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Dane Good Balls: Feel Good Foods Gluten-Free Buttermilk Pancake Balls with Shaun and Kristen (Ep. 61)
Dane Good Balls: Feel Good Foods Gluten-Free Buttermilk Pancake Balls with Shaun and Kristen (Ep. 61)
We’ve got a full table this week. Returning guest Shaun brings along Kristen as the show's official Gluten-Free Correspondent, and the team reviews Feel Good Foods Buttermilk Pancake Balls—certified gluten-free, Danish-style, dippable, and poppable.
We get into the company's origin story, the surprisingly deep history of the pancake ball, and whether the Danish really deserve credit for this. What exactly is an æbleskiver? And did Vikings seriously cook them in their dented shields?
In the news: the Ajinomoto/Trader Joe's glass recall keeps growing. The source has been identified, and sufferin' succotash it's the carrots! Also: a Norwegian man once brought his grandfather's frozen body to Colorado. "Tuff shed," you say? Well, the town threw a festival about it.
Plus: the gluten-free tax is real, the sog factor is realer, a serving size of two balls is a joke, Shaun brings a brand new game called Tip of the Iceberg, and that's just the—well, that's just the start of what we get into.
FROST BITES
The Gluten-Free Tax Is Real: Kristen dropped some truth this week: gluten-free food is expensive. A bag of about 12 Feel Good Foods Pancake Balls runs about $8 to $10 at most stores. By comparison, a bag of 60-80 frozen mini pancakes could cost around $5 to $7. For those who aren’t quick at math like we are (carry the 35) that's a lot more pancakes for less money. And the premium exists across almost every gluten-free product category, which means people with celiac disease routinely pay significantly more just to eat safely. The silver lining, if you can call it that: in the U.S., gluten-free food purchased for medical reasons may qualify as a tax-deductible expense. Talk to your accountant, not your podcast hosts.
What Exactly Is an Æbleskiver?: Feel Good markets these as Danish-style, and that's not just a vibe—these are made in Denmark and based on æbleskiver, a traditional Danish pancake ball whose origins are murky enough that Vikings get some of the credit. Whether or not that's true, the name itself tells a story: æbleskiver literally means "apple slices," a nod to early versions that contained a slice of apple in the center. In Denmark they're traditionally served dusted with powdered sugar and dipped in raspberry jam. Maybe we’d get a little less sog that way.
Sufferin' Succotash: Thinking we knew our cartoons, we attributed "sufferin' succotash" to Yosemite Sam. We weren’t actually wrong, because they both say it, but it was actually Sylvester the Cat's catchphrase first, delivered in his signature lisp. Yosemite Sam is the one who says "varmint" and "dagnabbit." (And that might be what Darren mutters under his breath sometimes too.) The Bros regret the error. Sylvester does not accept their apology.
Two Trygves Walk Into a Podcast: This episode features not one but two Norwegians named Trygve. One is Tryg Siverson, co-founder of Feel Good Foods—Tryg being short for Trygve, a Norwegian name derived from the Old Norse word tryggr, meaning "trustworthy." The second is Trygve Bauge, the man who brought his dead frozen grandfather from Norway to Colorado in 1993 inspiring an annual festival that still runs every March. Two Trygves. One episode. Zero planning ahead.
YOUR COLD CUTS
What would you dip your pancake balls in? Maple syrup (hey there, Sawmill Sugarworks), powdered sugar, chocolate chips? Kristen had some strong opinions this week, and we want yours. Drop us a line at frozebrospod@gmail.com.
There are a few other gluten-free products in the freezer aisle—mozzarella sticks, dumplings, mac and cheese bites, pizza rolls, and more. What should we try next?
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Fool Me Once, Feed Me Twice: Tina’s vs. El Monterey Beef & Bean Burritos (Ep 60)
Fool Me Once, Feed Me Twice: Tina’s vs. El Monterey Beef & Bean Burritos (Ep 60)
Happy Tuesday, Froze Fam!
The Bros are back—and we've got burritos. April Fools, Froze Fam! The fake breakup is officially cancelled, the freezer aisle is open for business again, and we have some words about what just happened.
