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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Savor production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: I'm Annie Reese and I'm Lauren Vogelbaum. And today we're

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Speaker 1: talking about the foods of Fallout, the video game series

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Speaker 1: and things etera and etcetera. Yes, I'm very, very excited

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Speaker 1: Several listeners have requested this topic. And I myself have

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Speaker 1: played most of the Fallout series. Despite the fact that

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Speaker 1: I'm a completionist quest wise and games like this one,

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Speaker 1: these games really stressed me out. It becomes hard work. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And also, um, it is one of those games, especially three,

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Speaker 1: which is the one I played most in depth, that

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Speaker 1: has a lot of those kind of moral decisions you

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Speaker 1: can make characters, so there's like eight options. And I accidentally, uh,

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Speaker 1: and people played the game will probably know exactly what

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Speaker 1: I'm talking about. I accidentally took part in a I

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Speaker 1: don't know if genocide is the term. I didn't mean to.

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Speaker 1: I misread the whole thing, but I was on the

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Speaker 1: a hard time with with those like like dialogue choices

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Speaker 1: or or right or like like moral compass choices because

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Speaker 1: there I feel I feel like the exact wording. I'm like,

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Speaker 1: as an editor, I'm like, well, did you mean this thing?

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Speaker 1: Where this thing? Because those are two very different meanings

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Speaker 1: and we're about to commit genocide now. Yeah, that's why

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Speaker 1: I'm like, I meant to flirt and now it's genocide. Right.

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Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure I just thought that they wanted a

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Speaker 1: better space to live. Oh oops, well yeah. I have

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Speaker 1: never played any of the Fallout games zero, Silch, none. Um.

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Speaker 1: I think I've watched like the first ten minutes of

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Speaker 1: I feel like it might have been three. It's like

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Speaker 1: Liam Neeson is a voice in the thank opening of three.

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Speaker 1: I don't I All I remember is that the person

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Speaker 1: I'm not it would have been about twelve to fift

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Speaker 1: I haven't played. So this entire reading process was a

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Speaker 1: process of discovery and delight. And confusion. I would randomly

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Speaker 1: till Lauren uncovers this, or how has Lauren gonna react

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Speaker 1: to this? How much confusion is happening? Does any of

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Speaker 1: this make sense? Um? They're also an interesting game series

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Speaker 1: So like I started, I started with three, and then

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Speaker 1: advanced video game. Uh. And they've gone even further graphics

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Speaker 1: I'm very tickled that you are the one that shall

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Speaker 1: be answered. Yes. So Fallout, what is it? Well? Uh.

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Speaker 1: Fallout is a franchise of games currently produced by the

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Speaker 1: company Bethesda, also known for Elder Scrolls and Skyrim. UH

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Speaker 1: followed is set in a sci fi post nuclear apocalypse world,

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Speaker 1: and there have been ten video games and three tabletop

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Speaker 1: games released within this franchise, mostly RPGs, that is, role

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Speaker 1: Prime is in development UM, and there are hotly debated

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Speaker 1: fall Out five. Yes, but but that is not that

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Speaker 1: is far beyond my territory. UH. The series was started

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Speaker 1: The first Fallout game was published in based heavily on

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Speaker 1: Fallout seventy six, which is an mm O or a

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Speaker 1: These items can signal things like comfort and hope in

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Speaker 1: Vault Dwellers Official Cookbook. UM it's written in universe. Oh nice, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And okay, So, so Annie, you're the one with the

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Speaker 1: all right. So, uh, the world of Fallout is an

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Speaker 1: It is one of the most iconic video game foods

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Speaker 1: of all time. I've seen it on several lists. Um.

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00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:31,360
Speaker 1: In the world of Fallout, this drink was hugely popular,

424
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 1: so much so that a decent supply of Nuka Coola

425
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:39,520
Speaker 1: survived two hundred years after a nuclear disaster. Um. There's

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00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 1: a Nuka Cola theme park in game. There are missions

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Speaker 1: dedicated to your locating more limited Nukakola quantums like limited

428
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 1: edition drinking regular Nuka Cola will boost HP, A, P

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Speaker 1: and radiation. Oh no, all three? Okay, all three. One

430
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Speaker 1: serving contains one of your daily girl allowance. The original

431
00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:12,040
Speaker 1: recipe has seventeen fruit essences alongside some additives like coloring,

432
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:16,080
Speaker 1: ascertain and caffeine. You can find all of this online

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Speaker 1: if you're so desire. It warms my heart. Oh yeah. Yes.

434
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,560
Speaker 1: It was marketed as a health tonic, but too much

435
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 1: consumption of the product could lead to addiction and headaches. Um.

