So Black Widow is known for espionage.
- Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm.
Do you ever use your gifts for, like, trickery and deceit.
You know which one's which, right?
No, they didn't actually brief me on that.
[LAUGHTER]
Actually, I love that.
- Have people ever said that? - Don't remember that.
Her name isn't Sylvia. I'm Sylvia.
Oh my god.
I know you think I'm Black Widowing you right now.
Don't listen to her.
- But I'm not Natasha. - No, she's lying.
- I'm Natalia. - She's Sylvia.
That's Romanov. I'm Romanoff.
No, no, no.
She's not Sylvia.
I'm Sylvia.
I'm Jen.
Justin Warner here with Jen and Sylvia Soska.
And today we're going to beat the universe.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
So, gang, today we're going to make
a Black Widow inspired borscht.
And I think that's wildly appropriate, because you're
now writing Black Widow.
Yes, very true.
We're so excited.
And I think Natasha would approve of this beet borscht.
Yeah.
Yeah, she's all about the beat downs.
Yeah, you can't beat them.
Oh she took it right out of my mouth.
I was beaten to the punch.
Oh!
I'm going to cut these beets up.
That's step one.
I'm just really going to enjoy this knife action.
I like sharp things.
Thank you.
So in certain circles you are known as the twisted twins.
That is true.
Jennifer and I have been directing horror
movies for the last 10 years.
We started as actresses.
But then we realized that you can't control
who gets murdered unless you're writing,
directing, and producing.
So we jumped into that.
You kind of did your, like, first major thing on,
like, a shoestring thing.
2,500 Canadian dollars.
Running from the Canadian cops.
So what is that?
Like, that's like--
That's like $20 here.
I think that's a quarter here.
Yeah.
What's it like working within the budgetary constraints
of a movie and then going to comics where--
you know, if you can imagine it, we've got the budget for it?
Incredibly liberating.
Yeah.
And anything you want, it turns out exactly like that.
Because I just have my wonderful editor, Jake Thomas, and my--
you.
My you?
Yeah.
Aw, Jen!
My you.
My sweet self.
So the idea behind this is that we could make borscht.
And that would be great, because it would be Russian.
But if we could make black borscht--
Oh!
--that would be better.
How do you feel about flames?
Oh, positively.
Very, very positively.
We're going to char these beets.
These are going to roast on the open flame.
I'll rotate them around.
But the good news is, thanks to the magic
of internet television, we've already done it!
Bam!
I'm adding beets to the blender.
This is chicken stock.
How much do you put in?
Enough.
Do you just feel it?
I kind of do.
That's very Matt Murdock of you.
Yeah?
Look, guys, we're getting some blackness.
How do you feel about this?
I love it.
Wait, did you switch places again?
Beats me.
Oh!
Bang!
Boom!
We're back, baby.
I got to plug this in.
This makes me very suspicious.
Are you a suspicious person by nature?
Kind of.
Yeah, actually, I am.
So say I'm a huge Black Widow fan.
Should I be nervous that we've got people
from the horror biz writing?
The thing about Natasha is she's always been like this.
And with us, Natasha takes some time off
and finds some people truly deserving
of her, in a terrible mode.
All right, let's blend this up.
Let's beat it.
[WHIRRING]
I'm adding salt, like salt in the wound.
[LAUGHTER]
We love it.
All right, last little blend to incorporate the salt.
Oh, it's fighting back.
It's taking a beating.
[LAUGHTER]
Another victory for the Mother Russia.
All right, let's plate this up.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
How do you feel about it?
It looks good.
Yeah?
It looks kind of like a dessert.
- Yeah, right? - Yeah.
To finish this off, I'm going to add
just a little bit of red.
Oh, a little flair.
Yeah, just a little flair.
And so borscht is generally served either hot or cold.
This is room temperature.
So these are actually frozen beats.
So like ice cubes for the soup.
- Cheers. - You're very welcome.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
Cheers. Down the hatch.
I feel like you're getting all of this, like, char flavor.
And I think that actually pairs well
with the sweetness of beets.
Nat is, like, very much not a sugar person, right?
Like, her dessert would have garlic in it
and basically just be beets.
[LAUGHTER]
Is good. Is good for you.
If I can--
if I can get her eating a beet in the comics, I will.
Guys, it happened here.
Just like an apple?
She's just eating a beet.
I'm going to--
[LAUGHTER]
Issue three.
Gang, thanks so much for being here.
Thanks for having us.
This has been the most entertaining
borscht party I've ever had.
[LAUGHTER]
Don't have a borscht party without us.
You know--
There will be beatings.
Oh!
You beat me to it.
Be sure to check out the new Black Widow series
by the Soska sisters.
That's all the time we have for Eat the Universe.
We'll see you soon.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Can I get you anything?
You can put any meat in there?
I guess so.
Yeah, people will eat anything if you cut it thin enough
and put hot sauce on it.
Do you have any cake?
Oh.
No.
But I can get you some.
Lemon drizzle.