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Rocklobsterfest: Red Lobster 3 with Nicole Byer

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Fast Food, Healthfitness, Mike Mitchell, Snacks, Chains, Restaurants, Comedy, Ucb, Arts, Spoonman, Doughboys, Fastfood, Nick Wiger, Food

4.85.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2016

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

As Rocklobsterfest enters week 3, the hilarious Nicole Byer (Girl Code, Loosely Exactly Nicole) returns to the podcast to discuss her lengthy history with Red Lobster, from post church brunches to solo birthday vacation meals. Nicole braves a dystopian post MTV future and describes her hyper specific Last Meal.

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0:00.0

CURT HANKENS

0:04.6

You likely don't know his name, but you know how to know his most famous creation.

0:09.6

In 1988, the flagship seafood chain owned by a parent company, Darden Restaurants, removed

0:13.8

their popular hush puppies side from the menu.

0:16.2

In search of a cost-efficient starch to fill, avoid, HANKENS, then an executive chef at

0:20.1

the corporation was tasked with crafting its replacement.

0:23.2

He settled on a garlic cheese bread that used biscuit flour, and once it finally landed

0:26.7

on tables and test markets, it was an instant hit in spread nationwide.

0:30.6

After years of being known only as hot cheese garlic bread, the restaurant decided on the

0:34.6

iconic name, Cheddar Bay Biscuits.

0:37.4

As Chef Hankens himself writes, quote,

0:39.4

�You will have a difficult time finding Cheddar Bay on the map.

0:42.6

It's a fictitious name created to bring the biscuits to life, embody the seaside

0:46.4

theme, and emphasize that these are not your typical biscuits.

0:50.0

Not typical indeed.

0:51.3

These extraordinary savory confections are hugely popular with both fish fanatics and

0:55.4

picky land-loving kids.

0:57.0

The chain's internal numbers claim they serve over 1 million Cheddar Bay biscuits every

1:00.6

single day nationwide, raising the question, �Is this a seafood restaurant or a biscuit

1:06.6

restaurant that also serves seafood?�

1:09.3

This week on Doe Boys, part three of Rock Lobster Fest, our month-long review of Red Lobster.

1:25.4

Welcome to Doe Boys, the podcast about chain restaurants.

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