The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Hot Dogs

Today at a BBQ at a friend’s house I enjoyed one of my most favourite foods…A hot dog! With a nice pork sausage, onions and ketchup is was a joy to even hold it in my hand. (why did that sound wrong?!?) Anyway it has inspired me to try to find out what other sorts of hot dog themed foods people eat. So join me as I discover just what is…

The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Hot Dogs

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Fish Hot Dog

10 – Something fishy about this meat!?!

Who said hot dogs had to be meat? Well I personally think this “Fish Dog” looks lovely and would definitely give it a go. But if you think that this fish one is too much then you might well want to stop reading right now because it just gets worse as this post goes on!

Aquafresh Hot Dog

9 – Fresh Breath Dogs!

Believe it or not people really do love the taste of hot dogs and toothpaste! And apparently Aqua fresh and hot dogs are a real taste sensation. I just think it is very wrong indeed.

Hot Dog Cookies

8 – Sugar Dogs!

No matter how amazing these might look, they are in fact cookies! Made with shortbread and the hot dogs much the same but with a little red food colouring they look amazing and you can even try to make some yourself via the full recipe and picture making guide.

hamburger meat hot dog

7 – Pig Dogs!

This is a “Ham Dogger” and it is a simple device that moulds hamburger meat into the shape of a hot dog! But it has to be said that the sausages end up looking a bit…poop like.

Chocolate Eclair Hot Dog

6 – No, no, NO!!!

There is a reason that super tasty chocolate éclairs and sausages have never met, and that is because they NEVER SHOULD HAVE!!! But then again I think I need to try this tasty mash-up just because it might well be a taste sensation. But it is still wrong!

Birthday cake hot dogs

5 – Cake Dogs?!?

Get ready for a taste sensation because what you are looking at is (from left to right)… White Whisky Cream Cheese Dog, Pink Cinnamon Goldschläger Dog and the green is coconut and finally Ice Cider Cream Liqueur Nightcap Dog! Not only do they sounds amazing, but if you click on the image you will find a FULL recipe and making guide! Hot Dog indeed!

Tangles of spaghetti with red sauce hot dog

4 – The Meal Dog!

Located in a small suburb of San Jose, California, USA is a bakery and cafe that is like no other. Because this mash-up hot dog that you see above is the work of The Clover Bakery and they will just about make a hot dog with most things including a chow mein one!

Bacon wrapped Hot Dog

3 – America’s Dog!

This is the classic sort of hot dog that we have here in the UK as well many other places other than America, but it is still the classic American style that makes it so tasty. Half cut sausage, onion filled then wrapped in bacon it is making me droll just typing this!

Peanut Butter And Banana Hot Dog

2 – That is one fruity sausage!

Inspired by peanut butter and jelly sandwiches comes this rather sweet hot dog themed snack. While at first you might think it is a little gross, it is nothing more than a long sandwich after all so it is just essentially only hot dog shaped.

A Black Hot Dog

1 –  The Black Mamba!

Much like a black mamba snake these hot-dogs are also black in the middle as well! But these hot dogs are not the snake, but are in fact normal hot-dogs that have been coloured with squid ink! Weird for sure, but also rather amazing, I think I need to try one ASAP!

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The World’s Top 10 Best Octopus Shaped Foods

Sea food is something that I enjoy eating as much as I can. From all sorts of fish, crabs, mussels and prawns I have tried them all. But one sea creature that I have not tried yet is an Octopus, but I have not tried it, because I don’t like the thought of eating it! But there are some alternative kinds of octopus I would love to try, and here are the very best of them…

The World’s Top 10 Best Octopus Shaped Foods 

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Octopus-shaped fruit snack

10 – Applepus with grapetacles

What batter way to make a healthy fruit snack a little more appealing than to shape it into an octopus! With an apple for a head and grapes used for tentacles it is a joy to see. There is a full recipe and making guide to go with this in the image link, so get clicking!

Octopus-shaped cup cakes

9 –  Cupcakes by the power of eight!

Having an under sea themed party? Or just fancy making some fun cupcakes? Well these will cover both of those situations and then some. Not only fun to make, but also rather cool to look at as well! There is a full making guide to be read by clicking on the image link.

Octopus-shaped bento box

8 – Octomeal Bento Box

The best bit about this tasty looking octopus Bento box meal isn’t the tasty looking octopus made from an egg, or the heart-shaped strawberries, but rather the fish’N'chips fish-shaped crisps being used to great effect for the first time in a lunch box!!!

Octopus-shaped ice-cubes

7 – Ice, ice Coolamari (£7.95)

What better way to eat an octopus than with a nice cold glass of coke? And now with these Coolamari ice-cube trays that dream is a reality! But seriously it does make for a cool looking icecube, but could also be used to make some chocolate ones as well!

Octopus-shaped pie

6 – Octopie

This octopus is in fact a pie crust that is sat over a chicken pie! But lets face it, it could be sat over the top of anything and still be cool. Soup, hot-pot, stew, you name it it would look great. And with a nice making guide in the image link they are well worth a go indeed.

Octopus-shaped cake

5 – The Best Octopus cake ever?!?

Made by Karen Portaleo of Highland Bakery this is very, very impressive cake work indeed, and weighing in at over 200 pound it is definitely the worlds largest octopus shaped food. But I have not made it number 1 because it is just too much, most of us could only dream of having cake making skills this good, but that still doesn’t stop it be jaw dropping good.

Octopus-shaped pepper in hummus

4 – The Pepperpus!

With a simple half of a coloured pepper and then some spare parts cut into shape and placed in a dip (French onion dip used above) this is not only great to look at but also healthy, fun and simple to make with a nice making guide to be found in the image link.

Octopus-shaped soup bowls

3 – Octopus blood tastes of soup!?!

These are just darn right impressive! With a nice bit of soup in a tasty bread bun these are sure to make most people smile, myself included! And the best bit is that there is a nice making guide to be found by clicking on the image. But the filling of soup is up to you.

Octopus-shaped pizza

2 – Octopizza meats mega cheese!

Octopus on pizza might not be a good idea, but pizza shaped like one is a very good idea indeed! There isn’t a recipe or making guide because it is open to artistic interpretation.

Octopus-shaped boiled hot-dog sausages

1 –  Under the sea, the Hot-dogs and me!

Using simple hot-dog sausages that have been cooked and then cut into shape, these fun party/BBQ snacks are a joy to see. There is no making guide or recipe in the image link, but that is because you don’t need it. You just a tin of hot-dogs and a knife to make 4 cuts.

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The World’s Top 10 Strangest Canned Foods

When it comes to food I am willing to eat most things, and at least willing to try new foods. But one thing that I really like to eat makes most people feel very ill indeed. You see I like all day breakfast in a tin! With egg, beans, sausage and some sort of potato product I love it. But I do understand that a lot of people hate the very idea of a breakfast in a can. So can I justify eating it by finding other things in a tin that are far worse? You bet I can…

The World’s Top 10 Strangest Canned Foods

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Fried Chicken in a can

10 – Makes the KFC worker cry!

What amazes me about this is not the fact that it is fried chik’n in a can, not the fact that someone not only invented this but people buy the stuff! But the simple fact that it clearly says on the side of the can “With Gravy!” Since when did fried chicken go with gravy?!?

Can of haggis

9 – No Scot would eat this!

Having tried both real haggis and a tin of this stuff I know that the canned haggis food does come close to the taste of a haggis, but to good enough. But for anyone who lives too far away from Scotland to try the 100% genuine thing this might well do the trick.

Canned Muffin

8 – Can with muffin in!

