Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Strange News from the Food Front (10/22/07)
A weekly round-up of food and drink oddities:
- Extra Fat, Please You may have seen some commercials recently where people are ordering fast food and asking for such things as the double jelly belly version. Hardee's may have done just that with a new breakfast burrito weighing in at 920 calories and 60 grams of fat. (AP)
- Round Up the Unusual Suspects German police had their claw ... uh, hands full when they had to capture a group of crayfish that had escaped from an Asian restaurant. If I were an ingredient, I'd probably do the same. (Reuters)
- Toaster Schnitzel A German company, Toennies, has invented a schnitzel that you can heat in a toaster. (Reuters)
- Chinese Commune Themed Restaurant You can live those, oh, so romantic days of Mao at a threme restaurant in Guangdong, China. (Reuters)
- Vanilla File Ripple An Italian company is making eco-friendly gelato using prisoners a few miles south of Milan. (Reuters)
