I am Harley Morenstein, ex-high school teacher and creator of EpicMealTime and Epic Chef! Ask Me Anything!

Can I be the sauce boss for a day?

You can be the sauce boss from now....

....until now. How was it?

How have you not died of alcohol poisoning?

I ain't no bitch.

What was teaching highschool like? Were you the fun teacher? What'd you teach?

I used to enjoy trolling the kids. Sometimes I would have a tv set up at the front of the class so when the kids came in they were all like "yessss! We're watching a movie!" and then after taking attendance I'd be like "Oh! This TV is from the earlier class....weird.....take out your textbooks and turn to page.."

Seriously dude. Tell it to us straight, are you drowning in copious amounts of vagina thanks to Epic Meal Time? How much are we talking here? What's the craziest offer you've had random ladies throw at you?

I had a guy offer me his girlfriend for a night after a live show once. She was down. They were both begging. I felt weird inside. There are lots more opportunities with the opposite sex for me now, but there must be a balance. Being with too many partners will certainly make you feel gross. I'm a clean freak and I like to know someone first, so I never get down with random sluts. I like to know someone's not psycho before i finger their mouth with my penis.

What influenced you to create Epic Meal Time?

Hashish.

Have the fast food restaurants you get your supplies from begun to recognize you and get that kind of "oh shit here he comes" look whenever you show up?

Sometimes I go to Wendy's and the employees start sweating. They start tripping out and I'm usually just in there for a single Baconator.

Can we just take a second and talk about what a perfect sandwich the Baconator is? It's got exactly what I'm looking for in a fast food experience without all the shitty extras you'd get on a Big Mac or Whopper.

You mean vegetables?

Yeah, also that extra layer of bun in the middle of the Big Mac. So pointless.

That space would be much better if they replaced it with bacon.

McDonalds seems to vastly underestimate what is a "good amount" of bacon for their burgers

McDonald's has the worst bacon of every fast food chain.

What has been the most unexpected impact of EMT on your life?

I can finally afford a gaming PC!!!

What games do you play on your gaming pc?

Only ones that are NOT available on console. I do this because most my friends play online consoles. But I did get Borderlands 2 on PC and Hitman on PC.

How much weight have you gained since EMT began?

I gained about 35-40lbs at my fattest. It was cool to finally have a gut big enough for me to name. It's name is Balthazar. I levelled out at about 15-20lbs more than when I first started.

What's your favorite recipe that you've ever made? Are there any that you haven't tried yet but are really excited to?

Also, you're attractive as fuck.

I really enjoyed 84 Egg Sandwich! But I love those shitty McDonald's egg sandwiches. Also, I would like to make love to you. If you're female.

Lucky for the both of us, I am in fact a female! I propose an evening of steak, whiskey, and wild sex.

Ok. What do I need to bring?

You handle the cooking, I'll handle the booze. Also, bring rope and/or handcuffs.

I have so many boners now.

Jealous of all the bacon sex you're both about to have...

I'm jealous of your incredible username!

What was the most disgusting meal you had to eat on the show?

Turtle Soup! I fuckin hated it. Everyone else liked it though.

Was it actual turtle in the soup? because where I live they call it turtle soup but it doesn't actually have turtle

It had butchered turtle meat and we served it in a turtle shell with Jack Dan... actually... here -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toiLy3R-38M

I met you guys last year at my school. Forgot to ask: has Jack Daniels ever contacted you about the immense publicity you've created for them?

No. But we sold a Whiskey Lube at one point and they thought it looked too similar to their packaging. They asked us to stop selling it. They were very kind about the whole thing.

What was your main reason for giving up teaching?

I never gave up teaching. My voicemail still says "Harley Morenstein substitute teacher and host of EpicMealTime..." I currently don't teach because I have close to 3 million subscribers on YouTube that wait for a video each week and my students totally understand that I have a responsibility to make it rain baconstrips online!

How long does it take to shoot an entire episode? What's Deadmau5 like in person?

Could take up to 12 hours of filming for an episode. Deadmau5 is fuckin cool. He just cracks jokes and rips through cigarettes like a madman!

What is the most money you have spent on just getting the ingredients for one of your creations on Epic Meal Time?

Turbaconepicentipede for Thanksgiving last year. It cost about 5000$ to stuff 10 pigs with 50 birds and attach them all ass to mouth and garnish them with Baconators.

Is alot of that money due to sponsors paying straight for it? Or do they just give you money and then you allot out that money for food / production / etc etc

That was NOT a sponsored meal. We fully paid for that ourselves (it was worth it) and 75% of it ended up at a soup kitchen since it was too much for us to finish. We don't get sponsored that often. I turn down WAAAY more sponsors than I choose to work with. The only sponsors I say yes to have to fall under certain guidelines: 1. It can't be no bitch shit. 2. I (Harley) need to like it myself. So, netflix/certain videogames/certain movies are all cool as long as I like it myself as a person and am comfortable vouching for it. I would never integrate something I dislike. 3. No vegetables or anything that has the word "mini" or "fun-sized" in it.

