Cooking with a 3-Year-Old: The Mac & Cheese and Communist Celery Edition
2013-02-26 · collab / interview · John, Henry Green · 3:59 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Personal life · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: guest or collab
John and his three-year-old son put on a mock cooking show for Hannah Hart, making a deliberately soggy mac-and-cheese dinner with 'communist celery'.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Hannah Hart asked Kickstarter donors to show off their kitchens; John and his son decide to cook dinner for her
- ★★ Hannah Hart asked people who donated to her Kickstarter to show off their kitchens because she might come cook in them, so John and his son cook dinner to show theirs. (hedged) — 00:00:01 · Kickstarter
00:00:16 — Starting with a drink: fresh grapefruit juice 'spiked' with water; who cuts with sharp knives, who is the better cook
00:01:08 — The menu: mac and cheese plus whatever is in the fridge; a blueberry muffin first; water for macaroni and asparagus, cooking for a three-year-old
- ★★ Dinner is macaroni and cheese with whatever is in the fridge: asparagus (which his son dislikes), mild cheddar, celery, blueberries, sweet potato fries and tortillas; kale leftovers are out. — 00:01:15
- ★★ John's mock cooking advice: experts say wait for the water to boil, but he is cooking for a three-year-old, so throw the asparagus in any time; it is done when you're bored. (playful) — 00:02:03
00:02:14 — Ants on a log refused: 'communist celery'; plating blueberries, dropping cheesy tortillas, soggy microwave sweet potato fries
- ★★ When his son refuses peanut butter on his celery, John asks if he is a communist; the son says yes, and John is glad he is politically engaged - the title's 'communist celery'. (joke) — 00:02:18 · Henry Green
- ★ John's mock tips: microwave the sweet potato fries for maximum sogginess, as his son likes them, and cook the asparagus soggy rather than al dente. (playful) — 00:02:44 · Henry Green
00:02:53 — Asparagus done when you're bored, soggy cheesy macaroni, plate and enjoy; sign-off with the son's DFTBA
In the description and comments
- ★ Sarah is out of town, so John and his three-year-old son make dinner: mac and cheese, boiled asparagus, celery, blueberries and sweet potato fries. — video description · Sarah Urist Green, Henry Green
Humor (dominant)
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John asks his son who's the better cook, Daddy or Mommy; the boy says Daddy. — 00:00:45
“That's just not accurate.”
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John explains that after squeezing grapefruit juice, you want to spike it. — 00:00:57
“I recommend spiking with water.”
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His son refuses peanut butter on his celery; John asks if he's a communist and the boy says yes. — 00:02:29
“But you know what, I'm just happy that you're politically engaged at your age”
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John's pro tip on knowing when the asparagus is done. — 00:02:54
“is when you're bored and you don't want to wait anymore to eat it.”
Threads in this video
- first use · John's three-year-old son declares himself a communist over peanut butter: 'communist celery' (2013) — John's son refuses peanut butter on his celery; asked 'What are you, a communist?', he says yes, and John is happy he's politically engaged. (00:02:22)
Mentioned
Central: Henry Green
Also: communism · DFTBA · Hannah Hart · Indianapolis · iPhone · Kickstarter · My Drunk Kitchen · Sarah Urist Green
Later videos replying to this one
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