Hello everyone! The staff at Diners.org hope all of you had a wonderful Labor Day weekend (skipping Monday is mostly a welcomed idea by all). To start off what is already a pretty good week (and to compensate for the fact that THQ’s “Space Marine” just got released), we’re covering three different topics in today’s article:
International Bacon Day
Holy crap, International Bacon Day was September 4, the day before Labor Day. The holiday is unofficial, but who cares? Apparently there are festivals and feasts about… you guess it, Bacon.
Some of us are more devoted than others.
Fortunately, Gawker Media’s Lifehacker.com has provided us with eight suggestions for the occasion. We personally like:
3. A Strip of Bacon Saves Meatloaf from Sticking to the Pan – Next time you make a meatloaf place a strip of uncooked bacon on the bottom of your pan before adding other meatloaf ingredients. The fat from one slice of bacon creates enough lubricant to prevent sticky or burned meatloaf.
4. Bacon Sandwiches Speed Up Hangover Recovery – Newcastle University researchers suggest that the protein in bacon and other meats is quickly broken down into amino acids, which rejuvenate neurotransmitters damaged by too many drinks the night before.
7. How to Make Popcorn with Bacon Fat – This tip won’t work with microwavable popcorn, but if you have a popcorn popper substitute 3 tbl of bacon fat in place of your usual popcorn oil to produce a smoky bacon-inspired flavor.
You can read more at Lifehacker’s article on this link. A Wikipedia article about International Bacon Day can be found here.
Intervention-Ware
As if we need to feel worse about what we eat; for those of you requiring more incentive not to eat too much, Fishs Eddy made these:
It's also a good conversation piece.
Yes, they are plates inscribed with sarcastic remarks about you and what you just placed in front of you to chow on. Comes in plate, cereal bowl, and mug versions here.
Chick Beer
Us here at Diners.org knows at least TWO of you reading this are women. This new alcoholic beverage might be interesting to you since, well, the company site here branded it with you in mind:
What is this I don't even-
Yep, that’s a light beer dressed up in a woman’s “style”. On a side note, five percent of all profits from Chick Beer goes towards charities that empower women.
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The Macbook Air as a kitchen utensil
To be honest, we have no idea what started this but mochrom from Japan decided to use his MacBook Air to prepare food. Well, at least slice and dice them. There is no evidence that he tried to set his battery on fire to actually cook.
Okay, we can see what he's getting at.
From there we went on to:
... Mushrooms....
Apparently he decided to diverge and see if his iphone can work too.
It dices!
It slices!
It chops Bacon. Relevancy ACHIEVED.
There are a ton more photos and videos of him actually doing this on his site here. If that doesn’t work due to the the kanji, just google for mochrom and MacBookAir.
Good news too: none of that food he prepared goes to waste. He cooks all of it and serves it to his friends.
