Double Down...of Death?

OK for some reason my friend Steve Shore and I feel it is our duty to you the general public to subject our bodies to various types of "new foods" as guinea pigs for your personal growth. If it says NEW on it we'll try it.

So obviously HOW could I afford to pass on this American delicacy that is the KFC Double Down. This obvious ploy for free advertising from outraged physicians and concerned media nuts beckoned to me as I passed a KFC on my way home. In case you didn't know the Double Down is 2 pieces of chicken pretending to be bread as the hug 2 different types of cheese, 2 strips of bacon, and a mystery sauce.

Now for the obvious - yes it was the greasiest thing I've ever eaten. But to be honest with you it's not as bad as you think. Taste wise yes it as bad as you think unless you like KFC chicken. Because that's all it is. It's 2 greasy, salty pieces of "chicken". If you've ever eaten any chicken at KFC you've eaten the Double Down, the only difference is you're eating it all at once.

Honestly my biggest complaint was it was the saltiest thing I've ever eaten. As if the chicken was salty enough they slap on salty bacon. I really didn't taste the bacon - just the salt. Mystery sauce - couldn't taste it. Cheese - barely tasted it (although it was the strongest cheese I've ever seen. It refused to melt even between 2 scalding hot pieces of chicken.

Yes I probably shaved 5 years off my life. Yes I didn't feel good the second I finished it. But all of the above would have happened no matter what I would have eaten at KFC.

If you like KFC you'll love the Double Down. If you like chicken (the greasy kind not that healthy stuff, although they do give you the option of grilled...) you might like the Double Down. If you lost a bet and/or drunk you might like the Double Down.

But don't buy the hype - it's just like eating everything all at once. I'm just proud to say I will get to be a part of what is sure to be a class-action lawsuit in the making.