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The oldest international celebration of excellence in brewing competition has been renamed the International Brewing Awards. Formed in 1886, the 125+ year competition takes place 13th - 15th February 2013 in Burton upon Trent, UK (known internationally as the "home" of UK brewing industry). For further information go to www.brewingawards.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by RuthEvans60 (talk • contribs) 07:11, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
I hope that I'm posting this request in the right spot; if not, perhaps someone could kindly point me in the right direction.
I'd like to request that the Excipient article, which is currently tagged as being part of this project, be removed from the project. The article deals with pharmacology subject matter, and upon reading through the entire article, I'm not sure how it could be justified that it also deals with food and drink subject matter (aside from the fact that one is likely to ingest an excipient (as one "ingests" food and drink) as part of the medication they're taking). Perhaps I'm wrong on what qualifies an article for inclusion in this project, and if I am, please accept my apologies for unnecessarily taking up your time (and perhaps point me to a page that has the criteria for listing an article on this project). Thanks in advance for your help with this. —Schaea (talk) 20:43, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
I would like to propose changes to the ‘Burton's Foods’ wikipedia entry because it rebranded to be Burton's Biscuit Company in November 2011.
I work for the company, and so before editing I wanted to check the changes are acceptable, and if this is the recommended way to go about edits to a company that has re-branded:
- Change headline to 'Burton's Biscuit Company' from 'Burton's Foods' - Delete 'foods' from all subsequent references to 'Burton's Foods' - Reference that the company re-branded from Burton’s Foods to Burton’s Biscuit Company In November 2011 - Update the information regarding the location of Burton’s facilities - Acknowledge that the company is the UK's number two biscuit maker (as cited in a Financial Times article), and that it sells biscuits internationally
Any feedback welcomed.
Thanks, Melita Burtons Biscuits (talk) 07:57, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I don't edit articles on food that often, but I've recently eaten at a pizzeria in Hoboken, NJ called Pizza Republic that has a unique macaroni and cheese bar, and thought that both material on that eatery and a photo of the dish I ordered would go well in the macaroni and cheese article, but I don't know where to find sources whose info isn't either created by that eatery (which would violate WP:PSTS and WP:SELFPUB), or reviews by diners there (which would violate WP:USERG). Does anyone know where I can find sources with reviews by reliable publications (that is, by professional food critics)? Nightscream (talk) 20:42, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
What do you mean? Nightscream (talk) 14:56, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
My query doesn't pertain to article creation. It pertains to adding material to an existing article. Notability does not apply in that regard. Thanks for mentioning those industry publications, though; hopefully that will bear some fruit. Nightscream (talk) 04:57, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
The gi's in WWII Pacific Theater were very resourceful. Especially concerning their distilled drinks. When booze was in short supply "in theater" they made their own using local fruits and grains for their homemade stills. The product of these works was called "jungle juice". And this it the alcohol used in the punchlike beverages affectionately know as "jungle juice." That is the earliest useage of this term. I have no cit.s for this. But i know the Army and these stories are very prevalaint among the older vets. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.114.88.96 (talk) 18:39, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
Some northern Indian dishes use the pav bread roll, also known as pau. Confusingly (but perhaps not coincindentally) the Chinsese baozi roll is also known as pau. It would be great if a foodie could help disentangle the page names - currently pav is a disambiguation page, pau redirects to bazoi, and Pav Bhaji needs an admin move to Pav bhaji. Rich Farmbrough, 15:09, 11 September 2012 (UTC).
I created Category:French cuisine by region to parallel the extant (and well-developed) fr:Catégorie:Gastronomie française par région. Hope some folks find this an interesting way to refer cross-wiki, and to better organise the still somewhat unwieldy Category:French cuisine (has 200 articles in the main cat, so needs some sorting). MatthewVanitas (talk) 22:03, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
I've just added Baby food to this project's list, and I rated it as Top-priority, because it seemed to me like it was at least as close to a WP:VITAL article as lemonade and cocktail garnish and List of bacon dishes and the other things listed as top-importance.
