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​Nerds are we, and geeks, and dorks. Like normals, we take up the fork. We eat and drink as much as you, but make our foods a tribute too. From Trek, to Wars, to toons, and shrooms, to Potter, Lost, and Iphones too. Sit back and laugh at what we do, remember nerds are people too.

Here are our Top 15 geek tributes to nerd culture made with food.
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​Candy, we love it, but that doesn't mean it's all good, at least not to everybody.

In fact, there are certain popular confections, some of which have been around since the 1800s, that continue to engender hate for their flavor profiles.

Somebody call the molecular gastronomists. Maybe they can explain it with numbers and graphs. All we know is certain flavors truly disgust certain people.

Here's our list of the top 10 most-hated popular American candies with quotes from around the web to back up our choices.

Leave a comment if you agree and/or if you think we're idiots.

Here's our list.
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Turkey eh?

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​Fishermen and restaurateurs: Don't despair. With some imagination and just a bit of judicious finagling, this disastrous oil spill can be turned into a potential boon for business. We've come up with a few suggestions for marketing monikers you can apply to fish from the affected areas -- the rest is up to you. Trust us, your customers will buy these exciting new offerings hook, line, and sinker!

1. Uncle BP's Dirty Crawfish

2. Cleanup Boat Scallops

3. Naturally Blackened Redfish
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​Your mom can't cook. Or that's what you always said. You watched those ladies on the tube, and thought it looked so damn easy. Hell. some of 'em were even hot. Well, that was all made up, you jerk. So before you nail mom (editor's paragraph) again for another year -- starting this Sunday on Mother's Day,  check out our list of TV moms who cook.
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Chef Sean Bernal, swordfish samurai.

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Anybody can take great food pics!

Most people don't have expensive cameras with detachable lenses, filters, reflectors, and light kits.

You don't need any of that stuff to take great photos.

With food photography booming as it is on the internet these days and cooking culture being so popular, we thought we'd share some tips to help the average shooter with an average camera take great food photos.

Here are ten steps that will improve your food pics.

All of the following examples were shot with a regular $200-or-less point-and-shoot camera on almost fully automatic settings with limited image optimization...


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Today is 420, the international stoner holiday, and we're in a legal-weed America (well, legal in some states for certain reasons). So, for all of you medical patients responsibly smoking marijuana for your bad back, cancer, glaucoma, hypertension, headache, stress, muscle pain, stomachache, comedy, fun, rest, and relaxation, we have a list of the Top 10 weed munchies for 420 as decided by Jim Breuer's character in Half Baked. Are you stoned? Got the munchies? Read on...
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Sugary junk food is the second greatest source of pleasure known to mankind. The rush of sugar and calories is nearly unbeatable. So how to go it one better? Batter it and and put it in a deep fryer. These are Short Order's wicked favorites

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10. Candy Corn

Candy corn might not sound like an obvious choice, but don't knock it until you've fried it. Anything made from corn syrup, sugar and honey has to taste good, but like everything else on this list, it tastes a whole lot better when fried. The confectionary treat liquefies, so you need to wait a minute or two to eat it after frying it. It is well worth the wait.

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 9. Granola Bar

Though granola bars are often thought of as a healthy snack, most are made with chocolate and processed peanut butter or some other ingredient to make the oats taste good. The bad news is that granola bars usually aren't healthy and are more like glorified candy bars. The good news is they taste even better when they are battered and fried.

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8. Devil Dogs

The cream-filled devil food's cake becomes heaven on a plate when battered and fried.  You will want to savor every fried chocolate bite of this artery-clogging delight.

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7. Oreos

The snack that launched the trans fat debate was destined to appear on this list. There are a million ways to eat an Oreo, but  battered and deep fried, they can be a perfect mix of texture, sweet and fat.

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6. Lucky Charms

Marketing gurus have tricked us all into believing that sugar-filled cereals are part of a balanced breakfast. Lucky Charms really only fulfill this role if you add fruit, whole grain toast that tastes like cardboard and some freshly squeezed orange juice. But what fun is balance? Instead, why not just cut out the good stuff and fry the bad. This can be a balanced part of your late night cravings. The marshmallow charms melt so they no longer resemble the fun shapes, but look more like artificial color blobs. It tastes even better than it looks!

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​Food sure can be funny, but you can't just smack someone with a pie in the face every time you need a good laugh. Here are our Top 10 strange and funny food gag gifts.
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​Jersey Shore guidos and guidettes can only survive so long when taken out of their environment. MTV recently experimented on the species by sending the cast to South Beach and filming their reactions. As it turns out, when faced with the long-term deprivation of their native foods and habitat, los Jerseyenos became homesick and distraught.The network recently announced they will be heading back home at some point this season. Here are the top 10 foods the cast of Jersey Shore has missed while Jaegerbombing through South Beach.
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