This is why you're fat
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This is why you're fat is a website
featuring submitted photos of over-the-top and extremely indulgent food creations. The blog
of captioned pictures is subtitled "where dreams become heart attacks," and it has been covered by newspapers in the United States, Canada, and Germany.
It was co-created by Richard Blakeley, Video Editor for Gawker Media
, and Jessica Amason, Viral Media Editor for BuzzFeed. In just over a month since its inception the website had an "astonishing" 10 million page views and its creators are "in talks to create a book version and exploring TV development deals."
s" and "items with no nutritional value
." They have included a 30 kg rice cereal square and other culinary creations with names like "The Homewrecker" (a deep-fried, mega hot dog
with the works) and Meat Cake (a three-layer meatloaf
patisserie
iced with mashed potatoes and ketchup). Highlights of the website have also included the "30,000 Calorie Sandwich" made of minced beef, bacon
, corn dog
s, ham, pastrami
, roast beef
, bratwurst
, Braunschweiger
, turkey
, fried mushrooms, with onion rings and five varieties of cheese, served on white bread, and the Mega Mel Burger made from 1½ pounds of beef, 1 pound of bacon, a quarter pound of cheese and "fixin's".
The dishes pictured caused one writer to be nauseated and to wonder, "How bad could a plate of fried chicken skin be? All the flavor of fried chicken, without the pesky chicken. (Squeal of delight) Is that Spam?!'" The website has also been described as being "pointless" and good for escapism.
The fat
content and health
considerations are a concern, and one humor columnist concluded "you probably shouldn't eat an Oreo
with more than 30 layers of double-stuff cream precariously piled between its two chocolate wafers. Probably."
The foods on the site have also included traditional ethnic dishes, and not simply the "pointless" or "escapist". These include the aforementioned fried chicken skin (gribenes
), khachapuri
, poutine
, Welsh rarebit, and lechon kawali.
Website
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featuring submitted photos of over-the-top and extremely indulgent food creations. The blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
of captioned pictures is subtitled "where dreams become heart attacks," and it has been covered by newspapers in the United States, Canada, and Germany.
It was co-created by Richard Blakeley, Video Editor for Gawker Media
Gawker Media
Gawker Media is an American online media company and blog network, founded and owned by Nick Denton based in New York City. It is considered to be one of the most visible and successful blog-oriented media companies. , it is the parent company for 11 different weblogs: Gawker.com, Fleshbot,...
, and Jessica Amason, Viral Media Editor for BuzzFeed. In just over a month since its inception the website had an "astonishing" 10 million page views and its creators are "in talks to create a book version and exploring TV development deals."
Content of website
The items featured on the thisiswhyyourefat.com website have been described as "culinary FrankensteinFrankenstein
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel about a failed experiment that produced a monster, written by Mary Shelley, with inserts of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first...
s" and "items with no nutritional value
Nutrition
Nutrition is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with a healthy diet....
." They have included a 30 kg rice cereal square and other culinary creations with names like "The Homewrecker" (a deep-fried, mega hot dog
Hot dog
A hot dog is a sausage served in a sliced bun. It is very often garnished with mustard, ketchup, onions, mayonnaise, relish and/or sauerkraut.-History:...
with the works) and Meat Cake (a three-layer meatloaf
Meatloaf
Meatloaf is a dish of ground meat formed into a loaf shape and baked or smoked. The loaf shape is formed by either cooking it in a loaf pan, or forming it by hand on a flat baking pan...
patisserie
Pâtisserie
A pâtisserie is the type of French or Belgian bakery that specializes in pastries and sweets. In both countries it is a legally controlled title that may only be used by bakeries that employ a licensed maître pâtissier ....
iced with mashed potatoes and ketchup). Highlights of the website have also included the "30,000 Calorie Sandwich" made of minced beef, bacon
Bacon
Bacon is a cured meat prepared from a pig. It is first cured using large quantities of salt, either in a brine or in a dry packing; the result is fresh bacon . Fresh bacon may then be further dried for weeks or months in cold air, boiled, or smoked. Fresh and dried bacon must be cooked before eating...
