As Junior reported here, on April 1, I got an e-mail from KFC (I don’t remember why I’m on their mailing list… probably something to do with e-coupons which I don’t use because I refuse to install a program on my computer in order to print them). The e-mail stated that, “The KFC Double Down is Real! No fooling.”

I showed the picture of the “sandwich,” which has bacon, cheese, and “special sauce” between 2 chicken breasts (instead of bread) to my co-worker. I was expecting his reaction to be disgust, but instead, he said he was interested! So today, 6 of us from work made a pilgrimage to KFC for lunch.

Only 2 of the 6 of us (myself included) were brave enough to “Double Down.”

The good: It was meaty! I was literally surprised by the weight. And I was FULL after eating it.

The bad: The price. The meal cost $6.99 + tax. My “normal” KFC meal costs only $4.25.

The ugly: It was greasy (are you surprised?). It had a wax paper wrapper so I didn’t have to touch it, and I still used 2 napkins. And I’m an efficient napkin user!

Here was the real disappointing thing… I couldn’t taste the insides! There was SO much chicken, that it overpowered the other ingredients! So I basically had a bunch of chicken for lunch!

Overall, 4.5 stars out of 10. I’m glad I conquered it, but I won’t be going back for seconds…

Just had to share this one… was at Burger King today. The guy behind me in line ordered (for himself) two Double Whoppers.

Nutrition info, if you’re interested:

• 1840 calories
• 116g fat
• 38g saturated fat

“But my guess is that most restaurant owners wouldn’t have the vaguest idea about how to flush those machines, or that they would even need too,” said Godard.

Microbiologists not involved in the study weren’t surprised of coliform colonies in the soda fountain machines.

“Wherever man is there will be representation of feces,” said Philip Tierno, director of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology at New York University Langone Medical Center.

“We’re basically bathed in feces as a society,” he said.

Yes, some people would describe Domino’s Pizza as offensive, but that’s not exactly what I mean.

Domino’s recently discovered what the rest of America has know for some time – their pizza sucks.  But, instead of crying about it, they decided to reinvent their product.  Bold move.

Even bolder move – their new ad campaign.  They don’t even try to defend the old pizza.  The message is, “yes, our old pizza tasted like cardboard – try the new stuff.”  In fact, I think the word cardboard is invoked about 20 times in this video.

I haven’t tried the new pizza yet.  I don’t even know if we have a Domino’s around here.  But I will try it soon, if only to reward a company for being straightforward with their customers.

via Hot Air, where Allah gives the new pizza a B+.

If you took all of the Sesame Seeds from the top of all of the Big Macs sold in one year, the seeds would weigh more than two 747 Jumbo Jets.

In related news, I’m hungry.

Source: The Best Modern Marvels Ever.  (Fast Food Tech)

Sonic was running a chicken strips basket that came with chicken strips, your choice of tots or fries (like that’s really a choice), country gravy, texas toast, a (singular) onion ring, and a drink for $3.99.  Compare that to DQ’s chicken strips, fries, gravy, and toast for the same $3.99, and you’d think Sonic would win on value alone.  But, alas… Sonic lost big points in the ‘taste’ category.  The chicken wasn’t very tasty, the gravy was bland, and the toast was soggy.  The tots, onion ring (nice touch) and drink couldn’t save it, though.  In battle “chicken strips box” I give the prize to DQ.

Good news for Sonic, though.  They brought back the Brown Bag Special (2 burgers, 2 fries or tots, and 2 drinks for $7.99) and there is NO WAY DQ can beat that!

I have been sitting on this since last week, never quite sure if it was true or not. Now that Fox has picked it up, it must be true. Right?

I can honestly say, without shame or embarrassment, that I want to have children with this sandwich.

I do have one request for KFC, and that is for more bacon. Seriously, only two slices? I think, nay, I know you can do better.

Oh yeah, baby! I can’t think of anything more perfect than a breakfast chalupa.

According to one of the stories, they are piloting the program right here in AZ. But I don’t know where.

And even more surprisingly, Jermaine from 1-800-TACO-BELL doesn’t know where either.

This calls for a reconnaissance mission.

But worry not fellow TB lovers, plans are ready for a nationwide rollout in the next year or so.

…and again it’s fast food related. Here are some old ones in case you missed them.

This time, a man and his 2 friends called 911 because they , “paid $10 and these guys gave me one burger and fries — that’s it, man.”

After being told that wasn’t an emergency, did it end? No.

They called back. They said they wanted a cop there, or they’d sue 911.

You are going to sue our office because you’re calling 911 and they didn’t give you the correct food?

By this time, they were making such a scene that others called 911 about them.

But it doesn’t end there. They decided to up the ante.

The caller said, “Oh my God, the lady at McDonalds has a gun pointed at my head. Send a cop right now.”

Mickelson [the dispatcher] asks, “Does she have a gun pointed at your head?”

“Yup. You’re going to send me a cop,” demands the caller.

“Yes, I’m going to send you a cop. What’s your name?” asks Mickelson.

“My name is Jeremy Martin. Send me a cop right now!” the caller said.

There was no gun but there was a Jeremy Martin.

Martin, 23, was arrested for improper use of 911.

On a related PSA note:

With Fourth of July fast approaching dispatchers warn everyone not to call 911 with noise complaints; police won’t respond to them.

Also, it’s 4th of July, so live with it. Or, as Jeff’s neighbor would put it, “grow up.”

Source: NBC, then the first link I could find

A few weeks ago I wrote about the new bacon at Wendy’s. The review was not positive.

My consumption of breakfast food in general is limited to times when I have to wake up and drive The Wife^® somewhere. Today it was the airport. And as Wendy’s is the only place that’s really between The 10 and my house, I swung by again.

It was a different story this time. That new bacon was good. Very good by fast food standards. Crispy, thick, and actually flavorful. And this time, instead of one piece ripped in half, I got enough to actually cover the whole biscuit.

I’m convinced that last time, despite the major promotional campaign that was going on, some moron manager tried to use up their supply of the old bacon before moving on to the new stuff. Because let me assure you, there is no confusing the new and old bacon.

So, I revise my review, fellow bacon lovers. Try the new stuff at Wendy’s. I won’t go so far to say you won’t be disappointed, but I will say that I wasn’t.