have to support Jamie on this one did nothing wrong served it up in a classic way that any home in the world would be happy to have with the family around the dinner table the fact hes so scared of getting roasted for it makes me sad
I'll use the quail eggs and the chorizo base to make a shakshuka dish of sorts, toss in the grilled stuff for colour and throw some herbs on top and call it a day LOL, best you could ever do to plate a stew. Texture and taste's all there, just needs some colour to brighten it up, got 2 out of 3 main food colours - only missing the green which some herbs will do the job just fine.
The only thing that really looked weird were the eggs on top, but it was not his fault. I agree with James' logic but regardless of money the quails' eggs didnt really fit.
Alphabetical relay. Height order. Birth date order (not age). By number of children (including Tyrone). North to South birthplace. Names from a hat. So many ways you could do it.
Ben is great as usual! - Addresses the stupid choice of the quail eggs - uses everything - barely spends money - gets great flavours going - sets everything up to come together
Janice is one sassy lady!! "Wouldn't it be nice to live in a world where charring some corn and draining some potatoes was 80% of what's possible" Dying.
Another Pass It On idea: Every pot, pan, utensil and ingredient is earned by each guy answering trivia questions before hand. Instead of being limited by budget you're limited by correct answers. You could even go more Jeopardy! and have different topics/categories which earn different elements of the dish. One category only earns time, another ingredients, pots, etc. rather than simple points.
I just have to say, I really can’t blame Jamie on this one. He was left with nothing left to do, and almost no money to use.. and seriously what the heck with the quail eggs James? If Ben was lost, we’re all lost with those.
I don't know which is funnier: Jamie defending himself for being tasked with making that dish look good (I totally see his point and I'm a sucker for ugly delicious food) or everyone yelling about James spending all of that money on quail's egg.
I love his family-style solution to it but I'd have chopped those charred peppers and stirred them and the corn into the stew just before plating, gone with a big earthenware bowl to serve it in and crumbled the proscuitto over the top, and put that bowl on a bigger plate with chunks of crusty bread smothered in butter (to use up that last £1.50ish and stew+bread to soak up sauce once the chunky bits are eaten is class)
I think Jamie deserves a 8 or 9 for once. Not only was he the only psychic to figure wtf James wanted to do with the damn tiny eggs, but, he also figured out another way to use em! So good job. Ben gets a 7, James a 7, ans Baz & Mike 6
I'm going to deduct James at least a full 4 points for adding quail's eggs which famously taste just like normal eggs, and are famously an ingredient primarily used by pretentious folk to make stuff look more posh, without it actually adding anything in terms of actual flavours. Ben said it right: that was just silly. If that had been Barry, okay, we'd get a whole cute family of failed little fluffy quail's cloud eggs to mock, fun for the video. James is a trained chef.
Whatever the others might say, at least Jamie _tried_ to do something with the quail's eggs. Everybody else just passed the buck until there's was no time left.
He was totally correct, though. It's a not a budget meal, it's cooking within a budget. Could you imagine the potential disaster if he didn't spend that $3 on the eggs? Barry would have done something insane.
@@paradoxdriver4094 He was also totally wrong, though. It is a budget meal. Quails eggs are a ridiculous addition regardless of how you view the brief.
Have you done one with Ben in the last place? I want to see James first and Ben plating something scary that the other 3 have thrown together in between them. I’m sure it would be great tbh!
It's like that person you can ALWAYS count on to come through- they never get any credit but they leave a glaring, noticeable hole when theyre're not there. But ben is and will always be my favorite!!
wow looks like having a straight budget makes the whole pass it on really good! maybe you guys need some restrictions when doing pass it on. Then the dishes make sense and Barry wouldn't make crazy decisions :)
Well let's be honest: James made the crazy decisions this time. I do believe that Barry did quite well on this one (although he should work on his self judging). :D
If Barry was in any horror movie and he was hiding, he would be instantly noticed becuase all the stoves/hobs near him will suddenly just turn on and stay on.
Honestly Ben was the real MVP this time. Poor Jamie. When he was peeling the quail eggs I was thinking, “NO THEY ARE UNDERDONE... Just leave them off.”
Well the only thing he is supposed to be doing is plating. Every last one is only for the plating. But indeed.. try to plate stew and make it look good. Thats hard
no waste *within reason* Because theres some stuff that just does go to waste from fresh food thats unavoidable, like onion skin and the cores of the peppers.
Ben was best - by far. Vinegar was a cheap but super important addition, pepper added freshness, barely any money spent but flavour saved. Mike was ok, though in these: always check the oven!!!, Barry was passable, though the tomatoes were a good buy at least, Jamie was ok, he didn't have a lot of wiggle room - I'd have added a bit of fresh in the end but the eggs were just a loose-loose-situation he was put in, James was aweful. Spending two thirds of the budget in the first quarter on mostly expensive ingredients, wasting stuff, and just generally buying quails eggs - stupid. (In general but especially in a budget challenge.) James was worst by at least as much as Ben was best.
Should have been a very FRESH salsa, fried tortillas, more herbs to it... The vinegar was definitely a good call, and the mix of chorizo and prosciutto; while very ODD; looked as though it would work quite well together. LOVED the charred corn and peppers, but I would have preferred to see them pushed a bit further than that.
