Hero or Dick
Welcome to Hero or Dick!
We started this podcast with a blunt question about people: Hero or Dick?
Then we found ourselves asking it about places, traditions, entertainment, and the ordinary stuff we’d never thought to question before. Who gets praised? What gets overlooked? Why are we so sure we know the story?
We pick something that interests us, do our homework, and sit down to talk. We bring facts, opinions, and stories from our own lives, and follow the occasional tangent.
Sometimes we reach a verdict. Sometimes the question gets more interesting.
If that sounds like a conversation you’d want to be part of, join us.
~ Kate & KJ
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Hero or Dick
Hero or Dick - S2., Ep. 20 - BELIEVE IN THE SOUP!
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Welcome, Heroes!
Believe in the Soup!
In our 20th episode of season two, we’re stirring up festive cheer with cheesy debates (literally—think aerosol cheese), holiday movie nostalgia, and the joy of advent calendars. As Christmas approaches, we celebrate loyal listeners (shoutout to Cassidy!) and tease some exciting season three swag.
Then, it’s all about soup! From ancient bacteria-fighting broths to modern culinary classics, we explore its fascinating history, debate whether chili counts, and share our favorite varieties—from French onion to dill pickle. Toss in some pop culture soup moments and you’ve got the perfect recipe for cozy fun.
We also tackle holiday traditions, from blow-up Santas to fruitcake controversies, school Christmas programs, and caroling quirks. Whether you love soup, the holidays, or just need a laugh, this episode is your ticket to warmth and joy!
As always, thanks for listening!
~ Kate & KJ
Podcast Banter and Cheese Comparison
Speaker 1Hey , welcome to .
Speaker 2It's Hero or Dick . Yeah , podcast .
Speaker 1It's a podcast ? It is . It's episode 20 .
Speaker 2Of season two .
Speaker 1And our anniversary's coming up .
Speaker 2In .
Speaker 1March and we're going to have a .
Speaker 2Wait , surprise is coming .
Speaker 1Yeah , we didn't do it last year .
Speaker 2No .
Speaker 1And if we don't do it next year , we can say we'll do it the next year .
Speaker 2Well , no , we're doing it In March .
Speaker 1Easy cheese Before we get into our topic .
Speaker 2Okay , we talked about this briefly .
Speaker 1Kate says there's no difference in the flavor between your top shelf Nabisco brand spray aerosol cheese .
Speaker 2And aerosol cheese . Oh , aerosol cheese , spray cheese from the aerosol cheese . Only I'm not including , you know , gourmet cheeses like real cheeses . No , no , can aerosol if you're getting like canned ?
Speaker 1cheese , canned cheese . So and I do think I used to get every year my wife and children , believe it or not to help with my health would get me a can of cheese in my stocking Because they're trying to kill you . Yeah , they're doing it multiple ways now , but this the cheese was the start , and last year they skimped out and they got me the cheapo cheese , which is fine .
Speaker 2Now , what brand was it though ?
Speaker 1I think it was like whatever Meijer brand was .
Speaker 2Okay , I got American Choice , I think , and I don't even know who does that . Is that from ?
Speaker 1Dollar General .
Speaker 2No , it was from . I don't know where it was from . Huh , but you said that , but it was , I thought it was fine . I think it's fine too .
Speaker 1It's just different .
Speaker 2Maybe it wasn't as good . I guess I'd have to do a side-by-side .
Speaker 1You know , one of my favorite mentions of spray cheese coincides with the holidays and four Christmases when Vince Vaughn goes to visit his brothers at his dad's house .
Speaker 2Excuse me , he does . I think I just had some spray cheese .
Speaker 1And he goes oh , spray cheese from the famous aerosol , whatever spray aerosol . And his brother jumps him . Oh God , that's funny .
Speaker 2That is a funny movie , I'll have to watch that one again .
Speaker 1You know that's coming up .
Speaker 2Christmas or four Christmases .
Speaker 1Yes , yeah , we watched four Christmases already . Yeah , here it's .
Speaker 2Christmas pretty soon . Today's the what 11th . Yeah , no yeah 10th , 11th , something like that .
Speaker 1Wait , does the 12 days of Christmas start tomorrow , or did I just make that up ?
Speaker 2No , it'd be 12 days tomorrow . 12 plus 12 equals 24 . It gets you to Christmas Eve . Wait a second 12 days of Christmas . So if you have an advent calendar with only 12 things in it , you can start it tomorrow .
