James May makes food from his childhood

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  • Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024

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  • @Graylord88
    @Graylord88 4 года назад +4031

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

    • @jaybee4118
      @jaybee4118 4 года назад +125

      That’s the 70s for you.

    • @EthanAdey
      @EthanAdey 4 года назад +5

      So?

    • @Apatetika
      @Apatetika 4 года назад +19

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

    • @breadboi205
      @breadboi205 4 года назад +24

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

    • @amber_long
      @amber_long 4 года назад +3

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

  • @xylaharrison7822
    @xylaharrison7822 4 года назад +3883

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

    • @arnoldrivas4590
      @arnoldrivas4590 4 года назад +89

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

    • @Lagmaster33
      @Lagmaster33 4 года назад +78

      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.

  • @jordanski100
    @jordanski100 5 лет назад +1895

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

    • @tt-ln4mc
      @tt-ln4mc 5 лет назад +10

      real ones also watched him build that kitchen hes in

    • @phantomechelon3628
      @phantomechelon3628 5 лет назад +2

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

    • @CaptainObvious
      @CaptainObvious 5 лет назад

      Literally my life

    • @benjyfriedman
      @benjyfriedman 5 лет 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 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @NotAuxell
    @NotAuxell 4 года назад +2891

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

    • @SusieFanK
      @SusieFanK 4 года назад +96

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

    • @damnedlegionaire
      @damnedlegionaire 4 года назад +61

      @@SusieFanK Jims this needs more exhoost fume

    • @perchef8970
      @perchef8970 4 года назад +6

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

    • @user-wu3xz3mf9m
      @user-wu3xz3mf9m 4 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 4 года назад +7

      @@user-wu3xz3mf9m
      They do the Grand Tour together

  • @NBST28
    @NBST28 4 года назад +2255

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

    • @robinwalia5361
      @robinwalia5361 4 года назад +55

      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

  • @balisticren6155
    @balisticren6155 5 лет назад +2837

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

    • @haltair4015
      @haltair4015 5 лет назад +13

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

    • @fredorico41
      @fredorico41 5 лет назад +14

      Maybe he started drinking very young lol 😆👍

    • @voornaam3191
      @voornaam3191 5 лет 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 5 лет назад +5

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

    • @Radi0he4d1
      @Radi0he4d1 5 лет назад

      Explains a lot

  • @Harryyano
    @Harryyano 5 лет назад +959

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

    • @Gergoth117
      @Gergoth117 4 года назад +31

      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 😂😂

  • @TheCrazyDcoolest
    @TheCrazyDcoolest 4 года назад +774

    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.

  • @PaintYourOffice
    @PaintYourOffice 5 лет назад +4362

    I love how James May is kinda a RUclipsr now

    • @PointNemo9
      @PointNemo9 5 лет назад +20

      What is "kinda"?

    • @santiagokiwi3187
      @santiagokiwi3187 5 лет назад +84

      @@PointNemo9 kinda = kind of

    • @PointNemo9
      @PointNemo9 5 лет назад +6

      @@santiagokiwi3187 I thought it meant "kinder"

    • @_Odin_
      @_Odin_ 5 лет 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!

    • @んや-s7z
      @んや-s7z 5 лет назад +7

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

  • @ZspotMotorsport
    @ZspotMotorsport 5 лет назад +1948

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

    • @Ben_Mayall
      @Ben_Mayall 5 лет назад +21

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

    • @brandoncarlson340
      @brandoncarlson340 5 лет назад +7

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

    • @heretomakeyousalty6126
      @heretomakeyousalty6126 5 лет 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

    • @ZspotMotorsport
      @ZspotMotorsport 5 лет назад +4

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

    • @nedyahyakcam
      @nedyahyakcam 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @Sledgeh101
    @Sledgeh101 5 лет назад +692

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

    • @primethread
      @primethread 5 лет назад +6

      Captain Slow

    • @PhilJonesIII
      @PhilJonesIII 5 лет 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.

