1 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,120 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Savor production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: I'm Annie Reese and I'm Lauren Vocal Bomb, and today 3 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: we have another listener Maile episode for you. Yes, and 4 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: you know we love these we do. I want to 5 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: say that because what I'm about to say might make 6 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: it sound like we don't. That's not the case. But 7 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: this is our thir listener mail. Yeah, huge milestone, right right. 8 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: That that means that a lot of you have been 9 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: really awesome for a long time now. Yes, and I 10 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: put up with our increasingly obscure Star Wars Bond names 11 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 1: and it's only going to continue, I promise. Yeah, and 12 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: we're not sorry. We make zero apologies about that. No never, 13 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: no never. But a little peek behind the curtains. This 14 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: is actually the third time I've recorded this one. Lauren's 15 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: second time. It's it's only my second I right. So 16 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: Annie had a little bit of a glitch the first 17 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: time that we were recording. We're still not actually positive 18 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: what it was, which makes which makes these sessions just 19 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: very exciting. It just really gets the heart rate going. 20 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: It is. You know, we got too comfortable in our 21 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: cushion studio slash home Studios and the ghost of my 22 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: machine was not happy that I was trying to take 23 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: off time for my birthday. So maybe one day it'll 24 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: be like, if we ever get a Patreon or something 25 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: will release, we'll release the safer cut. Yeah. Yeah, because 26 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: it sounds. It sounds creepy. It sounds like the worst 27 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: auto tune you can imagine, and it's just throughout and 28 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: only on my voice right right, Lauren's responding very normally. Yeah, 29 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: as though Annie is not haunted, which she clearly is. 30 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: It had experience with some my electronics having some issues, 31 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: you know, ghostly issues. And this is the thirteenth episodes. 32 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, I mean, okay, but I tell 33 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: you this because if this, if we get to the 34 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: end of this one and there's another problem, then it's 35 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 1: cursed and it's going to be like you're going to 36 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: hear the Glish chat episode. Yeah, that's it, that's just it. Yeah, 37 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: for Annie's personal sanity, we cannot record. I had to 38 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: rerecord on my birthday. Everybody, I'm not doing this just 39 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: to get late birthday messages and pity, I promise, but 40 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: I had to do it on my birthday, but also 41 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: happy belated birthday, and that's all I wanted it was 42 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: all a big scheme. But Laura and I are honestly, 43 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: I like to think we're really good friends. Were very 44 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 1: natural to each other. But this is a fun experiment 45 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 1: because it's like we're being honest with you. We've already 46 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: done this before. Yeah, and these episodes are so conversational, 47 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: and it's really difficult to, like, um, to to recreate conversation. Um. 48 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: I don't know if in y'all's Daily Lives dear listeners 49 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 1: you've ever tried to do that. But it's very strange, um, 50 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: just repeating a conversation and trying to make it sound natural. Um. 51 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: So if we start sounding really heck and weird, it's 52 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: not because it's the episode. It's just episode. I mean 53 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: also kind of sound weird a lot. So that's kind 54 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,839 Speaker 1: of a hard that one's a little oh yeah, would 55 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: have never noticed. Yeah, you're right right. I'm like, I'm like, 56 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: oh yeah, y'all, please flag us if we sound awkward. Ever, 57 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 1: no every episode, but okay, all that being said, uh, 58 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: come with us this awkwardness journey. But we have some 59 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:06,839 Speaker 1: amazing letters we want to We do yes as many 60 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: times as necessary, as many times as necessary because they 61 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: are worth it. They are, and we're going to start 62 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: with Emma. Emma wrote just to finish listening to the 63 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 1: cloudberry episode, and it couldn't have come at a better time, 64 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: since I just got back from an almost two week 65 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: trip to the northern parts of Sweden and cloudberries were 66 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: a constant discussion topic. I saw them grow in the 67 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 1: southern parts of the northern parts of Sweden and was 68 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 1: keen on trying just one singular berry to be able 69 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: to say I'd had it. I am a Swede who's 70 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: never had it, after all, and it's basically required to 71 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: have an opinion on it. But alas it was not 72 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 1: to be, since I didn't manage to go out in 73 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: a bog and find a ripe one next time. Maybe cloudberries, 74 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: along with ling and berries and bill berries are basically 75 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 1: the holy trinity of berries here in Scandinavia. Both other 76 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 1: berries would be excellent topics, especially bill berries, since they're 77 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: called blow bar in Swedish direct translation would be blueberries 78 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: and calls great confusion for Swedies when traveling abroad and 79 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: for tourists coming here that are expecting what we call 80 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 1: American blueberries regular blueberries for Americans not to mention that 81 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: bill berries are superior in flavor, not that I'm biased 82 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:24,160 Speaker 1: or anything. Next topic, rubber boot throwing contest that were 83 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: mentioned as part of an event in Finland is also 84 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: very much a thing here in Sweden, and we start 85 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 1: them young. I know, I remember doing it already in 86 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: first grade at an activity day in school. It's surprisingly 87 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,600 Speaker 1: a bit of a dangerous game, and doctors have spoken 88 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: out about the dangers of it in national newspapers, so 89 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 1: proceed with caution, but it is pretty fun. I included 90 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: a YouTube link below so we can watch it in action. 