A Hot Dog Is a Sandwich - What Does Your Favorite Movie Theater Snack Say About You?

Episode Date: April 13, 2022

There are many mid-movie munchies you can choose from, but does your movie theater snack selection say something about you? Vote for us in the Webby Awards! Our self esteem depend on it! https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2022/podcasts/general-series/arts-culture To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This, this, this, this is Mythical. The hot dog that is a sandwich and we want to win. So make it happen. And even if you hate us, wouldn't it be like super ironic if you just voted for us as like a joke? Yeah. So just do it. Please. We really need this. Our self-esteem depends on it. A lot of it. One time I snuck a large pizza into a movie theater and no one said anything.

What do you think that says about you? This is a hot dog is a sandwich. Ketchup is a smoothie. Yeah, I put ice in my cereal. So what? That makes no sense. A hot dog is a sandwichwich. Ketchup is a smoothie. Yeah, I put ice in my cereal, so what? That makes no sense. A hot dog is a sandwich. A hot dog is a sandwich.

What? Welcome to our podcast, A Hot Dog is a Sandwich, the show where we break down the world's biggest food debates. I'm your host, Nicole Inayati. And I'm your host, Josh Scherer. And today, Josh, who doesn't love movie theater snacks? Ugh, half the reason you go to the movie theater is for the snacks. I like don't agree.

No, actually, wait, hold on. I don't either. I just said that because that's something that people say. Yeah, no. I'm not a big snacker inside movie theaters. Me either. No. But whenever it happens, oh, it happens like big time, big time.

Yeah. What is your go to movie theater snack strategy? Do you go into the game plan or it's just whatever spirit tells you to do that day you do it? Well, what happens is I go with people. And the people that I go with influence whatever I eat at the movie theater. You say that you mold your personality to fit whatever group you're in. Correct. I'm a Gemini.

I've been pretending to know what astrological signs no way there's no way that you pretend to know gemini is the only thing that i know because that means twins right and and so but all the other ones people like ah such a pisces thing i'm like yeah that's means fish i believe yeah what does it mean it means that you're like very emotional you're like you know you're talking about gemini or pisces pisces okay like you're very emotional you're like very emotional. You're like, you know. You're talking about Gemini or Pisces? Pisces. Okay. Like you're very emotional. You're very like aware.

You're sensitive. You have like high awareness of those around you and you're really cool. Okay. So I could say that for literally any sign. I'm a Taurus. I'm an earth sign. That means I'm very grounded. I'm into creature comforts, you know, but I'm also hardheaded and stubborn.

And so that means when I go to movie theaters, all I do is drink about 128 ounces of Diet Coke and I have to pee four times during Spider-Man No Way Home. And I have no idea what happened. No, but really, it's like eating and drinking at a movie is so distracting. I agree. I don't do it. Yeah, I don't do I do it. I do it more often now because the only time I go to the movie theater is with my niece or nephew. So, like, I'm with kids. And you know what they like?

They want Icy's. They want popcorn. They want candy. They want everything. It's exciting. Things were exciting when you were a child. Yeah. And now as an adult, everything's just the same shade of gray.

Pretty much. No, I just try to make the kids, you know, have a good experience. I'm like, okay, you guys can pick your own Icy's. Like, you guys can, like, push however much you want or how little you want and like oh like i'm gonna show you guys something cool you could put your chocolate in the popcorn and mix it which i did with my niece and she loved what kind of chocolate do you put in the popcorn so we had m&ms but my go-to is crunch bunch of crunch bunch of crunch yes or goobers okay the benefit to throwing bunch of crunch into hot popcorn is that the whatever nestle's chocolate is yeah it's cut with so many, you know, I don't know, hydrogenated oils and chemicals that it'll just like melt at the drop of a hat.

And so you're getting the meltage on it. But the M&M's to me don't make a ton of sense because the candy coating, which I believe is made from beetles. Like lacquer. Yeah, I think so. Shellac. I don't know if it is anymore. I don't know anymore either. But the beetle coating, Nicole, insulates the chocolate from the heat so you don't get the

meltage. That's why they melt in your mouth, not in your hand. Like 50 Cent. Yes, that I believe is Maggie Kuiček. Is that a sexual reference in 50 Cent's song? Yes, of course it is. It is? Okay, that makes sense.

Of course. Duh. No, but yeah, so whenever it comes to teaching them about the art of eating at a movie theater, they do whatever they want. I'm like, I'm the cool aunt. So I allow them to get whatever their heart desires. I'm like, get it. Yes. You want to do Twizzlers and you want to do like popcorn?

No problem. I'm like, oh, you want to see what you can do with the Twizzler? You can make a straw out of it. And they're like, I'm here. They love it. So you know how you hate the no plastic straw thing? Nicole is big on murdering turtles. I don't mind plastic straws.

You think my conception of plastic straws is going to ruin the world? There's no way in hell me and my plastic straw enjoyment is going to ruin the world. You know what's going to ruin the world? BP oil spills. Oil spills ruin the world. You'll suck up the oil spills with a straw, Nicole. It's so dumb it's okay whatever

okay continue but anyway while I was at the movies I went to see Spider-Man No Way Home with my best friend Deep who is a huge Marvel fan 90% of new movies

that come out in the theaters now are Marvel movies and I don't much care for them I don't like dislike them I don't think they're ruining cinema I just I haven't seen enough of them and it takes so much time

to devote to all the storylines sure I just I don't know who Thanos is. I've never seen a Marvel movie. I don't know what the little rings do. I refuse to watch a Marvel movie. I don't know Benedict Cumberbatch, why he can just open up portals.

Is Doctor Who in the- Yeah, Doctor Who is a wizard in Marvel. Oh, yeah? He spins like a wand and opens up portals, and then Andrew Garfield jumps through. Did you know that Gullible's written on the top of the ceiling? Nobody, like, it's, anywho, anywho. And so I went there, and I got my standard, which is just 64 ounces of Coca-Cola Freestyle. Okay.

