Kevin And Ursula Eat Cheap

Welcome to the first KUEC of 2015, and what a lineup we have for you. Leftover holiday treats? Check! Questionable heat-stabilized rice? Check! Odd chips? Check! New flavor of SPAM? Oh HELL Yes! I mean...Check! Looks like we're ready for 2015, and so we put our mouths, digestive systems, and a selection of questionable foods to the test, When We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

Ursula has been playing a japanese Dating Simulation Game, but with a twist - all the potential beaus are pigeons. Yes, you heard right, pigeons. And she will tell you all about it in case you missed the live tweeting of the game. We also encounter not one, not two, but THREE kinds of nacho flavors this episode, multiple kinds of chocolate, and a noodle bowl of some sort. All this, and more, when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To.

Our friends Cassie and Chris are in from Seattle, and you know what that means! Guests! We will ply them with beer, cider and questionable foods, including but not limited to : breakfast pizza, apple pie jam, and Hello Kitty marshmallows! And they brought things for us - most importantly a "Don't Eat This" hot pepper chocolate bar!And we delve into the realm of TMI once more, with startling revelations and questionable foods, when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

What's this? Two varieties of frozen waffle? Well then, we must eat them both! And is that a variation on peppermint bark? Yes! We should have that over an hour after the waffles! Whatever shall we have in between... We also have a three pepper cider, frozen pizza, and tropical fruit hard candy with an interesting label. All that and more, when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

Having survived last week, we jump right back on the bandwagon this week with a whole new selection of things to eat and drink. Among the highlights are cheese straws, ice wine, and a suspicious eggnog praline from Poland. Two out of those three are NOT regretable, but that's OK - there were plenty of other regretable things this week to make up for it. All that, plus a discussion of lemon balm, and a poor impression of Bob Dylan when We Eat it, So You Don't Have To!

We've started recording on Saturdays so that we have an extra day to recover from the show. The reason for this is because sometimes something we eat REALLY messes with our innards. Not always, but it does happen. This is one of those weeks. But what did it? Was it the microwave Stromboli? Was it the frozen pizza? Was it, perhaps, the microwavable mashed potatoes? Or even the persimmon beer? We may never know. What we do know is We Eat It, So You Don't Have To.

We're back from WindyCon, where Ursula was Toastmaster, and so you'll get a bit of a con report along with the foods. There is also an update on the health of Emily the Cat, and on the arrival of Bob the Hermit Thrush. Oh, and we eat some stuff. Some good, some bad, and some...well, you know the drill by now... All this, and more, when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

Halloween might be over, but there are still some scary things in the grocery store. Like Tofurky Sausage pizza, or quinoa mac & cheese. I wish I was making the last one up, I really, really do.  We also sample a new-to-us cider, a 12% ABV beer, tequilla candies, and a whole lot more, when We Eat It, So You Don't Have to. 

We have a new kind of chip, and despite the name, it required additional investigation. We also have a ton of snack foods from a well known supplier of clearance items, a few new-to-us items from the local co-op, and at least two ringers - thinks we're pretty sure are awesome. There may even be discussion of a current online kerfluffle, and much swearing. All this, and more, when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

One of the local growers here likes hot peppers. And this week, they had in the first of their Carolina Reaper harvest, and shared one with Kevin. He eats it live on air, and you get to hear all about it. Aside from that, there is also another noodles with cheese, noodles with cajun sauce, noodles with pork and tea...it is, in fact, a noodle and sugar heavy show. There is also beer, cider, and Astronaut food. All that, and more, when We Eat it, So You Don't Have To. (Also, a correction - yes, the two year space mission was unmanned. We know that now. Um, sorry)

This week we have a lot of starchy snacks, yet another mac & cheese, and a selection from the category of freeze-dried astronaut foods. We also get a glimpse into Kevin's psyche, settle a bet, and discover the many uses of walnut oil. All that and more, when We Eat it, So You Don't Have To!

Ursula has returned from Springfield, IL, and has stories to tell. While she is doing that, Quinoia will be cooked with curry, Seven-Demon Vodka will be poured, and DIY Pork Rinds will be consumed. And that's just the tip of the cheese balls, when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To.  

We're back, and this week, Ursula tries a Southern delacacy : moonshine! She drinks it out of a Mason jelly jar, as is required by Southern tradition. We also have the first of the seasonal pumpkin spice foods, which appear in September along with the Christmas decorations. We do not speak of the Christmas decorations. All that, and more (including mac & cheese), when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To.

This show will leave our heroes feeling bloated and confused, as not only are there way too many chips, there is also more mac & cheese, pastry puffs, and even stout from Scotland.   The hangover on the day after recording it totality worth it, because We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

We are back from Europe! We've been to Germany, we've been to England, and we've had adventures. Some of which we'll tell you about. And some we won't. Yet. We also have a whole new run of foods to tryh, including something made from coconut and parsnips. I am not making this up. I am also not making up the fact that it is dill pickle flavored.  Forftunately, we have a pile of other things to eat as well, and you are invited to hear all about it, when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

So hey, we told you this isn't for kids, right? I mean, we say that at the start of every episode now, and this week, we keep to that promise. Yes, Grown-ups talking about Grown-up things. Like 401Ks. Just because, you know, that's what we all talk about once we pass 35, right? In other news, there are three kinds of chips this week, yet another mac & cheese, and not one, not two, but five different kinds of alcohol.  Why? Because We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

It is the time of year when Lay's Potato Chips release their "test" flavors for the year, and we've got two of the four choices on hand this week. You may have seen at least one of them on our twitter feeds, because we love to share the horrors we find in the stores there as well. We also dig into some instant potatos, more mac and cheese, some expensive shochu, and what we hope is the last of the scary Chips Ahoy cookies.  We should be so lucky, here when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

Sometimes when a question is asked, you need to drunk dial someone to get the answer. In this case, that someone was Ursula's Mom. What prompted the call? A small jar of honey from a Basilica in Italy.  Noone in our families are safe, when We Eat It, So You Don'T Have To!

You've heard the storeis, and this week, you can meet the legend. Yes, our crazy birder friend Tina is in town, and in this two hour episode, she has volunteered to eat cheap with us. Little does she know what she's in for... We have beer, bad chocolate, wine, cider, popcorn, and some surprises, when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!

We are in between trips, and so decided it was time to catch up on the backlog of macaroni and cheese that has built up. Three kinds of boxed mac & cheese and four different frozen kinds, which takes care of the bulk of things, but not all of it. And by the end...well, you'll have to listen to find out. Of course, there are beagles and stories and more, when We Eat It, So You Don't Have To!