1 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Savor protection of iHeart Radio and 2 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,799 Speaker 1: STEPH Media. I'm Annie and I'm Lauren Vogelbaum. And today 3 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: we're talking about medieval times, not not like the actual times, 4 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: which were medieval like medieval times, dinner and tournament, yes, 5 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: entertainment and food concept. Indeed, indeed, and this one has 6 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: been on our list for an embarrassingly long We've been 7 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:38,279 Speaker 1: trying to go for years, no joke, years. Yeah, you know, 8 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: it's difficult to drive up to Sugarloaf Parkway, to be 9 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: super honest, Lanta Castle. It's really really funny. I can't 10 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: wait to talk about my experiences there because I have been, 11 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: I have been, I have not so I well, I've 12 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: got a lot of memories, fond and not so fund 13 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: oh uh. And there was that recent s Nel sketch yes, yes, 14 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: which I say mandatory watching material for this episode brought 15 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: it back to the forefront of our minds. But it 16 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: was when yeah, Adam Driver was playing this kind of 17 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: in this actor who worked at the medieval times and 18 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 1: took his role perhaps a little too seriously, yes, as 19 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: we all do sometimes. Yeah, yeah, And it resulted and 20 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: as you might imagine, larity, Yeah, hijinks, Yes, hijinks. Yes, 21 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: my favor line is Cameron Adam Driver. He says, the 22 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: manager Steve Pach does you one hundred and ten dollars 23 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: for chicken and potato and does not even give you 24 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: the dignity of a fog. And then Keenan is in 25 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: the audience says, yeah, I do want a fork. No, 26 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: grown mancho have to eat a pick potato with his hands. 27 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: It's really good and it's you know, it's true. It 28 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: is true. We were discussing that before we start. There 29 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: is sort of a novelty at first of eating things 30 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: with your hands in public, which, by the way, yeah 31 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: there's no utensils at these restaurants. Um, but it wears 32 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: off pretty quick. So yeah, I've been twice once. It 33 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: was my super hard one first trip to Disney World 34 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: Universal via high school marching band. But I was aid, 35 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: oh okay, and so I was in seventh grade, Oh wow, yeah, 36 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: and you signed up to be in this club specifically 37 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: for the Disney trip. Only reason I did it because 38 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: my parents swore they would never take me, and so 39 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: I was like, well, Fama, and I did, and that 40 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: was the last year they did it. So I'm glad 41 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,119 Speaker 1: I did sign up to be a bandage. Um, so yeah, 42 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: we went to the one and kissed Me Florida and 43 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 1: it was sort of a group. I mean, the whole 44 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:48,959 Speaker 1: class went there. And I didn't know this was a thing. 45 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: So I roll up and there's this castle and I've 46 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: been told there's dinner here, and I'm very confused. But 47 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: it was quite fun. Um and my night, because there 48 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 1: is it's divided into six, six color coded sections, I believe, 49 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,679 Speaker 1: and my night was the trader at the time. One 50 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: night was always the trader was always the trader. So 51 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: you're like, she I bought props by the way everybody, 52 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, she Annie has her banner with 53 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: her in her little paper crown. Yes, so you're like 54 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: cheering for your night, like yeah, go night. And then 55 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: he was a trader, and you you feel kind of like, well, 56 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: I guess I don't cheer anymore, Like do I want 57 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: him to kill the gig? You switched just turned on 58 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,839 Speaker 1: a dime and be like, oh, yes, we have been 59 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: betrayed ourselves. You're right, You're right. I should have. And 60 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: then I went a few years back to the one 61 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: in Atlanta, which opened in two thousands six. It's kind 62 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: of outside of Atlanta, but Atlanta area. Um for my birthday, 63 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: which was not a sad thing, it's a happy thing. 64 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: I wanted to go. They have a birthday coupon uh 65 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: and it's pretty legit. And my night was a trader again. 66 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: I am ghost. I am I'm beginning to think that 67 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: this is on you. Oh my gosh, you think. I'm 68 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: pretty sure they don't do that anymore. But there's one 69 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: like bad Guy Night still in the storyline, is there. 70 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 1: I thought they got They got so many complaints about 71 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: like what took my kid and then getting this one 72 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 1: section and may or the trainer. Um. But yeah, I 73 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: didn't realize the first time I went there. I think 74 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 1: the biggest mistake I made was I didn't realize you 75 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: were either supposed to wait, have patience, or use your 76 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: bread to stop up the soup. So I picked up 77 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: the metal bowl and went in to sip it, and 78 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: it was hot the heck out of my hand. Yeah, 79 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: it's no joke. It was sad, not so sad one though, 80 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: I did want to read the birthday email I got 81 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: from medieval times, which I'm sad. There was a whole 82 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: chain with Lauren and Dylan and I, um, I think 83 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: where we were. We were riffing on this and I 84 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: can't find it. It was very funny, it was very 85 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 1: full of his ours. Yes, um, Most Noble Annie, we 86 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: take a great pleasure in wishing you a happiest of birthdays. 