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Rabbit Trail: Go Go Coffee & Meeting Strangers · Brilliant Minds?

• Olivia: Hey everyone, did you just say you're sweaty? This podcast is for entertainment, informational, educational purposes only. Although the hosts are licensed therapists, this podcast is not a substitute for professional mental health services. Listening to this podcast does not create a therapist-client relationship. Andrea: Sweaty Olivia: back to your favorite version of Brilliant Minds. Rabbit trail. We're back. We recorded another episode and we really reined it in in that episode. So buckle up, Buttercup, because this is going to be a ride ⁓ as usual. I'm starting off a question. What? ⁓ What? Andrea: If you are experiencing mental health concerns, please seek help from a qualified mental health professional in your area. If you are in crisis, call or text a suicide prevention line in your country immediately. In the U.S., you can call or text 988 or use online chat at 988lifeline.org. Yeah. Also, ⁓ for context, for context, you and I haven't seen each other really in like almost two weeks. ⁓ Olivia: I know, yeah. Which is really long for us because some whore had to go to Europe for like a week. I decided to leave you alone because you were on vacation. ⁓ welcome. Anyways, ⁓ really hope this question lands and you have a good answer for me. Andrea: You're so sweet. Okay. Olivia: What was your poverty meal of choice growing up? Andrea: Bach stroganoff without the meat. Olivia: box stroganoff come with me? Andrea: you had to add the ground beef. Olivia: ⁓ thank God. Okay. Andrea: Yeah, it was that or and cheese with chopped up hot dogs. Olivia: ⁓ Sleigh. That's amazing. I was feeling really nostalgic like last week and I made my favorite property meal. And then I decided to count how much protein was in it. ⁓ was it? Andrea: ⁓ I just remembered another one. Anyways, continue. tortilla with butter and cinnamon and sugar. Rolled up. Olivia: Okay, so glad you brought up our tortilla. My okay buckle up again because my my meal have a lot of feelings about this. It off normal and there's going to be some sparkle. Okay, tortilla, cheese, pepperoni, you melt it in the microwave for a minute. Andrea: Okay, we're buckled. Olivia: Yellow mustard. Andrea: I'm intrigued. Olivia: This is where I lose 99 % of the people that I tell. Andrea: I don't know if I'm more surprised by just the combo so far or the fact that you like yellow mustard. Olivia: ⁓ yeah, I do. Why? Why wouldn't you think I like it? Too vinegary. Andrea: I don't know, feel like that's, well I feel like mustard is, yeah. When I think it's polarizing. Olivia: It's- it's tart. It's not vinegary, it's tart. I like tart. It's tangy. It's got a zip. Zippy. No. That's standard. That's just standard. Okay. Okay. You wanna know how much protein is in that stupid thing? It's like almost 25 grams of protein. Andrea: Okay, keep going. but you don't like pickles. Okay, keep going. where we differ, you guys. How much? No fucking way. Why? Olivia: BOOM! like, I am about become a muscle mommy on this poverty meal. Andrea: Um, what? Olivia: Yeah! Andrea: I'm shook. that from the... Wait. I feel like this is a dumb question and maybe it's because it's late. Mustard doesn't have protein in it, does it? Okay. Olivia: No, it's a condiment. How on earth could I put enough mustard on that? They're never to add protein. What kind of monster person do you think I am? This is a poverty meal. I don't have mustard to spare, Andrea. Andrea: Okay, okay, more specific question. What type of cheese and what type of salami? Olivia: Yes. It's not salami, it's pepperoni. Whoa. No, that's projection. Pepperoni. Has to be pepperoni. Yes. ⁓ Colby Jack cheese. It's either Colby Jack cheese or cheddar, but usually Colby Jack. Andrea: ⁓ pepperoni. thought you said salami. Pepperoni, okay. Okay, I can get behind this. I can get behind this. Okay. I always have pepperoni. Okay. I can totally get behind this. Olivia: Yeah, you should try it. It has a stupid amount of protein in it. Andrea: That's incredible. Olivia: I know. I made it. I've actually made it multiple times since then, because I was like feeling nostalgic. We had tortillas and I was like, ⁓ we actually have pepperoni and we have like the OG pepperoni I grew up on, like the Hormel pepperoni. Right? Now, the Hormel doesn't have as much protein as the pepperoni at Trader