Junk Food
Strange Snacks
You will certainly have fun browsing at the Taquitos snack site and reading their blunt appraisals. For instance, on the item pictured above.
Taste: Weird chemical taste. Crunchy and thick, but rather nasty.
Aroma: They smell like rancid oil.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 13, 2015 -
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Category: Foreign Customs, Junk Food
The Edibility of Animal Spleens
Read the whole four pages here.
A tip of the hat to pal Brad V. for finding this one.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 08, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Junk Food, Nineteenth Century
Spray Cake
Newly available: cake in a spray can. Just spray, microwave, and eat.But, of course, you'll also need some spray can frosting. That's already been available for a couple of years.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 21, 2014 -
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Category: Food, Junk Food
The Immortal Burger
Posted By: Alex - Sat May 04, 2013 -
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Category: Food, Junk Food
King Ding Dong
If only the psychedlic-era King Ding Dong had been allowed to rule the Hostess company, they might still be with us today.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 11, 2013 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Royalty, Advertising, Chocolate, Junk Food, 1970s
Music Good Enough to Eat
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy.
The Chocolate Watchband.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 06, 2013 -
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Category: Food, Chocolate, Junk Food, Music, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Psychedelic, 1960s
Bacon Curls
Yes, these are real.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 08, 2013 -
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Category: Celebrities, Movies, Advertising, Junk Food
Borden Ice Cream Ads
I watch only one half-hour of TV per week--THE SIMPSONS--so I am not really qualified to assert this. Maybe a reader can clarify. Are there such things nowadays as TV ads for ice cream? I think not. In the 1950s, Americans had to be trained to consume luxuries like ice cream. Now we eat it automatically, three times a day! So why waste money on ads?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 06, 2013 -
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Category: Addictions, Eating, Business, Advertising, Television, Junk Food, 1950s
Last-Meal Plates
Artist Julie Green creates plates that show the last meals of death-row inmates. She's been creating these plates for 13 years and now has around 500 of them. The most popular last-meal request? Junk food from KFC and McDonald's. [Daily Mail]
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 30, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Food, Junk Food, Prisons
Twinkies Art
Artist Nancy Peppin specializes in using Twinkies in her work. She sees herself as working in the tradition of Warhol. His Campbell's soup can art was her initial inspiration. Sometimes she makes art out of the sponge cakes themselves, and sometimes she creates paintings, photographic prints, etc. that feature Twinkies. Either way, they're her muse.She's been creating Twinkies art since 1975, but thanks to the current woes of Hostess, she's been getting lots of attention recently. What I'm curious about is how she preserves the Twinkies to make sure they don't rot. Because that idea of Twinkies never rotting is just an urban legend. I also couldn't find any info on how much her pieces go for. [huffpost]
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 28, 2013 -
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Category: Art, Food, Junk Food
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