http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/eating/ en-us Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:52:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2310099/posts During the great recession here have been ups and downs, ins and outs, tons of tears and very little rejoicing. At some point we've all been on the wrong side of a trade, seen the damage of broad company layoffs, had our 401k's destroyed, or have harbored deep ill feelings towards at least one (or more) government announcements. At times such as these the emotions connected with our dire and depressing circumstances can become overwhelming. So rather than being held down by circumstances that we cannot possibly control, what can we do about it? When considering this and the oppressive... Commodity News Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2310099/posts#comment Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:52:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2114925/posts The sport of competitive eating was given a shocking reminder yesterday that gorging oneself with a daunting amounts of greasy food in an extremely short period of time may have negative effects on health. A Taiwanese graduate student vying for the "Big Stomach King" contest at Dayeh University died on Tuesday just before he could claim the winning title. The 23-year-old had chowed himself ahead of 30 other teams by consuming two buns filled with rice and cheese and helping himself to some of his teammates food as well. He was on course to win the annual campus event when... The Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2114925/posts#comment Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:10:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2032028/posts Silicon Valley is experimenting with bacteria that have been genetically altered to provide 'renewable petroleum'. “Ten years ago I could never have imagined I’d be doing this,” says Greg Pal, 33, a former software executive, as he squints into the late afternoon Californian sun. “I mean, this is essentially agriculture, right? But the people I talk to – especially the ones coming out of business school – this is the one hot area everyone wants to get into.........” The Times of London http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2032028/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:50:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024973/posts Experts believe they could one day be marketed as a healthy alternative to fatty snacks. In most of Europe, bug-eating is largely restricted to the belated realisation that there has been an unwelcome addition to the salad. It is common elsewhere, however, with some 1,700 species of bug eaten in 113 countries. In Taiwan, stir-fried crickets or sauteed caterpillars are delicacies. A plate of maguey worms - larvae of a giant butterfly - sells for £12.50 in smart Mexican restaurants. Sago grubs wrapped in banana leaves go down well in Papua New Guinea, as does dragonfly in Bali. In many... www.thisislondon.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024973/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:00:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2018020/posts Pop Eye’s fried chicken fast food humor. YouTube Video http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2018020/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 12:48:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017249/posts A 53-year-old man in Saanich, B.C., managed to drive to safety after a grizzly bear mauled his head and tossed him to the ground in the woods near Bella Coola, about 700 kilometres north of Vancouver. The attack took place on May 3 when Brent Case was on a surveying job along the rugged Central Coast area. "He came up from behind me and started gnawing at the back of my head. It just started ripping the scalp off the head," Case told CBC News on Friday. "The pain was so excruciating that I don't know why I didn't yell... CBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017249/posts#comment Sat, 17 May 2008 05:49:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012788/posts Save water to avoid eating you neighbour By Chris Turney Last Updated: 1:01pm BST 02/05/2008 It's easy to get hung up on the tag 'global warming'. There's no doubt it's a useful catchphrase for describing the challenges we face, but there's always the risk that our predicament is just seen as warming. Temperature is of course an important facet of the climate, but it's not our only concern. Downpours in the future are likely to vary around the world and throughout the year. The combined effect of changing rainfall and increasing temperature will mean that some regions will get wetter,... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012788/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 01:28:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2000752/posts NEW ORLEANS - Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti looked down at the litter of empty oyster shells in front of him and savored the sweet taste of victory. For Crazy Legs Conti, the bitter taste of defeat could be washed away only by beer. The Acme World Oyster Eating championship belt — leather, with a silver dish featuring an oyster on the half-shell — hung on Bertoletti's skinny hips. The 22-year-old Chicago resident took the title Saturday by slurping 35 dozen of the big bivalves in eight minutes. "I could probably do a couple dozen more, especially if they were charbroiled,"... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2000752/posts#comment Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:39:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1999004/posts This is an animated bullfrog video that depicts a moment in ones life. I believe this video is very funny but in the past others have disagreed. This one minute video is for all who like to eat. YouTube Video (What To Eat?) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1999004/posts#comment Wed, 9 Apr 2008 15:58:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1981373/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1981373/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:43:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980388/posts PITTSBURGH - To the list of simple childhood pleasures whose safety has been questioned, add this: eating snow. A recent study found that snow — even in relatively pristine spots like Montana and the Yukon — contains large amounts of bacteria. Parents who warn their kids not to eat dirty snow (especially the yellow variety) are left wondering whether to stop them from tasting the new-fallen stuff, too, because of Pseudomonas syringae, bacteria that can cause diseases in bean and tomato plants. But experts say there's no need to banish snow-eating along with dodgeball, unchaperoned trick-or-treating and riding a bike... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980388/posts#comment Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:53:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966704/posts Doctoral student makes discovery on Neanderthal eating habits by Michael Moffett Hatchet Reporter Issue date: 2/7/08 A doctoral student studying hominid paleobiology has pioneered a method for analyzing reindeer bones from around 65,000 to 12,000 years ago, an accomplishment that allows scientists to further understand the eating habits of early humans. Early humans flocked to reindeer meat when the temperature dropped, J. Tyler Faith discovered. "We see a steady increase in the abundance of reindeer, associated with declines in summer temperature," Faith said. Faith analyzed bones from the Grotte XVI archaeological site in southern France in order to better understand... G W Hatchett.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966704/posts#comment Thu, 7 Feb 2008 23:01:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954263/posts 'Flesh-eating' MRSA threatens Britain By Caroline Gammell and Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles Last Updated: 5:49pm GMT 15/01/2008 A potentially deadly and highly drug resistant strain of MRSA has developed which can lead to a flesh-eating form of pneumonia, researchers have warned. The USA300 strain is spreading outside hospitals into the general population Spreading rapidly among gay men in several major US cities, the bug can cause boils as large as tennis balls, blood poisoning or a necrotising condition which eats away at a person's lungs. The type of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) was identified in gay men in... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954263/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:44:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905194/posts Rice contributes to healthier eating PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- People who eat rice have more nutritious diets that are lower in saturated fat and sugar than the diets of non-rice eaters, a U.S. study found. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey on blood pressure, blood lipids and risk for metabolic syndrome from 1999 to 2004, the researchers found nearly 26 percent of consumers reported eating rice during the 24-hour period. Among adults ages 19 to 50, individuals who eat rice -- white or brown -- consume: less total fat, saturated fat and added sugars; higher... Science Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905194/posts#comment Tue, 2 Oct 2007 02:44:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896940/posts (KAAL) - Students at the University of Minnesota are preparing to go on a hunger strike in support of union workers. They'll stop eating Monday, if the University doesn't meet their demands and change its offer to the striking union workers. The group says hundreds of students have committed to the protest. One student is protesting the protesters. The student's English professor is holding class in an off-campus church because she refuses to cross the picket line. But he's refusing to attend class off campus, so he sits alone in his assigned classroom on campus. "We do pay a lot... KAAL-TV News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896940/posts#comment Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:21:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882214/posts Cannibal tribe apologises for eating Methodists By Nick Squires in Sydney Last Updated: 3:29pm BST 16/08/2007 A tribe in Papua New Guinea has apologised for killing and eating four 19th century missionaries under the command of a doughty British clergyman. Sorcery and witchcraft are still common in some Papuan tribes The four Fijian missionaries were on a proselytising mission on the island of New Britain when they were massacred by Tolai tribesmen in 1878. They were murdered on the orders of a local warrior chief, Taleli, and were then cooked and eaten. The Fijians - a minister and three teachers... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882214/posts#comment Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:12:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866037/posts Deep in the Congolese jungle is a band of apes that, according to local legend, kill lions, catch fish and even howl at the moon. Local hunters speak of massive creatures that seem to be some sort of hybrid between a chimp and a gorilla. Their location at the centre of one of the bloodiest conflicts on the planet, the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has meant that the mystery apes have been little studied by western scientists. Reaching the region means negotiating the shifting fortunes of warring rebel factions, and the heart of the animals' range... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866037/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:51:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1847767/posts LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paris Hilton has not eaten or slept since arriving at the medical ward of a Los Angeles jail and is being given psychoactive drugs, celebrity Web site TMZ.com reported on Saturday, citing law enforcement sources. The socialite and hotel heiress was ordered back to jail on Friday after a judge overruled a sheriff's decision to place her under house arrest for psychological problems after she had spent three days of an expected three-week term behind bars. The 26-year-old "has been crying a lot, praying" and is "extremely withdrawn," TMZ reported. Hilton was visited by her psychiatrist,... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1847767/posts#comment Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:40:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1804451/posts Howie Carr live thread. It's the first full day of spring and at 2:17 pm EDT, it's now 29 degrees, and there's a four foot tall pile of snow in front of my apartment house in Beverly. HowieCarr.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1804451/posts#comment Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:18:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1778715/posts As you get ready to feast and feed on the biggest beer drinking, chip munching and guacamole slurping day of the year Sunday, I’ll be with my Vietnamese family hoping for the best.They have it in their minds to make a big batch of Thang Co.Thang Co is basically noodles and horse meat and the hottest, spiciest sauce you can lay your hands on. Thang Co has three wonderful advantages: First, it makes you feel hot. In fact, NhanDan (The Communist Party’s leading newspaper in Vietnam, translates like “Peoples News”) recommends Thang Co to warm you up during a cold... Peace and Freedom http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1778715/posts#comment Sat, 3 Feb 2007 20:54:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703361/posts Yes, the automat. No, not the Horn & Hardart Automat that appeared on the dining scene at the turn of the last century and finally closed the last of its 180 restaurants in New York in 1991. This is a brand-new concept. A hip new automat that dispenses comfort food "25 hours a day" in New York City's East Village. This I had to see. And taste. Now an automat, for those you who were not in New York from 1912 to 1991, is a wonderful system where all kinds of food -- hot food, cold food, desserts, and main... Ohmynews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703361/posts#comment Mon, 18 Sep 2006 06:08:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697810/posts The only flaw in France, a wise man once said, is the people who live there. This is harsh, and unkind to hundreds, maybe thousands of nice Frenchmen, but the men elected to govern France invariably succeed in living up to Marianne's speckled reputation. JWR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697810/posts#comment Fri, 8 Sep 2006 14:54:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1686788/posts     Perfect Diet? Eat Everything Fat, Carbs, Protein Must Balance, Dietitian Says Shiloh Woolman, Staff Writer Put down the diet book that touts a carb-free, protein-rich diet and tells you all fat is your mortal enemy. Get ready to learn the mystery to permanent weight loss.  Eating everything is the magic bullet, experts say. Variety is the key to not only a good-looking exterior, but a healthy body that can fight disease, according to Ann C. Grandjean, director of Omaha's Center for Human Nutrition, Inc. Grandjean suggests three golden rules for eating: balance, variety and correct servings. Mindful... Local 6 (Florida) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1686788/posts#comment Sun, 20 Aug 2006 08:59:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619315/posts Eric Julien, a former French military air traffic controller and senior airport manager, has completed a study of the comet 73P Schwassmann- Wachmann and declared that a fragment is highly likely to impact the Earth on or around May 25, 2006. Comet Schwassman-Wachmann follows a five-year orbit that crosses the solar system's ecliptic plane. It has followed its five year orbit intact for centuries; but, in 1995, mysteriously fragmented. According to Julien, this is the same year that a crop circle appeared showing the inner solar system with the Earth missing from its orbit. He argues the "Missing Earth" crop... U.S. Newswire (a press release service) via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619315/posts#comment Sat, 22 Apr 2006 02:54:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1592477/posts Fitness guru Richard Simmons, who has been offering guidance to the out-of-shape masses on his Sirius Satellite radio program of late, reveals, "Now we're going to turn it into a television show. Right now everyone is offering me certain things, but I know the show I want to do." As in his radio gig, he'll respond to people who write to him about their weight -- and life -- problems. Simmons' ebullience is on hold when he soberly discusses the epidemic of obesity in America. "Bottom line, I think, is the fact that people have low self-worth right now. People... National Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1592477/posts#comment Wed, 8 Mar 2006 17:48:08 GMT