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Tina Fey, Will Forte, and Colman Domingo put their taste buds to the test in a blind tasting challenge all about Italian favorites. In this episode of Taste Off, the trio samples Italian and American versions of classics like gelato, mozzarella, Nutella, and coffee without knowing which is which, trying to guess the authentic picks while debating their personal favorites along the way. With plenty of strong opinions, surprising reactions, and hilarious banter, Tina, Will, and Colman discover whether they can really tell the difference between Italian originals and their American counterparts.
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00:00My mouth is too small to try this on camera.
00:04You don't drink Folgers, though.
00:05I mean, I would if they want to pay me.
00:08Gouda.
00:08Gouda.
00:10Eccedara.
00:10Would you like to be a peppa too?
00:13Did you use that voice in Italy, Will?
00:14Yes, it was very popular.
00:21Do we know each other's favorite snack?
00:23I'm trying to think through what we would eat on set.
00:26Mine's so obvious.
00:27What did people bring you all the time?
00:28Wasabi peas?
00:30No.
00:31No.
00:31Sweet or savory?
00:32Sweet.
00:32Sweet peas?
00:33No, Jamie would even have them in the bag for me.
00:36Bagged peas.
00:37No, not bagged peas.
00:38Chocolate?
00:38Is it a form of chocolate?
00:39No, they're everywhere and they're usually because of me.
00:42Gummy bears.
00:43Now we know.
00:44Now we know.
00:45So the answer is no.
00:46We don't know.
00:52Ooh, that's exciting.
00:54Wait, it's Nutella.
00:55I don't like Nutella.
00:56You don't?
00:57No, the whole idea of it.
00:58What?
00:59What is it?
01:00What is Nutella?
01:00It's a chocolate nut butter.
01:02Okay, the game is we have to guess which one of these things is Italian and which one
01:06is American and then we also have to say which thing is our favorite.
01:09She's very shiny, so I'm feeling like she's more processed.
01:12I think they do say that Nutella is like the worst thing you can eat in the world.
01:17It's just like palm oil and a wish.
01:20Yeah, I was going to say that that.
01:20It's a nut.
01:21It doesn't look attractive either.
01:23It's delicious.
01:24That's regular.
01:25That's Nutella.
01:26No one's over here.
01:27What kind of nut is in there?
01:28Hazelnut.
01:29I think that's why I don't like it.
01:30This is a lot thicker.
01:32I don't know a second brand besides.
01:34Talk with your mouth full more.
01:35Jesus.
01:36Disgusting woman.
01:37But why with bread?
01:38That's weird, isn't it?
01:39It's European.
01:42To me, this one is a little more processed.
01:45Nutella, I love you, but you're a little processed.
01:47And this feels a little more like, hey, we're Italy.
01:50We're not going to process as much.
01:54Did you use that voice in Italy, Will?
01:56Yes, it was very popular.
01:58Nutella and some European brand that we don't know.
02:02Poop and more poop.
02:02Kinder.
02:03Nutella and Italian.
02:10Nutella, yes.
02:12So this is the American.
02:13Nutella is European.
02:16We got played.
02:17This is Justin's hazelnut and almond butter combined.
02:20Do you like the Justin's?
02:21I did like it.
02:22Because it's like, this I'd be more likely to enjoy
02:25in a stuffed crust pizza.
02:26So we actually lost that one.
02:28We identified Nutella, but we tried to colonize it
02:31and claim it as our own.
02:35As we're wont to do.
02:36Is it healthy?
02:37No.
02:38Not at all, right?
02:39That palm oil will kill you.
02:41What, I got sued by Nutella?
02:43You got sued by Nutella.
02:49Oh, jeez.
02:50Which one of these is an authentic mozzarella?
02:53Yeah, better watch out.
02:54And which one of these is from a school lunch?
02:56Oh, my jacket's caught.
02:57Oh, this is American right here.
02:58This?
02:59String cheese.
02:59Taste the process.
03:01I still don't understand burrata.
03:02It's suddenly everywhere, but I feel like it doesn't taste like anything.