This week's face-off pits two of the cheapest frozen burritos against each other: Tina's Beef & Bean vs. El Monterey Beef & Bean. One of these brands claims to be America's number one selling frozen burrito. So does the other one. Somebody's lying—or maybe nobody is. Either way, we dig into the histories: a family that fled the Mexican Revolution and built an empire on Grandma Rosie's recipes, a mysterious company called Camino Real Foods that invented a mascot who doesn't exist, and a brief but unavoidable detour into why you may have heard the name "Tina" in a completely different context.
In the closing segment, Darren unveils Stick Figuring—a game where Max tries to identify famous moments in frozen food and Froze Bros history from Darren's extremely crude hand-drawn illustrations. Check out our Instagram to play along.
FROST BITES
Hot Dr. Pepper Is a Real Thing: Max went down a memory hole involving a YouTube video and a kid with a saucepan. Hot Dr. Pepper—literally just Dr. Pepper warmed up and served with lemon—was an actual suggestion from the brand back in the 1950s. Dr Pepper marketed it as a winter drink, just like hot cocoa or cider. It didn’t quite catch on, but the YouTube kid gave it his best shot, and Max has never forgotten him. YouTube kid, can we get you on the pod?
Rita's Water Ice and the Mango Custard: The first day of spring means free water ice day at Rita's, and Max showed up. For the uninitiated, water ice is somewhere between a slushy and a sorbet. Max got the mango with vanilla custard swirled on top, which he describes as being like a mango creamsicle. Rita's, for the record, was founded in Levittown, Pennsylvania in 1984 by Bob Tumolo, who named it after his wife. There is a Rita. Unlike Tina.
Remember the Alamo? It's Not the Alamo: Max noticed the building in the El Monterey logo and wanted answers. It's the style associated with old California Spanish missions, characterized by arched doorways and a bell tower or dome. It's also the style Taco Bell leaned heavily into for decades, which is why Darren immediately called out the connection and why the El Monterey package gives off that same fast food energy.
Hey, Big Spenders: Max raised a good question this week—what's the most expensive item the Bros have ever reviewed? We have the answer, but we want to know if you know. Email us your best guess at frozebrospod@gmail.com. The first listener to get it right wins a Froze Bros shoutout, a sticker, and (if the size matches) a Froze Bros shirt. No hints. Good luck.
Tennessee Williams Named His Most Absurd Play After a Burrito: Well, not exactly, but the coincidence is hard to ignore. Camino Real is a “strange and disturbing” 1953 play by Williams set in a dead-end Spanish-speaking town surrounded by desert—a surreal netherworld populated by Don Quixote, Casanova, Lord Byron, and an all-American everyman named Kilroy. It flopped on Broadway with only 60 performances, but Darren never misses a chance to drop some theater history.
The Stick Figure Is Older Than Dirt: This week's Stick Figuring segment—Darren's new game where Max has to guess famous frozen food and Froze Bros moments from rough drawings—has a surprisingly distinguished history. The stick figure's roots can be traced back to cave paintings over 40,000 years old. Darren's contribution to this prehistoric tradition is three bros passed out after stuffing themselves with frozen food.
YOUR COLD CUTS
Two burritos entered. One burrito won. What's your go-to frozen burrito? And what are you putting on it? Hot sauce? Sour cream? Cheese?
Also: Max has a dream of inventing an edible, flavorless sandwich glue to keep everything from falling apart mid-bite. We want your best suggestions. What would you make it out of?
And more: Max had the hiccups for essentially the entire episode. What's your hiccup cure? We need solutions. Drop us a line at frozebrospod@gmail.com and let us know.
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And if you like us, RATE US WHERE YOU LISTEN—and TELL YOUR FRIENDS!
Fro yo' later!
~ The Froze Bros
State Fair Corn Dogs:
State Fair Corn Dogs:
Woes Between Bros (Ep 59)
Woes Between Bros (Ep 59)
Happy Tuesday, Froze Fam!
We won't mince words—or mince meat—this was a rough one. The Froze Bros celebrate National Something on a Stick Day (March 28) by trying to pull the sticks out of their…freezers. This is State Fair All Beef Corn Dogs: Woes Between Bros (Ep 59).
Turns out the hot dog has a longer history than you'd think. Frankfurt, Germany claims 1487, but the bun didn't show up until 1867. The corn dog got wood in the mid-20th century in Texas. No bun intended.
The Bros have no shortage of opinions about length, girth, and the batter-to-hot-dog ratio. Wait. What did you think we were talking about? Also: what exactly is a byproduct, and if there are none in here, why does it still look like this?