Joe's, but it's still like decent amount of protein, to be honest. Like it's the cheese and the tortilla. The tortilla has a lot in it too. Andrea: Ugh, the best. That makes sense. Yeah. That makes sense. Yeah. ⁓ interesting. Olivia: Yeah. Andrea: Huh, I like this. have tortillas and I have pepperoni, but I just need cheese. No wait, I have cheese. I have cheese. Olivia: How do you not have cheese? I was like, how did, what American doesn't have cheese? Andrea: An American with IBS? Olivia: Well, you still have it, so that's wrong. Do you have the yellow mustard? Andrea: Yeah, of course. Olivia: Yeah, it's glorious. Andrea: Yeah, okay, I'm trying this. Olivia: So there you go. That was my... Between pepperoni and prosciutto, yeah, just straight. Andrea: I love pepperoni. Like I will just eat pepperoni out of a bag. prosciutto. Olivia: Ha ha ha! Andrea: one of my husband's favorite snacks. Like sometimes he will just crave so much prosciutto that he's like, okay, we need a charcuterie night. It's like, we'll do dinner, it's charcuterie. I think you guys do that too. ⁓ it's ⁓ like all prosciutto. ⁓ Olivia: Yeah, yeah, we do. I... yeah. I could finish one of those packages of prosciutto from Trader Joe's by myself in like a minute. It's so good. Andrea: It's not enough. That's not enough. That is... That is a bite-size package. You need like four of those. Olivia: think that's a little strong to say it's a bite-size package. I think I'm more trying to highlight my love for cured meats. ⁓ you very much. ⁓ Andrea: ⁓ cured meats. I love meat. Olivia: That also should be it. That would be a really good gamertag is cured meats. Andrea: Mm. Yes. Olivia: I'm in a Discord with a bunch of like, family members, like my best friend, that, and we call it gamertag sightings. So we put like the most random, unhinged gamertags we come across online in this gamertag sightings channel on Discord. And it's so funny. You just like, anytime you need to go laugh, just like go scroll through and be like, ⁓ yeah, that guy! Like, ⁓ that's so funny, remember when, you know, whatever. Andrea: Okay. I love it. Ugh. That's so good. That's so good. Actually, my dad does something kind of similar, but with coffee shop names. So dad keeps a little note pad in his car just for coffee shop names. Yeah, yeah. like years and years ago when he started this, when he started doing this, because he travels for work. Olivia: That's adorable. That's cute. Andrea: He started writing down a few and I was like, these are odd names. Like these are not just normal coffee shop names. out it Tiddy Shack names. And for who is not in Washington. ⁓ Olivia: We invented bikini baristas. You're welcome, America. Andrea: And it's funny too, because he doesn't go to all these coffee shops, he just writes them down when he sees them, just like the Gamer Tag thing. But for a while I was like, did you go here, Dad? he's like, no, no, no, I know, it was just clever. Olivia: Right. ⁓ my gosh. Have I talked about this on the pod, the time when I accidentally went to the bikini barista? Andrea: I don't think so. don't know if you've told me. Maybe you didn't go with your child. Did you? Okay. Okay. Tell me. Olivia: Have I told, I'm sure I've told you this story though, right? No. No, this is before I had her. Yeah, not the full boobs. Yeah, so my husband was getting a rhinoplasty. I went to go get dinner. So I like, treat myself. Just waiting for you to be done. Go get dinner. And there's a coffee shop across the way, and it was called Go Go Coffee. That was the name. Go Go Coffee. That was it. Andrea: Mm. Yeah. Okay, yeah. Caffeine, go go, you go go. Olivia: Thank you exactly exactly what I pull and just straight boobs and I like, I ⁓ like I'm and immediately like looked back and like ⁓ so many happened in like two seconds of time it was like Can I can I get coffee from this place can I drive away? Andrea: Right? Right? Olivia: Is it worse if I drive away? Is the coffee any good? How do I, where do I look? Can I look? I don't wanna look? I think I should just drive away. rude. Girls support girls. But her girls need support. Andrea: Yeah. ⁓ yes. ⁓ no. Olivia: I stayed and got coffee. She was really excited that I was there. She's like, ⁓ we never get women through. And I'm like, Andrea: ⁓ I bet. Olivia: Well, I'll give you two reasons for why. like. Andrea: You Your jigglies are in my Java, like. Olivia: Thank you. I was like, and