Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

Best of 2023: Part 2

Dec 28, 2023
Podcast covers topics including grocery store adventures, a dark and unsettling topic, deceived by food, cheese swapping at school, evolution of preferences, rock and roll rivalries, memories of buying 'Country House', fish singing when they die, emotional connection to animals, a bizarre recipe, casual conversation on various topics, stress of missing flights, evaluating worthiness, hotel stays and White House anecdotes, etiquette and pretentiousness in dining, cheese obsession, childhood memories and bat rescue, learning chopsticks, food preferences and childhood experiences, pie preferences and Nigerian Suya, unconventional skydiving and extreme stunts, crude tricks with popcorn and bread baskets, burping and West Indian food, music preferences and apologies, playful debate on poppadoms or bread.
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Wandering in a Grocery Store
01:44 • 13min
3
A Dark and Unsettling Topic
14:27 • 10min
4
Deceived by Food and Obsessed with Mango
24:24 • 8min
5
Cheese Swapping at School
32:11 • 11min
6
Evolution of Preferences: Cucumbers and Cheesecake
43:37 • 11min
7
Reflecting on Rivalries and the Competitive Nature of Rock and Roll
55:02 • 2min
8
Memories of Buying 'Country House'
56:49 • 3min
9
Discussion on the Concept of Fish Singing When They Die
59:54 • 2min
10
Emotional Connection to Animals and Misunderstanding of Cow Intelligence
01:01:25 • 7min
11
A Bizarre Recipe and Dining Experience
01:08:09 • 2min
12
Casual Conversation on Various Topics and Favorite Anecdotes
01:09:43 • 2min
13
The Stress of Missing Flights
01:11:14 • 7min
14
Money Down the Drain: Evaluating Worthiness
01:18:30 • 5min
15
Hotel Stays and White House Anecdotes
01:23:28 • 4min
16
Etiquette and Pretentiousness in Dining
01:27:06 • 2min
17
Cheese Obsession
01:28:42 • 11min
18
Childhood Memories, Ailments, and Bat Rescue
01:39:22 • 9min
19
Learning Chopsticks
01:48:12 • 14min
20
Food Preferences and Childhood Experiences
02:01:55 • 14min
21
Pie Preferences and Nigerian Suya
02:15:38 • 9min
22
Unconventional Skydiving and Extreme Stunts
02:24:15 • 8min
23
A Crude Trick with Popcorn and Bread Baskets
02:31:45 • 8min
24
Burping and West Indian Food
02:39:58 • 9min
25
Music Preferences and Apologies
02:49:25 • 3min
26
Poppadoms or Bread: A Playful Debate
02:52:40 • 4min