It might sound gross, but I think this canned muffin might taste rather nice! After all I often eat chocolate cake and custard from a can so why not a muffin? Worth a go I think.

Canned Brown Bread

7 – Canned Bread?

These will not be seen as the best invention since sliced bread, but it is one I think would taste quite nice. 99% fat-free and full of tasty raisins it might taste Ok! ..or maybe not.

Canned Squid

6 – A can of what?!?!

If you thought the ones you have seen already were bad, check out this canned squid! Not matter how disgusting it might sound, just remember that at least it comes in natural ink!

Bacon in a can

5 – Rolled Bacon?

There are many different cans of bacon on the super market shelves, but this one offers people REAL pre-cooked bacon strips! I have no idea what these taste like, but I would certainly be willing to try it if just the once!

canned sandwiches

4 – The Candwich?!?

Believe it of not this really is sandwiches in a can! With a choice of Peanut Butter and strawberry Jelly, BBQ chicken or  Peanut Butter and grape Jelly they really are a canned sensation. And one that I think I will give a miss.

Can of Silkworm Pupae

3 – Bugtacular!

The idea of eating a tin of silkworm pupae might sound disgusting to you or I, but to some people they are seen as an important source of dietary protein. And as for the fact that i wouldn’t try these in a million years I guess we will have to take their word for it.

Cheeseburger in a can

2 – The not so big mac.

If you think that a cheese burger in a tin is going to look anything like the one you can see in this promotional advert, you need to think again. Having ate one of these myself I know that they are slightly…damp! But they last forever and would be great for survival food.

12 course meal in a tin

1 –  11 too many!

Just when you thought I couldn’t gross you out any more I bring you what I believe is the worlds strangest can of food. A 12 course meal in a tin was always going to be pushing things too far and indeed that is exactly what it is. But stuff it! I would give it a go!

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The World’s Top 10 Best Dog Shaped Foods

Some people are so creative. Some can paint, some can make impressive sculptures and some can even make amazing things from plain old foods. Today we are looking at the latter people and all the sorts of things those people have made to look like dogs! From cakes, to healthy snacks they are all amazing and all made to look like our favourite fidos…

The World’s Top 10 Best Dog Shaped Foods

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Cupcakes that look like dogs

10 – Barking up the wrong cake!

It doesn’t matter that there isn’t a recipe or making guide to be found by clicking on the image, but what does matter is how much these dog themed cupcakes make you smile. And for me it was loads from the biscuit ears and nose to the M&M nose, I loved them.

Fruit art that look like dog

9 – Dog fruit!

Made using 2 halves of a Pear and some dried apricots this dog  themed fruit art could be a great way to get the little ones to eat more healthily. But then again I would eat it as well! There is a full recipe and making guide to be found by clicking on the image above.

Cupcakes that look like dogs

8 – The Chocolate Lab! 

Inspired by their lovable dog “Riley” these black Labrador Retriever cupcakes look great! There isn’t a recipe or making guide for these ”pupcakes” but they do indeed look cool.

Pizza sticks that look like dogs

7 – Pizza Pups!

Sadly the making guide for these is in Japanese but well worth seeing anyway because there is an image guide to go with it. And who wouldn’t love a dog themed pizza!?!

Lunch box that has a dog theme

6 – All dolled up like a dog’s dinner

This puppy themed  bento box is a great idea to bring a smile to someone. With a puppy dog sandwich and scooby snacks it looks so cool even I would like one!

Hot dog sausage that look like dog

5 – The Dog Dog!

Perfect for a summer BBQ these dog shaped hot dog sausages are sure to make a great taking point at an outdoor party. there isn’t a making guide in the image link, but it looks simple enough to try without one.

Banana that look like dog

4 – Bananog

With a few snips and cuts here and there you can turn a banana into a dog! This looks so cool it would be a shame to eat it, but it would also be a good idea to get kids to eat more.

Cupcakes that look like dogs

3 – Puppy Cakes

This cool puppy face cupcake is one of the best ones I could find. But sadly there is no making guide of recipe in the image link so we will have to work out to make them ourselves. But I did work out the M&M nose, ears, tounge and eyes.

shortbread that look like dogs

2 – The Scottish Bread (£17.88)

When it comes to shortbread biscuits Walkers are the best of the best, and so these Scottie Dog shaped ones had to be on my list because they look great and taste like the best shortbread dogs in the World (which they most probably are).

Hot dog that look like dog

1 –  It was meant to be!

For me it just doesn’t get any better than a hot-dog that is shaped like dog! While the image link site (that offers a full making guide and recipe) is in Japanese you only need to see the step by step picture guide it offers to be able to make your very own hot dog dogs!

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The World’s Top 10 Best Pot Plant Inspired Foods

If there is one thing I would love to learn it is how to live of the land. To make my own vegetables, grow edible plants, herbs and generally survive in the wilderness. But I like things like chocolate plants! Or maybe Cake plants!!! None of those exist and those are the things I like to eat! Maybe I should grow some of this lot…

The World’s Top 10 Best Pot Plant Inspired Foods

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Pot plant shaped cake

10 – Daisy Do!

With a pineapple flower and a cupcake base this is a great start of things to come. Sadly there is no recipe or making guide, but they look simple enough to copy anyway.

Pot plant shaped cake

9 – Picture Perfect

When it comes to edible pot plants these are the best looking you will ever see. But that doesn’t mean they are the best! While there is a recipe to be found in the image link the better option here is to buy them that you can also do by clicking on the picture above.

Pot plant shaped cake

8 – The Worlds tastiest sprout!

With not much more than a chocolate cupcake and marzipan leaf sprouts these really are cool. No recipe or making guide in the image link because you can in fact but them!!!

Pot plant shaped cake

7 – The Cake Planters

There is no recipe or making guide in the image link but I still love these! They go to show that you can make these sorts of cakes in any way shape or form, but this is a good one.

Pot plant shaped cake

6 – Succulent Succulents!

With a mint sprig and an Oreo dirt these even sound tasty let alone look like it! You will see a couple of very similar things. But I think it is all down to the maker. Once again there is a full recipe and making guide in the image link.

Pot plant shaped cake

5 – Pudding Plants!

If you like a little bit of art with your after dinner pudding then why not try these dessert flowers! With a easy follow step by step picture making guide they are easy to make and well worth a try for any garden themed party, or maybe as a surprise treat!

Pot plant shaped pudding

4 – Eat the dirt!

Topped off with a real sprig of mint this mud pie pudding has it all going on. With a sloppy Oreo crumble soil and a wet chocolate moose base it had me drooling the moment I saw it. Add to all that, there is a full recipe and making guide in the image link.

Pot plant shaped cake

3 – Cup -O- Cone

With a ice-cream cone pot and a cake pop rose these are amazing and fairly simple to make. There is a step by step recipe and making guide to be found by clicking on the image. Best of all about these is that the cake pop stick acts as the stem!

Pot plant shaped Bento box

2 – Beautiful Bento

Like most Bento boxes there is no making guide, but it does contain a small list of ingredients. The key thing with these lunch boxes is they are always open to artistic interpretation and each lunch box will be different depending on the maker.

Pot plant shaped cake

1 –  The Sun Flower of power!

These tasty sunflowers look amazing and there is a fool proof making guide and recipe to be found by clicking on the image! Best of all is that they have an Oreo soil topping, NOM!

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The World’s Top 10 Best Crab Shaped Foods

As you all know by now, I do love my sea food (See my post: Top 10 Octopus Shaped Foods) but one I kind of sea food I hate is crab! I just don’t like the taste of it. But maybe I am jumping the gun. Just because I had one bad taste experience with a crab meat casserole doesn’t mean they are all bad! Buy maybe I should start with one of these alternative crab shaped foods before I try the real thing….

