Rotisserie Chicken Edition (Hour 2)

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This is Beth Habeiger, and welcome to the kitchen's open on WFHR.

Have you ever found yourself getting to dinner time

and realizing you haven't pulled out that thing

from the freezer to fall that you meant to make?

Or even thought about what you were going to make

in the first place?

Well, on occasion, my day has gotten away from me

and the easiest thing for me to do to feed my family

is to stop by the grocery store

and pick up a rotisserie chicken.

It's not only convenient, it's delicious,

and the leftovers can be used in a myriad of ways.

Yes, the best kind of meal.

It saves time and money.

Yes, it does.

But it's also rich with history.

According to an article I found called

From Napoleon to Costco, how rotisserie chicken became so popular

on mash.com, they have a story about King Richard the Lionheart.

So it wasn't just Napoleon's favorite meal.

So way back in 1192, King Richard the Lionheart,

one of the most well-known military leaders

and warriors in English history,

was on his way home from a crusade in the Holy Land.

He was traveling by sea, but because of the stormy weather,

his retune retinue, I had it right last night.

His retinue decided to finish the journey by land.

King Richard and his servants traveled

in humble clothing, typically worn by pilgrims,

hoping that this meant they wouldn't be caught by enemies,

particularly Leopold the Fifth, the Duke of Austria,

whose lands they were traveling through.

However, on one fateful night, King Richard's appetite

betrayed him.

According to legend, he insisted on having roast chicken

made for him where he was staying.

However, this was a delicacy usually only made for nobles

with a delicious scent of roasted chicken

and the magnificent royal ring the King was quote-unquote

accidentally still wearing.

Local soon put two and two together.

The King was then taken prisoner and handed over to Henry VI,

the Holy Roman Emperor, who held Richard Ransom

for 150,000 marks of silver,

which was three times England's annual income at the time.

To pay for their King, all of England was heavily taxed

and the churches even had their gold and silver reserves

confiscated to pay off the Ransom,

all reportedly because King Richard the Lionheart

needed his retisserie chicken.

Oh, man, what a story.

I love that story.

It's a great story.

But trade by a chicken.

This is much more interesting.

I just thought cows made it popular.

They just made more of it.

No, they just tell you to eat more of it.

Yeah, that's right.

It's also wild to think of a country like England,

like needing, like, hey everybody, all hands on deck.

Right.

Like check your couch cushions.

We need all your change, everything.

You think a people could play it about Texas now?

It's like, our stupid King got himself taken prisoner.

No, we got to pay for it.

Did he get caught again?

It's an episode of Hogan's Heroes or something.

Well, the whole process behind a retisserie chicken

was very common back then because they would have spits

over their fireplace where they would cook.

And so you just rotate the foul or the pork

or whatever meat that you had to do that.

But chickens are more of a delicacy

or often used specifically to have eggs.

And it wasn't until they were older

and were no longer producing eggs

that chickens would then be killed and used for meat.

Nice.

So, though just having chicken with some sides

is a great meal in itself.

I love the many ways that you can use the leftovers.

One of my favorites and Seth has had this several times

is a chicken casserole recipe

that has been passed down in my family.

Using retisserie chicken makes the prep work a lot easier

and it gives a great depth of flavor.

It also is fun because it uses ritz crackers

as the topping when you bake it

and it adds that extra little crunch to it.

God, I love ritz crackers.

Oh, it's a great recipe.

Casseroles are just one of the many ways, though,

that you can use the leftovers from your retisserie chicken.

FoodNetwork.com has an article entitled

50 Retisserie Chicken Recipes

that makes short work of dinner

which gives some other creative ways.

And I will have a link to that this article

in my newsletter article.

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This is just one of many great articles you're going to find there.

The article, again, is entitled 50 Retisserie Chicken Recipes

that makes short work of dinner.

And it will give you some great ideas.

And I found three that I wanted to highlight.

And the first one was one I would never think to do.

If you love jalapeno poppers,

which is about one of the few ways

that I can handle a jalapeno,

you can make a chicken jalapeno popper melt

out of your leftover.

All right.

You take your classic grilled cheese sandwich

to a whole new level by layering it with retisserie chicken

and jalapeno peppers,

and you can make it in just five steps.

Okay.

All right, so preheat your oven

to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.

And then you're going to toss eight jalapenos

which you have halved, seeded, and removed the ribs from.

And on a baking sheet with one tablespoon of olive oil,

season it with salt and pepper.

So you're going to mix that up together

to season the jalapenos.

