This is the only channel I know of, where viewers are happily watching a pitch black screen. 🤣

@smiller6925

Жыл бұрын

that's true- I watched a lot of muttering in the dark, even after permission not to. haha

@maecarpenter6735

Жыл бұрын

Was absolutely fascinating just for the fact that I wanted to experience an English night sky. The smell of cut grass intermingled with the fresh salt air of the sea surrounding that fair and ancient island nation. One day...

@traceymoores218

Жыл бұрын

Actually very calming… Thank you 😊

@twilightshealy4152

11 ай бұрын

​@maecarpenter6735 I agree, Mae. I long to visit England as well. I refer to myself as an Anglophile. ❤🇬🇧

What I did discover during the glowworm portions is that I have a dusty screen on my phone with a few fingerprints. 😆

*Afterthoughts & Addenda* *Glow Worms* - Although this video only contains muttering in the dark, I can confirm that I have now seen actual glow worms - last night in fact, just before this video went live (so too late to include it here), I managed to observe some. Unfortunately you'll have to wait for next month's Random Stuff to see the footage (Spoiler: _excited_ muttering in the dark, with additional green pixels!)

@PeppersnGlowworms

Жыл бұрын

Yes, they are really hard to get good footage from! Be glad (?) you don't have Lamprohiza splendidula. Their males glow in flight (not too strong though) and they seem to be especially camera shy.

@sirllamalot1980

Жыл бұрын

I went to Llandudno regularly about ten or so years ago, and on the Great Orme headland we'd go looking for glow worms in the evening. Sometimes we'd see larvae about in the day, but once we got to see them I'd have described it like a little green phone LED. Really fascinating creatures but I don't think they're terribly common where I live.

@PeppersnGlowworms

Жыл бұрын

@@sirllamalot1980 Oh? Over there, the season seems to start quite early.

@tonijones8646

Жыл бұрын

Great, look forward to them. I thought my phone had broken with a black screen and only your voice.

@AcornElectron

Жыл бұрын

For the courgette flowers would a hotter, fast deep fry make for a crispier ball shape?

55:01 my mum has done this my whole life, we would have jokes about her having a cooking show in the kitchen when cooking together. She’d say “and now to camera 2”, point to the corner of the room, and we’d commentate together on what we were doing. It really helped me passively learn how to cook from a young age 😊

@AtomicShrimp

Жыл бұрын

I love that!

@Tamara_SL

Жыл бұрын

That's adorable. What a fun way to learn cooking. ^.^

@vitamins-and-iron

8 ай бұрын

that is so lovely!

I am probably more excited than I should be for "excited muttering in the dark, with additional green pixels!" in a month from now. Your enthusiasm is infectious, good sir.

I could hear Townsends heavy breathing with that nutmeg addition

@tylerdejong6930

Жыл бұрын

Addition or addiction?

@KovietUnionDefector

Жыл бұрын

@@tylerdejong6930 addiction...well for me on a good old fashioned East End of London traditional bakery from the 70's.

@sarahstrong7174

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou for sharing.

@sarahstrong7174

Жыл бұрын

Looks yummy to me.

@sarahstrong7174

Жыл бұрын

Did your courgette flowers taste a bit like chocolate? I have found them to do that.

If I had to define the apotheosis of good, “pure” content, it would be very close to your channel. Here, there is nothing fighting for your attention, nothing that feels artificial or faked, it’s just a long form polished appreciation of life in all its forms. Because of this, I’ve got to say you are one of my favorite creators at this point, and I very much appreciate the content you continue to create.

@frankbooth2879

Жыл бұрын

Like ‘old’ youtube feeling

@bernadettemccarthyflahive5357

11 ай бұрын

Hear hear!

I know you get these comments often, or at least every now and then, but your videos and general presence are so very appreciated. One of my biggest mental health issues is related to existentialism, it comes in waves and I always just kind of have to... get through. Your work helps a lot with those moments. Sometimes it's videos where you talk, even if I would never have cared about what you're discussing otherwise. Other times it's the slow TV. (Those are also great to have on in the background while writing or something similar!)

