and welcome to The Week Junior Show.
I'm Bex and I'm joined by writers Jo and Eve from The Week Junior, the magazine making sense of the world for 8 to 14 year olds.
Now, in this week's episode, we're going to be discussing a gem theft from a French museum, a top architecture award and a boy who's raising awareness about having a stammer.
Make sure you're listening closely, because at the end of this episode we'll be asking a question about what you've heard, and if you answer it correctly, you could win a prize.
But before we begin, there's something I want to talk to you both about and, As this week's issue of the magazine is a Halloween special, I want to know what everyone is dressing up for for Halloween this year.
And if you're not dressing up, of course, just tell me the best costume you've ever done.
Eve, I feel like you'd be pretty good at this.
I do love fancy dress very much.
This weekend I'm going to Comic-Con, so I'm actually dressing up as my character from the game Dungeons and Dragons, which will be very fun.
But I'd say the best Halloween costume I've ever done was when I was a child.
I dressed up as a witch.
I think I was about eight.
I dressed up as a witch for my friend Tilly's Halloween party.
But that day I'd been to the hairdressers and I had very curly hair.
For any listeners that don't know,
And my hair had been straightened at the hairdressers.
And when I arrived at Tilly's front door, she didn't know who I was.
So it was kind of, it was quite a memorable costume.
And I very much enjoyed it.
The ultimate costume.
Did you have like the witch's hat?
Do you have stripy tights?
Yeah, I went all out.
I do love a good witch costume.
I think that's so fun to do.
It's an absolute classic.
What a winner.
Joe, how about you?
Well, I've never been that into dressing up and I can't actually remember any really good Halloween outfits.
For a 90s themed party once, I did dress up as a beanie baby, if you remember those.
I know beanie babies, yeah.
Yeah, I put a pair of cat ears on and I painted some whiskers on my face.
They were made by a company called Ty, not TY as I found out this morning.
And they had that famous logo with a letter surrounded by a heart.
So I made a cardboard version of that logo and hung it around my neck in addition to the whiskers and so on.
Excellent.
Okay, I like it when a little effort has gone into a costume.
I do love fancy dress.
I have previously gone as a skeleton.
I've got like a go-to skeleton costume ready to go at any time if I've been invited to a party.
That's just in my cupboard.
But I do like making fancy dress costumes.
And I once put together a Where's Wally costume, which I was very, very happy about.
Although I did go to a party and everybody pretended to look for me, which was, you know, a whole other issue entirely.
But yeah, I love making stuff.
And so, yeah, I went as a Tamagotchi once as well.
And I've also been to a party as a Game Boy, which I was pretty happy with.
A Game Boy that had Tetris on its screen.
Tetris is a very, very old game.
Bex, I wasn't familiar with your fancy dress game.
I just love making stuff, I think.
And it's always like...
I'm not very good at scary costumes, but I like fun things.
So yeah, that's my vibe.
But I'm pretty sure our listeners at home will have some excellent costumes to tell us about.
And if you do, please do send us an email to hello at theweekjuniorcouk or leave a voice note at funkidslivecom.
Slash theweekjunior.
All you've got to do is grab a grown up, look for that big red button and record your voice.
If your voice note is played next week, you could win a Week Junior roving reporter badge.
Now, last week we asked everyone what fantasy world they'd like to visit, and we've got a message here from Louisa.
Hello, Week Junior.
My name's Louisa, and I'm 11 years old.
The fantasy world I'd like to visit is Hogwarts from the Harry Potter book series, because I'd like to see all the different magical objects there are, especially the broomstick.
Bye, Week Junior.
Ah, the brooms.
Of course, guys, would you be playing Quidditch if you were in Hogwarts?
Yeah, it'd be quite dangerous, wouldn't it?
But I feel like it looks like great fun.
Yeah.
I'd watch from the sidelines.
Yeah, I'm saying that.
I don't have much of a head for heights, so maybe it isn't the game for me, actually.
I take that back.
Yeah, I'll leave it to other people.
Oh, well, fair enough.
Just me and Louisa then.
We'll be off to play Quidditch.
We've also had a message here from Owen and Ella.
Hi, I'm Ella.
And I'm Owen.
We would love to live in the world of Harry Potter, because it would be really cool to meet the characters, use magic and try Butterbeer.
We love your show.
Thanks for including us.
Owen and Ella, brilliant stuff.
Another two for Hogwarts there, trying Butterbeer.
