I had an idea...

I have been thinking about filming a YouTube video. I am not that original and imaginative and all that, or photogenic or funny or anything special, so I really don't think it will get many views. If any. But I would like to have done that. And maybe someone sees it and finds it entertaining or something.

So, I was thinking about what to film. My idea was to try to cook something someone else cooked.
So, I went to YouTube to see most popular cooking videos... and... uh. A lot of kids. A lot of "cooking" - not food.
Uh. :-(
Not so good an idea, then.

But... moving on.

The 10 most popular cooking channels are

Tasty(18M), and their most popular video is 30-pound burger. No.
8 Desserts in 1 sheet tray. Ok

Gordon Ramsay (14.5M) and slow-roasted pork belly

Rosanna Pansino (12M), and her most popular video is "how to make a Disney princess sisters cake". No.
"My little pony cupcakes". No
"Pizza challenge"? No. I hate wasting food.
Come on, isn't this kind of against the spirit of the challenge?
Yes, it is. Cooking what ever is most popular. But on the other hand, this is just a way to find something to do.
"How to make a rainbow cake"
Ok, that I can live with.

The problem with her channel is that it's very specific. It's basically fandom cooking, and I don't do that. I might try something in my fandoms, but my fandoms aren't... that popular. :-D I could make Star Trek food :-D

LiZiqi (10M) and Peanut and melon seeds, dried meat, dried fruit, snowflake cake - snacks for Spring Festival

办公室小野官方频道 Ms Yeah Official Channel (8.5M) - cooking crayfish with popcorn popper? No
Watermelon feast. Ok...

Epic Meal Time (7M) and Fast Food Lasagna

Binging with Babish (6.5M) and Ratatouille from Ratatouille. Great!

Bon Appétit (5.5M) and "Every Way to Cook an Egg (59 Methods)"
I'm actually more interested in "Every Way to Cook a Tomato"

Jamie Oliver (5M) and Spaghetti Carbonara

Maangchi (4.5M) and Kimchi :-D
I love Maangchi :-)

Jun's Kitchen (4.5M) and how to train your cats... er... or, perhaps the Sukiyaki with homemade tofu.

(Frankly, I hate it that Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver are in there... isn't it enough they are in the television? Why do they have to take viewers from YouTube amateurs? Well... yeah... Tasty and Bon Appetit aren't that either.)

But... right now this feels like a really bad idea.

Maybe do the exact opposite and try to do what the least popular videos made?
It's basically impossible to find those videos. :-(

Something inspiring I found while researching.

5 minutes crafts cooking hacks. Oh no.
I mean... they steal to begin with and recycle everything. :-(
But - "peel ginger with a spoon" - can one make ginger bug with the peeled skin? It should be possible. Just like you make apple cider vinegar with all the apple cores and peels and such.

I liked the "using baking hacks to bake" series... I might do something like that.

Dragon's birthday party

Fireball - I would make baked alaska with chili ice cream set on fire
liquid lava - layered smoothie with some chili, ginger and cinnamon (red hots?)
burned trees - meringue
fireflies - chocolate dipped in gold
fireants - freeze-dried strawberries dipped in hot sauce

Eating Your Feed sounds like an amazing idea. My feed is... a little special :-D

Also, about the grapefruit pith steak and watermelon ham - I'd like to try to make vegan alternatives of food and let people taste test them. Blindly, of course.

I like Binging with Babish's versions, I like Sauce Stache, he tries different versions of things, too, I like Racch, I like the "4 levels of...", I like Tasty's "vs" series...

Ordinary American food I have never eaten

fettuccine Alfredo

peanut cups - now, this at least is easy - just to go and buy some. At least I hope one can get those in our store. Otherwise I have to make them...

biscuits and gravy - here's another recipe using ground pork. We don't get that sausage meat. And, of course make sausage patties, fried eggs, and Southern fried apples... and remember to break the biscuits in pieces and put the gravy over them, use the biscuits like potatoes or so, don't break the biscuit open and use it as a scone. It's only idiots or evil people who do that :-D

green bean casserole - now... I'm having second guesses here... it's green beans stewed in cream of mushroom soup and topped with french fried onions... and that doesn't sound good to me at all, not even edible.

I have eaten VERY LITTLE Mexican food - or "Mexican", I don't know how authentic any of this is
tamales
burritos
chimichangas
enchiladas
empanadas
fajitas
churros
tres leches cake

cornbread - Uh, I don't like corn.
polenta or grits - Uh, I don't like corn :-D

girl scout cookies

root beer float - I thought this is what we call ice cream soda, but that is apparently something different... you put in a tall glass some syrup, for example chocolate syrup, a ball of ice cream, some soda water, mix to smooth liquid, fill up with more soda water, put on a ball of vanilla ice cream and serve. Float is putting in a couple of balls of ice cream and filling it up with soda, pop, root beer, "carbonated beverage" of your choice :-D

banana pudding
banana cream pie
coconut cream pie
grasshopper pie
key lime pie - the problem is getting key limes... :-( Apparently one can replace key limes with regular limes and some lemon.

caramel corn

cheese fondue

baklava

eggs Benedict

fried green tomatoes - these have to wait to late summer when there is green tomatoes

plantain - I think Mangú works well for this. I want to try that one.

huevos rancheros or shakshuka

Sandwiches:
Rubens - corned beef, sauerkraut and Russian dressing on rye - I need to make Jewish deli style rye bread and corned beef.
pastrami on rye - rye, mustard, pastrami - so... I suppose I need to make pastrami as well... Hmm... Also, mustard. The USonian mustard seems very thin compared to ours.
Philly cheese steak - chopped steak (ribeye or entrecote in Swedish...) served with American cheese on french roll.
French dip - French roll dipped in beef drippings... so, it must be beef, slow cooked. I suppose my brisket works fine for this :-D

pineapple and cottage cheese
ambrosia

baked brie

chicken pot pie
chicken and waffles
chicken tikka masala
chicken cacciatore
chicken divan
chicken kiev
chicken a la King
chicken tettrazzini
cobb salad
General Tso's
King Pao's chicken

divinity

flatbread pizza

jello salad

Pasta primavera

peanut butter and jelly sandwich

poptarts

rice krispie treats

celery and peanut butter

fig newtons

samosas

poke

poutine - and for this I need to make cheese curds!



Now, it's mostly because I'm not American, but also because I have an aversion to onion, garlic, mushrooms, beans, fish, corn, etc. etc.

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