And then you're going to roast them

until they are charred and softened,

which takes about 15 minutes.

Once you've done that, set it aside.

Then you're going to heat a griddle

or a non-stick skillet over medium heat.

On the bottom of four slices of bread,

layer about two tablespoons of shredded wakaya.

Yeah, it's got a name.

It's just not the weight spell.

Yeah, yeah.

Cheese.

Or whatever cheese you prefer.

But this is more kind of like that cream cheese flavor to it.

So maybe a nice soft white cheese

would be a great one to do as well.

And then you put four jalapeno halves on there

and then top that with four tortilla chips

to give it a little bit of a crunch.

Then a half a cup of the chicken

and then the remaining cheese

and then put the other slice on top.

So you've made yourself your sandwich.

And then you're going to spread both sides of the sandwich

with butter, cook the sandwiches,

domine them with a metal bowl.

And that helps to melt the middle of the sandwich.

Because when you make a grilled cheese,

have you ever gotten to the point

where the outside's nice and gooey

but the inside's soft?

Not melted yet.

Yeah, don't like it.

So when you put a dome or something over it,

and I even do this when I'm making grilled cheese

at a pan, put the lid on top for just a little bit.

And that helps to heat everything

as you're grilling it.

So you dome it with a metal bowl

to help those middles melt

until the first side is golden brown

which will take about two to three minutes.

And then flip and repeat on the second side

until the bottoms are golden brown

and the sandwiches are gooey in the middle,

which takes another two to three minutes.

And then you just cut it in half and serve.

Yum.

I love, I mean, aside from the heat and stuff,

I just love the flavor of jalapenos.

Just in the way they prepare these,

they take out all the hot stuff anyway.

Yes.

You're just getting the flavor on the peppers there.

I mean, all together, this sounds really good.

I love, I've had so many grilled cheeses in my life.

I don't know that I've ever really,

like, changed it up much.

I like the idea of trying it a little differently.

Yeah, there you go.

And grilled cheese, there are food trucks out there

that make an elevated grilled cheese

and just do something a little bit different with it.

So you can take what you know and love

and just tweak it a little bit

and make something completely new and fantastic.

So another thing that I found interesting,

which sounded yummy,

and again, something Seth would like

but would not help my bland palate,

is buffalo chicken cheeseballs.

That just sounds great.

So the recipe calls for the entire rotisserie chicken,

but it sounds good,

and maybe you just half the recipe.

Like if you have half of your chicken

for a meal, half this recipe,

and then you can still use a leftovers.

So you want to have some oil heated

to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Then you're going to pick the meat

from the chicken and discard the skin,

place the chicken in a large bowl

at a quarter cup of hot sauce,

your choice, they recommended Franks.

I'm a little partial, just text the speak,

because it comes out of North Carolina

and was founded by a meridian.

Just a little, you know.

No bias at all.

At a teaspoon of ground black pepper.

One in three quarters cups sharp cheddar cheese

and a quarter cup of finely sliced scallions

and toss to combine.

Then you're going to roll those chicken,

that chicken mixture into two ounce balls

about the size of a golf ball.

If you don't go golfing, think about a ping pong ball.

Here you go.

Place one cup of all-purpose flour,

three eggs, lightly beaten,

and two cups of panko breadcrumbs,

and three separate bowls.

So one bowl is going to have your flour,

one will have the eggs,

one will have the breadcrumbs.

Roll each ball in the flour first,

then in the egg,

and then in the breadcrumbs.

That's how it allows it to adhere.

Oh, okay.

And then you're going to set those aside.

Now when the oil is hot,

that's when you're going to fry the balls in batches.

Cook for about two minutes per batch.

You don't need much longer than that,

because the chicken's already fully cooked.

Right.

So you're really just looking to melt that cheese

and bring it all together.

Remove the chicken to a paper towel,

lined plate to drain the excess oil.

And then there's a sauce that you can make with it

if you want to get it even spicier.

So you make the sauce by combining

one and a half cups mayonnaise,

a half a cup of packed blue cheese broken up,

a half cup hot sauce.

Again, there's your heat.

Half teaspoon.

So thank you.

Half teaspoon.

It could be really hot.

Well, depending on how hot you like it.

And you adjust these as your palate dictates.

So a half a teaspoon of hot sauce,

two teaspoons of worshipier sauce,

one teaspoon salt, half a lemon, juiced.

So you just want the juice of that half of a lemon.

And we gave you a tip for how to do that last week.

Well, that's right.

Back to last week.

