Life’s a Bach

This week your gals take full advantage of a lag-free zoom experience and talk about The Bachelor but mostly whatever they want for almost two full hours! The Bachelor this week was one erotica story writing group date slash brand promotion for Chris Harrison and a one on one with Sierra P - no second group date and no rose ceremony (AGAIN) because Sarah is sad and it's important to her that everyone knows about it. Major takeaways include Katie still being awesome and everyone sort of liking Victoria now? Come for the Bachelor and snacks, stay for the "how do you feel about your body being eaten after you die" and "what about your hands smelling like salami" of it all. Also a LISTENER EMAIL!!!

Things they forget to discuss: Victoria makes a Step Brothers reference (All of the boats, none of the hoes) and Clare and Dale (or Dane as Jill's uncle sometimes accidentally calls him) split up.

Things Mal couldn't quite remember: The alien guy's name is Bob Lazar and the Christian rock band she was attempting to identify was Jars of Clay

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It's week 2 and the ladies still like Matt James! They forget to talk about the totally unnecessary shirtless wood chopping scene but still manage to work in erotic topics like charcuterie facebook groups and enemas. As far as actual Bach content goes basically nobody likes a mid rose ceremony cliff hanger and nobody likes Queen V (but that's what she's going for, right?) The episode wraps with snack talk, but only enough to make the gals hungry.

Also apparently new episodes of Life's A Bach come out on Saturdays now! Let's just plan on that lol.

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In celebration of the 2nd episode of Matt James' (S25) season of The Bachelor, we are finally releasing our podcast about the 1st episode! Last week was a super fucked up time in America, or maybe rather the culmination of a super fucked up last several centuries. Two days after the first Black bachelor graced our screens, a mob of white supremacists stormed the Capital Building during the electoral vote certification at the behest of the President. What's that thing they say about 2 steps forward, 147 steps back? Anyway, we took a few extra days getting our content to internets this week but we feel it is very important to celebrate small victories like the most diverse cast in Bachelor history in addition to its first Black male lead. Your gals really enjoyed this episode and are very much looking forward to the rest of the season. 

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On this not very dramatic (in a good way) and very romantic (in an also good way) Finale episode the ladies talk about Clarky and the Queen, though they never call them that, the real real about religious differences AND Christmas cookies. Jill made chocolate orange Macarons and they were dope and fancy but the ganache was a strug, Hill made the world's most lovely almond shortbread thumbprint cookies with raspberry jam and Mal made ginger molasses cookies that sleighed. SLEIGHED, GET IT?! It's CHRISTMAS! SANTA!! Anyway, hashtag Ivan for Bachelor but instead we will be back in 2 weeks to talk shit about Matt James' season.

All our fav cookie recipes from our Christmas Cookie Train exchange will be up on the blog! http://www.snackmondays.com

Daggum it's a busy time of year to be also watching and podcasting about The Bachelorette! That's Jill's way of saying "sorry it took 3 days to edit and upload again this week." Somehow we end this week down to the final three dudes. Tayshia somehow manages to look flawless despite the 120 degree heat and her suitors dumping buckets of sweat out of every pore even inside of doors! Inside. Indoors. You know what we mean. Ivan's family is the very best and that's pretty much it. Hill and Jill do their best to hold down the fort without Mal but it ain't easy! Probably no snack recipes this week but next week we will talk about the Cookie Train and perhaps that will end up in a blog post.

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After taking a week off, the ladies record this episode on schedule but release it MANY days late because the lag was intense on the zoom call and it took our unpaid editor (Jill) a little extra time and finesse to make it make sense. With so few things making sense in this world, it seems worth the effort. Mal snacks on what she calls "grown up Gushers," Jill complains about cookies that seem to sound delicious to everyone else and Hillary puts us all to shame with her dinner game. Time continues to confuse everyone as they ponder how next week could possibly be hometowns when none of these people know each other at all and Bennett makes everyone feel weird.

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Tayshia sends home several great dudes (and Chasen) including our very fav Dr Joe but KEEPS ED. She also has what feels like a pretty real and emotion conversation with Ivan about being mixed race, growing up around mostly white people, and how the Black Lives Matter movement has impacted them this year. It was refreshing. The ladies talk a lot about snacks this week as well as their thanksgiving plans which, let's be honest, is just like a full day of snacks. No one can remember the name of "Red Kuri" squash and though Jake eventually texts Jill back she forgets to read it during the show. This extra long episode is extra less about the Bachelorette than usual!

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Tayshia sends home 3 dudes we barely recognize and Bennett makes Harvard look worse that ASU in a rousing game of very easy rose math. Ed is mad at Chasen for only knowing one adjective and Noah makes Tayshia shave off his mustache on a bench outside even though he knows how and he has a bathroom. Your fave gals discuss awkward parenting moments, what's in store for Christmas gifts and how best to get out of participating in PE (and Dodgeball!) but somehow forget to talk about how many times the phrase "grown ass man" was uttered on this toxic masculinity caricature of an episode.

Hill weaves mouth watering tales of savory waffle sandwiches and Mal enjoys leftover mac and cheese but provides recipes for things that maybe got cut out? It's fine. Find them on the blog! https://www.snackmondays.com

Week 5 of Season 16 of the Bachelorette is night one for Tayshia and the remaining 16 dudes plus 4 new ones. She visits with and smooches on several, and ultimately gives the First Impression Rose to a newcomer who the ladies would rather bonk on the head as they reveal in their less violent version of Marry, F***, Kill which is now called, "Date Exclusively, Bang, Send 'em to the moon!" or something like that. Audio issues ABOUND but Jill tried her darnedest to make it listenable. Long story short: Ya gals are obsessed with Tayshia.

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On this windy Saturday in the Pacific Northwest the ladies gather remotely to mostly discuss the Bachelorette, but get a little distracted covering the outcome of ye ole Presidential Election since the winner was announced only hours prior to recording. Mal and Jill snack on coffee because they're not real grown ups and Hill tells tale of some delicious ass waffles that maybe weren't as crisp as she'd like but definitely were not soggy. Jill doesn't say anything about potato pancakes, but she did make and eat them directly after the show so that recipe's in the blog this week too!

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