Archive Category: Food & Drinks

Fancy Fast Food

Posted by Jill Harness in Everything Else, Food & Drinks on July 1, 2009 at 12:31 am

Fancy fast food takes regular old fast food and turns it into gourmet (looking) food. I’m sure it doesn’t taste as good as real four star cuisine, but it sure does look delicious. Best of all, there’s plenty of recipes so you can duplicate the efforts.

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Spaghetti Cake

Posted by Miss Cellania in Food & Drinks on June 28, 2009 at 10:18 pm


Ciao Chow Linda served her family spaghetti and meatballs for dessert. It’s a cake: A banana cake covered with frosting shaped like spaghetti noodles and topped with chocolate truffle “meatballs” in a strawberry sauce. Recipe and instructions are included with the post. Link -via mental_floss

Previously at Neatorama: spaghetti ice cream.

 
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Jell-o Jewels Sparkle With Deliciousness

Posted by Jill Harness in Everything Else, Food & Drinks, Home & Garden on June 27, 2009 at 3:17 pm

Yummy, classy and fat free. These Jell-o jewels have real gold powder in them. They’re part of a Jell-o mold competition in Brooklyn. The cheeseburger and shishkabob ones are fantastic, along with the oyster pearls. It’s all worth a look.

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26 Geekiest Wedding Cake Toppers

Posted by John in Food & Drinks on June 26, 2009 at 4:50 pm

io9 has pictures of 26 wedding cake toppers that geeks would enjoy, including Star Wars, Transformers, Stargate, Back to the Future, and zombie themes.

io9 uses the term “nerdiest”, but I pefer to be addressed as “geek”. The origin of the term — someone who would bite off the heads of chickens at carnival sideshows — seems a bit more fitting.

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Previously on Neatorama: Steampunk Robot and Other Weird Wedding Cake Toppers

 
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Chew on This: Blog About Chewing Gums

Posted by Queuebot in Blog & Internet, Food & Drinks on June 25, 2009 at 2:14 am

It’s something that most of us do on a regular basis, but don’t it much thought.  Not so for Shannon and Katie of Gum Alert blog. These two girls (who obviously have a lot of time on their hands) are on their way to review just about every type of chewing gum on the market, in an eloquent, almost OCD-like fashion. 

Take, for instance, their review of Orbit Maui Melon Mint:


Flavor: No. Just, no. Is this supposed to taste like watermelon? Or Mint? Or both? Because it doesn’t taste like either. It smells peculiarly like Choward’s Violets, and I bet that’s what I’m tasting, too. The taste is completely nondescript, vaguely sweet and somewhat bitter. It leaves a gross taste in the back of my mouth that I associate with “aftertaste,” but it happens DURING the chew, not after. I don’t want aftertaste in mid-chew. Big fail. In fact - once I remove the gum from my mouth, the actual aftertaste is, in fact, more pleasant than the duringtaste itself.

Texture: Like most Orbit, the texture is fine. Starts off soft, and firms up to be the perfect chewable consistency. If this review was based on texture alone, it’d get far more gumballs.

Overall: I cannot recommend Orbit Maui Melon Mint to any sane person. There are far better melony gums on the market, if that’s what you’re craving for. I’d even suggest resorting to a sugared watermelon-flavored gum - a Hubba Bubba or a BubbleYum - if you absolutely have to. But stay away from this one. Stay far away.

Rating: oo (two gumballs)

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Church Blesses Men With Beer

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks, Religion on June 25, 2009 at 1:54 am

Rather be flyflishing, golfing or sleeping than going to church? Concerned with the lack of men attending services, the Church of England is now offering new incentives: free beer, bacon rolls and chocolate bars!

Men at St Stephen’s church in Barbourne, Worcester, will be handed bottles of beer by children during the service. A prayer will be said for the fathers before the gifts are distributed.

The Ven Roger Morris, archdeacon of Worcester, who will be leading the service at St Stephen’s today, said that it was a practical way of sending a message to fathers.

