KFC - Double Down

http://www.sogoodblog.com/2009/08/25/kfc-double/



Yes, it’s a “sandwich” containing bacon, cheese and Colonel’s sauce, with two fried chicken patties serving as the bread. Now some of you may be thinking, “Eick, I thought So Good was supposed to be on the cutting edge? I already read about this someplace else, why didn’t you see this sooner?” Valid question, and one the 15 (no exaggeration) people who have e-mailed me about this new product have asked.

I actually came across this last week, in the form of a post on Food Geekery that dated all the way back to July 28. But do you know why I didn’t write about it right away? I didn’t believe it. Thought it was a fake. A spoof. A hoax. No WAY a national chain is actually using pieces of chicken as buns I thought. Considering it’s been a few months since I broke a major story on So Good, despite having done it quite often last year, I thought this was my golden bullet. I was going to expose the Double Down as a grand and elaborate hoax and reap the traffic benefits as everyone praised So Good for exposing the fraud that was the Double Down. I Googled around. I read and re-read the post on Food Geekery. I freeze framed parts of the commercial on YouTube for clues that it might be a fake. At one point I even thought some of the “evidence” it was a hoax was that one of the actors in the commercial kind of, sort of, looked like one of the sketch comedy actors from Barats & Bereta.

With no clear evidence confirming or denying this products existence beyond the one initial source online, I called the location in Nebraska where Foodgeekery allegedly bought this. No answer when I called twice on Thursday. When I called back on Friday, they did answer, and informed me that yes, they carried the Double Down sandwich. Dammit. I was all primed to be the one that exposed to the world the great hoax that was the KFC Double Down. Alas, I was wrong. Dead wrong. And with that, my motivation to write about it before leaving the office vanished. The weekend awaited. That magical time of sleep, sex, drinking, more drinking, watching baseball and sleeping again. The story would have to wait, because the sandwich is real, and it’s being tested in Nebraska and Rhode Island.

Hell no, my hope on the motorcycle line was an ode to Juandiablo's signature image

Reminds me of my trip to Canada...

McDonalds drive thru
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"Can I take your order?"

Yes, i'll have a Roy-al with Cheese.

"A what?"

A Roy-al with cheese.

"We don't have those here."

You don't?

"No sir."

Well it is the same thing as a 1/4 pounder with cheese but since you use the metric system you wouldn't know what that is.

"Oh, we have 1/4 pounders.

Oh, ok. I'll take one of those then.





True story

No, what is sick is that McDonalds hasn't done this yet and slapped a 1/4 pounder burger patty in the middle.