Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Three Sandwiches in One

Slashfood reports Friendly's New Burger Takes On The Double Down. "KFC's Double Down sandwich couldn't hold the spotlight forever...we knew it was only a matter of time before someone pushed the envelope even further. And here it is: the Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt from Friendly's.

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The name 'Grilled Cheese BurgerMelt' hardly does justice to this psycho-brilliant monstrosity, which amounts to three sandwiches morphed into one: First, there's a Friendly's Big Beef burger, but instead of a bun, there are two (count 'em, two!) grilled cheese sandwiches. "

And apparently they liked it, all 1500 calories, 97g of fat, and 2090mg of sodium of it. I won't be trying it.

2 comments:

Karl said...

I'm not sure. Half the joy of a cheese burger is the interplay between the cheese and meat, and with this dish, there is a layer of bread isolating them. Now maybe if they ditched the lettuce and tomatoe and added extra cheese? Plus it couldn't hurt to throw in a few strips of bacon.

Anonymous said...

Karl, you are a true cheeseburger maven. It is the delicate interplay of the animal fats and the complex fusion (at high heat) of the proteins of the dairy and beef which give the cheeseburger it's essential flavor.

Putting bacon on virtually anything is usually also a good move.

TT