Ok so I feel we need an episode where you each come up with different seed/nut oil combos and use the Oil Press gadget to make them and then create a dish using your own oils? Just a thought cos I’d enjoy watching that :)
Yeah i'll be honest, the generous answer was it looked like a slug when they crimped off a whole mushroom... I'm also not so sure about that crimping machine in general. It feels like it should have a better design so the user doesn't have to clean up the leftover part every single time.
@@alexsis1778 That was mostly user error, they were using way less bao dough than they should per bun (you can see this with how much thicker the bottom was than the sides) and the filling wasn't small enough, nor sticky enough. There would never be whole mushroom slices normally in a bao bun, it would be minced. You also wouldn't fill them right to the top and so the machine wouldn't be forcing fillings out.
That's so cool i had a similar experience but i only excessively watch one of their videos for like a year when i was maybe 9 and recently started watching them again heh🤣🤣🤡🤡
Gotta be honest, I ran a dim sum restaurant in the late 90’s, and our the dim sum chefs would put those machines to shame. Watching a real Chinese Dim Sum Chef make pot stickers, wontons, buns, and bao, is watching art in motion. Those women could make thousands of pieces, with perfect amounts of filling, perfect pleats, and in perfect rows for 8 hours a day, chit chat the whole time, and never miss a beat. It was amazing to watch and embarrassing when I had to fill in. 😂
I used to help my grandparents make dumplings on the weekends. You can knock them out quick if you have a large countertop to roll the dough on and use cookie cutters to create the round wrapper shape. Filling the wrappers about 10 or more dumplings a minute
My immediate reaction was "how silly", but immediately reminded myself not everyone was lucky enough to have an Asian mom/granny who made/taught you how to make these by hand. 😇 Guess I could see using this if you had a handicap or lost/have less dexterity.
@@gpcheng87 The Chefs taught me how to do them all properly so that I could cover if someone had to call in. They were so patient with me. I got passable but I was always slow. 😂
Yeah I don’t understand the point of these gadgets. I suppose it’s aimed at the fusion restaurants with a bunch of white chefs making carbonara bao’s or similar. The dumpling sheeter makes a bit more sense, instead of having half your staff rolling them out you could just focus on filling. Even then though, it seems to be on the very low end of the professional market
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I agree and I've said the exact same thing when my anxiety is bad I re watch some Sorted episodes an I do feel better x especially the poker face episodes an the one with Jamie where it looks like he has the sad filter on his face 😂😂😂 x
Hello chaps! I am a recently retired ship captain. Myself, my Chinese officers and crew frequently would produce THOUSANDS of dumpling skins by hand over the course of an hour or two for special days. We used wooden broom handles cut into 20cm lengths to use as rolling pins. I was a rank amateur but did ok. Some of my guys have been doing this since very small children and could produce perfect skins as fast as the other team members could supply them with dough pellets. A great way to show teamwork while having loads of chat and being well lubricated with TsingTao beer!
I love the Oil Machine I would love to see Kush do a full video on that and test it more! I found it so interesting and the by product to like what else could he do with that?
Yeah, id be interested to see what the product is like to cook with. I suspect there's a fair bit of water in the liquid. Would have to wait for it to separate.
Ebbers' terminology is spot-on; I used to work at a gold mine! I wasn't expecting tonhear mining terms used on my food show. Fun surprise! Ebbers is a true Renaissance Man.
All of these turned out to be way less expensive than I was thinking. I thought the first one to make the gyoza wrappers was going to be 1500 at least!
They're not things most people would need other than *maybe* the oil maker if you were a real foodie but at the same time they're not really unaffordable for a home cook if you really wanted them. I could definitely see the dumpling maker be useful for someone who does large parties or hosts big family get togethers. Its not cheap but its also not outrageously priced for something you only use periodically. People will spend far more on things like pizza ovens or grills they only use occasionally.
It's been a really rough month, and I've been binging y'all pretty much constantly in the background for almost that entire time. Thank you, everyone at Sorted, for making joyful, interesting content that eases my anxiety.
The oil maker actually seems very well priced as someone whose grandma has 10 walnut trees in her backyard. Oil pressing is very expensive to have done and often asks for a minimum weight of nuts. So I’m very curious about this machine!
ye, the Oilmaker has the right size for a medium garden with some walnuts, olives, some Sunflowers or maybe one that know how to get the seed out of the pomace after making wine, like if it's a quite ambitious hobby with 1000L+, there might be enough Seed leftover to warrent the afford and machine
@@kencoffman7145Potentially, but I imagine you would need to process the acorns to remove the tannins before pressing to avoid your oil being horribly bitter. Then again they might stay in the water portion of the extract since they're water soluble acids
@@kencoffman7145Okay so your comment made me curious and I did some quick reading. It seems that the majority of the tannins stay in the water leaving a nutty and buttery tasting oil. Acorns are relatively low in oil at 5-10% for white oak species and 10-30% oil for red oaks. For comparison, pecans were cited at around 70% oil by weight. So it is possible, and could be a fun thing to try
I have to say, as a sometime restaurant cook, I freakin' LOVE that you're highlighting some pro tools. The dumpling sheeter has possible carryover into making small tortillas for tacos or crisps, but the one I'd really splurge on is the oil press. Just the thought of being able to go out and forage black walnuts or chestnuts in local parks here in Minnesota, then press them for their oil, and be left with a high-protein powder, it makes me want to start a sinking fund for that gadget right now. On the bao set: The crimper is a game changer, but I get the feeling you'd get more consistent thickness out of your dough if you ditched the shaper and just used a darning egg as the shaping form. What is a darning egg? It's an egg-shaped form, usually made of wood with a handle, used to make sure you don't sew various layers of clothing together when repairing holes. It would give you a better feel for how thick your bao is, rather than the disconnect you get with that lever & plunger.