So my official favorite movie theater snack are the movie theaters that have the Coca-Cola Freestyle machines. So what I can deduce from that is that you're really thirsty. Yes, I am thirsty. I have fallen into the thirst traps of movie theaters, Nicole. And I get, you know, like a diet grape-flavored mellow yellow. That's so weird. And they had paper straws, which are the worst drinking experience of anything ever. Especially when I'm sipping on 128 ounces.

You get free refills. The Coca-Cola freestyle here. You get free refills. And so I drink 64 ounces before the previews start. And then I drink 64 ounces throughout the movie. Paper straw, it's dissolved by about nine minutes in, right? Yeah, of course. It always does.

Deep had red vines. And so I bit off the end and I use a red vine as a straw. And that is the single best movie theater snack what do you think that says about me like i said you're really thirsty um i don't know you're all about ingenuity that's you josh you're about taking the old and making it new and that's what marvel does you know taking the old and making it new so you are just the marvel movie franchise and a human being thank you you contain multitudes and i will earn billions of dollars yeah and make many people very

happy and martin scorsese very mad yes i feel that martin scorsese eyebrows what is uh what what is your like if you were to go to the movies right now to see the power of the dog your favorite movie literally and you sorry we got the oscars fresh in the brain i have never disliked a movie more than power of the dog i'm sorry i. I know that the DP was like incredible. And it was a beautiful movie. Bro, I don't know. I haven't seen it. Yeah, it was a beautiful movie.

Just the storyline made me want to gouge my eyes out. Because my husband's like, oh, let's watch a Western. And I was like, yeah, let's watch a Western. It was the opposite of a Western. I was so unhappy. But whatever. Yeah, my favorite snack is a small popcorn. Okay. That you pour into the container that they give nachos in.

Oh, interesting. Yeah, I take that, I pour it there, and then I have a side of Bunch O' Crunch or some other kind of chocolate that is there. But that's my favorite. Why do you pour the popcorn out of the bag? Ease of eating. But I feel like part of it, so are you pouring the popcorn into the nacho container then putting the bunch of crunch into the popcorn in the nacho container? Yes and I go shake shake shake shake shake

shake. But why not just shake it in the bag? But the bag they fill the bag up too high. But you gotta eat out half the popcorn and then you put the but then you're eating popcorn. I don't do that. I don't have to eat half I already know what I'm doing by this point in my life. I don't know why I'm trying to convince you to stop doing what you're doing. No it's such a good method because it's like it's like a box and you pour it out.

Instead of being tall, it's now wide and it's more usable and it's friendly. It's share-friendly. You can share it. I think you're a control freak. No, hold on, hold on, hold on. Because I'm generous with my time and because – that's so mean of you to say it's so accurate. No, that's not mean. What the hell, man?

That's so rude. that's so mean of you to say it's so accurate what the hell man that's so rude i'm saying that you are someone who when you think you have figured out the solution to something then you will exclusively do that until the day you die you're like when you watch a grandma cut a tomato you know holding the paring knife with a thing or let's say chopping onions then you're like grandma the slap chop is a better way to chop onions then she's like what i've been doing with a tiny paring knife since 1932. I'm setting my ways. I'm going to do that until I die.

Nicole, you will pour popcorn into the nacho container with a bunch of crunch on it until the day that you die. When we're in like the Jeff Bezos Mars Theater in 2094 and your consciousness has been uploaded to the cloud, you'll still be doing that. And I respect that about you. You're steadfast. It's not a very Gemini quality of you. It's not. It's really not. It's really not.

How do you feel about people that get soft pretzels at the movie theater? I think there's a category. Soft pretzels are still in the snack category, which I think is important, right? Because if you break down movie theater food, you have like candy, you have dessert treats, you have savory snacks, which would be like nachos, popcorn, soft pretzels. And then you kind of veer into meal territory. Oh, honey, I got a meal territory story. Tell me about your meal territory story. I want to know how you feel about soft pretzels first.

So soft pretzels, I do respect. I'm not a personal popcorn fan. I have a vendetta against popcorn. I love popcorn. It gets stuck in your teeth and I don't like it. It's crunchy and it's greasy and I guess those are only positive attributes, so I don't know why I'm mad about it. It gets stuck in your teeth, huh?

It gets stuck in my teeth and I don't like that. I have dental issues. I don't need it. And I think the substitute good for popcorn is better in almost every scenario. Nicole, imagine if those giant popcorn warmers were filled with warm Doritos. Wouldn't that be better? No.

Warm Doritos sounds weird, like a hot car. Yeah, that's correct. Oh my god, you've never had a bag of Doritos at a hot car? Yeah, I haven't. I don't like it. What are you... Whoa. Do you put your Doritos in the freezer? No, I put them at a room temperature. The room temperature. Hot Doritos.

Yeah, it's like plastic melts all over them. No, it's like. Yeah. Oh, what is it? The BPA and the plastic. No, no, no. I'm going to keep microwaving my water bottles. Thank you very much.

No, I'm saying it tastes like a Dorito that comes fresh off the factory line. Have you had that experience before? No, of course not. That is so crazy. Wait, hold on. If you and I can't use our stupid food influencer status to get, Nicole and I recently-ish judged a goat stew competition, a birria competition. Yes, we did.

And that to me was the ultimate pinnacle of our food influencer status. Shout out to LA Taco and Birria Mania. We became really good friends, me and Josh. We like unlocked a new level of friendship. We ate like three pounds of goat meat together. Yeah. But I feel like one step beyond that is to be able to get onto the Doritos factory floor. So you want to put, yeah, I agree.

I agree with that. I'm down to that. But you want to put chips in movie theaters more? Yeah. Okay. Are there not chips at movie theaters? Not often? They sell bags of chips.

Uh-huh. Uh-huh. But you're saying. But they want you to buy. So the reason they want you to buy so much popcorn is because popcorn has crazy high margins. Of course. Yeah. It's so cheap.

And it literally. Oh, God. No. Talk about. I don't want to. Do you want me to get into the history of popcorn? No, I don't. Personally.

