Burger King's controversial bacon sundae
An unusual new dessert offering has set the Internet ablaze.
Unlike many of the people who are currently embroiled in discussions (some more civil than others) about Burger King's new bacon ice cream sundae, I have actually tried it. My experience was… mixed.
But I'm getting ahead of myself.
When Burger King announced that it was going to start selling a limited edition ice cream sundae with bacon, a lot of people apparently lost their minds. The Atlantic, unsurprisingly, got all hoity-toity and sniffy about it, calling it "passe." Then an NPR blogger (correctly) took them to task for their snobbishness. And then the entire internet imploded in one long flame war, basically. Some people feel that Burger King is jumping on a bandwagon that's already played out. Other people seem to feel that Burger King is co-opting a grass roots movement, as if bacon has sold out and gone corporate. Power to the people!
