The Backstory: Crazy stuff we eat, from bugs to beaver tails
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Food plays so many roles in our lives. Obviously, it keeps us alive, but it also satisfies desires and brings us closer to the people we share it with. But over thousands of years, we’ve eaten some pretty weird stuff. From flaming, feathered peacocks to all sorts of bugs and “unexpected” animal secretions.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, can I get you something tall and cool to drink like some liquefied bugs on the rocks? |
| 0:06.1 | Hmm, I'll pass on that one. There are so many things we eat and drink without ever thinking |
| 0:11.5 | about what it actually is or why we eat it. |
| 0:14.0 | That started centuries ago with some odd foods like gold-leafed flaming peacock, |
| 0:20.0 | but it still goes on. |
| 0:21.0 | In fact, it's likely you've recently indulged in everything from various bugs to |
| 0:26.5 | the anal secretions of beavers. Yikes. Don't play me for that one. I'm Patty Steele. |
| 0:32.2 | Gag me with a spoon and a fork. Next on the backstory. |
| 0:37.6 | At one of the most famous restaurants in the world, there's a table in the corner. |
| 0:41.6 | Where the most incredible conversations on the planet are happening every week with owner Ruthie Rogers and amazing guests |
| 0:49.1 | Like Martha Stewart |
| 0:50.4 | I did have an affair with one of his best friends. |
| 0:52.8 | Jimmy Fallon. |
| 0:53.4 | You want a zip line over your dad while he gets attacked by alligators? |
| 0:56.9 | And Paul McCartney. |
| 0:58.0 | John and I hitchhiked to Paris. |
| 1:00.6 | We've saved you a seat. |
| 1:02.0 | Ruthie's Table 4. Listen. Ruthie's Table 4. |
| 1:03.0 | Listen to Ruthie's Table 4 on the I Heart Radio app, |
| 1:06.0 | or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 1:08.0 | Everyone in our country has a voice. |
| 1:10.0 | It's something that says not just where you come from, but who you are. |
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