CarlGorn "...as a sometime cook...The dumpling sheeter has possible carryover into making small tortillas for tacos or crisps," I agree. I was hoping for just a plane sheets. Phyllo dough, puffy pantry, and pasta sheets....etc.
I really want to see deeper dives on these. Like make up a satay chicken with store bought peanut oil vs the freshly made one to discuss the actual differences a bit
With the second gadget. The waste (or slag as Ebbers call it) could be grounded to a flour or coursely crushed into flakes for baking sweets and/or desserts.
Colourblind challenge!!! Make the boys do some cooking/baking with a bunch of similar unlabelled ingredients. You could make them wear colour tinted glasses to really mess with them. Every ingredient would be a gamble! I've lost count how many times I've requested this but I'll keep asking till you say no lol.
@@Neyajay I want to seem him compete and have a level playing field for once but yeah watching him judge and laugh his arse off would also be fun :) Even have the Chefs competing and see if they can do any better! I think the boys could do with experiencing what one of their team mates has to put up with on a daily basis! As a moderate deut, apparently I only see 10% of the colour spectrum and its hard to explain to people what that can be like. I found a website that converts pics into various colourblind varients and converted a pic of a flower garden to show my other half. She used to say hey look at that red flower there and I wouldn't see it, now she understands. She said its no wonder I can't make out what shes talking about, its like all the colour has been washed away.
@@dfaad8450 Not sure what you mean about the nose plugs but I appreciate the support for the suggestion. Its just a matter of if what Mike said in the recent new studio vid about reading every comment is true. If it is, then they have surely seen this suggestion at least a dozen times. I orig suggested giving Jamie the enchroma correction glasses at the end of the vid but I found out later they are a scam which is a shame. But the idea would still be fun. And if they go baking there are far more similar ingredients to mix up and would make even the chefs have to be more careful about it!
Wanted to thank Ben for mentioning Henry Dimbleby's 2023 book Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape, which is an excellent book for anyone who cares about how big food companies are basically getting people hooked on crappy, unhealthy and even deadly foods. As for the amazing products in this video, me and six friends go in together and invest in big machines like the Baozi steam bun maker, a Harvest Right food freeze dryer, meat grinder/slicer and other items that get used a few times for a few days every few months. We are all avid cooks, make 99% of all the meals our families eat, at home. And loving ❤ foods from so many cultures there are food prep items we need but not weekly. So, creating a lending library of kitchen tools has been a godsend. 🙂
I think the crimping tool is the more interesting bit, since making the cups can be done about as quick by hand, but crimping the dough by hand anywhere near as good is very hard to do.
@ralfvandeven3155 I'm half tempted to pick those up for food prepping, I'm a lazy cook but with these it would be easy to make these dishes that I have no skill for making.
If you are in the US, the oil press (the most versitile of the machines) is only running 150-175 on aliexpress, and I was very impressed with how it did.
As someone who grew up on a farm and has a huge garden... I wouldn't do that. It takes too much space and ressources to grow enough "oil giving" plants and someone still needs to do a lot of work to clean and prepare all the nuts/ seeds. It's not economical.
I have grown peanuts in the past. It's just as difficult as most plants. If you plan out, I can not see why you should not use a bit of a harvest of peanuts to make peanut oil. It's just another option for homesteaders to become more self-reliant.
Oil producing grains would be my go to, and at 175 on aliexpress, it is going on my shopping list. An amaranth family or mustard family plant is literally a weed in some parts of the country, and the nutritional value would be insane.
I want to get one just because the oils at the grocery stores are so over refined they have about the same nutritional value as mineral oil and taste like it too.
Gotta take all the professional gadgets and have Kush teach them how to start a restaurant. Maybe do a thing where you have the crew and friends of the show come and do an "opening night".
That's so funny, peanut oil is way more common in the US than sesame oil. Sesame oil is only used in Asian cooking but peanut oil is used in loads of stuff here, you can buy it in giant tubs. It's the best oil for frying.
@@driverjayne absolutely that’s what I was thinking it has a higher smoke point, so it’s very popular to use. Although I think maybe some places are starting to get away from that because of all that nut allergies that people tend to have.
I woke up a bit ago and didn't realize that it was before noon, central time (America). I did my notification check and was super confused about why there was no sorted upload... thank you, boys and co, for being so punctual that I start my Sunday to y'all.
@@MartinSteed ours is next week, so I can get back on schedule. It wasn't a complaint, just an observation of how much I really rely on sorted for edutainment.
That oil press is awesome! This could be useful for people with special medical diets or sports diets. Nuts and seeds are very high in nutrients, but the oil content quickly racks up the calories. I need a high protein, high mineral diet because of my medical conditions, and nuts and seeds are great for this. However: I also have to restrict calories because I'm bedbound half the time. This machine could be really handy for me if I could find a purpose for the oils too. The slag would still contain a little oil and fat-soluble vitamins, but it concentrates the nutrients that I need.
