And there's a little bit of mush in there.

You keep saying those two words like they're a bad thing.

I don't understand.

The entire time you were doing the ad for B'lessa, I know that's when you were waving around the dildos.

I kept picturing the Phil Collins drum.

Yeah.

I should honestly do that.

Yeah, that'd be really fun.

OK, I think that'd be so good.

It's too bad it'll get copyrighted, and we're not allowed to make fun things out of pop culture.

Yeah.

But it would be funny.

Fucking capitalism, man.

That's too much, man.

Too much, man.

My feelings are hurt.

Oh, don't talk about it.

I can't talk about it.

Yeah.

Don't talk about it.

I can't talk about it, but I feel like it's one of those if you know you know things.

Anyways.

Speaking of if you know you know, it's crazy that you don't know what we're talking about today.

But I do.

I know.

I have.

He told me sit down and open the whiteboard on the tablet.

I did.

I did.

And I was like, OK.

Do you want to just get in?

Are you dying to know?

Or do you want to do any vamps you got?

I hold on.

I want to show you something first.

Oh, show me something.

Is it a penis?

Are you drawing a penis?

You drew a penis.

You drew a penis.

That's for you.

I feel like since like the dawn of time, we've been drawing dicks.

Yeah.

They're funny looking.

They are funny.

One of my friends at work actually is a woman.

I don't know why that's an actually.

Well, just because where I work.

There's a lot of men where you work.

There's a lot of men where I work.

But she draws dicks, but makes them like bats and dinosaurs and like spaceships and stuff.

It's kind of like from Superbad.

When he draw dicks on it, he is like the first 10 minutes of the movies.

And you have never seen.

I've never seen Superbad.

That's fine.

I'm sorry.

It's fine.

It's not that big of a deal.

It was a big deal when it came out.

There's a lot of movies that I haven't seen.

But now it's like very, it's whatever.

It's fine.

It's whatever.

It's fine.

It's whatever.

It's fine.

That's how I feel about it.

You're weirdly out of breath for some reason.

I am too.

I don't know why.

Are we being poisoned?

Is the air off?

Maybe.

Is it the anticipation possibly?

Possibly.

I think it also was that I was like wrestling my sweatshirt for a minute there.

Yeah.

I just, I feel like.

You don't want a nip slip.

That too.

The shirt that I'm wearing is really cute.

It has like a little.

It's actually the cutest.

Yeah, it has one of your little.

It has one of our friends on it.

Axel.

Axel Waddle.

Yeah, Axel Waddle.

Whatever.

But I remembered as we were sitting down that the shirt, it makes like these sort of like puckers weird because my boobs are big enough to fill it out anymore.

What a sentence.

And so when it does that, it shows more of my booby than I think is probably prudent.

So I was like, oh, I'll just put my sweatshirt on.

And then I forgot that I'm like fucking not in the mood to be wearing.

It's just like when you have a hood on, but you're like not in the mood to have a hood.

And it's like all in your neck.

Yeah.

I like it when it's cold and like it's like a little scarf.

Like I use it like a scarf.

I'm not cold.

So I was like kind of wrestle this hoodie on.

But it's very cute.

If you want a hoodie that says Girl Defiled, it's very funny.

I'm very comfortable.

I will say, is that bonfire or who is that?

Yeah, the quality of shirts from bonfire is actually really nice.

The bonfire merch is so good.

And I made these and I'm quite partial to them.

So if you want some cute merch, go check that out.

It's your baby.

Yeah.

Speaking of babies.

Yeah.

Are you ready to get in today's topic?

Yeah.

All right.

We're going to do this.

So here's what I need you to do.

Can you write the numbers 1 through 10 on?

In what organization?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Is your mind clear of all things?

I guess.

I don't know.

I'm stressed.

Can you just tell me what it is?

I'm going to give you, I'm going to tell you a food.

And I need you to rank it.

And the category is going to become very clear very quickly.

But I won't know what's coming next.

Yes.

Do you remember?

That's not fair.

Do you remember these?

Yeah.

I thought we could do this because we're.

Oh my god.

All right.

Are you ready?

Yes.

Hash browns.

1 being the best, right?

Yeah.

1 would be number 1.

10 would be fucking kick it to the curb.

And will you please share the number you chose with the class?

7.

OK.

I wrote hash rounds.

It's hash rounds.

Potato chips.

OK, that's 8.

OK.

Don't judge me.

Potato wedges.

Oh, no.

9.

OK.

I feel like I know where this one's going to go.

Scallop potatoes.

Oh, that's like 4.

Really?

Oh, wait, no.

Scallop potatoes?

Scallop potatoes.

Those are the ones that are cut, like they're, they're like thin.

Those are 6.

OK.

They're basically like, scallop potatoes are basically like macaroni and cheese.

Yeah, but they always say they're cheesy, right?

Potato and cheese.

OK, yeah, 6.

OK.

Sweet potato fries.

Oh, 3.

OK.

OK.

Tater tots.

4.

OK.

French fries.

2.

OK.

Potato skins.

5.

OK.

How many do you have left?

2.

OK.

Baked potato?

No, damn it.

Baked potatoes, I guess, go at 1.

What's the last one?

Sweet potato fries.

I already brought sweet potato fries.

Sweet potato fries, potato skins, scallop potatoes, potato wedges?

Yeah, I have potato wedges at 9.

Fuck.

Mashed potatoes.

Oh, I did you dirty.

I guess mashed potatoes go at 10, but that's not how I feel.

That's crazy.

That's not how I feel at all.

Oh, you burned me.

You're going to get a chance to redo this.

That's fine.

All right, so this week we're talking potatoes.

OK.

So I thought we could do a little deep dive.

When you think of any meal, what comes with it?

A side.

And what is that side normally going to be?

I guess a lot of sides are potatoes.

Potatoes.

What do you have with a burger?

French fries.

What do you have with a steak?

Mashed potatoes.

Or a baked potato?

Thanksgiving?

Yeah.

Mashed potatoes?

Yeah.

I'm trying to think of some other examples.

Some foods, obviously.

But I mean, most, I think honestly, and I know obviously potatoes didn't immigrate here, but the Irish immigrated here.

Yes.

But potatoes are kind of like American food.

Is that where potatoes really came from, is Ireland?

I mean, I think, well, in my research that I found.

Oh, OK, because I don't know.

The influence of potatoes.

Really, really, the influence of potatoes from Irish immigrants and stuff coming over and obviously sharing their recipes and stuff.

But really, from what I found, it sounds like McDonald's actually was really because.

That can't be true.

Yeah, the fast food.

When they're burger and fries was like, because think about it.

