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BNP Cookery Show: Nick Griffin’s Beef Stew

On January 9, 2014 by Tim Newman

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Yup, this actually happened. It’s not a joke, well it is a joke, but not on purpose. Nick Griffin, after receiving complaints that people didn’t have enough to eat, decided to show the...

Glass Gem Corn: Short History

On November 23, 2013 by Tim Newman

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Glass gem corn is odd stuff admittedly, but during the course of this article I’m going to try and convince you that it isn’t just some fantastical food item from the bowels of Narnia. These images...

Households From Around The World Show Off A Week Of Shopping

On September 29, 2013 by Tim Newman

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A chap called Peter Menzel recently published a photo book where he shows an average family with an average weekly shop. Sounds dull, but I love this sort of thing. It’s the small differences that...

RECIPE: Killer Fruity Scotch Bonnet Chilli Sauce

On September 28, 2013 by Tim Newman

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This year we’ve grown some scotch bonnets and naga ghost chillis. Thanks to my unerring self doubt I imagined that the plants we’d grown would produce between 0 and 3 chilli peppers. And...

Watch South Koreans Eating Live Octopus

On September 13, 2013 by Tim Newman

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These pictures come from a recent food festival in South Korea which featured this magniloquent delicacy: live octopus. The larger ones are cut up and eaten whilst the tentacles are still wriggling and the...

Who Wants To See A Collection Of Massive Vegetables?

On September 10, 2013 by Tim Newman

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A chap called Ian Neale (70) has been in the news this week for having grown the biggest swede ever in the universe on earth as it is in heaven. That’s his prize...

The More Than Humble Avocado – A History Of The Alligator Pear

On September 10, 2013 by Tim Newman

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I was looking at the seed of an avocado the other day, and I thought to myself “wow, that’s a big seed”. I ate a section of the pulp and I thought “this...

Man Who Dumped Decapitated Deer Head In Tesco Freed

On August 31, 2013 by Tim Newman

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Some of you with good memories for weird news may remember the mysterious incident of the decapitated deer head that was left at a Tesco checkout. The story was set in Saffron Walden...

Red Hot Nickel Ball Placed On World’s Largest Gummi Bear

On August 23, 2013 by Tim Newman

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Bit of an odd title I hear you say? Correct. There’s a Youtube channel called carsandwater and it features some guy heating up a ball of nickel until it’s red hot, then putting...

French Farmers Smash 20,000 Eggs In Protest

On August 9, 2013 by Tim Newman

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There’s nothing poultry about this reaction to the low price of eggs. Enraged farmers smashed 10,000 eggs near Cotes d’Armor, Brittany, on Tuesday night, then another 100,000 eggs outside a tax office in the town...

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