Here’s a quick recording of Winston and Pepper reacting to the pilot episode of The Killing, a US remake of the Danish series Forbrydelsen. It airs on AMC and that airs on AMC.
SPOILERS ahead for The Killing Episode 1.
TV snack of the day: Hot toasted almonds with soy sauce. Super simple recipe that came from this book.
In this episode we (Winston & Pepper) talk about the aftermath of having a few too many Jaffa Cakes while recording Episode 3. As if too many wasn’t enough, we also found a new variety and give them a little taste in this episode: Pim’s!
Oh, and we spend a little time talking about hometown nostalgia and just how darn fancy our good buddy Cliff is.
In this thrilling episode, Pepper dons the virtual blindfold once again for another blind taste test set up by Winston. This time we aren’t fooling around with tequila or whiskey; instead, we get serious about Jaffa Cakes – the possibly not-so-well known in the U.S. orange-y, chocolate-y, cake-y snack from overseas (where the history comes from).
The three samples used in this test were:
We wanted to include McVities Jaffa Cakes in the test but we were unable to procure any. Please, no tears.
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10 Minutes is a sideshow of sorts where the pessimists will sometimes ramble on about things like movies, movie ideas, and what they’ve been watching. The mics are turned off after 10 minutes… even if Richard is in the middle of a story.
This episode of 10 Minutes was recorded just after the whiskey test that you heard in Episode 2. In this one, we discuss Cliff’s latest short film idea about some dreamy guy and then we stomp all over it and move right along without even looking at the dead bodies that got left behind.
Tune in to hear Cliff, Hank, Richard, and Winston ramble on before the mics get cut off after
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In this episode, Pepper set up a blind taste test for Winston, Cliff, Hank, and Richard using five different whiskeys out of nine that were available for her to choose from. The gents had samples of each and discussed the merits of each all while trying to guess what they were drinking and deciding which was their favorite.
The nine candidates included:
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You might be surprised by some of the results. By the way, new equipment will be in use soon so the pessimists are about to sound a whole lot better!
In this episode, Winston and Pepper join forces in an añejo tequila showdown that pits underdog El Jimador against Patron, and Don Julio.
Pepper does the honors as the taste tester and Winston did all the heavy lifting when it came to picking out the proper palate cleansing cracker and shot glasses.
Looks pretty profesh, eh? Download the episode and find out which añejo tequila is Pepper’s favorite.
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