- [Adreyn] Can I spit this out?
(laughing)
Oh God no.
(laughing)
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- [Orain] Buzzfeed. What goin'?
- My name is Adreyn.
- Bradley.
- Alandio Mullings.
- Orain again.
Today, we'll be trying other Jamaican men patties.
- A Jamaican patty is like
a pastry
that is filled with meat and have a nice shelly crust.
- Jamaican patty.
That is something again that is very close
to a lot of Jamaican people's hearts.
It's a very traditional dish.
You can mess up a patty so easily,
and it has to do with the crust of the patty.
- The crust. Nice, nice, nice crust.
Nice and meaty. Juicy inside.
You know, not too dry.
- Not a lot of Jamaican people tend to cook patties
in their yard.
For Jamaican men to get up and actually roll out
a patty dough and fill it for this competition
is quite impressive.
- To make the patty dough,
it can take you 'bout 5 to 15 minutes
just to make the dough.
If you wanna make a good dough.
- When you think beef patty, you think of juicy beef patty.
If not a juicy beef patty, you have to bring your A game.
- It's a major debate between Jamaicans which patty is the
better patty which is between tasty and
juicy beef.
- As a young boy growing up in Jamaica,
my father is actually work in juicy beef.
A lot of this stuff I can't remember
to be honest with you 'cause I that was donkeys years ago.
- Pep almost be come out of it.
Yes. That's all. We look for that zest.
- Yeah. The crust. The crust.
Oh the crust is-- that's the hardest bit
but that's the best bit.
You need the crumbs to fall off in the box
so you can at least, you know,
(knocking sound)
knock the back off when it's finished.
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- You know usually I will go to a patty shop
to buy a patty and then carry it home
and then let them eat it.
And then probably get a rating off of the patty
but again can't find a patty shop over here so.
- That's a big patty.
- Yeah. This look at bit oily man.
Shape like a patty.
Them put time in it to make it look like a patty.
But the crust is just too much.
- The patty looks good.
I'm not gonna lie. To get the pastry right,
it is not easy.
- Oh okay. Not too bad.
We get inside, it look good.
- Mm.
Okay.
(crunching)
- Tastes good.
The beef is very well seasoned.
Everything is working well together.
Um hmm.
I like this.
- Not exactly juicy beef patty but it's actually all right.
Looks can definitely be deceiving.
It's actually all right.
(crunching)
Hear that? The crust.
I love that.
- It taste sweet man.
The inside taste sweet. Why so sweet?
Sweet and salt?
Too much
Sweet and salt.
Mm mm.
Couldn't eat this.
- If I went to somebody's house
and them put this in front of me and say I'ma make patty,
I'd be very happy with it. Uh hm.
- It's too oily.
It wouldn't be enjoyable. I wouldn't enjoy that.
Four.
(low horn blows)
It looks like patty.
It just don't taste like how patty for taste.
- Seven.
(bell dings)
I would've rated it higher
if them they blend the meat like more.
- It could be a bit prettier, but it does taste nice.
And I would definitely say
this one, I'll give this one eight.
(upbeat horns blow)
Let a girl make the patty, look prettier.
(laughing)
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- Guess what? I leave mine for too long.
(laughing)
I left mine for a little bit too long.
- Okay.
Hmm.
Patty looking a bit charred.
Let him have it in the oven a bit too long.
- Boy burn up the patty to start.
Why ya do that brother?
(laughing)
- That's how my first patties looked.
It look good. It look all right.
It's a bit thick
and it--
wow.
(laughing)
- It smells good. It's soft
and flaky.
A bit flaky but not too flaky.
- It's not a bad smell.
It just smells like it more on the pastry side
and not on the patty side.
- It's very thick.
It's giving me meat pie.
It looked like him is a beginner to making patties
just like myself.
So me not gonna judge him too much.
(laughing)
(crunching)
- Can I spit this out?
(laughing)
Oh God no.
(laughing)
This is a beginner patty.
- No. Sorry.
The flavor of the beef is kinda off.
The crust is a bit off as well.
- This one, the crust is nice.
This one tastes more like mother's patty.
Too much patty confuse me right now.
(laughing)
I'll say probably
a six.
(bell dings)
- Sorry. I'll give you this one a two.
(low horn blows)
- It just. No.
It just.
No. It's a bit.
No.
Me I guess say about a one.
(horn blows)
Please take my criticism with a grain of salt,
but yeah, you need to go back to the drawing board.
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- Even though my dad used to work in juicy beef,
that's not one of my comfort zone.
If I could get him to make it for me,
that would be, that would be lit but you know?
- Okay.
I need to know who this guy is. He could cook.
You can tell by the color, him use a lot of butter.
- Looks very filled which is good. That's not a bad thing.
(thumping)
(laughing)
- It's like a puff belly.
(thumping)
- Patty not tough so.
- Smell of the patty is actually quite good.
- Something about this one.
- It smell like Shirley biscuit. The red packet one.
(laughing)
The Jamaican, them know how Shirley biscuit smell.
(crunching)
- It tastes good.
- It tastes good. It do taste good.
(crunching)
It not caring the flakiness.
It's a bit of a science to how you-- sorry.
Gotta teach him better than this.
- The meat is well seas--
I was about to say it's well seasoned.
It's a little bit salty actually
now that the flavor is really sitting.
- Taste all right.
The season is good. Everything look patty.
The meat is all right.
- Even though it look like a fat patty,
it have air in there.
Use like a fork and just puncture some holes in it
so it doesn't have puff up.
Sorry, but the beef itself is not working for me.
- If me go in a shop and them give me this,
I would respectfully ask for me money back.
- It taste good. Oh yeah. Give this one a six.
(bell dings)
- I give this
4.5. That's it.
- The taste of this
is just
Mm mm.
one.
(horn blows)
(taps plates)
One.
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But I'm the first time me make patty
but me know it have a flavor kick.
You know why me know?
'Cause me mother tell me.
- Jesus Christ.
What's this?
- Whoa.
This one looks rock solid.
(laughing)
Alright. Alright.
You tried. You tried.
- Mm mm.
Yeah, so this person really did have
the same problem like me.
Kept it too long in the oven.
- It's actually quite soft.
No. That's not the patty smell.
Nah.
Yeah.
This one is not the one.
- Try it. Let me try it.
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- This is corn beef man.
This is corn beef.
This a bully beef inside of it.
- Nah, I don't like this one.
- [Producer] What's wrong with it?
Everything.
- Oily. It's burned. It's no flake.
It's just-- I don't know what they use on it.
I not lying. I'm not gonna eat this.
We'll never eat this.
Now tell me.
- Even though it burn up,
you can have a good dough.
Flavor of the beef is kinda there as well.
Is a good tasting patty.
Yeah. I'd probably give this a
I'd give this a six.
(bell dings)
out of 10.
- I don't wanna be too hard on it
'cause obviously it's homemade.
None of us perfect.
This one a four.
(horn blows)
- Give you a three.
(horn blows)
Don't serve me that.
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(trumpets blowing)
- Jeez. Ay.
(chuckles)
Yo, respect for the men them agree to the patty.
That give it a high score.
Big up to myself same way.
Love and respect.
But yeah. Hey.
- Well, you know.
We win some, we lose some.
Can't win everything.
- At this point, me gone open a tongue shop.
Everybody will have bad taste,
after come to my tongue shop, come buy new tongue.
Because
me not understand this.
- If my dad sees this right now,
he'd probably slap me in the back of my head thinking
"boy, you go and embarrass pon TV" but
(sucks teeth)
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