1 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: The Christian O'Connell Show podcast. My fifteen year old daughter 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: went back to school yesterday. If your kids went back 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: to school yesterday, you're lucky people. She came home yesterday 4 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: and I haven't seen that happy in a very very 5 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: long time. It literally altered her dna. She said. When 6 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: they all had to go in and had to go 7 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: in a bit earlier, I was trying to settle everyone down. 8 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: She's never seen so she's almost sixteen, so you know, 9 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: she's been in schools both sides of the world, so 10 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:31,639 Speaker 1: she's you know, she's got a good take on what 11 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: it's like at school. She said, she has never seen 12 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: such scenes yesterday, as they said the noise was like 13 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: a carnival, as kids actually were running, running, skipping, cartwheeling 14 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: into school. And I said, so it was like at 15 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: the start of a new school, Yes, she went, No, 16 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,280 Speaker 1: kids are happy to start new school. You' worried about 17 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: your new classmates and your home teacher and all of that. 18 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: She said, no, no, no, the noise, the hub ub 19 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 1: you know, and she said it was incredible. The teachers 20 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: obviously just weren't ready for She said the teachers were 21 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: all like staying too next to each other stop. 22 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 2: Teachers are out numbered really when you think about it. 23 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: But yeah, so perhaps you'll have this very very soon 24 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: when the soon. 25 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 2: Enough Christian not soon enough? Yeah, that would have only 26 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 2: been half the school, right, yeah, causing that much chaos, 27 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 2: and then the other half goes back in a couple 28 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 2: of weeks. 29 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: Yes, teachers having sleepless nights already, you know just the 30 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: field what happens when they're all back? So yeah, Now 31 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: Jack has a question for us today. 32 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,319 Speaker 2: Before I ask it, let me ask you first. What 33 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 2: did you have for dinner last night? 34 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: What did you have? Pats? Oh, we had, Mike shall 35 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: mean last night, very nice. Lots of cabbage. Oh no, 36 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 1: thank you. 37 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 2: It's the selling ingredient. 38 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: Ye are you making school dinners for the local school 39 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: or something. Why would you put cabbage in chowmain? I 40 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: mean you have a little bit in there, but lots 41 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: of it. 42 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: Yeah. 43 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: No, I put about half a cabbage in last night 44 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: and it was Honestly, it was the sweetest cabbage I 45 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:00,559 Speaker 1: reckon I've ever eating. 46 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 2: It was delicious. Doesn't have any of nice sweet note 47 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 2: you're talking about a cabbage like its mouth water. It's 48 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 2: always just stock filler. 49 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: Do you have like an asp out there. You know 50 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: you're buying into a cabbage while you're watching The Golden Girls, 51 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: like it's a Granny Smiths or something. Cabbage for dessert, Please, Mummy, 52 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: more cabbage, This delicious sweet cabbage. Already loves it. 53 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,359 Speaker 2: It's one of our favorite dishes I make. 54 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:30,799 Speaker 1: Well, I can't judge. Yesterday it was one of those 55 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: Oh no, I haven't done the grocery shopping yet. That's today. 56 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: It was what's in a cupboard? You know that patsy 57 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: where you've got to try and rummage around it. So 58 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 1: this is what I managed to put together. Baked potatoes, tuna, 59 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: mayonnaise and melted cheese. So I just about got away 60 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: with it. There's something quite wholesome about a baked potato. 61 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: It's all looking fine, Yes, there's a couple of baked potatoes, 62 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,959 Speaker 1: but there's something quite earthing and wholesome about a good 63 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: old baked potato. You have loads of proper butter in 64 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: there as well, that melts into it. First of all, 65 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: with that little lattice kind of crisscross you have to do. 66 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: The butter goes right into the core of the baked potato. 67 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 2: I'll speak as passionately as you just did about the 68 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 2: tuna and baked potato. About the meal I had last night? 69 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 2: Did you have bacon and egg and cheese roll on 70 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 2: a fresh breosh bun that Bianca picked up from the market. 71 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 2: I love a breakfast for dinner. It's all of a sudden, 72 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 2: you just get this giddy feeling like we're all the 73 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 2: rules are out the window, and we're allowed to have 74 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 2: a breakfast food for dinner. And last night it was 75 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 2: eggs for me. But we'll sometimes do a pancake for dinner. 76 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 2: And if Bianc is out, she won't have this as 77 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 2: a dinner. But if Biank is out and I'm home alone, 78 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 2: I'll do a cereal for dinner. 79 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 1: Okay, right, okay, a couple of things here. Everything's moving 80 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: very quickly at the moment, so I just need to 81 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: throw it all down. The egg and bacon breosh role winner. Yeah, 82 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: I mean that's so. That's the dinner of a king, 83 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: all right, that's the Minchael Jordan of dinners. There. Everyone 84 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: is a winner when you're having that amazing what's the 85 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: next one? You spoke of? 86 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 2: Pancakes? 87 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: No? 88 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, okay. Biank is not a big fan of pancakes 89 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 2: at night. But because I grew up with pancakes as 90 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 2: a dinner, it was allowed in Now. 91 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: At the Wonka factory. Were you raised by mister Walker 92 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: who grew up with pancakes for dinner. 93 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 2: I'm not talking about a pancake parla savory pancakes. I'm 94 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 2: talking about your rus sugar. 95 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, oh wow. But don't you find that for 96 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: someone who's got like a tiny tum tum like a 97 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: bird tummy. They're quite heavy thing. You know, one or 98 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: two pancakes, you fut up? I'll only have one, right, okay? 99 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: And then you mention about cereal. 