http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2011/08/benevolent-maize-and-ogre-fart-chilis-food-origin-myths/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Sat, 18 May 2013 18:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2011/08/benevolent-maize-and-ogre-fart-chilis-food-origin-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-13724 Morning Cup of Links: Ogre-Fart Chilis - Sopaipleto » Sopaipleto Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:30:17 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=10005#comment-13724 [...] Benevolent Maize and Ogre-Fart Chilis. Food origin myths from the Peruvian Andes assigned blame for the way plants turn out. * Poaching is a continuing problem at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Park rangers risk their lives to catch and arrest poachers before they wipe out entire species. Warning: Disturbing photographs. * About 25% of Americans live in rural areas, but only 10% of doctors want to work in them. One small town found that the solution is to grow your own doctors. * Meet Omar Shamshoon. The Arabic version of The Simpsons was altered to remove anything offensive. Can you see where this is going? * Cinematic notes from the D23 Expo (the Disney convention), including tidbits on upcoming Pixar films. Oh yeah, and Disney-not-Pixar movies, too. * What Is Up With Noises? Math whiz Vi Hart explains the science of sound in an engaging video. * Rob Dyrdek’s 5 Craziest Viral Videos. MTV gave this guy his own show, which will premiere August 29th. * What Items Do You Wish You Had (or Didn’t Have) in Your Freshman Dorm Room? Share your hard-earned lessons which the incoming class. * Honey laundering: An international food-safety crisis. Is that stuff in your sweet rolls made by bees, or is it a honey-flavored fraud? * An Abandoned Hospital and its Abandoned Inhabitants. An Oregon psychiatric hospital is the ultimate setting for creepy photographs. [...] [...] Benevolent Maize and Ogre-Fart Chilis. Food origin myths from the Peruvian Andes assigned blame for the way plants turn out. * Poaching is a continuing problem at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Park rangers risk their lives to catch and arrest poachers before they wipe out entire species. Warning: Disturbing photographs. * About 25% of Americans live in rural areas, but only 10% of doctors want to work in them. One small town found that the solution is to grow your own doctors. * Meet Omar Shamshoon. The Arabic version of The Simpsons was altered to remove anything offensive. Can you see where this is going? * Cinematic notes from the D23 Expo (the Disney convention), including tidbits on upcoming Pixar films. Oh yeah, and Disney-not-Pixar movies, too. * What Is Up With Noises? Math whiz Vi Hart explains the science of sound in an engaging video. * Rob Dyrdek’s 5 Craziest Viral Videos. MTV gave this guy his own show, which will premiere August 29th. * What Items Do You Wish You Had (or Didn’t Have) in Your Freshman Dorm Room? Share your hard-earned lessons which the incoming class. * Honey laundering: An international food-safety crisis. Is that stuff in your sweet rolls made by bees, or is it a honey-flavored fraud? * An Abandoned Hospital and its Abandoned Inhabitants. An Oregon psychiatric hospital is the ultimate setting for creepy photographs. [...]

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2011/08/benevolent-maize-and-ogre-fart-chilis-food-origin-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-13723 Morning Cup of Links: Ogre-Fart Chilis - Cine Sopaipleto » Cine Sopaipleto Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:01:15 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=10005#comment-13723 [...] Benevolent Maize and Ogre-Fart Chilis. Food origin myths from the Peruvian Andes assigned blame for the way plants turn out. * Poaching is a continuing problem at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Park rangers risk their lives to catch and arrest poachers before they wipe out entire species. Warning: Disturbing photographs. * About 25% of Americans live in rural areas, but only 10% of doctors want to work in them. One small town found that the solution is to grow your own doctors. * Meet Omar Shamshoon. The Arabic version of The Simpsons was altered to remove anything offensive. Can you see where this is going? * Cinematic notes from the D23 Expo (the Disney convention), including tidbits on upcoming Pixar films. Oh yeah, and Disney-not-Pixar movies, too. * What Is Up With Noises? Math whiz Vi Hart explains the science of sound in an engaging video. * Rob Dyrdek’s 5 Craziest Viral Videos. MTV gave this guy his own show, which will premiere August 29th. * What Items Do You Wish You Had (or Didn’t Have) in Your Freshman Dorm Room? Share your hard-earned lessons which the incoming class. * Honey laundering: An international food-safety crisis. Is that stuff in your sweet rolls made by bees, or is it a honey-flavored fraud? * An Abandoned Hospital and its Abandoned Inhabitants. An Oregon psychiatric hospital is the ultimate setting for creepy photographs. [...] [...] Benevolent Maize and Ogre-Fart Chilis. Food origin myths from the Peruvian Andes assigned blame for the way plants turn out. * Poaching is a continuing problem at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Park rangers risk their lives to catch and arrest poachers before they wipe out entire species. Warning: Disturbing photographs. * About 25% of Americans live in rural areas, but only 10% of doctors want to work in them. One small town found that the solution is to grow your own doctors. * Meet Omar Shamshoon. The Arabic version of The Simpsons was altered to remove anything offensive. Can you see where this is going? * Cinematic notes from the D23 Expo (the Disney convention), including tidbits on upcoming Pixar films. Oh yeah, and Disney-not-Pixar movies, too. * What Is Up With Noises? Math whiz Vi Hart explains the science of sound in an engaging video. * Rob Dyrdek’s 5 Craziest Viral Videos. MTV gave this guy his own show, which will premiere August 29th. * What Items Do You Wish You Had (or Didn’t Have) in Your Freshman Dorm Room? Share your hard-earned lessons which the incoming class. * Honey laundering: An international food-safety crisis. Is that stuff in your sweet rolls made by bees, or is it a honey-flavored fraud? * An Abandoned Hospital and its Abandoned Inhabitants. An Oregon psychiatric hospital is the ultimate setting for creepy photographs. [...]

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2011/08/benevolent-maize-and-ogre-fart-chilis-food-origin-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-13714 susie Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:50:50 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=10005#comment-13714 I love these posts! I will not look at a chili pepper the same for sure, but after a few margaritas it could be a funny retelling of this Ogre myth.... I love these posts! I will not look at a chili pepper the same for sure, but after a few margaritas it could be a funny retelling of this Ogre myth….

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2011/08/benevolent-maize-and-ogre-fart-chilis-food-origin-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-13710 Eliot Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:49:56 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=10005#comment-13710 What kind of myths will be attributed to us by future generations to explain our frying fetish? I don't want to think about the phallic symbolism that will given to corn dogs and fried snickers! What kind of myths will be attributed to us by future generations to explain our frying fetish? I don’t want to think about the phallic symbolism that will given to corn dogs and fried snickers!

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2011/08/benevolent-maize-and-ogre-fart-chilis-food-origin-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-13700 Frank Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:53:55 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=10005#comment-13700 Small quibble: the chili pepper does not taste like farts. Small quibble: the chili pepper does not taste like farts.

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