New 1500 calorie burger - burger sandwiched between 2 grilled cheese sandwiches

[Liberal_in_LA]

Open wide? Friendly's Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt is even worse for you than KFC's Double Down

KFC’s Double Down is so last month, now that Friendly’s has weighed in with its own Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt, a towering concoction that’s even bigger, fatter and unhealthier than its rival.

The monstrous, multilayered sandwich is really three dietary sins in one: a Friendly’s 100% Black Angus Big Beef Burger placed between two whole grilled cheese sandwiches on white bread.

By comparison, the Double Down’s a lightweight, chalking up 540 calories, 32 grams of fat and 1,380 mg. of sodium in its two pieces of fried chicken, bacon slices and Monterey Jack cheese slices. The newest Friendly’s offering features a staggering 1,500 calories, according to SlashFood.com, along with 79 grams of fat and an impressive 2,090 mg. of sodium.

Do you have to taste it to believe it? SlashFood actually did, and found it to be an "embarrassingly pleasurable eating experience," with the grilled cheese "buns" oozing with the proper proportion of cheese and greasiness.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2010/06/24/2010-06-24_open_wide_friendlys_burger_and_cheese_triple_decker_is_even_worse_for_you_than_k.html#ixzz0s4UEukZG

[cliffordu]

1. Perfect for heavy bicycle touring....

[arcadian]

2. We are Rome

[Cal Carpenter]

3. Mmmm....

:9

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. Thanks for posting the pic. I don't know how on my netbook.

[Cal Carpenter]

37. I just control-click on the picture (or right click if using a PC) and copy image location

then paste the image location right in the post, and it usually shows up.

Sometimes there are copyright or bandwidth issues but I have a photobucket account for things I want to keep having access to.

[Journeyman]

13. I guess you can always throw away the lettuce and tomatoes. . .

No sense clogging up your stomach when the ultimate intent is to clog your arteries. . .

[nashville_brook]

18. which way to the vomitorium?

[eShirl]

25. that's just way too much bread

their regular Big Beef Burgers are plenty enough as it is

[Lucian]

4. You know America is getting fatter when...

[Xenotime]

14. high school kids are eating this shit.

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. someone is! KFC sold 1 million double downs the first month

[amandabeech]

17. When one of my male cousins was in his growth spurt "Human Incinerator" phase,

he could have put down at least one of these things at every meal in addition to what everyone else at the table was eating.

If his Mom sees this now, she'll probably wonder why she didn't think of it 40 years ago!

[SheilaT]

6. I love a good grilled cheese sandwich.

I love a good burger.

I wonder why combining the two never occurred to me?

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. ok, as long as it's your only meal of the day!

[Mz Pip]

11. New diet concept

Buy one and divide it in 3 parts, one for each meal of the day, add a glass of milk for that last 100 calories of your 1600 calorie diet. Remember to drink lots of water and take a vitamin.

Honestly, it seems like these fast food chains are in competition for the most unhealthy caloric meal possible.


I remember a Paula Deen show where she was doing a brunch for some friends and made burgers between 2 Krispie Kream glazed donuts. :puke:

[Wheezy]

24. Yes, and some do that with a fried egg

http://www.zimbio.com/National+Doughnut+Day/articles/D4oG1mSowN8/Wants+Cheeseburger+Krispy+Kreme+Donut

[Regret My New Name]

9. Same reason why you haven't tried an ice cream cheese burger yet

or have you? :P

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

23. lol! It's like my loving lobster and ice cream...now why haven't I ever made a lobster sundae?

:puke:

[eShirl]

27. because there are better things to make out of lobster and cream

stew, Newberg, bisque

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

33. mmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Liberal_in_LA]

30. Blueberry pie and lasagna are two tasty dishes

Why didn't I think of layering blueberry pie between slabs of lasagna?

[SoCalNative]

31. You mean you've never had a patty melt?

:shrug:

[fishwax]

8. doesn't sound appealing to me

I like burgers and I like grilled cheese, but the two together knocks the bread/burger ratio out of whack.

[City Lights]

10. Gross.

:puke:

[Regret My New Name]

12. Doesn't sound "wtf-worthy" enough to even try it...

unlike the KFC Double Down. Which was at least strange/unique/wtf-ish enough to warrant me to at least try one (which I was unimpressed with)

[WCGreen]

15. Maybe they just want people to explode....

[undeterred]

19. Belongs at

http://www.thisiswhyyourefat.com/



Ground Beef, topped with 2 pepperoni logs, stuffed with Cheez Whiz, topped with a layer of bacon, topped with a layer of mozzarella cheese slices, topped with more bacon, topped with meatballs and served with brown gravy.

[Robeson]

20. The KFC Triple By-Pass from Mad Magazine...

...

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. "we add a lettuce leaf. Yes it's deep fried' LOL

[eShirl]

28. Burger-gram for...

I think we all know who

[SalmonChantedEvening]

35. *snort*

LMAO!! Thank you Robeson!! :hug:

[NYC_SKP]

21. Meh. It needs some pastrami. Then we can talk.

:P

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

34. Cheese on good pastrami seems sacrilegious to me.

[madmom]

26. I really don't understand the motivation behind these "sandwiches". Anybody in their

right mind can see how un-healthy they are. Do restaurants really want to present their customers as being pigs?

[Bitwit1234]

29. If there are people out there who want to commit suicide

by eating these sandwiches why bother to ban them. If they didn't eat these sandwiches they would try some other food that is just as bad for them.

[spanone]

32. just what america needs, another heart attack on a bun (or white bread)

[LiberalEsto]

36. The LEAST they could do

is put it on a whole grain bun. With butter.

[spanone]

41. hehehe....firm believers in truth in advertising

[sufrommich]

38. These monstrosities are just the latest advertising gimmick

to generate publicity. And it works.

[Whisp]

39. how can you get your mouth around that?

I know Sarah probably could, but really....

[pipi_k]

40. Oh man, just the thought of it makes my stomach churn in disgust...

Once upon a time I used to be able to wolf down the most nauseating things.

No more.


Not to mention that I'm fat enough as it is even on the less disgusting food.

blurgh... :puke: