WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.130 --> 00:00:03.320 - So, a recent trend in the restaurant world 2 00:00:03.320 --> 00:00:07.660 has been putting 24 karat gold on anything. 3 00:00:07.660 --> 00:00:10.000 So here, at Deadspin, 4 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:13.500 we are gonna put some gold on some food 5 00:00:13.500 --> 00:00:17.140 and see if we, this lovely group right here, 6 00:00:17.140 --> 00:00:21.176 can distinguish food with gold and just regular food. 7 00:00:21.176 --> 00:00:24.093 (orchestral music) 8 00:00:26.738 --> 00:00:30.740 We're gonna have our blindfolds, be blindfolded obviously, 9 00:00:31.580 --> 00:00:32.753 we're gonna initiate. 10 00:00:35.860 --> 00:00:37.410 - Um, here's a question I should've asked 11 00:00:37.410 --> 00:00:39.010 before agreeing to do this video, 12 00:00:39.010 --> 00:00:41.910 can you eat gold, like is it okay to eat gold? 13 00:00:41.910 --> 00:00:44.133 Can you get gold poisoning? 14 00:00:46.550 --> 00:00:48.014 Does anyone know? 15 00:00:48.014 --> 00:00:50.931 (orchestral music) 16 00:01:03.063 --> 00:01:04.591 - This is so good. 17 00:01:04.591 --> 00:01:07.508 (orchestral music) 18 00:01:13.091 --> 00:01:16.983 This one has gold. You know why? 19 00:01:16.983 --> 00:01:18.910 It keeps getting stuck all over my lips. 20 00:01:20.589 --> 00:01:23.269 I didn't try the other one. 21 00:01:23.269 --> 00:01:26.020 - I definitely think they taste exactly the same, 22 00:01:26.020 --> 00:01:29.220 but they feel differently, and I don't know which one, 23 00:01:29.220 --> 00:01:31.743 'cause I haven't had a Shake Shack burger in a while. 24 00:01:32.620 --> 00:01:33.650 - This one has gold. 25 00:01:33.650 --> 00:01:35.670 - I think this one has the gold on it, 26 00:01:35.670 --> 00:01:38.120 but I also thought this one had the gold on it, 27 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:39.810 but after eating this one, 28 00:01:39.810 --> 00:01:42.480 I was like, oh no, that's definitely where the gold is. 29 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:44.520 - I'm gonna go with this one has the gold, 30 00:01:44.520 --> 00:01:46.530 I don't know I'll try to push it forward, 31 00:01:46.530 --> 00:01:48.680 I think this one has the gold. 32 00:01:54.700 --> 00:01:56.740 - I couldn't tell a single difference in the taste, 33 00:01:56.740 --> 00:01:58.680 it was all about the texture and yeah, 34 00:01:58.680 --> 00:01:59.830 I think I got it wrong. 35 00:02:01.050 --> 00:02:02.445 Sushi, okay. 36 00:02:02.445 --> 00:02:05.362 (orchestral music) 37 00:02:08.732 --> 00:02:09.565 - Ew. 38 00:02:15.090 --> 00:02:17.050 - So how much gold are we talking, 39 00:02:17.050 --> 00:02:19.270 is like the whole thing covered in gold? 40 00:02:19.270 --> 00:02:21.730 Is there a little gold around the rice? 41 00:02:21.730 --> 00:02:23.910 - Oh, I don't know, 42 00:02:23.910 --> 00:02:25.670 but I definitely felt something that time. 43 00:02:25.670 --> 00:02:27.520 I'm confident. I'm going with this one. 44 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:29.250 I think, again, it's the texture for me, 45 00:02:29.250 --> 00:02:31.888 like you can tell when it kinda breaks up. 46 00:02:31.888 --> 00:02:34.460 - This one is a guess, I'm gonna say that one, 47 00:02:34.460 --> 00:02:36.540 but just 'cause I finished all of this. 48 00:02:37.410 --> 00:02:40.850 - Yeah I also have absolutely no idea, so I'm gonna guess. 49 00:02:40.850 --> 00:02:42.800 - Wow, okay, so now you guys are making me feel bad 50 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:45.070 that I was like so confident. 51 00:02:45.070 --> 00:02:47.760 As soon as I took a bite, I was like yeah this felt like it. 52 00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:49.843 - This one just all tastes the same. 53 00:02:51.796 --> 00:02:53.730 - I had a glazed doughnut yesterday. 54 00:02:53.730 --> 00:02:55.280 Did not have gold on it though. 55 00:03:01.110 --> 00:03:03.480 - I think, I can't tell if that was like 56 00:03:03.480 --> 00:03:05.650 frosting or gold. 57 00:03:05.650 --> 00:03:09.303 There's a hardness to the glaze that feels like metal. 58 00:03:10.910 --> 00:03:12.630 - Gonna go with this one. 59 00:03:12.630 --> 00:03:14.450 - Yeah, that's what I'm guessing. 60 00:03:14.450 --> 00:03:16.243 - I'm really enjoying these doughnuts, 61 00:03:17.106 --> 00:03:17.939 just one more. 62 00:03:19.941 --> 00:03:21.360 This is just another guess. 63 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:24.090 - [Jon] This one feels like the biggest guess so far. 64 00:03:24.090 --> 00:03:25.637 - That one, 'cause its already got shit all over it 65 00:03:25.637 --> 00:03:28.373 'cause of what you all were saying. 66 00:03:28.373 --> 00:03:31.290 (orchestral music) 67 00:03:40.700 --> 00:03:43.000 - Really gotta dig deep to test for that gold. 68 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:46.150 - This one I have no idea. 69 00:03:46.150 --> 00:03:48.108 - [Jon] I have literally no idea. 70 00:03:48.108 --> 00:03:51.025 - Ah, it's this one, it's this one. 71 00:03:52.010 --> 00:03:52.880 - Ah, brain freeze. 72 00:03:52.880 --> 00:03:55.070 - Yup, that's the gold. 73 00:03:55.070 --> 00:03:58.820 - It's the gold cutting the blood vessels in my brain. 74 00:03:58.820 --> 00:04:00.540 - Yeah this one though, 75 00:04:00.540 --> 00:04:02.640 complete shot in the dark, I think for me. 76 00:04:07.429 --> 00:04:08.262 - Yes! 77 00:04:08.262 --> 00:04:09.883 - Wow! 78 00:04:10.720 --> 00:04:11.813 - Okay, I'll take it. 79 00:04:12.971 --> 00:04:15.698 (all yell) 80 00:04:15.698 --> 00:04:17.581 - Oh my goodness! 81 00:04:17.581 --> 00:04:19.531 I really got four out of four? 82 00:04:20.414 --> 00:04:23.520 - The gold did not negatively impact any of the dishes. 83 00:04:23.520 --> 00:04:24.353 - No. 84 00:04:24.353 --> 00:04:27.050 - But it also didn't really add anything. 85 00:04:27.050 --> 00:04:29.720 - It is just a look thing, you know what I mean, 86 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:30.777 get your photos and eat. 87 00:04:30.777 --> 00:04:31.610 - Fucking Instagram food. 88 00:04:32.801 --> 00:04:34.101 - Damn that was good though.