Tentacle Grape

Old-hand WU-vies know all about the fascination of the Japanese for "tentacle sex." But did you know you could buy the matching soft drink?

One question remains: is the English-only pun with "tentacle rape" intentional or accidental?

Buy yours here.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 12, 2012 - Comments (8)
Category: Animals, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Junk Food, Asia

JAPP Energy Bar Commercials

Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 18, 2012 - Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Junk Food, 1990s

Candyland

Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 29, 2011 - Comments (3)
Category: Pop Art, Junk Food, Cartoons, Eating

Brown Bobby

Get rich quick with triangular donuts!

Explanation here.

Original ad here.

Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 03, 2011 - Comments (5)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Technology, Junk Food, Appliances, 1930s

Follies of the Mad Men #163

I cannot believe that even in the 1920s, this Wrigley's mascot was anything less than a source of nightmares to children everywhere.

Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 15, 2011 - Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Children, Junk Food, 1920s

Follies of the Mad Men #162

Does not contain corn likker. No hillbilly beard necessary to enjoy.



Yes, we're hip. That's why we choose "Makin' Whoopee" from 1928 as our theme tune.



Contains no psychedelics, despite producing visions of talking pitcher.

Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 02, 2011 - Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Drugs, Psychedelic, Junk Food, 1950s, 1960s

Follies of the Mad Men #154

Four decades of commercials for the medicinal tasting soda. Which one would convince you to drink it?

Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 05, 2011 - Comments (6)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Junk Food, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s

Follies of the Mad Men #144

Imagine living a life where your major existential dilemma was which flavor snack cake to purchase.

I was going to assume that Ho Hos were no longer made, given the nasty use of "ho" as a pejorative--but apparently they are still around.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 13, 2011 - Comments (3)
Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Junk Food, 1970s

Swallow

After reading this book, I'm convinced WU-vies will enjoy this tale of the strange things people ingest--and the doctor who made a collection out of such retrieved "foreign bodies."


Go here to see a video about a professional eater of odd objects.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 31, 2011 - Comments (1)
Category: Body Modifications, Medicine, Performance Art, Books, Junk Food

Another Helping of Food Related Weirdness – 7

Scientists have a history of accomplishing what was once thought impossible, be it walking on the moon, splitting the atom or alleviating pain and disease. But now they may have discovered something that will eclipse all that has come before; scientists are on the verge of making chocolate better! A team lead by Dr. Siela Maximova from Pennsylvania State University has pieced together the genetic code of the cacao tree, and not just any cacao tree but the Criollo variety that is widely recognised to produce the very best chocolate. Because of its poor disease resistance, Criollo is almost entirely ignored in favour of hybrid varieties that yield more – if inferior – beans, but Maximova et al hope their work will enable the development of new, elite strains of cacao (News.com.AU).

Meanwhile, here is someone who is taking the chocolate maker’s art way too literally. Jean Zaun of Fredericksburg in Pennsylvania uses a mixture of dark and white chocolate, food colouring and confectioner’s glaze to recreate famous works of art, including the frames, in a deliciously edible form. Her subjects have included the works of Van Gogh, Munch and Da Vinci, as well as a portrait of Ozzy Osborne commissioned by his wife. While the chocolate artworks are edible, Zaun believes they should be souvenirs rather than snacks. “They are meant to be consumed by the eye, not the stomach.” Zaun Explained (Daily Mail).

And the misuse of materials won’t stop there, at least not if Dr. Peter Eisner of the Fraunhofer Institute gets his way. Concerned that meat consumption is both unhealthy and bad for the environment, Dr. Eisner has started looking for ways to supplement or replace animal products with vegetable equivalents. His first success is a milk substitute derived from lupins that can even be used to make cheese, meanwhile co-worker Daniela Sussmann has extracted a protein from the seeds gives low-fat sausages more of the sensation of their unadulterated competition. Eisner reckons that our ever growing appetite for meat could one day be disastrous, arguing that the resources needed to produce 1 kilo of meat could instead yield 80 to 100 kilos of fruit or vegetables (Softpedia).



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Posted By: Dumbfounded - Mon Jan 10, 2011 - Comments (7)
Category: Agriculture, Animals, Farming, Art, Food, Bacon, Candy, Junk Food, Nutrition, Vegetables