(chatting speedily)
(dramatic music) - I mean,
(coughing) - Whoa, stop it! (giggling)
What you doing?! - Last 10 seconds.
(laughing) - That went in my brain. (sniffing)
(giggling) - It's a nose,
(coughing) (laughing) (upbeat pop music) - [Narrator] We are Sorted. A group of mates who have your back when it comes to all things food. From cooking battles, to gadget reviews, - Ben it's not worth it! - and cookbook challenges, to a mid-week meal Packs app. - [audio guide] Crack your eggs and bake. - [Narrator] We uncover the tools that'll help us all cook and eat smarter. Join our community, where everything we do starts with you. (upbeat pop music) (intense music) - Hello and welcome to Fridge Cam. Today, this is your fault, another episode of the
ultimate poker face challenge. Today's theme is exotic roots and fruits. So we're talking super sour, insanely salty, uncomfortably numbing, and
downright pungent food. All you guys have to do is
endure it for three minutes and give it your best poker face. How you feeling about that? - How do you think were' feeling? (laughing) - Fricking like that.
(giggling) - So essentially, we gotta eat this stuff and not show any reaction. - Correct. And I will give
a point for each round. Number one. (violin music) Mike lift cloche A for the first reveal. - Oh, I like these! - Not technically fruit or root. We're actually starting with a bud, or a flower, or a button. - That is a Szechuan pepper. - It's not. That,
(laughing) is a Szechuan bud. It is not actually part of
the Szechuan pepper family, but it has a very similar effect, which is why it got its name. Within your three minutes, we will require you to chew through two. - Two!? - But also at some point,
when it feels right, we'll ask you to lift a second cloche and there's a dish under
there to compliment. - Okay. - Mike your three minutes starts now. Pop one in
(bell dinging) and chew it slowly. Now these have been
provided by our friends at Koppert Cress. It is the Szechuan flower. That's like weird sensation in the cheeks. The cheeks, the lips are twitching. - There's a quiver.
(chuckling) - I'm really,
(laughing) I'm not feeling anything, Ben. So I'm just gonna eat the second one. - Let me tell you what this should do. Biting into one is a sensory experience that goes beyond just
taste for some people. The taste of the Szechuan button resembles an electric shock. It starts with a champagne like sensation at the top of the tongue then moves around the mouth, a kind of anaesthetic
feeling in the cheeks and numb sensation,
followed by a saliva flush. - I'm getting many electric shocks at once and all of my olfactory system. (laughing) - Can you feel yourself salivating? It talks about saliva flush. - My mouth is so wet,
but my throat is so dry. (laughing) - Okay, Jamie, you're up next. And your time starts now. (bell dinging)
The edible flower from the bud of the
Acmella oleracea plant, otherwise called the tooth ache plant. - Mm. - How are you feeling, mate? - I feel like I've
potentially eating 30 bees. (laughing) - I've had one before a meal to kind of awaken the senses. Doing two is bold. - So they are often
used as an amuse-bouche to quite literally excite the mouth. Barry, your turn. Your three minutes starts now. (bell dinging) - Quite fragrant, aren't they? - Super floral. - The fragrance is kind of
like dominating my mouth. At the same time, it's
actually really, really nice. Really fruity actually. - Pop another one in. Okay. Lift the cloche.
You're two minutes in. What you have is a cocktail. Now this is the famous cocktail served in a bar in the US, and they actually serve
a Szechuan bud first because what it does is
accentuate all the flavours of the cocktail. You've got a margarita. - Tequila? Are you kidding me? (laughing) - He can't do Tequila. Do you not remember his stag do? - After eating the buzz button, all the flavours are highlighted. The citrus becomes almost electric. (laughing) - That is, tequila times 500. This is round one!
(laughing) What the hell is wrong with you? (playful music) - I love a margarita. (man agreeing audibly) I made margaritas a few weeks ago. (laughing) - No numbingess whatsoever. Like honestly, it's a bit like, - You almost dribbled. You had to stop mid-sentence to swallow. - It's fruity and citrusy. And it's like, I've bitten into a lemon and it's therefore my salvation, my glands are salivating quite a lot, but it's nothing that I can't deal with. Can I have the last one? - Oh! You can go for the last one. You've got 15 seconds remaining. Last 10 seconds.
(laughing) Three, two, one, stop! - Oh my God.
(laughing) (coughing)
- Well done, mate! That was fantastic.
- That was great. - I was just swallowing
every second of that. - Bear with.
(giggling) If you want to chew on some borage, or borage cress, you can. Apparently it's the antidote. It kind of neutralises the electric shock. - Wow. I don't feel like I did
too well in that one. (laughing) - That really takes over
your whole mouth, doesn't it? - Doing two was silly. Four, I do instantly regwet. Regwet.