@cliveramsbotty6077

Жыл бұрын

get through it mate, any way you can just get through. wait long enough it will get better

@adolin.kholin

Жыл бұрын

@@cliveramsbotty6077 Yeah

I don't often comment but feel like you need to be thanked for enriching mine and my daughter's lives. You give us so many ideas for new ways to entertain ourselves whilst also making us more inquisitive about the world we live in. Massive thanks to you at Shrimp HQ for the constant inspiration!

You see, this is why your channel is like dropping in on that one friend who is always doing something interesting. One thing leads to another, and I find myself reading for an hour or so about the struggles of glow worms in various English counties.

Maybe it's called bittercress, not due to the flavor, but because it developed a bad attitude when it found out that the name "cress" was already taken 😉

@maecarpenter6735

Жыл бұрын

^ new Dad joke for the book.

@rotundrodent

Жыл бұрын

I always thought people were just saying a bit of cress! I had never seen it written down until recently

@myfavoriteviewer306

Жыл бұрын

​@rotundrodent I was far too old when I realized the saying "bearer of bad news" wasn't the fuzzy woodland antagonistic to the bluebird of happiness named, the bear of bad news. 😂

@myfavoriteviewer306

Жыл бұрын

​@@maecarpenter6735​My daughter is still young enough to think I have the funniest jokes in the world, so I take advantage of dad joke privileges more than I probably should. 😂

@vitamins-and-iron

8 ай бұрын

@@myfavoriteviewer306made me chuckle. thanks 😅

I appreciate it very much that you don't have mid video ads and always let the beginning / end ones run through in the hope this helps you out in a small way to keep making more of this wonderful content. Thanks Mike.

@tincanblower

Жыл бұрын

Same here!

Love that you publish the date on screen when it’s filmed! More like that!😍🥰🥇

These videos litrelly help/helped me through the worst times of my life. Thank you :)

@lanskandal1181

11 ай бұрын

Same, buddy! Same.

Your slow TV is fabulous, it is a calming escape and to know that it’s also good for you and to know that someone else is enjoying the calm wild places as well is wonderful. Thank you.

Being at the age when stuff doesn't go in as quickly as it once might have sounds like a good reason to make yourself do it to me.

The calling bird was a female tawny owl. The Toowit- toowoo call as we call it is actually made by two owls. The female calls Toowit and the male replies Toowoo (the lower hoot). Thanks for your videos, educational & entertaining.

@blueskymoments

5 ай бұрын

Hey thanks for identifying! I was so curious I scrolled through the comments until I saw this! ♡

Honeyberries are lovely but we've been growing them a few years now and have found the following. They taste ok as a garden snack one by one as they ripen but a handful of ripe berries is 100 times better. Initially I thought of sour blueberries, sort of like bilberry but a handful tastes more like really nice blackberries. Patience is also key, they stay ripe on the bush quite a while and holding off until they're fully plump and soft and the sourness almost disappears. We've got 3 varieties, can't remember what, and one stands out head and shoulders above the others so if your varieties are underwhelming, try another. They took us about 4 years to get more than a garden snack. Enjoy these and glad they're gaining popularity here as they're lively and the earliest berries of the year we're considerably further north than you and ours are available mid May to end of June

@AtomicShrimp

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully I'll get a little handful to try next year - interesting that you mention the handful method of tasting - a couple of years ago, I was out picking blackberries and on a whim, I decided to cram a large handful in my mouth all at once (far too many really) - the burst of blackberry flavour and aroma was amazing!

@kateblack6406

Жыл бұрын

@@AtomicShrimp I've never done that, I'll have to try it! Also honeyberries lay really easily for propagation do if you do find a favourite you can easily multiply.

When the world becomes too much and too horrible, your voice is instantly calming.

You are both younger and older than I expected. Thanks for the variety, honestly.

I just love the comment positivity section of these videos. Feels good seeing/hearing the interactions between creator and viewer. Also good luck on the next glow worm hunt.

