I had to shoot and edit this episode in its entirety yesterday, so there was no going back to fix mistakes. The cutting angle at 3:33 will haunt me for the rest of my days.
"Welcome to Binging with Babish, today I am going to be making a simple bowl of cereal. This delight has been around since the 50's-" *camera isn't even on*
first were gona genticly splice a cow wit a goat feed it nothing but red wine a double thick cream hand made from goat milk and mnt fuigi water then let then let the goat cow age for 25 years finely personally milk the cow with military grade gloves to preserve flavour now onto the space meteorite cereal
“now that was simple enough, how can we improve the experience? Well the most obvious step would be to add fresh strawberries and bananas- but let’s go a step further and make our own version of ‘frosted flakes’ from sCrAtCh”
@Callum Ferry (Student) But before we go around tasting the soil, we are going to get a bank loan to purchase 50 parcels of prime Kansas farm real estate in order to set up our wheat fields.
With experience comes varying levels of clarity and resolution on a subject, for you "baking bread" is a monolithic singular task of difficulty. When you look at it though, this bread recipe consists of pouring ingredients into a bowl and mixing, then putting the dough into a pan and baking. Compare that to making croissants or hand pulled noodles or any number of things he's done, and it seems super simple.
"It doesn't get much simpler than croque monsieur." "So the first thing we're gonna do is mill our own flour before trekking to Fiji and gathering our own water."
Slowly but surely, Babish will turn into Ina Garten. "I like to use salt that's made from the dried tears of honey badgers, but kosher salt works fine too."
@@gracemoon9672 I always have a boiler of seawater simmering away on the back of my stove, just to have passable sea salt around when the honey badgers won't cry.
When basic groceries started to be hard to find as the pandemic began, I could not find a loaf of bread in the grocery stores, but I found a loaf at the all night gas station in upstate New York. It was Brioche made in a smallish bakery in Paris, and it was the best sandwich bread I’ve ever found.
Any legitimate food bought from a gas station could either be disgustingly harmful to your health, or infinitely delicious ruining your future expectations
This will get buried but doesn’t matter. You and your channel have gotten my wife and I through quarantine much better then anything else. In the span of half a year we have made at least 15 of your recipes, and learned as many basics as we can. We have learned how to bake, maintain kitchenware, turn everyday ingredients into actual meals all thanks to you. I just want you to know we sincerely appreciate your work and love the meals. I personally had been researching methods of making a croque monsieur for a couple weeks and this episode dropped the day we planned on making it from scratch and we were even going to make a similar Béchamel and the timing was perfect! Thank you again! I hope if you do another book tour you come up to Michigan sometime so we can thank you in person!
@Lemonpledge10 Not trying to start a war here, but nobody asked. Plus, if we're counting religion as historical, then how about we count the numerous other religious figures that have come back to life? Dionysus, Persephone, Osiris, Odin, Ganesha, Lemminkainen, Tammuz, Krishna, Quetzacoatl, Attis, etc.
Clearly your country hasn't been to the moon.... lol I'm from the US and I'll never understand why we have to have our own system. It's dumb. Our military uses metric so why doesn't the rest
Funny thing is the first time I ever recalled hearing about a croque monsieur was seeing it featured as a food item in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. Restores a nice amount of HP for just being a broiled ham and cheese sandwich lol. And for some odd reason the only way to get them is as a drop from a monster called Ladycat.
That and the fact that in some of his other recipes he uses exotic (and presumably expensive) ingredients are the only things that bug me. I still love these videos and always watch the hell out of them.
@@Mischief_Manager93 yeah, sometimes over the top, but thats the whole point. When i want a real recipe i go to food wishes. Here i just have fun watching.
I had mostly the wrong ingredients laying around: brioche bun instead of bread, salami instead of ham, cheddar instead of Gruyere . Made it anyway, Worth it.
@CabbageofDoom The second half of that episode will be an upgrade - how to build your own bread shop from the ground up, including firing your own bricks.
@@DemoOfAHuman Fahrenheit has a finer resolution before going into decimals. Unlike with dimensional measurements, this makes little to no practical difference. It is however a terrible system of measurement, as it has no easily reproducible fixed points, which is why it is defined in metric. Its only advantage, if you could even consider it that, is that negative outside temperatures are rarer than in Celsius.
Omg same! Imam so mad he didnt even make the PAN by scratch! Next time he sould or I am unsubbing! He sould make his wole kitchen by hand, mix it with salt and pepper and a touch of spices and lem8n and aaa :P :) so good kitchen! Time to ty our home made life size kitchen everyone! Mmm so good, needs more tang though... so lets restart!
2024 Babish: Back in 2020, I procured a newborn piglet. I've fed it nothing but homegrown grains and nuts, and it is now ready to become ham for my croque madame.
@Nospam Spamisham Then buy better bread. There are professional artisans who get up fuckall early in the morning, before the frat parties from the night before have even wrapped up, so they can have fresh bread ready and waiting by the time normal people are out shopping. I'm pretty sure they can make a better loaf than you or me.
Andrew: I don't know if you've tried this, yet, but I've had Croque Monsieur several times with the ham crisped-up along the edges in a buttered skillet, first, and BOY does it ever add a wonderful texture and flavor to the sandwich! Once, in fact, I was served one of these with paper-thin country ham slices that had been crisped along the edges and then dabbed with a mild hot sauce. TOTAL HEAVEN!
Being French, I approve the recipe, the outcome that just looks gorgeous, the effort to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius and your prononciation! Ça a l’air bon !
I agree, I'm French too, and I think there might be a touch too much ham (but who's complaining) other than that, it's textbook croque monsieur / madame.