91 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 1: Third and final topic alah Monstraten Swedish for everyman's right. 92 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: It's basically the freedom to roam for the general public 93 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: on certain public and privately owned lands, rivers and lakes 94 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 1: for recreational purposes. It also lets you pick berries such 95 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: as cloud berries and mushrooms as part of the right, 96 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: but not fish and hunt. It's a given part of 97 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: living in Sweden, Finland and Norway. Oh yeah, I was. 98 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: I was reading a little bit about this for the 99 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 1: cloud berries episode. Um, and it was kind of like 100 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 1: two complex and like two varied across different countries for 101 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: me to really like condense it into the episode. Um, 102 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: but super interesting. Yes, oh yes, I would love to 103 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: talk about that. Also these other berries. Several listeners have 104 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: written these berries. I love your strong blueberry opinion because 105 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: I love American blueberries, so I would love to try these. 106 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: I'm sure I would love them. Oh absolutely, I I 107 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: love a berry. A berry is honestly like like a 108 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: fresh berry off of off of a shrub, like still 109 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 1: like a little to be like warm from the sun. 110 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: One of the best foods on the planet. Can't be topped. 111 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: It's on whip cream as a topic. So the rubber 112 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: boot throwing contest, Yes, I this is great. I love 113 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: that you started so young and doctors are like please stop, 114 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: and you're like no. It's like no, no, no, this 115 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: is culturally important. We throw the rubber boots and it's like, yeah, okay, 116 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: you know sometimes you have to give up a little 117 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: bit of safety for the things that you love. This 118 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: is wisdom, I don't, yeah, careful advice. Actually all right, 119 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: well we either or choose your own adventure with that one. 120 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: There you go, there you go. That's that's a better 121 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: way of putting that. Um. Maddy wrote Hello from Norway. 122 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: I've been listening since the Food Stuff Days, and I 123 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: knew I had to write in after I heard the 124 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: cloud berry episode. Thank you so much for spreading awareness 125 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: of this amazing berry. Cloudberries are one of my favorite 126 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: berries and definitely the one that feels most rare and elusive. 127 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: Growing up, my family and I spent every summer at 128 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: our cabin, and during berry season we would forage billberries, cloudberries, 129 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: wild strawberries, wild raspberries, crowberries, and lincoln berries that grow 130 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: in abundance around our cabin. Good cloud good cloudberry spots 131 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: are as you said, well kept secrets. They're passed down 132 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: in families. What makes the berry even more elusive is 133 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: that a place that has plenty of cloudberries one year 134 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: may have almost none the next. This really adds to 135 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:39,479 Speaker 1: the feeling of striking gold when you find them in abundance. 136 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: In fact, they are nicknamed the gold of the mountains. 137 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: In Norway, cloudberry preserves are used in a traditional Norwegian 138 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 1: dessert that served around Christmas and New Year's called cloudberry cream, 139 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: so it's very important to stock up each year. The 140 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: cooler temperatures, abundant rain, and long summer days of the 141 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: North make for perfect conditions for berry growing. The berries 142 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: are incredibly sweet and juicy. I love berry so much. 143 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:05,959 Speaker 1: I find it difficult to go hiking during berry season. 144 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: Is I need to stop and eat all the berries 145 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: I meet along the way. When I was little, I 146 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: was a terrible berry forager. More than half the berries 147 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: I picked went straight into my mouth. Right now, it's 148 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: bill berry season where I live, and as I'm writing 149 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 1: this email, my fingers and tongue are stained purple from 150 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: eating bill berry on my hike this morning. It's truly 151 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,599 Speaker 1: an amazing time of year. I hope you'll get the 152 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: chance to taste cloudberry someday soon. Fun fact to be 153 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: on a berry picking trip is a Norwegian expression that 154 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: means that you're lost, confused, or have misunderstood something, or 155 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: are far away from where you're supposed to be. I'm 156 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: sure it's easy to imagine how this expression came to be. 157 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:53,599 Speaker 1: That's a fantastic expression. Oh that's so good I and 158 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 1: you know I would say that