If you'd like to check out the other cheap vs steep recipe attempts to date, here's the playlist, so grab the popcorn! kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z5Wr1s2Fmba-eLw.html the recipe write up can be found here barrylewis.net/recipe/eggnog-recipe-cheap-vs-steep/

@TheaCastles

Жыл бұрын

Time for a Barrathon.. Please.

@becky1992

Жыл бұрын

please do a homemade Christmas pudding comparison!

@tamarabuxton2516

Жыл бұрын

Just a heads up Barry.. Someone's pretending to be you, directing ppl to the Telegram App to "claim their prize"

@mj374

Жыл бұрын

Are you sending requeat to message you on Telegram to claim prizes? I commented on this video and I got a wierd response?

@tamarabuxton2516

Жыл бұрын

@@mj374 the "@Barry_Lewis" comments are possibly from a scammer who opened his account the same day as Barry posted this video.. @mrbarrylewis with the check mark✔️ is the legit comments

Your vanilla tastes different and smells different because real vanilla is vanilla beans soaked in alcohol. (That is how extracts are made.) Artificially flavored vanilla is usually made with glycerin.

@popefacto5945

Жыл бұрын

Artificial vanilla is synthesized vanillin. Like artificial truffle flavor, it's very "one-note". Whole beans have other compounds in them that add to the flavor of the vanillin (so much so that different varieties of vanilla have strikingly different flavor profiles).

@annother3350

Жыл бұрын

Artificial is called Vanillin

@christinaelge6683

Жыл бұрын

@@popefacto5945 I make my own vanilla. A lot of people in my vanilla group use glycerine instead of alcohol.

@popefacto5945

Жыл бұрын

​@@christinaelge6683 Me, too! My 'perpetual' jars are Madagascar beans in bourbon whiskey and Tahitian beans in blackstrap rum. I take beans as needed and top the liquor off when I use the extract. They've been going for a few years now. I'm mildly curious how long it takes to get a good extraction using vegetable glycerin but not enough to waste beans in it. Seems like it would take longer than ethanol/water.

@t3knosoulz

Жыл бұрын

@@popefacto5945 I'd love to learn more about this, a 'perpetual jar' sounds great!! So I imagine they sort of "pickle" in the booze, but do you just sort of take a teaspoon of the liquid out to use as extract? It sounds lovely.

I think you should go over your previous videos and do specials of Medium Vs Steep where you take some of the expensive ingredients you felt made a difference, mixed with the cheap ingredients, and face it off against the expensive and see if the expensive still comes out on top!

@Binary-

Жыл бұрын

Ooh, I'd like that! That sounds interesting

I heard that "delicate pop", and now have immense respect for Mrs. B for allowing this hilarity to remain in the video. Thank you, Mrs. B.

@jules3048

Жыл бұрын

Ya! That was hilarious 😂

@therezaloftus

7 ай бұрын

i heard it too lol

Spiced rum and dark rum are different ingredients

I would love to see a cheap vs steep French toast and bacon breakfast

@ticketyboo2456

Жыл бұрын

In the UK we call "French toast" eggy bread unless we're being pretentious...

@pepre7594

Жыл бұрын

@@ticketyboo2456 most people call it French toast globally. Eggy bread _is_ a better name though

@Japanlover79

Жыл бұрын

I hail from the great country of New Jersey and your missing one key staple there. Pork Roll/Taylor ham 😊

@ShockingPikachu

Жыл бұрын

@@ticketyboo2456 well it's better than the name of what chipped beef in cream sauce on toast is called lol

I think it would be really interesting to see the steep spices in the cheaper base.

Those are strange times to be in. There is a shortage of many products ahead for next year, because a bunch of producers, growers, farmers stop producing due to the massive increase in production cost. While as a consumer I understand that we look for the "best price", whatever that may be, as someone who has worked on the production side of food (farm), retailers and customers often don't think about the amount of time, money and work spent until there is something as "simple" as an egg on the table. I truly am in favour of spending more on food, especially if I know it makes a difference for producers that really invest in high standards and high quality. Luckily, I am in a situation where that is possible. I still like watching the comparison.

I’d like an episode with a basic recipe and the cheap and steep concept but make multiple by changing out individual ingredients at a time and figuring out what ingredients actually make the difference. I know that would be time consuming and hopefully my explanation makes sense!!

