Hardee’s serves up 1,420-calorie burger

[kwyjibo]

Fast-food giant skips diet craze, concocts fat-filled sandwich




The "Monster Thickburger" — two 1/3-pound slabs of Angus beef, four strips of bacon, three slices of cheese and mayonnaise on a buttered sesame seed bun — sells alone for $5.49, $7.09 with fries and a soda.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6498304/?GT1=5809



eeeewwwwwww!

[Uzybone]

1. Damn!

No Hardees where I live. I want some!

[TexasSissy]

2. This is disgusting. I guess the obese people and those

already bordering on a heart attack will get in line for this one! But it looks disgusting to me.

[WI_DEM]

10. now, now quite a few thin people will down this too

perhaps they have good metabolism.

[RivetJoint]

17. Yep. Then they'll sue Hardees

for making them fatter.

[BiggJawn]

46. Doesn't do a DAMN thing for me, and I'M "obese".

That's awful. Almost as awful as your inference that all fat people need to do is "work on those Push-Aways" and we'll be thin again.

Hardee's food is shit. Serving up a pound of it won't maske it any tastier.

Jeebus, shades of Dilbert's "40,000 calorie shard-filled do-nut"...

[buckettgirl]

58. don't stereotype please.

I am considered morbidly obese, at 6ft tall and just over 300 lbs. I don't eat fast food. I don't eat junk food and I don't drink sugar pop. In fact, lots of obese people don't. Food like this makes otherwise normal people become obese. But those that grew up fat, or already are don't USUALLY partake in such greasy grossness.
So please, think before you type.

[SmokingJacket]

3. Because we could be a lot fatter if we TRIED HARDER!!!! n/t

[Dark]

13. But that requires alot of hard work of us working hard and doing hard work

:-)

[d_b]

4. that's NASTY

[WI_DEM]

5. I might have one if I knew I was going to die tomorrow

[Liberal Veteran]

6. And if you get the Happy Meal it comes with a free defibrillator!

Yay Hardees!

[Onlooker]

7. That's nothing

What about the 9 lb burger?

http://www.snopes.com/photos/commercials/bigburger.asp#photo4

[slutticus]

21. OMG!

:wow:

I'd seen that picture before...I thought it was fake!

[UpsideDownFlag]

45. i went to that place once, and the 72 ounce steak place in amarillo, tx.

...(i have a thing for big food)

[rinsd]

49. Maxim had a pictures of that recently....

...it looks like snopes has the same pics.

Look at the fucking thing!

[eataTREE]

8. Angioplasty not included in $7.09 price.

[Bozita]

9. Supersize it, please

[Blue_Tires]

11. i posted this in another thread

a couple years ago, some chain (may have even been Hardee's) came out with an 1850-cal burger...two patties, mushrooms, swiss cheese, bacon, the works....that only got token mention in the press, for some reason

[Bozita]

18. I'll bet we weren't caught in a bloody quagmire back then

Distractions needed.

Americans want infotainment. Burgers are a perfect story.

[DrWeird]

12. Feh. I've eaten bigger.

One lb. of beef. Eleven bucks. Free if you finish the whole thing.

[TexasLady]

14. I never even heard of Hardees

until I traveled up the midwest section of the country..are there Hardees in other places too? None in TX that I know of.

and that burger looks blech...but then i hate mayo and cheese.

[On the Road]

22. Hardee's Started in Eastern North Carolina

I remember the first two locations from my childhood.

[pagerbear]

15. Pagerdrool....................

[HootieMcBoob]

16. If that thing sells well in the red states

we could take back the house!

[slutticus]

19. That's nothing.

Jack In the Box has been doing this for years and years.

Freakin' copycats.

[AndyP]

20. don't forget to get a DIET coke :)

To their defense I love Hardees' food, it's soooo good. Just way too shitty for your health to eat often :( They have really good cookies too.

[Sparkle]

23. I'd be willing to try it once. I love hamburgers.

But I probably wouldn't finish it, though.

[flygal]

24. Thank you for posting that - I'm more apt to stick to my diet today.

:puke:

[LuminousX]

25. okay, I may be in the minority

and I know I wouldn't enjoy it after the fact, but right now... that looks mighty tasty.

[RivetJoint]

28. Agree!

I plan on eating one soon!

[izzie]

26. My God that is more calorie that I eat in a day.

That must take a teen-ages playing basket ball daily to burn up. I wonder what is in thee JR Wendie's? I have one of those every few weeks.

[Revolucionario83]

27. Yummy, that looks good

I love cheeseburgers and bacon, espcially when theyre brought together.:wow: Yes I eat like a pig.

[rinsd]

29. Pikers!

Carl's Jr. has a 1 lb burger.

http://www.meatnews.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&artNum=7564

[PatGund]

44. Tried them

They're really quite good.

They also have a "low carb" version in a lettice wrap. I could care less about carbs, but I'm amused.

[rinsd]

47. I just don't think I could finish it.

I'm a big fella but even a 1/2 lb burger feels like lead in my belly.

I've only encoutered a few people that have been able to finish it. Though one guy ate two in one sitting!

[donheld]

30. Is it tacky to want them sold in

Red States only?

[WMliberal]

31. i'll eat it in my Hummer H2

while driving alone in the HOV lane.
Just looking at all that grease makes me ill... and I work at a grinder/pizza joint!

