How To: Cook and Eat Edamame
August 18th, 2008We shot this about six years ago. It’s taken that long to compile the 300 hours of footage and do the script doctoring that a production of this magnitude requires.
You’ll note a few things:
- my hair is post nap
- my hair and Coco’s hair: matching
- Heather’s pronunciation of “Jon” is something I hear about 30 times an hour; I’ve developed selective hearing
- Leta had a very minor meltdown involving the snap out portion of her princess magnets; not the magnets themselves, the snap out holder thingy which I mended with tape, which no amount of reshooting or doctoring could fix
- mind-blowing special effects
There is audio, so you might want to adjust your speakers and or headphones.
Enjoy:
How To Cook and Eat Edamame from blurb on Vimeo. o
UPDATE: The opening track is “Ascension To Virginity” by Dave Grusin. The closing title track is “What R We Stealing” by David Holmes. Both are on the Ocean’s Twelve OST
Tags: dooce®, edamame, family time, recipe, tip
Ok, Jon, thank you SO much for clarifying that you were licking the WOUND. Because, umm, I was afraid that you were licking elsewhere.
Freakin’ hilarious video! Ailane (my daughter) used to get upset if the outer adhesive around stickers tore. Oh. Mah. Gawd.
I liked it. Or should I say, tres droll.
That’s a lot of salt, dude, kosher or not. Not wonder Leta is a picky eater.
Excellent video! I hope you guys make more in the future, that was amusing.
I’m British so have no idea what Edamame is, so must Google that. It looks very unnatural and totally inedible, but bloody hell that’s a lot of salt your using. Think of your arteries.
Must be Heathers fault as she always saying “a little more Jon a little more” .
OMG! That was brilliant! I particularly loved the credits. You definitely need to add some more videos.
PS – it is “rolling boil”
that is awesome.
you two should do more ‘movies’.
Fan-freakin’tastic!! Of course, you forgot to tell The Interwebs just how long the edamame needs to stay in the “roiling boil”. 5 minutes? 10 minutes? Until Coco’s wound heals? I might have to hoard all the kosher salt and kvetch about this now.
Love it!
Good-for-the-environment-tip: If you put a lid on that pan, the water will boil faster, thus reducing cooking time and using less gas.
Thanks for the lesson. If soy wasn’t the Anti-Christ in this house (due to a soy allergy), I’m sure I’d be cooking some up very, very soon.
re: Salt usage: two to two and a half teaspons in the water, another teaspoon immediately after it drains. Obviously, it’s up to you to find the right balance for you in your life (it looks like more, but the camera adds about 10 lbs or so).
re: Boiling. We like to get the water back to a rolling boil with the beans. Some people might want to go a little longer.
Too too funny! It’s nice to hear someone else say “No say the WHOLE thing nice” instead of just me doing it all day long.
lol…you guys do realize that was a steamer packet you used and it has microwave instructions right?
omg i shouting at my computer… ROLLing boil ROLLLLLL not ROIL!!!!
Thanks for my first laugh of the day!
This husband/wife interaction is eerily familiar. I liked the “it’s bad for the environment!”
And also, what music is that at the end? I am probably revealing myself to be totally uncool, but I don’t know what it is and I like it.
@workroom, doing it in the microwave makes them taste blechy. Plus, not enough salt.
Forget that Emeril and Rachel Ray shit, The Armstrong’s are where it’s at.
Now that I have a tutorial, I’ll have to try boiling them. I usually just nuke ‘em. And I like to dip the pods in a little soy sauce before sucking the beans out. Mmm soy sucking.
I always pictured Coco, Chuck and Leta being bigger, somehow…
And, you have taught me that the ucky outer thingy on the edamame are indeed not to be eaten, I always wondered why they were so horrible. They really should put directions on vegetables for people like me, you know, eat this part, peel this part, boil this part.
Also, I love how Heather tells you what to do with everything, it cracks me up.
There is a reason why edamame tasted better than a “wound.”
You have a season “wound” thoroughly. Paprika, yellow curry, etc.
Best practice is to let it marinate overnight. THEN you can cook at serve over rice or potatoes.
After watching that video, I finally realized who would play you perfectly in a movie: Sam the Cooking Guy. He’s a local cooking guy here in San Diego and despite his Canadian roots, I think would be perfect for your movie.
LOVE IT. More please. That was hilarious. “Are you calling the Jews cheap?”
also, I had to look up what edamame was.
Yep, i was yelling “ROLLING” boil too. Great video. Not only can they both write, but they can act too. Geez. Ya’ll got everything.
I love this video because it gives people a glimpse of what you guys are really like in person- DORKS.