The tantalizing platter consists of a giant slab of fried fish (three times larger than LJS's normal-sized piece of fish), an order of greasy onion rings, some savory breaded shrimp, and some fried cornmeal hush puppies just for good measure. And the dish has certainly earned its notoriety, delivering stats like these:
-1,320 calories.
-3,700 milligrams of sodium.
-33 grams of trans fat (more than the leftists think you should have in two weeks).
"It's outrageous," crowed some leftist nutritionist at Harvard named Walter Willett, as he called for the FDA to ban any food having any trans fat. Ivy League leftists are the ones who know what's best for all of us simpleton flyover dumbskies, after all.
Meantime leftist advocacy group "Center for Science in the Public Interest" echoed its agreement, bestowing the "Worst Unhealthiest Meal" title on the platter last week.
Funny thing is: I'd never heard of this platter and probably wouldn't have if I hadn't seen the linked story where Willett and the CSPI are bitching about it. And I'd like to thank them both...
After seeing the story, I made a point over the weekend to get a Big Catch Platter down at my Kansas City-area LJS joint. And I gotta tell ya: Mmm, Mmm! Deee-licious!
Now don't'cha hate me too much, leftist 20 percenters: You should all be happy to know that I did use low-fat tartar sauce (nearly an entire bottle's worth) on that big giant fish fry.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/03/whats-in-a-big-catch-long-john-silver-worst-restaurant-meal_n_3536145.html?ir=Healthy+Living
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2354314/Move-Big-Mac-Long-John-Silvers-Big-Catch-platter-crowned-Americas-unhealthiest-restaurant-meal-containing-TWO-WEEKS-worth-fat-1-320-calories.html
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