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[h3rm35]

Friendly's Burger Has Grilled Cheese Sandwiches For Buns
By Ben Popken on June 21, 2010 3:00 PM 0 views

Yes, the latest assault on America's waistline comes in the form of Friendly's recently launched Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt. Move over, Double Down, there's a new "something with far more calories than bread as a bun" sandwich in town.

Friendly's gastronomical innovation is not without precedent. The Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt appears to be inspired by similar "Fatty Melts" and "Chubby Melts" that have been served in the South for a few years now (source), as well as the Midwest.

What's the nutritional content of the culinary monstrosity? According to the Friendly's site (PDF):

1500 Calories
870 Fat Calories
79g Total Fat
38g Saturated Fat
180g Cholesterol
2090mg Sodium
101g Carbs
9g Dietary Fiber
4g Sugar
54g Protein

Deana, who sent it in, says, "BRB, dry heaving."
Consumerist's Laura says, "I love grilled cheeses. This is terrifying."

Friendly's Big Beef Burgers [Friendly's]

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Rome wasn't built in a day.

[scaramanga667]

Strangely, this made me both hungry and nauseous.

[Deathaniel]

damn nice break down as to nutrition, but what f a chem break down....
processed cheese
enriched flour
gen modified and heavily processed meat (if from animals @ all)

pesticide sprayed and modified vegitation...

then if you can get out your chem kit i'm sure you could find a few toxin's in it, think only one a week how much toxin's you got in you by years end... calories and salts r'n the enemy if your very active and burn them off it's the chems inside and laziness that r the real threat with such foods...

though i'm sure it's tasty and were i baked and munching i'd prob eat one ... damn my weak munchie reflex

[h3rm35]

as a veggie for the last 12+ years I can't stand hearing about this shit. It amazes me that people are willing to eat it... The double down may be less nutritionally hideous, but it still sickens me more. The chicken industry to me is far more disturbing, considering the fact that the USDA and FDA treat fowl as any agricultural product instead of livestock, removing them from animal cruelty standards, which are grossly inadequate to begin with.

[Deathaniel]

(07-14-2010 04:56 PM)h3rm35 Wrote:  as a veggie for the last 12+ years I can't stand hearing about this shit. It amazes me that people are willing to eat it... The double down may be less nutritionally hideous, but it still sickens me more. The chicken industry to me is far more disturbing, considering the fact that the USDA and FDA treat fowl as any agricultural product instead of livestock, removing them from animal cruelty standards, which are grossly inadequate to begin with.

4 sure re chicken i don't do kfc since i saw where thee meet comes from i mean there chickens have been modified to be born with no eyes, beek or feathers and live there 2mth life in a box with feeding tubes... eugh! I try to eat only organic for me and my fam. but as for going veg... sorry can't do it love my blue steak too much moooo moooo moooo

[h3rm35]

In most cases they haven't been born without them, they've been removed w/ no anesthetic. Haven't heard about the lack of eyes though, that's a new one for me.

I'm not trying to be a veggie evangelist here, just sharing my views...
I don't ry to convert people - they can eat whatever shit they want. I do, however make a point of trying to inform people from time to time of the industry that they support through their food choice.
In a society that allows me to stay healthy without killing critters, I just don't see any reason why I should contribute to the atrocities that have been perpetrated in the name of industrial meat production. my conscience won't allow it.

Post industrial society, things very well may change, but I think I'm better off waiting until then. I do know how to hunt, trap skin and cook game, and have done so during my early life. I think they're important skills to know.