  • @ronikamerl
    @ronikamerl 4 года назад +2073

    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 +59

      British man
      That is all

    • @Optimusisgod
      @Optimusisgod 3 года назад +54

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

    • @jeremybosse5088
      @jeremybosse5088 3 года назад +12

      I don’t know he’s got character

    • @basic-os
      @basic-os 3 года назад +45

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

    • @roisinnigcrainn7722
      @roisinnigcrainn7722 3 года назад +1

      @@basic-os I concur

  • @siraman25
    @siraman25 5 лет назад +1360

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

    • @BaldMancTwat
      @BaldMancTwat 5 лет 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 5 лет назад +4

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

    • @jacobrandolph4199
      @jacobrandolph4199 5 лет назад +2

      I found that quote quite hilarious

    • @Gblonkers
      @Gblonkers 5 лет назад

      DILLY DILLY!

    • @johnchristopherson2957
      @johnchristopherson2957 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @chiefmonrovia6691
    @chiefmonrovia6691 4 года назад +423

    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 +10

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

    • @MrGersboy72
      @MrGersboy72 3 года назад +5

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

  • @whatwouldwesleycook9759
    @whatwouldwesleycook9759 5 лет назад +734

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

    • @fantasyfan9320
      @fantasyfan9320 5 лет назад +4

      Ok boomer

    • @sandwich2473
      @sandwich2473 5 лет назад +25

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

    • @acehighjohn1759
      @acehighjohn1759 5 лет 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?

    • @PeacefulPPO
      @PeacefulPPO 4 года назад

      Would you cook it is the question Wesley

    • @jennifermiranda6023
      @jennifermiranda6023 8 месяцев назад

      And found it entertaining 😄

  • @lightblue254
    @lightblue254 4 года назад +595

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

    • @roonilwazlib3089
      @roonilwazlib3089 3 года назад +18

      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 3 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 3 года назад +1

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

  • @johnjohntv1195
    @johnjohntv1195 4 года назад +943

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

  • @AndrewGibson22
    @AndrewGibson22 5 лет назад +498

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

    • @damiangwardzik1502
      @damiangwardzik1502 5 лет назад +43

      And hammond became a Ford salesman

    • @emmanichollas3211
      @emmanichollas3211 5 лет назад +13

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

    • @bnap3221
      @bnap3221 5 лет назад +1

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

    • @AndrewGibson22
      @AndrewGibson22 5 лет назад

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

    • @bnap3221
      @bnap3221 5 лет назад

      Gibson Bowles is it released?

  • @AbrahamSalazar210
    @AbrahamSalazar210 5 лет назад +476

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

    • @nc30guy
      @nc30guy 5 лет назад +5

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

    • @kakapofan6542
      @kakapofan6542 5 лет 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.

  • @soupcanltd2603
    @soupcanltd2603 3 года назад +435

    “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.

    • @PJD_55
      @PJD_55 3 года назад +2

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

  • @dothius
    @dothius 4 года назад +2132

    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 +94

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

    • @rogerhoke9725
      @rogerhoke9725 4 года назад +27

      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?

  • @willbrent3385
    @willbrent3385 5 лет назад +242

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

    • @jackmantheiy5997
      @jackmantheiy5997 5 лет назад +2

      Same but the audio is horrible. This is unbearable

    • @alakani
      @alakani 5 лет 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.

  • @rudeanne
    @rudeanne 4 года назад +273

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

  • @tasmiyahrawoot9243
    @tasmiyahrawoot9243 4 года назад +357

    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 4 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 !

    • @PJD_55
      @PJD_55 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.

  • @Skinz01
    @Skinz01 5 лет назад +242

    "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.

    • @Juuk-D
      @Juuk-D 4 года назад +6

      Germs and a little dirt only strenghtens your immune system.

    • @robinwalia5361
      @robinwalia5361 4 года назад +6

      @@Juuk-D 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.

  • @PeacefulPPO
    @PeacefulPPO 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 +6

      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!

  • @stevesmolinski
    @stevesmolinski 5 лет назад +302

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

    • @iStormUK
      @iStormUK 5 лет назад +9

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

    • @johnbolan3158
      @johnbolan3158 5 лет назад +8

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

    • @suicunesolsan
      @suicunesolsan 5 лет 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 5 лет назад +12

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

    • @Earthstar_Review
      @Earthstar_Review 5 лет назад

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

  • @olipoole130
    @olipoole130 4 года назад +290

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

  • @molsy1768
    @molsy1768 5 лет назад +256

    More of these, and make them longer!

    • @BaldMancTwat
      @BaldMancTwat 5 лет назад +2

      Yes!

