1 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: Hell though, and welcome to save our prediction of iHeartRadio. 2 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 2: I'm Annie Reason and I'm Lauren Vocal Bomb, and today 3 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 2: we have an episode for you about raspberries, which somehow 4 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 2: we have never covered before. 5 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: It gets confusing sometimes in our backlog. Was there any 6 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: particular reason this was on your mind? Lauren? 7 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:35,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, So Valentine's Day and or Gallantine's Day, these are 8 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 2: holidays where a lot of things are red. Red is 9 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 2: one of those colors that kind of comes with it. 10 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 2: I guess because of the blood that is in hearts, 11 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 2: I guess. I guess that's why. Or like red is 12 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: a passionate color, it's a color of robants. Does that 13 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 2: also go back to blood, you know, like the flush 14 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 2: of the flush of cheeks? Sure, which is blood. I'm 15 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 2: just putting this together right now. Sorry, I'm kind of 16 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 2: weirding out about it. 17 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: We're hearing it right now. Yes, yes, well that's a 18 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: separate podcast, but yes, red Valentine's Day. I think the 19 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: flavor I associate a lot with personally with chocolate, which 20 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: is also a Valentine's Day thing. 21 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 2: Sure, sure? And also yeah, it's just a lovely, lovely 22 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 2: fruit and flavor that can be used sure in desserts 23 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 2: or as a garnish or something like that, and they 24 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 2: happen to be not only one of my favorite fruits, 25 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 2: but one of my favorite foods period on the planet. 26 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 2: Just like a fresh raw raspberry. 27 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: Okay, I'm going to add that to my note. I 28 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: keep a note of everybody's favorite foods. 29 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 2: Raspberry, Yeah, like, especially if you just pick it right 30 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 2: off the shress. 31 00:01:58,120 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, the fresh ones. 32 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 2: Yeah. 33 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: Yes, it's also one of my best friends. It's her 34 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: favorite fruit. I feel like it's not a berry, and 35 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: you're going to yes for me, her favorite fruit, and 36 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:20,119 Speaker 1: every dessert I could always tell she would pick either 37 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 1: raspberry lemon. 38 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 2: Mm I do. I do love a lemon dessert as well. 39 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 2: I don't. I don't. I feel like raspberry isn't the 40 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,959 Speaker 2: word on a dessert menu that makes me pick that thing, 41 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 2: m because right, like, it's not as good as going 42 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 2: to a shrub and picking a raspberry. Like whatever you 43 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 2: have done to it after that is honestly less chill 44 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 2: than just the fruit off the shrub. Did you get 45 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 2: to do that in your life? Yeah, I've had formative 46 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 2: early experiences with that growing up in Ohio or I mean, 47 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 2: they grow in a lot of places, but growing up 48 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 2: in Ohio, the playground at my preschool had like a 49 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 2: raspberry bramble out back that was big enough that you 50 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 2: could like and kind of hollowed out on the inside, 51 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 2: so you could like go inside the bramble, and when 52 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 2: the raspberries were in season, it was just like free 53 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 2: snack time out on the playground. And oh yeah, there's 54 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 2: just something about like a sunwarmed berry fresh just that 55 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 2: you have literally just picked seconds beforehand. It's just one 56 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 2: of the best best things on the whole planet. 57 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: It is that sounds really lovely. I love raspberries too, 58 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: I'm a big I love blackberries, I love all kinds 59 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: of berries. 60 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 2: You're being so careful with that term. 61 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: I'm so nervous. I actually don't even know the answer, 62 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: but I just have my suspicions. No spoilers. Oh no, 63 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: you have to listen to find out. We have done 64 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: some related episodes. 65 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, we've done cloudberries and strawberries and blackberries, which 66 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 2: are very closely related and are in fact why we 67 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 2: haven't done raspberries yet, because I kind of had it 68 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,719 Speaker 2: in my head like, oh, we can't do raspberries yet, 69 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 2: because we've done blackberries recently. I didn't check when we 70 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 2: did blackberries, but I strongly believe it's been over five years. 