Happy New Year, everyone! Here's to a great 2011 for all of us.
Val was nice enough to send an email with this link- they're decadent and disgusting, yet I want them all. The winner was Applebee's Provolone-Stuffed Meatballs with Fettuccine; with a whopping 1,580 calories, 98 grams of fat, and 3,940 grams of sodium. Meet me there!
And I swear that I could eat it all. Eventually:
What does 19 slices of bacon and an egg get you? A 1/3 pound pure bacon burger, of course, Click over to see the picture of the finished patty, which looks pretty darn good, and a video of him eating it.
Way to take one for the team, Geekdad! Science marches on.
(Image credit: U.S. Marine Corps / Lance Cpl. Justin J. Shemanski)
JB in Chicago sent along the FOXNews link:
Military experts in India have developed the new crowd control grenade packed with ground seeds from the (bhut jolokia) chili -- which is officially recognized as the hottest on the planet by Guinness World Records.
When deployed the grenade showers the targets with a dust so spicy that in trials subjects were blinded for hours and left with breathing problems. Lead scientist R.B. Srivastava, from India's Defense Research and Development Organisation, said: "The chilli grenade is a non-toxic weapon and when used would force a terrorist to come out of his hideout.
"The effect is so pungent that it would literally choke them."
Nasty, but effective, I'll bet.
No idea where you can get one, but thanks to Dan for emailing it!
Just click and marvel already. I'll wait.
This novel concept seems to have paid off:
nspired by a similar promotion at a London restaurant, Sobocinski wanted to let Table 301 customers name their own price for their meals on the slow night before Thanksgiving....
An e-mail blast sent to the restaurant group's customer database cost him nothing, and it ultimately netted a pre-event story about the deal in a local newspaper. No other money was spent marketing the event.
"We did not go with a skeleton crew; it was all hands on deck because we wanted the experience to be like it always is," Sobocinski said. "The managers and owners were all there, touching all the tables and talking to guests. We made a concerted effort to do everything we should be doing."
At the end of their meals, customers received handwritten tickets with price totals only for drinks. Of the 50 checks presented that night -- 130 total covers were served -- 14 paid 100 percent or more of the menu price, 12 paid 50 percent or less, and the remainder paid somewhere in between.
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The good will generated by the event was priceless, he added. Customers who came were clearly in a good mood and joked with the staff about being there for "the five dollar steak" deal. Sobocinski said only about 20 percent were regulars, while the rest were newcomers, who perhaps had wanted to come to Table 301 before but thought it was out of their league budget-wise.
"Most were looking at the menu and saying, 'Wow, this is not as expensive as I'd been told,' " said Sobocinski, adding that servers also made good tips for the event. "Everybody had a good time with it, and it created a lot of positive energy in the restaurant."
Good for him, thinking outside the box! The article goes on to mention that he's going to do it again.
They're good for ya!:
The unpleasant aroma of the gas, called hydrogen sulfide (H2S), can be a little too familiar, as it is expelled by bacteria living in the human colon and eventually makes its way, well, out.The new research found that cells lining mice's blood vessels naturally make the gas and this action can help keep the rodents' blood pressure low by relaxing the blood vessels to prevent hypertension (high blood pressure). This gas is "no doubt" produced in cells lining human blood vessels too, the researchers said.
Obviously the healthiest scene in movie history, then...
Sad, yet kind or moronic all at once:
An amateur chef died the day after eating a "superhot" chilli in a bet with his friend over who could make the hottest dish, an inquest heard. ...Andrew Lee, 33, suffered heart failure the morning after he ate the chilli.
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Cooking was one of his main interests and he went to his girlfriend Samantha Bailey's house to make a chilli.
His father John Lee told the inquest: "He had a bet with Samantha's brother who could make the hottest chilli then went back to her house to stay."
Of course I have no room to talk after eating a cup of hot pork chile and a habanero burger in one sitting.
(Note the December, 1978 expiration date)
Hey, it was only $.43!!! Julie stumbled upon this and gave it to me, so I could have a good laugh. Wonder if it's still good?
I was tempted to use it in our coming Food Fight, but I think I'll explore other options...