the coffee was fine. Like it was whatever, but it was like so mortifying. And then like, now I have a good story of like, just randomly pulled up to a bikini barista, just pasties all up in there, like fishnets. And I'm like, I, what? Andrea: Rape, rape. I would love to know how often that happens. Olivia: that women go like on accident. I don't know. I feel like the names are really obvious now. Like I've never seen a Bikini Barista place that has like a not obvious name other than maybe like there's one that's like Ladybug Expresso or whatever. Andrea: Yeah. Yeah. Yes. I think that was the OG one in Washington, I think, is Ladybug. Yeah, I think so. Olivia: ⁓ really? Well, yeah, but also like the stands are really obvious now because we completely blacked out windows on the one side. That's like the road facing side. So it's like even bigger, dead. Right. And there's like a pretty clear giveaway. This Go Go Coffee EWIT is not like, let me tell you, it was not clear at all. Not clear at all. Andrea: Mm-hmm. Yep. Yeah. And there's usually like a cutout. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, there's a chain of them here and they're like big coffee stands. Like, have you ever been to a Dutch Bros? Yeah, they're like big like that and they're called bikini beans. Can't miss it. Olivia: Mm-hmm. Bikini beans. It's just too good. Andrea: But the funny thing is they have indoor seating. You Yeah, yeah. And, ⁓ for sure, because they also have Women Wednesdays, where you can go get your drink half off on Wednesdays if you're a woman. Olivia: When I visit you, can we go? That's amazing. We have to go. We have to go. It's women supporting women, Andrea. God, you were really not very feminist, are you? Andrea: Isn't that genius? I haven't gone, but. Olivia: Ha ha! Andrea: I don't know how to respond to that. Olivia: Good. Okay. our favorite coffee place, bought another location like over a year ago and the business that was in that stand before. Okay. Anyways, it to be a bikini stand. Somebody else bought it. It wasn't a bikini stand anymore. Then the place that we go to ⁓ that bought it, not bikini. ⁓ Just so we're Anyways, ⁓ the owner sold Andrea: GASP Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Olivia: And she told us about who she sold it to. And I was like, wow. is this so hard to say? It's like ⁓ by the seashore. The who she, the new my God. The new owners ⁓ own a chain bikini places and a chain of like ⁓ regular places. Andrea: Interesting. Olivia: So they own two different chains of coffee places. And so their plan is to keep it as like family friendly. And then if it doesn't work, just change it back into a bikini place because they have both chains. And I was like, you know, that's not the worst business idea. Andrea: ⁓ my gosh. It's not. It's not. No. not mad. I'm like... Olivia: Like, I can't even be mad about it! It was just so funny. was like, I literally would have never thought of that, but that's like kind of genius. Andrea: Like, get your dough, guys. Like, good. Olivia: Yeah, why not have two different chains of coffee places? Like, why not? Andrea: That's wild. That's hilarious though. Olivia: Right? Yeah. I was like, I mean, whatever works, girl. Get it. No ⁓ I'm not gonna go, but you do you. ⁓ Andrea: goodness ⁓ my goodness yeah well ⁓ one of the best movies Olivia: Okay, so, sorting this stone. Yeah, it's been so long since I've seen it. Andrea: I to watch it way too frequently up until adulthood. And used to ⁓ very seriously an Archimedes tattoo. Olivia: I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Andrea: think there's like probably like an inspo one of our committees like deep in my Pinterest. No. Olivia: That's a phrase. Deep in my Pinterest. Andrea: feel like that would be a really funny YouTube show topic is diving into people's Pinterest. Olivia: Ugh. Andrea: This could be fun. Olivia: That could be really fun. We should write that down. We're a fountain of ideas. Andrea: Deep in the Pinterest. But, yeah, great movie. Mad Madame Min is like queen. Olivia: It is. Yeah, I have not seen that so freaking long. I know, you know the movie that I, okay. So somewhat in the last couple years, found out that this movie is fairly popular, was way more widely popular than I originally knew, The Prince of Egypt. Andrea: ⁓ you are going to have to get on it. Ugh. ⁓ Prince of Egypt. What was it? The many colors one. What was the