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NATIONAL BARBECUE DAY Each year on May 16 we celebrate National Barbecue Day. Whether you grill at home or grab some takeout, you will find Americans across the country enjoying an assortment of mouthwatering barbeque (BBQ) flavors and sauces. #NationalBarbecueDay In the world of barbecue, grillers decide how to cook their barbeque. Whether they choose charcoal, wood charcoal, wood, gas or slow cooking, they consider themselves the culinary expert of barbeque. Traditionally, Americans have four types of BBQ regions: 1. Kansas City - A variety of beef and pork cuts are slow cooked with a tomato and molasses-based sauce. 2....

Obama Burgers Come to BishkekNovember 1, 2010 - 8:52am, by Natasha Yefimov Kebabistan Eating in Kyrgyzstan US President Barack Obama has come to be known for his salt-of-the-earth taste in food and drink: coconut custard pie in small-town Ohio, Kumbaya beers on the White House porch, down-home "hell burgers" with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. Now, if the president deigns to visit the capital of Kyrgyzstan, he'll have a chance to sample the local version of real American bar food -- surrounded by endless portraits of himself. The Obama Bar & Grill opened in Bishkek last month to accolades from expats...

When President Trump recently griped about Europe's distaste for buying American chicken, his comments touched on a long-running and divisive trade spat that's flared up from time to time. Europeans disparage U.S. poultry as "chlorinated chicken," or "Chlorhünchen" in the German press, and see it as possibly unsafe. The phrase refers to the use of chlorine in poultry processing plants after the birds have been slaughtered in order to cut down on harmful bacteria that are frequent sources of food-borne illness like Salmonella and Campylobacter. Rinsing poultry in chlorine was common practice in the U.S. when the European Union first...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Global tensions over tariffs continued to rise amid the ongoing trade war, as the White House announced that General Tso's Chicken would be renamed General Don's Oriental Chicky Nugs. The renaming of the popular Chinese dish was only the latest move made by the Trump administration to increase pressure on the Chinese government to reach a new normal in international trade relations, with Trump pledging not to budge on the new name. "They're sweet, they're savory, they're spicy… and now they're named after me, Donald Trump," the president told reporters aboard Air Force One when the...

A 50-year-old man has appeared in court after being charged as a “chicken thief.” A Port Orchard, Washington man allegedly violated an order of protection by breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s house and then stealing her chicken, according to authorities in Washington’s Kitsap County. The call for help came in the early morning of March 29 from a woman who said her former boyfriend invaded her home and snatched her pet chicken, named Polly. He allegedly screamed, “I’ve got Polly” several times before running away – chicken in hand. After a brief but intense search, authorities found the man hiding in...

Apple transported five planes full of iPhones and other products from India to the US in just three days during the final week of March, a senior Indian officials confirmed to The Times of India. The urgent shipments were made to avoid a new 10% reciprocal tariff imposed by US President Donald Trump’s administration that took effect on April 5. Sources said that Apple currently has no plans to increase retail prices in India or other markets despite the tariffs. To mitigate the impact, the company rapidly moved inventory from manufacturing centres in India and China to the US, even...

Pennsylvania has initiated a large-scale chicken elimination program in response to a severe outbreak of avian influenza. This decisive action aims to prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus, which poses a significant threat to both the poultry industry and public health. The elimination process involves the humane euthanization of infected and exposed birds. This step is crucial to containing the virus and preventing its spread to other farms. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is coordinating closely with local farmers to ensure the culling is carried out efficiently and humanely. The outbreak has led to heightened biosecurity measures across...

This is the latest video news in the ongoing saga of a missionary, Mark Grenon, and Chlorine Dioxide. Remember during Covid how the crooked censors howled when Trump brought up the subject of Chlorine Dioxide, Ivermectin, and HCQ? Here in this video Mike Adams discusses the amazing medicinal qualities of Chorine Dioxide for man and animals and how the subject takes on a much broader therapeutic dimension regarding the country of Columbia and its collusion with our government over the persecution of Mark Grenon and his sons. Two of his sons remain in jail over administering and promoting this medical...

Former President John F Kennedy’s only grandson Jack Schlossberg has vowed to leave social media “forever” after attacking his cousin RFK Jr., Megyn Kelly, Elon Musk, and more, in a flurry of incoherent posts that left some concerned about his mental health. “I’m sorry to everyone. I Was wrong. I’m deleting all my social media. Forever,” he wrote, before deleting his accounts. Schlossberg—whose mother Caroline Kennedy ripped first cousin RFK Jr. as a “predator” ahead of his confirmation hearing to be Health and Human Services secretary—faced backlash in January for seemingly mocking his cousin’s spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological disorder that...

