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Welcome to the F3 Podcast, Football, Food, and Fantasy Football with Aaron Hallishuk and Chef Jonathan Frazier. F3 Spotlights football teams, matchups, and fantasy football picks, and the tailgate recipes that make watching even better. From locker room talk to kitchen talk, F3 has you covered. Now here are your hosts, Aaron and Jonathan.

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Welcome back to the F3 Podcast, where football fantasy and food comes together. I'm Chef Jonathan Fraser, and I'm joined by I'm Aaron Hellishek. And this week we're heading into week 10 of the NFL season, with there's plenty to talk about. The Giants have beaten the Eagles, Jacksonville is taking down Baltimore, and Green Bay put 45 points up against New England. We've got a bunch of interesting matchups to talk about. The Patriots, the Lions playing in Munich. And of course, we get into Aaron's fantasy football team. What's happening on Every Inch Counts?

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Do we have sound effects for that? Because we do, we need like a mr mr.

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How's it going that way? Alright. Well, we've got lots to talk about. And of course, we're always gonna get into food. And this week we're gonna talk about some of the food that's heating up the community and keeping us warm on some cold nights. Alright, well, Aaron, welcome back.

SPEAKER_02 1:41

I know you're not at 100% today, but you're willing to Yeah, dealing with a little bit of a cold, so my apologies if I'm sounding a little nasally or stuffy or just not quite myself. We will power through. Well, and I may have some food ideas for you that may help you. I love it. And I might follow in the footsteps of a bunch of quarterbacks, which we will talk about later, and head towards injured reserve.

SPEAKER_01 2:03

That's right, because there's a lot happening in the league right now, and you know, as we're looking at the game results, finally only one overtime game this week.

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Yes, that broke with the trend.

SPEAKER_01 2:13

Yes, and that was the Browns and the Saints with the Saints coming out. The Saints came out on top by one point, which is pretty crazy to have that type of a game.

SPEAKER_02 2:21

Yeah. So it's uh it's funny because if we talked a few weeks back about how overtime was like the trend of the week in the NFL, and there was a ridiculous amount of overtime games, and this week, just one. We do have another trend emerging.

SPEAKER_01 2:33

That's right. Well, do you want to get into it? What do you want to do? Let's get into it.

SPEAKER_02 2:36

Let's start chatting about another trend, like we said, that's emerging this week, which is a massive amount of quarterback injuries.

SPEAKER_01 2:44

What is going on in the league? Everyone seems to be hurt. Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_02 2:48

And I know, like, injuries happen, that's a part of football. We're literally halfway through the season at this point right now. The trade deadlines are coming up really close, but it seems like there really is, especially on the quarterback position, it is an inordinate amount of injuries. And I was looking at the list here, and it is unbelievable. You know, following week nine, we've got, you know, Lamar Jackson, Tyler Huntley, Deshaun Watson, Patrick Mahomes got injured today, Andy Dalton. It is just unbelievable. And then on the active roster, I mean, some of those players are still on the active roster, some are injured reserves. There was also Sam Darnold, Drew Lock played today for the Seahawks. He was injured. He was dealing with uh, I think uh tendinitis a little bit, and he hurt his hip as well. He it's Kyler Murray, Malik Williams. It's just unbelievable the amount of quarterbacks that are facing massive injuries, and then of course, people like Jalen Hurts, who dealing with blood clots, and we've talked about that in a previous episode. So there are a lot of quarterbacks on the injured reserve or on the reserve list because of injuries. So it's it's a concerning trend.

SPEAKER_01 3:57

Well, and I want to jump into it, and this is jumping our whole segment, but as a a fantasy manager, this must be a nightmare for teams all around, right? Like, what do you do when all of a sudden all the top top quarterbacks, which are your biggest points makers, of course, yeah, are all going down and and being injured left, right, and center.

SPEAKER_02 4:18

It's really hard. I mean, that's where you have to, you know, I guess that's one of the techniques I would recommend. And I I kind of get a little bit of slack for it at the beginning of the season, but I'm always one to pick quarterbacks. I mean, running backs and quarterbacks are probably your top picks. Most people will go with running backs, but I have a tendency to lean into quarterbacks a little bit more, and I have in the past. And you want to get maybe not a top quarterback on your bench list, but you want to get a fairly good quarterback, I think, on your bench list because whether it's a bye week or whether one or two of your quarterbacks go down because of injury, you need somebody. You definitely need somebody to step up in there because one quarterback who's getting you maybe 20 to 25 points a game might not be enough. So yeah, I I always think that's a strong strategy in fantasy football, but others may disagree.