Eve, did you think that the world of Hogwarts was a big one to go into as well?
Yeah, I would have...
I just think there's also, Hogwarts has so many hidden corridors and so much to explore.
I feel like you could literally spend years exploring everything that goes on in Hogwarts.
So that would be a great place to go.
It is a magical world to go and check out.
Thank you so much to Owen and Ella for that.
And one more here, yet another voice note.
Let's give it a listen.
Hi there, Junior.
My name is New and I would like to visit the land of war from the book Return to War by Jenny McLachlan because I think it would be cool.
I love a message that ends with see if I make it out alive.
Noo, what are you planning in the land of Roar?
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But I also, I have read those books and that is a great choice as well.
We love hearing all of your voice notes.
Thank you so much to Louisa Owen, Ella and Nou for telling us all about their incredible thoughts there and what magical world they'd love to visit.
And if you want to leave us a voice note and tell us what you're dressing up as for Halloween this year, all you've got to do is head to funkidslivecom.
Slash theweekjunior.
Now let's turn our attention to the latest magazine.
Let's talk about what's been in the news this week.
Eve, what story do you have for me?
So my story is something that's been in the headlines a lot this week.
And it's about how, on the 19th of October, a group of thieves stole some items of jewellery from the Louvre, which is a museum in Paris, in France.
And so the robbery happened at around 9.30 a.m. in the morning on the 19th of October.
And the thieves used a mechanical ladder to get into the museum's Apollo Gallery through a window.
And then when they got inside, they stole items from two glass display cases.
So they took eight pieces of jewellery from the French collection crown jewels, including a tiara and a brooch that belonged to Empress Eugenie, an emerald necklace and pair of earrings owned by Empress Marie Louise, and a tiara, necklace and single earring from a sapphire set worn by Queen Marie Amelie.
But the thieves didn't take all of the valuables in the gallery.
They left a few items, including the Regent Diamond, which is thought to be worth more than £45 million.
And so the thieves left the museum after security alarms went off, and they made their escape on motorbikes, and no one was injured during the robbery.
But on their way out they did actually drop several items as they fled the museum, including an expensive crown that's covered in 1354 diamonds and 56 emeralds.
And the whole robbery took eight minutes.
So it was very quick.
And it's believed that the thieves will break up the stolen objects and sell them as separate precious gems, because otherwise they're too famous to be sold as full items.
But at the moment a team of investigators is currently looking for four suspects who stole from the Louvre.
So we'll have to follow that story and see what happens.
It's almost like it's out of a film, isn't it?
The fact it happened in the daylight, the fact no one was hurt, the fact that they kind of left some of them but took some.
It's a fascinating story, Eve.
Yes, it really is.
And yeah, the fact that they were only in the museum for four minutes in total, which it was just all so quick.
I couldn't believe it when I read about it.
But it is quite sad, isn't it, Eve?
Because it means these pieces of history have kind of been lost.
Yes, that is true.
So hopefully they'll be able to find the objects before they do get melted or broken down.
Absolutely.
Right.
Thank you very much, Eve.
Next up, it's Jo.
Tell us, what story have you seen in the news this week?
It's a story about Appleby Blue Arms House in Bermondsey, London.
This is a new housing development that was designed to reduce loneliness, and it recently won the Sterling Prize, which is a prestigious architecture award.
Now Appleby Blue offers affordable flats to people aged 65 and over, and it was created with the goal of rethinking the traditional arms house.
Arms houses date back to medieval times and are low-cost homes owned by a charity.
Appleby Blue has a reef garden, a community kitchen where residents can cook and eat together and a large garden room where they can take part in activities such as dance classes and film nights.
It beat lots of famous buildings to win the award, which is a recognition of the great work going on there.
Oh, that is a great story.
Thank you very much, Joe.
I'd never heard of that before.
Lovely.
Now, moving on, it's time for, in my opinion, the best bit of the show.
This is Real or Rubbish, where I hear a story.
I have to guess if it's true or false, fact or fake news.
This week, it is Joe's turn.
So come on, Joe, give me a story, please.
Yeah, so this week's Real or Rubbish is about a bakery in Dollar Scotland that has created a very unique type of cake.
It's made of mashed potato, and the bakery team were inspired to concoct it after a six-year-old boy called Milo requested one for his birthday.
The cake has three tiers, is decorated with melted cheese and comes with a bottle of gravy to pour over the top just before the cake is served.
It's now a permanent item on the bakery's menu and is proving a real hit with customers.
