Afterhours - Ryan Ballengee - Founder of GNN TV
This episode of Grilling at the Green After Hours features a spirited trivia challenge centered around Thanksgiving, hosted by jt with guest Ryan Ballingy from Golf News Network. The duo dives into a variety of fun and intriguing questions, testing Ryan's knowledge about Thanksgiving traditions, history, and culinary facts. From the record-breaking Thanksgiving movie "Frozen 2" to the first U.S. President to pardon a turkey, the conversation is both educational and entertaining. They also discuss cooking temperatures for turkey, the menu of the first Thanksgiving, and the quirky habits surrounding Thanksgiving meals. Tune in for a lighthearted yet informative exploration of Thanksgiving trivia that is sure to spark some holiday cheer.
Companies mentioned in this episode:
- Painted Hills Natural Beef
- Golf News Network
- Jenny O.
- Butterball
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
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Transcript
Welcome to Grilling at the Green After Hours.
Speaker A:The conversation that took place after the show ended.
Speaker A:Hi, everybody, it's jt and this is a special version of Grilling at the Green.
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Speaker A:That's Painted Hills Natural Beef.
Speaker A:Welcome to After Hours here on Grilling at the Green.
Speaker A:I'm jt.
Speaker A:Today we've got Ryan Ballingy with us from Golf News Network.
Speaker A:As I said in the tease in the regular show, we're going to test Ryan's knowledge of Thanksgiving, because Thanksgiving is coming up very shortly.
Speaker A:And so I dug up some trivia questions.
Speaker A:I'm a big trivia nut if you didn't know that.
Speaker A:So I think he's ready.
Speaker A:Are you Think you're ready, Ryan?
Speaker B:Ready as I'm gonna be.
Speaker A:All right.
Speaker A:All right, boss.
Speaker A:You're a father, so I'm going to start with something easy for you.
Speaker A:What movie?
Speaker B:You tell me.
Speaker B:It's an easy one.
Speaker B:That could be.
Speaker B:That could be bad things for me if I.
Speaker A:Okay, well, we're going to try.
Speaker B:We're going to keep.
Speaker A:We're going to try.
Speaker A:We're going to give it a shot here.
Speaker A:What movie holds the record for the highest grossing weekend in Thanksgiving history?
Speaker A:What movie?
Speaker A:And I'll give you a hint.
Speaker A:It's relatively new.
Speaker B:Wow.
Speaker B:Could it be Marvel?
Speaker B:Phil.
Speaker A:No, no.
Speaker A:Think.
Speaker A:You're a dad now.
Speaker A:Think.
Speaker A:Think in dad terms.
Speaker B:Oh, boy.
Speaker B:A family movie, then.
Speaker B:I mean, I.
Speaker B:I would have said something like Home Alone or Home Alone 2 or something like that.
Speaker A:Well, that used to be in there.
Speaker A:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker A:Mine was Casablanca, but that's really not a family movie.
Speaker B:So who.
Speaker B:What is it?
Speaker B:I'm.
Speaker A:I'm frozen.
Speaker A:Frozen 2, to be precise.
Speaker B:Frozen 2.
Speaker A:Oh, man.
Speaker B:Frozen 2 stuck, too.
Speaker B:That's a real.
Speaker B:Yeah, I remember seeing that theater.
Speaker B:I didn't remember the time of year I saw it, but they really dropped the ball and froze it, too.
Speaker B:And they're gonna make a Frozen three.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Maybe they should just freeze it and keep it in the freezer and leave everybody alone.
Speaker A:Maybe just let it stop.
Speaker A:Yeah, I can.
Speaker A:When my kid was little, it was free, Willie.
Speaker A:I hated that, dad.
Speaker B:Oh, yeah.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:I can't believe they made a second one of those either.
Speaker B:Like, what was the sequel gonna be?
Speaker A:I know.
Speaker B:And then again, it got freed again.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:And then he.
Speaker A:They.
Speaker A:In real life, they took him up to Norway and he died.
Speaker A:So there you go.
Speaker A:They were gonna Free Willie, for real.
Speaker A:And he just ended up as fish food, so to speak.
Speaker A:So there you go.
Speaker A:What US President was the first to officially pardon a turkey?
Speaker B:I'm gonna say Teddy Roosevelt.
Speaker A:Think, think a little.