The World’s Top 10 Best Crab Shaped Foods

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Noddle crab-shaped bowl

10 – The Noodle Crab!

With tasty crispy noodle legs, and a crab salad body this is one very tasty crab! I would have said it looks more like a spider crab but whatever. The good news is that there is a full recipe and making guide to be found by clicking on the image.

Crab Shaped Cake

9 – Chocolate Crab Cake?

This is in fact a chocolate cake that has been shaped like a crab. Made by the incredibly talented Karen Portaleo it is super realistic and thus it is sadly way above most of us to make it ourselves.  But still well worth sharing with you all anyway.

Crab shaped Apple

8 – A Crabble

Nothing complicated here, just a fun to make crab made from a single apple! Simple food are like this is great for encouraging kids to eat more fruit and making us adults smile.

Crab Shaped Sandwich

7 – Fancy a Sandpinch

this amazing hamburger bun based sandwich is got to be worth a quick make. With tasty kind prawn legs and a crab an egg filling they would make for a great lunch time snack. Full recipe and making guide can be found by clicking on the image.

Crab Bento Box

6 – The crab they call “Bento”

It seems that these 10 top food posts I do always feature a Bento Box in some way; and so this one is no different. With sausage claws and rice ball body is sounds rather healthy!

Chocolate Crabs

5 – Crabolates

Not a lot is going to be more fun to eat than a chocolate shaped like a crab, and for a few pounds (dollars) you can find out just how much fun it could be. So get clicking!

Mini Crab Cookies

4 – Cookie Crab Monster

Well not so much big monster, more mini monster. These mini crab cookies are too cool for words and best of all is that you can by them by clicking on the image link!

Crab shaped Bread

3 – Cread!

This amazing loaf is made by Boudin Sourdough Bakery & Cafe in San Francisco. I have no idea if it is true, but apparently they make a fresh batch of crab breads each and every day! I bet these would taste just as good as they look.

Crab shaped Cupcakes

2 – Cup Crabs!

If these gummy sweet crab cupcakes don’t make you smile, not a lot will. With a tasty crumb sand poured over the top these are simply incredible. Best of all is the full recipe and making guide to be found by clicking on the image, so get clicking already!

Crab Made from a croissant

1 – The Crabssant!

With a croissant for a body, carrot legs and pepper claws this is the perfect food to be shaped into a crab. Healthy, simple and brings an instant smile to the face, it is perfect.

The World’s Top 10 Best images of Cats Loving Ice Cream

A while ago now I did a post called “Top 10 Best Dogs Loving Ice Cream” and so I think it is time for the cats to have a go as well and given the fact that it is the last days of summer as well. With the important factor being the “cream” part of the word Ice-Cream it seems cats really do love them. So without further delay I hope to bring you fun and smiles in today’s Caturday post….

The World’s Top 10 Best images of Cats Loving Ice Cream

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A cat that loves snow cones

10 – Rainbows taste good! (I know this is a snow cone, but it is to good not to share it)

FACT: Many people do not know the origins of ice cream, but either it dates to A.D 54–68 where Roman Emperor Nero is said to have sent his slaves into the mountains to fetch snow to mix with nectar, fruit pulp, and honey, though it is just speculation. Other sources claim in A.D. 618–907, China’s T’ang period, ice cream was probably a dish for the country’s rulers. The founder of the dynasty, King T’ang of Shang, kept 94 “ice men” on hand to lug ice to the palace to make a dish made of koumiss (heated, fermented milk), flour, and camphor.

A cat that loves ice-cream toppings

9 – “You could never prove I ate that little boys ice-cream, he is a born liar!!

FACT: Americans eat on average 20 quarts a year, and that is enough ice cream to fill up 5 gallons of milk, that is a lot of dairy!

A cat that loves ice-cream

8 – “Paws off this is mine, you dropped yours!”

FACT: Vanilla takes up to 20-29% of overall sales of ice cream with chocolate coming in a very distant second.

A cat that loves ice-cream

7 – ”This ice-cream is so cold it makes me wish I had kept my clothes on!”

FACT: The largest ice cream cone measured 2.81 m (9 ft 2.63 in) in height and was achieved by Mirco Della Vecchia and Andrea Andrighetti of Italy.

A cat that loves ice-cream

6 – Just one Cornetto, Give it to me, Delicious ice-cream, From Italy!

FACT: The Michigan State University Dairystore (MSU Dairystore to Spartans) have created their own ice cream, sesquicentennial swirl, to commemorate MSU’s sesquicentennial celebration in 2005. It is a mixture of white cake batter ice cream with a thick green fudge swirl surrounded by green and white cake pieces.

A cat that loves ice-cream

5 – “This stuff is so good it made me go cross-eyed!”

FACT: The central region of the U.S. created the most production of ice cream and related frozen products. It created producing 726 million gallons in 2011! Turns out all those cows and fields turn out something great.

cats that love ice-cream

4 – ”Mint is just the best flavour ever made!

FACT: June is the month that the most ice cream is produced because it is often just in time for summer distribution.

cats that love ice-cream

3 – “Holiday time and everything is going to be fine.”

FACT: Ben and Jerry’s has 46 flavours. Some retired flavours include White Russian, Rainforest Crunch, Peanut Butter and Jelly, and Devil’s Food Chocolate.

cats that love ice-cream

2 – We always dare to share, it makes us closer that way.

FACT: Seven different accounts were taken about the creation of the waffle ice cream cone from the World Fair. Some claim Ernest Hamwi, a Syrian concessions vendor, curled a waffle cookie and transformed it into a receptacle for ice cream.

A cat that loves ice-cream

1 –  ”Oh my, my, my precious! We will not let that dirty doggo get you my love.”

FACT: Some weird flavours of ice cream include buckwheat ice cream, bacon, beer flavoured ice cream, and Parmesan gelato.

(( ALL FACTS VIA: policymic.com))

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The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Ring Donuts

Sometimes these top 10′s are not so much about what I want to write about, but more what I HAVE to write about! You see last week after my post “Top 10 Amazing Doughnuts” I had to equal the books out. The problem is that most people (no matter where in the World they live) see a donut as a ringed donut, not the filled kind that I know about here in the UK. So lets make things a little more even…

The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Ring Donuts

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Apple Cider Donuts

10 – Cider Man!

Coming from Wiltshire, UK I know a thing or two about cider. And these apple cider donuts are a great way to start things off and come with a full recipe and making guide!

Square Donuts

9 – Mincraft Donuts?!?

So when is a ring donut not a ring donut? When it is a square one! These might not be the classic “ring” style but I just had to bring them to you because I have never seen them before, but apparently over in Indiana, USA they are quite common!

Coconut Flour Fried Donuts

8 – Donuts, Coconuts, drive me nuts!

These are just about as healthy as a donut is going to be. They are low carb, grain-free and gluten-free and look delicious! Best of all is that they are only 153 Calories each! So don’t feel so guilty when you are clicking on that image and making some of your own.

Mini Cheerio Donuts

7 – Just the 1 please….hundred that is!.

Not only do they look amazing, not only do they only have 31 Calories in each, but there is also a FULL recipe and making guide in the image link! But I have to be honest and say that I would personally need a bowl full just to touch the sides!

Cat Donuts

6 – The Cats Whiskers!

It is no good rubbing your eyes, these really are cat shaped ring donuts! Inspired by an anime series called “one Nya hup” they are sadly there is no making guide as they are only available in Japan, but maybe someone would be kind enough to send us some!