@markchapman6800

Жыл бұрын

The only problem would be that the number of batches would go up exponentially with the number of ingredients. Cheap vs steep for 8 ingredients would mean 256 batches.

@beckyj611

Жыл бұрын

@@markchapman6800 That is why a very basic recipe would be the way to go. Think about his 3 ingredient recipes, for example.

@markchapman6800

Жыл бұрын

@@beckyj611 That's still 8 batches, so probably at the limit of what he'd want to make for a video. Has he even done a CvS for a dish with that few ingredients?

@beckyj611

Жыл бұрын

@@markchapman6800 they don’t have to be big batches - I don’t understand why you’re against it, I’m sure he has the filming budget for that. With many people currently struggling to afford food here in the UK I think they would appreciate seeing what’s worth the cheap price tag.

@markchapman6800

Жыл бұрын

@@beckyj611 I don't know why you are having so much difficulty realising how much extra *work* this would be for him for minimal gain, plus it would quickly get tedious comparing all of the combinations.

To me freshly ground nutmeg is always worth it. fresh spices in general, but especially nutmeg is something I always splash out on because prepackaged ground nutmeg always seems like sawdust with a faint whiff of nutmeg in it 😅 Great video as always, I love watching the two of you together! ❤

@Makreads

Жыл бұрын

I agree with the nutmeg being freshly ground. Makes a difference with rice pudding too.

Watching you all make the eggnog made me go to the fridge and have a glass of the premade that I buy every Christmas season

Excellent! Great video! I'm sure other have pointed this out, but I'd guess the reason the "cheap" egg nog didn't taste as much of eggs is because you curdled the eggs when mixing it, thus eliminating a large portion of the eggs from the final product. Whereas Mrs. B didn't curdle her eggs and, hence, had more eggs in her version.

I’d like to see a cheap vs steep where you get the most expensive ingredients from the cheap store and the cheapest ingredients from the steep store.

@tamarabuxton2516

Жыл бұрын

@Barry_Lewis. Scammer opened his account 4hours ago.. nice try (and shame on you) @mrbarrylewis with the check is the legit comments

@crazycatdragon

Жыл бұрын

@@tamarabuxton2516 at least I know I made a good comment if a scammer decided try to fool me. (Never had a scammer comment on KZread)

@tamarabuxton2516

Жыл бұрын

@@crazycatdragon there's a first for everything. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays 🤟🇨🇦

@crazycatdragon

Жыл бұрын

@@tamarabuxton2516 thank you!!!! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you too!!!!!

I recon the cheap tastes less eggy because the egg curdled and was put through sieve. Had the egg not been removed due to curdling it might taste different.

I love how Barry is reading the info on the steep rum and Becky is looking at the bottle of the cheap rum in the background as if she is following what he is saying off of the cheap rum label 😂😂

I was so egg-cited for this video. Well done. Truly egg-squisite 😜

I still think you should do a variation on this where you make two identical dishes with only a single ingredient changed to isolate the impact of cheap vs steep.

In Canada where I live we pay the steep prices every day. A 750 ml bottle of rum is around $30.00 and up to $65.00 for a better one. I love watching your steep vs cheap...you are very lucky to be able to afford your groceries for a reasonable price. My husband likes eggnog but me not so much ! Good job...thanks for sharing.

@rhiannonadams2942

Жыл бұрын

Same if not worse in Australia!

@tkay8692

Жыл бұрын

I think Barry would freak out if he saw prices in BC vs what he pays for Steep.

@craftsandcards

Жыл бұрын

@@tkay8692 So true ...lol...

About the nutmeg; *Never* use ground nutmeg. Always use whole nutmeg at grind it up yourself. The flavour-profile is *so* much better with freshly ground nutmeg.

There actually isn't an egg shortage, it's the supermarkets not wanting to pay producers a fair price

Mouse and rat's : I love you Barry.!! Barry Lewis : you're welcome ..!!!

Cheap spiced rum has sugar added as well, it will kick the sweetness up

Best series on the channel. Thanks so much

You SHOULD use whole nutmeg and ground it as you need it. And use a proper grinder, you probably have it on the 4-sided "knuckle murderer". It is the one that is small and have 4-way grinding (if it makes any sense). The pieces will be almost as small as the store bought grounded nutmeg, but the taste will be extremely more satisfying!

as a watcher from the USA, I am very jealous of your grocery prices. Some of the "steep" items are cheaper than generic brands in our grocery stores.

