In this episode of "Binging with Babish," the host recreates the tater tot and sauce tasting scene from the TV show "Breaking Bad." He makes five different sauces: honey mustard, French, French dressing, Cajun kick-ass, and smoky mesquite BBQ, as well as ketchup from scratch. He also makes homemade tater tots using a special process to achieve the right texture. After tasting the different sauces and tater tots, he concludes that while the sauces were good, the real winner was the tater tots, which had a more potatoey and less processed flavor than store-bought ones.
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1. The episode is sponsored by Squarespace.
2. The host, Babish, uses Squarespace to build his websites, Basics With Babish and bingingwithbabish.com.
3. Babish is making five different sauces: honey mustard, French, Cajun kick-ass, smoky mesquite BBQ, and ketchup.
4. The honey mustard sauce is made with 1/3 cup yellow mustard, 1 tablespoon corn syrup, and 2 teaspoons honey.
5. The French dressing is a mayonnaise-like emulsion made with mayonnaise, ketchup, sugar, vinegar, and spices.
6. The Cajun kick-ass sauce is made with a mayonnaise base, infused oil, garlic, and jalapeno peppers.
7. The smoky mesquite BBQ sauce is made with ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and liquid smoke.
8. The ketchup is made from scratch using tomatoes, sugar, vinegar, and spices.
9. Babish is also making homemade tater tots using russet potatoes, flour, cornstarch, and egg.
10. The tater tots are cooked in boiling water and then frozen before being fried in oil.
11. The episode features a clip from the movie "Napoleon Dynamite" with a character asking for tater tots.
12. Babish uses a falafel mold to shape the tater tot mixture into pucks.
13. The episode is published at a time when the show has 9.99 million subscribers.
14. Babish thanks the viewers and encourages them to like and subscribe, although he admits it's something he's never said before.
15. Squarespace is an all-in-one platform for building an online presence, including websites, online stores, domains, and analytics.