What are potatoes?

There's so many things, but they're cheap.

Oh, oh.

Easy to prepare and it tastes really good.

I was like, they're potatoes.

I don't know.

I'm too autistic for this conversation.

Do you want to redo your list now?

Yeah.

OK, where do you want it?

Where you set it right.

Set the record straight.

Let me move this.

I'm just going to make a second list.

I have a revised list.

OK, speaking of revised list, I would love if everyone else before, I would love for you to make some, because we're going to have some arguments here, I think.

Yeah, I think so too.

What are your top 10 ranked potatoes?

Or like, what are your top 10, like top five?

I already know that Eric's going to yell at me for potato chips not being higher.

I don't like potato chips.

I do not.

It's like eating air.

It's like how I feel about the Sinistix from Taco Bell.

Yeah.

I feel like it's nothing.

It's like eating nothing.

Well, they're just like too salty to me.

And they're like not very substantial.

And then they're just like kind of like, I'm not really a savory person.

Fair.

Yeah, you're not.

You're definitely not.

Because that's the thing too.

The potato dishes that I like are things that are like more substantial or things that are like fried well.

Whoa, yeah, fried well.

I think potato chips are like not fried good.

Because potatoes are too greasy.

Potatoes are literally the perfect vehicle for everything.

And also to be clear, when I'm thinking of potato chips, I'm thinking of like the classic Lay's potato chips, like the plain potato chips.

Yes, of course, not like homemade.

Well, and like I do love like a good sour cream and onion or like the sour cream and cheese ones.

Sure.

Those are like fine on occasion.

But like that's not what I'm thinking of when I think of potato chips.

I'm good.

I'm fine.

I still would rather choose something else, honestly.

Totally.

OK.

So the list stands.

So what's your new list then now?

And then if everyone else, I would love to hear what everyone else's opinions are.

Should I read 10 to 1?

Yeah, do 10.

Yeah.

So at number 10, potato wedges.

Really?

They're not good.

I'm sorry.

They are.

That's, compared to scalloped potatoes?

They're firmer than mashed potatoes.

And they're softer than fried like French fries.

And the skin on them is like weird and mushy.

No, it's not.

Not if it's fried well.

It's like lacking all of the good qualities of other potato things.

I feel like potato wedges have done, potatoes really dirty, honestly.

Number 9 is hash browns.

Hash browns at number 9 is actually crazy.

They're not good.

I'm sorry.

There's like one.

There's one bite.

You don't like when I make hash brown eggs for us?

I like those because they're not meant to be crispy.

And they're mixed with eggs and cheese.

Those are different.

Hash brown casserole and hash browns mixed with other things is not the same as like, because I'm thinking, again, with the potato chips, I'm thinking classic diner hash browns, where they serve them, where they have the little crispy bit on the top.

There's one bite of those that are good.

And then the rest of it is just like soft potatoes with no flavoring, no mix-ins.

Like normally, you have to add salt and pepper.

But I shouldn't have to add salt and pepper.

If I have to add salt and pepper, then it's lower on the list.

You use my own rules against me.

Thank you.

Fine.

Number 8 is scalloped potatoes.

That's fair.

Because they're done well.

They're like fine.

They're OK.

They're cheesy.

I think we're choosing the average of this.

Of course, like all these foods done super well.

Yeah.

But it could be good.

I mean, you know, that's like the same, or the same thing as like the most amazing artisanal potato chips.

Of course.

Like of course those could be done well.

But I'm probably not going to eat those.

OK.

You know?

Those aren't available at your local gas station.

Fair.

Number 7 is potato chips.

OK.

I stand by that.

If you will.

Again, I just don't think that they're that good.

Number 6, potato skins.

We're starting to get into stuff that I actually like now.

OK.

Potatoes, because it almost gets, well, it's the best part of the potato.

Actually, did you know that most of the nutrients in the potato are in the skin?

Yes.

Yeah, I had no idea about that.

That's why it's good to make, when you make mashed potatoes, to leave the skins on.

I mean, I thought the skins were just like the best tasting part, period.

If they're cooked well.

Now, are these potato skins, can you take the potato skins, but that's with the potatoes still in them, right, too, obviously?

Yeah.

Yeah, OK.

Yeah.

Potato skins, I'm thinking again, like the sort of TGI Fridays situation.

They're basically a boat to transfer other things.

There's a little bit of potato left.

There's potato skin on the outside.

Oh, yeah.

And then there's like cheese, bacon, sour cream, maybe chives if we're feeling frisky.

Yeah.

OK, totally agree.

Yeah, those are those slap.

Those slap.

Yeah.

I think the nice thing about them, too, is that they're versatile, right?

And they can be turned into other things.

Yes.

Also because of the addition of meat.

Also then, too.

Exactly.

Especially barbecue.

Yeah.

Number five is tots.

I just don't find them that alluring.

They're good.

I do like tots, but not as much as some of the other things.

I do love, though, when you think about it, because, oh, you know what is such a shame and I meant to change it on this list was fucking waffle fries.

Oh.

Waffle fries.

You should have put waffle fries in here.

Those would have been way higher.

Well, I made this outline weeks ago now.

That's fair.

And so I was quickly.

Yeah.

Damn it.

Damn it.

That would have been much higher on the list.

Because waffle fries, if we're being frank, are my number one.

Waffle fries are delicious.

The thing about tots, though, is that they're essentially hash browns, right?

Except that they've actually been fried so that they're fucking crispy and salty.

Which is good.

Are you saying that like it's a bad thing?

Why are you saying that like it's a bad thing?

Why is that a bad thing?

Hash browns are goopy soft.

They don't have to.

There's one bite of hash browns, typically, that's actually good.

And the rest of it is almost raw.

Are you fucking with me right now?

Where are we getting raw hash browns at?

Fine.

I hop Denny's.

I was going to say, have you ever been to Denny's?

I don't make them like that, but that's fine.

You're right.

You're not wrong.

They are soft.

But also, the time that it takes to make hash browns actually crispy, like all the way through.

What are mashed potatoes then?

Soft?

But they're like uniformly soft, though.

They're soft because they're meant to be.

You just have an answer for everything, don't you?

Well, they're soft because they're meant to be, not because they're not made well.

Good point.

Good point.

All right.

That's different.

Continue.

Good point.

That was a good point.

So tots are hash browns, but actually made crispy and salty.

And there's a little bit of mush in there.

You keep saying those two words like they're a bad thing.

I don't understand.

Continue.

You're making me frustrated.

Mashed potatoes are number four.

Really?

Number four for you?

Yeah.

Is it because you're on a...

Let me keep going before I ask a question.

