Cheeseburger ... Cheeseburger ... No Bun

摘要

Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce. That was yesterday. Today, it's more likely hold the bun, but keep the lettuce. Even odds, I reckon, regarding the pickle. Yes, the marketplace has seen some, well, "interesting," differences lately. I'm referring, of course, to the wave-more like a tsunami-of low-carbohydrate food products (or to put it more accurately, products promoting a low-carb lifestyle) out there in the mainstream. Here are just a few examples of what companies have been launching: Burger King's bunless Whopper served on a plate without ketchup and mayo; Hardee's bunless, lettuce-wrapped version of its signature burger; Subway's two wraps, Chicken Ranch and Turkey Bacon, in a thin tortilla; T.G.I. Friday's Cheeseburger Cheeseburger-two burgers with cheese, without fries or bun; Ruby Tuesday's low-carbohydrate cheesecake and other low-carb items; Heinz's low-carbohydrate version of its ketchup called Heinz One Carb Ketchup); Lou Malnati's pizza with crust replaced by sausage; a variety of low-carbohydrate beers (Rolling Rock's Rock Green Light, Michelob's Ultra, and Coor's Aspen Edge); and many other entries too numerous to mention.