Ribbing the McRib

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We take a break from your regular Samhain in Salem programming to bring you a really interesting article I read this morning. I blame this interruption on Matt. In one fell swoop, he managed to weird me out about the honey on your average supermarket shelf and suck me into something known as CNN's Eatocracy. He knows how obsessed I am with food, especially food that comes from weird places or … [Read more...]

“Meat glue” may be holding your dinner together

meat glue

All right, so the butcher's all done making certain cuts for his shop or for the grocery store's order, but he has all these scraps left over. Pieces that would be way too small to sell to anyone, basically just lying around collecting dust. Seems unfit for perfectly good meat to meet (ha!) that fate, right? No worries! If you need to stick a whole bunch of pieces together so you can slice 'em … [Read more...]

Food Funny (NSFW!)

We've all seen amazing food art before, right? (If not, go check out that link -- the artwork made from food is quite spectacular!) Sometimes, nature's even kind enough to produce fruits and vegetables worthy of art on their own... and this photo is of no exception.Thank you very much to my coworker and friend, who had the office cracking up over this little, um... goodie!Potentially NSFW, so … [Read more...]

TurDunkin’. Yes, I’m serious.

This hot mess was featured on LiveJournal's trashy_eats earlier this week, complete with recipe:Upon reading the description (below), Matt turned to me and said, "I'm serious. That sounds awesome."My freakin' husband, ladies and gentlemen.The turDunkin’ is a turkey brined in Dunkin’ Donuts coolattas, stuffed with munchkins and served with coffee gravy and mashed hash browns. The … [Read more...]