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Ingredipedia
Ben Birchall & Emily Naismith
Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 100

Want to feast on funny food facts and fables? Or slurp up strange and spicy stories from supermarkets and society? Bite into Australia’s funnest food podcast, Ingredipedia.
Each episode, competitive hosts Emily Naismith (Broadsheet, frankie magazine) and Ben Birchall (3RRR FM’s Breakfasters, Smith Journal) try to serve the most interesting stories about a specific ingredient (say, Tim Tams or chillies) in a bid for your affection. You get to vote for who was the most interesting on Instagram!
It’s fun! It’s lighthearted! It’s largely unhinged! It’s the McDonald’s Happy Meal of the podcast world (but back when you actually got a Cheeseburger and a toy inside).
Join us on social media for more weird and snacky food pursuits
Instagram: @ingredipedia
TikTok: @ingredipedia
Credits
Music: Jarrad Brown of Eagle and the Worm
Artwork design: Jess Ramsey
Photography: Phoebe Powell
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28/12/2024#22🇨🇦 Canada - food
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✨Kewpie Mayonnaise: A Magical Kewpie Pop-Up Cafe; How to Make Kewpie Yourself 😻
Episode 123
dimanche 25 août 2024 • Duration 12:18
Would you try a Kewpie pudding? We make one and the results are… surprising. Plus, some ideas on how to use the last part of the Kewpie in the bottle and what to do if you’re – GOD FORBID – without Kewpie in the house.
[0:46] Kewpie Cafe Pop-Up
[6:22] DIY Kewpie
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🐸 Lime: Spiders, Cordial & Frog In A Pond; What Is Brazilian Lemonade?🤔
Episode 121
dimanche 18 août 2024 • Duration 21:59
Hmmm, are you making guacamole wrong? There’s a crucial step you might be missing. Plus the weird, wild and medically useful tale of the Gimlet cocktail. We round up the best bogan fake-lime flavoured food and drink and make your new fave hot-day drink!
[0:49] Bogan fake-lime things
[6:26] What is Brazilian Lemonade?
[11:41] How to make elite guacamole
[16:39] History of the Gimlet
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🍫White Chocolate: WTF Is Caramilk? Microwave White Chocolate Crumb With Potato Chips😻
Episode 113
dimanche 16 juin 2024 • Duration 26:14
Which underrated biscuit is the ultimate nanna bikkie? Is white chocolate even chocolate? And more importantly, does it even matter? Warning: Ben gets fired up in this episode. Whether you’re pro or anti-Caramilk, there’s more than enough chocolate (ok “chocolate”) to go ‘round.
[0:48] Is white chocolate chocolate? And does it matter?
[7:36] Ben’s white chocolate and Caramilk rant
[13:36] Ultimate nanna biscuit
[18:20] Microwave white chocolate crumb with potato chips
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🤔Cinnamon: It’s Lying To You; Cute KMart Hack to Revive Stale Donuts😻
Episode 112
dimanche 9 juin 2024 • Duration 22:35
What if everything you thought you knew about cinnamon was a lie? Did you too wake up one day and everyone was talking about cinnamon scrolls and you had no idea why? Also in this ep, find out how you can revive always-stale supermarket cinnamon donuts with a lil pizazz!
[0:59] Cinnamon Scrolls: WTF
[7:51] It’s all lies
[11:49] Toothbrushing hack
[15:48] Cute KMart Donut Hack
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😱Tinned Soup: ‘Soup On A Stick’ and Other Truly Cursed Horrors 😨
Episode 111
dimanche 2 juin 2024 • Duration 26:24
Sorry in advance. But this episode is more disgusting than delicious. We bring up (almost literally) some 1950s to 1970s ‘recipes’ featuring tinned soup which should never see the light of day. But on the more positive side, Ben cracks a tinned soup conspiracy wide open!
[0:59] Soup On The Rocks
[7:36] A Nostalgic Cream of Asparagus Recipe
[13:57] New Fave Icypole: Soupsicle
[18:33] Best Before Date Conspiracy
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🍔Sesame: A Questionable Big Mac Hack; Everything Bagel Seasoning… Dessert?😱
Episode 110
dimanche 26 mai 2024 • Duration 27:27
We get sprinkling with DIY furikake made from Ingredipedia’s favourite fish and also blow our own minds with a dessert hack for the sweet-and-savoury fiends. There’s also a Maccas hack that will leave you questioning everything and also a big tip for a hidden and extremely delicious black-sesame snack that will change your life (no exaggeration).
[0:58] DIY Furikake
[5:41] Big Mac… Hack?
[12:21] Hidden Black Sesame Dessert
[16:57] Everything Bagel Seasoning... Dessert?
