Over the years, Scotland has taken a lot of stick for its love of the deep-fat frier. After John Smeaton set about the burning Glasgow airport bomber, I remember an American comedian asking if there was anything that the Scots wouldn’t try to batter.
However, this sorry tale from Mississippi’s Sun Herald would seem to indicate that the Americans are far ahead of the Scots when it comes to artery-clogging delicacies. Not content with deep-frying coke, one Abel Gonzales has been making a name for himself in Dallas by deep-frying butter.
According to another report, Gonzales reckons that it “It’s like a mix between a biscuit or a croissant that is just stuffed to the gills with butter on the inside.” The report doesn’t go on to whether or not Gonzales then collapsed while clutching at his chest.
If any Scottish gastronauts are reading this then this isn’t a challenge but doesn’t deep-fried butter makes our own battered Mars bar look like a health food?