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Hey, I'm Maddie, and I'm Skylar, and you're listening to Butter Together, we're two friends who believe food isn't just about what's on the plate. It's about the people, the stories, and the little moments that bring us closer. Each episode, we'll share conversations, memories, and maybe a few recipes too, because the best things in life are meant to be shared. So come hang out with us and let's get into it. Welcome back. I'm so excited today because, um, we're gonna play a game means Skyler. Whoa. But anyway, today we are playing a game that hopefully will take us the entirety of the episode because. I think we have a lot to say on this matters. Oh, do you are coming up. Yeah. Yeah. So today we're gonna do a little game called Hot Takes. You might have seen it around and um, most likely, yeah, people have been suggesting we do this and I think it'd be really fun. So I wrote down a few Hot Takes statements. Okay. Girl, earlier today. Alright. And we're gonna go through them Yeah. So the rules of the game are, I'll make the statement and then. We both get to choose if we're going to debate for it or against it, whatever the statement is. And then you can convince me or I can convince you, or we can not convince each other and it'll just be a draw. I think we just lay it out there. Should we make points? Points? Yeah. Like who wins as many hot take debates. That'd be fun. So this is like a true debate. Yeah, it's a debate. But I also wanna hear from anybody who's watching. Yes. Leave a comment please. What you think of these hot takes. Yeah. Because I think it's gonna get pretty intense Friendships might be broken. Never. No, I'm joking. Maybe for a moment we'll learn new things about each other. Yeah. Yeah. It'll be fun. That's the best part. Yeah. All right. Get into it. Let's do it. First statement is croissants are not good. All right. Well, I'm gonna go against the statement and I'm thinking you're for it. You know, maybe, maybe I'm not saying that they're. Okay. Bad. We'll start off. You have, okay. As long as you want to debate why they are not good. Okay. Well, okay. Again, not saying they're not good. Okay. But I just can't do a straight up butter croissant. No. Just like a plain croissant. Okay. Again, I think the artistry. And the time and the care that goes into making a croissant is incredible, respectful, and a very beautiful art. Mm-hmm. It's culinary art, you know? That's a lot of thinking, that's a lot of math. It's a lot of time, but okay. Yeah. You're, you're debating against it. Not for it right now I'm debating against it, but I'm saying it's okay. Maybe I'm. No, I'm not neutral. It's good take, take a hard, take a hard stance. I'm taking a hard stance. Yeah. I personally don't like croissants by themselves. Okay. It needs to have something with it. Mm-hmm. Because otherwise I feel like I'm just eating like, like it just, it's too much crumple. Mm-hmm. Like I know that's the point of a croissant. I know I'm gonna get hate for it, but I don't like mess. Mm. Okay. As for the rebuttal for the side of the croissant lovers of the world, please rebut croissants are the perfect buttery pastry. Croissants are perfect in every way that you have described earlier from the artistry, from the just talent it makes to make one. It's perfect. Mm-hmm. It's beautiful. When you bite into it, there is a mess. I will guarantee you that, but. Usually you're eating it with a plate or a napkin around. So really are you? So really is the mess? Are you though? Or they put it in a pastry bag and then you just eat it within the bag and so the mess is not known of. But then when you rip it apart,'cause you wanna get to the center and you take a little bite and then you got a mustache of like flake. All I'm saying there are plenty dishes around town and pastries that are messy yet worth eating and still. Okay, name one the best. Okay, ramen. When I slurp it, I get Slurpee Ramen all over me. Well, that was a, but I still like it. Hate cake. That's racist. All I'm saying is. Yes, it's messy, but at the end of the day, croissants are so good. If you love butter and you love dough, which I do, but I love butter and I love dough. Don't like a shortbread. Oh gosh. We can't compare croissants and shortbread. Oh my gosh. Osh. Okay, that's delicious. That has so much