I’ve wondered for a while about what motivates Guy Fieri to foist these fearfully unhealthy and bad-tasting foodstuffs on the public. There are easier ways to make a buck, so I’ve narrowed it down to “hostility” and “pure evil.”
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Pointless effort. There’s no topping the Ukrainians and their chocolate-covered hog-lard slabs.
That dude has every hallmark of being a douchebag.
There’s a review of his new NYC restaurant which is hilarious, and impressive in that I have never seen a restaurant reviewed that snarkily.
The “Big Texan” was the 1st eating challenge on MvF.
people who were going crazy over the ‘double down’ have no concept of calories etc. youre taking away 2 pieces of bread and adding 1 piece of chicken. that’s actually probably healthier for a lot of people’s diets.
I think it simply means “US defeats the Roman empire.”
There are people who are so irritated by sanctimonious preaching about the evils of eating anything with so much as a milligram of fat/salt/flavor that I would not be surprised by backlash as a motivation.
Memo to US Americans: Australia isn’t in Europe. Neither is New Zealand. There are quite a few first-world (and many more developing) nations outside of Europe that are also making fun of fat Americans. Just say “rest of the world” instead of “Europe” in future, and you’ll be more accurate and less irritating.
Sorry, it only gets as far as internet midget porn and first person shooters this time around. Budget crisis, standards falling everywhere, have to make more with less, I’m sure you understand.
Bernie’s Burger Bus offers this delicacy:
The folks who have actually eaten one are so few that they are listed on the website. The item mostly functions to make those of us ordering one of the more moderate selections feel virtuous. By refusing the Truffle Laced Hand-Cut Fries w/ Parmesan and Green Onions, Bleu Cheese Fries with Applewood Smoked Bacon and Green Onions or the Chili Cheese Fries with Homemade Chili, TX cheddar and Chipotle Aioli–we’re practically dieting!
I’m sorry, I’m having trouble parsing that sentence - are we talking about wheels of cheese grilled on a grill meant for applewood smoked bacon ? Grilled cheese wrapped in applewood smoked bacon ? Applewood smoked cheeses grilled as if they were bacon, or with bacon, or on grills meant for bacon ? What ?
I’m pretty sure that’s grilled cheese and bacon sandwiches used as the upper and lower “buns” of the burger.
Yes this. Not that I’m going to argue that the double down is fine, healthy dining, it’s no worse than a “chicken finger” appetizer at any restaurant.
People forget how many calories are in bread. When I make a ham sandwich, unless I really layer it on, there are often more calories in the bread than in all the filler.
Those are ungodly good.
I know some folks who have had the Detention just to say they’ve had it. Needed to split it between 2 or 3 people, though, just due to the amount of grease. In terms of amount of food, it’s less than the 1lb burgers you can get at a Fuddrucker’s, though not too many people order those, either.
And yes, it’s two grilled bacon+cheese sandwiches used as buns for 2 regular burger patties.
No truer words have been typed than these.
N.B.: Rome didn’t fall from orgies and overindulgence – that was early-Empire stuff, out of fashion by the time of the Antonines, and completely unacceptable after the Empire went Christian. (Gladiatorial games survived well into the Christian period, however.)
When Raisa Gorbachev visited an American grocery store she left in tears after seeing all the excess of products in the US, but which her own country doesn’t have. So part of it is because America really is the Land of Plenty (imo).
that’s the thing. As much as I get the humor of sites like “thisiswhyyourefat.com,” the reality is that novelties like Luther burgers or the thing in the OP isn’t why. It’s because too many people feed themselves and their kids from the frozen food section of the grocery store, and consume too much soda. Which is why the rampant fucktardery like trying to ban Happy Meals or other idiocy is pointless. A Happy Meal is no worse for your kid than a meal of Ore-Ida tater tots and Tyson chicken nuggets.
When the KFC Double Down was introduced and a lot of people criticized it, someone pointed out that it’s similar to a Chicken Cordon Bleu.