The prosciutto is forgiveable, have a fancy ingredient in there that elevates the flavour of nearly everything, but the quails eggs is really strange. I had them before in various forms and they don't really taste different than normal eggs and they are expensive, at least when you don't have quails like my parents had.
Short summary: James: we have a small budget....lets use the most expensive ingredients!!!! Mike: I am too afraid to do anything!!!!!! Barry:I actually did something (except for only leaving with the stove on) Ben: I am a Chef! I know what I am doing!!!! Jamie: I am confused, let's touch the hot water!
I don't think Mike dropped the ball, I think that's his own anxiety talking. Having the sense to bring in cheap ingredients that will bulk out the recipe (really james? you blew the budget on enough food to carry one person) and stretch it out to feed four people. Honestly, even though James got a little silly with the quail's eggs AND prosciutto, he set them up with a solid base to start from. I loved Ben's take on "Hi. This is a budget challenge. Why are we wasting food!?", and then cranking through like a boss and making a second side dish.
While I think the quail eggs were a mistake, I do agree with James' point that it was cooking within a budget rather than a budget meal. £15 to feed 5 people isn't very budget constrained, there's definitely room for some extras.
Jamie did a great job, give him more credit. you left him a mess, and he SERVED a mess. that's on you. (altho his egg technique could use some work...)
Honestly that's the most delicious looking recipe completed on Pass It On thus far. But give Jamie some slack!! You absolutely CANNOT make a stew look pretty lol
have your stew hot in ovenproof container (cast iron is good), Have oven preheated 200C/400F. Cover with backing powder biscuits cit with doughnut cutter or with cornbread dough or puff pastry and bake15-30 minutes until brown and done. Looks nice to lovely. Holly
you guys are absolutely amazing. I have been watching for about a year. your dynamic and comedy, interlaced with with cooking tips, tricks etc is truly amazing. i love how true and raw the videos are left. You are all incredible friends and it is wonderful to witness.
New rule: CHECK THE FREAKING OVEN EVERY TIME. We're all here at home screaming "OVEN, MIKE! Check the OVEN!" Barry (shocker of the season) managed to save it though by checking!
Quails eggs are overrated, IMO, and they're definitely not going to make a whole dish special like you'd want your big expenditure to. They were a bad decision.
I don't think they're overrated but I think they're best used when it makes sense to have a smaller egg (generally for plating, miniature dishes, certain soups, etc.) and had no business in a dish with these ingredients.
If the goal was a more spanish-influenced huervos rancheros dish, then the eggs should have been left off OR pushed even further. But we all know what happens when this crew mucks about with Spanish food..... we get the Unspeakable Horror that Shall Not Be Named.
Best. Series. Ever. It would be fun to see normal, normal, chef, normal, chef. I like the added conversation at the end. As part of that conversation, it would be fun to hear what each person thought as they went into the kitchen and what they tried to do.
To be honest I would've done the same thing Jamie did, but instead of doing it in a separate pan I would've made tiny holes in the stew and cooked them there directly.
It's not just that James chose the quails eggs, it's that he also just left them there and didn't have any real plan for them either. Poor Jamie did what he could with what he was given.
You boys are getting better at this! My favourite combo for getting decent food on the table is still the 'Club Sandwich' Mike goes first because he can set the path for a really good foundation without going over the top like a chef might (I'm sorry James, I love you, but quail eggs?). James goes next because he can build on that foundation and begin to really give it some flair. Jamie goes in the middle so he can babysit the food, will have a good idea about what's already cooking so he doesn't start anything too random, and he can start to prep any sides he thinks will go with it. Ben goes next to continue/finish the side dish, maybe start a sauce and do all the garnishes and seasonings and little things that round out the dish. Barry goes last because he's really good with making things look good so he should be in charge of plating up, and he doesn't have to think about new things to do. Any other combo is pretty entertaining too but this one is my personal favourite.
I love these episodes.....but QUAILS EGGS..... really James ?? It may have been cooked under the £15 budget, but who in the hell has quails eggs in a normal kitchen. There wasn't enough eggs to even do an omelette or even a bit of scrambled egg. Shame on you James Currie, but well done to you all as a group for making something edible 😆😉😊
Jamie-pulled all the elements together even if not in a real presentation. Barry-didn't fuck up. Ben-was Ben. Mike-well done. James-too cheffy. Love you guys and this series, next do fried chicken dinner American style and the dishes that go with it, without reseatch.
Personally, I would not have gone with Quail's eggs, but I appreciate where James is coming from. Jamie deserves way more credit. I personally would have scrambled the eggs and mixed in the peppers, corn and bacon. Some warm tortillas would have been excellent as well, but that might be my Texan coming through
1st- Ben - brought some things together and added depth of flavor. 2nd- Jaime - he was right. He worked with what he had. 3rd- Barry - added the tomatoes to make it stewy. 4th- Mike - did very simple, but helpful things. Didn't think to look in the oven though😂 5th- James- I'm sorry, but I'm with Ben on this... even though you started things strong with prosciutto and chorizo, you knew you wanted a hash, and in what world do quail's eggs go with a hash. Chef. 😋😂
I'm with James here - if you have a budget for the meal, and there's no benefit in staying under, why not use it? Granted, nobody really knew what to do with the quails' eggs. And James probably shouldn't have picked an ingredient he wasn't going to use himself. But still - the idea seems reasonable to me.
