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Today we're enriched, blessed and definitely not de-verbal as we talk Brio trains, curving tracks and when to say NO to Brioche. After some butter bashing and a few compendiums we decide to lean into our Big Disc Energy and declare 'Let Them Eat Brioche' before steaming off.

Episode 655: Burger Buns

Baking with Julia

Homemade Brioche by Sally's Baking Addiction

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Within the curves of our arms lies some sweaty takes. We're gaslighting our children just like the marketers gaslight us as we learn about the history and odors of deodorant so get ready for strong, ph balanced roll-ons, sticks and sprays. We wish we were sweaty blacksmiths, but instead we're sissified and bathing in grain alcohol. Raise your arms!

Episode 50: Toothpaste and Shampoo

Episode 240: New Zealand Junk Food

How Advertisers Convinced Americans They Smelled Bad

Molly's Now but Wow! - My Dear You by Rachel Khong

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Today we're tatted up and backed by shadowy shell corporations to confront Matthew's nemesis— cold, creamy, savory spreads. Pimento Cheese has hovered over us for too long so now we can finally confirm: what goes on between the cheese, at the epic poetry slam and what the most up to date sandwich is. We end the episode by canceling candy, getting banned from the duck pond and teasing our listeners. All in all, it's another typical Thursday.

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There will be blood. Today Matthew Scissorhands takes us from the Stone Age to the Golden Age as we get super nerdy about friable sharp tips. We debate knife blocks and mag strips then have a live on air knife sharpening demonstration before we decide to keep our stones to ourselves.

Seattle Times Article

historical photos of ventres jaunes

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Sup bruh, it's us your favorite Bohemians. Producer Absinthe helps us figure out now what we knew yesterday as we go deep on this toothpaste adjacent drink. We meet Normal Pete and learn the green fairy's role in murder and mayhem while flouting bans and laughing in the face of madness. Stay tuned till the very end to hear Molly lose big time at Never Have I Ever.

Whatcha Snackin? - Bibigo Japchae potstickers!

Matthew's Now but Wow! - A Spoonful of Time by Flora Ahn
 

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Beep Beep! We're flying the friendly skies to Pastrami Land via Rye Air and hope to avoid blowouts along the way. We learn how babies are made and how cult leaders are killed as we attempt to list out Romanian facts before meeting Grandma Sycamore. Then we land on some creative storage solutions and solicit listeners' signature sandwiches.

Huang Fei Hong Spicy Peanuts

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After assigning yet another segment theme song to Producer Abby, M &M recount sushi experiences both childish and VERY adult. They wonder about the color red, the concept that is Mr Etymology and the tenets of post-modernism before deciding to avoid haunted floor plans altogether.

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Matthew's Now but Wow - Strange Pictures, by Uketsu

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Today we tackle these countertop jars as we lose interest in birthdays and deliver inside jokes to subscribers only. We deal with dressings, Blink 002 and a brand new special guest who oozes everywhere before declaring that ignorance is bliss. Through emulsifiers and polarities we finally decide on our vinaigrette boundaries even as we deny mustard its due.

Matthew's Salmon Cucumber dish
4 salmon fillets, about 8 ounces each, skin on
Salt and pepper to taste
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
1 English cucumber, halved, seeded and cut on the diagonal into half-moons

Today we encounter high pitched flavors as we taste the brioche of crackers. We name the world's greatest toy and crown a new PEFP as we endure chemical tangs, frissons of danger and failed musical analogies. After some homespun tales and an exciting Spilled Mail, we burst into song yet again even though we hate musicals because it is other people who burst into song.

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Hey buddies! We're coming to you from medieval times with yet another sandwich episode. As we spend wooden nickels on our favorite carousel rides we second guess our movie knowledge before letting slip a giant reveal about Mr. Etymology. Then we let listeners in on a live comedy workshopping session before finally succumbing to the meat sleepies.

Episode 7 Irish Spring

Matthew's Corned Beef Recipe

We are burning the midnight oil to bring you one more thing to worry about, goiters. We meet some French chemists and give ourselves a totally achievable goal for 2026 as we decide to let them eat caviar. After a visit to The Goiter Belt we address our own snobbery and delusional taste buds before tackling crystalline structures and musician magicians.

