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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, it's Niels Adri.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
You're listening to kfi EM six forty The four Report
on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Hey, Kayla, Yeah, what
kind of photos do you Santa's helpers take?
Speaker 1 (00:15):
What elfie's? Okay? So what I did there? I do?
Speaker 3 (00:20):
I did?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
It's like, uh, it's like a selfie button an elfie. Yeah, okay,
now that's okay, I'll do another one then.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Okay, wait yeah, see all right.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Okay, okay, what what what's every parent's Hey, Max, come
here for a second. Stand up, I'm gonna do this one.
My son who's here, turns nine tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Come here, big boy. Okay, hey Max? Yes, uh? What
is uh every parent's favorite Christmas? Carol?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Don't shrug your shoulders, say what what? Silent night. It's
because we don't want you kids talk.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Juice. Let me teach you had it.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Let me teach you had it, Condam Nathan, let me
teach you had it.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
It's like a column arriage. Let me teach you had it.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Let me teach you can't buyem six forty live everywhere
on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Hey, everybody, it's the four Report.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
All Things Food, Beverage and beyond happy Saturday to you. Jeez,
I feel like I've been in the studio every single day,
like I don't know forever.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Is that dramatic enough? Forever?
Speaker 2 (01:56):
And today I'm with my my boy, hanging out with
my boy who's here today. He turns nine tomorrow, my son,
my little boy orohing up.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
He drove us here today. It's kind of cool.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
His girlfriend seems nice, his new CPA seems like a
great guy. So he's moving along his new job. Hey,
come here for a second. You said you wanted to
give a shout out to all the young kids today
in a special way.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Come here, what do you want to tell everybody? Six sven?
Speaker 2 (02:35):
You just got six seven to everybody who teachers listening?
Oh my god, I thought it was on vacation. Had
a boy you six seven all over him. That'll teach
him alight. Yeah, we've done plenty of that around the house,
a lot of sixes and sevens. He is the class
(02:58):
representative too, He was elected Crest class representative. Yeah, and
he ran on six seven.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
That and free bus rides for all of New York. Yeah,
so it seems to be working all right. Hot drinks,
some quick and easy ones for Technique of the Week,
and then we got a lot to get into today,
including to remind you about the fifteenth annual kfive Postathon
is eyeballs Deep Now we're gonna be broadcasting live on
(03:28):
Giving Tuesday this Tuesday, December second, from five am to
eight pm.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
At the Anaheim White House.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
We'll be giving more details on that as well, and
you can also go to find out more at KFI
AM six forty dot com slash Postathon.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Bill and I have an option you.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Can bid on for an in person barbecue party at
Bill Handle's home you heard, right in his backyard. We're
gonna have fun chefs there and it'll be very a small,
intimate event and you can win a seat there, actually
pay for a seat there, but it goes to a
(04:05):
good cost. You can check that out a ki A
sixty dot com slash pasta thon. That's really cool. But
we have some fun things we've got for you, So
a couple of quick things hot chocolate. I was at
Disneyland last week on Sunday and Monday with the family.
My brother Craig came along and we just had the
best time. And I got to tell you we had
(04:27):
beignets or like I call them ben yay, I like
it is what I'm saying. And they are delicious, and
they have a peppermint dipping sauce there like a frosting
that's really great. And then they have a new Mickey
Ears one that is also peppermint powder on it that's
(04:49):
really it's subtle, but it's it's very nice.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
And they're hot.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Chocolate hit me as extra delicious, and.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
I was just trying.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
I was like, there's something about this that is just
really good, and it reminded me of one of the
ways we make it at home. Now, I've made hot
chocolate every way you could possibly imagine, including melted chocolate itself.
But still you want a great hot chocolate with zero fuss. Brogars.
(05:22):
Go to your store and look for Broghers. They are
a local dairy and to me, they have the best
chocolate milk and if you can find it, the best eggnog.
They come in these beautiful glass bottles that you can return.
