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Welcome to After Hours.

Here on Barbecue Nation.

I've JT along with Ms.

Whippin, my dear friend, and also Misty Bancaro from Seattle Garlic Gulch up there, the Seattle butcher's wife.

And Missy doesn't know about After Hours, but she soon will.

Okay, first question.

If Leanne gave you a box with everything you've lost in your life, what would be the first thing you reached for?

My wedding ring.

Oh, really?

Yes.

It's been missing.

I.

I took it off watching my wedding video on my dad's couch in Florida years, leather couch.

And I handed it to my daughter, who wanted to try it on because we were watching my wedding video, and somehow between the couch and the rental car outside, we were getting ready to go to dinner, it was just gone.

I have not found it.

I have not replaced it.

I've been so, I don't know, hopeful that someday it's just gonna pop up, you know, because there isn't any reason.

That's something.

Yeah, it's a hardwood floor, too.

Like, we just scoured the whole place year after year.

He's like, I look for your ring today, honey, and no luck.

That's the one thing, you know, I will tell you this is I've not told the end this story.

I normally, and most people don't know this.

I carry a St.

Christopher medal, but I don't like to wear them around my neck.

I don't like stuff around my neck.

So, in fact, it's right here.

You can't really see it, but it's right here.

And I thought I lost it because I usually put them in my pocket, especially when I'm going to play golf, because I need all the help I can get, right?

And so.

And I lost it.

And I was just beside myself because this one I've had for a long time.

And the other day I walked out to get in my car, and I just happened to look down by the little flower planter we have, and there it was on the ground.

So I found it.

That was some divine intervention.

My mom just recently lost a necklace, and I looked everywhere.

This is just last week.

And she found it in one of those little jewelry cleaner things she had forgotten.

She put it in there to clean her jewelry.

But I don't know if you had a jewelry cleaner at the time.

Maybe it's jewelry clean.

I know my sister in law, she had lost her wedding ring too.

They live next door and she found hers like a couple years ago.

Actually her husband did and surprised her on their anniversary.

Wow, that's so cool.

Oh, there you go.

Yeah, so you never know.

Appropriate question, Jeff.

I like that.

What's your favorite lifesaver color?

Red.

What's one song you want to hear on the radio when you start your car?

American Woman.

I love it.

I love it.

Okay, what is describe.

I should say describe your happy place if you have one.

Yeah, my happy place.

You know, gosh, I probably have a couple.

My happy place.

Doing things and not relaxing is absolutely.

Standing with a little apron by my grill and flipping some meat and smiling with my friends, having a good time.

Maybe sipping on a little something that in a sunshine.

A sunshiny day in Seattle.

Which is rare.

That's rare.

That's happy.

The other part of me is vacation happy, where I'm just.

No cares, no feelings.

Chilling at the beach.

Just wind through my hair.

Maybe a cocktail like that's happy.

Cocktails are good.

Wind in the hair is good.

Well, if you still have hair.

Okay, here's one of the standard ones.

If you could cook for then dine with a historical figure, who would it be and what would be on the menu?

Oh, my gosh.

Oh my gosh.

Who would I do that for?

They could be deceased too.

It's a tough question.

Everyone has trouble with it.

Yeah, like historical figure.

It could be a musician, it can be a politician, it could be a writer.

Actor.

Yeah.

Oh my gosh.

There are so many.

Geez, my mind is like going blank.

Can we.

Okay, well, we'll circle back, give you a couple minutes.

What's the oldest item in.

Excuse me?

What's the oldest item in your refrigerator?

Refrigerator.

There, I said it properly.

The oldest item.

Yeah, probably.

If I was to look in there and start tossing and cleaning, it might be like olives.

I can't stand olives.

My husband loves them and I always shift them and move them to the back.

And you know, sometimes I'm like, oh, he never ate those.

I wonder why.

I just like get them out of my way so I can reach what I need.

Very selfish.

But you get the.

You get the green ones.

If you leave them in there too long, they kind of get that sediment stuff floating around.

Yeah, nasty.

What's your least favorite food to eat.

Maybe, like, exotic raw seafood items.

I'm not into that.

My husband used to be part of the Japanese Restaurant association, so they used to like to test his ability to eat raw meats, specifically sushi and fish.

And I just.

I'm not a fan of that.

I can't.

I just can't swallow it.

You didn't do the blowfish thing, did he?

I don't know.

Yeah, just.

Just asking there.

If we put your skills to music besides American Woman, what would the music be?

Oh, probably some hip hop and R B.

Okay.

Something with a lot of movement and soul and rhythm.

If Leanne declared you the supreme ruler of barbecue for a week, what would you decree?

I would decree that any person that ever boiled ribs should go to jail for the rest.

No.

Get out of jail free.

Yeah, I'm with you.

I'm with you.

Do you remember the first thing you ever grilled or smoked?

I do.