SPEAKER_01 5:09

Well, I was just thinking, too, this must be interesting just for watching the game because you get to see a lot of up-and-coming or like the second round, a lot of like you got picks and things like that that are coming about.

SPEAKER_02 5:21

And it's it is, yeah. I mean, a lot of those players they get thrown into the game unprepared. They're playing on the second team, they don't get starting team reps, they, you know, you can certainly feel bad for them in a certain way because they are held to an extremely high standard, which they should certainly be because they are a professional athlete, but they also have to realize that, and I think a lot of people have to realize that these second stringers, these third stringers certainly don't get the practice time as them as the quarterback. They don't get the this the reps with the starting players. So it is a little bit different. It's intimidating to walk into, but it's also very interesting as a fan, seeing, especially if you've seen them in college play, if you followed them through the ranks, through the draft, and now they're coming out. You know, it's not gonna get any more real-world experience than getting thrown into an NFL game at midpoint in the season.

SPEAKER_01 6:13

Well, and that and I kind of find that there's some excitement there. You're gonna see how the players are. Yeah, and see well, and not even just how the other players react and how they work with a new quarterback. Because I mean, a lot of quarterbacks get into their their top picks, right? Like there's always gonna be that one guy they're gonna go to when the when the time hits, and you know, the new quarterback's not always gonna be that guy for them.

SPEAKER_02 6:34

Yeah, and like play calling is an issue, and it's there's so many different variables and factors that go into it, and it's uh, you know, usually you'll see a lot of running plays because of that. It's always really good experience for those second or even third stringers to uh to come out and play. It's it's made for a very interesting week and interesting season so far.

SPEAKER_01 6:53

Is it any of these quarterbacks you're seeing that have caught your eye and you've been impressed with or um there's been a couple.

SPEAKER_02 7:00

I mean, it's it's always so interesting to see who's coming around. And you know, we were chatting today when we were watching the Seahawks game playing and when they were playing Arizona in Seattle, Garner Minchu. There's a name that I remember, like I was saying to you, when he played in Washington State at the college level, and he's been bouncing around the league for forever, ended up in Arizona, and he is always again, he's not a terrible quarterback. I think he falls into that very like average quarterback. He sometimes is really good, and sometimes he really isn't. And I think today was kind of average to lower performance, but you know, you just never know where that he's coming and he's you know won the game for some teams that he's played for as well. So I was like keeping my eye eye on him because he does have that kind of washing.

SPEAKER_01 7:45

So yeah, I guess he he didn't really perform today against Seahawks.

SPEAKER_02 7:48

He didn't, no. I mean, it was Seahawks do have a really good defense, and I did as I was watching the game, he did have some good passes, and uh and some of the receivers definitely broke out. They had a lot of trouble in the red zone, they just couldn't really get much going, but there were definitely was some potential, so I can see what NFL teams see in him, and again, I think as somebody who has some talent, just definitely needs some more time.

SPEAKER_01 8:17

Well, and that's it. But even that game we had both quarterbacks.

SPEAKER_02 8:20

Yeah, I mean Drew Locke stepped in and he was dealing with I believe it was tendonitis, and then he got uh kind of a concerning, not super concerning, but he did get injured in the third quarter with his hip, and it looked like maybe the third stringer for the Seahawks at that point would have to come into the game. They were sort of saying he was warming up on the sidelines, so you know it's just uh it's it's the nature of the game. Patrick Mahomes got injured today with his elbow. It looked like a pretty ugly injury at first glance, but he got back in and they got the win, so you just never know, and you sort of see how the the rest of the game and the rest of the teams play out, but uh, it always makes for like Philadelphia. Perfect example. Without Jalen Hurts, they clearly, clearly have not much going on.

SPEAKER_01 9:04

And that was gonna be like, what's going on with Philadelphia? I guess it's just quarterback, quarterback, quarterback.

SPEAKER_02 9:09

Yeah, and I think they need they need a good look in the mirror at this point in the season. I don't think they're gonna rescue much from their season right there, but it's something where with the trade deadline coming up, there's potential to look around, but they are stuck in a seven-game losing streak heading into their bye week, which I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I think with their head coach Nick Seriani, he hasn't really done any knee-jerk changes to the team, and he sort of stood by his rationale for not making any massive decisions. They have not scored a second half touchdown since week six. So it's just, I don't know. Tanner McGee, their backup quarterback, definitely not the answer. Offensive line needs some work, so they definitely do need a good look in the mirror.

