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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, do you want to try to guess something in
the top twenty here? Hey, Matt, I'm always down.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Let's do what we got, all right? So they you know,
I don't know if you've heard, but there's a lot
of stuff around like America two fifty where there's yeah
the two Yeah, exactly, that's coming up.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
So they went and they ranked. Now, we're not.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Going to go through all two hundred and fifty, but
they did rank the two hundred and fifty all time
best American foods.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
Now, I will say this. I will say this.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
I ranked the top I didn't rank, but I took
their top twenty rankings. And here's what I like about
the top twenty versus some stuff that shows up outside
of the top twenty. Right, because the top twenty has
types of food, not a brand of food.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
Does that make sense?

Speaker 2 (00:52):
For example, number two thirty six on the list is
slim Gym. Right, Well, that's a brand. Okay, that's a brand.
That's not a Now I know, that's a beef stick.
So beef stick would be the answer if it were
in the top twenty.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
But they went with.

Speaker 2 (01:10):
A name, Okay, slim Gym. Right, So in the top
twenty it's not a brand name. It is a what
is type of food? Type of food, very good type
of food. Top twenty of my all time, Diane, and
I will say this, I have a hard time. You
could argue placement, but man, I don't know that I

(01:32):
argue against any of them being in the top twenty.
They are fantastic anyway, go ahead, sir, Yeah, I mean I.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
Love American food. I immediately go to barbecue or like
my champion, because you can do it so many ways, is.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
A Burger.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
Barbecue number seventeen.

Speaker 2 (01:53):
They were very specifically in saying barbecue brisket, barbecue brisket
number seven. Team, that is a great answer. I had
brisket on Sunday.

Speaker 3 (02:06):
There was a breakdown of the cost to restaurants for
brisket that popped up in the algorithm the other day,
and it made me think, you know what, we should
be paying more as consumers. Jesus, is this burdensome on
the barbecue places?

Speaker 1 (02:24):
But it's so good. Unless it's dry dried, brisket's miserable.
The true test is without any sort of.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
Sauce exactly exactly, but I do like putting sauce on it.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
Are there any condiments on this list.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
Yes, I mean that's an American food Christian will you
get me other people? Eight six six to Elliott eight
six six two three five five four six eight Top
twenty American Foods of all time. By the way, one
of the condiments has been very, very popular. Well, let
me take away the word popular has been talked about

(03:00):
a ton recently.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
Okay, I was easy going syrup. The ugh no.

Speaker 2 (03:06):
Ranch, Ranch, thank you number fifteen God number fourteen is
so they're all so good?

Speaker 1 (03:14):
Is ranch truly American? I think it is.

Speaker 2 (03:17):
I think it is because even prior to like all
of the World Cup stuff.

Speaker 1 (03:23):
Oh, I didn't give the number.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
Sorry, eight six six to Elliott eight six six two
three five five four six eight. Yes, greatest Top twenty
American Best American Foods of all time.

Speaker 3 (03:35):
That created in nineteen forty nine by a Nebraskan born
plumber who moved to California and opened Hidden Valley Ranch.

Speaker 1 (03:43):
Very smart.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
Guy's a billionaire goat. But the goat it's not. I
will say, I'm not a big ranch guy. I'm sorry, No, no,
I'm just not a ranch.

Speaker 1 (03:54):
I'm I'm not a ranch guy. I don't hate it.
But I don't like, I don't like ranch dressing on salads.
I don't. Yeah, no, I'm just I'm not a big
ranch guy.

Speaker 2 (04:02):
No, no, But what I was going to say is
even before all of like the World Cup stuff took
off and people from other countries going crazy for ranch,
I want to say, it was like a year ago,
somebody got busted trying to transport suitcases of it back
to like Spain, So like it is a I like,
I've never I don't. I wouldn't get it anyway, So

(04:26):
I don't know if I've ever been like, if you
go to Dubai, can you get a salad with ranch dressing?

Speaker 1 (04:31):
Probably not.

Speaker 3 (04:33):
I didn't necessarily mean is it not associated enough with
the States?

Speaker 1 (04:36):
It is? Oh, it's only America.

