I just found out that KFC is making a sandwich called the Double Down sandwich. This item includes two pieces of fried chicken in lieu of a bun, then cheese and bacon as the filling, topped with Colonel’s Sauce, whatever that is. Perhaps fortunately for me, KFC has no plans, as of yet, to bring the “sandwich” to the UK. Now, I am going to say “I don’t mean to nit-pick”, but really I do; I am pretty sure the definition of the word sandwich consists of a sentence roughly stating “anything between two or more pieces of bread.” I guess KFC is altering it to read “anything between two or more pieces of bread-ed chicken.”

I can only assume the original idea was to eliminate the carbohydrates from the bun to appeal to those people who subscribe to an Atkins style low-to-no carb diet. But the fact that the chicken is fried, and the bacon is fried, and the cheese is sandwiched between several fried items, surely points to it being pretty damn bad for you. In fact, this “sandwich” reportedly has 1,228 calories! KFC only claims 540 of these, but some research would suggest a higher figure, and I am inclined to believe that. But the good news is, if anyone out there is worried about not getting enough sodium in their diet, you can get a full days worth with just one of these babies.

I suppose it’s not as bad Wendy’s Double Baconator with Cheese (a treat that some of my friends made up in my last year of university by requesting double the contents of a regular Baconator with Cheese), which roughly came out to four hamburger patties (equalling 1lb of beef), 12 pieces of bacon, and four slices of cheese, on a bun. The fun part was watching the eaters suffer from mild paranoia (heartattackaphobia) and meat sweats after consuming the beast of a meal; not to mention their self imposed rule of “if they ask you to Biggie size, you have to say yes.”

This crazy KFC concoction also reminds me of the 7-Eleven invention, the P’EatZza, which is basically a sandwich using slices of pizza instead of bread, which kind of sounds like something Michelangelo from the Ninja Turtles would invent. I think I have only been in a 7-Eleven once in my life, so I don’t even know if they are still making these, and I don’t really care either way, but I do have a question; is the bottom piece of pizza face down so you can see that it is a pizza with toppings and not just a triangular piece of bread? Or, is it face up, with the toppings inside the sandwich area? If yes, then isn’t it just a cheese and pepperoni sandwich, with tomato sauce, and a piece of pizza on top? Think about that 7-Eleven!

And, as a bonus, if anyone else is interested in ridiculous food concoctions, check out this website http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/ – some of my favourite items include the cupcake with donut topping and the inside-out meatball with spaghetti in the middle!