SPEAKER_01 10:01

Sounds sounds like a bit of work to happen on that team. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 10:04

Here's my here's my wild card for that team, though. I would say let's maybe, maybe look at a wild trade, possibly with the Chargers. I'm I'm calling that. You're calling a trade with the Chargers. I'm gonna say that would be really interesting to see if anything will come of Justin Herbert because that poor guy in LA has not won a single game at all this year, and I think he's a much better quarterback than his record shows, and that team is for him. So if he gets traded, there might be a possibility.

SPEAKER_01 10:34

Be some real real see some real fun things happen out there. Okay, let's talk a little bit about uh Jacksonville today. Is that the team to watch or what's going on?

SPEAKER_02 10:42

Oh my goodness, like that's a really, really interesting team. I've and I think I've probably gone on the record before. I've never been a huge Trevor Lawrence fan. I remember watching him in college getting drafted his first couple years in the league. Like many quarterbacks coming out of college, weren't necessarily the best. But yeah, he is really doing quite well this year. I have to say he's yeah, definitely surpassed my expectations. And there's for sure, for sure some potential there on that team. And what does that mean for Baltimore after this game? Oh, Baltimore. I would say they're basically in the same same category, if not worse than Philadelphia. But I think without Lilmar Jackson, they don't they don't have much on the horizon, unf sadly, unfortunately. Too bad. Uh it it really is too bad because there was again a lot of really good things happening there. Um, I know with uh with Philadelphia it's unfortunate because uh Jackson goes down and then their backup, Tyler Henley, gets turf toe and he can't play anymore. So, you know, you think you, but maybe I've got a good backup. Nope.

SPEAKER_01 11:42

Injured always happened. Yep. All right, let's uh another game I wanted to pick on was the uh not pick on, but talk about a little bit. And just get your point of view and how you felt about it with Green Bay Packers and what they're doing with their offensive statement over the last little the last game here against New E in New England, so 45 to 27.

SPEAKER_02 11:59

Yeah, and that was played at home in New England, I believe, this this uh week, and I felt kind of well, I won't say I felt bad because I'm not a huge New England Patriots fan. I know like Brady was there and Julian Edelman was there and Gronk was there, so it was kind of a throwback to a few years ago and they were all there to watch the game, but yeah, it was n New England. I I just I think they're a little overhyped. I'm not a huge fan of their quarterback. I think Jordan Love for Green Bay is I remember seeing him in college. I remember watching his first few years in the NFL. Really solid quarterback, really solid quarterback, and it's definitely showing up this year.

SPEAKER_01 12:34

And then we can talk a little bit about Kansas City because they were able to get actually a nice win. They did end up winning, yeah. Yeah, and defeating defeating the Jets, but we know how you feel about the Jets, and yeah, will they what's gonna happen with the Jets this year?

SPEAKER_02 12:47

Oh my goodness, that is a good question. It was amazing. I think, um, I think it was in that game. I mean, Mahomes obviously got hurt. It looked his injury looked a lot more gruesome than uh than it actually maybe turned out to be. Sounds like he actually might be able to play next week. There was a play that I saw when I was watching some of the highlights. There was a fumble by the Jets, and one of the Kansas City players picked up the ball and was running to try and score. And Geno Smith just lays a hit on this player like out of nowhere. It was it was impressive. I've never been a huge Geno Smith fan. I don't think I think he's a solid backup quarterback, not a great starting quarterback. My gosh, all of my uh accolades go to him for that hit. He hit like a linebacker. It was impressive for a quarterback to do that. I was like, whoa, where did that come from? Anyway, yeah, that's my praise of Geno Smith for this week.

SPEAKER_01 13:38

Well, we have uh we have some games to watch coming up. Yes. The other one is is that and now that my BC Lions are out. Oh, we're switching to CFL. Yeah, after losing the the Western Conference, uh, and now we have Edmonton and Montreal going into the Great Cup. So that's exciting for us in Calgary this year.