butter. Okay, here's, it's like soft and fluffy. I think the unique part for croissants, for me, why I have to debate for it, okay. Is that. It is one of the hand sized pastries, hand sized pastries. Mm-hmm. That contains everything about pastry that is good, pure, and lovely, and will stand against the test of time. Okay. Anyone can make a brioche? Who can make a croissant? No. Well, not anyone can make a brioche. Okay. Most people that can make bread, can make a brioche. Can they do it justice? Okay. We're not talking about British. This is getting outta hand. Yeah. Okay. Croissant. Mm-hmm. Is Dough fried in its own butter? Isn't that amazing? It is amazing in science and in theory. Okay. Okay. But actually eating one. I am You're not a fan. Hmm. Yeah. I, I love it with Nutella. I guess this is pistachio or an almond cream, but. I know so many people who are just a plain croissant and I just not, this maybe more of a debate for classics and, um, innovators. I think I respect the classics and I like the classics because if you can make something that is like perfectly made and it can stand on its own mm-hmm. It's worth eating. Mm-hmm. I think if you have to put, like, you don't realistically have to put all that stuff on a croissant. It does make it better if you have a filling of some sort. But at the end of the day, a butter croissant versus a piece of toast, you're always gonna choose to butter croissant. And maybe we'll draw on this one. Call it a draw, unless I just convinced you. Well, I will choose a croissant over a piece of toast. Okay. I went, I'm kidding. However. Mm-hmm. I will always choose brioche over croissant. Okay. We can agree on that. You agree? No, but I can see your point. I'm just glad you agreed that you would take it a, a croissant over a piece of toast. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, yeah, again, time and effort and care do so much more than, and just the buttery goodness, you don't have to add butter to croissant. Although some, someone did that the other day and I said, are you crazy? A cold butter croissant, Sammy. Yeah. Whoa. All right. This might be a little over my head. Okay. We'll call that one a draw. Okay. You ready for the next one? Okay. Laying on me. Shoot. Bread is basic, specifically sourdough bread is basic. You wanna, you wanna head this one in favor? I'm just a hater I guess tonight. No, it's okay. But that's fine. But yeah, I think due to the rise of the pandemic, even though my main bakery jobs have been surrounded by sourdough, I think that yes, everyone does a sourdough now, you know, it's become basic, is what you're saying. It's, it's been oversaturated. Mm-hmm. Yeah. But Mar has been overwhelmed by sourdough bread. Not saying that they're not good. You know, they are good and it's most likely it is healthier for you than just that Wonder Bread, you know, at the store, which is also good in its own way. Mm-hmm. And time and place. I am a neutralist. Mm-hmm. But I will say bread has become overrated. Bread has become overrated, unless it's done very, very, very well. Yeah. But where does that line come from? Okay. To what you said about bread being overrated and oversaturated, I can see why. I think bread is not basic because of all the things you can do with bread that make it very versatile. Okay. Yes. Can do sandwiches, grilled sandwiches. You can do, uh, bread pudding. You can do so much with it. It's kind of, it's a basic ingredient or like product Yeah. That you can make not basic yeah. I can't say like, I think basic is too harsh of a word, but there is like, again, an oversaturation of sourdough bread. Maybe not in the market, like in a grocery store, but in our culture. But in our culture, and maybe this is just in the microclimate that is LA County. Okay, that's true. I think everyone and their mom can make sourdough bread now. It's become less of a, like a novelty. Yeah, there is some really great stuff out there. I will say, shout out Laura and her bakery to Micro Bakery. Shout out to Lloyd Lane Bakery for some very fun and interesting ideas and takes on sourdough bread. I think, yeah, everyone just has to help like figure out their niche within the sourdough bread community. Yeah, which she has done, which you have to do because S bread is so basic. You have to make it a niche. You have to make it a niche. You have