Americans embrace 1,500 calorie doughnut burger

[snopes]

Consisting of a bacon cheeseburger with a buttered, grilled and glazed doughnut standing in for a bun, the Craz-E Burger puts such fatty delights as the deep-fried Mars bar in the shade.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ut-burger.html

[wanderwoman]

Most of us in the USA will never encounter one of these monstrosities, and many of those who do will reject it. Selling 1,000 of them in 17 days at a "major fair in Massachusetts" doesn't even seem like that big of a deal, considering the number of people who attend such a fair in that period of time, and the fact that people are known to eat outrageous things at a fair that they don't eat at any other time.

This article just seems misleadingly designed to elaborate on the stereotype of the fat American.

[Latiam]

No, they sold 1,000 of them each day, which would be 17,000.

[Jahungo]

Americans embrace 1,500 calorie doughnut burger

won't that be more than a little messy? I hope they at least wore a bib and got a good hosing down afterwards.

[wanderwoman]

Originally Posted by Latiam

No, they sold 1,000 of them each day, which would be 17,000.

Oops, I read that wrong. Well, still, considering how many visitors there are at a fair and that people eat junk they never eat elsewhere, I don't think the number is all that meaningful. Though it would have been a lot less meaningful at a thousand total.

I am by no means always a healthy eater, but I wouldn't want to try one of those.

ETA: It was the Big E in Massachusetts, and considering the attendance 1000 donut burgers a day doesn't seem like all that big a deal:

The highest attendance in the history of The Big E was set when 1,260,487 visitors attended the 2009 Big E, from September 18 to October 4. Six single-day attendance records were noted during the run of the Fair: the first Monday, 64,577; first Thursday, 68,475; second Saturday, 156,074; second Monday, 83,410; second Tuesday, 59,777; and the second Thursday, 70,572.

[Linnea]

And how many bought one for the novelty, took a bite, and tossed the rest?

[Banrion]

Originally Posted by Linnea

And how many bought one for the novelty, took a bite, and tossed the rest?

IME probably a good portion of them. I was one of the 64000+ people there on the first Monday this year, and I had heard about the donut burger, but I don't even recall seeing the booth. Many people who go to the Big E go for the food. There are the oversized cream puffs, roasted turkey legs, the standard fair food, plus the state specialty foods. I would much rather get a baked Maine potato and some Rhode Island clam fritters than a donut burger.

But really my big score this year was a $20.00 mandolin slicer.

[Gayle]

At the Texas State Fair where they are actually selling fried butter this year , a lot of people will buy one just to try it. My firend peter will try all of that trash. Once. I'd say 80% of it ends up with a memorable tag comparing it to some portion of donkey anatomy and gets tossed in the garbage.

Outside of a state fair setting, I've never seen any of these offered on a menu. Nor do I know anyone who's eaten one.

[Insensible Crier]

People have been doing this with Krispy Kreme doughnuts for years and years now. I think this is a record for the calorie count for one of these though. Last I heard it was about 1000 calories for the bacon cheeseburger. I might try it once for the novelty but I doubt it's something I would get into. Then again, who'd known that Oreos and salsa would taste good together? No, I'm not kidding.

[llewtrah]

Originally Posted by wanderwoman

This article just seems misleadingly designed to elaborate on the stereotype of the fat American.

You'll see on a couple of other threads that the Telegraph is currently regurgitating press releases by self-publicists which makes me dubious of the claims of the doughnut burger's popularity. Of those that were bought (is there independent verification of the numbers sold?), how many were actually consumed beyond a few bites?

My waistband feels tight just looking at it. I don't find it an appetising sight. I can imagine people buying it out of curiosity though.

[wanderwoman]

Originally Posted by llewtrah

You'll see on a couple of other threads that the Telegraph is currently regurgitating press releases by self-publicists which makes me dubious of the claims of the doughnut burger's popularity. Of those that were bought (is there independent verification of the numbers sold?), how many were actually consumed beyond a few bites?

My waistband feels tight just looking at it. I don't find it an appetising sight. I can imagine people buying it out of curiosity though.

The website for the Big E, the fair at which they were sold, is the one I linked to above. That website says they sold over 16,000 during the 17 day run of the fair. However, that was out of over a million and a quarter attendees. So that means just over 1 percent of fairgoers elected to try this mess, and that's in a setting in which people will try almost anything. On the other hand, they sold 50,000 cream puffs and 30,000 eclairs.