Wow. Just, wow.

Wow. Just, wow.

I sometimes eat at fast-food places, and as just about everybody knows these places aren't serving the most nutritious meals that can be found. Sometimes you just have to hope you won't have a heart attack just looking at the menu. I think I've finally reached the limit though, seems one chain is going to start offering bacon in its ice cream. I kid you not. Another chain offers hot dogs in the crust of its overstuffed pizza, though according to the story this is only available for a short time in Britain, not here in the states at all.

Over on another system, a forum that caters to truckers, we had a discussion about how to get the truck stops to serve something a bit less likely to kill you before you leave the restaurant. Too many of them serve "trucker size" meals, by which they seem to mean a meal the size of a Peterbilt tractor. Now, lots of truckers already have problems from not getting enough exercise and having limited choices for eats, and huge meals just don't help much. Especially if the government do-gooders start cracking down and deciding drivers who are over the recommended BMI are unqualified. I can't imagine that ice cream with bacon, or pizza with hot dogs in the crust will help anybody much.

We have discussions here about the dangers of guns and cigarettes, so I reckon this is fair game too. Personally, I suspect I'd rather take my chances with the guns and cigarettes. They're apt to be safer than bacon ice cream.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2128811/First-Pizza-Huts-hot-dog-stuffed-crust-theres-Burger-Kings-Bacon-Sundae-calories-fast-food-lovers-take.html

Originally posted by mjmsprt40:

...deciding drivers who are over the recommended BMI are unqualified....

Now that would be a mean thing to do.

Originally posted by Sanguinemoon:

Originally posted by aefields:

I choose to eat whatever food is most delicious

Yes, but those offerings don't even sound good. The god of Italian food will surely banish whoever decided to put hotdogs in pizza crusts to Hell, where he'll spend eternity eating White Castle and drinking Coors Light.

You ain't lived until you've eaten a fifteen-pack of White Castle sliders!

One simply won't do.

This might be of use...

Obesity helping aids........

Wait, it gets worse. Earlier today, I found that Pizza Hut is getting set to unleash a cheeseburger pizza onto a defenseless world. Now I find they have one with chicken nuggets as well. I guess if somebody is willing to eat these things maybe Pizza Hut has something. However, I begin to think it might be safer to chain-smoke cigarettes while firing a tommy gun into the air, rather than chow down on this.

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-26/news/31403046_1_crust-pizza-eater-gimmick

Originally posted by jbrothernew37:

You ain't lived until you've eaten a fifteen-pack of White Castle sliders!

I'm not sure you'd live afterwards, either x_x

Originally posted by mjmsprt40:

However, I begin to think it might be safer to chain-smoke cigarettes while firing a tommy gun into the air, rather than chow down on this.

Come on down to Vegas. We'll go chainsmoke in Heart Attack Grill

Oh, oh! Can I get in on that? We'll make it a guys night out, lol.

McDonald's is coming out a new Pretzel burger in Germany :eat:

I've never liked pretzels, but I know we carry "pretzel rolls" in the store. So why not, I guess ...

That pretzel in the image above is a Laugenbrötchen.

My favorites, butter pretzel or cheese sticks with a mug of coffee.

Small wonder America and Gt Britain have obesity challenges? That new German thing looked like a giant hot cross bun.

Originally posted by rjhowie:

Small wonder America and Gt Britain have obesity challenges?

Right now it's like a perfect storm for nationwide obesity. People are less active, food is plentiful, the marketers keep trying to outdo each other in their offerings, and the less expensive is often the most calorie dense. Hopefully one of those factors will give, ie people will understand quality of food trumps quantity again.

I watch what I eat and need to on permanent health grounds. Passing such tempting places is easy-peasy for a stout-herated sold Glasgow Presbyterian and a self-displined one to boot.

For someone who just doesn't like 99% of the "fast food" out there (that is, me) a stout heart is not required.

You should compliment yourself but everyone is not the same - how boring would that one be?! Millions are food junk fodder so whatever way we sensibles say we still have something in common and protection of our stomachs!

