Raw data: A cautionary tale
7 hours ago
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Dollar menu
Although chain restaurants in Westchester were required to start posting calorie counts for their menu items some time ago I hadn't actually eaten in a restaurant with calorie counts until yesterday when I visited a MacDonalds. One of the arguments the restaurants unsuccessfully made against the law was that it would make their posted menus crowded and confusing with which I have to agree. It is not surprising to me that early indications are that the law is having little effect. The counts did reinforce a point that I had only recently become aware of, the MacDonalds dollar menu is a really good deal from a food as fuel point of view. So I had three McDoubles instead of two Big Macs, more calories for about half the price.
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I probably shouldn't tell you this on health grounds:-), but Jack-in-the-Box is similarly cheap.
ReplyDeleteEven after the recent price hike, you can get e.g. two chicken sandwiches, two tacos, and a (free) cup of water for $3.50.
It's scary to think that you think this is a balnced meal, no matter how cheap.
ReplyDeleteA large 5lb tub of lard sells for $10. That should keep you going for 6-7 days. 0 trans fat!
ReplyDeleteMary,
ReplyDeleteThere's lettuce in the chicken sandwiches. Doesn't that cover the non-meat food group?
I don't have any memory of ever eating in a Jack-in-the-Box. It doesn't have any locations in the Northeast. And it is associated in my mind with the 1993 E. Coli incident.
ReplyDeleteI love Jerry, he tells it like it is....I never thought about the zero transfat in the tub of lard!
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