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NOW THAT'S A WHOPPER Dec 21 2004


Scotland's biggest burger weighs 10lb, measures 18 inches, has 7000 calories, 12 slices of cheese and will cost you £65

Exclusive By Craig Mcqueen



EVERYTHING'S bigger in the USA - apart from their own national dish.

A Scots restaurant boss reckons he's beaten the Americans with the biggest burger in the world.

It weighs in at 10lb - with 7lb of prime Scotch beef in a bun measuring 18 inches across.

And the calories damage comes in at a whopping 7000 - more than three times the recommended DAILY intake for a woman.

There is also 200g of fat in the Baloo Burger Company's monster, which has12 slices of cheese.

So when the Record was offered the chance to be the first to try it, it was hardly surprising I'd barely made a dent in it before I was stuffed.

Craig Johnson, 43, who owns the restaurant in Queen Street, Glasgow, said: 'I saw an item on TV about the world's biggest burger.

'I assumed the Americans would have it sewn up but when we found we could cook a record-breaker fairly easily, we thought we'd give it a go.'

The previous record, with a measly 6lb of meat, was held by a pub in Pennsylvania.

Anyone who polishes off the £65 burger in three hours will get it free, along with a certificate and their picture on the wall.

The burger has to be ordered at least 24 hours in advance, as it takes 90 minutes to cook the meat and the bun has to be made specially.

 

[kitchenmotors]

That's fucking disgusting.

 

[8bit]

I'm surprised it isn't deep fried.

 

[Ripclawe]

update!

Burger challenge laid down




All bids to eat what is believed to be the world's biggest burger have failed, a Glasgow restaurant owner has said.

Three people have failed to finish the 10lb burger in the three-hour limit at Baloo Burger Company. It costs A£65 but anyone who can eat it will get it free.

Craig Johnson said: "One individual at a table of six ordered the burger, but all six couldn't even finish it."

http://icdumfries.icnetwork.co.uk/n...ine=burger-challenge-laid-down-name_page.html


and let's hear it for scotland bringing to the table.. DEEP FRIED MARS BAR!!!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...16/od_afp/afplifestylehealthfood_041216233729

The deep-fried Mars bar, a nutritionist's nightmare that surfaced in Scotland about a decade ago, is now an established part of the Scottish culinary scene, according to a letter published in The Lancet.


Dipped in batter and then cooked in hot oil, the Mars bar is now on sale in more than a fifth of Scotland's 627 fish-and-chip shops, it says.

 

[Folder]

That's fucking disgusting.

Scotland is quite a disgusting place.
They deep fry pizza there. And pies. And chocolate bars. Really.
Then they wonder why they have the highest mortality rate from heart issues on the globe.

 

[8bit]

Oooh, I've just realised where that place is. I was looking at their gourmet burger menu when I was in Glasgow last month, even the basic burgers are 6 or 7 quid.

http://www.rampantscotland.com/besteating/best_eating_dev_baloo.htm

Hey now, Scotland isn't a disgusting place. It's the people.

Also, I was informed of a new culinary delight last week.
Deep fried battered sausage, wrapped in kebab meat, battered and deep fried again.

 

[iapetus]

As I understand it, deep fried Mars bar actually originates in Newcastle.

The Scots did, however, bring the world deep fried haggis. If the US is looking for anywhere to invade for crimes against humanity once they've finished with Iraq, I feel that fact should be held in mind.

8bit: please tell me that's a joke. Deep fried deep fried sausage? My arteries are screaming.

 

[Loki]

lol When will this absurd game of one-upsmanship end? I can just see it now, Nov. 7, 2006: "A Great Britain eatery has announced a burger that weighs in at a whopping 32,000 calories and has 890 g of fat; they've dubbed the burger 'Instant Death'. A junior version is also available, featuring only half the fat and calories-- just ask for the 'burgerosclerosis' at the counter."


WHICH NATION WILL LAY CLAIM TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST BURGER!?!?!?!?

 

[Koshiro]

Hey now, I'm Scottish, let me deal with a couple of things here.

The deep-fried Mars bar, a nutritionist's nightmare that surfaced in Scotland about a decade ago, is now an established part of the Scottish culinary scene, according to a letter published in The Lancet.

Absolute bullshit. It only got well known for about 4 months then it faded away because there was a general consensus that it was unhealthy and generally disgusting.

And to the person who doesnt like Scottish people: hope you don't like TV. Or lightbulbs. Or phones.

