I dont think the title is meant to be a spoiler here... The fungus EAT the chestnut trees; the fungus eatin the trees is bcuz they taste grt. The wine barrel association is unrelated to the fact that the wood itself tastes grt to the fungus that was feedin on it
I dont think the title is meant to be a spoiler here... The fungus EAT the chestnut trees; the fungus eatin the trees is bcuz they taste grt. The wine barrel association is unrelated to the fact that the wood itself tastes grt to the fungus that was feedin on it
@@SylviaRustyFae It's used for whiskey barrels though, which changes the taste of said whiskey. Even if the title wasn't consciously pointing towards the answer, it definitely makes you think more towards food/drink and the actual answer.
This is such a brilliant quiz format, the way it leads the audience to work out the answer as well, instead of it just being you know or you don't know. I'd love one day to see some of your classic panel show circuit guests appear on it, your David Mitchells and the sort.
I checked on lline and found that Lost Spirits is now out of business. It was founded in Salinas, moved to Los Angeles, and then moved to Las Vegas. It's too bad your question writer did not provide those details.
*Spoiler alert* Ok so we have chestnut trees in the UK... is there a reason why the people couldn't use some UK chestnut trees for the barrels instead and save the antique furniture?
*SPOILER REPLY* . . . . ...because then it wouldn't be "Authentic American Chestnut that has been lost to time" and the name of the company (Lost Spirits) wouldn't make any sense. He's not so much creating artificial scarcity, but specifically monetizing an existing scarcity.
I know that there are different kinds/species of chestnut trees, might have something to do with that. Also: just because it was old furniture doesn't mean it was valuable or high quality or otherwise worth saving.
1:15 IIRC that's not why old steel is lower-radiation - it's because before the need for low-radiation steel was recognized, people would totally just toss neutron-activated scrap and old Co-60 and such into scrap furnaces, with the logic that the solution to pollution was dilution. ... it didn't work out great. Lead's another material with similar weird material recovery industries, though there they tend to look for sunken Roman-era ships and old roofing.
Wouldnt that mean that the old stuff is worse? As in, pre-need for low rad steel, they didnt care and tossed radioactive stuff into scrap furnaces, so steel came out radioactive, vs now they would care and not do that?
@@mementomori5580 It is probably a combination. Nuclear power, nuclear weapons and radiology in general (in this case I mean man made radioactive materials) did come from the same basic research. One reason I heard was that nuclear testing did increase the amount of C-14, making radiodating usless after about 1950. As for the steel, general radioactive contamination might be a thing for extremely sensitive thing, but both avenues are likely part of it.
I think Tom pretty much nailed it. One of the common sources of pre-1945 steel is the sunken German fleet at Scapa Flow. They need it for MRI machines and/or CT machines (I forget exactly). Basically very sensitive medical equipment where it doesn't take much contamination to throw off important results.
My guess was he wanted to see the color and grain of bare, old growth chestnut. In BC (and other places) pine beetles have become an infestation that discolors the wood. Also old trees have denser grain. He could sell the chunks as swatches to companies trying to replicate the color with a stain or pattern on printed faux wood (laminate floor, melamine cabinets, etc).
Ooh, so close. I was thinking the smoking of meat. Some folk get very pedantic about their smoking wood. Whisky is pretty close, giving myself half a point
The "bits" was not a good clue because "bits" has a specific definition in America for wood parts, because they're usually smaller than wood chips. If the word was "parts", it would've been more clear.
Oh, man... I just looked up the distillery, and they closed in Apr 2024. They built up too much debt during COVID and couldn't climb out from under it. 😢
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The word "bits" makes me think of something MUCH smaller than a barrel. I spent this whole question thinking he made wood chips out of it to grill burgers with. I guess the actual answer was a better business model but I'm lowkey mad that no one floated the idea of wood chips. Grr. *shakes fist*
Well, could be that he made wood chips to throw into steel barrels instead of turning the furniture into barrels. He'd definitely get more whiskey out of the wood that way.
Well, on the topic of Horrible Business Ideas and Chestnut Fraud, that's certainly a possibility, just the other way around from what Tom thinks. Buy old chestnut furniture, cut it into veneer, glue on new wood, produce fake antiques that you sell via roadside stores. I'm not sure about the legality of this, but it is an option.
I'm surprised no one asked if it had to do with recovering the DNA to regrow the trees (though I don't think the tree went completely extinct). Seemed like an obvious question to ask.
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I made sure to watch exactly 15 seconds of this video, towards the middle of the video, and will now be explicitly leaving TH-cam, after disliking the video. Thanks for the spoiler title, I'll do this again next time.
"He's committing to the bits" is such a grt throwaway pun from Tom and no one else even registered it as such heh
Was gonna say this. Tom, we see your puns and appreciate them!! Take heart.
As good as two bees, or not two bees
I saw that too!
It's okay, Tom - *I* liked your "he's committing to the bits" quip.
I scrolled down fully expecting to find everybody remarking on Tom's pun and that's exactly what I got. You bright apples, you.
