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In this video, NFL players embark on a culinary adventure by trying authentic Irish food for the first time, resulting in a mix of humorous reactions and genuine appreciation. The group begins with snacks like Club Lemon, a carbonated lemonade that quickly becomes a favorite among the athletes who praise its natural ingredients and lack of artificial additives. They contrast it favorably against American sodas, noting its refreshing taste and real lemon zest. The excitement continues with Tayto crisps, which are compared to Lay's but deemed superior by many in the group due to their distinct onion flavor and lighter texture. The players enthusiastically endorse these chips, joking about how good they are that one could easily eat an entire bag.
The tasting session moves on to more traditional Irish dishes, starting with Bachelors baked beans, which initially confuse some of the players who compare them to American brands like Bush's or even joke about "Bush babies." Despite the initial skepticism and comparisons to pork and beans, most agree that while they are different from what they are used to, they are not disgusting. The group then tries mushy peas, a staple in Irish cuisine, which surprises the players with their unique texture and flavor. Although some admit they are not big pea eaters generally, they concede that these specific peas are delicious and would be at the top of their list if they were fans of peas.
The experience concludes with Jaffa Cakes, which offer another cultural lesson as the players learn that in Ireland, these treats are technically biscuits rather than cookies. Some players express a preference for the chocolatey elements over the citrus filling, while others find the combination too much. Throughout the video, there is a recurring theme of honesty and camaraderie as the players share their true opinions without holding back. The video ends with the group expressing a strong desire to return to Ireland, promising to bring back bags of potatoes and other treats for their friends, solidifying their newfound love for Irish cuisine and culture.
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I love it. Love it.
Just Just take that chin.
>> The what? Beans?
>> Yeah. Ah, yeah, don't take it. I'm still
drinking.
>> [laughter]
>> Don't take my drink.
>> He hasn't changed his face at all.
>> I'm actually enjoying it.
>> Thank god you don't LIKE BUSH BABY. YOU
DON'T LIKE BUSH BABY.
>> Oh god.
>> It tastes like Bush baby. It tastes
exactly like
>> Better than that. It's better than Bush
baby.
>> No, that ain't better than Bush baby.
>> Is that a good stare or a bad stare?
Don't like it?
>> No.
>> I don't think I've ever seen pizza this
big in my life.
>> Sparrows taste.
>> What What [music] What is in that?
>> [laughter]
>> Yeah, I'll eat these as long as I'm on
the game. No agave, no nothing.
>> Bro, who drinks this? But I'm just I'm
eating. No, no.
>> It's my You need to check this guy's
parents [music] here cuz he might have
been born in in Ireland or something.
>> All right, so we have got a couple of
snacks here, right? So we have potato
and we have Club Lemon. I want to get
your opinion on what you think about
>> What is this? Is it like a Sprite or
something?
>> It's like a lemon, yeah. Proper lemon,
not lemon-lime. It's just It's just good
It's good, right? Everyone loves
Everyone loves the Club Lemon.
You can't go wrong with a bit of Club
Lemon.
>> Don't go lie. It's good.
>> You finish it.
It's good, right? Finish it all, mate.
Slow down.
It's hot in here.
>> Very carbonated though.
>> It's some some Nelly one said.
>> It's too light. Lemonade with sparkling
water.
>> It's lemonade with zest. Lemonade with
power, you know what I'm saying?
Lemonade with muscle.
This is the best. This is the best.
>> this is incredible.
>> [laughter]
>> You better start stocking all this Club
Lemon.
>> real bits. Oh my gosh.
>> It's kind of It's unloved stuff.
>> Yeah, sure. Like a little carbonated
lemonade type deal. Yeah, I'll take it.
>> like real lemonade. Yeah.
>> It's real. It's not like the stuff you
get over here, man.
>> That's good.
>> There's chemicals in that one.
>> I like that.
I like that. That's good.
>> Yeah, I can do this for sure.
>> job this day, isn't it? This midday is a
thirsty job.
What do you think?
Have you tried the crisps now?
Everyone loves the Club Lemon, dude.
>> It's
>> Yeah, that's like a mellow yellow.
What like what what is this?
>> It's just lemonade.
>> Oh yeah. Ah, yeah, don't take it. I'm
going to drink it.
>> [laughter]
>> Don't take my drink.
>> Yeah, I got to go I got to give you some
of that uh
>> Club lemon. Everyone loves the club
lemon.
>> These chips good too, though.
>> Oh, I love a good Tayto.
>> Yeah, say that again. Say that again.
>> Tayto.
>> Tayto. I love a good Tayto.
