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Slashfood http://www.slashfood.com Slashfood http://www.slashfood.com/media/feedlogo.gif Slashfood http://www.slashfood.com en-us Copyright 2008 Blogsmith, LLC. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/The perfect treatment for individually wrapped slices of American cheesehttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/05/14/the-perfect-treatment-for-individually-wrapped-slices-of-america/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/05/14/the-perfect-treatment-for-individually-wrapped-slices-of-america/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/05/14/the-perfect-treatment-for-individually-wrapped-slices-of-america/#commentsFiled under: Cheese, Food Oddities

slices of racing cheese

I find that those slices of individually wrapped American cheese are always disappointing. I can't remember the last time I bought them, but occasionally, when I'm at a cookout or barbecue, I forget and get them on my burger. One bite in I regret the choice, as while they have amazing melting properties, there's really nothing redeeming about them. You get a mouthful of tasteless cheesy food product that coats your tongue like liquid plastic and ruins a perfectly good piece of grilled meat.

Because of my disdain for these slices of faux cheese, I was particularly delighted to discover a far more interesting and creative use for them. Cheese racing. This is a practice in which people (mostly like while they are under the influence of alcohol) toss the still-wrapped slices onto a grill, in order to see who's slice will puff up the fastest. Apparently the plastic doesn't melt or burst and the cheese gives off inflating gas. Who knew!

[via Neatorama]

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]]>American cheeseAmericanCheesebarbecuingcheese racingCheeseRacingcookoutgrillingMarisa McClellan2008-05-14T18:58:00+00:00Ketchup and fries for someone with a sweet toothhttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/05/10/ketchup-and-fries-for-someone-with-a-sweet-tooth/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/05/10/ketchup-and-fries-for-someone-with-a-sweet-tooth/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/05/10/ketchup-and-fries-for-someone-with-a-sweet-tooth/#commentsFiled under: Candy, Food Oddities

marshmallow fries and a packet of jelly 'ketchup'

Because we as a people don't eat enough french fries, Kandy Kastle has created a candy version of American's favorite vegetable. These fries are made of marshmallow and are sculpted to look like steak fries. To increase the resemblance, they come packaged with a little packet of Kandy Ketchup Sour Candy Gel that looks like ketchup when squirted on these "fries." If you need the experience to be a little bit more complete, the Kandy Kastle company also makes a hamburger out of dyed marshmallow, so you can have your burger and fries and your sugar high, all in one.

[via Neatorama]

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]]>candy foodCandyFoodKandy KastleKandyKastlemallow friesMallowFriesMarisa McClellan2008-05-10T08:57:00+00:00Is it OK to top your cake with bacon?http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/29/is-it-ok-to-top-your-cake-with-bacon/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/29/is-it-ok-to-top-your-cake-with-bacon/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/29/is-it-ok-to-top-your-cake-with-bacon/#commentsFiled under: Dessert, Food Oddities, On the Blogs

bacon cake Hey, we've had bacon ice cream and bacon martinis and even bras made out of bacon. Why not a cake topped with it?

That's the question that a reader of cakehead.com asks. Specifically, she asks what type of cake is the best to top with bacon. Yellow cake was too sweet, and carrot cake didn't quite work either. Click on the link to find out what cake tastes great with bacon, and then try it yourself.

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]]>bacon cakecake topped with baconcarrot cakefeaturedred velvet cakeyellow cakeBob Sassone2008-04-29T18:06:00+00:00Fresh, homemade rick rollshttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/23/fresh-homemade-rick-rolls/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/23/fresh-homemade-rick-rolls/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/23/fresh-homemade-rick-rolls/#commentsFiled under: Food Oddities, Bread

four rolls with the image of Rick Astley on them

Have you been rick rolled lately? For those of you not in the know, being rick rolled is when you click on a link sent to you buy a friend, acquaintance or stranger that, instead of leading to where you are told it will lead, takes you to the YouTube video of eighties pop star Rick Astley singing his hit, "Never Gonna Give You Up." It gave everyone on the internet a giggle for a good long time.

Well, an intrepid baker, crafter and MAKE magazine community member has taken the concept of the rick roll to a far tastier, yeastier place, with the creation of these edible rick rolls (made with a laser engraver). It just proves that internet phenomenon never die, they just get refreshed.

Thanks Eric!

