The Kitchen’s Open – Maple Syrup Edition(Hour 2)

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Good morning and welcome to the kitchen's open on WFHR

for this Monday, December 16th.

This week I decided to put Seth in a time out.

So I've asked Melissa to step in and help with our topic for today.

Yes, Seth in time out is the best thing I ever wanted.

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The dynamic duo is together again.

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So let's jump into our topic for today.

James is favorite.

Maple syrup.

December 17th, which is tomorrow is National Maple Surrup Day in both the United States

and Canada.

In my opinion, every day should be Maple syrup day.

Well, easy James.

Remember the maple syrup, it can go a really long way with just a little.

So let's get on our way by taking a look back.

Maple syrup has been around for millennia, according to American Indian, a magazine of

the National Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, and an article by Tony

Takerunaki Evans entitled Indigenous Origins of Maple Surrup.

He writes, The Gathering of Surrup from Maple Trees in the Woodlands of Canada and the

Northeastern United States is an ancient practice that had helped sustain indigenous peoples

for thousands of years.

After Europeans arrived in the 1600s, they learned from indigenous people how to turn the

sap into sweet and medicinal products.

Black, red, and silver maple trees, as well as box-elder trees, can be tapped for syrup.

But the sugar maple, acer, saccharum, produces the largest amounts of sap with the greatest

concentration of sugar.

The tree is found in a region that is today known as the maple belt.

No, a maple belt.

This is not the kind that you were James.

Okay.

Hardwood.

I would be confusing.

Hardwood, the dishes forest that stretches from the Midwest through the Northeast United

States and from the southeast corner of Manitoba to Nova Scotia in Canada.

Maple serps are classified according to their color, with the lightest serps having a

delicate taste and darker sugar colors, having a stronger flavor.

To be a grade A, acer, much, must reach from 66 to 68.9 on the bricks scale of sugar content.

Now the article also shares, traditionally, indigenous people have used maple syrup

to cure meats as a sweetener for bitter medicines and as an anesthetic.

Maple sugar also contains nutritious minerals, including phosphorus, magnesium, potassium,

iron, and calcium.

Maple syrup was also used as a trade item in the form of dried, portable sugar slabs.

I don't know about you guys, but spoonful of sugar makes a medicine go down.

A sugar slab makes a medicine go down.

I think we need to rewrite that song.

Yeah, absolutely.

That's a lot of sugar slab.

It's a side note that the bricks scale is quite interesting.

The history of that and everything I'd never heard of that.

I thought that was a really interesting part of this, and the grading of this.

I thought it was quite interesting too.

I joke all the time about liking maple syrup and everything, but I'm actually really late

to this game as far as like real maple syrup goes, and it's not to say you take anything

from store bought stuff.

There's a lot of good things out there, but here in Wisconsin, in states like this,

you get a chance to really taste like homegrown maple syrup, and there's this snow going

back.

It's really good.

James, how are you not jumping on the nutritious minerals?

I think that the nutritional benefits of it.

I've got a long list.

I've got a long list here.

That's right there at number four.

At number four, I didn't know that what does maple syrup not do?

That would be a sore side note.

It's amazing.

It would be fun to do a taste testing on the different grades, because a lighter has

a brighter taste, and the darker is the stronger stuff, so depending on how concentrated

you want it, and how deep you want it, you can do it by color.

So you get me back, and yeah, let's do that.

Well, and also different maple syrup producers.

Everybody is cooking their own, and they have their own methods, so it would be interesting

to do a taste test between grades between even different syrup producers.

Absolutely.

You can do the mass produced that's out there, and it's pure maple syrup.

Before I know a family friend in Ohio, he goes out and taps his own maples, and he

makes his own, and it is phenomenal, and it does some friends up in Abbotsford area

that have, we got to go out to the sugar shack and watch them make it.

And part of the process, which we're going to get into a little bit, can determine how

smoky the taste of the syrup is, too.

I need us to do this.

I need us to do this, and I mean this with every fiber of my being.

