Plenty for the Food Police to Hate This Summer

Summer is probably not the food police's favorite time of year; particularly not this summer.

Fried pickle chips (heavytable.com)

Across the country, folks will be heading to state and county fairs where they'll chow down on chocolate-covered bacon and jalapenos, Krispy Kreme burgers, deep-fried Twinkies and bubblegum, and who knows what else. Out-of-school kids will be begging their moms for treats from the ice-cream man. Parched teens and grown-ups will be chugging Big Gulps and Slurpees to beat the heat, in complete defiance of the recent "Soda Summit" in D.C.

BK's bacon sundae is bad and nationwide.

Over in the fast-food world, the Doritos taco has been the most successful product launch ever for Taco Bell, and Subway is testing Doritos nachos in select markets. Burger King has just taken its bacon sundae nationwide, not long after Jack In The Box paved the way with a bacon-flavored milkshake. Burger King and Carl's Jr./Hardees are both planning to serve pulled pork sandwiches this summer. Popeye's is bringing back its fried-chicken equivalent of the "bloomin' onion" and Taco Bell is coming out with a Mountain Dew/orange juice breakfast drink. And of course there will be high-calorie movie-tie-in items like the Amazing Grilled Cheese Bacon Burger (as in "The Amazing Spider-Man").

It also looks like the world of vending machines is about to get more interesting … fresh pizza, anyone?

And to make everything worse for the nanny statists, in the next few weeks the Supreme Court is expected to strike down part, if not all, of Obamacare, a.k.a. The Broccoli Mandate.

So, assuming you're not reading this blog as an opposition researcher for the food police, have a fun and tasty summer!


(July 2 update: Well, so much for the broccoli mandate being struck down. It's been upheld by the Supreme Court as a tax.)