Did you catch the guy eating toasted cicadas on The Colbert Report last night? David Gracer, a
Lots of cultures eat insects. I've enjoyed tiny grasshoppers, known as chapulines, in
Colbert was not convinced though. "I might ask one of my writers to eat a bug," he said. "Let me check their contract."
When people are bored, they come up with all sorts of unusual experiments that, if otherwise occupied, perhaps they wouldn't ordinarily try. There is little doubt that this has led to some great discoveries over the years, but this particular one is probably unlikely to have widespread cultural ramifications. It involves Jello and the question of whether or not it can be nailed to a wall.
I won't keep you in suspense. Jello - or jelly if you're not from the US - cannot be nailed to a wall in its standard form. When prepared according to package directions, the amount of gelatin that gives the food its signature "jiggle" is not enough to hold it together when nailed to a board. If you live somewhere where you can purchase concentrated jelly/Jello cubes, however, you will find that it can easily be nailed to a wall.
Mystery solved.
[via boingboing]
It's hip to eat savory ice creams, and if you go to a food festival you're bound
to see something in the creamy, cold category no matter what the topic - even, yes, garlic. But octopus, that's an ice cream I've
never either (a) tried or (b) cared to try. Jason from Damn
Interesting agrees, and says: "damnit, we have to draw a line, and Octopus Ice Cream would have to be on
the far side of that line."
Watch Iron Chef and you're bound to see some strange ice creams. Sure, sure, that's a spur-of-the-moment exercise in bizarro creativity. But this is a packaged variety available commercially. Does it sell? Has anyone tried it?
Making your own candy is not difficult, but there are a few things you need to keep in mind.
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