>> It's right, right?
Nothing better than a Tayto.
>> Like that.
>> I got bags of
>> [laughter]
>> That's solid right there.
>> Like you talking about crack. What's the
crack?
>> even say that's that's deadly. That's
>> That's Tayto.
>> Tayto.
Tayto.
>> What you get?
>> to just move to Ireland right now.
>> For real. I didn't even go.
>> Tayto.
>> Yeah, Taytos.
>> I'm a fan. Kind of it's like kind of
like a Lay's, but I'd say a little
lighter than Lay's, probably.
>> These These kick Lay's ass.
>> I agree. Lay's These are better than
Lay's, I would say.
>> Proper proper crisps.
>> Really onion. I can taste all [laughter]
the I can taste the onions in it.
>> I can get down with these.
>> You can take them if you want.
>> Yeah. Look.
>> They good, though.
>> I was like
You thought I was trying to eat your
core ball, right?
>> No chance.
>> Cheese and onion.
>> I could eat this whole bag easy.
>> You can?
>> It's like sour cream and onion.
>> Check my whip.
>> Take those crisps with you on the cam.
>> Oh, they they coming with me, dog. They
got to
>> I'm going to try and wrestle them out of
your hands, fella.
>> All right, what is this here, though?
>> It's baked beans, Bachelors.
>> All right.
>> Very Irish.
>> Are they good?
>> Yeah, they're the best.
>> You sure?
>> I promise you.
>> All right.
The what?
>> Breakfast beans.
>> Beans?
>> Yeah, yeah.
It's a It's a delicacy in Ireland.
>> All right.
These beans, they good.
They just need a little bit more little
bit more sugar to it.
>> See, that's that's That's what I don't
like. I don't I
>> You don't like
>> beans over here it's sugar. You have to
be true to the Irish.
>> I got more pictures to take and I don't
want to throw up on myself.
>> Taste like poker beans.
>> The what?
>> Taste like poker beans.
>> Poker beans?
>> You ever had poker beans?
>> No.
>> Yeah, but I could have gone my whole
life without eating that.
>> Can't survive and get this in Ireland,
you know, you have to eat food as well.
What do you think?
>> Still not a baked bean guy,
unfortunately.
>> I grew up on baked beans, so
>> These are different though today.
They're kind of different for sure.
It's not disgusting, right?
>> No, it's not disgusting, but it's like a
it's like a bad pork and bean.
>> What kind of Let me see the can.
He hasn't changed his face at all.
>> I'm actually enjoying it.
>> That's a caliber Oh, they're like baked
beans. They're like Bush's though.
>> No, thank god for that.
>> Thank god, you don't like Bush baby?
>> Hate Bush's beans.
>> You don't like Bush baby?
It tastes exactly like Bush baby.
>> Better, that's better than Bush's.
>> No, that ain't better than Bush baby.
>> Hey, so like tell me what's the purpose
of tea?
>> It's time for your biscuits. A bit of
tea, it's great. Nice.
>> biscuits at, dude?
>> Yeah, they're biscuits. They're our
biscuits.
We call them biscuits.
We don't call them cookies.
>> It's all right.
It's not my favorite, but
>> Okay.
>> It's all right.
>> I love the honesty of all these players.
>> Incredible.
>> What do you think?
>> Pretty good, like
I'd compare it to an Oreo, probably. I
wouldn't really It's not bad.
>> Okay.
>> It's not bad, then.
It's not bad.
>> Oh, I thought you said it was not bad,
then. I thought that was a stir, but I
didn't understand.
>> [laughter]
>> That was a Mississippi term, it's not
bad, then.
>> More of these, we can get down with
these.
>> Yeah, we can.
>> Yeah, we can we can Oh, he's bad.
Yeah, I'll I'll eat these just when I'm
on the game.
He bad.
Bad.
That's what you say when something good.
>> Fire.
>> No, no, no, not fire.
Bad.
>> Bad.
>> F I E.
>> Like the store, like the store that
sells records and CDs and stuff. Fire.
>> No, not fire.
>> Same movie as the
>> more trying, I'm good.
>> No, you
>> to try these ones. You have to.
These are These are These are the
>> These are the best ones?
What are What are these called?
>> They're called mushy peas.
>> No, they they cool though. They cool.
They cool. They are. They good.
>> [laughter]
>> I'll taste the peas though.
Oh, god.
Honestly better than I was anticipating.
Like I've had peas before.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> It's not bad.
>> You need to check this guy's parents
here cuz he might have been born in in
Ireland actually.