In the news: frozen seafood takes center stage at the Seafood Expo North America in Boston, where a coconut margarita haddock and some sauceable Wild Alaska Pollock nuggets walk away with top honors. Plus: TAST!EZ debuts game night loungewear with tear-away napkin sleeves, and the Bros try—and fail—to get their hands on a set.
FROST BITES
The hot dog is an American invention. The frankfurter dates to 1487 in Germany, but nobody thought to put it in a bun until the 1860s or 1880s—in the United States. The leading contenders for first bun are Coney Island (1867) and St. Louis (1880s). Europe had bread for centuries and somehow missed this. Then, in 1916, a Coney Island employee named Nathan Handwerker opened a hot dog stand of his own. Hot dog, meet hand job.
State Fair is a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. The 1945 film—their only score written directly for the screen—won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for It Might As Well Be Spring. Dick and Oscar were fresh off Oklahoma! at the time, so naturally they headed to the fair.
The corn dog stick is sustainably sourced. State Fair's packaging carries certification from the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, meaning the wood in your stick comes from responsibly managed forests. You're welcome, planet.
Eating hot dogs costs you time. A 2021 study from the University of Michigan assigned a "Health Nutritional Index" to thousands of foods, calculating minutes of healthy life gained or lost per serving. A single hot dog was estimated to cost you about 27 minutes of healthy life. Joey Chestnut has done the math and chosen not to care.
YOUR COLD CUTS
Mustard or ketchup on a corn dog? The Bros weighed in this week and did not agree. We want to know where you stand—and whether you think the air fryer is the right move for a frozen corn dog. (Spoiler: it is. And so is the ketchup. Now you know who writes the newsletter.)
What's your favorite food on a stick? Hit up the Let's Chill page and let us know!
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Fro yo' later!
~ The Froze Bros
P.S. There was supposed to be a closing segment this week. There wasn't. It might as well be froze.
Sara Lee Classic Pound Cake: What the Schmutz? (Ep 58)
Sara Lee Classic Pound Cake: What the Schmutz? (Ep 58)
Happy Tuesday, Froze Fam!
New guest alert! This week we welcome Kenzie to the pod—friend of Max, first-time podcaster, and possible blood relation to the Sara Lee family. (We're still looking into it.) Together we dug into a frozen institution that has been made virtually unchanged since 1951. This is Sara Lee Classic Pound Cake with Kenzie: What the Schmutz? (Ep 58).
Showing off the cake’s versatility, we test how far this dessert (does it have to be dessert?) can go. (Spoiler: it can go pretty far.) And showing off the cake's signature baking pan, just what is that schmutz on the outside? And will anyone taste it? (Spoiler: oh, we're not spoiling that.)
In the closer, it's Ice Cold Draft: Spring Break Edition. We each build our ideal frozen food travel squad. Darren heads to Cancun with buddies and a literal wingman. Max takes a ferry and disconnects from reality. And Kenzie has some strong opinions about who doesn't get an invite.
Plus: Smucker's owns Hostess and penetrates American homes. The correct pronunciation of Oregon. A brief personal history of polishing shoes and butlering. The 1747 recipe for pound cake calls for one hour of beating it. Darren has never seen a loaf of Sara Lee bread. And nobody—nobody—doesn't like frozen eats.
FROST BITES
Sara Lee was a real person. Charles Lubin named his company after his daughter Sara Lee Lubin in 1949. She later said, "It had to be perfect because he was naming it after me." She was eight years old at the time.
This pound cake is old, yo. The first published pound cake recipe appears in Hannah Glasse's 1747 The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy. The original formula—one pound each of butter, sugar, flour, and eggs—was designed to be easy to remember even for people who couldn't read.
Sara Lee invented the foil baking pan. In 1953, the company pioneered a process to bake, freeze, and ship products all in the same aluminum pan—a genuine revolution in frozen food distribution. The pan you pull from the freezer today is the same pan the cake was baked in. That little bit of "schmutz" on the outside? Yeah, it's almost certainly overflow from the filling process.
The slogan you think you know is wrong. The famous Sara Lee tagline is "Everybody doesn't like something, but nobody doesn't like Sara Lee." It's often misremembered as "Nobody does it like Sara Lee." The double negative was not unintentional. It was retired around 2006 along with most rules of grammar.
YOUR COLD CUTS
We want to hear from you! What's your go-to pound cake preparation? Powdered sugar? Fruit compote? Something that would make Darren nod approvingly or Kenzie deeply uncomfortable?
