Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — Double Down
That’s the premise behind Kentucky Fried Chicken’s latest calorie-laden creation: the Double Down Chicken Sandwich, two chicken fillets hugging cheeses, bacon and sauce, sans the bun.
KFC hasn’t released actual caloric counts, but has told media outlets such as the Huffington Post that it estimates the sandwich to weigh in at roughly 600 calories. The Vancouver Sun, however, estimates the Double Down at nearly double that number, with 1,228 calories.
I have no idea why anyone would waste good bacon on KFC chicken fillets, for cryin’ out loud. That sandwich doesn’t even look appetizing. But since you can only get these in Nebraska and RI right now, our bacon is safe.
So spend this weekend grilling corn-wrapped bacon and enjoy life!
h/t Rsmitty and anoni
Tags: Bacon!
Yuck, that just sounds gross. Sorry, there’s no way that thing is only 600 calories.
Even tho I got RSmitty’s heads up on this a few days ago, I should point out that Al Mascitti went to town on this whole concept earlier today…
But this is gross — KFC chicken fillets and cheese that might be lucky to be Velveeta and bacon.
Speaking of bacon, I miss Jason.
As a friend told me, in response to me also sending this news item to him:
No way that’s going to be cheddar! It will be some Velveeta wannabe cheese.
With Steak Tartare on the hoof — ick!
C’mon Cassandra, how else will you know if the beef’s fresh?
Geez, how can I deal with these non-foodies?
I just had a heart attack from looking at a photo of it.
Are there no Whole Foods? (yes I know we are boycotting them)
Are there no Fresh Markets?
Are there no Farmers’ Markets?
Real foodies shop for trendy cuts of grass-fed beef.
a) why are you boycotting Whole Food?
b) There is a nice farmers market on Kirkwood Highway, south of Hooters and across from the YMCA
Anoni – to answer a) it’s because of this article here written by the CEO of Whole Foods:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574342170072865070.html
The article includes statements such as:
While we clearly need health-care reform, the last thing our country needs is a massive new health-care entitlement that will create hundreds of billions of dollars of new unfunded deficits and move us much closer to a government takeover of our health-care system. Instead, we should be trying to achieve reforms by moving in the opposite direction—toward less government control and more individual empowerment.
and
Health care is a service that we all need, but just like food and shelter it is best provided through voluntary and mutually beneficial market exchanges.
More discussion about the statements made can be found here
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/18/the-whole-foods-health-ca_n_262471.html
and
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/08/whole-foods-health-care-reform-scandal.php
More pork than a Bush or Obama “stimulus” plan!
Stimulus:
http://gizmodo.com/5345912/bacon-bra-needs-no-further-explanation
This may lure Jason back.