Food
Chinook Olives
Also known as acorns marinated in urine. Source: The Chinook Indians, by Paul Kane in The Canadian Journal, Jan 1857
Posted By: Alex - Fri Oct 03, 2014 -
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Category: Food
Lunchroom Manners
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 27, 2014 -
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Category: Education, Food, PSA’s, Children, 1950s
Ballpoint pen cutlery
These "Din-ink" ballpoint pen caps from ZO_loft allow you to transform your pens into cutlery. Why you would want to do this, I'm not sure. But you can!
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 23, 2014 -
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Category: Food, Inventions
Lion in Freezer
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 16, 2014 -
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Category: Food, Restaurants
Chocolate Teapot
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 08, 2014 -
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Category: Food, Chocolate
World Carrot Museum
The thrills start here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 08, 2014 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Food, Museums
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 -
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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 -
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Category: Food
Rat Meat
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 -
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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 -
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Category: Food, 1950s
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