(laughing) - Your mouth is very Reg-wet. Remember, this is just the warmup to get your taste buds
excited for what's to come. But in this round, I think I award the point for the best poker face to Barry. (clapping) Having done four. And until that time was
up, you held that strong. - Well done.
- I agree with that. (upbeat hiphop music) (laughing) - Water is worse than tequila.
(laughing) - Number two. This was probably one
of the most requested in the comments after
our chilli challenge. It is umoboshi. So it is salted, sour plums. Japanese. You're required
to eat both in the time, but be careful, as plums do, they have stones in the middle. You can spit those back out. Mike, your time starts now!
(bell dinging) It should be super sour, super salty. - I'm just gonna get through it, Ben. I'm not feeling any of
those things at all. - Treated as a digestive tonic when eaten on its own, but more regularly mixed
through things, granted. So there are involuntary
reactions, kind of a puckering. No puckering? - No. - A bit like preserved lemons, they are cured in salt and eventually they
naturally kind of ferment and pickle in there own juices. Joices? Juices. - If I think describe the flavour, it would be a zero out of 10. I'm getting nothing, no sensations. - Jamie, you also have
three minutes starting now!
(bell dinging) (upbeat rock music) What about any sourness? Any sort of sour plum
notes coming through? - Not sour, just sweet plum. - So interestingly, puckering is when you taste something sour and involuntary, your face reacts it's instinctive and we can't really override it because in the past it was
a trigger for sour foods as a warning. Cause often sour foods would make us ill. Spoiled milk, some fruits were under ripe. - He's doing well. - He's doing annoyingly well. - Barry, your three minutes start now!
(bell dinging) And a good chew. Oh, that was an instant eyebrow. (yelling)
(laughing) There's the puckering! There's the puckering
we wanted to show you. - There it is!
- It's completely involuntary. (laughing hard) I'm impressed you two managed to hide it. (laughing) - I didn't expect it that quickly! Eat it. - Your poker face is not as
strong as your first round, Barry. If you lift the cloche, there's perhaps a more
appropriate application. Very often this is an
on-the-go snack in Japan and the salty plums are
either put in the middle of or chopped up through sushi rice. - Is this fish? - That's eel. (playful music) - Oh, it's smoked. It's delicious. - Got a little teriyaki glaze on it. - That, tastes of something. That, nothing! - So you weren't getting
any of the salty-sourness? - No. - He's eating it like a tiny bit of sushi. - Yep.
(chuckling) - That's very delicious. (exclaiming)
- That's awful. I'm not doing anymore of that. - No, tapping out? - Tapping out.
(bell dinging) - Wow.
- Whoa! - You can have some rice. That will that will soak it all up. Last three, two one, stop! (making puking sound) - I feel like the whole
of the sea is here. (laughing) - Really not actually that bad. I mean, yeah, very, very salty. Very, very sour. But manageable. - Well done. Great job. (laughing) Terrible poker face. - I was so fooled by your poker faces I didn't expect to be that bad. - So in this wonderfully
subjective judging, for me, the best poker face
on this round was Jamie. (bell dinging)
(clapping) Ready for the next round? (upbeat playful music) Mike, yet to score. This is round three. (laughing)
(beep) - Why are you questioning my existence? (laughing) - I'm just keeping these
guys up to date on the score! Lift the cloche. - What is that? I have no idea. - It's wasabi. So,
(laughing) - That is a lot of wasabi! - Look, this is how it's gonna work. It's actually three stages to this. Stage one, wasabi on a spoon. Stage two, we're gonna ask you to grate
some of your own wasabi and try it fresh. And then there's a little
treat for you at the end. Your three minutes, Mike, on wasabi starts now!
(bell dinging) Oh, he went for it. Now this is very much a nasal heat. It's the same kind of family
as mustard and horseradish. Keep that poker face. - It's fine. I don't feel anything. - There's a bit of eye watering, but what else are you feeling? Cause I would have expected you to have a real sensation of warmth. - I don't have nothing. - The good thing about
this is it's water based, rather than oil based. Unlike chilli heat, it
dissipates quite quickly. Has it gone? - It was never there. - Jamie, your wasabi three minutes begins now!
(bell dinging) - Mm. - For everyone at home, this is obviously a rhizome. - There it is!
(laughing) There it is. Oh!
- I know! - I've just remembered this funny joke that my friend told me. - Why are you crying about it then? - It was such a funny joke.
- Why you crying? - It's always just one eye.
