Jared Allen Quarterback Killers Cookbook

Recently the FPT heard a radio interview with Minnesota Vikings Defensive End talking about a new cook book he as written. Jared is one of the premiere defensive ends in the National Football League and avid game hunter. The Quarterback Killers cookbook is all about preparing and cooking big game. Some of the feature recipes that Jared suggests is the Buffalo Meatloaf and the Elk Jerky. The book can be purchased at Quarterback Killers Cookbookwebsite.

Nathans Famous Hot Dogs for Monday Night Football

This weekend the New York Jets are playing the Minnesota Vikings in a great Monday Night match up. FPT thought since this game is being played in New York, that we would fire up the test kitchen grill for some Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs.

Nathan's was founded in Coney Island, way back in 1916. According to the Nathan's website "Last year there were over 360 million Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs sold!" Also, every year the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest is held at the Coney Island location.

Our Nathan's Famous dogs tonight are topped with chopped onions, shredded cheese, spicy brown mustard and ketchup. These Dog are high quality and taste great. You may pay a bit more for these than normal dogs, but well worth it.

Are you a fussy eater? Tell FPT about it

That is the question we ask our readers today....are you a fussy eater? Is there a food that you just can't stand because of the way it looks, ,tastes, sounds, smells? We would like to hear about it. The FPT has found a video from the late, great George Carlin on the very subject.



Please leave a comment on your fussy eater moments, we want to hear about it.

Birds Eye Voila Ten Minute Meal

The FPT test kitchen is always trying new foods and letting the public know about it. This time around we have a dish that claims it can be cooked in 10 minutes. So, we busted out our skillet and accepted this challenge.

The instructions are pretty straight forward....put some water in the bottom of the skillet, heat to med-high, put contents of bag in skillet, cover and stir occasionally.

After cooking and serving, we have given this meal the green light. Cooking time was just under 15 minutes, perfect portion for two people, and a nice blend of veggies, chicken and noodles. The price point is right on this item as well. Check your local grocery store freezer. Price range from $4 to $6 depending on where you do your shopping. There are many varieties of flavors, including shrimp and beef.

NEW Cheetos Hunger Grab Bag

From the HIlls of West Virgina, Etathed has found a new snackable product at his local snack shack.

My favorite Cheetos are the Mighty Zinger Ragin Cajun / Ranch flavored combo bags. Found this unique "Hunger Grab" bag at the store yesterday while on a queso run. This is a narrow bag that contains the same amount of Cheetos as the standard 99 cent bags. This narrow bag is fantastic, as it fits perfectly in the hand. Its easy, tear open corner allows priders to eat straight from the bag with out getting your hands dirty. The narrow bag also makes these Cheetos more travel friendly as they can easily be carried in the pockets of loose fitting clothing! In the photo i have placed the Cheetos bag next to a full size bag of Tostitos Crispy Rounds for comparison.
Props to Cheetos for continuing to deliver a quality snacking experience!

Thanks to Etathed for the heads up on this new product.

UPDATE A Win For Snack Sneakers

Back in December 2009, the FPT spotlighted the all-renewable materials Sun Chips bag. The story talked about how loud packaging is when you open them or re-enter them.
(Here is the original story)

FPT was one of the first media outlets to speak out against loud packaging. We feel that snack sneakers and snackers in general should be able to enjoy food stuffs without excess noise.
This week it was announced that Frito-Lay will be recycling their idea for the biodegradable Sun Chips bag. A spokesperson for the company was quoted as saying "Clearly, we'd received consumer feedback that it was noisy. We recognized from the beginning that the bag felt, looked and sounded different."
FPT considers this a win for snacking community. If any readers have any other issues with food stuffs such as this. Please bring it to our attention, your voice will be heard.

