News Snack

The New York Times and whoever can say whatever they want to say about how much healthier it is and how it can cure everything from alcoholism to zits, but Raw Milk is hot and getting hotter because it tastes better than pasteurized milk. Shoot, I even drink it myself and I don’t much like milk.

In the New York Times

I’d love to know the reason why these thieves decided to steal this family’s goats. Wouldn’t you?

Thieves make off with family’s essential Nubian goats

And lastly,

LONDON (AFP) — Britain’s Prince Charles has banned the use of foie gras at his official residences for “personal reasons”, a royal official told AFP Wednesday. [Source]

Ah, well if Prince thinks the stuff is inedible, I suppose I should not eat it either. I mean, I look up to him so; he is such a great performer. I mean, wasn’t Purple Rain and that song about the red corvette too cool?

The best sauce in the world is hunger.

News Snack

The New York Times and whoever can say whatever they want to say about how much healthier it is and how it can cure everything from alcoholism to zits, but Raw Milk is hot and getting hotter because it tastes better than pasteurized milk. Shoot, I even drink it myself and I don’t much like milk.

In the New York Times

I’d love to know the reason why these thieves decided to steal this family’s goats. Wouldn’t you?

Thieves make off with family’s essential Nubian goats

And lastly,

LONDON (AFP) — Britain’s Prince Charles has banned the use of foie gras at his official residences for “personal reasons”, a royal official told AFP Wednesday. [Source]

Ah, well if Prince thinks the stuff is inedible, I suppose I should not eat it either. I mean, I look up to him so; he is such a great performer. I mean, wasn’t Purple Rain and that song about the red corvette too cool?

The best sauce in the world is hunger.

This will sour you

A biologist found that lemon wedges placed in water glasses at 21 restaurants were loaded with bacteria. Yuck. I wonder if the same problem exists in bars.

My thanks to Gary Allen for the clip.

The best sauce in the world is hunger.

This will sour you

A biologist found that lemon wedges placed in water glasses at 21 restaurants were loaded with bacteria. Yuck. I wonder if the same problem exists in bars.

My thanks to Gary Allen for the clip.

The best sauce in the world is hunger.

Sorry, No Closure

Thus far, no one has been able to identify the purpose of the singular appearing bi-forkated device discovered below decks by galley-chef Tyrone, who is currently posted to a Mercy ship docked somewhere in Africa. And from the dozens of responses to my mass-emailing and comments on the original post, the failure to nail the the utility of the unlikely utensil does not appear to be from wont of effort however, in some instances, misapplied.

Here is a sampling of some of the responses you sent to me.

A bridge for playing pool with the front snapped off

“c” is supposed to fit over a rod or dowel and might be used for pushing—but possibly as part of a larger apparatus.
the “tines” are[ not]meant to be used as a fork – they point the wrong way, dont look sharp enough, and a double header fork just wouldn’t work

a child’s combination food pusher and fork, or maybe some weird appetizer or fondue fork

a tandem junkie scratcher! Two junkies can sit back to back, supporting each other to keep from falling over in a nod, and can simultaneously scratch both of themselves at once. Useful on those long voyages home from the Opium Wars.

a stitch remover

[a tool] used in exploratory proctology surgery.

My gut tells me that it is part of a meat carving set: a profoundly stupid meat carving set. During the hours that I spent trying to discover the purpose of Tyrone’s loony fork, I looked at hundreds (maybe thousands) of images of weird forks. I don’t believe I saw anything quite as bizarre as this forked-up fork, but a few came pretty close

Exhibit one: No comment

Exhibit 2: How the heck are you supposed to eat with this? You can’t spear anything with the tines and even if you could they’d smash into your teeth when you tried to eat.

(I know it’s a bracelet; humor me.)

The best sauce in the world is hunger.

