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Cake History, Meat Roses, and Bacon S’mores… It’s Foodiggity’s Best of The Week.
Sweet, sweet history… Cakes Throughout U.S. History
Say it with meat… The Steak Bouquet For Meat Lovers
This explains everything… The Coffee Cycle
Tea Time Gets Prehistoric… The Tea Rex
Rice-A-Phoni anyone?… Wacky Packages
Yes please… Bacon S’mores
Uhhhh, holy shit. Bacon S’mores has been brought to my attention, and raises the proverbial bar on awesome foods from here on in. The “how to” is over on TasteSpotting, and even includes techniques for making your own graham crackers and marshmallows. That sounds like a lot of work to me — just gimme.
[link, via Juliet’s Pinterest board]
So it has come to this. No longer do coeds need to suffer with beer not made specifically for their drinking games. Pong Beer is here, and was designed for the most popular game in frat houses and loser’s basement apartments across the country — beer pong.
The limited edition light beer will not only make for easy chugging, but is conveniently packaged in “Rack Packs” of 30 cans, so there is no counting required. And each 30-pack comes with 2 pong-playing balls. Game on.
[link, via Laughing Squid]
For those who didn’t grow up in the 70s or early 80s, Wacky Packages might be lost on you. Because it was around that time that the satirical sticker series was at its popularity apex, and its sophomoric play on words was actually considered high comedy.
Originally released in 1967 by Topps, Wacky Packages bashed U.S. products, and were a thinly-veiled criticism of American advertising and consumerism. However, that wasn’t what made kids at the time collect these by the pack.
Rather, it was our familiarity with these everyday products and awesome illustration, mixed with gross-out humor. That’s also what made any flat surface a potential canvas for a Wacky Packages sticker collage.
From Footsie Rolls and Plastered Peanuts to Hostage Cupcakes and Raw Goo Spaghetti Sauce — no consumer product was safe from being mocked in sticker form.
Who remembers these and/or had a fridge covered in them?
[special thanks to Christian of Art Skool Damage for the photos]
The Coffee Cycle is an awesome poster by Grant Snider of Incidental Comics. Everything here looks pretty good — except the part where the barista screws up my order.
[link, via Laughing Squid]