On this week's episode of food nerdery, we are teasing out the differences between ice cream, gelato, custard, and other sundry frozen desserts. Of course, we had to conduct a scientific experiment and try out five different frozen treats before recording! We talk all about the history of ice cream, percentages of fat and sugar, and go into ice creams that are served around the world.
Then we help our Food Fight listener pick her battle when it comes to dessert. It was surprising!
Let's taco 'bout it!
You can find all the show notes for today's episode at www.hungrysquared.com.
Oh we love chocolate! This week, we have a basic discussion about the history of chocolate and the types of chocolate (we'll talk artisan chocolate in a later episode). Are you a lover of dark or milk chocolate? Or even white chocolate? We also get into how the professionals temper chocolate and how you can do it at home. Our Food Fight question this week is all about a listener who is trying hard not to be a Golden Girl too soon.
Let's taco 'bout it!
Our affiliate sponsor this week is Once a Month Meals, where they help you get dinners on the table faster through their efficient freezer meal planning. Hungry Squared listeners get 15% off when you go to https://secure.onceamonthmeals.com/affiliate/hungrysquared and enter the code HUNGRY15 at checkout. Offer expires February 15, 2017.
We received a great listener mail about how to make a good stir fry, so to answer our listener's question and in honor of Chinese New Year (Happy year of the Rooster!), we decided to chat about the history or how Chinese food morphed into the Americanized version of today and we give some tips on how to make a tasty stir fry. Plus, we have another listener Food Fight question in which the Temple of Gozer from Ghostbusters is referenced. It's been a a great week!
Let's taco 'bout it!
Our affiliate sponsor this week is Once a Month Meals, where they help you get dinners on the table faster through their efficient freezer meal planning. Hungry Squared listeners get 15% off when you go to https://secure.onceamonthmeals.com/affiliate/hungrysquared and enter the code HUNGRY15 at checkout. Offer expires February 15, 2017.
We are going into Part 2 of our discussion on leaveners, and we're talking about biological leaveners this week, specifically yeast. Sharon breaks down the different types of domestic yeast and Winter gets into wild yeasts, how to make your own mother starter, and sourdough! Yay! We then help our Food Fight listener have some real talk with her adult daughter and the diet she's started.
Let's taco 'bout it!
Our affiliate sponsor this week is Once a Month Meals, where they help you get dinners on the table faster through their efficient freezer meal planning. Hungry Squared listeners get 15% off when you go to https://secure.onceamonthmeals.com/affiliate/hungrysquared and enter the code HUNGRY15 at checkout. Offer expires February 15, 2017.
We are talking about one of our favorite holidays, Thanksgiving, and breaking down how you should brine your turkey and how to make mulled wine. We also talk a little about how to tackle your own Friendsgiving feast. We're also helping a despondent Food Fight listener who is having a rough week. A really rough week. Let's taco 'bout it!
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We are diving in deep about the interesting and sometimes drama-filled histories of accidental food inventions, including Coca-Cola, the sandwich, saccharin, the Turducken, and for a bonus, the microwave. We also help a listener not be a passive-aggressive note writer who wrote in a Food Fight question asking about odoriferous office etiquette.
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We are feeling so faint from all the science and chemistry involved in our topic of chemical leaveners today, we're gonna need our smelling salts to help us when we start feeling faint. Good stuff! Also, we help our Food Fight listeners fight decision fatigue when it comes to eating out.
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