But Bex, is this story true? or have we cooked up something completely bonkers?
Oh my goodness.
Well, when you said a cake made out of potato, I was thinking, well, potato cakes, that's a thing.
Or did you mean, like you know, putting some potato powder or potato flour into a cake to make kind of like a normal sweet cake?
But you're talking to me about a three-tier like.
It looks like a cake, but it's basically blocks of mashed potato.
Yeah, yeah.
It's not as, the edges aren't as rigid. as they would be with a traditional kind of sponge cake.
But there's definitely three tiers there.
It's just, it's a bit more curved, you know, than... Than a usual, yeah, that's fair.
And do we know, because I do love mashed potato, but I love it mixed with stuff.
Do we know if like one layer has like mixed with like cabbage in it?
Is there another layer mixed with like bacon bits, another with onions?
Or is it just pure mash all the way through?
I think it is just pure mash all the way through, because the extra flavor comes from the melted cheese decoration.
So I guess it is kind of like cheesy mash.
And then, of course, you've got this bottle of gravy to pour over the top just before it serves.
So it's not just dry mashed potato.
There's cheese there.
And then there's gravy if you so choose.
So, yeah, it is jazzed up a little bit.
I can tell you right now, I would so choose that gravy.
I would absolutely be pouring that gravy all over the shop.
Yeah.
Do we know what the cheese decoration looks like?
Is it just cheese poured on the top and it's dripping down?
Do we have cheese flowers?
Do we have cheese letters and numbers like you would do on a usual cake?
No, it's kind of... It's dripping down.
So you know, have you ever seen those cakes where I don't actually know how they do it, but they like pour maybe fondant or icing down the side and it creates like a drip pattern?
Yeah.
Have you seen that?
Yeah, it's a bit like that, but with cheese.
So it's not being done... I suppose there's nothing like letters or... like the name of Milo on it.
But it's, yeah, it's like a dripping pattern where the cheese starts at the top and it kind of slowly drips down the sides.
Yeah, to create, to kind of recreate the same sort of thing you'd see on maybe a more traditional cake but, you know, with mashed potato and cheese.
It's actually quite astonishing.
It's like a work.
I've been talking about architecture awards.
Maybe they should have gone in for the Sterling Prize.
I...
I'm obsessed with this because, in my head, if it's real and if they didn't do this, they missed a trick.
I'd put sausages around the side of it for dipping.
I'd absolutely get a sausage tray and just whack it in.
If this is true, Milo is a visionary and I'm fascinated by this and I will be ordering one myself.
And it's made me really, really hungry.
So just to stop my stomach from rumbling, let's carry on, shall we?
We'll find out the answer at the end of the show.
Because while I'm thinking about that, it's time to talk about our book of the week.
And this week is Dracula and Daughters by Emma Carroll.
Now, it's a really cool book.
I've read this one.
It's brilliant.
It's a spooky read, perfect for Halloween.
And it's about three girls called Mina, Buffy and Bella, who live in Thames Town, which is a place where everyone fears a vampire contagion.
When Mina discovers an empty grave in the town cemetery, the girls are thrown into a strange mystery and must work together to discover the long lost secrets of vampires and whether it's possible to heal them.
It is, like I said, such a brilliant book.
And if you love your vampires, you're going to love this one.
It's perfect for this time of year.
So if you want to win a copy of Dracula and Daughters, stay with us until the end of the show and you can find out how to enter our prize draw to win a copy.
Now then, we are joined by Vanessa, editor of The Week Junior.
Hello, Vanessa.
What are we talking about today?
Whoa, whoa.
Do you like my sleigh?
Oh, wow.
It's impressive.
Actual jingle bells on the podcast.
I'm a bit dicey with it because obviously I haven't used it since last year, but we're all set for Christmas and I'll explain why.
OK, we're getting ready for Christmas in the office because we've already started opening the entries to our Christmas cover competition.
And so we're asking readers to send in original artwork, which means it feels like we're opening presents.
So we were having a lovely time yesterday.
One, I have to just mention one in particular, has sent the most brilliant picture of me.
So very excited to see that.
Anyway, the judges will be from the week junior.
So that'll be Anna.
Bassies, the editorial director Dave, the designer Mandy, the picture editor me, and we've got illustrator Rebecca Cobb will be joining us as well.
And what we're looking for is a really bright, colourful design with the theme Peace on Earth.
So that could be maybe a piece.
It could be about friendship.
It could be about people gathering together with their families.
