On Mar 7, 1:19*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> piedmont wrote:
> >> 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.
>
> I first had KFC as a kid in the 50s and I loved the stuff. Maybe it was
> the novelty. It was pretty good through the 60s. In the early 70s it was
> disappointing. The last time I had it was about 10 years ago and it was
> downright disgusting.

It has way too much sodium in it now. They seem to rely on MSG. The
funny thing is that it is different from place to place. Some outlets
are way salty, and others are half decent. I don't get it. Maybe
they season from place to place(doubt it) or maybe the people at the
main plant goof off too much.