- No
- Sprouts. Gross.
- Sprouts are so good, I don't...
Sprouts are like the Nickelback of food.
- (laughs)
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- So, today, we are going to be debating
what the best part of a roast dinner is.
We're going to go from 'God' tier,
which is obviously the best,
to 'meh' tier, which is like take it or leave it.
- Roast dinner is probably one of the best meals
in the world
'Top' tier, 'God' tier meal, to be honest.
- I think it's my favorite British meal.
- A roast dinner is
meat, vegetables and potatoes
with salty brown sauce.
- I'm not the biggest fan of a roast dinner.
(record scratches)
- I love a roast dinner.
I think it's a
a top British classic meal.
I like a roast on a Wednesday.
I know that sounds weird, but --
- It's called 'Sunday roast'!
- I know, I know.
- I think I've had one roast dinner this year.
- Dude!
- (laughs) At all!
- We're doomed.
- A roast at a pub does not count as a roast.
- You're saying a lot of wild things right now.
If you're not having a good pub roast, then you're not going
you're not going to a good pub.
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- Okay, so we'll start with 'meh' which is like --
- Crackling.
- Yeah, agreed. Agreed.
- Because, what is the point?
- What is the point?
I also don't think that a roast pork
is the same as a roast dinner.
- Like, I don't get roast pork, personally.
- Ummm...
- [Ben] I think the first on the 'meh' tier for me
is probably
a nut roast.
- [Tristan] Absolutely, that is not going to be okay.
- Nut roast? Don't even get me started.
It shouldn't even be on this list.
- You might as well not have a roast dinner
if you're going to have a nut roast,
because it just probably doesn't quite compare.
- Nut roast has got to go in the 'meh' --
- No!
- (sighs) Oh. Really?
- That's representation for the non-meat eaters.
- Nobody's like "can't wait to make a nut roast".
- If you go vegan, then I'm sorry
but you lose the privilege of a roast.
Like, that's it!
- (laughs) Don't have a roast!
- I'm going to put it in capital letters, a big 'meh'
(splat sound)
- The nut roast goes at the bottom, I'm afraid.
- [Sam] Okay, so what else do you hate?
- [Hanifah] Uh, I feel like leeks in cheese sauce
is just a worse version of cauliflower cheese.
- No! No, see, for me, that's a 'God' tier.
- I mean, leek is like a glorified onion.
It's only the cheese that's getting it through.
Without the cheese it's nothing.
- And then leeks in cheese sauce, right.
- It's an abomination. Get it off.
Leeks in the cheese sauce and cauliflower cheese,
this is the thing with these two.
- You're not going to trick me to eat vegetables today
(laughs)
- I reckon leeks in cheese sauce is, is higher than this.
You need to have that diversity on the plate.
- You think it's 'God'?
- I still think it's way up there.
- You think it's 'God'?
- Maybe we should come back to this.
- [Hanifah] Okay, what on the list do you think is
'meh' tier then?
- [Sam] (sigh) Sprouts, man.
- [Hanifah] (gasps)
Sprouts are so good, I don't --
- [Sam] Really?
- Sprouts are like the Nickelback of food.
(laughs)
Sprouts are nice
and it's just fashionable to say you hate sprouts.
I'm sorry but sprouts are very nice.
Slice them up, put them into the sandwich the next day.
I'm sorry.
- A sandwich?
- [Ada] Right. 'meh' tier, so we've got crackling,
which to be honest shouldn't even be on this bloody list.
(both laugh)
Nut roast, no, sorry. Get out of here.
Stuffing, I do love stuffing but it's not for a Sunday,
a regular roast.
Cauliflower cheese, disgusting.
Brussel sprouts, vile.
If I never ate some of these things again,
my life, my life would be fine.
- Oh, totally.
- Okay, so in 'meh' tier we've got parsnips,
roast chicken, peas,
swede, "suede", whatever you want to call it,
and roast beef.
I think we were a little bit reckless with this.
- I can't stand half of those,
but I do feel a bit strange
about the fact that we put two meats in the 'meh' tier.
- This is the future.
- Yeah, I agree.
- Meat is 'meh'.
- This hasn't actually been as hard as I thought,
it's started off quite nicely.
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- 'Mid' tier. I guess this is like,
you're kind of happy to see it,
but it's not like "I love you".
- [Ada] 'Mid' tier, we've got peas, swede,
which is,
which you say is a mythical version --
- It doesn't exist.
- (laughs)
- Honestly,
comment right now if you've actually seen and had a swede.
- Swede is like, like some people will love it
and some people might not have even had it
in a roast dinner.
- I don't want to sound ignorant --
- Oh God, Go on.
- But, I have no idea what a "suede" is.
- But, I don't believe it, I think that it's --
- It's like white! I'm pretty sure it's that white one.
- In our 'Mid' tier we've got Cauliflower cheese,
brussel sprouts, broccoli,
leeks in cheese sauce and carrots.
I am heart broken that leeks in cheese sauce
is in the mid tier.
I actually think it's 'God' tier, but...
- Ummm
- I honestly think we should put all the vegetables
into mid tier.
- Okay, fine,
but I still want to put some in the 'meh' tier.
- We've, we've already filled up the 'meh'.
There's too many 'meh's.
- [Tristan] Ah, the roast chicken debate.
(laughs)
- [Ben] Chicken, you have it every day, don't --
- [Tristan] Chicken's too dull for a roast dinner, I think.
You can have chicken whenever you want.
- Yeah.
- Alright chicken, you are going in the 'mid' tier.
- (laughs)
- Sorry, guys.
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- Right, let's get the 'top' tier now.
It means business, this is serious stuff.