Babish: “Im getting tired of searching up temperature conversions.” Me, a european: Has to google every f***** x cups of y for every single ingredient in freedom-unit recipies
Ah, the joys of trying to convert ounces in grams just to find out there's american ounces that are different from british ounces, and they're apparently not the same as non-fluid ounces
@@israeldelarosa5461 Excepot he really didn't... that was not a Monte Cristo which is, as the OP said, Battered and Deep Fried... Also should have turkey in it too. The greatest sandwich I've ever had, and was first excited and then disappointed in Babish's version.
@@balintlukacs2848 yeah let's add icing sugar and jam to a perfectly good, savoury, sandwich.... I can't bear the idea of raspberry jam on a fried egg either!
@@balintlukacs2848 I know it seems strange, but it works. I thought the same thing, and doubly so for the raspberry jam. However, it's really good -- just don't make any high-energy plans for after lunch.
We used to have a local restaurant that served deep fried everything, including a monte cristo. After adding bacon to it, the owner and my friends and I dubbed it the "Monte Crisco" for it's elegance and heart clogging beauty.
I made Croque Madames based off this video for the guys in my apartment today and they turned out really well! One thing I did differently was I used less cheese overall (because I'm a poor college student haha) and grated some gruyere directly into the Beschamel. I thought it took the Beschamel up a notch.
Bechamel is a "mother sauce" that's combined in many different variants. Bechamel + Cheese (and sometimes an egg yolk for color ) is known as "Mornay Sauce"
The last one: the monte cristo. I've been searching for ages to find that sandwich. I had it for lunch at a restaurant one day years ago, thoroughly enjoyed it, then forgot what it was called. Thank you
@@xdptwin1 it's very good. It's not pan fried like Babish's but is instead completely coated in batter and fried in oil, like chicken. Also it's got Swiss and... I wanna say American cheese, with turkey as well as ham.
@@liamnelson5773 Pretty sure there's only two Pea Soup Andersen's locations, both in California. Unless there's a different restaurant chain with a very similar name.
Me: But wouldn't adding the egg make this a Croque Madam? Babish: Transforming this Croque Monsieur into a Croque Madam! My high school French Teacher: Why do I suddenly feel so proud and fulfilled?
@Brodie Lackey nope, croque madame is the exact same as croque monsieur, except for the addition of a sunny side up egg on top. Take it from this French guy that eats one of those 2 at least once a week.
As a french I can assure you that you said "croque monsieur" correctly (with an english accent, but correctly). Moreover, it looks so delicious and the recipe is excellent ! (Tbh yours is more generous than french ones actually)
I'm almost afraid to ask, but have you ever had a Monte Cristo? As an American, I am both deeply proud and deeply shameful every time I enjoy that particular contribution of ours to the culinary world.
I wanted to say that. I have had croque monsieur but never with that much ham. That's a bit too much. French cuisine is more subtle. Anyway I usually had it at home in the special appliance for it where the bread is squeezed together rather than made in an oven. Best thing ever with the slightly crispy edge of the bread.
You guys have the most beautiful, stunning country, the most exquisitely great food and drink(I literally have the logo for Chartreuse tattooed on my finger!) ,amazing history and astounding architecture and there's nothing like waking down a Rue or visiting a wine making Chateau, wonderful warm, decent and lovely people, a great way of living life, unbelievably gorgeous women like Audrey Fleurot, and I can't wait to visit again. Lots of ♥, ☀ and ✌️ from 🇮🇪
@@mccarthy5825 well thanks for these kind words man, that's so heartwarming !! Italia is also such a great country, the history you have, the atmosphere, the monuments.. Venise's streets... Your food is also excellent !!
3:39 I was actually scared when he sliced the loaf of bread in half, picked up one half, and brought it closer to his head, as if he were to bite it there 🤣🤣😭😭😭😭
Man, I made a croque madame like that where I did it "toad in the hole" style, put pesto on the bread, coated everything in mornay and gruyere, and baked those bitches along with some parmesan-tomato slices. Everything together was tres bien
Britain: We popularized the concept of putting food between slices of bread so we can eat with our fingers. We call it a sandwich. France: We took your sandwich and put a fried egg on top, so now you need a knife and fork to eat it.
I shall never forget the most joyous eating event on camp out we had. My son had only been in scouts for a couple years. A new parent offered to cook that weekend. This guy was one of those professional tailgaters. He never made it in to the stadium, but the stuff he could make in the parking lot made his friends all happy. This guy starts setting up a turkey fryer, a sandwich station, and a dipping station, and proceeds to make friggin' monte cristo sandwiches on a camp out. Had the jelly and everything, and when someone asked about powdered sugar, he said, "Do you think I'm a savage?" and pointed to a paper bag. This, mind you, was the evening after his gorgeous camp chef OVEN produced fresh brownies on a little 1/4 sized sheet pan. Best. Camp out. Ever.
The first & only time I did a backpacking trip, my friend brought a camp espresso maker, good wine, amazing food - it was incredible! Though I still prefer bringing very simple food since camping makes everything taste amazing!
Babish has really come a long way since his early episodes: came back from watching his video of making a croque madame, and the differences between that and this episode is staggering. Did you know there was a time where he didn’t make his own bread? I know, it’s crazy!
I made this last weekend and it was fantastic . This is defo on my rotation now . The Dijon version was my favourite . For vegetarians use the following filling ( chopped mushroom,garlic, herb , butter and green / red onions optional spinach leaves fried for 5 min )
"Croque Monsieur", which sounds so elegant, actually translates to "Mr. Crunchy", which sounds like it should be served with a juice box and a toy surprise.
Yeah because he really put a lot of cheese and ham, but it's really easy to make and it taste good, it's basically the meal you make when you're lazy and you don't want to cook.
