Food, Food, and More Food Thread

Sengo wrote:

Thanks for the steaming time! I'm going to try steaming the artichokes instead of boiling them. I know you don't lose as much nutritive value. What's your dipping sauce?

I like light mayo from Hellman's, that's Best Foods out west. ;)

Also melted butter with a little lemon is delicious. :victory:

I would go with Karashi su miso:
Miso
Mustard
Vinegar

...and a pinch of gravure idol. :naughty:

Eve wrote:

I like light mayo from Hellman's, that's Best Foods out west. ;)

Also melted butter with a little lemon is delicious. :victory:

Thanks! I'm going to try the melted butter with lemon since I've always used mayonnaise with a little soy sauce since I was little. Time for a change. :thumbsup:

Sengo wrote:

Thanks! I'm going to try the melted butter with lemon since I've always used mayonnaise with a little soy sauce since I was little. Time for a change. :thumbsup:

Awesome.

The cooking time is for large artichokes though.

Id try pulling a leaf out ten minutes earlier on smaller ones. Also sometimes I let them sit off the heat in the pot for ten minutesif it seems they need just a little more and I dont want to overcook. I put them in about 3-4" of water with rosemary in it. Delicious! :woot:

Burger King Introduces Spam Burgers For The Women Of Japan

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If there is one thing women love it's ... Spam?

Well at least Burger King hopes they do. The self-proclaimed royals of the fast food industry will launch mini Spam sliders on June 20 to the lucky women in Japan.

"What women want, what women get" is the slogan for the mini bites of canned ham, prompting the question -- just how many women have been demanding Spam?

While Spam is often joked about in the US, according to the Daily Mail, it's "surprisingly popular" in Japan.

The sliders aren't Burger King's first dalliance with the canned meat. In 2007, Hawaii stores debuted the Spam Platter -- two slices of the meat between white rice and scrambled eggs.

Residents of Hawaii, like the Japanese are fans of the iconic food, where according to MSNBC there are more varieties sold than anywhere else in the world, with residents consuming more than 5 million pounds of it each year.

Burger King Japan seems to pride themselves on offering items you can't get anywhere else. In April they released the "Meat Monster," a modified Whopper with two beef patties, bacon and a grilled chicken breast, that clocked in with 1160 calories and 24 grams of fat.

^ Her name is Sam, and she wants some Spam.


I'm surprised that it's so popular among Japanese women in particular. Go figure.

Tu_triky wrote:^ Her name is Sam, and she wants some Spam.

Sam has a friend named Pam and she likes Spam.

"Pam, I am, and I like Spam." :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
Sam has a friend named Pam and she likes Spam.

"Pam, I am, and I like Spam." :mrgreen:

There you go. ^_^

Japan scientist synthesizes meat from human feces

Jeff Hughes

June 15, 2011

It's being called the "poop burger". Japanese scientists have found a way to create artificial meat from sewage containing human feces.

Somehow this feels like a Vonnegut plotline: population boom equals food shortage. Solution? Synthesize food from human waste matter. Absurd yes, but Japanese scientists have actually discovered a way to create edible steaks from human feces.

Mitsuyuki Ikeda, a researcher from the Okayama Laboratory, has developed steaks based on proteins from human excrement. Tokyo Sewage approached the scientist because of an overabundance of sewage mud. They asked him to explore the possible uses of the sewage and Ikeda found that the mud contained a great deal of protein because of all the bacteria.

The researchers then extracted those proteins, combined them with a reaction enhancer and put it in an exploder which created the artificial steak. The gmeath is 63% proteins, 25% carbohydrates, 3% lipids and 9% minerals. The researchers color the poop meat red with food coloring and enhance the flavor with soy protein. Initial tests have people saying it even tastes like beef.

Inhabitat notes that gthe meatpacking industry causes 18 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions, mostly due to the release of methane from animals.h Livestock also consume huge amounts of resources and space in efforts to feed ourselves as well as the controversy over cruelty to animals. Ikedafs recycled poop burger would reduce waste and emissions, not to mention obliterating Dantefs circle for gluttons.

The scientists hope to price it the same as actual meat, but at the moment the excrement steaks are ten to twenty times the price they should be thanks to the cost of research. Professor Ikeda understands the psychological barriers that need to be surmounted knowing that your food is made from human feces. They hope that once the research is complete, people will be able to overlook that ugly detail in favor of perks like environmental responsibility, cost and the fact that the meat will have fewer calories.

Waste not; want not.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/international/japanese-scientists-creates-meat-out-of-feces/

^ PASS. :bleh:

Gives a whole new meaning to "This food tastes like shit." :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:^ PASS. :bleh:

Gives a whole new meaning to "This food tastes like shit." :beaten:

You've hit the issue squarely on the head. :sweat:

^ The other thing I can't figure: who actually volunteers for these taste tests? :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:^ The other thing I can't figure: who actually volunteers for these taste tests? :sweat:

Ppl who like ass. Cow's ass, to be exact.

Neither spam,
or what comes from the human can,
is meant to be eaten by any man. :bleh:

Eve wrote:Neither spam,
or what comes from the human can,
is meant to be eaten by any man. :bleh:

Tis true.

But Japanese women love it, apparently. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
Tis true.

But Japanese women love it, apparently. :mrgreen:

It's still freaking me out.... :shocked:

Eve wrote:Neither spam,
or what comes from the human can,
is meant to be eaten by any man. :bleh:

:hehe:

That rhymin' is infectious.

I want one.

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Northstar Brew Master Refrigerator

:lol:

You are such a trend setter, Tu. :victory:

Eve wrote::lol:

You are such a trend setter, Tu. :victory:

If I had that thing in my home, it would be over. Nothing would get done until I broke it from overuse.