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]]>MAKE MagazineMakeMagazineplanetwriterick astleyrick rolledRickAstleyRickRolledMarisa McClellan2008-04-23T13:02:00+00:00Pictures of food that have taken the shape of their containerhttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/15/pictures-of-food-that-have-taken-the-shape-of-their-container/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/15/pictures-of-food-that-have-taken-the-shape-of-their-container/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/15/pictures-of-food-that-have-taken-the-shape-of-their-container/#commentsFiled under: Food Oddities, On the Blogs

raisins Quick, what's that on the right?

a. charcoal
b. a block of raisins
c. an old beehive

If you answered b, you're correct! It's one of the cool photos over at Zach Kowalczyk's Flickr page. He takes a bunch of food and shoves it in a container and then takes it out, taking a picture of it after it takes the shape of the container it was in. These aren't just pictures of food, they're little works of art.

My favorites are the Ramen noodles and the Jello.

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]]>flickr food picsfood containersfood shapesBob Sassone2008-04-15T08:02:00+00:00Whopper with cheese and 15 orders of baconhttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/10/whopper-with-cheese-and-15-orders-of-bacon/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/10/whopper-with-cheese-and-15-orders-of-bacon/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/10/whopper-with-cheese-and-15-orders-of-bacon/#commentsFiled under: Beef, Pork, Food Oddities, On the Blogs, Fast Food

whopper with 15 orders of bacon

When I was a kid and my parents would take me out to fast food (a very infrequent occurrence) there were always strict limits on what I could order. I was allowed a small burger (although my mother preferred that I get a chicken sandwich) and milk. Soda and french fries were not allowed (these rules did not apply to my father, and so I would beg a few fries and a sip of his root beer). I would always promise myself that when I was older and able to order my own food, I'd get whatever I wanted.

As I've gotten older, I haven't really kept that promise to myself, mostly because fast food just doesn't taste as good to me as it once did (and I don't want to die by the age of 40). However, somebody out there kept that childhood promise, and did so by ordering a Whopper with 15 additional orders of bacon, for an additional cost of $9. They certainly took the term bacon burger to a higher level than has been seen before. For more pictures of this slightly insane sandwich, head over to about:blank.

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]]>15 orders of bacon15OrdersOfBaconaboutblankbacon burgerBaconBurgerwhopper with 15 orders of baconWhopperWith15OrdersOfBaconMarisa McClellan2008-04-10T17:35:00+00:00Capturing meat in a bottle?http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/04/capturing-meat-in-a-bottle/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/04/capturing-meat-in-a-bottle/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/04/capturing-meat-in-a-bottle/#commentsFiled under: Beef, Food Oddities, Meat

bottles of meatwater

Chewing taking up too much of your time? Wish you could find a way to get that vital, meaty protein in a gem-colored translucent beverage? Sadly, you're going to have to wait a little longer, as the appealingly packaged Meatwater, featured on the aptly named website "Dinner in a Bottle" is nothing more than a glossy prank. It rides the coattails of VitaminWater and does a masterful job of populating the website with near-convincing copy.

If you saw Meatwater before this post, were you momentarily convinced that it was a real product (I realize the severed arm on the front page is sort of a giveaway)?

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]]>dinner in a bottleDinnerInABottlefake productFakeProductfaux productFauxProductmeatwaterpractical jokePracticalJokeMarisa McClellan2008-04-04T19:05:00+00:00The next big thing in breakfast meats: The bacon brahttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/02/the-next-big-thing-in-breakfast-meats-the-bacon-bra/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/02/the-next-big-thing-in-breakfast-meats-the-bacon-bra/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/02/the-next-big-thing-in-breakfast-meats-the-bacon-bra/#commentsFiled under: Pork, Food Oddities, On the Blogs

a woman wearing a bra made out of bacon

Is there anything that people won't do with bacon? We've had bacon cups, meat cabins and ships, bacon mats and candy bacon. However, until today, I'd never seen anyone wear bacon. This may just become the next thing in undergarments. It's wire-free, made of all-natural materials and could double as a snack in a pinch.

There's a larger version of the image after the jump, for those of you who want a closer look at this hand-crafted bacon bra.

Thanks Eric!

Continue reading The next big thing in breakfast meats: The bacon bra

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]]>baconbacon braBaconBrabreakfast meatBreakfastMeatporkunderwearMarisa McClellan2008-04-02T17:01:00+00:00Meatscapeshttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/02/meatscapes/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/02/meatscapes/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/04/02/meatscapes/#commentsFiled under: Food Oddities, On the Blogs, America

meatscape

The foodscapes have been coming fast and furious these past couple weeks. First I learned about London photographer Carl Warner's fanciful broccoli forests and smoked salmon seas. Then I discovered Gayle Chong Kwan's sinister Edens of rotting apples and wilted lettuce.