Whatever you know, I want your imagination to take hold here.
And you will need to get a parent or guardian's permission to enter.
And the deadline is 11.59 on the 2nd of November.
And it'll appear then on the front of our Christmas issue.
So you can find out more details plus the template for the image that you need to fill in at theweekjuniorcouk forward slash cover 25 or on page 32 of the current issue.
Vanessa, tell me more about the picture of you, please.
Oh, hang on, wait.
Yes, the picture of me.
Yes, it's taken from my editor picture in the front of the magazine.
And somebody's done a brilliant drawing.
So they've got my hair right and my very rosy cheeks, I have to say.
So yes, it was lovely.
And it's got my name on it, just should there be any confusion.
What a way to curry favour with the judges.
The oddest thing is, it was the very first envelope. that dave the art director opened he was the first person stacking up because we're all i mean it's a job we love so there's always a bit of arguing in the office about who's going to do it who's going to do it and so of course dave rushed forward uh to start opening them and that was the very first one he opened so yeah it was lovely oh we love dave brilliant and do you have any top tips there anything that we need to know about that maybe would would help to win apart from obviously beautiful pictures of me, no, that's a joke because the theme is peace on earth.
But yeah, a bright, colourful design.
And you could use, you can use paints or crayons or coloured pencils, whatever.
We just want a really kind of strong image that would look great on the cover.
Lovely stuff.
Well, thank you so much, Vanessa.
And good luck to everybody who enters.
Now it's time for this week's... Bye!
Off she goes.
Rudolph's running away.
It's getting away.
It's time for this week's big debate.
And the question is, is it OK to park on the pavement?
Now, Eve and Joe will be going head to head on this one.
They'll take a side each on this argument.
But before we hear from them, let's get some information that you need to know.
In Scotland and London, except in particular areas, people are banned from parking cars on pavements.
The charity Guide Dogs UK, which helps people with sight loss, is calling for a similar ban to be introduced in Wales.
It says that streets are becoming busier and more drivers are parking on pavements, leaving many with no safe place to walk.
Although it's not illegal to park on the pavement in most parts of the UK, the Department for Transport announced earlier this year it's considering bringing the ban to the rest of the country.
Drivers could face a £70 fine if the ban comes into effect.
So...
Is it okay to park on the pavement?
Joe is team yes, Eve is team no.
Each of them have 60 seconds to make their case, and I'll make my mind up on who I agree with more.
So Joe is going to go first.
Joe, I'll just get the old timer up here.
So whenever you are ready, take it away.
Okay.
So people have cars, and that's just a fact.
It would be great if everyone could travel by public transport.
But that isn't always practical because of things like a lack of availability and the cost.
But people having cars means they do need somewhere to park them.
And sometimes there just isn't an alternative to taking space on the pavement.
And look, you can park on the pavement and still do it with some care by making sure you aren't blocking the path completely and that doors and gateways are left free.
So you can still park responsibly.
Plus, parking on the pavement can be beneficial for narrow roads by helping to keep them clear.
This means traffic doesn't get held up and emergency service vehicles still have an easy read through.
So with parking on the pavement, if you scratch beneath the surface a bit, there are, in my opinion, some reasons why it's OK.
Excellent stuff.
All right.
Thank you very much, Joe.
So now it's time for Eve to give her point of view.
Eve, go for it.
Okay.
Well, just because some people would park responsibly doesn't mean everyone would, and I don't think it's fair to pedestrians because it means people might have to walk out onto busy roads to get past the cars on the pavement, and that can cause accidents, and it's also not accessible at all for people with disabilities, visual impairments or those with buggies.
Blocking the pavement makes it very difficult for them to get around, and I think this is especially a problem because electric cars, which are being used more now, are very quiet.
So if a blind or visually impaired person had to step out into the road to go around a car it could be quite dangerous because they might not know a car is coming.
And if drivers aren't allowed to park on pavement, it actually might discourage them from driving, as often
And this would be better for the planet and also for their health, because they might walk or cycle to their destination instead.
So I think pavements are for people, not vehicles.
Pavements are for people, cries Eve at the end of her debate.
That's an interesting one because I get both sides on this one and it's really tricky.
Of course, people with access needs definitely more helpful to have more space on the pavement.
But very, very difficult to enforce this.
I imagine going up and down the country stopping people parking on pavements.
Real tricky one.
But luckily, it's not my opinion that matters.
It's your opinion.
If you're reading The Week Junior or listening to this podcast, we want to know what you think.
