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More Former Soviet-Bloc Commercial Goodness to Get You Through the Weekend

Fri Aug 01, 2008 at 04:20:26 PM

Honestly? It's too gross outside to do anything other than sit in front of an a.c. vent and suck on an ice cube. So no 3 for 3 this week. Though if you're feeling peachy keen, do check out the second annual Peach Festival at the Pere Marquette Lodge & Conference Center near Grafton, Illinois. More info here.

At any rate, as I threatened in this post, there are a lot of crazy Soviet-Bloc-era commericals floating around YouTube. Here's another, apparently about eggs the self-destructive tendencies of the capitalist system fresh produce.

Have a great weekend. Eat something good.

- Ian Froeb

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Soviet-Era Estonian Meat Commercial Will Haunt Your Dreams

Tue Jul 29, 2008 at 11:02:20 AM

This video is making the viral rounds this week. I've gotten a half-dozen Google alerts on it since yesterday. It's pretty much the greatest thing ever. Safe for work, but maybe not your appetite.

Via Boing Boing:

There are a bunch more of these on YouTube. I think this needs to be a regular feature.

- Ian Froeb

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Stop the Flooding: Eat a Muskrat!

Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 01:07:46 PM

Officials in Lincoln County are blaming the breach in the Mississippi River levee at Winfield on...

...muskrats.

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Here's the gist from a CNN.com story headlined "Muskrats blamed for levee breach on Mississippi":
Muskrat holes weakened a Mississippi River levee on Friday, allowing floodwaters to pour into Lincoln County, Missouri, just north of St. Louis, officials said.

Sheriff's deputies alerted residents to evacuate, yelling "get out, the levee broke" as they went door-to-door in the affected areas, according to an Associated Press report....

Though overnight rains were reported in the area, officials speaking at a Friday morning press conference said muskrats looking for food or making dens had dug into the earthen levee, weakening it enough that nature took care of the rest....

Unreal's heart goes out to the residents of Lincoln County.

As for the muskrats, well, perhaps a bit of population control is in order. And although the little critters are kinda homely, some say they make for good eatin'.

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Do You Hate Cilantro?

Mon Jun 16, 2008 at 03:37:12 PM

I don't. But if you do, this Web site -- via Serious Eats -- is up your alley. Even if you love cilantro, the haiku are worth a visit.

-Ian Froeb

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Bacon...in a Can!

Thu Jun 05, 2008 at 10:22:54 AM

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Thanks to frequenter commenter Dan D. for the tip: Via Gizmodo, news of Yoders bacon in a can.

Each can is 9 ounces of fully cooked and drained bacon. Between 2-3/4 and 3-1/4 pounds of raw bacon go into each can. Each can is the highest quality fresh #1 bacon slices. Cured to our specifications, cooked and then hand wrapped, rolled and packed in the U.S.

We cook this bacon down for you prior to canning, so you won’t pay for all of the natural shrinkage that occurs whenever you cook bacon. Then we carefully drain all of the fat and liquid off and can it fresh so it will taste as good out of the can as it would right out of the refrigerator.

Order from www.mredepot.com -- if you dare. Also, if you dare, photos of the goods out of the can after the jump...

-Ian Froeb

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Competitive Eating as an Olympic Sport?

Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 10:50:53 AM

Gut Check has made its feelings on competitive eating very clear. But don't let anyone ever accuse us of not giving both sides of the story. (And he does have a point about curling.) Via Deadspin:

-Ian Froeb

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Lolcavore

Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 04:34:02 PM

By a genius named Andrew Glines, from the Language Log:

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That's the woman who coined the term locavore, by the way.

-Ian Froeb

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Playboy Seeks the Girls of the Olive Garden

Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 11:08:56 AM

Yes, this is for real. Via the AV Club, the video has one instance of NSFW language.

Details after the jump.

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This Is What We Mean by Rising Food Costs, Right? A $1,000 Sushi Roll

Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 05:24:30 PM

Grub Street, the food blog of New York magazine, reports on the foie gras and langoustine roll "crusted with caviar" at New York City restaurant Koi right here.

-Ian Froeb

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A Recipe for Trout Cooked in Horse Manure

Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 03:15:55 PM

My colleague Aimee Levitt passed along this apparently authentic recipe for trout cooked in 300 lbs. of horse manure. Photographic evidence after the jump.

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Mansinthe: Marilyn Manson Makes Absinthe? And It Won an Award?

Thu Apr 10, 2008 at 05:09:18 PM

Looks like it's the day of musician-produced alcohol news. Annie has news of "rocker" Marilyn Manson's absinthe at A to Z. After the jump, a gander at the label.

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Trailer for Competitive Eating Video Game

Tue Apr 08, 2008 at 12:45:27 PM

Via Eater and Serious Eats, here is the utterly disgusting but train-wreckesque can't-look-away trailer for the upcoming competitive-eating video game for the Wii. Not exactly NSFW, but your co-workers might think less of you if they see you watching this.

-Ian Froeb

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The Bacon Bra

Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 12:16:04 PM

All right, Bill, top this:

Via World of Wonder, a bra made out of bacon.

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-Ian Froeb

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Best Use of Butternut Squash Ever

Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 08:37:38 PM

Via Annie, via Idolator, via someone who knew this has been a long day:

-Ian Froeb

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To The Parents Who Let Their Kids Play Under the Restaurant Table and Offered Only a Half-Hearted Apology When One of Said Kids Threw a Slinky at Me

Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 02:18:20 PM

If your kids can't behave in public -- and you don't feel the need to discipline them for such misbehavior -- don't bring them to a restaurant.

-Ian Froeb

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