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The name "Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt" hardly does justice to this psycho-brilliant monstrosity, which amounts to three sandwiches morphed into one: First, there's a Friendly's Big Beef burger, but instead of a bun, there are two (count 'em, two!) grilled cheese sandwiches. Open wide.
More after the jump... Cue the requisite gasp of shock as we roll out the numbers: 1500 calories (870 of those from fat); 79g of saturated fat; and a whopping 2090mg of sodium (trouncing the Double Down, which weighs in at a paltry 1380mg of salt).
Stay tuned -- the brave souls at Slashfood will soon be trying this salt bomb (and shelving their skinny jeans for the following week).Cue the requisite gasp of shock as we roll out the numbers: 1500 calories (870 of those from fat); 79g of saturated fat; and a whopping 2090mg of sodium (trouncing the Double Down, which weighs in at a paltry 1380mg of salt).
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6-23-2010 @1:00PM Harry Hurt said... Friendly's is going to have to install garage doors in front. They'll need to be at least eight feet wide.
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6-23-2010 @1:03PM carb counter said... So many people don't get it. The KFC Double Down has only 11 carbs (4 for the grilled version). Look at body builders - the muscle comes from protein. It's the sugars that are the problem. And no, fat doesn't make you fat, unless it's combined with sugars.
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6-23-2010 @6:42PM patches said... Sorry, carb counter. Fat does make you fat, as does everything if you eat too much of it. Too many calories of any kind will be stored as fat in the body. Counting calories and exercise is the only healthy way to lose weight.
6-23-2010 @2:11PM Peggy Holloway said... You've said it all. Thanks. I would never eat the Friendy's "sandwich" because of the bread, or the breaded version of the double-down. I did try the grilled double-down withouth the sauce (they told me it had sugar it in), but it was too processed and not worth the price so unless I am in a similar situation where I was away from home and needed a quick meal, I won't go to KFC anytime soon.
Every one is so bent out of shape about fat and sodium, which are not a problem for most of us in the absence of dietary carbohydrate (sugar).
6-24-2010 @4:22PM Chad said... You are wrong on so many levels...
Oh, and this sandwich is nothing new. I've seen it been done on the 'net for at least two years.
6-23-2010 @1:08PM Jay Love said... Now I love a good burger, and I mean Burger...also I love good sandwhiches and I don't care if they are fattening the tastier and more fattening the better! what bothers me about this one is it doesn't look good at all, there is no consistency in the way its built, and the thing must be four or five inches thick, how the hell do you enjoy something you cannot get into your mouth? nope there are many great Cheese burgers at many places, to me its a fine line between having all the stuff in them and also being built so you can get your mouth around it? I now live here in Florida and am sorry to say there are no Carls Jr's here, no In n Out burgers here, no Jack in the boxes here, and the majority places here don't know what makes for a great Cheese Burger, or how to prepare one, so sad!!!
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6-24-2010 @8:18AM MT'sHat said... While delicious, this is not a sandwich innovation. There is a restaurant in Richmond, VA that has had the same thing on it's menu for quite a while. (And I'm sure there are others elsewhere...)
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6-23-2010 @1:20PM Pat said... The only thing this burger would be good for is a person on a low carb. diet with two children and still two weeks away from payday. Order it and give each child a grilled cheese sandwich and the dieter can eat the burger and veggies. Three people will be fed for the price of one. Of course, they'll need the money they save for Cholesterol and High Blood Pressure medications.
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6-23-2010 @5:44PM Balletdancer870 said... ewwwwwwww one look at this thing made me want to gag! This is the type of thing that should be shared with 2 other people NOT for one person to eat and get FAT!
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6-23-2010 @1:29PM Tuula said... More fat people in the USA, already worlds fattest, double up them burgers.
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6-23-2010 @1:32PM sunny said... Not news.
We have seen this on Adam Richmind's "Man V Food"/
And I agree..
.where's the bacon?
Where's the fried egg?
Where' the hollandaise sauce?
Where's the release you have to sign before you eat it???
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6-23-2010 @2:37PM Mary said... we don't get a friendly's in northwest indiana so anybody could copy this recipe, if they know how to do it well.
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6-23-2010 @2:13PM tom said... its just a knockoff of carl's jr. where's the originality.
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6-23-2010 @2:06PM harry said... Does it come with a casket ? And maybe a few guys to help carry it? I'll pop an artery if i eat one o' those puppies!
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6-23-2010 @2:41PM ef63e80e said... Why are the carbohydrate counts never listed in this type of article? That's the only concern for me. Although looking at this, I know it has white bread so I would never consider ordering it.
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6-23-2010 @7:21PM Donna Johnson said... How have we become a people who eat so much at one time!!?? I'm overwieght it it repulses me. at least three meals of food. And I'm sure it comes with friies and a discount dessert !
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6-24-2010 @9:15AM Andrew Frost said... This is not news....we have been making "Fatty melts" for over a year now....actually they are quite delicious. I agree the friendlys version has too much bread...the purists will use thin cut bread for the grilled cheese sandwiches. I don't think that a fast food joint can do this burger justice.
I tried the Double down and could not choke it down due to the saltiness. There really is no reason that the Fatty melt should have such high sodium levels....for goodness sake....are they adding salt to it???
I love that food like this is available....it should be relished as a treat not a staple :)
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6-24-2010 @7:49AM xzibit said... Yo dawg I heard you like sandwiches so we put a sandwich in your sandwich so u can eat a sandwich while u eat yo sandwich
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6-24-2010 @9:35AM drearyfatboringoldgit said... I see the new king of "Eat This Not That".
Friendly's? Not to any person's system.
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6-24-2010 @10:30AM Jayson said... I don't really care if people are going to eat garbage like this or smoke for that matter - it's a great way to weed the stupid out of the gene pool - but why should I have to pay for their health care with inflated health insurance premiums?
Food like this won't kill you; it will maim you and that's going to mean keeping people alive with extraordinary measures that are degrading to the recipient (anybody ever had a Foley catheter or had to wipe themselves with a bath towel because they're too obese reach the posterior end of their digestive tract??) and REALLY expensive to everybody else. If you're thinking about eating "food" like this do everybody else a favor and play Russian roulette with a Colt .45.
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