other one? Olivia: Are you talking about the songs? Andrea: No, there was a whole other movie. There was Prince of Egypt and then there was another one. Olivia: feel like I should know that, but I can't, I don't know. Okay, so grew up with Prince of Egypt because I was religious and it was one of those things I just assumed that like nobody else really knew it. And then when my like gay friend like a few years ago, we're like, I like reference Prince of Egypt, like one of the songs he's like, ⁓ that song slaps. And I was like, what? Like, you know, the Prince of Egypt? He's like, yeah, like that movie's the shit. And I was like, what? ⁓ Andrea: Ugh. Olivia: but you're not religious, you didn't grow up religious. Like how did you watch the Prince of Egypt? He's like, yo, like almost everyone's seen it. I'm like, Everyone? What? ⁓ Andrea: Right. I had a really similar experience to you because I did grow up religious also and like thought it was really niche to us and then I like met a bunch of people not long ago that were like super into the soundtrack and I was like what? Olivia: Right. Right. Yeah. And then it wasn't until like a little bit later that I saw this reel about like all the famous people that voice the Prince of Egypt. And I was like, there's no way this is true. So I like looked it up and then was like, what this lineup? ⁓ my God. Like, ⁓ What? What? What? What? ⁓ Andrea: Yes. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah, it's like brain breaking. the other one, the other one, I was very off on the name. It's King of Dreams. Olivia: didn't see that. Andrea: ⁓ Ben Affleck is Joseph Affleck Affleck Affleck gonna move past that ⁓ and and Mark Hamill is Judah Olivia: Aflac? What? Aflac? It's okay, I'll remember forever. We can move fast. Andrea: the Mark Hamill. Yeah. And of course Jodie Benson is in it. Olivia: I know who Mark Hamill- thank you. not the Jodie Benson, just a Jodie Benson. ⁓ okay. Thank you for the clarification. Andrea: The Queen. The Jodie Benson. Yeah. Yeah. But it's another one of those ones that was really like that for me. But that one didn't get as popular as Prince of Egypt, but that one was a good one too. Olivia: movies. ⁓ funny. ⁓ Andrea: Ugh, Prince of Egypt was that, I can like feel that soundtrack in my body. Olivia: down. Andrea: Like, the power of ra Olivia: It's been, yeah again, one of those movies like I watched a bunch. Been so long since I've seen it. It's like Sword in the Stone. Andrea: We're have to have a movie marathon at some point. ⁓ Olivia: after we go sit inside on Women Wednesday at the Bikini Beans. Andrea: Yeah. Bikini beads and then of Peach. ⁓ Olivia: They obviously go to... well, we need to cleanse our eyes with something. Obviously. Andrea: Did you see this? Look at this! Olivia: That's how we would be sitting at Bikini Beans. Andrea: This is hilarious! What in the- Anyways. Olivia: goodness. Okay. ⁓ that, was there something else? I feel like there was something else that you were in a rabbit trail with. Yeah. ⁓ yes. From your travels. ⁓ Andrea: such good movies. I have a story and now I feel like it's not as good as everything we've just talked about, but. Olivia: Well, not everything can give me gold. It's okay. Andrea: I haven't told you about this, because I wanted to get your genuine reaction. context, we went to Amsterdam last week to go see a show, like a concert for this band that we see all over the world. we were like, I'm curious if there's anybody going. So we hop on Reddit. and go to the subreddit related to Rufus Dusoul, who's the group that we were seeing, and somebody posts, hey, I'm an American in Amsterdam for this show, is anybody going? Nobody responded to this person, so I, for shits and giggles, was like, we'd be down. And we met five random strangers on the internet at a bar before the show and made a really good friend. And now he's coming to see the show at the Gorge with us in Seattle. Olivia: Y'all are trusting. Andrea: It was such a weird experience because I just commented not even like, I was like, this could go absolutely nowhere. Like no one else is responding on this Reddit thread, like whatever. And we were like on Reddit chat and he was like, hey, do you mind if we like move to Instagram? I was like, yeah, no problem. Like I have a public profile, whatever. So we link up and he's from like San Francisco ⁓ he was just like traveling all over Europe and just