A Week On Tesco Value DAY 7

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Комментарии • 920

  • @SpAMCAN
    @SpAMCAN 6 лет назад +109

    Good trick with cheap/value chocolate: Always get the dark stuff. Dark chocolate has a minimum legal cocoa requirement, whereas milk chocolate doesn't.

    • @AgentTasmania
      @AgentTasmania 5 лет назад

      SpAM_CAN
      There’s still minimums to call it chocolate at all.

    • @wickedwildwallace
      @wickedwildwallace 4 года назад

      @@AgentTasmania white chocolate?

    • @SSMateuszSS
      @SSMateuszSS 4 года назад

      @@wickedwildwallace energy chocolate, fizzy chocolate

  • @clairegoodenough9800
    @clairegoodenough9800 6 лет назад +10

    Tesco does do a sort of version of everyday value fruit and veg, and also meat. They just put a different name on it, like the bread. The meal is called something like Boswell Farm and the fruit/veg is Rosedene Farms. I don't know if it counts, but I thought I'd mention it. The dried pasta and like £1 ready meals are now called Hearty Food Co. too. It's just to trick people who wouldn't buy something with 'everyday value' written on. Although any reason to get rid of the beige packaging makes sense in my book

  • @KyleRDent
    @KyleRDent 6 лет назад +59

    I've always frozen bread because yes when you're poor and living alone a whole loaf is cheaper but you'll never eat it in time before it moulds up. I used to take a couple of slices out the night before if I knew I'd want a sandwich rather than toast the next day. Just don't take more than that out or the slices stick together and get soggy. You won't get a great sandwich, but you'll get a sandwich.

    • @SakuraAvalon
      @SakuraAvalon 6 лет назад +1

      I know this all too well.

    • @henkdevries7634
      @henkdevries7634 6 лет назад +4

      Be sure to treat yourself to some nice bread with lots of little nuts and seeds on it from time to time. I used to never eat bread because I thought it was tasteless and boring. Then I fell in love and my partner can eat bread all freaking day and night. But he buys these breads for twice the price of the value bread, and I now like bread too. It keeps inviting me to eat another slice until I am stuffed, so you will finish a whole loaf in just two days. Nice and crispy on the outside, soft melting-in-your-mouth-deliciousness on the inside. You can make all kinds of meals with it too. And if you like the bread there is nothing wrong with eating it three times a day for two days once a month or so. It's still good if you freeze it though, no worries.

    • @elitegaming4506
      @elitegaming4506 6 лет назад +1

      KyleRDent microwaves have an option to defrost, put a few slices in on defrost for about 8seconds, its better than taking it out the night before

    • @1x56
      @1x56 6 лет назад

      I put my bread in the fridge and it lasts for about 3 weeks and there's no need to defrost. I guess it depends on how quickly you go through a loaf

    • @jessica23claire
      @jessica23claire 6 лет назад

      I'm a big believer in the frozen bread thing. If I want the bread now I'll defrost it in the microwave, otherwise I'll toast from frozen or let it defrost if I'm prepping sandwiches.

  • @AgentTasmania
    @AgentTasmania 6 лет назад +70

    I quite like the design on the Tesco Value packaging.

    • @bigzy8183
      @bigzy8183 6 лет назад +2

      AgentTasmania am I missing something here? What design?

    • @AgentTasmania
      @AgentTasmania 6 лет назад +2

      J's Supreme The grid of minimalist, single-colour images of generic food items and related.

  • @smokeme23
    @smokeme23 6 лет назад +12

    I learned on Binging With Babish that packaged shredded cheese melts terribly because of the potato starch that they are coated with. Which is why they keep there shape when “melted”. I loved this series. Can you do a week on ready made meals like hungry man meals? Or a week on “special of the day” restaurant takeaways

    • @Wnations95
      @Wnations95 6 лет назад +1

      Koen Beaulieu he already did the ready meals, "a week on Iceland"

    • @smokeme23
      @smokeme23 6 лет назад

      Willard Nations your right. It could be a different company like a subscription service for fresh meals like blu apron or something else.

    • @flamingogh_
      @flamingogh_ 6 лет назад +1

      Koen Beaulieu hey that's where I learned that! I was just like "wow, I know why that happens."

    • @juliemiller9891
      @juliemiller9891 5 лет назад

      Koen Beaulieu lo

  • @habib6910
    @habib6910 6 лет назад +41

    Nevill's bread = £0.45
    Chocolate spread = £0.80
    Chilli con carne = £0.55
    Lightly salted tortilla = £0.46
    Grated cheddar = £2.50
    8 beef burgers = £1.35
    Way cook chips = £0.99
    Sugar free lemonade = £0.17
    Milk chocolate bar = £0.45
    Total = £7.72 BARGAIN.

    • @ajg5585
      @ajg5585 6 лет назад +7

      And a heart attack is free of charge after.

    • @mc16_horizon
      @mc16_horizon Год назад

      Let me correct the 8 beef burgers to 8 pieces of dog sh*t 😂

  • @Tensen01
    @Tensen01 6 лет назад +127

    ALL pre-grated cheese contains potato starch, regardless of price, it's to keep it from clumping. It also prevents cheese from Melting properly.

