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I just got an email from a list I subscribe to - nutritional information for some chain restaurant dishes. Holy crap.

Posted by kelly (aka kelly) Feb 6 '09, 11:58

Olive Garden, Spaghetti & Meatballs
PER SERVING (dinner portion): 1,110 calories, 50g fat, 2,180mg sodium, 103g carbs -- POINTS� value 26*

Red Lobster, Parrot Bay Jumbo Coconut Shrimp with Creamy Langostino Lobster Baked Potato and a Caesar Salad
PER SERVING (1 dinner portion with accompaniments): 1,620 calories, 69g fat, 2,708mg sodium, 111g carbs -- POINTS� value 37 - 38*

T.G.I. Friday's, Sizzling Fajita Combo
PER SERVING (1 order): 1,590 calories -- POINTS� value of at least 31*

Outback Steakhouse, Alice Springs Chicken
PER SERVING (1 order): 2,000 calories -- POINTS� value of at least 39*

Romano's Macaroni Grill, Parmesan-Crusted Sole
PER SERVING (1 dinner portion): 2,190 calories, 141g fat, 2,980mg sodium, 145g carbs, 9g fiber, 82g protein -- POINTS� value 55* (holy crap!)

Responses:

wow..look at that sodium -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 6, 12:06
"Filets lightly hand-breaded with Parmesan cheese and garlic, sauteed and topped with lemon butter sauce and capers. Served with sun-dried tomato and - ty97 Feb 6, 12:05 7
- (this is for crash) -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 12:05 6
  - I appreciate that, but how do they get to 2000 calories? portion size? -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 12:07 4
    - Food 1, Man 0 - pigby Feb 6, 12:09 1
      - all I'm saying is that if you're a betting man, don't put too much of your savings down on the Sasquatch Burger -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 12:11
    - probably the cheese crust, eh? -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 12:08
    - likely portion, plus cheese is high calorie/fat -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 12:08
  - a nice gesture, but i don't think he likes capers -- nm - pigby Feb 6, 12:06
what the heck do they do to that sole? -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 12:04 2
- ~Ha!~ -- nm - James Brown SI Feb 6, 12:05 1
  - gives you some points -- nm - crash davis Feb 6, 12:06
Also, I love that restaurants are now being forced by some municipalities to make this information available. - ty97 Feb 6, 12:02 2
- Olive Garden does it now. -- (link) - kelly Feb 6, 12:05 1
  - I'm quite pleased about that. I think it's a direct result of the laws, basically. -- nm - ty97 Feb 6, 12:07
You know what would be a good idea, if on all past email subscriptions that you signed up for; if you just hit reply and typed stop, by law they'd - Loyola Feb 6, 12:01
Restaurants are tought to manage. A big problem is portion size. - ty97 Feb 6, 12:00 1
- How do you know how much I need and why are they giving it to you? -- nm - Qale Feb 6, 12:03
if you want to get horrified, look up PD Chang. -- nm - loosilu Feb 6, 12:00 2
- PF Chang's saltier, fatter twin? -- nm - pigby Feb 6, 12:01
- (PF Chang's?) -- nm - con_carne Feb 6, 12:01
What the heck is Alice Springs chicken? Fried? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 6, 11:59 7
- It's a fancy name for lizard -- nm - Roger More Feb 6, 12:11
- nope, grilled. - kelly Feb 6, 12:00 2
  - yeesh -- nm - JaxSean Feb 6, 12:01 1
    - The Macaroni Grille sole is more surprising to me. - kelly Feb 6, 12:03
- I was asking the same thing - I thought it had cheese/bacon on it -- nm - Epiphany Feb 6, 12:00 2
  - Yeah, it does. -- nm - kelly Feb 6, 12:00 1
    - well there you go -- nm - pigby Feb 6, 12:01
i try to avoid anything that's in a sauce at those places -- nm - pigby Feb 6, 11:58

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