And then one teaspoon chopped garlic in a large bowl

and adjust the seasoning again if you want to

as necessary for your palate.

If it's something someone like me,

I wouldn't even put the hot sauce in there.

I'd allow the sauce to then help to balance out the heat.

Yeah, the balance is right.

Right.

So then you serve the chicken alongside the dipping sauce

and enjoy.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Of course, some of the other ingredients

do take the heat down a little bit,

like the cheese and stuff like that.

So it won't be quite as spicy.

But anything buffalo chicken, I'm there.

I love buffalo chicken.

Yeah.

Of course, that does not get a lot of that spice in our house

because the rest of us don't have the same type of palate he does.

It's one of you.

Something like this.

You could make two different sauces.

One that has a little bit more heat,

one that cools it off,

and then that way everybody can enjoy the same thing.

That's right.

The last one that I found that I really thought was interesting

was lemon-dilled chicken cakes.

So made with citrus herbs and mustard,

there's no shortage of flavor

with these tender, pan-fried chicken cakes.

The recipe will take a bit of prep time though,

but it sounds like it might be well worth it.

Again, this one only has three steps.

So the prep work comes after step one

because then you have to wait a little bit

before you can move on to the next step.

So the first step is to combine two and a half cups

of the shredded rotisserie chicken, finally chopped,

a quarter-cup panko bread crumbs,

a quarter-cup mayonnaise, one large egg,

two tablespoons chopped fresh dill,

one tablespoon dejon mustard,

half a teaspoon grated lemon zest,

and a half a teaspoon each of salt and pepper,

and all of that you combine in a bowl.

Then you're going to gently form into eight,

three quarter-inch thick patties,

and freeze them until they're firm.

So that's going to take about 10 minutes.

So there's your prep time.

So you make them ahead of time,

and you can always leave them in the freezer for longer.

Just make sure that they thought just a little bit

because water and oil do not mix well.

They do not.

I've heard that.

So that's your safety tip for the day.

Once you have them frozen for that 10 minutes

and they're nice and firm,

sprinkle some panko on a plate,

coat the patties on both sides with the panko,

and then press gently on them a little bit

to adhere it to that patty.

You're going to heat two tablespoons of butter

and two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

Add the patties and cook until golden.

That's about three to four minutes per side.

You're going to transfer it then on to paper towels,

to drain, and season it with some salt.

Serve with a lemon mudge, and there you go.

Mmm.

Not that lovely.

Forget potato pancakes,

regular pancakes here are some chicken pancakes.

Yes, that's good.

Any kind of cake that you do like savory cakes,

I'm all for those, those are great.

That sounds like a really good one.

They're good vehicle for other foods too.

So my go-to has always been casserole.

So to find some other alternatives

to what to do with your leftovers is always a fun thing.

And maybe all of these could not maybe.

All of these could be used with your Thanksgiving turkey leftovers too.

Fair point.

You know, we're always looking for new ways to use turkey

after Thanksgiving,

and some of us enjoy a good roast of turkey

other than just Thanksgiving.

So when you've got that nice bird that you have leftovers,

there are so many things that you can do with it.

Excellent. Wow.

I know a lot of people,

whether it is turkey or chicken,

they like them,

but maybe they've just been having them the same way

for so long,

trying some a little different with them.

So everybody can come become a little bit of a foodie

if they want to.

There you go.

So rotisserie chicken is a great inexpensive way

to share a meal,

and maybe try out a new recipe as well.

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Alright.

That's great.

Great addition.

Nice work.

As my sister used to call it,

rotisserie chicken rotisserie chicken

when she was younger.

We still make fun of her for that.

We're sure fun.

Beth will not only be with us next Monday

for another edition of The Kitchen's Open,

but we're going to be hanging out

a little bit later for the rapid support.

Awesome. That's right.

We're looking forward to that.

Be on the lookout for that.

We'll get into that when you can catch that

a little bit later in our show,

when we get into our schedule.

But thanks, Beth, great work.

Thank you.

Melissa for another edition next Monday, everybody.

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Let's get into a little bit of entertainment news.

And country legend, Reba McIntyre,

is stepping up to try and save PBS,

which is near and dear to her heart in many of ours.

Imagine growing up without PBS.

I can't.

I shudder at that.

I mentioned earlier about how big of an influence

Rob Williams was to me.

What led me to Rob Williams was,

the Muppets was PBS.

Right.

Seeing him on Sesame Street

and seeing him early on in my life and everything.

I don't think one thing that,

when we talk about all the different things

the PBS offers and all the different things that it does,

one thing that doesn't get touched on enough as much.

