0:00:02 > 0:00:03I'm Stefan Gates, a food adventurer.
0:00:03 > 0:00:07I've eaten pretty much everything on the planet, from rats to radishes,
0:00:07 > 0:00:10from snakes to sprouts, I've loved them all
0:00:10 > 0:00:12but now, it's your turn
0:00:12 > 0:00:15because this is Incredible Edibles: Gutbusters!
0:00:15 > 0:00:16SCREAMING
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Today, we're joined by some of the bravest foodheads on the planet,
0:00:41 > 0:00:42and here they are! Whoo-hoo!
0:00:42 > 0:00:44CHEERING
0:00:44 > 0:00:47So, guys, are you prepared to eat anything I can throw at you?
0:00:47 > 0:00:48- ALL: Yeah!- Oh, I like that.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52OK, we've also got an absolutely bonkers studio audience here.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53Are you guys ready?
0:00:53 > 0:00:56ALL: Yeah!
0:00:56 > 0:00:59You're so ready, but there's no point in us putting our dignity
0:00:59 > 0:01:01on the line without you lot watching at home
0:01:01 > 0:01:03so here's what's coming up for you.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09I test drive a car that brings a new meaning to the phrase "wind power".
0:01:09 > 0:01:10BREAKING WIND
0:01:10 > 0:01:12You've got a car running on methane!
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Nel from Newsround is scrambled by an evil looking-egg
0:01:17 > 0:01:19on Incredible Or Inedible?
0:01:21 > 0:01:23And we see what a year's worth
0:01:23 > 0:01:27of one cow's farts and burps looks like.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Turn around! Whoo-hoo!
0:01:35 > 0:01:39- OK, if you love meat, go "Roooarrr!" - ALL: Rooooaaaar!
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- Whoa! OK, who loves burgers? - ALL: Me!
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- Who loves sausages? - ALL: Me!
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- Yeah? Who loves dung beetles? - SOME SHOUT: Eurgh!
0:01:48 > 0:01:50No, that one didn't go down too well, did it?
0:01:50 > 0:01:52- What's your favourite meat?- Turkey.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- Turkey, OK. What's your favourite meat?- Burgers!- Burgers!
0:01:56 > 0:02:00- Sausages.- Sausages. No-one likes dung beetles? Outrageous.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Most people in Britain eat meat, and you know what?
0:02:02 > 0:02:05It's great stuff but there are loads of people who don't eat it.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Sometimes it's because of religion, sometimes it's because
0:02:08 > 0:02:11they hate the idea of animals being killed for food,
0:02:11 > 0:02:12sometimes they just don't like it.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15But there are other reasons to pass on the pork chops
0:02:15 > 0:02:18and it's all about saving the planet. Oh, yeah.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22My question to you is this - what do you guys think cows eat?
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- Mice.- Cows eat mice? They might do, you never know.
0:02:25 > 0:02:31- Grass.- Grass. Anyone else, grass? - Grass.- Grass.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Well, some do eat grass, not so big on the mice usually,
0:02:33 > 0:02:35but to make them grow faster and bigger,
0:02:35 > 0:02:40cows are often fed on grain and this is what grain usually looks like.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44It's a mixture of wheat or barley mixed with soya beans.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Quite weird, isn't it? Now, this is a steak. Bring on the steak!
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Here's Grace with the steak.
0:02:49 > 0:02:55To produce one steak like this, it takes 24 bowls of cereal like this.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58It's nearly a month's worth of breakfast.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01I know this might be a weird way to think about it
0:03:01 > 0:03:04but in a hungry world, what do you think is better -
0:03:04 > 0:03:06one steak or 24 bowls of cereal?
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- ALL: 24 bowls of cereal.- 24 bowls of cereal? Yeah, maybe, maybe not. OK.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Well, a cow lives for about two years
0:03:13 > 0:03:16so if that's for one steak,
0:03:16 > 0:03:21how much do you reckon a cow eats in its lifetime?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Is it a bucketload? A shedload?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26As much grain as you reckon you can fit in your mum's handbag?
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Well, I'll show you, but I need to use one of these.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Bring in the grain. Oh, yeah.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39STOOOOOP!