87 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: We would like to extend this royal invitation to return 88 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: to your nearest castle and celebrate with those that you 89 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: hold in the highest regard. Together, we will feast, we 90 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: will revel in your recent glory, and we will raise 91 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: our glass. Too many prosperous crusades to come with grace 92 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: and honor the noble families of medieval times. I mean, 93 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,840 Speaker 1: that's that's high quality stuff. You're gonna tell me you 94 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: wouldn't take up that offer. They called you most Noble Annie, 95 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: I know from like, are we all supposed to call 96 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: you that all the time? It technically I don't correct you, 97 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: but okay, true, okay, most Noble Annie, thank you, thank you, 98 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: But okay, for people who have not through our question. 99 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: Medieval Times, what is it? Well? Medieval Times Dinner and 100 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:14,239 Speaker 1: Tournament is a sort of dinner theater experience with a 101 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: vaguely Medieval Europe theme. UM. The theater portion is a 102 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: story played by actors about a medieval Ish era royalty 103 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 1: hosting a tournament. Um, and you are their guests, and 104 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: these days are I guess since the beginning, Um, it's 105 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: been the stories set in eleventh century Spain. Although it's 106 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: in English, they're using English accents or English Ish anyway anyway. Um, 107 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 1: and yeah, there are six nights competing in choreographed sword 108 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: fights and hand to hand combat and games of skill, 109 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: and there's a joust on horseback. Apparently falconry is a thing. 110 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: Do you want to tell us a little bit more 111 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: about your experience? What's up too? Okay, So so you 112 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: walk into the castle. Yes, So most of these castles 113 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 1: are located in malls, so you're exactly so the one 114 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: in Atlanta, for instance, it's a mall and then there's 115 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: a draw bridge in the parking lot into a castle. Um. Yeah, 116 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: and you walk in and it's kind of right away. 117 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: You're in the gift shop in the souvenir area, and 118 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: then you get see and it's just huge stadium seating 119 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: all around, and you go through this this dinner and 120 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: as as the courses come out, Um, it starts with 121 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: the king, but now it's the queen. But but the 122 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: times I've been it was a king would do I 123 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: love this and he would have announced, like to the 124 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: honorable watching band from Lumpkin County. We well, like he 125 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: calls out all the birthdays. Um, but like Brian Bachelor 126 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: and stuff go there. Yeah, so it's really funny to 127 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: hear this sort of modern stuff, which they also have 128 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: a campaign now about cyber blowing. Interesting here that come 129 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:11,679 Speaker 1: from the king's mouth. And then there's sort of a story. 130 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: It's a very vague storyline of like honor and there's 131 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: somebody who's doing something wrong as far as the falcon goes. Um, 132 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: so he comes out the falcon or and he just 133 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: he releases the falcon. I think there might be a 134 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: message involved. I don't recall, but it just flies and 135 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: circles around the stadium and it gets close like it 136 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: knocked my friends hat a little crowd right off his head. 137 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: And see again. The first time I went, I was 138 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: a seventh grader who had no idea this was a thing. 139 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: I didn't know what was happening. There's a falcon. Now 140 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 1: the horses do like this kind of dancing thing. Um, yeah, 141 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: a little little horse horse tricks. Yeah, they deal horse chicks. 142 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: And then the all the nights getting fights and you 143 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: cheer for your section, and then one's a trader and 144 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: you're like, well, and all the servers are dressed, uh 145 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 1: and in like vague like peasant uniforms. There's heavy scare 146 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: quotes involved in that, right, and they're called surfs and winches. Um. 147 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: We'll talk more about this hyperbulling thing actually in a minute, 148 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: but huh, it's interesting. I don't know how much longer 149 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 1: that they will be called that as part of their 150 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 1: new campaign. Yeah, I feel like that's a silly thing 151 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: to do, Like you're like updating to like include more 152 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: women in the cast. It's like the reigning queen with 153 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 1: power and stuff. And then you're like, oh, yes, serving Wench, 154 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 1: bring me another PEPSI. I'm like, well, right, that's strange. 155 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: It is pretty strange. Okay, alright, so um so so 156 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: the so the dinner that we're talking about here, it's 157 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: a four course banquet. Um, and that four courses. I'm 158 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:01,439 Speaker 1: still not sure how this is for, but I'll take 159 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: their word for it. Um. It's a garlic bread and 160 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: a tomato biscu um. Half a roast chicken, half a 161 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: corn on the cob, half a herb basted russet potato, 162 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 1: and the dessert of the castle or pastry of the castle, 163 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: as the case. Maybe uh huh um. Sometimes I throw 164 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: like a barbecue spar rib in there for good measure. 165 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: And I've seen desserts ranging from apple turnover to lemon 166 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 1: pound cake, to buttertart, to chocolate chip cookies to a 167 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: chocolate mouse cake to vanilla ice cream with a black 168 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: currant swirl and caramel sauce. Vegetarian meals are offered upon request. 