Alabama: Bacon-wrapped meatloaf
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Ingredients: Meatloaf made with ground beef, onion, bell pepper, celery, eggs, breadcrumbs, and seasonings, then wrapped in bacon. Fat content: One 3-ounce serving of 80% lean meatloaf has roughly 14 grams of fat. Each slice of bacon will cost you an additional 3 grams of fat.
Alaska: Eskimo Ice Cream
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Ingredients: Reindeer fat, seal oil, salmonberries, blackberriesFat content: It’s hard to estimate without a known serving size of this native treat. But consider this: An average serving of reindeer fat packs a whopping 91 grams of fat.
Arkansas: Catfish
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Fat content: This dish is faux fried in the oven and still packs a whopping 25 grams of fat per serving.
Colorado: Jack-N-Grill’s 7-pound breakfast burrito
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Ingredients: 7 potatoes, 12 eggs, a pound of ham, a whole onion, cheese, and chili. Fat content: A pound of ham and 12 eggs alone have nearly 100 grams of fat, almost twice a woman's upper daily limit for fat, and that’s not counting the fat in the cheese and chili.
Connecticut: 2-foot-long hot dog
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Doogie's has taken the diet-buster to a new level with its 2-foot-long hot dog smothered in half a pound of additional toppings. Ingredients: 2-foot-long pork and beef hot dog, three rolls, onions, peppers, chili, cheddar cheese sauce, and baconFat content: The average foot-long hot dog will set you back about 24 grams of fat, 10 grams of it saturated. But this is double that, plus it has bacon, chili, and cheddar cheese.
Delaware: Deep-fried pastry
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The First State is known for a deep-fried pastry appetizer stuffed with crabmeat and cheese, similar to the Chinese appetizer crab Rangoon. Ingredients: Recipes vary, but most include cooked crab or imitation crabmeat, cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, seasonings, and oil for frying. Fat content: Crab is relatively low-fat fare, but many recipes are heavy on butter and mayonnaise. One small puff can have anywhere from 3 grams of fat to 8 grams of fat, and richer recipes can pack as many as 20 grams of fat per serving.
Georgia: Luther Burger
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Ingredients: Ground-beef patty, topped with cheese and bacon between two donuts instead of a bun. Fat content: The two Krispy Kreme glazed donuts are worth 24 grams of fat and the patty is another 16.
Indiana: Fried-brain sandwich
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Ingredients: Oil for frying, brain on a bun with pickles and onions. Fat content: A 6-ounce scoop of beef brain batter fried up at the Hilltop Inn packed about 24 grams of fat. The pork version is estimated to be closer to around 18 grams.
Maryland: Smith Island Cake
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Ingredients: At least 10 layers of cake, which can be made from scratch or from a packaged mix, with layers of chocolate icing in between. Fat content: Most recipes have around 26 grams of fat per serving.
Michigan: BLT
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Ingredients: Over 20 strips of bacon, lettuce, tomato, bread. Fat content: A pound of bacon clocks in at a whopping 192 grams of fat. That’s about your upper limit over 3 days!
New Mexico: Frito Pie
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Ingredients: Recipes vary, but most include Fritos corn chips, beef, beans, onion, cheddar cheese, lettuce, and tomato.Fat content: Depends on the toppings, but this version contains a whopping 46 grams of fat and 14 grams of saturated fat.
Tennessee: Ruby Tuesday's Triple Prime Bacon Cheddar Burger
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Ingredients: 8 ounces of beef, cheddar cheese, applewood smoked bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. Even worse—all burgers are accompanied by ENDLESS fries, which are not calculated in the nutritional information.Fat content: A whopping 115 grams of fat, almost the limit for two days.
Vermont: Ben & Jerry's Vermonster
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Ingredients: 20 scoops of ice cream, hot fudge, banana, cookies, brownies, and other toppings of your choice. Fat content: 20 scoops of ice cream alone will clock in between 120 to 400 grams of fat, depending on which flavors you pick. Let’s hope a Vermonster customer shares it with a very large crowd.
