Gdayall Podcast

I just discovered which stone represents 100 years? It's a frickin' 10 carat diamond! No wonder nobody makes it that far as a wedded couple. 

When it comes to podcasts, 100 is a little easier. As so here we are... 100. Time to simply reflect.

Phil and Barbara walk their way through the long list and remember, as best they can, what they enjoyed most. They take a quick look at some of our favourite artwork. We think episodes 7, 8, 32, 40, 49, 72, 82 and 89. That's not such a great thing on an audio format but you can easily go back through Spotify and take a look yourself.

As for YOUR favourite episode... here's the list...
1 - What is the Gdayall podcast all about?
2 - Home Town Favourites with Donald Betts Jr.
3 - BBQ with Mitch Benjamin from Meat Mitch
4 - School Lunch Box with Dolores Harper
5 - Featured Food with Penny Bunz
6 - Greasy Food with John Pumilia
7 - Halloween with Shawn Yates
8 - Cajun versus Creole with Phil Tripp
9 - Thanksgiving preparation with David Terpin
10 - ‘Potpourri’ a discussion about all things cooking
11 - Thanksgiving with Theresa Ingram
12 - Pies, pies and more pies
13 - Cookbooks
14 - Cookies & Christmas
15 - Celebrations and Jubilations
16 - Cal Mex with Richie Pinard
17 - The Culture of Coffee
18 - Corn Chips
19 - Superbowl Stuff
20 - Pizza Pizza
21 - Soda, Pop and Fizz
22 - Cake with Penny Bunz
23 - Breakfast Cereal
24 - St Patrick’s Day
25 - Potato Chips
26 - Hot Sauce
27 - Easter
28 - PB&J
29 - In-Store Experience
30 - Waffles & Pancakes
31 - Odd Ball Food Combo’s
32 - Ice Cream & Milk Shakes
33 - Chocolate
34 - Fusion & Innovation
35 - Hamburgers
36 - Donuts and Doughnuts
37 - Jerky and Cowboy Food
38 - Herbs & Spices
39 - Italian pastries and cookies
40 - In-Store Experience #2
41 - Casserole and 50’s cooking
42 - Copycat Recipes
43 - Retro Candy
44 - Pickle Show
45 - Delis - The Cultural Melting Pot
46 - Jingles & Taglines
47 - Hawaiian Food
48 - Coffee Cake
49 - Sopranos Cooking
50 - Tea
51 - Listener Questions
52 - Potluck
53 - Southern Cooking
54 - Popcorn
55 - Chain Restaurants
56 - Happy Accidents
57 - Halloween
58 - Condiments
59 - Snack Cakes
60 - Potent Potables
61 - Thanksgiving Appetisers
62 - Christmas Gift Ideas
63 - Travel Foods
64 - Entertaining with the Sopranos
65 - Summer Traditions
66 - 69 - Best of 2021 #1, #2, #3 & #4
70 - Peanut Butter & Co.
71 - 15 Minute Meals
72 - Tailgating with John Madden
73 - Ohhh… Canada with Dina Charpentier
74 - Last Meals
75 - Aeroplane Food
76 - Spanner in the Works
77 - Cheap Eats
78 - First Ladies
79 - The Corner Store
80 - Mall Food
81 - Coupons
82 - Gifts from the Kitchen
83 - Slow Cooking
84 - In-Store Experience #3
85 - Food Trucks
86 - A Kid in America
87 - Food in Movies
88 - Food in TV
89 - Phil’s Trip
90 - Platinum Jubilee
91 - Soup
92 - 4th July
93 - From Hate to Rate
94 - Prison Food
95 - Barbara in the USA
96 - Hot Dogs
97 - Garlic
98 - Dentists Delight
99 - Salad Smorgasbord
100 - The Ton

Happy Birthday George

As a young Australian, you might have grown up with iceberg lettuce. That was nucleus of a salad. Then came all this exotic sort of leaf. We evolved to deal with that. 

But take a trip to the USA and order a salad and... BOINGA! Could you please repeat that? They have a veritable blitzkrieg level of salad types and then you have to choose the dressing! It's a fair dinkum mind blower if you're not ready for it. 