    • @advenum
      @advenum 6 лет назад +2

      Tensen01 even one for 399?

    • @nathanielfoo7835
      @nathanielfoo7835 6 лет назад

      Supxreme yes

    • @turnip5359
      @turnip5359 6 лет назад +1

      What's with all these freaks harping on about wood pulp? Is that an American thing or just some old myth?

    • @Leanne_w
      @Leanne_w 6 лет назад

      Exactly!

    • @ChrisMadd96
      @ChrisMadd96 6 лет назад +1

      They can use cellulose from wood shavings to do the same thing. It's processed first though, obviously, into a starch

  • @chaeburger
    @chaeburger 6 лет назад +201

    The less they pay for branding, the less they charge for the products. Generic brands in the US are so much more expensive because supermarkets spend money to make their generic brands look like name brands.

    • @dr666demento
      @dr666demento 6 лет назад +15

      Several supermarket chains tried offering 'generic' or 'plain label' goods. Not much cheaper than store brand - and often not as good as the store brand either. The brand name adds another markup for the product from the manufacturer. You'd be surprised how many store brands come the same company as the 'big name' brands. Those Tesco corn flakes could well have been Kellogg's with different box printing.

    • @spicypeppermushroom8708
      @spicypeppermushroom8708 6 лет назад +5

      Ben Foster ur right aldi's own hoola hoops are made by same factory that make real hoola hoops but different packaging and prices

    • @prpwnage9296
      @prpwnage9296 6 лет назад +2

      Dr Demento no because "Kellogg's don't make cereal for anyone else"

    • @colleenmooney10
      @colleenmooney10 6 лет назад

      Chae Howard very true my dad painted a pizza factory and he said that all pizza the same ju at went into different brand box's .....

    • @OfficiallySanctionedKATG
      @OfficiallySanctionedKATG 6 лет назад

      @@prpwnage9296 kellogs dont make cereals for anyone else, except they have a subsidiary company operating under a different name (as do most brand name companies) that subsidiary company do produce cereals for other companies. Aldis beans are made by heinz using the beans that are either too big or too small to be heinz beans.a yogurt factory i worked in years ago put the same yogurt into the kwiksave (remember them?) 6 yogurts for 39p pots as they put in to the marks and spencers 4 for £1.39 pots.this is going back 15 years but its still the same type of thing going on today.

  • @LWolf12
    @LWolf12 6 лет назад +8

    The reason most of the packaging looks similar is the standardized look helps keep prices lower. No need to hire designers to design out custom packaging for each product, plus the place the produce the packages have fast turn around because everything is pretty much the same outside of the names.

  • @TnT_F0X
    @TnT_F0X 6 лет назад +177

    Basil knows what his fans want, camera comes on he shows off the cat butt and sass. Like a feline Brittney Spears. Just look at that flawless Catwalk.

    • @funkyfatandfrocked
      @funkyfatandfrocked 6 лет назад

      TnT FoX this comment literally made me die, I love it!

  • @IWrestleBearsForFunn
    @IWrestleBearsForFunn 6 лет назад +26

    Mike, I have that same toaster. If you just press defrost when you push it down it toasts as normal when frozen.

    • @LyingSecret
      @LyingSecret 6 лет назад +2

      I would have thought that was pretty obvious too, and I don't own that toaster, but apparently not.

  • @MagnaRyuuDesigns
    @MagnaRyuuDesigns 6 лет назад +12

    All grated cheese you buy from the store, any brand, has potato or corrn starch to keep the cheese from sticking together in the bag

  • @canadmexi
    @canadmexi 6 лет назад +13

    "Stop kissing tables"
    That wasn't even 'bout food but that was my favourite line.

  • @Robintheboywonder4
    @Robintheboywonder4 6 лет назад +19

    What you said about Tesco Value being unappealing is I suspect why a LOT of tesco value stuff is being replaced by 'farm brands'

  • @tdp2612
    @tdp2612 6 лет назад +208

    Here's an idea for the next one: A week on Poundland. So a mix of tinned stuff, bottled drinks and again 0 fresh food

    • @moozicforLIFE
      @moozicforLIFE 6 лет назад +11

      tdp2612 I'd watch that so fast. Poundland deals are very satisfying! 😅

    • @elliemae4820
      @elliemae4820 6 лет назад

      Great idea

    • @TehWhiteTiger
      @TehWhiteTiger 6 лет назад

      Yes! But only cheap brand stuff of course.

    • @1x56
      @1x56 6 лет назад +1

      I think he'll die if he tried that

    • @bkr_418
      @bkr_418 6 лет назад +1

      The poor man, have some mercy.

  • @Pleasedontmakeascene
    @Pleasedontmakeascene 6 лет назад +2

    I really liked this "a week on" mainly because you didn't look you wanted to die every day, but also because you recognised that these products are a more affordable substitute to "regular" products without sacrificing too much quality. Great video, all of them

  • @AdamThePianist
    @AdamThePianist 6 лет назад +333

    3/10 not enough basil. unsubbed. reported.

  • @LadyBrightcynder
    @LadyBrightcynder 6 лет назад +21

    Mike: "It looks like *insert disgusting thing here*"
    I need to stop watching these videos when I'm eating...

