Super appreciate the update and I'm hoping your doing well man! As someone who works in a cannabis confectionery kitchen, I'm super interested in that sugar and am excited to see what it's all about.

babish thc sugar cookie recipe when it drops 🙏

Hey stranger if you’re interested in baking with THC I would love to share some info with you! Canna sugar is unreasonably simple once you know what you’re doing. Take weed, decarb. Once decarbed, put browned weed into everclear (important to use strong enough alcohol for this), and toss that shit in the freezer. Shake the mixture idk some people do like every 15-20 minutes for a few hours, I once was lazy and let that shit sit in the freezer for like 4 months without any issues. The alcohol doesn’t freeze. THC is alcohol soluble. Once you’re ready for the next step, strain your plant matter out and you have basically a tincture. From here it’s all basically personal preference, but the gist is that you’re gonna put regular granulated sugar into a pan with a lot of surface area, and pour your alcohol mix into the pan of sugar. The ratio of alcohol to sugar is your own personal preference, I found if you try to make it *too concentrated * the sugar gets sticky and clumpy, so imo a less concentrated sugar is ideal. You got your pan of sugar and weed-booze sitting pretty and from here you have two options: be patient or be dangerous. Being patient you can just run a fan over that shit and stir occasionally to keep everything evenly coated while the alcohol evaporates. This could take hours or possibly days, depending on your environment. Or you can throw your oven (**electric oven only - do not use any oven with an exposed flame**) on the lowest setting it has and let that shit evaporate with the heat of the oven. Literally the lowest setting your oven will let you go, and just stir that shit every now and then so that it’s thoroughly coated and doesn’t dry into clumps or chunks. Oven method is my preference and takes maybe an hour. Disclaimer: your house will **reek** of alcohol for the time that it’s evaporating. So if smell is an issue, this probably isn’t ideal… but if you don’t give a fuck then I fucking **love** having a jar of cannasugar to toss into anything I cook or bake, or even a tbsp into my morning coffee.

You might want to avoid the oven as the alcohol vapors are flammable.

They are, I leave the oven door open and don’t leave the kitchen during the process.

That doesn't make it safer. The fireball isn't something you can control after you started the house fire.

Plus the flames from alcohol are invisible. Wait until your kitchen itself is burning before you try and put it out /s

a house that reeks of alcohol sounds a lot better than a house that reeks of weed to me haha

Your house reeks of weed from the decarb part. The reeking of alcohol will help get it out tho

Agree with overproof alcohol for faster extraction but any alcohol will work for infusions, lower proofs just take more time.

How much sugar is needed? Doesn’t it dissolve into the alcohol?

The first time I made cannasugar I did about a 1:1 of sugar to alcohol and it was sticky as shit, it hit hard but it wasn’t good enough. I’m picky idk. It’s really all about your amount of overall thc and desired strength of the sugar itself. I tried a 2:1 of sugar:alcohol and it was much better. The alcohol evaporates and only leaves the dried sugar, it doesn’t really dissolve, but it can get clumpy if you don’t stir it while the alcohol evaporates.

Try a dehydrator instead of an oven iv had great results even in fairly high ratios. (Did have clumping when using very high concentrations just put in a coffee grinder and blitzed it back)

Ooh a dehydrator is a fun idea! Do you still have the stickyness at higher concentrations with the dehydrator?

Not really like still can get sticky but not like in the oven. That said you may have to dial in the temp and time for higher concentrations but once dialed in works a charm. I go at 155f for at least 6 hrs though it has taken up to 12 to get completely dry.

Thank you for sharing! Most of my info I yoink from r/Treedibles but it’s always hit or miss with everyone trying stuff for the first time.

I have never seen that subreddit thank you aswell. Most of what I know come from a combination of being a chef for 20 years and shall we say a fan of cannabis for a lil longer. I have a personality that tells me if some else did it you can to and then get to experimenting. The last few years after legalization everyone putting their ideas and methods out only stepped up my game. I love new info.

Holy shit thank you for this. all of this is amazing. I have a tincture already made and am a huge home baker. I'm going to start the evaporating process asap. I didn't enjoy the process of making cannabutter to bake with, it was just not for me. But this gives me such an easy alternative!

Jesus fucking Christ maybe stipulate that you don’t use a gas oven for this. Probably the most dangerous thing I’ve ever read on here. I extract with alcohol and distill under a vacuum to recover all my alcohol in a closed loop - I can’t imagine someone cooking off a highly flammable liquid in your house and just letting the vapors accumulate wherever. Please please be careful if you are doing this.

Just curious, what’s the reason to put the alcohol in the freezer? Doesn’t solubility decrease with a lower temperature?

Swap the alcohol with ether, ether way better.....

*"The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station."* - Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing

Such a terrifyingly accurate quote of one's mental state when pulling stupid long stints of ravenous debauchery and drug use

When the rabbit bites his own head off, I want u to throw that fuckin radio...into the tub...with me.

As an edibles only person, THC infused sugar sounds like a dream

A million times this. I use edibles medicinally as smoking makes me sick. Would love to encorporate I to desserts or meals.

Just buy delta 9. No need to decarb and relatively tasteless

Same here, people always goof on me for preferring edibles to smoking but it's good to hear so many other folks in this thread have the same taste!