We work our way through 24 different salads and dressings. Then we get onto salads that might as well be a desert. Bring on the marshies I say.

When it comes to today's sign-off... feel free to jump on the conga line and join in.

Lollipops, Cotton Candy, Toffee Apples and Hard Candy... we love 'em. But, do they love us? 

Hard candies have been around for about 130 years. The industry continues to be one of the great innovators. These attractive rainbow coloured delights have us queuing up for more. Don't be surprised if at the end of the line is a person in a white coat saying "open wide".  That person would be your dentist, benefiting from your candy infused cavities. As it happens, dentists and candy have a relationship that goes beyond just filling holes in teeth. 

So three advisories:
1. Enjoy them.
2. Flush the sugar out of your mouth as soon as possible.
3. Pay attention as we list the other nasties that can also do damage. 

Garlic...  the one thing that is used in virtually every cuisine in the world. Phil and Barbara talk about how it can be simply used to enhance your dish. 

We cover it's many health benefits but most importantly we talk about a whole series of specific recipes that use it. 

Also for those paying attention at the end Fuego is Spanish for fire.

If you have not travelled to the USA and your Hot Dog experience has been confined to the Australian variety, then you have been missing out.

We cover the story of an entrepreneurial immigrant called Charles Feltman. Then, not surprisingly, their are regional varieties and we pick through some of the more interesting ones. 

Baseball has it's deep rooted connection to baseball and the ballparks also have a different approach. The 10 best are ranked and reviewed. 

We round out the pod with the story of the Costco Hot Dog and then look at the the ultimate guide. These ultimates are as varied as the flavours and toppings that you get at a pizza shop.

The interrupted contest that Phil mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8XLgbkUE64

Six episodes ago we had Phil's Trip, this time it was Barbara's turn. A world wind trip see's us get patched into her old bedroom for this week's pod. 

So just what might be the observations of a Californian who has not been home for 5 years. She has taken the responsibility of research seriously and has a lot to say. We also hear from a couple of co-workers who pop up (in both countries). 

Plenty of laughs, a few 'special guest' food reviews as well as the regular segments. Also big announcement toward the end. 

Whether you're inside for a weekend away or you're a bit of a lifer, chances are you're not going to like what the guard serves you. We discovered that some of those with a little extra time are quite inventive. 

First is the desire to compliment mundane meals with their own snacks. Second is the thought given to ingredients. Thirdly are the utensils and implements to make a 'cell' oven or cooktop. With all that in mind we take you through some recipes that you'll definitely recognise. These might be some fun kitchen experiments  to do yourself for a bit of fun on a rainy weekend. Maybe give the nutraloaf a miss!

All credit to these ingenious individuals who look beyond their situation with some hope and optimism. 

This could be the healthiest pod we have ever produced. Remember all those things that were once bad for you? Remember all those things that you hated as a kid? Remember a time before you had even heard of Superfoods? They all bob their heads up this week for a chance to be acknowledged as the 'good guys' in your diet.

Phil and Barbara line up a long list and go head-to-head with the proclamation 'one man's meat is another man's poison'.  

In case you in the mood for a smoothie, to wrap up the good stuff we fly through the most nutrient dense vegetables. 

See... that didn't hurt a bit.

How could we possibly be nearly 100 episodes old and never done a specific 4th July show? 

Phil opens his wallet and decides that our favourite president TJ, needs a new nickname. We motor down list of essential 4th foods that will help make you a star. Barbara tells you what not to serve. We reveal the secret to winning a hot dog eating contest. Then we do the numbers on a few food facts. And in preparation for another extravaganza inside and outside the shop this Saturday we review what's available from the Maple Leaf Meat Van. Yummo!

Of course it wouldn't be a show without Phil regaling us with a childhood story. This time it's 'fun with fireworks'.

Just like primordial soup requiring  a perfect mixture of organic molecules from which life on earth could originate... regular soup is no different.

It's easy, it's delicious and it's sort of magical how well it fixes you up. So we talk about its restorative power, some not so obvious varieties and then roll into a few pop culture references.  

If you're hankering for a special type we can tell you where to get it. We round out with a nice little theatre piece and have a laugh about a couple of recent occurrences in the We Got Goss segment.