Excited to announce a brand new special episode of The Mockingcast, dedicated entirely to the Food and Drink issue of The Mockingbird! Scott really went to town on this one, compiling multiple interviews with contributors and excerpts from the mag itself (and a host of other goodies as well). Click here to listen. Fair warning: not to be consumed on an empty stomach!

Also, as another preview of the print edition, just before Thanksgiving Break we asked our readership what they would eat if they weren’t afraid—afraid of indigestion, afraid of death, afraid of angry spouses, social scrutiny, moral reproach? More as a thought experiment, we wondered what we’d really reach for if all the rules were wiped clean from the counter: What would you allow yourself to indulge in were it not for the consequences—bodily and ethical and otherwise?

Maybe you read about it and thought, “I have no deep-seated issues with food. I eat what I want and, believe it or not, what I want is healthy, natural food.” Fair enough (what’s your secret?!). For everyone else, loosen the belt a notch and grab a stack of napkins, cause here’s what you came up with:

• Cheetos in a can
• Krystals
• KFC Double Down Sandwich
• Hot McDonald’s fries!
• Wendy’s chocolate Frosty
• My mother’s oatmeal cookies
• Cinnamon Life cereal with whole milk
• BBQ sauce with anything
• Onion rings
• Cookies & Cream ice cream
• A sack of Five Guys fries
• Talenti’s pumpkin pie gelato
• A try of cannolis with extra marscapone
• New Jersey bagels with cream cheese and lox
• Triple chocolate fudge cake
• Cracklin’ Oat Bran
• Pork soup dumplings
• Kraft Mac ‘n’ Cheese Family box (all for me)
• Those enormous Great Harvest salted butterscotch cookies
• Deep-fried Oreos
• A vat of queso with warm tortillas
• Bagel dogs with sauerkraut
• Fluffernutter milkshakes
• All you can eat Brazilian steakhouse
• Dominos Ultimate Pepperoni Feast
• Shake Shack anything
• Several tubes of Pillsbury cinnamon rolls
• Fruit by the Foot, Swedish Fish and Gushers
• French fries everyday, at every meal
• Hot Krispy Kremes
• A dozen Krispy Kremes in five minutes
• A half-dozen Krispy Kremes, squeezed together into a ball, eaten like an apple
• My wife’s mojo-marinated roast pork
• Bacon bacon and more bacon
• Chocolate chip cookies from Levain Bakery
• Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop Tarts toasted with butter
• Momma’s Pancake Breakfast at Cracker Barrel
• McDonald’s Big Mac Extra Value Meal with an apple pie

Click here to order the Food & Drink Issue today! And those who’ve already wolfed their copies down, feel free to share your favorite bits in the comments. Or what (else) you’d eat if you weren’t afraid.

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2 responses to “Special Food & Drink Mockingcast (Plus, What Would You Eat If You Weren’t Afraid?)”

1. Ellery says:

   02/09/2017 at 5:13 pm

   In a agreement with Mr Richardson on the podcast when he said you probably want to read David Zahl’s sermon, Hungry for Religion first if you were going in “uninitiated”.
   It does – as he said – “position” the entire magazine.
   Reading the rest of the mag after that is kinda like watching Ed Norton’s “The Illusionist” for a second time. It’s revelatory.

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2. ZW says:

   02/09/2017 at 9:46 pm

   Homemade cornbread in a glass, whole milk poured over, eaten with a spoon. Badge of Southern heritage and tasty to boot.

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