We've posted our share of artery clogging-fair foods before, including the deep-fried Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich, but now KFC's giving them all a run for their money. This heart attack-waiting-to-happen is called the Double Down Sandwich and it's made of two deep fried chicken breasts used as bread for a bacon and cheese sandwich. It's apparently only available in limited areas, so I'm wondering, have any of you Neatorama readers tried it and lived to tell the tale? For those of you who haven't, would you try this delicious, bacony, deathwich?
Link Via Consumerist
I was always confused by your name, but seeing this new product clarifies everything!
As for this? Would I try it? Ummmm. A resounding NO.
The Vortex restaurant in Atlanta served me a daily special once. Once. I think it was called a southern style burger, or something like that. After you find out what it is, you'll realize why I can't remember what it was called. Part of it is still lodged in my brain, another part in my aorta. Okay, so it's a half pound hamburger, served on a huge southern-style biscuit. But don't stop there. It was topped with not one, not two, not three but four strips of deep-fried, thick bacon. But wait, there's more! On top of all that, a heaping helping of sausage gravy! Served with your choice of side or salad. Just kidding, no salad. I chose a huge pile of tater tots. Ketchup? No way, too much like a vegetable. May-yo-naise! Proud to say that I finished the whole freaking thing, and I either survived, or I'm some kind of meat zombie. Please don't tell my health care company that I subjected myself to this, or they may drop me for a pre-existing condition, "willingness to submit himself to self inflicted medical experimentation"
Anyway, it comes out to 858 calories and 62.4 grams of fat
I wouldn't be surprised if that's a conservative calculation though. Judging by the picture, they've made the batter thicker to hold it all together better.
From a purely logistical point of view, that sucker must be a mess to eat and hot as hell on the fingers.
I was a vegetarian for about ten years. During that time, I got used to being an object of curiosity among just about any group of people in which I found myself. My coworkers at the time were particularly baffled. We worked at a building in an industrial park where there weren't many food delivery options, so if someone was going to pick up food for themselves, passing around a menu was just good etiquette.
One thing I constantly encountered (especially with my mom) was that people seemed very concerned that I was able to get enough to eat. Another common reaction was that people would come to me with any information even remotely related to vegetarianism, regardless of its authenticity. As the story I related above.
Im glad the low carb thing is gone or at least fading.
A friend of mine cannot eat gluten and always has her burger on lettuce.
At age 52, I only weigh 8 pounds more than I did when I graduated from high school, and I haven't been to a doctor in about 20 years.
The only thing I use fast food joints for is the restrooms.
But I would SO eat one. Almost never eat junkfood, and that looks... Well sod it I just want the chicken.
You're the sort of person that says all that and one day will just drop down dead. (Jim Fixx immediately springs to mind.)
Krusty the clown
Kudos to KFC, though, for trying something absolutely wacky.
...Pffff....
With all this commotion about this cordon blue in some new form, it is high time for us to drink some gin, smoke a cigarette and build myself a nice reefer to calm the nerves....
Yeah, that's precisely the sort of statement that makes everyone hate vegetarians. So you would dare eat at McMayhem at the risk of clogging up your dainty arteries but you have problem with clogging up their drains with you foul vege-poo. I've been guilty of using fastfood restrooms without buying anything many a time, but that was usually after washing down a massive real burger around the corner where the bathroom had a dead meth-head in it (I had no problem with that - it was just that he was blocking the door).
Bottomline:
The right to abuse restroom privileges is won through self-abuse. You don't have to do it there, but you sure as hell have to do it somewhere. It's karma.
Now go wipe your tears on a piece of lettuce and get to work.
“I only go to fast food places to use the restroom”
Yeah, that’s precisely the sort of statement that makes everyone hate vegetarians. So you wouldn't dare eat at McMayhem at the risk of clogging up your dainty arteries but you have no problem with clogging up their drains with your foul vege-poo. I’ve been guilty of using fast-food restrooms without buying anything many a time, but that was always after washing down a massive real burger with a bottle of whiskey around the corner where the bathroom had a dead meth-head in it (I had no problem with that - it was just that he was blocking the door).
Bottomline:
The right to abuse restroom privileges is won through self-abuse. You don’t have to do it there, but you sure as hell have to do it somewhere. It’s karma.
Now go wipe your tears on a piece of lettuce and get to work.
I wouldn't try this because I can't trust KFC. Not since I found out the grilled chicken is made with beef extracts. Cowchicken?
Seeing your name, must be from Canada.
it explains alot, eh!
Me wonders whom was the more gullible between the Two of you... ;P
Gluck cluck cluck!
Motherfuck KFC.
/troll
Cordon bleu: "Blue ribbon", two slices of Wiener schnitzel filled with cheese and a slice of ham
(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Schnitzel)