@@CircleTheSkies I agree but he could've got hens eggs which would've been much cheaper and been bigger so would've had a bigger impact on the over all flavour and then could've been baked into the casserole in the oven
@@CircleTheSkies I was mostly annoyed because he was the first person to cook. If he had been the third or later and noticed that there was a lot of money left, it would´ve been different, but this way he just limited options for the debatable benefit of some tiny eggs that don´t affect the meal all that much, especially since they weren´t exactly going for pretty food where you could drape some poached eggs across the plate.
@@CircleTheSkies bc when it comes to budgeting, there is ALWAYS a benefit to staying under. The less you spend on a meal that still tastes good, the better!
I CANNOT get over the sweet sweet smile Mike gave James at 2.42, and James' whispered and oh-so-sweet "hey"....my lord, there was more chemistry and sizzle in that second than in all the Twilight movies put together
I adore James, but he REALLY was not the one to go first on this one. Even if you watch his chef vs chef battles, he usually goes for really expensive ingredients. And I get it, great ingredients usually make great dishes...but this really wasn't the challenge for that. He set them down a path that really only he had any vision for; and at the end there was no way it wasn't going to pretty much end up that way. I honestly think this was one of his worst performances in pass it on simply because he didn't really have solid dish idea in mind, and just bought nice ingredients.
allthough they stayed within budget and frying the eggs is what should ve been done with them if they for some reason where gifted to the poor family of 4.They would never been bought by people living on a budget! Myself I am poor and dont have money to buy food 1 day a week and that day live on medical drinks I take 3 meals a day normally....abd Qual ( those eggs) eggs are not within budget. For a family with 4 adults or 2 adults and 2 teens you ll only have 2 euro per person for diner to spent.That s including stuff to drink besides coffe,Tea or tapwater.And that s including something after diner like a bowl of yoghurt plain or with some sugar .Total for 4 people 8 euro.I can t do this meal for 8 euro.So nope...this could be a diner on a budget for special occasions.And yep the way it was served is as it would ve been served. Love that you all tried to make one.
Well the challenge was to keep this meal under 15 pounds, not to be as cheap as possible. And it is possible to include expensive ingredients and still keep it under a certain price threshold; which they managed to do. Still, in my book quail's eggs are a bit of a pretentious ingredient; in most resepects they're too similar to chicken eggs that - unless it's about presentation - they're not really worth bothering with, let alone paying extra to get them. And picking them in the context of this challenge didn't make a lot of sense, because it a) ate up a significant part of the budget which restricted what ingredients the others could add and b) left the others wondering what to do with them.
1 Ben. Made it into something 2 James. Left it open and easy to use 3 Barry. At least he checked the oven 4 Jamie. Should've just left the eggs out 5 Mike. Didn't check the oven
I am so excited by Pass It On videos. And even more excited that you guys actually seem to be getting better at them. I'd actually really love seeing you guys do a video where you just figure out techniques for the next pass it on video. Like the first person ordering things by cook time, or compiling a list of dishes that fit mostly in the timeframe you have in case you can't quite figure out the big picture so want to add a side. Even if it were just you all sitting around a table trying to review where things went wrong in previous ones. I'm already excited for the next Pass It On. Keep it up!
They’re always mad when they get in the kitchen last and it’s not just ready to be plated up. Now Jamie’s come in and just plated up, and they’re mad he didn’t add to it!!
Poor Jamie. He ends up the scapegoat even though he did just fine. I’d love to see each of y’all do the challenge individually- same budget and same ingredients available. It’d be really cool to see each person’s individual vision as well as the group collaboration.
it's a great idea, but James' hatred of meat substitutes is likely to lean into something like roasted carrots with mushroom duxelles and beetroot foam. One cannot live on beetroot foam alone.
James hates meat substitute? Is he vegetarian or vegan? Cause unless you don’t eat meat, your opinion on vegetarian substitutes is kind of unnecessary... you don’t need or understand the alternatives until real meat isn’t an option for you.
those flavours sound beautiful... but... QUAIL'S EGGS?! Mike... CHECK THE OVEN DUDE!! I think everyone added to this recipe, some in their own special way (Jamie/ Barry) but Ben totally saved this one.
Quail eggs James , what were you thinking ?? As for Jamie you are not the last . Please make a vegetarian pass it on next ?? Love this format and this video in particular !!! ❤️❤️
I think the limits on this challenge make it work. You have a price limit to work in - so that forces you to be creative. Whereas just getting a theme is very open which means you can be blocked by all the options. This was excellent!
Jamie gets a 10 from me. Exactly how I would have served it tbh.
Same!
I think the only thing he could've done differently is to try to fry more of the quail eggs
Honestly if he had regular eggs he was able to handle it would have looked quite nice and come out looking very nice indeed
have to support Jamie on this one did nothing wrong served it up in a classic way that any home in the world would be happy to have with the family around the dinner table the fact hes so scared of getting roasted for it makes me sad
I'll use the quail eggs and the chorizo base to make a shakshuka dish of sorts, toss in the grilled stuff for colour and throw some herbs on top and call it a day LOL, best you could ever do to plate a stew. Texture and taste's all there, just needs some colour to brighten it up, got 2 out of 3 main food colours - only missing the green which some herbs will do the job just fine.
