Event Recap Chat with Glen Warren of Season's Eatings Podcast

[Jeff Westover]

Food is just a fun area of Christmas to explore

 

[GWarren]

Plus with trading spices and sugar became mainstream during that time

 

[GWarren]

Kings could show off by making things with exotic flavours

 

[Jeff Westover]

So you've got an episode dropping...this week?

 

[GWarren]

Yes, it's exploring the history of stollen

 

[Jeff Westover]

What exactly is stollen?

 

[Jordan Rivers]

The Boar's head would be a good topic

 

[GWarren]

Stollen is a German bread/cake usually made for the holidays filled with dried fruits, spices, marzipan and covered with powdered sugar. Plus some alcohol

 

[Jeff Westover]

oooh....

 

[Jeff Westover]

We need samples

 

[Jeff Westover]

How you going to pull that off?

 

[GWarren]

@Jordan Rivers I have a episode about the boar's head with Duane of Tinsel Tunes. That should come out next month I think

 

[Jordan Rivers]

Great! Isn't Duane in New Zealand?

 

[GWarren]

The best time to make stollen is after Thanksgiving in November. It gives in time to age.

 

[Jeff Westover]

How long does it have to age?

 

[GWarren]

@Jordan Rivers Yes I sent him my recordings

 

[GWarren]

@Jeff A few weeks

 

[Jordan Rivers]

Is the boar a thing in New Zealand?

 

[GWarren]

Just in time for Christmas dinner

 

[GWarren]

Wild boar is a popular meat in the UK.