The Center For Science in the Public Interest always comes up with the most entertaining sh*t. In this video they compare typical fast food meals to plates of pasta from Olive Garden and Macaroni Grill. It's gross and oddly amusing.
The results:
Olive Garden:
Lasagna Classico. 1,060 calories "It's like eating a BK Quad Stacker from Burger King, which has four beef patties, four slices of cheese, and eight strips of bacon."
Five Cheese Ziti al Forno. 1,190 "You might as well just order two McDonald's Quarter Pounders with Cheese or two Pizza Hut Personal Pan Pepperoni Pizzas."
Romano's Macaroni Grill:
Spaghetti & Meatballs with meat sauce. "The following nutrition numbers are not typos: Romano�s rendition of this classic dish provides more than an entire day's calories (2,430) and nearly three days worth of saturated fat--an astonishing 57 grams. If you like meat, you could eat two Macaroni Grill Tuscan Rib-Eye steak dinners and inflict less damage. Or you could eat six Quarter Pounders for the same effect on your waistline."
Forgive us, we love picturing a normal everyday person trying to eat 6 Quarter Pounders at a restaurant like it wasn't insane behavior. Picture it. It's funny.
via consumerist
12 Comments
SarzyI've gotta try the 2430 calorie plate of spaghetti and meatballs! That's pretty insane. I've never even heard of the Macaroni Grill, though.
ThylanOmg those numbers were mad.
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deathcowThis was great, more of this type of programming. It was like a train wreck, I couldn't look away but it was horrifying!
shveddyYea, I work at macaroni grill. It's pretty much disgusting, and all I can eat now is the salmon.
MycroftHomlzsomeone should add this to the horrible channel...
choggieTo call Olive Garden and Macaroni Grill Italian food???... may as well call the virgin Mary a slut.
FadeGod I hate Americans sometimes.
"Nothing is more American than an Italian..." Fuck you you halfwit! You don't own the world.
plastiquemonkeyi think it was meant to be an insult:
nothing is more american than [this so-called] "italian" food...
dagComment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)
Great post. I worked at Olive Garden one summer back in college. They had good minestrone soup I remember - and the salads were nice.
djsunkidI can't believe plastiquemonkey is the only person so far to point out how far removed this kind of "food" is from actual Italian cuisine. That shit is garbage. It doesn't help that their portion sizes are absolutely outrageous. But the truth is, olive oil is good for you. Eating cheese after a meal is good for digestion and for your teeth.
Honestly, I am completely in agreement with most of this video, with the exception of calling this kind of food "Italian". Where's choggie, he knows what I'm talking about. Some roasted red peppers marinated in olive oil and raw garlic. A nice Pasta di Aglio e Olio con Pepperoncino. Some pickled eggplant. Some fresh buffalo mozzarella with anchovies and bread.
That stuff is totally american bullshit. When you make your lasagna with bechamel (originally known as Salsa Colla), fresh tomatos, eggplant and ricotta, I want you to portion that sucker up reasonably, then count the calories and get back to me.
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gorillamanIs this an ad for Olive Garden? Because now I'm thinking, "3,000 calories per meal? That's value."
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