0:00:02 > 0:00:04Today we've got the top ingredients for a tasty trip around Europe
0:00:04 > 0:00:08with Ed and his CBBC mates, or as he calls them...
0:00:08 > 0:00:11The Prize Dumplings!
0:00:11 > 0:00:14- Chris gets carried away with the cream.- Something like that.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Ben struggles with a sticky spoon.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Johny turns into a mixing bowl.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20This is simple stuff!
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Just add a dibblish dash of Victoria...
0:00:22 > 0:00:24SHE CACKLES
0:00:24 > 0:00:27..a pinch of Michelle and a good dollop of Hacker and Dodge.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30- Oh!- Some badness dropped out of me.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36# All over the place, all over the place
0:00:37 > 0:00:40# North, south, east, west, on a bizarre quest
0:00:40 > 0:00:42# Me and my mates all over the place
0:00:42 > 0:00:45# It's true what you heard, everything is absurd
0:00:45 > 0:00:48# Whatever we do is strange but true
0:00:48 > 0:00:51# All over the place, all over the place
0:00:53 > 0:00:55# Stuff to do in Europe that is totally ace
0:00:55 > 0:00:59# And it turns up all over the place. #
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Oh, hello, I'm Nina Petrie.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15And I'm Nina Johnson.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18BOTH: Let's go geothermal engineering!
0:01:18 > 0:01:21- Today, I'm visiting... - WE'RE visiting.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23..Svarsengi Power Station,
0:01:23 > 0:01:28one of Iceland's most impressive pieces of geothermal engineering.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31Your rosy cheeks will turn even redder with excitement
0:01:31 > 0:01:35when I tell you how a geothermal power station actually works.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37It's generates electricity using hot water
0:01:37 > 0:01:39that's created under the ground.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42All right, Petrie, that was my line. MINE!
0:01:42 > 0:01:45It also created one of Iceland's most popular tourist attractions.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47The Blue Lagoon!
0:01:47 > 0:01:51That was also my line. Hee-hee!
0:01:51 > 0:01:54SIRENS BLARE
0:01:54 > 0:01:57I hear a beat. I see a flash.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00I wonder what they're going to ask?
0:02:00 > 0:02:03I think that's the Icelandic police coming to arrest you two
0:02:03 > 0:02:06for crimes against impressions!
0:02:06 > 0:02:09You can always hide in the naturally heated warm water
0:02:09 > 0:02:12and cover yourselves in the gloopy white mud.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15That's what locals did when they first bathed here
0:02:15 > 0:02:18and found that the mud had great effects of their skin.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Yep, this is basically a giant hot bath where you use mud
0:02:21 > 0:02:23instead of soap.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Now people come from all over the world to visit for a soak
0:02:26 > 0:02:28and a mud bath.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Time to take a dip, boys.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Ooh, this really is like getting in the bath.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34It is, isn't it?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36I feel like I'm on an alien planet,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39especially when I turn round and see you next to me.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Va-va-va-va-va!- Stop doing that. Shall we go and explore?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45- Show me to your leader. - Stop it!- All right, sorry.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50Over 600,000 people visit this place every year to bathe in the water.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55That's around twice the population of Iceland itself, and, remember,
0:02:55 > 0:02:57this water is toasty.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00For that, you've got to thank plates.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Not dinner place, but tectonic plates,
0:03:03 > 0:03:06the massive slabs of rock that make up the Earth's crust,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08like a giant jigsaw puzzle.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Did you get all that, Chris?
0:03:10 > 0:03:13So why is the water naturally hot again?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16It's because Iceland sits on two tectonic plates,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19so the red-hot magma under the Earth is closer to the surface
0:03:19 > 0:03:21and it warms the water as it comes up.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- So it's like a giant water heater? - Yeah, kind of.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Doesn't explain why it's blue, though.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28If only we had two extremely professional
0:03:28 > 0:03:31and knowledgeable scientists to tell us.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40Today's question was why is the water in the Blue Lagoon blue?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42And the answer is - it isn't!
