I’m craving something salty and sour. I’m craving something sweet and chocolatey. I want to eat cotton balls. Not the small ones, but the real big ones. This is a hot dog as a sandwich. Ketchup is a smoothie. Yeah, I put ice in my cereal. So what? That makes no sense. A hot dog is a sandwich. A hot dog is a sandwich. What? Welcome to our podcast, A Hot Dog is a Sandwich, the show we break down the world’s biggest food debates. I’m your host, Josh Sher. And I’m your host, Nicole Initi. And today we have a very special guest joining us for the pod. Today’s guest is one of the funniest people on the internet, a sketch comedy powerhouse, array of chaotic sunshine, and she is hella pregnant. Please welcome the one and only Smoses Amanda Lehan Kento. Wow. That was such a good intro. Nicole wrote it. I just yelled at you. Oh my god, Nicole, you did so well. Thank you so much, Josh. Thanks. I do want to eat cotton balls. That’s about my only addition to this. I would not want to eat cotton balls. I don’t want anything dry right now. Me either. Me either. I want like cold and like wet. It either has to be cold and wet or hot and wet at the same time. Nothing room temp. No thank you. No. No room no room temp here. No. So today I I don’t know listeners if you don’t know. I’m pregnant. Amanda’s pregnant. Josh not pregnant. Megie not pregnant. I have sympathy. I have sympathy cravings right now though for both of you. So you’re welcome. My Eminem path. It I thought you said Eminem. That’s where my brain is at. He said that too. I was like Eminem. I was like talking Eminem bath. I’m like Eminem. What are you talking about? So today you Josh are going to be actually all of us are going to be trying Amanda’s pregnancy cravings as well as mine. And because you’re in charge here, you’re going to deter I think I should take a step back for this one. Like if you really I don’t know that I need to insert myself in here. I want you to be a part of this. I want you to decide who has the better pregnancy cravings. And then whoever has the better pregnancy cravings, hear me out. I get to be named the godfather. Yay. That was already my That’s fine. Sure. I accept. Amanda, I just tell my husband. I’m like, “So, there’s this guy. Um, she’s a chef. Everything I’ve heard about your husband, I think we would be play Call of Duty and grunt in Russian at each other. I think I can do that.” Uh, stop. So, what do the two of you know about pregnancy cravings? Like what have you guys heard like oh cuz I’ve like you were saying before the podcast if you’re craving something like salty that means your body needs it. Do you guys agree with that mentality or I I do I will say like earlier on in my pregnancy I was craving um dairy like a like a maniac like Greek yogurt. I still eat Greek yogurt every day but like milk Greek yogurt cheese. I would dream about it. And I brought up to my friend and she’s like yeah you need more calcium. Like you’re growing baby’s bones right now. I think it was at like 12 weeks or something. Really? So now I take like 1,000 milligs of calcium every night. Excellent. And didn’t realize that until my body was like that’s what you need. That’s incredible. Oh, that’s what I believe. That’s funny. I I always I always assumed pregnancy cravings were like weird and gross, right? That’s that’s the that’s the stereotype. Peanut butter and pickles. That became a real thing. This just looks like a bunch of delicious food I want to eat. Um what does it mean if my body constantly craves carnneada burritos? What do you think I’m lacking? I don’t I was going to say empathy, but you said you’re an empath, so I don’t know if that’s true. Empathy. Um I don’t know. We all have that college kid in us. It sounds delicious. But if you are craving like dirt, that’s a real pah. That’s a real thing that you are missing. And I don’t know what it is. I don’t know what it is either, but I’ve heard people like they they like dog food. They like eat the they like eat things that are not made for human consumption. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I remember Shayen Woodley talking about um she was in Zimbabwe and a Zimbabwean cab driver told her that it was healthy to eat clay, so she started eating clay, but I think it more plays to what you were talking about of people being iron deficient and they’re being iron. So, did she eat clay? Yeah. Yeah. I think she started selling clay via goop or something as well. Oh, nice. So cute. Well, we had um Simone on last meals and she had edible clay as part of her last meal and then she’s like, “Oh, I’ve been vegan for the last 5 years.” And it’s like I I think it’s an iron deficiency. Tested since I clay. I ate it with it. It was not terrible. It’s kind of like fine. You ever You ever have a Neco wafer? Yeah. Yeah. I’m not 90 years old, so no. Neco wafers are closer to clay than they are to most powdery. They’re like powdery dust, but very hard. It’s kind of like how I feel about mering. And I know a lot of people don’t agree with me, but like I don’t like hardened mering. It feels like dust to me. I love hardened. Have either of you gone down like uh like some of the weird more alt paths of like pregnancy nutrition? You know, like do you have any weird gurus that you follow that aren’t backed by science? Like odd doulas on the internet? I definitely follow some odd doulas on the internet. Like you’re like drinking lavender tinctures and stuff like that or I don’t know like No, I’m not drinking lavender. I am drinking like chrysanthemum tea with honey, but I don’t think I was told though that you shouldn’t have chamomile and um herbal teas. Yeah, herbal te’s cuz they make you like crampy. Yeah, no herbal te. But I I I will say my Instagram will not let me rest. I just want to see funny things. And it is only doulas. It is only births. Yeah. It’s only like I tore I’m like it’s only all these things where I tore here’s my story. Yeah. Here’s my story. And it’s like hey when you’re there make sure you advocate for yourself. But I’m like, “Okay, I get that.” But like, can I just watch someone like, you know, falling into the water by accident? Yeah. So, I guess there’s doulas that I follow that give me most of them are pretty sweet. I don’t know. I’ll be on Birth. I’m using my doctor solely and he’s a nice guy. So, yeah, I’m using I’m using my doc and like some friends. Yeah. That will go I mean, do you really want to hear this? And I go, yeah, I do. I do. I do. What have you two compared notes on