1 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,640 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Food Stuff. I'm an Eeries and 2 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: I'm Lauren voc Obam, and today we're talking about edible gold. 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: That's right, it's gonna be gold, baby gold. I had 4 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: my brain almost broke, you guys with all the puns 5 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: in this episode there. I won't say them all, but 6 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: I have a list that I just moved them to. 7 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, that's very exciting. I hope that this 8 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: will have to do with the title suggestions that perfect. 9 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: Some of them definitely made it in there. Yeah, we're 10 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 1: doing an episode on edible gold, which I think I've 11 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: had on ice cream or maybe on chocolate. I think 12 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: I've had it. Yeah, I think I think I've had it, 13 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: like yeah, like on I feel like on like a 14 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: chocolate dessert or maybe on a piece of chocolate. Yeah, 15 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: but it's it's not really sticking out in my mind. Oh, 16 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: but I have had gold schlager, which you informed me 17 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,559 Speaker 1: has gold flakes in it. Absolutely has gold flakes in it. Yeah. 18 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: I think that by the time I'm having gold schlager, 19 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: I am not noticing that drink responsibly. Kids responsibly, drink responsibly. Okay, 20 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: So this brings us to the question edible gold. What 21 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 1: is it? Is? Pure gold? Are most of the time 22 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: it is, It's not always Uh yeah, that's right there 23 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: in the name. Edible gold is typically between two carrots, 24 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: and it's wrapped, flaked, or layered with food or on 25 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: the rim of cocktails. Pure gold is the tourism saying 26 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: of my hometown to Lanta, go by the way where 27 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: there was gold and then there Hills gold Rush, which 28 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: is our big festival in October's ring up. If you're 29 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: in the area, I mean, all of the locals we leave, 30 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: but come on in. I actually really liked gold Rush, 31 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: but I was strange. Well, you like a festival, I do. 32 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: And there were rides. You could get a funnel cake, 33 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: and you could get one of those tall drinks, you know, 34 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: strawberry degree. It was virgin because you know, I was young, 35 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: but put the straw in there and it was lovely. 36 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: Apparently all I need rise when all cakes in the 37 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 1: seat and drink and they're gone. Yeah, uh no, I 38 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: think that. Yeah, that does hold true to this day. Actually, 39 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: maybe I should go to gold Rush. My mom coming 40 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: home back to gold though the edible kind, the edible kind, Yes, 41 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: this is also all gold, I know. Thank you. UM. 42 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: If you're unfamiliar with the carrot system, UM, it's a 43 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: slightly outdated way of denoting the purity of a metal, 44 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: and when you're talking about precious metals, that's sometimes called 45 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: the fineness. Completely pure gold is basically scientifically impossible because 46 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: adams are wiley. But carrot gold is as pure as possible, 47 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: like over pure, and in the carrot system is fractional. Okay, 48 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: So one carrot is one pure y twenty four. I 49 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: have no idea, UM, twelve carrots is twelve pure or 50 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: half pure, and so on. Gold that's above twenty two 51 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: carrots is generally considered too soft to be used in 52 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: jewelry or other like relatively practical products. UM. It would 53 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 1: be damaged too easily. Most gold jewelry, therefore, in the 54 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: United States is around fourteen carrots that's about fifty eight 55 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: percent pure. It has harder metals silver, copper, platium added 56 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: in to increase the jewelry strength or to add color, 57 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: like a blend of silver and copper for yellow gold, 58 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: just copper for rose gold, and just silver or platium 59 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: for white gold. But super soft high carrot gold is 60 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: perfect for eating, is it? I? Mean, it's not the 61 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: first thing that I would say, butcher, that's such a range. 