In his special, ""Terrifying Times,"" Oliver discusses the great symbol of our nation's progress that was Domino's Oreo Pizza (a dessert item that was, as its name would suggest, a pizza made with Oreo cookies), saying it was essentially a big ""fuck you"" to America's enemies. By engineering the Oreo Pizza, Oliver says we told terrorists everywhere, ""there is nothing you can do to us that we are not already doing to ourselves.""
Well then chalk up another blow to al-Qaida, because the new Double Down picks up where the Oreo Pizza left off.
In case you haven't heard of it, the Double Down is KFC's new ""sandwich,"" featuring bacon, cheese and sauce in between… wait for it… two pieces of fried chicken instead of the standard bread bun. Because of how ridiculous it is, KFC has benefitted from a great deal of free Internet marketing over the past few days as people try to wrap their minds around the creation. It would appear as if they know it, too, since a Double Down combo meal (with side and a drink) costs more than $7, making it one of the priciest individual options on the menu.
Describing the experience of a Double Down is difficult —it tastes exactly like you expect it to, like crappy fried chicken wrapped around crappy cheese and crappy bacon. If you like KFC it's decent though one issue the sandwich has is that the cheese is ice cold if you eat it the moment your order is up). That said it is very salty and, overall, unimpressive.
Although the sandwich is expensive, it certainly fills you up—after all, its ""bun"" alone is two chicken breasts. It should be filling, though: with 32 grams of fat and 540 calories, the Double Down isn't saving all its heart attacks for PETA.
Obviously there was no way for the Double Down to live up to its hype, making it a lot like one of Fat Sandwich Co.'s creations: Desirable for the novelty, but ultimately too expensive and not that great. Still, it is worth trying once (and only once) for the experience.
Give it a shot, then sit and wonder where humanity went wrong.
