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Colonel Sanders’ Nephew Discloses KFC’s Secret ‘11 Herbs and Spices’ to Reporter
by Tammy on August 22, 2016Uh oh. Via Washington Times. A handwritten list of 11 herbs and spices discovered in a scrapbook owned by Colonel Sanders’ second wife may be the top-secret “original recipe” that his Kentucky chicken franchise has kept under lock and key for the last several decades, the Chicago Tribune reported Friday. Freelance reporter Jay Jones said he saw the recipe during a recent meeting in Corbin, Kentucky, with Joe Ledington, a 67-year-old retired teacher who worked as a kid for his uncle, Kentucky Fried Chicken founder “Colonel” Harland Sanders. Mr. Jones was in town investigating Corbin’s fried chicken history for the Chicago Tribune when the local tourism office arranged for him to meet the legendary restaurateur’s nephew. Shortly after shaking hands,...
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Feds spend $2M To Tackle Carbon Footprint of… Broccoli
by Shifra on August 4, 2016Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, with broccoli “Broccoli consumption” has a carbon footprint? Who knew? Via CNS News. Over $2 million in taxpayer funds are going to “Developing an Eastern Broccoli Industry” through a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Grant. “Eastern consumers’ demand for local broccoli is high, but that demand cannot be met until sufficiently adapted varieties are available and the distribution network is expanded,” the non-technical summary for the project explains….. The grant highlights the benefits developing the eastern broccoli industry will have on climate change, “This expansion will also reduce the overall cost and carbon footprint of broccoli consumed in the East, increase food security by diversifying production areas, and provide rural economic development.” “National food security is...
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It’s National Hamburger Day and Month!
by Maynard on May 28, 2016The history of the hamburger is as glorious as it is illustrious. Although there are several claims for the invention of the burger, it is most widely believed the burger was introduced by Fletcher “Old Dave” Davis from Athens, Texas...
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Coke Debuts Limited-Edition ‘Proud To Be an American’ Cans
by Tammy on May 28, 2016But why a limited edition? It’s an unlimited thing for us! Via CNNMoney. Coke has caught the patriotic fever. The soda company’s new “I’m proud to be an American” limited edition red, white and blue cans honor members of the military and feature the American flag in their design. Coca-Cola (CCE) is rolling out the new cans to celebrate its 75-year partnership with the United Service Organizations. The cans and packs will be in stores through July 4th. The song lyric and patriotic design will be on 16-ounce cans as well as 12-ounce cans that come in 20, 24 and 35-packs. Coca-Cola is the latest company to adopt USA-themed packaging. Anheuser-Busch even changed the name of “Budweiser” to “America” —...
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Chick-fil-A Has Banned One Ingredient From Its Restaurants
by Tammy on April 12, 2016You guessed it! Did the picture give it away? Iceberg lettuce may be devoid of taste and nutrition, until you pour blue cheese all over it, or make sure there’s enough in the BLT to add an additional cool crunch. Actually, it does have a few vitamins, just not as much as other lettuce. Still, you won’t find any iceberg lettuce at Chick-fil-A. But that’s ok, because their chicken is yummy. Via Business Insider. Chick-fil-A continually tweaks its menu to come up with new dishes and cycle out old ones. The company employs six chefs, who work out of its test kitchen in Atlanta, to experiment with new ingredients for potential menu items. Lately the chefs have been focusing on...
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FDA Proposes a Limit on Arsenic in Rice Cereal for Babies
by Tammy on April 3, 2016Um, thanks? Amazing what you think would be common sense yet is heralded as a great suggestion by a federal agency which even when dealing with arsenic, stopped short of advising parents to avoid infant rice cereal altogether.” Ugh. Via NY Times. The Food and Drug Administration proposed on Friday a limit for inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereal, saying that this common starter food is a leading source of exposure to the toxin. Infants are particularly vulnerable to arsenic in rice because, relative to body weight, they eat about three times more rice than adults. A growing body of research suggests that arsenic exposure is related not only to diminished intellectual function early in life, but also to adverse...
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New Invention: The Electric Salted Fork
by Shifra on March 31, 2016When they invent ‘the electric ice cream spoon,’ please let me know. Via Telegraph: Sprinkling too much salt on food has long been flagged up as a dietary sin linked to a raft of health problems, from strokes to heart disease. So health-conscious salt lovers are likely to celebrate the fact that Japanese scientists have created a guilt-free way of enjoying it – by inventing an electric fork. The prototype fork creates a salty taste in the mouth at the press of a button, due to the release of an electrical current which stimulates the tongue. The device… is based on the fact that a human tongues feels salty or sour when electricity is applied to it, according to the...
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Feds to Fine Schools for Not Following Michelle Obama’s Lunch Rules
by Tammy on March 29, 2016One way you destroy the spirit and engagement of a people is to make them follow nonsensical, stupid rules about existential issues, like healthcare and food. Note the ‘corrective action’ offenders have to go through. This government is going to try to beat the hell out of us until the last moment of the last day they’re in control of this country. Via Free Beacon. The federal government is taking steps to fine schools that do not comply with first lady Michelle Obama’s school lunch rules. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service issued a proposed rule Monday to codify parts of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which was championed by Mrs. Obama. The regulation would punish schools...