0:03:40 > 0:03:44This is how much grain a cow eats in a year.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Look at that. Oh, yeah.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01Whoa-hoa, look at that! That is over a ton of grain.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Now, that's kind of fine, but when you think about it,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07all that grain could in theory be used to feed humans
0:04:07 > 0:04:09and it's not just grain, there's hay, grass,
0:04:09 > 0:04:11there's everything else they need too,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14most of which grows on land that could perhaps be used
0:04:14 > 0:04:16to grow food for humans.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Now, there is loads I love about eating beef
0:04:18 > 0:04:22but it's also hiding a very stinky secret.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- ALL SHOUT Burps!- Poo!- Stuff!- Yeah.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Mmm-hmm, loads of stuff. We'll find out exactly what it is later on.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Most people think that all the interesting stuff about food
0:04:36 > 0:04:39ends the moment it goes past their lips
0:04:39 > 0:04:43but that is when this amazing cascade of reactions happens
0:04:43 > 0:04:47so that you can get all the energy out of your food.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52And then, you go to the loo. But the fun doesn't stop there. Oh, no.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55I've come to this ingenious sewage plant in Bristol
0:04:55 > 0:04:58where they turn poo into power.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02# Feels like some kinda rush. #
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Hey, how are you doing?
0:05:04 > 0:05:05'I'm here to meet Mohammed
0:05:05 > 0:05:10'and he's an expert in getting energy out of waste.'
0:05:10 > 0:05:15Mohammed, this place is amazing but how do you turn poo into power?
0:05:15 > 0:05:20We use a number of really incredible processes to help convert
0:05:20 > 0:05:24that sewage into renewable energy and the way we do that is we take
0:05:24 > 0:05:29the flow and we elevate it using these very clever Archimedes screws.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Once the sewage is elevated, it needs to be thickened up.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Oh-ho, hello!
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Yeah. The sludge is coming in here, we've added a chemical
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- and you can see it's quite ploppy. - Whoa!
0:05:41 > 0:05:45- So that's basically your poo? - Yes.- Essentially.- Yes.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49'The sludge is then pumped into huge digestion tanks
0:05:49 > 0:05:51'that act a bit like giant stomachs
0:05:51 > 0:05:54'and here is where the magic happens.'
0:05:54 > 0:05:58They contain naturally occurring bacteria not too dissimilar to
0:05:58 > 0:06:01what we have in our guts and it's those bugs that do the really
0:06:01 > 0:06:06clever work and they convert the sludge into biogas.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10You say that the bacteria which are in our stomachs produce methane?
0:06:10 > 0:06:14- Yes.- So is what's really happening that the bacteria are eating all
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- those little bits of poo, basically? - Yes.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20And when they eat it, there's a by-product,
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- they all do basically a little fart? - Yes.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24And those billions of little farts
0:06:24 > 0:06:30- basically combine to make a huge amount of methane?- Yes.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36And the biogas is then put into these huge engines that
0:06:36 > 0:06:40convert the biogas into electricity that we use to power this
0:06:40 > 0:06:43whole site and that's the same electricity that you could use
0:06:43 > 0:06:46in your homes when you're watching telly.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50It is incredible that you produce enough methane gas to power
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- this whole plant. - It's even better than that, Stefan.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57We have spare methane, and we've done something really clever
0:06:57 > 0:07:02with that biogas. If you come with me now, I'll show you what we've done.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07TRIUMPHANT MUSIC PLAYS
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Wow, that is so cool! So, what's going on here?
0:07:13 > 0:07:17Well, this is it, Stefan. This is the car that we use,
0:07:17 > 0:07:21that's being fuelled by the biomethane we produce from this site.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24This is basically a fart-powered car?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Yes. Come on, I'll show you how it works.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31What we have here in the boot are two cylinders where
0:07:31 > 0:07:35we store the biomethane, so that's compressed gas.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39So instead of having a petrol tank, you have a couple of gas tanks?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Absolutely, it's as simple as that. Want to drive it?
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- Can I?- Yes, you can.- Brilliant.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47# It's gonna get It's gonna get
0:07:47 > 0:07:48# It's gonna get louder
0:07:48 > 0:07:50# We're gonna get We're gonna get
0:07:50 > 0:07:52# We're gonna get stronger
0:07:52 > 0:07:55You've got a car running on methane!
