The BEST American food this year

During this year a lot of food has ended up in my stomach. I've sometimes felt like I am a Volkswagen Beetle consuming gas as a Jeep Wrangler.

But it is (and has been) fun to live this eating dream of mine. I will miss my beloved American food so much when I'm back home in Sweden. I want to thank all hamburgers, fries, pizzas, fried chicken, tacos, burritos, pastas, milkshakes, ice cream, chips, candy, caramel- & peanut covered popcorns (well, you get the point) so much for this great experience.

The majority of all the food I've tried here in USA has been fantastic. As always, what kind of food you prefer at a particular time depends on your mood, what you ate yesterday, humidity, temperature etc (I'm serious!).

However, I think I've found my absolute favorite food.

Nothing has ever been so tasty, sweet and salt at the same time, yet so crunchy as Applebee's Boneless Chicken dipped in Honey n' Barbecue sauce. There is nothing like it.

For those of you who haven't tried them, visit Applebees in Cedar City, order the chicken and enjoy a moment of pleasure. It's impossible to describe them by words, so - try them out!

By the way, what is your favorite food?

50 states, 50 breakfasts

Last week I got a really interesting, tasteful and disgusting link from my social media professor Ben Wyeth.

50 states, 50 breakfast. If you want to learn more about Americans and their yummy/awful breakfast habits, watching this is a must:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/about-us/50-states-50-breakfasts/pictures/index.html

I had a hard time to choose just one favorite, so I'll just give you three really good examples:

Arizona, makes me crave bacon!

California, who does NOT want to try French toast dipped in cinnamon-sugar egg batter AND cereals?:

Kentucky, reminds me of Sweden:

My examples was just three of them. Visit the link and pick your favorite! And remember, you are allowed to choose many. :)

Here's the link again: http://www.foodnetwork.com/about-us/50-states-50-breakfasts/pictures/index.html

Happy Easter!

I've become addicted to Man vs. Food

Living in USA definitely make you think more of FOOD. All the time I see commercials of burgers, pizza, fried chicken, fried everything. And wherever I go I bump into huge ads with taco's for 99 cent etc. In other words, all these different meetings with food makes it really hard for me to resist. I just eat, all the time.

This post is about something unusual (for us swedes) but at the same time wonderful. In Sweden we actually have quite many tv shows about food and cooking. A professional chief usually makes something delicious and you can download their recipe on their website etc. Quite boring if you ask me. BUT here in USA, the food shows are way different. They're actually about eating, which of course makes them way more entertaining.

Me and my roommate only switch between two channels basically; ESPN and Travel Channel. On Travel Channel you can watch shows like Bizarre Food, No reservations and my favorite one, Man vs. Food.

Man vs. Food is basically a show where a man, Adam Richman, travels around America to eat different types of american food. And he eats A LOT. In each show there's always a contest where he tries to beat food. The portions are huge, the crowd goes crazy and it's USA in a nutshell.

I hope I can find the episodes on a DVD box or something before I leave, because I know that I'll miss the show so bad when I'm back in Sweden. Well, I'll not let you wait anymore: Here's an example of how Man vs. Food can look like:

Tasting the Americone Dream?

I wonder what this little fella tastes like.

Soon, very soon, I'll know.


And something tells me it's going to be delicious. Especially when I get it for a fourth of the price I have to pay in Sweden.

Fiesta!

Super Size Me goes Fat Head instead?

Do you remember the documentary Super Size Me? About the guy, Morgan Spurlock, who only eats McDonalds food for over a month and gains 24.5 pounds after 30 days. Doctors in the documentary advised him to stop the McDonalds diet because of damages on his liver etc. But he didn't, of course.

A week ago I found out about a new fast food movie called Fat Head. This time it's Spurlock's big enemy Tom Naughton who created this documentary - to prove that you actually can lose weight by eating fast food. As a heavy consumer of this type of food I of course ask how, how, how? The answer is given in the documentary that I find very interesting, to say the least.

I usually don't like to raise expectations by saying what parts in movies that are great and so on. And I will not do that this time either. So, lets just say that I recommend it to all of you out there. And especially to everyone who feels like me. How can I keep my body intact without having to give up one of the best food inventions ever made - The Great Hamburger?

Here's a trailer for Fat Head: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWZq0bx8cXA&NR=1
And for you with Netflix accounts, just search for "Fat Head" and you'll find it.

Enjoy your burgers fellas!

Casey Heynes - Bully victim who stood up for himself

Besides from Rebecca Black's "Friday friday" song, there are a couple of other Youtube clips that are trending right now. I want to share one of them.

15-year old boy Casey Heynes has been bullied his whole life. One day he thought it was enough, and fought back (see video clip below).

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isfn4OxCPQs&feature=related)

Casey's father sums it up pretty well I think:
"It's nothing to be proud of, but I'm glad that he stood up for himself." 

Casey has become an hero out there, and thousands of people from all over the world comment the videos and support his action. A victim who stood up for himself.

The Australian current affairs tv-program (ACA) have made a touching interview with the "Bully victim who fought back.":

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_4HDyhnDO4)

1st bank commercial.

I saw this commercial on american TV today. I'll send a light warning to you americans reading this, it's a relatively old commercial, so you might have seen it already.

:: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L5zG58Nekw ::

What's Your favorite commercial?