  • @zdaviation
    @zdaviation 6 лет назад +185

    You can get Everyday Value fruit and veg. Tesco do sell it.
    And I'm not funding your book until you buy a camera tripod.

    • @Yardoun
      @Yardoun 6 лет назад +11

      For real how does he not have a tripod. Counter tops and sofa arms dont count.

    • @JamiJR
      @JamiJR 6 лет назад +10

      What he needs is a GoPro or GoPro-like camera so he doesn't have to open things one handed.

    • @Markemoji
      @Markemoji 6 лет назад +2

      How much did the food shop for the week cost in total?

    • @tortureforbeauty
      @tortureforbeauty 6 лет назад +3

      Salty much?!! @CabinDoor

    • @user-hg9id1qo8b
      @user-hg9id1qo8b 4 года назад +1

      its been 2 years, still no tripod

  • @amanda912701
    @amanda912701 5 лет назад +1

    Tesco I think you should fund Mike's book.
    He deserves it for advertising your products all week.
    I may get some chicken kiev myself...
    Basil needs a companion.
    Well done Mike

  • @fanime1
    @fanime1 6 лет назад +142

    It's funny that you said you think Tesco's branding looks cheap because I found their brand design really nice looking as an American. Because the cheap brands here are usually very bland. It's so obviously cheap. But with Tesco, I like the background with the animals and food. Reminds me of the brands here that are organic and stuff.

    • @Albinowolfen
      @Albinowolfen 6 лет назад +13

      fanime1 Yeah was thinking the same thing. Usually they are plain just with the store name and brand's color. Thats it.

    • @thomaskirkness-little5809
      @thomaskirkness-little5809 6 лет назад +22

      I think it's quite a nice design. Simple but recognisable.

    • @SakuraAvalon
      @SakuraAvalon 6 лет назад +10

      I agree. Where I am in Canada, it's all this ugly bright yellow.

    • @WhyMe4747
      @WhyMe4747 6 лет назад +15

      Yeah but you don't have the same bad associations with that design as someone from the uk would have

    • @thomaskirkness-little5809
      @thomaskirkness-little5809 6 лет назад

      I'm from the UK, but they had a different design back when I lived there. It was No Frills stuff.

  • @SaberusTerras
    @SaberusTerras 6 лет назад +2

    The potato starch in the cheese is basically cheap flour to keep the shreds from congealing in the package. It's just what happens when shredded cheese gets even slightly warm.

  • @joannegray5138
    @joannegray5138 6 лет назад +12

    Well done for getting creative with the chilli. Asda do "wonky veg" boxes - I think they're about £3 to £5, but they sell a limited number each day and it's not every store that sells them. How about your next "week on..." you go try Quorn and/or Linda McCartney or supermarket own brand veggie meals?

    • @fanime1
      @fanime1 6 лет назад +3

      Joanne Gray I LOVE Quorn!

    • @joannegray5138
      @joannegray5138 6 лет назад +2

      Me too :)

    • @JulieWallis1963
      @JulieWallis1963 6 лет назад +1

      Both Linda McCartney’s and Quorn contain palm oil. We don’t buy anything with palm oil in as we like the idea of orangutans having somewhere to call Home.

  • @timmy41
    @timmy41 6 лет назад +90

    The reason why cheap food comes in cheap looking packaging is, well, because it's cheaper to produce. Ever noticed how simple the designs are kept with value products? That's because the less ink you need to print, the cheaper you can produce your packaging. Frankly I'm all for cheaper packaging, much butter for the environment in the long run.

    • @henkdevries7634
      @henkdevries7634 6 лет назад

      timmy41 the cheapest and any other non-brand thing is probably the same anyway. Like Nutella is the brand and has a different recipe, but any other two chocolate spreads are exactly the same. At least it is in the Netherlands.
      And all washing detergents are the same. The only difference between them is the aroma that is in it. That goes for all of the western countries.

    • @cornjobb
      @cornjobb 6 лет назад +6

      yes, i agree, there should be lots more BUTTER in the environment

    • @timmy41
      @timmy41 6 лет назад +2

      Cornjob McGee lol I didn't notice the typo, I'm leaving it in though :D

    • @k12rising
      @k12rising 6 лет назад +1

      Who cares about the packaging, the "food" is disgusting.

    • @JamesPhillipsOfficial
      @JamesPhillipsOfficial 6 лет назад

      "cheap" i.e lazy, half assed product designed to ruin your life and increase stress.

  • @markiangooley
    @markiangooley 6 лет назад +117

    There’s a touch of “Brand X! Brand X! It’s simple and plain!” to Tesco Value. In other words, sometimes as bad as Foodfight.
    I think you lost weight because many of those meals were so tiny.

    • @JamesHetfieldIsGod
      @JamesHetfieldIsGod 6 лет назад

      Nostalgia Critic fan ?

    • @thisfishiscoolashell
      @thisfishiscoolashell 6 лет назад

      Not a chance he lost 0.7 lb a day from this. You'd need such a large calorie deficit to do that.