Are you really going to cater Joel and Kat's wedding? I read that tweet, that would be hilarious.

It would be awesome! I hope we get the opportunity to take part!

How much can Muscles Glasses lift? (Bench press, squat, deadlift, etc)

Ask him this personally at 4pmEST!

Would you kill for bacon?

Yes. I would kill a pig for bacon.

What are you hiding under that beard?

A bearded fist.

Why have you never done anything super spicy? Just not a fan?

Huge fan of spice! The tricky part is spice doesn't really read on camera. So we've added plenty of habaneros to some meals but nobody really cares that much because they don't get to fully appreciate how spicy the meal is by watching. That being said we've been waiting to do a Spice Meal with a scoville counter instead of a calorie counter.

1. What is your favorite food?
2. What gave you the idea to start epic meal time?
3. Any tips for making kick ass steak for Christmas dinner?

1. Pizza and Hamburgers. Pizza Hamburger. Hamburger Pizza. Either/or.
2. Hanging with the guys and getting messed up. We came up with the concept and it was a rare occasion where you wake up the next day sober and act on your drunken idea.
3. Butter and Dr. Pepper

So does the camera guy get to eat any of the delicious food? Or does he just get to watch and wish he wasn't the cameraman?

The cameraman is the same guy that eats with a knife and fork. Cousin Dave. So yeah, he gets in front of the camera too!

How did you get the chefs on epic chef to agree to appear on the show?

I said "Hey! Wanna cook on the internet?!" they were like "Fuck Yeah!" I was like "I'm going to be mean..." they were like "Bring it."

How was it working with Lights?

She's beautiful.

Just came here to say that I love the beard, man.

Thanks bro. My beard appreciates that.

Is there ever a moment where any of you seriously consider how this could affect your bodies in the long run?

Yeah. We seriously considered it. It affected our bodies in a little bit of a fat way.

Have you ever weighed yourself before and after filming an episode?
And if so, whats the most weight you have ever gained from it?

I do that before and after dripping a twix. Never with an EMT though. I'll do it next time.

What do you think of this idea? It's basically a way to make your living while partying in cities around the world.

Travel to different parts of the world known for excellent food (Mexico City, Singapore, Shanghai, Istanbul, etc.) where you spend several days sampling the best, meatiest, strangest and greasiest of the local food and getting a feel for it. Then you enlist the help of an awesome, local restaurant to help you make one of your awesome meals based on local food like you did with the Epic Eggroll in January 2011. I'm sure that local fans, including redditors, will be able to help you out with finding a good place and restaurants be willing to do it as long as you pay the restaurant enough. That or try to do it in a fan's house if they're cool with it and can help you cook the new foods.

Also, The area around Southern Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina is meat paradise.

TL;DR Travel around the world doing Epic Meal Time, party, and have an awesome time doing it. It opens up an entire world of different types of meat and alcohol.

It's an incredible idea and very similar to two different concepts we have played around with. Whatever we decide to do in the future we make it so that it's still possible to create a new EpicMealTime every Tuesday. So a travelling party channel is totally something we've played with along with some other cool show concepts. In 2013 we should have about 6 shows rolled out.

What's your record for alcohol consumed during one show?

St. Patrick's Day episode this past year. We all got completely wasted and downed over a bottle each. It was a shit-show!

Hey Harley,

1. How the hell are you not clinically obese? How the hell do you keep all this stuff off?

2. Why haven't you done the cinnamon challenge yet.

3. I imagine all this cooking, shooting the video, editing the video, adding all the sound etc much take a lot of time. But roughly how long, in terms of hours does it take you to actually make each video?

1. Four Hour Body. I only recently discovered this and it's awesome. Grab the book.
2. Not a priority really. I'm still trying to figure out how to make a Throne of 1000 BaconStrips and so cinnamon spoon is much lower on my list.
3. On average from conceptualization to upload it could take 40 hours.

Hey Harley, what do you want for Christmas?

Custom Nikes that are all white but the Nike Check is in baconstrip print. They don't exist but you asked me what I want and I can want anything.

Will you shave off your beard and mail me the hair?

I have four bags of beard hair from when my beard was it's thickest. I plan on making an awesome paint brush set with it.

Do you ever worry about heart attacks?