Speaker A:Little later in our.
Speaker A:Towards us.
Speaker B:In our lifetime.
Speaker A:In our lifetime.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:George H.W.
Speaker B:bush.
Speaker A:There you go.
Speaker A:That's it.
Speaker A:You've got help there.
Speaker A:And that's okay.
Speaker B:I gotta phone a friend on that one.
Speaker A:They got a photo friend on that one.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:I'm gonna test your cooking knowledge here.
Speaker A:What temperature should a turkey be cooked at for safe eating?
Speaker A:What's the internal temperature when you.
Speaker B:The internal.
Speaker A:Internal.
Speaker B:170.
Speaker A:Pretty close.
Speaker A:165.
Speaker A:And I actually.
Speaker A:And I actually get mine to about 160.
Speaker A:Because, you know when you.
Speaker A:Even when you pull it out of the oven or off the smoker or however you're going to do it, it's still going to cook for a few minutes.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:So you don't want to get it too dry anywhere.
Speaker A:Which founding father you got?
Speaker A:This one.
Speaker A:Which founding father famously referred to turkey as a bird of courage?
Speaker B:I hope it's Benjamin Franklin.
Speaker A:It is.
Speaker A:It is.
Speaker A:Now this one is pretty good one.
Speaker A:How long can turkey.
Speaker A:We're talking about leftovers here.
Speaker A:How long are they safe to keep them in the fridge?
Speaker B:Let's say two weeks.
Speaker A:No, actually, they say only four days, but I've.
Speaker A:I've stretched it to a week.
Speaker B:That's about as far as I would keep turkey in my refrigerator after Thanksgiving.
Speaker B:Yeah, there's nothing like a good cold turkey sandwich.
Speaker A:Oh, yeah.
Speaker A:Well, I was doing my barbecue show yesterday, and we were talking about this stuff, and I said, my favorite thing is the day after Thanksgiving when nobody's here, and I've got some dressing and a little mashed potatoes and a turkey sandwich with.
Speaker A:And because I love the gravy on those two.
Speaker A:So I have a little bowl of stuffing and mashed potatoes with a little gravy on it and a cold turkey sandwich.
Speaker A:And I'm good for two football games right there.
Speaker A:You know, it's.
Speaker A:It's.
Speaker A:I love that stuff.
Speaker A:How many passengers were on the original Mayflower?
Speaker B:I'm gonna say, can we.
Speaker B:We have prices, right?
Speaker B:Rules, the estimation.
Speaker B:I'm gonna say like 165.
Speaker A:You're a little high on that.
Speaker A:102.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:All right.
Speaker B:That's not.
Speaker B:That's not horrible.
Speaker A:No.
Speaker A:Have you ever been on that Mayflower replica up in Boston?
Speaker B:No.
Speaker B:Although I did get on a.
Speaker B:A famine ship in Ireland.
Speaker B:Not in 24, but in 23 and kind of price, similar size.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:And, oh, man, we are so lucky we never had to do anything like that.
Speaker A:Oh, man.
Speaker B:Must be in this conversation.
Speaker B:If we had to be on one of those ships for six or seven weeks.
Speaker A:That I was.
Speaker A:I'm six foot tall and I had to duck going through every doorway there.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:And when you look at that ship, I mean, I've been on fishing boats, charter boats that are bigger than the Mayflower was, and you stick a hundred plus people on there, I don't know where they sat, where they laid down, where they, you know, went to the restroom.
Speaker A:I don't.
Speaker A:There's not much room, I'll put it that way.
Speaker A:What year?
Speaker A:Go ahead.
Speaker A:Sorry.
Speaker B:Some of reactors, they had a reenactment in the boat of the passengers who were on the famine ships.
Speaker B:And just some of the conditions they described.
Speaker B:Our ancestors went through some incredible junk.
Speaker B:That's the polite word, to have to get into this country.
Speaker B:It's incredible.
Speaker A:Oh, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker A:What year was the first Thanksgiving feast held?
Speaker B: Let's say: Speaker A:Pretty close.
Speaker A:1621.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:All right, good.
Speaker A:That's pretty legal.
Speaker A:That's legal.
Speaker A:What was on the menu for the first Thanksgiving?
Speaker A:And I'll tell you, it wasn't turkey.
Speaker A:Corn.