Sorry, No Closure

Thus far, no one has been able to identify the purpose of the singular appearing bi-forkated device discovered below decks by galley-chef Tyrone, who is currently posted to a Mercy ship docked somewhere in Africa. And from the dozens of responses to my mass-emailing and comments on the original post, the failure to nail the the utility of the unlikely utensil does not appear to be from wont of effort however, in some instances, misapplied.

Here is a sampling of some of the responses you sent to me.

A bridge for playing pool with the front snapped off

“c” is supposed to fit over a rod or dowel and might be used for pushing—but possibly as part of a larger apparatus.
the “tines” are[ not]meant to be used as a fork – they point the wrong way, dont look sharp enough, and a double header fork just wouldn’t work

a child’s combination food pusher and fork, or maybe some weird appetizer or fondue fork

a tandem junkie scratcher! Two junkies can sit back to back, supporting each other to keep from falling over in a nod, and can simultaneously scratch both of themselves at once. Useful on those long voyages home from the Opium Wars.

a stitch remover

[a tool] used in exploratory proctology surgery.

My gut tells me that it is part of a meat carving set: a profoundly stupid meat carving set. During the hours that I spent trying to discover the purpose of Tyrone’s loony fork, I looked at hundreds (maybe thousands) of images of weird forks. I don’t believe I saw anything quite as bizarre as this forked-up fork, but a few came pretty close

Exhibit one: No comment

Exhibit 2: How the heck are you supposed to eat with this? You can’t spear anything with the tines and even if you could they’d smash into your teeth when you tried to eat.

(I know it’s a bracelet; humor me.)

The best sauce in the world is hunger.

Germany Ain’t Italy

In response to a suit brought by Italian Parmesan producers in the European Court of Justice against Germany for allowing German companies to make and sell “Parmesan” cheese, the German government argued that the word “Parmesan” is generic and that any cheese that is intended to be grated and put on pasta could be so named. That seems like a pretty lame defense and the court agreed.

So the Italians won and now nobody in the EU can market any cheese as “Parmesan” unless it is produce in Italy by the “Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese Consortium.”

So now it seems that anyone in the EU who wants to make cheese that looks like Parmesan, and is used like Parmesan, and that maybe even tastes like Parmesan but is not made in the region of Parma, has to call it something else.

My vote is for Parma-John (or Parma-Jack) after my paternal grandfather whose name was Giovanni and who hailed from Borgo Val di Taro in the province of Parma.

Germany cleared in Parmesan case

and

EU Court: Parmesan Is Protected Name

The best sauce in the world is hunger.

Another view

Tyrone was kind enough to send another photo of the weird instrument he found in galley of the Mercy ship where he works as chef. Once again, if anyone knows what this thing is used for please let us know.

I’ll tell you what, this thing is starting to give me the creeps. It looks like an expression of a mad man (psychotic) don’t you think? Like someone was trying to model Bozo as a fork for no other reason than to frighten people.

Cross posted at Scotty’s blog at Cooking in Theory and Practice.

The best sauce in the world is hunger.

Another view

Tyrone was kind enough to send another photo of the weird instrument he found in galley of the Mercy ship where he works as chef. Once again, if anyone knows what this thing is used for please let us know.

I’ll tell you what, this thing is starting to give me the creeps. It looks like an expression of a mad man (psychotic) don’t you think? Like someone was trying to model Bozo as a fork for no other reason than to frighten people.

Cross posted at Scotty’s blog at Cooking in Theory and Practice.

The best sauce in the world is hunger.

Help!

Tyrone found this thing in the galley of the hospital ship where he works as chef. He has no idea what it is for, and frankly, neither do I. My first impression was that it was an eating implement, but it’s a bit hard to imagine the utility of a two-sided horizontally mounted fork. Then there’s that strange looking “C” shaped thing at what would be the bolster on a knife. It looks like it could be something that is meant to be a cradle for the index finger which suggests that it might be a tool for fabricating some type of food.

Of course we cannot forget that Tyrone is working on a hospital ship and that this thing might n be an archaic surgical instrument.

If anyone has any idea what this zany looking thing is, bring it on!

The best sauce in the world is hunger.