James May makes food from his childhood

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  • Опубликовано: 26 окт 2019
  • Welcome to the first episode of James May's new cooking series! This week sees him making one of the staples from his childhood, the salad sandwich.

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  • @Graylord88
    @Graylord88 4 года назад +3885

    "Food from his childhood".
    -Goes straight to wine bottles.

    • @jaybee4118
      @jaybee4118 4 года назад +119

      That’s the 70s for you.

    • @EthanAdey
      @EthanAdey 4 года назад +5

      So?

    • @Simply_sokoly
      @Simply_sokoly 3 года назад +19

      @LinusDickTips You don't have to be rich to not ruin your body.

    • @breadboi205
      @breadboi205 3 года назад +24

      Just coz he drank it as a foetus doesn’t mean its not childhood

    • @amber_long
      @amber_long 3 года назад +3

      @LinusDickTips You can be sheltered without being born into wealth.

  • @xylaharrison7822
    @xylaharrison7822 4 года назад +3784

    *This man beat Gordon Ramsey at cooking while drunk. Let that sink in.*

    • @arnoldrivas4590
      @arnoldrivas4590 4 года назад +88

      I saw that here on BBC America and on RUclips of course. It was...a golden moment.

    • @garygrandy9443
      @garygrandy9443 4 года назад +75

      Also destroyed Gordon in the food tasting.

    • @Lux2
      @Lux2 4 года назад +26

      Ramsay can't even eat hárkarl.

    • @76driver
      @76driver 4 года назад +54

      Knife skills:
      Let the wine do the work...

    • @Lux2
      @Lux2 4 года назад +25

      @Brad Viviviyal , it was in Iceland. The Swedes do have their own rotten fish delicacy: surströmming. It's putrified herring from the northern part of Sweden.

  • @NotAuxell
    @NotAuxell 3 года назад +2795

    Tonight on Bottom Gear, James suffers from nostalgia and makes himself a sandwich

    • @SusieFanK
      @SusieFanK 3 года назад +93

      Jeremy with a distorted face: jams sadnvich tastes kinda funny innit

    • @damnedlegionaire
      @damnedlegionaire 3 года назад +60

      @@SusieFanK Jims this needs more exhoost fume

    • @perchef8970
      @perchef8970 3 года назад +6

      I used to love rice cake with chicken when I was a child.

    • @user-wu3xz3mf9m
      @user-wu3xz3mf9m 3 года назад +11

      James with the new pub.. Jeremy with a farm? Not sure where the little man’s gone?? U can tell there worse off with out each other.. just Chuck them back in to top gear..

    • @superbird4351
      @superbird4351 3 года назад +7

      @@user-wu3xz3mf9m
      They do the Grand Tour together

  • @ronikamerl
    @ronikamerl 4 года назад +1920

    Imagine showing this to someone who doesn't know who James May is and then trying to explain why you utterly, utterly love this boring old man.

    • @billy4734
      @billy4734 3 года назад +52

      British man
      That is all

    • @Optimusisgod
      @Optimusisgod 3 года назад +49

      Perfect comment; the most stereotypical dry british man. I love him.

    • @jeremybosse5088
      @jeremybosse5088 3 года назад +11

      I don’t know he’s got character

    • @basic-os
      @basic-os 3 года назад +40

      He’s so boringly entertaining
      Or is it entertainingly boring
      Something like that

    • @roisinnigcrainn7722
      @roisinnigcrainn7722 3 года назад +1

      @@basic-os I concur

  • @balisticren6155
    @balisticren6155 4 года назад +2800

    James May makes food from his childhood
    *starts with wine*

    • @haltair4015
      @haltair4015 4 года назад +13

      YES xD I thought I was the only one who spotted that x)

    • @fredorico41
      @fredorico41 4 года назад +14

      Maybe he started drinking very young lol 😆👍

    • @voornaam3191
      @voornaam3191 4 года назад +7

      Actually, there is a YT video on Richard Hammond and food. James May is not the only Top Gear presenter drinking alcohol while preparing a meal. It makes me wonder if Jeremy needs a glass while cooking, too. Wouldn't surprise me.

    • @voornaam3191
      @voornaam3191 4 года назад +5

      @@fredorico41 Got me on milk and... alcohol. 🎶

    • @Radi0he4d1
      @Radi0he4d1 4 года назад

      Explains a lot

  • @siraman25
    @siraman25 4 года назад +1346

    This... is red wine, because it isn't white wine.
    -Captain Slow, 2019

    • @BaldMancTwat
      @BaldMancTwat 4 года назад

      Literally came down to the comments straight away to see if they're mostly about him drinking. I thought he might not have a drink this time, considering he's making things from his childhood.

    • @bensnyder5890
      @bensnyder5890 4 года назад +4

      So it's a BLT without the B; essentially.

    • @jacobrandolph4199
      @jacobrandolph4199 4 года назад +2

      I found that quote quite hilarious

    • @Gblonkers
      @Gblonkers 4 года назад

      DILLY DILLY!

    • @johnchristopherson2957
      @johnchristopherson2957 4 года назад +1

      @@bensnyder5890 I was thinking that bacon would be perfect on that sandwich as well, lol.