    • @LockonKubi
      @LockonKubi 5 лет назад +11

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

    • @jackshiels1206
      @jackshiels1206 5 лет назад +7

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

    • @SmartassX1
      @SmartassX1 5 лет назад +1

      Bigger, longer and uncut!

    • @Normandy-e8i
      @Normandy-e8i 5 лет назад

      that sandwich is a nightmare, appreciate on Halloween

  • @jeydoubleyew
    @jeydoubleyew 5 лет назад +97

    I could watch James talk about and do literally anything.

  • @anthonywalsh2520
    @anthonywalsh2520 5 лет назад +522

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

  • @captainbongwater7790
    @captainbongwater7790 4 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.

  • @Ben-rq5re
    @Ben-rq5re 5 лет назад +324

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

    • @davieraB
      @davieraB 5 лет назад +1

      🤣

    • @papagynther6905
      @papagynther6905 5 лет назад +15

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

    • @ColKlinkerhofen
      @ColKlinkerhofen 5 лет назад +6

      download adblock.

    • @gulfconsulting7257
      @gulfconsulting7257 5 лет назад +3

      the ads kill this superb cooking display

    • @janra8653
      @janra8653 5 лет назад +2

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

  • @seanpruitt6801
    @seanpruitt6801 5 лет назад +126

    James May is the only one who can make this interesting

  • @abheerkohli4035
    @abheerkohli4035 5 лет назад +277

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

    • @yodelinggoethe1147
      @yodelinggoethe1147 5 лет назад +9

      Abheer Kohli that really sounds like something clarkson would say

    • @abheerkohli4035
      @abheerkohli4035 5 лет назад +3

      @@yodelinggoethe1147 obviously. Thats why i did it😂

    • @kregadeth5562
      @kregadeth5562 5 лет назад +1

      Abheer Kohli very nice

    • @TeddyBear1280
      @TeddyBear1280 5 лет назад +2

      i did read this in Clarkson voice

    • @boriz_
      @boriz_ 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @ncot_tech
    @ncot_tech 4 года назад +150

    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 2 года назад +5

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

    • @Mortthemoose
      @Mortthemoose 2 года назад

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

  • @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 4 года назад +2

      😂

    • @jimtaylor294
      @jimtaylor294 4 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?

  • @DaThingOnTheDoorstep
    @DaThingOnTheDoorstep 5 лет 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 5 лет 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...

  • @aqua46784
    @aqua46784 5 лет 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 5 лет назад +11

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

    • @OscarJamess
      @OscarJamess 5 лет назад +5

      That still happens fyi

    • @StevioGaming1
      @StevioGaming1 5 лет 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 5 лет 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 5 лет 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.

  • @mads-henningjensen7178
    @mads-henningjensen7178 4 года назад +99

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

    • @clockwork9827
      @clockwork9827 3 года назад +1

      credits blitzed by

    • @joyfisher8008
      @joyfisher8008 3 года назад

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

  • @olliemillward2614
    @olliemillward2614 5 лет назад +155

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

    • @colinmoore7460
      @colinmoore7460 5 лет назад +1

      @ADAM FARRA Why am I not surprised?

    • @elsamo311
      @elsamo311 5 лет назад +8

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

    • @legion999
      @legion999 5 лет назад

      You can't even quote accurately?

    • @mortechrome
      @mortechrome 5 лет 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 5 лет назад +2

      Harpiye 73 a common law wife

  • @jacobllgaard1079
    @jacobllgaard1079 5 лет назад +405

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

    • @drivingcat6901
      @drivingcat6901 5 лет назад +21

      1870's BC

    • @reioni2143
      @reioni2143 5 лет назад +10

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

    • @dionysisnanos6528
      @dionysisnanos6528 5 лет назад +18

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

    • @mk7mig
      @mk7mig 5 лет назад +11

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

    • @Murtagh653
      @Murtagh653 5 лет назад +10

      as wilth everything he does, he even ages slowly.