Speaker 3 (04:38):
But like I want to say ketchup for this list,
but I don't think ketchup is an American invention.

Speaker 1 (04:42):
It is number ten ten ten, so it's the association.
I don't know where ketchup was was made? Ketchup Asian? No, No,
I think it is Sarracha is Asian. Well, I didn't
say that. I don't think ketchup is Asian. Looking it
up right now. I used to think pizza was Asian,

(05:02):
but that's wrong. Catsup originated in China.

Speaker 2 (05:05):
Okay, so they tried something, but we we took it
perfected that we took it over.

Speaker 3 (05:11):
The tomato variant, though, is heavily associated with the US.
It was more a fermented fish sauce and three hundred
BC and asia.

Speaker 1 (05:21):
Gross.

Speaker 2 (05:24):
You don't want to put your wait because I'm afraid
I don't want to give anything away.

Speaker 1 (05:31):
Wait, is that not on the top twenty? Hold on?
Hold on? French fries did make the top twenty? What
I know.

Speaker 2 (05:46):
Is that possible? Yeah, French fries didn't make it. Isn't
because they're French? And yeah, yeah, all right, but I'm
not dipping my French fries in fermented fish sauce.

Speaker 1 (05:59):
I'm putting it in a American catchup. What about hot dogs?
Hot dogs? Hot dogs?

Speaker 2 (06:05):
Who I think are coming in today? Hot dogs not
on the list, not in the top twenty. They may
be in the top two.

Speaker 1 (06:10):
Fit. I love hot dogs. I love hot dogs. Well,
Troy not only said barbecue, but he said burger too. Hamburgers, yeah,
number one, oh, number one.

Speaker 2 (06:19):
I didn't hear Troy say Hamburgers, Yeah, Hamburgers, Number one.
I would agree with that, But then, how are hot
dogs not in the top twenty?

Speaker 1 (06:26):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (06:26):
Okay, so I pulled up the list, right, it's gonna
be hot dogs aren't in there because again of the
European connection, right, which Chicago style dogs are in there?

Speaker 1 (06:36):
Okay? So but not in the top twenty. No, not
in the top twenty. It's like thirty something. I could
be higher. I keep thinking potato salad. Potato salad, No.

Speaker 4 (06:48):
Because now I'm thinking of like stuff that people bring
to cookouts.

Speaker 1 (06:53):
No, yeah, don't don't continue to think that way.

Speaker 2 (06:56):
Where am I going, Christen linetoy, hi Ellie in the morning,
give it to me.

Speaker 1 (07:05):
Peanut butter.

Speaker 2 (07:08):
I'm going to throw and jelly on the end of
that number six? Absolutely absolutely, And I only say that
because I'm from Brazil and every time I go to
see my dad, that's what they want us to bring
for them.

Speaker 1 (07:23):
Are you seriously? All they want is peanut butter. He
always wants me to bring, like, yeah, peanut butter for that. Wow,
that's amazing. That's amazing. Hey, by the way, you would
know this, they don't have ranch in Brazil, No, I
don't think. So that's great for us.

Speaker 2 (07:38):
Though, all right, very good, and you know the difference
between jelly and jam right stop it all right, very good,
Thank you, ma'am, thank you, thank you.

Speaker 1 (07:47):
Number two fifty is so great. Did you see that
when you're I did I know what two fifty is.
That's hilarious. Oh yeah, but they're also horrible. It's a
it's a fun mister. It circus peanuts. I hate those.
I hate I think I've tried them like once in
my life. They are horrible. I like them horrible. At

(08:10):
least I liked them when I was a child. Weird, orange, marshmallowy.

Speaker 2 (08:13):
And they look disgusting, they taste disgusting.

Speaker 1 (08:17):
But Dan's got me thinking fluffer nutter. Oh that's on there?
Where is it? It's not in the top twenty.

Speaker 2 (08:24):
It just st edged out atomic fireballs and salting crackers. Yeah.
Some of the bottom of the list is hysterical. Hi
elly in the morning? Hello, hit me go ahead.

Speaker 1 (08:40):
Oh hey, Macaroni and cheese number.