- Yeah, so here we've got to kind of get rid of
the ones that we like, but not the ones that we are
just absolutely head over heels in love with.
- 'Top' tier, umm. So yeah, we've got roast beef.
- Down the road are saying that
roast beef could be in 'top' tier.
- [Ben] Over leeks and cheese!
- [Tristan] The leeks and the cheese they come together
in one harmonious marriage.
- I can't believe it.
- I would even go as far as saying that that is often
my favorite part of the roast dinner
when I've had it, really.
- Wow.
You really need to think about what you've just said.
This is a nightmare,
I've got paired with the worst person on earth.
- Roast beef, I think, we're going to get so much hate,
because I think that most people
when they think of Sunday roast,
the classic is a beef over chicken.
- But just because it's classic doesn't mean it's right.
It's time for change.
- Yeah.
- I don't want to get political, but this is right, like.
- We'll sacrifice the beef.
- All right. Beef is going in.
- But, I'm not happy!
- [Ada] Um, roast pork, it's like
you don't choose it every time,
but it's nice when it's there.
- No, sorry. Disgusting.
- I won't fight against it.
- I'll allow it in top but I would --
- Have you had a good roast pork?
You obviously haven't had a good one.
I'll make you one, I make a really good one.
- Yeah, I'd say that pork is probably in 'top' tier.
- Yeah, I'd say it's 'top' tier as well.
- I know this sounds crazy but you know when like
pork tastes like really porky?
(laughs)
Do you know what I mean?
Where it's like you're eating and it's like
I actually feel like I'm
just cutting into a live pig, right now,
that hasn't been cooked.
- The meats are so essential.
(laughs)
The meats are just...
That's what you're there for!
Do you what? I'm going to throw it out there.
I don't think roast potatoes are 'God' tier.
(record scratches)
It's just a potato.
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- We've got Yorkshire pudding.
- Also the thing with the Yorkshire is, like,
I love a Yorkshire, I think they're incredible,
but I could eat the meal without one.
- It's like I'm currently living without a million pounds,
but it would be nice if I got it.
(cash register rings)
- Exactly, exactly.
(both laugh)
(upbeat, jazzy funk)
- [Steph] We're going to get crucified for this though,
I feel like.
- I mean, then they can at me.
My @ is @adaenechi, comment in my DMs,
you let me know your thoughts.
- Yeah, bring it on. Huh?
- Choices had to be made and this is where it's at.
- [Hanifah] 'Top' tier we have the sauces,
so that's horseradish, mint sauce, apple sauce, cranberry.
And then there's roast lamb, nut roast,
braised roast cabbage and roast pork.
- [Sam] We're not saying they're bad,
we're saying they're good.
They're just not like the best components,
so, I agree with that.
- Ooh, and so, and then, by process of elimination,
we've got 'God' tier.
- Wow.
(angelic choral singing)
- So, we're left with our top five 'god' tier.
- [Ada] So, roast potatoes are 'God' tier,
so we've got roast chicken, roast lamb.
- [Steph] I'm happy with those meats,
I do think that they're the best.
- [Ada] The sauces.
Obviously, you can't even have a roast without gravy.
So that's obviously 'God' tier.
- [Steph] That's a hundred percent.
- The thing that holds it all together.
- Yeah.
- (together) The gravy
- Soup, some might say.
- You've got the gravy, which is the God of all sauces.
No matter what.
- I'd put Marmite in the gravy.
- (gasp) Marmite?
- Game changer.
- I want a pint of gravy though, like.
- So everything's smothered in it.
- Exactly.
- Absolutely smothered.
- But I mean, I'm a condiment queen.
(laughs)
I'm a condiment queen, like, I have to have
like, a row of condiments for like, everything.
- At the end of the day (laughs)
food is just a vehicle for sauce.
(laughs)
So, um.
- Watery gravy is like,
- (gags)
- It is like, it's dishwater.
(both laugh)
- [Sam] We've got crackling, roast potatoes,
stuffing, Yorkshire puddings and gravy.
- Roast potatoes (laughs)
is in my top 5 favorite food of my life.
How can something be so good?
- Then you have the option to put whatever meat you want.
But, we're saying 'God' tier as like,
regardless of the meat and the veg, you need these things.
- [Tristan] We've got roast lamb --
- [Ben] Roast lamb is great. Roast lamb is great.
- [Tristan] Ah, delicious.
Leeks in cheese sauce.
- [Ben] Terrible.
- [Tristan] We've got some stuffing,
some of that delicious stodge.
And, we have our Yorkshire.
- [Ben] Absolute staple.
- [Tristan] And then we have it all covered in gravy.
- [Ben] It does sound really --
- [Tristan] So we have got literally no vegetables,
just a beige, stodgy, salty mess.
(laughs)
- But that's what the roast dinner's about.
It's about beige, it's about indulgence,
it's about feeling like you want to explode after eating it.
- Yorkshire puddings are the best.
- The Yorkshire pudding is just a little carb-y,
pond of gravy.
- It's a perfect vessel.
- Do you pour your gravy into a, into them?
Like a little gravy boat, on the plate.
- Yeah! Always.
- Ah, good. Okay, great.
- I can live with this list.
I think, yeah, I'm very happy with this list.
The 'God' tier is me all over, to be honest.
- Obviously, you know, I'd put more in 'meh',
but yeah, um, you know if we have to split it out --
- If it was up to you everything would be in 'meh'.
- I stand by that, those are the essentials.
Those are your famous roast dinner components.
- I'm exhausted because I can't believe
leeks in cheese is in there.
It's just going to be really hard for me to live this down.
- Ben, if you ever want to come round for some
leeks in cheese sauce, then
I'm ready for you.
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