  • @TheCrazyDcoolest
    @TheCrazyDcoolest 3 года назад +747

    After two and half years of insomnia, months of medication and therapy treatment I can finally say I've finally found a cure for my insomnia. I put this video on at 1 AM last night and was out cold in under a minute. best sleep I've had in years. Thank you James for curing my insomnia.

  • @lightblue254
    @lightblue254 3 года назад +576

    1970: So in the 1970s water hadn't been invented yet, what we had was government issued drinkable fluids

    • @roonilwazlib3089
      @roonilwazlib3089 3 года назад +17

      council pop ✌🏻

    • @lightblue254
      @lightblue254 3 года назад +8

      @@roonilwazlib3089 Amazing lol

    • @roonilwazlib3089
      @roonilwazlib3089 3 года назад +6

      @@lightblue254 that’s actually what we call it 😂

    • @Bellocks1
      @Bellocks1 2 года назад +1

      I still call it council pop sometimes even now, in 2021, lol. I was born in the 80s not the 70s though.

    • @BoHorn
      @BoHorn 2 года назад +1

      Roonil Wazlib that username, well done, funny comment too.

  • @jordanski100
    @jordanski100 4 года назад +1878

    I have just spent 10 minutes watching James May making a sandwich.
    I’d do it again too

    • @tt-ln4mc
      @tt-ln4mc 4 года назад +10

      real ones also watched him build that kitchen hes in

    • @phantomechelon3628
      @phantomechelon3628 4 года назад +2

      Me too...but only if it was a different kind of sandwich. Think I've got salad sorted now.

    • @CaptainObvious
      @CaptainObvious 4 года назад

      Literally my life

    • @benjyfriedman
      @benjyfriedman 4 года назад

      @@tt-ln4mc I did see him build the kitchen. Wonder what else he's gonna build? Maybe restore a classic car? Who knows?

    • @keithdee9232
      @keithdee9232 4 года назад +1

      LOL! Now that you mention it .... yeah, me too! FML!!

  • @NBST28
    @NBST28 4 года назад +2245

    "Reasonably dense, and floppy", he just gave an extremely accurate description of most human beings.

    • @robinwalia5361
      @robinwalia5361 4 года назад +54

      Also hideously white

    • @Lieutenant_Dude
      @Lieutenant_Dude 4 года назад +33

      robin walia that’s the most bbc thing I’ve heard all week.

    • @mistermangoman9293
      @mistermangoman9293 4 года назад +21

      I thought this comment was going somewhere else

    • @flowertrue
      @flowertrue 4 года назад +9

      It certainly applies to my husband

    • @ArtisticChimera
      @ArtisticChimera 4 года назад +4

      And most of the cars he's driven

  • @soupcanltd2603
    @soupcanltd2603 3 года назад +425

    “This is red wine, because it isn’t white wine.”
    correct

    • @aquarius4953
      @aquarius4953 3 года назад +2

      What about rosé wine ? No red wine, but no white wine either .

    • @IAteYourFace72
      @IAteYourFace72 3 года назад +4

      @@aquarius4953 just red and white mixed together

    • @peterjf7723
      @peterjf7723 3 года назад +2

      @@aquarius4953 Portuguese Mateus Rosé, very popular in the 1970s.

    • @PhD63
      @PhD63 3 года назад +2

      @@peterjf7723 Ah yes. Mateus Rosé, the height of sophistication in the ‘70’s

  • @tasmiyahrawoot9243
    @tasmiyahrawoot9243 3 года назад +349

    When the cameraman was hired:
    Interviewer: "you will be working on a cooking show with James may"
    Cameraman: "Great I love food"
    James may: "here's a cucumber lettuce tomato and spring onion sandwich with some salad dressing"
    Cameraman: "..."

    • @captainbackflash
      @captainbackflash 3 года назад +1

      I was wondering about the spring onion. Does it work?

    • @asmolcade5818
      @asmolcade5818 3 года назад +8

      I’m pretty sure salad cream is different to dressing

    • @aquarius4953
      @aquarius4953 3 года назад

      Come on! To go through boiled meat to this sandwich was a great step to what somebody will call, one day, British cuisine. Of course that somebody was British !

    • @PhD63
      @PhD63 3 года назад +3

      @@asmolcade5818 Salad Cream. How British. We’re too sophisticated for Mayonnaise.

    • @MrMoekanz
      @MrMoekanz 3 года назад

      I think the camera man has as much flavour as this salad though to be honest.

  • @Harryyano
    @Harryyano 4 года назад +944

    Gordon Ramsey’s Masterclass ad finishes:
    James May: The salad cream really brings out the flavour of the lettuce

    • @Gergoth117
      @Gergoth117 4 года назад +30

      Lmao, I want gordon ramsay to post a reaction video to these.

    • @InXLsisDeo
      @InXLsisDeo 4 года назад +12

      @@Gergoth117 I just watched the whole series and it all goes downhill from this recipe.

    • @isak338
      @isak338 4 года назад +9

      james may beat that man in a cookoff

    • @brandonmartin-moore5302
      @brandonmartin-moore5302 4 года назад +3

      Perfect.