Go to theweekjunior.co.uk slash polls and tell us your thoughts.
You can also email your opinions to hello at theweekjunior.co.uk.
Or send us a voice note.
Just go to funkidslivecom, slash theweekjunior, scroll down until you see that big red button.
Then grab a grown-up and record your voice.
Now, last week's big debate was all about whether AI actors are a good idea.
Let's find out what the Week Junior listeners and readers voted.
Well, I was very happy with this answer because this is what I argued last week.
But 88 said no, because AI actors don't have real feelings and emotions like human actors do.
Interesting.
Joe, any opinions on this one this week?
Yeah.
So Rose sent a message to say, AI actors should not exist.
I want to know that someone is great at acting.
Another listener said, that's a horrible idea with four exclamation marks.
I literally want to be an actor when I'm older and no way I'm getting that taken away from me because of creative AI.
Also, it's creepy and it takes people's jobs.
Yeah.
And then there was another comment saying yes, but we should also still use real actors to make sure people don't get their job taken away.
Big, strong opinions on this week's big debate.
Thank you so much to everybody who got in touch.
Like I said, if you want to tell us about parking on the pavement, go to thewheatjuniorcouk slash polls.
Now, every week, readers of The Week Junior send in lots of messages to our inbox to tell us what they've been up to.
And editorial assistant Elena is here right now to share some of her favorites.
Hello, Elena.
Hello, everyone.
Well, Theo sent us a picture of the tasty tarts he made, based on a recipe that was in the magazine a few weeks ago.
It's a very popular recipe.
He made loaves all in different shapes, and he said that they were a success with his whole family.
Eve, what do you think about Theo's Tasty Tarts?
They look so yummy.
I've been watching a lot of Bake Off recently and I've been really in the baking mood.
And to be honest, I think Theo is a future Bake Off contender.
So watch this space.
They actually look delicious.
I also remember watching Bake Off and becoming really into baking for a micro period of time.
Thank you so much Theo, for sending this to us.
It's also the lead up to Halloween and you can tell it's one of our readers and listeners favorite holidays because we've been getting many messages about it.
Ellen sent us a picture of herself and her collection of the week junior magazines in front of her spooky decorations.
She's got everything the pumpkins, the skeletons and even a massive hairy spider.
I don't know where you bought that Ellen, but that is amazing.
I particularly liked Ellen's message because she told us all about the history behind Halloween, so I'm going to get into it.
Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which celebrated the end of summer and the harvest and marked the beginning of winter.
The Celts believed that on the night before the new year, November 1st, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred, allowing spirits to return to Earth.
To mark this occasion, they would build bonfires and workhouses wear costumes to ward off ghosts.
Did you know that before people carved pumpkins, they actually carved turnips?
No, Ellen, I didn't know any of that.
That's amazing.
Thank you so much.
It's really made me want to research the history of Halloween more because it sounds fascinating.
Joe, did you know any of this?
I didn't.
It sounds, I kind of like that I mean, you kind of forget what Halloween's about, don't you?
We kind of just trick or treating and things.
And it's nice that it did have genuinely kind of spooky origins as well.
I like that.
You know, you look back into the past and it is genuinely a bit kind of dark and spooky.
It's nice.
You know, hence the occasion, I suppose.
But, like I said, it's like with a lot of things, all these years on, you tend to forget how these things actually started.
So nice to be reminded by a reader.
Yeah.
It also makes me question every time I've dressed up as a ghost for Halloween, which I tended to do quite often as a kid, because it was really easy to just chuck on a sheet and put some goggly ice on top.
Because if I'm meant to be warding off ghosts, that's not the way to go.
Maybe if you were like an even scarier ghost to ward off, you were like the... The less scary ghost.
King or queen ghost, like to scare off the kind of lesser ghost.
Yeah, maybe.
I don't think I was going for a particularly scary, but I'll bear it.
Bury that in mind for next time.
Anyway, thank you so much to you and ellen, and thanks to everyone else for your messages.
Please keep telling us about what you've been up to.
And just a weekly reminder that if you send us a voice note and it's played on the podcast, we will send you a roving reporter batch.
Thank you again and see you all next week.
Lovely stuff.
Thank you very much, guys.
Uh, now let's turn our attention back to the magazine this week and some big stories.
Joe, who's been your hero of the week?
My hero of the week is 12 year old Jude, who spoke to the week junior about having a stammer.
And it's our people one story.
