I think it depends on the audience. Sometimes people are too general. People have said things like anything fraud. If you actually get a little bit more specific and you say something like enchiladas, then we can go into like why there's a rolled nocastole pan and why they have sauce on them. Tex-Mex is fascinating because I didn't know that like a bunch of German Jews had moved to Texas in the 1800s. And so papa. Now, let's talk about feasts. Yes. Do you hate them? Are you over them? Do you anticipate them? It's stupid to be like, oh, I can't wait to fill up on
Loosen your belts and tuck a napkin under your chin because feasting season is here. Katherine Spiers -- journalist, food anthropologist and host of the wondrous culinary history podcast Smart Mouth -- lets Alie belly up for a buffet of questions about winter gatherings, Thanksgiving myths, stuffed peacocks, green bean casseroles, potato backstories, Friendsgivings, the hazards of deep frying, the eels of Jesus, some stuffing horrors and more.
Listen to Smart Mouth (perhaps the episodes with Alie "Lobster Roll" Ward & Steven Ray "Corndogs" Morris?)
Katherine Spiers's website, Twitter & Instagram. Her brand new podcast network is TableCakes.
Special thanks to poet and writer Kenzie Allen (@cerena on Twitter) for the insight & resources on Native perspectives of Thanksgiving.
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