to bring it back from Well, you're convincing me, I think I believe in you now. Thank you. So you get one point for that. One. Skyler's in the lead, everyone. All right. Cupcakes are lame. I think we both agree. Oh, shoot. Did we really agree on that one? Yeah, we really did. Okay, I'll, I'll debate and for it, and you can debate against it. Gummy over here is negative, Nancy, and I'll go with it. Keep going. All right, I'll, I'll debate for it first. How about that? Okay. Yeah. Cupcakes is just a small cake, two bites, and you're done. Easy. No mess. And you can. Put any kind of frosting on it in a cool, fun way for a kids' party, for a baby shower. It's a no hassle free way to feed a lot without cutting into anything. Yeah, it's a self-contained mess. It's a self-contained mess Also, uh, they can travel well. If you have like one of those carriers that can carry all the. Like the cupcakes and like extra type of storage container specifically for cupcakes. Yeah, I think it's really cool. It's cool. But also, can you use that for anything else? Uh, no. Well, you flip it over and use it for a cake. Um, okay. So I guess I don't really believe in this, but I think there's been fun ways, kind of like stuffed cookies. People have been bawling cookie dough around things. You could do the same thing as like filling inside of a cupcake. Kind of look at with cookie D. Yeah. People have been doing it where they, you put a piece of chocolate or like cream cheese and then you cover it with like, it's a whole thing. This is why I'm not in quick bread. Well, you know, maybe those cupcakes, like I've seen an UBE flan cupcake where they put a piece of flan on top. Yeah. And I think that's, I think it's fun. I think you can, uh, do any kind of flavor kind of with cookies and make it a whole thing with cupcakes. Um, cupcakes are most always moist, whereas sometimes when you make a cake you can't really, nah. Make it moist. No. Okay. Rebuttal. Yeah. I think cupcakes become a lot drier, a lot faster. Mm-hmm. Because they're so small and you're just, you know, you're sticking'em in and out of the oven. Mm-hmm. Like, I think there's a little, like a smaller margin for error for the cupcake. Like Yeah. Like once they're over baked, all of them. Are ruined. Yeah. You know, maybe, you know, maybe with a cake also. Okay. I'm, I'm gonna just go on board with yours.'cause I totally agree. Yeah. But they also are so annoying to make. Yeah. Because I always overfill the cups and I'm a pastry chef, so I should be able to make a goddamn cupcake, but I can't because they just top over and have muffin tops. It's super annoying. But someone say that's not a bad thing about a cupcake. If there's a muffin top, it's not. You want like a flat cupcake. It's not like aesthetically pleasing though. Yeah, it's kind of a little hard to put the frosting on. Do you think when people do like the cupcake sandwich, do you think that like, is this, it's awful. That's literally the scariest thing I've ever seen in my life. You, you, oh, that should be the real question. Should you eat a cupcake, like a normal person or sandwich it? Yeah. Lick all the frosting off and stick it back in the box, or? Or make it a sandwich and eat it. But that's again, that's the ratio is still too much bread to frosting. Yeah. No cupcakes have a lot of issues. I agree with you. Now that we've debated this poorly, I mean, you were already on side. I was already on board with you. Yeah, that's But it was a good one to debate. Yeah. You know, we're like trying to be on both sides, right? Like we're trying to show, see the sides. Yeah. I don't see this side cupcakes talk. Yeah. I really try to come up with things why they're good, but they're, they're not great. They're great for kids parties. They're good for kids parties. I should have led with that, huh? This is gonna be a good one. You ready? Rice doesn't belong in burritos. Do you really believe that? I don't like my, I don't like rice and burritos. Why I could do french fries or like, you kinda made fun of me earlier, but the breakfast burritos with hash browns. Oh, but that's good. But like, is that a staple in a burrito? I just don't necessarily want rice in my burrito. I'll do beans meat, like the salsa, onions, whatever else you put in burritos. I think it just needs like a little, I know the tortilla is like, it's