# What is the single most unhealthy thing available at a fastfood place? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 11, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056 "2002-12-11T18:17:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/21 "2002-12-11T23:49:43Z")
Someone makes a chocolate covered peanutbutter shake?!?! Why have I not been informed of this?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/22 "2002-12-11T23:55:33Z")
If you eat enough fries to add up to the 1000+ calories of some of these sandwiches, the fries would be the winner. At least a burger or fish or chicken sandwich has a decent amount of protein in it. Fries have an ungodly fat content and the rest is almost all carbohydrates ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/23 "2002-12-11T23:58:23Z")
As a young nipper, hanging out with the gang, we often had french fries with gravey. No idea as to calories/fat but it had to have been right up there with the best. ---
**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/24 "2002-12-12T00:04:50Z")
A local restaurant here in MA has as an _appetizer_ a delicious concoction (I assume…even _ **I** _, Captain Neckfat, haven’t tried it) known as “Quebec Fries”: [ul] [li]French fries[/li][li]Cheddar cheese sauce[/li][li]Gravy[/li][li]Bacon bits[/li][/ul] :yikes!: Anyone got a Tums??? ---
**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/25 "2002-12-12T00:24:46Z")
Rub your food on a piece of paper, if it goes clear it’s your window to weight gain! - Dr. Nick ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/26 "2002-12-12T00:31:38Z")
I’m sure the triple meat Sonic cheeseburger with bacon and chili would be pretty far up there. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/27 "2002-12-12T00:35:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*If you eat one of those on your own, and you’re not a bodybuilder or pro athlete… \*\* I eat the large (but not the turkey, the original, extra meat), but one of them is very filling for me (half would be enough) and I am 6’6" and 320 lbs. ---
**Author:** ![Ill\_Logik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Ill\_Logik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ill_Logik)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/28 "2002-12-12T01:47:08Z")
Its not exactly true fast food, but the Meat Lover’s Skillet at Denny’s has 2200 calories and 111 grams of fat. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/29 "2002-12-12T02:12:32Z")
At the recent Spiffled DopeFest we ate at a restaurant named Darcy’s. We were introduced to a local speciality, an amazing concoction called a _horseshoe_. You can get yer choice of meats but I gather the classic is: - two pieces of texas toast - two 1/4 lb. hamburger patties - a _large_ serving of french fries heaped on top - then the whole thing is drenched in cheese sauce. (burp) Nutritionally speaking I suspect it packed about the same wallop as injecting Portland cement directly into your veins, but it _was_ delicious. Of course we compensated for the calories by washing it down with beer. Veb ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/30 "2002-12-12T02:43:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Badtz Maru \* > \*\*I eat the large (but not the turkey, the original, extra meat), but one of them is very filling for me (half would be enough) and I am 6’6" and 320 lbs. \*\* I could probably choke one down if I had to, myself. But I do have the excuse that I weight train. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/31 "2002-12-12T02:44:23Z")
…which is not meant to be a slam at you, **Badtz**. What you eat is your own business, and I don’t mean to judge. ---
**Author:** ![Pablito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@Pablito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pablito)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/32 "2002-12-12T02:45:02Z")
In high school, I used to go to an ice cream parlor/restaurant called “farrells” and order the ‘home-run’ burger, which had 4 quarterpound patties, with cheese, also an order of fries, then follow that with a nice banana split sundae. that meal had to be close to the top of the pile in calories and grams of fat. Sadly, this year my body gained the ability to put on weight, so I can’t play those games any more. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/33 "2002-12-12T02:59:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVeblen \* > \*\* > Of course we compensated for the calories by washing it down with beer. > > Veb \*\* Light beer, I hope. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Phouchg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Phouchg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phouchg)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/34 "2002-12-12T03:50:11Z")
Woman : We take eighteen ounces of sizzling ground beef… Homer : Ooooh! Woman : And soak it in rich, creamery butter, then we top it off with bacon, ham, and a fried egg. We call it the Good Morning Burger. (Homer drools) Phouchg Lovable Rogue ---
**Author:** ![verybdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/49beb7/32.png) [@verybdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verybdog)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/35 "2002-12-12T04:21:34Z")
Everything. Weapons of Mass Destruction. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/36 "2002-12-12T04:35:13Z")
There’s a place in Toronto that does a “coronary burger” I think it has half a pound of hamburger, plus cheese, bacon, and a fried egg. How about poutine? There’s a type I’m waiting to try that has not only cheese, gravy and fries, but also fried onions and steak strips. It’s called the “Philly steak poutine”. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/37 "2002-12-12T04:37:36Z")
Damnit… only 2 days until I can eat real food with meat in it. I’ve gotten to the point where the grease in most fast food makes me sick to my stomach, but I miss steak and potatoes SO much. ::drools:: ---
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/38 "2002-12-12T04:40:52Z")
I think that those Potato wedges from HFC must be the fattiest things ever,there is so much grease in them. But god, are they good. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/39 "2002-12-12T06:46:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Someone makes a chocolate covered peanutbutter shake?!?! > > Why have I not been informed of this?!?! Sonic are the kings of strange milkshake flavors. Their newest concoction is a [pecan pie shake](http://www.sonicdrivein.com/promo/promo.shtml). I almost bought one tonight, but decided on a Coke instead, figuring my burger and large popcorn chicken would be filling enough. Oh, and as to the large Schlotsky’s Deluxe Original - I can finish one on a good night. Usually, I just eat half, though. I’m 6’4", 200 lbs. ---
**Author:** ![kspharm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ebca7d/32.png) [@kspharm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kspharm)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056/40 "2002-12-12T07:21:38Z")
Ok, top this: In 'N Out’s 8x8 “animal style”. Eight beef patties surrounded by eight slices of processed American cheese in between 2 buns and smothered in sauteed onions. It is not on the official menu, but you can get it if you know how to order it. From the [company](http://www.in-n-out.com/) website, one of these babies would be approximately 2680 Kcal with 1480 of that coming from fat. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm (Incidentally, I had one of these 2 hours before I boarded a flight from California to Florida. It was the first time I hallucinated). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-most-unhealthy-thing-available-at-a-fastfood-place/142056.md?page=3)