Schlosser

I WENT TO A TALK WITH ERIC SCHLOSSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  YAY!!!!!!  (Eric Schlosser is the author of Fast Food Nation and Chew On This!)  In case you aren't able to guess, I'm a big fan of him.  I very rarely eat fast food.  On a fast-food filled year, I might go out once or twice.  (Besides the less occasional, but still relatively occasional, stop for slushies at Sonic.)  To the other point.  So, Now for my Mystery Food Theatre!  Every week, I choose a food, give the nut-rition information, and type in a hint about it.  Last week's answer was: Goldfish (Xtreme Pizza.  That was their name for that kind of goldfish, not mine).  160 calories (130 from fat), 14 grams fat (2 saturated, 4.5 poly, 7 mono), 60 mg sodium, 5 grams carbs (2 fiber, 1 sugar), and 7 grams of protein.  Leave a comment with your guess!

Breakfast, continued

Continuation:

Muffins:
They got a good reputation a while ago, but... not so good.  I saw some with 11 GRAMS OF FAT, 17 GRAMS OF SUGAR, AND <1 GRAM OF FIBER!!!  For 1/2 muffin, that is.  Total: 400 calories per muffin.  This was on a boy scout campout.  Some of the kids in my troop had two or three muffins.  But let's get to the point instead of criticizing muffins.  Try for ≤8 grams of fat, ≤10 grams of sugar, and ≥3 grams of fiber.  Oh, yeah, ≤250 calories per muffin.  These are not ideal, but it's hard to find muffins better than this.  Make sure to check the serving size.

Bagels:
Try to follow the same guidelines as bread.

Whipped cream:
Try to get whipped.  Less calories.  There's another reason to get whipped: spreading it's less difficult.  Wait, was that called whipped cream?  Correction: cream cheese.

Now, what everyone's been waiting for.  The answer: twinkies!  Next one: 0 calories, 0 fat, 0 carbs, 0 protein, 0 salt, 0 just about everything except for aluminum and rubber.  JOKING! (BTW, that was crutches.) Okay: nothing but a lot of iron.  Okay, it's iron ore.  Starting to sound fishy?  (Hint, hint)  Next: 140 calories, 5 grams fat (1 saturated, 1 poly, 2.5 mono), 280 milligrams of sodium, 20 grams carbs, 3 grams protein, 2% calcium, 6% iron.  11 line ingredients list.  THAT is what you're supposed to be guessing.