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Most Important Meal
by Brian Hamilton and Allison Truj
Each episode, your co-hosts break down breakfast concepts, experiences, and biases (including, inevitably, their opposite cereal sogginess preferences). Often joined by guests such as Mikah Sargent, Jason Snell, and Joe Steel, they have many a staunch eggpinion to share. They want to know what you had for breakfast.
Episodes
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64: Bacon of the Moment
In the wake of ten days of wisdom tooth removal recovery, Truj and Brian make a tier list of all of the soft foods they've made. Plus, a surprisingly in depth review of the Boston hot chicken scene. Brian didn't say goodbye. Truj wants to clear The Depths first. Links and Shownotes Home |…
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63: Italian Penicillin
Truj has been very brave because they got a wisdom tooth removed last week, and in a world full of soft foods, one Italian medicine reigns supreme. Brian fact-checked the smoothie. Truj is sharks. Links and Shownotes This PASTA is Grandma's Cure For Everything (Pastina 2 ways) - YouTube Italian...
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62: A Simulation of Care
This year's hottest Christmas gift is... not actually that hot because it's kept at a precise temperature for hours. Truj and Brian, along with a few other people in their lives, got the Ember Smart Mug as a gift, and they have quite a few opinions about how great it is. Thermodynamics are hard,...
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61: A Prank Donut
There's a spicy treat that your hosts try to eat, which riles them up for a while. Then, what do Truj and Brian love about breakfast that isn't food or each other? A draft-style list is constructed live on air, full of pre-COVID nostalgia, morning rituals, and a ceramic celebration. Brian has...
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60: Counter-Butter
What do you order a dozen bagels and they turn out to be just Round Spiced Bread? Tune in to hear a tale of Bad Bagel Redemption, as well as several poorly-conceived KickStarter ideas we want you to invest in. Brian said the right Billie Eilish lyric. Truj will send you a dollar. Links and...
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59: Scohns
Truj and Brian enjoyed some afternoon tea for their roommate's birthday, complete with homemade scones, clotted cream, and jams! Plus, they've found the Most British Disagreement, and did you know that Dunkin Donuts served scones once?! Truj is a big, beautiful bird. Brian loved 70s rock and…
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58: The Transitive Property of Breakfast Foods
The complex science of Egg On Toast™️™️™️ is unraveled and it's the first day of court in the case of Hamilton v. Babish. Brian holds Truj's hand. Truj forgets to turn off Animal Crossing. Links and Shownotes Black Lives Matter James Thomson on Twitter: "At times like these, when brands can’t...
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57: Pennsylvania Erasure
These quarantimes are rolling on and Truj and Brian are freezing their bagels, experimenting with homemade yogurt, and cooking up some breakfast pasta. Things get a little heated about The Tri-State Area. Take a deep breath, hold it for a few seconds, then exhale and relax, won't you? Brian got...
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56: Play with Me in This Space!
Now that they're quarantined together, Truj and Brian have been doing a lot more cooking and drinking a lot more coffee. New drip coffee routines, bagel-baking experiments, and work-from-home routines are discussed. Truj deeply wanted to be Ramona Flowers. Brian does chores, in real life and in...
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55: Just Know That There's Always a Breakfast Sandwich
Happy Valentine’s Day! Truj and Brian talk through what it was like eating Chris Morocco’s Healthy-ish breakfast sandwich. Brian misses his friends from Chicago. Truj doesn’t like almondy water. Links and Shownotes Oats Overnight | Nutritious, Delicious, Convenient Oatmeal Breakfast Chris Makes...
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54: Leftover Gobbler
Crossover event! Jordan and Donnie from the podcast Apartment 26 stop by to talk about meal prep, protein bars, casseroles, smoothies, and a shocking revelation about their three-stage breakfast habits. Truj wants cake in the morning. Brian fact-checked the frosting. Donnie does most of the...
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53: Breakfast Prince
Here's the thing: Truj and Brian invite their roommate James Merenda, poet and Breakfast Prince, to talk about the breads we use in our breakfast sandwiches. There's a lot of chocolate, jelly, rosemary, cinnamon, and egg to discuss! Brian recites a monologue. Truj invents Nounjectives. James…
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52: Breakfast Resolutions 2020
Happy 2020! Truj and Brian take a look back at their previous Breakfast Resolutions, which they definitely remember, and talk about 2020's Breakfast Resolutions. Truj gets a book deal. Brian explains how the Internet works.
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51: The First Five Years
Truj and Brian celebrate their fifth anniversary as a couple by going on a road trip to their favorite diner! What did they get each other for their anniversary? Where is the cheesecake manufactured? And how do Truj and Brian keep releasing episodes so regularly? Truj played a lot of Skyrim.…
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50: Vein Mainframe
Truj and Brian experiment with caffeinated chocolate! How much caffeine do we need to function? Will extra caffeine help us wake up earlier? How would Truj brand her own line of caffeinated chocolate? Brian ate a lot of sugar. Truj deserves all the tangents.
