Carpinteria, Calif. -Carpinteria, Calif., restaurant chain Hardee's has begun serving a gargantuan breakfast item that contains 920 calories and 60 grams of fat.

The Country Breakfast Burrito employs a flour tortilla to hold two-egg omelets filled with bacon, sausage, diced ham, cheddar cheese, hash browns and sausage gravy.

"This is no ordinary breakfast burrito," said Brad Haley, executive vice president of Marketing for Hardee's restaurants. "It's an entire country breakfast in the palm of your hand. It represents the first time that hungry breakfast customers can get eggs, bacon, ham, hash browns and sausage gravy in a portable form that can easily be eaten on the go.
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They should call it the Heart Disease Burrito

Hardee's food is disgusting.

Agree with that!

"It represents the first time that hungry breakfast customers can get eggs, bacon, ham, hash browns and sausage gravy in a portable form that can easily be eaten on the go"


the breakfast burrito was invented long ago- the deli at the grocery store where i shop has the same thing...

This is nothing new, its a convenient way to eat your breakfast on the go w/o carrying or messing with a fork and plate.

Ugh, no thanks.

i saw a thing about this on TV. the hardee's rep was saying that chicks & skinny guys like mcdonalds. hardee's calls this "dude food".

i didnt even know hardees was still open... atleast they all closed in ohio

MMMmmmm that sounds soooo good

I can see it on the menu now - "Hardee's Burito - It'll Hardee your arteriees"

a KFC 2 piece variety meal contains about 1100 calories.

not a surprise to me

I know there's still one in Circleville Oh. Because I go by it about every day.

And I know that's alot of calories. But a meal like that would probably keep your belly full for most of the day. Add in a little daily exercise and you'll be alright.

Why would someone knowingly eat that much fat in one meal?

On RoadFood forum,someone posted a photo of this monster.
Here in Texas i can go to Bill Miller BBQ,El Toro,Taco Sensations,Taco Cabana,or other local mexican places and get breakfast tacos as we call them here.
I can get carne guisada and bean and sausage tacos that probably have less fat than that monster.

Breakfast tacos have been around here for i don't know how long. Course a lot of people aren't lucky like us or the folks,in New Mexico,Arizona,and California.
The nearest Hardee's to me is up in Kerrville,so that's too far to go to buy one.

Count your blessings!

Many who work in the construction and landscape field eat a huge breakfast that will last them through the day and some just work up an appetite after work and eat that in a snap *snaps fingers*

Thank you. I didn't understand what the fuss was about 920 calories, when you could go to other places and find stuff with a lot more. Personally, I wouldn't eat this cause #1: I hate breakfast burritos period, and #2: All of that food together in one sitting is giving me the dry heaves.

Good 'verse

They should just fill up caulk tubes and hand out the guns so people can just directly squeeze the fat into their mouths...

You don't have to buy it

You may not have to buy it or eat it yourself, but with so many countries having obesity problems you'd think that these kind of things would be outlawed. Seriously a company shouldnt be proud of the fact that just one item on its menu contains nearly a third of your calorie intake for a day, regardless of how energetic or whatever you are.

That's not really a big deal...you can have more than that with a decent amount of McDonalds.

I remember when I was a kid I used to have McDonalds for lunch every day. 1 Big Mac, 1 large fries and a large coke...I think that's about 50 grams of fat all up (30 in a Big Mac alone if I recall).

Silly when I think about it...I used to go lie down afterwards because of the inevitable abdominal pains. Had my gall bladder removed a few years back, I think excessive amounts of McDonalds fat is the reason.

it's not the calories that bother me, people will be much happier when they stop counting calories.
everyone should be entitled to pig out at least once in a while and i'm willing to bet there's more calories than that in two slices of pizza.

i feel bad for people who go by recommended serving sizes. i read the back of a french fry bag and saw something alone the lines of " recommended serving size: about 9" for 210 calories, and couldn't help but wonder WHO eats 9 french fries?

but back on topic, i just don't see why anybody would want this much food in the first place, i wouldn't be able to finish it.

"your eyes are bigger than your stomache." i hate that saying, but it seems appropriate.

"Many fast food items are probably bad for you. But which foods are the worst? Try and guess which of the listed fast foods have the most calories. (Please note that this quiz refers exclusively to US fast food chains and menu items.) Bon appetit!"

Take the quiz

Fast food sucks. But if people want to eat it, i couldn't give a sh*t. On a related note, I get annoyed with all those fat knackers blaming McDonalds/the government/whatever on being morbidly obese. It's their own fault, everyone knows if you hoover up cakes and burgers all day every day, you will be enormous. The UK government predicts that 50% of the population will be obese by the middle of the century. Not me.

In the 50s nobody was fat. Stop stuffing your faces, it isn't a disease, it's just greed.

There was this kid in KFC the other day he couldn't have been more than 10 or 11, but he must weighed about 200lbs. He was whining because his food wasn't being made fast enough.......in a fast food place!!!! And meanwhile his mother is out in the van probably practicing her speech for 'mom of the year' award blithly ignoring the fact that her kid is on a one way track to half a lifespan and poor health forever. What is the deal with all these mentally lazy idiot parents, there are no short cuts with kids. If your not mature or smart enough don't have kids its as simple as that.

If you have a petite body and wiegh 135 lbs. with a stomach the size of a golf ball and hardly ever moved a heavy object your whole life, then yes it would be fatal for you to eat this or even suffer in a comatose state for years.

For a stocky built 6 ft. 4 inches lumberjack that wieghs 265 lbs. and works 7 am to 5 pm will consider that burrito a side dish.

One mans meat is another mans poison...

I concur bears quest

If you can't find a Hardee's near you there's ALWAYS a Burger King nearby. I ate one of these one morning (well couldn't eat the whole thing) and felt sick the whole day.
Enormous Omelet Sandwich
730 Calories
1940 gr Sodium
45 gr Fat

I don't understand how guys can eat this stuff! I'm not a 'wilting flower' by any means, and I like my food. But dear god, that's making me sick just thinking about it! Guys must have cast-iron stomachs, or something...... course, come to think of it, I've always referred to the guys I know as 'garbage disposals' cause they'll eat just about anything you put in front of them.....

It's not just fast food. A Stouffer's chicken pot pie has 1800 calories and 80? grams of fat. Sodium is through the roof too.

Oh believe me... I don't eat that crap all the time.. that was the 1 and ONLY time I ate that sandwich.
As far as having a cast-iron stomach... I can eat pretty much anything that isn't loaded with preservatives... otherwise it's heartburn hell for me.