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- Yes, it is, Nina Johnson. I can see it.- No, Nina Petrie.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48The waters in the Blue Lagoon are actually made up of three
0:03:48 > 0:03:50active ingredients.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Those ingredients are silica, algae and minerals.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56The blue colour comes from the silica...
0:03:56 > 0:03:58See, I told you it was blue.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01..and the way it reflects the sunlight.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04The waters of the Blue Lagoon are actually white. See.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08The silica just makes it APPEAR blue and that silica is also used
0:04:08 > 0:04:12to form the mud that is used as a beauty product here.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Let's demonstrate.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Ooh, thanks for that, Nina Johnson(!)
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Plenty more where that came from.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26You don't think is just some big brilliant prank by the people
0:04:26 > 0:04:28of Iceland to get everyone to cover themselves in mud
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- and wander about a bit, do you? - I hope not, cos it feels great.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Our skin is going to look amazing after this.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Yeah, it's going to be glowing like the midnight summer sun in Iceland
0:04:36 > 0:04:38- when the sun hardly sets. - Something like that.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Actually, you might need more before that happens.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Gah! Eurgh!
0:04:49 > 0:04:52So where do you FANG-zy going on our summer holidays, lads?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Give over. I'm almost as bored of that joke
0:04:55 > 0:04:57as I am of going to Transylvania ever year.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58I quite liked it.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03What? Last year we got dug up by an angry mob of peasants every morning.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08No, the joke - where do you FANG-zy going? Heh-heh. Good one.
0:05:08 > 0:05:09Fangs!
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Look, we can go somewhere different this year.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- We could see the Northern Lights! - Blackpool? No, no, no!
0:05:15 > 0:05:19All them candyflosses are bad for your teeths.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21No, no, no, the Northern Lights.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26It's a beautiful natural phenomenon occurring in the skies over Iceland.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Iceland? It's got 24-hour sunlight.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31The sun never sets. We're vampires!
0:05:31 > 0:05:32FARTS
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Yeah, I can almost smell my fur burning already.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36No, sorry, Dodge, that was me.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- Oh!- Some badness dropped out of me.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43No, we'll go in the winter, when it's dark all the time.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46No, I can't wait till winter for the holidays.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Yeah, we want to go now, we want to go now.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- Antarctica? - Ah, the ant capital city.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54No, I don't like ants. They get right in your pants.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56I don't wear any pants.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00It's got nothing to do with ants. It's in the South Pole and get this.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03It's dark for weeks on end in the winter, which is
0:06:03 > 0:06:05the same as summer here in the UK.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07It's nearly twice the size of Australia,
0:06:07 > 0:06:11consisting of almost 14 million square kilometres of ice.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13BORING!
0:06:13 > 0:06:15And what are we going to eat, a killer whale?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18He's more likely to eat us.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Eurgh, I taste rank!
0:06:22 > 0:06:27China. It's got 3.3 billion people, largest population in the world,
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- so there's loads to sink your teeth into, so to speak.- Very good.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34It's also the biggest producer of garlic in the world.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36You're mad, you are. Mad, I tells ye!
0:06:36 > 0:06:40- No, thanks. I'm off down the bins. - No, no, hang on, hang on.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44- Florida?- The Sunshine State? Good thinking, bat brain.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Fine. We'll just stay here and watch horror films then.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Grow Your Own Garlic 5?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Followed by Sun Blazing Sunbathing?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58And, for vegetarians only - Revenge of the Aubergine.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Oh, yes, it sounds great. I'm TERRIER-fied. Do you get it?
0:07:01 > 0:07:02FARTS
0:07:02 > 0:07:06- I can almost smell the fear. - No, no, that's me again, Dodge.- Oh!
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- More dirt dropped out of me. - Disgusting!
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Oh, Ben, I just love bees. Coolest insect ever.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Yeah, Ed, no-one catches bees in a net
0:07:27 > 0:07:29and no-one should be catching bees at all
0:07:29 > 0:07:31unless they're a qualified apiculturist.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Apiculturist? No-one's sticking needles in my bum!