Actually not gonna slate Jamie for this one. Really he couldn't have done much more and he wasn't arrogant at alllll. He a sweet boy.
I can't believe I'm saying this but I think Jamie did the best he could and James messed this one up.
They made a casserole then blamed the guy who served it in a casserole dish
The only thing that really looked weird were the eggs on top, but it was not his fault.
I agree with James' logic but regardless of money the quails' eggs didnt really fit.
A sweet summer child
He was soooooo butt hurt hahahaha
A beautiful summary of Pass it on by Mike: "The main point of this is to do something that isn't really really stupid"
I think the follow up to this was even more beautiful! "So I'm gonna steer clear of the couscous."
:and not check the oven:
Don't you just love how Barry digs into Jamie, then gives himself an 8 for cooking sweetcorn.....😂😂
Alphabetical relay. Height order. Birth date order (not age). By number of children (including Tyrone). North to South birthplace. Names from a hat. So many ways you could do it.
This is clever!
Holy Hell, a reply from SORTEDfood. This is the best day ever. xD
@@SortedFood can u guys do this but make it random? So draw a slip of paper that determines how u guys order yourselves!
Length of reproductive organ.
Make the behind the scenes guys do one!
**Hears “budget meal”**
James: prosciutto and quails eggs!
@alistair bolden Agreed I employ this method to feed a family of 5 with a budget that's not nearly as much as I wish it was.
@@ghostrider2214 Sometimes, one or two higher quality ingredients can absolutely make a meal.
True but quail eggs really.
@@herna962 Oh quail eggs specifically is ridiculous. But then, i think they're silly in general.
KaedeLanyo To true.
Ben should get a 9/10. He was the MVP of this video.
Sania Leila Macapundag He deserved an 11 imho!
Truth
What did Ben do that was special? He chopped up some vegetables and was acting like a know-it-all.
Greg T I just thought that he brought the dish together with the additions that he made and was actually mindful of the brief
Let's be real, Ben us the MVP of nearly every video haha
Ben is great as usual!
- Addresses the stupid choice of the quail eggs
- uses everything
- barely spends money
- gets great flavours going
- sets everything up to come together
Pass it on is the best format ever
I love the format, but i gotta say that this one felt a bit rushed. Still love sorted and this format, just think this was a bit phoned in
@vil beez Agreed
Janice is one sassy lady!!
"Wouldn't it be nice to live in a world where charring some corn and draining some potatoes was 80% of what's possible"
Dying.
😂😂😂😂
Yeah, but that is expected of Mike.
God I love comments. Laughed at that but forgot by the end of the video. Not the first sassy narration!
@@JoelJames2 especially considering it's Mike narrating Mike XD
"Good thing I wore my sunglasses today, or I would have been blinded from this little ray of sunshine"
Another Pass It On idea: Every pot, pan, utensil and ingredient is earned by each guy answering trivia questions before hand. Instead of being limited by budget you're limited by correct answers. You could even go more Jeopardy! and have different topics/categories which earn different elements of the dish. One category only earns time, another ingredients, pots, etc. rather than simple points.
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This would be hilarious. +1
I NEED that episode!
Barry is screwed
Yes yes yes! This is such a fun idea
Ben is so ridiculously smart. He thinks quickly on his feet and his brain is like a cooking database
1:10 Perhaps the only time Mike and Barry have shown appreciation for Ben ... and it got me right in the feels.
I just have to say, I really can’t blame Jamie on this one. He was left with nothing left to do, and almost no money to use.. and seriously what the heck with the quail eggs James? If Ben was lost, we’re all lost with those.
I don't know which is funnier: Jamie defending himself for being tasked with making that dish look good (I totally see his point and I'm a sucker for ugly delicious food) or everyone yelling about James spending all of that money on quail's egg.
I was kinda hoping Ben would ask if he would return the eggs.
I love his family-style solution to it but I'd have chopped those charred peppers and stirred them and the corn into the stew just before plating, gone with a big earthenware bowl to serve it in and crumbled the proscuitto over the top, and put that bowl on a bigger plate with chunks of crusty bread smothered in butter (to use up that last £1.50ish and stew+bread to soak up sauce once the chunky bits are eaten is class)
@@Fyreflier see, now I'm drooling
Ugly Delicious Food should be the title of a cookbook; I'd be proud to have it on my shelf 😁
@@runawayfaeIX I shall take that as a compliment ^_^
I think Jamie deserves a 8 or 9 for once. Not only was he the only psychic to figure wtf James wanted to do with the damn tiny eggs, but, he also figured out another way to use em! So good job. Ben gets a 7, James a 7, ans Baz & Mike 6
No idea what he wanted with the quail eggs. Did he want them fried, hard boiled, scrambled? They really didnt feel needed.
I'm going to deduct James at least a full 4 points for adding quail's eggs which famously taste just like normal eggs, and are famously an ingredient primarily used by pretentious folk to make stuff look more posh, without it actually adding anything in terms of actual flavours. Ben said it right: that was just silly. If that had been Barry, okay, we'd get a whole cute family of failed little fluffy quail's cloud eggs to mock, fun for the video. James is a trained chef.
