y’all like mayo too lol
Isn’t that egg salad? Egg salad sandwiches are RELLY good!
red velvet was a chemical reaction between the raw cocoa powder and the acid in the buttermilk. Modern dutch processed cocoa prevents the reaction, so bakers use food dye to make it look correct.
I never knew that.
maxwell holloway yep,, the cocoa now is alkaline not acidic 👍👍,
Thank you for explaining that!!!! I've never understood the facsination with adding red coloring to chocolate cake, but THAT explaination makes sense!!! Thank you!
Because raw cocoa powder was so rare to find, it was made for special occasions. Eventually it became known as the "Grooms Cake" during a wedding reception as the alternative to the almond/vanilla "Bridal Cake."
Try orange soda with vanilla ice cream! It's like an orange Creamsicle. So yummy!
*I love that flavor. My favorite seltzer water is Polar Orange Vanilla.*
That's sooo good.
I don't think Joel and Lia would know what a creamsicle is yet. Lia doesn't seem to know much about junk food in the videos.
Or ice cream with root beer yummmmmmmmmmmmmm
That sounds delish!!!!!
I've never seen a salad with mayo, it's almost always ranch.
FYI, creamy dressings like ranch are made with mayo.
Do NOT feel bad asking for "less ice" or "no ice" we all do it here ! its like mandatory when you go to Starbucks, because EVERYWHERE here in the states adds TONS of ice to our drinks!
yes we have fresh mozzerella but people buy it shredded because its easier
You know what’s even worse than loads of ice in your drink? Room temperature soda. Gross.
It's not something you can explain to people who don't live in a warm climate.
I’m an American and always order my drinks with no ice and they’re cold out of the soda fountain. And anyway the ice knocks all the bubbles out of the drinks so on top of it watering it down it’s just a double no to me.
@@pjschmid2251 If you drink the soda with ice right away most of the bubbles will still be there and it will be 'Ice-Cold' which tastes better than when it comes out of the fountain. I prefer to have a can of bottle of soda, and a separate glass of Ice then pour a partial amount of soda into the glass over the ice so its Ice-Cold, but not in there long enough to get too diluted. Then just repeat.
Pop gets warm fast without ice. Beer gets warm fast too and it would be weird if people put ice in it. But you also drink beer really fast.
For real, who wants a soda that isn't cold? Yuk! Having it just out of the fountain just isn't cold enough and doesn't stay that way very long anyway. And ice doesn't water it down of you drink your drink...
I eat lunch at my desk... but I close my office door and watch videos, lol!
As an American I find marshmallow + sweet potatoes to be repulsive.
Same! If I have sweet potatoes it is fries or baked with butter and cinnamon.
Same! I prefer to roast it with nuts and rosemary. Savory over sweet! 💯
Brett Henry Never heard of this dish in my life! 🤮🤮🤮
I do cook them together but unlike my family I eat the potatoes and marshmallows separately but personally I'm not that bothered by them together I think they are quite sweet but it's nice after eating a lot of savory food and it's good as a desert in my opinion lmao.
I just hate sweet potatoes so I’ve never tried it
If Lia can handle drinking a milkshake I think she could stomach an ice cream float... LOL
Alot of our lunch breaks are 30 minutes, we literally don’t have time for a real break. 😩
Plus I had to stay at my desk. No one else would answer the stupid phone.
Amen to that. 👍
What pisses me off is so many jobs require that you have 40 working hours, so they require you to be there 42.5-45 hours a week, because you have to add in an unpaid lunch break. You don't get benefits and you're not considered full time if your working time is under 40 hours. WTAF. LET ME WORK 37.5 HOURS. 40 IS TOO MUCH. it's exhausting-requiring that we take an unpaid lunch but also requiring that our working hours are 40.
helpsavethehumans Absolutely. I worked at a place that had me on “part time” because it was under 40 hours. They just didn’t want to give me insurance.
For myself, 30 minutes is long enough to eat. I would prefer to cut the lunch shorter and be done for the day sooner (instead of a longer break and leave later).🙂
Red velvet cake actually isn’t majorly chocolate. There might be like 5% cocoa, maybe less.