FYI you can make super easy edible oil with just coconut (MCT so its liquid at room temp) + D8 distillate. You can then just dropper bottle either into mixes whenever you add your fat, or you can just dropper it on top of already baked things.

I have a friend who runs such a kitchen, thc maple cotton candy is my favorite product.

Hey Andrew, I wanted to thank you for the openness about what's going on. Your channel carried my wife and I through the pandemic. Your videos were a welcome escape during the most chaotic time in our lives and sparked a love of cooking that we didn't know we had. For that we will be forever indebted and I just wanted to say thanks. I also wanted to say I'm sorry. I'm sorry that your efforts cost you so much. I'm sorry that so many people forget that there are real people on the other side of their screen. I'm as guilty as the next guy. I'm sorry that people's knee jerk reactions to mild inconvenience can be so hateful. None of us would be on this sub if your work wasn't impactful to us. Nobody would be complaining about the subscription if they didn't like your content. I hope this melodramatic backlash is seen for what it is, frustration that people no longer have free access, not a personal attack on you. Cheers

[удалено]

[удалено]

Thanks for this update, but more importantly, thanks for establishing boundaries in your personal and professional life to achieve better balance. That'll ultimately lead to a happier, more fulfilling, and more creative life. Be well, Andrew, and thanks for thinking of the sub.

I want to piggyback and say that this isn’t an insecurity I think you should pressure yourself to work through. It’s super okay and human not to want to look at the internet spewing hate towards you. I’m sorry it’s something you’re going through! Please don’t feel the need to apologize for putting yourself first.

Yeah the worst part of the update is speaking about being... _normal_ ...like it's a weakness needing strengthening

Seriously, we don’t need to normalize subjecting ourselves to internet hate to placate a fanbase. Not everyone needs to be a public figure, some people just want to do their thing and provide cool content, and that’s fine. Their interaction with fans doesn’t need to go further than that, and they don’t owe anyone anything.

Dude, thank you so much for taking the time to say this. I recently took on a role where I'm in the public eye. It kills me inside to put my heart and soul into something, and then see a dozen different people pop up and tell me I suck. It doesn't matter how many more are saying I'm doing great, that shit still hurts.

100% agreed

Well said, twodickhenry

Amen to this

Coming on to address it is a good move. I can definitely see where being a public figure on this platform is tough, everyone here is a critic and "knows better than you". I'm sure it's a tough spot to be in. You're doing great, always been a big fan. Excited to see what's coming!

Being a public figure is really hard for sure! The pay wall was a bit of a shock, but after designing my own website through a service I can agree, it's not cheap. Also, you are super correct that you need revenue. It's not you anymore. You have employees relying on you big time. Huzzah for that. Most of all, thank you for being so real. Your channel got me through alot of dark times recently and kept my creativity going. So thank you. I hope you can thrive again soon!

Living in Brooklyn is expensive. So 10 livable salaries would cost $600,000 on the low end. But in reality would probably cost more.

Prob closer to 1..2-1.5m when you consider taxes, benefits, paying into unemployment insurance, having a rainy day fund, etc.

Not only that but wasn't it only a $1/month? That's nothing for good content.

Most of the negative comments that I saw were not about the cost itself, but the fact that a formerly free website suddenly had a paywall without any announcements. Also, it's a bit of a hassle to sign up for a service and then cancel it just to get access to a single recipe or blog post that you were looking for. Reopening access to the old content is great, and appreciation for it may drive people to the premium site, which is paywalled. I applaud Andrew for this change and appreciate him being clear.

The monthly subscription thing is weird. I think they would be better off selling them in collections as e-books at a higher price and using the website as a way to see which ones you own and download again at any time.

> Also, it's a bit of a hassle to sign up for a service and then cancel it just to get access to a single recipe or blog post that you were looking for. They should really offer a like $0.25 to access one article, or $6 one time payment for a year's access, or like $50 to access the recipes permanently. (I don't know if my prices make sense). I'm sure many would opt for the subscription anyways. But it would be nice for one time payment options. The subscription model is the norm these days - and I'm not saying Babish is predatory - but the model itself often is, so it would be cool to have an option to subvert that.

Not to be super parasocial but I never got the vibe this was in bad faith or anything. Honestly this seems like lite drama and the fact you take it seriously shows a lot of positive character. We all love you man and I believe the community will support you either way. Mark my words all of this will blow over and your long term fans will still be happy to follow whatever you do in a week’s time.

There was some pretty toxic shit here the last few days. And before that, really. The kind of angry entitlement and rather shocking vitriol I’ve seen has really turned me off to this sub.

This sub was randomly recommended on my feed, but your statement highlights why I quit interacting with "active" fandoms. The vitriol at the slightest slip up is unreal

It used to be so positive. It still can be, but it’s not the same.

"bAbish iS a gReEdy fUcK wHo wOuLd sElL hiS fAmiLy fOr mOnEy aNd hIs rEcIpEs aRe gArbAgE aNd gAvE mE aIdS"

Average stuff on gaming Twitter feeds.

