October 24

Food in the news

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Food is always in the news and here at Food on the Blog we love to give you the best of it. Here is a round up of recent food in the news stories to laugh, cry or maybe even cringe at!

Pasta gets cool

This is a big story about how to be less big. Recent research shows that cooling down your pasta and reheating it has a dramatic effect on how your body processes it making it less fattening and better for you all round. Sounds like a winner for those of us that always make too much pasta, or for those who already love leftovers… http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29629761

It’s foolish to eat McDonalds (if you don’t know you are)

Taking McDonalds food apart to make it look more appealing is perhaps something we would all like to do. But when you then serve it to organic experts it actually transforms into noticeable excellent organic food! Wait, surly not? Watch this for our Dutch cousins and turn on subtitles… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qa6QXBxxWw

Foods that bug you

No not more about McDonalds, this is the ongoing view that we (that includes you) should be eating more insects if we want to save the world. I have tried insects before and they were not unpleasant, if not the most appetising comestibles out there. Check out this report and see if you would replace your Christmas or Thanks Giving turkey with a pile of crispy locusts… http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2014/10/are-insects-the-future-of-food/

To dunk or not to dunk…

One of the worlds major issues is your dunking biscuit getting too soggy and falling into your hot beverage causing ‘final gulp distress’. I’m for one am surprised no one has sort to solve this pressing issue…until now. Check the link below and dunk confidently forever more! http://www.dunkinbuddy.com/

Would you like to take a seat? Ermmm…

Ever thought your lounge could do with more food related furniture? Silly question, of course you have! Who could resist this sausage shaped sofa, from the pictures it even looks super greasy mmmmm… http://belovedshirts.com/collections/accessories/products/sausage-pillow   Feel free to join in and add the any news stories that have caught your eye recently, whether informative or simply ridiculous just put them in the comment below! Please note we take no responsibility for the content of external links. Michael Robinson

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70 Years of Wimpy

Nostalgia is a wonderful thing. Memories from your childhood that you rarely get to see or experience again, leave you wistfully day dreaming about those halcyon days gone by… But lucky for us here in the UK Wimpy is celebrating their 70th Anniversary! That’s right 70 years of Wimpy. Let’s think about that for a

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Tindle Is Your New Favourite (Not) Chicken!

This is a new brand for me and I’ll tell you why Tindle is your new favourite (not) chicken. I have tried a lot of different brands of “fake” chicken, and if you have too you’ll know that some are better than others. So I was up for the taste test challenge when I received

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Kelly Loves Korean Variety Box Review

Kelly Loves kindly sent me a box of goodies to check out and give you my thoughts on a selection of their products. So let’s check out my Kelly Loves Korean Variety Box review! If, like me, you love Asian food, it’s great to find exciting brands that give you an easy way to enjoy

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