  • @aaronzvz
    @aaronzvz 6 лет назад +140

    Great job on surviving another "week on". You should reward yourself (and us) by getting a tripod for your camera/phone ;)

  • @eustacequinlank7418
    @eustacequinlank7418 6 лет назад +5

    I use canned chillis as a cheat sometimes (actually a lot of the time recently) I fry off 400g some mince and a handful of chopped frozen onions with some spices like cumin, paprika, chilli and mexican oregano add that to the canned chilli on the stove pot then add half a can of crushed tomatoes and a decent bouillon cube, add some frozen sliced mixed peppers and half a can of mixed beans (in Sainsbury's they call it 'bean salad') beans being optional for chilli snobs of course, and simmer for about five minutes. It takes a quarter of the time it takes to make one from scratch (or the way I used to anyway). Having made ones that take well over 2 hours before in the past, it's not bad. A rather decent chilli in less than 20 minutes. Freeze the leftovers as there will likely be some.
    Fuck, I'm domesticated.

    • @TheCyberwoman
      @TheCyberwoman 6 лет назад +1

      Man Beadle the only thing I really question is the cube, it's all so high in sodium, even with the extra veg. I would probably sub that for a cup of low sodium beef broth.
      Also, if you're somewhere that you can get frozen New Mexico chili, it's an amazing hack for making chili from scratch quickly. But if not, even a can of enchilada sauce adds a slow cooked flavor without the slow cooking. That, and hear me out, a bit of soy sauce and half a can of beer. Can't taste it with all the seasoning, but if you add those in with your browning beef, it makes a fast throw everything in the pot chili taste like a meticulous all day chili.

    • @eustacequinlank7418
      @eustacequinlank7418 6 лет назад +1

      Yeah, perhaps ditch the bouillon if it's high in salt. I have frozen blocks of reduced homemade stock in the freezer I confess 10 to 1 litre reductions. Pretty strong stuff that boosts flavour like mad with no added salt. Although, the rough guide would make maybe 4 or 5 servings of chilli so the salt would be distributed throughout the stew. I've put splashes of soy sauce in chilli before too, the umami kick, you don't know it's there but you can taste a difference if that makes sense (well of course you do). I shall try the enchilada sauce suggestion!

  • @iamastupidkat6662
    @iamastupidkat6662 6 лет назад +4

    I must admit, I like the cat more than the youtuber. 😂😂

  • @Whiskeyklone
    @Whiskeyklone 6 лет назад +18

    I have enjoyed these videos. He should write a book or something

  • @Tedris4
    @Tedris4 6 лет назад +106

    The flaw in the plan is to get cheap Nutella you have to look for hazelnut spread, not chocolate.
    Also grats on pronouncing tortilla correctly.

    • @ConanRider
      @ConanRider 6 лет назад +1

      It has hazelnuts in it.

    • @DJEylisium
      @DJEylisium 6 лет назад +29

      I think every British person pronounces Tortilla like that.
      Or at least every single person i have ever met does anyway.

    • @qwerty8382
      @qwerty8382 6 лет назад +2

      Yeah we all say tortilla like that. Don't forget the Spanish are European fam.

    • @qwerty8382
      @qwerty8382 6 лет назад

      *and by Spanish I mean cause they speak Spanish in Mexico

    • @TapeCollageForEloise
      @TapeCollageForEloise 6 лет назад +1

      I don't know, I've come across a few people in my time who pronounce it "Tor--til-ah". Usually the same sort of people who pronounce Jalapeño as "Jar-la-pee-no".

  • @thomraider9193
    @thomraider9193 6 лет назад +15

    He actually pronounced Tortilla correctly! It's Learning!

  • @jackdolby3409
    @jackdolby3409 6 лет назад +3

    I have total respect for you doing this. I found it hilarious, but totally saddening. I've lived in poverty, and have come far since then. Reminds me of some right grim meal times as a kid. But overall, your sense of humour is eternally optimistic! Keep doing what you do bro! Got my subscription! 🍕🍟✌✌✌

  • @AverageJoe2020
    @AverageJoe2020 6 лет назад +28

    Can't argue, the value food is okay, and Tesco home delivery has been a great service to me- always on time and really nice staff delivering stuff to me, Try it.

    • @k12rising
      @k12rising 6 лет назад +4

      Only an "average joe" would be stupid enough to think this "food" is "okay".

    • @josephbarker2615
      @josephbarker2615 6 лет назад +4

      well in reality people have to live on this, don't mock it.

  • @MrsRen
    @MrsRen 6 лет назад +3

    The way you're talking about the branding, that's what they do in the States. Target especially is well known for their "hidden" brands. Store brands usually mimic name brand designs too, they don't have a specific look except within items. Wal-Mart brand canned goods look the same, but their packaging looks way different than the cheese packaging.

  • @MaverickBaking
    @MaverickBaking 6 лет назад +15

    Really enjoyed this series, just come across your channel! I'm moving out of my parents house soon and I'm getting a glimpse into my new reality haha!

    • @ShariGetsIt
      @ShariGetsIt 6 лет назад +1

      Maverick Baking lol, I thought I was the only one 😂

  • @LimDul
    @LimDul 6 лет назад +2

    The potato starch in the cheese is used as a kind of edible talc powder so that the grated cheese strips don't stick together. Nothing to be alarmed about there.