03:05Yeah.
03:05And people keep trying to convince me that it does, but it doesn't.
03:07Why do you like burrata?
03:08Yeah, I don't...
03:09Why are you accusing me?
03:11I'm coming so strong.
03:11No, this, I don't...
03:12Boy, I'm really never getting invited back to Italy.
03:14I don't love burrata either.
03:16We're from Philly.
03:17We're like, we don't understand.
03:18I want provolone.
03:20I want provolone.
03:21I want some whiz.
03:21I want a hard cheese.
03:22I know it's safe.
03:23Burrata is like when you go to an art museum.
03:27Yeah.
03:27And somebody's put up a painting where they've just painted it white.
03:31And hung it and said, this is art.
03:32Yeah.
03:33Yeah.
03:34Just so clear, Will hates burrata and art.
03:38My mouth is too small to try this on camera.
03:40Am I going to bite this on camera?
03:42I am.
03:47I guess it takes the flavor of other things, but there's nothing the burrata's giving.
03:50I kind of like it.
03:52Or maybe it's the...
03:52But suddenly it's been everywhere.
03:53The things that go with it.
03:54It's everywhere.
03:54It's everywhere.
03:55Burrata's got a good publicist.
03:57For real.
03:57I love a cheddar.
03:58I love a feta.
03:59I love a feta.
04:00Gouda.
04:01I love you at the same time.
04:02It's not Italian.
04:03Gouda.
04:04Gouda.
04:04And cheddar.
04:07America.
04:09Ah, there we go.
04:11Yep.
04:11That was right.
04:11Horizon Organic.
04:14And house made mozzarella.
04:15Made in Italy.
04:17Well, we got that right.
04:22Oh!
04:23Okay.
04:23Are we looking at, like, sweet tea?
04:25What are we talking about here?
04:25Is this soda?
04:26Okay, is it root beer?
04:27Dr. Pepper.
04:27Classic Dr. Pepper, I think.
04:28Ooh, it's like a Dr. Pepper.
04:30Yeah, that's Dr. Pepper.
04:31Oh, and this?
04:31Wait, is this?
04:32That's like an Amaro cocktail.
04:34Yeah.
04:34Amaro base something.
04:36Bitters.
04:36Maybe just classic bitters.
04:38Bitters.
04:39That's Italian.
04:40That's American.
04:40This is, yeah.
04:41This is my personal physician, Dr. Pepper.
04:43That's Dr. Pepper.
04:44And this is...
04:45We grew up off that shit.
04:46The devil's piss.
04:49But, I mean, maybe, like, in the same way that Nutella surprised us, maybe Dr. Pepper
04:54is Italian.
04:55Because it's like, remember, I'm a pepper, you're a pepper, he's a pepper.
04:58Dr. Pepperoncini.
05:00Allora.
05:01Would you like to be a pepper, too?
05:03This could be something nice as a pair of teeth.
05:06Yeah.
05:06But just, like, these are two different categories in a way.
05:09I could see some booze sliding very nicely into that.
05:11Very well-pressed with this, absolutely.
05:13I don't know, I just feel like this, I need, like, sailing the Mediterranean.
05:16Yeah, I retract the devil's piss.
05:18Yeah.
05:19American, Italian.
05:20American, Italian.
05:21American, Italian.
05:21Favorite.
05:23Okay.
05:24I have Italian heritage, so I'm doing that accent out of love for my people.
05:31Yo!
05:32We got it right!
05:33Oh!
05:34Dr. Pepper.
05:35Pepper and...
05:36Galvanina.
05:37Sparkling flavor.
05:38That's good.
05:38That's good.
05:44Oh!
05:45Oh, we're looking at some gelato or some ice cream.
05:48Okay, consistency.
05:52Cookies and cream, right?
05:53I think, or just, like, chocolate chip, maybe?
05:55Or stracciatella, if it's Italian, we don't know.
05:57I'm feeling that that's Italian.
05:59This feels like Breyers to me.
06:01It's lighter.
