Deep-frying is now our national pastime

You’re truly a piece of history, baseball. You had to know that eventually you were going to be overwhelmed by the sheer weight of the all-you-can-eat seats. At some point, the nacho cheese is a bigger draw than the (non)-competing product on the field.

British columnist Simon Majumdar, of The Guardian, laid the foundation of that argument during his recent trip to the San Diego County Fair for a piece he titled “God Bless Deep Fried America.” Majumdar suggests the thing America is good at right now is finding ways to fry crap.