like your diets? Because I know there’s so many things. I’m gonna talk from like the ignorant like sis male perspective here. Good. Um, someone needs to. But no, I I just hear of all the things that pregnant people aren’t supposed to eat and it seems like the list gets longer and longer as time goes on. Um, what are the things that you’ve like decided to completely avoid? And what are the things that you’re like, I can have some baloney? I’ll tell you what I’ve started. So, I have completely nixed high mercury fish from my diet. So, no tuna, no shark, no um swordfish. Like no tuna salad sandwiches. Like when I go get sushi, like I’m not going to get like a spicy tuna crispy rice. Um I don’t have any deli meats whatsoever. Yep. Nothing from the deli period. Like I like will I get a deli salad? Like Yeah, like a like a chicken salad from the deli. I’ll do that. But like I won’t get like something sliced off of like the machine is a nogo. Once you hear about lististeria, you’re like no. Yeah. No. Um what else? Um my steaks. I still do a medium, sometimes medium rare. I am with you 100%. I do that, too. I’m like a medium medium rare, right? And it’s okay, right? Um I do no herbal teas. I just said that. What else do I do? Um I try I try to stay away from raw seafood, but cooked seafood, love it. Had some a few days ago whenever we were at VidCon and it was delicious. It’s wild because seafood’s like my favorite food. And there are two things that’s my favorite food and I just couldn’t do it during this pregnancy is literally fish and fried chicken. I like Oh wow. No fried chicken. Couldn’t touch it. What’s wrong with fried chicken? It’s my favorite food, but I couldn’t touch it during my whole pregnancy. Oh my goodness. I don’t know. It made me sicky. Okay. Oh, it wasn’t Somebody told you no fried chicken. It was your own. No one told me that, but someone did tell me that. I didn’t realize. They were like, “Oh, stay away from tiramisu, creme brulee, and Caesar dressing cuz there’s uncooked eggs.” And I’m like, “Right, okay.” Tiramisu. Yeah. Tiramisu has uncooked eggs sometimes. What the hell are the uncooked eggs in tiramisu? The mascar pone filling. Yeah. What? What? That’s not uncooked eggs and masarone filling. Yeah. Yeah. The egg yolks are mixed with the sugar and then they put the mascar. Isn’t it heated? Sometimes some people not. Here’s the thing. That was something that I was kind of like I could and I I just I just ended up avoiding it. Fair fair. I eat runny eggs sometimes. I think like they’re good. So, it’s fine. A lot of the foods you shouldn’t eat when you’re pregnant are also just foods that you shouldn’t eat when you’re not pregnant if you really want to avoid food born illness, right? Like that’s the general I will say deli meat. I was a little bit like, huh, I love a turkey sandwich. Yeah. But I’m also just like, huh, lististeria. But there there are a ton like I used to write a lot about food safety and there are so many lististeria outbreaks in deli meats because they’re just sealed in package and they’re wet as hell. They sit there. But I’ve always been shocked that bagged salad has not been on the list. Did anybody tell you not to eat bagged salad? No one told me that. But I I’m very fearful of bagged salad and lettuce in general cuz I’ve never been sicker until like I had bad spinach one time. So I wash. Someone died from spinach in my hometown at the at the sue plantation. Eoli and the spinach. Yeah. Poor guy. And when things aren’t cooked like that’s where even when you’re talking about like a medium like a medium steak, right? medium steak is 140 145. Uh like thank you. Um but temperature of like instakill temperature pasteurization temperature is generally what like 140 but held over time. So if you have that like medium steak, the risks are very very low. Even compared to a rare steak that’s 120 where the ecoli can still survive stuff like that. So for me a lot of that stuff makes sense. But I’ve always been fascinated by like the raw produce thing, you know, or if like it’s a thing. Yeah. You just got to wash it really well. I don’t use bag sal. I’ve never been a bag salad person either. Crushing it doesn’t actually do that much cuz the only way to kill bacteria is again I told you I have a lot of opinions and I want pregnant people should eat. How do you kill bacteria on lettuce? On lettuce. Cook it. I’m not cooking lettuce. My ass off. No, I mean like washing it does do something. But as far as like actually being safe, it seems like lettuce uh too late for me. But um the damage has been done. The damage is done. This baby’s cooked. Like literally my OB was like, “So your baby’s just kind of getting fat at this point.” And I was like, “Oh, so I I can eat whatever I want, right?” Kind of. I have another question about pregnancy. So, you know how grass-fed grass-fed cows, right? They generally will be like grass-fed grain finished cuz like you feed it on grass to develop all the muscular whatever, but then you want a little bit of fat on a little bit of fat on the cow as it gets to slaughter. Are you asking? And you feed it on grains. Is that the same with pregnancy where it’s like, “All right, you eat healthy. brain finished couch. Definitely. That’s exactly what I’m asking. You like eat healthy to nurse a baby, but then in like the last two weeks, it’s like, all right, you were doing well, John. Let’s beef it up, you know. No, I Yes, I actually I I think that I don’t know. My OB just kind of She’s not super intense about what I’m eating. Mine neither. She like does not ask me what I’m eating. Yeah, my doctor doesn’t She just straight up ask me about working out. Yeah, like more like how active are you? Not like are you working out? Not like hey what’s your bench at? Three rep max, not one rep. She’s like how active are you? Okay, good. That’s good. Just to like figure out the position of the baby. Right. Sure. Sure. Cuz right now like you for you it doesn’t matter what the position is yet. For me it does. Yeah. Are you sitting backwards on a couch yet? We got to get you backwards on a couch. No, I haven’t sit backwards on a couch yet. We’re going to have you sit backwards. I have another question about pregnancy. What’s up? I love this position. I love how you were talking about how Shane will be like like are you comfortable with me asking how you are? And I’m just like so grass-fed cows right before they slaughter. We’re all animals. We’re all Would we be Well, no, no, no. I’m asking