News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. Experts say that cage fighting for young kids is not good .
2. Is an immersion program the mark of a good school ?
3. OneMillionsMoms.com does not want to get their mouths around Ben & Jerry’s Schweddy Balls.
4. A new survey finds that kids think along the lines of traditional gender roles . Ulgh, make it stop! Kids should not be thinking that boys are good at sports while girls are good at high heels and cleaning.
5. The return of Freddie Mercury?
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We hear they’re very tender
We must confess, while we’ve always loved the classic SNL sketch and the Delicious Dish ladies in general (good times!), we’ve never had the urge to try Pete Schweddy’s balls. But now that Ben & Jerry’s have turned those Schweddy Balls into a flavour ? Well, we trust Ben & Jerry’s a lot so we’re willing to give it a go.
But the Schweddy Balls got us thinking about other fictional (as yet) dishes from film and literature. The Hairpin came up with a pretty impressive list of tempting foods from the fictional world and we think they were bang-on with Edmund’s craving for Turkish Delight in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe . We’re not even going to include Butterbeer 1) because it’s a no-brainer and 2) because it exists now so if and when we ever get ourselves to Orlando , we will sit down for a pint at the Three Broomsticks. Read more...