Do you listeners? Comment below if you want to know if Josh wants. The Great Depression, Nicole. The movie industry was a booming. Yeah. How do you feel about soft pretzels? Oh, my God. So one time I went to the movies with my dad's best friend's daughter. Hi, Sarah. Nicole, the movie industry was a-boomin'. How do you feel about soft pretzels? Oh, my God.

So one time I went to the movies with my dad's best friend's daughter. Hi, Sarah. And she took me to the movies. I don't remember what movie we were watching, but it was so nice. She's like, oh, my God, Nikki, let me take you to a movie. Also, she's like one of the few people that can call me Nikki. Not a lot of people are allowed to call me Nikki. You said expressly that I'm not allowed to. You cannot.

No one at work is allowed to call me Nikki. But now I want to. No, no, no. No, no, no cannot. No one at work is allowed to call me Nikki. But now I want to. No, no, no. No, no, no. It seems so right. Don't ever call me Nikki. Okay. And so we're at the movies.

But Nikki-ole. Nicole. I said Nicole. Don't do it. It's going to create a schism in our friendship. We just unlocked it. Don't make me lock it up again. So we went to the movies and then I like, she's like, here you go.

And I said, oh my God, thanks. Soft pretzel. Cool. With a little cheddar dipping sauce I ate the whole pretzel and then she's like can I have some pretzel oh my god Sarah I finished it she goes

you finished it and I'm like I didn't know you're supposed to share it she's like Nicole I'm so mad at you right now but she was like 10 years older than me or something like seven years older than me she was like I'll just get another one yeah it's hard to be mad at you I'm like thanks Sarah I'm so sorry I'll It's hard to be mad. I'm like, thanks, Sarah. I'm so sorry. I'll never forget this moment. And see,

now I'm talking about on a fricking podcast, like 12 years later, I've had a lot of stories where I've snuck in food into a movie theater. Yeah. Tell me about the large pizza. Well, I have the large pizza, but every time during like holidays where like I couldn't eat,

like for like Passover, for example, there was nothing to do. You don't go to school. So all you do is fill your bag up with kosher for passover snacks and just eat them in the movie theater but they would try to confiscate them were they really oh my god all the time so what you do for people that want to sneak food into movie theaters you get a large hobo bag okay and then you put the snacks underneath the hobo bag bag and then you put a scarf over it like a little babushka you put scarves over it and then you put the snacks underneath the hobo bag and then you put a scarf over it.

Like a little babushka? You put scarves over it and then you put like your keys and your wallet over it. And they can't like move your bag around like that. Like they're not allowed to. Do they not check bags in movie theaters? Not as much as they used to. I have never been stopped by movie theater security personnel for sneaking in food. And I once snuck in six double cheeseburgers from McDonald's

and a whole six pack of Hanson's root beer. Where did you hide it? I snuck in an eight pack of mochi ice cream. Where I grew up, there was- Where did he put it? I had like, I put two cheeseburgers in each pocket and I had like four pockets. Like, I don't know what to tell you.

And we just had like, you know, I had a small friend in a baggy sweatshirt. When we were kids, this was like our getting away with something. Some kids shoplifted a bunch of candy. Some kids illegally set off fireworks. We would just like sneak food that we bought in the movie theater and think we were so cool about it. What a rush. What a rush.

I snuck a whole rotisserie chicken in there in college, though. I wanted to get 100 grams of protein in. I also wanted to watch, hold on, it's going to come to me, Promised Land with Matt Damon. Very funny. John Krasinski. Never seen it. Great movie about fracking.

Never, ever seen it. I'll tell you what, same director as, what's the, Matt Damon's a janitor. What's that one called? Oh, Good Will Hunting? Yeah, same director. Ben Affleck? Ben Affleck, yeah. Retainer!

Anyways. What? You're saying a lot of buzzwords that I don't know. One time I went on a date with a guy and he had chicken tenders at the movie and it all fell on the floor. And he was like, oh, man. And then he picked them up and he still ate them. Wait, so he ordered chicken tenders. This is a great way to get into the actual meat of what the podcast is supposed to be. This guy took you on a date to a movie theater. Yeah.

And he ordered chicken tenders. And potato wedges. And midway through eating them. Wait, what did you order? Hold on. What did you order? I didn't order anything. I just watched. He got chicken tenders and potato wedges while you didn't order any food on a date?

No, no, no. We didn't work out. I'm so sure we didn't work out. But like midway through, like kind of like Mr. Bean, it was like, whoa. And it all fell on the movie theater floor.

And we all know movie theater floors are like notoriously disgusting. Suspense. Right? He just goes, hepatitis Q lives in there. Puts it back in and continues eating. And I'm like,

wait, oh my God, he ate the chicken strips. If I'm horrified by that, I can't even imagine what you were going through. Yeah, I was like, hmm, I have to go. What was your initial thought? Not when he picked it up off the hepatitis Q infested floor, but when he just ordered chicken strips and potato wedges. I was like, I think I laughed at him.

I was like, you mean to tell me you're eating chicken tenders at a movie theater? And he's like, yeah, what do you mean? What's wrong with that? Not that he's from New York or anything. He was just like, yeah, what's wrong with it? Are you judging me? And I'm like, a little bit. It's a little bit weird to see popcorn like everyone else, weirdo. Was he like a Mel

Brooks character from 1971? What's the accent? It's just a distinctive from my own accent, that's all. What do you think the perfect thing to order on a date is in movie theaters? Movie theater date? I go to a lot of movie theater dates before my time with my husband. You said you did?

I did, I did. The worst one, other than the chicken tenders, is dibs. You know the little ice creams? Yeah, the little dibs. Because halfway through, they melt, but you're not paying attention. So you dip your hand in to get one, and then your fingers are covered in ice cream and chocolate. You don't want sticky fingers on a movie theater date.

And then you're sticky, and then you're like, hey, can you go get me a napkin? And they're like, no, I'm watching the movie, so you don't ever see them again again. You never see that one again. Wait, I'm sorry. Nicole, you had a lot of romantic trauma locked up in movie theaters do you remember the movies that you were watching no i don't remember a single movie that i ever watched with a boy other than one i had my first make out to the curious case of benjamin button you kissed you kissed during benjamin button yeah dude it was. I don't know what to tell you. Also, like, nobody reversed the math to figure out how old I was when I first made out with a person because it was, like, older than some.