    • @tomlindsay2687
      @tomlindsay2687 4 года назад

      Bro I got the same 😂😂

  • @Sledgeh101
    @Sledgeh101 4 года назад +686

    "We're going to make a packed lunch."
    - pulls out a bottle of wine
    This explains SO much

    • @primethread
      @primethread 4 года назад +6

      Captain Slow

    • @PhilJonesIII
      @PhilJonesIII 4 года назад

      Fanny Craddock and her husband Jonnie. More 60s than 70s. Jonnie always showed up sounding like he'd got through a couple of bottles before even starting.
      She always sounded like she was preparing roast pig stuffed with quail while explaining mashed potatoes.

  • @olipoole130
    @olipoole130 3 года назад +283

    RUclipsrs: "I've run out of ideas for interesting content :("
    James May : "Today were gonna make a sandwich"

  • @ncot_tech
    @ncot_tech 4 года назад +146

    To recreate the true sandwich from that era, you need to now force it into a little sandwich bag, squash it some more and force the whole lot into a small tupperware box (the ones that smell weird) along with a single apple and a chocolate bar.
    I have rather vivid memories of standing outside, in the rain at school eating one of those.

    • @thesarge7732
      @thesarge7732 Год назад +5

      And then leave in the sunshine of a classroom window along with the free milk.

    • @Mortthemoose
      @Mortthemoose Год назад

      @@thesarge7732 😅 Look up Paul Hogan's childhood sandwiches.
      Brilliant!

  • @PaintYourOffice
    @PaintYourOffice 4 года назад +4349

    I love how James May is kinda a RUclipsr now

    • @PointNemo9
      @PointNemo9 4 года назад +20

      What is "kinda"?

    • @santiagokiwi3187
      @santiagokiwi3187 4 года назад +84

      @@PointNemo9 kinda = kind of

    • @PointNemo9
      @PointNemo9 4 года назад +6

      @@santiagokiwi3187 I thought it meant "kinder"

    • @_Odin_
      @_Odin_ 4 года назад +46

      You didn't know about his Twitch channel where he live streams playing CS:GO? Damn son, its 2019! He has some nice Twitch Thots in his entourage too!

    • @user-qj6lj4iq2b
      @user-qj6lj4iq2b 4 года назад +6

      If you don’t know English don’t type it

  • @dothius
    @dothius 4 года назад +2128

    If you didn't know this was James May you'd think it's some broke British old man trying to start a RUclips series

    • @leisure057blank3
      @leisure057blank3 4 года назад +93

      Well I never heard of him and that is what I thought

    • @rogerhoke9725
      @rogerhoke9725 4 года назад +28

      leisure057 blank hahahah yeah. I have no idea who this guy is.

    • @barbikayler40532
      @barbikayler40532 4 года назад +17

      I think I know him from something automotive....help me people....I just can't Google today, lol

    • @KATNYC_718
      @KATNYC_718 4 года назад +12

      I don't know him and it's what I thought lol. I saw the sub count and was like huh? 😆

    • @marcopolo9146
      @marcopolo9146 4 года назад +19

      Why are you idiots watching?

  • @captainbongwater7790
    @captainbongwater7790 3 года назад +24

    The most interesting part of this is that this is a major part of his young life. You learn a lot about a time and place by their food. Hope he does more of this, preferably while driving.

  • @garybusey9941
    @garybusey9941 3 года назад +20

    “We used lettuce.”
    Okay.
    “There’s a lettuce.”
    Indeed, James.

  • @MDP_Motorsports
    @MDP_Motorsports 4 года назад +1934

    IS THERE ANYTHING I WON'T WATCH JAMES MAY ASSEMBLE? No.

    • @Ben_Mayall
      @Ben_Mayall 4 года назад +21

      Mark Pelto I loved when he did ‘the reassembler’. But, to everyone else, it was boring.

    • @brandoncarlson340
      @brandoncarlson340 4 года назад +7

      I'd watch him do reverse engineering of a .....fill in the blank..

    • @heretomakeyousalty6126
      @heretomakeyousalty6126 4 года назад

      Mark Pelto next up social skills with mark pelto, an his wanting to be seen/heard issues. Formally known as over use of CAPS

    • @MDP_Motorsports
      @MDP_Motorsports 4 года назад +4

      @@heretomakeyousalty6126 Yeah thats kind of the point of caps and shouting. So what?

    • @nedyahyakcam
      @nedyahyakcam 4 года назад +1

      I wouldn't like to watch him try assemble a child.

  • @whatwouldwesleycook9759
    @whatwouldwesleycook9759 4 года назад +724

    I just spent 11 minutes watching James build a lettuce sandwich......

    • @fantasyfan9320
      @fantasyfan9320 4 года назад +4

      Ok boomer

    • @sandwich2473
      @sandwich2473 4 года назад +24

      Nothing wrong with that, it's a fantastic sandwich.
      It's been my icon for probably around 6 years now.

    • @acehighjohn1759
      @acehighjohn1759 4 года назад +4

      This is the 2nd night in a row ive watched him make really basic sandiches and i dont know why? ....Also, bread should face opposite ways imo...thoughts?

    • @VonMilk
      @VonMilk 4 года назад

      Would you cook it is the question Wesley

    • @jennifermiranda6023
      @jennifermiranda6023 2 месяца назад

      And found it entertaining 😄

  • @mads-henningjensen7178
    @mads-henningjensen7178 3 года назад +98

    “It’s actually slightly wetter than I remember” whoever does the edits is the real mvp

    • @clockwork9827
      @clockwork9827 2 года назад +1

      credits blitzed by

    • @joyfisher8008
      @joyfisher8008 2 года назад

      Didn't see credits but my hunt is the editor was the ubiquitous Lucy Brown.

