So for the past couple weeks I’ve been seeing commercials for this new sandwich at KFC called the Double Down. It’s 2 chicken patties, cheese, bacon, and special sauce. Oh, and no bun.

Little did I know however, that this sandwich is apparently being tested in Omaha. So I was a little surprised when I found out that it made its way on to various websites this week – most of them taking the same tone I took when I saw the commercial. Namely, “who the hell would eat that?”

Well, this afternoon my AIM lights up with the following:
[1314.40] **: http://consumerist.com/5342699/kfc-has-a-bacon-sandwich-that-uses-fried-chicken-as-bread
[1314.42] **: dude…
[1314.43] **: dude…
[1314.49] **: its in omaha … you HAVE to go and take pictures

So that “who” became me. I trekked back to Omaha and went to the KFC which is incidentally 5 minutes from my parents house, and gave this thing a whirl. Pictures ensue:

As you can see, it is what it is. It’s a double chicken sandwich without a bun. The chicken filets are pretty decent-sized, not those burger-sized things you can buy by the bagful out of the frozen section at your grocery store. It tasted pretty good, but it was a bit of a mess to eat and I’m sure it is going to make my heart explode a good 8-10 minutes earlier than it was scheduled to before. In short, I’d probably eat this again, but with a fork. B-