- Oh, wow! - Just in the corner of one eye. (bell dinging)
- K, I love wasabi. What can go wrong? - You're a big sushi fan? - That is delicious. - Probably worth pointing out that most green, wasabi paste in the UK is probably actually just
coloured horseradish. - That actually might be horseradish. Cause that's not as strong as wasabi I've had in the past. In fact that's pretty damn mild. - Lift the second cloche. Okay. We have got you
some fresh wasabi root. Please grate some onto the plate. Want a good teaspoon of it again. - Oh! - A very fine grater. And what you'll get is a paste forming on the back of the grater. Now the thing with fresh is actually probably not as potent - Is it not? - As the paste. The flavour dissipates much quicker. So if you have freshly graded horseradish, you want to eat it in 10 or 15 minutes. Which is why they will do it
often at the table for you or at the sushi bar. - Not getting a thing. It's a nose,
(coughing) (laughing) - Almost pokered it! You so nearly poker faced that. - What happened? - I sneezed.
(laughing) That was completely unrelated. - There's a few other
rhizomes we use in cooking. Think about ginger, turmeric, galangal. - Oh! It's in his nostrils! - It's in there! Get out! It's in his sinuses! - I'm actually really
confident in this one cause it's not had a bad
effect on me, this one. (playful upbeat music) - If you want to enjoy a tempura prawn with wasabi mayonnaise, then actually that's probably
quite a nice way to enjoy it. - They are delicious. That's outstanding. - That would be great, actually. (sniffing) Oh, that was a bit of a sniff. Is it kind of affecting your nose a bit? - Um, no, it's because I've got a spot growing
somewhere on my nose. Which is why it's red. I don't know if you've noticed. (laughing) - I love a wasabi. I love a really hot mustard, as well. - Three, two, one! - Oh.. - How was that? - That goes places. (laughing) That went in my brain! (sniffing) - It's fine. And it hits you and you're
like, I can deal with that. And then it goes,
(making sound effect) right up in there. - I was a little bit worried after the first one because it was a hit. But as soon as that, I knew I got past that hit, all was fine. - Good job. Very good job. I'm not sure there's much
judging to do in that round. Barry gets the poker face point. (playful music) - Oh, are you all right mate? - Oh, mate. - Oh no! - Oh no this is, do you wanna have a lie down? Mike's having a moment right now and I really sympathise with
him because I've been there. It's horrific and it
doesn't get any better. (upbeat pop music) (crowd cheering) - I think you might be quite
good at this one, Mike. - A draw's not worth it. I've gotta win the next two. - This is salmiakki. Finnish, salty licorice. - Not more salt. - You're three minutes, Mike starts now! (bell dinging) Obviously licorice we know to be one of the world's
oldest, herbal remedies. Dating back to the ancient Egyptians, the pharaohs with drink licorice tea. - Do you like licorice? - I love it.
- Do you? - This is very tasty. - Jamie, your time starts now. (bell dinging) - It's actually really nice. I prefer that to normal licorice. - Do you find the saltiness overwhelming? - I wouldn't be able to tell
that had any salt on it. - Your three minutes starts now! (bell dinging)
- New year, new me. I love licorice. (man gobbling) - Involuntary puckering. - He says it in his eyes. - A lot sweeter than I
thought it was going to be. - Licorice is incredibly sweet. In places like Iceland it was pretty much the only
sugar they could create because you couldn't even
pollinate flowers in Iceland. - Are you looking at this struggle? - I'm keeping an eye.
(laughing) - Have a lift of the second cloche and you have the licorice root. Oh, I just thought this was interesting. This isn't gonna get any worse, but this used to be chewed on. So I've soaked one end
for you to make it easier, but basically just chew on it. - Ah, it does actually taste really good. This is really sweet and delicious. (playful tuba music) - I get woodiness. It's amazing to find a piece of wood that tastes of licorice. (laughing) - Oh goodness, that really is a stick, isn't it? (laughing) - It's an actual stick. Bars, you really don't look
like you're enjoying that at all. You're not even poker facing. (mumbling with stick in mouth) (laughing) (grunting) - Three, two, one! You can stop. Now you can tell us the truth. (man yelling) - No, it's fine. I really enjoyed it. - Oh god, I hate you.
