Ask Gastropod: White Chocolate, Jimmies, Chile vs. Mustard Burns, and Asparagus Pee

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Science, Food, History, Arts

4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Is white chocolate really chocolate? What causes asparagus pee? Sprinkles or jimmies—which do you call them, and is the term ‘jimmies’ racist? Why is the heat of mustard and wasabi so different from a chile burn? This episode, Gastropod is getting to the bottom of your most pressing questions—which also means diving into some of the internet’s most controversial food debates. Listen in now as we call in historians and scientists to bust myths, solve mysteries, and find out why some people turn asparagus into the devil’s own brew! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Gastropod.
0:04.6	Hello, Cynthia and Nicki.
0:06.2	Hello, Cynthia.
0:07.1	Hello Nicola.
0:08.0	Hi listeners.
0:09.7	We always say we love hearing from you and it's really true. Cynthia and I talked to each other all
0:14.8	day long, it's kind of a bubble, so it's really lovely to hear from you all and realize
0:20.4	our bubble is actually a dome.
0:22.6	You all ask us a lot of questions and have suggestions for episodes and we've been thinking.
0:26.7	We'd love to answer them all, but sometimes it seems like the story we would tell wouldn't quite
0:30.7	fill an entire episode. So we came up with a solution,
0:34.0	answer a handful of your questions in an Ask Gastropod quickfire round.
0:38.0	Well, quick for us. I mean, these are really interesting topics, so we still had to do our regular kind of deep dive.
0:45.9	You listeners really ask the important questions.
0:49.2	Like is white chocolate even chocolate?
0:52.0	And why is asparagus pee so stinky?
0:54.0	What's the difference between the burn we experience from chili peppers and the sinus blowout
0:58.4	that happens when we eat horseradish and wasabi? And finally, this is news you can use, in particular for people like me who live in New England,
1:05.6	why are chocolate sprinkles called Jimmy's here and in a few other places in the US,
1:10.0	and is the word Jimmy's racist?
1:12.0	We've called up the experts and figured stuff out,
1:14.8	and we've made this episode as our gift to you,
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