- Oh, hello. We got a new light.
Booboop! Mmm, beer smells good.
Oh, this is good for itching.
Do you guys like my shirt? It's not mine.
(chuckles) Sorry, I didn't see you there. Just kidding.
I've been looking at you all night.
(moans)
Stop it.
Are these fully cooked?
(light, jazzy music)
Hey, guys! It's the first of October,
and you know what that means: 10/1, good buddy.
10/4? 10/4. I wonder if 10/4 is national affirmative day.
It should be, because that's what you say, 10-4.
But that also means it's the start of Oktoberfest,
that national holiday where everybody drinks beer outdoors.
What is Oktoberfest? We're going back to the laptop.
Uuuuuuuuuu...
For those of you that don't know,
Oktoberfest is the world's largest Volksfest,
meaning beer festival and traveling funfair.
That sounds like a nightmare.
It's a 16 day festival running from mid to late September
into the first weekend of October,
so this upcoming weekend -- meaning two days from now --
is your last chance to celebrate Oktoberfest,
which seems strange, because you would think that
October 1 was the start of Oktoberfest,
but sometimes it's not what you think it is, guys.
Moving right along! Mmm --
So, because Oktoberfest is almost over,
we are here to celebrate it in its finest
by drinking Weihenstephan, the world's oldest beer.
It says it's imported from Germany since 1040.
1040? Isn't that a tax form? It is!
Did the government find me?
(laughing) jokes. Mmm --
Oh, tasty tasty. Let's get a cup. But not just any cup.
♫Guess who's back? Back again?♫
Wine cup's back. (low trilling)
Let's not get a... "head" of ourselves. (laughing) Mmm --
So in honor of Oktoberfest,
we're going to be making beerbrats,
which is basically just bratwursts in a beer glaze.
So, that sounds delicious.
But it might bring out the "wurst" in us. Ahaha.
I have to save that joke right away,
because I really don't wanna forget it, because I like it.
Moving right along! Step number fun:
Crush celery seeds and caraway seeds
in a mortar and pestle until ground. Set aside.
No!
Recipe, I don't own a mortar and prestle.
Prestle? I would love a pretzel.
Recipe, I don't own a mortar and pestle.
Let's not get... "carried away"... caraway...
We'll just add it in. Mmm-
Just dusting it off.
As many of you know, I don't eat pork due to reasons of
not wanting to eat pork, because pigs are great.
I eat chickens because chickens suck.
So this is chicken bratwurst. Oh, over medium heat.
Now, when it says to do something over medium heat,
I often wonder: Do they mean get the pan
to medium heat before I start, or put the stuff on
and then raise it to medium meat?
If you are a culinary expert, can you answer this question
in the comments below? Because I genuinely don't know.
I - D - K but I do C!
I love you.
Yum! 'Wursts!
Sorry about that earlier statement, guys.
I was caught up in a "wurst" of enthusiasm!
Step number two: Mix beer, brown sugar, dry mustard,
onion powder, black pepper, dill weed,
and crushed celery and caraway seeds into a bowl.
Oh!
While this gets to medium heat, get a bowl
and put all the ingredients I listed earlier --
here's what they are really fast. Speed it up.
♫ Hey, Macare -- ♫
Aww...
Guys, I don't know if you know this about me,
but I don't like beer.
But this beer is genuinely tasty. Who knew?
(belches) Oh, no!
I think you're the cure to what ales me.
Though I know you're a lager.
I just wish you were a vlogger.
(chuckles) Mmm -- (two toots on bottle)
♫ They see me cookin' ♫
Beer!
(cheer)
Mmm --
Brown sugar
Ooooo
Good, that's plenty.
Dry mustard
I love mustard.
Ow! Yes!
(muffled)
(sigh)
Dill weed, which I don't have, lets skip it!
Crushed celery, which I don't have, lets skip it!
Caraway seeds!
Oooo
Now, these caraway seeds are supposed to be crushed,
but I was also supposed to have dill weed and celery, so...
let's not be a "brat" about it and just move forward.
Mmm --
♫ Do do, do do, do do... ♫
Stir until the brown sugar is completely disolved.
You'll know which part the brown sugar is
because it'll be the thick part at the bottom.
Take a sip and (stumbles over words)
I was gonna say "predict your tript,"
but a tiny monster entered my mouth.
Okay?
Pour over the brats, bring to a boil and reduce heat to low.
Oh, yay! I have a lid!
It doesn't match color wise, but it'll cover it!
Oh, except for these holes on either side.
Let's not talk about them.
(low horn)
Ah, delicious. (belches)
Voila! Oh my God, it looks like a real thing!
Let's celebrate!
(wolf whistle)
Mmm --
Next step: Uncover and raise to medium heat.
Boil the sauce until it reduces to a thick, syrupy liquid.
About 20 minutes?
Cook and stir sauerkraut in the same skillet.
Blah blah blah blah blah ladaladaladaLA!
You need to get thick and syrupy ASAP!
Mmm -- Okay, great. Looks so far, so good.
I wouldn't describe this as syrupy
so much as I would totally liquid.
Let's add the sauerkraut. Y'know why?
Because we want to go to bed.
Oh my God! Guys? It started to get thick and syrupy
while I was doing the sauerkraut thing!
So... put the sausage somewhere else!
Hello, sausage. Thank you very much
for your time on the skillet.
Mmmm, you smell like burning.
Thick and syrupy!
Now cheers yourself for a job well done.
Don't preemptively celebrate. Finish the job.
But first: Mmm --
Guys, did you know sauerkraut has probiotics?
(growls) Get out of your box!
Ooooo, sauerkraut.
Oh, smells fermented.
All the sauerkraut! And cover it!
Have no beer!
Then I'm not here. Mmm --
Cook and stir the sauerkraut
in the same sauce for five to eight minutes.
Mmm -- (chuckles)
Perfect! Oh my God, I'm so excited.
Take your sausage -- burning your fingertips.
Sauerkraut, that's what I'm all about.
Mmmmm!
Oo, they're sticky because they have
a slight candy coating to them.
Let's see how different the beer battering
really made it taste.
There's no way on God's green earth
that I'm going to put this sausage in my mouth this way.
Sorry, Charlie.
(delighted moan) Oh my God.
Hot beer battered sauerkraut? Don't mind if I do. Mmm --
I've taken the sausage and put the sauerkraut in the center.
(excitedly delighted moan)
Anyways, guys, have a happy and safe Oktoberfest,
but remember, Christmas is coming, so start prepping.
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like, three more sausages, so have a great day.
MMMMMWA!