I always ask my drinks without ice. The temperature in the machine is the perfect temperature. Also, you forget most of the US has harsh hot summers so we do want to cool down.. I have an hour lunch so usually, before the pandemic my coworkers and I could go out and eat. Mozzarella cheese it is shredded for the pizzas we also have fresh mozzarella. A lot of these things sounds like you haven't tried to understand why we have this way of life and are just. Sounds like condescending and it is a rare vibe coming from y'all. Just my opinion.
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I've worked at several fast food places, Dairy Queen, Burger King, Arctic Circle, etc., and every one of them had an option for light ice (also known as easy ice) in the register. That's how I always get my sodas because they can be a touch warm without ice, travel better with ice, and you still get more soda without it becoming very diluted that way.
Honestly they’re starting to sound more than a little arrogant and condescending. I thought they were promoting understanding.
Your reaction to milk at dinner is much like our response to beans for breakfast! We love beans, but it feels wrong to eat them for breakfast.
I still want to try it....Lol
Yup. I've been known to drink milk with dinner. Nothing weird about that.
I don’t understand any people that have a strong aversion to eating particular foods at any particular time. Beans for breakfast is fine. Cocoa Puffs for dinner is fine. Fish roe on bread for Breakfast is fine. Rice with an egg stirred into it for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, is absolutely fine. A glass of milk for diner is fine. I’ve had roommates who cracked open a beer for breakfast. In fact, with one particular roommate, who often fell asleep on the couch, hearing that can crack open is how we knew he was awake.
Exactly!!
I eat beans at breakfast all the time. Good for energy. I only do it if I have a busy day ahead.
Put a thick mug in the freezer overnight then fill with ice cream scoops then add Coke, Pepsi or your choice. A&W here would the fresh Root Beer they just made that day which is poured really cold maybe 1-2 Celsius. The part of the soda becomes crunchy. That was always a treat on a hot summer day.
I think you might be hard pressed to find a mug like that outside of the US unless you're in a pub.
I like to use orange soda instead of coke, Pepsi, etc. using orange soda makes it taste like a creamsicle
A lovely memory from my childhood.
@@kyllie1234 With grape soda and vanilla ice cream it’s a Purple cow.
Bridgett de Gruy from shake shack? I love shake shack btw. Purple cows are amazing
Y'all should do a video of having an American Thanksgiving meal this year!!
Joel got it right!!! Ice Cream floats are AMAZING. Good for you Joel. Make Leah a believer.
Joel's face when he's talking about the ice cream floats is just pure joy. From now on, I'm going to know when he's faking happiness or enthusiasm. That was the real thing.
I don't know why but this comment made laugh haha
A&W all the way, classic root beer float :)
We give you permission to ask for your drink with NO ICE. Friends of mine always do that. It’s not that unusual
No,Its not.Im so amazed at how big of a deal that they make about some of the things that we do that they find odd.They don't seem to get that they can opt out if they like.lol But,I guess it's that British manners thing.They think it would be rude to say "no ice please"! Lol
Not unusual no just not good lol
Usually it's because they think they are getting cheated. It would be true...if not for free refills....
It gets SO hot in the summertime that I just have to have ice, except for coffee!
We're all in competition with each other. If you take a long lunch your coworkers will notice, your boss will eventually notice and it'll come up in your review at the end of the year. It's not everyone but it's common to make sure your boss and co-workers know how hard you work. I hate it.
The “ice” mystery happens mostly in the south because it gets so hot that your drink wont stay cool for long.
Ironically, iced tea was originally introduced to us Americans by an Englishman
Well I live in Greece that's 40C/104F during summer and we still don't fill up our glasses with so much ice.
It also always happens in the NW.
Floats in America are primarily called root beer floats. Sometimes they use other sodas but they became more popular with root beer. I like mine with dr. Pepper.
Big Red is good too. Oh how about orange or brown cow? Oj with vanilla or choc ice cream. Yum
As an American, I both strongly dislike and don't understand floats. Soda and ice cream? So weird, and it ruins both of them. I feel the same way regarding chicken and waffles. We have some really weird food combinations.