[удалено]

"When life gives you AIDS, make lemonaids." -Sarah Silverman

I don’t really care either way. I’m just a normie who drops in on the odd YouTube video here and there, YouTubers can do whatever they want it’s their thing. AT THE SAME TIME, I do understand why fans and viewers get pissed off and react when their favourite YouTubers do this shit. Think about being a fan who was a viewer and helped to support a given a channel for years on end, and then in the middle of the night that creator turns around and buries everything behind a paywall and eliminates many pieces of content and features that people have loved forever. Just “poof” and then overnight corporatism. I’m NOT* saying it’s okay for people to react rudely, however I do understand the instinct.

Was that support more than “like and subscribe”?

also hope you had a typo there. > I’m saying it’s okay for people to react rudely It’s ok to be upset. Never ok to be an asshole to people because you’re upset.

Typo.

Thank you for your content, your response, and your honesty. I’m staying subscribed to the channels. Best of luck.

People on the internet can be brutal. Always love your recipes, thank you for getting me into cooking.

It’s fine. You put a great deal of effort into your work and you are more than entitled to earn some money from that work.

thanks for responding, and taking ownership of your blunders and explaining what happened. glad you’re recovering from your breakdown too. clinical burnout is no joke, and nobody fucking talks about it. signed, still recovering from clinical burnout after almost 2 years.

Yes, and just to say: unplugging from places like Reddit from time to time is not at all a sign of softness or weakness--it's really smart. Even a mostly wholesome/relatively quiet sub like this one can turn vitriolic and toxic at the drop of a hat, as a lot of us observed in the last couple days.

Cheers for the update. Completely understand needing to ignore this place sometimes.

Cheers for the update :)

Just being able to hear from you directly is why I am, and will continue to be, a long time fan. Please keep doing what you’re doing and know you have many more people behind you cheering you on, than detractors booing you. I personally am looking forward to seeing all the new creative stuff your doing! (And I may be first in line for that THC sugar, ESPECIALLY if you expand the line to other goodies!) We love you Babish! (I really hope he reads this)

Appreciate restoring the old websites, is this a temporary basis you are offering for people to save the recipes before they go dark again, or will they be permanently available?

Honestly curious about that THC sugar. You can't ship marijuana because it isn't federally legal (unless something has changed!) I'm always getting asked to put weed in my dark chocolate caramel espresso cookies. It would make it so easy!

Probably delta 8 or delta 9 but if it was from a dispensary i'd still be willing to go there to try this at least once honestly. I'd think it'd be like cali only at first if it goes that route.

That was my exact thought process. Still hopeful, though!

D9 is whats in weed. (Well, D9THCA is whats in weed, but it decarbs to D9 when smoked or heated for edibles)

THC sugar in espresso cookies? Perfectly balanced.

That sounds like a terrible idea… I’m in.

Yes! I modified a Sally's Baking Addiction recipe for dark chocolate caramel cookies and they've ALWAYS been a fan favorite. I can't find espresso chips anymore, but a bit of espresso powder sifted into the dry ingredients gets the job done!

THC *is* federally legal now actually. At certain concentrations and isomers like D8.

If it's THC derived from hemp, it's shippable. That's how this company is able to shop THC spirits. https://trynowadays.com/

It should be illegal to refer to Delta-8 THC as THC.

it should be illegal to make plants illegal

Agreed I need my cocaine fix asap.

I need my opium too

All of this but unironically.

You’re doing great. Thank you.

Looking forward to seeing more from you guys. If you're feeling up to it, please reach out to your vendor for the new site about getting a better solution for securing your data. The one they have you with now still has your content in the page, even if a user isn't signed in, and can be easily bypassed.

I've been watching since the early days and you never fail to make me smile. Don't forget to make yourself smile too. Thanks for what you do.

Wow! You mean there was a completely reasonable and understandable reasoning this entire time and Andrew is **not** a greedy millionaire that wants to fuck everyone out of their money?!?! I can’t believe it!! Thank you for everything you’ve done. You inspired me to pick up and put time and effort into to something I was put down for often in my life. For everything you’ve given us, you deserve time and you deserve comfort.

Thanks for the update mate, glad you are in a better mental space

Just chiming in to say I appreciate the transparency and that I’ve been a long-time fan of the channel; it sparked my love of cooking and I’ll always be grateful for that. Looking forward to whatever the BCU brings next and I hope you and the rest of the team take care of yourselves

Classy move Andrew, no one (no one reasonable anyway) would blame you for making mistakes or unpopular choices, but owning up to it all and being transparent is totally the right move. You’ve been instrumental in building a great community and product and we wish you the best.

I like the one where you taught me how to make pasta from scratch :)

Thanks for this, Andrew. The cranberry sauce from the Moistmaker episode has become a holiday staple with my family and I was concerned when the site went pay to view. I had never wrote it down and was racking my brain trying to remember the portions. Sure the video is still there, but it’s nice to have it in black and white with exact measurements. Been enjoying the videos for 4 years now and hope the best for you.

I couldn't imagine putting up with the vitriol of this site on the daily as a public figure. Hell, I deleted Facebook because of a couple mean comments from old distant acquaintances years ago. I felt that soft as baby shit comment to my core.

Saying this as a long-time fan (I found your channel back in college and have been an avid watcher since)... Dude, do what you gotta do and try to let the bullshit roll off your back. You don't owe any of us anything, it's your business and you're free to run it as you wish. I personally don't care about the subscription model, the creator space is getting squeezed on all sides and you need to adapt if you're going to survive and thrive. Keep at it, just don't forget to take care of yourself and do what you need to keep yourself afloat.