  • @Plentisaki
    @Plentisaki 3 года назад +8

    As a child in the 1970's, this is spot on as far as lunch goes. That Sunblest bread would weld itself to the roof of your mouth, so had to be dislodged with either your finger, or a packet of Golden Wonder crisps! Dinner would be a Vesta Chow Mein with strawberry Angel Delight for pudding, washed down with Orange Squash that could glow in the dark, or if you were really lucky, a can of Top Deck shandy! :-)!

  • @chiefmonrovia6691
    @chiefmonrovia6691 4 года назад +412

    This is the kind of thing Jeremy and richard would make fun of James for doing, calling him the most boring human being to ever walk the earth, but I loved this

    • @cindycraig3164
      @cindycraig3164 3 года назад +9

      Which is one of the reasons we love this...

    • @MrGersboy72
      @MrGersboy72 2 года назад +4

      I was just speaking to Jeremy and he said you’re just as boring.

  • @AndrewGibson22
    @AndrewGibson22 4 года назад +493

    Jeremy "I bought a farm"
    James "I made a sandwich"
    Its important not to over stretch ones self.

    • @damiangwardzik1502
      @damiangwardzik1502 4 года назад +42

      And hammond became a Ford salesman

    • @emmanichollas3211
      @emmanichollas3211 4 года назад +12

      They are all going through their post-grand tour mid-life crisis

    • @bnap3221
      @bnap3221 4 года назад +1

      Gibson Bowles did Clarkson make a RUclips video about buying a farm or did he just buy one generally?

    • @AndrewGibson22
      @AndrewGibson22 4 года назад

      @@bnap3221 no, he is making a new series about his new farm.

    • @bnap3221
      @bnap3221 4 года назад

      Gibson Bowles is it released?

  • @DirkdeZwijger
    @DirkdeZwijger 2 года назад +39

    Did I really just watch May making a sodding vegetable sandwich for ten minutes straight?

    • @MrJimheeren
      @MrJimheeren Год назад +2

      Yea with bad audio quality

  • @oleksandrbezkorovainyi
    @oleksandrbezkorovainyi 2 года назад +4

    Why am I watching this? Why am I so entertained?
    James May will never die

  • @johnjohntv1195
    @johnjohntv1195 4 года назад +944

    It’s 4am and I’m watching James May make a sandwich...
    what even is my life?

  • @Pughhead
    @Pughhead 4 года назад +3156

    James May is so boring that he’s interesting.

  • @aquarius4953
    @aquarius4953 3 года назад +38

    Being a French guy, I can tell you (by experience) , back in the seventies, British and cuisine were some antagonist things.

    • @tgapcharlie
      @tgapcharlie Год назад +6

      ah, the French. so many types of cheese, yet you never figured out chedder

    • @reggiebuffat
      @reggiebuffat Год назад

      London was something else though.

  • @teryxx781
    @teryxx781 2 года назад +5

    “Jamie May’s Childhood Snacks”
    *goes straight to the bottle of red wine 😂

  • @AbrahamSalazar210
    @AbrahamSalazar210 4 года назад +473

    This is the most British thing I've ever seen.

    • @nc30guy
      @nc30guy 4 года назад +5

      Its not tank chats by David Fletcher are one to checkout.

    • @kakapofan6542
      @kakapofan6542 4 года назад +5

      I recommend watching Wallace and gromit, spitting image, Monty python and Blackadder for a culture shock if you want

    • @mannydcbianco
      @mannydcbianco 4 года назад +1

      I can't believe you've done this.

  • @rudeanne
    @rudeanne 4 года назад +272

    “Kale wasn’t even invented yet.” 😂😭 May has always been my fav.
    * “...anoint the lettuce.” ☠️

  • @zatchbell622
    @zatchbell622 3 года назад +5

    He still drinks wine the way Oz Clarke taught him 😂. The Zinfandel is a total reference to his time with Oz in California several years ago; James said definitively that Californian Zinfandel is his favorite of all the new world wines.

  • @mullerman1104
    @mullerman1104 3 года назад +11

    The Trick is to squeeze them into a small lunch box, so that they don’t fall apart After you stored them for 3 hours in your bag.

  • @willbrent3385
    @willbrent3385 4 года назад +240

    I could watch this man talk about paint drying whilst paint is drying

    • @jackmantheiy5997
      @jackmantheiy5997 4 года назад +2

      Same but the audio is horrible. This is unbearable

    • @alakani
      @alakani 4 года назад +1

      @@jackmantheiy5997 That sucks that a little reverb and non-ideal EQing can completely ruin your enjoyment of high quality content. That might be a medical condition called misophobia, in which certain sounds can trigger intense negative feelings and thoughts. There aren't any known treatments yet but exposure therapy might help.

  • @VonMilk
    @VonMilk 4 года назад +477

    James taking that bread I buy every week like it's some historical alien artifact has made me question my life and choices 🥺

    • @teddyboy9116
      @teddyboy9116 4 года назад +7

      I eat that bread every day now!! And Marge

    • @bunny_smith
      @bunny_smith 4 года назад +6

      Don’t. Your life. You do you, Boo.