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49: Breakfast Crushes
Truj and Brian celebrate Valentine's Day by talking about our breakfast crushes! Also featured are a Blink-182 singalong, a great new cocktail, and peanut butter discourse. Truj needs your fourth grade geography facts. Brian learned a new way to cut a muffin.
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48: Get In The Duck
Truj and Brian celebrate Most Important Meal's rebrand by trying to rebrand breakfast. Plus, a lengthy discussion of Tim Curry and the pilot of our Long Winters spin-off podcast. Truj was angry. Brian got a visit from Marshall.
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47: Being Eighteen and Being Scared
Truj and Brian are joined by Quinn Rose, who brought us a whole episode about college dorm breakfasts. We reminisce on the good times we had in college eating in our dining halls, celebrate how much better the food we make after college is, and realize how much more useful real money is than fake...
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46: Snap! Add! Stir!
A science experiment is done in the name of Breakfast Journalism™️, and Brian is not too happy about it. Plus, 80s karaoke, a cup of thumbtacks, and some meal prep follow up. Brian does a perfect Truj impression. Truj compromises her opsec.
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45: Ten People and No Vinegar
Happy Hollandaise, everybody! Kathy Campbell sings, laughs, and critiques breakfast food along with Truj and Brian for this very special holiday episode. What are the most important elements of a benedict dish? Why is there vinegar in the sauce? How are your hosts' meal prep efforts going? Brian...
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44: Good Ol' Breakfast Buddies
Truj and Brian have started meal prepping! How does Truj make burritos? Why does microwaving frozen eggs work? What breakfast meat does Truj owe an apology to? All this, plus a fun Choose Your Own Adventure game and the introduction of Most Important Meme.
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43: America Runs on Something
A whole Dunkin' Donuts themed episode, including a new meat-filled sandwich, Dunkin Donuts Mobile App Missed Connections, Kelly Clarkson, and more puns than you are prepared for. Truj is a born-again ham sandwich person. Brian ate a Love Muffin.
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42: Lonely Pizza
Recorded at the Cards Against Humanity podcast studio in Chicago, Alex Cox joins Truj and Brian! RX Bars, slam poetry, and, of course, shower dining are addressed before a deep dive into the wonderful world of Chicago food. Do Chicagoans actually eat deep dish pizza? Can you really get booze at...
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41: Chicken Nugget Body Wash
Mikah Sargent returns to the podcast for a Shower Dining Extravaganza Debrief! Full of surprise guests, singing, and shade, Truj and Brian give all of the shower dining insight they gathered throughout Professor Sargent's Three Day Shower Dining Course. Will your hosts reconcile their differences...
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40: Anniversary
Thank you so much for listening to Most Important Meal for the past two years!
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39: Most Moist Meal
Mikah Sargent joins Truj and Brian once more to teach a masterclass in shower dining. Technique and food choice are discussed, followed by debunking (and mockery) of Brian's anxieties surrounding food in the shower. A series of challenges are put in place for your noble cohosts to try before next...
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38: Inverse Cookie
Truj and Brian recount a romantic grocery store date and report on The Greatest Follow Up Ever Received before embarking on a quest to review every breakfast bar that Brian could find at the store. How much sugar is in each bar? How similar to a cookie do we like our bars? Which prominent protein...
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37: It's Just Too Slimy
Truj's sister Ashley joins the show for a lively discussion of chia seeds! After some follow up about milk and cereal, the two Trujes bully Brian into trying chia pudding, blend up some monstrous beverages, and create an unprecedented What'd You Have For Dinner? segment. Truj wants to eat fart...
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36: Tasty Noble Intelligent Creatures
James Thomson, the creator of PCalc, joins Truj and Brian to talk about the Full Scottish Breakfast! Of course, they are immediately sidetracked by sobering facts about the death of the banana, #TeamCrunchy versus #TeamSoggy, cannibalism thought experiments, and black pudding. Brian read all the...
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35: Crispy Crispy Magical Meat Reaction
Truj and Brian made breakfast smash burgers! They were made of sausage, tasted delicious, and raised some interesting points about the nature of breakfast sandwiches. Also included: the discovery of a new restaurant, a Krispy Kreme discussion and a quick recap of PodCon. Brian sings Les Mis. Truj...
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34: The Hangover and the Quiche
After Truj and Brian kick things off with a quick Life Update, including a move to another state and the purchase of a new mic, your co-hosts delve right into an update to their top breakfast sandwich lists. Brian got Truj sick. Truj had expectations that didn't match reality.
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33: We Live in a Coffee Society
Jason Snell joins Truj and Brian this week! After discovering Jason’s breakfast habits and cereal preferences, we do a deep dive on tea: brewing methods, how to travel with tea, why we all love tea, and our favorite styles. Truj likes to oversteep. Brian had a cereal timing crisis. Jason will...