I heard your joke, Tom. Committing to the bits. *chuckle*
I am mad that no one laughed at Tom's "he's committing to the bits" line!
"he's committing to the bits" ahaha
I'm sad he got no reaction for that one
Criminally under appreciated
That deserved at least a golf clap.
I got into 'chestnuts roasting on an open fire' and was thinking smoked meats with chestnut wood or some such.
The title is a spoiler for the answer! Please don't do this.....
not me clicking so fast that I didn't even read the title before reading this comment
Not really. Chestnut wood roasting on an open fire does not taste great
I dont think the title is meant to be a spoiler here... The fungus EAT the chestnut trees; the fungus eatin the trees is bcuz they taste grt. The wine barrel association is unrelated to the fact that the wood itself tastes grt to the fungus that was feedin on it
Tbh I thought he was gonna eat the table so kinda not really
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But the barrel changes the taste of the wine, in a show like LATERAL that is totally a hint for the answer.
5:15 no reaction to that one? tough crowd
yea i dunno... the AIP trio always feels like they're "too young" to latch onto tom's jokes... alternatively, they just gaze at him in awe.
I think he just said it with too serious of a voice
Yeah, I was laughing until I realised I was the only one.
@@alveolate Committing to the bit(s) is universal.
I think Tom's humor is a bit dry for them lol I had a good chuckle though!
Why did you put the information about the flavor in the title of the video? Please don't give information from outside the question in the title
I dont think the title is meant to be a spoiler here... The fungus EAT the chestnut trees; the fungus eatin the trees is bcuz they taste grt. The wine barrel association is unrelated to the fact that the wood itself tastes grt to the fungus that was feedin on it
@@SylviaRustyFae It's used for whiskey barrels though, which changes the taste of said whiskey. Even if the title wasn't consciously pointing towards the answer, it definitely makes you think more towards food/drink and the actual answer.
@@SylviaRustyFae Whether or not it's *meant* to be a spoiler, it does somewhat spoil the answer.
@@JohnDoe-ti2np Yeah, i just think it was a gaffe; and that they didnt think about the connection btwn question and answer when titlin this
The title made me think of smoking meat over wood chips, and I got so stuck on that idea I barely processed the real answer.
Comitting to the bits at 5:10 went totally unnoticed?
The video being just outside the 8-minute midroll ad mark preventing the joke at 6:56 from becoming a reality
I imagine in the original podcast there might be an ad there
"He's committing to the bits" is a line that should not have been passed over like that. :D
Tom's line "He's committing to the bits" was really slept on by the other panelists
This is such a brilliant quiz format, the way it leads the audience to work out the answer as well, instead of it just being you know or you don't know. I'd love one day to see some of your classic panel show circuit guests appear on it, your David Mitchells and the sort.
You raise me up
So I can make accurate meters
Boxes of knives
I understood that reference
Elsewhere in the episode (in the question about McIlroy) Tom said 'and there's also a prize' and I felt a little sad there weren't Mystery Biscuits.
@@bananawieldingorenji I did not, could someone please enlighten me?
Google shows the song, but there's nothing about meters and knives there
@@funtarilWatch Citation Needed. I believe it's the episode on SS Bessemer.
I checked on lline and found that Lost Spirits is now out of business. It was founded in Salinas, moved to Los Angeles, and then moved to Las Vegas. It's too bad your question writer did not provide those details.
Unfortunately you can't take that tour anymore, they shuttered earlier this year after relocating to Las Vegas several years ago.
*Spoiler alert*
Ok so we have chestnut trees in the UK... is there a reason why the people couldn't use some UK chestnut trees for the barrels instead and save the antique furniture?
*SPOILER REPLY*
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...because then it wouldn't be "Authentic American Chestnut that has been lost to time" and the name of the company (Lost Spirits) wouldn't make any sense. He's not so much creating artificial scarcity, but specifically monetizing an existing scarcity.
I know that there are different kinds/species of chestnut trees, might have something to do with that. Also: just because it was old furniture doesn't mean it was valuable or high quality or otherwise worth saving.
1:08 ♫You raise me up so I can make accurate meters!♫
And big boxes of knives!
Yes exactly what I'm thinking. 🎉
@2:45 It's not mutations Sabrina. I think you can do an @answerinprogress video about this.
we need a class in plant propagation for them.
I was thinking he was getting the DNA from the wood to make new trees that don't have the fungus.
Well again I'm wrong. 😆
1:15 IIRC that's not why old steel is lower-radiation - it's because before the need for low-radiation steel was recognized, people would totally just toss neutron-activated scrap and old Co-60 and such into scrap furnaces, with the logic that the solution to pollution was dilution.
... it didn't work out great. Lead's another material with similar weird material recovery industries, though there they tend to look for sunken Roman-era ships and old roofing.
Wouldnt that mean that the old stuff is worse? As in, pre-need for low rad steel, they didnt care and tossed radioactive stuff into scrap furnaces, so steel came out radioactive, vs now they would care and not do that?
@@muffininacup4060 Not really, as pre nuclear there were not that much radioactive material around to contaminate the iron and steel.
@@57thorns But what would then mean that that is the reason why old steel is lower-radiation...
