In recent years Americans have fended off many attacks by the UK, who apparently think that after 234 years and countless displays of our superiority, they can, in any shape or form, step to us. I’m talking of course about the long-standing competition between the two nations to see who’s better at killing themselves with food.
I’ll admit, the Brits looked good a few years back when word spread to these shores that they were deep-frying candy bars. U.S. gumption countered with the deep-fried Oreo, then followed that up with the Jimmy Dean Chocolate Chip Pancake and Sausage on a stick, Baconaisse and of course, KFC’s infamous Double Down sandwich. And while I’m all for retaliation in force, it felt a little like piling on. I mean, wasn’t it clear Old Blighty brought a knife to a gunfight here? Sure they pioneered the Chip Buttie (a french-fry sandwich) and all, but while a huge advancement in the deadly food pantheon, it’s decades old at this point. The hunt is to the hungry, after all, and lord knows the U.S. is ravenous for toxic snacks.
As if to underscore this point with a grease-stain, Mark Zable has proved the indominitable might of American ingenuity again by pioneering deep-fried beer. Let me repeat that in case I just broke your brain. Deep. Fried. Beer. Dude is serving the stuff at the Texas State Fair this year, and is trying to patent the cursed incantation process he uses. Apparently you end up with a hot, pretzel-like pocket filled with beer. I should also point out that, after growing up in Texas, I have some knowledge of the Texas State Fair. This is a gathering where they’ve been known to fry salad. Once you’ve eaten fried salad, there’s only so ungreasy you’re ever going to get.
From Dallas News (via Gizmodo)
