GMM 2327: Frozen vs. Fast vs. Fancy Food Taste Test

Does price really matter when it comes to your favorite foods? – Let’s talk about that. (upbeat music) – Good Mythical morning! – You know, I feel like you can get to know a lot about a person just by knowing their favorite foods. – Right. Like if somebody is really into beans, black licorice, and the McRib, they might be, say, like a tall, rustic, yet refined winner. – Sure. My point is we love to do this Naked Foods format where we try specific category of food at all of its different price points. – Mm-hmm. – But what if that category wasn’t a particular cuisine or ingredient, but it was a specific person? – Ooh, I like this idea. But who’s charming yet mysterious enough to be the first person we get on board? – Are you thinking who I’m thinking? – [Charles] Yes! – It’s time for Naked Foods, Charles Neal Edition. Naked. The Food, Not Charles. So today, we are tasting a lineup of my dad, Charles’s favorite dishes. And I’ve been told that he chose some foods that you can’t classify in the categories that we normally use, so we’re changing our price levels to just low, medium, high, and fancy. – Medium? – Mi– – Mid. – Mid. – I mean, yeah. – Low mid. – It’s still pretty straightforward. – Medium priced. – Okay, and we’re gonna pick our favorite and Stevie’s gonna tell us where each one is from and how much it costs. So by the end, we’ll see how fancy or not so fancy the perfect Charles meal meal really is according to us. – Hold on. I’m just getting word that my dad sent us a special greeting. – A special greeting? Okay, let’s see it. – Hi, Rhett and Link. It’s me, Charles! I can’t wait to find out what’s the best price is for all my favorite foods naked. – Wow. – So dad– – He really got me excited for this. – Dad’s in his podcast setting. He’s not in the woods. – But you know, now that he’s got a podcast with you, I mean, the delivery’s gotten really natural and– – That was very natural. He definitely was not reading that. – And flowing. Right, uh-huh, off the cuff. – He was not reading that at all. But yeah, all right. I’m ready to discover my dad’s– – Mm-hmm. – Foods. (upbeat music) – And now, to introduce his first favorite meal, this is Charles Neal. – One of my favorite foods is peanut butter and jelly. And I love it because it’s easy to make but it is some kind of delicious ’cause I love peanut butter and I love our homemade strawberry jam. But I put mine in a bowl and mix it up and put it on a sandwich and just let it flow out where it almost runs off the bread. So if some, you talking about something kinda good. If it hadn’t have been for that, when I was growing up, I wouldn’t have been as big, big as I was ’cause I had good peanut butter and jelly. (Rhett laughs) – I don’t think he was reading that one. – Can we get a little bit more? – That was totally from the heart. – Can we get more backstory? (crew laughs) (Link chuckles) – You’re gonna have to watch our podcast if you want more of my dad, man. – [Rhett] We have an Uncrustable to start with. – What I don’t understand, are all of these purchased, Stevie? – [Stevie] Yeah. – Yeah, they’re not like made by a recipe. – Okay, yeah, I know what this is. – And so if you wanna go buy what his favorite foods are. – [Link] Peanut butter and jelly. I know Uncrustable is great. I don’t know why I don’t keep these at my home. – Now, Link, there’s banana on this. Just heads up. And it looks like it’s some sort of– – I knew, he– – Seed bread. – He would sanction this. So this is like the froufrou but at-home version. I don’t know what they’re thinking but that’s what I’m thinking. – You think adding bananas is something that makes it froufrou? – And having the– – [Rhett] The bread. – The bread with the seeds in it. – Yeah, don’t try to get a job after you eat these poppy seeds. – I’m dripping this all over my merch. – Uh-oh. Yeah, just eat it right off. – We’ll sell this one with a stain, okay? – [Rhett] Now, this one– – [Link] We do sell all the shirts that we wear on the show. – We don’t sell this shirt. – So you can go to a place and buy– – Yeah, like a deli. – Like, is it a kid’s menu thing? – I think it’s just if you’re hungry for it, like grilled cheese. – I mean, this one’s a little toasted. – But not grilled cheese, PB&J. – [Link] They skimped on this. – That’s good jelly though. – It’s not nearly as good as that one or that one. – But this one, you’re gonna spit