- (Josh) That could maybe kill you.
- Wait, it can kill you?
- (Josh) 140 degrees or more!
Pork blood, honestly, like one of my favorite things to cook with.
A lot of people seem to leave in the comments
that they think I'm a sociopath,
and I suppose this isn't gonna help that.
- It's not actually pork blood, is it?
What is it?
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- (Josh) So I reached out to you to see what two snacks
you wanna see paired together,
and you came up with Oreos, Barbecue Lay's potato chips.
- This seems like a good idea.
Maybe, no, no it doesn't, no it doesn't.
- Oh yes, it's Josh from the Mythical Kitchen.
- (Josh) Also, if you ever eat food that I make,
just assume that I have licked my finger and put it...
- I'm literally so hungry,
so I'm so excited to see what this looks like.
- No, I have no, I, oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
I mean, he's a food YouTuber.
- (Josh) I forgot to plug it in.
- I just wonder, like, did he just have a dream one day,
and he was like this is what we're gonna do today.
Like, we're just gonna do barbecue potato chips,
and we're gonna do Oreos,
which kind of like bothers me, because Oreos are so good alone.
- (Josh) You wouldn't trust it,
my grandpa actually died from street Oreos.
- I wish I could smell through the computer.
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- (Josh) All we gotta do is try it.
- There's no way this guy... No, no no no no! (laughs)
No no no no no, this is not it.
- (Josh) It crunches like an Oreo.
- Oh no, no!
- (Josh) But ooh, there is something extra.
It's really jarring. It's like when you smell gasoline,
and you're like ooh, that's kind of a good smell,
and then you're like no, I'm just huffing fumes.
- Yum. - (Josh) I shouldn't be doing this.
That's kinda what this is.
There's enjoyable elements to it, but I can see why Lay's and Nabisco
have never tried to have this union.
But I do wanna go in for a second bite,
and that means something.
- I feel like I would like this more, be more excited about it
if it was just like plain Lay's chips.
- Yeah, I don't know if I would like it or not.
It's like I love barbecue, and I love Oreos,
but together, I'm not sure,
but I am a fan of like weird combinations, so...
- Okay, to be fair, there is some good weird combinations.
Why? I don't, oh,
I don't know about that one, buddy.
- (React) So this is Josh,
and he's known as Mythical Chef Josh on YouTube.
So he was first featured
on Rhett and Link's Good Mythical Morning show,
before landing his own cooking show called Mythical Kitchen.
- Josh, yes!
- (React) So he's built a huge following
with his interesting, if not always healthy dishes,
like the one I'm about to show you, Wendy's Baconator Lasagna.
- Okay, see, the Wendy's Baconator Lasagna
sounds a little bit more appealing, because it's like,
it's all savory, all salty, you know what I'm saying?
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- (Josh) Now we're making the base sauce for the lasagna.
I'm calling this a Baconator bolognese,
a bolognese-onator.
I'm gonna take a lot of bacon.
We got, I don't know, this is like a whole pack.
- I'm so happy he has his own platform
to share everything, and all his talents.
- (Josh) It'll become a sauce, which is very exciting.
Yeah, I'm gonna load up...
- Oh, I hate that type of cheese. That's just me though.
I have like a thing against American cheese.
I think cheddar is so superior.
Keeping it, keeping it good.
This looks pretty good, I gotta say, like,
it's giving me something.
- How do you eat this?
- (Josh) For crying out loud, finally put this in the oven.
- I mean, to be fair, this would taste amazing, probably,
but how do you eat this for here? (laughs)
- (Josh) I suppose I'm just gonna take a slice out of it right now.
- Ooh, that kinda looks fire. That looks yummy!
- (Josh) One, two, go!
- Wait, wait wait, you don't go for the corner?
Wait a minute, that's sus. You go for the corner piece.
- (Josh) I'm gonna go in, grab myself a nice little bite.
- The crispy ends of the lasagna is always the best part,
so he cooked that right.
- I'm not exactly sure what's on the Wendy's Baconator.
But, I mean, I don't know, so far, that looks good.
Like, I'm not cringing like the last one, you know?
Like the Oreo and barbecue, so.
Like kinda gross, but also, why do I wanna try it, like right now.
Maybe I'm hungry, and when I'm hungry, I'll eat anything, I feel like,
except for the Oreo and barbecue, I can't.
- (React) What do you think of Josh, and his like hamburger bun
in his pocket that he just has ready, at the ready?
- It's like wholesome pure, but like manly.
I don't know, like, the association with like me and masculinity.
Interesting, weird to me. (laughs)
- (React) Just like other creators, Josh had to figure out
how to make content during the COVID-19 quarantine,
with limited career and resources, like this video made from home.