Ingredients: Meatloaf made with ground beef, onion, bell pepper, celery, eggs, breadcrumbs, and seasonings, then wrapped in bacon. Fat content: One 3-ounce serving of 80% lean meatloaf has roughly 14 grams of fat. Each slice of bacon will cost you an additional 3 grams of fat.
Alaska: Eskimo Ice Cream
Ingredients: Reindeer fat, seal oil, salmonberries, blackberriesFat content: It’s hard to estimate without a known serving size of this native treat. But consider this: An average serving of reindeer fat packs a whopping 91 grams of fat.
Arkansas: Catfish
Fat content: This dish is faux fried in the oven and still packs a whopping 25 grams of fat per serving.
Colorado: Jack-N-Grill’s 7-pound breakfast burrito
Ingredients: 7 potatoes, 12 eggs, a pound of ham, a whole onion, cheese, and chili. Fat content: A pound of ham and 12 eggs alone have nearly 100 grams of fat, almost twice a woman's upper daily limit for fat, and that’s not counting the fat in the cheese and chili.
Connecticut: 2-foot-long hot dog
Doogie's has taken the diet-buster to a new level with its 2-foot-long hot dog smothered in half a pound of additional toppings. Ingredients: 2-foot-long pork and beef hot dog, three rolls, onions, peppers, chili, cheddar cheese sauce, and baconFat content: The average foot-long hot dog will set you back about 24 grams of fat, 10 grams of it saturated. But this is double that, plus it has bacon, chili, and cheddar cheese.
Delaware: Deep-fried pastry
The First State is known for a deep-fried pastry appetizer stuffed with crabmeat and cheese, similar to the Chinese appetizer crab Rangoon. Ingredients: Recipes vary, but most include cooked crab or imitation crabmeat, cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, seasonings, and oil for frying. Fat content: Crab is relatively low-fat fare, but many recipes are heavy on butter and mayonnaise. One small puff can have anywhere from 3 grams of fat to 8 grams of fat, and richer recipes can pack as many as 20 grams of fat per serving.
Georgia: Luther Burger
Ingredients: Ground-beef patty, topped with cheese and bacon between two donuts instead of a bun. Fat content: The two Krispy Kreme glazed donuts are worth 24 grams of fat and the patty is another 16.
Indiana: Fried-brain sandwich
Ingredients: Oil for frying, brain on a bun with pickles and onions. Fat content: A 6-ounce scoop of beef brain batter fried up at the Hilltop Inn packed about 24 grams of fat. The pork version is estimated to be closer to around 18 grams.
Maryland: Smith Island Cake
Ingredients: At least 10 layers of cake, which can be made from scratch or from a packaged mix, with layers of chocolate icing in between. Fat content: Most recipes have around 26 grams of fat per serving.
Michigan: BLT
Ingredients: Over 20 strips of bacon, lettuce, tomato, bread. Fat content: A pound of bacon clocks in at a whopping 192 grams of fat. That’s about your upper limit over 3 days!
New Mexico: Frito Pie
Ingredients: Recipes vary, but most include Fritos corn chips, beef, beans, onion, cheddar cheese, lettuce, and tomato.Fat content: Depends on the toppings, but this version contains a whopping 46 grams of fat and 14 grams of saturated fat.
Tennessee: Ruby Tuesday's Triple Prime Bacon Cheddar Burger
Ingredients: 8 ounces of beef, cheddar cheese, applewood smoked bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. Even worse—all burgers are accompanied by ENDLESS fries, which are not calculated in the nutritional information.Fat content: A whopping 115 grams of fat, almost the limit for two days.
Vermont: Ben & Jerry's Vermonster
Ingredients: 20 scoops of ice cream, hot fudge, banana, cookies, brownies, and other toppings of your choice. Fat content: 20 scoops of ice cream alone will clock in between 120 to 400 grams of fat, depending on which flavors you pick. Let’s hope a Vermonster customer shares it with a very large crowd.