Love the cheap vs steep jumpers loving the rose gold reindeer

« A Glimmer of Beige » by Barry and Mrs. B 😁

Eggnog is just basically custard with booze added to it. People sometimes make it with raw eggs and after adding the booze they can let it sit in the fridge for a couple of days to "age" to let the booze kill off any bad bacteria from the raw eggs.

@jammybizzle666

Жыл бұрын

Raw eggs are safe to eat

@The_Keeper

Жыл бұрын

@@jammybizzle666 Weeell, they are, and they aren't. If the egg doesn't have either campylobacter or salmonella in it, then sure, raw eggs are fine. But you can't know whether or not it has those bacteria in it unless you test it. The good news is though, 99.9% of the time the bacteria are found on the shell and not in the egg itself, so you are usually fairly safe if you don't get any shell in the raw egg. Otherwise, if you wanna be safe, you can pasteurize raw eggs yourself by just dipping them in boiling water for 10 seconds or so.

@jammybizzle666

Жыл бұрын

@@The_Keeper safe in the UK mate, not sure about your dirty eggs lol

@johndelye3402

Жыл бұрын

The aging method was proven(but since it wasn't a proper experiment the results aren't "canon")by Dr. Rebecca Lancefield of Rockefeller University. Their tradition was to make a batch after Thanksgiving and put it in the fridge til around Christmas time a few weeks later. It was safe to drink before then but they felt it tasted better after "mellowing". This was attributed to the pint of bourbon and quart of rum added to the mix. They decided to put salmonella samples in the base and after the mellowing period they tested for the bacteria's presence and found that the alcohol killed it during that period,,lol.

@jvallas

Жыл бұрын

@@The_Keeper There’s a whole USDA procedure for pasteurizing them yourself. I don’t remember specifics, but it’s definitely not a 10-second dip. It’s a very particular temperature and a very particular amount of time at that exact temperature.

Love it 😍 Good vanilla makes all the difference in cooking. You won’t look back once used🤩

Seeing you both struggle with separating those eggs, it makes me think of how much more easy it is to just drop the egg in your hand or scoop it up with your hand and let the whites flow between your fingers. Just gotta wash your hands before and after, but it is sooooo simple.

I hope you and your family have the best Christmas ever. Thank you for all your hard work you did in 2022 and I'll be watching you in 2023. X

@deborahshallin5843

Жыл бұрын

Me too!

With how little vanilla you typically use in recipes. I think I would 100% be able to justify the price. Plus it's actual vanilla with its subtle complexities.

Eggnog looks really good but the sound of that cake literally made my mouth water, chocolate (especially dark chocolate) and orange is one of my favourite flavour combinations of all time 😀.

The difference in the nutmeg was one hqd been ground long ago, the other was fresh.

I heard the pop 😂😂😂😂

That steep rum was absolutely wonderful!

I always think of one of my favorite Christmas films "Christmas Vacation" whenever I see or hear eggnog!

I was just watching and concentrating and then you asked Mrs B if she had farted and that’s it I lost it 😂😂😂 I had to rewind it back about five times to hear it and then I would laugh all over again 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Glimmer of beige!! Lolol best line ever! Love Mrs B x

@annother3350

Жыл бұрын

Farts like a trooper though!!

Barry and Becky sing the songs of Christmas🎶🎶🎶 love it!

A Christmas cake would be interesting. I did it last year, I made a cheaper one and expensive cake, the difference was very evident. Thanks for video 😊

Eggnog it's so good, I definitely have to make some, with some days of maturation in the fridge it's still better because the flavors mellow and integrate better

Man, Eggnog is one of those things I've always wanted to make myself but never looked up the recipe. Might give it a try now!

12:49 bookmarking this to listen to Barry say the word 'Bourbon' later as a pick me up

Loved this video! You lovely people need to try a Puerto Rican drink called Coquito. Hope you will love that drink! Happy Holidays to you and your family! Stay blessed!

True cinnamon is Ceylon cinnamon. The other is Cassia and is actually toxic if taken in excess, but won’t hurt you in small quantities. Most supermarkets sell Cassia.

I always use the Madagascar vanilla and I grate the nutmeg. I truly believe you can taste the difference from the cheap ingredients. The vanilla can be pricey but I think it's worth it. It would be interesting to compare the ready made you buy the dairy section to the steep you made.

