No Substitutions, Please

A Certified Good One,™ according to Louisa! No food we have ever covered on this show has more deserved being compared to a boat, so we're just going to hit the accelerator on this one. These are the appetizer equivalent of a VIking funeral, in that they are small vessels you set on fire and there's usually alcohol involved. What else do you need to know?

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The substance that binds American childhoods together. Whether you like it plain-Jane mayonnaise or fancy, sharp, and full of stuff that isn't tuna, you've had this before, and you probably know exactly how you feel about it. Noah and Louisa tell you their part of the story.

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Noah and Louisa succumb to a silly meme. No, they're totally not using it as an excuse to talk about the fondation of every truly transcendent meat dish. How dare you insinuate that?

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Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter.

Why are there so many foods with real gross names? Noah attempts to get over it while Louisa extols the virtues of this triple- (or quadruple-, if you're not a coward) chocolate pie.

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Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter.

We know what you're all thinking: this show needs more discussion of The Odyssey. Noah and Louisa oblige.

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Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

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We know what you're all thinking: this show needs more discussion of Star Wars. Noah and Louisa oblige.

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Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

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The Mediterranean dish that proves if it's liquid, you can poach eggs in it. Noah and Louisa meant to talk about that food for an hour and change; the culinary gods had other plans.

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Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter.

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate the union between two of the most important foods in global culinary history: picadillo and plantains. Noah and Louisa, neither of them capable of holding their peace (even for a moment), rhapsodize about the results.

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Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter.

Just as the monsters who will do battle with the gods at Ragnarök were ferried aboard the keratinous Naglfar, this fungal fleet ferries the flavors of cream cheese, scallions, bacon, and breadcrumbs, and more to your felicitous guests. So Noah and Louisa talk about them, using much less disgusting metaphors.

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Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

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The official* dish of Dracula Day, a Midwestern comfort classic, and (if you're Noah) a possible explanation for historical events of great importance, this is also the hardest food to pronounce we've ever done on this show.

* may not be true

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Our theme is Street Food, by FASSounds, and is governed by the Simplified Pixabay License.

Our cover art includes work by artist Kirsty Pargeter.