100 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 2: Cereal is when Biank is away and I'm home alone 101 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 2: looking after myself. 102 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 1: What you'd have a bottle like Coca Pops a half 103 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 1: seven the evening putri grain. Now it feels like a 104 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 1: Richard Curtis movie, right, that Bridget Jones when she's been dumped, 105 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: she's having ice cream. She's having cereal in the evening. 106 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 1: You know, those big oversized socks on, and your baggies on, 107 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:43,919 Speaker 1: and a jumper that used to be his that still 108 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: smells of him. It feels it. Actually, it tastes. 109 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 2: Cereal tastes better at night. There's something about it. 110 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: That yeah you know what you mean. Yeah it does so, Yeah, 111 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: it's a strange thing, but the reverse doesn't work. 112 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:57,679 Speaker 2: No, there's no place. 113 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: Cabbage in the morning, to be honest, that you can 114 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 1: have cabbage any part of the twenty four hour clock 115 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:09,239 Speaker 1: Christian O'Connor show podcast Cabbage. I've actually just quickly chucked 116 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: into Google cabbage facts to see if there's any eight 117 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: awesome facts about cabbage. I reckon you could chuck anything 118 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: into Google like fun facts about and someone who knew 119 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: there were eight or not just eight facts about cabbage, 120 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: but eight awesome facts about cabbage. One ancient roots. Patsy's 121 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: a cabbage fan. By the way, we've just established this 122 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 1: when we were talking about if you've just chuned in, 123 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: by the way, you missed the gripping link. Earlier we 124 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: were talking about, well we had from dinner last night. Yeah, 125 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 1: we're still going strong off for two years cabbage. You 126 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: see why they got me out here. Fun facts about cabbage. 127 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: Cabbage has been cultivated for longer than any other vegetable 128 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: on record, to be precise, more than six thousand years. 129 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: It's originated in we go back to China, like tea 130 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: last week and shen Jong it was the emperor was 131 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: sense province sometime around four hundred BC. It is also 132 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: a very powerful elixia for baldness. I guess it's also 133 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 1: a cheap wig. It's also a lovely snack. It's a 134 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 1: healthy snack at thirty three calories per cap. 135 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 2: And that's not an awesome fact. 136 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: It's not an awesome fact. And it's certainly not an 137 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: awesome snack. No one is at eleven o'clock when they go, oh, 138 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: snack time over and what have you all got today? 139 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: And you suddenly get half a cabbage out of Oh, 140 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 1: I shouldn't like a moment on the lips lifetime we have. 141 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 1: I think we've got some cabbage callers on the line now, 142 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: coming to Patsy's defense, Jeffrey, good morning, Good morning cabbage. 143 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 2: Yes, I love my cabbage on more for Patsy. 144 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: Mate, really, So what you have at regularly or often? 145 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,280 Speaker 3: I have a for lunch, mate, I'm having a for 146 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:54,679 Speaker 3: lunch today at work, mate, I have it with cabbage, 147 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 3: rise and mate and live drops on bob. 148 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: Mate. That's quite a nice So that's a nice big 149 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,359 Speaker 1: lunch you got there, I mean mine the chops and 150 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: the rice sound lovely minus the old monkey, old boy? 151 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: Is it boiled cabbage? Yes, it's the worst form of 152 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: it when it's all sweaty. Isn't it like an armpit? 153 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 3: You can also have it with tuna corn in a roll. 154 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: It's beautiful. I couldn't think of anything worse than tuna 155 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: added with cabbage. That's unbelievable. Jeffrey, thank you very much. 156 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: And cool is a good d Thank you mane uh Jane, good. 157 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 3: Morning, Good morning, Christian. 158 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: Hell are you? I'm good? Cabbage? 159 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 3: I adore really yeah, and I'll tell you why the 160 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 3: recipe thirty seconds, I promise. Okay, I'm a food teacher. 161 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 3: I've been cooking cabbage for over thirty five years, honey, 162 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 3: and I just can't get enough. 163 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: Honey. It's almost like I get the fingers being japped 164 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: into my chest. Right now, honey, this is a cabbage 165 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: thrown out the floor is yours. You've got thirty seconds 166 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: off you go. 167 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 3: Okay, okay, So you swinge your cabbage. You pop it 168 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 3: into a five PM, a little bit of good quality 169 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 3: unsalted butter, a bit of olive oil, crash garlic, and 170 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 3: you just saut it like you would onions, you know, 171 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 3: and then you chuck in farm your dice, bacon, give 172 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 3: it a bit of a toss room, a bit of 173 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 3: cracked pepper, and off you go and serve that with 174 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 3: a nice piece of roast lam. Do you like mussels sprout? 175 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 1: I do when they're shredded and they've got something else 176 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: that entirely removes the taste of brussels sprout. 177 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 3: I roast them, or do them the same as I've 178 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 3: just done the cabbage. 179 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, roasted, beautiful everything else, Yeah, all the other bits. 180 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: Take out the case, specially to get with the cabbage, 181 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: to give it back to the grosser. 182 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 3: I haven't convinced you, cos is beautiful. 183 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,199 Speaker 1: Costal is really nice. But cabbage is revolting. 184 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 3: But that is cold cabbage. 185 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 2: But again it's it's you're putting so much in there, cabbage, yes, hidden, Yeah. 186 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: Well I know that. 187 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 3: Passy and I are right to have a good day. 188 00:08:55,360 --> 00:09:01,559 Speaker 1: I said, good days. You win nothing chinie. 189 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 3: So much. 190 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: Guys, all right, Jane, see later, have a good day. 191 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 3: Good bye you too, Thank you. 192 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: What did you fall out with? The listeners? Almost two 193 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 1: years in the show about cabbage, Christian i'connell the Christian 194 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: O'Connell Show,