Which is better, fries or tots? What happens when teenagers burn their meat? And where did tater tots even come from? Join salty designers Jesse & John as they get crispy on some super spuds, including the brand-new McDonald's packaging & Ore-Ida's potato innovations. And what does that name even mean? It's all here, so grab some ketchup & dig in!

00:26 Stopping by McD’s for free sh*t
02:06 Out with the old, in with the new
03:28 Sidebar: road trippin’ & side-taskin’
06:54 Simple, iconic new packaging
08:23 Used packaging for sale  for real!
09:22 Localized pain: translate this
10:51 Lockdown learning with Duolingo
13:35 The inventor of the tater tot
14:35 Potato history w/the crazy Grigg bro’s
16:25 Re-enacting the birth of the tater tot
18:05 It’s not great if you have to explain it
20:30 Ore-Ida packaging: cleanup!
22:31 Jesse's secret love of tractors
23:57 Spud demographics & “safe” design
26:30 The big Ore-Ida cleanup!

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