School Snacks miniseries

Lunchbox Envy or Anxiety? The Art of the Vending Machine Bonus 
Ding Ding! Time to go back to school! *Trigger: mental breakdown* This is the first episode of our new miniseries on school snacks. We’re analysing our lunchbox envy and current-day anxieties, plus giving you a vending machine tip for the ages.

Ranking ’90s Recess Snacks & Mamee Monster Noodle Controversy
Plus what’s changed in the biscuit space since we were at school and we delve into the wild west of sneaky snack marketing. This is part two of our school snack miniseries!

Which School Sandwich is Illegal? Plus, A Stras & Sauce Investigation
It’s time for a school therapy session regarding Ben’s school sandwiches and there’s also a sandwich filling pop quiz! It’s lunchtime in our ‘School Snack’ miniseries and there’s sandwiches all round.

Which Zooper Dooper was Cheaper Than The Rest? Lunch Order Nostalgia
Ovalteenies… were they worth the hype? Plus, we update you on what other treasures you could find inside a bread roll at Australian school canteens.

Ben and Em’s Mexican Pizza Battle Feat. Beer, Pork Shawarma and… Gummies?

Behold this very special episode where Ben and Em go head-to-head to see who can create the ultimate Mexican pizza. It’s surprising and unhinged… but will it be delicious?

Thank you so much to Kaiju Beer and Pizza for helping us bring to life our wildest pizza dreams and to the legends at independent, family-owned brewery Kaiju for creating the god damn delicious Mexican-style Cerveza we paired the pizzas with. (And… you know, for sponsoring this whole very special episode!)

We’ll share some videos of our pizza creations on our social channels, so make sure you’re following to get them in your eyeballs. 

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You can find Kaiju Cerveza at your fave independent bottle shop, Dan Murphy’s and also at Kaiju Beer and Pizza in Huntingdale in Melbourne’s south-east. 

Back to regular programming (aka a deep-dive on Saladas) next week.

This episode was proudly sponsored by independent brewery Kaiju and their new Melbourne-made, Mexican-style beer Kaiju Cerveza.

Condensed Milk: Levelling Up Vietnamese Iced Coffee with Cheese; Tin-Boiling Magic!

There’s also an adults-only jelly slice and we take condensed milk to the savoury side, with pleasingly NOT CURSED results! 

In the middle of the episode we mentioned Oxfam shampoo. Help take action by supporting Oxfam to #UnacceptInequality today.

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Licorice: Why Is The Salty Kind So Gross? Will It Kill Your Dad?

It’s the most dad-core treat of them all. Let’s find out why Dutch licorice is so divisive and whether it’s the kind of thing you should really give the paternal figures in your life. 

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Crab: Why California Rolls Suck (Or Do They?); We Cook An Actual Crab

WTF is in crab sticks? And also, did The Simpsons lie to us about crab juice? This episode is 50% real crab and 50% fake crab, and tbh that is a whole lot less fake crab than we’d expect from ourselves. 

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Pez: A Questionable Yet Fun Dispenser Hack; Antiques Roadshow, But Pez!

Ben wrote a song about lemon Pez, Em dabbled in Pez art… so let these two Pez ~artists~ show you how to put your Pez dispenser to work for you every day, and tell you whether you should have them insured.

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