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Come here, bees. Buzz-buzz-buzz!
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Yeah, that's an acupuncturist.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39I'm talking about an apiculturist.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42A beekeeper, just in a posh way.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Yeah, whatever.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46The reason I'm trying to catch these French bees, right,
0:07:46 > 0:07:50is I've heard that they taste of nougat. Nom-nom-nom!
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Er, no, the nougat tastes of the bees or, more accurately,
0:07:53 > 0:07:55of the honey they make.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Can you stop doing that?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59You know that bees will sting you if you irritate them.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01It's a good job I'm not irritating, then.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Yeah, not at all, Ed(!)
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Montelimar nougat has been famous here for over 300 years
0:08:07 > 0:08:11and was the main reason travellers made a BEE-line to visit the town.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15It's like bringing back a stick of rock from your holidays in Blackpool.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Now they have 12 factories producing the sweet stuff.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21It really is nougatville!
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Well, I haven't managed to find any bees yet,
0:08:23 > 0:08:26but we have found a man and a cauldron with some sweets.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- TRANSLATION:- Hello.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30What are these yummy sweets?
0:08:30 > 0:08:34- TRANSLATION:- Well, this is the famous Montelimar nougat.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37It's the world capital of nougat.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39And what's the special ingredient?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Every sweet's got a secret ingredient. What's this one?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44- TRANSLATION:- Well, there is natural sugar,
0:08:44 > 0:08:48lavender honey from local bees and...
0:08:48 > 0:08:52- Did you say bees? Do you keep bees here?- Oh, no!
0:08:52 > 0:08:55What's that buzzing noise then? There's definitely bees in here.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59OK, I'm going to find the bees. You find out about the nougat.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Come on, bees. Buzz-buzz-buzz!
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Europe's tastiest food.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06France's toughest critic.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08He's better than you.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12It's Rene Mangetout.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17Only one of you will be crowed nougat MasterChef.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20HE SPEAKS FRENCH
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- Do you speak French? - Of course I speak French!
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Get to work!
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Oh, it's great. It's a bit like shaving foam.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Something I have a lot of experience with -
0:09:39 > 0:09:42mainly through pies to the face.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44C'est tres bien.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Oui.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Oui.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54OK.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Here comes the pistachios.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Ben must now spread the sticky nougat mixture and allow to cool.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Very tense.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Oh, look at that.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12The first batch of my notoriously nutty nougat is ready.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Rene must now decide who will be crowned nougat MasterChef.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Ou est le nougat?
0:10:19 > 0:10:21TENSE MUSIC
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Ben Shires...
0:10:31 > 0:10:35..your nougat is officially awful!
0:10:35 > 0:10:39HE RETCHES
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Mr nougat man...
0:10:45 > 0:10:48..I do not like it...
0:10:49 > 0:10:52..I LOVE IT!
0:10:52 > 0:10:55MUSIC: La Marseillaise
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Tres bon bon bon!
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Tres bon bon bon!
0:11:01 > 0:11:04And zat, in case you did not know,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07is French for "very good sweets".
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Hmm, au revoir.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25# Lately, Michelle, I've been losing sleep
0:11:25 > 0:11:28# Dreaming about the cars that we could see
0:11:28 > 0:11:33# Luckily, we are in Stuttgart
0:11:33 > 0:11:35# If there's one thing it's got
0:11:35 > 0:11:38# It's plenty of cars
0:11:45 > 0:11:48# This is the home of Mercedes Benz
0:11:48 > 0:11:49# Interesting fact, tell your friends
0:11:49 > 0:11:51# Karl Benz invented the first ever car
0:11:51 > 0:11:53# Only had three wheels, did it get very far?
0:11:53 > 0:11:57# It's old, 1886, only car on the road when it showed off its tricks
0:11:57 > 0:12:00# First ever trip was a bit of a joke, four laps of the tracks
0:12:00 > 0:12:02# Stalled twice then broke
0:12:02 > 0:12:07# I-I-I-I-I-I just want to take these cars on the autobahn
0:12:09 > 0:12:11# You can drive as fast as you like
0:12:11 > 0:12:15# On ones with no speed limit, so no cause for alarm
0:12:17 > 0:12:21# Everything I see just makes me want to drive
0:12:21 > 0:12:25# Germany, home of the motor car
0:12:25 > 0:12:29# Mercedes Benz and Porsche here in Stuttgart
0:12:29 > 0:12:33# Volkswagen, Audi, BMW
0:12:33 > 0:12:37# If you're into vehicles, it's the place, it's the place for you
0:12:44 > 0:12:47# At Motor World, more cars to see
0:12:47 > 0:12:49# Half a million visitors annually
0:12:49 > 0:12:50# Built on the site of an old airport
0:12:50 > 0:12:53# Now home to all forms of transport
0:12:53 > 0:12:57# Boxes, just to clear, classic cars are displayed in here?
0:12:57 > 0:13:01# Yeah, inside measured to precision for the best climactic conditions
0:13:01 > 0:13:07# I-I-I-I-I-I just want to take these cars out on the road
0:13:09 > 0:13:11# But they're all safely locked up
0:13:11 > 0:13:15# Only the owners have the secret code
0:13:16 > 0:13:20# Everything I see just makes me want to drive
0:13:20 > 0:13:24# Germany, home of the motor car
0:13:24 > 0:13:28# Mercedes Benz and Porsche here in Stuttgart
0:13:28 > 0:13:32# Volkswagen, Audi, BMW
0:13:32 > 0:13:36# If you're into vehicles, it's the place, it's the place for you
0:13:36 > 0:13:40# And I'll tell you what, Michelle, they've even got a car hotel
0:13:40 > 0:13:42# It's a vehicle-lover's dream
0:13:42 > 0:13:44# Some of the bedrooms are themed
0:13:44 > 0:13:48# The beds are made of bits of car just like sleeping in a garage
0:13:48 > 0:13:50# Look at this one, oh, my gosh
0:13:50 > 0:13:52# I could wake up in car wash!
0:13:52 > 0:13:55# Everything I see just makes me want to drive
0:13:55 > 0:13:59# Germany, home of the motor car
0:13:59 > 0:14:03# Mercedes Benz and Porsche here in Stuttgart
0:14:03 > 0:14:07# Germany, with your cars I'm impressed
0:14:07 > 0:14:10# I'll take one for a spin as soon
0:14:10 > 0:14:13# As I've passed my test! #
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Welcome back to A Home Abroad.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31I'm here with house hunter, Tim,
0:14:31 > 0:14:35who's looking at this property in the Czech Republic.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38It's a little bit outside his preferred area,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41so will he want to check it out?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44So, Tim, first impressions?
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Well, it's not a bungalow in Australia.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Well spotted. It's a castle in the Czech Republic.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Right...
0:14:54 > 0:14:57because I was looking for a bungalow in Australia.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03This is Castle Houska, a 16th-century chateau.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08There's been a building on this spot for over 1,000 years.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Amazing.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13No, cos this is really nothing like what I asked you to find me.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17But, if you look over here, you can see the beach.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Oh, really?
0:15:19 > 0:15:20I can't see anything.
0:15:20 > 0:15:27- Well, you're going to need these because it's 400kms away.- OK.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30What are the local facilities like?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32What? Not good?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34There aren't any,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- but if you're looking for a castle...- Which I'm not.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41..this isn't one of those boring, predictable castles
0:15:41 > 0:15:44cleverly located near a source of water
0:15:44 > 0:15:47or a valuable piece of land to defend.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51No, the unique point of this castle
0:15:51 > 0:15:54is it's not near anything useful at all.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- Incredible!- Wow, you really are selling it to me(!)
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Can we look at the next one?