I am SO excited for the next live show! Please do the surveys and have as much community input as last time. It made it amazing to be able to be a part of the planning process. Love the whole Sorted team! :)
Ok but now that you have the dumpling machines you have to have a dumpling cooking challenge. My thought is you each get one set of ingredients and then have to turn them into two different kinds of dumplings. You get ground pork and cabbage and turn it into traditional gyoza and then use herbs and spices to turn the other into german style sauerkraut sausage dumplings. Chicken and green onion into wontons and then coque au vin with red wine dipping sauce etc.
I would absolutely use the oil press and the thin dumpling skin maker. I've been meaning to grow peanuts, and the oil press would be yet another reason to do so, and I buy/eat various thin skinned dumplings at least 3 times a month, but would certainly eat a cheaper/healthier home made version much more often.
I’d bet the nut and seed “slag” would make healthy (nutrients + fiber) and delicious granola, some such breakfast cereal and bars. Maybe meatloaf/ball filler? Muffins? Pancakes? I’d go wild trying adding it in tons of things!
I feel like the last gadget could use an upgrade to make the two into one single machine, plunge, fill and crimp all in the same thing, rather than having to use two separate things. But I suppose having them separate is probably more efficient in a professional environnement, with 3 people doing chain work, one task each
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I think a skilled dumpling maker could probably pleat bao faster than the machine, but it takes a lot of practice to get that good, so the machine probably makes it easier for restaurants to get consistent bao from day one.
I'm currently on holiday in Japan. My host family are incredibly kind, but English isn't their strong suit. Sorted has given me the courage to try whatever food they put in front of me, and I showed them the poker face challenges for Natto and Umiboshi and with the subtitles they understood just enough and they were laughing their heads off. I've now sent them the playlist of Sake Exploration and now they're going to start exploring the world of Sorted too. Sorted really is building global friendships
If you don’t need them to be circular I’ve had great luck using a pasta roller for getting dumpling/potsticker wrappers thin for home use. It’s very cool to see how a professional kitchen might do it!
You keep putting things in my face that I don't need, have no room for, but would buy for the two times in my life that I would want to have them. GOSH!
I think the bao bun thing is really about deskilling the task instead of speeding it up. Doing that task is slower with those machines but you could much more easily train someone to use it than to fold buns properly. The wrapper maker is more about speed and the seed oil is just a fascinating thing for small production.
Prediction, they bought all these for the new studio, but accidentally forgot to use a company card so now they’ve put them in a video to write off the tax 😂
You should put flour in the hopper of the dough machine ... there is a clear hopper above the exit belt. There are extra extruder molds, plug and play.
Amazing episode as always, and a surprise serendipitous moment! I was having dim sum, shrimp dumplings and char siu buns specifically, as breakfast while watching this episode and then these two machine popped up ^^
Would love to see you use some of these gadgets in pass it on or battles, especially the dumpling ones! My 2yr old was so excited to see you all make dumplings because I do that with her sometimes 🥟❤
When the machine started slacking, the rest did nut matter. the oily way to top things off was with nuts and seed jokes, waiting to be unleashed. Followed by another great machine. Take a bow, see if it does its job. gold mine for jokes
sometimes i realize the sorted boys have gotten so far, seeing them go from studio to studio adding new members of their families and more. then i watch them review a baozi steam bun maker and realize these lads haven’t changed in the slightest😭
Hi, word of advice from a former kitchen worker, always wash a new machine the way the instructions tell you to before the first use. Always assume that the shipping process has fouled a machine before use, always, the oils used for lubrication can and do pick up contaminants from the manufacuring and shipping process.
You have so many interesting tools now that it would be cool to see a small series where everybody has to figure out what they want to make, make the ingredients from scratch as best they can (like making the oil that they have to use, or milling / grinding the flour) and then cook the food.
I find it so interesting that Ben went with hippopotamus to count the seconds. Where I live in the US, we were taught to use Mississippi to count the seconds instead.
I feel that nut oil maker has many uses beyond just the oil. The extract that they loved, maybe make that a bar snack with different seasonings tossed over it, or even in a dish as a "cracklin" of sorts
I really liked the products in this vid, this is the level I really prefer to see. The cheap shitty stuff is definitely fun, but this is fun and also interesting at the same time. I know its probably not too feasible to keep this up consistently due to the cost of this type of product, but would love to keep seeing more!
Best line-up of kitchen Gadgets and bang for the there buck I've seen on this show for quite some time, love that oil extraction device I've got something very similar at home that does extraction of fruit juice, definitely bet gadget video to date for me 😁😁
Would love to see Ben and a normal play around with the nut/seed presser more in another video! I feel like there is a lot that can be done with the machine itself, and I think it would be cool to see what you all could come up with for the solid byproducts produced.
That seed oid machine is super interesting. Would love to see Ben and the Team try doing some creative stuff with the "slag" as well as spice the seed oils
The oil press looked fantastic. £250 seems alright for that to be honest! I can imagine how much better the fresh oil would taste, and the crispy waste looks really tasty too. Definitely unncessary at home, but I want one now
I'm actually tempted by the oil press. I grow a lot of my own produce these days, and many of the things I grow have edible seeds. And hopefully in the future, I'll be growing an assortment of nuts. Not enough to sell any oil I make, but maybe enough for my own personal use as a way to use excess seeds. I always save faaarrr too many seeds.