62 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: This whole thing is very odd to me. It tastes 63 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: like nothing really like yeah, literally, it doesn't have much 64 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: of a texture to it either. It brings nothing to 65 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: the table but glitz and glam because all that glitters 66 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 1: is gold. M smash wealth. That taught us that and 67 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 1: the great words of smash. Oh goodness. Oh yep. Nutrition wise, yeah, 68 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 1: and this goes back to the flavor part. Gold is 69 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: what scientists call chemically inert. It does not interact with 70 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: your body at all. Huh. You do not digest gold. 71 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: It passes or right through you. Edible gold may have 72 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: a little bit of silver in it at that lower 73 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: like twenty two carrot range um, but silver is also inert. Yeah, 74 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:56,799 Speaker 1: it's considered harmless. Oh good, but it's not necessarily useful 75 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: to you, mm hmm. Not this is fairly useful. It 76 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: sounds that sounds like a descriptor someone might give me. 77 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 1: I think. I think the only like law on the 78 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: books about the edibility of gold in the United States anyway, 79 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 1: is that like the CDC has marked it like not 80 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: a poison. Ah, well, that's that's a plus it is. Yes, 81 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 1: there is a fringe theory out there that eating gold 82 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: will make you superhuman like super intelligent and super powerful, 83 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: and that therefore the Illuminati is conspiring to keep prices 84 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: high enough that we pleaves can't eat golden become powerful 85 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: and smart. Oh well, let's just say that a little 86 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: town called the Laanaga might be full of superhumans. This 87 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: explains so much? Does it know my superhuman clumsiness? It is? Uh. 88 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: All that being said, gold is used medicinally, just not orally. 89 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: Gold is useful because one of its radioactive isotopes is 90 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: really good at killing cancer cells. Well, okay, it's really 91 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: good at killing all cells. Um, But it's also good 92 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: at linking up with a few different compounds that specifically 93 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 1: target cancer cells. So the research is still being done, 94 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: but in the future, injections of radioactive gold may help 95 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: treat cancer. I feel like we're talking about a sci 96 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 1: fi is so interesting. This episode has just made me 97 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: think about a lot of things. It's also made me 98 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: think about Apparently some people, and more often than not women, 99 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: are allergic to gold, which I did not know. So 100 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: gold no bad times? Yeah, not been good. And speaking 101 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: of bad times, with cold pop culture A Game of Thrones, 102 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: and James Bond has told us covering yourself in gold 103 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: particul really hot gold not good. No, don't do it 104 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: in case you mean to be spelled out for you 105 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: don't pour hot gold over yourself. No food stuff. Lesson 106 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: of the episode. Um, edible gold and silver are certified kosher. 107 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, good to know if you're wondering about the price. 108 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: Edible gold ran about forty dollars program Towards the end 109 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: of note though that sheets of it are so thinly 110 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: pressed that the weight is like negligible. Yeah. Um, as 111 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: baking supply shops have it for about like ten cents 112 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: per square inch. Um. That being said, depending on the 113 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: type of item you are dealing with, like a lot 114 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: of gold can go into some of these fancy foods, 115 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: it can. We have we have some examples for you, 116 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: because edible gold is making a comeback. Um, it has 117 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: been around longer than I thought, and I'm gonna say 118 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: probably a lot of your thought. But in this brave 119 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: new world of instagrammable food, it is the gold standard, 120 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: the gold medal, the gold star. Okay, okay, moving on, Um, 121 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: take the douche Burger for instance, Yes, this was a 122 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: burger offered by the six six six Burger food truck 123 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: and it was topped with lobster shuffles, caviar and all 124 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: of that was wrapped in edible gold like it was 125 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: a paper wrapper. Oh my goodness. The wrapper is made 126 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 1: up of about a quarter of a graham um and 127 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: it would run you how much would you think? I 128 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: can't really rightfully guess I can see it in our notes. Well, 129 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: I hope that some listeners somewhere shouted out, I gas um. 130 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 1: It was six hundred and sixty six bucks. Very cute. 131 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: There's also the limited edition at Carrot Gold kit kept 132 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: Are from Australia's kit Cat studio. This was for Chinese 133 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,839 Speaker 1: New Year and for about sixty two dollars ish in 134 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: American currency, you got Phoenix woolong tea leaves from China 135 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: Leachi rose petals wrapped in edible gold. Only eight were made. 136 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: In Japan offered something similar in Kickcat Bar with gold 137 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: now closed. Manila's Social Club in Brooklyn used to offer 138 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:29,199 Speaker 1: a crystal that's the champagne's champagne right yeah yeah, and 139 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: gold flake donut for a hundred dollars. Crispy creem. That 140 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: fine donut establishment offered a one thousand, six