06:02Yeah, it doesn't feel, like, gelato-y.
06:03Feels like ice cream.
06:04And this little chocolatey flake.
06:05I feel like in Europe, they like to flake their chocolate.
06:09And we chunk it.
06:11I keep going back and forth.
06:13I'm torn, I know.
06:14This is, like, it's a little stretchy.
06:16Is that more Italian for you?
06:17I'm pretending, like, I know that that means it's got more eggs in it.
06:21But I'm feeling, like, this seems creamier and this seems milkier.
06:25Right.
06:26That's why I'm feeling Italian more cream.
06:28Yeah, and it's, like, just a little icier, this one.
06:31Mm-hmm.
06:31And the flakes.
06:32This you can get at Whole Foods.
06:33A bit of chunks in here.
06:34This is chunks.
06:35Because America.
06:36Italy.
06:37Italy, America.
06:38America.
06:39Oh, I'm going the other way.
06:40I'm going America, Italy.
06:41Okay.
06:42Oh!
06:43I think that's my favorite.
06:44I like this guy better, because I'm basic.
06:47Will, what's your favorite?
06:48Oh, you mixed them.
06:49I'm ripping them together.
06:52I think you guys are right.
06:54Nope.
06:55Oh!
06:56Oh!
06:57This was the good stuff.
06:59Wow.
06:59Semi-sweet chocolate chip from the private selection.
07:02The private selection.
07:03Will, you got it.
07:04I got it?
07:05Yeah.
07:06God, I almost went that way.
07:07I almost went counterintuitive.
07:08Uncultured.
07:08Wow.
07:09Ugh.
07:10My apologies, Italy.
07:11I loved it.
07:12Can't take you anywhere.
07:15Here we go.
07:16Oh!
07:17Oh, okay.
07:19Okay.
07:19So one of these is Italian espresso, and one of them is some kind of American?
07:24One is coffee.
07:26Oh, I can already tell.
07:27Yes.
07:27Oh, one's regular coffee.
07:28Smell.
07:28Now I'm going to know this.
07:31It burns.
07:31That's espresso.
07:32This is my favorite, yeah.
07:33And this looks almost like Turkish coffee.
07:35It's leaving a little...
07:36You could tell your fortune on this guy.
07:39Coffee.
07:41Espresso.
07:41This is coffee and this is espresso, but yet...
07:43Yeah, this is espresso.
07:44Strong and wrong.
07:45Coffee, espresso.
07:46I'm an espresso person.
07:47It's short and strong.
07:48Like my man.
07:49No, I'm too bad.
07:51I like a red eye.
07:52What's a red eye?
07:53What's a red eye?
07:53It's a drip coffee with a shot of espresso in it.
07:57Espresso in it.
07:57Oh, yeah.
07:58Okay, here we go.
07:58I do prefer a drip coffee.
08:00I like them both.
08:02Oh!
08:03Big money.
08:03Big money.
08:04So this side was Folgers.
08:06Yes.
08:07And then Italy's.
08:08Yep, right on.
08:09The one thing when we were shooting Italy, I was like, I want to go home and make regular
08:12coffee.
08:12I'm sorry, Italy.
08:13You don't drink Folgers though.
08:15I mean, I would if they want to pay me.
08:20Italy also does have a drip coffee.
08:22Then I would enjoy that.
08:23It's just drip coffee.
08:24I like a very strong drip coffee.
08:26Mm-hmm.
08:26Same here.
08:27But I also like a flat white or a Cortado.
08:30A flat white.
08:30Cortado's always good.
08:31I have to say as an Australian accent.
08:32A flat white.
08:32Will also found an amazing candy product in Italy called pocket coffee.
08:36Yes.
08:37That was a little bite of chocolate with a shot of espresso in it.
08:40And you got really into those, right?
08:42I got a bunch of them to give them to people and they were, nobody liked them.
08:48Thank you so much for snacking with us.
08:50We'll see you next time.
08:51Bye.
08:51We love you, Italy.
08:52Sorry.
08:52Bye.
08:53Bye.
08:54Bye.
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