New KFC meal should be called 'Cardiac Arrest Bowl'

Friday, May 19, 2006
New KFC meal should be called 'Cardiac Arrest Bowl'

At first we thought it was one of those bogus commercials by the "Saturday Night Live" people. Then we realized it was indeed a real, honest-to-badness commercial for a new KFC "product."

We think it's called the Cardiac Arrest Bowl, or maybe the Lard Almighty Bowl. It features a generous helping of mashed potatoes as the foundation, then a smear of gravy, then a layer of corn, a layer of fried-chicken pieces and a crowning touch of grated cheese.

Order two, and they'll place the 911 call for you. We kid. If you order two you'll never be able to move again and will be designated a piece of public art.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/food/270766_tf119.html

total calories. I saw this on tv. I could believe they'd pair up the chicken and gravy and potatoes. Ijust can't believe they'd put cheese on the top.

What's next? Grated cheese on latte? A banana split? chocolate mousse? I have to order items without cheese ("Please, NO cheese!") if we're travelling and stopping for a quick bite of breakfast because it seems like everything has it on it now.

http://www.yum.com/nutrition/results.asp?BrandID=2&BrandAbbr=KFC

Calories - 690
Total Fat - 31 grams
Saturated Fat - 9 grams
Cholesterol - 55 milligrams
Sodium - 2,110 milligrams

UCK!

sodium to over 3,000 mg I bet.

690 calories, 31 grams of fat. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/dining/drivethru/3915912.html

Compare with, from KFC's own site, 2 drumsticks, a serving of potato wedges, and a small serving of corn: 590 calories, 30 grams of fat. Both have 6 grams of fiber. I don't know about saturated fat.

So, it's about the same amount of fat as a typical KFC meal, and a little more calories. It doesn't seem that excessive - it's comparable to a Premium Crispy Chicken Club Sandwich.

when I fix mashed potatoes at home we often use corn as a topping. Actually if you use no butter it is very low fat. But dumping gravy, cheese and fried chicken on top? You're just asking for bypass surgery.

ate the chicken and corn, gave the mashed potatoes to the cats.

I tried one last week. It had some crispy fried nuggets that they claimed were chicken, but I think it was just breading.

Looks like we were both shortchanged :)

:P

:hi:

:shrug:

but if that is what one wants to eat more power to them. I don't think it is any different than KFC chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy and corn served separately. The only addition is cheese.

I could buy that stupid three cheese blend at Slaveway or Albertsons.

But I haven't tried one yet - i'm on the road next week, maybe I'll give it a whirl.

Bryant
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look for other items to be added to the menu soon! Next up, they take the mashed potatoes, corn, gravy, chicken, and cheese, and wrap it in a pizza! That's deep fried until crispy, and served with a rich sauce.

For desert, you can have a Chocolate Sundae!

:puke:

(:sarcasm:)

It seems anymore when you buy a pizza, you get bread sticks too. Never could figure that out. Talk about carbohydrate overload...

So that dish makes me want to BARF every time they advertise it! It's like they chewed up all the dishes for you and spit it in a bowl. BLEAAGGHHH!!! :puke:

:spray:

Well, it sure looks like it!

Only mine had a banana sliced lengthwise, whip cream, and a maraschino cherry.

Great for severely underweight people, perhaps, but not for anyone else.

tastes funny

but those bowls sure look good

Not one bit of fresh, unprocessed, nutritious food in that bowl.

What the hell is wrong with them?

Kind of like that strange Canadian dish with cheese and gravy - poutine. Otherwise, I might eat it.

then simply order the bowl without the cheese?

sounds pretty much like the "smoosh" we make with leftovers the day after Thanksgiving for our only meal of that day. Goes great with leftover cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie with a dollop of whip cream, and stuffing. Can get you through three days without having to cook.

pretty much.

It sounded unbelievably disgusting to me. I know it is supposed to appeal to the reptile brain, but my reptile brain was barfing all the way.

Maybe it won't fly,

The Plaid Adder

I always crack up at their absurdity. "Ohhhh nooooooo, it has calllllloriessssss wah wah blah blah blah". Ok, so don't eat the damn thing. Such alarmism, these friggin wackos. They crack me up.

If people want it, they'll buy it. If they don't, they won't. If they do, KFC came up with a good idea. If they don't, they'll scrap it. Who really cares. I know I don't. (I personally find the meal quite unappealing actually, but my wife saw the commercial before and said she wants me to pick it up for her tonight. So to each their own.)

because they are watching their weight.

The Good Morning Burger from the Otto Show episode of the Simpsons

Ingredients:

18oz ground beef patty
6-8 tbl. of rich creamy butter
8 stripes of bacon
4 slices of ham
3 fried eggs



The Carl's Jr. Breakfast Burger

Ingredients:

100% Pure Ground Beef; Bun, Sesame Seed, 4.5-inch {Made with enriched flour , water, high fructose corn syrup, yeast, vegetable oil, (contains one or more of: canola oil, corn oil, cotton seed oil, soybean oil), gluten, salt, contains 2% or less of, sodium stearol lactylate, calcium sulphate, ethoxylated mono and diglycerides, yeast nutrients (ammonium sulphate), preservatives (calcium propionate), azodicarbonamide, sesame seeds}; Bacon, precooked {Bacon cured with water, salt, sugar, hickory smoke flavor, dextrose, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite}; Cheese, American {Cultured milk, skim milk, water, cream, sodium citrate, salt, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), acetic acid, enzymes, artificial color, lecithin}; Hash Brown Nuggets {Potatoes, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, dehydrated potato flakes, salt, corn flour, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), natural flavoring (pepper extract), disodium dihydrogen pyrophosphate (to promote color retention), dextrose}; Ketchup {Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), high fructose corn syrup, distilled, vinegar, corn syrup, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, natural flavors}; Whirl {Partially hydrogenated soybean oil, soy lecithin, artificial and natural butter flavoring, salt, vitamin A palmitate and beta-carotene for color};Egg, in-shell pasteurized.

Nutritional Info: http://www.dietfacts.com/html/items/28864.htm