71 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 2: So but yeah, yeah, we're getting around to it. Sure, yeah, yeah, 72 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 2: we are. 73 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: And I have to say this one had a lot 74 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: of side quests that were not food related that I 75 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,799 Speaker 1: didn't personally end up putting into the outline. 76 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 2: I think I added a couple of them in, but. 77 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: So we will get some of them, but I think 78 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 1: some of them will be missing. One thing I did 79 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: want to mention is our artificial flavors episode. Oh yeah, 80 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: where I believe we talked about blue raspberry, the flavoring 81 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: that what happened there? 82 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, which is a whole fascinating story. Definitely check 83 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 2: that one out man. 84 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, yes, so that episode exists. We're not going 85 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: to talk about it in here now, which brings us 86 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 1: to our question. Sure, raspberries, what are they? 87 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 2: Well, Raspberries are a type of small, delicate fruit that 88 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 2: grows with many tiny sections, all pushed together in a 89 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 2: sort of rounded cup shape, each section with an extra 90 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 2: tiny seed inside. Raspberries are a deep cool red in 91 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 2: color or occasionally yellow, and the skin is very thin 92 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 2: and the flesh inside is like mostly juice, and they're 93 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 2: only about the size of like the tip of a finger, 94 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 2: so you can eat the whole fruit in one bite 95 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 2: with this lovely burst of flavor and like slight crunch 96 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 2: or chew from the seeds. The flavor is tart and 97 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 2: sweet and fruity in this like richly red sort of way. 98 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 2: They can be eaten fresh out of hand or in 99 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 2: salads or used as a garnish, and can be baked 100 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 2: whole into desserts like pies, but can also be cooked down, 101 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 2: often strained to remove the seeds, and then used in 102 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 2: sweet or savory sauces or to make jam or jelly, 103 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 2: or to flavor and color baked goods or candies or 104 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 2: frozen treats or drinks. Raspberries are like if a summer's 105 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 2: cool morning dew was given structure and stained your fingers 106 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 2: when you picked it. Yeah. 107 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: They have such an interesting texture because they're so delicate 108 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: but kind of springy. 109 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, yeah, because all those little sections are their 110 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 2: own little little thing, right. It's like a whole bunch 111 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 2: of tiny little water balloons that you sort of crunch 112 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 2: all at the same time. 113 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: And it's so nice because it's so small, but it 114 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: has so much flavor packed into it, so much flavor. 115 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 2: Oh, they're so good. Well, taxonomical name rubis eyed days. Sure, 116 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 2: I don't know. Raspberries are in the rose family. They 117 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 2: grow on these thorny shrubs that can get to be 118 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 2: about like three to nine feet tall and just as 119 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 2: wide that's one to three meters that they can be 120 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 2: a lot smaller than that. The shrubs have a green, 121 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 2: kind of heart shaped leaves with toothy edges that can 122 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 2: be a little bit fuzzy, or the leaves can be fuzzy, 123 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 2: not just the edges anyway. Yeah, they put stems that 124 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 2: bloom in the spring with a clusters of pretty little 125 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 2: white pink flowers with five petals each that have bright 126 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 2: yellow centers. They do attract pollinators and that is how 127 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 2: the fruits grow. Annie, your suspicion was correct. The raspberries 128 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 2: is botanically not a berry. The botanical definition of a 129 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 2: berry is a fruit that grows from a single ovary flower. 130 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 2: Raspberry flowers each contain many ovaries, like fifty to one 131 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 2: hundred each, and each one of those ovaries, if pollinated, 132 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 2: will develop into its own tiny little fruitlet with its 133 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 2: own single seed These tiny fruits are clustered around a 134 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 2: single stiff cone and will press together as they grow 135 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 2: to form a single raspberry. Botanically, a raspberry is an 136 00:08:54,960 --> 00:09:04,239 Speaker 2: aggregate of drupelets. Like, I'm so sorry, tomatoes and bananas 137 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 2: are berries. Raspberries and strawberries are not berries botanically speaking. 