, corn dog
Corn dog
A corn dog is a hot dog sausage coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter and deep fried in oil, although some are baked. Almost all corn dogs are served on wooden sticks, though some early versions had no stick.-History:...
s, ham, pastrami
Pastrami
Pastrami , is a popular delicatessen meat usually made from beef and, traditionally in Romania, also from pork and mutton. In Israel, "Pastrama" is the term used for sliced chicken and turkey. Like corned beef, pastrami was originally created as a way to preserve meat before modern refrigeration...
, roast beef
Roast beef
Roast beef is a dish of beef which is roasted in an oven. Essentially prepared as a main meal, the leftovers can be and are often served within sandwiches and sometimes is used to make hash...
, bratwurst
Bratwurst
A bratwurst is a sausage usually composed of veal, pork or beef. The plural in German is Bratwürste....
, Braunschweiger
Braunschweiger
Braunschweiger is a type of liverwurst which, if stuffed in natural casings, is nearly always smoked...
, turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, fried mushrooms, with onion rings and five varieties of cheese, served on white bread, and the Mega Mel Burger made from 1½ pounds of beef, 1 pound of bacon, a quarter pound of cheese and "fixin's".
The dishes pictured caused one writer to be nauseated and to wonder, "How bad could a plate of fried chicken skin be? All the flavor of fried chicken, without the pesky chicken. (Squeal of delight) Is that Spam?!'" The website has also been described as being "pointless" and good for escapism.
The fat
Fat
Fats consist of a wide group of compounds that are generally soluble in organic solvents and generally insoluble in water. Chemically, fats are triglycerides, triesters of glycerol and any of several fatty acids. Fats may be either solid or liquid at room temperature, depending on their structure...
content and health
Health
Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...
considerations are a concern, and one humor columnist concluded "you probably shouldn't eat an Oreo
Oreo
Oreo is a trademark for a popular sandwich cookie by the Nabisco Division of Kraft Foods. The current design consists of a sweet, white filling commonly referred to as 'cream' or 'creme', sandwiched between two circular chocolate or golden cookie pieces....
with more than 30 layers of double-stuff cream precariously piled between its two chocolate wafers. Probably."
The foods on the site have also included traditional ethnic dishes, and not simply the "pointless" or "escapist". These include the aforementioned fried chicken skin (gribenes
Gribenes
Gribenes or grieven are crisp chicken or goose skin cracklings with fried onions, a kosher food somewhat similar to pork rinds. Gribenes are a byproduct of schmaltz preparation....
), khachapuri
Khachapuri
Khachapuri is a filled bread dish from Georgia. The bread is leavened and allowed to rise, and is shaped in various ways. The filling contains cheese , eggs and other ingredients....
, poutine
Poutine
Poutine is a Canadian dish of French fries and fresh cheese curds, covered with brown gravy or sauce. Sometimes additional ingredients are added.Poutine is a fast food dish that originated in Quebec and can now be found across Canada...
, Welsh rarebit, and lechon kawali.
Expanding offline
In March 2009, it was announced that This Is Why You're Fat signed a book deal with HarperCollins' experimental imprint HarperStudio. The deal, though not public, was rumored to be in the six figure range.Television show rumors
Rumors also swirled that Blakely and Amason are in talks for a potential television show.See also
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- Chicken fried baconChicken fried baconChicken fried bacon consists of bacon strips dredged in batter and deep fried, like chicken fried steak. It is an American dish that was introduced in Texas in the early 1990s...
- Chocolate covered baconChocolate covered baconChocolate-covered bacon is a North American dish that consists of cooked bacon with a coating of either milk chocolate or dark chocolate. It can be topped with sea salt, crumbled pistachio or almond bits. References on the internet date back at least to 2005. The popularity of the dish has spread...
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- Jim GaffiganJim GaffiganJames Christopher "Jim" Gaffigan is an American stand-up comedian and actor.-Early life:Gaffigan was born in Chesterton, Indiana and attended La Lumiere School in La Porte, Indiana. He is the youngest of six children and often jokes about growing up in a large family. He attended one year at...
- Epic Meal TimeEpic Meal TimeEpic Meal Time is a YouTube cooking show known for creating extremely high-calorie meals, generally out of meat products and including alcohol . It debuted in October 2010, and since then has started to release an episode every Tuesday. It is hosted by Harley Morenstein and a group of his friends...