He puts way more cheese than there needs to be lol. For French people it's just a simple snack we make in 5min top, kinda like yall grilled cheese. The cheese/bechamel on top is the stereotypical croque monsieur look but you only find those in restaurants & prepackaged stuff, when making them at home we don't bother. It's not that unhealthy tbh, especially when paired with a salad
I had to shoot and edit this episode in its entirety yesterday, so there was no going back to fix mistakes. The cutting angle at 3:33 will haunt me for the rest of my days.
First
Ha mid cut
What's wrong? It looks like some great bread to me.
I don't see a mistake. I just see perfectly baked bread :)
Why what mistake did u do i didnt see one
I like to imagine him acting like this with everything he makes. Bowls of cereal, sandwiches, canned soup, etc
Ramen
But you also have to take the marshmallow incedent into consideration. What if thats how he reacts to it?
"Welcome to Binging with Babish, today I am going to be making a simple bowl of cereal. This delight has been around since the 50's-"
*camera isn't even on*
Legends say that every time he makes a mess, he has to do a full bounty paper towels ad-read
His GF from the other room: "Babe, can you make me some toast?"
*background music starts*
"Oh sh*t! Babe, no! F*cking relax!"
I love how the Croque Monsieur sounds so fancy in English, but its name basically just translates to "Mister Crunchy".
No it is Mister Crunch just to be more accurate
@@TheDarkAdn Or "Crunch a dude".
more a "Dude/mister cruncher" actually ;)
@@sebreno2064 Cruncher means nothing to me
Sounds like something Holt would say, lol. (or seeing the replies to the comment, something Holt would have a discussion with himself.)
I’m scared to ask for-Basics with Babish: Cereal
+
Binging with babish: cereal from geen stagnis life
first were gona genticly splice a cow wit a goat feed it nothing but red wine a double thick cream hand made from goat milk and mnt fuigi water then let then let the goat cow age for 25 years finely personally milk the cow with military grade gloves to preserve flavour now onto the space meteorite cereal
“now that was simple enough, how can we improve the experience? Well the most obvious step would be to add fresh strawberries and bananas- but let’s go a step further and make our own version of ‘frosted flakes’ from sCrAtCh”
Next april fools video!
Babish: “It doesn’t get any simpler than croque monsieur”
Also Babish: ok so now we’re going to grow the wheat for our bread
* minecraft sounds *
@Callum Ferry (Student) But before we go around tasting the soil, we are going to get a bank loan to purchase 50 parcels of prime Kansas farm real estate in order to set up our wheat fields.
@@AlejandroMBarba But before we do that, we need to acquire a US citizenship to have the ability to purchase land.
@Callum Ferry (Student) but before we do that the soil needs a bit of kosher salt
@@probablynotben6288 now before we do that we need to overthrow Britain and establish the 13 colonies as The United States of America
i see, this really is an easier recipe. He didnt even make his own stand-mixer
A truly underrated concept.
U are wrong he didn't make his own ingredients
That's a big flaw for RUclipsrs like him
That’s kind of a shame, a hand made one tastes way better than the store-bought stuff
That would be an awesome crossover with AvE or This Old Tony.
That's more an Alex style cooking video
“Where we Americanized the sandwich by dipping it in batter and frying it”
Because of course we did....
"Americanized by dipping it batter, just like French Toast" this episode is all over the place
@Andy Laish Or Appalachian, but honestly, what’s the difference?
And covering it in sugar!!
Yes
They are pretty tasty
Babish: It can't be simplier
Also Babish: **Makes his own bread*
Its a grilled cheese sandwhich with ham. Obviously he needs to make it needlessly overcomplicated a little to make a video out of it.
Somebody wooosh this man
@@renceljamesmateo8081 No
But making bread is fully simple
@@renceljamesmateo8081 back to the circus
I eat my Croque Monsieur in tears to honor the Captain. RIP Andre Braugher.
Indeed lost an amazing actor ❤️
Yes, rest in peace, Andre Braugher.
Rest in Power to a legend 😢😢
I still can't believe he's dead
Like my brain refuses to believe it
Babish: "I want something easier this week"
Also Babish: "Let's make our own bread"
Well to be fair, Babish can probably make 20 different types of bread in his sleep.
Bread isn't hard to make, especially if there are people at work you need to punch; you can punch the bread down instead. Win-win.
With experience comes varying levels of clarity and resolution on a subject, for you "baking bread" is a monolithic singular task of difficulty. When you look at it though, this bread recipe consists of pouring ingredients into a bowl and mixing, then putting the dough into a pan and baking. Compare that to making croissants or hand pulled noodles or any number of things he's done, and it seems super simple.
@@dindranew.6808 Punching bread doesent sound nice 😡
@@willanthoniozeppeli7913 It is extremely fun. Better than punching Blueford, Zeppeli
*Me:* "I sure could go for a sandwich right about now."
*Babish:* "How about in six hours?"
Just make a PB n J. You want a sandwich, you make a sandwich, you eat a sandwich.
Sasuke Uchiha captain holt?
Grilled cheese with ketchup and salt
@@cly7894 (́◉◞౪◟◉)
@@cly7894 I beg your pardon
"It doesn't get much simpler than croque monsieur."
"So the first thing we're gonna do is mill our own flour before trekking to Fiji and gathering our own water."
Slowly but surely, Babish will turn into Ina Garten.
"I like to use salt that's made from the dried tears of honey badgers, but kosher salt works fine too."
Wait, you don’t do this everyday?
What a weirdo
"Okay now that we've spent 4 years in Fiji and established a family we can move on to the next step."
“Now we are going to spend 2 years fermenting our egg-“
@@gracemoon9672 I always have a boiler of seawater simmering away on the back of my stove, just to have passable sea salt around when the honey badgers won't cry.
