Welcome to Good Mythical More. I could be more elated that you decided to join us and hang for a little Good Mythical More, where we are going to examine the claims of the Mythical Crew in telling us what food-related psychic powers are real and what are fake. What are fake. I don’t know if that’s exactly the way I would describe it, but I think it’s good enough to keep going. How, what, who, what places use food to divine the future? Basically, it’s like there are some places- There’s some coconuts right here. Where they have food and they use the food to use in a fortune-telling manner. Like when you look at the bottom of a cup of Turkish coffee and you read it to determine something, right? That’s the one I’m familiar with. But these are other ones around the world, and we’re gonna find out if it’s actually happening or if they made it up. Is that about right? Okay. Yeah. But first- That’s what I said twice. Let’s do a freeze frame. Okay, see, it’s over. So we’re learning our lesson. We don’t actually have to freeze at all. That’s something that gets done in post. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sometimes you wanna help ’em out just a little bit. Yeah, just give ’em a couple of beats. So they know where, oh, I can freeze it there. It’s like, this is where we thought it would be. Okay, so, coconuts. Coconuts are used in many different cultures for fortune-telling, but primarily in West Africa. Yes or no questions are instantly answered by flipping a few chunks of the coconut shell. Based on the way they land, shells up or down, you’ll learn what the spirits think of your situation. The white meat inside is up, yes, and the brown shell outside is down, no. Well, you have to assume that this is being done somewhere, right? Coconuts are so ubiquitous. They’re such a staple part of diets around the world. Yeah, but it’s just- So surely they, is it okay if I eat this? Yeah, but it’s, no. But it’s just a yes or no. It’s like a magic eight ball. Well, let’s determine- There’s not a lot of nuance. Yes is the up white and- Yeah. Is this used for actual divination around the world, but especially in West Africa? Mm-hmm. Oh! It landed- Whoa! It landed on its side. What do you do now? Maybe try again later. I think that just means we have to make a decision. Well, that one will not teeter on its side. It says no. I didn’t ask it a question. That was just a test. Oh, are you used for deviation? No. No. I’m going against the actual divination and saying yes it is. I’m going no. I’m with the divination, which is ironic. It’s real. Yeah. So, hmm. It’s real, but it’s not real. See what happened there? It really is used for divination, but we just demonstrated that it’s not true. Well- At least not always. We just proved with a- I mean, yeah. Beyond a shadow of a doubt that it’s not true. How about- Being facetious. Apples? All right, so we’re moving right along. How about them apples? How about these apples? How about them apples? So if the bottom hole is bigger than the top hole. I think it’s if your buddy throws an apple up and you, and he lands it directly on your knife, it’s yes to whatever you want. Wherever you wanna go to college. Whatever you want, man. It’s gonna happen. I wanna go to- Where do you wanna go to college? Name it. Name it and claim it. I wanna go to NC State again. Okay. All right. Well, let’s see if we can make that happen. Okay, you threw it exactly the same place twice. I’m gonna move back and- Throw it higher. Hey, look who’s going to NC State again! And then what? Can I do it again? Nope. Yeah, move it around. Sometimes your buddy can help you, you know. Sometimes your buddy can help you. Hey, look who’s going back to college! That’s satisfying. Look who’s going back to college! I’m just gonna, I’m just auditing classes, though. No, but hey, he’s not paying. I’m just here to learn. I’m not here to be graded. It’s just continuing education. Okay, so close, but that is not actually how it’s done. Okay. This kind of fortune telling is common in the Jewish faith. As you probably know, the partaking of apples and honey during Rosh Hashanah is to signify the sweet new year ahead and is a common tradition for many families, so apples as a form of fortune telling is mainly used at family gatherings such as religious holidays, weddings, and bar or bat mitzvahs. You can identify certain shapes in the pattern left by the seeds in the center of the apple after cutting it in half, and each shape corresponds to a particular outcome. You didn’t cut it in half, though. I haven’t read about this in the Bible, but casting lots, I’ve read a lot about that. That was not a problem. You ever seen Stevie with an apple? I’ve never seen Stevie with an apple. You ever seen Stevie cutting an apple in, like, in her office like… Like, just beads of sweat coming down her head, and she’s like- Before she replies to any email. Am I gonna go back to college? That’s, you