0:00:00 > 0:00:04I've had years of practice doing barmy food experiments
0:00:04 > 0:00:08but you should not try anything you see on Incredible Edibles -
0:00:08 > 0:00:10especially involving knives, matches, raw meat,
0:00:10 > 0:00:12ovens, unicorns or windmills.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15If you don't like blood, guts, gore and entrails
0:00:15 > 0:00:16then close your eyes for half an hour
0:00:16 > 0:00:19and think about fluffy pink kittens instead.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Miaow!
0:00:40 > 0:00:44My name's Stefan Gates, and I'm a food adventurer.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47I'm on a journey to discover the most delicious,
0:00:47 > 0:00:50the most exciting and the most bizarre foods on the planet.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53And now, I'm going to serve them to you,
0:00:53 > 0:00:55because this is Incredible Edibles.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Guys, are you ready for an adventure?
0:00:57 > 0:00:58KIDS: Yeah!
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Woo-hoo!
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Today, I'm joining the beautiful people of Crawley in Sussex.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Guys, are you hungry for some amazing food?
0:01:07 > 0:01:08ALL: Yeah!
0:01:08 > 0:01:09Yes! They're hungry.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13It's a good job, because this is what's on today's menu.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17If you don't like gherkins in your burger,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21try eating a quarter pound of this lot.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25See if you can put your whole hand through there, go on, keep going.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Some volunteers get the heebie-jeebies
0:01:29 > 0:01:31from a creepy-crawlie mystery meal.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32ALL: Urgh!
0:01:32 > 0:01:33That is wrong!
0:01:35 > 0:01:37And we see how much energy is released
0:01:37 > 0:01:40when we burn a whole day's food in one go.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Well, that's all coming up later,
0:01:46 > 0:01:49but here on Incredible Edibles, I like to start every show
0:01:49 > 0:01:52by doing something that'll make you shout...
0:01:52 > 0:01:54KIDS: That's incredible!
0:01:54 > 0:01:55Yeah! First, I want to talk about
0:01:55 > 0:01:58the most important reason we eat food.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Now, I eat it because I love the adventure of food,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03but the big reason our body needs it is energy,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05and so we measure energy in calories,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07so if you look at a packet of food, thank you Kayleigh,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09it'll say how many calories there are in it,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12so the more calories a food has in, the more energy it has.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Why do you think we need energy?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- To keep you alive?- To keep you alive - that's a great answer.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19- What do you need to do when you're alive?- You can move.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Exactly. Energy is great because it lets you run around, laugh,
0:02:22 > 0:02:24to joke with people, to think.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Now, which foods do you think have loads of energy in them?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Cake.- Cake has masses of energy.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- What do you reckon?- Cereal bar? - Yeah, that can have loads.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- What do you reckons got the least amount of energy in?- Salad?
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Salad, yes.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38All loads of brilliant answers,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40but reading labels is no fun at all.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43I want to show you just how much energy different foods have
0:02:43 > 0:02:44in a more exciting way,
0:02:44 > 0:02:47and to do so I need the help of a very clever fellow.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Guys, meet Dr Sella!
0:02:50 > 0:02:52CHEERING
0:02:57 > 0:03:00So we're looking at foods today and why some foods
0:03:00 > 0:03:01have more calories than others.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03But why is this important?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Well, it's incredibly important,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08because if you think about, you know, yourself
0:03:08 > 0:03:11and the fact that you're warm, you're actually a little bit
0:03:11 > 0:03:14like a candle, you're sort of burning away very gently, all the time.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18And so, energy in food is a bit like petrol that you might put in a car?
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Absolutely. It's the fuel in a car, you put petrol into you -
0:03:22 > 0:03:24you put, biscuits and peanut butter sandwiches.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27What happens if you have too much energy?
