Kevin And Ursula Eat Cheap

After a trip to Minnesota, a book appearance, and some down time, we are once more putting things into our bodies that may be best left on store shelves. We have things from not one, but TWO different Canadians! We have at least one package with no English at all on it! And we have the usual mixture of sweets, savories, horrors, and alcohol to help us through the recording.  All that, and even more, when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

On the Thursday before Ursula's departure for the Decatur Book Festival, we figured we should open open up this box we received from Canada. Inside there were things we had never seen before. Meat products with a logo that will garner protests. Instant foods that are the same as, but different from foods we get here in the US. And then there are the sweets... Alongside, we talk about cults, massacres, and gets visits from the beagle and the hound, when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

We're back from Ireland! You will hear tales of our adventures, listen as we taste fine whiskey, and enjoy our pain as we try even yet still more pre-packaged, easy-to-prepare foods! And yes, there are cats, dogs, and even some history this week, when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

We are on our way to Ireland! And so, in order to avoid having what we are starting to call "KUEC stomach" on the airplane, we've got a short (for us) episode where we try four new potato chip flavors. And some alcohol to wash it down because...well, we're eating four new potato chip flavors.  All that and more, When We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

Hi all! Sorry about the recent absence, but there has been good reason, and we'll spend this episode telling you all about it, when We Eat It, so You Don't Have To!

We're back from Anthrocon, and who should arrive on our doorstep this week, than the chairman himself, Uncle Kage! He has come bearing gifts in the form of Sake and ShoChu, which we pair with Velveeta Chipotle Mac & Cheese, Hot Pockets, pastry puffs, and w hole range of things found on our travels.  Be warned, this one is not for the faint of heart, when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To! (Also of note - there is a glitch towards the end, due to a disk issue on the recording machine, so expect a bit of a jump in there)

Have we got a liver-straining show this week! Friend of the show Petrov sent us a selection of Estonian liquors, and we feel it is our duty to taste them all! Honey liquor, Herbert Herbal Liquor, Vanilla Liquor, and 80% (160 proof) Vodka! We'll have it straight and mixed in coffee or tea, as appropriate. We also have a selection of new foods to try, but it all sort of blurs together when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

This week, we have a margarita mixer, which means we break out the tequila, which leads to drunken geekery. We also have the biggest frozen pizza we've found to date, beer, mac &  cheese, and lots and lots of chocolate. We even have duck fat caramels. Yes, you read that correctly : DUCK. FAT. CARAMELS.   This is not a drill folks, this week when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

We have returned from ConCarolinas with stories and new foods. Ursula and friend of the show Brooke visited a Beef Jerky Outlet this past weekend, and we'll start going through their finds. Also, friend of the show Medusa's Mirror brought us a "gift bag" full of interesting foods and good beer.  Thank goodness for the good beer.  So sit back, relax, and forget about everything else while We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

What is the best way to celebrate a birthday? Recording a KUEC, of course!  OK, that is not the BEST way to do it, but after a day of laptop bag hunting - including a visit to the evil retail empire - we needed to drink anyway, so we broke out the beer and wine, pulled out chips, dips, and frozen pigs in a blanket, and hit "Record." Why? Because We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

So about 15 mins in, Rose the Tortoise Shell Cat decided to walk across the laptop, stopping the recording. Undaunted, and slightly inebriated, I have learned how to join tracks in Audacity (which I've not had to do to date, mind you) and provide you with this fine podcast. and fine it is, when we eat foods we found in New Orleans, chips sent to us by listeners, and even fine chocolates!  Oh, and there is beer and coffee syrup and rum, too. All that and more when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

Once upon a time, we picked up a bottle of Dandelion Wine in WVa. This weekend, we actually try drinking it. I also found Candied Bacon Jerky on Amazon, and you KNOW I had to order that. We also have another Southern Pines Brewery Beer, a Malbec from Texas, and another Screamin' Sicilian frozen pizza.  There is also ice cream, cookies, and dried SPAM chunks this week, when We Eat It, So You Don't have To!

This week we explore a tactical error on Ursula's part - she let me (Kevin) choose the foods. She usually does that, and has words about the choices. But in the mix there is a new to us variety of SPAM, chips from Japan, and some recent finds at CostCo. Oh yes, we have access to a CostCo now. Be afraid, be almost as afraid as we are. All that, plus beer, wine, and yet another unnatural cookie flavor, when We Eat It, So You Don't have To!

You will note that the name we say we SHOULD call the episode is not what we actually call it. I blame the beer. And it is GOOD beer - I ran into the actual owner of the brewery the day after we recorded it at the Co-Op, and gushed about how awesome it was. Otherwise, this week is a mixed bag. We have some outstanding foods, and some things that probably should be shot out of a cannon into the sun. But that is how it goes when We Eat it, So You Don't Have To!

So were were walking down the canned food aisle of the local co-op and we saw this soup. Not just any soup, but a soup with a fish-person logo, that for all the world looked like a Lovecraft Deep One. Which means we had to buy it. We also came across local beer, local apple wine, mushroom bisque and a whole host of things for your listening pleasure, even if it isn't for our digestive well being. We really need to thing about why We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

So a couple of lessons were learned this week. The first, and most important, is to never let Ursula choose how many foods we will sample when she is hungry. The second is that surprise gifts are always interesting. And the third is that homemade meadjitos are DANGEROUS. There are also instant potatoes, cheese biscuits, beer, chocolates, and scary duck things from another continent. All that and more when We Eat It, So You Don't have To!

As I type this, I am sharing one of our foods this week with Sergi the cat, because dried, crunchy fish is our jam. We also have frozen pizza, mead from Africa, USA made stroopwaffles, beers, cider, and the first of the new Lay's potato chip flavors. But that's not all! We keep the oven and microwave busy this week, when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

I no longer have clever ways to open these posts. I honestly fear that I am repeating myself. In any case, we ARE trying really hard not to repeat foods, so this week we have any number of interesting things - for some value of "interesting." Bacon jam! More Quinoa! So many spaghetti sauces! And to top it off, Ursula is left alone with cookies. I didn't mean to do that, but it happened, when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To.

Kevin is back from WA, and he brought goodies! One of his coworkers took him to an Indian Market, and helped find foods that Americans wouldn''t normally eat. So we've got something new to try. We also have a pile of chips from Home Goods, beer, wine, and frozen foods best left in the store. Oh, and some good stuff too. Find out what it is, when We Eat it, So You Don't Have To!