Speaker 1On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me , oh , a partridge in a pear tree . Yeah , oh , so that's tomorrow .
Speaker 2Tomorrow .
Speaker 1Partridge .
Speaker 2Yeah , I was going by advent calendars .
Speaker 1Yeah , you love those things , I fucking love them . Yeah , no one knows , I fucking love that yeah .
Speaker 2Oh my gosh . Thank you , emily . She got me an advent calendar from Trader Joe's and it's a little tiny chocolate every day , but they're delicious and the packaging is adorable .
Speaker 1Is it ?
Speaker 2And then Cassidy and Cody got me a really cool advent calendar . It is called Mini Brands and every day you open it up and there's a little mini , something Like one day it was a Rubik's Cube .
Speaker 1No shit , tiny tiny Rubik's Cube , that's really cool .
Speaker 2It was fun . Yeah , it's fun . I didn't open it today .
Speaker 1I forgot oh for God's sakes , I got to go . Yeah , okay , it's been good . Everyone have a good day .
Speaker 2But my favorite one I have and I haven't even opened it yet is Bluey , the cartoon Bluey .
Speaker 1What is that ? A dog ?
Speaker 2Oh God , have you ever watched it ?
Speaker 1Nope .
Speaker 2It's fabulous .
Speaker 1You're going to rip on me like the Simpsons episode .
Speaker 2Well , no , but .
Speaker 1I know Somebody wasn't very happy .
Speaker 2There were people complaining .
Speaker 1I was complaining .
Speaker 2Our listeners were complaining .
Speaker 1But look at , look at what I have .
Speaker 2Most people say that .
Speaker 1Look at what I have in my hand Notes . Is that your notes ? No , the printer's working . Oh , okay , I didn't have my notes last time .
Speaker 2Well , it helps if you watch the Simpsons too . I don't think you do . No , I don't , and I think you should . That's your goal for 2025 .
Speaker 1New Year's resolution . Watch more Simpsons Watch more Simpsons Actually do more research . That's your job , you and Nathan , the production assistant .
Speaker 2And I just want you to know I saw the lists of all the top 10 podcasts and we didn't make any of them .
Speaker 1No , Did we make the top 20 ? No , 50? .
Speaker 2No 100 ?
Speaker 1Probably not , no , no . Did we make the top 20 ? No 50 ? No 100 ? Probably not . No , no , no , that's okay . Who cares ?
Speaker 2When we begin season three in March , we're going to have 10 followers . Some swag , swag . That's all I'm saying .
Speaker 1Swagalicious .
Speaker 2And I just do have to give a shout out to Cassidy , because she got something that said that Hero or Dick is her top podcast that she listens to , and she had , like I don't know , 800 , not from us 800 listens or something like that 800 , I don't know . You'll have to send me that again , cassidy .
Speaker 1There was some statistic with it .
Speaker 2But she listened to us the most out of any podcast .
Speaker 1Well , we got to get her some swag .
Speaker 2She's the top of the swag list .
Speaker 1What if we came up with some heroic cereal ?
Speaker 2I think that'd be gross , but Come on , it'd be great . If you can find a supplier , I'll look at it .
Speaker 1Now didn't you say there's some of our fans that don't like the name of the podcast . They don't want to say the last name . There are , yeah , I ran into that when I was asking Is it the word bureau ? They don't like yeah .
Speaker 2Yeah , yeah , they want us to change that word .
Speaker 1Yeah , like what I'm saying , dick .
Speaker 2I don't mean like a dick I do oh , you do I mean like a jerk a jerk yeah , yeah yeah , that's .
Speaker 1Isn't that not like it , not like you know , yeah , we know
Soup
Speaker 1, okay , all right . What's the topic today ?
Speaker 2the topic has been popular christmas no it's not christmas , it's not christmas , oh , but it's something equally as warming to your soul , maybe more so , because the topic today is soup , soup . Who doesn't love soup ? Actually , there's a few people who don't love soup .
Speaker 1Some people . So wait , I'm going to start it off . Okay , I suspect , from what I've researched and this is the only research I did for the whole thing from what I've researched and this is the only research I did for the whole thing was that back , way back , way back , folks needed soup to break down food . Yes , it lasted a while . Yes , you could throw shit in there all week if you want , you can put rocks in it . And actually that's one of supposedly one of the first ways .