  • @callumhardy5098
    @callumhardy5098 5 лет назад +184

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

  • @garybusey9941
    @garybusey9941 4 года назад +20

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

  • @deloreanfan81
    @deloreanfan81 5 лет назад +191

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

  • @Hobartthedolphinboy
    @Hobartthedolphinboy 5 лет назад +64

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

    • @SuperTobbe12
      @SuperTobbe12 5 лет назад +4

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

    • @MausOfTheHouse
      @MausOfTheHouse 5 лет 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 5 лет назад +1

      Maus well put

    • @MausOfTheHouse
      @MausOfTheHouse 5 лет назад

      @@bnap3221 thank you.

  • @JohnJackson-mn4ts
    @JohnJackson-mn4ts 4 года назад +119

    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 4 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

  • @Plentisaki
    @Plentisaki 4 года назад +10

    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! :-)!

  • @DougZbikowski
    @DougZbikowski 5 лет назад +137

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

  • @deborahwilliams-rowley4281
    @deborahwilliams-rowley4281 4 года назад +71

    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

      🤮

    • @Juuk-D
      @Juuk-D 4 года назад +7

      @@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

      @@Juuk-D not really, raw vegetables are absolutely fucking disgusting

    • @eddiet7228
      @eddiet7228 4 года назад +2

      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.

  • @Metal-Possum
    @Metal-Possum 5 лет назад +54

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

    • @sylvananas7923
      @sylvananas7923 5 лет назад

      Good ol times

    • @ufokkenwotm8
      @ufokkenwotm8 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @DirkdeZwijger
    @DirkdeZwijger 3 года назад +41

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

    • @MrJimheeren
      @MrJimheeren 2 года назад +2

      Yea with bad audio quality

  • @keir92
    @keir92 5 лет назад +15

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

  • @julsie3195
    @julsie3195 4 года назад +80

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

  • @user-bb6eh5kd5d
    @user-bb6eh5kd5d 5 лет назад +36

    “Everything , I mean everything could be saved including some of the machinery in your garage with salad cream” 😂😂😂😂😂. Absolutely classic , awesome awesome awesome . Man I miss good old banter and British humor . When is Grand Tour season 4 coming out sir

    • @juststeve5542
      @juststeve5542 5 лет назад +2

      @Arrow Hart oh it still exists, we just save it for special parties where we know there aren't "those" people who get offended by everything.

    • @juststeve5542
      @juststeve5542 5 лет назад

      Funny, but true. I have a Hungarian friend who became addicted to the stuff whilst over here, and now I have to send food parcels to Budapest!

  • @oleksandrbezkorovainyi
    @oleksandrbezkorovainyi 2 года назад +4

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

  • @cele42
    @cele42 5 лет назад +10

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

  • @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.

  • @bengo76
    @bengo76 5 лет назад +26

    James may is a legend, no matter what he's doing these days. Well done May!

  • @teryxx781
    @teryxx781 3 года назад +5

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

  • @murphy1125
    @murphy1125 5 лет назад +23

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

  • @Pughhead
    @Pughhead 5 лет назад +3163

    James May is so boring that he’s interesting.

  • @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 2 года назад +1

      Who doesn't learn from their granddad?

  • @aquarius4953
    @aquarius4953 3 года назад +39

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

    • @tgapcharlie
      @tgapcharlie 2 года назад +6

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

    • @reggiebuffat
      @reggiebuffat 2 года назад

      London was something else though.

  • @hamishcameron-eveleigh787
    @hamishcameron-eveleigh787 5 лет назад +76

    Why the hell am I watching this shit ?
    Because it's captain slow and it's brilliant!

  • @FreddyFuFu
    @FreddyFuFu 4 года назад +39

    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

  • @TahrahStar
    @TahrahStar 4 года назад +131

    The only sandwiches I remember from the 70's were soggy Tomato sandwiches, Lettuce and Salad Cream Sandwiches and if we were really lucky Bread with Margarine and sprinkled with Sugar.

    • @ttintagel
      @ttintagel 4 года назад +4

      Oh, yeah, we would get a whole bushel of tomatoes and have tomato sandwiches twice a day while they lasted.

    • @ThatLittlePickle
      @ThatLittlePickle 4 года назад +12

      Sugar sandwiches are great tho

    • @jordanhicks5131
      @jordanhicks5131 4 года назад +12

      Jesus that's terrible, wheres the meat? Makes baloney and cheese sandwiches sound like a kings meal

    • @UncleRuckusEnjoyer
      @UncleRuckusEnjoyer 4 года назад +11

      I thought here in Hungary under the socialist regime we had worst food but now im happy knowing we ate a bit better than the British chaps. By the way, the poorest people here had bread soaked with water and sprinkled sugar on it. My Mum used to eat that if they had no money at all.

