Broadway and 85th Street, 5;00PM EST, NYC.
How bleak is this.........?
Monday, February 14, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Why We're Fat Volume 4
Here we go again...
The Burger King X-Tra Long [Photo: BurgerBusiness]
"Look out, it’s spreading.
Burger King is expanding its line of triple-patty X-tra Long Chili Cheese burgers that it first began selling in Germany. The build includes chile-cheese sauce and jalapeños. The idea moved next into Austria and now has spread to The Netherlands.
The clever Dutch have even taken the horizontal burger idea one better, combing onion rings, cheese and barbecue sauce to make an X-tra Long Rodeo BBQ. If the BK Stuffed Steakhouse doesn’t work here, just know that Burger King has other ideas at the ready."
-BurgerBusiness.com
Well, it looks like the Burger King Corporation has done it again. In order to make sure that the world stays fat, Burger King has been test marketing these babies all over Europe. I have no idea how sales have been, but you can be sure that the executives over at BK can't wait to release these things in the good 'ole U.S. of A. as soon as all of the market research is done. Gotta keep all of those 'Mericans in their elasti-waist Wal-Mart sweat pants.
Those same corporate marketers have also seen fit to test market an American X-Tra Long Chicken Burger (gee, chicken is healthy, right??) available in various parts of Asia (China, Thailand, the Philippines), as well as the Malaysian X-Tra Long Cheese Supreme, which contains burgers, A1 steak sauce, mayonnaise, and cheese. Since all of these "sandwiches" are experimental and still in the design, marketing, and developmental phases, there is no nutritional information available. None of these creations appear on the corporate web site or on any global menu. So, one can only imagine what kind of artery clogging happiness awaits if any of these are to be released on a world wide level.
Sigh.
After the jump, watch the German television advertisement for the "Chili Cheese Saus en vurige Jalapeños"
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
National Jell-O® Week!
Yes, that's right, it's that time of year for everyone's favorite happy, jiggly, sickening, and completely other worldly treat.
National Jell-O® Week
is the second week in February every year.
"Jell-O is sold prepared (ready to eat) or in powder form, and it is available in many different colors and flavors. The powder contains powdered gelatin and flavorings including sugar or artificial sweeteners. It is dissolved in very hot water, then chilled and allowed to set. Sometimes fruit, vegetables, whipped cream, or other ingredients are added to make elaborate snacks that can be molded into various shapes. Jell-O must be refrigerated until served, and once set properly, it is normally eaten with a spoon.
There are also non-gelatin pudding and pie filling products under the Jell-O brand. To make pudding, these are cooked on stove top with milk, then either eaten warm or chilled until more firmly set. Jell-O also has an instant pudding product which is simply mixed with cold milk and then chilled. To make pie fillings, the same products are simply prepared with less liquid.
Though the word Jell-O is a name brand, it is commonly used in the United States as a generic and household name for any gelatin products."
Check out the Wiki page for a list of all of the discontinued flavours.
I really miss the "Italian Salad" flavour, myself.
So, whatcha' gonna make this year??????
Mine's after the jump....
Friday, February 4, 2011
Wine List??
A good friend of mine recently returned to civilisation, i.e. New York City, from the wilds of Los Angeles and brought back this :
Who needs a wine list when you can spend $28.00 on Wattwiller, that was bottled by fourteen-year-old nuns, in a tiny convent in the south of France, on a thursday, when it was raining, because it was the perfect time of the month for water.
So, I guess that Châteauneuf-du-Pape is so passé.
Only in La La kids, only in La La.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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