Speaker 1Yeah , they would heat the rocks . Okay , they dig a hole , put animal hide in it or maybe some plant leaves Okay , they would put water in there . They heat the rocks up in a fire and then put the rocks in the liquid water with whatever grains or meats or whatever , and heat it up . Isn't that pretty cool .
Speaker 2That is cool that it's been around for a while , because it's easy to do and most everybody has the means to do it . No matter what you're putting in your soup , you have something to put in it , you know , be it grains or animals or plants or whatever .
Speaker 1They were saying over there that 20,000 BC , but recent discoveries note that the Chinese 50,000 BC . But you know what ? It was probably even before that . People were probably making soup .
Speaker 2As long as there's been people around , there's probably been a version of soup .
Speaker 1So it didn't actually start with Joseph Campbell .
Speaker 2It started before that ? Was he the first one to can it , though I don't know .
Speaker 1I think he was . We'll get to that , okay .
Speaker 2Well , I just want to say , when I started asking people about their soup interest , I got this Seafood chowder . That was chowder soup .
Speaker 1That's debatable , but I believe it is .
Speaker 2I think it is too . How about gumbo , though ? What about gumbo ? What about chili ?
Speaker 1Somebody told me chili is their favorite soup . That's not a soup . What ?
Speaker 2they say I don't think it's a soup , I don't think it's liquidy enough .
Speaker 1Some people make it liquidy enough .
Speaker 2Are these soups Stew versus soups ? If stew , has less liquid . Soup has a higher liquid to solid ratio .
Speaker 1What would you rather have ? A chowder or chili ?
Speaker 2Oh , it depends on the day .
Speaker 1Wednesday Today .
Speaker 2Today , I choose chowder .
Speaker 1Today is Wednesday . Yeah , today is Wednesday .
Speaker 2Soup Wednesday you , I choose chowder . Today is Wednesday . Yeah , today is Wednesday Soup .
Speaker 1Wednesday You'd pick chowder .
Speaker 2I'd pick chowder today , holy shit .
Speaker 1You know what ? What I had ? Chili yesterday . Oh Wait , you know where I got it from . We don't get paid for this Purchase , iga . What's it good Makes chili and they put it out for Mm-hmm Best chili I've ever had in town . Wow , I'm not kidding you , wow .
Speaker 2I never order it because we make it a lot at home and I like the way we make it .
Speaker 1What's that ? Chili , I know Wow , and so we ?
Speaker 2I don't know , I just make it , and then it lasts for a long time too .
Speaker 1It's better you have chili dogs .
Speaker 2You can have chili nachos . Those are good Chili's better the next day .
Speaker 1But I don't think chili's it's a soup .
Speaker 2It is better , but I don't think it's a soup . I think it's going to be categorized in the stew category , as is gumbo just because they're thick .
Speaker 1So stew is .
Speaker 2Stew has less liquid .
Speaker 1Gotcha , but chili is different than stew . All right , let's not talk about stew . Yes , it is no more chili , and neither one of them are soup so go away . Sorry .
Speaker 2So soup dating way back , probably to Neanderthals .
Speaker 1Yeah , and it was simple .
Speaker 2I mean if Neanderthals could make it .
Speaker 1Yeah , like Geico .
Speaker 2Insurance .
Speaker 1And it reduced bacteria , though I don't know if they knew they were doing that back then .
Speaker 2I don't think they were too concerned about that .
Speaker 1But then you wonder about that week-long soup . Does that really reduce bacteria when you keep throwing stuff in the same pot ?
Speaker 2Does it keep boiling the whole time ? I hope so . If it keeps boiling , then Okay , or boiling at you know a certain time .
Speaker 1Anyway , it allowed folks to stretch their resources . And I always think of my grandma Wachowski with this , because she one I remember she's always don't waste any of the animal Like . So she would make the bone , put the whole carcass in the chicken or whatever it was in the thing and you know you got the stock , a lot of nutrients in that , and then all the nasty gristly pieces .
Speaker 2Yes , A lot of nutrients in that , and then all the nasty gristly pieces .
Speaker 1Yes , kind of gross . Then you've got to .
Speaker 2I don't know . Then I take a sifter and you get that gross stuff out . I mean , neanderthals probably didn't care , they weren't worried about that , and they had to eat it because they didn't have Campbell's soup in the pantry . But we don't have to eat that now , so let's not do it . No , where's the word soup come from ?
Speaker 1Oh , I have that on page one of my research .
Speaker 2Hear it everyone We'll see if it's the same thing I have .
