Dinner Table Talks

Dinner Table Talks

By Aislynn CampbellSociety & Culture
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Dinner Table Talks episodes

  • 2.43: Black-Eyed Peas - The Magical Mystery Tour 2.0

    On the one-year anniversary of our first 'Magical Mystery Tour' episode, we go on another trip. All aboard! From black-eyed peas to getting the feels about moving. There's a sub-par chicken pot pie, local chain restaurant history and thoughts, fried eggs with butter, two new stingers on the way and so much more.


    Unanswered Questions: 

    • How many Casa Oles and Black-Eyed Pea Restaurants are still in operation?
    • Marco Polo wasn't a spice trader
    • What is the agenda of the podcast?

      • TableTopics Question:

      • What's your worst driving habit?
        • 47 min
      • 2.42: Slow-Smoked Brisket - I Almost Killed Us All The Other Night

        Slow-Smoked Brisket - Tandoori Chicken Wings - Cole Slaw - Summer Vegetable Curry - First Restaurant Jobs - Cast Iron Disaster - High on the Hog

        Joe almost killed everyone after an overnight cast iron disaster, but every crisis is an opportunity. We slow-smoke a brisket and go slow and low into this S. Texas delicacy. We crash Lillie's new (first) job and take a walk down memory lane about all our first jobs. We reminisce about last year's chicken pot pie while noting all the new outdoor options around our city. We've done an episode about chicken wings and an episode on tandoori chicken. This week we do tandoori chicken wings plus a summer vegetable curry that is definitely going into the rotation.


        Unanswered Questions:

        • What's the definition of obscene
        • What the heck is 'nevergreen'?
        • The Sugarbakers cold cucumber fill soup recipe follow-up

          • TableTopics Question:

          • Would you keep a fish that was one inch below the limit if it was the only fish you caught all day?


            • 49 min
          • 2.41: Fish Tacos - The Hardest Part About Being a Kid

            Fish Tacos with Avocado Lime Sauce - Aislynn the Bright Model - Kitchen Ascension: Cast Iron 101 - Summer Vegetable Chicken Soup - Summer Heat and Humidity - Onion Overflow


            Aislynn is bringing home LOADS of vegetables which become Joe's produce aisle. He visits the ailed and whips up fish tacos that got rave reviews and a summer vegetable chicken soup that has EVERYTHING in it. Joe's been practicing his knife skills as we pursue Kitchen Ascension this week with Cast Iron 101. Aislynn tells us about a recent experience sitting as a model for a drawing class and gives her thoughts on the power of sitting still. We can't stop talking about 'the f word' and it looks like we'll be talking about it next week, too. Our house is overflowing with onions, make suggestions about how to use produce, explore yard-long beans, Aislynn strikes a 'Rose from Titanic' pose,

            Unanswered Questions: 

            • Is the word 'f***' in the dictionary?

              • TableTopics Question:

              • What do you think is the hardest part of being a kid and about being a parent?

                • Links and Recipes:

                • Fish Tacos with Avocado Lime Sauce
                • Summer Vegetable Chicken Soup
                • Cast Iron 101
                  • 45 min
                • 2.40: Farm to Table Pizza Party - The Rainbow of Colors

                  Farm to Table Pizza Party - Our Explicit Podcast - An Evolved Summer Salad - Ice Cream Topping Boards - Bar/Snack Hopping - Agua Chile at YOLA - The Evolution of Sustenance to Art - Ingredients, Concept and Technique



                  TableTopics Question: 

                  • Would you rather have everyone love you but hate yourself or the reverse?

                    • Links:

                    • Aislynn's Farm to Table Dinners
                    • Knolle Dairy Farm


                      • 43 min
                    • 2.39: Green Chili Pork Stew - The Night of the Lunar Eclipse

                      Green Chili Pork Stew - Metropolis's Kim Rios Talks Bathing Suits, Joe's Anxiety and College Algebra - Don't Watch This Movie - Duplicating a New Restaurant's Recipes - Simple Corn on the Cob - Squash Au Gratin Casserole

                      Good friend and owner of Metropolis, Kim Rios, comes in to talk about Joe's anxiety that came up last week but stays to remember the old times and talk about her styling business. And, of course, we talk about massive cleavage. After a trip to the beach, we eat at a new restaurant and decide to duplicate their Green Chili Pork Stew. Success! Then Joe talks about two side dishes: simple corn on the cob and a squash au gratin that we'll try again with a few tweaks. We're not going to ACL, we talk about our high school movie star crushes, we talk about 'going out' 'post-COVID,' Aislynn may be dancing nude under the full moon and so much more.


                      Pull up a chair!

                      Unanswered Questions:

                      • Is lettuce still at the farmers' market?
                      • Did Aislynn see a Van Gogh and the Mona Lisa in Houston during college?
                      • Was Joe exhibiting high anxiety at a dinner last week?

                        • TableTopics Question:

                        • If someone you didn't like invited you to a great party, would you go?