0:03:27 > 0:03:30The body's very clever. If it gets too much, it stores it
0:03:30 > 0:03:33for a rainy day, and so you can build up fat.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36OK, can you show us, for instance,
0:03:36 > 0:03:39the amount of calories in this, which is peanut butter on toast?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Well, peanut butter sandwiches look pretty innocent, really,
0:03:42 > 0:03:46but things really change when we introduce them to oxygen,
0:03:46 > 0:03:49and oxygen is the stuff that we breathe,
0:03:49 > 0:03:53and I've got some here in this bucket, in liquid form.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58Now, this starts getting dangerous. Wear your safety glasses.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- Right here?- You've got safety glasses, we should put those on,
0:04:01 > 0:04:04we should also get a safety screen up, keep it away from you guys.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07- OK.- Are you ready?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10So, you're about to burn some peanut butter on toast
0:04:10 > 0:04:14using liquid oxygen, to mimic what happens inside our body?
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Absolutely, our body burns things, but very, very gently and efficiently
0:04:18 > 0:04:21so that it gives us sort of motion and thoughts and so on.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24We're going to be less subtle and just set fire to it.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27So we're going to soak our peanut butter in the liquid oxygen,
0:04:27 > 0:04:30which is here in this little bucket,
0:04:30 > 0:04:34and we just want to make sure it's very well soaked down here.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Isn't this cheating a bit? Soaking something in liquid oxygen?
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- Well, we're actually soaked in oxygen all the time.- As human beings?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Absolutely, the atmosphere has oxygen in it,
0:04:44 > 0:04:48and the only thing is, we want to do this fast.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50OK, now do not try this at home
0:04:50 > 0:04:54because Dr Sella is a trained expert in burning up food,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56and these are controlled conditions.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59So here we go, here's our sandwich, and...
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Wow!
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Wow! That's like a small explosion going off!
0:05:12 > 0:05:15A huge amount of energy, just from peanut butter and toast.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18So do all foods have the same amount of energy in?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20No, there are huge differences.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Maybe we should try a few different types of food.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- Are you up for this? - I think we should try it.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27OK, well, I'd like the help of my guests please,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30so Jessica, Alex and Amy, guys, give them a big round of applause!
0:05:30 > 0:05:32APPLAUSE
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Oh yeah, OK.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Now, we've all got four different types of food here.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40We're going to see if we can release the energy that's inside them.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- Amy, what have you got there? - Digestive biscuits.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Digestive biscuits.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Alex, you've got mashed potato,
0:05:47 > 0:05:49and Jessica, salami.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51I've got broccoli. Ha-ha!
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Now which one do you think of these, has got the most energy in?
0:05:55 > 0:05:58I think the biscuit is because it's quite sweet.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Amy, do you reckon you've got the top one?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Yeah, mine, because mine's the most unhealthy.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05A-ha! Well, let's find out.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09So we'll start off with the broccoli which I think is good stuff.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14Now guys, can you step into our very hi-tech safety zone back there?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Now, if this has a lot of energy in it, it'll burn bright and fast,
0:06:17 > 0:06:18is that right?
0:06:18 > 0:06:22- Absolutely. Just get it in there. - Sounds like you're poaching it.
0:06:22 > 0:06:27What we're doing is really soaking it in oxygen as well as we can,
0:06:27 > 0:06:28OK, there we go.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34So how much energy is released by broccoli?
0:06:36 > 0:06:39So if there's lots of energy in it, we'll get a big flame.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- It looks just like your big match is burning there.- Well, yeah.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- What does that tell us about broccoli?- It's a great food,
0:06:45 > 0:06:47it's really tasty,
0:06:47 > 0:06:52it's full of vitamins and fibre, but it's not really an energy food.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Next up, I reckon Alex's mashed potato.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02So Alex, how are you feeling about your mashed potato?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Not too confident.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- OK, Alex, step back behind the safety zone.- Are we ready to go?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09So this is dried potato, basically,
0:07:09 > 0:07:13little granules of dried potato, and we'll see how that does.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Oh it's trying, it's trying, it's interesting to...
0:07:20 > 0:07:21Oh, wow!
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Once again it's different,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26but you could see that it's much more intense,
0:07:26 > 0:07:28and this is carbohydrates.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Carbohydrate literally is things like pasta and rice
0:07:31 > 0:07:33and potatoes, things like that?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Absolutely, all of those things will give us
0:07:35 > 0:07:38tremendous amount of energy, really quite quickly.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45OK, Jessica, you were pretty confident about your salami.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Bring it on over.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51OK. Now, do you think this has got more energy in it than broccoli?