When Ben stuck his finger into the device I pretty much screamed NOOOO!!! The trauma nurse in me was visualizing an amputated finger. THEN you tell me there are no blades.....
The Bao bun machine would be perfect for school or church fundraiser fairs. All you need to cook them is a camp stove and steamer basket set-up. Here in the Bay Area of California, we have cultural fairs that highlight one or more cultures in a fun family event, where you are guaranteed good food.
So I love veggies, but hate cutting them. I loath cutting onions! I fantasized already a lot about buying a pro vegetable cutter that can also cube, julienne etc you name it. I have a little homestead so it would also make sense, especially for harvest season in late summer and fall. I would love you guys for trying one so I know if I should get one ❤
I have a physical disability and use a number of kitchen gadgets to make cooking one handed friendly. A gadget review on accessible kitchen gadgets would be so cool!!
Here's a thought for the editors, could you annotate or make that little gizmo pop up in the top right corner when you're referencing older videos so we could click on them and find them more easily than searching for them? It's a very minor detail, but it would be a standout one. Thanks for the consideration folks, keep up the great work!
Ok so I feel we need an episode where you each come up with different seed/nut oil combos and use the Oil Press gadget to make them and then create a dish using your own oils? Just a thought cos I’d enjoy watching that :)
This sounds like a really cool idea! I'd definitely watch that!
@@BlackFiresong same here
Or not.
oil wars !
YES! We absolutely need this!
The closeup shot of the filling squirting out of the dumpling was like watching a bad horror movie.
😅
Yeah i'll be honest, the generous answer was it looked like a slug when they crimped off a whole mushroom... I'm also not so sure about that crimping machine in general. It feels like it should have a better design so the user doesn't have to clean up the leftover part every single time.
@@alexsis1778 That was mostly user error, they were using way less bao dough than they should per bun (you can see this with how much thicker the bottom was than the sides) and the filling wasn't small enough, nor sticky enough. There would never be whole mushroom slices normally in a bao bun, it would be minced. You also wouldn't fill them right to the top and so the machine wouldn't be forcing fillings out.
Somehow that was disturbing and resembled certain bodily functions.
@@cynthiawofford-wc1mfpoop lol.
Been watching sorted since i was 13 now in my second year of uni at 20, still watching them will say my cooking skills have impressed my peers
That’s awesome to hear 😁
I've definitely benefited from all the cooking tips over the years
@@SortedFoodamazing!
Interesting! After all these years of watching Sorted, my cooking skills are still shit😂
That's so cool i had a similar experience but i only excessively watch one of their videos for like a year when i was maybe 9 and recently started watching them again heh🤣🤣🤡🤡
Gotta be honest, I ran a dim sum restaurant in the late 90’s, and our the dim sum chefs would put those machines to shame. Watching a real Chinese Dim Sum Chef make pot stickers, wontons, buns, and bao, is watching art in motion. Those women could make thousands of pieces, with perfect amounts of filling, perfect pleats, and in perfect rows for 8 hours a day, chit chat the whole time, and never miss a beat. It was amazing to watch and embarrassing when I had to fill in. 😂
Fully developed muscle memory is always so impressive with tasks like that!
I used to help my grandparents make dumplings on the weekends. You can knock them out quick if you have a large countertop to roll the dough on and use cookie cutters to create the round wrapper shape. Filling the wrappers about 10 or more dumplings a minute
My immediate reaction was "how silly", but immediately reminded myself not everyone was lucky enough to have an Asian mom/granny who made/taught you how to make these by hand. 😇 Guess I could see using this if you had a handicap or lost/have less dexterity.
@@gpcheng87 The Chefs taught me how to do them all properly so that I could cover if someone had to call in. They were so patient with me. I got passable but I was always slow. 😂
Yeah I don’t understand the point of these gadgets. I suppose it’s aimed at the fusion restaurants with a bunch of white chefs making carbonara bao’s or similar.
The dumpling sheeter makes a bit more sense, instead of having half your staff rolling them out you could just focus on filling. Even then though, it seems to be on the very low end of the professional market
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Thank you all for being awesome to all of us out here!
Beautifully said!
This! Sometimes it feels like life is slowly crumbling but watching these guys brings happiness into it every time ❤
I second that.
I agree and I've said the exact same thing when my anxiety is bad I re watch some Sorted episodes an I do feel better x especially the poker face episodes an the one with Jamie where it looks like he has the sad filter on his face 😂😂😂 x
Hello chaps! I am a recently retired ship captain. Myself, my Chinese officers and crew frequently would produce THOUSANDS of dumpling skins by hand over the course of an hour or two for special days. We used wooden broom handles cut into 20cm lengths to use as rolling pins. I was a rank amateur but did ok. Some of my guys have been doing this since very small children and could produce perfect skins as fast as the other team members could supply them with dough pellets. A great way to show teamwork while having loads of chat and being well lubricated with TsingTao beer!
I love the Oil Machine I would love to see Kush do a full video on that and test it more! I found it so interesting and the by product to like what else could he do with that?
