Binging with Babish - Car Panini from Family Guy

The Art of Creating a Car Panini: A Study in Grossness and Genius

As we begin our exploration of Peter's car panini, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary culinary creation. The recipe, which consists of peanut butter cups, Doritos, Vienna sausages, and a Cadbury egg, is a true masterpiece of gastronomic excess. And the best part? It's all being prepared in a car.

The process of creating this behemoth begins with the gathering of ingredients. The can of Vienna sausages sits proudly on the dashboard, accompanied by a tub of butter and a handful of Doritos. The peanut butter cups, meanwhile, are arranged artfully on a nearby surface, like the delicate petals of a flower. It's all very civilized, until you remember that this is a car panini, and the rules don't apply.

With great difficulty, we wrangle our ingredients into position, setting up a makeshift kitchen in the midst of the vehicle. The Vienna sausages are carefully drained of their juice, while the bread is buttered with an uncharacteristic level of enthusiasm. It's clear that Peter didn't butter his bread, but this is no ordinary panini - it needs all the help it can get.

As we layer our ingredients, it becomes clear that this is a recipe that defies conventions. The peanut butter cups add a sweet and creamy element, while the crushed Doritos provide a satisfying crunch. And then, of course, there's the Vienna sausage, adding its own unique brand of savory flavor to the mix. It's all very exciting, until you remember that you're eating this in your car.

The final touch is the Cadbury egg, which proves to be a bit of a challenge to incorporate into the recipe. The eggs are notoriously difficult to crack, and this one was no exception. However, with a bit of patience and persistence, we manage to mash it into position, creating a truly unique texture that's equal parts smooth and crunchy.

With our panini complete, it's time to take a bite. And oh boy, is it a moment you'll never forget. The flavors explode on your tongue, a delicious mess of sweet and savory that's both thrilling and terrifying. It's like nothing you've ever tasted before - or maybe, just maybe, something you've always wanted to try.

But don't just take our word for it - we also tried the process again, this time with slightly better luck. We replaced the car panini press with a more conventional grill, and managed to extract a few more successful bites from the sandwich. It's still a wild ride, but at least we can enjoy the fruits of our labor without worrying about setting off the fire alarm.

As we sit here, munching away on our (somewhat) successful car panini, it becomes clear that this is a recipe that requires patience, persistence, and a healthy dose of culinary courage. It's not for the faint of heart - or those with sensitive stomachs. But if you're feeling adventurous, and want to try something truly unique, then Peter's car panini is definitely worth a shot.

And so, as we take our final bite of this monstrous sandwich, we can't help but feel a sense of awe at the sheer audacity of its creator. It's a true masterpiece - a culinary work of art that will leave you questioning your life choices and wondering what on earth possessed Peter to come up with such a recipe in the first place.

