DailyDirt: Food That's Not Quite For Eating...
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
Parents everywhere are usually scolding their kids for playing with their food, but maybe kids are right to look at food as building materials and decorating items. Here are just a few unconventional uses for edible goods.- SPAM Lip Glaze probably doesn't have the same shelf life as regular SPAM. But it's way more portable and would probably get by TSA security checkpoints. [url]
- Sun-dried squid bodies make nice little sake bottles that are traditionally called Ika Tokkuri. Who needs to worry about BPA-free or Phthalate-free plastics when you can just eat your drinking vessels? [url]
- Condiment wallpaper is a cheap (but perhaps not very long-lasting) way to decorate a room. And it looks better than filling nail holes in drywall with toothpaste... [url]
- To discover more food-related links, check out what's floating around in StumbleUpon. [url]
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Filed Under: condiment, food, ika tokkuri, sake, spam, squid
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I had a friend nail a Twinkie to the wall of his bedroom and leave it to show how much preservative was in it.
I never did like Twinkies anyway.
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I think someone must have done the "moist Twinkies actually do mold" experiment.. I assume Twinkies have no extra special preservatives that allow them to escape mold growth under any conditions.
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But is it available with snozzberries?
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I am not a fear factor contestant
Just reading dried squid body brings back some really bad smell memories from time over seas... it was a local acquired taste and they sold it from carts. I think their favorite spot was under my window on extremely hot days.
I doubt that I could put my lips to something that smells like decaying fish and drink the putrid contents.
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