                          • 50 min
                        • 2.38: Our Favorite Family Dish - We're Going To Have To Collect New Teenagers

                          Broccoli, Cauliflower, Chicken Mac & Cheese - Planning a Weekend Getaway - It's Flooding!/The Weather of 2021 - Pre-Meal Anxiety - Pizza Temper Tantrum

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                          After a busy week of non-cooking, we finally return to the kitchen with our favorite family dish: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Chicken Mac & Cheese. But not before some more dining out anxiety from Joe and a pizza temper tantrum by Aislynn. We talk about some recent flooding and recap all the weird weather of the last year related to growing food. Since the country's moving around again, we continue planning our upcoming Houston weekend away and a plan begins to come into focus.


                          Unanswered Questions:

                          • What is Chilaquiles?
                          • What is the appropriate Beastie Boys song to spontaneously sing?

                            • TableTopics Question:

                            • What is the most important right a person has?

                              • Links:

                              • Broccoli, Cauliflower, Chicken Mac & Cheese
                              • What is Chilaquiles?
                              • Aislynn's FB page

                                • 41 min
                              • 2.37: Tex-Mex Squash Casserole - I Have a New Crush

                                Tex-Mex Squash Casserole - Cucumber and Tomato Salad - Taqueria Breakfast Orders - What's In Your Smoothie? - Aislynn's Ascension Celebration - Energetic Standards - Aislynn Has a Crush - Empaths

                                As he walked into this week's recording session, Aislynn offered Joe a smoothie which sparked the natural question, "What is in it?" Everything is the answer and Aislynn goes into detail about her exhaustive smoothing offerings. Fan feedback comes in concerning last week's 'psychoanalysis' and it's a reminder that anything goes at The Dinner Table. Last week's reminder that we made a Mexican squash casserole this time last year serves as reason to try it again this week...with beef. Aislynn details one of her favorites, a cucumber and tomato salad. Aislynn has a crush on Maye Musk, Elon's mom and goes into detail about calibrating to people that are living their best lives. This is a preface to the details of her upcoming Ascension 'Party' around a backyard fire, a safe space for a group of women to support and lift one another up. With all the kids back around the table, a taqueria breakfast is a must! If you live north of South San Antonio, you have our sympathies--that's a breakfast taco wasteland


                                Unanswered Questions:

                                • Did Joe Get Aislynn The Beastie Boys T-Shirt?
                                • Tepanyaki and Dim Sum

                                  • TableTopics Question:

                                  • Is monogamy natural in humans?
                                    • 50 min
                                  • 2.36: Super Simple, Very Green Soup - I've Spread My Virus

                                    Super Simple, Very Green Soup - The New One-Year-Ago Segment - Upper-Level Energy Conversations Over a Meal - Thrifting Before Thrifting Was Cool - Joe's Upcoming Teppanyaki Show


                                    Unanswered Questions:

                                    • What happens when you Google 'Hacha Hacha'?
                                    • Butchering vs. slaughtering

                                      • TableTopics Question:

                                      • What do you remember from your first day of school?

                                        • This Week's Links:

                                        Super Simple, Very Green Soup

                                        Mexican Squash Soup

                                        It's Just Aislynn Facebook Group - Go down the Gardening Rabbit Hole with Aislynn

                                        Joe's other podcast, Beer and a Movie

                                        Support the Show: The Virtual Tip Jar

                                        Opening/Closing music: "Sanderburry's Steamworks" Trey VanZandt (YouTube.com/c/treyvanzandt) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License


                                        49 min
                                      • 2.35: Farm to Table - Just Eat It. It's Fine.

                                        Aislynn's First Farm to Table Cooking Experience: Four Courses of Stories - Chicken Vegetable Fried Rice (Hacha Hacha Chicka Chicka) - Where Were We Last Week? - Mr. Picky Visits Again - Joe's Seasonal Idea


                                        After discussing last week's 'Missing Episode,' Joe and Aislynn dive into a full report of AC's amazingly successful first Farm to Table Cooking Experience. From collecting and harvesting the food to a breakdown of each course to how AC and the chef planned the event and menu, we break down our beautiful time together. The next one is planned and already sold out. Mr. Picky came over for Chicken Vegetable Fried Rice and we get excited about the future of cuisine that lays before him. Aislynn insisted on it being just like the hibachi place and Joe gives you the secret ingredient. Bonus: The return of the gong!!

                                        Unanswered Questions:

                                        • What is Celeriac?

                                          • TableTopics Question:

                                          • Are you more likely to be guilty of gluttony, lust, rage, jealousy, sloth, greed or pride?


                                            • This Week's Links:

                                            Hacha Hacha

                                            It's Just Aislynn Facebook Group - Go down the Gardening Rabbit Hole with Aislynn

                                            Joe's other podcast, Beer and a Movie

                                            Support the Show: The Virtual Tip Jar

                                            Opening/Closing music: "Sanderburry's Steamworks" Trey VanZandt (YouTube.com/c/treyvanzandt) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

                                            46 min

                                          About Dinner Table Talks

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                                          A lifestyle and foodie podcast that you're going to fall in love with. Join Aislynn and friends at the dinner table where we discuss farm life, love, healing, food, gardening and just about anything else. Nothing is off limits at the dinner table where we connect with our community, friends and family in philosophical and life-enriching conversation.