like that. Like this 159 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: recording experience over this past week has left you on 160 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: a little bit of a berry picking trip, Annie, it 161 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: has I'm a little bit frazzled, hopeful, hoping that there 162 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 1: will be berries at the end, I'm not quite share 163 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: where you're at. But hopeful for berries. Hopeful berries. I 164 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 1: mean I know that. Like I love, first of all, 165 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: the whole idea of this. I love the desserts. I 166 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: love that they're not in the same place every year. 167 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 1: I love that you kind of have to just choose 168 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: a path and go for it. You'll find some. And I, 169 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:37,719 Speaker 1: as you mentioned, Lauren, when I that that feeling of 170 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: when you're in a kid, when you're a kid and 171 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: you pick these berries and like eating them from the bucket, 172 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: it is such a rewarding experience and a memory that lasts. 173 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 1: Like I remember doing that in my backyard. We had 174 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 1: blackberries and blueberries, and I would just go back there 175 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: and I thought, oh, this is the greatest thing. Yeah, 176 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: It's like it's like shrub candy and it's just there. 177 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,679 Speaker 1: You can just eat it. You could just eat it, 178 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:06,439 Speaker 1: and it's so sweet and lovely. And I can't imagine. 179 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: I'm I'm I'm picturing us in the most ridiculous like 180 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: hiking outfits, setting off into these bogs, hiking sticks in hand, 181 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:24,199 Speaker 1: the other maybe a lantern, and just really overdoing it 182 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: in a comical manner. Yeah, yeah, like full on, like 183 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: D and D party levels like yeah, absolutely, yea. Possibly 184 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: costume pieces are also involved, go above and beyond the 185 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: need for hiking gear. Yes. And then the next day 186 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: there's a headline local authorities have to help for tourists 187 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: out of bog bogged down by costume one of their 188 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: horns got tangled in the shrubs. No one knows why 189 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: they did this. I would feel no shame, only sadness. 190 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: I did not find a cloud berry, so look forward 191 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:15,959 Speaker 1: to that in the coming years. Goodness m Ray wrote, 192 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: I am sure you have received other male can google 193 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: aren't actually dying to know, but the fictional fictional setting 194 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: up the Frozen movies is called Aaron Dell. The reason 195 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 1: I know this particular fact is much less because I've 196 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: seen and enjoyed the movies, and much more because NHL 197 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,439 Speaker 1: goaltender Aaron Dell has a picture of it on his 198 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:40,959 Speaker 1: mask and it makes me laugh. Other fruits that should 199 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 1: be on your list for possible future episodes, if they 200 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 1: aren't already, Papa, have you mentioned this? Is it common 201 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 1: in Georgia? I think my brother told me about it 202 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: being everywhere in Philly, and I have never seen or 203 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: heard of it in New York. But now I'm wondering 204 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:56,359 Speaker 1: if y'all might have talked about it too. And Rambuton, 205 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: I've never had this either in legit thought it was 206 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: fictional until I happened to cross it in a grocery store. Huh. 207 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: I also thought Rambaton was fictional until I thought, yep, 208 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: that's that's okay, that's okay. Uh. No, we have not 209 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:15,319 Speaker 1: talked about either of those. Um we should, we should. 210 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: I don't think pop pop. I know that I've seen 211 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 1: both of these um in grocery stores, but only because 212 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: like we're very lucky to have a lot of like 213 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: international markets around town, um and uh and you know 214 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 1: right right uh stores that bring in produce from from 215 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: all over and not just the same three varieties of apples. Um. So, 216 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: But I don't think I've ever had either of them, 217 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 1: except as like, like I know I've had like Rahm 218 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 1: Baton like um like preserves or something. But yeah, oh yeah, 219 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: added to the list. I want to talk about it. Also, 220 00:13:56,040 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 1: I do love this mask fact. Yeah, that's that's that's 221 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 1: especially delightful because right like like hockey like hockey goalies 222 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 1: like are such like war hobbits and so I love 223 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: that he's really like, like taken on this mantle of 224 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 1: because clearly, like I, I know you haven't seen them, Lauren, 225 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: I've seen them quite a few times, and it escaped me. 226 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: I love that. You know, it's probably likely that a 227 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: lot of people told him this, but I love that 228 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: he yes and leaned into him like yeah, embracing it 229 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: as you should. Bravo. Uh. Well, we have a bunch 230 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: more listener mail for you today, but first we're going 231 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: to take a quick break for a word from our sponsors, 232 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: and we're back. Thank you, sponsored, Yes, thank you. Emily wrote, 233 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: I am part way through your frog Legs episode and 234 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 1: have just heard the quote from Alan Davidson about the 235 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: apparent ugliness of frogs. I immediately felt the need to 236 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: defend this noble creature and submit as evidence this photo 237 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: of my