Molly's Now but Wow! - Fela Kuti: Fear No Man: podcast

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We're coming to you live from Matthew's ruined kitchen to discuss a breaded and fried meat sandwich created with great pounding force. (so. much. pounding.) As we take a break from felling trees and grilling we chat about Iowa Skinnies, Minnesota Fatties and exhausted exhaust fans before bestowing new job titles onto Producer Abby which were all news to her.

ATK’s How to Make Pork Tenderloin Sandwich

Iowa Skinny Sandwich Recipe

Matthew's Now but Wow! - Letter from Japan by Marie Kondo

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Today we're alone together as we take listeners along our solo travels to Paris, Tokyo, Rome, Lisbon and Bainbridge Island with Special Guest Producer Abby. While HOTPOTS walks alone we discuss loneliness, crying and experiments in small talk before realizing that there is a fine line between crazy and astute. Through whims and wandering we follow sage advice from WOTSL and share how much better jet lag and eating out solo can be because we are never irritated with ourselves.

Episode 651: Cast Iron Skillet with Michele Norris

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Today we tackle Matthew's fears, hoop houses and micro tubules as we taste these tiny format condiments. After our two musical hating hosts spontaneously burst into song, they ask when, where and why do we eat these? will it packet? and is it worth its weight? With some prudish notions and shlunks, sploots, shloops and stomps food drowning becomes inevitable.

Minimus.biz

Condiments in Space

Episode 682: Ranch Dressing

Molly's Now but Wow! - A Burning, by Megha Majumdar

Don't Drown Your Food Video

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We're switching things up for Producer Abby's birthday and thank ourselves before secrets are revealed. We have a brush with a concussion and anoxic pockets as we taste a panoply of pickles then discuss their role in cuisine and in our lives as the universal friend before we decide to just close our eyes and keep crunching.

The Wayland Mill

Episode 652: Bran

1985 TV commercial

Matthew's Now but Wow! - K-Foodie meets J-Foodie

Twilight Diners New Music

Early to the Airport - Operation Meteor

Alright, whether you are in a closet or in Tokyo let's clear the air here with some sold cold, easy treats. We get deep into history and call Mr. Etymology on his vacation to taste 12 cool cakes and debate The Useless Pumpkins. I'll tell you right now, if you don't like the word 'moist' you aren't going to like this episode because M & M taste opera cakes, cheese cakes, cream cakes, tree cakes and tea cakes before naming their favorite glycerides, bugbears and jingle hits finally ending the episode with a brazen bowl selection.
 

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Today we get some apocryphal origin stories and corporate histories as we go viral before finally achieving Pistachio. As Lawyer Lenny schools us on soft power, soft babies and rich chocolate we taste blossoming flavored treats and look for the oily matrix before taking a trip down to a trench.

Candy is Dandy Dubai Chocolate episode

Episode 486: Korean Rice Cakes / Tteok with Michelle Zauner

Behind the Viral Dubai Chocolate: Chef Nouel Catis' Sweet Success | The Lifestyle Lab

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Have you met Matthew? Today we're looking for Epiphany in chippy boats, laminated layers and soggy shards. We ask 'what this stuff is?' as we endure another Mr. Etymology drop by and WAY too much math. We end by declaring our legacy and our intentions to buy a sheeter before receiving a very pithy Spilled Mail.
 

Dressler Parsons two part series on puff pastry

Episode 94: Croissants

Molly Wizenberg's wikipedia page

Twilight Diners

Matthew's Now but Wow: The Divine Comedy, Rainy Sunday Afternoon.

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Today we ask How a Rice Krispie Treat is like a glue gun? and What does LCM stand for? as we taste chewy, crispy congealed goop. We avoid kissing our moms as we learn about cereal sculpting and what the ancients ate before we taste a divisive potato chip. Feel the Fizz of this Snapple Crack!

Rice Krispie Treats official recipe

Smitten Kitchen Salted Brown Butter Crispy Treats.

Molly's Now but Wow - If This Ever Gets Weird doc

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Today we're in the mind of a sandwich but memory lane keeps yanking us back. We face our fears of odorous funk as we share our hot takes on various hot sandwiches. We're particular and peculiar as we chat hot ham, oozing cheese, Iowa Skinnies and dense, bouncy meatballs before eventually bursting into song.