0:15:59 > 0:16:02There's one last thing I really think you should see.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- The hot tub?- Nearly.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09- It's the chapel. - Which has a hot tub?
0:16:09 > 0:16:12No, but something quite hot is rumoured to be
0:16:12 > 0:16:16right underneath this floor.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- Hell!- Oh.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Sorry, what? Hell?!
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Yeah.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Back in 800 and something,
0:16:23 > 0:16:28legend has it that this chapel was built over a giant pit,
0:16:28 > 0:16:33which, as legend has it, was the actual proper gates to Hell.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Well, in that case, I'll take it.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38It's not a bungalow in Australia.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42No, but, like Australia, it's down under, fiery hot
0:16:42 > 0:16:43and they do a mean barbecue.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Where do I sign?
0:16:49 > 0:16:51DEMONIC CACKLE
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Don't sign your soul away to the Devil
0:16:55 > 0:16:59because this is supposedly the gateway to Hell and it's also
0:16:59 > 0:17:04thought to be one of the most haunted places on the planet.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06I think Ed and Vic should get to the bottom of this.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11Ed and Victoria, you have 34 seconds to find out as much as you can
0:17:11 > 0:17:16about Castle Houska and the gates of Hell.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20Victoria, you have Mira, who knows all about the scary stories.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25Ed, you have Miroslav, who wrote all about the castle.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Tri...dve...jedna... Go!
0:17:30 > 0:17:34- Mira, where are the gates of Hell? - They are buried beneath the chapel.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- How deep is the hole? - It's endless, never-ending.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40You don't want to drop something down there by accident.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44- Have you been down there yourself? - No, I'm too afraid.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47Why would you build a castle on a hole?
0:17:47 > 0:17:51So nothing can get out to the outside world and survive.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Oh, yeah, clever, actually.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57What happens at night? Are there any ghosts or anything like that?
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- Sometimes it gets dead scary. - Like what? What happens?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Like weird screeching noises.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04HOOTER SOUNDS
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Gah, out of time.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09And the winner is...
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Victoria.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Yes! Get in!
0:18:13 > 0:18:17You get to carry the night vision camera around the haunted castle.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Ooh, I've always fancied myself a bit of a ghost hunter.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Aargh, it's a ghost!
0:18:23 > 0:18:25It's just you in the view finder.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Oh, aye.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Whoooo-aaaah!
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Whooooo!
0:18:31 > 0:18:34The ghost hunters should keep their eyes peeled
0:18:34 > 0:18:37for the famous ghosts at Houska.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40A giant frog human, a headless black horse
0:18:40 > 0:18:44and a scary woman who's often seen peeking out of the doors.
0:18:44 > 0:18:45HE SCREAMS
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Oh, it's just Vic!
0:18:50 > 0:18:55- So, under this very floor is the gates of Hell.- Yeah.
0:18:55 > 0:19:00Look, what is that? She's squashing a mouse.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01It's not a mouse.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05It's a jackal...or a dinosaur, I don't know.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Look, there's a little demon on here.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- Can you feel anything?- Oh...
0:19:14 > 0:19:15What? What is it? What can you feel?
0:19:15 > 0:19:19SHE LAUGHS
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- SHE SNORTS - I'm so sorry.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23You won't be snorting and laughing in a minute, you two.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26The cellar is one of the most haunted parts of the castle.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31It has been said to contain the bones of mythical monstrous beasts.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33It's black! I can't...
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Ooh.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38- Maybe we shouldn't be in here. - But, look... What's that?
0:19:38 > 0:19:40- I can feel something. - THEY SCREAM
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Miroslav, what are you doing?
0:19:42 > 0:19:45- TRANSLATED:- Welcome to Castle Houska and the gates of hell.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49This is not a place you want to spend a great deal of time in.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Does that make you feel better about this place?
0:19:51 > 0:19:54No!
