Wolf and Owl - Weddings, Food Vans and King Prawn Purée

Episode Date: May 21, 2026

What does Tom regret about his wedding? Is Romesh holding a grudge again Tom? What do David Haye and Romesh have in common? Does anyone know what the difference is between a food stall and a food station? And should Tom open his own burger van business? This is the Wolf and Banter Canon 1 and this week’s email special! Get involved and send your questions, dilemmas and voice notes to us at [e-mail] A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Platform Media. Chapters: 00:00 Intro01:16 Wedding advice07:36 Food vans 09:48 King prawn puree Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yo Yeah, what do you want? Beak or jaws, feathers or fur, sharp teeth or feet with claws, whatever's prefer. Just kidding, every word in his song about two grown men dressed up as a bird and a dog.

Hello, friends. This is the wolf and our email. Oh, God. Jesus. I was just so excited. This is the wolf and the banter cannon one. Welcome to the email special of the wolf and banter cannon.

You know who you could get? that you're going to give that shirt to him? David Haye, because he sort of sees himself. He's enough to the banter cannon as well. Yeah, he is the band to get everywhere. Okay, we, uh, Wolfelpot at gmoor.com. I've never ever done this where it's gone, the banter's gone, because obviously you're the ban of cannon, but the same joke as had a runner into two episodes. I know, it's first time.

But the idea of that you and David Haye both wearing those shirts. By the way, you just did a thing with your pecks then? Did it? Yeah. That's incredible. Yeah. How, how? I don't know you could do that. That's what a thing that stack people do. Yeah. So just for, yeah.

For the audio listeners. Yeah, Ramesh is flexing so hard. Since I mentioned David Hay. Yeah, he's doing like a thing in his Banta Cannon T-shirt. Okay. Dear Wolf and Al, I'm a long-time listener, started back in 2020 when I first found out about the pod and I was newly in a whirlwind relationship

where I moved in and lived with him after the first meeting. Wow. Just 24 hours after we started talking online. This sounds like limerance to me. What? Limerance. Have you heard about limerence? What's that?

I'll talk to about it in a minute. Happy to say that four years... It doesn't sound like limerence, actually. Sounds like love. Four years, four dogs, six chickens, two rabbits and a lot of life forward. We're engaged. Oh, this is a happy one.

Planning our wedding for September this year, don't worry. I'm not here to extend an invite. We're planning a registry office wedding and then celebrating with a garden party at home, including walking the aisle, aka my garden path, with my fiancee's brother-in-law,

officiating after being ordained by the church of dudism. Oh, man, I love this. This is my happiest thing. My question is this, what from your own weddings or other weddings you've attended a real stand-up moments that you think I could include in a celebration like mine? I just want to have a nice day filmed with fun and bringing two families together. I'm having a pork pie and cheese stack. Oh my God.

This is an incredible wedding. As well as a wedding cake, as I've not got a huge sweet tooth and a lemon wedding cake for my husband. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, but overall, I'm just happy to email in and hopefully hear your thoughts. I was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, so I relate to Tom so much and appreciate his openness. loss of love from the lucky leopard I've attached an inspo pick for the pork and cheesecake for Tom's enjoyment Oh my God, I'm in love for this.

That's incredible. Wow, look at that. How many calories are you reckon in that stack? That's a lot. That is an incredible thing. Because cheese is just pure calories, right? Yeah, pure fat, isn't it? Yeah, yeah.

Well, thank you so much. That's a beautiful thing. Have you heard about limerence? No, what is limerence? I might have got this wrong, But limerence is like, do you know when you first meet somebody? And you're just, it's a really heady period. Yeah, yeah.

Right. And I think limerance, true limerence is when you become chemically addicted to the other person. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I've had that. You become addicted to an idea of what that person is rather than the reality of them. So you meet somebody and you've got this idealized version of who they should be. And then every time they do that they do. don't meet up to that, it's incredibly upsetting

for you because you've decided what this person's like. Yeah, and they'll fall in love and make future plans with somebody despite having known them a few days or whatever. Yeah, yeah. That's limerence. I think I do that a lot. Do you think so? Yeah. So apparently, so then limerence happens a sort of limerence happens whenever you meet somebody.

Like it would have happened to, like a version of limerance would have happened, I might be getting this wrong, a version of limerance might have happened when you first got together with cat. Yeah, yeah. And then what happens is, is that's when you're, chemically bonding to each other or neurochemical. I don't know. I'm using the wrong terms.

And then what happens is that fades because you can't be like that forever. And then you see what actually you've got. Do you know what I mean? Because that sort of infatuation sort of dies down and then you settle into a thing. And sometimes people, they get limerent about people and become really obsessive. And then the idea that they won't end up together is fucking heartbreaking. But actually it's not real. Wow.

