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Desert Island Dips

A podcast about condiments. Emily Elias and Tom Wiggins ask, if you were trapped on a desert island, which 5 dips would you take with you.

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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#9: Burger Sauce

#9: Burger Sauce

Was burger sauce invented a mormon burger chain or a Nobel prize winner? Tom tells the debated history of the flesh colo... Read more

21 Feb 2018

34mins

Ranked #2

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#1: Ketchup

#1: Ketchup

Ketchup is the OG condiment but how did it get on our shelves?  Do you keep your red sauce in the cupboard or in the fri... Read more

29 Oct 2017

33mins

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Ranked #3

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#10: Sriracha

#10: Sriracha

SRIRACHA! All Caps. We talk about David Tran, the brain behind the Huy Fong Foods brand. The condiments that made it to ... Read more

7 Mar 2018

35mins

Ranked #4

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#11: Worcester Sauce

#11: Worcester Sauce

Tom makes the case for Worcester Sauce. We learn four alternative histories to Lee & Perrins and meet "the fattest y... Read more

21 Mar 2018

36mins

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Ranked #5

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#15: American Mustard

#15: American Mustard

Part two in the mustard trilogy: American Mustard. Yep. Trilogy.  Tom fanboys over the 1904 St Louis World Fair. Emily f... Read more

16 May 2018

33mins

Ranked #6

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#3: Brown Sauce

#3: Brown Sauce

It's brown. It's sauce. It's brown sauce. Tom introduces Emily to his favourite condiment and a taste test ensues that l... Read more

29 Nov 2017

27mins

Ranked #7

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#8: BBQ Sauce

#8: BBQ Sauce

The southern staple BBQ sauce visits the island but will it stay? We learn the sauce's roots in slavery and meet the fat... Read more

7 Feb 2018

33mins

Ranked #8

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#16: Soy Sauce

#16: Soy Sauce

Soy Sauce! Did you know an ancient goddess is responsible for handing over this recipe to an emperor? It's way more comp... Read more

30 May 2018

37mins

Ranked #9

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#2: Mayonnaise

#2: Mayonnaise

Tom and Emily debate ketchup's white cousin: mayonnaise. Why do so many people find mayo gross? What is the dip's connec... Read more

15 Nov 2017

27mins

Ranked #10

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#5: English Mustard

#5: English Mustard

Tom and Emily tackle the most feminist condiment: English Mustard. Tom asks whether you should eat english mustard with ... Read more

27 Dec 2017

30mins

Ranked #11

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#4: Cranberry Sauce

#4: Cranberry Sauce

Tom & Emily explore the history of the festive condiment. Cranberry Sauce comes in a can and a jar, but which is bes... Read more

13 Dec 2017

31mins

Ranked #12

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#7: Vinegar

#7: Vinegar

Tom introduces another Good Guy in the condiment world to the podcast. Emily gets too excited about regional geography o... Read more

24 Jan 2018

32mins

Ranked #13

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#6: Guacamole

#6: Guacamole

Tom and Emily debate the status of guacamole as a condiment. We learn about the family that lost out on an avocado fortu... Read more

10 Jan 2018

31mins

Ranked #14

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#31: Condiments: A Year In Review

#31: Condiments: A Year In Review

Emily goes deep into her Google search history to bring some weird condiment based news that didn't make it into the pas... Read more

9 Jan 2019

38mins

Ranked #15

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#30: Bread Sauce

#30: Bread Sauce

Bread Sauce! Dogs! Porpoises! This episode has it all. What is Bread Sauce? And more importantly - who eats it with thei... Read more

24 Dec 2018

29mins

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