436
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,760
Speaker 1: It is the main product of the Nuka Cola Corporation,

437
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 1: first launched in the US after two years of experimentation,

438
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,880
Speaker 1: it went on to become the most popular in top

439
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,040
Speaker 1: selling soda in the US, and only a few years

440
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:50,200
Speaker 1: later almost all competitors were bought out by the corporation,

441
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Speaker 1: and yes, products from at least one competitor appear in

442
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Speaker 1: game Vim the exclamation point Vim vim pop incorporated. Yes

443
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:07,640
Speaker 1: in Nukakola Quantum featured an isotope of strontium ninety. By then,

444
00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 1: there was a vending machine offering Nukakola on pretty much

445
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Speaker 1: every street in America. After the Great War, the bottle

446
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 1: caps were used as currency and the drink was called

447
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:21,480
Speaker 1: quote the number one choice of refreshment among armageddons survivors.

448
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 1: I love that they're still doing advertising, you know, yeah, yeah,

449
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 1: you know. You gotta you gotta move with the times,

450
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 1: you gotta adapt. Uh. The blue of the curved bottle

451
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 1: was well received by consumers too. So I love this

452
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 1: that basically there's so much information about the changing of

453
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 1: design of this product. Yes. So there was the survey

454
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Speaker 1: and game that came out a few decades after Nukakola

455
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 1: was first introduced that found that eighty six out of

456
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Speaker 1: one hundred people surveyed named blue as their favorite color,

457
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 1: with Nukakole suggesting they had something to do with that. Oh. Yes, However,

458
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 1: thanks to patent litigation about copyright infringement, and yes they're

459
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,960
Speaker 1: still talking about video game. They had to replace the

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00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 1: bottle design, opting to go with a rocket ship look,

461
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:22,240
Speaker 1: and luckily for them, fans liked it. Um again, fans

462
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,680
Speaker 1: in this game. But this is all fictional. Everything we're

463
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 1: talking about is completely fictional. But they have fleshed out

464
00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:34,080
Speaker 1: no pun intended from our eat conversation before this entire

465
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Speaker 1: history of this fictional soda pop company yep uh and

466
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:46,120
Speaker 1: their marketing overall was very effective, particularly towards kids, but

467
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:50,120
Speaker 1: some good old fashioned Americana and military imagery got swept

468
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: up in there too. And yes, um, in the beginning

469
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,200
Speaker 1: there was the red backdrop and white font. It is

470
00:32:56,400 --> 00:33:00,880
Speaker 1: very Coca Cola evocative, very clear. Um. When the bottle

471
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 1: design changed, space elements were introduced, including the scantily cloud

472
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:10,320
Speaker 1: Nuca girl with her thirst Zapper blaster. The slogan was

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Speaker 1: updated to Zap your thirst. And now for a saver list.

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Speaker 1: Because Nuka Cola comes in a wide variety of flavors,

475
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:26,360
Speaker 1: this is by no means an exhaustive list, but here

476
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:31,560
Speaker 1: are some Nuca Berry, Nuka bomb drop, Nuka Buzz, Nuca cherry,

477
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 1: Nuka Side, Nuka Cola Dark, Nuka Cola Quantum, Nuka Cola Quartz,

478
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:39,960
Speaker 1: Nucaola Victory, Nuka Cola Wild, Nuca Fancy, Nuca Free, Nuca Fruity,

479
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Speaker 1: Nuca Great, Nuke Love, Nucleixer, Nuka Hardy, Nuka Power, Nuca Punch,

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00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 1: Nuka Ray, Nuca Rush, Nuka Sunrise, Nuka Twin, Nuca Void,

481
00:33:49,920 --> 00:34:00,560
Speaker 1: Nuca Extreme. Well that's just a taste, yeah, gosh gosh indeed, well,

482
00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 1: speaking of gosh um a few years ago, but THEES

483
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:09,759
Speaker 1: defiled a patent for Nuka Dark Rum. Yes, so this

484
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,919
Speaker 1: is a real world um. After several delays, fans could

485
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 1: finally get their hands on some of this limited edition

486
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,920
Speaker 1: product for about eighty bucks. And here's the official description.

