On The Fly: 03/06/10

And now a word from the unofficial mascot of On The Fly:

"Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans ... are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit."
 - Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen Confidential)

On The Fly: Wading through the shit, so you don't have to.

This one comes from the are they "batshit crazy" file: It seems that the Italian Government has decided to legislate a ban on "Molecular Cuisine". 

Here comes the crazy:

The government is also trying to ban the use of liquid nitrogen, calling it a “gaseous substance”.

Do I even really need to point out what's wrong with the above?

We already tax the crap out of everything, and the new target is soda. I'll freely admit, and my co-workers can back me up on this - I drink a lot of soda (Mt. Dew if you must know) and yes I realize I should cut those sodas out. But hey it's one of my only vices - better than crackin' a beer when I'm thirsty.

Anyways, it seems that the Mayor of Philadelphia (E-A-G-L-E-S, EAGLES!) is . . 

The tax rate would be 2 cents per ounce, 40 cents on a 20-ounce bottle of soda. The levy would cover fountain-drink syrups and powders, based on the number of liquid ounces they produce. Diet drinks without added sugar and baby formula would be excluded.

It looks as though the FDA has started a major crack down on misleading nutrition labeling. Just take a look at all the warning letters that have been mailed out.

This is starting to get redonkulous...I've got an idea, how about Parents nut up and just pay attention! And hey, maybe...I don't know...cut it up if it's too much for your kid? Not to mention if your kid is shoveling in hotdogs at the rate of a competitive eater, I see "Fat Camp" in your he/she/it's  future.

It's that time of the year where Peeps are coming out of the woodwork (read: Easter and assorted holidays upcoming), my mother is an addict. The peeps at Peeps, have a new line out this season: Chocolate Covered Peeps. So the same marshmellowy goodness given a nice chocolate coating.

Oh, and they come in regular and dark chocolate.

A parting word after the jump...