0:07:55 > 0:07:59# You can't tame This energy inside. #
0:07:59 > 0:08:02I can't believe I'm actually driving a car powered by human waste.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04It's such a brilliant use of everything that happens
0:08:04 > 0:08:06when we go to the toilet.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10There's just one problem - the sound that comes out of the exhaust.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13BREAKING WIND
0:08:17 > 0:08:20OK, listen up, we're looking at what happens
0:08:20 > 0:08:21when you cut meat out of your diet.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Now, let's say you're happy to eat eggs and dairy but you don't
0:08:24 > 0:08:27want to eat anything that's come from an animal that's had to die.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30There's loads of vegetarian foods out there,
0:08:30 > 0:08:31so it should be easy, right?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33ALL: Yeah!
0:08:33 > 0:08:35I have a little game and I want Lizzie, Ben
0:08:35 > 0:08:36and Ollie to play it for us.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Give them a round of applause, please.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40CHEERING
0:08:40 > 0:08:43So, I've got four foods over here and I want you to put them
0:08:43 > 0:08:44in the right place so you can tell me
0:08:44 > 0:08:48whether they've got ingredients that come from animals or not.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50OK? So, basically, meaty or veggie.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53I'm going to give you 10 seconds to do it. Ready, steady, go!
0:08:53 > 0:08:5510! 9!
0:08:55 > 0:08:578! 7! 6!
0:08:57 > 0:08:595! 4! 3!
0:08:59 > 0:09:012! 1!
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Stop!
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- Have they got it right? - AUDIENCE:- No!
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- No? Do you think you've got it right, guys?- Yeah.- Might be.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10I think you done really, really well.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12However, there's a little problem.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17First of all, have a little taste of the smoky bacon crisps. Smoky bacon.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- And what does bacon come from?- Pigs!
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Pigs. Bacon comes from pigs.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24So, you'd expect them to be meaty. However, the flavour that you have
0:09:24 > 0:09:28got there - and I love smoky bacon crisps - doesn't come from pork.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31It comes from this stuff here. Paprika.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36And paprika is a really smoky flavoured... It's a type of pepper.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38And... Smell that.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40And that is your smoky bacon flavour,
0:09:40 > 0:09:43so, sadly, that one has to go in the veggie pile.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Ben, put that with the veggies.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48OK. Gravy. Gravy's an easy one.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Have they got it right? It's in the meaty pile.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Yeah!- Yeah, they've definitely got gravy right, haven't they?
0:09:53 > 0:09:54I'm afraid they haven't.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Because this gravy is actually made
0:09:57 > 0:09:59completely from vegetables,
0:09:59 > 0:10:03and that delicious meaty flavour comes from onion powder.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07So, sadly, I'm afraid that needs to go in the veggie pile.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09OK, let's have a look at marshmallows. What do you think?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11THEY SHOUT OUT
0:10:11 > 0:10:13OK, let's have a look at these fellows.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Now, these are marshmallows.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18The classic thing about marshmallows is they're really squidgy.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Would you like a little marshmallow? Tuck in.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Marshmallows have a special ingredient that maybe you wouldn't
0:10:25 > 0:10:27expect to find, and it's come from...
0:10:30 > 0:10:31Ewww!
0:10:31 > 0:10:35This is a cow's foot, and if you eat something with gelatine in,
0:10:35 > 0:10:38it's usually come from boiled-up bones.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Would you like to have a little chat with the hoof?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Hello, hoof. Have a little smell. What do you reckon?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46- Oh, my God. - Does that put you off marshmallows?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- Marshmallows still good? - They're still nice.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52- Have another marshmallow. - Thank you.- Excellent.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54These guys have suddenly become adventurous.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55There's loads of gelatine
0:10:55 > 0:10:58and it comes often from bones, so you've got to be quite careful.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01These guys need to go in the meaty section.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03OK, so the last thing is pitta breads.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07It's bread, and there's a lot of wheat and stuff like that in them,
0:11:07 > 0:11:12but there's a special ingredient in here and it's called L-cysteine.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14It usually comes from these...
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Feathers. Pretty weird, isn't it?
0:11:18 > 0:11:22And these are broken down to get L-cysteine out them,
0:11:22 > 0:11:25but L-cysteine used to be made from human hair.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27THEY GASP
0:11:27 > 0:11:31And that's what would be in your pitta breads. Let's get those out.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Pop those in with the meat, please.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39So, appearances can be deceptive.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41If you want to be certain what's in your food, take a look
0:11:41 > 0:11:44at the label and watch this show before you eat.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Here's what's coming up later in the show.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Newsround's Nel samples the egg from hell.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Eat! Eat! Eat!