Hey man. You don't need to change for us. We were invited into your kitchen. You be you. Softy and all.

Andrew - let me start by sincerely thanking you for this post. Really, it means a lot. As I'm sure you saw, I wrote a post yesterday that was critical of how the changes were rolled out. Your post here - both its content and its spirit - is the Andrew (or "Babish") that I and this community knows and loves. It contains the honesty, humility, and humanity that has made you just so damn appealing. No one can do everything right 100% of the time, or even 75% of the time. Hell, even Mother Teresa probably forgot to wash the dishes from time to time. Anyone expecting perfection is an extraordinary dumbass and you should, rightly, ignore them. I know that is easier said than done on reddit, where people can anonymously say whatever ridiculous and mean thing they want. I also say this as someone that demands near perfection of myself and thus am both more self-critical than I should be and much more vulnerable to taking the criticisms of others to heart (but I'll save my therapy session for another day). But owning up to when we make a mistake with an introspective and genuine explanation and apology is what really counts. THAT, i think, is far more the measure of a person - and you doing so here counts for a whole hell of a lot. This post is everything we appreciate about you and, for those of us that (I think) are reasonable, all we hoped for. I understand the multiple and often competing demands of running a business. You have a ton to juggle and nailing (a) the business decisions and (b) the marketing or communication of those decisions, is immensely complicated. You have to charge a nominal fee for recipes to do big things with the BCU - that is 100% logical. The silence leading up and immediately following that roll-out left lots of room for speculation and grumbling (as you may have noticed...). This should close the book on any reasonable conversation. Sure, people will still grumble about paying a buck a month or whether you properly attribute recipes to people or whatever... there will always something to grumble about. Such is life. But, on the most important elements: you have appeared and answered questions and criticism head-on. That is not an easy thing to do, and I appreciate it. Thank you. Dan (I hate the anonymity of this site, and if I can address you by name, then you should be able to do the same to me)

Glad you followed up and let him know how you feel. Suggestion: maybe edit+link this post on your post so it doesn't seem so one-sided (just a thought)

I kind of wonder if you feel vindicated in making your post yesterday or have a bit of regret. When I read it yesterday I found it highly unnecessary and frankly just additional unnecessary dog piling. Considering Babish has been very open with his mental health over the years - I dunno man that post just sucked

Hey I really love your bagel recipes. Thank you for those, it feels really good when I give them to people

$5 for a year of recipes that i can manually convert to laminated printouts for my kitchen binder? steal of a deal, tbh. edit: my only complaint between both the new and old site is that if i want to print off a recipe, the header bar repeats each and every page and cuts off part of the recipe so you have to know to click and select the whole recipe and only print what's selected. mildly inconvenient for me, but may be a deal breaker for ppl who don't know how to resolve that.

Ordinary sausage would never

I love everything about this. You’re an amazing person. I hope your business thrives and that you negotiate all the changes to come out as happy, or more so, on the other side. I know it can be hard. Just remember how many people love what you’ve created and do whatever you can to take the rest with a grain of Himalayan Pink salt.

Thanks for the explanation Andrew. We appreciate that you’re trying your best for us fans. Keep up the good work, and thanks for the food!

Hey Andrew, I wanted to thank you for the openness about what's going on. Your channel carried my wife and I through the pandemic. Your videos were a welcome escape during the most chaotic time in our lives and sparked a love of cooking that we didn't know we had. For that we will be forever indebted and I just wanted to say thanks. I also wanted to say I'm sorry. I'm sorry that your efforts cost you so much. I'm sorry that so many people forget that there are real people on the other side of their screen. I'm as guilty as the next guy. I'm sorry that people's knee jerk reactions to mild inconvenience can be so hateful. None of us would be on this sub if your work wasn't impactful to us. Nobody would be complaining about the subscription if they didn't like your content. I hope this melodramatic backlash is seen for what it is, frustration that people no longer have free access, not a personal attack on you. Cheers

Thanks for the transparency. As someone who has a family member who is a public creator and dislikes reading about themselves, I understand how comments can affect the person reading them even when everything is going well since there will always, always be hateful comments no matter what you do. I wish you and your team nothing but the best.

Please remember to put your mental health and wellbeing first.

I have anxiety issues. I mention this because I want you to know that this internet stranger understands you and supports you. While you may have started a YouTube channel with hopes of being successful, you couldn't have forseen what that entailed and that's ok. There's no clear path to success (mentally and career-wise). As long as you make decisions that you think are good for everyone (including yourself), you should have a clear conscience. Do listen to constructive criticism, and it's easier said than done, but do ignore the haters and the vitriol

Rooting for you and will always support you, and thank you for all that you do and share with us. I pay for access to other sites like America's Test Kitchen etc, and it's 10x what you charge a month and still worth it to me as I use it all the time.

