This week, we’re talking to our friend Mei Liao who runs one of our favorite channels, @daywithmei. She recently made a cross-country move and has started rebuilding her kitchen equipment collection as both an avid home cook AND a food content creator. Then Mei joins us in answering a listener question about wooden cutting boards, but let’s be honest, Bryn commandeers that question and barfs out a bunch of facts without answering it... (Sorry! Clearer answer below 👇 — Bryn) And then we round the episode out with an ice cream ranking in a booth at Mamahuhu in San Francisco. Mei was even kind enough to bring in some new flavor combinations that she’s testing out.
This week, we’re talking to our friend Mei Liao who runs one of our favorite channels, @daywithmei. She recently made a cross-country move and has started rebuilding her kitchen equipment collection as both an avid home cook AND a food content creator.
Then Mei joins us in answering a listener question about wooden cutting boards, but let’s be honest, Bryn commandeers that question and barfs out a bunch of facts without answering it... (Sorry! Clearer answer below 👇 — Bryn)
And then we round the episode out with an ice cream ranking in a booth at Mamahuhu in San Francisco. Mei was even kind enough to bring in some new flavor combinations that she’s testing out.
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📝 Things Mentioned (in order of appearance)
👋 Questions
“Is it better to have one big wooden cutting board, or should you have multiple for different tasks?” - Silas
Wood:
👍 can sequester bacteria
👍 gentle on knives
👍 doesn't create more plastic
👎 handwash-only, occasional oiling.
Plastic:
👍 sanitizable in a home dishwasher (though some boards can warp)
👍 soft ones (such as LDPE) are gentle on knives (but not dishwasher-friendly).
🤷♂️ bioavailable microplastics unlikely(?)
Glass/Steel
👍 Easy to confirm sanitization
👎 Prone to causing injury due to knife slippage
👎 Causes way more knife damage/wear than plastic/wood
🍨 Ice Cream Ranked Mentions
📝 We had to do some fancy processing on the audio to reduce background noise between street sounds and the opening team setting up for the day. It made our voices a little muffled, but I hope the change in audio doesn’t throw you off too much.
Thank you Mei for joining us! Thank you to Mamahuhu for letting us use a booth! Thank you to Silas for our question this week! Thank YOU for listening! And, of course, thank you to all of our lovely sponsors! You know who you are. 👋 Have a great week, we’ll see you next Sunday!