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Oh Chris. I love this episode back in the test kitchen and I especially love that Chris couldn’t come up with “regular people cheese.” These episodes are some of my favorites.

@elizalagonia1049

2 жыл бұрын

I was laughing at the "regular people" cheese segment. Like really, what's the typical cheese in a lasanga?

@scstee01

2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in the Midwest, and the lasagna I grew up with had cottage cheese instead of ricotta.

@MegaShyguy2

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I love these episodes. They're right up there with "It's Alive" with Brad.

@reggiewood5164

2 жыл бұрын

@@scstee01 ricotta was saved for special big family dinners, but the fact he didn't even name that was hilarious

@reggiewood5164

2 жыл бұрын

I want a dish that's like macaroni with kraft singles mixed with Velveeta topped with powered parm and see his brain shut down.

I literally want an episode where Chris just blind tastes tests all sorts of cheeses.

@meganviccica

2 жыл бұрын

There's a group one with the old BA KZread crew. Can't remember if he was in it.

@girder123

2 жыл бұрын

Only regular people cheeses please ;)

@angelabury1349

2 жыл бұрын

@@girder123 String cheese, American slices, Cheese Wiz, and Velveeta! Bet he's never had any of them. Gotta love him, but his food snootiness is why he's still with BA.

@D1E9B9B9I2E

2 жыл бұрын

@@angelabury1349 I didn't think I had cheese snootiness but I don't have any idea what those are lol, probably because I'm not american. It's interesting that in a world where most basic foods are the same in all western countries, cheese is still a pretty locally based food.

@MODElAIRPLANE100

2 жыл бұрын

@@angelabury1349 none of the listed ‘cheeses’ are cheese

I would love to see an episode where Brad tries this and Chris is the judge.

@sarahssentongo2587

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like brad would just start adding random ingredients that he wants whether he thinks their in the recipe or not.

@jillybean7825

2 жыл бұрын

@@sarahssentongo2587 “some fresh chives would really bring out the flavors in this dish”

@kingofpancakes1278

2 жыл бұрын

@@jillybean7825 “that’s cooking”

@cashisking7172

2 жыл бұрын

Im witcha

@vo7724

2 жыл бұрын

Absolute chaos will ensue

I've never legit seen Chris crack up like that. He's clearly happy to be there, back in his element. You just love to see it.

@37Kilroy

2 жыл бұрын

Aren't we f***ing all

@luciano53688

2 жыл бұрын

And he is swearing like a madman. That was delightful

The fact that ricotta is in like 80% of the lasagna recipes in the US and yet Chris was like...BUT IT CAN'T BE RICOTTA. And he was thinking Rachel Ray! RACHEL RAY WOULDA PUT RICOTTA. Yet another reminder to play the player, not the game.

Final episode of Reverse Engineering is just going to be Chris vs a cheese platter. 😆

“Did you salt the water?” This is what happens when Molly isn’t in the test kitchen anymore 😂

@jhandle900

2 жыл бұрын

Is Chris the only one left?

@feliciaivy

2 жыл бұрын

@@jhandle900 and Brad too I think

@jhandle900

2 жыл бұрын

@@feliciaivy I saw some of his vids. I'm glad Brad is doin his own thing out in nature.

@zigguratzelatrix9876

Жыл бұрын

I miss the original gang

Am so glad to see Chris back in the test kitchen... the previous background wasn't doing it for me as well😂

@45axelh

2 жыл бұрын

Not having anyone to taste the food has been a huge buzzkill for me. Food is social after all.

@elangomattab

2 жыл бұрын

Now we just need to let him do his own shopping again and this series will be mostly back to normal!

@trophbrwntrouthunter

2 жыл бұрын

Same, so glad he’s back in his element.

What was impressive was Chris course correcting after the first round and thinking through the technique based on what he thought of as the reason behind creating a dish like this - doing the sauce in one pan and not taking things out and putting back in and also baking chips and not the fussier frying. Always appreciate him applying critical thinking to the mission and sharing the logic with us. He just couldn’t overcome his cheese discrimination. Got close though. 👍

The Ghost of Red Leicester will forever haunt Chris

@kimbarbeaureads

2 жыл бұрын

I was trying to think of how to spell Leicester. He needs a cheese tasting episode.

"i mean, I just look unhinged" is the most Chris Morocco reaction to hacking up dry lasagna noodles 😆

“Whacking a raw turkey. Is that part of the recipe?” And this is why I adore Chris.

