McDonalds hero?

Charles Ramsey is a hero. He saved three women and a little girl who were being held hostage in Cleveland. When questioned, he said that he did this while holding a half eaten big mac because he saved them right after going to McDonalds. In response to this major marketing opportunity, McDonalds tweeted "We salute the courage of Ohio kidnap victims & respect their privacy. Way to go Charles Ramsey - we'll be in touch." Unfortunately for Micky D's however, soon after they posted this tweet Ramseys charges for domestic violence, burglary and drug abuse, and his jail sentence back in 2003 were uncovered.

Click here, and here to see the story on CNN and CNN money.

Shrimp

Do you love shrimp? Well apparently so does the rest of America. May 10 is national shrimp day. Just eat shrimp anyway you possibly can. Boil it, fry it, grill it, whatever suits you. 

Here are some good shrimp tips to make your tastebuds dance and really celebrate this minor holiday:

1. cook the shrimp, then drizzle melted butter all over it
1. put a little piece of butter in a bowl and put the bowl in the microwave
2. cook the shrimp, then cover it in alfredo sauce
3. put your teeth right at the end of the flesh so you get as much meat as possible without any tail
4. cover the shrimp in hot sauce
5. if you put all the shrimp in a bowl after cooking it, a puddle of shrimpy juice should collect at the bottom, dip the shrimp in that puddle for extra flavor

Here is the article on CNN.

Pizza

There's a "rumor" going around the world that americans are the fattest people on the planet. I recently went on google trends and found something that cracked me up. Google trends is a function of google that tells you what the most searched items on the popular search engine. I wanted to see what the top 10 searches were in the United States in 2013 in the "Food and Drink" Category. I was amused to find that four of the items on that list were "pizza", "pizza hut", "dominos", and "papa johns" in that order. Check it out for yourself here.

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McDonald's Nutrition Round-up

McDonald's new nutrition facts are here, or at least they're now effective (even though this list was made in 2010). I won't be comparing the changes for the most part, but as of right now I can say for sure the "Big Mac", Mickey D's flagship burger, has gone up 10 calories. (I have the old Nutrition Facts archived on my desktop. Anyway here are some of the top Wackdonald's unhealthy and somehow not-so-unhealthy meals.


Big Mac

550 cal
29 grams fat (10 saturated, 1 trans)
970 mg sodium


Angus Bacon & Cheese
790 cal
39 grams fat (18 saturated, 2 trans)
1990 mg sodium


Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese++
750 cal
43 grams fat (19 saturated, 2.5 trans)
1280 mg sodium

McChicken
360 cal
16 grams fat (3 saturated)
800 mg sodium







Chicken McNuggets (4 piece) 

190 cal
12 grams fat (2 saturated)
360 sodium

I'll let you guys be the judge on the healthiness for now just the facts... for now.
                                                                          -- Jason