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Yes, because it has a lot of fat in there.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56You can see the bits of fat. You're a top banana.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58OK, we'll pop that there.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Step back into the safety zone for us, Jessica.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05This time, let's just put the oxygen in there.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08So, here we go, we're going to put in a bit.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10And now...
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Ooh, OK, we've got something! That's pretty good!
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Wow! That's brilliant! Jessica, are you happy with that?
0:08:19 > 0:08:20- Yep!- That's really cool, isn't it?
0:08:20 > 0:08:23You are really seeing the fat and the oil going.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26And fat, although it's very energy-rich,
0:08:26 > 0:08:29it's slower burning, it's slow release.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Amy, bring your biscuit over.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38- Are you feeling confident about this?- Yes, sort of.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43Let's pop that there. You take your position back in the safety zone.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Again, here we go, there is our digestive biscuit,
0:08:46 > 0:08:50let's get rid of the bowl and let's try this one.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Oh, yeah!
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Whoa!
0:08:58 > 0:09:00- It's like a roman candle!- Yeah.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03- But that doesn't happen inside you, does it?- No, of course not.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07What our body does is it teases the energy out very gently,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10but the total amount is exactly the same.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16So why did that go off in such a massive firework?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Well the thing about digestive biscuits
0:09:18 > 0:09:20is that they're absolutely laden with sugar,
0:09:20 > 0:09:22that's why they taste so sweet,
0:09:22 > 0:09:26and sugar is really the kind of instant energy that the body uses.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30And so very, very fast release, and we certainly saw that there.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34And has it surprised you, the difference in the amount of energy
0:09:34 > 0:09:36from broccoli to a biscuit?
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Yeah, I always thought because broccoli's more healthy
0:09:40 > 0:09:43that it has more energy than a digestive biscuit, or salami.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45You still need the veg,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47but you get different things from it, other than energy.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49That's brilliant guys, well done.
0:09:49 > 0:09:53There's small amounts of energy in some foods and loads in others,
0:09:53 > 0:09:57but you need all of them, and I guess, everything in moderation.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- Was that surprising for you? - ALL: Yes!
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Guys, give a big round of applause to Jessica, Amy and Alex!
0:10:03 > 0:10:06APPLAUSE AND WHOOPING
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Oh, yeah. Well that was pretty cool,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13but it's not enough to shout "that's incredible".
0:10:13 > 0:10:17I wonder how much energy our bodies use in one whole day,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20and I think we should try this by burning breakfast,
0:10:20 > 0:10:24lunch and dinner all in one go, how big will the flames be?
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Find out later.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30COMPUTER VOICE: Incredible Edibles.
0:10:34 > 0:10:39Miracle berries are a small, red berry that grows in West Africa.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42It comes in a little sweet form like this, and when you eat them
0:10:42 > 0:10:46they're supposed to change the nature of sour foods like limes.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Oh yeah, that's very sour.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54The miracle berry contains an ingredient called miraculant,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57and this binds to the sweet receptors on your taste buds,
0:10:57 > 0:11:00and this confuses your sense of taste.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03The sensation is supposed to last from 30 minutes to one hour,
0:11:03 > 0:11:04here goes.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15So I've dissolved my miracle berry sweet,
0:11:15 > 0:11:16now for the moment of truth.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Nice piece of sour lime.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26That is bizarre.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31I can still taste quite a lot of sourness,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34but also this lime is incredibly sweet.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39COMPUTER VOICE: Incredible Edibles.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Now, I like nothing more than discovering new food,
0:11:43 > 0:11:46but I also love to delve into the food we eat every day,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49and pull it apart to discover what's inside,
0:11:49 > 0:11:51because you never know what you might find.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55I want to know what goes into one of the nation's favourite meals,
0:11:55 > 0:11:56the burger, who likes burgers?
0:11:56 > 0:12:00KIDS: Me!
0:12:00 > 0:12:01This lot likes burgers, OK.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06Well I need some help here, so give it up for Emily, Jay and Natasja.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10CHEERING
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Now, do you like burgers?