And maybe it's not as necessary anymore.

But the importance of representation.

The only time I ever saw people like me on TV

was on PBS.

That's it.

And I'm not talking about just when I was a kid

or just when I was getting

going to a certain grade school or something.

I'm like a senior in high school.

I'm talking about.

Representation hasn't been a thing for a very long time,

everybody.

And it's important and it matters.

And if you think it doesn't,

it, man, it must be nice to be you.

That says something about what world you live in, actually.

That's the definition of privilege.

Yeah.

The moment you think that,

well, why is everybody get bent out of shape about this?

That's your first reaction is understandable.

It's the second feeling you have after that.

That's where I want to reach people.

Gotcha.

The idea of, well, this doesn't offend me.

Why does it matter?

Well, the world's bigger than you.

And it matters more than that.

Maybe looking into that and everything before you

just jump right away on,

oh, people are so soft nowadays.

Who's the soft ones?

Who's the ones that demand change all the time?

And demanding this and that and whining about things that are not that important.

Like, think about it, really.

Think a step back.

And the idea of what they're taking away

when they're trying to make these cuts.

They're not cutting their salary.

Has any politician talked about cutting their salary?

Ooh.

Anybody talked about working for free?

Anybody.

That would be fascinating.

All the cuts that are going on,

I haven't heard one person say that,

you know what?

I'm going to take a cheaper paycheck.

I hear athletes do it all the time.

I hear we hear starting quarterbacks constantly.

I'm cutting my paycheck so we can sign this big free agent.

Right.

That kind of thing.

That's a common in sports 101.

I hear all the time actors.

I'm going to work scale for this independent project.

Right?

Because they can't afford the big deal.

Yeah.

Or I want to work with this director really badly.

So I'm not even going to,

none of my normal contract.

Just give me whatever.

Give me a buck to do this job.

I hear that constantly in my world.

I have never heard of a politician at any level saying

with all these cuts going on.

Has anybody heard,

and the next time you have a chance to talk to a politician

and they want to talk to you about cutting a fund

or cutting something,

ask them,

well, even if you agree with these cuts.

Sure.

They should have no problem answering this question.

Ask your local representatives.

Ask your politicians from all the way up.

Okay.

These cuts are great.

Well, when are we getting to your paycheck?

When are we going to start cutting?

How much can we save from doing that, right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Because there you go.

No problem doing this.

I don't think there should be any problem with that.

PBS.

Okay.

How about your paycheck is a little bit here.

And with all of this,

Reba has a reason she's behind this.

If you didn't know,

PBS is under threat of losing one billion in federal funding.

And Reba is not having it.

She posted a video asking fans to rally behind the public broadcasting.

She said,

quote,

hey, it's Reba.

I've been a part of the PBS family since the 80s,

from Austin City limits to South Pacific, a Carnegie Hall,

and now PBS needs our help.

Reba never speaks out about anything.

Think about this.

Not really.

When is the last time you heard Reba McIntyre speak out on anything?

Right.

It's not to say she ain't got an opinion

or doesn't have her feelings or thoughts.

She just doesn't believe in putting them out there.

She's old school.

But this one,

she's coming out of the...

It's very important to her.

Yes.

And this was not about politics just heart.

She talked about how PBS has helped generations of kids

learn and brought amazing arts and science programs

into our homes,

especially in rural areas.

Yep.

Yep.

Yes.

This was public access.

That's right.

Where we're broadcasting from and where she's from.

And where a lot of us are from.

She told fans to go to

protectmypublicmedia.org

where you can find out how to get involved.

And again, that website

protectmypublicmedia.org.

Yes.

You upset Reba.

Wait a minute.

How dare you?

You don't mess with Reba.

You don't mess with her.

I may not know a whole lot about country music.

But man, there is one thing I know for darn sure.

You do not mess with Reba McIntyre.

No.

No.

She's too awesome.

Yeah.

She's too awesome.

I'm good on her for putting her name on that for going out there.

She is.

She is being very stressing this very strongly.

This is not a political thing.

There's nothing to do with politics.

You have no idea how Reba McIntyre votes.

If you think you do, you're a fool.

You have no idea how she votes.

And she's been very careful about that.

Very smart about that.

This is not going to change that.

Yeah.

If you've got two cents, I think.

Yeah.

Well, we talk a lot about childhood literacy and how important it is.

And programs like PBS and Sesame Street have really, they were kind of the front runners

in getting that out there for these kids in rural areas whose parents have to work a lot

to be able just to afford to live.

