Spilled Milk

This week on Mixed Nuts: Matthew admits to a shocking nut-crush. Molly admits she’s never thought much about mixed nuts. And we spend five minutes begging for money. spilledmilkpodcast.com

Road trip! Why is our sound quality so lousy this week? It’s because we took the show to our local fast food emporium to enjoy some frozen treats. We talk Frostys, Blizzards, and other fast-food classics. Plus, a sneak preview of Molly’s forthcoming hard-hitting investigative book. spilledmilkpodcast.com

Dear Dennis Quaid: We’re really sorry about all the things we did to you on this episode. But really, would you rather Martin Short in there, or us? Love, your two grannies, Molly and Matthew. spilledmilkpodcast.com

Finally, Matthew’s superpower is revealed. Trust us, you didn’t want to know. In the meantime, however, we eat bacon and talk thickness, crispiness, smokiness, and finding bacon in unexpected places. spilledmilkpodcast.com Bacony cornbread recipe: http://www.spilledmilkpodcast.com/2012/12/27/cornbread-recipes-from-episode-81/

Witness the debunking of eggplant sex, the battle of bitter and silky, and the birth of Hobo Ghannoush. NOTE: You know the part where Matthew gets all smug because he knows the word “dioecious”? Well, he was completely wrong. Eggplants are monoecious. spilledmilkpodcast.com Recipes: Francis Lam’s Eggplant PastaFuchsia Dunlop’s Fish-Fragrant Eggplant

Welcome back, our friends, to the show that never ends. But how do you stop talking about pizza toppings? I mean, you’ve got cheese, sauce, pepperoni, margherita, supreme, pineapple, dessert pizza, hamburger nuggets, white pies, red pies, and we forgot to even mention pesto. spilledmilkpodcast.com

Hey, sweetie pies. On this episode we explore the sweet potato/yam divide, ruin Thanksgiving, get arrested for assault and battery, and still have time to stuff our faces with cake. Recipes: Sweet Potato Pound Cake, Roasted Japanese Sweet Potatoes with Scallion Butter. spilledmilkpodcast.com Sweet Potato Pound Cake: http://orangette.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-mean-it.htmlRoasted Japanese Sweet Potatoes with Scallion Butter:http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Roasted-Japanese-Sweet-Potatoes-with-Scallion-Butter-240549 (Epicurious)

From the high-powered world of competitive botany comes this lip-puckering episode. How do you zest? How do you juice? How many hand gestures can we work into an audio podcast? Go suck a lemon! EXPLICIT. spilledmilkpodcast.com Recipes: Braised Fennel With Meyer Lemon and Parmesan (Jill Santopietro): http://www.nytimes.com/recipes/11426/braised-fennel-with-meyer-lemon-and-parmesan.htmlAmanda Hesser’s Lemon Chicken: http://wednesdaychef.typepad.com/the_wednesday_chef/2006/03/imbb_24_amanda_.htmlCook’s Illustrated Lemon Bars: http://leitesculinaria.com/3357/recipes-lemon-bars.html

DIRECTIONS TO THE SPILLED MILK SALAMI DUNGEON Drive 2.8 miles down Lactic Fermentation ParkwayTurn right onto Meat Stick Alley (ignore PRIVATE PROPERTY sign)Proceed until you see an ominous-looking shackFlee on foot spilledmilkpodcast.com Recipe: Potato Gatto: http://seattletimes.com/pacificnw/2001/1007/taste.html Salami tasted: Creminelli Wild BoarOlympic Provisions Saucisson SecOlympic Provisions FinocchionaOlympic Provisions LoukanikaFra’ Mani NostranoSafeway Primo Taglio Hard Salami

The things we do to our bodies on this episode should be illegal. Also, our understanding of human biology is primitive. Also, what is nougat? Also, where are we and why are we surrounded by empty candy wrappers? Candies tasted: 3 Musketeers, Necco Wafers, Nerds, Snickers, Milky Way Midnight, Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkin. www.spilledmilkpodcast.com This episode is brought to you by Tonx: fresh-roasted subscription coffee. For a free trial—yes, that’s free coffee, no strings attached—visit http://tonx.org/milk