happened to be going to the show. ⁓ And we ended up going to the show the second night with this person. So we saw the show twice in a row with this random stranger that we made friends with. And night one, we met a girl that was from the Netherlands and a guy that was living in Porto, Portugal, and another Dutch guy. And we all went to the show together. It was the wildest experience to just meet random strangers off the internet, but we did it. Olivia: That's super memorable. That's kind of like, because isn't the show that you're going to in the gorge like next month? Andrea: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, and he lives in San Francisco, so he's like flying up and he didn't have a campsite or anything. So for anyone who doesn't know, The Gorge is this really incredible concert venue where you have to camp. Like it is very rural, you have to camp when you're going basically, unless you wanna be a crazy person and drive out there and drive out, but it's nuts. It's one road in, one road out. And he's gonna camp with us. He's like, I have a tent I can bring, I'll pay you guys for some like. for the car rental and the campsite. We were like, great. hung out all day with this guy in Amsterdam the day after the show. He was cool. We shared, we did like Dutch top us too and we all shared food and made with this guy. He was awesome. Yeah. Olivia: That's cool though. I mean, I think that's, I think that's like, that's such a like lovely piece of humanity, right? Like, I would like hold on to that and be like, ⁓ Andrea: Yeah. Yeah, it was like, it was not something I think I would have expected me and my husband to do, like at all. Because usually we're just like, ⁓ we have each other, we're gonna go to the show together. And like, if we make friends in the crowd, whatever. But that was way outside of our comfort zone. And I'm really glad that we did it because we had so much fun and we got to do something different on our like last day there. And yeah, it was ⁓ Olivia: Wow. makes me think of a memory I have. I used to, ⁓ used to be a streamer ⁓ ⁓ over the course of me streaming ⁓ like one of my main mods, like my first mod that I ever got or had, ended up being in a relationship with another mod that I had. They met in my stream in ⁓ Andrea: Mm-hmm. Olivia: Turns out they ended up getting married and they invited me to their wedding Andrea: I love that. ⁓ my gosh, that's even better. Olivia: Yeah, was really lovely and was so cool weird and special and all these things in between. was like, whoa, that's so cool. ⁓ Andrea: Yeah. love stories like that. like two of my really good friends met a Reddit thread. Like I think it was, it was either mansplaining subreddit or it was like the bachelor subreddit. I can't remember, but they met talking on Reddit and now they're married and they've been together for years. Like they're amazing. I'm like, this shit is so like to hear those genuine stories like that. Like I just love that. It's so fun. Olivia: Mm. That's awesome. Yeah. Yeah, it's very heartwarming. You're like, That's it. It's like what a deep breath feels like. Yeah. Andrea: Yes. Yes. It's like the new age version of meeting people organically. ⁓ Because that's just part of our culture, Is things like Reddit or playing video games and Discord and whatever. But when you're able to really take it to that next level and pull out, go past the parasocial, it can be really cool. And I think this person for us is gonna be like, Olivia: Yeah, I like, I think you mean organically. Andrea: one of our friends that lasts, because we really got along. It was really cool. Olivia: That's awesome. That's so special. I like that. Andrea: Yeah. Yeah, I was like, we're doing something so sketchy, but it's also so great. Olivia: That's really cool. Totally switching gears. I forgot to tell you about my other poverty meal. That was actually the thing I wrote down when we were recording last Andrea: Yeah. Yes, tell me more. Olivia: called it orange meal. Andrea: Okay. Olivia: This is like OG girl dinner. Andrea: You've told me about orange meal. Olivia: Yeah, okay, yeah. Mac and cheese, carrots, and originally it was Doritos. Nutricheese Doritos. I mean, it still would be, but like, I would probably do like Cheetos maybe, like cheese puffs or something like that. But back then I had Doritos. Also speaking of, I did eat a lot of mac and cheese. Andrea: Yeah. What it's like macaroni