Jelly Belly Blind Tasting: Jordan's Seven Flavors

**Jordan Okun** (0:02)
All right, Mad Food, I'm Jordan Okun, Max is here. This is a very important one. Now, I was recently hanging out for a day in New York. Okay, I went to Sadell's, which I like to do, at least once a year. Have you ever been there? Nope.
Never been to Sadell's?

**Max Shapiro** (0:17)
No.

**Jordan Okun** (0:17)
I bet you wanna go. You're a big fan of a major food group.

**Max Shapiro** (0:21)
Yeah, but mostly Teresee.

**Jordan Okun** (0:23)
Not big with breakfast foods and lunch foods though. But I usually do the bagel, the lox, the salmon salad, the French toast. But I went off the board this time.

**Max Shapiro** (0:35)
Okay.

**Jordan Okun** (0:36)
I did a club sandwich with turkey and bacon, very crisp bacon, a nice cold slaw. And they cut it like tea sandwiches, like a little- Cold slaw?
A little layer of slaw as well. It was great. And they used rye bread, three layers, cut it small with the crust off, little triangles, little rectangles.

**Max Shapiro** (0:57)
Yeah.

**Jordan Okun** (0:58)
Then had a double cheeseburger.

**Max Shapiro** (1:00)
Okay.

**Jordan Okun** (1:01)
Come on. A Mario Carbone cheeseburger? Let's go. And of course, I had to have the French toast.

**Max Shapiro** (1:07)
All right. I mean-

**Jordan Okun** (1:08)
Best French toast you've ever had.

**Max Shapiro** (1:10)
Really?

**Jordan Okun** (1:10)
Yes. It's deep fried. The inside is like-

**Max Shapiro** (1:15)
Custard?

**Jordan Okun** (1:15)
Custard. Outside, crunchy.

**Max Shapiro** (1:17)
You know, the best French toast I've ever had is in Spain. They're called Torrijas.

**Jordan Okun** (1:22)
Yeah.

**Max Shapiro** (1:22)
And they're like custard inside. And if they beat Torrijas, then that's impressive.

**Jordan Okun** (1:27)
Okay. Well, you know what? When we go back to New York, I may drag you in for some French toast.

**Max Shapiro** (1:31)
Okay. And see if it beats my Torrijas?

**Jordan Okun** (1:33)
Yes.

**Max Shapiro** (1:34)
Okay.

**Jordan Okun** (1:34)
I think that's good content.

**Max Shapiro** (1:35)
All right.

**Jordan Okun** (1:37)
Then, you know, we shmire around SoHo, and we ended up in this old school candy store.
And I wasn't in the mood for it. I just come off the French toast, but walk in there, kids want to do it. And what do I see? A giant self-serve Jelly Belly installation. Have you seen these, where you make your own giant, giant tubes of 20 to 25 different flavors, where you pull a lever, you grab a bag, you pull a lever, you fill the bag with as much as you want, and then you pay for it by the pound.

**Max Shapiro** (2:21)
Yeah, I've done this before. I just, I don't know if I've seen 20 tubes of jelly beans. That's right. Jelly Bellies. Jelly Bellies. Show respect, please.

**Jordan Okun** (2:32)
I have, I was so addicted to Jelly Bellies.
When I moved to Sherman Oaks, I had conquered my addiction, and then I walk into the Gelsons I live five blocks from, and they have one of these mini installations. So then I got right back into it like a fiend, like a meth head on this stuff. And I'd given it up for the last couple years, and then I'm on vacay in New York, I see this huge installation, I had to get it on. And I did, I succumbed to it. So I choose seven different flavors, filled one of these bags, then I posted my flavors on IG, and I asked if people could guess what seven flavors I picked.
Because in the past, I've posted about Jelly Bellies. Good engagement. Really?

**Max Shapiro** (3:27)
People like this Jelly Belly con.

**Jordan Okun** (3:29)
Okay. And I said, if anyone guesses what these flavors are, just on sight alone, throw you a mention on the pod.

**Max Shapiro** (3:38)
Did someone get it?

**Jordan Okun** (3:39)
And a lot of people tried. A lot of people tried. And mostly though, people wrote in telling me what a disgusting piece of shit I am for loving buttered popcorn.

**Max Shapiro** (3:51)
Did people really?

**Jordan Okun** (3:52)
Correct. Numerous people.

**Max Shapiro** (3:54)
I grew up liking buttered popcorn.

**Jordan Okun** (3:56)
You know, a lot of married women telling me that.

**Max Shapiro** (3:59)
Interesting.

**Jordan Okun** (4:00)
That I'm disgusting. You don't want to hear that.

**Max Shapiro** (4:02)
They didn't use that word.

**Jordan Okun** (4:04)
Disgusting. Fucking disgusting.

**Max Shapiro** (4:06)
No way.

**Jordan Okun** (4:07)
Pig.

**Max Shapiro** (4:07)
Stop. You're kidding.

**Jordan Okun** (4:09)
I appreciated all of that. Thanks for all the love, folks. Judgy fucks.
No.

**Max Shapiro** (4:19)