    • @marianna3253
      @marianna3253 4 года назад +1

      @@teddyboy9116 more like dough boy

    • @teddyboy9116
      @teddyboy9116 4 года назад

      @@marianna3253 cheeky b@@ch! I'm not fat at all

    • @marianna3253
      @marianna3253 4 года назад

      @@teddyboy9116 just a joke eh!

  • @mariaskinner1276
    @mariaskinner1276 2 года назад +2

    🤣sticking to the roof of the mouth when taking a bite🤣 so true and funny. If you add cheese to that sandwich, it would. Great show

  • @Donavan68
    @Donavan68 3 года назад

    Love your work James May, keep it up!

  • @stevesmolinski
    @stevesmolinski 4 года назад +302

    This has the feel as though someone is holding James hostage and forcing him to perform for the camera.

    • @iStormUK
      @iStormUK 4 года назад +9

      Yeah, the audio's all over the left n right channels, and the lighting is just a touch odd

    • @johnbolan3158
      @johnbolan3158 4 года назад +8

      The heavy breathing from the camera man, jeeze that kills me

    • @suicunesolsan
      @suicunesolsan 4 года назад +5

      It's also because he's got his back to a wall for the whole video. It's not a nice wall either.

    • @GildaLee27
      @GildaLee27 4 года назад +12

      He's always like that. It's part of his charm...duress, being a silent victim.

    • @Earthstar_Review
      @Earthstar_Review 4 года назад

      It also looks like he's been trapped in a corner with a basic shelving unit and a counter

  • @Skinz01
    @Skinz01 4 года назад +241

    "I'm not going to wash this spring onion, I'm sure it won't kill me since I'll be feeding it to someone else."

    • @InXLsisDeo
      @InXLsisDeo 4 года назад +7

      That's probably how they did it back in the 70s kitchens. Attention to authenticity.

    • @juuk3103
      @juuk3103 4 года назад +6

      Germs and a little dirt only strenghtens your immune system.

    • @robinwalia5361
      @robinwalia5361 4 года назад +6

      @@juuk3103 I see you have some culture in you.... Plenty of it!

    • @lilbatz
      @lilbatz 4 года назад

      Says every minimum wage minion working the fast food night shift.

  • @johnlegg5671
    @johnlegg5671 3 года назад +17

    I've still got a bit of Mother's pride clagged behind my front tooth from '74

  • @cw6082
    @cw6082 3 года назад +2

    From Canada, definitely have had a version of this and man I still crave this

  • @anthonywalsh2520
    @anthonywalsh2520 4 года назад +522

    This is what tv programs would be like without directors and producers.

    • @eliteslayerkillamaja
      @eliteslayerkillamaja 4 года назад +19

      A perfect description but it's still good

    • @stevegreen8262
      @stevegreen8262 4 года назад +27

      and sound technicians

    • @vincentperratore4395
      @vincentperratore4395 4 года назад +10

      Or half baked morons with an agenda!

    • @abe8966
      @abe8966 4 года назад +11

      and I'm all for it

    • @Cambone13
      @Cambone13 4 года назад +13

      Ya and it's fucking great. No commercials, no bullshit

  • @jeydoubleyew
    @jeydoubleyew 4 года назад +97

    I could watch James talk about and do literally anything.

  • @zzskyninjazz1821
    @zzskyninjazz1821 2 года назад

    I rewatch this series since nowadays in this country it feels like we’re approaching the 70’s once more

  • @cherylcottingham3029
    @cherylcottingham3029 4 года назад

    Lol!!!. Love it! And your camera man's tee shirt!
    You guys are too cute.

  • @abheerkohli4035
    @abheerkohli4035 4 года назад +276

    In tonight's show:
    A man holds a camera
    James makes a salad sandwich
    And tom eats the sandwich

    • @yodelinggoethe1147
      @yodelinggoethe1147 4 года назад +9

      Abheer Kohli that really sounds like something clarkson would say

    • @abheerkohli4035
      @abheerkohli4035 4 года назад +3

      @@yodelinggoethe1147 obviously. Thats why i did it😂

    • @kregadeth5562
      @kregadeth5562 4 года назад +1

      Abheer Kohli very nice

    • @TeddyBear1280
      @TeddyBear1280 4 года назад +2

      i did read this in Clarkson voice

    • @boriz_
      @boriz_ 4 года назад +1

      *Crunches into lettuce sandwich* And on that horrible disappointment we have to end the show.

  • @Ben-rq5re
    @Ben-rq5re 4 года назад +321

    I just sat through 8 adverts to watch the assembly of the world’s worst sandwich. I hate myself.

    • @davieraB
      @davieraB 4 года назад +1

      🤣

    • @papagynther6905
      @papagynther6905 4 года назад +14

      We're not here for the food or the cars we're here for the boys

    • @ColKlinkerhofen
      @ColKlinkerhofen 4 года назад +5

      download adblock.