How old were you? I was, like, 17. That's not bad. No, that's fine. I'm not ashamed. You shouldn't be. Are you nervous romantically? Look at me now.

You know, come on. I'm a sex symbol to a very weird corner of the internet can i call josh a pimp or no sex trafficker sex trafficker is the term that we use now that's the josh you're a player man thank you thank you nicole thank you so much yeah yeah i was gonna say popcorn is the only shareable thing where you're both reaching your hand you can get you know if things are going well on a date you have this light little like oh my god that's so funny the shoulder brush i didn't mean to pantomime touching your shoulder nipple you know same thing where it's like okay if you know i reached my hand of the popcorn and she wants to reach her hand of the popcorn and gently brush my

pinky like a little hot and heavy are people that like coy still i don't know i feel like everything i do is incredibly calculated it makes you sound like a sociopath well yeah well also getting to that yeah you know let's break that no no i mean it's just it's just there's something so like it's just so childish about like let's touch hands in the middle of the popcorn bag like i don't i don't get that that's not childish at all, dude. That's romantic as heck. Is it? Yeah, as like a fully fledged adult, I find that endearing. Maybe I'm the worst.

No, I mean, everyone has their thing. It's just not mine. It's corny. What do you think about people who like, if that guy would have ordered a hot dog on the first date, and he was just like, hey, let me suck down this hot dog.

If it has chili on it, I'm leaving. I can't. All right, rapid fire. People who are obsessed with popcorn, what do you think that says about them? I think if you love popcorn, you're just a neutral base. You're good. You love John Cleese. John Cleese?

Yeah, you love Tim Robbins. You just love classic funny men, kind of like that. Yeah, you're there for the quintessential experience. Yes, you're there to enjoy the film. You're someone who gets peanuts and Cracker Jacks at a baseball game just because it's in the song. No. What? Who the frick still gets peanuts and Cracker Jacks?

Bro, I get peanuts and Cracker Jacks. Cracker Jacks rule. Who gets peanuts? Why would you get? When's the last time you had Cracker Jacks? No, no, no. I'm not talking about fiddle fowl. Like a year ago.

Like a year ago. Yeah, and they're awesome, right? No. I mean, sure they're awesome. Aren't they like 25 cents or something? No, they're like more expensive now because of inflation. Oh. You know?

I mean, why would you get peanuts and Cracker Jacks when you can get- They're in the song. You want a quintessential baseball experience. Get me some hot dogs and nachos. Nachos weren't invented, Nicole, until you get into the history of nachos and get into the history of nachos. We into the history of nachos. We did last time. I don't want to do it again.

No. Okay. So popcorn, just baseline movie fan. Not necessarily a food fan. Just like basic, simple. Yeah. I think it means they're sheep. I think it means they're sheep and they haven't learned to question their own experiences.

No, that's not true. I do agree with you. I understand why people love popcorn. I understand that you want something that you can only get at the movies. You can make it at home, but I actually found this out recently. The popcorn they use in movie theaters is different than the breed of popcorn that they use. Yeah, the actual kernel. Yeah, it's called like butterfly popcorn.

It's fluffier, which is why at-home popcorn kind of sucks. You get a lot on popcorn. I have to tell you something. I have about 35 bags of popcorn at home. No, are you a home popcorn watcher? Yeah. Are you a home popcorn eater? I mean, yeah, David is.

So I have become one as well. So we love to sit there and watch TV. And popcorn is like our like couch potatoes snack. That's so funny. I know we're popcorn people now. I'm ice cold grapes. Yeah. Oh my God, Josh, you have waxed poetic

about these grapes. Tell the people about your grape love. Okay, so here's the thing. Popcorn, right? It's filled with carbs. You're drenching it in butter. You eat like nine million gallons of it while you're watching a movie. It's also crunchy and it's incredibly distracting to all the other viewers. Let me

sell you, Nicole. I got a bridge to sell you. Let me sell you on this idea. You take all the other viewers. Let me sell you, Nicole. I got a bridge to sell you. Let me sell you on this idea. You take all the popcorn out of the popcorn serving machines in the theaters and you just fill them to the brim with grapes and then you switch from hot to cold and then you can go. It's still fun because it's interactive. You get to ask for the grapes. You watch them scoop the grapes into the big old grape tub and then you get to have delicious, refreshing, ice cold grapes that aren't nearly as loud while you're watching movies.

It's healthy, it's fruity, it's filled with fiber. That is a great idea. Yeah. Josh, let's open up a healthy movie theater concession stand. Not healthy, just, well, because I'm also going to get a bunch of, they're called the cookie dough bites. Oh, cookie dough bites are OG. Snow caps are also OG.

Yeah, well, that's what I'm saying. That's the thing with popcorn is like they are, it's a snack that you associate with movies in the same way that I associate snow caps are also OG. Yeah. Well, that's what I'm saying. That's the thing with popcorn is like they are, it's a snack that you associate with movies in the same way that I associate snow caps and what are the cookie, are they just called cookie dough bites? I think so. The chocolate covered cookie dough bites. Yeah, it's literally just like flour, hydrogenated oil and sugar covered in chocolate.

So good. And it's great because you can't get them anywhere else. And they used to sell them at Blockbuster. Oh, Rick Blockbuster. Because Blockbuster would sell like the, the you know little movie theater snackies there yeah but yeah i think netflix should just open a blockbuster just have one is netflix owned by red box i mean it's red box owned by netflix i don't know i'm not sure i know uh blockbuster was like offered to buy netflix and they're like movies by the mail that'll never work out

and now you know there's no blockbusters left. I certainly do miss the excitement of a blockbuster. I know right. Wasn't it so fun just like going into a blockbuster and picking away one and now you're just on the screen and you're like movies with and like your favorite actor and it's just like how spoiled are we? We're so spoiled. We have access to every single movie

made in the entire world and we can pick all of them. But then I think it gives you like too much choice to the point where your disappointment is now on you this happened recently

on Friday no it was on Saturday night Julie and I were trying to watch a movie and she was like let's watch West Side Story the new one and I was like

wait a minute what if we watched The Producers original 1968 version Mel Brooks first ever film because I'd never seen it. And it's a Broadway, you know, crossover.