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00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:23,919
Speaker 1: This drink temporarily increases one's strength and endurance by one,

488
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 1: but decreases perception by one as well. Chilling a bottle

489
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Speaker 1: of Nuka Dark with Buddy Yields ice called Nuka Dark,

490
00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:35,319
Speaker 1: but there is no added benefit in doing so. The

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00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 1: bottling company behind it described it as quote a classic

492
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:42,760
Speaker 1: tropical rum distilled with exacting standards. Soft on the palate,

493
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:45,759
Speaker 1: this dark rum exhibits flavors of molasses and vanilla with

494
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:50,560
Speaker 1: a distinct note of coconut on the nose. However, a

495
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 1: lot of fans were not happy to learn the product

496
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:56,360
Speaker 1: came in a plastic bottle instead of glass. And of course,

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00:34:56,600 --> 00:35:00,799
Speaker 1: you know in video game world and fanned worlds, people

498
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:12,080
Speaker 1: get really angry about of course. Sure yes, uh welp welco. Indeed,

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Speaker 1: I would love to hear from listeners if anybody got

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Speaker 1: their hands on on this. I know that this is

501
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,560
Speaker 1: not the first time that Bethesda has done or fall

502
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 1: Out the video game series has had tie ins with

503
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 1: other products. Yeah, yeah, there's there's been at least one

504
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 1: or two other examples of Nuka branded products on real

505
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 1: world shelves. But yeah, let us know, let us know.

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00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,800
Speaker 1: Um and there is a recipe for homebrewing your own

507
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 1: Nuca Kola and the aforementioned cookbook. Mm hmm. I have

508
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 1: a friend who uh he was from England and he

509
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:58,359
Speaker 1: came to our huge nerd convention in Atlanta, Dragon Con

510
00:35:58,440 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 1: for the first time. He was so excited and he

511
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,759
Speaker 1: dressed as Fallout and as like a Vault dweller, the

512
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 1: classic blue and yellow um. And we went to a

513
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:12,240
Speaker 1: Fallout party and it was really cool. It was really

514
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:16,439
Speaker 1: catchy and funny. And there was nukicla there. I don't remember.

515
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,239
Speaker 1: I don't think I tried it, but the bottles were

516
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:26,959
Speaker 1: really cool. I appreciate the design. Oh yeah, I love

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00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,440
Speaker 1: I love this, I love this. I it's a it's

518
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,399
Speaker 1: a genre of video games that I don't often get

519
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 1: into because I am I yeah, like like you, I

520
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 1: kind of feel like it's homework. I'm like, I'm like,

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00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 1: I haven't even collected enough food and water to survive

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00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,600
Speaker 1: in the real world today, so I'm gonna I'm gonna

523
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 1: wait on starting that game. Mm hmm. Yeah, it's a lot.

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00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 1: It's a lot, for sure, but fun but fun and

525
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 1: and these aspects of it are some of my favorite

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00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:05,480
Speaker 1: parts of it. Of this kind of uh digs, I

527
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 1: guess I don't know, something to make you chuckle while

528
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:12,279
Speaker 1: you're in this hellscape and yeah, and kind of like

529
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:17,400
Speaker 1: kind of pointed social commentary to always always love some

530
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,480
Speaker 1: of that. Yes, this has certainly been a fun one.

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Speaker 1: Uh So, as always, listeners, keep those fictional food suggestions coming.

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Speaker 1: We adore them. And speaking of, we do have listener

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Speaker 1: mail for you, we do. But first we've got one

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Speaker 1: more quick break for a word from our sponsor and

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Speaker 1: we're back. Thank you sponsor. Yes, thank you, and we're

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Speaker 1: back with snow. There's some top notch hand motions on

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00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:03,839
Speaker 1: that one. Listener, I wish we'd been doing some video

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00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 1: over that. In in general, I really feel like we

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00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:11,279
Speaker 1: should figure out the video technology to record that bit.

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00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,400
Speaker 1: I think so only that, only that. The rest of

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Speaker 1: it is just me clearing my throat and and Annie

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00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:26,920
Speaker 1: patiently nodding. Uh. Yeah, you know, I'm not sure that

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00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 1: I think the audience for that would be much smaller.

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00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 1: But the listener mail video. Oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah,

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00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: Katie wrote, I just listened to your fond episode and

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00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 1: was reminded of a trip from high school. Every year

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00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,839
Speaker 1: my close friends families would go into the mountains here

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00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,200
Speaker 1: in Colorado. We would all rent a monster of a

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00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:47,400
Speaker 1: cabin to house all four of our families, with us

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Speaker 1: teens and whoever we were dating at the time. It

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00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:53,280
Speaker 1: was a big ordeal and a lot of fun for everyone. Well,

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00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,440
Speaker 1: one evening on one of these trips, we decided to

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00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 1: have fond. This was all well and good until we

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00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,520
Speaker 1: found the bread. We didn't think about the heated floors

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00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:03,879
Speaker 1: drying it out till we attempted to cut into it,

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00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:06,760
Speaker 1: but seeing as we were on top of a mountain

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00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,839
Speaker 1: in October, we just went with it. This night ended

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00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:15,440
Speaker 1: up being an evening of absolute gluttony. We started with cheese, fondue, bread,

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00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:19,160
Speaker 1: broccoli and apples, then the oil and broth with all

560
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:21,879
Speaker 1: the meat, potatoes and seafood you could boil and fry up.