Whatever the others might say, at least Jamie _tried_ to do something with the quail's eggs. Everybody else just passed the buck until there's was no time left.
James said he wanted them poached not fried or boiled so he had no way did what James wanted
"barry : we could do better , but we passed " ...is me on every exam i've ever taken and will take
"Good thing I wore my sunglasses today. Otherwise I'd be blinded by this little ray of sunshine" I died so adorable awghhh
I'm beginning to think that James is secretly Scottish nobility since his idea of budget ingredients is quail eggs. Baller!
Barbara Danley how dare you imply that the beautiful Scottish goddess is anything less than a beautiful Scottish goddess! 😂
He was totally correct, though. It's a not a budget meal, it's cooking within a budget. Could you imagine the potential disaster if he didn't spend that $3 on the eggs? Barry would have done something insane.
Nathaniel Phillips fair point you've got there, Nate.
@@paradoxdriver4094 He was also totally wrong, though. It is a budget meal. Quails eggs are a ridiculous addition regardless of how you view the brief.
Have you done one with Ben in the last place? I want to see James first and Ben plating something scary that the other 3 have thrown together in between them. I’m sure it would be great tbh!
Ben was last in the first episode was he not?
Me replying to a three year old comment like anyone gives a f...
Edit: No, that was James.
I love this challenge, it starts with one thing in mind and goes the other direction. A food version of the telephone wire game.
Ben saves the day, as usual. And gets no credit, as usual.
I think that is why I love Ben so much. So relatable.
It's like that person you can ALWAYS count on to come through- they never get any credit but they leave a glaring, noticeable hole when theyre're not there. But ben is and will always be my favorite!!
Ben is that you? FYI Nobody will fall for this "Erica Hazra" character lol
Vixey Teh lol I think I’m a Barry at heart!
Not always in a previous one Mike and Barry left clues on what they were doing and Ben ignored the clues and did his own thing.
wow looks like having a straight budget makes the whole pass it on really good! maybe you guys need some restrictions when doing pass it on. Then the dishes make sense and Barry wouldn't make crazy decisions :)
Well let's be honest: James made the crazy decisions this time. I do believe that Barry did quite well on this one (although he should work on his self judging). :D
If Barry was in any horror movie and he was hiding, he would be instantly noticed becuase all the stoves/hobs near him will suddenly just turn on and stay on.
nah i am sure he would fuck up before the movie even starts haha.
And everything around Jamie would become messy
Honestly Ben was the real MVP this time. Poor Jamie. When he was peeling the quail eggs I was thinking, “NO THEY ARE UNDERDONE... Just leave them off.”
The eggs were sooooo bad
I feel like Jamie was just a fall guy. He didn't do anything wrong! The eggs should have never been there!
Addressing the quail eggs straight away- another reason i
I think Jamie wasn’t left with much room to do anything so I can’t fault him really.
Hamie did what was needed and saved the meal.Served it like it wouldve been in a poor family of four.Thanks Jamie!
Well the only thing he is supposed to be doing is plating. Every last one is only for the plating. But indeed.. try to plate stew and make it look good. Thats hard
I agree with Ben! Quail's eggs in a budget challenge really is silly!
Can we get like a "fix it" video of the failed Pass It On? Take whatever ingredients they used and change the method to make it pass.
That would be interesting. A collaboration to execute and improve upon what person #1 intended.
Great idea!
Awesome idea! The bread and butter pudding one would be awesome to watch as a fix it!
Omg Janice/Janis. The ray of sunshine bit 😂😍
Jamie definitely gets at least a 7 from me. He really did what he could with what he had.
I wish pass it on was a regular segment. Definately my favourite format on this channel.
Another Pass It On video?
**grabs popcorn.**
LET THE TRAINWRECK BEGIN!
Popcorn! Great idea, what could go wrong?
Izzy .
> “budget meal”
> grabs prosciutto, chorizo, and quail eggs
I mean chorizo can be fairly cheap, the rest, nah.
Chorizo adds a lot of flavour for its cost, prosciutto you can make an argument for but the quails eggs were just a nonsense.
Do a pass it on but it's a no waste challenge
He's i love that
no waste *within reason*
Because theres some stuff that just does go to waste from fresh food thats unavoidable, like onion skin and the cores of the peppers.
Egg shells, unless there is a recipe that calls for the shells from eggs those will and should be tossed...preferably in the compost
stg barry has such dangerous energy when he skips into the kitchen every time im like whats he gonna do now
6:17 "waste nothing - throw nothing away" - Ben
*throws something away*
I totally expected him to use that pepper core and roast it off for a sauce or something.
Laughed at that so hard. Especially how he holds it up to the camera like it's an example of what he was saying, and then proceeds to toss it.
i mean he has a point.. you have a perfectly good pepper, use all the edible parts! the top and tail are just as good as the rest of the pepper
Ben was best - by far. Vinegar was a cheap but super important addition, pepper added freshness, barely any money spent but flavour saved. Mike was ok, though in these: always check the oven!!!, Barry was passable, though the tomatoes were a good buy at least, Jamie was ok, he didn't have a lot of wiggle room - I'd have added a bit of fresh in the end but the eggs were just a loose-loose-situation he was put in, James was aweful. Spending two thirds of the budget in the first quarter on mostly expensive ingredients, wasting stuff, and just generally buying quails eggs - stupid. (In general but especially in a budget challenge.) James was worst by at least as much as Ben was best.
