9 Nasty Truths About Your Favorite Foods
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Sure, I love the fresh fruits and vegetables of summer, and there is nothing like a bright, crisp salad on a sunny day. But we have come into autumn, and the foods of fall sing out to us with steamy soups, hearty stews, and other rich, saucy dishes. While we certainly don't want to deprive ourselves, we still want to be mindful of all that work we did over summer to stay trim, fit and healthy. Forbes has listed some of fall's most fattening foods with their approximate calorie content, what we should watch out for, and about how long we have to sweat it out on the bike to burn off that second helping of stuffing. Then again, there's a reason this is sweater weather right? Eat all you want, and hibernate for a few months under layers of cashmere!
- Braised Shortribs - 1600 calories
- Rack of Lamb - 1250 calories
- Grilled Foie Gras - 950 calories
- Duck a l'Orange - 800 calories
- Pecan Pie - 700 calories (for a slice!)
- Chicken Wings with Hot Sauce and Bleu Cheese Dressing - 600 calories
- Cocktail Peanuts - 510 calories
- Turkey Stuffing - 400 calories
- Sweet Potato Casserole - 400 calories
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10-18-2006 @2:36AM Brandy said... I like Sonia's thinking! I know most of us tend to overdue it a little during the holiday season, but let's just be thankful that we HAVE food to eat and homes to celebrate in, families to celebrate with and good fortune to share. As long as we don't go crazy with it, or forget the true meaning of these holidays, we'll make it through just fine, and God will take care fo the rest. Happy Holidays to you and your family, Sonia, and to everyone else out there that intends to be happy this fall and winter! God bless us every one!
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10-18-2006 @3:12AM April said... Foie Gras hmm...I dont care what upper class restaurant serves it.Yeah your right I would rather have Applebees than goose liver!!!One we just found out how many calories it has and two it is GOOSE LIVER!!!Your paying good money for some birds liver!What are those resaurants going to do when they run out of animal parts with names totally the opposite of what they really are like Liver has nothing to do with Gras!!!
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10-18-2006 @3:30AM joanne werner said... I am sick and tired of "experts" telling me what I should eat, not to smoke, what workout to do...it'a all hype anyways SO THE "LITE PRODUCT" companies can make more money...and as long as I got enuf $ to bury myself....WHO GIVES A CRAP???
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10-18-2006 @3:36AM Patsy said... THANK MAYOR DALEY THAT I LIVE IN CHICAGO AND IT'S ILLEGAL TO EAT FOIE GRAS!! OH THE CALORIES HE IS SAVING US ALL!!
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10-18-2006 @3:50AM Frank Hageman said... Wow you realey got blasted for the "foie gras" but you must know that "real men don't eat goose liver" Ha ha !
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10-19-2006 @9:20PM Christine said... Why is rack of lamb so fattening? Just skip the mint jelly and don't eat the whole portion at one sitting. I always take home at least half of my rack of lamb, which then provides two more meals.
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10-18-2006 @4:27AM Tricia Galbraith said... What size serving of Grilled Foie Gras? Half-cup.
Cup? Some of the comments are really funny ;))
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10-18-2006 @4:30AM Joseph said... To all of you who are freaking out about foie gras simply because it's "goose" (or, duck) liver (and, to April, "gras" is an adjective describing "foie" and since "foie" is French for "liver", "gras" DOES have something to do with "liver"), let's not forget that virtually every regular American supermarket (and meat market) sells cow livers, chicken livers and pig livers as ordinary items. For those who are so "grossed out" because of the liver's function within the animal's body, don't forget that many Americans find turkey giblets to be truly enjoyable (as part of both the stuffing/dressing and gravy), and "giblets" is simply a catch-all term including the turkey's liver and heart and gizzard (and the neck, as well)--and considering the heart and gizzard's functions, well, the less said, the better. (And, just for the record, foie gras is usually found in pâté form--hence, pâté de foie gras. The grilled foie gras would simply be a slice of the pâté that's been grilled. Pâté is a rather generic term in French cuisine to refer to a type of preparing food--it literally means "paste" since the ingredients used in a pâté are mushed together in a paste and then usually baked under a weight in a pan or terrine until it solidifies.)