Speaker 2 (08:42):
Nine excellent, excellent. See people are crushing people are crushing it.

Speaker 1 (08:47):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (08:48):
Lines.

Speaker 1 (08:49):
Isn't that a sad story? What's that? There was something
about macaroni and cheese. I was in the New York
Times yesterday.

Speaker 2 (08:54):
They don't know it makes me happy. Oh don't, don't
crap on macaroni and cheese. His dying wish as they
pulled his body from the recond.

Speaker 4 (09:03):
None of those shells and cheese bs Now, I like
the og like crafty with the powder.

Speaker 1 (09:12):
Maybe it was the journal.

Speaker 3 (09:13):
It was something yesterday that was talking about the history
of mac and cheese. And it was actually one of
Jefferson's slaves who.

Speaker 1 (09:20):
Came up with the idea. You brought it over. Awesome? No,
I mean what cont sorry that you were like owned. No, yes,
I mean I'm not. I'm very anti slavery. Careful on
that soapbox.

Speaker 4 (09:40):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (09:40):
No, I mean I'm not happy he was a slave.
But I love what I love what they gave us.

Speaker 1 (09:45):
Yeah. By the way, I remember that the greatest they
came out of slavery. No. No, the building of this nation, okay,
and this country was built on mac and cheese. Hi
Elliott in the morning, Hi Elliot, high class. Give it

(10:06):
to me, Give it to.

Speaker 2 (10:07):
Me, Wing Dings, Buffalo Wings number fourteen.

Speaker 1 (10:11):
Fantastic. That's another good one.

Speaker 2 (10:14):
Right ahead of that's another good one. Thank you, sir,
Thank you. Line seven no one will get number two,
by the way, Hi, Elliot in the morning, Good morning, Yes, sir, Yeah, watermelon. No,
that's not here. That's not in the top twenty. That's
not in the top twenty. No, sorry, circus peanuts are
where am I going?

Speaker 1 (10:34):
No? Not the top twenty.

Speaker 2 (10:35):
No, that's number fifty two fifty two fifty Hi Ellie
of the morning?

Speaker 4 (10:41):
Is this mat? Yeah? Hi?

Speaker 1 (10:43):
Who's this?

Speaker 3 (10:45):
This is last?

Speaker 1 (10:45):
How you doing good? Give it to me slappy go.

Speaker 2 (10:51):
Now. I know it's not in the top twenty, and
I didn't read all of them. Sloppy Joe's is a
good one, though. Oh to fourteen fourteen it seems really low.
I love sloppy Joe. I love sloppy Joe. Oh look
at that to thirteen pit beef.

Speaker 3 (11:13):
By the way, Sloppy Joe, it says here said to
have been invented in Key West.

Speaker 1 (11:17):
Oh, look at that. There you go.

Speaker 3 (11:20):
We should go for angry to get a Slappy Joe
line four.

Speaker 1 (11:24):
Hi Yo in the morning, good morning, Yes, give it
to me. Chip cookies number two. I didn't think any
to get that. You just got the one you said.
I think anybody would get it. Chocolate chip cookies number two,
number two. I was thinking apple pie. You know what?

Speaker 2 (11:45):
Apple pie did not make the top twenty. There is
there is a pie in the top twenty.

Speaker 1 (11:54):
Pumpkin pumpkin pie number eight, number.

Speaker 3 (11:57):
Sorry, Kristen just shared so out for pumpkin pie.

Speaker 2 (12:01):
Oh, pumpkin pie is awesome and it makes you think
of Thanksgiving?

Speaker 1 (12:03):
Thank you? Is her family tied to its origin story?
It seemed personal for her. Oh eighty one is a
good one. Tune a noodle casseroles?

Speaker 2 (12:13):
Yeah, I look at Christen, that's your favorite your favorite
cast role?

Speaker 1 (12:19):
Hey, not on it?

Speaker 2 (12:21):
I like the thin mince made it for cookies. Also, oh,
what's the what's the what's six? That's a sixty six?
What's sixty nine? What's sixty nine? That should also be
a pie?

