{"id":4632,"date":"2011-04-01T06:48:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T20:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=4632"},"modified":"2011-04-01T06:48:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T20:48:27","slug":"the-kfc-double-down-burger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=4632","title":{"rendered":"The KFC Double Down Burger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2854\" title=\"tagfood\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfood.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfood-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I first read about the KFC Double Down burger about a year ago on the Internet.\u00a0 It gained a certain measure of noteriety for being one of those ridiculously excessive and unhealthy American fast food meals you read about and can&#8217;t quite believe exists in this day and age.\u00a0 For the uninitiated, it is a bacon and fried cheese sandwich where the buns are replaced with two pieces of fried chicken.\u00a0 Garnish it in a generous layer of BBQ sauce and you&#8217;re good to go.\u00a0 This thing probably has enough calories for your entire week.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, they came to Australia and as a joke, one of my colleagues went out and bought about five of them for the office.\u00a0 After succumbing to some peer pressure, I ended up trying one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kfc02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4633\" title=\"kfc02\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kfc02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kfc02.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kfc02-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is probably some of the most homo-erotic food packaging I&#8217;ve ever seen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kfc01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4634\" title=\"kfc01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kfc01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kfc01.jpg 630w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kfc01-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Double Down in all its glory.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So how does it taste?\u00a0 In a word, revolting.\u00a0 Everyone has had KFC at some stage in their life but to slather it with bacon, cheese and BBQ sauce is a step too far.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a bit like having a slice of the Meatosaurus pizza from Dominos and spreading some nutella on it.\u00a0 I think partly by taste and partly by conditioning, I just couldn&#8217;t get my head around the idea of someone actually eating this out of genuine pleasure as opposed to a dare from some mates.<\/p>\n<p>It makes me wonder what sort of look my work colleague got when he ordered five of them at the counter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first read about the KFC Double Down burger about a year ago on the Internet.\u00a0 It gained a certain measure of noteriety for being one of those ridiculously excessive and unhealthy American fast food meals you read about and can&#8217;t quite believe exists in this day and age.\u00a0 For the uninitiated, it is a 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