They're in love with an version of them. Wow. that's limerance that's why when when the lucky leopard said we got together very quickly that that is one of the hallmarks of limerance

yeah yeah yeah I've done that I've done that in my life but it doesn't sound like it I mean it could have been limerance that's turned into a real thing yeah I think there was an air of limerance with me and Catherine you think so yeah I think there's an air of limerance

not with me but Lisa was so thirsty was she? Oh my God I can't imagine Lisa being thirsty I said to just chill out chill out I can't imagine that at all I could imagine you being like that

What are you doing? Look over here. Can't you see me? It's so funny. Just everything I say right now, all I can look at you and just think is the banter can. Apologies, but you've just been hit by the banter cannon. A warning.

I hope you enjoy the wedding. Here's something you could do at the wedding. Here's a quick. I could come along. and go, here's a quick warning. Be careful that you don't catch any strays from the banter cannon. Watch out for Limerance, guest.

Have I told you about Limerance? I thought you were in Limerance, but you're married now. Firstly, I think your wedding, by the way. Sounds amazing. I do this, quite, they're doing the stuff they want to do. Yeah, exactly. That's, I think, the stuff that when you break against convention a bit and do things a little differently, I think it's fun.

I think my wedding, one of my favourite of days of my life, but I think... Your wedding was. Yeah, I think we had a great day, but then there's some bits of it. I wish we'd just been a bit more, I'll fuck it and just go on with... We originally were probably more like this, and then you'd get, if we fall into a place of convention, we've got to do this at a certain time. So what did you do that you regret? Do you know what?

I know what cat's regret. Banta Cannon locked. I wish the Banta Cannon was there. That's one of my big regrets. I didn't know you well enough. at that time. I invited you to my valour. Yeah, fucking ice is a runner.

If you want a runner, Jesus Christ, we should clip up all the bits where you bring this up. I feel really bad about that. And a bloody tour show. I wish I was there. I wish I cancelled that bloody show now. Yeah, I wish it was actually stinker as well.

The, I wish, do you know, photos? I wish we hadn't done as many. Like the stage photos. Oh, the stage photos. We hate them. We've never looked at them. Yeah, because they're awful. They're awful.

But actually the pictures of us having fun with our guests and enjoying our moments together that weren't posed a lot better than, you know, the people that, people at the wedding tour. The candid snaps. Yes.

Oh, wow. I love that. The candid snaps. Not here just for banter. The canon can fire some sense too. Yeah, please. I'd love it if you got me one that said sense canon too.

Cannon. Oh, he's worried about the result, boys. That he's got his sense canons. Shut on. I would say, I always think, yeah, things are a little bit different. Like a photo booth saw as a laugh But they've become all the rage now

We had a prosceco van As that was quite a cool thing A little prececo little self little Yeah I ran a little prosaco truck I went to one wedding And I just had all the street foods It's all my best things I've ever seen

Ben Green had a pizza van turn up Oh yeah That's Ben for you He's a classy guy, it's Ben We had such great food at our Varania We sort of looked at the guests And got stuff that they'd like But obviously we didn't have to take you into account

because you didn't come. What did you have? What sort of food? We had like little snacky bits. There was a Samosa Station. Oh God, I wish I'd been there for them. Somosa Station? Yeah, there's like a little podium with like those Somosas.

And we had like biscuits and cakes and sandwiches. We had like cool stuff. What's the difference between a stall and a station? I don't know actually. I think it just sounds better, isn't it? Late on in the evening. Yeah. Brought out some burritos.

Oh, wow. You love burritos? Yeah. You're a burrito-a-old. I am a brood guy. You know what I like? Little tiny little soft shell tacos. Yeah, nice.

Rack them up, skin them up yourself. Little mouthful, beautiful. I heard a story of... You should have those, Lucky Leopard. Get tacos. A story of a guy who... It was a good burrito maker. And then decided to branch out.

It was a friend of a friend's birthday. And he got sort of... Everyone was like, you should do your burritos at this birthday. I didn't go to this... This is a friend of a friend. And they said that the panic attack that this guy had, Because basically he turned up to do the brittos thinking, oh, this will be great.

I'm doing my brittos for everyone. And everyone wanted his burritos. And he had no experience in running a kitchen. So it was just apparently really overwhelming with people just shouting out different flavors and different things they wanted. And the guy that I know who went, he was like, oh my God, it was like, it was a absolute panic attack. Have you ever thought about opening up a food thing?

I'd love to. What would you do? What if I was going to? Because I think this is a bit of you, actually. When you sort of think about people taking up side hustle, like you having a food truck, that is so on brand for you. It's tough.

