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I remember first hearing how you could cook an egg on the hood of your car, summer days in Chicago. But what about cooking an egg with the heat coming off your cell phone. Is it possible? Well, two Russian Journalists did it.

[Vladimir Lagovski and Andrei Moiseynko from Komsomolskaya Pravda Newspaper in Moscow] created a simple microwave structure as shown in the picture. They called from one cell phone to the other and left both phones on talking mode. They placed a tape recorder next to phones to imitate sounds of speaking so the phones would stay on.

You can read more about the experiment, the cooking times, at the source.

Source:
http://cybour.50webs.com/Resources_fun_mobile.html

Russian Source:
http://www.kp.ru/daily/23694.4/52233/print

“I don’t eat anything that has a face”. BearsAndBuds.com has a collection of fruit and vege disguised as living animals like the one below.

View them all at:
http://www.bearsandbuds.com/July2007/Veggie-Art-July07.asp

   
It is pretty amazing what people can create simply with some sugar, water, flower and a little food dye. Gnyc.net has a rather long list of cakes sorted by themes, Halloween, Sixties, Mini Cakes (my favorite) and plenty more.

Each of the cakes listed has a link below them to the baker so you’ll be able to know who to call when it comes time to order one up.

Hungry? Maybe need to cook for the week… mjgradziel.com has a recipe for a 17lb Portabella Mushroom Avocado Burger!

Go to the recipe… Tons of pictures!
http://mjgradziel.com/burger/giant_burger.html

A couple of gorgeous slow motion videos of corn kernels popping… Popcorn!

Ashlee Smith, a Salt Lake City, UT resident, made a peculiar discovery in her Grandfather’s garden recently, a tomato with a strawberry growing inside.

I wonder what Mother Nature will think up next…

You can view a video with Ashley and her grandfather over at abc4.com.

Spoiler
Ok… If you watch the video above found at abc4.com, you’ll discover that it is not actually a strawberry. The tomato just formed in such a way as to resemble a strawberry.

ImCooked.com, a video recipe site, has a great video of Christopher Walken explaining his roast chicken with pears recipe. Watch it below.

Go to Watch actor Christopher Walken roast a chicken.

Want a great, simple end of the summer BBQ recipe? One of my favorites, Clementine Citrus BBQ Shrimp Stir-Fry.

I highly recommend frozen raw shrimp. If the shrimp was frozen at the source, the taste does not get any fresher. For this recipe I bought a bag of Trader Joe’s Jumbo Uncooked Shrimp which has between 26 and 30 shrimp. I would also suggest a grill-top frying pan or a special veggie grilling grate, what I use, so you don’t lose any food between the grates of your grill.

Ingredients List

• 25-30 Uncooked Shrimp
• 8 Clementine Oranges
• 1 Cup Clementine Orange Juice
• 1 Zucchini
• 1 Yellow Squash
• 1 Medium-Large Yellow Onion
• 1.5 Tablespoons Low Sodium Soy Sauce
• 2 Tablespoons Honey
• 2 Cloves Garlic
• 1 Yellow Pepper
• 1 Red Pepper
• 2 Teaspoons Red Chili Pepper flakes
• Extra Virgin Olice Oil
• 2 Tablespoons Cilantro (optional)
• 2-4 Cups of Rice

