Welcome to Good Mythical More. Who can make the most enviable and tasty bowl of mac and cheese using all of these ingredients or half of them as chosen by a lottery, a tournament? Uh, I don’t know, what do you think? A draft. A draft. A draft. A draft. Real quick though, uh, cause I don’t want to spend a lot of time on this cause it’s, I’m embarrassed. We got to give our quarterly report on our new business, uh, baby, baby space camp. Yep. Yep. Um, a lot of babies go, well, not a lot of babies come back. Actually. Yeah. Yeah. That’s the thing. We, uh. Cause it’s in space. Let’s just, can I just say, uh, we’ve issued a lot of Amber Alerts. Yep. And what, and that’s not just cause one of the baby’s names was Amber. Right. It’s because they were all lost. Yeah, right. In space. Yeah, yeah, but I don’t think that Babies in orbit, you know, I mean who knows are those people gonna come back from the International Space Station? I don’t know, we’re putting more babies up there. So maybe people will just — they’re distracted – And so they’ll forget about the people — – Maybe they’ll come back as adults, but then all the lawsuits will be dropped. I didn’t want to talk about it. Jordan, come in here. Bail us out of this. Thank God I’m here. What you were talking about was so sad. Yeah. Yep. Make us happy with some mac and cheese. Yes, we’re doing a loaded mac and cheese draft. Yes, and you are the judge. I am, as always. I’m the judge. And I can’t wait. How you been? I won last time, so you’re gonna go first. How have you been? Yeah, thank you for caring. Um, I’ve been good. I’ve been good, you know, just working. It’s, I’m glad it’s cooling off. I hate the heat. Yeah, look at us, talking about the weather when we got all this mac and cheese to get to. Well, what’s wrong with that? The weather, I mean, it, it’s life changing. It’s life changing. Look at me, wearing a sweater. You know? Cozy sweaters. Long sleeve shirts. Yeah. It feels like you’re already in a hurry. What’s going on with you today? Well, I’m kind of anxious to make you some — He’s upset about Baby Space Camp. Sure. I want to make some mac and cheese for you. Okay. Well, then let’s get started. Yeah. Uh, okay. The funnest part is when you taste it. That’s your favorite part? Yeah. What’s your favorite part? Uh, the joy on your face. After you taste it? Just because of the way you approach life. God, you’re so sweet. Whether I win or lose, it’s not really about that. It’s not even about the way I play the game. It seems like that’s what this is about. It’s about the way that you approach life. That’s so sweet. Alright, let’s get to it. Okay. Did they put a commercial in there? It seemed like it would have been an ad break. Ad break. I’m going to start — First of all, can I just say, looking at these ingredients, there’s so many wrong turns that can happen. Yes. We have to use all of them. Yes. We do. And I just feel like, I feel like, I feel like I gotta start with bacon, because — Great. You know, like, that seems normal. So, now what is this bacon that you’ve, that Sporked has picked here? This is, and I’m going to say that I don’t know how to say it, Peterson’s? Yeah, Peterson’s bacon. Good, that makes more sense than Pederson’s? And they may, it’s so much, it’s just the best or something? It’s crunchy, it’s salty, these are bacon crumbles. Oh. Oh, they’re already crumbles? I think so. Yeah, this is, this is what I was hoping for. Nice, salty. Smoky, but not too much. So it’s a it’s a bacon bit from Peterson’s I think I don’t know someone fact check me on that. I didn’t see Yeah, it’s not a bacon bit, but I think it’s bacon crumbled It’s regular bacon. Yeah regular bacon crumbled by Mythical Kitchen. – It’s been crumbled so that — – You don’t buy it crumbled. No. Crumbled to go on to the mac and cheese. – See, the other meat – We’ve figured it out. All right, how we have we have chicken nuggets. We have popcorn shrimp. We have vegan salami? You got a lot of choices. Oh my goodness. What am I gonna, and turkey chili. There’s so much. I personally am attracted to the jarlic. I think that’s a very attractive name. That is interesting. I’m gonna go there. You’re right, Stevie. Stevie manipulating. Well, also, I know that Jordan likes jarlic. Yeah. So, am I right in inferring that it’s just minced garlic in a jar? It’s jarred garlic. Yeah, yeah. It’s so easy. I use it a lot. It’s a container. I know that real chefs look down on the jarlic, but mincing garlic Who has the time? And I think it depends on what you’re