Episode 6 Epic Quick Blast

Welcome to the world of Epic,

the place where you can become a master at everything on the planet.

No matter what it is, this programme shows you how to do it.

So sit back,

strap yourself in and get ready to become epic at everything!

Welcome to your Quick Blast of epicness. First up...

Lynne Hutchinson and Jade Falkner.

Hi, girls!

They're going to teach you how to be brilliant with the rhythmic ribbon.

It's epically beautiful.

When you first start with the ribbon, you need to practise the basics,

so let's start with the spirals.

OK, Lynne, but how do we do that?

First of all, point your finger down the stick and put your arm out

straight in front of you, then, using only our wrist, make the circles.

Sounds straightforward.

Once you've mastered the spirals, you can

try circling the ribbon around your body.

Looks super cool! Tell us how to do it, Lynne.

Keep the stick above your head

and use your wrists like in the spirals, but make them a bit bigger.

Once you've mastered those, you can move on to a throw.

I'd say I have mastered those. Let's move on.

Holding the end of the ribbon and the stick,

flick the stick to catch the ribbon and swing the stick in front of you.

As it touches the floor, pull it back and catch it.

You have got to be kidding.

OK, so throw the stick,

pull stick back...and catch.

Ta-da!

Once you've mastered the basics, you can

move on to more difficult things like this.

Oh, I'm ready.

OK, I'm not ready.

BOTH: And that is how to be epic at the ribbon.

Twirltastic skills. Thanks, girls!

Hey, if you thought that the ribbon was epic,

then wait until you see what this guy can do.

He's not an Olympian, he's a brill-lympian. Cheers.

Hi, I'm Max Byrne,

and I'm going to show you how to fold a T-shirt in less than five seconds.

But first I'm going to show you how to fold one in one second.

Seriously, though?

First, you're going to need a T-shirt. Boom. Stay.

Then what you're going to do is you're going to

imagine that there is a line cutting the T-shirt in half. That'll do.

Now, you're going to move in five centimetres in from that line,

and you're going to pinch it with your right hand.

Then you're going to imagine another line heading up towards

the neck of the T-shirt.

You're going to pinch that with your left hand.

You're going to bring your left hand underneath your right hand,

grabbing the hem of the T-shirt. Now this is the tricky bit.

You're going to unfold your arms, and at the same time, keep pinching.

It's not that tricky.

Whoa!

And then you just fold it neatly.

Epic.

Beat that, Mum.

Yeah, beat that, Mum. Thanks, Max!

It's nearly over, folks, but don't get sad,

because we've got one last dose of epicocity for you.

Hello! I'm Stefan Gates and I'm going to show you how to make escargots!

-That's snails to you and me.

-Oh.

For this, you will need an adult to help you with the cooking,

and also, down here, some butter, garlic, herbs, and of course, snails.

Some of the snails you find slithering around in your own

garden can be edible.

What you need to do is purge them first so their insides are nice

and clean before you eat them.

Clean snail. Good idea.

The way you purge a snail is by feeding

it on carrots for at least three days before cooking.

Or you could just buy them from a shop.

First thing we've got to do is to cook our snails.

Now, the best thing to do is to put them in the fridge to make them

go to sleep first.

What we do is, we take our snails and we drop them into boiling water.

They need to cook in there for about ten or 15 minutes.

While that's on the boil, we make our garlicky butter.

It's dead, dead simple.

You need some soft butter, some crushed garlic

and then some herbs chopped up really, really fine.

Mix them all together, it'll look a bit like that.

Smells absolutely delicious.

DING!

Snails are ready, Stefan!

Let's take a look at the snails.

Now, you need to get one of these little cocktail sticks

and dig the snail out of the shell.

Mmm!

STEFAN LAUGHS

I'm going to give the snails themselves a rinse

so they're not too slimy.

Yeah, wash the slime off. Good idea, Stefan. Now what?

Take the snail, put it back into the shell,

and then cover it with a big slab of your garlicky butter.

Mwah-ha-ha! Then take the snail and put it into an oven proof dish.

I put some rock salt here so it will stand those little snails up.

That's the snails all ready to go.

They need to go into a hot oven at 180 degrees for about ten minutes.

Let's cook these babies!

When your snails are baked, take them out of the oven and serve.

And that, my friends, is how to be epic at escargot.

All hail the snail! Thanks, Stefan!

So, there you have it, your Quick Blast of epicness.

Now go forth and be epic at everything!