“I don’t see any other time that we can stop and remember fathers, and this is a gesture saying ‘Here’s something that will bless you,’” he said.

“Posies of flowers are given to mums on Mothering Sunday and we wanted to give a laddish, blokeish gift to the men. A bottle of beer hits the mark. The whole of life is to be celebrated in church.”

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A Well Preserved Painting: Blackcurrant Jam Trees & Marmalade Pavement

Posted by Queuebot in Arts & Crafts, Food & Drinks on June 23, 2009 at 6:39 pm

This painting, commissioned by a jam and preservative maker, was painted using only the products made in their factory!

Artist Lindi Kirwin was commissioned by F. Duerr & Sons a British Jam Maker to create a work of art to raise money for charity.

Sadly seeing as not many people have ever painted with jam and mint sauce before they have no idea how long it will last, so the winner will also get a full sized canvas print just in case.



Black current jam trees, marmalade pavements, mint sauce buildings and a tartar sauce sky all feature in a mouth watering new painting set to raise funds for The New Children’s Hospital Appeal.

F. Duerr & Sons, makers of jam, marmalade, sweet spreads and condiments commissioned local artist Lindi Kirwin to capture the iconic Central Library building in Manchester using the products available from their factory.

Named ‘Manchester Preserved’, the vibrant and creative interpretation, created at Lindi’s studio in Vernon Mill, Stockport and due to be unveiled at Broadstone Mill, Stockport, is being auctioned on ebay. Duerr’s hope that the painting will raise more than £1,000 for the charity.

Link - via lindi-kirwin

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Robert C. Baker, Nugget Man

Posted by Alex in Food & Drinks on June 23, 2009 at 1:01 pm

Here’s a tribute song titled Nugget Man by Paul Sabourin and Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo of the musical duo Paul and Storm, memorializing Robert C. Baker.

Robert who? You may not know the man, but you surely know of his invention: Robert C. Baker invented the chicken nugget (nicknamed the "Thomas Edison of poultry," he’s also a member of the American Poultry Hall of Fame. Sort of like the Baseball Hall of Fame, but for chicken).

From the song:

Robert C. Baker died on a Monday
We all know his work, although few knew his name
A Cornell professor who taught poultry science
Forever enshrined in the poultry Hall of Fame
84 years worth of food innovations:
Chicken dogs, turkey dogs and turkey ham
Beyond them all stands Baker’s greatest creation
For Baker begat chicken nuggets for man

O, Nugget Man
O, Nugget Man
Headin’ on down to that old Promised Land
Happy the meals all have been since the day
That the Nugget Man came our way

The Zeray Gazette has the video clip: Link

 
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License to Chill: Daniel Craig-Shaped Popsicle

Posted by Alex in Food & Drinks, Movies & SciFi on June 22, 2009 at 10:19 pm

OK, we’re way behind on this news but I think its sheer strangeness will help overcome our tardiness: food company Del Monte asked 1,000 British women which celebrity is the coolest and James Bond star Daniel Craig won the vote. So, true to their words, Del Monte made a Daniel Craig-shaped popsicle!

Del Monte Superfruit Smoothies, who produced the limited edition replica lollies, said artists ‘worked tirelessly’ to recreate a sculpture of 41-year-old Craig in the scene where he emerges from the sea in Casino Royale.

‘Daniel Craig topped our poll of Britain’s coolest celebrities and thanks to our Del Monte lolly replica he is officially immortalised as super smooth and licensed to chill,’ said spokesman Matt O’Connor.

Silly women, I’d have picked Ricky Gervais. More popsicle that way.

Link - via Dom’s Weird News

 
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The Medieval Way to Roast a Porpoise

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks on June 19, 2009 at 4:42 am

For all the foodies - the John Rylands Library (U.K.) has now digitalized and published The Forme of Cury, a cookbook dating back to about 1420. Compiled by master cooks to Richard II, this book contains hundreds of recipes, and includes exotic dishes featuring porpoise and blancmange.

The recipe begins “For to make blanc mange” and goes on to say “put rice in water all night and in the morrow, wash it clean”.

