Apocalypse Plans: OG Cooking Issues Crew

About this episode

The OG Cooking Issues crew discusses cocktail experiments, apocalypse plans, and various cooking topics.

The OG Cooking Issues crew are all in studio for the first time in ages ! Find out whether the BDX cocktail cube can handle shaken drinks, and why Dave’s new hood is somehow both excellent and maddening. There’s also an extended detour into apocalypse escape plans, emergency Zodiac boats, and why New York remains a terrible place to survive the end times. Plus: Quinn reports back from yet another emu egg experiment—this time in the form of Spanish tortilla—prompting discussions of balut, giant deviled eggs, bird brains, and the general menace of cassowaries. Rounding things out are questions on pre-gelatinized starches, whether anyone should still be eating brains, what on earth to do with butter-flavored popcorn oil, how to break into bar prep work, and whether popcorn can be popped directly onto a decorative wire tree. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Dave Arnold

Guest: Quinn

Topics covered

• cocktails
• apocalypse plans
• cooking experiments
• food safety
• bar prep work
• emergency preparedness

Keywords

• cocktail cube
• apocalypse
• emu egg
• Spanish tortilla
• bar prep
• popcorn oil
• brain eating

Mentioned in this episode

Products: BDX cocktail cube, butter-flavored popcorn oil, balut, giant deviled eggs, cassowaries

Books & works: Spanish tortilla

Places: New York

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