Flip, whoops.
(laughing)
Hi guys, it's Rie.
You guys have been requesting me
to recreate a recipe from Cooking Mama.
So today I'm making pudding from Cooking Mama.
So while we are looking what recipe to do,
we came across this YouTuber called GameTim,
and he has done a lot of Cooking Mama videos,
so you guys have to check it out.
So I'm super excited for this challenge,
but I don't play video game at all.
So today my friend Zach from buzzfeed multiplayer
to help me out.
- Thanks for having me.
- Yeah, thank you for coming.
- Of course.
- Let's play.
- Al right, let's do it.
Go ahead and hit start,
- Okay.
- You'll click that
and you might need to explain what some of these things are
to me honestly.
- This is milk.
So in Japan, my mom, she get delivered fresh
milk every day.
- Oh wow and it looks like that.
- Yeah.
- So you see the arrow?
You're just gonna swipe like that.
At least that is what I think it wants you to do.
Oh see there you go.
- Okay. Al right.
- It gets harder I think.
Okay so now we gotta break the eggs.
Wow!
That does not seem how you would break an egg
in real life.
Hey three stars.
- Yeah.
- So we have the milk and the eggs.
Mix it, okay.
- [Rie] So you're just like...
- Oh you're putting sugar in it.
- Milk.
- Oh now you grab it from there
and then do like ...
Yeah exactly.
All the way up.
- [Rie] Okay so you have to do it like...
- [Zach] Yeah.
- [Rie] Fast.
- Three stars again.
- Okay so now caramel tablet?
What do I do?
- [Zach] Swipe that up.
- Oh.
- Oh but like carefully.
- Oh.
- Oh wow.
- Okay so you shouldn't overfill.
- Yeah.
- What's gonna happen if I overfill?
- No!
(laughter)
It's fine.
So you have to turn on the stove I think
and then keep hitting it.
Oh too soon.
- Oh wait.
- That's on me.
Uh oh.
- Wait!
Finished.
(Laughter)
- Okay, this is the last step.
- Oh wow.
- [Zach] Be careful how fast...
- Okay, oh I did good.
- Wow!
Yeah!
Oh here we go.
- Yeah!
- Oh and a little cherry.
Amazing job.
So the game is my expertise
and I can't cook at all so I'm gonna just let you do that
and I'm gonna come back.
I'm gonna come back and eat it.
- Yeah see you.
Thank you for teaching me.
Okay so let's try.
So to make this challenge more authentic,
I wanted to dress up like Cooking Mama.
I got pink headband.
I got yellow apron
and I have Mama title under my belt.
We have a camera set up looking like a game
and I'm ready.
The first step we gonna do it not in the game.
I'm gonna make caramel from scratch like traditional way
but I'm also going to use caramel tablet later.
Then we gonna see which one works better.
A cup of sugar, pour into the pot.
Quarter cup of water.
First I'm just going to wet all the sugar
so it is evenly coated with water.
Turn on the heat to medium.
So don't start it.
When you start it, it crystallizes
and it becomes like kinda chunky sugar crystals
not smooth caramel.
It will takes about seven to 10 minutes.
Visual cue is when it become like nice brown, amber color.
Sugar caramelized.
I'm going to pour into this cute ramekin.
I'm using cooking spray so it doesn't stick
pour over like three table spoon.
So caramel is done so next I'm going to
crack some eggs.
In the game, Cooking Mama was cracking in the air.
Whoop!
Also I don't recommend to crack like this.
I can try it but you will get shell.
Basically you want to crack eggs on a flat surface
so you don't get shells.
In Japanese we call this pudding.
P-U-R-I-N.
I think we kinda adapted English word pudding.
It sounded like purin to us.
Eggs are ready, I'm going to go get my milk.
In the game, Cooking Mama was using cute milk in a jar.
This step is also not in the game
but I want to make sure sugar is completely dissolved
so I'm going to heat up milk in a pan.
I want to make sure to make perfectly smooth
pudding so I'm using my technique in here.
I think I get sad face from Mama.
I spill some milk.
And sugar
and vanilla.
Medium low heat because sugar sometimes burn on the bottom.
So just like bring up to like gentle simmer.
Sugar is completely dissolved.
In the game they just pour milk over and stirring.
What I want is a smooth pudding
so I want to whisk the egg first.