    • @gulfconsulting7257
      @gulfconsulting7257 4 года назад +3

      the ads kill this superb cooking display

    • @janra8653
      @janra8653 4 года назад +2

      @G1zm0 abizmo I have Adblock for RUclips - no ads for me when watching

  • @nieveangeletti1271
    @nieveangeletti1271 3 года назад +18

    "James May makes food from his childhood"
    *Starts video by cracking open a bottle of wine*
    Further proof to my mind that James May was never a child and he just popped out of his mother's head in the early 1900's, fully grown like a child of Zeus

  • @charliekane135
    @charliekane135 Год назад +2

    Mr May's culinary presentations are becoming reminiscent of Keith Floyd. Red wine first 🍷

  • @seanpruitt6801
    @seanpruitt6801 4 года назад +126

    James May is the only one who can make this interesting

  • @molsy1768
    @molsy1768 4 года назад +256

    More of these, and make them longer!

    • @BaldMancTwat
      @BaldMancTwat 4 года назад +2

      Yes!

    • @LockonKubi
      @LockonKubi 4 года назад +11

      Also put a mic on James, that echo is horrible.

    • @jackshiels1206
      @jackshiels1206 4 года назад +7

      Molsy 176 that’s what she said 😜 sorry I had to do that

    • @SmartassX1
      @SmartassX1 4 года назад +1

      Bigger, longer and uncut!

    • @404killer
      @404killer 4 года назад

      that sandwich is a nightmare, appreciate on Halloween

  • @ianlambourne1476
    @ianlambourne1476 Год назад +1

    Why did I watch this!!!!
    Why did I enjoy this????

  • @brip9546
    @brip9546 Месяц назад +1

    I need more of these in my life

  • @jacobllgaard1079
    @jacobllgaard1079 4 года назад +401

    James May's childhood was in the 70's... the 1870's....

    • @drivingcat6901
      @drivingcat6901 4 года назад +20

      1870's BC

    • @reioni2143
      @reioni2143 4 года назад +9

      Really? I thought it was 70 years after the big bang.

    • @dionysisnanos6528
      @dionysisnanos6528 4 года назад +17

      Oh no, the big bang happened 70 years after he was born. You got your facts wrong.

    • @miguelascencio7972
      @miguelascencio7972 4 года назад +11

      He's so old, I was genuinely happy to see he looks well for his age

    • @Murtagh653
      @Murtagh653 4 года назад +10

      as wilth everything he does, he even ages slowly.

  • @deloreanfan81
    @deloreanfan81 4 года назад +190

    Since this is captain slow im surprised we didn't get a 2 hour history of lettuce

  • @sarahhindmarsh1049
    @sarahhindmarsh1049 3 года назад

    This takes me back to my grandparents house in the early 90s - my Grandma would make these on hot Saturdays.

  • @shiroryuu2846
    @shiroryuu2846 3 месяца назад

    I don't know how....but these trio can make anything to view interesting.

  • @callumhardy5098
    @callumhardy5098 4 года назад +184

    “Jamie Oliver’s Victorian kebab van” would love to see that!

  • @olliemillward2614
    @olliemillward2614 4 года назад +154

    “I would peel it back but I can’t be bothered”
    His wife is a lucky lady

    • @colinmoore7460
      @colinmoore7460 4 года назад +1

      @@adamfarra4692 Why am I not surprised?

    • @elsamo311
      @elsamo311 4 года назад +8

      @@adamfarra4692 He's been with the same woman for 20 years so she basically is his wife

    • @legion999
      @legion999 4 года назад

      You can't even quote accurately?

    • @mortechrome
      @mortechrome 4 года назад +3

      ADAM FARRA He has a girlfriend since 20 some years actually, with whom he lives. It’s in reality the same thing as a wife.

    • @vtecpreludevtec
      @vtecpreludevtec 4 года назад +2

      Harpiye 73 a common law wife

  • @YourRandomGuy
    @YourRandomGuy 2 года назад +1

    I made this sandwich and now I love this sandwich. I have it every day now, lol. Surprisingly I have all of the correct ingredients too! Even better.

  • @averywho6430
    @averywho6430 3 года назад +1

    I could watch him do this all day

  • @Hobartthedolphinboy
    @Hobartthedolphinboy 4 года назад +63

    May might be my favorite of the three. This is way more entertaining than it has any right to be.

    • @SuperTobbe12
      @SuperTobbe12 4 года назад +4

      Hobartthedolphinboy Absolutely, i can listen to him talking about anything for hours

    • @MausOfTheHouse
      @MausOfTheHouse 4 года назад +6

      To be fair, they are different people, hammond is entertaining, Clarkson is dumb and funny, and james is just a gentleman who is an alcoholic

    • @bnap3221
      @bnap3221 4 года назад +1

      Maus well put

    • @MausOfTheHouse
      @MausOfTheHouse 4 года назад

      @@bnap3221 thank you.

  • @DaThingOnTheDoorstep
    @DaThingOnTheDoorstep 4 года назад +22

    70's cookbooks truly are a lost art form. Some of the things in them, whoever came up with the recipes has glimpsed beyond the veil of this existence.

    • @stephkightley7888
      @stephkightley7888 4 года назад

      Have you seen some of the 60s recipe books? The food pics are mostly horrible and unappetising...definitely don't make you want to rush into the kitchen to try one or two or ten...

  • @carolineleiden
    @carolineleiden 3 года назад +1

    We had the Sputnik a a special treat. Put sugar and condensed milk in a glas, add soda, like cola or seven up, and watch it explode and " boil over" the glass. Always a tophit at birthday parties. Absolutely outlawed outside of birthdays.