White's tree frog named green Bean. If there's 238 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: any reason why eating frogs should be repellent, it is 239 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: because they are far too cute to eat. Ah okay, y'all, 240 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: And enclosed is indeed a photograph of this tree frog, 241 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: this tree frog by the name of green Bean, And 242 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: it is so cute, It is unbearably cute. It is 243 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: it is aggressively adorable. It is. It is so it's 244 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 1: this tiny, little like kind of like silvery green frog. 245 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: And he's wearing a little crown. It's like a little 246 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: orange pointy crown. And his eyes are so big and 247 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: he is so small, and I love him. I adore him. Yes, 248 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: a gre eat on all accounts. And he's just he's 249 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: just hanging out, chilling with his crown, you know. I hope. 250 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: I really feel like he's living his best life. We 251 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: hope you are, green Bean. Here's to you, green Bean. 252 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: Here's to you, green Bean. But green Bean might want 253 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: to hop away because we have a counterpoint the next 254 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: message your ears, green Bean. I'm not sure how that 255 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: works with frogs. Yeah, all right, Vivian wrote, I had 256 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: a jolt of excitement when I saw the episode title. 257 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: I love frog legs. I always amble to order them 258 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: when it's on the menu at a Chinese restaurant. They're 259 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 1: really easy to overcook, but so tender and delicious when 260 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: done right, as you said, like a fishy chicken, a 261 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: little scargo esque. I was chuffed when you called them 262 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 1: chicken of the pond, the Chinese colloquial term for the 263 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: culinary frog is in fact field chicken apparently refers specifically 264 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: to the species hopped, but truck is rugulosis. Hopefully I 265 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: got that right or close. Um a k East Asian 266 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: bull frog. In Chinese, it's more official name is wapi 267 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: or tiger skin frog. Now I'm realizing that I haven't 268 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 1: had frog in ages Q craving know all tour and 269 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: I went from green bean and now I want frog legs. 270 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: It's almost it's it's both. It's okay, don't wearry green Bean. 271 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 1: We're not coming for you, never never, we would never. 272 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: Um you are king after all, yeah, a small king. 273 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: Oh no, um. Yes. Also, I really, I really hope 274 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: that the that that genus name on that East Asian 275 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 1: bullfrog hop hop loop factress Um. I hope that the 276 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: hop is in there on purpose. Me too. I would 277 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: probably be one of the best things I've heard in 278 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,399 Speaker 1: a long time. Yeah, yeah, and I think I just 279 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:05,360 Speaker 1: mispronounced that, but we're going to roll with it. It's 280 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 1: it's it's all right, it's all right. Um oh heck, okay, alright, alright, alright, alright. 281 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 1: Uh Casey wrote this showed up on a meme page, 282 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 1: and I thought you might like it. I've never played SIMS, 283 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: but then again, I haven't seen or read most of 284 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 1: the background material from most of the fictional food episodes either, 285 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 1: and I still enjoy them. Um and uh right. Attached 286 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: is the unofficial SIMS cookbook uh from Baked Alaska to 287 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: Silly Gummy Bear Pancakes eight five plus recipes to satisfy 288 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: the hunger need. Oh I love it, okay, And I 289 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: have a couple of things. Number one, glad you enjoy 290 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: our fictional food episodes even though you haven't. Oh goodness, 291 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: the thing because a lot of times we worry about 292 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: that because we nerd out hard. Yeah, yeah, that's a 293 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 1: that's a huge concern. Like we try really really hard 294 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: to to make it enjoyable and to like explain ourselves 295 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: equally as much as we would for anything else. Just 296 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 1: just start from a from a base level knowledge and 297 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: explain it like like I'm five, not like year five, honestly, 298 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 1: but yeah, it's hard when you know something so well 299 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: you can forget, like not everyone traffics in the the 300 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: vocabulary or thing. Um, so heck, yeah, thank you. The 301 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: other thing is I've never played SIMS, me neither, but 302 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 1: you've played another similar thing that I was shocked by 303 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 1: when you told me. Okay, right, So, so I've not 304 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 1: played the SIMS. I've played any number of other earlier 305 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 1: um SIM video games, UM, SIM City, uh, SIM Earth, 306 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 1: I think, UM and sim Ant. Yes. Now, I have 307 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,440 Speaker 1: never heard of this and I need you to explain 308 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: it to other people. Okay, alright, alright, all right, if 309 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: you guys have never played sim Ant, for I had 310 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: it for the S and S. I think it was 311 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: on a couple other systems, UM, but maybe not because 312 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 1: at the time that was weird at any rate, um 313 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: sim Ant. Yeah. So you're an aunt, um and like 314 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: you or like you're you're kind of like the like 315 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: the like overseer of an ant colony, all right, and 316 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 1: so you're you're making sure you're like helping your aunts, 317 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 1: like going forage for food and um and and build 318 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 1: the colony like whether like like workers or um or 319 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:42,640 Speaker 1: males or queens are being born um and uh. Sometimes 320 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 1: you have to go fight the evil read ants um uh. 321 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: Sometimes the game goal is to like take over the 322 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: humans house and make them leave. Um uh. Really yeah, yeah, 323 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: I've heard this already and I'm so sucked. I don't 324 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: know if you said that last time trying to get 325 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: the humans other house. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. 326 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: If you infest the house hard enough, then they'll then 327 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 1: they'll leave and you win. Yeah, you have to do 328 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 1: it room by room. It's tricky. It's tricky, I bet. 329 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: But I'll say, if I get ants to my house, 330 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 1: there's a part of me that's kind of like, well, 331 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 1: I've got to move. You're like, okay, No, they want 332 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: it more than I do. Fair play, Yes, okay, So 333 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: I mean we could literally do a whole podcast. That's 334 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: just my follow up questions about But are you like 335 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:35,399 Speaker 1: a cartoon ant? Are you? Are you just like a 336 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,400 Speaker 1: small ant? Or do you not see yourself when you're 337 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: just looking through the first person Um, it's it's a 338 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 1: it's a it's a third person camera mode. Um. Uh. 339 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: And it's only sn E S so you're not. Um, 340 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: it's it's you know, side scrolling basically. Um, there's like 341 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 1: a map and then you go into like a side 342 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: scroll version. Um. But yeah, yeah, you're you're like a 343 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 1: little digital like SNS level animated aunt. Um and uh 344 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: it'scott like chipper music going on. It's pretty cool. Um 345 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 1: and uh oh man and write like like your food 346 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: sources can be like if you find like a caterpillar, um, 347 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: and and you can call your aunt buddies to come 348 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: like gang up on it and uh and kill it 349 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 1: and eat it, um and bring the food back to 350 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 1: the nest. Uh. You have to build out your nest. 351 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: That part was fun too. Yeah, I played. I played 352 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: this for endless, endless hours. And to be really honest, 353 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: I feel like that explains an embarrassing amount about me 354 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: as an adult. I love it. I want to do 355 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:43,439 Speaker 1: a whole interview just with you about um we can 356 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: place sim aunt Annie, I still have it? Oh my gosh, 357 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 1: can we please? I would? I would. I think I 358 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 1: would lose, though I don't think I would be enough 359 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 1: to outsmart the humans in the house. But that's a 360 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: really hard game. That's a hard game mode. Yeah, yeah, 361 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 1: it's a lot. I can feel it. I can feel 362 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 1: that one would be a cult, but I want to 363 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: play it. I think that could be a whole fictional 364 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 1: Foods episode. To be honest, UM asked the same. I 365 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:12,719 Speaker 1: feel better about the sims not even not having played it, Um, 366 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: because I don't think anyone ever published an unofficial or 367 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: official sim a cookbook I could be wrong, maybe like 368 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:24,160 Speaker 1: an overall sim universe. I mean, we could be pioneers. 369 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: But yeah, that fascinating. Heck alright, well we'll put that 370 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: on the list as well. Yes, yes, thank you, yes, um. 371 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 1: And then we have another book we want to mention. Yeah, 372 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 1: I love this, okay. Felipe A wrote, here's a photo 373 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 1: of a book I just saw in my local library 374 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: all about the terrifying weeping angels, which immediately reminded me 375 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:55,120 Speaker 1: of your recent Doctor Who Food episode. Also, the one 376 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 1: on rice cookers reminded me of when I first arrived 377 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 1: in London. I shared a flat with a handful of 378 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 1: Korean lapmates, and most of them had their own rice cooker, 379 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,920 Speaker 1: which meant almost a full countertop of them and clearing 380 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: a fancier model that talked uh. This was something I 381 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,400 Speaker 1: didn't know a kitchen appliance could do. It was two 382 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,399 Speaker 1: thousand seven, so I had a couple of scares in 383 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,239 Speaker 1: the first months when suddenly a happy voice spoke out 384 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:22,640 Speaker 1: of nowhere in Korean while I was cooking spooky rice 385 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 1: cookers inside. The months I lived in that flat were 386 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: a great intro to a type of cuisine I knew 387 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: nothing about. And now I'm a big fan of Oh goodness, 388 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: um hey, that sounds amazing. Yes, And I think that's 389 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 1: where I got my creepy because I said I had 390 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: some kind of association with creepy rice cookers. I think 391 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: this is it. Like there was an instance where one 392 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: kind of spoke to me and I wasn't expecting him. 393 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,880 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, it's kind of dark from another room, 394 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,159 Speaker 1: and it sure gave me a little I mean, it 395 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: doesn't take much, but no, it does not. Um no. 396 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,119 Speaker 1: But I'm and I'm not really comforted by the fact 397 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,919 Speaker 1: that all of