five dollar 141 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: luxe donut but decked with edible gold diamonds and filled 142 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: with dom perignon jelly. Oh my goodness. But in this 143 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: case it was to raise money for charity. It's worth 144 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: pointing out there was a golden flaked hot dog at 145 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: Super Bowl fifty. It was twelve dollars, which seems about 146 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: on par with stadium food. I gotta say, oh, yeah, 147 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: that's not sure. Back over in Japan, as often you 148 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: could get soft serve ice cream cones wrapped in gold 149 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: leaf for about nine dollars and fifty cents. Again reasonable um, 150 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: and as of seventeen, a burrito sized sushi roll filled 151 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,199 Speaker 1: with twelve kinds of premium seafood wrapped in the usual 152 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: nori and the unusual gold leaf for about ninety six dollars, 153 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: and apparently to keep costs from going too out of control, 154 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:32,599 Speaker 1: it was served up in a like typical supermarket plastic tray. Okay, 155 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 1: I like it. It's a collision of yeah, a lot 156 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 1: of things, that is. Yeah. Speaking of pizza, Hu Yes 157 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: Pizza gave fifty random customers gold flaked pizza instead of 158 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: the garlic, not pizza they ordered. Honestly, I would be pissed. 159 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: I would be like, this gold doesn't taste like anything. 160 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: I want my garlic. Yeah. Uh, I would be just shocked, 161 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:06,439 Speaker 1: like what is this? What's happening here? And speaking of pizza, 162 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: the world's most expensive pizza is in New York City 163 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: and it'll run you about two thousand, seven hundred dollars. 164 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 1: It's topped with fogwa, caviar, and truffles as well as 165 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: the gold, which is relevant through this episode. I think 166 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: you have to call in a day ahead of time 167 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: to say that you wanted it. I'm sure they're like, 168 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:32,559 Speaker 1: what who? Also in New York City, SERENDIPTI three, I've 169 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 1: been there, but not that one used to offer a 170 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: one thousand dollars Sunday that came with gold covered ice cream, 171 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: complete with gold flowers and dusted and you guessed it 172 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: gold and a lot of other fancy expensive stuff too. 173 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: I did not order this. That is good, full disclaimer. 174 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: I'm glad. I'm very cheap. Actually, Serendipity three has had 175 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: a couple of gold desserts in its day, including one 176 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: from two thousand seven that puts this Sunday to shame 177 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: a Sunday with edible gold that would run you a 178 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 1: cool twenty five thousand dollars, as discussed in our Sunday episode. 179 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:12,199 Speaker 1: It's true, and it's not just sweets either. They've also 180 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: offered a two gold dusted burger and a gold dusted 181 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: grilled cheese. They've been awarded several edible gold related Guinness 182 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:31,680 Speaker 1: World records, so they're winning in that front. Congratulations, congratulations. Yeah. 183 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: New York City is is a city where the food 184 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: is paved with gold. As of this year, the restaurant 185 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 1: Ainsworth was serving golden hot wings ten for forty five 186 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: dollars or fifty for a thousand dollars, and that includes 187 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: a bottle of s fancy champagne. Every fifty wing order 188 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: apparently contains about five grams of gold dust. That's about 189 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: two hundred dollars worth, or like it's like the weight 190 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: of a woman's wedding ring, or about the weight of 191 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 1: two pennies. If that is an easier thing. You know 192 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: that you're eating, you're eating that, putting that, you're putting 193 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 1: that in your body. It also kind of paints your 194 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 1: lips gold as it, which is super instagram. I bet 195 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: are you could also just buy like gold Yeah, I 196 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: mean I've got some of that at home. I don't 197 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: think it costs more than fourteen There are options, that 198 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: is what we're saying. Yes, I do love the combination 199 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: of champagne and hot and hot wings. I bet that 200 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: is delicious. I bet it is. I'm completely on board 201 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: with that. Now I want to get some hot wings 202 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: and some sparkling wine. Well, we can make that happen. 