 Look at that, look how dreary it jumpers compared to like a geography teacher or something. Look how very bland, or is it because shoulders give it a little bit of something, don't they? Shoulders give it a little bit of TV, a bit of 80s TV shoulders in it. 80s TV shoulders, sort of like a geography teacher middle bit. That's how we roll. Hello and welcome. I'm just going to fly through this. I'm not going to waffle on too much because I know what I'm like. I've even done a few notes because I had to. Because you'll know from the title that this is the top eight best meals that we've cooked outdoors, myself and Joey D or just myself. I did, I spoke to Joey D and got some ideas from him of what he thought was his favourite. I ignored them and I just went fully with what I thought. I didn't really. I took that into consideration, Joseph, Von Diddle Sprouts. Right, let's just jump into it. It's the top eight and this is for different reasons. It's not just necessarily the culinary skills behind it or the food itself. It's the situation and the meal as a whole. So I'm going to start at eight and I'm going to work my way up to number one. At number eight, coming in at number eight, we've got Joey D's Blueberry Pancakes. These were delicious because Joey D took the time and I didn't know he took the time to do it to prepare all the stuff and bring it out and we never normally do sweet stuff. So it was a lovely, a lovely morning treat to have with our coffee and one that, yeah, the one that sticks in my mind. And a good little start at number eight. Number seven, sticking with the sweet theme was when I cooked up, yeah, I cooked up a couple of desserts. I was practicing doing desserts on the bush box. I did banana with chocolate buttons in it and then cinnamon pineapple and it was delicious and one that scorched into my mind. When I think about things that I've enjoyed, that's one. And I think that's, yeah, that's the only real sort of dessert really that's on there. So big up that one in at number seven. In at number six is a recent one, which is the fish and chips that I cooked out in the woods. That is on the list because it, you know, there was a bit of forward thinking going into that one and I just went out specifically to cook it up. And I did it because it's sort of synonymous with the seaside and Whitby where I grew up and I sort of nailed it and it tasted delicious, so that's on there. Number five, I hope I'm putting little, like, graphics up on the screen when I do this, if I can be asked. I hope I've done that anyway. Note to Future Hazel, do that mate, do that. Make sure you put numbers on there because it'll look good. Because if you aren't flying through these, I hope I've got some stuff to interject with. I will do. Anyway, waffling, I'm not even, I'm not, I'm not even on the sauce. Right. Number five is an absolute piscatorial medley. We had a full salmon and did it sort of traditional style, cooked it over the fire. We had sea bass, mussels. It was an absolute culinary delight, man. It was, and we just spent such a lovely day and one that I'll remember. And that's one of the ones that Joey Dee said when I told him about that I was going to do this video of top eight. He said that one and I'd forgotten, slipped my mind and I was like, yeah, that salmon was pretty cool. That was really good in fact. Yeah, that's well worth it, you've been there. Number four, number four is the crayfish and steak, the surf and turf. And the reason this is up there is because I just enjoy being in water and foraging in water. And so getting the crayfish was an absolute dream. I just loved it. It was freezing and I maybe stayed in a little bit too long, but I absolutely loved it. And then just cooked it with a ribeye, just kept it really simple and it just worked. And the things behind it as well, it was a recap on the show as the steak. So it all just sort of, it was the perfect storm really and it made for good eating. So that's number four. Number three. Right, we're getting into the big boys now. Top three. But number three is Joey D's sea bass that he caught when we were, we were surviving on the coast and we took very minimal rations. We hardly had anything because the idea was to survive on what we could catch and what we could forage. And we were fishing relentlessly and then it was one of the last casts because the tides had shifted and we were on this rock out at the sea and he pulled in a bass and the elation. And I know if you're watching this, Joey D, you can, you'll be reliving it with me now. The elation was like a lottery win. I can only imagine just pure primal happiness knowing that we were going to eat well and that we'd put a lot of effort into getting this fish. And many people have said that it looks a little bit small and I agree. It might be look a little bit small and, you know, I'm sorry for that but we were sort of in a survival situation. We put ourselves in a survival situation and yeah, and we didn't know any better really. So I'm going to say for the purpose of the video it was bang on legal limit and it was delicious. It wasn't, it didn't die in vain. It was really appreciated and it was delicious and we had that with a few limpets and some velvet crabs and it was just a lovely, you know, no seasoning just as nature intended. Delicious. Delicious. In at number two, and this would have been number one, would it not have been for everything that's surrounded number one? So number two is the lobster that me and Joey D had in the woods because I put a lot of work into getting this lobster. I didn't drink, you know, I watched my boy drinking his wine and his beers and I stayed so because I knew I was going out into the sea and I just wanted to have a clear head. And we were getting, the conditions were great, the currents were pretty mad and visibility was low. And we got in, got out, got back in again, got back out and then I said, right, one more mate, I'm just going to go for one more. And I bagged it, I bagged the lobster. Heroically, heroically bagged this lobster and we went into the woods and just cooked it simply over the coals and the taste and, oh man, it was just, obviously no seasoning on it, but it was delicious, the smokiness from the fire and the fact, the whole story behind it and the fact that the amount of hard work that went into getting it really appreciated that one. That was, that is up there one of the best meals I've ever had in my life, let alone campfire meals. And that would have been the winner for me if it wasn't for the stuff that surrounds the number one. So coming in at number one on the list is the steak in Northern Monk butter sauce that I cooked when I did the shows you steak challenge. Not only it was a good quality meat and a good quality cut, the butter sauce with the beer reduction and stuff just really made it. And it's everything that surrounds it as well, it's not just how delicious it was, which it was, but it transcended its culinary delight because it went on to become, like, it went viral and it went global and from the amount of messages that I got from it, it really did help people. If it would have still gone viral and helped so many people then it's still getting in. It doesn't matter whether it's a steak or whether it's like a deep fried Cadbury's cream egg, it just so happens it was also very delicious. And I'm very proud of that one and I'm very humbled by the support for it and I'm touched at how many people it helped and still continues to help people. I was tagged just the other day in something to do with the shows you steak challenge which just, it's pretty humbling, it's pretty amazing. And so that has, it has to be number one, it just has to be number one, the best campfire meal that I've had so far. I've enjoyed that, I've enjoyed a little, it's been really enjoyable looking back over some of the culinary exploits that myself and JD have had out in the wilderness. Take care of yourselves. Namaste haze. I've got to stop saying that, I can't, I can't hijack namaste, the arrogance of hijacking such a word for myself. Namaste haze. Namaste hydrated. Right, I'll send this bro off in a wanna. USA, USA. Right, thanks for watching. Take care. I'll see you soon. The circle of life, what's it like? Is it good or not? Are we in? It's amazing. Is it? We're in. Yeah. It's like pudding.