chicken fried bacon
December 6, 2006 5:23 PM   Subscribe

 
Wow. Just wow.

I have this incredible craving for a salad now, along with spending an hour on the treadmill. And I don't even think that will alleviate the guilt I've recieved just from watching that.
posted by evilangela at 5:32 PM on December 6, 2006


Oh that looks so disgusting. Disgustingly GOOD!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 5:32 PM on December 6, 2006 [1 favorite]


Good christ almighty... This somehow supercedes the deep fried twinkies even.
posted by jonson at 5:33 PM on December 6, 2006


someone get me the lard... 12 dozen eggs.... 15 pounds of bleached flour...and a dead pig!
posted by HuronBob at 5:33 PM on December 6, 2006


I'm a fairly big guy myself, and definitely not a vegetarian, but I can't help thinking that this is just plain wrong.
posted by clevershark at 5:33 PM on December 6, 2006


Needs more salt!
posted by thirteenkiller at 5:34 PM on December 6, 2006


Were I to prepare this (and I'm thinking of doing so cause I like to deep fry), I would pre-cook the bacon almost to the point of crispness so that a lot of the bacon fat would render out.

Battering raw bacon just seals in all of the bacon fat.
posted by MonkeySaltedNuts at 5:37 PM on December 6, 2006


Goodness gracious... Eat that stuff regularly is what I call living life on the edge. Ahhh.... to be home again!
posted by Mister Cheese at 5:38 PM on December 6, 2006


Christ why couldn't Borat have gone to this place?
posted by wfrgms at 5:39 PM on December 6, 2006


<BeachBoy>Three chins for ev’ry guy!</BeachBoy>
posted by ijoshua at 5:41 PM on December 6, 2006


Battering raw bacon just seals in all of the bacon fat.

You say that like it's a bad thing.
posted by Nathanial Hörnblowér at 5:42 PM on December 6, 2006


Salds are for wimps. I have added this item to the Things I Must Eat Before I Die list. I have had deepfried twinkies, oreos, and Mars Bars, but this is in the realm of the sublime.
posted by jonmc at 5:43 PM on December 6, 2006


I want one!
posted by grouse at 5:44 PM on December 6, 2006


Deep fried bacon I can forgive. But ketchup on a steak (3:13)? That I cannot brook. Fucking philistines.
posted by quite unimportant at 5:48 PM on December 6, 2006


I wouldn't mind trying a strip of that, but Mr. Sodolak is not exactly the picture of good health. He's a few more cigarettes and fried meals away from a heart attack. Kudos to the cameraman for getting him silouhetted against the window in the opening shot.
posted by Frank Grimes at 5:50 PM on December 6, 2006


Needs more salt!

I had the same reaction when the woman said: "This is good. Just needs salt." The trifecta for heart-health: fatty bacon, frying in oil (no trans-fats in New York) and salt! That said, I'd love to try it.
posted by ericb at 5:51 PM on December 6, 2006 [1 favorite]


You forgot the gravy, ericb.
posted by grouse at 5:54 PM on December 6, 2006


He's a few more cigarettes and fried meals away from a heart attack.

Nonsense. I eat fried foods everyday, smoke two packs a day and drink a six-pak of tallboys every night and I'm going to outlive you all, and still leave a good looking corpse. It's all genetics and attitude.

no trans-fats in New York

Lousy commies. There'll be an underground network set up within a month.
posted by jonmc at 5:56 PM on December 6, 2006


Perfect side for a hamburger with a fried egg on top
posted by InfidelZombie at 5:57 PM on December 6, 2006


Perfect side for a hamburger with a fried egg on top

A Texas Burger? I just had one a couple weeks ago at Paul's. with bacon.
posted by jonmc at 6:02 PM on December 6, 2006


One the one hand, that looks genuinely delicious.

On the other, I just threw up in my mouth a little.
posted by Doohickie at 6:02 PM on December 6, 2006


"We don't use ounces in this place. It's POUNDS."

I think I'm in love.
posted by bink at 6:03 PM on December 6, 2006


I wonder if it makes good brittle.
posted by owhydididoit at 6:03 PM on December 6, 2006


Homer: See Marge, I told you they could deep-fry my shirt.
Marge: I didn't say they couldn't, I said you *shouldn't*.


"We take eighteen ounces of sizzling ground beef, and soak it in rich, creamery butter, then we top it off with bacon, ham, and a fried egg. We call it the Good Morning Burger."