0:12:16 > 0:12:17Yes.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Here is a homemade burger, grab a bit of that,
0:12:20 > 0:12:22have a taste and tell me what you think.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- Hm. Emily?- It's got lots of meaty flavour to it and the texture
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- is quite crunchy. - And do you like that?- Yeah.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Well I think it's sweet and I think it's got a stronger taste.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37So let's have a little taste of economy burgers.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Grab a little chunk there.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Have a little chunk of that.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- What do you think?- It's quite salty.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48It's got a good salty hit to it, hasn't it?
0:12:48 > 0:12:53You can't taste the onion and herbs, more than the homemade burger.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56It's a different beast, isn't it?
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Follow me, I'm going to take you into the wonderful world
0:12:59 > 0:13:01of the economy burger. Step this way.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09OK, Emily, can you lift the green lid please?
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Reveal our first ingredient, what do you think you've got there?
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- Well that's salt. - That's a lot of salt, isn't it?
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Natasja, grab some of this stuff, what do you reckon that is?
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- Pick up a piece.- It's really gross.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- It is quite gross.- Slimy. - What do you think it is?- Fat.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26It is, exactly, it's fat.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31So what we've got here is salt, rusk and fat, now rusk is
0:13:31 > 0:13:33sort of like breadcrumbs, it's starch, and goes into
0:13:33 > 0:13:37economy burgers to sort of bulk it up, it's a really cheap ingredient.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41What's interesting about economy burgers is that they only
0:13:41 > 0:13:44have to have 47% beef which is less than half,
0:13:44 > 0:13:46and the rest of it is made up of stuff like this.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49There's something interesting lurking under
0:13:49 > 0:13:53the yellow cover, Jay, please reveal the next ingredient.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55- Oh!- Very good.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58OK, we've got stuff like this...
0:14:00 > 0:14:02There you go, you grab one of those.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06- GIRLS LAUGH - Jay, you grab one as well.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Natasja, you grab some of these fellows here.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12So the big question is, what do you think they are?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Jay, any idea which bit of the cow?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Er...
0:14:20 > 0:14:22- Are you any good at singing?- No.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25No, it's a good job, because this is a diaphragm,
0:14:25 > 0:14:29and a diaphragm is a little thing that sits just down here,
0:14:29 > 0:14:32below the lungs, it's a big muscle so it's a good piece of meat.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35These things here that Natasja and I have got,
0:14:35 > 0:14:37- any idea Natasja what that might be? - Steak?
0:14:37 > 0:14:41No, not a steak, it's a lovely piece of meat, isn't it?
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Guys? Anyone out there? Any guesses to what this might be? Shout it out?
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Lungs? Heart? No, not kidneys.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51THEY ALL SHOUT
0:14:51 > 0:14:53- I'll give you a clue... - KIDS: Cheeks!
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Oh yeah, these are cheeks.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59So we've got a lovely plate of diaphragm and cheeks,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02and these are some of the weird little bits and off cuts
0:15:02 > 0:15:05that you often find in economy burgers.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07OK, Natasha, the red lid.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Lift that lid and show us what you've got.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13KIDS: Urgh!
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- OK, grab that fellow and hold it up so we can see what it is.- Eeh.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20KIDS GROAN
0:15:20 > 0:15:26Turn it round, turn it round. Any idea what that is?
0:15:26 > 0:15:27No. I don't.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32- Pass it down, pass it to Jay. - Oh no. I don't want it.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37- Jay, pass it to Emily.- Urgh! - Emily, pass it to me.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40So can you see inside it there?
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Pretty cool, put your fingers into that... fingers in there.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46See if you can put your whole hand through there, go on, keep going.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- No!- Any idea what that is?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- KIDS: Brain? - No it's not brain.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57Heart, brilliant, you guys are fantastic, that is a cow's heart.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- Do you like the idea of eating a heart?- No.- No.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05- No? Why not? - It just doesn't sound right.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08It doesn't sound right? The thing is...
0:16:08 > 0:16:10it's actually about the taste of what's inside these.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14Now, when you're making an economy burger, what happens is that
0:16:14 > 0:16:15all these ingredients and others
0:16:15 > 0:16:20get chopped up until they're minced together, and they're mixed with
0:16:20 > 0:16:23rusk and salt and a bit more fat, and then they're
0:16:23 > 0:16:27squished together into a patty and then...
