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The Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant chain, now a division of Yum! Brands and rebranded KFC, has long used the proprietary nature of its seasoning blend, purportedly containing "eleven herbs and spices," as a selling point.
A Chicago Tribune travel reporter was assigned to visit and write about the Harland Sanders Cafe and Museum. A member of the family of the founder of the chain showed the reporter a deceased aunt's photo album and her will, on the back of which the following recipe had been written:
11 Spices – Mix With 2 Cups White Fl.
1) 2/3 Ts Salt
2) 1/2 Ts Thyme
3) 1/2 Ts Basil
4) 1/3 Ts Origino (sic) [sic]
5) 1 Ts Celery Salt
6) 1 Ts Black Pepper
7) 1 Ts Dried Mustard
8) 4 Ts Paprika
9) 2 Ts Garlic Salt
10) 1 Ts Ground Ginger
11) 3 Ts White Pepper
Reporters prepared some chicken using breading made with the recipe. However, the flavour differed from that of the chicken served at KFC. When MSG was sprinkled on the chicken, the flavour became similar to KFC's chicken. A KFC spokesperson confirmed to the Tribune that the company uses MSG.
(Score: 2) by number6 on Sunday August 28 2016, @10:45PM
When it comes to deep fried battered foods, if ultimate tastiness is your only goal, then lard (ie. beef fat, beef dripping) is the king of frying oils.
If you talk to old-time fish&chip shop owners from the United Kingdom/Australia, they will tell you the same thing.
If you want to make the ultimate gourmet version of KFC,
your ingredients would be:
- Free range chicken
- Spice mix made from whole fresh spices ground in a coffee blender
- Frying oil = Lard (ie. Beef Fat)
There would be no need for addition of 'MSG' when your ingredients are that good.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Sunday August 28 2016, @11:09PM
Wikipedia says lard is always made from pigs (as I had always heard) whereas tallow may be made from cattle, sheep, or pigs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lard [wikipedia.org]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallow [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 1) by Ugmo on Monday August 29 2016, @12:26AM
Beef and mutton fat is also called suet
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @12:56AM
Tallow is rendered from suet.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @01:22AM
Lard is better, that way there's more to eat for those of us who don't give a shit what animal it's from.