Chili's Smokehouse Bacon Triple-The-Cheese Big Mouth Burger with Jalapeno Ranch Dressing =unhealthy?

[underpants]

The worst foods of 2009

Worst breakfast sandwich
Hardee's Monster Biscuit

Worst kids' meal
Chili's Pepper Pals Country-Fried Chicken Crispers with Ranch Dressing and Homestyle Fries

Worst salad
T.G.I. Friday's Pecan Crusted Chicken Salad

Worst breakfast
Bob Evans Stacked and Stuffed Caramel Banana Pecan Hotcakes

Worst Chinese entree
P.F. Chang's Tam's Noodles

Worst Mexican entree
Chili's Buffalo Chicken Fajitas with The Works (Ranch Dressing, Guacamole, Sour Cream, Cheese, and Pico de Gallo + 4 tortillas)

Worst pasta
Romano's Macaroni Grill Spaghetti and Meatballs with Meat Sauce

....aaaaaaaand

The worst food of 2009
Baskin-Robbins Large Chocolate Oreo Shake
# 2,600 calories
# 135 g fat (59 g saturated fat, 2.5 g trans fats)
# 263 g sugars
# 1,700 mg sodium

We didn't think anything could be worse than Baskin-Robbins' 2008 bombshell, the Heath Bar Shake. After all, it had more sugar (266 grams) than 20 bowls of Froot Loops, more calories (2,310) than 11 actual Heath Bars, and more ingredients (73) than you'll find in most chemist labs. Rather than coming to their senses and removing it from the menu, they did themselves one worse and introduced this caloric catastrophe. It's soiled with more than a day's worth of calories and three days' worth of saturated fat, and, worst of all, usually takes less than 10 minutes to sip through a straw.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/28862370/

[mrreowwr_kittty]

1. An entire pint of Ben and Jerry's has about 1200 calories. What the HELL is in that shake?

And how big is it?

[underpants]

6. Some more specifics that I didn't put on the OP

Worst kids' meal
Chili's Pepper Pals Country-Fried Chicken Crispers with Ranch Dressing and Homestyle Fries
# 1,110 calories
# 82 g fat (15 g saturated)
# 1,980 mg sodium
# 56 g carbohydrates

Worst sandwich
Quizno's Tuna Melt (large)
# 2,090 calories
# 175 g fat (31 g saturated fat, 2.5 g trans fats)
# 2,190 mg sodium

Worst salad
T.G.I. Friday's Pecan Crusted Chicken Salad
# 1,360 calories
# Fat: ??? (Friday's refuses to disclose the full nutritional content of the food they're serving you.)
# Sodium: ???

Worst "healthy" sandwich
Blimpie Veggie Supreme (12")
# 1,106 calories
# 56 g fat (33 g saturated fat)
# 2,831 mg sodium
# 96 g carbohydrates

orst burger
Chili's Smokehouse Bacon Triple-The-Cheese Big Mouth Burger with Jalapeno Ranch Dressing
# 2,040 calories
# 150 g fat (53 g saturated)
# 110 g protein
# 4,900 mg sodium

You know this burger's in trouble when it takes more than 20 syllables just to identify it. If you think the name’s a mouthful, just wait until the burger hits the table. You'll be face-to-face with two-and-a-half days' worth of fat -- a full third of which is saturated. To do that much damage with roasted sirloin, you'd have to eat about eight 6-ounce steaks.

[SCantiGOP]

75. when I was in college

There was a hamburger joint that served a wonderful bacon-chili-cheeseburger. Even though we nicknamed it the triple bypass burger, being 18 and invincible we still ate it.

[Initech]

15. Pure lard?

[dysfunctional press]

45. two pints of ice cream?

a quart.

[Sebastian Doyle]

2. Baskin Robbins is now owned by the Bush Crime Family's Carlyle Group

Not surprising that they're always trying to find new ways to kill people.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. It IS?????????

Are you SERIES???///?????

Well, I'm hauling my fat ass over to Maggie Moo's, just as soon as I finish my Oreo shake.

[Sebastian Doyle]

12. Yep, along with Dunkin Donuts

Those two have had the same parent company for years. Some French company owned them for a while, but they sold to Carlyle in 2005. I believe Mitt Romney's Bain Capital owns a piece of them as well.

[awoke_in_2003]

36. Damnit again...

This is the second indulgence you have ruined for me today. What did I ever do to you? :)

[a la izquierda]

59. Maggie Moos is AWESOME!

We just got one about a year and a half ago in Norman, OK. I love it.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

5. It IS?????????

Are you SERIES???///?????