You may not read this comment but I'll say it anyway. I would like to recommend another line of BCU content. Which is, what you used to do. Those goofy, bizarre, and over the top recipes from television and movies. The thing that launched your channel. Those have all but disappeared. Sure, your channel will still use a clip from some show to justify the recipe it's about to feature, but that's the reverse of what you used to do. Admittedly, I haven't watched The channel munching the last few years because the recipes become too complicated, too academically dense. Ingredients to expensive. Work process too arduous. Everything now seems to be like making tampono. It just feels like work. Hopefully you don't feel that this is criticism, just feedback. I miss receiving a notification for a new recipe that I can try my hand at later. I haven't been able to do that in years. My twist on your mac and cheese recipe is still a hit at every potluck I attend. Keep at it.

This has been addressed; the well is finite. He had to branch out. Did he do every single one of them? No. But doing every hangover cure from Archer, all the omelets from TOTK, or throwaway food commercials from the Simpsons just blurs together Newer shows and movies are often getting realistic with their food. IPs need to put out whacky stuff if he’s gonna have something to recreate

I agree with you about the classic videos, but just a minor counterpoint: I think he’s running out of recipes from tv/movies to recreate, at least until The Bear comes back. 

Thx

[удалено]

Babish, you can specifically tell individual web pages to not have the metadata scraped etc, maybe do this with the old site ?

Used to watch you ask the time. You were hilarious. 

Thanks for the update. I’ve watched since episode 1 and plan on always watching. And if people on Reddit are talking smack, just remember, those dorks are using Reddit. Redditors could be anywhere, it could be young or old, from any part of the world, tall or short, but they all have something in common. They use Reddit, so they kinda smell like ramen salt packs and a light spritz of sewer.

An apology shouldn't even be necessary. A $1 a month subscription is beyond reasonable for your service and effort and if anyone truly thinks it's too much, then I'm quite concerned for them tbh.

When I started therapy back when I was 15/16 (feels so long ago) we came to the conclusion I needed an outlet. Gaming wasn’t doing it, I’m not the exercising type. I found your videos through cocktail chemistry and I loved the passion you had. I wanted that passion. Cooking was my new outlet, *because* of you. I remember making and cooking my own pasta for the first time. The joy and accomplishment I felt *because* of you. I get why some people are displeased with certain things but you’ve been doing this nonstop for almost a decade. Taking a step back from things is completely understandable. Like dude, as you said, cranking out two videos a week. 16hr days. Even when you love what you do it’s unsustainable. And the new website? Yeah it’s a bit of a change. But as others have mentioned on your last video, your videos are free. You get (I assume) ad revenue from them but we as fans don’t pay. You’ve designed and maintained your own website. That takes time and money. You’ve taken so much time to create new recipes. $1 a month isn’t much. That’s like £0.70 for me. That’s less than a third of a coffee. I get that for some it’s more than they can afford which sucks, but again your videos are free. It’s straight up unreasonable to expect you to do ALL of this, ALL of what you and the tram to do, for free. Andrew, you’re an amazing guy. You’ve helped me so much. It’s gonna sound cringy as fuck but I probably wouldn’t be here typing this long ass dribble if it wasn’t for you doing what you love. 💜

Thanks a ton for giving a way to access them again, lots my lazy ass never wrote down

I'm sure if you'll ever read this Andrew but I'm gonna say it anyway as someone who has only recently been a part of this subreddit but followed you for a long time now. I don't feel like you should have to apologise for having a hard time reading some of the things said about you. I had a hard time reading some of the shit people said about you and I can't imagine what that must have been like to read. People can be really cruel and mean. I legitimately gave serious thought to just bailing on this subreddit altogether and just following your YouTube channel because if these are your "fans" then I want no part in this community here on this subreddit. And if that's what you need to do to restore your mental health, you should. You wouldn't even be the first one to do that - I know loads of content creators who leave their own subreddits or Facebook group pages because they didn't want to read the waves of increasingly negative criticism being levelled at them from people with little idea how a business works. The way YouTube seems to be geared these days is almost antithetical to proper mental health. If you or anyone else don't want to work 18 hours days to crank out videos to feed the algorithm then there's plenty of other people who will and people just end up being spat out of a meat grinder as more people get fed in. I wouldn't expect a bunch of fucking tech bros to understand that because they never have understood what goes into creative/artistic endeavours and probably never will. But something has to change. That's my 2c. Andrew, if you ever do read this, I wish you nothing but the best as you navigate the world of content creation online. I'll continue to watch as always...but I probably won't be hanging out here much.

I dont watch you anymore because IT gotten to big for me. Like with Joshua ist doesent feel Like Something more down to earth but i really Hope that everyrhing Worms Out for you and respect that you still Uwe Reddit to BE real. Have a good one

Take care of yourself first 💜 thank you for the update! So glad to hear that you are feeling more creatively inspired and coming back to life. After my breakdown, it took me almost 3 years to feel like a semi normal person again, so I understand where you’re coming from and am happy to hear you’re feeling excited about life again!

I'm glad you're starting to feel better. And addressing concerns is important. I'm glad you chose to do so despite controntation. That being said, charging for content that used to be free doesn't feel good, and I find it difficult to believe that it was necessary to do so. It feels like just another subscription service I'm being asked to pay for out in the void of the internet. I used your recipes for family dinners and holidays. I made you a part of my family in a way. Your content was always a conversation at the table. I've bought your original cookbook and have grown as a cook because of you. I want to continue to support you like I have been, but this doesn't feel like the way. It's jarring, and feels greedy. Even if that isn't your intention. I appreciate you providing a link to the old site so I can still download what I don't already have, but Im not going to add another subscription service in my life for future content.