Fruity Pebble Frosted Doughnuts

5 – One of your 5 a day!

OK, it is not that kind of fruit. But these doughnuts that are infused with “Fruity Pebbles” cereal are a pure joy to look at and also come with a first class recipe and making guide.

Maple bacon donuts

4 – The Breakfast Donut!

You just knew bacon would have to come into it somewhere along the line and so it does with these rather tasty sounding maple bacon ones. Apparently this is quite a popular donut and the real good news is we can make it ourselves with the full recipe and guide!

Green Tea Donuts

3 – Tea for two and donuts for one!

Before we dismiss these Green Tea donuts maybe it is time to change the way we see the words “Green Tea” Turns out these are quite pretty popular in Japan and are becoming more and more popular in the US and Europe, so maybe we should give them a chance.

Doughnut Grilled Cheese Sandwich

2 – Grilled Donuts?!?

I love nothing more than grilled cheese on toast (Welsh rarebit as we call it) and so it will come as no surprise to find what I think is just about the most awesome donut I have ever heard of or indeed seen! Words alone can not say just how much I want to try these.

Breaking Bad Meth Donuts

1 –  Breaking the crime ring.

There is not many donuts that are bad, but these Breaking Bad ones are as bad ass as they come! But I have to say that while I do think they are amazing to look at, teaching kids that it is “fun” to eat Meth is never the best idea. But controversy aside I loved them!

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The World’s Top 10 Best Images of Cats Cooking

I love animals I really do, but I wish they would do a little more to help around the house. Maybe do come cooking or cleaning once in while! Well it seems cats might not be willing to clean (unless it is themselves)  but they might be willing to cook! So without further ado I bring you…

The World’s Top 10 Best Images of Cats Cooking 

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Image of a cat trying or helping to cook

10 – “I know you said to keep an eye on things, but I have to say my bum is burning!”

Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Ice cream.
Ice cream who?
Ice cream if you don’t let me in!
(JOKE VIA:jokes4us.com)

Image of a cat trying or helping to cook

9 – “Now come on, try and stay under the water so you filament in all the flavours! “

Knock knock
who’s there?
Lettuce.
Lettuce who?
Lettuce in & we’ll tell you!”
(JOKE VIA:jokes4us.com)

Image of a cat trying or helping to cook

8 – “4 birds legs, 2 frogs and some rotten fish bones, this is the best soup I’ve ever made!

Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Figs.
Figs who?
Figs the doorbell, it’s broken!
(JOKE VIA:jokes4us.com)

Image of a cat trying or helping to cook

7 – ”I made you a lovely fish pie for dinner! …but that is when things kind of went wrong.”

Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Pecan.
Pecan who?
Pecan somebody your own size!
(JOKE VIA:jokes4us.com)

Image of a cat trying or helping to cook

6 – “You want me to make something special for the dogs birthday! Sure I will…mwhahah”

Knock Knock
Who’s there!
Four Eggs!
Four Eggs who?
Four Eggs ample!
(JOKE VIA:jokes4us.com)

Image of a cat trying or helping to cook

5 – “Now if I carefully flip this chicken…onto the floor, grab it & run off I can have my lunch!”

Knock, Knock
Who’s there?
Pudding.
Pudding who?
Pudding your shoes on before your trousers is a silly idea!
(JOKE VIA:jokes4us.com)

Image of a cat trying or helping to cook

4 – “Why do you humans insist on cooking everything?! They taste fine as they are!”

Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Plums!
Plums who?
Plums me that we’ll always be friends!
(JOKE VIA:jokes4us.com)

Image of a cat trying or helping to cook

3 – “I sure hope for your sake that those are vegetable shapes bits of meat!”

Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Muffin!
Muffin who?
Muffin the matter with me, how about you?
(JOKE VIA:jokes4us.com)

Image of a cat trying or helping to cook

2 – “He said WHAT about my luxurious lobster sushi with beetroot jellies? The Imbecile!”

Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Pizza!
Pizza who?
Pizza the pie!
(JOKE VIA:jokes4us.com)

Image of a cat trying or helping to cook

1 –  ”Then it says here to put 2 saucers of milk down on the floor! …I does I swear to you!”

Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Orange juice!
Orange juice who?
Orange juice going to talk to me!
(JOKE VIA:jokes4us.com)

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The World’s Top 10 Best Things to Have on Toast

No matter how much I try I am not a very good cook. I have tried watching you-tube videos, reading cooking blogs and even taking lessons! But it was all to no avail and I am left wondering if I will ever be able to make anything better that a piece of toast. But then again toast can be presented in some rather tasty ways…..

The World’s Top 10 Best Things to Have on Toast 

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Olive Oil Poached Eggs on Avocado and Braised Kale Toast

10 – Avocado and Braised Kale Toast

We start this post with something that is very healthy indeed, with Kale bread, avocardo and poached eggs it is sure to start you off in the right way. And now need to worry about how to make it, as there is a full on recipe and making guide to be found by clicking on the image.

Homemade honey butter toast box with homemade wholemeal bread

9 – Homemade honey butter toast

This is what is often called dessert toast and it sure is a mix up of things, but I kind of like it and would love to try it one day. Sadly there is not recipe or making guide in the image link, but you can;t have everything so a mouth watering picture will have to do.

Butter Fruit on Toast

8 – Butter Fruit on Toast

Not only does this sound healthy, but it really is! While I do understand that a “butter fruit” is just the same as avocados in number 10 this one looks so much more!) needless to say there is a full recipe and making guide in the image link.

Baked plums on toast with mascarpone and lemon

7 – Baked plums on toast

I have to say that this sounds a little strange for me, Baked beans?, yes. Baked Tomatoes? At a push, but baked plums?!? Well I will not judge it bad until I have tried it, and thanks to the full recipe and making guide in the image link I can at least try.

Traditional Welsh Rarebit

6 – Welsh Rarebit

This post wouldn’t be the same if I didn’t include this Welsh delicacy. Made with strong cheddar, Worcestershire sauce and Welsh beer (or bitter/ale) this is not just cheese on toast as everyone thinks, this is so very much more. Why not click on the image and use the full recipe and making guide to try it yourself!

French Scrambled Eggs With Crimini Mushrooms on Toast

5 – French Scrambled Eggs With Crimini Mushrooms on Toast

I love a bit of scrambled egg on toast, I also love mushrooms! So of course this breakfast / snack meal is just about perfect for me! good job there is a full recipe and making guide in the image link because even this picture is making me hungry.

Bananas Fosters Topped Overnight French Toast

4 – Overnight Bananas Fosters French Toast

Once again this is sort of a dessert topper for toast! With baked French toast casserole, bananas, plus fresh berries and fruit it is not only ultra tasty, but rather healthy! sounds like a complicated make so I am happy to say there is a full on recipe and making guide in the image link.

French Toast Roll-Ups

3 – French jam on toast roll-ups

Does toast really have to be toast shaped? Well not according to Comfy Cuisine who have decided to roll their up! And dare I say with rather tasty looking results! Good job there is a full recipe and making guide in the image link because I really want to try these!

Bacon, egg and toast cups

2 – Bacon, egg and toast cups

You just knew bacon would have to be in this top 10 somewhere, and here it is in at number 2, while most of us have seen these toast cups before they still look amazing and I really, really, really want to try some! So it is a good job there is a full recipe and making guide in the image link otherwise I might have had to cry!

Beans on Toast

1 – Beans on Toast

For me personally there is no better thing to put on toast than the classic tin of beans, and if you can hide an egg under them all the better. There is no recipe or making guide needed for this classic meal, just warn up some bake beans and pour them all over some toast! Simple, traditional and very, very tasty indeed.

