June 4, 2006
I’ve been enjoying a new KFC menu item: the potato bowl.
The first time I heard the commercial, I was convinced it was an SNL skit, and sat waiting for the punchline. The customer asks for potatoes, corn and popcorn chicken in a bowl. And the cashier asks him if he’d like them to cover that with gravy and cheese…
which should be followed by a snide remark, I think. “Would you like some gravy on that?” she should say, with a voice dripping with sarcasm and an implied ‘you pig?’ But no. They are dead serious.
I tried one. They are pretty damn tasty, if you can get over the feeling that you should be eating one while standing over your sink (perhaps in the kitchenette of a trailer).
But they need a better advertising slogan. How about:
Potato bowls: When you just don’t give a damn.
Potato bowls. In your face, Atkins!
Potato bowls: Because it’s all going to the same place.
Or, from #1 son,
Potato bowls: Where’s the cole slaw?
I can’t believe they taste good. They look absolutley disgusting. At first I wondered why they use fried/breaded chicken when the bowl obviously has enough starch and fat, but once the gravy and cheese is added that’s pretty much all that’s there anyway.
“Potato Bowls: In your face, Atkins” is my favorite. 🙂
I can’t believe they taste good. They look absolutley disgusting. At first I wondered why they use fried/breaded chicken when the bowl obviously has enough starch and fat, but once the gravy and cheese is added that’s pretty much all that’s there anyway.
“Potato Bowls: In your face, Atkins” is my favorite. 🙂
“Where’s the coleslaw?” ?? Where’s the Depends? I swear I just wet my pants. I can’t believe you ate one of those. Every time I see the commercial I wonder if anyone is brave enough to try… Though I do think eating a corn/mashed potato mix is yummy–putting them in their own bowl and adding a crapload of other stuff doesn’t really class it up much.
I’ll wait for the the deluxe recipe whereby they compress coleslaw into a bowl shape–sorta like a taco salad in a crispy bowl. Or clam chowder in a breadbowl.
Kim–JCF/JCW lurker
“Where’s the coleslaw?” ?? Where’s the Depends? I swear I just wet my pants. I can’t believe you ate one of those. Every time I see the commercial I wonder if anyone is brave enough to try… Though I do think eating a corn/mashed potato mix is yummy–putting them in their own bowl and adding a crapload of other stuff doesn’t really class it up much.
I’ll wait for the the deluxe recipe whereby they compress coleslaw into a bowl shape–sorta like a taco salad in a crispy bowl. Or clam chowder in a breadbowl.
Kim–JCF/JCW lurker