Let me cook.

Yeah.

Literally.

Number three is sweet potato fries.

I love sweet potato fries.

With a good mustard?

Sweet potato fries with mustard is so good.

Oh, god.

But also...

Especially when they're all like they've been desaturated correctly or like...

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

The thing about sweet potato fries that I like is that they're actually a fry that I can tolerate being a little bit mushy.

You know, they don't have to be like super crispy.

I love when you can bend them and make like a U out of them and you can get like a fucking spoon.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Oh, fuck, man.

But they're sweet.

And so I think they go with a different type of dish than your regular sort of standard recipe potato fries would.

And they're like just...

They're just fun.

I think they're just fun.

They are just fun.

OK.

So my number two, you're going to be surprised by this.

Is baked potato?

You put mashed potatoes above baked potatoes?

No.

No, you did say mashed potatoes.

What's number one?

French fries?

I just really like french fries.

You put french fries above baked potato?

Yeah.

Explain, please.

OK.

So baked potatoes.

I have been...

I've been on a...

You've been afflicted.

A jacket potato hyperfixation, if you will.

They're so good.

They're really good.

We literally...

We basically bought a new air fryer.

Our other air fryer had to go because we literally were having to use...

It's broken.

...a spatula because the thing...

We just jam it shut.

The button you have to push up for it to work.

Yeah.

We have used it so long for so many years that it wore a thing so it normally would push up.

So let's say this is the front of the air fryer.

Yes.

Right.

And there's a door that like...

Something like a U.

...opens and closes this way.

Like how water erodes at rocks.

Do you want me to explain it?

Yeah, I like explaining things with you, too.

I can tell.

So the front of the air fryer, the door opens like this, right?

I'll get a side way view, too.

Thank you.

So when you close it, the top of the closing thing in the air fryer...

The thunder.

There's a little button up here...

Do we need to explain this?

...that has...

Do we need to explain this?

Yes.

There's a little button up here that when you push it in, it's like the washing machine.

You push the button in and that is what tells the air fryer, okay, it's safe to...

Get hot, bitch.

...start warming up.

But ours is so old or was so old that the plastic around the button had been worn down from the door closing, opening and closing so much that you couldn't push the button closed anymore.

So it wouldn't turn on.

So we had to take a wooden spoon and jam the lid up so that it would push the button shut and then the air fryer would start.

But then it gets hot.

But if the air fryer got hot and then the plastic would get softer, then it would sag and it wouldn't...

It would stop cooking.

It would turn itself off.

So I was trying to cook baked potatoes in there for like an hour because that's how long they take.

And after like 20 minutes, it would turn itself off.

So I eventually got frustrated and just started jamming a fucking wooden spoon in there.

Which is smart and genius, truly ingenious.

It was really frustrating.

Yeah, we bought a new air fryer and so we've been killing the baked potatoes.

But the thing about a baked potato is that, again, they're very versatile.

There is a clear delineation between what's meant to be crispy and what's meant to be soft.

The outsides, like the skin is meant to be crispy.

The little tiny bit of potato underneath the skin is meant to be like crispy and caramelized.

And then the rest of the potato is meant to be like buttery and soft.

You're kind of describing a tot.

Yes, that's why I like them.

A tater tot.

You're describing a tot.

Yeah, that's why I like them.

Outside crispy.

You did put tots higher, I guess.

Yeah.

Fine.

Fine.

Tots are number five.

Yeah, fair, fine.

I like tots more than I like hash browns.

Go on, continue.

The other thing about a baked potato is that the soft part holds itself together.

So when I stick my potato or my fork, rather, into a potato to get a bite of it, there is a good amount of potato on my fork that you can easily put into the old gullet.

Hash browns, because they're these little pieces of potato confetti that haven't been cooked enough to be like soft so that they've congealed together, but they're not cooked enough to be crispy so that they stay together.

You're chasing around these little bits of confetti potato that don't go on your fork easily.

They don't taste good.

They're too soft.

They're not salty.

And they're just kind of fucking amorphous.

They don't do anything.

They don't add anything to anything good.

The only types of hash browns that I like are the ones that we get from Trader Joe's that are like the McDonald's hash browns where it's like a little oval shaped thingy.

But at that point, it's basically just a big French fry or big tater tot.

Yes, it's a big tater tot.

Yeah, it's not really a hash brown.

It's a hash brown because it's- Which is why I rated tater tots as five and hash browns as nine.

Because also, quite frankly too, we didn't even have like latkes on here.

Yeah.

Or like potato cakes.

Potato cakes I think are like the white version.

I don't know.

I used to make potato cakes growing up.

I've never had those.

But it's basically a mashed potato fried.

Sounds delicious.

So then it's like baked mashed.

My feet are asleep.

Also, you probably don't need your list anymore.

Okay.

I'm very curious to see where everyone else ranked.

So French fries are number one.

What's yours?

Well, number one for me would be waffle fries, I think.

They're not on here.

I know and I fucked up.

Okay, well I didn't get to rate waffle fries.

So you have to rate without waffle fries.

Do you want me to do a list too then real quick?

Yeah, you do yours.

Well, let's do some- Let's get behind- I wanted to share some history on potatoes too because I thought that would be fun.

Yeah.

I learned some stuff actually about the potato famine in Ireland that was really troubling.

Oh, did you really?

That we should talk about, yeah.

Oh, I mean this would be the episode to talk- Do you have that ready to- Off the cusp?

Yeah, off the cuff is the word.

I just want you to know things.

Off the cuff?

Off the cusp.

Did I say cusp?

Yeah.

No, I'm wrong.

It's off the cuff.

I'm wrong.

Yeah, the potato famine in Ireland wasn't actually a famine.

Oh my god, you told me about this.

Well, I mean there was a famine to be clear.

That did happen.

But the thing that happened is that potatoes, like the crop, became infected with something that was called blight, I think.

Yeah.

And that obviously created an issue in terms of supply and the amount of potatoes that people were able to eat and things like that.

And so they called it a potato famine.

But part of the reason that the Irish are so insistent about educating people about the potato famine correctly is because really what happened is that the British Empire watched as Irish people died and did not offer them any support, did not provide them with any relief, and basically just said- Eat fucking dirt.

Yeah, so there was a structure at the time in Ireland where people could go to these things called workhouses, which is basically the idea of the worthy poor.

It's very Elizabethan England kind of a thing where if you were poor in the derogatory sense, that you could go to a workhouse where they would feed you and house you in exchange for backbreaking work.

But people who, prior to the famine, were able to support themselves and their families, having basically lost their food and for some people their jobs and things, ended up having to be in workhouses and so workhouses became overloaded.

