On 3/7/2010 7:54 AM, piedmont wrote:
> On 3/6/2010 11:16 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 3/5/2010 7:02 AM, Christopher Helms wrote:
>>> On Mar 5, 9:01 am, Sue or > wrote:
>>>> — 1 teaspoon ground oregano
>>>> — 1 teaspoon chili powder
>>>> — 1 teaspoon ground sage
>>>> — 1 teaspoon dried basil
>>>> — 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
>>>> — 1 teaspoon pepper
>>>> — 2 teaspoons salt
>>>> — 2 tablespoons paprika
>>>> — 1 teaspoon onion salt
>>>> — 1 teaspoon garlic powder
>>>> — 2 tablespoons Accent
>>>>
>>>> Source: Ron Douglas
>>>> Seehttp://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/32027188/ns/today-today_books/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A guy named William Poundstone got hold of some of the breading with
>>> the Colonials "Secret Spices" in it and did a chemical analysis. He
>>> found exactly four ingredients: Salt, pepper, flour and MSG. Maybe old
>>> Harlan was using eleven herbs and spices back in Kentucky in the 50s,
>>> and it probably rocked, but nobody is using eleven of anything today
>>> at KFC.
>>
>> One has to merely taste the original recipe chicken to see that it
>> doesn't contain much, if any, herb flavor components. I always thought
>> there was an odd taste that reminds me of Vienna sausages in KFC.
>> Perhaps it contains ground Vienna sausages - or garlic powder? Salt,
>> pepper, and MSG is pretty much what I use when making fried chicken. I
>> make a great fried chicken - it's one of the few dishes that I excel at.
>> Sometimes I'll use some dehydrated garlic or paprika (for color) if I'm
>> feeling a little kicky.
>>
>> Oddly enough, for a lot of Japanese folks, Christmas just ain't
>> Christmas without a traditional KFC dinner. I ain't making this up! :-)
> My childhood memories of KFC are different from todays taste which may
> simply be age of tastebuds but I thought it used to be fried in hog lard
> and that will add a (good) flavor by itself. Don't know what the fry in
> now, anyone know? It used to have a mushroomy taste to me as a youngster
> as I compared it to batter dipped and deep fries mushrooms we used to get.
>

The KFC we used to get as a kid was pretty great. Dad coming home with a
bucket of KFC was sure a welcome sight! Back then, it was cheap and
tasty, nowdays it's kinda pricey and just so-so. I don't know what they
fried it in but my guess it ain't the same stuff. Perhaps mushroom
powder was one of the 11 herbs and spices, more likely, you're tasting MSG.