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by Crumb Eye on January 23rd, 2005

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What are the eleven secret herbs and spices in KFC original recipe chicken?

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  • by The_Gambler on February 1st, 2009

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    More than two people know the right answer to the 11 secret herbs and spices. Counting the one's that have passed away, Margret Sanders the Colonel's daughter was the first to know other than the Colonel, because she was the "chief taste Tester" when it was being developed. The Colonel's second wife Claudia knows the secret. Sanders' personal secretary, Shirley Topmiller put the recipe in type written form. If she remembered it or past it along is unknown. In 1964 Kentucky Fried Chicken was sold to Jack Massey (money bags) and John Y. Brown, Jr, for Two million dollars, a fraction of what it was worth and they knew the secret herbs and spices. The two new owners started modifying the recipe using cheaper spices and changing and leaving out some of the ingredients. John Y. Brown,Jr was quoted as saying "I really did not care about the recipe because, I really am not going to use it." The "real" fried chicken was almost gone forever, except for the daughter's state of Florida franchie, that was not part of the sale to the new owners, and now the original fried chicken is still most likly available in Florida since the business was pasted on to her children since they also know the 11 secret herbs and spices. KFC was sold six years later to the Canadian company Heublein for 284 million dollars. Later the Settle family while cleaning a house they had bought in Kentucky that the Colonel had lived in, found a hand written recipe with 11 ingredents. So as you can see many people have had access to the 11 secret herbs and spices and a "leak" could have happen somewhere. When the Colonel got the idea to use a pressure cooker to speed the cooking down to 7 to 10 minutes the fried chicken did not taste as good. That is how the 11 secret herbs and spices got started in the first place. Interesting though the answer is almost out there, but it is extremely hard to find. I will give you two hints. Use quality sea salt and black pepper. I'm thinking that since the recipe was pasted from the Colonel to Mr Brown Jr. , who did not really care for it, to Heublein and then to yum! Brands something may have been lost along the way. They say they have it, but maybe they do not. They talk big but maybe that is just because of big marketing and business. The very few that know the original recipe are not talking. Good luck, eat at KFC when in Florida and keep Colonel Harland and Margaret Sanders' dream alive in your own kitchen. I was a good friend of Margaret and knew her two children, but never met the Colonel, except through her. She talked about him alot. Margaret knew so many famous people so I was only a minor friend. We would attend the annual stock holders meeting in Canada together. Why she flew commercial and not in the company plane I will never know. Her son was a pilot. The pressure cooker is not necessary to get the taste. So far I have counted 10 (or more) that know the recipe 3 dead, Roger Eaton eat your heart out. "Stick your finger in the dike".

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    • It's worth a mention that when the Colonel sold the company, he didn't sell the Canadian operations and made much more money over the years from them than he did from the original sale. I believe he even moved to Canada for a while. It was a fairly regular thing for the Colonel to put in an appearance even in my hick town when I was a kid.

      mrbuddhafreak

      by mrbuddhafreak on February 5th, 2009

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