Archive for the ‘Food’ Category



Del Monte Putting Bananas in Wrappers

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Apparently this isn't a joke. The company claims that the bag contains ‘Controlled Ripening Technology’ – which extends the shelf-life of the banana by up to six days. The banana is put into the plastic bag when it is green and, according to the manufacturers, goes on to ripen more slowly than ...

Beef FAQs

Monday, February 28th, 2011

From Taco Bell's new beef FAQs page: OKAY, BUT I'VE HEARD YOU USE GRADE D MEAT. IS THAT WHY IT'S SO CHEAP? Although that's funny, the answer is NO. In fact, there's no such grade given by the USDA for beef. We use the same quality beef used in all ground beef ...

Balsamic Vinegar

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Jenny fucking loves balsamic vinegar.

Cooking for Evolution

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

  Live Science, with an interesting article about the connection between cooking and brain development: To understand what caused the cognitive spurt, Khaitovich and colleagues examined chemical brain processes known to have changed in the past 200,000 years. Comparing apes and humans, they found the most robust differences were for processes involved in ...

Viagramelon

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

From the headline: Watermelon has effect similar to Viagra From the article: Todd Wehner, who studies watermelon breeding at North Carolina State University, said anyone taking Viagra shouldn't expect the same result from watermelon. Which is it?  Should my barbeque be adults-only or not?