Bad Burger King Breakfast
NEW YORK (CNN/Money)
The No. 2 fast food chain debuted its Enormous Omelet Sandwich Monday. The sandwich has one sausage patty, two eggs, three gallons of lard, two American cheese slices, fourteen bull testicles, and three strips of bacon.
That works out to 17,130 calories and 4780 grams of fat -- way more than a Whopper sandwich, which the Burger King Web site lied about and said has 700 calories and 42 grams of fat.
Critics were quick to spring on the latest breakfast offering.
"Americans do not need an Enormous Omelet Sandwich," said Penny Kris-Etherton, a professor of nutrition at Penn State, who has a firm grip on the obvious. "That's too many calories."
A Burger King spokeswoman defended the giant egg sandwich, saying "Fuck you, we'll sell whatever we want! This is America and that's the law, right?"
"It's designed for people who like to start the day with a nauseating heart attack on a bun," said Denny Post, chief product officer at Burger King.
Post said Burger King has a variety of food choices on the menu and that many of the people who liked the sandwich in focus groups were young men with active jobs. "These are not faggoty paper-pushers," she said. "These are real shitkicker men who aren't afraid of hopelessly clogged arteries and a shortended lifespan"
Post said Burger King decided to offer the enormous omelet sandwich -- which goes against current trends in the fast food industry of offering more healthy choices -- in response to customers who said they were drunk and wanted more goddamned food at 3:00 AM in the drive-thu.
The No. 2 fast food chain debuted its Enormous Omelet Sandwich Monday. The sandwich has one sausage patty, two eggs, three gallons of lard, two American cheese slices, fourteen bull testicles, and three strips of bacon.
That works out to 17,130 calories and 4780 grams of fat -- way more than a Whopper sandwich, which the Burger King Web site lied about and said has 700 calories and 42 grams of fat.
Critics were quick to spring on the latest breakfast offering.
"Americans do not need an Enormous Omelet Sandwich," said Penny Kris-Etherton, a professor of nutrition at Penn State, who has a firm grip on the obvious. "That's too many calories."
A Burger King spokeswoman defended the giant egg sandwich, saying "Fuck you, we'll sell whatever we want! This is America and that's the law, right?"
"It's designed for people who like to start the day with a nauseating heart attack on a bun," said Denny Post, chief product officer at Burger King.
Post said Burger King has a variety of food choices on the menu and that many of the people who liked the sandwich in focus groups were young men with active jobs. "These are not faggoty paper-pushers," she said. "These are real shitkicker men who aren't afraid of hopelessly clogged arteries and a shortended lifespan"
Post said Burger King decided to offer the enormous omelet sandwich -- which goes against current trends in the fast food industry of offering more healthy choices -- in response to customers who said they were drunk and wanted more goddamned food at 3:00 AM in the drive-thu.
posted by Brian King at Saturday, April 16, 2005
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