And it was like this whole sort of thing.

When they were snowballing.

Yes, where it was like things sort of like, you know, Kerplinko down the thing.

Great ref, great ref.

Is that the game?

Yeah.

Kerplunk, Kerplinko.

Kerplinko.

Kerplinko.

Kerplunk and Plinko are different.

I think so.

Plinko-ing, yeah, down the thing.

Really put the little sticks in there and then yeah.

Yeah, where it began to sort of like in a downward spiral effect people.

And the British Empire did not offer the Irish people any help or relief because at the time the British thought was that Irish people were lesser.

That they were like dirty and uneducated and like lesser beings.

And so they weren't really like that bothered to help Irish people survive because they a lot of the sentiment at the time apparently was that like Irish people deserved it for being like dirty and gross.

White people will find a way to be racist even to other white people.

Yes.

It's truly, it's truly.

Compounding.

So yeah, the potato famine is not like this, oh it's so sad, you know, like it was we couldn't help it.

Like they could, they could have helped, like the British Empire could very much have helped the Irish people.

Yeah, and that's also part of why there was like not the only reason, obviously there's many reasons, but part of why there was like such tension between the British like being incorporated into the British Empire, the United Kingdom or whatever and maintaining their own like sovereignty as the Irish, an Irish nation.

Speaking of too, I had the thought the other day too, kind of in the same regard especially towards like old Britain and stuff, is that like, honest to God, like the true American patriots and stuff, you know, you know, you know the type.

I feel like back in the day would have been like, oh I think we should actually keep paying taxes to daddy Britain.

Yeah.

Like actual bootlicking.

Definitely.

Ass fucking.

Yes, definitely.

Well that's the thing that's so funny, it's like rah rah America, but like their belief system is very much like we should respect the British Empire, like if they had been alive at that time you're right.

They literally, yeah.

They would have been those people.

They're like guys don't throw the tea in there.

Yeah.

Don't do that.

Those people work really hard for that tea.

Fucking bootlickers, can't stand that shit.

They're not revolutionaries at all.

Are you ready to learn about some potatoes?

Yes.

Okay, so there's nothing too crazy in depth because of potatoes, but I figure there's just like a fun little.

It's an interesting piece of history nonetheless.

Yeah.

So obviously we started talking about it a little bit, but potatoes really are like the perfect cheap, easy, versatile food.

Yeah.

There's not really any meal.

Worshipped potatoes especially.

There's not really any meal that doesn't pair with a potato.

Yeah.

Or that you couldn't prepare potatoes in a way that would fit the meal.

The other thing about potatoes that's cool is that they bulk up meals.

Oh my god, yes.

Growing up obviously like we were poor.

So my mom, when she would make red chili and green chili, Mexican chili.

Yeah, if we didn't have enough, because meat was expensive, she would just add potatoes.

Yeah.

I mean she would add vegetables and stuff too, but it's like a really good hearty thing to sort of bulk out anything.

I mean like breakfast burritos and stuff too.

You throw some potatoes in there and they're like, damn.

Yeah, but it's like filling then.

Yeah.

Right?

And it's also like it doesn't feel like you're being sort of short-changed.

No, definitely not.

It's like, yeah.

Potato and eggs.

I know.

There's just nothing that.

Yeah.

I think that's the thing for me, like hash browns, I feel like would be higher, but they're higher because they pair well with eggs.

There's so many other types of potatoes that pair better with eggs though.

Like?

Like the tater tot hash browns.

But those are hash browns then.

Like home fries.

Home fries.

Like the home fries are basically just gallop potatoes with no sauce.

Mexican, like papas.

Papas, okay, that's fair.

I would rather eat those all freaking day long than freaking hash browns.

I also found another interesting statistic.

How many pounds of fries do you think Americans eat a year on average?

Pounds?

Okay, hold on.

Let me think.

So on average, I would assume one russet potato is probably like a pound, right?

Russet potato does not weigh a pound.

Uh-huh.

They're like pretty.

No way a russet potato weighs a pound.

A pound is less than you think it is.

I think a pound is more than you think it is.

We're going to weigh.

We have russet potatoes at home.

I'm thinking like, because if you pick up like a two pound dumbbell, right?

I don't even know what a two pound.

That's like pretty light.

Yeah.

Like a one pound dumbbell is like, you know.

Okay, you know what?

Maybe you're onto something here.

Yeah.

What's the average weight of a, nah, I gotta Google.

Let me Google the average weight of a potato.

Okay, because it's really not that hard for me to sit and eat like one baked potato by myself, you know?

Seven and a half ounce, a little less than one pound.

Dang it.

Okay.

Okay, fine.

Okay, okay, okay.

So let's say with like some of the little, you know, chintzy boo boo potatoes, little baby ones.

They're probably like three quarters of a pound, right?

Fair.

We'll say a pound just because it's easier to multiply.

How many potatoes does it take to take a, to make a regular size of french fries, you think?

Well, I'm thinking like an in and out, you know, how they make the, yeah, with the truchunk machine.

Also, it's crazy.

In and out has been around for so many years.

The in and out in our neighborhood, that line will be wrapped.

That line, I'm not even exaggerating, that line will be 25 cars deep.

Yeah.

It goes out of, into the park, like well into the parking lot.

Thank God they have that parking lot.

It's fascinating, honestly.

I'm not waiting that long.

Controversial take, I don't think in and out is that good.

There's, I don't know what food I would wait that long for.

It's like fine.

Because also normally by the time we're eating, it's the ADHD thing where like we need to eat food now.

Well, but even then though, like if I was, like if somebody gave me in and out, right?

I'd be happy.

I'd be like, okay.

Thank you.

Sure.

Yeah.

But if somebody was like, oh, do you want to eat in and out or do you want to eat like Freddy's?

I'm choosing Freddy's.

Freddy's has kind of been hitting the spot lately.

It's right across the street too, which is crazy.

The ice cream at Freddy's or Culver's too.

We're off track, we're off track.

It doesn't matter.

Okay, anyway, so the truchunk thing.

Yes.

So I think one of those potatoes is probably like a full basket of fries.

Oh, really?

Like in a fryer?

Or like a portion.

Okay.

A little tray.

Let's use average and say one potato per.

Yeah.

Okay.

So there's, I mean, how many people are in America?

Like hundreds of millions, right?

Well, I mean, this is the average American, like the average single person.

How many pounds of potatoes do you think you and me eat in one year?

Do you think you and me eat?

You were really about to, I honestly, I should have just let you cook.

Yeah.

See what you came up with because you were really breaking this down.

Yeah.

