Episode 41: Mummer Wedding Gifts, Blunt Force Relationships, Heavy Metal Sausage and Mayoral Picks (based solely on what they eat 😅)

As always, we try to bring you the most relevant food news out there, but with a little bit of laughter and enjoyable banter. This week, our friends at Heavy Metal Sausage join us, where they talk about their rise over the past couple years and their signature "tongue blood sausage"....Mmm, it just kind of rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? But hey, if that's not your thing, you're in luck, because Pat and Melissa give us all the details on what it's like growing a small business these days and then being surprised with a James Beard nomination when you least expect it.

Here's what else we talked about:

• What percentage of your income goes to eating out?
• A very Philly wedding gift for Marisa….think drunk Jason Kelsie
• Eli's obsession with a well shucked oyster
• Can carpal tunnel happen from shucking oysters?
• Pat's introduction to charcuterie via Chef Nick Elmi and how hotdogs were the gateway drug
• How Melissa and Pat's romance blossomed like "blunt force trauma" 🤣
• How Heavy Metal Sausage became more of a deli where they now mill their own flour for their fresh baked bread
• How they work really hard to keep all their food truly regional. Lemons, you're out of here!
• How they were blindsided when the James Beard semi finalist list was announced
• Some unexpected Best Bites
• Marisa's daredevil move with a baseball bat full of beer at the ball park
• A great new coffee shop called Thank You Thank You
• Some incredible events are coming up. Think free chicken sandwiches with Chef Jen Caroll
• Milk Tubes bring down the house
• The Reading Terminal swamp creature
• The mayoral food vote: your candidates favorite restaurants and our picks

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