Interesting. Angus is a breed (like Wagyu, Hereford, Chianina, etc). Sirloin is a cut found on all but the most misshapen cows. Angus is prized for it’s marbling and tenderness. It’s kind of like a lower priced Wagyu for the masses. But a lot of folks think it’s kind of flavor light (certainly compared with a Wagyu or a Chianina). I guess it really depends on what you’re looking for and what your application is. Since you can use pretty much any piece of cow in a burger, I think sirloin is a little more comforting than Angus (you might in fact be getting the Angus’s nether regions), but sirloin is generally a little light on the fat, so I dunno that that’s a sale point either.

FWIW: I don’t get burgers at either anymore. If I want a burger, it’s a restaurant burger or a home made one. It was the passage in Omnivore’s Dilemma about how a McD burger is more a Proustian Madeleine experience than a quality burger that put me off fast food burgers forever. The few I’ve had have been more emblematic of a burger than anything actual.

Hi Max–

Maybe you should eat a McD burger, take to your bed, and write about 800,000 words on the subject.  You could call it In Search of Lost Nutrition.

Cheers–

MRE 

Many thanks for the assessment. I live in Fayetteville, NC, by the way.

I guess I’m more excited about my improved blood profile than you because I didn’t expect such dramatic changes. You’re used to seeing it. It’s still hard, after decades of media brainwashing, to wrap my brain around the fact that removing sugar (carbs) from my diet improved my triglycerides, VLDL etc. I wandered around between dilatante and hedonist, ate much more fat (including bunless Hardees Monster burgers occasionally! lol), and yet my triglycerides dropped over 100 points and VLDL by 25.

To be honest, I was quite skeptical about PP/low-carbing in the first place because these days, due to all the media-enabling controversy and hype, unless one is a medical professional one has no idea who to believe about diet. Your books convinced me to give your approach a try because of how clearly you spell out the effects of chronically elevated insulin levels, and what happens inside the body when insulin is kept low. I also read a good bit of the research you’ve cited. As I stated, I was skeptical. Now I’m a believer. PP clearly lives up to its promises. Many thanks.

Thomas

Hi Thomas–

I’m happy to hear that you’ve done so well.  Keep it up!

Cheers–

MRE 

I remember one featured a woman in skin tight jeans and t-shirt writhing around straddling a mechanical bull on super-slow speed while eating a burger to Foghat’s song “Slow Ride.” The other one involved Paris Hilton in a swimsuit, but I never saw that one.

Not that I’m complaining about either ad, personally…

Yep, those were the ones.  I think they were Carl’s Jr. ads.  I did see the Paris Hilton one, but not the other, so I don’t know if it was Carl’s or Hardees.

Cheers–

MRE 

Mostly pictures of the service, but I plan to go back and get pictures of the whole park.

Thanks, Amy–

I walked across that giant field of graves hundreds of times as a kid.  I used to go swimming in the National Guard pool and had to cross the cemetery to get there, which I did just about every day during the summer.

Best–

MRE 

Very funny ad.

Hi KAZ–

One of my favorite things to do when I’m introduced to someone and I find out that he/she is a lawyer is to say: I hope you’re not one of the 99 percent that make the other 1 percent look bad.

Cheers–

MRE 

Yes, the average American doesn’t care what Angus or Sirloin means, they just want a great-tasting burger. If they can be convinced that one grade or brand of meat is better than another, then they’ll be willing to pay the big bucks for it (that’s how Hardee’s gets away with charging $4 for their Thickburgers!).

As for the lawsuit, Hardee’s needs to get a life! All they are doing is giving more publicity to Jack in the Box–which we know, good or bad, usually works to the benefit of the controversial subject.

Don’t you know the marketing execs for Jack in the Box are laughing their heads off at the corporate offices right about now.

Yep, Carl’s Jr. and Hardees went for it hook, line and sinker.

Cheers–

MRE 

Hi LC–

I don’t know much about cow anuses, but I’ve dealt with a lot of horses anuses in my time.

Cheers–

MRE 

I had a similar thought when I read this story the other week. What better way to keep the rumor that he’s trying to squelch on the front burner?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/23/fired.gossip.ap/index.html

Precisely.  So many people shoot first then try to aim later.

Cheers–

MRE