Today, we’re cooking with Rhett and Link. Today, we’re cooking with Josh and Nicole. Yeah! We’ve eaten a lot of bacon. We’ve cooked with a lot of bacon for both Mythical Kitchen and Good Mythical Morning. Heck, there is a whole chapter in our new cookbook. Buy wherever you order cookbook’s right now. Yes. About bacon. So today, we have invited Rhett and Link on. Thank you. For battle bacon. No, thank you guys for coming. Thank you. And no, anytime you choose to dine at Mythical Kitchen, it really is an honor. Oh, I heard there was bacon, so I’m here. So, how are we picking teams? I want Rhett because he’s a Gemini. No, he’s, I’m a Gemini. I’m a Libra. I’m a Gemini. Oh, great! So, we’ll be together. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. Sorry, man. Twins! Glad that worked out. Close enough. Let’s get cooking Rhett, like I mentioned, we have an entire bacon chapter inside the cookbook, and we even have a recipe for what we’re gonna make today, the Chicken Fried Bacon BLT. Okay, that’s gonna be good. But we do not have a picture for it. So instead, I’m gonna show you the bacons of tomorrow. I’m really proud of this. Oh, this is my favorite spread in the entire book that doesn’t have a picture of you and me together. The one where I’m shirtless and you’re feeding me a banana? Yep. Yeah, you can look forward to that one, too. Eventually there’s gonna be a super plague that wipes out all the pigs because we’ve developed a sort of like monoculture farming and it’s all one breed now. Yes. And so we’re going to need to find new sources of bacon in the future and here we outline them including penguin bacon, randler bacon just in case, they finally come back from extinction. That’s a real animal, right? Oh, of course, yeah. You think we would just make something up around here? Never. But then also, potentially making bacon from gum found on the street. I don’t know how it’s gonna work, but we gotta put our best scientists on it. Well, as long as you fry it, it’s probably gonna be fine. Exactly. So, we’re gonna make some chicken fried bacon. And we’re using Sporked’s recommended bacon. You ever chicken fried bacon before? I haven’t, and I wonder why this hasn’t happened and why me being from North Carolina and having been to many state fairs have not experienced this. I was actually shocked too, and then we made it, and it is freaking delicious. Alright, Rhett, you’re gonna start by seasoning up that flour with Tony Chachere’s, just a great all purpose seasoning blend. Like, go heavy on it. Go heavy on it. Keep going. You’re gonna want to shake it harder. You gotta shake it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There you go, keep going, keep going. Go, go, go, go. You want me to go real hard? Yeah, okay, stop! You just like watching me shake. A little bit, you know? I don’t think I’ve inhaled so much. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Only true smokers do smoker’s cough. Oh no, that’s really up there though. How did that happen? Were you fanning it? Okay, well, here, no, you’re gonna, inhale some of this, this should help. Wait. All right, so I’m gonna make a smoked tomato emulsion, here, get some of that in there, that’ll help, that’ll help. Oh my god, oh my god. Oh my god! That was very unsafe! I didn’t like that! I shouldn’t have done that, and you shouldn’t either, kids. Nicole’s an impressionable teen. Okay, so we’re smoking the tomatoes right now, I’m gonna make an emulsion. Rhett, I need you to take this bacon, you’re gonna mix that flour up, I can give you a spoon somewhere. Okay. Here. Mix that flour up, and then you’re gonna dredge the bacon in the flour, then into the wet, then back in the flour, then drop that in the fryer, while I. What’s the technical term for that? Double dredge? What’s it called? Yeah, double dredge. Yeah. Look at that, man. He’s learning. He’s learning. Hold on. Am I right about that? You are right, yeah. So, I’m gonna put some lemon juice. I’m gonna try and like make a sort of homemade aioli situation right now. With these smoked tomatoes. So, we’re gonna drop a little bit of acid into, yes, why did I cut this much off of the lemon? Why’d you say that? I don’t know, man. You’re bad at cooking. You’re bad