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11 Feb 2013

Vegetarian Ham

Joe Dan Gorman, the sneaky weasel, extols the virtues of Chinese vegetarian ham, the tube steak we’ll all be eating in the future if we keep borrowing billions of dollars from China. On a more serious note, Joe Dan demonstrates how the Republicans and Democrats have morphed into two branches of the same party. One branch openly declares its intentions to screw the public. The other branch bends over and permits the massacre. Watch Intellectual Froglegs and learn.

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06 Feb 2013

Taste the Horse Meat

Fast-food lovers in the United Kingdom and Ireland have been put on edge by charges that horse meat reached hamburgers sold by Burger King. The chain has admitted that it was supplied contaminated meat from Poland, but says that none of it was served to customers. H/T Next Media Animation

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20 Jan 2013

The War on Fast Food

Is there any phase of our lives some two-bit politician doesn’t want to control?

Maryland’s Prince George’s County has the highest obesity rates in the Washington, D.C. area. So now the county council is considering a bill that would give it zoning authority to keep new fast food eateries out of its jurisdiction. But is tackling obesity as easy as keeping cheeseburgers and fries out of people’s hands? H/T Reason.TV

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13 Jan 2013

King of the Twinkie Wannabes

Now that the beloved Twinkie has disappeared off the shelves, the New York Post weighs the alternates and rates five different Twinkie wannabes. Find out which one of the five comes closest to matching the taste and texture of the late, lamented Twinkie.

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01 Jan 2013

World’s Largest Gummy Worm

If gummy worms were as big as pythons, think of all the fun you could have with them. Just don’t tell Mayor Bloomberg you’re packing a lethal dose of sugar!  H/T iOwntheWorld

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27 Dec 2012

Origins of the Hamburger

Dying to know how hamburgers came about in this world? While there are multiple theories, many believe the Mongols started the craze when raw beef was kept under saddles while they tried to conquer the world. The meat then became tender enough to eat after spending a good amount of time – ahem – between a horse and human backside.

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17 Dec 2012

The Cereal Killers

Get your spoons and your bowls ready because next summer Captain Crunch, Lucky and Trix Rabbit team up to take down the Quaker, a psychotic health nut bent on global cereal domination. H/T IMAO

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16 Dec 2012

Pizza Physics

People love eating pizza, but every style of pie has a different consistency. If “New York-style”–thin, flat, and large–is your texture of choice, then you’ve probably eaten a slice that was as messy as it was delicious. Colm Kelleher outlines the scientific and mathematical properties that make folding a slice the long way the best alternative…to wearing a bib.

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26 Nov 2012

She Got Paid to Eat

Donna Simpson once catered to chubby chasers. She appeared in online “fat fetish” web camsites, attracting thousands of subscribers who paid $14 a month to watch videos of her eating or modeling in a bikini. Her fans sent her tons of food to gorge — so much so that her weight mushroomed to 600 pounds. Now, Donna’s desperately trying to lose weight to lead a normal life for the sake of herself and her children. Vice catches up with her in Akron, Ohio.

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16 Nov 2012

Last Box of Twinkies

Time to nut up or shut up. The expiration date for Twinkies  is upon us, with news that a strike by 18,500 bakers in the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union has forced Hostess Brands, Inc., to shut its doors. To read the company explanation of the shutdown, visit  http://hostessbrands.com/Closing.aspx

No more Twinkies. No more Ding Dongs. No more Ho Ho’s. No more Donettes. No more Wonder Bread. Not even friggin’ SnoBalls. Welcome to Zombieland!

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The rise and fall of the Twinkie.

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A stroll back to better times as Buffalo Bob Smith (Richard Schmidt) gives a pitch for Hostess Twinkies on The Howdy Doody Show in the 1950s.

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