using it for. And some people love it. Some people prefer it to raw garlic. I don’t, but some people do. Oops, I’m sorry. I led you astray. No, no, no. It’s good. I still like it. I still like it. And it’s good to go ahead and put it in there, that way I can mix it throughout. Are you asking me or telling me? What is the gelatinous stuff? Goo? Stuff? I don’t know. It’s like garlic goo, you’re right. Yeah, it’s a goo. It’s like Preservatives probably. That’s great link. That’s great. I’m, I’m mixing this throughout. Garlic mac and cheese is a solid choice. That’s great. Sounds good. – Now again – It’s strong. Get that outta here. – I’m doing what I called — – Get rid of your warts. – Not that you have — – I don’t have any warts. – I know you don’t have any but — – Don’t tell the people at all. I have some — I don’t have warts. – I’m doing — – Got rid of Rhett’s warts. Kind of a defensive technique. A proactive strategy. Because regardless of what happens from here on out, I know that one way to rectify it will be hot sauce. Yes, absolutely. So I would love some hot sauce. Smart, and I’ve brought this to y’all before and we all love this hot sauce. Yeah, oh yeah, this is the yellow bird? No, we also love the yellow bird one, but this is our favorite sriracha. Oh yeah, that’s nice. And you gonna put it on there? He’s gonna put it on his finger. You gonna put it on there now? Sure. Interesting. Um. Yeah, that’s gonna be good. I like the way we do this because it feels almost like I’m at like a sushi omakase and you’re like giving me little things as you prepare the stuff in front of me. That is so generous. That’s funny. This is just like that very expensive cultural experience in Japan. Right! I know, I don’t think you’re gonna choose this, but maybe you’ll really like these cause I really love these. Canned peas. Yeah, I’m not gonna choose that. My favorite vegetable. – I love canned peas so much. – Canned peas? Canned peas are your favorite vegetable? They’re a really good vegetable. They’re better than fresh. What about frozen? You just add some green in there, that’s nice. The color is beautiful with canned peas. What about frozen? – Not as good. – Canned are better. Frozen tastes like fresh and like they’re better for you, but canned have a nice mush to them. It’s the mush that really makes them. They’re my favorite. I love canned peas. So you’re really going for mushy. I’m gonna take it in a different direction. Okay. To give Jordan some contrast. Okay. I’m gonna go with the cheddar jalapeno Cheetos. Let’s do it. That is a nice crunch there. Can I be vulnerable for one second? Yeah. I feel like my bangs are doing something weird. Uh. Can you fix them? I really, I think it’s It’s just more, you know. That is better. I feel like that is better. I knew you could do that. You fluffed them. You fluffed them. Yeah. Supposedly they just need a little fluff. Good. Thank you. You don’t need a hard, you don’t need an aggressive part. No, I didn’t need a comb, I didn’t need, but I just felt like — You don’t need to part the curtains. Link does have a lot of experience being a fluffer, so — You don’t want to, right, you want to fluff them out. You don’t want to part the curtains. You’re gonna get a lot of Trouble for people watching this at work, Googling what a fluffer is. Yeah, they are. Is it my go now? Uh huh, yeah. Um, you know what? You might say, Well, he went with peas, should he go with corn? I might say that! Hey, who knows? I haven’t said anything yet. But I’m not gonna do that. You might say. Okay. You might say, He went with peas, should he go with corn? Turkey chili. This is gonna, if I get turkey chili, that’s, it’s gonna become a chili with — I don’t know. Pasta in it. I guess it depends on how much you put in. Yeah, but it would kind of take over. It’s so funny to me that you did not even want Rhett to ask me how I was doing so we could get into this. And you’re taking so long to pick. That’s right. That’s because I knew how long it would take. I was like, we never get to actually eating. Rhett was like, how are you? Like, there’s no time. I need to talk about chili. Well, in fairness, I mean, we would, you know, then it was just weather talk. Yeah, in fairness. Don’t stand up for him. Yeah, what are you thinking man? What are you going to do next? You two are best friends until I get here. I’m hurting big time already. Why? Because I don’t know which meat to take. Okay. And I need to wait because I need to — Classic problem of a fluffer. You know what I’m