Life is hard for soldiers in the battlefield, so when the troops want something that might make things a little more bearable—say, a particular food item in their meal rations—the military listens. And right now, soldiers want pizza. They want it bad . And it looks like they’re finally going to get it. Read more…
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The Army’s Perfecting a Pizza That Lasts for Years and Years
It’s not pink goop . It’s more like a beige-ish sludge. Gross? Not entirely because ground up raw chicken meat made on a mass level will probably never look appetizing, no matter how clean the process and how delicious the result is. But at least it’s good to know you’re not eating alien meat? Read more…
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Here’s what McDonald’s Chicken Nuggets are actually made from
The next time you’re peeling a fresh, organic, “all-natural” banana just remember: it’s filled with tons of chemicals! But don’t worry, so is everything else. Read more…
Costco is one of the best places to buy quality ingredients in bulk and save money on food. With just one trip and $150, you can pick up enough to make nearly three weeks’ worth of dinners (4 servings each)—and have lots of leftovers. Read more…
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Make 20 Meals to Feed a Family of Four for $150 and One Trip to Costco
An anonymous reader writes with this news from California: “According to the article, ‘Officials at the Federal Bureau of Prisons say an inmate escaped from a minimum security area of the federal prison in Lompoc. Prison officials say Jeffrey Kilbride, 48, was discovered missing at around 1:30 p.m. on Friday….A search is reportedly underway. Prison officials say Kilbride was serving a 78-month sentence for conspiracy and fraud. He was due to be released on December 11, 2015.'” Here’s why Killbride was in prison. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Convicted Spammer Jeffrey Killbride Flees Prison
Astronauts have hard jobs. And like anyone with hard jobs, they deserve some french fries and a nice, deep-fried turkey after work. Don’t we all? But there’s bad news. According to a new study, it’s impossible to fry food in zero g . Nooooooooooo! Read more…
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Sorry, Astronauts: It’s Impossible to Fry Food in Zero G
Going gluten-free is all the rage these days. It’s the diet of choice for Hollywood starlets and health nuts alike; supermarket aisles are packed full of products touting their lack of the stretchy protein. But for a lot of people, the gluten-free lifestyle may do more harm than good. Read more…
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Why You Might Want to Rethink Going Gluten-Free
Of all the unique varieties that Ben & Jerry’s has concocted over the years, nothing can come close to the wonderful absurdity that is this glowing ice cream created by Charlie Francis . Using a synthesized version of the luminescent proteins that cause jellyfish to glow when they’re agitated, this gleaming frozen treat actually gets brighter as you lick it. Read more…
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Why This Glow in the Dark Ice Cream Costs $225 a Scoop
John Brownlee recalls how a 17th-century fish sauce evolved into a patent medicine, a health hazard, and finally a $3bn industry .
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The history of tomato ketchup
An outage of one company’s servers might only affect that company’s customers — but when a major data center for Amazon hits kinks, sites that rely on the AWS cloud services all suffer from the downtime. That’s what happened today, when several major sites or online services (like Instagram and AirBnB) were knocked temporarily offline, evidently because of problems at an Amazon data center in Northern Virginia. From TechCrunch’s coverage of the outage: “The deluge of tweets that accompanied the services’ initial hiccups first started at around 4 p.m. Eastern time, and only increased in intensity as users found they couldn’t share pictures of their food or their meticulously crafted video snippets. Some further poking around on Twitter and beyond revealed that some other services known to rely on AWS — Netflix, IFTTT, Heroku and Airbnb to name a few — have been experiencing similar issues today.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Dark Day In the AWS Cloud: Big Name Sites Go Down