0:19:54 > 0:19:55THEY SCREAM
0:19:55 > 0:19:57THEY SCREAM AND SHOUT
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Oh, no. He's over there.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03- TRANSLATED:- Goodbye. Laters.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Slovakia. Turecka.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Ed versus Johny in the main event.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21I'm Gordon Ramsay. Yes.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25I'm facing my worst nightmare ever - a man running a Slovakian
0:20:25 > 0:20:28restaurant who doesn't know how to cook proper halusky.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30It's not difficult!
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Now if I'm going to save your little stinking restaurant,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37you've got to start listening. Right.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Where are all the ingredients? Yes.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Ah, well, it's an old recipe that my Slovakian grandmother taught me.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43It's very simple.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46All you need is salt, sheep's cheese, bacon, potatoes and some...
0:20:46 > 0:20:48FLOWER - you forgot about the flower.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Don't you mean this sort of flour?
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Now, what you do is you get all the ingredients, yes,
0:20:53 > 0:20:56you put them in a bowl, yes, and then you mix them all together.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00There you have it - a lovely, traditional Slovakian dish.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03I mean, this is simple stuff!
0:21:03 > 0:21:04Actually, you're supposed to cook it
0:21:04 > 0:21:06before you put the sheep's cheese in.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Oh, forget about it! I'm done.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12I'm not even sure he's the real Gordon Ramsay.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14No, me neither, Ed.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15If he was the real Gordon Ramsay,
0:21:15 > 0:21:19surely he'd know that these are halusky dumplings.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20They love them round here,
0:21:20 > 0:21:24so every year they hold a festival in their honour.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26You might know them as potato dumplings,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28but whatever their name, up to 4,000 people have turned
0:21:28 > 0:21:32up for the past 21 years for a slice of the dumpling action.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Today's main event will see who can make
0:21:35 > 0:21:38and eat these dumplings in the fastest time.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Better find out how to cook them properly, then.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Let's dig out that recipe.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48You'll need a potato peeler.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50A grater.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53One bowl for preparing the dough.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56A colander for cooking the dumplings.
0:21:56 > 0:22:02One chopping board. One knife or soup spoon for throwing the dumplings.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05A sharp knife for cutting bacon. Mind those fingers.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07And one frying pan.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10No hand protection our double-ended spoons are allowed.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Nice try, guys.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16..Learn to dance like a Slovakian.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19You guys will believe anything! There's dumplings to be cooked.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Get on with step three...
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Look, I've got my team - the Prize Dumplings.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30How embarrassing, we've all come dressed as the same thing.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32I'm looking for my team. Are you guys Potato Heads?
0:22:32 > 0:22:33- ALL:- Yes! - Yes.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34When I say "Potato" you say "Heads".
0:22:34 > 0:22:36- Potato.- Heads.- Potato.- Heads.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38HE CHEERS
0:22:38 > 0:22:39Yes.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Nice team bonding, Johny.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Maybe you'll high-five your way into the history books,
0:22:43 > 0:22:45just like last year's winners.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50The team cooked their dumplings in less than 23 minutes
0:22:50 > 0:22:54and then wolfed them down in just 47 seconds.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55No pressure, guys.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Johny, you know the score. We've got to get this done in under an hour.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- These are the judges.- Yeah, I think they've already started.- What?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Exactly. Three, two, one, get on with it!
0:23:04 > 0:23:08First up, everyone's favourite job - potato peeling.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Look at that skill. Look at that potato-peeling skill.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16Bacon cutting is going well. I say bacon... It's mostly rind.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Bacon... Well, fat chopping done.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20Now Ed is on to his next task.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Mustn't cut myself. Mustn't cut myself or I get disqualified.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27How's that peeling going, Ed? You're so slow.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Faster, faster.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30OK, sorry.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34One of the rules is you must not cut or grate your fingers.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38If you do, then your whole team could be disqualified.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Ah!