Actually no. I also don't worry about liver failure and cavities. It's a tricky balancing act between "Life is precious and rare so make sure you cherish it by taking care of your body." and "Life is precious and rare so make sure you cherish it by eating plenty of bacon and drinking lots of whiskey and doing what you want!"

Would you ever consider asking Action Bronson to come on the show and do a guest appearance? He used to be a chef incorporates cooking into his lyrics. He also has a small time cooking show on youtube. Here is a link for one of the episodes, not a lot of bacon in it but it is still a ridiculous creation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY-yTaW9vdY

I've been back and forth with Bronson non-stop. Really looking forward to working with him. It's going down.

Hey Harley, huge fan of EMT. I have two questions:

1) Have you ever had one of your creations go horribly wrong? If so how? 2) I met you guys at Globe last spring and you were all awesome. Of the three main clubs on the corner of St. Laurent, which is the best? Buona Notte, Globe or Koko? Or is there a darkhorse?

Thanks! Keep up the awesome work!

1) Our first time doing Meatball Deathstar it was slightly pink. We made it again immediately after but properly this time. 2) We always enjoy showing people that we're not douchebags outside of the kitchen too. I prefer xbox over all of those clubs by the way.

What is your favorite liquor?

Jameson.

That was a surprise

I'm full of surprises. ....not hitting on you btw bro. Just saying.

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Harley. Which is me. I got it while cruising the internet looking at fatso meal pics. I decided nobody is doing a show about these wild meals and it could be really fun. It was never meant to be weekly but once the first episode got 100,000 views I had to jump at the opportunity to keep it going.

Would you ever go back on PKA with Kyle, Woody and Wings?

Any time. We are however coming out with our own Podcast very shortly. Working title: All These Things. I will read every suggestion for a name posted here though.

How long does it take to lose the weight gained on EMT week after week?

Some of this fat here will probably be with me forever. I look forward to spending a lifetime with this gut.

I love the new show, Will you be bringing in unknown chefs (or even fans) to participate in Epic Chef?

I love your nerd tattoos ;)! We will absolutely be bringing in fan chefs and unknown chefs. The next episode features fan chefs actually on Friday!

Harley, who is the best pro wrestler in the world today?

Goldust. Always and forever.

Fat Goldust or slim Goldust? I mean, slim Goldust had more energy to do cool shit, but fat Goldust felt more like the true son of Dusty Rhodes.

Fat Goldust. Dusty Rhodes is not the father of Goldust in my eyes. He's his own entity!

what is the best thing epic meal time's popularity/fame has allowed you to do?

Inspire people from my hometown. I come from Montreal, Quebec and it's a really incredible place. It has awesome people but it seems isolated. It's a hard place to "break out of". Most Montrealers move to Toronto or some other city to "make it happen." I feel we inspired lots of people from our hometown ever since we became successful.

What are good low budget, easy made meals for a college aged student, that aren't microwaved?

And seriously what do you do about a vegetarian. Like you've made a really good meal and give it to your friend, only to remember they are a vegetarian?

I recommend going to Costco and buying things in bulk. Make yourself a chilli and keep it in the freezer with a whole bunch of ground meat and it could last you all month. You can also buy a huge amount of beef tenderloin for 65$ and end up getting a whole bunch of steaks out of it too. Good moves especially if splitting with a roommate.

Best experience with a fan?

sex.

Thanks so much for all the awesome questions! This was great!! We always read comments on our Social Networks if you want to keep in touch with us! One of us at any given time are looking through questions and comments! Here's our info: http://www.epicmealtime.com YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/epicmealtime Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/EpicMealTime or http://www.twitter.com/harleyplays Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/epicmealtime Google+: https://plus.google.com/107307848559396764238 Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/harleyplays

Thanks again!!

What is your connection to/opinion of Regular Ordinary Swedish Mealtime?

I think it started out as a funny parody of our show and it turned out really awesome! -Tyler!

I know you love Mortal Kombat, I'm a Liu Kang guy myself, which character do you like to play as? Also do you play Smash Bros? If so which character do you play as?

I prefer Dead or Alive to be honest. But Sub-Zero for sure. Also, never a big fan of Smash Bros. I wasn't really ever good at it.

How much does musclesglasses lift?

all of it

Is muscle's glasses going to be in the Expendables 3?

He has some issues with Dolph Lungren. We'll see... -Tyler!

What do you have to say about all those people who deem EMT fake, and that you spit everything out in between shots?

Haters gon' hate, you can't really change that. -Tyler!

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Sure. Shotgun bottom half. -Tyler!

Let's say the world's supply of bacon runs out tomorrow. What do you use instead?

We drink more to null the pain. -Tyler!

Food on a Stick?

SMART. -Tyler!

How long do you plan on doing EMT ?

Until we die or the internet shuts down. Whichever comes first. -Tyler!