Are Hush Puppies Racist? Is A2 Milk Really Healthier? And What's Up With Wedding Cake? Ask Gastropod!

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Science, Food, History, Arts

4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

You asked, and we’re answering—again! Ask Gastropod returns to answer some of our listeners’ most pressing culinary queries: how did elaborate, expensive cakes become the standard dessert for weddings? Did the deep fried cornmeal blobs known as “hush puppies” get their name from Confederate soldiers or racist stories from the plantation-era South? And could a trendy "new" variety of milk (that's actually ancient) allow the dairy-intolerant to snarf down cheese and ice cream without digestive consequences? This episode, we’re diving deep on the science, dispelling some myths, and correcting the historical record with the help of a team of experts. Listen in now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So this is Adrian. I'm located in New Jersey in the US and I listen to a lot of food
0:10.0	media and I've heard a lot of different claims about the origin of the word hush puppies.
0:14.8	Hi Adrian and the rest of you Gastropod listeners, you are the reason we make the show and so
0:19.5	this episode we thought we'd turn the tables and ask you what you want to know.
0:23.4	Hi Gastropod, my name is Bethany. I'm calling from Sandimas, California.
0:27.2	I have a question about wedding cakes.
0:29.0	Hush puppies for starters, wedding cake for dessert.
0:32.0	And what are we going to wash it all down with a glass of milk in this case a glass of a2 milk because listener
0:38.9	Ezekiel Williams wanted to know what it is and why people say that even though they're dairy intolerant
0:44.1	they can drink milk as long as it's the A2 variety. What is that? We're on the case.
0:49.1	We of course are Gastropod the podcast that looks at food through the lens of science and
0:53.7	history I'm Nicola Twilly and I'm Cynthia Graber and this episode our hush
0:58.0	puppies racist why do we celebrate weddings with a multi-tiered super fancy
1:02.1	sometimes not particularly tasty very expensive
1:05.0	cake and can poor dairy intolerant me actually drink a glass of A2 milk?
1:10.1	We've got the answers to all these important questions, but first an important announcement.
1:16.7	Mark your calendars. We are doing our first ever Gastro Hang on Thursday, September 26th.
1:23.0	It's an online event.
1:24.3	It's going to be a ton of fun.
1:26.2	We have a bunch of cool stuff planned,
1:27.8	and it is exclusively for those of you who support the show
1:32.2	at the Gastropod fan, super fan, or supreme fan level.
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