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For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad (1976)
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Re: For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad (1976)
#22I would have loved to see him write a "I will fucking piledrive you" style blog post on modern KFC.
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#23Here’s the original seasoning mix - https://marionkay.com/product/chicken-seasoning-99-x/
"Ingredients: Monosodium Glutamate, White and Black Pepper, Fine Flake Salt, Sage, Coriander, and other natural spices"
So if the first listed ingredient represents the most abundant ingredient...
Also, such a cop out that the FDA has allowed "other natural spices" to be a legit listing. Supposedly to protect corporate secrets blah blah. What if someone is allergic to one of those "natural spices". Either we're for accurate food labeling for the public's safety, or we're not. This in between state highly suggests we're not.
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#24Every founder I have met after selling their company.
Understandable (as in: I could see myself acting like that if I had a company to sell), but also, you sold it, what did you expect? Did you believe some legally not enforceable promises because you wanted the money and were willing to lie to yourself?
There are many ways to loose control of your company without selling it upfront.
For example if you take money from an minority investor with the promise of an IPO (so they can make profit from their minority share).
After the company goes public, control is much more iffy. You may for example not have your place in the board anymore even though you are majority owner.
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#25I remember the day when KFC started "boiling" the chicken it went from crispy to soggy. Here in Canada currently there's big controversy KFC went halal. No more bacon!
Can you explain what you mean by "boiling"?
It's very much deep-fried. And I've never had it anything but crispy, unless you seal it up in a container for too long while it's still hot.
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#26The first and second times I visited KFC in the US I was shocked there were no vegetables in their sandwiches. Other than the corn, and coleslaw, no lettuce or other ingredients in the sandwiches. In europe, and China and any other country I’ve seen KFC they have amazing Zinger sandwiches with lattice and sauces and grea flavor. We make it a point to never go to KFC in the US.
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#27I remember eating KFC in Japan, about 15 years ago, and it was markedly better than we get in Canada.
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#28Fun fact: After selling out in the US, Colonel Sanders moved to Mississauga, Ontario, Canada to oversee the Canadian operations to ensure that the quality was of his liking.
When I grew up in the 80s in Canada, KFC was incredible, as were all of their items. At age 12, I scored a job working there too. During that time was when they announced their crispy chicken variant in Canada and "new taste" - but what we saw were new flour bags (we had to throw out the original flour bags), new oil in the cookers, new processes (no more soaking the chicken for 15 min before frying), and gravy that was made from a soup packet.
And while the chicken tasted the same, it was far more greasy and disgusting to handle compared to beforehand - and everyone noticed. I remember our manager telling us "Well I guess we now have to make it US style. But our prepared cost went from 11 cents per piece to 8 cents per piece after all bills are paid."
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#29I remember the day when KFC started "boiling" the chicken it went from crispy to soggy. Here in Canada currently there's big controversy KFC went halal. No more bacon!
>Here in Canada currently there's big controversy KFC went halal
Source? Was it just the chicken or the entire restaurant?
Re: For the Colonel, It Was Finger-Lickin’ Bad (1976)
#30Here’s the original seasoning mix - https://marionkay.com/product/chicken-seasoning-99-x/
"Ingredients: Monosodium Glutamate, White and Black Pepper, Fine Flake Salt, Sage, Coriander, and other natural spices" So if the first listed ingredient represents the most abundant ingredient... Also, such a cop out that the FDA has allowed "other natural spices" to be a legit listing. Supposedly to protect corporate secrets blah blah. What if someone is allergic to one of those "natural spices". Either we're for a…
Same would go for coca cola recipe, and many others