Kinky Friedman and George Bush have a deep-fried beer with their best friend Tony
I’ve always had mixed feelings about Texas.
On the one hand, it’s the actual home of Kinky Friedman, front man of the legendary Texas Jew Boys and writer of superbly funny detective stories, featuring a puppet’s head, a lesbian dance class, cigars and a perfectly grumpy cat…
… but, on the other paw, it’s the spiritual birth place of George Bush.
So, what to make of Texas?
Or, perhaps more to the point, what to desperately avoid eating in Texas?
As the following story makes clear:
“A chef in Texas has created what he claims is the world’s first recipe for deep-fried beer. The beer is placed inside a pocket of salty, pretzel-like dough and then dunked in oil at 375 degrees for about 20 seconds, a short enough time for the confection to remain alcoholic. When diners take a bite the hot beer mixes with the dough in what is claimed to be a delicious taste sensation. His deep-fried beer will be officially unveiled in a fried food competition at the Texas state fair later this month.”
By the way, those who think deep-fried beer has no chance in Hell to win any fried food competition may be as sadly delusional as the people who thought George Bush had the same chance of ‘winning’ the presidency (twice.)
As this quote, taken from the same article, shows:
“Last year’s winner of the Texas state fair fried food competition was a recipe for deep-fried butter.”
Still, however distasteful deep-fried beer or butter may be, today’s newspapers saw many stories that were much harder to swallow…
… like the one about Tony Blair and his bloody memoir, in which he stands by his decision to invade Iraq but regrets banning fox hunting.
(A lot of dead Iraqis would agree it’s a pity he never ran for the presidency…)
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