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Ways People Have Completely Jacked Up Sushi

Amy Hansen
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Ways People Have Completely Jacked Up Sushi

Years ago, Anthony Bourdain told Food & Wine that he considers six types of sushi crimes punishable by death. They include dipping your sushi into soy sauce rice side down, loudly expressing “THIS SUSHI IS SO FRESH, BRO!” and ordering anything in the realm of a California role. Today, the crimes against sushi start with the sushi itself. What was once an excuse to sit down for a leisurely meal in the care of a respected chef has morphed into something else entirely. In fact, chopsticks aren’t needed for the ways people have completely jacked up sushi below!

1. Sushi Donuts

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Everyone’s favorite coffee companion has now taken on sushi form. Rice, avocado, ginger, nori…basically any ingredient used to make sushi rolls, including raw fish, has been formed into a ring and sold as doughnuts. Good with coffee? Nope. Instagrammable? Completely.

Here’s how they’re made:

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2. Cheeto Rolls

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Cheetos are having a moment. Doesn’t mean they need to invade sushi territory. Let’s keep the orange powder relegated to chicken fingers and flamin’ hot bagels like the fat Americans we are.

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3. Sushi Burgers

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Two things everyone loves: rice and burgers. What’s not to like? For one, compact rice should be a vehicle for fresh seafood and veggies, not an oversized carb load. Sushi burgers consist of a fried rice bun loaded with usual sushi toppings, and sometimes even meat for those who just don’t give a fuck.

4. Sushi Burrito

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Basically, just an uncircumcised sushi roll for those who don’t have time to sit down for a proper sushi meal that includes taking small bites.

5. Sushi Corndog

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Goddamn. Not everything has to be on a stick. When sushi starts showing up deep-fried at fairs, it’s time to say goodbye to everything that’s good in this world.

6. Sushi Cones

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How would this not be better on a plate?

7. Low-carb, rice-free “sushi” with mayo.

Anthony Bourdain considers mayo on sushi a crime punishable by death. He’d absolute hate this mayo-heavy monster. Not only is it missing the rice, it’s devoid of any seafood, including  nori. And strawberry? What the actual eff?

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8. Insects

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In hopes of replacing animals with more environmentally friendly bugs, Japanese chef Shoichi Uchiyama wrote a book about cooking with insects back in 2008. And today, it’s still a thing, albeit a rare one. At How Do You Roll restaurant in Austin, TX, the chef took that trend and ran with it, creating all sorts of creepy crawly rolls using crickets, mealworms and other alternative proteins. Gross.

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9. Cereal, loaded baked potato, The Elvis and… tarantulas?

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Now What? 9 Sweet Hacks For All That Leftover Easter Candy

Amy Hansen
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Now What? 9 Sweet Hacks For All That Leftover Easter Candy

No offense to the Easter bunny, but maybe next time it can leave cash instead of candy? The best thing about Easter, besides all the sweet treats, is that at least there is a huge gap between it and Halloween, the next big candy holiday. If you’re like most people, you’ll be picking chocolate out of the crevices of your cupboards for months to come. Or, you can use it to make one of these dumpster recipes. Dumpsters can be delicious.

Easter Candy Pie

It ain’t pretty, but CakeSpy’s recipe for Easter Candy Pie is certainly a way to get rid of all your leftover Easter candy in one fell swoop.

Photo by CakeSpy

 

Peeps S’mores Dip

You know how you put toasted marshmallows between two graham crackers and top with chocolate? This dip recipe is just like that, but with Peeps. It’s a little sinister to watch their faces melt off, but in a “See, ma? I can cook!” sort of way.

 

Trail Mix 

Nuts, raisins, maybe some popcorn and pretzels and just about every piece of candy you have laying around, topped with melted white chocolate. It’s called Trail Mix, so it’s totally healthy. Sports! The Melrose Family has a Pinterest-y Bunny Tail Mix recipe, complete with cute packaging, which you totally won’t need.

Cadbury Brownie Bites

Deliciously Sprinkled has a recipe that involves two 12-packs of Cadbury Mini Creme Eggs and a box of brownie mix. The end. Of course, there’s also a delicious yolk-colored buttercream frosting recipe, too.