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The World’s Top 10 Foods That Will Not Help Boost Your Metabolism

The problem with most top 10 lists is that they are boring! Most of them are full of great facts, figures and advice, but I want fun things! I don’t want to know what the top 10 best-selling books are, tell me the top 10 best books featuring funny spelling errors! When I see the post “Top 10 Foods That Boost Your Metabolism” I know it is full of great advice on what to eat, but what I really want to read is….

The World’s Top 10 Foods That Will Not Help Boost Your Metabolism

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Heavy Water Ultra Premium Vodka

10 – Heavy Water Ultra Premium Vodka

Original Post Facts: Water speeds up weight loss and increases the metabolism. It also flushes toxins and sodium from the body. Cold water is said to be even better as your body has to work to heat the cold water until the temperature reaches the rest of the water in your body. This process increases the metabolism even more.

Green Tea Mousse Recipes

9 – Green Tea Mousse Recipes

Original Post Facts: The caffeine in green tea speeds up metabolism and also has a chemical, EGCG (antioxidant), that stimulates the nervous system and helps prevent cancer. Extracts from Green tea boost metabolism, aid in weight loss, and also have anti-cancer properties.

Brown Derby Grapefruit Cake

8 – Brown Derby Grapefruit Cake

Original Post Facts: Water rich fruits, such as grapefruit, dilute calories. Grapefruit also reduces insulin, which can help your body process food more quickly and efficiently. Grapefruit is also a good source of Vitamin C, reducing insulin levels and boosting metabolism.

Chocolate “broccoli” cookies

7 – Chocolate “broccoli” cookies

Original Post Facts: Broccoli is high in vitamin C and calcium. These two work together to help burn calories faster and more effectively. Calcium also activates your metabolism, and vitamin C helps absorb more calcium. Broccoli is also great for immunity. It has vitamin A, folate and fiber.

Raspberry Yoghurt Dessert

6 – Raspberry Yoghurt Dessert

Original Post Facts: Yogurt is full of calcium and protein which gives you energy and helps build lean muscle mass. Yogurt also helps regulate your digestive track

Chocolate Covered Jalapeno Peppers

5 – Chocolate Covered Jalapeno Peppers

Original Post Facts: Eating hot peppers can boost metabolism and curb cravings. The chemical capsaicin (found in jalapeno and cayenne pepper) assists in speeding up metabolism. Other spices, cinnamon and curry powder, are also metabolism boosters.

Smoked Salmon and Dill Mini-Ice Cream Cones

4 – Smoked Salmon and Dill Mini-Ice Cream Cones

Original Post Facts: Salmon is a lean protein and high in omega-3 fatty acids which help speed up your metabolism.

Chicken Korma

3 – Chicken Korma

Original Post Facts: Protein found in chicken, turkey and lean meats takes energy to break down so your body burns calories in the digestive process.

Almond Joy Cheesecake Recipe

2 – Almond Joy Cheesecake Recipe

Original Post Facts: Although almonds are high in calories, they are jam-packed with essential fatty acids, which are great metabolism boosters.

Oatmeal Vanilla Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwich

1 –  Oatmeal Vanilla Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwich

Original Post Facts: Oatmeal is rich in fat-soluble fibre which requires a lot of calories to break down. It also reduces cholesterol levels and risks of heart disease.

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The World’s Top 10 Best Axe Inspired Products

With Halloween coming think and fast maybe it is time we think about decorating the halls with some scary products. The problem I have is that spiders, ghosts and skeletons are all very well, but not really that scary. Now an axe on the other hand is something to fear! So ditch the ghouls and goblins, and get some of these instead…

The World’s Top 10 Best Axe Inspired Products 

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Axe Inspired Lolly

10 – Lolly (£8.00)

This should have made it into my post “Top 10 Most Amazing Lollipops” but I have only just discovered it, but as far as lolly moulds go this is a very good one indeed and perfect for a night of fright party.

Axe Inspired Cupcake Topper

9 – Cupcake Topper (£1.58 EACH)

If like me you are not the most amazing cupcake maker, why not cheat and buy some of these axe inspired cupcake toppers! They would make any Halloween treats look very cool indeed and make your party the one they all talk about.

Axe Inspired Guitar

8 – Guitar (£123.26)

How about strumming out some Halloween tunes at your party this year! Open the door, say trick and blast them with a rift that would make Hendrix cry, and all on a guitar axe!

Axe Inspired Guitar Bottle Opener

7 – Bottle Opener (£18.50)

I have no idea if it is true or not, but apparently these cast-iron bottle openers are a real collectors item! Given as a one time gift to all “IRON DIXIE BEER Co.” employees they are now a very sought after item for collectors!

Axe Inspired Joke Wound

6 – Joke (£1.99)

Sure this is a silly thing to buy, but when it comes to Halloween jokes sometimes it is best (and a lot cheaper) to stick with the classics, and a classic fun is exactly what this is.

Axe Inspired Lounge Chair and stump

5 – Lounge Chair and pouffe (£3,000)

Weird, natural looking, strange and perfect for Halloween, this axe back themed lounge chair and pouffe has it all going on and then some. Could imagine the looks on peoples faces if I was sat outside dressed as Jason Voorhees on this!? Now there is an idea.

Axe Inspired Book Shelf

4 – Book Shelf (£390)

While it does look like some axe murderer has tried to do some DIY, this is in fact a very well designed book shelf made by students that the Köln International School of Design. I sure hope they got first prize for this because I think it is epic!

Axe Inspired Wall Hook

3 – Wall Hook (£28.31)

Are you trying to theme your home in a Halloween style, but also need somewhere to hang your coat up without some plastic skeleton hanging off it? Then this is the wall hook for you. Shame I didn’t know about this when making my post “Top 10 Most Amazing Coat Hangers” because it would have made it into the top 10 for sure!

Axe Inspired Lamp

2 – Lamp (£200)

This amazing axe themed lamp by industrial designer Cornelius Comanns of Germany is one very scary light indeed! It is a little expensive, but perfect for some scary theming.

Axe Inspired Dining Table

1 –  Dining Table (£2495)

Sure it costs more than a small family car, but just LOOK AT IT! This is nothing short of the work of pure genius and would look amazing presenting Halloween party foods. When it comes to scary themed tables it just doesn’t get any better.

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The World’s Top 10 Best Works of Art Made With Pumpkins

It is Tuesday, Halloween week and I needed to come up with an art themed top 10. Now here is my problem, I could do top 10 pumpkins post that would consist of images most you have seen a thousand times before, or I can risk posting something more unusual. Lets hope this was worth the risk…

The World’s Top 10 Best Works of Art Made With Pumpkins

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Swimmer installation made of pumpkins

10 – The Swimmer

This amazing art installation of a Olympic swimmer made of pumpkins was seen at an agricultural and harvest fair in Seegraeben, Switzerland. Sadly I couldn’t find out who the artist was, but it is amazing whoever it was.

Swiss Matterhorn installation made of pumpkins

9 – Swiss Matterhorn

This amazing work of art made of pumpkins was made to look like the Swiss Matterhorn, seen at Baroque Castle in Ludwigsburg, Germany (there always seems to be something amazing going on in Ludwigsburg) Once again the artist is unknown.

Octopus installation made of pumpkins

8 – Octopus

It is not very often you see art installations of an octopus, a fish and whale made out of pumpkins! But that is what greeted visitors at the pumpkin exhibition in Klaistow near Beelitz, north-eastern Germany.