Well, I'm hauling my fat ass over to Maggie Moo's, just as soon as I finish my Oreo shake.

[Dreamer Tatum]

53. Simply criminal how the BFEE made ice cream bad for you

...after so many glorious decades of it being such a healthful and wholesome snack.


:eyes:

[Terran]

3. Why would anyone eat "Mexican food" at Chili's?

:shrug:

Fortunately, I don't eat at any of these places, except, er, the occasional foray into Hardee's. :blush:

[AngryAmish]

35. I have a longstanding soft spot for Chiles

I think they make good chicken sandwhiches and (gasp) fajitas.

I think of Chilis as airport food. I only eat at Chilis in airports (or near airports). many times it is the best option.

Would I eat there in a real city with real food? No. But that is not the question.

[Terran]

40. I *kind* of like Chili's food, but...

every one I've ever been in is noisy, and I prefer my restaurants quieter.

[awoke_in_2003]

37. Because...

you can actually eat their beef fajitas without using a knife.

[Terran]

39. Oh, ok

I admit I'm prejudiced against fajitas, I don't order them in Mexican restaurants (so I sure wouldn't order them at Chili's).

[awoke_in_2003]

46. you haven't embraced...

the greatness of fajitas? Sacrilege :)

[a la izquierda]

60. I hate to break it to all of you...

but fajitas ain't Mexican. :) There's not even a word in Spanish for fajita.
And one has a difficult time finding burritos down there too.

Chili's black bean burgers are great, though. And I like their fries

[Le Taz Hot]

63. It's amazing how Americanized

Mexican food has become. When one actually goes to Mexico and eats at the non-tourista places, it's actually pretty bland in comparison. Personally, I prefer the real Mexican version.

[a la izquierda]

66. Me too...

I can no longer eat beans out of a can, monterrey jack cheese or what most places pass off as "salsa". Call me a snob, but when you live in Mexico part time, you realize the real thing (which of course depends on the region) is about a million times better. Mole on tofu is probably the best thing ever...stuffed chayotes....ummmmm, yum.

[awoke_in_2003]

69. Most things called Mexican...

are really Tex Mex.

[Terran]

73. Right, that's one reason I don't really like them

Hard enough to find anything authentic where I live!

[Retrograde]

74. "fajita" originally referred to

a certain cut of meat, what we call a skirt steak (from 'faja'), which is why I'm amused to see chicken and fish fajitas. My old (c. 1965) Mexican cookbook mentions flour tortillas as being a regional specialty, and nothing at all about burritos, which I'm pretty sure are an American invention.

IMHO there's nothing inherently wrong with adopting a cooking style or ingredients from one cuisine to another, but fast-food places take a decent idea (e.g., a burrito) and cram it full of all sorts of unnecessary fats and processed foods so what started out as beans and rice wrapped in a tortilla becomes beans and rice and meat and guacamole and sour cream and cheese until it's a day's meal in itself. I can understand why the burrito came to be in the first place - it's a handy, cheap lunch - but it's gone to extremes.

I gave up on Chili's when they stopped offering corn tortillas. If they can't make a passable corn tortilla they're not Mexican.

[aikoaiko]

51. the2 for 2.50 bacon egg and cheese biscuits at Mickey Ds has been killing me

Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit (Regular Size Biscuit) Calories 430

[timtom]

58. Hold it right there, podnuh!

Chili's makes awesome nachos.

(All right, I almost never eat at commercial or fast-food enterprises. But I remember their nachos as being excellent.)

[Terran]

76. Ok, but aren't nachos another American invention?

My whole point in asking the question the other day was, why eat something at Chili's that's purported to be Mexican when you can probably get something better that is more or less authentic elsewhere in your town?

To be clear, I got nothing against a mishmash of ground beef, salsa, cheese, beans and corn chips if it's done well, but it's not what I go for when I want Mexican food.

[spoony]

7. At first I read that last one, "Health Bar Shake"

and I thought, "boy that's false advertising." Time to step away from the monitor! :P

[flvegan]

8. Ah, the shit some people eat.

[bridgit]

9. I know people that go ga-ga shit bonkers over P.F. Chang's, but I just don't get the appeal

Their menu sucks x(

[underpants]

11. I posted that because I was surprised that they made the list

The reason I am surprised is that they make a big deal out of "healthy food" on their menu and they sponsor a 1/2 Marathon in Phoenix

:shrug:

I like their food. Not crazy about it but it is different.

[bridgit]

16. Hm, well, OK, but I still don't trust a Chinese restaurant that doesn't have soy sauce on the table

x(

[On the Road]

19. Despite the Thorough American-ness of PF Chang's...

not having soy sauce on the table is perfectly Chinese. It's used only while cooking, and adding it at the table is something like pouring cooking oil on your plate. It is certainly not put on rice.

