Why I'm proud to be British

Hello viewers, so you may have guessed

already that today's video is going to be

about Britain and why I feel proud of

being a British person. And you may have

also noticed that I've cracked out the

good microphone because today's a special

occasion. I'm not going to be complaining

about anything, so I thought I I'd give

you some good ASMR sound goodness. So you

may be thinking that Daniel doesn't really

like his own country, he doesn't really

like England, that's why he came to Japan,

and he's always ranting about how amazing

Japan is. Well, that may have been true

when I was about 17 to 24,

but recently I've started to think that

actually Britain is a pretty cool country

and we've achieved a lot despite being a

very small nation of people that come from

a very tiny island. We've invented a lot

of things. For example, things you might

be using right now: the television, the

telephone, the computer, the internet,

jet engines, aeroplanes, trains. There's

so many things that were invented in

England. Many great things come from

Britain, including yours truly. One of the

things I feel proud of as a British person

are the accomplishments of the British

Empire. One of the greatest empires in the

entire world, 10 times larger than the

Roman Empire, way more successful than the

Mongolian Empire. At one point in time,

75% of the entire planet was under the

British Empire. And even though many

people say there were a lot of bad things

that came with the empire, I would say

that the good things far outweigh the bad

things. For example, we brought

civilization and technology and democracy

to all of these other countries that

didn't really have those things. And

thanks to the hard work of the British

Empire, these countries that weren't so

fortunate were able to advance much faster

than they would have been able to if they

were just left alone. Thanks to the

Empire, many prosperous countries were

created. For example, the United States of

America, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia,

New Zealand, and many, many others. One of

my favorite things about England is hands

down the food. I love English food. It's

what I grew up eating and it's what I want

to eat every day. Now I know a lot of

people say English food is the worst in

the world, and okay, it's not the most

fancy food, it's not the most extravagant,

it's not the prettiest looking food in the

world. It's all just different shades of

brown, but it's wholesome and it's meaty

and it's filling and it's delicious.

There's a very good reason why England has

the fattest people in all of Europe. It's

because the food is that damn good that we

just can't stop eating it. When a country

is full of thin people it doesn't really

give you this impression that they have

amazing food. And if English food is

supposed to be so bad, then how come the

most famous celebrity TV chefs that

everyone all over the world knows of are

all English? Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver,

Ainsley Harriott. If someone said to me,

Daniel, I'd give you a million pounds if

you can name one famous American chef or

one famous Japanese chef, I couldn't give

them a single name because there are none.

Another great thing about Britain is the

public transport. Okay, it's not as

efficient or reliable as other countries'

public transport, but the great thing

about British trains is that sometimes—

well, most of the times— you can actually

ride the train without even having to pay

for a ticket. If you're just traveling

short distances, for example from

Harrietsham to Maidstone, which only takes

about 15 minutes, usually you can get on

the train and then get off the train

before the ticket collector walks down and

checks to see if you have a ticket or not.

When I was going to the job centre, I

saved so much money by just getting on the

train at the opposite end of where I saw

the ticket collector man was standing.

There was one time when they caught me

without a ticket and they tried to fine me

£20, and I just said I didn't have any

cash on me, and they gave me this form to

fill out and I had to write in my address

so they could send me the fine. I just

entered a fake address and they never sent

me anything and I didn't have to pay a

single penny. And when it comes to

military accomplishments, we have quite a

few. For example, 1588, we repelled the

Spanish Armada when the Spanish sent this

massive superior fleet. The Royal Navy

sunk them to the bottom of the ocean. And

every time some European crazy dictator

tried to take over the world, We put them

back in their place. For example,

Napoleon, Germany. I get kind of annoyed

sometimes when I hear people constantly

complaining about how bad England is.

They always say, oh, the weather's always

terrible. I like the weather. I like it

when it's raining. I like it when it's

overcast. I don't like it when it's

blindingly sunny and I can't even look

outside without having to squint. I get

annoyed when people keep complaining about

how bad English food is. Have you ever

tried beef and tomato pot noodle? Hello

and welcome back to another episode of

Cooking with Daniel. So today we're going

to be making my very special egg fried

rice. Egg onion rice, green onions and

bacon. Very simple, very easy. I feel like

I've made this before for a cooking video.

I guess it doesn't matter. I guess this

can be like another chance for you to see

my famous egg fried rice recipe. So first

of all, we move all of this crap that my

wife keeps leaving in front of the

microwave so I can actually open the damn

thing. So the rice goes into the microwave

at gas mark 4. Okay,

so the next step is very important. We

have to slice our onions. Now we do the

2-finger rule, which is place 2 fingers

here so you don't accidentally move the

onion around, so it doesn't slip, and then

you just slice downwards so you get these

lovely strips. Like that,

and then we want to start slicing in the

other way. We don't want too much onion,

so you can save the other half for later.

And then just start slicing diagonally,

horizontally, every direction until you

have lots of tiny pieces of onion. And you

can also try out this method of cutting,

which is a lot safer. Just make sure

you know where your fingers are at all

times.

And then we turn on the fire and then we

take the onions. First you fry the onions

off. We call it sweating in the cooking

industry when you sweat the vegetables

down. It's basically just cooking them

until some of the moisture comes out. And

then next, take your bacon and a pair of

scissors and then just cut them into

strips because it's a lot faster than

cutting them. You see that? It's like

cutting someone's hair.

And then give that a bit of a shake around

like this, a little tossy. Push it

forwards and then back towards you and you

can do that thing that chefs do. See,

it's very easy. Next, we'll add

the rice into the pan,

and then also the egg can be added like

so. Just be confident with the egg

cracking, and it's pretty easy. And then

we want to add some rock salt for

seasoning. Lots of salt like that, and a

bit of pepper. Maybe some pepper.

And then also get your green onions.

Should have opened it first. That's okay.

Get some green onions, sprinkle that on

top. And now we want to mix everything

together using spatula.

So just start smashing everything

together.

Until it's evenly mixed.

Yeah, cooking can be a very relaxing

process. You don't really have to be

skilled to make something tasty.

It's just about adding ingredients and

then seasoning, but not too much

seasoning, but not too little. Just season

to your own tastes. And it's pretty hard

to mess up a simple meal like this.

And then once it looks evenly mixed,

then press it into the pan so it starts

drying out. We don't want wet clumpy bits

of rice. It's a bit tricky using Japanese

rice because it's naturally kind of wet

and sticky. Longer grain rice would be

better, but we don't have any. And then

you want to start clearing things out as

you're working. You don't want to finish

cooking and then you've got this huge

amount of stuff to clear away. Might as

well do it whilst you're busy— whilst

you're waiting. And you just want to

scorch the rice a little bit so it has a

bit of a crunchy taste to Let

that cook for a few minutes and then flip

it over, see what it looks like. You see

there, we've overcooked it and we should

turn the fire off now. Turn this bloody

fan off too, so noisy.

I think that's all you need, really.

Ready to dish up onto

the old plate. You see how quickly? 5

minutes and voilà,

fried rice.

Another day, another meal.

Hello,