Now, I've been tipped off to Nicolas Lampert's meatscapes: goofy, retro photos of people with giant pieces of meat nearby. A cowboy squints into the distance from atop a mesa of honey baked ham. A family dressed in early-80's shorty-shorts poses proudly in front of a roast beef mountain.

Lampert, a Wisconsin artist, says his meatscapes are meant to make viewers think about the ethics of appropriating so much of our resources to raising animals for food.

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]]>FoodscapesMeatMeatscapesPhotographyEmily Matchar2008-04-02T15:00:00+00:00Make breakfast more interesting with toast arthttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/26/make-breakfast-more-interesting-with-toast-art/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/26/make-breakfast-more-interesting-with-toast-art/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/26/make-breakfast-more-interesting-with-toast-art/#commentsFiled under: Food Oddities, On the Blogs, Bakeries

a world map made out of toast

In the past we've featured gadgets that make it possible to make a tic tac toe board on your toast, as well as toasters that can imprint your morning bread with images from the New York Times or will toast transparently. However, this image proves once again that machine can never replace the artistry of the human hand, even when it comes to crafting toast art.

Recently, the blog at Make Magazine put together a gallery of toast art images which are amazingly detailed and nuanced. This map of the world is by artist David Reimondo

It takes playing with your food to a whole new level.

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]]>David ReimondoDavidReimondomake magazineMakeMagazinetoast artToastArtMarisa McClellan2008-03-26T12:01:00+00:00A new way to play with your foodhttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/21/a-new-way-to-play-with-your-food/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/21/a-new-way-to-play-with-your-food/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/21/a-new-way-to-play-with-your-food/#commentsFiled under: Breakfast, Food Oddities, On the Blogs

waffle tetris

During my middle school years, I was totally and completely addicted to Tetris. I played every afternoon when I came home from school and when I closed my eyes at night, I still saw the pieces falling into place. Truly, the only reason I don't still play obsessively is that I don't have a program that runs on my current computer (and I'm planning on keeping it that way).

However, a friend emailed me a link today that has me rethinking my position on Tetris. How can I not love how it has been reinvented using waffles in place of the colored blocks! It makes me consider pulling out my own waffle iron and making a game board on my own.

Thanks Eric!

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]]>BreakfastComputer GamesComputerGamesTetrisWaffleWaffle TetrisWaffleTetrisMarisa McClellan2008-03-21T14:03:00+00:00I-95 saved from collapse because of a hot sausage sandwich?http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/20/i-95-saved-from-collapse-because-of-a-hot-sausage-sandwich/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/20/i-95-saved-from-collapse-because-of-a-hot-sausage-sandwich/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/20/i-95-saved-from-collapse-because-of-a-hot-sausage-sandwich/#commentsFiled under: Food Oddities, Newspapers, Fast Food

cracked pillar holding up I-95

This week, Philadelphia was saved from near catastrophe, all thanks to a hot sausage sandwich. After a long afternoon of inspecting the Schuylkill Expressway, two engineers pulled of I-95 in the Port Richmond section of town in order to grab a late lunch. While they were heading back to the expressway, they drove past the column you see there in the picture, which holds up 6 lanes of I-95. As luck would have it, Peter Kim was familiar with that stretch of I-95 and had actually been out inspecting it back in December. He pulled out his phone, sent a picture off to Penndot and the repair crews mobilized within the hour.

It did snarl traffic for a couple of days, as that stretch of highway had to be closed while they made repairs, but thanks to a hot sausage sandwich.

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]]>Hot Sausage SandwichHotSausageSandwichI-95Peter KimPeterKimPhiladelphiaPort RichmondPortRichmondMarisa McClellan2008-03-20T17:57:00+00:00Ah, food art set to classical musichttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/17/a/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/17/a/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/17/a/#commentsFiled under: Food Oddities, Soups/Salads

Close up view of a salad.

I love art, especially when it's done with food. If you are also a fan of this kind of thing, you should check out the Tate Modern Fluxus extravaganza on the weekend of May 24.

American artist Alison Knowles will perform her "Make a Salad" piece. It's pretty self explanatory. She will coordinate a group of chef's in making a giant salad (big enough to feed 300 audience members) all set to the music of Mozart. It's an artwork designed to "blur the line between art and everyday activity."