SPEAKER_02 13:56

Yeah, I think you know the the Elks fans are definitely gonna show up. I was really impressed to see that they got like, I think it was more than 40,000 fans at Commonwealth Stadium uh to watch the Elks, considering that they had been at the bottom of the proverbial CFL barrel for the past four or five years, and now they're playing in the Great Cap. So I know this is mostly we're talking about the NFL, but good shout out for the CFL, for the Edmonton Elks, and for Montreal.

SPEAKER_01 14:22

Exactly. We I mean we love our hometown game. We do, but we always get excited about watching the NFL, and of course, big games coming together because we're going to Munich, and then of course we have I would I would like to go to Munich, but we aren't. The NFL is the NFL is going, and of course the Detroit Lions and the uh New England Patriots, which will be cool. The uh little German homeland just watch some football, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 14:44

Yeah, I don't know how popular American football is in Germany. I see them more as like soccer fans. I know they've gone to Munich before, and I I think the game's been pretty good there. So there's an abundance of international games this year.

SPEAKER_01 14:57

Well, there's a lot of people that love to watch the game and get caught up on it, you know. So wherever you if you can get a game out there, it's probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to watch those games.

SPEAKER_02 15:06

So I do know weird fun fact. Uh, speaking of German American football players, that's a mouthful. Um, there were a couple of uh German players who played, speaking of the CFL for the bomber, for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, part of they have like an international draft and like kind of international players that come and play. He's been playing with them for quite some time. So you never know. The punter for the Seahawks is an uh Australian rugby player. There's players all over the world.

SPEAKER_01 15:31

Exactly. Yeah. Exactly. They all get into this game. If you get hooked on a game, you get hooked on a game. That's right. Let's uh jump over to oh wait, we're supposed to go bomb bomb bomb. More appropriate as we dive into fantasy and talk a little bit about how every inch counts. It's not counting.

SPEAKER_02 15:51

Definitely not counting. I will keep this short and sweet because uh I yes, I will be humble. I have not been doing very well in fantasy uh the past couple of weeks. I'm gonna blame that. Even though I have two very healthy, actually have three very healthy quarterbacks, Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff, have not been doing me any favors whatsoever. I got a resounding four points from Jared Goff this week. So week after week, you'd think I would learn my lesson and and swap some some players out, but I haven't yet to do that. But I do have Bryce Young on my bench and he got 20 points. So we might be looking at a slight change next week.

SPEAKER_01 16:25

Alright, we'll see. We'll see. Any other players you can think of from around the league that you might want to shout out that might be as a fantasy player that you might be wanting to look at that have been like on like some seriously good streaks. You know, I could look at my list here, and it's you know, there's probably a couple good players that you could call off there.

SPEAKER_02 16:42

If you got Caleb Williams as one of your quarterbacks, you are laughing all the way to the bank. Him or Jordan Love, those are some seriously good options there. Uh, if you got Justin Herbert, I feel really sorry for you. Um, almost as sorry as for my team, but not quite, because that's even worse. You know, Joe Burrow had a stellar week this week. Um, some yeah, pretty good that way. In terms of other non-quarterback positions, depending on who your running back is. Funny enough, I went with Chua Hubbard as a late-round draft pick. Can he shout out to the Canadian, and he's been actually fairly consistent for like a lower string running back. He's been getting some good points week after week. I would say, you know, anywhere between eight to twenty points. So that's pretty good. Yeah. So there's always those sort of dark horse players, but and something I was just gonna bring up, and we bring it up all the time, and maybe we can talk a little bit more about it.

SPEAKER_01 17:35

But the bye weeks, how badly do those affect you?

SPEAKER_02 17:38

You do have to kind of keep them in mind when you are drafting to make sure that if you are drafting a bunch of players from the same team, that might uh be a little bit of a costly mistake further down, especially if they all have the same bye week. So it is something to keep in mind. It's not like a massive deal, but certainly if you're not aware of it, it can certainly come around to uh to get you a little bit later in the season. So it's I would say it's like a yellow flag. You have to see the bye weeks when you're drafting, you have to know when they are, make sure your team isn't stacked all on one week, but it's not a massive concern. And there's always players you can pick up too.

SPEAKER_01 18:16

Has it been affecting your team this time?

SPEAKER_02 18:18

This time, no. Last year I did make the mistake in later rounds of drafting. Funny enough, because I did not pay attention to the draft to the bye week. I picked up a bunch of players in like my 12th and 13th or 14th rounds that oddly enough on different teams, but they all had the same bye week. It was just not good.

SPEAKER_01 18:35

Sometimes it happens.