at cook. No, I’m so sorry. The thing that we haven’t done, Josh, that we need to start really considering is some sort of three on three or we need we haven’t done any kind of like sports here at Mythical because the only other person I found that cares about them is you. Yeah, yeah. And we both got bad backs. Vee cares. Me and you and Vee, three, we challenge any three Mythical employees to a three on three basketball tournament, and the winner gets to pick, and the winners they all get to become co-presidents of Mythical. That’s how confident I am that with the three of us would beat anybody. Does it come with a pay bump? Oh yeah, they get all the money. I’m gonna shut this off. Uh oh, I didn’t shut it off. What did I do? Put your mouth on it. Put your mouth on it for the views. I’m gonna just dump them in here. We roasted the hell out of these. I mean these are real deep dark and caramelized. I’m gonna take a little bit of Calabrian chili. I’m gonna use the spoon that Rhett dirtied, and I’m just gonna dump it in there. Oh, that smells good. When’s the last time you played basketball? Have you played pickup? No, but I don’t need to have played in the past. I agree with that. I’m so arrogant too, I get it. In fact, I’m not gonna explain the social situation I was in, but I just happened to pass a basketball goal last night that had, like, an eight year old who was just shooting by himself. And you just swatted him out of the building? And I was like, pass me the ball! And he passed me the ball, and it did take me eight shots to make one shot. That’s not bad. But I’m still confident that we, no one can challenge us. Ah, man, no one has a humor just like a tall white guy. And I get that, man, I’m still about average. I know I don’t look it next to him. Going in the fryer! Going in the fryer there, boss! I’m slowly, steadily streaming it in the hole. I have no idea what this is gonna taste like. But I really wanted to make it. So, is this a sauce? Yeah, this is a sauce. Like, instead of a mayonnaise going on the, going on the sandwich, we don’t got a recipe for this in the cookbook, but I just wanted to make something cool. Do you know what those other two people over there are going to be cooking? I have no idea. It can’t be as good as this, though, right? I mean, we’re frying bacon. This is a cheat code. They shouldn’t have even allowed this in the rulebook. You know what I mean? It’s like the Tush Push. And you get that reference because you watch sports, which is why we need a Mythical Sports channel. What sport is that? You don’t know the Tush Push? Curling? No. It’s illegal to push somebody else’s tush in curling. Everybody knows that. Oh, in curling, yeah. Yeah, it’s the only move that’s been outlawed in curling. Steroid’s still completely illegal, though. So, are you, how are you feeling about the shot put? Are you following the? Am I following the shot put ban? Okay, so here’s the thing. Ryan Crouser, right? Ryan Crouser, he won the World Championships last year, with, I believe, a torn hamstring. But this year, Joe Kovacs, I swear to God, his training is completely on point. Training with his wife and coach, Ashley Muffet. Oh, that’s, that’s wonderful. Yeah, yeah, so he wants to, you know, come out there. He’s got a lot of emotional involvement in it. But then, you know, you got Tom Walsh out of New Zealand. He just built a new training compound. You know, he’s doing really well. Try that. Is it in a Hobbit hole? Is it what? Is it in a Hobbit hole? It kind of is it’s own little shot put Hobbit hole. You know, except he’s built more like a dwarf. How do you like the sauce? Need more salt? Need more heat? More acid? It’s kind of confusing to be honest with you. Yeah, right. But that, I think in a good way. I think it’s gonna balance, this, which is very much not confusing. You don’t have to like it. No, it’s very smoky. We can just use mayonnaise. It’s very, very smoky. I like it. Well, somewhat of the smokiness. Can I have bacon? Yeah. Keep dirtying spoons. I need to become unconfused about this. He seems more confused than ever. Wait, pull the bacon. No, I like it. I like it. I think it’s complimentary. I think it’s gonna compliment what I’ve got over here. He doesn’t