    • @nicolaischweizer2788
      @nicolaischweizer2788 6 лет назад

      Even though it is not harmful it doesn't help the taste either. If you try freshly grated cheese you will notce a big difference to the stuff you can buy in bags.

  • @Crobat-queen
    @Crobat-queen 6 лет назад +3

    Loved this week on! I don't have the cash to back ya, Mike, but I don't mind your promoting. I do like it better when it's at the start and/or end of the video and not in the middle though! but personally it doesn't phase me. live your dream, dude.

  • @AbsoluteMiniacGena
    @AbsoluteMiniacGena 6 лет назад

    Excellent! I just looked to Unbound to see your book is 118% funded so well done. I hope to see it on iBooks at some point which is the only way I seem to read books now, as I am able to lie in bed using my iPad in the dark.
    As for your favourite meal in the week, the Kiev’s... there is no regulation which states how much chicken should be in a kiev and so manufacturers make the most of this and only put a teeny bit in. My children loved them although I no longer buy them. I actually got annoyed with Tesco as they used to have their very cheap range in the red and blue printing on the white label, and then they had an intermediate own brand which was pretty damn good. I was crazy for their Tesco Select Cheese & Onion crisps. So what they did was combine both the value and their next level goods and relabel it as Everyday Value whilst also increasing the prices so it was quite a con as many people just thought they relabelled the Value range. Thankfully I’m not in a situation for value stuff now and we always buy either King’s Mill or Warburtons loaves of bread.

  • @harryemmott8597
    @harryemmott8597 6 лет назад +11

    The potato starch in the grated cheese is to stop it from clumping together - that would be most unappealing...

  • @JamesTaylor-mt4re
    @JamesTaylor-mt4re 6 лет назад +3

    The Tesco value lemonade is great chilled and mixed with squash, like the value orange squash.

  • @jeffreyfike3384
    @jeffreyfike3384 6 лет назад +17

    "Stop kissing the table and give me a fist bump." Lol!

  • @xedalpha1
    @xedalpha1 6 лет назад +7

    A week on Asda Smartprice/Aldi/Lidl at some point perhaps? Which major chain does it best?

  • @NorggroN
    @NorggroN 6 лет назад +40

    that melted cheese looks like a flat texture in a video game

    • @connornealon1112
      @connornealon1112 Год назад

      Looks like something from doom but actually quite tasty 😂

  • @Mrmidtown1
    @Mrmidtown1 6 лет назад

    The potato starch keeps the cheese from sticking together. Most brands use it - even higher end ones. Always grate your own cheese, if possible. Melts smoother.

  • @dariusrobotson6872
    @dariusrobotson6872 6 лет назад +15

    We need to get Mike a GoPro so he can use both hands.

  • @VermilionRua
    @VermilionRua 6 лет назад +9

    About what I expected really. I've eaten a lot of Great Value (Walmart's similar brand to Tesco Value), and can say pretty much the same thing. Although GV isn't quite this inexpensive.

  • @SolanusDracon
    @SolanusDracon 6 лет назад +155

    Might want to consider a tripod with a cell phone mount. One handed buggery is rough business.

    • @beckykent435
      @beckykent435 6 лет назад +2

      Agreed

    • @leannie2513
      @leannie2513 6 лет назад

      One handed buggery with the cat 🐈 😂😂😂

    • @rockoperajon
      @rockoperajon 6 лет назад +2

      The one-handed buggery is part of the charm!

  • @KyleJamesFrazer
    @KyleJamesFrazer 6 лет назад

    I wouldn't mind the pizza and garlic bread if I put peppers on the pizza and had a side serving of veg to go with it; you can get Value mince from the fridges to mould into burgers with some egg and spring onions.
    Value is half-decent stuff if you combine it with low-cost veg; I always put lemon in the lemonade and cola, for example, to give the food some nutrients and vitamins.

  • @shannonfriet6291
    @shannonfriet6291 6 лет назад +112

    Hello basil the cat!!!! Beautiful black cat!!! Love his meow and personality!!!!

  • @wildgooseman7047
    @wildgooseman7047 6 лет назад

    Interesting week of videos.
    Re the packaging: I used to work for a food processing company that made value range items for all of the supermarkets. The packaging is so bland because while supermarkets want to be seen to be offering value, they don't actually want people to buy them as the entire range is a loss leader. By making the packaging so plain/cheap it makes people feel self conscious about buying it, something you hinted at yourself.
    The reality is the ingredients do tend to be mostly the same it just tends to be the lower quality grades used. For example the canned garden peas will be produced using the same crops as the more expensive canned/frozen peas but the moisture content will have been lower making the raw material a little firmer/tougher.

  • @beelzzebub
    @beelzzebub 6 лет назад +5

    Microwaving the chilli cheese and tortillas was a bad call. Should have:
    - Done the chilli on the job (or microwaving it on its own would be fine
    - Bake cheese + tortillas in oven, cheese melts better and tortillas crisp up

  • @elliottchappell1260
    @elliottchappell1260 6 лет назад

    Potato starch is in grated cheese to stop the cheese from sticking to each other. I recommend grating your own.