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🔥Fire: How to Make S’Mores at the Office; The Smokiest Campfire Jaffles🏕️
Episode 109
dimanche 19 mai 2024 • Duration 26:59
Toasting marshmallows on company time? It’s possible. Ben unearths some relics from the past to cook ‘Smokeshow’ fire jaffles and rounds up the best fire-based restaurant experiences. Also, we get inspired by Lennox Hastie from Sydney’s Firedoor restaurant and try out one of his recipes.
This flammable episode of Ingredipedia is sponsored by Vivid Fire Kitchen: a celebration of flame-seared street food running as part of Vivid Sydney from May 24 to June 15 at The Goods Line in the Sydney CBD. Diverse and delicious NSW produce will be cooked over flames by huge international chefs (Shalamar Lane, Jess Pryles, Niklas Ekstedt) and locals like (Lennox Hastie, Christine Manfield, Oscar Solomon, Mindy Woods and John McFadden). Wander around the flame lit night, the smell of charcoal and cooking in the air, and choose to feast from fire-cooked dishes from around the globe. Tandoor, teppanyaki, First Nations food, tender brisket, charred veggies, and aromatic satay to name a few. There will also be a bar available to wash down your meal with a glass of wine, beer or soft drink. Oh and it’s free entry!
Take a peek at the full chef line-up on the Vivid Fire Kitchen website: https://www.vividsydney.com/event/food/vivid-fire-kitchen
Thank you so much to Vivid Fire Kitchen for sponsoring this episode of Ingredipedia. Follow @vividsydney on Instagram to keep up to date with the latest at Vivid Fire Kitchen.
[1:13] Can lettuce ever be good hot?
[6:58] ‘Smokeshow Fire Jaffle’
[14:23] How to make office s’mores
[19:17] Cooking with fire at your table
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🔥Pitmaster Jess Pryles Knows About Fire (and Tomahawk Steaks)🥩 [Bites]
Episode 108
dimanche 12 mai 2024 • Duration 14:45
Ever freak out at the thought of ruining an expensive piece of meat? Or wondered why anyone would deep fry a smoked leg of ham? Same. We turned to meat expert and live fire cook Jess Pryles, who’s an Australian chef living in Texas, for the answers.
Aside from being the oracle on all things meat and fire, Jess is the founder of both Hardcore Carnivore, a brand of meat seasonings and rubs, and the Australasian Barbecue Alliance. And she's coming to Australia for some live cooking demonstrations over fire as part of Vivid Fire Kitchen.
This episode is sponsored by Vivid Fire Kitchen: a celebration of flame-seared street food from across the globe running as part of Vivid from May 24 to June 15 at The Goods Line in the Sydney CBD. Diverse and delicious NSW produce will be cooked over flames by huge international chefs (Shalamar Lane, Jess Pryles, Niklas Ekstedt) and locals like (Lennox Hastie, Christine Manfield, Oscar Solomon, Mindy Woods and John McFadden). Wander around the flame lit night, the smell of charcoal and cooking in the air, and choose to feast from fire-cooked dishes from around the globe. Tandoor, teppanyaki, First Nations food, tender brisket, charred veggies, and aromatic satay to name a few. There will also be a bar available to wash down your meal with a glass of wine, beer or soft drink. Oh and it’s free entry!
Take a peek at the full chef line-up on the Vivid Fire Kitchen website: https://www.vividsydney.com/event/food/vivid-fire-kitchen
Thank you so much to Vivid Fire Kitchen for sponsoring this episode of Ingredipedia. Follow @vividsydney on Instagram to keep up to date with the latest at Vivid Fire Kitchen. And follow @jesspryles on Instagram for all the meat.
Follow us on Instagram (@ingredipedia) and TikTok (@ingredipedia) to see visuals of our weird and snacky food pursuits.
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🇮🇹Nutella: Do Italians Do It Better? Random Suburbs That Made Nutella Doughnuts Famous🍩
Episode 107
dimanche 5 mai 2024 • Duration 19:35
Is there a difference between Nutella made here and Nutella imported from Italy? Why did we lose our minds about Nutella doughnuts in 2015? Also, the great Nutella riots and Ben gets freaky with savoury biscuit pairings.
[0:46] Do Italians do it better?
[5:06] Nutella doughnut trend
[13:07] Nutella riots
[15:54] Nutella Arnott’s Shapes pairings
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😡Pepper: Should It Be Banished From Tables? Cacio e Pepe Two Ways🍝
Episode 106
dimanche 28 avril 2024 • Duration 23:50
This is the most heated Ingredipedia has ever got. Who knew Em and Ben had such strong opposing pepper opinions? There’s also a deep dive into the world’s oldest soft drink Dr Pepper and a multi-faceted exploration of one of the truly great pasta dishes.
[00:37] Should black pepper be outlawed?
[05:21] Cacio e pepe, two ways
[10:42] WTF is in Dr Pepper?
[15:43] Bring back table-side pepper grinding?
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