That's what I like about the South

After a binge, drunk people in Dixie eat Krystal burgers.

Scanning the Tennessean newspaper's top photos of 2009, including the one below of a woman noshing a Krystal, I remember that I love the food, if not the politics, of my home region.

Krystals are quite disgusting in theory. The restaurants are open 24 hours a day, so the after-bar clientele tends to be, well, after-bar-like.

Krystal's chili will really move you, if you know what I'm talking about.

The joy of a hot Krystal. I take mine sans mustard (sacrilege, I know). Oh, and I'll have a corn pup. And a chili-cheese pup. And fries.

Gah. I think my carotid just clogged.