The nostalgia tracks.
Also, the food is horribly calorific. The fettuccine Alfredo being mentioned here as one of the favorites is 2040 calories.
That’s almost the entire daily calorie needs of a man and well above that of a woman’s.
Also, the food is horribly calorific. The fettuccine Alfredo being mentioned here as one of the favorites is 2040 calories.
That’s almost the entire daily calorie needs of a man and well above that of a woman’s.
what's scary is 1250 of that comes from fat. That's more fat than 1.5 stick of butter...
I don't know if people realize that.
Can you imagine eating 1.5 stick of butter?
But 2040 kCal is so much that the body will turn the energy into fat even if it didn't start out as fat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluconeogenesis
also, the US government says you should eat a shitload of it, so you can probably just assume it's terrible for you.
I grew up in America, but in an immigrant household that does not use butter. I was mid 30s when I first saw part of a Paula Deen cooking show, and it explained the state of the people I was seeing around the country. She was throwing sticks of butter and cups of sugar into things left and right.