I don’t know if you’ve ever been to a city council meeting or seen one on TV, but they can be quite boring. So obviously it would lighten things up if someone were to rip one outloud. That’s what happens at the meeting in the video below, and the council members try to be responsible adults and not laugh, but it’s hard to not laugh at a well-timed fart (or two).
For some reason, this kind of thing happens all the time at Buffet o’ Blog staff meetings. Never a boring moment…
One of our astute readers sent us a link to a funny and informative video (big props to Rurouni Kenneth), and it spawned some research and experimentation by the infamous Buffet o’ Blog Research & Development (R&D) department. But first, let’s discuss the video. You may not be into cooking shows, but this episode of “Good Eats” is called “The Man Food Show”. It’s not about how to make your food pretty or different ways to steam vegetables. (There’s plenty of that on TV!) This episode is about man food. And it’s presented FOR men BY a man. It’s about homemade corn dogs and mini-burgers. Alton Brown wants to help guys develop their “man food skills”. So check it out.
BTW, even if you don’t want to watch it all, check out the beginning, where he asks women to leave the room so he can talk to just the guys. (Obviously, any women reading this should stop playback and/or leave the room when he says so. If you don’t follow instructions, bad things may happen.)
In part 2 he explains the technique for keeping the grease at the right temperature, and how doing so will prevent the food from becoming greasy (and thus extra fattening) despite being deep-fried. He even uses a football illustration to make his point. (If only cooking involved more physical contact…)
Alton Brown, the host, claims these are the best corn dogs in the world. That’s quite the claim, and it seems unsubstantiated without our own taste test. So one of our researchers made the corn dog mix and brought it to our meeting last night. In the interest of full disclosure, his mixture was lacking the jalapenos, onions, and corn, only because those things weren’t readily available. And he used regular milk instead of buttermilk. So our recipe was different, and some manual adjustments were necessary to obtain the proper consistency. But regardless of all that, it turned out very good. Was it the best ever? Perhaps. I would definitely eat them again, to get a larger sample set. 🙂
Our corn dogs had a lot of flavor, and the hot dog part stayed juicy. So it was really good. The only drawback was that there weren’t enough of them. In case you aren’t a statistician, you need a large sample set to reduce standard deviation and aberration within the results. Or in plain everyday language, you need a lot of samples, which in this study is food. So once we ran out of hot dogs, we took some turkey pepperoni from the fridge, ran it through the two-stage batter process, and tossed ’em in the deep fryer. This in turn created pepperoni nuggets. I don’t know what you would expect from them, but they were quite delicious. (Next time we’ll put two pepperoni slices per nugget, to better balance flavor.)
We’ve now had several food research sessions (see Buffet o’ Bacon 1 and 2 and chocolate-covered bacon on a stick), and they’ve all been a great time, with new discoveries. We’ve taken food beyond its normal frontier and boundaries. We’ve invented several new dishes, and we’ve got a lot more ideas to try in the future. We’d like to open a restaurant, but that’s just not in the budget at this time. Perhaps we should start charging admission to our food research expeditions. 🙂
Somebody online said they found the best YouTube video, so I had to watch it. I don’t have time to find the best videos. If you’ve ever perused YouTube for a while, you’ve undoubtedly discovered that some videos are not funny or not interesting or of low quality. (Those are often referred to as crap.) But that said, there are some great videos there, and when someone says they found the best one, I figured it had to be something special.
It’s a music video of a song called “Shingo Mama no Oha rock!”, and, well, it’s unique. I’ll give it that. I’m embedding it below, for your viewing pleasure. I do have to warn you, though — it’s not for the faint of heart nor the faint of butt. The backgrounds can give you a headache, and the dancing can give you gas. (At least, that was my experience.) So don’t say you weren’t warned.
About 30 seconds into the video, I’m starting to wonder if I’ve been had. I mean, this is like the Macarena gone bad. But this recommendation was from a blog that I’ve read for about a year, and there’s still over 3 minutes left in the video, which is plenty of time for something awesome to happen, like some explosions, ninja fights, car chases, etc. So I keep watching.
About a third of the way through, the singer and dancers explode! Well, that was something. But they come back. So obviously that was fake.
About halfway through, the music pauses, and James Brown comes out! This so caught me by surprise! I mean, THAT WAS RANDOM! I’ve listened to a lot of James Brown’s music, and that was the furthest thing from my mind during this song. I have no idea how he got involved in that video, except that it probably involved a LOT of money.
While trying to find an English translation of the lyrics, I found an interview with the artist, and he said he wants kids to have dreams. He said when he gets rich from his music, he’s going to buy a castle in Europe, move it to Tokyo, put a panda in the castle’s garden, and name the panda “Oha”, which translates to “Good Morning”. So every time they sing (or shout) “Oha!”, they’re saying “Good Morning”. While researching this, I also found out that this song hit #1 on the pop charts in Japan. And the special guests during the chorus are Japanese TV celebrities.
The next video clip has the interview with the artist, plus the video with the lyrics in Japanese and in English. He’s singing about the importance of a good breakfast, and other such things. It’s definitely randomness, which is why I had to post it. And FYI, the video becomes more amusing as you watch it more, especially if you starting singing along. OHA!
So now that you’ve watched it, let me know what you think about it. Was it the best YouTube video ever?
One of my favorite new shows is Man vs Food on the Travel Channel. I wish I had his job! I don’t know where you sign up for such a position, so I’ll just watch the show and dream. 🙂
One of his challenges is to tackle the Carnivore Pizza with a friend. (Here’s a commercial for that episode.) The pizza comes from Big Pie in the Sky, a New York style pizzeria located in Kennesaw, GA.
There’s a video on the restaurant’s website which shows the pizza being made and describes it. It also shows two guys being defeated by one pizza. (Click here.)
If you didn’t watch the video, here’s the awesome details. The pizza is 30″ in diameter and weighs about 11 pounds. There is about a pound of each of the following meats: Pepperoni, Beef, Italian Sausage, Ham, and Bacon.
The restaurant will give you $250 if you and a friend can finish it in one hour. So far no team has been up to the task. A few people have eaten their half, but the challenge is still unbeaten.
I’d like to attempt this, but to eat 5 1/2 pounds of meats and pizza crust in an hour, I don’t think that’s happening. Back in high school, I’m fairly sure I could’ve eaten my half. These days, I think my metabolism has stopped completely (I sure miss it!). I can still eat a lot, but it takes more work to burn it off. That said, I would still like to try this challenge.
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