it out. Interesting. – I just don’t wanna take the time to chew something that’s not that good. – [Rhett] Uh, I’m gonna need you to… (crew laughs) – And then, ’cause it takes me some time. – Now this looks like crunchy peanut butter, but there’s– – Oh, my gosh. – [Rhett] Something on the outside that I don’t even really understand. – [Link] Is it like a French toast? – Oh, oh yeah. It’s egg, it’s egg. – I think that, are you sure that’s not peanuts? I don’t know, just let me eat it. – Well, it’s really good. – I think it’s, it’s crusted in, you’re gonna have to tell me what that is, but I love it. – There’s peanuts inside. – Cornflakes? Mmm! – I think you were right at the beginning. It’s like they’ve made it into a French toast situation. – Good gracious. I gotta know– – [Rhett] That’s gonna make me a big boy. – [Stevie] Ready to pick your favorites? Three, two, one. (Rhett and Link grunt) – I still gotta go with the, there’s something sentimental about that pre-packageness, but that– – Mmm. – I don’t deny that’s amazing. – It’s so good. – [Stevie] Well, Rhett, I think you know what’s about to happen. – It has to be, yeah. – [Stevie] It’s time for a fancy pants dance. – Mm-hmm. (soft music) – Oh, Moochelle! So great. Oh, just like old times! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! What the… Well, it looks like a meat hook has fallen. (Stevie laughs) Careful, Moochelle. I mean, I don’t know what your relationship with meat hooks is but– – No. – Sorry about that. I don’t know how it happened but be careful, okay? (Stevie laughs) – What’d I tell you guys about hanging meat hooks in here? (crew laughs) Freaking meat– – That’s a little weird. – All right, and dramatic. – Yeah. – That was quite dramatic between the two of you. Stevie, we’re dying to know. – [Stevie] Yeah, so the– – What is this? – [Stevie] Oh. The fancy PB&J is from a place called No Joke PB&J for 14.95. It’s cornflakes on the outside. That’s what it’s crusted in. Then, of course, you picked the lowest, Uncrustables for $1.04 per sandwich. – Mm-hmm. – [Stevie] Next we have our high price point, Lily’s Cafe for $9. – It’s good. – [Stevie] And then our mid, Mendocino Farms for 5.75. – Mendocino’s taking advantage of them kids. – You could have been getting this all along. – What is No Joke? Is that like, is it a PB&J place? – [Stevie] Yeah, it’s like all different types of PB&J-based dishes I’ve been told. – What? – Okay, field trip. (upbeat music) – I know what daddy’s done this time but I’ll let him tell you. – One of my favorite foods is hotdogs, all the way. And if you have slaw, you can put it on it too. So I love hotdogs. And man, I wish you could all have one with me right now ’cause you put the hotdog on there, and mustard and chili, and slaw, and onions, and mayonnaise, and mustard, and just dig in and just eat up ’cause it’s gonna make a mess, but boy, it’s gonna be good. So enjoy that hotdog all the way. And if you got slaw, put it on it. (Rhett laughs) – Hey, do we get slaw? – He’s a charming fella, ain’t he? – Hey, he paints, he paints– – He paints. – He paints for a living. – He does paint. – He also paints a beautiful picture of a hotdog. So we have this here– – If you haven’t listened to the ads that he gives in Dispatches from Myrtle Beach, it’s pretty much this. – So Link, I’m cutting these in half here. I’ll take you, you take the side I didn’t touch here. – Okay. This is like a Hawaiian bunned hotdog. – Yes, I don’t know. Look at the cross section on this. This is gonna get a little bit messy. – There is slaw all over it. No chili though, so it’s not, I wouldn’t call it Carolina style. – Hmm, there is chili. – Yep, mm-hmm, there is chili. – Mm-hmm. – I would call it Carolina style. – Oh, my gosh! What in the world? Where is that from? – Is this from that place where they have the burgers with the Hawaiian buns too? The brut, it’s a pun. – [Rhett] Let me cut this one for you. – [Link] Mmm. (crew laughs) – [Rhett] Oh, there you go. – And what’s this one? This one’s also– – They’re all pretty much the same style. – Got some chili. What are y’all laughing about over there? Davin? – [Stevie] I think, you know, we just get really into watching you. Sometimes we shout out possible answers. But it’s quietly so you can’t hear them, so it’s fine. – Okay, thank you. – I wasn’t listening. – So this is chili dog, no slaw. – That’s more classic. It’s so good. – [Link] Mmm. – But I don’t know if