By The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service

Ajinomoto Foods North America, an Oakland, Mississippi establishment, is recalling approximately 172,692 pounds of chicken fried rice products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Friday.
The not-ready-to-eat, frozen chicken fried rice items were produced from July 9, 2019 to July 11, 2019 with various packaging and best by dates. The following products are subject to recall:

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Posted on November 22, 2019

By The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service

Morris Meat Packing, a Maywood establishment, is recalling approximately 515,000 pounds of various raw, intact pork products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection and outside inspection hours, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The raw, intact pork items were produced on Saturdays from November 25, 2017 to November 9, 2019.

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Posted on November 21, 2019

In A Word, Family

Because their hamburgers are small and square, with holes in them?
The smell?
They weren’t willing to sell out?
Just lucky, I guess?

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Posted on November 20, 2019

By Chris Rogers/The Conversation

Every now and again, scientists discover fossils that are so bizarre they defy classification, their body plans unlike any other living animals or plants. Tullimonstrum (also known as the Tully Monster), a 300 million-year-old fossil discovered in the Mazon Creek fossil beds in Illinois, is one such creature.
At first glance, Tully looks superficially slug-like. But where you would expect its mouth to be, the creature has a long thin appendage ending in what looks like a pair of grasping claws. Then there are its eyes, which protrude outward from its body on stalks.

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Posted on November 19, 2019

By Steve Rhodes

I saw this on Facebook and got to thinking . . .
Here’s what I would do if I was Bill Gates:
* Make Taco Tuesdays on Wednesdays, too.
* Buy a non-Internet jukebox for ever bar in America.
* A Beachwood Inn on every corner, with animatronic Bob bartenders.
* Buy every Coldplay, Nickelback and Hootie record in existence and destroy them. He wakes up every day and doesn’t do this.

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Posted on November 18, 2019

Another Beachwood Special Report

The World’s Largest Starbucks is set to open Friday in the former Crate & Barrel building on North Michigan Avenue. While media outlet after media outlet is offering their PR-friendly early looks inside the five-story coffee mansion, we have the real scoop on what you can expect to find when you roll into the rotund roastery.
* The Madigan Grande: Comes with a job at ComEd but you have to walk a precinct every two years.
* Because Joe Berrios is an investor, those buying coffee on the top floor will pay less than those on the bottom floor.
* We’d especially like welcome Chicago’s criminal defense bar!
* The Chicago Pour Over: Once a month you can pour coffee over Rahm Emanuel for charity.
* The Chicago Handshake: a PBR, a shot of Malort, a Venti Giardnera and an envelope filled with unmarked bills.

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Posted on November 13, 2019

By The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service

Rastelli Bros., doing business as Rastelli Foods Group, a Swedesboro, N.J. establishment, is recalling approximately 130,464 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Thursday.
The raw ground beef items were produced from Oct. 3, 2019 through Oct. 15, 2019. The following products are subject to recall:

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Posted on November 8, 2019

By Toy Man Television

“In 1948 Chicago celebrated the 100th year of railroading in Chicago with a huge rail fair. Dozens of historic locomotives were on hand including the Pioneer. Chicago’s first locomotive.”

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Posted on November 6, 2019

By Jeffrey Miller/The Conversation

Why does pizza taste so good? – Annika, age 5, Oneonta, New York
Pizza is one of the world’s most popular foods.
In the U.S., 350 slices are eaten every second, while 40% of Americans eat pizza at least once a week.
There’s a reason why pizza is so popular. Humans are drawn to foods that are fatty and sweet and rich and complex. Pizza has all of these components. Cheese is fatty, meat toppings tend to be rich, and the sauce is sweet.

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Posted on October 31, 2019

By MarketsandMarkets

The industrial lubricants market is projected to reach $73.3 billion by 2024, up from $62.8 billion in 2019, according to the new market research report Industrial Lubricants Market by Base oil (Mineral Oil, Synthetic Oil, Bio-based Oil), Product Type (Hydraulic Fluid, Metalworking Fluid), End-use Industry (Construction, Metal & Mining, Power Generation, Food Processing), Region – Global Forecast to 2024.
Industrial lubricants are a mixture of base oils and additives. The additives help enhance, add, or suppress unwanted properties of the base oil. They are usually produced in liquid, semi-solid, and solid states. They are primarily used in industrial machinery and equipment. Industrial lubricants are utilized to reduce friction between moving surfaces.

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Posted on October 28, 2019