0:11:55 > 0:11:59And we see how much one cow farts and burps in a year.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01'And it's even more than your gran!'
0:12:01 > 0:12:05What do you reckon that sounds like when a cow does a fart that big?
0:12:05 > 0:12:06HE MAKES FART NOISE
0:12:06 > 0:12:11But first, it's time for three fearless foodies is to take on
0:12:11 > 0:12:14the unknown terrors of my mystery meal.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Up on stage, we have Carla, Jaz and Grace.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Please give it up for the gladiators of gastronomy!
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Oh, yes. Guys, how are you feeling?
0:12:26 > 0:12:28- Scared.- Oh... I don't know.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31You're actually shaking a little bit already.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Grace, what is the worst thing that I could serve you?
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Pig's trotters.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38It's a good job - we've got the barf bucket right next to you.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42- And Carla, what would you really hate to be served?- Sheep brains.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47Oh, dear. OK, first of all I need you to put your blindfolds on.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49That looks pretty good.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Now, before you try it,
0:12:51 > 0:12:54I'm going to show the audience what it is you're going to be tasting.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57OK, I'm coming through there. Watch out. Watch out.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59These guys are going to be eating...
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- these.- Eww!
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- What do you think the might be? - Um, spiky balls!
0:13:05 > 0:13:10- They are kind of strange.- Urchins! - Urchins...- Anemone.- Anemone.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- They're pretty weird, aren't they? - Big, spiky balls!- You know what?
0:13:13 > 0:13:16You don't have to eat them. They do!
0:13:16 > 0:13:18OK, let's get on with it!
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Why are we doing this?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Well, sometimes you can be put off eating something
0:13:24 > 0:13:27because of how you imagine what it'll taste like, rather than what
0:13:27 > 0:13:28it actually tastes like.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31The point of the mystery meal is to put aside your prejudices
0:13:31 > 0:13:33and give it a try in any case.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38Now, I can reveal to you guys at home what today's mystery meal is.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40It's this.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46- First of all, I'm going to put one in your hands.- Oh, what is that?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- Oh!- There you go, pop it in there.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- Ohh!- Grace, there's one for you.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53Is it a hedgehog?
0:13:53 > 0:13:55CHILDREN LAUGH
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Have a little feel of them. What does it feel like?
0:13:58 > 0:14:00I don't know.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- Chestnuts.- Chestnuts. OK.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06I've also got some that I've already opened, OK.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09It does get a bit weirder now, so be careful. Hands out.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12OK, are you ready?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Oh! Oh! What is that?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18Agh!
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Be very careful with it, because you can break their brains open
0:14:21 > 0:14:23if you're not careful.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25I can't tell you what they are yet,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27but I can tell you that it
0:14:27 > 0:14:28was originally cultivated by
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- Mayan jungle tribes. Now...- Oh!
0:14:31 > 0:14:35It's a good source of vitamin C and calcium, which is good -
0:14:35 > 0:14:37it means your teeth shouldn't fall out,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39but it is dead popular across Asia.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Any idea what it might be?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43- A duck egg.- A duck egg.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44That's a very good guess.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49I can kind of smell it, I smelt it before but... is it a massive grape?
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Is it like a grape?
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Well, I need to warn you that there is something hard inside,
0:14:53 > 0:14:55so you can't eat the whole thing.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- I'll have one at the same time as you.- Is it a baby plum?
0:14:58 > 0:14:59A baby plum?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- I'm going to eat this with you, OK. Are you ready?- Yeah.- No.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06So, take a little bite of what's in your hands. There you go.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09You can't bite into it!
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Oh... Oh, that's horrible.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- Eugh!- That's really nice. It's like a bit of fruit.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Nah, it's just horrible.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Is it... Oh, I don't know.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22It's not an eyeball.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Grace is being absolutely brilliant
0:15:24 > 0:15:27because she's still taking more of it, that's fantastic.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30I think it's time to take your blindfolds off.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Oh!
0:15:31 > 0:15:35- That's nice.- And this is the original thing that it came from.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Quite strange things, aren't they? OK, you have been eating...
0:15:40 > 0:15:43..rambutan. I know that doesn't mean much to you,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46but basically, it's a jungle fruit.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50AND it's very much like a litchi, it tastes a little of watermelon.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52What do you reckon to it now?
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- Nice.- The big question is, would you like another one?- Yeah.- Yeah?