Cheerwine Floats are amazing. I live in South Carolina . I get them from a chain of restraunts based in North Carolina named Cookout , the same state that produces Cheerwine soda .
Omg you should try it with the new dr pepper cream soda. Its soooooo good
@@TSmith72110 that sounds good!
As a Canadian, I can't understand serving sweet potatoes with marshmallows on top either.
By the way, ham and pineapple pizza, also referred to as the Hawaiian, was invented in Canada.
Are you bragging or confessing?
Quick FYI-Red velvet cake was originally sweetened with beet juice, which gave the cake its red color. Beet juice was used because sugar was rationed, plus the cocoa mixed with the other ingredients has a chemical reaction making the red color more pronounced.
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Red Velvet cake does have cocoa powder in it, but not enough to call it chocolate cake. Only one tablespoon (28 grams) for Red Velvet versus 1 Cup (128 grams) in a Basic Chocolate cake. It’s the other ingredients that make it signature Red Velvet like Buttermilk and vinegar that give the “velvety” consistency. Chocolate is a tiny back note, plus plenty of vanilla!
Red velvet cake is not just chocolate cake dyed red. There’s a chemical reaction with the baking soda and chocolate that causes the red color. Also, it has a much richer, more velvety texture as well as cream cheese frosting. So yummy.
A lot of times people still use red food coloring, but yeah. Also, usually there’s not as much chocolate as there is in a chocolate cake.
That's the way it was before modern "Dutch Process" cocoa powder existed and when people still used things like buttermilk for the acidic part of baking. You can't get that chemical reaction now with modern ingredients unless you use raw cocoa and buttermilk or lemon juice.
I think of red velvet as chocolate lite.
Same
It’s from the red vinegar though
Red velvet cake is called that because during the Great Depression sugar and chocolate were very expensive so they would use beet root as a sweetener and it turned the cake red. Hence “Red Velvet Cake”. It simply evolved over the years into what we currently have.
That "mozzarella" one made me lol, no way do they think grated cheese is mozzarella 🤣🤣🤣🤣 America is the gift that keeps on giving
The fact that they freaked out about shredded mozzarella cheese and then went on about pizza ..... what kind of cheese do you think comes on pizza? 🤨
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They are speaking about the difference about real mozzarella vs processed mozzarella. In real NY or Italian pizza houses, they slice mozzarella and puts it on there. I use the shredded stuff too, for convenience, but the real stuff is amazing.
@@marshsundeen i mean, there is low moisture mozz that doesnt come in a bag like that. I get it in balls just like fresh mozz and shred it by hand.the low moisture and fresh just have different uses.
@@marshsundeen when I make pizza at home I put the shredded stuff on top of the sauce and THEN chunks of fresh mozzarella. Yum.
Ha ha!! Hilarious but true
Hawaiian pizza was invented by Canadian Sam Panopoulos with his brothers in Ontario, Canada. They emigrated there from Greece.
Yes! I've commented on this before, you're right.
Actually the first time I saw pineapple on a pizza was in a pizza shop in Lyon, France but in the same shop I could have had a pizza with a pouched egg sitting in the middle.. I was brave, I went with a pizza with cheese on it.
Personally, I don't want long lunch breaks. The sooner I get the day over with, the sooner I can go home.
Red velvet cake was originally made using sugar beets as the sweetener, rather than cane sugar. And that is where the color came from. Since then, it became a trend. But that was why it was red, specifically a very beet red.
ROOT BEER FLOATS!! 😄 MMMMM! I don't mind it with Coke or maybe orange soda, but I'm not sure I know anyone who does it with Sprite. 🤔 We did do sherbet in Sprite. Fruity icecream with the lemon lime is good. Cold A&W root beer with a scoop of good vanilla ice cream - such a summer treat!!
Thanks for that Anna now I have a hankering for some thing I cant get for a week.
Ice cream in orange soda is the best. Tastes like a Creamsicle. The thought of a diet Coke or Sprite float .is just sad.
