Monday, August 31, 2009

Gotta have buns hun

Besides the horrid effects this will have on your diet (1200+ calories) and most likely your gastrointestinal tract in general, I am concerned and perplexed that KFC has called this a sandwich. I went to the all knowing Wikipedia as well as some more traditional sources, and the general consensus is that a sandwich (the noun) is a food item made of one or more slices of bread with one or more filling. In spirit, it might be the case that this combination of chicken, cheese, bacon, and Colonel sauce resembles a sandwich, however, a court in Boston ruled that a sandwich includes at least two slices of bread. This meaning that burritos, tacos, and quesadillas, which are typically made with a single tortilla, are NOT a sandwich (sorry Panera). I would interpret this ruling to also include that protein sources, i.e. The Colonel's secret recipe, can not serve at the encapsulating vesicles for previously stated filling. The judge's ruling is more conservative than I would interpret the definition, as I am found of open-faced sandwiches, but it does set a precedence for needing two grain-based objects to serve as the top and bottom the sandwich.

Is it a sandwich?




5 comments:

ashley said...

Holy Hell.

grant said...

1200+calories for $5, what a deal : )

Erik said...

Hey, it's BREADED chicken. What more do you want? ;)

Grace said...

Where's the mashed potatoes?...

RomanX said...

Saw a news item on this....and it is not even the worst fast food item out there. Evidently Baskin Robbins has a shake thing that is the equivalent of 11 heath bars.