like you’re talking about like like loading the baby for for birth, right? Like positioning it cuz you want it to come out head first, not feet first. Feet first like a big bad head first. Head facing spine. Head facing spine. I never thought about that. Cuz the facing head facing spine. Yeah, you have a head facing spine. It’s fine. And so you can do things to manipulate the position of your baby. There’s like things that like help you the baby flip. Not everybody, but and if you can’t do it, then your OB will try to help you. Did you ever play those those little games where it’s like water and there’s like a little ball that drops through the water and you have to like adjust it to get it to land on a platform? It’s like that but with your body, but like with amniotic fluid instead of water. Exactly. Yeah. But the ball’s like really big. Yeah. Like really and like hard like kicking at you, fighting back, you know? Oh, yeah. That’s why. Is there a position most babies prefer to be in in the womb? Like they’re like prefer well like where they’re comfortable. Yeah. Yeah. They change throughout. So like they’ll essentially in your second trimester, they’re kind of doing their own. They’re swimming around. They’re touching they’re touching their feet. They’re kind of like doing hiccups. Not actual hiccups. They call the going up and down hiccups. and they’re kind of just I I think but at a certain time and I don’t know what triggers them to do it. They are like, “Oh, I gotta go down there. I got to put my head down.” Oh, they know. They know. But it does help if you’re in a if you kind of put your body in specific positions. Sure. Sure. Sure. Like you want your you want your butt to be a little higher than your knees often. Does that make sense? Yeah. Yeah. cuz now I’m imagining you don’t want to be like crouched the baby’s going to be like that’s so fun. Thank you for educating me. I love the question. I think some people get a little like freaked out like I don’t know about you but when I go to like check out of the grocery store whatever it’s usually men who go oh my god you’re expecting like when you know like and I never find it an issue. I I like it cuz I’m like I’m pretty pregnant at this point but there are a lot of people who are like I don’t want to ask. I can’t believe that person asked you when I Right. Right. Right. That’s weird. I don’t really mind. Um I don’t know. I’m like I don’t look that pregnant right now. So I’m still in that in between where people are like they don’t know how to approach me. So some people that know me, they’re like, “Oh my god, you’re pregnant. Oh my god, so crazy.” And some people they just look Yes. Yeah. And it’s like what? Whatever. Okay. Thanks for looking. So Julia has recently put a moratorium on me going up to people and asking if they’re a celebrity that I think they are because I’m 0 for three. Don’t do that. Yeah. So I’ve done that a couple times. But the point is the point is uh the fear of going up to somebody and going, “Oh my god, when are you due?” And them being like, “I’m not pregnant.” That would put me off of asking anybody that ever. And I’ve never done that. But knowing, it’s very scary. I I get it. It’s very scary. But when you are on the other side of it, when you are really pregnant and like you might need help. Yeah. To like get your get your stuff to the car, you’re kind of like, “Please help me.” I am. And I really thought Gary Senise was at my gym. Who’s that? Gary Senise. Uh, Lieutenant Dan. I don’t know who the Yeah. No, he wasn’t. It wasn’t. It was a guy that looked like Gary Senise. I said, “Hey, Gary Senise.” And he said, “What?” And I said, “I’m so sorry. Are you Gary Senise?” And he said, “No, my name is Daniel.” And I said, “Oh, that’s all right.” And then I was like, well, have a hey, have a you have a great workout. That’s so awkward. Are you a fan of Gary Senise or anyway? So I I would be so scared of that, but we need a hand signal for pregnant women to be like, I need help. It’s normally like this. Honestly, I think that the signal the rubbing of the stomach. Yeah. Yeah. The hand on the the hand and like the arm on the belly is I think I think probably don’t I think actually don’t ask anyone if they’re pregnant unless they’re doing the Buddha. People at work are saying that I’m like uh talking to my crystal ball. Like I’m just like I’m just like seeing the future. That’s me like postChinese buffet though where I’m just sitting there just kind of like Exactly. So anyone could actually potentially. You know what? Don’t listen to my advice at all. What we are going to do is eat some stuff cuz I’m hungry. Are you guys Are you pregnant? No. I went to the Mongolian noodle station twice. Okay. So I thought it’d be nice if we started with both of our cravings right now, which is true fru. Wait, this is on both your list? Hell yeah. This is on my non-pregant list. So I as So I asked him and I said like, “Give me your list.” And then I saw that we had the same thing and I’m like, “Oh my god, this is incredible.” True fruits. There’s literally they’re literally chocolate covered fruits. Could we make this at home? Yeah. Do I want to? Absolutely never. I don’t ever want to do that. No, because there’s peanut butter in this and and the banana ones are actually my favorite. I started with the raspberries and felt really good about it, but then I moved to the bananas. I’ve only had the banana. Raspberries are great. The raspberries are my favorite, but this is a close second. Trufu Mhm. is incredible. What a lovely treat. What is it about trufu that that really uh speaks to you and and your baby? Well, I don’t know. My sister sent it to me and I was like, what is this? It feels like you’re kind of you can indulge. So, you can have 10 and be like fruit fine, right? It feels like you can indulge and I don’t feel like crap after. Like eating a lot of ice cream for me is fun in the moment and then I kind of die a little bit. Exactly. This is like my alternative to ice cream as well. It makes me feel it makes me feel like I’m making a better decision for me and my baby. So that that feeling of guilt is is interesting because I think so many people have they already have food guilt, right? You eat a bunch of ice cream, feel bad. But like has that changed for you like being pregnant? Mhm. man, for me, very much so. Especially like being a woman in the entertainment industry is there. You’re so scrutinized about your weight all the time. All the time. And