138 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 2: Colloquially speaking, you can call them whatever you like. I mean, 139 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 2: I suggest berries because that's pretty straightforward. But yeah, this 140 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 2: is a lot. 141 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: This is a lot for me to digest. I suspected 142 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: and still it hit me. 143 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 2: Fun fun with naming. Anyways. As these druplets grow, they 144 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 2: will go from greenish to white to pink to deep 145 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 2: red as they ripen. And yes, some varieties go green 146 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 2: to white to yellow instead, raspberries ripen in the summer. 147 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 2: When you pick a raspberry, you pull the fruit off 148 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 2: of that central cone, and that's why raspberries come in 149 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,559 Speaker 2: that hollow cup sort of shape. This is opposed to blackberries, 150 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 2: which you pick with the cone still inside the berry. 151 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 2: The technical name for the cone, by the way, is receptacle, 152 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 2: which is just so so like dry. I'm just like, oh, 153 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 2: oh gosh, recepticle. Anyway, Raspberries are an enthusiastic plant and 154 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 2: will take over spaces, especially especially spaces that have been 155 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 2: recently cleared or burned. Because the plant spreads via seeds 156 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 2: and root off shoots and stem offshoots, the stems can 157 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 2: root wherever they touch soil. The roots are perennial, meaning 158 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,959 Speaker 2: that they'll keep growing year after year, but the stems 159 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 2: are orcanes that they put up only live a couple 160 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 2: of years each. And yeah, the plant can be therefore 161 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 2: propagated by seed or by cuttings. There are two main 162 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 2: subgenuses of raspberries, one for the plants that came up 163 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 2: in Eurasia and one for the plants that came up 164 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 2: in America, plus any number of cultivars developed for specific properties. 165 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 2: But they do also grow wild. And yeah, you can 166 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 2: eat the berries fresh or cook them into anything you like. 167 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 2: Because they are so delicate, they're often frozen off the field, 168 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,599 Speaker 2: either whole or like processed into a sort of slush 169 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 2: and sold like that, especially if they're going out to 170 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 2: like food industry producers. The leaves are sometimes also dried 171 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 2: and used in teas. 172 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: Yeah it sounds lovely, m Yeah, well, what about the nutrition. 173 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 2: You know, by themselves raspberries are pretty good for you. 174 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 2: They contain real good punches of fiber and micronutrients, a 175 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 2: lot of itamin C in there, so they'll help fill 176 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 2: you up and like help your body do stuff. But 177 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 2: to really keep you going, you know, paar them maybe 178 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 2: with like a protein and some fat. I'm not saying 179 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 2: that a pie is like the ultimate format of raspberry, 180 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,079 Speaker 2: but I'm you know, you could do worse. 181 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: That's true. You can't do raspberry pie. We do have 182 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: some numbers for you. 183 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:11,120 Speaker 2: We do, Okay, So there are at least twenty varietals 184 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 2: of raspberries in the United States. California, Oregon, and Washington 185 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 2: grow the most, but Mexico is the largest producer, I 186 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 2: think it. As of twenty twenty three, Mexico was the 187 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 2: largest producer, and at that point in time, the estimated 188 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 2: global production of raspberries was something around eight hundred and 189 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 2: fifty two thousand metric tons, with Mexico producing about a 190 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 2: third of that. And they had just taken they just 191 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 2: overcome Russia to become the largest grower. I do have 192 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 2: a world record for you. Well, I've got two, but 193 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 2: one here and one in a minute. So the most, 194 00:12:56,040 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 2: the most raspberries eaten in one minute, achieved in twenty 195 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 2: twenty three by a Polish American guy whose name I 196 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 2: did not write down. I'm sorry he consumed ninety five 197 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 2: raspberries in a minute. 198 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: Ooh, I'm so curious about the technique. He was it 199 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 1: like mouthfuls or like one at a time. 200 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 2: I'm not sure. I didn't. I didn't see video. He 201 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 2: said that growing up in Poland, he he would pick them, 202 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 2: you know, like like out wild in the fields and whatever, 203 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 2: and that he just really likes sort of kind of 204 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 2: just inhaling them. Honestly, he just likes eating them very quickly, 205 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 2: even when he's not competing. 206 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: I notice it's achieved not Barroke the record. 