I like the view of the random plants growing in a garden as volunteers. I would see them as breaking up the order of my maintained garden, but really the plants don't care if there's a rogue potato growing with tomatoes or whatever else.

I never knew how to tell the difference between male and female flowers. I always learn something from you!

Please post more ceramics content! I'm absolutely obsessed with the ceramics videos!

@JigmeDatse

Жыл бұрын

I can highly recommend Florian Gadsby's videos if you haven't already found them.

@Sunny.Jay22

Жыл бұрын

@@JigmeDatse Great recommendation!

@JigmeDatse

Жыл бұрын

@@Sunny.Jay22 Thank you. Mike has mentioned him, and I've watched his videos a fair amount.

There is a subtle humour to your videos that I seldom find in other KZreadrs. Love your content! Edit: hope Jenny and her family are ok!

I really like that you don't use mid roll ads, it means I can leave it on when I'm going about my household tasks and not have to come back to find the remote

Hope Jenny and the family are OK. Merlin app says that's a tawny owl. Very useful for spotting birds! Lovely to see the insect friends 😍 I spent a few minutes on our dog walk this morning, chasing butterflies around to try and photo them, I'm not 100 % sure what they all were and the ones I didn't know wouldn't land (possibly holly blue?) argh! However I managed to ID small copper, small skipper and meadow brown. Delighted to catch an AS video on the same morning as it's uploaded!

i'm sure many people here like me, would love to see you release bloopers in a video

£20 extra was a bargain to stay in that Hotel, hopefully it will inspire people to spend more time searching for their next short break 😁👍

That was a tawny owl Mike, they are regular visitors to a large oak tree next to where I work in Southampton city centre, they usually start screeching like that at about 01:00am, they also make the classic ‘Ho ho hooo’ sound which everybody recognises as an owl.

@AtomicShrimp

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. We used to get tawny owls at the old house. These sound a little bit different. Dorset accent maybe

@marylynne9104

Жыл бұрын

@@AtomicShrimp, The difference is probably that that was an alarm call rather than a hunting or mating call. All three calls are different, and yes, they can vary a little with region.

I really love your slow TV videos Mike, so glad you make them. I love your channel in general, the variety, and you and Jenny and Eva are a delight. Life would be poorer without you.

I like these packets of random Shrimp variety. A bit like those small multi-packs of breakfast cereal, but without the dud one you always avoided.

@fieryvale

Жыл бұрын

As a bonus, the videos never get soggy! I still really like watching the old videos, especially Weird Stuff in a Can.

I hope the family is ok, sending positive thoughts. ❤

Hello, Mike. It would be amusing to see a video dedicated to Eva, with narration by A.S., chronicling her life story. Here's hoping (or, in her case, "hopping").

Ooh, I've never seen a nutmeg grinder before! :O Didn't even know they made them. How neat! Also, thanks for letting us hear that bread, not something you think of often but it was intensely satisfying. :D

i enjoy how advert/sponsor free your videos are compared to most other channels. i find it helps me relax and get into the content of a video more when my attention isnt pulled away by ads

I'm with you on the crisps. Ready salted ones are disgustingly salty. I also share your liking for freshly ground black pepper 👍. Thanksfor the videos !!

Love ur garden ❤

@AcornElectron

Жыл бұрын

Loved your noodle and Vegemite video. It’s a shame the flavours didn’t really work at the end when you added the garri. ❤

Thank you as always for the videos AS, a lovely way to start the weekends. I hope Jenny and the family are all ok. Take care.

Thank you for this calming, educational video. I always look forward to your posts. I hope Jenny's family are okay. ❤

Shrimp, I'm never this early. Thanks for all these wonderful videos. I freaking love this channel. :)

@rmil4531

Жыл бұрын

You are my favourite KZreadr. Thank you for being you.

Speaking for myself, I would enjoy seeing the process of 3D printing from a complete amateur start up. I think its a fascinating idea. But I enjoy all of your videos. So thank you for all you do. Cheers from Canada.

