For this year's festive episode, we've chosen ginger. You make it into houses and people before Christmas, then you use it to detox after Christmas. It's also chewy AF, hard to make and dates back to Ancient Greece.

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Episode 45: Ginger

All you need to know is that we mash our face into soft white bread for some reason.

Episode 44: Bread

They might just be the future of food. They're plentiful, good for the environment and packed with protein. But does that mean we should eat them? And what does an ant pavlova taste like. Featuring an interview with Attica's Ben Shewry.

Episode 43: Insects

Ah, delicious processed cheese. Full of preservatives, shelf-stable, worryingly orange...In this episode we cook with it, print it, look into its terrifying contents and speak to the creator of Homemade McDonalds - a Facebook group dedicated to...um...homemade McDonalds.

Episode 42: Processed Cheese

It is ancient and therapeutic and caffeinated and delicious with dumplings. But does it even make beer better? Yes it does. It's tea!

Episode 41: Tea

A waste of space or a flavour sensation? It depends if it's wrapped in prosciutto, apparently. Yes we're back for 2018 and we're talking about melons. How we eat them, where they came from and how to blow them up.

Episode 40: Melon

It's sweet, it's tropical, it's Christmassy. But it's also fever-inducing, rashy and incites rage. It's the mango and while we're all for it, you need to understand the dangers.

Episode 39: Mango

We need a little bit of it to live, and a lot of it to get over the 3 pm slump. It's sugar and this episode we roll it up, turn it into cubes, smash it at 3 pm and use it to blow Tic Tacs wiiiiide open.

Episode 38: Sugar

Emily uncovers the truth: Christianity is a sex mushroom cult while Ben plans a Mormon funeral. Yes, we are talking about mushrooms.

Episode 37: Mushrooms

Ben cooks something questionable and Emily gets the therapy she needs. Is there nothing the mandarin...rine...rin...can't do!?

Episode 36: Mandarin

It's the original fruit from the Garden of Eden, but can it kill you? Is it really in your favourite fried snack treats? Why are some of them so terrible? We answer these questions and Emily has therapy.

Episode 35: Apples

What comes first? The egg. Well, it comes first for 2017 as we return from our hiatus. And what about eggs? How did they make their mark on 80s movie cocktails? Do they ruin hamburgers? And can humans hatch them?

Episode 34: Eggs

Symbol of fertility, inspirer of songs, flavourer of drinks. But does the cherry have a dark side? Also, we might have invented the best drink ever.

Episode 33: Cherries

It gets us drunk, smells nice and it's good for us. But it's also the symbol of the opulence and corruption of a disgraced despot. So yeah, our relationship with coconut is kind of complicated.

Episode 32: Coconut

It's comforting, readily available and amazing with clams. But where does it ACTUALLY come from? And why do we bother eating it in restaurants? And how has it caused a social media storm in Melbourne? And how is it responsible for THE GREATEST JINGLE OF ALL TIME? Find out in our pasta episode.

Episode 31: Pasta

A factual food fight podcast. Every episode, we pick one ingredient and present three mind-blowing facts, anecdotes or uses for it. You get to decide who is the most interesting by voting on Instagram.

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