True pork rinds will include some of the pig's coarse hairs, yet that doesn't stop people from loving them. The pig, incidentally, produces a veritable "feast" of gross-out items. In addition to its liver, there's chitterlings (that's the proper spelling, despite it's being pronounced as "chitlins") which are the pigs intestines--and preparing them requires an inordinate amount of cleaning. We can also find the gorgeous pig's feet (frequently of the pickled variety) and ears and even snouts available for sale, and not just as part of sausage (which, as anyone who's seen it being made, leads one to question why anyone would eat the stuff, yet it's a regular feature of many breakfast tables).
Then, there's tripe--the centerpiece of the classic Mexican dish, menudo. Tripe is simply the lining of a cow's stomach (in some places, a pig's stomach lining is used instead). The cow also provides us tongue, brain and tail in addition to the meatier parts (and the aforementioned liver). The sheep often provides its lungs as a meat delicacy and sweetbreads is really just the thymus gland (usually of the sheep, but occasionally the cow). And, let us not forget the most famous of all that which is truly disgusting: Haggis.
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10-18-2006 @4:31AM KELLS said... Give us all a break.We get this speech EVERY time this Time of year comes around, I understand the "watch the Holiday calories" idea but Most of us,alot of us, do that the REST of the year, Let us HAVE our Holiday Cheer WITHOUT The Annual Guilt trip !
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10-18-2006 @5:24AM Mable said... Weston price is all I have to say. nutrition and physical degeneration. One needs fat to stay healthy. But the kind of fat is what one needs to be aware of. toxic saturated fat's are a no no. Pasture fed organic meat that has fat is good. So is fat laden raw milk organic butter. And raw organic nuts are the best! get educated and forget about what conventional nutritionist say!
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10-18-2006 @5:27AM sherry said... to the person who told everyone to get out of the bars and go to a real restaurant. well maybe some of us do fancy applebee's.
meanwhile take your head out of the clouds cause your acting like you are better than most or all people well let me tell you something you wipe your ass the same way we do so you are no better than anyone else
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10-18-2006 @8:02PM Carol said... You just can't go wrong with a bowl of Kellogg's Special K for breakfast and dinner (oh, and make that with non-fat milk). Then you can have a chicken caesar salad for lunch -- best thing for keeping the weight down, or downsizing the inches, and over time, nothing else looks appetizing. :-) Seriously. Food -- it's a visual thing. And don't forget to drink water. (I can't wait to read the comments on this one, LOL).
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10-18-2006 @5:47AM sherry said... to number 79 it says to add a comment not write a book
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10-18-2006 @5:47AM Sabby said... I love Foie Gras - have never had it grilled, though. Effective September, the city of Chicago has outlawed the serving of this delicacy in their restaraunts. It caused quite an uproar in the gourmand circles...but I guess they don't hang out at sports bars! I also thought the information was lacking - serving size, etc. For me, peanuts are one of the healthiest things I can eat.
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10-18-2006 @5:55AM Sue said... It isn't the foie gras - it's the "grilled" part. That just isn't something most of us eat very often. But remember - the article didn't mention pate, which is what many people think of when they hear "foie gras." As for the calorie/fat count - take Sonia's advice: eat what looks good, then take a walk. It's much more invigorating to walk outside in the fall/winter than in the hot summer! Live a little!
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10-18-2006 @6:14AM Linda, a true Kentucky girl said... Pecan pie is fattening? Y'all are preaching to the choir with that tidbit of information.
The holidays are not the time to watch and measure every bite we take. Our Thanksgiving and Christmas get togethers serve two purposes: we get together and visit for hours and all the women in the family bring a special dessert to show off. I have summoned my courage and plan to make a grand entrance with a tray of baklava this year. Bless the ladies that bake and serve the cakes, cobblers, pumpkin rolls and creative cupcakes. And pecan pie.
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10-18-2006 @9:08AM Wilhelmina S. McGarity said... You MUST be kidding! I am from Germany and I don't even like goose liver. Plus, we know all this stuff already! The holidays are for indulging oneself and I aim to do just that. Then back to tofu and salads,
maybe. Extremely difficult to do on german cooking and you all know what I mean.
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10-23-2006 @12:21PM Jim Shepherd said... NONE
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12-09-2006 @12:45PM CookingChat said... My favorite creation this fall doesn't exactly qualify as low-cal either, but very tasty--a butternut chicken risotto with fresh sage. Recipe here:
http://cookingchat.blogspot.com/2006/11/butternut-chicken-risotto-with-fresh_15.html
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