I don't know if you can feel it, but for many Americans, the season of heavy eating is

upon us.

Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, I can already feel the winter holidays straining at my

belt loops, and big holiday meals have long been a tradition.

But the actual foods on the table have changed a lot over the years.

Instead of pies and potatoes, early colonial plates were filled with things like venison,

eels, squash, and one other thing, a custardy fruit native to North America, which was

eaten by indigenous peoples and colonialist settlers alike.

It was this fruit that Dan Pashman was searching for in the woods.

I was in an undisclosed location in the New York metro area.

Can't tell you more than that, Dylan, I'm sworn to secrecy.

This already sounds like I'm like nervous for you actually right out of the game.

Dan Pashman hosts the food podcast, The Sporkfall.

And for more than a decade, he's been telling surprising unusual food stories.

Today, he is going to lead us on an adventure involving unexpected revelations, little

known history, and a secret meeting in the woods.

It will be a true Atlas of Skyristyle food adventure.

It's the search for the wild pop-up, and the story of North America's most enigmatic

fruit after this.

So how did pop-ups become a part of your world?

It sounds like you've become recently aware of this native North American sort of tropical

looking tasting fruit.

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