going to do? Uh, Just the one closest to you. I’m going to take the Cajun seasoning and I’m going to wait to put that on. But I am interested in, tell me about this. Cause I, look at this guy on there. It’s a delicious Cajun seasoning. And I’ll tell you what, it’s not the Cajun seasoning I grew up with. And I was skeptical. Like an Old Bay? No. Old Bay? Old Bay? Isn’t Old Bay a Cajun seasoning? Jordan’s from Louisiana, man. Isn’t Old Bay, like, popular in, like, D.C? Yeah, that’s a Northeast thing. It’s crab seasoning. It’s like seafood. It’s like, yeah, it’s like seafood boiled seasoning. That’s not Cajun seasoning. I’m thinking, like, Tony Chachere’s. Or, like, Slappy Mama. Gotcha. So I was skeptical. I’d never heard of this, but it’s very delicious. What do you like? Cajun two step. I like it. I think the seasoning was a good choice. And I think it’s going to be really good on that pasta. I also think this is huge, because what I will tell you is so far, this is very close to how I would make mac and cheese at home. I put Cajun seasoning on it, and I put peas in it. But mine are frozen, not canned. Whoa! Alright, now I’m on the right track. I’m saving my seasoning to go on top. I actually think that at this point, with the palette, or the, what is, what is the combination that I’m going for? Yeah. I actually think that corn is gonna be a good choice against butter. I love that. I’ll take some canned corn. I’m glad you want the corn. Why? Cause, I didn’t want to get stuck with two vegetables. You see the color scheme? Why? Yellow, brown, corn. Yellow, brown, orange. It’s just like, everything is very complementary. Now that I have tasted this seasoning, I feel like I can, I now, It’s opened up a protein door for me. Okay. And I’m going with the popcorn shrimp. Delish! Isn’t that where you got most of your first, where your first job as a fluffer was protein door? Protein door. Yeah. Yeah. It’s one of my favorite films. So these are um, help yourself. These are um, just like an oven. Yeah, you the oven, the air fryer. I’ll tell you the exact brand. Oh, they’re Fremont fish from Aldi. A lot of their fish products are really good. Nice. Mm-Hmm? They’re crispy. They’re crunchy. That’s a good taste. Easy. It’s nice. And I love a popcorn shrimp. I’ll throw a few, a few of these things. Oh, gimme your thing link so I can — The big time of year in my house growing up was during Lent, even though we’re not Catholic, that’s when Popeye’s did shrimp. Oh yeah. That was like a big time. Yeah. Basically people who just sort of. I don’t know you like it. No, you don’t celebrate Lent, but you just, you kind of, uh, you’re along for the ride. That’s, that’s, that’s what we were. We were Baptists. I feel like you celebrate fish if you’re not Catholic. Right, yeah. During the time of Lent. Uh huh. Okay, yeah. Baptist. What were you, also Baptist? Yeah, also Baptist. Wow. Listen, we were so sheltered from Catholics that when I got my first job as an engineer… That’s crazy. One of the engineers came to work. On Ash Wednesday, and he had that thing on his forehead, and I literally had like this internal struggle – am I gonna tell him that he’s got something on his forehead? Am I gonna tell him that he got somehow. I don’t know what it is I don’t know how he got this thing on his forehead. I was that unfamiliar. You got a black mark on your forehead, man. You thought he had been working on a car. Right. I was like, what did you do before you got here? Like that’s how ignorant I was. – What kind of engineering did you do? – Did you wipe it off? Why do you say it so skeptically? I’m so skeptical! Engineer?! Civil! The nice one. What did you do? Industrial engineering. Both of you did engineering? For how long? Couple years. Two years? That makes more sense. We didn’t last. I’m just surprised. I don’t know anything about engineering. Is it my go? No, no, it’s mine. Yeah, because you did popcorn shrimp. I am also opening my protein door to chicken nuggets. Wow. Mmm. Okay. You thought you could do a little surf and turf? Not so fast. Whoa. And look, it’s nicely sliced. Tiny little cuts. These are the Tyson Panko Chicken Nuggets. Oh. They’re really good. Mmm. – I am going to — – Oh wow, this is gonna be good. If I don’t screw it up with something. Put your thing over there, and then put my thing over there for I’m gonna swoop in and get that ranch. Before you start thinking you want it. Love ranch. Cause I think this still works. And this is a good ranch. The first time we did a ranch ranking, we