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32: I Am Not a Gelatinous Person
It's a very special Grab Bag episode of Most Important Meal! Topics include a new breakfast sandwich, the Dunkin' Donuts app, an Overnight Oats update, and a delightfully weird old picture. Truj can't find her pop filter. Brian gets bread and butter validation.
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31: Adding an Egg
After another Soylent update, Truj and Brian talk about how adding an egg to various dishes transforms them into tasty breakfasts! Truj says a dirty word. Brian is too canonical.
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30: Salty Confrontational Drink
Truj and Brian welcome Joe Steel to the show! They talk primarily about brunch booze, but also Dunkin’ Donuts, coffee, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and self-deprecation. Brian insults the guest. Truj didn’t sleep. Joe fixed his stepdad’s coffee maker.
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29: Apocalypse Cow
This week is all about Apocalypse Breakfast! How would your hosts survive in the aftertimes? Can breakfast fit in a bug out bag? Digressions include microphone etiquette, Polish chocolate, theme parks, the pronunciation of Croissan'wich, cuddly barnyard animals, and Thirty Minutes of Screaming....
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28: The Adventure Scones
Truj and Brian play The Adventure Scones.
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27: Smothered Covered Soldier Spy
Dan Wearsch joins Truj and Brian this week! After a quick discussion about soggy cereal and orange juice, they discuss their experiences and feelings about Waffle House, the south's breakfast pride and joy. What can you expect when you visit a Waffle House? What do you order? How can you make the...
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26: Endlessly Pure
Truj had Staff Brunch, Brian messed up Soylent, and they both watched the Steven Universe episode "Together Breakfast"! There are NO spoilers for Steven Universe at large: we talk about the show on relatively basic terms and focus on the breakfast.
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25: Centering Yourself for the Rest of the Day
Truj and Brian talk about breakfast routines! How do we start our day? What role does commuting play in our mornings? Truj met Rob Gronkowski. Brian manages to make this a tech show.
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24: A Great Night to Be In Love
Truj had some rosé, Brian geeks out about Steven Universe, and they both talk about their favorite midnight breakfast experiences.
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23: Fundamental Side-Eye
Brian and Allison are joined this week by Mikah Sargent! He brought a bunch of questions for your hosts to answer and Follow Up topics, including avocatoast, cereal, and waffles. Truj and Mikah share a special syrup bond. Brian sings.
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22: D&D for Your Mouth
Slow Breakfast is our topic for the week, in contrast to Quick Breakfast last episode. What foods are possible when you spend more time cooking and prepping? How can you become closer to your friends and family through food? Truj made Avocatoast and Brian develops a new 1Password-themed Food...
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21: Have You Ever Been In Love?
This week's topic is Quick Breakfasts. Truj loves a sandwich. Brian makes "strawberry shortcake".
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20: Breakfast Has No Gender
Truj and Brian tackle an episode of Good Eats that's all about breakfast. Why does Alton Brown insist that breakfast is "man food"? What else can you cook with a waffle iron? Why is this French Press salty? Brian impersonates Meryl Streep and Justin McElroy at once. Truj is a Phantom Menace...
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19: Where's the Unch?
After some quick Soylent follow up, Truj introduces the topic of Spite Breakfast. What breakfast do you serve to the people you don't like? Who would even do such a thing? Brian gets flustered. Truj doesn't let Brian paint.
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18: Part of the Algorithm
A bonus clip cut from the last episode where Truj and Brian discuss: making money on YouTube, the Almighty Algorithm, and gettin' while the gettin's good, kehd.
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17: Panana Canal
After a discussion of a weird coffee drink and sous vide, Truj and Brian break down the hows and whys of sweet breakfasts. Why are literal desserts socially acceptable to eat at breakfast? What turns Truj off about them? What letter does the word "banana" start with?
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16: Breakfast Resolutions
With 2017 upon us, Truj and Brian talk about their Breakfast Resolutions! Zaniness, singing, and podcast references happen. As per usual.
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15: Sandwich Of
Brian and Truj had a delicious sandwich together and want to share their joy with you. Topics include potatoes and ketchup, sincere compliments, and organic jokes. Also, Truj sings!
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Each episode, your co-hosts break down breakfast concepts, experiences, and biases (including, inevitably, their opposite cereal sogginess preferences). Often joined by guests such as Mikah Sargent, Jason Snell, and Joe Steel, they have many a staunch eggpinion to share. They want to know what you had for breakfast.
HOSTED BY
Brian Hamilton and Allison Truj
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Each episode, your co-hosts break down breakfast concepts, experiences, and biases (including, inevitably, their opposite cereal sogginess preferences). Often joined by guests such as Mikah Sargent, Jason Snell, and Joe Steel, they have many a staunch eggpinion to share. They want to know what you...
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Most Important Meal is created and hosted by Brian Hamilton and Allison Truj.
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