169 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: The menu there is a hummus and warm pea bread 170 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: with carrot and celery sticks, um pasta salad with vegetables 171 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: and a vinegarrette, a three bean stew with fire roasted 172 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:48,599 Speaker 1: tomatoes and brown rice, and then a fresh fruit or 173 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: Italian nice for dessert. Coffee, tea and pepsi products are 174 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 1: available at most locations. There's a full bar for adults, 175 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,559 Speaker 1: and yes, you're not giving utensils unless you get the 176 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: bean stew, and then apparently they grant you a spoon. WHA, Yeah, 177 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:04,839 Speaker 1: I know right. I always I always thinking of all 178 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: things the cable guy when I think about this, because 179 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: there's this moment where they go to medieval times and 180 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: Janine Garoffalo is their waitress and uh and they're like, hey, 181 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: can I get a fork? And she's like, because there 182 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: were no forks in medieval times. There are no forks 183 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: at medieval times. Now, would you like a pepsi or 184 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: diet pepsi? Yeah? And I'm like, oh yeah, anyway, Um, 185 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: they have ingredients lists online and I looked everything up 186 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,199 Speaker 1: and oh man, I definitely can't eat anything there. It's 187 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: all filled with paprika. I could have like the garlic 188 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: bread and like the three bean stew and maybe one 189 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 1: of the desserts. Everything is red. Yeah, um, well maybe 190 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: we can figure out you know another thing. The drinks 191 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 1: are very um like Applebee's. Yeah. I understand that there's 192 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: a lot of like booze slushies involved, and like just 193 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: neon colors and everything very much stuck in the nineteen 194 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: eighties from whence this came, right, Um? And I did 195 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 1: want to include before we move on that, Um, okay 196 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: I my hat Oh right yeah yeah yeah, little paper 197 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: paper crown it says it's an ad inside, right, and 198 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,439 Speaker 1: it has all the locations and it says perfect for 199 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: any occasion, birthdays, family reunions, date nights, corporate events, team building, 200 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,959 Speaker 1: holiday parties, and many more. And I say this because 201 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: there are different levels of tickets because if you want, 202 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 1: I mean the baseline price, I feel like it's always 203 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 1: discounted at like thirty, but it's supposed to be sixty, 204 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 1: I think. But you can do stuff like a whole 205 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: package where you get to meet the night of your choice, 206 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: you get to meet the kig picture yes, and you 207 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: get like, um, I'll take home goblet. There's a there's 208 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:59,199 Speaker 1: different levels of medieval times, is what I'm trying to say. Okay, 209 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,079 Speaker 1: all our right, that's no good to know, yes, and 210 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: thing on things like Father's Day and Mother's Day. They 211 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: do like the Queen's Court, the King's Court they do 212 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 1: every every other week. Is a new thing that they 213 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: are doing. They advertise and market very aggressively. But anyway, 214 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: if you're interested, plenty of events apparently, yeah, of events, 215 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 1: and if you're interested in being a night and working there, 216 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: you should take note. Potential nights have a physical test 217 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: after a year of training, which is a ten minute 218 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: or less mile, a set of thirty push ups and 219 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: fifty sit ups, and then they allow of the jets 220 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: at handling the twenty pounds of armor. Yea, armor is serious. Yeah. 221 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: A lot of people work up, work their way up 222 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: from like the stables. Yeah, there was actually a really 223 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:50,679 Speaker 1: moving story of somebody has been working there for a 224 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 1: long time as a night because it's not too frequently 225 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 1: that people work there that long. But he left it 226 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: and he said like people would recognize him and tell 227 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 1: them out special occasion. But it was really sweet. It 228 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: was a sweet story. Oh man. Yeah. Uh. The servers 229 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,839 Speaker 1: are pretty heroic too, because that the food is cooked 230 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: in these full sheet pans and the servers carry those 231 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: hole dang pans out and serve their whole section at once, 232 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: one by one out of the sheep and just just 233 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: running down the rose and tonguing everything onto your plates um. 234 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: And that's like people, So you're talking about thirty half 235 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: chickens that you're carrying through a stadium with horses in 236 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: the dark at this restaurant. Yeah, it's wild. I'm like, 237 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: oh okay, sure. Yeah. Something else is wild is that 238 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: they use so many Spanish horses. They have their own 239 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: reading farm in Sanger, Texas. They do have a lot 240 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: of horses. We dang, well, let's talk about some nutrition. 241 00:14:56,040 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: I guess okay, well, okay, on paper, neither the veg 242 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: or the omnivore dinner is that bad for you. The 243 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: omnivore option is a little bit light on the vegetables 244 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: and heavy on protein and carbs, but both are just 245 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 1: like a lot of food. And according to the thorough 246 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: nutrition information on the Medieval Times website, the chicken meal 247 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: will run you one thousand, five hundred and forty two 248 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 1: calories um, and the vegge meal will run you one 249 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: one d seventy three and that is including dessert and 250 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 1: a non diet soda. So that's a bunch for a 251 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: meal that's close to, if not your daily recommended caloric intake. 