and cheese, carrots. ⁓ what is it now? ⁓ okay. Mm. Yeah. Yeah. Olivia: I did put yellow mustard on my mac and cheese as well growing up. Andrea: Um, I think I'm buffering. Olivia: I know, it's okay. It's... it's weird. You ever have that thing when you were like growing up and somebody be like, yo, that's like a weird combo, bro. However they say it. And then you double down. Andrea: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Olivia: ⁓ that was that was mac and cheese and mustard for me. Because people make fun of me that I put mustard on my high protein tortilla. Andrea: Hilly. What? Olivia: And so I was like, I bet it's going to other things. Andrea: What was it for you as a kid that was like, let me make this macaroni and cheese more yellow by adding mustard to it? Olivia: I was probably seeking novelty at that point. I probably had had mac and cheese for lunch for like a year at that point. I was just like, could be. I also at one point, I was just like, gosh, was this two years ago? Year ago? Andrea: That's fair. Yeah. Olivia: So you know how kids, they do kind of put like obscene things together and they like to eat them and they love them and you're like, you're a psychopath, right? Cause like my daughter has full on put grapes in ranch and I've been like, I don't think you can do that. I think the police are gonna come and get you and you should probably hide. I don't actually say that. I think it really hard. I think it's so hard you guys. It's in here. Andrea: Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Way to shame your daughter. No, I know. It's in there. It's in there deep. Olivia: ⁓ couple years ago, she was, we were out to eat and she got noodles then she, I think it was French, ⁓ yeah, my husband had french fries and he liked the thing of ketchup. And was like, do you know what would be so wild? My dad was like, what? And I was like, if you put ketchup. And she was like... Andrea: them. Olivia: It's so wild. And she like, poured that ketchup over it. she like really committed to it. Like she ate it. ⁓ she's like, mommy, do you want to be wild with me? And I was like, absolutely, I do. ⁓ ⁓ that, ⁓ ⁓ hasn't had ketchup with mac and cheese like very, like ⁓ not like that hasn't really continued, right? Which is okay, that's fine. But it definitely reminded me of my mustard and mac and cheese days because. ⁓ Andrea: You ⁓ my gosh, what a queen. Commit to the bit. Mm-hmm. Olivia: Those are some very real times for me. ⁓ But I feel like people would like ketchup. Yeah, I feel like people would be like, ⁓ yeah, ketchup and mac and cheese. Yeah, sure. Mustard? Andrea: Yeah. Yeah. I did do ketchup. Yeah. Yeah. I used to do salsa. Olivia: Ooh, I don't know if I'd like the chunks, no. Andrea: Mm-hmm, like chunky salsa, yeah. Olivia: No, it reminds me of this casserole my mom used to make and it was a Frito casserole. Yeah, it's a lot of textures. Andrea: That sounds very Midwest. Olivia: Well, we were from the Midwest, yeah. Casserole. Andrea: Yeah, that's like very like if I had to put a state to that meal, I'd be like Ohio. Olivia: Yeah, mm-hmm, yes. Actually, okay, funny thing enough about casseroles, someone told me today. So funny. Okay. Somebody told me today that their daughter who's neurodivergent ⁓ food touching. Like doesn't like her like food to touch. Right? Okay. ⁓ so she like hates casserole. She hates the word casserole. She hates everything about casserole. Right? So this person's like, so I it a bake and she eats it and she thinks it's great. If it were named casserole, she would not even touch it, but I just named it a bake. Andrea: Yeah, yeah. Olivia: and she hasn't put it together yet. That it's a casserole. But it's a bake. And I was like... Wow, that is really really funny. Andrea: my gosh. I want to know like what for this kid like makes a bank different, but like ⁓ Olivia: ⁓ no, she's 24 years old. Andrea: Stop. Olivia: She said it works. She just called it a bake and she just ate it sight unseen and she loved it. And so then she just named everything a bake after that. That wasn't actually a casserole. And the 24 year old just hasn't put it together. Okay. Andrea: Ow. Olivia: Probably because in my world, I'm thinking that 24 year old's probably not doing a lot of cooking. probably why she hasn't figured out that it's actually a freaking casserole. ⁓ Andrea: I can't imagine what's gonna happen when she does find out