“It’s not a like a modern cookery book so it doesn’t give you exact quantities and times,” said Mr Hodgson.

“The complete book - all 100 pages - is now available online so that anybody who is interested in cookery, well, you could actually make some of the recipes now.”

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Nacho Hat

Posted by Alex in Fashion, Food & Drinks, Pictures on June 17, 2009 at 3:56 am

Here’s living proof that SomethingWonderful can come out of SomethingAwful Forums - behold the Nacho Hat!

Cota Froise of SA Forums has the step-by-step guide on how to make your very own Nacho Hat: Link - via bookofjoe

 
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45 Famous Last Meals

Posted by John in Crime & Law, Food & Drinks on June 16, 2009 at 7:08 pm

Ryan Deal of Top Cultured has a list of last meals given to condemned criminals, both real and fictional.  Here are a few:

Adolf Eichmann: He declined a special meal, preferring a bottle of Carmel, a dry red Israeli wine. He drank about half of it.

John Wayne Gacy: A dozen deep-fried shrimps, a bucket of original recipe chicken from KFC, French fries, and a pound of strawberries.

Timothy McVeigh: Two pints of mint chocolate-chip ice cream.

 Marv in Sin City: A “pretty decent” steak and a beer.

What do you plan on asking for?

Link [Link pointed to original source at Wikipedia - by Alex 6/17/09] - via Urlesque

 
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Star Trek Cakes

Posted by Alex in Food & Drinks, Movies & SciFi on June 15, 2009 at 12:50 am

Following up on our 8 Starship Enterprise Facts Every Trekker Should Know post, here are some of the neatest Star Trek cakes ever made. Enjoy (Resistance is futile!)


Star Trek Cake by Ace of Cakes - via TrekMovie (note the angry nerd comments)


CakeCentral user Spense uploaded these photos of the Captain Kirk Cake made for the 2009 Star Trek Cake Contest (many, many more cool Star Trek cakes there)

Another one for the CakeCentral Star Trek Cake contest, this one is simple yet very chic: the Star Trek Uniform groom cake by CakeCentral user tenmeows.

 


USS Reliant Birthday Cake complete with blue LED, by Victoria Sgro-Konopka of SunShine's Cake Creations


Star Trek Communicator Cake by Rick Reichart of Cakelava


This one is quite beautiful: Jonathan Lane's groom cake, over at USS Angeles.

The four sides of the cakes include messages from the Klingons ("Where do you keep the chocolate" - chocolate is an aphrodisiac for Klingons), Ferengis ("You humans still owe us for this cake"), Romulans ("The Praetor says hello"), Cardassian ("Hey, why weren't we invited to the wedding"), Bajoran ("May the Prophets guide you both in your lives together") and Vulcans ("Live long and prosper") - in their native languages.


The Star Trek Enterprise Cake by Edward and Antoni Frys of
European Cake Gallery (ironically, in Texas) - via Cake Wrecks


A Star Trek Birthday Cake by Alix Lewer of Alixs Cakes - a wonderful fondant work!


Star Trek Cupcakes by Clares Cupcakes


Borg Wedding Cake (look at the lil' Enterprise getting phasered!)

And last but not least, the Picard Cake to celebrate Captain Picard Day tomorrow (June 16):


Captain Picard Cake at POWET.TV

 
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Sushi: The Culprit of the Urban Tapeworm Problem?

Posted by Alex in Food & Drinks, Medicine on June 14, 2009 at 1:32 pm

Before you eat that oh-so-delicious piece of salmon sashimi, consider this: sushi (as well as undercooked fish) may be contributing to the growing problem of urban tapeworm …

Once the bane of rural Japanese villagers, a paper in the June issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases reports on the spread of the the salmon tapeworm Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense. The parasite, which can reach lengths of 39 feet (12 meters), has been steadily increasing its global distribution and prevalence – mostly among yuppies with a hankering for sashimi and ceviche.