I wouldn't be so quick to condemn all fast food, though. There is plenty of healthy fast food, such as El Pollo Loco (the crazy chicken) You can get a well-balanced and filling meal for about 500 calories

Well tnat lot hasn't been dumped on us yet as far as I am aware but I do love chicken.

Originally posted by rjhowie:

but I do love chicken.

I tried what your lot calls "Southern Fried Chicken" and it doesn't come close to true fried chicken from around these parts.

Bacon ice-cream sounds like something an alien might like [the Kzinti, for example] but not me.
However... I do crave French cheese. Triple-creme... Roquefort... Bleu de Causse... Touree de L'Aubier... Cambozola Ok, that last isn't French.
And bacon with other things is good.
Yeah, so, if you don't enjoy life, why make it long?

Bacon with anything is good!

It depends on the bacon. I've recently had some "low fat" bacon that was -- edible-- and some turkey sausage that-- wasn't instantly deadly. Still have to say the real thing is better tasting, if not better for you.

If I wanted "better for you", I'd cut the cheeseburgers and pizzas. 75 and still posting. If I disappear from the Forums, you'll know that I've put too much lard on my toast.

If you disappear we will check with the FBI, CIA, Homeland Security, Treasury Dept, Secret Service, et al.

I never saw the point of the various vegetarian fake-meat products either. I'm no vegetarian, but I don't have to have a thick juicy steak with my meal either. Okay, never seen a vegetarian steak, so maybe a burger then.

I do know how to make nutritious meals without using meat, and I generally think they're pretty good. So why do I need imitation breakfast sausage, or fake chicken nuggets, or vegetarian hotdogs? (And yes, we do sell all of those.) Soy chorizo? (spicy Mexican sausage) ... no, thank you.

Maybe Jaybro will have to send me his address so I can check on him - he's not all that far from me any more.

Well the way things are going you wil not need to be put off by how close someone physically is as increasingly electronic surveillance and control is creeping in. It is to protect tour rights and freedoms of course...........

Getting back on topic: No thread devoted to "That's Inedible!" cuisine would be complete without a dig at the favorite (?) food(?) of RJ' s homeland. While searching for other things/mindlessly browsing "Fark", I found the ad in the link below, seems that over in Scotland they have a fast-food place that sells Haggis. I am not kidding. The ad reads much like our "That's Inedible" offering of White Castles, and I can only imagine that the food has a similar following of devoted fans, with an even larger group of people who couldn't be paid to eat it.

Here's the link, enjoy--- or at least try to keep the retching to manageable levels.

Eeewwwww!!!

Originally posted by mjmsprt40:

Getting back on topic: No thread devoted to "That's Inedible!" cuisine would be complete without a dig at the favorite (?) food(?) of RJ' s homeland. While searching for other things/mindlessly browsing "Fark", I found the ad in the link below, seems that over in Scotland they have a fast-food place that sells Haggis. I am not kidding. The ad reads much like our "That's Inedible" offering of White Castles, and I can only imagine that the food has a similar following of devoted fans, with an even larger group of people who couldn't be paid to eat it.

Here's the link, enjoy--- or at least try to keep the retching to manageable levels.

Eeewwwww!!!

MacSween's isn't a fast-food place - not all fast food starts with a "Mc", you know!

It's just a regular high-street, supermarket-supplying, food manufacturer - probably the biggest in Scotland, certainly the best-known haggis brand. And it's downright delicious.

On the other hand, just about any chip shop in Scotland will happily do you a deep-fried haggis in batter. Just as delicious, much worse for you.

The only difference between haggis and American burgers is that you think you know what goes into haggis.

Originally posted by johnnysaucepn:

The only difference between haggis and American burgers is that you think you know what goes into haggis.

We know exactly what goes into american fastfood ( not just burgers ) - it's crap you find on the kitchen floor, ground up and glued together using generous amounts of pink slime.

Could be this stuff is becoming mainstream. I just did a quickie search, and there's enough and to spare of it. I just may have to try some bacon ice cream. Two tastes that are great individually (I can't help it, I like bacon, and if I'm not careful I'll eat way more ice cream than is good for me) but I have a hard time imagining these things being good together. It must work, and they seem to be selling.

I dunno. Seems like a fad food