We need to do a, like, who has the best maple syrup in central Wisconsin, kind of contest

or something.

I don't care, name it whatever you want.

Just name me a judge.

That's what I care about.

We do have some local producers.

We do.

We do.

We be supporting local.

I mean, this is a win-win, everybody.

Let's get to with this.

Even though its national day is December, the best time to start the process for making

maple syrup is actually in the spring.

The article shares, maple sap only runs through the temperature rises above freezing in early

spring during what time, what some call, what some tribes call the sugar moot.

However, this is a potentially dangerous time to go into the woods.

High winds can snap branches overhead, and people can become stranded in sudden snowstorms.

And so like I said about making maple syrup, if you've ever wondered how to do it, Evan

Dwight's gathering the syrup began by hanging birch bark buckets in the tree below where

they had collected or below the where they wanted to collect the sap.

Above the bucket, they would tap the tree by drilling a hole and then placing a piece

of wood in it to serve as a spout or spile from which the clear sap would drip.

Once the sap is collected, it was stored overnight in clay pots or in more recent times metal

buckets.

The lighter water in the sap would then rise and freeze.

In the morning, the ice would be skimmed off the top and the remaining water removed

through a boiling process.

This condense scene will turn the liquid into a gold or a brown color.

About 40 gallons of sap are needed to produce about one gallon of syrup.

Think about that ratio, 40 to one.

Dried syrup would become sugar that could be stored in cone-shaped bark containers.

Canada is now the largest producer of maple products in the world, exporting 75 percent

of the world's supply, with more than 90 percent coming from the provenance of Quebec.

The Quebec maple syrup producers reported that their province sold 180.2 million pounds

of maple syrup in 2021, that's an increase of 22 percent over the previous year.

Canadian exports of maple syrup rose by 20.7 percent to 160.78 million pounds that year.

Even for more from Canada might increase, yet as a 2019 paper published in Forest Ecology

and Management reported, this could become problematic because climate change is now

driving the maple tree in its more southern U.S. ranges further north, Evan Shares.

So where does Wisconsin rank in maple syrup production?

Number one, in May of 2024 report done by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division

of Extension, maple syrup program, quote, maple syrup production has been a beloved hobby

and business opportunity for generations of Wisconsinites by enabling woodland owners

to diversify income streams.

It could contribute to rural economic development, in some cases even serving as a family's primary

source of income.

Wisconsin maple syrup production is ranked fourth in the nation, behind Vermont, New York,

and Maine.

And Wisconsin's maple industry still has significant potential to grow.

Additionally, maple sugaring originated as an imported, import cultural practice for indigenous

people throughout the sugar maple's range and holds ongoing significance for indigenous

food, sovereignty in the state.

Now, once the syrup is made, it can be used in a variety of ways.

Not only is it good for pouring over pancakes and waffles, but it can be used in baking

often as a sugar substitute.

Yeah, I had heard that it could be healthier than the regular cane or beach sugar that

we use.

So I did a little bit of research.

And the blog posted by Wellness Dietitian, Kristen Kirkpatrick on the Cleveland Clinic's

website, Cleveland.

Health.

Cleveland Clinic.org, my mouth will work eventually, entitled, is maple syrup better for you

than sugar?

She says, some studies suggest that maple syrup's antioxidant plant nutrients, known as

phenols, offer health benefits.

Our key to fighting unhealthy substances in your body known as free radicals.

While comparable in calories and carbs, maple syrup has a lower glycemic index than sugar.

Also because maple syrup tends to be sweeter, theoretically, James, you can use less of

it.

But moderation is key as it is with any sugar.

More research is needed though before we consider maple syrup the next superfood.

Some studies don't consider the impact of maple sugar on insulin and blood sugar.

Maple syrup is a sugar with no fiber attached to it, which means eating too much of it

will cause swings in your blood sugar and insulin.

This could lead to hunger, potential weight gain, and other adverse health effects.

So while it can be a decent substitute for sugar, she recommends that you use maple

syrup as a healthy, yet recommend that, as a healthy choice to her patients.