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EU: Stop All U.S. Products With European-Sounding Names
by Shifra on March 6, 2016If these EU trade negotiators get their way, there will be no more champagne on U.S. store shelves, unless from the Champagne region of France. And, you can say goodbye to gouda cheese. And kiss your Kraft parmesan bye-bye. Via NY Post: Have you ever heard that “real Champagne” only comes from the Champagne region of France? It’s a great thing to say at a party if you want to sound sophisticated and insufferable. In Europe, it’s also the law. It may soon be the law in the United States, too, if European trade negotiators get their way. They want to use a potential trade agreement between the United States and the European Union to ban the sale of any...
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New University of Kentucky Course: Taco Literacy
by Shifra on February 3, 2016There really should be more diversity in their course offerings: How about a course on The History of Matzoh Ball Soup? Via National Review: The University of Kentucky is offering a course titled “Taco Literacy: Public Advocacy and Mexican Food in the U.S. South ” where students will examine the social and racial issues surrounding tacos. Or, as the course’s website puts it, “how food literacies situate different spaces, identities, and forms of knowledge.” “This class allows our students to explore the issues of immigration, inequality, workers, intercultural communication, and literacy through the prism of food,” the course’s professor, Steven Alvarez, told Vice. This existence of such a course isn’t surprising; tacos are a very controversial subject these days —...
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New Campus Social Justice Cause: Fat Liberation
by Shifra on January 21, 2016Fat Studies courses are now being offered on college campuses, and appear to be a huge (oops) hit with millennial Social Justice Warriors. And the new enemy? Diet books! Please, no one tell FLOTUS: The Queen will not be pleased. Via Daily Caller: Described as an “emerging academic field” that focuses on combating “weightism,” “fat stigma,” and the “weight based oppression” of fat people, “fat studies” courses are popping up on college campuses across the country. Typically found in women and gender studies departments, fat studies courses don’t study obesity as a leading cause of death in America but rather approach fatness as a “social justice” issue, and usually focus on “fat liberation” movements and activism as ways to combat...
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Next Thanksgiving, Skip The Turkey, Eat Tofu. Because… Global Warming!
by Shifra on November 29, 2015Global warming, er, climate change, er, global climate disruption…well, you know what I mean, is responsible for the creation of ISIS, according to John Kerry. It has also been blamed as the cause of… Hitler. And it has also been blamed for many other horrors, such as truffle shortage, walrus stampedes, itchier poison ivy, and sour grapes. So, if you are a concerned citizen of the world, and do not wish to contribute to the rise of another Hitler, or the ceasing of blackbirds singing, then you will consider serving tofu instead of turkey at the next Thanksgiving. Via CBS News: H/T Right Scoop ….Livestock is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, adding about the same amount of emissions...
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Lib Policy Backfire: $15 Minimum Wage Hike Brings Waiterless Restaurant
by Shifra on September 8, 2015If only Liberals could think through their hair-brained ideas before messing things up. But then, if they were actually able to think analytically, they would be…Conservatives. Via Right Scoop: Nothing makes me happier than to see liberals having to have their own policies shoved back in their soy-eating, clove-smoking, soul-patch-wearing smug faces. And that’s exactly what is happening in liberal San Francisco where a minimum wage hike first closed down a bunch of restaurants, and is now encouraging an innovation in self-automated restaurants! Related: Daily Signal: How a Higher Minimum Wage Could Lead to Automated Restaurants And, a stroll down memory lane for those who remember the old Horn and Hardart’s Automats: The Automat: The History, Recipes, and Allure of...
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Liberal University Bans Water Bottles, Causes Increase In Soda Consumption
by Shifra on July 20, 2015Because being a liberal means never having to actually think about those pesky things called “unintended consequences.” Via Daily Caller: A new study analyzing a bottled water ban at the University of Vermont (UVM) suggests that such policies are totally counterproductive, leading to an increase in the consumption of unhealthy drinks while also doing nothing to reduce the output of plastic bottle waste. UVM became the first public college to ban bottled water at the outset of 2013, in a bold move the school touted as an opportunity to encourage the consumption of local water while cutting down on the number of plastic waste bottles. Besides banning water bottles, the school also spent over $100,000 constructing additional water fountains and...
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Feds: You Want S’mores? Skip Marshmallows, Use Yogurt Instead
by Shifra on May 26, 2015Memo to the USDA: A graham cracker with low-fat yogurt and strawberries or banana is not a s’mores. It’s a mushy mess. And this is really none of your business. Via Washington Examiner: Government s’mores: Strawberries instead of chocolate, yogurt instead of marshmallows The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “MyPlate” service handed out…advice on Sunday, and said strawberry s’mores are a treat that “kids will love.” But expectations for the kids might need to be set in advance, since these s’mores don’t have any chocolate or marshmallows in them. Instead, USDA encourages people to plop some low-fat vanilla yogurt on a graham cracker, and then top the yogurt with strawberries. Top it off with another graham cracker, and you have a...
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