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Healthful Hardee's FATSOS
"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "kilikini" > wrote:
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>> > "Sheldon" > wrote in message
>> > ups.com...
>> >> Hardee's breakfast burrito: bacon, sausage, potatoes and sausage
>> >> gravy adds up to 920 calories
>> >> By JIM SALTER,AP
>> >> Posted: 2007-10-15 14:35:13
>> >> ST. LOUIS (AP) - The people who brought you the Monster Thickburger
>> >> and the 1,100-calorie salad are at it again - this time for
>> >> breakfast.
>> >>
>> >> Hardee's on Monday rolled out its new Country Breakfast Burrito - two
>> >> egg omelets filled with bacon, sausage, diced ham, cheddar cheese,
>> >> hash browns and sausage gravy, all wrapped inside a flour tortilla.
>> >> The burrito contains 920 calories and 60 grams of fat.
>> >>
>> >> Brad Haley, marketing chief for the St. Louis-based fast-food chain,
>> >> said the burrito offers the sort of big breakfast item normally found
>> >> in sit-down restaurants with an added advantage.
>> >>
>> >> "It makes this big country breakfast portable," he said.
>> >>
>> >> In 2003 the chain introduced a line of big sandwiches, including the
>> >> Monster Thickburger. The 1,420-calorie sandwich is made up of two
>> >> 1/3- pound slabs of beef, four strips of bacon, three slices of
>> >> cheese and mayonnaise on a buttered bun.
>> >>
>> >> Even Hardees' chicken salad - topped with onion rings and crispy
>> >> chicken - has 1,100 calories and 83 grams of fat.
>> >>
>> >> The chain does offer some low-calorie options, including roast beef
>> >> and chicken sandwiches.
>> >>
>> >> The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a Washington-based
>> >> advocate for nutrition and health, has called the Hardee's line of
>> >> Thickburgers "food porn."
>> >>
>> >> The group's senior nutritionist, Jayne Hurley, said Monday the
>> >> burrito was "another lousy invention by a fast-food company."
>> >>
>> >> The "country breakfast bomb," as she called it, represents half a
>> >> day's calories and a full day's worth of saturated fat and salt, to
>> >> say nothing of cholesterol.
>> >>
>> >> "That's all before 10 o'clock in the morning," she said.
>> >>
>> >> Haley makes no apologies.
>> >>
>> >> "We don't try to hide what these are," he said. "When consumers go to
>> >> other fast-food places they feel like they've got to buy two of their
>> >> breakfast sandwiches or burritos to fill up. This is really designed
>> >> to fill you up."
>> >>
>> >> The government's Center for Nutritional Policy and Promotion
>> >> recommends a daily caloric intake ranging from 1,600 calories for
>> >> sedentary women and older adults to 2,800 calories for teenage boys
>> >> and active adults. Hardee's sees its core customers as young men ages
>> >> 18 to 34, Haley said, though it expects a wider range for breakfast
>> >> items.
>> >>
>> >> The Country Breakfast Burrito is generally available for $2.69 by
>> >> itself or $4.09 for a combo that includes hash rounds and coffee.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Don't even wanna know what's hash rounds...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Sheldon
>>
>> JAK wrote:
>> > SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD AND HEALTHY BRECKFAST,.! MOST OF YALL ARE FATSOS
>> > THAT SIP DIET SODA ANYHOW. REC.FOOD.COOKIN.FORFATSOS
>> >
>> > FATTY
>>
>> Moved to where the comment *SHOULD* be, bottom posted....
>>
>> I know I shouldn't respond to a troll, sorry folks, but this struck a
>> nerve
>> and it made me angry. Trust me, it takes a lot to make me angry.
>>
>> Fatty? You're a complete ASSHOLE. Go away. I drink diet soda, I don't
>> eat
>> fast food (okay, I had a Subway sandwich this week - 6", sue me), and I'm
>> 5'7" and weigh 140 pounds. I'm 5 pounds overweight at age 40. AND, if
>> any
>> one of us *is* overweight - who the hell cares????? We're content!
>> We've
>> got to be happier than your sorry ass because we don't bash each other.
>> There's no need. So either, play nice, shut the f*ck up, or get out of
>> the
>> group, you friggin' piece of sh*t!
>>
>> Sorry, guys, I had to vent. I know it's wrong and I know you guys are
>> going
>> to be all over me for posting this, but this individual is not welcome
>> here
>> if he/she can't play nicely. Period. This last post really ****ed me
>> off.
>> I hate the fact that my friends were insulted needlessly - and I do
>> consider
>> you all my friends.
>>
>> kili
>
> I won't be all over you babe. <hugs>
>
> Fastso is a troll so I won't bother to comment further.
> You know that I am, and always will be, in YOUR corner!
>
> If I had but one more Almond Joy bar to put in my mother's hands... <sob>
>
> After my experience with her death, I don't regret that slice of
> chocolate cheesecake I savored last night. I've not eaten anything like
> that in months and it took me a good 1/2 an hour.
>
> There are just some things in life...
>
> I know that you, of all people, understand.
> --
> Peace, Om
>
All I want to know is, how the hell did kili get into my kil file?
I did NOT do it! My $#@!ing computer is up to no good while
I am asleep, is what I think.
Hope you both feel better.
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