[PatriotGames]

32. I can't wait to try one!

[Q3JR4]

33. Let's get one! Why not, I feel like having a heart attack tomorrow. n/t.

[digno dave]

34. Gobble it up. It will kill off the stupid people faster

[rndmprsn]

35. disgusting...the heart stopper nt

[UdoKier]

36. I'd get one- with only one patty and lettuce & tomato.

That's a bit much, as is.

[Samurai_Writer]

37. This is why I'm glad...

I'm a vegetarian. Just looking at that thing makes my intestines tie themselves up in a knot.

[PatGund]

38. Pity they're not here in California....

Because that actually looks good to me. Minus the mayo, mind you.

[Uzybone]

39. with in and out burger in Cali

why in the hell would you wanna try anything that looks like the Hardees burger?

[PatGund]

43. In and Out......

...is overrated. Good, but overrated.

Besides, I think In and Out puts the bible verse numbers on the bottom of the drink cups because their french fries need all the help they can get.

Fuddruckers does a really good burger

[rinsd]

50. Agreed...

I like In N Out burgers but its not the best fast food burger I've ever had.

The fries I would describe as an aquired taste. And even then, just not very good.

[PatGund]

40. There's also.....

I read last week about the "Big Cheesy Jabba" at Jabba Jaws in Louisiana.

http://netscape.digitalcity.com/neworleans/entertainment/venue.adp?sbid=105672429

Quote: "Jabba Jaws is one of the few places you can order your burger stuffed, battered and deep-fried. Their signature, the 'Big Cheesy Jabba' begins with a half pound of ground beef combined with four cheeses (American, cheddar, mozzarella and Swiss). The patty is battered and dunked in the fryer. Inside the burger the cheese melts, outside a signature crust forms. It arrives topped wit the world's largest onion ring, a tower of terror."

Yes, that's right. A deep-fried cheeseburger.

[sangh0]

51. Ahh, progress!

.

[qb]

41. Being a vegetarian, I'll settle for a quart of Wesson and a cup of sugar.

[PunkyPower]

42. They might as well sell an insurance policy with it....

Lately I've been on a kick about not eating fast/highly processed McDeath style burgers, the sight of this greasy monstrosity certainly isn't going to get me on the take out path again ~__~ For 5.50 for the burger alone you might as well just get a jar of Crisco and inject in your ass, it'd be cheaper and save the same puprpose

[sonicx]

48. Let's give one to Cheney!

:P

[John_Shadows_1]

52. You know what's funny here....

... is that they're going to be marketing this with some sort of contrarian, don't-let-those-liberal-vegetarian-whackos-tell-you-what-to-eat shtick. They're going to make it seem like it's an act of rebellion to consume 95 grams of saturated fat in one sitting.

The funny thing is, this act of rebellion will actually kill you! I say we send some over to GOP HQ.

[popovfan]

53. Michael Moore bait!! (nm)

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[name not needed]

54. Sprinkle some crack on that and Rush Limbaugh will stop by for a visit.

[PlanetBev]

57. Beat it, Freeper Five Posts

I've seen some of those 300 pound Bush voters from trailer parks. You know, the ones with the sleeveless tops that have the loose upper arm skin flapping in the breeze.

[TheDonkey]

55. people should eat whatever they want.

If someone will eat that, then it'll be their own problem.

[Roaming]

56. LOL--but at least if you can the bun it's Atkins-friendly

[Vox_Reason]

59. I must admit, I love a good burger...

And in my opinion, Hardee's has vaulted over all other fast-food contenders here in NC after their burger makeover a year or two ago. Their relatively new "thickburgers" are freaking great, considering they can be handed to you from a drive-thru window.

It used to be that it was highly recommended not to go into a Hardee's after breakfast hours, because although they had by far the best fast-food breakfast stuff (particularly their biscuits!) their non-breakfast stuff was BAD. I mean, AWFUL. I would literally go hungry rather than eat at Hardee's for lunch or dinner a couple of years ago.

But no more! After Carl Jr.'s bought them out and re-vamped the burgers, IMHO they blow away all their fast-food competitors. Real Angus beef, nicely seasoned; good veggies for toppings; good buns; and they even wrap the burgers in paper so you don't mess your hands up too bad with the generously-applied condiments!

Every couple of weeks I have to indulge in a 1/3 lb. thickburger with their curly fries. True fast-food decadence, and darned good. I don't eat much of anything for breakfast or dinner on those days, but lunch is a real pleasure. I'm a Hardee's burger believer now!

Now, there's no way in the world I'd try to eat anything more than their 1/3 lb. burger; I thought the 2/3 lb. was silly (I'd never seen anyone order one), but this new "monster" thickburger is beyond ridiculous. That's fine; keep the 1/3 lb. on the menu, and I'll be a happy customer every couple of weeks.

Whew! Didn't mean to write so much about fast-food burgers. Well, they're good, folks. If you like burgers and you haven't been to Hardee's in years (can't blame you), stop in and try one. You'll be quite surprised.

(Not affiliated, just a customer)

[miloszabba]

60. ***** dons tinfoil cap *****

hey maybe its mass population control - give 'em all heart disease and artery blockage and the number of senior citizens goes down - keep 'em dying in their 50's so social security don't pay off

***** tinfoil cap? maybe .... this is the same government that held the Tuskegee experiments ......