25 Fugly Food Tattoos
[Photographs: Food Network Humor]
We've done our fair share of food tattoo posts on Serious Eats, so you know we're not ink-haters. But after a while, there are only so many blog posts you can look at where someone's all like, "Look! A food-themed tat!" Snooooooz.
So when our hot dog man, Hawk Krall, emailed this link to me, I was like, Seriously? Another one?
Until I clicked through.
Food Network Humor does it again, with a brilliant round-up of the 25 most gawdawful fugly food tats out there. The three above are just some of the "What were they thinking?" moments on display. Perhaps the best (worst?) is the sad, lonely portrait of Colonel Sanders on some dude's bicep.
Dunno how I missed this post (it's from late May), but thanks for bringing it to my attention, Hawk.
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20 Comments:
food network humour rocks my world daily.
this is no exception!
hungrychristel at 4:05PM on 09/01/09
Cracker Barrel!
Just how high does one have to be to think, "This is going to be the awesomest tattoo EVER!"...and then actually go through with it?
lyricanjl at 4:10PM on 09/01/09
Some of these tattoos are great. The Minor Threat hotdog is amazing. Lighten up.
waxeater at 4:36PM on 09/01/09
wow. the crapping cupcake is really the worst tattoo of all time. it looks far too pleased with itself.
the potato looked like they were attempting to make 'grimace', but he became deformed --however that entire mcd work up on that dude's chest....there are no words.
i've actually seen the 'bangers and mash' plate on the dude's head before, but the 2 that actually weren't as horrendous as the countless pizza ones-were the lil debbie (still dumb, but at least a reasonable facsimile of her) and the pig 'map' was by far, the best of all.
gastronomeg at 4:36PM on 09/01/09
Eye of the beholder, etc. To my mind, that Minor Threat hotdog is probably the greatest tattoo in the history of mankind.
jjchampion at 5:06PM on 09/01/09
Wait! I totally missed the Minor Threat visual pun. You're right. That's kinda funny. I also think the pig butcher chart should have been omitted in the roundup, since that's pretty good. But, yeah, the Cracker Barrel one is pretty perplexing.
Adam Kuban at 5:25PM on 09/01/09
what's the deal with the McDonalds golden arches on the lower back with the farty-clouds around it?
Is that what happens when that person eats McDonalds?
Would that be called a McFart?
so...many...questions.
bisbee at 5:27PM on 09/01/09
I havent seen a nice looking food tattoo
mandarin at 5:28PM on 09/01/09
THE CRAPPING CUPCAKE HAUNTS ME...
...it haunts.
Robyn Lee at 5:40PM on 09/01/09
Too bad they're not real tattoos. You can see the outlines of the tattoo decals in the pics.
CJ McD at 5:54PM on 09/01/09
the pig map is the best by far... and it looks pretty real, unlike some of the others
sandmansd at 6:03PM on 09/01/09
Ketchup on a hot dog? Ugh.
TommyJr at 6:45PM on 09/01/09
Some of those aren't so bad. Seems to me that they are implying that any food tattoo is a bad tattoo.
wunami at 8:58PM on 09/01/09
People realize that tattoos are permanent right?
gingercookiewithlime at 10:07PM on 09/01/09
there was a guy in my hometown offering free tattoos for life if you'd get one tattoo on you...a caterpillar having sex with a ridged french fry. Guy was a bit off (but good artist)...anyways, I know of three people with this ugly tattoo, wish I had a pic to share.
accidentalepicurean at 10:54PM on 09/01/09
Your descriptions persuaded me that the three shown on the site are all I want to see.
chanterelle at 11:20PM on 09/01/09
"Too bad they're not real tattoos."
Are you kidding me? You've gotta be one of those guys that calls everything on the Internet "fake".
I personally know the guy with the pizza rocker and can assure you it's 100% real.
waxeater at 9:16AM on 09/02/09
The McDonald's character scene on the guy's chest is not too bad, at least it seems he put some thought and time into it.
The rest...wtf?
erinlovestoeat at 11:20AM on 09/02/09
The banana tat (peel, eat, repeat) would work on the right guy. ;-)
GunBarrelGirl at 11:52AM on 09/02/09
I think the Cook Free or Die tat is on a guy that appeared in the Seattle episode of No Reservations, the one where AB has the clam pizza. Or was that Portland? But I've definitely seen it and it's real.
foodplease at 4:07PM on 09/02/09