Is It Friday Yet?

Just in case you’re at a loss as to what kind of noodle soup you’re hungry for, there’s Noodlr, the Noodle Soup Oracle.

Serious Eats gives us the skinny on miso soup, old school style. It involves seaweed, moldy tuna, and feet.

Spotted this near the bottom of a can of Pringles:

I’m sure they’re referring to the can, but if you look (too) closely at the product you might wonder a bit.

Run for your lives. London is overrun with empty bananas.

Or maybe just a litterbug infestation.

The shocking secret behind the so-called “robot couple restaurant” in Yiwu, China, apparently staffed by the same couple from 6 AM to 3 AM (21 hours a day): Married identical twins.

The Onion has the scoop on why Starbucks is closing all its stores for ‘training’ tonight: Starbucks To Begin Sinister ‘Phase Two’ Of Operation

I should have seen this coming, what with Apple, AT&T and Starbucks making deals…

Laura sent over this tasty little morsel: Steve, Don’t Eat It! featuring some fearsomely foul foodstuffs.

(Not for use in San Diego.)

The Bacon Show (“one bacon recipe per day, every day, forever”) has so far pretty much lived up to its word, up to 968 now. Recipes range from the updated classic BLT with Basil Mayo on Toasted Country Bread to #817, Wild Game Jambalaya with Alligator Tail, Wild Boar Bacon, and Kangaroo Sausage.

The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra have been playing on their food since 1998. Their musical styles range from jazz to hip-hop to ‘electronic’. (Salsa is not mentioned.) And for an encore, they serve soup.

Everybody needs a hobby. This person has been taking a picture of the same Japanese vending machine almost daily for the last two years.