One hospital in Japan reported 14 cases last year, up from 3 cases in 2000. And starting in 2006, the tapeworm has been popping up for the first time in North America and Europe. Meanwhile, farm-raised salmon from South America have been plagued by a closely related tapeworm that normally infects perch and other freshwater fish.

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5 Classic Cocktails Every Man Should Know

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks on June 13, 2009 at 11:36 pm

The Art of Manliness has a wonderful post on 5 classic cocktails that all men should be familiar with and how to mix them for maximum effect.

There’s been a trend lately to get back to the old way of doing things, especially when it comes to things we ingest. This trend has also entered the world of libations. Drink menus around the country are starting to have more of the old classics included on them. Many mixologists are using these cocktails as starting points for newer versions that take advantage of the plethora of products out there today. Recipe books from classic bars such as the Old Waldorf-Astoria, The Savoy, and the Stork Club are available in reprint editions for the new generation to use. And who can forget Old Mr. Boston? They’ve been printings those books since 1935 and still do to this day.

But you don’t need a recipe book to get started mixing up some of the classic cocktails men have been drinking for decades (and in some cases, more than a century). Here’s how to create the 5 classic cocktails every man should know.

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Pierogi Fest and Other Spectacular Summer Food Festivals

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks, Travel & Places on June 10, 2009 at 7:00 pm

Summer is almost upon us, and with it, comes the strange and wonderful food festivals around the country. Cheese, watermelon… pierogi?  I’m all over that one. Yum, pierogi!

Brynn Mannino of Woman’s Day has a list of 12 of the most spectacular summer food festivals in the States. Take, for instance, the Pierogi Fest in Whiting, Indiana:


Celebrate everyone’s favorite potato dumplings at the Pierogi Fest in Whiting, Indiana, beginning July 24th. What started as a way to honor the Eastern European heritage of many in the nearby communities has grown into an event that has been featured on The Food Network and in the pages of Bon Appetit magazine. Fun-filled activities include a pierogi eating contest, a pierogi toss and a polka parade! Last year’s festival even featured the “World’s Largest Pierogi,” which was made with 27 lbs of flour, 18 eggs, 58 potatoes, two gallons of water, “too much” butter and “lots o’ onions.” Total weight? 92 lbs!

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The Underground Fruit Economy: Fresh Fruit, via Your Neighbors

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks on June 10, 2009 at 1:24 pm

Have you ever seen a neighbor’s fruit left unharvested, all those fruit wasted? Think there’s a better way? Though neighbors trading apples for plums isn’t exactly new phenomenon, the Internet is changing the way and fueling growth in the "underground economy" of trading fruit.

Kim Severson of The New York Times has an interesting article about this trend:

All over the country, the underground fruit economy is growing. At new Web sites like neighborhoodfruit.com and veggietrader.com, fruit seekers can find public mulberry patches in Pennsylvania and neighbors willing to trade blackberries in Oklahoma.

In Royal Oak, Mich., a woman investigated how to start a fruit exchange modeled after Fallen Fruit (fallenfruit.org), an arts group that designs maps of accessible fruit growing in Los Angeles neighborhoods.

In Alaska, cooks used Facebook to find willing donors of backyard rhubarb, the first dessert crop that grows after the long winter. In Columbia, S.C., university students pulled spare peaches from orchards and donated them to a local food bank.

Supporters of this movement hold two basic principles. One, it’s a shame to let fruit go to waste. And two, neighborhood fruit tastes best when it’s free.

Link - via squealingrat

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Judge Rules “Crunchberries” Are Not Real

Posted by Queuebot in Crime & Law, Food & Drinks on June 7, 2009 at 2:22 pm

Here’s proof that people will sue just for about anything: a plaintiff named Janine Sugawara sued the makers of Cap’N Crunch Crunch Berries cereal because she found out that the "crunchberries" are not really berries!

