Saturday, July 26, 2008

Super supersize me!

We took a detour on the way home from the Hot Rod Nationals through Collinsville, Illinois (home of the World's largest Tomato Ketchup bottle) to grab dinner at the Lotawata Creek Southern Grill. Since it was a Saturday night & we hadn't booked we ended up waiting about half an hour for a table, but it was worth it. The food tasted great & the portion sizes were huge! I had a 2/3 lb burger which was pretty big by the time it was topped with bacon & two eggs, but just to make sure that I didn't go hungry, the rest of my massive plate was overflowing with french fries. This is just a single restaurant but in a month they grind over three tons of meat (just for the burgers), serve over 25-tons of french fries, use 2000 lbs of butter & 9000 lbs of cheese, & have to buy 5000 Styrofoam containers so that patrons can take home their leftovers!