But it's just old school delicious. But you take their
(05:44):
chocolate milk, which is thick and creamy and lovely, and
you just heat it up, put it in a saucepan
on the stove and gently warm it up and it's amazing.
So for Max's birthday, we actually said celebrated with some
school kids a week or so ago and in the rain,
and we did a little hot chocolate bar. So you
(06:09):
do the cocoa and you make that and it's wonderful.
And then you get different flavored whipped creams, and then
you get different things that you can put on top,
whether it's crushed peppermint or whatever it is, the little Jimmy's,
the little decorations and things like that, and you put
it on top, and they got to put their own together.
(06:30):
But kids will tell you when something isn't great. And
these kids flipped over Broger's because it is just that good.
And I'm telling you that their eggnog is so good
as well. You know what I'll do straight from the
bottle adding nothing. I will dip bread in it and
make French toast with their eggnog because it's that good. Yeah,
(06:54):
straight up, I know right, you're learning something here. Apple cider.
This is super simple. And if you can't find cider,
you can get apple juice. But you find a good
apple cider, you put it in a saucepan. You add
your cinnamon sticks in there, and then slice rounds of
(07:16):
an orange about a quarter of an inch thick, and
you put them in there in a saucepan with the cider,
with the cinnamon sticks, and you bring it up to temperature.
Let that simmer in your house. You don't even need
to drink it to fill feel christmasy.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Now, you know.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Obviously, both of those drinks can be adultified if you
want to put some rum or something like that in there.
They go very very nicely with these Christmasy drinks. If
you want to get some you know, peppermint schnops or
something that goes well with the hot chocolate, for sure.
But these are super duper simple, warm drinks that have
(08:00):
big impact and you virtually do nothing for them. You
let them star as themselves and they just come out fantastic.
All right, We'll get into some others, some buttered RUMs,
some mulled wine. How about a hot toddy. You were
here right, we come back, so go know where. It's
the Fork Report. I'm Nil Savedra kfi am six forty.
(08:23):
Happy Saturday to you.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
You're listening to the Fork Report with Nil Savedra on
demand from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Hey everybody, it's the Fork Report. Happy Saturday to you.
Look at this.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
We've lived through Black Friday, where eyeballs deep in Thanksgiving weekend,
December is knocking on our door and decorations. I've seen
a lot of them up already. I'm your your well
fed host, Neil Savadrin, very thrilled always to be here
during the holidays is just a special time for us
(08:56):
to connect and be together. It's my boys ninth birthday tomorrow,
so he's hanging out with Daddy today. He hasn't been
to the studio in a while, so it's kind of
nice to have him here. And boy, we have a
lineup today, some folks we want to talk to you about.
They've both been on the show before and it'll be fun.
We'll get into that. Coming up right now, we're talking
(09:17):
about hot drinks. I know our weather is weird, but
it is. You know, it has been cold at night
and in the morning. When I came in the other
day for the Handle show, it was it just had
that crisp coolness that just makes you, i don't know,
just puts you in the in the spirit and that
(09:40):
puts you just makes it feel like you're having some weather.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
So I thought about hot drinks.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Now, of course, there are drinks that can be adultified
or served. You know, we talked about cider and hot
chocolate just a little bit ago. We'll get into some
that have alcohol. You could put alcohol in those, of course,
but these are alcoholic by nature. And the first one
is I'm trying to get two in here. Mold wine.
(10:06):
Mold wine is a warmed wine that has wonderful ingredients
that spring out the flavor of the holidays. So it's
got spices, it's got honey, it's got fruit brandy. You
put some brandy in the wine and it kicks up
everything and makes it super lovely. So you get seven
(10:28):
and fifty milli liter. That's just a bottle of red wine.
One orange sliced into rounds. You're gonna put some aside
for serving garnish. Six whole cloves, three three inch cinnamon sticks,
plus more of course for serving. Three star anise pods.
(10:51):
This is kind of a licoricy flavor, the star anise.