[On the Road]

21. dupe

--

[bridgit]

26. Nope, not required to trust them even *that* being the case nosireesir...

:wow: Who knew there even were P.F. Chiang's/Chinese restaurant/soy sauce police :spray:

[On the Road]

28. PF Chang's is More Fusion Than Chinese Cooking

and it's pretty good if it's taken in that sense.

A lost of real Chinese is not particularly appetizing to Americans. Either too bland or too hot. Either starchy, watery, adn either full of leaves or animal parts that are not popular. A good menu can take the dishes that lend themselves to US tastes and make them more appealing.

[bridgit]

54. Agreed, but I am not going all the way to the end of oriental *tastes*...

regardless; as I do not 'do' biting the heads off of live baby octopus with the tentacles all wrapping round my face, nor do I do eat, or even consider eating what Louis CK mentions in his stand--up bit and I parapharse...

"Has anyone ever been in one of those Chinese markets? Where they sell duck vagina's from a barrel that you can scoop out into a paper bag by the pound? Now, I don't know; but I'm afraid to even try them cause I might find out that I LIKE DUCK VAGINAS...then where would I be!?"

[Blue Dog Dominion]

61. And I want "Engrish" mistakes on the menu. Adds authenticity.

[PassingFair]

65. Then you need to visit THIS restaurant...

http://www.rahoi.com/2006/03/may-i-take-your-order/

From my favorite blog....

[bridgit]

72. "Fuck the salt (beautiful pole) duck chin"

:spray: I can't take it, "Salty egg king steams the vegetable sponge" :rofl:

[Initech]

14. There's much better Chinese food for like 1/2 the price where I live.

[bridgit]

17. You got that right, I will go there with theater folks on a consulting lunch...

Been known to do that. It's an 'LA/let's do lunch, dahlink thing'. The designer/decor is splashy, I'll give them that straight-up! -- and people respond to the theatrics, I think I'd rather live there than eat there myself :thumbsup:

[truebrit71]

18. Me either. Went there once and was definitely NOT impressed..

...couldn't figure out what all the fuss was about..

[bridgit]

55. wurd! don't get it neither

:wtf:

[burythehatchet]

42. PF Chang's. Haven't been there since Randy Marsh made it famous.

[bridgit]

56. I really only go there for buisness gatherings...

:shrug:

[Midlodemocrat]

62. Their ahi tuna is to die for.

And, the lettuce wraps. Delicious.

[bridgit]

67. Well, no, I do hear you; though for specific dishes i.e. ahi tuna...

We're known to do some traveling, our friend is an oboist for the Napa symph so...makes for a lovely routine http://www.pacificbluescafe.com :donut:

[Demoiselle]

10. Eaten once a year, no.

[Initech]

13. Holy crap, that 6 item combo meal at KFC has less calories than that shake!

:wow:

[Beaverhausen]

20. Why the question mark?

It has bacon on it, and triple cheese. What about that IS healthy?

[underpants]

23. I was being sarcastic

plus the name of the burger is so long it was about all I could fit in the subject line

[Liberal_in_LA]

34. But it probably has a fresh slice of tomato on it!

[On the Road]

22. After a Bad Cholesterol Reading Two Years Ago,

I have tried to keep saturated fat down to 3-4 grams per serving. It's not all that spartan if you select your foods right, and allows an occasional splurge.

But -- GOD! -- some of these menu items are unbelievable! 75 grams saturated fat? 175 grams total fat? No wonder so many Americans are obese and have heart conditions!

[underpants]

24. Check out the specs on the Worst Burger

Worst burger
Chili's Smokehouse Bacon Triple-The-Cheese Big Mouth Burger with Jalapeno Ranch Dressing
# 2,040 calories
# 150 g fat (53 g saturated)
# 110 g protein
# 4,900 mg sodium

You know this burger's in trouble when it takes more than 20 syllables just to identify it. If you think the name’s a mouthful, just wait until the burger hits the table. You'll be face-to-face with two-and-a-half days' worth of fat -- a full third of which is saturated. To do that much damage with roasted sirloin, you'd have to eat about eight 6-ounce steaks.

[skypilot]

25. I'm skinny so...

...I'd wolf that down and not think twice about it. Actually sounds kinda good to me although it's not something I'd eat everyday. But frankly, if there were a Chili's near where I am right now I'd buy one of those sandwiches on the way home. All things in moderation.

[Still Sensible]

27. I occasionally feel like heart attack on a plate

but there is not a single thing on that list that appeals to me.