know, Stevie’s always wondering if she should go back to college, as well. Have you been back to Syracuse since your graduation? Hell no. You haven’t even visited? What do you think? What’s the point of going- I mean, I’m sorry. No, I haven’t. You can take- You don’t have the best memories of your time there. It is a very cold, dark, lonely place, void of a lot of life, with cheap housing to buy now, because no one wants to live there. Dubai? Dubai. So- I don’t believe this is true. When you open it up- Right next to Rochester. Jews and apples, Jews and apples. Jews and apples. Apple Jews. Apple Jews. It was just waiting there for us. That’s why this is fake. There are no apple Jews. Yeah, no, this is a no. Yeah. It’s a fake. But we came up with a fun game. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let me toss the half on there. Hey! Oh, no. That’s all. We’re done with the knife. I really felt like I was gonna do it. Oh my God. Hold on. Please. Do you, like- Rhett, please. Okay, we don’t, we shoot this show in 24 frames per second, right? Which is not gonna be that satisfying to go back and look at how close he got to just slicing one of his fingers off. No, I didn’t. Are- I went like that. Your- Rhett, but he doesn’t understand. You got this, like, it’s cra- He doesn’t understand. You have no idea how close you got to it. Like, you followed through. I’m not allowed to hold a knife. You were holding the knife. Golly, what is going on inside your head sometimes, man? Look at that. I worry about you, man. Look at that. And you’re a father. Look at that. Like, you got, there’s people that look to you for guidance. Well, at least they’ve got Christy. Whew, man. Okay, beans. It goes right back together. Let’s move on to brighter territories. We know that beans are used in divination. Okay. ‘Cause they do things like, you know, it’s called reading the beans, and it’s just like… What other information? Well, you have to be a seer in order to interpret the patterns, so we can’t do it ’cause we don’t have a seer. I’m a, I, you know- Oh, you are a seer? I have these things. Okay. I see a rabbit right here. Right? This is a, it’s like a rabbit. See this right here, like the ear, and this, and it’s jumping? See, he’s a rabbit jumping? And you can’t see it ’cause you’re not a seer, but it’s a rabbit jumping. And he’s got a trail of turds ’cause rabbits are constantly- But this is- Dropping turds. Let’s say you tossed this as my future. What does that mean? I’m saying that in your past, you’ve dropped a lot of turds, right? Right. And you are soon coming to a little gauntlet and you’re gonna have to- Are those somebody else’s turds? Well, no, these aren’t turds. These are turds back here, but this- I’m a rabbit? You have to find, you, the rabbit, you’re speedy. You make quick decisions, usually wrong. And you have to weave your way through a situation where you’re going to have to pass through and break up two relationships. Interesting. Two relationships. And then you and Christy are going to… Okay, well, that’s interesting. Me and Christy are gonna what? Well, I don’t know if I should say it out loud. Have you guys had any discussions about this? About inviting someone into your marriage? No. No. Okay, well, maybe you should. Wait, the first half is that Link has pooped a lot, and the second half is that he might invite someone else into his marriage. That ain’t gonna happen. Link has made a lot of bad decisions in the past, but they’re just little bad decisions, you know, little bad decisions of no consequence. I’m gonna break up two relationships? You’re gonna break up two relationships and one half of one of the relationships is gonna join you and Christy in a polyamorous situation. I mean, it’s LA, what the hell, right? So I’m just saying- Not exactly. I’m just saying… Whoa, his paddle’s falling now. Whoa, me. So that’s basically how it works, right, Stevie? Yeah. It’s called favomancy, and it’s prac- Favomancy. It’s practiced in, do you wanna guess the country? Dubai, as you’ve said. Beans, so it’s a place with beans. Hungary. Russia. Okay. I don’t know, I wouldn’t have guessed Russia, but it is. Favomancy. I’m saying yes, this is real. Witchcraft. I already said that. That’s why I said what it was called and where it is, ’cause you already said it was real. Yeah. So yeah, good guess. Oh. He didn’t guess though. Yeah, he did. He said at the top. What kind of beans are these? Oh. Pinto. This is just a pinto bean? This is a pinto? Yeah. It’s a spotted pinto. Look at that. It’s little. It gets bigger when you cook it? I don’t know as much about, I don’t know much as, no, it gets bigger when you cook it. I said it gets bigger when you cook it. Oh, I thought you said it gets smaller when you cook it. No, it gets bigger when you cook it. Boy, beans are great, but most of the time I just buy ’em in a can. I’ll be honest with you, as you can tell. Beans, beans, good for your