I truly believe that you can feel the difference between the store courgette and the one grown in your own garden. I feel the same way about the tomatoes or carrots from my own garden as well, they are what I define as “full of flavor”.

I love the slow TV videos!! Love all your videos actually. You are a treasure😊

I found the glow worm portion of this video incredibly relatable, having no night vision at all. 😆 I hope things are well in the Shrimp household.

Re: scambating audio recording times, you say its tough to read because the english is broken. Mr. Shrimp, that English has been not only broken but folded, spindled and mutilated! Thank you again for another wonderful video. Much respect to you and your from me and mine.

Wandering and muttering 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 - love that description.

My 4 year old was having a temper tantrum. I started this video and in minutes he was fast asleep. He finds your voice soothing as I do. I needed a break so thank you for coming to my rescue!😊

Wow. You’re really spoiling us with content. I always enjoy your little slice-of-life vlogs. Your life looks so cosy and fun. I’m kinda jealous lol.

I love your cooking ideas, I am waiting patiently for my veggies to get ripe, especially the summer squash. Hope all is well across the pond.

Shrimp, Your phrasing of "absolutely yes" at 55:00 is so human and a little tiny bit sheepish, like you got caught with a hand in the sweets jar. I just love it.

The “narrative in my head” was why I stopped using Facebook: I was always thinking about what I would “post” about what I was doing. I became tired of it, and so stopped using Facebook. I enjoy “the moment” much more now.

Love your slow TV videos. Great part of the mix you bring us.

your videos bring me so much joy and comfort. I love watching you to just wind down after a busy day! I especially love your random stuff videos and seeing all the positive comments in your comment positivity section. Whether people are intentionally leaving comments in hope to be featured or genuinely leaving comments it certainly brings an amazing atmosphere to your channel

I adore fireflies and go out to search for them every year. I guess one reason is that they are triggering wonderful childhood memories in me. Anyway, was also always wondering what exactly makes them start to appear, and I noticed although it is around the same time each year, it is never really exactly the same time. Some times they would appear mid June, and other times they would start almost near the end of it. It seems not to be fully researched and confirmed yet, so it is still kind of mystery, likely linked to temperature, moisture level of the soil, and like you mentioned, even phase of the moon. Also, they seem to dislike rainy, cold and foggy nights, and (almost) always are nearby a stream or river. They also need and prefer long grass and shrubs, so I often discovered they would disappear in some parts of town they previously roamed around after mowing (always made me sad). I found a few in my garden few days ago, and was so happy! Thank you for another wonderful video as always, Shrimp!

@pixie706

Жыл бұрын

Councils seem obsessed with mowing and can't seem to realise that nature needs to be left in peace sometimes.

Most of my life I've lived in a more or less rural setting, until recently. I appreciate your observations of the bugs and plants etc as I miss wandering about my gardens and yard and finding those satisfying little surprises. Hopefully I'll get out of the noisy soul sucking concrete jungle sometime in the next year. Until then, your videos help soothe the need for peace and calm, thanks so much for that. 🌸

I am so impressed to hear someone use the proper phrase that "pride goes before destruction" in a general video. That sort of specificity tends to be relegated to QI-style questions. Good job, Mike.

I wasn't sure at first about the slow tv videos but I have really grown to enjoy them. Especially when you walk along the beach. Where I live here in America our beaches are sand. Yours tend to have pebbles and the sound of the tide washing up against the pebbles is so pleasing. I will frequently them as background sound for my meditation. Keep them coming

These long form videos + the sit down talking at the end is some of your best work. Love videos like this one!

The filling with another egg or two would also work well in a quiche or a frittata.

I'm glad you like and showed us ladybird pre-beetle. (Sorry, braindead this morning). When I first came across them I couldn't find any reference/picture in so-called identification books I had access to. I eventually found out what they were. Is there a reference you use - or did you learn at someone's knee?