it’s as good as that first one. – [Link] Not to me. – [Rhett] And this one, Link, the beans on this one, in the chili are just like sticking right out there. – It looks like there’s two different types of beans. We’ve got like– – Have you ever seen that? Beans, oh, I dropped the beans– – Brown beans, black beans, red onions. All right. That dog got some snap to it. I have a guess as to where that’s from. – [Rhett] Me too, Pink’s. – Ooh, that’s good. Mmm. – Okay. – [Link] Mmm! – We’re just having a good time. We’re just having a great time just eating hotdogs. – Daddy knows how to pick ’em, man. – Now this is one’s just– – I kind of feel like your daddy, like cutting it up for you and then you eat it. – Daddy, can you cut my dogs in half? – There’s not a bad hot dog up here. – Nothing to complain about. I wish y’all could eat this. I wish you could taste this right along with us. (crew laughs) All right. – Man, this one. – Go in and get it if you want to now. – There’s just something about it. I’m ready, are you ready? – [Stevie] Three, two. – Go, you ready? – [Stevie] one. – Yep. – Boom. Yeah, we agree. This one right here! – I mean, guys, you just don’t even know how good this is. – [Stevie] Okay, yeah. that is from Dog Haus. So you were right with the place you were thinking of. – Mm-hmm. – [Stevie] It’s our high level. It’s not our fancy level, so no dancing. – Oh, it’s just high. – [Stevie] High for 9.77 Next, we have– – Totally worth it. – [Stevie] Our low. That’s 7-Eleven’s Big Bite hotdog for 2.19. – Very good, 7-Eleven. – It’s still a good hot dog. – Very good. (crew laughs) – [Stevie] Then we have our fancy dog, Woofers for 21.90. – That, hmm, that’s pushing it. – Now, here’s the thing. I love beans, and you might be like, “Why didn’t bean boy “pick the thing that has beans all over it?” – Why didn’t bean boy have the thing that had beans in it? – [Rhett] This just has too many things going for it. – [Link] Yeah. – I’m sorry. I mean, beans are incredible but– – Do they call that a Carolina style there? Do you know? – [Stevie] No. – And what is this? – [Stevie] That is our mid, Wienerschnitzel for 4.69. – Wienerschnitzel is pretty mid. I’ve always said that. – I think it’s pretty good. (upbeat music) – I bet daddy likes steak. – Yeah, he does. – One of my favorite foods is steak and baked potato. And man, I love some steak and baked potato. (Rhett laughs) So if you gonna get some and whether you go out to eat or cook ’em yourself, I want you to cook mine medium where it’s just pink in the middle and have me a good baked potato with some butter and sour cream on it. ’cause I like some butter and sour cream on my baked potato. – Yep. – With my good medium steak. (Rhett laughs) – I gotta say, he didn’t make it sound as good as a hotdog though. – No, yeah. – Is he losing steam? – Well, I think– – His hair’s getting a little frazzled. – I think he just said, you know, “One of my favorite foods is steak and baked potato “because I really like steak and baked potato.” – Now, can I cut my own steak? Because my dad– – I’m cutting– – My dad’s gonna watch this. – I’m cutting two pieces for us on these. – Oh. – [Rhett] You wanna do that on those? – Oh, yeah. I did almost cut my finger a little bit. – Actually, you know what? I got too fatty of a piece here for you. – I like that. – [Rhett] Oh, you do? – I like the fatty. – [Rhett] He’s really bringing it when it comes to– – [Link] Let’s start over here. – His choices, I gotta say. I mean, he– – Now this is a, these are some huge ribeyes? Did he specify ribeye? – [Rhett] He said a medium ribeye. – [Link] That’s good. Do we need to eat the tater too? – Oh, yeah. Well, he puts butter and sour cream on it because he really likes butter and sour cream on his– – [Link] Mm-hmm. (crew laughs) – [Rhett] His baked potato. – [Link] That’s a good steak. – [Rhett] A good steak. – You know what? I would participate in a stakeout for that steak. I’d park across the street, just sit there overnight. – I mean, not really. I gotta get some of that skin here too. – Oh, I keep messing up my britches. Now, I’m trying, whenever my dad comes on here, I definitely start talking more Southern. This one doesn’t seem as good. – It’s pretty flavorful though. – [Link] Yeah, it is. – [Rhett] rIt might be more flavorful than the first one. – [Link] I know, homes! Why are we even eating the tater? – [Rhett] It’s part of the meal, bro. – Nothing is really