a lot, you know, it's your, it's your like starchy part. Mm-hmm. But. What does rice add to a burrito, do you think? I think rice is just such a good marriage with beans. Mm. And I think that like, it gives it an extra chew to a burrito that's not just like soup of beans and meat in your mouth and sauce. Like it kind of holds all of that together. Okay. I think that's where I disagree was like, I, I hate, I eat my beans and rice separate. I don't like them together. Oh. Yeah. I never like mix beans and rice. It's gross. I don't mix some. Okay. I'm not a monster, but you take it, you like put it on your fork and you put a little beans and you put a little rice. I could do it for like one bite, but I, I can't do it all the time. You know what I used to do? Mm-hmm. Taquitos, taquitos, beans on top. Mm-hmm. Rice on top of that. Shovel it. Yeah. So good. That sounds. Yeah. I think this is where our attention lies, is the, the beans and rice marriage. Yeah. It's not like a heavy tension. Mm-hmm. But it's, it's a firm one. Yeah. It's quiet, but there, yeah. I also, I just prefer, I think breakfast burritos. I wouldn't like eat a burrito. Okay. As a meal. I get that. Like as a lunch or dinner. I get that. Well, maybe we'll have to draw on that one because I just will never agree with you. That's not a draw, girl. I mean, like we both don't get points. Oh, I see. I see. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No points. Yeah. Personal preference. It's okay. It's personal preference., This is hot takes, this is, this is very good. Spicy. This is hot takes, this is subjective. Yeah. It's really hard for us to not be understanding though. It really is. We're like, but I could see why people would say that. We are just, we just feel, although this next one I will not be understanding and I will, I think I know which one this is. Yeah. Hot take s'mores are terrible and they suck. She's a monster. Sorry, but they're not good. Are you American? You are more American than I'm okay. That may be true, but tell me what's good about a dry ass graham cracker? A Hershey's chocolate and a marshmallow that's burnt. Mm mm mm Have you ever heard of the My Yard Reaction? No. What is, you should know that, what is it? It's, it's the browning. Yeah. Like that process of browning on any food. I didn't know what it was called. That's super cool. Mired. Yeah. Mired Reaction. Some French guy Ah, send a mired. Yes. Okay. I really honestly am like shocked at this one. Yeah. Still. Yeah. Even you saying that one a graham cracker's delicious honey. You know, like the honey cinnamon graham crackers. No, no, I don't like gram crackers. Oh, that's a hot take in itself. Yeah. Maybe I'm less of a biscuit girl than I thought it was. I just think they're like graham cracker biscuit low on the tot pole. Basically kind of, it's a, it's a Cracker Graham, but people like, I guess I'm talking like, like ink, like the uk, like biscuits. They're like crackers and everything in between. I didn't know we moved to London. Anyway. Good point. Back to smores, because she's diverting the topic is how could you go wrong with a melty, gooey, delicious fluff? Okay. Okay. Sweet gelatin. Um, collagen kind, but melted chocolate. It like the, the chocolate melts into the graham cracker through the marshmallow. It's a mess. Mm-hmm. But it's a known mess and accepted. I've never not liked things because of the mess of it, but I will say I hate the bite. I hate biting into it and it being soft and then hard and then weirdly crumbly. Like it just. Hmm. I think texturally, I just hate s'mores. Hmm. And I'll pretend to make'em, or I'll make'em for other people, you know, I'll be like, yeah, I toy one s'mores. And then I'm just like, you don't ever, like, I'll eat the chocolate alone. I'll eat the, the, the s marshmallow. The marshmallow alone. Okay. But no graham cracker maybe. Is it just the graham cracker? No, but I, I just, I don't like the, I don't like the combo of it all. Like s'mores ice cream pass. Oh yeah. Willy. Willy. I love like the way that this chocolate maybe melts a bit, you know, like enough because of the smore is hot. Yeah, marshmallow is hot, but it still is like a little chew. It's not like a brick, but it's got a chew. You like, maybe I'm not doing mine right, yeah, it goes like, either you do like a fully burnt on fire marshmallow, so