0:15:55 > 0:15:59Grace says yeah. Jaz, you're not so keen, are you? He's saying no!
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- Carla, what do you reckon, brave enough for another one?- Yeah.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07Brilliant. Fantastic. Guys, give them a massive round of applause.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09APPLAUSE
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Argh, my brain's on fire, it's coming out of my ears!
0:16:22 > 0:16:25No, it's not. These are dragon fruit.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28They are some of the most bonkers fruit on the planet.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32It's like a mad inventor has invented a fruit that you
0:16:32 > 0:16:37might have at a disco. Inside, it gets even wilder. Look at that.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40There's bright, bright purple skin around the outside
0:16:40 > 0:16:45and this white flesh inside, flecked with little black seeds.
0:16:45 > 0:16:46It's very, very strange.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Now, this is the flower from a cactus,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51and you get it in lots of hot countries.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Let's have a little try.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55It's really tender flesh,
0:16:55 > 0:16:57you can just kind of fish it out with a teaspoon.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01What's really weird is,
0:17:01 > 0:17:03it doesn't really taste of very much.
0:17:03 > 0:17:09This is a classic case of style over substance.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14It's time for the part of the show where
0:17:14 > 0:17:17we force-feed celebrities the scariest foods on Earth,
0:17:17 > 0:17:20as we play Incredible Or Inedible?
0:17:20 > 0:17:23CHEERING
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Let's meet today's celeb. It's Newround's Nel Hedayat.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Give her a round of applause.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- Hi, guys, hi!- How are you doing?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Really well. Really nervous as well.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Because I have no idea what you're about to do to me. Very nervous.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39I've got a question for you.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Now, it's a commonly held belief that celebrities like you
0:17:42 > 0:17:46don't eat normal food. They exist on stardust and moonbeams.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49This is not true. Is that what you eat for lunch?
0:17:49 > 0:17:51I just generally do with a sandwich.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54- Just like the rest of us?- Just like the rest of you.- Fair enough.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Now, what is your favourite food? - My absolute...
0:17:57 > 0:18:00I'm from Afghanistan, so my favourite food
0:18:00 > 0:18:05comes from Afghanistan, it's called mantu, which is like a strange pastry
0:18:05 > 0:18:09looking thing filled with minced meat and spices, and you add chickpeas
0:18:09 > 0:18:10on top and yoghurt,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13and it's the nicest thing that's ever been in my mouth.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15- It's just delicious. - So you've brought one for me?
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- I left it in my dressing room. - Nel! OK, all right.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23So, my next question then is, what is your worst ever meal?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25What's the thing you'd be most scared of?
0:18:25 > 0:18:29When I was a kid, I was always terrified of - don't judge me -
0:18:29 > 0:18:33tomatoes. I found them really freaky.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36They had this weird texture, but now that I've grown up
0:18:36 > 0:18:39and now I'm ancient, like, way older than you guys, I love them.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42They're delicious and I eat them all the time!
0:18:42 > 0:18:44That's a really good job, I have to say.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46I had a moment of fear there for a minute.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49I'm going to give you three different dishes to try.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52After each one of them, you have to tell us what
0:18:52 > 0:18:54the experience was like, whether it was terrifying,
0:18:54 > 0:18:58whether it was horrific, whether it was wonderful and transcendental.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- OK?- OK.- It could go either way, quite frankly.- I'm trusting you.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02OK. Come on over to the desk.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- OK.- Bring on the first dish!
0:19:06 > 0:19:09- Here we go. Thank you very much. Here we go.- Right.- Are you ready?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- I'm ready.- Ayyy!
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Oh! THEY LAUGH
0:19:13 > 0:19:14OK.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18So, grab yourself a little teaspoon there and dig into these,
0:19:18 > 0:19:22- because these are eyeballs. - CHILDREN GIGGLE
0:19:22 > 0:19:23No, sorry, they're not. They're not.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26They're mangosteens, OK, mangosteens
0:19:26 > 0:19:28and they're absolutely beautiful.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30These are a popular fruit from the Sunda Islands in Indonesia.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32It was known as the Queen of Fruits,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35and it was the favourite of Queen Victoria, so much so
0:19:35 > 0:19:37it's rumoured she offered £100,
0:19:37 > 0:19:39which was a heck of a lot of money in those days,
0:19:39 > 0:19:42to the first person that could bring the fruit to England.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44It's...