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Cadbury Creme Egg Rolls

This is certainly an avant garde way to utilize Cadbury Creme Eggs. Just like egg rolls, these sweet and savory treats by CakeSpy are deep-fried and served with sauce, chocolate sauce that is.

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Chocolate Easter Candy Bark

Making candy bark is one of the simplest ways to utilize leftovers. And it usually looks super impressive, considering the little effort that goes into creating it. All you do is melt some chocolate over a double-boiler (or place a bowl over a slightly smaller sauce pan without letting the bottom hit the water), spread it onto a baking sheet and throw in some Easter candy and Peeps (always a winning ingredient). The Cooking Channel has the low-down.

Easter Egg Fudge

A crowd pleasing treat that combines butter, chocolate, food coloring and candy. Besides diabetes, what could go wrong? Wine & Glue‘s got a pretty epic recipe on their site. And here’s another recipe that requires the same type of candy (Mini Eggs) that’s a spin on a traditional Rocky Road recipe. Spoiler alert: this recipe actually uses real marshmallows in place of Peeps!

 

Fondue

At your wit’s end with chocolate Easter bunnies? Melt those suckers down into a chocolate  death pool and then dunk super healthy things in it, like fruit.  If that’s not enough of a recipe for you, We Know Stuff tells you how.

Add some Peeps to make it really interesting!

Festive Cocktails

Taking leftover Easter candy possibly a step too far, New York Daily News suggest slamming that sugar into a shaker and making a “festive” cocktail, which sounds a lot better than “experiment in a bottle.” Recipes include jelly bean simple syrup for a Jelly Bean Sazerac, melted chocolate bunnies for a Chocolate Bunny Colada, and a melted Cadbury Creme Egg mixed with coconut milk for a Cadbury In Oaxaca. Also, crushed rock candy and a chocolate-dipped Peep for garnish.

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Gossip: Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx Going Public; Charlize Theron And Scarlett Johansson Battling For Batgirl Role

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Gossip: Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx Going Public; Charlize Theron And Scarlett Johansson Battling For Batgirl Role

Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx are ready to go public with their relationship.

An insider says, “To make it impossible to get photo evidence that they are together they traveled in cars with tinted windows and took secret back elevators ….. They had it down to a science ….. Katie is TIRED of playing the hiding game.”

Charlize Theron and Scarlett Johansson are battling for the lead role in Batgirl

There’s an all out WAR going on in Hollywood.

Sources say that both Charlize Theron and Scarlett Johansson are battling for the lead role in BATGIRL. An insider says it’s “an all out war.”

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Wiz Khalifa To Release Weed Video Game That Teaches You About Marijuana

Brendan Bures
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Wiz Khalifa To Release Weed Video Game That Teaches You About Marijuana

Wiz Khalifa is no stranger to video games in life or music. His records have sampled music from numerous games, including Chrono Trigger, God of War III, and Sonic the Hedgehog.

Now Wiz Khalifa a video game of his own in the form of a mobile game to be released on April 20th, a.k.a. 4/20. The game, titled Wiz Khalifa’s Weed Farm, where players will grow, harvest, and re-invest in the cannabis industry. In other words, it’s educational while gaming.

The game will reportedly “offer a glimpse into the future of legalized cannabis,” where it will showcase the opportunities available for entrepreneurs and cannabis enthusiasts. “The game strives to create an authentic experience, capturing the state of the marijuana industry by seizing opportunities in entrepreneurial fashion, reinvesting into business, and compounding returns.”

The game sounds like it will do some real-world mirroring as “the player will be able to expand their operations across the US and eventually the entire world as weed is legalized within the game.”

The game is brought to you by Warner Music Artist Services in partnership with Metamoki, a boutique studio described as a “pioneer” in the free-to-play gaming world.

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Pet Marijuana Overdoses Are Up 145 Percent in New York

Taylor Berman
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Pet Marijuana Overdoses Are Up 145 Percent in New York

It might sound like a funny idea to feed your dog an edible, but the actual effect marijuana can have on man’s best friend is no joke. The A.S.P.C.A.’s national animal poison control center says it’s seen a 144 percent increase in pet marijuana overdose calls from 2010 to 2015, the New York Times reports.

Dogs overdose on weed in New York more than any other state save for California, according to the A.S.P.C.A. One NYC-based veterinary chain said they see nearly one case per day while another major one said they treat several severely stoned dogs per week.