Thank you Barry! Just received your cameo video for my fiancée Irina. It was superb!! Highly recommend to anyone looking for a lovely personal message. Merry Christmas to you and the rest of the Lewis family ❤️

Having just the box isn't just limited to higher end super markets you get in all of them in order to prevent shoplifting. When I worked in one of the more middle ground super markets it was typically any drink over £30 was just a box and the drink was stored elsewhere, although in that case you would take the box to the checkout when you were ready to pay and then the checkout staff would then go and get it to put it through with you order.

I love my eggnog it’s one of the best parts of Christmas

That "woh happened". Made me laugh

Cloves are delicious. I toss a few cloves in with my coffee when it is brewing. I also have some clove gum.

I have the cheapest ever egg nog by just using a box or packet vanilla instant whip or pudding mix then using twice the amount of milk required and a shake of all spice and grated nutmeg whipped up in the blender and viola 👍🏼❤️

I saw the cream in the garage and my first thought was all my neighborhood cats knocking down walls to get in! Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2023!!

Cheap rum is often cut with grain alcohol to make a batch stretch.

Cheap vs steep cinnamon rolls or chocolate chip cookies would be fun! ❤️❤️❤️

Barry! A little explanation on why the other rum might be smoother. That plantation is CASK strength rum and is taken directly from the bottle. The other is probably blended and lesser proof. That being said, it's personal preference at the end of the day

Ceylon is the "True" cinnamon it has a slight citrus scent and less of the *Coumarin,* meaning that it is safer to consume in large quantities.

I've seen videos where people make their own vanilla extract. I would love to see your take on it vs. storebought. And maybe making other extracts.

Mrs B is coming with the sass on this one 🤣

If you're not aware, 568 mL is the UK pint, and 473 mL is the US pint, so perhaps the recipe you're following is a US recipe. Here in NZ we standardised to a metric pint of 600 mL for some reason.

The expensive vanilla is so worth it, because it keeps basically forever. And freshly grated nutmeg is just miles better than the jarred stuff. You can go with a cheaper recipe and use fresh nutmeg to elevate it.

Hello. I would love to see a Cheap vs Steep in regards to Cheesecake. I do love a good NY style Cheesecake.

Since you love spiced rum, you should make some of your own spiced rum. Combine the Spice you like and White rum

"Omelette in a glass" makes me think of alternative cooking and serving methods. Sort of like brownies microwaved in a mug.

I have started buying the expensive milk as I like the carton option. It is also very nice milk and I like a glass of milk in the evening.

@eidodk

Жыл бұрын

Here in Denmark we ONLY have the cartons. We have ALOT of options in the milk cooler though.

Just in time

I wonder if you age it a couple days the flavor might develop as the spices extract into solution. Alton Brown released a special aged eggnog recipe that has a lot of alcohol in it which prevents spoilage during aging. Some youtubers have tried aging it a year with pleasant results.

A Yule log cheap v steep would be great!

A very delicate pop 😂😂😂

the whole nutmeg keeps for a very long time and is brilliant I know prefer to the ground nutmeg

Cheaper just to buy a bottle of Warnicks Advacaat, one of Holland’s biggest exports

there are two plants sold as cinnamon, so i'm guessing the "true" cinnamon is ceylon cinnamon. the cheap one might also be ceylon, but it's probably cassia, a cheaper alternative. they are actually different in a meaningful way, but if it's not the main flavor it doesn't usually make much of a difference.

'Borben'! I love it, it's pronounced 'Burbin' even with the funny spelling of Bourbon.

@jvallas

Жыл бұрын

Could it be a British thing? (Or are you British?)

The cheap looks more appealing with the lighter color and maybe use the expensive liquor. Good video. 🎄

Cheap vs steep meatloaf, lasagna. Peanut butter and jelly/jam sandwiches

If you liked that, grab yourself some Advocaat - it's a creamy, eggy, sweet and quite alcoholic drink from The Netherlands. I got some myself a couple days ago from Sainsbury's, my fav combination so far is advocaat, single cream and orange juice. Lovely.

I'd love to see a 'medium remakes'for where steep wins and you remake cheap adding in those more expensive items that you think tipped the balance.

