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Honey Boo Boo Gets Busted for Selling Girl Scout Cookies Via Facebook

By Laine Doss Fri., Mar. 1 2013 at 10:55 AM
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Alana Thompson via Facebook
OMG -- They're in Florida! Quick! Hide the Go-Go juice!
Honey Boo Boo and Mama June have turned their ridiculous antics and eating habits into an entire industry. From a few appearances on TLC's Toddlers & Tiaras (where we meet Honey Boo Boo and her fondness for Pepto-Bismol-colored pageant outfits and Go-Go juice), the miniature pageant queen has turned into a household name -- and an industry.

So we weren't at all surprised when Alana Thompson (AKA Honey Boo Boo Child) took to her Facebook page to market Girl Scout cookies to her 703,091 fans -- even though the pig-loving princess from McIntyre, Georgia, isn't a Girl Scout herself.

According to TMZ, Thompson had been selling the cookies via Facebook to help out a friend. As an added inventive to purchase said cookies from Boo Boo herself, each box of treats was personally autographed by the entire Honey Boo Boo clan. We found the following post on Honey Boo Boo's official Facebook fan page:





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Smoking Boxed Wine? Competitive Eater Kevin Strahle (a.k.a. L.A. Beast) Does It

By Nicole Danna Thu., Feb. 14 2013 at 8:16 AM
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LA Beast
Kevin Strahle, aka the "LA Beast" smokes alcohol with a bicycle pump, cork and plastic water bottle.
Losing weight and drinking alcohol don't go hand in hand. Just ask New Jersey resident Kevin Strahle, who recently released a YouTube video giving step-by-step instruction on how to "smoke" alcohol vapors to get drunk without the bothersome need to ingest calories through binge drinking.

Even though the amateur competitive eater isn't the first person to smoke alcohol on the Internet, he does appear to be the first guy to do it with popular drinks like FourLoko, champagne and a Jäger Bomb (a shot of Jägermeister and Red Bull mixed together) on his YouTube account. And he's definitely the first guy to ever smoke a box of wine.

Which is why we decided to share Strahle's (otherwise known as the L.A. Beast) video here...


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Chicken Wing-, Chili- and Beer-Flavored Cupcakes for Super Bowl Sunday

By Nicole Danna Thu., Jan. 31 2013 at 12:28 PM
Categories: Food Fun, Really?
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Benny Costello
The famous chicken wing cupcake.
This year, why not make your Super Bowl party extra sweet with a fresh-baked batch of chicken wing, salsa and chip or pepperoni pizza-flavored cupcakes? With bleu cheese buttercream frosting, beer flavored batter or salsa-infused cakes, these specialty desserts aren't really dessert at all, but more like a mini-meal in the form of a tiny cake, complete with savory sauces and real dressings or dips. 

They've made the news in recent days, an idea whipped up by Rachel Cocca-Dott (yes, it's her real name, a hyphenated combination of her maiden and married name), who opened her eponymous cupcake shop, Coccadotts Cake Shop, outside of Albany, New York in 2006 with her business partner Matt O'Connor. Her goal: to make custom cakes and desserts for weddings and special events.

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Jungle George's Exotic Meats Returns to the South Florida Fair

By Nicole Danna Wed., Jan. 9 2013 at 9:12 AM
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Jungle George's exotic meats will be available at this year's South Florida Fair.
Are you wild? Wild enough to eat chocolate-covered scorpions and crickets? If you are, Jungle George's Amusements will be serving up a variety of exotic meats and animals for you to try at the 101st South Florida Fair next week.

This will be the rare and exotic food vendor's second year at the fair, and they're ready to serve you whatever crazy critter eats your stomach can handle. What started as a weird attraction that would deliver that "wow" factor quickly became a profitable business for owner "Jungle" George Sandefur, who started his exotic meat and food truck trailer several years ago. Since then, he's travelled the country serving up all manner of miscellaneous meat.

How does one start an exotic meat business? About four years ago Sandefur, a California resident, said he was challenged to eat some bizarre foods at the California State Fair. Never one to shy away from the unusual, he obliged -- and a business idea was born.

See also:
- Dream Big Food Drive at the South Florida Fair
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Wynkoop to Release Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout Made With Bull Testicles

By Tricia Woolfenden Fri., Jan. 4 2013 at 11:14 AM
Categories: Beer Beer Beer, I'm Eating What?!, Really?

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via Wynkoop Facebook
There are some things that cannot be unseen.
It's times like these -- when one needs a really good joke about tea-bagging -- that one wishes Clean Plate Charlie had Daniel Tosh on the payroll. Wynkoop Brewing Company out of Colorado announced this week that it will begin nationwide distribution of its infamous Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout. "Rocky mountain oyster," by the way, is a euphemism for deep-fried bull testicles and the beer is brewed with 25 pounds of the local delicacy. Thirsty yet?