Speaker 1It originates from the old English term sop , referring to bread soaked in liquid , highlighting the dish's early form .
Speaker 2Okay , I have that . It's French , but same thing . Okay , meaning bread soaked to broth , right , sure , which that makes sense . Mm-hmm , if you're having soup , you're usually having bread with it or some kind of bread . I love bread . Yeah , that's a different type . That's a different . We could do a podcast on bread .
Speaker 1We could , because bread is multi-delicious . So the health benefits of soup ? Okay , boiling the bones releases collagen , calcium and other nutrients , so drink that broth . It's good for you , kate .
Speaker 2It is Well . That's why , when you're sick , you gotta have chicken broth .
Speaker 1You know , there's no evidence , I guess , that supports that . However , it is one of the most effective placebos .
Speaker 2Yes . That's amazing , it's just to feel good . Believe in the soup , Kate . Believe in the soup .
Speaker 1Yes , I like that . Believe in the soup ? I do too . I own a soup company .
Speaker 2I would have that as my tagline . Damn that's good . Believe in the soup , Heroic . You should make that the title of this podcast .
Speaker 1Yes or a dick . You should make that the title of this podcast Believe in the Soup . Okay , I'm going to jot it down for you , thank you . Seasonal flexibility , fresh ingredients in the summer , preserved Ones in the winter , so it's like an all-around thing . And ooh , the Chinese have all kinds of soups . Actually , more people per capita eat soup in China than they do anywhere else , and one of their really good ones , apparently and popular is a winter soup . That's actually . You eat it in the summer and it's like a cooling , calming effect .
Speaker 2Yeah .
Soup Favorites and Side Dishes
Speaker 1So anyway , I'll let you talk now .
Speaker 2I will say Campbell's versus Progressive . Which do you say , would you rather ?
Speaker 1I don't know God , you know what I actually think . I like progressive soup better .
Speaker 2I like progressive soup to eat , but you can't beat Campbell's cream of mushroom or whatever , no , all the base soups are really . It's for base of every casserole known to man .
Speaker 1And you know they got the chunky I used to love .
Speaker 2Progressive has a pretty chunky soup .
Speaker 1Do they ? But not the chunky soup . Not the chunky soup , no . And Campbell's was the first to condense soup .
Speaker 2They stole the idea from .
Speaker 1Bourne Milk Company with the condensed milk . They'd steal it . Joseph Campbell's son-in-law , whom he wasn't really fond of . But when he was 24 years old he got word . Hey , you got to give your son-in-law a job .
Speaker 2Come on , daddy , hire my you know .
Speaker 1And so he hired him for like $7.50 a week to be his chemist .
Speaker 2Now , what year is this , do you think ?
Speaker 1I think it's 1897 , somewhere around there , you know at first . $7.50 doesn't sound like much , but it's not horrible , and because he nailed this condensing the soup and got the water out of it Did he get a bonus . A $1.50 a week raise .
Speaker 2Wow .
Speaker 1But it obviously revolutionized the soup industry because before that the soup actually came in huge cans with the water in it With the water already in it . And so it was inefficient to transport it just to make those big cans , and so it actually changed the whole industry . However , it's not so good for you because of the high sodium content oh , there's a lot of sodium in it . But there are low sodium .
Speaker 2There are .
Speaker 1And Healthy Choice is progressive , is it not ? Or is that Maybe not ?
Speaker 2But anyway , I'm not sure .
Speaker 1So that's what I know about Campbell's .
Speaker 2Campbell's . Yeah , I say they're a good soup base , but overall I'd go to a Progressive . If I'm going to eat a soup , I mean definitely homemade . Over anything , and every , every culture has their own soup . Every country , every culture . There's Asian , there's Polish , there's Greek , there's everything . There's French onion , tortellini , coconut curry , greek lemon rice soup .
Speaker 1Oh , so good have you had it .
Speaker 2Yeah , sorry , I didn't just make it up .
Speaker 1I didn't know what's going on . Could be from a Simpsons episode .
Speaker 2You wouldn't know about that I do .
Speaker 1actually , the Simpsons has featured soup in various episodes . Yes , the Paul .
Speaker 2McCartney one . Lisa the vegetarian , the Treehouse Horror which we mentioned on our Simpsons . One because it's my favorite .
Speaker 1We did . Kang and Kodas prepared a meal featuring the Simpsons family , with Lisa being served in a big thing of soup Brush with Greatness . Season 2 , episode 18 . Homer dreams of Andy Warhol throwing Campbell's soup cans out . Okay , and then the mysterious voyage of Homer . Homer consumes several bowls of Chief Wickham's chili , leading to a hallucinatic journey .