That's right.

There's way too many of these things that we're not going to appreciate until they're gone.

And we shouldn't have to wait till that.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

Steven Nix and Lindsey Buckingham had made headlines yesterday the other day after fans

noticed that they started following each other in social media.

They've been feuding since 2018.

They've been feuding a lot longer than that.

It's been off and on for decades.

Yeah.

They also each posted half of the closing line from their 73 song for a frozen love.

It's from Buckingham Nix which is their only record together before they joined Fleetwood

Mac in 75.

Good record, by the way.

Yeah.

Check it out because they're both excellent songwriters.

Stevie's post read quote, and if you go forward and Lindsey's read, I'll meet you there.

Oh.

As of the other night, there's no word of what they're hinting at, maybe a reissue of Buckingham

Nix.

Oh, Buckingham Nix.

That'd be good.

Mick Fleetwood is in on a two though.

He posted video of himself listening to Forever Love and said quote, the marriage of Stevie

and Lindsey, the marriage of coming into Fleetwood Mac when they did.

It's all in this song.

It's all in the music.

It's magic then.

It's magic now.

What a thrill.

Amen.

All right.

Mick Fleetwood is just, just all of a sudden.

He's great.

It's funny that he's, oftentimes he was considered the, as far as the musical geniuses left

and right in that band except for him, but yet he is the one that kept that band together.

I'm telling you, well, it's got his name on it.

I mean, him and the two guys, the band is named after him and John McVeah were the bedrock

of that band.

They're the rhythm section.

You have to have a good rhythm section in order to have a good band.

They were the foundation.

Everything was built on.

I don't know what this means, especially at their ages of making music, let alone new

music.

I think just if you're a fan of the band, fan of these artists, it's just cool to see

you.

Oh, good.

It, you know, whatever happens from here forward.

Hey, you know, make good.

Yeah.

You guys made a lot of people happy.

A lot of good music.

That's right.

A lot of money.

Your career is what you can make an argument.

I think that both of them would have had amazing careers.

Had they just gone their own separate routes.

But you can't deny that they help make each other's careers.

Oh, absolutely.

Yep.

You can go your own way.

Sorry.

That's well.

There you go.

That was perfect.

I think Lindsay Buckingham is one of the more underrated guitar players of all time.

I think that Stevie Nicks has, you know, a legend in what she is and what she has done.

Songwriter?

Oh my gosh.

It's kind of cool to think of them kind of just, you know, making good.

Maybe just, you know, just, even if they never do anything like, like, musically together

again, it's just nice to see reconciliation, right?

That's it.

Be nice to see.

Can we all just get a little more?

Yeah.

It really has to be Melissa.

That'll never happen.

That's a whole different ball game.

We're hate meets forever.

And Terry and I touched on this a little bit Friday and I was really curious as we were

wrapping up the segment.

I wonder if this will still be a story Monday.

It is, despite what the internet has been suggesting all week.

Coldplay takes no glee in destroying relationships.

And they want you to know this during their show in Madison just last night at the other

night Saturday night.

Chris Martin actually warned the audience about, you know, the kiss cam.

It was the first show since the out at CEO and all that.

The incident.

Yes.

He said, quote, we'd like to say hello to some of you in the crowd.

How we're going to, how we're going to do this is we're going to use the cameras and put

some of the big screens.

So please, if you haven't done your makeup, do your makeup now.

Yeah.

That's a good way to word it.

Yeah.

That's nice.

I had to get Terry some credits.

She was talking about this.

I was like, this is bringing everybody together.

I didn't catch it at first, but she's right.

I don't know the last time people had been more unified in peace of a shared culture that

really went, I mean, it went like Uber viral.

I love it though.

It's great.

It's turned into so many memes.

Oh, yes.

Already.

Oh.

It's pretty fun.

And it was pretty funny that they end up in Madison, the very next show.

Yeah.

That is very amazing.

Absolutely.

I did hear a number of people that went to that.

And not anybody.

I know, no, just people in media talking about it.

Really good show.

I heard a lot of good things.

Very cool.

That's a good one.

We will take a time out.

We'll get to our news.

Sports break.

We'll take care of our partners.

And we'll come back.

And we're going to talk about that old adage.

Do you really need to wait 30 minutes before you eat or before you swim after you eat?

Yes.

Now, what about if after you swim, do you have to wait 30 minutes to eat?

Do you have to?

Is there a flip on that?

I don't know.

It's a good question.

We'll discuss.

Welcome back, everybody.

Morning, show.

We hope you're having a fantastic one out there.