I'm trying to make an educated guess.

Okay.

Yeah.

So let's say that the average American eats out like what?

Three times a week, four times a week, probably.

Also after we talked about this now, I thought this number sounded crazy.

And now I'm like, this number is probably even higher for us because.

Yeah.

Okay.

So four times a week, let's say one of those times they don't eat french fries.

So three times a week, that's like one pound per week.

Okay.

And there's 52 weeks in a year.

Yeah.

So 52 times three is what?

150?

52 times three would be.

150 pounds.

Yeah.

30 pounds.

I think you just told on us.

I think you really just told on us a lot.

Yeah.

We don't eat french fries every time we eat out though.

You and me, no, but I don't eat french fries like that, but at home, you and me are probably eating like 50, 60, 70 pounds of potatoes.

If we, if you.

That's not true.

If your affliction keeps up this year with the jacket potatoes.

That's what I was going to say is that jacket potatoes has been a recent.

Yeah, I know, but I'm like, I'm saying this is like your Spotify wrapped.

If you eat that jacket potato.

I should keep track of it.

If you eat.

How many jacket potatoes?

If you.

I'll give you guys a graph at the end of the year.

If you, if you at your current rate right now, because I think we buy like three a week.

I mean like that's three pounds.

It's been two weeks.

So.

Since your affliction started.

Yeah.

So I've had six potatoes so far.

So six pounds, right?

And they're like probably five ish because you buy low guys.

Yeah, I buy small ones so I can eat them all.

I bet we, we probably push back, put back some spuds.

Yeah.

We've probably taken a good spud like.

I'm trying to think like how often do we eat potatoes?

Because other than jacket potatoes, we don't really eat potatoes at home that much.

Because they're kind of a lot, like they're hard to cook.

I love it.

I was thinking you asked me a question.

I'm just going to pull an answer out of it.

No, I love, I love.

You're very analytical.

I think if anyone ever questions your commitment to science and like good information, like reference this episode, please.

Wrong.

Obviously their comfort food royalty.

Yes.

All.

Yes.

Like.

Well, they're deep friable.

Oh my God.

They deep fry really well.

So well.

Well, I think it's that perfect.

It's like you talk.

I think that's why I mean, it makes sense why french fries are perfect because you have the heart, especially beer battered french fries, that crispy outside with that soft, soft inside.

And also too, and I always stand by this, any food that I love is probably a vehicle for some sort of sauce.

Yeah.

Ketchup, mustard, ranch, sour cream based thing.

What do you mean?

Why did you?

Ketchup.

Ketchup and french fries is classic whether you want it to be or not.

You don't have to like it, but it is classic.

Okay, but I'm not allowed to make that face because I don't think it's good.

It's not offensive like that.

I don't think it's nearly warrants.

That is a gross overreaction.

I fear ketchup's not good.

I'm sorry.

Okay.

We that's maybe that's a whole nother episode.

Tomatoes also their historical importance, obviously for all the aforementioned reasons, but also like for instance, like during times like the great depression, they're easy, cheap, reliable food that also like, again, it's versatile.

So like it's that balance like taste.

Yes.

Continue.

I'm sorry.

No, go on.

No, I interrupted you.

No, no, no.

That's why I have little.

That's why I think they're just little snippets.

Oh, all I was going to say is that.

I appreciate it.

All I was going to say is that the nice thing about potatoes are like something that I love about potatoes is that they last a really long time.

That is another such a guy.

I didn't even, I don't even know if I have that in my notes, but I mean like, don't get me wrong.

I think I would be more amenable to eating like, I don't know, greens and lettuces and all of those things.

If they were a little bit more fucking hearty, if they wanted it a little bit more, they don't look at spinach wrong.

It's all of a sudden Wilty and it's got juice in there.

Oh, the juice.

The black gookie ookie juice.

Yuck.

I don't like it.

But potatoes, you could leave potato.

We had a bag of sweet potatoes.

Did you know you could buy 10 pounds of sweet potatoes from Costco for like $8?

We had that bag for like five dollars, six dollars.

Yeah, I know.

We had that bag of sweet potatoes on the counter for weeks.

I think actually we did in fact eat the last one too.

It took a long time.

I don't think they went bad, which is rare for us because usually stuff goes bad.

Yeah, it was probably a month and a half.

You just get rid of the little roots that they grow.

Yeah.

They're like a very- Potatoes are actually fucking incredible.

They're a very hearty crop and like the outside of a potato still has good vitamins and nutrients in it.

Also potatoes in soup.

Yes.

That's a way to bulk up a soup.

A creamy potato leek soup.

Get out of here.

Out of here.

It's so good.

I also didn't know if this is true or not because I always stand by that like crispy food is best food, tortilla chips.

I know potato chips.

The reason snacks are snacks.

Yeah.

The crunch factor like taquitos or tacos.

Honestly, even most candy bars have some kind of crunch element.

Yes, yes.

Apparently crunch scientifically is like in our brain.

Yeah, you told me this.

I'll have to do more research on it because I just have this from another website.

Sure.

But the crunch of a perfectly fried potato triggers satisfaction in the brain, making us crave them more.

But also that's the thing they talk about with snacks too.

Remember Paul Hollywood?

There's that episode where they're rating snacks.

Oh no, it was on TikTok or something where he's rating snacks.

Oh yeah, no him and Prue sat down.

Yeah, and they talk about the crunch and stuff and it makes you want to eat more.

Yeah.

Like stuff that is...

Maybe British people aren't weird after all because they like eating their...

Chips.

Well, their crunchy cookies or biscuits.

I didn't even think of fish and chips.

You can't have fish and chips without chips.

The other thing about potatoes that I think is so beautiful, this is similar to soup, that you can probably experience a good amount of a culture's norms, like their cuisine and their typical flavors through potatoes.

Oh my God, that is so interesting.

That's so cool.

That is so cool.

No, actually it's so true.

I think that's really neat.

Oh okay, so how do...

Is gnocchi?

Gnocchi is potatoes or no?

Gnocchi is made of potatoes.

Yeah, okay.

I think that's Italian.

And then obviously mashed potatoes is American.

That's sort of American comfort food.

Oh yeah, peas and mash.

I think mash...

Mushy peas.

Mushy...

No, but yeah.

Mushy peas.

What is the British relation to mashed potatoes?

Who invented mashed potatoes?

Who invented...

Do you want me to look it up or do we want to just ask...

Can one of you guys let us know?

Can you guys tell us who invented mashed potatoes?

Who invented mashed potatoes?

Why did I not look up who...

I have been looking up where food has originated lately.

Very interesting.

But I mean like latkes, right?

