With the warmer weather almost upon us, I can hardly help
but be reminded of summers past and the lost innocence of childhood, when long
into the evenings, the trees surrounding our happy home full with the raucous
laughter of cicadas, my parents and I would challenge each other to a thrilling
game of Doody Head.
There is certainly no shortage of weird and wonderful food-related things to write about, but when a friend showing you a picture of a toilet-shaped mug results in a pig-like chuckle squeezing itself out of your lungs/nostrels, there is not much thinking left to be done. So here we go – a tribute to the 15 year old schoolboy/girl in all of us. I am talking, of course, about some of the world’s funniest and craziest mugs.
If Food Network celebrity chef Alton Brown has anything to teach us
about cooking it is that it’s all about science. The culinary art is mostly chemistry
and physics with some biology tossed in for good measure. If you are all
about science and cooking you can reflect that in your kitchen with a
Scientific Spice Rack, a Scientific Storage Jar Set, and Good Chemistry Salt and Pepper Shakers.
It appears that you can make jam out of just about anything these days — even gin and whiskey. Take Bathtub Gin Artisanal Jam for example. Okay, they aren’t really made of gin and whiskey. They are made from the best organic fruit available that is blended into a surprising line of jams with a touch of a potent potable to give it something special that you won’t find in other preserves.