Summary

This week it's part 2 of the food show, with a few functional components, as promised! The boys try to figure out why cooking seems so hard.

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Fake Follow Up

• Everglades Challenge Boat build-- looks like it’s going to happen.
  • The boat: B&B Core Sound 20 mk3. Here is a video of some guys turning some pre-cut plywood into the hull of a boat. If they can do it, we can do it. Here's the blog of a guy building the first mk3 version of the CS20, with lots of pictures.
  • Jody is still happy to have a podcast instead of a boat
  • If anyone out there wants to help Matt and the Ten Gallon Hat Man in their assault on the 2016 EC, by all means get in touch

FOOD FU

• Italian toddler explains food ethics for Matt
• One of the hosts of This Week in Virology also has a vertical farming effort
  • Matt explains why this is similar to turbocharged cars

Jody’s Food Functional Components

• Cabbage keeps pretty well in the fridge
• Kefir great for folks who usually skip breakfast. It also keeps well in the fridge
  • Matt requested calorie info...kefir has 140 kcal per 8 oz cup
• Jody wants you to take a good, hard, analytic look in your fridge...could you get more functional space by removing a shelf?
  • This one comes from Jody’s spouse who always wants to reorganize...everything. But this one has paid off nicely
• Publix mobile app (Android and iOS), good for coupons and aisle numbers
  • But bad when you switch the default store location and lose the list and coupons painstakingly compiled by spouse
• Jody tries to by only pre-washed salad/spinach; he is angered greatly when he has to open a package and dirty a colander

Matt’s Food T & T's:

• Matt & his partner like this cookbook a lot: One Pan, Two Plates
• Matt also really likes his fancy Le Creuset Skillet
• Buy smaller onions (& potatoes, etc.)
• Just try cooking; pretend there is only one seasoning if necessary.
  • Jody appreciates this constraint
• One more: He didn't mention it on the show, but Matt really likes cooking outside on his excellent campstove, rather than getting the house all smokey when searing a $20 ribeye in his fancy skillet.

Bits and bobs

• Jody's current/terrible dishwasher makes Matt feel OK about not having a dishwasher
  • This makes it an Electric Monk in Matt's view
  • Stacking is always a problem, especially in the dishwasher domain
• Any given Publix location can provide widely divergent shopping experiences (but they're all better than Sweetbay)
  • And the steak cuts are too thin, unless you spring for a fancy Publix like they have in South Tampa
• As usual, Jody's thoughts can be nicely expressed by an xkcd comic
• cookingforengineers.com appeals to Jody's need for exact instructions
• Pizza stone vs Travertine tile
• Canaries in coal mines

ALYT regrets the omission...

• Shout Out to Maryland & Mr. Maryland dealing with health issues. We wish them well.

Feedback on food?

• Email Jody! We'd love to hear your T&T's at alyt.show@gmail.com . Thanks for listening!