"Crock-Dough-Burn-Pho-Est 🍜🐊: Le Pain Quotidien 2 with Christine Nangle" is Episode 516 of Doughboys, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "Crock-Dough-Burn-Pho-Est 🍜🐊: Le Pain Quotidien 2 with Christine Nangle" was released on October 9, 2025.
"Tomorrow… with Christine Nangle" - @doughboys.bsky.social
Synopsis[]
Christine Nangle (@nanglish, The Simpsons) joins the 'boys to talk The Simpsons writer's room eats, food service jobs, and an upcoming Phillie Phanatic documentary before diving into a review of Le Pain Quotidien. Plus another edition of Pie in this Guy.
Nick's intro[]
Boo-yah!
If you’ve watched American sports since the nineties, you’ve probably heard “boo-yah!” invoked to emphasize a particularly sensational play, for instance a nasty dunk. “Boo-yah!” was an innovation of the late, great Stuart Scott, an ESPN Sportscenter anchor who popularized the seemingly nonsense word, among other notable catchphrases, which included “As cool as the other side of the pillow” and “Just call him butter 'cause he's on a roll.”
Stuart Scott
But prior to Scott introducing “boo-yah” into the sports lexicon, the word had history in the American midwest, where, perhaps only coincidentally, the influential sportscaster was born. In the mid-19th century, Belgian immigrants arrived in Wisconsin, and brought with them a chicken stew that was given the name “boo-yah.” While the exact etymology is unknown, speculation is it either came from the French word 'bouillon', or the Walloon word 'bouyu' — Walloon a dying language that was more widely spoken by the working class in previous centuries.
One hundred and fifty years later, in 1997, a Belgian chain restaurant founded in the capital of Brussels made its way stateside, its French-language name translating as “The Daily Bread.” And while “boo-yah” is not on the menu, it does boast an array of soups to compliment its wheat-centric offerings, eaten in-store at its signature communal table.
With our focus just on hot-liquid calories, will The Daily Bread’s daily soups make us say “boo-yah?” Or “boo, nah?”
This week on Doughboys… we continue Crock-Dough-Burn-Pho-Est 2025 🍜🐊, a soup-er sized month of bisques, broths, stews, and stocks (and crocs)... with the soups of Le Pain Quotidien.
Gator Peens rating[]
The first time the Doughboys reviewed Le Pain Quotidien was back in 2019. Nick gave it 3.5 forks and Mitch 3.75.
For this episode of Crock-Dough-Burn-Pho-Est 🍜🐊, they focus on the soups. Bread is also 'on limit' and can be considered.
Instead of the Soup Forks of last week, they rate it on a scale of 0-5 Gator Peens.
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
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| Nick Wiger |
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2 Gator Peens |
| Mike Mitchell | 1.5 Gator Peens | |
| Christine Nangle | 2 Gator Peens |
With these scores, the soups from Le Pain Quotidien make the Broken Soup Plate Club.
Soup Q&A 🍲[]
| question | Mike Mitchell | Christine Nangle |
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| Do you have any favorite wet foods? | all food is wet really | |
| Do you have any favorite dry foods? | crackers | cereal |
| Any favorite soups? |
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Pie in this Guy[]
Don McLean "American Pie"
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I started eating pie pie |
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This segment is when Nick presents a mystery pie and a series of clues, and Mitch and the guest try to guess the flavor. To aid their guess they are allowed to Ask Gemi or smell the pie without seeing it.
For this episode, the pie was a pumpkin pie.
Mitch and Christine knew it right away off the first clue and said it together, both winning. Mitch gave the pie to Christine because he doesn't like pumpkin pie.
| clue | guest / host | guess | result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Despite all my rage, I'm still just a pie in a display. | Mitch & Christine | pumpkin | winners! |
| I decided to fuck my own blood relative, a vile act of incest that invokes the name of this pie. | |||
| This pie is a little freaky, it likes being whipped.. topping. | |||
| You can thank God for this seasonal pie... or should I say 'thank gourd' |
Roast Spoonman[]
Obi-Wan Kenobi
| “ | Obi-Wonton Kedoughbi Obi-Wonton Kolache |
” |
–Ben (and some alts) | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | I recently entered a raw garlic eating competition and won. What weird food-eating competition do you think you could compete in? | ” |
–Chris | ||
| guest / host | food-eating comp |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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| Mike Mitchell |
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| Christine Nangle |
Quotes[]
| “ | I always forget we have to talk about the food on this show. | ” |
–Christine Nangle #nanggang | ||
| “ | I wanna be salivatin'. | ” |
–Nick Wiger | ||
| “ | Emma: All your tastebuds are on your tongue, so it makes sense. Christine: You don't know where my tastebuds are. |
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–Emma v. Christine | ||
#hashtags[]
- #NangGang
- #I'llEattheSpit or #SpitRoasted
Drops and Plugs[]
| reference | notes |
|---|---|
| Threedom / Doughboys / a gross story | in Mitch's drop (by Barry Lam) |
| The Simpsons | Christine's plug |
Related Episodes[]
| Crock-Dough-Burn-Pho-Est 🍜 🐊 episodes | Le Pain Quotidien episodes | Christine Nangle episodes |
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