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May 21, 2020 135 mins

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?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/food/the-plate/2015/01/08/are-french-fries-truly-french/#close

Ore-Ida Celebrates 60 Years of the Original Tater Tots® Potatoes

https://news.kraftheinzcompany.com/press-release/general/ore-ida-celebrates-60-years-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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