Brits got no room to complain about horrid American eating habits.

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**Breotan**

Especially when dislocating your jaw while eating is apparently a real thing.

Lindsay Jolivet, Daily Buzz wrote:Woman dislocates jaw trying to eat massive burger

A Liverpool, UK woman learned that eating a triple-patty burger comes with risk of injury when she dislocated her jaw at a local restaurant — but after leaving the hospital, she said she'd return for another taste of the burger.

Nicola Peate, a 25-year-old social media manager, tweeted two weeks ago that she had dislocated her jaw while eating the "Kids in America Burger" at the bar Almost Famous.

Peate told the Press Association she had taken a bite of the burger topped with pretzels and candied bacon when she felt a pain in her jaw. By the next day, the suffering became so severe she went to the hospital to have her jaw re-set, according to the story.

Peate has a condition called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which can cause frequent joint dislocations, according to the Press Association. But that didn't stop her burger mishap from going viral after her friend, an employee of the hospital where she was treated, featured her in a press release promoting the hospital's treatment.

Peate tweeted that even as a social media manager, she was surprised the story spread so far. However, Almost Famous needn't worry about bad PR because Peate also posted she was willing to try another bite.

Let's hope she tries a fork and knife next time.

It's because of the kids. They called me Mr. Glass.

**rubiksnoob**

Is she some sort of human-snake hybrid? I think I saw something like that on Fringe.

**purplefood**

Unfortunate. Still she's not being silly about it which is respectable...

**Dark Apostle 666**

I'm sure the ability to dislocate one's jaw could be a useful life skill...

**LordofHats**

Dark Apostle 666 wrote:
I'm sure the ability to dislocate one's jaw could be a useful life skill...

I hear it allows snakes to eat their prey whole

**filbert**

I hate to be a pedant but the whole 'snakes dislocate jaws to eat' thing is an urban myth.

**LordofHats**

filbert wrote:
I hate to be a pedant but the whole 'snakes dislocate jaws to eat' thing is an urban myth.

Really

**filbert**

They just have very flexible jaws that aren't connected in the same way as human jaws. Basically, they can just open their mouths very, very wide.

**purplefood**

This in no way makes snakes less scary.
Doesn't make them scarier admittedly but that's hardly the point...

**LordofHats**

filbert wrote:
They just have very flexible jaws that aren't connected in the same way as human jaws. Basically, they can just open their mouths very, very wide.

I learned my fun fact for the day

**Dreadclaw69**

Dark Apostle 666 wrote:
I'm sure the ability to dislocate one's jaw could be a useful life skill...

That may be dependent on your career path

**Lord of Deeds**

I for one want to hear more about the appalling eating habits I have.

**Wyrmalla**

filbert wrote:
They just have very flexible jaws that aren't connected in the same way as human jaws. Basically, they can just open their mouths very, very wide.

Someone's been watching QI.

**Avatar 720**

Wyrmalla wrote:
filbert wrote:
They just have very flexible jaws that aren't connected in the same way as human jaws. Basically, they can just open their mouths very, very wide.

Someone's been watching QI.

They should just replace schools with reruns of QI on Dave.

**Ouze**

I want to hear more about the candied bacon.

**Fafnir**

Sounds pretty easy to make. Cook some bacon, and then throw in some honey (maybe a bit of lemon juice to balance out the flavours?) Take it out once the honey's caramelized. Granted, bacon cooks pretty quickly, so the method might be a bit different. Maybe honey first, then bacon?

**Avatar 720**

An even better way is to cook some bacon, eat it, and be grateful you didn't have to waste those few bacon-less seconds faffing around with honey.

**Fafnir**

Or do it properly, and have one stock of bacon cooked up to eat while you're candying the other.

**Super Ready**

Let me get this straight... some amateur-eater woman with a jaw abnormality gets herself injured trying to eat a big burger. And this is an example of why we shouldn't complain about US eating habits?! If anything this would be an example of how far we're lagging behind... *IF* it were even remotely representative of the populace.

Point your goggle-balls at me instead. I have a perfectly average mouth, no dislocation troubles or anything, and I can demolish a triple-decker no trouble.

**KingCracker**

So the girl has a disorder that makes her joints dislocate easier than normal.... and people are shocked she dislocated something? That's like getting surprised your nose is bleeding after digging around in there awhile

**Ouze**

Super Ready wrote:
Point your goggle-balls at me instead. I have a perfectly average mouth, no dislocation troubles or anything

The way you structured those sentences is troubling.

**Gentleman_Jellyfish**

KingCracker wrote:
That's like getting surprised your nose is bleeding after digging around in there awhile

So I'm not that only one?

That's a relief.

**whembly**

Ouze wrote:
I want to hear more about the candied bacon.

They're AWESOME.

**Grey Templar**

I find it insulting that the burger is called "Kids in America burger", our burgers aren't that big unless you are going somewhere that has deliberately made oversized burgers.

And candied bacon is yummy

**MrDwhitey**

Candied bacon has reminded me of that lovely party snack, glazed honey and mustard cocktail sausages.

Every time we have an event my older sister brings them. I'm fairly certain we wouldn't invite her if she didn't.

**Grey Templar**

For a second I thought that was two separate things, and was wondering how you could glaze honey.

**Ouze**

Grey Templar wrote:
was wondering how you could glaze honey.

Someone at the Iowa State Fair, right now, is thinking that exact same thing, and whether that would complicate deep frying it.

**timetowaste85**

Ouze wrote:
Grey Templar wrote:
was wondering how you could glaze honey.

Someone at the Iowa State Fair, right now, is thinking that exact same thing, and whether that would complicate deep frying it.

How many chest related fatalities occur at this fair each year? These are numbers we need to know!!

**PredaKhaine**

Maple syrup is the only true condiment for bacon. It says here.

**timetowaste85**

Maple syrup is also perfect for sausage.