Great suggestion! 😁
And then use the nut cake in a pass it on or a mystery box challenge. :)
Yeah, id be interested to see what the product is like to cook with. I suspect there's a fair bit of water in the liquid. Would have to wait for it to separate.
@brettbeatnick That's part of the oil extraction process, you have to let the pressings sit and separate before decanting off the oil
Isn't the byproduct like PB2?
It's amazing, can make low kcal (nut) butter by mixing it with water, put it on ice creams or other sweets, etc.
I really would love to see Kush get his hands on that Oil Press.
Baz: "Here's my nuts and here's my seed" ... and noone said a word. Its ok Baz, I picked up what you put down.
Came here looking for someone else who noticed that lol.
Why are you picking up his seed?
Yeah. They're getting so jaded the obvvious innuendoes don't even faze them anymore. :(
Also “dust the chute”…😉🙃🤣
You've changed, boys. You've changed.
Ebbers' terminology is spot-on; I used to work at a gold mine! I wasn't expecting tonhear mining terms used on my food show. Fun surprise! Ebbers is a true Renaissance Man.
I'll be more impressed if he uses the term hanging wall correctly.... :)
All of these turned out to be way less expensive than I was thinking. I thought the first one to make the gyoza wrappers was going to be 1500 at least!
Same here! I guessed 1200!
I thought $750 and thought I was aiming low
I thought 1000.
It probably isn't NSF, that certification is always good for another $1000
They're not things most people would need other than *maybe* the oil maker if you were a real foodie but at the same time they're not really unaffordable for a home cook if you really wanted them. I could definitely see the dumpling maker be useful for someone who does large parties or hosts big family get togethers. Its not cheap but its also not outrageously priced for something you only use periodically. People will spend far more on things like pizza ovens or grills they only use occasionally.
It's been a really rough month, and I've been binging y'all pretty much constantly in the background for almost that entire time. Thank you, everyone at Sorted, for making joyful, interesting content that eases my anxiety.
1 hippopotamus 2 hippopotamus … never heard that before, but I suppose that Brits wouldn’t be saying 1 Mississippi 2 Mississippi lol!
That’s what i thought too! I have learned so much random British things from this channel! Makes me want to spend some time in London!
Brits aren't fools, they know that there's only one Missisipi >:P
Came to say this
I'm a Brit who tends to use Mississippi, tbh! I think it depends on what you picked up or read as a kid!
We use hippopotamus in French too ! Well, hippopotame but yeah
The oil maker actually seems very well priced as someone whose grandma has 10 walnut trees in her backyard. Oil pressing is very expensive to have done and often asks for a minimum weight of nuts. So I’m very curious about this machine!
ye, the Oilmaker has the right size for a medium garden with some walnuts, olives, some Sunflowers or maybe one that know how to get the seed out of the pomace after making wine, like if it's a quite ambitious hobby with 1000L+, there might be enough Seed leftover to warrent the afford and machine
And much cheaper online!
Would acorns work?
@@kencoffman7145Potentially, but I imagine you would need to process the acorns to remove the tannins before pressing to avoid your oil being horribly bitter. Then again they might stay in the water portion of the extract since they're water soluble acids
@@kencoffman7145Okay so your comment made me curious and I did some quick reading. It seems that the majority of the tannins stay in the water leaving a nutty and buttery tasting oil. Acorns are relatively low in oil at 5-10% for white oak species and 10-30% oil for red oaks. For comparison, pecans were cited at around 70% oil by weight. So it is possible, and could be a fun thing to try
I have to say, as a sometime restaurant cook, I freakin' LOVE that you're highlighting some pro tools. The dumpling sheeter has possible carryover into making small tortillas for tacos or crisps, but the one I'd really splurge on is the oil press. Just the thought of being able to go out and forage black walnuts or chestnuts in local parks here in Minnesota, then press them for their oil, and be left with a high-protein powder, it makes me want to start a sinking fund for that gadget right now.
On the bao set: The crimper is a game changer, but I get the feeling you'd get more consistent thickness out of your dough if you ditched the shaper and just used a darning egg as the shaping form. What is a darning egg? It's an egg-shaped form, usually made of wood with a handle, used to make sure you don't sew various layers of clothing together when repairing holes. It would give you a better feel for how thick your bao is, rather than the disconnect you get with that lever & plunger.
CarlGorn
"...as a sometime cook...The dumpling sheeter has possible carryover into making small tortillas for tacos or crisps,"
I agree. I was hoping for just a plane sheets. Phyllo dough, puffy pantry, and pasta sheets....etc.
I really want to see deeper dives on these. Like make up a satay chicken with store bought peanut oil vs the freshly made one to discuss the actual differences a bit
With the second gadget. The waste (or slag as Ebbers call it) could be grounded to a flour or coursely crushed into flakes for baking sweets and/or desserts.
Colourblind challenge!!! Make the boys do some cooking/baking with a bunch of similar unlabelled ingredients. You could make them wear colour tinted glasses to really mess with them. Every ingredient would be a gamble! I've lost count how many times I've requested this but I'll keep asking till you say no lol.
And Jaime could judge cuz he is already color blind!