203 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: First time I've been hungry all episode. Dubai is particularly 204 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:46,439 Speaker 1: fond of edible gold. You can get gold dusted cappuccinos 205 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: stirred into cocktails. Officer, it's gold sugar cubes. You can 206 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 1: get it from a grinder like cup, from a spray 207 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 1: a one thousand dollar golden fused cupcake. One hotel goes 208 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: through seven d of edible gold per year. Another hotel, 209 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,679 Speaker 1: the Dubai Marriott, has a restaurant where you can get 210 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 1: a side order of gold flakes. It's like a burger 211 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 1: with the side of gold flakes. I mean, you can 212 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: get it with anything, but that was the picture they had, 213 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: and it just I laughed for a good bit after 214 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: seeing that. I'll have a side of gold flakes please, Yeah, 215 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: I feel extravagant ordering like a side of bacon. Heck, 216 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: I do too. In the most expensive dessert in the world, 217 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 1: strawberries are No Out of New Orleans, came with gold 218 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: flakes and a nine eight five million dollars price tag. 219 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: It also came with a diamond engagement ring and expensive 220 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: champagne and or liquor. See. I don't think that that 221 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: should count is the most expensive dessert if the part 222 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: that makes it the most expensive is not edible or 223 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I guess it's not digestible. You could swallow 224 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: the ring if you really wanted to. What kind of 225 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: person would that be? I want to write a about them. 226 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: That's in a short story somewhere I found. I found 227 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: something that came with it was really funny because it 228 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: was like, dollars will get you this champagne, this dessert, 229 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: this food, and a car. Like the car is just 230 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: kind of out of the blue, you know what. I 231 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: am feeling like, I want to buy a car at 232 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: this club. I'm glad they're offering it on the menu. 233 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: Because of the price and the lavish over the top 234 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 1: of ness of edible gold, there has been a lot 235 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: of backlash to it. It does seem very like you're 236 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 1: eating scarcity and money and spending so much on something 237 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: that will just be gone, a sultimate example of consumerism. 238 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: It's empty, it doesn't taste like anything. I really want 239 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 1: to write a poem about it. It's beautiful in a 240 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: terrible way. There's something kind of fascinating about I'm just 241 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: gonna eat this cold. Well. As it turns out, people 242 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 1: have been doing this for just a ridiculously long time, 243 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: So we're going to get into that, but first we're 244 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: going to take a quick break for a word from 245 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: our sponsor, and we're back. Thank you, sponsor, Yes, thank you. 246 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: As we said in the intro, edible gold has been 247 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: around for about as long as people have wanted to 248 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: show off so forever. The history of gold being something 249 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: highly prized dates back to before humans were even recording things. 250 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: Five thousand years ago, the ancient Egyptians would drink in 251 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: a lick sir made out of liquid gold. They believed 252 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 1: that gold was matter perfected, and not only would it 253 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: cure you of all of your ailments, it would rejuvenate 254 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: you and make you younger and healthier. The Egyptians were 255 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: the only ones to believe that gold had medicinal properties 256 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: throughout his three mainly for things like depression, arthritis, and 257 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: heart disease. People got the idea to eat gold for 258 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: fun perhaps around medieval times. This was right when alchemists 259 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 1: were a little obsessed with the potential health benefits of gold, 260 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: and we're trying to turn lead into gold. Um. And 261 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,199 Speaker 1: gold was still used medicinally up to the Renaissance, at 262 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 1: least a ground into food or drink as a as 263 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 1: a preservative um, the logic being that gold is this 264 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:32,199 Speaker 1: incorruptible substance, and thus we'll save you from spiritual or 265 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: bodily corruption. Mm hmm, well all right, yeah. A legend 266 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: has it that Italian Duke Galiazo Visconti had a whole 267 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:49,399 Speaker 1: calf wrapped in gold leaf for his daughter's wedding in Whoa. Yeah, 268 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: that dude wanted to impress some people. I only hope 269 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 1: they were impressed. The Japanese may have been using edible 270 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 1: gold by or earlier as a dusting for sak tea 271 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: and other food items. Gold Dust tea was thought to 272 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: have health benefits as well, and it still is to 273 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,719 Speaker 1: this day from what I understand, or at the very 274 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:14,719 Speaker 1: least is pretty, it is pretty. In medieval Europe, a 275 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 1: banquet might have ended with slabs of gilded gingerbread studded 276 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: with gilded clothes. Supposedly, the popularity of gilded gingerbread, in 277 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: particular at at fairs prompted an iteration of the axiom 278 