Navigate Select ESC Close

Only Cooking Your Struggle Meals For 24 Hours

2025-08-14 Entertainment
1.8m
46.1k
2.9k
Mythical Kitchen
Mythical Kitchen
4.4m subscribers

Analyzing Viewer-Submitted Struggle Meals for Culinary Resilience

Learn surprisingly comforting recipes submitted by the Mythical Kitchen community and discover which low-effort meals can transform a tough day.

Short Summary

  • Determine quick, low-cost preparations ranging from breakfast to dinner using minimal ingredients.
  • Evaluate three distinct breakfast struggles: congee-style rice, sausage hash, and hot dog scramble.
  • Assess lunch submissions featuring bean/nugget nachos, grilled PB&B sandwich, and controversial banana tuna salad.
  • Dinner category highlights kimchi dogs, shepherd's pie variations, and spicy ramen burritos. This episode documents the hosts cooking and ranking fan-submitted "struggle meals," providing insight into what people turn to during times of hardship or lack of energy. The process demonstrates resourcefulness using cheap staples like instant rice, hot dogs, and processed cheese.

Unlock all features

FREE: Get instant access to 10 AI summaries, chats, or transcripts per day.

Description

What do the fans of Mythical Kitchen eat when they're struggling? Want more Mythical Kitchen? Check out these playlists: Last Meals - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oLPu4rowq_WOqg6nJ_oToRN Food Battles - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oKvNweUd0NzXBTUgmVDXbTe Meals of History - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oJzDtzkhoE_KeH_macdrpHJ Check out our podcast, A Hot Dog Is A Sandwich! Apple Podcasts: https://mythic.al/ahdias Spotify: https://mythic.al/hotdog Pick up official Mythical Kitchen merch at https://mythical.com/collections/mythical-kitchen Check out Sporked, Mythical's new website dedicated to helping you find the best food on the shelves! - http://www.sporked.com Submit your Dreams Become Food photos here: https://forms.gle/cBopySaTXdzG7RFr5 Join the Mythical Society: https://www.mythicalsociety.com Follow Mythical Kitchen: Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythicalkitchen Facebook: https://facebook.com/mythicalkitchen Mythical Chef Josh's Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythicalchefjosh Check Out Our Other Mythical Channels: Good Mythical Morning: https://youtube.com/goodmythicalmorning Rhett & Link: https://youtube.com/rhettandlink Ear Biscuits: https://applepodcasts.com/earbiscuits Good Mythical MORE: https://youtube.com/goodmythicalmore In the spirit of minimizing food waste associated with the filming of this series, Mythical is donating to the Hollywood Food Coalition who provide daily, nourishing meals to underserved communities in the Los Angeles area. Closed Captioning provided by Rev

Top Comments (10)

@korgothic 2025-08-25

Two different definitions of "Struggle Meal" are butting heads in this video from the start. Some people sent in their financial struggle meals, others sent in their emotional struggle meals. They are both valid. They are not the same. Most importantly, they are not interchangeable.

9.2k 51 replies
@craftiebrown 2025-08-14

This episode went from struggle meals for breakfast to recipes that were made up by people, who were either drunk or high, for dinner.

8.2k 59 replies
@iPreferTrish 2025-08-14

Scraping the food off the counter and putting it back into the pan is what solidified the struggle meal

6.7k 6 replies
@Corqii 2025-08-14

my struggle meal is looking in the pantry for 3 days straight knowing that its not going to get any fuller

5.4k 18 replies
@zport1 2025-09-13

a struggle nap is where you're hungry and have a headache, but you don't have food or painkillers so you try to sleep it off.

4.9k 21 replies
@BatataKarambas 2025-08-14

Struggle meals hit different when you're actually struggling, it's like a eating a michelin star meal that has blessed your miserable, treacherous life

2.7k 11 replies
@sandiegobound10 2025-10-23

I love the cooking but the part i really resonate with is Josh dropping diabolical tidbits from his traumatic childhood like they are normal while everyone else just stares in shock lol. I feel seen.😂

1.2k 2 replies
@haroerhaktak2613 2025-08-14

My favorite thing about watching josh cook, is that while knowing he is an actual good cook, he still cooks like he's living in a frat house and uses whatever he can reach for first. And that's an inspiration to me, because he doesn't let nothing stop him and he doesnt mind looking a bit silly to prove that you dont need fancy equipment to cook a meal. Also he's funny.

888
@FoxDragon 2025-08-17

When I first moved out, my mom gifted me a croc pot. First year living on my own the struggle meal 2-3 weeks out of 5 was "whatever large protein I could find in the discount section for the best price, in the croc pot with BBQ sauce, served over rice or mashed potato. Maybe with some frozen veg."

567 5 replies
@mossydreamzinc 2025-10-30

the miracle whip banana ketchup tuna abomination was UPSETTING

511 3 replies

Unlock the Data Inside
Turn Videos into Knowledge

  • Get FREE 10/day: transcripts, summaries, chats
  • Chat with videos, export text & PDF
  • $1 free API credit for RAG, chatbots & research

Free forever plan • All features unlocked

App screenshot