- Ramen quaran...
- (Josh) Have you guys been watching the news?
- I'm just saying, I'm Korean-Japanese,
this is gonna be, I'm gonna judge this hard. (laughs)
- (Josh) In a really trying time.
French onion soup ramen.
So you have your typical ramen packet,
maybe you've been eating noodles for a while,
you're a little bit bored with the same old same old,
you wanna spice things up in the kitchen...
- This is something I would actually watch.
This is right up my alley, yeah.
- (Josh) This stuff is gonna be an absolute lifesaver.
- I love ramen, I love French onion soup,
Trader Joe's just made a French onion soup mac and cheese,
and it's really good.
- I've seen this one.
I've seen the French onion, yeah, and I wanna try it.
I wanna try it, it looks so good.
- I like this! I love ramen,
and I see honestly, like, some of the people
I follow on Instagram and social media,
they're posting a lot of food, because during quarantine, you know,
we kind of all turn to cooking,
and finding ways to make new meals and everything.
I think this is a really great video.
- How does it taste, Josh?
I'm feeling so jealous! How does it taste?
- But to be fair, like, French onion soup is good.
Ramen is good.
I'd try that, I would try that.
That seems so weird.
I mean, like Korean people add cheese, like American cheese to ramen,
anyway, so like that part makes sense to me,
but I don't know about the French onion part.
- And I love how he also uses like practical ingredients
that people have, or people can obtain easily,
especially with quarantine,
so for him to make everything so accessible is perfect for him,
and it's a great strategy move.
- Personally, I love at home chef cooking,
like when he threw the glass bowl into the oven,
it was something I would do at home.
I was shocked to see it, because, on a professional show,
they'd usually put it in a tray or something.
- I would definitely try that at home.
I've been cooking a lot more during the quarantine,
and like trying new dishes, so I'm glad I found,
I'm glad you guys put me on to him.
We love Josh, ah!
- (React) Is this something you would like?
- Oh yeah, 100%. I am such an adventurous eater,
like, I would eat anything, I'm not picky at all.
- (React) That is the perfect segue to the next video.
Because Josh also has a series on his channel called Food Fears,
where he makes delicious foods out of something scary.
One of his most popular videos was his pork blood chocolate lava cake.
- Pork blood is not as scary as like people think it is.
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- (Josh) To make the blood ganache,
first you have to pasteurize your blood,
which means we're gonna go ahead and get it to about 140 degrees.
- That must smell terrible.
- (Josh) When we're working with something that could maybe kill you.
- Wait, it can kill you?
- (Josh) Pork blood, honestly, like,
one of my favorite things to cook with.
A lot of people seem to leave in the comments
that they think I'm a sociopath,
and I suppose this isn't gonna help that.
And once that blood's pasteurized, you put some of that in there.
- This is sociopath stuff, (laughs) in my opinion.
- It's not actually pork blood, is it?
- (React) It is.
It's pork blood. - Okay.
Okay Josh.
- If this was wine, it'd be so good too.
So I'm just gonna pretend it's wine. (laughs)
- (Josh) Blood's just food, and it's really good actually.
- I think like personally, that is like, so, so,
such a good strategy, like, content making right there,
because a lot of people fear weird foods.
A lot of people don't have access to try them,
or are scared to try them, because of prejudgments.
If you are able to make one really amazing dish
out of something that isn't usually put into food,
and make it something so extravagant that people want to try,
you are just pushing people's food comfort zones
into making people adventurous eaters,
and a lot of the times people miss out on these experiences,
so I love that he highlights these foods that are
kinda of scary for people to try and he makes such an amazing dish.
- (Josh) What's a little egg whites gonna give you?
It'll be fine.
- I don't know if I could eat this.
- (Josh) I'm just gonna place that in the oven and bake it til it's cake.
Bake well, gross cakes!
- I mean that doesn't look terrible. (laughs)
But it took me a lot of courage to have Hwe,
and I don't know if I could do that.
- There's different between like weird and like someone else's culture,
you know, like really cool, trying out,
then there's bizarre, and bad.
- I think Josh is so watchable
because he's able to incorporate so many different strategies,
like he uses things that are practical in your day to day life.
- And there's so many unconventional ingredients
that he brings to the table, literally,
and you're like what is he gonna do with this?
And I think people wanna stay, 'cause there's so much mystery in that
and they wanna stay and watch the entire video.
- Once you get there, his personality keeps you in,
and you're like oh yeah, this is really cool,
I wanna keep watching, and you subscribe to it.
- Josh, you are doing incredible, I've been a fan for a while now,
and I'll always continue to watch your content.
I have one request, can you cook me dinner?
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