you get like toasty and soft goo, or. You take your time and you go slow. I will say I've tried every way. And you watch it like slowly turn colors and puff up. Yeah. And turn into like a self-contained, like liquid molten lava. I just think we need to find a new like fireside dessert. Okay. I think we could do better, but what about Reese's Pieces in Amar Never tried that before. I did try that. That was really good. But. Uh, s'mores are a lot. Yeah. I can do one, maybe two max if I'm really feeling it and really feeling the America in the air. But for the most part, it's about one. But I could eat like five burn marshals marshmallows. Yeah. I agree with that. Yeah. I love a good burnt marshmallow. Right. And I, I like a, you just peel it off and eat it. Yeah. And then stick it back in the fire. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yep. Ugh. Well, we'll, we'll draw on that one. It was pretty hardcore. That was pretty hardcore. Yeah. Well, you're still in the lead. Two points to zero 80., this is a good time to do our midday. Uh, mid episode break and tell us what we're drinking tonight. Skyler. Oh, okay. It's a little, what should we call that? Can someone come up with a name for like our little mid mid recording? Drink session. Mid recording. Drink., Happy hour. Welcome to Happy Hour. Welcome. Yeah. This is an Italian wine 2022. Mm. Do you wanna try saying this? Nope. Ella. Mm-hmm. Rep Paso? Um, I'm not gonna say that. No, but it says superior. Mm. Cecilia Baretta. 2022. 2022. I'll do a little more of that one, if you don't mind, ma'am. Yes. I really liked it. It's a red wine. Love that. Yep. Um, it's red wine. It's not too sweet, but it's like, but it's also not too like cabernet, like, you know, like bitter, like bitter. It's the perfect medium, I find. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I like it a lot. Where'd you get it? Our lovely, friendly Trader Joe's. Oh, we love a good trader Ho. Mm-hmm. Thank you, tj. Thank you. Back to hot Takes hot take. Hot take. All right, next one. Is a hot dog a sandwich? No. In my heart, no. Ugh. Why do we always agree? Because we're friends. Okay. This doesn't work. If you agree with me in my heart. No, I thought you thought, I thought you thought it was, but in like if you're thinking of like a sandwich and what that is, it is two pieces of bread or a piece of bread with a meat inside sometimes. What do you think? Like a, was it called, not the falafel, but the, the sandwich, the pita bread where it's like cut open and they stuff it, what is that called? Like you go to pita places, you know, it's called the pita pit or something, and then you get a pita bread that's cut in half, but not all the way. See, this is where my like a sandwich line. Yeah, it's like thing. I thought a Y. Okay. Yeah, I believe you. I don't know what it is called. If it's not cut all the way through, it's not a sandwich. How did I know you were gonna go there? I'm kind of on the fence about a Philly cheese steak too, being a sandwich. What about meatball marinara? Yeah, same. Uh, also, when do we start putting meatballs in sandwiches and calling it a sandwich? It's crazy. Have you never been to Subway? No, I've been to Subway. Oh. I guess this really doesn't like help my case. No, because Subway, they don't cut it all the way through. Think you lost this round. No. Okay. Here. New point. Mm-hmm. That was my own point. Try try again. New point. Yeah. You eat it vertically or horizontally. Whatever way. When you eat a sandwich, you put it all the way on the side and then eat it. This one that's subjective. You eat it this way. That's subjective. Okay. That should be a hot take. No one should eat the, the hot dog the other way. Like this sideways. Yeah. Well, I don't put anything on my hot dog, so you just eat it sideways. So sometimes, yeah, like if I got a piece of bread, I don't have a bun, I got a piece of bread and I got a hot dog. Yeah. I'm not gonna, um, well in that case it's a sandwich. But normally people put stuff on. It depends on the bun, it depends on the way you eat it, I think is what it to me is a sandwich.'cause you a sandwich, you put two hands around. Your sandwich and then you bite in. You don't go like this and go, I don't even know how to describe that on a podcast. Yeah. Just a, um, you guys are not saying this, but we are talking about