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Finally, a game where the result is always chocolate. Trivial Pursuit Chocolate Edition takes the concept of the long-standing board game, and instead of teasing you with a slice of fake pie, you get chocolate.
Trivia questions are provided on each chocolate label, and if you answer all three correctly you get a sweet treat. It’s like a training tool to get smart.
[available at Amazon]
The unnecessary merging of kitchen utensils continues. This time, the fork has dumped the spoon and has become one with the knife. Enter the Knork, which just might give the spork a run for its money as the ultimate franken-utensil and kitchen portmanteau.
The Knork has the standard food-stabbing feature of your average fork, with an added beveled ‘knife’ edge. It allows for the easy cutting of foods, but keeps from slicing your mouth open while eating. It’s like magic, but it’s really just a more efficient fork with a cooler name. Enjoy.
We’ve seen it on a stick, immortalized in LEGOS, and now it glows in the dark. Glowing Sushi is a new and rather disturbing food trend, and the fish used are 100% real. GloFish, as they are known, are genetically-modified zebrafish that were originally used for environmental purposes to help indicate a contaminated river. The GloFish technology was then used on pet fish to help add some flair to your home aquarium.
Now, the fluorescent fish are being rolled up in rice and adding further insult to sushi culture. Brought to us by a few members of The Center for Genomic Gastronomy, they created three different rolls including; Kryptonite Rolls, Stop and Glow Nigirizushi and ‘Not in California’ Rolls. California is currently the only state that does not allow the sale of glowing fish. Good call Arnold.
[Glowing Sushi, via Oddity Central]
As you’ve probably already heard, we built this city on rock and roll. But Peter Root carved his out of 176 lbs of potatoes. Officially titled “Plot,” the miniature spud city was inspired by Root’s surroundings of Istanbul. It took about three weeks to complete and consists of very starchy homes, office blocks and places of worship. Take that, Starship.
To help perpetuate Italian stereotypes further, Funny or Die brings us The Bensonhurst Spelling Bee. Starring Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Ripa, and moderated by none other than the typecasted Lorraine Bracco and Tony Sirico — Brooklyn youth are asked to spell various Italian foodstuffs, with embarrassing results.
And thank you Funny or Die for leaving New Jersey out of this. I think we’ve suffered enough.
[via @duluozlegend, who never misspells ‘madanad’]