Now that I'm on keto. Heavy cream with diet rootbeer ! Guilty treat without the guilt.
Although I have only had this once, since leaving Chicago----Canfield's Chocolate Fudge soda, with a scoop of vanilla---nirvana!!! Never seen it in AZ, and hard to find in Cal. Also, there was Green River---bright green lime, if I recall the flavor after 30 years. Sprite with vanilla isn't bad. They also had something called a "fizz-Nik," which was a ball in which you put ice cream and then put it on the soda bottle, to drink a float without floating it.
Our family makes a punch with lime sherbet, ginger ale, pineapple juice and club soda for birthday parties. We use orange sherbet for Halloween. 🎃
The coffee issue is a good example of over generalizing. Many people don’t put anything more than cream and sugar in their coffee. Some even like it black.
I'm an example of that, I take mine black just like my tea
Yup, I don't go for those overly sweet "coffees"- honestly, a coworker bought me one and I couldn't taste any coffee at all. I drank it to be polite, but ugh it was just too much sugar. I like it either black or possibly a little vanilla creamer, but that's pretty much it.
I'm American, and I only drink black coffee.
Black coffee here. 3 cups every morning. I do not drink sugar in my tea either.
Black for me. I say "I like my coffee like my death stars - black, and powerful enough to destroy planets."
Coffee flavors are just a function of America’s diverse ethnic mix & our desire for variety & choice.
My family does have milk with some meals. My daughter (7) and I put ice in ours!😜
Come on guys! Mozzarella can’t be shredded? Every type of cheese can be shredded. That doesn’t change the type of cheese. 😂😂😂
Im an Americans, I ordered drinks without ice MANY TIMES. Smh no one dies of you order a drink with and say "no ice please"
I’ve ordered “light on ice” for decades. Not one time has anyone cared.
I always get light ice. I’m buying a drink; not an ice rack. I’m not a corporate cog. (=_O)
They just think you are cheap, trying to get as much soda as possible.
If I ask for an extra 15 on my hour lunch my boss makes me so uncomfortable about it.
American here. I order things with no ice and have never gotten a weird look. Ever.
Back in my school days (over 40 years ago), milk was the only beverage in the school cafeteria for lunch.
And is still the main staple today.
Its good for you!
It was like that at my school too, in the 90's/early 2000's. But it was uncommon, as probably every other school in my state had Coke machines.
@@MrAdrenaline1982 my county has never allowed coke machines for students, but we have Gatorade machines.
@@mermaid1717 Ah, that reminds me. There was a Fruitopia machine at my high school. But they took it out within a few months because it was causing a "distraction" between classes.
Red Velvet Cake was invented all the way back during WWI and was sweetened by the use of beetroots and cocoa (with cocoa butter) rather than dark bakers chocolate which was hard to get due to rationing. You've likely never had a real red velvet cake, which does honestly have a different, richer, and velvety texture.
It actually dates back to the 19th century.
Lmao some of us actually eat in our office and watch this vid in the office. You legit called me out with that 😂
I am binge watching your videos, I'm just laughing so hard, love it.
I'm shook that Lia has never had a Float. 😲
Right. Such depravity😂
Who's eating salad with Mayonnaise?????? Not American's. You may have that confused with RANCH dressing.
Unless it's Potato salad, Tuna Salad or Macaroni salad, I don't want mayo in it.
@@LearnToRefine I thought that too, but she ONLY said salad which usually means straight regular everyday salad.
I thought salad cream was mayonnaise, and who eats salad cream? The British. 🤣
@@kimharding2246 interesting. I've never even heard of salad cream. Also, don't a lot of European countries prefer dipping their fries into mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
Right!
I'm 53 and a retired American Soldier. When I served with British Soldiers in the 80s they introduced me to afternoon tea. I love a snack in the afternoon, and even though I don't call it tea, it reminds me of the amazing time I spent with British Soldiers.
You put marshmallows on top of sweet potatoes because it’s awesome. That’s a southern thing and I’m in California but I love it
A scoop of vanilla ice cream with an Orange crush soda is the best!!