like it! We don’t have to use this. He’s lying to you! Look at that bacon! Wow, that’s beautiful! You want a little taste? Yeah, can I? You want me to dip it in the sauce? Yep. This is still, Rhett, you can still hear it sizzling. No, like, listen, listen. It’s like hearing the ocean. You think I can take it? I think you can take it. I think you can take it. Come on now. I want double dip in the sauce. It’s actually not bad. The sauce cooled it down. That’s, not bad at all. That is very, very nice. And that’s going on a sandwich? I’m just trying to follow along. But guess what else is on that sandwich? Bread. Yes, sir. All right, Rhett, we’re going to fry up some bread in here. I’m going to need you to slice that tomato. Okay. This is a very sharp knife. I’m glad you chose me. What happens if Link injures himself or someone else? Do they automatically forfeit? Yeah. Well, once he gets, like, the NBA, once he gets blood in the food, then he has to step off. That’s how it goes. Okay. Okay. All right. One time in high school basketball, I bled on another player’s jersey, and they kicked him out of the game, and then we won. Oh, that was nice. Yeah, thank you. I know, I didn’t do it intentionally. But I, you know, that became my strategy every single game. You know? It’s like wrestlers, they keep the little razor blade in. I’m gonna bleed on that guy! Get in there, Scherer! Did your coach call you by your last name? No, my coach exclusively called me Big Country. That was my nickname. A little bit of salt, and then fresh cracked pepper. Always season your tomatoes on a sandwich. Now this is the part that Link would have been helpful for, because I have seen him, assemble a sandwich before. He did great with Gordon Ramsay. I mean, he had a whole crowd of people watching and he was just stacking that sandwich. Yeah, he really was. Yeah. Just like Big Country would love you to do. You know, I was, I was a little bit nervous during that whole thing, but I kind of think maybe you were the most nervous. I was so nervous. I was the only one that had anything to lose. Right, exactly. Like, you had to win that. And I was, here’s what I did. I wanted you to win, but I tried as hard as I possibly could, because I wanted it, this, I wanted there to be some stakes, you know? How did you feel when he was, when you saw him cut into my sandwich? I was pretty disappointed, if your. Oh, you were disappointed? Your sandwich looked really good. I knew your chicken was under when I saw that it was cut into though. How did you feel when the first thing you said to Gordon Ramsay? He responded about how much he loves having sex with his wife? Yeah, I think the conversation went congratulations on your sixth child, sixth child and then Link said something like, you gotta know when to stop or something like that. And he says, well you’d be making, you’d have six children if you saw my wife. He really did. No, he loves his wife. You don’t want somebody, you don’t want a husband to be like, well reluctantly I’ve been having sex with my wife, so we can have children. You don’t want that. And if you do think that, you probably shouldn’t tell anybody. Who will then repeat it on their show. Gonna take some of that smoked tomato emulsion that is super emulsified and totally not broken. I bungled it, Rhett. I bungled it, man. I’m not gonna B.S. you. But, breaking a sauce like that is something that most people don’t notice until chefs point it out. I know. No, you’re right. And people like me are like, what does he mean he broke it? The bowl is intact. You know what I mean? Like, I don’t know what you’re talking about. Yeah, so we have a perfect sauce that we’re putting on this. And then we’re going to layer the tomatoes. Cool, we love. And then start putting that bacon on, man. You want? Uh oh, uh oh. We’re going to hang off. We’re going to try to do something here. Yeah, yeah, be artistic about it. Yes. Yes. Yes. God, why do we have to give it to the judge? Oh, that’s beautiful. All right, now we’re just going to crown it. That’s it, man. He’s gonna get an entire bite of just bacon, and then he can kind of move into the inside of the sandwich. I think we created just a real nice experience for Chase. Good