Today's just gravy.
Let's talk about that.
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Good Mythical Morning.
Today we're drinking gravy cocktails.
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Green, then yellow, then red.
- Okay? - Very simple.
But right now, it turns out there's a culinary trend
of stock based cocktails.
And these are drinks that are made with chicken
or beef stock.
And this is not a thing that I knew existed,
but apparently it's getting very popular in Europe.
And of course with all things that are popular in Europe,
KFC gets all over that train.
- ( laughs ) - They are piggy backing on this fad.
- The gravy train. - Yes.
And the Colonel has developed his own gravy based cocktails
and so of course we are going to try them.
And you may remember, we asked and answered the question,
is everything better with gravy, last month
- with mixed results. - Right.
But now it's time to find out if cocktails can be added to that list.
It's time for...
Okay, so KFC has created three different gravy based recipes,
we're gonna try those and then we've created
some of our own just KFC based cocktails.
- Mm-hmm. - The GMM chefs have put together some things
just based on existing KFC ingredients.
We'll try those. We're gonna rank those on a scale of 1 to 10.
to figure out which one is the best cocktail.
You remember the Bloody Mary
- Well, this is her greasy thick sister. - Oh-ho, thick.
She's not a murderer though so that is nice.
And uh, bring it in, all of our cocktails
will be brought in by a disinterested hipster bartender.
Chase Colonel is his name.
Look, look at that. He didn't even let us acknowledge him,
he just walked right out.
- Whatever. Okay, so... - So disinterested.
This has paprika, celery salt, horse radish hot sauce,
worcestershire sauce, vodka lemon juice
tomato juice, of course KFC gravy.
And you throw it back and forth,
and then you throw it down.
Um, stir it up and you'll see that the gravy
begins to disperse evenly.
Because right now the gravy is starting to coagulate
and like, particulate in there.
Um, feel free to make a virgin version of this for yourself if, uh--
- A virgin version. - if you so desire.
- Link: Mm. - Oh, gosh.
What, you just smell it?
Just the smell.
It's got a strong...
I smell a... little bit of gravy.
It actually just tastes like a Bloody Mary.
- It really does. - Because you've already got a savory thing
going with that so it's not like there's an ingredient
that's really out of place.
It is really just thicker.
But I will say, I can smell the gravy
but I can't taste it.
Do you agree?
Do you smell gravy, but you taste Bloody Mary?
I honestly, the gravy mixes in so well,
it's like ghost gravy.
You know what I mean?
- Yes. - It's like the gravy is ghosting us.
I think our note is, Colonel, you can go
a little heavier on your gravy.
Don't be shy, buddy.
It kind of just tastes like a Bloody Mary to me
which is one of my favorite drinks,
so on a scale of one to ten,
- finger zipping goods - Mm-hmm.
- I'm gonna give this and eight. - I'm gonna give it a nine.
because I really like the fact that you can smell the gravy.
but then he ghosts.
- That's exciting to me. - That's weird.
And for the sake of my personal branding,
I just want to clarify that, uh, I, don't have a problem with tomato juice
I just don't like raw tomatoes.
- Yeah. - Like ketchup, tomato juice.
- That's so illogical. - But raw tomatoes are nasty.
Okay, this next one is the finger licking sour,
a play on the mezcal tequila sour,
which I'm told was invented after
the Colonel's third divorce.
- Hm, you got some inside info. - Yeah.
Me and the Colonel talk.
Okay, Chase, Colonel, bring it in.
Why are you so disinterested.
I'm focusing on my screenplay.
Both: He's focusing on his screenplay.
- All right, what's... - He's not writing it, of course.
- What's in this thing? - He's just focusing on it.
- There's gravy. - Uh, we got more gravy.
There's a higher amount of gravy in this one.
There's mezcal of course.
There's orange marmalade,
whoo! Uh, egg white, uh, lemon juice,
cherry liquor and lemon thyme.
You know what time it is.
- Lemon thyme sprigs. - Cheers.
Rhett: Ooh, smoky, I like the mezcal.
It's so smoky.
- Ah! - ( laughter )
Link: I also love it.
