Who You Gonna Call?
Merriam-Webster describes a hotline as:\n1 : a direct telephone line in constant operational readiness so as to facilitate immediate communication2 : a usually toll-free telephone service available to the public for some specific purpose\nHave you ever called a hotline? Not necessarily for help with food or cooking but for help with anything? Well, if you haven\u2019t, we\u2019re here to fill in that gap for you.\nSeason 5 is all about hotlines, specifically, the holiday food ones. And, we\u2019re calling as many as we can during the podcast.\nNow there are, of course, lots of topics covered by hotlines because (especially now) people are not only learning how to bake bread and how to cook but many people are feeling lonely, isolated and in need of human connection, any kind of human connection. And, if that means someone on the other end of the phone line telling them how to proof their yeast (stay away from super hot water) or hang a picture on the wall, Hell, it\u2019s time to take them up on that.\nNot only have you learned a new skill but it\u2019s a super satisfying accomplishment. It\u2019s not unlike the old adage that if you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day but if you teach him HOW to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. I kinda feel that way about cooking. Who knew that our cooking at home mission would become so important.\nWe never stray far from that message even in our craziest episodes. We want you to cook more at home and enjoy it! Sometimes that means we did and continue to do ridiculous stuff to get you to try cooking something different (or not so different) in your kitchen for your family and friends.\nSo, here we are with Season 5! We\u2019ve been doing this podcast thing for over a year now. We\u2019ve had over 3600 downloads and that\u2019s not bad for not being celebrities. We\u2019re not resting on our laurels, though. We had to come up with something fun for us, entertaining and useful for you so The Holiday Hotline Season was born.\nIn this first episode, Natalia and I give you a rundown on many of the hotlines that can\u2019t wait to hear from you. We\u2019ll reprise our very first holiday hotline call to the Butterball Turkey Talkline and who knows, we might get to talk to Mary again. But we\u2019re not stopping there, we will be calling a couple other turkey helplines along with baking and cranberries. And, we\u2019re always open to suggestions. Have a favorite hotline you\u2019d like us to call? Let us know and we\u2019ll call them and give you credit, too!\nSo, now let\u2019s kick off our second holiday season with Who You Gonna Call?. Enjoy!\nIf you have a minute, please take a look at our Patreon page and consider becoming a member.\nAnd, many thanks to Cathy Wiedenhoeft for becoming our newest patron! You\u2019re the best!!\nYou don\u2019t have to sign up but it\u2019s easy to check it out and see what we\u2019re talking about. We\u2019ve got a lot of fun offerings for members that you won\u2019t get to see, experience or have anywhere else.\nDon\u2019t forget, you can find us all over the place now! We're on Amazon Music now so you really can tell Alexa, "Hey Alexa, play the podcast, Not A Single Fork!" and she will play the podcast. I tried it last night and it works!\nBut wherever your favorite podcast listening place is, we\u2019re probably there. Take us on the road anytime you like with Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play or with our player right here.\nAnd, as if we needed to do something else, we will be moving our podcast to its very own website podcast page. It\u2019s coming very soon so stay tuned. You\u2019ll still be able to find us in all of those other places, too.\nThanks for listening. We love you!!