Padlock your freezer, because we’re coming for your dough! What kind of chocolate makes the best cookie? What’s so great about old dough? Does size matter? Molly and Matthew chew through two astonishingly different cookies in search of answers. Recipes: Cook’s Illustrated Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie; David Leite’s Chocolate Chip Cookie. www.spilledmilkpodcast.com Cook’s Illustrated Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie:http://web.mit.edu/bakingvolunteer/recipes/Recipes/Tollhouse%20Chocolate%20Chip%20Cookie.pdf David Leite’s landmark cookie article, recipe included:Perfection? Hint: It’s Warm and Has a Secret: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/dining/09chip.html?pagewanted=all

It’s light vs heavy vs canned vs Peter Gabriel vs Prince in this no-holds-barred cream-o-rama. Wait, that didn’t sound right at all. What can you say about whipped cream, anyway, other than “whip it well and put it on everything?” We give it our 16-minute best shot. EXPLICIT. spilledmilkpodcast.com

It’s our centennial episode! Remember when Spilled Milk got its start, back in 1913? All we remember is, we probably didn’t have access to the variety of gourmet salts we enjoy today. Salts tasted: Jacobsen (Oregon), Læsø Groft Sydesalt (Denmark), Admiralty (Washington), sel gris(France), Maldon (England), Diamond Crystal (US), Okinawa Snow (Japan). spilledmilkpodcast.com

Hey does it seem like we’re talking really fast? It seems to us likewe’retalkingreallyfast. Molly and Matthew celebrate the moments of their lives with a selection of the finest instant coffees. Remember France? Remember Jean-Luc, the waiter? Remember leg warmers? It’s Maxwell’s House; we just broke in and drank his coffee. EXPLICIT. spilledmilkpodcast.com Classic General Foods International Coffees commercials: Sexy ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_EHD2rGCq8Frenchy ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcMpJlYynBw This episode is brought to you by Squarespace, the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website, blog, or online portfolio. http://squarespace.com/milk

Join your masked hosts El Rábano and Le Radis for a classic Spilled Milk heirloom produce variety quiz and a discussion of French breakfasts, little pinkies, and big hairy daikons. Recipe: Braised radishes. spilledmilkpodcast.com Braised radishes: http://orangette.blogspot.com/2011/04/have-your-way.html

Listeners Rachel and Max from Pittsburgh sent us the greatest gift: a big box of potato chips. Grandma Utz, for example, fries her chips in lard. Whatever happened to old Grandma Utz, anyway? Chips tasted: Lays, Utz (original), Utz Kettle Classics, Utz Natural Gourmet Medley, Grandma Utz, Herr’s Kettle Cooked. spilledmilkpodcast.com

This is the show that you’ve been waiting for, in which we determine, once and for all, the best pasta shape. Or not. Along the way, Matthew continues his love affair with penne rigate, Molly makes Italians roll their eyes and groan, and we voice some strong opinions (surprise, surprise!) about saucing pasta. Roll up your slappy sleeves and dig in. Mezze Maniche Rigate with Scallions: http://forums.egullet.org/topic/126202-pasta-bible-pasta/Pasta with Yogurt, Peas, and Chile: http://orangette.blogspot.com/2013/06/told-you-so.html

It’s July in Seattle, and that means one thing: salmon. We’ve been noodlin' around in the river with Brad Pitt, losing fingers and catching dinner, and now we're sharing our favorite ways to cook and eat our favorite local fish. (Though, no, you still can't have any.) spilledmilkpodcast.com Babbo Salmon: http://seattletimes.com/pacificnw/2002/0908/taste.html(not sure why I called for a nonstick pan; stainless or cast-iron or carbon steel is better)

In this flaky, buttery episode, Molly and Matthew pull apart the culinary conundrum that is a croissant. How did the croissant conquer the world when it's so hard to make? We're still not sure, but we’re willing to eat four croissants for lunch in order to find out. We investigate butter slabs, shoeboxes, Costco, and Pillsbury crescent rolls on our way to enlightenment.www.spilledmilkpodcast.com

What's your jam? Our jam is jam. Strawberry, gooseberry, tayberry, damson...but grape? Not so much. We taste a bunch of jams on toast and have a Smucking good time doing it. spilledmilkpodcast.com