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 1: all that glistens or shineth is not gold like like 279 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,439 Speaker 1: out of concern for like, watch what you eat like. 280 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,199 Speaker 1: If it's that cheap but a fair, it's probably not 281 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: real gold, and you're probably not going to get those 282 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: like health benefits you're looking for, or you might get 283 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: a little bit poisoned. So smash mouth was wrong. My 284 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: life is coming crashing down before my eyes. I'm sorry, 285 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 1: I'm sorry it had to be today, Annie, I don't 286 00:18:56,320 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: even know. Oh how could splash mouth? Why have you 287 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:11,160 Speaker 1: betrayed me? I believed in you for so long? Well 288 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: there goes out karaoke. So anyway, we must continue, we must. 289 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 1: Europeans would pound sheets of gold until they were all 290 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: nice and thin and wrap pastries with them. There's a 291 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:26,159 Speaker 1: recipe in the fifteenth century an ordinance of Pottage for 292 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,160 Speaker 1: a sweet pie decorated with gilded walnuts, and they had 293 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: very specific directions for it. You would you would first 294 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: wet the walnuts with saffron water um, and then stick 295 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: them on a needle or a pin for for use 296 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: of handling. And then the needle is held in one hand, 297 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: and the gold foil is laid on with that other 298 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 1: hand with a thing made therefore, and blow their on 299 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 1: easily with thy mouth, and that shall make thy gold 300 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: to abide, and so through make guilt them all over, 301 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: and flourish thy bacon meat. Therewith. I love so much 302 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:02,360 Speaker 1: about this, but I think mark favorite things. Make thy 303 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: gold to abide, Make thy gold to abide. That's a 304 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: saying that you put above your door. No one's entirely 305 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: sure what it means, but they think they know what 306 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: it means, too embarrassed to ask. And there was also 307 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 1: around that time a recipe for like certain sort of 308 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: the fanciest tur ducan um. It was a pig stuffed 309 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,400 Speaker 1: with a rooster, which was itself stuffed with pine nuts 310 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: and sugar. It was a roasted whole and then uh 311 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 1: and then colored on on the outside using saffron, egg 312 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: yolks and gold and silver foil. That is a very 313 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:37,360 Speaker 1: fancy treduc in. You know that you're ducking went back 314 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 1: so far right. By the sixteenth century, authorities in Padua 315 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 1: suggested that, in order to preserve the supply of gold, 316 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,719 Speaker 1: no more than two courses of any given feast should 317 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 1: be gilded. Wow, it was a problem they were. They 318 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: were like folks, really, this is getting out of really 319 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: calmed down. Gold was particularly popular in Italy as a 320 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: topping for saffron risotto, and with the English Aristocracy as 321 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:12,200 Speaker 1: a topping for fruits pomegranates, oranges, and grapes. In particular, 322 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: Saffron was so expensive around that time, and it keeps 323 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: coming up in all of these things. It was, you know, 324 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 1: the gold color of the saffron, the gold color of 325 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: gold that, according to Hieronymous buck Uh ground saffron might 326 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: be stretched with a sandalwood or even gold dust to 327 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: bring it up to weight. That might have been hyperbole, 328 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 1: but either way, I love that he said it. I 329 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: need to A liquor called gold vasser was invented by 330 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 1: one Ambrose Vermolin or Fermolin perhaps in he was a 331 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 1: Dutch fellow living in Danzig that Germany now Poland Um 332 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,360 Speaker 1: and gold Vesser is still around. It's an earthy herbal 333 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 1: liquor flavored with stuff like cardamom, coriander, juniper, cinnamon, and lavender, 334 00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 1: and it is speckled with flicks of gold leaf. It 335 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 1: would go on to be a favorite of several royals, 336 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: including King Louis, Peter the Great and Catherine the Great 337 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 1: to the greats, and yes, several brands are still available today. 338 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 1: The golden is generally twenty two carrots. In case you 339 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 1: were wondering, I was wondering, I specifically only by drinks 340 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: with twenty two carrots in them, never twenty four. That's 341 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: too rich for your blood. Reach from my blood. Indeed, 342 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: I'm not a blue blood at all. Gold blood. Sometime 343 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,959 Speaker 1: in the seventeen hundreds, UM, there's a story of a 344 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: golden swan being served at a royal banquet in Italy. 