Tuesday, November 20, 2007

New (to me) foods, #3 in a list

Yeah, I'm dropping the "fried" requirement.

3. Frito pie hamburger. Yes, a burger with a frito pie on top of the patty. The quarter of the burger that I ate surely took several years off my life. And I can't say the frito pie added too much to my enjoyment. I mean, it added a certain crunch...much like lettuce would... except with more chemicals and transfats.

Wikipedia informs me that Dairy Queen also serves a frito pie burger. Hmm. It also informs me that in the Midwest, frito pie is known as a "walking taco," a fact begging several questions: Isn't mobility part of a taco's appeal? How easy is it to walk with a frito pie, which is way messier than a normal taco? What resemblance does frito pie even bear to tacos, which traditionally contain none of the same ingredients? But that is an issue for another day.

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