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Showing posts with label Weird Food. Show all posts

Weird Food Of The Month: Food Accessories

Comments (7) | Sunday, October 25, 2009


Ok, ok; I admit, it's not technically food, but still... it's something from my own private collection for once!
My aunty, uncle and cousins recently went to Malaysia, and brought me back some food related presents! How cute is the little hamburger magnet? The scary part about Mr. Hamburger is, he smells like a sweet bun you'd most likely find at Breadtop, or a similar Asian bakery.
They also brought me back a "face bun" in the shape of a Swiss roll. It scarily also smells delicious!!


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Weird Food Of The Month: Cat Poo Coffee

Comments (10) | Thursday, September 10, 2009

Would you pay £50 for a cup of coffee?
How about if that cup of coffee contained cat poo?

Well now at the Peter Jones department store in Sloane Square, England, you can buy a shot of expresso cat poo coffee. But me? I think I'll pass, I'm not a big coffee person anyways... or cat poo person for that matter.

"Internationally-renowned barista David Cooper created the coffee, which is a blend of Jamaican Blue Mountain and the exclusive Kopi Luwak bean. Kopi Luwak, or Civet coffee, is made from beans eaten, partly digested, and then expelled by the Indonesian civet cat.

Mr Cooper said: 'These rare coffees have been slowly hand roasted for around 12 minutes to ensure that we maximise the potential of each coffee.
'The final roast colour is quite dark to ensure that the espresso is perfect for a smooth latte or cappuccino.'

Civets, who live in the foliage of plantations across south east Asia, are said to pick the best and ripest coffee berries. Enzymes in their digestive system break down the flesh of the fruit before the animals expel the bean. Workers collect beans from the plantation floor, wash away the dung and roast them.
All proceeds from the coffee sales are to be donated to Macmillan Cancer Support."

Images and text taken from www.metro.co.uk 

So, would you drink it?


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Weird Food of the Month: Bread in a Can

Comments (9) | Wednesday, August 5, 2009

This month's weird food is yet another food that should not belong in a can..... bread.
There is nothing better than a fresh loaf of bread. Especially the light fluffy centre and crispy crust. Nothing compares to a fresh slice or a fresh roll does it?

.... think again!

What would make you want to eat this? Sure the picture on the can doesn't look too bad, I mean I wouldn't even mind trying it based on the picture on the can. But it wasn't until I saw this picture that made me change my mind..

Kinda just looks like cake, but I'm not too sure. I wouldn't mind giving this one a taste, but one of the results was: "Is this more prison food?"
There was quite alot of good feedback, including "Once it's heated up, though, it's not bad at all. More like a really bland muffin than bread."

Would you try this one??


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Weird Food of the Month: Bacon in a Can

Comments (4) | Wednesday, July 8, 2009

This month's weird food is another product you wouldn't usually find in a can, bacon.
And before you ask, yes it's American.

"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.

100% U.S. bacon!! "
The product boosts a shelf life of 10 years. I'm not sure I'd want to be eating anything that is 10 years old, not even chocolate! I can understand the appeal for taking this if you are going camping, but why would you stock it in your pantry when you can get good, fresh bacon?

For more details, click here, or for the taste test results, click here.


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Weird Food of the Month: Hamburger In A Can

Comments (2) | Tuesday, June 2, 2009

I think I will start a monthly post that revolves around the concept, weird foods.

Last month we saw that you can get a whole cooked chicken in a can. A lot of you were completely grossed out by the idea of it, and likened it to something an alien would give birth to. I'm glad I was not the only one who came to that conclusion.

This month, I'm a little ashamed to be half Swiss because the Swiss have put a hamburger in a can!

"A Swiss company has created this easy eating solution. It's an all-beef patty, lettuce, tomato and cheese on a sesame seed bun - sold in a can that retails for about 5 bucks and can stay fresh for up to a year!"

Stays fresh for up to a year? The picture might look pretty good but I doubt it is going to look that good when it's been in a can for 1 day, let alone a year!

I'm going to have to pass on this one too, I like my hamburgers made fresh to order, not sitting on a shelf waiting to be eaten.
To read a review of what it tastes like with pictures, click here.

Do you know of more foods that should not be in a can? Let me know and I can feature them on here!


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Whole Chicken In A Can - WRONG on so many levels!!

Comments (13) | Thursday, May 7, 2009

First of all let me say I DID NOT DO THIS!! My friend Emma forwarded me an email and I couldn't believe how wrong this is! Whole cooked chicken... in a can.

The subject of the email was "American Chicken - who said the Yanks have no taste ...."
Now I know I have quite a few American readers, and I love America.. but seriously what were they thinking with this one?? Has anyone had whole cooked chicken from a can?


15 minutes at 475 degrees later… voila!
Nope! Sorry, if I'm going to cook a chicken I'm going to cook it the good old fashioned way, no cans involved!


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Have you had your Turducken?

Comments (5) | Monday, November 3, 2008

I recently learnt of food that clogs my arteries just thinking about it.
It's called the Turducken.

image from wikipedia

Intrigued??

Wikipedia's definition of a Turducken is:
" a dish consisting of a partially de-boned turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck, which itself is stuffed with a small de-boned chicken. The chestal cavity of the chicken and the rest of the gaps are filled with, at the very least, a highly seasoned breadcrumb mixture or sausage meat, although some versions have a different stuffing for each bird"

image from wikipedia

Most popular around Thanksgiving time, most popular in the deep south of America.

Thanks, for the idea but no thanks!! This is just way too much meat for me to even think about.

What are your thoughts on the Turducken?


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