That's a dreamcycle
I'm from Australia and when I was growing up in the 1980's we would have a scoop of vanilla ice cream with Coke (Coca Cola). Absolutely divine during our hot summers...
Didn't coke with vanilla ice cream used to be called a "Black Cow"?
@@27jegs In Australia we used to call it a "Spider"...
Orange float!!!! Yum
I love how Joel is like, "this is all that's needed to make red velvet cake," followed by, "I tried it and it didn't work, but it's definitely exactly how you make it." Despite his own experiment which disproved entire the premise. Now that's conviction. "I'm not wrong, I just did it wrong, which is why I'm still right."
Exactly... I don't understand how hard it is to just look it up?
That’s how a lot of brits think lol very pretentious that way
A bit narcissistic?
I love how she mixed bobbing for apples with candy apples hahaha
Red velvet cake has minimal chocolate. The cake was a Christmas favorite in the south for years. As other areas of the country was introduced to the cake, the popularity spread.
When I was in London, I couldn’t stand the food there. A turkey sandwich was 3 big hunks of dry ass turkey and two slices of dry bland bread lol. 🤮
When I was in London, in May 2001 I tried a Coca-Cola. It was a little too syrupy, too little carbonation.
People speak about French food, Italian food, Greek food, etc. Does anyone ever speak about British food?
@@stuffnva No. The French and Italians are the innovators and take great pride and importance in cuisine. The British just look like they're trying not to starve to death. It could be linked to the way everything is an art in those countries. The British food, when compared to art, could be the equivalent of graffiti on the side of a railway car.
@@TheWrongHands18 My sentiments exactly. You hit the nail on the head.
You should try peanut butter pizza. It's actually good
Oh no no. We're quite aware our habits are weird. But we're American. There's nowhere else that does food quite like America ❤️😂😂
Very true👌
Because we take the best of the rest of the world and add our American flair!
Exactly right. We truly don't care what anyone else thinks. We know what we love and what is good. But side note: I HATE mayo. LOL.
Susan Oakes I don’t mind it in a salad (potato salad for instance)...but on a sandwich....ugh. I don’t hate the taste but the texture repulses me for some odd reason.
That’s right if you don’t get or like it so, live and let live. Also tea is only good cold, I hate hot tea so “youse” guys are weird lol
A lot of restaurants here put in so much ice so that they’re giving you less of the drink but you still pay for it, so you still pay more for less
I don’t take a lunch break. That just drags out the work day.
You dont have pre packaged shredded cheeses in GB? Italian American NYr here... shredded mozzarella is different then fresh for sure but is a convenience item for making certain dishes like lasagna and American Style Pizza... we also have shredded cheddar and other cheeses as well as selling in block form. Kraft is not a good brand.
Sweet potato casserole... Thanksgiving thing... it is actually good and is a sweet dish on the table with everything else, every family seems to have their version and is usually a love it or leave it dish...
Ice Cream floats... cant believe Lia has not heard of it... traditionally with Root Beer... next most common is Coke... it just makes the soda creamy and delish and causes the ice cream left to crystallize a bit which adds another dimension to it. Its from the CO2 in the soda.
I'd agree with your take on kraft. That's the mozzarella my wife got hooked on and I'm not impressed. I was surprised to learn that the balls of cheese in a premade caprese salad I found at a walmart was mozzarella.
Yeah, they don't traditionally put them on shelves for some reason, like the blocks. Anyone use yams instead of real sweet potatoes? Not as sweet, but have a similar flavor to sweet potatoes, so good with marshmallows.
We do have shredded cheese in GB, the packaging refers to it as grated mozzarella/cheddar etc so it's the same thing
Grocery stores sel mozzarella in a ball ALL OVER
Kim Sechrist yes we use Yams too, they have canned yams however which are very very sugary
"Bridging the bubbles" by calling Americans weird. Kind of a frenemy approach to international understanding.
I can't believe you know Kenan and Kel! "Who love orange soda? Kel love orange soda. I do, I do, I dooooo."
There may be a lot of Americanisms you are completely ignorant of, but the fact that you know Kenan and Kel makes me a fan of this channel!