252 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: The chicken meal also has the recommended upper limit of 253 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: saturated fat intake for the whole day. Both meals contain 254 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: more than you recommended intake of sodium. As always watch 255 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 1: your portion sizes, choose less processed foods when you can 256 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: for best nutrition, or just go to Medieval Times and 257 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: eat your chicken with your hands and have a nice time. 258 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: It's a feasts. We were invited to a feast florin, 259 00:15:55,960 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: so feast we shall I can't argue with that logic. Nope, 260 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: we do have some numbers. These restaurants attract about two 261 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: and a half million visitors each year, and since its creation, 262 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: over sixty six million have attended. In different places, there 263 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: are different numbers, but that's from Medieval Times, and most 264 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 1: places have it between fifty nine and sixty six. So okay, 265 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: somewhere somewhere and there a bunch yea. Currently there are 266 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: only nine castles in the US and one in Canada, 267 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: believe in Toronto. Yeah yeah, and together they serve some 268 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: twenty five thousand meals on the typical Saturday night. Wow, 269 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 1: I know, right per year. Um. New York Times ran 270 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: the numbers. UM. That equals out to two hundred thousand 271 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: gallons of tomato soup, seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds 272 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: of potatoes, five million pounds of chicken, and four hundred 273 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: thousand gallons of pepsi products. Wow wow, Well okay, ums. 274 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 1: So yes. Cyber bullying UM Medieval Times as a new 275 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 1: campaign called Chivling Action that is meant to be an 276 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: anti cyber bullying kind of educational campaign, and because of 277 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: that they have been trying to re update their their 278 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:18,360 Speaker 1: scripts so that they're nicer, because a lot of medieval 279 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:24,119 Speaker 1: times was you know, fighting one. But also just I 280 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: think anyone who's been to a Renaissance fair something knows 281 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: what I'm talking about. What people kind of insult it's 282 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: it's it's insults in bodiness and which is kind of 283 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: the medieval like. But yeah, they're trying to move away 284 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 1: from it. And I found this code I wanted to 285 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:44,679 Speaker 1: include in the research from Ariella Lama. When she was 286 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: asked about this, she said, I'm not sure Knights would 287 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: have understood cyber bullegue. I'm not sure they would have, 288 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: you know, good point, good point. And she would know 289 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: because she wrote her doctoral dissertation on medieval Europe's trial 290 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: by battle customs. That's why they asked. I just thought 291 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: it was funny. You never know where the research will go. 292 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 1: As true, yes, and if you if you are looking 293 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:17,679 Speaker 1: for a place to have a good meal, perhaps this 294 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: is not your place. I read in many places you 295 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: are not there for the food. I would agree. Uh. 296 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 1: And to be fair, only four percent of their two 297 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: thousand employees work in the kitchen, so I know, right 298 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 1: for that many chickens. Gosh, well, those numbers have given 299 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 1: me some pause. We do have some history for you, 300 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 1: oh gosh, we do. But before we get to that, 301 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: we're going to take one quick break forward from our 302 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:56,360 Speaker 1: sponsor and we're back. Thank you sponsored, Yes, thank you. 303 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: To go to the beginning, we must go back to 304 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:07,639 Speaker 1: that most medieval of times, the nineteen sixties and a rivalry, 305 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,920 Speaker 1: an epic rivalry on a small Spanish island that involved 306 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 1: barbecue and barbecue businessman Jose Montena and another restaurateur. As 307 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 1: the story goes, Montenei overheard some British tourists discussing night 308 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: jousting during medieval fairs. An idea. What if he lured 309 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 1: more tourists to his barbecue joint via show Ah Yes, 310 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: I I will say that most good rivalries involved barbecue. 311 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: But but that is true, not enough of them involved jousting. 312 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 1: So got on him. He combined the two. He found 313 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:52,879 Speaker 1: what was missing, um and so he transformed his estate 314 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 1: first into a medieval dinner theater in the nineteen sixties, 315 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: and soon after he opened a second location in Spain. 316 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 1: Mont and A also had interest in Spanish history. In particular, 317 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 1: he cited the nineteen sixty one Charleston Heston film Ill 318 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: sid It featured many of the key aspects of Medieval Times, 319 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:16,399 Speaker 1: these original restaurants, horses, nights, jousting. Later, he even tried 320 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: to hire Heston. He tried to Dire, but the price 321 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 1: was too high. I can imagine. I cannot imagine it's 322 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 1: Heston in the nineteen sixties. That's a big price tag 323 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: that I can I can imagine that would and you've 324 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: got horses to feed. Oh gosh. Yes. By the nineteen 325 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: eighties he had convinced a group of investors to go 326 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 1: ahead with the title of Medieval Times. The first US 327 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,719 Speaker 1: location opened in Orlando, Florida, less than fifteen minutes away 328 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: from Disney World, in nineteen three. The castle cost almost 329 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: four million dollars. Orlando never changed, never change. Also, I 330 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: didn't include this, but I'll add it now because I 331 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 