And we watched it and like neither of us enjoyed it very much. It was funny. I love Mel Brooks. But, you know, it's. Outdated? Yeah, you know. And then we're just disappointed. Now I like, you know, now ruining a Saturday night is on me.

As opposed to like ruining Saturday night would have been on the market forces of what Blockbuster had. Can I ask you a question? Yes. When the movie is ruined, is your night ruined? Because the night is so young. No, no, no. It didn't actually ruin it. You can talk about how much you hate it.

But like I feel like I watch so few movies because I'm so busy, you know, doing social things, working out, cooking, chores, work. I get you. You know, that every movie like it. It matters to you. I want it to be special. And the snacks that go along with that. I want want to be special and the snacks that go along with that i want that to be special too yeah cucumbers and hummus wine wine wine in a movie my favorite how do you feel about people who frequent these like fine dining movie theaters

oh i have never done it before i have gotten a cocktail at a movie theater and that was great wait which one was it like uh i don know, but I was drinking a Negroni watching Cats. It was incredible. It was one of my favorite moments and I always think about it. I went with Trevor. We had a great time.

Did you think to invite me? No. What do you mean? You're my boss. It's weird. I don't know. You know, I want to break down

these boundaries. All right. Rapid fire. Let's like do a little bit of psychoanalysis on what say if your favorite movie theater snack milk duds. What do you think it says? You like to listen to Limp Bizkit

and you have like long socks, long socks. I think you're a show off because you want to show that you have strong teeth, stronger teeth than me because I can't eat milk duds because my teeth are too weak.

Sorry. OK, next. Red Vines. What? Next. What? Do I get a chance to respond? My best friend deep his favorite snack

i don't think that you know we need to see i had twizzlers you you think it's a worse choice i just don't like the red i just don't need it i don't need it okay just you ripping it like you're eating beef jerky but it's made out of sugar i just don't need it hot dog what is wrong with you eat it out of state fair no i think people order hot dogs in the movie i think there's somebody desperation no no i think they really value comfort and fullness i think that they didn't plan their day right so they're gonna make everyone suffer and have the movie theater smell like hot dogs i love when the movie theater smells like hot dogs that's the one thing that i do love about hot dogs. Oh, I love when the movie theater smells like hot dogs. That's the one thing that I do love about hot dogs. I love the perfume of a hot dog.

Nachos. Um, all right. Like, I guess you're okay. You're a cool guy. I think you're fun and spicy, you know? Ooh, jalapenos while watching a movie? Oh, putting jalapenos on the side with your popcorn is a really good idea. Do you put the jalapeno juice in your popcorn?

No, I don't juice it because I'm not a weirdo. What about Icy slash Slurpees? How do you feel about those? Oh, icies are, I think you're a pure hedonist. Oh my god. And I love an icy. Oh my god. With my niece and nephew, I've started getting the icy too and I'm like, oh,

so good. I literally just started shuddering thinking about the noise that the straw makes against the plastic cheating. It's just, oh, oh, oh, oh, I'm all tingly from it, and I don't like it. I don't like it. Okay, you can keep going with the record player. Someone who just gets a black coffee, because I do that.

I do that a lot, too. You drink coffee at the movie... An iced coffee at the movie theater? Fine. A hot coffee at the movie theater? So now you can only have hot coffee. Who are you? I used to go to...

Gore Vidal? Got him! Got him! Classic Gore Vidal joke in 2022. No! Any ADHDers might associate with this if it's a three-hour movie i'm like listen i'm gonna start fading in and out real fast i just need stimulant to keep me up if they just had like no dose pills that they sold i would take those but they don't so they have coffee what do you think that says about me you need to work on your circadian rhythm, honey.

That's really not right. I probably need a better medical diagnosis rather than trying to fix it with coffee in the movie theater. No, not going to work. A drumstick, the ice cream cone. People are getting the premium ice cream cones. Wow, that is smart. You're intelligent.

You deserve to be on Forbes 30 under 30. It's just smart. It's smart. It's smart. Why is it smart? I think it's the opposite because you're getting things most like popcorn, right? It'll stay good.

The movie, they're all like two and a half hours now. If it takes you more than two and a half minutes to eat an ice cream cone, what are you doing? That's what I'm saying is like you are, if you have a giant bucket of popcorn and say a giant soda pop, even a large icy, that could be something that's sustaining you and entertaining you through 45 minutes to an hour of the movie, if not longer. That ice cream's gone in two minutes. What did that add to your, like, total experience at the movie? I don't know.

You ate an ice cream. Ice cream is good. You don't need an explanation for ice cream. Ice cream is like a thing. You know, I love dibs. They really hit us with ice cream nuggets, and we just accepted them as a society. I love the dibs. They're not good for, you can have them on your own, but like sharing them is never a good idea.

Or like after you've been dating for a year, you can just do whatever because no one cares. It doesn't matter. You're like, hey, can I borrow your shirt? And you just wipe your shirt, your hands on your shirt. Okay. Can I tell you about my pizza fiasco? Good and plenty. Oh, okay.

Never mind. Should I not tell you about my pizza fiasco? No, tell me about the pizza fiasco? Good and plenty. Oh, okay, never mind. Should I not tell you about my pizza fiasco? No, tell me about the pizza fiasco. Oh, okay. So one time we were at the movies and then we were starving. Like we were starving, David, me, and two other of our friends. And I'm like, okay, guys, let's do this. So I literally went to Gelson's and I'm like, we're going to split a pizza.

And they're like, Nicole, you're crazy. And I'm like, no, you're crazy. I'm like, we're going to split a pizza. And they're like, Nicole, you're crazy. And I'm like, no, you're crazy. And then I literally threw a parka over it and just kind of waddled my way through the guy, the ticket guy. And like, I'm like, I'm like, David, give him my ticket. And he's like, okay.