being differentiated with them from what I can tell. – [Rhett] The potatoes are all pretty good. – [Link] Steaks are all great. This one’s– – [Rhett] I’m having a lot of trouble, man. – Now, just by the looks of it, this looks like the cheapest steak. – I’m going for these interior cuts. I haven’t made it easier for myself here. – I’m actually surprised that my dad said he likes it medium ’cause growing up, they would burn steak. – Oh, really? – Oh, yeah, they would. – Well, some people might say that medium is burned. – [Link] They were like, I know, like blackened. So he’s– – That’s the worst steak. – [Link] He’s wised up. – I figured that out– – [Link] Mm-hmm. – Pretty fast. – Both of these are so good. These two right here. – Hmm, okay. – [Stevie] Three. – Going back, very clear winner. – Yeah. – [Stevie] Two, one. – Wha-dam! Whabam. Sorry, dad. – [Stevie] Okay, you just missed fancy. That’s our high level. – Oh, we did? – [Stevie] Wood Ranch. You’re familiar, for 42.95. – Yeah. – Wood Ranch, shout out, here in Burbank. They make some good barbecue. – They sure do. – Apparently, they make a great steak too. – [Stevie] And then the first one, that’s the fancy guy. – Yeah, that was my second choice too. I liked it better than this one. – [Link] Oh, yeah? – [Stevie] The Grill on The Alley for $91. – 91? Oh, we gotta eat some more. – [Link] Yeah, we got– (crew laughs) (Link laughs) – Give us some time. – [Stevie] And then the one that you liked– – The Girl in The Alley? (crew laughs) – [Stevie] Girl– – Yeah, she’s there all the time. – [Stevie] The Grill, The Grill on The Alley. – She’s overcharging for steaks. And you know what? She’s got no overhead. She’s not even paying rent. She’s never in the same alley! – I still haven’t heard what she actually said. – Grill in The Alley! – Oh. – [Stevie] The Grill on The Alley. The Grill on The Alley. – [Link] Do you know the girl in the alley? – [Stevie] The one that you liked the second plate in is our mid from from Sizzler. – [Rhett] Outback? – Sizzler brings it! – Well, they gotta bring it. – [Stevie] For 25.49. And then the one that you really disliked on the end, that was our low price point, Walmart for 13.63. – [Rhett] Yeah, that was bad, y’all. – [Link] Hmm. – I like steak and baked potato because I really like steak and baked potato. (crew laughs) – I like Alley. (upbeat music) In the mood for love? Well, you can get this shirt from mythical.com. It’s our love languages shirt. There’s a peanut butter on here. There’s, “Will you be my thical?” – And there’s also, “Stink make me horny,” but we’ve basically kinda like covered up part of the horny so, oh no, we didn’t cover up that one. – [Link] Nope, not right there. – So don’t wear it to school. – You know what time it is, wink. – We also have every heart on a sheet of sticker, so you can take these and put ’em on, put ’em on those that you love. – Let’s talk about us. It’s cute. Go to mythical.com. Get one for that Mythical Beast that you love today. – All right, let’s see what Charles has got in store for us for dessert. – One of my favorite foods is coconut cream pie. And I love it because, man, when you make one of these, my wife can make it and she mixes the coconut together and puts it in milk and lets it sit and then puts it in the pie pan and puts it in the oven and cooks it. And when it comes out and when it’s warm, it’s the best time to eat it. So y’all, come on, have a piece of this good coconut cream pie. – All right, dad. – Well, we got the recipe, so (crew laughs) I know exactly what to do. – Y’all, come on. I think he was inviting you to his house. – Hey, here’s the thing though. He’s your dad. – He is. – Every, you know, not every, but half of your tongue comes from your dad, but you don’t like coconut, so you must have gotten coconut hate from your mom. Does she hate coconut? – You know what? We don’t discuss that. – Oh, well, yeah, you know what? Yeah, I don’t, the polarizing issues, keep ’em away from– – Yeah. I don’t know if mom likes coconut. – The family dinner table. – But what are you, why are you just watching me? Don’t make me uncomfortable. – I’m just interested to see how little of things you get. You just get little bits of things. This looks like a grocery store pre-packaged kind of thing. – This is good except for the coconut. And it’s not that I, I’m like, “Ugh, I hate coconut.” – [Rhett] That’s really tasty. – But I just don’t prefer it, you