Slam junk - Food Porn - Brief Article

"Two hotcakes, two eggs, two bacon strips, two sausage links, and too famous for words."

That's how Denny's menu describes the Original Grand Slam Breakfast. You get roughly 1,300 calories, three-quarters of a day's saturated fat, and a day's sodium for just $5.59.

Now the Slams are spreading. You can get a whole day's sat fat in the All-American Slam (three eggs plus cheddar cheese, hash browns or grits, two strips of bacon, two sausage links, and bread). The French Slam will set you back 1,260 calories. The Farmer's Slam (three eggs with sausage, hash browns, peppers, and onions, all topped with gravy and cheddar cheese, plus two hotcakes, two bacon strips, and two sausage links) tops 1,400 calories. So does the Lumberjack Slam.

At least Denny's did one thing right. Its Slim Slam (Egg Beaters egg substitute with one slice of grilled ham and two hotcakes with fruit topping) means a mere 600 calories and three grams of sat fat.

A big breakfast used to mean either eggs and bacon or pancakes and sausage or an omelet and hash browns. The Slams put the whole shebang on one plate.

Dennys: (800) 733-6697.

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