207 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 2: I don't you know. 208 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 1: I didn't. 209 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 2: I didn't read up on the history of this record, 210 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,559 Speaker 2: so I'm not I'm not totally positive, but. 211 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,559 Speaker 1: It could be that he was like, you know what, 212 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: I have a skill. This is it. Let's go. I 213 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: don't think anyone else has done this. I'm ready to 214 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 1: prove my ability. 215 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 2: World records are very strange things I don't usually include, 216 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 2: like speed records for foods, because I find them a 217 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 2: little bit TACKI just in that like you know, like 218 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 2: we live in a world with limited resources, and like 219 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 2: people go hungry, and so I'm a little bit personally 220 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 2: disturbed by a lot of the speed eating kind of competitions, 221 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 2: but I felt like this one was sweet. 222 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, ninety five raspberries. Yeah a lot, but it's. 223 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 2: Not yeah a lot, it's not right, sure, Yeah, that's 224 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:50,239 Speaker 2: just a nice afternoon. I don't know. Speaking of nice afternoons, 225 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 2: there are a number of raspberry festivals just here in 226 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 2: the States. One takes place just south of the border 227 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 2: of Idaho in Utah at Bear Lake, which is apparently 228 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 2: famous for its raspberries. This is a three day festival 229 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 2: that happens in early August, right in the midst of 230 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:12,359 Speaker 2: the local harvest. There's a pie eating contest, tournaments for cornhole, pickleball, 231 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 2: and kids fishing, plus music, bingo, rodeo shows, and a 232 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 2: boat parade. One real big one in Hopkins, Minnesota, is 233 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 2: in its ninety second year this year twenty twenty six. 234 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 2: It's held over five days over the third weekend in July, 235 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 2: just a little bit south of the Twin Cities. The 236 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 2: town no longer grows raspberries, but the festival remains. There's 237 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 2: a pageant, the Crown's Raspberry Royalty, which is which is 238 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 2: a pageant but is really more like a like a 239 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:49,479 Speaker 2: youth community in leadership directive kind of situation. There's softball, 240 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 2: a beanbag tournament, bingo again, a big wheels race, love 241 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 2: that big wheels being, you know, the little tricycles that 242 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 2: you know, like kind of toddler age. It's get yeah, 243 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 2: that's cool, a motor show music, and a hunt for 244 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 2: the Golden Raspberry, which is a palm sized medallion hidden 245 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 2: somewhere around the festival and if you find it you 246 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 2: win three hundred bucks. 247 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: Feels like there could be a hopefully not a murder mystery, 248 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: but some kind of intrigue, intrigue somebody planting where it 249 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: was going to be and finding that medallion. 250 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 2: First, Wow, this is not my surprised face. Here's our 251 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 2: second world record for you. Hopkins is also home to 252 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 2: the world's largest raspberry sculpture, which stands eleven feet tall 253 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 2: and ten feet wide and is hung twenty two feet 254 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 2: off the ground by this like stem shaped thing and 255 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 2: weighs about one thousand pounds. 256 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:08,160 Speaker 1: For the intrigue is getting more. 257 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 2: An element of danger has entered for our for a 258 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 2: metric friends, that's like a three meter raspberry that weighs 259 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 2: about four hundred and fifty kilos. 260 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 1: So it's all their lord, you know, you know there, well, 261 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: listeners for sure if you have been to a raspberry festival. 262 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yes, please let us know. Yes, but we 263 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: do have quite history for you. 264 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:46,919 Speaker 2: We do, we do, and we are going to get 265 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 2: into that as soon as we get back from a 266 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 2: quick break for a word from our sponsors, and we're 267 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:01,399 Speaker 2: back then, sponsor, Yes, thank you. 268 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: So. Different species of raspberries have grown in the wild 269 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 1: for thousands of years in areas of North America, Europe, 270 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: and Asia, which can be kind of confusing to keep 271 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 1: track of all of it. 272 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, and some people like to argue about whether 273 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 2: they're actually different species or whether they're subspecies, but let's 274 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 2: just roll with it. 275 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yes. The ancient Romans and Greeks cultivated raspberries and 276 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 1: they use them both culinarily and medicinally. They also made 277 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,439 Speaker 1: tea with the leaves or to make medicines. The ancient 278 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: Romans are thought to have introduced the raspberry to much 279 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 1: of Europe during their time in power, and there's an 280 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 1: ancient Greek legend about the raspberry. The story goes that 281 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: while watching over Zeus when he was a baby, the 282 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 1: nymph Ida was picking raspberries, which at the time were white. 