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Food & Drink
Food & Drink
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Enter Brookshire Brothers BBQ Cook-Off at Summer Fest Texas 2013
Is your BBQ the best in Texas? Prove it. Bring your pit, smoker and secret sauce recipes to Summer Fest 2013 and challenge teams from across the state in a BBQ showdown, May 18, 2013.
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Raising Cane’s Hosting ‘Educator Appreciation Day’ With Free Food Today
Everyone likes chicken fingers, right? Went to a "par-tay" last week, and they ran out of "fingers". Needless to say, me and a whole bunch of others, began raising cane about that!
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How to Keep Beer Cold; The Secret Revealed!
I always do my best to keep you updated on what's happening in the world of beer, and today I found a nice little nugget that might help keep you happy at your outdoor barbecues this summer.
What's the best way exactly, to keep that beer cold? It may not matter so much with subsequent beers, but the first and second ones sure do taste best if they're ice cold. So what's the secret?
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Budweiser’s Buddy Cup Lets You Become Facebook Friends With Your Drinking Buddies While You Get Hammered
The next time you drink a Bud, you could be making a bud.
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East Texas Research May Have Worldwide Impact
Some East Texas students are researching one particular bug, about the size of a tick, that can have a detrimental impact on crops like wheat.
A lab in Syria harvested the bugs and sent them over to the students at Stephen F Austin, and since the process was complex, it took about a year to get them.
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Budweiser To Change The Shape of Beer Cans
Oh no! Someone is messing with your beer!
Anheuser Busch has announced they'll change the shape of Budweiser beer cans starting May 6th, and they'll start selling the new bowtie-shaped cans in 8-packs.
Imagine if you will, that the can will be in the form of that red Budweiser logo seen here. It's a bowtie, but it kinda looks like a woman's waist too, huh?
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Good News; Maybe the South Isn’t the Fattest After All
If a survey-taker called and said she was doing research on obesity in the US and asked how much you weigh, would you tell the truth?
The South always gets a bad rap for having the biggest obesity problems, but now there's new evidence that shows perhaps we're just more honest! Some of the worst obesity problems in the US are said to be in southern states like Mississippi and Alabama, and Texas doesn't fare a whole lot better. But maybe that's just because those in northern states aren't quite as forthcoming with the details about their body weight.
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Women Aren’t the Only Ones Who Go For Retail Therapy
Women have known this for a long time, but now research proves it. Shopping can make a person feel better!
Women are known for engaging in a little retail therapy to improve mood, but guys do it too. Women and men just buy drastically different items when they're feeling blue.
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Texas Among the Baseball Teams with the Most Expensive Food
It's opening day for most Major League Baseball teams, and it's time to talk about the important baseball things; like the food!
Have you tried that $26 hot dog at the Texas Rangers' stadium? That hot dog dubbed the "Boomstick," is a 2-foot-long beef hot dog, smothered in chili, nacho cheese, jalapenos and caramelized onions on a potato bun. Even if you break it down into 6-inch portions and share it with your buddies, that monster still costs $6.50 per person.
What do baseball fans around the country pay for concessions, and how does Texas compare?
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Applebee’s Loses Bid to Extend Alcohol Service Hours in Nacogdoches
The final score: 4-1 against Applebee's.
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New Coffee Has 200 Percent of the Normal Buzz
This is something you might be able to file away in the "Is-this-really-necessary" folder.
A new coffee has been manufactured to contain 200 percent of the caffeine of a regular cup of brew. Comments the company has received say things like, "Where Red Bull gives you wings, this coffee puts rockets on your back."