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In this video we find out how to pull on your noodle. There are several “noodle pull” tricks you must know, however. They do not name them in the video but this is the list of them.

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Today’s Foodenator Poll – if you find bugs in your salad, what do you do? Eat them? Freak out? Toss them, then eat? WHAT TO DO??

Our scientists estimate that you eat about 300 bugs a year when you eat many salads at lunch time. So – should you really freak out if you SEE them? Take our poll and see if you make the right choice.

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Its Friday!! F yeah. Time to party it up. Two tips – stay HYDRATED and FOODENATED. Here’s a quick tasty snack to store in your pockets at the rave tonight. Keeps you amped and healthy!

INGREDIENTS

* 1 (12 ounce) box rice chex
* 8 ounces tabasco cheez its
* 6 ounces toasted, chopped candied pecans
* 3/4 cup butter
* 3/4 cup dark corn syrup
* 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
* 1 tablespoon tabasco sauce

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Lightly grease a large roasting pan.
2. In a large bowl, mix chex cheez its and nuts.
3. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and mix with dark corn syrup and light brown sugar and tabasco sauce. Pour the mixture over the nutty cereal mixture. Stir and shake to coat all the nuts and cereal.
4. Pour the coated mixture into the prepared roasting pan. Stirring approximately every 15 minutes, cook 1 hour in the preheated oven. Cool on wax paper, and store in airtight containers.

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Today, I had the luxury of dining at a mall on the East Coast of the United States of America today. There were so many choices: pizza, pasta, subgum, southern, chikin, submarines, you name it… I decided to put my money and stomach on Maki of Japan… Lets find out how that turned out…

There were no fat people in line. Stepping up to the plate, my stomach knew what it wanted: a two item combo. The man at the counter said “wha can I get yeu?” I ordered fried Rice, topped with Black Peppery Chicken. As drink/dessert/coffee-substitute, I ordered a Barqs Rootbeer.

The counter man politely handed me a white styrofoam container marked with a 2 on top. It had some weight to it, so I knew it was substantial. Then, and only then, did I slide my way down to the register. The total was $6.97, price includes taxes and cost of the rootbeer. My hand handed the woman collecting money for the food exact change in cash. The woman explained to me how thankful she was for my business and handed my rootbeer over.

Walking to find a table, my eye caught the eye of a woman who was with two other women (pictured above). I sat next to the three women.

I easily opened the styrofoam container which delicately held my food. My fork dove into the black peppery chicken and stuck one chicken and 2 sliced celerys. Lifting the food to my mouth took near a second. It was tasty, the celery was delightful and the chicken tasted like chicken. The sauce covering this chicken/celery mix was delicious, but not very spicy. Usually, with my asian food, I want it spicy. The second through 10th bites were as good as the first. With my 11th bite, I ate some fried rice. The fried rice was good tasting. The Barqs rootbeer really rounded out the meal, providing me a liquid to wash down my food as well as a sweet dessert and caffeine boost.

****** 6 out of 10 Slight Recommendation!

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ShotCakes is a Food Source 3.0 restaurant offering up ice cream injected cupcakes at moderate prices. Located deep in Massachusetts, at the Burlington mall Food Court.

This reviewer was not intimidated by the heavy set people waiting in line to order this mall delicacy. Luckily by the time I made it to the front of the line, there were still a few ShotCakes available. Most of the time, when the over-weight crowd doesn’t get there before you do, there is a large variety of ShotCakes to be eaten, such as the Red Velvet ShotCake or the Golden ShotCake.

A ShotCake client can order any regular cupcake and get it INJECTED with ice cream (Vanilla or Chocolate), which transforms the regular cupcake into a ShotCake.