I’m in Norfolk and I was out on my bike a few weeks ago and pulled in to let a Skoda pass that was coming the other way, and thought to myself “those people look a bit like Mike and Jenny”, and it actually might have been you! That’s my claim to fame and I’m sticking with it 😀

@kjdude8765

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure I passed Mat from Techmoan in Nuremberg this past Friday. I'm going to do the same.

have you ever heard of Bokashi? it's a system to ferment kitchen wastes into nutritious liquid fertilizers with the help of lactic acid bacteria. There are good ways for DIY Bokashi containers aswell.. maybe something for a project :)

20:55 Mike, I would honestly love an ASMR-type video of you just rambling to yourself in the dark while walking on a gravel path. I hate the weird whispering and lip noises in most ASMR videos, but just soft normal speaking like you do here is really relaxing for me. ❤

I am one of the fans of your Slow TV videos and I'm glad that you'll be continuing them!

I think its my goal in life to live like you when i retire... somewhere in a beautiful countryside with lots of woodlands, spending my time gardening, foraging, experimenting with food, doing craft projects and just observing nature.

I know the thing with youtube videos right now is shortform content, but I really love these longform random stuff videos. absolutely perfect to put on while I'm drawing. I didn't even know about the slow tv videos until now, those sound right up my alley!!

Atomic Shrimp videos are the highlight of my weekends now, even got me pottering in the garden a bit more. I have to say the Slow TV content is really nice up on our big projector, it's like I'm visiting another part of the world. I'd love to see one with a river lock, those thingers always fascinated me but I never seemed to have the time to watch the whole process and there's none in such a high quality that I can find on the youtubes.

I Planted these blueberry looking shrubs a few years ago, and all I have to recommend is protect them with netting because the birds adore them also. Clever things.

Thanks for what you do. I so appreciate watching your exploring, discovering, cooking and teaching videos. As a Canadian lady that has dreamed of visiting the UK, this is so valueable to me. I will keep dreaming and enjoying your videos in the meantime.

Someone once showed me that clapping can make the glow worms start shining

@AtomicShrimp

Жыл бұрын

Interesting - I would have expected that to make them stop

@capitalb5889

Жыл бұрын

@@AtomicShrimp I went glow worm hunting in Japan with a local once. They went to a bush by the stream and did a series of light claps, and the bush lit up.

Childhood memory unlocked!!! My Italian grandad grew much of his own fruit and veg, one day whilst it was just me, him and grandma, he took me out into the garden to pick marrow flowers, which we then had battered and fried for lunch! Nom nom nom! Hehe!

You are such a breath of fresh air. Watching from Colorado all these years. Thank you Mike!

I came across your channel a few years ago when you were doing budget shopping and cooking. The down to earth approach in your videos is calming on its own, and I always find it interesting and relaxing to watch. I haven't personally seen the "slow-tv" videos you have added yet (I will blame the algorithm for that one) but I'm from Norway where slow-tv really took off many years ago so I will have to check those out. Keep creating content that you love and enjoy, that makes it enjoyable to watch from a viewer perspective.

❤ love your channel Mike. The day you start making videos for the subs/engagement, is the day the wonderful variety of your content fails. I love the eclectic mix of your videos and the anticipation of what your videos will contain is part of the enjoyment ❤❤❤

I finally learnt what a courgette is today. I like the randomness of these videos

I am really enjoying these longer videos!

I am amoung those that love your slow TV videos. I grew up in the Dorset area and sitting by a river or the sea and watching the world go by is the perfect way to relax. The end of High Wall on the Cobb was my favourite spot. I miss living there and your videos are a great way to tide me over until the next time I make it back.

Hi Mike! Since you recently moved to a new area it would be nice to see/hear how you go about finding new spots for foraging mushrooms and plants. A lot of people tend to have their old trusty mushroom forests and finding new ones that both produce goods and aren't rummaged by other people can be challenging.

Your videos are a highlight of my week - thanks for sharing always interesting things.

