Kind of scary... (link)

[thistlechaser]

Welcome to the Heart Attack Grill, home of the 8,000 calorie burger.

Reporter eats one on the air.

Two pounds of beef, eight slices of cheese, buns coated in lard...

I don't feel so bad anymore about having Wendy's for lunch!

Edit: Wow... Anyone over 350 pounds eats there for free all day, every day. o.O

Comments

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

Buahahaha! We have in-laws near their Arizona location. Last vacation all the guys(including the 7 year old) went there for lunch while the gals went shopping. Apparently the burgers were overpriced but nobody was complaining...XD Talk about trailer trash paradise. Hubby got the t-shirt.


Hmmm. Actually, my brother in law might be able to eat there for free...

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I noticed that there were only men eating there (at least in the video clip). I can't imagine an overweight woman wanting to eat there, surrounded by all those "nurses" in tiny little uniforms. And that's probably why no one was complaining about their prices! :P

[wanderingscribe.livejournal.com]

That sounds disgusting. I'd rather eat the fungus growing out of my dog's toes before I ate something like that.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'd rather have a small, yummy burger than something so giant it's meant to be unhealthy... Two pounds of beef in one so-called burger! That's insane.

[wanderingscribe.livejournal.com]

It's really not the amount of meat in it that grosses me out, though that is unhealthy all by itself, it's the lard in it. That stuff turns my stomach so much.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oooh. The idea of lard seems gross, but I have no idea what it tastes like. I'm assuming I must have unknowingly eaten it at some point in my life though...

[almontffxi.livejournal.com]

If you've ever had a piece of one of those sheet cakes that come from most supermarkets, the thick pasty stuff they call 'frosting' on those is usually lard-based.

Just the thought of hamburger buns "coated in lard" makes me want to [hurck]. Wendy's, on the other hand, sounds tasty.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

the thick pasty stuff they call 'frosting' on those is usually lard-based.

Oh man, I love that stuff. I guess I love lard. I don't feel good saying that! :P

Wendy's, on the other hand, sounds tasty.

Mmm, it was really, really good.

[metron-ariston.livejournal.com]

B-b-but lard is delicious!

Okay, maybe not coating a hamburger bun, but it makes hella good tortillas and pie crust and fried chicken. And it's actually better for you than the partially hydrogenated oil that tons of restaurants still use. In conclusion: I might not be able to eat for three days, or even finish the quadruple one in that long, but I would probably still eat the hell out of one of those burgers. It looks like they get their Cokes from Mexico, too, where they still use real sugar. Mmmmmmmm.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha ha your icon fits! :D

It looks like they get their Cokes from Mexico, too, where they still use real sugar.

I assumed that as well, since the guy flat-out said sugar in their Cokes.

[wanderingscribe.livejournal.com]

*holds nose and gags*

Sorry, can't convince me. I'll give that it's definitely better for you than partially hydrogenated oils, but I can't reconcile the flavor, texture, or mouth feel of lard for the life of me. Gross, gross, gross.

[voidmagus.livejournal.com]

I use a mixture of lard and butter any time I make pie crust. Lard is what gives good pie crust the flaky texture, while butter makes things golden-brown-&-delicious. Butter also adds flavor, as Lard doesn't add much flavor at all.

If you want to know something really gross...Living in my last apartment for 2 years, I made a number of pies. Particularly as my girlfriend at the time had a thing for lemon meringue pie. So I had a small block of lard in the freezer - stuff freezes and lasts forever, and I never needed more than a couple tablespoons of the stuff for a pie. That girl and I part ways, and she starts stalking me. Broke into my apartment a few times, rummaged through my stuff. So I got the fuck out. Packed up one night and moved in with a friend across town. Moved my utility accounts, everything. When my lease expired 2 months later, I went back to clean the place up so the rental agency wouldn't try to screw me.

The lard had been in the fridge for 2 months, at roughly room temperature. In July. It had turned from creamy white to a black sludge. To date, that was the worst thing I have ever smelled, and I used to work in a morgue.

[wanderingscribe.livejournal.com]

My grandmother used the lard and butter mixture, which is why I grew up hating pies. Even now I only eat the filling out of them.

And ugghghghgghh! I've had the displeasure of seeing lard go rancid after being at room temperature for a couple of weeks, but that? Yeah, you win, hands down. Thanks for the Nightmare Fuel.

[aelice.livejournal.com]

XD I went there last year for a friend's birthday!! (I live like 10 min away.)

I was soooo sick the next day.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha! I bet!

Did the burgers taste good, at least?

[aelice.livejournal.com]

The burgers are soooo savory. :) But at the same time, it tastes gross because your hands are all greasy, and it slides down your throat.

[doxxxicle.livejournal.com]

I'll pass on the burger-that-will-kill-me but I'll take one of the nurses! Heck, I'll take two!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I'm sure the nurses are a big selling point of the place! :D

And that french fry bar is quite an idea. I wonder why no one has tried that before?