Good summer.

Good Monday.

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And what is one of the telltale signs of summer?

Swimming.

We love to swim.

We love to get out there.

I haven't been swimming yet this year and I am very angry about it.

You probably heard this your whole life.

I would think that this is one of the more common old tales that we have all heard wherever

you grew up, however you grew up.

You heard, you don't go swimming, don't swim for at least 30 minutes after you eat.

Because if not, you'll cramp up.

So is it true, though?

People turns out not even close.

There we go.

It is just one of those things.

I would love to know where these things start and how they gain such momentum.

Think about it.

Nowadays, we just got done talking about this viral thing with the CEO and all that and

everything.

Obviously, it went viral.

We have a word for it, viral because of social media and the way we can share things

and stuff.

Hey, you too.

You got to see this video and blah, blah, blah.

The idea of things going viral at this time is just insane to me.

It's incredible to think about it and I love the idea of it.

I love that we as a society, as humanity, we were able to do this at one point and share

information this way and nobody saying, well, I don't know if that nobody tested stuff

back that we just took it out of face value, right?

Fake news.

That's fake.

Yeah.

Seriously, I mean, because my parents said the same thing, you know, about swimming.

I never questioned it.

You know, it's like, okay, yeah, I better, you know, wait until, you know, I wanted to go

in the water, you know, my Nana told us that and it might as well have come out of a

tour or something.

I mean, yeah, yeah, so you printed in stone tablets.

So where did this come from?

It first, it was first seen in the original Boy Scout manual from 1908 called Scouting

for Boys by Robert Baden Powell, get home with goodness.

It said, quote, never bathe in deep water very soon after a meal.

It is very likely to cause cramp, which doubles you up and so you could drown.

You could get drowned.

Get drowned.

Wow, the writing isn't great, but okay.

And recently, a physician who also was a competitive swimmer in high school spoke out

about the hypocrisy of this claim, mostly because parents encouraged their kids to eat

before playing soccer to prevent cramps.

Oh, he said, quote, I could physically tell the difference.

If I had two pieces of, oh, yeah, I could physically tell the difference.

If I had two pieces of toast and then went and swam and an hour and an hour at 6 a.m.

in high school versus if I didn't eat, I would be dragging.

I was going to say you need fuel to do those things, right?

And back in 2011, the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Committee concluded that eating

before swimming is not a contribute, contribute a computer to drowning and can be dismissed

as a myth.

There you go.

Whew.

All right.

So, you know, it's funny, though, every time my parents said that, I never thought of

like stomach cramps.

I always thought like leg cramps.

And then you couldn't kick, you know, and then if you're in deep water, oh, no, you're

gonna drown because you can't kick your legs anymore because they'll be cramping up.

But apparently, the original or whatever, you know, where they got that, it was stomach

cramps for digestion.

If you're getting cramps and you're digesting food, you've got a problem, you should get

that checked out.

What would you think, you know, wait, you know, I mean, I suppose, yeah, food, food safety.

Wasn't as, what is, it is now, correct?

That's fair.

I'm on with you.

I think it was just a way to allow parents time to, number one, clean up the food after

the meal.

And to take a quick nap before having to watch the kids swimming.

Yeah.

No lifeguard, I'm duty.

I do, I do like the idea that this is not a shot at the past or anything or the way

of doing this.

And I think they, especially, you know, I know very little, I know the last Boy Scout movie

better than I know Boy Scouts and Boy Scouting.

But getting to do with Boy Scouts, no, we just, you know, getting to interview a number

of our Scouts.

And to say you shout out to Kevin and the team over there and all the good work that

they do with those things, I would say that a lot of, I've learned is precaution and

praying, cautioning people of things.

Right.

So I could see that, you know, hey, covering your bases here, just in case, kind of thing.

Yes.

You're on the side of caution.

But without a lot of feedback on this, reading that on it, on that surface, I could see

being overly cautious about this and especially in the game of telephone of, you know, this

being passed on from one family to the other, one community to the other, one country, when

state to the other, moving and moving forward, you know, it gets a little loss in the message

gets a lot.

It was inconsistent.

It was half hour.

It was an hour.

It was, if you eat this or, you know, or it got, like you said, it's like a giant game

of telephone.

It got muddled along the way, it got changed over just the way oral stuff works in our

society.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I kind of, I kind of think it's fun.

Some of this stuff is a little like, oh, you know, but the other parts of this, I think

it's kind of cool and fun.

I also, like every parent out there is kind of like ear muffs, like you kids, we don't need

to tell them this.