SPEAKER_02 18:36

No, there's just a weird coincidence, and that kind of messed me over.

SPEAKER_01 18:39

But and so what teams do we have coming up next week for bye week?

SPEAKER_02 18:42

So next week we have the Bears and the Broncos, Philadelphia. Yes, they are going into their bye week and they certainly need it, and the Buccaneers. So we will see what the outcome is on their Sunday night game, and then they get a week off.

SPEAKER_01 18:56

So those are the players you want to make sure not on your list.

SPEAKER_02 18:58

Correct. Definitely early on in the week, take some proactive looking around on your teams and uh and do some swapping. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 19:05

Well, I think we've done a good look at the league this week. I know you're a little under the weather, so uh trying to trying to find a way to warm you up a little bit.

SPEAKER_02 19:15

Oh, I like this.

SPEAKER_01 19:16

So, and that's what I was kind of looking at. Like this we're getting into November, and of course, we've just had two major storms here.

SPEAKER_02 19:22

We did.

SPEAKER_01 19:23

And it's been power outages really wrecked a Bonds field that we were photographing this week.

SPEAKER_02 19:28

Oh, yes, we did have a curling Bonds field this weekend that uh yeah, was kind of interesting with some in the dark curling.

SPEAKER_01 19:35

In the dark curling, and maybe games that ran till two in the morning.

SPEAKER_02 19:39

Nobody speaks of that. Nobody speaks of that.

SPEAKER_01 19:42

Yeah, curling till two in the morning and then being right back for first thing in the taps were flowing, the power was not.

SPEAKER_02 19:48

That's that's all you need to know.

SPEAKER_01 19:51

Anyways, kudos to those gentlemen that get curled, they raised some money, and uh it was a good time for it. It was a good time. Anyways, I was thinking about with all that happening out there to getting that we need to start looking at like a lot of comfort foods and stuff that is gonna warm us up. And I just think with the cold weather and like football right now, you know, looking at like some soups, chilies, stewed, and those sort of comfort foods, you know, that just warm us up inside so that we can sit when we're at home, warm us up, sit on the couch, you know. Perfect, all of those great things, and also thinking about dishes that we can prepare a little bit ahead of time.

SPEAKER_02 20:26

Yeah, that's the key, isn't it? Right, like you gotta do that meal prep one and done, and then you're good for the week.

SPEAKER_01 20:31

Yeah, and like the best thing about the game is like getting in there early, especially the game that you're looking forward to watching, getting all that stuff done, getting it ready, thinking about keeping the food safe and refrigerated and hot when you want it. Yeah, all of those little things. So doing a little bit of pre-game prep planning and planning into your food is essential, right? Especially working in the kitchen. And I also think that like using certain different equipment, like a slow cooker at this time of year is great because you can set it, set it and forget it. It's almost one of those ones, which makes meals a lot easier to do, right?

SPEAKER_02 21:06

You can you don't have to be in the kitchen while your game's on.

SPEAKER_01 21:08

That's right, and you don't have to worry about a pot burning or something like that. You know, Dutch ovens are great. Having dishes that that stay warm throughout the afternoon are always good, and especially it's really easy for these foods to be shared with groups of people when you get them in there. So that was kind of my my little thoughts about this week, and trying to think of like, you know, those traditions that you can have around and bring in those fun foods that you can bring over to a friend's and and share with people. And so I think my real thing is like just looking at how you're gonna prepare and plan out your day for when you're getting into making some good food. Right. And of course, you know what, having a good spread of food is always a good one as well, too. Like a little bit of everything, it gets everyone happy. Now, this week I was kind of thinking about, and I like now that I'm not concentrating just solely on one region that I can play around with some ingredients and have some sort of different food that we can eat as a group, something that's a sharing one. And what caught my eye this week was making jalapeno poppers. I like that. You know, like that's definitely it's a nice shareable dish. Yeah, it's a great appetizer. They've been on menus for like since the fifties, right? But it was really, really in the the nineties when they came. With like major producers being able to produce large amounts of them and becoming fried foods. So you could go into a lot of your chain restaurants and you could guarantee to have that one dish that you could bring out there and you could share with a group of people.

SPEAKER_02 22:30

And if you really want to make it interesting in front of a Sunday afternoon game, do a hot sauce competition with your jalapeno poppers.

