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BaconFest coming to Sacramento
BaconFest coming to Sacramento. Filed under: Short Tagged: food, sacramento
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Don’t Copy That … Corn?
Anyone who’s worked in IT long enough has probably learned to dread the phrase “software licensing audit.” In spite of the fact that is a very good thing for software companies to be paid for their...
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Marketing Modern Coinage
I don’t really get the whole trillion dollar coin thing (or maybe I do, and I don’t want to talk about), but if it really does get minted, somebody better take a damn picture of it before they melt it...
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Local Farm Fresh Eggs
So, it turns out that some of the caviar sold in this country comes from Sacramento. The tone in which this information was delivered seems to be that such a turn of events is wildly ironic. I don’t...
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Microwavable Memories
For me, lunchtime is defined by two unalterable facts. The first is that I cannot afford to eat out very often, which means that I have to bring my lunch to work every day. The second is that it takes...
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Top Potato
“Here we are, years later, and you still can’t get hash browns [at McDonald's] after breakfast ends.” {From: Why Times Square Needs a McWorld | The Awl.} I wholeheartedly agree that this is a travesty....
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Hey There, Sweet Cakes
Hostess Picks Maker Of Little Debbie’s To Carry The Drake’s Cake Torch – The Consumerist. I’ve lived in California for almost my whole life, but most of the rest of my family was from back East. As a...
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Don’t Fill (Ducks) Up on Bread
You shouldn’t feed ducks pieces of bread, because it turns out there are no nutrients in it, and the poor things are suffering from malnutrition. As far as I know, it’s still okay to feed that stuff to...
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The Cookie Crook
At Least One Alleged Girl Scout Cookie Thief Has Been Apprehended – The Consumerist. You get ‘em. You go and get those bastards. Filed under: Short Tagged: crime, food
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I Like Their Vodka, At Least
“Like all stereotypes, the ‘bad central European food’ stereotype is simply outdated: [...] A lot of what was always great about Polish food — the proliferation of fresh vegetables, the chickens that...
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Look at the Bones! Oh, Wait…
KFC Original Recipe Chicken Going Boneless To Make It Easier To Eat – Consumerist. Surely this is entirely about what’s good for the customer, and has nothing to do with the relative cheapness of...
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Would This Be a Homebrew, or a “Homeboil?”
New Virtual Boy game!: Advanced Pasta Cooking… – Tiny Cartridge Yes, you read that correctly. But click through — it gets better. Filed under: Short Tagged: food, video games
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Yippee Ki Yay, Mr Franco
How does one comment on the news that James Franco celebrated his birthday with a dildo cake? What’s the angle, here? He’s James Franco. The man likes dildos, okay? But let me not miss this opportunity...
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I can’t deal with this shit right now
Cats Dressed Like Sushi This makes me feel unwell in my brain. I need to go lie down for a while. Oh wait, fuck, I’m at work. I’d ask to go home, but I don’t think they let you off for sushi cats....
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Source of energy
In spite of all of the hype surrounding your average energy drink’s exotic ingredients, it turns out that the only thing they contain that actually helps pump you up is (drum roll please): caffeine....
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Some Sloppy Morning
For the first couple of hours after waking up each morning, I generally feel somewhat nauseous. It’s fine, it’s been happening all my life. The thing is though, it means I have to be a little careful...
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Get Used to More of This Sort of Thing
“Massachusetts resident Michele Catalano was looking for information online about pressure cookers. Her husband, in the same time frame, was Googling backpacks. Wednesday morning, six men from a joint...
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Gorge yourself on the volatility of the marketplace
“Every year, blogger Lem Penzo calculates how much different types of sandwiches will cost per serving, then compares it to other types and the same sandwich in past years.” {From: The Sandwich Index:...
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Connections
From Boing Boing comes a link to this (very long) story on the history of Tomato Ketchup. Also, for no particular reason that I can think of, here is a link to a Stereolab song called Emperor Tomato...
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Pumpkins Shouldn’t be Drunk
Pumpkin Mania Goes Boozy With Pumpkin Spice Whiskey – Consumerist. What is with the current widespread desire to cram pumpkins into everything? Pumpkins are the new bacon, I guess. Or does this have...
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