  • @haliehope7067
    @haliehope7067 6 лет назад +4

    tesco seems like school food. maybe better quality. I do love that you fist bump your cat. I do the same. I just adore the fact you have a black cat. As my cat belladonna loves to come over to watch when she hears basil.

  • @alexisfiligree9116
    @alexisfiligree9116 6 лет назад

    Chili cheesey chips are much better if you start by cooking the chili on the stovetop, then add the cheese near the end and stir it until it's a cheesey, chili blend...then you keep the chips separate...only dipping them into the bowl. Trust me...it's not much more work and it's much better. I'd also recommend adding a bit of refried beans and salsa to the dip mix and cooking them in as well. If you want a bit of spice, I'd recommend sprinkling a bit of cayenne as well. Oh...also, the foods you get everyday from Tesco value are cheaper than clearance food items and secondary clearout food shops in California. Seriously...that box of corn chips you bought is the cheapest price for a box of cereal I have ever seen. The same box would be at least $1.50 anywhere here (about £1.07).

  • @ZipplyZane
    @ZipplyZane 6 лет назад +3

    Pre-grated cheese needs some sort of powder to keep it from sticking together. Even the fancy brands have it. Just be happy that cheap didn't mean using cellulose, which would mean sawdust.

    • @fireriffs
      @fireriffs 6 лет назад +1

      Cellulose is not sawdust. Sawdust has cellulose but so does any plant. Cellulose is the cell wall of a plant. It's likely from something leafy.

    • @ZipplyZane
      @ZipplyZane 6 лет назад

      No, when it is listed as a powdered ingredient in food, it is quite literally food-grade sawdust. It just looks bad to call it what it actually is, so they use a more generic term.
      It's true it could come from other sources, but sawdust is an extremely cheap waste material. It makes economic sense to use the cheapest form you can.
      I'm not saying it's particularly bad for you. It's not. It is, ultimately, just undigestible material. But that is what cellulose usually means on a food label. Especially on value brands.

    • @fireriffs
      @fireriffs 6 лет назад

      Even so, fiber is essentially cellulose, so it can serve as a source of fiber, however unappetizing it may sound.

  • @charleston7717
    @charleston7717 6 лет назад

    The potato starch is there to prevent the cheese sticking together it's very minute. Other cheese also use cellulose from plants to prevent this.

  • @aljr357
    @aljr357 6 лет назад +12

    The chocolate looks good. I prefer darker milk chocolate which is something we get in Canada along with regular milk chocolate and dark chocolate in different percentages starting with 63% dark chocolate all the way up to 95% dark chocolate which isn’t that good because it has no sugar added.

    • @mapesdhs597
      @mapesdhs597 6 лет назад

      Tesco's own non-value dark chocolate is very good. I used to buy Bournville but Tesco's is better. For a nice home-made buscuit, buy a pack of their custard creams, lay out on baking paper, melt a bar of the dark choc, spread over & cover with a knife, cool in fridge. Yum. 8)

    • @vickishaw6053
      @vickishaw6053 6 лет назад

      asda sells a bar of value chocolate for 30p and it's bloody nice

  • @FormidableNemesis
    @FormidableNemesis 6 лет назад +1

    "Can you toast frozen bread?" Defrost button on toaster in view.

  • @steely666
    @steely666 6 лет назад +6

    Yes, you can toast frozen bread. Some toasters have a frozen button.

    • @TartanFerret
      @TartanFerret 6 лет назад +5

      his toaster does... *eyeroll*

    • @sidewaysdanny
      @sidewaysdanny 6 лет назад +1

      I always toast frozen bread. It's about all I used sliced bread for. If I want bread I get some fresh crusty baguette

  • @utrapzab
    @utrapzab 4 года назад +1

    with all the book sales you need to buy an air fryer Mike, the way forward

  • @emileeeeee5305
    @emileeeeee5305 6 лет назад +12

    My cat -also a black cat with a tiny meow - saw Basil at the beginning, and spent the rest of this video watching the screen. He never watches TV.

  • @mapesdhs597
    @mapesdhs597 6 лет назад

    Add some orange squash to the lemonade, and shake the orange bottle before using it! Also, pour some in little cartons or whatever, freeze, fizzy lollies!

  • @beavis6363
    @beavis6363 6 лет назад +8

    Burgers are the item that turned me off from our local equivalent to your Tesco. I realized that some of the bargains weren't bargains at all. Just got to the point where you found them repulsive as well. Could have warned you.

  • @PooleyX
    @PooleyX 6 лет назад

    The reason for supermarket 'value' brands having easily recognisable packaging is *precisely* what you felt. It's meant to make you feel uneasy and stigmatise you. They don't really want you to buy it, and particularly not to fill your basket with nothing but it. It exists to bring down the average price of produce and give them 'cheap' stats over all.

  • @ZipplyZane
    @ZipplyZane 6 лет назад +5

    You seem to miss that Tesco doesnt want people to buy their value branded stuff unless that's all they can afford. It's called price discrimination. Get the poorer people buying something, but keep the richer people buying the more expensive stuff

    • @MrGreenYeti
      @MrGreenYeti 6 лет назад

      How come Tesco gives out more clubcard points if you buy own brand stuff over branded stuff?

