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How gambling and laziness led to the creation of the sandwich The tale of how a Georgian era British statesman became one of the first food influencers ever.
Everybody likes a good sandwich, right? Whether it’s a sky-high pile of pastrami between two pieces of fresh rye bread or the wonderful mashup of Vietnamese and French food in a banh mi, the sandwich remains a popular choice for hungry eaters around the world. What most people don’t know is the fascinating history behind the creation of the sandwich. It’s a tale of a British statesman’s obsession with gambling and drinking and how it led to one of modernity’s favorite foods. The British statesman who became a food influencer John Montagu was born in 1718, the son of Edward Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke. His father died when John was four,…
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10 scary seafood facts that will make you rethink your diet There’s a whole lot of scary stuff that goes along with the seafood on your plate, and we're not just talking about the mercury.
Swordfish with a side of dead marine mammals? Shrimp with a little slave labor on top? A Sprinkling of a illegal poaching and habitat degradation over your caviar? There’s a whole lot of scary stuff that goes along with the seafood on your plate. Read on for some of the most shocking facts about seafood. Farm-raised salmon: dyed pink – and one of the most toxic foods in the world In the wild, salmon take on an almost red flesh because of the krill in their diet. When salmon is farm-raised, they don’t have access to that krill and their flesh is actually white or gray. Manufacturers therefore dye the…
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The true history of absinthe, and the reason it was banned for 100 years The drink has a colorful history involving everything from medical miracles to murder.
Absinthe has a bad reputation, even compared with other alcoholic beverages. But from its early use as a medical elixir to the wave of absinthe bans that occurred during the early 1900s, the drink has a very colorful history involving everything from medical miracles to murder. Medicinal roots Absinthe is an anise-flavored, distilled spirit that was originally developed not as an alcoholic beverage, but for medicinal purposes. Early prototypes of the beverage were used by the ancient Greeks in childbirth. Scholars credit Madame Henriette Henirod from the Swiss village of Couvet as the first individual to create recognizable absinthe during the mid-eighteenth century. The earliest written recipe is dated to…
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Not worth it: the absolute worst foods at the dollar store It's already a given that you're sacrificing quality for convenience and a low price point. But these abominations aren't worth it.
When you visit your local dollar store, whether it’s Dollar General, Dollar Tree, or someplace else, you’ve already accepted the fact that you’re sacrificing quality for convenience. After all, it’s called a “dollar store” for a reason — you’re not going to find posh luxury goods. However, there are some foods offered at the dollar store that even starving Africans should think twice about eating. These awful foods at the dollar store proves that sometimes the convenience and low price just isn’t worth it. Fast Bites It’s hard to mess up the concept of a sandwich — it’s literally just a slab of meat in between two pieces of bread.…
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These useful fast food hacks will save money and change your lunch forever Tested and true fast food hacks to enhance your dining experience.
Depending on how you look at it, fast food is America’s greatest blessing or greatest curse. It’s delicious, affordable, and readily available – – but definitely not the most healthy option. Regardless, fast food is ingrained in the American zeitgeist, and budget-savvy people are always on the lookout for creative fast food hacks to enhance their dining experience. Whether you’re a hardcore fast food connoisseur or you only eat out on occasion, here are some fast food hacks that will help you on your next food run. The “fat man” technique The “fat man technique” fast food hack can be kind of inconvenient for fast food workers, but it will…
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Andrew Jackson’s 1400-pound block of cheese Jackson was a legend. And, at some point, he was gifted a humongous wheel of cheese. This is the story of that cheese,
Despite a humble beginning, Andrew Jackson grew to become a legend. Born in the backwoods of South Carolina, he attended school only sporadically as a boy. By the age of 14, he had been predeceased by both of his parents and his brothers and fought in the American Revolutionary War (during which time he contracted, and survived, smallpox). He was known for his fiery temper and propensity for fighting. Still, he managed to pull himself up by the bootstraps to become a wealthy lawyer, celebrated general, influential politician and, eventually, President of the United States of America. And, at some point, he was gifted a really, really big wheel of…
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10 food celebrities who ran afoul of the law Jared Fogle's prison job is, of all things, making sandwiches.
TMZ has reported that Englewood Federal Correction Institution inmate Jared Fogle is back in the food biz. In the ultimate ironic twist, his job in prison is making sandwiches. Apparently prison officials are in stitches over the irony. Fogle wasn’t a celebrity chef, but he was pretty prominent in the food industry for over ten years after his successful Subway diet program weight loss. And he’s certainly not the only food related celebrity to run afoul of the law. Jared Fogle Watch this video on YouTube Jared Fogle is of course the former Subway spokesperson who became famous for being in all those ads after attributing significant weight loss to…
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The 12 most infamous chef feuds Celebrity chefdom is rife with conflict: Here's our definitive roundup of the 12 biggest, baddest, craziest celebrity chef feuds.
Celebrity chefdom is rife with conflict: from the great foie gras debate, to vegans vs the world, to Anthony Bourdain vs everybody else, chefs aren’t known for their polite manners. Here’s our definitive roundup of the 13 biggest, baddest, craziest celebrity chef feuds. Gordon Ramsay vs Jamie Oliver Watch this video on YouTube Stuck in a ridiculous, testosterone-and-English-breakfast-tea-fueled feud are British chefs Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver, who are presumably duking it out for bragging rights as the biggest, baddest culinary Brit this side of the pond. Jamie started it by essentially calling Gordon an idiot for attacking a female Australian TV host (there was an image of a naked…
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