Like in Jewish tradition.

Yes.

Um potato croquettes in like Japanese food.

Is that Japanese?

Which are so good by the way.

Yeah, we need to go there.

There's a place here, Kukai, I think is how you pronounce it.

Okay.

We need to go there before we move because it will literally change your life.

Okay, I didn't know that Japanese culture does potatoes too.

Yeah, and they're fucking amazing.

That's the thing too is rice versus potatoes is kind of like the divide.

Yeah.

I can decide if you made me have to choose I could never.

Yeah, that's fair.

Because you can even like rice to me is just as versatile as potatoes.

I don't eat rice that like that though.

Oh, I love rice.

You could put away you're probably eating hundreds of pounds of rice every year.

I'll tell you that much.

I'm fine with that.

We got that big bag of rice from Costco.

I got a little dent in it.

I put a good dent in it.

I have stopped to put rice in it.

It's gone.

No, it's not.

Yeah, it is.

No, I have it divvied up and it...

There's one plastic container that has rice in it.

No, I have a big bag left.

I'll show you when we get home.

I'll show you.

I'll show you.

Okay, I'm gonna say.

But yeah, I think there's like an interesting cultural aspect to potatoes that's really neat.

See, that is such another perfectly...

That's cool.

That is so fucking sick.

Food is so neat.

That's why food is so cool.

Love food.

I think obviously too like, you know, also like the fast food chains and stuff.

Like it's no wonder potatoes are everywhere.

Also too the like...

Makes sense that they're cheap to really think about that.

The competition between like...

Because like we can pick...

It's the same food, right?

So let's say just like our Wendy's, Jack in the Box, McDonald's Burger King.

They all...

The french fries.

All different.

They all have such uniquely different characteristics.

That's like a whole thing.

Like canes, the crinkle crut fries.

Yes.

Yeah.

But personally, because also like is crinkle crut...

Is a crinkle cut french fry the same as a regular french fry?

Or does its characteristics change?

Or does that change where you would rank it?

Yes.

The reason I ranked french fries as number one is because I'm thinking of like classic shoestring french fries.

Shoestring french fries would be their own thing.

Those are not normal.

Yes, they are.

Shoestring french...

Those are the...

Oh, I didn't even put...

You know what I mean.

I didn't even put curly fries on there.

That could have changed the game.

Curly fries could have changed it too.

Okay, but like classic like the straight up and down potato french fries.

That's like the cut, yeah.

Regular french fries is what you get from McDonald's.

Shoestring are...

I'm gonna google it.

No, dude.

Shoestring...

That would have to be its own separate category.

Hold on.

I'm gonna google it.

Google it.

Shoestring fries are thin crispy potato slices that are deep fried.

Let me see.

What's the difference between shoestring and regular fries?

French fries will be around five millimeters while shoestrings are only about three millimeters.

Okay, so you were right.

Yes.

Yes, I know my spuds.

Okay, so like regular french fries.

We're talking regular...

That's what I'm thinking of.

Shoestring french fries would be your number one?

No, regular french fries would be my number one.

Got it, because I'm like where are we getting shoestrings at?

Because I don't think we eat shoestring.

Freddy's has like shoestring french fries.

They're like super thin.

They are super thin, but also I would still say those are regular french fries and not...

Shoestrings are curly, I thought.

No.

Hmm, okay.

Yeah, even Freddy's, like they all have such different characteristics.

Yeah, yeah.

I think we could do our own ranking of like different fast food french fries, honestly.

Because I know people are evangelical about like the crisscross or the waffle cut fries from Chick-fil-A.

Fuck Chick-fil-A.

I'm not really in the business of supporting fecking homophobes.

I don't care, even if they came out tomorrow, I'm not eating it.

I have some...

I don't care.

They're fine.

It's really fine, but like I'm going...

Also, even when we were traveling, looking for a job while I was doing job searching stuff, we even were still able to find a better chicken sandwich.

Yes.

Like just go to local, support local places if you can.

Literally.

There's a magazine website situation here that's called Tucson Foodie.

Yeah.

That is the most amazing resource for local restaurants and things.

Oh, like of course.

Yes, and what I was going to say is that I'm not assuming every city has a Tucson Foodie, but I would assume there's like some kind of like Instagram page, travel blogger, TikTok account, magazine website, something.

Well, according to Loves Blind, that compiles all of the local restaurants.

Like go look at those.

Go look at those and go support your local restaurants because it matters a lot.

It cracks me up too though, like on dating apps and stuff though.

Being a foodie is like the new hiking.

Yeah.

Like I too enjoy breathing oxygen.

Like I too enjoy eating good food because.

Also controversial take.

Tell me.

If you have more than like five foods on your absolutely will not eat them list, you're not a foodie.

Do people have five foods they will not eat?

What will I not eat?

What will I not eat?

And like outside of things.

Clams or oysters.

Well, I mean, yeah, I'm not talking about things that like, I'm not going to eat fucking gefelta fish, right?

Like, and that's just because.

Well, they're like the little things.

It's a Jewish thing.

I would never eat things on my shirt.

I don't fucking know what those are.

And like, that's not typically served in a restaurant.

That's like a specific cultural dish, right?

Like they're in the Jewish food section during like Jewish holidays and things like that.

I don't want to be.

I don't want to be.

I didn't.

I just don't know what it is.

I don't want to be offensive.

No, all I'm saying is that like, I'm not talking about those types of things where like that's a very specific cultural food that typically is not going to be experienced in like your average restaurant.

Right.

Like I probably wouldn't eat that because I have zero familiarity with it.

You would try it never going to show up on a menu.

Sure.

But yeah, I would try it.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I probably wouldn't fucking eat a whole plate of it.

But like that's what I'm saying.

But like people who insist like I would never eat a tomato no matter what.

I would never eat like a mushroom.

Like those are things that show up in menus pretty consistently.

So if you have more than five of those things, you're not a fucking foodie.

I'm sorry.

Dude.

Okay.

Especially like full like if you like full blown won't eat certain.

Yes.

It's not.

It's not that you just like don't like it.

It's not that it's not your favorite.

Allergies don't count.

Allergies do not count, obviously.

But like if you straight up will refuse to eat at a restaurant because they have too many foods on your will not eat list.

That's crazy.

You're not a foodie and I don't fucking like.

Are people doing that?

Yes.

Yes.

There are people who call themselves foodies and want to eat it like fucking.

I don't know.

Olive Garden exclusively.

It's just oh I'm so sorry.

It's just a it's become a water downturn.

I guess the thing like.

That's what I'm saying.

Yeah.

Like I enjoy eating out.

Yeah.