1: do think it's funny. They filed multiple law study against 332 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 1: competing restaurants in Orlando, and one of them I've been 333 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:10,200 Speaker 1: to and it's like a pirate themed medieval That also 334 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 1: was an accident. This was back before I maximized. Oh 335 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: my gosh. Uh. It was an interesting experience for sure, 336 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 1: for sure, But yes, o Orlando. Indeed, so when this 337 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,880 Speaker 1: opened This was on the heels of a long history 338 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: of people looking down on dinners provided during shows. Originally, 339 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:33,640 Speaker 1: stage productions that provided meals did so primarily to stave 340 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: off complaints of hunger during long shows. But Medieval Times 341 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 1: was different and that it was a live stunt show 342 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: that didn't rely on star power. No Charlton has to 343 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: no problem. But over a decade from when it opened, 344 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: attendance at that Medieval Times rose from under two hundred 345 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: thousand to above six hundred thousand. The second location opened 346 00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 1: in California in um beginning in two thousand. Management to 347 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 1: create that choreography must be uniform pretty much the entire 348 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:09,919 Speaker 1: show across the across all the castles must be uniforms. 349 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: And then who tragedy in do Florida locations filed for 350 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 1: bankruptcy after the I R S came at them for 351 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:23,439 Speaker 1: over ten million dollar tax claiming back taxes. Yeah, so 352 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: they had to file for bankruptcy so they could pay 353 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: the I R S. Heck, look y'all are talking about 354 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 1: a scary I won't say villain, but presents in a 355 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:41,479 Speaker 1: medieval show. Perhaps the I R S tax could do it? 356 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: Could do it? Huh? Okay, as of seventeen, they started 357 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: replacing the kings with queens. As of yet, there have 358 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: been no female nights, and the updated script include lines 359 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: like there will be no much making tonight, and serve 360 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: me as you served my father, and get not that 361 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: inside I have the blood of kings. Yeah. Yeah, it 362 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: was actually the guy who wrote this. He's been writing 363 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: the scripts for thirty years since he started, and you 364 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:17,119 Speaker 1: can read his his interview about it and his his 365 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,919 Speaker 1: kind of process of having He felt like he had 366 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 1: to explain why she was the created. Finally, the female 367 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 1: writers were like the king never explained why he was 368 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: a king. She's just a queen. Man. It was really good. 369 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,400 Speaker 1: It was also a fun read. Yes, and we did 370 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 1: want to include in here a very brief historical fact check. Yes, 371 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:41,119 Speaker 1: because as as you can imagine, it's not the most accurate. 372 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:47,400 Speaker 1: Right of the cable guy might indicate, uh, dinner wise, 373 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 1: I can't. I can't promise anything about the horses and falconry. 374 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: I don't know anything about those things. I would have 375 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: loved to have researched it. But we are purportedly a 376 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:02,119 Speaker 1: food show reportedly. Um but yes, so the medieval times, 377 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 1: like the period the Medieval period a k. The Middle 378 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: Ages was a long stretch of time like it ran 379 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 1: from the fall of the Roman Empire around four seventies 380 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 1: six through the beginning of the Renaissance in fourteen fifty 381 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 1: three see or thereabouts. And food changed a bit during 382 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: that time and also varied across different parts of Europe. Right, 383 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:25,639 Speaker 1: so we're talking about how accurate is them and you 384 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: not at all accurate. The tomatoes for bisk um not 385 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: brought to Europe till the sixteenth century and largely believed 386 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 1: to be toxic at first c R. Tomato episode, which 387 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: is one of my favorites. That similar with the potato, 388 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:43,639 Speaker 1: it hadn't arrived until later in Europe. Yeah, And cornu 389 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: is also a crop of the Americas and didn't make 390 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: it to Europe until after the Middle Ages um. Though, 391 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 1: to be fair, the word corn was sometimes used in 392 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: Medieval English to refer to all manner of grains, so 393 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: sweet buttered corn might conceivably have appeared on a menu 394 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: at the time after had a printed menu. Gosh, I 395 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: was trying to think of when it did because we 396 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: were talking about it. Yeah, because he was trying to 397 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: be super accurate of this, Like time right. I'm pretty 398 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: sure we talked about Oh gosh, that's been bugging me 399 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 1: and I couldn't figure out why Google Drive was serving 400 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:25,239 Speaker 1: me the Lembus episode. Yes, oh that's why. Okay, thank you, 401 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, I'm here to help. Speaking of hobbits, 402 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: coffee and tea did not arrive in Europe until after 403 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 1: the Middle Ages either. All these things were imports during 404 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,439 Speaker 1: the age of exploration and colonization, really kicking off in 405 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 1: the late fourteen hundreds after medieval times, right, right, And 406 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 1: of course pepsi products surprise, surprise, were not a thing 407 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: then either. No, um, I believe oh gosh, I didn't 408 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: look up the number, but from our carbonated water episode, uh, 409 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 1: there was some interest in sparkling beverages during that time, 410 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: but it didn't really kick off until people figured out 411 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: pressurization technology in what like the seventeen