A breakfast sandwich is always a filling, satisfying way to begin the day--or, occasionally, end the night. One of the things I truly missed when I left New York City was the glory of the corner bodega breakfast sandwich. So, I'm always interested when one of the local West Coast, drive-thru, fast food franchise joints comes up with a new combo of bread, egg and cheese. The two most recent entries, Dunkin' Donuts' Egg White Turkey Sausage Flatbread Sandwich and Carl's Jr.'s Monster Breakfast Sandwich lie proudly at opposite ends of the spectrum. A clear-cut rivaly of health vs. indulgence, but what of taste?

Dunkin' Donuts has been trying to change its image all year. Some say "if it's not broke, don't fix it." Others, like the firms that now own the company, don't really subscribe to that theory and concentrate of fixing things anyway. In this case, they're planning to add non-breakfast items to their menus. But consumers first have to adjust to the idea of Dunkin' Donuts as more of a fast food restaurant, and less of a coffee shop. To that end, the company is rolling out some breakfast sandwiches that look much like the ones available at other quick service restaurants.

The Sausage Supreme Omelet Sandwich is made with eggs, sausage and American cheese on a bagel and the Supreme Omelet has bacon, cheeses and eggs on a croissant. At least they didn't try to come up with a Dunkin' Donuts version of the Luther burger, which might have been a tempting choice since they are known for their donuts.

Has anyone tried these yet?

Burger King now has its own variation on the McDonald's McGriddle. Instead of swathing a sandwich in syrup-filled pancakes, the new French Toast Sandwich uses - you guessed it: french toast. Sandwiched between two round slices of maple-flavored, deep fried french toast is an egg, sausage and cheese filling.

The official nutritional information doesn't appear to be available yet, but it should probably receive honorable mention on the list of the worst foods you can eat. To estimate the fat and calories, I added up the nutritional information for the filling of the Egg, Sausage and Cheese Croissan'wich  (310 calories and 26 grams of fat) and the 5-pc. French Toast Sticks (390 calories and 20 grams of fat) and came up with 700 calories and 46 grams of fat. If it turns out to be anywhere near those numbers, that puts it at about the same fat and calorie content of the Enormous Omelet Sandwich. Yum.