these divid is that talk to us 398 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 1: now or play us little bits bits of music. Um 399 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: I'm not really comforted that it's always like chipper, like, yeah, 400 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:12,160 Speaker 1: humans are so interesting, aren't we, Because what what would 401 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 1: it be if you can't it's chipper. We're like, you're 402 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: too chipper, it's too flat. We're like noun. Now. I 403 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:23,359 Speaker 1: think I think if you leaned into it. I think 404 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: if you really leaned into it, you had I don't know, 405 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: like Tim Curry or someone like like growling at you 406 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: from your rice cooker, like I would be I would 407 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 1: be really that would be fine by me. I would 408 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:37,120 Speaker 1: be like, oh, it's just Tim, my rice cooker, It's 409 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,160 Speaker 1: just Tim. That is a good innovation. Though people haven't 410 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: done that. That is an excellent idea. Rice cooker makers 411 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: call me and or called to I think Tim Curry 412 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 1: is retired. Don't call Tim Curry. Don't bother us, don't 413 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 1: bother him on our behalf. But if he comes out 414 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 1: of retirement, right, sure to do rights cooker dialogue. We're here, 415 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: we're ready exciting. Um okay, but but yeah, would you 416 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: would you describe this book for a sandy? Okay? So 417 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 1: the book cover is awesome sleeping yeah a picture, it's 418 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 1: sort of a it's got like a nice weathering to it. 419 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 1: You can tell it's a little aged. But it's a 420 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:22,959 Speaker 1: black cover with gold, like the title is in gold. Um, 421 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: a lot of the stars are in gold, or the 422 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: embroidery is in gold. And then there's a weeping angel 423 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:33,159 Speaker 1: covering covering its eyes and it's in like really stark 424 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,639 Speaker 1: contrasting white and black with like these bold stroke lines. 425 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 1: It's striking. It's a really it's a genuinely beautiful cover design. 426 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:49,679 Speaker 1: Um and uh yeah, and it says right, uh, twelve angels, weeping, 427 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 1: twelve stories of the villains from Doctor Who. Um, fantastic. 428 00:26:55,200 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 1: I I'm terrified just thinking of twelve half twelve stories. STA. 429 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 1: That's a lot of weeping angels, it is, but you 430 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,879 Speaker 1: know it feels sort of holiday ish now for me, 431 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: I'm like, I'll read that for for Christmas. So oh 432 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 1: you should? You shouldn't? Should? Let us know how it is? 433 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 1: Oh excellent, m hmm. All right, Well we have even 434 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 1: more listener mail for you, but first we have one 435 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 1: more brick for a word from our sponsor, and we're back. 436 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: Thank you sponsor, Yes, thank you. Rom wrote listened to 437 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 1: your rice cooker episode and had to write in regarding 438 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 1: the rice cooker viral recipe that went big on Japanese 439 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 1: social media in ten ish as a post Christmas meal 440 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: KFC is Christmas food in Japan. KFC leftover fried chicken 441 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 1: reheated on top of rice. It's very easy and tasty, 442 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: since at its base, it's just putting a couple of 443 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 1: cold chicken pieces on top of a standard rice mixture 444 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: and letting it cook as usual. It's easy to dress 445 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 1: up to add extras like frozen corn or other seasoning. 446 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,360 Speaker 1: The seasoning and skin from the fry crust melts into 447 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 1: the rice, and the steam heats the chicken without drying it. 448 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,640 Speaker 1: A couple of other rice cooker tips. You can skip 449 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 1: the steamer basket and just add in frozen or fresh 450 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: veggies on top of the rice and let it cook 451 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:26,879 Speaker 1: all together. Back choy, cherry, tomatoes, most frozen veg etcetera. Um. 452 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 1: The one golden rule. Wash the rice. If you don't, 453 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: you'll see the starch water bubble out of the top 454 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: of the machine. Stick to the water ratio listed for 455 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 1: cooking on the stove on the rice. Back. That sounds 456 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 1: so cood that KFC. Oh my heck, I want to 457 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 1: be eating that right now. And I don't even really 458 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 1: like KFC. I I'm really curious about Japanese KFC. Yeah. Yeah, 459 00:28:55,000 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: but that sounds so good. Like the seasoning into the rice. Yeah, 460 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 1: that sounds so delicious. It really, it really does. Um. 461 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 1: That sounds amazing. And also, thank you as always UM 462 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: for for rice cooker tips. UM. I feel like from 463 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: some of the things that I have read, those those 464 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: statements might be slightly contentious in some circles. UM, but 465 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,440 Speaker 1: I would I'm not here to tell you what to do. 466 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:34,719 Speaker 1: I would never um uh no, no, no, no, um, 467 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,200 Speaker 1: unless I'm telling you to like drink some water and 468 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: eat a vegetable because I want you to do that. 469 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 1: But um. But other than that, yeah, yeah, uh yeah, 470 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 1: I play personally. I play fast and loose with the 471 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 1: water ratio listed on the bag. Um, because I've found 472 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 1: that my rice cooker like rice cooker to rice cooker, 473 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: it can really depend um and um. And I probably 474 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 1: only wash my rice like once out of every five 475 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 1: times I used