job, Big Country. Good job. What was your nickname? I almost said Little Country. Just to make you feel good. I feel like when you’re actually in the country, they don’t call you, [BLEEP] you know what I mean? Whoa, finish that sentence. Like they don’t call you. Listen back to what you just said. What? Oh, I stopped in the middle of. That’s the one word you don’t stop in the middle of. Hey, Link. Hey. Hey, you look. Ready. Okay, ready, not concerned, not scared. I’m here in the kitchen. Is this our first time cooking together? Yes, it is. Wow, it’s such a pleasure. Thanks for coming. Alright. We’re gonna cream those losers! You guys think you’re so tall, and cool because you made an emulsion, get lost! We need to focus because I don’t know what’s happening. Okay, so I’m going to talk you through it. So we are going to make a Bacon Dutch Baby. Do you know what a Dutch Baby is? It’s a little person with wooden shoes? No! It’s basically like a Yorkshire pudding and a pancake had a baby, and it’s like this beautiful, voluminous, delicious pancake that’s gonna have a ton of cheese, chives, bacon and eggs in it, and you’re gonna make the first component, which is the maple, hot honey. Okay. Are you excited? Yes. Okay. Hot honey. I like that. Call me that. So, okay, Hot Honey. So, we’re actually going to use maple syrup instead of honey. And you’re just going to add all of these. That’s what this is. Add some maple syrup. We got some flaky salt. Some Calabrian chili. Some dried Calabrian chili. And add some butter in there to make it nice and sexy. And blam! Okay, well. Okay. And it’s. And then what? Stir it? Just stir it. Melt it? Just melt it and stir it. Is it? Okay. Are you a big fan of cooking in general? Oh, I love the results. But you don’t like to cook? No, I don’t. Cooking is, to me, is like making a, it’s like making a mess. And you’re not a big fan of making messes? It makes me a little bit anxious. Really? Well, I’m here to quell your anxieties. I used to teach cooking classes for little kids, so, I’m channeling that same energy with you. Yeah, but you don’t have to say it. Oh, I’m sorry. So we’re gonna start making our Dutch baby batter. Alright, oh, that’s how tall Dutch people are made. I guess. So, we’re gonna add some salt, pepper, a little bit of, oh you know what? I need to add a little bit of leavening agent in there cause you want that big voluminous, beautiful, Dutch baby. Yes. Yeah, Dutch babies are bigger on average apparently, is that right Josh? Yeah, Netherlands tallest nation on average on earth. Thanks Josh! What would I do without you? Raised in windmills they are. I’m gonna add just a sprinkle of baking powder just to. And I’m just gonna keep stirring this. Yeah, I’m keeping you a little bit preocupado All right. Yeah. How comfortable are you with a knife? Oh, I’m good with a knife. Yeah? – Okay. – Great with a knife, Nicole. One to ten? Can I have a knife? Not yet. Oh, well. Not yet. One to ten? Yeah, how confident are you using a knife? Well, definitely 10. Is that because I’m here or is that just like an everyday thing? That’s an extreme number and I don’t know which way the scale goes. You know what, Nicole? What’s up, bestie? We should find something that we’re good at. Okay. And we should get a third person and then we should challenge, like, people to a, to a competition. Okay. What are you good at? Are you good at complaining? I’m so good at complaining. I can complain. Oh my gosh. What do you want to complain about right now? We’re the best complainers. Oh my gosh. Okay. How about we complain about? This isn’t, this hot honey is not hot enough. This hot honey, it’s just not getting hot enough. This sucks. So I have blended up my Dutch batter, I’m not gonna say the baby part, cause everyone’s a pervert. Say it! Everyone. So, I’m just gonna mix this up a little bit. Let’s see, make sure all the lumps and bumps are gone. You’re doing good, Nicole. Yeah, thanks, I think you’re doing good too. Do you think you’re ready to move on to the bacon part? Okay. We are going to slice the bacon. That’s good, yeah, good job. Why is everybody gasping? I don’t know why everybody’s gasping. I know, you have so much confidence in me. I do have a lot of confidence