Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 31, 2019

oh, wow… three MORE tidbits about food

And what is the mechanism of non-spoilage?

How do frogs spoil?

Taxes, nothing to sneeze about.

All those warning labels on pistachio cans!

The Parable of the Frogs in the Milk Bucket

One night, two hapless frogs found themselves placed in a milk bucket. They struggled, and swam, and splashed to keep from drowning, but after a few hours one said, “It’s no use, we’re doomed.” He stopped struggling and drowned.

The other frog continued to splash and flail about to keep afloat.

In the morning, he found himself afloat on an island of butter… and jumped to freedom over the rim of the bucket.

I was just thinking about pistachios this morning.

What I want to know is, why would anyone worry about a frog spoiling? And why live? It won’t be living when they take it back out of the milk, spoiled or not.

Once at a picnic we put a frog in a large beer and passed it around. Didn’t taste spoiled, so it must work.

Honey wait don’t drink that milk we didn’t put the frog in it last night. You might croak.

Were any of the guys paying with pepper a-salted?

So was salt.

You’ll want to drink the milk after eating hot peppered pistachios.

Frog In the Milk. Get yours today. You can have mine, too.

How do Pistachio growers, etc., store the nuts without them bursting into flames?

Frog in milk! Gross.

Are the pistachios that explode raw or boiled, salted or not? Hmmmm I wonder!

I wouldn’t want to, but I could live without pepper, salt however is a different story even though it is bad for your blood pressure!

That’s where the term “Frog in my throat” comes from.

New pistachio slogan: “Get Cracklin’!”

Very few spoiled frogs in Russia, I’m told. But in Ukraine, I hear they have some with attitude.

Good opportunity for a government paid study; were victims of spontaneous human combustion heavy pistachio eaters?…

i suppose that pistachios on fire would also turn your lips and fingers red…

Frogs in milk, that is really gross.

All the more reason to keep your main stash of pistachios in the freezer, and take them out in small increments. The other reasons are to reduce them from going rancid, and to keep from eating too many at one time.

Large batches of Pistachio’s….On a table…In a Bag…Or in your “Lower” intestinal tract?

In the middle ages, bartering goods was still a normal thing to do. You could pay by eggs, fruits, cattle, etc. Pepper was quite valuable, as was salt.