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The Worst "Free" Restaurant Food (according to the Yahoo Health Guy)
Yahoo (health) ^ | 1/18/11 | David Zinczenko

Posted on 01/21/2011 12:41:14 PM PST by DemforBush

Remember the story of Hansel and Gretel? How the witch of the woods lured them into her edible candy hut and gave them piles and piles of free food—just so she could fatten them up and turn them into stew?

Well, think about that old fairy tale the next time a waiter drops a plate of “free” food on your table...

(Excerpt) Read more at health.yahoo.net ...


TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: foodpolice; freebies; restaurants; spoilsport
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To: DuncanWaring

This is the same guy from “Eat This, Not That” book that shows up on the Today Show. These examples were on the segment Wednesday.


21 posted on 01/21/2011 1:28:50 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: The Comedian
I enjoy the free single malt Scotch appetizers served at Che Comedian.

I'd like to make a reservation for two, please.

22 posted on 01/21/2011 1:29:09 PM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: The Comedian

What motivates me in the morning? ... My bladder.


23 posted on 01/21/2011 1:29:23 PM PST by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: DemforBush

Mmmmmm garlic, butter and bread. The most holy food combination ever. Stick, biscuit, loaf, doesn’t matter, if you mix garlic and butter and let it soak into a bread you just made something wonderful.


24 posted on 01/21/2011 1:30:06 PM PST by discostu (this is defninitely not my confused face)
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To: The Comedian
Good heavens man, what motivates you to get out of bed in the morning?

L

25 posted on 01/21/2011 1:33:13 PM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: kingu

It would be kind of pointless to discuss luxury restaurants which are almost always local in a national magazine (this is actually from Men’s Health).

The Eat This Not That has kind of run out of good stuff to talk about. It started primarily looking at things that seemed healthy until you looked under the covers at the actual stats of the food. Like crispy chicken salad, it’s a salad with chicken, most folks will assume that’s healthy, but the chicken is deep fried and they almost always come with a very thick dressing, making them usually one of the least healthy things on the menu.

But they ran out of that kind of stuff to talk about a couple of years ago, so now that section just picks on stuff everybody knows is bad for them. Not nearly as fun.


26 posted on 01/21/2011 1:34:18 PM PST by discostu (this is defninitely not my confused face)
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To: Cicero

That just ruined my happy hour.


27 posted on 01/21/2011 1:55:14 PM PST by SgtHooper (We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.)
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To: DemforBush

So is it some law of nature that they all look delicious?


28 posted on 01/21/2011 2:06:37 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Obama. Chauncey Gardiner without the homburg.)
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To: DemforBush
Man, I haven't been to RL in years, but those biscuits sound delicious!!!

My weakness is the chips & salsa you get in Mexican restaurants. Total crack to me!

29 posted on 01/21/2011 2:07:09 PM PST by MissTed ( Do women in burqas have fun tagging each other in Facebook photos?)
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To: DemforBush

TANSTAAFL


30 posted on 01/21/2011 2:20:02 PM PST by magslinger (Samuel Colt, feminist. Making women equal to men for over 150 years.)
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To: Lurker
I'd like to make a reservation for two, please.

Sorry, we're booked solid until I need a liver transplant, but I'll pencil you in.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

31 posted on 01/21/2011 2:22:23 PM PST by The Comedian ("Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" - B. Goldwater)
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To: pgkdan

Now you’ve done it...it’s salad and breadsticks at Olive Garden for lunch one day next week ;) It’s all the way on the other side of town even (on the street with the worst traffic at lunchtime). That’s how bad you’ve made me crave it, LOL. My 3 y.o. will thank you, however.


32 posted on 01/21/2011 2:22:52 PM PST by Hoosier Catholic Momma (Arkansas resident of Hoosier upbringing--Yankee with a southern twang)
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To: DemforBush

This guy must be a real hoot to hang around with.


33 posted on 01/21/2011 2:29:44 PM PST by Walmartian
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To: Cheapskate

Doing well! Been pretty busy lately with winter projects while waiting for racing season to start...


34 posted on 01/21/2011 2:32:59 PM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Regulation without representation is tyranny.)
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To: DemforBush

I LOVE those! We don’t have a Red Lobster anywhere near us, unfortunately. Before we moved (eight years ago), we lived about 15 minutes from one. Those cheddar biscuits are addictive!


35 posted on 01/21/2011 2:35:45 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: BufordP

There went half an hour of my life drooling over that pie menu...


36 posted on 01/21/2011 2:47:56 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: The Comedian; Noumenon

That should be “Chez”, not “Che”, mentioned primarily because the latter is also known as “Castro’s Butcher”.

That aside, you should invite Noumenon.


37 posted on 01/21/2011 2:48:12 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: The Comedian

Now you’ve got me to thinking...
Perhaps a wee dram of the Bowmore when I get home. Or two.


38 posted on 01/21/2011 2:55:36 PM PST by Noumenon ("We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.")
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To: MissTed
My weakness is the chips & salsa you get in Mexican restaurants. Total crack to me!

I grow my own tomatoes, onions, peppers, and cilantro just so my wife can spend all summer and fall making fresh salsa for me...it IS to die for...

39 posted on 01/21/2011 2:57:18 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: DemforBush

I’ve got a copycat recipe for the cheddar bay biscuits. My husband and I dip them in the drawn butter that would normally go with the crab or lobster. My oh my.


40 posted on 01/21/2011 2:57:46 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
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