The Beast Beneath The Bed

11: FOOD AND FAIRYTALES ~ WHY CAN'T WE ALL EAT AT HOGWARTS?


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Ain't no thing but a chicken wing! OR, if you're in Baba Yaga's house, it might be an arm bone, which is connected to the wrist bone, yada, yada, yaga. You never can tell with these ancient Forest Witches. And if they have a house made of gingerbread (which is not gluten free, how rude!) you're pretty much set up for failure!

We talk Hansel & Gretel, we talk disappearing shrimp, (or not in my case, I think pretty much everything that comes from the ocean is ONE GIGANTIC SEA SPIDER! Except for octopi and squid who I really just want to be my best friends). We talk fantasy feasts, (Hello Hogwarts!) cannibalism and all sorts of devilish may care subjects around food (including deviled eggs, which are delish!)

To read up on Hansel & Gretel and just where that tale might have come from, click right here!

To find out what diabolical magic was used to create the feasts in Harry Potter, click here!

For a recipe for sourdough bread, in case you get lost in the woods, click here!

And in case you care, here is a link to "Just Who Is Baba Yaga?" Friend or Foe? Baked or Fried?  Personally, I think she bakes everything, cause a witch DOES NOT have time to heat that giant cauldron of oil up, because the HANGER is just too real.
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