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There's definitely an obsession with a good value in America, so everything you find in a restaurant is ultra high in calories. Even seemingly innocuous foods are probably sauteed in pounds of butter and made as criminally unhealthy as possible. It's like they're engineered to make you fat.

That being said, if you're looking to stay inside your clothes while visiting America, avoid eating at restaurants entirely.

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While kind of you to say, we Americans don't put butter on everything because we're looking for a good value.

I know, I was like wait where are these restaurants? I think most places use cheapo oil and margarine.

What I meant was, fat adds to the flavor, and blows up the calories, in turn making you fuller and thus you think you got a good value for your dollar.

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