In case you had the notion that deep-frying everything in sight is an American thing, check out the offerings of one fish and chip shop in Birmingham, England, for the holidays.
Hollywood Fish Bar owner Chris Christoforou has created a battered Christmas dinner consisting of a turkey, roast potatoes, stuffing, brocolli, carrots, pigs in blankets and brussel sprouts - all indidually dipped in batter and deep fried.
Oh yes, there's deep-fried pie, too! See it all in a video at The Telegraph. Link -via Flavorpill
Little known fact- Santa likes cheesecake more than cookies. Most people don't know that about the big guy. So of course Santa would love these Santa Hat White Chocolate Cheesecake Bites. They have Oreos, cream cheese, white chocolate chip, powdered sugar, fresh strawberries, and all that stuff that makes cheesecake great. Check out the full recipe here.
Why play Dungeons and Dragons when you can eat Dungeons and Dragons?! First the dragon cake and now edible chocolate dice! Comes in all your favorite varieties - d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, and even d20! Made by Dice Candies, comes in a wide range of chocolates like milk, organic, white, and dark.
Hilah shows you how to make Red and Green Jigglers with Vodka and non-alcoholic Blue and White Winter Wonderland Jigglers. The written recipes are found at the YouTube page. -Thanks, Kelly!
Scientists in Australia have developed a pineapple that has a coconut flavor -by accident! They were trying to create a hybrid pineapple with a sweeter flavor, which they did, but it coincidentally tastes like a coconut. Perfect or pina coladas!
"It's sweet, low acid, very juicy," said Garth Sanewski, a senior horticulturalist at Queensland's department of agriculture.
"It has this lovely coconut flavour, which you won't find in any other pineapple in Australia."
The pineapple hybrid is called AusFestival, and should be commercially available in a couple of years. Link -via Laughing Squid
No, Atomic Burger insists, they're not kidding. If you want to eat the Fallout Challenge -- a burger rated at millions of Scoville units, you'll have to sign a waiver of liability. You also have to wear gloves because otherwise you'll burn your hands with that thing that you're about to put inside your body.
But enduing that experience, assuming that you actually survive, is worth the pain. That's because you get a free t-shirt and your name on the restaurant's Wall of Flame:
Just one in ten of the 500 people who've taken the challenge have completed it so far, with Mr Bunce admitting he could only manage a quarter of the burger.
He added: 'We did a four-week special of the Fallout Challenge, but after the special came to an end we had so many people asking to do it, it ended up becoming a permanent fixture on our menu.
'The sauce in the burger contains a variety of chillies including the Ghost Chilli and the Scotch Bonnet. But what gives the sauce a real kick is the Ghost Chilli extract which registers at 4.2 million Scoville units.
Why? Because most wedding chapels won't offer you a Grand Slamwich at 3 AM immediately after you get married. That problem is now solved. Frances Allen, Denny's chief marketing officer, explained:
The diner chain’s newest location will feature a photo booth in which vacationers and locals can pose with trademark Denny’s products. Those photos, Allen said, can be shared instantly on Facebook and Twitter.
“We wanted to create a unique experience,” Allen said. “We have a lot of interactive features and a lot of things that make this location even more fun.”
For example, she said, the diner has a full cocktail bar. The bar serves, among other items, a bacon-flavored martini. In addition, the location has some other only-in-Vegas features, including a wedding chapel. “It’s quite a unique experience,” she said, adding that couples can get a cake made out of Denny’s pancake puppies to make their ceremony extra special.
The new store also has Elvis-themed menu items like King Stack — pancakes with bananas, bacon and peanut butter — and the King Milkshake, featuring the same three ingredients.
Link -via Foodbeast | Photo: Nation's Restaurant News
Is eating pounds of bacon seasoned with bacon salt and a dessert of bacon candy, then brushing your teeth with bacon still not leaving you with pork fat oozing through your pores? Well, until that does happen, you can at least use the next best thing to lubricate your face while shaving -bacon shaving cream! Huzah JD's for introducing yet more bacon products in our life.
When the wonderful chef of The Infinite Yums had was tasked with coming up with something sweet for a friend's party, she decided to make Harry Potter cake pops and the results look amazing -visit the link to check out her Sorting Hat cake pops from the same party.
Of course, looks are only half the battle, but given that the pops are carrot cake dipped in white chocolate, I'm willing to bet they are tasty too.
Yes, it's a real thing. Pizza Hut Canada made 100 bottles of perfume featuring the scent pizza.
Here's the full story: Grip Limited, an advertising firm that works with Pizza Hut Canada, originally originally floated the tongue-in-cheek notion on the Pizza Hut Canada Facebook page back in August as part of a broader push to promote more engaging social media activity. The post asked fans to dream up names for an imaginary scent inspired by "the smell of a box of Pizza Hut pizza being opened." But the fan response to the idea was so enthusiastic that Grip and Pizza Hut decided to make the perfume a reality.
A month and a half later, to commemorate the fact that Pizza Hut Canada had gotten 100,000 fans, the chain's community managers announced that the first 100 people to message them would actually get a bottle of Pizza Hut perfume. And sure enough, the bottles were shipped to those 100 lucky fans at the beginning of December.
There are no plans to make more -yet. Of course, if the demand is there, they still have the formula. Link -via Fark
That all-American food, peanut butter, began with the devastation of American cotton by the boll weevil and the cultivation of peanuts as an alternative cash crop. As America advanced in the world, so did peanut butter. Jon Krampner wrote Creamy and Crunchy, a history of peanut butter. In the New Yorker, Jon Michaud summarized and reviewed it. Here's how two of the three major brands developed:
Peter Pan, introduced in 1928, was the first dominant national peanut butter. It used a partial-hydrogenation process patented by Joseph Rosefield, an entrepreneur from Lexington, Kentucky. In 1932, after Peter Pan’s parent company sought to cut his licensing fee, Rosefield ended the partnership and started making his own brand: Skippy. Inventive and obsessed with quality control, Rosefield emerges as perhaps the most important and likable figure in the history of peanut butter. By the end of his career, he held ten patents relating to the food and numerous notable innovations. He set up his own research lab and conceived a new way of churning—rather than grinding—his peanuts to produce a smoother texture. By introducing fragments of crushed peanuts into his butter, he invented crunchy—or chunky, if you prefer. He instituted the wide-mouth jar that has been standard ever since. And he paid his employees well, to boot. Five years before Reese’s created its peanut-butter cup, Rosefield brought Choc-Nut Butter to market. He seems to have been a little too far ahead of the curve in combining peanuts and chocolate: the product failed. Nevertheless, Skippy thrived, overtaking Peter Pan in the late forties and remaining the nation’s favorite until 1980.
You can always count on Jill of Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons to create food crafts for every holiday. This is her latest marvel: reindeer corn dogs. To make them, you'll need corn dogs, ketchup, pretzel twists, raisins and sliced white cheese.
As real as the clothing, accessories and TARDIS on these cupcake look, I'm assured they are all completely edible. In fact, the Doctor cupcake is probably the closest you'll ever come to getting to eat Matt Smith -if you're into that sort of thing.
Looking for the perfect treat to serve at your little one's tea party? How about tea cup cookies made with chocolate, pretzels, cookies, cocolate frosting and ice cream cones. Heck, this might be a good excuse for even kids who hate tea to start hosting tea parties.
All but the most adventurous eaters tend to stay pretty standard with their food combinations, but where's the fun in eating the same old stuff all the time?
However, trying out your own combinations can lead to flavor disaster, so let the chefs who've contributed their flavor combo findings to this list help guide your tastebuds on a grand adventure! Licorice Salmon here we come!
