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
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?
37: 🎃 What's Really In A Pumpkin Spice Latte 27.10.2025 34:28
What is a Pumpkin Spice Latte really made of? How do you you sail a pumpkin? Who was Stingy Jack? Happy Halloween!
36: 🍄🟫 Was Jesus A Mushroom? 19.10.2025 43:23
Why would you want a mushroom to eat you? Which country has specially-trained mushroom chemists? Was Jesus actually a mushroom?
35: ❄️ The Man Who Nearly Destroyed Earth...Twice 12.10.2025 37:11
Who was the original King of Cool? Where are the world's dirtiest fridges? How are you using your fridge wrong?
34: 🍪 You're Eating Biscuits The Wrong Way Up 05.10.2025 39:54
Did a digestive break up The Beatles? Are you chomping on your Hobnobs upside down? What biscuits were on offer in the Titanic lifeboats?
33: 🐟 The Herring That Nearly Started WW3 28.09.2025 37:47
How did herring nearly start World War 3? When did fish have fingers? Is there such a thing as a fish? (Yes, and it's delicious).
32: 🍎 We Ate Newton's Gravity Apple 21.09.2025 39:16
How can a movie be spoiled by an apple? When do apples break the sound barrier? Why are some apples better for cooking with?
31: 🫖 Lethal Tea-Making Contraptions 14.09.2025 38:12
What is that scum on the top of your tea? Why were the first automatic tea-making contraptions so dangerous? Are you a MIFFY or a TIFFY?
30: ♨️ The Insane Truth Behind Microwave Clocks 07.09.2025 37:42
How did squirrels help invent the microwave? Why don't ants mind microwaves? What's the big problem with microwave clocks? Dedicated to Nigella <3
29: 🍺 Why Ancient Egyptians Drank Beer Through Straws 31.08.2025 40:57
Why shouldn't you tilt your glass when you pour a pint? Which city has an underground beer pipeline? Why did the Ancient Egyptians drink their beer through straws?
28: 🧂 The Saltiest Place On Earth 24.08.2025 48:05
What’s the saltiest place on Earth? How can salt win a war? And why does some salt taste like egg?!
27: 🧀 The Bank Vault Full Of Parmesan Cheese 17.08.2025 46:43
How do they put the holes in swiss cheese? Who eats the world's hardest cheese? Why would you put Parmesan in a bank?
26: 🌸 The 12-Year-Old Boy Who Gave The World Vanilla 10.08.2025 33:52
Which 12-year-old boy do we have to thank for all the vanilla we have today? What links vanilla to a beaver's anus? What hack lets you use your vanilla pods more than once?
25: 🧈 How Butter Caused The Catholic Reformation 03.08.2025 40:03
How did butter cause the Catholic Reformation? Where does extra-yellow butter come from? Who wants a buttershag?
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