You know you’re a celebrity when the press, and the hordes of non-celebrities, treat your most casual statements like a newsworthy event. Kate Beckinsale’s acting career has been a little uneven (i.e., heavy on the crap), but I would sit through ninety minutes of cine-sludge like Underworld: Rise of the Lycans just to wallow in her crotch-punishing sexiness, so I guess she qualifies as a celebrity. Enough of a celebrity, at any rate, that when she appeared at Elton John’s–sorry, Sir Elton’s–Oscar bash and mentioned she could go for some Pot Noodles and a cup of tea, it was a newsworthy event. (Pot Noodles, I’m guessing, are one of those dubious British delicacies like curry-flavored crisps and Toad in a Hole that rarely appear outside the UK. Of course, now that there’s an American version of Big Brother, it’s probably just a matter of time before we Yanks are all slurping up Pot Noodles.)
Apparently the Pot Noodle makers are among those who hang upon Kate’s every word, because when they heard about her comment they were so flattered they decided to create a new Pot Noodle flavor in her honor. And thus was born Steak and BeckinsALE, which Noodler-in-Chief Grahame Walker insists is “just like Kate–classically British and a tasty little number.” At least they didn’t go with some Bubble and Squeak-based flavor, which might imply that Kate had embarrassing intestinal issues. Personally, though, I would have gone with something more curry-flavored. Because that woman is just preposterously hot.