that thing. What a maverick. No, I 476 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 1: never watched my rice either, but I've been told it's 477 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: very important. I've been multiple times. Okay, maybe we both 478 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: had to to branch out a little bit. Okay, alright, alright, alright, 479 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 1: we will. We will eat at any rate. Thank you, Yes, 480 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 1: thank you. That sounds so good. Always appreciated. Um Spencer wrote, 481 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,600 Speaker 1: I've listened to your podcast for years, and I'm very 482 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,120 Speaker 1: grateful to have a go to food podcast that appeals 483 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 1: to the science history nerd in me. The deeper dive 484 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 1: into the history and science of common and not so 485 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 1: common dishes and ingredients, in addition to your friendly banter, 486 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:52,640 Speaker 1: make the show addicting. Thank you. I've professionally worked in 487 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 1: food manufacturing quality and safety since graduation and have worked 488 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: in various fields, from baking and pickles to fresh fruit 489 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 1: probotics and beverage manufacturing. I lived in the Atlanta area 490 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: and enjoy listening to your suggestions regarding good food in 491 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 1: the area, and having eaten at some of them myself, 492 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:13,320 Speaker 1: I can confirm your recommendations. Oddly enough, I have also 493 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 1: worked in the food court at Pot City Market as 494 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 1: a donut baker, and I'm just so happened to be 495 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 1: the quality and production manager at Do South Specialties, where 496 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 1: I made the mustard that Annie I believe is so 497 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: fond of. If I am remembering correctly, when Annie said 498 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,960 Speaker 1: that one of her favorite mustards was the drunken mustard 499 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 1: from Due South, I literally screamed with excitement in my 500 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 1: car because I used to hand to make and pour 501 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 1: that mustard every week. Yes, Yes, that was I love it. 502 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 1: That's so cool. That is so cool. All of that 503 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 1: is so awesome. Good Hi, Hi, Hi, Hello, Thank you 504 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:55,080 Speaker 1: for making delicious food for us. I'm pretty sure that 505 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: we saw our old offices were at Pot City Market. 506 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:01,640 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure we ate those donuts. Oh yeah, it 507 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 1: would be a shock to me if we had not. Yeah, 508 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:08,960 Speaker 1: Tom and and do South. Um, that's d o u 509 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: X South. Uh Specialties is just a really great, um 510 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 1: local company. Yeah, that does amazing pickles and condiments. Uh. 511 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 1: Oh that's rad. That is so rad. And actually, um 512 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: my mom's birthday is coming up, and she's just she's 513 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:32,000 Speaker 1: she's so sweet and she always likes if I get 514 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,120 Speaker 1: her something from where I am. And I like supporting 515 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,760 Speaker 1: local businesses too. She loves if I can be like, oh, 516 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,400 Speaker 1: this is from Atlanta, like this is where and so 517 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 1: I always get her something from due South. So I 518 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: actually just bought something for her birthday. She loves it 519 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:52,720 Speaker 1: so along. Yes, uh. And I think we've mentioned before, 520 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,880 Speaker 1: but we have moved offices. Yes, so we are kind 521 00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: of in the process of doing it. They haven't really 522 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 1: built out the new space for us yet. Um, so 523 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 1: we we don't technically have a new mailing address. Um 524 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: we're looking at that happening maybe end of the year. 525 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:15,440 Speaker 1: Um uh, maybe beginning of next year, depending depending on 526 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:19,480 Speaker 1: how these things go. You know. Yes, So just heads 527 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:21,520 Speaker 1: up to anybody thinking to send us something. We can 528 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,520 Speaker 1: always work something out if need be. But just so 529 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:30,479 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, Kelsey wrote, I am writing in response 530 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 1: to your sorbet episode. It was wonderful, entertaining and informative. 531 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 1: Thank you very much. UM. As a mom who values 532 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 1: treats and nutrition, I like to keep fruit in the 533 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,720 Speaker 1: freezer for quick and easy soft serve. Kiddo loves it. 534 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:48,560 Speaker 1: Sort of recipe in a blender. Add any frozen fruit, frozen, 535 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 1: very ripe, banana optional, but great for texture and sweetness. 536 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,560 Speaker 1: A fluid of your choice to just below the top 537 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 1: of the fruit level. Yogurt also works well. Blend until smooth, 538 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:02,320 Speaker 1: serve quickly as a soft serve, or freeze into ice pops. 539 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:07,280 Speaker 1: Unrelated but relevant to your lifestyle and mine. UH. Proof 540 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:10,759 Speaker 1: podcast from America's Test Kitchen recently did an episode on 541 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 1: fandom food culture. UH it was excellent. UM link below 542 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,560 Speaker 1: as well as a screenshot attached with title and synopsis 543 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:23,040 Speaker 1: and uh okay. The title of this podcast episode from 544 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 1: from the podcast Proof um is Dungeons and Dragons and 545 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:31,360 Speaker 1: Deviled Eggs UM and the description is ever wish you 546 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,680 Speaker 1: could spend the day immersed in the fantasy worlds from 547 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,759 Speaker 1: your book, show, or game, meet the characters, travel the land, 548 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 1: or if you're like most of us, have proof eat 549 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,960 Speaker 1: the food from the Legend of Zelda to Dungeons and Dragons, 550 