Southern Fried Chicken, Umeboshi, The Fallacy of Expiration Dates

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Jul. 11, 2015 Food & Drink

This week we discuss fried chicken with a ninth-generation Southerner and Sonoko Sakai teaches us about umeboshi (Japanese pickled plums). Plus, we sort through the mess that is expirations dates.

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