11 posts tagged “food”
People tended to impulse shop, and seemed to have their reward system short circuited.
This is important because advertisers are starting to investigate scented advertising messages, not just in stores or in magazines (which is an old technology) but in bus shelters and other unusual spots.
I'm going to have to tell my boss I need a nap after a tasty lunch so I don't make any bad decisions....
For those who are unaware: a turducken is completely boneless and consists of a chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey, with cornbread stuffing in the chicken and between birds. It is all kinds of delicious! Since it's boneless, you don't have to really carve it, just slice it up.
It's claimed that this dish originated in Louisiana at Hebert's (which has a killer mail order service). It's pronounced "ay bairs".
My brother was in Louisiana recently and visited Hebert's to get a turducken for himself. He said it's in a rural part of the state and was packed with people who come from all over, even the next state over to buy all sorts of Cajun goodies including their Thanksgiving and/or Christmas turduckens.
I have already requested that the next Christmas dinner be either turducken wrapped in bacon or possibly Hebert's BBQ Alligator. It probably tastes like, well, chicken.
The website Free Rice is a strange yet somehow sensible vocabulary+world-feeding+advertising initiative.
The game quizzes you on English vocabulary - it adjusts the difficulty level based on how well you're doing. For every definition you get correct 10 grains of rice are donated by the advertisers at the bottom of the page. Although 10 grains of rice doesn't seem very substantial, you can rack up rice/points pretty quickly.
The food donations are made through the United Nations World Food Program, a legitimate and worthwhile organization.
I've put off going to Korea for a long time; my mom wants me to go. Maybe this is just the inspiration to take a visit.
Bacon is generally made from the belly, sides, or back of pork. Bacon is made be smoking and/or curing meat until tasty. Canadian or back bacon is similar to ham and healthier than the other kinds. Side and belly bacon has streaks of fat common to typical American bacon and Italian pancetta.
The most exotic bacon I've ever had is bacon made from the cheek of pork (guanciale) in pasta with fava beans and baby onions and herbs. I was a little scared eating anything from the head of an animal (I'm not very adventurous), but it tasted just like delicious bacon. Give it a try!
According to About.com, the phrase "bring home the bacon" meaning to bring money into a household, usually through hard work, comes from 12th century England where a church promised a side of bacon to men who could swear before God that they hadn't fought with their wife for a year and a day. Consequently such men were held in high esteem. Perhaps we've just discovered a way to slow down the high divorce rate!
Bacon certainly isn't a health food - that's part of the appeal! 3 slices of cooked American-style pork belly bacon has 103 calories and 12% of your daily fat and is extremely high in sodium. It isn't as bad in the cholesterol department as I expected - 7% of the daily allowance. So while it isn't the best choice, it's probably all right to indulge now and again.
So as a special treat, here are some fantastic bacon websites:
- The mind-boggling Bacon of the Month Club. I nearly bought this as a Christmas present for my brother, but didn't have the cash. One day I'll really do it.
- The Bacon Placemat tutorial. It is really more of a bacon coaster, but that's ok. I would like to see a fried egg put in the middle of two of these.
- An Amazon Listmania called "Bacon is Meat Candy"
- And a truly stellar Bacon Soap how-to. Render bacon fat and turn it into soap. Not for the clumsy or faint of heart.
Today, a lot of gastronomes are predicting that pork belly (a bacon relative) will be the next hot thing in good restaurants because it's very flavorful and can be eaten with so many things.
If there's one thing McDonald's does right, it's authoritarian burger conformity. However, there are local variations found throughout the country and throughout the world. I don't really eat at McDonald's anymore, but maybe I would if they had some of these items near me....
New England - Lobster Roll
Wisconsin and Chicagoland region - Johnsonville Bratwurst
Maryland/Delaware - Crabcakes
Southern US - Cajun McChicken sandwich
Hawaii - Saimin (noodle soup), spam/egg/rice breakfast
Canada and Japan - Double Big Mac (4 beef patties!)
Mostly Muslim countries - All meat is halal (made in accordance with Islamic law)
Jerusalem - Passover Buns (observant Jews do not eat leavened bread during Passover), McShawarma
Australia - Chicken Tandoori, Lemongrass chicken on penne
Canada - McLobster/McHomard, poutine (french fries + gravy + cheese), pizza
Chile - Avocado paste available on anything
Costa Rica - Gallo Pinto (rice and beans)
Mediterranean region - Burger in pita with yogurt sauce
Hong Kong - red bean sundae, pineapple pie, Shogun Burger (pork with teriyaki sauce)
India - no Big Macs (due to beef); instead the Maharaja Mac which a chicken burger, curry, McAloo Tikki
South Pacific - fried chicken
Japan - Teriyaki McBurger, several shrimp dishes, green tea milkshake
Korea - McBingsoo (shaved ice)
Morocco - Recette Moutarde (mustard burger)
New Zealand - Kiwiburger (beef, tomato, egg, and beetroot)
Pakistan - McChutney burger, strawberry custard pie, mango milkshake
The Netherlands - McKroket (croquette filled with beef stew)
Turkey - Ayran (yogurt + water + salt), kebabs
UK - Oatmeal, Cadbury chocolate-covered donuts
This guy had some old MREs and decided to prepare one and document it.
I recently read an article about the halal MREs that meet the dietary requirements for Muslims which are certainly in high demand right now. Apparently they are more appealing to US personnel and sometimes have to be kept under lock and key (they tend to contain familiar brand name food in the halal meals).
I've had shelf stable meals (though not military ones). They are okay, but they would be tiring after a while!
Although the eating of sushi off naked ladies is old hat, this new form of dining involves a "body" that is edible. You make an incision anywhere. The body will "bleed" and the organs and things inside are all edible as well.
I wish I was at the meeting where they were thinking up new restaurant ideas. "How about cannibalism?" "Great idea! Meeting adjourned!"
It consists of sweet black beans, which I guess look like said gorilla boogers.
I very much like the mascot, as he seems pretty focused on the task at hand.