    • @ZipplyZane
      @ZipplyZane 6 лет назад

      Because giving out points and such is also about price discrimination. The people who would be most influenced by such offers? Poorer people who need to stretch a -buck- pound. If money's not tight, then the small rewards won't mean much.
      The same idea is used with coupons. In this case, it's the hassle that discourages people who can afford it not to bother, while those who need the help will use them.
      All of it is just to keep the customers buying stuff from your store. Even if a poorer person doesn't have much money on their own, being the place where "poorer people shop" can turn a tidy profit. Being the place where people associate your stuff with value (even if they wind up buying more expensive stuff) can be good for your image. Maybe you don't even have the best price on stuff all the time, but reward points can mean people look at your store first.

  • @entromix
    @entromix 6 лет назад

    There's usually some kind of starch on pre-schredded cheese. It's so that the cheese doesn't come out in one big lump. That is also why shredded cheese doesn't turn out great when using it on pizzas etc.

  • @scrunglenut6222
    @scrunglenut6222 6 лет назад +27

    mike u frickin PLUG YOURSELF AS MUCH AS U WANT. if ppl don't like it because they've heard it already they can just skip thru it...

  • @Jboy2000000
    @Jboy2000000 6 лет назад +10

    clarty in British
    (ˈklɑːtɪ , Scottish ˈklærtɪ)
    adjective
    Word forms: clartier or clartiest
    Scottish and Northern England dialect
    dirty, esp covered in mud; filthy

  • @SigEpBlue
    @SigEpBlue 6 лет назад +6

    Wonky Veg would be a great name for a book....

  • @Lmd1986
    @Lmd1986 6 лет назад

    I started watching your channel as it was suggested to me and when I saw your cat, I had to subscribe. We had a black cat for 17 years and she left us last January and Basil looks and sounds so much like her. Keep up the great work 👍

  • @jonathanpeden9930
    @jonathanpeden9930 6 лет назад +9

    Good point about the branding, but buy a damned tripod!

  • @Deadmau5l
    @Deadmau5l 3 года назад

    grated cheese has something on to stop it sticking together in the bag which also stops the cheese from melting. gotta grate your own for some melty meltsss

  • @macmacox
    @macmacox 6 лет назад +3

    cheese and then chili.. the fat from the cheese will preserve a slight bit of crispiness from the chips that way.

  • @emb2846
    @emb2846 6 лет назад

    You and Stuart Ashens would be the perfect pair to do a collab together. It would make my life seeing you both together!!

  • @WarpNacelle
    @WarpNacelle 6 лет назад +4

    Next: A week of "Mike Does Everything One-Handed."

  • @cinder5lla
    @cinder5lla 6 лет назад

    Tesco have actually been already granting your wish of making the Everyday brand look better. You touched on it with the Nevilles bread, but it's also 'Hearty Food Co' in the dried section and various 'Farms' in the fresh meat and Fruit section. You actually had all the Everyday fresh fruit and veg you desired but they have already been re-branded I'e 'Rosedene Farms' on fruit and 'Redmere Farms' Vegetables. You kind of did yourself out of the Tesco value experiment missing fresh items but I suppose it's nice to know they have already shed the cheap look 'Everyday' brand without you even knowing it fully.

  • @tsekscenski
    @tsekscenski 6 лет назад +5

    "...some of it is really good, it doesn't deserve to be kind of a "value, crappy, cheapy" item. Those Chicken Kievs were amazing, Nothing value about those bad boys." -
    So, are value labeled items suppose to be crappy? Mike, you are asking Tescos to lower their standards. They will upgrade the packaging on the value Chicken Kiev to indicate that it's a premium product, thereby lowering their standard for the better products and allowing them to bring in a crappy replacement to be the value item.

  • @GAnimeRO
    @GAnimeRO 6 лет назад

    As you totally adore Cathy Mitchell, you should get the "Xpress Redi-Set-Go" put it to the test and also do a week on with its recipie book.

  • @LoverofLiszt
    @LoverofLiszt 6 лет назад +7

    CLARTY
    North east english term for wet and muddy ground conditions
    Oh no the ground is really Clarty out after all the rain
    #wet #muddy #dank #moist #damp

    • @jamesallinson8633
      @jamesallinson8633 6 лет назад

      LoverofLiszt I read this comment the exact time he sad the word lol

  • @eatglue
    @eatglue 6 лет назад +2

    Cow face emerges from the beef at 11:29

  • @frankenmuth1
    @frankenmuth1 6 лет назад +7

    For some reason cheap cheese doesnt melt like better quality cheese . I got some stuff from a dollar store in the US and that cheese just wouldn't melt.

    • @CharlieFlemingOriginal
      @CharlieFlemingOriginal 6 лет назад +1

      Cheese of any quality should melt as cheese is cheese... I think what you bought may have been pretending to be cheese.

  • @mgthestrange9098
    @mgthestrange9098 6 лет назад

    Awww, Basil sounds just like my wee Rosie who’s also a black cat. Let’s hear it for all witches’s cats!
    I got on well with my week long smart price challenge a decade ago, I have cheap tastes. Now go have an apple.

  • @Guciom
    @Guciom 6 лет назад +6

    Mike, you should invest in a go pro or something so you can use both your hands.