The very first thing was a beef tenderloin, and it was beautiful, and I didn't even cut it.

And my husband has shown me how to, you know, trim a whole tenderloin into these filet mignon.

Because that, to me, like, that was like, the ultimate steak before I learned to cook for myself.

Yeah.

I didn't understand ribeyes were so great.

Right.

I just, like.

I was used to this cute little thing, so I smoked them and reverse seared them, and they were fantastic.

What's the hardest thing you've figured out about owning your own business?

Oh, well, this is the hardest thing, and it's a fact, is that I've managed a lot of employees in my life.

I've.

I've supervised teams, staffs, large groups of people.

But I've realized that the hardest person to supervise is myself.

Oh, that's fair.

Yeah, that's fair.

That's fair.

Red or green relish?

I'm doing green.

Yeah.

Okay.

You don't like red?

I do like it, but if I'm picking, I'm picking green.

Yeah.

So here's a question for you, Leanne.

Leanne would know this.

Maybe.

I mean, and you might, too, missy.

Red relish was originally developed for what, hamburgers?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Did you know that, Leanne?

No, I just know I like green.

Right.

Maybe put some ketchup in the relish over here.

I don't know.

Yeah.

I'm not a ketchup girl.

Yeah.

No, I.

In fact, I got a.

Not an argument, but a back and forth with a friend of mine who's worked for Golf Channel and CBS and stuff.

Charlie Reimer.

And he said something about only green relish.

And I said, red relish was originally developed for burgers.

And he said, no, that's wrong.

I said, yes, it was, Charlie, stick to golf, buddy.

And you know that.

So it kind of went from there.

Anyway, where's the worst place you've ever had to cook?

Let's see here.

I don't cook in weird places, but as far as, like, not having everything that you need, right, which is usually be, like, camping or.

Yeah.

I don't know.

I like to cook outside, so it's so easy to say.

Like, I usually cook outside, so there's not too many places that are terrible.

The worst place for me to cook is some place if I'm cooking outside that's pouring down rain, and I can't really do the open fire.

Like, last time, I had some friends over, I wanted to cook on the Santa Maria Grill.

And then it started raining, and so it was a bit tricky.

So weather plays a factor in that.

Well, you do live in Seattle.

Yes, I do.

Yeah.

Gotta have a cover.

Okay, here's a couple of fast ones for you.

What's your favorite movie?

Gladiator.

Hey, there you go.

Dire Straits or Justin Bieber.

Justin Bieber.

I've seen him three times in concert.

Oh, my gosh.

Okay.

Because I have teenage.

And teenage girls.

Yeah.

Yeah.

What's a fantasy day look like for Misty?

A what?

Fantasy day.

A fantasy day for Misty.

Look like someone coming over and cleaning and organizing my house and my barbecue equipment.

It's like.

And feeding me all day so I don't have to.

Yeah, we got one of those here.

His name's Jeff.

How old.

How old's the bottle of Tabasco sauce in your refrigerator if you have one?

I mean, at least a year.

Yeah.

Shelly and I have been married for 34 years in August, and we're on our second bottle.

And you're still alive.

Still alive, yeah.

Okay.

Couple more here.

Let's go back.

Who would you cook for?

Being a historical figure and what would be on the menu?

Oh, man, I really should have given that more thought.

I didn't know it was coming back around.

That's what.

Circle back.

Okay.

Historical figure.

Okay.

This.

It got me.

I don't.

Okay.

It could be a family member, too.

If you had somebody in your family.

You wanna.

You think that's hard?

Wait till this one comes up.

So, next question.

All right, what is it?

What would be your last meal on death row?

Washington doesn't have death row, so it's a question.

My last meal would probably be a really thick ribeye steak, you know, smoked and seared with some good butter on top and probably have asparagus.

I'd probably have cupcake and a berry cobbler in a cocktail.

Yeah, there's nothing, there's no limits on that, you know, last deal there.

So, you know, one chance.

Missy, you've been great.

Thank you very much.

Thanks for taking the time.

Yeah, I know you're busy and did you get your car fixed, by the way?

Yes, thank.

Thankfully.

Yeah, there wasn't as bad as I thought.

It was great.

Okay, good.

You want to tell them again real quick where they can find you?

Sure.

Anyone listening can find me at Seattle butcher's wife on Instagram and Seattle butcher wife MB on TikTok.

And where can they find info about your husband's meat company?

Oh, Mondo and Sons is located.

Anyone listening here from the Pacific Northwest in Tuila, right by where you turn on Costco Drive right by the Costco in Tukwila.

So we do take walk ins if people want to buy retail steaks, but most of our product is wholesale.

Oh, excellent.

Awesome.

Excellent, Missy.

Thank you, Ms.

Whippen.

Leanne, thank you as always.

Folks will be back next week with another edition of after hours.

Until then, go out, cook something, have some fun, be kind to people and don't forget our motto, turn it, don't burn it.

Take care, everybody.