“We always used to joke about treating marijuana with fluids and Doritos and Pink Floyd,” Dr.Tina Wismer, the medical director of the A.S.P.C.A.’s national animal poison control center, told the Times. “But we have had some serious intoxication — animals that become comatose, with extremely low blood pressure.”

Wismer added that the center had only seen marijuana-related deaths for dogs who ingested the drug along with chocolate, which is highly toxic on its own for canines. But even non-deadly overdoses take a toll on the little pooches.

“I’ve had owners come in and they are stoned and they recognize some of the severity, but they just think it’s the funniest thing and they can’t stop laughing in the exam room,” Brett Levitzke, the medical director of the Veterinary Emergency and Referral Group in Brooklyn, told the Times. “To the poor dog, it’s not very funny.”

But to be honest, some of the stories about some dogs accidentally getting stoned are kind of funny. Take, for example, this “food-obsessed” shiba inu, who broke through a childproof trashcan to eat the leftover leaves from the 1.5 ounces of weed his owner used to make pot brownies and tea.

“He was just really body stoned and completely jelly,” the dog’s owner said. “His tongue was hanging out of his mouth, his head was lolled over, but any kind of movement in his peripheral vision would just scare the crap out of him.”

Regardless of how humorous a blazed dog might seem to you, the responsible thing is to secure your edibles, especially if they’re mixed with chocolates.

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The Fresh Toast Marijuana Legislative Roundup: April 17

Alec Engber
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The Fresh Toast Marijuana Legislative Roundup: April 17

States battling to reform marijuana laws across the United States earned some hard-earned victories  last week. Even deep in the heart of Texas, cannabis consumers received some positive news.

 Oregon

The Oregon House of Representatives passed legislation designed to protect the privacy of recreational marijuana consumers in the state. The bill, which passed by a vote of 53-5, bans marijuana retailers from retaining personal information on their customers. Information obtained for age verification purposes from drivers licenses, passports, and other forms of identification would have to be purged after 48 hours. The measure comes in response to statements from the Trump administration indicating that it will take a tougher stance on enforcing federal marijuana prohibition in states that have legalized recreational cannabis.

Tennessee

On Wednesday, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam (R) signed legislation to nullify local ordinances in the state’s two largest cities that decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana. Last year, Nashville and Memphis enacted measures allowing police to write citations and impose civil penalties for minor cannabis possession offenses. Once implemented, police will be forced to arrest marijuana offenders, who will once again be charged criminally.

Colorado

The Colorado Senate on Wednesday passed legislation to protect recreational cannabis businesses from federal law enforcement. As we reported previously, the bill allows businesses to change their designation from recreational to medical “based on a business need due to a change in local, state or federal law or enforcement policy.” Marijuana remains illegal under federal law, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions has expressed reservations regarding state laws making the plant legal. This is the boldest effort yet by any state to protect a state-legal marijuana system, and could significantly reduce the revenue Colorado receives from the industry.

Iowa

On Wednesday, an Iowa Senate subcommittee unanimously voted to bring a medical marijuana bill to the chamber floor. The law would permit patients with PTSD, cancer, and other severe health conditions to legally purchase and use marijuana if approval is given by a doctor. However, there do not appear to be sufficient votes in the Iowa House for the measure to pass before the 2017 legislative session ends as soon as this week.

Rhode Island

On Tuesday, Rhode Island lawmakers held their first hearing on a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. Similar hearings have been held by the House Judiciary Committee every year since 2011, yet the legislation has never made it to the floor for a vote. Supporters hope that with neighboring Massachusetts having voted to legalize the plant in 2016, the effort will gain more traction this time around. Also discussed at the hearing was a separate bill that would put the legalization debate on hold and create a commission to study the impacts of recreational marijuana on the state.

Texas

The Dallas City Council on Wednesday passed a measure to reduce penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana. Starting October 1st, police will start issuing misdemeanor citations for those in possession of less than four ounces of cannabis. Offenders will then be released if no additional crimes were committed.

