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Friday, November 23, 2007

Happy Black Friday, Everyone!

posted by on November 23 at 16:00 PM

Did you know that the average American consumes 4,500 calories and 229 grams of fat on Thanksgiving Day alone? It’s true! That’s like eating six sticks of butter! Mmmm… Butter.

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butter is awesome.

Posted by Bellevue Ave | November 23, 2007 3:59 PM
2

As was Thanksgiving Dinner. I trust you enjoyed your tofurkey, ECB!

Posted by J.R. | November 23, 2007 4:09 PM
3

J.R. is clearly a Slog noob.

Posted by snacks! | November 23, 2007 4:11 PM
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Nitpik: 6 sticks of butter gives that number of calories (give or take a pat) but it only takes 2.5 sticks of butter to get you the 229 grams of fat.

Posted by Big Adventure Steve | November 23, 2007 4:15 PM
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@ 2,


Tofurkey is passé.


Quorn’s Turk’y Roast is phenomenal and has 77% less fat than turkey.


http://www.quorn.us//cmpage.aspx?pageid=462&productid=146

Posted by Original Andrew | November 23, 2007 4:28 PM
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I'm sure that's not much different from the number of calories & fat gram the average American usually consumes.

Posted by Katie B | November 23, 2007 4:40 PM
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Porqué se come mantequilla si se puede comer manteca! Lard, it's the other white fat.

Posted by kinaidos | November 23, 2007 5:07 PM
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I took it so easy on Thanksgiving this year too. I ate a lot but not too much. Granted, I was at a friend's family's house and didn't want to gobble up a bunch of someone else's food, out of courtesy.

But yeah, I totally see it. Looking at the average spread, it's not surprising at all how much fat and cholesterol is on a typical table.

Posted by Gomez | November 23, 2007 5:49 PM
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Sooooooooo, just how many calories are in the average combo meal served at Mickey D's?

Posted by Y.F. | November 23, 2007 5:51 PM
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Cuz I'm proud to be an American...

Posted by sgiffy | November 23, 2007 6:51 PM
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I have been in Hawai'i slaving on my
elderly parent's low land taro fields
as a "vacation". My wife stayed home
as rural Hawaii is not to her liking
and working taro fields while my father
criticizes you for not working as hard as he once did is an unappealing activity in her opinion.

As a reward we had kalua pig which had been wrapped and cooked in ti leaves for Thanksgiving dinner. I had the cheeks off the face of the pig. They were delicious. Fatty and full of calories. I think I went way over
4500 calories.....

--- Jensen

Posted by Jensen Interceptor | November 23, 2007 7:13 PM
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all i know is, eating should be accompanied by fasting and exercise. beautiful fast and exercise.

Posted by Bellevue Ave | November 23, 2007 7:19 PM
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Ate with a group at the LGBT Community Center - nice idea, good time, great food. Better than the best church basement.

Donated turkey from a bar kitchen, perfectly cooked, great taste, well done and all moist. Lots of side dishes, all donated potluck. More deserts than people, nice yams, and great gravy. I love cranberries, they had some very tasty jellied berries - why do we only eat those at holidays?

Stuffed like at long since dead granny's house, good company, won a raffle prize, and took a loaded plate to a friend who was not doing well.

Good idea, will help do it again next year. Start of a nice tradition, coming together, great free food.

Thanks, LGBT Center. Well done.

Posted by Kenneth | November 23, 2007 11:16 PM
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Butter kicks ass.

Posted by Mr. Poe | November 23, 2007 11:27 PM
15

I had organic celery - fresh - and turkey (without gravy or dressing) - plus red wine and apple slices.

No gravy. But still stuffed.

Got enough fat from the turkey skin on what I ate.

Seem to recall making stuffing uses a bunch of sticks of butter ...

Posted by Will in Seattle | November 24, 2007 12:15 AM
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I skipped the cooking, the cleaning, the conversation, and just ate the six sticks of butter. The start of a much simpler holiday tradition!

Posted by Gurldoggie | November 24, 2007 9:37 AM
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Ten cups of stuffing uses a stick of butter. Butter with the potatoes. Butter on the rolls. Butter with the cooked vegetables. Turkey fat (including the gravy), oil in the salad dressing, fat in the pie crust.

Posted by Fat assessment | November 24, 2007 9:53 AM

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