Cooking Directions

1. Mmm… Clementines. I got a 5lb crate of this delicious fruit from Costco over the weekend, cube up 6 clementines and squeeze the juice from 4 into a large mixing bowl.
2. Add 2 finely chopped cloves of garlic, 1.5 tablespoons of soy sauce, 2 tablespoons honey, some black pepper and red chili pepper flakes, to your liking, to the large mixing bowl with the celmetine chunks and juice. Mix it up, tasting along the way to see what needs to be added. Careful with the soy sauce. I recommend adding it at 1/2 tablespoon increments, it can be a bit over powering. Another item you could add to the marinade is cilantro, that would be a nice addition actually.
3. Put the raw, thawed shrimp into the marinade an mix it around, making sure that there is enough juice covering all of your shrimp. If there is not, squeeze some more clementines into the bowl.
4. Grab a large ziplock bag and carefully pour your shrimp and marinade into it, place in the fridge for 1-2 hours. Depending on your grill, gas or charcoal, you may want to get it lit, pre-heat about 15-30 minutes before the shrimp is done marinading.
5. About 15 minutes before your shrimp is done marinading you can cut up your veges. I like big chunks of onion, and thick round slices of zucchini and squash, but cut them anyway you wish, just remember, they will shrink on the grill. Throw them into a large bowl, coat with some olive oil and some salt them set them aside.
6. Now we are ready to cook. Pull the shrimp out of the fridge, grab your veggies and head to your grill. Unzip the ziplock bag, pull out just the shrimp and put them into your grill pan, then throw your veggies on top. Mix the veggies and shrimp around, brushing everything with the leftover marinade every few minutes. If you have a nice and hot grill, cooking should take around 15-20 minutes.
7. If you’d like, while the shrimp cooks, you can make some rice, a little bed for your citrus BBQ shrimp.

Enjoy!

Thewvsr.com took photos of fast food menu items and placed them next to their corresponding ads.

Go to Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality and see the rest for yourself.

Frito-Lay Inc. has been accused of frying a mouse which then ended up in a Montana man’s bag of chips. 66 year old Jack Hines noticed the fried delicacy (heh, I’m sure it is somewhere) as he was about to eat it.

“Good thing I seen it. I got it all the way up to my mouth,” he said. “I felt the fur, I brought it back down and just looked at it and threw it behind my back.” - Jack Hines. AP.org

Would you fry up this little guy?

photo credit: turtblu

For those of us who live in urban areas, getting our hands on some delicious Girl Scout cookies can be hard, unless Betty in accounting does all the sales for her kid at the office. If you miss chowing down on Samoas or Thin Mints, you are in luck because there are some really good Girl Scout Cookie Recipes online.

1. Girl Scout’s Samoa Cookies Recipe
2. Another Girl Scout Samoa Cookies Copycat Recipe
3. Thin Mint Recipe - homemade and all-natural Recipe
4. Tagalongs or Peanut Butter Patties
   I found this recipe at HungryBrowser.com, but reprinted it belong since it is kind of hard to find on the linked page. (Credit to Phaed)

   PEANUT BUTTER PATTIE CAKES

   For Shortcakes:
   1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
   1/2 cup granulated sugar
   1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
   1 teaspoon cream of tarter
   3/4 teaspoon baking soda
   1/2 teaspoon salt
   1/3 cup unsalted butter, chilled
   1/3 cup buttermilk
   1 large egg
   1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

   For Filling:
   1 box Peanut Butter Patties Girl Scout cookies, crushed
   8 ounces cream cheese
   1 tablespoon honey

   For Decoration:
   4 ounces white chocolate, melted
   1/2 cup chopped peanuts

   Make shortcakes:
   Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. Cut the butter into 1/2 cubes and distribute them over the flour mixture. With a pastry blender, cut the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In a small bowl, stir together the buttermilk, egg, and vanilla. Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture and stir to combine. The dough will be very sticky. Drop the dough in spoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet. Bake for about 15 minutes.

   Make filling:
   Mix cream cheese and honey in food processor until light and fluffy.

   Assembly:
   Cut all the shortcakes in half widthwise (like an Enlish muffin). Spread the shortcake halves with the cream cheese mixture and top with crushed Peanut Butter Patties Girl Scout cookies. Put all of the halves together (like a sandwich). Drizzle melted white chocolate over the top and sprinkle with crushed peanuts.

   Makes 16 shortcakes.

5. For recipes that use Girl Scout Cookies as an ingredient go to GirlScoutsTotem.org

Photo Credit: © spachef/Ghetto Revival

Mmmm! I’ll be trying this sometime soon… Beer Cupcakes, with 1 cup of Guinness.

Go to the recipe at BigCityLittleKitchen.com