[Jennicut]

32. How about some Cheese Fries from the Outback?

That is a heart attack on a plate but its soooo good. My husband and I love them. I do not care what is in them. Heck, we only eat them once every few months. Moderation, people.

[Still Sensible]

38. I'm thinking more like Alfredo or Chicken Fried Steak

but the occasional order of loaded chili cheese fries is good, too.

[NuttyFluffers]

the burger is fine, if you cut it into about 10 pieces.

sounds delicious actually. it's just the portion control that's out of whack in america. something that decadent -- and there's absolutely zero wrong with decadence in principle -- should be managed with reasonable portions, a la french cuisine.

a good rule of thumb is to cut your meals eaten out in half, maybe even thirds if its particularly rich, and take the rest home. deliciousness should not be forsaken just because there is a problem with quantity. but alas, far too often we worry in america about "getting the best deal." not exactly doing us any favors, is it?

[NoPasaran]

29. How could anything with bacon be bad for you?

Mmmmm bacon.

[Bozita]

49. You'll *love* this recipe...

http://bacontoday.com/turbaconducken-turducken-wrapped-in-bacon/

[dana_b]

52. that has got to be one of the most disgusting

things that I've ever seen. wow - we are a weird society.

[Betsy Ross]

30. Thanks for posting.

Some incredible numbers there. One "beverage" supplying more than a day's worth of calories for most. The upside of being economically challenged these days is that we have most of our meals at home, cooked from organic, basic ingredients. It would be pretty hard for me to come up with a complete meal that had as many calories as the Oreo shake.

(We owe our local pizzeria a purchase. I wanted to splurge and spend the money for a pizza on inauguration day as an act of optimism that the economy will improve, eventually, under the Obama administration. Had to postpone because my husband worked that night.)

[Initech]

31. I'm starting to think some of these are artifically inflated.

I mean think about it - of course anything that is deep fried, covered in cheese and served with a side of ranch dressing is going to be bad for you. Of course a quadruple bacon cheeseburger is going to be bad for you. And the extra large nacho plate. And so on and so forth. And a large tuna melt? Come on, who the fuck eats a large sandwich for lunch unless you're splitting it between people? Any time I ever go to Quiznos I only see people ordering small or regular.

[old mark]

33. Please, lets be fair: Baskin-Robins 08 entry does have 3 fewer grams of

sugar than their '07 shake.
Practically health food.

(FWIW - I got a banana split there last summer and it sucked. They have lousy ice cream for an ice cream shop.)


mark

[rucky]

41. In what respect, Charlie?

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

43. Go Baskin Robbins!

Shove in those health conscious make everything fat free fucking food nazis' faces!!!!

:applause:

[ihatehannity]

44. pull open google - heart attack grill

google the heart attack grill

quadruple bypass burger - 8,000 calories

[Stinky The Clown]

47. I'm sorry, but I just can't behind the notion of making such big eats illegal.

I'm not in favor of them. I find them disgusting in some cases. But we need to draw a line someplace as to what we "police".

I'm a former smoker. I never resented anti-smoking laws. Second hand smoke has a direct impact on bystanders.

Apart from getting grossed out by a fart or a burp, these megameals don't directly injure others. I don't want to hear about how much they cost us in medical intervention; that argument is not the same as the direct irreversible health impact of things like second hand smoke.

[underpants]

48. I think this is meant more for awareness

information for the consumer, that sort of thing

[Monk06]

50. That shake is only 5g short of a QUARTER POUND OF FAT

Over half a pound of sugar (1 pound = 453.59237 grams)
and teaspoon of salt.

Those are SOME of the basic ingredients of four large angel food
cakes.

No wonder it's getting harder to find clothes to fit children

[Dorian Gray]

57. None of those things

sound good to me.

Seriously, they all make me want to vomit.

[Le Taz Hot]

64. I'm with you!

I'm gagging just looking at that list. Give me a huge, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink (healthy ingredients only) salad with a nice, homemade balsamic vinaigrette dressing anyday.

[TwilightGardener]

68. Yick. WTF with ranch dressing on everything? My older son tells tales

of the cafeteria at school where most of the kids he sits with completely smother everything with either cheese sauce, ketchup, or ranch. He finds it disgusting, as do I. People don't seem to know what actual food is supposed to taste like anymore--everything either tastes like buffalo wings or ranch.

[blue_onyx]

70. I agree with your son

When I was in high school, people would dip everything in ranch....pizza, french fries, bagels. It was so gross.

[DainBramaged]

71. The food police are coming for you, the food police are coming for you.....

:eyes: