Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Strange News from the Food Front (1/21/08)
A weekly round-up of food and drink oddities:
- Smoked - or Not The first restaurant chain in Beijing to ban smoking is going out of business after most of its customers took their embers elsewhere. (Reuters)
- Moo Burp Swedish researchers are going to study just how greenhouse gas comes out when cows belch. I'd hate the be the one standing in front of the cow, waiting for the eruption. (AP)
- Oh, You're Still Here? An inmate was left in a holding cell for two days without food when three deputies forgot the person was there. (AP)
- Imagine the Piece of Cheese Researchers found the remains of a prehistoric rodent that weighed an estimated 2,000 pounds. (Reuters)
- Last Call A 150 old cantina, supposedly the oldest in Mexico, is closed after the National Autonomous University of Mexico won a legal battle to eject it. (Reuters)
- When They Said Drive-Through... A McDonald's patron, angry at not receiving his french fries, literally drove into the establishment, and then drove off. (WFTV)
- But Can They Boil Water? A recent survey suggests that many young people in Britain don't know how to boil an egg, can't name cuts of bacon (or tell how long it takes to cook a rasher), and can't identify regional breads. (Press Release)
- Next Time, Check His ID A 16-year-old Japanese boy ran up a $3,490 bill at a bar in Tokyo, and was then arrested for not being able to pay. (AP)
- Keystone Robbers A pair of Australian robbers apparently needed more practice, as they grabbed a bag of rolls instead of a bag of money from a restaurant and one of the duo shot the other by accident. (AFP)
