I think your mate just reduced his lifespan by ~6 years.
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I think your mate just reduced his lifespan by ~6 years.
Like most American fast food, it looks like the beginnings of a heart attackWhat's the KFC Double Down like?
They've refused to sell it over here in the UK
It looks outrageous
They still sell these? I had one or two back when they first came out. For all the hubbub, it's just a double chicken sandwich without bread. No different than a double whopper or wendy's double, just with fried chicken...and no bread to make it messier, I guess?What's the KFC Double Down like?
They've refused to sell it over here in the UK
It looks outrageous
It was thoroughly mediocre, and I think the concept seems more heart-attacky than it is (who only eats one piece of a KFC chicken bucket?). Not to say it's GOOD for you, of course. But massively overrated in the realm of American Food that Can Kill you (where you'll find things like a Luther Burger, or a Hamdog...or generally Southern Food).
I have crafted far, far worse things than this late at night futzing around my kitchen. Though they tasted much better.
Thanks, Gus. I'll have the lasagna special one last time...
Gus is worth a post. A true legend.
“Oh my God!” he says, in a thick Greek accent. “So many people! So many people!”
And he has one last job to do before the doors open: slathering a mixture of melted butter, oregano and garlic onto loaves of bread.
There’s no time left to talk to a visiting reporter on his next-to-last day. Too busy. He points to the closest booth.
“Sit down, sit down — but don’t open the door!”
The lines have been out there since June 2, when the restaurant’s Facebook page told the news: Kostas would be closing on the 10th, “after 41 amazing years in business.”
Its been so busy that Gus ran out of food some days. So he started closing at 4 p.m. instead of the usual 7:30.
http://jacksonville.com/metro/news/...na-kostas-pizza-italian-closes-after-41-years
Sad to hear that Mezz, but he deserves a rest. We had a local establishment close because the owner didn't have any relatives who wanted to keep running it. It was our absolute favorite (but pricey, so we weren't there all the time.) Someone eventually opened a scaled down version for lunch, but it's sad to see a good place close the doors. Hopefully you'll have new inspiration coming soon.
Hah. I thought it looked low on rice.
True dat. Gus had the kind of place that had a TV running in the corner, filled with broke younger folks with little money, small apartment kitchens, and room in the fridge for leftover lasagna after you loaded up on salad and garlic bread. It was cheap, not great, but stick to the ribs red sauce Italian, where you could feed three for a twenty and get change. He was always yelling at somebody in the kitchen, or the TV news. That kind of place. I started eating there when I didn't have two nickels to rub together, and just kept going back for more of that garlic bread and the lasagna special for 6.99.
Like I said, a legend. Catch lots of fish, Gus. Enjoy the trip back to Greece.
What's the KFC Double Down like?
They've refused to sell it over here in the UK
It looks outrageous
No idea. Never had it... I can feel my arteries harden just looking at it.
Q: How do you test for a true Cajun?
A: Point at a field of rice and ask how much gravy you need to cover it...
If you get a plausible answer, laissez Le Bon Temps roulez, baby.
Best response I ever got to a "are those hot?" inquiry was from a Cajun. About 15 years at an old place in Tucson, Rod's KC BBQ (now with the Angels, I think.) ... their hot links were featured in an Arizona mag, so my mother in law suggested them for me.
Ordered them, despite the guy at the counter trying to dissuade me. A middle-aged Cajun man was sitting nearby, overhead, "ah hell, let the kid order 'em."
Order was completed. While waiting I turned and asked him, "Are they hot?"
His deadpan response, "you know you're eating them."
I have actually used that line a couple times since, love how it's sort of vaguely and potentially a warning.
Side note, as a guy who loves hot food, holy hell. 51% awesome - great links, delicious sauce... but 49% PAIN. an hour later felt like someone had microwaved a hockey puck for 20 minute and surgically implanted it in my stomach. Not going to get in to the morning after.
Back in the US of A, been enjoying Sonoran Dogs, Hoagies (aka submarine sammiches/torpedoes) ... and enough craft cerveza i'll probably head out a half-stone heavier at the end of the month.
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I saw that advertised on tv in Florida in 2010, but never saw a KFC to try it.
Kale can be delicious.
Can't preach the gospel of collards out of one side of your mouth and hate kale out of the other. Sukuma Wiki is a fantastic Kenyan dish with kale that I highly recommend.
Now that's out of the way:
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Kale can be delicious.
Can't preach the gospel of collards out of one side of your mouth and hate kale out of the other. Sukuma Wiki is a fantastic Kenyan dish with kale that I highly recommend.
Now that's out of the way:
Macaroni and cheese, bacon and steak sandwich?
Sign me up, where do i try it?