    • @jimtaylor294
      @jimtaylor294 4 года назад +2

      @@UncleRuckusEnjoyer Depended where you lived in the UK really. Most in the welsh counties back then had never seen Pasta, let alone eaten it.
      That's kind of fitting though, as the welsh are the descendents of the pictish peoples whom warred with the Romans XD.

  • @mariaskinner1276
    @mariaskinner1276 3 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

  • @evanx383
    @evanx383 5 лет назад +82

    I said, "do you speak-a my language?"
    He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich

    • @joeman840
      @joeman840 5 лет назад +2

      Salad sandwich

    • @UrsaFrank
      @UrsaFrank 5 лет назад +8

      He's British, it would be marmite

    • @peterpiper47
      @peterpiper47 5 лет назад +1

      Evan X AND HE SAID!!!!!

    • @jc2076
      @jc2076 4 года назад

      Mate nice 👍 🇦🇺

  • @doubletee5250
    @doubletee5250 5 лет назад +19

    Spring onion in the 70's! You flash ponce May. 😁

  • @HidingInMyRoom1989
    @HidingInMyRoom1989 4 года назад +103

    I had this friend called Seth at primary school who used to bring a boiled egg with his packed lunch. When he started peeling the egg it smelled so bad it made us all gag. We used to call him egg boy.

    • @mathais6538
      @mathais6538 4 года назад +21

      I wonder what egg boy is doing today

    • @fastfutures
      @fastfutures 4 года назад +2

      Out of *all* the people I expect to find on a video of James May making scran, you are the last. Congrats I guess.

    • @clockwork9827
      @clockwork9827 3 года назад

      in the 70's tho' ?

    • @adammercysystem6450
      @adammercysystem6450 2 года назад +2

      @@mathais6538 he's now chancellor of the exchequer

    • @jamesdettmann94
      @jamesdettmann94 Год назад

      You had a friend??

  • @zatchbell622
    @zatchbell622 4 года назад +6

    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.

  • @Bruce-vq7ni
    @Bruce-vq7ni 5 лет назад +40

    "The young people have been playing around with the knives" haha -

  • @daveryall5919
    @daveryall5919 4 года назад +86

    Warburtons bread is more 70s, it comes in the wax paper wrapper.

    • @ryano8768
      @ryano8768 4 года назад +1

      I prefer it over Hovis tho.

    • @daveryall5919
      @daveryall5919 4 года назад +2

      Yes me too

    • @annother3350
      @annother3350 4 года назад +4

      My aunt would send us to the bakers for two large bloomer loaves. Even as a young kid I would chuckle that it was a pair of bloomers

    • @oddities-whatnot
      @oddities-whatnot 4 года назад +2

      James is down south, and Warburtons is a northern brand, not very common down there although they may have a factory somewhere there now

  • @Marcus-kw2ed
    @Marcus-kw2ed 5 лет назад +37

    This is 100 times better than new Top Gear

  • @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.

  • @mynameismilza7995
    @mynameismilza7995 4 года назад +42

    I feel like my dad is standing in his garage just making a sandwich and having a glass of wine wtf 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @JasonX1996
    @JasonX1996 5 лет назад +54

    "Hmmmmm, Much better than bulls blood"
    -May 2019

    • @Sirinwara
      @Sirinwara 5 лет назад +4

      There is a type of wine called bull's blood. It is Hungarian and a kind of merlot. I also think it is better than Zinfandel, pretty inexpensive too

    • @chimerazo
      @chimerazo 5 лет назад +3

      @@Sirinwara it is not a merlot, it is a cuvée of several kinds of red grapes

    • @Petroskoi3000
      @Petroskoi3000 5 лет назад +2

      @@Sirinwara There is also Spanish wine "Sagre del toro" blood of the bull, it's kind of common cheapish wine in central europe.

    • @richardbale7077
      @richardbale7077 5 лет назад +1

      I actually like the Bikaver Egri better than your average Cali Zin.

    • @Sirinwara
      @Sirinwara 5 лет назад

      @@chimerazo sorry you are right - it is a cuvée indeed.