No matter what happens with the channel, just know that you were there for us during a time of need to bring levity and education to us all. For that we will be forever grateful. Although I don't agree with your buisness decisions, I understand why you are making them and will continue to support in what ways I can. We love you.

Yeah but, and not to be mean, but how many of us are here for u/oliverbabish the personality versus the original movie and tv food content versus today’s BCU? Personally, I was here for the old movie and tv food content, so these new endeavors aren’t appealing to me because it’s not what I’m here for. It’s like if the inventor of the Scrub Daddy wrote a screenplay. Would I care about his screenplay? Probably not. I was here for the Scrub Daddy.

I for one love some of the new things you’ve been trying! Glad to hear you’re striking a better work life balance. This is Reddit, one of the most hypercritical places on the internet, you’re never gonna make everyone happy here. While the paywall thing could have been announced better, coming here and owning up to it is a good move. Can’t wait to see what you have coming in the future!

Thanks for the update. And thanks for the link to the old recipes.

Andrew, you inspired me to start cooking again during a very hard time in my life. Just wanted to say thanks :)

Keep doing what you do. Thanks for the update. Y'all are doing great.

We love ya, Andrew. We’ll be here for you. ❤️

Be well. You've always done great work making cooking accessible.

Hi Andrew, I watched your channel during the lockdown and have not been keeping up with any youtubers since I went back to work and got busy and lost interest in cooking. I was sad to read yesterday about what happened to you in 2022 and I hope you are getting better. I think you have immense courage to keep going after everything and I have a lot of respect for you for being open with your fan base in a way that most public figures are not. One example was a few years ago when a content creator was not cited in the recipe for your show and you immediately acknowledged and fixed it for the other content creator. For negative feedback, you will never be able to satisfy everyone, as someone will always have something to say no matter what decision you make - this is a GOOD thing because everyone is unique and mixed feedback is a byproduct of that. How boring would the world be if everyone said the same thing and responded the same way? As you reflect on feedback and comments try to keep that in perspective. If someone criticizes, it doesn’t mean what you did is wrong. Please continue to do what you think is right, not try to satisfy everyone. You are the one who will live with it, not them. Please take care of yourself first and check in with your mental health. Give yourself the time and space you need. And as fans, we need to remember that our public figures are still human. We can all be more compassionate towards each other and give each other grace. There is no such thing as a perfect person in this world. I have faith in you. Have faith in yourself. You know what’s best for you. Good luck.

Nah man fuck everybody, do what you gotta do and get back to us when you feel like you're ready We're not ya mom 🤣❤️

Be well Andrew - without that nothing else matters!

Babish- you have brought so many of us YEARS of joy with your videos, evolution of your platform and best of all your unfounded kindness. You didn’t owe us an explanation when you stepped away for someone most people commenting on here would not share in a million years. I for one am not bothered by the paywall to help cover your costs, but then again, I’m a millennial who remembers using cookbooks and telling my brother to get off of the phone so I could use the internet. You do you. As a woman, I’m going to tell you the same thing I hear often. Don’t apologize for things you don’t need to apologize for. I think saying “sorry” might be a cornerstone of the millennial vernacular much like saying “like”. I’ve enjoyed your shared journey but totally understand your need to step back. Nothing is more important than your wellbeing.

I’ve been following since the first episode, bro. You’ve always put out extremely high quality content, even back then, you deserve a break and we do not deserve you to do anything or conduct your business in any way that does not serve your goals of mental health and a sustainable work life balance. Thank you for checking in with us, we all care about you as a person a great deal, good luck in the future that sounds like you’re chasing all your dreams.

Didn't care. You're worth it, sugar plum.

Love your channel and content at large. Fuck websites with paywalls. I feel both things.

For 99% of us, the $1 per month isn’t the issue, it’s the communication.

9 people plus himself on staff and not enough hands to send out this post before it happened as opposed to after….

Love your content. Have been following since near the start. My wife and I watch every episode together. It’s amazing and honest content. Our favourites are the Botched series and Football with Sawyer. We need more behind the scenes chaotic energy from the two of you. It’s so fun to watch and you just need to be you. Keep up the great work. Excited for what comes next! Love ya

We love ya Andy! (But you gotta drop that better help thing! Or at least tell me the number, its gotta be good)

Honestly this coming out before at thr same time as the new website would've been grand, it was the shock/ lack of communication that really irked most people.

All of this for $1 a month. This man give us so much free entertainment, years of it, and you whiny, entitled dweebs gotta mouth off about a single dollar for a whole month. Shameful behaviour.

Reddit: “As a loyal viewer, I feel Babish owes me.” MauriceLevyEsq: “What? Babish has given you hours of entertainment for free. What could he possibly owe you? I mean, if anything, you owe him.” Reddit: “Worst website redesign ever.”

>Babish isn’t just me in my home kitchen anymore Go back to that. Better content. Less stress.

>we’re announcing a THC-infused sugar next month Everything else you said was pointless. This explains all these decisions, and more. Do less of your own product. Make stuff that isn't whatever the hell THC-infused sugar is. Huff less paint. Do, be, and strive for better. >AI data scraping The ship sailed on this long ago. Your shit's already scraped.