I'm seconding this suggestion! Nose plugs = no cheating
@@Neyajay I want to seem him compete and have a level playing field for once but yeah watching him judge and laugh his arse off would also be fun :) Even have the Chefs competing and see if they can do any better! I think the boys could do with experiencing what one of their team mates has to put up with on a daily basis!
As a moderate deut, apparently I only see 10% of the colour spectrum and its hard to explain to people what that can be like. I found a website that converts pics into various colourblind varients and converted a pic of a flower garden to show my other half. She used to say hey look at that red flower there and I wouldn't see it, now she understands. She said its no wonder I can't make out what shes talking about, its like all the colour has been washed away.
@@dfaad8450 Not sure what you mean about the nose plugs but I appreciate the support for the suggestion. Its just a matter of if what Mike said in the recent new studio vid about reading every comment is true. If it is, then they have surely seen this suggestion at least a dozen times. I orig suggested giving Jamie the enchroma correction glasses at the end of the vid but I found out later they are a scam which is a shame. But the idea would still be fun. And if they go baking there are far more similar ingredients to mix up and would make even the chefs have to be more careful about it!
Wanted to thank Ben for mentioning Henry Dimbleby's 2023 book Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape, which is an excellent book for anyone who cares about how big food companies are basically getting people hooked on crappy, unhealthy and even deadly foods.
As for the amazing products in this video, me and six friends go in together and invest in big machines like the Baozi steam bun maker, a Harvest Right food freeze dryer, meat grinder/slicer and other items that get used a few times for a few days every few months.
We are all avid cooks, make 99% of all the meals our families eat, at home. And loving ❤ foods from so many cultures there are food prep items we need but not weekly. So, creating a lending library of kitchen tools has been a godsend. 🙂
I would love to see an episode of the chefs messing with the seed and nut oiler; like the pizza oven and spherificator episodes in the past :D
So interesting to see these demonstrations. Small businesses could use this kind of equipment. Frozen stuffed bao buns still make good sense at home.
True!
I think the crimping tool is the more interesting bit, since making the cups can be done about as quick by hand, but crimping the dough by hand anywhere near as good is very hard to do.
@ralfvandeven3155 I'm half tempted to pick those up for food prepping, I'm a lazy cook but with these it would be easy to make these dishes that I have no skill for making.
I would love to buy the dumpling one! Does anyone know where to get one?
If you are in the US, the oil press (the most versitile of the machines) is only running 150-175 on aliexpress, and I was very impressed with how it did.
Each time you do these videos, Ben gives other suggestions (like adding spices to the oils). I would love to see some of those in a video!
If we see Peanut Slag as a dish on the Sorted Pub menu we'll know what it is and why it's on the menu 🤣
Ha! The professional dumpling machine, I was thinking 2000! I mean, it's earned back pretty quickly, professional, sturdy etc. 250 is a steal. :)
Yeah I also expected it to be in a four figure range
The mushroom slipping out the top shot on the crimper was on purpose 😂
The oil press would be good for the homestead. They can grow the nuts and use the leftovers to feed their animals.
As someone who grew up on a farm and has a huge garden... I wouldn't do that. It takes too much space and ressources to grow enough "oil giving" plants and someone still needs to do a lot of work to clean and prepare all the nuts/ seeds. It's not economical.
sounds silly, but growing nuts is not exactly as simple as you think.
I have grown peanuts in the past. It's just as difficult as most plants. If you plan out, I can not see why you should not use a bit of a harvest of peanuts to make peanut oil. It's just another option for homesteaders to become more self-reliant.
Oil producing grains would be my go to, and at 175 on aliexpress, it is going on my shopping list. An amaranth family or mustard family plant is literally a weed in some parts of the country, and the nutritional value would be insane.
I want to get one just because the oils at the grocery stores are so over refined they have about the same nutritional value as mineral oil and taste like it too.
All these turned out cheaper than I was expecting, especially the oil extractor I thought that would be double the price.
I would have guessed the dumpling wrapper machine was north of 1000, they must make and sell them in higher quantity than I would have expected.
Cheap aliexpress gadgets are funny but this is more satisfying. There's something about sturdy industrial tool that just does its job.
Gotta take all the professional gadgets and have Kush teach them how to start a restaurant. Maybe do a thing where you have the crew and friends of the show come and do an "opening night".
That's so funny, peanut oil is way more common in the US than sesame oil. Sesame oil is only used in Asian cooking but peanut oil is used in loads of stuff here, you can buy it in giant tubs. It's the best oil for frying.
@@driverjayne absolutely that’s what I was thinking it has a higher smoke point, so it’s very popular to use. Although I think maybe some places are starting to get away from that because of all that nut allergies that people tend to have.
In a food truck or catering setting I could see how these would be absolutely essential.
The ad for the new livestream is EPIC, I can’t wait to watch.
Love to hear it! Can’t wait to have you there 😁
The banter, innuendos, and quite frankly the lighting at Baz’s house in this video is chef’s kiss!
I really appreciate the pop up about nut oil cake
I woke up a bit ago and didn't realize that it was before noon, central time (America). I did my notification check and was super confused about why there was no sorted upload... thank you, boys and co, for being so punctual that I start my Sunday to y'all.
take in to account that of today the UK is back on wintertime GMT +0
Central Time Sorted with lunch wave 👋
Bear in mind also we in the UK switched out of summer time last night, so there is an hour difference from what there has been the last 6 months!
