What Are ‘Refried Beans’?
What Americans call 'refried beans' are not really beans that have been fried more than once.
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How Are Baby Carrots Made?
Baby carrots are just small carrots or carrot chunks, not 'deformed full-sized carrots that have been soaked in chlorine.'
Do PLU Codes Document How Produce Is Grown?
The numeric codes found on produce stickers may or may not reliably identify how those produce items were grown.
Noodles and MSG
Rumor: Cooking instant noodles along with the contents of their flavor packets turns the MSG contained therein toxic.
Cake Inscriptions Gone Wrong
A compendium of mortifying examples of cake inscriptions gone wrong.
Pink Slime and Mechanically Separated Chicken
Text describes the process of producing mechanically separated chicken?
Tapioca Sinks Freighter
A freighter carrying tapioca nearly sank when a fire in its hold (and the water used to extinguish it) cooked the cargo.
Bacteria in Sun Tea Risk
Can homemade 'sun tea' harbor dangerous bacteria?
Stuffed Camel Recipe
Does an international cookbook include a recipe for stuffed camel?
Cooking Corn on the Cob in a Cooler
Can you cook corn on the cob in a portable picnic cooler? And is it a good idea?
‘Grade D But Edible’ Meat
Fast food restaurants and school cafeterias do not use 'Grade D but edible' meat, because no such classification exists.
Health Stats and Eggs
Health statistics regarding eggs confuse bureaucrat and restaurant manager.
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Background Check: Investigating George Floyd’s Criminal Record
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