In another proof that the judicial system works,  the judge dismissed her complaint:

On May 21, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California dismissed a complaint filed by a woman who said she had purchased “Cap’n Crunch with Crunchberries” because she believed “crunchberries” were real fruit. The plaintiff, Janine Sugawara, alleged that she had only recently learned to her dismay that said “berries” were in fact simply brightly-colored cereal balls, and that although the product did contain some strawberry fruit concentrate, it was not otherwise redeemed by fruit. She sued, on behalf of herself and all similarly situated consumers who also apparently believed that there are fields somewhere in our land thronged by crunchberry bushes.

Cap’n According to the complaint, Sugawara and other consumers were misled not only by the use of the word “berries” in the name, but also by the front of the box, which features the product’s namesake, Cap’n Crunch, aggressively “thrusting a spoonful of ‘Crunchberries’ at the prospective buyer.” Plaintiff claimed that this message was reinforced by other marketing representing the product as a “combination of Crunch biscuits and colorful red, purple, teal and green berries.” Yet in actuality, the product contained “no berries of any kind.” Plaintiff brought claims for fraud, breach of warranty, and our notorious and ever-popular California Unfair Competition Law and Consumer Legal Remedies Act.

Link - via kevinunderhill

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National Doughnut Day

Posted by John in Food & Drinks on June 5, 2009 at 4:19 pm

Today is indeed a high holy day: National Doughnut Day. Its origins lie in the distribution of free doughnuts to American soldiers during the First World War, and then acquired greater fame with the sponsorship of the Salvation Army in 1938. Now it’s mostly a marketing gimmick, but do we really need a reason to celebrate? Get thee to a bakery.

Link via J-Walk Blog

 
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Vintage Canned Meat Advertisements

Posted by Queuebot in Advertising, Food & Drinks on June 5, 2009 at 1:43 pm


Old advertisements are always interesting. But, combine old advertisements with canned meat, and you have a winner.

Tell her if she finds SPAM to buy it at once!

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Very Cool Dragon Cake

Posted by Queuebot in Baby & Kids, Everything Else, Food & Drinks on June 5, 2009 at 1:41 pm


Tired of commercialism?  Make your own cake!  This sleepy dragon with Dragon Eggs (for a 4 year old’s birthday party) is very fun… and all homemade!

If you’re doing your own party, the matching dragon illustration for the Party Invitation is available free for download (CC licensed) here.



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Mix an Exploding Drink

Posted by Miss Cellania in Food & Drinks on June 3, 2009 at 7:01 pm


Wired has a recipe for an exploding drink called the Manhattan Project. You can try to make it taste like a Manhattan, but its not really necessary. The point is that there will be a delayed-reaction explosion to surprise your guest. Link

 
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10 Awesome Mac ‘n’ Cheese Creations

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks on June 3, 2009 at 1:32 pm

Seriously, my arteries would need a Rooter Router if I let myself eat ever one of these that I thought were yummy (cough. ALL.). I’ve actually had the Mac ‘n’ Chese Sampler from S’MAC. Sooooo good. Next on list, the baked apple mac and cheese. 

Got the blue-box blues? We thought so. That’s why we dug up the most tempting and creative recipe twists on everybody’s favorite comfort food: macaroni and cheese. Whether you like yours meaty, gourmet or even in bite-size servings, you’re sure to find something here that inspires you to think, well, outside of the box.

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Soft Drink, Hard Quiz

Posted by Miss Cellania in Food & Drinks on June 3, 2009 at 10:33 am


Three US soft drink companies own more brand names than you probably were aware of. In today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss, you are given eleven soda names. Can you identify whether it is a product of Coca-Cola, Pepsico, or Dr Pepper/Snapple? I failed this quiz miserably, probably because I don’t drink soda pop. Give me another cup of coffee! Link

 
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Popular and Unique Soft Drinks From Around the World - Part 2

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks on June 3, 2009 at 6:22 am

This is part 2 to the soft drinks from around the world that was published earlier. Makes me miss Moxie and Vernors.

