Jason Mantzoukas (How Did This Get Made?, The Good Place) returns for a Massachusetts deep dive, to discuss the challenges of food allergies, and to review frozen fry brand and Tater Tots inventor Ore-Ida. Plus, the return of beloved quiz segment Pie in this Guy.
Sources for this week's intro:
Freedom Fries, Liberty Cabbage & the Myth
https://www.hppr.org/post/freedom-fries-liberty-cabbage-myth
When Sauerkraut Became ‘Liberty Cabbage’
https://medium.com/iowa-history/when-sauerkraut-became-liberty-cabbage-bb84f4369d52
The History of French Fries
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/09/the-history-of-french-fries/
Are French Fries Truly French?
Ore-Ida Celebrates 60 Years of the Original Tater Tots® Potatoes
Apple Pie Is Not All That American
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-apple-pie-linked-america-180963157/
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