hundreds. I think 412 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: so that sounds right. Yeah. And the food at medieval times, 413 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,639 Speaker 1: the restaurant is a little on the bland side, and 414 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: spices were really popular during actual medieval times in part 415 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: to perhaps cover up the taste of spoiled meat. Perhaps 416 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 1: there's argument about whether that's accurate or how spoiled. It 417 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 1: possibly could have been without people getting sick all the time, 418 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: although people did kind of get sick all the time. 419 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,920 Speaker 1: But anyway, for sure, spices were a way for rich 420 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 1: people to show off, and they used a lot of them, 421 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: like garlic, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, pepper, cumin, cardamom, and mace 422 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 1: were all super popular. As we're sauces with lots of 423 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: sugar and vinegar and wine and another thing feast, as 424 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 1: they alleged to be at this restaurant, we're much larger 425 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 1: during actual medieval times, so much larger, Like okay, if 426 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,199 Speaker 1: you're a chef at a medieval times you might be 427 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:10,439 Speaker 1: seating uh nine hundred to hundred people per seating, and 428 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: you are going to have more than one seating at night, 429 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: um so, and and when you serve them, you serve 430 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 1: them all at once simultaneously. And that's and that's a lot. 431 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: Um it's a lot to deal with. It's a lot 432 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 1: of people. But big event feasts lasted multiple days and 433 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:28,919 Speaker 1: involved so much food. Slate which has a whole article 434 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 1: about medieval times food and how inaccurate it is, they 435 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: reported that the marriage feast for Margaret of England at 436 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,360 Speaker 1: Henry the third daughter. They served one thousand, three hundred deer, 437 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 1: seven thousand hens, hundred and seventy boars, sixty thousand herring, 438 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:47,640 Speaker 1: and sixty eight thousand, five hundred loaves of bread for one. 439 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 1: I mean probably not all at like one sitting. That 440 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: was probably I imagine that was over like a weekend, 441 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,520 Speaker 1: at least a few days. I don't know that much 442 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 1: about this wedding. I honestly didn't look at it well. 443 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 1: But either way, yea, there's a lot of food, yes, 444 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: and uh, each course would have included many dishes served simultaneously, 445 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 1: like fifteen plus, like seven on the low end, like 446 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,439 Speaker 1: fifteen plus for big fancy ones. And it would be 447 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:17,400 Speaker 1: combinations of hot and cold dishes. Um, so you'd get 448 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 1: like early courses would be like savory pies and pastries, 449 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: different soups, different stews, than moving on to different meats 450 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,680 Speaker 1: and different sauces, than more other different meats and more 451 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: other different sauces. Um, the fritters and breads, fruits and 452 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:35,680 Speaker 1: candies and sweet pastries and cheeses, just just all the things. 453 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: It sounds like all the things. Yes. Also, as we 454 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 1: have talked about in previous episodes, feasts around this time 455 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 1: tended to be heavily presented. Um Like, truly wild display 456 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: and decoration going on. Not none of all of this, 457 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 1: all the food being the same color on a single 458 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: individual plate. Stuff. No, uh, see your Aspect episode for 459 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: lots of examples. Um, but like yeah, like savory gelled 460 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 1: molds with like whole roast fish inside and then leafed 461 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 1: with gold and silver to make it look like sparkling. 462 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: They were swimming through sparkling water. Um Like animals roast 463 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 1: and other animals, roast and other other animals like original 464 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: turduck and stuff. Um birds served decorated with pastry to 465 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 1: resemble their original plumage little marzipan figures that were molded 466 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 1: to make some kind of weird political statement that I 467 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: don't really understand. Yeah, yeah, you're not really getting that 468 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: at medieval times restaurants. That's just fair. Yeah, that's okay, okay, No, 469 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 1: it is totally cool. Yeah you're not. Again they experience. 470 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:47,280 Speaker 1: And as for those utensils, people were using them during 471 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:51,360 Speaker 1: medieval times. Yeah yeah, yep, um, though they might have 472 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 1: shared them with fellow diners. Maybe. Spoons were definitely in use. 473 00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 1: Um and uh, and knives also U like even common 474 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: people would have probably had like a small dagger or 475 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 1: knife on their person basically at all times and probably 476 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 1: would have used it at the table. Is kind of 477 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 1: an all purpose implement to be fair. Forks, as we 478 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:15,880 Speaker 1: have discussed, we're regarded with suspicion by most of Europe 479 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 1: to the end of the Middle Ages and caused a 480 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: scandal er too when brides from further south brought them 481 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,720 Speaker 1: to their wedding feasts. It's true, So the no forks 482 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:29,840 Speaker 1: thing is legit. Yeah, that's the kind of a plausible Yeah. 483 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 1: And the MythBusters scheme of rating things. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 484 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 1: The the roast chicken pretty legit. I think that's it. 485 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 1: I think I like that silence, no fork roast chicken accurate. Also, 486 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 1: we didn't say this, but yeah, you're eating this chicken 487 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 1: like you're digging in with your hands. Yeah, and it's 488 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 1: half a chicken. Yeah, so they give you moist towelets. 