Flash in the Pan

• How Much Is That Ham Bone In The Window? Devoted Spanish foodies are lining up to order ham that will cost $180 a pound and not be available until next year. Does it come with mustard? (Canoe.ca)


• The Naked Cartoon British chef and television personality Jamie Oliver has inspired a cartoon about a ten-year-old who wants to become a master chef. Producing is Aardman Studios, the force that created Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run. It will undoubtedly be Brilliant and Fantastic.(Independent Online)


• Spudland A Croatian town plans a park dedicated to potatoes. Mr. Potato Head wants his share. (Ananova)


• Big Mac Museum The Big Mac Museum opened last week to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the sandwich. Rumors are that the first Big Mac ever created was there until someone mistakenly ate it and found that it tasted just like what you'd get today. And on a serious note, it took Jim Delligatti, one of the first franchisees of Ray Kroc and the sandwich's inventor, two years to get the company to let him serve it. A little less persistance on his part and you could knock off a number of zeros from the patty tally. (Associated Press)


• Feel the Zoo Burn Overweight animals in a South Korean zoo are being put on a diet. If things don't shape up, next it will be the subtitled version of Sweatin' to the Oldies. (AFP)

Labels: Big Mac, ham, Jamie Oliver, McDonald's, potato, Spain, weird

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