Fast Food Frankensteins : The Dessert Edition
As we near the one-year anniversary of Jeff’s McDonalds-as-pizza-toppings post that the internets loved so well, the Universe has seen fit to bestow upon us a sequel of sorts. While traveling through Nebraska, Flickr user matthewnstoller and one of his friends happened upon a food cart touting this lovely piece of work:
“What’s a Hot Beef Sundae?
Golden mashed potatoes covered with a generous portion of our roasted and seasoned-to-perfection top round beef. Then aged cheddar cheese, more golden mashed potatoes smothered with our special beef gravy, more aged cheddar cheese, a slice of buttered toast, and a cherry tomato on top.
A delightfully satisfying meal that you will crave time after time, year after year.
ENJOY ONE RIGHT NOW!”
Now, some folks prefer popsicles or ice cream bars to sundaes. (Even sundaes laden with drippy, seasoned meats and cheeses.) It’s true, the popsicle format does offer a more streamlined eating experience and leaves less to be discarded in the end, making it arguably the greener dessert choice between the two. So in the name of variety, convenience, and protecting the environment, the good people of Nebraska also offer us… Pizza-On-A-Stick.
What’s next? A spaghetti milkshake?
Popularity: 7% [?]
September 10th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Puts me in mind of those Jon Stewart comments about what those Jimmy Dean pancakes-and-sausage on a stick says about our culture.
And, though I love fat, pizza, and meat as much, or more, than the next guy, maybe it’s just the fact that I just put on five pounds in three days (not even sure what I ate that did it) that’s making these look not one bit appetizing.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:32 am
I shouldn’t read your blog on my lunchbreaks w/out IRL food.
At the Md Ren Fest there’s mac & cheese on a stick, and (frozen) cheesecake on a stick, etc., but I’ve not seen pizza on a stick before.
September 11th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
There used to be a restaurant here that served chili sundaes. They layered chili, sour cream and shredded cheese in a tall sundae glass, fritos on the side, and served it with one of those long-handled spoons so you could reach the bottom of the dish. It was actually pretty good.
So I could see hot beef sundae as a marketing gimmick, but pizza on a stick?
September 11th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Pizza in a cup?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079367/quotes
September 12th, 2008 at 8:35 am
pizza is already a pretty portable food…
pizza on a stick is like one of those ridiculous usb gadgets you don’t need, or an infomercial product that fills a need you didn’t have like the perfect pasta maker.
October 6th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
do NOT forget DEEP FRIED TWINKIES
October 29th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
The Gargano Peninsula – Italy’s chicken spur – has a delicacy called “spaghetti ice,” which immigrants then brought to rural Germany, specifically the Bad Kreuznach area. Think vanilla noodles topped with strawberry sauce and powdered-sugar “parm”… but the gag factor doesn’t really rival the milkshake.
May 17th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
looks yummy!