Vegitabeta. VegitaBeta is an orange-colored soft drink consisting primarily of water and sugar. The product contains 3mg of beta-carotene per 100ml serving; an entire bottle contains 4.8mg. Although the product contains less than 10% juice, the label is filled with pictures of vegetables such as carrots, and fruits such as oranges, apples, acerola, and, prunes that naturally contain beta-carotene. The label states “Easy way to obtain nutrition,” “VegitaBeta is a health-supporting drink that uses five materials [vegetables and fruits].” The beverage carries the trade mark “Daily Care” with an explanation that “Daily Care is a symbol of products that support a healthy lifestyle.” While VegitaBeta contains a small amount of juice from vegetables and fruits that contain beta-carotene, the 4.8 mg of beta carotene in one bottle of the beverage is added in supplement form according to company officials.

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McNuggitini: The McDonald’s Chicken McNugget Martini

Posted by Alex in Food & Drinks on June 2, 2009 at 7:12 am


Photo: Leah

McDonald’s food is often the butt of jokes, but those days are gone if foodie Georgia Hardstark of The State That I Am In blog and her friend Alie Ward of Curiology have their way.

You see, they’ve concocted that could surely be called as the perfect alcoholic beverage/dinner/dessert, the McNuggitini:

Recipe by Alie and Georgia

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Yield: 2 servings

Ingredients:

2 McNuggz (plus more for snacking)
1 tub McDonalds Brand Barbeque Sauce (plus more for licking off pinky finger)
1 lg. Mcdonalds Brand Chocolate Milkshake (plus more for bringing all the boys to the yard)
1 bottle Vanilla Vodka (recommended brand: Absolut)

Open the McDonalds bag. Eat one McNugg each, followed by two bites of the Filet-o-Fish (make sure you don’t tell anyone that you eat Filet-o-Fishes).

Mix three or four shots of vanilla vodka in the McDonalds Brand Chocolate Milkshake, followed by one shot each directly into your mouth.

Rim each martini glass with McDonalds Brand Barbeque Sauce, and pour milkshake/vodka mixture into the glass. Garnish with a McNugg (which is to be swiped along barbeque sauce rimmed glass after the milkshake has been finished, and consumed with pure, unadulterated glee).

Details at This Recording blog: Link - via Didn’t You Hear?

 
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Canned Meat, Fish & Bugs From Around the World

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks on June 1, 2009 at 10:33 pm


Potted meat product, quail eggs, snails, and armadillo? Sure I’ll try anything once. I never realized how many canned meat products were out there.

A whole chicken. That jelly is pretty off putting.

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Popular and Unique Soft Drinks From Around the World

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks on May 29, 2009 at 10:39 am

I’ve never had fungus tea, the cloudy juice left from the fermentation process of kimchee, or fermented dandelion and burdock roots, but I would be willing to try it. Some look downright tasty, like the cinnamon aroma of Guaraná Jesus from Brazil, or the ice cream soda from Pakistan, Pakola.

Almdudler is the brand name of a popular Austrian soft drink. The original Almdudler is a sweetened carbonated beverage flavored with herbs; its flavor is similar to ginger ale or elderflower cordial but with a somewhat stronger and more complex flavor. Almdudler has been called the “national drink of Austria”. Its popularity in Austria is second only to Coca Cola; 80 million liters of the beverage are produced yearly.

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Fast Food of South and Central America

Posted by Miss Cellania in Food & Drinks, Travel & Places on May 28, 2009 at 8:03 pm

You read about fast foods of Europe and Asia and Australia, now in the third part of the series, HealthAssist takes a look at fast food from South and Central America. For example, in Panama:

Fondas are one of the most popular places to grab a meal on the go. These small kiosk-type restaurants serve their food from glass boxes heated by a light bulb. Most, if not all of the food served in fondas are fried - rice, hojaldres, pork chunks, empanadas. Fondas also serve a soup called sancocho. Sancocho is a type of chicken soup flavoured with onion and cilantro.

Link -Thanks, Karen!

 
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School Lunch From Around the World

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks on May 28, 2009 at 9:44 am


I personally liked school lunch. But looking at these pictures, it seems like my school may have been the exception to the rule. This collection has 26 different school lunches from six countries.

Korea: Kimchi, a fish, some seaweed looking thing, and some colorful mystery items.

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