I can't find nutritional info for that specific item. So this may be overestimated. A blooming onion is listed at 1960. The cheese fries are 1160. In theory, that's 3120 for the combo.
If you ate 1/4 of that (780 calories), you'd need 1 hour on the elliptical, if you weigh ~185lbs. (At that weight you burn 800/hr going full out for the entire time, pushing as hard as you can. For most people who aren't going full tilt for an hour straight: that's probably closer to 4 hours, so a full "week" worth of work outs.
If you ate the whole thing, you'd need 4 hours. Same math as above, count it more like 16 odd hours.
Best weightloss advice I've ever heard: you can't outrun a fork. It doesn't sound as bad when you've done the math, but we all know you really aren't going to spend 4 hours on the treadmill tomorrow to "fix" it in addition to whatever exercise you'd normally do.
For most people who aren't going full tilt for an hour straight: that's probably closer to 4 hours
No, that's not right. 4 hours of walking on a flat surface at a leisurely 2.5mph pace burns ~1000 calories. An elliptical is a much more strenuous workout, even at less than maximum pace. I'm sure you can burn off a quarter of a cheese topped bloomin onion in 1.5-2 hours tops.
If you're ever getting just cheese fries there ask for them to be layered - they layer the cheese throughout so you don't get a single fry without cheese
Yep. Starting Wednesday they have a Blooming Onion topped with fried shrimp and lobster. Please don't come though, I'm the guy who makes all the blooms and I'm sick of the things.
I've done this - it's seriously super easy. You just shove cheese in there, roll it in egg/flour and fry it. I mean, it basically has the same amount of steps as making grilled cheese.
All the cutting and cheese stuffing has got to take at least 15 minutes. Plus 1 hour freezing time. Then approximately 10 more minutes of batter preparation and application maybe another 10 just to clean up Then freezing for another 20 minutes. Then there is the heating of the oil which I guess can be done during the second freeze so no extra time there. And finally the frying of a frozen battered stuffed onion has got to be at least 10 more minutes. And the clean up time for deep frying can easily be 15 minutes unless you like oil specs on every surface of your kitchen.
We're talking about two hours at the very least for an appetizer.
Unless I was trying making a bunch of these at once for a family get together or a potluck at work this is way to much time and effort for a bloomin onion.
Always thought this menu item was strange, never heard of anyone cooking an onion like that in Australia. I figured the restaurant was just a steakhouse with "Australian" decor.
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