Lunchbox Envy
Lunchbox Envy
From the makers of QI and No Such Thing As A Fish: Gastronomically-minded QI researchers Jack Chambers and Manu Henriot join chef and food writer Rosie MacKean to unpack the world of food and drink, one lunchbox at a time. Can you unboil an egg? Why would you milk a spider? How much Dairy Milk would it take to kill you? Dig in now to get answers to the questions you never knew you had.
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Episodes
61: 💃🏻 Victorian Girl Dinners 12.04.2026 44:06
What does a Victorian girl dinner look like? Why is the plough to blame for gender inequality? What's gay about quiche?
60: 🎨 The $6.2 Million Banana 05.04.2026 40:25
Why did the Romans decorate their dining rooms with leftovers? How do you sell a banana for $6.2 million? Where can you eat dirt for fun?
59: 🥥 Performing Brain Surgery With A Coconut 29.03.2026 42:18
Why would you inject coconut water directly into your bloodstream? How can a coconut help in brain surgery? What do octopuses use coconut shells for?
58: 🥣 The Best Place To Smear Yoghurt On A Hot Day 23.03.2026 39:31
Whose testicles grow when you feed them yoghurt? Which animal would give you the highest protein yoghurt?
57: ☠️ The Deadliest Dishes Of History 16.03.2026 45:21
Which food do you need a licence to prepare? When are you at risk of Margarita burn? Why should you never accept marzipan from the Pope?
56: 🫙 How To Hypnotise Your Pâté 09.03.2026 40:04
What does Catherine of Braganza have to do with marmalade? How do you hypnotise pâté? If Marmite...what about Pa?
55: 🥕 Who Sabotaged Hitler's Carrots? 02.03.2026 45:51
How do you cure a floppy carrot? Why would you feed carrots to a chicken? Who sabotaged Hitler's carrots?
54: 🐂 Bathing In Beef Broth 23.02.2026 48:31
What are the benefits of a beef broth bath? How do you turn a cow into a tennis racket? Would you chow down on some chewy arse-tongue?
53: 🍊 The Medieval King Who Gave Us Jaffa Cakes 16.02.2026 51:36
What can you do with a boiled orange? Which medieval king do we have to thank for Jaffa Cakes? Why does orange juice taste so bad after brushing your teeth?
52: 🍆 Why Is The Green M&M So Sexy? 09.02.2026 41:08
Where did the Ancient Greeks stick their loaves? What's so sexy sbout sitting on a cake? Why is the green M&M so sexy? Happy Valentine's Week from Lunchbox Envy 😘
51: 🍟 Waiter, There's A Thumb In My Chile! 02.02.2026 39:36
Which chain feeds 5% of the UK every day? Why would you send a spy into a pizza factory? What would you do if you found a thumb in your chilli?
50: 🚀 Where To Get A Good Drink In Space 26.01.2026 39:51
What's the best way to smuggle vodka onto a space station? How do you make rocket Huel? Why do astronauts love shrimp cocktail so much?
49: 🫀 The Scottish Delicacy Banned In America 19.01.2026 47:25
Would you try Lancashire calamari? What did Mrs Beeton cure with tripe? Where could you get arrested for cooking a haggis?
48: 🫘 The Scientists Measuring Bean Fartiness 12.01.2026 46:37
Who built a car out of beans? Can you put out a fire with beans? How do you measure the fartiness of a bean?
47: 🥗 How To Sleep Yourself Skinny 05.01.2026 47:03
How many calories are there in a gram of uranium? What is the Sleeping Beauty diet? What do you have in common with a doughnut?
46: 🍻 Who's Up For Peekaboo Meatball? 29.12.2025 43:02
Why would you order a brick sandwich? What does a Peekaboo Meatball taste like? What was the mysterious Third Condiment?
Bonus: 🥂 The Best (And Worst) Festive Tipples 25.12.2025 18:13
One more for the road? Merry Christmas!
45: 🎄 The Fish In The Bath On Christmas Eve 22.12.2025 56:08
What is a live fish doing in your bath on Christmas Eve? Who tried to cook their turkey via electrocution? Where can you find roast reindeer on the menu? Merry Christmas from Lunchbox Envy!
44: 🎛️ Oven Baking Your Laptop 15.12.2025 38:00
Why would you oven bake a laptop? Which day of the week can your oven switch itself on? Who cooked himself in a bread oven just to see what would happen?
43: 🍸 too dRUnk to thinkof a title f0r thsi one sorry 08.12.2025 41:28
What do you get when you mix vodka with gunpowder? When will a doctor give you vodka? Who got paid in vodka?
42: 🎓 Jamie Oliver Is Screaming At Our Home-Twizzled Turkeys 01.12.2025 35:43
How do you Twizzle a Turkey? Where did Ancient Spartan kids get their packed lunch from? Who used to give their schoolchildren wine?
41: 🦃 CALL NOW: The Emergency Turkey Hotline 24.11.2025 49:09
How do you make a Frogeye Salad? When was eel on the Thanksgiving menu? Who can you call when your turkey won't defrost?
40: 🍯 Are You Being Swindled With Fake Honey? 17.11.2025 43:31
Why does your honey have bubbles in it? How do you eat ant honey? What does purple honey taste like?
39: 🥓 The Man Who Tricked America Into Eating Breakfast 10.11.2025 42:54
What's the point of a bacon window? Who's using a bacon dating app? How do you make bananacon?
38: 🌾 The Cereal Toy That Could Hack Phones 03.11.2025 38:09
How do you make a Diamond Shreddie? Which cereal accidentally invented computer hacking? Why are some cereals magnetic?
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