It brings to the flavor palette. Here, half cup, quarter
cup honey, and you want to put this in a
medium saucepan over medium heat. You bring the wine, the oranges, clove, cinnamon, starrnise, brandy,
and honey to a simmer, don't boil, reduce the heat
(11:15):
to medium low, and you just cook, sturing occasionally. It's
going to get super fragrant. It's going to reduce just
a little bit. You want to do this for about
ten minutes or so, and then you divide it among
different cups or mugs or whatever you want to do,
and you garnish it with more orange slices and cinnamon sticks.
And boy, is that the best air freshener you can
(11:38):
have in your house too. It's just going to be
absolutely stunning. Okay, quick, One hot Toddy, which is another
one of my favorite ones. A hot Toddy is a
lovely adult beverage for the holidays as well. It is
not difficult to make many of these things. You're Tom
and Jerry, You're hot toddies, hot buttered rum, the hot
(12:01):
buttered rum, and the Tama jerret. You can find a
pre mixed concoction to help you make these more quickly,
but a hot toddi is super super easy. Two ounces
of bourbon, two tablespoons of honey, one tablespoon of fresh
lemon juice. I mean, it's really going to be brighter
(12:22):
and more pleasant than the jarred stuff or the little
squeeze lemon thing, but you could use that as well,
and then lemon slices and cinnamon sticks for serving. But
in a small sauce pan over medium heat, you heat
one third cup of water until simmering. In a mug,
you combine bourbon, the honey, and the lemon juice, and
(12:44):
then carefully pour in hot water, stirring with a spoon
until the honey is dissolved and you taste and you
add more water if needed. I'm looking at less water,
if you know what I'm saying. Garnish with lemon slices
and cinnamon sticks and that's it. Easy peasy lemon literally squeezy.
(13:06):
So those are a couple of hot drinks ideas for
the holiday season that are really lovely. Uh jam up
how you wish, but they're just very delicious on their own.
Stick around. More to come on The Fork Report. I'm
Nil Savedra.
Speaker 3 (13:21):
You're listening to The Fork Report with Neil Savedra on
demand from KFI AM six forty
Hey, it's Niels Adri.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
You're listening to kfi EM six forty The four Report
on demand on the iHeartRadio app. Hey, Kayla, Yeah, what
kind of photos do you Santa's helpers take?
Speaker 1 (00:15):
What elfie's? Okay? So what I did there? I do?
Speaker 3 (00:20):
I did?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
It's like, uh, it's like a selfie button an elfie. Yeah, okay,
now that's okay, I'll do another one then.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Okay, wait yeah, see all right.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Okay, okay, what what what's every parent's Hey, Max, come
here for a second. Stand up, I'm gonna do this one.
My son who's here, turns nine tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Come here, big boy. Okay, hey Max? Yes, uh? What
is uh every parent's favorite Christmas? Carol?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Don't shrug your shoulders, say what what? Silent night. It's
because we don't want you kids talk.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Juice. Let me teach you had it.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Let me teach you had it, Condam Nathan, let me
teach you had it.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
It's like a column arriage. Let me teach you had it.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Let me teach you can't buyem six forty live everywhere
on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Hey, everybody, it's the four Report.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
All Things Food, Beverage and beyond happy Saturday to you. Jeez,
I feel like I've been in the studio every single day,
like I don't know forever.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Is that dramatic enough? Forever?
Speaker 2 (01:56):
And today I'm with my my boy, hanging out with
my boy who's here today. He turns nine tomorrow, my son,
my little boy orohing up.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
He drove us here today. It's kind of cool.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
His girlfriend seems nice, his new CPA seems like a
great guy. So he's moving along his new job. Hey,
come here for a second. You said you wanted to
give a shout out to all the young kids today
in a special way.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Come here, what do you want to tell everybody? Six sven?
Speaker 2 (02:35):
You just got six seven to everybody who teachers listening?