When basic groceries started to be hard to find as the pandemic began, I could not find a loaf of bread in the grocery stores, but I found a loaf at the all night gas station in upstate New York. It was Brioche made in a smallish bakery in Paris, and it was the best sandwich bread I’ve ever found.
Any legitimate food bought from a gas station could either be disgustingly harmful to your health, or infinitely delicious ruining your future expectations
He got lucky with the Gas Station Gamble, and now nothing will compare to such luck.
@@lordpumpkinhead265 bruh, he found his diamond in the rough
This will get buried but doesn’t matter. You and your channel have gotten my wife and I through quarantine much better then anything else. In the span of half a year we have made at least 15 of your recipes, and learned as many basics as we can. We have learned how to bake, maintain kitchenware, turn everyday ingredients into actual meals all thanks to you. I just want you to know we sincerely appreciate your work and love the meals. I personally had been researching methods of making a croque monsieur for a couple weeks and this episode dropped the day we planned on making it from scratch and we were even going to make a similar Béchamel and the timing was perfect! Thank you again! I hope if you do another book tour you come up to Michigan sometime so we can thank you in person!
This is so sweet, hope you and your wife are doing lovely :')
This is the wholesome life I dream of all day
Good news, it isn’t buried! :D
Stop flexing your loving relationship on me
So guess what didn't get buried? xD
Andrew: today we are basically making a sandwich
Me: finally something simple
Andrew: we start by making the bread
Btw he did it worng
It usually looks easier / faster on RUclips, eh.
The proper recipe is only one slice
At least he didn’t make the cheese or slaughter his own pig.
Just wait until he decides to make an apple pie from scratch.
Fun fact; Babish actually is from a long-line of headless ancient men.
He's a dullahan?
rumor is he cannot cross bridges
So, the people of Tom and Jerry
so his mom is miss bellum?
Yeah I had to use divine confetti to kill him
Rest easy, Captain Holt…😥😢
wait he died???
@@leafjerkyHe died at age 61.
It was lung cancer, sadly…
NINE NINE.
Babish: goes to the trouble of making the bread from scratch.
Also Babish: is happy to make do with microwaved ham.
Michaelwaved*
..... should he start with slaughtering a pig first then? :p
He probably made his own bow, hunted the pig, dragged it back to his car; took it home, slaughtered it, and cured its meat before the episode.
@@MrMan-sy4ev its just a joke man
@@prakhyanair Without delivering the piglet and raising it for slaughter?
“Alright guys I’ll be raising a baby pig from birth in order to insure the quality of my ham.”
Lemonpledge10 I agree
The Fat
@Lemonpledge10
Not trying to start a war here, but nobody asked.
Plus, if we're counting religion as historical, then how about we count the numerous other religious figures that have come back to life? Dionysus, Persephone, Osiris, Odin, Ganesha, Lemminkainen, Tammuz, Krishna, Quetzacoatl, Attis, etc.
@Lemonpledge10 Hail Satan and have a nice day.
@@captainbitches5093 is that hail as in frozen pellets of gravitationally propelled ouchies or hail as in Hitler?
Babish: “I’m already getting tired of googling temperature conversions”
Every non-US country: “me too”
THANK YOU!
Clearly your country hasn't been to the moon.... lol I'm from the US and I'll never understand why we have to have our own system. It's dumb. Our military uses metric so why doesn't the rest
@@EWPBPSstealth the brits brought it but we tried switching after WW2 but it was never made mandatory
@@lastnamefirstname5295 The brits brought imperialism too, but you rejected that as well! Ungrateful colonials.
BeardedDanishViking I know, did you know that they only had *one* African colony. Jeez, like, were they even trying?
Funny thing is the first time I ever recalled hearing about a croque monsieur was seeing it featured as a food item in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. Restores a nice amount of HP for just being a broiled ham and cheese sandwich lol.
And for some odd reason the only way to get them is as a drop from a monster called Ladycat.
You can change just a few nouns in this comment and it will also apply to Terraria
Lovely to see another order of ecclesia player on a food RUclips video of all places. Twas my first Castlevania game!
"I needed something simple and what's simpler than a croque monsieur"
*goes ahead and bakes his own damn bread*
Welcome to binging with babish
Then don't make your own
That and the fact that in some of his other recipes he uses exotic (and presumably expensive) ingredients are the only things that bug me. I still love these videos and always watch the hell out of them.
@@Mischief_Manager93 yeah, sometimes over the top, but thats the whole point. When i want a real recipe i go to food wishes. Here i just have fun watching.
What’s the joke
(Bread is just heated wet flour)
I had mostly the wrong ingredients laying around: brioche bun instead of bread, salami instead of ham, cheddar instead of Gruyere . Made it anyway, Worth it.
That sounds eminently amazing, and do-able.
I mean its a buttery sandwich with tons of cheese and ham. Cant go wrong really
@@grezende4056 Truth.
How are you verified when you have 180 subs.
@@sappycartoon9997 i assume it has to do with him joining youtube at 2006
...
youtube change their verification methods a bunch over the years
"Do you want french toast, fried eggs, or a ham sandwich for lunch?"
Babbish: Yes.
Belgians eat these a lot its like the belgian grilled cheese
RIP Andre Braugher. :(
1st attempt: hey that's nice, he even did real Pain-de-mie
Other attempts: ANDROU WATE ARE ÏOU LE DOUINEGUE??
The French dialect is transcribed perfectly
The _accuracy_ of that frech accent is _perfect_
prod. by scorpio shut up blue whaler
Ouatevereuaxgh: Whatever
@@scorpio610 I'm down to kms, you got discord?
Babish: uses hands to split the butter
Me: HMMMmmmm something feels wrong but I can't put my finger on it
No knives!
