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They Removed the Scar Tissue and Read “Hamburger”

Miss Cellania — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:38:23 +0000

John Manley of Wilmington, North Carolina suffered frequent pneumonia and coughing spells for over a year before the real culprit was found: there was a jagged inch-long piece of plastic lodged in his left lung. It turned out to be part of a utensil from Wendy’s Hamburgers. Manley was referred to Dr. Momen Wahidi, director of interventional pulmonology at Duke University for removal of the object.

Wahidi said Manley’s case presented challenges because so much scar tissue had formed around the object. But he was soon able to uncover more and more of the mystery item. He called out letters — an A, a B, a U, an R.

“We figured out during the case that it was saying hamburger,” Wahidi says. “But why would something that says hamburger be in this patient’s body?”

Manley thinks he probably inhaled the plastic when he gulped a drink. He now drinks with a straw. Link -via Terra Sigillata

Morocco Gets Supersized with the McArabia

Queuebot — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:36:15 +0000

Looks like America is not the only country that needs to be weary of fast food. While not many outside the US can see the appeal of
a Big Mac, people in Morocco just love the McArabia.

This new sneaky tactic of adapting global fast food chains to the local palette is happening all over the
world from squid topped Dominoes pizza in Taiwan to KFC’s vegetarian Chana Snacker, a chickpea burger topped with Thousand Island sauce, in India.

Watch out global obesity! I see a plot for a Super Size Me sequel.

Walk into a McDonald’s in Morocco and you’ll find a sandwich you can’t get anywhere else in the world: a cumin-spiced flatbread creation called the McArabia Tagine.

“Honestly it tastes Moroccan,” said Noor El Ghoumari, 34, a man who had just paid 53 dirhams, or about $6.60, for a meal with one of the ground beef sandwiches in Rabat on a recent afternoon. “This is a local McDonald’s and obviously they have to adapt.”

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From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by CherryBomb.

Fast Food of South and Central America

Miss Cellania — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:03:24 +0000

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!

Fast Food in Asia & Australia

Miss Cellania — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:24:22 +0000

Continuing the series begun with Fast Food in Europe (previously at Neatorama) HealthAssist takes a look at fast foods found in Australia and various Asian countries. In Indonesia:

In most cities it is common to see Chinese dishes such as bakpao (buns), bakmi (noodles), and bakso (meatballs). Though, pork is not used since the majority of Indonesians are Muslims. Another popular Indonesian street foods and snacks are siomay (mackerel fish meat served with peanut sauce, pempek (fish and sago), bubur ayam (chicken congee), bubur kacang hijau (green beans porridge), satay (diced or sliced chicken, goat, mutton, beef or fish), nasi and mie goreng (fried rice and fried noodle), gorengan (Indonesian assorted fritters).

Link -Thanks, Karen!

Mona Lisa Made From Burger Grease

Stacy — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:51:44 +0000

Fast food grease as art? Yep. Watch as artist Phil Hansen creates a huge replica of the Mona Lisa using nothing but grease squeezed from hamburger patties – and it only took him 10 double burgers to do it.

He didn’t just do this for fun, though… it’s actually an Arby’s ad.

Link via Slashfood

Previously on Neatorama: Bruce Lee Speed Painting | Phil Hansen’s Influence: a Body Paint Art

European Fast Food

Miss Cellania — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:41:21 +0000

HealthAssist is beginning a series on fast food around the world, beginning with Europe. In Denmark, sausages resembling long hot dogs called røde pølser are dipped in ketchup, and bread is a side dish. In the Netherlands, french fries are most commonly dressed in mayonnaise. Of course, in Belgium you can buy waffles from a fast food stand. In Poland, enjoy Zapiekanki which resembles a pizza sandwich. In most of Europe, fast food means sausage. Link -Thanks, Karen!

McDonald's Flooded in the Name of Art

Queuebot — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:13:11 +0000

Self proclaimed mainstream-subversive art collective Superflex, decided they’d answer a question nobody had ever bothered to ask: "What does a McDonald’s restaurant look like as it slowly fills with water?"

Although we should thank them as they took the time to painstakingly recreate a McDonald’s and slowly flood it, filming it all for an exhibition at the South London Gallery.

It’s actually quite a satisfying thing to watch a generic boring fast food joint wash away, be sure to check out the video on the page.

Their latest work is a short film, “Flooded McDonald’s”, where they’ve (shockingly accurately) created a full-size replica of the inside of the ubiquitous fast food joint and then slowly filled it with water. Playing now in an exhibition at South London Gallery, the film is exactly what the title suggests and yet so much more.

Link – via reddit

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Jake.

When You Love Whoppers More Than Your Friends

Stacy — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:29:55 +0000

Are you dying for a Whopper right now, but don’t have a dime to your name? Do you have Facebook? Well, problem solved – download the Whopper Sacrifice application. If you have 10 friends you’re willing to dump on Facebook, Burger King will send you a coupon for a free burger. Plus, the people you ditched get e-mails saying that the King means more to you than they do. I think that’s weird, and pretty crappy. But I guess if you get 10 friends in on it and warn them that you’re going to dump them but not to be offended, you can have yourself a pretty painless, free Whopper. Or you could just dig around in your couch cushions and check the dryer for coins. You can probably come up with a couple of bucks for a Whopper.

Link via Slashfood

Previously on Neatorama: Whopper Perfume. I have to say, their marketing gets my attention. It doesn’t send me to Burger King, but it does get my attention.

Origami Hamburger Kit

Stacy — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:59:57 +0000

Giving up fast food for your New Year’s Resolution? You can still have it – since it’s made out of paper, it’s much healthier for you. I probably wouldn’t recommend eating it, though. For $6, you get 16 pieces of paper that will allow you to make two burgers, fries, a soda and a tray to put it all on.

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Now You, Too, Can Smell Like a Whopper

Stacy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:15:52 +0000

As if the Burger King isn’t creepy enough all on his own, now you can smell like him. I’m still hoping this perfume is a joke. It’s called Flame, and for a mere $3.99, you can smell like “the scent of seduction, with a hint of flame broiled meat.”

That’s really all I can say about this. Color me flabbergasted.

Link via Slashfood. Photo from Adland.

Bathing at KFC Sink Landed Girls in Hot Water

Alex — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:28:41 +0000

Apparently, taking a bath in the sink is becoming a meme of sorts for fast food workers. Last time, it was at Burger King in Xenia, Ohio. This time: a KFC in Anderson, California. Redding Record Searchlight has the story:

Hijinks in the sink at an Anderson fast-food restaurant have cost three girls their jobs.

After closing the Anderson Kentucky Fried Chicken one recent night, the girls stripped to their underwear or changed into bathing suits and took a bath in the dishwashing sink. One of them posted the photos of the event on her public MySpace Web page.

The girls’ manager said she first learned of the photos on Tuesday and suspended the trio. On Wednesday, they were fired, said Rick Maynard, a KFC spokesman.

And the girl that posted it on her MySpace page? Here’s her reaction:

After removing the photos on her MySpace page from public access late Tuesday, the 17-year-old girl who had posted the photos made her entire page private Wednesday.

She also put up what appears to be a message for the media.

On the lone part of her page that is still public, she wrote: (sic)"Its a sad world when one has to stoop low enough to go through ones dirty laundry….one womans trash is anothers treasure! -Thanks alot for having good respect how can you live knowing the little bit of money you made was made hurting someone!"

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This bit of news above puts Mike Jacobsen’s "Sizzlin’ Chicken" design (on Neatorama’s Online Store) in a completely different light:

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