Should have been a very FRESH salsa, fried tortillas, more herbs to it... The vinegar was definitely a good call, and the mix of chorizo and prosciutto; while very ODD; looked as though it would work quite well together. LOVED the charred corn and peppers, but I would have preferred to see them pushed a bit further than that.
Here you can see that ben is an actual chef
'Budget' - James immediately goes for quails eggs and prosciutto ham. Does he know what budget means?
The prosciutto is forgiveable, have a fancy ingredient in there that elevates the flavour of nearly everything, but the quails eggs is really strange. I had them before in various forms and they don't really taste different than normal eggs and they are expensive, at least when you don't have quails like my parents had.
Then he said "maybe they'll pick up the salmon" lol
@@andyt2k yeah no idea where the fish went with pork, poultry and potatoes
Short summary:
James: we have a small budget....lets use the most expensive ingredients!!!!
Mike: I am too afraid to do anything!!!!!!
Barry:I actually did something (except for only leaving with the stove on)
Ben: I am a Chef! I know what I am doing!!!!
Jamie: I am confused, let's touch the hot water!
I don't think Mike dropped the ball, I think that's his own anxiety talking. Having the sense to bring in cheap ingredients that will bulk out the recipe (really james? you blew the budget on enough food to carry one person) and stretch it out to feed four people. Honestly, even though James got a little silly with the quail's eggs AND prosciutto, he set them up with a solid base to start from. I loved Ben's take on "Hi. This is a budget challenge. Why are we wasting food!?", and then cranking through like a boss and making a second side dish.
While I think the quail eggs were a mistake, I do agree with James' point that it was cooking within a budget rather than a budget meal. £15 to feed 5 people isn't very budget constrained, there's definitely room for some extras.
“Good thing I wore my sunglasses today or would have been blinded by this little ray of sunshine” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Jamie did a great job, give him more credit. you left him a mess, and he SERVED a mess. that's on you. (altho his egg technique could use some work...)
considering the only thing he actually did do was try to cook those eggs and he bungled that... don't know if we can say he did a 'great" job.
James has such expensive taste, why would you let him go first?
I do too. But im not that stupid. Wth was he thinking?
He seemed to went for breakfast but lost it somewhere
Tray Percy um what
@@bella.d83 sorry shortened it but I meant he went for breakfast, a cheaper meal, but he had to get the quail eggs which lost everyone.
@@artypyrec4186 He didn't go for breakfast that was the predetermined theme. But nonetheless I still agree he really screwed up with the quail eggs
That gentle “hey” from James to Mike gives me life. Very sweet 😍😍😍
Both chefs went for seconds.. That shows a lot! For a budget cook I'm impressed.
Honestly that's the most delicious looking recipe completed on Pass It On thus far. But give Jamie some slack!! You absolutely CANNOT make a stew look pretty lol
Ben could
You can absolutely make stew look pretty..... just not that stew under those circumstances xD
have your stew hot in ovenproof container (cast iron is good), Have oven preheated 200C/400F. Cover with backing powder biscuits cit with doughnut cutter or with cornbread dough or puff pastry and bake15-30 minutes until brown and done. Looks nice to lovely. Holly
This is one my favourite "series" on this channel. Lately, I've been enjoying many of them but this one is always great!
I can't wait as pass it on is my favorite series on this channel...
Can't help but sing "I'm gooey in the middle baby let me bake!" every. single. time.
el Shiz but dont we all say "im gooey in the middle baby let me bake" to ourselves?
We have very similar names
you guys are absolutely amazing. I have been watching for about a year. your dynamic and comedy, interlaced with with cooking tips, tricks etc is truly amazing. i love how true and raw the videos are left. You are all incredible friends and it is wonderful to witness.
Who else yelled oven repeatedly at Mike??!
We were all trying to send him our brainwaves saying the same thing from behind the camera!
@@SortedFood yeah I can't imagine having a straight face during that 😂
New rule: CHECK THE FREAKING OVEN EVERY TIME. We're all here at home screaming "OVEN, MIKE! Check the OVEN!" Barry (shocker of the season) managed to save it though by checking!
When Barry said "nah let's spend some money" I felt that in my soul
Quails eggs are overrated, IMO, and they're definitely not going to make a whole dish special like you'd want your big expenditure to. They were a bad decision.
I don't think they're overrated but I think they're best used when it makes sense to have a smaller egg (generally for plating, miniature dishes, certain soups, etc.) and had no business in a dish with these ingredients.
If the goal was a more spanish-influenced huervos rancheros dish, then the eggs should have been left off OR pushed even further. But we all know what happens when this crew mucks about with Spanish food..... we get the Unspeakable Horror that Shall Not Be Named.
@@TheSongwritingCat regular eggs are equally good.
@@kaik7366 don't give a toss what he called it, that "Spanish rice wrap" looked freaking delicious and maybe folks just need to chill out a smidge.
Best. Series. Ever.
It would be fun to see normal, normal, chef, normal, chef.
I like the added conversation at the end. As part of that conversation, it would be fun to hear what each person thought as they went into the kitchen and what they tried to do.