It's the main story on our people page this week.
Now, a stammer is a difference in the way some people speak and could lead to them repeating letters and sounds or not being able to get words out.
And it was International Stammering Awareness Day on the 22nd of October.
Jude has written a book called I Didn't Ask for Beans My Life with a Stammer, which is inspired by an experience he had at school while ordering lunch.
To other people struggling with a stammer.
Jude said it won't change what you want to do with your life and how you want to live it.
So a lovely message from him and a lovely there's a lovely piece, like I said on our People page this week.
Thanks, Joe.
We'll go and check it out.
Eve, what's been your favourite fact from this week's issue?
So my favourite fact is from our All About page this week, which would be perfect for Ellen, who loved all things Halloween, because it's all about Halloween and it's got lots of amazing facts about Halloween.
And my favourite one is that there is a city in South Carolina in the US called Conway which temporarily changes its name to Halloween every year.
And it goes full Halloween.
Halloween vibes with lots of Halloween events and parades and activities for the month of October.
And it just reminds me of Halloween Town from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
And I just think it's really cool.
That is a great film.
Yes.
Oh, my goodness.
I need to rewatch that movie this year.
I was interested.
This week I saw in your UK news page there is a new qualification that you can get, called V-Levels.
So it's for 16 year olds in England and they're kind of more vocational, which means I guess if you want to be more on the scene and kind of like physically doing stuff, you can earn a qualification from doing that.
They're going to be introduced in 2027.
So I imagine a lot of our listeners will have a chance to do them as well.
I just thought that was really cool to get a new possible qualification out there.
So lots of stuff in this week's issue of the magazine.
Right, we need to go back to this week's Real or Rubbish speaking of the magazine because Joe, you told me a story which was delicious.
I need to guess if it's true or false.
Can you remind me about it, please?
I can indeed.
So this week's Real or Rubbish was about a bakery in Dollar in Scotland that has begun making a mashed potato cake.
It followed a request from a six-year-old boy and it's now a permanent fixture on the menu.
Rebecca's I unfortunately haven't been able to think of a mashed potato pun.
I thought it would have been easier than this, but Bex, is this real or rubbish?
Yeah, you know Meeja, I've been trying to think of a mashed potato pun as well, and I cannot think of one for the life of me.
First of all, I'm going to put it out there.
I thought the fact it was in a place called Dollar was made up, because I've never heard of a place called Dollar in Scotland.
Apologies to everybody in Scotland.
I also...
I'm trying to figure out whether the story itself is real, but the idea that it's been on the menu is rubbish, because it seems like quite a niche thing for people to like.
But then, having said that, as you discussed it with me, I was immediately mentally placing my order for the mashed potato cake.
So I'm pretty sure many people will want it, especially if, like I discussed, we could add some sausages into the mix.
I'd have it for dinner every day.
I'm going to say the story this week is real purely because I want it to be and I'm quite hungry.
So that's my answer this week.
I want mashed potato cake, please, and it is real.
Should we do a drumroll?
Okay, we'll do a drumroll.
It's rubbish.
It's rubbish.
I know, I know.
There are elements of it that are true, but a bakery hasn't started selling a mashed potato cake.
What is true is that six-year-old Milo did ask for one for his birthday.
His family made it for him.
And the video of him receiving it has gone viral.
So I'm afraid Bex, you're going to have to cancel your train tickets to dollar because there's no bakery making a mashed potato cake up there, unfortunately.
I mean, if there's not, there should be.
First of all, well done to Milo's family for creating what I think will probably be one of the most delicious things in the world.
Now, I imagine lots of people around the UK will be like, you know what?
Yeah, I could make a mashed potato cake.
Oh, I'm kind of gutted it's not real because I really wanted to eat one.
Maybe I could just go and get some mashed potato.
Okay.
Yeah, it's a good idea.
I think it does sound – well, it looks amazing and it is real.
So it is – what Milo has proved is that it is – or his family have proved that it is doable.
Like there is a possibility here and maybe –
Maybe this podcast now is the start of something quite incredible, and mashed potato cakes are going to be like the next.
What was that Dubai chocolate?
It's going to take the world by storm.
You never know.
I would love it if that became the new food trend.
Well, I'm a bit gutted it's not real.
And also that I've lost real rubbish, more importantly, obviously.
But hey, you win this one, Joe.
I'll get you next week.
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Oh, yeah, I think we'll have a lot of entries for that one.
Excellent stuff.
Thank you very much, Eve.
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