Fox News -- who already used all of the good quips about balls -- reports that the brewery will begin nationwide distribution of the beer later this month. It will be sold in cans, but only in two-packs, because Wynkoop is really seeing this joke all the way through.

See also:
- Stout Day is Thursday: South Florida Beer Experts Recommend Some of the Best Stouts
- Try Hemp Ale Tonight at Riverside Market (No: It Won't Get You High)
- Westvleteren XII: On Sale Today for $85 a Six-Pack


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Foodie Fragrances: Pizza Hut Perfume, Burger King Body Spray and a Stilton Cheese Spray

By Nicole Danna Fri., Jan. 4 2013 at 7:21 AM
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Only 100 Facebook fans received a bottle of Pizza Hut's exclusive "scent."
Ever hear someone say you smell good enough to eat? Or have you ever loved your favorite fast food restaurant so much, you could literally smell it a mile away? Kind of like your ex's favorite perfume or cologne? 

Well, if you ever dreamed of the ability to smell the aroma of fresh-baked bread, or a hot-from-the-oven chicken parmesan, here's your chance to get creative.

A few chain restaurants recently began concocting their own signature line of fragrance. While we can't guarantee you'll be able to find a bottle of Burger King's body spray at Walmart, you can find an entire line of fragrances dedicated to grub available online. 

Of course, you'll have to get some ideas, first. Let us help you. Here, Clean Plate Charlie offers up some of the most unique food fragrances, beginning with Pizza Hut Canada's own signature scent.
 

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Wheelchair-Bound Man Stabbed at Orlando McDonalds

By Zachary Fagenson Thu., Dec. 27 2012 at 11:49 AM
Categories: Food Holidays, Last Night, News, Really?

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Jerry Tyson
Are we safe anywhere anymore?

Orlando's Wesh.com is reporting a wheelchair-bound man was stabbed a handful of times in the abdomen at a McDonald's restaurant late Christmas Day.

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Milking Replaces Planking as Annoying Internet Sensation of the Moment (Video)

By Tricia Woolfenden Mon., Nov. 26 2012 at 2:13 PM
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Open. Dump on head. Get famous on the internet. Repeat.

Craving internet fame and don't mind wasting food while you search for it? Meet "milking," the next internet sensation destined to invade your Facebook and Instagram feeds and cause your teenage son to come home smelling of a dairy.

Milking, which internet busybodies are pegging as this year's answer to "planking," involves opening a bottle of milk and then dumping it over one's own head, ideally in a public space or while standing on something. Or while standing on something in a public space. And yes, it's as dumb as it sounds.

See Also:
- The Milkman Is Back: Fresh Milk Delivery in Delray Beach
- 10 Best Memes of 2012 in Honor of New Times Web Awards
- Five of the Creepiest Cooking Videos Found on YouTube


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Holy Toast: Jesus, Mary, and Satan Found in Food

By Laine Doss Thu., Nov. 15 2012 at 7:00 AM
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If that really happens -- you're toast.
We're not sure why, but simple food has turned into a conduit for angels and demons to communicate with mere mortals. People have seen Jesus in cakes, sandwiches, potato salads, and other earthly delights. Jesus isn't the only spiritual being to appear in your meal -- there have been accounts of the Virgin Mary and even Satan interrupting your lunch for a message from beyond.

 In fact, Google "Jesus in toast", and you'll get over three million results. Luckily for humanity, searching for "Satan in toast" only came back with 275,000 results. Some people call this a miracle -- we just call it breakfast. 

Here's a countdown to our favorite spiritual meals. Insanely typically, most of the crazies devout people who found these items are from Florida.
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West Palm Beach Man Dies After Eating Live Roaches (Video)

By Laine Doss Tue., Oct. 9 2012 at 9:14 AM
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Ben Siegel Reptiles via Facebook
A picture posted on Ben Siegel's Facebook page asks what would you do for a free python.
A South Florida man died after participating in a live roach-eating contest held at Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach.

The Bugs for Balls competition, held on October 5, used live insects domestically raised for reptile food. The contestants who consumed the most bugs won ball pythons.

According to Yahoo, Edward Archibold was one of about 30 contestants who competed.

Shortly after eating the insects, Archibold collapsed in front of the store and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The contest was streamed live, and in the video, Archibold (far left in a yellow T-shirt), can be seen consuming discoid roaches with about a half dozen other people in the final heat at the 42:00 minute mark.

After the contest, Archibold seems to linger. The video can be seen after the jump.

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