Lisa: No, I can't! I can't eat any of them!
Homer: Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Lisa, honey, are you saying you're never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad! Those all come from the same animal!
Homer: [chuckles] Yeah, right, Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.

posted by ninjew at 6:08 PM on December 6, 2006


I WANT IT NOW.
posted by koeselitz at 6:09 PM on December 6, 2006


Bacon is mankind's greatest invention.

I mean, the wheel was pretty cool.. but it's not as tasty as bacon.

I got some smokey bacon cheddar cheese from a store in Minnesota. Mmmm cheese.
posted by drstein at 6:09 PM on December 6, 2006


Oh god, I fried stuff like that last weekend and I swear, I nearly died. I don't know which was worse, the bacon wrapped hotdogs or the little debbie swiss cake rolls. It was the worst hangover/food poisoning/stomach bug of my life. I'll never look at a deep fryer again, so help me jebus.
posted by mygothlaundry at 6:09 PM on December 6, 2006


thats just nasty, pure nasty
posted by shady milkman at 6:17 PM on December 6, 2006



I got some smokey bacon cheddar cheese from a store in Minnesota.

Dude, grill up a bison burger, pt some of that cheese on then top with some of that chicken fried bacon and a little A1 and serve it on texas toast and we'll have reached gustatory nirvana.
posted by jonmc at 6:25 PM on December 6, 2006


I had a heartattack at 1:37.
posted by frecklefaerie at 6:26 PM on December 6, 2006


Yes! I'd wash it down with a cochicken.
posted by Tube at 6:29 PM on December 6, 2006


Mmmmmmm.... Sodolak's. When I was in college near there, we would go because it was the only place that we knew where we could afford a steak dinner. The leftovers would feed us for days. Even though I'm vegetarian now, that still made my mouth water a bit.
posted by kamikazegopher at 6:31 PM on December 6, 2006


I just threw up a little in my mouth, coated it with egg and flour, and deep fried it in chicken fat.
posted by monocyte at 6:31 PM on December 6, 2006 [1 favorite]


Ugh, I couldnt stand the voice over. Its like Rush Limbaugh is back on the pills and is making some side money hosting public-access tv.
posted by damn dirty ape at 6:43 PM on December 6, 2006


I just threw up a little in my mouth

Forget the bacon, I was floored by the shots of the cooks' hands all over the food. Hands on the steak, hands on the onion rings, in the batter, and then in the breading, hands on the bacon, bacon breaded by hand, hands on the fries; all with no gloves. The cooks only use utensils for scooping things out of the fryer and for ladling out to cream gravy.

I can understand challenging culinary expectations, but why flaunt health codes so flagrantly?
posted by peeedro at 6:55 PM on December 6, 2006


I loved that show when I was a kid. Great link. Thanks.
posted by YoBananaBoy at 6:58 PM on December 6, 2006


I can understand challenging culinary expectations, but why flaunt health codes so flagrantly?

hehe. You have never been to Texas, have you?
posted by YoBananaBoy at 7:02 PM on December 6, 2006 [1 favorite]


I consider bacon a seasoning.
posted by sourwookie at 7:09 PM on December 6, 2006


I consider it a beverage.
posted by jonmc at 7:12 PM on December 6, 2006


Genetics and attitude. More specifically, the genetics that don't cause you to develop an enormous pot belly, and the attitude that says "I'm developing an enormous pot belly, time to get some exercise and stop eating bacon with cream gravy."
posted by rxrfrx at 7:20 PM on December 6, 2006


I love that all those Texans eating that crap were fat as hell. Serves them right.
posted by MythMaker at 7:21 PM on December 6, 2006




I would have two orders for breakfast and those onion rings for desert........ with a bottle of Tobaso.......
posted by peewinkle at 7:22 PM on December 6, 2006


More specifically, the genetics that don't cause you to develop an enormous pot belly, and the attitude that says "I'm developing an enormous pot belly, time to get some exercise and stop eating bacon with cream gravy."

Thankfully, I take after my old man, who's 61 and potbelly free after a life of meat, potatoes, and cigarettes. And my attitude is that health nuts are gonna feel real stupid sitting in the old folks home dying of nothing (thanks, Redd Foxx), so bring it on.
posted by jonmc at 7:22 PM on December 6, 2006


My MeFi brothers, my droogy droogs, I am leaving on a business trip to Houston on Sunday and I will make a pilgrimage to this Temple of Cholesterol, to this Pagoda of Arterial Plaque. If I do not return, follow me and avenge my death.

MythMaker: I love that all those Texans eating that crap were fat as hell. Serves them right.

Holy sanctimonious vilifying schadenfreude, Batman. Serves them right for what - being Texan?
posted by XMLicious at 7:40 PM on December 6, 2006


#Greg Nog: it is GOD DAMNED DEEP-FRIED BACON.

