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Won't someone think of the children? THE CHILDREN???
On the other hand, now I'm craving a grilled cheese sandwich on sourdough bread with some nice Gruyere. Mmmmmmmm. Fatness.
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Well, you could feed a family with just one of those.
Longer if they don't like their kids too well.
Now, if only they'd show a picture of what it will ACTUALLY look like. One where the top slice of bread from the bottom sandwich and the bottom slice from the top sandwich are completely soaked through with burger grease and lettuce/tomato water and mayo.
What's the point? Who actually goes to Friendly's and thinks \"I like this burger, but I have to email corporate because I wish they'd replace the buns with grilled cheese sandwiches\"?
Yeah, that was me. Sorry.
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I can see this being a really good deal if there are three people and one of them is on Atkins.
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I feel compelled to eat this for some reason. And then top it off with a giant Sundae
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I could see myself eating this as a late breakfast and nothing else for the day.
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don't forget the diet coke to wash it down
I agree. I haven't been to Friendly's in at least 5 years.... and yet I want this. I need to find three friends who will split it with me though.
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There's a restaurant near me called Capital Ale House that has something similar to this on their menu. I have been tempted every time to order it. The fear has kept me from doing it...
Which Cap Ale has this? I thought I'd been to them all and haven't seen it. I'm so tempted now.
The one in Fredericksburg, VA...I'm really tempted to get it now....
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I had no idea Capital Ale house had that on their menu....then again, I don't go there that often. I get stressed out when I see the beer menu.
Oh yeah...I mull over it every time I'm there...and yeah, that beer menu is definitely intimidating.
You have nothing to fear but fear itself.....and maybe a heart attack
Yeah, exactly...not that the bratwurst and knackwurst plate I always order is any better...but it goes oh so well with one of the tons of beers they have on tap.
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Another product created by my RSG (Random Sandwich Generator).
Existing Sandwich + Existing Sandwich Ingredient + Additional Ingredients to boost calorie content & nausea (and viral marketing) factor
BK French Revolution:
BK Sausage Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich on top and bottom as bun, Hasbrowns, Waffle, Bacon Strip inside, lettuce, tomato, cheese, mayo and apple pie inbetween.
Want.
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I'm going to bring this up with my local BK franchisee to see if this can happen. I feel that this sandwich needs to be realized now.
Vortex in Atlanta has had this for years... but they are honest about its purpose.... the name of the burger is \"Double Bypass Burger\". (The food there is awesome by the way...)
http://www.thevortexbarandgrill.com/
http://www.thevortexbarandgrill.com/menus/WebMenu.pdf
Right, but the Vortex Double Bypass has Eggs and bacon instead of that frivolous veggie matter.
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Wasn't this the one that was on Man VS. Food?
No, that was some place in Arizona or New Mexico where they had nurse-themed waitresses.
Yes I paid very close attention to that episode. And then looked up plane tickets. One of these days....
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Actually, yes.
There was an episode of Man Vs. Food set in Atlanta, and they DID go to the Vortex and get the double bypass.
It was not the \"Main event\", that was the pizza place in Kennesaw, but it WAS on the show.
Probably Heart Attack Grill, actually.
I was just going to post a link to The Vortex.
Don't really understand the furor these always bring. Anyone stupid enough to eat them repeatedly deserves everything they get. Like the guy who jams his hand in the lawnmower.
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The double bypass is delicious. Had one yesterday :-)
Full description:
Twice as big as the Coronary Bypass! Topped with two fried eggs, six slices of American cheese, and eight slices of bacon, all served between the two grilled cheese sandwiches that we use in place of the regular hamburger buns
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Only if the grilled cheese is made w/mayo. Nothing is more perfect than a grilled cheese sandwich made w/mayo instead of butter.
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I have never ever heard of such a combo. Will have to try it.
Yes. It is awesome. You spread the mayo on the outside, and cook like normal. Since mayo is oil and egg, it acts like the butter there, and the egg browns like french toast.
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My dad likes them that way. Not sure if you make them the same, but he butters the outside of the bread slices to enhance the grilling, then after it's done and the cheese is all melted he peels the bread apart and proceeds to add mayo to the sandwich. Personally, I don't understand it. Does this sound similar to your way? I'm interested, as my dad is the only person I know who uses mayo on grilled cheese.
