Are You Gonna Eat That?

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ES told you back inĀ  ’07 that cloned steaks and bacon were on the horizon, and it looks like the long-awaited dream of man-made meat is just about here.

The FDA, the people who brought you oxycontin, olestra, and man-eating popcorn, have given the go-ahead to cloned meat.

The federal agency completed a gigantic multi-year study in which they concluded:

A- People don’t want to eat cloned meat. Because it’s creepy.

B – The FDA will allow companies to sell cloned meat.

C- Companies won’t even be required to label their products as having come from clones.

Nice one, federal government! There’s no one who can collect people’s concerns and then completely ignore them quite like you can. It’s enough to make a guy jump on board the Ron Paul blimp.

Hott Links: Crooklyn Style

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– Best Thief Ever: A Brooklyn man is arrested after slipping seven salamis into his pants. Tragic, because six would have been believable but seven is just pushing it. [Gothamist]

– I don’t know if it’s because of subprime mortgages or what, but suddenly, everything in New York is served out of trucks. Waffles, pizza, even creme brulee. And now, bringing back one of the original truck foods is the much-hyped Endless Summer Taco Truck in Williamsburg*. Being Wiliamsburg, the food is served by aspiring rock stars: the lead singers of Bad Wizard and The Jewish (Still everywhere! See previous comment thread). [Grub Street]

– NYT does a write-up of the restaurants in my neighborhood, Fort Greene. ES staff members, feel free to start researching what you wanna eat when you come visit me.

– Bonus hott link, because this one is a hott ingredient trend alert: The Times lets us know it’s OK to start using Nori (seaweed paper) or much more than just sushi.

*No affiliation with Endless Simmer.

Photo: Similepedia

Video Hott Links: The Bourdain is Back

Public Service Announcement: Your Eater of the Year, Anthony Bourdain, starts his new season of No Reservations tonight. Here’s one of the first clips, featuring Tony eating/flirting in Singapore. Thanks for the link, midseason replacements.

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After the jump, two more Asian-style crazy eats

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Hottt Links: Milking In The New Year

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New requirement for clonnnning labels [WaPo]

Skim milk does a body… bad [Outside the Beltway]

Breast is best [BBC News]

Photo: The Lactivist

Champagne in a Can? Oh Yes You Can

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Some Extra Hott Links for your New Year’s Eve enjoyment…

– Who can make New Year’s trashier while pretending to make it classier? Paris Hilton can! [So Good]

– Do you prefer your Champagne to look more like – I don’t know – Champagne? Check out this list of Champagne cocktail recipes – from Thug Passion to Atheist’s Best, and even one from good ol’ Rachel Ray. [Slashfood]

– Wait. Does celebrating New Year’s mean I have to stop reading blogs, go outside, and interact with people? Of course not! Spend your NYE inside, with dippity do-dads and pineapple pickle. [K.O.D.]

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