I don't want to pour hot milk at once
because you will cook the egg
and it doesn't become a pudding,
it becomes scrambled egg.
So I'm doing little by little.
Maybe I don't get three stars from Cooking Mama,
but I think I get three stars from pastry chef.
Cooking Mama is pretty close in terms of you know,
how to cook
and how to make pudding.
They are more focused on how to play games.
So there is like you know,
hiccups like here and there,
but I think it's pretty good recipe.
I think everything is incorporated,
but it is a little bit frothy on the surface
so I'm going to strain so it doesn't have any chunky egg.
Okay so this is ready so I'm going to go get my ramekins.
Next, I wanna try with this caramel tablet.
Spray some oil.
Caramel tablet, I don't know what it is
but I'm assuming caramel flavor candy
and I was told this is something American grandma
always have in a purse.
Pop in.
Pour the egg mixture.
I have one more for comparison.
I think if you are cooking with kids at home
this hack is amazing.
If it works?
But I don't know.
So this one is the one I made earlier.
It's the caramel from scratch
and I have three more so I'm gonna fill
with this egg mixture.
Don't overfill it like I did in the game.
I notice there are some bubbles and froth
on top of the pudding.
You can torch and kill all the bubble
or you can use paper towel.
So you are kind of catching all the froth like that.
Another step that wasn't in the game.
I want to cover with aluminum foil.
If we steam and if we don't cover it
all the moisture, all of the water
go into this ramekin
and you don't want that.
I think this is not the fun part of the game either
so I can see why they are skipping this part.
Okay, I'm ready
and I'm going to steam these puddings.
I have my steamer ready, gently simmering right now.
This is the part I messed up in the game
because I wasn't sure what I was doing.
So basically what you have to do is turn the heat up
to bring the water to a boil
and then lower the heat and bring it to a simmer
so you can gently steam the pudding.
We are going to steam this 11 to 13 minutes.
Put the lid on top.
Visual cue, the outside is setting
but the middle part is still jiggly.
So we are just gonna wait until it's cooked
so we can get that Mama smiley face.
So we cooked the pudding about 11 to 13 minutes
and then we cool it to room temperature
and put it in the refrigerator
and we chill it about one hour
so it is now cold.
We are now ready to unmold now.
I kinda wanna try how she did it
but I'm pretty sure if I just smash into the plate
it's gonna be a mess
so what I wanna try is just like flip.
Whoops!
(laughter)
Nothing comes out so that technique doesn't work.
I'm just gonna like use offset spatula.
So you are kinda releasing from the side
so it's easier to unmold.
This is the one we used caramel tablet
AKA grandma's candy.
Ah, look there is still candy stuck on the bottom
but you know what this created perfect fill
for cherry so I'm going to put cherry.
(laughter)
This is incredible.
It's just like , fits right into it.
Also the indicator for perfect pudding.
You want to see very smooth surface
and we did it.
Mama will be proud of me.
So let's try the one I made with caramel from scratch
and I have another trick that I want to show you.
Put this upside down
and you gonna just spin.
This should work.
I'm a little dizzy but it's worth it.
See?
(laughter)
- [Speaker1] Wow.
You don't need anything.
You just need yourself.
Spin and it comes out.
They definitely need to put a spin part in the game.
There is no perfect hole so I'm not sure if it's gonna stand
so if you want to put cherry in a perfect shape like
Cooking Mama I recommend to use caramel tablet
'coz it creates perfect hole
but if you going for taste I highly recommend
make caramel from scratch
and I'm gonna taste it before Zach comes.
Mmmm..
Nice smooth surface.
I like it.
Taste just like my childhood.
I'm going to bring back Zach and see what he thinks.
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Are you excited?
- I'm very excited.
- All right.
- I can't wait.
Oh my gosh.
(laughter)
That is amazing.
- [Rie] Yeah
- [Zach] That looks just like it.
Was it similar?
Besides like throwing the egg I assume.
- We tweaked a little.
- Wow good job.
- Thank you.
- That's amazing.
- Thank you.
So please enjoy.
- Oh my gosh.
I've been waiting all day for this.
- Yeah.
- Okay here we go.
Uh hmm, Three stars.
Nailed it.
- Thanks.
- Amazing.
- Thank you so much for watching
and let us know what recipe we should recreate
from a video game next.
Bye!
- [Zach] Oh yes!
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