Homeland Security Secretary: Marijuana “Not A Factor” In War On Drugs

Mike Adams
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Homeland Security Secretary: Marijuana “Not A Factor” In War On Drugs

If left only in the hands of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the United States would probably see the marching in of the war on drugs 2.0, one that would embrace the propaganda largely responsible for driving marijuana into the underground in the first place, while borrowing backward philosophies from the nation’s former leaders in an attempt to create the illusion that telling kids to “Just Say No” will put and end to drug problems.

Over the past few months, Sessions has hinted at the coming of a federal crackdown against the legal marijuana industry because he believes legal pot is contributing to a surge of violent activity as well as introducing more people to the dangerous world of opioid abuse.

However, according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, the new administration has no interest in waging a war against weed – at least not along the borders.

In a recent interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Kelly told host Chuck Todd that when it comes to fighting the War on Drugs, marijuana was no longer of any concern.

“Yeah, marijuana is not a factor in the drug war,” Kelly said.

“It’s three things,” he later added. “Methamphetamine. Almost all produced in Mexico. Heroin. Virtually all produced in Mexico. And cocaine that comes up from further south.”

Kelly then went on to explain that the three drugs, in conjunction with opioids, were responsible for claiming the lives of over 50,000 people in 2015, a problem that cost the nation $250 billion. But he failed to mention the almost 570,000 deaths associated with the use of alcohol and tobacco.

The White House maintains that marijuana prohibition is “in the interest of public health and safety.”

Despite the words pouring out of Kelly’s mouth on Sunday, there is still a possibility that Sessions could eventually lean on federal law when it comes to dealing with the legal cannabis industry. It was just last week that the Attorney General fired off a letter to a legion of prosecutors and Justice Department heads announcing the formation of a task force that would reevaluate existing policies, including those pertaining to marijuana.

But whatever Sessions plans to do about legal weed, Kelly doesn’t think it should involve bringing the hammer down on people who use drugs.

“The solution is not arresting a lot of users,” he said.

“The solution,” he continued, “is a comprehensive drug demand reduction program in the United States that involves every man and woman of goodwill. And then rehabilitation. And then law enforcement. And then getting at the poppy fields and the coca fields in the south.

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Self-Repairing Phones Are A Thing That May Happen Soon

Maria Loreto
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Self-Repairing Phones Are A Thing That May Happen Soon

Scientists and researchers have started developing plans for creating a material that’ll lead to self-repairing phones and devices. This polymeric material will be transparent and stretchable, healing the device rapidly and extending their lives. Can you imagine how much money you’ll save if you don’t have to worry about fixing your phone every time it falls, or every time your screen is scratched? 

Chao Wang, the leading scientist of this research, explained that the idea came from his love of the X-Men and how Wolverine was his favorite superhero, whose most important ability was the fact that he could repair himself. Wang claimed that even though Wolverine was super strong and had adamantium claws, what made him special was the fact that he could heal his wounds.

Wang’s new material would enable phones and other electrical devices of the sort the ability to repair themselves when dropped on the floor or when their screens get scratched. This would leave devices with longer lives that’ll end up saving a lot of money from consumers. If this material were to be successful, it would also change how phones are produced, maybe leading to less devices coming out each year with meaningless updates (we’re looking at you Apple).

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This self-repairing ability is explained via chemical bonding, where two types of bonds exist: covalent bonds, which are strong not easily broken, and non-covalent bonds, which are weaker and more malleable. The research team from the University of California will be using a type of non-covalent bond that hasn’t been used before, called ion-dipole interaction, which rely on an exchange between charged ions and polar molecules. The resulting material can stretch itself up to 50 times its usual size and is also able to stitch itself back together in a short period of time after being torn in two.  

Technology is crazy, right?

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Gossip: Investigators Claim That Judy Garland Was Murdered; 50 Cent Getting Sued For Punching Woman

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Gossip: Investigators Claim That Judy Garland Was Murdered; 50 Cent Getting Sued For Punching Woman

Judy Garland was murdered! That’s the conclusion of a top investigator who revisited the circumstances surrounding The Wizard of Oz star’s 1969 death.

Now, the private eye is pointing a finger at Judy’s fifth husband, nightclub owner Mickey Deans, as the one who killed her.

“Mickey Deans had the means and the motive to kill Judy,” the top P.I., who did not want to be named, tells RadarOnline.com. “He was the last one to see her alive — and the one who found her body.