0:23:39 > 0:23:41No! Oh, no.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44I've actually cut myself.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45Oh, no.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Keep it quiet, maybe the judges won't notice.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52- Disqualification!- No. I'm putting a plaster on.- I can see blood.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- I'm putting a plaster on. - Game's over.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57I'm putting a plaster on.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00I'm stirring now. Much safer.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02I can't cut myself stirring. Ah!
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Ah, that... No, I haven't, really.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05OK.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Once the flour, grated potato
0:24:06 > 0:24:09and salt have been mixed into a dough, it's time to chop this
0:24:09 > 0:24:13dough into little pieces and cook them in hot water.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17In Slovakia, this is dramatically called, "Throwing the dumplings."
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Oh, this has just got even less enjoyable.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22I've got to cook this...
0:24:22 > 0:24:25I've got to cook this over the chimney.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Ed's dumplings are cooked
0:24:27 > 0:24:29and are almost ready for some sheep cheese action.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Meanwhile, Johny has brought his own fan club.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- THEY CHANT:- Johny! Johny! Johny!
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Don't cheer him. Don't cheer him on.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40One of my team has gone to have a sing.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Milan has decided that singing is clearly more important than wining.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Not keeping your team together, are you?
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- I might just go and do some singing. - They're deserting you.- I know!
0:24:49 > 0:24:51What's going on?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Time to BLE-E-E-E...nd in the sheep cheese.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Hurry up, Johny. We're nearly finished over here.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Yeah, us too, us too.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Now for some finishing touches -
0:25:01 > 0:25:04crispy bits of bacon for some decoration.
0:25:04 > 0:25:11Look at that - a lovely, sliding trough of halusky. Mm!
0:25:11 > 0:25:13OK, so that's stage one of the event -
0:25:13 > 0:25:16making the dumplings - done.
0:25:16 > 0:25:17Ed's team did it in...
0:25:19 > 0:25:22But Johny's team are slightly ahead with...
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Now, for stage two.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Let's get this on the road and let's see whose taste best.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32- Is it good? - WOMAN SPEAKS SLOVAKIAN
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Oh, OK. Go.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37The teams have to chomp their way through 3kg of halusky dumplings.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40That's like eating over seven tins of baked beans
0:25:40 > 0:25:41from the one bowl!
0:25:41 > 0:25:42BREAKING WIND SOUND EFFECT
0:25:42 > 0:25:45But less stinky. Good luck with that.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Hang on...Milan is still not here.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50He's probably fed up with you flapping about.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Is that him singing now?
0:25:52 > 0:25:55HE SINGS IN SLOVAKIAN
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Milan!
0:25:57 > 0:26:00So last year's winners chomped it down in 47 seconds.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04You guys are well past that now. Come on, you dumplings!
0:26:04 > 0:26:05I know you can eat this!
0:26:05 > 0:26:07I can't eat all this.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11You know what? I'm actually going to give them a hand, I'm so confident.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- What are you doing?- It looks like you need a bit of a hand there.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Are you taking the mickey?
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Ergh...
0:26:18 > 0:26:20The last spoonful.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21Yes!
0:26:21 > 0:26:22CHEERING
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Well done, Johny, let's high-five your team.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Denied. Well, two out of three ain't bad.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Woo!
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Ed, I'm just going to go home, relax for a little while.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34I'll see you tomorrow.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38THEY LAUGH
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Will the judges take pity on Ed saying as his team are a man down?
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Did they spot that Ed grated his thumb?
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Will Johny be denied once again in slow-mo action replay?
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Have they done enough to impress the judges?
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Who is going to be crowned the dumpling darling
0:26:55 > 0:26:59and who is going to put the "duh" into dumpling.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- TRANSLATED:- And the winner of the Turecka Halusky competition is...
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Johny!
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Yes! Well, Ed, look on the bright side -
0:27:06 > 0:27:08at least you lived up to your team's name.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10You really are a prize dumpling.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Well, I still say it wasn't my fault. I'm off to find Milan. Milan!
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- Leave it Ed. It's not worth it. - Stop singing, Milan!
0:27:17 > 0:27:20You've been watching All Over The Place Europe!