A couple of years ago, we stumbled across a YouTube video of people making an In-N-Out liquid lunch and then daring each other to drink it. At the time, we joked that this would be great for anyone in a full-body cast who had to ingest all their meals through a straw.
Well apparently we’re not the only people the idea occurred to. Over on the Serious Eats blog, someone who had just endured oral surgery and couldn’t chew food asked, “What the heck do I eat?” And of course our favorite answer she received was this one:
When I was in junior high, my brother got jumped by a bunch of guys and he had to get his mouth wired shut. He could basically only “eat” what he could suck through a straw. After a few days of chicken broth he threatened (in writing) to take the wires off with pliers if we didn’t give him “real” food.
His girlfriend and I made — and this is SO disgusting — In-N-Out milkshakes. Essentially, we threw In-N-Out fries and cheeseburgers in a blender with some water and made a drink out of it. I realize now that this was pretty stupid and dangerous, because had he thrown up he probably would have choked. Cute, right? My brother was nuts, though, and he probably would have gone after pliers.
