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This simple advertisement for a breakfast sandwich may leave you hungry, or may leave you smoking a cigarette and ready for a nap, I don’t know. It’s full of double entendres from start to finish, and if you go back and watch a second time, you’ll see symbolism in every object placed in the kitchen. But everything is entirely plausible for a breakfast sandwich recipe, if that’s how you choose to look at it. However, it will be hard to keep a straight face if you watch this with your parents or children. See the French version, too. Is it hot in here, or is it just me? -via Daily of the Day

This is a cake. Really. BethAnn Goldberg of Studio Cake can make a cake look like anything you want. But then again, she’s a former NASA engineer, so she could probably make anything she wants. See her cakes that would be mistaken for real shoes, cameras, books, sandwiches, board games, and more at My Modern Met.

Imgur user caitrose writes, “i should buy a lottery ticket.” Indeed. It’s her lucky day. It appears that she poured a bowl of Lucky Charms cereal and found the leprechaun’s greatest treasure.

Some commenters suggest trying to sell the rainbow bacon on eBay. Yes, definitely. There’s money to be made in a treasure like this. Then caitrose can retire in luxury.

-via Foodbeast

Artists Davide Luciano and Claudia Ficca set mouse traps that could easily trap humans. Luciano came up with the idea after spending a week photographing cheeses for advertisements.

Ficca, a food stylist, designed the miniature dishes. Together, the couple made ten images of traps for mice with sophisticated tastes. You can see more of them at Foodiggity. I’ll probably break my finger in the sushi one pictured above.

P.S. Be sure to check out another inventive project by Luciano and Ficca: using potholes as an artistic background.

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As the ramen craze continues, I am left to ponder if there is nothing that cannot be made of ramen. We have seen ramen tacos, burgers, pizzas and sandwiches. Could we not have a ramen car? A ramen house? An entire army of ramen soldiers ready to march at my command and conquer the world in my name?

The last one may go too far, but a ramen submarine sandwich roll is not. Hugh Merwin of Grub Street made one by softening ramen, mashing it into a baguette pan, then weighing the noodles down with a wine bottle for a few hours. After baking it in the oven, he had a fine sandwich roll perfect for a cheesesteak.

-via Foodiggity

Could the Group from Shaun of the Dead Get Busted For Breaking Into The Winchester? (Vista Criminal Law)

So, 1 in 10 Americans Think HTML is a STD. We're Ready to Cry Now. (Geekosystem)

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Image: A Lizard With A Dream (The Meta Picture)

American Cheese (Image: Steve Spring/Wikimedia)

Well, have you had that weird orange slices of processed food called American cheese? It's no wonder that American cheesemakers are miffed when the European Union proposed that they stop using European names when making cheese. No more "Mi queso es su queso".

As part of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership currently being negotiated by the United States and the EU, Europe wants us to stop labelling popular cheeses Gruyere, Brie, and Parmesan as those are names with historical ties to Europe. The EU has added "protected destination of origin" (PDO) status to 180 cheeses from various regions, including Roquefort, Beaufort, and Brie de Meaux.

American cheesemakers, naturally, are upset that Europe is moving their cheese. "People have spent a great deal of money on labeling, building traditions, building a name on a product," said foodmaker Steve Stettler of Decatur Dairy in Brodhead, Wisconsin, to NPR Morning Edition's Latoya Dennis. "And then not being able to use that name would be kind of horrific."

What do you think? No more American-made feta, Asiago, Gorgonzola, Roquefort and Muenster? Should American cheesemakers be forced to call these cheeses something else?

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Vi Hart collaborated with mathematical artist Gwen Fisher, her sister Ruth at Sweets by Ruth, and software engineer Andrea Hawksley to make cookies. At least their stated purpose was to make cookies and forget about math, but that’s not the way the afternoon turned out. Read more about this video at Hart’s website. -via Boing Boing

If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing. That’s apparently the philosophy of Nick Chipman of Dude Foods. He’s already invented the bacon weave taco. Now it’s time to push the boundaries of that idea beyond all reason and good taste. Hence this creation.

Nick was goaded into creating the Double Decker Mac & Cheese Stuffed Bacon Weave Taco at the behest of a television show in Milwaukee. The producers wanted him to make something new that would terrify their audience. So he made a large bacon weave taco shell and stuffed it with macaroni and cheese. Nick writes:

So where do I take the Bacon Weave Taco from here? I honestly have no idea. At this point I think that it will be pretty much impossible to top the Double Decker Mac & Cheese Stuffed Bacon Weave Taco, but who knows.

The obvious next step would be to deep fry the entire thing.

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The guys from Epic Meal Time enlisted the manliest man they could find for a manly sandwich segment. Arnold Schwarzenegger cooks steak and ostrich eggs on the hot surface of his personal tank. And then we get to see Arnold’s buns -just not the same way we did in the Terminator movies. This is a promo for a charity raffle in which the winner gets to cook an Epic Meal. Proceeds benefit Arnold’s After-School All-Stars program. -via Viral Viral Videos

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We all know that eating too much fast food can be incredibly bad for your health, and that many fast food chains cut corners to maximize profits, but according to the fast food workers who chimed in to Ask Reddit there is at least one item at every restaurant you should never order.

As a former employee of Little Caesars I can attest to the fact that the "butter" used on the Crazy Bread sticks is an awful, fake food product that was never refrigerated and would sit out for months.

Ever since I worked there I can't bring myself to eat at Little Caesars, and after you read this list of what not to eat you may think twice before you pick up some fast food.

-Via Thought Catalog

The caption of this image at imgur says, “As a European this is how I imagine Americans have breakfast.” Americans were quick to set the record straight, because there are certain inaccuracies in the meal. There aren’t any hash browns, grits, biscuits and gravy, or pancakes. There is only one egg in this picture, and the coffee should be black. Also, where’s the jelly for the toast? And the gun should be turned the other way, making it easier for a right-handed person to pick up. That’s the trouble with European stereotypes about Americans -they are too mild for our tastes. -via John Walkenbach

Here’s lovely garden of cacti and succulents, on the tops of cupcakes! Alana Jones-Mann made them, and will show you how you can do it yourself. Make your favorite cupcakes, cover them in a bed of “sand,” and mix up some cactus-colored icing. Of course, you’ll do this to impress people, but warn the person who grabs the tall cactus about the toothpick inside that keeps it upright. But if your guests think they are too pretty to eat, your job is done, and you can eat them yourself later! -via Blazenfluff

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You may see cheap beer like Pabst Blue Ribbon, Natural Ice and Steel Reserve as Hipster fodder or a way to get drunk for less than ten bucks, but that doesn’t mean they’re not worthy of an honest review by a professional sommelier.

Let sommelier Whitney Adams tell you things about the cheapest cans of suds available to you, things you never thought mattered like the aroma, aftertaste and flavor notes contained in these pong tested, frag guy approved brews, and see if her opinions make you think differently about these mass produced beers. Personally, I'll stick to anything Stone Brewery makes, thank you very much!

-Via 22 Words

Sometimes, when you're on a culinary adventure, some naysayer may mutter, "This seems like a bad idea" or "We should turn back while we can" or "This seems dangerous." Such people would not be welcome in the kitchen of Becky McKay, the internet's Cereal Baker.

Her most recent mad cooking experiment consisted of building stacks of Girl Scout cookies: Tagalongs, Samoas and Thin Mints. She wrapped these stacks in raw canned crescent roll dough.

Once you've made something in the kitchen--anything, really--it's time to start up the deep fryer. Becky browned her concoctions for a minute or two on each side, then sprinkled them with powdered sugar.