Apr01
Baseball Park Adds Gargantuan Burger to the Menu
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Weighing in at a hefty 4 pounds, the Fifth Third Burger contains a whopping 4,800 calories. Between two 8-inch buns lie five 1/3-pound beef patties and enough fixins' to make even the heartiest eaters clutch their chests in horror: a cup of chili, five slices of American cheese, salsa, nacho cheese, Fritos, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream. And what do you get for finishing this artery-clogging sandwich? A T-shirt.
Well, PETA is challenging anyone who chows down on the Fifth Third Burger to take on a side order of all the resources it took to create the massive meal. Producing just one pound of animal flesh takes 16 pounds of grain and 2,468 gallons of water. You're probably busy gagging over the mere thought of this monstrous burger, so I'll do the math for you: on top of the 4-pound sandwich, you'll be required to shovel in 27 pounds of grain and wash it down with 4,000 gallons of water. Think you can handle it?
For those gourmands who are intent on ingesting several days' worth of food in one sitting, we're asking the Whitecaps to offer the Fifth Third Veggie Burger. Vegetarian burgers don't waste all the valuable resources that meat products do, so they're a guilt-free indulgence for baseball fans who care about animals and the planet.
Posted by Liz Graffeo
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This is unfortunately not an April Fool's joke... Ew!
Posted by: Michele | April 1, 2009 02:08 PM
That's a very clever idea, PETA--I like it!
Posted by: Canaduck | April 1, 2009 03:30 PM
If you're vegan or the thing is too big for you, don't buy it...it's as simple as that.
I'm sure they appreciate the free advertising though.
Posted by: Rev. Meg Schramm | April 2, 2009 10:52 AM
Why would you need to reach for Pepto-Bismol if your a vegetarian?
Posted by: Matt | April 2, 2009 06:58 PM
I just threw up in my mouth. Not only is this WASTEFUL but it's disgusting for ANYONE to eat.
Posted by: Elizabeth | April 3, 2009 01:04 AM
Yucch... regardless of whether one is a vegan or not, who would want to eat such a monstrosity?
Enough is enough!
Posted by: dave williams | April 3, 2009 11:20 AM
peta needs a sense of humor
Posted by: ryan | April 3, 2009 12:53 PM
"TEMPTATION MUST COME, BUT WOE BE IT UNTO WHOSE HAND IT COMES BY"
Posted by: Saucy | April 6, 2009 05:27 PM