also this whole idea of like bouncing back. I think for me, I really enjoyed especially in my second trimester when my appetite cuz the first was really rough really second trimester when I had a full appetite. I was like food is so good. It nourishes your body. It’s so delicious. You can have such a good time with it. And it was like, you can go two different ways, but I felt like I was like, I enjoy food. It’s keeping me alive. It’s keeping this baby alive. And seeing it that way, it was like, I’m going to let myself eat food, right? Like, eat food. Absolutely. And your body is very intuitive. Like, if you’re craving something, you need it. You need fruit. The one thing I’ve constantly told myself is I’m going to honor my cravings because it’s not just me, right? There’s another thing going on in there. So, it’s I think it’s vital to not it’s not indulging, it’s honoring your body and listening to what it’s saying and saying, “Okay, this is what you want right now. Listen to it.” Agreed. I’m inspired to honor my body after this. Yeah, you should. No, I mean I mean honestly like I you know uh try to like eat healthy, whatever, but I know I do have that like that instinct of like self shame, you know, but I also know that like transferring that instinct to somebody else is also terrible. And like I don’t know, you know, if you read to your if you read to your baby in the womb or you play classical music, they turn out more smarter. I think I heard someone say that commercial. My husband plays techno. My husband plays techno. Yeah, she’s a big fan of Acon. She likes smack that. Smack that. So good. What is there like does your baby turn out more differently if you eat more different foods? I mean, I don’t know. Don’t I couldn’t tell you. I don’t know. But I will say like nourish your body and it it has made me go even, you know, when I have the baby, I’m going to be like there’s no point sitting there just like thinking and feeling guilty about the thing you just ate. It’s done. It’s done. You did it. Like I don’t know. I’m at this point where it’s like stay active. Eat what you need to eat and uh you’re nourishing your body and have some vegetables. Like have some vegetables, have some fruit, but also, you know, live your life a little bit. You don’t have to go ham. You don’t have to go ham. You can’t even eat ham. Actually, don’t eat the ham. Yeah. Don’t eat ham. Yeah. So, let’s start with some of yours. Do you want to explain what what we have here? Do you want me to explain what we have here? I for Yeah. Okay. So, the first thing that I saw was banana bread with slabs of butter. Yeah. Now I understand this thoroughly because butter is a very important food that I am eating as well. I love butter. I have been consuming so much butter. Yep. In so many different forms. Yep. Cuz it it feels so Also, my husband loves butter so much. And I used to be like that’s way too much butter, honey. And now I’m like butter. Banana bread. Also bread. Just bread in general. Uhhuh. Yeah. I’m a big PB&J girl right now. Oh, PB&J. PB&J. I What I do is I make a PB&J with sea salt. And it’s so sexy. Oh my god. Toast. I was having toast with jelly and a little bit of peanut butter today with my decaf iced coffee and it was delicious. I am having caffeine. I am having caffeine. But like a little bit. I have a coffee a day. I have an espresso a day and I’m happy with it. And I could have four, but I choose to only have one. Isn’t that so delicious? I want to be pregnant, too. Oh, you made a sandwich. Yeah, it’s like we all eat it differently. I love this. Josh made a sandwich. Amanda slathered the butter. And I just I just bit right into the slab. Now it’s like a cake. Well, you should know that when your partner is pregnant, you the other partner eats pretty much what? They have no They have no choice. Have either of your partners gone sober? No. No. He went Sorry, didn’t mean to bring. No, not at all. He went sober while we were trying to get pregnant. So like no alcohol, no cigarettes. He was eating really healthy, working out a lot. And then once he found he’s like, “All right, time to party.” That’s ex same thing. Now he’s like, “Frozen pizza?” Yeah. I forgot to mention frozen pizza. Or maybe I had it. Frozen pizza. I don’t know what or why. Oh my gosh. It’s okay. I love frozen pizza. But frozen over like delivery. Delivery is just going to break the bank in LA. Let’s be real. A 10 in is like $24. Honestly, Whole Foods frozen pizza is so good. And I know that’s wild. Underrated. Underrated. So good. Underrated. You enjoy that. This is so good. This pregnancy has been sponsored by DeJouro, our new rising croissant crust pizza. All right. Totally. You enjoy that. And I’m going to explain the next one. So, ube ice cream was on your list. Ube is a purple yam found in the Philippines. Yep. Um, I got you two kinds. You’re amazing. I wanted you to try the boba one. And then we also have the ube with macakapuno, which is co young coconut, right, Josh? Oh, sorry. It’s pretty melted. Sorry about that. Oh, wow. Watch out for that computer. But it’s fine. Um, I’m going to eat I’m going to eat the coconut one because why not? Oh my god, it’s so melted. I’m so sorry. Oh my god. Don’t be sorry. Oh my god. I like it. It gets in your bloodstream faster when it’s melted. Mhm. Oh. What is it about ube you love so much? It’s not super sweet. Oh, fair. I don’t like super sweet. Okay, good. Um, and also like I don’t know. It’s It’s also like What is I I I like different flavors for ice cream. Okay. I love lavender, earl grey, like rose, saffron. Beautiful. Um, have you been to Mashi Malone? Of course. It’s my favorite ice cream place. Nice. Mhm. Persian ice cream all day. I was just going to mention that Mashi Malones is my favorite ice cream place. Persian ice cream. What did I have there, though? Oh, cucumber. Yeah. Yes. Cuz it’s not like a sorbet. God, it’s not like light and fresh. No, it’s like heavy cream cucumber. It’s awesome. It’s delicious. You and I have the ex I’ve never met anybody with the exact same taste of ice cream as me. I too because um I rarely know anyone either. Yeah. No, I once ruined an entire office pizza party or not pizza party, ice cream party. I once ruined an entire office ice cream party because the only flavors I got were uh rose and and lavender. In fairness, I got it. It was saffron rose. I’m team saffron rose. Um but it was because I was trying to break the world record for most ice cream scoops in a single cone. So, I