Oh my god, I thought it was on vacation. Had
a boy you six seven all over him. That'll teach
him alight. Yeah, we've done plenty of that around the house,
a lot of sixes and sevens. He is the class
(02:58):
representative too, He was elected Crest class representative. Yeah, and
he ran on six seven.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
That and free bus rides for all of New York. Yeah,
so it seems to be working all right. Hot drinks,
some quick and easy ones for Technique of the Week,
and then we got a lot to get into today,
including to remind you about the fifteenth annual kfive Postathon
is eyeballs Deep Now we're gonna be broadcasting live on
(03:28):
Giving Tuesday this Tuesday, December second, from five am to
eight pm.
Speaker 1 (03:32):
At the Anaheim White House.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
We'll be giving more details on that as well, and
you can also go to find out more at KFI
AM six forty dot com slash Postathon.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Bill and I have an option you.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Can bid on for an in person barbecue party at
Bill Handle's home you heard, right in his backyard. We're
gonna have fun chefs there and it'll be very a small,
intimate event and you can win a seat there, actually
pay for a seat there, but it goes to a
(04:05):
good cost. You can check that out a ki A
sixty dot com slash pasta thon. That's really cool. But
we have some fun things we've got for you, So
a couple of quick things hot chocolate. I was at
Disneyland last week on Sunday and Monday with the family.
My brother Craig came along and we just had the
best time. And I got to tell you we had
(04:27):
beignets or like I call them ben yay, I like
it is what I'm saying. And they are delicious, and
they have a peppermint dipping sauce there like a frosting
that's really great. And then they have a new Mickey
Ears one that is also peppermint powder on it that's
(04:49):
really it's subtle, but it's it's very nice.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
And they're hot.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Chocolate hit me as extra delicious, and.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
I was just trying.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
I was like, there's something about this that is just
really good, and it reminded me of one of the
ways we make it at home. Now, I've made hot
chocolate every way you could possibly imagine, including melted chocolate itself.
But still you want a great hot chocolate with zero fuss. Brogars.
(05:22):
Go to your store and look for Broghers. They are
a local dairy and to me, they have the best
chocolate milk and if you can find it, the best eggnog.
They come in these beautiful glass bottles that you can return.
But it's just old school delicious. But you take their
(05:44):
chocolate milk, which is thick and creamy and lovely, and
you just heat it up, put it in a saucepan
on the stove and gently warm it up and it's amazing.
So for Max's birthday, we actually said celebrated with some
school kids a week or so ago and in the rain,
and we did a little hot chocolate bar. So you
(06:09):
do the cocoa and you make that and it's wonderful.
And then you get different flavored whipped creams, and then
you get different things that you can put on top,
whether it's crushed peppermint or whatever it is, the little Jimmy's,
the little decorations and things like that, and you put
it on top, and they got to put their own together.
(06:30):
But kids will tell you when something isn't great. And
these kids flipped over Broger's because it is just that good.
And I'm telling you that their eggnog is so good
as well. You know what I'll do straight from the
bottle adding nothing. I will dip bread in it and
make French toast with their eggnog because it's that good. Yeah,
(06:54):
straight up, I know right, you're learning something here. Apple cider.
This is super simple. And if you can't find cider,
you can get apple juice. But you find a good
apple cider, you put it in a saucepan. You add
your cinnamon sticks in there, and then slice rounds of
(07:16):
an orange about a quarter of an inch thick, and
you put them in there in a saucepan with the cider,
with the cinnamon sticks, and you bring it up to temperature.
Let that simmer in your house. You don't even need
to drink it to fill feel christmasy.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Now, you know.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Obviously, both of those drinks can be adultified if you
want to put some rum or something like that in there.
They go very very nicely with these Christmasy drinks. If
you want to get some you know, peppermint schnops or
something that goes well with the hot chocolate, for sure.
But these are super duper simple, warm drinks that have
(08:00):
big impact and you virtually do nothing for them. You
let them star as themselves and they just come out fantastic.
All right, We'll get into some others, some buttered RUMs,
some mulled wine. How about a hot toddy. You were
here right, we come back, so go know where. It's
the Fork Report. I'm Nil Savedra kfi am six forty.