Or Grand Theft Auto.

*raises middle finger*

 

[Nerevar]

And to the person who doesnt like Scottish people: hope you don't like TV. Or lightbulbs. Or phones.

Or Grand Theft Auto.

*raises middle finger*

Are you trying to say all those things were invented by Scottish people? Because I'm calling bullshit on that. Maybe national pride has taught you those things, but Swinton can hardly be credited with "inventing" the TV. It was a German who invented the CRT, and while Swinton might've envisioned using it to produce moving images, he never could figure out how to actually build it to do that. Farnsworth (an American) was the first to actually be able to build one. The light bulb was invented by Gobel, a (once again) German, in 1854. And I have really no idea where you're getting the ideas of phones. I can only find Germans or Americans related to the history of that, not a single Scot in sight. Not like it makes a difference - no one really knows who "invented" the telephone anyway.

I'll give you Grand Theft Auto, however.

 

[gollumsluvslave]

Koshiro

Absolute bullshit. It only got well known for about 4 months then it faded away because there was a general consensus that it was unhealthy and generally disgusting.

As a fellow Scot I say:-

Preach it!

Add Tikka Masala to the list of Scottish positive inventions

Folder:-

Scotland is quite a disgusting place.

Have you ever been there? Some people in Scotland are pretty gross I'll admit but the vast majority are decent folk, and it's a great place to live.

 

[iapetus]

And I have really no idea where you're getting the ideas of phones. I can only find Germans or Americans related to the history of that, not a single Scot in sight.

You're not looking very far, then. A Google search for "Who invented the telephone?" gives you Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

 

[gollumsluvslave]

Nerevar:-

TV : John Logie Baird (Check)
Telephone : Alexander Graham Bell (Check)
Lightbulb : Thomas Edison (Nope)

2 out of three ain't bad :lol

 

[Nerevar]

You're not looking very far, then. A Google search for "Who invented the telephone?" gives you Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

And all this time I assumed he was Canadian.

Regardless, giving him credit with "inventing" the telephone is highly specious. Considering that others were doing the same thing, the claim that he "invented" the telephone really only has to do with the fact that he got to the patent office first. It's similar to claiming Apple or MS "invented" the GUI.

Nerevar:-

TV : John Logie Baird (Check)
Telephone : Alexander Graham Bell (Check)
Lightbulb : Thomas Edison (Nope)

2 out of three ain't bad :lol

UGH. Did you even read my post? No? Please try again. Baird didn't "invent" TV. Hell, Edison didn't "invent" the lighbulb either, although he did popularize and commercialize it (and patent it, which seems to be the only condition people are putting on things being "invented"). And claiming Bell "invented" the telephone is in doubt, and probably based only on what everyone read in their 3rd-grade textbooks anyway.

 

[Azih]

And all this time I assumed he was Canadian.

Regardless, giving him credit with "inventing" the telephone is highly specious. Considering that others were doing the same thing, the claim that he "invented" the telephone really only has to do with the fact that he got to the patent office first. It's similar to claiming Apple or MS "invented" the GUI.

Canada claims him too (as well as the phone) since he emigrated to Canada before he invented the phone.

Also not only did Bell patent it first, he also defended the patent in courts 600 times before a U.S court of law finally awarded him the sole patent. Elisha Gray was just a little unlucky and Antonio Meucci, tragic as his story is doesn't deserve mention.

 

[MrPing1000]

golf and gta. Its all it needs really

 

[Nerevar]

Canada claims him too (as well as the phone) since he emigrated to Canada before he invented the phone.

Also not only did Bell patent it first, he also defended the patent in courts 600 times before a U.S court of law finally awarded him the sole patent. Elisha Gray was just a little unlucky and Antonio Meucci, tragic as his story is doesn't deserve mention.

Ok, so I gve in on Bell. So what you're left with is only 1 of the 3 inventions being mentioned as actually invented by someone who was a Scotsman, and furthermore it was only invented after he left Scotland for Canada and America.

And to the people claiming Baird invented the TV - I suggest you do some reading up on that first. Rosing was using a Cathode Ray Tube to show images in 1907, almost 20 years before Baird showed his famous demo in London. And regardless, the only thing about those TVs that is still used in modern television is the CRT, which neither of them invented.

 

[scarybore]

Hey now, I'm Scottish, let me deal with a couple of things here.

Absolute bullshit. It only got well known for about 4 months then it faded away because there was a general consensus that it was unhealthy and generally disgusting.