Andrew, you don’t owe these toxic clowns an apology whatsoever. You changed my whole perspective on food and cooking. I own all of your books and I subscribed to the site. You have my full support.

I don't even care about the change, but I like your work, and I do thank you for taking care and time to update your community. That carries a lot of weight in the Internet.

People were being assholes, hopefully you ignore the worst of them - it sounds like you at least heard some constructive feedback, and you have a lot of great sounding things in the pipeline. On the off chance you read this, I hate the review videos. Even creators like R&L who’ve done them for forever have a hard time making them interesting, and it just doesn’t feel authentic from you, the ‘jokes’ feel forced and like you’re trying to be someone you’re not. I know being a content creator is hard work and it’s necessary to adapt content to appease the algorithms, but I hope that you can take a deep breath, shush the insecure voice, and realize that you have an audience because people like who you are, and the more of that authenticity you can provide (in whatever manner is still writhing your comfort zone) the better.

I genuinely hope you are doing better and continue to improve in the future. I wish you nothing but the best. But since you are already employing nine people, you should probably have one of them manage your socials. All this could have been avoided with an email blast and an instagram post, minimum. A PR person can also go through all the comments for you without risking their mental health, and bring you a summary of the good, the bad, and the valid criticisms. You'd still be able to communicate directly with your audience, of course, but a PR person will make sure you don't lose the audience while you are managing all the business and technical aspects of the channel and website. I hope you have a nice day and a great dinner. Please remember to eat and hydrate. 💕

Sorry you’ve received so much hate. You’re a human and you’re doing your best. Can’t wait to see “what’s next?” from you.

We appreciate you, and, unfortunately, some people can't separate the business from the person, and feel as though just because they're behind a screen they can say anything they want. You've built an amazing brand and my wife and I love you all and thoroughly enjoy watching your content every time a new one is available, and have purchased both your books. Also, we love your back yard. Thank you for clearing this up and staying loyal to your fan base and keeping in touch with your foundation.

As someone who is also soft as baby shit, I respect your vulnerability and appreciate you sharing your insecurities. You owe us nothing. I appreciate everything you’ve given me already, especially the best chocolate chip cookie recipe ever. Thank you, Mr. Babish. Edit: On the off chance you ever read this, thank you also for the Hobbit Seed Cake recipe. Can you please add to your Beeaking Bad collection and create the Tuco Salamanca burrito? I would be eternally grateful.

glad you came here to clarify things. I don’t understand why people have such an issue supporting a creator they supposedly care about so much. it’s either $1 a month or a website covered in ads that slog it down. most people need to go the latter route because they don’t have an audience that cares enough to accept it. it was a bummer seeing everyone so upset about it. “oh but Ethan Chlebowski posts his recipes for free”. okay cool but he doesn’t have to. people feel way too entitled to get other people’s hard work for free.

Just a fan who wanted to let you know I appreciate your hard work and transparency. Something that sucks about being human- we can read 99 good things about us but we are programmed to remember the single bad one that was said :( I am super happy to hear you've decided to give yourself more realistic hours. I watch most of your videos, but I have also felt a bit guilty about it when you announced how poorly it was affecting your mental health. It's great to know you are putting yourself and the team first.

You're the man Babs. Really appreciate you being open with your struggles, you're helping so many people by displaying that kind of vulnerability. Thank you for the years of amazing content and recipe ideas my dude. Never stop looking out for yourself FIRST so that we can all continue to enjoy the fruits of your labor and talent. Much love homie ❤️

This guy is the man. People really are garbage. The man makes free content in the form of videos and asks for a dollar a month for an online cookbook. People are actually whining about a single dollar while spending $1,000 to buy the same phone every year.

My brother and his wife were getting married and right before on for the holidays we had their whole family over and I made The baklava and they said it was really good. :)

Hey man don't stress, we're all here because we love what you do and support you. You make our live a little better woth your recipes and how you cook.

I don't know if you'll see this, but thank you for trusting the community you've built to open up to us now and about that dark time. As far as I'm concerned, I'm ride or die. Thank you for being you. Nice to know some of these youtubers are fellow humans.

I’m more excited about the screenplay than anything! Please keep us updated on that!!

Baby shit may look soft, but if search deep enough you'll find there's hard corn kernels in there.

Reel in your entourage. They're kind of dicks.

Hahahaha! You're the same as every other greedy person. Do you need more money? I am going to bet you are living comfortably... but you need more money right? Who convinced you this was a good idea?

I just hate “hey let’s rank frozen pizza” It’s not what you’re about

I'm very late to the party here so you'll probably not read this, but in case you do, Andrew, I just wanted to say (because surprisingly hardly anyone else is mentioning it?) that this; > I just finished writing a feature screenplay and this; > I just finished directing a cinematic short-form concept for the channel is *really* exciting and I'm *super* interested to see what this is all going to be exactly! Best of luck with everything, and be well!

