SNACK TIME: Chocolate tea, Like mother's milk,, What's lurking in your energy drink?, Frog's legs jitters, Beer for Lent, and EVERYTHING TASTES LIKE BACON.

This lip balm tastes like bacon. These envelopes taste like bacon. THIS AIR TASTES LIKE BACON EVERYTHING TASTES LIKE BACON.

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SNACK TIME: Chocolate tea, Like mother's milk,, What's lurking in your energy drink?, Frog's legs jitters, Beer for Lent, and EVERYTHING TASTES LIKE BACON.

POSTED: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 5:48 PM
Filed Under: Snack Time

- Honest Tea has done something good. Not that their line of iced teas aren't good, but they've one-upped every competitor out there by adding chocolate. Their CocoaNova line better live up to my expectations, as tea and mint and chocolate should blend harmoniously, right? Serious Eats seems on the fence. I can't wait to get my hands on these YooHoo-y beverages.

- Chinese researchers have found a way to genetically alter cow's milk into a near-exact replica of human breast milk to help mothers who have trouble producing. The product even includes some of the hormones that aid in infant immunity and development. I thought this was an April Fool's joke, much like the Camembert lip balm that Whole Foods promised. It's not. What does everyone think of this?

- Ew. A young man from Washington finished his Monster Energy Drink, only to find that the can still felt "heavy." Disgusting. Ew. Someone's getting hit with a lawsuit. I'm saying nothing more. Click here to see what he found.

- Have you seen what happens when you salt fresh frog's legs prior to cooking? Totally weird and creepy ... but intriguing? Absolutely!

- Monks in Germany have a centuries-old practice of consuming solely beer and water to cleanse. An Iowa man has decided to take this as his Lenten sacrifice, and he is almost finished with his month of living entirely on a diet of beer, which he justifies as "liquid bread." Keep up with his progress on his blog.

- The salt tastes like bacon. This lip balm tastes like bacon. These envelopes taste like bacon. THIS AIR TASTES LIKE BACON EVERYTHING TASTES LIKE BACON. You can buy so many different things that taste like bacon here.

Photo: Robyn Lee | seriouseats.com

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