where did all the quarter-pounders go? suddenly half-pound hamburgers are all you see on restaurant menus anymore. how is this a good thing? sure you could split the burger with someone but what are the odds that your meal companion is also going to want a burger? the other option is to cut it in half and take the other half home but you aren’t always going to be able to safely deliver the leftovers to your refrigerator within two hours. plus you probably don’t want to eat a hamburger two days in a row. sounds a little nutty but we actually played this out this scenario at the table a few weeks ago when my daughter wanted to order a hamburger in a restaurant that only offered half-pounders. we ended up telling the servers to make a quarter-pounder patty instead for her (still paid for the half pounder though). over the next few weeks we noticed that several other restaurants only offered half-pound burgers as well. i was hoping we were going in the opposite direction and eating smaller burgers not larger ones. share the monster burger and you would still be getting around 400 calories 23 grams of fat and 10 grams of saturated fat. perhaps it’s simply better to look for a more healthful menu option.
why should i be careful ordering a hamburger?