Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response - ASMR - is that relaxing sensation all over your scalp and down the back of your neck in response to a range of stimuli. Getting your hair cut. The tone and timbre of a specific person's voice. Whispering. Repetitive tapping or scratching. Just the suggestion of one of these triggers, just thinking about it, anticipating it, or watching someone else experiencing the triggering activity, is enough to induce ASMR. 

Inducing ASMR through video has become a thing all over the world. YouTube and other services provide a platform and gateway for all kinds of folks looking to provide a few,  stupefying minutes of escape.

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of food-centered ASMR videos out there. Viewers are invited to be hypnotized by interesting-looking edibles and the eating of these edibles. An expressive face methodically working through a  platter of brightly-colored confections of different shapes and textures, for example, nibbling, chewing, or chomping on each piece in turn.

In this episode I experiment with food and ASMR. What you'll hear (mostly) is my peeler, knife and cutting board at work preparing the seven vegetables I chose for a Friday couscous stew.