345 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: The one was rotisserie roasted and then covered in this 346 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: sauce that was made from saffron infused wine, egg yolks 347 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,439 Speaker 1: and bread crumbs. Um. This made the skin kind of 348 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:51,120 Speaker 1: golden and crunchy, and then then neck and head were 349 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: wrapped in gold leaf for serving and presented to the 350 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:58,880 Speaker 1: highest guests of the banquet. That's a little over the top, 351 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:07,920 Speaker 1: I got us past past royal banquet A little much um. 352 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 1: In a throwback to Our Aspects episode, Elizabeth Radfield's two 353 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: book The Experienced English Housekeeper, including included a recipe for 354 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 1: gilded fish and jelly. Oh, let's put gold on this 355 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,880 Speaker 1: fish and then put it in jolly. Yes, it will 356 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,479 Speaker 1: make it the fancy. It will be so fancy, the 357 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:33,160 Speaker 1: fanciest salad that anyone has ever seen. Jumping away ahead 358 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 1: to uh to nineteen eight five famed Italian chef while 359 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 1: Tiero Marchesi topped his saffron risotto with a square leaf 360 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: of gold foil, round round dish, bright yellow rice, big 361 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 1: old square of gold foil, right smack on the top. 362 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: It feels like modern art. It looked like it. It's beautiful. Um. 363 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 1: It may have been the impetus for Michelin to grant 364 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 1: his restaurant a third star. It was the first Italian restaurant, 365 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: or the first at the first restaurant in Italy to 366 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: receive three Michelin stars. Um. And and it was so 367 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,919 Speaker 1: iconic that he would later wear a tiny replica of 368 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: the dish as a lapel pin. Okay, I like that, 369 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 1: and this brings us to gold sagger. All right, y'all, 370 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: I legit cannot track down a history of gold Schlaggers. 371 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 1: I okay. It's originally a Swiss liquor as cinnamon schnops, 372 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,119 Speaker 1: to be specific, and the brand has been passed among 373 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 1: several producers and manufacturing plants over the past couple of decades, 374 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,879 Speaker 1: and none of them have preserved any kind of origin story. 375 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: And apparently no one on the Internet cares about it 376 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 1: enough to really track it down. Um. What I can 377 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:55,880 Speaker 1: tell you is that it contains about zero point one 378 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:01,959 Speaker 1: grahams of gold flake per bottle carret gold flake. Um. 379 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: And since gold flake of that purity is too soft 380 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,920 Speaker 1: to cut you, no, it does not create any tiny 381 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 1: cuts in your throat and stomach to make you get 382 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 1: drunk faster. Which is uh like urban legend about gold 383 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 1: lager that you drink it because it has the gold 384 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 1: flakes in it, which create tiny cuts to get you 385 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 1: drunk faster. This is a disturbing college kid thing, is yes, 386 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 1: it is. It is. I hope I get tiny cuts 387 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: in my fails so I get drunk faster. Yeah, good job, 388 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: good job, kids, I mean, don't get me wrong. Probably 389 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 1: I would have done something equally foolish, but yeah, no, 390 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:46,120 Speaker 1: it's too soft to cut you. It's fine, okay. Um. 391 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,160 Speaker 1: And and the and the word gold schlagger in case 392 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 1: you were wondering, means gold beater in German, referring to 393 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: to the workers who would pound gold out into that leaf. Okay, okay, 394 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 1: Well somebody, some internet sleuth track down some history. Oh goodness, yeah, 395 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 1: if you, if you have anything, let me know. Um, 396 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 1: to be fair, I didn't dig extremely hard, but you 397 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:17,120 Speaker 1: didn't go gold digging gold. I panned at the at 398 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 1: the very very most oh nons to be made. And 399 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: my final note here about edible gold is that as 400 00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 1: of two five, artist to Bias Wong, in collaboration with 401 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,959 Speaker 1: the Street were brand just another rich kid started selling 402 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: these gelatine capsules that were filled or that are filled 403 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: with gold leaf. Three pills for four hundred and twenty 404 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 1: five dollars. And they are quite pretty. They're like a 405 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: like half of half of the capsule is is solid 406 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: like like a rat wrapped in goldleaf on the outside, 407 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 1: and the other half is clear so you can see 408 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:57,200 Speaker 1: the goldleaf inside kind of jangling around. It's quite pretty. 409 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:00,479 Speaker 1: Um and they are sold as a work of art 410 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: and they are intended to be swallowed by the consumer. 411 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 1: A quote for you. Analogous to our culture's obsession with 412 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: luxury and consumption, these twenty four carrot gold leaf capsules 413 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: turn your innermost parts into chambers of wealth. Consume and digest. Yeah, 414 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 1: I mean you know, they'll they'll make your poop gold fleckt. 