Karen Chuplis provides a Holiday Mouth Feel, an interaction between  a head of household and his Butler “Furthermore,” a continuation of our debate on activities at parties, and a final holiday tradition from Grandma of the podcast, Kimmie!

Listener Suggested Holiday Potluck (A Second Helping)

The gang enjoys a listener suggested holiday potluck! There’s ham, there are latkes, Lemon Bars and more! What more? Ty prepares a wicked Holiday Punch that gets us a little loopy immediately. Oh, come all ye faithful and hear why Wedding Punch would completely fail in even a mock courtroom. The discussion starts as a congenial Congressional discussion but dissolves into a contentious argument about a Turkey sandwich in front of a jury of chickens. Makes sense?

Listener Suggested Holiday Potluck

Retta shares her thoughts on growing up eating Liberian food and not eating Liberian food anymore, the joy of restaurants, and which egg preparation she would F, Marry or Kill. Julia confirms her “ideal husband” qualities. Hint: both of her choices can fit in her purse.

Live Episode: Retta’s Mom’s Pork Chops and Mash

Kellynn Meeks

Johnny leads us in with a real head scratcher of a toast and picks a side in his in-laws’ holiday dinners. Lutefisk happens to be discussed…...ing.. See what I did there? The gang enjoys Johnny’s wife’s delicious French-Canadian meat pies.

Kellynn Meeks’ Tourtiere (Meat Pies)

Bits and bobs cut from previous episodes all thrown together into one delicious mash! First an Oregonian challenge which Joel turns real foul real quickly. What did Mom make for you that perhaps would’ve gotten you slapped by a real Italian.. A round table discussion of the perfect steak house. Listen to Ty cringe during yet another Christopher Walken impression. A very challenging FMK for Mel with a surprise  visit from Gerald, the PR Rep from Breakfast. A new Texas-themed trivia game called FULLA BEANS

Season 2 Leftovers!

The Wedding Punch gang continues trying some of the listeners’ Mouth Feelings and they bring it home! Cinnamon Toast! Red Peppers on Italian bread! RC Cola! 7 Layer Cookies! New TV Show idea: Hatch and Jackson! Guess which one’s the dog! We hear how Johnny’s MASH fanfiction is coming along. Julia recalls her food-related way she heard of the Jewish diaspora. Someone try a Crown Royal and Royal Crown and get back to us.

Listeners’ Mouth Feelings Pot Luck: Part 2

The Wedding Punch gang finally gets a chance to try some of the listeners’ Mouth Feelings and they have a deliciously good time! Can it be that Mel likes something with cottage cheese?! Ty has no Rams-related stress. But the Mets? mmm, ....well...let’s just say there are moments when it’s good to have an octopus to tenderize.

Listeners’ Mouth Feelings Pot Luck: Part 1

On a podcast dedicated to food, drink and memories, and with two Texas boys, chili was going to be the focus at some point. Pro-beans? Anti-beans? Okay w/beans? What’s your secret ingredient? What’s your favorite accompaniment? Sorry, BESIDES CORNBREAD, what’s your favorite accompaniment? Do these rules bum you out? Join the Wedding Punch gang as they listen to the warm South Texas memories of Tynan Davis, sip a little Dr Pepper and dig into a bow of red.

Tynan Davis’ Chili

Stop the presses! We’ve got steaks! We must grill them ASAP! The Wedding Punch gang tears into the pros and cons of the modern steak-house and discusses the delicious grilled protein in front of them. Well you can swap/reverse “tears into” and “discusses.”  Joel was so immensely proud of the name he chose for the game he introduces...but he forgets to mention the name until the end of the episode.

Steak Emergency

Julia’s grandma provided us with...maybe the best thing we’ve ever tasted??  After 50 years of preparing and serving this casserole, “Kimmie” shared the recipe with her granddaughter for her to make for the first time. Julia more than rose to the occasion and followed the recipe to a T.  Wellllll, with a little hop at the end.

Kent Rollo’s Chicken Paprika

Do you feel sophisticated when you drink bourbon? Does biting into a hot dog bring you back to the pool club snack shack? Are muffins just un-frosted cupcakes?! Join your hosts each week as they take you on a journey via their taste buds by discussing food / drink items that have special, emotional connections to them. If you enjoy eating, drinking and talking about your feelings with friends, then this is the show for you!

