Re: Pa. eatery offers new 15-pound burger

[Guest guest]

I find it far less upsetting than recent publicity suggesting overweight

is healthier... now that's a killer story.

While I don't doubt the food industry is complicit in fattening up the modern

world, I also believe in personal accountability. I was at my corner gas n go,

getting

gas for my lawnmower about a week ago, when I noticed the local sheriff stopping

in for

lunch. Like may small gas stations in the south this one sells hot food... This

day

they were selling ribs and when she went to cut him a serving... he said no,

I'll take

the whole thing, at least 2 reasonable servings... I suspect if Micky D made

tiny burgers,

people would just buy 2 or 3, unless they could buy a big one across the street.

JR

-----Original Message-----

From:

[mailto: ]On Behalf Of drsusanforshey

Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 1:15 PM

Subject: [ ] Pa. eatery offers new 15-pound burger

Simply unbelievable. Anyone else find this unconscionable:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-biggest-burger.story

Pa. eatery offers new 15-pound burger

By Associated Press

Published May 3, 2005

CLEARFIELD, Pa. -- The burger war is growing. Literally. Denny's Beer

Barrel Pub, which lost its crown as the home of the world's biggest

burger earlier this year, is now offering a new burger that weighs a

whopping 15 pounds.

Dubbed the Beer Barrel Belly Buster, the burger comes with 10.5 pounds

of ground beef, 25 slices of cheese, a head of lettuce, three

tomatoes, two onions, a cup-and-a-half each of mayonnaise, relish,

ketchup, mustard and banana peppers -- and a bun.

It costs $30.

[Guest guest]

I agree it is unconscionable. But it is the customer's behaviour I

find unconscionable. If no one wants these things they will not be

available for long, it will be a waste of time and effort to provide

them. But if this is what people show they want by their buying

behaviour then the restaurants which do not provide it will go broke

losing business to those that do.

As JR says, personal accountability. It is no corporation's

responsibility to go broke and inflict financial losses on its

shareholders by denying customers what they show by their actions

they are determined to buy.

Nor, I suppose, should I judge the behaviour of an individual who

voluntarily feeds themselves to ill-health ............ so long as

it is them and not me that is paying their medical bills. Feeding

their kids to ill-health is another matter.

Rodney.

--- In , " " <crjohnr@b...>

wrote:

> I find it far less upsetting than recent publicity suggesting

overweight

> is healthier... now that's a killer story.

>

> While I don't doubt the food industry is complicit in fattening up

the modern

> world, I also believe in personal accountability. I was at my

corner gas n go, getting

> gas for my lawnmower about a week ago, when I noticed the local

sheriff stopping in for

> lunch. Like may small gas stations in the south this one sells hot

food... This day

> they were selling ribs and when she went to cut him a serving... he

said no, I'll take

> the whole thing, at least 2 reasonable servings... I suspect if

Micky D made tiny burgers,

> people would just buy 2 or 3, unless they could buy a big one

across the street.

>

> JR

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From:

> [mailto: ]On Behalf Of drsusanforshey

> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 1:15 PM

>

> Subject: [ ] Pa. eatery offers new 15-pound burger

>

>

> Simply unbelievable. Anyone else find this unconscionable:

>

>

> http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-biggest-burger.story

>

> Pa. eatery offers new 15-pound burger

>

> By Associated Press

> Published May 3, 2005

>

> CLEARFIELD, Pa. -- The burger war is growing. Literally. Denny's

Beer

> Barrel Pub, which lost its crown as the home of the world's biggest

> burger earlier this year, is now offering a new burger that weighs a

> whopping 15 pounds.

>

> Dubbed the Beer Barrel Belly Buster, the burger comes with 10.5

pounds

> of ground beef, 25 slices of cheese, a head of lettuce, three

> tomatoes, two onions, a cup-and-a-half each of mayonnaise, relish,

> ketchup, mustard and banana peppers -- and a bun.

>

> It costs $30.