489 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:05,240 Speaker 1: Also not a thing. No, that was not prepackaged moist 490 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 1: tele It's definitely we're not a thing at that time. Yeah. 491 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,120 Speaker 1: Actually I got to thinking about that much later and 492 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:14,680 Speaker 1: too late to really look into it. But I've never 493 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 1: really thought about the history of napkins clearly something we 494 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 1: have to research. It could be very short. People figured 495 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,240 Speaker 1: out early on. Sometimes you want to wipe your hands. 496 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 1: Sometimes you know whatever's around, whatever's around, you can't you 497 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:35,720 Speaker 1: can't really know. You never know where the research is 498 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 1: going to take you. It's true, it's true. But yeah, 499 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:42,480 Speaker 1: I guess I guess that sort of just brings us 500 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 1: to a general like like I guess like like sort 501 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 1: of like moral of the story that I wanted to 502 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: throw in here, that we have this idea that that 503 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 1: dining and everything in medieval times was kind of crude 504 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 1: um and I guess like compared with today in some 505 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 1: ways it was. In some ways it wasn't um. But 506 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: a lot of our ideas of what medieval life was 507 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:11,760 Speaker 1: like come from either um, really romantic or really like 508 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:17,200 Speaker 1: sarcastic or an ugly retellings of history, both from the 509 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 1: Late Middle Ages themselves and also from more modern times, 510 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:24,600 Speaker 1: especially uh, the Victorians really loved retellings from that era 511 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 1: UM and and also a lot of American films UM 512 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:32,360 Speaker 1: from the nineteen fifties and sixties. Yeah, I think we 513 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 1: definitely have, at least for me, a lot of things 514 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 1: I think of and it's not accurate as Monty Python 515 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 1: like oh sure, yeah, definitely. They're popular culture things where 516 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 1: that's what we see and we think, okay, this, yeah, 517 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:56,760 Speaker 1: and I mean it's an interesting version of history. Like 518 00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: I we we both love Game of Thrones, which is 519 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: not historical. I know. Medieval Times restaurants historical retellings of 520 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:13,000 Speaker 1: the medieval period. They claim on their website that their 521 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,840 Speaker 1: story is based on a true story from a real family. 522 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,840 Speaker 1: I did read that, and I don't know if that's 523 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 1: marketing or not from Spain, right, yeah, they don't, but 524 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 1: they don't say which one anywhere, which makes me I mean, 525 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 1: to be fair, there were a lot of royal people 526 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,280 Speaker 1: in Spain for a long time, so who knows. Maybe 527 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:38,680 Speaker 1: it's bits and pieces. Oh gosh, there should really be 528 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 1: more of an Islamic element in medieval times because Spain 529 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: during that time would have had lots of Islamic influence. 530 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 1: Another inaccuracy. Well there you go. Well, if anyone can 531 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 1: explain or illuminate the story behind the story that they 532 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 1: use at Medieval Times, please let us know. Oh we 533 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:00,960 Speaker 1: clearly need to get need to get these people on 534 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,320 Speaker 1: the horn. Oh gosh, I would love too I would 535 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:06,880 Speaker 1: love to. We'll see if we can make that happen. 536 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 1: I you know, it seems everything that I've read about 537 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,560 Speaker 1: it was like either like this is a great ridiculous 538 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:16,360 Speaker 1: thing to bring your kids to or this is a 539 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,000 Speaker 1: great ridiculous thing to be drunk at as an adult 540 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:25,440 Speaker 1: with your friends. Um. I think both can be true. Also, again, 541 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 1: just going in knowing the food, it's fine, it's not 542 00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:35,000 Speaker 1: the main part of the experience. Yes, And and that's 543 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,320 Speaker 1: not no shade on that is a lot of people 544 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 1: that you're serving all at once. Yeah, Oh my gosh, 545 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:46,160 Speaker 1: I couldn't feed people yeah at the same time. Yeah, 546 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:49,000 Speaker 1: and probably half of them are giving you some kind 547 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:58,920 Speaker 1: of stick people. Anyway, that was what we had to 548 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:02,640 Speaker 1: say on medieval to yes. Uh. And we do have 549 00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:04,799 Speaker 1: a little bit more for you. But first we've got 550 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:15,799 Speaker 1: another quick break for a word from our sponsor, and 551 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:18,839 Speaker 1: we're back. Thank you sponsor, Yes, thank you. Um. And 552 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:20,880 Speaker 1: because we ended on just a little bit of like 553 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:24,480 Speaker 1: a weird down note before the ad break there, I 554 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:28,040 Speaker 1: just wanted to share with you two more positive tidbits 555 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:32,719 Speaker 1: about medieval times. First, there is a museum of torture 556 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,680 Speaker 1: in the lobby that you can go check out before 557 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 1: your dinner, because that's good family fund for everybody. Yeah. 558 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: I know I'm using my sarcastic voice when I say that, 559 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:44,279 Speaker 1: but I kind of genuinely mean it, like being like 560 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:48,360 Speaker 1: weird gossl that I am. Um, that's a and b Annie. 561 00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,880 Speaker 1: Would you would you relate for us once more, um 562 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 1: as you did during the break. Uh. The phone number 563 00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:58,040 Speaker 1: that you can use to dial medieval times, well that 564 00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:03,560 Speaker 1: number would be one eight eight. We joust, we joust. 565 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 1: Oh it's still funny even what I'm expecting it. Okay, alright. Also, 566 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:15,160 Speaker 1: by the way, this is not a positive zero percent. 