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: Reporter Sarah Vittick talks to the fan cookbook authors who 551 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:49,640 Speaker 1: are transforming pixelated foods into I r L dishes you 552 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 1: can serve on your plate. M. Yes, that sounds love 553 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:01,760 Speaker 1: so up our alley. Yes. Um. Also, Dungeons and Dragons 554 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:06,759 Speaker 1: and Deviled Eggs is only a close second to my favorite. Um, 555 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,320 Speaker 1: this is not this is not my joke, but it 556 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:14,120 Speaker 1: is from the internet, my favorite D and D title 557 00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:16,960 Speaker 1: like that, which is Dungeons and Dragons and Diners and 558 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:27,759 Speaker 1: Dragons and Dives. Yes, yes, um yeah that. Oh, and 559 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,480 Speaker 1: Proof is a great podcast. America's Test Kitchen does a 560 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 1: really good job on pretty much everything that they do. Um. 561 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:38,320 Speaker 1: And also yes yes to that recipe. Um that is 562 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,879 Speaker 1: ah that sounds so good and refreshing. And both Lauren 563 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:45,040 Speaker 1: and I are recording from very hot studios right now, 564 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:49,439 Speaker 1: so it sounds particularly good, very very like the best 565 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:53,719 Speaker 1: idea on the entire planet right this very yes yes. 566 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 1: But on the other hand, here's another recipe from Leslie 567 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:04,320 Speaker 1: on Instagram that also sounds amazing. I love noodles, so 568 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,760 Speaker 1: I bought two extra kinds when I was grabbing ingredients 569 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,880 Speaker 1: from at Grand Asian Market for yesterday's cook along with 570 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:14,080 Speaker 1: at Panda cub Stories ramen and yem Yan Long Life 571 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:18,080 Speaker 1: Longevity noodles. Today's Lazy Delicious meal came together in about 572 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,840 Speaker 1: five minutes and made enough for two people. Adapt to 573 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:24,719 Speaker 1: your preferences, of course. Chili oil and black bean sauce. 574 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:28,480 Speaker 1: Ramen one brick dry ramen, one half medium carrot, washed 575 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:32,040 Speaker 1: and sliced thin. Mandolin bin orner is my BFF for this. 576 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:37,520 Speaker 1: Once gallleon sliced thinly, leftover ginger poach, chicken shredded or 577 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:41,560 Speaker 1: sliced thin, leftover grilled pork chops sliced thin, two cups 578 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:45,080 Speaker 1: chicken poaching liquid, extra soup, soy sauce and or black 579 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:49,160 Speaker 1: bean garlic paste and or shooto miso as desired. Chili oil, 580 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:52,120 Speaker 1: heat water to boiling, add ramen and cook for two 581 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,120 Speaker 1: to three minutes until done. Drain and divide into bowls 582 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:58,560 Speaker 1: arranged meat and veg over noodles, throwing those ginger slices 583 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,000 Speaker 1: if you've got them to heat brought to a simmer. 584 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:04,920 Speaker 1: Divide over noodles and stuff top with flavorings of choice, 585 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:08,520 Speaker 1: stir and chow down. Ramen is best enjoyed piping hot 586 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,360 Speaker 1: um making this for a packed lunch. Have everything but 587 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:14,800 Speaker 1: the broth arranged able or container. Have the broth separate, 588 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,120 Speaker 1: heat to boiling in the microwave, and then pour the 589 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:20,200 Speaker 1: broth over your noodles and stuff. I enjoyed mine with 590 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:26,040 Speaker 1: Seltzer from our Seltzer Kick and Aromatic bitters. So fancy. Yeah, 591 00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:28,480 Speaker 1: if it's not a work day at Crisp Beer or 592 00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:32,160 Speaker 1: Gruner vitnin Er white wine, I think I would also 593 00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:36,240 Speaker 1: be delicious. Uh. Spouse has requested the cold sesame noodles 594 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,400 Speaker 1: as is packed lunch for tomorrow, so we'll have to 595 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,480 Speaker 1: make up some more sauce. Thankful our neighbor brought us 596 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,480 Speaker 1: so many Korean cucumbers. Want to learn more about the 597 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:47,360 Speaker 1: history of Ramen and it's Chinese roots at savor Pod 598 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:50,680 Speaker 1: has a fun episode in their archives that you can 599 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:56,279 Speaker 1: get that can get you started. Thank you, yeah, thank 600 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:58,880 Speaker 1: you for tagging us into your post with this amazing 601 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:03,759 Speaker 1: sounding recipe that sounds so good gosh um, and I 602 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:09,000 Speaker 1: love the like pack ahead, cook it later idea Yeah 603 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:12,960 Speaker 1: fantastic And just in general, I love Ramen and I 604 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:16,719 Speaker 1: love how customizable it is so oh absolutely Um, a 605 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,720 Speaker 1: brick of ramen is is a is a blank canvas. 606 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:24,800 Speaker 1: Um and uh and know that this specifically sounds like 607 00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:28,600 Speaker 1: a very very good idea. It does. It sounds so delicious. 608 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:33,239 Speaker 1: So thank you, thank you, and thanks to everyone who 609 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:37,160 Speaker 1: has written as it means so much to us. Um. 610 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:40,160 Speaker 1: You know, we had to do this three times, two times, 611 00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,920 Speaker 1: but it's an honor and a delight because you all 612 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:47,920 Speaker 1: are fantastic and we really appreciate hearing from you genuinely. Yes, always, always, 613 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,440 Speaker 1: and yeah, just just thank you for thank you for 614 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:54,120 Speaker 1: being here with us. Yes, thank you so much. Um 615 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:58,200 Speaker 1: and as always, if you would like to write to us, 616 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,920 Speaker 1: you can our email is how hello at savor pot 617 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,520 Speaker 1: dot com. We are also on social media. You can 618 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,759 Speaker 1: find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at saver pod 619 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,000 Speaker 1: and we do hope to hear from you. 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