Yet.

Yet.

Just give her time.

Give her time.

In an article written by Vanessa Grius on December 15, 2022, entitled 25 Great Lays to

Cook and Bake with maple syrup at allrecipes.com, she shares these tips for using maple syrup.

Number one, for the best maple flavor, use real maple syrup, not maple flavored pancake

syrup, which is made with cornstarch or high fructose corn syrup and artificial color.

Now grade B maple syrup, this is tip number two.

Often labeled as grade A, very dark color, strong taste is darker and has a deeper flavor

than lighter grade A, which makes it a great choice for recipes where you really want the

maple flavor to come through.

You can save the lighter grade A syrup for pancakes and waffles.

And tip three, you can substitute three force cup maple syrup for one cup of white sugar

and baked goods, and then just be sure you reduce other liquids in the recipe by about

three tablespoons.

I saw that article two, and my favorite recipe that they shared was maple bacon monkey bread.

If you've never had monkey bread, it is a sticky, delicious treat.

I've always wanted to make this.

Oh, yeah, and this one sounded really good.

And it didn't look very difficult to make, either.

So you start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and you coat the inside

of a nine inch flute to pan with like a bump pan with cooking spray and set it aside.

Cook one 12 ounce package of bacon in a large skillet over medium high heat, turning occasionally

until evenly browned, so about 10 minutes.

Drain on the paper towels, crumble it when it gets cold enough to handle, and then discard

any pieces that are fat.

Now while it's cooling, what you can do is separate and cut two 16.3 ounce packages of refrigerated

biscuit dough into quarters and set that aside then.

Melt one half cup of margarine in a small saucepan over medium heat.

Stir in three quarter cup packed dark brown sugar and a half a cup maple syrup and bring

that to a boil.

Cook and stir until the mixture begins to foam about one minute, remove from the heat.

Mix three quarter cup white sugar and two teaspoons ground cinnamon in a resealable

plastic bag, add six to eight of those biscuit pieces at a time to the bag, shake until well

coated, and then place those sugar biscuits onto a plate and repeat to coat the rest.

Empty any of the remaining sugar from that reusable bag into the maple syrup mixture, and

then place all of that into the saucepan, over, place that into the, uh, over medium heat,

and then stir until that sugar dissolves, and that'll take about two to three minutes.

Make four layers of ingredients in a prepared pan, that flute pan, as follows, start with

some bacon, add some maple syrup mixture, put in some biscuits, and you keep doing that

four times, and you finish with a last drizzle of maple syrup mixture.

You bake that and that preheated oven until the biscuits are cooked through, which is

about 35 minutes.

Allow it to cool.

I know it's going to smell.

That smells pretty good.

Yep, smell and taste great.

Allow it to cool in the pan for about 10 to 20 minutes before you invert it onto a plate

to serve.

Where is it?

I did not bring this as a taste test today.

We're not just talking about this, right?

Maybe it might show up this Saturday at the holiday party.

I hope so.

We don't mess with me like that.

No teasing.

There is so many great recipes on this list.

There's a couple of ones that really stood out to me.

The maple apple crisp looked really good, but I don't mean to be lame because it was

the first one on the list, but in my defense, maple pumpkin doughnuts, some of my favorite

things in the universe coming together.

I apologize to my taste buds and I just saw this recipe.

I'm sorry I have done you wrong.

I'm going to learn to bake just so I can make these.

Just for these.

I would believe it too.

If anything's going to make James do baking, it's something with maple syrup.

I cannot stress how serious I am about this.

Just real quick.

I have the silicone doughnut molds that you can buy out of the oven.

Sorry.

I went with the healthier one with the brussel sprouts and bacon with maple syrup.

That looks really good.

It does.

It's brussel sprouts, bacon, a little salt and pepper, olive oil and maple syrup.

That's it.

That sounds really good.

Yeah.

And brussels sprouts are so good when you bake them in the oven and this recipe sounds fantastic.

And the one that just cut my eye, maple bacon biscuits, what a wonderful side that would

be true.

