Beef Rice Is Not What I Expected
One of those newsletters that send out gig listings included Smart Mouth in a round-up last week, even though I’ve announced I’m not taking pitches, it’s written at the bottom of every issue, and I wrote an entire edition about it. I’m displeased with the person who chose to do that, and I feel bad for everyone who got their hopes up. Anyway, just a little behind-the-scenes stuff for y’all.
What we’ve got pictured above is “beef rice,” a new invention that bulks up the nutritional profile of rice with beef cells. I wonder if they’d have to change the color before bringing it to market, as it’s somehow both too real and too fake. (h/t Aaron Billard)
Remember a month or so ago when Wendy’s announced it was going to do surge pricing? And then it walked that back? I just googled and, you know what, Wendy’s never actually walked back the plan, which was my understanding from articles and social media. No, Wendy’s just said they aren’t going to do SURGE pricing. They’re going to do DYNAMIC pricing. That’s different … because they say it is. I think this is crappy, but more importantly I hate this mealy-mouthed stuff, this “oh no WE used a different buzzword, that means we’re not monsters” stuff. Stand up in your foulness, please.
Well this is nice. The man behind Bob’s Red Mill was nice.
The history of peanut butter included John Kellogg loving it for his “patients” because they didn’t have to chew it. I shoulda known! (I only buy hippie peanut butter … unless I’m using it to make ice cream, in which case I go for something nasty like low-fat Jif. It works and tastes much better.)
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