KFC released the much-anticipated Double Down today. It's two fried chicken breasts with bacon, cheese, and a mayo-like sauce in between. No bread. The New York Times raves, "The chicken is watery within its soft casing of 'crust,' the cheese familiar to anyone who has eaten food prepared by the United States government, the bacon chemical in its smokiness."
Discussion has focused on its taste and nutritional merits, but a larger philosophical question looms. Last week we asked, "Is the Double Down a sandwich?" Here's a sampling of your responses from the blog, Facebook and Twitter... Amanda: The way it is assembled suggests that it is a sandwich, but it's not. The outermost layers of a sandwich need to be if not bread of some kind then a starch or grain of some kind. Like pancakes or waffles or slices of fried plantain, or even potato pancakes. Schaller: The chicken *is* breaded, right? So its kind of got bread… Katie Kermeen Swisher: Webster defines a sandwich as: "two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair." This Kentucky Fried Crap is, by definition, NOT a sandwich! Gail Stern Kwak: If you can eat it like a sandwich, it is a sandwich. Kyle Christy: It is a sandwich, but that doesn't mean it should be eaten. More comments here and here.
