Fattiest Foods in the U.S.: From New Mexico to South Carolina

Junk Food is America's favorite 'past time' and this is the main reason for so many overweight people

The least but one list of states and their fattiest foods is presented to you right now. What you have to keep in mind is that all these foods have so much fat in them, that you’ll instantly feel heavier with some extra pounds. Only the though of them can make you feel fat. Still, they are very delicious and people seem not to be able to stop eating them. Let’s see the next 10 states on the list: New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Carolina.

1. New Mexico: Frito Pie. The dish was invented somewhere at the beginning of the 1930s and has become the New Mexican staple. Although the original recipe had chili ladled onto a small bag of Fritos, chains of restaurants around the country have added to this old recipe some new things. Still, most recipes include Fritos corn chips, beef, beans, onion, cheddar cheese, lettuce, and tomato, which brings to the table around 60 grams of fat!

New Mexico's famous and very delicious, yet full of fat, Frito Pie

2. New York: Garbage plate. The beginning of this dish has its roots at Rochester, N.Y. eatery Nick Tahou Hots, and dates 1918. The original dish had a mess of potatoes, beans, meat, onions, mustard, and sauce, but now the recipes vary and it can contain home fries, macaroni salad, baked beans or French fries, topped with choice of meat (hamburger, cheeseburger, hot dog, sausage, chicken tender, fish, fried ham), and drenched in mustard, onions, and hot sauce, which can get to about 3 pounds of food. How much fat? As much as 203 grams!!!

New York's famous Garbage plate

3. North Carolina: Livermush. It does, it does look at bad as it sounds! However, locals have fallen head-over-heels for the fatty fare, even celebrating an annual Livermush Expo. What it contains is pig liver, assorted other pig parts (usually fatty), cornmeal, pepper, salt, which bring to the table an amount of 30 grams of fat.

North Carolina's weird looking and weird-sounding, Livermush

4. North Dakota: Fleischkuechle. You may not know what it means, but German immigrants know for sure. This is a meat patty smothered in a fried dough wrapping, and recipes use eggs, flour, and sometimes buttermilk to make the dough, and the filling is made of beef, onion, salt, and pepper. One serving of this German special has about 19 grams of fat.

North Dakota's German origins, Fleischkuechle

5. Ohio: Bob Evans’ Sausage Biscuit Bowl. The Bob Evans chain of restaurants is active in 19 states and it has been alive since 1948. This dish is served for breakfast and Bob Evans is known for these sorts of things. This dish consists of home fries, eggs, sausage gravy, sausage, cheddar cheese, scallions, margarine, in a biscuit bowl and it brings to the breakfast table around 89 grams of fat, which is a bit more than you need from a breakfast.

Ohio's Bob Evans’ Sausage Biscuit Bowl breakfast dish

6. Oklahoma: Chicken fried steak. Although the dish is associated with Texas, it has been labeled as a state dish since 1988, for Oklahoma. Makers use beef, egg, milk, salt, pepper, flour, but some recipes use additional ingredients like buttermilk or chicken broth. How much fat? Around 26 grams, which is not as much as others’, but it’s more than enough!

Oklahoma's Chicken fried steak

7. Oregon: Brunchbox’s Redonkadonk. As you have seen up till now, Oregon is not the only state that serves artery-clogging burgers. This one can be purchased at BrunchBox, a popular food vendor cart. What’s in it? Egg, ham, Spam, bacon, and American cheese on a beef patty, between two grilled-cheese sandwiches on thicker-than-normal Texas Toast bread in the place of a bun. And how much fat does it cost you? Well, around 72 grams!

Oregon's Brunchbox’s Redonkadonk

8. Pennsylvania: Philly cheesesteak. The dish was invested in the 1930s and it has been labeled as the most iconic food of the state. Besides the fact that is the most famous, it is also the fattiest. Gathering beef, cheese (often Cheeze Whiz), and onions on a long roll, this 6-inch Philly cheesesteak has around 45 grams of fat to offer.

Pennsylvania's famous and very delicious Philly cheesesteak

9. Rhode Island: New York System Hot Wieners. Invented in the 1930s by the father-son team Anthony and Nicholas Stevens, this is a regional favorite, and it is imitated by vendors and eateries throughout the state. What’s it all about? Well, a beef hot dog drenched in yellow mustard, onions, celery salt, and ground-beef sauce which bring to the table around 28 grams of fat, plus the additional quantity given by the fatty sauce.

Rhode Island's most famous New York System Hot Wieners, which are famous all around the country

South Carolina's weird Turducken, which has a chicken in a duck in a turkey

10. South Carolina: Turducken. If you want a real Thanksgiving meal, go and buy a Turducken, which is a turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken. Weird combination, huh? Still, it’s South Carolina’s favorite and rumor has it that it was invented at a plantation in South Carolina. The ingredients are turkey, chicken, and duck; often also contains stuffing, frequently made with cornbread and pork sausage and it can get to about 118 grams of fat in home-made versions of the recipe.11