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Long John Silver's meal called the worst in America by advocacy group
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Posted on 10/20/2013 2:28:24 PM PDT by SamAdams76

Edited on 10/20/2013 3:13:48 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Forget the burger and fries clogging your arteries. The "Big Catch" fish platter at Long John Silver's is being called the "Worst Restaurant Meal in America." The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer advocacy group, says the dish has more than 1300 calories, 33 grams of trans fats and 3700 milligrams of sodium.


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To: SamAdams76
I used to work at a LJS back in the mid 80s, and back then, I was really impressed with the quality of the food, and it tasted really good,without it being particularly greasy.

I went to a LJS not to long ago, and was really amazed at just how salty the batter is now, but more to the point, I couldn't believe how greasy the fish and chicken were. I even tried blotting the fish and chicken 3 times, using fresh napkins, and they would be soaked with oil.

I felt really queasy after eating it from all the grease. I won't be going back.

Mark

61 posted on 10/20/2013 4:01:11 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: JimRed
...a 2006 CSPI lawsuit forced the chicken restaurant to stop using partially hydrogenated oil--which gives fried food its trans fat yummy taste.

Uhm, not quite.
Beef tallow gives fried food it's yummy taste, and that's what McD, KFC, BK, etc. all used before Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) became the National food nannies.

In 1984, CSPI kicked off their anti-saturated fat campaign, blaming McD, KFC, BK, Wendy's, et al for clogging our arteries with evil saturated fat. *shudder*

Instead of telling the vegetarians CSPI to go piss up a rope, the fast food joints switched to vegetable oil for frying.
Now, the edible oil industry knew that un-saturated fats (oils) breakdown and go rancid much faster than saturated fats like tallow and lard, ... so they bind a hydrogen atom to the fat chain, producing a hydrogenated or trans fat.

The Tragic Legacy of Center for Science in the Public Interest

62 posted on 10/20/2013 4:05:17 PM PDT by dread78645 (Evolution. A doomed theory since 1859.)
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To: SamAdams76

First time I ever hear of these jack-off they were waring of the dangers of beef chimichangas. How many beef chimichangas can one eat as a habit in the course of living, to cause a problem?

As far as Long Dong Silver’s goes their food is marginal at best and if the grease makes it taste better then it can use all the help it can get.

To this bunch at the “center for science to be a pain in the ass”, screw you.


63 posted on 10/20/2013 4:09:03 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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this stuff is so good. It wont kill you as long as you eat it once in a blue moon.


64 posted on 10/20/2013 4:31:07 PM PDT by snowstorm12
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To: dread78645

“the fast food joints switched to vegetable oil for frying.”

And that’s when I stopped eating McDonald’s fries. They used to be the best ever.

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65 posted on 10/20/2013 4:48:33 PM PDT by Mears (Liberalism is the art ot being easily offended.)
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To: SamAdams76

Popeye’s used to have catfish — YUM YUM eat em up.


66 posted on 10/20/2013 4:50:46 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: SamAdams76

Fried in soy or canola oil, and guaranteed to contain no food whatsoever.


67 posted on 10/20/2013 4:52:07 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Mears

CSPI has probably killed more people than all of the fast food joints combined. They were the ones that successfully demonized animal fats and forced the food industry to adopt trans fat veggie oils which were found to actually cause heart disease and kill people. They are just another ultra left wing vegetarian affiliates org.


68 posted on 10/20/2013 5:00:13 PM PDT by bigtoona
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To: Mercat

I like the Cole Slaw as well... the Hush Puppies... I find them dry, flavorless, useless. They would make good ammo for an oversized slingshot, or just take it and bean yer kid brother in the head with one.


69 posted on 10/20/2013 5:29:30 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: dread78645

Worse... the “vegetable oil” used is mostly soybean oil... which is unfit for human consumption. One day someone is going to show the connection to health problems caused by the proliferation of soy in the human diet.


70 posted on 10/20/2013 5:34:21 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

soy seems to work for the Asians


71 posted on 10/20/2013 5:57:30 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: SamAdams76

I love LJ’s chicken planks - I could eat a dozen of them in one sitting. They are, however, loaded with a TON of salt. Surely not the best thing to eat healthwise.


72 posted on 10/20/2013 6:09:28 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Congratulations, Obama - your IQ test results came back negative!)
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To: GeronL
See: http://www.westonaprice.org/soy-alert/soy-alert-brochure
73 posted on 10/20/2013 6:52:58 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: ThomasThomas

“How can they be fries if you baked them? They would be bakes.”

They’re fries even it they’re baked the same way French toast is still French toast or French fries are still French fries, even when made and served in the U.S.


74 posted on 10/20/2013 7:53:11 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: SamAdams76

There is a local restraunt chain from my home town of Tucson, AZ called The Lucky Wishbone. They can outdo anyone on the planet for greasy food! LJS cannot even begin to come close!


75 posted on 10/20/2013 10:05:31 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: SamAdams76

About once a year I crave the fried food at Silver’s. The rest of the time the oily food has no allure.


76 posted on 10/20/2013 10:32:12 PM PDT by Nepeta
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To: bgill
Ha, the article thinks it has to explain that hush puppies are fried cornmeal batter as if anyone doesn't know that.

It does have to be explained to many people here in the PNW as few have ever heard of anything like that (other than maybe as breading for fish?).

I do like LJS and in 25+ years of eating occasionally there don't think I've ever got sick afterward. Can't say that about many places.

77 posted on 10/20/2013 10:48:34 PM PDT by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: SamAdams76

So there go half my day’s Weight Watchers points. That’s ok, it was worth it.


78 posted on 10/20/2013 10:50:34 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: Tax-chick

yeah....the same...in your gross microwave. Whatever you say.


79 posted on 10/20/2013 11:04:44 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

Oven. The big thing with the natural gas burner inside.


80 posted on 10/21/2013 3:45:01 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("The heart of the matter is God's love. It always has been. It always will be."~Abp. Chaput)
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