Burger King’s black burgers prompted a backlash in the U.S.
Burger King made headlines after unveiling its black KURO Pearl and KURO Diamond burger, earlier this month. The burger comes complete with black buns, black cheese, and black sauce and is available in Japan through early November.
Continue reading… “Color more important than taste in food”
Whipped Lightning
The only thing better than flavored whipped cream? Flavored whipped cream that’ll get you drunk. That’s the joy of aptly named Whipped Lightning. Just imagine what the whippets are like.
Continue reading… “Whipped Lightning – Alcohol-Infused Whipped Cream”
We’re coming one step closer to smell-o-vision, and that’s great news for meat-eaters. Actually, the more I think about it, I’m not so sure it’s great news for anybody.
A new Billboard on River Highway in North Carolina not only shows a gigantic piece of steak on an even more giant fork, but it actually pumps out the smell of steak for passing drivers to suffer through.
Continue reading… “Ingenious Billboard That Smells Like Steak”
Mmmvelopes
Mmm Mmm Mmmvelopes. The geniuses over at J&D’s (makers of bacon salt) have brought us the newest bacon-flavored goodness: bacon-flavored envelopes, aka mmmvelopes. It’s practical and delicious – great for people who love bacon, and hate licking envelopes (in other words, 93% of the meat-eating population). Here’s what the mmmvelope creators had to say:
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The trigger for the bull run may have been the idea that the potent bulb can ward off H1N1 swine flu, Morgan Stanley economists said.
That chimes with some anecdotal evidence. The China Daily reported last week that a high school in Hangzhou, a prosperous city in eastern China, had bought 200 kg of garlic and forced students to eat it every day for lunch to stay healthy.
As President Obama prepares to sign a bill giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversight of the tobacco industry, a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers shows that tobacco manufacturers have continually changed the ingredients and the design of their cigarettes over time, even if those changes have exceeded acceptable product variance guidelines. The result, say the researchers, is that consumers who buy the same brand of product are not made aware of how that product has been altered and what effect those alterations might have on their levels of addiction or harm.
Continue reading… “Smokers Unaware Tobacco Companies Changed Design Of Cigarettes”
Like almost every dieter in America, Wendy Bassett has used all sorts of weight-loss products. Nothing worked, she said, until she tried Sensa: granules she scatters on almost everything she eats, and which are supposed to make dieters less hungry by enhancing the smell and taste of food.
Continue reading… “The Manipulation Of Smell Can Lead To Losing Weight”
Valued Taste Buds
The tongue of the chief coffee taster for a worldwide chain of coffee shops has been insured for £10m ($13.95m).
Gennaro Pelliccia personally tastes a sample of each batch of raw coffee beans at its London plant before they are roasted and shipped to its stores.
“My 18 years of experience enable me to distinguish between thousands of flavours,” he says.
Costa Coffee, which sells 108 million cups of coffee worldwide each year, aims to double its number of outlets.
The insurance policy was taken out with Lloyds of London.
Continue reading… “Tongue Insured For $14 MILLION”
Rats are more attracted to liquor’s smell during puberty if their mothers were given alcohol during pregnancy.
Continue reading… “Unborn Exposed To Alcohol Are Attracted To Smell Of Liquor After Birth”
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