couldn’t get this. And people were so mad that we didn’t get this, we had to like special order it from another state to have it sent here. Ooh! Oh, yeah, that’s good. It’s gonna be good with this too. I’m feeling, I’m feeling really good. I wish I could stop right here. I know. I can’t. Now we gotta go into danger zone. Things are getting scary. Olives, mustard, turkey, chili. Vegan salami. Okay. Wow. Give me that turkey chili. Nice! I think that compliments really well with what you’re doing. You got corn, you know. The cheetos. I’m in the south, I’m still in the southwest, right? Yes, absolutely. Of course it’s um, stagg chili. Yes. With a double G. Which we love. But this is smart because I actually just did a road trip through the southwest. Oh yeah, I knew that. So this is kind of honoring me in a way. Yeah, I wanted you to have a little throwback experience. I love that. What was it, did you have an ultimate destination? Here. To get back, huh? Yes. Did you go through Albuquerque? Yes. I flew to Dallas, met a friend, and then we did Dallas, Amarillo, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Sedona, Los Angeles. I’ve heard good things about Santa Fe. I love it. You recommend? Absolutely. Sedona’s a bit small and traffic can be really bad. Yes. Sedona’s really beautiful. Santa Fe has more stuff going on. Lots of good food. The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Who’s that? Are you serious? Is that a cowboy? That’s so embarrassing for you! Really? Georgia O’Keeffe is like one of the most famous female artists of all time. She really liked drawing. And she’s a lesbian. Oh, really? The best thing on Earth was her muse. Well, I’m not saying I know all the lesbians. I just love all lesbians. Not enough. You don’t know Georgia O’Keeffe? Apparently not. You need to take a class. A lesbian class. Some kind of gender studies class? I don’t know. Yeah. Right? Like everybody else knew everyone, like everyone’s like kind of violently nodding. Everybody knows Georgia O’Keeffe. Like literally everybody’s nodding. Yeah. She’s the one with the unibrow. That’s literally so embarrassing. And he knows he’s being embarrassed. Okay. Now he’s trying to get my goat. Um, am I going, I can’t choose olives. Okay. No matter what. Well, we’ll see about that. You know what? You know who Georgia O’Keeffe is. Yes. Screw it. Screw it. Describe something she’s made. Well, she likes, she’s, she’s known for painting, I said, the best thing on earth. Yeah, she draws flowers that look like vaginas. Yeah. Really, is that right? Yeah, I’m a big fan because she paints my favorite things. Me as well. That’s interesting. What’s going on with you? I’ll look into that. I’m just, I’m not, I don’t really, I don’t really know some things. What do you want here? Mustard. I don’t really know some things. That’s the follow up to the I love lesbians t shirt is, I don’t really know some things. I don’t really know some things with a lesbian flag on it. Because it doesn’t really make sense. Like I don’t really know some things. Like I don’t know how to make sense of that particular arrangement of words. Hey. It’s not I really don’t know some things, it’s I don’t really know some things. And I don’t really know some things. But I don’t feel bad about the things I don’t know. Right, cause you know what? You know what? It gives you more to learn. It gives me something to learn. That’s a nice way to think of it that’s very generous to you. Yep, if I knew it all, well, I might be annoying. That’s right. Today’s episode is very winky. Well, Link. What am I going to do with this mustard? I know something. You haven’t put anything together. I know something. I know because I’m trying to figure out the order. I know. Oh man, I, you know what? – Olives and salami. – I just don’t — Are these black olives? Hmm. I feel like you have to choose between what makes the most sense for you versus screwing him over. Here’s the thing, he hates olives. I know that. Uh, but I actually think that black olives is like the perfect end to what I have done here. That’s what I’m saying. Almost without a doubt. Out error. Like vegan salami. I’m doing the olives. Okay. I’m doing the olives. So your desire to make an actually good product is stronger than your desire to best him at gameplay. Well it’s not like vegan salami is putting me in a pretty place. I’m a good boy. Well the vegan salami’s good. We like it. It’s beautiful like this. Wow. It’s really, I don’t know how, how, how to make it behave in here