Posted on 02/22/2011 5:18:09 AM PST by FTJM
Some conservative bloggers and talk-show hosts act like the short rib in Michelle Obama's dinner entree was, like Adam's, extracted from them personally.
The first lady, in Vail with her daughters and some friends for the Presidents Day weekend, dined at Restaurant Kelly Liken in Vail Village Saturday night, enjoying a pickled pumpkin salad with arugula and a braised ancho-chile short rib with hominy wild mushrooms and sauteed kale.
So, of course, some people are taking the short view of the short rib.
A braised short rib is a relatively lean cut of beef, braised with most of the fat cooked off. The 5-ounce serving runs about 600 calories, Liken said — a far cry from the 1,500 calories and 141 grams of fat it's accused of.
“A proper 5-ounce portion of protein is what nutritionists say we should have,” said Kelly Liken, who launched the highly successful restaurant.
Let's not forget that the 5-ounce rib is served with local kale, nurtured and grown by students at Eagle's Brush Creek Elementary School.
“Kale is one of nature's super foods,” Liken said. “There are more nutrients in the 3 ounces of kale we serve than you'll get in a massive green salad.”
A skier will burn off about 6,000 calories during the course of a day.
“It's a hearty meal for sure, a great meal after a day of skiing, well-balanced and nutritious,” Liken said.
Obama is championing her anti-obesity campaign. She ate at Restaurant Kelly Liken because of the restaurant's association with Brush Creek Elementary School's Sowing Seeds program. Students grow vegetables in a greenhouse, and some of it lands on their lunch trays.
Liken, who helped spearhead Brush Creek's Sowing Seeds program, says she uses produce from the school's greenhouse whenever she can.
“The food at Restaurant Kelly Liken is the healthiest food you can get in a restaurant,” Liken said.
Liken said she is committed to her customers' health.
“I want to nourish the people who eat it, to teach people they don't have to sacrifice taste and texture to eat nutritious and healthy foods,” Liken said.
Liken met the first lady Saturday night in her restaurant's dining room.
“It was refreshing to see how interested she really was and how passionate about the kids' healthy lunches, as well as the movement to eat locally here in the Vail Valley,” Liken said.
So, as to the carrying-on about how the first lady could eat that 5-ounce rib, Oliver Tito noticed it was eaten with a knife and fork, just like Saturday night's other diners lucky enough to get a table at Restaurant Kelly Liken.
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Argula is described as being “bitter.” No wonder she eats it so much. She seems to have it quite frequently at the dinner parties we the people are paying for.
Methinks the lady doth protest too much.
Well stated!
Claims meal was only 600 calories per bite maybe,wonder if she comes up for air when she eats?.
But, but, the Washington Compost said she was paying her “personal” expenses..../s
But, but, the Washington Compost said she was paying her “personal” expenses..../s
For myself, I don’t concern myself about calories. I For years I have concerned myself with my carbohydrate intakes. Everybody who is concerned about their weight have their own diet plans with which they are comfortable and which works best for them.
In the end, It doesn’t look like what’s-her-fat-face knows anything about diets in general.
That was in public. The real question is, "What did she order from room service?"
LOL!!!
Excellent observation. That would be fun to learn.
The real dog looks pretty good, zero minus one however...
I am half expecting the construction of a Petit Trianon on the White House grounds where Marie Antoinette Obama and her inner court can frolic away from the pressures of White House, play at being shepherdesses, plant their little organic gardens etc.
6000 calories???? huh?? The Mayo Clinic estimates that a 160 lb person burns 365 calories per hour when downhill skiing.
,,,,,,, et tu ,,,,, wbill !!!
Probably four more orders of the Ribs, a Dozen Maine Lobsters, Three Pounds of Caviar, and two pounds of Foie GRAS! Washed down by a Dozen Bottles of the Rarest Vintages of the Most Expensive Champagnes!
And that’s just for Saswatch! That doesn’t include what we paid for that the Friends consumed, while the Secret Service dined on SPAM sandwiches.......;-(
“365 calories an hour when downhill skiing”
Does that include the estimated time riding up on the chairlift, or
Just that active time when an accomplished Skier is burning the Energy during the Downhill Run?
Either way, I’d be hard pressed to imagine that the Queen spent more than an hour or two out in that hostile environment!
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