And there was a soup in here too, wasn't there?

Yeah.

It was the butter nut squash, yes, that's also so.

I was going to surprise you guys and actually choose that one until I saw the apple crisi

thing and that looked really good.

I was surprised you didn't go with the maple walnut ice cream.

That looked okay.

That looked pretty good, but I actually did think about the soup.

That actually looked pretty good to me.

There are so many great recipes in here and so I would encourage you to go to allrecipes.com

and type in maple recipes, find this article, 25 great ways to cook and bake with maple

syrup.

It is phenomenal.

So to celebrate National Maple Served Day tomorrow, pick one, maybe of these recipes

or another way to sweeten your day with maple syrup.

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let us know.

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That number again is 715-424-1300.

And with that, we'll close the kitchen.

Yay!

Yay!

I was so great to hear you two doing this together again.

That was fantastic.

I love that.

I really appreciate the work that was put into this, you two, great work, great job.

Absolutely.

I do want to send a special shout out to you, Beth, not only with this, but doing double

duty this weekend, wrapping up Christmas and everything, a big tip of the head to you

and the team.

Thank you.

Everybody, I hope it went well.

It did, it did.

There were a couple of little glitches here and there as there are with life theater,

but you just go with it and the crowds really seem to love it.

Oh my gosh, did they?

Yeah.

They really enjoyed it.

Good to hear, good to hear.

Well done, Beth.

Thank you.

Well done.

And a great segment we're looking forward to another one again, really, really soon.

Thank you.

We will be back at this in just a little bit, everybody.

We'll be back with more show coming up on the morning show at WFHR.

Welcome back, everybody.

Morning show at WFHR.

Love the guitar and this.

Melissa, Seth and James here with you.

Have a hazy Christmas, it's the best time of the year.

I don't know if there'll be snow, but have a cup of cheer.

We're getting into some entertainment now, but real quick, do want to send a big shout

out to Beth and the great work she does on the kitchen's open.

Thanks for that, Beth.

Appreciate you.

That was a fun one.

That was a good, cool, nice gap.

Did you guys hear about this one, a little bit of news broke over the weekend?

Frankie Munoz, Brian Cranston, are getting back together again along with Jane Cares

Merrick for a Malcolm in the Middle Revival.

Revival.

Oh, really?

Wow.

I've actually started filming, I believe in the last week or so and they're going to start

again next month, but there's only going to be four episodes of it.

And they are sticking to like, we're only doing four of these.

That's it, everybody.

But there's the plot synopsis, Malcolm and his daughter are drawn into the family's chaos

when Hal and Lewis, Lewis demand his presence for their 40th wedding anniversary.

Jane Cares Manich will be returning as well.

No word on the rest of the cast except for those three.

Nothing against the rest of the cast, but that's the three you need.

Yeah.

It's true.

Yeah.

And there's no word and the wind it'll be out, but it'll be on a Disney Plus and I would

say that you could probably expect this by the end of the probably year from now.

So like this time next year, you might be able to see this.

Malcolm, middle premiered on Fox in January of 2000, ran for seven consecutive seasons.

Yeah.

They was a board winner.

A man.

That was a popular show.

I forget.

I forget because I never watched it myself, but man, that thing, you know, and has one of

the greatest theme songs of all time.

And I'm not just saying that.

This is my favorite band that performed it and wrote and performed it, right?

As a side note, they might be giants have got to be up at the top of the list of doing

the most theme songs.

Like they've got the daily show.

That's one of theirs too.

Yeah.

And enough for nothing, the bear naked ladies owe them some royalties for theirs for the

big bang theory, because it was completely rip off of the, and I'm sorry, go ahead and

yell at me at that one, but that, it was a rip, I'm sorry.

I never really saw the show much either, but I did see a little bit because my brother

and sister watched it a little, and I do remember seeing like these actors that really stood

out.

And obviously in Bryant and Greg and Jane and those two actors in particular.

And there's not very many times where you look at a show and like, whoa, look at the

careers that springboarded off of that.

