Amuse Bouche: Links for 1/13/12

9 Ridiculous Cooking Myths You Probably Believe
To keep the pasta from sticking, try oil in your pasta water. You can do that, right? Wrong. Find out why, along with reasons behind eight other kitchen boo-boos you’re likely making. [Cracked]

Pizza Shirt
The best news about these shirts? You can spill pizza all you want on them and no one will ever know. Well, until you start to smell a bit. Ideal for the new college student! [Pizza Shirt]

Bacon Effervescent Tablets
In my never-ending quest to find all things bacon, I came across these little tablets. Probably not recommended as sucking candies, they will flavor whatever liquid you put them into. The combinations are endless, and potentially gross, so make sure you get yours way before April Fool’s Day. [Amazon]

TSA Cupcake Lady Speaks!
Or rather, she writes in to explain that the cupcake she tried to carry on board a flight, before it was confiscated by the TSA, was not encased in icing. You decide, and then think about whether you want to take the risk next time you want a sweet confection on the plane. [Consumerist]

Dish So Hot You Need a Waiver
Yeah it’s a gimmick, but a gimmick with teeth. Burned, desensitized teeth: A Cambridge, Mass. eatery now offers “The Pasta Plate from Hell” made with the Naga pepper, which is scientifically proven* to blow your head off. The restaurant requires you sign a waiver so you can’t sue them later if you eat it. (Of course, if your head is actually blown off, that’s not an issue.) [Consumerist]

Above: Brain Food
No actual brains included, just food that looks like brains. [CakeheadLovesEvil]

*Not actually scientifically proven, but they’re working on it.

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