So he gave him the ticket. And then I just went, and then I started passing pizza out. I'm so glad that you didn't invite me to that movie with you and Trevor. Would you be so embarrassed? I would be mortified. I was mortified too. You need to know that about me. I was. Why that you didn't invite me to that movie with you and Trevor would you be so embarrassed I would be mortified I was mortified too you need to know that about me I was why did you do it you I was hungry there's better options to go get a hot dog I want a movie theater I'm not that kind of person I told you that I'm a kind of person that sneaks in the pizza I will only sneak in burritos that is the only thing because it's discreet and I can shove it up my

leg and it looks natural. Josh, we've heard what you and I have to say. Now it's time to find out what other wacky ideas are rattling around there in the Twitterverse. It's time for a segment we call Opinions Are Like Casseroles! for a segment we call Opinions Are Like Casseroles!

Whoa! You hit the brown note on that one. I pooed my pants. I didn't actually. I would disclose that to you if I had. I haven't done that. We have a code. It's been a while. When we ate three pounds of goat together I was getting close.

Because it was also like six beers and a lot of spicy broth. I took the hardest nap of my life. I was also wearing a denim jumpsuit and I wanted to pull it down. Nicole shows up to an all-you-can-eat beer and goat stew festival in a denim jumpsuit. I look like Jennifer Lopez. I loved it. You're about to be busted out of that. One of the divots is about to shoot off and kill a horse.

I was at a horse racing track too. Nicole and I bet on the ponies. I won $12, but lost my ticket. Best day. And then Josh was like, no, I won $7. I'm like, no, you won $12 because you bet $5. I put $5 on. No, but you won $12.

Tell the people you won $12. I didn't. I didn't. Well, I. At Michael Parks, one says Keebler Club Crackers are the superior cracker over saltines and Ritz. I love Keebler Crackers. I love these. Yeah.

We've been saying this for a while. We've been waiting to finally find somebody whose opinion matches ours. Yes. And like Willy Wonka and the Golden Ticket, Michael Parks, you now get invited over to Nicole's house for Shabbat. And that's how it works because we, this is the best opinion. And it's so true. Keep the club crackers. They have all the structure of a saltine, all the butteriness of a Ritz.

And then the sexy elves who make it just put it over the top. And they like exist in your upper gums for later. Yes. What is the sexuality of the elves? Does it matter to you? No, it doesn't. Why does the sexuality of other people even matter to you? It doesn't.

They're not people, they're elves. I'm just saying, no, no, I'm just. Elves are people, people are elves. I know, I'm not saying it matters. Elves are No, it doesn't. Why does the sexuality of other people even matter to you? It doesn't. Josh, stop being weird. I'm just saying, no, no, I'm just... Elves are people, people are elves. I know, no, I'm not saying it matters. Elves are people, people are elves. Daniel Bob V24 says, apples are simply sky potatoes and potatoes are little more than savory dirt apples. They are interchangeable in every culinary application from potato pies to apple fries.

Huh. Was this written in iambic pentameter? Apples are simply sweet sky potatoes and potatoes are little more than savory dirt apples. They are interchangeable

in every culinary application from potato pies to apple fries. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know what iambic pentameter is. I'm not going to BS you

over here. I don't think this is true. I mean, if you look at the French etymology, you know, pomme de terre. Pomme de terre. I get that. Potatoes, dirt apples. I understand, if you look at the French etymology, you know, pomme de terre. Pomme de terre.

I get that. Potatoes, dirt apples. I understand that. Sweet sky potatoes that grow in trees. One time that we did a test in middle school where we had to plug our nose and eat a potato, an apple, an onion, and one other thing to say, oh, like, these are your senses that are heightened. These are your senses that whatever. And I told the difference through all of them because I just I'm just built different. But some of the kids couldn't tell the difference between potato, apple and onion.

And there was another one, but I don't remember. Yeah. Kids are stupid. They're dumb. They're not formed yet. Yeah. But brains are like a walnut. Whatever.

But I mean, I think there's too much sugar in apples for some applications. Yeah. To be changed between potatoes. I've had it like battered apple fries. They're just fine. But then the hot apple juice that explodes out of it's not great. That said, I do really want to make a white potato pie. People will make sweet potato pies.

Why not just a normal potato pie? Isn't there a Japanese white potato? Mountain yam? It's quite delicious. Yeah, I don't know if it's a mountain yam potato. I don't think it's a potato. It's not? Okay, then I'll just shut up.

I like this. It's quite delicious. Yeah, I don't know if it's a, is mountain yam a potato? I don't think it's a potato. It's not? Okay, then I'll just shut up. But I like this. At oddball715, avocado English muffins are better than avocado toast. Okay, avocado toast, a great morning dish. Totally. Great afternoon dish. English muffins, to me, they're the best morning bread. You think so?

I think so. I'm into this. I eat this quite often. The other day in the kitchen, I just toasted an English muffin, shoved a whole half an avocado in it. You did. A little lemon salt and ate it like a sandwich. Yeah, sometimes it hits the spot really, really good. I love a good English muffin. Again, the cookery of an English muffin always trips me out because it's so cool.

You cook it on a grill top whenever it looks like it was baked in an oven. I think it's brilliant. Yeah, more people need to make homemade English muffins. And then British people get mad at you when you say that English muffins and crumpets are the same thing. They're similar, not the same. It's a long, it was invented in... We already talked about this!

James Mass Lover 13. Instant mashed potatoes with sliced pickles. Spoon of potatoes with a single pickle slice on top. Juxtaposition of temperatures, textures, flavors. It's so good! I believe you that it's good, and I believe that they top juxtaposition of temperatures textures flavors it's so good um i believe you that it's good and i believe that they have juxtaposition and i think it's important that you recognize that i just there's something about wet pickle and like creamy tater

doesn't really do it for me sorry i'm looking something up what are you looking up yeah okay so there's this dish it's called you it's a unanese dish from china uh-huh where they like you know if you put potatoes in a food processor, they get gummy? Sure. And a lot of people say they don't want that. They want a Korean mashed potato. But there's a dish from Yunnan where they pound the potatoes to increase that gumminess. Oh, interesting.

