it's great I love KFC think you know everything about America's largest fast food chicken chain
well think again these are 10 secrets you never knew about KFC another mystery we may know KFC's
secret recipe that's the fact what's the Family secret recipe KFC's secret blend of 11 herbs and
spices has been one of the company's most closely guarded Secrets ever since it was
first created by Colonel Sanders all the way back in July of 1940. supposedly the only known copy
of the recipes being kept in a safe inside of KFC's legal department and only one person is
allowed to know the combination for the safe at a time to further ensure that no one is able to
figure out the secret to KFC's chicken recipe they have one company that prepares one half of
the batter blend while another company puts together the other then once both parts are
finished KFC has the whole thing combined using a machine it's clear to see that plenty of time
and attention is put into keeping the whole thing hush hush and yet in August of 2016 the
Chicago Tribune published a recipe that just might be the real deal KFC secret the secret
is out while conducting an interview with Colonel Sanders nephew Joe ledington the Tribune reporter
in question happened to get a look at a recipe that was hand written on the back of the will
of Sander's second wife at the time leadington insisted that the recipe was the very same one
that KFC continues to keep under lock and key to this day although he would later Express doubt
about whether or not it truly was according to the Chicago Tribune KFC's secret fry batter recipe of
11 herbs and spices is mixed with two cups of white flour and it consists of salt thyme basil
oregano celery salt black pepper dried mustard paprika garlic salt ground ginger and plenty of
white pepper measurements can be found online for anyone who would like to try making this from home
to see if it really tastes like the real deal KFC sued Colonel Sanders Colonel Sanders I haunted him
Colonel Sanders is one of the most recognizable faces in the realm of fast food and to this day
KFC still uses his likeness on everything from their signage to their famous buckets of fried
chicken but one thing that you may not know about the colonel is that his relationship
with KFC became somewhat hostile after he sold the company in 1964 to hoibline Inc though the then 73
year old Sanders would remain on salary as a KFC brand ambassador he didn't entirely approve of
the changes that were being made to his beloved restaurants and he wasn't afraid to make his
opinions heard in an interview with the Louisville Courier Journal from the late 1970s Sanders made
several disapproving comments about KFC's updated menu taking special offense to the gravy which he
compared to wallpaper paste even the sound of it offends me and when it came to the chicken
Sanders wasn't any more complimentary describing it as nothing in the world but a friend my dough
ball stuck on some chicken although many at the time had a high amount of respect for Sanders
culinary experience he was widely known for what the New Yorker described as the force and variety
of his swearing whenever he was presented with a recipe that differed from his own so the comments
that he made to the Louisville Courier Journal were far from surprising that even still new
owners Hawaii blind Inc sued Sanders for libel the courts deemed that Sanders comments could be
considered General enough that they didn't count as slander the suit was dismissed and Sanders
remained free to keep saying whatever he wanted about the updated menu KFC isn't the Colonel's
only restaurant feels like a betrayal Believe It or Not libel wasn't the only charge that
had Colonel Sanders fighting against KFC in court in 1968 Sanders and his wife sought to reimagine
their original concept by opening a new restaurant called Claudia Sanders the colonels lady where the
couple actually served their original recipe fried chicken to Nostalgia customers this new
competitor didn't sit well with KFC especially because of the use of the Colonel's name in the
restaurant's moniker hoyblind Inc worried that their loyal customers might start to get the two
Brands confused this is what inspired hoibline inc's first lawsuit against the colonel ah so
inspiring the settlement forced Sanders to change the name of his new restaurant to Claudia Sanders
dinner house and it's under this name that the restaurant continues to operate to this very day
the Claudia Sanders Dinner House is currently the only restaurant besides KFC selling an authorized
version of Colonel Sanders original recipe making it a must try for anyone who claims to be a fan
of the Colonel's chicken and although we would like to say that there was no bad blood between
Colonel Sanders and KFC on account of all this the fact that Sanders sued Hoy blind Inc shortly
afterward over the alleged misuse of His Image On promotional products may suggest otherwise new to
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fun now back to the colonel KFC got its start in a gas station well everyone's got to start
somewhere although Colonel Sanders would come to make a name for himself in the world of fast food
it isn't necessarily something that he set out to do so much as something that he fell into albeit
through a bit of creative thinking on his part Harland David Sanders worked a variety of odd jobs
for much of his young life including operating a ferry boat and at one point even delivering
babies in 1930 the Shell Oil Company offered the then 40 year old Sanders a service station
in North Corbin Kentucky where Sanders was even living at the time he quickly came up with the
idea of selling food to truck drivers out of his service station though it may be worth mentioning
that Fried Chicken was not on the menu right away as it took too long for Sanders to make rather it
was Sander's take on simple southern style cooking that really made him a hit among passers-by and
locals alike he offered country ham biscuits okra and all manner of foods that Travelers simply
couldn't find at any other fast food restaurant at the time for Sanders this inspired a passion
for cooking that he hadn't had much of a chance to explore before and by 1940 he had figured out
a way to cook up Fried Chicken faster than ever using a pressure fryer this was also the same
year that Sanders had finalized his secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices meaning that Fried Chicken
could officially be added to the menu and it would be his specialty item that would truly
help the colonel take off the colonel takes aim at a business rival literally I'll come in here for a
[ __ ] shootout right this is definitely one way to deal with a business rival but we definitely
wouldn't recommend it even in the early days of serving meals from his service station the colonel
was known for his aggressive advertising tactics painting signage that would direct customers to
