why can't we give love that one more chance

hello

well, yes, look you see. i too am quite surprised at the rather overt turn towards culinary things in posts of recent times, but as i said in a post a while ago perhaps i am quite close to exhausting all that i could write of. but, here i am again, to be sure. 

there is little (quite) so enjoyable for dinner as a KFC. it is not often that i can indulge such, for reasons of time and location. certainly, there is no way that i could have KFC as frequently as, say, The King, Elvis Presley, as (for a start) i am not able to instruct a plane to fetch me some no matter where i am in the world. 

but, fairly recently, i was able to stop off for some for dinner. and by dinner i do mean that middle of the day meal. in proper areas of the world, this is called dinner, but i am aware that some people call this "lunch". they are decidedly wrong to do so, although it does help identify them as being from a not particularly proper corner of the world. 

so, anyway, it was a completely spontaneous, off the cuff (or similar) decision to head to KFC that day, and my did it turn into a random element of delight. as you can see, in the greater glory of Commodore 64 mode, it was truly a most happy day, for the legendary "double down" was and is back on the menu. for a brief period, granted, but here it is. 

if for some reason you are unaware of the delights and joys of the KFC double down burger, well. somewhere across these blog pages you will find celebrations of it, as well as stern criticism of the false fake south african version of it. but, to give a brief insight, several years ago KFC launched the idea of a burger which used two chicken fillets instead of a bread bun as an April Fool joke. such was the interest and demand that they went right ahead and made it for real.

yeah, that's the official story. my guess, or suspicion, is that they floated the idea when they did to see if it would be popular or mocked. doing that sort of marketing research on April Fool's Day is a certified winner, as you can easily back out of it and not look like you made an error in judgement. no reason for them to have been so cautious, really. what's not to like about a KFC burger which just gets down (in a double way, apparently) to the business end? 

that's the poster which greeted me as i arrived, then. i could have wept with joy when i saw it, or even perhaps done a little dance of celebration. the double down has returned, albeit in a limited way, and is on sale here in the UK until November 15. whilst i wish they would just leave it on for purchase permanently, yes i did try and calculate if it would be possible for me to stop off at KFC every day up to and including the end date for dinner. alas, it seems not viable, for reasons of finance, location of KFC outlets and, to be honest, the likely damage such would do to arteries and whatever other bodily systems i have which are not quite so enthusiastic about this culinary delight. 

as far as one aspect of the above concerns go (in respect of not going for a daily double down), the cost of a double down meal (burger, horrible chips and a drink not subject to sugar tax) is £5.99, or if you prefer even things 1p south of £6. for comparison, this is just a bit over what usual KFC meals cost (i think), well above the average McDonald's meal cost and somewhere just south of the outrageous prices Burger King (that i also really like) slam on their menu. 

one thing i cannot recall is how they came up with the name "double down" for it. doesn't matter, i suppose. perhaps it was a popular (most likely American) colloquialism at the time they did it, and they just culturally appropriated it, presumably with little fuss for whatever anyone was doing with the term at the time is unlikely to have been as class as this burger. very little in the world is. 

further, or if you will, another thing would be that KFC seem quite determined to ensure they maintain custodianship of the term "double down" by means of expansion. look, please, at the below image, sent as it was all the way from New Zealand. 

yes, Grant enthusiasts, this is off of him. i of course sent him images of the double down back available here, for i know he is as passionate about them as i am. only they cost quite a lot more down there, from what i remember. this is what they are offering in New Zealand, then. probably America too, for i don't think they would get away with not doing so. 

i am not sure how keen i am on that, to be honest. the whole thing looks like mixing your pudding, or afters, with your main meal. or breakfast, i suppose, as i am reliably informed that in some places, and by that i mean America, waffles loaded with all sorts of sugar stuff is quite the done thing for breakfast. to clarify, though, yes, if it turned up for sale here i would give it a go. what, after all, would i stand to lose by such a go?

my review of the double down, in its returned form? well, as thoroughly enjoyable as i recall, but also a lot quicker to eat. as in it appears the double down burger has become (considerably) smaller this time around. maybe it is a case of "shrinkonomics", or it is possible that the raw materials needed to make a double down burger with have been diverted to something else, such as making munitions for the invisible war against the new plague. yes, the answer to this aspect of the problem probably is to simply buy two double down burgers, making it a double double down meal.

well, anyway, that's that. it would strike me as the clock is ticking to November 15, so best i cease simply writing of the KFC double down and make my way to buy another one. or two. 

be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!