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Another vote for Mayo on inside, butter on outside.
Yes. Mayo in, butter out.
Only slightly related, too, when I have a non-grilled cheese sandwich I also like mayo inside. Plus I dunk in milk. I don't think I've ever met anyone else that does that.
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Just looks like a Patty melt with two extra pieces of bread (and an extra slice of cheese depending who's patty melt you mean). Not that horrible, relatively speaking. Just pull off the top sandiwhc for your kid and reconfigure the second one as your \"bun\".
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According to Friendly's latest nutritional info, it's actually 1500 calories: http://www.friendlys.com/media/pdf/nutrition/FriendlysLunchDinnerMenu.pdf
There's this thing, it's called a patty melt, for fans of hamburgers plus grilled cheese, it's like that only rather more reasonable. (Though still not exactly health food.)
Er, no, this isn't a patty melt at all. A patty melt has sauteed onions and swiss cheese on it, and SHOULD come on rye bread.
This has lettuce and tomato and stuff instead.
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It's disgraceful but you know what? No one is forcing anyone to eat this stuff. I used to have a thing for a certain Friendly's sunday (Reeces Pieces). I'd save up calories and go splurge on it once in a while. Gotta be smart.
I saw a comercial for this and did a double take.
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I really hope the TV was below you so that you did an unintentional double down.
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I don't have anything to say about the article, but I really miss Friendly's. When I lived in PA, it was one of my favorite places to go for ice cream.
Clearly you moved away from there many, many moons ago.
5 years, to be exact.
Same thing as a cheeseburger...they just sliced through the bun and put the cheese there instead.
Nothing to worry about here. Why? A) Friendly's service is so bad, they are slowly receding from American roadsides like a physics professor's hairline; B) Friendly's food is so bad, you eat there once and then swear never to do it again. 1500 calories once in your life isn't that big a deal; C) In order to eat this, you'd actually have to get it. See A to understand why the order will never be completed.
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Please tell me this was submitted to the \"why you're fat\" website.
It seems that website has disappeared or, at least, there are no new postings. I really miss it!
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I wonder how long it's going to take the restaurant industry to realize that coming up with newer, better, and faster ways to kill their clientele is not a good repeat business practice...
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OH MY GOD IT'S FULL OF STARS
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Swap the beef for a Boca burger, add extra pickles, and we're on.
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I'm right behind you. The first thing I thought was \"How can we make this vegetarian?\".
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Friendly's will substitute ANY burger for a Boca, anytime :) I love Friendly's.
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Is that an off-menu request? Don't seem to remember seeing Bocas in the menu
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Wait, is that cholesterol count right? The RDI is 300mg... that says 180g. There's just no way that thing could have 600 times the amount of cholesterol recommended in a day, right? Although I do also realize that dietary cholesterol has less of an impact on your total cholesterol counts as has been hyped the last few years... but good Lord, that cannot be right.
This is one that even I would not order... mostly because it is Friendly's, not because of the calories... given that I will eat 2 Five Guys bacon cheeseburgers for a count of 1900 calories in one sitting. Don't judge me...
Nope, the writeup is wrong. The pdf says 180mg.
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I've noticed a common theme here, all these \"sandwiches\" have cheese in them. Why?
Because cheese is the opiate of the masses...
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Not to mention very yummy.
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2 grams of sodium! Hypertension here I come!
I'm surprised it's that bad. I didn't expect it to be healthy, but really, its a cheeseburger with two extra slices of bread. Then again, a cheeseburger there appears to be 1280 calories, which I imagine has one slice of cheese, so 1370 calories for adding a second slice, you're realling only adding 130 calories to \"upgrade\" to this. I mean, I wouldn't call it the \"healthy\" option to go with the regular cheeseburger.
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I don't know, If you add a diet coke to it????
I want two.
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Needs bacon!
+1
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HELL YES!
Goddammit, America!