moving your head to the side to, to eat a sandwich. Yeah. Or say, okay. So about taco taco's. Not a sandwich. There you go. Exactly. So my point stands, oh, ha ha ha. This is after happy hour. Hmm. Yeah. Again, in my heart, no, I don't know. I just gave you a lot of good points. You really did. You really did.'cause now I'm second guessing. Hmm. Maybe you did win this one. Did I win? Yeah. Okay. I won one. Okay, now we're one to two Sky's up by two. By one or by one. Crap, I can't do math. Next question. Take your mustard is gross or hot Take. I'm gonna get a lot of hate. But I don't like mustard. What? Sorry, that was really loud. We'll, we'll fix that, but I think mustard is gross too. Oh god damn. Okay. Okay. But what about like a spicy, like hot mustard, like Chinese mustard? Oh, I've never tried that. That's pretty good. It's like wasabi because it's horseradish. I guess I can do a little bit of mustard, but I think Deon mustard is gross. By itself, but in a sauce. What about that gross in a sauce? Like a Dijon chicken? Yeah. Gross. I specifically think Dijon mustard is gross. Like just the mustard seed in general? Yeah. Yeah. But I can do the like really, um, processed mustard that's in that like ew yellow bottle. I could do that. You could do that. Yeah, just a little bit. I can't do that one. I'm a hot dog. No. Hmm. Well,'cause I don't like, so this is a good hot take then? Yeah. Yeah. I don't like mustard or ketchup. Yeah. You're not a sauce girl. I'm not a sauce girl. And I, I like Dijon if it's in something. Mm-hmm. Like, it's not like the standalone, it just compliments a dish. Just something to compliment. Yeah. Okay. But no to mustard on, like, I just don't see how putting Dijon in anything would compliment it or make it better if you don't know that it's in it. Like, like why are we putting it? Like if you're doing a chicken mm-hmm. You do it with like a Dijon like cream sauce. Mm. That makes it like a little tangy. All right, we have three more to go. Are you ready? You guys still with us? Feeling good? All right. Hot. Take cane's is mid. The chicken place that sells chicken. And only chicken and bread in SLA is gross and really gross sauce. Um, that might be the hot take'cause I think the sauce is the best part of cane's. Ah. It's just like every other thousand island sauce, which I will not eat. It's special, by the way. It's a special sauce. What about in and out Special sauce? What is it? Secret Sauce Island. Oh, no, the spread, spread. Spread is great. I think I'm a sauce girl. I think you are a sauce girl. I like, I like the, I like that they call it something special, even though it's just ketchup, mayonnaise, probably some mustard and like pickles or some shit. To be fair, it's the right ratio of all those things. To be fair, I don't like any of those things. That's good. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. But Keynes is mid to me. I would have to vote for it because I think all the other chicken places are mid and I think they have something a little bit different that I like. Fair, fair. But then you have like Nashville Hot Chicken. You ever been there? Nashville Hot chicken. Yeah. Is there a place called that? I think it's called like Nashville Hot Chicken. No way. I don't think you did. Maybe it's like in our local area thing. I love in general, Nashville Hot Chicken. Yeah. Yeah. This place is spicy. Yeah. Yeah. I, I think that is one thing I wish that I would If you're using that against it. Mm-hmm. Or like for it being mid, I would agree because it's, if they added spice to it, it wouldn't be mid. Yeah. Or Korean fried chicken already. 10 steps ahead of cane's. Yeah, but you know, in, back in the day, back in my day, I think Cane's used to be good. What I think changed is when they went from the cardboard boxes to the plastic boxes. Interesting. Because it causes the chicken to be soggy. Soggy. There's no breathing. You're right. It's mid. It's the boxes. It's the boxes. They got too big for their britches. Just saying toast is excellent, but also can be soy. You convinced me. Point to point to Skyler. Well, I think, are you just being soft? Are you just, can you really believe? No, I really, I, I totally agree. You, you really got me convinced me on the boxes. It makes a difference because now if I take home, I used to take home canes. Yeah. And it was