in you. Cut it! Chop it! What is, what is, what are you doing with that hand? I’m keeping it as safe as possible. Ooh, this is good. That looks great. So, I’m going to pour this in here. There is a ton of bacon fat hanging out in there. Additionally with the bacon. Does it need to be fine? I think you’re cutting it super fine. It’s good? Nice and crispy? You’re a crispy bacon guy? We should use a bacon that they fried up. Yeah, we can use that. We’ll grab all of that. I don’t think that’s legal. Alright. Oven is open behind you. Be careful, Link. Don’t make any sudden movements. What? All I do is make sudden movements. Okay. That’s gonna go in the oven until it’s nice and gorgeous. Okay, let’s see how your hot honey is going. That looks pretty good. Are you licking the knife? Is it hot and honey? I want to, but if I were to lick, I would lick away from the sharp part. Don’t. I would start here, and I would lick up. Don’t lick the knife ever. And it would just be a dramatic moment. But then if I got confused, and I lick this way, it would shave off at least a couple of layers of my, my tongue. Yeah, we can’t have that. Your tongue needs. Yeah, your tongue needs to be in tip-top shape. You talk a lot. Alrighty, get that nice and warm. I’m gonna, what do you mean? You host a show, you need to talk a lot, don’t you? Don’t complain about me, we complain about other things together. Okay, what? God. Rhett talks a lot on the show. You know what I’m tired of? Shoelaces. Velcro. Are you? I love Velcro. I’m a big Velcro fan. I don’t like tying my shoelaces anymore. Takes too long. Takes too long. Right, this is, this is, this is nice. That looks really good. I have succeeded. Do you want this now? I’m fine, you can set that down gently. No, why would I? I love it. I hang out with kids all the time that hold sharp items. And adults too, I guess. Now, you can just put it down. Now. Good job. You’re a confident egg fryer? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, go ahead, add some oil in there and crack two eggs in there. Okay. Good job. Very good. Very nice. And then the one handed crack. Oh, oh, so what I do with the one handed crack. Yeah. Is I help, I We’re gonna reset that, probably. What? What do you mean? What did I do, Nicole? You didn’t do it right. And I’m upset. That happens when you get multiple complainers on the same team, huh? Why did you do it like this? I’m so mad at you right now. I can’t even speak. I told you I was gonna do it. I’m so upset with you. So, you’re gonna throw this away? Yeah, I’m gonna throw it away. Well, where’s the tray? I’m getting a, I’m getting a plate. Hold on. I’m sorry, Nicole. It’s okay, man. You’re the only person that’s ever trusted me with a knife, and now I’ve. – Put it down. – I’ve disappointed you. It’s okay. There’s always time to be better. Wow, everybody give him a round of applause, please. I’m gonna do this one. Alright, so we’re just gonna let these eggs fry up a little bit. Okay. Okay. You want to hit it with some salt and pepper? Okay, so there’s salt. Yeah, and then grab some pepper and grind some pepper on the top. Look at this. Look at this. Brilliant. I hate it when it’s hard to grind the pepper. Me too. I hate that. You know, what happened to automated pepper grinders? Can we get one? Can we make one? Just like. Yeah, I like that. I’m a big fan of those, yeah. That’s a lot of. I like a lot of pepper. Okay, go heavy. Yep, and so does Chase. This is as much my recipe as it is yours. All right. Okay, so we’re just gonna let those fry up, we’re gonna let our Dutch baby cook, and we’ll be back in just a second. You know what I think? I think, what? I think this is too much cheese. I shredded too much cheese. I’m sorry. You know what? What? It’s okay. Yeah? You’re not gonna complain? No, I’m done with that. Really? We’re turning over a new leaf. We? Yeah, you believed in me. And I’m believing in you and we can believe in positivity. I’d rather complain. Okay, look at that. Ladies and gentlemen, the Dutch baby. Gorgeous. Has been delivered. Don’t touch this. It’s very hot. I hear you. Okay. Don’t touch it. I’m gonna add some cheese and the residual heat is gonna get that all melty and gorgeous. For our special surprise