To be honest I would've done the same thing Jamie did, but instead of doing it in a separate pan I would've made tiny holes in the stew and cooked them there directly.
It's not just that James chose the quails eggs, it's that he also just left them there and didn't have any real plan for them either.
Poor Jamie did what he could with what he was given.
LOVE pass it on. Please do a vegetarian one!! And Jaimie gets a 10. James messed this one up!
You boys are getting better at this!
My favourite combo for getting decent food on the table is still the 'Club Sandwich'
Mike goes first because he can set the path for a really good foundation without going over the top like a chef might (I'm sorry James, I love you, but quail eggs?).
James goes next because he can build on that foundation and begin to really give it some flair.
Jamie goes in the middle so he can babysit the food, will have a good idea about what's already cooking so he doesn't start anything too random, and he can start to prep any sides he thinks will go with it.
Ben goes next to continue/finish the side dish, maybe start a sauce and do all the garnishes and seasonings and little things that round out the dish.
Barry goes last because he's really good with making things look good so he should be in charge of plating up, and he doesn't have to think about new things to do.
Any other combo is pretty entertaining too but this one is my personal favourite.
I love these episodes.....but QUAILS EGGS..... really James ?? It may have been cooked under the £15 budget, but who in the hell has quails eggs in a normal kitchen. There wasn't enough eggs to even do an omelette or even a bit of scrambled egg. Shame on you James Currie, but well done to you all as a group for making something edible 😆😉😊
Great fun
Jamie should just have cracked the quails egg over the dish in the end of the cooking and let the heat of the dish cook them.
He was the first person and used half the budget
Pretentious or not? You decide.
I think both Ben and Barry did really well in this.
that "I love you" from James was so adorable.
10:48
Jamie-pulled all the elements together even if not in a real presentation.
Barry-didn't fuck up.
Ben-was Ben.
Mike-well done.
James-too cheffy.
Love you guys and this series, next do fried chicken dinner American style and the dishes that go with it, without reseatch.
Janice is getting sassy!
Janice was ALWAYS sassy!
i guess i never really noticed since i was always laughing so hard at these videos.
Hahah "I'd have been blinded by THIS ray of sunshine!" my fav!
That was defiantly funny.
@@SortedFood Janice is just Ben with the audio modified right?
Personally, I would not have gone with Quail's eggs, but I appreciate where James is coming from. Jamie deserves way more credit. I personally would have scrambled the eggs and mixed in the peppers, corn and bacon. Some warm tortillas would have been excellent as well, but that might be my Texan coming through
Put Ben first to start smart, Barry to warm the hob, Mike to make a mess, Jamie to fry something then James to make it look pretty
Mike to be cute.
"Hob left on! Has Barry been here?" Too funny! The food looks really good!
Barry I just love your consistency of always leaving a hob on. It is slowly infecting the others because Ben had started to leave a hob on as well
"Oh no! Ohhhh! Why are there numbers?!?!" He just stated my view point on life 🤣 xx
1st- Ben - brought some things together and added depth of flavor.
2nd- Jaime - he was right. He worked with what he had.
3rd- Barry - added the tomatoes to make it stewy.
4th- Mike - did very simple, but helpful things. Didn't think to look in the oven though😂
5th- James- I'm sorry, but I'm with Ben on this... even though you started things strong with prosciutto and chorizo, you knew you wanted a hash, and in what world do quail's eggs go with a hash. Chef. 😋😂
Oh my God.
my heart.
when James says. I love you, to Jamie. in a small cautious voice, I barely caught it. Sooo cute
Ca. 10:27
Thank you Ben for calling out the boys on all of their budget choices. *Glares at James*
I'm with James here - if you have a budget for the meal, and there's no benefit in staying under, why not use it?
Granted, nobody really knew what to do with the quails' eggs. And James probably shouldn't have picked an ingredient he wasn't going to use himself. But still - the idea seems reasonable to me.
@@CircleTheSkies I agree but he could've got hens eggs which would've been much cheaper and been bigger so would've had a bigger impact on the over all flavour and then could've been baked into the casserole in the oven
@@CircleTheSkies I was mostly annoyed because he was the first person to cook. If he had been the third or later and noticed that there was a lot of money left, it would´ve been different, but this way he just limited options for the debatable benefit of some tiny eggs that don´t affect the meal all that much, especially since they weren´t exactly going for pretty food where you could drape some poached eggs across the plate.
@@CircleTheSkies bc when it comes to budgeting, there is ALWAYS a benefit to staying under. The less you spend on a meal that still tastes good, the better!
Please make more of these! Pass It On is the best thing on the internet.
Another pass it on? It’s an instant like from me
l andi I was thinking the exact same thing lol
I CANNOT get over the sweet sweet smile Mike gave James at 2.42, and James' whispered and oh-so-sweet "hey"....my lord, there was more chemistry and sizzle in that second than in all the Twilight movies put together
Barry and Mike begging Ben to be 4th was so cute.
I love how James just goes and says love you to Jamie!!!! So positive!
