A new deep-fried Scottish delicacy has created a miniature moral panic among the UK’s diet-cops.
“The Stonner”, a 1,000-calorie, deep fried pork sausage kebab has been dubbed the most dangerous fast food in Britain.
Sky News reported Monday the kebab contains 46 grams of fat and is double the calories of a Big Mac hamburger.
However, the Ruby Chip Shop in Glasgow, Scotland, that sells the kebab has provided a health warning to customers: “Due to the severe health damage of this fine dish, we can only supply one Stonner supper per customer per week,” reads the sign provided by the restaurant’s owner, Saei Sangag.
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Update: Kevin sez, “As a chemistry student, I’ve noticed many people mistake ‘calories’ (used in small-scale scientific calculations) and “Calories” (kilocalories; 1000-calories). A 12-ounce can of Coca-Cola contains 140 Calories or 140,000 calories. This sausage you speak of therefore contains one MILLION calories. Holy crap that’s unhealthy.”
Update #2J sez, “Wannabe-chemist Kevin is being silly and disingenious converting
kilocalories to calories to create the scary ONE MILLION number
(‘a ten-ounce bag of pretzels contains ONE MILLION calories’),
and the original story is simply inane (and good advertising for
the restaurant).
“Peanut-butter and jelly sandwich: 2 slices of bread @ 110 kcals
each, 2 tbsp peanut butter @ 190 kcals, 1 tbsp grape jelly @
50 kcals = 460 kcals.
So, this remarkably dangerous snack is equivalent to two PB&J’s,
maybe three if you use low-cal bread and skimp on the filling.
The PB&J’s will also have more fat (64 grams). The story also
fudges the truth a bit on the ‘two Big Macs’ comparison: McD’s
web site claims 600 calories and 33 grams of fat, so it would
be more accurate to say'”83% as many calories as two Big Macs,
with only 70% of the fat’.
“For a more commercial comparison, it’s about the same as three
Krispy Kreme Glazed Blueberry doughnuts.”