  • @DeAardappel
    @DeAardappel 5 лет назад +5

    I found your channel like a half an hour ago and I'm watching you build sandwiches. Worse yet? I love it. I desire more 70s sandwiches.

  • @johnlegg5671
    @johnlegg5671 4 года назад +17

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

  • @mistertree553
    @mistertree553 5 лет назад +29

    James: **pulls out vegetables from a drawer like it’s the produce section of a grocery store**
    Me: _Visible confusion_

    • @stephkightley7888
      @stephkightley7888 5 лет назад

      it is called the "slow reveal" otherwise you would have seen all the ingredients up front and it would have been only a 5 min video :)))))

    • @mistertree553
      @mistertree553 5 лет назад +2

      @Steph Kightley what? That’s not the point of my comment. I was very confused by the fact that he was pulling the vegetables out of what seemed like the drawer of a normal writing desk. Did you even read my comment?

    • @_KingOfCalifornia
      @_KingOfCalifornia 5 лет назад

      @@mistertree553 yeah, he does have a bit of an accent but it isn't really that hard to understand

    • @mistertree553
      @mistertree553 5 лет назад

      @Johnny Quasar Are you trolling me?

  • @DaveK385
    @DaveK385 5 лет назад +51

    Good to see that you still have a seventies haircut.

  • @killerdove123
    @killerdove123 5 лет назад +59

    Up next: Gordon Ramsay reviews the Dacia Sandero

    • @alexojideagu
      @alexojideagu 5 лет назад +3

      Ramsey actually is a car man. He buys super cars like LaFerrari

    • @WolfHreda
      @WolfHreda 5 лет назад +8

      I would love a series of Gordon Ramsay being forced to drive crappy cars and getting to blow up about them.

    • @RaeMachiavelli
      @RaeMachiavelli 5 лет назад +1

      It would be quite the marketing ploy and content diversification strategy if they got Gordon to drive the Sandero. I hope the 'tribesmen see your comment.

  • @ianlambourne1476
    @ianlambourne1476 2 года назад +1

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

  • @edward2030
    @edward2030 5 лет назад +6

    This is honestly the only cooking show I would watch

  • @traceycrosss
    @traceycrosss 4 года назад +30

    I wonder how long Jeremy would watch James present this before leaving or making a snide comment? Mmmm.....maybe 30 seconds.

    • @FBISHOJI
      @FBISHOJI 4 года назад

      You're right on the money🤣

  • @tammyulgen
    @tammyulgen 4 года назад +23

    I'm from the US, my mother used to make me these sandwiches in the 1970's except - Miracle was used (I've never heard of Salad Cream and now I want to try it) and my sandwiches weren't so fancy; they had no cucumbers on them. I'm promptly headed to Amazon to look for Salad Cream.

    • @sandra4999san
      @sandra4999san 4 года назад +2

      CaniCat Same thing basically. Salad cream and Miracle Whip. Mayo with lots of sugar.

    • @srabchun
      @srabchun 4 года назад +2

      Some grocery stores carry it, if the store has an international isle. Meijer, a regional chain where I live, has a whole section of British foods. I've seen the salad cream there.

    • @clockwork9827
      @clockwork9827 3 года назад +3

      i think you're ok with Miracle Whip

  • @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

  • @maaaaaar
    @maaaaaar 5 лет назад +69

    Please make more of these, but without the cameraman breathing and groaning in my left ear.

    • @vRaven99
      @vRaven99 5 лет назад

      mar. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @dan7160
      @dan7160 5 лет назад +4

      That’s the only reason I watch

    • @perdbeer6713
      @perdbeer6713 5 лет назад +5

      Shockingly bad production. The lighting is terrible, the sound is terrible and the set is terrible. There are 12 year olds who live stream with more of a clue.

    • @northover5023
      @northover5023 5 лет назад

      gay

  • @jmgirard7
    @jmgirard7 4 года назад +8

    Gives me flashbacks to my dad's sandwiches in the 80s. White bread, bologna, lettuce, and mayo. Tomato or mustard if he was feeling fancy.
    Now I'm craving one for nostalgia's sake.

  • @MegaKretch
    @MegaKretch 5 лет назад +221

    "we are looking at the dark ages of british cousine"
    were there any bright ones?