To turn it into like a, is it fufu? Oh, similar. Yeah, yeah. Fufu is like the African pounded yam. Yes, yes, yes. And you like pinch it off and eat it with your hands. Sure. I want to do that with Yunani's pounded potatoes and pickles.

Okay, do it. Yeah. What's stopping you? I don't know. Nothing's stopping you. I'm not stopping you. You're stopping yourself. I like the idea.

I love the idea of eating, like pinching off a piece of fufu, eating some stew with it, maybe some pickles, some hot sauce, stuff like that. I love the idea of doing that with straight up potatoes. You know what I mean? I want to make that a reality. I mean, I think the creamy mash and the fact that it's like instant mash chips me up because those are like dry. But I think the like sliminess and the ability to pick it up the way that you're describing sounds pretty good. Instant mashed potatoes are nice though.

Yeah, I don't have a problem with them. Get a real smooth consistency on them. Yeah. All right. At I am M Castro. The best consistency for a gummy candy is slightly stale, not squishy, not concrete, and it doesn't disintegrate upon the first chew. Yes.

Even though I've long abstained from gummy candies due to my soft teethedness, I get this from Circus Peanuts in Peeps. Ew, Circus Peanuts. Circus Peanuts are the single. Nicole, if they had those in movie theaters, it'd be the only movie theater snack I and Peeps. Ew, Circus Peanuts. Circus Peanuts are the single, if, Nicole, if they had those in movie theaters, it'd be the only movie theater snack I would ever need.

Ew, are they banana-flavored marshmallows? I don't know that they're banana-flavored or marshmallow. It's, yeah, but it's kind of like a marshmallow. They just took corn syrup and like added air to it somehow. Whatever it is.

And now it's chewy corn syrup. Yeah, whatever it is, I just can't wrap my head. Why are they orange? They look like styrofoam. Okay, this is saying that circus peanuts are produced year-round and available in vanilla, lemon, cherry, and banana.

Yeah, the orange ones are banana. The orange ones are banana flavor. I love banana-flavored foods. I don't agree, but I... Tastes like gasoline. But let me tell you, I do love a Sour Patch Kid that's been out for about a day. Yeah. You gotta air dry them. Like Peking Duck. Yummy Little Loca. Yummy Little Loca says the Colombian hot chocolate with the melted cheese

is underrated and delicious. Correct. It is incredible. I've had it. There's a Colombian place in Pasadena and they have incredible, incredible stuff. Like some of the best Colombian food I've had. And they have this and I eat it up and it's great. I dip some bread in it because I'm an OG. It's good. Yeah. What's that place called? They do the cachapas.

Amara? Is that what it's called? I think it's called Amara. Yeah, yeah. That place rules. They do the cachapas are like a really like thin corn pancake. With cheese inside. Oh my God.

Yeah, sick. Colombian food, yo. Gotta do it. I've never had the hot chocolate with melted cheese. Really good. It's good man sometimes i think people might i i dipped bread in it because i saw someone dipping bread in it but i think they dipped their coffee with bread what kind of cheese is it it's like a it's like a stretchy mozzarella salty cheddary situation really good nice i like it i love um what's that i think it's finished the bread cheese they call it just just just just and they put it yeah yeah and they like put that in the uh the coffee like the sweetened my brother introduced me to that stuff so good yo cheese and

hot sweet beverages give me all about it at barnhartRyan97, blue cheese is my guilty pleasure. I'll have it on basically anything. When I was a child, I dipped my fluffernutter in blue cheese, and it was amazing. Why guilty, man? Get the guilt out of blue cheese. Blue cheese dressing is an absolute marvel of this earth. It is delicious. It should be put on more things.

Fluffernutter sandwich? Not so much. I'd put mayonnaise on a fluffernutter. I'll tell you that. That makes sense. Mayo and peanut butter are a classic topping for a burger called the Goober Burger.

So why not in a fluffernutter? It's a very southern thing. I agree with that. Blue cheese is a majority mayonnaise. Let me tell you what blue cheese is.

It's one of those things where you have it for like two weeks and then you immediately stop because the thought of blue cheese makes you want to barf. That's how blue cheese

is for me. It's one of those foods. You know what I mean? I get that. Yeah. It doesn't do it for me. I went to a bar on Saturday or no, I went to a bar on Sunday to watch a college basketball game, but I wasn't there to drink.

I was just there to hang and watch and I was, you know, kind of nursing a hangover. Okay. And I just got a wedge salad from the bar. How good was it? Ice cold? Oh, so cold. Slapping the face. Oh, so much blue cheese on it and

it was just like it was a study in blue cheese and crisp iceberg lettuce yum and i was in heaven eric takes photo says everything bagel seasoning is american furikake i think you're right yeah wow you're right for anyone who doesn't know uh furikake is um it's japanese it's like seaweed and a little bit of sugar typically a a little bit of MSG and like toasted sesame. And you'll put it on rice. It's really big in Hawaii. Really fantastic. Everything bagel seasoning. What's typically in it? It's onion,

garlic. It's onion, garlic. Sometimes poppy seeds. Poppy and sesame. Yeah. And then salt. Yeah, maybe they'll throw in a coriander or some weird... Oh, what's the one? Caraway? I've seen caraway in it sometimes. But I think it's like made in a core weird. Oh, what's the one? Carraway? Carraway. I've seen carraway in it sometimes. Yeah, sometimes. But I think it's like made out of that core five.

Yeah, that's American for a cockade. You put that on rice. It's probably really good. It's probably really good. Wait, I've never just put. I have white rice at home. I have everything bagel seasoning at home. Do it.

What's stopping you? Report back. Nothing, Nicole. My own inhibitions. But get me a little saucy and those go downhill. All right. Add Brandon Y. My favorite way to eat a standard potsticker or dumpling is to eat the filling and wrapper separately in that order.