Speaker 2And then the food one that was good .
Speaker 1Bart and Lisa become foodies and explore various cuisines , including soups . So there you go , Cassidy .
Speaker 2Okay , see , you did your research , but it's a week late .
Speaker 1I still did it . In today's educational system it's okay to do that .
Speaker 2I guess . So yeah , we're ending in a homework late . I just want to say I did poll some people and got their favorite soups and I would say French onion was overall the favorite . A lot of people like potato soup too and I don't argue that point at all . If it's a good potato soup , there is nothing like potato soup . Julie likes potato if it's made right . Or clam chowder , cassidy French onion , or if her friend Sherry is cooking ganache soup , hmm , which , okay , my friend Marcy says the old alphabet soup by Campbell's , not the new stuff , the stuff from when we were kids .
Speaker 1Gotcha .
Speaker 2She said it's different now , but it used to be the favorite . Hmm , hmm , jennifer said chili . And that brought up the whole chili debate . But then she said chicken noodle . Harley says potato and chicken noodle by Corey , because he makes a good chicken noodle . Leanne says French onion and her second choice is kale and kielbasa . Oh , that's good , really , yes , I think . Anytime I hear the word kale I cringe a little . Kielbasa too Kielbasa stays with you in many ways it does .
Speaker 1Hero or kielbasa .
Speaker 2I'm sorry . And then Suzanne chose foie gras , which I think I'm saying that right or P-H-O-G-A .
Speaker 1Yeah , that's Chinese soup , isn't it ?
Speaker 2It's Vietnamese chicken soup Sorry , vietnamese chicken soup which she said that's her favorite . Her second is Reuben soup . Ooh .
Speaker 1I bet you that's tasty yeah .
Speaker 2And her number three on her list is dill pickle soup .
Speaker 1Oh shit , they have that at the Polish restaurant .
Speaker 2Oh , do they . It's really good , is it good ?
Speaker 1Oh man Brooke loves it yeah .
Speaker 2I'm not a big pickle fan .
Speaker 1Well , hero or pickle , go try it , it's good .
Speaker 2Okay , I'll still try it . Yeah , I'll try any soup . Hey , what'sire soup ?
Speaker 1Isn't that what it's called ? I don't know .
Speaker 2Is it cheesy ? They have the black sheep . Is it cheesy ?
Speaker 1I think so .
Speaker 2Like a cheese-based yeah , like a thick soup versus .
Speaker 1Maybe it's not a soup , I'll take it Well no , I think that's still a soup .
Speaker 2When it's like a cream of soup , okay , cream of broccoli , cream of broccoli . I like that , I do too .
Speaker 1You know who really , really , really , really really likes chicken noodle soup Jovi .
Speaker 2Brie , stevens , jovi . Good choice , I mean we have to stock up on that stuff . I like homemade chicken soup and it's not hard to make . It's so easy to make .
Speaker 1And turkey soup this time of year . All you need is celery , oh yeah , turkey .
Speaker 2Still , chicken is better .
Speaker 1It is , I don't know why .
Speaker 2But you just need , you know , onion , celery , carrots , chicken stock and some chicken . Boom , you got soup . Mm-hmm , easy to do , man , I like soup . What about ? I know I'm kind of hungry now .
Speaker 1It makes me angry though what I'm angry though what . I eat soup . When I eat it , I get like mad .
Speaker 2Oh , why does it make you angry ? I looked it up Because you're still hungry .
Speaker 1No , I think it said the salt content could make me angry oh maybe Otherwise . I've got some emotional imbalances I've got to get checked . That can't be it .
Speaker 2So tell me what you eat with soup . We will briefly go over that Like crackers , oyster crackers .
Speaker 1Yeah , and I know it depends on the soup . I like the ones with crackers in there . Noodles .
Speaker 2Mm-hmm Rice , you know like a okay chicken noodle or chicken rice .
Speaker 1Noodle .
Speaker 2I say rice .
Speaker 1And then , well , bread , different types of bread , yeah , and crackers .
Speaker 2All kinds of crackers , cracker . Sometimes a basic saltine is all you need , mm-hmm . And do you crush them all up or do you dip them ? The crackers , some people yeah crush up the saltines and put them on top . Yeah , I like to sprinkle them on top , but then they mush out really quick . They do so I'm not fond of that .