    • @scottyhaines4226
      @scottyhaines4226 5 лет назад +2

      Marco Pierre White's the only one I could think of.

    • @SwedishNeo
      @SwedishNeo 5 лет назад +8

      During the Norman conquest of England?

    • @derekstanley1909
      @derekstanley1909 5 лет назад +5

      There’s a reason why Gordon Ramsey, a British chef, makes very few dishes that actually originate from Britain

    • @liesalllies
      @liesalllies 5 лет назад +9

      Whenever chicken Tikka was invented I guess.

    • @qwertpoiuy430
      @qwertpoiuy430 5 лет назад +3

      Derek Stanley not cool many English dishes? Beef Wellington?? What he is known for??

  • @cw6082
    @cw6082 4 года назад +2

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

  • @susanneelstone8000
    @susanneelstone8000 5 лет назад +17

    Who Remembers Heinz Sandwich spread? I remember having that in my sandwich at school or boiled egg and salad cream

    • @imoon5858
      @imoon5858 4 года назад +2

      Susanne Elstone i still eat it what’s wrong with it? 😃

    • @petal979
      @petal979 4 года назад

      @Chocolate Button The salad cream cancels it out

    • @mjrussell414
      @mjrussell414 4 года назад

      Susanne Elstone Yes, it was my favourite. I wonder now though if you are supposed to have it with other things like sliced meat in the sandwich, but I just had it plain.

    • @fisherking7798
      @fisherking7798 4 года назад +1

      I think you can still buy that

    • @rosiemason5167
      @rosiemason5167 4 года назад

      Sunday school picnics!

  • @Gdragon138
    @Gdragon138 4 года назад +44

    “It should hang out a bit on the edges, that’s authentic”...💀

  • @RoninOC
    @RoninOC 4 года назад +1176

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

    • @frenchpeoplearentrealpeopl5685
      @frenchpeoplearentrealpeopl5685 3 года назад +177

      *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

  • @shiroryuu2846
    @shiroryuu2846 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @Mahatheyew
    @Mahatheyew 4 года назад +574

    The lack of meat on this sandwich makes me feel slightly uneasy.

    • @Dorian-lq3up
      @Dorian-lq3up 4 года назад +19

      Good.

    • @mullerman1104
      @mullerman1104 4 года назад +47

      We need Bacon and Spam, Eggs Bacon and Spam, Spam sausage and Spam, Spam Spam Spam...

    • @arelentlessstudent
      @arelentlessstudent 4 года назад +25

      I find your lack of meat disturbing...

    • @Skozerny
      @Skozerny 4 года назад +5

      Dw he made a video about spam sandwich. Just spam. Nothing else.

    • @Woldemar94
      @Woldemar94 4 года назад +1

      @@mullerman1104 dont you have anything without spam?

  • @tomdrums4607
    @tomdrums4607 5 лет назад +41

    Listen with headphones to hear the old man noises!

  • @hellsop
    @hellsop 4 года назад +40

    3:30 Kale existed, at least in the US. It was purely decorative, though and used for things like covering ice between containers on a buffet or making dividers in a grocer's meat case. In the 1980's, this started being replaced by plastic kale, because it was cheaper and reusable, which lead to a glut on the produce market of excess kale. By about 1990, it had gotten SO inexpensive due to overproduction that experiments with eating the stuff to get rid of it began.

    • @clockwork9827
      @clockwork9827 3 года назад +12

      and that is where it should have stayed.

    • @pinecone2455
      @pinecone2455 3 года назад

      It was cooked down with pork fat (ham hocks) and served with chops or ham. Side of boiled potatoes and pickled cucumber. Mustard optional on the ham.

    • @wenkaima8733
      @wenkaima8733 3 года назад +1

      You must be fun at parties

    • @hellsop
      @hellsop 3 года назад

      @@wenkaima8733 ah yes, the internet edginess of responding to wit understood to be pedantry with a dig at social skills that was fresh in 2011. "Back atcher, chum!"

    • @triple75
      @triple75 2 года назад

      @@hellsop Pointing out how boring you are isn't "internet edginess"
      You are just boring.

  • @flynnpaterson2025
    @flynnpaterson2025 2 месяца назад

    I still come back to watch James May make sandwiches after 4 years when I'm having a bad day.