or if she ever does find out Olivia: She will eventually. It's inevitable, right? Right? Andrea: I would think so. Olivia: I would love to have updates on this. Absolutely. I don't know if I'll get updates, but I would love to know updates. Andrea: She's gonna go to like a friend's house or something and they're gonna be like, here we have Frito casserole. she'll be like, no, I don't like it. And they'll be like, but you ate it at your mom's house. And she'll be like, what? Olivia: They're like, ⁓ sorry, Frito Bake. It's a Frito Bake. the Frito casserole is like a little freaky. I can't, I can't lie. Because I had like the green chili salsa and then chicken. And I think. Andrea: Yeah No, I'm out. Sorry. With Fritos? Olivia: Yeah, there's something else. There's some type of like sour cream in there. Well, Casserole doesn't have sour cream, really. And then Fritos on the top. Andrea: I didn't grow up with a ton of casseroles, so... Olivia: Think, your mom. ⁓ your dad. ⁓ ⁓ Andrea: Yeah. Yeah. I did grow up with really ⁓ foods. Olivia: Just like. Andrea: Tongue? Olivia: Like beef tongue? Andrea: Mm-hmm. ground liver sausage. Olivia: Well, that's because you're German. Meh. Andrea: And blood sausage. Olivia: I mean, yeah, yeah, love my mom. I don't think she really loves cooking. ⁓ She did her best. She had a lot of mouths to feed. It's fine, whatever. ⁓ But is why I came up with the term meat slabs. Andrea: Like, yeah. Mm. That's true, yeah. What is a meat slab? Olivia: ⁓ A slab of meat that is tough and rubbery but you have to eat or else you get nothing else to eat and your mom will cry. Andrea: ⁓ Olivia: Usually in a pork beef variety. eat a little almost and not any pork but Yeah, chop ⁓ I never one that I like Yeah, she also made a lot of like like She was basically like I'm making this thing and this is your option or like that's it, right? Which is fine. Whatever. but like hate a stroganoff She made that fairly consistently. I hate chili. Hate it. Hate chili. She'd make that pretty regularly. Hate Yeah, lot of like mysterious meat, mysterious meat slabs. ⁓ lot potatoes. She would make scalloped potatoes. ⁓ I potatoes. I love potatoes. But scalloped potatoes, the way she made them. ⁓ Andrea: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Wow. ⁓ huh. ⁓ huh. Did she make them from a box? ⁓ interesting. Olivia: Love you, girl. No, no. No, it was in a box. Sometimes I wish. What she used to make that I did like is she would get that like, you know, that like, like French bread that you used to get at like the store and those like tin foily, ⁓ aluminum foily-ish things, you know? She would get the garlic bread ones and we would make like hot sandwiches with them. Andrea: The box ones are... ⁓ fire. ⁓ Yes. Olivia: Now that was fire. Or anytime my dad was not around for dinner, because he hates breakfast food for dinner, anytime my dad was not around for dinner, we'd have breakfast food for dinner. Best thing ever. But I swear to God, if you make any more chili, I'm going to... Andrea: Mmm. Mm. Sometimes in my head, your childhood is a sitcom. Olivia: Is it the way that I talk about it? Yeah. Andrea: Yeah. And I fully enjoy it. Fully knowing. else. Olivia: The food is fun. Yeah, the food is bizarre. I used to also lick hot chocolate powder off spoons. I don't know. I was a weird kid. Andrea: Mm. Yeah, I mean, I would just, I would just cut off slices of butter and eat it, so. Olivia: Like, why are we... going on with that? ⁓ Andrea: Ha ha! Olivia: I didn't do that. I used to do that where I would, ⁓ I'd like lick salt like all the time. I was like a, like a fucking, I'm like a fucking deer. Like, is there a block of salt I can lick? I used to do that thing where you would like do microwave popcorn and then you would like, I would like rip open the like bag. Yes. Andrea: Mm-hmm, that too. Yeah. Love, salt. Olivia: Yes, you get it. a real one. Andrea: Yes. Sometimes I fight the urge to do it as an adult. I have free will, I can. But I don't want to have a heart attack at 35. Olivia: Right. But like... Well, but after 35, the world's your oyster. Andrea: All bets are off. that's rough. Olivia: So my family we had the most random man we I really will never stop we had the most random Sunday night dinner tradition. How do you about this? Basically it was My mom was tired of cooking and also my grandma used to do this with my dad growing up because they would have like Buffet lunches after church and so by the time I got to dinner Like she didn't really want to cook so they'd watch a movie and have popcorn Andrea: No. Okay. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. ⁓ Olivia: That was like Sunday dinner with popcorn. That was it. So then my parents, my mom was like, well, we need something other than just popcorn. So like milkshakes. Andrea: Mm-hmm. That's amazing. Olivia: So milkshakes and popcorn became like a like Sunday night tradition for dinner and like movie. So we like watch a movie and we have popcorn and milkshakes. ⁓ and I recently did this with, we did this one Sunday night a couple of weeks ago and I was like, ⁓ some good shit, man. Popcorn and milkshakes. Andrea: Ugh. Ugh. Mm-hmm. Man, I feel like Sundays from my childhood, and maybe you have an experience, like we're just like the best day. when there was, maybe it was because there was structure on Sundays, because it was like church, and then my family would go to KFC and we'd go to the park and eat KFC as a family, or we'd go to grandma and grandpa's if it was like bad weather. And then we would go home and ABC would- Olivia: Yeah. Andrea: always have a family movie night on Sundays. And that was what we watched. Like it was that or we went to Blockbuster and rented a VHS and did that. Yeah. Ugh. Olivia: Oh, throwback blockbuster. That was good times. Yeah, we always went out to eat after church too. We didn't always get the same thing, but we like always went out to eat. Um, yeah, some good times. But popcorn and milkshakes, like come on, like what kid, what family doesn't want that? Andrea: always. Mm-hmm. Yeah, it was... That sounds amazing. Also, why don't movie theaters have milkshakes? Olivia: We talked about this in the last Repertory episode. Why don't more pizza places have milkshakes? Like, everywhere should have more milkshakes. Andrea: I know. I know. Agree and more public toilets. I'm just adding that to the mix. But yeah Olivia: Why is it any reason? I know. I'm giving you shit. Get it? Andrea: Ha Olivia: Hey, hey. Amazing. Andrea: Hey, we're going on a year. If anybody knows the implication of that, that is a lifetime achievement for me. Olivia: That is a record. In college, there was a coffee place that had this really, really good drink that I'd never been able to get anyplace else. But it was kind of like a milkshake, but kind of not. OK, so it was like a blended drink. So it a blended coffee drink, but it had a real banana. Andrea: Okay. Mm-hmm. Olivia: real peanut butter, and chocolate. Andrea: Yum. Olivia: So good. I can't find any place that does it because they either don't have real bananas, which is fair, or they use peanut butter syrup, not real peanut butter. But so good. tasted like, it was like a milkshake, but then it, ⁓ it was so good. It was so good. Andrea: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. That's. There was a coffee shop where I went to college that had something similar. There wasn't a banana in it, but it was similar to that, that I think about quite often, is their breakfast croissant and that blended drink. Olivia: Mmm. I mean in college when you just like had copious amounts of caffeine and junk food and Just lived a life on the edge. You didn't even know you were on the edge. You're just like trying to get through school Andrea: Yeah. Right. Literally. Olivia: Hmm. Well, ⁓ should we rein ourselves in for the sake of the fans? Yeah. Yeah. Andrea: Hmmmm We really should, we really should. This has been another good one, lots of juicy topics, bringing it back around full circle. And always, and we have more friendship bucket list items, which is bikini beans and night. Olivia: Obviously as we always do it's always a complete loop Yeah, 100%. Andrea: Perfect. On the list officially. Olivia: Mm. Sleight. Thanks for joining us, you all. See, it wasn't even that bad of a trip. You didn't even need to buckle up. What are you What was that warning for? What you talking about? Andrea: Okay. We literally. No. No, plus I think every time people come on and listen to us, they're preparing for this and this is what the people want. This is what the people want. They want tears. They want madness. We're giving you what you want. Olivia: Good. Good. Yes. Exactly. join us next time. ⁓ Andrea: Okay, please do. Do all the things, engage with us, and we will see you again in our next episode. Olivia: Alright, bye y'all!