0:16:27 > 0:16:29it's a little bit like this.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33But I think we need to have another try and taste our burgers,
0:16:33 > 0:16:35first of all we need to wash our hands.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41We've got two different burgers made from two very different
0:16:41 > 0:16:45sets of ingredients, homemade burger, beefsteak, minced up,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48little bit of lovely onion that's been caramelised, some lovely herbs,
0:16:48 > 0:16:52put in a patty and under the grill, so lets have another taste of that.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Now next, the economy burger.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Do you still enjoy eating the economy burger?
0:17:01 > 0:17:02- Yes!- Yes?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05It doesn't matter what's in it, it's a burger, a burger counts.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07- You're a burger lover? - Yeah!
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Emily? What do you think?
0:17:09 > 0:17:13I would prefer the homemade burger than the economy burger.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Why is that?
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Well the flavour is quite nice, it's just a bit salty,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21but after what I've seen goes in, I'm not too...
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- You're just not quite so sure?- Yeah.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Big round of applause guys, well done.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- CHEERING AND APPLAUSE - So the next time you scoff down a cheeseburger,
0:17:29 > 0:17:32you may be munching on cow cheek and hearts.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34There's still loads of incredible stuff to come
0:17:34 > 0:17:35to tantalise taste buds.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39COMPUTER VOICE: Incredible Edibles.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47These are fish eggs, they're sometimes called caviar,
0:17:47 > 0:17:52and some caviar is a luxury food that can cost hundreds of pounds.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57These are salmon eggs, these are lumpfish eggs, and when you
0:17:57 > 0:18:00squeeze them against the top of your mouth they pop inside.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Now it's time to taste them.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05So, I've got a cracker here with a little bit of
0:18:05 > 0:18:10Greek yoghurt on the top, little spoonful of salmon eggs.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Hm. Hm. Mmm-hm. Mmm.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23That is amazing, it's salty, it's sour and it's sweet
0:18:23 > 0:18:26at the same time, but it doesn't taste at all of fish.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33COMPUTER VOICE: Incredible Edibles.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37We're in the Sussex town of Crawley.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40So far we've had a heart to heart
0:18:40 > 0:18:43about the ingredients in an economy burger.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- Do you still enjoy the economy burger?- Yes!
0:18:46 > 0:18:48It doesn't matter what's in it, it's a burger!
0:18:48 > 0:18:50- You're just a burger lover?- Yes!
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Next up, we bug three contestants in today's Mystery Meal.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- Look at that.- No! SQUEALS
0:18:57 > 0:18:59KIDS: Burn!
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Later, we release the astonishing energy
0:19:02 > 0:19:05in just one day's worth of food.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11COMPUTER VOICE: Incredible Edibles.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15SCREAMING
0:19:15 > 0:19:18It's that time of the show where I delve into my cupboard,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21and I dredge out one of the most amazing things ever eaten
0:19:21 > 0:19:23on my travels, it's my Mystery Meal.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28COMPUTER VOICE: Mystery Meal.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32Now I need three adventurous eaters to try my dish and to prove
0:19:32 > 0:19:35how great it tastes, and they are Jessica, Mathew and Kayleigh,
0:19:35 > 0:19:37give them a big round of applause.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Guys, blindfolds down please,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45so it's time for us to take a good look at what it is
0:19:45 > 0:19:47they're going to eat.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Here we are.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Guys, have a little look at this.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58- Now what do you reckon they are? - ALL: Urgh!- Looks a little bit like...
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- It's chicken, it'll be chicken. - Could it be nuts, do you think?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- Guys, would you taste these? - No.- Yes.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Really? You're not so sure?
0:20:07 > 0:20:09What is it? Well, that's for you to guess.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Is it maggots?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Is it maggot cookies?
0:20:13 > 0:20:17OK, well you guys aren't going to have to eat these, they are.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19We've had a few different ideas
0:20:19 > 0:20:22about what it is that we're going to be eating.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Now, I'm not going to feed you something
0:20:24 > 0:20:27that is disgusting, I want you to enjoy foods, OK?