need a lot of ice cream. And I was like, “Everyone’s gonna love the lavender and rose that I picked out.” And everyone was like, “This tastes like perfume.” Yeah, people. So, I brought my mom and sister to Mash Malones and they were like, “It’s just too It’s too flowery.” And I’m like, I that’s the point. It’s supposed to be good. So, so that’s So, like ube ube is one of my faves. Really, really good. Um, it’s delicious. But yeah, that’s the kind of ice cream that I want. Also, it’s very refreshing. Yeah. But no, not a lot of people enjoy it. That’s fun. It’s fun to see a part of yourself in another person. I’m glad you guys are bonding. No. Oh my god. Oh my god. Josh, it’s just the carne sada burrito sitting there. And then finally, we have straight up broth. Yep. Chicken broth. We got to do it. I’m so sorry that you guys have this. I’m sorry if it’s not that warm. That’s okay. But um I love this because I love sipping on broth, too. I love what I love to do is I love to walk around with like a secret in my cup. Everyone thinks it’s coffee. Nope. It’s not coffee. It’s broth. It’s broth. Wait, so you’ve been you’ve been doing broth? I’ve been I I’ve been doing this before. Like I used to I’ve been doing this for years. Walking around with a cup of broth is like my little secret. For most people, that’s like a little bit of scotch, you know, in their cup. But no, you’re you’re just broth. Yes. We love the chicken broth. Well, my husband loves to like cook whole chickens and then he’ll make broth and then freeze it. Well, bless you. And I just would heat it up and drink it. Also, I don’t know if you felt like sick in your first trimester. I didn’t have a single bout of morning sickness. I never threw up. I was never nauseous. I don’t know what was going on, but I’m actually nauseous like around now, which sucks. That’s okay. That’s okay. That kind of makes sense. I think it’s probably the start of your heartburn or something. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh my god. If I could have Tums as one of my items here, it would be Tums. Oh, Pepsidac is my It’s Pepsidac is my baby. That is morning and night, honey. Oh my gosh. The amount of Tums I consume should be illegal. That That’s why that’s why you’re probably not having much of not an appetite, but like probably why you’re feeling a little nauseous. Yeah. In the morning, but like my first my first trimester tough. I could only have fruit and maybe some broth. No way. Saltines only to get out of bed. Couldn’t even get out of bed. I I know I’m a rare case and I know a lot of people do have more I think I think 80% of women experience morning sickness in some degree. It’s like all day sickness. But it’s not you’re not thr I mean there’s a lot of people who throw up but I I was not I just felt car sick 24/7. Oh that’s almost worse cuz I feel like when you vomit it like relieves you you know but you never get that full like sense of relief. I know. And when I found out I was pregnant I was in um a potato costume for like a week at Smosh. No way. Yes. Yes I was. And I was like I want to be dead. But I had a big slab of butter right here on the potato costume. That’s incredible. Shooting for Spud Hut. So, I would just rub the butter and I was just like, “I love you butter.” And people would make jokes. They’re like, “Oh my god, you look pregnant.” And I was like, “No, I don’t. No, I don’t. No, I don’t. That’s so rude. Shut up. Shut up.” Okay. All three of yours were delicious. I must say that banana bread with the slab of butter really sent me. I like the the ube ice cream because that is also one of my favorite flavors, but I don’t know. It feels like um feel like you’re going to give birth to a little foodie baby. Oh, yeah. You know, little Anthony Bourdain in there. You ready? Minus the addiction issues. You ready for a hard pivot, guys? Did a lot of heroin. Yeah. Go ahead. Hard pivot. Okay. So, the first thing I want you guys to try, I don’t know why my body craves Vegemite. Hell yes. Whoa, this is a hard pivot. So, this morning alone, I had two Vegemite toast. This is about to be my third one. It’s toast. What is butter? I’ll tell you right now. It’s toast with butter and veg. I want you guys to have I cut into little fours. Um, so cute. Thank you so much. Someone’s going to be Can I ask about the cook on this toast? Was that It’s a little hard. Yeah, it’s hard. I like it. It’s hoard. I like it. I like a hoorde. It’s a hoorde toast. I like a hoard toast. Um, Vegemite is a yeast extract and it’s like the most imagine soy sauce that has been cooked down for like 40 hours and then they throw in a little bit of salt and then a little bit more salt and then like a few like uh what is it called? Nutritional yeast flakes in it. Okay. I don’t know why I’m obsessed with this. I love Vegemite. You love Vegemite? Oh my god. Okay. It just tastes like salted butter. Right. Right. There’s almost this cheesiness that kind of washes over you. Cheese washing over me. Yum. Yum. Yum. Oh, it means a lot to me that you guys are eating this. This is like scratching like a a psychobiological itch that you have. Oh my god. You don’t even know like how it like I would if I could eat it with a spoon. I I can’t do that cuz I’ll get sick. But if I could just eat it with a spoon like Nutella, I would. Oh, Nutella. Don’t even get me started on And apparently this is ve uh Vegemite is very high in folic acid, which I didn’t know. I had no idea. Good or bad? Very good for pregnant. Very good for Yeah. You take it in your prenatal. Yeah. Yeah. So I had no idea. I’m like, “Oh my god, there’s so much there’s so much folic acid in this.” Hell yeah. So, I’ve just been mainlining folic acid. Is that Do you like it? It’s like a deep salt. It’s a deep savory salty flavor with the butter and like toast. Imagine it like a little bit warmer. Oh my god. I actually do really like it. It kind of Yeah, it’s like It does taste like soy sauce, but like I don’t know. It feels like it’s deep. Yeah, deep is the right way to explain. It’s deep flavor. I like the toast, too. Honestly, that’s how I toast my toast. Very good. No, that that was not me complaining about the toast, but I was literally wondering if your body was like craving slightly burnt foods. No, you know, I just like a toast. I just like toast everything now. I’m like, it’s a clue. So now, yeah, you’re on a mission to investigate. What is in cornflakes book pregnancy? Pregnancy by Josh for men. So this next thing is chocolate with