283 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: She was collecting the berries, she pricked herself on a 284 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 1: thorn and bled on the berries, standing them red for 285 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: the rest of time. So many of these Greek myths 286 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 1: are so dark yep. Raspberries were allegedly very abundant around 287 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: Troy and grew plentifully on Mount Ida. In Crete or 288 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,120 Speaker 1: maybe the Mount Ida and Turkey people disagree about that. 289 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 2: Actually I have seen both. The species name idais does 290 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 2: mean of Mount Ida, though either way, that genus name 291 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 2: Rubus is just the Latin for like brambles in general. 292 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 1: Yes. Meanwhile, in North America, indigenous peoples with access to 293 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: raspberries also use them and the leaves as the food 294 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: stuff and for medicinal purposes. For thousands of years, the 295 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: berries fruit were eaten plain. 296 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 2: You can call them a berry. It's okay, thank you, Lauren. 297 00:19:55,359 --> 00:20:00,199 Speaker 2: We're not a botany show. Oh so much stress. They 298 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 2: were eaten plain or mashed into jellies or into beverages. 299 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 2: They were baked into cakes and added to meats and soups. 300 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 2: Any berries that were left over after picking were dried 301 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 2: and pressed into a cake so that they did not 302 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 2: go to waste. And these cakes were a good source 303 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,439 Speaker 2: of nutrients otherwise not available during the winter months. For 304 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 2: those in the north, like I had a lot of 305 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 2: vitamins you might not get during that time. During medieval times, 306 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 2: some European artists and creators may have used the berry 307 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 2: for its pigment. It does produce like a kind of 308 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 2: darker like bluish purple start of pigment. 309 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: King Edward the first called for raspberry domestication in England 310 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: in the fourteenth century. By the eighteenth century, raspberry cultivation 311 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 1: was pretty widespread throughout Europe and in some places the 312 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 1: raspberries were very popular in home gardens and sometime around here, 313 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: brewers in some countries, particularly Belgium and France started adding 314 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 1: raspberries into beer to make framboise, which is a type 315 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 1: of lambic beer that is fermented with raspberries. 316 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 2: I think we talked a little bit about that one 317 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 2: in did we creak ye. 318 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: Sure our Creek episode or maybe a sour beer? 319 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, something like that. 320 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 1: Again, our backlog is confusing. We've talked about it before. 321 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:32,879 Speaker 1: I believe. Yeah, yeah, yes, raspberries from Europe were brought 322 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 1: to North America in the eighteenth century, and that was 323 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 1: on top of the new on top of the variety 324 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: that was already grown there. So a lot of things 325 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 1: I read phrased it as if they brought raspberries there, 326 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 1: but they were already there. 327 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 2: These were just they were just adding them to the pile. 328 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, yep. And speaking of the nineteenth century, is when 329 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,439 Speaker 1: a lot of selective breeding and the creation of several 330 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 1: hybrid varieties of the raspberry happened, including some of the 331 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: commercial varieties that are still available today. Over forty varieties 332 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 1: were recognized by eighteen sixty seven, So there's a lot 333 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,399 Speaker 1: going on. And this is one of those episodes. Sometimes 334 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 1: when we do something like the raspberry, it's hard not 335 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,439 Speaker 1: to get in the weeds of just the varieties of 336 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 1: how every variety came to be. 337 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:27,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, it could be their own little mini episodes or notes. 