Here at Agent Bedhead we try not to indulge in cheap national stereotypes, unless it looks like it might be fun. So we rarely go for cheap laughs by writing about clichés like Awful British Food. But when something like the Mash Cone comes along…. Well, we’re only made of flesh and blood.

The Mash Cone is a disturbingly updated version of that old British classic, Bangers & Mash—sausage, mashed potatoes, gravy and peas, served in an ice cream cone. The new product—words like “food” and “dish” just don’t seem appropriate here—is the creation of Aunt Bessie’s, a company that plans to market these nasty little novelties from refitted ice-cream trucks all over Britain starting this summer. The summer of 2007 in the UK was one of the coldest and wettest on record, and ice cream sales took a beating. The British Meteorological Office is saying Britons can expect more cold, wet summers as global weather patterns change, so essentially, Aunt Bessie’s is claiming the Mash Cone is their response to global warming. Presumably when they follow up with Heinz Baked Beans on a stick, it will all be the fault of the hole in the ozone layer.