heart. Eggs are next. Using eggs was a common form of divination practiced in ancient Greece and Rome, where it was believed that you could tell the future by interpreting the shapes formed when the separated whites from the egg were dropped into hot water. For example, if the egg white resembled the shape of a bell, it would mean a wedding would be taking place soon. If the egg white resembled a snake, it was considered a warning of danger. Just the egg white. Oh, that looks mystical. And if it separates, is he right? It’s only the egg white. That’s what she said. Yeah, but I would assume the water would have to be hotter than, I don’t know. Hotter than it is? It’s pretty hot. It is doing some stuff. Shh. Be quiet. Oh, look what’s happening. Welcome to your quiet place on the internet. Ugh, gross. What is that? I love looking at it. This thing’s got a tail. And what’s cool about this is when you get rid of all that, if you’re just a yolk person… I’m not. You can just have just a yolk, and you set it in your hand like this. Look at that. Oh my gosh. You just set it in your hand. Just think about all the potential that holds. Then you, yeah, then you cap it. Then you uncap it. Can I put this one on your hand, too? Yeah, I wanna have two yolks in my palm. I wanna have a two-palm, a two-yolk palm. Okay. But don’t break it. Keep it nice and tidy. Just pour it out slowly. Look at that, I’ve got two yolks in my hand. Look at that. You’re yolked, man. And then look, and then- You’re so yolked. If you’re gonna go out on the town, you just cover ’em. Right, you just cover. You just cover ’em. I’m going out on the town and I’m taking my yolks. So you can just go around like this, and people are just like, what are you? And I’ll be, hey, I’m just a two-yolk guy. but if you, and, but if you get to know me well, and you stick with me for the evening, maybe later I’ll show you my yolk. And that’s what I do later. And then you’re my friend. No, don’t touch him. Can I touch him? Well, I wanna, you know what? You wanna go on a, you want one of the yolks to go on a little boat ride in your cup? Yeah. Yeah. Let’s put a… here we go. All right, there we go. A little yolk boat riding. There you go. Going a little- Uh-oh, that’s bad luck, son. You’re gonna drown. That’s your future. You Titanic’d. You’re gonna drown. We’ll see what’s gonna happen over here. Boat ride. Boat ride! Yolk boat! Wow, future’s not looking good. That’s how it works. Witch, please. I think this is real, Stevie. I’m gonna keep my witchcraft up. It’s real, and it’s called oomancy. Oo, because oo, for egg. The double O? Mm-hmm. The double O, bringing it home. Fun with eggs. Fun with eggs. And oh, gosh, could this be spaghetti? Yes. I’m gonna- This kind of fortune-telling- Divine the future. Is thought to have been started by midwives in the mid 1700 in the US. Dried spaghetti doodles are dropped on the ground similar to pickup sticks and the pattern was interpreted to determine the fertility of young women before they officially became eligible for marriage. Son, don’t settle for a midwife. Son, don’t do it. That’s good. I like that. Son, don’t settle for a midwife. You want a max wife. Mm-hmm. You want a max wife, okay? Get yourself a full quiver of children. Okay. Have you heard the story of Cain and Abel? It’s two chickens that served us earlier today. Okay, I’m not sure about your technique here. Look at that. See this? This is where this- How fertile am I? How fertile are you? How fertile am I? Well, you need to take this tray and you need to go into a private room, bring it back, and then I’ll tell you what I think. See if you can make a yolk boat. You know what I’m saying? You know how fertile I am. I’m totally infertile. I know how fertile you are. I’ve always liked this. Let me show you. I’ve always liked doing this. And I suggest that if you’ve, if it’s late on a Friday night and your big pot is in the dishwasher, but you- Don’t do that. That makes people really mad when you start breaking- Yeah. Don’t do it. It’s gonna make people mad. You’re gonna be hearing about it. Leave me out of this. That’s the worst thing that you can do. And I’m not a cooker. So if it was a late Friday night and your big pot was in the dishwasher and you made yourself twice as much spaghetti. That’s a no-no, isn’t it, Trevor? It’s a yes-yes for me. You do that? Yeah. But you can just wait until the- Stevie. Like, one, okay. Right, you just… Or wash the pot. You don’t like short spaghetti? You know what, I’m indifferent, actually, but I see why people would be upset, because you could just wait a second. When I would get my sketti at the table, I would sit there and I would chop it all up. Not in my house. Chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop. Not in my house. Chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop. And then I would just eat it like a stew. Yeah, I mean, at my house, you could, I mean, I’m sure there’s a reason. Trevor, you tell us. What’s the reason why spaghetti is as long as it is? I don’t know. Ask the Italians. He’s a baker, man. I mean, that feels like it’s long enough. You know what I’m saying? So I’m saying- That’s long enough. I’m saying this is definitely real. Speaking of Mythical Kitchen, we do wanna promote that they sell an apron. They sell a couple of aprons. No. I mean, they do. Is that what we’re talking about there, aprons? I mean, we’re not. No, Aprons Off. They do sell great aprons. Oh, we’re not selling their aprons? Yeah. No, no, no. They are selling their aprons, and that was a great side mention. But we’re not selling their aprons. Aprons Off. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Is actually a new series. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. A third video every week where they don’t cook. If the thing you hated most about Mythical Kitchen was them cooking, well, head on over to Aprons Off, because they don’t do that. They just hang out with each other and they taste things, they talk about things. ‘Cause chefs are people, too. Yeah, they’re gonna be trying international cuisines, reacting to videos, ranking foods. It puts ’em in a different light, you know, when they’re not working as hard. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. When they’re, like, goofing off. Just being silly. Just being dumb. Yeah. I like that as a series tag. Just being silly? No, ’cause chefs are people, too. ‘Cause chefs are people, too, yeah. Just being silly. Yeah, use that. Yeah. Take that back to the team, Trevor. Okay. ‘Cause chefs are people, too. So this is actually how this is done. And we use the word chef very liberally. What? No, that’s part of the title. Yeah, yeah, it’s all part of the title. Let’s do pencil fighting, but with pasta, ’cause it’ll go faster. I feel like I’m gonna break my own noodle. See? I broke my own noodle. Yeah, see? It went faster. It’s really the question is how you do it, I think. Is there another one, Stevie? Well, Rhett didn’t guess for this one. What is my hair doing? That is not real. Not real. It is not real, correct. Onions. Multiple methods using onions have been used for divinations, such as receiving answers to yes or no questions by writing yes or no on two separate onions and planting them to see which sprouts first, placing them on sacred altars to learn about distant friends and family, hmm, and manifesting health and happiness for loved ones by writing their names on the onions as they sprout. What? Do you think I can throw a noodle at an onion hard enough and make it stick in it like a tornado would do? No, but I betcha I can throw this onto a knife and have it stick. Let me just see, let me just see, if I were to just be close to it. I just spit on you. So just gimme the softest part of that onion right there. Nope, well, that’s- That’s a big nah for my boy. That’s a hard onion. All right, so that’s pretty involved to, like, have to bury and farm these two things to see which one sprouts first to give you an answer. I just don’t think, I think I kinda like it, the more I think about it, ’cause here I am actually thinking about it and- Yeah, I think it’s real. Anything that you wanna ask an onion about, you need to really sit on it for a while. I’m making Hellraiser over here. So by the time the onion has given you an answer, you’ve already realized I don’t need to be asking an onion. Yeah, y’all, I got Hellraiser, Pinhead over here. KG’s getting excited. She likes all that horror. So she’s so dark, demented. So, I mean- Something’s wrong with you. So I’m, you know what I told KG recently? I said- Come out here. I appreciate people- Don’t say anything, just stand. I said I appreciate people who have made friends with their dark side, and they’re people like me and KG who like horror movies, as is evidenced by her shirt. And I said- But there’s a limit to everything. Everybody has a dark side, but only some of us have made friends with it. You know what I’m saying? Don’t, if somebody doesn’t like horror movies, don’t trust them because that sedition is gonna come out somewhere else. That darkness is gonna find a way out. You want it to be out in the open and healthily channeled through things like horror movies. You don’t want it to actually come out in, like, a relationship. She smiles a lot. So if somebody’s like, “I don’t like horror movies,” be like, hmm, well, what are you hiding in there? I like the- What are you hiding? I like adding a little time. I’m saying yes to this. Let’s call it a day with your vote. Okay, as soon as I’m done making Pinhead. Okay. KG, I think you get the idea. You can take that home with you. Thank you. Okay. She’s gonna worship it. I believe this is real. It’s real and it’s called cromniomancy. It’s real! Cromniomancy. Hang out with the Mythical Kitchen crew as you watch their new series Aprons Off, a show where they stop cooking and just hang out.