Yeah 'Glimmer of Beige' is quite a good Album! Very funny but I don't get the joke! Excellently funny video, with a good mix of humour through out. Keep up the reasonably funny video as ever. Thanks

Now then Mr B....I have a local egg producer (no not a chicken, but a chicken farm on the doorstep) and they have said that the egg shortage is 90% due to the supermarkets refusing to BUY the eggs at the higher price the farms requested due to the cost of producing said eggs almost doubling........fun story eh

13:00 Barry from a certain U.K. supermarket (you regularly use) you could have got a 35cl bottle of rum for £5.75

Thanks

You need to try the Brita filter posh rum to see if it improves the flavour.

In South Africa we can get whole cinnamon and cassia. The one looks like odd shaped bits of bark and the other like it was scraped of the tree, rolled and then dried. I prefer the taste of the more barklike one. I'm not sure, but I think it is the cassia. Not sure which one gets sold ground.

Time to make some rum truffles to use up some of that rum!

Nutmeg is more of an aromatic than a flavor, and preground goes to something like sawdust quickly. Why I have grated my own for years, now. Probably the majority of the steep flavor is the fresh nutmeg.

@The_Keeper

Жыл бұрын

Yup. It oxidizes extremely fast and loses all the nuances in the flavour. Once I started grinding my own (giggitty) I never went back to pre-ground. I'd be willing to bet that its the same for most pre-ground spices too. Grind you own spices if you can ladies and gentlemen, it is a night-and-day difference.

@paulherman5822

Жыл бұрын

@@The_Keeper Only cinnamon seems to keep its flavor. Anything older than 6 months is generally tasteless in both spices and herbs. And can be bought already tasteless after sitting in a warehouse for long periods of time.

Not only the price is different but also the quality is different. The expensive one is real cinnamon. Cheaper cinnamon is lower quality and is usually leftovers from production but also a different kind of cinnamon that is a family member of cinnamon

Great video as always. could you look to do a best of both option, mixed the cheapest ingredients with only the steep ingredients which you think make the difference and then compare the taste of price.

I'm pretty sure this comment is going to get buried (mine always do!), but there's no egg shortage in the UK. The supermarkets are refusing to pay the poultry farmers a fair price for their eggs, so the farmers are refusing to release them. Supermarkets are claiming this is a shortage because it makes the farmers look bad, when the reality is the supermarkets, who can afford a higher wholesale price, are pushing to keep their profits at maximum, thereby shafting both the producers and consumers. Most supermarkets have used this as an opportunity to simply raise the price of eggs, beyond the reasonable level you'd expect from supply and demand. I don't expect you, a busy KZread guy or even the busy person reading this comment, to keep up with this sort of thing, so I'm not offended or anything. I'm mainly here to present the actual narrative, rather than the ones supermarkets want you to believe. They already own your perception, don't let them own the narrative too :)

@Platinumb1

Жыл бұрын

Interesting! Thanks for typing! How do you know this perchance?

@ryanbrouillard2926

Жыл бұрын

Same here in the states but some people just don't get it.

@didid0000

Жыл бұрын

There is avian flu going about around the south of England, my cafe source egg from a local farm and they had to cull a lot of chickens because of it. It’s been quite tragic for some farmers but both are probably true

I love the occasional casual curse from Mrs. B. 😂

00:00 min.: ............... CHEAP EGGNOG .......... DOES WORK , IT DOES , IT DOES .... MERRY XMAAAAAAS !!!

I do enjoy a good eggnog🎄🎅❄

We need one after where you put the bits together that you think worked best in each and see if it delivers a stonking eggnog.

That is a good bottle of rum you got there, the Plantation I mean

Pardon if there are tonnes of comments about this: It's possible you bought Cinnamon and Ceylon. The latter gets sold a *lot* as "cinnamon" but is a different plant. It's like wasabi - most people even in Japan have never tasted actual wasabi because it's a pain to grow. It's a bit hard to find real cinnamon in some places. Oddly enough, I made egg nog for the first time a couple days ago - just slightly too early to try your recipe. I was surprised how much better it tasted the next day.

I would love to see cheap vs steep with a NY cheesecake

I do like spiced rum, but the best egg nog I've ever had was made with Amaretto!

@Bashfuldoc

Жыл бұрын

@Barry_Lewis. Thank you!

Like the xmas jumpers

Lasagna, banana bread, pancakes or waffles!

I love Mrs B's jumper. Any chance of a not-a-sponsor shout-out where it came from?