And who would you take—or leave behind—on a frozen food spring break? Hit up the Let's Chill page and let us know!
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Your support means the world to us and keeps our freezer stocked. Every tip and donation helps us discover more frozen finds, cover production costs and improvements, and continue bringing you weekly episodes. Thank you for being part of Froze Nation!
Fro yo' later!
~ The Froze Bros
P.S. Next week we're celebrating a very important national holiday. We can't tell you what it is yet, but we will say "stick around." Stay froze.
Noble Mick's Mistletoe Margarita: Shaken AND Stirred (Ep 57)
Noble Mick's Mistletoe Margarita: Shaken AND Stirred (Ep 57)
Happy Tuesday, Froze Fam!
We're making frozen food podcast history this week—reviewing a product that wasn't frozen when it was sold. But it's frozen now. This is Noble Mick's Mistletoe Margarita: Shaken AND Stirred (Ep 57).
A big pink bag arrives for Max packed with white powder and the promise of eight cocktails with zero blenders required. We add tequila, add water, freeze overnight, and find out whether a powder mix can actually deliver a real frozen margarita. Spoiler: there's still some question about whether it tastes better by a pool in August.
In the news: Darren finally gains access to a federal court docket and delivers a Smucker's vs. Trader Joe's lawsuit update. Also: Uncrustables may be leaving the freezer aisle, and the Bros may be getting separation anxiety over it.
In the closing segment, Freeze Frame makes its debut—a new game where Max and Darren share a single still frame from a vintage frozen food TV commercial and challenge each other (and you) to name the brand. Check out the pics coming on our social media to play along at home.
Plus: The New York Times crossword. Max stirs—sorry, steers—his cocktail. Darren confesses he's never eaten a Hot Pocket. The microwave plate rotation debate. Darren croons The Way You Look Tonight (well, he will in five years). And Max refuses to apologize to Big Y.
FROST BITES
The Noble Experiment: The "Noble" in Noble Mick's is a nod to Prohibition—officially known as "The Noble Experiment." The "Mick's" is a pun on "mix." The brand was founded by Courtney and Erik Legenhausen out of Sparks, Maryland, and their website really does open: "It was a dark and stormy night..." You can't not love these guys.
The Squircle: Darren did the legal research so you don't have to. After a cost of $2.70 and a PACER login later, a new word has entered the Froze Bros vocabulary: squircle. It's a square with rounded corners, and it actually appears in Trader Joe's court filing.
The Way You Look Tonight: Written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields in 1936 for the RKO film Swing Time, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year. Darren has announced plans to cover it himself. When the copyright expires in about five years.
YOUR COLD CUTS
Have you tried Noble Mick's? What's your go-to frozen cocktail? Do you agree with Max that they taste better in the summer?
And Darren never having a Hot Pocket? What's up with that? What iconic food have you never tried? Hit up the Let's Chill page and let us know!
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Your support means the world to us and keeps our freezer stocked. Every tip and donation helps us discover more frozen finds, cover production costs and improvements, and continue bringing you weekly episodes. Thank you for being part of Froze Nation!
Fro yo' later!
~ The Froze Bros
P.S. Next week we take a pounding. Nobody doesn't like that!
Cheese Pizza Toppings: Sardines and Pickles and Ham, Oh My! (Ep 56)
Cheese Pizza Toppings: Sardines and Pickles and Ham, Oh My! (Ep 56)
Happy Tuesday, Froze Fam!
It's Frozen Food Month, and we're celebrating with a long overdue review of a frozen institution. This week, we welcome back friend-of-the-pod Shaun Downey for Ellio's Cheese Pizza: Sardines and Pickles and Ham, Oh My! (Ep 56).
After a review of Ellio's classic cheese squares, things get…creative. We asked our listeners to submit toppings for a special fan pizza, and the results range from inspired to inedible. Caramelized onions, sardines, anchovies, pickles, artichoke hearts, ham, pineapple, and more all make an appearance. Each Bro also brings their own personal Ellio's creation to the table, with results ranging from gourmet to quite questionable.
Plus: Trader Joe's recalls 3.4 million pounds of chicken. The Bros try to remember grade school math. The Weathermen were not, it turns out, meteorologists. Max pops Romanian rum candies like, well, candy. Shaun tells tales of YMCA poolside summers. And somewhere in Connecticut, Darren cooks with spirits while a blizzard threatens to knock out his power for six days.