Speaker 1 (12:30):
Oh? The lobster roll. Yeah, why'd you say it like
it was a dance? Oh the lobster roll. Oh? Like
the mashed potato Oh wait, mashed potatoes. I think they
made the list? Should No? Well, not in the top twenty.
Potato skins two eighth, Yeah, yeah, loading one of the
worst things you can eat.

Speaker 4 (12:51):
No, it's not, yes they are, No, it is yes
they are.

Speaker 1 (12:55):
It is one of them. It's best things you can eat.
They're they're good, but they're horrible for you. And I'm
gonna need an extramic in.

Speaker 2 (13:03):
Of sour cream. Oh I love potato skins. Oh one
fifty five? Show me tater tots. Yeah, God, America is awesome.

Speaker 1 (13:12):
Oh, go ahead, pizza rolls. No, Diane, pizza roll You
said tater tuss That made me think pizza roll.

Speaker 2 (13:19):
No, But what you should think is number four New
York style pizza.

Speaker 1 (13:23):
Thank you?

Speaker 2 (13:25):
Um.

Speaker 1 (13:26):
Number sixty five Tatinos pizza rolls go And that's what
no other just to Tino's exactly. Yeah. Hey, you know
what that makes me think of? Though?

Speaker 2 (13:36):
Did bugles make the list? Oh sixty four Boston Baked beans.
Love them to forty four bugles?

Speaker 1 (13:48):
Oh? Cornnuts the oh cornnuts are good? Corn nuts are good? Uh?
What thirty three?

Speaker 2 (13:55):
Hell yeah?

Speaker 1 (13:56):
Yeah. By the way, horrible breath, No kidding, horrible breath.

Speaker 2 (14:01):
Oh that's good. Now we should just name some. I
don't even care what the top twenty.

Speaker 1 (14:05):
Is is you have one?

Speaker 2 (14:06):
What you want, Kristen, what do you want? Okay, turn
yourself on, turn yourself.

Speaker 1 (14:11):
Of all that stuff? She thinks on the list.

Speaker 2 (14:13):
Yes, by the way while she's doing that number twenty
garlic bread.

Speaker 1 (14:19):
Yes, was that on your list? No? What's on your list? Pickles? Um,
it's not on mine? Not in the top twenty bake
baked baked beans.

Speaker 2 (14:31):
Yeah, that we got one, sixty six, potato chips, fried pickles,
by the way, forty two.

Speaker 1 (14:39):
I love fried pickles. Spears over chips. Keep going, What
else is on your list? Some'mores? Oh, I think that's
on there. That is American twenty two? Yes, all right,
you said apple pie is not, but a pumpkin pie is. Pause.

Speaker 2 (15:00):
The salads, pasta salad, the macaroni salad, so good, that's good.

Speaker 1 (15:04):
Well, no, that's macaroni and cheese. No macromi salad.

Speaker 2 (15:08):
Oh yeah, I don't have that.

Speaker 1 (15:10):
That's Italian. That's Italian.

Speaker 2 (15:12):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (15:12):
Some flower seeds, Oh, Kristen, that's a good one. That's
a good one.

Speaker 3 (15:18):
So trail mix makes it boo. It says you can
include sunflower seeds in.

Speaker 1 (15:24):
It for raisins. I don't like. No crasins. You can't
spit those out at a ball field. The trails you can.

Speaker 2 (15:32):
Yeah, you can throw it out at a ballpark, don't.
I don't like trail mix I'm not big on trail mix.
That was two forty three, number twenty, garlic bread number nineteen,
Chicken nuggets, Yes, I love this list.

Speaker 1 (15:47):
Number eighteen, number eighteen. If number eighteen doesn't get you excited,
I don't know what will say it with me.

Speaker 2 (15:53):
Two words corn dogs, Yes, I haven't had one forever.
I'd pay one hundred dollars corn dog right now. Not
frozen fresh with mustard. Number sixteen, ice cream Sunday good
one fifteen was ranch dressing fourteen, Buffalo wings number thirteen thirteen.

(16:15):
They gave a tie because they're very similar, so I
can appreciate it. But that will either be the BLT
or the Turkey Club.

