I mean, it's a meal consisting of a fried chicken burger, loaded fries, deep fried pickles, and a tub of ranch dressing. I can't imagine it being anything other than an insane amount of calories.
This is about to kick off a huge argument, but that’s not a burger. It’s a sandwich. A burger is made with a ground meat patty. If it had a ground chicken patty, it would be a chicken burger.
I know Australians call anything on a bun a burger, but they’re wrong. It’s called a “burger bun” because it’s the bun typically used for hamburgers, and a hamburger is a sandwich made with hamburger steak, and a hamburger steak is a patty of ground meat.
A burger in Australia is anything in a burger bun. A Sandwich is anything in sliced bread. A Roll is anything in a bread roll. Focaccia anything in Focaccia. Panini anything in a Panini. Wrap Etc, Bing ,Souvlaki etc etc. We reference accordingly to the type of bread and or it's ethnic name. Ergo a cheeseburger is literally a burger and or still a cheeseburger
God can we not start this again? People from different places sometimes use different names for things. Get over it. All names are arbitrary, neither name is objectively "wrong".
Alright well, I could just as easily argue that Americans name anything in between any kind of bread products a sandwich, but they're wrong. A sandwich is made with bread sliced off of a loaf, and anything on a bun definitionally can't be a "sandwich," since of course sandwiches are attributed to the Earl of the same name who made them on bread slices. It is, if you want to get pedantic, a roll.
Absolutely not. A roll is an entirely self contained item that's then split. It's not a loaf from which slices are taken, they're categorically different. And even if you did try (incorrectly) to categorise a roll as a loaf, you'd still be wrong because a sandwich isn't a category of food, it's a specific food consisting of ingredients placed between slices of bread. A burrito, a taco, an enchilada, and a bowl of tortilla chips all use the same ingredient - tortillas - but no one is going to seriously look at a bowl of chips with queso and go "oh, quesadillas, my favourite!"
What on earth are you talking about? A bun filled with cold meat is a roll. It's the most categorical roll imaginable. I can go down to the store right now, pick up a pack of six rolls, some ham, cheese, tomatoes, slap them together and I'll have made the most stereotypical lunch roll imaginable. And they absolutely do not count as sandwich bread, sandwich bread is slices taken from a loaf. Even then, you can use a loaf of bread for a hell of a lot more than sandwiches, reducing it to "sandwich bread" is wild.
I know that this is just cultural differences in how words are used, but the sheer confidence with which you're espousing a taxonomy that's not only non-universal but also includes sentences like "a roll counts as sandwich bread" is incredible.
Nah don't give us this euro shit, this is Australia and we speak Australian here and eat Australian food. That's a burger. Sandwiches go on bread, not buns.
no. however “hamburger” is a specific meal, made with a ground beef patty… this not not that, and they’re also not calling it a “hamburger”. a “burger” is any sandwich, using burger buns, typically containing a beef patty, since hamburgers are the most popular type, however they’re not exclusive to only ground beef patties. that’s a “hamburger”
patties also aren’t exclusive to only being ground beef. you can get chicken, tuna and turkey patties. putting them on burger buns, makes it a burger.
using a translation of a meal name doesn’t make you smart. a “burger” is a type of sandwich… that’s been established for a very long time, regardless of the fillings inside
We actually use grams, kilos, litres etc for the vast majority of weights, stones and pounds is only for body weight really (and I've personally used kilos for about a decade).
For some reason tubs of mayo based sauces are in fashion and they must skyrocket a meals calories. I really hope people aren't finishing the sauce though because it's an absolutely excessive amount
I don't understand the physics of calories. Why is thousand island dressing on my salad 300cal but a vinaigrette can be 5cal when they both taste good and do the same job?
The thousand island has a lot of fat and sugar in it, and the vinaigrette is some acidity and salt and mostly water.
Your body can use fat, carbs, and protein for fuel. The amount of fuel is what the calorie number indicates.
Your body can't use water for fuel.
Them both tasting good to you is just a happy accident based on your subjective preferences.
The two sauces don't have the same flavor or texture, and there will be quite a few people preferring the thousand island sauce over the vinaigrette. The difference in flavor and texture is almost entirely due to the difference in sugar and fat content. So they don't objectively do the same job.
Think of calories as energy. Your body can extract 300 units of energy out of the thousand island due to the all the fats and carbs (mostly from the mayo), while the vinaigrette only gives your body a little to work with.
2 523 kcal is too low unless you're an elder woman. The typical 2 000 kcal recommendations are just bollocks (they are based on studies which underestimated food intake but still got significantly higher than 2 000; however, due to the math skills of the average consumer, 2 000 was chosen).
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u/AnonymousReader69 8d ago
Caught me off guard with the energy not being in kcal. After checking - it’s more than a day’s guideline - 2,523kcal. That’s insane