Speaker 1Okay , tortillas . Tortillas are good Cheese , mm-hmm .
Speaker 2Mm-hmm . Depends on the soup again .
Speaker 1Yeah , I don't know . Grilled cheese sandwiches , tomato soup , mm-hmm , any grilled sandwich , I guess Cookies Cookies Depends on the soup .
Speaker 2Tomato soup , though , is a standby too .
Speaker 1Yep , we have that often , the grilled cheese sandwiches .
Speaker 2You know , you always have it in the pantry or on the shelf .
Speaker 1You know , while you're eating soup , you have to be mindful of some things . Well , for instance , in 2024 , which was this year , Marks and Spencer , whoever that is- oh , you don't know , marks and Spencer . Cassidy , so they had a recall .
Speaker 2You can hit him .
Speaker 1They had a recall of their butternut squash soup .
Speaker 2Oh no , I love butternut squash Because of metal shards . Oh , it's fine .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 2Marks and Spencer is a beautiful store in the UK .
Speaker 1Oh well , they're killing people with their soup . Just kidding Marks and Spencer . If you want to send any to us , it's 119 West Washington Avenue , alpena , michigan .
Speaker 2I do love all the roasted squash soups .
Speaker 1Yum 2019 , plastic pieces were found in canned soup , if you recall 2020 , glass shards in tomato soup 2018 , an exploding soup can .
Speaker 2What .
Speaker 1Yes , a lady sued , whatever . That was her fault , yeah .
Speaker 2It was her fault . It yes . A lady sued . Whatever that was her fault . It was her fault . It probably was . It was she left it on the stove or something Idiot .
Speaker 1You don't like her , do you ? No , I ? Don't you want some fun and strange facts about soup . Yes , please , the world record . In 2000 , campbell's produced the largest serving of soup . They filled a 6,300-gallon container with soup .
Speaker 2What kind ?
Speaker 1Tomato . Oh Easy yeah . I could have done that Come on Then I was trying to find it does seem like a waste , it does . Who eats 6,300 gallons . Do they have people line up like a soup kitchen ?
Speaker 2Yeah , oh , another form of soup , soup kitchen .
Speaker 1You ever go to a soup kitchen ?
Speaker 2I have you work it or go there , both , both , both and I know our soup kitchen , which isn't a soup . You know they don't just serve soup , but you can , anybody can go there . You don't have to be , you just have to be hungry . Yeah , they don't ID you .
Speaker 1That would be a good place to do a podcast .
Speaker 2We could do a soup .
Speaker 1I think that'd be cool .
Speaker 2Well , I don't know if they'd let you , because some people don't want you to know that they're sitting in the soup kitchen . Well they don't have to talk to us . We're not using video Anyway .
Speaker 1Soup in Popular Culture .
Speaker 2Okay .
Speaker 1Stone Soup , yeah , a folktale about cooperation and sharing A very famous children's book . Chicken Soup for the Soul .
Speaker 2Yeah , yeah , I hate those books .
Speaker 1In my tender years . I read a couple of those .
Speaker 2Did you yeah , did they influence your writing ?
Speaker 1Probably Don't write like that . That's how come I'm not very published anymore , they're just so heartwarming .
Speaker 2I feel like punching someone in the throat .
Speaker 1Oh my Lord , have you had soup ? Are you angry because of the ?
Speaker 2soup . Maybe I'm angry because I haven't had soup .
Speaker 1When's the last time you had soup ?
Speaker 2I just had soup recently .
Speaker 1It's fun just to say soup . What kind was it it ?
Speaker 2was . I can't remember what kind was it it was . I can't remember . I think it was chicken noodle . But I think it was out of a can too Progressive .
Speaker 1That's all right . There's nothing wrong with canned soup . It's got to come somewhere .
Speaker 2How about the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld ?
Speaker 1Yes , he was on my list . No soup for you , yep TV show , soup Nazi and then Friends . They often featured people eating and talking about soup , apparently .
Speaker 2Oh did they .
Speaker 1Oh , that reminds me . I know I get off track , kate , and I'm sorry . No , but when we lived over there , just a few blocks away , we got invited to be part of a group , the soup group .
Speaker 2It was the soup group Right there .
Speaker 1I like it , and every month a host would host in the neighborhood and you would make the soup and have everybody come over and have a few drinks and eat soup .
Speaker 2Oh my god , that's a great idea . It was a great idea In the winter time .
