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Gluttony Wins!! KFC to keep selling meaty Double Down

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guyver01 said:
You may need to re-check the meaning of the word.

In Christianity it is considered one of the seven deadly sins—a misplaced desire of food or its withholding from the needy.

I would definitely consider the fact that people did not want this to end.. a definite misplaced desire of food... in this case.. a desire of the double down.
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Why do YOU get to decide whether or not it's misplaced? You're not special.
 
guyver01 said:
You may need to re-check the meaning of the word.

In Christianity it is considered one of the seven deadly sins—a misplaced desire of food or its withholding from the needy.

I would definitely consider the fact that people did not want this to end.. a definite misplaced desire of food... in this case.. a desire of the double down.
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Hmm ... so if I eat something you think I shouldn't - KFC's meatwich - I have a 'misplaced' desire? That's a pretty weak definition of gluttony, nobody construes it that lightly. I reject your definition as it would render consuming any food we can't agree on as 'gluttony'.

Everyone knows gluttony is 'excessive eating or drinking.' If you think consuming a single meatwish is 'excessive' you are daft.

In regard to the list of seven deadly sins - it's not Christianity in general, 'tis only the Catholic Church that puts any stock in them AFAIK. Some of the stuff on the list aren't sins Biblically speaking (sloth, wrath, gluttony). So the term 7 Deadly Sins is a misnomer, FYI.
 
that's it, I'm gonna get a grilled double down for lunch today 😀

going to bestbuy to preorder my Evo in about an hour and there's a KFC right down the road.
 
FeuerFrei said:
Hmm ... so if I eat something you think I shouldn't - KFC's meatwich - I have a 'misplaced' desire? That's a pretty weak definition of gluttony, nobody construes it that lightly. I reject your definition as it would render consuming any food we can't agree on as 'gluttony'.

Everyone knows gluttony is 'excessive eating or drinking.' If you think consuming a single meatwish is 'excessive' you are daft.

In regard to the list of seven deadly sins - it's not Christianity in general, 'tis only the Catholic Church that puts any stock in them AFAIK. Some of the stuff on the list aren't sins Biblically speaking (sloth, wrath, gluttony). So the term 7 Deadly Sins is a misnomer, FYI.
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Yeah, his post is total fail. No one cares what some religion defines gluttony as; I'll stand by the dictionary definition:
1 : excess in eating or drinking
2 : greedy or excessive indulgence (Source)
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If I burn 3,000 calories in a day and want to eat 5 double-downs as my only food for the day, then I'd be at a calorie deficit (which is the opposite of "excess in eating").

Then he says that Christianity has the seven deadly sins, when it's a mere branch of Christianity.

In addition to that, if you set foot in any Christian church or go to a Christian banquet, you'll quickly see that gluttony is widely accepted as being OK in Christianity. If it truly is regarded as "one of the seven deadly sins," then why does it seem (in my experience) that Christians are as fat or fatter than the average American? Shouldn't they be holding themselves to a higher standard and not committing one of the seven deadly sins?
 
looks kind of small for $5? How big is compared to a 5 guys burger? It does have bacon on it so I can see it costing a little bit more. I just don't see how you would be full off this and maybe a side of fries?
 
M0oG0oGaiPan said:
looks kind of small for $5? How big is compared to a 5 guys burger? It does have bacon on it so I can see it costing a little bit more. I just don't see how you would be full off this and maybe a side of fries?
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I'd say they're pretty much regular-sized chicken breasts.
 
Everyone saying that this looks like a greaseball, IIRC it's better for you than a BigMac or Whooper.
 
gimmewhitecastles said:
thats not even close to the worst in america.
believe it or not its a chocolate shake in louisville.

http://www.acaloriecounter.com/fast-food-calories.php

white castle is winnar!!
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How appropriate that you were the one to post this :hmm:😀.

It's strange though that on that site, there are several different variations of the White Castle large chocolate shake across the US. The one lowest on the list (Chicago) has 1/2 the calories of the large one in Louisville 😱.

How do they account for the difference? Are the "large" shakes actually extra large in Louisville? Or do they add more sugar and cream, etc in Louisville? I think it's kind of silly that a product like that isn't standardized across all White Castle restaurants.
 
Eli said:
Everyone saying that this looks like a greaseball, IIRC it's better for you than a BigMac or Whooper.
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It's the shock value. People like to pretend nowadays that they don't like fried things, so a sandwich that is basically two pieces of fried chicken and no bread comes off as revolting.

Nonetheless, a regular chicken sandwich (1 piece, a bun, same toppings) has about the same number of calories. Other than the sodium, there really isn't much merit to one over the other. It's not like the DD has a ridiculous calorie count:

http://www.kfc.com/nutrition/pdf/kfc_nutrition.pdf

Double Down (fried) 540 cal
Double Down (grilled) 460 cal
 
why would they stop selling it? there are worse fast food items out there the Dbl QPwC and the Wendys triple bacon delux are much worse for you
 
Anubis said:
why would they stop selling it? there are worse fast food items out there the Dbl QPwC and the Wendys triple bacon delux are much worse for you
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It's all about appearances. The doubledown appears to be at an ungodly level of poor nutrition, but it's actually toward the better end of the nutrition spectrum when it comes to fast-food sandwiches.

This makes me think of McDonald's doing such a good deed by taking the supersized french fries off their menu. Supersized fries had 600 calories, while their large fries had only 500 calories. The difference in calories was small, but the difference in the appearances behind McDonald's "great nutrition change" was much larger.
 
NuclearNed said:
I tried one a couple of weeks ago, but got mine made with grilled chicken. It really wasn't that greasy, but the saltiness was overpowering.

Maybe that was just me, though... I think most restaurant food is too salty.
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I got the fried and it was way to salty. And i love salty .
 
that was pretty gross. dry overcooked chicken and the sauce was meh. wedges on top of that was just too much. why the hell do i ever order fries?
 
ElFenix said:
that was pretty gross. dry overcooked chicken and the sauce was meh. wedges on top of that was just too much. why the hell do i ever order fries?
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I didn't try it with the sauce, it didn't sound appealing. The one I had wasn't dry, but I did order just one of the filets a few weeks back and that one was dry, so I guess it's YMMV.
 
InflatableBuddha said:
How appropriate that you were the one to post this :hmm:😀.

It's strange though that on that site, there are several different variations of the White Castle large chocolate shake across the US. The one lowest on the list (Chicago) has 1/2 the calories of the large one in Louisville 😱.

How do they account for the difference? Are the "large" shakes actually extra large in Louisville? Or do they add more sugar and cream, etc in Louisville? I think it's kind of silly that a product like that isn't standardized across all White Castle restaurants.
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These fast food chains like to test out new items in certain regions. Sometimes it becomes popular and spreads to all the other locations. But a lot of times the offering becomes area specific since it's only popular there. In Korea, I think I saw a kimchi burger at a McDonalds 😱
 
gimmewhitecastles said:
These fast food chains like to test out new items in certain regions. Sometimes it becomes popular and spreads to all the other locations. But a lot of times the offering becomes area specific since it's only popular there. In Korea, I think I saw a kimchi burger at a McDonalds 😱
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They actually test marketed this sandwich here last year. Oddly enough, I didn't try it until it went national 😛
They also have Spam at McD's in Hawaii, and the McRib is available year round in Germany.
 
I still haven't gotten a chance to try one of these bad boys. I'm thinking that I might need to make a special drive (and gym visit) to give it a try.
 
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