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In case you haven’t heard about it already, Kentucky Fried Chicken<\/a> has introduced the Double Down. This sandwich consists of of two breaded, fried chicken breasts masquerading as the bun, with bacon, processed pepper jack cheese and the “Colonel’s Sauce” in between.<\/p>\n

If you want more on the nutritional catastrophe that this bunless wonder is you can read about it here<\/a> and here<\/a>. These articles also include the pretty, food-styled look that KFC is trying to sell. My picture is the actual look, albeit taken with a cell phone.<\/p>\n

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KFC's Double Down<\/p><\/div>\n

So, yes, I took the plunge and ate a Double Down. Let me qualify this by saying, I didn’t pay for it, nor did I seek it out. I did not enter a KFC restaurant. But when the opportunity to try one arose, being an “I’lll try anything” kind of girl, I decided to go for it.<\/p>\n

So you’re saying, “How was it already?!” In a word, salty. Really that was my first and most persistent feeling about it. It also makes sense given you’re getting about a day’s worth of sodium from the thing with no bread to counteract it. Other than that, it was unimpressive. I didn’t feel overwhelmingly ill after eating it, mostly just sluggish.<\/p>\n

If it had been combined with fries though, it might have been the end of me. Also, I don’t know if it’s because it wasn’t super-fresh, but more crispiness in the bacon might have improved it for me, maybe.<\/p>\n

One other thing, it was almost impossible to eat the thing without getting grease everywhere, either from the paper it was wrapped in (which was practically see-through from the oil) or the “chicken bun.”<\/p>\n

So as much as KFC chicken is a once-every-couple-of-years guilty pleasure, I can’t say the Double Down will be on my order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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