Speaker 1And it worked for a little while .
Speaker 2Yeah , but then Maybe you need to bring back the soup group .
Speaker 1People found out they probably really didn't like each other that much . You know we're just neighbors .
Speaker 2That's one way to find out Movies .
Speaker 1Tortilla Soup . Have you ever heard of that one ? I have not . Okay , it's a comedy , so we should watch it . Claudia , with a Chance of Meatballs , had Soup Right from the Sky .
Speaker 2I like it .
Speaker 1It's a book too .
Speaker 2That was a kid's book .
Speaker 1The Dead Kennedys have a song called Soup is Good Food . I like the Dead Kennedys .
Speaker 2Don't they sing ? No , maybe not . No , that's Presidents of the United States . Bowling for Soup is a band . Oh , Bowling for Soup , yeah .
Speaker 1Don't they sing 1985 ?
Speaker 2Stacey's Mom . Don't they sing that too ? They should . Stacey's Mom has got it going on . I think they do , do they ?
Speaker 1I think so . I think so too .
Speaker 2I believe you . I'll double check it . Oh , my God .
Speaker 1I guess that's good enough .
Speaker 2Is that enough soup and culture ?
Speaker 1Well , I mean , there's sayings too , what Like , if you're in the soup , that means you're in trouble . Soup to nuts , have you ?
Speaker 2heard that one Soup to nuts yes , what's that mean ? That means everything .
Speaker 1Okay .
Speaker 2You got everything . You got soup to nuts .
Speaker 1Alphabet soup . It means an overabundance of acronyms or abbreviations . I didn't know that one . I think that's made up ?
Speaker 2I think that's made up and then if it's all souped up ? It's modified . Yeah , now I think they say pimped up no , pimped up no . They probably don't even say that anymore .
Speaker 1I don't think you can say pimped up .
Speaker 2Why . Because , you're offending , they're still pimps .
Speaker 1I know , but you're offending the pimps .
Speaker 2Are they going to come and beat me up ? Maybe , maybe .
Speaker 1It gets pretty dicey over here , so anyway , that's what I had on soup .
Speaker 2All right , I think that what we should do is open up our email to To soups , soups , soups , recipes Okay , recipes too , recipes , sure , give us what you like about soup .
Speaker 1Recipes Through email and then we will make the soup . Kate will make the soup , I will make the soup , and then we'll taste it and we'll pick our favorite .
Speaker 2And we'll tell you hero or dick on the soup .
Speaker 1People aren't going to want to submit for that , because who wants to have dick soup , but you can't . Or not . Hero soup . You know what I mean Hero or dick soup .
Speaker 2So where can you email it ?
Speaker 1Hero or dick 2023 . At gmailcom .
Speaker 2Yes , that's it . So soup I say before we get into our fast five . I think we agree on this that soup is a hero .
Speaker 1It is .
Speaker 2Although .
Speaker 1If there's something higher than a hero .
Speaker 2There are some soups that are dicks . Thank you , Beth . And she says split pea soup and anything with lentils .
Speaker 1I like split pea with ham or bacon Lentils . What are lentils ? It doesn't look good , though . Is lentil a weed ?
Speaker 2I don't know what lentil is . That's why it's not good in a soup . Hmm , okay . So , overall , though , overall Hero Hero . So overall , though , overall hero . We're in agreement .
Speaker 1Right on .
Speaker 2Okay , here's our fast
Holiday Traditions and Festive Dilemmas
Speaker 2five . They're all Christmas related because it is the Getting close First day of Christmas is tomorrow again . Partridge soup . That's probably a thing . I don't know how many partridges are around anymore . Are there a lot , yeah ?
Speaker 1I've seen several this year . Oh really , along with bunnies and foxes , I'm not kidding you .
Speaker 2Can you kill ? I don't know . Do you want to kill the partridges ? I don't want to kill anything .
Speaker 1No , Not anymore . Maybe a bad guy , but no animals A bad guy .
Speaker 2Okay , number one , carolers .
Speaker 1Hero ? I think they have to be very brave .
Speaker 2I'm going to say dick , because they come to your door singing . Okay , how ?
Speaker 1about outside decorations Heroic and lovely .
Speaker 2Depends . It can be overdone .
Speaker 1Yes , there's a few of them not far from here . Oh , can I throw in there ?
Speaker 2Yeah .
Speaker 1Related to the decorations and I don't mean to offend anyone . I'm just asking Kate's honest opinion on the blow-up decorations .
