X-13D. New Secret Weapon Developed by NASA?

As if a Big Mac was not enough. We Americans are not satisfied to have our ambrosia in the form of two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles onions on a sesame seed bun. I’m not sure when it came out, but after spending the greater part of the last three years in India, I found myself staring a new package of Doritos in the supermarket last week. It sounds more like a fighter jet, but the X-13D tastes a lot more like America’s favorite sandwich.

On the face of it there is nothing wrong with corn chip that tastes like a burger, but I wonder if this is really where we want to be headed. I’m an active proponent of blue-collar eating – while visiting my old office I glanced over at a few boxes of organic cereal and instinctively scowled and began chiding the woman who had put them out prompting a look of confusion that was teetering on the brink of being offended. While I may not have organic cereals and soy milk as staples of my diet, I think a hamburger flavored chip is something we can do without.

I may just be out of step with the trends of the time. I also recently encountered the Wendy’s Baconator…or maybe it was Baconator!!! In any case, there are three quarter-pounder patties and about six strips of bacon with a more modest serving of cheese and sauce. Even a professed meat-lover such as myself felt a bit humbled in front of the Baconator.

Perhaps this is what I get for eating at places like Burger King and Wendy’s on a nearly daily basis. There’s only so much side salad one can have…