Yayayayayayayayayay pass it on is my favourite
I adore James, but he REALLY was not the one to go first on this one. Even if you watch his chef vs chef battles, he usually goes for really expensive ingredients. And I get it, great ingredients usually make great dishes...but this really wasn't the challenge for that. He set them down a path that really only he had any vision for; and at the end there was no way it wasn't going to pretty much end up that way. I honestly think this was one of his worst performances in pass it on simply because he didn't really have solid dish idea in mind, and just bought nice ingredients.
Chorizo, chicken eggs, onion and garlic, butter and rice and you've got some amazing fried rice right dere.
Great concept for pass it on!! Budget recipe...I love it already!
Years later I realise: Four of them did it like it was their budget,
James budgeted like it was his department's budget :D
Ben and I are on the same page with those silly quails eggs.
allthough they stayed within budget and frying the eggs is what should ve been done with them if they for some reason where gifted to the poor family of 4.They would never been bought by people living on a budget! Myself I am poor and dont have money to buy food 1 day a week and that day live on medical drinks I take 3 meals a day normally....abd Qual ( those eggs) eggs are not within budget.
For a family with 4 adults or 2 adults and 2 teens you ll only have 2 euro per person for diner to spent.That s including stuff to drink besides coffe,Tea or tapwater.And that s including something after diner like a bowl of yoghurt plain or with some sugar .Total for 4 people 8 euro.I can t do this meal for 8 euro.So nope...this could be a diner on a budget for special occasions.And yep the way it was served is as it would ve been served.
Love that you all tried to make one.
Well the challenge was to keep this meal under 15 pounds, not to be as cheap as possible. And it is possible to include expensive ingredients and still keep it under a certain price threshold; which they managed to do. Still, in my book quail's eggs are a bit of a pretentious ingredient; in most resepects they're too similar to chicken eggs that - unless it's about presentation - they're not really worth bothering with, let alone paying extra to get them.
And picking them in the context of this challenge didn't make a lot of sense, because it a) ate up a significant part of the budget which restricted what ingredients the others could add and b) left the others wondering what to do with them.
The main dish reminded me of paella, and it's not out of place to put some interesting fried or poached eggs on top of it.
James spending so of the budget stopped Barry buying something really stupid
Hey Jamie, here's a dad joke for you:
Q: When does a joke become a dad joke?
A: When the punchline becomes apparent!
lol
When a punchline becomes a parent.
@@mohammedhussain6749 wow you understand the joke, here's your medal 🏅
1 Ben. Made it into something
2 James. Left it open and easy to use
3 Barry. At least he checked the oven
4 Jamie. Should've just left the eggs out
5 Mike. Didn't check the oven
Easy to use? He bought fucking quail eggs
"At least he checked the oven!"
I am so excited by Pass It On videos. And even more excited that you guys actually seem to be getting better at them.
I'd actually really love seeing you guys do a video where you just figure out techniques for the next pass it on video. Like the first person ordering things by cook time, or compiling a list of dishes that fit mostly in the timeframe you have in case you can't quite figure out the big picture so want to add a side. Even if it were just you all sitting around a table trying to review where things went wrong in previous ones.
I'm already excited for the next Pass It On.
Keep it up!
WHO ELSE LOVES SORTEDFOOD? ❤
They’re always mad when they get in the kitchen last and it’s not just ready to be plated up. Now Jamie’s come in and just plated up, and they’re mad he didn’t add to it!!
Yaaaaay pass it on!!! I love you guys for listening to us
Poor Jamie. He ends up the scapegoat even though he did just fine.
I’d love to see each of y’all do the challenge individually- same budget and same ingredients available. It’d be really cool to see each person’s individual vision as well as the group collaboration.
Vegetarian/vegan relay next??
it's a great idea, but James' hatred of meat substitutes is likely to lean into something like roasted carrots with mushroom duxelles and beetroot foam.
One cannot live on beetroot foam alone.
Jamie would be doing well, wouldn't he?
No meat substitutes allowed.
James hates meat substitute? Is he vegetarian or vegan? Cause unless you don’t eat meat, your opinion on vegetarian substitutes is kind of unnecessary... you don’t need or understand the alternatives until real meat isn’t an option for you.
James set the theme very clearly in the beginning and i think that persisted pretty well through the rounds. Easily the most successful one ive seen.
Guess we know why James lost the first budget battle.
Pass it on videos are one of the best kind of videos by Sorted. Do more!!!
those flavours sound beautiful... but... QUAIL'S EGGS?!
Mike... CHECK THE OVEN DUDE!!
I think everyone added to this recipe, some in their own special way (Jamie/ Barry) but Ben totally saved this one.
Ben is the king 😍
I feel bad for Jamie :( I give him a 10
Oooh, these are now some of my favorite SORTEDfood videos. I really want you guys to do more of these, PLEASE!
Quail eggs James , what were you thinking ?? As for Jamie you are not the last . Please make a vegetarian pass it on next ?? Love this format and this video in particular !!! ❤️❤️
Jamie you are the man!! These people do not appreciate that you had 2 pots of stuff to work with!!
Well done JAY!!
I would have done the same thing Jamie did. Also, he does better when he’s last. Well done, all!
I would ve done that too.That s how a spaghetti bolognese with tight budget is done in our house.
I think the limits on this challenge make it work. You have a price limit to work in - so that forces you to be creative. Whereas just getting a theme is very open which means you can be blocked by all the options. This was excellent!