And to the person who doesnt like Scottish people: hope you don't like TV. Or lightbulbs. Or phones.

Or Grand Theft Auto.

*raises middle finger*

As another fellow Scot, rock on!

Maybe national pride has taught you those things, but Swinton can hardly be credited with "inventing" the TV. It was a German who invented the CRT, and while Swinton might've envisioned using it to produce moving images, he never could figure out how to actually build it to do that. Farnsworth (an American) was the first to actually be able to build one.

Who the flying feck is Swinton? Either way, not sure if its quite the same thing as you are talking of I don't know, feel free to correct me, but we were always taught to praise this man...

John Logie Baird

Edit-

And to the people claiming Baird invented the TV - I suggest you do some reading up on that first. Rosing was using a Cathode Ray Tube to show images in 1907, almost 20 years before Baird showed his famous demo in London. And regardless, the only thing about those TVs that is still used in modern television is the CRT, which neither of them invented.

Fair enough.

And there was also James Watt, from my birthplace of Greenock who did, erm... something.

Scotland is quite a disgusting place.

Perhaps your making things up again, it is after all one of your sites specialities

deep fried sausage? My arteries are screaming.

Heh must be because its entrenched in our culture but I dont see my wrong with that, and my english parents love the haggis ;p (and they got married on Burns day, ironically enough).

The Mars bars are fucking rotten, and the other day on the news I saw some chip shop selling fried mince pies which just thinking of makes me retch. The reporter didnt seem too fussed over them either

 

[gollumsluvslave]

Nerevar:-

UGH. Did you even read my post? No? Please try again. Baird didn't "invent" TV.

If you want to get pedantic on the definition of 'invent' then one could argue that no one invented anything, as most "inventions" are based on something that came before.

Granted television is a subject of debate and it's probably best to say that no one person can claim to have "invented" it (i think that's why patents are generally associated with inventors - it's a clear cut way to decide)

http://www.mztv.com/newframe.asp?content=http://www.mztv.com/baird.html

John Logie Baird is the Scottish inventor who obtained the world's first real television picture in his laboratory in October, 1925, and demonstrated it to the British public on January 26, 1926. The image obtained was a small 30-line vertically-scanned red and black image, but it was television. Mechanical television based on Baird's systems dominated international television for the next few years into the early 30's

Maybe not the "inventor" but i'll claim a half point :lol :lol

 

[Nerevar]

Nerevar:-


If you want to get pedantic on the definition of 'invent' then one could argue that no one invented anything, as most "inventions" are based on something that came before.

Granted television is a subject of debate and it's probably best to say that no one person can claim to have "invented" it (i think that's why patents are generally associated with inventors - it's a clear cut way to decide)

While I agree with your point, I hardly think the patent system is the best way to decide an inventor. Maybe just my viewpoint that the patent system is horribly corrupt slants my opinion, but that's just my opinion.

Maybe not the "inventor" but i'll claim a half point :lol :lol

Ok, fair enough. His mechanical television was apparently used for a few years before being replaced by digital telivision. But in my opinion, that's like crediting Edison with the light bulb - sure, he refined an earlier invention (by imrpoving the vacuum in the light bulb ... and not much else) and commercialized it, but the real "invention" was done by someone else. Baird was just the guy who gets all the credit for television.

 

[gollumsluvslave]

Nerevar:-

While I agree with your point, I hardly think the patent system is the best way to decide an inventor. Maybe just my viewpoint that the patent system is horribly corrupt slants my opinion, but that's just my opinion.

Agree completely, I have a rather similar view on the legal system, but can't offer any alternatives. :lol

 

[Justin Bailey]

The scots invented golf, everything else is irrelevant.

 

[Funky Papa]

As terrible as it sounds I refuse to believe that I am the only one on this thread interested on eating this stuff right now. I know I will have to stay away from the fridge for a week if I ever take one of those disgusting chocolate bars, but damn, I'm always willing to try new foods no mather how poisonous they look :lol :lol :lol

 

[8bit]

As I understand it, deep fried Mars bar actually originates in Newcastle.

The Scots did, however, bring the world deep fried haggis. If the US is looking for anywhere to invade for crimes against humanity once they've finished with Iraq, I feel that fact should be held in mind.

8bit: please tell me that's a joke. Deep fried deep fried sausage? My arteries are screaming.

I hear deep fried Creme Eggs are very good. I doubt it's as nice as deep fried Ice Cream though.