his restaurant for quite a distance even painting them on the sides of barns this prompted the owner
of another service station Matt Stewart to begin painting over Sanders signs when Sanders found
out about this he went to confront Stuart over the problem along with two shell Executives and
it was during this discussion that things took a turn for the worse seemingly without any warning
a shootout broke out and Stewart fatally wounded one of the shell Executives which prompted Sanders
to return fire hitting Stuart in the shoulder although Stewart survived the incident he was
sentenced to 18 years in prison for his part in ending the life of the shell executive as
horrendously tragic as the situation was Harlan Sanders still ended up benefiting from the removal
of his competition while any charges that were brought up against him from the incident were
dropped immediately following his arrest they serve chicken gizzards put their gizzards out man
chicken gizzards may not be popular with everyone but they're popular enough that KFC certainly
wants to keep them around for those of you who aren't aware the gizzard refers to a muscle in
a bird's digestive tract that allows them to hold onto tiny Pebbles and pieces of grit that they'll
Peck off the ground then when the chicken eats a proper meal the powerful gizzard will use a series
of tight contractions as well as the force from the grit to help them better digest their food
effectively when eaten these gizzards can pack in a lot of flavor that's somewhat comparable to dark
meat although with a slightly chewier and tougher texture KFC has long offered chicken gizzards as
well as chicken liver as a part of their menu and although they once briefly toyed with the
idea of removing them entirely you can still find them available at select locations to this day so
nothing's changed nothing's changed but that being said the fact that chicken gizzards and livers
aren't necessarily a regular menu item means that there's no required standard for how they are
prepared and nearly every location seems to fry them using a different oil some KFC locations fry
their chicken gizzards in sunflower oil others use canola oil while some use soybean oil and the men
are in which it's prepared will affect the taste of the overall product just because you enjoy the
chicken gizzards being served at one KFC location that doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to
have the same experience at another so if you're a fan of chicken gizzards and you have more than one
KFC location available to you then you should definitely consider trying out a few of them
before settling on your all-time favorite a KFC Fried Chicken prom corsage I mean tuxedos corsages
limousines how much do you and your sweetheart love fried chicken enough to turn it into a symbol
of your love for one another well if that's the case then KFC's Fried Chicken prom corsage may
have been made for you in 2014 KFC released a limited run of 100 prom corsages designed
by kentucky-based florist nands and craft to help ease the stress of having to pick up the corsage
KFC would deliver a box containing plastic baby's breath as well as a five dollar KFC coupon for you
to pick up the chicken in store and assemble the corsage yourself from home it's fun that's fun to
do customers who actually attempted to wear this corsage as jewelry complained that the chicken
wing may have been a little bit too heavy for the whole thing to balance out properly and that
it had begun to coat their arm in a thin layer of Grease as the chicken cooled on the upside
though the chicken was perfectly positioned for the wearer to be able to eat the wing with ease
meaning that at some point during the night they'd most likely be left with the option of
either losing the novelty altogether or spending prom with chicken bones strapped to their Wrist
all in all we aren't sure that this was the most functional of ideas but it certainly gets points
for for well for something Wendy's founder is actually responsible for KFC's bucket this isn't
see I just use the boxes and the buckets in the mid-1950s Colonel Sanders traveled out to Fort
Wayne looking to establish relationships with a few of the restaurants out there in the hopes of
convincing them to sell his original recipe fried chicken it was during this time that Sanders met
with a young Dave Thomas who had been working as the head cook at a restaurant at the time Sanders
and Thomas would go on to work on a number of Big Ideas together that would help grow KFC into
the franchise giant that it is today and it was actually Thomas who suggested the idea for KFC's
iconic red and white striped bucket it was me it was always me beyond that he also recommended that
Sanders cut down the menu a little bit to increase the focus on his feature item that delicious fried
chicken and he also suggested that KFC begin advertising using commercials in which the
colonel himself would appear with so much of his influence remaining around KFC to this day it's
difficult to imagine what the chain would have been like without Dave Thomas his influence and
yet in 1968 Thomas decided to sell his shares back to Sanders for 1.5 million dollars so that
he could go on to open his own fast food chain Wendy's only one year later fish donuts and shrimp
Stars fish Donuts boil what is wrong with you well most people are familiar with the menu that KFC
offers in America their Selections in Singapore are a little different while there you'll be able
to find such options as fish donuts and shrimp stars but what are these exactly let's find out
well the shrimp Stars consist of shrimp nuggets in the shape of stars that have been breaded and
deep fried whereas the fish Donuts consist of fish patties that have been breaded and deep
fried into a ring shape while these options may not necessarily suit the southern American style
cuisine that we're used to seeing from KFC we can still definitely see how the chain has
been expanding to better suit the tastes of their customers KFC tries for a healthier image Kentucky
Fried Chicken is now KFC KFC has historically been very proud of their kentucky-based Roots
even going by the full name of Kentucky Fried Chicken for several years and yet in 1991 the
company started making efforts to to distance themselves from their original name with the
intent of Simply being known as KFC the official reason from HQ for the name change was that KFC
just wanted to shorten their name have you got a shorter name but according to a Bloomberg report
from 1991 the real reason may have been a little bit more nefarious than that as the public started
demanding More health-conscious Foods KFC didn't necessarily want their customers thinking about
the fact that their chicken was fried and so they may have shortened their name to KFC in
an attempt to give the brand a healthier Public Image or at least a less unhealthy one check
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