wire. Oh my gosh. Yeah. It was crispy. But now if you take Canes home, gr. Yeah. You have to eat it there. The fries are soggy, the chicken is soggy. You're like, what the fuck is going on? Yeah. Bummer. Oh, and the chicken piece sizes got way smaller. Way smaller. Yeah. Can we agree on that? Yeah. Yeah. Like, yeah. They used to be like humongous. I could never finish a three piece. Yeah. They used to be actual chicken tenders. Yeah. Now they're chicken nuggets. Now they're chicken nuggets. Mm-hmm. This is the one I was excited about. Mm-hmm. Sprinkles are overrated. Hmm. Do you, are you gonna debate for it or against it? For it? That sprinkles are overrated. Oh. This will be a long one. Really? Yeah. I don't have much to say. Okay. You say your statement first are overrated, and why? You know, it's like. What is a sprinkle but like colorful sugar And nowadays you're, so, nowadays when you get sprinkles from like a store, it's like half plastic. You don't know what's in that sprinkle, and it like leaves the waxy coating in your mouth. It's got a little good. It's the one redeemable factor of a cupcake. Hmm. With frosting, but just by like, you can't just put'em on everything. You can't think that a sprinkle will save something. Yeah. I'll have to disagree on that. I think sprinkles can save anything. Wow. Yeah, because, uh, if you ever had sprinkles on an ice cream cone makes a plain vanilla ice cream cone. So much better. I don't like it. Soft serve and sprinkles. Mm-hmm. Best thing in life. Soft serve and gummy bears, girl. Oh my gosh. Okay. Sprinkles on? Funnel cake. Funnel cake. Sprinkles on final cake. Sprinkles on, like you said, icing. There was another one. Oh, I put on yogurt one time. Uh, delectable. It adds something beautifully colored that is terribly plastic, but it's not a crunch.'cause I hate crunchy things in my food or like in a soft thing. Interesting. Okay. But it still has that like bit of like, Ooh, yummy. I feel special. It's like a chew. Yeah. But then it gets stuck in your teeth. I think he's just having badly made sprinkles. We mentioned in the cheap sprinkles. You think? Yeah. I, I'll splurge for a sprinkle. I do see that lady on Instagram. That ha makes her own sprinkles. Mm-hmm. Because it is, yeah, really just like sugar and what's, but I think it's the same thing. It's the nostalgia thing. Yeah. And it's also, I think, remember when yogurt land used to be a big deal? Mm mm-hmm. Everyone would go to yogurt land. Mm-hmm. God, I hated that time period. But it was just like a thing. Everyone would be like, let's go to yogurt land. I'm like, again, we've been four times this week. What are we gonna get? More yogurt. But the one redeeming qualities, you could put sprinkles on it and it made it so much better. Or you could do gummy bears. Okay. With frozen gummy bear. Imagine gummy bears and sprinkles. Double the trouble. Enough of me. Wow. We might have to draw this because I feel very, very strongly for sprinkles and I just can't see sprinkles on anything, but okay, here we go. I can, I can. I can get you right here. Ready? Okay. Come on. Funfetti Cake. Mm. Sprinkles make that thing amazing. Sprinkles inside of a cake. Yeah. Yeah. That's fun. It's funfetti. Yeah. And then with the fun, that was sprinkles with the funfetti icing. Yeah. That's what I'm telling you. Okay. Okay. But that one instance. Mm-hmm. I don't get sprinkles on ice cream. I really, I don't. It's okay. We all can have our own opinions. It's okay. We, yeah. Yeah. We're two. We're two different people. We're human beings like getting sweaty. Oh, actually, you do feel strongly about this. Yeah. But I'm glad we could agree that without Sprinkles, funfetti would be non-existent and it's really good. This is the last one. This is the last question for today. I just love your little random ones. Okay. Last hot take of the day. Okay. Taco Bell is the best late night snack. Oh, fuck you. Yeah. No, you literally said that. I said de that's why we wrote down, said Dell Taco Bell. Oh, okay. Okay. Let me change it. Yeah. Dell Taco is the best late night snack. Yeah. If you're not from here, you would not understand. Okay. Dell Taco. Mm-hmm. Come on a stoner burrito. All I'm saying is I don't think it's the best late night snack. Okay. What is your best like for that? I, I'm going to, I'm gonna take it further and say, if