❤️ARTICHOKE❤️Not just good for their hearts! From Marilyn Monroe to Spain back to Scottsdale, AZ, we go around the world on this heart filled journey! Seriously, these things are all linked. You can't make this stuff up. Spoilers, it's artichokes that link them.
🍊GRAPEFRUIT!🍊 Why is it called that? Why is it so bitter and sour tasting? Why is it messing with your medicines? What a weird little guy! It's not even little! The biggest one was almost the size of a basketball!! 🏀
🩸🍊BLOOD ORANGES🩸🍊 Why are they so delicious? And why are they so red?! We get into it and talk about everything from where they originated, what to do with them, we even talk a little about colors and horse.. no that can't be right.. horseshoe crabs?
🥬 Chinese cabbage 🥬 napa cabbage 🥬 tomato, tomahto. We talk about our absence, all about napa, kim chee, and we even debut a new segment, POETRY! That's right, we're back and we're getting creative over here.
🌿Basil!🌿 A delightful lil herb that has a deep, dark, and mysterious history. Just kidding, it has been around for a while though. Royalty! Ancient Greeks! Love! Intrigue! AP English! Browning if colder than room temperature! This episode has it all!
POMEGRANATES! What can you do with those weird little seeds? Where did they come from? What in Hades is their deal? And what do grenades have to do with them? Find out as we peel back the weird white membrane on this funky fruit!
FIGS! What's the deal with them? Are fig newtons named after Isaac Newton? What's a fig wasp? This big tree of life has been cultivated for longer than any other plant! How wild is that.
🍎FUJI APPLES🍎 Delicious apples that you should definitely give a chance. Happy belated Lunar New Year for those who celebrate it! Find out how apples and the Lunar New Year are intertwined, when fuji apples were developed, and what to do with these dang things!
TAMARINDO! Learn everything you ever wanted to know about tamarind! This sour and sweet seed pod is a Mexican candy staple. Find out what else you can cook with it, its tropical history, and even what you can do with tamarind wood!
OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY & 50TH EPISODE! 🍒🍈🍎🍇🍑 We informally talk about produce in video games, from pac-man to fortnite, produce has had pretty decent representation in video games! Have some fruit, heal your HP and give it a listen! 🍒🍈🍎🍇🍑
🧕Black-Eyed Peas!🧕Happy New Year! Colin embarrasses himself a few times, we learn about Black-Eyed Peas, why they're considered lucky, why and how you should eat them, and who Fergi REALLY is.
🍇Champagne Grapes!🍇 Tiny delicate grapes that are pretty hard to find. But it's the end of the year, so cheers! Bust out the bubbly and celebrate all things 2022! Also find out everything you never knew you wanted to know about champagne and champagne grapes. We'll see you in 2023!
Anyone have a mint? Maybe some gum? This week we talk all about MINT! Where it comes from, why it's called mint, why it cools your mouth, how they make peppermint oil, even the history of candy canes! Don't skip this minty fresh episode!
The goose is loose! Eevee fills in for Ralph as we talk all about the gooseberry. Where it came from, what to do with it, and how it got its name. Also we play a game I invented called BIRD OR BERRY! Play along at home!
🥔RUSSET POTATOES🥔 Can't have Thanksgiving without mashed potatoes! We briefly go over the potato basics from episode 8, but then dive into the mashed potato dance and the many uses of mashed potatoes as a movie prop! This means something..
🍒Cranberries!🍒 We dive knee deep into the cranberry bog. Find out what a "cran" is, how they harvest those sour little guys, and what wolf spiders have to do with cranberries at all! Spread the knowledge around the feast table. Happy Thanksgiving y'all!
🍠Coming in 3rd in the Thanksgiving side battle, candied yams! Or sweet potato pie! Listen and find out what the difference is between a sweet potato and a yam, all the delicious things you can do with them, and how Colin forgot about the GIANT one he cooked in his crock pot!🍠
Coming in at 10% on the twitter poll, green bean casserole! Pull up a chair at the big kids table, Eevee and Colin have some fun facts about beans for ya! Like they're poisonous?! And not originally from France?! Tons of info for you to disperse to your family at Thanksgiving this year.
🧄VAMPIRES BEWARE!🧄 Garlic is here to save the day! Find out why this stinky little bulb is so healthy for humans, so deadly for vampires, and oh so delicious for everyone in between! Make some garlic bread and get cozy, it's garlic time.
🎃Halloween Special!🎃 We're a little early, but that's ok, just giving you time to work on your produce costume! We tell the spoOoOoky tale of Stingy Jack, then we talk about costumes, party treats and of course, our favorite fruit candy! 🍬🍭
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