Hey, Teddy

CEBU, Philippines - Cute and cuddly. Teddy bear is quite popular.

This toy has a rich history that dates back to 1902 when Theodore Roosevelt went on a bear hunt in Mississippi. The 26th president of the United States refused to kill a bear cub thinking it was unsportsmanlike. This gave cartoonist Clifford Berryman an idea on his editorial cartoon.

Brooklyn shopkeepers Morris and Rose Michtom started making cute toy bears and called it “Teddy’s Bear” after Theodore Roosevelt’s name. They may have been the first couple to immortalize this huggable stuffed toy but the German Richard Steiff is also credited of coming up with the first ever teddy bear during the 1903 Leipzig Fair. Even up to now, this dispute remains unsettled.

Reference: http://www.teddybearmuseum.co.uk/teddy-bear-history.html

Feast on wild culinary exploits that challenge what kids  know about food

Dabble in the science of food and nutrition away from the kitchen with Discovery Kids’ newest offering Gastronuts! Gastronuts will leave no scone unturned in its quest to seek answers to the wacky questions every child has about what’s on their plates. Challenging children to open their minds and their taste buds to a whole new world of culinary creativity, this 13-episode series sees food fanatic Stefan and his group of kid Gastronuts go on gastronomic adventures to discover the truth about how we eat, what we eat, and where food comes from. Along the way they indulge in hare-brained experiments, crazy cooking and eat the world’s weirdest food from scorpions to pig ears. Get nutty with the GASTRONUTS as they chew on the craziest food questions imaginable – can you cook pizza with a hair dryer? Can woodlice replace shrimp in a cocktail? Will strawberries and pepper be a tastier formula than strawberries and cream? Find out if you’re able to stomach the answers to these questions when Gastronuts airs daily on weekdays this March at 4:30 p.m., starting Friday, March 1. Encores on the same day at 8:00 p.m.

For years kids have been told not to play with their food – not anymore! From cooking salmon in a dishwasher and uncovering exactly what goes into the average sausage to feasting on grilled snake and chocolate covered scorpions, each half-hour feast begins with Stefan wrestling with a burning food question that’s totally out of this world. In the first episode, he’s wondering if we can cook without a cooker. The curtain then falls to reveal his team of young Gastronuts whose taste buds are game for any challenge! Watch as the team attempts to whip up (hopefully) delicious dishes without your traditional cooker – scrambling eggs in a dishwasher, cooking a pizza with a hair dryer and baking lasagna with… A flamethrower!

Each Gastronuts dish also serves up delicious tidbits of little-known food trivia to whet your appetite like how some countries have a maximum amount of insects that they will allow in food – in the United States, the limit stands at two maggots per 100 grams of tomato ketchup! Also in the series, Stefan meets zany ‘experts’ who add a new dimension to the crazy experiments, like ‘Dr. Boom’ who shows how explosive ordinary foods can be when combined wrongly in our stomachs. Watch, learn, and take cover!

A scoop of science, a dash of history, and a generous heap of fun – these are the ingredients that will make you hungry for more! Break the rules about how we eat and what we eat with Gastronuts, the dish best served on Discovery Kids. (FREEMAN)