Swiss army knife art installation made of pumpkins

7 – Swiss army knife

When it comes to things I never thought I would see made of pumpkins a Swiss army knife is certainly one of them! But over at the world’s largest pumpkin festival takes place annually in the gardens at Schloss Ludwigsburg (yes once again in Ludwigsburg) this would not be that unusual.

Tractor art installation made of pumpkins

6 – Tractor

With the humble tractor being a key component in farming the pumpkin it does seem rather fitting for there to be a tractor made of pumpkins once again at the pumpkin festival in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

Hut art installation made of pumpkins

5 – Hut

This amazing hut made of pumpkins was seem at the Dallas Arboretum’s festival fall decor show and apparently it is well worth a visit. Sadly, once again the artist in unknown.

Crocodile art installation made of pumpkins

4 – Crocodile

This snapper made of pumpkins is much safer to put your hand inside than a real one as this man proves. Made up of hundreds, maybe even thousands of pumpkins on a farm in Feldkirch-Hartheim, Germany. It really does seem Germany is the place to go for art!

Art installation made of pumpkins

3 – Guinness World Record

What you are looking at it not just art, but a true World record in the making. Made up of 28,952 lit jack-o’-lanterns this World record done at the Pumpkin Festival in Keene, New Hampshire, United States still stands today and will take some very serious beating.

Peanut Art installation made of pumpkins

2 – Peanut

I have no idea why, but I found the idea of a peanut made of pumpkins kind of amusing! Seen at a pumpkin festival (who knew there was that many pumpkin festivals?!?) in Seyuan of Nantong, east China is might be made with foam ones, but still as mad as a box of frogs, I love it.

Ostrich Art installation made of pumpkins

1 –  Ostrich

Sure it is a little weird, but these ostriches made of pumpkins put an instant smile on my face, and at the end of the day that is what most art is about, provoking an emotional reaction, and for me that is what this did. Once again this was at the Pumpkin festival in Ludwigsburg, Germany. If you have time do click on the image and check out the other amazing animals they made with pumpkins, including bears, camels and even an elephant!

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The World’s Top 10 Best Animal Themed Pumpkins

It is Wednesday, time for an animal post, and it is Halloween week. Lets be honest here, the possibilities are endless! But in the end I decided to go for animal themed pumpkins. Why you may ask!? Because I suck at carving pumpkins, I can’t to do it, they never look as good as everyone else’s, so what I need is some top 10 pumpkin ideas that are easy to make, with little or no carving at all. OK, some of these need a lot, but here it is anyway….

The World’s Top 10 Best Animal Themed Pumpkins

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Pumpkin/Jack-o-lantern that looks like an owl

10 – OWL

FACT: The world’s fastest time to carve a face into a pumpkin is 20.1 seconds, by David Finkle (UK),that is one safe record, because it takes me hours! (VIA: pumpkinmasters.com)

Pumpkin/Jack-o-lantern that looks a Blackbird

9 – Blackbird

FACT: The carving of jack-o’-lanterns originated from the tradition of carving the faces of lost souls into hollowed out pumpkins and turnips. A candle was placed inside the carvings was to ward off evil spirits. (VIA: pumpkinmasters.com)

Pumpkin/Jack-o-lantern that looks like Zebras

8 – Zebras

FACT: Illinois grows more pumpkins than any other place in the World! Each and every year it harvests nearly 12,300 acres of the Halloween fruit. (VIA: pumpkinmasters.com)

Pumpkin/Jack-o-lantern that looks like Turkeys

7 – Turkeys

FACT: Pumpkins, and their seeds, were a celebrated food of the Native American Indians who treasured them both for their dietary and medicinal properties. (VIA: pumpkinmasters.com)

Pumpkin/Jack-o-lantern that looks a Nautilus

6 – Nautilus

FACT: The world’s heaviest pumpkin was grown by Chris Stevens (USA) and weighed 1,810.5 lbs. (source: Guinness World Records) (VIA: pumpkinmasters.com)

Pumpkin/Jack-o-lantern that looks a Giant Scorpion

5 – Giant Scorpion

FACT: Using pumpkins as lanterns at Halloween is based on an ancient Celtic custom brought to America by European immigrants, but Europe had it over 200 years before that! (VIA: pumpkinmasters.com)

Pumpkin/Jack-o-lantern that looks a Sea Turtle

4 – Sea Turtle

FACT: Have you ever seen a yellow-orange flower that bloom from a pumpkin vine?!? Well those are 100% edible. (VIA: pumpkinmasters.com)

Pumpkin/Jack-o-lantern that looks a Hedgehog

3 – Hedgehog

FACT: Being almost as high as a cucumber, 90% of the pumpkin is made up entirely of water, and maybe %1 candle. (VIA: pumpkinmasters.com)

Pumpkin/Jack-o-lantern that looks a Penguin

2 – Penguin

FACT: The name “pumpkin” comes from the Greek word “pepon,” meaning a large melon! I love this fact very much. (VIA: pumpkinmasters.com)

Pumpkin/Jack-o-lantern that looks like pigs

1 –  Pigs

FACT: Pumpkins are a fruit that originated in Central America, but it was only ever used as a fruit until the Europeans taught them about the tradition of caving! (VIA: pumpkinmasters.com)

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The World’s Top 10 Best Images of Dogs in Shoes

Have you ever wonder how painful it is to walk on stones and pebbles as an animal? Watching my dog run on gravel after his ball got me thinking. Maybe I should get him some dog shoes or something? After all it has to hurt funny bare foot on gravel! While he didn’t have any cuts or bruises I might have to invest in a pair of dog shoes, much like this lot…

The World’s Top 10 Best Images of Dogs in Shoes 

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Dog wearing shoes

10 – “I hate having to try on new church shoes, they are too tight!”

Fact: Most people do not wear the correct shoe size for their feet. According to David G Armstrong, professor of Surgery at the William M Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine in Chicago, three-quarters of people wear the wrong sized shoes.

Dog wearing shoes

9 – “Time to burn some pounds, lets move human!”

Fact: People stick to the size they were measured for when young and fail to realise that their feet change shape. People also like to get the most out of their footwear, and wear and re-wear them even if they no longer fit.

Dog wearing shoes

8 – “With this bad boys on I can tear up the ball park!”

Fact: Going barefoot is best for your feet, joints and overall posture. A South African study in the podiatry journal The Foot, in 2007, studied 180 modern humans from three different population groups (Sotho, Zulu, and European) and compared them to 2,000-year-old skeletons.

Dog wearing shoes

7 – ”What is it like outside, do I need a coat?!?”

Fact: Researchers concluded that people had healthier feet and posture before the invention of shoes. The Zulu, who often go barefoot, had the healthiest feet of the modern humans.

Dog wearing shoes

6 – “Do I look like I will be running anywhere?!? No, I didn’t think I did, now take them off!

Fact: Animals can be divided into “plantigrades”  creatures that walk on the whole of their feet (like people, bears, baboons, alligators and frogs)  and “digitigrade” – creatures that walk on their toes (like dogs, cats, birds and dinosaurs). A biped is something with two feet (from the Latin bis, “twice”, and pes, “foot”).

Dog wearing shoes

5 – “Welcome to Russia….in summertime!”

Fact: Butterflies taste with their feet, gannets incubate eggs under their webbed feet and elephants use their feet to hear, they pick up vibrations of the earth through their soles.

Dog wearing shoes

4 – ”How come a mother duck kept on pecking my bum on our walk to the pond today?!”

Fact: Although centipedes have been extensively studied for more than a century, not one has ever been found that has exactly a hundred feet. Some have more, some less.

Dog wearing shoes

3 – “Let go Joe, I need to get some beers in ready for later on!”

