"Garden of Eatin': Broccoli with Lindsay Katai and Kelly Nugent" is Episode 457 of Doughboys, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "Garden of Eatin': Broccoli with Lindsay Katai and Kelly Nugent" was released on August 1, 2024.
"Tomorrow… we kick off the Garden of Eatin’ with Lindsay Katai and Kelly Nugent of Teen Creeps" - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
Lindsay Katai (@lindsaykatai) and Kelly Nugent (@kellynugee) of Teen Creeps joins the 'boys to talk colonoscopies, pets, and dentistry before kicking off the Garden of Eatin': Veggie Table: The Green Gobblin' with a review of Mother Nature's fast food, broccoli.
Nick's intro[]
“I'm president of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.”
This was former President George Herbert Walker Bush in March of 1990, after reports surfaced that he had ordered the cruciferous vegetable banned from menus for the White House and for Air Force One. While the CIA Director turned President considered broccoli the Saddam Hussein of vegetables, the senior Bush’s diet was hardly a model of healthy eating. “Junk food is his lifestyle,” said one of his former aides, Pete Teeley, as quoted in the New York Times, and nachos and hot dogs were among his favorite bites.
The broccoli brouhaha wouldn't be the only notable food foible of Bush the elder. In January 1992, the President fell ill at a state dinner in Japan and nastily puked onto the lap of Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, which led to an eponymous Japanese slang term 'bushuru' — to vomit. And in 1994, while debating his eventual successor and McDonald’s and Tang fan, Bill Clinton, H.W. Bush admitted he had no idea how much a gallon of milk cost at the supermarket — confirming suspicions he was out of touch with the average American. A decade and a half later, H.W.’s son, President George W Bush, had his own grapple with grub in the White House, losing consciousness after choking on a pretzel, wounding his head in the resulting fall.
In the final years before his death in 2018, multiple women reported incidents in which former President H.W. Bush quipped to them, “You wanna know my favorite book? David Cop-a-feel!” after which he’d grope their buttocks, often during photo ops. While neither that nor the broccoli quote is up there with “Four score and seven years ago” or “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” they are an oddly fitting legacy for this one-term president who really didn’t do jack shit in office... but by U.S. presidential standards, that’s a pretty decent tenure.
This week on Doughboys… we begin The Garden of Eatin’: Veggie Table: The Green Gobblin’, a month of reviewing Mother Nature’s fast food… we’re talkin’ broccoli!
Salad Fork rating 🥗[]
Salad Days Are Here Apod: The Green Podster: Peas in a Pod: A Pea Podcast: Frond of the Pod: Cuc-in' My Guts Up
For The Garden of Eatin', The Doughboys rate broccoli on a scale of 5 Salad Forks.
Then collectively, they decide if it gets a Green Thumbs Up or a Brown Thumbs Down.
| guest / host | rating | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | 4 Salad Forks | 🥦👍🏽 |
| Mike Mitchell | 3 Salad Forks | |
| Lindsay Katai | 4 Salad Forks | |
| Kelly Nugent | 3 Salad Forks |
The Vegetable Tray Test: broccoli is the loser and would be the first veggie they'd remove from a tray of vegetables.
None of them seem to really like raw broccoli, unless with lots of ranch or cheese sauce. They do all like broccoli roasted or baked, and talk through a number of ways to cook it that they enjoy.
They also all love broccolini and probably prefer it to broccoli.
Vegetable Opinions 🥦[]
| guest / host | vegetable enemy | is tomato a fruit? | broccoli v. cauliflower |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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yes | - |
| Mike Mitchell | likes most, but depends on preparation | no |
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| Lindsay Katai | raw red onion | yes |
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| Kelly Nugent |
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fuck no | sick of cauliflower |
Eatin' 9 To 5[]
Dolly Parton "9 to 5"
| “ | 9 to 5, what a way to make a segment Barely even try, it's all lazy and no effort |
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In this segment, the teams are office managers tasked with stocking their office kitchens. They are given a list of snacks and office items, and must choose draft style. Emma and Casey then decide which office they would want to work at. They each choose three snacks and three beverages.
| guest / host | items | results |
|---|---|---|
| The Doughboys |
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| Teen Creeps |
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winners! |
Emma picked Teen Creeps for being more fun, while Casey picked Doughboys for the water. Mitch broke the tie and Lindsay and Kelly win!
Roast Spoonman[]
Bruce Vilanch
| “ | Bruce Vilranch | ” |
–Joe C. | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | Nick: I'd be curious to try animal toothpaste. Mitch: We'll do it on a Double at some point. |
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–The Doughboys | ||
| “ | Is this our "jump the shark" month? It might be! But look... we're dying! We need to stop. We're doing a health month. Fucking eat the vegetable and tell us what you think about the fucking vegetable. For God's sakes, we're dying! | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
| “ | The cottagecore lifestyle is marmaladey. | ” |
–Kelly Nugent | ||
| “ | I think Wiger and I are a little more similar than I've been letting on. | ” |
–Lindsay Katai | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | What are some possible formats the Doughboys could pivot to? | ” |
–Connor C. | ||
| guest / host | possible themes to pivot their podcasts to |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | they'd probably keep it food-focused |
| Mike Mitchell | instead of chains, focus on items from chains |
| Lindsay Katai | you don't want to die for the podcast |
| Kelly Nugent | as long as it feels within their brand, they're fine with covering anything |
Drops and Plugs[]
| reference | notes |
|---|---|
| "Channel-surfing Drop" | in Mitch's drop (by Finke) |
| Teen Creeps | Kelly & Lindsay's prodcast |
| "Oh! Meridith" | Kelly's short film |
| Fairly Oddparents: A New Wish | Lindsay's show |
Related Episodes[]
| Garden of Eatin' episodes | Lindsay Katai episodes | Kelly Nugent episodes |
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