"Garden of Eatin': Sweet Potatoes with Dani Fernandez" is Episode 460 of Doughboys, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "Garden of Eatin': Sweet Potatoes with Dani Fernandez" was released on August 22, 2024.
"Tomorrow… with Dani Fernandez" - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
Dan Fernandez (@msdanifernandez, In The Static) joins the 'boys to talk Catalina Island, ghosts, and microplastics before talking all things sweet potatoes. Plus, another edition of Snack or Wack.
Nick's intro[]
Elinor Fettiplace's Receipt Book: Elizabethan Country House Cooking
In 1986, British author Hilary Spurling published Elinor Fettiplace's Receipt Book: Elizabethan Country House Cooking, sourced from a recipe compilation dating to 1604. The text had been passed down through Spurling’s husband’s side of the family for over three centuries beginning with Fettiplace’s death around 1647. The heirloom is a fascinating time capsule of early 17th-century Elizabethan England, and is notable for being an early western reference to an ingredient from the so-called New World: the sweet potato.
Often confused for yams, which originate in Africa, sweet potatoes are from South America, in what is now modern-day Ecuador; the plants are fully distinct. And despite the moniker, the sweet potato is only a distant relative of the less nutritious, regular potato celebrated by Irish-Americans like it’s Larry Bird or some shit.
The versatile tuber has become a mainstay of cuisine worldwide in both savory mains and sweet-treat desserts, and in Japan is even distilled into alcohol called shōchū. And its global prominence is not just due to European colonialism: anthropological evidence indicates sweet potatoes migrated to the Pacific Islands centuries before Fettiplace wrote of the then-novel root vegetable.
Fettiplace would be confused by much of our modern world. Just imagine her trying to play Elden Ring on PlayStation 5. I find that game quite difficult and it’s normal to me. But Fettiplace would hopefully be delighted that her personal collection of recipes has been widely circulated as a historical document — and she’d certainly be comforted that she can still find countless preparations of sweet potato.
This week on Doughboys… we continue the Garden of Eatin’: Veggie Table: The Green Gobblin’, a month of reviewing Mother Nature’s fast food… with sweet potatoes.
Salad Fork rating 🥗[]
For Garden of Eatin', The Doughboys rate sweet potatoes on a scale of 5 Salad Forks.
Then collectively, they decide if it gets a Thumbs Up or a Brown Thumbs Down.
| guest / host | rating | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | 5.0 Salad Forks | 🥔👍🏼 |
| Mike Mitchell | 4.0 Salad Forks | |
| Dani Fernandez | 5.0 Salad Forks |
Mitch prefers potatoes to sweet potatoes. He says he likes them, but also finds them confusing. Dani seems to prefer sweet potatoes, and likes a lot of different dishes with them. Nick loves its greatness and utility as a vegetable ("I fuckin' love the little things").
Casey would also go 4 Salad Forks, and Amelia never thinks about them at all.
With these scores, sweet potatoes makes the Green Goddess Club!
Meels Time: Snack or Wack / Drank or Stank[]
In Snack or Wack, The Doughboys have a snack and rate it either 'snack' or 'wack.'
In Drank or Snack, The Doughboys have a beverage and rate it either 'drank' or 'stank.'
For this episode, they try some products that have sweet potatoes as ingredients (some juice and chips).
| guest / host | V8 Deliciously Green | V8 Peach Mango | Terra Original with Sea Salt | Terra Mediterranean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | Stank | Stank | Wack | Snack |
| Mike Mitchell | Drank | Drank | Snack | Snack |
| Dani Fernandez | Stank | Stank | Snack | Snack |
Roast Spoonman[]
Tony Soprano
| “ | Tony Souprano | ” |
–Devin in Canada | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | Nick: [Dani and I] had a disgusting discussion about microplastics in cum. Dani: Every man! Every man's cum... |
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–The Doughboys | ||
| “ | Mitch: I don't know well you'd do in the wasteland. Nick: I don't think I'd do that well in the wasteland. But I also could rule it! You couldn't see me be a ruling warlord of the wasteland? |
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–Dani will rule the apocalypse | ||
| “ | Mitch: Growing up, I got Raisin Bran a lot. Dani: Is that why you're like this? |
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–Mitch & Dani re: childhood cereal choices | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | Everyone has a dream last meal before being executed, what's your nightmare last meal? | ” |
–Oscar G. | ||
| guest / host | nightmare last meal |
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| Nick Wiger |
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| Mike Mitchell |
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| Dani Fernandez |
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Drops and Plugs[]
| reference | notes |
|---|---|
| "Rockabye Baby" | in Mitch's drop (by Big Boy Baby Guy) |
| In The Static | Dani's plugs |
Related Episodes[]
| Garden of Eatin' episodes | Dani Fernandez episodes |
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