If you're a foodie who's also into art, this may be the perfect event for you. How many other times are you going to be able to combine two of your favorite things?

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]]>Alison KnowlesAlisonKnowlessaladTate ModernTateModernShayna Glick2008-03-17T15:01:00+00:00Food on a stick: meet the Waffledoghttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/15/food-on-a-stick-meet-the-waffledog/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/15/food-on-a-stick-meet-the-waffledog/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/15/food-on-a-stick-meet-the-waffledog/#commentsFiled under: Asia, Food Oddities, On the Blogs

Waffle dog on a stick.

Ladies and gentlemen, appreciators of odd foods everywhere, meet the waffledog.

That's a hot dog wrapped in a waffle, doused in ketchup and eaten on a stick. Sound like a good idea to you? Me too.

In my opinion, the most surprising thing about this unusual treat is not the flavor combo (bacon and waffles are good, chicken and waffles are good, so why not hot dog and waffles?) but the fact that it was NOT made in America, proud home of so many foods-within-foods (think turducken - a chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed in a turkey - or mozzarella-stuffed pizza crust or cheesecake-stuffed chimichangas).

Nope, this baby was born in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, as reported on journalist Newley Purnell's blog. Apparently there are French fry-coated corn dogs to be had on the streets of Seoul, South Korea.

I wonder if I could replicate this with my waffle iron...

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]]>Food on a StickHot DogOdd FoodsWaffleEmily Matchar2008-03-15T14:00:00+00:00Talk about creative selling: an odd shaped strawberryhttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/14/talk-about-creative-selling-an-odd-shaped-strawberry/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/14/talk-about-creative-selling-an-odd-shaped-strawberry/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/14/talk-about-creative-selling-an-odd-shaped-strawberry/#commentsFiled under: Business, Fruit, Food Oddities

An odd shaped strawberrry.

A lot of people have come across an odd shaped piece of food and thought "boy that looks like such and such." We just received a tip about exactly that, and boy is it funny.

Someone found a strawberry that they think looks like the United States. I guess it kind of does, you just have to use your imagination. Where things start to get really funny is this person decided to sell it on Ebay! Not only that, it's up for bid until March 22, though the sales description does say the berry has been frozen.

Bidding starts a just 99 cents, so this interesting piece of fruit could be yours for a bargain. Of course there is the matter of $20 shipping!

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]]>EbaystrawberryShayna Glick2008-03-14T09:02:00+00:00Keeping the pear trees warmhttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/11/keeping-the-pear-trees-warm/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/11/keeping-the-pear-trees-warm/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/11/keeping-the-pear-trees-warm/#commentsFiled under: Television/Film, Food Oddities

a sweater wrapped pear tree

The town of Yellow Springs, OH is working hard to keep their pear trees warm, by knitting a colorful selection of cozies for the limbs and branches of the trees. When I first spotted this article, I wondered if there was actually a problem with the trees and the weather, maybe they were having a particularly cold winter and the trees needed protection. As I read further along the article, I discovered that it's an art project, rather than an act of kindness from the people to the fruit trees.

However, the vividly colored project has raised the town's awareness of knitting, crafting and the pear trees that live in their midst. What's next? A tomato plant cozy?

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]]>Marisa McClellan2008-03-11T17:56:00+00:00Japanese snack Hamster's Lunch wildly popular onlinehttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/11/japanese-snack-hamsters-lunch-wildly-popular-online/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/11/japanese-snack-hamsters-lunch-wildly-popular-online/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/11/japanese-snack-hamsters-lunch-wildly-popular-online/#commentsFiled under: Snacks, Asia, Food Oddities, Rice

As many of you may know, I'm a complete sucker for bizarre Japanese snack foods and their equally bizarre packaging. Take Gorira no hanakuso, a bean-based treat whose mascot is a cartoon gorilla. But until the other day I'd never encountered a Japanese snack designed to mimic pet food.

Despite what the package indicates, Hamster's Lunch is not a meal for your furry friends, but rather a rice cracker. Each morsel is shaped like a sunflower seed, which a Japanese web site points out "is Hamster's favorite food." The site also contains these valuable words to the wise: " Attention: Please do not provide real hamsters with Himatane."