Fact: You can’t tell anything about a man from the size of his feet. In 2002, nurses at St. Mary’s Hospital and University College Hospital in London measured the foot size and penis length of 104 men and found there was no link between the two.

Dog wearing shoes

2 – “I told you to get me some shoes from Shoe-King not Burger King!!!”

Fact: The measuring device in shoe shops is called a Brannock Device, after the inventor who designed it in the Twenties. Mr Brannock worked for the company all his life and ensured the devices were built to last. The firm is still going strong.

Dog wearing shoes

1 –  ”Do these make my legs look fat?!?”

Fact: Shoe size in Britain is measured in barleycorns, a unit of measurement that stretches back to Anglo-Saxon times. Based on the length of a grain of barley, there are three barleycorns to an inch, so each shoe size adds a third of an inch in length to a shoe.

All shoe facts are from the BBC quiz show QI >> QI: Quite interesting

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The World’s Top 10 Best Types of Sufgoniyot

Now and again it feels good to take a back seat on things, that is why I always have a guest post each Sunday. But this quest post is just too good not to share on Food Friday and it comes from the wonderful Shelley Erickson who has decided to bring us…

The World’s Top 10 Best Types of Sufgoniyot

BONUS CONTENT: Top 10 Facts About Sufganiyot

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Mini doughnuts with jam perfect sufgoniyot

10 – Mini doughnuts with jam

FACT: The sufganiya got its name after Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden, they were despondent. God cheered them up by feeding them sufganiyot!

Sufganiyot jelly doughnut

9 – Classic Jelly Doughnut

FACT: The name is based on a parsing of sufganiya as sof-gan-yud-hey which roughly means “the end of the Garden of the Lord, aka the Garden of Eden!”

Turquoise-glazed sufaniyot

8 – Turquoise-glazed sufaniyot

FACT: In the US something called “latkes” still reign supreme, but in the Jewish State sufganiyot are still and always will be the main Chanukah food.

Chocolate-vanilla cream sufganiyot

7 – Chocolate and vanilla cream sufganiyot

FACT: It is believed that as high as 80% of Israelis consume at least one sufgoniyot during the eight-day holiday

Classic Jam filled sufgoniyot

6 – Jam Doughnut

FACT: The sufganiya is emblematic of the modern Israel and is an amalgam of West European and Middle Eastern influences leavened by “mesorah” which it the classical Jewish tradition.

Classic glazed donuts

5 – Classic glazed sufgoniyot

FACT: The thought behind eating sufganiyot on Chanukah is oily foods help to recall the miracle of the oil, the lone, ritually pure flask the Maccabees discovered when they entered the defiled Temple.

Ginger-Lime Curd sufgoniyot

4 – Ginger-Lime Curd Sufgoniyot

FACT: The word sufganiya is in fact a Zionist neologism, but the words roots do go as far back to contemporary Hebrew texts.

Choclate dribble, caramel filled sufganiyot

3 – Choclate dribble, caramel filled sufganiyot

FACT: Many people see deep frying as a rather un-healthy way to eat things but these deep fried Sufgoniyot was a common practice in pre-modern times when most home didn’t even have an oven!

Mini Salted Caramel Sufganiyot

2 – Mini Salted Caramel Sufganiyot

FACT: The earliest reference to tge fried pastry eaten on Chanukah is found in the writings of Rabbi Maimon ben Yosef, the father of the Rambam who lived during the twelfth century!

Red Bean and Ginger Sufganiyot

1 –  Red Bean and Ginger Sufganiyot

FACT: While the classic jam-filled doughnut that we know today is definitely a Western innovation, historians date the first modern sufganiya to 1485! Which is well over 400 years before the classic doughnut was even heard of let alone seen!

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The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Knife Blocks

It is that time of the year again when we all disagree about what makes a good gift for someone. I wanted to give my mother-in-law a knife block for Christmas because I thought it would be a nice idea, but my girlfriend shot down that idea like an enemy’s plane! Well I thought it was good gift idea particularly when you have these to choose from…

The World’s Top 10 Most Amazing Knife Blocks

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Ethos Aubergine Voodoo Man Knife Block

10 – Do you do Voodoo?!? (£49.99)

If ever there was a gift idea that could be seen as a poisoned chalice it is this. I would take it as a fun gift idea, but I think my mother-in-law might see it as something else.

ProPassione Déglon knives block

9 – Designer Style! (£809.37)

When it comes to knife blocks it just doesn’t get any better than this one, made by designer Mia Schmallenbach it is perfection, precision and a deign master-class.

Victorinox 13-Slot Tablet Knife Block

8 – The I-Block! (£38.22)

With more and more of us using our tablets and I-pads to helps us do the cooking this is a good gift idea indeed. With room for up to 13 knifes and a clean wooden design it looks great and best of all is that it doesn’t cost the earth!

Kid-Safe Under the Cabinet Knife Block

7 – Under Block! (DIY)

Why not save a few quid and make your very own under cupboard knife block holder! It could just about fit anywhere and provided you could get some wood or at least some matching varnish that is the same colour as the kitchen cupboard this would look great!

Julias Caesar Knife Block

6 – Roman Block! (£55.78)

What you are looking at is in fact a fake image! But the good news is that there are people who have been making their own by buying the Julius Caesar busts as seen in the image link and just adding some small slits in the back for the knifes.

Lego Knife Block

5 – The knife block made of blocks! (DIY)

This is once again something that we could try and make ourselves, with nothing used except humble Lego blocks it might not be too hard to make at all! Well at the very worst it would be fun to try anyway.

Elevate Knives Carousel Set

4 – Rotary Block (£82.00)

The problem with most knife blocks is the “block” part of the word, they all seem to roughly have the same boring shape, but this one says no to conformity and does it in a modern, round, drum style.

Legnoart Spicy – Steak Knives Holder Set

3 – Sculpture Block (£61.96)

This amazing knife block is more work of art than actual kitchen utensil, but for the price this designer block is an unbelievable bargain and would make both a great talking point and gift idea for anyone.

Universal Knife Block

2 – Spike Block! (DIY)

With times as hard as they are these days, a lot of us are thinking about making our own gifts, so when it comes to easy to make knife blocks this is as good as it gets.

Knife block as a circus knife throwing wheel

1 –  The Circus Act (£49.99)

Knife blocks do not get any more fun, stylish and creative as this, from the general idea of a knife throwing, knife block to the actual design its self,, this is a great gift for anyone. Heck! Even I wouldn’t say no to it!

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The World’s Top 10 Best Christmas Cupcakes

Christmas if not a time of year to be thinking about what you are eating. From the turkey, puddings, drinks and all the sweets there is to eat it can be next to imposable to resist it. So I say let the festive food commence and I thought we would start with these…

The World’s Top 10 Best Christmas Cupcakes

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Snowman Inspired Cupcakes

10 – Snowman!

With a tasty marshmallow body and shredded coconut base, these sounds and look very nice. Of course it does help that there is a full recipe and making guide to go with them.

Snowflake Inspired Cupcakes

9 – Snowflakes

Snow and Christmas seem to go hand in hand, but here in the UK we have not had a White Christmas for a very long time. But that doesn’t stop these cupcakes being very cool indeed.  Just click on the image for a nice recipe and making guide.

Elf Inspired Cupcakes

8 – Elf’s

So very often it is Santa that gets all the credit and not his army of little helpers! Well that stops right here because these tasty and simple to make elf cupcakes put them right where they belong. In my mouth!  in the front of peoples minds!

Bauble Inspired Cupcakes

7 – Baubles

Now here is a screen lickable image if ever I saw one! Easy to make, perfect for some after dinner treats and there is a full recipe and making guide in the image link.