  • @jenwatson2623
    @jenwatson2623 4 года назад

    Love you James! I have not seen you in years, miss you an hugs!

  • @davinatest8467
    @davinatest8467 4 года назад +132

    Olive oil could be bought from your local chemist in very small bottles and used as sun cream/Oil or for ear aches

    • @gbadesakin
      @gbadesakin 3 года назад +2

      😂

    • @jimtaylor294
      @jimtaylor294 3 года назад +1

      Aye. Weirdly in the early days of motoring; you had to buy Petrol from Pharmacies too XD.

    • @-bubby9633
      @-bubby9633 3 года назад +2

      Worst part was this wasn't only the 70s. My parents often recalled having to stop by a chemist in a UK village in the early 90s for olive oil

    • @jimtaylor294
      @jimtaylor294 3 года назад

      @@-bubby9633 Wouldn't surprise me. Most medium sized towns & up had OO on the [food] shop shelves by then.

    • @marleneclough3173
      @marleneclough3173 3 года назад +1

      Amazingly Mrs Beeton used olive oil in her recipes. I wonder what happened in between? 2 World Wars?

  • @aqua46784
    @aqua46784 4 года назад +120

    Having eaten sandwiches in the 1970s and even -- gasp -- the 1960s, I was waiting for the stuck-to-the-roof-of-the-mouth thing re the bread. Historically accurate, youngsters.

    • @ginskimpivot753
      @ginskimpivot753 4 года назад +11

      There's actually a term for that - pallet-cling.

    • @OscarJamess
      @OscarJamess 4 года назад +5

      That still happens fyi

    • @StevioGaming1
      @StevioGaming1 4 года назад +2

      I'm 18 and that used to happen all the time to me when I made a lettuce and cheese sandwhich.

    • @OscarJamess
      @OscarJamess 4 года назад +4

      It's funny how when you're young you can see so easily when someone is really insecure about their age

    • @kevinshort3943
      @kevinshort3943 4 года назад +2

      I existed in the 70's, but I don't remember "the stuck-to-the-roof-of-the-mouth thing re the bread" - I also don't remember margarine either.

  • @sophiamac9100
    @sophiamac9100 3 года назад +1

    I still make homemade salad sandwich with all your ingredients but with purple or white onion and I add the piece de resistance : sliced beetroot! Absolutely scrumptious 🤌👩‍🍳

  • @JaySingh-in2qy
    @JaySingh-in2qy 3 года назад

    Love your chanel I am a big fam of yours for years

  • @DougZbikowski
    @DougZbikowski 4 года назад +137

    This is like the punchline to a “When I was a kid we were so poor we ate...” joke.

  • @AR-xl6ym
    @AR-xl6ym 4 года назад +158

    A couple of sneaky slices of ham or bacon and that would be a sandwich for the ages.

  • @wikld
    @wikld 3 года назад +2

    the man breathing behind the camera is the best thing ever

  • @TheCharlieSmithChannel
    @TheCharlieSmithChannel 11 месяцев назад +1

    This made me go and buy everything I needed to make this haha. It was not terrible. I had 4 of them

  • @RoninOC
    @RoninOC 4 года назад +1178

    For a nation that plundered for spices, the British sure hate flavor.

    • @frenchpeoplearentrealpeopl5685
      @frenchpeoplearentrealpeopl5685 3 года назад +176

      *flavour

    • @tito1179
      @tito1179 3 года назад +20

      @@frenchpeoplearentrealpeopl5685 the senate is destroyed

    • @ft359
      @ft359 3 года назад +30

      salad cream: am I a joke to you?

    • @nothingburger.
      @nothingburger. 3 года назад +18

      @Shutbyotch salad cream is very vinegary and strong. Has the sharpness of tomato ketchup

    • @nothingburger.
      @nothingburger. 3 года назад +8

      Still bland sandwich though

  • @Metal-Possum
    @Metal-Possum 4 года назад +54

    Who else remembers having red or white wine in their packed lunch?

    • @sylvananas7923
      @sylvananas7923 4 года назад

      Good ol times

    • @ufokkenwotm8
      @ufokkenwotm8 4 года назад +1

      Brings along plastic shot glasses and a grape juice box in order to gain access to the cool table

  • @Guavamente
    @Guavamente 2 года назад

    TOM THE CAMERAMAN!! Dude you made me miss him dropping a spring onion and yes I can tell you're a mouth breather!

  • @_IHateHandles_
    @_IHateHandles_ 3 года назад +1

    Salad cream is one of those quintessentially British things that to the rest of the world is mind bogglingly ridiculous, but at the same time amazing.

    • @kremove
      @kremove 3 года назад

      I think other foods are much worse, but I grew up with Miracle Whip, so I get it.

    • @_IHateHandles_
      @_IHateHandles_ 3 года назад

      @@kremove What even is Miracle whip? I've heard the name but as a brit have no clue what it is. The name makes me think of some kind of sweetened cream?

