Filet O' Fish Cops Das Racist Style

I know I've been coming with a lot of commercials lately, but this must be said. McDonald's has ripped off Hima and Das Racist's style. This is not the first time someone has released something that could have been easily been masterminded by Hima (listen to Windows Media Player by Charles Hamilton to hear how he jacked Hima's flow and style). And now McD's ripped the signature Das Racist Chorus Formula. Listen to "Pizza Hut Taco Bell" on Das Racist's Myspace and then watch this video.



A little too obvious, McDonald's!!

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Thanks, Naph.

Surf and Turf on the cheap

A few weeks back, we had the lovely Awilda and Devan over for a friday night meal. I wanted to make some sort of fish and some sort of steak, but keep the price point down. In the end, I settled on flank steak with chimichurri sauce on a bed of baby arugula and an avocado shrimp salad with ricotta dumplings.

The shrimp salad is something I created on a whim a little while ago and its super easy to prepare.

Avocado Shrimp Salad
Serves 2

1 ripe avocado (cut in half, reserve the shell)
1 can of cannelini beans
10 shrimp chopped up (I use Trader Joe's frozen jumbos)
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
1 tablespoon of of red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons of oil
salt and pepper to taste
two tablespoons of chopped parsley (optional)

Mash up the avocado with the beans and shrimp. Combine the lemon juice, vinegar and oil in a seperate small bowl and then add to the salad. Taste it. Add a few pinches of salt. Scoop the salad back into the avocado shells. Serve. You can make this the day before if you want.

Bonus: For dessert, Elizabeth made chocolate covered strawberries. I love this picture.

The Truth Behind Those Annoying Pizza Hut Commercials

Buddhist Temple built out of 1 million beer bottles

Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew, also known as Wat Lan Kuad or 'the Temple of a Million Bottles', is in Sisaket province near the Cambodian border, 400 miles from the capital Bangkok.

The Buddhist monks began collecting bottles in 1984 and they collected so many that they decided to use them as a building material.

(Via The UK Telegraph)

Exploding Food Strobographs by Patterson Beckwith at Mesler&Hug

detail of Untitled (Big Mac Strobograph i, 20 µs x 5, 2008)., 16x20 C-print, 2008, Patterson Beckwith

Currently on display at the gallery Mesler&Hug in Los Angeles is the work of photographer Patterson Beckwith. The show includes strobographs (high speed photographs) of exploding foodstuffs like Big Macs, french fries, milk shakes, and other objects. [via Eat Me Daily]

ZUNIxFLEXITARIAN

Last night, I was inspired to make braised short ribs. A few weeks ago, I had experimented with the Chimay braised short ribs in the Zuni cookbook and decided to modify it, substituting the Chimay for Kasteel Rouge, a cherry-infused Belgian beer. The Zuni cookbook is awesome! And my variation turned out quite tasty. The best part is it only takes 2.5 hours to braise, not even that long. To accompany the meat, I grabbed my uncle's Flexitarian Table and went with the Shaved Winter Vegetable Salad with a paper-thin sliced fennel, granny smith apple and red cabbage. The salad was a great compliment to the short ribs which literally fell off the bone. You can't go wrong with either of these cookbooks. Check them out.