I love seeing Chris battling with having to reduce his classical chef skills and knowledge to ‘ordinary people’ recipes and ingredients 😂

cheese still tripping chris up.

@DaveChappeleIsGod

2 жыл бұрын

Cheese is such a hard thing when it's part of a mixture.... Honestly even nice Parm on top of red sauce gets a little lost for me, unless there's a lot of it. Also, what madman puts cottage cheese in a lasagna?

@kjdude8765

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaveChappeleIsGod A Midwesterner crazy person would put cottage cheese in there. Especially when Ricotta wasn't available widely until recently.

@MrTitaniumDioxide

2 жыл бұрын

Not only cheeses -- what about herbs? How does a 'super-taster' miss basil and only picks up parsley upon second tasting?

“like going off a flavor jump on your BMX” - there’s that classic Chris Morocco culinary intellect

Cheeses will always be Chris' kryptonite. I wonder if he wakes up in a cold sweat breathlessly repeating "red Leicester" until the monster goes away...

@bureku

2 жыл бұрын

Cheese will all ways be his.... CHRISTONITE!

@MichaelLaFrance1

2 жыл бұрын

Every time I see a red Leicester cheese, I think about that episode.

Chris is my favorite BA chef. Loving his colorful use of language. We need unedited versions of this. 😂 Glad to have this show back.

Every time I watch it’s alive all the comments say how Brad is keeping the channel going. This is the best series on the channel IMO

@seanoreilly1832

2 жыл бұрын

This channel would be nothing without Brad

"Do you remember what cheese regular people eat?" HAHAH, soo good to see the test kitchen again!!

@kimbarbeaureads

2 жыл бұрын

So funny. He talks about his kids being pick eaters. Get them some string cheese! Lol

this is my all time favorite bon appetit show. PLEASE make more!!!

@Rodviet

2 жыл бұрын

I hope this goes on for years!! hahaha

In the south, cottage cheese is used a lot to give flavor and cheese pull. We often add ricotta because we think it's fancy or because we heard it's the correct cheese to use. Also cottage cheese is common in our fridges because cottage cheese and fruit are a common combo. So, if it seems like a bad pizza or something cheap assume cottage cheese.

@BelleMorte1979

2 жыл бұрын

I think cottage cheese is used as well since it's cheaper and sometimes easier to find than actual ricotta.

Chris chopping the dry noodle had me laughing so hard

I would love to see Chris do this exact format, but have an average person trying to make the dish under the same circumstances. I think it would kinda show how much skill Chris has in the kitchen

As happy as Chris was to be back in the test kitchen, we were happy to see you there.

I think you should have a few more people try the same challenge to verify Chris is actually a super taster

Chris saying he looked unhinged while hacking at dried pasta made me laugh harder than it should have

@caitlinstone596

2 жыл бұрын

SAME. Probably my favorite moment of the whole video 😂

A few thoughts: - Love Chris being back in the BA kitchen! - Love that this video has more side-by-side shots of technique to see comparisons. - Not loving the changed lighting. It feels darker and dirtier (yellow-er?). It was so crisp and bright before (blue-er?).

@brianloper6669

2 жыл бұрын

Who hates yellow light? Personal preference but anytime I move somewhere new one of the first things I do is change the bulbs to yellow or put yellow shades on lamps. It's so much warmer

@biologynerd3

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianloper6669 ironically the first thing I do when I move to a new place is change all the yellow lights to much bluer ones! I find yellow light so depressing.

@brianloper6669

2 жыл бұрын

@@biologynerd3 I can understand that, blue is very calming, as well. Yellow just gives me reading a book by the fireplace while drinking tea kinda vibes.

automatic cut when they reveal the name, only means they cut out the response that definitely happened where chris morocco says "Who tf is Ree Drummond?" 🤣

So glad this is back in the Bon Appetit kitchen. Makes things feel normal again. Love watching Chris and his skills with tasting and smelling food and knowing what it is without seeing it.

I'm impressed Chris resisted the temptation to say, "Someone is spanking a turkey."

Chris never ceases to amaze me and make me laugh. This series is my fave on this channel. Happy you’re back in the test kitchen.