0:19:44 > 0:19:46- actually gorgeous.- A-ha!- Very nice.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Basically, they taste really fresh, really fruity,
0:19:50 > 0:19:52they're not very sweet.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56But they've got this, like, really, like, I don't know, slightly...
0:19:56 > 0:20:00I don't know how to say it, but it's slightly sweet, but not over the top.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02It's not like an apple, that's for sure.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07But I'm actually quite glad you said eyeballs, because they do,
0:20:07 > 0:20:11when you take them out, look a bit like eyeballs. Look at them.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- It does, doesn't it?- Yes.- But you reckon pretty good, then?- Mmm!
0:20:14 > 0:20:17There is your sticker. So, what do you reckon, guys?
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Incredible or inedible?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21- ALL:- Incredible!- Mm.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- That sounds pretty good. What do you think?- I think they are...
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- right!- They are incredible.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32OK, that was pretty good. Frankly, that's as good as it gets.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34OK, bring on the second dish.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38- That's fantastic. Thank you, sir. OK. Here we go. Are you ready?- Yes.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39- Bang.- Oh!
0:20:39 > 0:20:41- Ooh...- Ah...
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- What in goodness... - Now, this is what we've got here.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- They're quite wibbly wobbly. Can you see them?- Ew!- They're kind of...
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Don't say that, I have to eat it!
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Yeah. OK. In here is...
0:20:53 > 0:20:55tomato caviar.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56Oh!
0:20:56 > 0:20:58What we've made...
0:20:58 > 0:21:01She didn't like tomatoes before, but she thinks she's got over it.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Basically, you take tomatoes and add something called an alginate, OK.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Now, this comes from seaweed. OK.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10And it basically makes a gel out of the tomatoes
0:21:10 > 0:21:13and you drop that into another chemical called calcium chloride
0:21:13 > 0:21:15and it makes a little caviar ball,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18which is a ball of tomato flesh, with a slightly harder casing
0:21:18 > 0:21:20on the outside and quite soft on the inside.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22SHE CLEARS HER THROAT
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- Mm!- You are doing brilliantly so far.- Yeah, great(!)
0:21:24 > 0:21:28- It looks a little bit like baked beans.- It's gooey!
0:21:28 > 0:21:31It's like having strange bits of jelly in your mouth
0:21:31 > 0:21:32that shouldn't be in your mouth.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36And then there's a really strange aftertaste of, like,
0:21:36 > 0:21:37cold tomato soup.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40But, like, not nice cold tomato soup.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- It's actually quite revolting, I'm afraid.- Revolting?- Yeah.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45You're bringing me back to my childhood days
0:21:45 > 0:21:48when I absolutely did not like tomatoes!
0:21:48 > 0:21:51We've turned you off tomatoes! So, I can see which way this is going.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Is this incredible or inedible?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55- ALL:- Inedible!
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- Pop that on the board. - I used to like tomatoes, Stef.
0:21:58 > 0:22:03- I used to like them, but they are most certainly un-edible!- No!
0:22:03 > 0:22:06OK. Third and final one, this one's dead easy. OK.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Bring on the third dish. Brilliant.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Thank you very much. This is...
0:22:11 > 0:22:14It's the simplest thing I've ever fed anyone, here we go.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Here we have egg and soldiers.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Crack into it.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Why is it a very strange shade of...
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Oh, my goodness.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- Oh, my goodness, guys! - I'll help you do this.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Oh, guys. Oh, no!
0:22:29 > 0:22:33This is a slightly different egg from normal. It is...
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- CHILDREN GROAN - ..green inside.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- It's not mouldy.- Are you sure?
0:22:40 > 0:22:45- There's nothing wrong with it.- Are you quite sure?!- Perfectly edible.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48- There's your teaspoon. - Oh, my goodness. Right.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50I think I would have preferred brains.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52You dig in and I'll explain what's going on.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Why is there a weird jelly thing? Oh, my goodness.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01This is called a century egg, and it's a Chinese delicacy.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04What you have is an egg that's been preserved...
0:23:04 > 0:23:07I can't! No. No way, no way.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11..in a very special way, so that the preservation method...
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- Oh, my goodness!- ..makes it smell a little bit rank.- It...
0:23:14 > 0:23:18To say the least! To say the least!
