- Oh.
(laughs)
Hello. Boo-boop.
Ooo, takes me back
Is that on or off?
Questions you shouldn't be asking while cooking.
Wham bam, thank you jam.
It sounds like an alien overlord.
That's my jam.
(laughs)
(upbeat music)
Hey guys, it's summertime, and what does summertime mean?
♫ Summertime summertime sadness
Summertime is the time where you can choose
what you want to do with your day,
and frankly, being totally autonomous,
well, that's my jam,
which is why, today, we're going to be making a
brown sugar raspberry jam.
Cheers.
(glasses clinking)
(hacking sound)
That's not good. This is my tequila cup.
I found the root of the problem.
The first step is actually a question.
It asks whether or not you have a candy thermometer.
If, like me, you don't because you're a normal person,
then, it suggests that you place a plate
into the freezer for a plate test?
I guess we'll figure out what this is all about later.
Step number two, what do you do?
The next step is to take a non-reactive pot.
You know, I'm sorry, but I find you rather passive,
and add you raspberries, lemon,
water, brown sugar, and apples.
So, basically all of the ingredients go into there.
Let's go!
(humming)
My favorite part about this recipe for jam
is that the instructions are super simple.
It just says add two bags of frozen raspberries.
That's the kind of measuring I can get behind.
Ooo.
Razzmatazz, it loves jazz.
What does razzmatazz even mean?
Now that you've added your raspberries,
one and a half tablespoons of fresh lemon juice.
(chopping sound)
I'm gonna guess one lemon?
Wow! So juicy.
Oh yes, I'm putting my abdominal...
I think I'm probably getting a little too much
out of this lemon-squeezing process,
so I'm just gonna go 'head and stop.
The recipe then calls for one-third a cup of apple skins
and two-thirds a cup of apple chunks.
Now in my mind,
I don't think we actually need to separate those two things.
Though, to be fair,
I'm not the person who's actually created this jam recipe.
Anyway, long story short,
we're just gonna chop this up and put it in.
I'm sure it's gonna be great.
Chop it up.
(chopping sound)
Wow, so good and efficient. Not at all like you're drunk.
Safety first, guys.
Oh my God, it's perfect. It looks like a potato.
One and a half cups brown sugar.
(humming)
Cooking sucks.
It doesn't suck. I'm just so ready for jam.
A cup and a half.
(pleasant music)
Yes.
Three-fourths of a cup of water and just a dash o' wine
Woo! I think that's gonna make it taste great.
Woo
Water
Now, add heat. Woo.
Wait for your goo pot to boil.
Once it's done boiling, turn the heat down a little bit.
Then, well we'll talk about that when that happens.
(thump)
Ow.
As you wait for the jam to boil,
think about summer in your youth.
You know what guys, to be totally honest
I thought summer was kinda the loneliest season.
It was hot. It was dry.
There was nothing to do, every day, all day,
but I suppose that that had its own merit,
because it gave me time to think about myself
and what I wanted, which was to, frankly, not be bored.
So, I read books.
So, that's the message.
Read books, even though it's summertime.
Summer, summer, what a bummer.
Checkpoint number two, the plot thickens
just like that jam does.
I got so excited about that, by the way.
Yum, yum , yum,
and it still just looks like a hot, sweet soup.
Hey guys, so now we're about 30 minutes in, in jamvasion,
which is the new name of this video.
(upbeat music)
Now, if you, like any other normal human
don't have a candy thermometer,
you can do something called the plate test.
The plate test is taking a plate that put in the freezer,
adding a few dollops of jam, and then waiting five minutes.
If you tilt the plate this way, and it runs,
then it's no good.
If you (speaks unintelligibly), then you're good to go.
Let's do it.
Dollop.
Set your timer and wait five minutes,
(oven timer buzzer)
and now we test it, just as we test ourselves
every time we decide to make another cooking video.
Let's go!
Ready, and...
Is it jam?
Nope.
It's not supposed to move at all?
Okay, so the jam turned out not as jam should,
but it's also all over your leg, so there's that.
Save some jam, so that it wasn't all for nothing.
♫ Hot, hot, molten hot, molten hot, hot, hot, hot, hot.
Okay, great. Mmm...
Oh my God, mmm-mmm.
Oh my God, it's delicious.
Okay guys, so the jam might not yet be ready,
and you might be already bored of making jam,
but that doesn't mean that this jam won't be good one day,
and maybe every day of summer
isn't going to be the most fun moment of your life.
That doesn't matter. Just remember this.
You should still approach every day
as if it was something new, and give it all you've got.
The message of this "Kitchen" is all about perseverance .
Preserves...preserverance
I'm so sticky, I can't stand it.
Subscribe to my channel for new videos
every Tuesday and Thursday.
Also, I have to wash my hands right now.
Bye. Have a great day.
Summer was kind of a bummer,
but let's not be a downer giving such a frowner.
Instead, let's look ahead
to the fact that the season begins anew
when you let it within you,
You're welcome. I'm a poet.