Outtake - Chestnuts In Turkey Stuffing Listen on Posterous We didn't quite have room in our Thanksgiving conversation with civil rights attorney and radio talk show host Ron Kuby for his thoughts on the pleasure and pain of chestnuts in turkey stuffing. But it's worth a listen. Also, Dan rages against the evil of boiling and I propose stunt doubling of a
As I make clear in this week's Thanksgiving show, I'm a big proponent of brining your turkey. (Here's a quick primer if you want to learn more about the basics of brining.) And as our guest, Ron Kuby, will rightly point out, the most important thing about brining is that you do it. But there's a wide range of flavors
Rachel Maddow was so prepared to talk about pina coladas when we interviewed her in Episode 45, she actually brought a can of Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut to the taping. (She also described her new and improved, Coco Lopez-free pina colada -- recipe here.) After the taping she autographed the can, and inscribed it, "DON'T DRINK THIS! The Sporkful,
We made a special holiday visit to our pal Madeleine Brand on her public radio show. This time, we're talking about Thanksgiving. And stay tuned for a full Sporkful episode on that very holiday, with a special guest.
Sam in Oklahoma says the recent donut episode highlighted an ongoing quarrel in his family. He also says we didn't make a rigorous enough case for the yeast donut: The donut episode (which is presently in my top two) began a rather interesting argument between myself and my brother (who happens to be the guy you quoted
In Donuts Pt. 1, I expressed the belief that the term "doughnut" derives from the fact that a doughnut is shaped like a round nut (as in nuts and bolts) made of dough. Then we got this email from Charles: I think you're a bit misinformed about the origin of the name "doughnut." It is named that because when they were
Eleven-year-old Abbey and her family have made the Tot to Trot, the insane egg sandwich from our recent Slate video. They have some interesting twists: We substituted the tots for green onions and we also added bacon. It was very delicious. My younger sister has dubbed this the "Holy-u-lah" sandwich because she cannot say hallelujah. Hope y'all enjoyed it. Thanks for