Spierkater’s Gallimaufry
Spierkater’s Gallimaufry
Roger Overall/Show and Tell Communications Ltd
The world is even more bizarre than you suspect it is. If you want to understand it, you have to look at the pillar of all life: food and drink. Without food and drink, we can’t live. Also, without food and drink, why would you want to? Let me tell you, if wine or cheddar ever runs out, I’m on the first rocket ship out of here. Do you feel the same way? I spend my time searching for facts, stories and coincidences about food and drink that are so batshit crazy you’ll wonder whether I made them up. (I did not, I promise.) I also cover health, fitness, sustainable living and cats. Occasionally, I go really off topic. (When I discover something too good to keep from you.)
#0028—⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ This Episode Contains Castoreum
Do you know what castoreum is?You can use it as a vanilla flavouring, instead of using actual vanilla. It's approved by food authorities, including the US Food and Drug Administration, so all good, don't worry about it. Except... Would you like to know where castoreum comes from?
Jan 8, 2023
2 min
#0027—Wine UnNotes: Unvintage Vintages & Vintage Vintages
Was 2022 a vintage year for you?If it wasn't, I hope 2023 will be a vintage year.Of course, not all vintages are vintage.Curious? Good. Let's begin.
Dec 29, 2022
1 min
#0026—Wine UnNotes: Every Wine Bottle Size
This week's episode is filled to the brim with every single wine bottle size—from the smallest to the biggest. The largest bottle size might make you faint.Curious? Good. Let's begin.
Dec 27, 2022
13 min
#0025: Santa Incinerated by Reindeer Rockets
The answer to one of the questions that's been teasing your mind since you were a child: How many calories does each reindeer burn on Christmas Eve?
Dec 15, 2022
3 min
#0024—Wine UnNotes: The Titanic Problem of Storing Wine
Where is the best place to store wine?Is it at the bottom of the ocean?
Dec 8, 2022
4 min
#0023—Wine UnNotes: How to Live to Be 90
Churchill was a prodigious fan of onesies and Champagne. His daily alcohol consumption is the stuff of legend. Let's follow along for a day.
Dec 1, 2022
2 min
#0022—Wine UnNotes: Château-No-UFO-du-Pape
What is the most effective way of keeping UFOs away?Enact a law banning them.
Nov 24, 2022
1 min
#0021—Wine UnNotes: Spaced-aged Wine
People will do anything in the name of science, as long as it either:a. furthers human knowledgeb. gets an absolute mountain of publicitySo, with b firmly in mind, sending a case of wine into space makes complete sense.Find out more in this week's episode.
Nov 18, 2022
3 min
#0020—Wine UnNotes: You Don’t Know Who Discovered Wine
Do you know Jamshid?Of course, you do.You just know him by a different name. In fact, you know a famous story about him. But maybe you don't know that one of his wives discovered wine?
Nov 12, 2022
2 min
#0019—Wine UnNotes: Indestructible Wine
If you don't know who Captain Scarlet is, you only need to know one thing about him: he is indestructible. That's why he drinks Madeira.
Nov 3, 2022
2 min
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