The Drunk Raccoon, Ludacrisps, and Tasting Meals from Burger King and McDonald's

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🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This week, Juliet and Jacoby share their thoughts on In-N-Out no longer calling out order 67, discuss the Chipotle customer who claims they found a rodent in their food, and break down an AI ad. For this week’s Taste Test, they try the Grinch Meal from McDonald's and SpongeBob-themed food from Burger King. Finally, they share their Personal Food News and react to some Listener Food News. Do you have Personal Food News? We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail at 850-783-9136 or email [email protected] for a chance to have your news shared on the show. Be sure to check us out on YouTube and TikTok for exclusive clips, new taste tests, and more! Hosts: Juliet Litman and David Jacoby Producers: Mike Wargon, Ronak Nair, and Jonathan Frias Musical Elements: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	T'was the holidays at Starbucks red aprons tied up, warm wishes and names written on festive red cups.
0:09.0	The chocolatey mousse latte is here to cozy things up, topped with mokker cream moose for a finishing touch.
0:16.0	Two lattes in hand, one for you and one for me, because together truly is the best place to be.
0:24.3	The holidays are served now at Starbucks.
0:27.6	Subject to availability while stocks last.
0:42.2	Welcome to food news. I'm Juliet Litman.
0:43.0	I'm David Jacoby.
0:45.9	If you want to be a part of the show, give us a call.
0:47.2	We're at 850.
0:48.1	Stu!
0:50.2	136.
0:52.0	This is a long-distance food news.
0:53.0	Jacoby's in L.A.
0:53.7	How is it? It's lovely L.A. How is it?
0:55.2	It's lovely here.
0:56.0	I heard.
1:11.1	Is it actually? Yeah, it's lovely. Okay. I don't feel that way about L.A., but I'm glad you do. Oh, it's sunny outside. I don't want it to be 80 degrees on December 11. That's how I feel. Okay, you're just like, I'll take it. Yeah, I'll take it. Okay, I'm like happy in my sweater.
1:31.2	I was, I've been thinking a lot about like how I feel my best and it's wearing a sweater in jeans. Oh, great. So here I am in a sweater. At your best. Doing what I can. I hope that's for the listener to judge. Okay, let's get started. Once again, we have big liquor news, alcohol news, out of the state of Virginia.
1:38.7	This time, it's about a creature wreaking havoc inside of a liquor store and ending up drunk and passed out. And that creature is a raccoon. Not just drunk and passed out.
1:44.8	There's a picture of the raccoon passed out next to the toilet.
1:49.0	Like it just was holding its hair back and buging in the toilet.
1:51.8	The raccoon has been dubbed Trashed Panda.
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