  • @chaparama
    @chaparama 6 лет назад

    Missed a trick, Tesco's "Boswell farm" range of fruit, veg meat etc is just there value range re-branded. It is not even a farm

  • @bridgetleekobold9979
    @bridgetleekobold9979 6 лет назад +4

    Also as a south Texan props on properly pronouncing tortilla you awesome Brit

    • @Chaoskolba
      @Chaoskolba 6 лет назад +1

      That's how I pronounce it too & I'm also a Brit :)

    • @turnip5359
      @turnip5359 6 лет назад +1

      Anybody who pronounces it like an English word should be placed in a council-run residential home and forgotten about.

  • @blogoftheatom
    @blogoftheatom 6 лет назад +1

    I live on Tesco value myself, quite happy with it :)

  • @Mohegan13
    @Mohegan13 6 лет назад +66

    I would certainly hope the burgers are lifeless other wise them horses would be running round the field still. Did I say horses? I probably meant cows, or not.

    • @dr666demento
      @dr666demento 6 лет назад

      Might be horse... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_horse_meat_scandal

    • @alexisfiligree9116
      @alexisfiligree9116 6 лет назад +10

      +Dr Demento
      The joke ------>
      Your head

    • @TashWigley
      @TashWigley 6 лет назад +1

      Not that there is really any fundamental difference.

    • @TronciM
      @TronciM 6 лет назад

      Horse tastes so good, you'll know if you've ever tried it

    • @TheDevilWillBurn
      @TheDevilWillBurn 6 лет назад

      Blue Dragon Top comment. 👍

  • @cleverB634
    @cleverB634 5 лет назад

    They also sell value chicken, beef, pork, rice, flour, butter, vegetables and fruits. I alway buy a lot of value products and make delicious food. But I know how to season and flavour with herbs and spices

  • @randywatson8347
    @randywatson8347 6 лет назад +4

    That bread may be crappy, but they sure pass for toast or ham and cheese tosti.

  • @LulaJake
    @LulaJake 6 лет назад

    The chocolate didn't contain vegetable fat! Cadburys has vegetable ( palm) oil mixed in. The Swiss say we should call Cadburys vegolate.

  • @CharlieFlemingOriginal
    @CharlieFlemingOriginal 6 лет назад +3

    I love your channel and what you do, but please pop to Argos for a tripod for your camera. Velbon £35ish is really good. I put it off too long and viewers said that on TV my videos sometimes made them feel sick as even slight movements turn huge onscreen "Blair Witch Project effect". I don't mean to sound bossy or owt, just trying to help :)

  • @mariekegreen6380
    @mariekegreen6380 6 лет назад

    rofl a lemon sneezed in it !! cracked me up that did lol

  • @blairashby7334
    @blairashby7334 6 лет назад +31

    How much did you spend

  • @ellebee2419
    @ellebee2419 6 лет назад

    Be careful what you wish for with the supermarket packaging. In Australia the Duopoly have figured out that repackaging cheap brand foods under 'fake' brand names fools people into buying the cheap brands. Bearing in mind that I deliberately buy many savings brand foods cause they are just good. This does not mean that I wish to have to look on the back of every new product and squint at the fine print to figure out where my money is going to.
    Its devious and underhanded IMO.

  • @accountnumber90
    @accountnumber90 6 лет назад +17

    Was the sound of the wrappers this week agonizing to anyone else? Do all Tesco wrappers sound that awful and loud?

    • @Seirunir
      @Seirunir 6 лет назад +5

      It's his camera. It has awful microphones that can't handle crinkling and start to pop like crazy. You can hear it in every video with some kind of crinkly packaging. It does not help, of course, that he is alway up close to the products while handling them.

    • @calicodan1556
      @calicodan1556 6 лет назад +4

      accountnumber90 love the sound of wrappers and stuff, but the lip smacking and chewing gets to me

  • @thatsporksguy
    @thatsporksguy 6 лет назад

    tbf Tesco has also got their "Finest" branding where they have their slightly priced up food which looks a little better than the everyday value stuff.

  • @H0lyMoley
    @H0lyMoley 6 лет назад +3

    Chilli - 2.4g of salt per can.
    Cheese - 0.5g of salt per 30g "serving" (but that entire packet is 500g and there's no way Mike only put in 1/16th of it, so let's say a gram. Anyway, processed cheese is notoriously salty.)
    Tortilla chips - 0.2g of salt per 1/8 of a bag (so probably 0.5g overall).
    Total meal = approx 4g of salt (and that's probably on the low side since I lowballed the amount of cheese and tortilla chips it looked like Mike used). I'm getting heart palpitations just thinking about it!
    This is why you don't live on "value" processed foods. :(

  • @rainyfeathers9148
    @rainyfeathers9148 6 лет назад

    they used to do a huge tub of value 'spread', it was only margarine but it was so nice we thought it was real butter

  • @kikkih4592
    @kikkih4592 6 лет назад +7

    Wouldn't sugar free lemonade just be lemon water? XD

  • @independentpuppy7520
    @independentpuppy7520 6 лет назад

    Thanks for posting. I use Tesco sometimes but avoided the Everyday Value. Tempted to give some of them a try now though. I'll certainly avoid the bread, burgers, and sausages though.