Mmmm, bacon

I saw this over on Kelly’s website a few weeks ago, and asked her where she’d done it. Then, because I’m me, I forgot I’d asked her until I was reminded by a post over on ChrisDiClerico.Com. I finally went and did one, and there is the result. Scarily accurate, eh?

This was actually a nice segue into Corrie Ann calling me this morning, during my morning commute, to inform me she’d seen a sign outside Wendy’s advertising a new burger called The Baconator. I made it my mission to try it today at lunch (note the Homer like physique over there).

First impression, when I saw the picture on the drive-thru menu, “Hey, it’s a double-cheeseburger with mass bacon.” It still sounded pretty good … I managed three bites of it and it’s now in the trash. I did finish most of my fries.

It was just way too much meat. The patties are huge, by fast food standards, and the bacon is so salty that it hardly tastes like bacon; it ends up being a big, salty, mushy meat wad in your mouth. That may be appealing to some, but for me (yes, the man with the Homer-esque physique) it was honestly hard swallowing the third and last bite.

I like bacon, not salt licks. I like beef, not wads of meat. I think if they intended for it to annihilate your taste for bacon, then it is aptly named. I will be passing on The Baconator in the future.

In other news, I leave for the Epee I session of Coaches College in Colorado Springs, CO tomorrow at the ass-crack of dawn. Wish me luck!

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