EYE POPPER."With today's concern about nutrition, the opportunity to make a choice is more important than ever," says Burger King's Web site. What may be "more important than ever" is to choose to eat somewhere else ... especially if you're thinking of trying the company's two BK Cravers. The new additions are nothing more than fatty cheese (mozzarella moz·za·rel·la n. A mild white Italian cheese that has a rubbery texture and is often eaten melted, as on pizza. [Italian, diminutive of mozza, a cut, mozzarella, from mozzare, for the Mozzarella Sticks Mozzarella sticks, sometimes called mozza sticks, mozzies, cheese sticks, fried mozzarella, are rectangular or cylindrical pieces of battered or breaded mozzarella cheese. and cheddar for the Jalapeno Poppers poppers Drug slang A regional street term for amyl nitrate or isobutyl nitrite ) encased en·case tr.v. en·cased, en·cas·ing, en·cas·es To enclose in or as if in a case. en·case  ment n. in a deep-fried coating. They come in four-piece packs with dipping sauce on the side. Four pieces may not look like much, but wait 'til you see the damage: The Sticks and their Marinara ma·ri·na·ra adj. Being or served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, garlic, and spices: spaghetti marinara. n. Marinara sauce. Sauce deliver 310 calories, 16 grams of fat (six of them saturated), and 950 milligrams of sodium. The Poppers and their Ranch Sauce pack 350 calories, 26 grams of fat (seven of them saturated), and 890 milligrams of sodium. That makes them as bad for your waistline and blood pressure as eight strips of bacon. And they're even worse than bacon for your heart, since Burger King's sat fat numbers don't include the arteryclogging trans fat in its breading and its frying oil. We suggest you take Burger King's Web site to heart ... and "make a choice." You know what it is. Burger King: (305) 378-3535. |
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