Episode 260 – Food History and Flavor Myths with Sarah Lohman

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Episode Summary:

First, Ben and Celestia react to the CDC shooting, then Ben looks at some skeptical-leaning responses of ghost hunters to Dan Rivera’s death and the Annabelle narrative. Rounding out current events, Celestia has another RFK-adjacent story, this one about two women hospitalized after peptide injections at a Las Vegas wellness festival. For our main segment, food historian and Vegas gal-about-town Sarah Lohman joins us to share some interesting food mythos… everything from beer, MSG, spices and spoiled meat to the connection between corn flakes, enemas, masturbation and vegetarian dishes. Along the way we discover Sarah’s downright distaste for Johnny Appleseed and rate our favorite Vegas buffets while learning about the history of cheap shrimp cocktail. Then, for dessert — pink slime!

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Annabelle, CDC, CDC shooting, City Cast Las Vegas, corn flakes, Dan Rivera, enemas, food, food history, food myths, ghost hunters, John Harvey Kellogg, Johnny Appleseed, Kellogg, peptides, Pink Slime, RFK, RFK Jr., Sarah Lohman, Shrimp cocktail, vegetarianism
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