cornflakes in it. So Levi Sport. Yeah, I’ve actually never had the Ritter Sport one. I’ve been like really enjoying the um the Trader Joe’s one. M Oh my god. There’s something about it, baby. The crunchy and the milkiness. They marry together and they make the most delicious chocolate eat. I don’t eat chocolate like this. That is deep. I will say I eat that before Mhm. pregnancy. Mhm. I love chocolate. I love I love having chocolate bars in the house. That’s like my favorite thing cuz after dinner you just want a little a little bit little something. Mhm. I like dark chocolate but I never I never reach for milk chocolate but milk chocolate and corn flakes. Yum. Heaven scent. Delicious. Also cornflake ice cream. Yeah. Yeah. I agree with you. Mhm. I need a break. Wow. It’s the savory. It’s the savoriness in the ice cream. You like savoriness and ice cream. It’s like ube. You said that’s just like a plant and the lavender floralness too. Yeah. Funny. That’s delish. And then the piece to Oh, no. Well, there’s Taco Bell. I’m not a doctor, but I feel like Taco Bell can’t be ostensibly like nothing at Taco Bell can be ostensibly good for a baby debate. Well, I’ve been eating three of the view. A lot of a lot of pregnant people love like crave fast food like is a lot of craving calorie density cuz like like the the amount of butter on the banana bread. It might be. It might be. Well, also like I don’t know about you, but during my first trimester, I was so lazy. I’m like, I’m not cooking. What the f? I’m not putting my body through standing up and shaking a pan. So, I barely cooked at home. Taco Bell was my savior. Like when I was driving home from work cuz I have like a long commute home. I live in West LA. So, from Burbank to West LA, it’s like kind of annoying. I would stop at any Taco Bell if I would see one. I just like I was like, you save my life. So, in here, I have the following, which is my order every single time. Um, it’s a cheesy gordita crunch and then a cheesy double beef burrito, no rice, add potatoes, and then about 12 fire sauces. The cheesy double beef burrito, no rice potatoes. That That is a classic. Yeah, I really do. If I eat that right now, I’m going to vomit. That’s where you’re at right now. I’ll take one for the team. I’ll take one for the team. Josh, try the burrito. Let me tell you right now, it is so You want a burrito? Yeah, I got to try a little bit. I will say I’ve had Taco Bell twice in my life. I’m not kidding. Not because I I spin on fast food, but just Taco Bell specifically. I grew up with like Burger King and Wendy’s. So, I got one. I got to rip it in half. Yeah. Rip this in half. Don’t forget the fire sauces, guys. Don’t forget the fire sauses. Go. Wow. Josh, give her a fire sauce. I’m going I want a how-to book on eating food while you’re pregnant written by Josh. I think that’d be so fun. You got to rip this really fast. 1 2 3 go. I’m donating all my proceeds to Pregnant Women International. Brave. Okay. What’s in this puppy? So, it’s cheese, sour cream, fiesta strips, and double beef. And then instead of the rice, I put potatoes in it. You guys, it is so good. It is so good. Mhm. Watching you guys eat it means a lot to me. Like, watch I don’t know. I don’t think you guys understand. Watching you two eat my pregnancy cravings has unlocked a a part of my heart that I didn’t think was possible. Doesn’t it feel good? Like when you guys ate that much butter. I was really really grateful. It made me feel so seen. Yeah. I feel seen very sweet. Okay. This is actually really good. Enjoy my love. Enjoy. I feel like I can now empathize with both of your babies. I feel in some way I am your baby. Yeah. That’s good. You know that’s also the second part of your book. This is so creepy. Be the baby. Why is that creepy? What’s this hidden chapter in this book? I am your baby and it’s just a picture of you surrounded by food in a wildly upsetting costume. I’m not going to say what it is, but it is wildly upsetting. He’s been in a diaper more than once. I love it. I love it. You and a very specific subset of people on TikTok really love it. Mhm. Mhm. I need you to tell me, Josh, my friend. I need to tell me, Josh, who had the best pregnancy cravings? And if you can be honest. Oh, yeah. I I this is such a stupid thing to rank. I will say that means a lot. It means a lot. It means a lot to me. I I I like the Vegemite on toast. To me, that’s like that’s hyper specific. It’s ultra delicious. Um I love the corn flakes and the chocolate. That’s fun. But I think as far as like storytelling goes as far as utter insanity of certain butter portions, and I mean that in a good way. Like I actually really love what you said about, you know, your body like craving nutrition, honoring those cravings. Food is fuel for you, you know, and um whatever are baby babies are technically parasites by definition. Sure. And whatever’s growing inside you, but that’s the end of your book. Parasites, question mark. We’re selling feweries. I got to give the win to Amanda on this one. I did not think that you would give the win to me cuz when you asked about my cravings, I will say every time I tell people my cravings, they’re like, “Oh, okay.” They’re not like, “That’s not crazy.” And I was like, “Yeah, okay. What are you expecting?” But it’s what I’m craving. I’m like craving the nutrientrich. Wow. So, I’m honored. Welld deserved. I’m honored. But this is I’m honored that you’re going to name your baby after me. Uh-huh. All right, Nicole and Amanda, we’ve heard what you and I have to say. Now, it’s time to find out what other wacky ideas are rattling out there in the universe. Time for a little segment. Maybe we call opinions are like casserles. Just a second. Weird. Stop that segment weird. Listen, my voice my voice is cracked. We were just We were at the VidCon and we were yelling at a lot of people, screaming, screaming. People were screaming at us. People are screaming at us. They’re like, “What are you doing here? You’re too pregnant.” And I was like, “No.” Um, people were screaming at us because we played Family Feud against a group of YouTubers called Crew. And um, turns out with a K. They had about 15 times the amount of fans that we did and and a lot of them tended to be young, which is great. We love the new generation. But um they were actively booing us when we got answers right and cheering when we got answers right. Incredible. It was incredible. It made me feel so good. It was like I felt evil. I felt you feel