Speaker 2I'm not a fan of them but I am a fan of when my coworker when I was working , Brian , had a blow-up Santa in his yard and was snow blowing , and then Santa got in the snow blower and was just flying around his yard . I hope children were watching . I just hope they were Old man hamming out there ripping up Santa .
Speaker 2So that one I liked , but not a I don't know . They just seem like you're wimping out . If you're gonna decorate , decorate . Don't plug something in . Although , how about the snow globes ? I don't like those . And I like the ones you can crawl inside . Is that a thing I don't know ? Maybe not , maybe I'm making that up .
Speaker 1What are you doing ?
Speaker 2Like a bouncy house .
Speaker 1You can put kids in there and that would be fun it seems dangerous , but you know it's the season .
Speaker 2Okay , how about fruitcake ? No , I'm not a fan .
Speaker 1I feel bad because I've received it from people and people are trying , but I just don't want that much fruit and a piece of bread .
Speaker 2I know , can I just have cake you ?
Speaker 1can , or fruit , and a piece of fruit on the side .
Speaker 2Yeah , and I think it's another tradition that people started it because they didn't have all the buttercream frosting to put on a cake . They just had fruit , that's all they had .
Speaker 1Put it in the cake or bread .
Speaker 2I will also say apples in a cake are good , but not a lot of fruit , maybe just . And carrot cake's good , but you know , you put a chunk it all up and put it in one loaf . No , no , no . You can put all the icing you want on it , it's not going to help it .
Speaker 1It's still a dick .
Speaker 2Yeah , how about bell ringers ?
Speaker 1Heroes .
Speaker 2You lie His face , said dick . It's that fucking awkward pressure Every time you walk in somewhere , I'm digging for change and I don't want to be the guy that sticks a quarter in there and you don't want to just put a quarter and then , if I just got a , five or a ten .
Speaker 1come on , man , I'm not getting change on the way .
Speaker 2And if it was just one time you're like yeah . At the beginning I'm always like , oh yeah , I'm going to give you money , and then I'm like , eh , yeah .
Speaker 1By December 20th . You're like I'm broke . Sorry , I don't have any money .
Speaker 2Yeah , yeah , but good for you guys for all ringing . And you know , yeah , they do . I assume they could do good stuff with that . I don't know .
Speaker 1What if they don't ? I suppose we should research it . Maybe they're just buying booze and drinking it up on December 26th . Take that can and run .
Speaker 2No , I don't like them , Dicks . Okay , one more . How about Christmas school programs ? And it makes me think of the Simpsons , Because , as Homer is sitting through the school program and they get to grade whatever and he goes . Oh , how many grades are in this school . That's how I feel about them .
Speaker 1They're cute but yeah , I enjoyed going , except for the parents , because people are so disrespectful , getting up talking during it , leaving early all the time . I mean , like I get it if you gotta go somewhere .
Speaker 2Just do it quietly .
Speaker 1Yeah , it's just .
Speaker 2I don't know , but I like watching those kids trying . Yeah , the kids are cute Until they puke . That happened once at a Hinks program .
Speaker 1Oh yeah .
Speaker 2Yeah , somebody hurled on the riser . Oh no , that wasn't good .
Speaker 1I don't know . I'm going to say hero .
Speaker 2Yeah , I guess .
Speaker 1I feel like a dick when I'm there and not wanting to be there .
Speaker 2Yes , because you're like , can I just come and watch my kid ?
Speaker 1But that seems rude yeah but if you're in the moment and you let yourself get taken in by those little farts up there , man , you can get emotional . It's cute , it's like chicken soup for the soul .
Speaker 2Oh , one of those moments . It's not that bad , no , okay , but all right , so there you go .
Soup Talk and Contact Information
Speaker 2What else do we want to talk about ? We ?
Speaker 1talking about believe in the soup , believe in the soup . And what are we talking about next time ? I don't know . Okay , well , we will take suggestions at our email address which give it to them one more time .
Speaker 2Oh hero or dick 2023 at gmailcom .
Speaker 1yeah , send us your soup info and I think people could text us from our site too . Okay , buzz bro our website . I think you can go and hit text . Send us a message and it will come to us , and somehow magic . We don't know , nathan knows . Try it , try it Nobody's tried it yet I guess we should have tried it .
Speaker 2We could In the meantime go have some soup .
Speaker 1Yes , enjoy , leave in the soup .
Speaker 2Bye , bye .
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