FROST BITES
A Name With Three Fathers: Ellio's was founded in 1963 by three Greek immigrants—Elias Betzios, George Liolis, and Manny Tzelios. The brand name is a portmanteau of all three: EL-ias, LI-olis, Tzeli-OS. Manny got the short end of the pizza.
From Buses to Business Woman: After passing through six owners in sixty years—including, yes, the Greyhound bus company—Ellio's finally landed in the hands of Jo-Ann Obergfell, a New Jersey mother who bought the brand in 2020 and turned it into a certified Women-Owned Business. Her first year at the helm? A pandemic. Her first year's sales? 70 million pizzas. Not bad for a new owner inheriting a 50-something-year-old rectangle.
ROM Chocolates: The Romanian rum candies Max was snacking on are actually Romania's national chocolate bar, wrapped in the Romanian flag and sold since 1964. There IS real rum in there—about 0.1%. You'd need to eat an extraordinary amount to feel it. Max was not deterred.
The Weathermen: Darren mentioned the Weathermen during the episode—and no, they were not forecasting snow. The Weathermen were a radical militant group that emerged in 1969 as an offshoot of the Students for a Democratic Society, committing bombings in protest of the Vietnam War and racism. Good intentions. Terrible tactics.
Girl Scout Cookie Season: March is prime Girl Scout cookie season, and yes, of course you can freeze them. Thin Mints are the classic freezer cookie, but honestly any of them benefit from a stint in the cold. Max picked up Caramel Delights and the new Adventurefuls this episode and we're planning an official frozen Girl Scout cookie segment later this month.
YOUR COLD CUTS
Oh, we'll be doing this again! But next time we ask for topping suggestions, go wilder! You were very reasonable this time around and we appreciate it, but we know you have it in you.
In the meantime: what's YOUR Ellio's memory? Pool? Cafeteria? After school? Hit up the Let's Chill page and let us know!
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Your support means the world to us and keeps our freezer stocked. Every tip and donation helps us discover more frozen finds, cover production costs and improvements, and continue bringing you weekly episodes. Thank you for being part of Froze Nation!
Fro yo' later!
~ The Froze Bros
P.S. Next week we're shaking things up—literally. A frozen cocktail mix enters the freezer for the first time, and it comes with quite a name.
Face-Off: Stouffer's vs. Nathan's Mac & Cheese (Ep 55)
Face-Off: Stouffer's vs. Nathan's Mac & Cheese (Ep 55)
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
It's Face-Off time again! We're back with our second frozen food showdown, and this time we're dropping the gloves over mac & cheese. This is Face-Off: Stouffer's vs. Nathan's Mac & Cheese (Ep 55).
On one side: Stouffer's, the veteran player of frozen comfort food since the 1950s. On the other: Nathan's Famous, the upstart from Coney Island making their mac & cheese bowl debut in 2024. Will real cheese sauce score the goal? Can a newcomer outplay the established veteran?
We dig deep into what makes each mac & cheese tick. Along the way, we discover the history of Nathan's as a hot dog stand turned frozen food player, and debate whether these noodles are shells, elbows, or the mysterious “shelbows."
In the closer, Darren makes a frozen margarita using Minute Maid frozen orange juice concentrate—the product being discontinued after nearly 80 years.
FROST BITES
An Apology to Big Y: We owe an apology to Big Y supermarkets. In this episode, Max told Darren that no grocery store makes their own pączki—that they're all mass-produced and shipped in frozen. Turns out, Big Y does make their pączki in their own bakeries. Next year for Fat Tuesday, the Bros are headed to Big Y!
The Margarita Moment: Darren makes a frozen margarita while recording using the soon-to-be discontinued Minute Maid orange juice concentrate. The AI recipe called for a quarter cup of tequila for one drink. Yes, that's heavy. Yes, he found out the hard way.
Valentine's Frozen Finds: Between Lindt chocolates (hidden in Max's freezer) and Arethusa ice cream sandwiches, we discovered that freezing your Valentine's Day treats changes everything. And not always for the better.
The Smucker's Secrets: In frozen food news, J.M. Smucker is suing a former employee for allegedly stealing the trade secrets of Uncrustables. Was it whether the PB or J goes in first? Or what happens to the cut off crusts? And the defendant's last name? It's pronounced "Jammin." No, we can't make this stuff up.
