My Plate is Always Full
Every Wednesday on My Plate is Always Full, Meseidy and Rebecca discuss and debate all things food. Most discussions are friendly and some get a bit heated, sometimes there is a food fight. My Plate is Always full will have a little food history and science, mixed with a little bit of cooking technique, some food culture, recipes, and a sprinkle of inappropriate humor. Meseidy Rivera (The Noshery), and Rebecca Lindamood (Foodie with Family) are friends, former chefs, and food bloggers who have a lot to say about food.
Episodes
37 episodes
Hot Dog! The Everything You Need to Know about Hot Dogs Episode
In today's episode, Meseidy and Rebecca talk everything you have ever needed to know about hot dogs, and probably some things you never needed to know but will enjoy knowing anyway. They have history and how hot dogs are made. They ...
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Episode 34
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48:25
You're Doing It Wrong: The Help Me Help You Episode
In today's episode, Meseidy and Rebecca get judgey, but with love. It's true, they're about to tell you what you might be doing wrong in the kitchen, but they also share the right way to do it and some embarrassing confessions of things they ha...
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Episode 33
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57:27
My Little Dumpling | Dumplings Make the World Go Round
In today's episode, Meseidy and Rebecca talk about what constitutes a dumpling, discuss some (gasp!) dumpling controversies and their best-loved dumplings, and Meseidy is forced to question her entire life. Joking. But not really.Sour...
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Episode 32
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42:12
S'mores, Please: S'mores and Other Campfire Goodies
In today's episode, Meseidy turns the tables on Rebecca by discussing a food Rebecca doesn't like; S'mores. Rebecca obliges with some sticky s'mores history and the ladies discuss all sorts of delectable goodies -not just sweets!- that...
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Episode 31
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39:22
That's One Spicy Episode: Hot Peppers, Hot Sauces, and Mr. Scoville's Units
In today's episode, Meseidy is scared, Rebecca is excited, and it's getting spicy in here. The ladies talk all about hot peppers, hot sauces, and Mr. Wilbur Scoville's Units. They cover the history of chili pepper domestication and the path it ...
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Episode 30
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46:43
We Got Culture: Part II Aged Cheeses, Hard cheeses, and other "old" dairy goodies
In today's episode, Meseidy and Rebecca are here with Part II of our We Got Culture show. They discuss cheese trivia (yes! Cheese trivia!). They go into how cheeses are classified (or not classified) and how different aged cheeses are made- whe...
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Episode 29
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43:07
We Got Culture: Cultured Dairy Foods and Why They are Amazing | Part I Yogurt, Kefir, Fresh Mozzarella, and other un-aged cheeses.
In today's episode, Rebecca and Meseidy go over young, or unaged cheeses and fresh cultured dairy like yogurt, kefir, and fresh cheeses like mozzarella, goat cheese, ricotta, cream cheese, cottage cheese. They discuss the crazy history of chees...
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Episode 28
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41:24
Rice, Rice Baby: The history and impact of rice in the world plus recipes
In today's episode, Meseidy and Rebecca talk about one of the most important (and their favourite) foods in the world: rice. From the history of rice (spoiler alert: it goes WAAAAY back) to a discussion of varieties and sizes of rice and their ...
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Episode 27
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54:37
In a Pickle: All Pickles All the Time
Today Meseidy and Rebecca are talking about dill pickles, bread, and butter pickles, fermented or half-sour or vinegar-based, fresh or canned pickles, all sorts of pickled vegetables, and all the tangy goodness that goes along with it.
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Episode 26
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41:45
A Smokin' Hot Episode: All foods smoked, barbecued, and grilled.
In today's episode, Meseidy and Rebecca get fired up about one of their favourite ways to cook: with smoke! From what defines smoking, grilling, and barbecuing, to kind of equipment is out there, what to grill and how to do it, this episode is ...
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Episode 25
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55:33
This Spud's For You: A Potato Crazy Episode
In today's episode: Potatoes, potatoes, and more potatoes.Everybody loves potatoes, and Meseidy and Rebecca have a potato crazy, carb heavy episode for you. They cover how the potato helped shape world history, different varieties of pot...
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Episode 24
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46:17
How to Stock a Pantry with Essentials
In this episode: How to Stock a Pantry with EssentialsToday, Meseidy and Rebecca share their best tips on how to stock a pantry with essentials to help keep you eating well no matter what for a couple of weeks. Their strategies will help...
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Episode 23
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57:49
On the Edge: Choosing, Using, and Caring for Knives
In This Episode: Choosing, Using, and Caring for KnivesToday, Meseidy and Rebecca hold forth on knives; a little knife history, how to choose the right knife for the job, how to identify different types of kitchen knives, how to use thos...
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Episode 22
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56:07
Getting Salty over Salty Snacks
In This Episode: Getting Salty over Potato Chips and Other Salty SnacksIn today’s episode, Meseidy and Rebecca are talking potato chips, corn chips, pretzels -all the good stuff, our favourite brands, our favourite flavours, and w...
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Episode 21
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52:54
A Saucy Little Episode: Mother Sauces and Sauces from Another Mother
In This Episode: What Makes a Good Sauce and How to Make SaucesToday, Meseidy and Rebecca get saucy and dish on what equipment you need to make a good sauce, how to make sauce, how to SAVE sauces you think you've ruined, wha...
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Episode 20
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42:00
Boiled In Oil, Deep Fried
In This Episode: All you need to know about Deep Frying and Shallow FryingEveryone knows that if you deep fry something it tastes great, but many people don't deep fry at home whether it's because of a mess, fear of hot oil, or lack of k...
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Episode 19
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51:10
Should I buy that kitchen gadget? Worth it or not worth it?
In this episode: Should I spend money on that kitchen gadget?Meseidy and Rebecca take on a list of common (and not so common) kitchen gadgets. They hold forth on whether or not they think each of these things is worth your money or space...
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Episode 18
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1:02:06
Top 10-ish Kitchen Tools Every Kitchen Needs
Have you ever wondered what tools every kitchen ought to have? Meseidy and Rebecca each bring their top 10 list (okay, more like top 12 or 13 list) to discuss what well-equipped kitchen should have. And unsurprisingly, they’re opinionated and m...
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Episode 17
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49:49
Snack Attack
In This Episode: Snack AttackMeseidy and Rebecca have a terrible attack of the munchies and talk about all of their favourite grab and go snacks from the slightly healthy-ish to the completely shameless. Will their go-to snacks b...
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Episode 16
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47:08
Party Time Foods
In This Episode: Party Time FoodsBetter than party time; it’s party FOOD time! This is the most wonderful time of the food year.Today, Meseidy and Rebecca are talking finger foods, foods on a stick, festive snacks, app...
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Episode 15
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53:01
Burgermeister: What makes a burger?
In This Episode: BurgermeisterToday, Meseidy and Rebecca cover all sorts of burgers from the classic ground beef burger, turkey or chicken burgers, to fish burgers, and we even cover some veggie burgers, which Rebecca swears are ...
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Episode 14
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45:40
Comfort Food
In This Episode: Comfort FoodIn today's episode, Meseidy and Rebecca discuss their favorite comfort foods; from the foods they choose when eating their feelings to the nostalgic foods of their childhood, everything comforting is ...
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Episode 13
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37:45
Bonus Episode! Thanksgiving Sides
In This Episode: Thanksgiving SidesForget talking turkey, let's talk sides! From the simple to the spectacular, from traditional cultural dishes to nouvelle cuisine, Rebecca and Meseidy talk about how to put side dishes on the ta...
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49:37