They are late to the party:
http://www.grilledcheesegrill.com/
The Cheesus Burger
The Soon-to-be-Famous Burger Behemoth. We’ve done away with the bun and
replaced it with two grilled cheese sandwiches. That’s right, two of them.
One on top, one on the bottom. Pickles and American cheese inside one, Grilled
Onion and Colby Jack in the other. Lettuce, Tomato, Ketchup, Mustard, and
1/3lb Burger in between. You won’t need to eat again for 2 days.
Comes with a bag of chips and a case of napkins. $8.00
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Dammit - I know what I'll be having for lunch / dinner tomorrow. Brookline Friendly's Express...I'll be there!
This is wrong. If the cheese isn't surrounding the meat, there is no point. I don't understand how a sandwich chain can so misunderstand the purpose of cheese in a cheeseburger.
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This picture should have gone on the cover of the health-care reform bill.
I'm working on a 14,000 Calories slice of Cheesecake as a joke. Not going to sell it \"I THINK?\" right now I am up to about 8,000 or so. Thing is not light. Butter 1/2lb, Heavy Cream 4 cups, 3 Sugars, Gram Crackers (I made those to make sure they have more Calories then the store ones). Topping fruit with sugar, and other heavy Calories stuff in it. Top with you guess it, Whip Cream, made.
If anyone is really wondering. My soon to be in laws are always on a diet. I do not cut Calories, I do cut Sugars (I had WLS so I cannot eat white sugar). She told me if I make a slice that is 14,000 Calories she will not only eat one, but one each day for a week. Its on. Right now it tops out about 2lbs give or take.
OMG, Pandora's Box has opened!
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As soon as I saw this I thought of Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
I'm sure I'm not the only one to suggest it, but if we can only replace what's between the sandwiches with a KFC Double Down, we'll be set to actually cause physical harm to restaurant goers.
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I ate at Friendly's tonight and saw a little standee for this at my table. How does one eat a totem pole of sandwich/burger without dislocating one's jaw or ruining one's shirt?
For irony points, this particular Friendly's is located just outside the parking garage at
Hartford Hospital.
Come to think of it, I'm surprised they didn't add bacon to that thing. Don't all the major artery cloggers have it?
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That looks yummy!
(Still, one would be smart to have the EMT's on speed-dial).
Hooray Buckeye Beer Engine!
Not sure if it's still on the menu, but Kuma's Corner in Chicago did this a while back with The Blagojevich..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/07/this-thing-is-golden-the_n_156101.html
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The latest entry in an attempt to make it on thisiswhyyourefat.com. Don't these people know it's not a good thing.
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This is the Cheesus Burger and has been here in Portland for a couple of years at the Grilled Cheese Grill.
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That's a good amount of protien...
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Clearly, we are in the middle of a gluttonous arms race. I am terrified yet intrigued at what the final result will be,
I wonder if this is what Rome was like, in its dying days...
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The Vortex in Atlanta has this burger as well. It's called the Double Coronary Bypass Burger, and it includes a fried egg, bacon, and four slices of cheese on the burger itself.
could I have fries with that?
That…is…AWESOME!!!
No Friendly's in my part of the country :(
my stomach hurts just looking at this. My boyfriend wants.
Replace the lettuce and tomato with some bacon, barbecue sauce, and tater tots we'll talk. None of these sissy 'vegetables'.
HAHAHA! That is nothing, you should see what we have where I am. http://www.heartattackgrill.com/ Home of the Double Bypass Burger (try the Quadruple Bypass with about a dozen friends), Flatliner Fries, Jolt Cola, and finish it off with a no filter Lucky Strike. Let the \"Nurse\" (see: Hooters type waitress in \"naughty nurse\" garb) roll you out to your car in a wheelchair. ....And remember, over 350Lbs. EAT FOR FREE!
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How about a hamburger patty between two layers of bacon, with two steaks as the bread?
All these sandwiches bring one question to mind, never mind how bad it is for you, how the F do you fit your mouth around that thing?
You can cut it up to get it in your mouth. The real question is, with all that cheese, how are you going to get it out the next day?
I must agree. I hate sandwiches like this, because if the grilled cheese is cooked correctly, it will still be warm and melty in the center, which means it will burn you or slide around.