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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, Interesting) by drgibbon on Monday August 29 2016, @12:48AM
I used to eat KFC (and drink Pepsi) nearly every day when I was younger, and I thought it was great. Fast forward 15 years and I think it is quite revolting, and if I eat it I will actually feel a little sick, pretty much straight away. KFC (and similar fast foods) really are garbage for your body, but if someone grows up eating it and never moves on to proper foods, I think it halts the usual maturation of the taste buds (that's what happened to me until I stopped eating it). The body and mind get used to extreme levels of fat, sugar, and salt, and that comes to pass for culinary delight. I only stopped eating those things because I was having health problems (specifically in the gut), and now it's hard to imagine why I would put such strain on my body every day. Apart from the obvious negative implications of massive fat, salt, and sugar intake, there's good evidence that these kinds of foods are destructive to important gut bacteria (which may even play a role in mental health). Anyway, I'm fairly sure I caused gut problems for myself through poor diet.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by LoRdTAW on Monday August 29 2016, @12:57PM
You are certainly right about the taste bud training. I like fried chicken. It's bad for you so that means it tastes good. But good friend chicken vs. KFC/Popeye's is night and day. Every time I tried KFC, their batter/breading is this mushy grease soaked disaster that may or may not be crispy despite the advertised crispy attribute. And it is sometimes under or overcooked.
Best friend chicken I ever had? There used to be this pizza-ribs-fried chicken joint next to the Pink Houses (worst projects in NYC) a few minutes from where I lived in south Queens, NYC. Really heavy duty bullet proof glass completely divided the counter and kitchen from the dining area. An offset "tunnel" between the employees and the customers ensured a gun couldn't be pointed at employees. Scary place to visit at night. First time visiting was at night, went with a coworker who was an OG motherfucker. After a long day he asked if I wanted some of the best friend chicken in the city. Sure! As we walked in there was this gang banger looking dude banging on the bullet proof glass yelling "Yo, Where my chicken at!" Everyone was black save for me. After everyone realized we walked in, the whole place quieted down like the movie trope where the scratched record stops the music and the party grinds to a halt. In their minds, a white guy with a big black dude in the ghetto must have had "cops" written all over it.
Long story short, it was the best damn friend chicken I ever had. Didn't care for the biscuits but that chicken. Juicy, fresh, plump thighs and drum sticks. And the breading was thin yet really crispy. You had this satisfying spicy crunch as you bit in and they juicy chicken flavor followed. Went there a few more times on my own, during the day, and the food was always just as good. Unfortunately it closed down a while ago and is now a small shopping center.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 30 2016, @04:08AM
The other option is it could really have got worse in 15 years ;).
For example I know McD's chicken burger got worse in my country - the patty went from resembling real chicken meat to being worse than a larger chicken nugget.
And KFC got a bit worse too- they are using lower grade chicken or not washing them properly (so they have a certain smell).