Do you know the thing that, lucky enough for me, I've had a few health issues we talk, I don't want to get into it. Luckily. Luckily, I've had some health issues. It's giving me some content for the book. No, but I was on this diet where I can,

I'm back now, I've had to reintroduce things slowly. Do you have the food that I just, at one point there were like, you might have to stay away from this, and this, the food that I was generally devastated, and I was nearly in tears about, there's one of spicy

food, I'm like, you might not be able to eat spicy food and I was like, the thought of going the rest of my life we've never eaten a curry again. I was like, and now I can. I've had, well, Catherine was like, okay. Where did you get coma? No. Well, I'm saying you're easing yourself back into it.

That's a masala, it's an ease back in. I'm not a fucking coma. All right. I have a coma. If Catherine's got a coma, I have some of it. I'm not ordering a coma. Okay, fine. Literally. And that's,

that is a good principle to have. You'll eat somebody else's common, but not order you. Yeah, no, fucking hell. What an edgy guy.

What a real curry connoisse. King, porn puree. Yeah. Rogon Josh. But yeah, I'm back on the car. How was it eating the curry?

You're nervous? Yeah, because I was like, you know, like, you know, like, you know, when the football has been injured.

Like, Saka has been out of the game for a while. Yeah. It's like, fucking hell, that first touch of the ball, the first kick. Yeah.

What did you order? I had a prawn puree to start King prawn puree, this guy makes the best. Yeah, I mean I don't have heard that dish before you said it just now. What? King prawn puree. Yeah.

Puree? What do you call it? I don't know. You heard of king pork puree? Puree is like, puree is like mashed up. Yeah, but it's like a, yeah. I've never heard that. King prawn puree.

P-U-R-R-E, I think. Puri? Puri. Puri. I've been called it a puree for years. They've never great to me. King prawn Puri is a popular Indian restaurant start featuring spicy tang and sauce spru.

Oh, on a Puri? Yeah. I've been called it a King Porn Purae for the last 20 years. Is that known it? All me and my friends call it that. Oh, God. That's that is it. That's the dish.

That's my welcome back. It's the best thing. Yeah. And where's the puree in that dish? I thought it was the sauce. They probably minced up the garlic. I think the sauce. King prawn puree, when you said it, to me, that's just like they give you a bowl of like baby food.

It's just like fucking mashed up king prong. So how's it pronounced? Puri. Puri, yeah, anyway. King prawn, Puri. I had that. I think if you're getting puree, just, if you're getting what you want and when you say that, just keep saying. You can't change a habit of 20 years.

But can I just say, oh, no, I feel shameful that I've got that wrong all the time. Because I think, you go to an Indian restaurant, right? My favourite sort of food. And I'm getting the name wrong. And they're so sweet and nice that they never turn around and go, by the way, it's this. But you've not only been to that. restaurant so that's happening everywhere yeah i've been going yeah because but this is the problem with my kind with me as a bit of like we turn up and and they they feel so like

what we should do is just go oh actually how do we pronounce that or we just take it as it is we do that in spain we do that in france hold on a second you're being a bit harsh on yourself here you thought it's called king prong puree yeah puree sorry pure yeah yeah so i'm mistakenly pronounced it correctly so you thought it's called king prong pure yeah you've gone to an your restaurant you said can I get king prawn puree and they've brought you the dish that you wanted at what point are you supposed to reflect on what you've said? Yeah but you didn't know that

you're going you're going to the thing you're asking for the thing they give you the thing you want yeah but no but more no but more though it's I just feel bad that that's not how it's pronounced but look you know now yeah but I don't think you start feeling bad about the fact you've been calling it puree all this time you but it's so not the dish yeah but you didn't know you're getting the dish you wanted I think you're being too harsh I I went back in

curry was great but I will say the thing that I long for and I'm still not is a good burger. I think a burger van would be wide. Like a good high-class burger bag. Yeah, I think you should open one. This episode is brought to you by FedEx.

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Maybe I will. Maybe you should. Where would I have it, like, on industrial states and stuff? Yeah. Or you could go into film sets. Yeah, but I feel like, if it's sad. It's so funny, you go up for something, you don't get it, and then, and then you go, look, I know I don't get the part, but you will be seeing me.

Yeah, you won't see me with my taco truck. Think about it. Yeah. Have we only done one email? Auditions have gone. That could be something I might do. We've only done one email. We've got to wrap up.

Lucky Leopard, we'll see it at the wedding. By the way, if that is an invite, I think that would be an amazing. It's not an invite. Quite a little bit. But I think you DJ and me, I could bring the burger van. Great idea. If you want burgers and music, call someone. Yeah.

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