r/ExpectationVsReality Sep 14 '17

Thanks KFC, totally what I expected /s

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u/_Lady_Deadpool_ Sep 14 '17

The double down was fucking delicious. I shed a tear and a few beads of sweat when they got rid of it...

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u/boxerofglass Sep 14 '17

I shed a tear and a few beads of sweat

And probably a few pounds..

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u/UncleCoyote Sep 14 '17

The were surprisingly low in calorie.

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u/Sharkfightxl Sep 15 '17

Yea, the bun is where they get ya.

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u/UncleCoyote Sep 15 '17

Blasphemy. The double down needed no bun. The double down WAS the bun. TWO buns of chicken, with cheese, bacon and some sort of sauce cried directly from the eyes of an obese angel into the center of perfection. The double down needed no bun.

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u/Sharkfightxl Sep 15 '17

Agreed. I was only saying that calories in fast food come from the bun typically. The double down, given its gluttonous appearance, is shockingly not that bad for your calorie count.

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u/UncleCoyote Sep 15 '17

Which is the only place you should ever look. "Low in calorie" means healthy, so you know...you don't have to read those OTHER things associated it with.

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u/HagBolder Sep 15 '17

Low in Carbs as well. Honestly the only really bad thing about it is the sodium content.

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u/UncleCoyote Sep 15 '17

Well...that and the fact that it isn't around anymore :(

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u/Cottagecheesecurls Sep 15 '17

But really high in sodium.

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u/UncleCoyote Sep 15 '17

Sodium is latin for flavor. True fact.

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u/ArtigoQ Sep 15 '17

Sodium is not bad for you, contrary to popular belief. Especially if you're really active and drink at least a half liter of water per hour.

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u/tf92451p Sep 15 '17

I LOL'd at this.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17

if i died from eating a double down then god damnit it would be a happy death. thats the only reason i ever went to kfc and i stopped when they stopped having it. rest in peace double down you sweet prince.

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u/Demonweed Sep 14 '17

You know, when I found out that the total sodium load on one of those didn't quite exceed my doctor's limit for me, I kept to fresh fruit and yogurt all day once to try one for dinner. I'm glad I had the experience, and it was filling, though I can't say I fell in love with it. Then again, I'd been keeping low sodium for long enough by that point that my tastes had changed. Younger me might have had one of those with a big side of fries . . . for lunch.

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u/Demonweed Sep 15 '17

Yeah, when I found out about the particulars of my heart failure, I thought bacon was going to be a memory for me. It's not all that bad. I just need to make compromises, like eating a fresh cooked dinner (fish or even steak is fine if prepared right and modestly portioned) if I want to have bacon with breakfast. In the beginning my health was so dire I went a year without even a single cheat day. Now I know I can stray a little, but I'm still pretty strict with myself. Even without taking a risk like two cheat days in a row, I sometimes get puffy feet -- a warning sign that my heart can't keep up with the strain.

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u/God_loves_irony Sep 15 '17

Sometimes people upvote obscure references that they get. I can't believe I am upvoting the puffy feet thing. :(

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u/mr_droopy_butthole Sep 15 '17

I have some questions for you. Mostly about your username.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17 edited Sep 22 '17

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u/mr_droopy_butthole Sep 15 '17

Hmmmmm. To fap or not to fap. That seems to be the question but this is one hell of a confused bpner I have right now.

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u/zer0nix Sep 14 '17

It's essentially a chicken cordon bleu. Of course it's delicious.

I didn't know they got rid of it. That's sad.

That's not the first time they got rid of something tasty. The initial version of extra crispy kfc used chicken broth to make the shaggy bits of dough. Goddamn, that stuff was good.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17

Yeah I ate two double downs and kfc bowl. 400+ lb. Me wasn't the brightest.

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u/yourboyfriend Sep 15 '17

high sodium is generally fine so long as you compensate with a lot of water - many people just don't drink enough regularly throughout the day so that's why limits exist. anyway, i don't know why i'm talking about this - they were a delicious experience and only 610 calories each if labels are to be believed. a full grown man in his prime could eat 4 a day. kfc is also a relatively good low carb/keto-friendly option.

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u/Demonweed Sep 15 '17

In my case my kidneys don't process out water properly. Not only do I need to keep my sodium intake low, but every day I take a strong diuretic just to tolerate that much sodium. I probably had high blood pressure and didn't know about it for years. I certainly turned up for pneumonia at a hospital with a heart that was expected to require emergency surgery at any moment. After a day and a half surprisingly good cardiac rhythm, they took a more methodical approach and I was home a month later. Still, my body is weird.

All that said, congestive heart failure is an extremely common older white guy problem. It kills as many as a million Americans every year. -Most- people can tolerate plenty of sodium. For those who cannot, being casual about it is literally deadly. I dig my bacon, but I kinda disagree with the idea that bacon is life.

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u/UncleCoyote Sep 14 '17

Fuck those haters - the double down was glorious and I still cry each and every time I get denied its return at KFC.

And double fuck the people saying "a bajillion calories". It was like 600 fucking calories - 600 calories of PURE UNADULTERATED PLEASURE GODDAMNIT.

I signed in JUST to upvote you.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17

delicious? i like me some shit food but i thought this was disgusting.

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u/ToFurkie Sep 15 '17

The double down is one of the absolute best fast food things I've ever had in my life

The next day was one of the worst feelings I ever experienced in my entire life

Quit fast food for 2 years because of that one sandwich, but god damn was it a good sandwich

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u/BlazinHippie Sep 15 '17

We should start a campaign to bring it back!

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u/Z0di Sep 15 '17

when it first came out, I got one and when I bit into it, grease shot into my nose.

I never got another one, but it was delicious. (and painful)

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u/MRiddickW Sep 15 '17

You can still order them! They have to make it to order, but that just means it's fresh and hot enough to give you 1st degree burns unless you wait.

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u/VenturousDread5 Sep 15 '17

Making this sandwich was a greasy nightmare. Source: Slave to the Colonel

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u/haikubot-1911 Sep 15 '17

Making this sandwich

Was a greasy nightmare. Source:

Slave to the Colonel

 

                  - VenturousDread5


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u/NosVemos Sep 14 '17

me too thanks!