@@mementomori5580 It is probably a combination. Nuclear power, nuclear weapons and radiology in general (in this case I mean man made radioactive materials) did come from the same basic research.
One reason I heard was that nuclear testing did increase the amount of C-14, making radiodating usless after about 1950.
As for the steel, general radioactive contamination might be a thing for extremely sensitive thing, but both avenues are likely part of it.
I think Tom pretty much nailed it. One of the common sources of pre-1945 steel is the sunken German fleet at Scapa Flow. They need it for MRI machines and/or CT machines (I forget exactly). Basically very sensitive medical equipment where it doesn't take much contamination to throw off important results.
always love these videos! I hit like before watching, and usually comment too haha
My answer was he was probably making veneers out of them.
Why in the world would you spoil part of the answer in the title?
I was thinking it was from like a termite's perspective ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
My guess was he wanted to see the color and grain of bare, old growth chestnut. In BC (and other places) pine beetles have become an infestation that discolors the wood. Also old trees have denser grain. He could sell the chunks as swatches to companies trying to replicate the color with a stain or pattern on printed faux wood (laminate floor, melamine cabinets, etc).
Funfact, while listening to the podcast I did *not* get an mid-roll advert after this question.
Ah, I thought that's what Tom was referring to.
Funny, how my mind went to that exact same exaple about iron.... X-D
1:25 accurate meters and boxes of knives‽
Ooh, so close. I was thinking the smoking of meat. Some folk get very pedantic about their smoking wood. Whisky is pretty close, giving myself half a point
The "bits" was not a good clue because "bits" has a specific definition in America for wood parts, because they're usually smaller than wood chips. If the word was "parts", it would've been more clear.
Initially i thought they might be doing a Jurassic Park on the wood
Before I get to the answer, I’m going to guess he’s trying to Jurassic Park some new chestnut trees.
Did he try and graft the wood onto something as a cloning technique?
Recreating a smell?
I can only find these clips or just the audio. Is there a full video version?
Full show currently audio only. We're looking to do full video when our podcast platform supports it (currently in beta).
Everyone missing Tom's "He's committing to the bits" line must have been so disappointing.
I 'd be willing to try that
Unfortunately it closed down in April
bad title 😤😤😤😤
Oh, man... I just looked up the distillery, and they closed in Apr 2024. They built up too much debt during COVID and couldn't climb out from under it. 😢
1:27 and big boxes of knifes
"You raise me up, so i can make accurate meters"
I came here looking for that. Thank you 🎶🎶🎶
I'm going to need a citation XD
I want a post-radiation knife.
Cooks the steak while you eat it!
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What would Brian botany do? Is all I could think. South Park brain.
The word "bits" makes me think of something MUCH smaller than a barrel. I spent this whole question thinking he made wood chips out of it to grill burgers with. I guess the actual answer was a better business model but I'm lowkey mad that no one floated the idea of wood chips. Grr. *shakes fist*
Well, could be that he made wood chips to throw into steel barrels instead of turning the furniture into barrels. He'd definitely get more whiskey out of the wood that way.
@@rolfs2165 Oh, excellent!
You raise me up... So I can make accurate meters...
I figured he had a source of chestnut to make new ‘antique’ chestnut furniture, and he was destroying antiques to destroy and pump up the price.
Well, on the topic of Horrible Business Ideas and Chestnut Fraud, that's certainly a possibility, just the other way around from what Tom thinks. Buy old chestnut furniture, cut it into veneer, glue on new wood, produce fake antiques that you sell via roadside stores. I'm not sure about the legality of this, but it is an option.
"committing to the bits" ... crickets
I know right?
My first guess was art fraud. Using the wood to create canvas frames for copying 19th century paintings that he could then sell.
This essentially boils down to: I want to my poison to taste like the olden days.
Hansel and Gretel moment
Damn I can't remember the ladt time I was this early 😅
I guessed it was being burned to smoke something.
I'm surprised no one asked if it had to do with recovering the DNA to regrow the trees (though I don't think the tree went completely extinct). Seemed like an obvious question to ask.
You raise me up,
So I can make accurate meters
Boxes of knives...
Isn't a podcast just an old time radio show but people pay for it?
Hmmm i wonder if the wood tasted great?
What happened to the Podcasts? Used to listen to them on Google Podcasts but they haven't been transferred over to TH-cam Music??
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Why did you make the title completely spoil the answer?
He chopped it up to plant the wood and let it take root? That's my guess.
Edit: Nope
Is a barrel not furniture? Chopped into bits, but then made a tall barrel? Doesn’t compute.
Aaaaaand it closed in April. >_
Spoiler in the title!
The title (This furniture tasted great) is still a spoiler imo :/
My first though was reasearch, and then I though of him maybe trying to fake pieces of the cross of gzus.
Sabrina is so cute.
I made sure to watch exactly 15 seconds of this video, towards the middle of the video, and will now be explicitly leaving TH-cam, after disliking the video.
Thanks for the spoiler title, I'll do this again next time.
Youuu raaaise meee uuuup
So I can make accurate meters