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And this is supposed to be a bad thing?? jk jk.

* CL does not condone trading your children for donuts.

From the Telegraph: An ice cream company created the purple "licence to chill" lolly after asking more than 1,000 women which male celebrity like to see on the end of a stick.

Read more about the mouth-watering popsicles here.

For some reason, I find this picture absolutely hilarious. Who DOES this?? Who chases after rolling cheese??

From Serious Eats:

Every year on Cooper's Hill in Gloucester, England, a cheese-rolling race is held. No, it isn't a race between different rounds of cheese-it is something much better: One round of cheese is rolled down the hill and participants chase after it.

Hey, $5 off is better than nothing! Coupon expires May 31.

Well, we probably missed the boat on this today, but there's always next Friday!

Every Friday morning through Sept. 25 from 9 a.m.-11:59 p.m., visit this site to register and print out a coupon for one full-sized Mars candy bar. Only the first 250,000 visitors get in on this deal.

The coupons are good for Snickers, Peanut M&Ms, Milky Way, Twix, Dove, and 3 Musketeers bars.

If you're concerned about how much sugar you're really taking in when you eat a pint of Haagen Dazs, you should check out SugarStacks.com. They've got pictures of desserts, vegetables, breakfast foods, smoothies and more, with the sugar cubes stacked next to them, giving you a better idea of what's really in that item you're about to consume guiltlessly. For example:

If the taste of that oh-so-greasy breakfast meat makes you go ga-ga, you should check out J & D's - Everything Should Taste Like Bacon. They offer all you need to enhance anything and everything with the flavors of your favorite pork product.

Their anchor product, Bacon Salt, comes in the flavors of Original, Hickory and Peppered, and some limited edition flavors like Applewood, Jalapeno, Mesquite, Cheddar and Maple Redux. They've also recently released Baconnaise™, which promises to take your sandwiches, salads, dips, fish and fries (and more) to new and more bacon-y heights.

And if you're a die-hard bacon lover, you should check out the bacon-flavored lip balm they have on sale.

This promo video reminds me of the bacon-loving dog on the Beggin' Strips commercial.

I found an interesting article on the LA Times site about a company that mass-produces kimchi, the delicious staple dish in Korean cuisine. The first sentence of the article reads, "David Kim [the owner] insists it tastes like his mom's."

But will it taste like MY mom's? I think not. Everyone's kimchi tastes differently. I'd like to think it's the amount of soul a person puts into making their kimchi, but who knows, since I can't get my mom to show me how to make it.

The article states, "Kimchi-making was once a family affair in which grandmothers, mothers, daughters and aunts would gather for the arduous task of grinding together a peppery paste to be stuffed by hand between each layer in a head of cabbage. Centuries-old recipes have been proudly passed down through the generations."

The sad truth is that many young Korean Americans today will readily buy factory-made kimchi because we're just too busy (or too lazy) to learn how to make it. I personally depend on my mom to make me up a jar whenever I go home to visit. (I currently have a jar of turnip kimchi in my fridge.) It's no wonder Cosmos Food Co. — the largest kimchi factory in the United States — bottles 8,000 pounds of the stuff every day.

I'm still wary of purchasing a jar of the stuff from an American grocery store. Delicious, spicy kimchi from a Wal-Mart? It's hard to fathom.

I've been living in the area for two years now and am still on the hunt for good Chinese food.

Let me clarify this though — for the first year, I was living off of exit 33 in Mooresville. If you're ever in that neck of the woods, I highly recommend Rice Fun in the Target shopping center. I used to go there at least once a week and was never disappointed. It had the absolute best flavor of any Chinese food I've ever tasted.

I would usually order the "Supreme Family" which had chicken, pork, beef and shrimp, plus broccoli, baby corn, mushrooms and red peppers, rice and a spring roll (or egg roll) all for just over $5. You couldn't beat the price, quality or flavor of it. I should say that I never ordered anything I didn't like though, and the dumplings are fantastic.

For the last year, I've been living closer to town — much closer, thankfully. However, now I can't find respectable Chinese food. Granted, I have a high standard in my mind thanks to Rice Fun, but I just haven't found any place that I would go to for a second visit let alone something weekly.

More signs of the hard times. Grocery auctions: people bidding on old, leftover or damaged goods from supermarkets, distribution centers and restaurant suppliers.

As consumers seek relief from the recession and spiraling food prices, grocery auctions are gaining in popularity as an easy way to cut costs. The sales operate like regular auctions, but with bidders vying for dry goods and frozen foods instead of antiques and collectibles. Some auctioneers even accept food stamps.

I might ... might divulge in some expired canned goods, but steaks past expiration date?  I think not. What about you?

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