In this episode, Sous and the Chef revel in the glory that is Hot Truck!  Yes, we've talked about Hot Truck previously in Episode 20...but this time we visited with two old friends in Ithaca, NY who just so happen to be fellow podcasters.  This gave us a chance to create an EPIC CROSSOVER EVENT!

So.  When you're done listening to us the four of us gorge ourselves on our sandwiches, head over to Eating Ithaca to listen to Dave and Andrea interview us!

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The Chef ordered a WTF...which stands for exactly what you think it stands for.



What the Fuck?  THAT the Fuck! Chicken, pepperoni, meatballs, cheese...deliciousness.



All that remains of the WTF are grease stains and memories...




WGC, Pep, Mush, Hot & Heavy
English translation: Wet Garlic & Cheese, Pepperoni, Mushrooms, Hot Pepper Flakes, Extra Garlic.



I made it all gone!  And check out the plate art!!

Oddly familiar and profane voices from your past - now reemerging!

We're back, kids. And we missed you.  We explain our absence in the episode - and you won't want to miss our news!

You also won't want to miss the story of Chef's lucky encounter with wild morel mushrooms and his not-so-lucky experience with Seven Hour Leg of Lamb.  Talk about culinary horrors and heartbreaks...ouch, my friends.  Ouch.

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We're back and we'll never leave you for so long again!
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Tonight's dinner: poached egg over asparagus with morels!



Proof of our loose morels...



Seven hour leg of lamb.  Such beauty...such promise...



...such devastation...

Nestled between two holiday throwdowns, Sous and the Chef come at you for the last time for 2008.  We will be back in 2009, with visions of a pizza renaissance in our heads.  None of this can be discussed, however, without first enduring a musical interlude from a certain Norwegian Elkhound...

The holiday throwdown that was:
Rillettes and stuff, courtesy of Bourdain!


Standing rib roast.  Get in me.


If you think this looks awesome...


...wait'll you see the Bouche de Noel with chocolate ganache "bark" and meringue "mushrooms."  Amazing.

The holiday throwdown that is to be:

The turkey roulade recipe is here.
Eating Ithaca's Flickr page is here.

We also talked about:
Chicago Gluttons (seriously...someone get The Chef in a room with these guys!)
Serious Eats (Food porn.  But The Chef reads it for the articles.  Honest.)

Happy Holidays!  See you in January!
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Sous and the Chef come slinking back, full of beer and rationalizations! But hey, at least Sous’s drinking beer now, so we’ve got that going for us.  What goes with beer, you may ask?

(Well, what doesn’t go with beer?)
 
Since we had to narrow it down, we went with some hearty autumnal fare: Polish sausage and acorn squash.  We wash the grub down with Kwak, a tasty Belgian ale, before gearing up for a bit of Brother Thelonious, an American-brewed Belgian-style Abbey ale.

Along the way, we say the word “porno.”  A lot.

Thanks for your patience – we’re hoping to be on a more regular schedule now!

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We're BACK!

Show notes soon!

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We missed you bunches!

XOXO,
Sous and The Chef
 

Chowcast eases on into the Dog Days of Summer with a dish we've been threatening to grill for you for a long time: Beer Can (or, in this case, Diet Coke Can) Chicken. 

This particular Dog Day of Summer was a banner day for the official Chowcast mascot, who not only got to swim in the delicious e. coli-infested waters of Montrose Dog Beach on a beach closing day, but also got nibbles of hopefully e. coli-free chicken.  

In the meantime, Chef keeps his distance by petting the dog with his elbow, we rail against ice that doesn't need breaking and lament bloodsucking NBC Olympics commentators.

Go USA!  Go Chickens!  Go Chowcast!
Morituri te salutant
(Or, with apologies to Johnny Cash, "Love is a burning thing/and it makes a fiery ring...")



The beach, a taste of chicken and a pig ear?! Oh boy oh boy oh boy!

Tell us about your Dog Days of Summer!

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It's the perfect antidote to our last few boozy Chowcast episodes - the hangover breakfast!

No hangover breakfast would be complete without bacon in one form or another, so we indulge in some bacon, egg and cheddar sandwiches on fabulous soft pretzel bread.  Then, inspired by a recent bed and breakfast stay, Sous fires off a batch of white chocolate cherry scones (with a little bit of water-wing support from The Chef!)

Along the way, we extol the virtues of drive-in movies and Quaker Steak & Lube, welcome (?) a guest dog, explore the virtues and horrors of liverwurst and, after some discussion think better of a potential Chowcast spin-off.




You can't really go wrong with this combination...


Chef can't help but get his fingers in the dough...


Mmmm...sconetastic!

Links to things we talk about:

A recipe for scones that's pretty close to what we made can be found here.

Redneck Whisky Chicken Depilatory

Quaker Steak and Lube

49er Drive-In

The Port Drive-In

Shiba Inus

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Oops.

This file should replace the previous release of Chowcast 30.  Sorry about the technical glitches!

Un Autre Hasard de Vacances translated to "Another Random Holiday", if Google is to be believed. 

Today's random holiday?  Bastille Day.  In honor of France's holiday, we throw down à la française with the help of our special guests, Munch and Joni.  They're here to help us with our French pronunciation as well as consume French wine and The Chef's steaks with beurre rouge (red wine butter).
Beurre rouge: before


Beurre rouge: after!


Tasty morels!


Slightly scary nobbly corn!


- Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook (the source of The Chef's beurre rouge recipe)
- Morel mushrooms - our pre-dinner snack, courtesy of Munch
- Composer and mushroom expert John Cage
- The M37 Meat Shack in Bitely, Michigan

We round out the show with a couple of voicemails from friends of the show.  Want to add your voice to the chorus?

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It's an historic Chowcast as we welcome our first-ever guests, Tom (The Brewmaster) and his lovely wife, Alix.  (Names may or may not have been changed to protect the innocent and/or guilty.)  While The Brewmaster takes us on a tour of his tour-de-force concoctions, we diverge on topics ranging from "gateway beers" to oatmeal focus groups; from the merits of cats versus dogs (DOGZ RULE!) to the surprising classification of the banana as a berry (at least, according to The Brewmaster. Also, a raspberry is not a berry but rather a conglomerate of podules...)

A few beers and some amazing English crisps go down real good on this fine, summer day. Clink and drink with us!


Mr. Beer - prepackaged beery goodness!


I'll take the potion on the left with a side of salty nuts, please!


Mmmmm...meat crisps!


More beefy goodness!  The Chef will try hard not to eat them bag and all.

Links to Stuff We Talk About:
Mr. Beer
Black Sheep Brewery
Seabrook Crisps
Rock Bottom Brewery
Rayman Raving Rabbids for the Nintendo Wii

P.S. The beer recipe The Brewmaster mentioned is forthcoming - watch this space!

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Cheers!