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It's been 20 weeks since we've launched our first Design Nugget and today we are counting down each week starting with our NEW Design Nugget #20!

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When Gerber began selling baby food in Africa, they decided to use the exact same packaging as in the US, with their infamous baby on the label. However, since the majority of people can’t read English in Africa, consumers relied on the images on packaging to tell them what they were eating. So, Gerber Baby was interpreted as being literally food made from babies. 

 

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I went to see Zenvo at the Geneva Motor Show to check on how they're doing, because when you're a pretty much unknown Danish manufacturer trying to sell cars for $1.8 million, success is not necessarily handed over on a silver platter. They've sold five cars so far. Five.

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The good news? HBO is finally listening to consumers and offering a standalone streaming HBO app that doesn't require a traditional cable connection. The bad news (depending on your perspective)? At Apple's press event today, HBO announced that the upcoming $15 a month HBO Now service is going to be exclusively on Apple's hardware when it launches ahead of the "Game of Thrones" premiere next month.

In other words, when it goes live in April it will be available on Apple TV or mobile iOS devices -- or the Internet. Want to watch HBO Now on a Roku, game console, or Android device? Too bad. For now. From the Time Warner press release:

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Apple will give viewers the ability to enjoy HBO programming via HBO NOW. Upon launch, customers can subscribe using the HBO NOW app on their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch or directly on Apple TV for instant access. Users can purchase HBO NOW directly in-app for $14.99 a month.

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Fortunately other folks shouldn't have too long to wait. Though the press release can't be bothered to mention it, Apple's exclusive arrangement is supposedly only three months long. That's long enough to allow Apple users to beta test the service and help get the wrinkles out for a broader launch, but it's also long enough to drive more illegal downloads of the most pirated show on television.


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Something called a Garbage Plate may not sound like the most appetizing thing to the uninitiated, but namedrop the delicacy in front of someone who’s spent time in Western New York and you’ll likely make their mouth water. That’s how it works with the most niche offerings of American cuisine. Region-by-region, state-by-state, and city-by-city, every local has his or her favorite, and every specialty menu item says something particular about those serving it up and scarfing it down. So we rounded up ten of the wildest, wondrous, only-in-[insert town here] food dishes in these great United States. If they don’t make your stomach growl, well, you just might not be from around here.

1. Reindeer Hotdog // Alaska

Sometimes, it’s simply a matter of resources: What does Alaska have that the rest of the United States doesn’t? A sizeable population of caribou, of course. And thus, the reindeer hot dog—like your normal frankfurter, but instead of beef or pork, it’s made of the creatures pulling Santa’s sleigh and topped with glazed onions. Locals and national foodies in the know point to M.A.’s Gourmet Dogs in Anchorage as the quintessential reindeer dog stand, and two Alaskan companies provide the niche meat. The specialty dog is slowly making its way to the lower 48 states, but if you want to avoid a folly, you’ll have to trek up north for this wholly Alaskan treat. So Alaskan, in fact, these dogs even get served at the Iditarod.

2. Frybread Tacos // Western U.S.

Perhaps known better by the less politically correct moniker "Indian tacos," these southwestern favorites are steeped in Native American history. The usual taco ingredients are the same—beef, cheese, lettuce, etc.—but the shell is what sets this dish apart. The traditional frybread is said to come from what’s known as The Long Walk, the forced relocation of Native Americans in the western U.S. to New Mexico in the mid-19th century, when the only rations available, including flour, sugar, and lard, became the makings for frybread. As such, it remains a hallmark of Native American culture today—and a delicious, if unhealthy, taco shell.

3. Food Drunk // New Orleans

The frosted, prize-bearing king cake itself is not a New Orleans original, even if it is a Mardi Gras staple. But you know what is? The king cake burger, courtesy of one ingenious food truck that had a stroke of entrepreneurial spirit in the lead-up to Mardi Gras 2014. In the true tradition of Mardi Gras, the individuals behind Food Drunk NOLA didn’t settle for selling boring old cheeseburgers—they sold cheeseburgers on a king cake bun. The idea for this sweet-meets-savory masterpiece allegedly came to the Food Drunk staff after a couple of drinks, and what’s more Mardi Gras than parading around New Orleans selling an idea you came up with while a few drinks deep?

4. Heady Topper Beer // Vermont

How about a beer so rare—and tasty—it inspires pilgrimages and black markets? Meet Heady Topper, a double India Pale Ale from Vermont family-run brewery The Alchemist. One of the state’s many breweries (Vermont’s 6.2 breweries per 100,000 adults was second in the U.S. in 2013), The Alchemist is perhaps the best of the bunch, but only produces a certain amount of Heady Topper each year, and limits customers to one case per purchase. And yet, with inspired hop flavors like grapefruit and pine, it’s considered by many in the know to be the best beer in the world. No wonder it’s developed a cult-like following, and contributes to the nearly $200 million craft beer industry that pumps barrels of cash into Vermont’s economy each year.

5. Rocky Mountain Oysters // Western U.S.

Farmers of the western U.S. are resourceful down to the very last bit. Some are so frugal, even, they can’t even bear to throw out the leftover testicles after bull castration, a common practice on cattle farms. What doesn’t get fed to the dogs on the farm is sliced up and deep-fried, becoming a favorite regional snack. According to a 2013 Modern Farmer profile of the “tasty testes,” some even believe the “Montana Tendergroins” (one of the dish’s many colorful names) give men a Viagra-like boost.