Cincinnati Chili Plate - Made in Las Vegas

Here is the latest dish from FPT reporter B2 in Las Vegas. He put together a nice dish of Cincinnati Chili. The chili packets are not sold in the Las Vegas area, so he had it imported in, from you guessed in, Cincinnati. This style of chili seems to be very popular in the Midwestern United States. According to the Greater Cincinnati Convention and Visitors Bureau, Cincinnatians consume more than two million pounds of chili each year, topped by 850,000 pounds of shredded cheddar cheese. Now those people really love their chili! Cincinnati chili is traditionally served in the following methods. (note: Pictured is a four-way chili plate)

* two-way: spaghetti and chili
* three-way: spaghetti, chili, and shredded cheese
* four-way: spaghetti, chili, shredded cheese, and either diced onions or beans
* five-way: spaghetti, chili, shredded cheese, diced onions, and beans
* cheese coney: hot dog topped w/ chili, shredded cheese, diced onions, and mustard
* chili cheese fries: French fries topped with chili and shredded cheese

Here is a quote from our reporter..."The chili has a unique flavor with a hint of cinnamon. It is not your traditional Texas style chili. I would suggest any chili lover to try it at least once."

KFC's Double Down - The Bunless Sandwich - Gets College Buns!

Remember the unique KFC chicken sandwich where there are no bread buns - it is bacon and cheese with two pieces of chicken as the acting buns -- the Double Down?

The KFC marketing department has found a very unique way to promote this sandwich involving recruiting females on college campuses. Paid 500.00 a day - the young women will wear pants with the Double Down logo upon their buttocks and hand out coupons to fellow students.

Hopefully, one of our reader's can get us some mobi media to post here!

Northwest Sighting of Oddly Green Jack's Links Jerky Bags

We can now confirm with our veteran mobi reporter B2 that a sighting of what appears to be tainted in some fashion Jack's Links Jerky bags. Franklin went out on a field mission and spotted 2 bags on the rack in this condition - being they were jalapeno flavor - he looked at other bags of the same flavor. All others appeared to be of the quality we love from Jack's Links. Expiration dates checked out on weird bags - perhaps its those little 'preservative pouches' popping open?

Veteran FPT Mobi Reporter Finds "Funky" Jack's Links Jerky Bag

Our honorable man in Las Vegas Mr.B2 - spotted what he says was a "green tinge" upon the contents of the bag of Jack's Links Jerky in the photo above. Upon receiving this casual report from him, we realized that we have seen Jack's Links on-sale ATM at really low prices - 2/6.00 - in our area. That is like 50% off normal price. We are going to send Franklin to the store with said sale - mobi media device equipped - and see what the funk is up. Perhaps nothing - also if you have seen or had a similar experience, please share it with us.

Jamba Juice - Buy One Get One Free Coupon & Street Sign Dancer Mobi Media

Medfor Mel sent us a heads-up that Jamba Juice is doing a BOGO deal on their website right now.

Thanks to Mel for the info and Yancy for the video. Click Here For Coupon

Huarache Loco - Mobi Report from West Virginia Hill Areas

Regular reporter Etathed checked in with this news of a new establishment in his hill areas of West Virginia:

"Just visited a new Mexican Restaurant here in the hills of West Virginia, it is called Huarache Loco. I have no idea what that means but their food is a damn good deal. My meal was 2 steak tacos which come with beans and rice, as well as chips and salsa, I added a side of the dippin cheese with this order. Also atached is a picture of the menu I was givin to take home. I am pretty sure that guy on the menu is wasted as his eyes are all wonky."

Media Misleads - Fat Pride News Byline: Whale Woman Gets Harpooned

The media is running wild with the true story of a woman who was accidently harpooned by a diver while she swam in Budva, Montenegro. Terms being thrown around are "Thar she Bl-ows", "Roly Poly", and eben "Whale Woman".

The FPT team stayed up late tonight and engaged in some truth-seeking internet scouring. Many of the news sites are running the story with no photos as a one photo of her would kill their spin on this.

Maja Georgi, 28 - (who appears just slightly overweight in other web found photos) has vowed to go on a diet after she was harpooned by a diver as she swam in he sea off the coast in Budva, Montenegro - "I might need to lose a few pounds but I'm not exactly Moby Dick either".