Speaker 1 (16:23):
Yes, I do, Yes, I do.

Speaker 2 (16:25):
Number twelve, Brownies number eleven, pulled pork number ten was
ketchup number nine, Mac and cheese number eight, Pumpkin pie
number seven, Diane number seven.

Speaker 1 (16:42):
We'll give her a end.

Speaker 2 (16:43):
Yeah, it goes with your tomato soup, grilled cheese.

Speaker 1 (16:48):
Yeah yeah.

Speaker 2 (16:52):
Number six, Peanut butter and jelly number five, number five.

Speaker 1 (17:00):
Hint, Yeah you want to hint?

Speaker 4 (17:03):
Spinach, keep going, keep going, oh, spinach, jip no.

Speaker 1 (17:07):
No, dian no, get you're doing Papa. Yes, chicken. Yeah,
well about papay fried chicken chicken. Here you go. I'm back.
My brain is back in my skull. No, yes, No,
Number four New York Style pizza.

Speaker 2 (17:26):
Number three. Nobody guessed. Number two chocolate chip cookies. Number one, hamburger.
So what is number three?

Speaker 1 (17:31):
Spinach? Diane?

Speaker 2 (17:35):
Spinach article artich one O eight?

Speaker 1 (17:39):
Was one O eight correct?

Speaker 2 (17:40):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (17:41):
Look at fifty four apple dumplings. Look at fifty five, Diane,
Oysters Rockefellers. Yes, yes, also good breath.

Speaker 3 (17:53):
Oh thousand island dressing one O seven, number one, best dressing?

Speaker 1 (18:01):
Which one do we have left? Number three? Come on,
it's a sweet Ooh oatmeal cream pie.

Speaker 2 (18:13):
You know what you've never had the joy of, though, Kristen,
do you like an oatmeal cream pie?

Speaker 1 (18:17):
Yes? They are great in the fudgrounds, Diane, Well.

Speaker 2 (18:20):
Not those, but the oatmeal cream pie specifically, Diane, when
is the best time to eat an oatmeal cream pie?

Speaker 1 (18:26):
When you're high?

Speaker 2 (18:27):
Thank you?

Speaker 4 (18:29):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (18:30):
Is frozen burrito on?

Speaker 2 (18:31):
There?

Speaker 1 (18:32):
That was a good whoa? But at one hundred French
onion dips? Yes, that should be on the weekend.

Speaker 4 (18:38):
That should be hellva, yeah, that should be that should
be higher, you said sweet for number three.

Speaker 1 (18:45):
Yes, donut, very good, Diane, Yes, very good.

Speaker 2 (18:50):
Yeah, donuts number three. Cheeto's number seventy eight. Oh, whoopee
pies at seventy seven. What a great list.

Speaker 1 (18:59):
God, this list and a murca.

Speaker 2 (19:06):
Oh, number seventy one makes you think of who salt line,
salt line, Parker House rolls.

Speaker 1 (19:12):
Yes, get him by the skill, get him by the skill.

Speaker 2 (19:14):
That's a Parker House, Oh, Diane, Diane, number seventy let's
stick on the theme of great breath, great breath. Well,
we already did Oyster's Rockefeller corn nuts, corn nuts, garlic bread.

Speaker 1 (19:27):
What's the other one? No, no, shed she kind of
guess who she just did the genericized version.

Speaker 2 (19:35):
Who did Diane, Yeah, no Fredo, Oh yeah, fo Freedo.

Speaker 1 (19:41):
Coleslaw twenty five, No way, that's a little high for Coleslaw. Wow.

Speaker 3 (19:47):
So you guys finally take issue. There's a lot of dress,
Diane would say issue.

Speaker 1 (19:51):
There's a lot of.

Speaker 2 (19:52):
Divide in colest I mean, because is good, but it's
either it's either mayo based or it's vinegar.

Speaker 1 (20:00):
So there's a lot of divide.

Speaker 2 (20:02):
I'll tell you where there is no debate at number
twenty three, though, give me, them, crab cakes.

Speaker 1 (20:09):
What a great Happy birthday America. We are fat.
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