“He made her death look like an accidental overdose, and was never suspected. But the evidence indicates it was all a set-up!”

Judy, who was 47 when she died on June 22, 1969, and Deans had only been married three months at the time of her death. They were living in London, where Judy was performing.

Judy’s third husband, Sid Luft, wrote in his memoirs that although he knew Judy was addicted to drugs, he allowed a doctor to prescribe the sedative Seconal to her because she couldn’t sleep.

“She would pop those things like candy, so you’d have to watch her,” Sid, who died in 2005 at the age of 89, wrote in the new book “Judy and I: My Life with Judy Garland.”

“Judy would tell me, ‘Don’t put more than three Seconal by my bed,’ and I’m sure she told him, too.”

Despite Judy’s admonition, Deans left “30 to 40” Seconal pills next to her bed the night she died! The investigator believes he patiently watched as she washed Seconal after Seconal down with alcohol — and then pounced when she passed out!

“Judy hardly weighed a thing when she was that age, and so it would have been easy for him to lift her body and carry it to the bathroom,” the P.I. says. “He placed her on the bathroom toilet, and pushed her head forward and down.

“He knew that in her unconscious state, it would be just a matter of time before she suffocated. To cover his tracks, Deans left the house — and didn’t return until morning.

“He came back from wherever the hell he’d been, and there was a phone call for Judy. It was the singer/pianist Charlie Cochran calling. Deans saw Judy wasn’t in the bed, so he called to her, but there was no answer.”

While Sid writes that Deans “discovered” Judy’s lifeless body, the investigator says it’s obvious her death scene was a set-up. And Sid concedes, “I have to believe that Deans did it purposely.”

The investigator says evidence shows Deans, 13 years younger than Judy, had met someone his own age and wanted out of the marriage.

He says Deans, who died in 2003 at age 68, acted deliberately — and Judy did NOT commit suicide.

“She had plenty to live for,” the P.I. says. “She was on a comeback after some really rough years. Deans had already had it with her. I believe he cold-heartedly planned her death and then calmly walked away. It’s so tragic.”

The Woman 50 Cent Punched at a Recent Show Has Lawyered Up & Is Planning to Sue

Donnetta Derr, the woman 50 Cent punched in the chest is then invited on stage to twerk, is preparing a lawsuit.

Via TMZ:

Donnetta Derr has a law firm behind her that will sue 50 early next week. She’ll also sue The Lox, with whom Fiddy performed, and the venue, Baltimore Soundstage.

TMZ broke the story … 50 was performing last week when the woman grabbed his arm and pulled him off stage. 50 retaliated with a vicious punch.

Donnetta later went onstage and twerked … leading people to believe the beef was squashed … nope.

Attorney Warren Brown tells us Donnetta went to the hospital the next day and hired him Monday.

Brown calls 50’s conduct “cowardly.”

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Walmart Sold These Florida Residents Salad With A Dead Bat Inside

Brendan Bures
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Walmart Sold These Florida Residents Salad With A Dead Bat Inside

Imagine buying a bag of salad, trying to be even healthier by purchasing the Organic Marketside Spring Mix bag, eating some of the greens, then discovering a dead bat inside the bag.

That’s what happened to two people in Florida who purchased a Fresh Express salad bag at Walmart, and found the deceased bat before alerting the proper authorities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stepped in and ordered tests to see if the animal had rabies. Unfortunately, the deceased nature of the animal prohibited any definitive testing.

Via The Guardian:

Transmission by eating an infected animal is “extremely uncommon”, the CDC said in a statement, but the two people were recommended for treatment out of an abundance of caution.

Neither Floridian showed any signs of rabies and both reported good health, the CDC said, adding that there have been no other “reports of bat material found in packaged salads.”

Currently, the CDC, the Florida Department of Health, and the federal Food and Drug Administration are all working together to find out just how in the world did that bat get inside the bagged salad.

The salads were limited to the southeastern United States and have been recalled from store shelves. In addition, the CDC said that customers who ate the salads already but didn’t consume “animal material” were not at risk and should contact Fresh Express for a full refund. If they did find “animal material” and already consumed the salads should contact their health department for evaluation.

“Consumers who may have already purchased the recalled product should discard and not consume it,” the CDC said in a statement to The Guardian.

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