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 eggsthe self-destructive tendencies of the capitalist system fresh produce.
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.
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'.
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...
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:
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.
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.
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.