If you disagree, please feel free to re-rate. And you might want to look over your Category:Top-importance Food and drink articles to see whether its contents are what you want. The WP:1.0 team is going to be using your importance ratings to choose articles for its offline release in a few more weeks. WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:56, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
There is an ongoing AfD discussion to which I have contributed already. I simply think that this article is of relevance to us, and I think you might want to provide your views. You'll find it under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2012_September_20#Salty_Fingers_.28plant.29. A bientôt, VictorVautier (talk) 08:20, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
I noted a new reference type added to Kaiser roll. It seems to violate verifiability as well as reliable sources. On the other hand, the Kaiser roll is shaped somewhat similar to some images of a Kaiser's crown, and may be acceptable under the lightweight exception as it doesn't seem that extraordinary of a claim. Gzuufy (talk) 15:05, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
Category:People associated with beverages, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion, along with 3 of its sub-categories. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you.. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:47, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
List of food preparation utensils has been selected as today's article for improvement – a week long collaborative effort to improve the article. I think it would be a great chance to show what this project can achieve, and perhaps even get some new members interested. —WFC— FL wishlist 04:09, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Watergate salad was often taken to church potluck dinners in the early 70s. It was described as "full of nuts" and with many "coverup" ingredients. I remember we laughed at that, trying to soften the hard news of government lawlessness. 68.102.149.159 (talk) 21:44, 6 October 2012 (UTC) Lee Anne Lichte
The Cooking oil page is the redirect destination for cooking fat, yet an IP placed ghee at the bottom of the page, and it was later undone by an editor. It seems to either be a logical flaw in the redirects, or an inflexibility to adapt existing articles to current redirects. Is there some deliberate reason for this inconsistency? Gzuufy (talk) 18:25, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
Talk:Pizza cheese#Proposed merge All are welcome to discuss the issue, please stop by. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 18:38, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
File:Bun festival bun.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.247.66 (talk) 03:14, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I'm looking for help with a request that I made on the Palm kernel oil talk page a short while ago. I have proposed a slight reordering and rewriting of text in the article to clarify and group nutrition information on palm kernel oil together. Currently the information on nutrition is poorly sourced and in two places in the article. I am writing here, instead of making the changes myself, as the request is on behalf of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council. The request on the talk page includes my proposed text and references. I hope that an editor will have the time to review my request and help me make this change. Thanks in advance. YellowOwl (talk) 21:46, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
Somebody wants to merge the article Stew into the article Tripe soups, without any discussion or consensus. I guess he does not know the way (or ignores it), so I mentioned the merge proposal here and on the talkpages of the articles. Please give your opinion soon, as mr. Welshwind has already tried to merge the articles twice (by copy and paste) The Banner talk 20:29, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
There's an AP article in the Chronc about soft-serve fruit, which seems to be frozen fruit, pureed, and served as if it were soft serve ice cream. I think Wikipedia should at least mention this, but I don't know if it qualifies for its own article at this point, or if it's just going to be a brief flash in the pan. What do you think? WhatamIdoing (talk) 01:07, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
Can somebody take a look at the actions of Welshwind here? We are on the brink of editwarring and he is doing quite remarkable thinks for a relative newcomer. More eyes needed! The Banner talk 01:50, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
Should articles on seafood be given titles that restrict them to cuisines, as a user maintains in this thread? There is a referral for comment on this issue where members of this project are invited to give their views. --Epipelagic (talk) 22:36, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
I became interested in this Food and Drink section after being asked by a friend to review a dangerous plant that you have listed under food and drink. Here is a link to that specific talk page;
However after much review I started realizing quite a few foods may need review, just like drugs; food and drink can be dangerous, even water consumed in too great a quantity in a short period of time can result in death. I am suggesting some form of warning link and excerpt added to dangerous foods due to potential poison or toxic/ allergenic reactions. In the case of the mulberry tree, the fruit is safer than the tree, and there have been so many scammers using the name of mulberry on all kinds of plants, really is a major issue on this plant. Many of the earliest records of using the name of mulberry for other plants were from general Asia, with known sources atrib to China. Many nations in Europe and the Americas wanted to start producing silk, but China had a good thing going so sold off species that may be related to mulberry but silkworms do not eat. One form has a milk like sap that causes death in many insects and hallucinations in humans. I am sticking with this one plant name as know something of it's history, but safety of all foods could be a topic worth review, especially new strains created in labs that have never had any allergy testing.
I do have specific personal experiences with one 'mulberry tree'. It has been identified tentatively as a "male fruitless white mulberry". The very first word is wrong as mulberry plants do not have only a single sex. This one is fruitless but that results in massive amounts of pollen being produced every Spring. That pollen is so allergenic that people with lung disease have died from 1 exposure to this tree, (I watched one man die as Paramedics worked on him right under the tree.) That one tree has had over half a dozen people's deaths attributed to it, one I heard was thinking of buying the house and had COPD so I warned him against buying the home. He bought anyhow and told me in a few days that my warning made him decide, he thought I was trying to swing some other deal. Oh I felt so bad, and he was dead in less than a week after buying the home. I just reviewed all I have written and admit I tend to go on & on. I do know a lot about these trees, but can't claim being an expert in part due to so many different plants having the same name. I do know that testing of young children under 12 associated with exposure to this plant have an almost 100% chance of developing lung disease for life. And this plant is not even native to N.America. I must close now as don't want to make a book out of a comment. I am not too familiar with your proper 'talk' activities. If this is too long , please forgive, you have my permission to edit if that helps. Thanks, 24.121.44.40 (talk) 21:51, 31 October 2012 (UTC)