Ikr, smh usually I use my teeth for that
😂 😂 😂
@@scorpio610 sure
Ah yes, the all in one kitchen tool.
6:23 Very happy for her Croque Transition
2016: Babish makes Croque Madame
2020: Babish makes Croque Monsieur
How far we've come.
Then he puts an egg on his Croque Monsieur and makes it a Croque Madame again.
@@drdurchblick6871 some things do not, indeed, change
The poor lady lost her hat.
@@brain_apostrophe_t is it wrong I'm proud I actually get this on both levels?
“I’m already getting tired of googling temperature conversions”
Rest of world: Yes, we are America
He could just learn the math? build the formula one time, get pretty good at it....
@@SuperstitiousScientist the formula is something like y=9/5 x +32 so not the easiest thing to convert in your head
Adam Wagner America can just like use Celsius like the rest of the world
Executioner smough that's the no-fun answer
@@crash-ry3eq once you start doing it regularly, you get very good close approximations pretty quickly. It's just like learning another language.
lmao just wait till this guy finds out that you can just BUY bread
Lmfao
Nobody tell him, it's way funnier this way
@CabbageofDoom
The second half of that episode will be an upgrade - how to build your own bread shop from the ground up, including firing your own bricks.
He doesn't buy his bread so he can make it fresh.
@@marielopez3255 issa joke
R.I.P Andre 1962-2023
"It doesn't get much simpler than Croque Monsieur" Proceeds to make the loaf from scratch
Yeah, making bread is rocket science...
If you're not feeling that you can just do what I did and buy some brioche from the store. From there the recipe was pretty simple tbh.
Welcome to the babish culinary u
Nivers
'If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.'
- Carl Sagan
'Write that down! WRITE THAT DOWN!'
- Babish
Babish: I’m already getting tired of googling temperature conversions.
Everyone not from the US: *looks into the camera like theyre on the office*
Yeah, you should just convert to metric already so we can stop this nonsense!
Why not provide the gas regulo number as well??!!
@@kateh.2324 Fahrenheit was the original one, the rest of the world decided to be special, not us.
@@kateh.2324 also Fahrenheit is better in general as it is more accurate compared to Celcius.
@@DemoOfAHuman Fahrenheit has a finer resolution before going into decimals.
Unlike with dimensional measurements, this makes little to no practical difference.
It is however a terrible system of measurement, as it has no easily reproducible fixed points, which is why it is defined in metric.
Its only advantage, if you could even consider it that, is that negative outside temperatures are rarer than in Celsius.
Boy this is a pretty easy recipe he didn’t even make his own ham and cheese
Yeah, I mean who doesn't own a cow and some pigs these days. Þ
he didn't lay his own eggs too!
He didnt even grow his own wheat to make flour.
😱 I haven’t watched the whole video yet no fricking wayyyyy
He doesn't even own his own farm, what a cheapskate
Rest in peace, Andre Braugher.
I mean this is good and all but I’m disappointed you didn’t make the ham, cheese, kosher salt, kitchen utensils and oven by hand.
Omg same! Imam so mad he didnt even make the PAN by scratch! Next time he sould or I am unsubbing! He sould make his wole kitchen by hand, mix it with salt and pepper and a touch of spices and lem8n and aaa :P :) so good kitchen! Time to ty our home made life size kitchen everyone!
Mmm so good, needs more tang though... so lets restart!
Gacha Potato The Pan? I’d let that slide, but I’ll never forgive him for cheating his way around and not making the stove!
He shouldve made the aluminum foil and the table too!
Scratch that, he didn't even make his own flour! This is outrageous smh
He's not Frank
I didn’t like the cheese I was using, so I decided to raise multiple generations of cows to get the cheese I want.
Gunner Robertson It’s a good start, but you really need to work on the grasses those cows will be eating.
@@albertbatfinder5240 I couldn't find the right pasture for my cows, so I started by making my own planet...
@@pleaserespond3984 how did that go
2016 Babish: Makes a croque madame with store bought ingredients like a normal person.
2020 Babish: yo but what if we made the *bread*
Yeah half this episode is about making the bread. Who the heck is actually going to make their own bread for a ham and cheese melt?
Nathan Maxtro he is recreating not making one for fucken lunch xD
2024 Babish: Back in 2020, I procured a newborn piglet. I've fed it nothing but homegrown grains and nuts, and it is now ready to become ham for my croque madame.
@@MaxVids1 babish.
@Nospam Spamisham Then buy better bread.
There are professional artisans who get up fuckall early in the morning, before the frat parties from the night before have even wrapped up, so they can have fresh bread ready and waiting by the time normal people are out shopping. I'm pretty sure they can make a better loaf than you or me.
R.I.P. Captain Dad
Idea: Blooper reel/fail compilation called "Cringing with Babish"
he has a theme of starting it with b so it would unfortunately be bloopers with babish or something
Lol Bro If he ever shows off his extensive jewellery collection, Blinging with Babish
First Episode Intro Idea : Babish eating Taco but the it fell leaving only the tortilla left
@@aishwaryayannamani7844 if he shows us how to pick up girls, babes with babish
Yes please!
Andrew: I don't know if you've tried this, yet, but I've had Croque Monsieur several times with the ham crisped-up along the edges in a buttered skillet, first, and BOY does it ever add a wonderful texture and flavor to the sandwich!
Once, in fact, I was served one of these with paper-thin country ham slices that had been crisped along the edges and then dabbed with a mild hot sauce.
TOTAL HEAVEN!
FML the hot sauce one sounds delicious!
that sound so f**king good
Cool! Or should I say.. HOT?!?
@Arrow Head who hurt you LOL
@Arrow Head xD
“Preheating my ham in the microwave”
Is a sentence I never want to hear again.