"Whacking a raw turkey" Chris invented a new euphemism! (I think)

Hello from flyover country, where ricotta was not available in the average supermarket during my childhood and we ALWAYS used cottage cheese in lasagna/baked ziti/etc.

@BelleMorte1979

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. Exactly the same here. it wasn't common. We had friends that ran an Italian restaurant and they used ricotta rather than cottage cheese or the béchamel.

Renewing the call for an old recipe of Chris’s development for blind recreation!

BACK IN THE TEST KITCHEN! LOVE IT!

I love that they’re back in the test kitchen and I love that Chris is amped that they’re back in the test kitchen.

2:04 "sorry you had to see that" idk why but this moment was so adorb, so chris morocco

Loved how happy you were Chris to be back in the test kitchen!! Your face was priceless 😁

WOOOOOOOO!!!! Finally back toward the OG format, but I'll still be calling for him to get a night to think on it, and a third round!!!

I would love an episode where they feature and celebrate POC

Chris is the master taster…you can’t fool him. And I think he judge himself a little harsh. Believe in your taste Chris. YOU GOT THIS 😂

@hatshepsutxlll

2 жыл бұрын

i feel like these episodes have definitively proved time and time again that you can, in fact, fool him 🤣

My grandmother was in the hospital for dementia complications. The nurse asked her how she liked the hospital lasagne and she replied that it was no good- nothing like her lasagne. The nursed asked her how she makes lasagne and she explained she used cottage cheese. The nurse looked at me apologetically and said “I’m sorry dear, that’s the dementia talking” and I laughed and told her no! We’re poor, we put cottage cheese in our lasagne!

Yeah and Nice too see your Back! ;-D

Do you remember what cheese regular people eat? 😂 That’s so Chris. I love it.

Chris! Reverse engineering in the test kitchen!!OMG life is back to normal for me

Remember the good old days when it was the old BA staff? :((( I miss them

@indiranathoo7973

2 жыл бұрын

So do you know who left and who is still here? I’ve seen Chris and Brad, but that’s about it.

WERE BACK. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. ALSO HUNZI!

I want a series where Chris recreates these dishes the way he thinks they should be made

So glad to see Chris back in the test kitchen. Can't wait for the shopping cart rides to come back.

Come on, Chris! When I think of lasagna I literally immediately think ricotta lol

you keep giving this poor man cheese! One of few things he's not so keen on :(

@deprofundis3293

2 жыл бұрын

Which is why we need to keep throwing cheese dishes at him! 😂😈

I cannot express how much I love Chris, I'm so glad he's back in the test kitchen. Also there should be an opposite show with brad cooking and Chris judging xD

I really want to see like Gordon Ramsey (or another chef) reacting to this. Cause I want a sense of what I am blown away by vs how another chef would see it

BACK IN THE KITCHEN!!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

Chris.....Great to see you back in the test kitchen. And I'm glad to see you really having a strong showing on your return.

First I thought he was crazy saying it made lasagna more approachable because lasagna is so easy to make...then two minutes later I'm questioning whether lasagna is supposed to have bechamel. I thought cottage cheese and ricotta cheese were lasagna standards. It just leaves me questioning everything I thought I knew about lasagna. Also, so glad to see this back in the test kitchen with others tasting Chris' dish!

@lazyyethealthy9230

2 жыл бұрын

Bechamel is classic. Ricotta is more of a US thing.

@marguaritetherese3156

2 жыл бұрын

@@lazyyethealthy9230 it seemed so obvious when he said it...I've just never even questioned our family recipe!

so glad to have you back! I missed bon appetite in the kitchen

So good to see this back in the test kitchen… can’t wait for them to get the other shows back up!

Chris's pretentiousness with cheese sometimes is his downfall. But then other times he's not pretentious enough because they'll throw him a curveball with really fancy cheeses no one else uses.

@100nitrog2

2 жыл бұрын

I think Red Leicester really traumatized him. That was his Batman moment.

@azoairport

2 жыл бұрын

@@100nitrog2 yeah who's going to get that unless you're just an absolute cheese snob.

@melissasa312

2 жыл бұрын

Screaming RICOTTA at my iPad

@andrester88

2 жыл бұрын

@@azoairport Red Leicester is actually a very common cheese across the pond. It's nothing fancy at all.

@azoairport

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrester88 most of us plebeians on the other side usually have never heard of it so think it's fancy.

Yay!!!! Back in the test kitchen!! I knew I missed it, but I didn’t know it would make me just so happy!