The Georgia Department of Agriculture announced the suspension of all poultry-related activities in the state after a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza was detected in a commercial facility. The positive case of HPAI, found by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service at a commercial poultry operation in Elbert County, Georgia, was the first discovered in a commercial operation in the Peach State, according to a Jan. 17 notice from the Georgia Department of Agriculture. That means all “in-state poultry exhibitions, shows, swaps, meets, and sales are suspended until further notice.” “For the first time...

President Donald Trump’s mass repatriation of illegal migrants could lower the price of chicken dinners and also raise family wages, according to AviNews.com, a poultry industry news site. “The poultry industry heavily relies on immigrant labor. Many of these workers are undocumented, and their roles are crucial in processing plants and farms, the article noted on December 11, adding: The loss of this labor force could force companies to increase wages to attract [American] domestic workers.Moreover, the return of many illegal migrants to their home countries would also reduce consumer consumption of chicken products, the site noted: Immigrants are not...

Podcast giant Joe Rogan revealed his sitdown with Vice President Kamala Harris was scrapped due to the demands from her campaign, although he left open the possibility it could still happen if on his terms. On Friday, Rogan sat down with former President Trump for a three-hour conversation that has already earned more than 36 million views on YouTube. Episodes of "The Joe Rogan Experience" are usually between two and three hours long. After sharing the Trump podcast on X, Rogan cleared the air as to why he has not sat down with the Democratic nominee, although he left open...

The largest employer in Perry, Iowa, has shut down, and the decision to do so has significantly impacted the entire town. The Tyson Foods meat processing plant is not modern enough, and upgrades to the facility would bring a hefty bill. Therefore, it has closed up shop, CBS News reported Monday. “The Tyson plant employed about 25% of Perry’s working-age residents before it shuttered, according to city and county officials. Accounting for workers’ families and businesses directly related to the plant, about 60% of the town is affected by the closure,” the outlet said.

Iowa has culled approximately 1.3 million chickens after being unable to find a market for the birds following the sudden closure of Midwest poultry processor Pure Prairie Poultry, which left many farmers stranded with the prospect of lost income. Last year, Pure Prairie had been awarded a $38.7 million loan guarantee and a nearly $7 million grant from the USDA to reopen and expand the Iowa processing plant.

Former Biden White House Adviser Susan Rice melted down on X after the Washington Post refused to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, marking a highly embarrassing moment for her campaign. Rice, who critics said actually was a de facto president under Biden, blasted the leftist outlet in a series of tweets Friday afternoon, first saying she is “disgusted.” “As a DC native and lifelong subscriber to the Post, I’m disgusted. You have lost us,” she wrote in her first post. Rice’s rage did not let up. Three minutes later, she mocked the Post’s slogan, “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”

The IDF has released previously unseen footage of Yahya Sinwar hiding in a Gaza tunnel. The former leader of the Hamas terror network is believed to have been filmed on the night before the massacres of October 7 2023 when 1200 Israelis were murdered and over 250 taken hostage. It was an act that has sparked more than a year of war between Israel and several Iranian terror proxies in the Middle East.

A former FDA food safety expert is urging Americans to change their cooking and grocery habits amid a growing bird flu outbreak on US dairy farms. California recorded its sixth case of bird flu in dairy farmers in just three weeks and 11 more livestock herds have been affected by the virus, bringing the total to 90. While there have been no official cases of the H5N1 virus infecting people through food, officials could not rule it out in one isolated case in Missouri earlier this year. In light of this, ex-government food tester Dr Darin Detwiler told DailyMail.com people...

SPRINGFIELD, OH — A Chinese food buffet was forced to close Monday after Haitian immigrants completely decimated the local Chinese food supply. "This business has been in my family for many years, said Duke Wong, owner of Happy China Yum Yum in Springfield, Ohio. "With 20,000 Haitian migrants roaming the town, all our delicious local ingredients have disappeared." According to sources, Happy China Yum Yum was the preferred source of delicious Chinese dishes such as orange "chicken," and Mongolian "beef" in the area. Over the last several years, however, their business model has become unsustainable. "I took my cooler down...

WASHINGTON—Meta Platforms META -1.30%decrease; red down pointing triangle Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said it was improper for the Biden administration to have pressured Facebook to censor content in 2021 related to the coronavirus pandemic, vowing that the social-media giant would reject any such future efforts. Zuckerberg also said he didn’t plan to repeat efforts to fund nonprofits to assist in state election efforts, a Covid-era push that had drawn Republican criticism and sparked many Republican-leaning states to ban the practice.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WKRC) - After a woman was sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing $1.5 million worth of chicken wings from the school she worked at, a NFL player offered to buy her freedom. Vera Liddell, 68, was arrested for stealing $1.5 million worth of food from take-home meals for students over the COVID 19 pandemic. Attorneys said she operated from July of 2020 through February of 2022.