good. I went like this at one point. I was like, isn’t that so fun when all the fans boo you? We had a 300 point lead at some point in Family Feud. I just want to go, are these your heroes? Are you not entertained? Uh, we ended up losing it. It was really fun though, but um screaming to the kids. Uh, Maggie, should we get to that first opinion? Yeah, let’s do it. Hi, Josh and Nicole and Amanda. My opinion is that pickles dipped in honey are so good. And apparently it’s a pregnancy craving, but I’m not pregnant and I’ve never been pregnant. But yeah, it’s very good. I recommend it. Wow. Okay. Let’s say you I say it sounds like salty and sweet. I guess that could work. It to me it feels so like liquid on liquid. Yeah. I don’t know how you would dip it in honey. You know what I mean? Like it’s not porous enough to pick it up. Kind of sloth off the wet, right? Hear me out. Bread and butter pickles. Ever heard of them? That’s what I was going to say. Why don’t you just do that? Actually, wait. I I would have a sandwich with like honey hot chicken with pickles. Okay, that sounds good. That sounds delicious. Actually, is adding a ton of honey to a pickle brine. Sounds really nice. Yeah, there’s the honey mustard pickles, the the famous ones that are at the farmer and Kaylin and Kaylin. I’ve not had those great. Oh, you got to go to the farmers market and get a pickle flight. They have like you can choose from five different pickles. I love pickles. And they’re very creative. Okay. I I would love someone who’s more knowledgeable on this to expound on it, but there’s got to be some sort of link between pickles and hormones, right? Because pickles and pregnancy cravings are a huge thing. I don’t know how many trans people you’ve talked to, but I’ve talked to a lot who when they transition say they crave pickles. No way. What? Maybe it’s the vine. I think this is supportive and not offensive. Uh I just think it’s really cool. But like I would love to learn more about the link between pickles and hormone shift, you know? I love that too. So your second book was when coming when is it coming out? Pickles and hormones the sharer story. But I will say I I loved I love pickles before pregnancy and I love them during. I don’t know what it is. I also hear that pickles also spark your appetite. Like I don’t know if it’s the vinegar or fermentation salt. Like there’s gen I mean the the the world over has eaten pickles for for millennia. Yeah. I ate a pickle a day. Yeah. Me too. I had a pickle. Ate a Bubbies pickle a day. Hell yeah. Bubbies. I think that’s my like is that it a probiotic at that point? A prebiotic? Yeah, Bubbies is certainly lacto fermented. Yeah. Yeah, pretty much. That’s that’s that’s my med that’s my medicine. Anyone pregnant people and trans people, chime in in the chat about your love love or hatred of pickles. This is I’ve never I don’t have hard data on this. This is all anecdotal. I’ve never heard of the link from of trans people and pickles. You want to do some googling on that? I would love to hear more about that. It might have been like two trans people and I’m like that’s a trend. Uh, but with Honey. Yeah, I’m in. Yeah. Hey guys, this is Emily. I’m from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Lancaster. And I’m calling because I want to know your opinion that I am excited and expecting my fourth child. And one of the first things that always happens to me when I’m pregnant is my smell gets intensified dramatically. Mhm. Uh like to the point where it’s overwhelming sometimes. So my thing is that normally um like one of my favorite things is pepperoni pizza, but when I’m pregnant, I can’t take the pepperoni. It’s just like too overpowering and I always choose cheese. So I’m wondering if you guys have anything that’s one of your favorite foods, but if it was more intense, it would turn in to one of the worst things. So thanks. Love listening to you guys. See you. Yeah, 100%. It’s It was impossible for me to go in like our trash room. I also walked by a neighbor and they just put out fresh manure and I think I was seven weeks and had it was a very bad time. It was a very bad moment. And I was just mentioning to you oregano and thyme, right? Um can’t can’t smell it. Can’t do it. Can’t do it. Can’t do it. You feel that? Um yeah. The smell of my fridge has been wreaking havoc on me for the past 3 weeks. It doesn’t matter. Like I’ve cleaned it. My husband’s cleaned it. Like, it doesn’t matter. It’s just the fridge. Something’s in there. No, I’ve I’ve I’ve purged it. I’ve purged it. You got a demon in there. I’ve scrubbed it. No, it might not be something bad. It might be something in there that smells That’s fine. I don’t know. But whenever It’s weird whenever I like am rushing out of the house and I open my fridge, I smell it and I throw No. Yeah. It’s it’s I think it’s the combination of I have to get out of the house with a jarring smell of the fridge cuz like whenever I’m at home and like I open my fridge like it’s not a problem. Like I can exist like oh whatever I’m opening my fridge. Whenever I’m like I have to leave right now let me just get a water bottle. Oh my god it I literally I have to sit down for like 20 minutes. Is it like when you’re rushing is maybe your body’s like I don’t know like pumping up your the heat in your body. Or you’re like having stress maybe. Maybe it’s because when I’m like stressed and I’m like rushing is when my heartburn is here and I don’t know if it’s like stress or something that’s like causing Sure. It might be stress related. I want to get in your fridge. Come on in. Cuz when when I hear another person pregnant who’s like I this didn’t make me feel well. It just reminds me of my first trimester and I’m like I want to help. I want to get in there. But I don’t know. I just got to calm down. I just got to calm down probably. As an ally to pregnant people everywhere as I think I’ve demonstrated today. If you need me to do any smelly work around your house, I am not discussed about it all. But you wouldn’t be able. So we have superwoman powers. Sure. Okay. When we’re pregnant, you would have to identify it and then send me in there is our smell is like intense. You’re like Daredevil. Yeah. Sometimes. Exactly. We’re like blind daredevil and we’re just basically like what is that smell? And and anybody will be like, “What are you talking about?” Yeah. I sometimes have to like be like, “Oh, it’s cuz I’m pregnant.” Yeah. Other people’s smells bother me sometimes. My my own