This post meant as a general bulletin to our FPT First Responders so you know not to assemble our "Priders Helping Priders" crisis crew.

Chinese "Takeaway/Takeout" How to Plate Tutorial from New Zealand Reader

Our longtime friend from New Zealand has sent us his patented smooth move for getting your Chinese food out of the container and onto a plate - Kiwi style:

"From the FPT Antipodes Test Labs in New Zealand comes this meal tip for the many of you who enjoy partaking of Chinese takeaway meals. Like the rest of us you will have had trouble getting the meal from the container and onto your plate in a manner worthy of a connoisseur. New research means you will no more have to suffer the indignity of unceremoniously shoveling the evening's meal from its container and onto said plate"

Step 1. Observe your tasty meal from your favorite Chinese takeaway and brace yourself for step 2.

Step 2. Close the container and turn it upside down then open the bottom (now the lid).

Step 3. Place plate face-down over open container.

Step 4. Hold plate firmly to avoid spillage while you turn the whole thing over.

Step 5. The plate is now the right-way up. Brace yourself for step 6 as you remove the container.

Step 6. Observe perfectly-prepared meal that looks like it's straight out of a recipe book. Consume like a pro!

Thanks for your time.
In case you wondered, the meal above was sweet and sour fish.

Fairlight Bakery Cookies - MMMM

Someobody on the FPT Team brought a few of these around and oh man these are the real deal. We are too full of pastry and egg nog at the moment to google the brandname "Fairlight Bakery" - but soon we will have more info on these EXCELLENT cookies!

Condiment Creations - Sauce 12 of 20

Late the other night in the FPT test kitchens, we were having some tater-tots (4 large bags between us) and we needed serious sauce plates. It struck someone that we should mix the Heinz Ketchup with the Lawrys Baja Chipotle Marinade. They were absolutely right. We did infact create this new combo condiment and also documented such with photos. However, this pre-mix photo is all we can find at this moment. We are still proud to endorse this condiment-combo and suggest you give it a try or create your own and contact us with the info for publishing!

U.S. Air Force Military Meal - Nice Plate For Our Fighting Men

One of our fine readers from the U.S. Air Force sent us a mobi media pic and quote: "It was good".

(Sante fe chicken with potatoes, peas, & carrots. Cherry cobbler & cocola)

Awesome Canadian Potato Chips Flavors - From Rookie Mobi Reporter J. Knecht

Please welcome our newest Mobi Reporter - John Knecht from Canada. He contacted a mutual friend of Team FPT and put something together for us to show you that is truly awesome. We did know that in Canada they offer some interesting chip flavors. We have heard of "Zesty Mordant & Dressed All Over" - among others. Thanks to John, we realize what we have been missing and are assembling an international travel team to acquire cases of the chips he mobi-photoed.

Picture is a screen shot of the actual active page - click below to view the big pics - no logins or anything - just click and WOW.

To quote John:
"My first contribution to FPT. I'm hoping this consistent with what is expected from a mobi contributor" - (No worries John - You nailed it solid!). Why can't we get chip flavours like this in the U.S.? I'm getting tired of the classic BBQ... I couldn't resist the Buffalo Wings & Blue Cheese and they rocked".

Click Here For John's Awesome Chips Gallery

Amazing Food Finds: The Coffee Tanker Truck - From Barnabus

Our friend Barnabus (professional Oregon Coast drifter) was off entertaining his wanderlust when he spotted this bad-boy and used his mobi-device to capture this intriguing photograph.

Nobody here has ever seen anything like it - and we are very confusables. Is this just an advertisement painted on, or is this bad boy hauling what may one of the largest coffee brews there has ever been?

Oreo Blizzard Cookies: A Closelier Look

As promised here is a tight close-up of the New Limited Time Oreo/Dairy Queen Blizzard partnership cookies.
They taste really good after about 11pm.