338 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: Yep, yep, yep. 339 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 2: The just chose not to go into it today, and 340 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 2: that's okay. 341 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 1: Too, yes, but here are some of the big ones. 342 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,479 Speaker 1: William Price is the first person that we know of 343 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 1: to sell a crossbreed of the raspberry and a wild 344 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: BlackBerry in seventeen thirty seven. He also sold the first 345 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: commercial nursing plants of the raspberry in seventeen seventy one, 346 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 1: and in eighteen thirty nine, horticulturists Luther Burbank invented the 347 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 1: Eureka raspberry and went on to develop several more varieties. 348 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,679 Speaker 1: He did a lot of developing in the berry world, 349 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: fruit world, and these new cultivars, they were more resilient 350 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 1: a lot of them. They were more flavorful, and that 351 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,680 Speaker 1: increased the popularity of raspberries during the eighteen hundreds and 352 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: early nineteen hundreds. But raspberries were still difficult to transport. 353 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: They're still kind of delicate, and because of that they 354 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 1: were often enjoyed seasonally and locally to where they were grown. 355 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 1: And I even read they got gretty caught up in 356 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,160 Speaker 1: the you pick farms. 357 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:43,880 Speaker 2: Oh sure, yeah, yeah, in some places they are still 358 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 2: a very popular you pick farm item. 359 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,880 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes, But this brings us to some of 360 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: the cultural notes. I didn't get to what you did. 361 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, okay. So meanwhile, by the late eighteen hundreds, 362 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 2: the term low a raspberry had emerged in England to 363 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 2: mean like making a fart noise with your tongue and 364 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 2: or lips. Possibly this came about from like a Cockney 365 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 2: slang scheme that rhymed fart with raspberry tart. No one's 366 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 2: entirely sure, but that's the theory. This term blow a 367 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,239 Speaker 2: raspberry made its way over to the US, where by 368 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 2: the nineteen teens, the slang term ras had developed, meaning 369 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 2: like to rib or deride someone based on blow a raspberry. 370 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'd completely forgotten about this phrase until doing this research. Yeah. Yeah, Well, 371 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:48,919 Speaker 1: going back to some of the cultivar research. In nineteen 372 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 1: thirty two, Washington State University's first raspberry breeder, Chester Schwartz, 373 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 1: got to work coming up with the cultivar that was 374 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 1: hardier to survive Washington's. He was approached by some of 375 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 1: the growers to be like, hey, can you make something 376 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: that will last, and he eventually arrived at the Meeker variety, 377 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 1: which was released in nineteen sixty seven. From what I read, 378 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: it is still the most grown cultivar in the state. 379 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,959 Speaker 1: There was a similar project at Oregon State University and 380 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 1: several other universities. Actually, so, if I didn't mention yours, 381 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: apologies right in Yeah, the USDA got involved with raspberry 382 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 1: breeding in the South in the nineteen thirties through the 383 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 1: nineteen sixties, and this initiative produced twenty cultivars. The first 384 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:46,159 Speaker 1: Hopkins Raspberry Festival kicked off in nineteen thirty five in Hopkins, Minnesota. 385 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 2: And jumping ahead a tiny bit, the Golden Raspberry Awards 386 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 2: or the Razzies kicked off in nineteen eighty one, which 387 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 2: are awards awards that kind of make fun of and 388 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 2: or celebrate terrible films. 389 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, I'd forgotten about the Razzies. 390 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 2: Oh oh, they're great. They're great. It's mostly in good fun, 391 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 2: but goodness, my gracious. 392 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 1: Okay. 393 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 2: Currently, genomic researchers are working with raspberry DNA and gene 394 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:29,160 Speaker 2: editing technology called Crisper to try to develop new varieties 395 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 2: of Raspberry that have desirable traits of various kinds, like 396 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 2: a longer shelf life or higher crop yields, or resilience 397 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 2: to heat and drought, you know, stuff like that. And 398 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 2: I mentioned it mostly because well, A, it's cool, but 399 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 2: b Crisper is just such a clever technology that allows 400 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 2: researchers to target specific genes and clip them out, just 401 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 2: take them right out and replace them with different genes 402 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 2: if they want to. And we're ostensibly a food show, 403 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 2: but like very basically this works by using the way 404 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 2: that bacteria will save bits of DNA from viruses that 405 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 2: they've fought off, and then when they encounter that same 406 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 2: DNA sequence again and another virus, they'll chop it out, 407 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:22,880 Speaker 2: hopefully deactivating the virus. So by giving bacteria a particular 408 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 2: bit of genetic code, like for reference, you can create 409 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 2: essentially biological scissors that will seek and cut out copies 410 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 2: of that code where they find it. You can also 411 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 2: replace that gene with other code. So, for example, you 412 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,919 Speaker 2: could try to make a coffee plant that doesn't produce 413 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 2: caffeine because you've just snipped out that gene or sequence 414 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 2: of genes. Or you could try to give a raspberry 415 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 2: plant a gene to make it more resistant to certain 416 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 2: kinds of molds so it lasts longer in your fridge. 