Fresh-cut apples, ready-made pie crust, sugar, cinnamon, oh, and lots of crispy bacon fried in butter. Sounds lovely! Some daring food pornists took it to themselves to recreate the myth of the Bacon Apple Pie and put it’s edibility to the test. Was it edible? Did it send anyone to the hospital a few hours later? Yes and no it seems!

Want to try and bake one on your own? Follow the photo diary and see if you can recreate your own Bacon Apple Pie. Godspeed and may your intestines forgive you the next morning.

I’ve always wanted to open a diner. Greasy spoon, all you can drink coffee at 2am served by waitresses chewing gum who you know just doesn’t give a damn about your problems in the middle of the night. Thankfully, there is always some enterprising company making my (potential) life just that much easier. Atlanta, Georgia’s Dinermite has taken pre-fab architecture to new heights, by offer a series of modular, pre-stocked Diner setups for those of you who’ve always wished about changing your name to Frank or Bill and sticking up a ton of chrome on your street corner. Including everything from the checkerboard flooring to the kitchen sink, Dinermites’ modular diner systems provide almost everything a diner-aficionado needs to get their own greasy spoon up and running. Minus the cute aprons, jukebox and attitude of course.

Dine more: Dinermite! | Collection of diners around the US

Gotta make some dressing and all you’ve got in that fridge of yours is a jar of unopened Mayonnaise from the late 90s, that’s ok, you can still use it!* I know this thanks to Real Simple’s handy guide of expiration dates, taking data from experts and manufacturers, those daring folk have compiled a list of expiration dates that may shock you in more ways than one. For instance, a soft drink in a plastic bottle is best if consumed 3 months from it’s “best by” date, but once opened, it doesn’t really spoil, just tastes like crap.

(* at your own risk)

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Man, I have to apologize already for the title up there, but it was so bad I just had to do it. Soooo yeah, stare at the photo closely. What is it you ask? 2.21 heads of lettuce? Nonononono my friends. What you’re seeing up there is the Iceburg Lettuce safe, sure to be a hot “as seen on TV” seller if I’ve ever seen one! It looks absolutely realistic at distance, is made to be kept in your fridge and features a spacious hidden compartment underneath where you can store your (non-perishable) valuables while you’re on holiday or just in need of a witty place to hide that engagement ring you want to give to your ladyfriend.

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In a recent trip overseas, Prince Charles sent boardroom food execs tumbling out of their posh leather chairs when he brought up the idea of banning McDonald’s while touring a Diabetes center in Dubai. The exchange happened between Charles and a nutritionist, with Charles asking her, “Have you got anywhere with McDonald’s, have you tried getting it banned? That’s the key.”

Charles, who is a staunch supporter of sustainable farming and healthy, organic foods, may still be a little upset over recent events taking place in his homeland, where an 8 year old boy who weighs over 82kg was just returned to his parents who pledge to help him reduce his weight and break his addiction of processed foods through diet and exercise.

McDonald’s of course went on the offensive immediately, touting their recent marketing campaigns and window-dressing as changing the face of one of the worst food providers on the planet.

Read more: Prince ain’t lovin’ it | McSPOTLIGHT

Once again, my mind is blown. As most travelers know, in Italy, two things you can always find are pizza joints and ice cream shops. I’ve even read these are two of Italy’s most famous “cults”, a stereotype I’m starting to believe in more and more, especially after seeing the Konopizza. An Italian company has taken the countries two loves and combined them, creating a cone shaped dough ‘pocket’, adhering to the old artisan tradition and creating the Konopizza Oven, a special rotary oven than bakes the Konopizza within 3 minutes, giving the eater a hot, crispy pizza, in a cone, that they can take with them on the go, without making *too* much of a mess. Unfortunately, Konopizza and their patented oven are only available to franchises, but, here’s to hoping a Konopizza opens up nearby soon.

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Being a North Carolinian I couldn’t resist mentioning this. I always find it fascinating when cargo containers fall off ships, causing whatever they were transporting to either sink to the bottom of the ocean or float until it meets land. We saw it years ago with the rubber ducky tests which oceanographers used to track ocean currents, and we’ve all heard of everything from cars to Nike’s being washed overboard on the high seas. This time a cargo container carrying a shipment of Doritos brand chips fell off of a ship and cracked open, leading to hundreds of bags of Doritos to float freely through the Atlantic Ocean. The container, along with the Doritos washed up on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, with most of the Doritos packages still in-tact thanks to the airtight packaging. What followed was a minor small-time news storm, as scavengers descended upon the cheesy goodness, the media swarmed into to film those filling shopping bags full of chips while a handful of scrooges gave interviews complaining about the American way and stealing and season of giving, but everyone is taking and blah blah blah.

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Ok, it’s not the *only* thing I want for Christmas (there’s also this, this and this on my list), but damn if this isn’t in my top-5! The Donut Robot 42 belongs to the very lucky Derrick (adw3345) who documented his wonderful robot sidekick on his LiveJournal, teaching us some amazing facts on his vintage robot, such as it’s ability to make 384 donuts per hour, automatically. That’s about 4 more than I need! Per hour.

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According to a Massachusetts judge, a burrito is officially not a sandwich. Whew, I’m glad that’s been cleared up and the world can sleep a little easier at night. The case was brought by rivaling restaurant chains, when one chain who specialized in sandwiches and other bread-based food products, tried to use a lease agreement which stated no competing sandwich companies could move into the same mall. The problem, this was a Mexican restaurant, not a sandwich factory. The case went before the courts, where, on the testimony of many food and cultural experts, the judge heard that no reputable chef or culinary historian would ever label a burrito as a sandwich.

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Hoax from the land down under? You decide. Australia’s Courier Mail are reporting that the U.S. has recently begun enforcing a ban on the import of Vegemite, the salty food paste made from yeast extract that Australians seem to love spread on their breakfast toast. With reports of Vegemite checks at border crossings, import shops and airports, Australians reportedly are beginning to feel the crunch. Vegemite, a brand now owned by food conglomerate Kraft Foods, is said to contain Folate, an ingredient which is only allowed in U.S. breads and cereals.

Read more: Vegemite banned in the U.S. | Vegemite @ Wikipedia