Episode 154: Favorite Sandwiches

Episode 219: Ham and Cheese

Episode 7: Irish Spring

Episode 663: Breakfast sandwich

Episode 603: French Dips

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Today we're Franch and Kench and consider calling the whole thing off as we taste goo cups and seed sacks. We play a round of Rock or Gloop? before coming up with a new spin-off idea by squinting real hard. This episode has it all: etymology, biology, theology and an exclusive Drop In Addendum. Keep the Flavor Going!

ATK Key Lime Pie recipe

Passion fruit curd

Passiflora

Episode 198: Grapes

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Is this all just a decadent dream? Today we're watery, whipped and synonymous with sophistication as we tackle these crackly topped, flour free, confusingly textured desserts. We learn that eggs is eggs and wonder where all the adjectives are before Molly drops the ball. Stay tuned after the credits for an important addendum!

Episode 163: Birthday Cake LIVE!

Culinary Artistry

Winning Hearts and Minds Cake

The Pancake Princess cake bake-off

Chocolate Nemesis recipe

Alison Roman's Fallen Chocolate Cake

Zuni Cafe’s “Gateau Victoire”

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This episode is not for the faint of ears. Producer Abby would like the listeners to know that she removed SO MANY sucking sounds from this episode so you're welcome. M and M taste North America's foremost lollipop brands (straightforward candy with handles) as they endure mystery flavors, mouth abrasions and nightmare puppets. We wonder how many licks it takes to reach the end of the show and what Ozzy was thinking before learning an important lesson.

'Don't Put it In Your Mouth!'

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We start this episode like we do all our episodes, by telling you what we are NOT talking about. After that is out of the way, we learn The Sausage Sizzle, lexography and Matthew's super villain origin story. These sandwiches filled with hot beef injections bring out fiery rants, bun friction and toasting tips before we reveal our dream backstage riders.

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Today we're all about seasonal eats in the southern hemisphere as we slice, rip and chunk. We ask 'what's in a name?' as we taste this colorful yet suspicious salad and reminisce about our island partying days. Matthew enjoys the soup while Molly enjoys the extras as we debate the comedic nature of evil little faces.
 

Janet Fletcher's article about Caprese Salad

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We're the show with the WOW! now that we do what Producer Abby tells us. We're full of surprises, reveals and betrayals as we share our meals, snacks and drinks over five days in September. Sharon Stone Fruit plays a recurring guest role in this montage of meals along with Cliff bars, peach corners, Trader Joe's and overpriced bread. After a quick Quantum Leap digression we share what we learned about each other and ourselves and how we are forever changed by this experience.

Molly's Grub Street Diet

Episode 688: Ice

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Listen as we google things and use all 5 senses and 2000 parts to chew gum yet again. This time its all 5 all the time and as we edge our taste buds we wonder if we're ready for this most XTREME of gum brands. We also wonder: are kids into these? what about gamers? what does it mean to ReSpawn? In hindsight, our expectations may have been a little too high.

Matrix-inspired commercial

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Gum 1

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Today we're hoarse yet velvety, smooth but rough, wet yet dry and whipped but also hand scraped as we taste granita aka chopped ice. We're the most on trend we'll ever be as we wonder if its too soon to joke about Mt. Vesuvius, debate coffee brew strength and hope to be periodically useful before our listeners demand Justice for Molly!

Pasta Mista 

The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz

The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten

Zuni Cafe Cookbook by Judy Rodgers

NYT Magazine on August 16, 2025

This is one of those episodes where we learn about ourselves and then judge Matthew. We discuss the history of re-useable water bottles, our preferences, hot takes and pleasant observations while debating glass, plastic or steel and learning about the newsie to urchin pipeline. Take it from an Elder Punk whose favorite beverage is water that this show is all about taking big swigs.

Spoon University article

Molly's Now but Wow! - Where the Girls Were by Kate Schatz

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Today we're not sponsored and discover that the more we learn the less we think. We begin with low expectations about these 'functional' 'biotic' sodas and debate what the going rate is for our show because we're the real deal. No artificial sweetners here! As we drinks these fads in a can and commune with St Elsewhere and St Elmo, we realize that we're full of bacteria but we can still bring sexy back.

Episode 162: Orange Soda

Episode 26: Soda

Episode 265: Flavored Sparkling Water

Episode 43: Sparkling Beverages

This episode is, obviously, filled with mouth sounds. Proceed at your own risk.

