Why do variations of green olives always come served in some sort of brine while black olives are served in water? I would like to try a black olive that has been spiced up a bit, but I can’t seem to ever find one.

And why it is that only green olives are ever stuffed?

Piñata apples: Because there are some days when you’d rather swing a large stick at your fruity snack while wearing a blindfold.

“How is one supposed to get a bay leaf out without removing the top?”

A great question posed by a reader from Chicago!

Any clever suggestions for this reader?

Para contactar Kellogg’s con preguntas o comentarios acerca de los Corn Flakes por favor llama por teléfono. Tus comentarios escritos en Español no pueden ser leídos, pero con gusto te atenderán por teléfono en tu idioma.

Have you ever had food that was too beautiful to eat?

While perusing the lengthy list of chemicals that make up the ingredient list, I was shocked at how so many of the items were just a chemical bond away from being poison. Ok, I am no scientist, but here is my list of initial concerns:

• Does it seem amazing or frightening to anyone else that these donuts have glycerin? How many movies have we all seen where protagonists blow up loads of stuff using the highly volatile nitro-glycerin?
• What is Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate? Pyrophosphate sounds like it must absolutely be explosively dangerous.
• Cocoa proceed with alkali sounds disconcertingly similar to the process by which cocaine is produced.

The above photo was taken at a noodle bar in Chinatown in Chicago (Chi-town in Chi-town?). Each table has a drawer for napkins, utensils, sugar packets, etc.

As we sat down, I couldn’t help but think that this is an awesome idea. How many times have I sat down to eat and then realized I forgot to bring something I needed to the table?

Now as I think about it, I don’t know why this idea is so ingenious. It’s no more innovative than, say, the stationary drawer in my desk. But I still find it awesome.

Any input from people who share my fascination would be most appreciated.

Am I the only one who grew up in a time with more exposure to the Looney Toons ACME Company than to real life ACME brands?

When I stumbled across the ACME Banana Company, I was expecting the Animaniacs or Wile E. Coyote to come tearing around the corner!

Close by the ACME Banana company I also found the “City Banana Company.”

Seems like an AWESOME amount of bananas were moving through this part of the city at some point in time!

Somewhere in this box of assorted candy shards there is a pretty funny and quirky post.

But today, rather than writing the post ourselves, we thought we’d punt to you. So….what have you got?

Which menu item do you think most requires further explanation?