0:20:27 > 0:20:30I think the adventure of something new is something good,
0:20:30 > 0:20:34- and the other thing is, I'm going to be eating these with you, OK?- Yes!
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- Does that make you feel a little better?- Yes!- Excellent.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40OK, just for the people at home, before these guys tuck in,
0:20:40 > 0:20:46I can reveal to you that this is today's Mystery Meal.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Oh yeah.
0:20:48 > 0:20:53Now, it's time to give you a little morsel of the food.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57So, if you put your hand out Jessica, OK, so there you go,
0:20:57 > 0:21:00it's a little cake, and you're about to find out exactly what that is.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03There you go Mathew, a little cake in there.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- It feels like a flapjack. - OK, now then Kay, your cake there.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11OK, now, before you eat it, give it a bit of a squeeze,
0:21:11 > 0:21:13what's the texture?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16It feels floury.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18That's a pretty good guess.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- And spongy.- Floury and spongy.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Sort of a flapjack but it kind of smells like a roast dinner.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Ah, that's a really perceptive thing to say.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30- It's weird.- OK, Kayleigh?- It feels like squidgy.- Squidgy!
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Like a herby chicken nugget. - Herby chicken nugget, maybe.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35- I love chicken nuggets! - You're all pretty close.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38I can't tell you what it is yet, but I can tell you:
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Today's Mystery Meal is low in fat,
0:21:40 > 0:21:44high in protein and extremely nutritious. Now, it can be minced up
0:21:44 > 0:21:48and made into stuff like burgers or meatballs, or eaten on its own.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52The main ingredient is popular in the warmer countries of the world.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- Are you ready?- No.- Yes!
0:21:56 > 0:21:59You were doing so well! Yes, that's what I like!
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Three, two, one, chow down.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- Hm.- Oh, that's nice.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09AUDIENCE LAUGH It's sort of like stuffing.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13- It is a bit like stuffing, isn't it. And do you like it?- Yeah.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17I like the way it's crunchy on the outside and like soft on the inside.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Would you eat it again?
0:22:19 > 0:22:20- Yep.- Excellent, OK.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25I think it's time to take the blindfolds off. Lift them up.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Now I can reveal to all of you what it is that we've been eating.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32We've been eating...
0:22:32 > 0:22:36- Insect burgers. - KIDS: Urgh!
0:22:36 > 0:22:38That is wrong!
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Let's have a closer look at what the main ingredient
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- looks like when it's whole. - No, thanks!
0:22:44 > 0:22:46- Are you ready?- Is it alive?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48KIDS: Urgh.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51- So, have a close look at that. - No!- Woo!
0:22:51 > 0:22:52SHE SQUEALS/THEY LAUGH
0:22:52 > 0:22:56So you've been eating locust which are a little bit like crickets
0:22:56 > 0:23:01minced up into burgers, does that change your view of the experience?
0:23:01 > 0:23:02- Yes!- Yeah, and why's that?
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- Because it's locusts and it's a bug. - Yeah?- And bugs are gross.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08When you ate it you didn't know and liked it,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11so does that still change the sort of the tasting experience?
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- Or just the thought of the food? - The thought really.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18When you grab... grab a locust, grab hold of one.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22- We're not eating that, right? - BZZZZZ.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26- Grab one of those little fellows. - No thanks!
0:23:26 > 0:23:27- Grab one.- I'm not eating...
0:23:27 > 0:23:32- Ooh, ooh I can't! - OK.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36The thing about these ingredients is they are so efficient,
0:23:36 > 0:23:39they're brilliant things to eat because they breed very easily,
0:23:39 > 0:23:42they don't take up much energy unlike beef burgers,
0:23:42 > 0:23:44these are very efficient at converting plants
0:23:44 > 0:23:47into something that's edible.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50So a lot of people around the world will take a bug just like that,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- and go...- KIDS: Ooh!
0:23:53 > 0:23:56- Did you just eat that?- They're pretty good.- I'm not doing that!
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Guys, you have been brilliant, let's make some noise
0:23:59 > 0:24:02for the insect eating adventurers of creepy crawlies!