Today we're bringing you the sequel that nobody wanted but is actually very necessary. We wonder what 'DDS' stands for as we bite into these chonky boys from tubes, barrels and sticks. The masticatory vibes are real for take offs and landings so while we're minimally flavored, and softer for longer, we hope to someday RESPAWN as the Dark Crystal. Happy chewing!

Episode 78: Gum

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Get your nose in the game because this is a LEGIT episode we promise. With a little help from the Magic Duoz and Dumpster Dan, we taste these wimpy, weird crackers before taking a pop quiz blindfolded. Then we chat care packages, horror novels and urban legends before teasing even more cheezy sequels.

Bookshucker bookstore

Episode 416: Alternative Chips

Episode 485: Cheese and Crackers

Episode 142: Cheesy Crackers
 

Molly's Now but Wow! - Chirri and Chirra, by Kaya Doi

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What is the deal with this and why are we talking about it? We're super trendy again as we get into the history of coffee jelly, try a store bought version and a homemade one all before Mr. Etymology stops by. We get into the age old agar vs gelatin debate before discussing non-funny cartoons and ... creamy stuff?

Coffee Jelly recipe

Episode 550: Boba

Matthew's Now but Wow! - The One Hundredth Thing about Caroline (1983), by Lois Lowry.

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Warning: This episode contains a LOT of mouth noises.

Today we're the most on trend we've ever been but don't get used to it. The potential for dental emergencies is HIGH as we encounter freeze drove plasma and cheese balls before hopping onto a new stupid candy bandwagon We're shellacked and popped as we wonder why humans do this and then ask how Matthew is like a Skittle.

Molly's Now but Wow! - On Tyranny, the graphic edition, by Timothy Snyder

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Today we're bursting out from inside the crust to identify as a Cake Over Pie or Pie Over Cake person before revealing our favorite insulations. After a few close calls and The Harkening we hold and squeeze these aggressive and sludgy pastries and hope not to lose brown as we blind bake. All in all we embrace the shrinkage, get tender and are DTF.

Northwest Adoption Exchange

Stella Park's Buttery, Flaky Pie Crust Recipe

Cheryl Day's crust

Samin Nosrat's Aaron's pie crust

Episode 456: Pad Thai

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End the clamoring already! We're finally doing saltines! Today we hydrolyze the starches and go premium on these water table crackers but first we make a promise that we do not keep. Yes we talk about the Mandela effect again but we also get into The Devil's Spices and the indecency of sauces before deciding that we've got no zeal for Zesta. We end our episode with a 'science' experiment and generate some unnecessary heat.

I Tried 6 Saltines, and This Is the Only One I'll Buy from Now On

Matthew's Whatcha Snackin? - P...

We're kernel sized today as we dump, stir and see what happens while eating handfuls of pudding. This delicious hoppy glop happy glap spoon bread helps us through revelations of chili orphans, casserole debates and vowel confusion. All hail the Starchy Binder!

Episode 178: Pudding

Episode 339: Try My Casserole

Preppy Kitchen recipe

Molly's Now but Wow! - Don’t Let Me Be Lonely, by Claudia Rankine

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Today we ask things like: how old are we really? who is more annoying to be married to? and who doesn't love us? This episode is decades in the making and before things get morbid we taste test while discussing lying babysitters, boxcar hijinks and the title 'Designated Milk Person'. After some voluptuous mouth feelings and creepy commercials we remember to never forget that Duckies Gotta Grub. To support our show go to: spilledmilkpodcast.com/donate !

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Episode 266: Ice Cream Soda

Nestle Quik ventriloquist commercial

Today we're plugging, plodding and chugging along to talk about Texas Red Chili. We're neither purist nor competitive as we taste this questionably chunky but exceptionally delicious soup? stew? gravy? While we decide whether its Halloween or Thanksgiving we plan yet another hypothetical corporate retreat and try to protect Peter Rabbit's stolen life rights.
 

Urban Cowgirl recipe

Episode 490: Chili

Pok-e-Jo's

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We're just just a couple of cool cookies about to have a moment. Today we're hoping for vodka luges but will settle for raw dough as we taste these toothsome and chocolatey feats of food science. We Jingle All the Way to church on another episode powered by sugar and decide Tube, Tub and Lumps will never be topped.
 

ABC "Don't Drown Your Food" PSA (1985)

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