@@MartinSteed ours is next week, so I can get back on schedule.
It wasn't a complaint, just an observation of how much I really rely on sorted for edutainment.
@@LadyWhiteMage yaaas!
14:32 when the TacoBell hits
That oil press is awesome! This could be useful for people with special medical diets or sports diets. Nuts and seeds are very high in nutrients, but the oil content quickly racks up the calories. I need a high protein, high mineral diet because of my medical conditions, and nuts and seeds are great for this. However: I also have to restrict calories because I'm bedbound half the time. This machine could be really handy for me if I could find a purpose for the oils too. The slag would still contain a little oil and fat-soluble vitamins, but it concentrates the nutrients that I need.
I am SO excited for the next live show! Please do the surveys and have as much community input as last time. It made it amazing to be able to be a part of the planning process. Love the whole Sorted team! :)
We’re so glad you enjoyed the audience participation and the LIVE event 😁
Ok but now that you have the dumpling machines you have to have a dumpling cooking challenge. My thought is you each get one set of ingredients and then have to turn them into two different kinds of dumplings. You get ground pork and cabbage and turn it into traditional gyoza and then use herbs and spices to turn the other into german style sauerkraut sausage dumplings. Chicken and green onion into wontons and then coque au vin with red wine dipping sauce etc.
I would absolutely use the oil press and the thin dumpling skin maker. I've been meaning to grow peanuts, and the oil press would be yet another reason to do so, and I buy/eat various thin skinned dumplings at least 3 times a month, but would certainly eat a cheaper/healthier home made version much more often.
I’d bet the nut and seed “slag” would make healthy (nutrients + fiber) and delicious granola, some such breakfast cereal and bars. Maybe meatloaf/ball filler? Muffins? Pancakes?
I’d go wild trying adding it in tons of things!
Such a vibe, love the energy here!
This was great. I am really enjoying these more unique, well made, kind of unknown gadgets. Thanks everyone.
All these new industrial gadgets for Kush's new kitchen! 💙 The bun sealer... 😂
I feel like the last gadget could use an upgrade to make the two into one single machine, plunge, fill and crimp all in the same thing, rather than having to use two separate things.
But I suppose having them separate is probably more efficient in a professional environnement, with 3 people doing chain work, one task each
Hey guys .. I’m just another creature consumed by day to day ups and downs .. and your videos are something that always puts a smile on my face and helps me unwind a little bit .. just want to say THANKS!
Oh goodness did I ever get a giggle at hearing how much Baz committed to his “baozee” pronunciation 😂😂😂
I think a skilled dumpling maker could probably pleat bao faster than the machine, but it takes a lot of practice to get that good, so the machine probably makes it easier for restaurants to get consistent bao from day one.
Or if that's not the main part of the menu.
I'm currently on holiday in Japan. My host family are incredibly kind, but English isn't their strong suit. Sorted has given me the courage to try whatever food they put in front of me, and I showed them the poker face challenges for Natto and Umiboshi and with the subtitles they understood just enough and they were laughing their heads off. I've now sent them the playlist of Sake Exploration and now they're going to start exploring the world of Sorted too. Sorted really is building global friendships
If you don’t need them to be circular I’ve had great luck using a pasta roller for getting dumpling/potsticker wrappers thin for home use. It’s very cool to see how a professional kitchen might do it!
You keep putting things in my face that I don't need, have no room for, but would buy for the two times in my life that I would want to have them. GOSH!
Jamie struggling to ignore the wave of puns at the end 😂
I think the bao bun thing is really about deskilling the task instead of speeding it up. Doing that task is slower with those machines but you could much more easily train someone to use it than to fold buns properly.
The wrapper maker is more about speed and the seed oil is just a fascinating thing for small production.
As an American I blinked a bit at the idea that sesame oil was more commonly used than peanut oil. Peanut oil is very commonly used for frying here.
Same, I thought, why on Earth would you cook more in sesame oil when I thought that was more of a flavoring oil than a cooking oil?
You guys are so amazing, you make my day everytime i need a lift. Thank you for bringing us simply joyful content.
was that shot at 14:33 *really* required 🤣
Prediction, they bought all these for the new studio, but accidentally forgot to use a company card so now they’ve put them in a video to write off the tax 😂
You should put flour in the hopper of the dough machine ... there is a clear hopper above the exit belt. There are extra extruder molds, plug and play.
Love watching the product reveal and the looks on the faces of the boys. Then the experiments!!!!!
Never thought I’d ever be watching Ben “pinch one off” 😂
Amazing episode as always, and a surprise serendipitous moment! I was having dim sum, shrimp dumplings and char siu buns specifically, as breakfast while watching this episode and then these two machine popped up ^^
So greatful for you guys. I got back into cooking cause of your channel and it's just great. Creative ideas, great tips and just fun videos. ❤
6:42 Toasted sesame.... and b-roll is peanuts
Ebbers doesn't have room for the dumpling pastry roller but he wants it
6:16 That was just too good of a pun to not use, wasn't it? 😉 I admit though, didn't expect Barry to pull out a Bennuendo like that though 😂
Would love to see you use some of these gadgets in pass it on or battles, especially the dumpling ones!
My 2yr old was so excited to see you all make dumplings because I do that with her sometimes 🥟❤
When the machine started slacking, the rest did nut matter. the oily way to top things off was with nuts and seed jokes, waiting to be unleashed.
