Food
Croissant Sneakers
Odd collaboration: Sneaker brand Koio has partnered with pastry chef Dominique Ansel to produce croissant-themed sneakers. According to Fast Company:They can be yours for only $348. Oh, and each pair also comes with a package of Dominique Ansel pancake mix.
Posted By: Alex - Tue May 14, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion, Shoes, Food
Pickle Split
The specialty of Pine Mountain Country Coffee House in Festus, Missouri. Apparently it's become quite popular.They should serve it with a side of cheese slaw.
Posted By: Alex - Fri May 10, 2019 -
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Category: Food, Pickles
World Black Pudding Throw Championship
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 08, 2019 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Eccentrics, Food, Regionalism, United Kingdom
Dried Milk as Fuel
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 06, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Food, Motor Vehicles, Technology, 1930s
Cheese slaw
Cheese slaw is a regional specialty of Broken Hill, Australia. It's a mixture of grated cheese, grated carrots, and mayonnaise. [Source: abc.net.au]
Some googling reveals that it's not only an Australian dish. There's apparently an American (southern) version that dispenses with the carrots and adds in a bit of chopped onions.
On its own, it sounds pretty disgusting, but served as a dip with crackers or tortilla chips, as in the video below, I'd be willing to try it.
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 05, 2019 -
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Category: Food
Donut Prune Salad
“Place two donuts on a lettuce leaf, fill the donut centers with cottage cheese and then top each donut with a stuffed prune. Place two whole pitted prunes beside the donuts. Serve with mayonnaise.”Source: 36 Delightful Recipes to Perk Up Your Meals, published by the Doughnut Corporation of America, 1947.
via Vintage Bug
Posted By: Alex - Sun Apr 28, 2019 -
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Category: Food, 1940s
Muskrat allowed
Submitted by Jenny Beatty, from USA Today, April 17, 2019.Luckily for the Catholics in Detroit, we here at WU have their muskrat-cooking needs covered, having previously posted the recipe for Cream of Muskrat Casserole, as well as how to find the full cookbook Recipes for cooking muskrat meat.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 20, 2019 -
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Category: Food, Religion
Grocery Store with Moving Shelves
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 17, 2019 -
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Category: Food, Retailing, Chindogu, 1930s
Electronic Yodeling Pickle
All yours for a mere sawbuck.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 13, 2019 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults, Food, Pickles, Chindogu
Lodi Grape Festival Queen
Here is the first holder of the honor.
Read article here.
The festival continues to this day, but I find no reference to a queen.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 12, 2019 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Food, Regionalism, 1930s, Alcohol
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