Is it just me or did he call it a "michael-wave"?
Fried even briefly would have been awesome! How can you not fry that ham a bit?
Name checks out
That did seem a bit dodge, certainly 10 seconds a side in a small pan would have done the trick.
Why
R.I.P Captain Holt 🫡
This where the portuguese 'francesinha' was inspired! Would love to see Babish try that out
That's the manly version of the croque-monsieur 😁
Have never heard of ot. Gonna check it out now!!!!
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Yeah, after pasteis de nata I think that would be the next logical step in Portuguese gastronomy!
Pedro Silva obviamente haha
"It's a member of the 'clean-plate-and-then-go-take-a-nap-in-the-middle-of-the-day' club" is one of the best things Babish has said. Ever.
I agree :)
Needs more Dakka
I'm not kidding I was scrolling through comments and as soon as I read this comment babish said it in sync with what I was thinking
The cutlery toss really made that.
I never used to nap in America but here in Vietnam pretty much everyone catches an after lunch snooze. It’s just part of my sleep schedule now.
Being French, I approve the recipe, the outcome that just looks gorgeous, the effort to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius and your prononciation! Ça a l’air bon !
and people say the French are rude
You, Sir, are lovely evidence of the contrary :-)
I agree, I'm French too, and I think there might be a touch too much ham (but who's complaining) other than that, it's textbook croque monsieur / madame.
In winter 2023 may captain holt rest in peace
"i'm getting tired of converting temperatures"
Said most of the world using Celsius
Exactly, come back to farenheit!!! We bake in nice x25s and x50s!
@@trapjohnson some of us even bake at 420
Fahrenheit is trash
@@twistduck youre just upset that you can't thrive at a temperature of 69 degrees
@@trapjohnson imperial measurement systems are completely arbitrary and therefore suck. Just because something is bigger doesn't make it better.
Babish: “Im getting tired of searching up temperature conversions.”
Me, a european: Has to google every f***** x cups of y for every single ingredient in freedom-unit recipies
Ah, the joys of trying to convert ounces in grams just to find out there's american ounces that are different from british ounces, and they're apparently not the same as non-fluid ounces
i got u,
Welcome to: this is why I don't cook.
@@jlkjlkjkljklj9162 what do you mean the ounces are different??????
You should just switch over to U.S. units to make everything easier. 🇺🇸
Babish: I want to make a simple recipe this time.
Also Babish: makes three more versions of the same dish
All in good fun, sir! 😁
I would love to be his friend or family and eat food like this constantly
Babish: Make sure there is no gunk in the corners of your pan.
Pan: *is a circle*
hm??
"Pre heating my ham"
Sounds like a euphemism.
The whole time I'm like "wait isnt it battered and fried?" then I realized I had it confused with the monte cristo.
Don't worry. He made the Monte Cristo anyways
And I didn't realize I did the exact same thing to I saw this comment!! 🤣🤣
@@israeldelarosa5461 Excepot he really didn't... that was not a Monte Cristo which is, as the OP said, Battered and Deep Fried... Also should have turkey in it too. The greatest sandwich I've ever had, and was first excited and then disappointed in Babish's version.
Babish: "Chef John's words are ringing in my ear" Me: "Ah yes, this needs a dash of Cayenne pepper...oh."
Don't forget the ol tappa tappa
You are after all the side stepper of you Cayenne pepper
You are after all the Kit Fisto of your Montecristo.
Hahahaha always a pinch of cayenne.
@@spamwisegamgee8796 Yes! Glad there wasn't some other Chef John I didn't know about.
"I'm already tired of googling temperature conversions"
Welcome to the rest of the world trying to follow your recipes, Andrew.
If it were me, I would just have the editor add metric subtitles on screen.
He should just have a conversion chart always in the video description (I live in Argentina and use metric, but I don't mind)
@@cyanmanta He is the editor I'm pretty sure
I never convert, it's not like I'll do the recipe anyway
So true Phazz!
Thank you Captain Holt
Babish: splits butter with hands
Me: *something's wrong, I can feel it*
You just wait until he lubricates the crevices
"Alright, we got a perfectly cheesy sandwich. what are we missing?"
Americans: what if we *_batter_* and *_fry_* it?
This is the diner version of the monte cristo. There was a restaurant that deep fried it. It took it to a completely different level.
Okay but what is powdered sugar doing on it? That's something I just can't wrap my head around.
And then add powdered sugar and maple syrup.
@@balintlukacs2848 yeah let's add icing sugar and jam to a perfectly good, savoury, sandwich.... I can't bear the idea of raspberry jam on a fried egg either!
@@balintlukacs2848 I know it seems strange, but it works. I thought the same thing, and doubly so for the raspberry jam. However, it's really good -- just don't make any high-energy plans for after lunch.
We used to have a local restaurant that served deep fried everything, including a monte cristo. After adding bacon to it, the owner and my friends and I dubbed it the "Monte Crisco" for it's elegance and heart clogging beauty.
I made Croque Madames based off this video for the guys in my apartment today and they turned out really well! One thing I did differently was I used less cheese overall (because I'm a poor college student haha) and grated some gruyere directly into the Beschamel. I thought it took the Beschamel up a notch.
Now I’m asking myself if we should tell «Croque Madames», «Croques Madame» or «Croque Mesdames»..
Bechamel is a "mother sauce" that's combined in many different variants. Bechamel + Cheese (and sometimes an egg yolk for color ) is known as "Mornay Sauce"
Fun fact : "croque monsieur" is pronounced... exactly the way you did ! Congrats on your first well-pronounced french word :)
@@scorpio610 ew no
@@scorpio610 here is my insta acc @idontwannaplayurgame
@@goob6337 good rejection
@@scorpio610 let me guess that blue whale thing?
prod. by scorpio hi let’s play my @ is blue.whale.challenge128
3:40 My heart DROPPED, I thought you were gonna take a barbarians bite out of that perfect square loaf
LOL
"Barbarians bite" is now how I describe myself eating anything
For a "serious" actor, Andre Braugher is an amazing comedic actor!
