How to control squirrels in the UK? Eat ‘em.
I’m always open to trying new foods, but I don’t know if I’m all that interested in eating squirrel. Sure they’re terribly cute with their little hands and bright eyes, but I can’t help but wonder...
View ArticleMan dialed 911 when lemonade ran out
Have Americans become so self-absorbed they have to call 911 when food is not to their liking? First it was a dude in Jacksonville, FL, who called 911 because he didn’t like the way his Subway sandwich...
View ArticleEvan finds Nestle refrigerated cookie dough; Doug cooks it (sorta)
During the evening of Thursday, June 18, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment urged Coloradans not to eat raw Nestle Toll House cookie dough because of possible contamination with...
View ArticleGwyneth Paltrow needs a lesson in food safety
Gwyneth Paltrow has an interesting life. She’s in movies, is married to a musician, names her first born after fruit, talks about bowel movements on T.V., and has celebrity chefs as friends. And to...
View ArticleLabels on frozen foods can be confusing – the Stouffer’s Family Size Lasagna...
We’ve been visiting with some of Amy’s family in Minnesota the past few days. Dinner for the gang last Sunday in Andover, north of Minneapolis, featured a couple of frozen Stouffer’s lasagnas. Two...
View ArticleTo cream butter – and other cooking tips from 1949
A barfblog.com fan sent along this film from 1949, but confused the University of Kansas (that’s in Lawrence) with Kansas State University (Manhattan). They are apparently different places. I don’t...
View ArticleYou can’t overcook turkey that’s what the gravy is for: failures in food...
Is today Thanksgiving in Canada, or is it tomorrow? Either way, Monday’s a holiday up there, bring on the turkey and side dishes. But questions remain: what is the safest way to cook a turkey or...
View ArticleCampylobacter associated with chicken liver parfait, UK, June 2010
I spent five summers in high school and university hammering nails and planks with a couple of Danish craftsmen. They taught me many things, including how to eat pate and beet sandwiches (lunch today,...
View ArticleBurger King bolstering food safety after failed inspections
A week after Washington State health types made Burger King Corp. aware of a problem with its burger cooking process, the company says that it’s inspecting its systems on the West Coast to determine...
View Article‘MasterChef Australia’ ad achieves new low in sexism
If Colbert doesn’t see color, I don’t see gender (and Colbert said much the same thing when interviewing NASCAR driver and Go-Daddy spokesthingy Danica Patrick last night. According to Huffington Post,...
View ArticleAnd so it goes: at least 6 sick from Salmonella in frozen chicken thingies in...
State health and agriculture officials said today that six recent cases of salmonellosis in Minnesota have been linked to raw, frozen, breaded and pre-browned, stuffed chicken entrees. The implicated...
View ArticleStick it in: Salmonella Typhimurium survives some poultry-based meat...
The burden of foodborne diseases still represents a threat to public health; in 2012, the domestic setting accounted for 57.6% of strong-evidence EU food-borne Salmonella outbreaks. Next to...
View ArticleFood porn shot of the day: roasted turkey breast
Not being a huge fan of deli meat, I like to make my own sandwich-ready roasted turkey. About once a week I roast a boneless turkey breast (to 165F) with some wine, salt, sage and onions (below,...
View ArticleGwyneth Paltrow needs a lesson in food safety
Gwyneth Paltrow has an interesting life. She’s in movies, is married to a musician, names her first born after fruit, talks about bowel movements on T.V., and has celebrity chefs as friends. And to...
View ArticleLabels on frozen foods can be confusing – the Stouffer’s Family Size Lasagna...
We’ve been visiting with some of Amy’s family in Minnesota the past few days. Dinner for the gang last Sunday in Andover, north of Minneapolis, featured a couple of frozen Stouffer’s lasagnas. Two...
View ArticleTo cream butter – and other cooking tips from 1949
A barfblog.com fan sent along this film from 1949, but confused the University of Kansas (that’s in Lawrence) with Kansas State University (Manhattan). They are apparently different places. I don’t...
View ArticleYou can’t overcook turkey that’s what the gravy is for: failures in food...
Is today Thanksgiving in Canada, or is it tomorrow? Either way, Monday’s a holiday up there, bring on the turkey and side dishes. But questions remain: what is the safest way to cook a turkey or...
View ArticleCampylobacter associated with chicken liver parfait, UK, June 2010
I spent five summers in high school and university hammering nails and planks with a couple of Danish craftsmen. They taught me many things, including how to eat pate and beet sandwiches (lunch today,...
View ArticleBurger King bolstering food safety after failed inspections
A week after Washington State health types made Burger King Corp. aware of a problem with its burger cooking process, the company says that it’s inspecting its systems on the West Coast to determine...
View ArticleGwyneth Paltrow needs a lesson in food safety
Gwyneth Paltrow has an interesting life. She’s in movies, is married to a musician, names her first born after fruit, talks about bowel movements on T.V., and has celebrity chefs as friends. And to...
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