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Here is where we can discuss food, restaurants and recipes. "Discuss" means other people besides me have to participate. Look what came out just in time for us to have with our Thanksgiving dinner:
Finland rolls out bread made from crushed crickets
www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42101700
Another bit of Americana is disappearing. Where is the outcry from the historical preservationists?
McDonald's to demolish Des Plaines museum that's a replica of chain's first restaurant
http://www.pix11.com/2017/11/21/mcdo...st-restaurant/
Eat these at your own risk: In December 2017, spicy "Sweet Heat" Skittles will go on sale nationwide. The flavors are lemon spark, flamin' orange, blazin' mango, sizzlin' strawberry and fiery watermelon. Starburst, Jolly Rancher and several other companies also make spicy candy. Who suddenly decided that candy should be spicy? It shouldn't.
Does anyone have a good recipe for egg nog? I like it but the stores only sell it around Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Here is a five-star recipe from Taste Of Home magazine:
www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/homemade-eggnog
If you have a large freezer, you can buy several cartons of egg nog in December and freeze them, then just let a carton thaw whenever you're in the mood for egg nog.
Thanks! Do you remember when Bordens sold egg nog in cans?
I do. Borden's egg nog now comes in wobbly plastic pouches. Beverages should be in cans, bottles and cartons, not plastic pouches and dinky cardboard boxes.
The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that we wasteful Americans will throw out almost 200 million pounds of turkey this week. Yikes! From NPR's All Things Considered, here are some ways to use -- and not waste -- Thanksgiving leftovers:
Less waste, more taste: Master chef Massimo Bottura reimagines Thanksgiving leftovers
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt...ving-leftovers
да ладно, это сумасшествие!
Russia may label McDonald's a 'foreign agent' damaging people's health
Newsweek, Nov 25 2017 1:51 PM
A Russian politician has proposed labeling American fast food chains such as McDonald's and KFC as foreign agents, following recently passed legislation which provides the same classification for international news outlets. Boris Chernyshov, a 26-year-old Moscow lawmaker in the federal Russian Assembly, described advertisements made by American restaurants for Russian consumers as manipulative and nontransparent about their longterm health effects.
The State Duma deputy added that chains such as McDonald’s, which has 430 locations across Russia, are contributing to the decline of the nation's cuisine. He said, "The food sold by American fast food restaurants, according to some studies, negatively affects the body and human health. In advertising, a positive image of consumption of these products is presented."
http://www.newsweek.com/russia-forei...y-label-722403
Arby's buying Buffalo Wild Wings in deal valued at $2.4 billion
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/compa...D=ansmsnnews11
The pumpkin spice craze seems to be on its way out. Now the food craze is hot and spicy. What will be next? Maybe hot and spicy pumpkin?
Burger King is bringing serious heat with new Flamin' Hot Mac 'N' Cheetos
https://www.foodbeast.com/news/flami...mac-n-cheetos/
I don't like food that's really hot and spicy. I have to be careful not to use the wrong sauce when I eat at Del Taco because their mild sauce comes in red packets and their hot sauce comes in orange packets. At other places the orange packets are mild and the red packets are hot. Why does Del Taco have to be different?
Who says America is losing its influence in the world?
Communist Hanoi gets its first McDonald's
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/...iSm?li=BBnbcA1
I've seen a lot of KFC and Sizzler restaurants go out of business but I don't think I've ever heard of a McDonalds going out of business. They all do well.
Thirty thousand square feet of space just to sell people a fershlugginer cup of coffee!
World's largest Starbucks to open December 6 in Shanghai
http://www.abcnews.com/us/worlds-lar...ry?id=51586261
Mystery Oreo flavor revealed as Fruity Pebbles cereal
AJC.com, Dec 6 2017 12:58 PM
The previously unknown flavor of mystery Oreos creme has been revealed. After offering a $50,000 prize for the person who entered a correct guess on the Oreo mystery cookie website, Oreo parent company Mondelez revealed the source of the creme’s fruity flavor on Facebook: Fruity Pebbles cereal. When the contest was initially announced in October, the cereal was a popular guess. Many who tried the cookie wrote on Facebook that the flavor choice was not a favorite.
http://www.ajc.com/news/national/mys...3ujTbilE7w5ZN/
"Fake news" is easy to identify -- but it's much harder to detect "fake food."