  • @deborahwilliams-rowley4281
    @deborahwilliams-rowley4281 4 года назад +69

    Back in the 70's I ate a lot of salad sandwiches, I used mayonnaise on both slices of bread and salt and pepper, I peeled the cucumber. I still eat them today

    • @TheTouc85
      @TheTouc85 4 года назад +1

      🤮

    • @juuk3103
      @juuk3103 4 года назад +6

      @@TheTouc85 Oh no we got a gen z disgusted by salad, bread and mayo :'( only difference between this and the ones you buy is the ham or chicken come onnn

    • @Clangokkuner
      @Clangokkuner 4 года назад

      @@juuk3103 not really, raw vegetables are absolutely fucking disgusting

    • @eddiet7228
      @eddiet7228 4 года назад +1

      I see you were actually quite posh.

    • @jaypee6804
      @jaypee6804 4 года назад

      King Tin Hou That’s because you eat greasy sugary meat and grains usually.

  • @julsie3195
    @julsie3195 4 года назад +81

    "anoint the lettuce"
    I wish James May was my dad

  • @trevorberg1810
    @trevorberg1810 3 года назад +2

    These sandwich videos all remind me of my childhood, I didnt even grow up in the 70s

  • @jamieammar6131
    @jamieammar6131 3 года назад +9

    Jamie Oliver's Victorian Kebab Van..I'd love to see those.

  • @JohnJackson-mn4ts
    @JohnJackson-mn4ts 4 года назад +118

    With a bag of skips and a huge wagon wheel.
    The kid that brought boiled egg sandwich, and all heads would turn towards them as everyone catches scent of that pungent sulphurous smell.

    • @robinforrest7680
      @robinforrest7680 4 года назад +13

      Ah yes. Fartwiches.

    • @annother3350
      @annother3350 3 года назад +4

      I would embrace the egg sandwich! Egg and cress with that salad cream 🔥

    • @wollysocks1
      @wollysocks1 3 года назад

      (Teenage daughter got hold of the phone here) this is my life...still...

    • @roisinnigcrainn7722
      @roisinnigcrainn7722 3 года назад

      Egg mayo is yummy tho

  • @murphy1125
    @murphy1125 4 года назад +23

    Can’t believe all of us has just sat an watched James may make a salad sandwich

  • @drussell_
    @drussell_ Год назад

    I wonder if Dr. May realizes that literally *_MILLIONS_* of people have taken the time to watch him carefully make sandwiches, with every bit of excruciating detail?!
    Huzzah!! Well done, sir! 😀

  • @Kez150
    @Kez150 Год назад +1

    Food from the 70s - specifically packed lunches… This is RED wine

  • @adaptorperish1322
    @adaptorperish1322 4 года назад +96

    I like how he involves members of the team and treats them nicely, like a normal bloke should. I hope the younger colleagues don't think of him as a granddad and learn from him. Because there are quite a few things to learn.

    • @joek600
      @joek600 3 года назад +3

      well the cameraman was from the 70's too lol

    • @vitriolicAmaranth
      @vitriolicAmaranth Год назад +1

      Who doesn't learn from their granddad?

  • @cele42
    @cele42 4 года назад +10

    I just watched James May making a sandwich for 10 mins and i LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT

  • @willrs9811
    @willrs9811 4 года назад +21

    Theres more character development in that sandwich than jodie whittakers doctor

  • @missmaryhdream6560
    @missmaryhdream6560 2 года назад +2

    I remeber first tasting coleslaw, it came in a tin by Heinz. Potato salad too, my dad referred to it as codswallop. I loved it.

  • @keir92
    @keir92 4 года назад +14

    sound is proper filmed at home aesthetic. love it. “bad” sound is underrated

  • @FreddyFuFu
    @FreddyFuFu 4 года назад +40

    I recommend putting the green onions on the margarine before the lettuce.

    • @MrHendrix17
      @MrHendrix17 4 года назад +5

      But is that 70s authentic or is that more new wave spring onion dressing

  • @drmeam406
    @drmeam406 2 года назад

    heaven. I'm an 80s child but I still adore a cheese and salad sandwich with salad cream

  • @thalassa2889
    @thalassa2889 3 года назад

    This is very relaxing

  • @horsenuts1831
    @horsenuts1831 4 года назад +62

    1:12 In the 1970s that I belonged to, everybody MADE their own wine. Elderflower was white wine and elderberry was red wine.

    • @caseypnw
      @caseypnw 4 года назад +4

      Pauly Paul where tf did you grow up

    • @tweetiepie551
      @tweetiepie551 4 года назад +12

      Yes..in the shed.and the adults always got hammered on it.

    • @robinforrest7680
      @robinforrest7680 4 года назад +1

      Too true. Dreadful hangover the following morning though. Then came the wine kits which were even worse.

    • @wmr9019
      @wmr9019 4 года назад +1

      Don't forget parsnip and nettle wine ❤️

    • @horsenuts1831
      @horsenuts1831 4 года назад

      @@wmr9019 It's singed on my brain, the parsnip one.

  • @Thickqueen94
    @Thickqueen94 4 года назад +53

    Fox in USA Executives:
    “Another British cook? let’s give him 9 shows on Fox “

    • @Dracattack
      @Dracattack 4 года назад +2

      If only

    • @natwel1544
      @natwel1544 3 года назад

      He did a toy assembling tutorial which was fun.

  • @tanakerrr
    @tanakerrr 2 года назад

    James is such an uninteresting man that anything he talks about sounds like the most interesting thing in the world and I love it

  • @crumbs7826
    @crumbs7826 3 года назад

    I love James May. I use his videos as a night light.