Speaker A:Oh, yeah, that's one.
Speaker B:Probably tobacco.
Speaker B:I don't.
Speaker B:Oh, I don't know.
Speaker B:Venison.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:I would think potatoes probably weren't a thing yet.
Speaker B:Maybe chicken.
Speaker A:No, no chicken.
Speaker A:But I'll tell you, venison, goose, duck, fish, porridge.
Speaker A:Never really sure what porridge.
Speaker A:I mean, other than it's probably rancid tasting to me.
Speaker A:Gross.
Speaker B:Oats.
Speaker A:Yeah, I'm not a big, you know, oatmeal guy.
Speaker A:Anyway, porridge and then corn and bread made from corn.
Speaker A:That was the main items there.
Speaker A:So pretty close.
Speaker A:Pretty close.
Speaker A:Well, where did that go?
Speaker A:Okay, what was the.
Speaker A:What was the name of the Native American who served as an interpreter between the pilgrims and the Native Americans?
Speaker B:You know this, too?
Speaker A:I think they made a movie about this person.
Speaker B:Zaka Joa.
Speaker A:No, that was Lewis and Clark.
Speaker A:I'll give you a hint.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker A:Some politicians.
Speaker A:Now, this isn't the right answer, but this should help you get to the answer.
Speaker A:There's a certain senator from Massachusetts who's got a nickname, and that nickname, the person who was alive when they had that real name was the girlfriend of this character.
Speaker A:How's that for vague?
Speaker B:Let's go with Pocahontas.
Speaker A:Pretty close.
Speaker A:It's her boyfriend, Squanto.
Speaker B:Ah, okay.
Speaker B:Yeah, that name rings A bell.
Speaker A:Yeah, they.
Speaker A:I think they did make a movie about that somewhere.
Speaker A: te raised the most turkeys in: Speaker B:I'm gonna say Florida.
Speaker A:Minnesota.
Speaker A:Really?
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Minnesota.
Speaker B:What's number two?
Speaker B:Do you know?
Speaker A:I think it doesn't say here, but I think it was, like, either Iowa or Illinois.
Speaker A:Well, you've got.
Speaker A:You've got.
Speaker A:You got Jenny O.
Speaker A:Turkeys up there in Minnesota.
Speaker A:Butterball's got a big outfit up there, so.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:How many.
Speaker A:According to the U.S.
Speaker A:census Bureau, how many places in the U.S.
Speaker A:are named Cranberry?
Speaker B:I know there's a Cranberry Township in Pennsylvania.
Speaker B:I've been there.
Speaker B:I'll say 200.
Speaker A:A little high on that one, buddy.
Speaker A:Five.
Speaker B:I've been to one of five.
Speaker A:Yeah, how about that?
Speaker A:Yeah, you're 20% there.
Speaker A:How about that?
Speaker A:Name a name.
Speaker A:A side dish from Thanksgiving that is the least popular among people.
Speaker B:Green bean casserole.
Speaker A:Yep.
Speaker A:Nailed it.
Speaker A:Nailed it.
Speaker B:Even though I secretly like green bean casserole, but.
Speaker A:No, I get it.
Speaker A:I love green bean casserole, But I have people that come to the house.
Speaker A:They won't touch it with a, you know, a cane or a crutch.
Speaker A:I mean, they just wouldn't do it.
Speaker A:Okay, which fan?
Speaker A:Go ahead.
Speaker B:I know some people who just can't stand the smell of the onions.
Speaker B:The canned onions part.
Speaker B:That's what gets them.
Speaker A:Yeah, yeah, I get that.
Speaker A:Actually, when I make it, I put onions, those crunchy things, only on half of it on top, and then the other half is a good idea.
Speaker A:You know, like, same thing.
Speaker A:When I make, like, sweet potatoes or yams or something like that.
Speaker A:I only.
Speaker A:I happen to like the marshmallows.
Speaker A:It's the only thing I really like marshmallows in.
Speaker A:But, yeah, I only do half of the.
Speaker A:The dish with marshmallows.
Speaker A:So people can, you know, have a choice that way.
Speaker B:You do a.
Speaker B:Do you do a mash and candied, or do you do one or the other?