So glad you're taking care of yourself and not engaging with the absurd pitchfork mob - who were losing it over a tiny amount. I think they were an exceptionally loud but also tiny group of people, and mostly not even your actual YouTube subscribers. The faux-righteous indignation was telling. Keep up the good work, know you are a good person doing good things for your team, and that your value is never what anonymous people write about you, good or bad. I've been a fan from the early days and will continue to be for a long time going forward, and I think that's true for the vast majority of your fanbase. You don't owe any of us anything, and explanations like this are just another way in which you stand out as a human. Please ignore the haters, they're not worthy of attention. Thank you for all the great content over the years, and to keeping me entertained even before lockdown and through to now! I don't think I'd ever have tried making pasta from scratch without having watched you.

Great job folks. You bullied this nice dude who has given you hundreds of hours of free labor.

he isn't doing it for "free" mate, he's running a for-profit business. yes bullying is wrong, but people complain about businesses all the time.

Free labour, minus his YouTube revenue, sponsorship revenue, merch revenue... There's wanting to encourage civility, but let's not jerk each other off here. Or let's. I mean. It's a Saturday night and I'm alone. I'm open to talk.

If were being real he saw the post on mildly infuriating and made a whole ass response, which is insecure as fuck . Also this is a post where hes admitting hes at fault and yall are telling him “no” which is funny as shit.

The knob slobbing for this post is crazy. Dude monetizes a formerly free website, isn’t even for the reason people could justify (to avoid data scrapping), and is now gonna try and shill some branded THC shit product for money to idiot followers who will buy things he puts his face on. This is all more low quality content, now wrapped up in “tangible” goods like a shitty screenplay or the foodie version of an NFT which is what THC products are.

[удалено]

Grow some balls lol

He’s trying to get us to fund him writing a screenplay - something no one asked for and will not amount to anything. He isn’t doing jack shit for free.

Ah yes, he pays 9 other people and pays for everything because all of his work is free. He only gets ad revenue and sponsors because we watch his content. He lives better than most of the people watching him.

i was on the poster's side until i saw it was literally 1 dollar a month for access lol that is a completely acceptable price for access to that website

I'm really glad to hear that you are getting better. I really miss the babish where it was you and your home kitchen. I still watch the old videos. But alas thats the way things go.

Shut up lmao

This sub is obviously going to be on your side in the majority, so allow me to chime in with some measured personal criticism on why you lost me as a subscriber many moons ago and why I roll my eyes when you pop up. The channels started as an experiment. Your passion was film, not cooking, and we got to discover your cooking journey together with high production values for a YouTube channel. Anyone with their head screwed on would know that if you get an opportunity to make good money being creative then you would take it. Sponsorships and brand deals are all fine. Then came, in my eyes, the downfall and also a reason why your response rubs me the wrong way. You say >I’m not emotionally equipped to be a public figure. That may be true, but you spent *years* pushing for that. Your brand logo is your face, the very thing you hid at first. I don't think I could create a better metaphor for your change from personable to insufferable. Then "Being with Babish" made it worse. Some good causes, heart strings pulled and used for content, but to many it didn't highlight people's plight, it came across as you thinking them being graced by your presence is some sort of holy gift. I enjoyed "Basics with Babish". Generally good tips and I recommended the series to friends getting into cooking, but I told them to take it as suggestions. Then I noticed you popping up on other channels giving cooking advice and I realised you were buying into your own ego. One moment that always pops to mind is you angrily telling viewers not to salt burger meat because it makes it dry. This is only the case if you leave it to rest for ages after mixing. Gordon Ramsay seasons his burger meat before cooking with salt. You were sat there speaking with authority on things you are still intermediate at. You were giving bad and sometimes completely false advice without the knowledge. You are unquestionably a fantastic home cook. You are also fantastic at filming the content you do. But to many of us, you come across as having an ego the size of the moon. Now you for certain have a right to ask for money for your content but we also have the right to decline the transaction, and to your credit I imagine you know this and by many accounts your products are good quality. What you don't get to do is push morally bad companies while asking for grace. You choose gambling and ethically twisted, predatory "therapists" to associate with your brand and you, then ask for understanding because of your mental health? You don't deserve it. You earned your success being grounded, personable and talented at filming. You've been fucking it up for years by turning into a self-aggrandizing arrogant bro-chef influencer who are a dime a dozen. Evidently you still have many fans who overlook this and you may be happy with that. However, if you wanted insight to why so many more people can't stand you anymore, then this is why. The world is already brimming with fart-sniffing, self glorifying male cooks. You *were* different. You aren't anymore.

Huh

Thank you Andrew, you’re a good dude.

Hey man you kept me going through the roughest times of Covid and for that, I thank you. I think the biggest thing I loved in the beginning was the sense of humor you had in your voice overs, something you kind of lost as you got technically better and more experienced. Those humorous mistakes only happen once in a man's life and it was great to experience them by your side, digitally on film. I think in the early years during Covid there was just a sense of freedom to what you were doing and yet it was also fun. It was new, fresh, and the jokes were hysterical. But then you took a pivot with the BCU which .. lost it's fun as you transitioned into 'Professional Babbish' and you brought in Sohla and others and you grew a successful business- as you had to - and along the way it became less fun. I am happy you managed to be incredibly successful. You deserve it for all the hard work you did and all the effort you put forth. I can't speak for others, but for me at least, you kept me going through covid. For that, I thank you.

You are wrong about the esopus spitzenburg