Yeah.

Like just incredible, especially Bryant, Cranston, yeah, and then with, you know, breaking

bad and everything.

I think it's really cool that he's, he doesn't really, this is something he doesn't need

to do.

Yeah.

He's got plenty of offers out there.

You know, he's a well established actor now, but it sounds like I think he really, it

seems like he really enjoyed working on that show and the cast members.

So I guess that's why he's coming back.

And there is as, as funny as it may sound to some out there, loyalty is actually really

important to most actors, especially the older actors who talk to and the idea of doing

this is not far fetched for actors like that.

They've talked about doing an in living color reunion.

One of the first people to bring it up was Jim Carey, like the one guy who probably

doesn't needs it the least.

Right.

Exactly.

But there is a bit of that there.

I'm not saying it is, is this an all actors or anything like that?

But there is a good core of actors, especially in this age range that you see this with

from time to time.

The idea of like only like we're doing a limited amount, yeah, instead of like let's bring

back the whole show for another, you know, however long they want to do it.

He's like, no, just do like a little thing for the fans, you know, say, hey, we're going

to do this and then, and then be done.

I think that's the way you should do it.

Let's take a quick phone call.

Good morning, you're on the show.

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They lost it.

I don't know what happened.

They're like, keep losing us, but keep trying everybody.

You phone callers.

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Yeah.

It is a good one.

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It's really put a lot into that community and to this community and everything and appreciate

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Save time.

Let's take a call before we go to break.

Good morning, you're on the show.

All right.

I am going to have a complaint for you guys.

All right.

Why is it going to have to be just the kiddos calling on you?

It's a good question.

That's a good question.

Very good question, Kevin.

It's a very fair question.

You don't have it if you called in, we would probably take your call.

Yeah, I think so.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

I think so.

As long as he does a little kid voice.

I do like the idea of that.

Who do you want to hear from your former self?

Yes.

My whole phone.

Okay.

The kid didn't hurt myself.

Perfect.

Yes.

I'm calling in with their lists when they were kids.

I wanted that.

Actually, that's fun.

That's fun.

That's a good one.

Can I do that?

There's a whole list.

I have the list.

I have the list.

You got Mr. Armstrong to stretch Armstrong.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

It's a good one.

That's a good one.

Save them.

Save them.

And call it.

We're looking forward to that.

And we appreciate you calling it, man.

Safe travels out there, Kevin.

All right, guys.

Have a great day.

You too.

You too.

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Chalk.

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Chalk.

Are you listening in the lane?

Snow is glistening.

A beautiful side.

We're happy tonight.

Walking in the winter wonderland.

Another quintessential voice.

Quintessential Christmas song.

Johnny Mathis.

That's right.

As a side note, did you guys hear that our weather's going to have sprinkles?

That sounds really good.

I love sprinkles.

That's really cool.

That's really cool.

On your maple pumpkin donut.

Going on.

Make it even better.

You don't even have to buy sprinkles.

Let's go out there.

I'm falling.

Is that how that works?

I brought this one up a couple of times.

But ultimate classic rock.com put together a list of 30 winter songs that aren't about

the holidays.

Yeah.

So we have a list here of the top winter songs that don't have anything to do with

the holidays.

And we want audience participation, seven, one, five, four, two, four, twenty, six hundred.

Listening on the civic media app, you were just a touch or two away.

Yeah.

There's a fun list here.

And they're not in any particular order.

Although I would say that one of the first ones I think a lot of people would think of is

a hazy shade of winter from Simon and Garfunkel.

Oh, yes.

If you are an 80s kid, maybe you were thinking of the bangles version from less than zero.

That's right.

Yes, that is a deep cut.

That is a very deep cut.

But either actually both versions are pretty darn good.

They are.

They're both pretty good.

I like both versions.

There's a lot.

Actually, I don't know if I've heard many bad versions of that song.

It's a good tune.

It's a good one.

And with a lot of younger artists or even the bangles version, it's a little more up tempo

and everything.