smell. I’m like, “What?” I’m like, “What is going on?” Yep. It sucks, Josh. It sucks. Thank you for bearing the burden of the human race. That sounded even creepier than anything else I’ve said today. Um, I thank you for your service. Josh has my midyear review in about 35 minutes, so you better be nice to me. Oh, I already did those. I already laid down the law on that. They’re like, well, to improve, don’t get pregnant next year. I’m just like, just put on deodorant help. Don’t get pregnant next year. I hope not. Looking forward. We would like to see Is is your OB also talking to you about Irish twins? Because mine is like, you better be careful. They don’t use that as a medical term, do they? No, no, not not really. No, of course not. My doctor’s so chill. My doctor’s just like, “Just be careful.” Really? No. I haven’t had the sex talk with my doctor. No, I I had the birds and the bees talk. Oh, no. I didn’t. Wait, what is what is their advice? She basically people think when they like after they give birth, if they’re breastfeeding or not breastfeeding or whatever, Yeah. if they’re producing milk that they aren’t fertile, but they are very fertile. Very, very fertile. And people can get pregnant right away. So they’re they’re like, “Hey, cool it.” They’re like, “Just don’t because there’s other ways to enjoy each other physically.” Yeah. You know, and people do. Have you tried heavy petting in a swan boat on Silver Lake? I haven’t been on a swan boat in Echo Park Lake in You can’t get on five minutes. You sure? Mhm. Can I talk? Josh does he have petty in Echo Park? But I have really I have really tight hips and so I don’t think I can. They start cramping and certain sucks. One more, Maggie. Come on. One more. One more. One more. Update on the pickles. It is popular with trans women because it’s a side effect of the drug speronolactone. Spironolactone. That one. That’s what I said. And according to Pink News, um it’s a symbol of trans rights. Oh my god. Pickles are a symbol of trans rights. What? Who knew? We’ve always been pro trans rights in mythical kitchen and pro pickle. I love that. Yeah. Fun. That’s amazing. That’s awesome. Thanks, Maggie. What a trans guys grave. Hey, Nicole Guacamole and Josh Goulash. It’s your boy Leighton. We got to come up with one. Congratulations, Nicole, on the pregnancy. My wife and I are actually expecting our first child later this year. And when setting up the registry, I came across molds for breast milk popsicles and had no idea that that existed. And then that led me down the wrong rabbit hole. And I learned that there are places that serve breast milk in meals like regions of Mongolia as well as some avantgard chefs doing bizarre dining experiences. Oh, so yeah. What are your thoughts on using human bodily fluids in cooking? Bye. Bye. You guys want me to take this one or I do you want to take this one? I I We’ve cooked with breast milk before. I have very strong feelings. We’ve cooked with breast milk before. We made It should be so normal. We made a macaroni and cheese with breast milk one time. Whoa. And yeah, it was fine. Um Um What? I don’t We didn’t get enough to make like the whole cheese sauce. We didn’t get like a gallon of breast milk to make a vegetable. No, no, it was it was like a little bit. So my thought is if it is no longer viable for a baby to eat, then yes, you can use it to cook or you can give it to bodybuilders that’ll pay top dollar for it. Yep. collecting coloss like save colostrum. I know colostrum’s good. Yeah. Yeah. But um I think if the baby can no longer consume it and if it’s going to go to the landfill or whatever, it’s going to go to waste. Yeah. Give it to give it to someone who can who can use it. Also, those popsicle things. I like got that in like a a breast pack or there’s breast packs as well. But I thought that that was just for like to put in your bottle to so it stays cold. Well, maybe it’s dual. know if they’re actually like yum yum yum like popsicles. Oh, you’re saying like freeze your breast milk into breast milk. I So it’ll keep the They give you the popsicle holders. Is breast milk supposed to be served cold? No, no, no. But you’re Yeah, but if you want to keep it for a while, you freeze it. But if you see what you’re saying go travel, you can put one of those cold things in there. But God, what do I know? I I haven’t even had I haven’t I haven’t dived into the breastfeeding stuff really. So I don’t know yet. We don’t know yet. me. We don’t know yet. We I also diving in when you’re pregnant, it’s kind of like, well, you don’t know. I don’t know. I have no I’m like I’m doing all the research. My OB was like, okay, wait till you won’t know until it happens. Oh my god. You know, it’s like a bodily fluid. Sure. But it’s like it’s the food one. You want You want a breast milk popsicle? A little bit, you know, but a little saffron. The breast milk popsicle is Ian from Smosh for sure. He has definitely fine talked about breast milk. I think we just have to make a video for the guys and just help them out. It’s weirder that we eat other animals breast milk than it is that we would eat human breast milk. I agree. That’s the one point that the vegans really have on us, you know, that we’re stealing the there’s colostrum from like cows that they put in powder. People put in Yeah. If you’re fine uh eating, you know, drinking donkey milk, then you should be fine drinking human milk. There’s like one Serbian cheese made from donkey milk. Peace out. Peace out on that. Put that. We covered everything. Trans rice. Donkey. Donkey cheese. Wow. Do you want me to? Yeah, we do. Oh, there’s an outro. See you. No, we can do the outro. Hey, thank you so much for stopping by hot dogs and sandwich. We got new episodes out every week. You can check out the audio platforms on Wednesday. The videos come out Sunday over on YouTube. Amanda, where can the people find you? Uh, they can find me at Smosh. Uh, my Instagram is at filming Amanda. Very cool name. They can find me on our pod that we had Josh on. We have to have you, Nicole. Sure. Um, Smoshmouth. And yeah, we’re I’m just I’m not performing live for a little bit. Wonder why. But normally I perform at UCB or Dynasty. And I love going over there and just playing. That’s it. Reading pregnancy horror stories from Reddit with Nicole. We’ll wait till you have your baby. If you want to be featured on opinions right casserles, hit us up at 833 Dog Pod One. 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