They are green beans, but they're mushy
peas. So, they're like they're kind of
like Do you like them?
>> Yeah, they
They need some rice though.
>> You're never You're
>> They need some rice.
>> [laughter]
>> Fella, you're never going hungry in
Ireland. You just move to there right
now. I'll give you my passport and you
can put your your face on it.
>> Peas are peas.
>> Mushy peas.
>> Mushy peas. Yep, they are mushy. Low in
Low in fat and sugar, high in protein
and fiber.
>> Uh I'd do those over the beans,
honestly. Yeah. I would.
>> They're not bad.
>> but
>> They're good.
>> I'm a huge fan. I love I love I love
what you've accomplished.
But this right here,
I know this didn't take you there.
>> This is the color of my country. This is
[laughter] green.
>> I don't think I've ever seen peas this
big in my life.
>> Ah, we know how to treat our peas over
in Ireland. [laughter]
Spit it out, bro.
>> I'm cool. It's cool. Yeah, it's cool.
Cool.
I'm not like a big pea person, but if I
was though,
these would be at the top of the list,
for sure.
>> I tell you these peas.
>> There's no way people eat this without
cooking it first.
>> UM GREEN GIANT.
>> [laughter]
>> NOT BAD.
>> ALL RIGHT, HE'S GOT TO SURVIVE IN
IRELAND.
>> Not bad.
>> just going to survive in Ireland. He's
going to He's going to thrive
Thrive in Ireland.
>> Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
>> couple of Jaffa Cakes.
>> These are my favorite, Jaffa Cakes.
>> Yeah, I love some Jaffa Cakes. It's
>> That's how I sit over the toilet bowl
after doing squats, by the way.
>> That's how I sit over the toilet bowl
after too many of these.
Oh. [laughter]
>> You know this one?
>> I know this one, but I know like the
Polish version of it.
Cuz my one of my really good friends
growing up used to bring like it's the
same thing with a little jelly Yeah.
inside the chocolate.
He used to bring like a pack of these to
lunch every day and I would just eat
them all.
So, that's how I got to be as big as I
am by eating a pack of these these every
day.
>> Which one your favorite?
>> Uh honestly, the Jaffa Cake.
>> This one?
>> No.
>> This is a Jaffa Cake here is.
>> Is that a good stare or a bad stare?
>> Bad stare.
>> Don't like it?
>> Yeah.
>> Wow.
You got a Jaffa Cake, right? Party Ring
and a
a nice biscuit.
>> No. They doing too much. They trying to
put candy in the cookie. That would have
tasted like
>> You're crushing it, man. You're the best
so far, I think. Big fan.
>> So, we spoke about Wagon. This is a
Wagon Wheel.
>> We have these in Canada.
>> You do?
>> Wagon Wheel, yeah.
So, I already know it's good.
>> Yeah.
>> It don't really got no taste to it.
>> Don't it?
>> That's because it's
>> not full of chemicals.
That's cuz it's not full of like
75,000 different additives from like
>> Which I appreciate.
>> from a lab.
>> Very sterile.
>> What what what is in it?
>> No agave, no nothing.
>> Bro, who drinks this, bro? I'm just I
mean no no Not Not who drinks tea, but
like no no nothing like no lemon?
>> I got to say you don't you don't put
milk in your tea over here.
>> No, man. Listen, I'm telling you what
you do, man. You get some ginger, slice
that up. Pow, you put the ginger in that
pot. Then you get some lemon cut the
lemon up, squeeze the lemon in that pot.
Then you can drop lemon in there. If you
want to, you can drop it in there. Boom.
My honey or some agave in there. Now you
good. Now you got a remedy.
Clean that Clean all that stuff out.
>> You clean all this out.
>> Cup of tea, a bit of milk, and a nice
couple of biscuits.
>> Well, I don't drink milk. So,
I'm not a I don't drink milk.
>> Barry's a temple.
>> Yeah.
I like Barry's a lot.
>> Barry's is grand, yeah. Cork It's cork
tea and then there's there's Lyons and
Barry's are the two. Overall, what do
you think? What's your favorite thing?
>> A lot of the chocolatey stuff is great.
I mean, the potatoes are I mean, that's
Ireland right there. It's the potato,
right?
>> Tell you what, next time I go back or if
my sister's coming over, I'll guarantee
to get a bag of potatoes for you.
>> I'd love a bag of potatoes.
>> I'll get a six-pack, right? Six-pack.
And I'll give it to Nate to give to you.
>> I'd love that. I'd love that.
>> That's good.
>> I appreciate it, man. Thank you so much.