But hey, that's all part of the fun, right? Trying new things, pushing the boundaries of culinary excellence, and potentially ending up with a stomach full of Doritos and regret. So go ahead - take a bite of this car panini, and see if you can handle the heat. Just don't say we didn't warn you.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enAw, yeah! Peanut butter cup, Doritossausage, car panini. Now let's crack aCadbury egg over the whole thing.I'm just gonna use my spare glove compartmentunderwear as a napkin.I can't believe Randy Quaid gets to eatlike this every day! Hey what's up guyswelcome back to Binging with Babishwe're this week we're taking a look atPeters car panini by popular demand, andwhile we've got all the ingredients onhand wait a moment, we need somethingelse to be a little bit more accurate.This is a car panini after all not aBabish home laboratory panini. So withgreat difficulty we're going to wrangleour ingredients, and head on out into thegreat outdoors. But not the greatoutdoors as you might imagine it no no,we're cooking in my actual car whichlike all of my possessions I happilysacrifice for science. So let's get allsituated in our makeshift kitchen hereand let's get our ingredients going.We've got Vienna sausages in the can.Make sure you drain off that sausagejuice. Nice, and the next up we have tobutter our bread. Now I know that Peterdidn't butter his bread, but I can'timagine a panini without buttered breadI mean come on,why else try and make a panini? So...Otherwise we're remaining strictlyfaithful to Peter's recipe. So next upwe've got a layer of peanut butter cups,and then a layer of crushed Doritos. Tome they look like Nacho Cheeseier Doritos from the clip. I'm sorry my handsin the way let's try doing a one-handedcrumble...perfect. And last up we have theCadbury egg which was very hard to findthis time of year and, would not cracklike a traditional egg. So we're justgonna sort of mash it in there and thenplace the buttered top half of oursandwich onto the top of our sandwich,and ready our panini press. Now I shouldnot have to tell you that you should nottry this at home, or in your car, oranywhere. Not only is this really grossbut it's also a multitude of firehazards, and you will inevitably spillall your toppings on your nice leatherupholstery. Don't spill it, don't spill it!Oh God I spilled it... Alright let's trythat one more time this time taking thewhole panini press down to make surenothing ends up on your car, just yoursoft human body. Not only does Peter do a sort of pull apart cross-section likethis, he applies his spare glovecompartment underwear as a napkin, soI'll do the same, and let's see how manybites I can eat of this thing. Here's one,and chewing...chewing a little bit more,and that's enough. I don't know how youguessed but this is a really grosssandwich, so let's see if we have betterluck back in the lab. Same procedure herejust buttering the bread and toppingwith gross stuff, and then breaking ourCadbury egg into fours to even the load onthe top layer of bread. Then maybe let'stry a slightly better panini press, maybethat'll make the difference. You maynotice how exquisitely careful I'm being.That's knowledge only gained fromdumping the bowels of a junk foodsandwich into one's own car. We've gotsome nice grill marks which is helped bynot having a windshield in the way. Look at that, this thing must weigh like a solidpound and a half, and at last we can geta proper cross-section. Look there's alittle Cadbury egg stretch. Eww, gross. You can see my hesitation and having to takemy third and final bite of this horriblehorrible thing in one day. A couple ofcourtesy chews, and let's spit it outbecause it's really really disgusting.And I have to admit I'm stumped. Normally I try to make a quote/unquote \"goodversion\" of every gross food I make onthe show, but I can't figure it out.That's where you come in. Try to make ahalf-way palatable version of thissandwich. Take a picture, tag me onInstagram hashtag i don't know, #BabishPanini?The winner I choose win a chef'sknife, and we'll have their recipefeatured on a three million subscriberepisode. Good luck you guys this one is adoozy! And now it's time to give it a DougScore. Starting with the weekendcategories in styling, this sandwichlooks pretty good, but not great it'snothing special or iconic and it gets a4 out of 10. Next up is acceleration,which is virtually non-existent, and itgets an automatic 1 out of 10.Handling is abysmal. This sandwichdeteriorates almost instantly thanks toall the chocolate and sausage, and itgets a 2 out of 10. Cool factor is low.Family Guy doesn't have the comedicpedigree it had in seasons 1 through 4,and while this is a standout episode forits lack of Manatee jokes, it still onlygets a 3 out of 10. Importance is abit higher this is the first Babishepisode to feature absolutely zeroactual cooking technique, and whilethat's reprehensible it's at least amilestone, and it gets a 5 out of 10,for a total weekend score 15 out of 50.Right between the Land Rover Evoque, andthe Yugo GV. Next up are the dailycategories starting with features, andlet's face it this is not awell-equipped sandwich.It lacks even the most basic roughage,and cheese toppings standard on mostmodern sandwiches and gets a 2 out of 10. Comfort is decent, it feels inoffensivein the eaters hand and gets a 5 outof 10.Quality is low. These are gas stationingredients thrown together almostspitefully and it gets a 1 out of 10.Practicality is also surprisingly low.Despite the ubiquity of most of itsingredients I nearly electrocuted myselfmaking a panini press function in my carand the sheer seasonality of Cadburyeggs gives us a 2 out of 10. Value isalso not a strong point even though thissandwich cost less than two dollars tomake if you buy it in bulk you couldspend your money much better elsewherefrom a sheer caloric / a survivalstandpoint it gets a 3 out of 10.Add it all up in the total Doug score is28 out of 100 besting only the Trabantand the BMW Isetta and, inexplicablyworse than the Hummer H2.\n"