415 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 1: Now that's an Instagram picture. That's that's really fascinating. Um. Yeah, 416 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:39,400 Speaker 1: consume and digested. It's just humans are interesting and this 417 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 1: is a really uh interesting aspect of them. Yeah. Yeah, 418 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,200 Speaker 1: we we were talking during the ad break. I feel 419 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: like I feel like this is the first episode that 420 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:54,880 Speaker 1: we've ever been actually really judgmental. I mean, aside from 421 00:27:54,920 --> 00:28:00,400 Speaker 1: talking about like terrible human people like Christopher Columbus or something. Yes, 422 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,400 Speaker 1: but I'm sort of comfortable with it. I mean, it's 423 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 1: just it's interesting. I keep saying that word because I 424 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 1: can't pinpoint. It's hard to put into one word for me. Yeah, 425 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 1: I have had Like I said, I've probably had it 426 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 1: on ice cream. I probably had it, yeah, I think, 427 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: and I think I have to. Yeah, I don't. It's 428 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 1: nothing I would spend a lot of money on if 429 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 1: I got ice cream with it, then I guarantee you 430 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 1: I didn't pay a lot for that ice cream. Liked 431 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,720 Speaker 1: for the gold right, right, it was that it was 432 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:34,199 Speaker 1: that like nine dollar ice cream cone. Yeah, yeah, and 433 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 1: that's just what was available, right. I wasn't like, oh, goold. 434 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 1: And I don't know, And I guess, I mean, there's 435 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: nothing wrong with with with you know, your your food 436 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 1: being artistic, Like the artistry of food is certainly a 437 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: very wonderful um and and and and serious thing, you know, 438 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: not not to be not to be mocked, but you know, yeah, 439 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: I don't know, it's that that conspicuous consumption kind of 440 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 1: thing that I I'm like, I'm like, don't even know 441 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 1: that kids are starving in Africa like that. I don't know. Oh, 442 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: I think for me, since gold gold represents like that 443 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: is the thing you aspired to, that is a luxury 444 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 1: that I think because it is that simple that it's 445 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: it feels almost symbolic people eating it, you know, I 446 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 1: think that's what's throwing me, are making me really want 447 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: to think about this more and like go to slam 448 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: poetry and talk about edible gold. Right, It's really fascinating, honestly. Yeah, 449 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,480 Speaker 1: And I was shocked people have been doing it so long, 450 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 1: I guess I shouldn't have been. But people can gold. Yeah, 451 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: people are great. Well, if if there's anyone out there 452 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 1: there has any any art about this, yeah, or any 453 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 1: stories or or yeah, um, please please write in and 454 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 1: send us photos um, or you know, if you do 455 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,479 Speaker 1: have like slam poets slam style poetry about it then 456 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 1: or that's not a style of poetry. I'm sorry, Slam 457 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 1: is a noun, not an adjective. Yes, um, if you 458 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:17,080 Speaker 1: have poetry that might be performed at a slam and 459 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,080 Speaker 1: you want to make an audio recording of it and 460 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:21,480 Speaker 1: send it to us, about edible gold, actually about any 461 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:26,280 Speaker 1: food item. We would love to hear your poetry, and 462 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 1: if you would like us too, we can't promise we 463 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: will if you want to give us permission to air it, 464 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 1: include that in your in your note. Oh man, I 465 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: just got really excited with the potential of this. I 466 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: really hope that some of you guys are really wonderful 467 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: weird poets. Okay, this actually does bring us to our 468 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 1: listener mail, but first it brings us to one more 469 00:30:50,000 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 1: quick break for a word from our sponsor, and we're back. 470 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:07,000 Speaker 1: Thank you sponsor, Yes, thank you Lauren kind of shocked, 471 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: and he was very startled. I'm sorry, that's okay. It's 472 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 1: only fair because it brings us to listen male slaying poetry. Okay, 473 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 1: she's actually never been. But oh man, all right, you 474 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 1: know we'll go Okay, yeah, oh, I'm excited about that. Okay. 475 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 1: Chris wrote, here is an etymology tidbit for Lauren as 476 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 1: to why we Jersey Italians pronounced food so differently, regetta 477 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 1: versus ricotta and ricotta cheese. I don't know if this 478 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 1: is the original article I read, but it covers a 479 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 1: lot of the points I took away. An he linked 480 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: to an Atlas Obscura article. Basically, pre unification, spoken Italian 481 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 