guest that’s gonna eat this. There’s too much cheese over here. Yeah, I know. I don’t know what happened. Dude, we’re giving Larry David a run for his money on the complaining. We’re gonna add our fried eggs, and then you. That’s nice hot honey special! Go ahead and add some chives and all of that bacon. All of the bacon. Sprinkle it all over. – Yes. – All of the bacon first. You crazy. Oh, you so crazy. Keep going. That’s all of it, and I’m still shaking because I wish there was more. Okay, and then do the chives. The chives. You don’t want, you don’t want too many chives. I agree, I agree. I would complain if there were too many chives. That’s the right amount of chives. Great, and then just literally slide that right on the side. Someone’s gonna have to clean that up. How did that happen? It’s okay. It’s, inertia. Okay, just leave it on the side. And there you go, we did it! We made a bacon Dutch baby, yes we did! Chase, before you, you have two dishes made with bacon, you will act as judge, jury, and executioner. Okay. Losing team does get thrown in the pit that we’ve been digging outside. Oh, yeah. No way! I thought we were getting a pool. That was called a lie. This sucks. It’s just a pit. We’re complaining together. Chase, which dish would you like to eat first? I think I want to start with this one. Alright, for you today, Link and I have a Bacon Dutch Baby, with cheddar cheese, chives, crumbled bacon, and some maple hot honey. Enjoy! Ooh. It does not have any hot honey on there, so if you want to add some, use at your own discretion. – Yeah. – It’s right there. You said it’s a Dutch baby? Yeah, a Dutch baby. We know how much you like Dutch babies. I am so into the Dutch baby right now. Is that what it’s supposed to look like? Are you trying to be a hater? I just asked a question. I like how you’re, you’ve made a nice little slice. I like what you’ve done. You made a whole nice little pie. With some hot honey. All right. He’s still going. I just wanted a little more of that yolk. I like that a lot. But I’d like to try this one as well. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, well, yeah, I hope you do. I’m not gonna lie, I’m looking at that too, and I’m like, hey. Chase, before you, we have the chicken fried BLT with a little bit of smoked tomato emulsion. So, Rhett actually chicken fried that bacon. I sure did. Looks like catfish. There’s no chicken in this? It’s catfish. I immediately thought there was chicken in this as well. No, no, no. So we’ve actually used the method, chicken fried, acts as a compound adjective in that sentence structure. He’s talking down to you, Chase. Wait, Chase, do you see the other side of this plate? I do. Isn’t that beautiful? Look at the bacon, man. It’s crazy. What in the world? What is that? What is that? What is that? Was that money? No, no, it wasn’t! Hey, hey, hey, hey! The sauce is the emulsification thing you were talking about? That’s correct. – Yeah, yeah. – It’s like smoked tomato. The sauce is broken. How little I know because I used to cook all your food. This is really tasty, too. I was not expecting a BLT to like, kind of, I don’t, take my breath away, but this is really good. Dang, $20 bill talking. If you feel you have enough information to make the call on the winning dish. You guys wanna sweeten the pot, or? Yeah, I feel like I’m. Do we have to? I didn’t bring my wallet in here. Chase, on three, two, one, on the one, you are going to put your hand over the winning dish. That’s three, two, one. Let’s go! Big Country! Just like it’s always been! That is right! We’re coming back for more next year! You did so good, I’m so proud of you. You did great, Link, I’m very proud of you. Oh, yeah! I’m never cooking again. And I’ve never cooked before. You did great, I’m still really proud of you. Yeah, you know what, it was on me, Nicole. I’m really proud of you. You should keep cooking, please. Oh, thanks, I plan on it. Anyways, Chase, thank you so much. Nicole, Link, that looks absolutely awesome. Thanks. Rhett. We’re the best duo plus Vee. Any three people out there, challenge us. To three on three basketball, unless you’re, like, tall or good at basketball. 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