It comes as a surprise to no one that one of the most
recognized health problems in America is obesity. I am a prime
example. But I don't know if you have noticed or not, every time the
Health Department comes out with some dire prediction about what health
risks come along with fat and start touting a diet of kale juice an celery
sticks, the big fast food joints come out with a new better, bigger, fattier
version of their basic burgers. If a double burger isn't enough, how
about a triple and then supersize it with large fries and a gallon of coke.
If I have any redeeming fast food qualities at all it's that
I can't eat a lot of food any more, don't like sauce at all, so my standard
order would be a regular cheeseburger, plain, small fries, and I'll wash it
down with the bottled water in the car.
But I came across a show today called The Tastiest Places
to Chow Down on the Travel Channel It was mind blowingly
appalling, even for someone who likes food. I took notes on a few of
the more unbelievable joints.
Start with Juan in a Million in Austin Texas, which serves
the Don Juan burrito as its specialty. This is one whole potato, 2
eggs and bacon piled on a tortilla and covered with cheese to finish.
The record is 7 Don Juans at one sitting.
Big Lou's Piza in San Antonio has a pizza so big it is
"heavier than a small child." It's 3-1/2 feet wide and weighs 30 lbs.
They had to build a special oven to cook it in. It takes a quart of
sauce, 6 pounds of mozarrella, then all the usual
toppings--pepperoni, sausage bacon, olives, peppers, etc, then top with
another 6 lbs of mozarella and bake.
The Country Pancake House in Ridgewood, New Jersey serves 9
egg omelettes, French toast the size of shoe boxes and huge flapjacks, six
times the size of a normal pancake (regular serving = 2 per person)
Steak & Main in Baltimore issues a Great Steak Challenge,
which consists of multiple cuts of beef from all different parts of the cow,
totaling a whopping 76 ounces of beef, plus 1 pound of sides. You must
finish everything in one hour. If you complete it, the meal is free.
If you don't, you owe the restaurant $140.
Cecilia's Cafe in Albuquerque serves a 10 lb "Fireman's
Burrito" with 4-1/2 lbs of pork, beans, bacon, and cheese.
The Big Jud burger at Big Jud's in Boise starts with two
frisbee sized 1 lb patties, with swiss cheese, bacon and mushrooms on the
biggest hamburger bun I've ever seen.
Sodolak's Country Inn in Snook, Tx has created battered,
deep fried bacon. Each serving is six strips of the fried bacon with a
creamy gravy.
If you can eat an original Manuel’s Special burrito at El
Tepeyak in Los Angeles on your own—you have one hour in which to complete
this task—you score a free “I Ate the Whole Thing T-Shirt.”
There are five burger challenges at the Eagle Deli in
Boston, everything from the Nick Lachey Burger (1 1/2lbs of burger, 6pcs of
swiss cheese, 6pcs of bacon, 1/2lbs of fries, and a fountain soda. $16.99)
on up through the Cowabunga burger, the Reilly Burger, and the Paul Jones
Burger to the Eagle's Challenge, which is 5 lbs of burger, 20 pcs of bacon,
20 pcs of American cheese, 5lbs of fries, 1 deli pickle, and a fountain
soda. $59.99
These are only nine of the top 100 restaurants in this
country. Is it any wonder that we have an obesity problem?
Anybody remember Mrs. Joy Boy?
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