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.
I know you may think salt is salt…but you must try some himalayan rock salt. It doesn’t have all the additives regular salt has and it tastes awesome freshly ground. Whole foods…
I want some edamame right now. Can you come to Houston and cook me some?
PS: Are you really friends with Tracy Manford in Houston?
WONDERFUL!
Jon, your double is in the top 5 in our Canadian Idol contest!
Earl Stevenson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1HS62TA8IE
As a Tennessean, I’d like to say that Heather’s accident is ridiculously southern. In fact, I grew up in Ozarks of Arkansas and moved to west Tennessee in 2000 and Nashville in 2002, and I don’t come close to having that kind of accent. I’d love to hear her say ten and forward. (Probably sounds like “tin” and “ford”.)
And I think I salt my edamame more than that. They eat it like popcorn in Japan. I’m sure Japanese folks would be disgusted by the amount of salt we put on our popcorn.
Great video! I’m glad you guys use vimeo. It’s superior to youtube.
I too caught myself yelling “rolling boil, rolling boil” at the computer. My co-workers now aren’t sure exactly what I’m doing in my office.
By the way, I *loved* the music that rolled with the credits. What song was that?
I always pictured Coco, Chuck and Leta being bigger, somehow…
Haha, me too! But they’re all so cute! Granted, dunno if Coco’s cute enough to “lick the wound”… but I’d love to cuddle with her on the sofa.
Luckily I have my own cuddlebug.
Anyway, I think edamame’s gross, but I still cracked up at this video. Thanks!
Very fun video! I’d read the first sentence of your post and got slightly confused at the timeline, because neither Leta nor Coco is six years old, but then I remembered how good at wormhole jumping you are. I knew what you meant, but my brain wouldn’t let go of it.
Licking wounds or not, holding a dog to your mouth is hilarious. Love it.
I’m joining in the chorus of folks asking for more videos like this, how fun!
Also, I’ve never had edamame and had no idea it was pronounced the way you say it. I always thought it sounded like “Auntie Mame.”
Also also, am a fan of the music at the end and wondering where it came from/who it’s by.
Oh, P.S. ROLLING boil.
This is going to be another e-earth-shaking “crayon” vs. “crown” issue, isn’t it?
Roiling and Rolling mean the same thing, people. Look them both up on dictionary.com and get over it.
Armstrong fam! Your home is gorgeous
it’s funny to see how someone else eats edamame - i always hold on to one end of it (using only one hand), and then suck them all out at once. you go for more of the chicken wing style!
I want some post nap hair. This looks slightly more difficult than the microwave edamame we enjoy at our house.
That was awesome.
Great video! I, too, would like to know what the song was during the credits. I didn’t see it mentioned, I’ll go look again. Thanks for the entertainment!
How did Coco’s wound taste? Like edamame? Or just like chicken? Like andriaandco, I, too, was worried that you were licking something other than her wound. Thanks for the hilarious video!
love it! you & heather ARE dorks! and of course I mean that in the nicest possible way ~ charming dorks
my favorite part. when Heather tells you to put more water in and you put in about the equivalent of two drops.
funny.
The internet says roiling and rolling are both correct - the later being more modern in usage….he, he, he….
BTW - I have a 13 year old son. Just after Heather’s comments at time 3:08 - 3:11 or so he and all his buddies would have all YELLED, “THAT’s WHAT SHE SAID!!!”
AND, Heather what would John do without you to guide him??? What would any of us males do without our females to guide us?? Surely we would fall into little puddle-piles of useless laziness without you. Sigh.
You guys are all even better in person (via vid) than via blog. Imagine that… Heather’s, “…it’s boiling you need to hurry…” directive and John’s, “wo, wo wo…it’s boiling so I need to hurry because it’s…going…to..stop…boiling???… I don’t think so” response are priceless.
Thank you. I needed the laugh today!
Brad
hopefully this will win your wife’s attentions back and you can go for the gold in men’s doubles boobgrab?
(i left michael’s ears on ya too)
^___^
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Great video! Mmm… edamame. But, wait, shot six years or six months ago?
OK, if you play your cards right you’ll have your own series; and I will finally have a justification for getting digital cable as that’s where the local company has seen fit to move the Food Network.
Beware of false economies: you generally have to use up to twice as much kosher versus regular table salt by volume. Always compare prices based on weight, not volume. Plus, think of all the e-mails you’re going to get chastising you for not using iodized salt (”It’s like you’re trying to give your family goiters!”, etc. etc.).
You might want to point out to Heather that the 20 seconds you left the water to boil before putting the edamame in to cook is probably less environmentally unfriendly than the extra time it takes to bring your pot(an) to a boil uncovered.
Also, the term she’s looking for is London broil. An easy way to remember this is the mnemonic “A watched pot(an) never broils, guv’ner”
Jon, I recently saw Kate Walsh IN REAL LIFE and GOOD CHOICE. Also, she wore a towel on some late night show because “she didn’t have anything to wear” and it was cute. Now, who do I see about making sure Phelps never has anything to wear?
Egad! Never, ever throw salt in a pan… er, pot… fuck, let’s call it a “pon”. None the less, never, EVER, throw salt in a pon of water that is not at a good boil, roiling or otherwise. When it sits at the bottom of the pon where the heat is the strongest it will do a number (no, not like “Singin’ In The Rain”) on your pon finish. Always throw the salt in AFTER the roil has started rolling. It will add years to the life and health of your pon. It is also good for the environment.
Thanks for the Edamame lesson!
Great stuff, very informative. I wish to see a special on mashed potato. With added dog
Do you use salt after cooking?
Also, I know you two will be out of town, but there is a group of Utah bloggers meeting up at Murphy’s on Friday night and even though I’m no longer a Utah blogger, I’ve met a bunch after moving to Chicago. Anyhow, we would be remiss if one of us didn’t at least invite you and Heather to join us. Alas, you will be in San Fran.
Six years ago? Coco’s older than I thought.
OK, this is going to sound ridiculous but Heather’s voice on video sounds, to me, like my own voice. You know when you hear your own voice through a recording and you’re all, woah, this is what I sound like? Well apparently I sound like Heather. And it was freaking my shit out.
Now I want edamame.