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Mouth Feelings

Wedding Punch takes over UCB Sunset Hollywood. Correction: Bianca Del Rio takes over everything and no one complains. They discuss the classic food item you can’t deny. Well, Johnny’s kids denied it at first. The gang banter about its ubiquitousness, it’s “white people food”-ness, its addictive quality and its...pyscho-sexual tang. Joel throws out a RECOMENTION (not a word) about a solid gluten-free option. Editors note: Our apologies to the decent, honest gluten-free folks out there for what we s

Live Episode: Bianca Del Rio’s Kraft Macaroni and Cheese

Julia Meltzer

While munching on some tasty dip, the Wedding Punch gang explores some questionable Shakespeare directorial choices and the most famous Macbeth character, Craig. We also share good advice on how to go to a party yet still look after your younger brother at home. This week’s Answer The Question: Part 1 of “Is there something your parents fed you that you didn’t know was weird until you left home?”  Also, Julia has a really important rabbit story. Special Segment: Future News!

Julia Meltzer’s Buffalo Chicken Dip with “Hint of Lime” Chips

Wedding Punch enjoys some prosecco while, once again, not knowing a whole lot about it. Joel gives Julia’s request for listeners to rate our podcast only four stars. We luxuriate in the safe, non-offensive accents: “Country Bumpkin,” “Cliche Italian, ”Cliche French“ and “White Hobo Who Ruined His Own Life.” Julia’s reveals how her mom took it to the edge over Thanksgiving, and Johnny describes his traditional New Year’s Day Southern Good Luck Dinner that we should all be doing.

New Year’s Mini-Episode with Prosecco

Joel Spence

The Wedding punch gang cracks that red wax and sips some small-batch Kentucky bourbon. Joel is a fish out of water playing the heavy in a film about the life of Jesus just outside of Louisville, Kentucky. All that fish needed was a friend and, well, let’s just say Jesus came through with some Maker’s. Speaking of friends, Julia transforms five butch theatre dudes into five men in touch with their feelings. Wow.

Joel Spence’s Maker’s Mark on the Rocks

Farley Elliot

Wedding Punch sips the delicious Belgian-style Canadian beer while discussing who was was a partier in high school and who wasn’t. Most of us weren’t. Julia reveals the best beer situations and...survey said!? SHE’S RIGHT!! Johnny went to Play Hard High, Mel snuck some Medori and Joel had a fantasy about...mowing the lawn?

Farley Elliot’s La Fin Du Monde

Julie Brister

Andy Capp

Wedding Punch brings it back to summer and food you’d eat by a pool, lake or unexplained “weird beach.”  Fun memories are recalled - you know, like having one friend for only three years, getting bullied and bathrooms with teeming wasp nests. Man, those hotdogs disappeared pretty fast. I guess we can call this the Mouth Feelings stress-eating episode...

Julie Brister’s Hot Dog with Smashed Up Andy Capp’s Hot Fries

Katie Neith

Wedding Punch finds themselves enjoying a Pennsylvania Dutch Holiday tradition: Katie Neith’s Shoo Fly Pie. Good for dessert, good with coffee in morning. Well, just good any time on any occasion. We discuss other December foods and all the different Caviar shops in LA. Johnny has a devastating take on candy canes that opens a window into a bizarre family evening at the Meeks house and a brief return of everyone’s (no-one’s) favorite character: Brad.

Katie Neith’s Shoofly Pie

Suzi Barrett

What a wonderful guest and what an excellent mouth feel she suggested. We could eat this all day. The flavors of the grill, the garden and fresh herbs mingle with a debate on tapas and death row meals. We play one of our favorite new games (F, Marry, Kill - Mouth Feelings Edition) and we discover how great a sommelier Ty would be.

Suzi Barrett’s Steak Salad

Ahh sipping on G&amp;Ts, intellectual conversation with bon mots a-plenty...well, we tried. Julia gets things going with a rather bawdy sorority toast. Ty acknowledges that there simply must be negative stories out there about parents and drinking, but we don’t dwell on that…we discuss how seeing our parents “party” personality can shake you. To this day, Johnny’s vodka and tonics impress the hell out of his father.

Joel Spence’s Gin and Tonic

Johnny Meeks

In this week’s episode the Wedding Punch gang sets sail with an old classic sailor’s toast from Johnny (It’ll disappoint you).  While sipping on the King of Beers, they examine their individual home town’s food/drink options, we discover Ty’s peak in the back of a pickup truck with a bottle of Malt liquor, where Julia feels EXTRA Jewish and what a Puffy Taco really is - well, it’s exactly what the name suggests. Also, if you want to hear examples of authentic Oregon accents, tune in.

Johnny Meeks' Budweiser

David Zwick

Don’t let the our opening reference to Entertainment Tonight throw you, we get serious as Julia points out a very true father/mother double standard. Joel’s family referred to these store-bought “delights” as Barf-alloes, but the nicknames and the real names are also satisfying. Can you guess what we’re referring to before listening? Mel reveals that at school he would eat a sandwich lovingly made by his dad that, most of the time, was completely thawed!

David Zwick’s Mush

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