Or like I'm I'm a hiker and like hikes once a year.

Like that's not that's not being no like that's not what that is.

You know like that's not.

Also it's just like the same.

I think it's too because it's a nice.

And I understand it too from a perspective like a like a protective factor and like you don't want to put too much information out there like.

Sure sure sure.

It's just it's just like the cookie cutter thing totally get it like I don't really like.

Yeah.

Have too much other stuff that you can put on there.

I feel like right.

I like reality TV.

I think fucking astrology is interesting right.

I enjoy talking about fucking politics or whatever.

I don't know.

Like there's so many things that you could talk about that are sort of like broader topics.

You know I like music.

Sure.

Yeah sure.

But like if you're looking for something that's like broad don't use that when it's not like that's not actually.

Yeah you're saying.

That would be like me saying that I'm like a gym rat because.

You have gone before.

No exactly yeah or that like I'm a runner because I run like twice a week on a good week.

That's not the same.

I do like running but I'm not a runner.

Yeah yeah.

That's not like that like not in the way that I'm like I'm going to train for a marathon like miss me with that shit.

I feel like you know as much as I run I still wouldn't say I am a runner.

I would say that you are.

I feel like I am but I would never say that about my.

That's fair.

Yeah.

I feel like yeah but I also.

Are we just being gatekeeper assholes maybe.

Oh my god did we just become gatekeepers.

We got to be gatekeeper assholes.

Speaking of gatekeeper assholes.

Yeah.

Yeah I think really though like I think that's all I had in my that is all I have in my.

Wow I'm so glad that I got to share about the potato famine too.

Yeah.

I never thought that would ever come up.

That was cool.

Please share your rankings because I'm really curious now.

Yeah I think for me you want me to do a list real quick.

Oh I wish I would have put if you guys want to add waffle fries.

Curly or curly fries.

I'm sorry but you do not because.

I'm sorry that you.

You know I'm going to use the same list you did though okay.

Yeah okay.

That's why I said because I didn't get if I had the opportunity to rank waffle fries and crinkle fries.

Where would waffle fries go for you.

Um probably like three right underneath jacket potatoes.

Waffle fries.

Waffle fries are number I'm going to.

There I'm just going to give away my number one.

Waffle fries are number one I think because it's perfect combination of crispy.

That softness in the middle but you can fucking.

In a scoop.

They're like the scoops.

They're so fucking effective at getting sauce in my mouth.

Yeah.

I just want to fucking.

Yeah.

Consume.

I know we're a sauce family.

We're a condiment family.

I did make it kind of quick and I just closed it.

There it is.

I did make it kind of quick but I don't know how I feel totally.

I think sometimes gut decisions are good.

But I think this is where I think it's where I land as based off the potato options that I have with this list.

Okay.

Number 10 scalloped.

Really.

I don't like I why haven't I haven't met a scalloped potato I like I guess.

Interesting.

That's like fine.

They're like fine.

There's other things I would prefer.

Fair enough.

Potatoes honestly potato chips should be 10.

I don't I don't fuck with potato chips.

Yeah same.

Like in the bag.

They're fine.

So I think for me a lot of the stuff that's coming into it is like.

How the texture feel on my hand and like the residue left over.

Oh yes.

I fuck me man.

I didn't even think about that.

I didn't even think about that but you're right.

The part of my aversion to them is that.

I don't want to fucking touch them.

I don't want to touch them.

Greasy and look.

I fuck I now put some potato chips on I almost had a PB&J sandwich.

That would not work.

But on a lunch meat sandwich some potato chips and you push them on there and they crush them.

And they go that shit's fucking that's fire.

Fair enough.

Potato skins I'm fine with.

I'm fine with.

Again this is a thing if we made them at home different.

Sure.

Restaurants it's fine like it's like it's fine.

It's fine.

And seven is french fries.

I kind of don't fuck with french fries like that much.

Seven.

Regular old french fries.

Maybe they could be higher I guess.

But I feel like because I feel like with french fries for me personally.

Because you have to like dip them right.

We're not we're not cusping we're not we're not scooping sauce.

We're like applying sauce.

Speak for yourself.

It's like certain types like.

But also honestly.

Wimbly wobbly ones.

I just like french fries by themselves.

You like dipping those bitches in ice cream though too.

I do.

That that makes it secure.

But I could just eat a french fry a bunch of french fries on their own.

I don't like ketchup like that so.

God see I oscillate.

That's a really a mood thing for me.

Fair.

Personally I kind of I really fuck with potato wedges.

There's six potato wedges are six for me.

Is it because of this potato wedges are like steak fries are the same right.

Yeah.

You sort of yeah.

Similar.

Well so like you have that thick cut french fry.

A thick cut french fry I much prefer versus a thin cut french fry.

Personally you can get more sauce.

More sauce.

It really comes down to the sauce for you.

Yeah.

Whether they're a good vehicle for other things.

Because also too like yeah.

I'm hash brown I like hash I kind of like when they're mushy like that.

I'm gonna say it.

I'm gonna fucking say it with some with a runny ass egg salt and pepper.

That's your business.

Bake potatoes number four you've got me.

That's a lot higher as of because of you lately.

But honestly a baked potato with some pulled pork and barbecue sauce.

Yes.

Oh.

Even just a baked potato with some really good salty butter.

Oh.

By itself.

And that skin and you.

It's crackly.

Whoa.

Shit that's good.

Oh so good.

Now this is the only this is the caveat to the thin french fries.

Sweet potato fries number three.

Okay.

Oh.

Sweet potato fries number three.

Did we both rate sweet potato french fries as number three.

We did you did it you did it both times too.

Wow.

There's a good salty mustardy sweet potato is just divine.

It's just it's it's superior.

Delish.

It's oh it's fantastic.

Number two is mashed by especially the way you make them.

Okay that's fair.

Yeah.

I do make some good mashed potatoes.

Those bitches.

But again with like I love a good chicken mashed potato bowl.

Oh.

I love but also I view that's mashed potatoes as like the white rice you know.

It's like a resource it's like a it's like a.

Propping up.

It helps hold other ingredients.

Okay.

Together like corn corn and mashed potatoes.

Yeah.

That's good peas carrots.

No.

Yeah see that's and that's fine that's all right keep your opinions.

Based on this list for me though I love a good tot.

Really.

I'm gonna put tots at number one.

Tots are your number one.

I know they kind of go against the sauce thing I understand that.

But I love.

The riches I think help you get more.

And they the touch the texture thing though but I love a good like I love.

I could pop those things you know like I just.

You like popping something in your mouth huh.

Yeah oh yeah I really I really love.

Absolutely interesting.