Holly Inspired Cupcakes

6 – Holly

You just know that these chocolate and cinnamon holly inspired cupcakes will taste fantastic as an after dinner treat. With the chocolate topping and green fondant these look amazing with the minimum amount of effort. Full recipe and making guide in the link.

Santa Inspired Cupcakes

5 – Santa

Fun to make, easy to make and very tasty looking! That is how to sum up these fantastic looking cupcakes that come with a full recipe and perfect making guide in the image link.

Santa Hat Inspired Cupcakes

4 – Santa Hats

I do love a bit of Strawberry, so these strawberry Santa hats are just about perfect for myself. They look amazing, there is a fantastic making guide, and you just know they will taste very much as they look.

Present Inspired Cupcakes

3 – Presents

The gift of food is one that I always appreciate, so why not combine the two with these awesome cupcakes! They are in fact easier to make than you might think, take a look at the fantastic image driven making guide in the image link and you will see what I mean.

Reindeer Inspired Cupcakes

2 – Reindeer

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Had a very tasty nose! Well to be honest he is all tasty when it comes to cupcakes inspired by him, simple to make and no food craft skills needed these are sure to make anyone smile young or old!

Christmas Tree Inspired Cupcakes

1 –  Christmas Tree

Rockin’ around the Christmas tree, at the Christmas party hop! Well it would sure be a short rock dance if you are doing around one of these amazing festive tree cupcakes! I just loved these, they look great, simple to make thanks to the making guide in the image link and they are sure to make a great after dinner treat at any party or family gathering.

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The World’s Top 10 Best Alternative Christmas Puddings

I love my Christmas dinner I do. I love all those super tasty pigs in blankets and I even like sprouts! But there is one festive food I can’t stand and that is Christmas pudding. Each and every year my parents would make one, hide the coins inside and make me eat it by drowning it in custard. The problem is I am older now, but I understand the traditions of Christmas are what makes it special! What I need is a Christmas pudding that I will want to eat myself so I have decided to share with you all what I think is ….

The World’s Top 10 Best Alternative Christmas Puddings

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Panettone bread

10 – Bread Pudding?

This very festive looking Panettone bread full of Gelatorino Ice-Cream is a great alternative and best of all it is easier than ever to get yours hands on a Panettone bread dessert because they are everywhere! Full Recipe, Video and Making Guide in the image link

Sticky ginger pear pudding

9 – Pear Pud!

This is just about as close to the real thing as I would like to tread. Moist, light and most probably tastes absolutely beautiful! Well I would try it anyway, full recipe and making guide in the image link.

Clementine puddings with rosemary cream

8 – Clementine Christmas

Made with Spanish clementines these offer a perfect balance of sweetness and acidity making them a very citrussy alternative to the traditional Christmas pudding. Full recipe and making guide in the image link.

Christmas Pudding Chocolate Cake Pops

7 – Festive Pops!

Not only does a cake pop have the perfect shape, but they can also make the perfect alternative festive puddings! Full recipe and amazing step by step guide in the image link.

Mars Bar Christmas crackles

6 – Snap, Crackle and Christmas!

If you are looking for something you know the kids (and us adults) will enjoy the Christmas why not make these Mars bar fussed rise crispy pudding cakes! These sound really easy to make, but there is a full recipe and making guide to follow in the image link anyway.

Christmas Pudding Cheese

5 – A Very Cheesy Christmas!

Now I know this time of year is all about cheese, but a Christmas pudding cheese might just be going too far! But as I am a lover of cheese I am willing to give this a go. No recipe or making guide for this one, but you can buy it.

Christmas Pudding Pinata Cake

4 – Whack the Pud!

I really don’t think you could cram more fun into one cake than this. Not only is it a tasty chocolate cake anyway, but inside it is full of sweets giving it a kind of pinata style! I think this one really captures the whole spirit of Christmas, fun, surprise and perfect for kids.

Mini Christmas Truffle Puddings

3 – The Santa Truffle

A Christmas pudding doesn’t have to be massive! These bite sized Christmas pudding themed truffles are perfect for those of us with little time to mess around, like the recipe and making guide in the link says, if you don’t have much time just dust some truffles!

Winter Pudding Bombe

2 – The Pudding Bombe

This might well be not much more than the Worlds biggest profiterole, but as far as alternative puddings go it is not bad at all. Full recipe and making guide in the image link.

honeycomb Balls Christmas Pudding

1 –  Balls to Christmas Pudding!

This festive pudding is made from chocolate honeycombed balls, topped with a drizzle of Belgian white chocolate all with a chocolate orange crunch centre! And if all that wasn’t good enough there is no recipe or making guide in the image link because you can buy this bad-boy right now! But check this out i made my own>> MY CAKE LINK

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The World’s Top 10 Best Foods Made With Mulled wine

It is that time of year when many people will be enjoying a glass of mulled wine. This classic winter drink served hot or cold, alcoholic or non-alcoholic is made with red wine, various spices and raisins But in my house it normally gets passed onto the neighbours as we just don’t drink enough of it! But not this year, this year I will be making one or more of these…

The World’s Top 10 Best Foods Made With Mulled wine

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Mulled Wine Cranberry Sauce

10 – Cranberry Sauce

This amazing cranberry sauce is apparently best served with cranberry swirled pumpkin cornbread and who am I to argue! This is a very tasty mulled wine recipe indeed and perfect for a nice after dinner treat. Full recipe and making guide in the image link.

Scrambled eggs in Mulled Wine

9 – Scrambled Eggs

Sadly there is no recipe or making guide with this one but apparently what you are looking at is scrambled eggs made with cream, then topped off with some red onions that have been caramelised in balsamic vinegar and mulled wine! As I typed that I actually drooled!

Mulled wine and cranberry tea bread

8 – Tea Bread

Imagine a slice of this as an after Christmas dinner treat and covered on brandy butter! It is thoughts like that, that make me gain weight without eating anything! But I would sure like to try it, and thanks to the full recipe and making guide in the image link I can!

Mulled wine pear tart

7 – Tart

Just when you thought mulled wine couldn’t get any better in turns around and comes in the form of this super tasty pear tart! Full recipe and making guide in the image link make this well worth a go.

Mulled Wine Cupcakes

6 – Cupcakes

It really does seem that people can make cupcakes from almost anything! So why should mulled wine miss out, particularly when it looks this good! These could make for the perfect Christmas party snack. Full recipe and making guide in the image link.

Chocolate covered mulled wine cherries

5 – Chocolate Cherries

Having thought about this one for a while I am not so sure it is worth the effort, after all a cherry is quite small! But boy do these look tasty. Full making guide and recipe in the link.

Mulled Wine Trifle

4 – Trifle

If like me you love a bit of trifle this could just about be the best thing you have ever seen! With a mulled wine twist in the bottom layer it looks simply divine! The good news is there is a full recipe and making guide once again in the image link.

Mulled Wine Ice Cream

3 – Ice Cream

Apparently this ice cream has a floral, fruity, and citrus style flavour to it, I think it would make a rather tasty Christmas day dessert that is for sure! Full recipe and making guide can be found once again by simply clicking on the image above.

Mulled Wine Chocolate Cake

2 – Chocolate Cake

Mulled wine has never looked so good! With a red wine after taste mixed into the basic dark chocolate sponge it really does sound as good as it looks. Full drool-worthy recipe and making guide can be found by clicking on the image.

Mulled wine plum jellies

1 –  Snack Jellies

These amazing low-calorie snack jellies will make for a perfect after festive dinner treat for someone who doesn’t want to gain too much over the festive period. Full recipe and making guide in the image link.

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