The rapid, feverish ascent of Fifty Shades of Grey has proven to be too much for PR persons and trend watchers. When there's a bandwagon, one must jump on it. The two latest riffs on the erotic novella have come from the food world: Fifty Shades of Chicken (which includes recipes for "Dripping Thighs" and "Mustard Spanked Chicken") and 50 Shades of Kale ("Thai'd Up Roughage"). Oh yes (yes, YES!) it's true. See a video below:
Fifty Shades of Chicken promises to be a scintillating tale of "a young, free-range chicken" and "a dominating, ravenous chef," with "fifty recipes to make every dinner a turn-on." (See the video above if you have any doubt.) 50 Shades of Kale calls itself "a fun and sexy romp powered by kale" that is "bound to excite your taste buds." Indeed!
What's next? "Tie Me Up in the Kitchen: A Guide to Trussing Your Roast" or "Unexpected Uses for That Meat Hook"? Perhaps a recipe for "Bread Doughn't Stop" or "Whipped Cream." (Wait... I think that last one already exists.) What other naughty food puns can you come up with?
Related: The Naughty Way to Roast a Chicken
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Not excited about sexualizing food any more than it already is. Can we stop saying food porn, please? But I would love an entire cookbook devoted to kale.
While I always appreciate a good pun, I am so sick of hearing about Fifty Shades. That heavy-handed Twi-hard fan fiction needs to just go away.
Patrick Stewart, is that you?
Holy crap, they are using *jute* twine to tie up the chicken in the video. Hey kids, use unwaxed cotton or linen twine for that!
50 Shades of Bacon should be on this list. Full disclosure that it was written by an old college friend...
hahahaha! agree with andypucko about the twine, tho.