Only one McDonald’s breakfast dish uses 'real' eggs
Reader's Digest, Dec 12 2017
McDonald's extended its breakfast hours in 2015 instead of cutting the morning foods off at 10:30 AM. If the later hours mean you've been ordering from the fast food chain's breakfast menu more often, you might want to know a secret about its eggs. Most of the egg dishes at McDonald's use a "folded egg." It looks like a standard omelet folded up but the egg liquid contains nonfat milk, modified food starch, salt and citric acid. The eggs are cooked and folded in another location, then frozen and shipped to the McDonald's restaurants.
The scrambled egg sausage mix in a McDonald's breakfast burrito is made elsewhere and mixed with meat, vegetables, spices, sugar, dextrose and xanthan gum before being frozen. Restaurants microwave the egg mix to reheat it. Meanwhile, the liquid used to make scrambled eggs in the Big Breakfast contains just eggs and the preservative citric acid, and they're cooked fresh on location.
To get the freshest egg possible, order an Egg McMuffin. Unlike the other breakfast sandwiches, McMuffins are made with a whole egg cracked into a metal ring that keeps the egg in the right shape.
https://www.aol.com/article/lifestyl...eggs/23304801/
The eHow website has a recipe for making a "copycat" of the McDonald's Egg McMuffin. Kids, do try this at home:
McDonald's Egg McMuffin (copycat recipe)
https://www.ehow.com/13664127/mcdona...copycat-recipe
Subway is bringing back the $5 footlong — and franchisees are revolting against the deal
Business Insider, Dec 14 2017 1:47 PM
Subway is reportedly planning on bringing back the $5 footlong deal in January. More than 400 franchisees signed a petition to protest the deal, saying the chain's previous promotions have "decimated" business. Subway's sales are plummeting, with The New York Post reporting that traffic has fallen 25% over the last five years.
https://www.aol.com/article/finance/...deal/23307707/
When you consider New Year's Eve, your first thought is probably not of parades or parties or bowl games -- your first thought is probably of deviled eggs, right? Oh suuure it is. From today's Los Angeles Times, here are 12 different ways to make them:
Celebrating New Year's Eve with deviled eggs 12 ways
http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydis...228-story.html
One definition of "arch" is "deliberately or affectedly playful and teasing; mischievous; roguish." Think about that.
McDonald's is bringing back one of its most expensive failures
Business Insider, Jan 2 2018
McDonald's is testing a new take on a high-profile flop. The fast-food chain recently began a test of Archburgers made with fresh beef at seven locations in Oklahoma and Texas. With the test, McDonald's "Arch Sauce" has returned to the menu for the first time since the late 1990s. Arch Sauce is a mustard-mayo combination that McDonald's debuted as a topping for the Arch Deluxe — a sandwich aimed at more sophisticated and "adult" customers — that debuted in 1996.
McDonald's spent an estimated $200 million advertising the Arch Deluxe's rollout, which was, at the time, the most expensive promotional campaign in fast-food history. The fast-food chain's executives predicted that the burger would bring in $1 billion in sales in 1996. However, the burger cost $2.49, pricier than typical McDonald's fare, and failed to win over customers. It was discontinued in the late '90s.
In 2018, McDonald's is once again trying to use Arch Sauce to appeal to more gourmet-minded customers, pairing it with fresh beef in the Archburger. But this time, the burger is more reasonably priced, starting at $2.19 for an Archburger with cheese, pickle, onions and Arch Sauce.
http://www.businessinsider.com/mcdon...0s-flop-2018-1