you're saying Dell Taco is, I would say Taco Bell is the best late night snack. You're crazy. Yeah. It's, it's something I would never eat during the day or when I'm sober or in general, but when it's a late night snack after you're out doing really good things for the world and you just really want to. I have a late night snack. Mm-hmm. Taco Bell, the Doritos tacos smack. But where are you? 20 minutes later We are on the toilet. Okay. You are not happy. So you're, you're, you're advocating for Dell Taco'cause it doesn't come out out the other way. Real quick. One, the main reason is'cause they do a green sauce. Taco Bell doesn't do that. Yes. Taco Bell has like crazy like. Partners in their franchise Doritos. Okay. Delicious. Mm-hmm. But Del Taco is a local like chain. Come on, there's Taco Bell everywhere. But if you can't get a green burrito, bean and cheese, it be a little less cheese for me with fries inside. But above all of this, I think what saves and beats all of it. It is just french fries. Mm. Because I think that's what pulls me to the Del Taco. I think What pulls me away from Del Taco. And if I was getting a late night snack and I wanted fries, I'd go to McDonald's. McDonald's fries at night hit so much different. But what about a curly fry? I, I'm not, I don't like a crunchy curly girl fry, but they're like soggy. Yeah. I don't like soggy fries. I feel so bet between your look of like, just total, like what? It's a spiced, seasoned french fry that has like a little more meat to it. I will say that I like their seasoning on their fries. Mm-hmm. But I don't like the sogginess of them, but I do love what you're talking about, their stoner burrito with the french fries inside the bean and cheese. Yeah. That's actually really good. Yeah. But I, I would eat that like midday snack for sure. Oh yeah. But if I'm going, not even if I'm going late night. Yeah. Yeah. It's gonna be McDonald's fries or, okay. Taco Bell. Ooh. Also, when Jack in the Box brings around their little late night munchie Mm. Munchie box. Was that, is that, what did you say, Jack In the box? Mm-hmm. Oh. I mean, I just really like, I have always really liked Jack in the Box, but when they have their popcorn chicken Ooh. Which they do right now, which I don't know when this recording is coming out, but they do right now is so good. So good. Well, I guess the one thing I could say against Taco Bell that might convince you mm-hmm. Is their menu options aren't as cool for late night snack. I'm looking for a flashy, yummy. I don't care what it's gonna do to my tummy later'cause I'm already leading. Mm-hmm. Eating late at night. Mm-hmm. I don't think I would say Del Taco would be my first choice. Oh. Because of their menu. Okay. This is like coming down to like difference of who we are as people, like how we grew up, because it was always double taco. Well, once those prices at Taco Bell started rising, I will moved back home to talk taco. You know, you convinced me because that's probably one reason, but I think at late at night, I wouldn't think about that. Mm-hmm. I'm not thinking about prices. I'm already spending, well, I'm not thinking about prices. Okay. But me like, is it. Like since I had Dell Taco at every turn, my first thought is not Taco Bell. That's fair. God, I need some crinkle cup fries. I need that in a burrito, and I need a now and I need it now. With that green sauce, I can see that. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So good. Am I gonna get one after this? You won't know because that's up to me. That's up to me. Well, I really think our game went well. Skyler won three to one, was the final score. Clappy sounds yeah, I mean, thank you for, um. Just putting your heart out there today. Thank you for having me playing the game. Yeah, yeah. Played it well. Uh, but anyway, definitely. Tell us what you guys, your hot takes are. Oh my God. And we'll, we'll introduce it as a segment for the next, uh, few episodes. Yeah. If you guys comment, you should comment. I think you guys really should comment because you have no idea how hard it was for us to think of these hot takes. Yeah, it was, it was a tough one. Thanks so much for joining us today. We're so glad you fold up a chair and stayed a while around here. We believe food is more than just a meal. 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