As to the double dipped sausage, sadly it's real. Apparently the chip shop that sells such a thing only allows you to enjoy this delicacy once a week. Also, I'm not clear what it's called. One person claimed it's a stoner, another a stonner(colloquialism for the male erection).

I will admit to enjoying deep fried pizza while very drunk, but I don't think I've touched that for years. When I moved to the continent from Glasgow, folk would recoil in horror when I told them about that.

 

[Minotauro]

The scots invented golf, everything else is irrelevant.

Yep, this is more than enough reason to write them off.

 

[UltimateMarioMan]

We will just keep building bigger and bigger burgers untill one day we build a burger so big it destroys the Earth!!

 

[iapetus]

It's all over. Scotland wins.

 

[Stele]

We will just keep building bigger and bigger burgers untill one day we build a burger so big it destroys the Earth!!

Or run out of cows.

 

[UltimateMarioMan]

Or run out of cows.

That too.

 

[Koshiro]

Nerevar:-

TV : John Logie Baird (Check)
Telephone : Alexander Graham Bell (Check)
Lightbulb : Thomas Edison (Nope)

2 out of three ain't bad :lol

I stand corrected. There's *something* little yet important like that that was invented by a Scottish guy. I'll be damned if I remember what though. :lol

 

[8bit]

I stand corrected. There's *something* little yet important like that that was invented by a Scottish guy. I'll be damned if I remember what though. :lol

Steam engine.
Penicillin.
Logarithms.
Pneumatic tyres.
Refrigerators.
Microwave ovens.
Decimal point.
US Navy.
Economics.
Halloween.

 

[OmniGamer]

Why don't they just put a whole damn cow between two slices of battered pork fat and call it a day.

 

[BuG]

 

[BlackMage]

"The problem with Scotland is.. it's full of Scots."

 

[iapetus]

But no Sean Connery. How does that work?

 

[Koshiro]

Wait wait.


We invented golf?











I appologise for my country.

 

[DCharlie]

"As I understand it, deep fried Mars bar actually originates in Newcastle."

I thought so too. I remember drunkly picking one up in about 1992 after a bumper student night out.

I must have been pissed, because i thought it was amazingly good.... hmmm.....

 

[iapetus]

Wait wait.

We invented golf?

I appologise for my country.

It gets worse...

 

[scarybore]

It gets worse...

This is one of those times that I wish the image was swapped by some gay porn or something, they are truely hideous and I find it amazing they are employable.

 

[maharg]

Or:

 

[8bit]

Wee Jimmy Krankie fell off the beanstalk during pantomine season last week.

 

[Jill Sandwich]

 

[Buggy Loop]

Wow, i didnt know hobbits really existed, i mean look at that, the burger is bigger than his head!

 

[Teknopathetic]

So apparently cuisine is the new front for the cold war.

 

[Odnetnin]

GOOD GOD! Thanks just wrong. The US Army should air drop these in Africa

 

[scarybore]

GOOD GOD! Thanks just wrong. The US Army should air drop these in Africa

The burger or the guy?

 

[MASB]

Hey now, I'm Scottish, let me deal with a couple of things here.

Absolute bullshit. It only got well known for about 4 months then it faded away because there was a general consensus that it was unhealthy and generally disgusting.

And to the person who doesnt like Scottish people: hope you don't like TV. Or lightbulbs. Or phones.

Or Grand Theft Auto.

*raises middle finger*

Baird did some great things, but as far as TV goes, he didn't have anything to do with what TV was and became. Even during his time, almost everyone considered mechanical TV impractical and were well on there way to developing electronic TV. While CRT and other inventions/processes factor in, as far as what we call TV today, Philo T. Farnsworth probably had the most to do with it (though RCA certainly tried its best to destroy him and claim they did all the inventing).

As far as Scots go, I like them and have some of them in my blood. Thank goodness the liking for a lot of deep fired foods has somehow been lost over the generations though.

 

[mint]

The pickles are a nice touch. But I'm just stunned by the size of that burger.

 

[FightyF]

I like how that guy is wearing a white shirt. Seems like the perfect premise for a Tide Bleach ad.

 

[Jim Bowie]

So, do you have to eat all of the condiments? Because I hate pickles and tomatoes.

Well, mostly pickles. Pickles make me barf.

I mean, I think I just wouldn't eat for a couple of days, shit out all of my excrement, and I could get it done.

For those who have eaten there: Are burgers at least tasty?