Food
The 10,000 (Really 7200) Egg Omelet
Get the full story, with more pics, here.
BONUS: Same stunt done almost 90 years later!
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 05, 2021 -
Comments (6)
Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Food, Eggs, World Records, 1930s, Europe, North America, Twenty-first Century
Follies of the Madmen #511
Entice customers by showing something disgusting.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 03, 2021 -
Comments (3)
Category: Business, Advertising, Food, Twentieth Century, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
Company seeks frozen sparrows
1978: The Taiei Company of Japan contacted the U.S. State Department seeking an American company willing to provide it with frozen sparrows "at regular intervals". The company was ready to "give guidance on how to catch small birds and how to process them".
Bangor Daily News - Jan 14, 1978
According to the British Food History site, sparrows used to be a common part of the British diet.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 28, 2021 -
Comments (2)
Category: Animals, Food, 1970s
Miss Hot Dog 1959
Photo source: Daily News (New York, New York) 12 Jul 1959, Sun Page 36
Text source: The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) 27 Jun 1959, Sat Page 6
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 10, 2021 -
Comments (1)
Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Food, 1950s
Miss Hot Dog 1960
Source: The Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) 06 Jul 1960, Wed Page 16
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 29, 2021 -
Comments (3)
Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Food, Sexuality, Public Indecency
Banana Ganesh
Read all about it here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 24, 2021 -
Comments (3)
Category: Animals, Art, Statues and Monuments, Food, Religion, Bananas
Follies of the Madmen #507
Lecherous donut wants new franchisers.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 18, 2021 -
Comments (1)
Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Food, 1950s
Jan Švankmajer’s “Lunch”
Creator's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 02, 2021 -
Comments (2)
Category: Food, Movies, Surrealism, 1990s, Eating
Mrs. Rorer’s Vegetable Cookery and Meat Substitutes
Beyond Meat? Impossible Burger? You'll turn your nose up at these after you've tasted some of Mrs. Rorer's vegetarian recipes!Read the whole book here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 21, 2021 -
Comments (2)
Category: Food, Vegetarians and Vegans, 1900s, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
Fancy Feast Recipes for Humans
Another odd cookbook: Cat-food maker Fancy Feast has released a book of recipes for humans. As explained in the book's introduction:Apparently anticipating that few people would be willing to buy this cookbook, they've posted it online as a free downoad.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Apr 15, 2021 -
Comments (4)
Category: Food, Cookbooks, Cats
| Who We Are |
|---|
| Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over thirty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. He has recently begun blogging on many curious topics with three fellow writers at The Inferior 4+1. Contact Us |