6. Hot Beef Sundae // Iowa

With millions of cattle generating billions of dollars for the state’s economy, beef in Iowa is serious business. Not so serious is this dessert imposter and state fair favorite. The hot beef sundae consists of a dollop (or two) of mashed potatoes drowned in beef tips and gravy, sprinkled with shredded cheese, all with a cherry tomato on top, in imitation of a hot fudge sundae. The hot beef sundae is a Midwest far-from-frozen delight—so much so that the Iowa Beef Industry Council offers a recommended recipe on its website.

7. Garbage Plate // Western New York

If you’re unfamiliar with the crown jewel of Rochester, NY cuisine, just ask anyone who went to college in Western New York. The dish that made original purveyor Nick Tahou a household name in the region is a late-night, post-bar staple. The Garbage Plate consists of your choice of meat (traditionally: cheeseburgers, Texas hot dogs, or the region’s own pork white hots) piled on top of a pair of sides (pick two: home fries, French fries, baked beans, macaroni salad), all smothered with mustard, onions, and enough hot sauce to melt even the heaviest lake effect snow.

8. Hoagie Dip // Philadelphia

What you call it—hoagie, grinder, sub, hero—depends on where you call home, but while the sandwich is ubiquitous, Philadelphia has figured out a way to take the hoagie back: turning it into a dip. The city that birthed America isn’t constrained by simple-minded white bread notions of what a sandwich should be. All the ingredients of the perfect hoagie are there (ham, turkey, the saltiest of cold cuts, provolone cheese, peppers, onions) chopped up and drenched in mayonnaise and olive oil, served in a hollowed-out loaf of bread. That, my fellow freedom lovers, is how Independence Hall does a hoagie.

9. Hemp Milk Latte // Washington

As one of two states with legal recreational marijuana use and home to the national-headline-making Hempfest, it’s no secret that Washington loves the cannabis plant. But not all of that has to do with pot, as the kids call it. The state eyes all sorts of uses for hemp—a potential cash crop—and the plant’s seeds produce a fine dairy milk substitute. Perfect for, say, another Washington staple: your morning latte, from Starbucks or not. Yep, coffee and hemp milk—toss in some rain and you have Washington in a nutshell.

10. Hawaii Regional Cuisine // Hawaii

The 50th state isn’t concerned with just one of its dishes—it takes pride in all of its unique island offerings, from ahi and mahi-mahi to macadamia nut spreads that are slathered on everything. Which is why more than two decades ago, a group of Hawaiian chefs formed Hawaii Regional Cuisine, a “culinary movement” dedicated to preserving the state’s particular style of food culture, ensuring every dish has that Hawaiian spirit you can’t get anywhere else.

Oh sure, every cruise ship has shuffleboard, but only the proshest ships have shufflekitten. (Scoring can be a bit tricky, because your puck won’t keep still.)

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It’s well established that I am a sucker for kitchen gadgets and a new one has turned up that happens to cook one of the best foods in the history of eating – pizza. This is a pizza oven designed to cook up frozen pizza to perfection or reheat your leftover pie from last night.

I prefer my leftover pizza cold from the box, but whatever floats your boat. The oven is called the Pizza Box Oven because it looks like a delivery box. It will reach temperatures of 525ºF and has a timer good for 30 minutes of cook time.

Inside the oven is a rotating turntable so your pie spins up nice and evenly cooked. The downside is that this thing sells for $60 and can only cook pizza. The other downside is Little Caesars is right down the street and I can get a fresh pie for $5, which is cheaper than frozen from the store.

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A woman was feeding some buffalo at the Olympic Game Farm in Washington last month, when one of them got a bit too close for comfort.

In the video, she’s seen offering the giant beast some bread, and he sticks his massive tongue through the window to slurp it up.

“Windows up,” shouts one of the other passengers when things start to get a bit out of control.

She should have listened to her friend.

At least they didn’t open the door, like that lion in South Africa, or ram into their car like some bison did recently did in Yellowstone National Park.

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In case you missed it, Fox 45’s Candace Dold threw the camera to the Baltimore station’s traffic reporter “Traffic Jam Jimmy” last week, who was supposed to update everyone on the condition of the roads.

Instead, we saw him ordering breakfast at McDonald’s.

“Hey, is it too early to get a fish sandwich?” he shouts at the drive-thru window.

The shot stayed on Jimmy during the entire back and forth with the McDonald’s employee, who informed him that it was far too early for fish sandwiches.

“I didn’t think it was that funny,” he said later. “I just wanted a fish sandwich.”

The station also confirmed that he eventually got his fish sandwich, for anyone who was wondering.

And of course, McDonald’s played along.

@FOXBaltimore Tell Jimmy it’s after 10:30, so he can stop by and reel in his Filet O’ Fish. We won’t tell the bosses

— McDonald's (@McDonalds) March 6, 2015

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You turn the blue spigot--the story ends. You wake up with cold water splashing all over your bed. You turn the red spigot--you stay in Wonderland and I show you how scalding hot the rabbit hole is.

Remember: all I'm offering is water. Nothing more.

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