On this week's episode, we talk all about the humble onion, where it came from, that there's an association in the US to represent them, and how to avoid crying when you cut onions. Plus, we help our Food Fight listener deal with her significant other's need for gourmet food.
Run Time: 48 minutes
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Let's taco 'bout it!
- Sharon and Ike made a brisket this week on the Big Green Egg, and Ike came up with a spice rub on his own. They finally got "stadium seating" for their spices with one of those Container Store spice tiered racks. Yay!
- Winter has been eating a lot of chocolate, and someone gifted her a delicious dark chocolate bar purchased at Tony Caputo's Market and Deli. It was a Sourdough and Sea Salt dark chocolate bar made by Pump Street Chocolate and Bakery in Suffolk, England. It's my new favorite now!
- We got listener mail from our friend, Jessie the Therapist. She wrote about how podcasts make your brain happy and we were featured. We are so honored! By the way, go check out their informative and fun podcast called Get Yourself Together, where Jessie and her cohost Jackson discuss all things mental health. It is so interesting!
- We're talking all about onions, because of this very post about a red onion. (By the way, The Onion news for those of you who have never heard of it before.)
- Different onion types: Vidahlia (sweeter), Red, White, Yellow, Green Onions.
- National Onion Association of the United States had to bust a myth, where a widely circulated claim from someone's blog post that cut onions are poisonous. Also you can check out all of their recipe resources. Sheet pan jambalaya?
- How to prevent crying while cutting onions: Chemist Erik Block wrote this book and discusses the different sulfurs and enzymes.
- This is the paper that pinpoints the lachrymatory-factor synthase enzyme.
- How to dice an onion by Gordon Ramsay.
- If all else fails, you can buy this eyewear to protect you from crying while cutting onions.
- Our Food Fight question this week asks for help about how to deal with her significant other's need for fancy, expensive food.
Run Time: 48 minutes
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