Tuesday, May 03, 2005
The meal that's bigger than your head
Call me crazy but I think there has to be a limit to this food thing. I'm still trying to figure out steaks that are over a pound for one person. I like to eat but I can't reconcile this supersize-all-you-can-eat-bigger-than-ever mentality with the health hazards of obesity. I think if we're all living on the same planet (whether or not this is where we are actually from) we should at least be living on the same page.
That said:
Yahoo! News
Pa. Eatery Offers New 15-Pound Burger [blog note: for perspective, know that the human head only weighs 8 pounds]
The burger war is growing. Literally. Denny's Beer Barrel Pub, which lost its crown as the home of the world's biggest burger earlier this year, is now offering a new burger that weighs a whopping 15 pounds.
Dubbed the Beer Barrel Belly Buster, the burger comes with 10.5 pounds of ground beef, 25 slices of cheese, a head of lettuce, three tomatoes, two onions, a cup-and-a-half each of mayonnaise, relish, ketchup, mustard and banana peppers — and a bun.
It costs $30.
"It can feed a family of 10," said Denny Liegey Sr., the restaurant's owner.
Denny's Beer Barrel Pub had offered a 6-pound burger — with 5 pounds of toppings.
In February, a 100-pound female college student became the first to eat the burger within the three-hour time limit. Kate Stelnick, of Princeton, N.J., was awarded a special certificate, a T-shirt and other prizes and Leigey picked up the $23.95 tab for the burger.
One month later, the Clinton Station Diner in Clinton, N.J., introduced a 12.5-pound burger dubbed Zeus. [blog note: their website only claims that it's a seven-pounder, which I found to be frightening enough. Maybe they're not counting the toppings?]
So Liegey responded, and the Belly Buster was born.
Over the weekend, four men took the challenge, but couldn't get through the entire burger. They opted for doggie bags, instead.
"It's a little too much for me to handle," said Steve Hepburn, of Clearfield. "It's like trying to eat half a cow."
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Information from: The Courier-Express, http://www.thecourierexpress.com
Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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Then comes the voice of reason:
What does this massive meal do to your body? According to our nutrient analysis (at right), it might kill you. It delivers 10 times the Daily Value (DV) of fat -- enough to trigger a heart attack if you have a bad ticker, studies show. (I think I'll take a dose of Coumadin beforehand, to thin my blood.) Second, it wallops you with seven times the Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) of sodium, which can make you lethargic. Third, getting 15 times the DV of protein will dehydrate you, since excreting it requires copious urination. Finally, you'll get twice the UL of iron and five times the DV of vitamin C. At higher doses, this combination can produce fatal shock; but in this case, maybe you'll just throw up. (I expect to do this anyway, so I'm not going to worry about it. Also, I asked a Denny's staffer if anyone has keeled over after eating an 11-pounder. "Nope," she said, "but we've seen plenty of people vomit.")
'night. (burp)
That said:
Yahoo! News
Pa. Eatery Offers New 15-Pound Burger [blog note: for perspective, know that the human head only weighs 8 pounds]
The burger war is growing. Literally. Denny's Beer Barrel Pub, which lost its crown as the home of the world's biggest burger earlier this year, is now offering a new burger that weighs a whopping 15 pounds.
Dubbed the Beer Barrel Belly Buster, the burger comes with 10.5 pounds of ground beef, 25 slices of cheese, a head of lettuce, three tomatoes, two onions, a cup-and-a-half each of mayonnaise, relish, ketchup, mustard and banana peppers — and a bun.
It costs $30.
"It can feed a family of 10," said Denny Liegey Sr., the restaurant's owner.
Denny's Beer Barrel Pub had offered a 6-pound burger — with 5 pounds of toppings.
In February, a 100-pound female college student became the first to eat the burger within the three-hour time limit. Kate Stelnick, of Princeton, N.J., was awarded a special certificate, a T-shirt and other prizes and Leigey picked up the $23.95 tab for the burger.
One month later, the Clinton Station Diner in Clinton, N.J., introduced a 12.5-pound burger dubbed Zeus. [blog note: their website only claims that it's a seven-pounder, which I found to be frightening enough. Maybe they're not counting the toppings?]
So Liegey responded, and the Belly Buster was born.
Over the weekend, four men took the challenge, but couldn't get through the entire burger. They opted for doggie bags, instead.
"It's a little too much for me to handle," said Steve Hepburn, of Clearfield. "It's like trying to eat half a cow."
___
Information from: The Courier-Express, http://www.thecourierexpress.com
Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
____
Then comes the voice of reason:
What does this massive meal do to your body? According to our nutrient analysis (at right), it might kill you. It delivers 10 times the Daily Value (DV) of fat -- enough to trigger a heart attack if you have a bad ticker, studies show. (I think I'll take a dose of Coumadin beforehand, to thin my blood.) Second, it wallops you with seven times the Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) of sodium, which can make you lethargic. Third, getting 15 times the DV of protein will dehydrate you, since excreting it requires copious urination. Finally, you'll get twice the UL of iron and five times the DV of vitamin C. At higher doses, this combination can produce fatal shock; but in this case, maybe you'll just throw up. (I expect to do this anyway, so I'm not going to worry about it. Also, I asked a Denny's staffer if anyone has keeled over after eating an 11-pounder. "Nope," she said, "but we've seen plenty of people vomit.")
'night. (burp)
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