Beer Jelly

If you're a big beer fan, you can now spread beer on your toast, in the form of beer jelly. Available for $28 from uncommongoods.com.

Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 04, 2014 - Comments (8)
Category: Food

Potato Peeler

I'll give the makers of this video credit for trying really hard to make an industrial potato peeler seem exciting. But in the end, it's just a potato peeler. Wait for the epic zoom-in at around 1:10.

Posted By: Alex - Sun Aug 31, 2014 - Comments (9)
Category: Food

Rat Meat

The BBC News reports that the rat meat industry is becoming increasingly lucrative in Cambodia because of a fondness for rat meat in neighboring Vietnam where wild, rural rats are considered a healthy delicacy "due to their free-range lifestyle and largely organic diet." The wild rats primarily eat rice stalks, vegetables from farmer's fields, and plant roots.

At the peak of the rat-catching season, in June and July, as much as 2 tons of rat meat is exported from Cambodia to Vietnam daily.

And what does rat meat taste like? Apparently "a bit like pork."

I wonder if it would be possible to make rat bacon?

Posted By: Alex - Mon Aug 25, 2014 - Comments (4)
Category: Food

Living off the land

A 1955 U.S. Navy training film. Having watched it, I'm now ready to live off the grid.

Posted By: Alex - Wed Aug 20, 2014 - Comments (7)
Category: Food, 1950s

Funeral Potatoes

The dish that most people in America know as potato casserole is referred to by Mormons as "funeral potatoes." Because it's customary for Mormons to serve this potato dish at funerals. The logic, I suppose, is that it's comfort food. Wikipedia says that the typical ingredients of funeral potatoes are: "hash browns or cubed potatoes, cheese (cheddar or Parmesan), onions, cream soup (chicken, mushroom, or celery) or a cream sauce, sour cream, and is topped with butter and corn flakes or crushed potato chips."

Funeral potatoes are one of a number of foods specifically associated with funerals in some cultures. Another example, previously mentioned here on WU, is Yorkshire Funeral Biscuits. And the Amish have a dish they call Funeral Pie, which is a raisin pie.

There must be other funeral-specific dishes, but I haven't yet found them.

Posted By: Alex - Mon Aug 11, 2014 - Comments (8)
Category: Death, Food

Let’s Make a Sandwich!

Yum!

Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 08, 2014 - Comments (8)
Category: Food, PSA’s, Teenagers, 1950s

Follies of the Madmen #225

Who ever knew that Snap, Crackle & Pop had villainous counterparts in Soggy, Mushy & Toughy?

Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 26, 2014 - Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, 1930s

Spray Cake

Newly available: cake in a spray can. Just spray, microwave, and eat.

But, of course, you'll also need some spray can frosting. That's already been available for a couple of years.

Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 21, 2014 - Comments (8)
Category: Food, Junk Food

Toaster Selfie

Taking the selfie phenomenon to a new level of absurdity, the Toaster Selfie allows you to print images of your own face on pieces of toast. Just send the company a hi-rez photo of your face and they'll create a custom-made toaster selfie for you. [burntimpressions.com]

Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 19, 2014 - Comments (4)
Category: Food, Photography and Photographers

Chirps Cricket Chips

Available now for pre-order. They're chips made of cricket flour. I'd be willing to try them because from what I've heard crickets don't taste bad at all. And if they don't look anything like crickets, all the better! Though I have a hard time imagining these will ever go mainstream.

Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 10, 2014 - Comments (7)
Category: Food, Insects and Spiders