As the country’s largest producer of cheese, Wisconsin is also the country’s largest producer of cheese waste. But why think of that as a bad thing? In the hands of some enterprising Wisconsinites, what was once wastewater is now electricity. This is, after all, the same state that’s using salty cheese brine to de-ice its roads
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Point this “Polaroid” (you’ll get why there are quotation marks later) at someone and tell them to say “cheese.” Chances are, they’ll grin and wait expectantly for the flash to go off…
…however, that’s not what will happen with this particular one, because you’ll only get a slice of cheese instead. It’s actually a cheese slicer in the form of a vintage Polaroid instant camera, and how it slices and delivers the cheese is all sorts of awesome. You just move it across a block of cheese and voila – instant cheese slices! I don’t recommend trying this with an actual Polaroid camera.
The Say Cheese Instant Cheese Slicer is available from GamaGo for $10(USD) – at least until Polaroid’s lawyers see it.
[via Thrillist via Incredible Things]
Instead of churning out instant photos, this Polaroid has had its camera guts removed and replaced with a simple cheese slicer. For $10, it still produces fond memories, but instead of a baby’s smile or a day at the beach, it’s fond memories of eating thin slices of cheese. And that would put a smile on anybody’s face—except the lactose intolerant. [Gamago via Chip Chick]
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We already know it’s possible to make cheese using human bacteria
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Everyone’s favorite fatally hot nickel ball is back to start the new year off right by finally taking on one of its most requested victims: a good, old-fashioned block of Velveeta cheese, just like mom used to unwrap. Who’s ready for queso?
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That’s no moon, that’s a cheese ball! It is almost operational and when it goes online, it will be the ultimate power in the universe. This awesome cheese Death Star was made by Jennifer Landa who has her sights set on Alderaan and isn’t afraid to fire.
The edible Death Star was made with cream cheese, bacon bits, shredded cheddar cheese, chopped cilantro, garlic, brown cumin, cayenne pepper, lime juice, Worcestershire sauce and a jalapeño. She mixed it all together, shaped the mixture into a ball, then refrigerated it for an hour. The lines were carved with a knife and then she dug out the concavity for the superlaser with a spoon. Want to make one for yourself? Check out the instructional video below:
When the rebels attack, this large cheese ball is going to blow and become an explosive cheesy poof.
[via Neatorama]
Get ready to hold a little vom down in your throat. These carpet-looking thingamajigs are actually cheese made with human bacteria, such as the kind you’d find in your belly button or in your nose or in your salty tears or on your skin or on your toe. It’s beyond gross and, if you really really think about it, makes the very idea of cheese seem disgusting.
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Life handed Wisconsin lemons, and Wisconsin has come right back with the cheesiest lemonade you ever did see. Instead of spending thousands of dollars to dispose of cheese brine every year, Wisconsin will be putting that liquid provolone gold right back to use by pouring it onto the roads—which, in turn, is making them safer than ever before.
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Folks often shy away from fancy cheese because it smells like feet. But what if the cheese was actually made from feet—or rather, the bacteria that makes your feet stink? A couple of bio-hacker artists decided to explore that possibility. And it sounds really gross.
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Love lollipops? Have a taste for blue cheese? Then you’ll probably love gourmet lollipop company Lollyphile’s newest offering: blue cheese lollipops. Lollyphile is known for coming up with unusual, if not sometimes scandalous lollipop flavors, like Sriracha and Breast Milk (ewww.)
The blue cheese lollipops were only recently launched, along with a series of promotional images that can be described as downright scary. I get that they’re going with a blue theme, given that it’s blue cheese and all, but I don’t think they had to go and use Effie Trinket as their model.
The lollipops are described as being “sharp, tasty, and edgy.” Since blue cheese is often paired with honey, it was apparently easy to combine both flavors to make the lollipop into a reality.
Lollyphile’s owner, Jason Darling, explains that the blue cheese lollipops “started off as a joke.” He adds: “I was initially scared to try them. My partner, Maria, wasn’t, and she instantly declared it to be delicious. Once I was convinced that she wasn’t pranking me I took a taste, and I had no choice but to agree with her. They’re delicious. I mean, if you like blue cheese. And who doesn’t?”
If your taste buds are up to the challenge, you can order up a batch of blue cheese lollies starting at $10(USD) over at Lollyphile.
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