A proud mom sent this drawing from one of our most youthful and dedicated fans, eight-year-old Nathaniel. His awesome oeuvre was inspired by a moment from the french fry dips episode. And may his artwork inspire YOU to continue taking part in Tell A Friend About The Sporkful Week. You don't even need Nathaniel's artistic talents to spread the word.
We're planning future shows on shakes and egg sandwiches. (These are separate shows, of course. But in terms of eating, they're not bad consumed together.) You can make the episodes more awesome by sharing your thoughts on either or both topics. The Sporkful is always better when you weigh in, so hit the comments with your ideas, rants, questions and
We like to keep things lean on our podcast, so we edit down our conversations. But if it doesn't fit, we don't have to keep it to ourselves. Here's a quick thought that didn't make the french fry dip show on places with questionable offerings.
Actually, it only gave us the word. Pondering and sharing my hatred for the red slop required that I type ketchup repeatedly in recent days. That started me wondering how such an unusual word found its way into our fair language. My hefty NOAD tells me it has Cantonese origin: k'ē chap = tomato juice. Merriam-Webster traces it farther South: kĕchap
French fries often swim before they die -- but in what? Mark argues against ketchup and in favor of mayo, while Dan draws his fry dipping approach from his 6th grade art teacher.