Until now I didn't watch your slow tv videos, but the comment positivity section made me rethink and consider it actually might be for me, so I might try it out soon! Actually, most of the time the comment positivity section makes me rethink something, which I guess just about is what you do them for. Thank you for all of that!

@sarahkorus994

Жыл бұрын

They are wonderful! I put them on at work or when I need to relax. They are fantastic when my anxiety starts to overwhelm me.

I like all your content, but indeed, I like the slow videos a lot. I think mostly because that's as close as I can get to having a nice walk in nature myself, as I am housebound because of severe agorafobia. In other words, I can't go outside, not even into my own (sadly because of that very neglected) garden most of the time. It's a way for me to experience the outdoors without panic attacks, and I LOVE it! So thank you so SO much for all the interesting and funny things you do, but even more so for videos like that.

Thank you so much for another great video. These Random Stuff videos are my favourite. I hope Jenny is home now and the family member(s) are OK after the emergency.

Great video as always, excellent way to end my day😊. Also, am glad to hear you are an enjoyer of Babish’s content as well

My favourite way to cook courgettes is to cut them into slices a bit less than one centimetre thick. Pour enough olive oil, into a warming, thick bottomed pan, enough for the warm oil to coat the base of the pan. When the pan is medium warm, place the slices in a single layer on the base & now the art is to cook the courgette so that the outside of the slices is toasted till it is at least partly brown but the inside of the courgette retains some natural crispness & bite to it & does not become soggy & bitter. Then I crumble a (possibly salt free,) vegetable stock-cube over the courgette & eat immediately.

Mainly commenting to appease the almighty algorithm, but also to wish everyone well. It's these videos I look forward to most, and I don't need a reason to enjoy your work. I really just do. It's soothing, it's informative, it's insightful, and it good-quality content that isn't divisive, anger-inducing, poking fun at anyone or anything, or trying to get me to feel some type of way about a subject. I very much appreciate your work, and everything you share with us, and I really want to say thank you for your efforts.

Yea that River Slow TV is one of my favourites so far. I work in the New Mexico desert for 6 months of the year and having a bit of The Green and Pleasant land to experience helps a lot.

Mike, I watch your slow videos, as well as cruising the cut videos (canal videos) while I am cleaning and reorganizing my apartment. Lovely videos.

I love your slow videos because I get inspiration for my paintings .

Another brilliant video & thanks Atomic shrimp 🦐 😊

Your channel inspired me to start growing peppers. It’s my first grow, but they’re holding up well!

Thank you for your time and share I loved to hear you talk at the end you have a lovely speaking voice ..ps I loved all of the vlog .x

“We all have a tendency to think that we are smarter than we really are”- best synopsis of the Dunning Kruger effect!

This cures my anxiety, love the vids:) my brain relaxes

"I would say my tolerance or my preference for salt in food is below the average." That is abundantly clear. Not a single recipe or cooking video goes by without Shrimp offering a justification as to why the food is being completely underseasoned 😂 (Because there's salt in the stock cube/bacon etc). My parents who are of a similar generation, perhaps a few years older, are the very same. It very much speaks to food norms in the time they grew up, which as I have learned from Shrimp, ultimately comes back to the legacy of rationing one generation previous to that still. Such interesting stuff.

@AtomicShrimp

Жыл бұрын

It's not underseasoned - not for me. I probably should talk about it less but the angry comments about learning to use the 'correct' amount of salt really grate.

I think the slow tv is also somewhat documentary and may be useful for people to watch after these environments inevitably change.

I love the slow tv series as someone who used to be very outdoorsy and grew up in rural areas where I could just explore but now have chronic pain and fatigue to the point where I’m mostly bed bound

I really enjoyed your grin when talking about narrating real life and the return of the grin with the distilling English part.

I like your comment positivity section. It is a good way to encourage the golden rule, and (hopefully) discourage trolls (of which KZread is filled to the brim)

2 videos in one day ( kinda lol ) ❤ Edit: I think the slow TV retention rate thing would be a tub curve, like with mortality rates and that kinda stuff lol