I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but it is common for cooks to deep fry raw bacon if no cooked bacon is available

For example, I once spent a long stint in the Blue Cube at Onizuka Air Force Station in Sunny Vale, Ca. Once off shift I was very hungry so I headed to the nearby Officers Club. I had drank so much coffee that the only thing that might coexist in my stomach was a BLT. The cook said "no problem" and dropped 3 rashers into the deep-fryer. The BLT wasn't bad though I wished the oil had been more recently changed.

PS: to the NSA and terrorist organazations: The only secrets I saw there were numbers - designating numbers and frequencies. Since my job there had nothing to do with either I doubt that I remembered any of them a few days after I left or many year later like today.
posted by MonkeySaltedNuts at 8:27 PM on December 6, 2006


I can understand challenging culinary expectations, but why flaunt health codes so flagrantly?

You obviously don't watch cooking shows -- the high-end chefs and cooks they show there are always touching, prodding, manhandling and generally fondling every item on their three-star menus with out the benefit of gloves. It's almost as if the more you pay for food, the more the cook touches it with bare hands. If you want food untouched by human hands, hit the value menu at your local fast-food emporium.
posted by Ranucci at 8:49 PM on December 6, 2006


You just said three of my fovorite words! Along with Mayonnaise, Butter and Cheese. Combine all six and I will dine/die a happy, happy man.
posted by Pollomacho at 8:56 PM on December 6, 2006


So it's fat, dipped in fat, and fried in fat.

I LOVE IT
posted by mistermoore at 8:59 PM on December 6, 2006


Having cooked in many restaurants, I will go as far as to say that most food that you've eaten in public has been touched by human hands, hopefully clean ones. Cook much? If you cook, you touch food.

That's not the least of it. Read Bourdain's first book. You'll never eat out again.
posted by wsg at 9:37 PM on December 6, 2006


*touches peedro's food*
posted by madamjujujive at 10:53 PM on December 6, 2006


Oh, hey, I just realized that this place is about twenty minutes away from my sister's university. I've got to go and try it out... I don't know if my sister would be up to it though. Maybe I'll rope my best friend in to going. Or maybe I'll spend Christmas with my family instead of chasing down fried bacon dreams.
posted by Mister Cheese at 12:19 AM on December 7, 2006


That's the kind of food that makes you feel like someone put a zip-tie around your heart.
posted by Jon-o at 3:45 AM on December 7, 2006


So, has anyone come up with a way to batter-fry beer? Get to work, inventors.
posted by jfuller at 4:52 AM on December 7, 2006


jfuller, they'd probably do it the same way they do "deep-fried Coke," which is to just fry some flavored batter and then douse it in the relevant liquid after taking it out of the fryer.
posted by rxrfrx at 4:54 AM on December 7, 2006


Just this morning my husband wondered what it would be like to hug me if i were scented with bacon instead of cologne. Nobody better show him this link!
posted by konolia at 5:21 AM on December 7, 2006


rxrfrx: you're right
posted by patricio at 6:46 AM on December 7, 2006


Moe: You can flash-fry a buffalo in thirty seconds with one of those things.

Homer: But I want it now!
posted by jonp72 at 6:50 AM on December 7, 2006


The video didn't quite hit the gag reflex, but the AskMe mygothlaundry linked to certainly put it over the top. Deep fried CADBURY CREME EGGS?!

Also, jonmc, your burger idea intrigues me. Maybe batter the whole affair end fry it up again?
posted by Mayor West at 6:53 AM on December 7, 2006


OH MY GOD that looks delicious.

I live probably 2 hours from snook.
scary place.... but this is worth it.
posted by Espoo2 at 10:38 AM on December 7, 2006


I like the ultimate burger idea, but it should have Pickapepper sauce instead of A1.
posted by webnrrd2k at 12:36 PM on December 7, 2006


XMLicious, you must post a full report. Please.
posted by thirteenkiller at 12:44 PM on December 7, 2006


Plane ticket, Boston to Houston... $500
Rental Car.................................... $200
Tank of Gas.................................... $20

Chicken-fried Bacon... dee-licious!

Actually, it was disturbing how similar in flavor and texture it was to Doritos or other modern industrial snackcraft... makes me wonder what's in 'em. I think that CFB is what people close their eyes and pretend pork rinds taste like.
posted by XMLicious at 10:02 PM on December 19, 2006


Oh, no, I close my eyes and imagine things taste like pork rinds mmm, chicharones.......
posted by Pollomacho at 11:29 PM on December 19, 2006


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