Terrifying Attempts to Improve Popular Foods

[DanCole42]

http://www.cracked.com/article/18372_the-9-most-terrifying-attempts-to-improve-popular-foods/

[Xochitl10]

I think the US government was way ahead of the Japanese on the tube-egg thing. Distressingly uniform egg slices topped salads in the cafeteria at the government hospital where my mother used to work. I don't think she ate them. The Japanese take on sandwiches is something entirely different. . .

[Mark Slater]

http://www.cracked.com/article/18372_the-9-most-terrifying-attempts-to-improve-popular-foods/

Hate to tell you, egg loaf has been around for a long time. I first encountered it in a restaurant I worked at in the early 80's.

[durwoodx]

The chicken in a can is THE MOST WRONG THING I have ever seen.

[zoramargolis]

The chicken in a can is THE MOST WRONG THING I have ever seen.

At Au Pied du Cochon, one of the trendiest restaurants in Montreal, they serve duck in a can. It's one of their most popular entrees.

[SeanMike]

At Au Pied du Cochon, one of the trendiest restaurants in Montreal, they serve duck in a can. It's one of their most popular entrees.

At a random store in the Eden Center I once saw vegetarian roast duck breast in a can.

I regret to this day not buying it.

[leleboo]

First there was the Candwich. Now there's sushi push pops.

Ian Malcom may have been talking about bringing dinosaurs back to life, but I kinda think it's applicable here.

[yfunk3]

Yum!

I do love buying food souvenirs whenever I'm in a different country/cultural area, if only just to go to the supermarket and check out what they have that might be different from what I'm used to seeing.

Something I love that they have in Europe but not here: chocolate pudding-filled croissants in a bag. I don't know the chemicals or preservatives needed to keep it fresh for however many months inside that bag, but it tastes delicious.

[Xochitl10]

Yum!

I do love buying food souvenirs whenever I'm in a different country/cultural area, if only just to go to the supermarket and check out what they have that might be different from what I'm used to seeing.

Something I love that they have in Europe but not here: chocolate pudding-filled croissants in a bag. I don't know the chemicals or preservatives needed to keep it fresh for however many months inside that bag, but it tastes delicious.

That's one of my favorite things about Japan. The black sesame covered mochi are to die for, and the candied sweet potato flavored Kit Kats are just. . . random. And I don't know how it gets any better than the monthly variations on McVitie's Digestive Biscuits (Valencia orange! Chocolate cookie/banana cream sandwiches! Salt and chocolate!).

Re: your last point. Did the croissants have a chemical package in them? In Japan, things like that almost always had the preservatives in a ~1-1/2" x 1-1/2" flat square stuck in the packaging, rather than in the pastry itself.

[MsDiPesto]

<snip> In Japan, things like that almost always had the preservatives in a ~1-1/2" x 1-1/2" flat square stuck in the packaging, rather than in the pastry itself.

So that's why my instant ramen always tastes funny!