I couldn't believe he was Ellis Bayard in Law and Order SVU. Dear God, I love him as Holt
It's the Leslie Nielson rule, the more serious an actor can be, the better they are in comedy.
Because his acting is a joke.
That’s cool and all, but why here??
Amen brother
The last one: the monte cristo. I've been searching for ages to find that sandwich. I had it for lunch at a restaurant one day years ago, thoroughly enjoyed it, then forgot what it was called. Thank you
They sell it at Cheddar's, which is a fairly common restaurant in the southern US.
@@flurderburger is their monte Cristo good? I haven't had Cheddars since the quarantine 😔😔
@@xdptwin1 it's very good. It's not pan fried like Babish's but is instead completely coated in batter and fried in oil, like chicken. Also it's got Swiss and... I wanna say American cheese, with turkey as well as ham.
They have fairly good monte Cristo's at Andersens pea soup dotted around the United States
@@liamnelson5773 Pretty sure there's only two Pea Soup Andersen's locations, both in California. Unless there's a different restaurant chain with a very similar name.
Me: But wouldn't adding the egg make this a Croque Madam?
Babish: Transforming this Croque Monsieur into a Croque Madam!
My high school French Teacher: Why do I suddenly feel so proud and fulfilled?
@Brodie Lackey La
@Brodie Lackey nope, croque madame is the exact same as croque monsieur, except for the addition of a sunny side up egg on top. Take it from this French guy that eats one of those 2 at least once a week.
@@M4RCi92 nope, it's le
@@SmackcrackIV french grammar... :'D
@@M4RCi92 it makes sense, until it doesn't because lol exceptions :')
As a french I can assure you that you said "croque monsieur" correctly (with an english accent, but correctly). Moreover, it looks so delicious and the recipe is excellent ! (Tbh yours is more generous than french ones actually)
I'm almost afraid to ask, but have you ever had a Monte Cristo? As an American, I am both deeply proud and deeply shameful every time I enjoy that particular contribution of ours to the culinary world.
I wanted to say that. I have had croque monsieur but never with that much ham. That's a bit too much. French cuisine is more subtle. Anyway I usually had it at home in the special appliance for it where the bread is squeezed together rather than made in an oven. Best thing ever with the slightly crispy edge of the bread.
@@FutureCommentary1 I agree
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@@mccarthy5825 well thanks for these kind words man, that's so heartwarming !! Italia is also such a great country, the history you have, the atmosphere, the monuments.. Venise's streets... Your food is also excellent !!
One of my cousin's didn't know how to pronounce Croque monsieu so used to call it a crock monster
I'm sorry... Did he just put three whole heartstopping sandwiches on the clean plate club in one episode?
Yes he did... *gulp*
One for breakfast, one for lunch, one for dinner. Probably more than 2,000 calories as prepared, but not a huge pig-out day, TBH.
That's a hell of a cheat day.
and he didn't kill the pig himself!
You question this but then don’t question the goddamn pizza ball?!
Native French speaker here: your pronunciation is fine and it's nice that you're making an effort.
Babish: *make bread*
Me, who doesn’t have an oven: “I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that”
I have a broken oven and a crappy toaster oven.
Me an intellectual: *Has a working oven, microwave, toaster and mini grill* :3
Yamper Gaster *cool.*
Get a breadmaker lol
Maybe he doesn't know that you can buy bread
3:39
I was actually scared when he sliced the loaf of bread in half, picked up one half, and brought it closer to his head, as if he were to bite it there 🤣🤣😭😭😭😭
"Can't make it any better."
Doesn't even turn bechamel into a sauce Mornay when the grated gruyere is right there.
Sorry I don’t speak italian
Thought that was Spanish...
Man, I made a croque madame like that where I did it "toad in the hole" style, put pesto on the bread, coated everything in mornay and gruyere, and baked those bitches along with some parmesan-tomato slices. Everything together was tres bien
translation?
Mornay sauce is a cheese sauce made from bechemel and usually gruyere
France: We invented restaurants. We are the masters of cuisine.
Also France: We have a sandwich literally named Mr. Crunchy
I wouldn't have it any other way to be honest
Britain: We popularized the concept of putting food between slices of bread so we can eat with our fingers. We call it a sandwich.
France: We took your sandwich and put a fried egg on top, so now you need a knife and fork to eat it.
cyanmanta isn’t the one with the egg a Ms. Crunchy (croque madame)? I forgot loool
@@garbijcan181 That's right, the egg made it look like it wears a hat so they called it croque madame. True story.
A more accurate traduction would be "bite mister" witch sound a little agressive then Mr. crunchy
I can't believe Babish missed the obvious name for the final sandwich: Madame Cristo.
I'm confused
@@eleonoracristo9322 It works better in french
Or Sainte-Marie. You know, because she is teh mother of Christo
This channel gives me so much nostalgia despite having found it only 3 years ago i can't explain it
In honor of Avatar: The Last Airbender coming back to Netflix, can you make the air nomad fruit pies?
Will you ask for Netflix to sponsor the episode?
How about Cabbages?
@@CynicalMartian Babish: *Buys entire farm just to grow cabbages*
Or fire flakes!
Maybe Iroh's tea perhaps?
At 3:40 I was genuinely worried he was about to take a giant bite outta that half loaf of bread.
Being able to take a bite out of a half a loaf of bread that you baked is a great privilege and should not be a cause of concern.
