Heart attack on a plate

My trip to Colorado gave me the opportunity to pass through Kansas City, and more importantly, grab the finest barbeque on the planet--Arthur Bryant's! Their fries are pretty damn good, too, and an old magazine article posted on their wall describes the process they use to make them. It goes something like "1. Cut potatoes, 2. Blanch in lard for 4 minutes, 3. Let rest overnight, 4. Fry in lots more lard." LARD!! Well, my coronary arteries probably clogged off another millimeter or two after that meal.

This recent meal made me a bit worried that such classic foods could be become endangered and illegal after I heard about a proposal in Chicago to ban all trans fats from public restauraunts. Crazy...