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

[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.