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Thin pitch, fat sandwich

Loading up on veggies and cheese and other local munchies

By Dave Faries
Staff Writer, The Prague Post
February 21st, 2007 issue

Jan Přerovský/THE PRAGUE POST
Tongue-in-cheek advice from a sandwich label, although you will probably enjoy it.
The new vegetarian offering from Crocodille, the ubiquitous sandwich company, is a roasted-tomato concoction that proudly proclaims “Enjoy Your Diet” right on the label. The composition of nut bread, roasted tomatoes, cheese (two kinds), cranberries and greens seems like just the thing for calorie-conscious nibblers. Yet the package weighs in at 282 calories per 100 grams (3.5 ounces) — a monster compared to Crocodille’s timid turkey club (147 calories), which contains bacon, and even beating out its popular tuna and egg sandwich (264 calories).
Granted, there’s no meat in the new sandwich, but there’s loads of cheese. And at 17.4 grams of fat, it tops McDonald’s burger (9 grams for a 105-gram sandwich) and cheeseburger (12 grams for a 119-gram sandwich) — at least, according to Mickey D’s Web site. Arguably, Crocodille’s fat is better for you than what clogs the blood vessels of the Golden Arches’ adherents, and the chemical composition is quite different — very little, if any, of Crododille’s flavor comes from New Jersey laboratories. Still, when it boils down to numbers, the famed Quarter Pounder (sans cheese) barely nudges Crocodille’s roast tomato, weighing in at 18 grams.
And, calories aside, the roasted tomato sandwich tastes pretty good.
Painting the town red
Don’t forget the annual Invasion of the Lobsters at Corinthia Towers Hotel, this year March 9 at 7:30 p.m. As the title suggests — well, kind of — it’s an all-you-can-eat feast for the bib-wearing set. Prices started at 1,950 Kč ($90.40), but increase 25 Kč each day starting, oh, 21 days ago. Which means, in this case, time really is money. Call 261 191 103 for reservations, as soon as possible.
Celebrity endorsement
With the recent release of Rocky XXIII, or whatever Sly Stallone is calling the latest iteration of his loveable-oaf franchise, it seems an appropriate time to mention that when the film’s producer, William Chartoff, was in town last fall, he called to rave about the ribs at Bredovský dvůr.
Vast wasteland
The problem with those fancy flat-screen TVs adorning the walls at so many bars is that, in the absence of a major sporting event, they are generally relegated to background art. To fill the downtime, this week Jáma and The Pack are starting a program of English-language prime-time pablum:
Mondays
7 p.m. Battlestar Galactica
9 p.m. Desperate Housewives
Tuesdays
7 p.m. Heroes
9 p.m. 24
Thursdays
9 p.m. Lost
If only it were Hogan’s Heroes and The Land of the Lost. Anyway, those expensive contrivances can now do for Prague what they do best in the States — increase Ritalin sales.
Final (slurred) words
About a week before last summer’s heat wave finally dissipated, a reader e-mailed asking about the availability of cold summer soups. Last week he sent along a follow-up missive, saying not to worry, he’d found a place — on Feb. 1. The best part? A placard outside advertised it as a warm-weather treat. As he put it: “Czech humor? What a great country.”

Dave Faries can be reached at dfaries@praguepost.com


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