Today I saw a press release announcing the introduction of a new sandwich at Denny’s. Part of an updated value menu, the fried cheese melt , composed of four fried mozzarella sticks sandwiched between melted American cheese and two slices of grilled sourdough bread will be served with French fries and a side of marinara sauce. It will cost $4.00.
When I first saw this, my gut reaction was, “What the?!?!” However, to my dismay, I didn’t get the same reaction from the people I forwarded the news to. One person agreed that the idea of putting mozzarella sticks on a sandwich was a bit much and he was actually speechless when he saw the photo. Other folks wondered what my problem was with it—one even commented, “Now that’s my kind of grilled cheese!”
My point is not to pick on Denny’s; they are certainly not the only restaurant offering items such as this on their menu, and, as my grilled-cheese-loving friend proves, Denny’s is probably just giving the customers what they’re asking for. The bigger question is, why are customers asking for these types of sandwiches when, as a nation, we are only getting bigger and sicker?
On the flip side of the coin, I saw a great story the other day about a woman in Vicksburg, Mississippi, who is helping her city shape up. For the last four years, Linda Fondren has been working with her community—she even built a gym that now has 600 members—to help Vicksburg residents save their own lives. She started another initiative late last year that recruited 2,500 people who decided to live healthy; she helped them lose a collective 15,000 pounds in 17 weeks. See Fondren’s story here.
The Healthy Oxford website I blogged about back in June is also now up and running and they’ve already started posting some menus with healthy choices highlighted. Hopefully there are more to come as they make their way around Oxford looking through menus for healthy items.
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Try some of Michelle’s food during the “Eat Your heart Out” event sponsored by Rebel Body Fitness and the American Heart Association. Scheduled to be held at the Powerhouse at 6:00 p.m, Wednesday, August 11, you’ll have the opportunity to sample food from many of your favorite restaurants around Oxford (My Michelle’s, The Bungalow, Mink’s on the Park, Oby’s, Kabuki, Subway, Holli’s Sweet Tooth, Big Bad Breakfast, Applebee’s, Juice Plus). The cost of admission is $5.00.
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