(08:23):
Happy Saturday to you.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
You're listening to the Fork Report with Nil Savedra on
demand from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Hey everybody, it's the Fork Report. Happy Saturday to you.
Look at this.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
We've lived through Black Friday, where eyeballs deep in Thanksgiving weekend,
December is knocking on our door and decorations. I've seen
a lot of them up already. I'm your your well
fed host, Neil Savadrin, very thrilled always to be here
during the holidays is just a special time for us
(08:56):
to connect and be together. It's my boys ninth birthday tomorrow,
so he's hanging out with Daddy today. He hasn't been
to the studio in a while, so it's kind of
nice to have him here. And boy, we have a
lineup today, some folks we want to talk to you about.
They've both been on the show before and it'll be fun.
We'll get into that. Coming up right now, we're talking
(09:17):
about hot drinks. I know our weather is weird, but
it is. You know, it has been cold at night
and in the morning. When I came in the other
day for the Handle show, it was it just had
that crisp coolness that just makes you, i don't know,
just puts you in the in the spirit and that
(09:40):
puts you just makes it feel like you're having some weather.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
So I thought about hot drinks.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Now, of course, there are drinks that can be adultified
or served. You know, we talked about cider and hot
chocolate just a little bit ago. We'll get into some
that have alcohol. You could put alcohol in those, of course,
but these are alcoholic by nature. And the first one
is I'm trying to get two in here. Mold wine.
(10:06):
Mold wine is a warmed wine that has wonderful ingredients
that spring out the flavor of the holidays. So it's
got spices, it's got honey, it's got fruit brandy. You
put some brandy in the wine and it kicks up
everything and makes it super lovely. So you get seven
(10:28):
and fifty milli liter. That's just a bottle of red wine.
One orange sliced into rounds. You're gonna put some aside
for serving garnish. Six whole cloves, three three inch cinnamon sticks,
plus more of course for serving. Three star anise pods.
(10:51):
This is kind of a licoricy flavor, the star anise.
It brings to the flavor palette. Here, half cup, quarter
cup honey, and you want to put this in a
medium saucepan over medium heat. You bring the wine, the oranges, clove, cinnamon, starrnise, brandy,
and honey to a simmer, don't boil, reduce the heat
(11:15):
to medium low, and you just cook, sturing occasionally. It's
going to get super fragrant. It's going to reduce just
a little bit. You want to do this for about
ten minutes or so, and then you divide it among
different cups or mugs or whatever you want to do,
and you garnish it with more orange slices and cinnamon sticks.
And boy, is that the best air freshener you can
(11:38):
have in your house too. It's just going to be
absolutely stunning. Okay, quick, One hot Toddy, which is another
one of my favorite ones. A hot Toddy is a
lovely adult beverage for the holidays as well. It is
not difficult to make many of these things. You're Tom
and Jerry, You're hot toddies, hot buttered rum, the hot
(12:01):
buttered rum, and the Tama jerret. You can find a
pre mixed concoction to help you make these more quickly,
but a hot toddi is super super easy. Two ounces
of bourbon, two tablespoons of honey, one tablespoon of fresh
lemon juice. I mean, it's really going to be brighter
(12:22):
and more pleasant than the jarred stuff or the little
squeeze lemon thing, but you could use that as well,
and then lemon slices and cinnamon sticks for serving. But
in a small sauce pan over medium heat, you heat
one third cup of water until simmering. In a mug,
you combine bourbon, the honey, and the lemon juice, and
(12:44):
then carefully pour in hot water, stirring with a spoon
until the honey is dissolved and you taste and you
add more water if needed. I'm looking at less water,
if you know what I'm saying. Garnish with lemon slices
and cinnamon sticks and that's it. Easy peasy lemon literally squeezy.
(13:06):
So those are a couple of hot drinks ideas for
the holiday season that are really lovely. Uh jam up
how you wish, but they're just very delicious on their own.
Stick around. More to come on The Fork Report. I'm
Nil Savedra.
Speaker 3 (13:21):
You're listening to The Fork Report with Neil Savedra on
demand from KFI AM six forty
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