1: was heavily regionalized, with many dialects. The poorer southern regions, 482 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 1: which made up most of the early Italian immigrants, had 483 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: a melodic sing song East dial of speech that often 484 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 1: added or removed valve sounds from the ends of words 485 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 1: to maintain the flow or cadence. When the nation was unified, 486 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 1: the government declared the Tuscan dialect of Dante Fame to 487 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:15,400 Speaker 1: be the official Italian, but this was slow to be 488 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 1: adopted and definitely didn't affect the early immigrants to America, 489 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 1: where we have preserved this dialect to this day. I've 490 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,040 Speaker 1: read it compared to as talking like a native Italian's 491 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 1: great grandparents would. Oh wow, I love that. I've never 492 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 1: really thought about it. Yeah, Chad wrote, I listened to 493 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:35,040 Speaker 1: your buffet episode and was reminded of an experience I 494 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:38,480 Speaker 1: had in Manila in January. I was quite surprised to 495 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:41,120 Speaker 1: see signs proclaiming that you would be charged an extra 496 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,600 Speaker 1: fee if you did not eat everything on your plate 497 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:46,440 Speaker 1: at the buffet. To me, that sounds like a good 498 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 1: way to lose business, but I thought it interesting. See 499 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 1: this photo I took of one of the signs in 500 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:58,080 Speaker 1: the restaurant, and the sign says no leftovers leftover charge. 501 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 1: And this is for the are Raptor Charcoal barbecue, and 502 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:08,680 Speaker 1: the and the and the logo is this little red dinosaur, 503 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 1: little red Raptor face. It's really I love this place. 504 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:17,400 Speaker 1: I know I'm in. Yeah, despite they're charging you for 505 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 1: having leftovers on your plate, well, all the more reason 506 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:25,760 Speaker 1: to pace yourself and have a plan. Yeah. I cannot 507 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 1: wait to go to a favorite restaurant with you. I'm 508 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 1: so excited we have a lot of fun field chips 509 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 1: to do. Goodness, we do more every day. Ah ah yeah, 510 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 1: thank you so much to both of you all for 511 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:41,320 Speaker 1: writing in. And before we close out this episode, we 512 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 1: we've been hinting at some changes, teasing a little bit 513 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 1: of news, and we have some of that news for 514 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:51,320 Speaker 1: you today today if you're listening to it the day 515 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,239 Speaker 1: it came out. If you're not, then oh yeah, it's 516 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 1: chaos and we cannot help you there. Yeah. Yes, that 517 00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 1: the name of of of the food Stuff show is 518 00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 1: changing to Saver. Mm hmm. And you have to say 519 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:07,360 Speaker 1: it with a particular infliction. Save Now I live your 520 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:11,239 Speaker 1: own life. And if you keep an eye out in 521 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:15,160 Speaker 1: your podcast feed, there will be a trailer for Saver. Yes, 522 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:18,359 Speaker 1: absolutely um. And also in accordance with this, with this 523 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:21,480 Speaker 1: name change, we are changing the names of our social 524 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:24,960 Speaker 1: media feeds and our email address. We've been told that's 525 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:31,440 Speaker 1: good strategy. Yes, otherwise more chaos and confusion. Yeah, we 526 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:37,960 Speaker 1: saver chaos and confusion. So you can email us at 527 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,720 Speaker 1: hello at savor pod dot com. But if you email 528 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,320 Speaker 1: the old address, it will forward to the new address, 529 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:48,000 Speaker 1: so all emails will arrive their correct destination. Yes, and 530 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 1: Annie will read them almost immediately. I will, but then 531 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,759 Speaker 1: I'll wait because I like to percolate on what the 532 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,440 Speaker 1: email said before I respond. No, I think that's a 533 00:34:56,440 --> 00:35:00,680 Speaker 1: good strategy. I think so. And uh. And through social media, 534 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,440 Speaker 1: we have the same name. Now it's just at Savor 535 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:07,319 Speaker 1: pod on Twitter and Facebook and Instagram, which is going 536 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 1: to cut like like minutes off of our all of 537 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,440 Speaker 1: our lives for me, not messing that up every single 538 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:16,200 Speaker 1: time we record. It is going to be simpler, simpler 539 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:19,600 Speaker 1: for all. Yes, or just google savor podcast. Well we 540 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,440 Speaker 1: we should come right up. There was a prior Saver podcast. 541 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,160 Speaker 1: But you'll know that it's us. From the fact that 542 00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:27,160 Speaker 1: you know it's us, it just makes sense. We do 543 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,319 Speaker 1: hope to hear from you. Thank you as always to 544 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,000 Speaker 1: our super producer Dylan Fagan, Thank you to you for listening, 545 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,759 Speaker 1: and we hope that lots more good things are coming 546 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,880 Speaker 1: your way.