though. Okay. I mean, maybe I’ll put one on my thigh. I’m going to roll one up in a, um, you know, it’s going to be like a, it’s going to be one of those things where it’s like, you might want to elect to pick it up and, um, you know, have a moment, have a salami moment. Okay. All right. So the thing that I’m doing next is this. I’m actually going pretty, pretty deep with the, I feel like I have more faith in your product than you do. I’m, no I’m confident. Okay, well excuse me. I just don’t want to go, I don’t know, what about this mustard though? I think the mustard. You should shake it, yeah. Kroger mustard, that’s the choice. Yes, shockingly, this is the best mustard we had. We had all the brands you know and love. We had all the fancy brands. This Kroger mustard is so mouthwateringly delicious. But I have a lot of sauce happening. Ooh, kind of just in one big spot. Yep. I have a… Are you gonna mix it? Okay. Yeah, I’m gonna mix it. This is becoming like a pasta salad almost. Okay. Macaroni pasta salad. With a little bit of Some of these in there. That goes on the thigh again. And then I just… How do I eat it? Like a lettuce wrap? Like you would, you’d be eating this and then you might pick that up and bite it. Okay, it just gives you a little it kind of… – What do you cook at home? – Like a moose booze. if you were to cook dinner? This is pretty much playing to my strengths of pouring and mixing. Got it. Okay. Like that’s pretty much it. I’m very very happy with this. I’m gonna give you a fresh new spoon. Is it time? Yeah, and you can construct that however you want to I try to do pretty even distribution of everything. Now, I have a question. Are you eating your mac and cheese with a fork or with a spoon? And did you intentionally select that for me based on your preference? Yeah, I think you should do it with a fork. Okay. Do you want to keep fork or you want to change it to spoon? um I think I want you to have the fork because I like being able to stab some mac and then Grab some other stuff. Great. I like fork. So good job both of you with that It’s kind of a trick. This smells delicious Wow Look at that bite It’s so sexy. I’m very excited for this. Mmm. It seems crunchy. Orangey. Wow. I mean, it’s delicious. The chili goes so well with mac and cheese. The black olives add a little saltiness. That Cheeto crunch really mixes it up. It’s very good. So, uh, how are you? Me? Yeah, how’ve you been? I’m fine, thank you for asking. Anything else before I take a bite? So it’s um, it’s a Cajun ranch garden pea… Garden? Shrimp… Whose garden? Uh, that’s what I call the green peas, garden peas. Got it. Okay. I love the salami rolled up on the side Salami cigarette, they call that Yep, yep, that’s a good bite there And then, yeah, you want to eat that, maybe taste that on it’s own And then you chase it down I would have, I would have taken a few bites of this and then maybe gone for the salami. But then it’s not incorporated and doesn’t count. Right. Every bite has to have all your stuff in it. Yeah. I don’t, I don’t, I don’t know why, why that has to be the requirement for it to be in every single bite. It was so confusing. I can’t even remember what it tasted like. I didn’t taste it. Now you’re making a shrimp vegan salami taco. I’m making a little taco. Okay. That Cajun — My body’s trying to stop me from doing it. Yeah. Um, okay. Cajun seasoning with the um, with the mac is a winner. Very good. I even think the ranch. And the peas. And the peas. And the ranch. All that works. I think you did some stuff right. the mustard. I mean, I had to try to put it on the side. I had to try to keep it separate. Mm hmm. I don’t agree with that. Yeah, cause if you move, I mean, who actually makes stuffed mac and cheese like, is this a thing? People have done this? Yeah, like loaded mac and cheese. You put chicken nuggets. Like at home? Yeah. People just like rake stuff out of their pantry. It’s a really good, it’s a really good meal. Yeah. I’ve never done that. I never, I never knew that was a thing. I think, here’s the thing. This tastes good. And a lot of elements of what you did tastes good. I think the Cajun seasoning with the ranch and the peas in the pasta with the popcorn shrimp. Good. That’s why that’s together. And the garlic. Don’t forget. Oh, and the jarlic. Thank you, Stevie. A little bit of jarlic. Yep. I think if the mustard was incorporated, it would’ve added a little bit of tangy brightness to the rest of it. You feel like, you feel like this would’ve done something. Uh, if