Some might say I have an unhealthy obsession with Taco Bell. To those people I would say, what other kind of obsession could I have with Taco Bell if not an unhealthy one? I posted about the Bell before when they took away my beloved Bacon Club Chalupa. (I also think of this as they day I became an atheist.)

While I still remain angry with Taco Bell for withholding that blessed bacony goodness, I still make a run for the border once in a while. I went last night, and I’m happy to report that they have redeemed themselves somewhat by introducing another bacon related menu item: The Bacon Cheddar Gordita Crunch.

I doubt any fast food joint will ever come up with a concoction more delicious than the Bacon Club Chalupa, but the Bacon Cheddar Gordita Crunch is a decent substitute. This might sound like mild praise but, if you consider how good the Club Chalupa was, it’s more like saying I would cut off my little toe just to keep it on the menu. (The Club Chalupa probably ranks somewhere around the big toe, or maybe even a finger.)

Sadly, the fine print under the ads for the Bacon Cheddar Gordita Crunch say “limited time only.” It’s only a matter of time before Taco Bell goes back to being a barren baconless wasteland. Damn you Taco Bell! Damn your cold black hearts!

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To quote one of my favorite movies, “bacon tastes good.” Forget fillet mignon; if meat were music, bacon would be the crescendo. Bold statement you say? Well let me ask you this: do they sell tiny bits of fillet mignon to put on your salad? Do they make filet mignon flavored potato chips? Does fillet mignon have any calcite formations named after it? I rest my case.

When Taco Bell brought back its Bacon Club Chalupa it was, for me, something like the Second Coming, except without all that nasty Armageddon business. Unless you count my recurring dreams of bacon bits raining down from the sky. Seemed like rapture to me. Every time it rains here in Phoenix I think my dream is coming true. The rain is brown, but it just doesn’t have that smoky flavor.

I paid a visit to the nearest Taco Bell today. To my horror I discovered that the Bacon Club Chalupa has made good on its limited time only status. I don’t want to live in a world sans Club Chalupa, so I’m asking anyone reading this to write your congressional representatives and beg for some kind of government intervention. We have to let Big Tortilla know it can’t jerk us around like this.

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