Same bruh
I mean, it cuts there. Maybe he did.
Me too.
*hoping
“Plopping our loaf” ...I thought I was an adult, but that phrase made me laugh and I realized I’m still a child
That's good as i dont think you dont ever want to be to grown to not laugh like that.
I did the same at "supple and bouncy"
Hahaha
No it’s not that your not grown it’s that your a guy
Rip captain holt
I shall never forget the most joyous eating event on camp out we had. My son had only been in scouts for a couple years. A new parent offered to cook that weekend. This guy was one of those professional tailgaters. He never made it in to the stadium, but the stuff he could make in the parking lot made his friends all happy.
This guy starts setting up a turkey fryer, a sandwich station, and a dipping station, and proceeds to make friggin' monte cristo sandwiches on a camp out. Had the jelly and everything, and when someone asked about powdered sugar, he said, "Do you think I'm a savage?" and pointed to a paper bag.
This, mind you, was the evening after his gorgeous camp chef OVEN produced fresh brownies on a little 1/4 sized sheet pan.
Best. Camp out. Ever.
The first & only time I did a backpacking trip, my friend brought a camp espresso maker, good wine, amazing food - it was incredible! Though I still prefer bringing very simple food since camping makes everything taste amazing!
Wow I'm stupid. I always thought a croque monsieur was basically just a "french toast" sandwich. Then I realized that's a monte cristo.
now where’s the verified tick
I cheat and make french toast and then assemble the sandwich. More eggy goodness and cooked all the way through since I use factory eggs.
I'm waiting for the crossover here
It's time to learn types of sandwiches NOW!
Well I'm French and I still don't understand exactly what it is that you guys call french toasts.
Make a gourmet “Breakfast Burrito” from brooklyn 99
Homemade gummy bears and fruit roll-ups.
Kevin Gomolchak you read my mind
Hey did u realise in the first dishhe did the pepper can to pan
@HariColesYT jokes on you I don't have a dentist.
Big Boi Haz yes
rest in peace captain
when he said "americanized the sandwich" i thought he was going to deep fry it
I've seen them deep fried for sure
Yeah, pan-frying in butter is plenty French.
So did I. I honestly expected him to make a batter and deep fry the sandwich.
I expected bacon
Its the powdered sugar I find odd. Why do Americans need to add sugar to a very savoury dish. Each to there own, but I don't get it.
Not to brag, but i can make a glass of water all by myself.
Is it possible to learn this power?!
@@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache No, I Am Afraid it is Not, Young Squire.
XD
*perfection*
But I...could make ice water
I'm not scared to ask for: Binging with Babish - Bell Peppers and Beef from Cowboy Bebop. It is time.
Better yet, the mushrooms from Cowboy Bebop
@@doctorjay8673 Oh shii you right.
the eggs
He has to do it without beef for it to be accurate.
@@RipRLeeErmey Then make his Babish version.
Babish has really come a long way since his early episodes: came back from watching his video of making a croque madame, and the differences between that and this episode is staggering. Did you know there was a time where he didn’t make his own bread? I know, it’s crazy!
Croque Madame episode: March of 2016
Croque Monsieur episode: July of 2020
Babby likes to keep ya waitin'
*Travis* would you like to play a fun game on Instagram 🥺😁? Leave your @ below
@@helious_music Why don't you want to play 🥺 it's a fantastic game 😁👍
@@scorpio610 stop doxxing lmfao
You’re sick
@@scorpio610 mine is bigbootycheeseballs try the blue whale thing. Wont work
I’m not gonna lie, your videos help me focus on something when I’ve got a bit of anxiety, and I can’t thank you enough
I still appreciate your efforts towards the metric system. Me and my partner use your recipes a lot and it is really has helped us not mess up as much
RIP ANDRE BRAUGHER 😭😭
I love how you made Croque Monsieur souds so fancy when it was my unique meal each day as a broke student
I made this last weekend and it was fantastic . This is defo on my rotation now . The Dijon version was my favourite . For vegetarians use the following filling ( chopped mushroom,garlic, herb , butter and green / red onions optional spinach leaves fried for 5 min )
This is the comment I was looking for 🙌🙌
I'm not even a vegetarian and that sounds delicious
"Croque Monsieur", which sounds so elegant, actually translates to "Mr. Crunchy", which sounds like it should be served with a juice box and a toy surprise.
I think a more literal translation would be "man muncher", which might not be better ^^
Sounds like a very happy meal to me.
Man bite seem more acurate
@@oDrashiao "Man muncher" sounds like something else entirely.
“I need a simple episode this week”
*makes his own bread*
"Today we're gonna do something simpler"
*Proceeds to make bread from scratch*
"I was in need of a simpler episode"
"First thing we're going to do is pick up our piglets and calves to raise to maturity for our ham and cheese"
@Lemonpledge10
Aren't you supposed to pray for the people in hell cuz aren't they the ones suffering the most?
it looks like a heart attack
but one i am willing to die for
Yeah because he really put a lot of cheese and ham,
but it's really easy to make and it taste good, it's basically the meal you make when you're lazy and you don't want to cook.
He puts way more cheese than there needs to be lol. For French people it's just a simple snack we make in 5min top, kinda like yall grilled cheese. The cheese/bechamel on top is the stereotypical croque monsieur look but you only find those in restaurants & prepackaged stuff, when making them at home we don't bother. It's not that unhealthy tbh, especially when paired with a salad
@@junikigai
But we all know Babish takes things a step further.
I can them oopsies (if you watch the show you will know)
Brock mini heart attacks lol
When he said "Let's americanize it" i thought he was going to literally deep fry it...
Babish when he’s made everything “How to make meth from breaking bad”
He's done it
He did the thing
he actually did that
He's done that
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