you had added a little and mixed it in, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you want me to, do you want to try it? Oh, yeah, I do want to try it. Mix it in a little, try it. And then I think if you had ripped up the salami and there were little salami pieces, I think that also could have been nice. But eating an entire piece of vegan salami absolutely slathered in mustard, like a small cigar, while eating the rest of the mac and cheese? Well, hard. Yeah. I left it up to you though. In what way? How much you can mix in. Oh, okay. Clearly, it’s um, it has, it has notes. I guess, well… I understand. Okay. I understand. I’m okay with that. I just feel like this is something we run into so much. Like I feel like every time you’re like, I’m going to put this on the side or I’m just going to put one dollop of it over here, but it’s like, I have to get the dollop that has that thing. You know what I mean? I have to, to be fair to Rhett, I have to eat your whole thing. I understand. I understand. This is how you’re playing. So next time I’m going to have to. Mix it all in. But I’m not playing in a type of way. That’s just the rules of the game that you make me do because I work here. It’s very serious. Do you know what I’m saying? It’s very serious. I think it’s pretty restrictive. Okay, well I guess, let’s take a second and you guys talk about that. Do we want to format this segment differently? I don’t think everything has to be in every bite. I mean. Well let’s think through what we’ve done. Okay, the like, seven layer dip. That needed to be all seven layers, you know? Sure. Um, we’ve done chili as well, right? Yeah. This is how I would make it. I’m just doing it how I would make it. I think, I’m willing to agree that one ingredient can be a side ingredient, a garnish. But I believe that it is a garnish that has to be eaten at the same time, you know, like Jordon did it basically like you have to eat the bite Then you have to follow it with a garnish or you have to begin with a garnish and then eat the bite And you can set that rule Whether it’s the beginning or the end of the bite. Oh All right. I’ll take what I can get. That’s kind of what I did. – Okay, great – Didn’t seem to work. You didn’t like it. – No, I liked it, I — – But it doesn’t seem like I’ve won. Maybe I’ve won. After all that, maybe I won. So, kind of number one for me always is not losing my job. That’s kind of the number one most important thing for me when I come and sit in this chair in between the two of you. Right, right. – So I try to be clear on what the rules are… – Precarious. of the game so I can do it correctly. Okay. Things are heated, tensions are high. I’m gonna take one more bite of each thing. Right, right, right. You gotta, so you can be sure. Just so I can be sure. Right. This is… What? What? I think this is gonna do it for you. Is there anything else you need to do before I eat it? Like what? Chop all that up? I can’t do that. I have no clue what’s going on. Is there, I’m just offering I it. I want you to chase it with the vegan salami. I want you to feel good and to not be mad at me. Just like the first time. And I want you to also not be, I want you to feel good and not feel mad at me. Yeah, I mean… No, I’m not mad at you. Why would I be mad? Just a little disappointed. Everybody hated that. Everybody hated that. Nobody wants this. Nobody wants this — Just so you know. Come on. Let’s take it back. I never hold your decisions. Let’s take it back. I never hold your decisions against you. Thank you. We used to be so close. Let’s take it back. I know, we gotta go back. What’s going on? I just don’t, I feel like I’m destined for failure here. It seems like only yesterday that you had each other’s hands in each other’s mouths. That’s what I’m saying! Let’s kiss, let’s figure it out. What needs to happen? Well, first of all, you need to decide. I think the ball’s in your court. Okay. Mmm, alright. It’s a tie! Um, I think both are equally delicious. And, um, sometimes you have to do something to kind of fix something that’s been done. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And, I feel like you and I are really solid right now. Yeah, I understand. I don’t feel like there’s any threat to our bond or anything, so. You’re welcome. And I want you to feel good because I have so much love in my heart for you genuinely. I feel a moral victory with a tie. Good. All right, you’ve opened the protein door to our relationship This is beautiful, I cannot wait to fluff you both.