You're gonna have to tell me
'cause I've never had this drink,
how much gravy is coming to the pallet for you?
It's amazing how gravy just gets in there and hides.
Who would have thought that adding gravy to liquor
was like, a match made in heaven.
Not me. Are you saying you can't taste it at all?
Because I think I can taste it a little bit.
I'm saying that if I went to a place and ordered this drink
'cause I would just that it has mezcal in it
and the I just order it,
without even looking at the other ingredients.
I'd be like, "Mm, this is good,"
you know when you get a drink and you're like "Mm, this is good."
You want to taste it?" And then I'm like...
No, I don't want you to taste my drink.
I just said that because I'm trying to be nice.
- ( laughter ) - But I want to drink it.
- ( laughs ) - Um...
You never offered me to taste of your drink.
I would not know that there was gravy in there.
It's weird how it disappears.
This is better than the last one.
I give this one a ten.
I think for me, I just don't like mezcal,
so if were to order this again,
I'd be like, "Replace all the mezcal with just more gravy."
And then I'd give it a lot but, maybe I just have to go low.
I'm more like three, I just don't like the smokiness.
Well, how about just get a straight bite of the sprig,
maybe you're just not getting enough of the sprig.
How's that? That's good right?
What time is it Link?
- It's still a three? - What?
It's still a three.
This one they call it the southern twist
and yup, you guessed it.
The big M. Night Shyamalan twist is that they use KFC gravy.
Why you laughing at how I say Shyamalan?
- Shamalah. - Shamalahn.
Shayalam- Shyamalan.
Um, what's your screenplay about?
- Keanu Reeves. - ( laughter )
Like... ( laughs )
I think there's more to that story.
It's just about him.
It's just a screenplay about Keanu.
Maybe there's more. Okay, uh, in this one we've got
parsley, brown sugar, um, and lemon on the rim.
Uh, we got some bermin,
of course we've got some KFC gravy.
Bourbon or bermin?
- Berm, berm.... - Bermin?
And a little bit of pepper.
- Now let me just say right off the bat. - It looks--
It's got gravy to the eye.
It passes the gravy eye test.
Yeah, gravy is the biggest ingredient in this one.
So, finally, something that's gravy forward.
Your gravy's not hiding.
- Oh. We got... padding. - It got padded. Silence.
- because... Oh, oh! - It did.
Do that again.
- Huh. - Huh.
That's a way to make every toast silent.
Or just add it in post.
Could have been really loud.
Okay, here we go.
Brown sugar lemon rim.
I can taste the gravy, bud.
( laughter )
- I can taste the gravy boy? - The gravy came out to play today.
- Mm. - Now if you make this virgin
you're basically just drinking gravy.
- ( laughter ) - Right.
- ( coughing ) - ( both grunting )
- Got a little pepper on top! - Oh.
Isn't there pepper already in gravy?
Well, listen, this one's getting my goose.
There's a lot of sodium.
You know when you can taste how much salt is in something?
It's when you're drinking straight gravy, usually.
- Yeah. - Um...
The more you drink the better it gets.
I think that's just a general principal.
Yeah, I think that if you had a few of the first drinks
and you served somebody this one, they'd love it.
- Right. - You know what I'm saying?
- If you've got any-- - You don't lead off.
If you've still got your wits about you,
you're not gonna enjoy this.
- Don't lead up with this. - Don't start with it.
So on a scale of one to ten,
um, finger sip-- ( hiccups )
( laughter )
- You're getting in a lot of trouble. - I'm getting all kinds of--
Do I need to hit you on the chest?
Yeah, do it. ( grunts )
- Again? - Three more times.
( grunts repeatedly )
I'm good now.
Uh, I give it... I give it a nice even--
I like the boldness. I'm going six.
I'm going five.
Okay, we decided to try our hand
at a couple of KFC inspired cocktails.
Uh, please welcome the mint mojito,
dual powered drink that is minty cool
and Nashville hot chicken that is.
Chicken and mint, together at last.
Is this like a documentary,
or is it like a fictitious story about Keanu?
It's a biopic of Keanu Reeves.