When I got to the counter, there was one Tiramisu cupcake available, just sitting there begging to be injected with ice cold cream. I said, ‘Gimme the Tiramisu cupcake and inject it with vanilla.’ The woman behind the counter said, ‘you. got. it’, and complied with my demand. She then demanded $3 and some change… close to $4 bucks. Being a Foodenator.com reviewer, I am well off… very well off… so I reached into my expensive alligator wallet and pulled out some cash. It took approx. 1 minute to find some ones amid my twenties, fifties, and tens. She accepted my money and I was off to the other end of the counter to pick up the mall delicacy.

After a less than a minute wait time, I had my ShotCake in my right hand, my spoon in my left, and also a napkin in the right hand as well. I could sense the Cupcake was cold, and the ice cream was saying ‘I am in you’ to the cupcake. Found a table really close by to devour the ShotCake…

Tiramisu ShotCake is not as light as a regular tasty tiramisu cake, but it had a good taste. The tiramisu and its vanilla ice cream companion combination was outstanding… it was almost like… eating cake with a scoop of ice cream. Unusual, but true, I ate the entire ShotCake, and enjoyed doing so. I was tempted to get another, but I held back since the line was filled with people having difficulties making up their mind.

I recommend the ShotCake experience.

******** 1/2 — 8.5 out of a possible 10

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Ever wonder what you should cook? Listen to this screaming guy! We like to skip around in the video and pick 3 of his top screams. Like “HAMBURGER” “CHEESE” “ARCTIC CHAR” and come up with a dish.

You try now!

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People all over the world have been enjoying pizza for years. Although now it is considered a decidedly American food, it has origins in Europe and many national variations. Every war since the 19th century  has had an annual unofficial Pizza for Peace Day (or Pizza pour la Jour de Paix), where fighters lay down their arms and join each other for a hot slice. Genghis Khan probably would have succeeded in wiping out more than just Persia if it wasn’t for his becoming fat and lazy after discovering pizza in his attempted Mediterranean conquests. Anthropologists and archeologists are currently working to prove a theory that Pompeii only exploded because a group of Neapolitans operating out of Salerno tried to tap into the volcano to create massive pizza ovens.

Pizza consumption has seen explosive increases worldwide since the 1970s. Until recently, that is. In 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) saw a dramatic downturn in overall pizza sales growth, and since 2007 sales have actually been decreasing. What is behind this dramatic change? Some blame the liberal media’s obesity epidemic claims, others blame the influx of new franchises in abandoned Pizza Hut buildings, such as Chutney Hut. Foodenator’s own studies found quite another cause, however. In scientific polling, we found that people had simply grown bored with the “standard” pizza toppings. Working with grassroots and paramilitary groups, Foodenator activists began trying to stymie the pizza sales downturn by marketing new toppings: Buffalo Chicken, Pesto, and Margherita style pizzas. But this only slowed the bleeding. Fortunately, Pineappleope Research and Development teams got an early look at the data and were able to begin research on the next “Killer Topping” in the pizza world: fire. Later this summer, fire based toppings will begin to be offered alongside pepperoni and nutmeg at Bertucci’s and Dominos, and we expect fire-based toppings to be picked up independent pizza parlors across the world. PAO R&D shares went up an amazing 111 points this quarter, with further trading expecting it to cause a stock split and make investors jump up and down.

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Cats are tasty! Would you?

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Foodenator now presents you with the user-voted most awful looking thing to eat ever. EVER.

Ever heard of geoducks? First of all, they’re pronounced gooey-ducks. The prehistoric-looking and, well, pretty ugly shellfish, are native to the Pacific Northwest and fascinating creatures. Though tough to raise (it involves hours of hunched-over farming), they’ve been called the prime rib of clams. Liza de Guia tried some for the first time on her recent trip to Washington state.

“I can honestly say as a seafood lover I felt like I had been missing out my whole life. I tried geoduck sashimi, geoduck fritters, geoduck in chowder and geoduck ceviche.” She visited Taylor Shellfish‘s geoduck farm on Stretch Island in Puget Sound, the largest growers in the Northwest, in this episode of Food Curated.

story from Serious Eats

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