567 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:20,080 Speaker 1: We are just genuinely completely heck and delighted by the 568 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 1: existence of this weird thing. Yeah yeah, yeah, definitely not 569 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:29,120 Speaker 1: a sponsorship. If you'll want to reach out, let us 570 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:34,520 Speaker 1: know we're right here. We are here and available ready 571 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:43,319 Speaker 1: clearly anyway, anyway, this brings us to listen, Normer. I 572 00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:49,719 Speaker 1: was unprepared. I should have waved my flag, that's all right. 573 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:59,880 Speaker 1: The look of shock on Laurence face listeners was priceless sometimes. 574 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:02,759 Speaker 1: You know, I didn't realize until the other day when 575 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:06,680 Speaker 1: I was I think about these you know, Oh, um, 576 00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:10,160 Speaker 1: of course you do oh, I have to. I think 577 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:11,680 Speaker 1: we just started doing it because at the time we 578 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,640 Speaker 1: couldn't decide on a jingle or and now it's just 579 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:17,960 Speaker 1: a thing. It's like at the end of epic graph 580 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:20,520 Speaker 1: battles of history they do that, Oh do they? Yeah? 581 00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,919 Speaker 1: He always the announcer always says it in some different way. 582 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:29,200 Speaker 1: It's great. So hey, we're not the only only ones 583 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:35,359 Speaker 1: doing this. Yeah, it has legitimacy. It does in the field. Yes, 584 00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:41,040 Speaker 1: it is a tried and true um just Sina wrote. 585 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,560 Speaker 1: I'm writing in again because I have a personal tale 586 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:46,360 Speaker 1: about the savory emotion eaten at New Year's in Japan. 587 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,040 Speaker 1: I used to date a German Japanese guy and for 588 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,160 Speaker 1: New Year's we would often stay with his mother, she 589 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,480 Speaker 1: had moved to Germany. She would treat us with these 590 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:56,439 Speaker 1: amazing traditional Japanese dishes that are eaten for good luck, 591 00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:59,239 Speaker 1: prosperity and all that good stuff. And they included some 592 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 1: of the weirdest tech shows and flavors I have ever experienced, 593 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,759 Speaker 1: one of which was the sticky rice cake wrapped with nori. 594 00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:08,800 Speaker 1: She put the little blocks they reminded me of bigger 595 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:11,239 Speaker 1: racers in the oven where they puffed up in the 596 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,600 Speaker 1: weirdest shapes. Then she wrapped them in Nori put the 597 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,840 Speaker 1: package in a little bowl and spooned a little broth. 598 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:19,759 Speaker 1: I believe me so over it. It was hard enough 599 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,160 Speaker 1: to even grab with chaud sticks, but then holding it 600 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:24,560 Speaker 1: strongly enough to bite off a manageable chunk was the 601 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,759 Speaker 1: real challenge. While I was trying to chew, they told 602 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,200 Speaker 1: me those stories I especially old and young people have 603 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:33,720 Speaker 1: breathing issues or even die, And I was making extra shore. 604 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:38,360 Speaker 1: I didn't swallow any unchewed pieces. Most stressful eating experience 605 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:44,279 Speaker 1: of my life. Those stressful eating experiences. Oh goodness, we've 606 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,880 Speaker 1: all had them. We have, certainly, certainly we've had them. 607 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,399 Speaker 1: Oh gosh, yes we have. I don't think I've ever 608 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:53,520 Speaker 1: had one where I was eating something I was worried 609 00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:59,120 Speaker 1: would kill me at that moment, you know, like later maybe, yeah, yeah, 610 00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:02,240 Speaker 1: like years down the line, perhaps, but never in the moment. Yeah. 611 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:04,839 Speaker 1: I've never been trying to eat something and thought, oh boy, 612 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,879 Speaker 1: this is gonna be it, this could be the last thing. 613 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,839 Speaker 1: Um Austin wrote. We recently got a new puppy and 614 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,600 Speaker 1: getting him to sleep through the night has been ridiculous. 615 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,239 Speaker 1: I feel you there, Um, However, I learned that if 616 00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:24,399 Speaker 1: I play your podcast, he'll sleep. At first, I thought 617 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:26,719 Speaker 1: he just liked to hear people talking, but after introducing 618 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:30,080 Speaker 1: him to three other podcasts, I found out he prefers yours. 619 00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,719 Speaker 1: As soon as he hears the opening music, he makes 620 00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,399 Speaker 1: his way into my bedroom. Thank you guys for making 621 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,960 Speaker 1: Puppy Training at Breeze. Attached below our pictures of the 622 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:42,759 Speaker 1: dog Scout PS. I wanted to name him Garlic, but 623 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:47,960 Speaker 1: it was vetoed. Oh that is so sweet, Scout, High Scout, 624 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:52,480 Speaker 1: you are such a good dog. Scout, you're trying. I 625 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:56,360 Speaker 1: you know what we should update our slogan, savor preferred 626 00:39:56,400 --> 00:40:00,000 Speaker 1: by puppies. I like it. I'm not finited at all 627 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:04,520 Speaker 1: all years. Agoes asleep. No, that's great, that's wonderful. Get 628 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:08,319 Speaker 1: get sleep. However, you can man exactly exactly. It did 629 00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,080 Speaker 1: remind me of back when do you remember when we 630 00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,240 Speaker 1: had the problem with our ad bikes. They're so loud, 631 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:15,960 Speaker 1: oh yeah, compared to the rest of the podcast, and 632 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,799 Speaker 1: so many people wrote in angry at me, Well not me, 633 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:22,680 Speaker 1: but yeah, the situation um saying I use your podcast 634 00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:25,279 Speaker 1: to fall asleep and I don't dare you wake me? Up, 635 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:28,520 Speaker 1: and I would say the most polite way as possible. 636 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:31,719 Speaker 1: I really, I really truly do appreseate that. But if 637 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:37,279 Speaker 1: you're just trying to sleep, maybe podcast. Yeah, until we 638 00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:40,480 Speaker 1: picked this problem, which we did, and now we're helping puppies. 639 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:44,160 Speaker 1: You know, it's just just one puppy at a time 640 00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:48,960 Speaker 1: at a time making the world a better place. 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