And I kind of like that.

Yeah.

It's a good song.

It's a very well written song.

Winter time loved from the doors.

Trapped under ice from Metallica.

So there's a couple of other ones.

Winter from the right.

That's.

Yeah.

Winter from the Rolling Stones.

A winter's tale from Queen.

Okay.

Winter Lude from Bob Dylan.

Hmm.

Let's check that one out.

They have on here Snowbound from Genesis that it's not on the list.

I will recommend more highly Snowbound from Donald Fagan.

Oh.

Okay.

Nice.

He's such a good song.

Nice.

Listen to it every December.

Every December.

It's a good song.

Let's see here.

December from Weezer.

Okay.

I actually like Collective Soul's song December.

That's a good song.

That's the first one you've mentioned that I know.

That's about right.

Honestly, that I think is a collective soul.

I'm not a big collective soul guy, but I know they have had other hits.

To me, that is like a complete song.

That's a great.

It's a good song.

It's a good layered song and everything.

Again, listen to it every December.

Yeah.

Because I'm lame.

But only in December.

Yeah.

I like the song.

February stars from The Foo Fighters.

Okay.

Cold rain and snow from The Grateful Dead.

Out in the cold from Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.

Okay.

And here's an interesting one, California Dreaming from the Mamas and the Papas.

That's true.

That's true.

Yeah.

Because if you listen to the lyrics, it's not in the summer time.

Even though we always associate California with summer, right?

Yeah.

100%.

But they have the whole seasons, all the seasons over there because they're a giant

state expands all the latitudes.

Exactly.

It's a huge state.

You can't just say it's one thing.

I agree with everything you guys just said and I, that has never been any near, like a cold

song to me.

Like it's always been a warm song.

I hear that.

It's not funny.

Yeah.

Winter time from the Steve Miller band.

Okay.

And a winter's tale from the Moody Blues.

That's a good one.

I like that one.

There's a song on there that they did not include.

Speaking of 90s songs, long December by the counting crows.

To go on.

Yep.

There's a very important one you did not mention.

Do you want to build a snowman?

Oh gosh.

No.

It's a good one.

It's a good one.

That is not a Christmas song.

You're absolutely right.

It's not a Christmas song.

It's absolutely a winter song.

You got it.

Winter from Tori Amos also made the list.

Okay.

And as I mentioned, the Donald Fagan won Snowbound.

I think that's a good one right there.

There's some fun ones out there though.

Yeah.

It's not as big of a list as I would have thought.

Or a subject matter that I would have thought it would have been bigger.

When you kind of take a step back.

Turns out, winter is not as much fun to write about a summer.

It's true.

Yeah.

It's true.

I have done a set face of the music about summer.

I have yet to do one about winter.

Oh.

That was nice.

Nice.

What?

Maybe it's cold outside.

I guess technically a Christmas song.

That's not technically a Christmas song.

I think you're right.

Yeah.

I think you're right.

Yeah.

I think you're right.

Cold as ice from Forner.

Okay.

Shame.

Yeah.

Shame on you.

For mentioning Forner.

That's on me.

That's on me.

That's on me over money.

Well, and I know you did this on purpose, James, but the song you played us in.

Winter Wonderland.

Of course.

It's not even though it's considered by so many.

It's not.

He's just talking about the season.

Yeah.

It's kind of where I wanted to rap.

And then that famous, famous song.

Yeah.

I know.

Just speaking for myself.

That's Christmas.

That's a Christmas song.

It feels like a Christmas song.

Yeah.

And I don't know that I can actually say that I've celebrated Christmas if I haven't heard

Johnny Math is sing that song.

Yep.

So a such an associated song with the holiday.

Yeah.

You're right.

I was a much older person.

I was in my teens when I finally realized that wasn't a Christmas song or something.

That's right.

I don't remember the day.

But I remember.

I'll never forget the day.

It's jingle bells.

I get this.

That's actually something I was going to point out.

Okay.

I learned that this weekend at my family Christmas that jingle bells was originally theorized

to be a Thanksgiving song.

