A great wrong has been… um… righted.
This, from the Guardian (UK) today:
Smuggled and bootlegged, it has been the cause of transatlantic tensions for more than two decades. But after 21 years in exile, the haggis is to be allowed back into the United States.
(Emphasis mine)
Turns out that when everyone flipped out over bovine spongiform encephalopathy (Mad Cow, yo), the haggis, that succulent dish of onion, oatmeal, lungs, hearts, and liver, all wrapped up in a sheep’s stomach, was one of the major casualties.
Now, finally, we Americans can again dine on this delicacy.
And since we’ve gotten that out of the way, we can finally concentrate on freeing Mumia and Leonard Peltier, and getting Shoeless Joe into the Hall of Fame. I mean, now that we’re not hungry anymore.
THIS.
Know what that is? That’s a carne mechada patacón, from Venezuela. It might look like a burger, but look more closely and you’ll see that the “bun” is really flattened plantains, which surround shredded beef, condiments (including SPECIAL SAUCE), and fried cheese.
EXCEPT, it’s not IN Venezuela, it’s in NEW YORK CITY. That’s right, this is from Patacon Pisao, in Queens. QUEENS! Why have you Queens residents not told me about this???? Why have you not mailed 50 of these to me already?!? You know who you are. I am disappointed.
Must eat. MUST. I have it on good authority that Ponce De Leon was not, in fact, looking for the Fountain of Youth. That was a translation error. He was actually looking for the Plantain of Truth, and he obviously would have found it in Venezuela, or in QUEENS. Please, someone eat this and tell me all about it.
(h/t amy dee)
My eating habits are dealt a devastating blow.
Sent in by JP:
Anthony Franz says an undercooked salmon salad gave him a 9-foot-tapeworm, and in August he sued the Chicago restaurant that served it to him.
If Franz’s tapeworm tale holds water – and the Chicago Sun-Times reports that the restaurant disputes his account – then it’s just one more data point to add to a growing urban tapeworm problem.
Once the bane of rural Japanese villagers, a paper in the June issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases reports on the spread of the the salmon tapeworm Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense. The parasite, which can reach lengths of 39 feet (12 meters), has been steadily increasing its global distribution and prevalence – mostly among yuppies with a hankering for sashimi and ceviche.
Stupid yuppies.
The article goes on to say that if one must eat sushi, one should stick to really super-boring things like tuna. AAAAAGH!!! TUNA??!??!!?
It also points out the recent surge of the fox tapeworm, which is transmitted to humans through canine feces. So there’s ANOTHER thing I can’t eat. What a shitty day.
Nine feet is a lot of tapeworm.
a way to reduce food costs
The economic situation is no doubt impacting many in a real way. Spam sales are up, but for those that are really hard up for something to eat, there’s a book just for you.
I love that the first keyword for the book is “sauces.”
I think I’ll stick to dumpster diving at taco bell.
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