"Next came the fun part. I squeezed four wide lines of peanut buttery goo over the batter." Raise your hand if Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are you favorite candy. How about Snickers bars? Or Baby Ruth? Whatever sweet treat you hold closest to your heart, there is no denying that chocolate and peanut butter make a slam dunk combination. Why, then, is it so difficult to find a decent recipe for peanut butter brownies? Ones with a dense fudgy base and rivers of nutty swirls? Most of the recipes I've come across either mix the peanut butter directly into the batter (no swirls), or are more like a peanut butter blondie with chocolate chips. Still others involve copious amounts of...
Continue reading »
In the 1960s NASA asked Pillsbury to help them develop an edible food snack that American astronauts could conveniently eat in a space shuttle. The result of their efforts resulted in a glorious example of space food technology...which was then reformulated for the non-space-traveling public and aptly named Space Food Sticks. Watch the commercial for Space Food Sticks after the jump. And be sure to watch it all the way to the end; the last 3 seconds are awesome. [via io9]...
Continue reading »