Speaker A:Well, it depends on the year and who's coming, but most of the time, I just do a mash, but I've done where, you know, we do a candied or I've cooked them completely whole, is, you know, skinned them and stuff completely whole, then sliced them down about halfway and put a little drizzle and some pecans on it with a little bourbon in it and put that back in the oven to warm them up.
Speaker A:And people like that one, too.
Speaker A:So I'm.
Speaker A:I'm pretty versatile about that.
Speaker A:So which founding father proclaimed, no citizen in the U.
Speaker A:S.
Speaker A:Shall refrain from turkey on Thanksgiving.
Speaker B:I'm hoping it's not also Benjamin Franklin.
Speaker A:Again, but it is not.
Speaker B:I want to say Thomas Jefferson.
Speaker A:Well, you were close.
Speaker A:Alexander Hamilton.
Speaker B:So close in some ways, very different in others.
Speaker A:That.
Speaker A:That is true.
Speaker A:That is true.
Speaker A:But I'll just say the same.
Speaker A:The same circle.
Speaker A:They ran in the same circle, so to speak.
Speaker B:Yes, they did.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:According to the national turkey Federation, roughly how many turkeys are consumed each Thanksgiving?
Speaker A:Rough number here.
Speaker B:Oh, my.
Speaker B:Say 60 million.
Speaker A:Pretty close.
Speaker A:Between 45 and 46 million.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker B:That means a lot of people have a Thanksgiving meal and don't have turkey then.
Speaker A:That's true.
Speaker A:Well, there's a lot of them will do a ham or.
Speaker A:A lot of people I know people that I grew up with that were Italian and they always had like a lasagna or an Italian dish to go.
Speaker A:They had some of the same sides, but mostly salads and stuff.
Speaker A:But they always had more of an Italian menu there.
Speaker A:Worked out pretty good.
Speaker A:Where did I.
Speaker A:Where do I.
Speaker A:I lost my place here.
Speaker A:No.
Speaker A:How Many, according to lendingtree.com how many guests on average does a Thanksgiving host expect to serve?
Speaker A:So you're looking for an average here.
Speaker B:I'm gonna say 8.
Speaker A:Pretty close.
Speaker A:11, because there's.
Speaker A:It's not an even number because there's always that one derelict uncle or something that, you know, you gotta invite, so you know, that type of thing.
Speaker A:And finally, on average, how many questions does the butterball turkey talk line field from callers during the holiday season starting just before Thanksgiving and going through Christmas?
Speaker B:I wonder how much that's gone down in the era of the Internet.
Speaker B:But I would say half a million.
Speaker A:Now, I think you answered your own question there.
Speaker A:100,000.
Speaker A:And that stat.
Speaker A: That stat was from: Speaker A:So I think probably prior to the Internet and we had 800 numbers there in the 80s and 90s.
Speaker A:I think you're probably closer a half a million there.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Now you can go watch a great YouTube video on how to cook a turkey, however you want to cook it.
Speaker A:Yep.
Speaker A:I think there's a YouTube video on pretty much everything out there in the world.
Speaker A:Some I prefer not to watch, actually.
Speaker A:But, you know, there's a lot of YouTube out there.
Speaker A:Ryan Balaji from golf news network on his way south with his good friend say your name again by Ethan.
Speaker A:Ethan.
Speaker A:I was joking, actually.
Speaker A:Anyway, you guys have a safe trip, have a great Thanksgiving and thanks for, you know, playing the after hours trivia.
Speaker A:Game for Thanksgiving.
Speaker B:Thanks, Jeff.
Speaker B:Thanks for giving me something to study for for Quiz bowl next year for the kids.
Speaker A:So, yeah, you're gonna need that.
Speaker A:And you better get that frozen 2, 3, 7, however many they have out by that time, you better, you better get that one nailed or your kids are going to look at you like you're, you know, got three heads.
Speaker B:So they already do that.
Speaker B:So we're good.
Speaker A:All right.
Speaker A:All right.
Speaker A:Well, folks, thanks for listening to After Hours here in grilling at Screen.
Speaker A:Don't forget Golf News Net Television, which we're a proud part of, just pretty much launching as we speak and continuing to grow, and Golf News Net Radio.
Speaker A:And we thank Ryan and Ethan for being with us today.
Speaker A:So enjoy Thanksgiving.
Speaker A:I will be thinking about you on the big cigar tube flying to the islands.