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00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:23,759
Speaker 1: By the time we got to the chocolate, we were

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00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 1: all too full to even think about eating more, with

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00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:27,880
Speaker 1: the exception of the boy I was dating at the time.

564
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:31,319
Speaker 1: He proceeded to eat two pounds of strawberries, a whole

565
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 1: bag of marshmallows, and he polished off all the fourth

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Speaker 1: of the two sour cream pound cakes we made. What

567
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 1: it was like washing a car crash. You couldn't look away,

568
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 1: but it was all horrific to washing as all of

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00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:46,400
Speaker 1: us but him, we're trying not to slip into food

570
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:50,280
Speaker 1: combas ourselves. I have rarely seen that much food eaten

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00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:53,359
Speaker 1: by a rather skinny man. So my cousin's boyfriend came

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00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 1: to stay with us for a week. I hope you're

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00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 1: all having a great time with your in person D

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00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:00,920
Speaker 1: and D. We just had our first game in person

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00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:06,640
Speaker 1: last night. Oh yeah, and I hope uh huh, congratulations,

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00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:10,040
Speaker 1: Yeah for all of that. Yes, and that does sound

577
00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:16,240
Speaker 1: like quite the fondue memory. Yeah, that is epic. Heck,

578
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 1: those appetites when you're younger, My little brother was a

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00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:25,680
Speaker 1: site to behold sometimes. Oh yeah, oh yeah, I was.

580
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 1: I was too, Like I know, there were a number

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Speaker 1: of years where I was eating a lot more than

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Speaker 1: my dad and I was like, what, my bones are growing.

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00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:44,120
Speaker 1: I'm a hungry growing child. Yep uh. Lacy and Ashley wrote,

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Speaker 1: this is my first and definitely very important correspondence with you.

585
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:52,720
Speaker 1: I turned my good friend slash coworker onto your podcast. Also,

586
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 1: we work front of house at a popular local brewery.

587
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 1: For our annual work pot luck outdoor at Memorial Day party,

588
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 1: we were in fired by your long ago episode about

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00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:06,479
Speaker 1: Aspects as an opportunity to torture our coworkers. I can't

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00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,480
Speaker 1: explain how much fun we had, from developing our concept,

591
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:13,680
Speaker 1: to chopping ingredients, to building our layers, to most impressively,

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00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:17,960
Speaker 1: unmolding the beast, which definitely made a section sound as

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00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 1: it released. We went with what I'll call a breakfast

594
00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 1: hash situation with hard boiled eggs, VEG potatoes, and ham

595
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:31,080
Speaker 1: with a veg broth gelatin. Needless to say, our coworkers

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00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:35,440
Speaker 1: were confused and horrified at our creation. I've never laughed

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00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 1: so much at my food in the kitchen. Everything is

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00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:41,799
Speaker 1: said and done. Some people tried it and we're polite.

599
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: I tried it and it was not good. The pure

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00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:50,640
Speaker 1: joy of making it was absolutely worth it. By the way,

601
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:52,360
Speaker 1: I did make a real dish to share. I'm not

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00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:55,399
Speaker 1: a total jerk. I would suggest to anyone who likes

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00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:58,160
Speaker 1: to have fun in the kitchen, make an aspect and

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00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:07,279
Speaker 1: make something else to eat. Aspect rational it was. It

605
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:11,200
Speaker 1: was a beautiful, terrifying monstrosity. Lacey and Ashley sent pictures.

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00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:15,200
Speaker 1: I mean that can hunt your dreams something you know,

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00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:21,120
Speaker 1: you know, I love it though, I love it, And yeah,

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00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:24,680
Speaker 1: I love the spreading of education through a horrifying dish.

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Speaker 1: Um and the joy, the joy all yes, yes, the

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Speaker 1: joy and the horror. I think that's what this episode

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Speaker 1: has been all about. I think so it feels very

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Speaker 1: appropriate place to end on UM. Well, thanks to both

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Speaker 1: of those listeners for writing in. If you would like

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Speaker 1: to write to us, you can. Our email is Hello

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Speaker 1: at saber pod dot com. We're also on social media.

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Speaker 1: You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at

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Speaker 1: Andrew Howard. Thanks to you for listening, and we hope

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