Love this series. So much fun and learning

Maybe they're seeing how many turkey slaps are required until the whole thing is cooked?

With Chris and Brad, this channel is just fantastic!

It's so great to see Chris back in the Test kitchen!

I been WAITING for this one! Turn it up!

SO many good parts of this one.... but her laugh at 19:47 was EPIC!!!! I do that laugh to Morocco EVERY time I see him do these!!!

Made a cheat homemade lasagna this weekend. The cheat is the sauce kinda. I still cooked it (hour) but I used a jar of Newman Owns Marinara and a can of tomato sauce that I heavily seasoned and cooked in my browned meat with the rendered fat that was also seasoned heavily. Nephews love it, brother and sister-in-law finally got to try it and loved it too. Brother was gonna take them out to eat for lunch but nephews wanted the lasagna so they got take-out for diner. I make a large enough batch that it can sustain me for 3-4 days (lunch and diner) but I only had enough left overs to eat some for diner for myself.

All the references to being back in the test kitchen, no references to the fact that there's hardly anyone we know left...

nice to take a moment to acknowledge being back in the test kitchen without mentioning why or maybe reflecting on what it meant

This was so much fun. Happy to see Chris back in the test kitchen.

I have never been so happy to see those counters in the background.

What a wizard! He never ceases to blow my mind. He has to know every corner of the culinary world. I didn’t even know lasagna dip with pasta “chips” was a thing.

So happy to see the test kitchen again!! To me, oregano is a quintessential pizza ingredient, so it makes sense your dip was giving pizzas vibes. Can’t believe basil didn’t even cross your mind’s pallet! 🤪 ❤️ much love from Florida, can’t wait to see more from the BA TK❤️

I’d like to see the original cooks reactions to Chris & his insights.

Yes yes yes! This is what I've been waiting for all year! Chris is baaaack!

I was just thinking how badly I wanted this series to be back in the test kitchen with all the chaos that goes with it

whats this about ricotta not belonging in lasagna? I'd swear some of the tastiest ones I've had included ricotta

@candie1230

2 жыл бұрын

I ALWAYS put ricotta in my lasagna

@ArsonBeanTanks

2 жыл бұрын

I've never had lasagna without ricotta

@b1k2q34

2 жыл бұрын

I love ricotta cheese to where I can eat it by the spoonful. Like some people do cottage cheese, which I despise. But some people use a bechamel instead. I prefer lasagna with ricotta. For sure.

@rosesandgold

2 жыл бұрын

"lasagne alla napoletana" which is popular in southern Italy contains ricotta

The “last cheese I had was aged in birch wood” comment made me roll my eyes SO hard but at least he admitted he might be a little out of touch. Keep it a little closer to Earth, Chris.

I'm so happy this is back in the test kitchen!

As great as it is seeing Chris back in the test kitchen, I'm also excited that Mary Louise Parker's younger sister has joined the team.

Chris is happy as hell being back😂🤣! Very happy for the BA Staff

ive missed the Kitchen. I also miss the old gang.

This makes me happy and sad at the same time. BA will never be the same...but I'm happy to see the kitchen again

Thank god they're back in the test kitchen. The magic of BA YT isn't the individual editors, it's the ensemble, it's the peek inside their "office", it's exactly this.

Oh gosh!! I'm so happy to see the test kitchen again!!

So glad to see Chris back in the test kitchen!

I have MISSED YOU SO MUCH CHRIS! Recreating is my favourite Bon Ap playlist.

Welcome back! Forgot how much I liked these in the test kitchen!

Lmaooo the guys behind the scenes are saying exactly what I’ve been saying! Remember the regular people, simple food items Chris. Ricotta always goes in lasagna!

Yayyy back in the kitchen. Slapping a turkey? 😳😂😂

THANK GOD! I NEEDED THIS TODAY!!!!!

Love, love, love, that you are back in the test kitchen. Chris you are awesome, I want to be your friend.

*Always remember to be grateful in life because you never know what you’re taking for granted*

It’s so nice to see Chris back in the test kitchen!

I love how often Chris swears, it makes it so I can easily place myself in his shoes

I just went to the Reverse engineering playlist..Playlist... turns out I've seen all of these... I. NEED. MORE!!

So happy to see this back again

Absolutely love this series

Aww so glad to see the test kitchen again!! I feel you Chris!!