undead astronauts

the nation’s 5 fattest counties are “Greene and Dallas counties in Alabama and Holmes, Humphreys and Jefferson counties in Mississippi.” these counties are mostly populated by poor rural african-americans, and some of the estimates might be off, the article said.

other righteously rotund counties are in appalachian territory like kentucky and west virginia.

sad and pathetic, but unsurprising. counties in colorado, new mexico and utah had the lowest obesity rates.

china is the world’s biggest producer and consumer of beer, believe it or not. this is what octoberfest looks like at qingdao’s beer festival.

below is a japanese tv report on the festival. there is a whole hell of a lot of beer on display. ganbei!

(source: iggy)

saw this first at gnxp. a survey of sugar intake was conducted and it shows that sugar intake for asian americans is the lowest among races.

The intake of added sugars was higher among men than women and inversely related to age, educational status, and family income. Asian Americans had the lowest intake and Hispanics the next lowest intake. Among men, African Americans had the highest intake, although whites and American Indians/Alaskan Natives also had high intakes. Among women, African Americans and American Indians/Alaskan Natives had the highest intakes. Intake of added sugars was inversely related to educational attainment in whites, African Americans, Hispanic men, and American Indians/Alaskan Native men, but was unrelated in Asian Americans. These findings were generally consistent with relationships in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2004 (using one or two 24-hour dietary recalls).

they should start regulating sugar as a drug. eating more of it makes u stupid and poor!

40lbs of crawfish. With potatoes, mushrooms, onion, corn on the cobb

The famous annual Landraneau Crawfish Broil was in full effect.  Roughly 120lbs of fresh crawfish were cooked up true ‘Orleans style, and consumed as such. Some pictures of Chef Landraneau himself from start to finish.  Chowing down consists of painstakingly prying for your little bit of prize meat. Some say it’s not worth it. But eating is just part of the fun. Around the table is where the action is at; chit-chatting while your attack the food….messy, yet so good. (more…)

Dumplings

For the next episode of delectable delights, we venture our inspiration from the continent of Asia. Tired of the corruption by pre-fab and frozen poisons, we set forth to find the freshness, the succulence, the satisfaction of the real deal. Some ingredients included in this version are napa cabbage, shitaki mushrooms, ground pork, shrimp, ginger root. Once all were bathed and prepped, they enjoyed an icebreaker in a large bowl, before being wrapped up. From that point they either enjoyed the fate of simmering in the boiling pool of water or dancing on the frying pan floor. As mentioned before, I will continue in my attempts to document these adventures. Attempt to enjoy. (more…)

The Oh-So Good Burger. 4/20/09.

Time for some food.  The missus decided on making some burgers.  I decided I still need much practice/learning with the camera.  So here it is, the beginning of the “Foods”.  We will see where it goes from here. Hopefully both, the food and the camera work, continue to improve.