It makes no such warning about trying to feed said Himatane to any of the dozen cute hamster figurines contained in each package of Hamster's Lunch. Apparently this faux hamster chow has developed such a following online that one purveyor has run out. And just when I was about to complete my miniature hamster army with that twelfth figurine.
[via Boing Boing]

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]]>Hamster's LunchHamster'sLunchHimataneJapanese snacksJapaneseSnacksrice crackersRiceCrackersJoe DiStefano2008-03-11T12:31:00+00:00Food Rules: Dinner must include a green vegetablehttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/10/food-rules-dinner-must-include-a-green-vegetable/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/10/food-rules-dinner-must-include-a-green-vegetable/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/10/food-rules-dinner-must-include-a-green-vegetable/#commentsFiled under: Vegetables, Culinary Kids, Food Oddities

colorful veggies in a steamer basket

When I was growing up, nearly every night my family ate dinner together. No matter what else was for dinner, there was always a green vegetable. On the rare occasion that we'd have breakfast for dinner, my mom would serve apple slices and tell us to pretend that they were green (cauliflower and all squashes counted as green). Because of this early conditioning, I have a very hard time feeling like my dinner experience has been complete if there wasn't a green vegetable on my plate.

I realized that this wasn't the norm about a week ago when I was making dinner. Scott wandered into the kitchen and asked what we were having. I replied, "Turkey burgers and baby bok choy, gotta have a green veggie." He looked at me strangely and so I explained my mom's rule of dinner. He said that wasn't the rule in his house when he was growing up, but that he could see how it made some sense.

So now I'm curious. What were the food rules in your house growing up? What are the rules that you've made for your own kids? I've got a couple of others that were also the law in my house growing up, but before I share those, I want to hear yours.

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]]>childhooddinnerfood rulesFoodRulesgreen vegetableshabitsMarisa McClellan2008-03-10T11:02:00+00:00A round-up of weird food news and storieshttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/06/a-round-up-of-weird-food-news-and-stories/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/06/a-round-up-of-weird-food-news-and-stories/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/06/a-round-up-of-weird-food-news-and-stories/#commentsFiled under: Food Oddities, Newspapers, On the Blogs

A word to the wise. If you've just stolen the box of doughnuts you're eating, it is probably not particularly smart to offer said doughnuts to the officers who are investigating the robbery.

If you're planning on having a heart attack, doing so in a restaurant where a college student majoring in cardiovascular technology works is probably a good way to go.

The 85 chickens that were let loose in a Philadelphia high school have found a home at the Fox Chase Farm, where they'll be able to graze for bugs and lay eggs to their hearts' content.

Two German airmen are being court-marshaled after trying to start a sausage-making company in which they used human blood. They were found out when one of their fellow soldiers inquired to a superior as to whether the venture was permissible or not. [via Yumsugar]

A new grocery store in the Giant chain opened Willow Grove, PA yesterday that is the size of two football fields and has a babysitting center, a cooking school, an on-site nutritionist and valet grocery pick-up. Who knew that grocery stores were becoming the next place for family entertainment.

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]]>chickensdoughnutsfood newsFoodNewshigh schoolhuman blood sausageround upstoriesweirdMarisa McClellan2008-03-06T17:04:00+00:00Cool off with frozen pickle juice in a tubehttp://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/05/cool-off-with-frozen-pickle-juice-in-a-tube/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/05/cool-off-with-frozen-pickle-juice-in-a-tube/http://www.slashfood.com/2008/03/05/cool-off-with-frozen-pickle-juice-in-a-tube/#commentsFiled under: Food Oddities, On the Blogs

The Pickle Sickle

When I was a young, every summer my cousin Harlan would come to spend a few weeks with my family. He lived in Hawaii, so coming to Los Angeles or Portland seemed like a strange way for him to spend part of his summer vacation, but he seemed to enjoy it and I loved to see him, so everyone was happy. About a month before he was scheduled to arrive, we would start saving pickle juice for him, because he loved the stuff (you weren't expecting that one, were you?). I always thought it was gross, but he looked forward to the jars of briny, green-tinged liquid, so we kept doing it.

Apparently, Harlan isn't the only one out there who is partial to pickle juice. The Pickle Sickle is a pickle juice pop that you can drink from the tube or freeze it and enjoy it as you would a popsicle. The company that created this "treat" is selling it to schools as a way to move away from the corn syrup filled Otter Pops (and other sweet frozen desserts).

What do you guys think? Horrible idea or intriguing treat?

[via Fridge Magnet]

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]]>Fridge Magnetpickle juicePickle SicklePickleSicklepopsicletreatMarisa McClellan2008-03-05T11:01:00+00:00