Best of Proof: Celery

Proof

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Society & Culture, Food, Arts

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

This week, we bring back Proof's very first episode, which takes a deep dive into the former “it” vegetable of the Victorian era: Celery. Before it was relegated to a bloody Mary garnish, celery was considered a status symbol and displayed proudly on restaurant menus and well-to-do families’ tablescapes. So what caused the vegetable’s fall from grace? And is it poised for a comeback? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Kevin Pang here.
0:02.7	We're busy reporting for season 12 of our show, so for the next few weeks, we're going
0:07.0	to look back into our archives and dig up our all-time favorite episodes.
0:13.0	Did you know we produced 133 episodes of Proof over the last four years?
0:19.4	It's true.
0:20.4	And we'll begin our Best of Proof with our very first episode.
0:25.1	This show premiered on October 31, 2018, and it's all about celery.
0:31.8	Celery?
0:32.8	Really?
0:33.8	Well, what you might not know was that celery was the hippest thing to eat 150 years ago.
0:40.0	So on this Best of Episode Proof, hosted by Founding Host Bridge and Lancaster, it's
0:44.7	the truly exciting world, no joke, of celery.
0:51.6	I cannot stand food trends.
0:54.3	I mean, they really, really bother me.
0:57.2	Who gets to decide out there that I should be eating one vegetable over another?
1:01.4	It makes no sense to me.
1:03.8	And I actually think that it's a conspiracy.
1:06.1	Like, there's a group that meets somewhere, maybe in the Azores, or more probably, in
1:11.4	a little room, somewhere in a basement.
1:15.9	From America's Test Kitchen, I'm Bridget Lancaster, and this is Proof.
1:42.8	So I was watching Portlandia a couple weeks ago, and this skit nearly caught my ear.
1:49.1	There are them tomatoes.
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