- Ah! (spitting)
- Thank God for that. - Do you like licorice? - No! (laughing)
(disgusted) It's like you've taken licorice
and somehow made it worse. (laughing) - Oh my god. That was horrific. That tasted like every night I went out at the age of 18 and threw up from Sambucha. - I know exactly what you mean. - Well, do you know what? You actually held a
pretty strong poker face, but I don't think it
was as strong as Jamie's and he's gonna take the point. (gasps)
(bell dinging) And this was a challenge for me, because - This is a challenge for you!? (laughing) - This was a challenge
for me because actually Mike gave off fewer signals,
but he actually enjoyed it. So he wasn't keeping a poker face. Whereas Jamie hated it, but
still kept a poker face. That's why I gave you the point. (laughing) - That is not the point. (laughing) - Can you see my dilemma here? - Comment below. (upbeat trumpet music) - Last round. Mike see if you can get a point. - Oh, I'm still furious with you. (laughing) We all know what's under here because we've been
smelling it all morning. - Lift the cloche on the king of fruits. - Wow. That is massive. - In your three minutes, we would like you to eat that and your time starts now! (bell dinging)
- Go Mike! - Come on, Mike. - The notorious, Asian fruit, so potent in stench that it's
banned from public transport. Durian. Are you enjoying that, Mike? - Mm, it's delicious. - Your words are saying one thing, mate, but your tone and your face
is saying something else. - I've really enjoyed it. It's actually not bad at all. - One food writer, Richard Sterling, describes it as, "It's odour is best described
as turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock." It can be smelled from yards away. Well, I can confirm that.
The whole studio stinks. Okay, J. You're three
minutes starts now. (bell dinging) - Mm! - I think what's fascinating is it's all about the
flavours you're used to. We grew up with blue cheese, egg sandwiches, and those; therefore,
are quite normal to us. Durian, if you grow up
with it, is delicious. For us it's quite unusual. (laughing)
- Look at him! - He's nearly gone. - Is there any gag reflex there, Jay? (grunting sounds) Oh, he's gagging! He
hasn't even eaten it yet. - Oh! I mean.
(coughing and gagging) - Whoa! Stop it! What are you doing?! - Jay, I mean, you're
struggling to swallow it. You've had it in your mouth a long time. (laughing) (laughing and chatting) No pressure, but your
three minutes starts now. (bell dinging) So what might smell like
stinky feet to some, if you've grown up with it,
it's an absolute delicacy. You just have to get
over mind over matter. You might think it smells like the drains. - No drains at all. - Sewers and rotten eggs. - Halfway through your time, lift the cloche and
enjoy a durian smoothie. About the same amount again, blended with milk and banana. Durian is used a lot in dairy products. So think custards and like set custards. - We've done it in the cheesecake. - Ice cream. We did it in a cheesecake.
That was excellent. - Whoa, this is so yummy. - The fruit's flesh is sometimes eaten raw or is cooked and used to flavour a number of traditional Southeast
Asian dishes and candies. - It's not the worst one. It smells a lot worse than it tastes. - Enjoy the smoothie.
(burps) (laughing)
- Barry, you're putting me off
my delicious smoothie. (laughing) (playful music) - Oh god. - Mm. (chuckling) You know in this smoothie, (gags) (laughing) - There are reactions over here and he hasn't even had his turn yet. - Barry, Barry, you know what, it's actually a real nice smoothie. Tastes quite a lot like
banana, doesn't it? How long do I have? - 15 seconds. Last few seconds! So Jay, your eyes are watering. You've had a little bit
of a struggle swallowing. - Are they? No.
(laughing) - You're doing better with the smoothie. - No.
(laughing) - Try not to breathe through your nose. I think that's where the problem is. - Oh!
- There we go! (exclaiming) - Literally had three, two, one!
(laughing) - No! That was horrific. - You did so well! What happened? - It was the downing the drink. - Oh my god.
(laughing) (exclaiming in pain) All I knew was that coming up to the end of that three minutes is I want to gag. However, when you don't
think about it like that, in the smoothie, it was
really, really nice. It's just a very different flavour. On its own is too strong for me. - I've eaten tastier fruits. I mean, it was bad. It makes you gag, but it's the smell. - This is so close. - I can't believe you
stumbled at that last moment because you and Jamie will level pegging. I had one point to give. But Jamie gets the final poker face point (clapping)
(bell dinging) and takes the win. Fair play. - I don't feel like I won Ebbers. - The question is of course, what would you like to see
the boys try next time? Comment down below if there's a category
that you'd love to see. - I think there's,
- No, no, no. We haven't got time. We've
gotta stick to the script. - What Ben was supposed to say was, would you like to see the chefs take part in a poker face challenge? Comment below, yes. And also comment below what
you'd like to see them eat, and we'll put that together and that will be the next challenge. (ding) - [Announcer] Have you ever
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(laughing) (gagging) - No, that is, you don't want to see full on vom. (laughing) - There's a bucket down
there if you need it.
I made a comment within seconds of this being release and told them that they need to do this the chefs
I was told by sorted that they;re doing something mwahahaha
revenge!!!
Ben you know that point should have gone to Mike.
I am once again asking for James content
Has anyone ever had durian and if so is it as bad as people make out?
Anyone know where you can get those bud things from online?
[Normals eating highly sour/salty/pungent things]
Ben: [stands there and judges] This was a challenge for me...
Jamie:This was a challange for YOU?!
LOL. I died. Love these guys