If you live in Illinois, a heart attack could be in your future.
A friend sent me an article that describes Baseball's Best Burger that you can get only at an Illinois ballpark. This gut-busting artery-clogger is comprised of a hamburger patty topped with sharp cheddar cheese and two slices of bacon, all of which are nestled inside a "bun" made of a sliced Krispy Kreme Original Glazed donut.
Since this er, thing, delivers 1000 calories, 45 grams of which are fat (the average person consumes 2000 calories per day, and fat should not provide more than 30% of those calories), I think it qualifies nicely for an Illinois "sin tax", or at least a special monetary deposit to cover the cost of the cardiologist, don't you?
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Nahh, anyone who's lived in Chicago, for instance, knows that the best ballpark food is the Polish boys they serve up at Comiskey Park (I refuse to call it Cellular One Park). They're pretty good at Wrigley Field, too.
I've been to the Grizzlies games, but not in a couple of years. This is a MUST.
Actually, I prefer the non-kosher dogs at Comiskey. Food always tastes better after it's been carried around a ballpark in a metal box for a few hours.
(No, I'm not kidding, but I kind of I wish I were.)
Only two slices of bacon? What the hell is wrong with the Midwest?!?
I agree with Jamie. This could definitely be made much more fattening.
That one "sandwich" has more calories than I eat in a normal day! And, doughnuts and beef, seriously?
much as i'd like to say it will keep cardiologists employed for the foreseeable future, i also have to admit it sounds pretty good (grin)...
@amanda: imagine chicken with peanut butter (thai restaurants routinely serve such, though the PB is sauced and spiced up a bit, and served on a bed of spinach and rice... have to tell you, it really is good :)
I read the title as "Friend don't eat friends at the ballpark", so I came along to find out how transubstantiation had made it into the religion of baseball...
I demand syrup
Only 1,000 calories? I hear over in Michigan they're making 40,000-calorie sandwiches!
Oops! I mean 30,000 calorie sandwiches.
Except for the donut, that could almost be one of the larger fast-food sandwiches. And hey, it's only double the calories of a Big Mac! (without cheese, fries, etc.)
That Michigan sandwich is just bizarre, the guy comments it took him about 15 hours to eat it. (As opposed to 15 *days*, which would be a more normal calorie intake.) Since food calories are 1000x heat calories, that would seem to represent about enough fuel to boil (rummages for calculator) nearly 50 liters (~10 gallons) of water. Hmm. Did I drop a decimal there? The pics make it look too small for that. But then, it is equivalent to over 7 pounds of pure fat! I suspect he may be counting much fat that stayed in the pans & deep-fryer.