KFC

Amongst the many mysteries of the 20th century is what exactly are the 11 herbs and spices in Colonel Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken?  Many have claimed to found the secret, I have tried for very many years and we were all wrong it seems.  Even Mrs. Sanders, the Colonel's wife only got it partially right ...

The Secret Recipe!

Recently, Mrs. Sanders passed away and in a scrapbook was found an envelop with what appeared to be the secret recipe!  And it was not just "right" ...

So now my German heels have been driven straight into the Earth's core and I am not budging until I have that stinking recipe for real this time!

A friend of mine works in a chemistry lab with lots of cool toys I would love to play with.  And I actually had a fragment of KFC from my visit in America.  Don't ask and I will not have to tell you about my weirdness in collecting things.

So Mrs. Sanders had it mostly right.  Most of us whom had worked diligently also had it mostly right.  But, there is one missing ingredient from the above list ... MSG!  Yeah, good old Ernie, aka "Speck", had included MSG because of it known flavor enhancing properties.  Of course, MSG fell out of favor in the 1960's when so many turned up violently allergic to this compound.  To this day I do not eat in Chinese places which use it!

Want to try the recipe?  Go ahead, it still will not work!  Yeah, that is because there is a little piece of knowledge missing in making the chicken.  It will be a entry on my recipe site in October, I am too busy painting my bridge this month to even cook!

(oh what could it be!  well if you are from the south where I was forced to live for two years ... you probably already know ...)