0:24:02 > 0:24:08CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:24:08 > 0:24:10COMPUTER VOICE: Incredible Edibles.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Oh yeah.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19Earlier we showed how different food contains varying amounts of energy.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23Let's see what a whole day's worth of energy actually looks like.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27And for that I need the help of a genius and an expert
0:24:27 > 0:24:31with access to the right chemicals, welcome back, Dr Sella!
0:24:31 > 0:24:35CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:24:35 > 0:24:38OK, now, here we have my friend Billy,
0:24:38 > 0:24:43the plan is to feed Billy with a whole day's worth of food, OK?
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Natasja, bring out the breakfast.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48You stand here, and now show us what you've got.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53Some cereal and some toast. OK. Pop them into Billy's mouth there.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56That's it, chuck them all in.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01That's it, squeeze it. Very good. What comes after breakfast?
0:25:01 > 0:25:02KIDS: Lunch.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Lunch, OK. Samuel, bring over lunch.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Does this look good?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Very good, OK, so what have you got there?
0:25:10 > 0:25:14- I've got some Jelly Babies.- Yeah you've got some sweets and crisps.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Is this the sort of thing you might have?
0:25:16 > 0:25:20- Yeah.- Sandwiches and some dried fruit and stuff like that?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Tip them into Billy, he's hungry.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- Down the hatch.- Very good.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26OK, I'll take that.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- Last meal of the day?- KIDS: Dinner!
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Dinner, Ellie, bring over dinner.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36So this is the sort of thing that you might have for tea,
0:25:36 > 0:25:37so what have you got here?
0:25:37 > 0:25:43- Fish fingers, peas, meringues and...- And we make, this is powder
0:25:43 > 0:25:47but it's mashed potato, tip it into Billy, he's greedy.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Here we go, and the meringues.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Now, Dr Sella, let's see what's in his stomach.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55This is one day's worth of food.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Now to see how much energy it is, we need to burn it, don't we?
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Absolutely, we should do the liquid oxygen trick.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06There's a lot of stuff here, this is going to be a pretty big fire,
0:26:06 > 0:26:08we should have a controlled environment.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12We're going to take this and see what happens when we burn it.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13- Let's go.- Let's go.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Now, Dr Sella is a trained food burner,
0:26:18 > 0:26:20so please do not try this at home, even if you do
0:26:20 > 0:26:22have liquid oxygen hanging around.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25OK, safety glass in place.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33- Good luck. - Excellent. Here we go.
0:26:34 > 0:26:39Going to pour our liquid oxygen onto the food.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41There we go.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43And now we're ready to roll.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46- ALL: Three, two, one, burn. - Burn!
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Does it surprise you how much energy there is in different types of food?
0:27:07 > 0:27:09- Yeah.- In what way?
0:27:09 > 0:27:13In the broccoli there was nothing, but the biscuit was all that.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16And that was just a day's worth of food.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20Can you see the connection between that and what goes on in your body?
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Well I never knew all the fatty food
0:27:22 > 0:27:28and the sweet things we eat daily gave us that much energy.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30It makes me really think about what I should eat,
0:27:30 > 0:27:34because it's got loads of different food in there,
0:27:34 > 0:27:37and you need to balance your diet a bit more.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39I think a round of applause for Dr Sella.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- APPLAUSE - Oh yeah!
0:27:42 > 0:27:44COMPUTER VOICE: Incredible Edibles.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Yep, that's right, it is incredible how much energy there is
0:27:48 > 0:27:50in a day's worth of food, what do you reckon guys?
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- KIDS: That's incredible! - Woo-hoo, oh yeah!
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Well that's it for today,
0:27:55 > 0:27:57my thanks to the people of Crawley,
0:27:57 > 0:28:00my fantastic assistants and the amazing Dr Sella,
0:28:00 > 0:28:02and to you guys for watching, see you next time
0:28:02 > 0:28:06for more Incredible Edibles where anything could be on the menu.
0:28:06 > 0:28:11Woo-hoo! Oh yeah, well done guys!
0:28:11 > 0:28:14COMPUTER VOICE: Incredible Edibles.