Plus: Why beaver meat tastes like pork, characters in The Little Mermaid universe, and a brief debate over whether waterier or more watery is correct. (Yes, we admit it. We couldn't think of the word wetter.)
YOUR COLD CUTS
Which mac & cheese do you think is a winner? Stouffer's? Nathan's? Something else? Hit up the Let's Chill page and let us know!
And more importantly, have you tried making a frozen margarita with Minute Maid concentrate? Share your experience!
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Your support means the world to us and keeps our freezer stocked. Every tip and donation helps us discover more frozen finds, cover production costs and improvements, and continue bringing you weekly episodes. Thank you for being part of Froze Nation!
Fro yo' later!
~ The Froze Bros
P.S. Next week we finally try a famous frozen pizza and we use your suggestions to customize it with our own toppings!
My/Mochi Mango Ice Cream: Liar, Teaser, Pants in the Freezer (Ep 54)
My/Mochi Mango Ice Cream: Liar, Teaser, Pants in the Freezer (Ep 54)
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Happy Tuesday, Froze Fam!
This week marks a rare calendar convergence: Mardi Gras and Lunar New Year fall on the same day—something that only happens once every nineteen years. We're also celebrating immigrant food traditions. This is My/Mochi Mango Ice Cream: Liar, Teaser, Pants in the Freezer (Ep 54).
Okay, let's be clear from the start. Despite the episode title, My/Mochi isn't the liar here. They do stretch the truth a little with their "since 1993" claim, but the boys on the other hand—your own Froze Bros—come clean as big time liars. You gotta listen to the whole episode to know what we mean.
We're digging into My/Mochi mango ice cream balls, a Japanese-American invention created by Frances Hashimoto in the early 1990s. Darren puts a whole mochi ball in his mouth on a dare (don't do this at home), and we do some deep-dive detective work into who actually invented mochi ice cream and who's profiting from it now.
In the closer, Darren tries frozen pączki (Polish Fat Thursday donuts) and king cake delivered from New Orleans, while Max strikes out at every grocery store in the greater Philadelphia area.
FROST BITES
The Real Inventor: Frances Hashimoto, CEO of Mikawaya confectionery (founded 1910 in Little Tokyo, LA), invented mochi ice cream with her husband in the early 1990s. She was born in a Japanese internment camp in 1943 and became a community leader in preserving Little Tokyo before her death in 2012. Thanks for the yummy treat, Frances!
The Corporate Journey: After Frances died, the company was sold to private equity firm Century Park Capital Partners in 2015. They rebranded as My/Mochi in 2017, sold to Lakeview Capital in 2020, and is now owned by Butter Krust Baking Company (founded 1924). The "since 1993" on the box? That's when Mikawaya began mass production, but My/Mochi the brand didn't exist until 2017.
Zodiac Compatibility: We discover that Darren (Year of the Monkey) and Max (Year of the Rat) are cosmically destined to work together. Monkeys and rats are considered one of the best pairings in Chinese astrology—highly compatible with complementary energies. No wonder the podcast works. It does work, right?
The Pączki Problem: Max tried multiple grocery stores looking for pączki and came up empty every single time. ShopRite's app said they had them. They did not. Weiss Markets' website said they had them. They did not. Darren's Big Y in Connecticut? Hundreds of them, stacked nine or ten boxes high.
Plus: The difference between "a few" and "a handful," what happens when you freeze Bavarian cream, decorating your own king cake from Gambino's in New Orleans, and how two grown men realize they've been telling everyone they know about injected penises. (That Olympic ski jumping scandal story we reported? Yeah, that might have been an "overblown" rumor).
YOUR COLD CUTS
Have you tried mochi ice cream? What's your favorite flavor? And more importantly: did YOU find pączki at your local grocery store, or did Max just get unlucky?
Also—Year of the Horse just started! What's your Chinese zodiac sign? Hit reply and let us know!
ENJOYING THE POD?
Your support means the world to us and keeps our freezer stocked. Every tip and donation helps us discover more frozen finds, cover production costs and improvements, and continue bringing you weekly episodes. Thank you for being part of Froze Nation!
Fro yo' later!
~ The Froze Bros
P.S. Next week it's a Face-Off between two brands of frozen mac and cheese. Speaking of face-offs, go watch the US Olympic hockey teams in Milan. 🏒 You're welcome.
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