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King of Kebabs Crowned at 2014 British Kebab Awards: Yes, That’s a Thing
Want chilli sauce with that trophy, boss? It can’t have been the most glamorous event ever held at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel in London’s Mayfair, but the 2nd Annual British Kebab Award’s took place...
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All-Natural Bananas are Filled With Chemicals
The next time you’re peeling a fresh, organic, “all-natural” banana just remember: it’s filled with tonnes of chemicals! But don’t worry, so is everything else. James Kennedy, a chemistry teacher...
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Haribo’s Sugar-Free Gummy Bears Cause “Colon-Shredding Rage”
The clear warning that the sugar-free version of Haribo’s Gummy Bears “can cause intestinal distress” due to the laxative effects of the product’s sweetener didn’t stop plenty of Amazon buyers eating...
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Government Ministers Banned From Tea and Biscuit Gravy Train
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles says serving MPs have been told to keep their fingers out of the complimentary governmental biscuit tin, explaining that hospitality offered to visitors is for...
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And the Winner of “Best Fish and Chip Shop in the UK” Is…
…Quayside in Whitby! Just a week after the king of UK kebabs was crowned, the second highlight of the takeaway food awards season has seen the family-run business take the title at the National Fish...
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Beer-Flavoured Jelly Beans Now Exist, Will Rot Your Teeth Long Before Getting...
Sweets and booze, two things certain to send you towards an early grave if over-indulged in, now come in one handy package! Inspired by Jelly Belly’s German roots, the company is now touting the...
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How to Make the World’s Most Expensive Cup of Coffee
Between the dark brew, the flavoured lattes, the frozen caffeinated treats, and the whirling gadgets, coffee is now a thirty billion dollar industry. Coffee is big business and companies like...
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Fortune Telling Chopsticks Predict Your Future but Not How Tasty Your Meal...
It’s the start of the Chinese New Year today (it’s the Year of the Horse, for all you equestrian lovers out there), and to mark the occasion, Chinese restaurant chain Ping Pong has created a set of...
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McVitie’s Ads Want to Examine the “Emotional Role” of the Biscuit in Today’s...
United Biscuits, owner of the McVitie’s brand and all the magical sugary food it produces, is about to launch a £12m advertising campaign in the UK. It wants to make the eating of too many biscuits an...
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Spoilt House of Lords Peers Complain Over Massively-Subsidised Haute Cuisine
What did you have for lunch? A Greggs steak bake? A Tesco meal deal? A home-made tinfoil-wrapped tuna sandwich? Yum. Spare a thought then for the House of Lords peers who have to suffer...
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Here’s What McDonald’s Chicken Nuggets are Actually Made From
It’s not pink goop. It’s more like a beige-ish sludge. Gross? Not entirely because ground up raw chicken meat made on a mass level will probably never look appetising, no matter how clean the process...
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Giant Metre-Long Spaghetti Lets You Live Out Lady and the Tramp
Valentine’s Day is less than a couple of weeks away, and if you’ve yet to plan a romantic evening with your sweetheart, don’t sweat it. This tube of metre-long spaghetti lets you recreate that famous...
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Would You Eat 3D Printed Insect Snacks to Help Lower World Hunger?
Scientists seem to agree that one way for humanity to survive the ongoing population explosion is to start getting more of its protein from insects, rather than the enormous, inefficient cows and pigs...
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Add Camel Milk to Your Coffee for a Healthier, Mildly-Unsettling Drink
A coffee chain has come up with a novel way of raising money to help charities in Africa, with select branches of Taylor St Baristas now offering the option of camel milk in your coffee or tea in...
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Severed Heads and Human Flesh Were on the Menu at World’s Worst Restuarant
We got in a right huff over the horse meat scandal, but it’s nothing compared to what was being served up in one Nigerian eatery, a seemingly perfect meeting spot for the world’s zombie population....
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Would You Swap Pub Grub Pork Scratchings for “Cock Scratchings”?
A pint of bitter, a gin and tonic and a bag of your finest deep-fried chicken skin please, barkeep! The Camden branch of BrewDog, the trendy pub chain renowned for its own-brewed craft beers, is...
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Sausage Skittles Combine Two of My Favourite Foods and Yet I Feel Sick
A sausage that lets you “taste the rainbow”? Hmmm. It sounds like the adventurous “budget-Heston”‘s dream come true but, as a fan of both Bramley Apple-filled sausages and of mounting Malteasers on top...
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The US Army’s Perfecting a Pizza That Lasts for Years and Years
Life is hard for soldiers in the battlefield, so when the troops want something that might make things a little more bearable—say, a particular food item in their meal rations—the military listens. And...
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Inside London’s World War II Bunker Turned Massive Underground Farm
Last week, we wrote about a project in London that sounds straight up apocalyptic: A massive underground farm inside a 60-year-old bunker, originally built to protect Londoners from Nazi bombs. Now, we...
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“Mashtag” Potato 3.0 Redesign Beta Rolling Out in March
Birds Eye has invented a new form of food for nutritional gurus, in the shape of Mashtags. Or, as the packaging suggests, Mas#tags, the #New and #Tasty potato shapes. Serving suggestion: Listlessly...
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