Campbell’s do it yourself soup

If you think opening a can of soup is just too easy, a Japanese company is offering the seeds to grow mini vegetables to make your own Campbell’s soup. The can includes the seeds and dirt to get you started. The word soup has been replaced with ’seed’ on the can and eventually the seedlings will have to be transplanted but already this company has sold 25,000 cans since April. You can order your

Campbell’s soup seed kit direct, but you’ll have to be able to read Japanese.

medieval cookies

Murray sent me this link to an incredible site packed full of medieval recipes. The middle age woodcut images and recipes in old english will have you hooked for hours as you navigate through all the different recipes and links. My favourite part is the recipes and moulds for

‘ye olde cookys’. The moulds are awesome and you can buy them online.

Gode Cookery have done an incredible job bringing you a huge range of Medieval recipes to prepare for your next feast or banquet.

hot chocolate with spice

I was reading about a hot chocolate drink served at Hemmingway chocolate shop in Florence, Italy infused with chillis, cinnamon and vanilla; the chillis really inspired me so I searched the internet and came up with thishot chocolate with chilli recipe which I will make today. With winter here, this could be a great way to warm up your day.

amazing computer game that teaches kids about world hunger

This is amazing, a super-cool computer game with killer graphics and game play that educates players about world hunger. Missions involve flying helicopters to locate refugees, working with budgets to feed the hungry, piloting food drops etc… and it’s FREE.

The download is a hefty 200meg but don’t be put off by the size or the fact it’s free… this is a game that you’d pay playstation prices for. If only all educational software could be like this.
Food Force missions

Chilli sauce so hot it could kill

Blair Lazar has created a chilli sauce so hot that it could kill. In fact if you buy it you have to sign a disclaimer and he’s only releasing 999 crystal bottles of it. He describes it as “like having your tongue hit with a hammer… it hurts”. He named the sauce 16 million- after its rating on the scoville scale. You can buy it at extreme food: home of blairs death sauce

Fried grasshoppers anyone?

When I take people to Thailand we inevitably seek out some fried grass hoppers to try. Amazingly they taste ok… a bit like chips. Before you reach for a bucket, talking to one grasshopper vendor in Thailand she was disgusted that we eat raw oysters. Anyhow, I saw the site linked below that shows you the best insects to eat and methods of preparing them and points out that Insects are low in carbohydrates, high in protein along with fat and calories.
How to Use Insects as Food

The world’s first underwater restaurant

Murray emailed me this story about a 14 seater restaurant at the Hilton in the Maldives. This thing is underwater so you get to see the sort of fish that you’re eating. I’m guessing that it’s going to be a while before it pays for itself.Hospitality Net – Industry News – The World’s First All-glass Undersea Restaurant Opens

Pizza Portraits of the Royals

Apparently the Pizza Express restaurants share the same birthday as the queen. To celebrate they created pizza portraits of the royals. A great gimmick that was picked up by the UK national press and blogged around the world. However the website doesn’t seem to mention it or I couldn’t find it… and no blog on the website seems a shame because this stunt is gaining them a heap of publicity that they could easily capitalise on. You can read more about it in the link below or check out the website I linked to above.

Shiny Shiny: Pizza Portraits of the Royals

Gut reactions…

Saw this interesting snippet today. Apparently scientists have discovered your stomach and digestive tract are wrapped in nerves just like your brain nerves. And this is all plays part in our cognitive processes and gives a new twist on the old phrase ‘gut reaction’. Read more here Scientists discover ’second brain’ in the stomach

The Death Clock – When Am I Going To Die?

Here’s a sobering reminder of your mortality… find out when you’re going to die. When Peter (the owner of the Spirit House) entered his details it turns out he only has a few more years left. We’re now trying to prevent him from spending our inheritance.The Death Clock – When Am I Going To Die?