SPEAKER_01 22:38

There you go. Bring the extra challenge. And so I think it's like this really good game day finger food. And so I know I was talking about chilies and stews, and I know I want to get into some smoked meats, but I just thought this one was just like, let's start with some appetizers, getting some nice little dishes that we can throw on and have on the table. And of course, make taking nice jalapeno, stuffing them with like a nice cream cheese and and cheddar in them, maybe adding a little bit of bacon into it is always nice, whether we want to wrap the whole thing, or just chop it in and add it into our cream cheese. I thought these give it a real good flavor and taste to it. And of course, we can do it so many different ways. Whether we're baking them in the oven, which is maybe a recipe I'm gonna give because it's easier to do at home, or if we're grilling on the barbecue, because it can hold up really well and give you some nice smoky flavors to it as well.

SPEAKER_02 23:27

Or there's always air frying too.

SPEAKER_01 23:28

Air frying as well, of course, of course. It gives you that same thing. And the other one is the old classic deep fryer, which is like really well breaded and right into the deep fryer, so they're nice and crispy and sealed up nice and tight.

SPEAKER_02 23:40

Why do I have this vision of like you see around American Thanksgiving when people drop in a turkey into a deep fryer outside and then it explodes?

SPEAKER_01 23:49

So don't do that. No, don't do that. Well, and the nice thing is that jalapeno poppers are small. So they're not gonna overflow that amount of fat that you have. Pop up in the sky. Just little pop-ups. They'll just float there in the wall in the oil and make nice, they'll have that nice crispness to it and nice and creamy, cheesy in the middle. I I'm I'm also thinking, you know, serving this with like a light dressing, so like either something like a ranch, you know, sour cream, yeah, a nice lime, lime dip, like a little sour cream with some lime sauce in there. I think those just come all the all the way and just create a beautiful dish for you. Now, I always like to say, you know, you can also control, I mean, a lot of people are against the heat in there, and it's really easy. There's a little membrane in there that you can pull out, and pulling the seeds out will remove quite a bit of the heat. But I always recommend when you're doing and playing around with jalapenos is bringing out the old vinyl gloves or the latex gloves so that you don't get that onto your skins. Because if you're making a bunch of them for a good group of people, that burning sensation will transform through.

SPEAKER_02 24:49

Certainly. So what I'm hearing is you don't recommend getting the frozen box and popping them in the oven.

SPEAKER_01 24:55

No, definitely. I I mean you can do that, right? Like, and I'm not I'm not knocking when you're trying to get together, but you can always make these really easy yourself. Getting some nice jalapeno peppers, they're usually fairly inexpensive at the grocery store, and then creating your own cream cheese filling to pipe it into them, just making them delicious. And you know, of course, you don't have to overstuff them, you don't need too much in there. Just creating a nice little jalapeno popper.

SPEAKER_02 25:18

Pop the pocket of joy, exactly.

SPEAKER_01 25:21

So, I'm gonna leave a recipe on the on the website for that one, of course. But let's uh do a little recap now. Let's do it. So, uh what are the big stories in football right now?

SPEAKER_02 25:32

Quarterbacks, yikes, Aaron's fantasy football team, yikes. And uh will the Philadelphia Eagles ever win a game again this year? Probably not.

SPEAKER_01 25:44

And in food? Ooh, that's hot.

SPEAKER_02 25:47

Oh, I like it. Your food hotter than a bunch of teams.

SPEAKER_01 25:51

Yeah, that's right. So this may peak up the excitement in your games with a little jalapeno popper to go there filled with that nice cream cheese.

SPEAKER_02 25:59

The best way to, you know, deflect from a bad fantasy football team is to set your mouth on fire with some jalapeno poppers.

SPEAKER_01 26:07

That's right.

SPEAKER_02 26:07

Distraction, distraction, distraction.

SPEAKER_01 26:09

That's right. And so next week we're moving on to week week number 10. That's right. So we've got a lot of exciting things happening there too.

SPEAKER_02 26:18

Then it's almost gonna be American Thanksgiving, which is one of, honestly, it sounds hilarious, one of my favorite days of the year because, because you get NFL football basically from nine in the morning until nine at night on a random Thursday in November.

SPEAKER_01 26:33

Oh, best days of the week. It's one of the best. Well, for the F3 podcast, I'm Chef Jonathan Fraser.

SPEAKER_02 26:38

And I'm Aaron Hallersteck.

SPEAKER_01 26:40

Thank you for getting your F3 fix with us. Remember to eat well, watch smart, and play to win.