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Published by Ben Birchall & Emily Naismith
Want to feast on funny food facts and fables? Or slurp up strange and spicy stories from supermarkets and society? Bite into Australia’s funnest food podcast, Ingredipedia . Each episode, competitive hosts Emily Naismith ( Broadsheet , frankie magazine ) and Ben Birchall (3RRR FM’s Breakfasters, Smith Journal ) try to serve the most interesting stories about a specific ingredient (say, Tim Tams or chillies ) in a bid for your affection. You get to vote for who was the most interesting on Instagram ! It’s fun! It’s lighthearted! It’s largely unhinged! It’s the McDonald’s Happy Meal of the podcast world (but back when you actually got a Cheeseburger and a toy inside). Join us on social media for more weird and snacky food pursuits Instagram: @ingredipedia TikTok: @ingredipedia Credits Music: Jarrad Brown of Eagle and the Worm Artwork design: Jess Ramsey Photography: Phoebe Powell
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There's more to beach snacks than a box of Shapes. Here's a run down of Emily's top beach snacks including an incredibly impressive series of beach hacks from an iconic Ingredipedia listener <3 Follow us on social media, ok!? https://www.instagram.com/ingredipedia https://www.tiktok.com/@ingredipedia =Back with proper episodes in a few weeks!
Do you love a food that everyone else thinks is a bit wrong? Ben has an unexplainable love for white chocolate, and it’s got him thinking about freak foods... the things we love but struggle to defend! We want to know what your freak foods are. No judgement. Well, maybe a little. Share them with us on Instagram: @ingredipedia.
Do you love a particular food so much you unintentionally dress as it? Emily shares a story of how that happened to her, and made her think about what our signature foods are... so the foods that become part of your identity! We want to know what your signature foods are! Please share them with us on Instagram: @ingredipedia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Look, it’s delicious and all but has anyone else noticed that hot honey is absolutely EVERYWHERE? This isn't a regular episode of Ingredipedia as we're having a bit of a break, but instead you're being served a little bite-sized episode about the rise and fall of hot honey instead. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This one is for the fellow peanut butter freaks. Tell me your favourite ways to eat peanut butter too please. This isn't a regular episode of Ingredipedia as we're having a bit of a break, but instead you're being served a little bite-sized episode about peanut butter instead. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
There's no official podcast episode this week but we have left you with a tiny lil snack of a rant about the great sardine crisis we are currently in the midst of. Sorry for not providing 11-27 minutes of food-related conversation for you this week... but you can have almost three minutes because you're the best. We'll be back soon! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oh, how the supermarkets love to rage bait us with their novelty hot cross buns! And disgust us! And delight us! In this solo episode, Emily analyses the novelty hot cross buns of the past two years and uses this data to make predictions about the novelty hot cross buns we'll be eating in Easter 2027. Tell me what you think of my hot cross bun predictions or make your own and tell me about them on Instagram ( @ingredipedia ) or TikTok ( @ingredipedia ). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
You will discover the unhinged supermarket hijinx of a "popular" white chocolate raspberry bullet block, and ponder if there's something else dads want from licorice bullets? This is the episode to listen to once you polish off your bag of Father's Day licorice bullets. Follow us on Instagram ( @ingredipedia ) and TikTok ( @ingredipedia ) to see visuals of our weird and snacky food pursuits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What if we took 'sweet basil' literally? And took chia puddings to the next (or at least, a different) level with basil seeds? Follow us on Instagram ( @ingredipedia ) and TikTok ( @ingredipedia ) to see visuals of our weird and snacky food pursuits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Are your bones more Aero or Crunchie? Em goes full doctor and explores her personal health trauma through chocolate, while Ben exposes the greatest chocolate bar con hiding in plain sight. Follow us on Instagram ( @ingredipedia ) and TikTok ( @ingredipedia ) to see visuals of our weird and snacky food pursuits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Fibre is the new protein (have you heard?), and chia seeds are everywhere (including in our hair, somehow). Ben enters his trad wife era with chia puddings and Em makes Ingredipedia chia pets. Follow us on Instagram ( @ingredipedia ) and TikTok ( @ingredipedia ) to see visuals of our weird and snacky food pursuits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Do you know the muffin man? Well, do ya!? After listening to this episode you will. In this episode we also talk about making pizzas out of English Muffins, which is peak after school territory (aka Ingredipedia core). Thanks for listening lovely people! Follow us on Instagram ( @ingredipedia ) and TikTok ( @ingredipedia ) to see visuals of our weird and snacky food pursuits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Would you wear a salami rose to a formal event? Love nduja? Try it in butter form! So many delicious salami facts in this episode including salami pickle tacos! Follow us on Instagram ( @ingredipedia ) and TikTok ( @ingredipedia ) to see visuals of our weird and snacky food pursuits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The muesli bar aisle is WILD at the moment, which has us thinking… what makes a museli bar a “muesli bar”. Are the new Quatro bars “muesli bars” or something else? Plus, the (re)birth of muesli bars in Australia was huge. Ben, a real life member of Generation Muesli Bar takes us through the reasons they became an instant success. Follow us on Instagram ( @ingredipedia ) and TikTok ( @ingredipedia ) to see visuals of our weird and snacky food pursuits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hazelnuts are one of the worst nuts... until they're mixed with chocolate. This week, Emily investigates how an average nut somehow became Nutella, Ferrero Rocher and one of the world's greatest flavour combinations. Plus, can she improve on a Kinder Bueno? Ben also dives into the rise of hazelnut spreads and the surprising story behind the hazelnut latte. Follow us on Instagram ( @ingredipedia ) and TikTok ( @ingredipedia ) to see visuals of our weird and snacky food pursuits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Should you be scared of those low-carb noodles or jelly pouches? Emily investigates the food myth she's believed for years, discovers a surprisingly delicious Chinese konjac snack on a Box Hill food tour and finds out whether she's been worrying about exploding for absolutely no reason. While Ben let's you in on his past konjac travels and tries a jelly pouch for the first time. Follow us on Instagram ( @ingredipedia ) and TikTok ( @ingredipedia ) to see visuals of our weird and snacky food pursuits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ever poured sweet chilli sauce over cream cheese at a party? Or scoffed a bowl of wedges with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce? Whether you look back fondly or see these as crimes against tastebuds, there's no denying the slow cooker dim sim crime conducted in this episode is a jail-able offence. Plus, can we make sweet chilli sauce work in a dessert? Follow us on Instagram ( @ingredipedia ) and TikTok ( @ingredipedia ) to see visuals of our weird and snacky food pursuits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why does Australia's most iconic ice-cream have the most diabolical nose? Truly, could anything else come close to being as tasteless and foul as that poor excuse for bubblegum? We get made about it and propose some alternatives. Plus, in classic Ben fashion we talk about the history of bubblegum and surprise, surprise... war. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ben's back and has brought some seriously questionable lollies with him for this blueberry deep dive. There's also plane snacks chat (particularly Finnair), a fun sausage roll update and historic parenting stories from the blueberry-tainted toddler trenches. Follow us on Instagram ( @ingredipedia ) and TikTok ( @ingredipedia ) to see visuals of our weird and snacky food pursuits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Em is riding solo again this week and is in full-spiral mode. Yaaaaay! But the psychological investigations continue with this solo 'Food Therapy' solo session investigating why Em feels nostalgia for ice-cream tub cakes and homebrand chips and what that means?! (She read a unit 1 & 2 psychology text book in year 10 so you know this is legit.) FOOD MEMORIES! CHRONIC ILLNESS! PERSONAL INSIGHTS! YAY! We'll be back to our regular ingredient-based Ingredipedia programming soon! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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