Karen Chuplis provides a Holiday Mouth Feel, an interaction between a head of household and his Butler “Furthermore,” a continuation of our debate on activities at parties, and a final holiday tradition from Grandma of the podcast, Kimmie!

Mouth Feelings

Listener Suggested Holiday Potluck (A Second Helping)

The gang enjoys a listener suggested holiday potluck! There’s ham, there are latkes, Lemon Bars and more! What more? Ty prepares a wicked Holiday Punch that gets us a little loopy immediately. Oh, come all ye faithful and hear why Wedding Punch would completely fail in even a mock courtroom. The discussion starts as a congenial Congressional discussion but dissolves into a contentious argument about a Turkey sandwich in front of a jury of chickens. Makes sense?

Listener Suggested Holiday Potluck

Retta shares her thoughts on growing up eating Liberian food and not eating Liberian food anymore, the joy of restaurants, and which egg preparation she would F, Marry or Kill. Julia confirms her “ideal husband” qualities. Hint: both of her choices can fit in her purse.

Live Episode: Retta’s Mom’s Pork Chops and Mash

Johnny leads us in with a real head scratcher of a toast and picks a side in his in-laws’ holiday dinners. Lutefisk happens to be discussed…...ing.. See what I did there? The gang enjoys Johnny’s wife’s delicious French-Canadian meat pies.

Kellynn Meeks’ Tourtiere (Meat Pies)

Bits and bobs cut from previous episodes all thrown together into one delicious mash! First an Oregonian challenge which Joel turns real foul real quickly. What did Mom make for you that perhaps would’ve gotten you slapped by a real Italian.. A round table discussion of the perfect steak house. Listen to Ty cringe during yet another Christopher Walken impression. A very challenging FMK for Mel with a surprise  visit from Gerald, the PR Rep from Breakfast. A new Texas-themed trivia game called FULLA BEANS

Season 2 Leftovers!

The Wedding Punch gang continues trying some of the listeners’ Mouth Feelings and they bring it home! Cinnamon Toast! Red Peppers on Italian bread! RC Cola! 7 Layer Cookies! New TV Show idea: Hatch and Jackson! Guess which one’s the dog! We hear how Johnny’s MASH fanfiction is coming along. Julia recalls her food-related way she heard of the Jewish diaspora. Someone try a Crown Royal and Royal Crown and get back to us.

Listeners’ Mouth Feelings Pot Luck: Part 2

The Wedding Punch gang finally gets a chance to try some of the listeners’ Mouth Feelings and they have a deliciously good time! Can it be that Mel likes something with cottage cheese?! Ty has no Rams-related stress. But the Mets? mmm, ....well...let’s just say there are moments when it’s good to have an octopus to tenderize.

Listeners’ Mouth Feelings Pot Luck: Part 1

On a podcast dedicated to food, drink and memories, and with two Texas boys, chili was going to be the focus at some point. Pro-beans? Anti-beans? Okay w/beans? What’s your secret ingredient? What’s your favorite accompaniment? Sorry, BESIDES CORNBREAD, what’s your favorite accompaniment? Do these rules bum you out? Join the Wedding Punch gang as they listen to the warm South Texas memories of Tynan Davis, sip a little Dr Pepper and dig into a bow of red.

Tynan Davis’ Chili

Stop the presses! We’ve got steaks! We must grill them ASAP! The Wedding Punch gang tears into the pros and cons of the modern steak-house and discusses the delicious grilled protein in front of them. Well you can swap/reverse “tears into” and “discusses.” Joel was so immensely proud of the name he chose for the game he introduces...but he forgets to mention the name until the end of the episode.

Steak Emergency

Julia’s grandma provided us with...maybe the best thing we’ve ever tasted?? After 50 years of preparing and serving this casserole, “Kimmie” shared the recipe with her granddaughter for her to make for the first time. Julia more than rose to the occasion and followed the recipe to a T. Wellllll, with a little hop at the end.

Kent Rollo’s Chicken Paprika

What a wonderful guest and what an excellent mouth feel she suggested. We could eat this all day. The flavors of the grill, the garden and fresh herbs mingle with a debate on tapas and death row meals. We play one of our favorite new games (F, Marry, Kill - Mouth Feelings Edition) and we discover how great a sommelier Ty would be.

Suzi Barrett’s Steak Salad

Lots lots and LOTS of love for this dish. Johnny pair it with a drink called a “Handshake.” Description in episode and it’s very simple.. Johnny was ignored in our special guest’s memories but he’d like us all to know that “he was there too.” Julia did not have time for Ro-Tel life in high school even though her days lasted 18 hours on average. We have a new game that (gasp!) has a name no one is embarrassed about!! The game is “Can’t Find A Better Name!"

Dan Consiglio’s Ro-Tel

Whoa Nelly! What a boozy drink and what a doozy of a reason to eat a chicken salad sandwich with it. Jesus Ty! This time we simply must ask follow up questions! Also in this episode we discover the evil twin of the Aperol Spritz. Plus yet ANOTHER disturbingly titled segment: A Regurgitation. This week’s ATQ: What food/food combination do you hate that everyone else loves and why?

Joel Gelman’s “Bran-Mans”

Don’t let the our opening reference to Entertainment Tonight throw you, we get serious as Julia points out a very true father/mother double standard. Joel’s family referred to these store-bought “delights” as Barf-alloes, but the nicknames and the real names are also satisfying. Can you guess what we’re referring to before listening? Mel reveals that at school he would eat a sandwich lovingly made by his dad that, most of the time, was completely thawed!

David Zwick’s Mush

A little bit more! We taste some weird chocolate and combine a few seemingly disparate things to enjoy. All obtained at one convenience store. Mel calls it “Getaway Food!”

Soda “Suicide” (A Second Helping)

Do you feel sophisticated when you drink bourbon? Does biting into a hot dog bring you back to the pool club snack shack? Are muffins just un-frosted cupcakes?! Join your hosts each week as they take you on a journey via their taste buds by discussing food / drink items that have special, emotional connections to them. If you enjoy eating, drinking and talking about your feelings with friends, then this is the show for you!

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