Turns it almost into a weird dipping pasta with small meatballs. Okay. This draws disdain from both their Chinese family as well as non-Chinese friends. I love this that it's bridging gaps between communities. Yeah. Hate does that. Both his Chinese family and non-Chinese friends hate him for doing this. And I think that's what food's about, bringing people together.

I think this is something that was done in childhood and has progressed into older age. This is like people that take the skin off their chicken nuggets. Same exact thing. It's a very childish, probably, you know, your inner child is speaking to you to get out and do more of the things you love, my friend. I like what he's doing, though. Hold on. I'll tell you what. It sounds good.

Because then you get the dumpling wrapper, which, like, if you look at the ingredients, very similar to pasta, right? You get, like, a meat-scented pasta, which I really like. And I just love that. He's getting the delicious meat stink on the pasta, and then you get to dip that, you know? It's like the same as, it's a spaghetti and meatballs experience. What this person can do is just cook the dumpling wrappers

in like a broth, and the same thing happens. I wonder if you just took like dumpling wrappers and simply boiled them, and then you took the filling that would have been in a dumpling wrapper, shumai, what have you, xiaolongbao, and you just turn that into meatballs. And then you just sauced the whole plate. With the liquid?

Yeah. I mean, do you think that'd be a good experience? Yes. Probably worse than dumplings, I'd say. I'd eat the hell out of it, though. I'd eat the hell out of the dumplings and I'd eat the hell out of that. Persistent Life says 70-30 Coke and orange juice. I can't even say it.

70-30 Coke and orange juice mix is just the best kind of orange soda. Go full pulp. I can't even say it. Go full pulp for the ultimate drinking experience. No. This is pretty wild. No. I don't want to.

Full pulp? You never go full pulp. Yeah, I don't love to chew my juice i do love it feels hairy i love i like it you ever get like an extra hairy peach skin yeah it's good this is you know like it's an acquired taste that you know for something that's not to put it on to say like there's no like larger societal all right underscore morrison new cheetos pitch buttery cinnamon and sugar, same finger dust experience to make it a sweet time.

They already did it. They were called Sweetos. Yeah. Keep up with the times, homie. They were pretty unsuccessful. They sucked. MME Morrison, your idea is bunk. I mean, you can do it at home.

Probably tastes better. I also, to be fair, I also think it's a good idea and I would like to. I just want breakfast cereal that's very large. I want Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but that is like the shape of Doritos and the size, and I can just eat it for snacks. They should just come out with Sweet-O-Ritos. Sweet-O-Ritos?

Yeah. You're welcome. If Sweet-O-Ritos didn't work, Sweet-O-Ritos surely will. You're welcome, Doritos. Olive Jade's 17 says, Peanut Butter, Salt and Vinegar Chips, Miss Vicky's brand, and honey all put between two slices of soft white bread is an amazing sandwich. I believe you. You know what, Nicole? That sounds like an amazing sandwich, but you know what's an amazing podcast?

What's that? Is Ear Biscuits. Oh, I love Ear Biscuits. I love it. It's two lifelong friends. Rhett and Link. Ever heard of them? Mm-hmm.

They're responsible for our money. And they talk about all kinds of things. It's two lifelong friends. Rhett and Link. Ever heard of them? Mm-hmm. They're responsible for our money. And they talk about all kinds of things. It's really sweet. They talk about life. They talk about love. One episode they talked about whether or not they sexually experimented with each other. Interesting, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

I like it a lot. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. They get into it, and you should too. Yeah. Anyways, back to the sandwich we were talking about. I would eat the heck out of this. I'd love me a good chip sandwich. I'd love me a good peanut butter and honey sandwich.

I have to tell you I had a chip sandwich today. What kind? I had a bagel and then I put cream cheese and I put chips in it. What kind of chips? Sour cream and onion ruffles. Ooh, that's a nice time. I like the sweet. I like the fattiness of the peanut butter. Sweetness of the honey. And then just that crunchy, sour

just punch of salt. This sounds delightful. I would like to do. Do we have the capability to make this right now? Yeah. I don't like salt and vinegar chips. I would probably do another chip, but that's just me. Ooh, even some jalapeno chips in there?

Dang. Oh, yeah. Miss Vicky's jalapeno. Oh, yeah. Getting all hot and bothered over these jalapeno chips. Dude, I used to get those at the Togo's when we'd sneak off campus at school. I used to get it at Subway. Poor man's Togo's. Togo's is a'd sneak off campus at school. I used to get it at Subway. Poor man's Togo's.

Togo's is a regional sandwich chain from Southern California. Never had it. Yeah, no, no one has had it ever. It's just fun. There's please no subs. At Booked and Boozy, Flamin' Hot Cheetos dipped in mustard-craft mac and cheese with sriracha ketchup.

This is American goulash at its finest. Didn't we read something similar to this recently? Yeah. I think we did. This is like, what is it, convergent evolution? I guess people like hot Cheetos and mustard. Yeah. But this with the Kraft mac and cheese and Sriracha ketchup.

Cuts through it. That cuts through it. The creaminess, the sweetness. This is every single flavor, Nicole, all in one bowl, all for one experience. And it's beautiful. Nice. Agreed. And it's beautiful. Nice. Agreed. Last one.

Okay. Maddie Abby says, my mom likes PB&Js with ketchup, but says it only works with grape jelly. Yeah, probably. Why not strawberry? Just, it doesn't. It's red. I guess.

It's red, Josh. Okay. I get it. I get it. No, no. I'm seeing where this comes through. So like ketchup has like more kind of like wintry flavors to me, do worse with pure acid, do better with sweetness. Strawberry jelly has more acid than grape jelly.

Grape jelly, higher sugar content. It's a facto. Your mom is wise, Abby. Should listen to her. And on that note, thank you for listening to Hot Dog is a Sandwich. If you want to hear more from us here in the Mythical Kitchen, we got new episodes for you every Wednesday. If you want to be featured on Opinions or Like Casseroles, you can hit us up on Twitter at Mythical Chef or add Hendee Zada with the hashtag OpinionCasserole. And for more Mythical Kitchen, check us out on YouTube

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