Followed by another great machine. Take a bow, see if it does its job.
gold mine for jokes
We are now waiting for a short of Ben doing bao chicka wow wow!
sometimes i realize the sorted boys have gotten so far, seeing them go from studio to studio adding new members of their families and more. then i watch them review a baozi steam bun maker and realize these lads haven’t changed in the slightest😭
Can’t wait to see these go into the new studio kitchen and Kush gets to wild with them! The oil press could really have so many different outcomes! ❤️
Hi, word of advice from a former kitchen worker, always wash a new machine the way the instructions tell you to before the first use. Always assume that the shipping process has fouled a machine before use, always, the oils used for lubrication can and do pick up contaminants from the manufacuring and shipping process.
You have so many interesting tools now that it would be cool to see a small series where everybody has to figure out what they want to make, make the ingredients from scratch as best they can (like making the oil that they have to use, or milling / grinding the flour) and then cook the food.
I can imagine having a food truck with those machines in it to simplify and speed production.
I find it so interesting that Ben went with hippopotamus to count the seconds. Where I live in the US, we were taught to use Mississippi to count the seconds instead.
I always used, 1 1 thousand, 2 1 thousand etc
Lmao I was thinking the exact same thing
"Einundzwanzig" (twenty- one) in Germany
@@Patterner eenentwintig (21) in Dutch
Wow...crazy! Great to see what the pros use.
I feel that nut oil maker has many uses beyond just the oil. The extract that they loved, maybe make that a bar snack with different seasonings tossed over it, or even in a dish as a "cracklin" of sorts
Fun episode to see you in your new space. From Pennsylvania, I look forward to a winter of watching you guys.
I really liked the products in this vid, this is the level I really prefer to see. The cheap shitty stuff is definitely fun, but this is fun and also interesting at the same time. I know its probably not too feasible to keep this up consistently due to the cost of this type of product, but would love to keep seeing more!
Best line-up of kitchen Gadgets and bang for the there buck I've seen on this show for quite some time, love that oil extraction device I've got something very similar at home that does extraction of fruit juice, definitely bet gadget video to date for me 😁😁
The new studio looked amazing guys! Can't wait For the videos on it? When?
Soon 😁
@@SortedFood Great
This is Barry’s home if you were thinking this was the new kitchen.
I would absolutely LOVE the oil machine, so many uses!!
Would love to see Ben and a normal play around with the nut/seed presser more in another video! I feel like there is a lot that can be done with the machine itself, and I think it would be cool to see what you all could come up with for the solid byproducts produced.
That seed oid machine is super interesting. Would love to see Ben and the Team try doing some creative stuff with the "slag" as well as spice the seed oils
The oil press looked fantastic. £250 seems alright for that to be honest! I can imagine how much better the fresh oil would taste, and the crispy waste looks really tasty too. Definitely unncessary at home, but I want one now
6:17 'Here's my nuts and here's my seeds' ... says Baz without comment or facial glitch, *BUT IF BEN SAID IT...*
I'm actually tempted by the oil press. I grow a lot of my own produce these days, and many of the things I grow have edible seeds. And hopefully in the future, I'll be growing an assortment of nuts. Not enough to sell any oil I make, but maybe enough for my own personal use as a way to use excess seeds. I always save faaarrr too many seeds.
When Ben stuck his finger into the device I pretty much screamed NOOOO!!! The trauma nurse in me was visualizing an amputated finger. THEN you tell me there are no blades.....
Tested in Barry’s kitchen? Did they make it to the new studio or still with Barry?! 🤔😂
This was filmed a few weeks ago, the first video in the new studio should come out in a few weeks time :)
@@SortedFood but was Barry willing to let them move? He seems to like finding items a new home
The Bao bun machine would be perfect for school or church fundraiser fairs. All you need to cook them is a camp stove and steamer basket set-up. Here in the Bay Area of California, we have cultural fairs that highlight one or more cultures in a fun family event, where you are guaranteed good food.
The innuendo in this is out of this planet! "Hollow out my bun dough"????
So I love veggies, but hate cutting them. I loath cutting onions! I fantasized already a lot about buying a pro vegetable cutter that can also cube, julienne etc you name it. I have a little homestead so it would also make sense, especially for harvest season in late summer and fall. I would love you guys for trying one so I know if I should get one ❤
Now I want another battle but making huge portions instead of one. Of course with these gadgets 🤩
The more videos I watch filmed at Barry's the more I feel for his wife & family - I bet they're very glad you're in the new studio now!
I have a physical disability and use a number of kitchen gadgets to make cooking one handed friendly. A gadget review on accessible kitchen gadgets would be so cool!!
Bao means bun. So a chuckle every time they say bun bun.
That lil chuckle as Jamie says "nut oil" is perfect
these were all a lot more affordable than i was expecting tbh, I could reasonably see people in the right circumstances buying these for home use
Episode of oil making and infusing sounds class
I love Ebbers getting all cheffy with the leftover slag.
Here's a thought for the editors, could you annotate or make that little gizmo pop up in the top right corner when you're referencing older videos so we could click on them and find them more easily than searching for them? It's a very minor detail, but it would be a standout one. Thanks for the consideration folks, keep up the great work!