Food Critic Weighs In On Hardees "Monstor Thick Burger"

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By Phil Vettel
Tribune restaurant critic
Published December 14, 2004

Do you find fast food insufficient for your caloric needs? Do you need more than a Whopper? Does a Quarter-Pounder still leave you a quart low?

Well, Hardee's has the burger of your artery-clogged dreams.

The fast-food chain, with more than 2,000 restaurants in 34 states, recently rolled out (wheeled out would be more like it) the Monster Thickburger, which is to a sensible diet what a baseball bat is to a Hummel figurine.

A self-described "monument to decadence," the Monster Thickburger consists of two slabs of beef (one-third pound each), three slices of cheese, four strips of bacon and a partridge in a pear tree. No, scratch that last ingredient. But there is a generous dollop of mayonnaise on top, and the whole thing is nestled between two sesame-seed buns.

Which are buttered.

The Monster Thickburger weighs in at a staggering 1,420 calories, with 107 grams of fat. The numbers for a Big Mac are 490 and 25; for a Whopper, 670 and 41.

Let the rest of the fast-food world, reeling from accusations that they're largely responsible for the nation's obesity epidemic, work at creating healthy-eating alternatives. At Hardee's, they're widening the aisles.

OK, that's not completely fair.

Hardee's has actually been out front on the low-carb issue, this year introducing a low-carb breakfast bowl (eggs, sausage, cheese and bacon in a bowl), and a low-carb Thickburger and chicken club sandwich (both bunless, wrapped in lettuce).

They're not saving you many calories, but they are low-carb.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0412140028dec14,1,2816863.story?coll=chi-leisuretempo-hed

[Fridays Child]

1. Hardees is after the fuck-my-low-carb-diet demographic.

They're just being more inclusive. Bless them.

[underpants]

2. I haven't tried one yet

but something tells me I will.

Hey while it is a free country do what you want to do.

[Richardo]

3. Paging underpants! We need that link...

Slow ri-ide....take it easy......:D

[underpants]

6. Hit play to watch me work it.

BTW- IMHO....needs more cowbell-I'm just saying.

http://www.westernthickburger.com/

[Modem Butterfly]

4. Will ate one of these the other week

His mom's been sick and he's been doing a lot of driving back and forth. After he got home last Saturday evening I asked him where he wanted to go for dinner and he confessed he'd already eaten one of these burgers that day. I could have brained him I was so angry (he's heavy and has high blood pressure and cholesterol). He was sick as a dog later that night and I had a difficult time feeling much sympathy for him. I've never been a food Nazi when it comes to his choices, but I have to draw the line here.

[Richardo]

5. Don't let him go to Denny's Pub in Pennsylvania...

NINE pounds!

[terrya]

7. 107 grams of fat.

Christ almighty. America...the land of big, fat asses.

[Richardo]

8. Have you seen 'Triplets of Belleville', terrya?

You see how the world sees us. And it ain't pretty. ;-)

[terrya]

9. That's a film I've wanted to see, Richardo. Haven't got around to it, yet.

I honestly don't know how we can look good to the rest of the world with self-indulgent crap like this.

Of course, there are some that really don't give a tinker's damn how the rest of the world sees us. And...that's how terrorism is spawned.

But, oh well. Bring on the monster burger and the Hummers! Woo Hoo! Party on, America!