Me want Krispy Kreme bacon cheeseburger...me want it now

Recently, I have become more and more fixated on the Krispy Kreme bacon cheeseburger. For those who don't know, this delicacy is a conventional bacon cheeseburger but a Krispy Kreme donut is used for the bun. It is not served nationally by a restaurant chain, but it has popped up at several state fairs and minor league baseball parks.

Based on what I have read, one of them runs somewhere between 1,000 and 1,500 calories. Since adults should only eat 2,000 calories per day, one of these babies can bankrupt a person's diet.

I have never eaten one, and I know I should not eat one. But I want one really bad. Bacon, beef, cheese, and donut in one sandwich...oh baby, oh baby, oh baby, oh baby, oh baby.

For kids reading this, don't do what I do, but do what I say. Don't eat one. I'm just a poor man whose taste buds have gotten the better of him.

I'm heading to a very dark place.

When in Antioch, try Pancho Mexican Restaurant on Bell Road

In general, I react to Mexican food in a lukewarm way. I enjoy a quesadilla as much as the next guy, but I usually do not eat this type of food very often.

I may have to re-think this approach after a co-worker and I enjoyed the lunch buffet at the Pancho Mexican Restaurant on Bell Road in Antioch. It offered a nice array of Mexican food that was well prepared and at a reasonable price.

Chicken, spicy beef, and other delicacies that I am not sure what to call filled up my belly nicely. After I was finished, I wanted to take a long nap, which is usually the highest praise I can thrust upon a lunch buffet.

The restaurant is located just off I-24 at the Bell Road exit. It is located in the EconoLodge hotel near Snooker's.

For more information, our friend Joltin' Django posted a longer review on his blog A Man's Gotta Eat last month. Click here to read his thoughts.

The wonder of fudge popsicles

Now that we are getting farther away from the cold of winter, is there no more satisfying snack on a warm day than a fudge popsicle? I can go through a box of 12 in no time. In fact, I may put that on this weekend's agenda.

Speed eating contests make me queasy

In the latest chapter of contests where eating like a pig is rewarded, Pat Bertoletti of Chicago ate 21 pounds of grits in 10 minutes to win the World Grits Eating Championship in Louisiana last week.

I've never been a big grits fan even though I have lived in Tennessee my entire life. The idea of eating an amount of this stuff that equals one-ninth of my body weight like Bertoletti did is definitely not something I crave. It just isn't up my alley.

Additionally, the allure of speed eating contests like this one mystifies me. How do people come to realize that they have this talent? Do they wake up one morning and think, "Hmmmmmmm. I wonder if I can eat 21 pounds of grits in 10 minutes?"

Is this something they train for? Do they gobble down eight pounds one day then go for nine pounds the next to build up endurance? Or do they just starve themselves for a long time and start woofing it down when the bell rings during the competition?

Back in the summer, Joey Chestnut won a hot dog eating contest by eating 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes. Think about that for a moment. I enjoy a hot dog when I go to a football game, but think about eating that many of them that quickly.

However, that was a very impressive record for Chestnut. Based on what I know about the impact of hot dogs on the body, I bet he broke another record about 30 minutes after that competition was over.