We can tell them when they're older.

Yeah.

They're older than this.

Yeah.

Did anybody ever, like, experience like this, a fear of this or a worry of it?

I was a little too rebellious.

I kind of pushed boundaries and stuff as a kid that's shocking to literally nobody.

Whereas my sister, the exact opposite, Jillian was rebellious when she wasn't trying

to be.

It was more so just her imagination taking over.

And Jill, when we first moved out here and where we got my parents, you know, my Nana

Papa's deck, she would go to love disco running off it.

And what was the he-man line?

I had the power of the universe, so yeah, jumping off the, she does this once.

And before she even hits the water, you could tell she's panicking.

And she just, she gets in and she just, it just as quickly is trying to get out.

And she's like seven eight or something, not even that.

She's younger than that.

And she's freaking out because she just got done eating and she forgot to wait to jump

with the water.

And we could not console her.

She was so upset.

Oh, no.

She was so upset about that.

That's sad.

She got over it.

I'm sure.

She got over it.

Oh, but that's funny though.

I like the idea of just even the idea of it, like, scared her to be like, oh, panic, you

know.

By the way, it's the worst thing to happen when you're in the water is to panic, right?

You're not supposed to panic, I don't know.

Not a good thing.

No, not a good thing.

We do have a lot of good things coming up, everybody.

We're going to get into a bunch of good stuff when we come back, we'll get into our schedule

and talk about some good things today and great local events going on in our area.

And I wanted to just touch on a couple of them real quick.

One of them is the touch truck event that is happening with our Wisconsin Rapids Family

Center.

The vehicles, all types, kids, games, food, raffles, all going to be there.

Join us for the fifth annual free touch truck event going on this July 26th, 11 to

three over at Grand Rapids Lions Club, big shout out to the Lions Club, meet us there

for this week.

It's going to be a lot of fun.

Everybody, all the big hitters are going to be down there.

You're going to have the Police Department, Sheriff's Department, Fire Department, EMTs

going to be down there.

They're going to have all kinds of cool stuff apart of this.

Bring the kids, have some fun.

As we have talked about cuts to funding, we've been talking about this since last year

when it comes to our domestic violence shelters around the country.

And we all hands on deck, everybody.

We need all hands on deck.

Great way to raise some funds.

Yeah.

Yeah, raise some funds, awareness.

And you just never know what your kids might come across.

They're lights are sparking them that all of a sudden they want to do this or be part

of this.

The bridges that are built in our community through these different departments with our

community are just as important as the event itself.

Get on the right side of history with us and be a part of the touch of truck event going

on this weekend.

July 26th, over at the Grand Rapids Lions Club, free fun event, a big shout out to the Lions

Club for that one.

And we just had in our good friend Mike Hittner the other day from the historic point of

boss.

We were talking about civil war days.

That is also going on this weekend.

You can check that out.

Oh my gosh.

What a busy weekend.

Yeah.

Lots of stuff going on.

A lot of really cool things that they have in this one, a part of civil war days.

It'll feature troops from the second Wisconsin, the Iron Brigade, eighth Wisconsin, light artillery

41st Virginia, McHallister's battery.

So many great people coming together for this wonderful, fun reliving of history.

This is going to be a good one.

Civil war artifacts will be in this play at the South of County Historical Museum as well

as at the historic point boss.

Nice.

And they do a great job with these.

If you've gone to this event in years past, it's the same price.

They don't change the print.

No, they don't.

They do this for families and for the community.

They have our back.

Let's have theirs and help them keep history alive.

Take in civil war days, everybody.

You can get your tickets and find out more at historicpointboss.com or call up.

We got tickets.

Yeah.

Oh, nice.

Mike was nice enough to leave us four tickets right here.

I want to get him in your hands, everybody.

Cool.

Call up 715-424-2600 and just share with us like one of your favorite things about history,

your favorite things to learn about history or moment or something like that.

Share something like that with us and we'll get these four tickets to you.

Just take in civil war days going on this weekend at the historic point boss at 364-Wakelead

Road, right in beautiful Nicoso.

We'll come back after this segment and we'll get into our wrap up our show for the

day.

Coming up, Morning Show at WFHR.

Welcome back, everybody.

Morning Show at WFHR.

Melissa, Seth and James here with you wrap it up the show for Monday but we'll be back

at it tomorrow.

Mel and I will be hanging out with you, bringing you some serious comedy to start your day.

I'd like to bring these forecasts.

You know where she is right now?

Yeah.

Yeah.

