Sep 5 2008 Gungan Delight: A Jar Jar Binks Salad
A Star Wars fan and culinary artist wanted to make a Star Wars-y dish, but was reluctant to eat any of the cool characters. The solution? You guessed it -- Jar Jar.
Jar Jar Binks was easily the worst thing about The Phantom Menace. If I could create a scrumptious salad out of him and serve him up with a tasty crostini, perhaps I might have my revenge.
Jicama proved to be just the right medium for my sculpture -- it's a tuberous root vegetable that is perfect for food carvings. It's crisp, cuts easily and doesn't dry out quickly. Jicama doesn't taste like much but readily absorbs the juices and flavors of a marinade or sauce.
Hit the jump for a bunch more pictures of edible Jar Jar, including one with a knife in his head, along with a link to the DIY page. And if you do decide to make one yourself, remember: save the neck for me, Clark.
Hit it!
Dec 17 2007 Bolt/Screw S & P Shakers Are Clever
I see so many novelty salt and pepper shakers out there that look like ass and are expensive, but for once someone comes up with clever ones.
These Salt and Pepper shakers are definitely something different. Pick them up, turn them whatever way and shake them, and..... nothing.... Bend then shake them however, and the Salt or Pepper will be sprinkled from the gaps that will have appeared between the coils. Once you are finished the shaker will return to it's original form.
They come in stainless steel ($55) and black ($40), and are pretty neat. While I'm not really dying for oversized screw and bolt (!) salt and pepper shakers, the dispense mechanism is simple and brilliant. Until they make little robot ones I'm sticking to the shakers I stole from Burger King -- they have sentimental value. It all started when I ordered a Whopper with cheese and the stupid bastard gave me a fish sandwich. After I finished dipping the idiot's arm in a fryer I broke the milkshake machine and made off with the shakers and a handful of catsup packets. And that, my friends, is why you don't f*** up a customer's Whopper.
Note: To those of you that hate me now for breaking the milkshake machine, I apologize. I miss those shakes too. I was angry and I let my emotions get the best of me. I'm sorry.
thanks to Adam, who is rich and will cook you dinner if you're a beautiful woman, for the tip
