The Sandwich That Devoured Cleveland

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 10:30pm

Burger King's Enormous Omelet is the Titanic of fast food

I like fast food occasionally but anyone who eats this either once or worse repeatedly after knowing how bad it is for you is plain stupid. Eat these regularly & you will be pushing up daisies. Before you do you can than sue Burger King for making you obese & killing you

730 Calories
47 Grams of Fat
415 Milligrams cholesterol

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 10:43pm

Wow. I've never tried one, but I'll try to stay away.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 10:47pm

Wow, I think my arteries just clogged from reading that. I didn't even know BK HAD an omelette.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 10:48pm

The TV ads show it but obviously make no mention of how hugely bad it is for you

[Tenorific2]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 10:52pm

I love Starbucks Frappucinos and on the news it said they had 891 calories!! Anyone on a 1200 calorie diet??

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 11:17pm

Mr Roxy - this morning my wife and I joked that we do not consume that manu calories before dinner.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 11:21pm

Does anyone know what happened in the MacDonald's case? Is it still pending?

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 11:23pm

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may diet.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 11:25pm

Tiff what would be the basis of those lawsuits? Failure to warn?

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 11:31pm

I haven't the faintest clue. It's usually used as an example when people (at least in Canada) talk about the negative direction of American legal system and ideology. (Don't shoot the messenger. I know most of you folks are fine, rational individuals. ) If I'm not mistaken, the complainants (and I think it's a class action lawsuit, so there are a lot of morons out there) said that MacDonald's concealed their health information (which I don't think is true because you can ask for a nutrition pamphlet at the counter which gives you all the numbers) and said the advertisements were misleading, causing people to buy MacDonald's frequently under the misguided impression that it's good for you.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/30/05 at 11:44pm

Just think of it as Burger King being patriotic Americans. We have to keep up the reputation in Europe that all Americans are fat.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 9:38am

I always get a kick out of these stories. The Anchorman reads the story about how horriffically bad this new BURGER KING sandwich is, then talks about how BURGER KING had been offering salads and healthy alternatives but that this new BURGER KING sandwich is made with Two eggs, two sauasage patties and three slices of bacon...blah blah blah. Anchorwoman makes joke about being too fat already but she can't wait to try it, ha ha ha.

Burger King pays people to get stories like this on the air. This is a tremendously successful product launch. Not only was the damn sandwich getting advertised all over, it was all for free! Hardees basically saved itself from bankruptcy by launching a 1,000 calorie cheeseburger!

And yeah yeah, nutrition, calories, sodium, blah blah...I will bet you money a serving of Fettucine Alfredo or Chili's Baby Back Ribs has more calories than this, but no one hired a publicist to promote those as "Food Porn." There used to be a watchdog group that every month selected the WORST fast food item and did an educational campaign, but they discontinued the program after Panda Express reported that sales of Orange Chicken more than doubled after they were singled out. Soon, restaurant chains began campaigning to get the "award." Burger King even created a 'double whopper with cheese and bacon' in an attempt to get targeted.

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 10:10am

People going to fast food restaurants looking for healthy food have mental problems.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/31/05 at 7:39pm

The calories do not worry me. I could consume 5000 calories & it would not show on me. The cholesterol is the killer

I know fast food is not good but neither is breathing polluted air. I have it occasionally. I feel sorry for those who work in these joints who get free lunch every day. A kind of perpetual Super Size me over & over again