417 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,640 Speaker 2: And yeah, as of mid twenty twenty five, researchers were 418 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 2: indeed working with raspberries with this technology. I don't know 419 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 2: if I've ever gotten to talk about Chris Brown here before, 420 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 2: and I want to do it now in the Raspberry 421 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 2: in the Raspberry episode, why not yeah, heck yeah. 422 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 1: Raspberry has got a lot going on for it. It does. 423 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 2: It's so good. 424 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 1: It's so good. It's so good, and I think popularity 425 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,159 Speaker 1: it has a staying power. It has a staying power. 426 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:34,160 Speaker 2: It does, it does. I sorry, that was the noise 427 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 2: that I make when I'm like, it is pretty far 428 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 2: away from like local fresh raspberry season, and I find 429 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 2: imported fresh raspberries pretty disappointing because they're kind of just mushy. 430 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, but you know, the time will come. 431 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 2: It will, it will, it will, and I think I've 432 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 2: got some frozen ones I can always make. I love 433 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 2: a good raspberry sauce on like didn't meet or on 434 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 2: a dessert kind of situation. 435 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, a lot of applications, a lot more cravings. 436 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 1: This has been these past episodes have been very into us. 437 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 2: They have. 438 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 1: Yes, well listeners as always, we would love to hear 439 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 1: from you. How do you use raspberries? Do you have 440 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 1: any raspberry memories? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, yeah, let us know, 441 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 1: But I think that's what we have to say about 442 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 1: raspberries for now. It is. 443 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,200 Speaker 2: We do already have some listener mail for you, though, 444 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 2: and we're going to get into that as soon as 445 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 2: we get back from one more quick break for a 446 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 2: word from our sponsors, and we're back. Thank you sponsor, Yes, 447 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:53,920 Speaker 2: thank you. 448 00:29:54,720 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 1: And we're back with a listener serenade. Oh my goodness. 449 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 1: So a bit of a longer one, a bit of 450 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 1: a longer male today. So we're gonna split it. You 451 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 1: know we love that. Let that stop you? Oh yeah, yeah, yes. 452 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:26,960 Speaker 1: A friend of the show, Christine wrote, Impawa Samson snowshoe. 453 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:33,120 Speaker 1: The Munificent is supervising this from the top of my 454 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 1: chair see attached picture, so hopefully I will stay on track. 455 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:41,080 Speaker 1: I still have to pass on my favorite cottage cheese Jusspee. 456 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 1: But first, quail Lauren, you may be responsible for a 457 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:52,720 Speaker 1: retail shortage of quail egg scissors in Australia. I found 458 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:56,320 Speaker 1: the idea of these fascinating and I post about them 459 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 1: on Facebook. As many of my friends are also food 460 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:03,080 Speaker 1: in kitchen gadget lovers. They also found the idea of 461 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: quail eggs sissors fascinating and have ordered some. I'm going 462 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: to hold off until I hear about whether they can 463 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: deal with hard boiled quail eggs. Hmm. When I cook 464 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: quail eggs, they tend to be hard boiled. My personal 465 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 1: favorite use is in the big Bricky muffin see You 466 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,680 Speaker 1: Josh picture, which is a normal muffin wrapped in pershuto 467 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 1: with the mix including semi dried tomatoes and fried mushroom, 468 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,800 Speaker 1: with a boiled quail egg in the center and a 469 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 1: salami crumble on top. One of these days I might 470 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 1: actually write down the recipe. 471 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 2: Hmm, Christine continues, but this brings me to another kitchen 472 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:49,239 Speaker 2: gadget you might find interesting, the quail egg peeler. This 473 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 2: consists of two rollers which, when cranked, supposedly peel off 474 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 2: the shell without damaging the eggs. I'm honestly not sure 475 00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 2: how this would go, and the affordable ones have bad reviews. 476 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,920 Speaker 2: As for quails themselves, I do love them. I've never 477 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,840 Speaker 2: bothered roasting one, though, butterflying and removing the rib bones 478 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,479 Speaker 2: doesn't take much effort and they fry up pretty quickly. 479 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 2: I recently acquired a habachi for a birthday present, so 480 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,560 Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to seeing how quails cook on it. 481 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 2: The most interesting quail recipe I've ever come across is 482 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 2: quail in rose petal sauce from the Mexican novel Like 483 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,920 Speaker 2: Water for Chocolate. The quail is braised and sherry, then 484 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:30,360 Speaker 2: served with a sauce made with rose petals, pattaya or dragonfruit, chestnuts, 485 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 2: and other seasonings. It's a very interesting dish from a 486 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 2: very interesting book. Though it's been years since I made it, 487 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 2: perhaps it's time for another try, and perhaps this time 488 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 2: I'll write down my recipe. And yes, attached are right 489 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:52,640 Speaker 2: a photo of the empowa and looking extremely extremely happy, 490 00:32:54,000 --> 00:33:00,440 Speaker 2: just really really adorable, fluffy, little chocolate tuxedo buddy, so cute, 491 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:07,760 Speaker 2: so cute. And then yes, this wrecky muffin which is glorious. 492 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 2: Don't tell the cat about the awe that I got 493 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,520 Speaker 2: from the muffin versus the cat. I don't want to, 494 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:17,440 Speaker 2: don't want to make the cat feel bad. But oh 495 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 2: it looks really good. It looks like a big Scotch 496 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,080 Speaker 2: egg but in muffin format. 497 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:29,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, it looks pretty like regal, like glorious, pretty big. 498 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,680 Speaker 2: In fact, it's you know, it's it's a little bit 499 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:33,360 Speaker 2: it's it's a little bit of a trick of the 500 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:35,400 Speaker 2: eyes from the sides of the baile egg in there. 501 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 2: But but yeah, the crown of salami pieces. Man, it 502 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 2: looks delicious. Yeah, I would appreciate if he wrote the 503 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:44,920 Speaker 2: recipe down. 504 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:52,360 Speaker 1: That's just coming from me. Yes. Also, I kind of 505 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,800 Speaker 1: love this. I kind of love that you have this 506 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 1: group that are drawing out the eggs or Yeah, and 507 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:07,240 Speaker 1: and the quail egg peeler I am very curious about. Yeah. 508 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:11,960 Speaker 2: I feel like we're really developing some quail egg concepts 509 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:13,600 Speaker 2: through these listener mails. 510 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:19,480 Speaker 1: Yes, because we've established they're not necessarily easy to peel. 511 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:21,880 Speaker 2: Yeah. 512 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,120 Speaker 1: Does this kitchen gadget help it all? 513 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,239 Speaker 2: Yeah? Or would the quail excissors help? I'm it you 514 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:32,480 Speaker 2: have to tell us, yes, you do. We all need 515 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:32,799 Speaker 2: to know. 516 00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 1: I do love a I love a kitchen gadget. I 517 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: know that some of them are terrible, and I kind 518 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: of like reading about how terrible they are. So I'm 519 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:46,759 Speaker 1: not saying they're good necessarily, but I kind of love 520 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:49,800 Speaker 1: just learning about the specificity of it. 521 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:52,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, just like the fact that out there some human 522 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,360 Speaker 2: person was like, oh I cannot with this quail egg. 523 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:58,799 Speaker 2: I need to make a machine to peel it. 524 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:04,759 Speaker 1: Yeah. I'm thinking there would be enough of an. 525 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:10,280 Speaker 2: Audience, yeah, yeah, Yeah, that you could succeed. This isn't 526 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 2: just a just a just a hobby. This isn't just 527 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:16,200 Speaker 2: like a personal fix it. This is like a business. 528 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:21,799 Speaker 1: Idea exactly, exactly, so you have to report back. Yeah, absolutely, 529 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:27,360 Speaker 1: And I love this hibachi. You're getting hibachi for your birthday. Yeah, 530 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,160 Speaker 1: to see how Quail cooks on it. All of these 531 00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 1: quail preparation sounds right. 532 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,480 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that's sauce. Oh my goodness. 533 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:42,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, so report back. 534 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,280 Speaker 2: Oh please please please please yes. 535 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:51,319 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, thank you to Christine for writing in. 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