Food
Shocking Peas
A recent Daily Mail article about a woman who is suing her lawyer for failing to explain to her that "finalising her divorce would terminate her marriage" contains another little nugget of weirdness toward the end:At least he doesn't use his fingers. That would be really barbaric.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 16, 2014 -
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Category: Food, Wives
The Incredible Edible Egg in Foodservice
Another entry in our boredom series. How long can YOU last?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 15, 2014 -
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Category: Boredom, Food, Eggs, PSA’s, 1980s
Exploding Artichokes
Police have ruled out any kind of artichoke-themed terrorism, theorizing instead that fertilizers on the vegetable may have caused an explosive chemical reaction.
Strangely, this is just the latest in a series of exploding artichokes that have gone off in Italy. Previous incidents occurred in 2003 and 2008. [theregister.co.uk]
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jan 07, 2014 -
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Category: Food, Vegetables
Football Meat Loaf
I don't think that shaping the meat loaf like a football makes it look more appetizing. And I don't understand at all the pairing of chewing gum and meat loaf.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 22, 2013 -
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Category: Food, Sports
Cooking with Poo
Her name is Poo, and she likes to cook. Would you like to cook with her? Or maybe just buy her book on Amazon
. [via Asia Obscura]
Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 07, 2013 -
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Category: Food, Cookbooks
Follies of the Madmen #212
Could you bring yourself to eat a sentient, talking cheese? With a Rasta accent?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 07, 2013 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, Food
Grape Nuts Flakes Promotes Magnetism
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You saw the effect this cereal had on Roy Rogers in an earlier post. Its powers were manifold and awesome.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 02, 2013 -
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Category: Food, Comics, 1940s
Grape Nuts Flakes Promotes Fisticuffs
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 19, 2013 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Regionalism, Violence, 1950s
Mystery in the Kitchen
Mystery in the Kitchen by Don Haldane, National Film Board of Canada
Invisible supercilious foppish food policeman invades a family's life and assigns all nutritional malfeasance to the "emotional" mother/wife.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 16, 2013 -
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Category: Food, PSA’s, 1950s, North America
Vanilla
Castoreum, a secretion from the bowels of beavers, is used as vanilla flavoring. Disturbingly, although the story is out of Sweden, it is mentioned that castoreum is used as a 'natural flavoring' in products in the United States as well.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 15, 2013 -
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Category: Food
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