She's at the aviation expo today.

Yep.

Yep.

That's awesome.

Wow.

Keep up the great work, Brett.

Yeah.

Keep up the great work.

Safe travels to you.

We got a lot of great things going on here at studios and of course here at in town.

We're going to touch on some local events and real quick.

Did you want to also touch on our schedule?

I got a great wrap and support lined up for you today.

Beth, who are here?

No.

One of these days you'll get it right.

Can you pronounce this from?

No.

Beth, Beth's going to be joining us.

So we'll be talking about, we'll be featuring the Marievieve Church talking a little

bit about some of the great events going on over there and some fun things to look

forward to.

We'll be talking with her a little bit later.

Catch this edition and all the other editions of the wrap and support at WFHR.com.

Get on over there, everybody.

And while you're there, sign up for that newsletter.

Yeah.

We're going to great one lined up for you.

Get on.

Always.

Always good stuff on there.

Yes.

We're going to let now.

Great team.

I'd appreciate that work.

Everybody.

And of course, we got raft or baseball back on your radio dial tonight.

Be sure to join us for that.

Before that, we got your tailgate.

It's playmakers.

Four to five.

I want to five.

W.I.

All right.

Join us over there with your sports takes and calls and feelings.

And of course, then take in some raft or baseball over here at 97 five.

620.

Our pregame will kick off.

Boys, summer coming off a nice win last night.

Yep.

We're playing the rockers again.

Yeah.

In town here.

Taking in those rockers at 620 over at Witterfield.

Get on over there.

If you can, everybody.

And catch up playmakers a little bit later today from four to five.

I want to five.

Thanks to quality post printing and family natural foods for that.

Yes.

Indeed.

And some great events going on in our community.

Seth, one of the touch on too.

Yeah.

We got a couple here.

Let's see.

We've got tomorrow.

We've got the next city band concert.

Now this is the Wisconsin Rapids band that's been doing this for over a hundred

and sixty years.

Just keep that one in mind, everyone.

But this is a good one because this is their annual dance concerts tomorrow.

They're going to be bringing in the special guest band, the swing doctors, like they do

every year.

And of course, it's happening over at Robinson Park.

730 is when the concert kicks off.

Bring your dance and shoes, everybody, because you're going to want to do some swinging

with the swing doctors at the city band concert tomorrow.

Coming up on Wednesday, a couple of events that we want to highlight as well.

Big one over at Crossview Church, 1,000 East Riverview Expressway, number 120.

The Wood County Veterans Expo will be happening from 9 a.m. to noon right after Heroes Cafe.

Join the Toma VA Medical Center and the Wood County Veterans Service Office as they present

all kinds of benefits and other things for vets and their families, resources and benefits.

That's the word I was looking for.

There's a whole bunch of them that are going to be there.

If you have any questions at all, if you are a veteran or if you are a family of a veteran,

find out all the stuff.

It changes a lot.

So it's a great way to keep up to date.

That's once again coming up on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon at Crossview Church.

And then for fun on Wednesday, Zoozort is back, everyone.

Down at Helen Zoohouse at the Wisconsin Rapids Municipal Zoo, Neural Tarant has been a licensed

animal educator for over 20 years.

She'll capture kids' attention with interactive questions, demonstrations and animals.

She'll be doing that at 11 and at 1.

So two different chances for you to see Zoozort coming up on Wednesday at the zoo.

Check all that out, everybody.

And as Seth mentioned, American Heroes Cafe is open this Wednesday from 730 to 930 over

a Crossview Church.

Make sure all area veterans, military police and firefighters know they are welcome.

And take that in and a big thank you to everybody involved with that one again in American

Heroes Cafe.

This Wednesday 730 to 930 over a Crossview Church.

Our friends over at Mimela Memorial Library have a bunch of great summer events going

on.

Every day they have different events going on.

Lots of good stuff.

Courage you to go to MimelaLibrary.org to check these out like their Monday movie.

They've got a great one lined up there for you today with that over at their Fine Art

Center.

Baby Storytime is at 1030 tomorrow in the children's area, one of my mom's favorite parts of

the day.

Summer reading out at the zoo going on at 1 o'clock tomorrow as well.

And then they've had this really cool concert series that they've been doing throughout

the summer.

And they're going to keep at it.

This Thursday they will have Ron McCabe presenting a mix of original and traditional songs.

Yes.

It's old stomping ground.

That's right.

I was going to say for those of you who know he used to be a library director at MimelaLin

now.

He trumps around the countryside singing songs.

He's a troubadour basically.