I want this

Milton Whitley displays his Twisted Yam on a Stick — a fried, spiral-cut sweet potato on a 13-inch skewer. S-T/Max Faulkner

The Texas state fair is on, and the winners of the wretched-excess-in-fried-food contest hit the paper yesterday. Yeah, it's gross. Deep Fried Butter proved a strong contender, winning 'Most Creative' but losing to top winner Fernie's Deep Fried Peaches and Cream. Read the whole story and look at the pix.

S-T/Max Faulkner

Gary Duddleston samples Fernie’s Deep Fried Peaches and Cream during judging for the Big Tex Choice Awards. S-T/Max Faulkner

I could not figure out what one of the finalist's dishes was about, only hearing the name on TV. Twisted Yam on a Stick. Then I saw Max Faulkner's photo in the Star-Telegram yesterday. Oh, Milton, you are my hero.

breakfast at Ikea

...leads to Baconhenge.
You'll see in a minute. I was all ready for some serious blogging today about universal healthcare (we need it, just do it), maybe short congrats to Justice Sotomayor (yay!! she's #111 of the Supremes). But no, instead I'm compelled to share this bit of fluff. Heavy fluff.

Today, first time we got to Ikea early enough for breakfast! Good, cheap, 2 bucks.
Scoop of scrambled eggs, fried potato cubes, bacon, French toast sticks.
When I got home I went straight to a search engine.
Looked up: "french toast sticks" calories

Bad? Sure. Over 100 cal per stick; three sticks on the plate. Ate 'em all. Fat calories? Mostly. Go for amazing nutritional details here and here. If you dare.

Then I looked for "french toast sticks" images. Here's the prize pic.

Baconhenge.

It came from a user on sports blog compendium SB*NATION who goes by mcboomofdoom
and has a passion for bacon,
Click his link above, scroll down for pic and caption. Plus more bacon stuff.
I guessed right. That glop the bacon-wrapped toast-stick pillars arise from is a fritatta.
Whatta guy, whatta thing, whatta guy-thing.

Turning 180 degrees from Baconhenge back to Ikea, check these vegetarian-friendly Ikea breakfast offerings, probably from Singapore or Shanghai. Whatever the .sg domain extension means. Just guessing.

After looking at the menu.

Thursday
	Mee Siam ($1.80) Bee hoon served with hard-boiled egg and tau pok, covered in a sweet and spicy borth.

	Chicken Char Siew Sou ($1.20/2pcs) Fried pastry filled with chicken char siew and topped with sesame seeds.

*Man Tou ($0.80/2 pcs)
Deep fried flour roll that is crisp on the outside and soft on the inside.

Stop making fun of those names.
Stop snickering. I mean it.