know? If I’m gonna order dessert, I’m like– – [Rhett] I wouldn’t order a coconut cream pie. – I didn’t know it was his favorite. Honestly, every time we do an episode of Dispatches from Myrtle Beach– – Hmm. – I’m learning something about my dad. Like, I didn’t know he was struck by lightning. He got 20 speeding tickets in two years. – He was struck by lightning? (crew laughs) – He was struck by lightning. – How do you not know that kind of thing? – Well, he keeps to himself until you like make him the host of a podcast. And then if he doesn’t come outta the woodwork, I don’t know what to tell you. – [Rhett] This is incredible. And it’s also kind of weirdly put together in like a enticing way. – [Link] There’s a cookie on the bottom kind of a thing. – [Rhett] Mm-hmm. – [Link] Do you see that? – It sits upon a cookie. (crew laughs) – Well, look, there’s the cookie. – Just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean you have to ruin it. – I was trying to show ’em! Y’all come over and take a look at this. – All right. (crew laughs) And you ain’t even tried it yet? – I did try it. You’ve made me angry. – [Rhett] Yep, that’s how it works. – I mean, a coconut-less cream pie– – [Rhett] They’re all so different. – Would be good. – They’re all good in their own way. – This one has pineapple in it or something. No, it’s just colder. (crew laughs) – Sometimes I mistake cold things for pineapple too. – This one’s really good, but it’s very, like the cream, the cream is real thick. – [Rhett] Good god, this one is good. – It’ll almost turn you on to a coconut. – Like, I’d order a coconut cream pie if I, if this was (mumbles) gonna get. What’d I just say? (crew laughs) – You would order a coconut cream pie if you had got– – I’ve been watching too much Charles. I tell you that watching Charles is gonna rot your brain! (chuckles) – [Link] Every week. – Kids. All right. I’m ready. – [Stevie] Three, two, one. – I just love this one. – I knew you were doing that. – It’s just so good. I have to get some more. – [Link] It’s not from me. – [Rhett] Mmm. – [Link] But this one’s like not too coconuty. – [Rhett] We gotta stop. – Stop, son. – Mmm. – [Stevie] Rhett, you can’t stop because you gotta get up and you gotta dance. – Oh, yeah. (soft music) Oh, yes! Whoa! Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Whoa! I’m sorry, Mich, Moochelle, but it looks like this time, three meat hooks have been dropped. (crew laughs) And hold on, there’s, looks like, I think there’s a note attached to this one. – It seems as if there is, yeah. – What does it say? – Moo? – You’re next? – If I wouldn’t know any better, I’d think somebody’s after you, Moochelle. – This is getting a little bit creepy for my taste. Here, take the note and be on your merry way. What is going on here, man? – I don’t know. I think it, I’m thinking it has something to do with Reddit. (crew laughs) – [Stevie] So the fancy pie is from Capital Grille for $14. And Link, you were close behind with the high category from Republic of Pie for 7.50. – High. – [Stevie] High. And then the first one one is our mid/medium, House of Pies for 4.95. And right in the middle is our low, Amazon Fresh for 1.75 per slice. – [Rhett] Huh. – Does my dad have any other videos? Because I’d love to see it. All right. – [Stevie] He has a whole podcast called Dispatches from Myrtle Beach. – Yeah, if you wanna watch my dad, I mean, I’m there too, but like, trust me, you just watch my dad every week. – [Stevie] So the lowest possible total combined was 18.61. The highest was 141.85. Rhett, your perfect Charles meal total was 81.67. And Link, yours was 61.26. – Which is good ’cause my dad’s buying it for me– – That’s right. – Next time I go home. Thanks for subscribing and clicking that bell. – You know what time it is. – Hello, I’m Casey. I’m on Charles Neal Road, and I’m from London, Kentucky, and it’s time to spend the Wheel of Mythicality. – Did you know about this? – No, we know nothing about this. Now that doesn’t look like a state-sanctioned sign but that ain’t me or my dad. – Well, you take it. Click the top link to watch us guess animals based on their bones in Good Mythical More. – (chuckles) And to find out where the Wheel of Mythicality is gonna land. If receiving gifts is your love language, well then fall in love with our Mythical Love Language ringer tee and sticker sheet at mythical.com.

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