Ooh.

Entry.

Or a drinking song.

Well, you probably wouldn't miss with either of those.

Yeah.

What about the one going to grandma's house?

That's a Christmas song.

Right.

Yeah.

Over the river.

And through the woods.

To grandma's house we go.

Let's see.

The horse knows the way.

Here.

They don't know.

They mentioned Christmas in that.

Yeah.

It stinks my nose and bites my toes.

It's over the ground.

We go.

So good.

I think that may just be it.

Well, maybe we discovered a new one.

I don't know.

Okay.

Thanks, sir.

Share your favorites with us, everybody.

All week long, all season long.

We're looking forward to hanging out with you and you to join in the conversation.

We will take a quick time out.

We'll come back and wrap up the show.

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Take a joke.

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Thanks so much for joining us, everybody.

We're going to take you right to the top of the hour.

Wrap up a Monday edition of the show.

Get into our schedule.

Talk about some great local community events going on.

But we have a that a right story for you to kick things off.

Police in Wyoming are reminding residents to decorate their homes for Christmas.

Not their vehicles.

Oh no.

Oh no.

A driver was pulled over with their car illuminated by festive lights.

The Wyoming Highway Patrol shared a photo on social media showing a Ford Mustang,

which you don't do that to a Mustang.

Say why?

Pulled over by a trooper who noticed the entire vehicle was decked out in colorful lights.

Oh no, that's not good.

As the holidays approach the season, we would like to remind you of a Wyoming statute.

The statute in question states that no person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon a highway

with any lamp or device there upon capable of displaying a red or blue light visible

from directly in front of the center.

Therefore, they kind of got the copyright on that.

Yes.

Red and blue.

Now, where do you remember red and blue flashing lights from?

Oh, I remember them.

And I'm just showing a quick picture of this to Seth.

Now, not only this is nothing to do with Christmas lights,

it says everything to do with one.

I'm a fan of Mustangs.

And two, this is ugly.

It is pretty ugly.

This doesn't look right, man.

It don't look right.

And we're talking literally covered.

The entire car is covered with lights.

Yeah.

I think I saw this picture again.

It's completely covered.

It doesn't look.

Yeah.

It's great for parade.

Yeah, exactly perfect.

Yeah.

But normal driving around?

No, no, no.

That's going to distract and talk to that.

See, there's the thing.

They could have done this for the parade or something like that.

And we'd be cheering them on.

We'd be like, right, that's cool.

But you can't be driving around like this.

No.

And you definitely can't be having anything that is even close to police

or firefightal light.

Yeah.

In a light situation.

You can't be doing that.

You can't do that.

No, that ain't right.

That's not a good one.

And this person definitely did not get a gift card.

But people in Connecticut might.

Okay.

We go, we shift right in.

We segue perfectly from that into our good stories of the day.

All right.

And we continue with maybe getting pulled over.

And if you get pulled over in Connecticut this month,

you might get a gift card instead of a ticket.

Oh.

Cops in six Connecticut towns are surprising people

who get pulled over for minor infractions.

They said Santa might even show up.

Who knows?

But this is just something they do every year.

Oh.

I know they do this in Connecticut,

but other states and other places do this too.

Okay.

A similar way.

And sometimes this is a situation where they are pulling people over

and just giving them the gift cards.

It's not necessarily something that they did wrong

or anything like that.

That's freaking out first.

And then surprise them.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Good things.

It's an interesting promotion that's been going on for a very long time.

Well, no wonder it's so loud in Connecticut.

That's what's going on.

It's all the sirens.

That's what that figured it out.

Yeah.

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Completely full circle.

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What?

What?

Stuff happened over the weekend?

It's amazing.

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I can't believe it.

I don't really need to do anything.

Just show up and we'll talk sports.

So does it, is it, is the NBA Cup cool now that the bucks

are gonna be in the final?

Yeah, yeah.

I think we, I think that, I think it is cool now.

It might be something to that, yeah.

We will talk about it today.

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