I would roast or fry these. Wouldn’t you? Purple freedom fries! Klamath Basin Fresh Direct, an association of potato farmers along the Oregon-California border, has been awarded exclusive rights to grow and market a new purple fingerling developed by the USDA and three Northwest universities. The potato is called Purple Pelisse, named for an intense hue inside and out that …
America Needs Agriculture
It’s going to cost WHAT to raise a child today? $221,190, you say? No kidding? With the rising cost of living, including raising children, it’s more important now than ever before for American families to have safe, inexpensive food for their dinner plates. With ballot initiatives sponsored by groups such as the Humane Society of the United States working to …
Top 10 Most Unusual Fair Foods
Get your cotton candy, get your hot dogs, grab your burgers and throw a fritter in there, too. How about a hot beef sundae…What’s that? This is just one of the top ten most unusual fair foods, according to MSN Delish. Chuck posted about these bad boys way back in 2006, and it seems their popularity hasn’t faded away yet. …
Meat is Bringing Sexy Back
Is meat getting sexy again? Here’s one case in point. This provocatively posed porker is part of an ad campaign by Rachachuros Seasoning that also includes similar sexy shots of a duck and a chicken. Another case in point: Top Chef ’s Padma Lakshmi steamy Carls Jr. burger commercial that got quite a bit of attention when it came out …
National Hot Dog Day
I guess I missed it by a day but better late than never. July 21 is National Hot Dog Day and I hope you all had a chance to have yours. I personally like them sliced and fried with eggs for breakfast as well as on a bun for lunch or dinner. If you want some tips on how to …
Food, Fiber and Energy at an American Super Store
Here’s our first report from the IFMA 17 Congress. Good job newsroom! From farmers markets to super markets, IFMA 17 delegates had the opportunity to spend Sunday, July 19 touring the Meijer’s Super Store. Delegates arrived at the Bone Student Center Sunday to register for this week’s events. A shuttle, provided by Peoria Charter Coach, took them from the ISU …
Florida’s ‘Pure’ Honey Standard
Get your sweet tooth ready for Florida’s “pure” honey standard in Florida! According the the Miami Herald Breaking Business News, Nirvi Shah reports about Florida’s big step towards producing pure honey for the world. Florida has become the first state — and possibly the first in the world — to ban additives, chemicals or other substances from honey produced, sold …
Marinade Your Meat on Demand
If you like to marinade your beef before cooking it then you might want to think Schwan’s courtesy of The Chicago Meat Authority. Take this Marinade on Demand Chimichurri Beef. Yes, Marinade on Demand. It doesn’t get any more convenient than that. Marinate with all of the flavor but none of the mess. SCHWAN’S® exclusive packaging lets you marinade your …
Forget Taxing Food
I don’t know what you think about it but it sure seems to me like we’ve got a government that thinks that the answer to every problem in our society can be fixed with a new program and new taxes. I’m just wondering where in the world they think that money is going to come from. Here’s the latest backlash …
Oscar Mayer Passes Away
Let’s move from hamburgers to hot dogs. These tasty staples of the American diet owe a lot to the guys at Oscar Meyer. Well, past Chairman Oscar Mayer has passed away at the age of 95. That’s right. Shows what a good hot dog will do for you. He was the third person of that name in the family to …