I think too just because growing up with that Sonic right by the high school and stuff.

And yeah I do they're just something about a nice salty tater tot.

I think it's the nostalgia for me too.

Fair.

Like back when remember the burgers we used to get from Sonic.

Oh my god.

They're big.

I mean I tell you.

Because we were children and had smaller hands.

No I've had a small hands my whole life I promise you.

All the burgers always look big.

It's shrinkflation they've gotten smaller.

I will say having small hands does have a benefit sometimes to making stuff appear larger.

Than it actually is so but yeah no I you know.

But those burgers and the tot and a good Dr.

Pepper.

Yeah.

That's that summer.

Yeah.

No.

That's true.

That's.

Okay that's fair.

I respect I think there's a few things that I take issue with on.

Tell me which ones.

Potato wedges.

I like the cut.

I like the cut.

You know what it is.

Potato wedges remind me of like.

Okay do you remember that restaurant that was by.

Dillons.

Uh huh.

Yeah I already know.

I like them because you don't like those.

It's old people food to me.

Huh.

Potato wedges remind me of food that you get at like the retirement home cafeteria.

Because they don't aggravate your dentures.

I used to work in a retirement home cafeteria.

And I don't think I ever had.

I'm not saying that's accurate.

I'm just saying like the vibe to me is like don't upset or like don't move your dentures grandma.

This just in potato wedges are for old people.

And they just feel like a food that like has no.

Wouldn't in that regard mashed potatoes be old people's number one.

So yeah.

Yeah.

With gum.

Yeah but I think they're still good though.

I think there's something about the sort of.

Mismatch in expectations there because again it's the thing.

Mashed potatoes are meant to be soft.

Fine.

Okay.

But potato wedges are in theory part of this larger umbrella of french fry.

Yes.

Yes agreed of course.

Except that they are never actually crunchy anywhere.

It's like you're eating mashed potatoes on the inside of a leather casing.

Well sometimes they're fried too but they don't always have to be fried.

So sometimes they're just like a potato skin without the.

Potato skins are usually fried though or baked at least.

Potato wedges to me are like pickles.

They're like pickle cut.

Yeah.

Which is sort of yucky.

Oh goodness.

I don't like them.

I'm sorry.

That's fair.

I'm not trying to convince you.

The the textural experience of them is from start to finish a let down.

I wish I could eat all of these as an average.

And then I feel like I could make a much better.

We're about to be bringing food on the pod so we can make some real.

I'm sure people would love that.

We would eat it and then talk.

Yeah any others on here that really.

I mean I take issue with a couple of them but.

Yeah which other ones I want to know.

Hash browns being that high I think we're all aware that I take issue with that.

Yeah you've made it really clear you don't like hash browns.

I promise you I will never make you hash browns again.

I want you to make me hash browns when you mix them with other stuff.

Wow here I was thinking I was like wow I'm doing such a sweet little treat for me.

You are doing a sweet thing and also if I really took issue with them I would have said.

I know you would have you have no problem telling me when it comes to food.

Yeah it's like that thing when somebody does something nice for you and it's not like.

Maybe exactly what you would have made for yourself but it's still good and you still want to share it with them.

So you just like.

Well if we go to a diner I'll take your hash browns.

Yeah that's why I always give them to you.

I always ask you that.

Wow I think you're just being really nice.

You don't like them.

I mean I am trying to be nice because I know you want them but I don't I won't eat them.

I just don't.

I feel like we've learned something about each other today.

The idea of like splooging a bunch of ketchup on top of hash browns for breakfast.

No I like it with hot sauce.

Or salsa.

Salsa sour cream on.

But again then it's just like a fucking mush pile.

I know but I like I like dog food.

You like dog food.

I know I've seen the dog food I'm not eating that stuff out of the bag.

I've seen it.

It's thank you.

Sounds terrible.

Like burrito bowls.

Mashed potato bowls.

Fried rice.

Oh my god do you know how much sriracha and mayo you can put on fried rice.

As much as you want.

The thing for me though is that if I'm going to eat like fried rice I want there to be larger chunks of like chicken or like teriyaki.

Yeah.

Or like something in there.

You want chunks of teriyaki.

You know like teriyaki chicken or you know what I'm saying.

In there to sort of break up this sort of monotonous teeny teeny tiny little bits.

And like mashed potatoes I eat as a complement to something else.

Like I'll eat a bite of turkey and then eat some mashed potatoes.

Right.

Or like when we make mashed potato bowls we put mashed potatoes and then we put corn and then there's cheese and gravy.

And then there's like chicken tenders on top.

So there's like bits there's like crunchies.

And then usually there's like a little bit of cheese on top.

And then there's like a little bit of cheese on top.

And then there's like a little bit of cheese on top.

And then there's like a little bit of cheese on top.

So there's like bits there's like crunchies.

And then usually there's a combination of both.

French fried onions on top too.

So it's like so there's like a textural variance there that doesn't feel like I'm eating a smoothie.

But just thick.

I don't I don't like that.

The idea of eating the same texture for my whole meal is like very un...

It's like not.

It's fine it's fine it's not the same texture.

I think we're devolving a little bit.

It's fine, you guys get it.

Let us know what your favorite potato is.

Let me see what your guys' lists are and don't hold back in yelling at me about all of my wrong opinions, I'm sure.

If you guys like this episode, please actually let me know because I would love to do another food fight episode.

Yeah, we sort of deviated a little today but I feel like it was fun and it was necessary.

Is there other foods you want me to look into or research?

I have a couple.

Yeah, oh.

Soup.

You wanna do, honestly, I'm down with the food stuff.

I'm down, also in an attempt to just.

I'm about to host, honestly, I should.

Bring the PowerPoint.

I should bring my PowerPoint.

Okay, stay tuned for the PowerPoint.

If you're in the Discord, which by the way, link in the script, go join the membership.

That was a really fun membership.

That was a really fun Patreon stream.

Yeah, we do Patreon only streams every month or like Discord only streams every month and one of them was the PowerPoint presentation once where we all made our own PowerPoints and mine was about why soup is the perfect food.

Honestly, I didn't fuck with soup that much before I met you, because I was a child.

You've really, what's the word with religious people?

Evangelize.

You've really evangelized me into the soup thing.

I'm the soup man.

Also, I bought you the, it doesn't matter, we're digressing.

To let us know if you enjoyed the episode.

Love you guys so much.

Tell us about your potatoes.

Also, this is, we should unpack this.

I think we unpack the potatoes.

Yeah, we'll see you guys for the next episode.

Like the episode, leave us reviews.

Love you so much, bye.

Bye.

Bye.