So, I’m watching TV the other night and on comes a commercial. I ignore most of them, but I heard “fried macaroni and cheese” and thought I was hearing wrong. Nope. It was a commercial for TGI Fridays. Not only that, they now have “CRISPY GREEN BEAN FRIES” — Crunchy and crisp battered green beans with a cool creamy Cucumber-Wasabi Ranch dip.”

Now, fried macaroni cheese is a scoopful of elbow macaroni, smothered in fake Velveeta cheese, then covered with batter and deep fried.


Uhhhh …. do they have a paramedic standing by after you eat it to revive you on the way to the hospital for triple bypass surgery?

Our country is obese, let’s face it. Some companies have taken the right steps and no longer off the “supersized” portions of meals. Others still offer double and triple burgers with triple cheese, triple sauce, etc. And, still others are making fried cheesecake a staple on their menus.

Some parts of the USA have fried Twinkies, fried Mars bars and more on their menus. You can get fried ice cream as well.

Why are we on a binge to deep fry ourselves to death? Doctors say fried foods are not good for you as they clog your arteries. Foods with lots of fat, particularly trans fat, are deadly. Manufacturers are rushing to reduce the amount of trans fats in foods since they now have to list it on their packaging, thanks to the FDA. The marketplace is filled with no fat, lower fat, reduced fat and fake fat foods. The diet industry is a multi billion dollar industry.

Then along comes a chain restaurant promoting fried carbohydrate-laden fat.

Yum.