0:23:18 > 0:23:21OK, but I'll tell you, traditionally speaking,
0:23:21 > 0:23:26- the smell isn't very good...- Yes. - The taste is supposed to be lovely.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31- Oh, really?- Yeah, it'll be fine. Eat it!- ALL: Eat it, eat it!
0:23:31 > 0:23:34ALL: Eat it, eat it, eat it!
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Oh! APPLAUSE
0:23:38 > 0:23:41This is a real food, by the way, people actually do create this,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43but they're a little bit stinky. Do you want a try?
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- Have a little smell of that. - It's horrible, isn't it?
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- It's absolutely horrible.- Smell that.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Do you know what it smells like? It smells like when you go out
0:23:53 > 0:23:56into the public and you get public toilets,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59it smells like public toilets.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Thank you. Thanks a whole bunch.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04So, all that remains is for you to decide
0:24:04 > 0:24:08whether century eggs are incredible or inedible.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11The thing is, you've really tricked me with this one,
0:24:11 > 0:24:15- because it does smell foul but it tastes nice...- OK.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20..so although it smells like a public toilet, it tastes...
0:24:20 > 0:24:22ALL: Incredible!
0:24:25 > 0:24:31It tastes good. No, it tastes good. Sorry, guys, it tastes really good.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33- Oh, my word!- I'm going to have another one.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36You have been an amazing guest, so brave!
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Give her a massive round of applause.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39APPLAUSE
0:24:47 > 0:24:51What we've got in here is not just ant eggs,
0:24:51 > 0:24:53but baby ants as well.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Now, these have been canned and cooked,
0:24:55 > 0:24:59normally you have them fresh, but I need wash these and heat them up.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03This is what they look like when they're ready.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06It's like breakfast in a horror movie. Right, let's have a taste.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12The taste and the flavour aren't much to write home about,
0:25:12 > 0:25:17it's the sensation of biting into something and an ant egg
0:25:17 > 0:25:20exploding in your mouth, they're not the best flavour in the world but
0:25:20 > 0:25:24if you want to take your mouth on a wild adventure, I'd give it a go.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31MOOING
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Now, earlier on, we found out
0:25:33 > 0:25:35how much grain a cow eats, but there's more.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Now, listen up, because a cow's digestion
0:25:37 > 0:25:40is wildly different to humans.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43They have amazing stomachs designed for grass.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47When we eat grass, it passes straight through us,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50but cows have developed an amazing set of multiple stomachs that
0:25:50 > 0:25:54let them squeeze some of the goodness out of the green stuff.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57The trouble is, there's a very smelly side-effect.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- Anyone know what it might be? - ALL: Thwrrt!
0:26:02 > 0:26:07Yep, as part of their digestion, cows create a lot of gas,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09from their mouths and their bums.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Now, I want to show you just what I'm talking about -
0:26:12 > 0:26:16this is how much gas you guys tend to produce in farts every day.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Does anyone here not fart? Who doesn't fart? You all fart!
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Everyone there farts, I promise you.
0:26:23 > 0:26:30Now, this is how much gas I produce every day. Oh, yeah, baby!
0:26:30 > 0:26:36That much gas. Sometimes a lot more. It depends if I've had the beans.
0:26:36 > 0:26:41OK, now, cows produce loads of farts containing loads of different gases,
0:26:41 > 0:26:46but the methane alone that they produce in one day
0:26:46 > 0:26:48looks a bit like this.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Bring in the big guys. Whoa-hoh! Oh! Whoo!
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Where have you gone? Where have you gone?
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Yep, that's 295 litres of gas. What do you reckon to that, guys?
0:27:04 > 0:27:05CHEERING
0:27:07 > 0:27:08Oh, yeah, whoo indeed!
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Now, loads of people think that this stuff is a big cause
0:27:11 > 0:27:14of global warming, and along with all the grain we saw earlier,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17it might be a good reason to avoid beef. It's your call.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Now, that's a day's worth of gas,
0:27:19 > 0:27:21but what about a year's worth of cow methane.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Do you want to see what that looks like?
0:27:23 > 0:27:29- ALL: Yeah!- Turn around! Whoo-hoo!
0:27:29 > 0:27:32What do you reckon that sounds like when a cow does a fart that big?
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Thwrrt!
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Well, that's all we've got time for today. Thank you so much to Nel
0:27:44 > 0:27:48and my brilliant studio audience and to you guys at home for watching.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50This has been Incredible Edibles!
0:27:50 > 0:27:51CHEERING
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