I want Daniel Day Lewis to play Keanu.
( laughter )
Well, we can-- we'll pull some strings.
- That's good. - We'll do what we can for you Chase Colonel.
- Hmm. That last name is Colonel. - Do you think DDL
is gonna come back for your thing? Okay.
Yeah, he says that he's out.
He's retiring.
All right, what's in this thing?
Uh, we've got Bacardi white rum,
muddled into whole pieces of KFC Nashville hot chicken,
which I haven't had that yet.
The best way to have a dish first is in a drink.
Uh, it's steeped overnight and then strained,
and it gets shaken with sugar fresh mint, lime juice,
and then it's strained and finished with club soda, and a chicken skin,
and lime garnish.
So that's chicken skin a the top
and I'm squeezing the lime.
And just to clarify, this is, uh, our own good mythical invention.
If that wasn't very clear already.
Um, here's what I'm gonna do.
- Rhett: Oh, look at how that. - I'm gonna eat the chicken skin and drink.
So, I'ma have-- that way I'll have a little--
I'll have a little texture.
Uh, okay. I guess I'll do that too?
It's good.
That chicken skin really good.
It looks coagulated on top.
Mm. It's great, guys.
( laughter )
- Mm. - Spicy, but not too spicy.
- Um, a lot... a lot of gravy. - It tastes awful to me.
I don't think it's awful.
- Really? - Yeah, I'm like in a--
I'm like in a six territory.
( chuckles ) No.
What do you not like about it?
I'ma-- maybe I got a bad piece of skin.
I don't know, but...
something about... the chicken part.
- That's good. - The chicken part is just not mixing well with the mint.
- I don't know about the mint on my chicken. - But hold on,
there's no gravy in this, right?
- Nope. - No gravy.
Just, it just, actually, it just looks like there's gravy.
I thought I would like it, because of the...
I like hot chicken.
I like chicken, I like hot sauce.
I like all the things that are in here.
I just don't like them together.
This is a miss for me, I'ma give it a two.
Hm.
We decided there's no reason to ignore the best part
of any meal. The sides!
Hm. That's questionable,
but we're gonna ignore them anyway.
Now introducing the mac-anhatten.
A mac-and-cheese alternative to the super trendy
Manhattan cocktail stand-by.
So are you gonna get, DDL to play, like,
Keanu at all ages? Like as a baby and everything?
No, it's starts after Keanu comes out the movie.
There's-- so-- Keanu the movie.
Yeah, the one about the cat.
- Oh. - Oh. Oh.
- All right, this has, um-- - Love.
Uh, they've infused Jim Beam with KFC mac-and-cheese.
- You can see-- - I can smell it, man.
You can see the color.
I can smell the cheesiness.
They strained it into a cocktail shaker
with sweet vermouth, a dash of bitters and ice.
They shook it, strained it, and served it,
with a mac-and-cheese outer rim.
Uh, and a popcorn chicken and pickle garnish...
- Oh - with, oh, just lost my pickle.
Right there.
I'm gonna... I'm not gonna eat the garnish first, though,
because that's not typically how drinks are done.
And yeah, that really--
That threw me off last time, so, um, I'm gonna--
Me too, but in a good way.
Link: I'm a little afraid.
It smells like putrid vomit.
- ( laughter ) - It tastes like...
you know after you finish washing the dishes
and then there's like a cup
that you left in there?
And it kinda just kinda gathered things.
And then you drank out of it?
It looks and tastes like that.
Yeah, I tried that once.
Yeah, if you wash your dishes for a week
and then just strain what's left gathered at the bottom into a--
Oh, gosh!
It tastes a lot better than it smells.
The smell is rancid.
- Just all kinds of bad. - Rancid, yeah, that's a good word.
I'm gonna give this a negative one.
( grunts ) I'ma give it a zero.
( chuckles ) Oh, okay.
You try all the other ones,
uh, but don't try this one.
So that makes the Gravy Mary our number one cocktail.
- Yeah. - So if you're gonna make one of the KFC cocktails
that's the one that we collectively recommend.
If you're gonna make one that I recommend,
make the one with the mezcal.
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